Moments before his life would have ended in abortion, an unborn child got a reprieve By Christine Bordelon, Clarion Herald “The reality is David was seconds, literally, from not being here,” David Scotton’s biological mother Melissa is heard saying in the trailer to the pro-life documentary, “I Lived on Parker Avenue,” scheduled for viewing Oct. 26 at 7 p.m. at Jesuit High School.

It is not exactly the celestial event of a lifetime – after all, a total solar eclipse occurs somewhere in the world about every 18 months – but the total darkening of the sun by the moon’s shadow on Monday, Aug. 21, in a diagonal swath of the United States from Oregon through the Midwest to the sand dunes off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina – will bring with it an American flair for entrepreneurship and excess.

By Beth Donze The growing numbers of African-born clergy and religious ministering in the United States are at the “vanguard” of an important moment in both the American and worldwide church, said Jesuit Father Allan Deck, addressing about 80 members of this rapidly emerging demographic of church leaders gathered in New Orleans for the 18th annual convention of ACCCRUS – the African Conference of Catholic Clergy and Religious in the United States.