St. Francis de Sales Cathedral

 "HOSANNA to the Son of David;
blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; HOSANNA in the Highest!"

"A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good”
– Jesus 

      When their parents died, Leander (that’s St. Leander of Seville) took charge of educating his younger brother Isidore.  Leander was 36 years older and was very strict.  Isidore was often discouraged.  But even through those times of difficulty, he prevailed such that Isidore himself came to be known as “the Schoolmaster.”  Isidore valued education, complied the first known encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, and implemented Cathedral Schools in every diocese of Spain.  These schools taught medicine, science, law – and every other branch of knowledge – and were the forerunners of medieval universities.  
      Today, we call upon the intercession of the School-master of Seville for all women and men giving of themselves on the front line in this pandemic:

for all doctors and nurses in our hospitals and assisted living facilities caring for our sick and infirmed;
for scientists and epidemiologists working to find
a vaccine for COVID-19; 
for all civil authorities engaged in public health and safety during this state of emergency;
and for all teachers engaging innovative educational formats & techniques
and all baptized-by-fire home-schooling parents.   
St. Isidore, pray for us! 

                                                                      – Fr. Jay 

“We hold this treasure in earthen vessels.”
– Paul

  Like you, we have been trying to make good use of our time and be good stewards of our treasure during this Stay At Home Order – trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear as at it were!  The same artisans who repaired the peeling paint along the main arch in the transept as well as in other troubled places inside the Cathdral have refinished the once-peeling paint on the arches vaulting over the sanctuary.  We can't wait for you to see it! 
   

Ray Duthu, Linda Lee, J.A. Foret, Jason Chaisson, Christina Sparks, Edrith Boudreaux, Ursula M. Breaux, Barbara Toups Miller, Susan Laperouse, Sheryl Leaber, Evelyn Ruckstuhl, Deacon Lee Crochet, Selma Ferjani, Dee Belanger, Holden Sawyer, Lynn Paul Lirette, Sherman Brown, Mary Lee Boudreaux, Airman Wesley Speyrer, Nancy Rivere, Chelsea Ford, Denna Sanders, Gary Benoit, Sonny Lovell, Judy Porche, Vincent Trabona, Alicia Headrick, Scott Stoufflet, Curtis Briggs, Sadie Talbot, Patty LeJune, Margaret Gaudet, Tracy LeBlanc, Kristen Watkins, Alex Schexnayder, Robert Cazayoux, Ken Watkins, Linda Musson, Donald Prosperie and Rosabelle Prosperie, Kayla Dudek Breaux Percy Lee, Linda LeClair, Sadie Talbot, (Open heart surgery), Susie Degeneres, Barbara Gaidry, Wayne Duplantis, Joy Blanchard, Sally Pertuit, all grandparents, and for all prayer shawl recipients. 

on this week's Homily
How does your Lent, does your life invite others to “Come & see the man?”

Drive-Through Reconciliation will be offered next to the Prayer Garden from 5 - 6 PM this Saturday.  We ask you to enter the plaza in front of the Cathedral from Verret Street.  Then follow the cones toward the Cathedral, turning left toward Goode Street.  When the Penitent in line ahead of you has completed their time in Reconciliation, please pull up to Father for your confession. 
 Please stay in your car!  The extra chair is for children who cannot drive!

Tell the people I love them,
tell the people I care. 
When they feel far away from Me,
tell the people I'm there.

Last night Jesus came to me,
wiped a tear from my eyes
And He said not to worry so,
He would stay by my side
 
Tell the people I love them,
tell the people I care. 
When they feel far away from Me,
tell the people I'm there.

Then He looked out upon the world,
in the darkness of night
And He turned and He spoke to me,
Oh, how sadly He sighed
 
Tell the people I love them,
tell the people I care. 
When they feel far away from Me,
tell the people I'm there.

When I walked upon Calvary,
and I poured out my life
I died for each one of them,
so that they might have life
 
Tell the people I love them,
tell the people I care. 
When they feel far away from Me,
tell the people I'm there.