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LAKE CHARLES  -- Bishop Glen John Provost was the presiding prelate on Saturday, June 3, at the Mass of Ordination for a new priest for the Diocese of Lake Charles – Rev. Sam A. “Trey” Ange III – and a transitional deacon – Deacon Samuel Orsot – in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

LAKE CHARLES – Reverend Monsignor Daniel A. Torres, Vicar General of the Diocese of Lake Charles, was the featured speaker of the 2017 commencement ceremonies of St. Louis Catholic High School at which 159 seniors of the school graduated May 16 in Burton Coliseum. Of those seniors, 59 were honors graduates, the highest in the school’s history.

LAKE CHARLES – Two individuals were honored at the 2017 Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana Jazz Brunch for their generous contributions of self and resources to aid those most in need of assistance in Southwest Louisiana.

LAKE CHARLES – Honors to students, teachers, and staff of St. Louis Catholic High School were presented over the final few days of the school term of 2016-2017.

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

LAKE CHARLES -- Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) recently announced the award of a long-term disaster recovery grant of $137,500to Catholic Charities of Southwest Louisiana. The grant was made possible due to the generosity of individuals and families from local parishes across the country who contributed to the second collection offered by The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

Father Egidio A. Vecchio, M.S., 90, a member of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette, died May 25, 2017, at St. Dominic Village Nursing Home in Houston, Texas.

By Jim Graves
Our Sunday Visitor

The National Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, which houses the remains and relics of the saint who founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1891, will permanently close on Dec. 31, Sister Donna Breslin, president of the community, announced recently.



LAKE CHARLES – Changes will be introduced to some of the communications vehicles of the Diocese of Lake Charles beginning in July in an attempt to be more in touch with more of today’s media savvy Catholics.

LAKE CHARLES — Two priests, Father Jude Fernando, T.O.R, a native of Sri Lanka, and the other, Father John Payne, a priest of the Archdiocese of New Orleans, have been appointed to pastoral positions in the Diocese of Lake Charles.