Mary Nusloch ran 14 laps in East Baton Rouge Parish on May 6 while her competition – the best Class 3A had to offer – appeared to be running in West Baton Rouge Parish. Miss Nusloch was in a different zone and almost zip code than the other competitors in the girls’ 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs.

Just as it had been for centuries, Egypt can be a sign of hope for those who long for peace, Pope Francis said. During his weekly general audience May 3, the pope reflected on his recent visit to Egypt and said that because of its religious and cultural heritage as well as its role in the Middle East, Egypt has the task of promoting a lasting peace that “rests not on the law of force but on the force of law.” “For us, Egypt has been a sign of hope, refuge and help.

Gertrude Rome Guidry and her late husband Francis were pros when it came to housing and feeding eight sons and two daughters in their four-bedroom Reserve farmhouse, built on 1,000 acres of sugar cane fields between Airline Highway and River Road.

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted May 13-July 22 EVENTS ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL, relocation and game date and time change for the three-way spring football game among St. Augustine, Lake Area New Tech and Helen Cox High School, May 13, noon, Yulman Stadium on Tulane University campus.

St. Mary’s Dominican High School students in Claudia Vallejo’s Advanced Placement Spanish class connected via Skype with 2011 Dominican alumna Catalina Rubiano from her home in Colombia. Rubiano became the first American to play professional soccer in Colombia when she joined the Colombian Professional League in 2017.

On the Tuesday of the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, it was an interesting sight. Golfers, caddies and well-wishers were flocking to the practice range to welcome one of the contestants in the celebrity shootout.

Field No. 40 at McMurry Park will be filled with New Orleans area Catholic schools on May 11 when the Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA baseball tournament begins in Sulphur. St. Charles Catholic will face Ouachita Christian in a semifinal-round game at 1 p.m.

In the summer of 2015, Archbishop Gregory Aymond promulgated five priorities with 21 goals under the theme, “Encountering Jesus, Witnessing with Joy,” as the culmination of a consultative process for the Ninth General Synod of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

A bold stand New Orleans Archbishop Aymond has taken a bold step in not only publishing in the Clarion Herald the Louisiana Catholic bishops’ new statement calling for the abolition of the death penalty but also in using his weekly column to answer questions why our state Legislature ought to abolish the death penalty.

It was the morning of March 13, 1969, and Johnnie Robinson, age 4, was playing baby doll dress-up with her two older sisters in the backyard of their Whitney Avenue home in Algiers. Each of them had a slice of buttered bread to eat.

Seven men will be ordained transitional deacons, the final step before ordination to the priesthood, by Archbishop Gregory Aymond May 20 at a 10 a.m. Mass at St. Louis Cathedral. Four men will be ordained for the archdiocese and the other three for another diocese or religious order.

El verano está casi aquí, lo que en Nueva Orleáns por lo general significa, vestirse aún más casual que en otras épocas del año. Sé que el tema de la vestimenta para la Iglesia es muy sensible, especialmente en un área donde hace calor nueve meses al año.

Summer is almost here, which in New Orleans usually means dressing down even more casually than we do at other times of year. I know the issue of church attire is a sensitive one – especially in an area where it’s hot nine months out of the year.

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The Archdiocese of New Orleans is mourning the death of Father John Arnone, a beloved priest, pastor and mentor. Father Arnone, 49, passed away due to complications of heart surgery. Here is a 2016 Clarion Herald story about Father Arnone’s role as a formation advisor at Notre Dame Seminary .

Father Jeffrey Montz will be the principal celebrant of a Mass on the birthday of the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen May 8 at 6:30 p.m. at St. Stephen Church (Good Shepherd Parish) in New Orleans. The Mass will be one of about 1,000 being offered across the United States and the world with the intention of Archbishop Sheen’s eventual canonization.

The CYO/Youth and Young Adult Ministry Office bestowed the St. Timothy Award on 14 teenagers who have excelled in volunteer service to their Catholic church, school and community April 23 at St. Louis Cathedral.

On the eve of Palm Sunday, Pope Francis gave young people several missions: to ask their grandparents what their dreams were; to work to make those dreams reality; and to let their bishops and the pope himself know what they need from the church.

We are closing in on the end of the school year. Classes are winding down; summer plans are being made. At this point in the semester, I wait in simultaneous fear and anticipation. Will my students turn in solid research?

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted May 10-June 25 EVENTS ST. SCHOLASTICA ACADEMY, new series of faith talks for Catholic high school parents called “Theology Uncorked” with wine, cheese and theology.