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By Shannon Roh MOBILE – The 87th Annual Catholic Charities Appeal Sunday was Jan. 28. As of Feb. 12, a total of 7,473 generous donors have participated with finan- cial pledges totaling $4,333,039.81, or 96 percent of our $4.5 million goal. Almost one-third of the house- holds in our archdiocese made a pledge. If you have not made a pledge, please help us reach out goal and be the Hands of Christ for those in need.The generosity of our archdiocese is inspirational. A detailed report of week 3 results by parish can be found on page 2. Inspired by St. Peter’s first letter to the Christians, “As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s varied grade.” – 1 Peter 4:10, the 2018 Catholic Charities Appeal theme is “We are the hands of Christ reaching out to those in need.” The ministries supported by the Catholic Charities Appeal are the Hands of Christ reaching out to the poor, the weak and those suffering mentally, physically and spiritually throughout the Archdiocese of Mobile.The services offered by these ministries are only possible because of your generos- ity to the Catholic Charities Appeal. Volume 84, Number O4 FEBRUARY 16, 2018 Tඁൾ C ൺඍඁඈඅංർ W ൾൾ඄ Official Publication of the Archdiocese of Mobile facebook.com/TheCatholicWeek twitter.com/TheCatholicWeek www.mobarch.org/catholicweek I NSIDE T HIS W EEK See APPEAL, Page 16 Page 11 100-150 EXTRA PAPERS Corpus Christi Catholic School first-grader Connor Diaz receives ashes from Fr. John Boudreaux, parochial vicar at Corpus Christi Parish in Mobile, during Ash Wednesday Mass on Feb. 14. Ash Wednesday marks the begin- ning of Lent. Ash Wednesday Photo by Rob Herbst/The Catholic Week St. Patrick student takes great steps to feed the hungry By ROBHERBST The Catholic Week ROBERTSDALE – Morning prayer at St. Patrick Catholic School includes intentions to “show respect, show kindness, be thoughtful and be generous and share what we have and be Christ to everybody we meet,” ac- cording to principal Sr.Margaret Harte, P.B.V.M. Sixth-grader Austin Gontarski has certainly taken that prayer to heart. Austin decided he wanted to help children who go hungry in the area, so used his own money and went Annual Appeal’s $4.5million goal within sight CATHOLIC CHARITIES See DONATIONS, Page 15 Pages 8-9 MOBILE/BALDWIN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS SPELLING BEE