Vicent Pierre

Vincent Pierre – Creole Public Servant

Vincent Pierre is a Louisiana elected official who is extremely proud of his Creole heritage. He was born in the Lafayette Charity Hospital in 1964 and raised in a small, friendly neighbourhood in the Scott/Car...
French Quarter Festival

2018 French Quarter Festival As it Happened

The annual French Quarter Festival is a free springtime music and food celebration in New Orleans. The festival spans four days and invites more than 300 musical acts to perform in the historic heart of the cit...
Signing

Kreol Magazine – Signing Events

In the previous issues. 21 and 22, of Kreol Magazine, we featured numerous individuals and families whose stories have touched many people. We have received amazing feedback from readers across the world who fe...
Boudin

Cajun Eats the Focus on Scott Boudin Festival

The first weekend of April each year is reserved for one thing in Scott, Louisiana: Cajun food. The annual Scott Boudin Festival took place from 6 April to 8 April 2018 at Scott Park and showcased the rich Caju...
Louisiane

Reviewing Festival International de Louisiane 2018

Festival International de Louisiane is in its 32nd year in 2018. The festival, which began in 1987, is a celebration of Acadiana and its connection to the wider Francophone vvorld. Each year, visitors come from...
New Orleans Jazz Fest

2018 New Orleans Jazz Fest in Review

There are few celebrations in the city of New Orleans more important than Jazz Fest. Known officially as the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, this annual celebration brings to together the diverse cult...
vitamins

Does Your Body Need Vitamin Supplements?

February 5, 2018 When I was on the mend from two cracked ribs, etc., the doctor prescribed, among other pills, a once- a-week-50,000-unit pill for vitamin D. That set me to wondering about the implications or ...
robbery

We Must Not Be Lulled Into La-La Land

May 20, 2018  Society of the Divine Word Southern Province U.S.A. Provincial Superior, Father Paul Kahan, sent an urgent email to all of us at 8:20 in the morning of May 7, 2018. Held at gunpoint was the t...
Paradise

What is your piece of paradise here?

May 28, 2018 Due to ministry, rarely have I had an opportunity to view the Kentucky Derby Run For The Roses, aka “The most exciting two minutes in sports.” One might quibble over one or the other heavyweight b...

A Greiving Mother’s Mother’s Day

May 13, 2018 It was a month of Sundays since A Greiving Mother's Mother’s Day I had received a call from Hannah Augillard Benjamin, but the approach of Mother’s Day 2018 changed that abruptly. Dreary and painf...