News and Press

LAKE CHARLES — Immaculate Conception Cathedral School and the Office of Catholic Schools are pleased to announce the selection of Mrs. Jacqueline Hebert as the 2024-2025 Principal.

August 4, 2024
Feast of St. John Vianney

A Request for Acts of Reparation
to the Catholics of the Diocese of Lake Charles
from Bishop Glen John Provost

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season is June 1 through November 30. We invite you to join us daily in praying the following prayer, composed in 1957 by The Most Reverend Maurice Schexnayder, Second Bishop of Lafayette, following Hurricane Audrey:

Deacon Leo Anthony Hebert, 84, passed away peacefully in his residence of Ragley on July 25, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. Leo was born September 7, 1939, to Vina Hebert and Norman Charles Hebert, but was raised by his mother and stepfather, Crankford Ortego.

Deacon Maurice Serice, a native of Sulphur, LA, passed away on August 2, 2024, at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas at the age of 87. He was born October 16, 1936, to George and Lena DiGiglia Serice.

By Pamela Seal 
Diocese of Lake Charles 

LAKE CHARLES — The 2024 Bishop’s Invitational Wiffle Ball Classic stretched into an extra inning on Saturday, August 3, with Team Seminarians holding on to their championship title. They claimed an 11-10 nail-biting victory over Team Priests as Luka Hagen, a new seminarian to the team, crossed home plate in the Immaculate Conception Cathedral School gymnasium to break the tie game.