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Mary, Queen of Peace, 1501 W. Causeway Approach, Mandeville: Sept. 11, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., “Celebrate Health! Celebrate Life!” Wellness Fair honoring victims of 9/11 and women and men in the military with a patriotic theme.

¿ Cómo estuvo la reunión de los seminaristas hace un par de semanas en Rosaryville? Estuvo muy bien. Fue una oportunidad para los seminaristas presentes para pasar tiempo en oración y amistad y reflexionar sobre su proceso de discernimiento.

Column on spouse with dementia hits home with reader Denham Springs, La. I just read Peter Finney Jr.’s column about the Farinellis (“When a spouse no longer recognizes who you are,” Aug. 20). I happen to be traveling the same road with my wife of 43 years, as of Aug. 31.

By Father Steven Bruno Guest Columnist One of the things that struck me most about World Youth Day in Madrid is that the church is alive. A million and a half young people gathered in one spot, and I came away with the sense that we are underestimating the capability of our young people to be mature and rock solid in their faith.

After reviewing his trip to Madrid for World Youth Day, Pope Benedict XVI announced the themes he has chosen to guide the reflections of young Catholics next year on a diocesan level and in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.

“Esta es la juventud del papa!” Imagine for a moment standing in an airfield in Madrid, surrounded by over a million other young Catholics from across the world, as they chant in Spanish this phrase, which means, “This is the youth of the pope!” Looking back, all I can think about is how blessed I was to have been present for that powerful experience during my pilgrimage to Madrid for the 2011 World Youth Day.

“Planted and built up in Christ, firm in the faith!” This quote from St. Paul was the theme of this year’s World Youth Day in Madrid, and indeed the faith was alive and strong in the more than 1.5 million young people and young adults who attended.

Blessed John Paul II once said, “We must understand that in order to love as Jesus does, we must offer to others the gift of ourselves. And it’s only in the giving of ourselves through charity, service and compassion that we can experience true joy.” Twenty-five years ago, married with a baby in arms and with plans to be a stay-at-home mom, God called me to take a busload of St. Charles Borromeo teens on a Disney trip.

There is a lot to like about these Saints. The biggest is continuity at the three most important positions in an organization. Since 2006, the Saints have had the same head coach, general manager and quarterback.

The 2011 high school sports season got underway with the first volleyball matches on Monday. That was followed by a rare Wednesday night football game between St. Paul’s and Edna Karr. For prep football in New Orleans, that game kicked off the 106th year the game has been played between teenage schoolboys.

In order to provide pastoral care for the people of God in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Archbishop Gregory Aymond has made the following appointments: JUDICIAL VICAR Father Peter Akpoghiran, J.C.D.

Every church in the archdiocese is scheduling confessions for Sept. 14, beginning at 7 p.m. How did this archdiocesan initiative come about? It was the result of two discussions. When we were talking about the Catholics Come Home program in Lent, we wanted to make sure that people who had been away from the church not only felt welcomed back to the family table but also to the sacrament of penance and to all of the blessings of the Catholic Church.

For a quarter century, the beatification of Henriette Delille, who founded the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans in 1842 to minister to and educate slaves, has seemed like a distant, nearly unattainable dream.

For years, long-time friends and St. Philip Neri parishioners Helen Hausknecht and Sally LaSalle of Metairie yearned for a deeper Catholic prayer life. One day while in the sacristy after Mass, LaSalle asked Hausknecht if she had heard of the Holy Family Institute.

For a quarter century, the beatification of Henriette Delille, who founded the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans in 1842 to minister to and educate slaves, has seemed like a distant, nearly unattainable dream.

As a parish nurse at Mary Queen of Peace in Mandeville, Valerie Englehardt, RN, strives to improve the health of parishioners. Three years ago, a health survey she conducted revealed being overweight as the major issue parishioners wanted to tackle.

How frequently do we really listen to the music playing from our iPods, iPhones, radios and any other musical technology? Certainly we all listen to music at some point during the day, whether it’s simply on in the background or playing loudly in our headphones—but how often do we really listen?

As an archdiocesan vocation director, Father Steve Bruno knows the difference between good and bad problems, and this is definitely a good problem. With seminary enrollment for the Archdiocese of New Orleans at its highest point in 20 years – 28 seminarians are studying for the archdiocese at Notre Dame Seminary and seven young men are enrolled at St. Joseph Seminary College in St. Benedict – Father Bruno might have ended up being stretched too thin trying to maintain personal contact with each seminarian.

It has been less than two months since a single gunshot during a home invasion instantly changed Walter Bonam’s life, but he is back home now, speaking with a perspective rich in faith and ageless wisdom and talking about friends, strangers and miracles.

Deadline: Due to being biweekly during the summer, submissions due 14 days before each issue calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted Events from July 22 – August 6 PARISHES ST. JOHN BOSCO, Women’s Society meeting, July 25, 7 p.m., Family Life Center, 2114 Oakmere Drive, Harvey.