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Bring your Basil to be Blessed 12 & 13 September!

  Exaltation of the Holy Cross- 14 September The herb, basil has long been associated with the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The word “basil” is related to basileios, from the Greek word for king. According to the liturgical legend, the Empress Saint Helena found the location of the True Cross by digging for it under a colony of basil. Basil plants were reputed to have sprung up at the foot of the Cross where fell the Precious Blood of Christ and the tears of the Mother of Sorrows. A sprig of basil was said to have been

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Cathedral Blood Drive 2 August 2015

    The Men’s Group of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist and St. Mary’s Hasell Street are sponsoring a Blood Drive on 2 August 2015 from 9 am – 2 pm in the Cathedral Center Hall. To schedule your life-saving donation, please visit www.redcrossblood.org and enter the sponsor code: Cathedral.

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Month’s Mind Mass

  Month’s Mind Mass 19 July 2015, 11:15 am It is a traditional Catholic custom on the month anniversary of the death of a loved one to offer a Mass for the Repose of the Soul. A “Month’s Mind” Mass will be offered at the 11:15 am Mass on Sunday, 19 July 2015 to pray for the repose of the souls of the victims of the “Mother Emanuel” AME Church shooting.

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Bishop Guglielmone’s Statement on SCOTUS Ruling on Marriage

“Our Catholic faith upholds the dignity of every human person, including persons with same-sex attraction. At the same time, the Church sustains that marriage is a sacrament instituted by God, not by man or by institution, and can only be between one man and one woman. This teaching is not a judgment about persons who experience same-sex attraction, but a statement about how the Church has always understood the nature of marriage itself. It was disappointing to hear the Supreme Court’s ruling; however, its decision does not change the fact that the Roman Catholic Church has consistently taught and will

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Mother Emanuel Hope Fund

The “Mother Emanuel Hope Fund” has been established by Boeing with a $100,000 donation for the families of the victims of the Emanuel AME Church deaths. A check may be mailed to: Mother Emanuel Hope Fund c/o City of Charleston P.O. Box 304 Charleston, SC 29402 Contributions can be made online at the Wells Fargo Bank Website or any Wells Fargo Bank Branch.

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Novena for the Victims of Emanuel AME Church Tragedy

  Dear Parishioners: In the wake of the deadly shooting at Emanuel AME Church, Bishop Guglielmone asks that all South Carolina Catholics pray a novena for the victims of the massacre, and for healing within the Emanuel AME Church community. As a reminder, a novena is one prayer or a series of prayers that are said for nine days in a row. Below is a suggested prayer that you can offer up for the next nine days: “Lord, we pray for those who have been devastated by recent tragedies. We remember those who have lost their lives so suddenly. We

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