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VOLUME 33 / NUMBER 20
JUNE 3, 2016
St. Patrick Catholic High School senior Brooke
Gibson receives her diploma from Bishop Roger
Morin during the Commencement Mass on May
20. Gibson was one of 262 seniors from the five
Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Biloxi who
received diplomas this year. Bishop Morin also
celebrated graduation Masses at Resurrection
High School in Pascagoula, Sacred Heart High
School in Hattiesburg, Our Lady Academy in
Bay St. Louis and St. Stanislaus College in Bay St.
Louis. For more graduation coverage, see pages
6, 7, 14-19.
Photo credit@ this moment... Photography).
Bishop Roger Morin ordained seven
permanent deacons on May 21 at
Nativity BVM Cathedral. Above left,
the seven men prostrate themselves
as the congregation kneels during the
Litany of the Saints. Bottom right,
after Mass, the new deacons posed
for a photo with the bishop on the
cathedral steps. The new deacons,
pictured counterclockwise, from top
left, are: Deacon James Gunkel (St.
Alphonsus Parish, Ocean Springs),
Deacon Richard Kren (St. Matthew
the Apostle Parish, White Cypress),
Deacon Ronald Alexander (Our Lady
of Fatima Parish, Biloxi), Deacon
Michael Butler (St. Elizabeth Seton
Parish, Ocean Springs), Deacon
Richard Smith (Our Mother of
Sorrows Parish, Biloxi), Deacon
Paul Matherne (Our Lady of Fatima
Parish, Biloxi) and Deacon Jesus
Arellano (St. Alphonsus Parish, Ocean
Springs).
Class of 2016
takes a bow
Bishop Morin
ordains
seven
permanent
deacons
