On Sept. 24, you will meet with priests, school presidents, principals and the heads of religious communities to discuss the strategic plan for Catholic schools in the archdiocese. Can you share what will happen at the meeting?

KENNER San Jerónimo 2400 33rd St. | (504) 443-3174 Domingo: 7:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. Divina Misericordia anteriormente Natividad del Señor 3325 Loyola Ave. | (504) 466-5016 Sábado: 6:30 p.m. LaPLACE Asención de Nuestro Señor 799 Fairway Dr. | (985) 652-2615 Domingo: 5 p.m. METAIRIE Sra.

Después del Huracán Isaac, usted pasó muchos días visitando todas las áreas afectadas de la arquidiócesis. Todavía es pronto para conocer la amplitud de los daños, pero ¿Cuáles fueron sus impresiones?

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted Sept. 16-24 EVENTS NAIM/KENNER/ST. PHILIP, rescheduled meeting for widows and widowers, Sept. 19, 7 p.m., St. Philip Neri, 6500 Kawanee Ave., Metairie.

No, there is no mistaking the Yellow Store at the foot of The Rigolets bridge on Chef Menteur Highway for the Sistine Chapel. The local bar has everything a friendly watering hole would want – neon Budweiser signs, a video poker room and table-top Bud Light containers holding bottles of ketchup, mustard, hot sauce, menus and napkins.

PLAQUEMINE, La. – Msgr. Joseph Octave Lorio, who served for 33 years as pastor of St. Louis King of France Parish in Metairie, was eulogized Sept. 8 at his childhood church of St. John the Evangelist as a priest fully dedicated to his parishioners and their spiritual well being.

Photos by Beth Donze | CLARION HERALD On Aug. 26, members of St. Mary of the Angels’ “Angelic Voices” Gospel Choir presented their second annual concert to a packed congregation. Their rousing repertoire, directed by parish music minister Jeoffre Duplessis (pictured at right), included “We’ve Come to Have Church,” “I Won’t Go Back,” and “I Will Go in Jesus’ Name.” “I am pastor of one of the greatest parishes in the Archdiocese of New Orleans!” exclaimed Franciscan Father Dennis Bosse, pastor of St. Mary of the Angels, welcoming congregants to the concert inspired by Psalm 34:3 – “O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together.” The concert also featured guest performances by St. Peter Claver Parish vocalist Veronica Downs-Dorsey, and her daughter, trumpeter Veronique Dorsey.

The more people love Jesus, the more they will want to spend time with him in prayer; and the more they pray, the more they will resemble him, Pope Benedict XVI said. While God always listens to people’s pleas for help and is always ready to respond, “our prayer must first be an act of listening to God who speaks to us,” the pope said Sept. 5 at his weekly general audience.

Photo by Peter Finney Jr. | CLARION HERALD Fans brought canned goods to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome Sept. 9 before the Saints season opener against Washington to supplement the food stocks at Second Harvest Food Bank.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans will celebrate Family Day Sept. 23 as a way of promoting families and the parish family. Sponsored by the archdiocesan Family Life Apostolate each year, activities are suggested within parishes to come together as one church to attend Mass and spend the day enjoying their families and other parish families – of all ages and stages of family life.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans St. Vincent de Paul Societies in St. Tammany, New Orleans, Metairie and the West Bank will host the fifth annual St. Vincent dePaul Friends of the Poor Walk Sept. 29 at three locations: ➤ The Lake Pontchartrain lakefront, next to the Mandeville harbor, the third annual walk hosted by the St. Tammany conference.

St. Augustine handed Brother Martin its worst defeat in the 43-year history of the Gentilly schools’ rivalry by routing the undermanned Crusaders, 59-7, on Sept. 8. The Knights thus established themselves as a legitimate power in Class 4A.

Photo by Ron Brocato | CLARION HERALD Katie Kampen, right, of Mount Carmel reaches high to block the attempted kill by St. Amant’s Stephanie Dusan in the third game of the schools’ season-opening match on Sept. 4.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond will be the first speaker Sept. 20 at 7 p.m.  to kick off Loyola University's Presidential Centennial Guest Series. His topic will be, "Catholic Education: Gifts and Challenges in 2012 and Beyond.” The presentation will be held in the Louis J. Roussel Performance Hall, located in the Communications/Music Complex, on Loyola's main campus.

They have made it a little closer to home. On Sept. 4, 69 residents from Plaquemines Parish who were evacuated to shelters in northern Louisiana after Hurricane Isaac arrived at the former St. Louise de Marillac Catholic School in Arabi, which was converted after Hurricane Katrina into living quarters for recovery volunteers.

As the Saints fell behind by two touchdowns in the third quarter against Washington, I began to channel my inner Sean Payton. Over the course of six years, Payton said many times, “You know, Bill (Parcells) told us, each week in this league, it is either a catastrophe or a carnival.” What we saw from the Saints in the first week wasn’t catastrophic, but it was disturbing.

Dears Sisters and Brothers in Christ: As the Republican and Democratic parties have concluded their national conventions, we now turn our attention to the November presidential election as well as our local and state elections.

After what Deacon Graylin Miller survived during Hurricane Katrina – standing on the railing of his front porch and clinging with one hand to the overhang of his roof to keep his neck and his wife above the floodwaters rushing into his New Orleans East home – the prospect of dealing with Hurricane Isaac seven years later didn’t seem all that daunting.

You came up with the idea of having local teens and young adults get together for a volunteer effort last Saturday to help clean up homes and businesses damaged by Hurricane Isaac. Were you surprised by the outpouring of support?