Dominican Father Manuel Solorzano gives us his homily for the weekend of Dec. 10-11.

In this month’s installment of the items that one sees inside every Catholic church, Kids’ Clarion looks at the chalice and the paten.

"It has been a generation since the football program had this type of momentum. It is time to seize the day." - Ed Daniels

Events from Dec. 13, 2022-June 4, 2023 Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org Next issue: December 24, 2022

NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist Charlotte Phillips tells us that the season of Advent gives us "time to not only prepare our homes, but also our hearts, to celebrate the birth of Jesus on Christmas Day."

"The magic of Christmas is the unbridled joy (of children) at the smallest of things."

Retired head football coach and athletic director Frank Monica addresses a gathering of St. Charles Catholic supporters and friends at a recent dedication of the playing field at Thomas Dupuy Stadium in his name.

Just two minutes, but it will do you good, I promise,” the pope told visitors at his weekly general audience Nov. 30.

Kids’ Clarion recently got a peek at the small but lively Parish School of Religion classes at St. James Major Church in New Orleans.

A new women's group hosts events to bolster the faith of Catholic females with talks, prayer and events.

Mount Carmel Academy has added campus ministers and a new intercessory prayer ministry of students, faculty, alumni and friends this year.

Father Jimmy Jeanfreau, 60, died Nov. 28 in an accident in his woodworking shop on the grounds of Immaculate Conception Parish in Marrero. He was universally loved.

Temporary Administrators for Transfiguration of the Lord and Mary Queen of Peace Parishes announced.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond reflects on the tragic murders of Rev. Otis Young and Ruth Prats and prays for consolation for the entire Archdiocese of New Orleans.

There are no answers to the inscrutable: The murders of a beloved retired priest and a former pastoral associate. But Father Otis Young and Ruth Prats were beacons of light.

Father Otis Young and Ruth Prats were shining lights at St. Peter Church in Covington. Father Daniel Brouillette, who grew up in St. Peter Parish in Covington, said God’s grace will be sufficient for a shocked community to recover from the murders of Father Young and Ruth Prats.

" ... the Holy Spirit very clearly showed me the second theme he wanted me to write on in this column. In a pew near me, I saw a newborn baby being lovingly held by her mother." - Tony Magliano

A new offering at Academy of Our Lady High School in Marrero is allowing 17 seniors to fulfill their daily religion requirement by immersing them in service-learning.