Most New Orleans Parishes Spared Destruction
09/07/2005

As the flood waters from Hurricane Katrina begin to subside from New Orleans, plans for the rebuilding of the Diocese of Louisiana are firmly in hand, according to Ann Ball, director of communication. While the members of the 18 New Orleans parishes are dispersed across the Southeast, many having lost their homes and livelihoods, the flooded parishes may have escaped destruction.

“We are hearing good news in terms of our churches,” Mrs. Ball said. The parishes around Lake Pontchartrain appear to have survived the storm. “Christ Church in Slidell is OK, as is Grace Memorial in Hammond,” she said, while Christ Church, Covington, sustained only “damage to their chapel.”

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