Neither De La Salle nor St. Charles Catholic was successful in its bid to hoist the championship trophy, but they did acquit themselves as deserving the right to play for a title.

One of the highlights of the annual Keep Christ in Christmas contest is the poster category

Francesca-Rose Mayeux writes poetically about a mother's love – Mary's love. She won the Grade 9-12 poetry division of the Keep Christ in Christmas contest.

Mount Carmel freshman Vivian Cerruti experiences a vision of the first Christmas.

Although adoring Him is a choice, He is the real reason my family and I rejoice!

There can be no greater gift than the peace and inspiration that fills our hearts when we keep Christ in Christmas.

Why rely on the adults when children have the engineering know-how?

In her award-winning poem, St. Dominic fifth-grader Estella Ward reflects on the Light of Christ.

C-H-R-I-S-T stands for something, says St. Benillde fifth-grader Rory Pilie.

Our Lady of Lourdes School’s drive-though Nativity draws 165 carloads of faithful to Slidell.

Our Lady of Lourdes in Slidell thinks out of the box...and invites the public to climb into their cars.

The #iGiveCatholic online giving campaign, started by the Catholic Community Foundation of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, grows stronger every year.

With a $1.2 million transformation, Ursuline Academy has turned its former library into a state-of-the-art space for a robotics, SmartLabs and a media center.

A simple idea makes big waves.

Dominican captured its first state volleyball title since 1992.

Ten years ago, the deBruey family suffered the tragedy of losing their son James in a boating accident while he was volunteer teaching in the remote Marshall Islands. Now, Mary T deBruey has written a book to help others deal with grief.

St. Rita School's Home and School Association's fundraisers help school and church.

Kids' Clarion will celebrate its 20th anniversary with an occasional update from its archive of stories. Here we catch up with Kayla Herrington Siemann, who was an eighth grader at Our Lady of Prompt Succor School in Chalmette when we last spoke with her in 2000.

Parishes have begun to report damages from Hurricane Zeta. Send updates on parish damages to clarionherald@clarionherald.org.