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The Easter season in the Catholic Church’s liturgy lasts 50 days, ending with the feast of Pentecost.

The fourth-grade class at Most Blessed Sacrament School in Baton Rouge learned about work readiness, financial literacy and entrepreneurship by opening their own restaurant through the Junior Achievement program.

Advocating for the neediest and most vulnerable members of society has been the essence of  Tom Costanza’s career. 

One of the lemons handed on by the COVID-19 pandemic is job loss. The family of Michael and Erin Franco sweetened that sour moment by utilizing it as an evangelization opportunity.

CNA) – Bishop Shelton Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, chairman of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism and a native of New Roads, and Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, released a statement April 20 after former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of the 2020 murder of George Floyd.

May Honors Mary as the Mother of Jesus

Easter Season is a Time of Service and Evangelization

Universal Prayers for May 1-2, 2021

This Easter Season, be encouraged. The Good Shepherd, who died for you in order to save you, is now risen and alive! He wants to shepherd you, love you and bless you. When we are baptized, we die with Christ, so one day we can rise with Him (Roman 6:4). Hold out to the end, and persevere. The Good Shepherd loves you so dearly, and wants you to live your life, fully alive and full of true love.

Prayer cards, a coloring book for children, a self-guided pilgrimage, catechetical presentations, articles in The Catholic Commentator, shows to be aired on Catholic Life Television and one-minute spots on Catholic Community Radio are some of what is planned as the Diocese of Baton Rouge celebrates its 60th anniversary simultaneously with the Year of St. Joseph, its patron saint. The theme of the year will be “60 Years in the Year of St Joseph,” Episcopal Vicar Father Jamin David said.

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center in Baton Rouge suspended use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine on Tuesday, following the recommendation of the Centers of Disease Control and the Food and Drug Association. "Upon the CDC recommendations and in consultation with the Louisiana and Mississippi Departments of Health, we have immediately halted use of the J&J vaccine,” Dr. Stephen Gremillion, chief medical officer of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, said in a statement.

Universal Prayers for April 24-25, 2021

Universal Prayers for April 17-18, 2021

VATICAN CITY (CNA) -cCardinal Marc Ouellet announced Monday the Vatican will host a theological symposium on the priesthood that will touch on questions raised in recent synods, including priestly celibacy, dwindling vocations, and the role of women in the church. “Insight from Divine Revelation on the priesthood of Christ and the participation of the Church in this priesthood is a crucial question for our time,” Cardinal Ouellet said at a Vatican press conference on April 12.

The Lord is not phased by the doors to our heart, but he cannot force us to open them either. He chooses to veil himself so He can still remain with us until we ourselves acknowledge that He and He alone is our hearts deepest desire. All the while, He is ceaselessly writing us subtle love letters through all that surrounds us to show us that His love for us is always and limitless. From the gifts and workings of others, to the vast beauty of creation, in the love shown to us by those entrusted into our care, and last but not least the Eucharist, the source and summit; the Lord’s veiled activities are all beautiful ways in which He continuously passes through that door into our midst and whispers silently to us “Peace be with you.”