Back to School Mass Marks First Mass on Agriculture Street

Students in grades 2nd - 7th celebrated their first Back-to-School Mass in the new Agriculture Street campus.  With the large cafeteria, GSS now has a large enough space to worship together.  The theme of the Mass was “We are One Body in Christ, One in God’s Family.”  Fr. Anthony McGinn, S.J., pastor of Immaculate Conception Church, celebrated Mass.  Our new school choir, under the direction of teachers Mrs. Giambelluca and Mrs. Jones, performed. They were accompanied by pianist Mr. Dwight Fitch and chorus director Mrs. Connie Fitch. The 7th graders participated in the Mass readings and prayers, and offered words about the gifts of the Holy Spirit on colorful posters they created. 
The Good Shepherd School
1839 Agriculture St
New Orleans, LA 70119
Tel: (504) 598-9399
GSS Mission Statement
The Good Shepherd Nativity Mission School, Inc., seeks to help low-income, urban youth in order to realize their fullest potential as productive members of society by providing them with an extended-day, year-round, quality education, integrated with personal, moral and spiritual development, and continued guidance during the students' further education.

The Judeo-Christian values which have inspired the Nativity model include a respect for the dignity and potential of each person, a responsibility to assist the poor and those in need, a strong sense of community within the one family of God, and the obligation to promote a society characterized by social justice. In this Nativity model, students are enrolled without regard to race, color, religion, or ethnicity.