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165TH ANNIVERSARY

Posted October 12, 2018 at 12:00 am

A special Mass marking 165 years of Catholic education in the city of Plaquemine was celebrated at St. John the Evangelist Church in Plaquemine on Sept. 23. Concelebrating the Mass were, from left, Deacon Alfred Ricard, pastor Father Greg Daigle, Msgr. Earl Gauthreaux and Father Cleo Milano, former pastor of St. John. Msgr. Gauthreaux is a native of Plaquemine and attended St. John. He serves in the Archdiocese of New Orleans. Photo provided by Donna Carville
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    U.S. bishops find ‘honest, hopeful’ young adults at V Encuentro

    GRAPEVINE, Texas (CNS) – When Sister Lucero Espitia looked around the ballroom, she saw other people like herself. 

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    Apostolic visitor outlines plans for expansion at Medjugorje shrine

    Pilgrims pray in front of a statue of Mary on Apparition Hill in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in 2011. CNS photo | Paul Haring

    WARSAW, Poland (CNS) – The Polish archbishop tasked with overseeing Bosnia-Herzegovina’s Medjugorje shrine has outlined plans for expansion, including more Masses in different languages and facilities for young pilgrims who flock to the site of the alleged Marian apparitions.

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    Catholic Charities distributes disaster relief to areas hit by Florence

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    RALEIGH, N.C. (CNS) – The Carolinas were hard hit with record rainfall and flooding rivers from tropical storm Florence since it made landfall Sept. 14. And although the storm was downgraded from a hurricane to a Category 1 tropical storm, it still

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    Church urged to address its leaders’ ‘moral failures of judgment’

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    The Clarion Herald  

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    The Catholic Commentator

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