• Pandemic has changed church outreach ‘forever’
    Pandemic has changed church outreach ‘forever’
    May 19, 2020
    During two months of social isolation, the work of American business has migrated, ready or not, into the home.
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  • Deacon Sylvester Adoga: Though unworthy, ready to serve
    Deacon Sylvester Adoga: Though unworthy, ready to serve
    May 19, 2020
    Deacon Sylvester Adoga, Deacon Luis Duarte and Deacon John Yike will be ordained to the priesthood May 30 at a 10 a.m. Mass celebrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond at St. Louis Cathedral.
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  • New deacons urged to be ministers of Christ’s charity
    New deacons urged to be ministers of Christ’s charity
    May 19, 2020
    Like almost everything else during these last two months, the May 16 ordination of 12 men to the transitional diaconate was just a little different.
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  • Our Lady of Good Counsel Church looks out for congregants at first Sunday Mass since lockdown
    Our Lady of Good Counsel Church looks out for congregants at first Sunday Mass since lockdown
    May 17, 2020
    Cleanliness is next to godliness at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in New Orleans...
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  • 6th Sunday of Easter: ‘Nole Me Tangere’
    6th Sunday of Easter: ‘Nole Me Tangere’
    May 17, 2020
    During the isolating, destructive bombing of London during World War II, local officials looked for ways to bring comfort and relief to the people.
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  • Archbishop Aymond to deacons: Be men of prayer and charity
    Archbishop Aymond to deacons: Be men of prayer and charity
    May 16, 2020
    Archbishop Gregory Aymond delivered the following homily Saturday, May 16, at the Mass for the Ordination of Deacons at St. Louis Cathedral.
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  • Making a Difference: Humanity may never again get a chance like this – let’s not squander it!
    May 14, 2020
    While to a certain degree returning to “business as usual” will not likely happen, that does not mean the vast majority of those who hold most of the world’s wealth and power will not use every advantage at their deposal...
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  • Putting on an ‘attitude of gratitude’ can help us navigate hurdles
    Putting on an ‘attitude of gratitude’ can help us navigate hurdles
    May 14, 2020
    Working from an attitude of gratitude is more important now than ever. The one prayer that goes through my head and comes out of my mouth all day long is, “Thank you, God!” 
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  • How will the ‘new normal’ change educational practices?
    How will the ‘new normal’ change educational practices?
    May 14, 2020
    One of the most difficult aspects of the quarantine has been the isolation.
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  • Prep sports will resume but ‘feel’ different in fall
    Prep sports will resume but ‘feel’ different in fall
    May 14, 2020
    The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life as we have known it and has altered the landscape of sports at every level.
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  • Telehealth is answer for those needing counseling
    Telehealth is answer for those needing counseling
    May 14, 2020
    Since the COVID-19 crisis began in mid-March and social distancing became the norm, Catholic Counseling Service (CCS) quickly switched to telehealth services...
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  • COVID crisis has affected those in prison, detention
    COVID crisis has affected those in prison, detention
    May 14, 2020
    While the average Louisianan has stayed home and avoided most contact with the outside world during the coronavirus, the incarcerated or those held in immigration detention facilities...
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  • Pope encourages people to rediscover the need for prayer
    Pope encourages people to rediscover the need for prayer
    May 13, 2020
    The coronavirus pandemic is a "favorable time to rediscover the need for prayer in our lives; let us open the doors of our hearts to the love of God our father, who will listen to us," Pope Francis said.
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  • Fruits of Loyola teacher’s non-profit fill local need
    Fruits of Loyola teacher’s non-profit fill local need
    May 13, 2020
    Inside the walk-in cooler of a New Orleans restaurant temporarily shuttered by the pandemic, lanky green beans, plump Louisiana strawberries and cabbages the size of an average adult’s head...
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  • Josephites decry Georgia killing
    Josephites decry Georgia killing
    May 13, 2020
    Bishop John H. Ricard, superior general of the Josephites, issued the following statement regarding the killing of Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia.
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  • Long-time educator’s legacy is ‘instilling faith’
    Long-time educator’s legacy is ‘instilling faith’
    May 13, 2020
    ​​​​​​​School Sister of Notre Dame Marie Jo Lazzeri, born into a large Italian family in southern Illinois, was given the baptismal name of Dolores since her birth date – Sept. 21 – was closest to Our Lady of Sorrows feast, and Dolores means “sorrow” in Latin.
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  • Churches permitted to use 25% capacity for Masses
    Churches permitted to use 25% capacity for Masses
    May 12, 2020
    Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell have opened the door for churches to offer worship services with congregations of up to 25% of their seating capacities...
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  • Archbishop Aymond to the faithful: Welcome home!
    Archbishop Aymond to the faithful: Welcome home!
    May 12, 2020
    In time more will be allowed to gather for Mass. Please be patient! Please wear a mask. Please observe social distancing. Please pray!
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  • Out of a global crisis comes a divine blessing
    Out of a global crisis comes a divine blessing
    May 12, 2020
    Luis Campuzano, a native of Honduras, was nothing if not a diligent worker. 
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  • How can I find God during a desert time?
    May 12, 2020
    COVID? How do I pray? Life is far from normal and you might be wondering what the new normal will be and when will it begin.
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