Gulf Pine Catholic

12 Gulf Pine Catholic • April 12, 2024 Thirty-three women made the Women’s Cursillo #294 weekend at Sacred Heart Retreat Center at Dedeaux February 15-18. The new Cursillistas are: Cheryl Nogues, Cissy Pierce, Terry Rittiner, Mary Arnoult, Patricia Netherland, Donna Benfatti, Carol “Lynn” Mahoney, and Maria Prikasky, all of Our Lady of the Gulf Parish, Bay St. Louis; Therese Hanna, Tara Elliott, and Sara Oropesa of St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Ocean Springs; Hanna Myers, Teresa Odom, Anna Iker, and Paula Claret of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Hattiesburg; April Styczenski, Jessica Rehmann, and Joanna Pitt of St. James Parish, Gulfport; Mitzi Harper, Sacred Heart Parish, D’Iberville; Julie Bryant, Christ the King Parish, Latimer; Darlene Adams, Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos Parish, Biloxi; Esther O’Steen, St. Fabian Parish, Hattiesburg; Jean Humble, St. Jane de Chantal Parish, Abita Springs, LA; Michelle Dixon and Priscilla Koen of Sacred Heart Parish, Pascagoula; Emma Harrell, St. Joseph Parish, Gulfport; Lauren Claret, St. Richard’s Parish, Jackson; Charmaine Bergeron, St. Rita Parish, Harahan, LA; Barbara Smith, St. Ann Parish, Hurley; Ruth Ames, St. John the Evangelist Parish, Gulfport; Tori Gieger, Sacred Heart Parish, Hattiesburg; Vicky Ruiz and Angie Callecod, St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Long Beach Team members were: Melanie Moe, Rectora, Sacred Heart Parish, D’Iberville; Tara Phelan, Co-Rectora, Sacred Heart Parish, D’Iberville; Michele Moore, Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos Parish, Biloxi; Christine Ladnier, St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Long Beach; Mary Reeves, Our Lady of the Gulf Parish, Bay St. Louis; Gaye Easter, St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Ocean Springs; Leah Hall, St. Mary Parish, Woolmarket; Stella Putt, St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Ocean Springs; Robyn Johnson, Sacred Heart Parish, D’Iberville; Kristin Mate, Sacred Heart Parish, Dedeaux; Gina Brothers, St. Cletus Parish, Harvey, LA; Jeanne Lizana, Sacred Heart Parish, Dedeaux; and Lauren Hymel, St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, Long Beach. Spiritual advisors for the weekend were Father Greg Barras, retired; and Deacon Frank Martin, St. Ann Parish, Hurley. The next Men’s weekend (#295) will be held April 25-28 at Dedeaux with Deacon candidate Charles Walden, St. Clare Parish, Waveland, serving as Rector, The next women’s weekend will be announced later in 2024. Do you want to experience your faith more deep- ly and live it in your daily life? To enrich your rela- tionship with God, no matter how strong it may be right now? Are you looking for a community with which to share your faith journey? Do you want to become more confident in and enthusiastic about your faith and in sharing it in the secular world? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, then Cursillo is for you. Applications for the weekend are now being accepted. Applications are available online at www. biloxicursillo.org or in your church or church office. Women’s Cursillo #294 held at Dedeaux