Both Linda and Louis Passauer lost their spouses in death, and on July 31, 2021, they married at St. Mary’s Assumption Church in the Irish Channel. That was the same church where they often attended Mass as members of Redemptorist High School’s Class of 1965. They have a grand total of six children and 12 grandchildren.

Events in the Archdiocese of New Orleans from June 23-Sept. 2, 2023. Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: July 8, 2023

SERVE – the Catholic Charities program that provides supervised, week-long service opportunities to high school age students during the summer – still has space available for its session running July 17-21.

Deacon Raymond Heap has died at age 90.

Robert Bourgeois of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Slidell is trying to expand the parish’s Divine Mercy ministry. Car magnets may spread the spiritual message.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond has made the following appointments, effective July 1, 2023.

St. Peter Claver Catholic Church brought two people from different backgrounds together, and one gave her kidney to the other.

The Ignatian Volunteer Corps, a Jesuit-founded lay service ministry, connects volunteers ages 50 and up into local anti-poverty efforts.

With hurricane season upon us, Second Harvest Food Bank is prepared.

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The Stations of Light tracing Christ's life after his death was held during an Easter week at Annunciation Catholic Parish in Bogalusa.

Slidell artist and Our Lady of Lourdes parishioner Diane St. Germain saw her Eucharist-themed painting go viral upon its recognition as a powerful visual aid expressing the paschal mystery.

Above, Archbishop Gregory Aymond and Marianite Sister Marjorie Hebert, president of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans, walk through an Arabi neighborhood struck by an EF-4 tornado in 2022.

Young and old parishioners of St. Matthew the Apostle Catholic Parish in River Ridge spent May 27 packing nutritious bags of rice and beans to help Cross Catholic Outreach feed those in need worldwide.

In July, following his June 3 ordination to the priesthood, Deacon Kevin Seay will be returning to the parish at which he spent his transitional diaconate internship: St. Catherine of Siena in Metairie.

Deacon Long Thanh Pham will be ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New Orleans on June 3 at St. Louis Cathdral.

Deacon Cory Ford, who will be ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New Orleans on June 3, reflects on his challenging yet fulfilling transitional diaconate year and anticipates his first priestly assignment at Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Mandeville.

Deacon David Doyle will be ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New Orleans June 3 at St. Louis Cathedral.

Quite a choice of activities for seniors across the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Natasia Kissinger felt a calling to promote life when her daughter was in a neonatal intensive care unit more than 20 years ago. So, she created a Choose the Child program that has a Footprints for Life component to spread a pro-life message to youth in Catholic schools.