PRAYER REQUEST: PRIESTS MISSING IN NEW ORLEANS

The New York Times (reg. required) ^ | September 5, 2005 | Peter Applebome and Sewell Chan

[Deo volente]

Many priests are still missing and unaccounted for in New Orleans. My hope is that they are alive but have not yet informed the chancery of their whereabouts. I don't even want to think about the alternative.

Prayers requested for their safety.

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[nw_arizona_granny]

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[Diva]

I know the Seminary and Chancery (think it is next to the seminary) must be flooded as I have friends who escaped from a few blocks away, and they had 6 feet of water around their house. The Archbishop's residence is at the corner of Carolloton and Pritchard Pl. the street that my friends lived on, one and a half blocks from the Archbishop.

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Prayers for the safety of the priests.

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[Salvation]

May these priests be held in the palm of the hand of God. I know many of them must have stayed behind to minister to those remaining in the city.

For those who have died, may they rest in peace.

[Bahbah]

Sunday was perhaps the first time since 1725 that Mass has not been said in a parish church in New Orleans

Quite an amazing fact. A sad one.

[BIRDS]

Prayers for these (and all) Priests and for their earthly safety and safekeeping. For any who have died, I thank God for their service and pray for their souls in Heaven.

[tiki]

They will be in my prayers.

I haven't donated any money yet to Katrina victims. I think I would like to specifically support these churches because, unlike most of the people, they aren't eligible for any government help.

[SuziQ]

I know many of them must have stayed behind to minister to those remaining in the city.

It's quite likely that some of these churches became makeshift shelters that no one has yet discovered.

[siunevada]

The Archdiocese's website with a donation address:

http://www.archdiocese-no.org/

[Ramcat]

Prayers for safety.

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[FourtySeven]

Prayers for the safe return of the priests.

[AnAmericanMother]

Prayers as soon as asked for these men of God.

So many priests in terrible circumstances have been rescued, apparently by divine intervention.

Father Peter Pernin survives the great Peshtigo Fire in 1871, and the Tabernacle with its contents is miraculously preserved amidst total destruction.

Statue of the Blessed Virgin survives Johnstown Flood

[Tribune7]

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[Deo volente]

Thanks for the links to the miracles. Wonderful stories.


Here's another mention of the missing priests from the Dallas Morning News.

EXCERPT:
The archdiocese has had to cope with mounting losses. One of its priests, Thomas Kinney, died Saturday night after a bout with cancer. Archbishop Hughes said a traumatic evacuation from a nursing home expedited the priest's death.

The archdiocese does not have any information about almost half of its priests, some of who stayed in areas affected by the hurricane.

As Archbishop Hughes visited shelters during the week, he heard "harrowing" tales of escape from the hurricane, he said.

"I am convinced that God is going to purify us through this," he said after the Mass.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/090505dntexkatchurches.8571ee0.html