Saturday, September 03, 2005

Faith survives the storm
Churches plan services, survey damage
Posted on Sat, Sep. 03, 2005
BY KAT BERGERON
SUN HERALD

The historic 1891 bell tower of Biloxi's Episcopal Church of the Redeemer is silent. This Mississippi Coast symbol of survival rang defiantly as the winds of Hurricane Camille claimed its sanctuary.

In Katrina 36 years later, the red wooden tower fell.

The beachfront site was chosen as the appropriate sacred ground for the Hurricane Camille Memorial Wall, with its beautiful mosaic pool and granite etched list of 172 names of the dead and missing in the 1969 hurricane. That memorial is at least badly damaged.

Informs a sign on the Redeemer grounds: ''Mass 9 a.m. Sunday. Bring Lawn Chairs.''
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