Counseling Center receives accreditation
The Ascension Counseling Center has once again been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, an independent, nonprofit organization that focuses on the accreditation...
View ArticleIt was 50 years ago, Sgt. Pepper ... you know the rest
Let's play a game of pretend. It is not 2017. It is 1967. June 2. I'm holding in my hands the brand new Beatles album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." I can't even slit it open. I'm too busy...
View ArticleHow to make doughnuts
While professional doughnut-makers have to be up even before the crack of dawn to ensure the glazed, chocolate and Bavarian cream-filled doughnuts are ready to enjoy with our before-work morning...
View ArticleFamily tells Washington Post how faith in God's plan helps them battle...
Butterfly babies, reported the Washington Post, is a name for infants born with Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), a rare skin disease that makes “skin break and peel at the slightest touch, like a...
View ArticleLooking Up: Get set for the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse
Few natural events continue to inspire as much as a total solar eclipse, undiminished by the advancing Space Age and personal electronics. A very rare sight for any particular point on Earth, they once...
View Article5 Things to Do
-Market on the Square: The local market will feature local artisans, crafter and farmers on June 3 at Louisiana Square from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.-Downtown Live: Downtown Live will be held in the newly...
View ArticleDo U.S. efforts to help persecuted Christians around the world help or hurt?
Christians are the most persecuted faith group in the world today, and U.S. efforts to help sometimes intensify the persecution. A new initiative argues that Americans could better help if they learned...
View ArticleLouisiana winner of National Missing Children's Day poster
The Louisiana State Police and the Louisiana Clearinghouse for Missing & Exploited Children announced 11 year old Mohammad "Niyaz" Hasan as the winner of Louisiana’s 2017 Missing Children’s Day...
View ArticleFranciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University graduates
More than 200 Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University students were conferred master’s, bachelor’s or associate degrees during the University’s commencement exercises on Monday, May 22 at the...
View ArticleJuneteenth Festival schedule of events announced
The City of Donaldsonville's 21st Annual Juneteenth Freedom Festival is set for Saturday June 10, 2017 from11 a.m. until 7 p.m. in Frank Sotile Pavilion in Donaldsonville.Not only will you be able to...
View ArticleMusic and Spoken Word: Together we are strong
Unity is not easy, but if we have each other's best interests at heart, if we are patient and respectful, then bound together by cords of love, we can withstand — and achieve — almost anything. That's...
View ArticleSU Ag Center to host a Hands-On Cut Flowers Workshop
The Southern University Ag Center’s Wisteria Alliance will host a Cut Flowers Hands on Workshop from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 10 at the SU Ag Center, A. O. Williams Hall.The workshop will...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor: Evangeline Girls
Dear Editor:I am writing a book about the "Evangeline girls" who accompanied politician and businessman Dudley LeBlanc to Washington, D.C., and Canada in 1930.This is an important but thus far...
View ArticleTravel: Canada’s Pelee Island offers laid-back respite
PELEE ISLAND, Ontario -- This Lake Erie island is Canada's southern-most inhabited point. But it's less Key West than Mayberry, or perhaps, being Canadian, Moose Jaw.On Pelee Island, a very limited...
View ArticleTicket to Write: Pelee Island inn helps writers hone craft
The tranquility of Pelee Island in Ontario, Canada, has long been treasured by artists and writers, including "The Handmaid's Tale" author Margaret Atwood, who has a cottage on the island.Now new...
View ArticleBook review: Good old days weren’t always good for Hank Greenburg
Baseball fans of a certain age may long for the good old days when they consider today's 4-hour-long games, pitch counts and players who wear pajama-style long pants.But were the good old days really...
View ArticleChildren hoop the day away at the library
The Ascension Parish Libraries in Donaldsonville, Dutchtown and Gonzlaes kicked off the week with a special hula hoop performance from Jennette Ginsburg of Hey Now Hooping, a New Orleans based...
View ArticleThe Mom Stop: Starting summer with a list
It was something my two oldest kids had been planning and looking forward to for weeks: The start of summer.My kids have written summertime to-do lists, bucket lists of activities they want to...
View ArticleShayne Looper: The tie that binds can also tear us apart
Most Christian churches include a ritual meal in their worship liturgy. They refer to it in different ways -- participating in the Lord's Supper, taking Holy Communion, celebrating the Eucharist -- and...
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