The 2017 Archbishop Shaw Summer Camp offers six weeks of fun for girls and boys ages 4-12. The camp runs from June 5-July 14 (excluding July 4) from 8:45 to 3 p.m. daily. Coach Warren Gabriel said the most appealing part of the camp experience here is the amount of outdoor space – 70-72 acres – for swimming in the school’s Olympic-size pool with certified lifeguards, dancing, gymnastics, basketball, flag football, soccer, cheerleading, kickball, cabbage ball, video games and more.

For 48 years, Paula Hardin has based her livelihood on her twin passions for sewing and teaching the craft to local seamstresses of all ages and abilities. This summer, children ages 8 and older can avail themselves of Hardin’s “Learn to Sew” classes, held at Hobby Lobby locations in Harahan, Harvey, Covington and Slidell.

In today’s world where electronic devices seem to be hard-wired to every child’s palm, Camp Marymount, a Catholic residential camp for boys and girls in Fairview, Tennessee (near Nashville), has made the conscious decision to cut the cord, block the Wi-Fi and blow away the “cloud,” all in the best interests of fun and camaraderie.

Giving boy and girl campers choice is what Camp Cabrini is doing this summer. “What makes us different is you pick your activities,” said camp director Lisa Dubus, a Cabrini civics, World History AP teacher and social studies department chair.

More than 3,000 local ‘tweens have learned how to protect themselves and the children in their care, thanks to nationally recognized “Safe Sitter” courses provided for more than 25 years by the Parenting Center at Children’s Hospital and the Junior League of New Orleans.

St. Stanislaus, the 1854-founded Catholic boys’ school in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has operated its popular “Camp Stanislaus” at its beachfront campus since 1928. In addition to offering boys ages 8-15 both day camp and residential camp options from June 11 through July 8, Camp Stanislaus will again offer a summer program for girls ages 8-15 on those same dates.

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted March 18-28 FISH FRIES ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS, Knights of Columbus Lenten Fish Fry, March 24, April 7, 5 -7:30 p.m., Community Center, at 61030 Briar Lake Drive, Lacombe.

When I walked outside for the first day of my spring break, I wasn’t expecting to see snow. The daffodils and hyacinths in my garden had only bloomed over the previous two weekends. The vivid yellow and purplish-blue colors were now hidden by clumps of pure white.

Academy of Our Lady held its annual Service Week “She who does justice will Shine like the Stars.” Speakers and lectures emphasized the theme, and students participated in service projects at Second Harvest Food Bank, Crossroads Louisiana, Jean Lafitte National Park, Youth Rebuilding New Orleans, City Park, Magnolia Community Services, Café Hope, Our Lady of Wisdom Healthcare Center and other sites.

Archbishop Rummel juniors and seniors heard from approximately 50 alumni about their varied careers which included politicians, engineers, doctors and other professions at the recent Career Day/Life Skills program.

Humility is needed in order to recognize the voice of God in others, especially those who are perceived to be weak or subject to prejudice, a Franciscan friar told Pope Francis and members of the Roman Curia during their Lenten retreat.

Catholic evangelist Matthew Kelly spoke to 1,000 people at St. Dominic Church March 10 and emphasized the hidden grace of silence and prayer as vital ways to draw closer to God. Kelly used the example of a driver with a car-full of people suddenly facing a road hazard ahead; the driver immediately asks for silence to focus on the danger.

He didn’t get fed enough in New Orleans. And, now he’s off to New England. As he departs, here’s a number Brandin Cooks should ponder: In 2016, seven different New England Patriots had at least three touchdown receptions.

Anyone who has watched a high school basketball game at De La Salle will have noticed an inscription on the gymnasium wall that reads: “We will play anybody, any place, at any time.” That was the mantra of legendary coach Johnny Altobello for whom the athletic complex is named.

On March 11, the Sisters of the Holy Family celebrated the 150th anniversary of the opening of St. Mary’s Academy with a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond (seen below greeting everyone after Mass).

“The importance of second chances,” is what Olivia Faracca, a freshman in the honors program at Jesuit-run Canisius College in Buffalo, ascertained from the Ignatian Teach-In on Mass Incarceration held March 10 at Loyola University New Orleans.

As a newly ordained transitional deacon assigned to St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Algiers, 27-year-old Thomas Rodi thought he would score points with his pastor, Msgr. John “Tommy” Tomasovich, by phoning him with some exciting news: Andy – Msgr.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond incensed the altar of the newly renovated and expanded St. Joachim Church in Marrero March 12. Because of its wooded surroundings, the church has been known as “The Little Church in the Woods.” Archbishop Aymond praised parishioners for banding together to raise funds for the construction, which added a covered entrance so that Massgoers can be dropped off in the rain, extra seating and a reoriented altar that takes advantage of views of nature through large windows.

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If anyone is counting, chef John Besh has his fingerprints on the menus and cast-iron pots of 20 restaurants in New Orleans and beyond. The husband and father of four, who understands both the art and the science of great food, knows that his restaurant empire adds up to four handfuls and to hundreds of employees.