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PAGE 2 THE CATHOLIC WEEK NOVEMBER 1, 2024 The Office for the Protection of Minors and Adults Reports of abuse should be made to civil authorities in your county. If the report involves a member of the clergy, Archdiocesan employee or lay volunteer, please also notify the Office for the Protection of Minors and Adults at 251-434-1559. If the report of abuse involves a bishop, please notify the Catholic Bishop Abuse Reporting Service at ReportBishopAbuse.org or 1-800-276-1562. The Archdiocesan Child Protection Policy can be found at the websites mobarch.org or protection.mobarch.org Baldwin/Escambia Deanery St. Lawrence Parish—( 2 nd Tuesday of most months) 7 p.m. Nov. 12, No December training, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 14 Mobile Deanery St. Dominic Parish—( 4 th Wednesday of most months) 7 p.m. Nov. 20, No December training, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 22 Montgomery Deanery Montgomery Catholic High—( 4 th Wednesday of most months) 6:30 p.m. Nov. 20, No December training, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 22 Dothan Deanery Training sessions are conducted on an “as needed” basis. Contact your pastor in the Dothan area for more information. The Catholic Week NOVEMBER 1, 2024 Volume 90, Number 22 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 —ADVERTISING— Claudia T. Sims 251-434-1543 csims@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— mobarch.org/thecatholicweek —ONLINE EDITION— www.mobarch.org —SUBSCRIPTIONS— Claudia T. Sims 251-434-1543 csims@mobarch.org $22 out-of-parish, and $24 out-of-state. Address all subscription correspondence to The Catholic Week , PO Box 349, Mobile AL 36601. When changing address, renew- ing or inquiring about a subscrip- tion, customer should include a recent address label with old ad- dress and new address and allow four weeks for address change to take effect. DEADLINES for NOVEMBER 15, 2024 News copy and photos: NOVEMBER 5, 2024, NOON Advertising Camera-ready Ads: NOVEMBER 5, 2024, NOON and that need is still as pressing today as it was in 1934.” Fr. Harold Purcell also had hope …and a dream. Fr. Purcell was a Passionist priest who sought to go to Alabama to provide better access to religion, education, social services and health care to African-Amer- icans. The dream initially took form as a St. Jude’s Medical Dispensary. Fr. Purcell’s idea was to build “a city” that would be a one-stop shop for these services. According to Fr. Jones, he pitched the idea to Arch- bishopThomas J.Toolen. “The rest is history,” Fr. Jones said. By the time Fr. Purcell passed away in 1952, he had raised $50 million for The City of St. Jude and it had included a parish church, a social services building housing a pharmacy and medical dispensary, an integrated K-12 school, two convents housing sisters and a fully functioning hospital – the first integrated hospital in the Southeast. The Fr. Purcell Memorial Ex- ceptional Children’s Center was later added and still stands today, serving 48 full-time resident children with special needs. It was named St. Jude after the patron saint of hope and impossible causes. “(Fr. Purcell) was able to accomplish so much even in the days of extreme poverty and depression and war in our nation’s history,” Fr. Jones said. “With God, all things are possible indeed – and perhaps ingenuity and charisma don’t hurt either, both of which he had in spades.” The City of St. Jude also played a part in the Civil Rights movement. In 1965, it wel- comed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and 2,000 participants of the Selma-to-Montgomery March. Visitors camped onsite before reaching the State Capitol. “It is a place that Catholics can and ought to be proud of for standing up for and working for the dignity of every hu- man person the past 90 years,” Fr. Jones said. “Many mistakes were made by Catholics and even those in authority in the Church during the tumultuous 20th century in America – however, the City of St. Jude is not one of them.” Fr. Purcell and the parish’s African-American heritage were also celebrated during the 90th anniversary celebration. Arch- bishop Rodi blessed a 6 feet by 4 feet painting that includes the Montgomery skyline, City of St. Jude Parish, Jesus and Mary as African descent, Fr. Purcell, St.Monica and St. Augustine, St. Josephine Bakhita, Servant of God Sr.Thea Bowman, St. Charles Llwanga, St. Jude and St.Martin de Porres. The work was painted by Catholic artist Anthony VanA- rsdale of Foley and hangs on the right side of the church interior. Fr. Jones said the inspira- tion behind the painting came from the central panel of the Ghent Altarpiece, a master- piece by the Van Eyck brothers also known as “The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb.” In the Ghent Altarpiece panel, Jesus is depicted as a lamb and paid homage by angels and elders with the Ghent skyline in the background. “The message to me is clear and profound – you don’t have to wait for heaven to adore the Lamb of God with the angels and saints,”Fr. Jones said.“You can do so right here in Ghent! The beauty of the Catholic faith is that Jesus is here, present, in every Catholic parish where Mass is celebrated the sacraments are present.” St. Jude From page 1 Lange, Servant of God Julia Greeley and Servant of God SisterThea Bowman. Partici- pating parishes throughout the archdiocese will hold a special collection in November to sup- port their canonization causes. More information on the “Saintly Six” can be found at mobarch.org/black-catholic- ministry. November was desig- nated Black Catholic History Month by the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus in 1990. Along with coinciding with the feasts of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, No- vember includes the feast day of St. Martin de Porres (Nov. 3) — the first black American saint — and the birth date of St. Augustine (Nov. 13), the first Doctor of the Church from North Africa.  St. Jude Parish in Mont- gomery will also celebrate Black Catholic History Month with a presentation “Fresh Blood: Healing the Seemingly Incur- able Would of Racial Strife” at 5:30 p.m.Thursday, Nov. 14. Fr. Prentice A.Tipton, Jr. pastor of Prince of Peace Parish in Linwood,Mich., who also serves as a consultant on the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’Ad-Hoc Commit- tee Against Racism, will be the featured speaker. Month From page 1 ABOVE: A new painting hangs inside the church at City of St. Jude Parish in Montgomery. The work was painted by Catholic art- ist Anthony VanArsdale of Foley. LEFT: Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi blesses the painting on Oct. 27. Photos courtesy of Christian Delburn For The Catholic Week