Welcome to St. Louis Cathedral....

On behalf of our Archbishop, Most Rev. Gregory M. Aymond, our parishioners, deacons, and priests, I welcome you to St. Louis Cathedral and hope that your visit will be a memorable one. January 7, 2018, Archbishop Aymond celebrated Mass, opening the Tricentennial Celebration of the City of New Orleans and recognizing the presence of the Catholic Church here in this location since the city’s founding. You join visitors from across the United States and around the world who have worshipped with us for 300 years. I invite you to consider the Cathedral your parish away from home. It is my prayer that your time here will be a spiritually uplifting experience. I appreciate your generosity in the support of our Cathedral. It is with your help that we are able to maintain its beautiful state, that we may continue to worship God within these walls as has been done since 1718. May God enrich you with many graces and blessings.

Nativity of Saint John the Baptist June 24, 2018

“Behold, One is coming after me; I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of His feet.”

—Acts 13:25

SLC VOLUME 61 NUMBER 29

SAINTS AND SPECIAL OBSERVANCES Sunday: The Nativity of St. John the Baptist Monday: Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Wednesday: St. Cyril of Alexandria Thursday: St. Irenaeus Friday: Ss. Peter and Paul Saturday: The First Martyrs of the Holy Roman Church; Blessed Virgin Mary

TODAY’S READINGS

First Reading — I will make you a light to the nations (Isaiah 49:1-6).

Psalm — I praise you for I am wonderfully made (Psalm 139).

Second Reading — John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance (Acts 13:22-26).

Gospel — John is his name (Luke 1:57-66, 80).

The English translation of the Psalm Responses from Lectionary for Mass © 1969, 1981, 1997, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved.

READINGS FOR THE WEEK 

Monday: 2 Kgs 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18; Ps 60:3-5, 12-13; Mt 7:1-5

Tuesday: 2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36; Ps 48:2-4, 10-11; Mt 7:6, 12-14

Wednesday: 2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3; Ps 119:33-37, 40; Mt 7:15-20

Thursday: 2 Kgs 24:8-17; Ps 79:1b-5, 8, 9; Mt 7:21-29

Friday: Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19 Saturday: Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19; Ps 74:1b-7, 20-21; Mt 8:15-17

Sunday: Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24; Ps 30:2, 4-6, 11-13; 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15; Mk 5:21-43

PRAYER INTENTIONS

Wanda Mary Aizpurua, Steven Bailey, Charlee P. Bath, Rodney Batistella, Kevin Baye, Sylvia Beyer, Alexander Blais, Samuel Blimling, Jr., Walter Bonam, Grayson Bond, Jon Bourdais, Paul Bordelon, Anna Brocato, Kylan Broussard, John Bruno, Trey Michael Bruno, Barbara Butler, Kayla Carriere, Diane Centanni, Drew Chambers, Joe & Susie Chenevert, Valerie Claverie, Rodney Coco, Virgie Cooper, Mary Dahir, Don Daley, Jr. Patricia Daniels, Adrianne DeCarolis, Charles and Ruth Delacerda, Josephine Eva Zeringue Deimel, Elizabeth Douglas, Claire Duplantier, Ben Edmunson, Ivan Edwards, Orly R. Elizondo, Brady Evans, Ed Foulks, Brad Freichter, Robert Friedman; Dylan Frught, Judy Gilmore, Timmy Giroir, Olivia Gonzales, Daniel Grant, Julie Green, Riley Griffin, Ann Griffiths, Louis Hilaire, Harriet Hill, Beth Hingle, Jessica Hong, Carolyn Hornyak, Leroy and Joyce Houston, Charlene Hughes, Sput Hughes, Brandon Jackson, Emily Judice, Billy Legier, Tylor Lenart, Fr. Michael Levy, OMI, Rita Levy, Robert Maddox IV, Kenneth Maes, Maureen Mallory, George Markey, Doug Masters, Philip Martin, Joshua McAlister, Karla Millet, Gloria Mitchell, Baby Leo Mitchell, Steven Murphey, Lynda Mutchler, Heather Newell, Mike Oddo, C.J. Otillio, Sylvia Otillio; Christina Margaret Mary Luna Perez, Loriann and Joseph Pliska, Donna Poche, Johnny Poche, Wanda Raines, Irlee Redmann, Joel Rivera, Ronald Rizzo, Deborah Roberts, Michael Rudiger, Nora Saldana, Jim Sansone, Anna Mae Saussaye, Bernadina Sceovern, Raymond Schexnayder, Rosalia Serio, Maria Soares, Sister Mary Lou Specha, Jean Stephens, Rebecca Temple & Family, Don Theriot, Noah Townsend, Sal Trabanino, Jim Viola, Mickey James & Pablo Welsh, Lee Whitaker, Marie Williams, Fritz Windhorst, Chris Zimmer

If you are ill or know of someone who is ill and should be included in our prayers, please contact the parish office.

CHURCH SUPPORT

YOUR STEWARDSHIP IS THE SOURCE OF OUR GROWTH”

June 17, 2018 First Collection $8,085.00 Restoration and Renovation $3,748.00

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND GENEROSITY.

The statement printed above expresses the gratitude felt in response to the generosity of the people of the St. Louis Cathedral parish. For it is your weekly contributions that make much of what is done here at the Cathedral possible. Thanks are extended to those who use Church Support envelopes regularly. If you are not currently using envelopes, please consider doing so that our parish may continue to prosper. If you would like to receive monthly envelopes, kindly visit the Parish Office at 615 Pere Antoine Alley or contact us by phone

SUNDAY, June 24, 2018

9:00 AM Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Werling+ John Freshno+ Mae Saia+ Dolores Reiser+ Timothy Truxillo+ Jackie Schexnayder+ William Hill+ William Joseph Moss+ Kathleen Blanco 11:00 AM For the People of the Archdiocese

MONDAY, June 25, 2018

12:05 PM Lorraine L. Charpentier+

TUESDAY, June 26, 2018

12:05 PM Ross Michael Andrew+

WEDNESDAY, June 27, 2018

12:05 PM Dolores Reiser+ THURSDAY, June 28, 2018 12:05 PM Dolores Reiser+

FRIDAY, June 29, 2018

12:05 PM John Michael Murphy, Sr.+

SATURDAY, June 30, 2018

5:00 PM Arthur & Eloise Simmons+ Lurlin Kain+ Amelia Barry+ Joyce Estrade+ Ann B. Weeks+ Mrs. Woodrow W. Truxillo Warren F. Hobbs+ Tom Benson+ Jeanne St. Amant Ronald Fowler+ Kathleen Blanco Thomas E. Maher, Sr.+

MASS INTENTIONS

Cathedral Sanctuary Lamp

Our Sanctuary Lamp burns this week in memory of

Mae Elizabeth Whitney Saia

JOHN THE BAPTIST

Since June 24 falls on a Sunday this year, the Church has the opportunity for a more intense celebration of the birth of John the Baptist, who is often described as the last of the Old Testament prophets and the bridge between Judaism and Christianity. More commonly, John is known as the “precursor” of our Lord Jesus Christ. All the Gospels report John’s basic message: Repent, the kingdom is near at hand. One greater than I is coming.

Though he was a wandering preacher who dressed in camel skins and ate grasshoppers, John’s legacy is one of true royalty. His origins are similar to those foretold by God through the prophet Isaiah: “You are my servant, he said to me, Israel through whom I show my glory” (Isaiah 49:3). John’s humility, “I am not he”, was surpassed only by that of his Lord Jesus, the humble servant who followed.

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The Church in the Crescent: Three Hundred

Years of Catholicism in New Orleans

Old Ursuline Convent Museum 1116 Chartres Street

Monday–Friday 10:00am-4:00pm

Last tour starts at 3:15pm

Saturday 9:00am-3:00pm Last tour starts at 2:15pm

Admission $6.00-$8.00

Closed Wednesday, July 4, 2018

PRAYER FOR SAFETY DURING

HURRICANE SEASON

God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children.

The Sea of Galilee obeyed Your order and returned to its former quietude.

You are still the Master of land and sea.

We live in the shadow of a danger over which we have no control: the Gulf, like a provoked and angry giant,

can awake from its seeming lethargy, overstep its conventional boundaries,

invade our land, and spread chaos and disaster. During this hurricane season we turn to You, O loving Father. Spare us from past tragedies whose memories are still so vivid

and whose wounds seem to refuse to heal with passing of time.

O Virgin, Star of the Sea, Our beloved Mother, we ask you

to plead with your Son on our behalf, so that spared from the calamities common to this area

and animated with a true spirit of gratitude, we will walk in the footsteps of your Divine Son

to reach the heavenly Jerusalem, where a storm-less eternity awaits us. Amen.

HOME MISSION COLLECTION PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETY

The second collection taken at all Masses next weekend will be the annual collection for the Home Missions of the Pontifical Mission Society of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. This year we welcome an appeal on behalf of the Carmelite Missions. Your generosity as always is greatly appreciated.

PERMANENT DIACONATE ORDINATION

Congratulations are extended to the 22 men who were ordained to the Permanent Diaconate on Saturday morning here at the Cathedral by Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond. Please keep these gentlemen in your prayers as they begin their new ministry in assigned parishes throughout the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

to plead with your Son on our behalf,

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ARCHDIOCESAN NEWS

POPE FRANCIS’ PRAYER INTENTION FOR JUNE

Universal – Social Networks

That social networks may work towards that inclusiveness which respects other for their differences.

TEXT-TO-GIVE

We are pleased to announce that the Cathedral is now able to offer Text-to-Give options. To participate send a text message with the dollar amount ($10) to 504-608-5250. The first entry will require a short billing information request.

INTRODUCING NOLA CATHOLIC E-NEWS NOW

Are you looking for good, true Catholic content delivered directly to your inbox? The Archdiocese of New Orleans is excited to share with you our newest initiative NOLACatholic eNews Now, delivering the latest in local, national, and global Catholic news directly to your inbox every Wednesday. Sign-up to start receiving yours beginning in July 2018 at https://nolacatholic.org/join-our-email-list.

ABBEY ART WORKS

Abbey Art Works, located on the beautiful grounds of Saint Joseph Abbey, presents several workshops this month, including: Leonardo's Legacy: Painting, Science & the Life of the Soul, Wednesdays, June 27 – August 1, 1pm-4pm Landscape & Cityscape Painting Class in Pastels Weekend Workshop with Alan Flattmann, June 29 – July 1.

Lodging and meals available in the Christian Life Center for $225 per person.

Please contact Abbey Art Works at 985-789-6889 or visit www.abbeyartworks.com for more information.  

Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond Archbishop of New Orleans

PARISH STAFF Very Rev. Philip G. Landry, Rector Rev. Terence Hayden, In residence Deacon Richard M. Brady Deacon Ronald J. Guidry Deacon A. David Warriner, Jr. Maureen Scheuermann, Director of Operations Chase Rodrigue, Business & Comm. Coordinator Larry Barabino, Facilities Coordinator  

The Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis King of France 615 Pere Antoine Alley New Orleans, Louisiana 70116

Phone 504-525-9585 • Fax 504-525-9583 www.stlouiscathedral.org

MASS SCHEDULE AT ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY - 12:05 P.M.

Confessions will be heard 11:30 A.M. - 11:50 A.M. SATURDAY -5:00 P.M. VIGIL

Confessions will be heard from 4:15 P.M.-4:45 P.M. SUNDAY – 9:00 A.M. AND 11:00 A.M.

MUSIC MINISTRY Dreux Montegut, Music Director Lynda Grillot, Music Coordinator Jesse Reeks, Organist St. Louis Cathedral Choir

WEDDING DIRECTORS Mr. Kevin Charpentier Mrs. Sandra Junius Phone: 525-9585 ext. 5351

GIFT SHOPS Mrs. Jolie Sekinger, Manager Cathedral shop located inside the Cathedral Phone: 504-525-9585 ext. 5349 Old Ursuline Convent shop located at 1100 Chartres Street Phone: 504-529-3040 ext. 5363

The Catholic Cultural Heritage Center St. Louis Cathedral, The Old Ursuline Convent, St. Mary’s Church

1100 Chartres • Oldest Building in the Mississippi River Valley

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