Youth council works with state legislature on issues that impact them. The current did well at a competition held in Washington, D.C., at the offices of Homeland Security.

Students from St. Charles Catholic High School in LaPlace trekked to New Orleans for a French-immersion field trip.

Local, national and international families of both Italian and Sicilian descent celebrate Christmas Eve as a meatless, communal "Feast of the Seven Fishes."

Loyola University New Orleans is offering an elective, “Mapping Human Trafficking,’’ taught by visiting professor Ty Lawson, to help students realize the prevalence of human trafficking in all of its forms.

"Contemplating our dreams ... resonated with me, because I use this approach ... with our family." - Ty Salvant, NOLA Catholic Parenting

Notre Dame Seminary will host several events, including the annual gala March 25, to celebrate its 100th anniversary in its current location on South Carrollton Avenue in New Orleans.

On Jan. 16, Catholics journeyed throughout the Archdiocese of New Orleans to serve the community on the Martin Luther King Jr. “Day On, Not Off.” Several wrote reflections that we are sharing with our readers.

The Knights of Columbus Council 9623 and other councils in the state sponsored individual Basketball Free Throw Contests with winners from each council advancing to a district contest.

"I’ve been thinking more and more about the transience of our lives. ... that recalls to mind one of the cornerstones of our faith: we never know the hour or moment." - Dr. Heather Bozant Witcher

Catholic high school teens fanned out all over the metropolitan New Orleans area to provide service to the community Jan. 16 on the "Day on Not Off" Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Archbishop Hannan High student Vivian Veillion discovered many ways to understand the pro-life movement at the annual Archdiocese of New Orleans pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., for the March for Life. She is now fired up to defend life.

On his recent pilgrimage to the March for Life in Washington, D.C., Archbishop Hannan High student Ian Hoover deepened his prayer life and began a mission to spread God's word and protect life.

Catholic high school teens fanned out all over the metropolitan New Orleans area to provide service to the community Jan. 16 on the "Day on Not Off" Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Catholic high school teens fanned out all over the metropolitan New Orleans area to provide service to the community Jan. 16 on the "Day On, Not Off" Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Local members of a national prayer groups pray in adoration for priests.

Sisters of the Living Word have lay associates that help them fulfill one of their goals of helping save the environment. The associates collect glass every other month and bring it to be recycled at Glass Half Full.

Through the generosity of local New Orleanians, Ukrainian-born Karyna Skyba is being educated and kept safe in New Orleans as war rages in her home country.

Notre Dame Seminary professor remembers the contributions of the late Pope Benedict XVI.

Dr. Ansel Augustine, director of the Archdiocesan Office of Black Catholic Ministries for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, is involved in a ministry seeking to find peacemakers to help curb the violence in our city.

St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church Parish in New Orleans East, St. Christopher the Martyr in Metairie and St. Anthony of Padua in Luling, Louisiana, and St. Martin de Porres Parish in Crosby, Texas, all conducted Jericho Walks recently to combat violence.