Sacred Heart, Morgan City, Lenten mission Feb. 15-16
Rev. Stephen Lefort
Pastoral appointments given Bishop Shelton J. Fabre has made the following pastoral appointments: The Rev. Stephen P. Lefort, who was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of HoumaThibodaux on Nov. 28, 2015, has been appointed associate pastor of Holy Cross Church parish in Morgan City, effective immediately. Father Lefort is a native of Houma. The Rev. Joseph P. Varughese, who has been serving as associate pastor of St. Joseph Co-Cathedral parish in Thibodaux since July 2015, has been appointed associate pastor of Sacred Heart Church parish in Cut Off, effective immediately. Father Varughese is a native of Kerala, India. He was ordained April 11, 1994.
Rev. Joseph Varughese
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A Lenten mission will be presented by John Angotti at Sacred Heart Church in Morgan City, Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 15 and 16, at 7 p.m. each day. John Angotti is a full time music missionary. He travels throughout many parts of the world providing inspirational music and witness to all ages through concerts, workshops, retreats, missions, conferences and liturgies. John is originally from Clarksburg, WV, and now resides in Memphis, TN, with his wife and two children. He is a graduate of West Virginia University and the U.S. Military School of Music, where he was a member of the U.S. Navy Band as lead vocalist. John received his master’s degree in pastoral studies from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago in 2013. John’s music expresses hope and love for those longing for a deeper relationship with God. “My passion is to not only provide
music for worship, but music that sings of the true witness of my experience of Christ in my life, that leads me to the table in faith. I have found that people relate through both music and testimony. All of us have a cross, even though we may try to hide it. But there is no hiding place from God, who is with us all the time,” says Angotti (www.jspalich.com). A love offering will be collected during the performance.
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