The Clarion Herald Staff shares three St. Joseph Altar classic recipes just in time for your family's celebration on St.

NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist Jerussa Levy appreciates having a community of strong Catholic prayer warriors in her life.

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 ...

Beginning this weekend through next weekend over 50 area Catholic churches will be welcoming the community for their annual St. Joseph Altars. The majority will be open on the Solemnity of St. Joseph, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of the liturgical season of Lent. The date changes year to year but it is always six and half weeks before Easter. Ash Wednesday dates back to the 11th century. Yet the ...

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 ...

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 ...