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.

In a brave new world where ChatGPT can spit out an essay on Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” in seconds, educators are wondering how to ID the true owner of the work.

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.

An Ursuline Academy elective, STEM for Others, had students learning how to construct a boat sail and then donating it to a subsistence fisherman in Haiti.

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.

Dominican Father Manuel Solorzano-Zerpa is named the new director of the Hispanic Apostolate of the Archdiocese of New Orleans. He takes over from his fellow Dominican priest, Father Sergio Serrano, who served for 10 years.

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.

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.

National Merit Scholarship Program: bit.ly/3qLn3Vs

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.

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

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.

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

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.

Five seminarians took a major sacramental step toward the priesthood through their ordination to the transitional diaconate this morning at a Mass at St. Louis Cathedral.