ST. PIUS X, Women’s Club hosts Holiday Sip and Shop with more than 25 vendors, Nov. 27, 7 p.m., gymnasium. Breakfast with Santa, Dec. 8, 10 a.m., cafeteria and gymnasium. Enjoy breakfast, face painting, a train, crafts. $10 a person. Photographs with Santa by Pat Garin Photography available. Open to public. 6600 Spanish Fort Blvd., New Orleans. 282-2811, www.stpiusxnola.org.

On Nov. 8, fourth and fifth graders at St. Peter Claver School in New Orleans assembled two dozen Thanksgiving baskets in their religion classes for those in most need in their parish community, filling them with canned goods, turkeys and gift cards purchased through their own small sacrifices.

On Oct. 30, fifth, sixth and seventh graders from St. Louis King of France School gained a new appreciation for the priests in their lives. They spent most of that school day taking a behind-the-scenes tour of Notre Dame Seminary on South Carrollton Avenue, the graduate school home of a whopping 140 seminarians this academic year.

Not long ago, I noticed the lady in line behind me at the grocery. She had two young boys seated in the front of her cart, who looked like brothers, about 3 and 4 years old. They were playfully shoving each other and giggling. 

Fearless. Pope Francis chose that to be the theme for World Youth Day 2018. The focus of this year’s event in New Orleans  was on being free from fear; to be fearless in society, as well as in our relationship with God.  

Queridos hermanos: En este penúltimo domingo del año litúrgico se nos habla con un lenguaje distinto que solemos llamar apocalíptico o escatológico. Este refiere acontecimientos futuros, con unas palabras que nos suenan un poco extrañas, como podemos leer en el Evangelio: “En aquellos días, después de una gran tribulación, el sol se hará tinieblas, la luna no dará su resplandor, las estrellas caerán del cielo, los ejércitos celestes temblarán”. 

How often do grandparents have the opportunity to experience the daily lives of their grandchildren?   On Oct. 12, the grandparents of more than half of St. Paul’s students immersed themselves in the unique lives of their grandsons during Grandparents’ Day.

As we approach the end of the liturgical year, it’s appropriate that the church designates the last Sunday as the Solemnity of Christ the King; for it calls to mind the last day of history, when Christ the King of the universe will come in all his glory to judge the living and the dead.

If Mount Carmel Academy doled out state championship rings, its senior volleyball players who were in the program since the eighth grade, would have to wear the next one on their thumbs.

Retired New Orleans Bishop Dominic Carmon, who died on Sunday, was known and respected as a “humble, servant leader” by Archbishop Gregory Aymond and Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Here are a few photographic memories of Bishop Carmon during his years in the archdiocese, beginning with his episcopal appointment and ordination in 1993.

Last month, 120 third through seventh graders from seven Catholic parishes and schools gathered inside Dominican’s gym for Children’s Mission Day 2018, a fun-filled Saturday of prayer, stories, games, live music, crafts and Mass.

After the first Friday night of the state football playoffs, I did a deep exhale. Thank goodness the top seed in Class 2A, the Many Tigers, had advanced to the second round. The Tigers struggled to win, 76-0.

Brother Martin High School held its 11th annual Great Read celebration recently with an appearance by author Bonnye E. Stuart who wrote, “It Happened in New Orleans,” which the entire school will read.

Travelers to foreign lands usually spend their time engaged in a mix of recreational and cultural activities. But on her first trip to the United States, Londoner Jaiydeen Campbell-Deeble devoted most of her 10-day “vacation” to a home construction site in the Lower 9th Ward. The 17-year-old was either atop a ladder painting the house’s eaves, or learning her way around a nail gun.

It’s a match made in canine heaven. In a unique partnership launched on Oct. 1 with the Jefferson Parish SPCA, first through third graders at Immaculate Conception in Marrero read to shelter dogs twice a month at school during their library time.

New members were recently elected for St. Clement of Rome Cooperative Club board for the 2018-19 year. They are, from left to right, Misty Guzman, co-treasurer; Kelly Gros, past president; Nicole Jouandot, corresponding secretary; Tina Robards and Tara Willis, co-presidents; Stephanie Brooks, recording secretary; Ashley Lotz, co-treasurer; Dana Tucker, vice president; and Tara Reese, past president.

St. Mary’s Dominican High School’s National Art Honor Society (NAHS) inducted 33 members during recent ceremonies. Guest speakers were Dominican Father John Restrepo, Dominican’s chaplain and an artist; and Christy Wood, co-owner of LeMieux Gallery.

Academy of Our Lady Seniors gathered in the school library during their lunch-study hall Oct. 15 for College Application Day hosted by the guidance department.

St. Mary’s Dominican High School students,  from left: Molly Gaffney, Kate Heller, Alexis Favalora, and Elise Bourg with their band and choir honors.

St. Mary’s Dominican High School National English Honor Society Veritas Chapter elected its officers, from left: Marian Boyd, president; Anaise Thomas, vice president; Isabela Tablan, secretary/treasurer; and co-historians Irene Yu and Celeste Patron.