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St. Philip Neri Middle School collected diapers for their spiritual adoption baby shower to donate to ACCESS Women’s Shelter.

Auxiliary Bishop Fernand Cheri will be the principal celebrant of a Mass of Thanksgiving June 9 at 10 a.m. for four Sisters of the Holy Family who are celebrating major anniversaries of religious profession. The Mass will be celebrated in the Motherhouse Chapel, 6901 Chef Menteur Hwy., New Orleans. Celebrating major anniversaries will be Sister Mary Jacinta Blanchard and Sister Joan Marie Alexander (70 years), Sister Rose Fatima Henry (60 years) and Sister Jean Bernardine Martinez (50 years).

As I write this, the work of archdiocesan offices and agencies to create and provide resources called for by the implementation plan of the Ninth General Synod is nearly complete. The focus now, even more than a year ago, is on the most local level of our church, the parishes and deaneries, who are taking advantage of these resources and opportunities to address the most pressing of the priorities in their community.

On April 13, the Brother Martin bowling team and coach Bruce Himbert presented the state championship trophy to principal Ryan Gallagher and the student body during a spring pep rally at the school. The Crusaders’ bowlers took home their third state title in the last four years. They defeated Catholic High with a 21-6 score in the state title match of the LHSAA Bowling Championships in Baton Rouge.

St. Scholastica Academy teamed with St. Paul’s in an exchange program with Colegio Cristóbal Colón, a Lasallian school in Naucalpan, México. St. Paul’s students Trey Paine, Brock Zornes, Blake Bollinger and Ben Broussard with St. Scholastica’s Maddy Pye and Mary Larson; St. Paul’s Spanish teacher Liz Bret.

Approximately 35 students in physics and physics honors at the Academy of Our Lady in Marrero demonstrated their understanding of buoyancy, fluid dynamics and engineering by building lightweight cardboard boats and racing across a pool against classmates at Archbishop Shaw, next door, to see if their boats could sustain weight without sinking.

On April 27, sixth graders from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Kenner went on a field trip to the Audubon Insectarium with kindergartners and first graders from The Good Shepherd School in New Orleans.

As a second grader at St. Ann School in Metairie, my daughter Annelise had really been looking forward to her first Communion. She and her classmates had been preparing all school year for their special day.

Thinking that food might be a fun way to immerse kids in the culture, history and geography of various countries, New Orleans author Whitney Stewart decided to write her 2018 book “What’s on Your Plate? Exploring the World of Food,” a culinary tour of 14 nations featuring country-specific recipes for cooks as young as 5.

It was 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy had been assassinated. The Vietnam War was raging. Apollo 8 astronauts orbited the moon. Two African-American athletes earning medals at the Summer Olympics raised gloved fists in silent protest against racial discrimination in America.

Looking back on her formative years, Salesian Sister Michelle Geiger says her vocational discernment unfolded like a scavenger hunt: One “clue” would lead to the next until she finally discovered her treasure – the religious sisterhood.

Brother Martin High School held its annual Easter liturgy April 20 with a nod to the tricentennial anniversary of the city of New Orleans.

Ingeborg Hyde, an Ursuline Academy alumnae now a Tulane University freshman studying public health, continues her Happy Feet project she started in seventh grade at Ursuline.

St. Mary’s Dominican High School National Art Honor Society (NAHS) members enjoyed a colorful painting session of butterflies, streetcars, magnolias and the St. Louis Cathedral with students at St. Michael Special School Joy Activity Center as part of their annual service project.

The CYO/Youth and Young Adult Ministry bestowed the St. Timothy Award on 15 teenagers who have excelled in volunteer service to their Catholic church, school and community April 29 at St. Louis Cathedral.

One hundred one years after her death, St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, still keeps watch at Cabrini High School. Her presence has been highlighted in a permanent exhibit of her life in New Orleans on the school’s Esplanade Avenue campus.

A change in state law regulating the Tuition Donation Rebate (TDR) Program allows individuals and companies to shift their state tax liability into an easy way to fund scholarships for children of low-income families to attend Catholic or other private schools, said Peter Quirk, development director for the Archdiocese of New Orleans.