Gulf Pine Catholic

Gulf Pine Catholic • July 5, 2024 9 Thank you, Jesus, Mary, St. Joseph, St. Jude, & St. Anthony, for prayers answered. C.S. “We were there on a family vacation and there was a lady talking before Mass about Mary’s Shelter , an organization in Alabama that helps pregnant women and their families. They house them, they get through their pregnancy, provide housing and access to a vehicle. They do a lot of good things and the lady who was talking about Mary’s Shelter really touched me,” said DiLorenzo. “I thought that was a really great ministry because it was all about getting to the root of helping families.” Since DiLorenzo typically gives a portion of the proceeds from the sale of her rosaries to the parish, she reached out to Our Lady of the Gulf Parish in Gulf Shores and asked if she could create a rosary using the windows from their church to benefit Mary’s Shelter . “They got back to me within a couple of days and were very excited about partnering for these rosaries,” she said. “And then more than a year later, Mary’s Shelter reached out to me directly to ask if I would make one of Our Lady of the Gulf rosaries the for their silent auction. Of course, I said yes.” DiLorenzo tries to accommodate people when they ask her to create a rosary for a particular parish. In addition to those that are given to parish and school silent auctions, she created a special one for Catholic Charities of South Mississippi. It is and will be auctioned every year for the Bishop’s Gala, a major fundraiser for Catholic Charities of South Mississippi. “This has been very much a blessing for me,” said DiLorenzo. “I ended up turning one of the rooms in my house into an art studio and that’s where I work in the evenings and weekends. I put a little television in there and, as I’m work- ing, I’ve got a podcast on or I’ve got YouTube on and I’m watching or listening to shows about our Catholic faith. It’s a meditation time for me. “ “When I create these rosaries, I pray for the people who are going to get them. I know it is a gift that was given me to see the beauty of a church and to be able to turn that beauty into a rosary. The rosary is such a beautiful tradition of prayers in our Catholic faith and I love that I can share the beauty that I see.” DiLorenzo is honored to be able to create the Pilgrimage Rosaries and share them with the pilgrims who are passing through the Mississippi Gulf Coast during St. Juan Diego Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. “When I realized they would be visiting five churches, I thought that would be perfect on a rosary to commemorate the pilgrimage,” she said. “I looked to see what images I had because I had already taken images at each of these churches. I just tried to match it up as best I could.” Due to pilgrimage team members requesting the Pilgrimage rosary for them- selves, DiLorenzo is making these available for sale to the public. The proceeds will benefit the St. Thomas the Apostle Parish adoration chapel. DiLorenzo also gave the pilgrims a flash drive containing a PowerPoint pre- sentation she created several years ago on how Hurricane Katrina affected the Diocese of Biloxi. Since the Diocese of Biloxi lost one fourth of the church structures and one third of the schools in our diocese, rebuilding and repairs took many years. “They’re coming through here and we are so blessed to have them,” she said. “I just feel like the pilgrims might want to understand who we are and where we come from. The recovery from that storm is a great story of faith.” Contact Info for Rosaries by Tammy DiLorenzo Facebook: FairEE Designs Website: fairee-designs.square.site Phone: (228) 596-3372 Email: faireedesigns@gmail.com Rosaries From page 7 Las Misas Celebradas en Español / Masses Celebrated in Spanish Sábado/Saturday Laurel: Immaculate Conception Parish, 8 p.m. Pascagoula: Sacred Heart Parish, 6 p.m. Domingo/Sunday Bay St. Louis: St. Rose de Lima Parish, 12 noon Biloxi: Blessed Seelos Parish, 11 a.m. Gulfport: St. John the Evangelist Parish, 2 p.m. Hattiesburg: Sacred Heart Parish, 1:30 p.m. Laurel: Immaculate Conception Parish, 4 p.m Ocean Springs: St. Alphonsus Parish, 2 p.m. Picayune: St. Charles Borromeo Parish, 12:30 p.m. Lunes/Monday Biloxi: Our Lady of Fatima Parish, 6 p.m. Jueves/Thursday Laurel: Immaculate Conception Parish, 7 p.m.