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10 Seminarians Studying for Diocese of Lake Charles

The 2025-2026 school year is under way for 10 seminarians studying for the Diocese of Lake Charles. Two are in the beginning stages of their seminarian formation while eight are continuing at different stages of their journeys to the priesthood.

Seminarians Triumph Over Priests in Wiffle Ball Three-peat

By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles

LAKE CHARLES — A team of Seminarians held on to their championship title for the third year in a row claiming an 11-5 victory over a team of Priests during the 2025 Bishop’s Invitational Wiffle Ball Classic. The annual fundraiser for the Serra Club that supports the Office of Vocations took place on Saturday, August 2, in Our Lady Queen of Heaven Family Life Center gymnasium.

Despite Monsignor Daniel Torres making a grand entrance and presenting the Seminarians with a wrapped gift of Kleenex in anticipation of their defeat, it would be the Team of Priests who needed the tissue when the final bat was swung.

Catholic Charities Network Responds to Texas Floods

AUGUST 4, 2025

In a powerful display of faith in action, Catholic Charities agencies from across Louisiana and Southeast Texas united to support families affected by the devastating July 4th flooding in the Texas Hill Country. Through region-wide coordination and direct partnership with Catholic Charities of San Antonio, these agencies, including Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana in Lake Charles, are providing 176 pallets of in-kind relief supplies and contributing more than $42,520 in gift cards and $175,580 in monetary donations to aid immediate relief and long-term recovery efforts.

Bishop Provost Celebrates 50 Years of Priesthood

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.

Lake Charles Priest to Enter Vatican Diplomatic Service

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 Accepted to Candidacy for Holy Orders

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.