One hundred and thirty years ago, the first seven leprosy patients transported by river barge from New Orleans arrived at Indian Camp Plantation in Carville, La. Outraged by an exposé article in the Times Picayune about local leprosy treatment houses, the people of New Orleans demanded that the “pest houses” be moved outside the city limits. In 1894 the state legislature enacted Act 85, which decreed that anyone with leprosy, or Hansen’s disease, should be quarantined to a certain location.
The St. Louis IX Art Society will present a Lenten mission chamber concert at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 865 Hatchell Lane, on Monday, March 18, 7 – 8:30 p.m. The event, which will feature liturgical preaching, sacred music, and Eucharistic adoration, is free and open to the public.
Facing the storms that come with battling cancer is tough for any patient and their loved ones, and that is especially so when a child is stricken. As Sarah Johnson struggles with cancer, Mater Dolorosa School and Church in Independence and the surrounding community have rallied around her as she fights the disease with courage and hope.
There’s nothing like issuing a challenge to “spice up” the Lenten practice of almsgiving. Catholic High School and St. Joseph Academy have found this to be true with their Challenge Season, which makes a big impact on feeding the hungry in the Greater Baton Rouge area.
The Diocese of Baton Rouge honored seven religious men and women who have a combined total of 440 years of service to the church at a Jubilee and Consecrated Life Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Church in Baton Rouge on Feb. 15.