• Red light, green light, light of revelation
    Red light, green light, light of revelation
    For its New Year’s 2022 issue, the Clarion Herald asked local Catholics to reflect on “What Gives You Hope?” Here is a reflection by NOLA Catholic Parenting's Jenny Dendinger.
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  • 'Lord, Teach me To Pray' emerged in response to 9/11 terror
    'Lord, Teach me To Pray' emerged in response to 9/11 terror
    The Clarion Herald asked members of the archdiocese to reflect on "What gives you hope" during these challenging times. Carol Weiler writes about Ignatian Spirituality.
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  • Let's make 'hope' an active virtue
    Let's make 'hope' an active virtue
    The Clarion Herald asked members of the archdiocese to reflect on "What gives you hope?" during these challenging times. Here's wisdom from Marianite Sister Judy Gomila
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  • Saintly advice: The 4 W's are God's winning formula
    Saintly advice: The 4 W's are God's winning formula
    Former New Orleans Saints wide receiver's Danny Abramowicz says many Catholics can develop a deeper relationship with Christ through prayer and regular reading of Scripture.
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  • Celebrating the sacraments: Relationships matter
    Celebrating the sacraments: Relationships matter
    The Clarion Herald celebrated “The Gift of Priesthood” in a special section that included columns by priests and bishops across the state. Here is a reflection from Father Willie Todd.
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  • COVID was not the first epidemic we have faced
    COVID was not the first epidemic we have faced
    The Clarion Herald celebrated “The Gift of Priesthood” in a special section that included columns by priests and bishops across the state. Here is a reflection from Father Mark Raphael.
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  • Retreat set for women experiencing infertility
    Retreat set for women experiencing infertility
    Women who experience infertility often feel they have nowhere to turn to discuss their disappointment, anxiety, frustration and even anger. A Dec. 3-4 retreat may help.
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  • Pope Francis: People with special needs have a 'right' to the sacraments
    Pope Francis: People with special needs have a 'right' to the sacraments
    God's Special Children will celebrate its anniversary Mass Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. at St. Francis Xavier Church, 444 Metairie Road, Metairie.
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  • Betsy, Katrina and Ida: A tale of three hurricanes
    Betsy, Katrina and Ida: A tale of three hurricanes
    Marianite Sister Judy Gomila reflects on the loving service given – and received – by local women religious in the aftermath of Hurricanes Betsy, Katrina and Ida.
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  • ‘Down the bayou’ people know meaning of home
    ‘Down the bayou’ people know meaning of home
    Chauvin-born Maddy Thibodeaux offers this unique perspective on the faith and tenacity of those who reside in her native Terrebonne Parish.
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  • Catholic schools are rising to meet challenging times
    Catholic schools are rising to meet challenging times
    A new wave of COVID-19 creates challenges for the school year, but Dr. RaeNell Houston says teachers, administrators, parents and students will rise to the challenge.
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  • Faith meets social justice
    Faith meets social justice
    Diamond Flowers, a senior at Cabrini High School, shares her experience participating in FaithActs, a program of Loyola University New Orleans which helps students become leaders in the field of environmental science and its connection with faith.
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  • Marriages are built on self-sacrifice, not wistful fantasies
    Marriages are built on self-sacrifice, not wistful fantasies
    What a beautiful image of what marriage truly is: a vocation in which husband and wife serve the Lord, continually seeking holiness as one.
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  • Dangerous hour for the U.S.: We must unite in prayer
    Dangerous hour for the U.S.: We must unite in prayer
    Retired Belleville (Illinois) Bishop Edward Braxton, the former bishop of Lake Charles, says a divided, polarized country must unite in prayer and in action.
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  • Yo soy la esclava del Señor; cúmplase en mí lo que me has dicho
    Yo soy la esclava del Señor; cúmplase en mí lo que me has dicho
    Father Manuel gives his homily for the weekend of Dec. 19-20.
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  • God’s green thumb
    God’s green thumb
    Kids’ Clarion asked Mount Carmel Sister Beth Fitzpatrick to reflect on the first reading scheduled for Masses Dec. 13, the Third Sunday of Advent (Isa. 61: 1-2A, 10-11).
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  • Community foundations can help you achieve your philanthropic goals
    Community foundations can help you achieve your philanthropic goals
    A community foundation makes it even easier to achieve your charitable giving goals while positively impacting the greater community.
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  • The Catholic case for voting ‘yes’ on the Love Life Amendment
    The Catholic case for voting ‘yes’ on the Love Life Amendment
    On election day, all Catholics should speak up for the sanctity of human life when they enter the voting booth by voting yes to the Love Life Amendment.
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  • 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time: ‘Send her away’
    20th Sunday in Ordinary Time: ‘Send her away’
    Today’s readings spur me to think about our family becoming white.
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  • 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Hope
    18th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Hope
    St. Paul makes a sweeping claim in today’s second reading. Nothing can separate us from God’s love, he says. Neither “present things” nor “future things.”
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