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Catholic Charities of Acadiana is marking its 50th year of operation this year in much the same way it started: Staff and volunteers are seeking to serve not only today’s vulnerable populations in Acadiana but tomorrow’s at-risk populations, as well. That’s because what started in 1973 on a three-legged table at a single church in Lafayette has evolved into a diocesan-wide operation with 12 dynamic agencies and two social enterprises. Catholic Charities has grown while remaining nimble in the face of community needs, its leaders say. “We’ve responded to disasters for 50 years,” said Ben Broussard, chief of external affairs. At turns — and at times, simultaneously — Catholic Charities has handled public and personal emergencies due to economic downturns, social calamity and natural disasters. The agency initiated in its earliest form in the early 1970s. Lafayette clergy and civic leaders were concerned about the growing presence of hunger and joblessness and housing needs. … [Read more...] about Catholic Charities marks 50 years of service; looks ahead to serve in new ways

The Republican National Committee (RNC) has released a video montage of families of people who were allegedly killed by undocumented immigrants and used several prominent political figures' own words to support President Donald Trump's plans for border security. The video, which was released on Monday, included footage from the aftermath of the deaths of Sandra Duran, 42, Nisa Mickens, 15, and Police Corporal Ronil Singh, 33. At the end of the ad, viewers were encouraged, "Tell Democrats it's time to secure the border." Duran, a mother of two, was killed on February 19, 2017, when a man identified as Estuardo Alvarado was allegedly speeding down a Los Angeles road and crashed into a car that she was driving, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. Alvarado was charged with five counts, including murder and gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Mickens was killed by suspected members of the MS-13 criminal gang in September 2016. Several of the people charged with her … [Read more...] about RNC Quotes Clinton, Obama in Border Security Push

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were reportedly denied their ‘dream wedding’ in 2018 and instead had to settle for a lavish ceremony in the UK, as per the Duke of Sussex himself. In his bombshell memoir Spare, that smashed sales records upon its January 10 release, Prince Harry revealed that after he proposed to Meghan in late 2017 at Nottingham Cottage, Kensington Palace, they wanted to get married quickly and, ideally, ‘barefoot in Botswana’. “We wanted to get married quickly. But the Palace couldn’t seem to pick a date. Or a venue,” Prince Harry revealed in his book, further saying while they waited ‘for a decree from the royal decision-making apparatus’, they did a traditional ‘engagement tour’ of the UK. He then shared a conversation he had had with his older brother Prince William, writing: “On our return from the trip I rang Willy, sounded him out, asked his thoughts about where we might get married.” “I told him we were thinking of Westminster Abbey. ‘No good. We did … [Read more...] about Prince Harry, Meghan Markle were denied their ‘dream wedding’