Lent is a little like that desert for us. It’s a special time when God invites us to slow down and make time for him. Life ...

On this third Sunday of Lent, we hear from the Gospel of John the story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well. We are all familiar with this story from hearing it every three years on the third ...

The Order of St. Louis IX award is among the highest honors in the Archdiocese of New Orleans and always something to be celebrated, but this year presented a unique experience for two local families ...

Jesuits USA Central and ​Southern Province Father W. Penn Dawson, SJ, assistant professor of law and campus minister at Loyola University New Orleans, and Father Randall S. G ...

On Feb. 5, Archbishop Gregory Aymond celebrated a special Mass to honor the 2026 Altar Servers of the Year. This annual celebration, sponsored by the local chapters of the Serra Club, is a way for ...

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, At Holy Mass on Ash Wednesday, we heard Saint Paul in the second reading implore us: “Be reconciled to God” (Reconciliamini Deo, 2 Cor 5:20). I chose those words ...

When Tony Ricard was a mostly frightened incoming freshman at St. Augustine High School in 1978, he didn’t know what to expect as he walked through the doors of the city’s premier Catholic high school ...

The Archdiocese of New Orleans has established a protocol to deal with situations of extraordinary malice and assaults of the devil and the other demons, of either a person or a place. The protocol ...

Click to read the letter from the pastor and parish leaders announcing the closure.

New Orleans, LA – December 12, 2025 – The U.S. Catholic Church’s eleventh annual Giving Day raised $26,679,467 through #iGiveCatholic – a 14% increase over 2024. The event united 64,105 donors in all ...

Today we begin a new liturgical year with the season of Advent, a time of waiting and hope. It is a moment to prepare our hearts to welcome Jesus, who comes to meet us in three ways: in history, in ...

Today, Wednesday, February 11, 2026, it was announced that Pope Leo XIV formally accepted the resignation of Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond, Archbishop of New Orleans formally making Most Reverend ...