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Thirty-six years after René-Robert Cavelier de La Salle planted the cross of Christian faith at the mouth of the Mississippi River – claiming the Louisiana Territory for France – New Orleans was born in 1718.
On January 6, 2018, the Clarion Herald, the Catholic newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, will publish a keepsake issue: “River of Faith: 300 Years as a New Orleans Catholic Community.” I consider it our Tricentennial gift to the city!
Read how America’s second-oldest Catholic diocese withstood the challenges of living under three flags to influence and nourish civic culture over three centuries.
– Peter Finney, Jr., Clarion Herald