By Bonny Van
The Catholic Commentator
Just before the start of a guest speaker assembly Oct. 8 at St. Joseph’s Academy in Baton Rouge, hundreds of students scurried into the Student Activity Center to place their tattered, well-worn copies of a book on top of a table.
Author Laura Schroff poses with SJA students and art teacher Nicole Lane, far right, as the students display their artwork based on her book, “An Invisible Thread.” Photo provided by Mindy Averitt | St. Joseph’s Academy
The book was titled “An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny,” and its author, Laura
By Debbie Shelley
The Catholic Commentator
Randall Waguespack and John Acosta grinned and ribbed each other as they talked about sweating and bonding with 300 fellow volunteers on a blistering hot day Sept. 23 at St. Margaret Queen of Scotland Church in Albany.
Among the friendships formed through Evergreen Life Services are, from left, Randall Waguespack, executive director of Evergreen; Beryl Hebert, who will be working with people with
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
PRAISE BE JESUS CHRIST!
I have asked your Pastor to have this letter read to you today for two reasons.
The first is to thank you all for the warm and generous ways you have welcomed me into the Diocese of Baton Rouge. My visits to our church parishes have taken me into the urban areas of Baton Rouge, as well into the parish churches up and down the river, West and East Side, and through the parishes on northeast side of the Diocese. These visits have provided me with the experience of a vital and impressive
By Richard Meek
The Catholic Commentator
Eric Engemann nestled into his new chair, still acclimating to his new digs.
Teenage voices, bursting with a hope for the future perhaps for the first time in their young lives, filtered through the window of his modest office
Por Richard Meek
El Comentarista Católico
Ocho sacerdotes que han ministrado en iglesias ubicadas en la Diócesis de Baton Rouge se encuentran entre una lista de 57 miembros del clero liberados por la Arquidiócesis de Nueva Orleans que han sido acusados de abusar sexualmente de
Top eft photo: Father Vincent Dufresne, pastor of St. Joseph Church in Paulina; Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Gramercy; and St. Michael the Archangel
By Richard Meek
The Catholic Commentator
Joe Ingraham’s 35-year financial career spanning archbishops, bishops, one archdiocese, two dioceses is taking a curtain call.
By Bonny Van
The Catholic Commentator
Just before the start of a guest speaker assembly Oct. 8 at St. Joseph’s Academy in Baton Rouge, hundreds of
By Richard Meek
The Catholic Commentator
Eight priests who have ministered at churches located in the Diocese of Baton Rouge were among a list of 57 clergy members released by the Archdiocese of New
By Richard Meek
The Catholic Commentator
The Catholic Church has always been a leader in family planning and its teachings are not dated, as some critics
By Debbie Shelley
The Catholic Commentator
The current clerical sex abuse scandal is a sign of how the body of Christ has been wounded in the
By Debbie Shelley
The Catholic Commentator
Randall Waguespack and John Acosta grinned and ribbed each other as they talked about sweating and bonding with 300 fellow volunteers on
By Bonny Van
The Catholic Commentator
Pulling a red wagon packed with gift baskets and totes, Kelly Orgeron and her husband, LSU head football coach Ed Orgeron,
Como lo prometió en sus primeras palabras con los feligreses de Baton Rouge durante su instalación y con respecto a buscar un acercamiento con los hispanos, el domingo 28 de Octubre, el Obispo Michael Duca concelebró la
Father Henry C. Vavasseur, 85, retired priest of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, died Oct. 26 at Ollie Steele Burden Manor Nursing Home in Baton Rouge. Father Vavasseur was born in Port Allen and attended Catholic High
By Bonny Van
The Catholic Commentator
From Mary Queen of Peace to St. Padre Pio, St. Mother Teresa and St. Michael the Archangel, these favorite saints are keeping
The Catholic Commentator
The Diocese of Baton Rouge will join several other dioceses in the state of Louisiana and release names of clergy members credibly accused of sexually abusing minors.
In a statement released
By Debbie Shelley
The Catholic Commentator
When students’ eyes light up or they raise their hands to answer questions, volunteer or plunge into an activity it means success in the frontline mission
Father Henry C. Vavasseur, 85, retired priest of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, died Thursday, Oct. 26 at Ollie Steele Burden Manor Nursing Home in Baton Rouge. Father Vavasseur was born
By Bonny Van
The Catholic Commentator
It’s almost that time of year, the time for reaching out to friends and relatives during the Christmas season. For more than 500 inmates in the Tangipohoa
By Richard Meek
The Catholic Commentator
Fresh off a record-setting campaign that topped the $1 million mark for the third time in the past four years, the Bishop’s Annual Appeal will soon be launching with a renewed sense of optimism, said Tammy Abshire, stewardship director for
From staff reports
The Catholic Commentator
A special Mass celebrating the feast day of St. Padre Pio is scheduled Sunday, Sept. 23 at 3 p.m. at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Baton Rouge.
The Divine Mercy Chaplet will be sung beginning at 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 23, 2018, at 7:00 p.m.
Evening Prayer at St. George Catholic Church
Reception to follow in the gym. Open to the public.
This event will also be aired live on Catholic Life TV
and streamed.
Friday, August 24, 2018, 2:00 p.m.
Installation at St. Joseph Cathedral
Staff report
Cristo Rey Baton Rouge Franciscan High School is still seeking 18 jobs to allow students to report to work in September in conjunction with the school’s unique corporate work program.
The money earned by the students pays their tuition. Through the corporate work program,
By Debbie Shelley
The Catholic Commentator
Hungering and thirsting for righteousness means loving people enough to get involved in their lives and protect their dignity as sons and daughters of God, according to Father Rick Andrus SVD, pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Church in Baton
By Debbie Shelley
The Catholic Commentator
It was the excitement of back to school shopping for school clothes, at least for girls, who walked
Staff Report
More 20 deacons along with their wives from the Diocese of Baton Rouge attended the 2018 National Diaconate Congress in New Orleans July 22-28.
There were over 2800
Bishop Robert W. Muench, left, hugs Father Michael Micelli after instating him as pastor of St. Patrick Church in Baton Rouge on Aug. 4. Looking on is Deacon Pete Walsh. Photo
By Debbie Shelley
The Catholic Commentator
Sleepy teens from St. John the Baptist Church in Brusly boarded a bus around 6:45 a.m. on July 14 for the almost 2-hour drive to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola,
Dear God, I must rely more on you than on me.
I must rely more on your perfection than on my holiness.
I must rely more on your faithfulness than on my promises.
I must rely more on your goodness than on my inclinations.
By Richard Meek
The Catholic Commentator
The installation ceremony for Bishop-designate Michael G. Duca is steeped in tradition and one that is marked by its beauty, symbolism and acknowledgement of the past by linking
Father Cleo Milano, pastor of Our Lady of Mercy School in Baton Rouge, greets students and their families on the first day of school on Aug. 9. Students in grades 3Y through first
