• 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Spirit comes to our aid
    16th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Spirit comes to our aid
    We do not know how to pray as we ought,” St. Paul tells us today.
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  • God's incredible generosity shines through adoption
    God's incredible generosity shines through adoption
    (God) has not forgotten us but set aside a unique child (or children) for us, just as he does for every couple blessed with pregnancies.
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  • Teaching children about race relations begins at home
    Teaching children about race relations begins at home
    The lives of little ones will be shaped by what we show them and tell them.
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  • Race barriers can shatter with common cause
    Race barriers can shatter with common cause
    It seems the best way to break down the artificial barriers in our society is to find common cause with people who may be different from us but who share the same concerns and desire for a better future for our neighborhoods, our state and church!
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  • Church has battled, been marred by the stain of racism
    Church has battled, been marred by the stain of racism
    As true Catholics, let us continue to pray for the church, our country and our world that we will see our call to work for true peace and justice and transform the world by disseminating God’s love.
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  • To change racism, we need to transform our racial perceptions
    To change racism, we need to transform our racial perceptions
    If we as a society are to move forward from systemic racism, racial bias and racial inequality, then we must first change the perception that some whites have of African-American people, specifically African-American males.
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  • Floyd’s death ‘a tragic symptom’ of pervasive racism
    Floyd’s death ‘a tragic symptom’ of pervasive racism
    There comes a time when silence in the face of evil constitutes complicity in that evil, and for me, that time has come.
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  • New tax developments for seniors
    Given the current concerns regarding the health and safety of our families and the community at large, income taxes might not be a high priority item.
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  • Beyond extra credit: AOL senior shines on front lines
    Beyond extra credit: AOL senior shines on front lines
    Since receiving my certified nursing assistant (CNA) certification last December through my high school’s unique “Health Science Major” program, I could not wait to enter the medical field. 
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  • Navigating pregnancy in the midst of a pandemic
    Navigating pregnancy in the midst of a pandemic
    Of all the pregnancy handbooks that exist, none covers what to do in a pandemic.
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  • Fourth Sunday of Easter: Turn to the Good Shepherd
    Fourth Sunday of Easter: Turn to the Good Shepherd
    Our eyes and ears have seen and heard what our minds could not fully understand as the world struggles through days, weeks and months of a pandemic.
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  • Third Sunday of Easter: A time of preparation
    Third Sunday of Easter: A time of preparation
    I  write four weeks before you read. Sometimes this makes a difference. Last time I wrote, it was thoughts on Easter.
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  • Second Sunday of Easter: Faith in challenging times
    Second Sunday of Easter: Faith in challenging times
    "I can’t believe this is really happening!” This was the deeply felt sentiment, spoken and unspoken, on the minds and hearts of many...
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  • Celebrating God’s mercy in our time of quarantine
    Celebrating God’s mercy in our time of quarantine
    This weekend, we will celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday differently than we ever have before, just as last Sunday we celebrated the great feast of Easter unlike any in our memory.
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  • Easter Sunday readings: We ate and drank with him
    Easter Sunday readings: We ate and drank with him
    Jesus was put to death on a Friday afternoon, and his disciples placed his body in a nearby tomb.
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  • A ‘quarantined’ Easter for families has brought hidden joys
    A ‘quarantined’ Easter for families has brought hidden joys
    Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think we would find ourselves here...
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  • Church alive and well inside seminary community
    The streets are empty. Voices don’t reverberate off vestibule walls. Church doors don’t swing wide.
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  • Women religious live out Catholic Social Teaching
    About 40 sisters in East Africa studied online for Loyola’s Certificate in Catholic Social Teaching. They learned how to practice LIM’s model of “practical theology,” engaging the Christian tradition in their unique social and cultural contexts.
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  • Palm Sunday: Entering Holy Week
    Palm Sunday: Entering Holy Week
    On this Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, we enter the holiest of weeks in the church’s liturgical year.
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  • Catholic Charities CEO: ‘Faith in action’ continues
    While New Orleans is not a stranger to hardships and resilience is a bone-deep quality of our community...
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