St. Benilde Catholic Church

This past weekend we celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving for the 25th Anniversary of Fr. Pat. It was a wonderful celebration, and it was very obvious how loved he still is here at St. Benilde. Let us continue to keep him in prayer! I know that the cake said happy birthday and that was because the following day was his birthday.

We have welcomed back our students after a long and quiet summer. It is so good to have them back with us, and we look forward to another amazing year!

Mass in observance of Independence Day will be celebrated on Thursday, July 4th at 7:00 AM and 5:30 PM. The Adoration Chapel will close at 11:59 PM on Wednesday, July 3rd and will reopen at 7:30 AM on Friday, July 5th. The Parish Office will be closed on Thursday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen on Friday, July 5th at 9:00 AM.

My name is Maggie Sunseri, and I have been hired to take over the position as St. Benilde Parish Secretary/Administrative Assistant, replacing Nancy Carollo who is retiring at the end of July. My husband Todd and I have been married for twenty-two years. We have two children. Our son, Cody, is seventeen and is going into his junior year of high school at Rummel. Our daughter, Katie, is eleven years old and is going into 6th grade at St. Christopher. Todd owns a lawn care business here in Metairie. I was a stay at home mom until Katie was 18 months old. It was at that time when I started working at Our Lady of Divine Providence Church, where I was the office manager. I stayed at Our Lady of Divine Providence for three years before an opportunity opened for me to work in the offices of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. I worked at the archdiocese for five years serving as an administrative assistant for Bishop Shelton Fabre, Bishop Fernand Cheri and Archbishop Gregory Aymond. I am excited about the opportunity to work with Fr. Matthew Johnston and to get to know and serve all of you.