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The Diocese of Lake Charles celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the Apostleship of the Sea (AOS) on Saturday, October 3, 2020. The day began with the Holy Mass in honor of Our Lady at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, celebrated by His Excellency, The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, D.D., M.A., Bishop of Lake Charles. Deacon Patrick LaPoint, Director of Stella Maris Seafarers Center; and Father Rommel Tolentino, Port Chaplain for the Diocese of Lake Charles, assisted at the Mass, along with other clergy of the Diocese. The Mass was followed by a Marian and Eucharistic Procession to the Lake Charles Civic Center Seawall, where Adoration and Benediction took place. It was a beautiful tribute to the Patroness of the Apostleship of the Sea, and Our Lady Star of the Sea (Stella Maris).

(Photography by Morris LeBleu / Diocese of Lake Charles)

October 10, 2020, morning after Hurricane Delta landfall

Just as he did through Hurricane Laura, Bishop Glen John Provost assures the faithful in the Diocese of Lake Charles of his constant presence and prayers for everyone, both during and after Hurricane Delta, as he remains in the Diocese.

The Diocese of Lake Charles is coordinating three public meetings to inform those whose family graves (Catholic, private, and public) were damaged by Hurricanes Laura and/or Delta of available funding. The Louisiana Cemetery Task Force and FEMA will be in attendance to explain the FEMA funding process.

Thursday, October 8, 2020

Dear People of God,

Praised be Jesus Christ! We are all awaiting the inevitable strike of Hurricane Delta. The onslaught of these storms has understandably left us apprehensive and exhausted. We must, nonetheless, be assured that we are in God’s hands.

The Rev. D.B. Thompson, pastor of both Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Cameron, and Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Creole, talks about devastation of back-to-back hurricanes in a story featured in the Lafayette Daily Advertiser. Click here to read story and view images of more destruction from Hurricane Delta that came ashore as a Category 2 storm on October 9, just six weeks after Hurricane Laura made landfall on August 27.

Request for Proposals
Diocese of Lake Charles

1. NEW - DOLC ITB St. Margaret of Scotland Temporary School Site Construction 12.08.2020
2. NEW - DOLC L20 AD Immaculate Conception Cathedral School 20.0028.03 Emergency Repairs 12.02.2020
3. NEW - DOLC L20 RFP Arch & Eng Procurement Services for Our Lady’s Catholic School
4. NEW - DOLC L20 Bid Our Lady’s School Temporary Buildings
5. NEW - DOLC L20 Bid St. Margaret’s Temporary Buildings
6. DOLC L20 RFP Tree and Vegetative Debris Removal
7. DOLC L20 SLCHS Temp Contents & Technology
8. RFP Emergency Repair Services
9. BID AWARDED - St. Margaret of Scotland Temporary Campus
10. BID AWARDED - St. Louis Catholic High School - Temporary Facility
11. BID AWARDED - Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church - Roof