Dear Brown Pelican Patron – After twenty years of faithful service, Brown Pelican Society of Louisiana announces a new chapter in its Mission.  After the celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Country, July 4, 2026, Brown Pelican Society of Louisiana website will be discontinued as we transition from online news and commentary to addressing unmet needs within the Catholic Church, primarily in South Louisiana, but supporting Catholic apostolates both Nationally and Internationally.

By Mark Alexander, Patriot Post – … how (can) I honor this Independence Day in one column?… I decided to focus only on what is most significant — our Declaration of Independence and the Founders tasked with affirming the Rights of Man — and then close with some perspective on where we are now, 250 years later… It was on June 11, 1776, during the Second Continental Congress, comprising delegations from the 13 sovereign states, convened in Philadelphia, that a Committee of Five was appointed to draft what would become our Declaration of Independence — a document that was, and remains, the most consequential political declaration in the history of the world.

By America Needs Fatima – During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries there lived in Quito, Ecuador, a Spanish nun whose little-known but extraordinary life has a direct connection with our days. Mother Mariana of Jesus Torres y Berriochoa, a nun of the Conceptionist Order, surpassed the already strict discipline of her congregation in the traditional penances she undertook. Beyond even those, she lovingly accepted unprecedented sacrifices and sufferings directly asked of her by Our Lord and Our Lady.