Donna Hummel is such a constant presence at St. Catherine of Siena Church, she is regularly mistaken for a member of the parish staff.

The fiat in May 2012 by the Newhouse family – or, more accurately, by the Newhouse kids – to make New Orleans a three-day-a-week newspaper town was a litmus test for greed, arrogance and willful disenfranchisement.

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“The persecution of Christians is today worse than at any time in history,” says Aid to the Church in Need – a papal charity – in its report on oppressed Christians titled “Persecuted and Forgotten?” (see: https://bit.ly/2DimV2a).

Ascension of Our Lord, Knights of Columbus, Council 9623, recently awarded the winners of the Substance Abuse Poster Contest. Hannah Ohlsson won on the Archdiocese of New Orleans level and placed first at the Louisiana State Level. Katherine Bergeron also won on archdiocesan level and second at the state level. Pictured, from left: Ascension of Our Lord Knights of Columbus Council 9623 Grand Knight Mike Abbate, Hannah Ohlsson and Katherine Bergeron.

St. Mary’s Dominican High School student Caroline Detillier was named a Lou Reilly Award winner for eight-grade winter sports in soccer.

On May 18 at St. Louis Cathedral, five seminarians of the Archdiocese of New Orleans will be ordained as transitional deacons – the final step before ordination to the priesthood. The ordinands are Sylvester Adoga, Luis Duarte, Dennis Obienu, Luis Valencia and John Yike. The Ordination Mass will be live-streamed at nolacatholic.org.

There have been numerous attacks on people of faith, churches and synagogues across the world and even in our archdiocese and state. What do you make of these horrible crimes?

With a common belief in service to the community, a partnership between the Archdiocese of New Orleans and Service Corporation International (SCI) formed to create Grace Funeral Home and St. Lazarus of Bethany Memorial Garden in Covington.

HALOS, a new group for those who have lost loved ones to suicide or drug or alcohol abuse, meets the second Monday of each month at St. Margaret Mary Parish’s E-building, 1050 Robert Blvd. in Slidell. The next meeting is May 13 at 7 p.m. It is open to all denominations. Deacon Chris Schneider moderates. For details, call (985) 201-2143 or (504) 621-7864.

Queridos hermanos: Si los domingos anteriores nos han enseñado que el lugar de aparición, donde se puede ver al Señor resucitado, es la comunidad de discípulos, a la que se accede por medio del Bautismo, y que se reúne en torno a la Eucaristía, en este cuarto domingo de Pascua se nos ilumina una nueva presencia del Resucitado a través de la figura del Buen Pastor, que conoce a sus ovejas por su nombre y las llama y ellas escuchan su voz y se preocupa de ellas, las protege y les da vida.

Ha habido numerosos ataques contra personas de fe, Iglesias y sinagogas en todo el mundo, e incluso, en nuestra archidiócesis y estado. ¿Qué piensa de estos horribles crímenes?

After spending eight years breathing and bleeding blue and gold, my time at Holy Cross is coming to an end. When I first became a Tiger in fifth grade in 2011,  I was not even thinking about the next day, let alone the next eight years of my life or graduation.

SOFIA, Bulgaria (CNS) – God is love, but many Christians live their faith in a way that undermines any attempt to communicate that fact to others, Pope Francis said. Celebrating an afternoon Mass May 5 in Sofia’s Battenberg Square, the pope wore a gold-embroidered, Byzantine-style stole given to him that morning by Prime Minister Boyko Borissov.

Film, media, and video are diverse artistic mediums with a wide range of possibilities in terms of creativity and vision. To demonstrate this, St. Augustine High School Film and Media team students hosted a filmmaker’s showcase April 9 featuring their best work from the year.

Six years ago, I received an intriguing email that has had a lasting impact on my life: “For two years, we have prayed Our Family Prayer asking God’s help in our battle today against violence, murder and racism. Archbishop Gregory Aymond is now asking us to take action to help bring an end to the grievous sin of racism in our church and in our community.

This week the Louisiana Legislature passed the Love Life Amendment, which provides an opportunity for Louisiana voters to ratify a simple, one-sentence protection of the unborn by ensuring that there is no right to abortion or the taxpayer funding of abortion in our state Constitution.

The CYO/Youth and Young Adult Ministry bestowed the St. Timothy Award on 13 teenagers who have excelled in volunteer service to their Catholic church, school and community April 7 at St. Louis Cathedral.

Think of a time when you were in the presence of a well-known public figure. Perhaps it was a pope, a bishop, a celebrated author, television or movie actor, or a local celebrity.