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Using “peaceful conflict resolution, skillful communication, constructive discipline and leadership development” through a Christian lens, Isaiah 43 has built community.

The Racial Harmony Commission and the Office of Black Catholic Ministries of the Archdiocese of New Orleans will meet July 7 with Auxiliary Bishop Fernand Cheri to forge a local Catholic response to racial tension.

We need to show we care. Please wash your hands. Please wear a mask. Please save a life.

As the global pandemic rages on, it's comforting to know that some things never change – like the summer honey harvest at St. Joseph Abbey in St. Benedict, Louisiana.

In a 5-4 decision today, the Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals could not stand.

Twice in less than 24 hours, thieves broke into St. Francis of Assisi Church on State Street and got away with a trove of sacred vessels. Father Michael Schneller is praying for the thieve's repentance; some of his parishioners aren't there yet.

The Office of Catholic Schools plans for all Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of New Orleans to open as scheduled for the 2020-21 school year and to operate in a brick-and-mortar school setting. However, schools must also take into consideration reopening guidelines issued by civil authorities.

Before he became known as “Mr. Mardi Gras,” float maker Blaine Kern was a slightly distracted kid sitting at a desk at Holy Name of Mary Elementary School in Algiers...

In the Gospel of Matthew, there is a scene where the Pharisees and Sadducees, in their desire to test Jesus, ask him to show them a sign.

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman’s Special Reserve Deputy Unit (SRDU) has played a central role in cleaning and sanitizing...

Benedictine Father Michael Jung, a monk of St. Joseph Abbey, died May 29th. He was 84 years old and had served for 63 years in religious life. 

This year’s Women’s Day of Refreshment, sponsored by the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of New Orleans (CCRNO), is actually a 45-minute social media presentation June 27 beginning at 10 a.m.

I am a child of the ‘50s, born into an integrating New Orleans during the Civil Rights movement, coming of age during the era of the Vietnam War, Muhammad Ali and Martin Luther King.

Today’s readings call attention to the issue of speaking unwelcome truths.

Through art, St. Mary’s Dominican High School students in teacher Angelle Caffery’s Art I, Art III and Art II honors classes expressed their personal experiences of living in isolation during a pandemic. 

The world changed in March – and one group uniquely affected was the high school graduating Class of 2020.

St. Augustine High School received a $1.5 million windfall from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s #StartSmall initiative, the largest single gift ever made to St. Augustine in its 69-year history.

“Physics is all around us,” says Basil S. Davis, a physics professor at Xavier University of Louisiana.

The world changed in March – and one group uniquely affected was the high school graduating Class of 2020.

Nine stadiums will open their gates to American Legion baseball for an eight- to 10-game season over a 19-day period, beginning June 20.