" ... new book using the same guidelines but with additions to the title and content from a Catholic perspective." - Peg Hensler, associate director, Marriage and Ministries, Diocese of Trenton, New Jersey

" ... even at his lowest point, through the love of Christ, he could help others." The next Beginning Experience weekend will be April 28-30.

Eva Jacob Barkoff provides tips for brides to select flowers within their budgets.

Lenten Traditions, April 1, 2023 Second Harvest Food Bank executive chef Matthew Taylor and president/CEO Natalie Jayroe say they value their work of providing both food commodities and hot meals to needy families in south Louisiana.

Check out the Clarion Herald's 16-page Summer Activities section, filled with information on summer camps and activities in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

The following information is the most recent available for church weddings at various parishes in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Contact the parishes to schedule your wedding date and for the churches’ wedding guidelines. This is not a comprehensive list.

Charley Hession, development associate with Ascension DePaul Services, and his bride Marie Celeste Robichaux assume the post-WWII pose of the sailor kissing a woman in Times Square on VJ Day in 1945.

One engaged couple decided that making a holy hour, along with family and friends, the night before their wedding would be blessing to their marriage.

This white wine and Aperol spritz is a refreshing summertime drink. In biblical times, people would add wine to their well or cistern water to make it taste better.

Many parishes in the Archdiocese of New Orleans offer bereavement groups or grief support ministries to help individuals after the death of a loved one.

The following information is the most recent available for church weddings at various parishes in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Contact the parishes to schedule your wedding date and for the churches’ wedding guidelines. This is not a comprehensive list.

Wedding money-saving ideas from TheKnot.com.

"St. Paul warned us, 'Those who marry will have worldly troubles' (1 Cor 7:28). ... But all of marriage’s 'trouble' is because of its richness." -- Christopher O'Neill, Marriage and Family Life

The Clarion Herald's Back to School section offers a sampling of hopes for the 2022-2023 school year from school leaders.

Ursuline Academy senior Natalie Garner writes about her summer experience at Loyola's FaithActs program.

School's back and so are school zones, so take it slow and protect our children! Here's info for all civil parishes of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Having joined the Academy of the Sacred Heart in 2021 as interim head of school, Dutil is pleased to continue in the excellent work underway in its "Rosary Renewal" campaign.

Pope Francis has endorsed suggestions for a yearlong “marriage catechumenate” drafted by the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life. The dicastery’s “Catechumenal Itineraries for Married Life,” a document released in Italian and Spanish by the Vatican, was released June 15.