This year’s Louisiana Pro-Life Summit explored the next steps in saving babies and helping moms, confronting the mail order abortion pill crisis, and cutting through the controversy in pro-life conversations.
Catholic Charities Diocese of Baton Rouge (CCDBR) is making a tremendous impact in the lives of refugees and immigrants who have recently arrived in the United States. With a strong focus on providing essential support and services, CCDBR is playing a key role in helping these individuals navigate through the challenges of resettlement and integration.
The Office of Life, Peace & Justice staff recently visited the Elayn Hunt Correctional Institute in St. Gabriel and the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women as part of events led by the Frederick Douglass Project for Justice (FDPJ) in partnership with the Louisiana Parole Project.
Nationwide Invitation to Prayer for the End of Abortion and for the Protection of Women and Pre-Born Children On March 26, 2024 the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in a case that has the potential to make a major impact in the widespread accessibility of chemical abortion (abortion pills). Archbishop Broglio and Bishop Burbidge have announced a nationwide invitation to prayer.
Mary’s Hands Network is a 501 (c) (3) Louisiana-based non-profit organization with a mission to empower women, bridge the health equity gap, and promote birth excellence in our community. We believe we can achieve this by providing doula training and doula services to the childbearing women of Louisiana. Since our incorporation in March of 2023, Mary’s Hands Network has quickly become a wellknown and respected organization making tangible change in the birth community. Our volunteers are at the core of our work and we are pleased to share the diversity our network has so naturally cultivated.
Article from Louisiana Bar Journal (September 23) that includes Deacon Don Allison's story of being shot at close range during a robbery and attempted murder in 1996 and his process of forgiveness.
The National Catholic Register published an article about the importance of Doulas in the Pro-Life movement to provide the best possible outcomes for mothers and babies. The article highlights the work the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge is doing to support volunteer community doula networks through Mary's Hands Network and in partnership with organizations such as the Birth Center of Baton Rouge, Baton Rouge General, Woman's New Life Clinic, Women's Help Center, Pregnancy Problem Center, and Catholic Charities of Baton Rouge.