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Adrian Jackson, director of the CYO/Youth and Young Adult Ministry for the Archdiocese of New Orleans, said he hopes the 51st March for Life Pilgrimage, scheduled for Jan. 24, 2025, will inspire Catholic youth from New Orleans to become voices for the voiceless.

Holy Cross senior Tristan Caffery writes about his experience visiting several Nazi death camps on a haunting trip to Europe during Thanksgiving break.

Advent is the time of year when Catholics anticipate and celebrate the coming of Jesus Christ. On Dec. 2 – the day after the First Sunday of Advent – all students at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School in Kenner began their traditional Living Advent Wreath.

As one of the few elementary schools in the archdiocese that showcase a hand bell choir, St. Edward School in Metairie has been ringing bells to make music since 2021.

For many years St. Christopher School in Metairie has participated in Cross Catholic Outreach’s “Box of Joy” program to send Christmas gifts to children in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Grenada, Honduras and Malawi.

Cuando celebramos el nacimiento del Señor Jesús, tengan la seguridad de que los recuerdo como el pueblo de Dios en la Arquidiócesis de Nueva Orleáns en mis oraciones, y de manera especial, en las Misas de Navidad en la Catedral de San Luis.

The Council of Catholic School Cooperative Clubs sponsors the Keep Christ in Christmas poster, essay and poetry contest. The Department of Catholic Education and Faith Formation selects winners in three divisions: grades 3-5, 6-8 and 9-12.

St. Matthew the Apostle parent Kelly Danton considered starting a Girl Scouts troop in River Ridge for her daughter who was beginning kindergarten this school year, but since she also has an older daughter, she wanted a group where they could participate together.

The New Orleans Keep Christ in Christmas Committee has placed 59 billboards throughout the Archdiocese of New Orleans.

Queridos hermanos: Con este cuarto Domingo de Adviento, estamos ya a las puertas de la Navidad, y las lecturas nos invitan a profundizar en el misterio de la encarnación de Cristo.

The wonderful season of Christmas is approaching, and it is very easy to get overwhelmed with all of the Christmas decorations, relatives coming for the holidays, buying presents for friends and family and many other things that can distract us and steal the peace from our hearts.

In honor of my dad, who wrote his whimsical New Year’s Eve column for The States-Item and The Times-Picayune beginning in the 1960s, here’s a sneak peek at the next 12 months in sports.

In New Orleans, when we start to make gumbo, first we “make a roux.” In managing marital finances, first we “make a budget.”

"What are some of the things you wish you had known when you got married?” someone asked us several years ago.

At one point in the Scriptures, Christ turns to his apostles asking: “What are you looking for?” That is a question each of us should ask when we feel we are ready for marriage.