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The late Maedell Hoover Braud, who worked at Loyola University New Orleans for more than 30 years as an administrative assistant in the College of Arts and Sciences, has left a $10 million legacy gift to the university that will be used to provide scholarships for undergraduates and law students.

Behind the record-breaking numbers of the third annual #iGiveCatholic online giving campaign on Nov. 28 – which raised more than $3.6 million for 616 Catholic nonprofits across the country, including $2.5 million for 150 entities in the Archdiocese of New Orleans – there’s the unique story of the big band that could.

On October 4, 2017, St. Rita Catholic Church in New Orleans will welcome several relics of Saint Padre Pio, a very popular saint of the 20th Century as part of a national tour sponsored by the St. Pio Foundation. The relics are expected to draw thousands of pilgrims from across the region to St. Rita for prayer, reflection and veneration.