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Bishop Duca has released a letter with a renewed call to observe safe procedures in this time of pandemic. It will be presented at all Masses the weekend of the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

One of our seven grandchildren had a very different wish list for Christmas. Leo will be six years old this month, and when his grandmother, Lisette – he calls her Meresette – asked him what he wanted for Christmas, he said, “Seeds. I want seeds.”

"My first real memory of personally experiencing racism was when I was one of about 20 Black girls to integrate St. Anthony Catholic High School, a small and previously all-white, all-girls’ school in north Baton Rouge. "

There must be an end to lying and hypocrisy as the chief strategy of our politics.

Communities of color have known for years what the media began to devote more attention to during the COVID-19 pandemic this past year: that there are disturbing health disparities between white and non-white Americans. 

Talented Catholic High School in Baton Rouge track athlete James Robert III is now running full steam on the track as well as toward his dreams and goals in life with a prosthetic hand that was built for him by the LSU School of Engineering.

Pope Francis prayed Jan. 10 for the United States, asking the Immaculate Virgin Mary to help foster a “culture of encounter” after the recent violence at the U.S. Capitol.

Instead of the annual pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., sponsored by St. Michael High School in Baton Rouge and the diocese, youth will have the opportunity to join their church parishes and schools through a diocesan-wide virtual gathering.

Inside the hospital, where medical workers perform heroic acts daily without a word of complaint, the stress can be overwhelming. Not only is there concern about their own health, these same medical professionals are also worried about the health of their families.

Jesus is calling us to follow him every day in every way. Unlike the first disciples we, the living faithful, have somewhat of an advantage. We have the gift of faith by the grace of God.

The feast of the conversion of St. Paul, Jan. 25, enlightens us to the fact that the saints were also human and some had to be “set straight” before beginning their mission.

Many who came through the enormous challenges of 2020 feeling wobbly in their faith may resolve to make it stronger this year. With Pope Francis’s announcement that 2021 is the Year of St. Joseph, Catholics, especially those in the Diocese of Baton Rouge, where St. Joseph is the patron saint, can be confident they have a heavenly companion to help them pick up the spiritual hammer and nails and do that. 

FranU is leasing approximately 11,800 square feet from the Diocese of Baton Rouge at the Tracy Center that includes the ballroom, the former library and two classrooms. The courtyard adjacent to the Tracy Center will also be available for the estimated 120 students who will be on campus daily.

Keeping the Lord to ourselves does not express the level of gratitude or heavenly peace that we possess as disciples. We are called to share Him with others, to bring them to Jesus, so that He may look at them and call them each by name. Let us strive to point others to Jesus by continuing to set our intentional time of prayer with our Lord, spending time with Him in adoration and worshipping Him in the Mass.

Beginning Monday, 11 January 2021, FRANU will lease approximately 11,800 square feet of building space in the Catholic Life Center’s Tracy Center to host a variety of courses.

On 05 January 2021, Bishop Duca issued a decree establishing new deaneries in the Diocese of Baton Rouge. The last organization of the deaneries was decreed by Bishop Ott in 1985.    

Dr. Tina Holland, president of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, and Monty Sullivan, president of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, greet each other after announcing a Transfer Articulation Agreement with the two schools.

He desires to pour out an overabundance of His love on us, but He does not do so without our permission. As a true gentleman, He waits patiently for the Beloved to open up to Him and invite Him in. In turn, we must be willing to be vulnerable with the Lord and let Him know that we struggle to believe that He loves us as we are and that past experiences make it difficult for us to see Him as a good father who is pleased with us.