Doy gracias a Dios por su llamado y por la respuesta de tanta gente. Nuestra Iglesia –nuestra familia– está creciendo enormemente, y eso es una señal verdaderamente maravillosa.

Greg Raymond encouraged the 560 men at the Archdiocese of New Orleans Men’s Conference March 15 to use the power of confession, the Blessed Mother and the Eucharist to step up and change a fallen world.

There are four of them now, but the Poor Clares who have prayed up a storm behind the 10-foot brick walls of their sprawling Henry Clay monastery for more than a century are as sure today of their contemplative mission as they were when their sacred space resonated with the prayer of 27 sisters.

The annual Silver Wedding Anniversary celebration, sponsored by the Office of Marriage and Family Life of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, was held Feb. 16 at Our Lady of the Rosary in New Orleans.

School Sister of Notre Dame Dolores Marie Siebenmorgen, who ministered in Catholic education for 25 years and also served as a pastoral associate, died Jan. 17 at Trinity Trace Community Center in Covington. She was 96 years old.

Sacred Heart Brother John Hotstream (Brother Lucian), recognized as a “master teacher,” died Dec. 25 at Ochsner Hospital in Gretna at the age of 87 after 73 years of religious life.

Sacred Brother Henry Michael Gaither (Brother Thomas), who served as province vocations director and volunteer coordinator, died Dec. 28 at Passages Hospice in New Orleans. He was 80 and served 60 years in religious life.

Dominican Sister of Peace Noel Toomey, who taught at Notre Dame Seminary and was the founding director of the Archdiocesan Spirituality Center in 1982, died Jan. 27 at Sansbury Care Center, St. Catharine, Kentucky. She was 89 years old.

Capuchin Franciscan Father Teodoro Agudo, the retired longtime pastor of St. Theresa of Avila Church in New Orleans, died Dec. 30 at the age of 95.

"Over the past several months, my kindergartner twins have been blending sounds whenever they see words."

The prophet Isaiah boldly challenges us to choose the way of fasting most acceptable to the Lord: “Releasing those bound unjustly … setting free the oppressed … sharing your bread with the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless, clothing the naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own.”

"Here’s a little secret: We don’t have to limit our learning about cultures, histories and contributions to a single month."

Think about it. The decision made by the administration of Archbishop Shaw High School not to play up to Class 5A when the Louisiana High School Athletic Association reclassifies its member schools next year may have been a wise choice.

Students in Crissy Giacona’s eighth-grade physical science honors class at St. Mary’s Dominican High School are learning that the sky’s the limit as they embark on in-class flying lessons with the school’s newly acquired flight simulator.

Today, we celebrate the First Sunday of Lent, a time of spiritual preparation in which the Lord invites us to renew our hearts.

Hoy iniciamos la Cuaresma, un tiempo de preparación espiritual en el que el Señor nos invita a renovar nuestro corazón.