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Rector Search: Grace Church, St. Francisville
Download the Parish ProfileDownload the Parish Summary Greetings from Grace Episcopal Church of West Feliciana located in beautiful St. Francisville, LA. Organized in 1827,our congregation consists of 350 members of all ages. The timeless beauty of our 163-year-old...
Death of the Rt. Rev. Charles E. Jenkins, Tenth Bishop of Louisiana
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, It is with great sadness that I share the news of the death of the Rt. Rev. Charles Edward Jenkins III, tenth bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana. He died Friday evening surrounded by his family. He was 69 years old. Funeral...
Ministry Reflection: What does it mean to be powerless?
by the Rev. Seamus Doyle, member of the Addiction Recover Ministry Recently I was half-listening to an interview on NPR about the stress and strain of the past year on people old and young, professionals, etc. In the course of the interview, the interviewee told of a...
2021 Gaudet Community Grant Recipients Announced
The Gaudet Committee announces the awarding of 13 community grants for the 2021 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...
Easter Services
Photographs: Chrism Mass on March 29, 2021
Holy Week Services in the Diocese of Louisiana
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Bishop Thompson Announces Retirement in November 2022
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Sisters and Brothers, I write to you in the 11th year of my consecration to the Bishop of the Diocese of Louisiana to inform you of my intention to retire in November 2022. You may wonder why I am stating this so far in...
Rector Search: St. John’s, Thibodaux
St. John’s Episcopal Church has been on the banks of beautiful Bayou Lafourche in Thibodaux, Louisiana,for over 175 years. We are one of the oldest Episcopal Churches west of the Mississippi River. It is “TheRemarkably Neat Church in the Village of Thibodaux.” Our...
Ministry Reflection: From the Night of My First Buzz
In her book, The Recovering: Intoxication and its Aftermath, Leslie Jamison writes: “From the night of my first buzz, I didn’t understand why everyone in the world wasn’t getting drunk every night.…. Scientists describe addiction as a dysregulation of the...
Rector Search: Church of the Annunciation, New Orleans
Annunciation has the same effect on everyone who worships or visits here. There is a sense of warm hospitality and welcoming which draws people back. Its members are all ages, with young families to seniors, and are a wonderful mixture of New Orleanians,...
Centering Ourselves in Our Prayer Following the Violence in Washington D.C
My dear friends, In times such as these often our need for centering comes in the form of what we know to be true, scripture and our Book of Common Prayer. I invite you to pray with me over the next several days a couple of prayers. The first is a prayer for peace:...
Ministry Reflection: Adult Children of Alcoholics
The first time I heard of Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA’s), I rather cynically thought that the treatment center at Hazelden had created a new fad to bring more people into treatment. Oh, was I so wrong! Adult Children of Alcoholics are real people who are...
Photographs: Ordination on December 19, 2020
The Rev. Lindsey Ardrey, the Rev. Lynn Hooks, and the Rev. Allison Reid were ordained to the Sacred Order of Deacons on December 19, 2020, at St. Paul's, New Orleans.
A Virtual Christmas in the Diocese
It was a beautiful Christmas in the Diocese of Louisiana. Churches across the diocese held services both in-person and virtually. From singing "Silent Night" to listening to stirring sermons to watching creative choir anthems, here are screenshots of virtual Christmas...
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