May 31, 2015
The Most Holy Trinity
Views From The Pews
Earline writes, “Tell Father Daniel he did a
terrific job in his homily at the kindergarten
graduation. I was there and enjoyed every
moment of it. He knows how to connect
with the kids. Don’t get me wrong. You do too, but
Father Daniel was special that time.”
“Father Daniel has a gift from God with children
and he uses it well.”
Al writes, “Thanks for the phone call about Deacon Jim and
his wife making roast beef po-boys at the Café Hope Food
Fest. I had an 8 inch job with all the fixins. It was
delicious.”
“You are very welcome. I had two of them, and I
agree. They were both delicious. By the way, Deacon Jim
(Rooney) and his wife, Joan, got ‘Best of Show’ among
the amateur chefs.”
Several of you have kind comments about our former
intern, Zachary Oburu, choosing to serve his first Masses as
a Deacon at Visitation of Our Lady. Here is one of them.
Paula says, “He is such a faith-filled young man. He is like
Deacon Raphael that we had a few years ago. He is just so
kind. You see Jesus when you see him.”
“I agree on all counts. I was enormously pleased
he chose us as his home parish for serving his first Mass
as a Deacon. And, I agree that he exudes the gentleness
and love of Christ.”
Anonymous writes, “Tell Deacon Zachary he went way too
long with his first homily. I kept saying that he will stop
here but he never did. I bet he spoke for a half hour and
that is just ridiculous.”
“I talked with Deacon Zachary right after Mass.
I asked him how long he believed his homily had lasted.
He said he believed it was about 12 minutes. He said
that’s how long it was when he rehearsed it. He was
flabbergasted when I told him it lasted 28 minutes. He
promised to learn from the experience. He’s a very good
young man. He will learn to keep his homilies closer to
ten minutes than to thirty.”
Father Mike
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Did You Know?
In a recent national poll, 80% of former Catholics
who now attend Protestant services say they do so
because they find the Protestant services more
entertaining.
Fr. Mike
The Young Adult Ministry Office for the Archdiocese
of New Orleans is currently accepting applications. If you
are interested in serving young adults, planning events and
helping with other projects throughout the community
please contact Fr. Daniel by email: [email protected] or
call (504) 347-2203 for more information.