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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE! Commemorating the Feast Day of St. Ignatius Loyola, Jesuit priests, faculty, students, alumni and benefactors packed the new Chapel of St. Ignatius Loyola for Mass today for a special Mass and consecration of the new altar.

By careful negotiation, a parent can maneuver a child for magical thinking to existential spirituality by strategically employing rote petitionary prayers in their children’s lives.

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While half a million people from 146 countries are expected to be in Rome for the start of the Jubilee of Youth, 1 million people are expected to attend the outdoor closing prayer vigil and Mass in Rome's Tor Vergata neighborhood. The jubilee events include special meetings for Catholic influencers, confessions at Circus Maximus and a number of gatherings with Pope Leo XIV.

For so many of us, guilt was the atmosphere we grew up in. And if we’re not careful, it becomes the default we fall back on when we’re unsure how to connect with our children, especially as they grow into adults.

On this Feast Day of Saints Ann & Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary and grandparents of Jesus, let us take a tour of St. Ann Church and Shrine in Metairie, one of the 12 local sites designated as a Jubilee Pilgrimage Church in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Sometimes, a small shift in how we pray can be amazingly fruitful. Moving from rote prayer to imaginative prayer can awaken something new in our hearts. Ask a question, sit in silence, use your imagination, and let your heart wander with him.

We hope we can inspire others our age to be bold in their faith and answer God’s call with an open heart and mind. While everyone’s journey in life is different, experiences like this remind us that we are all children of God.

The Jubilee invites us to become “pilgrims of hope” who engage our body-soul nature in making pilgrimages to sacred places

Take a moment to thank God that I live in a time that has the Holy Catholic Church with the Divine revelation of Jesus Christ. The church with the sacrament of reconciliation to be as an individual and all as people pleasing to God.

The retreats are based upon the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola and follow the same schedule and format of the retreats offered for the men at Manresa House of Retreats in Convent, La.

It was May 8 and honeymooners Triston and Kailee Wenturine had spent a long day sightseeing in Rome. At about 6 p.m., they stood near the entrance to Saint Peter’s Square as Cardinals gathered in the Sistine Chapel to select a new pope.

When visitors step into Our Lady of the Angels Hospital in Bogalusa, LA, they’re now greeted by more than just a welcoming space and smiling faces. They’re met with a powerful visual reminder of faith, healing and the enduring strength of compassion.

After a deadly strike on the Holy Family Church in Gaza, Pope Leo XIV called for an immediate ceasefire and expressed his hopes for dialogue and reconciliation. The church was sheltering 500 civilians, and the attack left two dead and multiple people injured, including its parish priest, Father Gabriel Romanelli.

God is still teaching me how to surrender my worldly desires, which is a lifelong skill.

Msgr. Doussan died July 9, 2025 at the age of 90

I rejoice in opportunities to discreetly labor in service to others and in gratitude to our Lord for his gifts. Everything that I have, even the “work” that I have to do, is because of him.