Thursday, July 22, 2021 | Churchwork, Diocesan News
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Thursday, July 15, 2021 | Message from Bishop Thompson
Dear Friends, I hope all of you are finding ways to refresh your lives this summer. With all we have been through, it is important for us to step back a bit and inhale deeply a breath of sustenance. No doubt you have heard the rising numbers of the Delta variant of...
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 | Diocesan News
Transitions in the Diocese The Rev. Joey Clavijo will now serve as a non-parochial deacon focusing on his role as chair of the diocesan environmental commission. His last Sunday as deacon at St. George’s, New Orleans, was July 4, 2021. The Very Rev. Craig...
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 | Diocesan News
The Rev. David P. Casey, O.P. has been called to be the Priest-in-Charge of the Free Church of the Annunciation and of Mount Olivet Episcopal Church in New Orleans. His previous call was as Chaplain Missioner for Campus & Young Adult Ministry in Fredericksburg,...
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 | Diocesan News
Born and raised in Baton Rouge, the youngest of four children, I was baptized and active in the Presbyterian Church until I went away to college. I began my undergraduate studies at LSU and then transferred to UT in Austin where I earned my B. A. in English with a...
Wednesday, July 7, 2021 | Community Ministry, Reflections
by the Rev, Seamus Doyle, member of the Addiction Recovery Ministry A doctor in recovery provides a guided tour through the brain changes, genetics, and psychology that cause addiction… The Alcoholic / Addict Within is a book that empowers alcoholics and addicts – and...
Tuesday, July 6, 2021 | Diocesan News, Out and About in EDoLA
July 1, 2021, Feast of Pauli Murray: Ordination of Lindsey Ardrey, Lynn Hooks, and Allison Reid to the Sacred Order of Priests at St. Paul’s, New Orleans. This was a historic moment in the Diocese of Louisiana. This was the first time multiple women have been...
Monday, June 28, 2021 | Diocesan News, Out and About in EDoLA
The Rev. Peggy Scott retired as priest-in-charge of St. Paul’s Holy Trinity, New Roads; St. Mary’s, Morganza; and head of the prison ministry of the Diocese of Louisiana. She celebrated her last Sunday at St. Paul’s Holy Trinity on June 27,...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 | Community Ministry, Out and About in EDoLA
[Photographs by Karen Mackey] The 134th Annual Gathering of the Episcopal Church Women was held at Trinity Church, New Orleans on June 18 and 19, 2021. The theme was “A New Day” and featured keynote speaker, the Rev. Sandy Casey-Martus, with special...
Tuesday, June 22, 2021 | Community Ministry
[Photograph by Karen Mackey, Diocese of Louisiana] Marilyn Hines is one of the 2021 Honored Women of the Episcopal Church Women of the Diocese of Louisiana. The two other honorees are Alice Strausser and Cecile Torbergsen, not pictured. For 25 years the Episcopal...
