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Holy Cross Province NewsMay 2018
May
Birthdays4 JorgeStanfield15 PatricioManosalvas21 Bob Crossmyer SebastianMacDonald23 Mike Higgins24 E.JohnHilgert
Professions28 JustinNelson Bruno D’Souza
Ordinations7 JustinNelson8 John Baptist Ormechea Bob Weiss16 ArthurCarrillo Mike Higgins19 WardBiddle21 Bob Crossmyer22 Enno Dango23 KenO’Malley BlaiseCzaja24 RonanNewbold RichardThomson25 PeterBerendt26 Don Webber
Pat Brennan27 Frank Keenan MikeHoolahan28 Hugo Esparza-Pérez AlfredoOcampo31 SebastianMacDonald E.JohnHilgert
Updates...
• PleasekeepBobCrossmyerinyourprayersforcontinuedhealing.
• TheProvincialCouncilmeetsMay14-17,inParkRidge.
• MaterDolorosaPassionistRetreatCenter’s12th Annual Golf Classic is Monday,May21,atGlendoraCountryClub.
• TheSpringissueofourprovincemagazine,The Passionists,isnow online.Itisavailablehere.
• HolyFamilyCristoReyCatholicHighSchoolinBirmingham,Alabama,heldits6thannualReyofHopeGalaonThursday,April26,2018.
• ChristtheKingPassionistRetreatCenterwillholditsannualFiesta,Sunday,June3,attheretreatcenter.
May 13 Mother’s DayFeastoftheAscension May 16 FeastofSt.GemmaGalgani
May 20FeastofPentecost
May 28 MemorialDay
May 31 VisitationoftheBlessedVirginMary
LOOKING FORWARD...
HolyCrossProvince,660BusseHighway,ParkRidge,IL60068SubmitnewstoClaireSmith:[email protected]
AddresschangestoLorettaCiesielski:[email protected]
St. Gemma Galgani
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Photo ops...
CongratulationstoJorgeStanfield,whocelebratedhis50thJubileeofOrdinationonApril27.JorgeofferedMasswithHolyNameCommunityinHouston,Texas.
LorettaCiesielskiattendedtheGeneralChapterofherCommunityheldatSt.PauloftheCrossPassionistRe-treatandConferenceCenterinDetroit.Whilethere,LorettawasabletocatchupwithPeterBerendt.
ArthurCarrilloconcelebratedtheConfirmationMassforhisgrand-niece,ErikaNicoleOceguera,inSanDimas,California.
At left:Arthur,ErikaandErika’smom,Elaine.
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Houston Happenings...OnWednesday,April11,HolyNamePassionistRetreatCentersponsoreditsannualParishStaffDay ofReflection.RegistrationwasopentoallparishesintheArchdioceseofGalveston-Houston.TheprogramofferedsimultaneoustracksinEnglish,ledbyFr.DonaldNesti,CSSp,oftheCenterforFaithandCultureatSt.ThomasUniversity,andtheSpanishtrackledbyFr.AbelardoCobos,pastoratOurLadyofMountCarmelParish in Houston.
Onthefollowingday,April12,theretreatcenterhelditsannualGolfTournament,whichwasrescheduledfromlastautumnduetoHurricaneHarvey.Manythankstoallwhoparticipated.
JohnSchork,JoeBarbieriandJohnChambers.Fr.DonaldNestiatthe ParishStaffDayofReflection.
JimFrancis,FinanceManageratSt.PauloftheCrossPassionistRetreatandConferenceCenterinDetroit,Michigan,officiallyretiredonMarch30.ThestaffatSt.Paul’scelebratedJim’s14yearsofserviceanddedicationtoSt.PauloftheCross.
Mayyouenjoyyournewendeavorsasmuchasweenjoyedyourhardwork,stories,kindnessandpositiveoutlookonlifethroughouttheyears.Godblessyou“Jimbo”!
Jimandhiswife,Joy.
Congratulations...
JimopenshisgiftsasPatBrennanlookson.
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Passionists in Japan...St. Paul of the Cross House
GusKuniisentnewsfromJapantosaythenewPassionistHouseisMefuisopen.
Guswrites:
InearlyMarch,ourTokyohousewasclosedandthecommunitymovedtoMefuinthesuburbsofOsaka.ThisisourmainhouseinJapan.OnMarch15(IdesofMarch!)ournewmonasterywasblessed,andnamed“St.PauloftheCrossHouse”,notonlyinhonourofourholyfounder,butalsoinmemorythelatePaulMatsumoto,Vice-Provincial.
Onthefollowingdaywemovedintothenewmonastery:
WardBiddle,AndrewfromKorea,DeaconJoeKumoda,Br.XavierShikayamaandmyself.GabrielBrechteaumovedinfromthesouth,Munakata.WardandGabrielareassistedbynursesandsocialworkersonadailybasis.
Thenewmonasteryiscarefullyconstructedtoprovide accessibilitysothatourseniormemberscanliveincommunity.Weallareintheprocessofgettingadjustedtoournew community.
Sitting (l-r): AaronandVianeyAcosta,GloriaandTomUribe.Standing (l-r): topAuroraMorales,BeatrizRiojas,GregGarza,MarisaGarza,RaulandDoraFlores,ManoloandLucyRazuri,
LucilleandGuillermoBenavidesandRicardoRiojas.
VianeyandAaronAcosta madetheircovenantlastmonth.
Community of Passionist Partners...San Antonio, TexasThePassionistCharismAliveandWellinSanAntonio,Texas!WhenthePassionistswithdrewfromCasaPasionistaGuadalupein2013,theCPPshadadecisiontomake:disbandorgoon?Ithadalwaysbeenastrongcommunity,withcapableleadershipteamsofBenitaHuertaandClementeBarrón,RaulandDoraFloresandnow,RicardoandBeaRiojas.Thecommunityhasmanytraditionsbesidestheirmonthlymeetings.ItgathersannuallyfortheFeastofOurLadyofGuadalupe,Posadasat Christmas,SoupandScriptureduringLentandtheSederMealonWednesdayofHolyWeek.Overthelastthreeyears,newmembershavemadecovenants.ThankyouforyourcommitmentandfidelitytotheCharismofSt.PauloftheCross!
ThePassionistCommunityintheirnewhome.
St.PauloftheCrossHouse,Mefu,Japan.
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Quiet Louisville...Passionist Earth & Spirit Center
TheEarth&SpiritCenteristryingtohelpfostercalmmindsandopenheartsinthemidstofaturbulentworld.Theyplannedafree,open-to-the-public,outdoormeditationeventatoneofthebusiestplacesin Louisville(downtownon4thstreet,whereThomasMertonhadhisfamousepiphany)atoneofthebusiesttimesoftheyear(noononMay1,inthemiddleofDerbyWeek).Theeventincludedlivemusicandguidedmeditation.
Additionally,theEarth&SpiritCenterreceivedover$22,000ingrantsfromtheU.S.Departmentof AgricultureandtheJeffersonCountySoilandWaterConservationDistricttoremoveinvasivespecies fromthewoods.Thegrantswillalsobeusedtoconstructtwoportable,unheatedgreenhousestoprotectgardencropsfromfrost.ThelatterwillbeusedbyNewHopeInternationalFarm,acommunitygardenprojectforrefugeesontheSacredHeartproperty.Althoughthey’vecontendedwithacold,wetspring,theNewHopegrowershavebeentillingtheirgardens(byhand!!)andarebusygettingstartedforthegrowingseason.
Oneofthetilledgardensat NewHopeInternationalFarm.
Allwhoattendedparticipatedinthemeditationexercises.
KyleKramerwelcomedeveryonetotheevent. Thejumbotronprovidedeasyviewingofthestage.
Blessed are the Peacemakers...Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, IllinoisOnWednesday,April25,CatholicTheologicalUnionhelditsannualBlessed are the Peacemakers TrusteeDinner,acelebrationtosupporttheeducationandformationofmenandwomenpreparingforaministeriallifeofservice.
Thisyear’shonoreewasArchbishopChristophePierre,ApostolicNunciototheUnitedStates.“Asa representativeoftheHolyFather,hehasbroughtpeopleofdisparatepoliticalandreligiouspostitionstogetherindialoguetoadvancethecommongood,andchampionedhiscallforencounteringthoseonthemarginsofsociety,tofindinthemtheverypresenceofChrist.”
TheDiakonia AwardwaspresentedtoCarolynParmerandherlatehusband,John.“TheParmerFamilyhasrepresentedtheveryfinestexampleoflayleadershipfortheChurch,embodyingextraordinarycommitmenttoalllevelsofCatholiceducation,andadvocacyfortheroleofwomenintheChurch.”
ArchbishopChristophePierregiveshisremarksafterbeingpresentedwiththeBlessed are the Peacemakers award.
AlfredoOcampoandJoeMoons.
DanO’DonnellandJackConley.JohnSchorkandSoohoonHur.
TimandKarenO’Brien.
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