What can a person do when a loved one or a dear friend prepares for death? Clarion Herald business manager Mark Lombard has some ideas.

More than 600 men are expected to participate in the 2024 Archdiocese of New Orleans Men’s Conference, “I Have Called You Friends,” Feb. 24 at St. Catherine of Siena.

Here's a handy list of fish fries hosted throughout the archdiocese. Is there a fish fry missing? Please send info to clarionherald@clarionherald.org.

An all-girls’ regatta hosted earlier this month by Ursuline Academy shed light on the sport of competitive sailing.

Deacon Michael and Mable Taylor were privileged to host the Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima at their home recently. Celso Costa, a lay Catholic custodian of the Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima for America Needs Fatima TFP, brings the statue to homes throughout the area.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond encourages the Young Church to view their time of Lenten sacrifice and good works not as a burden, but as an opportunity.

The Social Justice Committee at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and the National Shrine of St. Jude is hosting a play about female incarceration. The committee works hard to help those in need.

An all-female rowing team at Xavier University of Louisiana is gaining popularity.

Two high school students – one from Brother Martin and the other from Holy Cross – were awarded scholarships to Tulane University in New Orleans.

Archbishop Chapelle band students had the recent opportunity to perform in Hawaii as part of the Raider Band.

Former Jesuit High School graduates took their Thanksgiving service of feeding others during their high school years and expanded it into the nonprofit, Hams for Fams," to help less-fortunate families at Christmastime. #clarionherald #nolacatholic #witnesswithjoy #hamsforfams

Good Shepherd School's expansion to a second campus in New Orleans is becoming a reality.

Check out the amazing things happening in Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of New Orleans in our 20-page special section.

In the eyes of his singer-songwriter-actor son, the legacy of Harry Connick Sr. unfolded quietly, in the parking lot of a Lakeview grocery store.

Affirming the culture of life includes ending the death penalty, says New Orleans Archbishop Gregory Aymond.

St. Pius X Parish in New Orleans has more than its fair share of 100-year-old-plus faithful. Today, we meet four of those proud centenarians.

In its ongoing Q&A series on Catholic elementary school educators, Kids’ Clarion meets Amy Provensal Schayot, the middle-school science teacher at St. Francis Xavier Elementary School in Metairie.

This medal became known worldwide and, because of its countless stories of conversion and various miracles, would be renamed as the Miraculous Medal.

" ... I do think that intentions within relationships, of all kinds, are good." - Dr. Heather Bozant Witcher

On “Legacy Sunday,” Catholic Community Foundation executive director Cory Howat asks Catholics to consider the fundamental role of the parish when reflecting on leaving a spiritual and material legacy.