LAKE CHARLES – Bishop Glen John Provost has appointed Sr. Miriam MacLean, RSM, as Secretary for the Ministry of Pastoral Services and Director of Catholic Social Services of Southwest Louisiana, effective Monday, Sept. 24, 2018.

Food Distribution Sites Expand

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Administrative Committee has issued the following statement in response to the recent sex abuse scandals. In the statement, the bishops say they pledge to “heal and protect with every bit of the strength God provides us.”

DERIDDER – The Mass of Christian Burial for Deacon F. Sumner Kohlhund, 90, will be celebrated on Friday, Sept. 21, at 10 a.m. in St. Joseph Catholic Church with Father Jude Brunnert, M.S. and Monsignor Daniel Torres officiating. A Rosary will be prayed at 9:30 a.m. in the church.

VATICAN CITY — Following a private audience with Pope Francis this morning in Vatican City, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued the following statement regarding the recent moral crisis in the American Catholic Church.

Bishop Glen John Provost has released the following statement in response to the National Crisis of Sexual Misconduct in the Church.