Archive for 2018
The Call to Address Racism in Our Hearts and Communities
In their new pastoral letter against racism, Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love, the Catholic bishops of the United States invite conversion of hearts, minds, and institutions…
Read MoreCelebrations of the season
Nov. 17-Jan. 6, 2019: City of Natchitoches 92nd Christmas Festival of Lights Over 300,000 Christmas lights and 100 lighted set pieces illuminate downtown Natchitoches and Cane River Lake every evening…
Read MoreCelebrating the entire Christmas Season
Christmas is one of the most important days of the Church year, second only to Easter itself. It is the feast of the incarnation, the feast of God becoming flesh…
Read MoreMessage from Cardinal Daniel DiNardo and Pope Francis regarding the February 2019 Bishop’s meeting
Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, President of the USCCB, shared correspondence he received from Pope Francis just as the USCCB was gathering for their fall meeting in November. The message was regarding…
Read MoreAnalysis: On sexual abuse, what will U.S. bishops, and the pope, do next?
by JD Flynn Washington D.C., Nov 26, 2018 / 06:15 pm (CNA): Bishop Frank Rodimer and Fr. Peter Osinski were friends. Osinski was a priest in the Diocese of Camden,…
Read MoreBuilding bridges across cultures
[Father Peter Faulk, JCL, JV, was featured in the Santa Croce Pontifical University of the Holy Cross bi-weekly e-newsletter recently. Father Peter is the Judicial Vicar for the diocese and…
Read MoreLocal priests attend V National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry
The Fifth National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry (V Encuentro) gathered 3,000 Hispanic/Latino ministry leaders and delegates from dioceses, ecclesial movements, schools, universities, and Catholic organizations from across the country. A…
Read MoreLCCB supports unanimous juries within Louisiana
October 4, 2018: The Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops strongly affirms the November 6th ballot initiative to return Louisiana to a state possessing unanimous juries, and therefore enabling its legal…
Read MoreOctober is the month of the Holy Rosary
Mary in our Life by Fr. William G. Most The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. According to an account by fifteenth-century Dominican, Alan de la Roch,…
Read MoreUSCCB Statement on Sex Abuse Scandals
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Administrative Committee Statement on Sex Abuse Scandals; Committee Releases Actions to be Taken Within Its Authority September 19, 2018 WASHINGTON–The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’…
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