We often take things for granted. I was recently autographing my books in an out of town church and a parishioner recognized me and said, “I read your article every week in my local newspaper.” (I write for five different newspapers in our area.) My response was, “Are you familiar with my book, What a Life?” She said, “No.” […]
St. Anthony of the Desert was born in Coma, Lower Egypt about 251 AD. He was a man of severe austerity and personal holiness yet he lived to be over a 100-years-old. St. Athanasius wrote his biography entitled the “Life of St. Anthony” in 360. […]
Jennifer Mertens, a high school religion teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio, wrote an article in the Jan. 12 edition of National Catholic Reporter entitled, “Eight Tips for Nurturing your Body, Mind and Spirit in 2018.” […]
Years ago, I went fishing when it was extremely foggy. Visibility was limited to about 30 feet. If I stayed in the middle of the bayou, I was in good shape. I could see both sides of the bayou and navigate the boat down the middle. At one point the bayou opened into a small lake. […]
When the St. Charles Borromeo cemetery was established in Destrehan 300 years ago, in 1718, it set the foundation for what has been one of St. Charles Parish’s greatest cornerstones of tradition. […]
On Nov. 15, two weeks after praying with Father Anthony Odiong in Luling, Andrea “Andie” Bollinger got an incredible report from one of the world’s foremost cancer centers in the world. […]
When Myra Marshall arrived at her “safe place” in May of 2017, she was nervous, confused and scared. […]
This year’s Rosary Crusade will be a special one for Shirley Dufrene of Luling, as it will for thousands of people worldwide. […]
Two weekends ago, citizens in our country and around the world experienced something that we thought was in our past: torch-bearing white supremacists shouting racist and anti-Semitic slogans at the citizens of Charlottesville, VA; a car driven by a Nazi sympathizer killing one person and seriously injuring 19 others; people carrying Nazi flags and giving the Nazi salute. […]
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