CNA, Perry West: Catholic culture is everywhere in New Orleans. Mardi Gras is the city’s defining celebration. The city’s cathedral is one of its most well-known landmarks. And in the days leading to March 19, the people of New Orleans take up a Catholic tradition that began in the Middle Ages – they build “St. Joseph altars.” See story here.
St. Joseph Altars, a New Orleans Tradition
Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.“Blessed Leonard Kimura of the Society of Jesus was a descendant of a noble Kimura who was the first Japanese baptized by Saint Francis Xavier.”
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.The Story of the Miraculous Medal
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.“This is the feast of the lovely medal designed by the Mother of God herself and given to a beautiful nun, Sister Catherine Laboure, now a canonized saint, a Sister of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul.”
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.“Saint Leonard of Port Maurice also gave us the Divine Praises, which are said at the end of Benediction. He died a most holy death in his seventy-fifth year, after twenty-four years of uninterrupted preaching.”
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.‘Catherine Wheel’ Named After Saint Catherine of Alexandria
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