“This is so awesome. It looks nice,” said Lance, 29, a former client of Ozanam Inn as he saw for the first time the transformed area where clients assemble before entering the cafeteria for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Usted convocó a un grupo el año pasado, para examinar el flagelo de la pornografía en la sociedad y los efectos dañinos que ha tenido en la familia. ¿Ha estado este problema en su corazón por mucho tiempo?

50 years ago, in a second-floor chapel near Pittsburgh, the Charismatic Renewal was born For the last 50 years, Patti Gallagher Mansfield has kept the Champion Wiremaster stenographer’s notebook, 5-by-8 inches, safely tucked away among her most cherished, sacred items in her dresser drawer.

In the benighted, black-and-white world of media in the early 1960s – when news was distilled by three, deep-pocketed television networks and by thousands of cash-printing machines called morning and afternoon newspapers – consuming the news was a rather simple task.

You convened a group last year to examine the scourge of pornography in society and the harmful effects it has had on the family. Has this problem been on your heart for a long time? It has. Like so many other people, I’m concerned that pornography has become pervasive in our society.

We express sincere gratitude to you for allowing God to use you as a voice and as a courageous voice for life. In some ways the child in the womb has a voice, but it is a voice that is not really heard, and you speak for that child – adults and young adults and the youth of our church.

If the Saints want to get back to a Super Bowl, they should follow the plan executed by their archrival. The Atlanta Falcons reached Super Bowl LI with deft drafts, outstanding free-agent pickups and the hire of one of the outstanding offensive coaches in the NFL.

First, some closing thoughts on the recent LHSAA general meeting that yielded less than earthshaking revelations: 1. There will continue to be classes B and C, although it’s senseless to have three-team districts among the state’s schools with the lowest enrollment numbers.

The humble counsel of courageous women should never be disregarded but rather embraced as advice full of God’s divine wisdom, Pope Francis said. Women like the biblical heroine Judith are an example of trusting God amid sufferings and difficulties when it is easy to give up hope and fall into despair, the pope said Jan. 25 during his weekly general audience.

Food, a presentation and a discussion. That’s the simple-yet-successful format of Alpha, an evangelization resource that offers an open invitation to anyone desiring to know Jesus and the Christian faith better.

Academy of Our Lady seniors Catherine Forbes, Jalyn Barnes, Sabrina Dang, Alexis Johnson and Ashley Robichaux  passed the National Health Science Assessment test offered by the National Consortium for Health Science Education and is supported by the American Association of College of Nursing as well as the American Nurses Association.

At the Jan. 21 math tournament held at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge, Dominican’s Mu Alpha Theta (MAO) team competed at the event that drew 465 students from 25 participating schools. Dominican’s team placed in the following categories: Individual Tests: Calculus BC, Elizabeth Champagne, fifth place.

Cabrini Winter Formal 1.13.17 Photo: Tyler Kaufman/©2017 Cabrini crowns its 2017 Winter Formal court at the Winter Formal dance. Court members were, left to right: pre-freshman angel Chloe Barnes, freshman princess Hailey Artus, sophomore sweetheart Paige Luster, junior miss Jacie Ferlandy and senior queen Lauren Blady.

Congratulations to the St. Paul’s Golden Blues Dance Team for placing first in the Jazz Competition at the UDA Louisiana Dance Championship held in Hammond this January. The Golden Blues placed second in the pom competition.

Tri-M is a Music Honor Society developed to motivate students, recognize their efforts and honor their accomplishments. Candidates for membership are chosen from students currently enrolled in the music department, who meet the following requirements:  must have been enrolled in a music ensemble and/or class for two semesters; be of outstanding character and exhibit a good attitude; maintain a 3.5 GPA in music with at least a 3.2 overall GPA.

Congratulations to the St. Scholastica Royalettes Dance Team for placing First in the Pom Competition at the UDA Louisiana Dance Championship held in Hammond, LA this January. The Royalettes placed Second in the Jazz Competition.

The senior class of Archbishop Hannan High School sponsored the sixth annual “Hannan’s Got Talent” talent show. The variety of the student acts ranged from magic tricks and impersonations to singing, dancing and small band performances.

The Archbishop Hannan High School Hawkettes Dance Team participated in the Universal Dance Association (UDA) State Competition at Southeastern Louisiana University on Sunday, January 8,2017. The team placed 2 nd in Jazz and 6 th in Pom.