My Ocean Springs: 2007 in Pictures

Father Henry McInerney gives a watchful eye to the reading of the Gospel at a special Grandparent’s Day Mass at St. Alphonsus Catholic Church in downtown Ocean Springs. No offering of Ocean Springs would be complete without including the largest religious community in town, and the five-thousand people that populate the St. Alphonsus parish makes it the biggest by far. Historically, Mississippi has been considered a mission field by the Catholic Church, and for many years now priests from Ireland have left their native country to live and serve on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, with Father McInerney continuing that long tradition. St. Alphonsus Catholic Church was named for an early 18th Century priest from Naples, known for preaching the Gospel to the poor.