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Norbert Labit is 88 and has volunteered his woodworking skills to St. Bonaventure Parish in Avondale for the last 60 years. And he wouldn't have it any other way.

Johnny Young's life, as he knew it, was over because of drug addiction. Little did he realize in 2009 that a Catholic community centered on prayer, work and friendship would resurrect his life.

When Drew Brees led the New Orleans Saints to victory in Super Bowl XLIV in February 2010, Clarion Herald editor Peter Finney Jr. was in Sun Life Stadium. It was a memory of a lifetime. Here is his column from Feb. 7, 2010.

Leon Drew, an usher for more than 40 years at St. Angela Merici Church in Metairie, worked as an insurance claims investigator. He relied on his Catholic faith to always seek the truth.

The church's dedicated employees who serve in parishes, schools and ministries were well within their rights to receive federal payroll protection.

NOPD Reserve Sergeant Joe Delery has been welcoming people at the doors of St. Rita Church in New Orleans for many years, but he never realized he might one day be going face to face with a Saint.

Patti and Al Mansfield have served for nearly 50 years as the leaders of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. Now, they are passing on the Spirit to Deacon Larry Oney and his wife Andi.

St. Ignatius wrote his Spiritual Exercises nearly 500 years ago, but his wisdom about living an examined life provide great insight when making New Year's resolutions.

Clarion Herald editor Peter Finney Jr. pulls out his hairline-cracked crystal ball to predict what will happen in the world of sports in 2021

It's amazing what wonders and hidden treasures can be unearthed during a move, as Clarion Herald editor Peter Finney Jr. discovered.

Marianite Sister Judy Gomila talks about using Advent as an opportunity to empty ourselves to relieve the gift of Christ.

One thing we all know is that, as a nation, we can do better in how we govern ourselves and teach our children and grandchildren to behave.

2020 has been a difficult year, and even more so for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. The removal of two pastors from ministry is a wakeup call to personal holiness.

For the last 53 years, John Perkins has led the music ministry at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Slidell. What many don't know is that he was a Canadian singing sensation and lead voice of The Crew-Cuts, who made "Sh-Boom" a worldwide No. 1 hit in the 1950s.

As a "warehouse specialist" for Second Harvest Food Bank, Anthony Clemons has a job delivering and organizing food for the needy. During natural disasters – such as Hurricane Laura – his job becomes a ministry.

When Hurricane Laura devastated southwest Louisiana, eight priests bolted into action to aid their ninth “brother” – Father Jeffrey Starkovich of St. Pius X Church in Ragley, just north of Lake Charles.

He was 5 years old when he saw his mother sexually assaulted. He spent five years in Texas prisons for gang-related activities. And, now, Dr. Christian Bolden, a criminology professor at Loyola University New Orleans for the last 12 years, is using his redeemed life to help others.

At his core, De La Salle High school president Paul Kelly is a basketball coach who knows the value of straight talk with his players...

The death of Michael Hickson, a 46-year-old quadriplegic, inside an Austin, Texas, hospice last month pricked the conscience of Charlie Camosy.

St. Augustine High School received a $1.5 million windfall, electronically wired to the school from a foundation established by the co-founder of Twitter, with virtually no paperwork involved.