Catechists soldier on to teach students of all ages

For those serving in the catechetical ministry, the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday is the highlight of the year.

The sublime privilege of receiving the Eucharist

On March 16, when public Masses in the Archdiocese of New Orleans were canceled, life became surreal.

St. Pius X families collaborate on ‘Way of the Cross for Children’

Lake Vista parish: Why not give individuals and families an opportunity to pray as they take their daily walks?

Being Easter people, we will proclaim ‘Hallelujah!’

We are Easter people,” summarized St. John Paul II, urging Catholics not to despair in hopelessness.

A ‘quarantined’ Easter for families has brought hidden joys

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think we would find ourselves here...

Cooking is in DNA of Sacred Heart’s Sr. Guste

As the great-great granddaughter of Antoine Alciatore, the founder of Antoine’s Restaurant, and the great granddaughter of George Leidenheimer, who established the eponymous bakery...

Church alive and well inside seminary community

The streets are empty. Voices don’t reverberate off vestibule walls. Church doors don’t swing wide.

Pandemic’s ripple effect on state’s budget unclear

Add the Louisiana Legislature to the long list of unknowns in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

#GiveCatholicTogether 'jumps the pond'

The Catholic online giving platform has added 11 new dioceses to its fold and also expanded to its first dioceses outside the continental U.S. – two dioceses in Puerto Rico.

Women religious live out Catholic Social Teaching

About 40 sisters in East Africa studied online for Loyola’s Certificate in Catholic Social Teaching. They learned how to practice LIM’s model of “practical theology,” engaging the Christian tradition in their unique social and cultural contexts.

Life, measured by love, is meant to serve others

With a small procession down the vast and empty central nave of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis began the first of a series of Holy Week liturgies celebrated without the presence of the faithful from the general public.

Clarion Herald available online

Because no public Masses are being celebrated in the Archdiocese of New Orleans as the archdiocese takes precautions against the spread of the coronavirus, the Clarion Herald is temporarily suspending its print edition.

Catholic chaplains continue to comfort from afar

“This ministry is a ministry of presence,” said Deacon Jeff Tully, Archdiocese of New Orleans’ Catholic chaplaincy coordinator of hospital chaplains.

As St. John Paul II preached with his life, ‘Be not afraid’

Darkness covered Warsaw in January 1945. Six years earlier, in 1939, Hitler had stormed into Poland.

A unique Holy Week

Holy Week liturgies at St. Louis Cathedral will be broadcast live on WLAE-TV (Channel 32, Cox 1014) and will be live-streamed at TheDailyMass.com.

St. Louis Cathedral, other church bells toll for virus victims, healthcare workers

Archbishop Gregory Aymond has asked all Catholic churches in the Archdiocese of New Orleans to ring their bells daily at 6 p.m.

Cathedral's Palm Sunday celebrant: Jesus places himself squarely inside human brokenness

Jesus transformed his captors' most horrific manner of death – by crucifixion – into hope.

Palm Sunday: Entering Holy Week

On this Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion, we enter the holiest of weeks in the church’s liturgical year.

Making a Difference: Coronavirus, Crucifixion, Resurrection

The coronavirus is not a punishment from God.

The challenges of ‘homeschooling’: Having the grace to fail

On Friday, March 13, like other parents with school-aged children, I picked up our kids from school with no certainty about what tomorrow would bring.