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Every morning in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, teachers arrive at school with a wealth of classroom expertise, whether they’re a beginning or veteran educator. So why not share that treasury of knowledge with your fellow teachers in your common quest to enhance student achievement?

It was a big scramble on the 40-acre campus of St. Paul’s School in Covington on Aug. 5, as approximately 200 incoming eighth and ninth graders learned a little about the school’s history and traditions at a special, five-hour evening orientation.

The Stations of the Cross at Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos Parish blend in so well with the wood floors and pews at the 150-year-old church that it seems they were always there. But, in fact, the stations – icons written by artist Larisa Ivakina Clevenger – are fairly recent additions, painted after the former St. Vincent de Paul Church suffered a fire in May 2003 and then was hit by Hurricane Katrina.

Estuvo  la semana pasada en una reunión con los 30 seminaristas que estudian para la Arquidiócesis de Nueva Orleáns en el Colegio del Seminario de San José y el Seminario de Notre Dame.¿Cómo la pasó esa semana?

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted Aug. 31-Sept. 8 EVENTS CATHOLICS RETURNING HOME, new session in progress, for next five weeks on Thursdays beginning Aug. 29, 7-8:30 p.m. St. Edward the Confessor, West Metairie Avenue and Transcontinental Drive, Metairie.

During high school, students are expected to perform a certain amount of service hours each year in order to graduate. Most just do it because they have to, but for others, it means so much more. I am one of those students.

St. Paul’s Luke Posner, a defensive lacrosse player and son of Ernest and Shelby Posner of Madisonville, was selected as one of the top ten players in ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Champion All-American Showcase.

As an adolescent and an avid sports fan, I would look forward to the outstanding coverage the city’s three (at the time) daily (at the time) newspapers gave high school sports. During the early-to-mid 1950s, prep sports coverage was at its greatest.

It was quite an admission from one of Sean Payton’s closest confidants. At halftime of the nationally televised preseason game between the Saints and Texans, analyst Jay Glazer said the following: “The Saints don’t have the players on defense, yet.

It can be easy to trigger Facebook envy. Just go online and check the latest updates from seemingly countless “friends.” Each and every one is having a great time while you … you stare at that screen, sitting on the outside looking in.

Not wanting to disappoint 200 Japanese junior high school students, Pope Francis held a special audience Aug. 21 in the San Damaso Courtyard of the apostolic palace. The students from Seibu Gakuen Bunri Junior High School in Tokyo had planned their trip to Rome and the Vatican long before the Vatican announced that Pope Francis would not hold his weekly general audiences in August.

You’ve heard the excuse before: “The check is in the mail.” This time, the letter was almost in the mail, but Norbert Billiot, an operating engineer for the Lake Borgne Levee District in St. Bernard Parish, had a few other things on his mind.

From Sept. 17-19, nearly 350 priests and bishops from the New Orleans Province, which encompasses the state of Louisiana, will meet in New Orleans for the Louisiana Priests’ Convention. Do other states hold similar gatherings?

Inside a small, makeshift studio at Notre Dame Seminary lined with egg crate foam for sound insulation and pictures of the Divine Mercy Jesus and Pope Francis for spiritual inspiration, Catholic Community Radio president David Dawson, Catholic Foodie blogger Jeff Young and Msgr.

PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) Greater New Orleans is expanding to the West Bank with a new adult day health care center at the historic St. John Bosco Chapel on Hope Haven campus.

Three weeks ago, on a Thursday night, a 19-year-old girl arrived at our Covenant House crisis center desperately in need of a safe place to stay. Our outreach team quickly learned that Roxanne was fleeing her pimp.

Fellowship, theology and beer – what more could a Catholic young adult want? Since 1997, the Archdiocese of New Orleans has been bringing these three together with Theology on Tap, featuring speakers on faith and the church while offering time for socialization among the archdiocese’s young adults.

As another school year begins again, parents and students alike will begin the process of letting go and returning to the grind of balancing studies and independence. Scrolling through the Facebook newsfeed and glancing at the latest shared posts on Buzzfeed, it’s easy to see that school is about to be in session, as people begin thinking about things they wish they had known about college or things they wish they could rewind about their college experience.

Before hitting the books, Archbishop Shaw High School’s eighth and ninth graders hit the field for a fun day in the sun, filled with swimming, cabbage ball and bonding with their new big brothers. Each underclassman was paired with a senior during a pizza luncheon on Aug. 7 to act as a mentor throughout their beginning year at Archbishop Shaw.

The milestone anniversaries of priests and women religious weren’t the only occasions being heralded at Our Lady of Wisdom Healthcare Center’s chapel on Aug. 15. Another sort of history was being made at the Jubilee Mass as the “Voices of Wisdom,” a 17-member liturgical singing group composed entirely of Our Lady of Wisdom residents, made its rousing debut in front of a standing-room-only congregation.