Congratulations to Jill Richard and Phil Rapp for being selected to receive the Order of Saint Louis Award this year. The Order of St. Louis IX award was established in 1975 to honor those laypersons who have made an extraordinary contribution of their time and talents to local churches in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Since its establishment, more than 10,000 individuals have received the medallion for their Christ-like service. Archbishop Aymond will confer the award on Jill and Phil on Sunday, May 15th.

The crowning of the statue of the Blessed Mother inside the church will occur at the end of the First Communion Mass on Sunday, May 1st at 10:30 a.m. with a reception to follow in the catechetical center.

Now that Lent is over, please bring your Rice Bowls to the Church or the Parish Office.

The Men’s Club will be hosting a parish grounds work party on Saturday, April 23rd starting at 8:00 a.m. and ending at lunch with boiled crawfish. We are inviting all parishioners (regardless of age or gender) to come and help with a variety of cleanup activities. This will be a great opportunity to meet new friends and renew earlier acquaintances; but more importantly, it will be a time to spruce up St. Benedict’s. Please call 892-5202 or email office@stbencov.org the office if you plan to help so we can have a number for the crawfish.

THANK YOU from the MEN’S CLUB The Men’s Club would like to thank everyone who supported the Fish Fry Fundraisers. This year we served 1138 dinners. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Your generosity is very much appreciated!