In a battle that was virtually for second place in District 9-2A, Newman outlasted Carver, 72-68, in a test of attrition on Sept. 28. While Newman fans, who have come to expect basketball scores to be confined to the Palestra and not the football field, still enjoyed the offensive treat, the question arose: Are the 140 points scored by the Greenies and Rams a record for two teams in a game?

Can you recap the all-day meeting you held Sept. 24 with priests and school administrators about the strategic plan for Catholic schools? We think the process worked very well. We asked everyone coming to the meeting to go online beforehand and give a “yes” or “no” to each of the  recommendations, and if they said no, to give us a better recommendation.

The Serenity Prayer, composed by theologian Reinhold Niebuhr in the late 1930s, is a cherished reflection because it speaks so directly to the human condition. Most people can recite the opening lines of the prayer from memory: “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.” A lesser known section of the prayer concludes: “Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him
Forever in the next.” One of the great benefits related to “working” for the church are regular opportunities we at the Archdiocese of New Orleans are granted to pause – freed at least for a day from deadlines and the demands of a normal work schedule – and reflect on the thoughts, behaviors and habits that can foster serenity and true happiness.

La Universidad de Loyola en Nueva  Orleáns, lanzó su serie de Presidential Centennial Guest, el 20 de septiembre con un discurso del arzobispo Gregory Aymond en "Educación Católica: los Dones y Desafíos en el 2012 y más allá."