In 1976 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, New Orleanians in large numbers line up on Baronne Street to have ashes applied to their foreheads. Ash Wednesday in 1977 in New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS – Immaculate Conception Church, 130 Baronne St., will celebrate the 150th anniversary of its first mass on Aug. 15. The day is also the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin ...

The first thing one notices upon entering the Church of the Immaculate Conception in downtown New Orleans is the smell of gasoline. Instead of being overwhelmed by the church’s impressive ...

This week marks the 85th anniversary of the rededication of one of the most beautiful Catholic churches in downtown New Orleans — Immaculate Conception Jesuit Church, more commonly known as ...

Meg Gatto embraces her father before she marries Travers Mackel at Immaculate Conception Church, May 25, 2018, New Orleans. Rev. Kevin Wildes, S.J. and Fletcher Mackel look on. (Photo: Grace ...

Because the first Archbishop of New York witnessed the public definition 76 years ago of the Roman Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, the present Archbishop of New York last week ...