Marianite Sister Genevieve Sensat (Sister Mary Alice) died March 18 at Our Lady of Prompt Succor Nursing home in Opelousas. She was 80. Sister Genevieve was born in Lake Arthur, grew up in Iota and entered the Congregation of the Marianites of Holy Cross in 1952.

En su homilía a una congregación rebosante, en la Misa Crismal anual, el 26 de marzo en la Catedral de San Luis, el Arzobispo Gregory Aymond habló sobre la llamada que todos los Católicos tienen en virtud de su bautismo, para difundir el amor de Dios.

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted April 14-21 SCHOOLS ST. EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, April 14, 10 a.m., Ladies’ Council Mass.

The next Mass, Meal and More open to ages 16 and older will be May 3, 6 p.m. The celebrant will be Jesuit Father Fred Kammer, who will speak  on Catholic social teaching. Magnificat House of Discernment, 2729 Lowerline St., New Orleans.

With the celebration of Easter, many also look forward to enjoying what they had given up for Lent. While I did not give up food or drinks this year, in the past I have alternated between my two favorites – coffee and chocolate – and I distinctly recall rejoicing when I could again taste what I had abstained from.

The level of anxiety from Tulane fans amped up substantially when the school’s two most talented players left the basketball program. At a press conference three days after the school announced that forward Josh Davis and guard Ricky Tarrant were among six players asking for their release, Coach Ed Conroy tried to portray a ray of sunshine.

Louisiana House of Representatives member Bob Hensgens, R-Abbeville, is the author of HB 267. He explained his proposed bill spawned by the LHSAA’s decision to hold separate playoffs for public and non-public schools: The first thing I did when I read LHSAA Proposal 18 was take football out of the equation.

When Winnfield principal Jane Griffin and her merry band of public school dissidents voted to discriminate against non-public schools by forcing them to compete in separate  football playoffs, they did more than open a can of worms.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana is asking the public to help them click their way to a $45,000 grant from Walmart by voting for them in the “Fighting Hunger Together” initiative, a national campaign where money is awarded to programs that get the most votes for their innovative and effective programs that help alleviate child hunger.

You celebrated the Chrism Mass during Holy Week, and St. Louis Cathedral was packed. What did you take away from that Mass? The Chrism Mass is one of the spiritual highlights for me every year because I have the privilege to bless the oil of catechumens and the oil of the sick and to consecrate the oil of chrism that is used during the year in every parish throughout the whole archdiocese.

The East Jefferson District Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is hoping to garner enough local interest to establish a Junior St. Vincent de Paul Society open to Catholic men and women ages 19 to 35.

Nationally recognized speakers exhorted attendees to “Fear Not, Only Believe” April 5-7 at the Southern Regional Conference of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Kenner. The annual event, held at the Pontchartrain Center, drew several hundred registrants with a full lineup of talks, music, prayer and Mass.

Women have a privileged role in the church because of their ability to pass on the faith through love, Pope Francis said. “Women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord, in following him and communicating his face, because the eyes of faith always need the simple and profound look of love,” the pope told an estimated 50,000 people in St. Peter’s Square April 3.

It was the early 1970s – just before Roe v. Wade – and Theresa Bonopartis, then 18, discovered she was pregnant. She and her boyfriend decided to get married, but when she blurted out the news to her parents, their reaction was immediate and visceral.

Se ha descubierto recientemente que “Planned Parenthood” planea abrir una planta de 7.000 pies cuadrados en Caiborne Ave.  en 2014, que será un centro regional de aborto. ¿Qué tan preocupado está sobre esto?

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted April 6-14 SCHOOLS ARCHBISHOP SHAW, annual Celebrity Waiters Luncheon, April 11, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Four Columns, 3711 Westbank Expwy., Harvey.

Dominican Sister of Peace Gloria Moreno died Feb. 7 in Sansbury Care Center, St. Catharine, Ky. She was 88 and had served with the Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Dominic since 1948. A native of Tucson, Ariz., Sister Gloria earned a bachelor’s degree in music from Loyola University New Orleans and a master’s degree in spirituality from Duquesne University.

Daughter of Charity Sister  Rose Anthony D’Alfonso, D.C., a nurse for many years, died Feb. 25 at Our Lady of Wisdom Healthcare Center. She was 90 and had served for 59 years in religious life. Her funeral Mass was celebrated March 2 at Our Lady of Wisdom Healthcare Center.

Dominican Sister of Peace Mary Veronica Miceli, a beloved history teacher for many years at St. Mary’s Dominican High School and professor of history at Dominican College, died March 12 at Our Lady of Wisdom Healthcare Center.