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Lenten Programs 2024
Please join us for one of these Christian education programs, services, and retreats throughout the Diocese of Louisiana this Lenten Season. Contact Tamika Gerhardt, tgerhardt@edola.org, for additions or corrections to the list. A blessed Lent to you! Book Studies |...
Addiction Recovery Ministry Reflection for December 2023
From the beginning, communication in A.A., has been no ordinary transmission of helpful ideas and attitudes. Because of our kinship in suffering, and because our common means of deliverance are effective for ourselves, only when constantly carried to others, our...
Advent and Christmas Events in the Diocese of Louisiana
Go to Christmas Eve Services Go to Christmas Day Services Lessons and Carols Advent Lessons & Carols Based on the "O" Antiphons Sunday, December 3 at 5 p.m.St. James Episcopal Church, 205 N. Fourth St, Baton Rouge Lessons and CarolsSunday, December 10 at 10...
Addiction Recovery Reflection for November 2023.
In Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions, Bill wrote: “Almost without exception, alcoholics are tortured by loneliness. Even before our drinking got bad and the people began to cut us off, nearly all of us suffered the feeling that we didn’t quite belong.” It...
St. Francis Pet Blessings
Pet Blessings around the Diocese of Louisiana. Please join us! Saturday, September 30 Sunday, October 1 %event_content%...
Addiction Recovery Meditation for September 2023
by the Rev. Seamus Doyle “A man who persists in prayer finds himself in possession of great gifts. When he has to deal with hard circumstances, he finds he can face them. He can accept himself and the world around him.” As Bill Sees It 293. ...
Addiction Recovery Reflection for August 2023
The Daily Reflection for August 1 is a quote from the Big Book: “The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it.” When I first read that I knew what it meant, or so I thought. After all, I had spent seven years in a seminary and I ought to know all about, or a...
The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana Receives $1.25 Million Grant for Faith Formation With Children and Families
https://youtu.be/k5Pb38sCJe0 New Orleans, LA – The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana has received a grant of $1,250,000 from Lilly Endowment Inc. to develop a creative, new approach to Christian Education. The Diocese of Louisiana will use grant funds to launch...
Join Inclusive Louisiana for Pride Month
Inclusive Louisiana would like to extend an invitation to the following events in the month of June as we celebrate PRIDE. Please share this information with your congregations! Peace,The Rev. John PitzerInclusive Louisiana Open Table PRIDE...
2023 Gaudet Community Grant Recipients Announced
The Gaudet Committee announces the awarding of 24 community grants for the 2023 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...
Safe Church Minister Trainings in July 2023
Calling all Safe Church Ministers! This one-hour annual update session is open to those administering the Safe Church program at each church/school site. Safe Church Ministers are required to attend, in order to receive the latest updates to the program as well as a...
Wardens & Treasurers Brown Bag Zoom
The Wardens & Treasurers Brown Bag Zoom series was held in May and June. This three-part workshop, designed especially for Wardens, Treasurers, and Vestries explores methods for ensuring your long-term financial stability, avoiding future financial concerns,...
Leading a Congregation into Outreach
by Deacon Jay Albert Deacon Jay Albert at Interfaith Prayer Service for the Homeless While serving at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Lakeview, New Orleans, as my first assignment, I looked for an outreach program that would involve the laity. I wanted a program that...
Lenten Programs 2023
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! Book Studies...
Letter to the Diocese from Bishop-elect Shannon Rogers Duckworth
November 9, 2022 Dear brothers and sisters, Grace and peace to you in our Lord Jesus Christ. At the 185th Diocesan Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, I shared the story of the design of my Episcopal ring. As the granddaughter of Greek immigrants, this...
St. Francis Pet Blessings
Pet Blessings around the Diocese of Louisiana. Please join us! Saturday, October 1 Sunday, October 2 %event_content%...
Addiction Recovery Reflection
In the New Testament story of Martha and Mary, Martha tells Jesus to tell Mary to get up and help her. Jesus tells Martha: “You are too distracted, only one thing is important and Mary has chosen the better part.” When I came into the fellowship of A.A. I was...
Gifts For Bishop-Elect Duckworth Update (August 1)
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...
Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana notified of successful canonical consent process for next bishop
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...
2022 Gaudet Community Grant Recipients Announced
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...
Seminarian Partners With Together Baton Rouge to Address Violence in East Baton Rouge Parish
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...
Bishop-elect Shannon Duckworth’s Acceptance Address to Electing Convention
https://youtu.be/8eVS8Deukq8 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...
The Rev. Canon Shannon Rogers Duckworth Elected 12th Bishop of Louisiana
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...
INTERVENTION; What is it? How does it work?
“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...
Candidate Videos and Revised Walkabout Schedule
Dear Faithful People of the Diocese, Blessings to you as we make our way through Holy Week and enter the joy of celebrating the Resurrection. We are pleased to share with you videos submitted by the two candidates for the 12th Bishop of Louisiana. More information can...
Announcement Following the Conclusion of the Petition Process
Dear Faithful People of the Diocese of Louisiana, Our Petition Process concluded on Friday, April 8, and no additional applications for bishop were received. The Standing Committee is therefore pleased to announce that our slate for bishop is complete and includes the...
Announcing the Slate of Candidates and Petition Process for the Twelfth Bishop of Louisiana
Dear Faithful People of the Diocese of Louisiana, The Standing Committee is very pleased to announce the following slate of candidates for the Twelfth Bishop of Louisiana (listed in alphabetical order by last name): The Rev. Frederick DuMontier Devall IVRector of St....
Evensong to Celebrate Blessed Frances Joseph-Gaudet
On March 27 at Historic St. Luke's, New Orleans, an Evensong was held to celebrate Blessed Frances Joseph-Gaudet, a turn-of-the-century educator, prison reformer, and juvenile justice advocate. The officiant was the Rt. Rev. Morris K. Thompson, Jr.; cantor, the Rev....
St. Margaret’s Celebrates 50th Anniversary
St. Margaret's was founded 50 years ago this year. A weekend-long celebration was held culminating in a festive Holy Eucharist and reception on March 20th. Below you will find photographs from the Sunday morning Eucharist celebration.
History of the Bishops in Our Diocese
Our diocese traces its roots to 1803 when 45 Protestants voted to form a new congregation (what is now Christ Church Cathedral) and the vast majority of parishioners voted Episcopal over Presbyterian and Methodist. It would take until 1838 for the Diocese of Louisiana...
From the Transition Committee
Hello from your Transition Committee! We are one of the three bodies tasked with finding, electing and installing the XII Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana. The Search and Nominating Committee will wrap up their work at the end of March by presenting their nominees...
Photographs: Feast of Our Lady of Suyapa
by the Rev. Ben Sanchez "Si nosotros los hondureños, salimos de nuestra nación, llevamos tu nombre grabado muy dentro del corazón." So goes the song to Our Lady of Suyapa sung by our congregation in the processional hymn. We commemorated the feast day of the Honduran...