
Beyond Beads and Parades: The Catholic Spirit of Mardi Gras
Before Lent begins, Louisiana’s Catholic communities celebrate Mardi Gras the old-fashioned way — with prayer, music and a feast shared by all.
Before Lent begins, Louisiana’s Catholic communities celebrate Mardi Gras the old-fashioned way — with prayer, music and a feast shared by all.
From cloistered nuns building snowmen to airboats on snowy streets, Gulf Coast residents are showing the world how to embrace joy in God’s unexpected gifts.
Archbishop Gregory Aymond and Archbishop Emeritus Alfred Hughes presided over the service.
One document cited in the affidavit states that one specific archbishop 'was aware of rampant sexual abuse throughout the archdiocese,' but the affidavit leaves out the archbishop’s name.
‘Food and faith and good times have been the focal point of our lives,’ he says
With a recipe for authentic Sicilian pignolati
The victim said that after Father Wattigny molested him, the priest told him that he would 'go to hell' if he told anyone about the abuse, the statement said.
According to the sheriff’s office, Father Wattigny was booked into the St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center on one count of molestation of a juvenile.
Sister Tennyson was reportedly abducted by unidentified armed men on April 5 from the small home she shared with two other members of her congregation, the Marianites of Holy Cross.
“Being faith-filled,” says the New Orleans archbishop, “is even more important than being resilient!”
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