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During the February meeting of Knights of Columbus Council 2012 from Our Lady Help of Christians (OLHC) Parish in Jennings Past Grand Knight and current District Deputy Carl Benoit (right) presented the Council’s Knight of the Month Award for January 2023 to Andy Naquin. Andy has been a member of the Knights since April of 2012 and he is a 3rd Degree Knight. Andy carries out an important role in the ACTS ministry (adoration, community, theology and service), a program which helps to revive and enhance the faith of participants. He played a vital and integral part in orchestrating the first Men’s ACTS retreat and first Women’s ACTS retreat in Our Lady Help of Christians Parish. All retreat participants have given the ACTS program rave reviews. For Barbecue Fundraisers in the past, Andy has sold tickets and helped to prepare the food and put together the meals. He did an exemplary job as chairman of the Church Parish’s Social Media Committee. Andy has worked on improving and expanding Parish communications on Flocknote, Facebook,Twitter and other social media outlets. He is an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, assisting in masses held in his church parish and at Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Elementary School. Andy is a convert to Catholicism who went through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) while in college. In OLHC Parish, he has assisted the RCIA Parish Coordinator and worked with candidates who went through RCIA. Andy and his father, fellow Knight, Horace, developed ways to improve the efficiency of lighting in the OLHC church building while saving the Parish some money on energy costs. Andy also worked to upgrade the sound system in the church building. He assisted in the installation of the new bell tower for Our Lady Help of Christians Parish. He also lent assistance in the planning and conduct of the exterior paint project for the church building. Andy Naquin has truly proved to be a credit to Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Parish and is an outstanding asset to the Knights of Columbus.

Jennings Elementary School fourth grader Jayden White and Fenton Elementary School sixth grader Hadley Dyson were hand-picked to design Jeff Davis Parish School Board (JDSB) special services department’s 100th day of school and Valentine’s Day cards that were sent out across the country to to celebrate the holidays.

During the February meeting of Knights of Columbus Council 2012 from Our Lady Help of Christians (OLHC) Parish in Jennings, Past Grand Knight and current District Deputy Carl Benoit (right) presented the Council’s Family of the Month Award for January 2023 to Mason and Debbie Lejeune.

FAMILY FEATURES

Residents enjoyed the festivities during the Jennings and Elton Mardi Gras parades.

No matter where you are in your disease journey, you may have questions about Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Focus groups led by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation revealed many veterans living with IBD want to learn more about their diet and how to manage their disease symptoms.

For nearly 50 years, Black History Month has been celebrated in the U.S. The story took root when Carter G. Woodson, a Harvardtrained historian, and minister Jesse Moorland founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1926. The official monthlong celebration did not begin, however, until 1976, and is widely recognized as a time to highlight the achievements of Black Americans.