The Lake Charles Latin Mass Society

Dear readers, we are pleased to announce that a Solemn High Mass will be celebrated on Sunday, June 29th, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in downtown Lake Charles at 2:00 PM. A Solemn High Mass has not be celebrated in our area in probably over 40 years. Here’s some more information:

Celebrant: Rev. Fr. Rommel Tolentino
Deacon: Rev. Fr. Nathan Long
Sub-Deacon: Rev. Deacon Scott Conner
Master of Ceremonies: Mr. Bryan Thompson

In Attendance:
The Most Rev. Glen John Provost Bishop of Lake Charles (expected)
Rev. Fr. Roland Vaughn (Chaplain for the extraordinary form - expected)
Rev. Fr. Joseph McGrath (expected)
The Seminarians for the diocese (expected)

Feel free to bring your family and friends to pray at the august Sacrifice of the Mass. Confessions heard before Mass.

First, sorry about the lack of updates. Here’s the news:
The Bishop of the Diocese of Lake Charles on Friday may have a statement concerning the implementation of the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite locally, as well as a statement about the recent and very short document from the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith concerning the identity of the Catholic Church. Anyways I don’t know if it will be posted to the diocesan website or not, but if so I will surely link to it. I hope everyone is having a good week!

So after two days from the first Altar-ation, we made some modifications, and this is what we’ve come up with so far. It took about an hour to put together with several people. Naturally it’s a work-in-progress of course, like organic development.

Before:

After:

And after after!

From a distance:

We may also try and add some side Altars as well. We have a statue of Mary to the left, which could be used for that. And as far as the Altar rails, we’ll probably just pull out the kneelers for the People’s Communion, because a permanent Altar rail would drastically change the Sanctuary. Some pews would probably have to be taken out if that were ever done.

Also, I’ve learned that Bishop Provost is in the hospital for a bacterial infection. Prayers are needed.

Update - For whom it may concern: I just want everyone to know that the temporary Altar-ations are unofficial. The Lake Charles Latin Mass Society will of course cooperate with the diocese to ensure that the implementation of the motu propio is done in the way the bishop would like it to be done.

Alrighty, we’ve sent in our “petition” if you want to call it that. The bishop will review it, and then he will make his decision. And we’re all praying for him to do the right thing - to allow the Latin mass once again in LC. Last I heard the number of those that put their name down was 28 - which is excellent! Hopefully we’ll grow more as time goes on.

And if anyone would like to contribute to this blog, let me know here or by email and we’ll take it from there.

Hi all. This is Andrew. The Latin Mass Society of Lake Charles was recently created in order to request the Latin Mass in Lake Charles once again since we were appointed a new bishop by Pope Benedict XVI. This blog will be used as a tool to spread the word about the Tridentine Mass, as well as a way to share news, information, and updates concerning this society. If anyone has any updates, feel free to share them through email or the comments box. Thanks.