Courir de Mardi Gras Soileau, LA
This is a cold, windy morning, at 9:30am in Metro Soileau (although this is as country as can be). Metro Soileau is the name associated with this region, as locals prefer to relate to this area. The Parade Capt...
1st Camellia City Smooth Jazz Festival 2017 – Review
For lovers of smooth jazz, there’s one event that was firmly penned in many people’s calendars from the moment it was announced, and that’s the Camellia City Smooth Jazz Festival. Scheduled for 6th-8th October ...
Willy Nilly – A Therapy Crew Becomes Family
Many assorted and fascinating families accrue to one over the span of a lifetime. It is not surprising in a profession like mine that every parish/church/faith community becomes a close-knit family. But there a...
Thanksgiving must be a Seamless Part of Life
If it takes Thanksgiving Day to make you focus on giving thanks to God, there is a severe deficiency in your attitude toward God, in your prayer life and generally in the gratitude you feel and express toward a...
175th Birthday of Sisters of The Holy Family
A field trip is ever exciting, especially if the occasion is something as rare as a 175th Anniversary. There was excitement at 11:00 a.m. November 19 on N. Union St. just south of Holy Ghost Church. Boardi...
We’ll All Have Plenty in The Land Of No More
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While we have looked for more all our lives, the most wonderful thing God has promised us to possess and enjoy forever, aside from the Beatific Vision of God, is The Land Of No More. Only Go...
Father Don Murrin’s Journey Tells of our Own
Since from a mere child Donald Murrin was convinced that he wanted to be a priest, it was no surprise that he was at Saint Augustine Residence in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi in restless retirement when I arriv...
Henry Watson – Making new art from old wood
Henry Watson favours the Cypress variety of softwood from which to fashion his unique artworks. He finds them in old slave houses, old barns, and other buildings that have been built over one hundred years ago....
Melissa Anderson – Beauty Pageant Winner who Represented her State and the Creole Community in National Competition
Mrs. Louisiana USA Ambassador 2017, Melissa Anderson, could not be prouder of her Creole roots, and Kreol quizzed her on both her background and future ambitions.
A year ago, do you think I would be interviewi...
Nia Weeks – Lifelong Habit of Seeing ‘No’ as Just Another Step to ‘Yes’
A champion for the rights of marginalised women, families and children, Nia Weeks developed her sense of commitment to the community from an early age, overcoming personal challenges and prejudice along the way...
Walter Strickland – Crafting out Creole Cuisine
For several decades, Walter Strickland has kept Creole cuisine alive thanks to his two establishments, The Groovey Grill and Café 4212. Despite all the challenges, he has built them into successful enterprises ...
Natural Creole Remedies with Healing Properties
Without taking away from the positives of 21st century medicine and scientific progress, a lot can be said for traditional, natural remedies that help us deal with basic health ailments. Alternative medicine is...
Changing calendar organisation with Richard Carthon
A successful entrepreneur at just 24, Richard Carthon talks business, religion, family and Barack Obama - and why the people around you are so important in life.
Richard Carthon had aspirations to be a lawyer ...
Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson – Softly spoken revolutionary
Poet, diarist, essayist, and activist, Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson was part of the Creole community of New Orleans in the late 19th century who became a figure of national importance. Daughter of a former black s...
Kreol Magazine celebrates release of issue 18 with a signing event
Mouthpiece of Creole community marks its new publication going to print with a well-attended community occasion.
Kreol Magazine ensured that the hotly anticipated release of its 18th issue was given the fanfar...