[StBernard] Crucifix

[Westley Annis]

	Thanks for sharing that great story!  I know it effected everyone of
us upon returning; actually, it scared me!  I thought ugh-oh, this can't be
good!  No, it was worse, but this year we are truly blessed and snug as a
bug in our new home!  MsSimms



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	> Posted on Nola.com 10/01/05 
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	> I am a teacher at St. Mark and when I saw the statue, I
immediately knew that it 
	> was from in front of the church. The story goes like this...The
Fire Department 
	> went out immediately after Katrina to do Search and Rescue. They
saw "a body" in 
	> the water and rushed over to it. It was the crucifix of Jesus.
They stood it up 
	> and took a picture of the cross surrounded by all of this
devastion. In order to 
	> get it out of the water, they placed it on top of the arbor by the
St. Joseph 
	> statue (in honor of the Pohlmann family) and they left it up high,
out of the 
	> water. The Sheriff's office asked Father Mark Lomax if he minded
if they put it 
	> at the entrance to the parish and he couldn't think of a m ore
appropriate place. 
	> Hopefully, one day, it will be erected at a new, beautiful
Catholic Church in 
	> OUR PARISH. God Bless, Kim Duplantier