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The Bayou Catholic is published monthly, for the people of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux by the H-T Publishing Co., P.O. Box 505, Schriever, LA 70395. Subscription rate is $35 per year.

The BayouCatholicis a member of the Catholic Media Association, the National Newspaper Association and an associate member of the Louisiana Press Association.

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The month of July is here, and it is an exciting time for our diocese. Three men are being ordained to the priesthood this month for the Diocese of HoumaThibodaux.

The Rev. Mr. Davis Ahimbisibwe will be ordained to the priesthood July 2, at 10 a.m., at Our Lady of Good Shepherd Cathedral, Rushoroza parish, Kabale diocese in Uganda, Africa. The Rev. Mr. Joseph Lapeyrouse and the Rev. Mr. Matthew Prosperie will be ordained to the priesthood July 15, at 10:30 a.m., at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux.

Father Ahimbisibwe will celebrate two Masses of Thanksgiving in HoumaThibodaux. The first on July 15, at 4 p.m. at St. Joseph Co-Cathedral in Thibodaux. The second on July 16, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Bridget Church in Schriever.

Father Lapeyrouse will celebrate his first Mass of Thanksgiving at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Houma at 6 p.m. on July 15.

Father Prosperie will celebrate his first Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Ann Church in Bourg, on Sunday, July 16, at 10 a.m.

In Bishop Dorsonville’s Sent to Serve column this month, he reflects on the gift and mystery of priestly vocations. “At its very heart, a vocation is a mystery. It is not something that I or anyone can create or produce, but rather it is a work of God, only revealed to each person by the person of Jesus Christ,” says the bishop. “By God’s design, each of us, in a unique way, are called by the Father through the Son to a mission of salvation in the power of the Holy Spirit. All of us have a vocation, a special calling and purpose