
FEATURED WORKS:
SOCIAL MEDIA & VIDEOGRAPHY
Over 2,000 years ago, Jesus commissioned His disciples to "Go and make disciples of all nations." The story of His Paschal Mystery and teachings spread in ways typical of the time: through word of mouth and written texts. As the years passed, the Gospel continued to spread in new and creative ways—through books, radio, television, the Internet, and, most recently, social media. For centuries, disciples have never stopped innovating in their mission to share the Good News, and I am proud to say that I have had the privilege of playing a unique role in continuing the legacy of the disciples who came before me.
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When inspired by the Holy Spirit, social media can be an incredible tool to evangelize. Whether it be capitalizing on secular trends or sharing a small moment that took place in the Mass, it has been a privilege to let the Lord use me as an instrument in this new way of communicating His Gospel, especially through video.
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Below are just a few of my favorite works from my years of serving as digital media manager for the Diocese of Baton Rouge.

The direct link to the Facebook playlists only works on desktop computers. (I'll have to ask the Lord about this particular mystery when I get to heaven!)
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The Eucharistic Summer of 2024
What began as a dream in the minds of Bishops over three years ago transformed into a nationwide hunger for the Eucharist, culminating in what many have called "The Eucharistic Summer of 2024."
As part of this national movement, I was privileged to contribute directly through my role on our diocesan Eucharistic Revival Committee. I helped to plan and execute various communication campaigns for this movement, but none were quite as consuming and rewarding the summer of 2024.
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During this period of time, thousands of individuals of all ages attended the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage in our diocese, hundreds of pilgrims from our diocese attended the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis and we welcomed thousands more for the first half of the Fete Dieu du Mississippi, the 10th Anniversary of the famous Diocese of Lafayette Eucharistic Procession.
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What the people of Baton Rouge experienced over those four months can hardly be summed up into words, but I did my best to capture the movement of our Eucharistic Lord through various forms of digital media. Serving my diocese during this Eucharistic Revival has been both an honor and one of the most fulfilling experiences of my career.
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Breakdown of My Work for the Projects
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage - I coordinated and created all of the content leading up to the event (press releases, promotional graphics, internal communications, social media videos and webpages). I also filmed 95% of the recap video (I did not take the drone shots), edited it down and worked with the National Eucharistic Revival’s social media to create a collaboration post. This campaign was one of our most successful of the year, reaching 106.5K accounts.
National Eucharistic Congress – During my day and a half at the National Eucharistic Congress, I captured photos and videos, coordinated additional video content with Bishop Duca and other pilgrims, and prepared materials for post-event editing.
Fete Dieu du Mississippi – I developed and coordinated all of the content, including an incredibly successful promo video (almost 39K accounts reached on Facebook alone), worked with a photographer on desired shots for the day, and created a video to recap the event for social media. (The only outside assistance for the project was a photographer and audio from the CatholicLifeTV livestream).
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Back to Basics | Lent 2024
Lent often becomes a season where people focus more on their actions and less on nurturing their relationship with the Lord. While the intention is sincere, many forget the foundational practices, making the season unnecessarily challenging. To guide people toward a more meaningful Lenten transformation, the "Back to Basics" series was created.
Throughout Lent, a series of videos featuring Fr. Taylor Sanford, a local diocesan priest, was shared, each focusing on a fundamental aspect of prayer. Topics included the importance of prayer, an introduction to relational prayer, a guided Lectio Divina meditation, traditional Lenten prayer devotions, a prayer to enter into Holy Week, and even a blooper reel to foster a sense of connection. Accompanying these videos were graphic posts that reinforced the themes covered, offering further reflection and guidance.
Breakdown of My Work for the Project
For this project, I coordinated schedules with Fr. Taylor, drafted scripts for each video, recorded the videos onsite, created the graphic social media posts to pair with the weekly videos, edited the videos down and prepared for their release on social media.
The direct link to the Facebook playlists only works on desktop computers. (I'll have to ask the Lord about this particular mystery when I get to heaven!)

Additional Graphic Posts
Back to Basics Intro Graphic
ARRR – A Guide to Relational Prayer
Lenten Devotions – Confession and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
Lenten Devotions – The Way of the Cross, The Rosary & Divine Mercy

The direct link to the Facebook playlists only works on desktop computers. (I'll have to ask the Lord about this particular mystery when I get to heaven!)
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Meet the Seminarians
The “Meet the Seminarians” series was born out of the desire for the people of the Diocese of Baton Rouge to not only recognize our seminarians but also know our seminarians.
Traditionally, the diocese has created seminarian posters featuring headshots of those studying to become priests, which have been displayed in churches and parish offices. While these posters are nice for name recognition and intercessory purposes, these posters do not help showcase the personalities and prayer lives of the men actively discerning the Lord’s call at the seminary nor engage other men who might be interested in discerning the call.
Since its launch in 2023, the “Meet the Seminarians” series has transformed how seminarians are known within our diocese. For the 2024 season, there was a deeper focus on production quality and truly engaging the seminarians in a way that would showcase their vibrant personalities. We believe both of these goals were met, if not exceeded.
Breakdown of My Work for the Project
I worked with Fr. Josh Johnson, Vocations Director of the Diocese, to coordinate a time to have these interviews. I prepared questions, filmed and executed the interviews for each of the 12 seminarians and edited the videos, including a trailer for the series.
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Called by Name
“Called by Name” is an initiative that began in our diocese years before I joined. Its purpose is to encourage priests to share their vocation stories during Mass one weekend each year, with the hope that these testimonies inspire young men to discern whether they are being called to the priesthood.
For years, Called by Name was set aside in favor of other opportunities. However, in 2024, Fr. Josh Johnson revived the initiative with a fresh approach, leveraging social media and the diocese’s digital resources to amplify its reach.
Seven videos featuring Bishop Michael Duca and Fr. Josh Johnson were created and shared on diocesan social media platforms. The initiative was a resounding success, prompting several young men to begin intentionally discerning their call to the priesthood.
Breakdown of My Work for the Project
Fr. Josh approached me in late 2023 to assist with marketing the initiative on social media. After numerous discussions about our plan and schedules, we agreed to collaborate with CatholicLife TV, our local Catholic television station, to record and edit the videos. My primary responsibilities included conducting interviews with Bishop Duca and Fr. Josh during the video shoot and developing a comprehensive social media strategy to support the initiative’s rollout. The series reached a 132K accounts on Facebook and Instagram.


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To Our Clergy...
One of the key goals of our 2024 Diocesan Social Media Plan was to give honest glimpses into the beauty of vocations within our diocese. To support this goal, we set out to create a special video to be released on Holy Thursday, the day the Church celebrates the Institution of the Priesthood. This video had two main objectives: 1) to capture the joy and beauty of the priesthood, and 2) to serve as a heartfelt “Thank You” to the men who have devoted their lives to serving the Church and her people.
Breakdown of My Work for the Project
I planned, shot and edited the entirety of this video on my own (the audio came from the Chrism Mass livestream) and the turnaround was two workdays. One of the most impressive metrics is that the video was seen by 14K accounts on Instagram and was played 20.8K times. Our follower count at the time was just over 2K.
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Supper at Emmaus
"Supper at Emmaus" is the title of the painting commissioned by the Diocese of Baton Rouge for the Eucharistic Revival. The artwork was created by Blair Piras, a sacred artist who grew up in the diocese. To better showcase the artwork, we recorded an interview with Blair and Dr. Brian Pedraza, a local theologian who also served on the Diocesan Eucharistic Revival Committee.
Breakdown of My Work for the Project
Once we received the painting, I knew we needed to share the beauty of the work with our diocese. I worked with CatholicLife TV to create a filming schedule, informed CLTV of the project's overall vision, planned the general story the interview would follow, coordinated schedules with Dr. Pedraza and Blair, shot B-roll video and thumbnail shots onsite and assisted CLTV with the post-production of the video.