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"Please consider having your family come to church together for Confession on Wednesday, September 17." - Archbishop Aymond

Slowly, I learned to express my needs, adjust my expectations and give my family opportunities to love me, too.

Jesus teaches us that it is better to take the low place and expect no reward than to expect or demand that we receive praise as if God didn’t have anything to do with our accomplishments.

A settlement has been reached between the Archdiocese of New Orleans, the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, certain insurance companies, and, for the first time, attorneys representing certain abuse survivors.

September 8 is Mary's birthday! How will you celebrate?

We're excited to share the first edition of our digital Kids' Clarion with you! We've got some exciting plans and some new interactive features to make learning about and sharing our Catholic faith fun! In Catholic education, our first priority is forming young men and women into life long disciples, and we hope the new "Kids" helps bring young people to Christ!

After 15 years as director of the Archdiocesan Spirituality Center, Dominican Sister of Peace Dorothy Trosclair, Sister Dot as she is known, is handing the reigns of the Center over to Karen Tobin as she moves into a new phase of religious life: retirement.

“September is food insecurity month, and it is real, and getting worse in our state,” said Jon Toups, Second Harvest president and CEO. “The situation in our state is more dire than people realize.”

The social media post asked parents and parishioners to pick a teacher and pray diligently for 30 straight days starting with the first day of school on Aug. 6. But much like a secret Santa, the person praying does not let the teacher know that they are praying for them individually. Participants were asked to “have faith that God would move in the teacher’s lives.”

The common theme of the Interfaith Prayer Service in Remembrance of the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina was perseverance in faith for individuals and our communities.

NOLA Catholic Parenting columnist reflects on lessons learned from Katrina and how God carried her and her family through the experience.