COLUMBUS – Annunciation student Weston Thomas tries to catch a snowflake during a surprise snowfall in Columbus on March 16. (Photo by April Moore)NATCHEZ – Cathedral first-grade students Caroline Hall and Connor Ryan paint rainbows with a pot of gold during an art lesson with local artist Kate Lee Laird. (Photo by Brandi Boles)JACKSON – Students in Ms. Riley’s PreK3 class participate in an airport-themed lesson, claiming tickets, passing through “TSA” and boarding a classroom “flight” as part of a transportation unit. (Photo by Celeste Saucier)SOUTHAVEN – Sacred Heart PK4 student Evo smiles while planting a flower in the school garden. (Photo by Sister Margaret Sue Broker)MADISON – Noah Harris, a seventh-grader at St. Joseph School, prepares the ground for new plants. Harris and other Bruin tennis players spent part of April 4 sprucing up flower beds on campus.St. Joseph student journalists pose with awards earned at the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association spring 2026 convention at the University of Mississippi. The group won 26 awards, including high school Newscast of the Year for “Bruin News Now” and middle school Newscast of the Year for “JV Bruin News Now.” Back row (l-r): John Harris, Davis Hammond, Mary Alice Foster, Ellery Skipper and Addison Olier; fourth row: Liv Hager, Ashleigh Mason, Alex Hood, Branson Payne and Robert Ostrenga; third row: Calese White, McKenzie Cummings and Noah Sanders; second row: Jason Buckley, Reid Hager and Sawyer Helms; front row: Audrey Young and Thierry Freeman. (Photos by Terry Cassreino)CLINTON – Liam Gonzalez-Miranda and Adam Martino Jr. collect eggs with Father Lincoln Dall during the Holy Savior Easter egg hunt on March 29. (Photo by Jessica Martino)PEARL – Father César Sánchez washes the feet of parishioners during the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at St. Jude on April 2. Altar server Olinsser Villafranca collects towels. (Photo by Tereza Ma)JACKSON – St. Richard School second-graders Marilee Nelson, Winn Nicholas and Leland Parkinson participate in the school’s “Living Stations,” a long-standing Holy Week tradition. (Photo by Celeste Saucier)YAZOO CITY – Children at St. Mary’s Catholic Church learn to make crosses from palms distributed at Palm Sunday Mass. (Photo by Babs McMaster)JACKSON – Bishop Joseph R. Kopacz speaks with E’Mori King, Morghan Pryor and Keelan King – students from Holy Family School in Holly Springs attending Chrism Mass at the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle.Chancellor and archivist Mary Woodward speaks to sixth-grade students from Catholic schools across the Diocese of Jackson about the history of the diocese and the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle following the Chrism Mass on March 31.Students from Annunciation Catholic School gather before attending the Chrism Mass on March 31 and greet former principal Joni House. (Photos by Tereza Ma)
