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Volume 84, Number 01 JANUARY 5, 2018 T HE C ATHOLIC W EEK Official Publication of the Archdiocese of Mobile facebook.com/TheCatholicWeek twitter.com/TheCatholicWeek www.mobarch.org/catholicweek Pages 10-16 I NSIDE T HIS W EEK A CHANCE TO BE HEARD By ROB HERBST The Catholic Week MOBILE — While thousands will attend the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 19, faithful can also send a pro-life message through downtown Mobile that same afternoon. For the second consecutive year, local pro-life leaders have organized a March for Life through downtown Mobile. This year’s event will begin at about 1 p.m. Jan. 19, soon after the 12:10 p.m. Mass at the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. Speakers will deliver messages outside the Cathe- dral before the march begins around 1:45 p.m. down Dauphin Street. Following the march, organizations who spread a pro-life message, a pro-life message that includes conception until nat- ural death, will have tables set up in Cathedral Square. Local pro-life leaders again organize march through downtown Mobile By MARINELLA LENTIS For The Catholic Week MONTGOMERY — Priests from Montgomery parishes are team- ing up for a new series of talks titled “Forward in Faith” and set to start on Jan. 11 that aims to help people recog- nize the practical relevance of theol- ogy in everyday life. The one-hour meetings will be every five weeks and all sessions will begin at 7 p.m. at the high school chapel on the Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School campus. Each topic presented will deal with making theology rele- vant to our living experience.Fr.Patrick Driscoll, pastor of Holy Spirit Parish, will kick off the series with a talk on faith in public life, and will be followed by Fr. Nicholas Napolitano, parochial vicar of St. Bede the Venerable Par- ish, who will go over the basics of the Catholic faith. Fr. Alex Valladares, pas- tor of St. Bede, will discuss living litur- gically and Fr. Michael Sreboth, pastor of Our Lady Queen of Mercy Parish, will close the series on how parts of the Mass fit together. Fr. Francis Sofie, pas- tor of St. Peter Parish, will head the fall series in September. Tom Riello, director of Faith For- mation at Holy Spirit Parish and head of the Theology Department at Montgomery Catholic, is responsible for bringing the priests together for these monthly catecheses. Riello said his objective in doing so is “to create an environment where AROUND THE ARCHDIOCESE Priests in Montgomery taking part in new series ‘Forward in Faith’ beginning Jan. 11 at high school chapel See MONTGOMERY, Page 9 See MARCH, Page 2 Photo by Rob Herbst/The Catholic Week March for Life supporters hold a banner while walking down Dauphin Street on Jan. 27, 2017. This year’s march in downtown Mobile is Jan. 19. MARCH FOR LIFE 2017 YEAR IN REVIEW