Having grown up as a son of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Bunkie, Louisiana, Fr. Louis Bertrand Lemoine moved from Louisiana to Columbus, Ohio where he began seminary studies for the diocesan priesthood in 2006. As he finished his philosophical studies, he discerned a call to religious life and entered the novitiate of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph. His family lives in Louisiana. “I rejoice that the Dominican life has both a strong active and contemplative dimension. I am thankful for the Lord’s call in my life.”