Save the date: Catholic Day at Capitol set for Feb. 4

JACKSON – Catholic Day at the Capitol is set for Wednesday, February 4. This fifth annual event, sponsored by the Jackson and Biloxi Dioceses, brings social justice issues to the forefront of Mississippi legislators through the lens of Catholic social teaching.
The Catholic Charities Poverty Task Force is already engaged in thorough research and prayerful reflection to determine which issues are most pressing for the 2015 session and beyond.
Make plans to join Catholics from all across the state of Mississippi on February 4, to hear social justice speakers; attend Mass concelebrated by Bishop Joseph Kopacz of the Diocese of Jackson and Bishop Roger Morin of the Diocese of Biloxi; meet with state representatives and tour the capitol building.
Event details and registration information will be available soon. Those who wish to get involved now can contact the Catholic Charities office of Parish Social Ministry, 601-383-3849

Respect Life theme calls for daily conversion, action

091914respectlifeBy Maureen Smith
October is observed in the church as Respect Life Month, a time to focus on issues of life and human dignity, including the death penalty, abortion, euthanasia and respect and care for the disabled. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has posted prayers, artwork and activities on its website to help parishes and individuals celebrate this month.
Cardinal Sean O’Malley, OFM Cap., the chairman for the USCCB Committee on Pro-Life Activities, wrote a statement about this year’s theme, “Each of us is a masterpiece of God’s creation,” in which he explains how our everyday actions can have a profound impact on this issue.
The theme comes from Pope Francis’ 2013 Respect Life Day statement when he said, “even the weakest and most vulnerable, the sick, the old, the unborn and the poor, are masterpieces of God’s creation, made in his own image, destined to live forever, and deserving of the utmost reverence and respect.”
Cardinal O’Malley writes about how Pope Francis has lived out this statement in his care for the poor, the marginalized, the elderly and those who are ill. He writes that we are all called to this kind of life. “Our mission is to show each person the love of Christ. As uniquely created individuals, we each have unique gifts which we are called to use to share Christ’s love. We are continually given opportunities to do so in our interactions with the cashier at the grocery store, our spouses, children, friends and even the people we encounter in traffic. Each of these moments is valuable beyond our realization. We may never know how much a simple gesture of compassion may affect someone’s life,” writes the cardinal.
He wrote about how people in modern society are isolated and often feel like abortion or suicide is their only choice. “The Church’s antidote to an individualism which threatens the respect for human dignity is community and solidarity,” wrote Cardinal O’Malley.
Locally, Catholics are invited to participate in “40 Days for Life,” an ecumenical program of prayer, fasting and advocacy to end abortion. The campaign kicks off with a rally outside Mississippi’s only remaining abortion clinic on State Street in Jackson on Wednesday, Sept. 24, at noon. People can then sign up for shifts to stand outside the clinic in prayer.
All participants must sign a pledge to be peaceful and to treat everyone, including clinic workers and supporters, with respect. Volunteers can sign up online at 40daysforlife.com. Search for the Mississippi event.
Teenagers can also sign up for the January March for Life in Washington. The deadline to register on www.jacksonmarchforlife.com is Oct. 17.
“Love and justice must motivate each of us to work for a transformation of our own hearts so that we can transform the world around us. This is the message of Pope Francis. May the Risen Lord put the Gospel of joy into our hearts so that we may bear witness to the greatest love story ever told,” concludes Cardinal O’Malley’s letter. The full text of the letter is available at www.usccb.org in the Respect Life section of the website.

Fading memory of Christianity dangerous

By Father Robert Barron
Lois Lowry’s 1993 novel “The Giver” has garnered a very wide audience over the past two decades, since it has become a standard text in middle schools and high schools across the English-speaking world. The movie version of “The Giver” was produced by Jeff Bridges and stars Bridges and Meryl Streep. Having never even heard of the novel, I came at the film with no expectations, and I confess I was quite surprised both by the power of its societal critique and by its implicit Christian themes.
The story is set in the near future, in a seemingly utopian city, where there is no conflict, no inequality and no stress. The streets are laid out in a perfectly symmetrical grid, the domiciles and public buildings are clean, even antiseptic, and the people dress in matching outfits and ride bicycles so as not to pollute the environment. The “elders,” the leadership of the community, artificially arrange families and carefully assign vocations, all for the sake of the common good. In order to eliminate any volatile emotions that might stir up resentment or compromise the perfect equilibrium of the society, each citizen is obligated to take a daily injection of a kind of sedative.
Most chillingly, the elderly and unacceptable children are eliminated, though the people have been conditioned not to think of this as killing but only as a peaceful transition to “elsewhere.” The calm “sameness” of the city is maintained, above all, through the erasing of memory: no one is permitted to remember the colorful but conflictual world that preceded the present utopia. No one, that is, except the Giver, an elder who retains memories of the previous world for the sole purpose of consulting them in case an emergency arises and specialized knowledge is needed.
Utopian societies, maintained through totalitarian control, have been dreamed about at least since the time of Plato, and, to be sure, many attempts have been made over the centuries to realize the dream. The twentieth century witnessed quite a few of them: Mao’s China, Stalin’s Soviet Union, Hitler’s Third Reich, Pol Pot’s Cambodia. Indeed, there are echoes of all of these social arrangements in “The Giver’s” version of utopia, but I think what The Giver’s city most readily calls to mind is modern liberalism, especially in its European incarnation.
We find the fierce enforcement of politically correct speech, the manic attempt to control the environment, coldly modernist architecture, the prizing of equality as the supreme value, the rampant use of drugs, the denial of death and the wanton exercise of both euthanasia and abortion. Will all of this produce a balanced and peaceful society? Well, it might bring about a kind of equilibrium, but at a terrible cost.
The plot of The Giver centers on a young man named Jonas who was chosen by the elders to become the sole recipient of the suppressed memory of the previous world. Through a sort of telepathy, the Giver communicates to Jonas all of the richness, color, drama and joy of the pre-Utopian society. The most beguiling image he receives is of himself sledding down a snowy hill and coming upon a cottage from which he hears emerging the strains of a song he had never heard before (in fact, both snow and music had been excluded from his world).
In time, the Giver fills out the picture, communicating to the young man the pain and conflict of the previous world as well. Though at first he is horrified by that experience, Jonas realizes that the colorful world, even with its suffering, would be preferable to the bloodless and inhuman dystopia in which he had been raised. As the story moves to its climax, Jonas escapes from the city and ventures out into the forbidden wilderness. The weather turns fiercely cold and he wanders through the snow until he comes to a clearing where he spies the sled that he had previously seen in memory. Following the prompts of the recollection, he rides the sled down a snowy hill, comes to the quaint cottage, and listens to the song. It is only then that we hear that they are singing the best-known and best-loved Christmas hymn, “Silent Night.”
And now we see that what makes the society in “The Giver” most like contemporary Europe is precisely the forgetfulness of Christianity. What the story suggests, quite rightly, is that suppression of the good news of the Incarnation is in fact what conduces to dysfunctional and dangerous totalitarianism. The source of the greatest suffering throughout human history is the attempt to deal with original sin on our own, through our political, economic, military or cultural efforts. When we try to eliminate conflict and sin through social reform, we inevitably make matters worse.
As Pascal said long ago, “He who would turn himself into an angel, turns himself into a beast.” The key to joy at the personal level and justice at the societal level is in fact the conviction that God has dealt with original sin, by taking it on himself and suffering with us and for us. This belief allows us to embrace the world in both its beauty and its tragedy, for we see salvation as God’s project, not our own. It is the Incarnation — the event celebrated by the singing of “Silent Night” — that frees us from our self-importance and gives the lie to our programs of perfectibility.
I can’t help but think that the recovery of this lost memory — so key to the authentic renewal of contemporary society — is what “The Giver” is finally about.
(Father Robert Barron is the founder of the global ministry, Word on Fire, and the Rector/President of Mundelein Seminary. He is the creator of the award winning documentary series, “Catholicism”  and “Catholicism:The New Evangelization.” Learn more at www.WordonFire.org.)

Featured photo . . . Celebrating independence day

TUPELO – St. James Parish hosted a festival Sunday, Sept. 14, to commemorate the independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico and Chile. Dances included the Mexican dance “The old people dance,” performed by children. Adults and youth presented dances from other Latin American countries.

TUPELO – St. James Parish hosted a festival Sunday, Sept. 14, to commemorate the independence of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico and Chile. Dances included the Mexican dance “The old people dance,” performed by children. Adults and youth presented dances from other Latin American countries.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT

  • BOONEVILLE St. Francis Parish, story of the Mass,  beginning Sunday, Sept. 21, at 3 p.m. in the parish hall. Led by Jude McGrath.
  • GLUCKSTADT St. Joseph Parish adult Bible study, “Mary: A Biblical Walk with the Blessed Mother,” beginning Sunday, Oct. 5, at 9:30 a.m. in Heritage Hall (old church). Details: 601-856-2054.
  • JACKSON Holy Ghost Parish Ladies Auxiliary Women’s Day Program, “Promoting Justice, Love, Peace and Forgiveness,” Sunday, Oct. 26, at 11:30 a.m, includes lunch. Details: Geraldine Bender, 601-260-1011, bnndare69@aol.com.
  • JACKSON Cursillo Secretariat is inviting cursillistas for a spiritual renewal weekend at the Duncan Gray facility in Canton, Friday-Sunday, Oct. 24-26. Details: jacksoncursillo@comcast.net.
  • JACKSON St. Richard Parish, Silver Rose Marian prayer service honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe and reaffirming  commitment to the sanctity of human life, Saturday, Sept. 20, after the 5 p.m. Mass. Hosted by the Knights of Columbus and led by Father Juan Chavajay, associate pastor.
  • – Timely Topics, “What it means to be Eucharistic People,” Sundays, 9:15 – 10:15 in Chichester Room. Led by Mary Louise Jones and guest speakers.
  • – Coffee and Creed topic: Steven Ray’s “Footprints of God” video series, Sundays in the Mercy Room from 9:15 – 10:15 a.m.
  • MERIDIAN St. Patrick Parish, faith-sharing opportunity to reflect on Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), Mondays from 6 – 7 p.m. until Oct. 13. Led by Sister Marilyn Winkel and Mary Billups. Details: Mary Billups, marybillups@bellsouth.net.
  • SOUTHAVEN Christ the King Parish adult faith formation and catechist certification workshops Saturday, Sept. 27, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Themes of workshops are: the sacraments, the Creed, morality, Scripture and prayer/spirituality. Sign up in the gathering space.
  • – Adult faith formation class, “Holy Mother, Church,  “Fifth Century to Vatican II,” Thursdays at 6:45 p.m. from Oct. 2-Nov. 20. Led by Sister Emily Morgan.
  • – Life Chain, a peaceful, prayerful public witness of pro-life, Sunday, Oct. 5, from 2 – 3 p.m.
  • TUPELO St. James Parish Timely Topics studies Pope Francis’s book, “The Joy of the Gospel,” Sundays at 9:15 a.m.
  • – The Tuesday Faith Enrichment Group meets at 10 a.m. in Mary’s Room. The group is also studying Pope Francis’s book, “The Joy of the Gospel.”
  • – In October, the Catholic Book Club (daytime group) will discuss the book “The Clowns of God,” by Morris West. The group meets at noon in the library.
  • YAZOO CITY St. Mary, eight-week Old Testament class on Mondays from 3 – 5 p.m. in the parish office. Begins Sept. 22. Led by Sister Michele Doyle. Cost is $20.

PARISH AND FAMILY EVENTS

  • BATESVILLE St. Mary Parish Ladies Club, baby shower on Saturday, Oct. 11, for one of the ladies who has completed parenting classes at Sav-A-Life
  • BOONEVILLE St. Francis Parish yard sale, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3-4, at the parish house. Donations can be placed in the carport.
  • – Spanish classes began Sept. 17, at 4:30 p.m. in the parish hall. Details: Margarita, 662-728-1689.
  • CLEVELAND Our Lady of Victories Parish new group for young adults meets on the second and fourth Sundays at 7:45 p.m. at Stone Pony. Come socialize and learn more about your faith.
  • – Altar server training for all current and new servers, Saturday, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m. Children in fourth grade and up are encouraged to serve. Details: 662-846-6273.
  • COLUMBUS Annunciation Parish is selling the old pews from the chapel for $300 each. Details: Call the parish, 662-328-2927, ext. 11, leave message.
  • GREENWOOD Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish youth “Can” Make a Difference Food Drive on Sunday, Sept. 28, at 2:30 p.m. in the parish center. Those who will be out of town can drop off cans in the parish center.
  • GREENWOOD St. Francis School Fall Festival, Saturday, Sept. 27. Draw Down tickets are $50 and are available at school. Prize is $5,000.
  • HERNANDO/OLIVE BRANCH/SOUTHAVEN Holy Spirit, Queen of Peace and Christ the King parishes, blessing of the animals prayer service, Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 6:30 p.m.
  • MADISON St. Joseph School, memorial service for Brother Dan Lauber, CFC, Sunday, Oct. 12, from 2:30 – 4 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theater.  All parents, students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends are welcome to attend.
  • Brother Lauber served as a member of the Congregation of Christian Brothers, the students and school community of St. Joe for 16 years as a   guidance counselor.
  • MERIDIAN St. Joseph Parish annual October Festival, Saturday, Oct. 4, from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Donations needed for the White Elephant Store (no clothes). Details: Rhonda Carr, 601-227-1199.
  • NATCHEZ St. Mary Basilica Grief and Loss Support Group program,  Monday, Sept. 29, from 6 – 7 p.m. in the Family Life Center. Dr. David Akombo from Jackson State University will present “Applying Music to Stages of Grief.”
  • NATCHEZ Assumption Parish sweet potato casserole sale, Sunday, Sept. 28, in Tuite Hall after the 8:30 a.m. Mass. Cost is $12.
  • PEARL St. Jude Parish thank you blessing for all faith formation teachers on Sunday, Sept. 21, at the 11 a.m. Mass followed by an appreciation lunch for teachers and their families.
  • SOUTHAVEN Christ the King Parish Fallfest, Saturday, Oct. 11. Donations and volunteers needed.
  • SHAW St. Francis of Assisi Parish, sisters in the Delta appreciation day, Sunday, Sept. 28. Mass will be celebrated by Bishop Joseph Kopacz at 10 a.m. followed by a potluck in the parish hall.
  • – Blessing of animals at Grady Robinson’s home on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m.
  • SOUTHAVEN Christ the King Parish Fallfest Tree lists needed items for the event which is set for Saturday, Oct. 11, from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. Take donations to the church any time before Oct. 5.
  • TUPELO St. James Parish Happy Hearts Fall Farm Fest, Wednesday, Oct. 15, leaving at 10 a.m. and returning at 2:30 p.m.
  • YAZOO CITY St. Mary Parish breakfast on Catechetical Sunday, Sept. 21, at 9:15 in the courtyard and an open house in the parish office. The theme is “Teaching about God’s Gift of Forgiveness.” Catechists will be recognized at the 10:30 a.m. Mass.

IN MEMORIAM
CHATAWA – A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Therese Fletchinger was celebrated Tuesday, Sept. 2. She died Aug. 29 at St. Mary of the Pines.
Her first teaching experience was at St. Barbara School in St. Louis, Mo. In 1943, Sister Fletchinger returned to Louisiana where she taught for the next 53 years, 33 of those she taught children who were deaf at Chinchuba Institute. She was a member of the Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf.
In 1996 she retired at St. Mary of the Pines. She is survived by several generations of nieces and nephews.
Her burial took place at the Chatawa Cemetery.

Sigan a Cristo, no al mundo, aconseja el papa Francisco

VATICANO – (ACI/EWTN Noticias) En sus palabras previas al rezo del Ángelus recientemente, el Papa Francisco alentó a leer cotidianamente el Evangelio, participar frecuentemente en la Eucaristía y tener jornadas de retiro y ejercicios espirituales, para seguir a Cristo y no al mundo.

El Papa Francisco bendice a una niña a su llegada para la audiencia general en la Plaza St. Pedro en el Vaticano el 10 de septiembre.  (Foto de CNS  /Paul Haring)

El Papa Francisco bendice a una niña a su llegada para la audiencia general en la Plaza St. Pedro en el Vaticano el 10 de septiembre. (Foto de CNS /Paul Haring)

El Santo Padre señaló que “siguiendo el itinerario dominical del Evangelio de Mateo, el domingo 31 de agosto, llegamos al punto crucial en el cual Jesús, después de haber verificado que Pedro y los otros 11 habían creído en Él como Mesías e Hijo de Dios, ‘comenzó a explicarles que debía ir a Jerusalén y sufrir mucho, ser asesinado y resucitar al tercer día’”.
“Es un momento crítico en el cual emerge el contraste entre el modo de pensar de Jesús y el de los discípulos. Incluso Pedro siente el deber de reprochar al Maestro, porque no puede atribuir al Mesías un final innoble. Entonces Jesús, a su vez, reprocha duramente a Pedro, lo pone ‘en su lugar’, porque no piensa ‘según Dios, sino según los hombres’ y sin darse cuenta hace el papel de satanás, el tentador”.
El Papa Francisco, citado por Radio Vaticano, indicó que “nosotros los cristianos vivimos en el mundo insertados plenamente en la realidad social y cultural de nuestro tiempo y es justo que sea así; pero esto trae consigo el riesgo de convertirnos en ‘mundanos’, el riesgo que ‘la sal pierda el sabor’ como diría Jesús, es decir, que el cristiano se ‘diluya’, pierda la carga de novedad que viene del Señor y del Espíritu Santo”.
“En cambio debería de ser al contrario: cuando en los cristianos permanece viva la fuerza del Evangelio, esa puede transformar ‘los criterios de juicio, los valores determinantes, los puntos de interés, las líneas de pensamiento, las fuentes de inspiración y los modelos de vida’”, dijo, citando la Exhortación Apostólica Evangelii nuntiandi, del Papa Pablo VI.
El Papa lamentó que “es triste encontrar cristianos ‘diluidos’, que parecen el ‘vino diluido’ y no se sabe si son cristianos o mundanos. Como el ‘vino diluido’ no se sabe si es vino o agua, es triste esto”.
“Es triste encontrar cristianos que no son más la sal de la tierra, sabemos que cuando la sal pierde su sabor no sirve para nada, su sal perdió el sabor porque se han entregado al espíritu del mundo, es decir, se han convertido en mundanos”.
El Santo Padre señaló que “por eso es necesario renovarse continuamente nutriéndose de la linfa del Evangelio. ¿Y cómo se puede hacer esto en la práctica? Sobre todo leyendo y meditando el Evangelio todos los días, así la Palabra de Jesús estará siempre presente en nuestra vida”.
“Recuerden que les ayudara llevar siempre el Evangelio con ustedes, un pequeño evangelio en el bolsillo, en la cartera y leer durante el día un pasaje, pero siempre con el Evangelio porque es llevar la Palabra de Jesús para poder leerla”.
Además, recomendó, “participando en la Misa dominical, donde encontramos al Señor en la comunidad, escuchando su Palabra y recibiendo la Eucaristía que nos une a Él y entre nosotros”.
“Y luego son muy importantes para la renovación espiritual las jornadas de retiro y de ejercicios espirituales”.
“Evangelio, Eucaristía y oración, dijo. “No se olviden, Evangelio, Eucaristía y oración. Gracias a estos dones del Señor podemos conformarnos a Cristo y no al mundo y seguirlo en su vida, el camino de ‘perder la propia vida’ para encontrarla.
“Perderla”, explicó el Papa Francisco, “en el sentido de donarla, ofrecerla por amor en el amor – y esto comporta el sacrificio, la cruz – para recibirla nuevamente purificada, liberada del egoísmo y de la hipoteca de la muerte, llena de eternidad”.
“La Virgen María nos precede siempre en este camino; dejémonos guiar y acompañar por ella”, concluyó.
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En octubre celebramos el mes de ‘Respeto a la Vida’

El Programa de Respeto a la Vida comienza cada año el primer domingo de octubre. El mensaje del Papa Francisco en ocasión de la Jornada por la Vida este año es el siguiente.
“Imagínate deteniéndote ante un diseño de gran belleza. Tu alma se aquieta, se maravilla y asombra.091914respectlifesp
Si el arte, creado por el ser humano, puede evocar tal respuesta en nuestro interior, ¿cuánto más debemos maravillarnos, llenarnos de reverencia y respeto ante cada persona que encontramos, hecha por el mismo Dios que dio existencia al mundo?
Ahora piensa en un artista que se aleja de una gran obra de arte y admira su creación.
Cuando Dios creó a cada uno de nosotros, lo hizo con precisión y con un propósito, y mira a cada uno de nosotros con un amor que no se puede superar en intensidad ni ternura.
Además, el Señor nos invita a contemplarnos a nosotros mismos y a contemplarnos mutuamente con la misma maravilla y asombro.
No importa cómo el mundo nos considere o considere a los demás, tratemos a cada persona como la obra maestra que es.
“Incluso los más débiles y vulnerables, los enfermos, los ancianos, los no nacidos y los pobres, son obras maestras de la creación de Dios, hechos a su imagen, destinados a vivir para siempre, y merecedores de la máxima reverencia y respeto”.
RESPETEMOS LA VIDA

¿Sabías que . . .?

– ¿En la Diócesis de Jackson hay tres obispos?
El Obispo Joseph Kopacz quién fue instalado el pasado 6 de febrero, el Obispo Joseph Latino sirvió por 10 años (2003-2014) y el Obispo William Houck sirvió por 19 años, (1984 -2003). Todos viven en Jackson.
– ¿Sabías donde se celebró la primera misa en español en la diócesis?
En 1974 Msgr. Michael Flannery, quién es hoy párroco de la Parroquia San Francisco de Asís en Madison, comenzó a celebrar misas en español los sábados en Rosedale, Cleveland, Aligator, Hill House y Shelby.
– ¿Sabías en cuántas parroquias y misiones de la diócesis se celebra misa en español o bilingue?
En 23 comunidades se celebra misa en español y en tres se celebra misa bilingue. En Forest se celebran dos cada domingo. En Jackson se celebra en dos parroquias, en la Catedral de San Pedro y en Santa Teresa.
– ¿Sabías que en la Vigilia Pascual el Sábado Santo se bautizan los adultos que han pasado por un proceso catecumenal?
Estos nuevos católicos han participado durante un año en el Rito de Iniciación Cristiano para Adultos (RICA)

Misa celebra Exaltación de la Santa Cruz

MERIDIAN – El domingo 14 septiembre, la comunidad hispana de la Parroquia San José se reunió afuera de la iglesia  para celebrar la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz por la cual Dios trajo la salvación al mundo entero. En su homilía, el Padre José de Jesús Sánchez, pastor adjunto, dijo que “la Cruz es el árbol de la vida porque la vida misma fue colgada en ella. Por lo tanto, si queremos recibir la vida, tenemos que vaciar nosotros en la cruz”. Después de la misa celebraron con una fiesta el Día de la Independencia de México que oficialmente se celebra el 16 septiembre.

MERIDIAN – El domingo 14 septiembre, la comunidad hispana de la Parroquia San José se reunió afuera de la iglesia para celebrar la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz por la cual Dios trajo la salvación al mundo entero. En su homilía, el Padre José de Jesús Sánchez, pastor adjunto, dijo que “la Cruz es el árbol de la vida porque la vida misma fue colgada en ella. Por lo tanto, si queremos recibir la vida, tenemos que vaciar nosotros en la cruz”. Después de la misa celebraron con una fiesta el Día de la Independencia de México que oficialmente se celebra el 16 septiembre.

Talleres de liturgia y catequistas disponibles en las comunidades

NEW ALBANY/PONTOTOC – La Hermana María Josefa García (centro) y los miembros de las Parroquias San Francisco de Asís y San Mateo en Ripley iniciaron el taller de liturgia con una canción el sábado 23 de agosto.

NEW ALBANY/PONTOTOC – La Hermana María Josefa García (centro) y los miembros de las Parroquias San Francisco de Asís y San Mateo en Ripley iniciaron el taller de liturgia con una canción el sábado 23 de agosto.

 En la foto derecha, Sigifredo Bonilla, ministro ecclesial laico de la Misión San Mateo en Ripley, conversa con miembros de su comunidad sobre las responsabilidades de los ministros durante un taller para catequistas. Ambos talleres estuvieron patrocinados y presentados por el personal de la Oficina del Ministerio Hispano de la Diócesis de Jackson. Las personas interesadas estos talleres deben hablar con la persona encargada en su comunidad y solicitar que lo ofrezcan. (Fotos de la Hermana María Elena Méndez)

En la foto derecha, Sigifredo Bonilla, ministro ecclesial laico de la Misión San Mateo en Ripley, conversa con miembros de su comunidad sobre las responsabilidades de los ministros durante un taller para catequistas. Ambos talleres estuvieron patrocinados y presentados por el personal de la Oficina del Ministerio Hispano de la Diócesis de Jackson. Las personas interesadas estos talleres deben hablar con la persona encargada en su comunidad y solicitar que lo ofrezcan. (Fotos de la Hermana María Elena Méndez)