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PAGE 2 THE CATHOLIC WEEK MARCH 30, 2018 The Catholic Week MARCH 30, 2018 Volume 84, Number 07 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 13, 2018 News copy and photos: APRIL 3, NOON Advertising Camera-ready Ads: APRIL 3, NOON Children and Adolescent Protection Program training throughout the archdiocese is offered monthly for personnel and volunteers in the Mobile District and the Baldwin/Escambia and Montgomery Deaneries. Teacher/catechist certification curriculum will be taught at August and September sessions. Baldwin/Escambia Deanery St. Lawrence Parish—7 p.m. ( 2 nd Tuesday of most months) April 10, May 8, June & July ( no training ), August 14, September 11 Mobile Deanery St. Dominic Parish—7 p.m. ( 4 th Wednesday of most months) April 25, May 23, June 27, July 25, August 22, September 26 Montgomery Deanery Montgomery Catholic High—6:30 p.m. ( 4 th Wednesday of most months) April 25, May 23, June & July ( no training ), August 22, September 26 PLEASE NOTE THE START TIME HAS CHANGED Dothan Deanery Training sessions are conducted on an “as needed” basis. Contact your pastor in the Dothan area for more information. Each of these parishes will serve as the ongoing training location for its district/deanery. For information or to report suspected abuse contact the Office of Child Protection at 251-434-1559 or email childprotection@mobarch.org The Archdiocesan Child Protection Policy can be found in the “Supplemental Material” section of the Children and Adolescents Protection Program page of the mobarch.org website Education/Training Schedules CHILD PROTECTION OFFICE The offices of The Catholic Week will be closed March 30 - April 2 for Good Friday and Easter “This is our calling as follow- ers of Jesus, to go and bring the Good News to others,” Arch- bishop Rodi said. “As priests, it is our duty to strive to bring the Good News to others and to empower others to do the same. It is for us to win minds and hearts for Christ. “Although we may to do this in a variety of ways, in the final analysis it is not programs which will evangelize,it is disciples.The early Church did not spread be- cause they had developed good programs, but because they were disciples and witnessed to their commitment to Christ by their lives and their words.” The Chrism Mass also in- cludes the blessing of the oil of catechumens for baptism, and the oil of the sick. Archbishop Rodi also consecrated chrism, a mixture of oil and balsam, which will be used for the sacraments of baptism, confirmation and holy orders. Each parish in the archdio- cese obtains a portion of the blessed oils for the year. Archbishop Rodi also for- mally announced that Deacon Andrew Jones, Deacon Gilbert Pierre and Patrick Gilbreath have received their letters call- ing them to ordination. Deacon Jones and Deacon Pierre are scheduled to be ordained priests, while Gilbreath is scheduled to be ordained a deacon on June 2 at the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. Chrism Mass From page 1 Photos by Rob Herbst/The Catholic Week TOP: Priests and deacons from across the Archdiocese of Mobile gather around the altar during the Chrism Mass on March 27 at the Cathedral- Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. ABOVE: Priests renew their commitment to the priesthood. BELOW LEFT: Deacon Bill Harkins car- ries an urn of oil during the Chrism Mass.