Volume 5, Number 7
Tuesday, April 4, 2006
www.marianist.com
CAMPUS MINISTERS ATTEND VOCATION WORKSHOP
Vocation workshop participants, front row, Ernie Mendoza,
Errol Christian, Christine Firestone, Adam Beccera, Bro. Brian Halderman,
Bro. John Habjan; middle row, Bro. Len Rudy, Bro. Leo
Willett, Mary Kay Fitzpatrick, Greg Evans, Bro. Kevin Whelan, Carol
Lamont; back row, Bro. Charles Johnson, Bro. Sean
Downing, Jessica Horne, Sr. Rosemary Stanton, Bros. Reinaldo Berrios, Roy
McLaughlin, Rich Thompson and Jim Dods; Jose Matos
and Fr. Edwin Johnson
Campus ministers and professed Marianists who teach at Marianist schools visited St. Louis March 25-26 to discuss, share and learn more about vocations and the resources available to them.
Bro. Charles Johnson, national vocation director, coordinated the workshop at the Marianist Retreat & Conference Center in Eureka, Mo. Several Marianists, including Bro. Mike O'Grady, assistant for religious life, Fr. Joe Kozar, Bro. Leo Willett and Bro. John Habjan, spoke on topics ranging from "why choose a Marianist vocation" to "how to develop a vocation plan." Bro. Brian Halderman presented an overview of the vocation Web site.
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 At the campus ministers' workshop, Errol Christian (Saint Louis School, Honolulu), Ernest Mendoza (St. Anthony Jr./Sr. High School, Maui) and Bro. Jim Dods (Saint Louis School) |
STUDY UNDERWAY FOR RELOCATING MISSION
The Marianist Center at Mount St. John in Dayton houses the
NACMS office and the MSJ office. It previously housed the Province office
for the former Province of Cincinnati. A study is underway to determine
the feasibility of remodeling the building to house the staff of the
Marianist Mission.
The Provincial Council has approved a detailed study of moving
the Marianist Mission from Franklin Street in downtown Dayton to the
Marianist Center at Mount St. John, which once housed the offices of the
former Province of Cincinnati. Mount St. John is in suburban Dayton.
Preliminary architectural designs and cost estimates for the move were
submitted recently to the Provincial Council by Lisa
Gooding, Province director of development, and shared with the
Provincial Chapter and the Mount St. John Council, which includes a
representative from each of the entities on the property. Renovation plans
include the offices of the North America Center for Marianist Studies,
which would share space at the Marianist Center with the Marianist
Mission. The cost of upgrading the Franklin Street building also is being
studied before the decision to relocate is made. According to Fr.
Jim Fitz, the project's timeline will be determined after final
plans and cost estimates have been approved. View a map of
MSJ.
SAN ANTONIO CELEBRATES SEVEN JUBILEES
 Congratulations to the 2006 jubilarians from San Antonio: standing, Fr. Richard Wosman (25 years), Bro. Joseph Grieshaber (50 years), Fr. John Leies (50th sacerdotal) and Fr. Charles Stander (25th sacerdotal); seated, Bro. Eugene Feld (70 years), Fr. Norbert Moellering (60th sacerdotal) and Bro. Victor Naegele (70 years) |
Seven Jubilarians were honored at a special Mass and reception at the Marianist Residence Chapel in San Antonio on March 25. Fr. John Leies presided at the Mass and Fr. Richard Wosman gave the homily. Representing the Province, Bro. Mike O'Grady, assistant for religious life, witnessed the renewal of vows. Approximately 100 brothers, sisters, friends and relatives attended the event. Read Fr. Richard's homily.
Clockwise from top left: Fr. John Leies, Fr. Richard
Wosman, Fr. Norbert Moellering and Bro. Joseph
Grieshaber
BLESSED CHAMINADE ICON BEING DISTRIBUTED
Prints of the Blessed Chaminade
icon are now being shipped to all communities, parishes, retreat centers
and other Marianist ministries in the U.S. Province. Each will receive a
20" x 24" print and a 4" x 6" print. Holy cards also are in process and
will ship to Province members upon availability. The Province encourages
all communities to celebrate the birthday of Blessed Chaminade, April 8,
with a blessing of the icon. (PLEASE NOTE: Up to three holy cards are
available free of charge by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Chaminade Icon, 4425 West Pine Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63108. For larger
quantities (4-25), a donation is appreciated. For bulk quantities or more
information, please e-mail us at marianist@marianist.com.
Large prints mounted on gator board are available for $50 (20" x 24") and
$8 (4" x 6"). Please make checks payable to: The Marianists, Province of
the United States.
NECROLOGY UPDATES
Updates to the Necrology book were mailed last week. If you did not receive your copies or require any additional information, please e-mail Bro. Bob Resing.
FROM THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
Read the April 2006 issue of
Via
Latina.
LEARNING CALVARY
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Read a poem written by Fr. Gus Biehl (East St. Louis, Ill.) called “Learning Calvary.” It’s included in his book of poems, essays and reflections called “Walking, Waiting, Loving.” |
"EVERY STORY IS A SACRED STORY"
Ray McCracken, assistant director for programs at the
North American Center for Marianist Studies (NACMS), is doing the research
project of a lifetime—in fact, many lifetimes.
"Lest We Forget" is the title of a series of interviews McCracken and others, including the late Bro. Walt Oberster, have conducted with 120 Marianist brothers and sisters, primarily at the heathcare centers, as part of a NACMS-sponsored research project. The aim of the project is to record the life stories of Marianists and use the information to examine trends and other findings. Ray says that 99 percent of brothers were positive about their vocation and life choice. Read more.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOUL OF . . .
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Fr. Lawrence
Jordan (Marianist Residence, San
Antonio), 98, oldest Marianist in the U.S. Province, who died March
16, 2006. May he rest in peace. A Mass of Christian Burial was
celebrated March 20. Read Fr.
Lawrence's obituary. |
Bro. Millán
Ortega
(Province of Zaragoza), 67, who died March 18, 2006, in Zaragoza, Spain.
May he rest in peace. Read Bro. Millán's
obituary.
Bro. Benigno
Villardi
(Province of Italy), 76, who died March 28, 2006, in Rome. May he rest in
peace. Bro. Benigno's obituary will appear in the next issue of
FamilyOnline.
Please pray also for
Norbert "Buddy" Alberts, Fr. Dennis Andrews, Frankie Cox, Ruth
Hoffman, Emigdia Lara, Viola McCabe, Clarence Neumann, Paul Oguda
and Julio Trimboli. Read
more.
PANSIES, MARYLAND AVENUE, ST. LOUIS
 Photo courtesy of Bro. Bob Resing, S.M. Bro. Bob's images are available for sale as note cards or prints. To order, visit http://www.resingart.com/ |
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALING OF . . .
Fr.
Gus Biehl (East St. Louis, Ill.), who is recovering from a minor
stroke.
Bro.
Joseph Meierdirks (Mercy Siena, Dayton), who had a heart attack
and is in Miami Valley Hospital.
Bro.
William McCall (Villa St. Joseph Residence, Cupertino), who has
been diagnosed with rectal cancer and will be starting
treatment.
Fr.
Charles Oyabu (Marianist Residence, San Antonio), who suffers
from cancer.
Please pray
also for Richard Csarny, Jane Cox, Maura Finn, David Fitz, Lisa
Koppin, Sr. John Marie Samaha, Angeline Stratman, Mrs. Verbesey
and Theresa Ventura. Read
more.
LATINO FAMILY RETREAT HELD AT CAPE MAY
Bro. Ralph Neumann (standing, second from left)
and Fr. Ted Cassidy (kneeling, center, second from right)
visited several Latino parishes in South Jersey to promote the Latino
Family Retreat which was held at the Cape May Retreat Center March 17-19.
The weekend was a complete sell-out! A $1,000 grant from the Marianist
Sharing Fund helped make the event possible.
WHO'S DOING WHAT
| Bro. Tom Wendorf
(novitiate, Dayton) was
recently promoted to associate professor of English at the
University of Dayton. Bro. Tom and other faculty members were
honored at a luncheon at UD March 20. Congratulations Bro.
Tom! |
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Bro. John
Samaha
(Villa St. Joseph, Cupertino), Province liaison to the Procurator General,
reports that Fr. José María Salaverri (Valencia, Spain)
and Fr. Enrique Torres (Madrid) are working on
biographies of the four martyrs of the Spanish Civil War killed in Madrid:
Fr. Miguel Leibar and Bros. Florencio Arnaiz,
Joaquín Ochoa and Sabino Ayastuy. According to
Bro. John, a meeting of the bishops and cardinals to approve their
martyrdom could happen as soon as fall 2006.
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Bro. Bob
Donovan is a finalist for the
Cincinnati Jefferson Awards, given for public service. He will join
other nominees in June as finalists for five national Jefferson
Awards given by the American Institute for Public Service. Bro. Bob,
a doctor, provides medical care to the poor and homeless. Kudos to
Bro. Bob. Read
more. |
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Fr. Charles
Miller
(Chaminade Community, San Antonio), director of the "Roamin' Rattlers"
travel service at St. Mary's University, guided 17 pilgrims from the
Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, and bishop, Most Rev. John Yanta,
on a Lenten pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Italy March 3-9. In Rome
the group attended a papal audience.
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Limited free copies of "A
Short History of the Marianists in India" are available by
contacting Ann
Mueller. The book was created by Bro. Delmar
Jorn in collaboration with Frs. David Fleming,
Florian Royer-Chabot and Bill Christensen,
Bros. Ed Violett and James
Perikala, and Mr. Jim O'Hara. |
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Sr. Laura
Leming, assistant professor of sociology at the University
of Dayton, spoke at the 2006 Miryam Award presentation March 22.
Amy Lopez, director of conference services and
Kennedy Union at UD, was named the 2006 Miryam Award winner. She was
recognized for her work to enhance the lives of women on campus.
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| Fr. Bob
Hogan (Casa San Juan, San Antonio) recently moderated
parish programs on parent and community outreach at St. Mary
Magdalen Church in San Antonio, where he is pastor. |
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 Myron Achbach |
Common Bond President
John O'Connor and Reunion Committee Chair
Myron Achbach invite all to attend the Third
National Common Bond Reunion July 28-30 at the University of Dayton.
For more information, e-mail
Myron. |
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What is a Marianist? What
year were the Marianists founded? Wally Rodier
reports that 16 boys at St. John’s Residence in Rockaway, N.Y.,
answered questions like these at a Marianist “quiz show” coordinated by
the Marianist community at St. John’s. Fr. Paul Landolfi
and Bros. Tom Trager, John Collins, Steve O’Neil and
Ray Miklich gave presentations about the founders,
directed questions to the contestants, kept score and called time. St.
John’s has been operated by the Marianists since 1938.
KOREAN MARIANISTS HOLD CONSECRATION CEREMONY
The Korean Marianist National Board celebrated the consecration of
12 new candidates Feb. 5 in Seoul. In preparation for this ceremony,
Bro. John Ko (Region of Korea) has spent the last several
months mentoring the candidates on the characteristics of lay
Marianists.
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PEACE & JUSTICE UPDATE:
Bro. Galvin Attends Immigration Rally in D.C.
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Call For Action on
Immigration The Comprehensive
Immigration Reform Act of 2006 was passed by the U.S. Senate
Judiciary Committee March 27. The next few weeks are critical in
passing comprehensive reforms that protect U.S. security and create
fair and just immigration legislation. Take action and 
MARIANIST SHARING FUND AWARDS GRANTS
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FROM THE SCHOOLS . . .
VILLA ANGELA-ST. JOSEPH honored its 20 Marianist Urban Student Program participants at a special Founder's Day Awards ceremony in January. The students are from St. Joseph Collinwood and St. Aloysius/St. Agatha schools (both Marianist-sponsored) in Cleveland. Their MUSP scholarships provide them with financial aid, tutoring, mentoring and community building opportunities.
Villa Angela-St. Joseph MUSP
participants.
VASJ PARTNERS WITH UD ON ENGINEERING PROGRAM
| Villa Angela-St. Joseph was selected as the pilot school for a collaboration with the University of Dayton on a new pre-engineering program. The program, aimed at introducing high school students to the engineering field, will help position VASJ as one of the top pre-engineering high schools in Northeast Ohio. |  VASJ Seniors Robert Boos, Nick Horner and Morris Williams explore the Chemical Engineering Laboratory at UD. |
ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY The St. Mary's School of Law
has reached its $1.6 million goal to renovate its moot courtroom, a
setting where students receive hands-on courtroom training. The SBC
Foundation made an initial $300,000 challenge grant to kick off the
fundraising effort. St. Mary´s University contributed more than $700,000
to the initiative with the remainder coming from individual alumni
contributors, corporations and law firms, the Law Alumni Association and
faculty and staff of the law school.
| UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON "Beads that feed" are the latest trend on the UD campus. Many UD employees are sporting handmade beaded necklaces made by UD records auditor Chris McCann. The proceeds from these necklaces, which sell for $7 to $20, benefit Our Lady of Nazareth, a school of 1,500 children in Nairobi, Kenya, run by Fr. Marty Solma. McCann has raised nearly $1,500 already—enough to feed, clothe and educate 12 children for a year. Learn more about Our Lady of Nazareth. Watch our videocast interview with Fr. Marty. |  Chris McCann, right, and coworker Rosie Terzian, bead sales manager, show off the many colorful strands. |
UD PRESENTS 2006 MARIANIST STUDENT AWARD
| University of Dayton Senior David Prier has been awarded the 2006 Maureen O'Rourke Marianist Student Award. The award is given to a graduating senior who exemplifies the Marianist charism on campus. Congratulations David! Read David's acceptance speech. |  |
BRO. RALPH VISITS CCHS GUARDIAN ANGELS
Bro. Ralph Neumann (first row, second from
right) poses with the Central Catholic High School Guardian Angels, a
group of students who perform campus service projects. Bro. Ralph made a
presentation to CCHS on Marianist ministries in Mexico. The Guardian
Angels collected over $400 for the Mexican mission.
OUT AND ABOUT
Read the upcoming travel schedule of members of the Provincial staff in St. Louis.
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Read updated changes to the personnel. For more copies of the new personnel, e-mail amueller@sm-usa.org. Remember that personnel information on the PORTAL is updated on a regular basis at www.marianist.com/portal |
THE CLASSIFIEDS
| PRINCIPAL. Nolan Catholic High School in Fort Worth, Texas, is seeking a principal for the 2006-2007 school year. The position will be effective July 1, 2006. Read the job description. |  |
| ADMISSIONS COORDINATOR. Central Catholic High School in San Antonio seeks an admissions coordinator. This is a 12-month, full-time position reporting directly to the principal. Read the job description. |  |
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DISTRIBUTION VOLUNTEER. Bro. Mike O'Grady (Assistant for Religious Life) is looking for a volunteer person or group to act as the distribution center for the Province's Chaminade literature and other Chaminade materials. Storage space and the ability to fulfill requests and process returns are required. Postage costs will be paid by the Province. For more information, contact Bro. Mike at 314.533.1207 or mogrady@sm-usa.org. |
| NEWSLETTER
CENTRAL |
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CMSC. Read the April 2006 issue of
Centerpoint.com,
the newsletter from the Center for Marianist Spirituality &
Communities.
MSJC. Read the March 2006 issue of
Justice
Jottings.
| TOPSAIL. Read the March/April
2006 issue of High
Tidings, the e-newsletter from the CFL Family Retreat
Center in N. Topsail Beach, N.C. Featured in this issue is new
director Marilynn Shackelford. Marilynn's new
e-mail address is: cfldirector@charterinternet.com |
 Marilynn Shackelford |
MLNNA. Two newsletters are available
from the Marianist Lay Network of North American: Friday
Magnificat
(a joint publication of MLLNA and MSJC) and MLNNA-Enews.
To sign up for these newsletters e-mail Dan Jordan.
MAUI. Read Fr. Steve
Tutas' April 2006 Maui
newsletter.
CAPE MAY RETREAT EXPLORES MARIANIST SPIRIT
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Sixteen high school and college students participated in a retreat at the Marianist Family Retreat Center at Cape May Point to explore the Marianist spirit. Moderators were Fr. Ted Cassidy, Jessica Sherwin and Fr. Terry Weik from Cape May and Chris and Ann Van Dame, Sr. Grace Walle and Maureen O’Rourke. Bros. Ed Unferdorfer and Al Koch also participated. The Marianist Vocation Office and the Marianist Volunteer Program helped sponsor the retreat, which included presentations on the process of discernment, ways to pray and a service project with inner-city children.
ET CETERA
TECABOCA Family Retreat: Anyone interested in attending or volunteering for the TECABOCA Marianist Family Retreat June 1-4, should e-mail Pati Krasensky. Read more about the retreat.
St. Louis area
priests: The Archdiocese of St. Louis
needs confessors on Mercy Sunday, April 23, at the Cathedral Basilica. If
you can hear confessions that day from 1 – 2 p.m. or 2 – 3 p.m., call the
Office of Worship at 314.792.7230 by
April 5.
FamilyOnline: The next issue of FamilyOnline is Tuesday, April 25. The deadline for stories is Tuesday, April 18.
A THOUGHT
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The spiritual quest is not for interesting "spiritual experiences" but for the expansion of our capacity for mercy, the opening of our hearts wide enough to embrace the world, and not just the fragments of it, here and there, which at present we manage to feel with and care about. Martin L. Smith |
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CELEBRATING THE 99TH IN STYLE
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JUST ONE MORE...
 All smiles at the campus ministers workshop, Kristin Firestone (Chaminade College Preparatory High School, West Hills, Calif.), Adam Beccera (Chaminade Middle School, Chatsworth, Calif.), Fr. Edwin Johnson (chaplain, Chaminade, West Hills), Greg Evans (North Catholic High School, Pittsburgh) and Jessica Horne (Villa Angela-St. Joseph, Cleveland) |
| PROVINCE
BIRTHDAYS |
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April
| 4 | Richard Kuhn. | papasmurfsm@yahoo.com |
| Ronald Luksic | Rluksic@moeller.org | |
| Robert Wiethorn | Brobobwiethorn@fuse.net | |
| 6 | Kathy Cooper | kcooper@sm-usa.org |
| 7 | Louis Mason | louis.t.mason@lycos.com |
| David Quigley | ||
| 9 | Jack Ventura | jventura@sm-usa.org |
| 10 | Ralph Siefert | rsief@aol.com |
| 11 | Joseph Okoth | maboys@zamnet.zm |
| 12 | Mary Ellen Garcia | megarcia@sm-usa.org |
| Thomas Heinle | tomheinle@aol.com | |
| 13 | Raymond Kacirk | kacirkdrb@aol.com |
| 14 | David Fleming | gensup@smcuria.it |
| 15 | Jorge da Silva | jorge_da@msn.com |
| 16 | Eugene Feld | |
| Sylverius Kerketta | frsylsm@yahoo.com | |
| Martin McMurtrey | ||
| 17 | Robert Backherms | frbobsm@yahoo.com |
| 18 | William Fackovec | william.fackovec@udayton.edu |
| 19 | Donald Neff | dneff4@yahoo.com.au |
| 20 | Francis Matthews | francis05skip@yahoo.com |
| 21 | Mariandu Belevendiran A. | |
| Lawrence Corbin | lcorbin@fuse.net | |
| 22 | Sean Downing | seandowning@yahoo.com |
| 23 | Joseph Barla | barlajoseph@hotmail.com |
| Allen DeLong | adelong@saintlouishawaii.org | |
| Thomas Oldenski | toldenski@hotmail.com | |
| 24 | Robert Hackel | rehackel@aol.com |
| John Leies | jleies@stmarytx.edu | |
| Angelo Mugo Nyaga | ||
| Roberto Rivera | roberto_rivera2003@yahoo.com | |
| 25 | Stephen Wanyoike | |
| 27 | Alexius Toppo | toppoa@rediffmail.com |
| 28 | A. Joseph Barrish | joseph.barrish@notes.udayton.edu |
| Daniel Dhanaraj N | ndany@rediffmail.com |
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