The Feast of the Holy Family is a movable feast, meaning it is always celebrated on the Sunday after Christmas. This special feast of the Christmas season honors the Holy Family as a model for all ...

Pictured above: The award recipients gather for a group photo inside St. Paul the Apostle Church in New Orleans on Nov. 4. (Photo by Raquel Derganz Baker) The recipients of the 2023 “Mrs. Sophie Marie ...

As the first Christmas of World War I approached, Pope Benedict XV on Dec. 7, 1914, asked the leaders of all warring governments to agree to an official ceasefire. He begged “that the guns may fall ...

NOLA Catholic Parenting blogger/columnist Phillip Garside discusses the benefits of prayers of supplication pertaining to ...

St. Angela Merici’s pre-schoolers have been known to wake up on a Saturday morning to make their own altars out of cardboard boxes and Legos, form chalices out of clay and place dolls in the “pews” to ...

Growing up in a Catholic household, we always had an Advent Wreath in our home that I remember my mom buying new candles for every year. I didn’t necessarily know the meaning of all of it, but I do ...

The holy gift of God’s will. For in a manger, low and bare, The Savior came to meet us there, Not wrapped in gold, nor crowned in fame, But clothed in love, with a humble name. Nativity and festivity ...

Today we celebrate the Third Sunday of Advent, also known as “Gaudete” Sunday, which means “Rejoice.” It is a special moment within this season of waiting, where we are invited to rejoice because the ...

Faith is a word synonymous with trust and thought to be the action of blindly relying on someone or something. But as Catholics, we know that having perfect faith in God is not always easy. When the ...