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The Iowa Test of Basic Skills is given to students in second through eighth grade at schools in the Archdiocese of Mobile. Content areas assessed include Reading, English Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies. 

I attended SEEK23, the annual conference of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) at the beginning of January.

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates, including pilgrims from the Archdiocese of Mobile, descended upon the nation's capital for the 50th March for Life Jan. 20 — the first national march since the overturn of the U.S. Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that initially prompted the annual demonstration.

The COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t shut down the Edmundite Missions’ Bosco Nutrition Center. Nor did Hurricane Zeta in 2020.

MOBILE — Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi and Executive Director of Development and Stewardship for the Archdiocese of Mobile, Mrs. Shannon D. Roh, have announced that the 2023 Catholic Charities Appeal goal is $4.7 million. The basic pledge is $636 per year, which is $53 per month for 12 months. The 2023 Catholic Charities Appeal theme remains "In all things Charity." Each of our ministries funded by the Catholic Charities Appeal emulate St. Matthew’s lesson on the beatitudes as they show Christ’s mercy to those in need throughout the Archdiocese of Mobile.

St. Joseph Parish in Prattville has come to the aid of victims of the tornado that struck Autuaga County on Jan. 12.

Spring Hill College alumna Dr. Julia Ponquinette Joyner, who went on to become a psychiatrist, died Jan. 7, in Richmond, Va. She was the first African-American student admitted to the college in 1954. Joyner and seven other classmates — Mary Andrea Abrams ’57, Patricia Blackmon ’58, Robert Buchanan ’57, Elbert LaLande ’57, Cecilia Mitchell ’58 and Fannie Motley,  ’56; desegregated the college in September 1954 by quietly joining the student population. 

Congratulations to Yolanda Sayles Robinson, immediate past grand lady of Knights of Peter Claver Court 345, Montgomery as she recently completed six years as grand lady.

Congratulations to Kobe Gillespie of St. Patrick Catholic School in Robertsdale for winning the 60th annual Mobile/Baldwin Spelling Bee presented by the Department of Catholic Education on Jan. 28 at St. Pius X Parish. 

MOBILE — McGill-Toolen Catholic High School has named David Faulkner as its new head football coach.

For those who can’t grasp Sonia Karina Cruz Castañeda’s upcoming commitment, she offers the succinct explanation with just a bit of humor. “I’m getting married to the perfect guy.” 

Sister Alexandrine Lazzari, D.C., a Daphne native who ministered for 17 years at Providence Hospital in Mobile, died on Dec. 13, 2022 at the age of 93. She served as a Daughter of Charity for 75 years.

SAINT BENEDICT, La. — Saint Joseph Seminary College officials have announced the school's Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2022-23 school year.

MOBILE — Dr. C. Adrien Bodet III has volunteered at the Little Sisters of the Poor Sacred Heart Residence in Mobile, seeing patients for more than 30 years because “it’s a special place.”

Below is a reflection from SEARCH co-director Grace Morin. SEARCH 28 takes place Jan. 27-29 at Children's Harbor on Lake Martin. For more, visit mobarch.org/search-28

DOTHAN — Celeste Kelly, the Area Director of Catholic Social Services - Dothan, was the recent recipient of a Super Citizen Award from Ms. Ard's Kelly Springs Elementary School second grade class during the Super Citizen graduation ceremony. 

The abortion landscape has changed from a legal level with the overturning of Roe v. Wade earlier this year, but there’s still much work to be done to build a culture of life.

SPANISH FORT — Maria Mendez and two members of the Knights of Columbus pray they’ve “planted seeds” to aid a locale some might overlook.

MOBILE - El clima intempestivamente frío no impidió que los fieles mostraran su fe en el centro de Mobile el 20 de noviembre.

DOTHAN - Alrededor de 200 feligreses de diversos orígenes colmaron el salón parroquial de Santa Columba el 19 de noviembre para una celebración anual de las naciones.