JANUARY 29, 2021 MISSISSIPPI CATHOLIC
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MISSISSIPPI CATHOLIC JANUARY 29, 2021
Volume 67 Number 4 (ISSN 1529-1693)
BISHOP’S SCHEDULE Monday, Feb. 1 – School Mass, Cathedral School, Natchez
P.O. Box 2130 Jackson, MS 39225-2130 Phone: 601-969-3581 E-mail: editor@jacksondiocese.org
Tuesday, Feb. 2 – School Mass, Vicksburg Catholic Schools
Publisher ........................................................................................... Bishop Joseph R. Kopacz
Wednesday, Feb. 3 – School Mass, St. Richard, Jackson
Communications Director ...................................................................... Joanna Puddister King Production Manager ...................................................................................................Tereza Ma Contributors ......................................................................................................... Berta Mexidor ............................................................................................................ Cindy Wood MISSISSIPPI CATHOLIC POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mississippi Catholic, P. O. Box 2130, Jackson, MS 39225-2130. Website: www.mississippicatholic.com
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Thursday, Feb. 4 – School Mass, St. Anthony, Madison Friday, Feb. 5 – School Mass, St. Joseph, Greenville Sunday, Feb. 7, 9 a.m. – Re-dedication, Our Lady of Victories, Cleveland Saturday, Feb. 13 – Diaconate Inauiry, Are you called?, virtual
All events are subject to change. Please check with local parishes or schools for further details.
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ies in the cash cow that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You may not know the MCU by this acronym, but you surely have these movies lies in the way they have been rolled out over the years. They are all a part of a larger story arc (or series of arcs)
billions of dollars for Marvel’s parent company Disney.
plots to the fanbase. And because all of you have so graciously followed along with the story of the Department of Vocations over the past year,
will consist of holy hours for vocations in each deanery during the winter and early spring. I will host these hours of adoration and benediction at to attend. I will be asking pastors and parish leaders in each deanery to personally invite men and women who they believe might be called to priesthood or religious life to attend these events, and I ask that you do the same. This is a way for me to meet more folks interested in discernment at a time when things like retreats and other gatherings simply are not possible. Thus far I have Deanery I and Deanery II dates and times on the
Father Nick Adam Prediscernment Prayer Nights: Deanery I – Feb. 9 at St. Richard Jackson, 6-7 p.m.; Feb. 10 at St. Paul Vicksburg, 6-7 p.m. and Deanery II – Feb. 23 at St. Alphonsus McComb, 6-7 p.m.; Feb. 24 at St. Mary Basilica Natchez, 6-7 p.m. Questions? Email nick.adam@jacksondiocese.org
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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK ANNUNCIATION SCHOOL
Pre-K4 thru 8th Grade
CATHEDRAL SCHOOL
Pre-K3 thru 12th Grade
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Pre-K3 thru 6th Grade
SISTER THEA BOWMAN SCHOOL
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ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL
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(601)898-4800
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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK VICKSBURG CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Pre-K3 thru 12th grade
HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL
(601)636-2256 (601)636-4824
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(662)334-3287 (662)378-9711
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10 Pre-K3 thru 6th Grade
ST. ANTHONY SCHOOL
(601)366-1157
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