ONLY 300 TICKETS AVAILABLE – HOLY ROSARY RAFFLE

July 26, 2016 by Charlie London

ONLY 300 TICKETS AVAILABLE – HOLY ROSARY RAFFLE

$10,000 HOLY ROSARY PARISH FUNDRAISER RAFFLE

Only 300 tickets will be sold.

Tickets are $100.00 each and are available at the Parish Office, Monday-Friday, 9am-2pm.

Or, mail your check, made payable to “Our Lady of the Rosary”, to the Parish Office:

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
1322 Moss Street
New Orleans, LA 70119

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Our Lady of the Holy Rosary staff will process the raffle ticket and mail your raffle ticket stub!

The drawing date is Saturday, November 5, 2016, at 6:30pm at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary’s
Annual Parish Thanksgiving Dinner (5pm-7pm).

Winner does not need to be present.

If additional information is needed, please call the Parish Office, (504) 488-2659.

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hill-domeInformation obtained from the book, “Story of The Building of a Parish Church, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, New Orleans, With Descriptions of Statuary, Windows, Apsidal Decoration”

by Bishop Louis Abel Caillouet, Former Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans.

By Authentic Act before Felix Joseph Puig, Notary Public, dated April 11, 1905, Mrs. Sylvanie Blanc, widow of James D. Denegre, donated to The Society of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of New Orleans, her residence and property which extended from Esplanade Street to Bayou St. John. The donation was accepted for The Society of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of New Orleans by Archbishop Placide Louis Chapelle.

The Act of Donation states that Mrs. Denegre was making this donation: …

“In pursuance of the cherished wish of her mother, the late Mrs. Marie Fannie

Labatut Blanc, widow of Evariste Blanc, who desired that the property…should

Become the site of a Parish Church for the purpose of providing the residents in

the neighborhood of Bayou St. John and Esplanade Street with a Parish Church.”

By way of reiterating the purpose intended by the donor’s mother, there is set forth the express condition that there shall be erected on the property, and perpetually maintained, Parish Church. The text continues:

“and necessary accessories and dependencies, such as parsonage, school, or other

purposes connected with a Parish Church, and shall remain forever dedicated to such

use and no other; and upon the further condition that one mass shall be forever

celebrated in said Church during each and every month after the same shall have been

constructed, viz, six of said masses to be for the living and six for the dead members of

said donor’s family, and an additional mass for herself, the donor, annually on the

eleventh day of April, the anniversary of this donation, and upon the further condition

that said contemplated Parish Church shall be dedicated to the Blessed Virgin and called

the Church of “SAINTE MARIE DU ROSAIRE.’”…

Reverend William J. Vincent was appointed Pastor of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary on October 19, 1907. On December 25, 1907, the first Mass held at Our Lady of the Holy Rosary was said by Archbishop James Hubert Blenk. On January 1, 1908, Father Vincent offered the first Mass in the new frame church.

In September 1908, a parish school was opened. As there was no school building available, much of the space in the Rectory was used for classrooms. School growth led to the construction of a two-story frame building in 1913.

On April 19, 1910, the Congregation of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary of the Roman Catholic Church was incorporated. On July 31, 1913, Archbishop James H. Blenk transferred title to the property until then held in the name of the diocesan corporation, to the parish corporation.

On October 24, 1922, Very Reverend Canon Racine wrote Archbishop Shaw that the building committee had examined and approved the revised plans for the Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. Archbishop Shaw granted Father Vincent authorization to proceed with the building of the Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary.

Within 12 months, from March 1924 to March 1925, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Church was practically completed exteriorly from groundbreaking to the cross surmounting the dome. Interior finishing, including furnishings, took longer. The highly ornate marble altar was ready and installed for the dedication of the new church by Archbishop Shaw on November 22, 1925. It was a gift of Captain John L. Vincent, father of Pastor William J. Vincent. The altar was consecrated December 6, 1925, by Bishop Jeanmard of Lafayette.

The 2000 pound bell donated by Mrs. Denegre was raised to its permanent location in the brick campanile forming the right rear corner of the church edifice on April 19, 1912. The new organ was installed in 1929. The pulpit, carved from a single block of white marble resting on a separate marble base, was under contract in 1929. The Main Altar was consecrated December 6, 1925.

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Go Fish Twice on Fridays

February 25, 2015 by Charlie London

Fish so good that if you put it on your forehead, your tongue will beat your brains out trying to get it!

fried-fish-facebookGet a fish plate for lunch.

Get a fish plate for dinner.

N. Dorgenois for lunch.

Moss Street for dinner.

You can get a great fish plate at two locations and two times for the next three Fridays for 8 dollars per plate.

The lunch plates are available from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on February 27, March 6 & March 13 in St.Luke’s Gaudet Hall at 1222 N. Dorgenois St. in New Orleans, LA. The lunch plate includes fish, baked macaroni, green peas, potato salad, bread, cake and a soft drink.
Delivery is available for orders of 10 or more for the lunch plates only. Call (504) 821-0529 or check out the flyer below for more information.

The dinner plates are available from 5:30 till 8:00 pm on Feb. 27, March 6 and 13. The dinners include fried catfish, french fries, green beans and cole slaw. Water, soft drinks, beer and wine will be for sale. Home made desserts too! Available in the cafeteria at 1368 Moss Street in New Orleans from 5:30 until 8 p.m.

$8.00 per plate at each location.

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Get a fish plate for lunch. Get a fish plate for dinner.

N. Dorgenois for lunch. Moss Street for dinner.

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Eating fish on Fridays is a longstanding tradition in Catholic households worldwide dating back to the first century of the modern era.

Why abstain from meat? Why on Friday? Why during Lent?

Meat once was for celebrations and feasting. Early Christians abstained from eating meat on Friday as a kind of sacrifice and reminder that acknowledged the death of Jesus on the cross on Good Friday.

This still holds true today in the Catholic Church, but only on Ash Wednesday, and Fridays during Lent.

It is the shared teaching of various religious traditions that fish belongs on a sanctified table because the eyes of the fish, which in life never close, are a reminder of God’s eternal omniscience.

Read more at:
http://tinyurl.com/fish-is-soul-food

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Fish Under the Dome

February 18, 2013 by Charlie London

Fish or shrimp plates $8; combo plates $10.
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Fish under the big dome on the bayou at 1368 Moss. Here are the dates for this year’s fish fry:
FRYDAY, February 22 | FRYDAY, March 1 | FRYDAY, March 8

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Although Holy Rosary Parish officially began in 1907, the history of the parish began as early as the settlement of Bayou St. John and City Park (Allard Plantation) area. The historic waterway, discovered by Iberville in 1699, served as a passage from the Gulf to Lake Pontchartrain. Soon the Spanish missionaries came to settle Louisiana. At the mouth of the Bayou, a resort called Spanish Fort was constructed.

Along the upper side of the Bayou was the Allard Plantation which, in the mid-1800’s became New Orleans City Park. On the opposite side, a number of fine homes were constructed as was the Fair Grounds. The present Holy Rosary property was originally part of a large tract of land that extended to Gentilly Boulevard. It was sold by Joseph Chalon and his wife, in 1871, to Don Andres Almonester y Roxas, the builder of the St. Louis Cathedral, who constructed a home for himself. Almonaster sold the land to Louis Blanc in 1792 and in 1799, it was acquired by Don Nicolas Maria Vidal, lieutenant governor of the Louisiana Colony. The land finally was purchased by Evariste Blanc and it remained in the Blanc and Denegre family until 1905.

Many fine homes were constructed in the area including the Spanish Custom House (now the residence of Vincent Saia), the Judge Tissot home and the Cucullu home. In 1855, Esplanade Avenue was opened to the Bayou on land obtained from the Blanc family. In 1856, St. Louis Cemetery was established on the site of the Old Bayou Cemetery originally founded by the City in 1835.

Soon after the Civil War, the Fair Grounds was established and the beautiful Gallier home became the Louisiana Jockey Club. A burial ground for Civil War soldiers was established by Governor Nicholls in 1883. In 1861, a horse-drawn car line was established with a car barn on Desmare playground next to the present Cabrini High School property.

As the area around Faubourg St. John and Grand Route St. John steadily developed, a call went out from residents for a parish church. The area originally was part of the distant St.Ann Parish but the distance was excessive for the residents to travel.

Mrs. Fanny Labatut Blanc offered a piece of ground in 1855 for the erection of a parish church, along with 300,00 bricks. The act of donation was passed in 1855 before Notary Octave de Armas. A small cottage on the property became the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Father Maistre, the first pastor, deemed that the formation of the church was impractical and he went on to form St. Rose de Lima parish of which the parochial territory of Holy Rosary remained part of until 1907.

In 1904, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini, who would later become America’s first canonized saint, trudged down the Esplanade looking for the ideal piece of land to construct an orphanage. In 1906, with the help of Captain Salvator Pizzati, Mother Cabrini constructed the Sacred Heart Orphanage. This project escalated the founding of Holy Rosary Parish. Also, the Denegre family was pressing the Archbishop to fulfill the commitment and construct a church as agreed, or else the land should revert back to the family.

In 1907, Archbishop Blenk took the long-awaited action and appointed Rev. William J. Vincent to build a new parish to be called Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. On December 25, 1907, the first mass was celebrated at midnight in the old home. According to newspaper accounts, Archbishop Blenk officiated at the mass. Mrs. Denegre did not live to see the final church building as she passed away on September 12, 1910 at the age of 93.

Although the first mass was celebrated in the home as Mrs. Denegre had wished, a small chapel was completed in January of 1908. As the new parish grew, a school was needed. While the chapel remained overloaded, especially during the period following the fire that destroyed St. Rose of Lima, other parish needs took precedence over the construction of a new church. It was not until 1924 that construction of the permanent church was begun. On Sunday, November 22, 1925, the new church was finally dedicated. Father Vincent died in November of 1934, having taken the parish from its humble beginnings to a fully developed congregation with a school, church, societies and a strong Parish spirit. It was found that Father Vincent had personally financed a modest part of the parish works.

Father Vincent was followed by Msgr. Francis Canon Racine and Bishop L. Abel Caillouet who contributed to the strong growth and parish spirit. Today, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish remains a strong bastion of faith in the Archdiocese.

References: Golden Jubilee publication by Roger Baudier, Sr. KSG, LLD. and various documents contained in the New Orleans Public Library.

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Postcard from Home

June 10, 2012 by Charlie London

The Historic New Orleans Collection posted this postcard on their FACEBOOK page and has this to say about it:

“This postcard is for Patricia, who requested images of the church of Notre Dame de Bon Secours on Jackson Ave. One of the three churches of the Irish Channel, Notre Dame was built by French residents and was demolished in 1925 after it was heavily damaged in a 1918 hurricane.”

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EAT FISH | GIVE BLOOD

March 7, 2012 by Charlie London

This Friday, Mar 9th, a blood drive will be held at The Esplanade at City Park, 3443 Esplanade Ave. EAT FIRST ! See details on the FISH FRY below.

Our Lady of the Rosary Church will be hosting their famous fish fry on Friday, March 9th from 5 pm to 8 pm. *Look for the big dome on the bayou at 3368 Moss Street on beautiful Bayou St. John.*

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Neighbor Leads Church to Solar

September 15, 2011 by Charlie London

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Faubourg St. John neighbor Howard Mielke Makes the News

by Anne Cutler of WGNO-TV
At Community Church Unitarian Universalist, the lobby walls are lined with photos from Hurricane Katrina. Just blocks from the 17th Street canal, the catastrophic levee breach destroyed both the church and its congregation. Board President Howard Mielke says it’s been a long road to recovery for the 50 or so members who remain. “The emotional impact ended up just being horrendous.”

Slowly, but surely, the church has rebuilt- the entire time, keeping an eye on the environment. “We talked about this and we tried to figure out how to do it. We asked our architect to work toward being Energy Star. He said there weren’t any good plans out there, so we really had to start from scratch.”

Atop the church roof, workers install an array of solar panels- the final stage of the project. A company called Solar Alternatives has been developing the plans for about a year and a half and installing the panels over the past few weeks. President Jeff Cantin says, “Solar starts off for a lot of people as just a grand idea and they church members, they knew something about it. We started talking to them about what it would involve on the building, but eventually it came down to: how do you make the investment?”

It’s a big investment. The cost is about a hundred grand, with half covered by Louisiana’s EmPower grant program. The total cost of the rebuild ran about $800,000. When finished, Unitarian Universalist will be the first Energy Star solar church in the nation.

Mielke says, “One of the ways we can have a message to the community is that we’re resilient, sustainable and strong because we also are going to be using much less energy and sharing our energy with the rest of the community as a result.”

The church uses the sun’s energy in more ways than one. Along with solar panels on the outside of the building, the inside during the day uses only natural light, thanks to unique architecture, reflective paint and lots of windows. Mielke explains that, “walls are really important. We have very good insulation in this building. R-30 in the roof and the walls are equally insulated.”

So, they’re protected from the elements and protecting the environment. With the new building complete, Mielke says he’s now focused on rebuilding the congregation and hopes their modern, energy conscious church will attract a younger generation of followers.

Copyright © 2011, WGNO-TV
http://www.abc26.com/news/newswithatwist/wgno-solar-church-sends-a-message-of-recovery-20110913,0,819457.story

 

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