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On May 21, the Knights of Columbus Council 5530 of St. Thomas More Church in Baton Rouge traveled to Covington and helped cook 1,000 hamburgers for the annual Special Olympics. Four brother knights and their families made the trip: Ben and Megan More and their children, Garrett Doucet, Grand Knight Frank Lacour and team leader Don Pourciau. The team started at 6:30 a.m. Also helping that day were Ronnie Larson and his sons, Brice and Daniel, members of Knights of Columbus Council 6326 of Immaculate Conception Church in Denham Springs. Pictured at the grill is Don Pourciau. Photo provided by John Hauler | KC Council 5530

In the body of Christ every person is of integral value, regardless of race, language, ethnicity or way of life.

Before moving to Baton Rouge to be near their grandkids, Becky and Ned Smith lived in Sunset, and for many years Franklin,  accustomed to the “small church setting.”  

Four priests from the Diocese of Baton Rouge were recently invested as chaplains in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem.

Bill and Missie Curth were seemingly heading down the road toward divorce when God detoured them through the Retrouvaille ministry. 

In February 2021, it was announced the clergy of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) stationed in Hammond were to be reassigned outside of the Diocese of Baton Rouge effective July 1, 2022 at the request of the previous provincial administration of the Dominican Friars.  

Father Michael Miceli, center, is surrounded by his family, including his mother (to his left), as he celebrates the 25th anniversary of his ordination. The celebration was June 5, Pentecost Sunday, at St. Patrick Church in Baton Rouge, where Father Miceli is pastor. Along with his family, Father Miceli was also surrounded by longtime friends, including Father Matt Dupré, pastor at Ascension of Our Lord Church and St. Francis of Assisi Church, both in Donaldsonville. The vestment worn by Father Miceli during the Mass was made by his mother and father for his first Mass as a priest, which was also celebrated on Pentecost Sunday. Photo submitted by Sandra Colomb | St. Patrick Church

Walking through the gates of freedom after spending decades behind bars can be a difficult adjustment for the formerly incarcerated.

The feast of Corpus Christi is a time to celebrate the solemnity of the body and blood of Christ but as Bishop Michael G. Duca pointed out during his homily June 19 at St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge the day also offers an opportunity to be a powerful witness of the Catholic faith. 

Disciples, called to follow, are also sent. As life-giving missionary disciples, we are called to be sent into the world to share the message of Jesus Christ: his teachings, his compassion, his commands, his life, his mercy.

The memory of Father Danny Roussel, a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Baton Rouge, who died Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, in Vacherie, at the age of 49, will live on because of the generosity of his mother, Judith Bourgeois. 

Hours after a relentless Texas sun had eased its suffocating grip, as darkness settled in and the clock was nearing a new day, Father Michael Alello approached the end of a 16-plus hour odyssey, one that had been in the making for months, if not a decade.

Bishop Michael G. Duca’s prayer was simple and direct during the annual Hurricane Mass, celebrated June 1 at St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge.

On April 2, after almost two years of separation from outside volunteers and guests, Bishop Michael G. Duca visited the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women (LCIW) at the Jetson Correctional Center for Youth (JCCY) in Jackson to celebrate Mass with a congregation of women who often feel forgotten by society. 

In consultation with the Clergy Personnel Board, Bishop Michael G. Duca makes the following appointments effective July 1:

Thirteen years after stepping into the role of Superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Baton Rouge, Dr. Melanie Palmisano is ready to take on new challenges in Catholic education. 

To look into the eyes of people filled with hope and joy who say, “With your help I know I can make it,” is the reward volunteers experience in the church parish conferences of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. 

This season the solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, also known as Corpus Christi, is celebrated between the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity and the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

During June we wish a “Happy Birthday” to the “wildman” of the Bible, St. John the Baptist. 

On June 3-4, as the Supreme Court was preparing its decision on a case that could potentially overturn or modify Roe v. Wade, hopeful pro-life leaders gathered at Bethany Church in Baton Rouge to envision a post-Roe Louisiana.