Ingredients: 3 cups onion, chopped 1½ cups bell pepper, chopped 1½ cups celery, chopped ½ cup olive oil 2 large eggplants, peeled and chopped 1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce 5 cloves garlic, chopped ½ cup green olives, chopped 1 small can chopped black olives 3 tablespoons sugar 1 teaspoon black pepper ¼ cup capers 1½ teaspoons dried oregano ½ cup red vinegar 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper crackers Directions: In a 4-quart microwavable dish combine onion, bell pepper, celery and olive oil.

Dominican Sister of Peace Shirley Bodisch has seen some incredible things in her 30 years of fellowship with deaf Catholics, but one decades-old memory still moves her. During Masses in the chapel of Baton Rouge’s Catholic Deaf Center, a deaf worshiper would carefully watch the hearing interpreter translate the spoken liturgy into sign language.

Can you give an update on the status of the new northshore offices for the archdiocese? Have you leased a building? We have. It’s in Covington near U.S. 90 and I-12 close to Hood Northlake Chevrolet.

Clarion Herald executive editor Peter Finney Jr. won two awards at the 2011 Catholic Media Convention in Pittsburgh June 22-24: Third Place Individual Excellence Writer/Editor (all membership classes) Judging for this category was based on a submission of five articles or columns.

The journey of refugees who have settled in New Orleans was celebrated June 17 with a World Refugee Day organized by Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans’ Immigration and Refugee Services. As the aroma of ethnic cuisine wafted in the air, children danced to the music of the band Julio and Cesar, while their parents mingled with other refugees from Iraq, Africa, Cuba, Russia, the Ukraine, Poland, Burma, the Philippines and Haiti.

Photo | COURTESY ST. JAMES MAJOR PARISH Father Richard Maughan, pastor of St. James Major Parish, processes down Gentilly Boulevard with the Blessed Sacrament on the Feast of Corpus Christi June 26. He is assisted by Deacon Glenn Wiltz, right.

Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond has appointed Alice Hughes as director of the Office of Religious Education for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, effective Sept. 1. She succeeds Carole Obrokta, who served in the role since 2004.

Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond announces the following appointments: PASTOR Father Ray Hymel , Pastor, Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, Pearl River, effective July 15, 2011. PAROCHIAL VICAR Jesuit Father Jeffrey C. Johnson , Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Conception Parish, New Orleans, effective June 4, 2011.

Hospitality – welcoming people, especially the stranger, into the home – was a cherished value among the Jewish people of the Old Testament. That same spirit of hospitality is a major motivating influence on Deacon Steve Ferran, a New Orleans hotel executive who was appointed in June to the newly created position of vice president of Catholic Identity and Mission at Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Msgr. Allen Roy, who retired June 26 at age 81 after 39 years as pastor of Holy Spirit Church in New Orleans, never was a priest to stand on title or ceremony. He cheerfully chided those who called him “Monsignor” and pleaded to be recognized as “Father” instead.

It is with much excitement and anticipation that I begin the ministry of superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. As a Catholic educator, I believe that, along with parents as the primary teachers, an authentically Catholic school embedded in strong academics fosters happy, self-confident children, strong in their faith.

WASHINGTON (CNS) – When Fredron DeKarlos Blackmon was elected to lead the Knights of Peter Claver last September, it was a natural progression of his involvement as a professional lay Catholic. Just 34 years old, Blackmon has a “day job” as pastoral associate and director of liturgy and music for St. Joseph Parish in Huntsville, Ala. His election as supreme knight of the fraternal organization is just the latest piece of what he sees as a very fulfilling life in ministry.

Churches in New Orleans ALL SAINTS 1441 Teche St. (Algiers), 361-8835 Vigil: 5 p.m. Sunday: 8, 10 a.m. – Holyday Vigil: 6:30 p.m. Feast: None – Weekdays: (M-F) 6:30 a.m. – Confessions: (Sa) 4-4:45 p.m., by appointment – Eucharistic Adoration: (Th) 6-7 p.m.

Yvonne Gelpi, the interim president of De La Salle High School, said the school’s board of trustees has appointed a search committee charged with the responsibility of interviewing and recommending candidates for the president’s position.

When Michael Scalco was appointed earlier this month as the president/principal of Archbishop Rummel High School for an interim year, he recognized that one of his first tasks would be to answer questions.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced 2011 college scholarships awarded to students in Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of New Orleans: Awarded $2,500 Achievement Scholarships as outstanding Black American high school seniors were Candace C. Ross, Gretna, De La Salle; Brandon J. Jacobs, Harvey, Archbishop Shaw; Devinn K. Rolland, Harvey, Cabrini; Nicholas A. Johnson, New Orleans, Jesuit; Wyatt L. Smith, New Orleans, Brother Martin.

When the 2011-12 school year begins in August, St. Ann School in Metairie will be bustling with 2-year-olds with the opening of a new building to house its inaugural 2-year-old Tot program. Principal Susan Kropog said the 3,900-square-foot structure was designed by St. Ann parishioner and architect Kevin Morris of Holly & Smith Architects in New Orleans.

Tired of hearing so many of her incoming eighth graders complain that science was “boring,” Ann Smart decided it was time for a preemptive strike. In 2008, the Cabrini High science teacher launched “Super Science Saturdays,” a monthly series designed to make scientific principles more accessible and appealing to girls in fourth, fifth and sixth grades.

It has been “the little school that could” since the days Jesuit Father Harry Tompson first dreamed of creating it. The legendary Jesuit High School president/principal, Immaculate Conception pastor, retreat director and heat-guided-missile homilist envisioned The Good Shepherd School on Baronne Street in the CBD as a targeted educational tool to lift children and even families out of poverty.

WASHINGTON (CNS) – As the effort to pass the DREAM Act hits its 10th anniversary, churches, synagogues and mosques around the country will devote a September weekend to teaching their congregations about the faith-based reasons to work for its passage.