Our Lady of Lourdes puts the Clarion Herald’s digital archives to the test

By Kim Roberts
Kids' Clarion

After reading the article about the digital archives in the Clarion Herald, Tess Veazey, middle school teacher at Our Lady of Lourdes in Slidell, knew it would be a wonderful research tool to use during a Louisiana history chapter in her sixth-grade social studies class.

Student Camille Rachal researched the fleur-de-lis through the Clarion Herald’s digital archives and wrote in her report:  “The fleur-de-lis has always been a symbol of purity, and, in Christianity, it symbolizes the Immaculate Conception. Did you know that the king of France began to use the fleur-de-lis as a symbol of the kingdom and royal authority? If you know the Saints football team, you know that their logo is the fleur-de-lis. I found it interesting that the fleur-de-lis was also used for bad things. For example, it was tattooed on a runaway slave’s shoulder.”

Student Dyllan Navarre researched the St. Louis Cathedral utilizing the archives and wrote: 

“The St. Louis Cathedral was dedicated to King Louis IX of France, and it is the oldest continuously active Roman Catholic Cathedral in the United States.”  She also created a slideshow with this information.

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