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The Clarion Herald's 2021 "Back to School I" supplement lists new administrators of elementary and high schools in the Archdiocese of New Orleans for the 2021-2022 school year.

Meet Archdiocese of New Orleans Catholic school students Anthony Amadeo, Hartley Faucheux and Kathleen Rush, all finalists, in their respective grade divisions, in the 2021 Louisiana Student of the Year competition.

The Saints' 2021 season is coming soon and Ed Daniels talks to a veteran quarterback watcher to give his take on the future QB position.

Diamond Flowers, a senior at Cabrini High School, shares her experience participating in FaithActs, a program of Loyola University New Orleans which helps students become leaders in the field of environmental science and its connection with faith.

Former Jesuit High student and teacher Danny Fitzpatrick has finished a new translation of Dante Alighieri's epic poem, "The Divine Comedy," about humanity's search for God.

Recent Mount Carmel Academy graduate Ivana Taliancich discusses how Teens Encounter Christ (TEC) retreats helped her encounter Christ through a peer community.

Humanitarian focus: “Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe,” according to the International Rescue Committee. Catholic Relief Services reports, “Conflict and a lack of aid (leaves) 80 percent of the population in need of assistance, including 2 million children suffering from acute malnutrition."

Catholic wife and mother Michelle Macicek knows that God is working in the life of her family, even though she may not immediately see it.

Young men gain knowledge in STEM subjects as well as gain exposure to leadership skills at St. Aug's Gifted Academy. The academy just received a $700,000 grant to expand the program throughout the school year.

St. Louis King of France Church hosts the statue today (Saturday, July 24); the statue’s final local stop will be at St. Dominic Church tomorrow (Sunday, July 25). All are welcome.

Christian Brother Laurence Konersmann has been an active teacher at Christian Brothers School since 1967. He recently semir-retired, and the school in City Park recently named its science lab, The Brother Laurence Konersmann Science Lab, in his honor.

Please send event announcements two weeks before each issue to [email protected]. Next issue date is August 7, 2021.

The St. Louis IX Art Society, a new archdiocesan organization, has been formed to celebrate the majesty of Catholic art – and the gifts of those who create it.

According to Skip Chatelain, the assignment secretary for the Greater New Orleans Football Officials Association, neither Ecole Classique nor Ridgewood Prep have submitted football schedules for the 2021 season. In addition, the Louisiana High School Athletic Association has neither school listed in its 2021 master schedule.

School-supply giveaways: July 24 - 10 a.m. to noon - Hispanic Apostolate, 2525 Maine Ave., Metairie July 31 - 8 a.m. to noon - Xavier University Center, corner Dixon and Broadway Sts., New Orleans.

Aline Harbison, the new director of the Archdiocese of New Orleans Retreat Center in Metairie, brings much experience to the center as a retreat goer and giver.

Lisa Tanet and Eddie Kleyle have teamed up at St. Jude Community Center to provide nutritious hot meals for homeless men and women at the city of New Orleans’ Low Barrier Shelter.

NOLA Catholic Parenting columnist Gina Sternfels talks about the unexpected pleasure of going on a family vacation with her child on the autism spectrum.

Our Lady of the Lake’s decision to place pictures of “missing” parishioners in the pews during the pandemic  became an Emmy-award winning piece for WGNO.

What happens when the bathroom scale continues to lie? Either capitulate to its soulless mocking or commit to fighting back. Clarion Herald editor Peter Finney Jr. chose to fight the good fight.