Nativity of the Blessed 

Virgin Mary Cathedral

Welcome to the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral Parish!  We hope you will join us for worship, fellowship, and the many special events we host and share throughout the year. Our Cathedral Parish has a rich history and we invite you to explore our website to learn more about our parish, our people, and our faith.

NATIVITY CATHEDRAL YOUTH MINISTRY—Youth Ministry will kick off this Sunday, September 10 for all youth in grades 6-12.  We will begin with an afternoon of bowling & pizza at Cypress Lanes from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. and a Youth Mass will follow at Nativity B.V.M. Cathedral at 5:30 p.m.  Please contact Kristy Arguelles (324-9934) or Kim Audo (365-3248) or email nativityyouthministrybiloxi@gmail.com if you are interested in attending.  Transportation is available from the Youth Hall to the Bowling Alley and/or from the Bowling Alley to 5:30 Mass.  We look forward to seeing you there!

NATIVITY BVM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RAFFLE—Nativity BVM  Elementary School is raffling off a Louis Vuitton Neverfull MM purse for $20 a ticket. 500 tickets are being sold and the drawing is on October 14th. Do not need to be present to win. Tickets can be purchased online: www.nativitybvm.org or call the office 228-432-2269

ANNUAL BLUE MASS—As a community of faith, we do well to come together in prayer for the protection and support of our First Responders.  Our Blue Mass will be held on September 17, 2017 at 9:00 a.m., in our Cathedral for our firemen, policemen, chiefs, sheriffs, and government officials.  This Mass petitions protection from God for all who are engaged in the virtue of keeping peace, order, and law in our communities.  Please join us!

NATIVITY CATHEDRAL CHOIR—Those individuals that are considering joining the Music Ministry Family are encouraged to join us at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday night for our weekly rehearsal.  There are “NO” requirements to joining our program.  Come and give us/give the experience a try!  You may find this Ministry to be a true blessing to you, as you become a true blessing to the Music & Fine Arts Ministry of the Church.

If you are interested in this or any of the possible Music and Fine Arts Ministries of the Cathedral, please feel free to contact Terry D. Maddox at:  Office: 228-967-7230, Cell: 251-406-1454 or terrydalemaddox@gmail.com.

RCIA—The Rite of Christian Initiation is an invitation for adults to explore their interests, or to enhance their knowledge, in the Roman Catholic Church.  The R.C.I.A. lays out a process in which men and women are guided and cared for as they awaken in faith and are gradually introduced to the Catholic way of life.  The Nativity Parish will begin R.C.I.A. classes on Tuesday, September 12th at 6:00 p.m.  Participants will meet weekly for nine months in the Sacred Heart Center.  If you are interested, please contact Greg or Penny Payne at 228-365-6348. 

DIACONATE FORMATION—The Biloxi diocese has announced plans for a new Formation Class for the Permanent Diaconate to begin in the fall of 2018.  Pre-selection information sessions will be conducted from 8:30 until Noon on Saturday, Sept. 19th at St. Elizabeth Seton, Ocean Springs.  For interested men, attendance at one of these sessions is mandatory.  Your wife is also required to attend.  For additional information, please call 228-702-2107. 

WORKSHOPS FOR EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS AND LECTORS—Father Colten Symmes will oversee the Workshops for the new Extraordinary Ministers and Lectors.  The dates are as follows:  Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion – September 21st, at 6:00 p.m. in the Cathedral; Lectors – September 28th, at 6:00 p.m. in the Cathedral.

BISHOP KIHNEMAN'S HOMILIES—Bishop Kihneman's homilies will be available each week on the Nativity B.V.M. Cathedral Podcast.  To listen to Bishop Kihneman's homilies, as well as those of other celebrants, you have the option of listening directly on our website, on our podcast home page, or on your mobile device by downloading an app.  Click here for easy instructions on adding the Nativity B.V.M. Podcast app to your mobile device!

Pope Francis has named Msgr. Louis F. Kihneman, a priest of the Diocese of Corpus Christi, Texas, to serve as the fourth Bishop of Biloxi.  The appointment was announced December 16 in Washington, D.C. by the papal nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Christophe Pierre.

Bishop Kihneman, the new chief shepherd of the 58,000 Catholics in South Mississippi, succeeds Bishop Roger Morin, who reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 on March 7, 2016.  Bishop Kihneman was introduced at a news conference at the Pastoral Center of the Diocese of Biloxi.

“It is with great joy and deep humility and faith that I accept the appointment by our Holy Father to be the next Bishop of the Diocese of Biloxi.  I have been deeply touched by the welcome and hospitality that I have already received, especially from Bishop Morin and my brother priests,” he said.  “As a son of a family of the Gulf Coast, I have fond memories of summers and summer camp as a boy in the area and thus I feel as if the Lord has led me full circle in some ways back home.  I look forward to getting to know you and growing with you in the love of Jesus Christ and together sharing that love with all our brother and sisters.  We have a deep call to share the Word of God, the Good News with all and to bring them to Christ.  I look forward to building on all the good work that has already been done. May our loving God bless us as we build up his kingdom together.”