**There will be a special collection next weekend,

March 19th / 20^th for Bishop Vitaliy and his people in Western Kyiv, Ukraine.  Please read Bishop Kihneman’s letter that is included in the bulletin.  You may also donate through our diocesan website at www.biloxidiocese.org.

“He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust”

A note from Fr. Daniel:  

This weekend is the start of the 2022 Catholic Sharing Appeal.  Bishop Kihneman invites each of us to help through our prayerful and financial support of this year’s appeal.  Our Catholic Sharing Appeal provides essential operating support for those offices that provide direct services to both this parish and thousands of people throughout the seventeen counties that comprise this diocese. 

It is our goal to reach 100% participation for our parish!  Our goal for this year is $ 16,523.

Do you want to fast this Lent?

It is never too late to give something up for Lent. Nor is there a rule that prevents you from changing your fasting objects during Lent.  Here is a list of suggested items for fasting this Lent:

1.  Fast from hurting words and say kind words. 

2.  Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude.  

3. Fast from anger and be filled with patience.

4. Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope. 

5. Fast from worries and trust in God. 

6. Fast from complaints and contemplate simplicity. 

7. Fast from pressures and be prayerful.   

8. Fast from bitterness and fill your heart with joy. 

9. Fast from selfishness and be compassionate to others. 

10. Fast from grudges and be reconciled. 

11. Fast from words and be silent so you can listen.

…I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions….So we fasted and petitioned our God about this, and he answered our prayer.                                                              ~ Ezra 8:21-23

Blessed Seelos would like to welcome Rev. Daniel Martinez Patiño to our Parish Family.

Fr. Godfrey was born into a devoutly Catholic family on July 12, 1973.  When he was a young altar boy, he noticed that his parish priest was always beaming with great happiness.  One day he asked, “how much do you get paid for doing this job?”  The priest laughed and said, “I don’t receive any salary, but the blessings I receive for doing this work are more than any salary could afford.”  These words have stuck with Fr. Godfrey ever since.  Fr. Godfrey said he wasn’t thinking about becoming a priest, but his pastor saw the seed of a possible vocation for him.  A few years later, at the same priest’s suggestion, he took a seminary entrance exam and eventually entered the school. “I had a choice between the regular high school and the seminary. But I had no intention of becoming a priest. I thought I would leave after my schooling and become a marine engineer.” As he advanced in his studies, however, he began to feel a calling. “I started recognizing that there was something that was pulling me to stay on.”  In 2002, Fr. Godfrey was ordained a priest in the Archdiocese of Cape Coast in Ghana.  Fr. Godfrey came to the United States in 2009 to participate in a program focused on the New Evangelization.  He came into the Diocese of Biloxi in 2011, where Bishop Morin appointed him as Parochial Vicar of St. Thomas the Aquinas Parish in Hattiesburg.  He was appointed Pastor of Our Mother of Sorrows and Blessed Seelos Parishes in 2018.

Blessed Seelos and Our Mother of Sorrows are blessed to have had Fr. Godfrey and wish him well with his ministry. God has big plans for him. We were among the fortunate to be a part of those plans.

You will be missed, but won’t be far away!

“Being with people and praying with people is the source of my joy!”~ Fr. Godfrey Andoh

We are in need of volunteers to help with our Lenten dinners!  We are having “drive thru only” and it takes a tremendous amount of help to make everything run smoothly!  This is one of our biggest fundraisers for our parish, and thanks to our volunteers, it is very successful!

** We will have a meeting on Monday at 5:45 pm in the parish hall for all volunteers and would like EVERYONE to come!!  Please come and help support your parish!  Please call Anita Boney at 228-861-4310 for more information.

“Many hands make light work!”