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By Cole DeSantis, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - NASONVILLE — Former Auxiliary Bishop Robert C. Evans celebrated Mass for a large group of the faithful in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Shrine of the Little Flower — the oldest shrine dedicated to St. Therese in the United States and the second oldest globally — on August 20. (PHOTO: COLE DESANTIS)

By Cole DeSantis, Rhode Island Catholic Correspondent - EAST GREENWICH — “In giving the world priests, He gives us His own Son’s mediators on earth, earthen vessels that we are, and imperfect and weak as we can be. No priest knows why God has called him, but every priest surely knows that God has called him.” (PHOTO: COLE DESANTIS)

EAST GREENWICH — The Most Reverend Robert C. Evans, former Auxiliary Bishop of Providence, will observe the Golden Jubilee of his priestly ordination by celebrating Holy Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Church, 65 3rd St., on Sunday, July 2, at 10:30 a.m. The Most Reverend Salvatore R. Matano, Bishop of Rochester, will serve as homilist. An outdoor reception in Mercy Park will follow. All are welcome to attend. (PHOTO: LAURA KILGUS)

At the Chrism Mass almost four years ago, the Most Reverend Robert C. Evans concluded his homily to the priests of Providence with these sobering words: “Perhaps, when all is said and done, the most we can hope for is others to have said of us: he was a Catholic priest.” The bishop’s words inspire reflection on the supernatural identity of every priest.

MOULTRIE, Ga./PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Driving through Southwest Georgia, as Rhode Island Catholic did last summer, it takes a little effort to reach the small town of Moultrie, which is located about 20 miles west of I-75, a little more than an hour from the Alabama border. The town of about 14,000 is named after William Moultrie, a military captain and patriot in the American Revolutionary War.

Looking Back at Rhode Island Catholic Coverage ahead of Bishop Evans’ Consecration