Tag: New Orleans
Louisiana monks thankful for right to sell caskets
New Orleans, La., Mar 22, 2013 / 02:00 am (CNA).- After fighting a lawsuit for over five years, Benedictine monks in Louisiana finally won the right to sell their handmade wooden caskets when a federal appeals court ruled in their favor March 20. “This is great news for us…we’re first of all very grateful,” said… Read More ›
Our Lady of Prompt Succor
. . .in 1803, Mother St. André Madier, one of the seven nuns who remained, appealed to her cousin, an Ursuline in France whom the reign of terror had forced to leave her monastery at Pont-Saint-Esprit. She was Mother St. Michel Gensoul, a remarkable woman of great talent and interior piety, who, during her exile… Read More ›
How 38 Monks Took on the Funeral Cartel and Won
The Atlantic: After Hurricane Katrina, the 38 monks at Saint Joseph Abbey in Covington, Louisiana had a problem: they’d long supported themselves by harvesting trees on their woodland property, but damage done by the storm made continuing to do so impossible. If the community was going to survive as a place of communal prayer, education,… Read More ›
Catholic Charities relief effort for victims of Gulf oil spill running out of funds
New Orleans, La., Aug 5, 2010 / 03:02 am (CNA).- Efforts to help those affected by the Gulf Coast oil spill are running out of funds, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans has said in an urgent appeal. So far the charity’s action has helped almost 20,000 people for 90 days, but financial… Read More ›