On Jan. 7, you represented the Louisiana Catholic bishops at a candlelight prayer service highlighting the fact there have been no executions in the state in the last 10 years....

Father Leon Poché, a widower who was ordained to the priesthood last June, delivered the homily at the annual Mass of Thanksgiving to....

Dr. Cynthia Thomas, president of St. Mary’s Dominican High School for more than 20 years, will receive the 2018 St. Martin de Porres Award at the....

By Sophie Trist, Contributing Writer Photo | COURTESY COVENANT HOUSE N.O. I was honored to participate in the annual “Sleep Out for Covenant House.” Two hundred thirty sleepers raised more than $623,000! With the support of my....

Story and Photos By Beth Donze, Clarion Herald In her work as director of the Harry Tompson Center – part of the “Rebuild Center” collaborative at St. Joseph Church that provides the homeless with meals, showers, housing placement, mental health care and other life-affirming daytime services – Vicki Judice says....

There’s something about the beginning of a new year that makes us want to start afresh. Television reality makeover shows tap into this natural human desire to begin anew. Something in all of us longs for a makeover, whether spiritual, physical or emotional.

Many people may not realize that the Christmas season extends until King’s Day, Jan. 6. So, in our family, there was a gift in our Christmas stockings throughout the 12 days of Christmas. In years past, I would stuff everyone’s stocking, but mine would be empty, unless I filled it.

“Two wrongs don’t make a right.” Just think how much better each one of us and the world would be, if we held fast to this morally correct common sense proverb. But unfortunately, common sense and morality are often not considered when we feel we have been wronged.

Stillness. What is it about this concept that is so alluring yet, in a way, frightening? In a world as busy and fast-paced as ours, is it possible for us to have valid moments of stillness in our daily lives in which we rest in the Lord? This is what my “family” and I set out to discover in the creation and development of our retreat.

Even after 39 years of teaching third graders at St. Edward Confessor in Metairie – 20 of them as director of the school’s Nativity play – Aimee Gardner admits she.....

With the holidays upon us, multiple gatherings of friends and family can also bring joy but also stress and even conflict when discussions about politics or other subjects .....

The Council of Catholic School Cooperative Clubs awarded its annual “Club of the Year” award to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Home & School Association in Kenner. Catholic....

I was very pleased to see that the murder rate in New Orleans is the lowest it has been in decades. At the same time, I am concerned because the number of murders has increased in other areas of our archdiocese. Our concern as a loc.....

The world will not know peace unless there is an end to violence against women, the exploitation of their bodies and the denial of their dignity, Pope Francis said on the feast of Mary, Mother of God. Celebrating Mass Jan. 1 for the feast day and the World Day of Peace, the pope said: “If we want a better world that is a house of peace and not a courtyard of war, we must take to heart the dignity of every woman.”

Men who believe they may have a vocational call to the permanent diaconate are invited to attend one of four information sessions to .......

Since being deposed of his position as executive director of the Louisiana High School Athletic Association six years ago, Kenny Henderson.......

A few months after Archbishop Gregory Aymond returned to New Orleans in 2009, he took a look at the end-of-the-year work schedule for those serving in....

There always will be martyrs among Christians in the world, Pope Francis said. Martyrdom “is the sign that we are on Jesus’ path; it’s a blessing from the Lord that within the people of God there is someone who gives this witness of martyrdom,”.....read more

Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, sitting on the French Quarter’s edge, is a welcoming beacon for locals of all races, abilities and life circumstances and for tourists alike.....read more.

INTERCESSORS OF ST. JOSEPHINE BAKHITA, Jan. 12, 1:15 p.m., rosary for the victims, survivors and perpetrators of human trafficking. The group meets at 1:15 p.m. on the second Sunday monthly at St. Edward the Confessor. 874-9225.