While listening to and obeying God’s word brings healing and comfort to those in need, it also can attract disdain and even hatred from others, Pope Francis said.

When Alex Christian Lucas learned that Free Indeed, a New Orleans-area safe house for girls victimized by human sex trafficking, was in danger of closing, he and his fellow members of Loyola University’s “Wolfpack for Life” pro-life group hit the ground running.

Bouncing off the gray, cement-block walls and muted lighting of a prison holding area, the self-composed music of pianist Eric Genuis, along with the haunting accompaniment of a cello, a violin and a vocalist, erupts in a technicolor of sound.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans Retreat Center in Metairie has just hired a new executive director to succeed Dr. Paul Ceasar as he transitions to retirement.

GOD’S SPECIAL CHILDREN, monthly Mass, Sept.  8, 2 p.m., St. Francis Xavier, 444 Metairie Road, Metairie. Also,15th anniversary Mass and social, Oct. 13, 2 p.m., St. Francis Xavier. Archbishop Aymond will concelebrate the anniversary Mass.

Queridos hermanos: el lenguaje de Jesús en el Evangelio de este domingo suena en nuestros oídos extremadamente duro. La modernidad, el desarrollo a todos los niveles está orientado básicamente a hacer más fácil la vida humana. La medicina intenta liberarnos del dolor y del sufrimiento físico y moral.

As students from St. Michael Special School walked into the New Orleans sunshine after an Aug. 28 prayer service in the gym, their enthusiastic rendition of the recessional hymn reverberated down Chippewa Street: “This is the day that the Lord has made!”

Nuestra tradición arquidiocesana es, ofrecer el Sacramento de la Reconciliación, mejor conocido como confesión, en una noche de semana, cerca de la Fiesta de la Exaltación de la Cruz. Me complace informarle que, muchas personas en la Arquidiócesis de Nueva Orleáns, han aprovechado esta oportunidad.

Catholic Community Radio (690 AM in New Orleans and 1380 AM and 105.9 FM in Baton Rouge) will host its three-day, on-air fundraiser Sept. 10-12 to raise money for the operation of its radio stations in the Archdiocese of New Orleans and the Diocese of Baton Rouge.

It is our archdiocesan tradition to offer the sacrament of reconciliation, better known as confession, on a weekday evening near the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. I am pleased to inform you that many people in the Archdiocese of New Orleans have taken advantage of this opportunity.

Dorothy Bailey will celebrate her 100th Birthday Nov. 1, 2019, at a luncheon at the Marriott Hotel in New Orleans.  A Catholic since birth, Bailey received her first Communion at the former St. Raymond Church on Paris Avenue, her confirmation and then was married to Norman Bailey Sr. at Corpus Christi on St. Bernard Avenue in New Orleans.  She also has worshipped at Holy Ghost/St. Katharine Drexel and St. France de Sales Catholic Church parishes.

The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati recently celebrated the installation of their newly elected Leadership Team during a liturgy in the Immaculate Conception Chapel at the Mount St. Joseph Motherhouse. The team was elected during the 2019 Sisters of Charity Chapter, held March 31–April 5, 2019, at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse in Delhi Township (Cincinnati).

As a new school year begins, kids and adults alike are scrambling to master new schedules and face new challenges. Some approach this task with eager anticipation, others with frustration and perseverance.