Wednesday, December 2, 2015 | Diocesan News
Source: WWLTV HOUMA, La. – A newly built historic church in downtown Houma will celebrate its formal reopening to the public in mid-December. St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 243 Barrow St., was built in the mid-1850s as a place of worship for local...
Thursday, November 12, 2015 | Diocesan News, Out and About in EDoLA
Five years after a fire destroyed the church and school, the people of St. Matthew’s have reached the end of the rebuilding and have begun worshiping in the completed sanctuary. The first service was held on Thursday, October 29. Bishop Thompson celebrated Holy...
Thursday, November 12, 2015 | Diocesan News
Bishop Thompson as appointed the Rev. William “Bill” Terry to serve as dean of the Downtown Deanery upon the retirement of the Very Rev. Dr. Jean Meade. Fr. Bill is the rector of St. Anna’s Episcopal Church, New Orleans.
Thursday, November 12, 2015 | Diocesan News
The Very Rev. Dr. Jean M. Meade will retire as rector of Mount Olivet Episcopal Church in New Orleans. She has been the rector of Mount Olivet since 2002. She was also serving as dean of the Downtown Deanery. A celebration of her ministry will take place on Sunday,...
Thursday, November 12, 2015 | Diocesan News
On November 1, Deacon Kathy Comer retired from the diaconate. She was serving as deacon of Chapel of Holy Comforter
Thursday, November 12, 2015 | Diocesan News
The Vestry of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in New Orleans has announced they have called The Rev. James “Jim” Morrison to be their rector. He will be installed on December 6, 2015 at 10:00 AM. Fr. Jim has been serving as priest-in-charge since...
Thursday, November 12, 2015 | Diocesan News
The Community Mission Appeal Grant Committee and Bishop Thompson have made an important decision that affects the 2016 grant cycle of the Community Mission Appeal. It was decided to postpone the grant application period until September – October of 2016 so that...
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 | Annual Convention, Diocesan News, Message from Bishop Thompson, Out and About in EDoLA
by the Rev’d Sharon Alexander, Chair of Dispatch Actions Taken at Special Meeting of the Convention of the Diocese of the Louisiana on October 31, 2015 A Special Meeting of the Convention of the Diocese of Louisiana was held on October 31, 2015 at...
Sunday, November 1, 2015 | Annual Convention, Diocesan News, Out and About in EDoLA
Special Meeting of the 178th Convention was held at Trinity Episcopal Church on October 31, 2015. "God has Spoken to his People" Special Meeting of Convention Eucharist A video posted by Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana (@edolaorg) on Oct 31, 2015...
Thursday, October 22, 2015 | Diocesan News
Source: The Advocate — Baton Rouge, Louisiana ST. FRANCISVILLE — The Rev. Roman Roldan said he noticed the first clue that something was wrong with the Grace Church ceiling last October, when a small section of plaster from the ceiling above the baptismal font crashed...
Thursday, October 8, 2015 | Diocesan News
Source: Rohlf’s Stained & Leaded Glass Studio | Stained Glass Restoration and New Stained Glass- Peter A. Rohlf, CEO of Rohlf’s Stained and Leaded Glass Studio, was reading Episcopal Life Magazine, when he stumbled upon an article regarding a fire that...
Thursday, October 8, 2015 | Diocesan News
Source: lsureveille.com: The Daily Reveille- During the football season of 1959, all-star LSU running back Billy Cannon cemented himself in the university’s sports history when he won the Heisman Trophy after a college career unlike anything LSU football had...
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 | Diocesan News
From the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana Facebook Page: Congratulations to St. James School! Posted by The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana on Wednesday, October 7,...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 | Diocesan News
Source: Baton Rouge Business Report […] The local private schools [Baton Rouge] on the list are St. Aloysius Catholic School and St. James Episcopal Day School. “We want to congratulate these schools and districts for earning this distinguished honor, proving...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 | Diocesan News
The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana’s biennial pilgrimage to the Holy Land will be June 2-14, 2016. People from around the diocese are invited to take part in this transformative spiritual experience. A pilgrimage is not a vacation, nor a mission trip, but...
