LAKE CHARLES – The 40^th annual fundraising effort conducted in the Diocese of Lake Charles – the Bishop’s Services Appeal – begins 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.

The offices of the Diocese of Lake Charles will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26 and 27, reopening on Monday, Nov. 30, for regular business hours – 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop, is lifting 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 goes into effect November 29, 2020, the First Sunday of Advent.

The Diocese of Lake Charles will again host the Louisiana Cemetery Task Force to explain available FEMA Individual Assistance as it applies to disturbed bodies in church, public, private and family cemeteries, as a result of Hurricanes Laura and Delta.

If you would like to make a financial contribution to aid in the Hurricane Laura and Hurricane Delta relief and rebuilding efforts for the Diocese of Lake Charles, click here to DONATE NOW.