SUPER BOWL SUNDAY—FEBRUARY 3, 2013
SPECIAL ST. PATRICK’S PARKING RATES AND PARKING AT ALL LOTS WILL BE SUSPENDED

Please check the Super Bowl traffic maps for street closures that weekend.

While the 2013 Super Bowl coming to New Orleans provides many great opportunities for the city and its citizens it also provides opportunities for those who exploit others through human trafficking. We must all do whatever we can to combat this evil especially as we host the Super Bowl. Copies of my December 5, 2012 letter on this subject have been reproduced and are available in the vestibule of the church. Please take a copy, or as many as needed, when you leave.

Join Father Stanley Klores for a special pilgrimage to the Catholic Shrines of England including a 7-day transatlantic cruise aboard the legendary Queen Mary II. Visits will be made to the Shrines at Alyesford, Walsingham, Canterbury & Birmingham; daily Mass with Father Klores including Mass in Westminster Abbey where the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II took place in 1953. Space is Limited! Registration deadline is December 28, 2012. Brochures are in the narthex; contact Catholic Journeys: 504.834.4951 or 800.715.6670

Sun., February 3
 Masses: 8:00 a.m.; 9:30 a.m.; & 11:00 a.m.
  St. Blaise Blessing of throats at all Masses
     Cancelled: Mass at 5:30 p.m.
     Cancelled: Adoration and Benediction

Sun., February 10
 Masses: 8:00 a.m.; 9:30 a.m.; & 11:00 a.m.
   Church closes after the 11:00 a.m. Mass
     Cancelled: Adoration and Benediction
     Cancelled: Mass at 5:30 p.m.

Mon., February 11 Masses at 11:30 a.m. & 12:00 p.m.
     Rectory office closed.

Tues., February 12 St. Patrick’s Church and rectory office closed.
     St. John the Baptist Church closed
     Cancelled: Requiem Mass at St.John Baptist

FEBRUARY 13—ASH WEDNESDAY
Masses — 11:00 a.m.; 11:45 a.m.; 12:30 p.m.; and 5:30 p.m.
Distribution of ashes — At all Masses.
Confessions — Before the Masses.

LENTEN SCHEDULE
Way of the Cross — Every Friday after the noon Mass.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament — Every Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
Benediction — Every Sunday at 5:00 p.m.

The blessing of throats will take place at all Masses.

The second collection at all Masses this weekend will be dedicated to St. Patrick’s Education Fund. The Fund enables students and seminarians struggling with tuition costs to continue their education. Please be generous.

Click here for the January 27 music insert.

St. Patrick’s Respect Life Group will pray a rosary in front of Louisiana’s largest abortion facility, on the corner of Ridgelake Drive and 20th Street in Metairie, Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 9:00 A.M. Everyone is invited!

Once again sincere gratitude is extended to the dedicated parishioners and friends whose prayers and generosity have made the Matching Fund a complete success! It is with this steadfast devotion to St. Patrick’s that our parish continues as a visible sign of God and the Catholic faith in our community.

Click here for the January 20 music insert.

The Archdiocesan Golden Anniversary celebration will take place on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. in St. Philip Neri Church, Metairie. Please Note: This year’s celebration will not be a Mass, but a Prayer Service. Attendance of Mass for Sunday obligation will have to be met within ones respective parish. To register, please contact the parish rectory office: (504) 525-4413, before February 22, 2013.

1139 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. (formerly Dryades St.)
The Cenacle of Our Loving Mother
Saturday, January 19, 2013; 9:00 a.m.—11:00 a.m.
Father Stanley Klores, Celebrant and Spiritual Director
Eucharistic Adoration, Rosary, Confession, Novena and Holy Mass.
Parking on premises; enter through the gate on South Rampart Street. Everyone is invited. SECURITY PROVIDED