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CCDBR urges community members to donate cash

On Friday,  Sept. 30, CHS announced several changes to the school leadership team upon President Gene Tullier sharing his intentions to retire as chief executive officer at the end of the 2022-2023 school year.

Maynard E. Hurst Jr. 5530 Knights of Columbus Council and Ladies Auxiliary of St. Thomas More Church in Baton Rouge installed officers on July 25. Pictured are auxiliary members, from left, Betty Rickels, board member; Elaine Hauler, corresponding secretary; Marlene Colter, treasurer; Shirley Bonaccorso, president; Terri Martin, vice president; Melanie Bollinger, recording secretary; and Cecilia Stadeker, parliamentarian. Photo provided by John Hauler

William Pearson, center, was welcomed into the St. Thomas More Knights of Columbus Council #5530. Pictured with Pearson is Don Pourciau, right, grand knight, and Kevin Heltz KC administrator of the Diocese of Baton Rouge. The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic fraternal worldwide organization founded in 1882 by Father Michael J. McGivney for men eighteen years of age or older to the church and the community. For information, visit kofc.org. Photo provided by John Hauler

What’s in an image? An image can imprint itself indelibly into our consciousness so that we cannot not picture a thing except in a certain way.

Bishop Robert E. Tracy wrote in his book, “American Bishop at Vatican II,”  that when fathers of the council received the original schema on the church, which had been prepared by the Vatican Theological Commission under Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani, they found it to be “another carbon copy of a theological textbook, calculated to freeze and harden forever the positions at Trent (1565) and Vatican I (1870)

Chiseling away at a piece of cypress wood Allen Crochet taps into his Cajun roots to transform it into a piece of artwork recording Louisiana’s distinctive flavor of culture and faith.

Since we cannot at this time receive the blood of Christ at Mass, am I missing out on any graces by only receiving the consecrated host at holy Communion?

Bishop Michael G. Duca, right, and Father Tomi Thomas IMS share a light moment during Father Thomas’ pastor installation ceremony at St. Elizabeth Church in Paincourtville. Bishop Duca installed Father Thomas as pastor for the cluster parishes of St. Elizabeth and St. Jules Church in Belle Rose on Sept. 11. Father Thomas had served the past year as administrator of St. Elizabeth and St. Jules. Photo by Richard Meek | The Catholic Commentator

SOUTH BEND, IND. – Marcus Freeman, the first-year head football coach at the University of Notre Dame, has reportedly converted to the Catholic faith, a process he began since his arrival in South Bend, Indiana.

A pilot food pantry program launched by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge will provide food to underserved residents in the rural areas of the diocese as well as offering the same service in the Baton Rouge area.

The 26th and 27th Sunday Mass readings inspire the faithful to take inventory of material and spiritual dependence. We are moved towards a deeper insight into living a righteous life, virtue dependent and rooted in the seeds of faith.

Ever feel like the wolf is out there prowling about and ready to devour and destroy you?

Tucked away on the urban campus of Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, a century-old tradition of educational excellence is intersecting with the promise of the future.

Group helps stitch pain of parents

A wise old Augustinian priest once shared this in class. “There are days in my life when everything from the pressures of my work, to tiredness, to depression, to distraction, to flat-out laziness make it difficult for me to pray. But, no matter what, I always try to pray at least one sincere, focused Our Father every day.”

Bishop Robert E. Tracy was on target with his judgment the liturgy schema had been a good document for the Second Vatican Council to tackle first. 

The adventures of Scouting and faith were celebrated at the Catholic Committee on Scouting Religious Awards Ceremony at St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge on Aug. 21.