Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond will ordain 20 men to the permanent diaconate for the Archdiocese of New Orleans Dec. 1 at 10 a.m. at St. Louis Cathedral. The diaconate Class of 2012 includes married men from virtually every part of the archdiocese, which currently enjoys the service of 213 permanent deacons.

Coach of the Year Jay Jay Juan led Ursuline Academy to its second straight Division III volleyball championship and third in four years by defeating E.D. White in five games. Outstanding Player

Ahora que las elecciones nacionales y el voto popular ya pasaron, indica que es un país claramente dividido, ¿Hacia dónde vamos desde aquí? Si nos fijamos atentamente en los resultados de las elecciones, lo importante para darse cuenta es que, más o menos, aproximadamente el 50 por ciento de las personas en los Estados Unidos estaban contentas y cerca del 50% de las personas en los Estados Unidos no lo estaban.

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted Nov. 24-Dec.2 DON’T MISS Catholic Cultural Heritage Center presents violinist Joseph Meyer and pianist Samuel Liegeon in a free recital, an “Homage to Debussy”: Music of Eric Satie, Ernest Guiraud, Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy.

I wrote the following in a letter from Rome to my family on Oct. 30, 1963: “The council is really getting interesting. There is an English press conference that we can attend every day in a building not far from St. Peter’s.

Now that the ballots have been cast, the attack ads shelved and the lawn signs pulled up from their moorings, we can breathe easy. Or can we? My Facebook wall is still full of people attacking each other and the beliefs of others.

We all have experienced times in our lives when it seemed that everything that could possibly go wrong has gone wrong. In the chaos of our everyday lives, it’s easy for us to throw our hands in the air and give up.

All of my years in the Catholic Youth Organization since sixth grade at St. Cletus in Gretna and my service as a member of Teen CROSS helped prepare me for the ultimate leadership role I was given at this year’s World Youth Day held at Loyola University on Oct. 28.

As the fall sports season winds down, Catholic schools from the New Orleans area already claimed state championships in cross country and swimming last week, and three local football teams are alive in their quests for titles in that sport.

There are 512 regular-season games played each season in the National Football League. Few will be more compelling than this Sunday’s 49ers at Saints. The Saints and their fans can still see tight end Vernon Davis running down the middle of the field in single coverage against safety Malcolm Jenkins.

Far from being just a moral or ethical code, Christianity is “an experience of love; it’s welcoming the person of Jesus,” Pope Benedict XVI said. “Many people today have a limited concept of what the Christian faith is because they identify it with a mere system of beliefs and values and not with the truth of a God revealing himself in history, eager to communicate with humanity one-on-one in a relationship of love,” he said.

They were two men, in a boat, fishing a small inlet in Lake Providence, a speck of rural north Louisiana out of sight and out of mind, forgettable except for the fact that no one who ever worked the fields picking cotton could ever forget the co-mingling of cotton and servitude.

Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond attended the annual meeting of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in Baltimore Nov. 12-15 and offered his observations on major topics of discussion and the actions taken by the bishops: ➤ 1.

"Hi, Dad!” is the cry that greets me every evening when I step through the doors into my home. My three sons, filled with pent-up energy, are ready to pounce and play. They have been waiting for me to get home, waiting to tell me about their adventures of the day and waiting to share in one last one before the sun goes down.

I first shared my perspective as a new mom-to-be in 2010’s Mommy and Me section and followed up with a column last year exploring the mesmerizing baby days while adjusting to being a stay-at-home mom.

November is typically thought of as the month that brings us Thanksgiving and the start of the holiday season. There’s another reason to celebrate November – it’s National Adoption Awareness Month. A study done by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute found that 60 percent of all Americans were personally touched by adoption.

Dear Catholic Community, Two years ago, we began the process of creating a strategic plan to shape the future of our family of Catholic schools. Many questions have been asked about the status of this plan, so I would like to take this opportunity to let you know what we have done, where we stand and where we are going.

Cuando vio la devastación forjada por el Huracán Sandy en la Costa Este, ¿Cuál fue su reacción? Sin duda me recuerda a las imágenes que vi desde lejos del Huracán Katrina y más recientemente las del Huracán Isaac.