Tradition
The parish has made efforts to maintain a sense of traditional reverence amid New Orleans' reputation for revelry. As part of this effort, one Mass every Sunday is sung in Latin according to the 1962 Roman Missal (Tridentine Mass) as an extraordinary form of the Roman Rite.
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