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The following information is the most recent available information for church weddings at various parishes in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Contact the parishes to schedule wedding dates and for policies. The churches in the following list are among the ones that have celebrated the most weddings in recent years. It is not a comprehensive list. (504) area code is assumed unless otherwise listed.

The annual Golden Wedding Anniversary celebration of couples married 50 years or longer was celebrated recently at St. Philip Neri Church in Metairie.  The Clarion Herald invited several of the nearly 200 couples celebrating this year to tell us what the secret was to a long marriage.

This Lenten season has been very fruitful for me. One of the opportunities I have taken advantage of is Matthew Kelly’s “Best Lent Ever” video series.

Annually, Warren Montgomery, district attorney for the Louisiana 22nd Judicial District, recognizes high moral character, good citizenship and willingness to be a strong example of a healthy lifestyle among the students of St. Tammany and Washington Parishes.

On May 15, Ascension of Our Lord, Knights of Columbus, Council 9623, awarded Katherine Bergeron with a plaque as the winner of the International Soccer Challenge Competition at her seventh-grade graduation. Katherine placed first in the 13-year-old age group of the local soccer competition, first in the Archdiocesan Soccer Challenge Competition and first at State Soccer Challenge. Her winning totals were deemed best in the world in the 13-year-old age group. 

St. Mary’s Dominican High School juniors earned 34 book awards from 29 universities and colleges in recognition of academic excellence, strong character and commitment to community service. Colleges sending awards to students were: Bates College – Julia Slattery; Brandeis University – Celeste Patron;

St. Mary’s Dominican High School honored spring student athletes with the 2018-2019 Lou Reilly Memorial Awards for continually try to improve their skills and who have listened to their coaches and teammates.  Each recipient was recognized for encouraging those playing while she is not in the game, and, when playing, giving her full effort at each moment.

Approximately 1,400 couples are married each year in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Planning the perfect wedding is a job that calls for prayer and preparation. The archdiocese requires a 6- to 8-month engagement period for couples to reflect prayerfully on their relationship and their readiness for marriage.

A birthday is naturally a time to celebrate the God-given gift of life – the past year, as well as all the years the Almighty has blessed each of us with.

Sometimes newlyweds must look beyond each other and their own little worlds and see the bigger picture. They have so much to offer in the name of our Lord. They’ve taken the first step in committing to get each other to heaven by getting married in the Church. Now it’s time to step up and devote themselves to making the world a better place by touching the lives of others.

As everyone bustled about the house preparing Christmas dinner, I stood at the window looking out on the lawn and at the occasional passing car.

The Catholic Church gives an authentic witness of God’s love for all men and women only when it fosters the grace of unity and communion, Pope Francis said.

When I married my wife nearly 12 years and four kids ago, there was no way I could have been prepared for what God had in store for us. We sought monthly counsel from our pastor years in advance of our wedding. We consistently spoke with married couples (newlyweds as well as older married couples) and went on pre-marriage retreats, all in an effort to have our process from the date of our wedding until God calls one of us home to be perfect.

The names of religious order priests who were serving in the Archdiocese of New Orleans at the time of the allegation and the archdiocese was notified of the allegation. The investigation and final disposition of the allegation was the responsibility of the religious order:

I’m not a sports fan. I’ve never enjoyed going to sporting events, and the only time I’ll willingly sit down to watch something sports-related on television is during the Olympics. (I know, I know – this will have to change when my twin boys arrive.)

One of the rich traditions of the Vietnamese Catholic community is for a priest to serve as a “godfather” or spiritual mentor to a young seminarian or a woman who is discerning a call to the priesthood or religious life.

At age 91, Helena Burrell left this world a better place. She lived this Gospel passage from John 15: “That you love and unselfishly seek the best for one another, just as I have loved you.”

Growing up, I must have been one of the few kids in Jefferson Parish who had never heard of Ray Berni. But, as this former playground basketball coach at Bright Gym in Metairie grew gravely ill and then passed, it was stunning to see the out pouring of love and respect on social media.

There are four events that helped mold the evolution of high school football in New Orleans and Louisiana over the decades. The first occurred in 1929 when the Louisiana High School Athletic Association opened membership to private and parochial schools. It was “no big deal” at the time because the state’s public schools outnumbered the non-publics 30-fold.

Daughters of Charity Health Centers (DCHC) continues to strengthen compassionate and affordable healthcare at its 10 healthcare centers in New Orleans.