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2022 Gala.
Caring Hearts. Helping Hands. Changing Lives.
The Junior Auxiliary of Biloxi-Ocean Springs
story and photo courtesy of Junior Auxiliary of Biloxi-Ocean Springs
The Junior Auxiliary of Biloxi-Ocean Springs (JABOS) is
a charitable organization benefiting children, youth, and
their families on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. JABOS believes wholeheartedly in our motto “Caring Hearts. Helping Hands. Changing Lives.” Our goal is to improve and enrich the lives of young people and their families by meeting their physical, medical, emotional, and educational needs today in hopes of making a difference in their lives for tomorrow and years to come.
St. Augustine Seminary
100th Year Celebration
story by Victoria Snyder
photos courtesy of St. Augustine Seminary
TOP: St. Augustine Seminary as it is now. RIGHT: Picture from the beginning in 1923.
In the last year, JABOS has served over 30,000 children and their families, which includes over 4,000 service hours served locally.
Would you like to make a difference in a child’s life? Join us Friday, June 2, 2023, at IP Casino Resort Spa for our 17th Annual “Gala for the Kids.” From 7 p.m.-12 a.m., you can enjoy live entertainment, a silent auction, split the pot, food, and a cash bar!
For more information visit jabos2023.givesmart.com
On September 16, 1923, St. Augustine Seminary in Bay St. Louis opened. Its opening is considered to be one of the most important events for Black Catholics in the United States, because it signaled a new beginning: St. Augustine Seminary was the first seminary meant to train Black priests in the United States. At a time when most Catholic colleges and seminaries did not admit Black students, and those seeking
to go into priesthood had to train abroad, this changed the landscape of the Catholic church in the 20th century.
St. Augustine Seminary was established by the Society of
the Divine Word, who had been working tirelessly to educate Black children and convert Black people to Catholicism in the United States.
To celebrate this centennial anniversary, St. Augustine Seminary will be hosting a gospel and jazz concert celebration on October 28-29. There will be historical displays, tours of the Seminary, entertainment, a procession from St. Rose de Lima Church to St. Augustine Seminary, and more.
St. Augustine Seminary
199 Seminary Dr., Bay St. Louis • 228.467.6414 Facebook @Saint Augustine Seminary
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