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St. Augustine High School held a ribbon cutting Oct. 17 to celebrate the completion of the Rigaud Health and Wellness Center, built in 14 months, to replace the gym that fell victim to a fire that engulfed the building on Nov. 25, 2021.

The death of local sportscaster Ed Daniels had a profound effect on the Allstate Sugar Bowl National Prep Basketball Classic, which was scheduled to be played at the multi-court Alario Center on Jan. 2-4, 2025.

Over the decades of my career as a sports writer, I’ve seen enough fantastical occurrences to write another book.

Meeting the pope is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I highly encourage anyone to seize the moment when presented with the chance. It is a transformational experience I will never forget.

When one of St. Margaret Mary Men’s Club Disaster Response Team’s leaders, Slidell City Councilman Bill Borchert, heard about the devastation that Hurricane Helene brought to North Carolina, he decided to go outside the team’s “comfort zone” to bring relief.

When All Saints Church’s Soulful Voices choir director Christopher Jackson was asked to represent Louisiana at the Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) Gospel Extravaganza in Washington, D.C., he was nothing short of “mind-blown.”

Priests of the Archdiocese of New Orleans gathered at the Cenacle on the Lake Oct. 17 for a workshop on how to use social media safely and effectively in their parishes.

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For the second consecutive year, approximately 100 religious women and men of the Archdiocese of New Orleans held a “Meet and Greet” celebration following the Oct. 20 evening Mass at Holy Name of Jesus Church.

One of the many blessings of my work as editor of a Catholic newspaper is to travel occasionally with members of the Archdiocese of New Orleans on pilgrimages to seminal Catholic sites across the world.

Archbishop Gregory Aymond will be the principal celebrant of the All Saints’ Day Mass Nov. 1 at 11 a.m. at Our Lady of the Rosary Church, 3368 Esplanade Ave., New Orleans, followed by blessing of the graves across the street at St. Louis Cemetery No. 3, 3421 Esplanade Ave.

On Nov. 1 each year, we celebrate the Feast of All Saints. While it is true that each saint has a day designated to him or her, the Church asks us on Nov. 1 to remember all the saints and to ask for their prayers for us.

Ever since Hurricane Ida in 2021, when historic St. Augustine Church in Treme had its roof ripped off and its 1840s-era crucifix bent at half-staff, parishioners and visitors have worshiped in a tiny parish hall, adjacent to the church, which seats 130 people.

Queridos hermanos: Hoy, las lecturas que hemos escuchado nos llevan a reflexionar profundamente sobre nuestra relación con Dios y con los bienes de este mundo.

Mientras nos preparamos para celebrar el Domingo Mundial de las Misiones el 20 de octubre, reflexiono sobre la rica historia del trabajo misionero dentro de nuestra Iglesia y, cómo continúa moldeándonos hoy.

"When Jesus heard this, he was amazed.” “Amazed” is not a word I easily associate with Jesus.

Spooky season is upon us, and my children are over the moon. Each morning as we make our way to school, their faces are seemingly glued to the windows, monitoring the neighborhood for new decorations.

Jesuit High School recently announced that its Class of 2025 garnered 27 National Merit semifinalists, along with 12 Commended scholars, the highest number of qualifying students of any school in Louisiana for this year’s program.

Although the memory is 22 years old, I vividly remember as though it happened yesterday: While walking up the Kirsch-Rooney Stadium bleacher stairs toward the pressbox for a baseball game, I passed Milton Retif, a graduate and supporter of Jesuit’s prep and American Legion teams.