Monthly Archives: April 2016

Mississippi bans dismemberment abortions

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Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a law banning dismemberment abortions. (CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)

Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed a law banning dismemberment abortions. (CNS photo/Mike Blake, Reuters)

By Catholic News Service
JACKSON, Miss. (CNS) — A new law in Mississippi will prohibit dismemberment abortions, effective July 1.
“This law has the power to change how the public views the gruesome reality of abortion in the United States,” Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life, said in a statement.
On April 15, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed into law the Unborn Child Protection From Dismemberment Abortion Act, passed by the state Senate in a 40-6 vote in March and by the state House 83-33 in February.
“We applaud any effort to end abortion in our communities and will continue to support women in crisis through our efforts with Catholic Charities, adoption services, parish-based ministries and supporting organizations such as Birthright,” said Father Kevin Slattery, vicar general of the Diocese of Jackson.
“There are many faithful people out there working to give women the choice of life,” he said in a statement. “We hope we can continue to build and strengthen those ministries for people in need.”
Mississippi is the fourth state to enact the measure, after West Virginia, Kansas and Oklahoma. According to National Right to Life, the legislation — based on the pro-life organization’s model bill — also has been introduced in Idaho, Louisiana, Missouri and Nebraska and may be taken up in several other states.
The procedure is a form of second-trimester abortion that “dismembers a living unborn child and extracts him or her one piece at a time from the uterus.” It is called a D&E for “dilation and evacuation.”
According to the National Abortion Federation Abortion Training Textbook, “D&E remains the most prevalent method of second-trimester pregnancy termination in the USA, accounting for 96 percent of all second trimester abortions.”
It is different from the partial-birth abortion method used in late-term abortions, which is now illegal in the United States.
“When the national debate focuses only on the mother, it is forgetting someone,” said Mary Spaulding Balch, National Right to Life’s director of state legislation. “Banning dismemberment abortion in Mississippi has the potential to transform the debate when people realize that living unborn children are being killed by being torn limb from limb.”

Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship

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Saint Richard Knights of Columbus Council 15131 recently held a Basketball Free Throw Championship. Nine-year-old champion was Alan G. in the boy’s bracket. Ava S. was the 10-year-old girls’ champion and Charlie Z. was the winner of the 10-year-old boys’ division. In the 11-year-olds’ bracket, Samantha S. was the girls’ champion and Sully M. was the boys’ champion. Twelve-year-old winners in the girls’ and boys’ divisions were Georgia P. and Robert A.. The 13-year-old girls’ division was won by Leah C. and the boys’ by Elliot S.. Fourteen-year-old boys’ champion was William T.. Each contestant was allowed 25 free throw attempts in the contests. The winners in each division will compete by their score with the other kids in the Councils around the state to determine the state champions.

Youth Briefs & Gallery

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CLEVELAND Our Lady of Victories Parish, graduating seniors, deadline for submitting the parish scholarship form to office is Wednesday, April 20, by 4:30 p.m.

COLUMBUS Annunciation School will present a spring musical Thursday, May 12, for pre-K-eighth-graders. A talent showcase is set for Tuesday, May 24.

GREENVILLE – St. Joseph School senior Virginia Virden has been named as a Student-Teacher Achievement Recognition, (STAR)  Student for the 2015-2016 school year by the Mississippi Economic Council’s M. B. Swayze Foundation.
Virden will be honored during the STAR Program at the annual Education Celebration on April 28 at the Jackson Convention Center. She chose Mrs. Celeste DeAngelo as her STAR Teacher.

JACKSON Knights of Peter Claver, Ladies Auxiliary, Court #199, is sponsoring a poetry contest for Christ the King Parish youth ages seven through 16. Only original poems written by the youth will be accepted. One poem will be selected and read at Mass on Mother’s Day. The deadline is Sunday, April 24. Submit poems by email to pielee08@bellsouth.net, or kimtjiles@aol.com.

MERIDIAN – The Knights of Columbus will  offer $500 scholarships to children and grandchildren of active council members. Applications are available at kofc802.org. Deadline to apply is Sunday, May 1.

WALLS – Sacred Heart Southern Missions (SHSM) is offering teens an opportunity to come together for a week, living in the volunteer house in Walls, working together daily to provide needed service to the SHSM clients, get to know Catholic teens from their six parishes and to grow in their faith.
The Catholic Service Initiative (CSI) camp for young women completing  ninth-12th grades is June 5-10. The camp for young men in the same grades is June 12-17.  Deadline to register is Sunday, May 15.
A meeting of all participants and their parents will be held on Wednesday, May 25, at 6:30 p.m.  Details: SHSM, 662-342-3181 and 662-342-3182.

Vacation Bible schools
– Clarksdale St. Elizabeth Parish, June 13-17 from 8 a.m. – noon. Details and to volunteer: Sarah Cauthen, 662-645-6260.
– Cleveland Our Lady of Victories, June 13-17. To volunteer contact Sarah Cauthen, 662-645-6260.
– Gluckstadt St. Joseph Parish, Monday- Wednesday, June 13-15, from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. Details and to volunteer: Karen Worrell, 601-672-5817, kworrellcre@hotmail.com. Registration for attendees will begin in May.
– Grenada St. Peter Parish, “Birthday Blast” Sunday-Thursday- June 5-9. Details and to volunteer: call/text Tara Trost, 662-515-9126.
– Greenville Sacred Heart Parish, June 6-10.
– Greenville St. Joseph Parish, “Birthday Blast: A celebration of Life!” June 13-16, from 5:30 – 8 p.m.
– Jackson St. Richard Parish, June 6-9, from 9 a.m. – noon.
– Madison St. Francis of Assisi Parish, June 20-24 from 9 a.m. – noon for preK-fourth graders.
– Creative art camp for fifth and sixth graders at the same time. Details and to volunteer: Mary Catherine, mc.george@stfrancismadison.org.
– Natchez St. Mary Basilica, “Cave Quest: Following Jesus, The Light of the World,” June 6-10, with a Mass celebration on Saturday, June 11, at 5 p.m. Details: Melinda, 601-597-7178. mlml2002@hotmail.com.

Parishes invited to national African-American evangelization conference

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The Office of Black Catholic Ministry for the Diocese of Jackson is one of the sponsors for the 2016 Interregional African American Catholic Evangelization Conference (IAACE) this summer and has a limited number of scholarships available to parishes.
The theme this year, ‘You are my witnesses,” is taken from Isaiah “You are my witnesses, declares the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen so that you may trust me and understand that I am the one.”
The conference brings together presenters from across the nation to talk about evangelization from a variety of perspectives. Organizers use the National Black Catholic Congress’ youth and young adult principles to structure and guide this conference every year.
Keynote topics include using social media, how to bring dying parishes back to life, becoming an inviting and welcoming church, apologetics without apology, reaching inactive black Catholics, and sacred movement. Will Jemison, director of the diocesan Office of Black Catholic Ministry, is a featured speaker  along with ValLimar Jansen, Father Anthony Michael Bozeman, SSJ of New Orleans and Sister Gwynette Proctor, SSND, from Baltimore.
“Our major goal is to ensure that the common thread of what it means to be a witness will permeate every aspect of the conference. This conference will provide excellent resources and life-giving faith experiences,” wrote the conference founder, Annette Mandley-Turner in her welcome letter.
“This event is a wonderful opportunity to hear from some of the best voices in African American evangelization from across the country,” said Jemison. His office is encouraging all parishes to participate.
The conference will be held Friday June 10-Sunday June 11, at the Galt House Hotel in Louisville, Ky. Registrations received before May 15 will cost $150. A hotel rate of $129 per night is also available until that time.
The day before the conference, ICCCE will offer a one-day institute for lay ecclesial ministers. The institute costs extra, but offers continuing education credits in three tracks: youth ministry, leadership for evangelization and formation.
To register, call J. Vincent Johnson, 901-634-0037, or email jvj6965@gmail.com. Those interested in getting financial assistance to attend should contact Jemison, 601-949-6935, or email at will.jemison@jacksondiocese.org. Scholarships will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Music ministry workshop to feature nationally recognized speaker

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CLEVELAND – Father Ricky Manalo, CSP, will lead a workshop for music ministers at Our Lady of Victories Parish Saturday, April 23, from 9 a.m. – noon.

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Father Manalo, a Paulist and accomplished composer, currently teaches at Santa Clara University. He resides in San Francisco, Calif.
In addition to music and liturgy, he has studied sociology and culture and offers classes in multi-cultural worship all over the world. He is also used to working in multi-cultural settings.
His compositions have been published by Oregon Catholic Press, and he recently composed music for Mass settings during Pope Francis’s visit to the U.S.
“I met Father Ricky Manalo last fall and was impressed by his talent and the breadth of experience,” said Father Kent Bowlds, pastor at Our Lady of Victories Parish. Father Kent said he has wanted to offer a music workshop for some time and meeting Father Manalo presented the perfect opportunity to do just that.
Some of Father Manalo’s best known hymns include: Beyond the Day, With One Voice, Worthy Is the Lamb, and Mass of Spirit and Grace. Father Manalo is also known for pioneering and popularizing Asian Catholic liturgical music in the United States with his hymns, Many and Great and By the Waking of Our Hearts. He is a member of the North American Academy of Liturgy, the Catholic Theological Society of America, the 041516musicworkshopInternational Societas Liturgica, and the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (Board Member, 2008-12) and serves as an advisor to the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church and the Secretariat on Divine Worship.
“Ever since Vatican II a key phrase guiding all liturgical gatherings has been “full, conscious, and active participation” — meaning that our Catholic liturgy, especially the Mass, is not a program to be passively watched,” explained Father Bowlds. “In order for it to be true praise of God by God’s people, our liturgy requires everyone to play his/her part whether by giving full attention, speaking the responses with conviction, or singing to the best of one’s ability.”
“Concerning music, those in parish music ministry know that though their individual talents will sometimes be spotlighted, their primary task is to involve the entire congregation. I hope that this workshop will give choir directors, cantors, choir members, accompanists and anyone else who is interested, the tools they need to lead congregations effectively,” he added.
Organizers are asking for donations of $10 per person or $25 per parish. Register by phone at 662-846-6273 or by emailing olvcc@att.net.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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SPIRITUAL ENRICHMENT
CANTON retreat on Contemplative Prayer and “The Cloud of Unknowing,” April 22-24 at the Gray Conference and Retreat Center in Canton. Special guest is Father William Meninger, a Trappist monk from St. Joseph Abbey in Spencer, Mass. Cost of double rooms is $190 per person; single rooms are $220. Details: The Grey Center, 601-859-1556. Register at graycenter.dioms.org.
COLUMBUS Annunciation Parish, Tuesday Bible study, “The Bible timeline: The story of salvation, from 10 a.m. – noon. Details: Karen Overstreet, 662-251-1961.
CORINTH St. James Parish, prayer of the Divine Mercy Chaplet, Sundays at 10:30 a.m.
FLOWOOD St. Paul Parish, “Discovering Christ,” a seven-week session, Thursdays until May 12 at 6:30 p.m. plus a retreat on Saturday, April 30, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Details: www.saintpaulcatholicchurch.com.
GLUCKSTADT St. Joseph Parish, prayer of the rosary for Pro-life intentions the second Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. Led by members of the Knights of Columbus in the Mary Garden.
GREENVILLE St. Joseph Parish, Healing Mass, Thursday, April 28, at 11:30 a.m. Prelude music starts at 11:15 a.m.
– “Discovering Christ,” a seven-week series, Tuesdays at 6 p.m. until May 17. There will be a retreat on Saturday, May 7.

PARISH, SCHOOL & FAMILY EVENTS
BATESVILLE “Convoy of Hope,” Saturday, April 23, in the Civic Center. Father Sam Messina, pastor of St. Mary Parish, will be in the prayer room offering spiritual guidance. Volunteers are needed. Details: parish office.
BROOKHAVEN St. Francis Parish, health walk/breakfast will resume on Fridays after the 8 a.m. Mass in the parish center.
CLEVELAND Our Lady of Victories Parish, fellowship luncheon, Tuesday, April 19, at 11 a.m.  at Christina’s (on Cotton Row). Details: Ellen Duplantis, 662- 402-9722. All parishioners are invited.
– Music ministry workshop, “Sing to the Lord,” Saturday, April 23, from 9 a.m. – noon. Cost is $10 per person, $25 per parish.
– The parish has registration forms for the Women’s Resource Center of Cleveland’s golf tournament fund-raiser on Saturday, April 30, at the Cleveland Country Club. Tee off is at 8:30 a.m. Cost for four-person teams is $50 per person. Register at www.wrcdelta.org. Details: Kayla White, 601-613-4403.
COLUMBUS Annunciation School, draw down, Friday, April 22, at 7 p.m. in the Trotter Convention Center. Tickets are $100 admit two adults. Grand prize is $10,000.
CORINTH St. James Parish, feast day celebration, Sunday, May 1, beginning at noon. Bring a dish to share. There will be dancers, games and entertainment.
GREENVILLE Father Rusty Vincent, St. Joseph Parish associate pastor, will lead a Marian pilgrimage to Fatima, Lourdes, and Medjugorje sites Nov. 2-11. Details: Father Vincent, 662-335-5251.
– The parish is selling tickets for Central Grocery muffalettas for $20. Pick up day is Thursday, April 21.
– Paul and Wadel Abide Memorial Golf Tournament, Friday, April 29, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Greenville Golf and Country Club. Proceeds benefit St. Joseph and Our Lady of Lourdes Scholarship Fund. Details: Bonda Abide, 662-931-0490.
HERNANDO Holy Spirit Parish, dinner theater, “Murder can be habit forming,” Saturday, May 7, at 7 p.m. in the Family Life Center. Tickets are $10 per person, childcare, $5, includes pizza and movie.
– Deadline to sign up for the annual men and women’s retreat (open to all high school students) is Sunday, May 15. Meeting with participants and their parents, Wednesday, May 25, at 6:30 p.m.
JACKSON Carmelite Monastery art show, Tuesday,   May 10, beginning at 6 p.m. It will feature selected art from the archives of the late Sister Muriel Ludden and the sisters of the monastery. The booth display will be up for a month. Proceeds benefit the preservation and restoration of the monastery.
JACKSON Sister Thea Bowman School 10th annual   draw down, Saturday, April 30, at 6:30 p.m. in the Multipurpose Room. Tickets are $100, available now.
JACKSON Catholic Charities Therapeutic Foster Care first annual 5K sunset run/walk to benefit foster children, Thursday, April 21, at 6:30 p.m. at Outback Steakhouse, 586 Parkway in Flowood. Cost is $25 per person. Details/registration: catholiccharitiesjackson.org
MERIDIAN St. Patrick Parish, Our Lady of Fatima Sodality meeting, Tuesday, April 19, at 6 p.m. in the Parish Center. Guest speaker will be Tau Iosia, president of the parish council. All Ladies of the Catholic Community are invited to attend.”
– Canned food drive, Saturdays and Sundays, April 30-May 1, and May 7-8. Collection boxes will be available at the doors of both churches.
– Merciful Mufflers meet on Mondays from 2 – 4 p.m. for prayer, fellowship and to make scarves for the homeless. No experience or supplies required.

Journey of Hope Luncheon
NATCHEZ Catholic Charities Journey of Hope benefit, Friday, April 22, from noon-1 p.m. at the Natchez Community Center.

Annual Mother-Daughter event
JACKSON – Catholic Charities is assisting with the second Annual Mother Daughter Tea in a Jackson public school on Thursday, April 21. Organizers and volunteers are in need of dresses sizes 4 – 16. Details: Kim Thomason,  601-397-2224.

Pro-Life Spring Banquet
JACKSON – Pro-Life Mississippi 2016 Spring Banquet, Thursday, April 21. Silent auction begins at 5 p.m., banquet at 6:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Jackson. Keynote Speaker: Rebecca Kiessling. Cost of a table for eight is $200. Details: 601-956-8636.

In Memoriam
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Dorothy Frankrone, OSU, 95, was celebrated on , April 12. She died Thursday, April 7, at Sacred Heart Home in Louisville.
Sister Frankrone taught at St. Mary Parish school in Jackson from 1952 to 1956. She taught elementary grades in Louisville and in Evansville, Indiana. In the early 1970s, she was an instructor in the education department of Bellarmine College (now University).
In retirement she served as a Eucharistic minister to patients at Suburban Hospital. Burial took place in St. Michael Cemetery.

Bishop Houck memorial edition
Mississippi Catholic will honor the memory of the late Bishop William Houck in the May 13th edition. Those wishing to submit photos or memories should send them to editor@mississippicatholic.com by April 29. Submissions will be subject to space requirements and editing.

Sister Josephine Uhll dies

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A Mass of Christian Burial for Sister Josephine Therese

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was celebrated Tuesday, April 12, at Sacred Heart Convent in Springfield. Sister Uhll died on April 9. Her legacy of service is the 40 years she gave to healthcare administration at St. Dominic Health Services in Jackson.
She retired in 1995 from her role as president and board chair, having overseen the growth of St. Dominic’s from a small hospital to a multi-institutional health system that remains today the only Catholic health system in Mississippi. One of her most cherished accomplishments was the development of St. Catherine’s Village, a life care retirement facility in Madison.
A memorial service to honor the life of Sister Uhll will be held at the St. Dominic Chapel in Jackson Tuesday, April 26, at 7 p.m.
She was born in Morrisonville, Ill., in 1918. Her earliest years of religious life were spent in elementary school education in Illinois and Minnesota. She made her profession of vows in 1937 at Sacred Heart Convent, Springfield.
Sister Uhll was a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. Sister Josephine Therese was preceded in death by her parents, sister Mary Jo Figueira and brothers Roy B., and James D. Uhll. She is survived by her Dominican Sisters; nephews James D. (Mary Ann) Uhll, David (Dena) Uhll, Robert (Debbie) Uhll, Thomas (Shirley) Uhll, and nieces Nancy Hay, Barbara (Connie Joe) Mason, and Sharon Therese (Joe) Bencze.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the St. Catherine’s Village Dominican Fund, 200 Dominican Drive, Madison, MS 39110 or Dominican Sisters Retirement Fund, 1237 W. Monroe St., Springfield, IL 62704.

Faith Formation revises catechist guidelines

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By Maureen Smith
Jackson – Among the projects in the works in the diocesan Department of Faith Formation this year: reinvigorate youth ministry with a new director, plans for diocesan gatherings and new energy; train and certify more lay catechists than ever; find a new director of family ministry; and revise the catechist companion, the book used as a guide for catechists in parishes and schools throughout the diocese.
Fran Lavelle is the head of faith formation. She works with diocesan coordinators and parish employees and volunteers to make sure Catholics can deepen their knowledge and faith at every stage of their lives. This means ensuring children in religious education are reaching certain milestones as they mature, offering rich faith opportunities to young adults and college students, preparing couples for marriage and supporting them in family life and making opportunities available for adults to explore church teachings and spirituality.041516catechistcompanion
A cornerstone in ensuring that we are setting young Catholics on a path of life-long learning and a love of their faith is good catechesis.  One of the major aid in this work is the Catechist Companion, a guidebook for teachers guiding students in religious education and preparing young people and their families for the sacraments of initiation. As Bishop Joseph Kopacz writes in his letter of introduction, “The most important work of the church is in passing the faith on to subsequent generations.”
“We want to respect each community’s approach to preparing their children for sacraments, but we also need to set some expectations of what they will know when they approach the altar,” said Lavelle. The book is a guideline, but different parish and school communities will offer the lessons in the way best suited to their students.
She and many others spent weeks going through the material to update and streamline it and hopes to set up a regular review schedule to keep it up-to-date all the time. Lavelle appreciates the assistance she has had in updating and revising the document. “It would have been an impossible task without the peer review group that reviewed the guide for continuity and having excellent colleagues at the chancery to help with layout and proofing,”  Lavelle said.
The book is divided up by age-group and by sacrament. It contains not only the concepts students should grasp by the end of the grade or by the time they receive a given sacrament, but it also has suggestions on presenting the material to students and their families, including scripture readings families can use for reflection and prayers.
“It is through teaching these beliefs that we aid those entrusted to us to deepen their relationship with God. Moreover, we hope to inspire a love for learning, growing and loving our faith in a way that is life-long,” wrote Bishop Kopacz.
The revised book will be finished mid-summer and will be distributed in printed form to catechists. An online version will be posted to the diocesan website so anyone can download and use it.
Lavelle’s office also offers a full complement of classes to help catechists earn certification and exchange best practices so they can better serve their students as well as gatherings and workshops for catechists and pastoral leaders to share best practices and resources.
The Catholic Service Appeal (CSA) directly supports the department of faith formation. Your pledge to CSA supports the work Lavelle and her staff are doing to offer faith formation opportunities to everyone in the diocese. Donate through your parish office or online at http://csa.jacksondiocese.org/.

Jackson businessman makes Catholic radio reality

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By Maureen Smith
JACKSON – Roger Venable is the first to admit he knows nothing about radio. “I have no business starting a radio station,” he joked a week after that station went on the air. The business owner and member of St. Therese Parish just felt called to try and get a Catholic station up and running in the Jackson area.
The low-power station, 107.9 FM, WJXC, took years of persistence, some creative energy and more than a little help from some friends. The station will carry Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) programming for now, adding local programs as Venable is able.
Listeners in North Jackson will get a clear signal, while those in outlying areas may lose quality on stormy or windy days.

Roger Venable shows a visitor how a computer can play live or pre-recorded shows on his low-power radio station from the studios inside St. Dominic Centre in Jackson. The businessman hopes to find investors to help expand the operation. (Photo by Maureen Smith)

Roger Venable shows a visitor how a computer can play live or pre-recorded shows on his low-power radio station from the studios inside St. Dominic Centre in Jackson. The businessman hopes to find investors to help expand the operation. (Photo by Maureen Smith)

Venable said he always wondered why there was no Catholic broadcast radio station in the area and started doing research into what it would take almost 10 years ago. During that time, other station owners offered to sell their operations to him, currently operating stations offered limited time slots and lots of people offered advice.
About five years ago, the Federal Communications Commission, the agency that controls broadcast licensing in the U.S., opened up a number of new low-power frequencies on the dial. In order to be eligible, applicants had to have a 501c3 non-profit organization set up.
Venable raced to get the organization paperwork in order before the deadline and was able to land a permit. “When that piece of paper came in the mail, I could have fallen down on my back, I was so thrilled and surprised it all come together,” he said.
In the meantime, he got help from EWTN engineers on what equipment he would need and he approached Sister Dorothea Sondgeroth, OP, assistant director of the St. Dominic Health Foundation, about adding his antenna to St. Dominic Hospital. She not only found the perfect spot for the small structure, she also found a room he could rent at St. Dominic Centre for his studio.
EWTN will provide programming for free to any station, but only if the bishop in that diocese approves. Bishop Joseph Kopacz granted his approval for Venable to pursue the project last year and met again with him and ETWN’s Jack Williams on Tuesday, April 5, to talk about next steps.
Williams, who is the affiliate relations manager and an on-air personality, said the Holy Spirit is often evident in the work of the dedicated people who set up Catholic radio stations across the country. He told the story of when Mother Angelica, the determined nun who founded the network, first saw the property where she located her empire.
The acreage was on top of a mountain and she went to see it with an engineer. “She got out of the truck and looked at the field and she could see St. Michael the Archangel in the field. She said ‘we’ll take it!’ The engineer said, ‘we can’t take it, Mother, short wave radio won’t work on a mountain, it’s impossible for us to operate here.’”
Mother Angelica, said Williams, would not be moved. “She asked him, ‘can you see St. Michael over there?’ he said no, and she repeated, ‘we’ll take it.’” Despite the technical impossibility, Mother Angelica did found a short-wave radio station on the mountain and developed it into the largest Catholic broadcast network in the world. .
Venable took out a loan to start the station, but hopes to find underwriters and donors to pay off that debt and keep the station on the air. Once that happens, he hopes to start adding local programming. He has the capability to record programs in his small studio and insert them into his schedule. He also hopes to begin streaming his signal online so anyone can listen using their computer or smartphone.
Later in the summer, Venable will host an official kick-off event for potential sponsors and listeners. In the meantime, anyone who wants to underwrite a portion of programming or make a donation can send a check made out to Mississippi Catholic Radio to PO Box 43, Terry, MS, 39170, or email rvenable@venableglass.com.