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Doug Gallagher, past president of Legatus’ Jersey Shore Chapter, considers access to Healthnetwork Foundation one of the top benefits of being a Legatus member.

In addition to serving as pastor of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Metairie, Fr. Andrew Taormina is one of three co-chaplains for the Legatus’ New Orleans Chapter. Ordained at his hometown parish of Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church in 1962 by Bishop Louis Caillouet, “Father T” also has the unique distinction of having earned a law degree. For over 20 years, he practiced criminal law and also served as chairman for the local civil parish’s Indigent Defense Board. He spoke to Legatus’ editorial assistant Tim Drake.

Lent is an Anglo-Saxon root word that means simply "spring." And since the season of spring is about the budding forth of new life, so too is our season of lent. Traditionally and liturgically it's a season of repentance and conversion.

Subtitled A Catholic Woman’s Journey to Planned Parenthood and Back, Treviño writes about being pregnant at 16, dropping out of school and entering an abusive marriage. She managed a Planned Parenthood facility, but saw the harm it was doing to women.

If you’re looking for a new Lenten experience, here are 40 innovative ideas. Some will challenge you to deepen your prayer life; others will open your mind to new ways to serve others. Each of the 40 ways includes a reflection to help you understand more about Lent and why it matters.

With a subtitle like Why Health, Happiness, and Heaven Await the Faithful, you can be sure Donohue will take some heat for extolling the benefits of Catholicism. But his well-reasoned and well-researched arguments are convincing. He shows that Catholicism will not only make you healthy and happy, but it will ultimately lead you to heaven, too.

It’s important to remember that here on earth we’re members of the Church militant. We’re in the midst of a battle. As we grow spiritually, the enemies of our soul don’t sit idly by.

Most cases of low back pain don’t require urgent care, but patients should seek a doctor immediately if they experience low back pain as a result of severe trauma, or if low back pain is accompanied by any of the following four situations.

For the members of Legatus and other self-identified reformers, St. Ignatius of Loyola offered some words of wisdom: “He who goes about to reform the world must begin with himself or he loses his labor.”

Everyone knows there is a war going on in this country — a war on the Church, a war on religious believers, a war for souls: our individual souls and the soul of our country.

Bariatric surgery, which often involves banding of the stomach, is a widely used procedure for treating severe obesity. An implantable “stomach pacemaker” is also poised to assist the overweight.

When the USCCB voted unanimously in 2012 to advance Dorothy Day’s cause for sainthood to Rome, more than a few Catholics were shocked. In her youth, Day (1897-1980) had briefly married, divorced, had an abortion, and then given birth to a daughter in a common-law marriage with an atheist.

Despite the cries of secularists that the Catholic Church keeps women down by not ordaining them to the priesthood, the exact opposite is true. The Church has always been a champion of the “feminine genius.”

Hopefully you are aware of our new awards and recognition program. We had a great response from those who saw our displays at the Summit in January. I am excited about all the opportunities available to us through this program.