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Photos: Steeple hoisted onto new Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic Church
1+ week, 4+ day ago (147+ words) Steeple hoisted onto new Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic Church | Photos The Advocate Workers hoisted the steeple onto the bell tower of the new Our Lady of Wisdom Catholic Church on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette....
How a Lake Charles native became the youngest Catholic bishop in America
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1807+ words) The Most Rev. Robert Boxie III is pictured during his July 7 bishop ordination ceremony in Washington, D.C. The congregation is pictured during the Most Rev. Robert Boxie III’s July 7 bishop ordination ceremony in Washington, D.C. The Most Rev. Robert Boxie III,…...
Louisiana native and youngest Catholic bishop in the U.S. answers questions about food, faith
1+ week, 6+ day ago (499+ words) The Most Rev. Robert Boxie III is pictured on July 26 at the Sister Thea Bowman Catholic Student Center at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The Most Rev. Robert Boxie III, third from left, is pictured with (from left) his sister, Robyn…...
Faith Matters: Catholic speaker finds happiness in 'Theology of the Body' teachings
3+ week, 4+ day ago (475+ words) The right theology led Evan Lemoine to happiness and his life's calling. The Baton Rouge native is an internationally known speaker and expert on “Theology of the Body.” Now living in Mexico, Lemoine recently returned for presentations at St. Agnes…...
How Acadiana Catholic Charities CEO got a private meeting with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican
4+ week, 1+ day ago (209+ words) Catholic Charities of Acadiana CEO Kim Boudreaux met with Pope Leo XIV during a private audience at the Vatican as part of her service on the Catholic Charities USA Board of Directors. The meeting took place May 4 and included Catholic…...
Homilies by AI? For these Louisiana clergy members, it would lack spirit.
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1677+ words) The Rev. Kurt Young says nothing is off-limits, but treads carefully around hot topics. Deacon Eddy Beckendorf works to make it relatable, such as telling the story about the time he got hit by a truck. And Monsignor Keith DeRouen…...
Religion Briefs: Women’s Emphasis Day at Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church
2+ mon, 4+ hour ago (104+ words) The Advocate The women of Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church, 5100 Osborne Ave., Baton Rouge, will observe Women’s Emphasis Day at 11 a.m. Saturday. Berean Women’s Ministries Coordinator Irma Martin will speak on the theme “Jesus: The First Women’s Liberator,” based on Genesis…...
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2+ mon, 1+ week ago (16+ words) first mass.09.jpg The Advocate Attendees and parishioners greet one another with waves and handshakes....
A Dominican nun from New Orleans told me to stop making myself smaller. She was right.
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (657+ words) A few years ago, when I first walked into Istanbul's Grand Bazaar, vendors were calling out in English. Tourists were negotiating. The whole beautiful machinery of commerce was running loud and fast. I could track all of it. So I…...
Latin Mass is back in the news. But some Louisiana Catholics wonder what's all the fuss?
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1058+ words) When Wesley Franatovich settles into a church pew for the Latin Mass at St. Patrick’s Church in New Orleans, he feels a sense of calm wash over him. There’s ritual and mystery and choreography, and in that, Franatovich said, “there's…...