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The Archdiocese of New Orleans will celebrate the annual Mass for Vocations on May 7 at 11 a.m. at St. Louis Cathedral. Archbishop Gregory Aymond will preside. All priests, sisters, brothers, deacons and people of the archdiocese are cordially invited to attend.

The fourth annual GiveNOLA Day, a 24-hour event designed to give individuals a chance to donate online to nonprofits in the community, will be held May 2. The nonprofit Greater New Orleans Foundation (GNOF), founded in 1983, sponsors the day, which will run from 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on May 2.

Second Harvest Food Bank and the National Association of Letter Carriers will join forces once again for the 25th Annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday, May 13. Letter carriers across the Greater New Orleans area will pick up donations of non-perishable food items from mailboxes to be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank.

When Gianna Salande completed her meticulous overhaul of a statue of Jesus at rest in his tomb, she assumed the emotional project would mark her retirement as a restorer of sacred art. But barefoot St. John the Baptist – one hand pointing the way to Christ, the other holding the Lamb of God – had other ideas.

In the past week, I’ve received not one, not two, but three “save the dates” for upcoming weddings for family and friends. This isn’t a new phenomenon. It often seems to me that wedding celebrations occur in pairs – there’s never just one.

Two hundred fifty-seven 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 May 7.

On April 23, the second Sunday of Easter, Archbishop Emeritus Alfred Hughes celebrated Divine Mercy Sunday to a filled St. Joseph Church on Tulane Avenue in New Orleans. “We come here on this octave of Easter on a day John Paul II set aside as Divine Mercy Sunday,” Archbishop Hughes said.

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted April 30-May 25 EVENTS ST. JOSEPH ABBEY, hosts two musical performances in the Abbey Church, 75376 River Road, Covington.

One of the four statues of Our Lady of Fatima approved by the Vatican for worldwide veneration under the auspices of the United Nations International World Apostolate of Fatima will be in the Archdiocese of New Orleans May 3-4 at St. Cletus Church, 3600 Claire Ave., in Gretna.

Father Patrick J.R. Kennedy, ordained as a “late vocation” at the age of 50, died April 1 at Our Lady of Wisdom Healthcare Center. He was 97 years old, the oldest diocesan priest in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Benedictine Father Paul Miranne, who served for 75 years in religious life and for 70 years as a priest, died March 30 at St. Joseph Abbey. He was 94 years old, the eldest member of his community and the longest-lived monk in the history of the monastery.

La Conferencia de los Obispos Católicos de Louisiana Hace tres siglos en el año 1722, nuestro estado de Luciana realizó su primera ejecución legal registrada. Desde ese acto, nos hemos vistos involucrados con esta mancha de la pena de muerte, llevada a cabo por nuestro estado, en nombre de sus ciudadanos.

St. Paul’s VEX Robotics team became state champions, winning best design and best programming skills at a competition at Holy Cross High School. The team is ranked seventh in the United States and 17th on the World Competition Circuit and placed 14th out of 596 teams in Louisville at the recent international meet.

According to the National Cancer Institute, 39.4 percent of men and women will have some form of cancer in their lifetimes. Cancer spreads rapidly because it bypasses natural cell death or apoptosis.

He dropped back to pass in the spring game and threw a strike to a receiver in the corner of the end zone. It was one of three touchdown passes for former Jesuit Blue Jay Tanner Lee, who was named the starting quarterback at Nebraska.

Baseball April 28 regional round (best of 3) St. Augustine at Jesuit (Ryan Stadium), 6 p.m. McKinley at Archbishop Rummel (Kirsch-Rooney), 4 p.m. Archbishop Shaw at Brother Martin (Kirsch-Rooney), 7 p.m. Scotlandville at St. Paul’s, 6 p.m. De La Salle at St. Louis, TBD.

Four athletes who stood proudly on the top step of the podium at the 2016 LHSAA State Championship Track and Field meet return to represent their respective Catholic schools in the regional meets this week.

Christian faith is a grace and can be perceived only in the hearts of those willing to be surprised by the joy of the Resurrection, Pope Francis said. “A closed heart, a rationalistic heart” is incapable of understanding the Christian message which has God’s love – manifested in Christ’s victory over death – at its center, the pope said at his weekly general audience April 19.

It was a simple idea, hardly rocket science. At Easter, besides undraping the statues, refilling the fonts with holy water and decorating the altar with lilies,  members of the Ladies Altar Society dutifully pull out the extra folding chairs they have stored away in a dark closet since Christmas.

Stroke of genius New Orleans I found Beth Donze’s article on fountain pens extraordinarily interesting and well written. I, too, am an aficionado of pens and have an extensive collection. The object of all pens is, of course, writing.