Statement Regarding Homosexual Civil Unions
October 21, 2020
Wednesday
Bishop Provost has issued the following statement on reported papal remarks on civil unions:
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Centennial Anniversary of Apostleship of the Sea
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)
White Mass Honors Health Care Professionals
By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles
Health care professionals gathered on Sunday, October 18, to participate in a White Mass celebrated by Bishop Glen John Provost. The 9:30 a.m. liturgy in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception was appropriately celebrated on the Feast of St. Luke, patron of physicians.
Diocese Working with Louisiana Cemetery Task Force
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.
Read more: Diocese Working with Louisiana Cemetery Task Force
No Decisions Have Been Made
In recent days there have been postings that the Diocese of Lake Charles has made a decision to not rebuild, not fix, or accommodate the needs of the Roman Catholics encompassing the Catholic Parishes of Saint Eugene in Grand Chenier, Our Lady Star of the Sea in Cameron, Sacred Heart of Jesus in Creole, Saint Patrick Mission in Sweetlake, and Saint Mary of the Lake in Big Lake/Grand Lake. These postings are not true.
More Damage to Cameron Churches, Cemeteries
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.