FREEPORT - The Catholic Annual Island-wide Mission will take place on March 5 through 9 this year, bringing all Catholic parishes on Grand Bahama together as residents prepare for the upcoming Easter season. Under this year's theme, "Living the Christian Life each day: From Death to Resurrection," the mission will be held 7.30pm each night at Mary, Star of the Sea Church, where Monsignor Patrick Anthony will be the guest preacher. The Catholic parishes of Mary, Star of the Sea, St Vincent de Paul, St Agnes and St Michael, and the Our Lady of Perpetual Help are extending an invitation to all residents of Grand Bahama to embrace this week of spiritual renewal and enrichment. Monsignor Anthony is director of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre in St Lucia, and Archdiocesan press officer. He holds a Masters degree in theology from Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, and a doctorate from the English Department of the University of the West Indies, Trinidad. Theologian, cultural activist and communications specialist, Msgr Anthony is the founder of the Folk Research Centre in St Lucia.