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Events from Oct. 16- Nov. 7, 2021. Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org. Next issue October 30, 2021

Jason Berry was so fascinated by the African-American heritage of jazz funerals in New Orleans that he spent more than a quarter century researching and filming the tradition.

"Every diocese in the world has been asked by Pope Francis to begin a local synod process on Oct. 17. ... continental synod meetings (will be held) from September 2022 through March 2023. Then the synod is expected to take place in Rome in October 2023." - Archbishop Aymond

St. Paul's School and St. Scholastica Academy, two Catholic high schools in Covington, earned the National Blue Ribbon Schools status by the U.S. Department of Education for 2021. It was the second time both schools received the award.

In his homily at the Red Mass Oct. 4 at St. Louis Cathedral, Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron argued strongly for positive law to flow from the moral or natural law.

The admissions schedule for Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of New Orleans is in full swing, despite the hurricane.

Lloyd and Jan Tate have devoted years of their time in Catholic ministry. For their efforts separately and together, they are being honored with the St. Paul II award by the Catholic Community Foundation.

Events from October 2-17, 2021 Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to calendar@clarionherald.org Next issue date is October 16, 2021

Archbishop Shaw High School for boys in Marrero has divided its student body into houses named after saints. The houses do many things together and are lead by seniors who act as mentors.

Claire Gallagher’s Sept. 18 consecration to a life of virginity lived in the world came after a long period of discernment in which she grappled with a very human question: God, who have you created me to be?

In order to provide pastoral care for the people of God in the Archdiocese of New Orleans, Archbishop Aymond has made the following appointments and assignments.

The Missionaries of St. Thérèse, founded by a group of New Orleans women in 1945 to raise funds for domestic and foreign mission work, will mark its 75th anniversary with an Oct. 1 Mass on the feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux and an Oct. 13 luncheon-social.

Students from St. Thérèse, a school that works with students in elementary through high school with learning differences, spent the past few weeks learning on three different campuses while their Metairie home at the former Our Lady of Divine Providence School was being repaired form damage incurred by Hurricane Ida.

Hurricane Ida update and locations of Catholic Charities case management.

Graphic artwork from six MCA students is on display through Sept. 24 at the Fletcher Hall Gallery in Fletcher Hall, room 207, 421 East Lewis St. in Lafayette at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

The Archdiocese of New Orleans teams with The Vigil Project for nights of Eucharistic adoration and music.

Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans is making plans to deploy case managers to the hardest-hit areas of the region to help people navigate the recovery process.

Loyola University New Orleans helps students/teachers connect with new app Nearpeer.

Sr. Suzanne asks young readers: “Can you picture yourself being that child that Jesus put his arms around?”

Annunciation Bogalusa Knights and St. Bernard Church in Breaux Bridge among others help out the River Parishes with food and gas after Hurricane Ida hit the area hard.