Around the Diocese

St. George Parish, Coushatta, celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with a meal honoring Law Enforcement who protect us.

On Palm Sunday, the youth group at Mary, Queen of Peace sponsored a Sausage Po Boy lunch and an Easter Egg Hunt. All proceeds from the lunch will help defray the cost of 16 members of the youth group attending the Steubenville summer camp. All enjoyed the good weather, the food, and the Easter Egg Hunt. Saint John the Baptist Youth Group enjoyed the Youth Seder Meal on March 20th .

Father John Paul Crispin, CMI, with Justin & Kaitlyn Higdon and children at the Saint Joseph Mansfield Saint Joesph Altar.

Annual Diocesan Stewardship Appeal A Joyful Response ( ) $15,000 ( ) $3,500 ( ) $800 ( ) $400 ( ) $200 ( ) $10,000 ( ) $2,000 ( ) $750 ( ) $350 ( ) $150 ( ) $7,500 ( ) $1,500 ( ) $650 ( ) $300 ( ) $100 ( ) $5,000 ( ) $1,000 ( ) $500 ( ) $250 ( ) Other $

Enclosed is a pledge payment of: $ for year 2022. Please make checks payable to Diocese of Shreveport

Name Address City/State/Zip Church

Diocese of Shreveport 3500 Fairfield Ave Shreveport, LA 71104 Or donate online at www.dioshpt.org

Seminarian Burses

Please list below any special intentions or requests for which you would like prayer assistance:

Thanks to our Recent Donors:

(037) Mr. & Mrs. Larry A. Miller ($1000) (038) Mr. & Mrs. John Malone ($250) (015) Mr. & Mrs. Aaron L. Lirette ($500) (022) Mr. & Mrs. Ray T. Garza ($500) (037) Mr. & Mrs. Adam Hubble ($1000) Completed Burses:

(001) Fr. Mike Bakowski Memorial Burse #1 ($10000) (006) Msgr. J. Carson LaCaze Memorial Burse #1 ($10000) (010) Memory of Rita Scott from the John Scott Family Burse ($10000) (011) Rev. David Richter Memorial Burse #1 ($10000) (012) Jack E. Caplis, Jr., Memorial Burse ($10000) (013) Mary Evans Caplis Burse ($10000) (014) Bob & Peggy Semmes Memorial Burse ($10000) (019) Margaret Glenn Memorial Burse ($10000) (020) Dr. James V. Ward Memorial Burse ($10000) (026) Sheryl Seal Sweeney Memorial Burse ($10000) (027) Rev. Richard Lombard Memorial Burse ($10000) (027) Rev. Richard Lombard Memorial Burse #2 ($10000) (031) Pearl Heck & Leona Boudreaux Memorial Burse ($10000) (033) Beryl K. & Joseph D. Ozenne Memorial Burse ($10000) Incomplete Burses:

(001) Fr. Mike Bakowski Memorial Burse #2 ($1350) (002) Joseph & Antoinette Bakowski Memorial Burse ($3150) (003) Sam R. Maranto Memorial Burse ($1650) (004) Kathryn Atherton Cook Memorial Burse ($350) (005) Cathedral of St. John Berchmans Burse ($1200) (006) Msgr. J. Carson LaCaze Memorial Burse #2 ($3832.12) (007) Dr. Carol Christopher Memorial Burse ($1200) (008) St. Jude Parish Burse ($6218) (009) St. John Berchmans Knights of Columbus Council 10728 Burse ($1550) (011) Rev. David Richter Memorial Burse #2 ($4029) (015) Bishop’s Seminarian Burse ($3410) (016) Elaine Malloy Frantz Memorial Burse ($1000) (017) Msgr. George Martinez Knights of Columbus Council 1337 Burse ($7521.57) (018) Knights of St. Peter Claver Council 144 Burse ($1180) (021) Rev. Edmund “Larry” Niehoff Memorial Burse ($2000) (022) Rev. Blane O’Neil, OFM Memorial Burse ($1200) (023) Msgr. Edmund J. Moore Memorial Burse ($1020) (024) Rev. Joseph Puthupally Memorial Burse ($1100) (025) Kathleen Hightower Memorial Burse ($400) (028) Friends-n-Faith Burse ($300) (029) Rev. Kenneth Williams Memorial Burse ($200) (030) Ottis and Anne Krupa Littlejohn Memorial Burse ($4000) (032) Madeline and Joe Tiller Memorial Burse ($1000) (034) Joseph B. and Lucille Provenza Cordaro Burse ($6000) (035) Dr. James V. & Rosemary C. Ward Burse ($3200) (036) Msgr. Earl Vincent Provenza Burse ($1000) (037) Manuel & Catherine Licciardi, and John & Beverly Miller Burse ($2000) (038) The Malone Family Burse ($250)

The Diocesan Seminary Burse Program provides the faithful of North Louisiana the opportunity to invest in the education and formation of our seminarians into holy and effective priests to serve the Diocese of Shreveport.

Interested in contributing to or establishing a burse?

You can establish and name a burse with a donation of at least $250 or you can contribute any amount to a burse simply by designating its name when the contribution is made. Contributions may be mailed to the Office of Church Vocations, Diocese of Shreveport, 3500 Fairfield Avenue, Shreveport, LA 71104. Be sure to note the name of the burse in the memo line. Burses are completed at $10,000.