BEFORE
• 30 friars lived and ministered in New Orleans
• Friars preached the Good News in two parishes, through
two campus ministry centers and in various outreach ministries
• The Provincial Office in New Orleans coordinated Dominican
life and mission among the friars
• St. Dominic Parish facilities, home for 10 friars,
and a strong base for a thriving Catholic community of
2500 families with a vibrant Chapter of Lay Dominicans was served by 4 friars
on staff; parish weekly income of $18,000
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AFTER
• All thirty
New Orleans brothers, six employees and their families
accounted for and physically safe but 25 friars left homeless
after Katrina
• Friars displaced to other cities, other states; they
lost all of their clothing and personal items
• Two OP churches, two priories and the provincial office
building suffered major damage from flooding and looting
• Wind and water destroyed most vehicles used for ministry
• Campus ministries at Tulane University and Xavier
University are indefinitely suspended
• All 1st floor facilities at St. Dominic Parish
have to be gutted and restored; every pew in the church
has to be replaced; school furnishings and instructional supplies have to be
replaced
• The St. Dominic parish community now numbers 1200
families, has only 2 friars on staff, parish income of
$9,000, had to cut 1 staff member and 1 maintenance man
St. Anthony of Padua Church also sustained a major
loss of congregational membership, structural damage,
loss of most of the interior furnishings |
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