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Gulf Pine Catholic • October 25, 2024 19 This supplement sponsored by these Knights of Columbus councils and assemblies: The Gulf Pine Catholic staff & the people of the Diocese of Biloxi applaud the Knights of Columbus’ educational efforts to promote the respect & dignity of the human person. Biloxi Council #1244 Biloxi Our Lady of Perpetual Help Council 7211 ~ Lumberton C. Mark Landry Assembly #3007 D’Iberville Pere Le Duc Council #1522 Bay St. Louis Bishop Gunn Council #1583 Gulfport Msgr. P.J. Carey Council #1605 Pascagoula Msgr. Leech Council #4472 Pass Christian St. Vincent de Paul Council #4898 Long Beach Fred L. Westbrook Sr. Council #5654 Ocean Springs Oscar J. Gelpi Council #6872 Picayune Fr. Patrick McAlpine Council #9094 D’Iberville St. Mary Council #9124 Gautier Reinhart Schroeder Council #9409 West Biloxi James D. Hart Council #9673 Woolmarket Msgr. Gregory Kennedy Counil #10499 Ocean Springs Most Holy Trinity Council #11995 Pass Christian St. Joseph Council #15121 Poplarville Father Michael Andrew Leane Assembly #2227 ~ Picayune Faith, trust and ‘grace in sacrament of marriage’ guide couple in cancer journey BY NATALIE HOEFER OSV News INDIANAPOLIS ( OSV News ) -- As far as mem- orable days go, they just didn’t get much more remarkable than July 20 this year for Benjamin “Ben” and Leigh Sargeant. That day, Ben and the couple’s 8-year-old son Dominic walked among a group of first communi- cants, leading a Eucharistic procession of 50,000- plus participants in downtown Indianapolis during the National Eucharistic Congress. “We got to wave to the rest of the family as we walked by, and then they followed along with the rest of the procession,” Ben said of Leigh and their four other children, ages 10 and younger. Then came the experience of adoring Christ in the Blessed Sacrament together with tens of thou- sands of Catholics in the city’s outdoor Memorial Plaza. Afterward, the family -- members of St. Peter Parish in Huber Heights, Ohio, in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati -- enjoyed a picnic in the grassy plaza, by then mostly emptied of the worshipping throng. A warm, sunny day with a few lacy clouds above made for the whipped cream. And the cherry on top? “Today is our 11th anniversary,” said Leigh, as Ben smiled and gave her a side hug. “Getting to celebrate it today is really a blessing.” Part of that blessing was seen in the couple’s five healthy children playing nearby in the grass. Part of that blessing was in a positive medical imaging scan Leigh had recently received. SEE FAMILY CANCER JOURNEY, PAGE 23 Left, Leigh and Benjamin Sargeant and their five children -- Rose in front with Peter (left), Dominic and Samuel behind her, and Isaiah, held by Leigh -- pose in Memorial Plaza in Indianapolis July 20 after a Eucharistic procession of 50,000-plus par- ticipants in downtown Indianapolis during the National Eucharistic Congress. The day marked the couple’s 11th wedding anniversary. OSV News photo/Natalie Hoefer, The Criterion Fr. Denis Harlow Council #15155 Vancleave