Historic flooding in Louisiana has changed region forever, many say
Richard Meek
Catholic News Service | Aug. 26, 2016
BATON ROUGE, LA. Water lapped at the heels of Fr. Michael Galea, steady rain an arduous reminder of Mother Nature's unfinished business.
With a sadness in his voice, Galea, pastor at Holy Rosary Church in St. Amant, estimated that as many as 90 percent of his parishioners were impacted during the recent historic flooding that touched nearly every corner of the Baton Rouge diocese.
"It's going to change the whole dynamic of Holy Rosary as a parish as we know it," Galea told The Catholic Commentator, the diocesan newspaper. "It's not going to be the same. And we are going to lose quite a bit of people if they choose to move away.
"But hopefully with love and compassion and a lot of hugs we can become a family all over again. That is what is most important is for us to be together again."
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