Padre Pio relics at Christ the Redeemer Nov. 16

Saint Padre Pio relics at Christ the Redeemer, Nov. 16

Christ the Redeemer Church parish in Thibodaux will be hosting the official relics of Saint Padre` Pio of Pietrelcina on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. A Mass in honor of Saint Padre` Pio will be celebrated at 12:05 p.m. Veneration will close with a prayer service beginning at 8 p.m.

For information about the public veneration, please visit www.ctrhtdiocese.org/relics, contact the church parish office by phone at (985) 447-2013, or by email at ctrchurch@ htdiocese.org. BC

St. Martin de Porres Mass Nov. 3, at St. Luke

The St. Martin de Porres Mass for African-American Catholics will be celebrated Thursday, Nov. 3 at St. Luke Church in Thibodaux at 7 p.m. Very Rev. Patrick J. (P.J.) Madden will preside.

Martín de Porres Velázquez, O.P., was a Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI and canonized in 1962 by Pope John XXIII. He is the patron saint of mixed-race people, barbers, innkeepers, public health workers, and all those seeking racial harmony. BC

Bayou Community Foundation celebrates eighth home built for Ida survivors in Dulac

Bayou Community Foundation, Holy Family Church in Grand Caillou, Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux and other project partners welcomed Hurricane Ida survivors Wayne and Angela Solet and family to their new home in Dulac recently, nearly a year since the family lost everything in the Category 4 storm. The storm-resilient house along Grand Caillou in this bayou community of coastal Terrebonne Parish is the eighth new home completed so far by the volunteers of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) Storm Aid as part of Bayou Community Foundation’s Bayou Recovery Fund housing efforts. BC

Deacon Jeff Pitre appointed to Our Lady of the Rosary in Larose

Deacon Jeff Pitre

Very Rev. Patrick J. (P.J.) Madden, diocesan administrator, has announced the following permanent deacon appointment.

Deacon Jeff Pitre, who has been serving as deacon at Sacred Heart Church parish in Cut Off, has been appointed deacon at Our Lady of the Rosary Church parish in Larose, effective Sept. 1, for a period of six years. BC