"Animam Pro Ovibus Ponere" -- To Give One's Life For The Sheep.
Archbishop Rummel was the Archbishop of New Orleans for twenty-nine years, through two World Wars, and the beginning of the Civil Rights era. His Youth Progress Program had a profound impact on education in the city of New Orleans. and his leadership ended racial segregation in the churches and the schools of the Archdiocese.
Archbishop Rummel High School in Metairie is named after him.
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[Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.]”
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Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath.”
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