El Obispo Kopacz visita varias comunidades hispanas de la diócesis

TUPELO/CORINTH/NEW ALBANY – El Obispo Joseph Kopacz pasó el fin de semana del 8-9 de marzo en territorio hispano, celebrando misas en español, conociendo a los miembros de tres parroquias en el noreste de Mississippi y disfrutando de platos criollos y originales preparados especialmente para él.

Miembros de la Parroquia St. James le dan la bienvenida al Obispo Joseph Kopacz el sábado 8 de marzo. El obispo celebró la misa y compartió el almuerzo con los miembros de la comunidad.  Foto de la Hermana María Elena Méndez)

Miembros de la Parroquia St. James le dan la bienvenida al Obispo Joseph Kopacz el sábado 8 de marzo. El obispo celebró la misa y compartió el almuerzo con los miembros de la comunidad. Foto de la Hermana María Elena Méndez)

El sábado llegó temprano a Tupelo para celebrar la misa en la Iglesia St. James a las 10 a.m. A las 7 p.m. estaba en Corinth para la misa de vigilia en St. James y el domingo estuvo en New Albany con los miembros de la Parroquia San Francisco celebrando la misa a las 8:30 a.m.

Mariano Hernández, ministro hispano de la Parroquia St. James en Corinth, dijo que la experiencia de tener al obispo en su parroquia fue grandiosa. “Todos en la comunidad estábamos muy contentos y emocionados con la noticia de que nuestro obispo, a pesar de tener un mes y dos días de ordenado, ya nos estaba visitando y celebrando la misa en español”, dijo, añadiendo “y nos sorprendió a muchos con su sencillez, humildad, y su gran carisma. Fue una misa muy pero muy especial porque le puso su toque de alegría y sencillez y se sentía, se percibía una gran alegría.

“Y después de misa su accesibilidad para saludar, platicar, tomarse fotos, comer con nosotros, saludar a los niños, platicando, bromeando y respondiendo y escuchándonos y por su puesto poniéndole su gran sentido de humor. La verdad es que Dios nos ha bendecido con un obispo como él”, dijo.

Hernández mencionó que por su sencillez todos se sintieron en confianza inmediatamente cuando comenzaron a platicar con él…
“Espero en Dios que la alegría y unidad que vino a traer a las comunidades que visitó permanezca y siga creciendo”.

En la página de Facebook de la Oficina del Ministerio Hispano, Sandra Hernándes escribió, “Es un gran ejemplo como servidor de Cristo … No cabe duda, Dios no se equivoca al elegir a sus representantes aquí en la tierra. Fue una experiencia maravillosa y una bendición para mi, estar presente en esta celebración. … Mis oraciones por nuestro obispo son de que el Señor lo ilumine y lo ayude en este nuevo ministerio. Hernández vive en Belmont y asiste a la Parroquia St. James en Tupelo.

A Luis Gordillo le gustó mucho el comentario que hizo el obispo en su homilía sobre la cuaresma como un tiempo de conversión “ya que las tentaciones son muchas y nos fortalece saber que contamos con el amor de Dios,” dijo. “Me alegró que nos lo recordara y me da gusto como hispano que tengamos como representante de la iglesia a un obispo que habla español ya que así podemos romper las barreras del idioma y cuando hablamos con él sabemos que nos entiende y no dependemos de alguién que interprete para nosotros”.

Gordillo es miembro de la Parroquia San Cristobal en Pontotoc.
El obispo celebró la primera misa en español en la Catedral de San Pedro en Jackson el 16 de febrero y nuevamente el 9 de marzo.

Invitado por el Padre P. J. Curley, viajó para Vicksburg el 16 de marzo para visitar a la comunidad de la Parroquia San Miguel y celebró la misa junto con el Padre Curley. En su homilía comentó sobre la película, “El hijo de Dios” y dijo que durante este tiempo de cuaresma la gente tiene una mejor disposición para verla y para escuchar el llamado de Dios. (NOTA: Leer comentario sobre la película en la pag. 3 de la edición en inglés)

Recycling to benefit school

SOUTHAVEN – Sacred Heart School will host its inaugural Robot Recycle event Saturday, April 12, from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the school parking lot. They will be accepting used and discarded electronic items for recycling. Donors simply drive into the parking lot and an army of volunteers will remove the items from their cars and sort them for the trucks.

A wide variety of items are accepted including air conditioners, computers, fans, satellite boxes, speakers, keyboards, copy machines, cables and adapters, modems, printers and more. All donations are secured and sent to Fortune Sky warehouses for shredding. All hard drives will be removed from computers and destroyed either on site or at the warehouse.

The event is billed as an opportunity to clear out attics, back rooms, garages, basements and businesses of those old items and rest assured they will not end up in landfills. All proceeds will benefit the school. For a complete list of items accepted or if you are unable to bring your items to the school contact event coordinator Joe Hillenbrand, 901-603-4043, for assistance.

Stations of the cross

Booneville St. Francis, Fridays at 5 p.m.
except on March 21.
Brookhaven St. Francis, Fridays at 5:30 p.m.
Chatawa St. Teresa, Fridays at 4:30 p.m.
Clarksdale St. Elizabeth, Fridays at 5:30 p.m.
alternating with Immaculate Conception.
Cleveland Our Lady of Victories, Fridays
at 6 p.m.
Columbus Annunciation, Fridays at 5:30 p.m.
Corinth St. James, Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
Forest St. Michael,  Sundays at 8:30 a.m.
Gluckstadt St. Joseph, Wednesdays,
through April 2, at 6 p.m.
Greenville Sacred Heart, Fridays
after the 6 p.m. Mass.
Greenville St. Joseph, Fridays at 5:30 p.m.
Grenada St. Peter, Fridays at 6:15 p.m.
Greenwood Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Fridays at 6 p.m.
Hernando Holy Spirit, Fridays at 6:30 p.m.
Iuka St. Mary, Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.
Jackson St. Therese, Fridays at 5:30 p.m.
Jackson St. Peter, Wednesdays at 5:15 p.m.
Jackson St. Richard, Fridays at 5:30 p.m.
Madison St. Francis, Fridays at 6 p.m.
beginning with the rosary.
Magnolia St. James, Fridays at 5:30 p.m.
McComb St. Alphonsus, Fridays at 6 p.m.
Oxford St. John, Fridays at 5 p.m.
Pearl St. Jude, Fridays at 6 p.m.
Shaw St. Francis of Assisi, Fridays after the 6 p.m. Mass.
Southaven Christ the King, Fridays at 7 p.m.
Tupelo St. James, Fridays — in English after the 12:10  p.m. Mass and at 6 p.m. The Spanish stations are at 7 p.m.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT

  • CAMDEN/CANTON Sacred Heart, liturgy with the Bowman-Seabrook Diocesan Youth Gospel Choir from Tallahassee, Fla., Sunday, March 23, at 9 a.m. and at Sacred Heart Parish at 11:15 a.m.
  • CLEVELAND Our Lady of Victories Parish, March 23-26, “Encountering the Living God.” Regis Flaherty, director of the Gilmary Retreat Center in Coraopolis, Pa.
  • GREENVILLE Sacred Heart Parish, mission led by Father Chester Smith, SVD, March 31-April 2 at 7 p.m. Confession on April 1.
  • IUKA St. Mary Parish, retreat, “Stillness Blooms,”   at the home of Carolyn Bailey in Tishomingo  Tuesday, April 8, from 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
  • JACKSON Holy Ghost Parish, Lenten revival, Monday-Wednesday, April 7-9, at 6 p.m. Father Chester Smith, SVD, from the Diocese of Chicago, will lead the mission.
  • JACKSON Christ the King Parish, Lenten mission/revival, “Forgiven, But Not Forgotten,” Sunday-Tuesday, March 30-April 1. Father Roderick Coates, SSJ, of New Orleans, La.
  • NATCHEZ St. Mary Basilica Parish, lecture and performance on the holy angels along with celestial choral music, “The Power of the Angels,” Sunday, March 23, at 1:30 p.m. Free Admission.
  • OXFORD St. John Parish, Healing after the loss of a child to miscarriage or stillbirth, Saturday, March 29, at 10 a.m. in the Community Room. Robin Ridge of Batesville St. Mary Parish – presenter.
  • SHAW St. Francis, Lenten sessions on prayer, Tuesdays at 10 a.m. at Grace Venuti’s. Details: 662-754-2154.
  • TUPELO St. James Parish, women’s retreat, Monday, April 14, from 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.

LENTEN SERVICES

  • HERNANDO Holy Spirit Parish, adult Lenten class, Sundays at 9 a.m. in the Family Life Center.
  • – Lenten talk and potluck, Monday, March 31, at 6:30 p.m.
  • JACKSON St. Therese Parish, sculptor Dr. Sam Gore will sculpt the head of Christ in a 30-minute demonstration while presenting his testimony Saturday, March 22, at 6:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served from 5 – 6:30 p.m.
  • JACKSON St. Richard Parish, retreat, “Preparing for the Scrutiny Liturgies During Lent,” Monday, March 24, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
  • SOUTHAVEN Christ the King Parish, Forgiveness Walk, Thursday, March 27, from 9:30 a.m. – 8 p.m. A silent meditative/prayer journey stopping at nine different altars to meditate, pray, and ask forgiveness. Each altar will have a theme for  meditation.
  • – Lenten talk and potluck, Monday, March 24, at 6:30 p.m.

HEALTH & FITNESS

  • JACKSON Christ the King, free health fair Saturday, March 29, from 9 .m. – 1 p.m. at the Multipurpose Building. Details or to volunteer: Linda Gamble, 601-454-9478.
  • NATCHEZ Assumption Parish, line dancing Mondays from 10 – 11 a.m. in Tuite Hall. Free.

FUND-RAISERS

  • JACKSON Sister Thea Bowman School drawdown, Saturday, April 26, at 6:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Building. Grand prize – $10,000; Tickets –$100.
  • NATCHEZ Holy Family School, benefit concert, Danny O’Flaherty, Irish folk singer, March 23, from 5 – 7  p.m. in the cafeteria. Admission – $10. All proceeds will benefit the Holy Family Early Learning Center, pre-K – K students.

CELEBRATIONS

  • JACKSON St. Richard, celebration for Father Richard Somers, Saturday, April 5, from 2 – 4 p.m. in Foley Hall.
  • COLUMBUS Annunciation, 25th anniversary celebration of Father Robert Dore, pastor, June 10.

Conference features health partnerships, art

By Maureen Smith
JACKSON – Bob Willis’ hands started shaping and carving a lump of clay as be began a 45-minute talk to a group of nurses and health care workers and they never stopped. Willis was just one of the presenters at a day-long workshop organized by the Diocese of Jackson’s Office of Health Ministry. Other presentations focused on healthcare partnerships and faith-based healthcare groups.

Caregivers and healthcare professionals packed Foley Hall at St. Richard Parish for a one-day nursing workshop sponsored by Catholic Charities’ Office of Health Ministry.

Caregivers and healthcare professionals packed Foley Hall at St. Richard Parish for a one-day nursing workshop sponsored by Catholic Charities’ Office of Health Ministry.

More than 60 attended the event, held at  St. Richard Parish Thursday, March 6. Willis, a sculptor from Oklahoma who works in hospice ministries, was speaking on grief and caregivers. He spoke about how nurses, as caregivers, deal with lots of grief. All people grieve change, he explained, and often those in a hospital or hospice situation need help with that grief.

His presentation was aimed at giving caregivers some tools to use in their ministry. One of his strategies is to honor the relationship between the caregiver and the one needing care. He suggested asking about the relationship to get the caregiver talking. “I tell them to think about what they would say if they could speak to the person again. What would you thank them for? What happy memories do you have? For what would you forgive them,” he said.

Forgiveness, he explained, is a big part of the grief and mourning process. “In grief work, forgiveness is giving up the hope of a different yesterday,” he said. People can’t change what happened in the past, but they can let go of old hurts. “When you don’t forgive it’s like a big heavy coat – and it stinks,” he said. The longer a person ‘wears’ the coat and the more anger and other emotions they pick up the heavier it gets. When a person forgives, they can lay down that burden. “Sometimes forgiveness is for things you did not hear,” he added, explaining that people sometimes wanted to hear ‘I love you’ or some similar sentiment from a loved one, but never did.

Sculptor and grief counselor Bob Willis carves a broken heart while he speaks about grief among caregivers (Photos by Maureen Smith)

Sculptor and grief counselor Bob Willis carves a broken heart while he speaks about grief among caregivers (Photos by Maureen Smith)

As he spoke, he shaped a heart with a fissure cut through it out of the clay. He said that grief expressed is mourning and explained that organizing and expressing grief will help people heal. The last part of his sculpture is adding stitches and a bandage to the fissure in the heart. He uses this symbol to speak to those who are caregivers or those who work with them. He said in his work in hospice he learned that “bandages don’t heal things, they just hold things together while you heal. You can’t fix a griever, but you can be a bandage – holding them together while they heal,” he said.

Prior to his presentation different community nursing representatives, including groups from Magee St. Stephen and Brookhaven St. Francis of Assisi presented information about their collaborative efforts. The gathering was organized by the Parish Health Ministries Office, headed by Ann Elizabeth Kaiser. Nurses who attended were able to earn continuing education credits.

The following day, Willis led a workshop for caregivers in Natchez at the St. Mary’s Basilica Family Life Center and Monday, March 10 he met with the grief and loss group from the parish.

CRS visits diocese

By Maureen Smith
JACKSON – The regional director of Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Cullen Larsen, along with the relationship manager for this region, Martha Gaynoe, visited the headquarters for Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Jackson on Monday, March 10, to talk about what’s happening with CRS, what’s new with the CRS Rice Bowl program and to share resources on global solidarity with parish and diocesan leaders. Bishop Joseph Kopacz joined parish leaders from Jackson St. Th040714ricebowlerese and the Catholic Community of West Jackson as well as several diocesan representatives for the meeting.

Although CRS is best known for disaster intervention and the Rice Bowl program, the organization also engages in peacemaking and sustainable community projects. Larsen explained that the group, which serves in 91 countries, wanted to go beyond responding to violence and incorporate Catholic social teaching into its service. Larsen explained that the organization wants to support the idea of integral human development. “When we look at a community we are looking for ways to affect it holistically. We don’t just want to put a band aid on a wound, we want to find the causes,” he said. This led to peacemaking, sustainable agriculture and health programs.

The Rice Bowl program has added several features this year to appeal to a younger audience. There is an app that can be downloaded to both Apple and Android devices with daily reflections and encouragement. There is also a photo challenge encouraging groups or individuals to post their photos of how they are using Rice Bowl on Twitter, Instagram or the CRS facebook page tagged #VivaLent.

While CRS Rice Bowl does provide money aid around the world, it is important to note that a quarter of that money stays in the Diocese of Jackson to help the poor close to home. It’s not too late to join the effort. The CRS collection will be taken up March 29-30 in the Diocese of Jackson. Last year, this diocese collected $51,818.49. Those interested can also still get a rice bowl for Lent from www.crsricebowl.org.

St. Dominic’s expands Telemedicine

By Margaret Mays
Patients at several hospitals throughout the state of Mississippi will now benefit from remote consultations with pulmonary physicians at St. Dominic Hospital.

St. Dominic’s expanded partnership with REACH Health, Inc. connects lung specialists with acute care pulmonary patients – such as those suffering from collapsed lungs, severe asthma attacks, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or pulmonary embolisms.

“Our multiservice telemedicine platform will give our rural hospital partners direct access to a pulmonary specialist,” said Cris Bourn, PT, DPT, MHS, St. Dominic’s Neuroscience/Orthopaedic Service Line Administrator. “This means that pulmonary patients will be able to receive excellent specialty care at their local community hospital, near their families and loved ones.”

Intubation and mechanical ventilation are commonplace in hospital intensive care units (ICUs). Because ventilators carry the risk of serious lung damage and delayed negative effects, consultation with a pulmonologist is especially valuable. Of particular relevance for pulmonary patients is ventilator management – determining the proper airflow, pressure and volume for each patient to ensure the optimal respiratory rate.

The REACH Access Platform allows emergency department clinicians and consulting physicians to conduct joint examinations and share critical medical data and images. REACH Health was a pioneer in telestroke and now provides one enterprise telemedicine solution for multiple specialties.

“Forward-looking partners like St. Dominic’s can use REACH Access to provide the best possible care and make critical time-sensitive decisions for emergency department and ICU patients,” said Steve McGraw, President and CEO of REACH Health.

St. Dominic’s launched its telemedicine program last year with REACH Health, a leading supplier of enterprise telemedicine software. Initially, the program focused on treating stroke patients in three affiliated hospitals: Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko, Bolivar Medical Center in Cleveland and King’s Daughters Medical Center in Brookhaven. These affiliated hospitals are able to directly consult with neurologists to help make critical determinations such as the type and severity of the stroke, available treatment options and whether to transport the patient.

Day of Reflection features artist

By Maureen Smith
MADISON/TUPELO – Artist Brother Mickey McGrath, OFSF, will lead “Cloud of Witnesses,” a Lenten day of reflection in both Madison and Tupelo the weekend of April 5-6. He is an artist, writer and speaker. In addition to 11 books he has also published work in St. Anthony Mess

Brother Mickey McGrath, OFSF

Brother Mickey McGrath, OFSF

enger, USA Today, and America Magazine and has designed materials for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
“I will be sharing my paintings of saints and holy people and talking about their stories and how they have touched my life,” said Brother McGrath of the program. He will focus on American saints and holy people, including one of his greatest inspirations, Sister Thea Bowman, FSPA, who came from the Diocese of Jackson.
Brother McGrath came to know Sister Bowman and his current vocation in the midst of crisis. He was visiting his dying father at home when he came across Sister Bowman’s last interview in U.S. Catholic. “I thought it was so beautiful, so parallel to what I was going through,” he said. “I loved how she had learned to see her cancer and her illness as a gift. Through it she found new ways to be compassionate and to just be present,” he added.

About a year later he saw a video detailing the nun’s life from her upbringing in rural Mississippi to her conversion and vocation to religious life. Her story, “completely turned things upside down for me,” he said. By then, Brother McGrath’s father had died. He had asked his community to allow him to stop teaching art, which he had been doing for more than a decade, while he was searching for what might be next. “Over the next two weeks nine paintings emerged that were different than anything I had ever done before. I tell people it’s the little black nun inside of me,” he explained.
Brother McGrath pursued art fulltime and began producing books, one on Pope John XXIII, another on Sister Bowman, one on Mary and more about other holy people. He began speaking about art and leading workshops.

Jeanne Howard, the diocesan director of Faith Formation, met Brother McGrath at the Hoffinger Conference in New Orleans where she was tasked with introducing him. Howard noticed one of his paintings of Sister Bowman and the two began to chat about her. She decided he would be a good fit to present in the Diocese of Jackson.
“I wanted to find something in line with the theme of Catechetical Sunday, ‘Open the Door to Faith,’” she said. “We are all called to recognize the call of all people to holiness through Baptism so Brother McGrath will use his images of saints and holy people from the Americas, who were ordinary people like us, who did extraordinary, holy things,” she said.
Brother McGrath said he likes to speak about the saints to inspire people. “We are taught to imitate the saints, I don’t think it’s always about that. It’s about being our true selves. The patron of our order is St. Francis de Sales and he says ‘be who you are and be that perfectly well,’” he said.

He also hopes to expose people to new and different ways to pray. “I will use art as a tool to meditate with inner peace. Touching our creative spirit always calms us down,” he explained. The program will also include a short, non-threatening drawing exercise. He believes art can be transformative. “There’s always beauty and beauty saves us.”

Cloud of Witnesses will start at  Madison St. Anthony School Saturday, April 5, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. This workshop includes a box lunch and costs $25 for individuals or $20 each for groups of three or more who register together. Join Brother McGrath Sunday, April 6,  at St. James Parish in Tupelo, from 1 – 5 p.m. This workshop costs $20 for individuals or $15 per person in groups of three or larger. All those attending the Tupelo workshop are asked to bring a snack to share. Registration is required. Call Fabvienen Taylor to register, 601-960-8470.

Vista desde Tabor nos transforma

Por Obispo Joseph Kopacz
Una de las películas de la temporada de primavera es Hijo de Dios, la cual se estrenó el 2

+Bishop Joseph R. Kopacz

+Bishop Joseph R. Kopacz

8 de febrero a tiempo para la Cuaresma cuando los cristianos generalmente están más en sintonía con el llamada del Señor a alejarse del pecado y ser fieles al evangelio. Esta película está catalogada como “una experiencia creada para ser compartida entre las familias y las comunidades en los Estados Unidos. Relata la historia de la vida de Jesús al público a través de la narración cinematográfica la cual es inspirante y poderosa.
Narrada con el alcance y la escala de una aventura épica de acción, la película cuenta con potentes actuaciones,  lugares exóticos, deslumbrantes efectos visuales y un rico sonido orquestal. La película abarca desde el humilde nacimiento de Jesús, sus enseñanzas, crucifixión y resurrección.
Una cautivadora descripción de la película de seguro porque describe muchos encuentros con Jesús cuando él caminó por la tierra y desde entonces en la vida de los creyentes. De hecho, puede que no sea tan encantadora como la acción, las características, los fascinantes lugares y el deslumbrante efecto visual de la Transfiguración, uno de los relatos evangélicos proclamado el segundo domingo de cuaresma todos los años.
Aquí tenemos el panorama, no sólo de una increíble vista desde el Monte Tabor, sino también las apariciones de Moisés y Elías, la ley y los profetas, revelando el cumplimiento del plan de Dios en Cristo Jesús. ¡Qué vista! Tenemos los efectos visuales de una luz que es más brillante que la del sol, ropa transformada más blanca que la nieve, una nube envolvente más oscura que la noche, y una voz que tumba a Pedro, Sebastian y Juan a la tierra temblando de miedo. ¿Qué tal esos deslumbrantes efectos cinematográficos?
En medio de esta sobrecarga sensorial, la voz detrás de la escena, en realidad desde el cielo, no anuncia al personaje principal como Hijo de Dios como en algún espectacular drama de Hollywood, sino: este es mi Hijo amado, escuchadlo. Caramba, sólo Dios puede hablar de esta manera.
No se trata de poder y dominio, sino de amor y el sacrificio que siempre infunde amor con integridad y propósito. No se trata de entretenimiento sino de inspiración que lleva a la fe, la esperanza y el amor en el Hijo amado de Dios.
La reacción de San Pedro en el momento de la Transfiguración es una valiosa lección del primero entre los apóstoles. Dice abruptamente “Es bueno que estemos aquí. Vamos a levantar tres casillas”. Por supuesto que quería quedarse. A quién no le gustaría? Pero Jesús les ordenó inmediatamente regresar al valle, donde la obra de Dios les esperaba.
A veces nos encontramos con el Señor Jesús cuando oramos a solas o con dos o tres personas, o con una comunidad de fe en el Día del Señor, pero siempre volvemos a los que esperan que vivamos y amemos en su nombre.
Pedro, Santiago y Juan tenían temor del Señor, uno de los grandes dones del Espíritu Santo, pero no era un regalo para que los aislara a ellos o a nosotros a una montaña, sino un don que los inspirara a ellos  y a nosotros  que lo escuchemos y lo sigamos a él a diario.
Más adelante en el Nuevo Testamento San Pedro nos ofrece las siguientes inspiradas palabras que indican que la Transfiguración era algo más que un recuerdo. “No seguimos mitos ingeniosamente inventados cuando les hicimos conocer a ustedes la potencia y la venida de nuestro Señor Jesucristo, pero hemos sido testigos de su majestad. Porque él ha recibido honor y gloria de Dios el Padre, cuando esa inimitable declaración le fue enviada desde la majestuosa gloria.
“Este es mi Hijo, el amado”. Nosotros oímos esta voz venida del cielo cuando estábamos con él en el monte santo… Ustedes harán bien de estar atentos a ella, como a una lámpara brillando en un lugar oscuro, hasta que el día amanezca y la estrella de la mañana se levante en vuestros corazones”.
Podemos sentir el poder del Señor en las palabras de Pedro y de la vida. A través de nuestra oración, el ayuno y sacrificio durante la cuaresma estamos invitando a la estrella de la mañana, el Señor mismo, a que crezca en nuestros corazones pero no de una manera inteligente o demasiado drástica.
A través de una fe activa el Señor continuará transformándonos a su imagen y semejanza a través de su dada vida y resurrección.
Podemos ver la gloria de Dios en la faz de Jesucristo en el perdón y la reconciliación, en la belleza y la verdad, en la justicia y la paz, en escuchar pacientemente y con amables palabras.
Con el Espíritu de Dios trabajando, entonces el estrellato por “Hijo de Dios” razonadamente  promueve que la película es “una experiencia creada para ser compartida entre las familias y las comunidades en los Estados Unidos”. Gloria a ti, Señor Jesús!

Lenten Meals

BROOKHAVEN St. Francis of Assisi, fish fry on Fridays at 6 p.m.

CLEVELAND Our Lady of Victories Parish will provide the Lenten fellowship luncheon at First Methodist Church on Wednesday, March 19, at noon.

COLUMBUS Annunciation, fish fry on Fridays, at 6 p.m.

GREENWOOD Immaculate Heart of Mary, fried and grilled catfish suppers, Fridays from 5 – 7 p.m. in the parish center. $10.

HERNANDO Holy Spirit, Soup Suppers – Fridays at 7 p.m.

JACKSON St. Therese, soup supper on Fridays at 6 p.m.

MADISON St. Francis, Fridays at 6:30 p.m.

MERIDIAN St. Joseph, fish fry Fridays at 6:30 p.m.

NATCHEZ St. Mary Basilica, Fridays from 5 – 7:30 p.m. catfish ($10), shrimp dinners ($8) combo $10. Requests for  grilled catfish need 30 minute notice.

OLIVE BRANCH Queen of Peace, Fridays at 5:30 p.m. a soup supper.

OXFORD St. John, Fridays from 5:30 – 7 p.m. fish fry at the parish hall

PEARL St. Jude, Fridays  at 6:30 p.m. catfish dinner.

ROBINSONVILLE Good Shepherd, Lenten meals on Wednesdays at 6 p.m

SENATOBIA St. Gregory, Fridays at 7 p.m. Lenten meals at 7 p.m.

SHAW St. Francis of Assisi, soup and sandwiches on Wednesdays at noon.

SOUTHAVEN Christ the King, Lenten meals at 5:30 p.m.

YAZOO CITY St. Mary, Wednesdays at 6 p.m.