A water-retention project initiated by the Congregation Sisters of St. Joseph and Architect David Waggoner more than a decade ago with the city of New Orleans is finally underway.

Sacred Heart Brother Ron Travers, the new executive director of the Office of Religious, formed a nine-member advisory Council of Religious to serve as a “sounding board” for the 53 religious communities serving the archdiocese.

Today, 27 states utilize a shot clock in some capacity. One, however, is not Louisiana. - Ron Brocato

Students at St. Augustine High School who take French have been experiencing French life and culture outside of the classroom.

Annual Gulf Coast Faith Formation Conference will be Jan. 12-13 at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner.

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.

Young adult Black Catholics from across the country met at Xavier University of Louisiana to discuss how best to make sure their voice is heard by the church.

Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond, Archdiocese of New Orleans, reflects on Advent and its importance in today's world as we approach Christmas.

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.

St. Matthew the Apostle School has established a club that brainstorms ways its students can practice and spread kindness on campus and beyond.

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Any elementary or high school in the state can access free energy-related labs brought to them by Louisiana’s Energy Office. A handful of these labs recently unfolded at St. Christopher School in Metairie.

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.

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.

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.

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

Sports writer Ron Brocato has selected the Clarion Herald's elite volleyball players for 2023.

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."