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¿Cuál es su punto de vista personal, sobre la Cuaresma? Estos 40 días, nos permiten reflexionar sobre los 40 días de Jesús en oración, y en ayuno en el desierto en preparación para su ministerio público, que condujo a su muerte y resurrección.

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) [email protected] (504) unless noted March 3-10 EVENTS SPIRITUALITY IN THE CITY, March 5, 12:30 p.m., Jesuit Church of the Immaculate Conception, 130 Baronne St.

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: PASTOR Father Edwin L. Gros, S.J. , as Pastor, Holy Name of Jesus Parish, New Orleans, effective March 10, 2013.

The 2012-13 girls’ basketball playoffs lasted just two games before all the local Catholic high schools were eliminated from competition, but the abundance of outstanding talent that will return next season makes the future look very promising.

At the end of their weeklong Lenten retreat, Pope Benedict XVI thanked members of the Roman Curia “for these eight years during which you have helped me carry the burden of the Petrine ministry with great competence, affection, love and faith.” During the retreat Feb. 17-23, the pope and members of the curia spent hours each morning and evening praying in the Redemptoris Mater Chapel in the Apostolic Palace and listening to 17 meditations offered by Italian Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York and president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, wrote the following column in Catholic New York. It is reprinted in the Clarion Herald with his permission.

Msgr. Donald M. Byrnes, a convert to Catholicism, was so in love with the Eucharist and committed to communion with Christ that it transformed his entire life, Father Robert Cavalier said Feb. 20 at Father Byrnes’ funeral Mass at St. Jerome Church in Kenner.

Winning state soccer championships is nothing new to the teams at Jesuit and the Academy of the Sacred Heart. The two have combined to place 19 title trophies in their showcases. The latest came last week when the Blue Jays notched their 11th title in a hard-fought, double-overtime 2-1 victory over St. Paul’s in the boys’ Division I championship match, while the Cardinals had little trouble dispatching Loyola Prep of Shreveport, 3-0, for the girls’ Division III crown, their eighth.

As he looks around New Orleans Arena, Hornets/Pelicans owner Tom Benson sees something he does not like – plenty of empty seats. So, the Hornets/Pelicans are doing something extraordinary: lowering ticket prices.

As we begin the month of March, we as Catholics will witness two highlights of our faith: a conclave and the election of a new pope and the celebration of the greatest feast day in our liturgical calendar – Jesus’ resurrection as we celebrate Easter.

An exhibit celebrating the 50th anniversary of Freedom Riders was hosted in February during Black History Month at St. Mary’s Academy in New Orleans. The traveling exhibition, created by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in partnership with PBS’ history series “American Experience,” offered a glimpse of the civil rights struggles and the courageousness of hundreds of black and white youth who from May through November 1961 rode buses together to challenge the validity of federal laws that prohibited segregation on interstate buses and at bus and train terminals.

As if on cue, the sounds of sirens roared Feb. 24 outside the doors of St. Katharine Drexel Catholic Church on Louisiana Avenue as people of all ages and cultures took a prayerful stance as peacemakers in a violent world at the “Mass Against Violence.” “Why do I have to deal with this pain; why are our streets stained?” read a young adult from the poem, “Wash It Away.” “Lord, help my brothers and sisters handle my pain and wash it away.” This year, the Imani Team of the CYO/Young Adult Ministry of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, which has organized an annual spiritual event for youth for the past six years, chose a Mass instead of a revival.

Feb. 20 marked a sad day in the history of Xavier University Preparatory School in Uptown New Orleans. The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament – the order that founded the historically African-American Catholic high school in 1915 – announced that it would close the school after this academic year.

¿Cuál fue su reacción cuando se despertó el lunes por la mañana, y descubrió que el Papa Benedicto XVI había anunciado su retiro? Tuve una alerta en mi teléfono de las agencias de noticias. Me sorprendió en el momento, pero realmente no estaba sorprendido.

17 de febrero de 2013 Para el clero, religiosos y laicos de la Arquidiócesis de Nueva Orleáns Queridos hermanas y hermanos en Cristo: El miércoles pasado, comenzamos nuestro camino cuaresmal de 40 días.

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) [email protected] (504) area code unless noted Feb. 22-March 2 FISH FRIES OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY, Feb. 22, March 1, March 8, 5:30-8 p.m. No drive-through.

At his first public appearance since he announced that he would resign at the end of February, Pope Benedict XVI thanked the faithful for their love and prayers and asked them to pray for his successor.

It looks like Pope Benedict XVI is setting the bar for Lenten sacrifices very high this year. Giving up the papacy? How can anyone match it? All jokes aside, though, we are finding ourselves in the midst of an almost unprecedented moment in history.

When I tell people I’m the coordinator of Young Adult Ministry for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, many of them want to engage with me in a serious conversation about the future of our church and how my generation will or will not be a part of it.