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(sion)' — ( ,aSre j nei I churchy-was Ion Ju!yJ 7 by the 'Mosr<Be<V:
I Joseph B. Brunini. Twenty-five | members of the clergy and 300 j parishioners and friends attend-|ed the ceremony. /
THE STRUCTURE isa blend ] of traditional and contemporary ; architecture. The church will Iseat approximately 250.
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A bower of pine trees form® k 'natural setting for the chtfreh. Richly colored cedar and walnut wood in the interior continues iose touc
ngs. /The textures o; these, woods, fc are t counterbal- j anced by. y aig-length windows,! alternating ia clear, colored,! and stained-giass panels. |
; The altar is built in the form| of a chalice, its pedestal symbolizing the mystery of the Holy i Trinity. Large white panels j flanking the altar on either side j of the sanctuary ase embossed with‘the coafrof 'arias of the Diocese of, Natchez-Jackson an ■ the Missionary ‘Servants of j Most Boly^Trinity. s?<v	$
made >con-. dns to the beauty of the interior of the church.
St; John’s is A missimiljif St. Joseph’s ; parish, Peajffl^toiii The first <churCh, a fram^itruc-ture built by fiShernra^^lHish-joners in tlie late l88^- haS; been incontinual use sitiw^thenj; despite extensive damage in three hurricanes. • ',*■ Originally cared for by Our Lady of. the Gulf parish, Bay St. Loire, 'St.'John’s later became a mission of St.. Clara’s parish, Waveland. ^In 1938 we Holy Cross Fathers took *a|i res-uence at St^Jpsejgj^JPg^ing; on,’ anci at^pfej^^^'St. jonrf came under
, The Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity took over the administration of St. Jo-
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S&ter, |3 T5s>wd, (f® pastor; is. Hayes, M.S.SS.’
Nfor theXhufeh | were * tBlitch, and MSuledous, New Orleans.,'Louis E. .Gremil-|lon Co? was the contractor. Robert Dubon, a member of St. Joseph’s parish. Pearlington, supervised consfruCHon, and the many craftsjiren of the parish did most of the work. Mrs. Harry Wilson and Mrs. Shaun Viguerie, artists ^Jio are mem-


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