• Nenedictine Father Michael Jung dies at 84
    Nenedictine Father Michael Jung dies at 84
    Benedictine Father Michael Jung, a monk of St. Joseph Abbey, died May 29th. He was 84 years old and had served for 63 years in religious life. 
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  • CCRNO to women: All it takes is 45 minutes
    CCRNO to women: All it takes is 45 minutes
    This year’s Women’s Day of Refreshment, sponsored by the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of New Orleans (CCRNO), is actually a 45-minute social media presentation June 27 beginning at 10 a.m.
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  • Readers Respond: Black Lives Matter: A letter of love
    Readers Respond: Black Lives Matter: A letter of love
    I am a child of the ‘50s, born into an integrating New Orleans during the Civil Rights movement, coming of age during the era of the Vietnam War, Muhammad Ali and Martin Luther King.
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  • 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Fear no one
    12th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Fear no one
    Today’s readings call attention to the issue of speaking unwelcome truths.
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  • Dominican art students express pandemic experience
    Dominican art students express pandemic experience
    Through art, St. Mary’s Dominican High School students in teacher Angelle Caffery’s Art I, Art III and Art II honors classes expressed their personal experiences of living in isolation during a pandemic. 
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  • ‘The Lord is my light and my salvation’
    ‘The Lord is my light and my salvation’
    The world changed in March – and one group uniquely affected was the high school graduating Class of 2020.
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  • St. Aug receives $1.5 million windfall from Twitter CEO
    St. Aug receives $1.5 million windfall from Twitter CEO
    St. Augustine High School received a $1.5 million windfall from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s #StartSmall initiative, the largest single gift ever made to St. Augustine in its 69-year history.
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  • Quantum theory doesn’t have to be rocket science
    Quantum theory doesn’t have to be rocket science
    “Physics is all around us,” says Basil S. Davis, a physics professor at Xavier University of Louisiana.
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  • God revealed to me importance of family
    God revealed to me importance of family
    The world changed in March – and one group uniquely affected was the high school graduating Class of 2020.
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  • American Legion baseball begins June 20
    American Legion baseball begins June 20
    Nine stadiums will open their gates to American Legion baseball for an eight- to 10-game season over a 19-day period, beginning June 20.
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  • We celebrate women and men jubilarians in 2020
    We celebrate women and men jubilarians in 2020
    The following is a list of priests, nuns and religious jubilarians celebrating anniversaries in 2020...
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  • Book on grief to help others came from experience
    Book on grief to help others came from experience
    5,483 days, 1 hour, 36 minutes. That’s how long Melanie Baker Trimarco, a Divine Mercy parishioner in Kenner, was married to Mark Trimarco of Chicago.
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  • God revealed to me importance of family
    God revealed to me importance of family
    The world changed in March – and one group uniquely affected was the high school graduating Class of 2020.
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  • Jesus wants to pass on God’s unconditional love to parents
    Jesus wants to pass on God’s unconditional love to parents
    I was watching Mass on WLAE from St. Louis Cathedral recently and something the archbishop said spoke to me, really struck a chord and made me reflect.
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  • Flipping the switch on 2020 can turn negative positive
    Flipping the switch on 2020 can turn negative positive
    ​​​​​​​We live in a world of unrest. Increasingly, we’ve witnessed uprisings in all forms: natural phenomena, medical contagion and human violence. 
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  • Missing College World Series as a rite of summers past
    Missing College World Series as a rite of summers past
    ​​​​​​​A colleague and I were headed to a pair of high school football workouts last Friday when I had a recollection of a place that seemed so far away.
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  • Obtain a blessing by letting God change you
    Obtain a blessing by letting God change you
    True prayer is a “fight” with God in which those who think they are strong are humbled and faced with the reality of their own mortal condition, Pope Francis said.
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  • Don Wattigny, iconic Holy Name of Mary coach
    Don Wattigny, iconic Holy Name of Mary coach
    I recall a trip I made with former coach Don Wattigny in 2009 following a tour of his beloved high school, Holy Name of Mary.
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  • If color enlivens canvas, how can it darken the human heart?
    In elementary we learn the colors of the rainbow...
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  • Nearly 80 cherished years of ‘I do’
    Nearly 80 cherished years of ‘I do’
     You can do the math: My parents, Owen J. LaCour, 102, and Lorraine Armagnac LaCour, 99, exchanged marriage vows on June 19, 1940, at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church in New Orleans, which means they have been married for 80 years.
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