Monday, August 1, 2022
The Gifts Committee of the Diocesan Transition process announces the solicitation of funds to help purchase the vestments and other Episcopal symbols for the new bishop. Canon Shannon Duckworth will need vestments and other signs and symbols of the Office of Bishop to...
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Work is coming along nicely for the Bishop’s Gifts Committee. Prices and commitments for the gifts have been coming in and the Committee is about to begin soliciting from individuals, institutions, and congregations. The first group of solicitations should...
Monday, July 11, 2022
Office of Public Affairs The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana has received notification from Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry that Bishop-elect Shannon Rogers Duckworth has received the required majority of consents in the canonical consent process detailed...
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
The Gaudet Committee announces the awarding of 18 community grants for the 2022 program year. The Gaudet Community Grant provides funding for not-for-profit agencies that create, manage, and expand educational opportunities for African-American children within the...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
The Transition Committee for the twelfth Bishop of Louisiana has announced the formation of a Gifts Committee to facilitate gifting for Bishop-Elect Shannon Duckworth. The Committee is Ms. Pat Brown, Rev. Canon Ronald Clingenpeel, and Ms. Rebecca Sadler. They...
Friday, June 24, 2022
Dear Friends in Christ, Grace and peace to you from God our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ. I write to you with much sadness. This morning the U. S. Supreme Court overturned a 49-year-old law guarding women’s rights to make personal decisions concerning their...
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Lester Mut with Khalid Hudson, the lead organizer for Together Baton Rouge by Lester Mut, a seminarian for the diaconate; St. Margaret’s, Baton Rouge One of our seminarians for the diaconate, Lester Mut, has partnered with Together Baton Rouge to work towards a...
Saturday, May 14, 2022
Transcript of the acceptance address Bishop-elect Duckworth made to the Electing Convention: Let us pray:Most loving and Merciful God, source of all wisdom and understanding, we thank you for your continued presence among the diocese of Louisiana this and every day....
Saturday, May 14, 2022
First Woman to Be Elected Bishop in The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana The Rev. Canon Shannon Rogers Duckworth was chosen XII Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana during a special convention on May 14, 2022, at Christ Church Cathedral, New Orleans. She was...
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
“You can’t help anyone if they don’t want help.” I can’t count the number of times I have heard that statement from family, friends and or coworkers who would rather tolerate the inappropriate behavior of an individual under the influence of alcohol or other drugs...