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☆ The* Sou ^00^ Diocese of Savannah hern <Eross Vol. 80, No. 36 Thursday, October 19, 2000 Family Life Office BACK IN ACTION —SEE PAGE 6 $.50 PER ISSUE Deanery pilgrimage draws busloads of young Catholics Three busloads of Catholic youth stopped at four local churches and the Celtic Cross for prayer during the Savannah deanery youth pilgrimage on October 15. Above left: The youths arrive at Saint Benedict the Moor Parish downtown, the “Mother Church of Black Catholics*' in Savannah. Above right: Father Albert Bickerstaff, OSB, tells the young people about Our Lady of Good Hope Chapel on the Isle of Hope. The chapel, now part of Saint James Parish, was founded by Benedictines after the Civil War. Left: Tommy Brunson explains the Celtic Cross in Emmet Park. Right The youths arrive at Sacred Heart Church on Bull Street. The participants also visited the grotto at Our Lady of Lourdes, Port Wentworth. Photos by Jonas N. Jordan. j