Deacon Dave Farinelli says marriage is more than simply sharing common interests. It is bonding to help each other get to heaven.

Kris and Stacy LaMorte of Metairie have been preparing couples for the sacrament of matrimony for about 10 years, enriching their own marriage and ... children understand that marriage is more than the wedding day.

Nothing should cloud such a wonderful and enjoyable time in your lives. Ask forgiveness where it is appropriate and, more importantly, ask forgiveness of our Lord in the confessional.

Kids’ Clarion recently visited St. Benilde School in Metairie to observe a Catechesis of the Good Shepherd in action.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond urged the faithful to turn to ‘Jesus, the Healer’ at the Oct. 15 Mass for the Victims and Survivors of Violence.

In this month’s installment of our “Teachable Moments” series, Kids’ Clarion asked Holy Cross School’s Craig Matherne about his passion for fostering his students’ appreciation of music.

School Sister of Notre Dame Damian Tucker spent 30 years in the parochial schools in the Archdiocese of New Orleans as a teacher and principal who loved and appreciated her students.

Christian Brother Michael Joseph Livaudais, a graduate of Archbishop Rummel High School who served for 47 years in religious life, died Sept. 7 at the age of 74.

Taken from the original Hungarian Spiritual Journal of Elizabeth Kindelmann, who started the Flame of Love movement, and has received the imprimatur of the primate of Hungary.

Beautiful share of a motherly love.

Jason Angelette is pictured with his late wife, Elise, and their five children. The couple helped engaged couples prepare for marriage and gave enrichment to couples who were already married.

An ode to Drew Brees ...

October 15, 2023 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 25:6-10a Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Philippians 4:12-14,19-20 Matthew 22:1-14 or 22:1-10

Novena for Life and Mercy will be held at various churches throughout the Archdiocese of on Fridays from Oct. 13-Dec. 8.

A Funeral Mass was held Oct. 6 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Parish for Father Leo "Lee" Meyer, a priest who served the Archdiocese of New Orleans for almost 60 years. He was 91.

A portrait of St. Edward the Confessor consisting of 40 rectangles of original art was made by student artists at the saint’s eponymous elementary school in Metairie.

Principals and athletic directors cast votes at the Oct. 3 LHSAA meeting in Baton Rouge to determine which schools would be classified as select or non-select.

Events in the Archdiocese of New Orleans from Oct. 15-Nov. 8, 2023 Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org NEXT ISSUE: October 28, 2023

The Catholic Community Foundation will honor Joseph and Sue Ellen Canizaro with the St. John Paul II Award Oct. 26 at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside.

Father Colm Cahill, vocation director for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, has been the celebrant at many recent Catholic weddings in the archdiocese. He’s pictured above with now-Father Andrew Rudmann, St. Philip Neri pastor.