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Homecoming for new priest at St. Matthew
Father Brett Brannen grew up in Statesboro
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Father Brett Brannen is settling into his office at St. Matthew Catholic Church in Statesboro. - photo by Al Hackle/special
Father Brett Brannen did something that no other priest assigned to pastor St. Matthew Catholic Church in Statesboro has ever done before. He grew up here.He is mindful of the words of Jesus in Matthew 13:57, "A prophet is never without honor except in his native town." But to be a parish priest is, after all, not quite the same calling.
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