• Access by Communion ministers restricted at health care facilities
    Access by Communion ministers restricted at health care facilities
    Deacon Jeff Tully, health care chaplaincy coordinator of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, said his more than 700 volunteer extraordinary ministers of holy Communion will comply with new guidelines that restrict their access to hospital and nursing home patients.
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  • Christopher Homes increases efforts to protect the health of senior residents
    Christopher Homes increases efforts to protect the health of senior residents
    Christopher Homes, the low income senior housing ministry of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, is focusing efforts on protecting its nearly 2,500 vulnerable, elderly residents from the spread of the Coronavirus and infectious diseases.
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  • ‘No visitation’ policy to protect elderly residents
    ‘No visitation’ policy to protect elderly residents
    Notre Dame Health System has instituted a “no-visitation” policy as a precaution against the spread of the Coronavirus.
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  • Second Harvest: Lemonade out of lemons
    Second Harvest: Lemonade out of lemons
    Second Harvest Food Bank of the Archdiocese of New Orleans is making lemonade out of lemons.
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  • Archdiocesan Retreat Center closed through March 2020
    Archdiocesan Retreat Center closed through March 2020
    Out of an abundance of caution the Retreat Center has decided to cancel all events and will be closed to the general public beginning today March 12,2020 through March 29, 2020.
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  • Deacon Finn’s hospital experience says archdiocese is getting it right
    Deacon Finn’s hospital experience says archdiocese is getting it right
    Deacon Jack Finn was for many years the CEO of the Metropolitan Hospital Council of New Orleans. He thoroughly endorses Archbishop Gregory Aymond’s decision to have pastors not offer Communion through the chalice.
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  • Worship Office monitoring virus for possible Holy Week impact
    Worship Office monitoring virus for possible Holy Week impact
    With the uncertainty surrounding the Coronavirus, the archdiocesan Office of Worship has begun contingency planning for the major liturgies of Holy Week.
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  • Ursuline students collaborate on Holocaust project
    Ursuline students collaborate on Holocaust project
    Ursuline sixth- and 11th-grade English and language arts students completed a collaborative study of the Holocaust in which millions of people of Jewish descent were killed at the hands of the Nazis.
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  • Pastoral, phone-free setting energizes Camp Abbey
    Pastoral, phone-free setting energizes Camp Abbey
    In a world of wall-to-wall noise and the distractions of social media and cellphones, there isn’t much more restorative, counter-cultural and just plain fun for boys and girls...
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  • Lent, conversion and the corporal works of mercy
    Recently, I was in a conversation with a man journeying into the Catholic faith
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  • Camps designed for every interest at Dominican
    Camps designed for every interest at Dominican
    This summer, St. Mary’s Dominican High School will offer two girls-only day camps and six “specialized” camps...
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  • Superintendent Houston named an ‘African American’ icon
    Superintendent Houston named an ‘African American’ icon
    Dr. RaeNell Houston, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, was among four individuals honored March 8 as an “African American Icon” during the Audubon Zoo’s 17th annual Soul Fest. 
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  • St. Joseph altars keep tradition alive in archdiocese
    St. Joseph altars keep tradition alive in archdiocese
    Following a decades-long tradition, churches and schools throughout the Archdiocese of New Orleans will present St. Joseph’s altars over the next week.
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  • Cabrini students learn the sacred behind the dough
    Cabrini students learn the sacred behind the dough
    During 25 days of baking – three times a week for 2 1/2 months – the sweet aroma of cookies wafts through the air in Cabrini High School’s cafeteria...
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  • Last year’s St. Joseph altar had an indelible meaning
    Last year’s St. Joseph altar had an indelible meaning
    Celebrating the feast day of St. Joseph is something quite spectacular here in New Orleans – especially for this Polish-Irish Yankee. 
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  • Archbishop Aymond Issues Update to Coronavirus Guidelines
    Archbishop Aymond Issues Update to Coronavirus Guidelines
    In a memo today, New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond updated the guidelines for parishes in regards to liturgical celebrations in light of the presumptive case of COVID-19 (Coronavirus).
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  • Clarion Herald’s 2019-20 Elite Basketball Teams
    Clarion Herald’s 2019-20 Elite Basketball Teams
    How does one separate the two best senior guards in the Catholic League when they were most instrumental in their teams’ combined 60-6 record?
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  • When a confession line is longer than a king cake line
    When a confession line is longer than a king cake line
    A few years ago when the Archdiocese of New Orleans was hosting a Morning of Men’s Spirituality, one of the organizers...
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  • Camps, cool activities abound for kids this summer
    Camps, cool activities abound for kids this summer
    List of camp and cool summer activities.
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  • Men, a thousand times strong
    Men, a thousand times strong
    As Archbishop Gregory Aymond gazed out at the sea of men sitting inside St. Catherine of Siena Church on March 7 –  the pews and extra folding chairs filled with more than 1,000 attendees...
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