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The current deficit for these two programs after the House's passage of HB 1 continues to be a staggering: $8,208,224. Therefore, we ask that you urge members of the Senate Finance committee to restore our full funding when they consider HB 1.

The fifth annual, 24-hour charitable giving day, known as GiveNOLA Day, will be held this year from 12:01 a.m. through 11:59 p.m. on May 1. (Early online giving will begin on April 24 on givenola.org.)

Some of Ronnie Osmer’s earliest memories are of watching his father race cars on weekends at a dirt track in Mississippi. By the age of 12 he was driving competitively, and now, he is the subject of a new children's book series published by a family from St. Margaret Mary Parish in Slidell.

A group of #NOLACatholic “bikers” are recruiting men to be modern day Knights!

In two different languages, the Catholic press has been serving the #NOLACatholic population for over 175 years.

From darkness to light! The incredible story of one boy's Baptism amidst candles and cell phone flashlights.

Prayer doesn't have to be complicated and formal. God is always there and listening, seeking to speak to us in even the simplest of ways when we reach out to him!

Archbishop Aymond recaps his recent trip to the Vatican

With the bright, colorful patterns of Lily Pulitzer for inspiration, St. Dominic School students created a show-stopping installation for New Orleans Museum of Art's "Art in Bloom"

Yesterday, the priests and religious men and women celebrating special jubilee anniversaries were honored at the Annual Jubilarian Mass, hosted each year on Good Shepherd Sunday. Two honorees, Fr. Lance Campo and Sr. Suzanne Brauer were invited to share personal reflections on their chosen vocation. Click through to listen to their inspiring stories and special thanks to Fr. Peter Finney at St Rita New Orleans for making this available to us!

When a large vase in St. Angela Merici’s gym began filling up with jelly beans, school principal Paige Bennett occasionally had to remind visitors to refrain from eating the candies. The jelly beans – each one dropped into the vase by a St. Angela student to signify that he or she had prayed a decade of the rosary – were a colorful reminder of the youngsters’ growing Lenten prayerfulness.

The cope of St. Jean Vianney (1786-1859), the patron saint of diocesan priests, has been kept in the archives of the Sisters of Mount Carmel since 1878, when Sister Aimee de Jesus Jugnet obtained it as a gift from Father Tocanier, who succeeded St. Jean as pastor. Archbishop Aymond hopes to make the cope available for viewing at NOtre Dame Seminary in the future.

This weekend, in addition to being designated World Day of Prayer for Vocations is Good Shepherd Sunday. As in years past, the #NOLACatholic community will come together to support our beloved retired priests with the annual Priest Retirement Collection. As we pray for vocations to the priesthood, religious life, and permanent diaconate let us remember in prayer those who have given of themselves with a daily "yes" for decades and let us give generously to support and care for them in their retirement.

The “Code Noir” – or Black Code – of 1724 outlined policies and practices for governing and relations between the enslaved and the colonists in Louisiana.

On Sunday, Archbishop Aymond will celebrate the Annual Jubilarian Mass honoring 27 priests, 11 deacons, and 31 women religious who all together have given over 3300 years of love and service to God's people with their daily "yes" to God's call to their chosen vocations.

"This wasn't giving up a normal life, but God had created me in a special way. I wanted to love every person as if they were my own child. And then I was like, 'wait, that's a priest'." - Seminarian Andrew Rudmann takes us through the Day in the Life of a Seminarian and shares how he has experienced God's call to the priesthood in his life.

The current Louisiana State budget being debated on the House floor leaves an $8.2 million deficit for nonpublic schools. You can help restore that funding by contacting your Representative.

Think Catholic religious women are a thing of the past? Think again! In our special coverage leading up to World Day of Prayer for Vocations on April 22, one woman's take-away from a meeting of young religious women.

For nearly 50 years, the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church on St. Bernard Ave. remained untouched until several weeks ago, when workers began the interior construction of the six apartments inside the church. Inside a small vault behind the church cornerstone – located to the left of the altar – workers found an 8-inch copper cylinder that served as a time capsule, which was sealed at the time of the church’s dedication. What happened next is a peak inside #NOLACatholic history.