• Calendar: Nov. 24 – Dec. 7, 2019
    by Site Administrator
    St. Rita Church, 2729 Lowerline St., New Orleans, will present organist Robert Zanca performing works of J.S. Bach on the church’s 1971 Arthur Schoenberger organ, Nov. 24, 3 p.m.
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  • ‘Mini-New Orleans’ captures city’s community feel
    ‘Mini-New Orleans’ captures city’s community feel
    by Site Administrator
    Miniature paper models of buildings lining a hallway inside Christian Brothers’ Canal Street campus were familiar, but with a zany twist: St. Louis Cathedral was within spitting distance of the Entergy building; Jesuit High School was next to the Prytania Theater; and an Uptown establishment – GNO Cyclery – was dwarfed by a Downtown landmark: Harrah’s Hotel.
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  • Kanye’s conversion music can’t be dissed or dismissed
    Kanye’s conversion music can’t be dissed or dismissed
    by Site Administrator
    Kanye West’s new album, “Jesus is King,” dropped recently, and it’s got everybody talking about it, from non-believers to believers. I gave the new album a listen, and I liked what I heard. I liked all the songs on the album, but one song in particular spoke to me.
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  • Feeding the hungry is a habit at St. Rita School, N.O.
    Feeding the hungry is a habit at St. Rita School, N.O.
    by Site Administrator
    The fire-engine red cabinet at the corner of Pine Street and Walmsley Avenue has become a hub of selfless giving for students at St. Rita School in New Orleans.
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  • Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus’ coming
    Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus’ coming
    by Site Administrator
    Hearing this Sunday’s Gospel we might be tempted to say, “There’s nothing new under the sun,” in the words of Ecclesiastes. The Gospel opens with people admiring the grandeur and beauty of the Temple. This magnificent work of human hands rightly elicited their admiration and pride in human achievement.
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  • Pope: Dialogue begins with empathy, not contempt
    Pope: Dialogue begins with empathy, not contempt
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    Christians who preach the Gospel must see people who do not know Christ as children of God and not as nonbelievers worthy of hostility and contempt, Pope Francis said.
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  • If your life becomes overwhelming, think ‘Fiat’
    If your life becomes overwhelming, think ‘Fiat’
    by Site Administrator
    Approximately 1,200 youth attended World Youth Day in New Orleans Nov. 3 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Students represented 45 parishes and schools. The theme, taken from Pope Francis’ World Youth Day 2019 theme for the universal church (Luke 1:38 – “I am the handmaid of the Lord, let it be done to me according to your word,”), was “Fiat,” which is Latin for “Let it be done.”
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  • Having their ups and ‘downs’ are all parts of Esteens’ life
    Having their ups and ‘downs’ are all parts of Esteens’ life
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    For Barry and Adrienne Esteen, life has been a series of ups and (first) downs. It has been that way for the past 29 football seasons when their sons, Barry Jr. (1991) and Brandon (1996) were members of the St. Augustine football team.
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  • ‘Thy kingdom come,’ our kingdoms go!
    ‘Thy kingdom come,’ our kingdoms go!
    by Jonelle Foltz
    When we pray Christianity’s most important single prayer – The Our Father – do we really attempt to understand and meditate upon the challenge of its words – especially “thy kingdom come”?
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  • Jesuits name Fr. Greene provincial
    Jesuits name Fr. Greene provincial
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    Father Thomas P. Greene, a New Orleans native, will be the next provincial superior of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province (UCS). He was appointed on Nov. 6 by Father Arturo Sosa, superior general of the worldwide Society of Jesus.
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  • Making a case for the defense
    Making a case for the defense
    by Site Administrator
    Are the Archbishop Rummel Raiders ready to win a Division I football championship under a new head coach, you ask? It darn sure looks like it. Since the resignation of long-time head coach Jay Roth to man the athletic director’s duties a year ago, the Raiders’ football fortunes have been in the hands of former head baseball coach Nick Monica.
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  • Children’s Mission Day honored missionary role models
    Children’s Mission Day honored missionary role models
    by Site Administrator
    More than 100 students from seven Catholic elementary schools and parish schools of religion gathered inside Dominican High School’s gym Oct. 19 to learn more about their baptismal calling to be missionaries.
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  • Slowing down in retirement not for Ignatian volunteers
    Slowing down in retirement not for Ignatian volunteers
    by Site Administrator
    The Jesuit philosophy of serving others can be seen in action through the nonprofit Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) for retirees. The corps, now 25 years old, under the umbrella of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, expanded in July into New Orleans, said Lisa LaFleur Schillace, regional director, Ignatian Volunteer Corps New Orleans and a Loyola University New Orleans alumna.
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  • State releases assessment scores for scholarship students
    State releases assessment scores for scholarship students
    by Site Administrator
    State scholarship students in six Catholic schools have fallen below the state’s educational proficiency benchmarks, Catholic Schools superintendent Dr. RaeNell Houston said Nov. 7. As a consequence, those schools will be unable to offer state scholarships to new students in the 2020-21 academic year, although current state scholarship students in those schools will not be affected and can remain at their school on scholarship.
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  • Bishop Morin: Filled with Christ’s love
    Bishop Morin: Filled with Christ’s love
    by Site Administrator
    Three priests of the Archdiocese of New Orleans – Father Paul Desrosiers, Archbishop Emeritus Alfred Hughes (kneeling) and Archbishop Gregory Aymond – pray before the body of former Biloxi Bishop Roger Morin before his Funeral Mass Nov. 7 at Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Biloxi.
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  • Food insecurity extends even to college campuses
    Food insecurity extends even to college campuses
    by Site Administrator
    Take what you need. Leave what you can.” That’s the slogan of Iggy’s Cupboard, a food pantry at Loyola University New Orleans, which opened last November  and is operated by the Student Life and Ministry (SLM) office and the Student Government Association on campus.
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  • Father Flanagan’s legacy: Untangling our ‘Christmas lights’
    Father Flanagan’s legacy: Untangling our ‘Christmas lights’
    by Site Administrator
    In the Gospel reading for Mass on Nov. 3, Jesus noticed the tax collector Zacchaeus in a tree and looked past his criminal behavior and directly into his heart. The encounter changed Zacchaeus, and he repented.
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  • Abp. Aymond: All Our gifts are from God, so be humble!
    Abp. Aymond: All Our gifts are from God, so be humble!
    by Site Administrator
    As we prepare for “Turkey Day” – that is, of course, Thanksgiving – I know that you are looking forward to a few days off from school and time with your family and friends. I hope that it is a peaceful time.
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  • CSAL Girls’ Volleyball Champs 2019
    CSAL Girls’ Volleyball Champs 2019
    by Site Administrator
    The Catholic Schools Athletic League (CSAL) championships in Girls’ Volleyball were decided Oct. 24 in the gym at Mike Miley Playground. In the senior varsity final, St. Catherine of Siena defeated St. Rita, Harahan.
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  • CSAL Boys’ Flag Football Champs 2019
    CSAL Boys’ Flag Football Champs 2019
    by Site Administrator
    The CSAL Boys’ Flag Football finals were held at St. Edward the Confessor on Nov. 6. Our Lady of the Lake was crowned senior varsity champion. The runner-up was St. Charles Borromeo.
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