Our faith is not unreasonable; it is not a set of superstitious beliefs that are below rational thought (although that doesn’t stop me from wearing a lucky shirt on gameday). No, our faith is beyond reason; it is a surrender to the revelation – the insane revelation – of Christ’s divinity, beauty, mercy and promises of eternal life through relationship with Him.

Weddings will now be allowed to be celebrated on Saturday evenings in the Diocese of Baton Rouge, effective upon the decree’s publication in The Catholic Commentator. 

Bishop Michael Duca has issued the Clergy and Faithful of the Diocese of Baton Rouge additional guidance as the state enters Phase III of its response to the COVID-19.

Bishop Michael G. Duca will be joined by Catholic Charities of Baton Rouge Executive Director David Aguillard on a presentation discussing immigration March 10 from 9:30-10:30 a.m. “Immigrants in Louisiana: A Catholic Perspective ” will focus on such topics as the church’s stance and history on immigration, what is the church currently doing to help immigrants and what individuals can do in the future to help immigration reform.

Catherine Blanchard, Theology Class of 2021, is the First Recipient of the School Sisters of Notre Dame Endowed Scholarship.

Bishop Michael G. Duca of the Diocese of Baton Rouge issued the following statement on the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines.

Our God is the God of freedom. He longs to free us from our junk and fill us with His very self. Why? Because He loves us. Jesus is active in His pursuit of us. We must never forget that. That was the whole point of Him becoming one of us, to show that there was NOTHING He would not do to bring us back into relationship with Him.