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Serving the Diocese of Alexandria, Louisiana Since 1970
March 13, 2017
St. Edward Catholic Church, Tallulah, LA
INSIDE Bishop Talley named chair of USCCB’s Catholic Campaign for Human Development Bishop David P. Talley of Alexandria has been named the new chairman of the Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the domestic anti-poverty program of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). See page 3 for details.
72 participate in Rite of Election Bishop David Talley celebrated the Rite of Election of Catechumens and the Call to Continuing Conversion of the Candidates who have been preparing for reception into Full Communion in the Catholic Church. View alll of the photos on pages 10-11.
Menard alum performs on the Tonight Show It started with an agreement made a decade earlier -- between Josh Johnson, a 2008 graduate of Holy Savior Menard Central High School and his history teacher, Mr. Dennis Ward. What happens next is amazing. See page 19.
One big Diocese Bishop David Talley recently travelled to the most far-away parish in the diocese -- St. Edward Church in Tallulah -- almost two and a half hours away from Alexandria. In Tallulah he celebrated Mass with the congregation and met up with 90-year-old Kathleen Mills, pictured here with her son, Eddie.