On December 8, 2023, following the 8:30 a.m. Mass, we will have the Novena for LIfe and Mercy. In the Diocese of Baton Rouge one church prays this Novena every Friday for nine weeks. We will be week nine. This Novena is for the people on death row. There are 36 people that still need to have their cases brought before the Pardon Board. In Louisiana, the governor can only commute a sentence from death to life in prison after receiving a positive recommendation from the Pardon Board. Governor Edwards will leave office on January 8, 2024. Please join us for this novena.