News and Press

By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles 

A country boy from Oakdale went from chasing his longtime dream of being worshipped in the music industry to worshipping God instead. What would take at least 15 years to bring him ‘home’ can be summed up in two words: Eucharistic Adoration. 

By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles

“Faith in action is love and love in action is service.”
— Saint Mother Teresa 

The hands and feet of Jesus Christ were busy throughout the Diocese of Lake Charles and local community recently with the help of more than 260 students from St. Louis Catholic High School. 

LAKE CHARLES — Bishop Glen John Provost celebrated the annual Mass for the Dead at Consolata Cemetery in Lake Charles at 6:00 p.m. Thursday, November 3. The Mass, this year on the Feast of St. Martin de Porres, is hosted annually by the Diocese of Lake Charles and Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church in the main mausoleum.

By Pamela Seal 
Diocese of Lake Charles  

Family lore has it that when Reverend Don Piraro's parents brought him home from the hospital, his Sicilian grandmother said, "This one will be a priest," as she held him for the first time. He was born in Lake Charles on July 30, 1941. 

By Pamela Seal 
Diocese of Lake Charles 

What better way to celebrate the Feast of All Saints than surrounded by the presence of holy men and women who walked this earth before us.

By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles 

LAKE CHARLES — Pro-life advocate Rebekah Hagan wanted to feel relief after swallowing an abortion pill in 2013 to make her unplanned pregnancy “go away.” Instead, all she felt was instant regret. What happened next would eventually lead her on a path of mercy, hope, and compassion for other young women who think abortion is their only option. 

By Pamela Seal
Diocese of Lake Charles

LAKE CHARLES — The Diocese of Lake Charles recently observed National Vocation Awareness Week, November 6-12. It is a time dedicated to promoting vocations to the priesthood, diaconate, and consecrated life, and to renew our prayers and support for those who are considering one of these vocations.  

Alvin Gerard Jordan Sr., a Louisiana creole native, was born in the union of the late Frank A. and Leola M. Jordan, on November 6, 1967, in Lafayette, Louisiana.  In his participation in “the sacred dance”, Gerard has had the opportunity to be a previously married man, father of his now adult children and was a proud grandfather.

By Pamela Seal 
Diocese of Lake Charles

Catholic schools throughout Louisiana will have an exciting opportunity to shine the light on the best of their students during the inaugural Louisiana Catholic Student of the Year Program. The statewide competition — the first time among diocesan Catholic school students only — will debut on March 3, 2023, in Lafayette.

By Pamela Seal 
Diocese of Lake Charles  

Among Aaron Richard’s collection of nearly 400 rosaries are two rosaries blessed by Saint Pio of Pietrelcina (1887-1968), whose famous motto was, “Pray, hope, and don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayer.”