A group of 22 adults and teens from New Orleans and Houston traveled to Batesville, Texas, earlier this summer to work with indigent people of the Uvalde area as part of the Christ the Builder program in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

The following is a press release detailing an important community event at Xavier University of Louisiana: Xavier University of Louisiana will host a celebration of National Recovery Month, Sept. 14, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in the University Center.

By Father John Arnone Guest Columnist At the beginning of summer, St . Bernard Church hosted a racial sobriety workshop for the entire St. Bernard Deanery. What an eye-opening experience it was for all who attended, including myself.

Holy Cross Father Anthony J. DeConciliis, who was installed as president of Our Lady of Holy Cross College three days before Hurricane Katrina in 2005, stepped down from his position Aug. 15 in a restructuring of the college that also included the reconstitution of the school’s board of regents by the Marianites of Holy Cross.

MADRID (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI saw that 1.4 million young people could be buffeted by gusty winds and drenched by a driving rain and still fall silently to their knees to adore the Eucharist. At the final Mass closing World Youth Day Aug. 21 in Madrid, the pope challenged the Catholic pilgrims to take that faith, make it grow and share it with the world.

Con cientos de miles de los jóvenes que se reunieron en Madrid para el Día Mundial de la Juventud, ¿Podría usted hablarnos sobre las Jornadas Mundiales de la Juventud de las que usted ha asistido? Fui a Denver en 1993 y a Toronto en 2002 con el Beato Papa Juan Pablo II y luego a Cologne en 2005 con el Papa Benedicto.

Most people don’t leave any time in their day to stop, listen and reflect on what God is doing and saying in their lives, Pope Benedict XVI said. “Our time is taken up by so many activities, commitments, worries and problems that often one tends to fill up one’s whole day without having a second left for stopping to reflect and nourish one’s spiritual life” by having contact with God, he said Aug. 17 as he held his weekly general audience in the courtyard of the papal summer villa at Castel Gandolfo.

The summer of discontent continues at LSU. Wide receiver Russell Shepard was a scratch from SEC media days. A compliance issue had his status for the start of the 2011 season in doubt. That was small potatoes compared to major violations in the football program named by the NCAA, and now the bar fight early on the morning of Aug. 19 that allegedly involved several Tigers, including starting quarterback Jordan Jefferson.

St. Charles Catholic elevated its student enrollment to a number that puts the Comets’ athletic teams in a higher classification. And everyone couldn’t be happier. Gone are former opponents John Curtis, Riverside Academy and Newman.

As high school football teams throughout Louisiana put the finishing touches on their preseason practice sessions, the men who officiate their games are polishing off their mechanics as well. Yes, those “necessary evils” in stripes are working just as hard as the players and their coaches to put a quality product on the field.

A friend of mine recently started a blog with the theme of emerging adulthood, a theme that applies to many young adults today. Emerging adulthood is a span of life proposed by Jeffrey Arnett in an article in “American Psychologist” and is a concept that has evolved since its original proposal in 2000, garnering a surge in scholarly research and an exploration into a new developmental stage.

In order to provide pastoral care for the people of God in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Archbishop Aymond has made the following appointments: PASTOR Father Roderick Coates, S.S.J. , Pastor, Our Lady of Grace Parish, Reserve, effective Aug. 15, 2011.

St. Stephen Church on Napoleon Avenue was packed last Thursday, and that would have thrilled Deacon Richard “Buzzy” Gaien­nie to no end. With years of experience stacking desperate drug addicts and alcoholics cheek to jowl in Bridge House’s makeshift “cot room” – where 30 thin mattresses formed a geometric pattern, a lottery, really, of hope and despair – Deacon Buzzy knew that when it came to saving lives, there was no substitute for casting the widest possible net.

How did the gathering of seminarians go a couple of weeks ago in Rosaryville? It went very well. It was an opportunity for the present seminarians to spend time in fellowship and prayer and to reflect upon their discernment process.

In preparation for the implementation of the 3rd Edition of the Roman Missal, the Office of Worship of the Archdiocese of New Orleans has scheduled a series of Choral Reading Sessions where music directors, instrumentalists, choir directors and others involved in music ministry can gather to learn and sing the “Mass of Renewal.” The “Mass of Renewal” is the musical setting which is recommended for use at all Sunday and special liturgies beginning Oct. 1.

A floor that usually gets pounded by ricocheting basketballs and spiked volleys is overrun by the shuffling feet of dancers every Monday night at St. Pius X in New Orleans. “Remember: The lady always starts out on her right foot.

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The Clarion Herald had a chance this morning to sit down for 30 minutes with Dr. Myles Seghers, the interim president of Our Lady of Holy Cross College. Here’s a short take on what he wants students to know about the transition that is now underway at the college.

Representatives from Archbishop Rummel’s Operation HeadStart program hit the road for a second Lasallian Summer Service Trip promoting service. In mid-June, eight HeadStart members, a Rummel graduate and Operation HeadStart program directors Mark Firmin, Russell Zimmerman and Andrew Dinett traveled to Santa Fe, N.M., to conduct service projects with students at St. Michael’s High School, another school founded in the Lasallian tradition.