Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge’s (CCDBR’s) new executive director Stephanie Sterling is committed to maintaining Catholic Charities’ reputation as a reliable agency and community resource in times of crisis, effectively providing innovative solutions for urgently arising needs of the underserved in the area. 

A group of parents from St. Michael High School dreamed of having a stadium that can accommodate the combined needs of its athletic program as well as numerous other possibilities.

“I didn't know what to write about,” said Johnny to his mother a few months ago as he was puzzled from his “What I hope to do this Summer” high school English assignment before school ended.

Youth participating in The Franciscan Experience (TFE), June 24–29, played, prayed, served, and learned about their faith together, resulting in internal conversions that set them on a path to be agents of change in society.

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University has been recognized as a 2024-2025 College of Distinction, a prestigious honor that highlights its unwavering commitment to providing an exceptional undergraduate education. The award reflects FranU’s dedication to fostering hands-on learning, strong student-faculty relationships, an active campus community, and stellar student outcomes.

I am so happy and joyful to see, in my life time, that Black Catholics men and women are on the way to becoming saints. These brothers and sisters show us how to persevered in the midst of racism and rejection.

A Baton Rouge area native participated in a Glenmary Home Missioners’ pilgrimage through Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee that presented the realities of the struggles the African American community have historically faced. The pilgrims prayed at sites significant to the slavery era and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and '60s and met with contemporary community workers.

Prayer is most needed just when it seems most useless. Michael J. Buckley, one of the major spiritual mentors in my life, wrote those words. What does he mean by them?

Men came together and built a community at the first Kolbe Ministries Retreat at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel May 30 – June 2. There was no distinguishing each other based on who lives “behind the gates” or “the outside world”; there was only a common brotherhood of men setting aside time to draw closer to God and each other. 

In consultation with the Clergy Personnel Board, Bishop Michael Duca makes the following appointments effective 01 July 2024. Congratulations to all these men and women on their new appointments!

Baton Rouge native Father Michael Mohr, SJ was one of two Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province ordained to the priesthood on June 8.

As David Aguillard retires after 16 years as chief executive officer of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge (CCDBR), he has an impressive list of professional achievements, particularly in what CCDBR has accomplished under his leadership. Yet, he humbly sets aside any personal accolades, saying it was all in his call to serve, and any accomplishments by CCDBR are due to the people he has worked with. 

Members of Court Regina Coeli #2063 of St. Jude the Apostle Church in Baton Rouge generously donated baby items to stock the shelves of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Baton Rouge’s Sanctuary for Life House, a home for pregnant homeless women in the Diocese of Baton Rouge. Newly appointed director of Catholic Charities, Stephanie Sterling, along with Deacon Billy Francioni of St. Jude Church, admired the gifts and expressed gratitude for the needed items. Pictured, from left, are Deacon Francioni, Sterling, Director of Catholic Charities, and Stephanie Mathis-Carpenter, baby shower chairman. Photo provided by Loretta Britt

Approximately 1,100 pilgrims on the St. Juan Diego Pilgrimage Route to the National Eucharistic Congress in Cincinnati proceeded through downtown Baton Rouge on June 7,

The Diocese of Baton Child Nutrition Program estimates that it will serve more than 700,000 free meals to children 18 years of age and younger as part of its Summer Feeding Program, according to Lynda Carville, director of the Child Nutrition Program for the Diocese of Baton Rouge.

Excitement is building and eyes are focusing on Indianapolis in anticipation of the National Eucharistic Congress to be held July 17–21, 2024.

Mr. Ryan Empson will serve as President of St. Michael the Archangel High School beginning on July 1, 2024.

At a time when chemical abortions are on the rise and the abortion industry reduces unborn life to mere “tissues” or “not fully human yet,” Woman’s New Life Clinic counters these misconceptions with truth and merciful care of mother and child.