On Sunday, Feb. 1, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Bishop Fabre preached the following homily on The Beatitudes. Click the title to read!

On Wednesday, Feb. 4, Bishop Fabre visited Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, confirming 15 young people at the growing and vibrant parish. “I was happy to see the vibrancy and youth of this parish community. Father Orlando Serrano Ardila, administrator of the parish, has been accepted with immense joy and love by his parishioners. Over the past five years, Our Lady of Perpetual Help has been blessed with more and more children in the pews, who are involved in sharing messages at Sunday Mass. I felt very accepted and welcomed by them. I even met a family with nine children. Nine! They were living their faith; life is a beautiful thing that ought to be celebrated.”

He also celebrated confirmation at St. John Neumann Church, with 74 confirmdandi. In the morning, he celebrated Mass for and spent time speaking to the children at St. John Neumann School. He said he wished that we all could’ve been there for the visit to see the inquisitiveness of the students, their joy and their eagerness to learn and listen.

Bishop Fabre will be at St. Anne & St. Jude Church in Sumbter Friday night for confirmation.