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TWO MARIANIST BROTHERS ARE ORDAINED IN ST. LOUIS

At the ordination celebration, Fr. Richard Villa, Most Rev. Kevin Vann and Fr. Patrick McDaid. Photos courtesy of contact Heribertus Denny

Marianist brothers Patrick T. McDaid and Richard C. Villa were ordained to priestly ministry in the Society of Mary on Aug. 23 at Our Lady of the Pillar Parish in St. Louis. The ceremony was attended by almost 250 Marianists, family members and friends. Most Rev. Kevin W. Vann, JCD, DD, bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth, was the principal celebrant and homilist. Read Bishop Vann’s homily. Major concelebrants were Fr. Jim Fitz, assistant provincial, and Fr. Jim Tobin, pastor of Our Lady of the Pillar. They were assisted by Marianist priests from across the Province. Also participating in the Mass were Provincial Stephen Glodek, Fr. George Cerniglia, assistant for religious life, and Fr. Bill Meyer, who served as master of ceremonies. Servers included Bros. Simon Choi, Jim Eppy, Bhaskar Galleli, Rajesh Kandulna, Andy Kosmowski and Stephen Wany’oike. Bro. Jack Ventura, Office of Religious Life, was the master of ceremonies for the reception that followed in the parish center. Fr. Pat will be ministering at Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco. Fr. Rich will serve at St. Joseph Parish in Eldersburg, Md. Our prayers and best wishes to Frs. Pat and Rich as they begin their new ministries.

Clockwise from top, Fr. Jim Tobin and Bishop Vann watch Fr. Jim Fitz perform the laying of the hands ritual on each elect; Fr. Pat, Bishop Vann and Fr. Rich give communion; Frs. Rich and Pat with Bro. Tim Phillips, vice-rector of the Marianist International Seminary in Rome, and Fr. George Cerniglia; Frs. Bill Wightman and Don Cahill

View a video of the ordination, courtesy of Bro. Mike McAward, and a slideshow, courtesy of Heribertus Denny and Fr. Roland Bunda

CELEBRATING BRO. MEL MEYER’S LIFE AND ART MINISTRY

At the reception, Fr. George Cerniglia, Bro. Mel Meyer, Kirkwood Mayor Arthur McDonnell and Bro. Ed Brink

A crowd of over 700 people attended the opening reception of Bro. Mel Meyer’s retrospective art exhibit Aug. 22 at the Marianist Galleries in Kirkwood, Mo. Bro. Mel was honored at the reception on the occasion of his 80th birthday, 60th jubilee as a Marianist brother and his 40th year of art ministry at the Marianist Galleries. Kirkwood Mayor Arthur McDonnell presented Bro. Mel with proclamations from the city of Kirkwood and from Missouri Governor Matt Blunt. Many of Bro. Mel’s pieces are displayed in Kirkwood and locations throughout Missouri and Tennessee. Bro. Brian Zampier, who assists Bro. Mel at the Marianist Galleries, was the organizer of the event. Our congratulations to Bro. Mel!

At the Marianist Galleries, clockwise from top, Fr. Rudy Vela, Bros. Joe Barrish and Gerry Hyland; Frs. Tom French and Jack Russi and Bro. John Haster; Bro. Erick Otiende, Fr. George Cerniglia, and Bros. Emmanuel Kolani, Mike McAward, Brice Ngakonomo and Claude Gérard Sery; and Bro. Mel receives a proclamation from Mayor McDonnell

MARIANIST WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SET FOR OCTOBER 12

Our Lady of Aparecida

The Marianist World Day of Prayer will be celebrated Oct. 12, 2008, at the Shrine of Aparecida near the city of São Paulo in Brazil. The event is an opportunity for Marianist communities to pray and join in a unique international event. Read more about the event. Spanish version.

CENTRAL CATHOLIC BEGINS SECOND YEAR OF MUSP

Bro. Rich Thompson (back, far right) with MUSP students, front, Angel Ortiz and Salvador Perez, middle, John Rangel, Brandon Garcia and Oscar Torres, and back, Andrew and Vincent Villarreal, and Alex Montoya

The Marianist Urban Students Program at Central Catholic High School in San Antonio is celebrating its second anniversary. Eight students are enrolled in the program, which offers high-potential students in urban elementary schools tuition assistance, leadership training, academic coaching, personal mentoring, service opportunities and enrichment activities. Bro. Rich Thompson is the director of the program at Central Catholic.

MEMBERS OF NEW LAY MARIANIST COMMUNITY MEET

The Kukalama Community, back, Christopher Casupang, Lianne Casupang, Margarita Mendoza (St. Elizabeth Ann Seton New Life Center), Jamieson Fong, Julie Nagasako and Toni Mesina; front, Francine Almodova, Cristin Fong, Mary Ann Datoc and Alex Datoc. Photo courtesy of Toni Mesina, regional coordinator of Marianist LIFE Pacific

The Kukalama Lay Marianist community, which includes members from California, Hawai’i and Texas, met for its first annual retreat this summer in San Francisco. The community members originally met as moderators for the Marianist LIFE Pacific program. A highlight of the retreat was assembling and delivering goodie bags to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton New Life Center in Daly City, Calif., which assists low-income pregnant women and their babies. In July, the members made their commitment as a Marianist Lay community during the moderator days for Marianist LIFE Pacific in Los Gatos, Calif. Welcome Kukalama community!

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOUL OF . . .

Fabián Fernández de Alarcón (Province of Madrid), 72, who died Aug. 24, 2008, in Madrid. May he rest in peace. Bro. Fabián’s obituary will appear in the next issue of FamilyOnline.

Bro. Luciano López (Province of Madrid), 78, who died Aug. 21, 2008, in Madrid. May he rest in peace. Bro. Luciano’s obituary will appear in the next issue of FamilyOnline.

Please pray also for Anna Aspell, Edna Rose Aten, Paul Conrad, Nancy Dalton, Thomas Geiss, Dorothy Florence Janovac, Vickie Kovach, William Leahy, Thomas Mariscalco, uncle of Bro. Jinu Muthukattil, Lloyd Peterson and Miriam Schimelpfening. Read more.

SYDNEY HARBOR, AUSTRALIA

Photo courtesy of Bro. Mike McAward. Read a reflection from Joe Fagan, who attended the Marianist-sponsored pilgrimage to World Youth Day 2008 in Sydney, Australia.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALING OF . . .

Bro. Fred Gelhard (Central Catholic, San Antonio)

Fr. Ed Jach (DeSales Crossings, Cincinnati)

Bro. Joseph Mariscalco (Meyer Hall, Dayton)

Bro. Paul Novosal (Marianist Residence, San Antonio)

Bro. Leonard Rudy (Curé of Ars , St. Louis)

Bro. Jerry Sullivan (Baltimore)

Please pray also for Paul Aguilar, Margie Armstrong, Jerry Barnes, Gary Liebl, Anne Lisjak, Myriam Rivera, Frank Ventura and Brian Youtsey. Read more.

WHO WE ARE, WHERE WE LIVE
CURÉ OF ARS COMMUNITY CREATING WAYS TO PASS ON CHARISM

The brothers of the Curé of Ars community with a piece of art from Bro. Mel Meyer: Tim Kenney (director), Don Cahill, Gene Meyerpeter, Len Rudy, Mel Meyer, Francis Haug, Al McMenamy, Joe Uvietta, Gerald Hyland, Walter Ebbesmeyer, Richard Middleton, Chester Burnog and Leo Slay

Fr. Tim Kenney, the new director of the Curé of Ars community at St. John Vianney High School in St. Louis, reports on the community’s August orientation meetings and its plans to support the high school, pass on the Marianist charism and connect with lay groups. On Wednesdays, the community will invite small groups of faculty members and their spouses for social, table prayer and dinner. The community also is inviting groups on Sunday mornings, and will celebrate Mass each week with the school. They’re also talking about a Marianist lay group. “We are on fire for keeping the flame lit and you will be hearing more from us!” said Fr. Tim.

WHO'S DOING WHAT. . .

Congratulations to Bro. Wilbert Hamm (Montgomery Road, Cincinnati), who was awarded the “Praestans Inter Omnes” Award (Outstanding Among All) from Purcell Marian High School in Cincinnati. Bro. Wilbert served the school as a teacher, driver’s education instructor, receptionist and volunteer in charge of the spirit room. Read more about Bro. Wilbert.

Fr. Roland Bunda (Maui), pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Maui, will preside at a Mass on Sept. 5 celebrating 125 years of the Marianists in Hawai’i. Read more from an Aug. 29 article in the Maui News. Photo by Claudine San Nicolas

Bro. Frank Gomes (Maui), a member of the 1958 graduating class of St. Anthony High School in Maui, gave a talk at the Mass celebrating the class’ 50th anniversary on July 29 at St. Anthony Church. Bro. Frank’s talk was published in the Aug. 8 issue of the Hawaii Catholic Herald. Read the talk.

Myles McCabe, Province director of peace & justice, is quoted in an article on the Bloomberg Web site regarding shareholder criticism of the pay package of Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corp. The Marianist Province of the U.S. is sponsoring a proposal that would give shareholders a say on executive compensation at the company. Ellison’s $72 million salary is twelve times larger than the median pay given to CEOs in the technology industry. Read more.

Bro. Joe Barrett (Marianist Residence, San Antonio) is featured in an Aug. 20 article in the Bellevue Leader regarding the 40th anniversary of Daniel J. Gross Catholic High School in Bellevue, Neb. Bro. Joe served as a the senior counselor at Gross for 20 years (1972 to 1992). Read the article.

Bro. Reinaldo Berríos (San Juan, Puerto Rico) is now teaching full time at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. He teaches two doctoral courses: Qualitative Research in Education and Qualitative Research in Psychology. Bro. Reinaldo also works with dissertations at the university. In addition, he works part time at Colegio San José, where he is director of the financial aid program and guidance and counseling department. Our best wishes to Bro. Reinaldo in his ministry!

Fr. Chris Wittmann, director of campus ministry at the University of Dayton, gave the homily at UD’s orientation Mass on Aug. 21. Fr. Chris’ homily explored Jesus’ interaction with the Canaanite woman. Read the homily.

Bro. Gary (right) as Fr. Tim Farley in “Mass Appeal”

Congratulations to Bro. Gary Morris (Chaminade Pohaku, Honolulu), whose lead performance in the play “Mass Appeal” earned him the “Po’okela (achieving excellence) Award” from the Hawai’i State Theatre Council. Bro. Gary is currently appearing in The Actor’s Group production of “The History Boys.” He also is teaching full time and directing a production of “Amadeus” at Chaminade University of Honolulu.

Bro. Don Geiger (novitiate, Dayton) is quoted in the Aug. 25 issue of the Springfield News Sun in an article about climate change. Read the article.

Congratulations to Bro. Martin (Steve) Erspamer, OSB, a former Marianist brother, who made his solemn monastic profession Aug. 15 as a Benedictine monk of St. Meinrad Archabbey. Our prayers and best wishes for Bro. Martin!

Fr. Jim Fitz (right) congratulates Bro. Martin

Bro. Frank, early years

The late Bro. Frank Nurthen, who touched many hearts at Cathedral Latin, a former Marianist high school in Cleveland, was featured in an article in the summer alumni magazine of Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin School in Chardon, Ohio. Bro. Frank served as a teacher, mentor, vice principal, alumni moderator and vice president at Cathedral Latin. When the school closed in 1979, he worked tirelessly with the Sisters of Notre Dame to integrate Cathedral Latin with Notre Dame High School. The combined school opened in 1988. Bro. Frank, who died in 1994 at age 86, would have celebrated his 100th birthday this year. Read the story. Story courtesy of Bro. Wilbert Hamm.

Sept. 5 Memorial of Mary, Queen of Apostles Sept. 8 The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sept. 12-14 Provincial Chapter, Philadelphia MORE GOOD TO KNOW SKYPE. Do you have a Skype i.d.? If so, we would like to hear from you. The Office of Communications is compiling a list of brothers who have Skype user i.d.’s. We will publish this list on the PORTAL to help facilitate SKYPE communication in the Province. Find out more about SKYPE. E-mail SKYPE i.d. to Ann Mueller. FOL PASSES 2,000 MARK! The number of subscribers to FamilyOnline has passed the 2,000 mark. The publication began six years ago with about 400 e-mail addresses (brothers only). As of this week, approximately 1,600 additional people have self-subscribed. Thank you readers for your interest in Marianist news! If you know someone who would like to receive FamilyOnline, please send them this link to subscribe. HAVE YOU VISITED THE FAMILY ONLINE ARCHIVE? Did you know that FamilyOnline is archived online? Just go to www.marianist.com/fol to search any issue since November 2002. Type in the word(s) you're searching for and then click on the issue(s) that appear. Once you open an issue, go to "edit" and then "find on this page." BLOG. Read the latest from our Marianist blogger. Fr. Bert Buby (Stonemill-Kiefaber, Dayton), Scriptural Reflections SEPTEMBER FEAST DAYS. Fr. George Cerniglia, assistant for religious life, writes about important feast days in September. Read Fr. George's letter and read the list of September feast days .

AT THE ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC CONVOCATION 2008

Marianists participating in the St. Mary’s University academic convocation ceremony Aug. 18 in San Antonio included, clockwise from top, Fr. Bernie Lee, Bro. Ed Violett, Bro. Richard Dix and Fr. Kip Stander. View more photos from the convocation.

FROM THE SCHOOLS ST. MARY’S UNIVERSITY. U.S. News & World Report’s 2009 edition of “America’s Best Colleges” guide has ranked St. Mary’s University No. 4 for best value among colleges and universities in the Western part of the nation. St. Mary’s also ranked No. 16 for academic reputation. It is the 15th consecutive year that St. Mary’s has been ranked in the top tier of colleges and universities listed annually by the national news magazine. In addition, the University of Dayton is moving up in the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings. UD continues to be listed as a top-tier national university and one of the 10 best Catholic universities in the nation. NOLAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL in Fort Worth, Texas, set a Marianist table to begin the school year. Lay Marianists Toni Mesina and Gabe Duarte (pictured at right), and Paul Combest and Mary Jo Kaska led the tradition. Photo courtesy of Mary Jo Kaska CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU. The Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation has awarded CUH a $5 million matching grant, one of the largest grants received by the university. The grant award is for renovations to Freitas Hall, which will be renamed the Clarence T.C. Ching Hall. The building is the centerpiece of the five original campus buildings, dating back to the 1920s. Read more from the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. CUH President Sue Wesselkamper (far right) receives the grant check CHAMINADE COLLEGE PREPARATORY IN ST. LOUIS. Members of the Our Lady of Nazareth school community in Nairobi, Kenya, model the sweatshirts sent to them by CCP in St. Louis. CCP has a special relationship with OLN and raised over $30,000 for the school last year. Fr. Marty Solma (far right, in brown) is shown with the group. Inset, the sweatshirts are embroidered with OLN and the names of the houses at CCP in St. Louis. Courtesy of Fr. Oscar Vasquez Scott Touzinsky (right) and teammate Ryan Millar after winning the gold medal. Photo by Koji Sasahara/AP ST. JOHN VIANNEY HIGH SCHOOL. Scott Touzinsky, a 2000 graduate, was a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic men’s indoor volleyball team. The team beat Brazil for the gold medal on Aug. 24. Congratulations Scott! Read more from the Aug. 25 issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON. Four University of Dayton graduates who are participating in UD’s Lalanne program in San Antonio were featured in a cover story in the Aug. 15 issue of Today’s Catholic. The Lalanne program offers the opportunity to earn a master’s degree in education while committing two years to teaching in a Catholic school and living in community with other teachers. Read the story. Lalanne teachers Gabriela Estrada, Anita Lukey, Casey Hart and Emily Wagner

CENTRAL CATHOLIC RETREAT FOCUSES ON MARIANIST FAMILY

Fr. John Thompson, who directed the retreat

Fr. John Thompson led a faculty retreat at Central Catholic in San Antonio in August with the theme, “Building a Marianist Community.” Through song, storytelling and sharing, the community was led through sessions on the founders of the Marianist Family and elements of a Marianist community. After concelebrating at the school Eucharist for the Feast of the Assumption, Fr. John addressed each division. He spoke on the importance of relying upon Jesus and Mary during the high school years and how Central is connected to a network of national and international Marianist sponsored schools through living out the “Characteristics of a Marianist Education.”

LEFT: Bro. Harry Cornell, math faculty; DeAnn Allen, supervising administrative assistant; Arnoldo Garza, band director; and Donna DeLire, math faculty; RIGHT: Bro. Rich Thompson, director of MUSP

GROSS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY

At the anniversary celebration, Beckie Cleveland, president of Gross Catholic; Lay Marianist Dick Elman and Bro. Rich Middleton; and Fr. Al McMenamy; photos courtesy of Lynn Poly

On Aug. 22, Gross Catholic High School in Bellevue, Neb., began its year-long 40th anniversary celebration with a prayer service and blessing, welcome by President Beckie Cleveland, address by 1972 graduate Jackie Buchta, a retrospective presentation and birthday cake. Bro. Rich Middleton and Fr. Al McMenamy were special guests, with Fr. Al giving the closing prayer. Bro. Rich was on the staff at Gross for 21 years, the longest of any Marianist. Fr. Al taught at Gross for six years. Since 1992, when the professed Marianists withdrew from the school, Fr. Al has been commuting to Omaha to minister as spiritual assistant for the Lay Marianist Affiliates. Bro. Leo Willett was founder and first principal of Gross.

Two Marianists at Gross Catholic High School from the very beginning: Bro. Leo Willett (left), founder and first principal (now at the Marianist Residence in San Antonio) and Fr. Paul Neumann (now in Querétaro, Mexico); photo taken in 1968 at Gross

THE CLASSIFIEDS

OOPS …

In the Aug. 19 issue of FamilyOnline, we incorrectly stated that Bro. Ed Longbottom was originally from Cleveland. Bro. Ed is a native of Cincinnati. Our apologies for the mistake.

NEWSLETTER CENTRAL

GOVERNOR’S ISLAND. Read the Governor’s Island newsletter from Bro. Paul Bredestege.

INDIA. Read the August 2008 issue of the newsletter of the District of India.

CFL. Read a special edition of High Tidings, the newsletter of the Christian Family Living Center in Topsail Beach, N.C.

MLNNA. Read a reflection on Fr. Jakob Gapp, SM, by A.J. Wagner, MLNNA president. Bro. John Samaha (Cupertino, Calif.) also has written an article about Fr. Gapp. Read the article.

JUST ONE MORE...

Back to school memories. Bro. Joe Barrett (mid-1970s ) with students from Gross Catholic High School

PROVINCE BIRTHDAYS

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A special birthday wish to Palmira Uvietta, mother of Fr. Joe Uvietta (Curé of Ars, St. Louis), who will celebrate her 104th birthday on Sept. 11. Palmira lives (on her own) in San Antonio. She will celebrate with the Marianist Residence community this Sunday, Sept. 7. For those who would like to send Palmira birthday wishes, her address is 1720 Kentucky Ave., San Antonio, Texas 78201. Happy Birthday Palmira!

SEPTEMBER

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