
Catholics Mobilize After Monster Storm System Hits Midwest and South
Missouri and Arkansas parishioners and parishes among those impacted by tornadoes.
Missouri and Arkansas parishioners and parishes among those impacted by tornadoes.
Believed to be an EF-4, based on data from the National Weather Service, the tornado has killed at least five people and injured 35.
The parish itself, which is in the process of building a new sanctuary about half a mile from its current site, was relatively untouched, but homes 'half a mile to a mile' away were flattened.
Local newspaper says it is the deadliest tornado in the Magnolia State in at least 50 years.
Outpouring of donations, supplies, cards and letters reach many impacted by the fatal storms.
Speaking after his Angelus address on Dec. 12, he referred to the tornadoes that left a wake of destruction in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.
About 45 parishioners of St. John the Evangelist Church in Emory, Texas, took refuge in a hallway.
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