Gloria and Preston Cifreo of St. Benilde Parish in Metairie located the final resting place of 2nd Lt. Samuel H.P. Wright of New Orleans, a combat engineer who died on June 22, 1944, in a rocket attack at St. Lo – 16 days after D-Day.

Empowerment as a woman began for Abby Johnson in 2009 at age 29 – the day she walked out of Planned Parenthood after eight years of employment. 

CYO groups from across the archdiocese will converge upon St. Angela Merici’s schoolyard July 26-27 to mount an overnight pro-life fundraiser featuring lighthearted hourly themes, friendly competition and midnight Mass.

The Clarion Herald earned 17 awards from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada, including honorable mention for best newspaper in the highest circulation category.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (CNS) – Mark Lombard, business manager and a contributing editor of the Clarion Herald, is the recipient of the 2019 St. Francis de Sales Award from the Catholic Press Association of the United States and Canada.

Lifting a monstrance exposing the Blessed Sacrament, Archbishop Gregory Aymond leads a procession marking the June 23 Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (the Feast of Corpus Christi) after the 11 a.m. Mass at St. Louis Cathedral. As they walked the few blocks between the cathedral and their destination – St. Mary’s Church at the Old Ursuline Convent – both processors and spectators alike joined in the singing of hymns such as “To Jesus Christ, Our Sovereign King” and “Here I Am, Lord.”

The St. Scholastica dance team, the Royalettes, placed first for home routine junior varsity for its jazz routine for “Invincible,” won a superior trophy, blue ribbons on all routines learned at camp and had five team members – Julia Baker, Sophie Breyel, Clare Roth, Ava Szczepanski and Allie Vogt – named All Americans at the UDA Masters Camp held June 2-5 at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans.. The team also received a bid to compete at the National Dance Team Championship in February 2020.

Queridos hermanos el evangelio de este domingo nos recuerda que la misión fundamental del discípulo de Cristo consiste en anunciar el reino de Dios y eso se concreta en un anuncio sencillo: el anuncio de la paz.

Deacon Rbert J. (Bob) Binney, a native of Hornell, New York, and a longtime resident of Slidell, died May 3 at the age of 87, following a lengthy illness.

Xavier University of Louisiana’s Ed Cassiere has been voted by his peers as Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Sports Information Director (SID) of the Year for 2018-19.

Jesuit Father Paul Osterle, a pastoral minister for five decades, died June 14 at the age of 91 in Opelousas, Louisiana. He was a Jesuit for almost 73 years and a priest for 60 years.

Lay Enrichment Series, “Parenting in the Digital Age: Managing Fun & Safety Online,” with Dr. Mario Sacasa and Jason Angelette, July 10, 6:30 p.m. Notre Dame Seminary, 2901 South Carrollton Ave., New Orleans. Doors open 6:15 p.m. Register: online at https://nds.edu/LES/.