• We celebrate women and men jubilarians in 2020
    We celebrate women and men jubilarians in 2020
    The following is a list of priests, nuns and religious jubilarians celebrating anniversaries in 2020...
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  • Book on grief to help others came from experience
    Book on grief to help others came from experience
    5,483 days, 1 hour, 36 minutes. That’s how long Melanie Baker Trimarco, a Divine Mercy parishioner in Kenner, was married to Mark Trimarco of Chicago.
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  • God revealed to me importance of family
    God revealed to me importance of family
    The world changed in March – and one group uniquely affected was the high school graduating Class of 2020.
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  • Jesus wants to pass on God’s unconditional love to parents
    Jesus wants to pass on God’s unconditional love to parents
    I was watching Mass on WLAE from St. Louis Cathedral recently and something the archbishop said spoke to me, really struck a chord and made me reflect.
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  • Flipping the switch on 2020 can turn negative positive
    Flipping the switch on 2020 can turn negative positive
    ​​​​​​​We live in a world of unrest. Increasingly, we’ve witnessed uprisings in all forms: natural phenomena, medical contagion and human violence. 
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  • Missing College World Series as a rite of summers past
    Missing College World Series as a rite of summers past
    ​​​​​​​A colleague and I were headed to a pair of high school football workouts last Friday when I had a recollection of a place that seemed so far away.
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  • Obtain a blessing by letting God change you
    Obtain a blessing by letting God change you
    True prayer is a “fight” with God in which those who think they are strong are humbled and faced with the reality of their own mortal condition, Pope Francis said.
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  • Don Wattigny, iconic Holy Name of Mary coach
    Don Wattigny, iconic Holy Name of Mary coach
    I recall a trip I made with former coach Don Wattigny in 2009 following a tour of his beloved high school, Holy Name of Mary.
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  • If color enlivens canvas, how can it darken the human heart?
    In elementary we learn the colors of the rainbow...
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  • Nearly 80 cherished years of ‘I do’
    Nearly 80 cherished years of ‘I do’
     You can do the math: My parents, Owen J. LaCour, 102, and Lorraine Armagnac LaCour, 99, exchanged marriage vows on June 19, 1940, at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church in New Orleans, which means they have been married for 80 years.
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  • Sts. Peter and Paul: The saints of Pearl River
    Sts. Peter and Paul: The saints of Pearl River
    Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Pearl River celebrated exactly 50 years as a parish June 6 with a Golden Anniversary Mass offered by Archbishop Gregory Aymond.
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  • Crisis has sparked an intense call to service
    Crisis has sparked an intense call to service
    The world changed in March – and one group uniquely affected was the high school graduating Class of 2020.
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  • Good Samaritan’s neighborly love is our model
    Good Samaritan’s neighborly love is our model
    Who has all the answers? I certainly don’t. But I think we start from “I can’t breathe” and search for a way out of this cave.
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  • Eucharistic procession was public witness to faith
    Eucharistic procession was public witness to faith
    A eucharistic procession is something we’ve done for several years and also something many church parishes across the Archdiocese of New Orleans have done for many years on Corpus Christi Sunday, the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ.
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  • Hunger for Eucharist made faith stronger
    Hunger for Eucharist made faith stronger
    The world changed in March – and one group uniquely affected was the high school graduating Class of 2020.
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  • I finally learned how to pray – and mean it
    I finally learned how to pray – and mean it
    The world changed in March – and one group uniquely affected was the high school graduating Class of 2020.
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  • Eucharistic procession offers hope for peace
    Eucharistic procession offers hope for peace
    On Corpus Christi Sunday, Archbishop Gregory Aymond processed with the Blessed Sacrament around Jackson Square to bring the Gospel message of Jesus into the streets. He hopes the country can heal its racial divisions.
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  • All ‘class’: Innovative, strong, faithful
    All ‘class’: Innovative, strong, faithful
    The world changed in March – and one group uniquely affected was the high school graduating Class of 2020.
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  • Scripture came alive in the quiet retreat
    Scripture came alive in the quiet retreat
    The world changed in March – and one group uniquely affected was the high school graduating Class of 2020.
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  • School leaders: Pandemic doesn’t ‘know’ if a school is public or private
    School leaders: Pandemic doesn’t ‘know’ if a school is public or private
    With the pandemic creating widespread economic havoc and upending the education of children, regardless of the type of school in which they were enrolled, any federal stimulus package that earmarks funds for K-12 education must rightfully include assistance to private and parochial schools.
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