Monday, April 11, 2022

Announcement from the Office of the Bishop:

Effective Easter Monday, April 18, Father Jude Brunnert, M.S., will retire from the pastorate of St. Joseph in DeRidder, remaining in the Diocese of Lake Charles, residing at Villa Maria in Lake Charles as a senior priest.

The five Catholic schools in the Diocese of Lake Charles domiciled in Calcasieu Parish will begin the 2022-2023 school year with the return of students on Wednesday, August 17, according to the Office of Catholic Schools.

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Diocese of Lake Charles

LAKE CHARLES — More than 60 years ago, a priest saw a need to minister to people of the sea visiting the Port of Lake Charles. It was that love of welcoming a stranger, the love to care for those far from home that led to what is known today as the Stella Maris Seafarers Center in the Diocese of Lake Charles.

NEW ORLEANS — The 43rd session of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies (IBCS), a graduate theology program and school of pastoral ministry that meets each summer, will convene Sunday, June 26 through Friday, July 15, 2022.  After two years of online learning due to the pandemic, IBCS classes and Community Life will resume as usual on the campus of Xavier University of Louisiana, according to Dr. Kathleen Dorsey Bellow, director of the Institute.

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Diocese of Lake Charles

LAKE CHARLES — In union with Pope Francis and thousands of bishops around the world, Bishop Glen John Provost led the faithful of the Diocese of Lake Charles in praying for peace and an end to war between Russia and Ukraine on Friday, March 25. It was standing room only in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for the historic global event.