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• Sister Carolyn Oberkirch, RSM, remembered

  

  Published August 23, 2021

  Sister M. Carolyn Oberkirch, RSM, died Aug. 19 at the Convent of Mercy in Mobile, Alabama. She taught at Our Lady of the Assumption School in Atlanta, where she continued on in pastoral care at Our Lady of the Assumption Church. She founded the Atlanta Interfaith Outreach Home for families in poverty.

• Centennial of a murder: The priest, the Klan and a wedding remembered

  

  By CHAI BRADY, Catholic News Service
  Published August 13, 2021

  Irish Father James E. Coyle faced prejudice and threats and ministered during the height of the Spanish flu pandemic. One hundred years ago, he was shot and killed by a Protestant minister in Birmingham, Alabama.

• Homily: ‘God was full of surprises when it came to Mother Angelica’

  By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
  Published April 4, 2016

  HANCEVILLE, Ala. (CNS)—With Mother Angelica having been essentially bedridden for 15 years following a series of strokes in 2001, staff at the Eternal Word Television Network and members of her order, the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, had plenty of time to plan and prepare for her funeral. “We at EWTN had many plans for […] Full Story

• Birmingham conference examines depth of black-white divide in U.S.

  

  By MARY DILLARD, Catholic News Service
  Published March 17, 2016

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (CNS)—Religious leaders, civic leaders and community members came together March 3-4 for a conference on “Black & White in America: How Deep the Divide?” in Birmingham. Held at Beeson Divinity School at Samford University, the conference addressed the need for racial reconciliation in the United States and the path to that reconciliation. Last […]

• Historic anniversaries of firsts for U.S. black priests celebrated

  Published September 18, 2014

  MOBILE, Ala.—Atlanta deacons and a priest joined with other black Catholics for the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus Joint Conference July 27-31. Bishops, priests, deacons, seminarians and religious brothers gathered in Mobile, Alabama, at the annual event. Several clergy members of the Archdiocese of Atlanta attended the conference: Msgr. Edward Branch, Deacon Alfred Mitchell, Deacon […] Full Story

• Birmingham Conference To Offer Music Ministry Renewal

  Published May 7, 2009

  The Foundation for Liturgical Music (FLM) is sponsoring its 13th annual music conference, Music Ministry Series, MMS XIII, on Thursday to Saturday, June 25-27, at Our Lady of the Valley Catholic Church in Birmingham. The theme for this year’s conference is “Renewed by the Spirit: Transform Us Within.” FLM is a nonprofit ecumenical organization, which […] Full Story

• Spring Hill College To Honor Msgr. Edward Dillon

  Published April 19, 2007

  Spring Hill College will hold its annual commencement on Sunday, May 13, at 10 a.m. on the “Avenue of the Oaks” on the campus. Approximately 300 students will receive their diplomas. Archbishop Oscar H. Lipscomb of the Diocese of Mobile, Ala., is the speaker and will be awarded the Fons Sapientiae Award, the college’s highest […]

• Paul Wilkes To Speak On Empowering Catholics

  Published October 19, 2006

  Paul Wilkes, best-selling author, film director and guest lecturer, will offer a daylong Saturday workshop for church leaders and a two-day parish mission at Our Lady of the Valley Church Oct. 28-30. Wilkes has spent the past seven years traveling the country, researching and writing about the traits of excellence found in American churches. As […] Full Story

• Spring Hill Campus Hosts Extension Students

  Published October 19, 2006

  Spring Hill College theology students and theology alumni of the college and its extension sites in Atlanta, Birmingham, Ala., and Jackson, Miss., will take part in the annual Spring Hill Day celebration on the Mobile campus Oct. 28. Those who are pursuing or who have already received master’s degrees or certificates in theology will meet […] Full Story

• Spring Hill To Feature Archbishop At Graduation

  Published April 28, 2005

  Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory will give the commencement address to the members of the Spring Hill College class of 2005 on Sunday, May 8 at 10 a.m. Archbishop Gregory will also be presented with an honorary doctorate of humane letters degree and his commencement address will wrap up a year in which the Jesuit college […] Full Story

• Spring Hill College Offers Parish Nurse Program

  Published March 25, 2004

  The Spring Hill College Division of Nursing and Providence Hospital will again offer a Parish Nurse Preparation Institute this summer on the college campus in Mobile, Ala. The single course will take place over two long weekends, June 25-27 and July 23-25. The role of the parish nurse is health promotion, risk-reduction, disease prevention and […]