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Father LeDoux: remembering the priest in Birkenstocks

The Rev. Jerome LeDoux, the exuberant New Orleans Catholic priest who led jubilant, musical Afrocentric Masses at his St. Augustine Church, passed away on Monday January 7 at Holy Ghost Church, Opelousas. He wa...
Rev. Jerome LeDoux, SVD

We can’t escape the magic of our minds/bodies

Totally atypical of the date, midnight January 1, 1995 sported a 62-degree temperature with the lightest hint of mist. We had just celebrated a 10:30 p.m., Mass on New Year’s Eve, timed to end at precisely midn...