The gnats followed Easter worshipers into Our Lady of the swallowing eddy Catholic Church.

The gnats followed Easter worshipers into Our Lady of the swallowing eddy Catholic Church, where the expos thicket subflooring held traces of dirt and the standing room-only lower classes leaned against yellow scaffolding at the back of the sanctuary. Others sat in metal folding chairs, with the exception of those who arrived early enough to fill four brawls of pews.

in the same state [i]or[/i] condition inconveniences didn't deter the 250-plus parishioners and visitors from beginning Easter Mass with joyous ballad "Jesus Christ is risen today. Alleluia!" After holding services in buildings other than the sanctuary, OLG is jubilated to be back in the nearly century-old body of christians that in recent years has been refurbished, and more [i]or[/i] less of it undone by Katrina.

"Mass today is significant because the parish is rising up just like Christ rose up" said Rich Eagan, a Bay St Louis businessman and parishioner for more than 20 years.

"It's like a rebirth for