50 Years
Archbishop Thomas J. Toolen celebrated his 45th anniversary as a bishop.
Dallas County Science winners from Queen of Peace School, Selma, were Greg Gleming, Tom Jones, Perry Robinson and Tony Crear.
St. Mary’s “Blue Devils” won the Junior Division of the Mobile annual soccer tournament.
U. S. Magistrate, Mrs. Eleanor Oakley, was guest speaker at St. Columba Catholic Women’s Club.
Fr. Bernard McKenna and Fr. Joseph F. Tomey celebrated their silver jubilees.
Thirty-three nurses received diplomas at ceremonies for graduates of St. Margaret’s School of Nursing.
Officers of Catholic High School PTA were: Mr. Anthony Castanza, Sr., president; Mr. Frank Rose, vice president; Mrs. Charles Cobb, secretary; and Mrs. Robert C. Majors, treasurer.
St. Theresa’s Altar Society of St. Bede Parish elected the following officers: Mrs. Brenda Gauldin, president; Mrs. Catherine Olm, vice president; Mrs. Jo Ann Martinson, secretary; and Mrs. Renata Wood, treasurer.
Fr. Phillip Lambert, founding pastor of Our Lady of the Gulf Parish, Gulf Shores, celebrated his Golden Jubilee.
25 Years
St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Parish in Chickasaw celebrated its 50th anniversary. Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb presided at the Mass. Fr. John Lynes served as pastor.
Corpus Christi School Regional Technology winners were: Jeremy Crowley, Mary Erin Imwallee, Kriston Hanson, Lauren Covan, Brian Long, P.J. Cowan, Katy Willis, Alicia Phelps, Chris Griffin, Eric Monhaut, Timmy Gentry and Kevin Dudeck.
Our Lady Queen of Mercy School students Marie Petitti, Margaret Simpson and Rebecca Sowell participated in the Alabama Regional Science Fair at Auburn University. They were accompanied by teacher Pat Tracy.
Among the pastoral changes announced by Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb were: Fr. Peter J. Cunningham, pastor of St. Mary Parish, Mobile; Fr. Henry E. Dickson, S.S.J., administrator of Mother Mary Parish, Plateau and Our Lady of Fatima, Prichard; Fr. William P. Folsom, pastor of Our Lady Queen of Mercy Parish, Montgomery; Fr. Michael D. Kelly, pastor of St. Pius X Parish, Mobile; Fr. Charles E. McNeice, S.S.E., pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Tuskegee; Fr. Eamon Miley, pastor of St. Edmund-by-the-Sea, Dauphin Island; Fr. David R. Tokarz, pastor of St. Bede the Venerable Parish, Montgomery; Rev. Msgr. Kenneth J. Klepac, pastor of St. Joan of Arc Parish, Mobile; Fr. Robert Keiltyka, pastor of St. John’s parish, Butler; Fr. Edward P. Markley, O.S.B., pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Lillian; Rev. Patrick Maher, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Mobile; and Fr. Thomas D. Weise, pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Phenix City. Fr. Paul G. Zoghby was appointed Director of Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of Mobile.
Holy Family School, Mobile, satisfactorily completed a two year accreditation process by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).
— Anne Baggett compiles information for Looking Back from past issues of this newspaper. Anne is a member of St. Mary Parish in Mobile.