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"Cooler heads and warmer hearts need to prevail. And to help insure that, we need to pray hard for peace, and pressure our leaders to move away from war..." - Tony Magliano, Making A Difference

The 49th Bridge City Gumbo Festival resumes Oct. 14-16 on the grounds of Holy Guardian Angels Mission Church.

Alexandria Bishop Robert Marshall, a former attorney, told judges and attorneys at the annual Red Mass Oct. 3 that they can help reclaim civility through kindness.

" ... dutiful parents must ask themselves, what is worth celebrating?" - Phillip Garside, NOLA Catholic Parenting

The colors of fall are a reminder of two important truths: it’s never too late to begin again, and change comes in cycles.

Kazakhstan – home to 150 ethnic groups and more than 80 languages – has a “vocation of being a country of encounter, of culture, of language,” the pope said.

The St. Louis IX Art Society has only just begun its second year of programming but has accomplished so much. All are invited to the society’s first gala-fundraiser, set for Nov.3.

Cardinal Peter Turkson told a local symposium that CEOs and business leaders are “co-creators” with God and have a special “vocation” in ensuring the common good.

Events in the Archdiocese of New Orleans during October 2022. Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org. Next issue: October 15, 2022.

St. Francis of Assisi’s respect for all of God’s creation was celebrated today at his namesake New Orleans parish.

St. Peter Parish in Covington is dedicated to blurring the lines that sometimes separate "school” and “parish” life. Today, more than 1,500 faithful of all ages, educational backgrounds and ministries came together for a campus wide eucharistic procession.

Even with three forfeits due to an ineligibility issue, Edna Karris is the unquestioned powerhouse in Select Division I; DLS running back P.J. Martin shines.

For years before she met her future husband, Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson was a regular lector at St. Louis Cathedral. She still is – and she explains why.

Dirk J. Wild, a parishioner of St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Metairie, has been named the new chief financial officer of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Pensacola-Tallahassee Bishop William Wack, the ninth of 10 children, learned so much from his dad. But he didn't realize his dad learned so much from God while on his knees.

Author and 36-year education veteran Kim Bearden offered some communication tips to school administrators from the Archdiocese of New Orleans at their recent conference in Biloxi.

Faith and a giving community-spirit define St. Joan of Arc Parish over the past three-quarters of a century in LaPlace