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OUTSTANDING PLAYER – Katie Kampen, Mount Carmel Academy, junior LAUREN BARRÉ Ursuline Academy                    Senior CHRISTINA CUTURA Pope John Paul II                   Junior RANDI DÉARMITT Archbishop Chapelle               Senior RAKELL SPENCER Cabrini                            Sophomore KAYLEE MADRON Archbishop Chapelle      Sophomore JESSICA LUCIO St. Scholastica           Sophomore KRISTEN NUSS Mount Carmel                   Sophomore JORDAN OWENS Mount Carmel                    Senior ELLIE SYLVIA Acad.

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted Nov. 30-Dec. 8 EVENTS FRIENDS OF ST. ALPHONSUS, annual International Creche Exhibit, Dec. 1-8, St. Alphonsus Church, 2025 Constance St., Irish Channel.

Me complace en proporcionar un breve resumen de la reunión de la semana pasada,  de los obispos de los Estados Unidos. Gracias a quienes nos recordaban en la oración. Al final de este informe, he incluido la declaración completa de los obispos sobre el Mandato de Salud y Servicios Humanos (HHS por sus siglas en inglés): 1.

➤ Age: 26 ➤ Formation Year: 2nd year novice, Marianites of Holy Cross ➤ Home parish: Holy Ghost Parish, Hammond, La. ➤ Elementary School: Holy Ghost Catholic School ➤ High School: Hammond High School ➤ College: Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond ➤ Confirmation saint: St. Bernadette ➤ Why did you choose this saint?

➤ Brandon Sequeira , who has been primarily an infielder at Jesuit but projects as a pitcher in college, will head to Tulane, while Jesuit second baseman Blake Baker is headed to the University of New Orleans.

Archbishop Hannan may not have finished at the top of a very competitive District 7-2A, but the Hawks of Coach Pat Lambert are the district’s lone survivors in the Select Division III playoffs. While district champion Northlake Christian was eliminated by Catholic of New Iberia, 60-26, and runner-up St. Thomas Aquinas fell to No.

Welcome to the weekend before Monday night’s Saints at Seattle game. Have you heard enough about Seattle’s home-field advantage? Heard enough about the 12th man? How many times have you seen Marshawn Lynch’s 67-yard touchdown run in the playoffs against the Saints almost three years ago?

I’m in my 20th year of priesthood. Some days I think I have seen it all, but then along comes a profound new experience in ministry. That’s what happened recently when I participated in a Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat Weekend.

With the weakening of cultural Catholicism over the last 40 years, American Catholics are being asked to play new and “unexpected roles” as they embrace the new evangelization called for so boldly by Pope John Paul II at the end of the second millennium, author George Weigel told the annual Catholic Foundation Dinner of the Archdiocese of New Orleans Nov. 19.

Federal funds that since 2009 provided about a 5 percent boost in food stamp benefits ended Nov. 1, and that could force Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana to scramble in its attempt to meet an expected increased demand for food.

Pope Francis said he goes to confession every two weeks, knowing that God never tires of forgiving those who repent, but also knowing that having a priest say “I absolve you” reinforces belief in God’s mercy.

November 30, 2013 To:  Clergy, Religious and Laity of the Archdiocese Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, On Dec. 7-8, our parishes will be conducting the appeal for the Retirement Fund for Religious, an annual collection that benefits some 34,000 senior sisters, brothers, and religious order priests.

'The Joy of the Gospel': Pope Francis' must-read apostolic exhortation Our top picks of quotable quotes by Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis' just-released apostolic exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium" (The Joy of the Gospel) will be a must-read for all Catholics.

We are all immigrants. That common thread ran through 12 different speeches on Nov. 23 as members of women’s religious congregations of the Archdiocese of New Orleans joined a crowd of supporters at Loyola University New Orleans for a Nuns Rally for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

Sitting in a circle with judges, lawyers, politicians and teachers, Rob (not his real name) unpacked his brief life story at 10 p.m. the other night Covenant House. Rob, 18, was valedictorian of his high school.

Advent is a time of waiting. Advent asks us to join the Israelites of the past as they waited in hope – for thousands of years – for the promised Messiah. Today, Advent also is a time of waiting for and opening our hearts to the birth of the Lord Jesus.

New Orleans Right to Life recently sponsored its first pro-life poster and video contest, “If Abortion Isn’t Wrong, Nothing Is,” during Respect Life month in October. The contest, aimed to instill in students a respect for life from conception to natural death, was open to all students in fifth through 12th grade.

Primer domingo de adviento Diciembre 1, 2013 Mt. 24: 37-44 Por Pedro Luis Henao Hispanic Aposolate Inmediatamente después de la tribulación el sol se oscurecerá. …” La iglesia al interpretar estos pasajes  sobre  la segunda venida de Jesús, y las señales que la preceden, no presentan una visión negativa, ni pesimista, ni de horrores, sino al contrario tienen un punto de vista positivo respecto a la venida de Jesús, y su significado.

Jan. 30, 2013, was the best day of our lives. It was the day that our son, Philip Michael Hannan, came into this world. Now, more than nine months later, we reflect on that most special day. The days leading up to Philip’s birth were quite eventful.