Monday, October 30, 2023 | Annual Convention, Message from Bishop Duckworth
Convention AddressOctober 28. 2023St. Martin’s Episcopal School My friends, it is so good to be here with you and I officially welcome you to the 186th convention of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. Almost a year ago, during my ordination...
Sunday, October 30, 2022 | Annual Convention, Message from Bishop Thompson
My favorite magazine is The Sun. The Sun is a literary magazine with no ads, only poems, short stories and interviews with interesting people. Each issue has a section in which readers may submit a story that has something to do with the subject for the...
Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | 12th Bishop Search, Annual Convention, Message from Bishop Thompson
Dear Clergy and Lay Delegates, You are being called to gather on May 14 at Christ Church Cathedral for the purpose of electing the next bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana. This is the final step in the diocesan-wide discernment process that has occurred over the last...
Saturday, November 6, 2021 | Annual Convention, Message from Bishop Thompson
Convention 2021 Several years ago I was in my favorite grocery store in line to check out. Grocery shopping is one of my joys. I enjoy seeing all the items on the shelves. There is so much and I wonder how I might use a particular spice, meat, or vegetable...
Monday, September 6, 2021 | Annual Convention, Message from Bishop Thompson
My Sisters and Brothers in the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana: Grace and peace to each of you. I hope all of you are making your way through our latest challenge, Ida. Ida lived up to the horrendous warnings we received. And we are now faced...
Thursday, November 5, 2020 | Annual Convention, Out and About in EDoLA
The 183rd Annual Convention was held virtually via Zoom and broadcasted from the Gibbs Family Center for Innovation and Design at St. Martin’s Episcopal School, Metairie. Below are a few photographs submitted by delegations and of the diocesan staff. St...
Saturday, October 24, 2020 | Annual Convention, Diocesan News, Reflections
The Keynote Address of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori to the 183rd Annual Convention. You have all been very much in my prayers as storms have blown and drenched this diocese and your coastal...
Saturday, October 24, 2020 | Annual Convention, Message from Bishop Thompson
2020 Convention In the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. One of my favorite southern writers is Rick Bragg. So often he takes me back to a time and place, a time present where I can remember with purpose. Listen to how he...
Thursday, November 7, 2019 | Annual Convention, Diocesan News, Out and About in EDoLA
Thursday, November 7, 2019 | Annual Convention, Community Ministry, Diocesan News, Out and About in EDoLA
Delivered on November 2, 2019 The 182th Annual Convention The Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana by the Rev. Canon Shannon Rogers Manning “Telling a story is like reaching into a granary full of wheat and drawing out a handful. There is always more to tell than can be...
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 | Annual Convention, Message from Bishop Thompson
The Diocese of Louisiana 182nd Convention Christ School Finding a Place in a Displaced World November 1, 2019 A person checks into a hotel for the first time in his life and goes up to his room. Five minutes later he calls the desk and says, “You’ve given me a...
Tuesday, August 27, 2019 | Annual Convention, Message from Bishop Thompson
Dear Clergy and Wardens of the Diocese of Louisiana, NOTICE OF THE 182nd CONVENTION OF THE DIOCESE OF LOUISIANA It is my honor and privilege as your Bishop, to give you notice of the 182nd Convention of the Diocese of Louisiana on November 1-2, 2019. Convention will...
Thursday, November 9, 2017 | Annual Convention, Out and About in EDoLA
Photographs from the 180th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of...
Thursday, November 9, 2017 | Annual Convention, Diocesan News
Sermon of the Rt. Rev. Morris K. Thompson, Jr., Bishop of Louisiana, during the opening Eucharist of the 180th Annual Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of...
Wednesday, November 9, 2016 | Annual Convention, Diocesan News, Featured
Photographs from the 179th Annual Convention of the Diocese of the Episcopal Church of...
