OPELOUSAS - A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Tuesday, July 3, for Reverend Monsignor Louis J. Melancon, a retired priest of the Diocese of Lake Charles, in St. Landry Catholic Church in Opelousas. Msgr. Melancon, 82, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 30.

LAKE CHARLES -- Bishop Glen John Provost was the presiding prelate on Saturday, June 30, at the Mass of Ordination for Reverend Samuel Orsot as a priest for the Diocese of Lake Charles as well as the ordination of a transitional deacon – Deacon Michael Caraway - in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

LAKE CHARLES — CHRISTUS St. Patrick Health System has partnered with the Diocese of Lake Charles Office of Catholic Schools to provide workplace wellness services to their school employees.

Bishop Provost has sent the following letter to the Clergy of the Diocese of Lake Charles on the important contribution of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.   He also felt that the Catholic faithful of the Diocese would be interested in reading this reflection and its message.