Mississippi
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Study shows Guadalupe devotion lessens health issues caused by stress
By MAUREEN SMITH, Catholic News Service
Published December 7, 2017JACKSON, Miss. (CNS)—A good talk with your mother every day could improve your health. At least, that’s what’s happened for immigrants in one Mississippi community. A study out of the University of Alabama exploring the link between faith and health demonstrated that those with a devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe had fewer negative health […]
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Priest Returns To Childhood Hobby With Comic Strip
Published January 6, 2011
Father Dominick Fullam was drawn to cartooning at an early age, but a higher calling erased any aspirations he had of becoming a full-time cartoonist. Recently, however, the St. Martin native, who is vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Biloxi Diocese as well as pastor of St. Mary Parish in Woolmarket, was […]
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Structures Have Washed Away, But Hope Remains
By PRISCILLA GREEAR, Staff Writer
Published August 24, 2006Father Michael Tracey knows intimately that the emotional recovery process for Hurricane Katrina victims involves “the three Ts” of talking, tears and time. For him, it also includes writing. His creative tool for healing from the muddy Gulf water deluge that has affected his church, rectory, favorite books and life has been to record his […] Full Story
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As Waters Receded, God’s Lessons Began To Flow
By ERIKA ANDERSON, Staff Writer
Published August 24, 2006Tanya Taylor is no stranger to publicity. In her modest home just blocks from the beach, she leafs through a pile of magazines—Time, Newsweek, People—and local and national newspapers. There is a common denominator among the publications—each bears among its pages a photo of Taylor’s terrified family as they were rescued from the roof of […]
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Catholic Charities Team Is Welcome Sight In Biloxi
By CAROL ZIMMERMANN, CNS
Published September 15, 2005More than anything else, people wanted bleach. That’s what the Catholic Charities USA disaster relief team found as it drove its caravan of vehicles through Biloxi and the surrounding area hard-hit by Hurricane Katrina. Victims of the hurricane were happy to get food and water, but above all they wanted bleach and other cleaning supplies […]
