Updates - Category: Community
Prayer, Praise & Play
This past Saturday, St. Margaret took 12 of her youth group members to St. Michael High School in Baton Rouge’s MP3 Event. MP3 is for high school students and provides an atmosphere of music, prayer, praise, and play. On this particular evening, there were about 250 teenagers present from around the diocese. The youth heard…
A “Monumental” Week
St. Margaret hosted her annual Vacation Bible School July 18-22, 2022. Our program had 85 participants with 15 adult helpers and over 25 youth helpers! The week was filled with tons of fun aimed at helping the participants dive deeper into the faith. This included dynamic bible stories, games, and lots of dancing! At the…
Cross Pollination
It all started with an off-hand comment about free haircuts. The volunteers and parishioners of St. Margaret are hungry for new ideas and opportunities to undertake the mission that our Lord gives us in Matthew 25: “For I was hungry and you fed me; I was naked and you clothed me.” So, when a certain…
An Experience, Franciscan Style
This year two youth from St Margaret attended The Franciscan Experience in Baton Rouge – Anna Hanks and Catalina Rojo. TFE is a 6-day immersive experience into the Word of God, the rich and beautiful Catholic tradition, and service as the hands and feet of Christ in the community! Since the beginning of The Franciscan…
Full of Grace
Grace Purvis is a familiar face around St. Margaret. A lifelong parishioner here at our church, she is currently a sophomore at Tulane University where she is majoring in Psychology on their pre-med track. Grace was very active in St. Margaret’s Youth Group and continues to serve and share her love of Christ with others when…
From Their Perspective
In preparation for the youth group’s annual Passion Play, the group joined together in prayer at this past week’s youth gathering. They prayed the Stations of the Cross, but in a unique way – they each were assigned a station and given the task to write about that particular station from a Biblical character’s point…
Loads of Christmas Cheer
As St. Margaret was preparing for her rededication some two years ago, it became clear that our tabernacle would not be fabricated in time for the Mass of dedication. Our old tabernacle would not be sufficient either as it would not fit in the new space. As such, the Church purchased a temporary tabernacle to…
A Busy Saturday for Ida Recovery
11 September 2021 It’s a very busy day on the St. Margaret campus. First a parish update. We will have all of our masses at their normal schedule times and places. Parish ministry events including the parish school of religious education (PSR) remain canceled through Monday, 13 September 2021. FEMA is on site for approximately…
Oh The Trees!
Hurricane Ida – Clean Up Continues While every building had some damage (most severe in St. Thomas, Chapel, St. Margaret Church, and the Hall of Saints), Fr. Jamin met with our insurer yesterday to begin the process of recovery on the parish property. This will likely be a rather expensive venture since our deductible…
Ida & Masses
Hurricane Ida Recovery – Mass Schedule Fr. Jamin and Fr. Paul have decided to retain our normal Mass Schedule. Since Tuesday, we have been celebrating our daily Mass at 7:00AM in St. Margaret Church. This weekend (05/06 September 2021), we will have our four Masses: 4:00PM Saturday at St. Margaret, 8:00AM Sunday at St. Thomas,…