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St. Mary of the Angels in New Orleans was the site June 19 for a consultative session for people in the Archdiocese of New Orleans to discuss what it is they think the archdiocese is doing well, what it could improve on and what it needs to do that it wasn't already doing.

The Clarion Herald won eight major awards at the 2014 Catholic Media Conference Friday night in Charlotte, North Carolina. Thanks to you, our loyal readers, for the encouragement and support you have given us, especially in the dark days after Katrina.

Some 240 laypersons who have devoted themselves to the work of the Catholic Church throughout the Archdiocese of New Orleans will be awarded the Order of St. Louis IX Medallion in ceremonies June 29.

La arquidiócesis celebró su primera reunión consultiva para el Noveno Sínodo General, el 28 de mayo, y usted está muy satisfecho con los resultados. A pesar del mal tiempo, más de 200 personas se reunieron en St. Margaret Mary en Slidell para ofrecer sus ideas sobre la iglesia local.

➤ Age: 21 ➤ Seminary year: Junior, St. Joseph Seminary College ➤ Home Parish: St. Andrew the Apostle, New Orleans ➤ Elementary School: St. Andrew the Apostle ➤ High School: Jesuit High School ➤ College: St. Joseph Seminary College ➤ Confirmation saint: St. Thomas Aquinas ➤ Why did you choose this saint?

With the recent school shooting in Portland, Oregon, the startling statistic of 74 school shootings since the December 2012 shooting at Newton, Connecticut, was released by Everytown for Gun Safety. Without a doubt, I was appalled to hear such a number.

Dominican Father Todd Cassian Derbes, a New Orleans native, was ordained May 23 at St. Dominic Church in Washington, D.C. He will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving June 29 at 11 a.m. at St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans.

Outstanding Pitcher For a sophomore, Cabrini’s Karli Perque displayed the pitching skills of a senior. In leading the Crescents to the No. 1 seed in Class 4A, Perque posted a 24-5 record, a 0.97 earned run average and struck out 271 batters.

The 2014-15 school year will be a pivotal period for the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, somewhat in disarray thanks to the majority of member principals and their desire to separate themselves from the minority.

I didn’t think it was possible. For several days I had no idea whether the St. Louis Cardinals won or lost. After a week or so on our European journey, my wife Robin and I stopped at a restaurant in Athens, Greece.

Pope Francis denounced those responsible for human trafficking, slave labor and arms manufacturing, saying people producing weapons of war are “merchants of death.” “One day everything comes to an end and they will be held accountable to God,” the pope said at his weekly general audience June 11.

The 51st annual Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration, sponsored by the Family Life Apostolate of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, was held June 15 at St. Philip Neri Church in Metairie. All couples married during 1964 were invited to attend, and 176 couples accepted the invitation, with clergy, relatives and friends of the jubilarians in attendance.

When he boarded the plane in Guam for the United States nearly 40 years ago, Bac-Hai Viet Tran, then 22, knew intuitively he was headed from death and chaos in his native Vietnam to freedom and opportunity in California.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans hosted the General Assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops last week. How did the three-day meeting go? Everything went extraordinarily well. I cannot count the number of bishops who came up to me and personally expressed gratitude for the warm hospitality that we offered to them.

NEW ORLEANS (CNS) – During their June 11-13 spring general assembly in New Orleans, the nation’s Catholic bishops voted to extend their Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty and to approve work on a limited revision of their quadrennial document aimed at guiding Catholics in election decisions.

La arquidiócesis celebró su primera reunión consultiva para el Noveno Sínodo General, el 28 de mayo, y usted está muy satisfecho con los resultados. A pesar del mal tiempo, más de 200 personas se reunieron en St. Margaret Mary en Slidell para ofrecer sus ideas sobre la iglesia local.

Bishop George Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, gave a rousing address – “It’s All Grace: Drawn in Relationship to the Living God” – June 12 to kick off this year’s Archbishop Lyke Conference held June 11-15 in New Orleans.

Spanish-speaking Catholics from the east and west banks, Bywater, Chalmette, St. Tammany and all over New Orleans were gathered 375 strong June 3 at the Hispanic Center in Metairie for the Archdiocese of New Orleans’ second of 17 consultative sessions for its recently called Ninth General Synod.

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