Our first installment of the partnership with the New Orleans 100 for 2018

The Memorial Service for the Unborn and Blessing of the Holy Innocents Prayer Garden is Monday, January 22 at 12 noon. All are welcome.

To directly address the harms of pornography and to provide resources to support and protect individuals, marriages and families in overcoming pornography and making their homes safe, I am asking all parishes to celebrate, for the first time, “Safe Haven Sunday” beginning with the first Sunday of Lent (Feb. 17-18).

Due to the expected winter weather, the following decisions regarding archdiocesan activities and schools have been made.

A Statement from Archbishop Aymond

“He was the kindest man I’ve ever met,” said Ron Yager, president and general manager of WLAE. “He was always just a great encourager and always very positive. Anything you needed – if he could do it for you, he would do it. He was definitely meant to be a priest because he was called to serve others. All he ever wanted to do was be a priest.”

Clarion Herald editor-in-chief Peter Finney, Jr. goes behind the scenes of the "monumental journey" that brought the new St. Pope John Paul II statue to its new home in New Orleans.

Archbishop Aymond shares his thoughts as the City of New Orleans begins its Tricentennial Celebrations.

As the city celebrates its Tricentennial, the Church celebrates 300 years of Catholicism in New Orleans with a journey down the road to Sainthood. Join Archbishop–emeritus Alfred Hughes as he shares the stories of holy men and women whose ministry in New Orleans over the centuries impacts us still today on Tuesday, January 16 at 6:30 to learn more New Orleans' own "Ordinary People" with "Extraordinary Gifts".

A tradition dating to the Jan. 8, 1815 Battle of New Orleans will be held for the 103rd time when the annual Mass is celebrated on the solemnity of Our Lady of Prompt Succor – Jan. 8 at 4 p.m. – at the National Votive Shrine of Our Lady of Prompt Succor, 2701 State St., New Orleans.oi

National Migration Week 2018 will take place January 7-13th. This year's theme is "Many Journeys, One Family." The theme coincides with the Caritas Internationalis migration campaign entitled "Share the Journey. . . ". National Migration Week provides an opportunity to raise awareness about the contributions of migrants, including refugees, and victims of human trafficking in our communities.

F.I.S.H. (Families Inviting Seminarians Home) began in 2011 as an idea of the St. Peter Parish’s vocation committee, said program coordinator Christi Burns, whose husband Daniel is the seminary’s academic dean.