The Word Among Us

September 2022 Issue

A Bayou for Holiness

How a Louisiana Parish Became A Model of Catholic Social Teaching

By: Deacon Greg Kandra

A Bayou for Holiness: How a Louisiana Parish Became A Model of Catholic Social Teaching by Deacon Greg Kandra

As we begin our video call, Fr. Joshua Johnson tells me he would like to begin with a confession.

“I did not like church growing up,” he says bluntly. “My plan was to graduate and never go back to Mass.” Those plans were...

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