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Whether it’s visiting Church in the Pines on Lake Martin in Tallassee or at 51 other churches in the 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, author Daniel Markham feels called to be there.

The Sisters of St. Joseph, Rochester, are a household name in Dallas County and the county seat, Selma, where the poverty rate is above 25 percent. Today that name is associated with Sister Pat and Sister Kathy who have been ministering with the Edmundite Missions in this area for over 20 years.

As an athlete, I was constantly figuring out the best role for myself to help my team achieve success. The best coaches that I played for would guide me through this process along with my teammates because the team results were the most important objective. 

I think most people are familiar with the concept that human beings use both faith and reason to come to knowledge. We usually see this when we are talking about coming to know God. As Catholics we know that we must have faith, but we also know that our faith must be informed with reason. These two faculties work hand in hand.

El evangelio según San Mateo nos describe el inicio de la vida pública de Jesús, en el podemos observar cuando Jesús empezó a predicar, y como llamó a Simón Pedro y a su hermano Andrés mientras pescaban a la orilla del mar de Galilea diciéndoles: Vengan conmigo y los haré pescadores de hombres.

Father James E. Coyle died on August 11, 1921, in Birmingham, Alabama. It is more correct to say that he was murdered. It is perhaps even more correct to say that he was martyred.

MOBILE — Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi celebrated Mass on July 16 at Carmelite Monastery in Mobile to commemorate the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

SELMA — Alabama has one of the nation’s lowest rates of vaccination against COVID-19.  Rates are especially low for the state’s poor and rural populations.  

Hace casi dos años que con tristeza dijimos hasta luego al reverendo padre Jose Luis Mesa, S.J., al momento de ser transferido a El Paso, TX para servir en la labor misionera de acoger a los refugiados e inmigrantes hispanos que estaban llegando a territorio Estadounidense a través de esa ciudad.

Thirteen years ago this month I started on a journey when I accepted my first full-time position at St. Joseph in Macon, Ga. Up until that time I had lived my entire life in Texas, and all but three years in Dallas. I felt that God was calling me to ministry but I was very unsure about leaving my home, my family and my friends. 

MOBILE — Their ministry at Corpus Christi Parish is over after more than 33 years of faithful service, but Fr. James Zoghby and Fr. John Boudreaux will still proclaim the Good News.

MOBILE — Hospitality and service run in new Mercy LIFE of Alabama executive director David Grimes’ blood.

Parishioners at St. Columba Catholic Parish in Dothan will bid farewell this month to Sister Miriam Fiduccia, a Missionary Servant of the Most Blessed Trinity (commonly known as a Trinitarian Sister). Sister Miriam has served this faith community for nearly 17 years as a pastoral associate. The specific mission of Trinitarians is the preservation of the Faith among those who may be spiritually neglected due to locale and opportunities to grow and be nourished by their Catholic Faith. And the chief effort is to develop a missionary spirit within the laity, with the goal being that every Catholic will be an apostle spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ. St. Columba is the only parish in Houston County and often Sister Miriam is the only Catholic or only Catholic Sister that people have met. She says she has been blessed to participate in a number of ecumenical activities locally and it has been particularly enriching to have been invited to participate in the local women’s clergy group. “We have been supportive to one another in our ministries and one of our most meaningful tasks is to plan the annual Inter-Faith Thanksgiving Prayer Service in Dothan.” With an educational background in social work and a Master's in Theology, along with varied ministry experiences throughout the U.S., Sister Miriam has had an opportunity to be the missionary of which she is called by her vocation, helping others to live and spread their Catholic Faith. Sister Miriam says that a quote from the Acts of the Apostles (10:38) that speaks of Jesus says, “ … He went about doing good …” She said, “This passage continues to be a motivating force for me. Whether I am teaching an RCIA class, meeting a new family, doing spiritual direction, visiting the sick and dying, ministering to the bereaved, or just chatting with a member of the parish staff, I believe I am doing what I was called to do.” In August Sister Miriam will begin a sabbatical program entitled Ministry to Ministers in San Antonio. Upon completing that program, Sister will probably engage in some future studies at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. After which, in the missionary spirit of her Community, Sister Miriam will go wherever there is most a need, as she continues to be inspired to serve the people of God. In closing, Sister Miriam said, “I accepted an invitation from God to serve and God’s graces have been so abundant. In the words attributed to St. Ignatius of Loyola, ‘God will not be outdone in generosity!’ ” It goes without saying, that Sister will be greatly missed by those at St. Columba, as well as others she has collaborated with in the local community. We, in the Archdiocese, bid Sister Miriam farewell with deep gratitude and appreciation for her many years of service and commitment in our area.

Editor's note: The below column was originally posted on the Catholic Educator blog at CatholicEducator.blogspot.com. It is being reprinted with permission.

MOBILE — COVID-19 has certainly impacted the Stella Maris ministries throughout the world, but it hasn't stopped the Archdiocese of Mobile's ministry from ministering to seafarers. 

Summer is upon us! The kids are wrapping up school and within a couple of hours they will be complaining that they are bored. 

June 2021

BATTLES WHARF — The original Camp Cullen property will once again serve the youth for years to come.

MOBILE — The Archdiocese of Mobile will celebrate the ordination of Deacon Alexander Crow to the priesthood at 10 a.m. June 5 at the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. The Mass will be livestreamed at Facebook.com/mobilearchdiocese.

La orden religiosa de los Siervos Misioneros de la Santísima Trinidad, mejor conocidos como los Trinitarios, está a punto de iniciar la celebración de los 100 años de su fundación este 30 de mayo, día de la Santísima Trinidad.