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PAGE 2 THE CATHOLIC WEEK JANUARY 19, 2018 The Catholic Week JANUARY 19, 2018 Volume 84, Number 02 Official Publication of the Archdiocese of Mobile Published since 1934 The Catholic Week (USPS 094-660) is published bi-weekly by the Archdiocese of Mobile 356 Government Street Mobile, AL 36602 Periodical Postage Paid at Mobile, Alabama —POSTMASTER— Send address changes to: The Catholic Week, PO Box 349, Mobile, AL 36601 Mobile P.S. Form 3541-N —PUBLISHER— Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi —EDITOR— Robert W. Herbst 251-434-1544 rherbst@mobarch.org —PRODUCTION— Pamela C. Wheeler 251-434-1545 tcw@mobarch.org —ADVERTISING— Mary Ann Stevens 251-434-1543 mstevens@mobarch.org —OFFICE HOURS— 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday – Friday —PHONE NUMBERS— 251-432-3529 FAX: 251-434-1547 —OFFICE ADDRESS— 356 Government Street Mobile, Alabama —MAILING ADDRESS— PO Box 349 • Mobile AL 36601 —WEBSITE— www.mobarch.org/catholicweek —ONLINE EDITION— www.mobarch.org —SUBSCRIPTIONS— Laura C. Ball 251-434-1535 lball@mobarch.org $22 out-of-parish, and $24 out-of- state. Address all subscription cor- respondence to The Catholic Week , PO Box 349, Mobile AL 36601. When changing address, renewing or inquiring about a subscription, customer should include a recent address label with old address and new address and allow four weeks for address change to take effect. DEADLINES for FEBRUARY 2, 2018 News copy and photos: JANUARY 23, NOON Advertising Camera-ready Ads: JANUARY 23, NOON 1 Reverend Monsignor John B. Baasen .................................... 1902 2 Reverend Matthew Gardiner .................................................. 1905 8 Reverend August Beyne ......................................................... 1957 10 Reverend Patrick J. Buckley .................................................. 1941 Reverend Monsignor George C. Royer.................................. 2001 12 Reverend Monsignor Wm. F. McDonough, V.G.................... 1885 Reverend Michael Mertz........................................................ 1876 Reverend James A. Meurer .................................................... 1906 13 Reverend Monsignor John J. Browne .....................................1894 14 Reverend Monsignor John B. Canepa.....................................1954 20 Reverend Thaddeus Searles, S.T..............................................2015 21 Reverend Monsignor Edward J. Hackett, V.G. .......................1947 Reverend Monsignor Hugh Nicholas Maguire .......................2009 22 Reverend Thomas A. Lenahan ................................................1965 27 Reverend Benito Aznar ...........................................................1918 Reverend Henry B. O’Grady...................................................1915 Reverend James J. White.........................................................1920 28 Reverend Otto Dus ..................................................................1916 Reverend John T. Burns ......................................................... 1880 Reverend John J. Keller.......................................................... 1880 Archdiocesan Clergy Deceased in February Submitted by Dominican Nuns of Marbury MARBURY — Sr. Mary Thomas of the Holy Name of Jesus, O.P. made her Solemn P r o f e s s i o n of Vows on We dn e s d a y, Jan. 3, at the Dom i n i c a n M o n a s t e r y of St. Jude in Marbury, in the hands of the prioress, Mother Mary of the Precious Blood of Jesus,O.P. Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi celebrated the Profession Mass, joined by many priest friends of the community. “Dearest sister, by this sol- emn profession you have given yourself to God and to His will,” proclaimed Archbishop Rodi over the newly professed nun. “God Himself, therefore, has consecrated you to Him- self through the ministry of the Church in preparation for the gospel of peace so that you may be His own heritage and He may be your heritage forever.” In his homily, Dominican Fr. Andrew Hofer highlighted the important role of the Domini- can nuns’ life of prayer at the heart of the Church’s procla- mation of salvation in the Holy Name of Jesus. Sister Mary Thomas is one of three children of Mark and Stephanie Rankin of Quincy, Ill. As a child she always want- ed to be a nun, and when she learned of the Dominican nuns during her senior year of home- school high school, she imme- diately wrote the monastery: “I think your life is for me!” Sister joined the commu- nity in November 2011 after a year at college and completed six years of monastic formation prior to her Solemn Vows. She shares a sacred vocation with her twin brother, Deacon Dominic Rankin, who will be ordained to the priesthood this May for the Diocese of Spring- field in Illinois. He sang the Gospel at the Profession Mass, while their younger brother Al- exander and many cousins and friends served. — For more information, visit MarburyDominicanNuns.org. DOMINICAN NUNS, MARBURY Sr.MaryThomasmakes SolemnProfession Photos courtesy of Dominican Nuns of Marbury ABOVE: Sr. Mary Thomas, O.P watches the entrance procession as she made her Solemn Profession of Vows on Jan. 3 at the Dominican Monastery of St. Jude in Marbury. BELOW: Sr. Mary Thomas, O.P. lies prostrate. SISTER MARY THOMAS, O.P. 2018DIRECTORY 2018 Archdiocese of Mobile Directories have arrived! See page 12 for information