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 ...

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 ...

With dust-like ashes crossed upon our foreheads, each one of us is firmly presented with Ash Wednesday’s wake-up call that our mortal body, this earthly life, is passing away – sooner than we realize ...

Some of the best parenting advice I have ever been given was from my mom when my kids were six, four and two years old. It was summertime, hot outside and I was having a tough time with maintaining ...

There is no more appropriate way to begin my first Clarion Herald column as your new archbishop than with these words of gratitude. I am honored and privileged that our Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV, sent ...

There was a time in the Roman Catholic Church when the only thing allowed to “catch fire” at Mass was the frankincense. The choir stood neatly as the organ hummed politely. Then, somewhere between ...