More than 1,000 teens attending Saturday’s NOLA Catholic Youth Conference were reminded that Jesus craves our friendship – we need only meet him halfway.

Holocaust survivor Esther Basch holds her wedding photo. She was nicknamed the “Honey Girl of Auschwitz” because she gorged on honey after her release from the death camp, and her emaciated body nearly shut down.

Events in the Archdiocese of New Orleans from October 2-14. Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: OCTOBER 14, 2023

Archbishop HannanHigh School parent Joanne Washington writes about the godsend of having a Catholic educational program for her autistic son.

Geographical listing of food pantries across the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans

Natalie Jayroe, president and CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana, has witnessed how soaring food prices have affected every facet of her agency’s humanitarian mission to erase hunger in the 23 civil parishes of south Louisiana.

Deacon Clifford Sidney Wright, a permanent deacon of the Archdiocese of New Orleans since 1987 who served for many years at St. Benilde Parish in Metairie, died Aug. 31 at the age of 80.

Sisters of the Holy Family join the Together New Orleans' network of faith- and community-based organizations to get things done in the community. Its latest endeavor is building community solar farms to help their surrounding neighborhood. Through Together New Orleans' alliance with the Industrial Areas Foundation (IAF), Holy Family Sister congregation leader Alicia Costa traveled to Rome with Together New Orleans' organizer Brad Bagert Jr. to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican.

Deacon Dwight Alexander, who served at St. Raymond Catholic Church, recently passed away. He was a 4th-degree member of the Knights of Peter Claver.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond applauds Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards for his death row clemency reconsideration.

Ben de Boisblanc, who died Aug. 6, was born with special needs, and his life of prayer and dedication to the Mass brought everyone he met closer to Jesus.

Seventy people took their final step toward American citizenship at a poignant naturalization ceremony hosted Sept. 21 at Ursuline Academy in New Orleans.

Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans celebrated its 100th anniversary Sept. 16 as the place where thousands of men have prepared for the priesthood.

A rare liturgy marked the beginning of the new ministry of Abbot Gregory Boquet as leader of the Benedictine monks of St. Joseph Abbey and Seminary College.

The Missionary Childhood Association (MCA), one of the works of the Pontifical Mission Societies, operates under the guiding principle of “Children Helping Children.” School-based mission coordinators, charged with reminding young people of their baptismal calling to be evangelists, traded tips at a recent workshop.

September 17, 2023 Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sirach 27:30-28:7 Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12 Romans 14:7-9 Matthew 18:21-35

St. Charles Borromeo’s Lisa Benoit kicks off a new Kids’ Clarion series called “Teachable Moments,” which will explore the vocational callings of Catholic elementary school educators in the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

A special garden at St. Angela Merici Parish and School has inspiring messages for visitors – both young and old.

Kids’ Clarion 2023-24 kicks off with this message from Archbishop Gregory Aymond – one that should resonate 24/7/365: Let us always count our blessings.