• Fr. Tompson’s ‘dream school’ celebrates its first med student
    Fr. Tompson’s ‘dream school’ celebrates its first med student
    Andrew Joseph III, a member of the first graduating class of the free-tuition Good Shepherd School in 2008, has become its first graduate to enter medical school.
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  • Prayer, crying out to God is our only source of salvation
    Prayer, crying out to God is our only source of salvation
    Pope Francis said that while not all problems are solved in prayer, sometimes, it is enough for one to know that “the Lord listens.”
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  • Eternal Life 2020
    Eternal Life 2020
    Check out the Clarion Herald's Eternal Life section, with the latest on Catholic cemeteries, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day Masses and bereavement ministries in parishes.
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  • Personal call to holiness a necessary response
    Personal call to holiness a necessary response
    2020 has been a difficult year, and even more so for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The removal of two pastors from ministry is a wakeup call to personal holiness.
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  • Abp. Aymond: 'St. Michael, defend us in battle'
    Abp. Aymond: 'St. Michael, defend us in battle'
    Archbishop Aymond has called for a day of atonement, prayer and fasting on Friday, Oct. 23, for the victims of sexual abuse and for the healing of the archdiocese following the removal from ministry of two pastors.
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  • St. Joseph parishioners preserve their landmark Gretna church
    St. Joseph parishioners preserve their landmark Gretna church
    The parish is nearing the end of a $1.2 million capital campaign to refurbish the church’s exterior, once beset by cracked, moisture-laden stucco walls and algae blooms.
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  • Ascension of Our Lord Knights holds diocesan soccer challenge
    Ascension of Our Lord Knights holds diocesan soccer challenge
    The Knights of Columbus at Ascension of Our Lord in LaPlace held the diocesan soccer challenge.
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  • St. John the Baptist’s restored statues shine at 100
    St. John the Baptist’s restored statues shine at 100
    Edgard's St. John the Baptist Church recently restored several statues to mark the church's 100th birthday. A Mass of celebration for the century milestone will be celebrated Oct. 25 at 10 a.m.
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  • Priests: Abp. Aymond is shedding light, healing wounds, renewing church
    Priests: Abp. Aymond is shedding light, healing wounds, renewing church
    After a meeting of all priests of the Archdiocese of New Orleans today, the Council of Deans and the Presbyteral (Priests) Council said they "emphatically support Archbishop Aymond and his leadership of our local church."
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  • State swim meet to move from Sulphur to Lake Charles
    State swim meet to move from Sulphur to Lake Charles
    The state swim meet Nov. 18-21 will be held in Shreveport due to hurricane recovery efforts in southwest Louisiana.
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  • Franciscans release names of friars with 'substantiated' abuse claims
    Franciscans release names of friars with 'substantiated' abuse claims
    The Franciscan Friars of the St. John the Baptist Province released a list of friars with substantiated abuse allegations against them, some who served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
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  • Ascension of Our Lord Knights in LaPlace names family of the year
    Ascension of Our Lord Knights in LaPlace names family of the year
    Ascension of Our Lord Knights of Columbus
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  • Archdiocesan cafeterias provide free meals to students at participating schools
    Archdiocesan cafeterias provide free meals to students at participating schools
    School families will have a nutritious, convenient and no-cost option during these trying times.
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  • Abp. Aymond reconsecrates Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Pearl River
    Abp. Aymond reconsecrates Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Pearl River
    Archbishop Gregory Aymond visited Sts. Peter and Paul Church in Pearl River Oct. 10 to reconsecrate it and its new altar.
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  • Lay Catholics rally in support of priests, seminarians
    Lay Catholics rally in support of priests, seminarians
    Nearly 200 laypersons prayed in front of Notre Dame Seminary Oct. 10 as a sign of support for priests and for those studying for the priesthood.
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  • Abp. Aymond: 'Anger, betrayal, disappointment'
    Abp. Aymond: 'Anger, betrayal, disappointment'
    Saying he felt "anger, betrayal and disappointment," Archbishop Gregory Aymond today explained his decision to remove from priestly ministry Patrick Wattigny and Travis Clark.
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  • St. Thérèse's childlike ways help us reach heaven
    St. Thérèse's childlike ways help us reach heaven
    In a world that touts self-interest and competition, simplicity and merciful love are what we need.
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  • Post-pandemic world must not return to selfishness
    Post-pandemic world must not return to selfishness
    Pope Francis says after the pandemic ends, the world must aspire to be better and not return to its previous “sickened” normality of injustice, inequality and environmental degradation.
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  • Chapelle seniors learn they are ‘Daughters of God’
    Chapelle seniors learn they are ‘Daughters of God’
    Senior retreat at Archbishop Chapelle lets students explore their faith as Daughters of God.
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  • Faith leaders call for end to solitary confinement
    Faith leaders call for end to solitary confinement
    A recent panel addressed the moral imperative to ban solitary confinement. Louisiana leads the nation in the use of the practice, which faith leaders say is a form of torture.
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