Information and Announcements About The Diocese
"Bishop's Reflection," a weekly video message from the Most Reverend Glen John Provost highlighting the Sunday Gospel, has resumed here on the website. The "Bishop's Reflection" may also be viewed each week on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lake Charles Facebook page.
In a news release Tuesday, December 8, the Office of Catholic Schools of the Diocese of Lake Charles has announced that Catholic schools will adhere to recently updated Centers for Disease Control guidelines, according to Kimberlee Gazzolo, Superintendent.
Read more: New Covid-19 Guidance Announced for Catholic Schools
LAKE CHARLES – The 40th annual fundraising effort conducted in the Diocese of Lake Charles – the Bishop’s Services Appeal – began in the parishes of the diocese on Sunday, Nov. 29, the First Sunday of Advent, with this year’s theme being ‘Now you are Christ’s body, and individually part of it,’ coming from I Corinthians 12:27.
LAKE CHARLES — For decades, the fountains at Consolata Cemetery have added a touch of beauty to the landscape of burial spaces. But, as long as Dewey Duhon has been director of the cemetery, he has never seen the fountains operational.
By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles
Priests are known for feeding their flock spiritually, but over the past several months, their flock have had the opportunity to feed them.
Read more: Displaced Priests Fed by Flock That They Shepherd
The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop, has lifted the dispensation from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass and holy days of obligation in the Diocese of Lake Charles. The obligation for Catholics in good health went into effect November 29, 2020, the First Sunday of Advent.
Read more: Bishop Lifts Dispensation from Obligation to Attend Mass