On last Tuesday

before Thanksgiving, Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School in north Fayette

hosted an Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service and invited area ministers to

participate. Father Paul Bryant, the school's chaplain, a delightful brother

hailing from Ireland, facilitated our participation in the service and

then hosted us to a delicious smothered fried chicken feast.

Our Lady of

Mercy School right now has a student population of 160, but that number

will grow rapidly as the word gets out about this superior college preparatory

school sitting right across from Evander Holyfield's huge estate. The

administration is sharp and the faculty all look and sound like past merit

scholars. There's an air of excellence and achievement as you enter the

front door.

But