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10 tips for year-end giving from The Catholic Foundation

Published on Tuesday, 09 December 2014 12:41 |

Written by Josephine Early & Robert Menard |

Now is the season we give thanks to God for all he has done for us this past year and throughout our lives. It is also a good time to begin considering how we might give back some of our wealth or assets to him through his church with special, year-end gifts of cash or appreciated assets such as shares of stock.

Jesuit well-prepared to handle Curtis on 'O' and 'D'

Published on Tuesday, 09 December 2014 12:29 |

Written by Ron Brocato |

For the greater part of 39 years, John Curtis High School has enjoyed success on the football field with an antiquated, yet effective, offense.

Few opponents have been able to stop the Patriots’ triple option, as head coach J.T. Curtis’ 540 victories will attest.

Archdiocese to sell Our Lady of Lourdes Church, N.O.

Published on Tuesday, 09 December 2014 12:17 |

Written by Peter Finney Jr. |

The former Our Lady of Lourdes Church and rectory on Napoleon Avenue in New Orleans, closed since Hurricane Katrina, will be offered for sale in the near future, Archbishop Gregory Aymond said Dec. 5 after meeting with the archdiocesan Presbyteral Council.

'The Foley Farm': Miracle of the loaves and fishes

Published on Tuesday, 09 December 2014 12:06 |

Written by Peter Finney Jr. |

For Jane and Ivan Foley, the old St. Rita convent in New Orleans was a steal in 1963 when they bought it from the parish for $25,000. With 18 rooms – nine upstairs and nine downstairs – it was a perfect nest for an Archbishop Sheen-style Catholic family of 15, with 13 children (eight boys and five girls) ranging in age from newborn to 17.

Keeping CHRIST in Christmas

Published on Tuesday, 09 December 2014 15:48 |

Written by Clarion Staff |

Archbishop Gregory Aymond stands next to the “Keep Christ in Christmas” banner posted on the front lawn of his residence at South Carrollton and Walmsley avenues in New Orleans.

Ursulines’ 1736 songbook reproduced by HNOC

Published on Thursday, 04 December 2014 21:31 |

Written by Beth Donze |

Singing at Mass surely must have nourished the Catholic faith of the Ursuline nuns who came to New Orleans in 1727 as missionary educators of girls in French Louisiana.