Gulf Pine Catholic
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September 9, 2016
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Thank you, dear
Our Father and St.
Jude for prayers
answered. JHF
In thanksgiving to
the Sacred Heart
of Jesus, Mary and
St. Jude. KI
BASSFIELD -- RCIA classes begin
on September 18 at 4 pm at St. Peter’s
Church, 4135 Highway 42, in the Parish
Hall.
Have you been thinking lately about
becoming a Catholic? Do you just sim-
ply want to know more about the Catho-
lic faith? Were you baptized Catholic
but are not in full communion with the
Church through First Eucharist and Con-
firmation? Do you want to convert to Ca-
tholicism from another faith?
RCIA at St. Peter Catholic
Church in Bassfield
BILOXI -- Our Mother of Sorrows
Parish will hold Eucharistic Adoration
on Monday, Sept. 12, at 6 pm. Eucharis-
Our Mother of Sorrows
Eucharistic Adoration
BILOXI -- Our Mother of Sorrows
Parish will sell fish dinners on Friday,
September 16, in the Parish Hall, 800 Di-
vision Street, 10 am-2 pm for $7 a plate.
Free local delivery on three or more or-
ders. To call your order in or for more
information, please call (228) 435-0007.
Our Mother of Sorrows
Fish Dinners
BILOXI -- In observance of National
Back to Church Day, Our Mother of Sor-
rows and Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
Parishes are inviting people to come back
to church the weekend of Sept. 17 and
18. In these trying times of the world we
live in today, returning to Church may
inspire your faith! If you are a practic-
ing Catholic, you can make a difference
in someone’s life by inviting them to
come back home to their Catholic faith.
Mass times for Our Mother of Sorrows
are 5:30 pm on Saturday and 10:30 am
on Sunday. Mass times at Blessed See-
los are 4 pm on Saturday and 9 am on
Sunday. For more information, call (228)
435-0007.
National Back to
Church Day
Eucharistic Fire
GULFPORT -- Eucha-
ristic Fire is coming to St.
John the Evangelist and St.
James Parishes.
Father Jeff Eppler, a
member of the Society of
Our Lady of the Most Holy
Trinity (SOLT) will be the presenter.
Father Eppler will celebrate Mass at
St. John the Evangelist Church, 2414
17th Street, on Friday, Sept. 30 at 6 pm.
This will count as the First Friday Mass
Father
Eppler
GULFPORT -- The Annual Parish
Drawdown and Silent Auction is sched-
uled for Saturday, Nov. 12, in Presenta-
tion Hall. The doors will open at 6 pm
and the drawdown will start at 6:30 pm.
There will be delicious food and drink
available for everyone. The tickets are
$100 and will admit four people. Tickets
are now available in the parish office, lo-
cated at 2414 17th Street, which is open
Monday-Friday from 10 am-5 pm. For
more information, call (228) 864-2272.
St. John the Evangelist
Parish Drawdown
Our Mother of Mercy
$2,000 Drawdown
PASS CHRISTIAN -- Our Mother
of Mercy Parish, 216 Saucier Ave, will
hold a $2,000 drawdown Friday, Oct. 21,
starting at 7 pm. Tickets are $20 each.
Free food and beverages.
For more information call (228) 452-
4514.
PASS CHRISTIAN -- Our Mother of
Mercy Parish Annual Bazaar will be held
Oct. 21-22 on the Church grounds, 216
Saucier Ave. There will
be great food, games, live
music and raffles. Fun for
the whole family!
Our Mother of Mercy
Annual Bazaar
To advertise in the
Gulf Pine Catholic,
call (228) 702-2109 for
more information.
SEE DIOCESAN
EVENTS, PAGE 9
for October and on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 9
am.
He will celebrate the weekend Mass-
es at St. James Church, 366 Cowan Rd,
on Oct. 1 at 4 pm and on Oct. 2 at 9 am,
11 am and 5:30 pm.
Father Eppler grew up Methodist
and converted to Catholicism in 1992
at the Missouri State University New-
man Center while studying graphic de-
sign. He recognized his call from God to
the priesthood and studied theology for
four years in Manila, Philippines, with
a fledgling group called Missionaries of
the Blessed Sacrament. After seminary,
Father Jeff spent the next two years es-
tablishing Perpetual Eucharistic Adora-
tion in over 20 parishes.
Diocesan Events
From page 2
If you answered YES to any of these
questions then St. Peter Catholic Church
in Bassfield invites you to join our Rite
of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA)
program. Please come and meet with the
RCIA group on Sept. 18. For more in-
formation, please contact Janie Lee our
coordinator at (601) 943-5049 or Parish
office at (601) 943-6688.
tic Adoration is a practice in the Catholic
Church in which the Blessed Sacrament
is exposed and adored by the faithful.
Come spend an hour in the true presence
of Jesus. For more information, please
call (228) 435-0007.
A tapestry of Saint Teresa
of Kolkata hangs from the
facade of St. Peter’s Basilica
after being positioned by
workers at the Vatican
Sept. 1. Mother Teresa was
declared a s
aint by Pope
Francis during a ceremony at
the Vatican Sept. 4.
CNS photo/Paul Haring
