To Clergy, Religious and Laity of the Archdiocese of New Orleans: Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ: The bishops of the United States are calling all Catholics to observe a Fortnight for Freedom from June 21 to July 4.

For more than 35 years, fisherman, expert woodworker and St. Gertrude parishioner Landry Dempster has executed a wooden sculpture as a raffle item for his parish’s annual Des Allemands Catfish Festival.