Charismatic Renewal Diocesan Liaisons

Fr. Nunez was ordained a priest on June 6, 1964, at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette.  In 1971 he had a deeper conversion experience through “baptism in the Holy Spirit” and became involved in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.  He has served as pastor in several parishes in the Diocese as well as the Chancellor for Notre Dame in Crowley, involved in Engaged Encounter for the Diocese, and currently serves at the official Exorcist for the Diocese of Lafayette.  Fr. Nunez has been the Diocesan Liaison to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal for the Diocese of Lafayette since 1988.  He holds a monthly healing Mass at Immaculate Conception Church in Washington on the third Thursday of the month, and celebrates a charismatic Mass on the first Wednesday of the month at St. Peter’s in Carencro.  Fr. Nunez is available for prayer group visitations, presentations, and healing services or Mass.

Fr. Albert Gayle Nunez,

Diocesan Liaison

Available thru Immaculate Conception Parish 

Fr. Nunez with Deacon Mike Yenik and Deacon

Reggie Bollich – Praise Rally 2007

Graham Smith,

Lay Assistant Liaison

A former Presbyterian, Graham became a dedicated follower of Jesus in the summer of 1986 after being evangelized by Catholic Lay missionaries Frank and Genie Summers.  Graham, a former Presbyterian, and his wife Donna, a lifelong Catholic, experienced the Baptism of the Holy Spirit in 1986.  They founded the "Good Shepherd Community," a small charismatic covenant community, in the mid-1980's.  Graham became a Catholic in 1991.    Graham and Donna  have deepen their commitment to Jesus through extensive training in ministering in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and in community life in association with the Alleluia Community of Agusta, Georgia.  They then became involved in founding the "Saturday Night High Praise and Intercession" prayer group for over a decade.   Graham and Donna have attended Our Lady of Fatima parish since 1978.  They have three grown children and Graham has practiced law with the Onebane Law Firm since 1981.   Before joining that firm, he was a television journalist in Lafayette and in Dallas - Ft. Worth, San Antonio and Austin, Texas.   Graham is also a Navy veteran and a graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now UL at Lafayette) and the University of Texas School of Law.   His undergraduate training was in Applied Music – he plays guitar and sings in his ministries, and also plays tuba in the Lafayette Concert Band and the Acadian Wind Symphony.  He taught a three-night seminar for Catholic men entitled "A Few Good (Godly) Men Can Change the World!" in St. Vincent in 2003.  He now serves as the lay assistant liaison for the renewal and a major speaker for events and empowerment sessions.