La arquidiócesis, de nuevo este año, durante la Cuaresma, ofrecerá el sacramento de la confesión en cada Iglesia, tres miércoles consecutivos – el 22 de marzo, el 29 de marzo, y el 5 de abril – de 5 a 6:30 p.m. ¿Cuál es el propósito pastoral, de hacer la confesión universalmente disponible al mismo tiempo en esas noches?

The archdiocese again this year during Lent will offer the sacrament of confession in every church on three consecutive Wednesdays – March 22, March 29 and April 5 – from 5 to 6:30 p.m. What is the pastoral purpose of making confession universally available at the same time on those evenings?

Erik Vagenius, a father and an alcoholic, had four daughters under the age of 10. One night in 1973, 16-month-old Patty, his youngest, was congested, but Vagenius and his wife figured she simply had a bad cold, and they would take her to the pediatrician in the morning.

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted March 11-25 LENT EVENTS MORNING OF REFLECTION, March 11, St. Benilde Rosary and Altar Society with Father Joe Krafft of Notre Dame Seminary.

La Cuaresma representa una gran oportunidad para que los Católicos profundicen su vida de oración. ¿Tiene alguna sugerencia? Una de las bendiciones asombrosas del pontificado de San Juan Pablo II fue la publicación en 1992 del “Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica”.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – “The Virgin Mary has not appeared in Medjugorje,” said Bishop Ratko Peric of Mostar-Duvno, the diocese in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which includes Medjugorje. Two weeks after the Vatican announced Pope Francis was sending a Polish archbishop to study the pastoral needs of the townspeople and the thousands of pilgrims who flock to Medjugorje each year, Bishop Peric posted his statement Feb. 26 on his diocesan website.

Anyone even vaguely acquainted with my work knows that I advocate vigorous argument on behalf of religious truth. I have long called for a revival in what is classically known as apologetics, the defense of the claims of faith against skeptical opponents.

The following parishes, schools and entities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans will host St. Joseph Altars: ANNUNCIATION, Bogalusa: B and C Hall, 139 Cumberland St., sponsored by the Bogalusa Italian-American Cultural Society.

Unless, your basketball team’s opponents were stocked with the Munchkins or the Seven Dwarfs, posting a record of 28 wins and 3 defeats is quite commendable. Among Catholic schools where quality coaching is the norm, a fifth-year head man at Archbishop Hannan accomplished that feat to mark the finest season in that school’s roundball history.

Order of St. Clare Sister Briege McKenna and Vincentian Father Kevin Scallon will be the featured speakers at annual Southern Regional Conference of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal March 31-April 2 at the Best Western Plus Landmark Hotel in Metairie.

The 30-member-strong Culinary Crusaders at Brother Martin High School started the new year with something for which to be extremely proud. Several members helped cater and serve a pumpkin-shrimp bisque, dirty rice, pulled pork, muffulettas and more for approximately 250 people attending the annual Brother Martin Ladies of the Shield Home Tour.

Imagine the possibilities: Multiple Tigers in motion, shovel passes, screens, cut back runs and a quarterback, well-coached, who plays almost error-free football. The multiple looks lead to confusion on defense, with running backs and receivers running free in the secondary.

Growing up in New Orleans and attending Catholic schools and universities my entire life, I never gave much thought to the sign of ashes on the forehead. It seemed commonplace, normal. Then I saw a Facebook post by a colleague who had moved to a different state and was teaching at a public university.

In Dorothy Day’s retelling, her radical conversion to the Catholic faith and to a life lived with and for the poor was nurtured in a cloud of incense inside St. Louis Cathedral in 1924. Day had just turned 26, a few years after her breakup with journalist Lionel Moise, the newspaperman who would mentor Ernest Hemingway at the Kansas City Star.

Lent presents a great opportunity for Catholics to deepen their prayer life. Do you have any suggestions? One of the amazing blessings of the pontificate of St. John Paul II was the publication in 1992 of the “Catechism of the Catholic Church.” The catechism is divided into four major sections, and Part IV is devoted to Christian prayer.

Rite of Election marks continuing journey of 329 persons toward communion with the Catholic Church There is a personal story behind the decision of each of the 329 persons who will enter the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil this year.

William “Caleb” Rogers, a Jesuit senior scored a perfect composite score of 36 on the ACT. Less than one-tenth of one percent of students who take the ACT – nearly 2.1 million of 2016 graduates – earns the top score.

St. Mary’s Dominican High School students Brogan Hausknecht, Madeline Puente, Jailyn Heisser, Stephanie Mayer, Lauren Nguyen, Morgan Forshag and Claire Dinwiddie participated in the Feb. 17 National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Stars Day of Service Junior Journalism Program.

St. Mary’s Dominican High School French Club moderator Joan Rupp with club members Andrea Garces, Jessica Wallesverd and Emilie Wensel. Garces, Wallesverd and Wensel competed at the French Convention in Lafayette hosted by Association Louisianaise des Clubes Francaises des Ecoles Secondaires (ALCFES).

St. Charles Catholic junior Grace Richoux, All-Star Foundation scholarship recipient, alumni and founder of the All-Star Foundation Todd Trosclair, and scholarship recipient senior Wesley Melancon. Trosclair created the All-Star Foundation Scholarship.