• St. Roch’s stations draw faithful closer to Jesus
    St. Roch’s stations draw faithful closer to Jesus
    New Orleans Catholic Cemeteries will host its annual Good Friday Way of the Cross on March 29 at 10 a.m. at St. Roch Cemetery No. 1 (1725 St. Roch Ave.). Aiding walkers’ prayer will be the St. Roch’s riveting Stations of the Cross sculptures.
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  • Abp. Aymond takes us through Holy Week – from Palm Sunday to Easter
    Abp. Aymond takes us through Holy Week – from Palm Sunday to Easter
    Archbishop Gregory Aymond explains the highlights of Holy Week to the Young Church in his latest column for Kids’ Clarion.
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  • Tulane has turned a roller coaster into a freeway
    Tulane has turned a roller coaster into a freeway
    New Tulane director of athletics David Harris, when asked what it would take to get the Wave into a Power 5 league, said the first thing the school must do is win consistently. -- Ed Daniels
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  • St. Dominic’s ‘Dragoneers’ FIRST LEGO League team headed to Worlds in April
    St. Dominic’s ‘Dragoneers’ FIRST LEGO League team headed to Worlds in April
    St. Dominic School’s FIRST LEGO robotics team will be the sole Louisiana team in its age division to compete in next month’s World Championships in Houston.
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  • Vance Vaucresson: Extending a family's Creole cooking legacy
    Vance Vaucresson: Extending a family's Creole cooking legacy
    Vance Vaucresson, the music director of Transfiguration of the Lord Parish in New Orleans, shares his family's 125-year love of Creole cooking in this Lenten special.
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  • Archdiocese announces new pastors, parochial vicars
    Archdiocese announces new pastors, parochial vicars
    Archbishop Gregory Aymond has made the following pastoral appointments, including 17 new pastors and the retirement of seven other priests.
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  • A chance encounter, an unexpected Lenten gift
    A chance encounter, an unexpected Lenten gift
    " ... we had lived in several of the same places and, in fact, that the gentleman had grown up in the neighboring town from mine and attended the high school that was our fierce rival."
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  • $4M windfall earmarked for Reconcile’s future
    $4M windfall earmarked for Reconcile’s future
    Reconcile New Orleans has given many young adults a chance to learn valuable skills not only in the workforce but in life. Its Cafe Reconcile offers training for the hospitality industry by offering home-cooked food. Catering, on- and off-site is also offered by the program.
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  • ‘Unless a grain of wheat shall fall upon the ground and die’
    ‘Unless a grain of wheat shall fall upon the ground and die’
    Fifth Sunday of Lent Jeremiah 31:31-24 Psalms 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15 Hebrews 5:7-9 John 12:20-33
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  • Movie shares Mother Cabrini’s legacy with world
    Movie shares Mother Cabrini’s legacy with world
    St. Frances Xavier Cabrini's early missionary years in the United States are chronicled in the $40 million blockbuster movie, "Cabrini" now in theaters nationwide. Cabrini High School, locally, has ties to Mother Cabrini because she founded an orphanage on the school's site and lived and worked there. Cabrini hosted a preview screening of the movie with a reception March 7, the day before it opened to the public.
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  • Duet leads Clarion Herald’s 2024 Elite girls’ Team
    Duet leads Clarion Herald’s 2024 Elite girls’ Team
    St. Scholastica junior point guard Emilee Duet’s contribution of 16 points per game earned her 2023-24 Clarion Herald Elite Basketball Team Outstanding Player accolades.
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  • Calendar - March 16, 2024
    Calendar - March 16, 2024
    Archdiocesan events from March 19-June 3, 2024 Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: MARCH 30, 2024
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  • Radical generosity starts with an honest self-evaluation
    Radical generosity starts with an honest self-evaluation
    What is one need in your parish you can fill? - Ty Salvant, NOLA Catholic Parenting
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  • Purple giraffes are a mother’s best friend
    Purple giraffes are a mother’s best friend
    Special planning for her son's birthday "makes me happy." Beautiful memories for Dr. Heather!
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  • Churches plan Divine Mercy novenas, services
    Churches plan Divine Mercy novenas, services
    Divine Mercy novena begins Good Friday. ending with Divine Mercy Sunday, April 7.
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  • Summer Activities 2024
    Summer Activities 2024
    Get the latest information on summer camps and activities for 2024 in our 16-page special section!
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  • Official appointments
    Official appointments
    Priest appointments by Archbishop Gregory Aymond, Archdiocese of New Orleans
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  • Church’s safeguarding efforts ‘must not wane’
    Church’s safeguarding efforts ‘must not wane’
    Pope Francis had asked the commission to ensure the compliance of local churches with “Vos Estis Lux Mundi” – his 2019 decree, updated in 2023, which revised and clarified norms and procedures for holding bishops and religious superiors accountable.
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  • The Eucharist: Body, blood, soul and divinity
    The Eucharist: Body, blood, soul and divinity
    National Eucharistic Revival passes through New Orleans: June 9, at 9 a.m. Mass at St. Louis Cathedral, then procession around Jackson Square; June 7, eucharistic procession from Notre Dame Seminary to St. Rita Church; music by The Vigil Project (time to be announced).
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  • Respect Judaism, condemn Israeli policies
    Respect Judaism, condemn Israeli policies
    " ... let us tirelessly pray for peace in Gaza, and everywhere." - Tony Magliano
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