While recovering from surgery and evacuated to Scott, La., Reverend Monsignor James Gaddy has been constantly on the phone, coordinating donations from across the country for his parishioners and all displaced by the wrath of Hurricane Laura.

LAKE CHARLES –– Bishop Glen John Provost of the Diocese of Lake Charles announced on Tuesday, September 1, the leadership and organization for the recovery from Hurricane Laura of churches and facilities within the Diocese.

The Office of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Lake Charles is committed to working around the clock to clear the path to re-open schools following the Category 4 hurricane that ravaged the Southwest Louisiana community on August 27.

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Diocese of Lake Charles

The entire five-parish region of the Diocese of Lake Charles was impacted by Hurricane Laura’s brutal wrath of destruction as the Category 4 storm made landfall along the Gulf Coast in the early morning hours of August 27. But through it all, His Excellency, Bishop Glen John Provost never left the Diocese.

Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana, under the leadership of Sister Miriam Maclean, R.S.M., was on the ground running within hours of Hurricane Laura making landfall on August 27 in Southwest Louisiana.

August 27, 2020

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I write to all of you from the Diocese of Lake Charles. We have seen the destruction and experienced the wind and water.