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Three Archdiocese of Mobile seminarians received the ministry of acolyte and two seminarians received the ministry of lector on Feb. 18 at St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology. President-Rector Fr. Denis Robinson, OSB installed the acolytes and lectors. 

Few people like to be awaken by an alarm clock from a sound sleep. Some people will turn the alarm off and go back to sleep. Others will repeatedly hit the snooze button trying to get some additional sleep. Others will get up and get going.

“Reading can bring people together in many ways; we can be brought together as friends through common, shared experiences.” — Little Flower Catholic School eighth-grader Asia Smith 

Imagine one's mother suffering a stroke and unable to return to her prior functioning. One develops a plan to meet her needs, but it’s overwhelming. Will one have to move in with mom or quit a job to care for her? Friends suggest it would be easier to place mom in a nursing home. Help!

The Catholic Charities Appeal would not be possible without the amazing team of dedicated volunteers. The challenges that our faithful volunteers conquered due to the pandemic are remarkable. 

While ministering to young people and their families, there has been an unexpected but enjoyable aspect that I have been reflecting on lately: generational research and insight. I am not sure if I would have been interested in something so sociological if I was not active in ministering to a certain generation, while knowing my own generation, and appreciating the parents’ and other adults’ generation. 

El 27 de febrero los dominicanos celebramos el día de la independencia nacional. Ese día, en el año 1844, se inició la lucha para expulsar a las fuerzas invasoras haitianas que habían ocupado la parte oriental de la isla 22 años antes. A la cabeza de la guerra de independencia se encontraba Juan Pablo Duarte, quien es considerado como el arquitecto de la independencia dominicana.

I love to eat.  When we as humans eat something our digestive system takes the food, which is not a part of our body, and turns it into energy and minerals that become a part of our cells.  That which we cannot use is discarded as waste.  In other words, what we eat becomes part of us.  This is a true incorporation, literally speaking.  We are all familiar with the expression, “You are what you eat.”

50 Years Ago Rev. Russell Biven and Dr. John Slaughter were featured speakers at the Family Life Conference.

Thank you for reading this letter. As we begin this Season of Lent, I urge each of us to take to heart the message of Jesus as He began His public ministry: “Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” (Mk 1:15) If we believe the Gospel message, that God so loves us that He took flesh in order to die for our sins, we would want to repent, confess our sins, and accept the gift of eternal life He offers us.

Arch Mob Youth Fest coming to parishes

BATTLES WHARF — Progress continues to be made on the construction of Holy Spirit Hall and now reservations are being accepted for the retreat center. 

Since the inauguration of the new president I have noticed a huge uptick in political posts on social media, more political topics during shows on Catholic radio, and so many conversations with Catholic friends end up with politics. 

Congratulations to Christ the King Catholic School seventh-grader Andrew Kiernan, who won the 58th annual Mobile/Baldwin Catholic Schools Spelling Bee on Jan. 27 at St. Pius X Parish.

MOBILE — The McGill-Toolen Catholic High School community paid tribute to longtime assistant boys' basketball coach Mark Shelley in a pregame ceremony on Feb. 2. Shelley died on Jan. 25 at the age of 63 after a battle with COVID-19.

50 Years Ago St. Jude School of Practical Nursing held graduation ceremonies for 17 graduates. Betty Tomlin, executive director, Alabama Board of Nursing, gave the address.

MOBILE — Anthony Tobin and Lauren Alley have heard God’s call to minister to inner city and unchurched teenagers.

Though the decision was made months ago, it finally hit me just a few days ago: we would not be taking a March for Life pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. this year. From an abstract place, I knew in the back of my mind that this was going to be the reality. Yet, from a practical place of actually looking at my calendar, it’s actually starting to take root. 

Alo largo del año pasado, un año marcado por la pandemia del COVID-19, la comunidad hispana de la Arquidiócesis de Mobile ha sido tocada profundamente. Las necesidades y los retos en nuestras comunidades han sido grandes; padres han perdido sus empleos y la manera de sustentar a sus familias, muchos hemos perdido seres queridos, tanto en Estados Unidos como en nuestros países de origen.

In 1997 Pope St. John Paul II established World Day for Consecrated Life to be celebrated in conjunction with the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, Feb. 2.  This feast is also known as Candlemas Day, the day on which candles are blessed symbolizing Christ who is the light of the world.  So too, those in consecrated life are called to reflect the light of Jesus Christ to all peoples through the unique witness of their lives of service and of contemplative prayer.