Information and Announcements About The Diocese
LAKE CHARLES – The devastation from the 7.8 maginitude earthquake that struck Nepal last Saturday, May 25, has been great. Nearly 5,000 people lost their lives with many villages and communities in the mountainous country destroyed.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis' decision to convoke a special Holy Year of Mercy, beginning on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8, 2015 and closing on Nov. 20, 2016 - the Feast of Christ the King, has its roots in the event that led a teen-age Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the priesthood.
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LAKE CHARLES – With his Wednesday, April 22, trip to the Immaculate Conception Cathedral Catholic School, Bishop Glen John Provost has completed his annual set of visitations to each of the Catholic schools in the Diocese of Lake Charles.
LAKE CHARLES – The Most Reverend Glen John Provost, M.A., D.D., Bishop of Lake Charles, has announced the bestowal of Papal honors to nine members of the laity of the Diocese of Lake Charles by the Holy See. The Papal Nuncio, Archbishop Carlos Maria Viganò, notified the Bishop on Monday, March 30.
LAKE CHARLES -- Keith Manuel was installed as Grand Knight of the reactivated Knights of Columbus Council 1207 of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception following the celebration of Holy Mass on Tuesday, April 7 in the Cathedral.
LAKE CHARLES – School calendars for the 2015-2016 academic year have been released by the Office of Catholic Schools in the Diocese of Lake Charles, according to Kimberlee Gazzolo, superintendent.