Altar Servers of the Year honored by archdiocese

The Serra Clubs of Metropolitan New Orleans honored 79 boys and girls as 2014 Altar Servers of the Year for their respective church parishes in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond celebrated the Altar Server of the Year Mass April 2 at St. Rita Church in New Orleans and presented a medal to each recipient.

The winners for 2014 are Samuel R. Adams Jr., St. Rita, New Orleans; Jessica Anderson, Holy Name of Jesus, New Orleans; Jonathan Aperwhite, Corpus Christi-Epiphany, New Orleans; Darrin Benvenuti, Christ the King, Terrytown; Jared Bertrand, St. Benedict, St. Benedict; Sarah Bice, Immaculate Conception, Marrero; Ellington Bocage, St. Gabriel the Archangel, New Orleans.

Beau T. Bourgeois, St. John the Baptist, Paradis; Anthony S. Bruce, St. John the Baptist, Edgard; Anthony Caesar, St. Francis of Assisi, New Orleans; Sam Campbell, St. Luke the Evangelist, Slidell; Isaac Cantrell, All Saints, New Orleans; Katherine Chandler, Mary Queen of Peace, Mandeville; Andrew Choina, St. Christopher, Metairie; Kyle Daul, Mater Dolorosa, New Orleans.

Emily Eymard, St. Francis Xavier, Metairie; Joseph Ezell, Annunciation, Bogalusa; Lydia Fayette, Holy Guardian Angels, Bridge City; Elizabeth Frank, Our Lady of the Lake, Mandeville; Ryan French, St. Ann, Metairie; Andrea Garcés, St. Clement of Rome, Metairie; Katherine Gerosa, St. Angela Merici, Metairie; Malik Gibson, St. Peter Claver, New Orleans; Katie Goens, St. Cletus, Gretna.

Michael Hanley Jr., St. Joan of Arc, LaPlace; Joseph A. Hargrove, St. Joseph the Worker, Marrero; Rachel Hicks, St. Bonaventure, Avondale; Zachary Holmer, St. Philip Neri, Metairie; Hannah Hutchinson, St. Margaret Mary, Slidell; Gregory Jacques, St. Raymond/St. Leo the Great, New Orleans; Adrian D. Jones, St. Patrick, Port Sulphur; Celeste Jupiter, Holy Spirit, Algiers; Joseph Kelly, Our Lady of Lourdes, Slidell; James Laborde, Immaculate Conception, New Orleans.

Megan LaCour, Divine Mercy, Kenner; Sarah E. Lambert, St. Agnes, Jefferson; Katie Lawrence, Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, New Orleans; Christian LeBlanc, St. David, New Orleans; Stephen Lewis, Our Lady Star of the Sea, New Orleans; Ashley Livaccari, St. Mary Magdalen, Metairie; Jackson Loupe, St. Jane de Chantal, Abita Springs.

Marlea E. Maddox, St. Joseph/St. Anthony Mission, Gretna; Colleen F. Mahler, St. Charles Borromeo, Destrehan; Laurnae Mallet, St. Mary of the Angels, New Orleans; Hailey Mathieu, St. Maria Goretti, New Orleans; Jenna R. Melerine, Visitation of Our Lady, Marrero; Mackenzie G. Melerine, St. Bernard, St. Bernard; Chase Miguez, St. Mark, Ama.

Zigian Miller, St. Thomas, Pointe a la Hache, and Assumption Mission, Braithwaite; Devin M. Minix, Blessed Trinity, New Orleans; Stephen Montelepre, St. Peter, Covington; Cecilia Nguyen, Mary Queen of Vietnam, New Orleans; Christopher M. Nicolay, Ascension of Our Lord, LaPlace; Katherine Nugent, St. Edward the Confessor, Metairie.

Juwan Orticke, St. Andrew the Apostle, New Orleans; Shawn P. Plaisance, Holy Family, Luling; Thomas Prados, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Belle Chasse; Lance J. Ragas III, Holy Family, Franklinton; Ryan Roberts, St. Matthew the Apostle, Jefferson; Amber Robicheaux, St. Anthony of Padua, Luling; Amelia Russell, St. Joachim, Marrero.

Daniel Sagona, St. Rita of Cascia, Harahan; Jonathan Sanders, St. Pius X, New Orleans; Kaitlyn Schexnayder, Our Lady of the Rosary, Hahnville; Matthew V. Segari, St. Benilde, Metairie; Jamie M. Serpas, Sts. Peter and Paul, Pearl River; Keith H. Settle, Blessed Sacrament-St. Joan of Arc, New Orleans; Brandon Smith, St. Genevieve, Slidell.

Kennedy Smith, Holy Name of Mary, New Orleans; Dylan Snakenberg, St. Anselm, Madisonville; Nathaniel Swangton, Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Kenner; Luca Taffaro, Our Lady of Lourdes, Violet; Obraina Tigler, Our Lady of the Angels, Waggaman; Thanh L. Tran, St. Agnes Le Thi Thanh, Marrero; Sierra Tumminello, St. Louis King of France, Metairie.

Sterling J. Vassel, Our Lady of Guadalupe/Shrine of St. Jude, New Orleans; Lawrence Vaughn, Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Westwego; John Paul Vu, Our Lady of La Vang, New Orleans; Rachel Wallace, Our Lady of Divine Providence, Metairie.