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The Daughters of St. Paul Choir will bring its 90-minute Christmas concert Dec. 20 at 6 p.m. to Jesuit High School's Auditorium in New Orleans. It's a fundraiser for the nuns.

The Maronite Catholic community, one of 24 rites of the Catholic Church, has been celebrating its liturgies monthly on Sundays at St. Joseph Church on Tulane Avenue in New Orleans. Maronite Catholic liturgies also are celebrated in Covington, Baton Rouge and in Lafayette.

Deacon Phil McManamon gives a three-day mission Dec. 5-7, 6-8 p.m.

Dr. Xavier A. Cole was inaugurated Nov. 10 as 18th president of Loyola University New Orleans.

A new women's group at St. Angela Merici, “Women on Fire,” offers eight weeks of spiritual nourishment in the spring and fall.

The Spirit of '76 chapter of the National society Daughters of the American Revolution recently dedicated a plaque in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 honor of the contributions of the 265 Louisiana patriots who fought in the Revolutionary War under Gen. Bernardo de Galvez. Many are buried in this New Orleans cemetery just outside of the French Quarter.

La Cadena de los Amigos (The Chain of Friends) held a food-packing event at St. Gabriel Catholic Church in New Orleans.

Student Council president Ella Spiers introduces Saints owner Gayle Benson at a recent talk at Mount Carmel Academy. Mount Carmel Sister Camille Anne Campbell, the school’s president, is seated at right. - Photo Courtesy Mount Carmel Academy

Jesuit Father Brian Strassburger looks at the cluster of tents in Mexico serving as temporary shelter for people from foreign countries awaiting entrance to the United States at the Texas border. He recently celebrated Mass there. Photo | COURTESY TOM COSTANZA

Hope is nurtured by prayer and the concrete choices one makes every day.

There are no mere coincidences in life; instead, there are moments when heaven and earth meet ... such as Marino's relationship to Suzanne Pfefferle Tafur.

"This Thanksgiving, I’m trying to be just as thankful for the small moments as my children are." - Dr. Heather Bozant Witcher

Sports writer Ron Brocato has selected the Clarion Herald's elite volleyball players for 2023.

November 26, 2023 Lectionary: 154 Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17 Psalm 23: 1-3 5-6 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28 Matthew 25:31-46

The first people who need to be evangelized are Christians themselves, Pope Francis said.

Daughters of St. Paul Sister Anne Flanagan writes a new book on the Nine First Fridays devotion called "Come to Me: Living the Nine First Fridays."

The Saints need consistency, per head coach Dennis Allen. Easier said than done.

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