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A Taste of St. Francis is a wonderful way to spend time with your fellow parishioners while enjoying mouth-watering cuisine created from a variety of international family recipes! Join us in the Family Life Center after 10:30 Mass on October 8th and bring your appetite!

For the June edition of Mississippi Catholic, St. Francis parishioner Joe Lee sat down with Msgr. Michael Flannery to discuss the 60th anniversary of his priest ordination.

Cajun Fest returns on Sunday, May 19 from 12-4 p.m. Now in its 39th year, this beloved parish fundraiser offers family fun, great food, a chance to win valuable door prizes, and a wonderful opportunity to fellowship with old friends and new. You’ll enjoy live music by Gypsy Heart, mouth-watering cuisine prepared by our master chefs from the Knights of Columbus, and delicious desserts made by our Ladies Auxiliary. Laissez les bons temps rouler!

The Knights of Columbus follow the tenets of charity, unity, fraternity, and patriotism. It isn’t just the service aspect that you’ll enjoy about being a Knight; you’ll make lifelong friendships, you’ll have mentoring opportunities, and you’ll deepen your Catholic faith.

What the Church teaches about purgatory is very simple: “The souls of the just which, in the moment of death, are burdened with venial sins or temporal punishment due to sins, enter purgatory.” [more]

We often assume parenthood happens easily after “I do,” but for many married couples, it does not. For some, the joy of conception never happens. Others suffer repeated miscarriages. Still others experience secondary infertility: after giving birth to one or more children, they are unable to have another. ...