Heavenly Recipes
Story and Photos by Lawrence Chatagnier
Jon Paul bakes bread
Jon Paul Olivier 22 • Bayou Catholic • Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux • January 2022
Jon Paul Olivier, a native of Franklin and resident of Houma, shares his recipe for rosemary bread. It is a recipe that he found on the Internet and modified slightly. It is supposed to be a copycat recipe that Macaroni Grill serves. Jon Paul has been working as the technical and system support specialist for the diocesan Office of Technology Services for the past 10 months. Jon Paul is married to Susan and they have two adult children. Susan is a teacher at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral School in Houma. Jon Paul enjoys cooking, but says his wife is much better. “I like baking breads and desserts. I make homemade cheese. I started making pizza with the box type pizzas and now I make homemade pizzas. My mother is also a great cook. She won the Times Picayune cooking contest years ago in the early 1970s for the recipe “forty cloves of garlic,’’ which contained chicken, rosemary and garlic.” Jon Paul has always worked in IT. “I have a degree in computer science and business from Nicholls.” He says that it has been a wonderful experience working at the Pastoral Center. “Everyone gets along so well. Everyone appreciates everyone so much. We get the opportunity to celebrate Mass here. It is great. Getting to know the priests on a personal level is great. Getting to know the bishop personally and knowing that he is as gentle and compassionate here as he is in public has been a great experience.” Jon Paul is an avid runner. “My son and I go mountain climbing. We just got back from a trip where we finished section hiking on the Appalachian Trail through the Smoky Mountains. We have been working on that for the past nine years. We started in 2012; we do a little each year when life doesn’t get in the way. It generally takes a week. After a oneday warm-up climb, it’s three long days on
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