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By Clarion Herald Staff Twelve Jesuit priests and two Jesuit brothers with ties to New Orleans are among the 43 Jesuits in the USA Central and Southern Province who this year are celebrating 25, 50, 60, 70 or 75 years from entrance or ordination.

Olivia MAURER GUEST COLUMN Archbishop Hannan High students and faculty put their school day on pause to witness the solar eclipse on Aug. 21. This solar eclipse was monumental for many reasons. The eclipse would be the first one since 1776, coincidentally the founding year of the nation, that could be seen in totality only within the United States.

Ron Brocato, Sports Prep Football Schedule Thursday, Aug. 31 Jesuit vs. Warren Easton at Tad Gormley, 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 1 Karr at St. Paul’s, 7 p.m. St. Augustine vs. McDonogh 35 at Tad Gormley, 7 p.m. Holy Cross defeats Higgins via forfeit, 2-0.

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) –Saying there is an “urgent need” to address “the sin of racism” in the country and find solutions to it, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has established a new Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism and named one of the country’s African-American Catholic bishops to chair it.

By Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond La bor Day is coming up, and that raises questions about the value and dignity of work, not only as a way of providing a living but also living out a vocation. What are your thoughts?

As a boy who grew up white and mostly oblivious in New Orleans, my experiences of racism involve random acts and symbols that I could easily stick on the shelf, compartmentalize and forget about. I was 7 when I started playing golf at City Park.

By Most Rev. Fernand Cheri, O.F.M. Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans Let us begin: For several years now the Archdiocese of New Orleans has lifted up this prayer at every eucharistic celebration: ‘OUR FAMILY PRAYER’ Loving and faithful God, through the years the people of our archdiocese have appreciated the prayers and love of Our Lady of Prompt Succor in times of war,  disaster, epidemic and illness.

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) –  By creating a committee to deal with racism, the country’s Catholic bishops are standing up for the American value of equality and for a Gospel that refutes the hatred and violence the country witnessed Aug. 11 and 12 during white supremacist demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, said the bishop who will lead the effort.

Por Arzobispo Gregory M. Aymond Se acerca el Día del Trabajo, lo que plantea dudas sobre el valor y la dignidad del trabajo, no sólo como forma de vivir, sino también para vivir una vocación. ¿Cuáles son sus pensamientos?

St. Paul’s recently installed the 2017-18 Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion at an Aug. 15 Mass celebrated by Father Matthew Clark, school chaplain, in the Briggs Assembly Center. Seniors commissioned as ministers were,  standing: Gabe Ingram, Rhyne Sepcich, Christian Harrison, Peyton Jacob, Brandon Nicotri, Matthew Stalter, Justin Savoie, Noah Seiden, Cameron Vidal, Colin Quinlan, Andrew Curry, Kevin Schneider, Mason Robicheaux, Robby Ferrante, Stephen Schlottman, Matthew Borgatti, Zachary Taylor, Kyle Schmitt, Emerson Vaccari and Larry Rase.

By Rhina Guidos, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) – Catholic dioceses, including the Archdiocese of New Orleans, and charities are quickly organizing to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall with heavy rains and winds of 130 miles per hour late Aug. 25  northeast of Corpus Christi, Texas.

Photo: Tyler Kaufman/©2017 Photo: Tyler Kaufman/©2017Photos: Cabrini faculty presenting the globe from the Institute to the Administration and Student Council. On Monday, August 14 th , five members of the Cabrini High School faculty who attended the Cabrini Educator Institute, an institute where Cabrini educators from New Orleans, Pennsylvania, Argentina and Spain gathered together to grow as a Cabrinian educator, presented personal reflections, along with the globe they received from the Institute to the school.

August 28, 2017 To: All Clergy, Religious and Laity Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, Many cities in Texas have been affected by Hurricane Harvey, some of those devastated. The rebuilding will be complicated and take a very long time.

To kick off the new school year, Cabrini High School’s Alumnae Office hosted a restaurant crawl by partnering with six local restaurants Aug. 12 for the first annual Dine Around Night on Esplanade Avenue.

By Ron Brocato, Sports As a wide receiver races downfield in hopes of catching a long pass for a touchdown, a trailing defender places both hands before the would-be receivers’ eyes, obstructing his view of the descending ball.

By Lana Beckman, Guest Column Before traveling to Bolivia in June, those going on the mission trip met for classes to read and discuss “The Aparecida Document,” written in 2007 by the General Conference of the Bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean.

The store shelves are lined with school supplies, advertising their lowest prices. Parents are making plans to drop their children off for the first day of classes. Excitement and nostalgia are in the air.

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic New Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – “Let us beg the Lord, God of mercy and peace, to free the world from this inhuman violence,” Pope Francis prayed after a week of deadly terrorist attacks in Africa and Europe.

Making a Difference The Catholic Church preaches, teaches and practices total nonviolence. This statement is not true regarding the Catholic Church today. But it was an accurate and true description of the Catholic Church during its first 300 years.

The office of Catholic Schools has provided tuition and fee information for all Catholic Elementary Schools (grades K-7) and High Schools (grades 8-12) in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. This information was provided by each school, which can be contacted for details.