CHARLOTTE — Bishop Peter Jugis has appointed Deacon James Witulski to the role of Prison Ministry Coordinator for the Diocese of Charlotte.
In 2014, Deacon Witulski was appointed the Liaison for Catholic Jail Ministry-Mecklenburg County, where he developed a seasoned group of volunteers and personally ministered to those in need.
He will continue these efforts and now make them part of his responsibility of Diocesan Prison Ministry Coordinator. Deacon Witulski also continues to serve at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Charlotte.
— Deacon John Martino
CHARLOTTE — Father Christopher Roux, rector of St. Patrick Cathedral, was welcomed Oct. 13 into the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem during a Mass offered by Bishop Peter Jugis at St. Patrick Cathedral.
The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, an ancient Catholic order for men and women, was started by the pope during the Crusades when the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem was under attack.
Today, they still defend the Catholic identity of the Holy Land through their financial contributions.
There are more than 30,000 members of the order in 40 nations worldwide. Members are required to travel regularly on pilgrimage to the Holy Land, providing aid to Christians living in the Latin Patriarchate, which consists of about 60 parishes, around 40 schools and more than 150,000 faithful, in Jordan, Palestine, Israel and Cyprus.
The global amount of aid annually sent to the Holy Land is more than $10 million. Knights and ladies wear capes featuring a thick red “Jerusalem cross” that has four miniature crosses in each corner of the main cross. Each of the five crosses represents the five wounds of Christ. Learn more about their work at www.holysepulchre.net.
— Photo provided by James Sarkis
