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July 18, 2014
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friends. But some days after the funeral, she discovers
that Augustus had written a note to her just before his
death. It closes with the words, “Okay, Hazel Grace?”
To which the young woman responds, while gazing up
into the sky, “Okay.” With that word, the film ends.
Pretty grim stuff? Yes…but. Does nihilism have
the last word? I don’t know. The question that haunts
the entire movie is how can there be meaning in the
universe when two wonderful young kids are dying of
cancer? As any Philosophy 101 student knows, our at-
tempts to justify the existence of evil through abstract
argumentation are a fairly useless exercise. However, a
kind of answer can be found precisely where Hazel and
Gus met, that is to say, in the sacred heart of Jesus. The
central claim of Christianity is that God became one of
us and that he shared our
condition utterly, accept-
ing even death, death on
a cross. God entered into
our suffering and there-
by transformed it into a
place of springs, a place
of grace. I don’t think it
is the least bit accidental
that Waters (Gus’s last
name) and Grace (Hazel’s middle name) met in the sa-
cred heart of Christ and thereby, despite their shared
suffering, managed to give life to one another. And is
this why I think Hazel effectively repudiates her nihil-
ism and materialism as she responds across the barrier
of death to Gus’s “Okay.” I’m convinced that Hazel
senses, by the end of the story, the central truth of Chris-
tian faith that real love is more powerful than death.
Is this film a satisfy-
ing presentation of Chris-
tianity? Hardly. But for
those who are struggling
to find their way to mean-
ing and faith, it’s not an
entirely bad place to start.
Father Robert Barron is the founder of the glob-
al ministry, Word on Fire, and the Francis Cardinal
George Professor of Faith and Culture at University of
St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein. He is the creator of
a new ten episode documentary series called “Catholi-
cism” airing on PBS stations and EWTN. Learn more
about the series at
Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church would like to ex-
tend an invitation for Diamondhead residents, as well as
those communities around Diamondhead to come and
join us for Mass. Our pastor is Fr. Patrick J. Mockler.
We are located at 9062 Kiln-Delisle Road, and should
you need more information, the phone number is (228)
255-1294.
Our Mass schedule is as follows:
Morning Mass: ( Monday through Friday) 8 am
Evening Mass: Monday at 6:30 pm and Thursday
at 6:30 pm. Fr. Paddy will come to your home on Wed.
evenings to celebrate Mass for 10 or more people at
6:30 pm if requested.
Weekend Mass Schedule:
Sat. -- 4 pm and 6 pm
Sunday -- 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 am, 7 pm
Adoration is every Thursday from 8:30 am to 6
pm.
We have a very active youth program and registra-
tion for CCD for the fall is now in process.
Most Holy Trinity has many active ministries. One,
who wants to serve the Lord, will find something for
him/her to do, so please come and join us.
Most Holy Trinity Parish invites residents of Diamondhead and surrounding
communities to attend Mass, participate in parish activities
St. Fabian Catholic Church in Hattiesburg would
like to say a big “Thank You” to the parishioners of St.
Thomas the Apostle in Long Beach for their generous
donation. Fr. Louis Lohan, pastor of St. Thomas the
Apostle, said the donation was in response to how well
he and his church were treated after Hurricane Katrina,
especially for the efforts of Fr. Tommy Conway, pastor
of St. Fabian.
“In Hurricane Katrina, St. Thomas the Apostle
Catholic Church was totally destroyed,” said Fr. Lohan.
“At first, we wondered what to do and how to do it.
In the following months, we began to receive help and
support from other Catholic parishes and priests -- some
of them knew us and some of them just heard about
our plight. One of those who came to our rescue early
on was Fr. Tommy Conway and St. Thomas Aquinas
Church in Hattiesburg. After our rebuilding was com-
plete, our finance committee adopted a budget with a
line item labeled ‘Outreach.’ It was and is their thought
that we should use these funds to reach out to those in
need and to those who have helped us. In thanksgiving
to God for the many blessings bestowed upon us after
Katrina, the decision was made to support the new par-
ish of St. Fabians in Hattiesburg and its first pastor, Fr.
Tommy Conway, in your building program.”
The $15,000 donation will be used towards St. Fa-
bian’s building fund. The permanent church, once built,
will be located on Hwy 589 in west Hattiesburg on land
donated by Dr. Richard Fabian McCarthy.
St. Fabian, the newest church in the Diocese of
Biloxi, services the needs of the Catholic community
in Lamar County. The church celebrated its inaugural
mass on January 20, 2014, and mass is currently cel-
ebrated weekly at 10:45 a.m. at Benedict Day School in
Sumrall, MS. Beginning on August 16, 2014 a Satur-
day Vigil Mass will be added at 5 pm.
Long Beach parish makes generous donation to St. Fabian building fund
