WASHINGTON — Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), has issued the following statement after a series of meetings with members of the USCCB’s Executive Committee and other bishops. The following statement includes three goals and three principles, along with initial steps of a plan that will involve laity, experts, and the Vatican. A more developed plan will be presented to the full body of bishops at their general assembly meeting in Baltimore in November.

LAKE CHARLES --- The 2018 Veritas Conference - Catechesis of the Family - will feature two keynote speakers, Dr. Bob Rice and Sister Anna Marie McGuan, RSM. Sponsored by the Office of Adult Education of the Diocese of Lake Charles, the conference is Saturday, September 15, in St. Louis Catholic High School located at 1620 Bank Street.

The homily of Bishop Provost for the Solemnity of the Assumption, preached at St. Mary Magdalen Church for the beginning of the Fête-Dieu Procession in partial observance of the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Diocese of Lafayette.

Upcoming events in the Diocese of Lake Charles.

LAKE CHARLES – The Catholic schools of the Diocese of Lake Charles will begin the 2018-2019 school year with the return of students to classes on Friday, August 10, at Our Lady Immaculate Catholic School in Jennings and on Thursday, August 16, at the six schools located in Calcasieu Parish.