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BISHOPS APPROVE SEVERAL ITEMS AT SPRING MEETING

BALTIMORE — The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved several action items today at their Spring General Assembly taking place in Baltimore, June 11-13.

LAKE CHARLES – A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated for Rev. Frederick F. “Fred” Russi, 78, a retired priest of the Diocese of Lake Charles, in Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 30.  Father Russi, a native of Lafayette, died on Thursday, May 23, 2019.

I, The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, Bishop of Lake Charles, hereby announce the pastoral assignments for the Year Two thousand and Nineteen for the Diocese of Lake Charles, Louisiana:

LAKE CHARLES – Work continues on many and varied areas of the restoration of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception with artists from Conrad Schmitt Studios and stained glass specialists from Emil Frei & Associates doing beautiful work to bring the Cathedral back to a glory not seen in many years.

LAKE CHARLES — "Summer hours" on Fridays for offices of the Diocese of Lake Charles will be 8:30 a.m. until 1 p.m with those offices affected including the Administrative Offices, the Ministries Office of the Bishop Perry Building, the Office of Catholic Schools, Catholic Charities, and the Saint Charles Center.

There is an ancient Latin hymn sung in the past on very solemn occasions in Catholic ceremonies whose refrain is as follows:  “Christ conquers, Christ reigns, Christ commands” (in Latin Christus vincit, Christus regnat, Christus imperat).    The sentiment these words express are very much what Easter is all about.