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TWO BROTHERS APPROVED FOR PERPETUAL VOWS

Bro. Bob Jones

Bro. Andrew Kosmowski

The Province extends fraternal good wishes and prayers to Bros. Bob Jones and Andrew Kosmowski who have been approved for perpetual vows. The request was recently ratified by Superior General Fr. Manuel Cortés. Bro. Bob has been approved for the clerical category. Our prayers and support also go out to Bros. Brandon Alana, Armando Añeses, Ray Dominguez, Tom Farnsworth and Luis Gamboa who were approved for the renewal of their temporary vows for another year. Roberto Rivera will withdraw from the Society of Mary in the near future and return to his native Philippines. We wish him well on his journey and in this new phase of his life.

THREE APPROVED FOR MARIANIST ASPIRANCY PROGRAM

Luis Guerra

Mark Motz

Alejo Perez

Congratulations to Contacts Luis Guerra, Mark Motz and Alejo Perez who will enter the Marianist aspirancy program this fall.

Luis, 27, was born in Victoria, Texas, and resides in San Antonio. He has a bachelor’s degree in theology with a minor in business from St. Mary’s University and a master’s degree in interdisciplinary education/religious studies from the University of Dayton. Luis was a member of the Lalanne Program at UD. He taught at Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School in Cleveland and currently teaches at Central Catholic High School in San Antonio. Luis will join the DeSales Crossings community in Cincinnati.

Mark, 22, was born in Cincinnati and resides in West Chester, Ohio. He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Dayton with a bachelor’s degree in religious studies. Mark will join the Casa Maria community in San Antonio.

Alejo, 38, was born in San Francisco Del Rincon, Guanajuato, Mexico, and resides in Ventura, Calif. He has a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Cal State University. Alejo taught grade school in the Los Angeles and Oxnard, Calif., school districts. He is presently a teacher resource person for the Oxnard School District. Alejo will join the DeSales Crossings community.

Our prayers and best wishes to the new aspirants! 

GRADUATIONS AROUND THE PROVINCE

In Dayton

LEFT: Bro. Abraham Méwézino and Bro. Basant Kujur on graduation day at UD; RIGHT: Bro. Abraham cuts the cake at the celebration at the novitiate. Courtesy of Bro. Bosco Shin

Congratulations to Bro. Abraham Méwézino (Togo) and Bro. Basant Kujur (District of India), who graduated from the University of Dayton on May 1. Bro. Abraham received a degree in educational leadership and administration and Bro. Basant received a degree in community counseling. While attending school, Bro. Abraham lived with the Trinity Avenue community and Bro. Basant at the novitiate in Dayton. After the graduation ceremony, a celebration was held at the novitiate.

In Mombasa

Metal work graduates are shown in maroon gowns and members of the staff in blue gowns. Instructor Jesse Okama is standing second from the right. Photos courtesy of Bro. Bill Schlosser.

On May 7, The Marianist Development Project in Mombasa, Kenya, had its twelfth graduation. The class included 16 carpenters, 24 caterers, 25 hairdressers and 21 metal workers. Many of the students earned a certificate as a grade three (entry grade) carpenter, welder or general fitter as well as the MDP certificate. MDP's mission is to move youth from situations of destitution and dependency.  Since its inception in 1998, the program has graduated 1,356 students.

Catherine Nyaruai receiving her certificate as a caterer from Mr. Koecha, the guest of honor, who spoke to the students about the importance of planning and saving for their future. Mr. Koecha is the manager of the Mombasa branch of the Post Office Savings Bank.

PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENTS 

The Provincial Council has confirmed several new assignments for the coming year. We send our prayers and best wishes to the brothers in their new ministries.

New Ministries

Sabbatical Programs

Bro. Stephen Glodek to a sabbatical program until Jan. 1, 2011, residing with the Baltimore community.

Bro. Robert Hughes will participate in the Marist-Marianist Third Age Renewal Program in Manziana, Italy, from October to December 2010.

Fr. Ed Jach will participate in the Ministry to Ministers program in San Antonio from August to December 2010. In December, Fr. Ed will return to the DeSales Crossings community in Cincinnati.

Bro. Charles Johnson will attend the Institute for Religious Formation in Chicago; his home community will be Marybrook in St. Louis.

Fr. Joe Lackner  to a sabbatical program until Jan. 1, 2011, residing with the Stonemill-Kiefaber community in Dayton. Fr. Joe will then serve at Chaminade University of Honolulu and the University of Dayton program in Bangalore, India. He will join the Hale Malia community in Honolulu.

Bro. Tom Oldenski will participate in the Marist-Marianist Third Age Renewal Program in Manziana, Italy, from October to December 2010.

Bro. Jack Ventura to a sabbatical program until Feb. 1, 2011, residing at the Hollywood, Fla., community.

NEWS FROM VOCATIONS

MUSP GRADUATE CREDITS PROGRAM FOR HIS SUCCESS

Jimmy McLeod was featured in May on the cover of The Obsidian magazine.

Jimmy McLeod Jr., a 2006 graduate of the Marianist Urban Students Program at Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School in Cleveland, is a graduating senior at Bowling Green State University who will pursue a master’s degree at Loyola University in Chicago. Jimmy said MUSP was essential to his academic success. “It allowed me the opportunity to attend VASJ where I was provided with the resources necessary to advance,” said Jimmy. “It is important that inner-city kids be granted the opportunity to attend learning institutions where academics are not taken lightly and the students do not have outside distractions that many public schools have. The MUSP program relieves a huge portion of financial burden, but in the long term it provides much more than that. It diversifies the experiences of inner-city kids and places them in an environment where success is expected. Without MUSP I certainly would not be where I am now, and God only knows what road my life would have taken.”

UD MARIANISTS CELEBRATE END OF YEAR 

Clockwise from top, Bro. Bob Hughes and Fr. Chris Conlon; Sr. Leanne Jablonski and Maureen O’Rourke (UD coordinator of Marianist Activities and Scholarship); Fr. Jack McGrath and Joan McGuinness Wagner (UD director of Marianist Strategies); and Bro. Tom Pieper and Sr. Nicole Trahan

On May 6, Marianists who serve at the University of Dayton attended a dinner hosted by Dan Curran, UD president, and Fr. Paul Marshall, UD rector, to celebrate the end of the school year, share accomplishments and say farewell to those leaving UD.

MARIANISTS ATTEND REUNION AT CHAMINADE SANTA CRUZ

Fr. Jim Heft  (seated, third from right) with alumni of Chaminade High School in Santa Cruz

On April 10, Marianists attended an 80th anniversary celebration of the founding of Chaminade High School in Santa Cruz, Calif. The school was in operation from 1930 to 1940. Bro. Bob Juenemann gave the invocation and Fr. Jim Heft spoke at the luncheon. The alumni group honored the 30 brothers who served at the school and the many Marianists who have assisted their alumni efforts over the years.

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

Fr. Manuel María Iceta Olaizola (Province of Zaragoza), 74, who died today in Valencia, Spain. May he rest in peace. Fr. Manuel’s obituary will appear in an upcoming issue of FamilyOnline.

Bro. José María Fernández de Retana (Province of Madrid), 82, who died April 27, 2010, in Madrid. May he rest in peace. Bro. José María’s obituary will appear in the next issue of FamilyOnline.

Please pray also for Augustin Chittadiyil, Marilyn Edelen, Ernest Fukeda, Sr., Arthur Hammel, Fredericka Nash, Vincent Radosevich and James Sovine. Read more.

DAY LILIES, ROME

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALING OF . . .

Bro. DuWayne Brisendine (Marianist Hall community, Honolulu)

Bro. Don Geiger (novitiate, Dayton)

Fr. Lee Sciarrotta (Washington St., Dayton)

Please pray also for Joseph Chiuri, Lee Hafele, Dorothy DeVoe Healy, Evelyn (Lyn) Kuntz, Larry Lisbeth, Tim Prevou, Christine Scanlon and George Thompson. Read more.

HAVE YOU TAKEN A MARIANIST VIRTUAL LEARNING COURSE?

NACMS, in partnership with UD-VLCFF, is currently offering two five-week Marianist Studies courses, one on Social Justice and the other on Prayer. Registration is open until May 26. Find out more or register.

WEST HILLS COMMUNITY HOSTS SEND-OFF FOR HERIBERTUS

On May 5, the West Hills community in California bid farewell to Contact Heribertus Denny, who is returning to Indonesia to care for his mother. Our prayers and best wishes for Heribertus! Shown are Bro. Tony Pistone, Aspirant Alejo Perez, Ivana, Tina, Fr. Ted Ley (back, center), Heribertus and Agatha. Courtesy of Bro. Jim Wisecaver

DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM BRO. BRIAN ZAMPIER

Nineteen people, including Ann Mueller (Province Office of Communications, fifth from left), joined with artist Bro. Brian Zampier (center) May 8  for a “Sketchbook/Journal Day” at the Marianist Retreat and Conference Center in Eureka, Mo. “The class was wonderful,“ said Ann. “Bro. Brian shared his journals and taught us techniques to use in our journals. It was a fun day with lots of time for drawing and writing. Bro. Brian taught us to ‘make a mark’ every day!”

WHO'S DOING WHAT. . .

Fr. Jim Heft, president of the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at the University of Southern California, is organizing a symposium on Pope Benedict’s latest encyclical, Caritas in Veritate, to be held at the Vatican Oct. 15 - 16. The Institute received this unprecedented invitation last year from the head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace; the Pope will attend one of the sessions. In addition, Fr. Jim has published: “Distinctively Catholic: Keeping the Faith in Higher Education” (in Commonweal,); “Campus Ministry and Academics” (in the Journal of Catholic Higher Education); “Christmas and Easter Christians”  (in the Washington Post); and “The ‘Nones’ and the ‘Somethings’” (in The Tidings). Oxford University Press will publish a book he edited on “Learned Ignorance: An Inquiry into Intellectual Humility among Jews, Christians and Muslims.” Fr. Jim has just finished his own book on Catholic high schools, and in the fall, he will conduct a seminar on “Religion and Violence” at USC.

MOTHER SETON ACADEMY STUDENTS VISIT CAPE MAY

With the Mother Seton students, front, Anthony Fucci (retreat center director, center) and Jessica Sherwen (program director, far right); third row, Ashley Kleist (retreat center intern, dark blue shirt); top row, Mark Motz (Marianist Aspirant and 2010 UD grad, far left), Hannah Williamson (Mother Seton teacher, UD grad and Marianist Young Adult, black shirt) and Bro. Jesse O’Neill (Mother Seton teacher, far right). Courtesy of Anthony Fucci

Eighth grade students from Mother Seton Academy in Baltimore recently attended a three-day retreat at the Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point, N.J. The theme of the retreat was "Go Out and Make a Difference in God's World." The students prayed and enjoyed the beach and a boat ride on the ocean.

MARIANIST LIFE IN CALIFORNIA

Marianist LIFE invites all members of the Marianist Family in and around the Bay Area and Silicon Valley in California to a Marianist Family Gathering on Saturday, June 19 at Presentation Center in Los Gatos. Join the adult community preparing for the Marianist LIFE Pacific summer program for a prayer service and social. Find out more.

FROM THE SCHOOLS . . . ARCHBISHOP MOELLER HIGH SCHOOL William E. Hunt, a University of Dayton director of development, has been appointed by Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr as the first president of Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati, effective July 1. Hunt has 17 years of experience working with alumni, donors, faculty, and staff at UD and has served as UD’s director of annual giving, director of alumni programs, director of alumni relations and a director of development. Read more. Archbishop Moeller Principal Blane Collison (left) with newly appointed President William E. Hunt VILLA ANGELA-ST. JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL. Secretary of Education for the Diocese of Cleveland, Margaret Lyons, announced on May 18 the appointment of Dave Csank as the new principal for Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School in Cleveland. Csank, who will leave his post as principal of St. Mary’s Elementary School in Akron, will replace current VASJ Principal Janice Roccosalva, who is retiring after 33 years in Catholic education serving the Diocese of Cleveland. Read more. CHAMINADE UNIVERSITY OF HONOLULU professor and Marianist Educational Associate Peggy Friedman shares her reflections on what it means to work at a Marianist university and how the Characteristics of Marianist Education are brought to light in her areas of responsibility. Read the reflection. Peggy Friedman (fourth from right) at the MEA commitment ceremony in 2006 ST. JOHN VIANNEY HIGH SCHOOL sponsored a day of service May 11. More than 320 students served at destinations around the St. Louis area. The service day was in addition to the 20 hours of community service required of Vianney freshmen and sophomores each year. As part of service day, Vianney student Tim Agne does the “chicken dance” with preschoolers at the Headstart program in St. Louis. A Ugandan orphan poses with a portrait created by a C-M art student.(Photo courtesy of the Memory Project) CHAMINADE-MADONNA HIGH SCHOOL students in Angela Canosa’s art class created portraits of Ugandan children orphaned primarily by HIV/AIDS through the “Memory Project,” a nonprofit organization whose mission is to “inspire youth to care deeply for the well being of people throughout the world.” The C-M students created portraits of the children from digital photos that were mailed to them. Read more. In addition, C-M senior Robert Raynor received the President’s Volunteer Service Award given by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program on behalf of President Obama. Read more. UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON has seen a double-digit increase in enrollment and expects to enroll one of the largest entering classes since the Baby Boomers went to college. Read more.   CHAMINADE COLLEGE PREPARATORY, WEST HILLS. "I met a kid that loved and lived for baseball. I thought to myself, this is the kind of kid I want on my team,” said CCP baseball coach Frank Mutz of senior John Sikorra who is blind. John became a team member and was so inspirational they made him team captain. Read about John’s hitting debut from a story and video in the Los Angeles Times. John Sikorra and his dad round the bases SAINT LOUIS SCHOOL took first place in the Hawai’i State Math Bowl Championships on May 1 in Maui.  The statewide competition brought public and private schools together to compete. Congratulations to the math team!   SLS math competition champions with their trophy DANIEL J. GROSS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL students spent their spring break volunteering in Biloxi, Miss., for a week-long service immersion experience. They worked with Habitat for Humanity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast rebuilding homes destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Read more.   A Gross Catholic student works at a home construction site DANIEL J. GROSS CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL SHOWS MARIANIST SPIRIT Bro. Joe Barrett worked with Gross Catholic President Beckie Cleveland to provide Marianist gear for the school community. Staff members are encouraged to wear their Marianist gear on Mondays as a reminder of the Marianist mission. LEFT: Gross Catholic staff members model their Marianist look; RIGHT: one of the Marianist pullovers

MARIANISTS TOUR NCR FACILITY IN DAYTON

On May 6, University of Dayton President Dan Curran led the  Marianists on a tour of the former NCR headquarters in Dayton. The 455,000-square-foot, five-story building will be the future home of UD’s proposed Alumni Center, graduate classes and executive development programs and conferences.   Dan Curran, flanked by Bros. Tom Pieper (left) and Phil Aaron, gives a tour of the NCR building.

A DAY ON THE RIVER IN BANGALORE

The Ragpickers Education & Development Scheme - Skill Training Centre students enjoy a day on the Sangama River in Bangalore, India. With the boys, Maria Luisa, a REDS volunteer, and  Bro. M. Arul Raj, REDS director. Photo by Bro. A. Santhosh

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. The Marianist Province of the U.S. is seeking a creative, visionary and collaborative individual to join its group as Director of Development. To apply, please submit a cover letter describing your approach to development, a résumé that includes a detailed history of fundraising activities, three references and a salary history no later than June 15, 2010. Read the job description.

FIESTA TIME IN CUPERTINO

Despite a power outage, the Cinco de Mayo fiesta at the Marianist Center in Cupertino was a hit. Activities Director Nancy Romano planned the celebration. LEFT: Fr. Larry Mann, Esmeralda Rodriguez (nurse’s aide) and Bro. Bob Wade; RIGHT: Bro. Howard Hughes, Esmeralda and Bro. Joseph Nu’uanu. Courtesy of Bro. Jim Leahy

OOPS . . .

In the May 12 issue we mistakenly reported that Fr. Joe Lackner was the presider at the jubilee celebration in Cincinnati. Fr. Joe was the homilist and Fr. Ed Jach was the presider. Also, the Indian brothers who professed first vows on May 1 will be assigned to communities for a year of mission before they go to the scholasticate.

CAPE MAY. Read the May 2010 issue of The Beacon, the newsletter of the Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May Point, N.J. 

MLNNA. Read the May 2010 issue of E-NEWS, the newsletter of the Marianist Lay Network of North America.

NACMS. Find out more about the origins of the Marianist Family in the NACMS newsletter.

INDIA. Read the newsletter from the Marianist novitiate in Ranchi, India.

JUST ONE MORE . . .

Seeing double!

The Harter twins, Addie and Emma, born April 2. Their proud father Ray Harter works in campus ministry at Chaminade College Prep in St. Louis.

Colegio San José students dress as twins on a special day that is part of “Senior Week.” The twin “Pac Mans” were one of many interesting pairs at school that day. Bro. Francisco González, CSJ director-principal, is shown far left. Courtesy of Marilú Vicens

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