Christmas Memorial Flower Fund donations, in memory of your loved ones, will be accepted from December 1 to 21 . Please use the envelopes on the back table for your flower donations. Your generosity will be greatly appreciated.
Join us on Saturday, December 6th after 4:30 PM mass. The Anointing of the Sick will be offered to family and friends who are ill or have upcoming surgical procedures. This sacrament also gives forgiveness of sin thus healing of the soul.
The International Exhibition: The Eucharistic Miracles of the World by St. Carlo Acutis, will be available for viewing in our Parish Hall on both December 13 & 14 from 9 AM - 6 PM. The exhibit is intended to remind viewers that Our Lord is truly present in the Eucharist, and to inspire hearts to adore Him. The exhibit will be free and open to the public.
On Saturday, December 13, from 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM, please join us and prepare room in your heart as we anticipate the celebration of the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. We will began with a Eucharistic Adoration and end with benediction.
Cremation niches at the St. Gertrude Catholic Cemetery are available for a pre-construction sale price of $1,500.00 until April 1, 2026. They are 12"x12"x12" and a maximum of two (2) urns can be interred in each niche. Please contact the Parish Office if interested.
All are invited to celebrate this holiday by attending and giving thanks to God for His many blessings. This year, our Thanksgiving Day mass will be on Thursday, November 27, at 8:30 AM. The Spiritual Life Committee will offer blessed bread to those who attend Mass on Thanksgiving Day to share with their families. We pray that this tradition for our parish will remind us of what to be thankful for and that Jesus is the Bread of Life.
On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, our archdiocese celebrated a Welcome Mass for our Coadjutor Archbishop, Most Rev. James Checcio in which the US Nuncio, his eminence Christophe Cardinal Pierre was Pope Leo XIV's personal representative to introduce him. Coadjutor Archbishop Checcio will begin ministry now with Archbishop Aymond, who will remain our Ordinary Bishop until after the bankruptcy is resolved and the Vatican accepts his resignation for retirement, at which point Archbishop Chec-cio will immediately become the Ordinary Bishop of New Or-leans. We pray that God will bless and guide him in his role as our new shepherd.
This year, our Thanksgiving Day Mass is scheduled for Thursday, November 27th at 8:30 AM. All are invited to celebrate this holiday by attending and giving thanks to God for His many blessings. The Spiritual Life Committee will offer bread, blessed by Fr. Lance, to those who attend Mass on Thanksgiving Day.
Our parish is having a Catholic Book Fair on the weekend of November 22-23. The Daughters of St. Paul from Metairie, LA, will be here before and after all the masses, beginning with the Saturday vigil. Stop by to browse the selection of Catholic Bibles and books on prayer, lives of the saints, spiritual reading, etc. for all ages in both English and Spanish languages. These items will be available for purchase by cash, card, or device. Pauline Books & Media is a ministry of the Sisters, whose mission in the church is evangelization through all forms of the communications media. Their website is www.pauline.org.
Please only make Online Donations for Weekly Offerings, Maintenance, Second Collection and Special Devotions. Since, at this time, we are not setup to receive funds for special events and fundraisers, please do not include any other donations through ParishSOFT Giving.
This weekend, the second collection will be in support of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Nearly 38 miilion people in the United States live in poverty. This collection supports programs that empower people to identify and address the obstacles they face in bringing permanent and positive change to their communities. To learn more about the Catholic Campaign for Human Development click the "Title" above..
St Michael's Parish will hold a Eucharistic Procession for the Feast of Christ the King following the 10:30 AM mass on Sunday, November 23rd. We will process around the church property, then return to the church for benediction. Afterwards, a social will be held in the Parish Hall with coffee and donuts. All are strongly encouraged to attend the Eucharistic Procession for our parish.
This year, Giving Tuesday, our national giving day, is scheduled for December 2, 2025. Many people want to donate extra to help our Catholic churches and schools. For instance, St. Michael the Archangel is actively fundraising to help pay for our recent organ purchase. To simplify giving to diocesan churches and schools, the archdiocese adopted iGiveCatholic. Please consider a donation to St. Michael's. You may donate as early as November 17, 2025. I have provided three ways for you to access St. Michael the Archangel's iGiveCatholic page. The three links are: the iGiveCatholic title of this article, an iGiveCatholic button on the homepage, and an iGiveCatholic, word link under the Info and History tab.
Dear Friends, On Nov. 23, the Feast of Christ the King, we will hold a family mass and afterward a Eucharistic Procession around the grounds of the church. We will have a simple social afterward in the parish hall. The Daughters of St. Paul religious sisters of the Pauline book and gift store in Metairie will be here that weekend with items for sale. Please try to participate in the procession and invite your family, neighbors, and friends. The Knights of Columbus will join us this year. We will proclaim our faith in Jesus to the world. May our presence call others back to the church. Yours in Christ, Fr. Lance
Our parish is having a Catholic Book Fair on the weekend of November 22-23. The Daughters of St. Paul from Metairie, LA, will be here before and after all the masses, beginning with the Saturday vigil. Stop by to browse the selection of Catholic Bibles and books on prayer, lives of the saints, spiritual reading, etc. for all ages in both English and Spanish languages. These items will be available for purchase by cash, card, or device. Pauline Books & Media is a ministry of the Sisters, whose mission in the church is evangelization through all forms of the communications media. Their website is www.pauline.org.
Congratulations to the young people of our parish who recently received the Sacrament of Confirmation through the ministry of Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond. They are: Kayden Barrios, Kayla Dupre, William Hogan, Layne Landry, Autumn Mayville, Copper Miller, Cheyenne Naquin, Abram Ojeda, Cecile Ojeda, Yazmin Ruiz, Paola Tinajero, & Coby Waguespack. A special thank you to Mrs. Suzanne Miller and Mrs. Stacy Fallon who helped these young people prepare for this very important occasion in their lives.
Mark your calendars. On January 24, 2026, St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church is hosting our 1st Annual Catfish Fishing Rodeo. More information to follow.