If you see a green flag flapping beneath the Stars and Stripes in front of Cabrini High, tell your lungs to breathe a sigh of relief. In the color-coded alert system created by the Environmental Protection Agency, green signals that the day’s air quality will be “good” – the highest rating on the federal scale that quantifies the presence of five common pollutants.

Jesus didn’t wait for the crowds to come to him; he went to where the crowds were.

“You will notice that I did not wear purple or red vestments,” said Archbishop Gregory Aymond, greeting jersey-wearing congregants at the 11 a.m. Mass at St. Louis Cathedral on Super Bowl Sunday.

The following is a statement by the Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops on the pending execution of Christopher Sepulvado: We are called by the foundational theme of Catholic Social Teaching – The Life and Dignity of the Human Person – to affirm that human dignity does not discriminate between those who are innocent and those who are guilty.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond delivered the following homily at the annual Catholic Schools Week Mass Jan. 31 at St. Dominic Church. Today we celebrate the feast of St. John Bosco, who was born in 1815 to a very poor family.

One of the most compelling stories of Super Bowl XLVII was the double-edged sword deftly handled by Jack and Jackie Harbaugh, the proud parents of John and Jim Harbaugh, head coaches of the last two NFL teams standing.

Father Ronald Calkins, pastor of Mary Queen of Peace Parish in Mandeville since 1995, has been appointed moderator of the Clarion Herald’s board of directors, succeeding the late Msgr. Crosby Kern, Archbishop Gregory Aymond announced Jan. 25.

Usted ha mencionado que hay varios temas pro-vida que vendrán en las próximas semanas. ¿Puede usted hablar sobre ellas? Tuve el privilegio de hablar el 12 de enero en las escalinatas del Capitolio del Estado en Baton Rouge, por el Derecho a la Marcha por la Vida en Luisiana.

Deadline: Submissions due Thursday (10 days before each issue) calendar@clarionherald.org (504) area code unless noted Feb. 3-10 EVENTS SPIRITUALITY IN THE CITY, Feb. 5, 12:30 p.m. “A Place at the Table.” Speaker: Rev.

As the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton passed on Jan. 22, thousands of young adults marched in protest in front of the nation’s capitol in Washington, D.C., in the annual March for Life.

Our Lady of Holy Cross College, 4123 Woodland Drive in Algiers, offers free income tax preparation and electronic filing for taxpayers with incomes under $51,000 on Wednedays from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. through April 10 in the Moreau Center.

More than 300 teens from 16 schools participated in a day of service to commemorate the Martin Luther King Day On/Not Off Jan. 19 throughout New Orleans area. The annual event, sponsored by the archdiocesan offices of Black Catholic Ministries, Racial Harmony, Religious Education, Catholic Schools Office, CYO and Young Adult Ministries and Catholic Charities, brought people together for prayer first at Jesuit High School and then for service at various sites around town.

Super Bowl Sunday night will be a bittersweet moment in New Orleans. The city will have proven (once again) it is the best place – period – to host a Super Bowl. And, the handoff of the Vince Lombardi Trophy to one of the Harbaugh brothers will dredge up a feeling of emptiness.

Brother Martin was riding a wave of 20 wins in 22 games before it hit the wall against District 9-5A rivals West Jefferson and Jesuit by losing back-to-back games last week. Although the Crusaders did not drop from their No.

Public high school principals may call future Prep Classic football games state championships, but when 206 of their finest discriminated against a minority of their peers by voting to exclude them from five classes of state playoff games on Jan. 25, they struck the death blow to true state championships in the sport of football.

To believe in God means allowing his commandments to guide the concrete choices one makes every day, even when the values reflected in the choices are countercultural, Pope Benedict XVI said. “To believe in God makes us bearers of values that often do not coincide” with those of popular culture and which give believers criteria for judgment that nonbelievers may not share, the pope said Jan. 23 at his weekly general audience.

With Super Bowl XLVII kicking off on Sunday, how would you describe yourself as a football fan? Has that evolved over the years? Definitely so. I’ve never been a person who would spend Saturday or Sunday afternoons watching football on TV.