Job Readiness/Skills Class

Our recent Job Readiness/Skills class was a HUGE success, thanks to our Director of Programs, Mrs. Gail Ratleff, our partners and the hard work of the participants.Twelve of our residents graduated after the 12 week session and all but 2 are currently employed! And those other 2 are actively job hunting with great prospects. We are so grateful to the various businesses and agencies that came and presented throughout the… Read More »

17th Annual Forgotten Angels Christmas Party and First Scholarship Award!

Please click on the link below to read about Clarence and the first recipient of the Forgotten Angels scholarship. We could not be more proud of our very own Clarence Adams and our very first scholarship recipient, Shanika!  We aslo thnak everyone who had a hand in this dream coming true! God certainly is good!   http://www.nola.com/holidays/index.ssf/2014/12/forgotten_angels_christmas_par_1.html Read More »

Greater New Orleans Foundation and the Taylor Foundation awards grant to Ozanam Inn!

Click the link to read the exciting news! "The Oz: There's No Place Like Home" Read More »

Gratitude is the Beginning of Generosity

On Thursday our nation will pause to celebrate Thanksgiving, a tradition of expressing our Gratitude for all of our blessings. It is also a time when we should reflect on our responsibility to Generously share with others less fortunate than us. There are many people who, for a variety of reasons, are living on the street disconnected from family and friends such as we are privileged to share food and fellowship on Thanksgiving. Such homeless… Read More »

The Day AFTER Thanksgiving at Ozanam Inn

Many churches and organizations serve lunch on Thanksgiving Day. But Ozanam Inn serves more than two hundred meals three times on Thanksgiving, on the day after Thanksgiving and throughout the year.  [219,000 meals each year] The Dinning Room has been made ready for the 200+ guest who will come to Ozanam Inn for a hot lunch on the Day AFTER Thanksgiving     Men and women [and sometimes children] wait in line for a hot lunch.… Read More »

Mom fueled Dr. Andonie’s desire to help poor

From the Clarion Herald November 1, 2011 Dr.  Jack Andonie has a special affinity for the poor in New Orleans. He  said he could directly relate to their plight, recalling his father  abandoning his mother and siblings when he was a child growing up on  Dryades Street. His  yen to help others whether through medicine or his Catholic faith has  led him to work with pre-Cana conferences, the Serra Club,… Read More »

Don’t let the homeless be invisible

A guest column by Michael J. Groetsch - nola.com While leaving Immaculate Conception Church on Baronne Street recently, I  became dismayed at how desensitized we have become to the plight of  homeless people who wander aimlessly on the streets of New Orleans. As I  walked in stride with a blind beggar dressed in tattered clothing and  holding a cardboard sign and metal cup, I noticed how many well-dressed  pedestrians avoided… Read More »

And now the rest of the story…

There has been publicity lately about registered sex offender living at Ozanam Inn.  The Executive Director of the Inn, Deacon "G" DiGiovanni has assured us that the Inn does not allow sex offenders to live at the Inn in our transitional housing program, in our staff or any of the other programs offered.Why then does the recent publicity state that the New Orleans Police Dept. shows 3 sex offenders who… Read More »

Tulane University School of Medicine – Ozanam Inn Programs Overview

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FOLLOWING THE MASTER’S MODEL – Washing the feet of the homeless

FOLLOWING THE MASTER'S MODEL - Washing the feet of the homeless Click here to read the complete article "Following the Master's Model from the Clarion Herald Read More »