Beaumont Diocese reopens chancery; schools to reopen Oct. 17

Published: 2005-10-10

BEAUMONT, Texas (CNS) -- The Beaumont Diocese announced it was moving back into its chancery offices Oct. 10 and that Catholic schools in Beaumont, Port Arthur and Orange were to reopen Oct. 17. After Hurricane Rita tore its way up the Texas-Louisiana border, administrative staff members of the diocese had been operating out of temporary offices in Houston with space and telephone lines provided by the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. The diocese planned to be back to its regular business hours of 8 a.m.-5 p.m. In announcing the reopening of schools, George Pressey, superintendent of schools for the diocese, also said that students will have a regular day of classes Oct. 17.

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