Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, At Holy Mass on Ash Wednesday, we heard Saint Paul in the second reading implore us: “Be reconciled to God” (Reconciliamini Deo, 2 Cor 5:20). I chose those words ...

When Tony Ricard was a mostly frightened incoming freshman at St. Augustine High School in 1978, he didn’t know what to expect as he walked through the doors of the city’s premier Catholic high school ...

NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist Gina Sternfels writes about God working in her heart and calling her to awareness.

They added that the crisis of solidarity in our world demands more attention, more action and more generosity from Catholics. “Christ is calling us to do more. In a sense, our parishes need to be more ...

Home Southshore celebration on Sunday, Feb. 22 at St. Dominic Church, New Orleans and Northshore celebration on Monday, Feb. 23 at Most Holy Trinity Church, Covington ...

Ash Wednesday dates back to the 11th century. Yet the tradition of receiving ashes has even earlier roots to the ancient Hebrew custom of clothing oneself in sackcloth and dusting oneself with ashes ...

"There is no more appropriate way to begin my first Clarion Herald column as your new archbishop than with these words of ...

NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist Stacy LaMorte is grateful for the patience God provides and the calmness it brings to raising her children.

NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist Charla Misse found a new Mardi Gras tradition she shared with her family this year.

The blessing and imposition of ashes takes place only on Ash Wednesday, ordinarily during the celebration of the Eucharist. If the Eucharist is not celebrated, the blessing and distribution is to take ...

With dust-like ashes crossed upon our foreheads, each one of us is firmly presented with Ash Wednesday’s wake-up call that our mortal body, this earthly life, is passing away – sooner than we realize ...