Louisiana

Louisiana: A History

Light Townsend Cummins, Judith Kelleher Schafer, Edward F. Haas, Michael L. Kurtz, Bennett H Wall, John C. Rodrigue Paperback, 2014, 552 pages Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 6th Revised edition edition ISBN-...
Rev. Jerome LeDoux, SVD

We’ll All Have Plenty in The Land Of No More

October 30, 2017 1 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...
Rev. Jerome LeDoux, SVD

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...
Alcée Fortier

Alcée Fortier: The Preserver of Tales

A renowned Professor at Tulane University in New Orleans, Alcée Fortier was the author of numerous works on language, literature, and Louisiana history. Perhaps his greatest contribution to the field of academi...
Sean Ardoin

Sean Ardoin – Happy with Alternative Creole

After taking a lengthy break from music, Sean Ardoin is now firmly back on the scene. He's overcome poor health and self-doubt to co-create a sound that he wants the world to hear. In this interview with Kreol ...
Watson

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....
Wilbert

Wilbert Richard – A Farmer’s Son Turned Soldier

Wilbert Richard left his family farm to join the Marines when he was 17 and narrowly missed tours in Vietnam and Okinawa. His recollections of his grandfather and great-grandfather give a great picture of histo...
Cane River Black Creoles

Revisiting the Cane River Black Creoles

It was halfway déjà vu as I drove north on I-49 beyond Alexandria, Louisiana and turned off at exit 119. But on the previous occasion, the day after Rickey Norman’s homegoing at Saint Charles Borromeo Church in...