News - Diocese of Lake Charles

Vocation Prayer Card Winners for 2018 Announced

LAKE CHARLES – Reed Falcon, an eight-year old parishioner of Christ the King Catholic Church, captured first place in the 2018 Vocation Drawing Contest of the Diocese of Lake Charles.

Pastoral Care for the Sick and Dying  

The following letter was addressed by Bishop Provost to the priests of the Diocese of Lake Charles. The letter contains information which the Bishop thinks might be of interest to the faithful of the Diocese as well. Therefore, it is being posted here for their benefit. 

On the Priority of Safety at Our Catholic Schools

The Office of Catholic Schools along with school site administration believe that keeping your children safe is our top priority each and every day. Listed below are several safety measures currently in place designed to safeguard students and ensure positive student learning in the
classroom: 

Broadcast of Cathedral's 9:30 a.m. Sunday Mass to Expand

LAKE CHARLES -- The celebration of the Sunday 9:30 a.m. Mass from the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, which has been broadcast live on the radio - KLCL (1470-AM), since the beginning of the Diocese of Lake Charles and additionally - more recently - on Jennings' KJEF-AM (1290-AM) as well streaming on both stations' websites, will now also be aired on Radio Maria 91.1 FM beginning May 13, continuing on each second Sunday thereafter.

Bishops' Chairmen Grateful for Pre-Synod on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Chairmen for the Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations and the Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth have expressed gratitude for the openness and honesty of the young adults who participated as delegates to the Pre-Synodal Meeting in anticipation of this October’s Ordinary Synod of Bishops on Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment.

Bishop Provost's 2018 Chrism Mass Homily

“’The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.’” Luke 4:18

When our Lord rose in the synagogue of Nazareth to proclaim the words of Isaiah, He proclaimed this as His mission: “’The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free, and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord’” (Luke 4:18-19).