Un jurado en Philadelphia encontró culpable al Dr. Kermit Gosnell, un abortista, de abortos tardíos, de asesinar a tres niños después de que nacieron vivos, además de causar la muerte a una mujer a través de una sobredosis de droga.

Summer deadline: 10 days before each issue. (We’re biweekly.) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted June 9-22 PARISHES MOST HOLY TRINITY, Masses and a vigil to honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, on the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, June 7, 8:45 a.m.; eucharistic adoration with an all-night vigil June 7 from  9:15 a.m. until Saturday 8 a.m. followed by a Mass for the Immaculate Heart of Mary June 8 starting at 8 a.m. 4465 Highway 190, East Service Road, Covington.

In 1972, when Edward Wakin and James DiGiacomo published a book on Christian parenting, they sought a title that would evoke for parents a sense of how much the world – and therefore the experience of adolescents – had changed since their own adolescence.

Englehardt a treasure Madisonville Sincere thanks to Beth Donze for her beautiful article on Regina Matrum recipient Valerie Englehardt (May 11, 2013). Valerie’s generosity of spirit and example of spiritual motherhood – which extends well beyond her seven children – inspired me deeply to be more generous myself.

The Office of Religious Education of the Archdiocese of New Orleans is offering classes for catechists to renew their certification or those seeking to become catechists. Catechists are required to take a five-hour course or workshop each year for certification renewal.

Tulane athletics needed some good news, and recently it got some. Scott Cowen is retiring as university president on July 1, 2014. Since Cowen advised the Tulane staff by email of his imminent departure, his tenure has received glowing reviews.

CHAD McNEIL, ST. CHARLES CATHOLIC Outstanding Player

Seven Sisters of the Holy Family celebrated a combined total of 455 years of consecrated service to the people of God June 8 with a Mass at the Motherhouse. The jubilarians were Sister Mary de Lima Hazeur, 75 years; Sister Mary Magdalene de Pazzi Andry, Sister Mary Prompt Succor Arceneaux and Sister Mary Luke Rubit, 70 years; Sister Marian Perpetua Lacroix and Sister Claudia Marie Citizen, 60 years; and Sister Maria Gonzales, 50 years.

Shrugging off the kind of heat that could fry an egg on the sidewalk, the non-stop students from Holy Rosary High worked in perfect unison on the afternoon of May 23, hauling long planks of wood from their school bus to an electric saw for a series of precision cuts.

Msgr. Winus Joseph Roeten, a priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans for 65 years, was remembered as an intellectually curious spiritual leader who never stopped looking for new ways to take Christ’s message of salvation to his flock.

Father Thomas J. “Dutch” Jenniskens, a Jesuit priest, teacher and self-taught ceramics artist, died May 22 at Our Lady of Wisdom Healthcare Center in New Orleans. He was 86. Father Jenniskens was born in Marrero on July 9, 1926.

The 50th annual Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration, sponsored by the Family Life Apostolate of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, was held at St. Philip Neri Church, 6500 Kawanee Ave., Metairie, on June 2.

"We played like ducks and walked in the rain," said Archbishop Gregory Aymond about the faithful he led June 2 in the annual Corpus Christi procession from Our Lady of Prompt Succor Shrine on State Street to Holy Name of Jesus Church on St. Charles Avenue.

Behold, new things have come to Assumption Church in Braithwaite. The little mission church that was inundated by Hurricane Isaac on Aug. 29, 2012, was flooded with light and love on May 26 as parishioners gathered for the dedication of their rebuilt place of worship.

All Catholics must ask themselves what they personally have done lately to build up the holiness of the church and ensure people feel welcomed and loved in it, Pope Francis said. “Some people today say, ‘Christ, yes; the church, no,’ like they say, ‘I believe in God, but not in priests,’” the pope said.

Can you share your thoughts on next Sunday being Father’s Day? I’d like to salute all those who share in the important vocation of fatherhood. Very often when people hear the word vocation, they think of the priesthood or religious life, but we believe that marriage is a vocation.

Inmates often are forgotten, especially on major holidays. Recently ordained Deacon Carlo Maniglia,  who was assigned to prison ministry at Orleans Parish Prison, got the idea to provide Mother’s Day and Father’s Day cards to inmates so that they could write notes to their parents.

An Ordination Mass is special in its own right, particularly when five men are ordained as priests for the Archdiocese of New Orleans.