News - June 2021 RSS Feed

Dominican Friar Manuel Solorzano's homily for 4th of July weekend Masses.

Altar server at St. Michael the Archangel Mission Church is special to many.

Saints season 2021 is gearing up. Ed Daniels takes a look back, forward, and gives his take.

Four Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province, including New Orleans native James R. Page, were ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Gregory Aymond June 12.

NOLA Catholic Parenting's Sarah McDonald shares the importance of living our faith, persevering to rise above life's many challenges, and thereby setting good examples of the path toward constant growth for our children.

2021 World Refugee Day (June 20) gave pause to columnist Tony Magliano in examining the plight of the displaced, the migrant, the asylum seeker – involving fears of harm and death on long, unfamiliar travels, while experiencing hunger and thirst, and the uncertainty of finding a safe and decent home.

Ron Brocato's historical timeline of all things prep - this time baseball in southeast Louisiana - traces its changes since the 1920s to the 1970s and the creation of State Rally.

Newly ordained Dominican Father James M. Nobles, a New Orleans native, will serve as parochial vicar of St. Peter Church in Memphis, Tennessee.

Shannon and Evans Schmidt lost one of their seven children in a boating accident. Now they are honoring their son by making Catholic education possible for at-risk kids.

Susanne Dietzel joins the nonprofit, archdiocesan affiliate Project Lazarus as the new executive director.

Through a collaborative project unveiled today, the 1957-built former Our Lady of Lourdes school building on Napoleon Avenue will be turned into 62 affordable apartments for low-income seniors by early 2023.

The U.S bishops’ recent virtual spring assembly had as its main focus the Eucharist. A full presentation toward drafting a document on the “meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church,” was followed by a lengthy discussion and vote.

Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans' Head Start programs for children 6 weeks to 5 years old has opened registration for the 2021-22 school year.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond offers his summary of the recent USCCB Bishops' conference.

Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to [email protected] issue July 10, 2021

Christian men are the pillars of their families ⎼ and the vocation of fatherhood, whether physical or spiritual, is vitally important today. Press on in the good fight - Happy Father's Day!

Ed Daniels' forthright view of LSU's future is realistically taken - that the new guy has his work cut out for him in following Paul Manieri.

"Gilly gave me one final gift. I am his widow. There is blessedness and comfort in this as it is the final evidence of the love we shared as husband and wife."

"Even now, when most of life has reopened, we – as parents to three under age 2 – remain cautious." Everyone needs to have the good highlighted to encourage positivity.