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Daniel Micah will be ordained on Dec. 14 as a transitional deacon – the final step before ordination to the priesthood – by New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond at St. Louis Cathedral.

For 80 years, the Council of Catholic School Co-operative Clubs (CCSCC), one of the oldest archdiocesan parent clubs in the nation, has been the organization to which all Catholic parent clubs in the Archdiocese of New Orleans turn for guidance and leadership.

In her new role as CEO of Catholic Charities, Cynthia Hayes is hoping to leverage her decade as a high school teacher, counselor and principal and her 27 years as a top administrator for the Tulane University School of Medicine to expand Catholic Charities’ mission of serving those on the margins.

Joseph Martello, a seminarian set to be ordained as a transitional deacon on Dec. 14 at St. Louis Cathedral, said his goal as a deacon is to emulate Christ, the perfect servant.

When Deacon Jody Fortunato had the opportunity during a renovation of the six-story bell tower at St. Dominic Parish in Lakeview to scale an interior ladder to get a bird’s-eye view of the three bells that were raised to their perches in 1961, discretion became the better part of valor.

The Black Catholic community of the Archdiocese of New Orleans gathered in celebration of Black Catholic History Month with the annual Black Saints Celebration, themed “Shepherd My People: Celebrating Our Black Bishops.”

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Hundreds of New Orleans residents filled St. Francis Xavier Church in Metairie to show their support at the “Night for Life,” a pro-life event hosted by Louisiana Right to Life.

Nestled along the Mississippi River on River Road in the small town of Ama, St. Mark Parish celebrated its 50th anniversary Nov. 2 with a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Gregory Aymond and concelebrated by Father Peter Akpoghiran, pastor.

In response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, St. Catherine of Siena Church in Metairie organized a robust disaster relief effort to support affected communities in North Carolina.

When one of St. Margaret Mary Men’s Club Disaster Response Team’s leaders, Slidell City Councilman Bill Borchert, heard about the devastation that Hurricane Helene brought to North Carolina, he decided to go outside the team’s “comfort zone” to bring relief.

When All Saints Church’s Soulful Voices choir director Christopher Jackson was asked to represent Louisiana at the Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) Gospel Extravaganza in Washington, D.C., he was nothing short of “mind-blown.”

Priests of the Archdiocese of New Orleans gathered at the Cenacle on the Lake Oct. 17 for a workshop on how to use social media safely and effectively in their parishes.

For the second consecutive year, approximately 100 religious women and men of the Archdiocese of New Orleans held a “Meet and Greet” celebration following the Oct. 20 evening Mass at Holy Name of Jesus Church.

Ever since Hurricane Ida in 2021, when historic St. Augustine Church in Treme had its roof ripped off and its 1840s-era crucifix bent at half-staff, parishioners and visitors have worshiped in a tiny parish hall, adjacent to the church, which seats 130 people.

Jesuit High School recently announced that its Class of 2025 garnered 27 National Merit semifinalists, along with 12 Commended scholars, the highest number of qualifying students of any school in Louisiana for this year’s program.

Although the memory is 22 years old, I vividly remember as though it happened yesterday: While walking up the Kirsch-Rooney Stadium bleacher stairs toward the pressbox for a baseball game, I passed Milton Retif, a graduate and supporter of Jesuit’s prep and American Legion teams.

Founded in 1935 in Astoria, New York, blessed by Pope Pius XI that same year and earning a congressional charter in 1982, the CWV is rooted in Catholic action and defending the principles of democracy. There are currently about 8,000 members nationwide.

Students at Mount Carmel Academy are now benefiting from years of dedication and effort by the school and the Sisters of Mount Carmel with the reopening of the newly renovated motherhouse.

One of the unmitigated joys of Natalie Jayroe’s job as president and CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana is witnessing how the challenge of fighting hunger in America seems to defy the partisan ping-pong that besets most other political issues.