Former LSU frat house is blessed for Catholic ministry to young men

Photos by Richard Meek | CATHOLIC COMMENTATOR 

Baton Rouge Bishop Michael G. Duca, holding a reliquary that contains a drop of blood from St. John Paul II, and Archbishop Gregory Aymond blessed the new St. John Paul II House on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge on Oct. 24.

Supporters and benefactors of the project were in attendance. Three of the nine residents briefly discussed the impact the house has made in their lives, both personally and spiritually. At right are Father Kurt Young, New Orleans vocations director, and Father Andrew Merrick, pastor of Christ the King Church and Catholic Center in Baton Rouge.