News from the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana
Joyful June: Good Work Happening in the Diocese
Bishop Duckworth shares all the good work happening in the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana in the six months since her ordination and consecration as bishop. Join us every Friday in June as we bring you more joyful news!
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
Wardens & Treasurers Brown Bag ZoomMay 18, 25, & June 22, 12 - 12:45 p.m. ZOOM Workshop, FREE Join us on Zoom for this essential three-part workshop, designed especially for Wardens, Treasurers, and Vestries. Explore methods for ensuring your long-term...
Holy Week & Easter Services in the Diocese of Louisiana
Find Services for: Maundy Thursday | Good Friday | Holy Saturday | Easter Day Maundy Thursday Good Friday Holy Saturday Easter Day [ninja_tables...
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...
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...
Sermon of the Rt. Rev. Morris K. Thompson, Jr. – 185th Annual Convention Eucharist
https://youtu.be/y7Q08VW-Zno 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...
St. Francis Pet Blessings
Pet Blessings around the Diocese of Louisiana. Please join us! Saturday, October 1 Sunday, October 2 %event_content%...
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...
Pastoral Letter to the Diocese Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision on Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
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...
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...
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