Information and Announcements About The Diocese
The Federal Emergency Management Agency can help pay for repairing graves and returning caskets to their resting place, but family members must first apply with FEMA for individual assistance. The deadline has been extended to Friday, November 27, for the disaster events of Hurricanes Laura and/or Delta.
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Diocese of Lake Charles
Two major hurricanes in 6 weeks. More than 50 priests in active ministry throughout 39 church parishes and 7 missions, spread across 5 civil parishes. Add to the mix an ongoing pandemic for most of 2020. No matter how the numbers are calculated, the result is the same: one diocese in full recovery mode.
The Diocese of Lake Charles is coordinating three public meetings to inform those whose family graves (Catholic, private, and public) were damaged by Hurricanes Laura and/or Delta of available funding. The Louisiana Cemetery Task Force and FEMA will be in attendance to explain the FEMA funding process.
Read more: Diocese Working with Louisiana Cemetery Task Force
October 21, 2020
Wednesday
Bishop Provost has issued the following statement on reported papal remarks on civil unions:
The Rev. D.B. Thompson, pastor of both Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Church in Cameron, and Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Creole, talks about devastation of back-to-back hurricanes in a story featured in the Lafayette Daily Advertiser. Click here to read story and view images of more destruction from Hurricane Delta that came ashore as a Category 2 storm on October 9, just six weeks after Hurricane Laura made landfall on August 27.
October 10, 2020, morning after Hurricane Delta landfall
Just as he did through Hurricane Laura, Bishop Glen John Provost assures the faithful in the Diocese of Lake Charles of his constant presence and prayers for everyone, both during and after Hurricane Delta, as he remains in the Diocese.
In recent days there have been postings that the Diocese of Lake Charles has made a decision to not rebuild, not fix, or accommodate the needs of the Roman Catholics encompassing the Catholic Parishes of Saint Eugene in Grand Chenier, Our Lady Star of the Sea in Cameron, Sacred Heart of Jesus in Creole, Saint Patrick Mission in Sweetlake, and Saint Mary of the Lake in Big Lake/Grand Lake. These postings are not true.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
Dear People of God,
Praised be Jesus Christ! We are all awaiting the inevitable strike of Hurricane Delta. The onslaught of these storms has understandably left us apprehensive and exhausted. We must, nonetheless, be assured that we are in God’s hands.
Read more: Message From Bishop Provost on Eve of Hurricane Delta
The Diocese of Lake Charles celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the Apostleship of the Sea (AOS) on Saturday, October 3, 2020. The day began with the Holy Mass in honor of Our Lady at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, celebrated by His Excellency, The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, D.D., M.A., Bishop of Lake Charles. Deacon Patrick LaPoint, Director of Stella Maris Seafarers Center; and Father Rommel Tolentino, Port Chaplain for the Diocese of Lake Charles, assisted at the Mass, along with other clergy of the Diocese. The Mass was followed by a Marian and Eucharistic Procession to the Lake Charles Civic Center Seawall, where Adoration and Benediction took place. It was a beautiful tribute to the Patroness of the Apostleship of the Sea, and Our Lady Star of the Sea (Stella Maris).
(Photography by Morris LeBleu / Diocese of Lake Charles)
