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PAGE 16 THE CATHOLIC WEEK FEBRUARY 16, 2018 ALABAMA MISS. Citronelle Saraland Semmes Tillman’s Corner South Coast Dawes Snow Road e Cottag Hill Mobile Bay Providence Medical Group can connect you to a doctor – Fast – whether you’re a new patient scheduling a first appointment or a current patient returning to see your Providence physician. As the area’s largest non-profit network of primary care and specialty physicians with locations across south Alabama and southeast Mississippi, Providence Medical Group makes it easy to find a doctor available when it fits your busy schedule. Go to providencemedical.org or call (251) 266-1DOC to schedule your doctor appointments. Sr. Mary Carol Mautemps, D.C. dies at 92 EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Sister Mary Carol Mautemps, D.C., who taught at St. Vincent School in Mobile from 1960-61, and St. James Major School in Prichard from 1976-82, died Jan 23. 2018, at Seton Residence in Evansville. She was 92 and served 74 years as a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Sister Mary Carol also served as Administrator of Seton Haven in Montgomery from 1993 to 2002. Sister Mary Carol joined the Ministry of Prayer at Seton Residence in Evansville, Ind., in 2002; she served there until the time of her death. Donations in Sister’s memory may be made to the Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louis, 4330 Olive Street Road, St. Louis, Mo. 63108. The basic pledge is $45 a month for 12 months or $540 a year.Manygivemore,muchmore. No gift is too small or too large. I am asking each of you to prayer- fully consider making a pledge. If you are unable to give the basic pledge, please give what you can afford. I ask you to be generous and invite each of you who have not given before to please be the Hands of Christ and reach out to the poor, the weak and the suffer- ing among us. I ask that you look into your heart and support the 2018 Catholic Charities Appeal. Dedicated volunteers The Catholic Charities Ap- peal would not be possible without the amazing team of dedicated volunteers. It all starts with the leadership team. The Archdiocesan Chairs, Jeanne and Jim Backes, toured the Archdio- cese with Archbishop Rodi and myself delivering an inspirational key note to pastors and parish chairs prior to the appeal kickoff. The four Deanery Chairs: Dr. Russ Brandau — Mobile, Gary andTerri Cowles—Baldwin,Ed Pappanastos — Montgomery and Robert Amuso — Dothan, lead the meeting in their deanery with their own advice and inspi- ration as well.These outstanding volunteers give up four Sunday evenings in a row to report all numbers for their deanery. The Parish Chairs sacrifice countless hours to sort pledge envelopes and follow up with parishioners and past donors who have not yet made their pledge.Thank you Parish Chairs for your dedication to Catholic Charities! District Chairs across the Archdiocese of Mobile are a critical piece of the reporting phone tree. They report a group of parish pledge totals to the Deanery Chairs four consecu- tive Sundays. Finally, we are blessed with a handful of exceptional volunteers who dedicate weeks of their time here in our office sorting, count- ing, recounting and preparing deposits so that your donations can get to the ministries that need them as quickly as possible. These faithful volunteers show up day after day and donate their time until every pledge is depos- ited, entered and alphabetized. The Development office is made up of only three: Laura Ball, Mi- chelle Knizley and myself. We could not do this alone. We are so grateful for all the volunteers! Appeal From page 1 Photo by Rob Herbst/The Catholic Week The Catholic Charities Appeal volunteers include (front row, from left): Sharon Cain, Pat Busby, Sandra Finkley and Martha Willcox. Back row: Tommy Cain, Lee Eilers and Bill Mansfield. ST. MICHAEL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL Submitted by Jenny Kopf St. Michael Catholic High School band members Raleigh Singleton (trumpet) Julie-Ann Brazell (B-flat clarinet), Lydia Hoodless (Alto clari- net) and Virginia Pryor (french horn) were recently named all-state band members. Raleigh, Julie-Ann and Lydia have also been named to Univer- sity Honor Bands at Troy University. Virginia Pryor has been named to the Mid-South Honor Band at University of Mississippi.