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PAGE 2 THE CATHOLICWEEK I MAY 2, 2025 The Catholic Week MAY 2, 2025 Volume 91, Number 9 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.S. Delmas 251-434-1543 csims@mobarch.org —SUBSCRIPTIONS— $25 annually for those not registered with a parish in the Archdiocese of Mobile. To subscribe or make changes to a current subscription, contact Claudia Delmas, 251-434-1543 or 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 —ONLINE NEWSLETTER— The Catholic Week Digest is emailed every other Monday, free of charge. Subscribe at www.mobarch.org/ thecatholicweek DEADLINES for MAY 16, 2025 News copy and photos: MAY 6 2025, NOON Advertising Camera-ready Ads: MAY 6, 2025, NOON CATHOLIC MEDIA ASSOCIATION MEMBER 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 May 13, (no training June/July) Mobile Deanery St. Dominic Parish—6:30 p.m. 4 th Wednesday of most months May 28, June 25, July 23 Montgomery Deanery Montgomery Catholic High—6:30 p.m. 4 th Wednesday of most months May 28, (no training June/July) Dothan Deanery Training sessions are conducted on an “as needed” basis. Contact your pastor in the Dothan area for more information. Official Announcements Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi announces: Deacon Richard P. Perkins has been called to be ordained to the priesthood on May 31, 2025, at the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile. Rev. Paul V. Ravi Iruthayasamy , pastor of St. Thomas by the Sea Parish in Orange Beach, has been incardinated into the Archdiocese of Mobile, effective, April 15, 2025. J. Gaten Armstrong has been called to be ordained a transitional deacon on May 31, 2025, at the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Mobile.