Archive for 2021
STATEMENT FROM BISHOP MARSHALL ON REVISED COVID REGULATIONS
Since the very beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, we have found ourselves in a most confusing and, at times, frightening state. As vaccines appear to be making a difference and…
Read MoreUSCCB Hispanic Ministry meets with Bishop Marshall
Bishop Robert Marshall recently met with Dr. Olga Villar, Ph.D., who is the Director of Formation for the Southeast Regional Office for Hispanic Ministry for the USCCB. SEPI is the…
Read MoreChurch capacity increase
Governor John Bel Edwards recently announced that Louisiana would be allowed to move to Phase 3 of COVID-19 precautions. The Governor indicated that, in Phase 3, reduced capacity limits for…
Read MoreCatholic Schools Job Fair
The Catholic Schools Office is conducting an “Online” Schools Job Fair! Go to www.diocesealex.org/our-diocese/catholic-schools/job-applications/ and see a listing of positions available at each of our Catholic Schools within the Diocese…
Read MoreAfter 11 months of ‘giving up,’ what is there left to give up this Lent?
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Since childhood, the typical U.S. Catholic’s response to Lent is giving up, as in “What are you giving up for Lent?”…
Read MoreA message from Bishop Marshall regarding Ash Wednesday
Brothers and sisters in Christ, Marking the beginning of the season of Lent with the blessing and distribution of ashes is a deeply held tradition in the Catholic Church. Though…
Read MoreMLK: a courageous confrontation of evil by the power of love
Dear sisters and brothers in Christ, As our country prepares to observe the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday on Monday, January 18, we do so as a deeply divided…
Read MoreCause opens for Louisiana priests who sacrificed their lives in 1873 epidemic
Shreveport, La. (CNS) — The sacrifice of five Catholic priests who gave their lives ministering to people in Shreveport during the 1873 yellow fever epidemic is memorialized in stained glass…
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