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PAGE 20 THE CATHOLIC WEEK JANUARY 24, 2025 PRAY FOR VOCATIONS KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Submitted by Henry Tamburin Knights of Columbus Fr. Ryan Council 2737 and Assembly 2573 recently donated $3,000 to the W.F. Green State Veterans Home in Bay Minette and $3,000 to Vets Recover in Mobile from their “Tee It Up for Veterans” charity golf tournament. Checks were presented to Charles Allen of W. F. Green State Veterans Home and John Kilpatrick of Vets Recover. ByThe CatholicWeek MOBILE —With a mix of sadness, but also excitement for the future, St. Catherine of Si- ena Parish Pastor Fr. Fred Boni announced its school building will be demolished. The school closed at the end of the school year in 1986. According to Fr. Boni, it is unfeasible to get the building to a state of optimal functional- ity nor to continue to properly maintain it. The parish also needs more parking for its Sunday 12 p.m. Mass, as well as for future growth of our whole parish (English and Spanish). Fr. Boni called it “A needed step to building a great future for our parish!” The parish will have a “retire- ment”of the school building at 6 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 30, beginning with Mass. The principal celebrant will be Fr. Paul Zoghby, pastor of St. Margaret of Scotland Parish in Foley and alumnus of St. Cath- erine School. Fellow alumnus Raymond Gueret will serve as deacon. Following Mass there will be a reception and an op- portunity to walk through the school, connect with classmates, family members, coworkers and friends. Fr. Boni also said the parish is looking at possibilities of “a devotional space that incorporates aspects of the school building: pre- serving our past to build our future.” ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA PARISH, MOBILE Parish holding 'retirement' for school building, Jan. 30