As a campus minister and theology teacher since 2008 at Holy Cross High School – and having served for a few years as an assistant football coach – Adrian Jackson has a keen insight into what makes teenage boys tick.

You celebrated Mass last Saturday in honor of the World Day for Consecrated Life. Can you talk about vocations in general – which would include vocations to the priesthood or religious life and vocations to the married or single life?

Usted celebró la Misa el sábado pasado en honor del Día Mundial de la Vida Consagrada. ¿Puede hablar sobre las vocaciones en general, que incluirían las vocaciones al sacerdocio, o la vida religiosa y, las vocaciones a la vida matrimonial o soltera?

Feb. 16-March 30 EVENTS: FREE TAX PREPARATION, from University of Holy Cross (UHC) tax accounting students for low-to-moderate income New Orleanians on Fridays and Saturdays through April 13 (except March 8-9) from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. In conjunction with the IRS’ Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (VITA). 4123 Woodland Drive, Room 1034, Algiers campus.

When Marianite Sister Marjorie Hebert became president and CEO of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans six years ago, Archbishop Gregory Aymond asked her to ensure that one of the agency’s primary missions would be to serve the archdiocese’s 121 parishes and missions.

Academy of Our Lady environmental science students visited Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve to conduct lab testing on the swamp’s water quality. Students took their findings back to the classroom to complete activities tied to points of pollution in urban and suburban areas. They determined the local swamp water to be in good shape. 

Hope House Children’s Advocacy Center in Covington is an amazing nonprofit advocacy center for youth dedicated to ending child abuse in our community. 

“There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.” As I reread the initial lines of Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre,” a feeling of familiarity came over me, a surge of memory.

In his book “Outliers: The Story of Success,” author Malcolm Gladwell offers intriguing explanations for why some people are more successful than others. Gladwell looks for general rules of success: Is it nature or nurture? Is it innate talent, genius, favorable opportunities or hard work that makes it possible for some to become more successful than others?

Since the retirement of Archbishop Rummel athletic director Phil Greco and the subsequent resignation of head football coach Jay Roth to become the school’s AD on a full-time basis, the athletic department has become an office of musical chairs.

Devoted Catholics often have a regimented ritual of attending Mass every week at the same time.   We attend Mass as part of our family life. As parents, we instill in our daughters to lean on their faith. The best testament to this is to role model attending Mass as a priority in our family life.

Queridos hermanos: El relato del evangelista Lucas de este domingo nos habla de cómo actúa Dios cuando quiere dar una misión a un ser humano. Jesús sube a la barca de Pedro, desde allí enseña a la gente, y le invita a pescar de nuevo. 

The final weeks of the District 9-5A boys’ basketball season couldn’t be any more competitive as St. Augustine, Jesuit and Holy Cross battle for a share of the Catholic League championship.

Devoted Catholics often have a regimented ritual of attending Mass every week at the same time.   We attend Mass as part of our family life. As parents, we instill in our daughters to lean on their faith. The best testament to this is to role model attending Mass as a priority in our family life.

Separate groups of volunteers – from Entergy, below, and from the Archdiocese of New Orleans, above – loaded boxes of food for the needy recently.

My fellow Americansand fellow citizens of the world,the greatness of a nation is not measured by its military oreconomic power, but to the degree it is willing to help the poor and vulnerable.

The joyous harmony of people coming together from so many different nations for World Youth Day stands in sharp contrast to today’s “sad” situation of confrontational nationalist feelings, Pope Francis said.

Pursuing a career in the medical field has always been a goal of mine ever since I was a young girl. The thought of helping those in need or even saving a life has been an ambition of mine that I hope to achieve someday. 

BATON ROUGE, La. (CNS) – In a show of openness, transparency and a hope for healing, Bishop Michael   Duca of Baton Rouge released Jan. 31 the names of all priests, a former bishop of the diocese, and one former seminarian “against whom there are credible allegations of sexual abuse of minors and/or vulnerable adults in the Diocese of Baton Rouge.”

Will the road in the NFC to Super Bowl LIV in Miami go through New Orleans or Los Angeles? The oddsmakers at the Westgate Las Vegas sports book say the Kansas City Chiefs are the favorites to win next year’s Super Bowl at 6-1, with three teams right behind them at 8-1: the Super Bowl champion Patriots, the Saints and the Los Angeles Rams.