News and Press

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following story is the first in a series of features focusing on the "True Presence" of the Blessed Sacrament during the National Eucharistic Revival through 2025.

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

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.  

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

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 

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

“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.