Registrations are underway for the Archdiocese of New Orleans’ Martin Luther King Jr. ”Day ON, Not OFF” day of service, set for Jan. 15, 2024.

Deacon Dennis Adams, who will retire after nearly 19 years as executive director of Christopher Homes – the archdiocese’s affordable housing ministry – says his life has been enriched by the gratitude of so many senior residents.

Carla Sumner, the multimedia lab specialist and mission club moderator at St. Andrew the Apostle School in Algiers, reflects on vocation as a Catholic elementary school teacher.

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Janice Romig and her late husband Jerry served as foster parents for 21 babies. Read how their Catholic faith and love for children gave meaning to their lives.

In his December column for Kids’ Clarion, Archbishop Aymond reminds the Young Church to keep Christ’s birth at the center of their Advent preparations and Christmas celebrations.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond's letter regarding the upcoming Retirement Fund for Religious.

The Daughters of St. Paul Choir will bring its 90-minute Christmas concert Dec. 20 at 6 p.m. to Jesuit High School's Auditorium in New Orleans. It's a fundraiser for the nuns.

The Maronite Catholic community, one of 24 rites of the Catholic Church, has been celebrating its liturgies monthly on Sundays at St. Joseph Church on Tulane Avenue in New Orleans. Maronite Catholic liturgies also are celebrated in Covington, Baton Rouge and in Lafayette.

Deacon Phil McManamon gives a three-day mission Dec. 5-7, 6-8 p.m.

Dr. Xavier A. Cole was inaugurated Nov. 10 as 18th president of Loyola University New Orleans.

A new women's group at St. Angela Merici, “Women on Fire,” offers eight weeks of spiritual nourishment in the spring and fall.

The Spirit of '76 chapter of the National society Daughters of the American Revolution recently dedicated a plaque in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 honor of the contributions of the 265 Louisiana patriots who fought in the Revolutionary War under Gen. Bernardo de Galvez. Many are buried in this New Orleans cemetery just outside of the French Quarter.

La Cadena de los Amigos (The Chain of Friends) held a food-packing event at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in New Orleans.

Student Council president Ella Spiers introduces Saints owner Gayle Benson at a recent talk at Mount Carmel Academy. Mount Carmel Sister Camille Anne Campbell, the school’s president, is seated at right. - Photo Courtesy Mount Carmel Academy

Daughters of St. Paul Sister Anne Flanagan writes a new book on the Nine First Fridays devotion called "Come to Me: Living the Nine First Fridays."

For more information about #iGiveCatholic visit new orleans.igivecatholic.org.

The Clarion Herald has been gathering family photos and editorial keepsakes for the archdiocese since 1963. Soon, every story over 60-plus years will be searchable online.

Young adult Black Catholics from across the U.S. met at Xavier University of Louisiana to formulate an action plan for evangelization in parishes, dioceses and organizations.

Two relics of St. Anthony of Padua will visit the Archdiocese of New Orleans for the first time from Saturday, Dec. 2 through Sunday, Dec. 10.