Memorial Mass for UA Student James Gracey

It's March 23rd, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Birmingham News today.

Local news powered by AI, a memorial mass is set for James Gracie, a University of Alabama

student who drowned during a trip to Barcelona.

The service takes place at 6 p.m. at St. Francis of a CC University parish on 5th Avenue in

Tuscaloosa.

Gracie had gone to Spain to visit friends and vanished early on March 17th.

Friends and security footage captured him, leaving a nightclub and walking toward a

breakwater at Port Olympic.

The loss has hit hard on campus and among his loved ones, prompting the university community

to come together in grief.

Friends describe him as, outgoing and full of life.

Initial autopsy findings confirm drowning as the cause, according to local reports.

Catalan police now rule it an accident, with no evidence of foul play.

The night's mass provides a space to honor his memory and offer comfort to those mourning.