A little girl from the Lafayette area could be on the path to being recognized as a saint. If she is, she would become the first from Louisiana. “Just pray for us, pray for this cause,” said Fr. Taylor Reynolds of the Diocese of Alexandria, “because at this point it’s in Rome’s hands now.” Charlene Richard was born in the small town of Richard in 1947. At the age of 12, she was diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia. Her parents were told she would not survive. They asked the hospital’s chaplain to tell her.