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When a large vase in St. Angela Merici’s gym began filling up with jelly beans, school principal Paige Bennett occasionally had to remind visitors to refrain from eating the candies. The jelly beans – each one dropped into the vase by a St. Angela student to signify that he or she had prayed a decade of the rosary – were a colorful reminder of the youngsters’ growing Lenten prayerfulness.

A short update on the status of the estimated $8.2 million deficit faced by nonpublic schools in Louisiana with HB 1

The cope of St. Jean Vianney (1786-1859), the patron saint of diocesan priests, has been kept in the archives of the Sisters of Mount Carmel since 1878, when Sister Aimee de Jesus Jugnet obtained it as a gift from Father Tocanier, who succeeded St. Jean as pastor. Archbishop Aymond hopes to make the cope available for viewing at NOtre Dame Seminary in the future.

This weekend, in addition to being designated World Day of Prayer for Vocations is Good Shepherd Sunday. As in years past, the #NOLACatholic community will come together to support our beloved retired priests with the annual Priest Retirement Collection. As we pray for vocations to the priesthood, religious life, and permanent diaconate let us remember in prayer those who have given of themselves with a daily "yes" for decades and let us give generously to support and care for them in their retirement.

The “Code Noir” – or Black Code – of 1724 outlined policies and practices for governing and relations between the enslaved and the colonists in Louisiana.

On Sunday, Archbishop Aymond will celebrate the Annual Jubilarian Mass honoring 27 priests, 11 deacons, and 31 women religious who all together have given over 3300 years of love and service to God's people with their daily "yes" to God's call to their chosen vocations.

"This wasn't giving up a normal life, but God had created me in a special way. I wanted to love every person as if they were my own child. And then I was like, 'wait, that's a priest'." - Seminarian Andrew Rudmann takes us through the Day in the Life of a Seminarian and shares how he has experienced God's call to the priesthood in his life.

The current Louisiana State budget being debated on the House floor leaves an $8.2 million deficit for nonpublic schools. You can help restore that funding by contacting your Representative.

Think Catholic religious women are a thing of the past? Think again! In our special coverage leading up to World Day of Prayer for Vocations on April 22, one woman's take-away from a meeting of young religious women.

For nearly 50 years, the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church on St. Bernard Ave. remained untouched until several weeks ago, when workers began the interior construction of the six apartments inside the church. Inside a small vault behind the church cornerstone – located to the left of the altar – workers found an 8-inch copper cylinder that served as a time capsule, which was sealed at the time of the church’s dedication. What happened next is a peak inside #NOLACatholic history.

On April 15, the first-ever collegiate chapter of the Knights of Peter Claver was established at New Orleans' own Xavier University of Louisiana.

Clarion Herald Written by Sarah McDonald · April 18, 2018 at 8:31pm · "At my first confession, I said to the priest, ‘We’re going to have to go on a retreat because we’re talking about 50 years of sin.’ The priest worked through it, and at the end of confession – I wasn’t even Catholic yet – he asked me, ‘Have you ever thought about becoming me?’ I thought to myself, ‘What, bald-headed?’ Actually, he was asking if he had ever thought about becoming a priest." In Editor-in-Chief Peter Finney Jr.'s latest column he shares the story of a man whose path to the priesthood wandered but whose faith never failed.

It’s not often that a Catholic parish uses an “old-fashioned tent revival” as a way of moving outside the four walls of its church to evangelize a community, but that’s exactly what St. Raymond-St. Leo the Great Parish has done, with amazing success, for the last seven years.

Each of our lives becomes cluttered with activities, responsibilities and demands. Daily we find ourselves driven by others in our lives. Often we feel we have lost control and are simply the pawns of the “world.” There are two answers: Simplify and prioritize.

There are two things that will immensely tilt the odds in your favor for a marriage that will last until death: 1. Going to church together; and 2. Praying together as a couple.

With an evangelizing spirit forged by their namesake St. Paul, the Daughters of St. Paul use whatever communication means possible to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ worldwide, and for 50 years they have witnessed with that evangelizing spirit in New Orleans.

From the roots of the St. Louis Cathedral a thriving local church has grown. This tree showcases the church parishes that have ministered to the people of New Orleans. Some churches have closed, some have merged, but all have left a permanent mark on the souls who walked through their doors.