How do you replace the best head basketball coach your school has ever hired? If you’re Joe Hines, Athletic Director at Archbishop Hannan High, you hire a coach with even better credentials than the one you just lost.

Archbishop Chapelle High School held its Matthew 25 Liturgy April 4 to recognize students who have completed more than the school’s required service hours during the 2016-17 school year. Matthew 25 is Chapelle’s service learning program.

La Misa de la Consagración de los Óleos es una liturgia anual, en la que los sacerdotes que sirven en la Arquidiócesis de Nueva Orleáns renuevan su compromiso con el ministerio sacerdotal. También, es la Misa, en la cual se consagra los tres tipos de aceites que serán usados ​​en el ministerio sacramental para el próximo año.

At the annual Chrism Mass April 11, Archbishop Gregory Aymond extended the exhortation of Pope Francis for Catholics to read the Gospels daily – making that more of a priority than checking their cell phones.

It was a spiritually moving hour inside Orleans Justice Center on Holy Thursday, April 13. Archbishop Gregory Aymond went to Block 4 of the prison to lead 30 inmates in a prayer service highlighted by his washing the feet of 13 prisoners.

In only a year, the Catholic Women in Action Women’s Giving Circle has proven to be a giving tour de force. With 162 female members, the group has given more than $285,000 to local nonprofits. “I am overwhelmed by what you have accomplished in such a short amount of time,” said Cory Howat, executive director of the Catholic Foundation – host of the giving circle – at a Mass and celebration April 5.

When Elizabeth Rizzo went shopping with her mother for a wedding dress a few weeks ago, she knew she was about to embark on a journey of chit-chat never before seen in any episode of “Say Yes to the Dress.” As the bridal shop attendant went over her lace and frill options, the conversation naturally turned to the big day and the groom.

The 18 fifth graders who make up the Green Club at Our Lady of Lourdes School in Slidell are rolling out the red carpet for the “3 B’s” – birds, bees and butterflies. Thanks to a new Green Club initiative, Our Lady of Lourdes has been recognized by the National Wildlife Federation for creating a “certified schoolyard habitat” to attract native butterflies, bees, birds and other important pollinators.

Children attending the March 30 Lenten mission assembly at St. Peter School in Reserve had a revelation: There was endless fun to be had in kicking around “soccer balls” made of plastic bags and rubber bands.

“My name is Jazmin. May I take your drink order?” the teenage girl asked a table of four at the spring pop-up lunch event held March 28 at St. Michael Special School. Jazmin Pettigrew was one of St. Michael’s high school students to participate in the event, offering attendees the choice of food they had prepared: steamed vegetable dumplings with broccoli and a furikake rice ball; kofta kebabs with pita, hummus and salad; or corned beef and cabbage with red potatoes and Irish soda bread.

Dr. Stacey Patton not only remembers her case number in the New Jersey foster care system – KC114343 – but also knew that she would one day grow up to talk about what she and others experienced as foster children.

For more information on the dates and times of specific marriage preparation programs, call the Archdiocese of New Orleans’ Family Life Apostolate, (504) 861-6243. MENTOR COUPLE PROGRAM For Whom the Program is Directed: Any couple coming to the church for marriage (first time, remarried after an annulment or seeking validation of civil marriage); cost varies.

The following information is the latest available information for church weddings at various parishes in the Archdiocese of New Orleans as of April 2017. Contact the parishes to schedule wedding dates and for policies.

Through the Parish-Based Mentor Couple program, my wife Laura and I have the privilege and responsibility of preparing a couple, Kellie Crowder and Adam Penny, for the sacrament of matrimony. They will walk to the altar this December and create a covenant that is intended to last until death.

Over my years of counseling individuals and couples, it has become apparent the “love” idea is simply that – an idea. Most people believe it will sustain them throughout a lifetime; however, they discover very quickly something is missing.

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Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted April 17- May 14 EVENTS SALA, St. Angela Ladies Auxiliary meeting, April 17, 7 p.m., Kern Center (gym).

Father Billy O’Riordan, pastor of St. Ann Parish in Metairie, received the St. John Vianney Award recently from Archbishop Gregory Aymond at the 2017 Chancellor’s Dinner at Notre Dame Seminary. Father O’Riordan also serves as director of the seminarians studying for the Archdiocese of New Orleans at Notre Dame Seminary.

I happened to be on the campus of the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania the other day and picked up a single sheet announcement in a rack that normally held The Aquinas, the student newspaper. The Jesuit-run university was founded back in 1888 as Saint Thomas College, and when a student newspaper began publication it bore the name of the institution’s patron, St. Thomas Aquinas.

Why did the Falcons reach the Super Bowl while the Saints were 7-9 for a third consecutive season? Because they got April right, and the Saints haven’t. Despite defeating the Saints twice in 2014, the Falcons finished 6-10, a game behind the Saints in the NFC South.