OCTOBER 8, 2021 MISSISSIPPI CATHOLIC
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MISSISSIPPI CATHOLIC OCTOBER 8, 2021
Volume 67 Number 18 (ISSN 1529-1693)
BISHOP’S SCHEDULE P.O. Box 2130 Jackson, MS 39225-2130 Phone: 601-969-3581 E-mail: editor@jacksondiocese.org Publisher ........................................................................................... Bishop Joseph R. Kopacz Communications Director ...................................................................... Joanna Puddister King Production Manager ...................................................................................................Tereza Ma Contributors ......................................................................................................... Berta Mexidor ............................................................................................................ Cindy Wood MISSISSIPPI CATHOLIC
Sunday, Oct. 17, 8:45 a.m. – Mass, St. Francis of Assisi, Aberdeen Sunday, Oct. 17, 11 a.m. – Sister Lael Niblick’s Golden Jubilee and Parish Welcome Back Celebration, St. Helen, Amory Sunday, Oct. 17, 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 18, 8:35 a.m.
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mississippi Catholic, P.O. Box 2130, Jackson, MS 39225-2130. Website: www.mississippicatholic.com
Saturday, Oct. 16, 5 p.m. – Mass, Immaculate Conception, West Point
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Monday, Oct. 18, 1 p.m.
All events are subject to change. Check with local parishes for further details.
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Our 2nd Annual Homegrown Harvest Festival was certainly festive. I am so grateful for the support from across the diocese that the Department of Vocations received. We had over 30 sponsors of the event as well as many other individuals and businesses who gave in different ways to make sure that we were able to reach our fundraising goal. My
many stakeholders who all care about the same thing: the future of the church. This is why I wanted to have this event think that vocations can help to invigorate the faithful in a special way. Saturday was a testament to that. I would like to thank in this space several people who made the event a success. Bishop Kopacz has been a great support to my department and has helped me a great deal simply by encouraging me to think outside the box. He is a big reason we had a successful event. The details were handled by our outstanding Diocesan Stewardship and -
those in attendance really enjoyed getting to speak with them and getting to know them better. -
If you are interested in learning more about religious orders or vocations to the priesthood and religious life, please email Father Nick Adam at nick.adam@jacksondiocese.org.
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
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10 BRIEFS
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KNEADING FAITH
THINGS OLD AND NEW
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THEOLOGY AT THE MOVIES
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14 youth
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16 NATION
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