Watch the Ordination Live on Saturday June 4th

If you can't make the ordination and would like to watch it live, then go to this website on Saturday June 4th at 10.00am and you will be able to watch the whole thing live. (If you are watching from England, this will mean 4.00pm on Saturday evening.)

http://www.justin.tv/ordinations

We also hope to stream live the First Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday 5th June at 11.00am from the Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception in New Orleans.

What kind of hat are you wearing?

Clearly, the English ladies present are going to be wearing hats for the ordination...

See mum for the classical example...

F.Y.I. British Airways does not charge extra to store hat boxes on long haul flights, in case you were wavering on bringing one.

Who is preaching at the First Mass?

A tradition for most newly ordained priests is to invite someone else to preach at their 'first' mass. Mostly it helps the new priest to focus on the job at hand and let someone else inspire the congregation with carefully chosen words.

I have asked my long time school friend from Stonyhurst and now diocesan priest, Rev. Fr. Philip Conner to do the honours. He is a priest from the Lancaster Diocese and currently leads all ministry with young people in the diocese.

He is not the Bishop but is the person on the left, still with the deacon's stole on the way to the altar for his ordination.

A message from the Hotel Sheraton

Just to let you know that most of my group will be staying at this hotel. Plus, we will be providing transportation to most of the events over the weekend.

"Attendees may call the hotel directly by dialing (504) 525-2500 for upgrade requests to Club Level rooms based upon availability for an additional 30.00 per night. Club Level amenities includes the following; a room located on a high level beginning on the 42^nd floor, continental breakfast each morning for two, exclusive access to the Club Lounge, evening snacks, cash bar, high speed internet access within the Club Lounge, complimentary access to the fitness facility (usually 10.00 per day fee), and free local and 800 calls."

Holy Hour

You are warmly invited to join the family and friends of the Ordinandi for a Holy Hour to be held in Holy Name Church from 4.00-5.00pm on Friday June 3rd. This will be a great opportunity to gather and pray for the men to be ordained. There will be moments of silence and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, the celebration of Vespers (Evening Prayer) and opportunity for individual confession. Hope to see you there.

Invitations!

Good news! The invitations will soon be winding their way to you, wherever you are. I wanted to let you know about the image that we have chosen for the invitations which you see at the top of this blog.

This is an image painted by Rubens of the first Jesuits attending Mass (Bl. Peter Faber, S.J. was the first priest of the Society of Jesus) and is taken from the collection at Stonyhurst College, U.K.

Proposed Itinerary for the weekend

Day	Activity	Time	Location	Provisional Itinerary
Thursday June 2nd	Lunch	12pm	Parkway Bakery	The best po-boys in town.
	Mass	5.15pm	Immaculate Conception	Sheraton Hotel is a five minute walk from this Jesuit Church.
	Reception	6pm-7pm	Hotel Sheraton	Go to Governors suite on 48th floor for drinks and penthouse views
	Dinner	7pm	French Quarter	Lots of places to choose from.
Friday June 3rd	Holy Hour	4pm-5pm	Holy Name Of Jesus	All welcome for Evening prayer, adoration, confession & benediction.
	Dinner	5.30pm-8pm	Loyola University	Dinner for Jesuits and family members of ordinandi
Saturday June 4th	Ordination	10am	Holy Name Of Jesus	Shuttle buses will leave hotel lobby at 8.30am and 9.15am
4th June
	Reception	12.30pm	Loyola University	In the Dana Centre at Loyola University.
				Return Shuttle Buses available or Street Car Experience to hotel
	Party	7pm-11pm	Jesuit High School	Shuttle Buses depart from Hotel lobby at 6.45pm and 7.30pm
				7-pm Live Jazz Band; 9pm New Priests Talk;
				9.15pm-11pm Live Music / Cajun Dancing
Sunday June 5th	1st Mass	11am	Immaculate Conception	Fr. Hough, S.J. celebrates Mass of Thanksgiving
	Reception	12pm	Imacculate Conception Parish Hall
	Cruise & Dinner	6pm-9pm	Natchez Steam Boat	This includes live jazz, dinner and a cruise on the Mississippi.
				A discount price has been arranged for all who would like to come
Monday June 6th	Mass	10am	Jesuit High School	2nd Floor Chapel
				Take Canal Street Car to Carrolton. School is on Banks St.
Hotel			Hotel Sheraton	Link to book discount rooms
Airport Ride			E-mail Patrick to arrange for rides to/from airport