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Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer of Savannah, left, talks with others after celebrating Mass at the Santa Catalina de Guale mission site on St. Catherines Island in Georgia Oct. 14. It was his first visit to the site of the oldest church in Georgia. The mission dates back to the 1570s and has been the subject of study by archaeologists for nearly three decades. Scientists on the island continue to excavate with a sense of urgency as erosion from rising sea levels threaten the remains of a vanished American Indian community. (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec) (Oct. 15, 2013) See story to come.

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Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer of Savannah, left, talks with others after celebrating Mass at the Santa Catalina de Guale mission site on St. Catherines Island in Georgia Oct. 14. It was his first visit to the site of the oldest church in Georgia. The mission dates back to the 1570s and has been the subject of study by archaeologists for nearly three decades. Scientists on the island continue to excavate with a sense of urgency as erosion from rising sea levels threaten the remains of a vanished American Indian community. (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec) (Oct. 15, 2013) See story to come.