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Behind the curtain of a high school theater performance lie countless hours of hard work, dedication and passionate rehearsals. While being an actress, stage manager or lighting designer is hard enough, many theater students go beyond their high school productions as members of the International Thespian Society (ITS), an honor society of theater students around the globe.

Ever since I first discovered the tiny life growing inside my womb in the summer of 1986, I have felt a special connection with Our Lady. With each of my five subsequent pregnancies, that connection has grown stronger, as has my admiration of the teenage virgin Mother who risked everything to bear the Savior.

Saying goodbye is one of the most difficult things to do. And yet, it’s an occurrence that happens regularly not only in our daily lives but also in the natural world surrounding us.

Here is a question appropriate for Lent: “Who am I living for?” The answer can be approached via other questions: “Whose happiness matters to me?” “Who am I trying to please?” “If I achieved my goals and got everything I want to have, who would benefit most?”

Three years ago, when Tulane hired its new men’s basketball coach, Riverside Academy head coach Tim Byrd sounded prescient. “Lots of question marks,” Byrd said of Mike Dunleavy. “You need someone who is high energy, hungry and understands Louisiana players. You need a coach with a college work ethic. This (college) is a totally different game than the NBA.”

Ursuline Academy has offered a great opportunity for high school students to collaborate with elementary students during Academy Masses. The new program, called Mass Buddies, allows high school students to help kindergarten through second grade students understand the parts of a Mass.

As a youngster growing up in Lafayette, Father Samuel Fontana thought nothing of taking a pair scissors to his backyard to snip fresh herbs to throw into a simmering pot, or of breaking down rabbits, doves and ducks for stewing after a hunting expedition.

The 135-member strong Women’s Giving Circle of the Catholic Community Foundation kicked off its 2019 efforts with a luncheon March 20 at New Orleans Country Club.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – For the first time in 300 years, the marble steps of the Holy Stairs will be free from the thick wooden panels installed in 1723 to protect the stairs and left uncovered for the public.

Here we are in the middle of Lent, getting closer all the time to Easter. We’re staying away from meat on Fridays and paying attention to whatever sacrifice or service we’ve chosen to take on. Surely by now most of us have tripped up somewhere along the way, or else are feeling especially proud of ourselves for not.

Queridos hermanos: la liturgia de este cuarto domingo de Cuaresma nos pone en contacto con la parábola del hijo pródigo que expresa de una forma inmejorable la fuerza de la misericordia y el perdón. Escuchándola se nos hace transparente lo que significa la reconciliación y, por tanto, somos invitados al perdón y a la misericordia, para que la Pascua signifique auténtica transformación de la vida. 

Competing against some of the top teams and individuals in the sport of outdoor track and field from the southern region of the U.S., three athletes representing their local Catholic high schools excelled against the stout competition in the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Track and Field Classic on March 23 … just as they did in the 2018 LHSAA championship meet.

Durante los últimos años, ha puesto a disposición el sacramento de la confesión en cada parroquia, por tres miércoles consecutivos, durante la Cuaresma. Las oportunidades restantes para la Arquidiócesis, serán los próximos dos miércoles, 3 de abril y 10 de abril, de 5 a 6:30 p.m. ¿Por qué esta iniciativa es tan importante para usted?

It takes about three steps to walk across Orville Duggan’s 135-square-foot office, which reveals a minimalist story about the chief administrative officer of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans.

A lush, half-acre garden developed within the confines of St. Patrick Cemetery No. 3 is significantly expanding local options for those who are considering cremation as their desired method of burial.

The most recent baseball power ratings show that Brother Martin has the No. 1 team in Division I for Select schools.  Those same rankings, conducted by Louisiana Sports­line, lists Dominican No. 2 and Mount Carmel No. 3 behind the top-rated softball team in Division I John Curtis, even though Dominican has a better record than the defending Division I champion.

On March 1, the choirs from Christian Brothers’ Canal Street campus and St. Rita Elementary School in New Orleans convened inside St. Anthony of Padua Church to sing at Christian Brothers’ school Mass. The combined choir practiced and performed under the direction of Devin Boucree, St. Rita School’s music director.

It is hard to believe that we are already celebrating the third Sunday of Lent. I hope that your Lenten journey has been one of prayer and sacrifice.  Lent is an opportunity for us to look honestly at ourselves, thus recognizing both our gifts and our weakness. In these weaknesses, we find sin and we bring it to God to ask for his mercy in order that we may experience a change of heart. 

Third graders at St. Christopher School in Metairie recently studied the science related to weather and climate – a unit that culminated with a Feb. 13 campus visit from Fox 8 meteorologist Shelby Latino. Before Latino’s visit, the students conducted two science investigations – “Cloud in a Bottle” and “Tornado in a Bottle” – and drew illustrations of different weather phenomena (above).

The CSAL Boys’ Basketball championships were played at St. Margaret Mary’s gym Feb. 5. In Senior Varsity action, St. Dominic beat Immaculate Conception, Marrero.