MADISON – St. Joseph students, faculty and staff marked the 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima with a rosary in the rosary garden on campus on Friday, Oct. 13.(Photo courtesy Terry Cassreino)
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Eagles soar to league championship
MADISON –The St. Anthony School football team won the Central Mississippi Elementary Football League Championship for the second year in a row. The fifth and sixth grade Eagles played the fifth and sixth grade Christ Covenant Warriors on Bill Rafael field at St. Joseph Catholic School on Tuesday, October 10. Both teams came to the championship game undefeated and played a tough game. (Photos by Kristian Beatty)
Students urged to consider vocation during campus ministry retreat
By Maureen Smith
College students play an ‘icebreaker’ game with marshmallows as part of their fall retreat at Tishomingo State Park the last weekend in September. (Photos by Dawn McGinley)
TISHOMINGO – Three dozen college students from Mississippi State University and the Mississippi University for Women spent the weekend of Sept. 30- Oct 1 in Tishomingo State Park participating in the campus ministry fall retreat. Father Rusty Vincent, diocesan coordinator for college campus ministry, planned the weekend around the theme GPS, guidance, purpose, sent.
“The way myself and the team came to the theme was a discussion about many of the students need help finding direction in life,” explained Father Vincent. “Guidance was about discernment and how God is seeking to guide us in our lives. For purpose we divided the students into men and women, and we had talks about who we are and how that comes together with our discernment.”
“Being sent was meant to show that once we get clarity with our purpose, we are called to go into our world and our lives and share that joy with others,” he wrote in an email to Mississippi Catholic.
More than 30 students participated in the retreat with the theme GPS, guidance, purpose, sent.
He said the retreat team was hoping the students would consider the idea of discerning God’s will as they make decisions about their next steps in life. Dawn McGinley, coordinator for campus ministry at Mississippi State, said she feels blessed every day to work with Father Vincent and was excited to present the retreat.
Delta parishes welcome Young Woman of Grace program
GREENWOOD – During the first weekend of October, 12 girls from three parishes gathered at Locus Benedictus retreat center for their first of five overnight sessions of the Young Women of Grace study program. The study, designed for girls ages 12 and older, teaches young women how to discern their purpose and mission in the world, and to find true fulfillment. It is based on an adult study program of the same name and uses a magazine-style workbook packed with facts, testimonials and stories of saints and other Catholic role models.
The retreat began with dinner on Friday at 6 p.m. and included Mass and reconciliation.. On Saturday morning after breakfast the girls gathered at the Mary, Mother of the Delta Shrine for a time of meditation and prayer.
In this first session of Young Women of Grace, the girls learned they have a special call from God and about the gifts of women to influence the world. In addition, they learned about Saints Teresa Benedicta of the Cross and Madeline Sophie Barat.
The monthly sessions will continue until April 2018. For more information on the Women of Grace or the Young Women of Grace, visit the website, www.womenofgrace.com.
(Story submitted by Tara Trost)
Community Helpers visit Cathedral School
NATCHEZ – Lt. Darrel Carter, Chuck Golden and Savanna Sanchez of the Natchez Fire Department demonstrated stop, drop and roll to students Wells Herring, Keenan Jackson, Liza Kate James, Madeline Jex and Clifford Tillman at Cathedral School earlier this month.(Photos by Cara Serio)
Mayor visits Cathedral School
NATCHEZ – City of Natchez Mayor Darryl Grennell shakes Scott Thompson’s hand while Layton Gray waits his turn. Cathedral School third grade students had the pleasure of a visit from the mayor of their own town. The third grade students are studying the election process. The mayor read a book and answered questions from the students. (Photo by Cara Serio)
St. Elizabeth celebrates 70th fair
CLARKSDALE – This fair has been held for the the past 70 years. (Photos by Dawn Spinks)
Blessing the bears
SOUTHAVEN – For the feast of St. Francis, Sacred Heart School’s four year olds brought their favorite stuffed animal to school. Using a paraphrase of St. Francis’ “Canticle to Brother Sun,” Sr. Margaret Sue Broker led them in praise and thanksgiving for all the animals. The class also talked about how they should care for their stuffed and real animals.
No Fair weather for fair
GREENVILLE – Students take turns at the ring toss at St. Joseph Parish Fair. Despite Hurricane Irma making her way through the Delta on Tuesday, September 12, the 103rd St. Joseph Catholic School Parish Fair went on without a missing a beat. The homemade spaghetti and meatballs were delicious as well as the homemade pastries and candy. Rain moved the games inside the gym which did not put a damper on the fun! (photo courtesy Missi Blackstock, Parish Fair Chairperson)
Starring role for schools
GREENWOOD – A video camera catches the action during school Mass at St. Francis of Assisi. The Delta News station out of Greenville shot commercials for St. Francis, Clarksdale St. Elizabeth and Greenville St. Joseph Schools to highlight Catholic education in the Delta. The spots will air for the next three months. (Photo courtesy the Delta News)
