Summer deadline (We’re biweekly): 10 days before each issue. [email protected] (504) area code unless noted May 28-July 11 EVENTS FREE RECITAL, violinist Joseph Meyer performs May 28, 6 p.m., in a free recital at St. Mary’s Chapel (Old Ursuline Convent), 1116 Chartres St., New Orleans.
JERUSALEM (CNS) – Following his official welcome to Jerusalem by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, U.S. President Donald Trump began his two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with a private visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and Western Wall.
From April 28 through May 1, the Academic Games Leagues of America (AGLOA) hosted the 2017 AGLOA National Tournament. Teams nationwide and as far away as India met in a four-day tournament that included a series of mathematics, social studies, language arts and logic games to determine the best individual players and teams in the country.
For example, did you know that there are ways to support your parish, school, ministry or favorite nonprofit that do not affect your current lifestyle or your family’s security? You could even receive a significant tax deduction or avoid taxes.
Maureen Pratt, a Los Angeles-based author, will offer a new series titled “Living Well” on health and spirituality in the CNS columns package. (CNS photo) (June 6, 2006) I’ve done many awkward things in my life.
God is right by the side of each person on earth, seeing each individual’s pain and wanting to bring hope and joy, Pope Francis said. “He calls us by name and tells us, ‘Rise up, stop weeping, because I have come to free you,’” the pope said May 17 at his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square.
Twenty-eight Cabrini High School students in AP and honors-level science classes were invited to attend a STEM-based field trip (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory (LIGO) facility in Livingston, Louisiana.
The students from Cabrini High School’s economics class won the grand prize of $10,000 in scholarship money at the Junior Achievement’s Perkin Venture Forward Company of the Year competition for their Crescent Coffee House business.
Several priests with special anniversaries of ordination offer reflections on priesthood. 60 years a priest Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes When I was in high school, the scriptural words in Luke 9: “What will it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul?” really spoke to me.
All games played at Archbishop Rummel June 1 – Lusher vs. Riverside, 4 p.m.; Warren Easton vs. Brother Martin, 5 p.m.; Country Day vs. Holy Cross, 6 p.m.; Abp. Shaw vs. St. Paul’s, 7 p.m.; St. Paul’s vs. Abp.
Sixteen years ago, on the morning of Sunday, June 3, the elevator opened on the second floor at Zephyr Field. A reporter was on the way to the press box, and a wealthy LSU booster was headed to his suite, both on the third floor.
Football may be considered the gauge by which success in athletics is measured, but even though the LHSAA made it easier for schools to win “state” titles in this sport by separating public schools from their private and parochial counterparts, the local Catholic schools still fell short.
Women are invited to dine with their female friends and family and learn their importance in evangelizing the Catholic faith at the upcoming “Women, WINE and Wisdom” events in Metairie and on the Northshore.
The residents at Villa St. Maurice in the Lower 9th Ward consider each other family. It isn’t unusual for those who drive to take fellow residents to the doctor or grocery or send a card if someone is ill or celebrating a birthday.
Archbishop Gregory Aymond will ordain five men to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of New Orleans at a 10 a.m. Mass June 3 at St. Louis Cathedral. The ordinands are, seated from left, Deacons José Cáceres and Pedro Prada, and, standing, Jared Rodrigue, Colm Cahill and Alexander Guzman.
There is something universally stirring about classical music that can bind generations together and unlock long-forgotten memories. Johann Sebastian Bach and Sergei Rachmaninoff provided that eternal link earlier this month, with their masterpieces coming to life at Our Lady of Wisdom Healthcare Center During an hour-long concert, classical music performed by Yaroslav Rudnytsky on the violin and Dominican Father Michael Burke on the piano filled the Our Lady of Wisdom auditorium.
The theme of service – the essence of the ministry of the deacon – was front and center May 20 at St. Louis Cathedral as Archbishop Gregory Aymond ordained seven men as transitional deacons, the final step before ordination to the priesthood.
La Arquidiócesis de Nueva Orleáns ha hecho muchos esfuerzos para explicar el concepto de la mayordomía a los Católicos. ¿Pudiera hablar de lo que es la mayordomía? Cuando la mayoría de la gente piensa en la mayordomía, a menudo piensan únicamente en dar dinero.
Jimmy Cannon was the king of one-liners as a sports columnist with the New York Journal‐American, New York Post and New York World Journal Tribune in the 1950s and ’60s. Cannon called his periodic notes columns “Nobody Asked Me, But …” And then, of course, Cannon would muse anyway about sports and life.
The Archdiocese of New Orleans has made many efforts to explain the concept of stewardship to Catholics. Can you talk about what stewardship is? When most people think of stewardship, they often think solely of financial giving.