LAKE CHARLES – Reverend Monsignor Daniel A. Torres, Vicar General of the Diocese of Lake Charles, was the featured speaker of the 2017 commencement ceremonies of St. Louis Catholic High School at which 159 seniors of the school graduated May 16 in Burton Coliseum. Of those seniors, 59 were honors graduates, the highest in the school’s history.

LAKE CHARLES -- Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) recently announced the award of a long-term disaster recovery grant of $137,500to Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana. The grant was made possible due to the generosity of individuals and families from local parishes across the country who contributed to the second collection offered by The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

By Jim Graves
Our Sunday Visitor

The National Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, which houses the remains and relics of the saint who founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1891, will permanently close on Dec. 31, Sister Donna Breslin, president of the community, announced recently.



LAKE CHARLES — Two priests, Father Jude Fernando, T.O.R, a native of Sri Lanka, and the other, Father John Payne, a priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, have been appointed to pastoral positions in the Diocese of Lake Charles.

LAKE CHARLES – The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles, has approved a leave of absence from priestly ministry in the diocese to Rev. John Huckaby, pastor of St. Theodore Catholic Church in Moss Bluff.

BATON ROUGE – The Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops (LCCB) released a statement - "It's Time to Affirm Life Without Exception: The Death Penalty is Not Acceptable" – on Tuesday, April 18.