• Do you ever think about your – or your child’s – soul?
    Do you ever think about your – or your child’s – soul?
    October 25, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    One night, my daughters were fighting with each other, like most sisters do. Although a natural part of life, I told them that the fighting was not Jesus-like and very “ugly.” My daughters started to cry and asked me, “Why would you say we are ugly?”  I ensured both of them that they were beautiful creatures of God. Yet, in this moment of fighting, their souls – or their life beings – were “ugly,” which was not aligned with Jesus and his teachings.
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  • Cremation garden will serve vets, first responders
    Cremation garden will serve vets, first responders
    October 25, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    A cremation garden currently under construction inside St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 in New Orleans will offer hundreds of new burial niches for the exclusive use of military veterans, first responders and their families.
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  • Evangelization must help people get closer to God
    Evangelization must help people get closer to God
    October 24, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    God wants everyone to be saved, which is why those who evangelize must avoid letting their prejudices get in the way of God’s plan, Pope Francis said.
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  • Praising God with many voices in ‘Gathering of Choirs’
    Praising God with many voices in ‘Gathering of Choirs’
    October 24, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    Ten choirs from across New Orleans participated Oct. 17 in St. Clement of Rome’s 30th annual Gathering of Choirs.
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  • Flower program freshens tombs, crypts year-round
    Flower program freshens tombs, crypts year-round
    October 24, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    A special program offered by the New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries Office is eliminating the stresses of keeping a loved one’s grave brightened with a steady supply of fresh, seasonal flowers.
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  • Todo el que se enaltece será humillado, y el que se humilla será enaltecido
    Todo el que se enaltece será humillado, y el que se humilla será enaltecido
    October 24, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    Queridos hermanos uno de los sentimientos más profundos de toda persona humana es el temor frente a la inseguridad, frente a lo desconocido, frente a lo que no controlamos. Por eso, una de las motivaciones más comunes para nuestras decisiones, para nuestros actos, es la búsqueda de una mayor seguridad. Sin darnos cuenta esa misma motivación la utilizamos en nuestra relación con Dios. Buscamos la seguridad ante él, que Dios no sea una amenaza para nuestra vida. Queremos tenerle de nuestro lado. Y tenemos la tentación de querer comprar su benevolencia, de asegurarnos de que Dios está a nuestro favor.
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  • Women circle back with the ministries they support
    Women circle back with the ministries they support
    October 23, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    It wasn’t the first go-round for 40 or so members of the Catholic Women’s Giving Circle of the Catholic Community Foundation  (CCF) to take a bus tour to nonprofit organizations that they support. But it was the first time the 2019 grant recipients – with missions concentrated in the circle’s 2019 focus on “Family Health – Spiritual, Emotional, Physical” – relayed how they benefitted from their share of the circle’s $142,500 grants this year.
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  • Deacon’s hospice experience sharpens listening skills
    Deacon’s hospice experience sharpens listening skills
    October 23, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    Deacon Brent Bourgeois was ordained as a permanent deacon in 2009 for the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux and serves as a spiritual care coordinator for Notre Dame Hospice of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
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  • Special Connections members have special talents
    Special Connections members have special talents
    October 23, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    The models in a luncheon-fashion show Oct. 9 at Chateau Golf and Country Club in Kenner had the crowd clapping and cheering as they twirled, waved and sashayed down the runway sporting the latest fall fashions.
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  • Christ in Christmas billboards, contest
    Christ in Christmas billboards, contest
    October 22, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    The Christ in Christmas Committee has begun preparations for its annual “Keep Christ in Christmas” billboard and yard flag campaign throughout the Archdiocese of New Orleans and beyond.
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  • Joining hands
    Joining hands
    October 22, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    When tragedy struck New Orleans on Oct. 12 – with the sudden collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel under construction on Canal and North Rampart streets – the Archdiocese of New Orleans responded  immediately to minister to the needs of the families of the three men who died as well the needs of other construction workers and first responders.
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  • What you might not know about N.O. Catholic cemeteries
    What you might not know about N.O. Catholic cemeteries
    October 22, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    Next fall, New Orleans will host the Catholic Cemetery Conference’s annual convention and exposition. Open to cemetery professionals from across the United States, Canada and Australia, the gathering typically attracts 300 to 500 attendees who are united in a common mission to uphold burial of the dead as a corporal work of mercy.
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  • Thanking Ignatius for nudging us toward gratitude
    Thanking Ignatius for nudging us toward gratitude
    October 22, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    St. Ignatius was on to something foundational about the spiritual life. In the 1500s, the founder of the Jesuits – and the Spiritual Exercises – insisted that his new colleagues use a daily “examen” to review what they had done or what had happened to them during that day, and they should never forget gratitude – being grateful for those graces, small and large, they had received from God.
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  • Después del colapso del Hard Rock, la Iglesia ofreció consuelo
    Después del colapso del Hard Rock, la Iglesia ofreció consuelo
    October 22, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    ¿Qué piensa sobre el trágico colapso del Hard Rock Hotel que, estaba en construcción en Canal Street? La destrucción en sí misma es trágica, pero el hecho de que quitó la vida de tres personas y, lastimó a tantos otros trabajadores es, la verdadera tragedia.
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  • Cabrini swimmers make waves for cancer awareness
    Cabrini swimmers make waves for cancer awareness
    October 22, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    Cabrini High School’s swim team took to heart that October is breast cancer awareness month and hosted the annual “Stand Up to Cancer Invitational Swim Meet Oct. 12 at the University of New Orleans’ Aquatic Center.
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  • Pedestrian parts turned into a ‘Great Vehicle’ at Abp. Rummel
    Pedestrian parts turned into a ‘Great Vehicle’ at Abp. Rummel
    October 22, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    Students in Robert Sanders’ pre-engineering class at Archbishop Rummel High School in Metairie recently participated in a “Great Vehicle Race” during class time  The project had students brainstorming, building, testing and improving a vehicle that would travel as far as possible along a straight line on the ground.
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  • After Hard Rock collapse, church offered comfort
    After Hard Rock collapse, church offered comfort
    October 22, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    What are your thoughts about the tragic collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel that was under construction on Canal Street? The destruction itself is tragic, but the fact that it robbed the lives of three people and hurt so many other workers is the real tragedy. This is not a time for us as outside observers to assess what went wrong with the building.
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  • Saints’ success product of hiring Ireland to run draft
    Saints’ success product of hiring Ireland to run draft
    October 22, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    As Sean Payton is showered with praise over the Saints’ 6-1 start, here’s a question: Is Payton that much different as a head coach than he was when the Saints went 7-9 for three consecutive seasons?
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  • Prep sports news coverage could be so much better
    Prep sports news coverage could be so much better
    October 22, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    I’m not without guilt, and I’m not going to cast a stone at a news industry or its colleagues who determine its business model. So, I offer this admonition as a constructive observation learned from my experience in the print news media about the wants and desires of readers:
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  • Calendar: Oct. 26 – Nov. 13
    Calendar: Oct. 26 – Nov. 13
    October 22, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    THEOLOGY ON TAP, Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m “Love/Relationships and Vocations in the 21st Century,” with Colin MacIver, Chimes, 19130 West Front St., Covington. Details: (985) 845-7342.
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