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Volume 84, Number 19 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 SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 By ROB HERBST The Catholic Week MOBILE—When Deacon Ste- phen Tidwell was asked to be part of prison ministry in 2012, he said he wasn’t completely sure he was ready for it. “It’s an ironic mission for me in the fact that it’s not something I thought I would be prepared for,” Dea- con Tidwell said. “But God absolutely has designs on us and paths and plans. He never gives us a mission that He doesn’t give us the resources for.” About six years after initially vol- unteering for prison ministry, Dea- con Tidwell is now the Archdiocese of Mobile Director of Prison Min- istry. Deacon Tidwell was assigned to that position earlier this month and only two months after being or- dained a permanent deacon for the archdiocese. Deacon Tidwell, who is now as- signed to St. Maurice Parish in Brewton, has a long public service and military background. He will fill the shoes of former director Deacon John Ross, who passed away earlier this year. “It’s definitely an education,”Dea- con Tidwell said of prison ministry. Photo by Marcelle Naman/For The Catholic Week Hurricane preparedness Hurricane preparedness for sixth-grade students at St. Mary Catholic School included prayer. The students wrote the “Prayer for Hurricane Protection” in chalk on Sept. 4 prior to Tropical Storm Gordon’s arrival into south Alabama. Much of the Gulf Coast was spared major damage from the storm. DEACON STEPHEN TIDWELL Deacon Tidwell to lead prison ministry ARCHDIOCESE OF MOBILE See MINISTRY, Page 20 Bridal Shopper Pages 9-12 Blue Mass Page 2 Fall

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