News - February 2017 RSS Feed

We are getting ready to enter into the season of Lent. Can you talk about the nature of the season? During Lent, we are invited into the desert with Jesus as he fasted and prayed for 40 days in preparation for his public ministry.

Please see below to download the latest NolaCatholic E-Bulletin for February 22, 2017.

The 2017 Lenten season begins on Ash Wednesday, March 1, for Latin-rite Catholics. In a particular way during Lent, we are asked to devote ourselves to the spiritual and corporal works of mercy that "remind us that faith finds expression in concrete everyday actions meant to help our neighbors in body and spirit."

Concéntrese en una actitud para cambiar, durante la Cuaresma Nos estamos preparando para entrar en la temporada de Cuaresma. ¿Podría hablar de la naturaleza de la temporada?

Your heart and your prayers must go out to the people of New Orleans East who lost so much in the tornadoes on Feb. 7.

Su corazón y sus oraciones deben ir a la gente del este de Nueva Orleáns, que perdió tanto en los tornados el 7 de febrero.

Statistical and anecdotal evidence demonstrates that parents are the number one influence on the faith lives of young people. More specifically, study after study finds that the role of the father in particular is critical in handing on an active spiritual life to his children.

It often amazes me how many lay men and women, priests and religious point to their mother’s faith as an anchor in their own spiritual journey.

Today, February 13, 2017, New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond announced RaeNell Billiot Houston, Ph.D. would be the next Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

The tornados on Tuesday had a severe effect on many people in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Several have been injured and hundreds of homes suffered significant damage.

The Catholic Church, through Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans and Second Harvest Food Bank, is currently in the field providing counseling and case management services to those affected by yesterday’s storm.

You convened a group last year to examine the scourge of pornography in society and the harmful effects it has had on the family. Has this problem been on your heart for a long time?

Usted convocó a un grupo el año pasado, para examinar el flagelo de la pornografía en la sociedad y los efectos dañinos que ha tenido en la familia. ¿Ha estado este problema en su corazón por mucho tiempo?

The archdiocese recently began distributing the “NOLA Catholic Senior Resource Guide,” which is an initiative you’re very excited about. What is the guide all about and how is it being distributed?

Recientemente, la archidiócesis comenzó a distribuir la “Guía de recursos para los Católicos mayores de edad de NOLA”, iniciativa por la cual está muy entusiasmado. ¿De qué se trata la guía, y cómo ha sido distribuida?

For the second time, the Archdiocese of New Orleans is calling on local Catholics and others to “fast from social media” to bring awareness to the issue of Human Trafficking. For just one day, on February 8 they are encouraging particpation with the phrase “don’t post, PRAY!

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