Resurrection Parish pastor, Fr. David Kennedy, raises the Eucharist during the first Mass celebrated by the parish after the Dec. 10 tornado destroyed its church building. Resurrection’s Dcn. Mike Marsili, left, says that though the transition has been difficult, “I am pleased that our parish community is staying together. As bad as the storm was, it didn’t scatter us any. But Fr. (Kennedy) and I know there is a lot of work ahead. You can see it moving forward; it gives us hope.” COURTESY OF JAMES KENNEY
‘What we still have is our community’
BY JAMES KENNEY, SPECIAL TO THE WESTERN KENTUCKY CATHOLIC
After the Dec. 10, 2021 tornado devastated Resurrection Parish in Dawson Springs, the members of this small Catholic community are determined to stay together despite the loss of their church building. After removing everything they could from the crippled church building, they “built” a new, temporary, church in a small building behind the house of parishioners Donnie and Rhonda Mills.
James Kenney is the coordinator of the photojournalism program at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green.
Originally printed in the February 2022 issue of The Western Kentucky Catholic.