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His Excellency, the Most Reverend Glen John Provost announces that the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest will serve in the Diocese of Lake Charles beginning in January 2020.  Further, Bishop Provost announces that the Institute will reopen the historic Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church (the current City Court of Sulphur) under the Patronage of Saint Francis de Sales once the structure is restored and made suitable for the Divine Liturgy and Sacramental Celebrations.

LAKE CHARLES – The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles, was the celebrant of a Mass marking the 100 years of establishment of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Lake Charles. Reverend Robert Boxie III, a priest of the Archdiocese of Washington, DC and a native of Lake Charles and Sacred Heart Church, was the homilist.

Church Began in 1869 Under Patronage of St. Francis de Sales

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Diocese of Lake Charles

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Lake Charles has been a symbol of resilience and faith over the past 150 years, rising above the destruction of hurricanes and ashes early on.

BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana Conference of Catholic Bishops, an agency of the Roman Catholic Bishops of the state that has as its foundation the beliefs of the Catholic Church, has issued a Public Policy Guide to the faithful of the state of Louisiana, which can be downloaded below.

Fraternus, a national organization that has been mentoring boys into virtuous Catholic men for over 10 years, has formed a local chapter in the Diocese of Lake Charles. Although it goes into high school and beyond, Fraternus membership begins in the fifth grade because it is in those years that mentoring becomes necessary.

Among candidates for elected office, the choices for voters can be perplexing. A Catholic has a moral duty to vote and is obligated to vote according to the judgment of a well-formed conscience (commonly called an “informed conscience”), understood as true knowledge of good and evil applied to one’s concrete actions. Catholic voters are guided by these principles: