Several Haitian priests were in the New Orleans area in recent weeks visiting parishes that have twinned with them through Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans and Catholic Relief Services. While Father André Prévalus of Sainte Thérèse de l’Enfant Jesus in Darbonne, Leogane, Haiti, was at St. Maria Goretti in New Orleans East to celebrate his parish’s feast day, Msgr.

They pray for families. They pray for peace. They pray for those affected by storms and disasters. And they pray for each other. A group of 17 Catholic women, mostly from the Chateau Estates neighborhood in Kenner, have bonded through their faith since the late 1980s.

Taste of the NFL, the “Super Bowl Party with a Purpose,” will come to the New Orleans Convention Center Feb. 2, 2013. The annual event – held the night before the Super Bowl – features an auction, entertainment and food prepared by 35 renowned chefs who are paired with NFL players from each NFL city to benefit the local Second Harvest Food Bank and other Feeding America food banks in cities that have an NFL team.

St. Monica trusted that “God’s time will come” and prayed for more than 20 years that her son, a future doctor of the Catholic Church, would open his heart to the Catholic faith. Her prayers were answered, and, at age 29, St. Augustine of Hippo was baptized and his conversion began.

The young adults being called “the Pro Life Generation” were well represented Sept. 25 at the kickoff for the fifth annual 40 Days for Life New Orleans campaign on Ridgelake Drive in Metairie. “I think being pro-life is one of the best things ever,” Alexus Ally, 16, who was attending the rally with Cabrini’s Pro-Life Club.

She has released four CDs, sung at World Youth Day in Germany, attended pilgrimages in Rwanda with genocide survivor Imaculee Ilibagiza, done missionary work and even explored religious life, and she’s only 26.

On the afternoon of Aug. 29, as the wind whipped through my neighborhood, I was rescued by the National Guard. They arrived at my house in boats because six to seven feet of water rushed into the LaPlace area when Hurricane Isaac came strolling through the southern part of Louisiana.

Following the Archdiocese of New Orleans’ annual Mass for Victims and Survivors of Violence Sept. 30 at St. Louis Cathedral, those who lost loved ones to murder or who wanted to express their solidarity with the victims prayed in front of holy water-spotted family portraits.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans has opened a sealed-bid sale through which 38 vacant or unused properties, three of them former churches, will be offered for sale to the general public, with the proceeds used to support ongoing parish and archdiocesan ministries.

Ever since he was a 13-year-old paper boy cycling his moonlit 2-to-7 a.m. route, 365 days a year, Dr. Jack Andonie has been packing as much life as possible into every hour. At the end of his newspaper route, the dedicated Andonie would bike home for breakfast, go to school, do his homework and go to bed around 9:30 p.m. in anticipation of his next nocturnal round of deliveries, forming a habit that still has the spritely 75-year-old needing just five hours of sleep per night.

Salesian Father James B. Curran, pastor of St. Rosalie Church in Harvey from 1983-95 and parochial vicar there from 2003-10, died Sept. 3 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. Father Curran was 91 and had been a Salesian for 71 years.

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted Oct. 6-14 SCHOOLS ARCHBISHOP CHAPELLE, Parents’ Club hosts Council of Catholic School Cooperative Clubs’ general meeting, Oct. 8, 7 p.m. in the gym, 8800 Veterans Memorial Blvd., Metairie.

Sacred Heart Brother Jean Sobert (Henry J. Sobert), who spent 36 years as a counselor, administrator and alumni director at Brother Martin High School, died Sept. 23 at the age of 75 following a two-year battle with cancer.

In everyday life, people are told that it’s best to think before they speak, but in worship, speaking God’s word should come before reflection, said Pope Benedict XVI. “The first requirement for a good liturgical celebration is that there be prayer and a conversation with God, first and foremost listening and then response,” he said.

In celebration of the 95th anniversary of the Blessed Virgin Mary performing the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima, Portugal, in 1917, more than 8,000 groups around the United States will rally Oct. 13 at noon for public square rosaries.

The month of October is dedicated to Mary as the month of the holy rosary. It is also during this month that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops calls for everyone to participate in the 41st annual Respect Life Month through prayer, advocacy and education.

On the afternoon of Aug. 29, as the wind whipped through my neighborhood, I was rescued by the National Guard. They arrived at my house in boats because six to seven feet of water rushed into the LaPlace area when Hurricane Isaac came strolling through the southern part of Louisiana.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond used the occasion of the annual Respect Life Mass for Catholic school students Sept. 28 at St. Dominic Church in New Orleans to urge students to embrace the new Battle of New Orleans against violence, murder and racism.

He said it 25 years ago, and it rings true today. Said Jim Mora after a 24-22 loss to San Francisco, “The Saints aren’t good enough.” Last Sunday in Green Bay, the Saints got more than enough breaks to win.

The “Big 3” in District 6-5A are all on track for high seeds in the state volleyball playoffs. But that is the last thing on their minds this week. Mount Carmel entered the week with a perfect 20-0 record and the top seed.