• The Ninth General Synod Consultative Session Summary of Results
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    The Ninth General Synod Consultative Session Summary of Results Prepared by The Catholic Leadership Institute Click on the chart for a printable PDF
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  • The Ninth General Synod moving into high gear
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    The Ninth General Synod of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, which gathered input last summer from nearly 4,000 people regarding their perception of the strengths and challenges of ministry in the archdiocese, is engaged in a critical discernment phase that will help set priorities for future ministry, Archbishop Gregory Aymond said Jan. 5.
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  • Living the Faith: Madeline Bridgewater
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    Madeline Bridgewater, 67 Who is she? Retired last month after 20 years as the front-desk receptionist at Wynhoven Health Care Center in Marerro. Known to patients and co-workers as “Mamma Maddie,” the Vacherie-born Bridgewater has been a parishioner of St. Joseph the Worker in Marrero for 65 years.
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  • Living the Faith: Patricia Frischhertz Arnold
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    • Who are you? Married to Clifton Arnold since 1984; the mother of one child, four stepchildren and 12 grandchildren; attended St. James Major, Mount Carmel Academy, Loyola University and UNO, where she earned a master’s degree in special ed and education administration; her 46-year teaching career included 19 years at Catholic schools, including Resurrection of Our Lord, Holy Cross and Christ the King.
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  • Living the Faith candidate Ernie Webre
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    Ernest Webre Who is he : Married 55 years to Shirley and has five children. He worked for American Cyanamid for 41 years. Early faith memories : He jokes about the first time he attended Mass twice – on his first Communion with Bishop Gerard Frey (after whom he named his son).
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  • Living the Faith: Brian DesRoches
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    • Who is he? Physical plant supervisor for Christopher Homes, Inc. (CHI); parishioner of St. Rosalie, Harvey; member of St. Anthony Church, Lafitte, KC; graduate of Immaculate Conception Elementary, Archbishop Shaw High (1976) and Jefferson Parish Vo-Tech School; married for 32 years to Greta Rolland DesRoches; three children; recipient of the 2007 Caring Hands Award from the Gulf States Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, an annual distinction that recognizes elder care professionals who go beyond the call of duty in their service to seniors.
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  • Living the Faith: Robert Claverie
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    Who is he? Worshipped at Corpus Christi, Sacred Heart and St. James Major parishes before becoming a parishioner of St. Maria Goretti in 2007; an usher and member of the KC, Holy Name Society, “Just Faith” ministry and Finance Committee.
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  • Readers Respond - Nov. 26, 2016
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    Church needs healing Folsom Thank you for the balanced approach to your commentary regarding the divisions in this democracy (Nov. 19 Clarion Herald). Perhaps the Catholic Church will equally consider the division within the church in America with the sensitivity required to indeed promote this conversation to look beyond the different perspectives of the faith.
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  • Readers Respond - August 20, 2016
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    The God of second chances Luling The Clarion Herald of May 7 had a number of very interesting articles, but the one which touched me the most was the one by Beth Donze entitled “The God of second chances.” My very old computer was down and out at the time I read that issue of the Clarion Herald, and so I set the issue aside with the intent of commenting on the article later.
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  • Readers Respond - August 13, 2016
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    Touched by Emmery Houston I am a grown man, 67 years old and a native New Orleanian. I am not given to emotions, but from the second paragraph to the last word of Mrs. Vaughn (“Emmery Faith’s 65 hours of life transformed her family,” July 30 Clarion Herald), I was crying.
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  • Readers Respond - May 7, 2016
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    A long-lost friend: Capt. Ron Rod Palmdale, California I have good friend who was born on Dec. 25 in 1965. I happened to think of that for some unknown reason and what  I was doing at that time of my life and remembering that I was a young physician in Vietnam just over one year after graduation from medical school at Marquette.
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  • Readers Respond - April 16, 2016
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    A modest proposal Metairie “As New Orleans turns 300,” perhaps it is not too late for a serious consideration of this proposal: A good use of our talented New Orleans-area youth would be as “costumed historic characters” in the French Quarter.
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  • Readers Respond - March 12, 2016
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    Low-level politics New Orleans Re: Editorial by Archbishop Aymond (“What has happened to civility in politics?” Feb. 28). Congratulations and AMEN to his excellency, Archbishop Aymond, for the editorial.
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  • Los obispos estadounidenses discuten Trump
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    Gracias a todos los que hicieron oraciones de apoyo por los obispos de Estados Unidos durante nuestra reciente reunión (del 14 al 16 de noviembre). A continuación, se presenta un resumen de nuestra reunión y discusión.
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  • Ceramos el el Año Jubilar de la Misericordia
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    Para Los sacerdotes, religiosos y laicos de la Arquidiócesis de New Orleans: Este fin de semana el Papa Francisco cerrará el Año Jubilar de la Misericordia en Roma en la Basílica de San Pedro. Nos unimos a él con nuestras oraciones para dar gracias por las muchas formas que hemos celebrado este Año de la Misericordia en la Arquidiócesis de New Orleans.
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  • Misa carismática en el Apostalado Hispano
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    Hacemos una invitación cordial a toda nuestra comunidad a unirnos como iglesia hispana y celebrar La Misa carismática este miércoles 23 de noviembre a las 7 p.m. en la iglesia del Apostolado Hispano.
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  • Después de la campaña divisiva, ¿Hacia dónde vamos desde aquí?
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    Usted escribió lo siguiente en Facebook, una semana antes de la elección presidencial: “¿¿¿Me pregunto porque??? En las campañas políticas hoy, a nivel nacional, estatal y local, ¿Por qué los candidatos se lanzan, no por sus dones y calificaciones, sino en las debilidades de otros?
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  • Preguntas acerca de la conservación de las cenizas de una persona
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    La Congregación para la Doctrina de la Fe del Vaticano emitió la semana pasada una instrucción sobre el entierro del difunto y la conservación de las cenizas de una persona, cuando la persona es incinerada.
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  • El Espíritu Santo está energizando el Sínodo arquidiocesano
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    En la reunión del Consejo de Ministros de la arquidiócesis de la semana pasada, usted recibió una actualización de varias oficinas con iniciativas que se están llevando a cabo en respuesta al Sínodo.
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  • Irish-born Father White had a love for the liturgy
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    Father Anthony J. White, an Irish-born missionary priest at heart who found a home in the Archdiocese of New Orleans , was remembered at his Funeral Mass Oct. 1 as a quiet and faithful priest who loved the liturgy as well as serving others.
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