Friday, August 27, 2021 | Message from Bishop Thompson
My friends, As Hurricane Ida approaches, we find ourselves in a familiar, yet nonetheless significant time of worry and fear. This is especially true as the storm will make landfall on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. I read this prayer this morning and...
Monday, August 23, 2021 | Out and About in EDoLA
The clergy held their summer gathering at the Solomon Episcopal Conference Center on August 19, 2021. Presentation topics included the Hispanic Ministry with the Rev. Ben Sanchez and Karla duPlantier and Season of Creation with the Rev. Joey Clavijo. During Holy...
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 | 12th Bishop Search, Diocesan News
The Search & Nominating Committee for the next Bishop of Louisiana wants to hear from you! Our diocesan profile needs to articulate who we are as a diocese and where God is calling us to go. We will share this profile with the wider Church and prospective bishop...
Friday, August 6, 2021 | 12th Bishop Search, Diocesan News
The Search Committee (seven clergy and eight laity) began its work with an organizational meeting on July 10. Our search consultant, Rev. Dr. Diane Vie, reviewed the overall search process. We spent time talking about how the role of the bishop is not a job but rather...
Friday, August 6, 2021 | Diocesan News, Out and About in EDoLA
Mount Olivet, New Orleans, welcomed their new priest-in-charge, the Rev. David Casey, O.P., at a reception at the church on July 14. [Photographs from the Mount Olivet, New Orleans, Facebook Page]
Friday, August 6, 2021 | Diocesan News, Out and About in EDoLA
On Sunday, July 25, 2021, the Rev. David Casey, O.P. celebrated his first Sunday as priest-in-charge of Church of the Annunciation, New Orleans. [Photographs by Karen Mackey, Diocese of Louisiana]
Friday, August 6, 2021 | Diocesan News, Out and About in EDoLA
The Rev. Holly Burris celebrated her first Sunday as rector of St. John’s, Thibodaux, on Sunday, July 25.
Thursday, August 5, 2021 | Community Ministry, Reflections
by the Rev Séamus Doyle, member of the Addiction Recovery Ministry; permanent supply priest for St. John’s, Kenner, and St. Timothy’s, LaPlace In 1936, in his book, Toward the Future, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin wrote: “The day will come when, after...
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 | Diocesan News, Message from Bishop Thompson
Dear Friends, By now you have heard Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has reinstated a statewide indoor mask mandate. It has been imposed due to the rapidly rising COVID cases across the state. I appreciate the governor making this decision. Beginning...
Thursday, July 22, 2021 | Churchwork, Community Ministry
by Karen Mackey, Diocese of Louisiana The Formation of the Jericho Road Episcopal Housing Initiative After Hurricane Katrina A week after Hurricane Katrina, the Very Rev. David duPlantier, dean of Christ Church Cathedral, was listening to an NPR’s All Things...
