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      • A Woman Ahead of Her Time
        September 4
        - Sister Constance Veit, lsp
        For many years, our religious community was best known in the United States as half of a college sports parody comparing the worst teams to the Little Sisters of the Poor.
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      • Hurricane Katrina 2005 Memories ... missing my brother then and now ... hope for New Orleans and all
        August 29
        - Keith Horcasitas
        Hurricane Katrina 2005 Memories ... missing my brother then and now ... hope for New Orleans and all
        As we are currently in the midst of the serious part of hurricane season, I'm drawn back to tough memories of Hurricane Katrina, whose 20th anniversary will be coming up on August 29, 2025.
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      • What is Innocence?
        August 7
        - Father Ron Rolheiser
        What is Innocence?
        Perhaps in its ideal form, innocence might be described as a human heart stripped of ego and lust, something akin to what James Joyce describes in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man when his hero, young Steven, sees a half-naked girl on a beach and instead of being moved by sexual desire is moved only by an overwhelming wonder and admiration.
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        July 10
        - Keith Horcasitas
        Eucharistic Missionaries of St. Dominic
        As we celebrate, honor and pray for our new holy pontiff, Pope Leo XIV ­­– who has cool Louisiana familial connections and who is calling all if us to be a missionaries in our own states of life, I can't help but recall some Eucharistic missionary experiences I've had in the past.
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      • What To Do When There’s Nothing You Can Do
        June 26
        - Father Ron Rolheiser
        What To Do When There’s Nothing You Can Do
        What do you do when a wound or a loss leaves you hopelessly disconsolate and there’s nothing you can do to amend the situation?
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