George Butterfield, who is retired from Creighton University, gives us a reflection on the homily for the weekend of July 8-9. Creighton is a Jesuit university in Omaha, Nebraska.

“All high-scoring records of the New Orleans Preparatory School Athletic Association were broken yesterday ..." - Ron Brocato's share of T-P's Gene Thatcher score by score

Events from July 15-Aug. 18, 2023 Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: JULY 22, 2023

Events in the Archdiocese of New Orleans from June 23-Sept. 2, 2023. Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: July 8, 2023

A phone call followed by expert investigation by the Clarion Herald's Ron Brocato turns up long-ago memories.

SERVE – the Catholic Charities program that provides supervised, week-long service opportunities to high school age students during the summer – still has space available for its session running July 17-21.

"The game, a great, great game, is as compelling as ever." - Ed Daniels

National Merit Scholarship Program: bit.ly/3qLn3Vs

St. Peter Claver Catholic Church brought two people from different backgrounds together, and one gave her kidney to the other.

During the 2022-23 academic year, 20 Catholic schools’ sports teams racked up a total of 30 state championships and 28 runner-up positions in 15 varsity sports sanctioned by the LHSAA.

With hurricane season upon us, Second Harvest Food Bank is prepared.

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The Stations of Light tracing Christ's life after his death was held during an Easter week at Annunciation Catholic Parish in Bogalusa.

Slidell artist and Our Lady of Lourdes parishioner Diane St. Germain saw her Eucharist-themed painting go viral upon its recognition as a powerful visual aid expressing the paschal mystery.

Young and old parishioners of St. Matthew the Apostle Catholic Parish in River Ridge spent May 27 packing nutritious bags of rice and beans to help Cross Catholic Outreach feed those in need worldwide.

In July, following his June 3 ordination to the priesthood, Deacon Kevin Seay will be returning to the parish at which he spent his transitional diaconate internship: St. Catherine of Siena in Metairie.

Deacon Long Thanh Pham will be ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New Orleans on June 3 at St. Louis Cathdral.

Deacon Cory Ford, who will be ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New Orleans on June 3, reflects on his challenging yet fulfilling transitional diaconate year and anticipates his first priestly assignment at Our Lady of the Lake Parish in Mandeville.

Deacon David Doyle will be ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New Orleans June 3 at St. Louis Cathedral.

Natasia Kissinger felt a calling to promote life when her daughter was in a neonatal intensive care unit more than 20 years ago. So, she created a Choose the Child program that has a Footprints for Life component to spread a pro-life message to youth in Catholic schools.