The Catholic Life Center campus will be closed on Wednesday, January 1 in celebration of the New Year! The staff of the Catholic Life Center and Bishop Duca wish you and your family a prosperous New Year!
The Catholic Life Center campus will be closed on Monday, January 20 to commemorate the life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.! Join members of our staff throughout our community to build bridges and work together for the common good.
The Church of Baton Rouge invites you to help strengthen families, fund Catholic education, and foster priestly and religious vocations by giving to the Collection for the Church in Latin America. For over 50 years, Catholics in the United States have expressed solidarity with the Church from Mexico to the Caribbean, to the southern tip of South America through this special collection!
The Catholic Life Center campus will be closed on Monday, March 3 and Tuesday, March 4 to celebrate a Catholic and Louisiana tradition - Mardi Gras! Our staff wishes you an enjoyable celebration in these last days before Lent begins!
The Catholic Life Center campus will be closed on Monday, March 3 and Tuesday, March 4 to celebrate a Catholic and Louisiana tradition - Mardi Gras! Our staff wishes you an enjoyable celebration in these last days before Lent begins!
The Diocese of Baton Rouge will once again support a special Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. This collection supports the Church in more than 20 countries that still struggle to recover from Communist rule. Funds from this collection support pastoral care, catechesis, building renovations, and seminary formation. Your support restores the Church and builds the future in this region. Please prayerfully consider how you can support this collection!
Mandated by the III Plenary Council in 1884, the National Collection for Black and Indian people continues as the embodiment of the Church’s concern for evangelizing the Black and Indian peoples of the United States. The funds are distributed as grants to dioceses throughout the United States, supporting and strengthening evangelization programs which otherwise would cease. The Collection was formerly known as The Black and Indian Home Mission Collection.
Our diocese will take up The Catholic Relief Services Collection. Your support of this collection serves Jesus in disguise in some of the most marginalized communities in our world.
The Collection for the Holy Land, in the words of Paul VI is "not only for the Holy Places but above all for those pastoral, charitable, educational, and social works which the Church supports in the Holy Land for the welfare of their Christian brethren and of the local communities." The Holy Land collection is taken up in most parishes on Good Friday.
The Catholic Life Center campus will be closed on Friday, April 18 to commemorate Good Friday and the Lord's Passion! Take some time to join our staff in prayer today as we remember Christ's sacrifice for us on the cross at Calvary.
The Diocese of Baton Rouge has been blessed by the men who have given their lives to serve our communities since the diocese's inception in 1961. As the life of a priest changes, so does their needs. Join fellow Catholics in helping those who have blessed us so generously; make a meaningful gift to the Retirement Fund for Diocesan Priests!
The Catholic Life Center campus will be closed on Monday, April 21 in celebration of Easter! Christ has truly risen! Alleluia! Let us rejoice in our salvation!
The Diocese of Baton Rouge supports again a special collection for the Catholic Home Missions Appeal. Nearly half of our country is considered mission territory. This appeal helps our brothers and sisters here in the United States who do not have access to basic pastoral services like Mass, the sacraments, and religious education. Through your support, the Catholic Home Missions Appeal helps these mission dioceses form vibrant faith communities and strengthens the Church at home. Please be generous.
Today, we remember those patriotic heroes who nobly gave of themselves, even unto death, for a purpose they believed was greater than themselves. May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. The Catholic Life Center Campus will be closed Monday, May 26 in observance of Memorial Day!
Join us in supporting the Catholic Communication Campaign. This campaign connects people with Christ through the Internet, television, radio, and print media. Fully 50% of the money we collect stays right here in the Diocese of Baton Rouge to support local communications projects. The other 50% supports national communications efforts as well as projects in developing countries. This collection connects people around the world to the Gospel message. Please be generous today!
The Catholic Life Center community joins with our brothers and sisters to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The CLC Campus will be closed today.
The Peter’s Pence collection is a gesture of solidarity through which every member of the faithful can participate in the activity of the Pope as Pastor of the universal Church. “The faithful’s offerings to the Holy Father through the Peter’s Pence Collection are destined to Church needs, to humanitarian initiatives and social promotion projects, as well as to the support of the Holy See.”
The Catholic Life Center campus will be closed on Friday, July 4 in celebration of Independence Day! Join our staff in celebrating America and the freedoms that we enjoy as citizens of this great nation.
As a Catholic community, we honor the Blessed Virgin Mary today as we celebrate her Assumption! The Catholic Life Center Campus will be closed today, Friday, August 15, in observance of this Holy Day!