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Presentation and Dedication of Historical Marker for Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church will be' held Monday, May 9th, at 4:30 P.M. on the steps of the church.
Residents are invited to attend the cememony and a representative of the Department of Archives and History at Jackson will present the historical marker. ‘
The most Reverend Bishop of the diocese Joseph L. Howze will officiate, and accepting for the parish will i be Monsignor Gregory J. ] Johnson, pastor of Our Lady of the Gulf Church.	I
The St. Stanislaus Band will 1 present the musical program ■ and Mrs. Michael D. Haas, Sr. ^ will narrate a brief creative ‘ history of the church and its ' establishment in 1848.
Representing the Hancock County Historical Society will 1 be Lionel Baxter.
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Our Lady of the Gulf’s First Pastor:
On July 2,1808 a young child was bom in Paris, France.
His parents christened him Louis Stanislaus Mary Buteux. Like many other young boys, God called Louis to be a priest. He studied at the Seminary of St. Sulpice in France and was ordained in 1836.