St. Mary’s Dominican High School students who competed at the Greater New Orleans 2014 Literary Rally held at Loyola University. (From left to right) Front row: Anadil Zakaria, Caroline Bickerton, Isabel Torres, Madison Miller, Grace Nguyen, Brooke Duplantier, Hannah Calamuso, Alison Breaux, Elizabeth Champagne and Catherine Cerise.

Cabrini High School students took the top three spots in the “The Importance of Religious Freedom” essay contest sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. (Above) Sophomores Cherelle Perkins, Emma Gilheany and Megan Mahler placed first, second, and third, respectively, in the Marquette Council 1437 of the Knights of Columbus essay contest.

Dr. Keith Credo, assistant professor of business at McNeese State University, speaks to the Archbishop Rummel High School senior class about time management at the Life Skills seminar.

At the recent Rummel Day events at Archbishop Rummel High School, the Student Council presented speakers who spoke about the school’s past, present, and future and made two special presentations. Alumnus Dominick Impastato, ’97, (left) introduced John Theriot, ’79, (center) who was presented the Alumnus of the Year Award by alumnus Jason Ural, ’97, (right), alumni association president.

Domingo de Resureccion Abril 20, 2014 Jn. 20:1-9 E l primer día de la semana, se convierte en el Día del Señor, por su resurrección. Magdalena es la primera que lo celebra. Del vientre de María a la tumba vacía Jesús fue puesto en un sepulcro nuevo.

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In officially opening the 9th General Synod of the Archdiocese of New Orleans at the April 15 Chrism Mass, Archbishop Gregory Aymond offered Catholics packed inside St. Louis Cathedral an overview of the 14-month process of discernment and prayer but said the final outcome truly is in God’s hands.

An adult spectator, fresh from watching St. Philip Neri’s seventh graders re-enact the Stations of the Cross, walked up to a teacher to give the student-actors the ultimate compliment. The spectator gushed: “I truly felt the presence of Christ here.” The reverence was palpable in St. Philip Neri Church as the school’s 56 seventh graders brought to life Christ’s final hours this Lent.

Ashley Caldarera is in awe of St. Veronica because of her audacity to step out of her comfort zone to comfort Jesus at a time when others were cowering. ”You get to really see with your eyes what she does to help Jesus,” said Ashley, the St. Christopher fourth grader who portrayed the saint in her class’ four Lenten presentations of the Way of the Cross for the entire school.

Something as simple as a free-dress day can help save a life. When students at St. Margaret Mary School put together their modest donations for this privilege last February, the more than $1,000 in proceeds helped fund the surgery of an 8-year-old girl from Honduras named Carmen who needed an operation to repair a hole in the upper chambers of her heart.

When the members of Holy Cross High’s “VEX” robotics team designed their wheeled, aluminum-and-steel robot resembling a miniature shopping cart, only one name would do: “Maximus.” Maximus proved to be true to his name, taking top honors at last February’s State VEX Robotics Championship at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans is reviewing its marriage preparation policies with an eye toward encouraging church parishes to consider Catholic marriage as a special moment of evangelization for young adults, said Father Garrett O’Brien, who is heading the marriage preparation policy committee.

Q. I have two upcoming marriages in my family; I’ve been wondering how they are each viewed in the eyes of the church, and I’m hoping that you can help. First, my nephew (a baptized Catholic, but currently not attending church) is marrying a Methodist.

"Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” – Matt 10:39. Do you find this line strange to begin an article on marriage? I admit, it isn’t a familiar line for marriage or marriage enrichment.

Chuck Stiebing likes to tell engaged couples a story. “A father gives his daughter this advice on her wedding day: ‘From now on, whatever’s not good for the both of you is not good for either of you.

Eight Marianites of Holy Cross will celebrate anniversaries of entrance into the Congregation on April 26 at 10:30 a.m. in the Our Lady of Holy Cross Moreau Center Chapel in New Orleans. Six of the sisters will take part in the jubilee ceremonies marking 50, 60, 70 and 75 years as members of their religious congregation.

In order to provide for the pastoral care of the people of God in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Archbishop Aymond has made the following appointment: David C. Dawson Jr . as Director of the Office of Family Life Apostolate, effective July 1, 2014.

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted April 19-27 SCHOOLS ST. MARY MAGDALEN, Parents’ Club hosts City Park Night April 26, 7-10 p.m. Tickets: $12 in advance; $16 at gate.