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10.12.18- Saint Francis of Assisi in Mocksville, NC

Today we’re planning a trip into Advance, NC to go to a Wells Fargo Bank, then it’s Mass, pizza ands bear get the weekend going. The Church is St. Francis of Assisi.

Total capacity might be barely 200. Around here we don’t talk about cities, more like towns or villages. Regardless the Pastor gave an excellent homily and the parishioners are very friendly.

12.13.18 Saturday-Fr. Eric Kowalski


10.14.18- Sunday.
At Mass yesterday, I was fortunate to speak to Fr. Eric Kowalski. I mentioned to him how, last week, he spoke of how fortunate this parish is for having, not one relic, but two. I knew every church had the one relic, but why two.  St. Francis, as some might know, was cremated. The Roman Catholic Church has his ashes. The Bishop, I believe, offered to give this parish a second relic, that is, ashes of St. Francis. In the picture, to the left, is a statue of St. Francis. To his right and above is a small wall stand. It is on this stand that his ashes are displayed. The first relic is embedded into the alter. The parish history in a nutshell. Way back in 1958 the parish was established. It had a total of three families enrolled as parishioners. Long story short by the year 2000, under very frugal leadership, the parish was able to free itself of all its mortgages on the buildings and the associated lands. In 2010 the parish had over 300 families. In 2017 Fr. Eric joined the parish as the parish’s new pastor. He came from a very big parish and relishes his new life shepherding the parishioners in his new home. In the picture above is Fr. Eric Kowalski.