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Article: After Katrina, WNY native brought faith back to his New Orleans parish: NATIONAL BLACK CATHOLICS CONGRESS.
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- The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)
- Article date:
- July 15, 2007
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Byline: Amanda Erickson
Jul. 15--After almost two years of helping his parishioners cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Jamestown native Joseph Campion offered some of them the chance to take a much needed break.
Campion, a Catholic priest who heads a parish in New Orleans, led a group of 30 parishioners on a 19- hour trip to his home turf -- Western New York -- for the 10th National Black Catholics Congress, which is in Buffalo this weekend.
For Royce Williams Jr., 19, one of the parishioners, the chance to make friends and play basketball with Campion's brothers was a lot of fun.
Williams lost his house and most of his ...