By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles
LAKE CHARLES –– A frigid rainy afternoon did not dampen the spirits of nearly 300 students, faculty, alumni, clergy, and officials who enthusiastically turned out for the groundbreaking of St. Louis Catholic High School on Sunday, January 12, 2025.
By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles
LAKE CHARLES –– Reverend Whitney G. Miller made history by being the first priest ordained in 1980 for the newly formed Diocese of Lake Charles. Now that he has reached the well-deserved retirement age of 70, he has a message to share: “I am refocusing. I am not retiring!”
Father Whitney sat down recently to share his goals for this new season in his nearly 45 years of priesthood.
By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles
LAKE CHARLES — His Excellency, Bishop Glen John Provost officially opened the Jubilee Year 2025 in the Diocese of Lake Charles on Sunday, December 29, 2024, coinciding with the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. It was a joyful celebration made extra special with all 11 of the diocese’s seminarians home for Christmas.
As we conclude Advent and begin our celebration of the birthday of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, I am reminded of a statement by George Bernanos, a noted French author. He wrote, “The Church has need not of reformers but of saints.” Christmas reminds me of the wisdom of those words.
By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles
WELSH — A tug at Betty LaBouve's heart four decades ago has grown into a Christmas tradition at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church making spirits bright for countless families.
This year, nearly 100 Community Christmas Baskets were prepared with food and other essentials, along with hundreds of wrapped gifts for children. Among the presents too big to wrap were 30 bicycles on many “wish lists.”
DECREE FOR THE JUBILEE YEAR 2025
Glen John Provost
by the Grace of God and the Favor of the Apostolic See
Bishop of Lake Charles
For an Everlasting Remembrance.
