Daily Prayer for Priests, Deacons Religious and Seminarians

November Daily Prayer

for Priests, Deacons, Religious and Seminarians

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Very Rev. Patrick (P.J.) Madden Rev. Joseph Tregre Rev. Joe Varghese Rev. Billy Velasco Rev. Shenan Boquet

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Deacon Gary Lapeyrouse Rev. Thomas Bouterie

Rev. Brice Higginbotham Rev. Stuart King Very Rev. Joshua Rodrigue

Rev. Michael Bergeron, retired Rev. Mr. Matthew Prosperie

Msgr. Frederic Brunet, retired Rev. Domingo Cruz, retired Rev. Dean Danos, retired Rev. Wilfredo Decal, retired Rev. Scott Dugas, retired Deacon James Lefevre Rev. Roch Naquin, retired

Rev. Ty Nguyen, retired

Rev. Charles Perkins, retired Rev. Caesar Silva, retired Rev. Wilmer Todd, retired Sister Carmelita Centanni, M.S.C.

Rev. Jerry Villarrubia, retired Very Rev. Jay L. Baker

Rev. Paul Birdsall Rev. Rusty Paul Bruce Rev. Toto Buenaflor Jr. Bishop Emeritus Sam G. Jacobs

Daily Prayer for Clergy and Religious

Lord Jesus, hear our prayer for the spiritual renewal of bishops, priests, deacons, brothers, sisters, lay ministers and seminarians of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux. We praise You for giving their ministry to the Church. In these days, renew them with the gifts of Your Spirit.

You once opened the Holy Scriptures to Your disciples when You walked on this earth. Now renew Your ordained and chosen ones with the truth and power of Your Word.

In Eucharist you gave Your disciples renewed life and hope. Nourish Your consecrated ones with Your own Body and Blood. Help them to imitate in their lives the death and resurrection they celebrate around Your altar.

Give them enthusiasm for the Gospel, zeal for the salvation of all people, courage in leadership and humility in service.

Give them Your love for one another and for all their brothers and sisters in You. For You love them, Lord Jesus, and we love and pray for them in Your Holy Name, today especially for _______________________. Amen.

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Two locals are finalists for the National Lumen Christi Award

Very Rev. Simon Peter Engurait

Catholic Extension is honored to share the accomplishments of Very Rev. Simon Peter Engurait and Karen David, finalists for the 2022-2023 Lumen Christi Award.

On August 29, 2021, Louisiana was devastated by Hurricane Ida. The Category 4 storm knocked out power, water and gas infrastructures across the state. It demolished thousands of homes, leaving families displaced and vulnerable. The Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux took a direct hit. Approximately 75 percent of the diocese’s properties sustained damage.

In these times of peril and uncertainty, the Church’s most compassionate and competent leaders often emerge to the forefront. Such

Karen David

was the case in the Diocese of HoumaThibodaux, where Very Rev. Simon Peter Engurait and Karen David have led spiritual and humanitarian relief efforts that touched thousands of vulnerable families impacted by Hurricane Ida’s devastation. More than anything, their presence has comforted those who have lost everything.

Answering the call to lead

Just a week after the storm, the executive director position at Catholic Charities Houma-Thibodaux became vacant, leaving no one to navigate these communities through their darkest days. Bishop Shelton Fabre (who was the bishop at the time of the hurricane) asked Father Engurait, a member of his senior leadership team, to serve as interim director. Father Engurait, who already wore many hats, was now being tasked with leading the diocese’s disaster response efforts after one of the most catastrophic storms in the state’s history.

Father Engurait asked Karen David, a longtime diocesan volunteer at the Catholic Community Center food bank and thrift store, to serve as his right hand officer.

“Truly the work of God”

David has played a key role listening to people, providing for their needs with supplies and, in several cases, personally “adopting” families to ensure they have food on the table and a roof over their heads. One mother from a family of five remarked, “She has come into my life and made changes in ways I can’t explain. Truly the work of God! I can never thank her enough for all that she has done for myself and my kids.”

In the time since Hurricane Ida made landfall one year ago, Father Engurait and Karen David have spent all their energy and efforts responding to the needs of the underserved, poor and most vulnerable within the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, sharing hope and leading with faith. They truly exemplify how the Church always rises to the occasion, especially in times of difficulty. BC