Three parishioners help make Serra International Convention a big success
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Serra International Convention was held here in New Orleans on August 8th to 11th. It was a huge success and was hosted by the local Serra Club of East Jefferson, La. To know more about Serra read below. Three parishioners from our parish worked hard to make this a very successful event. Joe Dicharry in the middle was chair person for the host committee. Bernie Regel on the right helped and was a committee member. Jack Biven on the left also helped. Big thanks to them and others in many of the local clubs for helping. If interested in joining ask Joe, Jack, or Bernie next time you see them.About Serra
Serra USA was formed in 1935. It happened when a small group of lay people in Seattle decided to form an organization to promote and foster vocations to the priesthood and consecrated religious life. As a result, they chose Father Junipero Serra, the great missionary, as their patron and named the organization SERRA Club of Seattle.Serrans are lay Catholics found around the world. They are men and women of all ages and from all walks of life. Members range from lawyers, doctors, and business people, to nurses, clerks, stay at home workers, and retirees. All are dedicated to promote and foster vocations.Serra USA function to support priests and seminarians.Objectives
At the time of Serra’s formation in 1935, there were two great needs for the Church. First, to support dedicated priests and the religious. Also, to bring together informed Catholic lay leaders who understood and lived their own Christian vocations to service. These needs have not changed.The objectives of Serra are:- To foster and promote vocations to the ministerial priesthood in the Catholic Church, as a particular vocation to service and to support priests in their sacred ministry;
- Also, to encourage and affirm vocations to consecrated religious life in the Catholic Church;
- Finally, to assist members to recognize and respond in their own lives, to God’s call to holiness in Jesus Christ and through the Holy Spirit.
