• Third Sunday of Lent reflection
    Third Sunday of Lent reflection
    March 3, 2024 Readings Exodus 20:1-17 Psalms 19:8-11 John 2:13-25
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  • Pope Francis: ‘Stop the bombs and missiles now!”
    Pope Francis: ‘Stop the bombs and missiles now!”
    Many heads of state - as well as most Catholics and Christians - are ignoring Pope Francis' please to stop the bombings in war-torn countries.
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  • A Saints’ gamble: Count on Carr or roll the dice?
    A Saints’ gamble: Count on Carr or roll the dice?
    Carr gives them the best chance to win next season, especially with limited money in free agency.
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  • Catholic schools get their kicks as soccer champs
    Catholic schools get their kicks as soccer champs
    Archbishop Rummel’s Evan Giarratano (32) missed this swipe at the ball as Brother Martin’s Eli Pichon sets his sights of the goal during their recent District 9-5A game, won by Rummel, 59-54. Nine Catholic school teams have advanced to the Select school playoffs’ regional round.
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  • Calendar - March 2, 2024
    Calendar - March 2, 2024
    Events from March 1 to April 20, 2024 in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: MARCH 16, 2024
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  • St. Joseph altar traditions live in New Orleans
    St. Joseph altar traditions live in New Orleans
    A list of 2024 St. Joseph altars in the Archdiocese of New Orleans that were sent to the Clarion Herald.
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  • Vices are ‘beasts’ of the soul that need taming
    Vices are ‘beasts’ of the soul that need taming
    Pope Francis said we are invited to listen to the heart in contact with the truth.
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  • Official appointment
    Official appointment
    Archbishop Aymond has appointed administrator of St. Augustine Church, New Orleans.
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  • We must affirm the culture of life in Louisiana
    We must affirm the culture of life in Louisiana
    Because of recent public statements on capital punishment made by Gov. Jeff Landry, Archbishop Aymond urges the state to abolish the death penalty.
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  • Closing the book on 85 years of evangelization
    Closing the book on 85 years of evangelization
    In its 85 years of operation, The Catholic Book Store has survived fire, flood and the colossal power and quick-twitch convenience of Amazon. Now, it is poised to close.
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  • Second Collection for Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans
    Second Collection for Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans
    The second collection at all Masses Feb. 24-25 will be taken up for Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans. 
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  • Physicist: Science and faith are not ‘at war’
    Physicist: Science and faith are not ‘at war’
    The pervasive “myth” that there is conflict between science and faith was turned on its head at a recent symposium attended by 240 Catholic high school students.
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  • No strings attached: All Ursuline 3rd & 4th graders learn how to play the violin
    No strings attached: All Ursuline 3rd & 4th graders learn how to play the violin
    Ursuline Academy’s vibrant music program includes teaching violin to every third and fourth grader.
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  • Jesus comes to life in teacher’s religion classroom
    Jesus comes to life in teacher’s religion classroom
    This month, we get a peek at the teaching vocation of Carmen Davis Foltz, the primary-grade religion teacher at Immaculate Conception School (ICS) in Marrero.
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  • Msgr. Arthur Calkins, St. John Henry Newman scholar, dies at 78
    Msgr. Arthur Calkins, St. John Henry Newman scholar, dies at 78
    Msgr. Arthur Burton Calkins, a native of Pennsylvania who was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of New Orleans in 1970, died Feb. 3 in Lake Charles. He was 78.
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  • Adoration, even for a few minutes, can be a kids’ blessing
    Adoration, even for a few minutes, can be a kids’ blessing
    Have you ever brought your children to adoration? Early behavior lessons enable them to grow in love of Jesus.
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  • ‘Big school’ signals a passage of time for kids
    ‘Big school’ signals a passage of time for kids
    Past and present, the beauty of parenthood and childhood - time passes so swiftly!
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  • Saban part of media he chided; but for how long?
    Saban part of media he chided; but for how long?
    Last week, ESPN announced that former Alabama coach Nick Saban would be joining their “College Gameday” crew.
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  • Without a home, Blue Jays’ baseball has to roam
    Without a home, Blue Jays’ baseball has to roam
    John Ryan Stadium on Airline Drive will not be available, so Jesuit will use Kirsch-Rooney and Mike Miley stadiums in the interim.
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  • Wallowing in sorrow is a vice, pope says
    Wallowing in sorrow is a vice, pope says
    The kind of sorrow that leads one to lose hope in God “must be fought resolutely and with every strength...
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