LAKE CHARLES – The six-page insert of the Catholic Calendar, which appears on the third Friday of each month, will change on Friday, July 17, when it returns to two facing pages published, generally, on the first and third Friday in the main sections of the American Press, though there will only be one publication this July.

WESTLAKE -- The 2015 Bishop's Golf Classic will be played on Friday, Oct. 2,  at the National Golf Club of Louisiana, 2801 Louisiana Way.  The four-person scramble tournament will feature only an afternoon round, beginning with a 1 p.m. shotgun start following lunch.

LAKE CHARLES – Mrs. Nicole Monk has been selected as the administrative assistant to Bishop Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles, effective July 1, 2015, according to Monsignor Daniel A. Torres, Vicar General.

WASHINGTON — Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), welcomed the release of Pope Francis’ encyclical on ecology, Laudato Si’, June 18.

 


LAKE CHARLES – A chance good deed for a friend turned into almost three decades of service to the Diocese of Lake Charles for Sandra Jones, who worked for each of the three bishops of this local church.

LAKE CHARLES – Two seminarians of the Diocese of Lake Charles – John Souder and Michael Caraway – studying at the Pontifical North American College (PNAC) in Rome will be Val J. Peter Scholars this fall, according to information provided to Bishop Glen John Provost by Msgr. James Checchio, Rector of the College.