• Pope Francis to grant Plenary Indulgence on Friday
    Pope Francis to grant Plenary Indulgence on Friday
    During the Statio orbis, which will be streamed from the Vatican website at www.vaticannews.va, Pope Francis will grant to all participants the Plenary Indulgence before imparting the Urbi et Orbi Blessing.
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  • New hours announced for free school cafeteria meals
    New hours announced for free school cafeteria meals
    Sixteen curbside “Grab-‘n’-Go” drive-thru meal centers at Catholic school cafeterias have changed their opening hours...
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  • Family meals straddled state’s ‘North-South divide’
    Family meals straddled state’s ‘North-South divide’
    Deacon Dennis Adams vividly remembers attending one particular Friday-night birthday party as a youngster growing up in Wisner...
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  • Daily videos unite De La Salle in prayer, humor
    Daily videos unite De La Salle in prayer, humor
    On Day One of De La Salle High School’s coronavirus-induced foray into distance learning, school president Paul Kelly greeted his students virtually through a cheerful yet serious YouTube video.
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  • A game-changing virus has me yearning for Sunday Mass
    I never thought I would feel that way again. It was 1962.
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  • Pope announces extraordinary ‘urbi et orbi’ blessing
    Pope announces extraordinary ‘urbi et orbi’ blessing
    In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Pope Francis said he would give an extraordinary blessing “urbi et orbi”...
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  • Online giving enables parish support to continue
    Online giving enables parish support to continue
    Cory Howat, executive director of the Catholic Community Foundation of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, didn’t have to look far out into the horizon to see what was brewing...
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  • A COVID-19 update from Christopher Homes
    A COVID-19 update from Christopher Homes
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  • Chateau de Notre Dame confirms COVID-19 diagnosis; Resident offsite
    Chateau de Notre Dame confirms COVID-19 diagnosis; Resident offsite
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  • Priests use technology to teach, preach, shepherd
    Priests use technology to teach, preach, shepherd
    “This is definitely a first. I’m not into YouTubing, and I don’t know how to make videos easily,” said Father Stephen Dardis...
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  • 14 new pastors; two priests to retire
    14 new pastors; two priests to retire
    In order to provide pastoral care for the people of God in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Archbishop Aymond has made the following appointments:
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  • Facing the fear: Katrina versus coronavirus
    Facing the fear: Katrina versus coronavirus
    Craig Taffaro Jr. was ordained for the Archdiocese of New Orleans in 2018 as a permanent deacon, but in many ways, his life as a Catholic may be defined...
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  • Archbishop Aymond calls for Day of Prayer and Fasting
    Archbishop Aymond calls for Day of Prayer and Fasting
    In your first “private” Mass at St. Louis Cathedral on the Feast of St. Joseph, you reflected on the Holy Family and the challenges they went through...
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  • Day of Prayer and Fasting; Spiritual Communion prayer
    Day of Prayer and Fasting; Spiritual Communion prayer
    As COVID-19 continues, we will miss Mass on Sunday and hunger for the Eucharist. God understands our hunger and offers us the opportunity for a “Spiritual Communion” ...
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  • A Statement from Archbishop Aymond
    A Statement from Archbishop Aymond
    "I will use this quiet time for additional prayer and sacrifice for all those seriously affected by the virus." - Archbishop Aymond
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  • Taking Mass Online - Updated
    Taking Mass Online - Updated
    In the wake of the cancellation of all public Masses in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, local priests are being creative and utilizing technology to be present to their faith communities and bring Mass to them in their homes.
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  • Fourth Sunday of Lent: The Good Shepherd
    Fourth Sunday of Lent: The Good Shepherd
    Deep beneath the Eternal City of Rome is a vast maze of underground tunnels used by the first Christians who inhabited the ancient city.
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  • St. Paul’s small car club builds camaraderie, skills
    St. Paul’s small car club builds camaraderie, skills
    The St. Paul’s Wolves on Wheels club, now a decade old, is a unique organization that provides students with an opportunity to engage in mechanics and problem-solving. The club builds small cars each year that race against hundreds of contending cars in early April at the national Electrathon America  competition.
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  • What is Spiritual Communion? Father Nile Gross explains
    What is Spiritual Communion? Father Nile Gross explains
    The Eucharist, the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, is the center of our faith and, by extension, our lives. What, then, are we to do, to feel, in the current crisis in which access to the Body and Blood of Christ is limited?
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  • Clarion Herald print copies still delivered; e-edition always available
    Clarion Herald print copies still delivered; e-edition always available
    Because Archbishop Aymond has requested that churches, where possible, remain open during the day for personal prayer, the March 21 issue of the Clarion Herald is being delivered – in much lower quantities – to churches that are open.
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