Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Respect Life Events and World Youth Day Service Organizations

Listened to the show yesterday? We were joined by Ms. Shannon Baldridge, Diocesan Respect Life Coordinator, to discuss the Respect Life events happening in our diocese! Check them out:

Join us this Sunday for the Bishop's Respect Life Mass!
Are you a Junior or Senior in high school? Check out the Pro-Life Oratory Contest for a chance to win a paid trip to the March for Life!
40 Days for Life is still happening in Baton Rouge, come pray with us!
 
Here are the links to the service organizations that were represented at World Youth Day. Check them out!



Droves of young people on pilgrimage at World Youth Day 2011: New Roads

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

World Youth Day

If you missed World Youth Day this Sunday, you missed an awesome time!

Here is what the diocesan website has to say about the event:

"World Youth Day celebrates 26 years!  World Youth Day was established by Pope John Paul II in 1985.  In Baton Rouge, the pilgrimage walk is held in a different parish each year. WYD in the Diocese of Baton Rouge is unique in its venue program where the youth from across the diocese perform skits and music, offer prayers, and give witnesses about their faith. Another valued tradition is the 12’x20’ wooden cross procession from venue to venue as a symbol of the Catholic faith that speaks to the community as youth of the diocese, numbering over 1,200 last year, process down the streets."

This year it was held at St. Mary's Catholic Church in New Roads. The theme was "I Refuse, I Choose". Hundreds of youth gathered to celebrate mass, join in prayer and worship and stand as a witness to their faith. 


We walked through the street of New Roads as a very physical representation of the young Church. Thanks to all those who were involved in this beautiful day!