On Good Friday, April 2, churches across the archdiocese will pray the Divine Mercy Novena, concluding on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 11. Jesus promised St. Faustina that special graces of mercy for the forgiveness of sin and remittance of temporal punishment for sin would be given to those who offered these prayers with complete trust and in reconciliation for their sins.

Loyola University New Orleans professor Jason Mingledorff is part of the New Orleans Nightcrawlers Jazz band. He learned on March 14 that the band won a Grammy for its recent album of "roots music" called "Atmosphere."

The archdiocese will welcome more than 250 men, women and children into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil on April 3 in their respective parishes.

The increase in the vaccination rate has led to life-changing moments for seniors living in archdiocesan-run facilities. They now get real hugs from loved ones!

Long-time St. Bernard Parish Clerk of Court, Lena Torres, dies at age 100.

The Catholic Foundation's Women's Giving Circle members work to strengthen local nonprofits with faith-based missions.

Sixty-eight altar servers from across the Archdiocese of New Orleans received the Altar Server of the Year Award from Archbishop Gregory Aymond.

Mark Williams, a member of Ascension of Our Lord Parish in LaPlace, has underwritten the distribution of 30,000 copies of Matthew Kelly’s book, "I Heard God Laugh."

This year, 250 laypersons from across the Archdiocese of New Orleans received the Order of St. Louis IX Medallion in recognition of their contributions to the local church.

In his March column for Kids’ Clarion, Archbishop Gregory Aymond encourages the Young Church to take part in the special observances and liturgies available to all Catholics during Holy Week.

Today is the feast day of St. Dismas, the repentant man who died beside Jesus.

The Catholic bishops of Louisiana have urged the U.S. Senate to oppose the "Equality Act."

Father Joseph Palermo provides his insights into the sacrament of marriage in this Kids’ Clarion Q&A.

Hundreds of New Orleans Catholics make the traditional Good Friday Walk to nine churches, reflecting on the passion and death of Christ. Check out this Clarion Herald map for your pilgrimage.

Kids’ Clarion devoted a recent saintly spotlight to St. Joseph. Local stained-glass images of the saint depict events in his life not fully detailed in Scripture.

A painting of Christ hidden away for decades inside St. Roch Chapel comes back to life.

The Catholic Community Foundation will host a virtual workshop, “It’s Not Your Money, Finding the Peace of Putting God First,” March 24 from 7 to 8:15 p.m.

For the first time, Catholics will have the opportunity at all Masses March 20-21 to contribute directly to educating and forming the nearly three dozen men studying for the priesthood for the local church.

The new Irish Catholic immigrants who came to New Orleans in the 1800s wanted a church where God did not speak "only" in French, as at St. Louis Cathedral. The result was St. Patrick Church on Camp Street.

Events through April 2 (Lent through Easter) Submissions for future issues due two weeks in advance. (Next issue date is April 3 - includes April 3-16 events.)