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Gulf Pine Catholic • November 26, 2021 6 The first Cursillo weekend was held since the Covid-19 pandemic started in March, 2020. The Cursillo Movement of South Mississippi -- Catholic Diocese of Biloxi welcomed 20 new Cursillistas who completed the Cursillo #286 weekend held at the Kelley Retreat Center in Bay St. Louis November 4-7: Jonathan D’Angelo, Our Lady of Fatima, Biloxi; Charles Acocella, St. Thomas Aquinas, Hattiesburg; Hayden Anderson, St. Clare, Waveland; Ralph Block, St. Michael, Biloxi; Steven Day, St. James, Gulfport; Brian Finnila, Most Holy Trinity, Pass Christian; James Jackson, Our Lady of Fatima, Biloxi; Jacob Johns, Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis; Michael Joyner, St. Elizabeth, Clarksdale, MS; Shane Hoges, St. Alphonsus, Ocean Springs; Richard Begnaud, St. Michael, Biloxi; Chris Kotsakos, Jr., St. Clare, Waveland; Edward Knesal Jr., St. James, Gulfport; Shane Landry, Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Biloxi; Jeffery Le Sage, Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis; Josh Lloyd, Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos, Biloxi; Deacon William Shaidnagle, St. Michael, Biloxi; Glenn Quave, Our Lady of Fatima, Biloxi; John Lee, Queen of Peace, Aurora, CO; and Mike Joyner, St. Elizabeth, Clarksdale, MS. Spiritual advisors for the weekend were: Fr. Jacob-Matthew Smith, St. Clare, Waveland, and Deacon Robert Wescovich, St. Michael, Biloxi. Rector was Charles Wheatley, St. Joseph, Gulfport, and Co-Rector was Don McCluskey, St. Clare, Waveland. Other team members were: Jonny Beard, Sacred Heart, Pascagoula; Max Glianelloni, St. Michael, Biloxi; Gaines Cleveland, St. James, Gulfport; Tommy Royals, St. Thomas Aquinas, Hattiesburg; Michael Meek, St. Thomas the Apostle, Long Beach; Mike Craft, St. John the Evangelist, Gulfport; Kevin O’Gea, Most Holy Trinity, Covington; Bob Frengel, St. Joseph, Gulfport; Buck O’Gea, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Biloxi; Matthew Reeves, Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis; Daniel Rodenburg, Sacred Heart, Hattiesburg; and James Feldmeyer, St. John the Evangelist, Gulfport. There will be a Women’s Cursillo December 9-12 which will be held at the Kelley Retreat Center, Bay St. Louis. For more information contact the Cursillo Movement of South Mississippi -- Biloxi Diocese, P.O. Box 7450, D’Iberville, MS 39540 or call (228) 382-3215 or email secretariat@southms-cursillo.org Men’s Cursillo weekend welcomes 20 new Cursillistas Former OLG music director and husband release Christmas album Rebecca Harding, former music director at Our Lady of the Gulf Church in Bay St. Louis and her husband Sean are so excited to announce their debut Christmas album, Comfort and Joy . The album features Rebecca’s brand new arrangements of 15 beloved Christmas songs with performances by Rebecca and Sean. Rebecca is the sister of Father James Smith, parochial vicar of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Hattiesburg. The album can be purchased online at www.rebeccahardingmusic.com, both as a digital download and as an audio CD. For the good of the people of God in the Diocese of Biloxi, Bishop Louis F. Kihneman, III, has made the following appointment: Father Thomas Mullally, S.V.D., has been appointed Parochial Administrator of St. Rose de Lima Parish, Bay St. Louis, effective November 25, 2021. Given at the Diocesan Pastoral Center in Biloxi on November 16, 2021. ? Most Reverend Louis F. Kihneman, III Bishop of Biloxi Official Appointment