Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the health-check domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /nas/content/live/brownpelican/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131

Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the mfn-opts domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /nas/content/live/brownpelican/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6131
News – Page 18 – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

News

April 20, 2026

Fr. Ed Broom, OMV: 10 Weeks to Spiritual Advancement with St. Ignatius

By Fr. Ed Broom, OMV, Catholic Exchange - About twenty years ago, I launched a program for daily life that has since changed thousands of lives—one based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Years later, I still frequently encounter people grateful for having gone through this ten-week program... Consequently, I decided, with the help of a team of wonderful collaborators, to format and articulate this work in book form, Ten Weeks to Spiritual Advancement, scheduled for release in mid-April 2026.
April 20, 2026

Fr. Joseph Gill: The Novus Ordo and the Interior Life

By Fr. Joseph Gill, Crisis Magazine - We’ve all been to our fair share of banal, cringe, or even disrespectful Novus Ordo Masses. As a priest who celebrates the Novus Ordo, I can see how easy it is in the New Rite to fall into those traps. It is evermore necessary, then, for a priest who celebrates the Novus Ordo to cultivate a rich interior life of union with Christ because this is the only antidote to the myriad of temptations to trivialize the liturgy.
April 20, 2026

Biden Admin Blocked Christian Families From Adopting Children

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews - HHS Services Sec. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. accused the Biden administration of blocking Christian families from fostering children... Kennedy said Biden official were imposing rules that required placements to affirm LGBTQ identities, a policy he said dramatically reduced the pool of available homes for vulnerable kids... Kennedy made the remarks while highlighting efforts to roll back the Biden-era regulations during congressional testimony this week.
April 18, 2026

Bishop Joseph E. Strickland: War, Justice, and the Cross – How Should Catholics Think Right Now? 

By Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Bishop Emeritus, Pillars of Faith - We are living in a time when the world feels as though it is unraveling before our eyes. Nations rise against nations. Conflicts escalate. Voices grow louder, angrier, more divided. And even among Catholics – among those who should be united in the truth of Jesus Christ – we see confusion, tension, and sometimes even hostility... In moments like this, many people ask, “Who is right? Which side should I support? What position should I take?”... But before we ask any of those questions, there is a deeper and more important one that must come first: “Are we thinking with the mind of Christ … or with the mind of the world?” ...

Notice: Trying to access array offset on value of type null in /nas/content/live/brownpelican/wp-content/themes/betheme/sidebar-blog.php on line 43