About St. John the Baptist · Crowley, Louisiana
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church is a small rural parish located in Lyons Point, an unincorporated community south of Crowley in Acadia Parish, Louisiana. It belongs to the West Deanery of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette and shares a single pastor with Immaculate Conception Church in Morse and its mission chapel, St. Aloysius in Midland — a partnership the parishes describe as 'One Faith – One Priest – One Family' under the banner 'South Acadia Country Catholics.' Established in 1952 to serve the farming families of southern Acadia Parish, the Lyons Point church sits along Lyons Point Highway and remains a close-knit faith community with a chapel open for prayer around the clock.
- Established
- 1952
- Patron
- St. John the Baptist
- Rector
- Fr. Arockia Doss Palthasar, HGN
- Diocese
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette (in Louisiana)
Why belong here
St. John the Baptist offers a peaceful, family-sized country parish where Sunday Mass is celebrated twice a week at Lyons Point, weekly adoration is held in the chapel, and a 24/7 prayer chapel is available to parishioners with an access code from the office. As part of the South Acadia Country Catholic Family Cluster — sharing one priest with Immaculate Conception in Morse and St. Aloysius in Midland — it gives worshippers a chance to belong to a tight-knit, multi-generational Catholic community rooted in the farming traditions of southern Acadia Parish.
Mass times at St. John the Baptist
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday: 8:05 AM – 8:25 AM (before 8:30 AM Mass, at Lyons Point)
- Saturday: 3:30 PM – 4:55 PM (before 4:00 PM Mass, at Lyons Point)
Adoration times
- Friday: 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM (Chapel at St. John the Baptist, Lyons Point)
- Sunday: following the 8:30 AM Mass on the 1st Sunday of the month
- Chapel open 24/7 to parishioners with an access code from the parish office
About the Parish
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church is a small country parish in the Lyons Point community of rural Acadia Parish, Louisiana. Founded in 1952 and seated in the West Deanery of the Diocese of Lafayette, it serves the farming families of southern Acadia Parish alongside Immaculate Conception of Morse and St. Aloysius Mission Chapel of Midland. The combined parishes operate as the 'South Acadia Country Catholic Family Cluster' under a single pastor, branded by their website as 'One Faith – One Priest – One Family.' The parish office is co-located with the Lyons Point rectory at 8021 Lyons Point Highway, and the address is mailed through Crowley, LA 70526.
- Established 1952
- Diocese of Lafayette, West Deanery
- Family Cluster: St. John the Baptist (Lyons Point) + Immaculate Conception (Morse) + St. Aloysius (Midland)
- Motto: 'One Faith – One Priest – One Family'
Mass Intentions, Prayer List & Memorials
Parishioners may request Mass intentions for the living or deceased, request sanctuary lamp memorials in memory of a loved one, or add names to the parish prayer list. Mass intention requests are taken in the parish office at least two weeks before the desired date so that the collective intention may be published in the Sunday bulletin; the suggested stipend is $5 per intention. Sanctuary lamp intentions burn for two weeks and are also posted in the bulletin. Names on the prayer list are renewed each year through All Saints' Day and may be added by calling the office.
- Mass Intentions — $5 suggested offering; written request due 2 weeks ahead
- Sanctuary Lamp Memorials — burn for 2 weeks; suggested offering $12–15
- Prayer List — weekly, renewed through All Saints' Day
- Bulletin publication deadline: Monday at 12:00 PM
Parish Staff & Clergy
The parish is served by one priest, Fr. Arockia Doss Palthasar, HGN, who pastors all three churches in the South Acadia cluster. Day-to-day operations are handled by a small office team based at the Lyons Point rectory, with separate staff members for bookkeeping, secretarial work, bulletin publishing, cemetery coordination, and the diocesan Safe Environment program.
- Pastor: Fr. Arockia Doss Palthasar, HGN
- Office Bookkeeper: Leeana Marceaux — 337-581-5338
- Office Secretary: Donelean Gary — 337-458-2823
- Bulletin, Cemetery Plots & Safe Environment: Gerretta Domingue — 337-581-1203
Family Cluster: One Faith, One Priest, One Family
St. John the Baptist is part of the New Vermillion and South Acadia Catholic Family Cluster, a collaboration of three small rural parishes — St. John the Baptist of Lyons Point, Immaculate Conception of Morse, and the Immaculate Conception Mission Chapel of St. Aloysius in Midland — shepherded by a single pastor. The cluster model allows the parishes to maintain a full week of Masses, confessions, and adoration across the three worship sites while sharing administrative and pastoral resources.
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Church — Lyons Point (this parish)
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Church — Morse
- St. Aloysius Catholic Chapel — Midland (Mission Chapel of Immaculate Conception)
Contact & Visiting the Parish
The parish office is located at the Lyons Point rectory at 8021 Lyons Point Highway, Crowley, LA 70526, and is reachable by phone at (337) 783-2968 or by email at [email protected]. A drop box on the rectory porch is available for after-hours Mass intention envelopes and other correspondence, and the office can also issue the access code needed to enter the 24/7 adoration chapel.
- Address: 8021 Lyons Point Hwy, Crowley, LA 70526
- Phone: 337-783-2968
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: https://icc-sjtb.org/
- After-hours drop box on rectory porch
- 24/7 chapel access code available from the office