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By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles

LAKE CHARLES — Several hundred people gathered on a chilly night for the All Souls Day Mass of Remembrance at Consolata Cemetery on Thursday, November 2. Bishop Glen John Provost was the celebrant for the 6:00 p.m. liturgy as the sun was setting around the main mausoleum. The Mass is hosted annually by the Diocese of Lake Charles and Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church.

By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles

LAKE CHARLES — The work by staff at the Diocese of Lake Charles Chancery is all done for the Lord. Now those employees will have a chance to be renewed in the Lord’s Presence with a chapel in the same building where they work. 

By Pamela Seal 
Diocese of Lake Charles 

Leading up to the first National Eucharistic Congress in 83 years in July 2024, the Diocese of Lake Charles will kick off a local pilgrimage — The Diocesan Camino of St. Peter Claver — on Saturday, November 25, 2023, at the West Cal Events Center in Sulphur. 

"Unplanned" Actress Keynote Speaker
at 32nd Annual NLC Banquet

By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles 

LAKE CHARLES — Ashley Bratcher still gets emotional when she thinks about the possibility that she almost never had a chance to step foot on this earth. But God knew all along that He formed her in the womb to one day be the face of the pro-life world.

LAKE CHARLES — The Reverend John A. Poerio, 90, a priest of the Diocese of Lake Charles, died Thursday, October 26, in Villa Maria Retirement Center. He had been a priest for 63 years.

Visitation will be Monday, Oct. 30, from 4 to 8 p.m. in Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church with a Scripture Service at  6 p.m. 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 11 a.m. from Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church with The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles, as the celebrant and homilist.

By Pamela Seal 
Diocese of Lake Charles 

LAKE CHARLES — The saying “there is power in numbers” was on full display during the sixth annual Rosary Around the Lake on Sunday, October 1, in the Diocese of Lake Charles. 

By Pamela Seal 
Diocese of Lake Charles 

LAKE CHARLES — The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles, was the principal celebrant for the fourth annual “White Mass for Medical Professionals” in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday, October 22. 

By Pamela Seal 
Diocese of Lake Charles 

MOSS BLUFF — His Excellency, the Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles, was the celebrant and homilist for the 17th annual Clergy and Religious Recognition Celebration on Tuesday, September 12, at Camp Karol. The Mass took place on the Memorial of the Most Holy Name of Mary, Mother of God, followed by a luncheon for the honorees. 

BELL CITY — Monsignor Daniel A. Torres, Vicar General, installed Reverend Paul D’Sa, M.O.C., as Pastor of St. John Vianney Catholic Church on Saturday, September 23, 2023.

By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles

LAKE CHARLES — Rev. Jeffrey Starkovich, Class of 2003, will take a trip down memory lane when he serves as the Grand Marshal of the 2023 Saint Louis Catholic High School Homecoming Parade on Wednesday, September 27. He will also be celebrating his 20-year class reunion.