Baton Rouge Vocations

08/06/2023

Please pray for our seminarians as they approach a new school year. Come, Holy Spirit!

Meet our 2023-24 diocesan seminarians! This weekend these holy men gathered together on retreat to prepare for the upcoming school year and grow in community. Please join us in praying for Josh, Austin, Andrew, Trey, Huy, Jeremy, Aeli, Carson, John and Grant and their vocational discernment.

06/30/2023

Please join us in wishing our St. Joseph Seminarian, Austin Duhe, a Happy Birthday!

06/18/2023

"Fathers are not born, but made. A man does not become a father simply by bringing a child into the world, but by taking up the responsibility to care for that child. Whenever a man accepts responsibility for the life of another, in some way he becomes a father to that person." -Patris Corde

Happy Father's Day from the Diocese of Baton Rouge!

06/16/2023

06/05/2023

Today we pray in thanksgiving for the life and service of our diocese's shepherd, Bishop Michael Duca. May the Lord bless you and keep you. May He make His face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you. May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace.

Happy Birthday, Bishop Duca!

06/02/2023

Friday morning Mass attendees were surprised with a special visit from Father Joseph Bresowar.

05/27/2023

Congratulations Fr. Joseph and Fr. Albert!

05/26/2023

Rehearsal ✔️ We can't wait to see you tomorrow for the priestly ordinations of Deacon Albert Blount and Deacon Joseph Bresowar.

The ordination mass will be streamed LIVE on Catholiclife Television and the diocesan page (Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge).

05/26/2023

"After converting to the Catholic faith in 2012, I was told by many different people that I would be a priest one day. It was something that I denied interiorly while responding with a gentle, “If God wills it.” I asked God to give me the desire for priesthood if it was truly what He wanted, because I surely did not want it. The thought of the priesthood slipped into the back of my mind for a few years, and I began to focus more on coming to know who God was and who I was in His eyes. Long story short, there came a moment when I truly believed that I was His son and in that moment He invited me to be His priest."
- Deacon Albert Blount

05/25/2023