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August 29, 2015

New Orleans Archdiocese: Forever changed by Hurricane Katrina

Homes are seen surrounded by floodwaters and oil slicks in St. Bernard Parish, south of New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina swept through the area in 2005. A decade after Hurricane Katrina, the city continues to rebuild.

NEW ORLEANS - They are calling it "Kat 10" — Hurricane Katrina plus 10 years — which carries with it the double meaning of an ominous meteorological warning.

Published in International
August 26, 2015

Katrina evacuees found shelter, relief in Baton Rouge Diocese

Seminarians serve food to Hurricane Katrina evacuees in 2005 at a temporary shelter in Baton Rouge, La. From the time the storm struck New Orleans through February 2006, Catholic Charities in the Baton Rouge Diocese served 103,187 people, and received more than $17 million in grant funding that was distributed in myriad of ways.

BATON ROUGE, La. - Ten years later the memories still linger for Carol Spruell, as if they happened yesterday but perhaps were a lifetime ago.

Published in International
August 26, 2015

Katrina odyssey brought many blessings for New Orleans priest

A man walks past an abandoned building in the Upper Ninth Ward neighborhood of New Orleans Aug. 1. More than a decade after Hurricane Katrina, the city continues to rebuild.

NEW ORLEANS - Like many of his brother priests, Fr. Dennis Hayes decided to take his chances and stay put as Katrina teased the Louisiana coast, hoping the storm's Category 5 fury would spare his parish of St. Louise de Marillac in Arabi.

Published in International