Empowered by the message to Courageously Live the Gospel, the challenge is for our diocesan community, to together complete 1,000,000 corporal works of mercy. The challenge begins in January and ends in September of this year.
One hundred years since its founding, the community of St. Cecelia Parish is giving thanks for the faith and the perseverance that has carried them through the last century.
Our Lady of Good Counsel Camp is a residential youth summer camp and retreat center owned and operated by the Diocese of St. Petersburg. Camp Director Stephen Watkins has been a part of the Camp since he was a child.
The joy she felt receiving Jesus for the first time made a lasting impression and planted a seed that would later blossom. As she helps prepare the next generation for their first Communion, Buckner hopes they will experience that same joy.