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Louisiana faith leaders urged to help support children, families through foster care
1+ day, 54+ min ago (780+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — State leaders and nearly 100 pastors and churches gathered in Baton Rouge Wednesday for an event focused on getting more faith communities involved in supporting children and families across Louisiana. The Louisiana Department of Children and…...
DCFS asks Louisiana churches to help close foster care gap
19+ hour, 28+ min ago (548+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - More than 4,300 children in the Louisiana foster care system do not have a permanent place to call home, while only 2,700 caregivers are available to take them in, according to the Department of Children and Family Services....
Faith leaders to gather in Baton Rouge for foster care event
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (109+ words) Faith and community leaders will gather in Baton Rouge next Wednesday for an event focused on helping churches support foster care and protect vulnerable children. BATON ROUGE, La. (KPLC) - Faith and community leaders from across Louisiana will gather in Baton…...
Louisiana faith leader offers guidance on navigating career changes
1+ week, 2+ day ago (348+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) -- Changing careers can be exciting, but it can also be intimidating. For people wondering whether it is time to take a new direction, Dennis R. Hebert Jr. said the answer often starts with understanding your purpose....
A vial of John Paul II’s blood draws thousands of Catholics across south Louisiana
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1425+ words) Anhong 'Rosemary' Huynh-Dinh kisses a relic of Pope John Paul II, a small vial of his blood enclosed in a specially-made 'book,' at St. Helena Catholic Church in Amite on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. Religious articles are carried to be placed on…...
Pumpkin Patch opens Sept. 28 at Newsong Community Church
2+ week, 1+ day ago (205+ words) Newsong Community Church’s Pumpkin Patch returns Monday, offering families a month of fall fun while supporting local and global missions. The Pumpkin Patch is at 18465 Old Perkins Road in Prairieville and will be open seven days a week throughout October....
Quin Hillyer: On Yom Kippur, as antisemitism rages, La. Jewish memoirs make antisemitism give hope
2+ week, 4+ day ago (444+ words) The parallels and insights between the two books are fascinating. So are some lessons for us all. For 35 years, that testimonial both impressed and puzzled me: How did a Catholic help a Jew find pride in being Jewish? Anglo-Saxon Protestant…...
Baton Rouge interfaith leaders hold pray-for-peace vigils
3+ week, 4+ day ago (66+ words) People from different faiths gathered Sunday at 14 churches and houses of worship across the Baton Rouge area for a pray-for-peace vigil focused on unity in a community organizers say is increasingly divided. People from different faiths gathered Sunday at 14 churches…...
After beefing up security, Louisiana congregations seek new ways to welcome
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1391+ words) From left, Abdallah Mizyed, 17, Abdelrazq Ayyad, 17, and Khaled Saleh, 16, pray, Tuesday, March 25, 2025, at the Islamic Center of Baton Rouge in Baton Rouge, La. In his nearly 30 years as a minister, the Rev. Fred Devall has taken comfort in an overriding…...