‘She poured herself into this hope’

By News Staff on Thursday, August 22, 2024
Faithful gather for 65th anniversary of death of ‘The Little Cajun Saint’
  • Father Korey LaVergne of St. Edwards Church gives the homily during the annual Charlene Richard Mass. The Mass was celebrated on Monday, Aug. 12. (LSN photo by Claudette Olivier)
    Father Korey LaVergne of St. Edwards Church gives the homily during the annual Charlene Richard Mass. The Mass was celebrated on Monday, Aug. 12. (LSN photo by Claudette Olivier)
    By: CLAUDETTE OLIVIER LSN News Editor RICHARD - The faithful gathered at St. Edward Catholic Church on Monday, Aug. 12, for the annual Charlene Richard Mass, and just days before, a ceremony was to have taken place in Rome to advance the canonization of the girl known as ‘The Little Cajun Saint.’ The Mass was to mark the 65th anniversary...

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