Diocese of Lafayette

Lafayette Diocese announces Holy Week services

The Diocese of Lafayette has announced a schedule of Holy Week prayer services and worship opportunities to be live streamed and broadcast while public Masses remain suspended during the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.

Brennan truly was a ‘beloved priest’

The stories reporting the death of Father Joseph Brennan characterized him as a “beloved priest” of the Diocese of Lafayette. It is an apt characterization. He was a counselor to saints and a friend to sinners.

‘Blackface’ hazing to be probed

The Lafayette Diocese and St. Edmund administrators said they are investigating a reported case of a hazing involving cheerleaders at St. Edmund High School wearing “blackface.”