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PAGE 2 THE CATHOLIC WEEK APRIL 13, 2018 WJTC-Mobile/Pensacola/Ft. Walton/Wiregrass 11 am Sundays PROGRAM SCHEDULE www.catholicinamerica.com Check local listings April 15...................................................... Mary / Ways to Help Us Pray April 22.......................Doctor’s Perspective on Life / Life: Civil Right April 29............................................Religious Freedom / Discernment May 6 ..................................... Miracles / Keys to Handling Difficulties May 13 ..................Defending Life / Other Side of the Confessional May 20 ............................................................................MLK was Pro-Life May 27 ...Rediscovering Catholicism / World’s Biggest Bible Study June 10 .....................................MLK Unity & Christ ? Life of a Disciple The Catholic Week APRIL 13, 2018 Volume 84, Number 08 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 APRIL 27, 2018 News copy and photos: APRIL 17, NOON Advertising Camera-ready Ads: APRIL 17, NOON Call to Ordination ArchbishopThomas J. Rodi calls: Deacon Andrew B. Jones to ordination in the Order of the Presbyterate on Saturday, June 2, 2018. Deacon Gilbert T. Pierre to ordination in the Order of the Presbyterate on Saturday, June 2, 2018. Mr. Patrick J. Gilbreath to ordination to the Order of Deacon on Saturday, June 2, 2018 DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY Mercy spreads during celebration ABOVE: A woman venerates the Divine Mercy portrait during the Divine Mercy Sunday celebration on April 8 at Visitation Monas- tery in Mobile. LEFT: Fr. Marcin Dudziak cel- ebrates Mass on Divine Mercy Sunday at the Visitation Mon- astery. Fr. Dudziak is a native of Poland, as were St. Faustina Kowalska — whose apparitions of Jesus, inspired Divine Mercy Sun- day, — and Pope Saint John Paul II, who established the feast day. Photos by Rob Herbst The Catholic Week By ROBHERBST The Catholic Week MOBILE — Hundreds came out to celebrate God’s mercy on April 8. The second Sunday of Easter marks Divine Mercy Sunday and the Visitation Monastery annually holds an outdoor Mass and celebration for the Feast Day. This year’s celebrant was Fr. Marcin Dudziak, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Mo- bile and a native of Poland, a prominent locale in the history of Divine Mercy Sunday. Divine Mercy Sunday is based on St. Faustina Kowal- ska’s revelations from Jesus fo- cusing on God’s mercy. Jesus asked on numerous oc- casions during His revelations with then-Sr. Faustina that a feast day be dedicated to the Divine Mercy. In 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized Sr. Faustina and es- tablished the feast day of Divine Mercy Sunday. Both St. Faustina and Pope Saint John Paul II are natives of Poland and Fr.Dudziak brought relics of both for the faithful. Along with the relics, patrons also venerated the image of Di- vine Mercy. “They are here with us. ... to give you the graces which flow from the Divine Mercy image. Let us celebrate the mercy of God for us.” Fr. Dudziak said in his homily. He added: “It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do.We all fail him. Jesus does not con- demn us. Nor is He angry with us. It is because He is the God of mercy. He is the God of love and forgiveness.” For more photos, visit facebook.com /TheCatholicWeek