New Orleans Catholic newspaper moves into historic former convent

Published: 2005-12-06

NEW ORLEANS (CNS) -- The Clarion Herald, newspaper of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, has relocated from its temporary offices in the Baton Rouge Diocese to the Old Ursuline Convent in New Orleans' French Quarter, the oldest existing building in the Mississippi River Valley. The convent, which for decades has housed the archives of the New Orleans Archdiocese, was completed in 1752 and is the oldest surviving example of the French colonial period in the United States. The Clarion Herald's second-floor office overlooks a well-manicured formal garden facing the Mississippi River. Since Hurricane Katrina hit Aug. 29, the Clarion Herald has printed nine issues, including eight from its Baton Rouge offices in the Catholic Life Center. Because of insurmountable delays in mail delivery in the New Orleans area, the Clarion Herald's 10-member staff has personally delivered 45,000 copies of each issue to churches up and running in the Archdiocese of New Orleans -- about 90 parishes -- as well as to some in the Louisiana dioceses of Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Houma-Thibodaux.

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