2026 Order of St. Louis IX Ceremony Held March 8

On March 8, Archbishop James Checchio conferred the Order of St. Louis IX Medal on nearly 200 local Catholics in recognition of their leadership and dedication of service to the Church, in their parishes and throughout the Archdiocese of New Orleans. 

The 2026 Order of St. Louis honorees are:

Mr. Cornell Alfonso, Our Lady of Lourdes, Violet.

Mrs. Doris Banks, St. Martin de Porres;  Mrs. Melody Barousse, St. Peter, Covington; Ms. Dawn Bassett, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Belle Chasse; Mr. Tyler Bastian, Good Shepherd Parish; Mr. Zachary Bastian, Good Shepherd Parish; Mr. Wesley Battiste, St. Raymond and St. Leo the Great Catholic Church; Mr. Jeffrey Beale, St. Genevieve; Dr. Mary Elizabeth Benson, St. Francis of Assisi; Mr. Thomas & Letha Berner, Our Lady of the Lake; Mrs. Glenda Brown, Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Covington; and Ms. Mary Burns, Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church, Chalmette. 

Mr. Michael Calamari, Our Lady of Lourdes; Mr. Gregory and Mrs. Stacy Cantrell, All Saints Catholic Church; Mr. Richard Carbo, Christ the King; Mr. Joseph R. Casanova, Our Lady of Guadalupe; Ms. Gina Caulfield, St. Joachim; Mr and Mrs Chris Cazaubon, St. Joseph Church & Shrine; Mrs. Stella Chase-Reese, St. Peter Claver; Mr. and Mrs. Kim Chatelain, Mary, Queen of Peace; Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence and Micki Chehardy, St. Catherine of Siena; Mr. and Mrs. Chad Chiasson, Holy Family (Luling); Mrs. Sharon Chrestia, Our Lady of the Holy Rosary; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Clesi, St. Agnes; Mr. Richard Coffey, St. John the Baptist, Folsom; Mrs. Cheryl Cook, Sts. Peter and Paul; Mr. Christopher Countiss, Archdiocese of New Orleans; Ms. Marie Cousin, St. Genevieve; Mr. and Mrs. Doug Cresap, Mary Queen of Peace; and Mr. and Mrs. Henry and Dawn Curole, St. Clement of Rome 

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Penny D'Amico, St. Patrick Catholic Church; Miss Maria Davila, Christ the King; Mr. Anthony Difulco, Mary, Help of Christians; Mr. and Mrs. Rick and Jessica Doherty, Visitation of Our Lady; Mr. and Mrs. James Donovan, St. Matthew the Apostle; Dr. Kenneth and Mrs. Barbara DuBois, II, St. Pius X; Mrs. Christine Soto Dufrene, St. Michael the Archangel; Ms. Margaret Duplessis, Assumption of Our Lady Mission and Mr. & Mrs. Drew Durand, St. Maria Goretti. 

Ms. Y'Annika Anjane' Edwards, Our Lady of Grace; Mr. and Mrs. Larry and Peggy Englande, St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church; and Tabetha Stewart Ezell, Annunciation. 

Ms. Julie Fabregas, St. Mary Magdalen; Mrs. Cecilia Fagan, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Lacombe; Mr. Eddie Faucheaux, St. John Paul II Church; Mr. William Fisher, Sts. Peter and Paul; and Ms. Blanca Adeli Flores, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Latin Mass Community. 

Mr. Roland H. and Mrs. Adrienne C. Gieger, St. Christopher the Martyr, Metairie; Mrs. Myrna Gorman, St. Edward the Confessor; Mr. Joseph and Mrs. Mary Guarisco, St. Anthony of Padua, Luling; Mrs. Alison Guarisco, St. Andrew the Apostle; and Mr. Ched Mrs. Jennifer Guidry, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Belle Chasse.

Miss Abigail Lauren Halberg, Tulane Catholic; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hamilton, St. Matthew the Apostle; Mr. Lee and Mrs. Claire Hayden, St. Benedict; Mrs. Rosi Healy, St. Patrick's; Mr and Mrs Johnny Hebert, St. Jane de Chantal Church Abita Springs; Mrs. Joan Hernandez, St. Bernard; Mrs. Peggy Hernandez, St. Rita; Ms Krystal Amanda Hooker, Our Lady of Grace; and Mr. Robert Howard, III & Mrs. Kathryn Howard, St. Benilde.

Mrs. Liz Joiner, St. Rita; Mr. and Mrs. Garry and Mary Ellen Jordan, St. Anselm; and Mrs. Mable Julien-Taylor, Blessed Trinity Church New Orleans.

Mr. Craig Karl, St. Ann Church & National Shrine; Mrs. Joan Kathmann, Divine Mercy; Mr. Charles F. and Mrs. Gail F. Kernion, III, St. Christopher the Martyr, Metairie; Mrs. Patricia Kilbert, St. John the Baptist - Edgard; Ms. Katherine Kolthoff, Good Shepherd Parish; Mr. and Mrs. John and Jane Kuchler, St. Edward the Confessor; and Mrs. Stephanie Kuhn, St. Anthony Catholic Church, Jean-Lafitte.

Mr. Miguel and Mrs. Kettelie Lafontant, St. Joseph Haitian Community; Ms. Diane Landry, St. Martha Parish; Mr. Donald Lassere, Jr., Holy Spirit Catholic Church; Mr. Thomas LeBon, St. Patrick's/St. John the Baptist; Mrs. Cindy Lemoine, St. Agnes; Mr. Kenneth Lemoine, St. Agnes; Mr. Gavin Lewis, St. Peter Claver; Mr. Joseph Lindley, Jr., St. Peter, Covington; Emile (Jay) Loetzerich and Terry Loetzerich, St. Alphonsus Parish of New Orleans; Mr. Brandon & Mrs. Kaye Lomasney, Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Covington; and Mr. Allen Lorio and Mrs. Catherine Lorio, St. Francis Xavier.

Dr. & Mrs. Scott Macicek, St. Catherine of Siena; Mrs. Deirdre Macnamara, St. Pius X; Mr. and Mrs. Lester Madere, St. Ann Church and National Shrine; Ms. Dorothy Maggiore, Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Kenner); Mr. Irwin J. Marant, Jr., Our Lady of Mount Carmel Latin Mass Community; Ms. Charley Martin, St. Martha Parish; Mr. Barry Matherne, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church; Mrs. Darlene Matthews, St. Margaret Mary Church; Mrs. Belinda Mauduit, Sacred Heart of Jesus Church; Mr. and Mrs. Danny and Lisa Mayfield, Holy Name of Mary; Mrs. Susan McArthur, Christ the King; Dr. and Mrs. Scott and Jane McMurray, Holy Name of Jesus; Mrs. Beverly McSweeney, St. Dominic; Mr. Michael J. Miller, St. Katharine Drexel; Mr. and Mrs. Alton Minor, St. Josephine Bakhita; Mrs. Gloria Miramon, St. Luke the Evangelist; Mr Glenn E Mitchell, St, Joseph Church & Shrine; Mr. Henry Montalbano, St. Angela Merici; Ms. Joyce Mumford, St. David Catholic Church; and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Murray, Center of Jesus the Lord. 

Ms. Pamela Nastasi, St. Angela Merici; Mr. John and Mrs. Stacey Neill, Our Lady of the Lake; Bon and Hong Nguyen, Our Lady of Lavang, New Orleans; Mr. Phêrô Cảnh Văn Nguyễn and Ms. Maria Nam Thị Võ, St. Joseph Church (Algiers); and Mr. and Mrs. Pat and Karen O'Brien, St. Rita - New Orleans.

Mrs. Emma Patzan, St. Jerome; Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Tammy Ann Payne, Holy Family (Franklinton); John Baptist Tuynh Quoc Pham, and Maria Kim Hai Tran, St. Agnes Le Thi Thanh; Mr. Joey Plaisance, Visitation of Our Lady; and Mr. Tim Purvis, Our Lady of Lourdes. 

Mr and Mrs Troy Roche', St. Anthony Gretna; Mr. Ronald and Mrs. Janeen C. Rodrigue, St. Charles Borromeo; Mrs. Norean Amedio Rojas, St. Cletus Catholic Church; Mr. and Mrs. Mark and Kelly Rose, St. Dominic; Mr. and Mrs. Todd Ruiz, Ascension of Our Lord; and Ms. Dawn Russell, Our Lady of Lourdes, Violet.

Mr. and Mrs. George Sauzer, Holy Family (Luling); Miss Shari Schexnayder, St. Charles Borromeo; Ms. Marilyn R. Schulin, St. Anselm; Mr. & Mrs. James Simms, St. Maria Goretti; Mr. and Mrs. John and Grace Skinner, Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church; Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Patricia Smith, Infant Jesus of Prague Mission; Mr. and Mrs. Greg and Anne Southworth, St. Philip Neri; Mr. Stephen St. Angelo and Mrs. Tammy St. Angelo, St. Francis Xavier; and Mrs. Lynn Suprean, St. John of the Cross.

Mr. Rafael Tejeda and Mrs. Wendy Tejeda, St. Jerome; Ms. Doloros Tinson, St. Thomas; Mr. and Mrs. James and Jennifer Tonglet, St. Margaret Mary Church; Mrs. Quynh Vo Tran, St. Andrew the Apostle; Mr. Chuong and Mrs. Tinh Tran, Resurrection of Our Lord Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Joe and Cate Uzee, St. Philip Neri. 

Mr. William Vanderbrook, St. Mary Magdalen; Ms. Sandra Liseth Vargas, Our Lady of Prompt Succor; Mr. Louis and Mrs. Jane Villarrubia, Divine Mercy; and Mrs. Rebecca Villarrubia, St. Louis King of France. 

Mrs. Margaret Weber, St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church; Dr. Susan Weishar, Ph.D, St. Anthony of Padua, New Orleans; Mr. Dirk Wild, Archdiocese of New Orleans; and Mrs. Bernadine Williams, Mater Dolorosa.

Mr. Beau Zeringue, St. Mark Catholic Church – Ama and Mrs. Laura Zeringue, Holy Family (Franklinton).