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A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00 PM on Monday, January 13, 2020 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Milton, LA for Margaret Una Broussard Thibodeaux, who passed away on January 10, 2020 at the age of 97.
Fr. William Schambough will serve as celebrant.
Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Margaret was born in Milton, La. on March 25, 1922 to the late Elizé and Alicia Schexnayder Broussard.
She is survived by her son-in-law, Fred Cavitt and grandson, Steven E. Cavitt of Arkansas and her caregiver and niece, Edith Russo of Abbeville. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Courtney Leigh Payne, Samantha Quebedeaux, Zoe Sienna Cavitt and Danny Joe Bly, and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Clement Thibodeaux; one child, a daughter, Rose Marie Thibodeaux Cavitt; three brothers, Edgar J., Dudley L., and Wilsey J. Broussard and three sisters, Delusca Broussard, Agnes B. Vincent, and Estelle B. Leblanc.
Visitation will be held at St. Joseph Catholic Church on Monday, January 13, 2020 from 1:00 PM until the time of service.
The family wishes to thank the employees of Maison du Monde who cared for Margaret for the past 10 years.
Personal condolences may be sent to the Thibodeaux family at www.delhommefuneralhome.com.
Delhomme funeral home of Lafayette is in charge of arrangements.

BATON ROUGE — The LSU Board of Supervisors voted today to cancel classes at the flagship campus in Baton Rouge on Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 13-14, to accommodate students who are traveling to New Orleans for the national championship game.
Classes are canceled on Monday and Tuesday, but the university will remain open, and employees should report to work as usual on those days. Employees who have any questions about their work schedule on those days should contact their supervisors.
The University Registrar is currently working to update the university’s academic calendar, as the cancellation will likely require scheduling make-up days. The cancellation may also impact milestone dates throughout the semester, such as the last day to drop without receiving a grade of “W” and the last day to add a class. LSU will share all updates to the academic calendar as soon as possible so that students and faculty can plan accordingly.
The class cancellation only applies to the flagship campus in Baton Rouge. All other LSU campuses across the state will hold classes as usual on Monday and Tuesday and their academic calendars will not change.
The College Football Playoff National Championship Game will be held on Monday, Jan. 13, at 7:15 p.m. in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. LSU will face Clemson University in the match-up. The game can be viewed on ESPN and its affiliates. For more information on the game, visit www.lsusports.net.

An historic journey will begin this weekend as three Acadiana residents take the first step toward possible sainthood in the Catholic Church.
Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel of the Diocese of Lafayette will officially open the “Cause for Canonization” of Miss Charlene Richard and Mr. Auguste “Nonco” Pelafigue at a 10 a.m. ceremony on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 at Immaculata Chapel in Lafayette.
A third candidate for Beatification/Canonization is Lt. Father J. Verbis Lafleur, whose cause requires the collaboration of two other bishops in order to receive necessary permissions, due to Fr. Lafleur’s military service. Those technical, canonical matters are expected to be resolved shortly. Once resolved, Bishop Deshotel intends to open Fr. Lafleur’s “Cause for Canonization” as soon as possible. Nonetheless, Fr. Lafleur will also be recognized at the Saturday events.
Each of the three candidates are beloved, not only in South Louisiana but around the world, for their strong Catholic faith and their loving devotion to our Lord Jesus Christ and His Church, and their nomination is a testament to the rich diversity of our Diocese.
Charlene Richard, known affectionately as “The Little Cajun Saint,” was an Acadia Parish middle school student and athlete who died at the age of twelve in 1959, just two weeks after being diagnosed with acute leukemia. While hospitalized, she offered her suffering to God in prayers for others. Nonco Pelafigue was a longtime resident of Arnaudville, a teacher, a producer of children’s plays, and door to door lay evangelist who devoted his life to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Lt. Father J. Verbis Lafleur was a native of Ville Platte and parishioner of St. Landry Church in Opelousas who was ordained as a priest in the Diocese of Lafayette in 1938, where he was assigned to St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Abbeville. He later volunteered as a military chaplain during World War II. As a prisoner of war, he gave his life while saving the lives of his fellow servicemen during a torpedo attack aboard a sinking Japanese P.O.W. ship off the coast of the Philippines in the final year of the war. Stories of miraculous healing have been attributed to all three of the candidates.
During the Jan. 11 ceremony, Bishop Deshotel will officially accept each petition from representatives of the candidates’ supporters and will sign separate decrees on the Immaculata Chapel altar, officially opening the Cause for Beatification/Canonization. At that time, all those involved in the research and investigation of each cause will take an oath of office. Included in the oath of office is the Postulator, the Catholic canon lawyer appointed to guide and oversee the Cause.
For more information on how the Catholic Church chooses saints, go to http://usccb.org/about/public-affairs/backgrounders/saints-backgrounder.cfm.
It is important to understand that Saturday’s ceremony is not a beatification or canonization, but the first official step in the extensive and multifaceted process involved in that journey.

ERATH - -The North Vermilion Patriots beat Erath 59-40 on the road Tuesday night.
North Vermilion jumped out to a 22-8 first-quarter lead and never looked back.
In the first quarter, Parker McNees had the hot hand for NV. He nailed three 3-pointers and two 2-pointers for a total of 13 points. He finished the game with 13 points.
At half time, the Patriots had a convincing 36-12 lead.
Erath was able to score 27 points in the second half but never got too close to taking the lead.
The Patriots made 10 3-pointers.
Darrius Gilliam had three treys and finished the game with nine points.
Issac Touchet made two treys and finished the game with six points for NV.
For Erath, Ian Harrington had 8 points, while Tucker Derise and Brayden Broussard each made 10. Cole Domingue added four points for EHS.

Girls

AHS...........41
Northside...19

The Lady Wildcats of Abbeville scored only 12 points in the first half and still managed to beat Northside, 41-27.
At halftime, Abbeville was down 16-12.
In the third period, the Lady Wildcats came out smoking and scored 19 points.
Lekira Moore, who scored one point in the first half, poured in nine points in the second half.
Ja’learreia Soelv led AHS with 13 points. In the first half, she only scored three points. However, she scored 10 in the second half.
Allissa Richard and Chelsea Steweart had six points each for AHS.

NV.........50
Erath....13

The North Vermilion Lady Patriots were too much for Erath, winning 50-13.
The top scorer for Erath was Madeline Hebert, who had six points.
Erath scored five points in the first period and zero in the second period for a total of five points in the first half.
North Vermilion had 10 players score.
Jace Myers led NV with 12 points, and Kennedy Semian added 10.
Jade Lewis chipped in with seven points for NV.

Barbe....51
VC.........46

Despite 20 points from Kyrah Brailey, the Lady Eagles from VC lost to Barbe 51-46.
She made three 3-pointers and was six out of seven from the free-throw line for VC.
Emily Bertrand finished with 11 points. Other VC scorers were Ava Hebert (7), Whitney Bourque (2) and Kelli Frith (6).

Lake Arthur.....70
Kaplan.............26

The Lake Arthur Lady Tigers led 34-17 at half time and never looked back against the Kaplan Lady Pirates, who were on the road.
Alyia Broussard paced Kaplan with 13 points. In the first half, she scored nine of Kaplan’s 17 points.
The big quarter for Lake Arthur was in the second quarter, outscoring Kaplan 25-8.