When the Brothers of the Sacred Heart operated St. Aloysius High School at the corner of North Rampart Street and Esplanade Avenue on the edge of the French Quarter, each morning they stood on the sidewalk to greet students as they arrived for class.

When you saw the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast, what was your reaction? It certainly reminded me of the pictures that I saw from afar from Hurricane Katrina and also more recently with Hurricane Isaac.

If there is a Super Bowl for cemeteries, it’s All Saints Day. More people visit cemeteries of the Archdiocese of New Orleans on Nov. 1 than on any other day of the year, and this year was no exception.