• Second Harvest receives $25 million donation just when it is needed most
    Second Harvest receives $25 million donation just when it is needed most
    Philantropist MacKenzie Scott donated $25 million to Second harvest Food Bank in Greater New Orleans and Acadia.
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  • Sr. Dorothy Maniscalco, 90
    Sr. Dorothy Maniscalco, 90
    Sister Dorothy died Nov. 5 at age 90. She taught at Our Lady of Prompt Succor School in Chalmette and retired in 2013.
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  • Sr. Theresa Dietz, 90
    Sr. Theresa Dietz, 90
    School Sister of Notre Dame Theresa Dietz died Oct. 29 after a lifetime career teaching junior and high school art and math in several mid-West and southern states.
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  • Sr. Enda Eileen Byrne, former OLHCC president
    Sr. Enda Eileen Byrne, former OLHCC president
    Marianite Sister Enda Byrne, former president of Our Lady of Holy Cross College (1971-1978), now University of Holy Cross, died Oct. 27.
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  • Jesuit Father Michael Bouzigard, N.O. native
    Jesuit Father Michael Bouzigard, N.O. native
    Father Bouzigard died Dec. 1 in San Antonio. He was missioned to Loyola University New Orleans in 2006 and served as a fellow at the Jesuit Social Research Institute, teacher of Latin American/Caribbean studies and Catholic theology.
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  • Jesuit Father Paul Schott, former Jesuit High president, 97
    Jesuit Father Paul Schott, former Jesuit High president, 97
    Father Schott died Nov. 26 and served as President of Jesuit High School from 1974-1979, and also as retreat director at Manresa, socius and pastoral assistant for the Jesuit New Orleans Province, and also at Holy Name of Jesus and Immaculate Conception parishes.
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  • Mary teaches us the value of the quiet
    Mary teaches us the value of the quiet
    Kids’ Clarion editor Beth Donze looks ahead to the Gospel for Dec. 20, the Fourth Sunday of Advent: Luke 1:26-38 (The Annunciation).
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  • Golden wedding anniversaries a cause for celebration
    Golden wedding anniversaries a cause for celebration
    Regardless of 2020 causing many celebrations to be rescheduled or cancelled, 135 couples attended their special day Dec. 6 to mark their 50 years of Christian marriage, a number having tied the knot 70 years ago.
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  • In God's eyes, everyone is made in his image
    In God's eyes, everyone is made in his image
    We should all try to treat each other with love and respect, no matter our differences.
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  • Making a difference: And so we wait
    Making a difference: And so we wait
    Waiting – with holy patience and holy impatience – is Advent’s call to us. 
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  • Motoring to Bethlehem: Our Lady of Lourdes drama club stages drive-thru Living Nativity
    Motoring to Bethlehem: Our Lady of Lourdes drama club stages drive-thru Living Nativity
    Our Lady of Lourdes School’s drive-though Nativity draws 165 carloads of faithful to Slidell.
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  • Official pastor appointments announced
    Official pastor appointments announced
    Archbishop Aymond appoints new pastors
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  • Making a Difference: And so we wait
    Making a Difference: And so we wait
    In this modern world, we find it hard to wait, becoming impatient. Advent waiting tempers a dose of healthy impatience on behalf of those in desperate need.
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  • Cavs and Cougars ably gain division playoff berths
    Cavs and Cougars ably gain division playoff berths
    De La Salle and St. Charles Catholic headed to playoffs Dec. 28 in Natchitoches.
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  • Student Mass community at Loyola nurtures faith
    Student Mass community at Loyola nurtures faith
    Loyola student Masses go on despite COVID-19.
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  • Looking through the 2020 glass, darkly, but on to 2021!
    Looking through the 2020 glass, darkly, but on to 2021!
    Clarion Herald editor Peter Finney Jr. pulls out his hairline-cracked crystal ball to predict what will happen in the world of sports in 2021
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  • Being flexible, learning true meaning of Christmas
    Being flexible, learning true meaning of Christmas
    The spirit of Christmas isn’t in the material things that make up the look of the holiday; it lies within the memories we make and the moments we cherish.
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  • Food For Seniors is available, but COVID has cut numbers
    Food For Seniors is available, but COVID has cut numbers
    Catholic Charities' Food For Seniors program provides monthly distribution of food to low-income seniors (ages 60 and older).
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  • God’s green thumb
    God’s green thumb
    Kids’ Clarion asked Mount Carmel Sister Beth Fitzpatrick to reflect on the first reading scheduled for Masses Dec. 13, the Third Sunday of Advent (Isa. 61: 1-2A, 10-11).
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  • Driving to Bethlehem: Our Lady of Lourdes School to present ‘Drive-Thru Living Nativity’
    Driving to Bethlehem: Our Lady of Lourdes School to present ‘Drive-Thru Living Nativity’
    Our Lady of Lourdes in Slidell thinks out of the box...and invites the public to climb into their cars.
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