Books from closed Catholic school to find new home in New Orleans

Published: 2006-02-01

NEW CASTLE, Del. (CNS) -- Library books that have been gathering dust since Holy Spirit School in New Castle closed in spring 2005 will have a new home in New Orleans, where they will be used by students in schools flooded by Hurricane Katrina. "It's nice to know that the books are going to be used," said Father Roy Pollard, pastor of Holy Spirit Parish. "The library is sort of like the phoenix, coming back to life." Precisely where the books will wind up has not been determined. Some New Orleans Catholic schools have reopened and others have merged, at least for the time being. The Archdiocese of New Orleans is in the process of deciding which other schools will open next year as the city recovers from flooding caused by Katrina. The books filled 130 medium-sized moving boxes, said Josephite Father Darren Hazeur, associate novice director for his religious community. Fifteen plastic bins containing other educational supplies, such as maps, also were prepared for shipment. The material was to remain at Holy Spirit until it could be shipped, Father Hazeur told The Dialog, newspaper of the Wilmington Diocese.

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