Events from Feb. 18-March 23, 2024 Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: MARCH 2, 2024

The Social Justice Committee at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and the National Shrine of St. Jude is hosting a play about female incarceration. The committee works hard to help those in need.

An all-female rowing team at Xavier University of Louisiana is gaining popularity.

Good Shepherd School's expansion to a second campus in New Orleans is becoming a reality.

Check out the amazing things happening in Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in our 20-page special section.

Affirming the culture of life includes ending the death penalty, says New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond.

In its ongoing Q&A series on Catholic elementary school educators, Kids’ Clarion meets Amy Provensal Schayot, the middle-school science teacher at St. Francis Xavier Elementary School in Metairie.

Jan. 25-April 13, 2024 Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: FEB. 3, 2024

Archbishop Aymond said Catholic Schools Week (Jan. 28-Feb. 3) is a wonderful time for the Young Church to thank their parents and teachers for the great gift of Catholic education.

In celebration of the upcoming Catholic Schools Week, special seating options are available to students, parents and teachers at the Jan. 26 New Orleans Pelicans-Oklahoma City Thunder basketball game.

St. Matthew the Apostle School in River Ridge approaches classroom instruction with “the four C’s” in mind – critical thinking, communication, collaboration and creativity.

At St. Alphonsus Elementary School in New Orleans, feeding the hungry is more than a one-time service project.

Shondra Johnson, left, led the SMA Cougars to a 48-39 victory over Assumption in the 1998 Sweet 16 Tournament. And Archbishop Chapelle point guard Olivia “Turtle” Grayson, right, was named the Most Outstanding Player in the 2009 Class 5A championship rout of Lafayette.

Events from Jan. 13 - March 17. Deadline: Submissions due two weeks before each issue: calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: January 20, 2024

Archbishop Gregory Aymond selected a portrait by Diane St. Germain entitled "The Eucharist: The True Presence of Jesus Christ" for his 2023 Christmas card. The Slidell artist, a parishioner of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, took top honors in an art contest sponsored by the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Events in the Archdiocese of New Orleans from Dec. 23, 2023-Feb. 24, 2024. Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: JANUARY 6, 2024

Loyola University New Orleans is among the 105 organizations from a variety of faiths that have received grants through the initiative.

The most outstanding of the players on the two units are Holy Cross senior quarterback Cole Canatella on offense and defensive standout Kyle Cannon of St. Charles Catholic.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond extends blessings of hope and peace to the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

A Dec. 6 Mass celebrated by Archbishop Aymond, with school chaplain Father Daniel Okafor and other priests, lauded the Sept. 19 announcement that Archbishop Hannan High School in Covington earned Blue Ribbon recognition.