The Catholic Life Center campus will be closed on Monday, January 18 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.
Not sure if Natural Family Planning will work for you? Not sure which method to pick? Come to an NFP: 101 class for a general introduction to Natural Family Planning, the science behind it and how to choose a method.
Interested in becoming a permanent deacon? Want to learn more? Five discernment sessions are held annually. Join the Office of Formation for the Permanent Diaconate to learn more about what exactly is deacon and to learn about the tools for discernment.
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 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!
Men interested in the permanent diaconate are invited to participate in our second of five discernment sessions to learn more about diaconate formation in Baton Rouge! This session will focus on the Human Formation component of the diaconate.
The Catholic Life Center campus will be closed on Monday, February 15 and Tuesday, February 16 to celebrate a Catholic and Louisiana tradition - Mardi Gras! Our staff wishes you an enjoyable celebration in these last days before Lent begins!
The Fully Alive Junior High Retreat is a diocesan-organized retreat experience for middle school students in grades 6-8. This weekend retreat is a great opportunity for young students to encounter Christ and each other as they grow in love for Him and his Church.
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.
Men interested in the permanent diaconate are invited to participate in our third of five discernment sessions to learn more about diaconate formation in Baton Rouge! This session will focus on the Spiritual Formation component of the diaconate.
Inspired by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' formal statement "Create in Me a Clean Heart: A Pastoral Response to Pornography," Safe Haven Sunday is a weekend set aside within the liturgical calendar by dioceses and parishes to directly address the societal harms of pornography. Within the context of the Mass, parishes are able to provide teaching and resources that will support and protect individuals, marriages, and families in making all homes a safe haven.