MOORESVILLE — Good friends never say “goodbye,” they simply say, “See you soon!”
This was the sentiment of hundreds of St. Therese parishioners who bid their appreciation and care for Father Henry Tutuwan, who has been assigned by Bishop Peter Jugis as pastor of St. Benedict the Moor Church in Winston-Salem.
Father Tutuwan had a short tenure at St. Therese Church, but he touched the heart of the parish with his energy, enthusiasm and great love of God. Before he left the parish earlier this month, parishioners offered support to his home diocese through donations of more than $15,000 to the Cameroon Education Fund.
This fund provides education, food, housing and medical care for thousands of displaced people from the English-speaking region of Cameroon because of recent conflicts.
The CUIB Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. For more information about the needs in Cameroon or to donate online, go online to www.cuibfoundation.org. Donations may also be mailed to: CUIB Foundation, P.O. Box 269, Gastonia, NC 28053.
— Lisa Cash
SPARTA — A Knights of Columbus admission degree was held and a roundtable formed July 22 at St. Frances of Rome Mission in Sparta.
Ten Knights received the First Degree of the order. This began the formation of a roundtable connected to the St. Francis of Assisi Council 16839 in Jefferson. Shown with the new Knights are the officers who conducted the degree.
— Patrick Hession, correspondent