The 2024-2025 school year is well under way for 10 seminarians studying for the Diocese of Lake Charles. Two are just starting their seminarian formation while eight are continuing at different stages of their journeys to the priesthood.

By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles

LAKE CHARLES — St. Louis Catholic High School announced on October 3 it will begin advertising for bids on October 10 for two significant projects — construction of its new campus on Corbina Road and demolition of its hurricane-damaged Bank Street campus.

By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles 

LAKE CHARLES –– Dominican Priest Father Aquinas Guilbeau, O.P., traveled to his home state of Louisiana to talk about the “Life of Virtue” at the 13th annual Veritas Conference in the Diocese of Lake Charles on Saturday, September 21. The event was hosted by the Office of Religious Education. 

From Catholic education to family life, to supporting vocations, charitable works for those in need, and crisis response, your gift to the Bishop’s Services Appeal makes a difference in the ministries it supports and the thousands of people it impacts. 

The 44th annual Bishop’s Services Appeal (BSA), a fundraising campaign to aid in the operation of various ministries and programs, kicked off the weekend of September 14-15 in church parishes throughout the Diocese.

LAKE CHARLES — The Most Reverend Glen J. Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles, has accepted the recommendation from the Diocesan Search Committee and the Finance Council to appoint Mrs. Robin L. Austin, CPA, CGMA, as the new Chief Finance Officer for the Diocese of Lake Charles effective Tuesday, October 1, 2024.

By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles 

LAKE CHARLES –– The dying wish of a beloved priest was finally fulfilled when the Monsignor DeBlanc / DMMM Joy Care Center opened its doors on Friday, September 6, 2024, at 425 Seventh Street.