News - June 2017 RSS Feed

“Science takes things apart to see how they work; the Bible brings things together to see what they mean,” said Chris Baglow, Ph.D., Notre Dame Seminary, during his talk, “Faith and Reason,” at “Theology Uncorked – Wine, Cheese Theology,” the last of yearlong faith talks open to parents of Catholic high school students in St. Tammany.

In order to provide pastoral care for the people of God in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Archbishop Aymond has made the following appointments: PAROCHIAL VICAR Rev. Dominic Colangelo, O.P., as parochial vicar of St. Dominic Parish in New Orleans effective July 1, 2017.

I met Thomas Johnson (not his real name) in Ronnie Moore’s office at Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans (CCANO) on a rainy Wednesday afternoon two weeks ago. Ronnie, a long-time civil rights activist, founded Cornerstone Builders at CCANO seven years ago.

I just watched a private viewing of a film that brought back memories of my formative years as a sportswriter in New Orleans. The 62-minute documentary is titled, “Before the West Coast.” Its secondary title is more fitting to the intent of its theme: “A Sports Civil Rights Film.” It was about five years ago that St. Augustine alumnus Oyd Craddock asked me to be part of a film he was working on about the years Otis Washington coached the Purple Knights’ football team.

Listening attentively to a homily can be a challenge. If you listen for liturgical, seasonal and biblical references in the homily, you can train yourself to follow along and come away with a point or two worth contemplating during the week.

INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) – Reflecting their concern that religious liberty at home and abroad remains a top priority, the U.S. bishops during their spring general assembly in Indianapolis voted to make permanent their Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty.

In Vegas, the smart guys who keep the house comfortably in business would have taken these odds off the boards. Fifty years of marriage? For Judi and Mike Diedling? For a couple whose marriage had deteriorated so badly that both spouses felt as if they had been dropped on the tarmac in Siberia in flip-flops, T-shirts and shorts?

This was my 11th trip to Omaha for the College World Series. Some of the stuff you do is routine. You can eat at routinely good steak restaurants that are also incredibly cheap. A nice touch in Omaha is ordering a steak, getting the usual baked potato and salad, and for lagniappe the pasta with the tasty red gravy.

Violence and hatred often are signs that a person is unhappy and feels unloved and unwanted, Pope Francis said. In today’s world, people – especially children and youths – often feel that unless “we are strong, attractive and beautiful, no one will care about us,” the pope said June 14 during his weekly general audience.

The bishops of the U.S. met June 13-16 for our summer meeting in Indianapolis. Listed below is my summary of the meeting: ➤ 1. The bishops of the U.S. sent greetings to Pope Francis, assuring him of our fidelity and prayers.

Father Tim Hedrick, parochial vicar of St. Catherine of Siena Church in Metairie, was in Washington, D.C., continuing his canon law studies when a news alert came across his phone June 14 that Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise, the House Majority whip, had been shot.

For so many, the beginning of June is a period of transition. After graduation, there’s the start of a new job, or the continuing search for one. It’s a time of joy and even anxiety or anticipation about the future.

Calendar Items are free public service announcements (PSAs) regarding events of archdiocesan-wide interest. Catholic parishes, schools, groups or organizations will be given one-time publication for each listing.

Summer deadline: 10 days before each issue. (We’re biweekly.) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted June 14 – July 28 EVENTS RESPECT LIFE, monthly gathering focuses on end-of-life issues, June 14, 6:30 p.m., St. Charles Borromeo, 13396 River Road, Destrehan.

The Academy of the Sacred Heart recently hosted the seventh annual Shelby Leonhard Memorial Blood Drive. Leonhard was a Sacred Heart student who lost her battle with non-Hodgkins lymphoma in 2011 when she was in eighth grade.

It is a bad habit, one I wish I could shake. That is, reporting on meetings of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association’s executive committee. Meeting after meeting, I ask myself the following questions: Why do you attend when you know the outcomes already?

All games scheduled for 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted. August 31 Jesuit vs. Warren Easton (Gormley) September 1 St. Augustine vs. McDonogh 35 (Gormley) Edna Karr at St. Paul’s Holy Cross vs. Higgins (Memtsas) De La Salle at South Lafourche (Galliano) St. Charles Catholic at Chalmette Independence at Hannan Westminster at Pope John Paul II September 2 Brother Martin vs. Petal, Mississippi (Gormley) Rummel vs. Gulfport, Mississippi (Yenni) Shaw vs. Escambia, Florida (Memtsas) September 8 De La Salle vs. St. Augustine (Gormley) Jesuit at St. Paul’s Holy Cross vs. Covington Destrehan at St. Charles Catholic Rummel at Escambia, Florida Hannan at Central Catholic (Morgan City) Pope John Paul II at St. Patrick, Mississippi September 9 Shaw vs. Belle Chasse (Memtsas), 2 p.m.

On May 2, several elementary teachers were honored with the “Cabrini Distinguished Educator Award,” presented annually to elementary teachers who have done an outstanding job of preparing students to succeed in high school.

In a room full of executive committee members of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association, Eddie Bonine rolled the dice, and they came up “seven.” The executive director of the panel of principals who hold success and failure of the LHSAA in their flailing arms shocked his bosses at the end of the two-day summer meetings in Baton Rouge on June 1 by giving them notice to either give him a vote of confidence or release him from his contract, which has two years remaining.

The commission that now-retired Pope Benedict XVI established to study the alleged apparitions of Mary at Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, reportedly voted overwhelmingly to recognize as supernatural the first seven appearances of Mary in 1981.