Events from August 6-29, 2023 Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: August 19, 2023

Learn how St. Angela Merici and St. Benilde parishes are transforming “religion classes” into a more family-centric endeavor.

Women can now experience Ignatian spirituality in silent weekend retreats through "Women of Manresa" at The Cenacle on the Lake in Metairie.

Washington Cardinal Wilton Gregory presided over the opening Mass for the 13th National Black Catholic Congress on July 21 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.

A new, enlarged chapel at Archbishop Shaw in Marrero will beckon students to increase their faith.

Photo | COURTESY THE NASH FAMILY Thomas Nash of St. Peter Claver Parish and his wife Whitney said the National Black Catholic Congress was spiritually uplifting as well as challenging.

Vincentian Father Edward Murphy is the newly appointed pastor at St. Joseph Church on Tulane Ave.

Effective Aug. 1, 2023, Sacred Heart Brother Ronald (Ron) Travers has been appointed executive director of the Office of Religious.

Events in the Archdiocese of New Orleans from July 23-Sept. 23, 2023 Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: August 5, 2023

The Sacred Heart Brothers and Congregation of St. Joseph sisters decided to share resources in a common residence.

Become a House of Peace and pray for your neighbor. This effort, begun by Dean and HollyKem Sunseri, hopes to take back New Orleans from violence one block at a time.

The largest, Black Catholic fraternal organization in the world held its national convention in New Orleans and included all its divisions and the Ladies Auxiliary.

Deacon Shelly's funeral will be held Friday, July 21 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, 411 N. Rampart St., New Orleans, with visitation beginning at 8 a.m.,rosary at 9 a.m. with NOFD Final Alarm tribute, and Mass at 10 a.m.

CYO Youth Ministers Forum will be held Aug. 19 from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Academy of Our Lady’s campers and children who attend sporting events at the Marrero high school have a beautiful new space in which to play.

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.

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

Father Richard Miles, the former pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH) Church in Kenner, who died June 15 at the age of 80 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after having served for 39 years as a priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Father Billy O'Riordan, who served as Archdiocese of New Orleans director of seminarians for the last nine years, has been succeeded by Father David Ducote, pastor of St. Joan of Arc, LaPlace.

The Office of Marriage and Family Life sponsored its 60th annual Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration June 25 with Archbishop Gregory Aymond as presider. 129 couples married in 1973 or earlier participated in the prayer service.