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July 28, 2017
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Let Us Host Your Parties!
Restaurant of the Year
AwardedbyOceanSpringsChamber
Chef & Owner Sam Sabagh
reminds you,
“Bring your favorite
bottle of wine to dinner!”
1223 Government Street, Ocean Springs
(228) 875-0603
GREEK & LEBANESE CUISINE
5-Course Phoenicia
Gourmet Specials $24.95
(after 4 p.m.)
pita w/hummus, choice of
salad or cup of our signature
lentil soup, entree & dessert
Wednesday Family
Nite Special
Chicken Sharwarma.....$9.95
1260 Ocean Springs Road, Ocean Springs, MS 39564
Ph: 228-818-0650
For more information, contact Jody Ellis Stoddard, Executive Director
or email her at
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Thank you, Jesus,
Mary, St. Jude,
and St. Anthony
for prayers
answered. CS
Thank you, St.
Jude, for prayers
answered. CS
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support the work of
Catholic Extension in
Biloxi and beyond!
Special Collection: August 5 & 6
Or mail your donation to:
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1790 Popps Ferry Road, Biloxi, MS 39532
Orlando Braxton
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The bishop said the prophet would not be satisfied
with those words solely emblazoned on T-shirts, ban-
ners and bags.
“Micah would demand to see these words written
in our hearts, in our daily actions when we leave Or-
lando and return to our dioceses, neighborhoods, par-
ish communities and families,” Bishop Braxton said.
In talks a day earlier, Bryan Stevenson, a public
interest lawyer, and Tricia Bent-Goodley, a professor
and director of the doctorate program at Howard Uni-
versity School of Social Work, separately spoke about
black communities, and the justice system and black
family life.
Stevenson shared his work fighting mass incar-
ceration, racial bias and poverty through the legal sys-
tem. He founded the Equal Justice Initiative, which
works to eliminate excessive sentencing, to exoner-
ate innocent death-row inmates, and to challenge the
abuse of the incarcerated and the mentally ill. Steven-
son praised black Catholics for “raising their voice in
support of social justice and all the commands of the
Gospels.”
In speaking about “The Black Family: Challenges
and Opportunities,” Bent-Goodley described the im-
pact of mental health issues, community violence,
and domestic violence on black families. She called
on black Catholics to face these issues with both the
power of prayer and the help of professionals.
She noted that too often, black families don’t get
the care and counseling they need; sometimes because
of a lack of access and sometimes because of a reluc-
tance to seek help.
Gonzalez is on the staff of the Florida Catholic,
newspaper of the Archdiocese of Miami and the dio-
ceses of Orlando, Palm Beach and Venice.
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