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A plan to subdivide the Louisiana High School Athletic Association into two separate but equal public and private school groups within the framework of the LHSAA needs more work, the body’s executive committee told the plan’s spokesman March 26.

At Immaculate Conception School in Marrero, students have come to realize that when they work together as a team, they can impact hundreds of lives by giving just 30 minutes of their time. One Saturday morning each month, tables in the school cafeteria become a bustling assembly line in which 300 ham and cheese sandwiches are made for individuals seeking shelter at Ozanam Inn.

“We have never been welcomed like that in a school before!” said Father Lou DelFra, addressing the student body of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Elementary School in Westwego, after the students’ performance, with hand motions, of the upbeat hymn “Every Move I Make.” “There’s some energy in this room.

By the world’s measuring stick, Leah Darrow’s star was not just rising, it was soaring, bearing all the external markers of success and adulation. As a Manhattan-based model and former contestant on “America’s Top Model,” Darrow was commanding daily modeling fees topping $16,000 and experiencing the thrill of seeing her face splashed on advertisements in Times Square, on taxis and inside subway tunnels.

Ten minutes before the start of the 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, usher Jack McConnell assumes his post at a side entrance to St. Catherine of Siena Church, holding the glass doors open for arriving congregants.

A nugget of Clarion Herald history is buried inside the most recent parish cookbook from St. John of the Cross Church in Lacombe. Listed on page 20, “Corn/Shrimp Soup,” by St. John of the Cross pastor, Father Gil Martin, has the distinction of being the first very recipe to be printed in a March 12, 1992 debut feature called “Father’s Favorite Recipe.” The 1992 Lenten feature, which spotlighted a single meatless recipe from a priest living in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, blossomed over the ensuing two decades into the multi-page “Holy Smoke” section that now appears in the Clarion Herald during the six weeks of Lent.

After continually hearing people ask, “Could I get the recipe for that?” as they assisted at St. Angela Merici’s quarterly parish potlucks, Kay Dornier and Kim Schaff decided to act on an idea that had been quietly percolating for more than a decade.

Cuarto Domingo de Cuaresma Marzo 30, 2014 Jn 9: 1-41 Este milagro del ciego de nacimiento está en el centro de una gran oposición contra Jesús. Los capítulos del 7 al 9 contienen al menos 38 acusaciones y amenazas contra Jesús.

“Let your voice be heard” is what organizers of the New Orleans Right to Life Pro-Life Oratory Contest are saying to all junior and senior high school students in the New Orleans area interested in entering the upcoming contest on April 10 at 6 p.m. at Jesuit High School.

“We see in each other the face of God,” said Dominican Father Sergio Serrano, director of the archdiocesan Hispanic Apostolate, to more than 50 volunteers working  the Citizenship Mega Workshop held March 22 at the apostolate in Metairie.

Homegrown vocations are a cherished goal of every bishop. But in the case of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, providing sacramental and pastoral care to an increasing population of Spanish-speaking Catholics – without the benefit of a deep roster of Spanish-speaking priests – requires some outside-the-box thinking.

Hundreds of worshipers attended the St. Joseph’s Day Mass at St. Joseph Church on Tulane Avenue, during which Vincentian Father Tom Stehlik blessed a large altar created by parishioners and other volunteers.

In a cash-strapped city where revenue often is found at the end of a tow truck, there are dollars and cents – and then there is common sense. Marianite Sister Beth Mouch, who since Hurricane Katrina has supervised the feeding of breakfast and lunch to hundreds of hungry people every day at the St. Jude Community Center on North Rampart Street, got a sour taste of the letter of the law on St. Joseph’s Day.

Couples, especially those with children, need time together to reflect on their relationship and their faith. New Orleans Catholic Engaged Encounter found an appropriate venue for couples to do just that: a Way of the Cross for Married Couples held on March 22 at St. Clement of Rome in Metairie.

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted March 29-April 13 FISH FRIES ST. ANSELM, fish fry, March 28, April 4 and 11. Drive-thru 4 p.m.; dine in 5 p.m. 306 St. Mary St., Madisonville.

The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System has assumed the management and operations of Our Lady of the Angels Hospital in Bogalusa. The hospital, formerly known as LSU Bogalusa Medical Center, offers 98 beds and will continue health care services and graduate medical education.

El Papa Francisco, ha hablado mucho de la misericordia y el perdón de Dios, y también habló recientemente sobre la confesión sacramental. ¿Qué le gustó de su charla? El Santo Padre estaba dando su audiencia de los miércoles – y es cuando ofrece una catequesis sobre algún aspecto de la fe – y habló sobre la confesión.

➤ Age: 23 ➤ Seminary year: First Theology, Notre Dame Seminary ➤ Home Parish: St. Charles Borromeo, Destrehan ➤ Elementary School: St. Charles Borromeo, Destrehan ➤ High School: Jesuit High School, New Orleans ➤ College: Franciscan University of Steubenville (Ohio), Seton Hall University (New Jersey) ➤ Confirmation saint: St. Ignatius of Loyola ➤ Why did you choose this saint?

In less than six months I will begin a year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, where I will work at a pregnancy resource center and maternity home in Washington, D.C. As supportive as most of my loved ones are about this new adventure, I understand the hesitation and concern they have about my decision.

Track and field athletes from the New Orleans area may have taken a back seat to schools from other southeast U.S. cities, but a few area stars rose to the occasion in the March 21-22 Allstate Sugar Bowl Classic meet at Tad Gormley Stadium.