By Pamela Seal 
Diocese of Lake Charles

LAKE CHARLES — Bishop Glen John Provost was ordained a priest by His Holiness Pope Paul VI on June 29 during the Jubilee Year of 1975. Fifty years later, he celebrates his golden jubilee to the priesthood during the Jubilee Year of 2025. His ordination took place at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. 

June 11, 2025
St. Barnabas Apostle

In a memo addressed to Clergy of the Diocese of Lake Charles on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, Bishop Glen John Provost announced the appointment of Father Ruben Villarreal to the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy in the Holy See. The memo reads:

Two seminarians for the Diocese of Lake Charles received their call to candidacy on June 11, 2025, the Feast of St. Barnabas, Apostle. Bishop Glen John Provost accepted Cameron Fontenot and Michael DesOrmeaux to Candidacy for Holy Orders during the 12:05 p.m. Mass in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles

RAGLEY — When we give to God our time, talents, and treasures, He will take care of the rest. That’s something the faith community of St. Pius X Catholic Church is counting on. 

The “little Catholic church” on Highway 171 launched its “Building the Future, Rooted in Faith” Capital Campaign at the beginning of 2025, but efforts to raise money started long before the targeted fundraising was official. 

WASHINGTON – Pope Leo XIV has appointed Reverend Simon Peter Engurait, a priest of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux and current diocesan administrator, as the Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux.