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Pastoral Letter from Bishop Thompson Regarding the COVID-19 Pandemic
To My Sisters and Brothers in Christ: I write this letter as your chief pastor. For the past several months our news feeds have been inundated with reports regarding the coronavirus, or COVID 19. We have watched this disease spread from one country...
Bishop’s Lenten Book Study: Devotion to God. Devotion to America.
This past Sunday’s gospel had to do with Nicodemus’ going to Jesus in the night. Nicodemus is the patron saint for curiosity. Several times he seeks Jesus because there is something this young rabbi Nicodemus wants/needs to know. He is curious enough to risk his...
Environmental Lenten Book Study Week Two: Ecology of the Canticle of Creation
Week Two: Care for Creation (a franciscan spirituality of the earth) by Ilia Delio, O.S.F - Keith Douglas Warner , O.F.M - Pamela Wood Chapter 3: Embodying the Incarnate Word in Creation & Chapter 4: Ecology of the Canticle of Creation by Andrew Wilson...
Guidelines for the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Guidelines for Regathering for In-Person Worship From Bishop Thompson's Office Mask Mandate Effective Immediately (Issued December 20, 2021) Indoor Mask Mandate Lifted (Issued October 28, 2021) Mask Mandate Reinstated for Church Gatherings (Issued August 4, 2021)...
Bishop’s Lenten Book Study: Relationship With God and God’s Creation
The other day I was reading an article where the author was making a case for global warming. At the bottom of the article were opinions from readers. One particular statement stood out: “God gave man dominion over all the animals and the earth. Therefore we can do...
Ministry Inspiration: Episcopal Tree Planting Project
by the Rev. Robert Beazley, priest-in-charge, St. Michael's, Mandeville When I was a child, I learned the proverb that the best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is today. We, as southern Louisianians, are lucky to be surrounded by a growing...
Environmental Lenten Book Study Week 1: Ecology and Creation – Is Creation the House of God?
Care for Creation (A Franciscan Spirituality of the Earth) by Ilia Delio, O.S.F - Keith Douglas Warner, O.F.M - Pamela Wood Chapters 1-2 Reflection by Deacon Joey Clavijo, Chair of the Environmental Commission of the Diocese of Louisiana Have you ever read or heard...
Bishop’s Lenten Book Study: Idolatry
Several months ago I was introduced to Bowing Toward Babylon by Craig M. Watts. This offering came at a time when I was wrestling with how to make sense of the political rhetoric being shared on Facebook and news outlets. I am troubled by the desire to...
Lenten Programs 2020
Please join us for one of these Christian education programs, services, and retreats happening throughout the Diocese of Louisiana this Lenten Season. Contact Karen Mackey kmackey@edola.org for additions or corrections to the list. A blessed Lent to you!...
Mardi Gras Fun in the Diocese of Louisiana
Join churches around the Diocese of Louisiana to celebrate Carnival!
Invitation to the Bishop’s Lenten Book Study 2020
This coming Lent I want to introduce to the Diocese two books that have caused significant reflection. The first is Bowing Toward Babylon by Craig M. Watts. The second selection is Care for Creation (a Franciscan spirituality of the...
New Orleans church, home to ‘murder board,’ eyes new tribute to victims in stars on ceiling
St. Anna’s Episcopal Church in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, has posted the names of homicide victim outside the church since 2007. Photo: David Paulsen/Episcopal News Service [Episcopal News Service] Though far from a good year, 2019 was a...
Lenten Study on Environmental Justice
Join the Environmental Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana for a Lenten Study on Environmental Justice. We will read Care for Creation: A Franciscan Spirituality of the Earth. Every week during Lent, a member of the Environmental Commission will reflect...
Christmas Message from Bishop Thompson
When the song of the angels is stilled,When the star in the sky is gone,When the kings and the princes are home,When the shepherds are back with their flock,The work of Christmas begins:To find the lost, To heal the broken,To feed the hungry,To release the...
Thy Kingdom Come on Earth as it is in Heaven
by the Rev. Watson Lamb, Chaplain, Chapel of the Holy Spirit, New Orleans We are in the last couple of days of Advent, and the waiting is almost over. In just two days, we will celebrate God coming down to be an intimate part of creation in the form of a baby. As we...
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