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by bcadmin | Sep 2, 2021 | Catholic Charities, Catholic Charities USA, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Hurricane, Hurricane Ida, Lousiana, News | 0 |
A scattering of Hurricane Ida evacuees from storm-battered Louisiana to neighboring states across the south is presenting a familiar crisis for regional Catholic Charities agencies.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 5, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Eucharist, Lafayette, Lousiana, News | 0 |
The annual Fête-Dieu du Teche in the Diocese of Lafayette is a “time for all of us to renew our faith,” following the example of the first Acadians who were “led by their faith” when they came to Louisiana, said Lafayette Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 18, 2020 | Associated Press, Black churches, Church fire, Church in the US, Lousiana, News, Racism | 0 |
St. Mary Baptist Church, Mallet’s beloved sanctuary, was the first of three historically Black churches set ablaze in St. Landry Parish by Holden Matthews, the white 23-year-old son of a local sheriff’s deputy. Matthews torched St. Mary, Greater Union and Mount Pleasant Baptist churches over a 10-day span between March 26 and April 4 in 2019.
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