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JANUARY 24, 2025 THE CATHOLIC WEEK PAGE 3 APRIL 14 PROGRAM SCHEDULE www.catholicinamerica.com Jan. 26 .................................................................................................... Papal Infallibility Feb. 2 .....................................Extraterrestrial Intelligence and the Catholic Faith Feb. 9 .......................................................................................................... Pope for a Day Feb. 16 .......................................... Three Priests Talk About The Lord of the Rings WJTC UTV 44 Mobile/Pensacola—6 am Sunday • WTVY CW 3 Dothan—11 am Sundays JANUARY 26 - FEBRUARY 8 DAILY READINGS Sun., January 26 Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15 1 Cor 12:12-30 Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Mon., January 27 Heb 9:15, 24-28 Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6 Mk 3:22-30 Tues., January 28 Heb 10:1-10 Ps 40:2, 4ab, 7-8a, 10, 11 Mk 3:31-35 Wed., January 29 Heb 10:11-18 Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 Mk 4:1-20 Thurs., January 30 Heb 10:19-25 Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 Mk 4:21-25 Fri., January 31 Heb 10:32-39 Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 23-24, 39-40 Mk 4:26-34 Sat., February 1 Heb 11:1-2, 8-19 Lk 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75 Mk 4:35-41 Sun., February 2 Mal 3:1-4 Ps 24:7, 8, 9, 10 Heb 2:14-18 Lk 2:22-40 Mon., February 3 Heb 11:32-40 Ps 31:20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Mk 5:1-20 Tues., February 4 Heb 12:1-4 Ps 22:26b-27, 28 and 30, 31-32 Mk 5:21-43 Wed., February 5 Heb 12:4-7, 11-15 Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18a Mk 6:1-6 Thurs., February 6 Heb 12:18-19, 21-24 Ps 48:2-3ab, 3cd-4, 9, 10-11 Mk 6:7-13 Fri., February 7 Heb 13:1-8 Ps 27:1, 3, 5, 8b-9abc Mk 6:14-29 Sat., February 8 Heb 13:15-17, 20-21 Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Mk 6:30-34 Feast of the Presentation of the Lord February 2 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—6:30 p.m. 2 nd Tuesday of most months Feb. 11, March 11, April 8 Mobile Deanery St. Dominic Parish—6:30 p.m. 4 th Wednesday of most months Feb. 26, March 26, April 9 Montgomery Deanery Montgomery Catholic High—6:30 p.m. 4 th Wednesday of most months Feb. 26, March 26, April 9 Dothan Deanery Training sessions are conducted on an “as needed” basis. Contact your pastor in the Dothan area for more information. Archdiocesan Clergy Deceased in February 1 Reverend Monsignor John B. Baasen ......................................1902 2 Reverend Matthew Gardiner...........................................................1905 8 Reverend August Beyne ....................................................................1957 10 Reverend Patrick J. Buckley............................................................ 1941 Reverend Monsignor George C. Royer....................................2001 12 Reverend Monsignor Wm. F. McDonough, V.G. ................1885 Reverend Michael Mertz....................................................................1876 Reverend James A. Meurer............................................................. 1906 13 Reverend Monsignor John J. Browne.......................................1894 14 Reverend Monsignor John B. Canepa .....................................1954 Reverend William P. Folsom Jr.....................................................2020 20 Reverend Thaddeus Searles, S.T. ................................................2015 21 Reverend Monsignor Edward J. Hackett, V.G. ....................1947 Reverend Monsignor Hugh Nicholas Maguire.................2009 Reverend Monsignor Maurice L. Shields..............................2020 22 Reverend Thomas A. Lenahan.......................................................1965 27 Reverend Benito Aznar........................................................................ 1918 Reverend Henry B. O’Grady............................................................. 1915 Reverend James J. White ..................................................................1920 28 Reverend Otto Dus................................................................................. 1916 Reverend John T. Burns ..................................................................... 1880 Reverend John J. Keller...................................................................... 1880 Official Announcement Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi announces Deacon James R. Labadie to retire from active ministry, effective Feb. 1. C ONTACT C LAUDIA S IMS AT 251-434-1543 OR CSIMS @ MOBARCH . ORG TO ADVERTISE IN T HE C ATHOLIC W EEK . By JUSTINMCLELLAN Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — During the Holy Year 2025, which is centered on proclaiming a mes- sage of hope, Pope Francis told future priests to let hope be the guiding principle of their lives. "In the journey of life, we could identify hope as the signpost that marks our itinerary," he said during a meeting with seminarians from Cór- doba, Spain, Jan. 17. Hope provides a "direction" in the lives of Christians, leading them "toward heaven, to the definitive encounter with Jesus," the pope said. "Not to the top positions, not to the most comfortable places; those are dead ends that if we have the misfortune of getting into, we must leave by walking backward with effort and shame." Referencing the theme of the Jubilee, Pope Francis encouraged the seminarians to be "pil- grims of hope," and to draw inspiration from St. Pelagius, a 10th-century Christian martyr who was killed in Córdoba at the age of 13 and is celebrated there today. He was taken hostage by Moors in southern Spain and held captive for three years.When the emir of Córdoba offered him freedom on the condition he convert to Islam, Pelagius refused, and he was tortured and killed. "You can bear witness to hope as that holy boy did then, in the midst of the pain of war, of the cruelty most unworthy of human beings, armed with the helmet of hope," the pope told the semi- narians. "You can persevere in the way of the Lord, convinced that Jesus will always sustain you and will give us the strength to be sowers of hope." Sowing hope, however, is not "saying nice words or an overly sweet goodness," he said. Rather the path of hope is "the path of Jesus, which leads to the heavenly Jerusalem, passing through the earthly one, embracing the cross and supported by countless Cyrenians." VOCATIONS Let hope lead your lives, pope tells seminarians