The funeral procession for Archbishop Hannan: October 6, 2011 This slideshow consists of images captured by the Clarion Herald staff. The audio is the St. Augustine Marching 100 as they participanted in the Archbishop Hannan funeral procession.

St. Louis Cathedral’s bells tolled as the black carriage driven by four white horses carried the body of Archbishop Philip M. Hannan down Chartres Street to his final resting place at the cathedral. Street performers, school children, elderly residents, Catho lics and non-Catholics alike lined Jackson Square to share a solemn day that honored a man who has made an enormous impact on the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

The body of Archbishop Philip M. Hannan was returned to St. Louis Cathedral for a final time Wednesday night, and there to pay her final respects was his dear friend, former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican Lindy Boggs.

¿Cómo podría poner en palabras lo que ocurrió recientemente en la convocatoria de los sacerdotes? Es difícil expresar en palabras. Fue una experiencia muy poderosa, y salí sintiéndome abrumado. Continúo profundamente agradecido por el espíritu increíble de apoyo y cooperación que mis hermanos sacerdotes han extendido a mí personalmente en mi papel como arzobispo.

Pope Benedict XVI said he was happy to see that “the faith in my German homeland has a young face, is alive and has a future.” At his weekly general audience Sept. 28 in St. Peter’s Square, the pope told an estimated 10,000 pilgrims and visitors about his trip Sept. 22-25 to Germany.

Our Lady of Holy Cross College and Delgado Community College have teamed up for a second agreement allowing Delgado students who complete two-year associate degrees at Delgado to transfer their credits and pursue a bachelor’s degree at Our Lady of Holy Cross College.

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Maryknoll Society, Auxiliary Bishop Shelton J. Fabre will celebrate a Mass Oct. 16 at 2 p.m. at St. Mary Magdalen Church, 6425 West Metairie Ave., Metairie.

People who may have met Archbishop Philip Hannan only once in their lives – along with others who knew him more intimately – have filed past his casket in the last two days at Notre Dame Seminary. The stories they tell are of a man who had a deep, personal love for people.

A crowd that included more than 7,000 Catholic school children paid their respects to Archbishop Philip Hannan today as a horse-drawn hearse carried the archbishop’s body from Notre Dame Seminary to St. Louis Cathedral.

Franciscan Friar of the Renewal Andrew Apostoli, who has written a new book on Fatima, opened the Rosary Congress with a pep talk about why the rosary is such a powerful devotion. “First of all, Our Lady asked for it, and any time she’s going to guarantee something, it works,” Father Apostoli said.

At the annual Red Mass Oct. 3 for members of the legal profession, Cardinal Edward Egan, the former archbishop of New York, urged elected officials and members of the legal profession to protect unborn human life and find ways to help keep Catholic schools affordable, especially for the needy.

Lately, I’ve been thinking of my great-grandfather, who passed away my sophomore year of high school. There are moments in life that are frozen in our memories, moments that we will always remember with exact accuracy—seeing him for the last time and waking up the next morning to find out he had passed is one of those moments.

Do you know where you will be on Saturday, Nov. 5? Unless either LSU or Alabama has a serious meltdown, the Tigers and Tide will decide the SEC West championship in Tuscaloosa. LSU could still lose a game before, beat Alabama, and still be in the hunt for a berth in the BCS championship.

As the second half of the 2011 prep football season, eyes now turn to district play and an idea of who the playoff contenders and pretenders are. Three factors are taken into consideration: district standing, power points and strength of schedule.

Reflections A Hero’s Life Dorinda Bordlee Vice President, Senior Counsel, Bioethics Defense Fund As I entered the archbishop’s beautifully furnished rooms in the Chateau de Notre Dame Apartments on Tuesday (Sept. 27), I thought back on several prior times that I had visited the archbishop over the past few years when we were told he was near the end.

Loyola University New Orleans’ Jesuit Social Research Institute, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Stuart H. Smith Law Clinic and Center for Social Justice in the College of Law will host a conference, “Imprisoned, Forgotten and Deported: Immigration Detention, Advocacy and the Faith Community,” Oct. 13-14 to examine the realities of immigration detention in the southern United States.

FUNERAL MASS ➤ Funeral Mass will be celebrated Thursday, Oct. 6, by Archbishop Gregory Aymond at 2 p.m. at St. Louis Cathedral TELEVISION ➤ Pool television coverage by WLAE, Channel 32. All four commercial stations will air the funeral live.

His words might be called prophetic. Archbishop Philip M. Hannan concluded his autobiography, “The Archbishop Wore Combat Boots,” with the following theological reflection: “From my perspective … I will accomplish in death what I could not in life because as priests we are most fully alive when we die,” Archbishop Hannan wrote.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond reflects on the life of Archbishop Philip M. Hannan, who died Sept. 29 at the age of 98. Archbishop Aymond and Daughter of Charity Sister Anthony Barczykowski arrived at Archbishop Hannan’s room at Chateau de Notre Dame shortly after his death at 3 a.m. From a human perspective, there is mourning and grief.

With the bagpipe strains of “O, Danny Boy” echoing off the marble floors and walls of Notre Dame Seminary, six priests carried the casket bearing the body of Archbishop Philip M. Hannan into the seminary chapel Oct. 3 for a priests’ evening of prayer, thus beginning four days of prayer, public viewing, procession and liturgical farewell for the 98-year-old former archbishop of New Orleans.