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Volume 67 Number 19 (ISSN 1529-1693)

BISHOP’S SCHEDULE Tuesday, Oct. 26, 5 p.m. – Catholic Foundation Annual Dinner, Country Club of Jackson

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 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Mississippi Catholic, P.O. Box 2130, Jackson, MS 39225-2130.

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Tuesday, Nov. 4, 8:30 a.m. – Mass, Annunciation School, Columbus Tuesday, Nov. 9, 8:30 a.m. – Mass, St. Francis of Assisi School, Greenwood Friday, Nov. 12, 5:30 p.m. – Mass of Celebration, St. Elizabeth Parish, Clarksdale Saturday, Nov. 13, 11 a.m. – Centennial Celebration – Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity, Sacred Heart Parish, Camden Monday, Nov. 15 – Thursday, Nov. 18 – USCCB Fall General Assembly – Baltimore, Maryland

All events are subject to change. Check with local parishes for further details.

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In mid-October, I spent a couple of eventful days at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans. On Wednesday, Oct. dination to Holy Orders as a deacon. Men who are instituted to this order are given the opportunity to serve the Mass and even purify the vessels following Mass. Prior to acolyte institution candidates for the priesthood are instituted as seminary. Please keep them and their families in your prayers.

The day after that joyous occasion I was surprised by some monumental news in the life of Notre Dame Seminary year leading the community as he would return to serve in his home diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. And on Oct. 14, NDS announced that Father Josh Rodrigue would succeed Father Wehner in that post. I was very pleased to hear this news. Father Wehner has been an incredible leader at the seminary, and I believe that Father Rodrigue will be able to keep the momentum going in New Orleans. Father Josh taught me during part of my time in the seminary, and he has been a great support to many men who have been recently ordained to the priesthood.

My time at the seminary was a time of great joy and being back for a couple of days was a great reminder that while this is no longer my home, it remains a great one for the men who are seeking to know whether they are called to be priests. In the coming days, I plan on visiting the other seminary that serves our priestly candidates, St. Joseph Seminary College in Covington, where I look forward to checking in on our two youngest seminarians, Will Foggo and Grayson Foley.

All of these funds will go toward the education of our future priests as well as programs and events to help others discern whether they are called to the seminary or religious community to follow God’s call to Holy Orders or religious life.

Father Nick Adam 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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• The Mass is celebrated in honor of the Holy Spirit with those present seeking wisdom, understanding, counsel and fortitude in the courtroom.

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ington, D.C. with Supreme Court justices, members of Congress and other government departments and occasionally the president in attendance. Today, the Supreme Court include six Catholic justices nia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

(From George Washington University, History News Network and America Magazine)

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PLEASE, BE GENEROUS

NOV. 6 & 7 MISSION PARISHES NEED YOUR HELP BECAUSE: — There are 9 counties without a church building and 28 counties without a resident priest.

— Forty percent of the people in the 65 counties are African-American; less than one percent share the Catholic faith.

— There are 33 public and private universities, colleges and community colleges; there are no Catholic colleges.

— Twenty parishes cover at least two counties.

— Thirty-one counties have neither a religious sister, brother or lay volunteer in ministry.

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