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Pagans and friends from Mississippi and Alabama gather at Camp Sister Spirit in Ovett, Mississippi for a Circle Celebration. Here they call the Quarters and the directions and cast the circle. |
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The High Priestess and High Priest of the evening's ritual invoke the Gods and Goddesses during a Circle Celebration at Camp Sister Spirit in Ovett, Mississippi. |
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Pagans and friends Raise the Cone of Power (harness the power of the group). |
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Members of St. Rose De Lima Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, leave the building after an evening mass at the church. |
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Glory Slocum, Laili Fink, Albert Fink and Shereen Mock participate in a Baha'i study circle on Islam in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Baha'is believe that all major religions come from the same God and are part of God's eternal covenant with mankind. Therefore, they believe that learning about other religions is very important and valuable knowledge. |
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Members of the Church of the Vietnamese Martyrs, a Catholic Church in Biloxi, Mississippi, process from
one station to the next during the Stations of the Cross service that takes place on Good Friday. The service consists of prayers, hymns and reflections on 14 stations representing various aspects of Christ's journey to His death. |
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Rev. Dominic Phan, priest at the Church of the Vietnamese Martyrs, leads his congregation in prayer at one of the 14 Stations of the Cross. To "do" the Stations of the Cross,
the priest and members of the congregation pray, then, starting
at the first station, reflect on the episode illustrated by that station and then pray and/or
sing an appropriate hymn. Then they go to the next station. |
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Church members stop at one of the
14 Stations of the Cross to pray. Some members of the congregation push a wooden statue of Jesus
carrying a cross from station to station. |
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Some members of the Church of the Vietnamese Martyrs in Biloxi, Mississippi, play drums to let other members know when the priest has arrived at the next Station of the Cross. |
