Volume 3, Number 22
Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2004

INDIAN BROTHERS PROFESS PERPETUAL VOWS

The five newly professed Indian brothers, from left, Bros. Rajesh Macwan, Sanjay Ekka, Simon Xalxo, A. Arockia Doss and Dennis Lobo

Congratulations and blessings to Bros. A. Arockia Doss, Sanjay Ekka, Dennis Lobo, Rajesh Macwan and Simon Xalxo, who professed final vows on Oct. 12, 2004, at St. Mary’s Church, Samlong, Ranchi, India. Fr. Ignase Arulappen presided at the Eucharist and received the profession of vows; Bro. Anand Prakash Kujur gave the homily. The Eucharist was followed by a luncheon at Gyan Deep with about 500 friends, family and fellow brothers. Bros. A. Arockia and Sanjay professed first vows May 1, 1998; Bro. Simon professed first vows May 1, 1999; and Bros. Dennis and Rajesh professed first vows April 29, 2000.

WHO ARE THESE MASKED MEN??

The Dayton novitiate showed its ghoulish spirit at a community Halloween party. Front row, from left: Dennis Bautista, the "Masked Marianist," Luke Hoenigman, Alfredo Chavez, Bro. John Lemker and the "Monster Marianist." Second row, from left: Andrew Kosmowski, Bro. Jack Somerville, Fr. Dave McGuigan (novice master) and Bro. Tom Redmond (assistant director of novices). Can you identify the disguised Marianists? (Answer: The "Masked Marianist" is Bro. Tom Wendorf, and The "Monster Marianist" is Fr. Jim Bartlett)

BRO. FRANCIS KIM TO BE ORDAINED IN KOREA

Bro. Francis Il Young Kim will be ordained a priest Nov. 20, 2004, at Sangok-dong Church, Incheon, Korea. The Most Reverend Boniface Choi, D.D., bishop of Incheon Diocese, Korea, will be the ordaining bishop. Fr. Joe Lackner, Province assistant for developing regions, will be in attendance. Our prayers are with Bro. Francis on this important day.

WORLD DAY OF PRAYER AT BERGAMO

In celebration of the Marianist World Day of Prayer on Oct. 10, approximately 200 people attended Mass at Queen of Apostles Chapel at Mount St. John in Dayton. The Mass was followed by a reception at Bergamo Center. Pictured at the reception, from left, Dan Jordan (NACMS); Bro. Tobias Ferrer, Fr. Robert Witwicki (Province of France) and Anne Petratis. Photo courtesy of Bill Hirt.

SABBATICAL PROCEDURES

Fr. Jim Fitz offers a report on sabbatical procedures, including information on how to initiate a sabbatical, deadline for applications, and what an application should include. To read the report, please click here:

SUNRISE, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, OHIO

Photo courtesy of Novice Jeff Warren

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

Bro. Paul Boeckerman, 86, who died Oct. 22, 2004, in Dayton. Fr. Matthew Kohmescher presided at the Mass of Christian Burial and gave the homily on Oct. 30 at Queen of Apostles chapel at Mount St. John in Dayton. Representing the Provincial Council was Bro. Mike O'Grady. To read Bro. Paul's obituary, please click here:

Bro. Paul (right), Japan, 1950

Fr. José Antonio Fernández (Province of Madrid), 81, who died Nov. 7, 2004, in Madrid. May he rest in peace. Fr. José's obituary will appear in the next issue of FamilyOnline.

Bro. Mauro Curiel (Province of Zaragoza), 79, who died Nov. 6, 2004, in Barcelona, Spain. May he rest in peace. Bro. Mauro's obituary will appear in the next issue of FamilyOnline.

Bro. Karl Buchinger (Region of Austria/Germany), 96, who died Oct. 22, 2004, in Freistadt, Austria. May he rest in peace. To read Bro. Karl's obituary, please click here:

Joel Mburu Kiranga, 39, who died Oct. 29, 2004. May he rest in peace. Joel was the older brother of Bro. Gabriel Kiranga (Marianist Seminary, Rome). Bro. Gabriel lost his father in July.

Emma Schlachter, 90, who died Oct. 31, 2004, in Cincinnati. May she rest in peace. Emma was the sister of Bro. John Blank (Alumni Hall, Dayton).

Edward Gerker, 82, who died Nov. 6, 2004, in St. Louis. May he rest in peace. Edward was the father of Jim Gerker, principal at Chaminade College Preparatory (St. Louis).

William Klein, 78, who died July 7, 2004, in Chicago after a long illness. May he rest in peace. William was a lay Marianist in Chicago.

ELEPHANT ROCKS STATE PARK, MISSOURI

Photo courtesy of Bro. Bob Resing, S.M. Bro. Bob's images are available for sale as note cards or prints. To order, contact Bro. Bob at rresing@sm-usa.org.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALING OF . . .

Al Cleary III, who is hospitalized, and Vincee Viso, who is battling cancer. Al and Vincee are friends of the Marianists in California.

The people of the Ivory Coast, especially the Marianist religious there, and for an end to the violence. Bro. Charles-Henri Moulin reports that the Marianist brothers and sisters are safe, but the situation remains volatile.

For Cpl. Eric Shelvy, USMC, and other military who are involved with the invasion of Fallujah. We also pray for the Iraqi people. Cpl. Shelvy is the son of Diane Guerra, Province director of communications.

WE NEED YOUR ADDRESSES!

The fall/winter 2004 issue of ALIVE magazine will be published soon. We'd like to expand our mailing list. To add a friend or family member to the mailing list of ALIVE, e-mail Ann Mueller at amueller@sm-usa.org.

WASHINGTON STREET COMMUNITY

Lisa Gooding, the Province's executive director of development, visited the Washington Street community on Oct. 28 after attending a meeting on Faith and Culture with Bro. Victor Forlani. The Washington Street community, standing, from left: Bro. Charles Bergedick, Fr. Jack McGrath, Bros. Jim Brown and Bernie Hartman; seated, from left: Bro. Tobias Ferrer, Bro. Ed Zamierowski, Lisa Gooding and Fr. Tom Schroer. Not shown: Bros. Victor and Brian Halderman.

ALUMNI HALL BROTHERS ENJOY THE AUTUMN

Three distinguished residents of Alumni Hall, from left, Bros. William Callahan, Donald Fahrig and Norbert Sturm enjoying the fall weather in October at the University of Dayton.

VOCATION DISCERNMENT RETREAT IN BALTIMORE

A vocation discernment retreat was held Oct. 29-30 at the Roland Ave. community in Baltimore. Ten retreatants and five religious participated in the event, which was organized by Bro. Charlie Johnson, Province director of vocations. Fr. Paul Fitzpatrick gave talks on community, the theme of the retreat. Participants celebrated Eucharist at St. Joseph's Parish in Sykesville, Md., and attended the parish's fundraiser for a school in Peru. Bro. Phil Melcher (Region of Peru) spoke at the fundraiser.

Retreat participants, first row, from left: Bro. Charlie Johnson, John Calabro, Chris DeGetmon, J.C. Boyd, Cameron Thompson, Fr. George Cerniglia and Fr. Paul Fitzpatrick. Second row, from left: Bro. Mike Sullivan, Adam Suchana, Michael Williams, Tom Fox, Dean Haley, Jacob Friesehahn, George Lang and Novice Luke Hoenigman. Not pictured: Bro. Brian Halderman

PURCELL MARIAN SIGNS SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT

Representatives of Purcell Marian High School in Cincinnati renewed the school's dedication to its Marianist mission by signing a sponsorship agreement on Nov. 1 during the All Saints Eucharist at St. Francis DeSales Church. Signing for the Province was Fr. Tim Kenney (Province director of education); Jan Kennedy (past principal of Purcell Marian) signed for the school. Jack Kennevan, interim principal of Purcell Marian, was welcomed at the Eucharist. A reception followed at the school's Alumni Hall.

From left: Bro. Bob Politi (Chairperson for the L.I.T. Team and event organizer); Jack Kennevan; Sr. Collette Hart, S.C. (from Purcell Marian's alumni office); and Fr. Tim Kenney

Pictured at the sponsorship festivities: Jan Kennedy (left) and Bro. Joe Kamis (superintendent of schools for the archdiocese of Cincinnati)

DON'T FENCE HIM IN

Anthony Fucci, director of the Marianist Family Retreat Center at Cape May, N.J., traveled south to Texas with his wife Erin and baby son AJ to visit the brothers at the Nolan Marianist community in Fort Worth. Shown with little AJ are, from left, Bro. Hugh Charlson, Fr. Jim Mueller and Bro. Al Kuntemeier. Is AJ a future cowboy?

PEACE & JUSTICE UPDATE: Marianist Volunteer Service Program; Visiting Communities Myles McCabe Province Director of Peace & Justice mmccabe@sm-usa.org Marianist Volunteer Program Up and Running: The Marianist Volunteer Program is recruiting volunteers to begin in August 2005. The program is a one-year domestic commitment and a two-year international commitment for those 21 and older to live in community with other volunteers and work at a service site full time. Sites being explored include Coatzacoalcos, Mexico; St. Louis; Rockaway Park, N.Y.; Dayton/Cincinnati; and San Antonio. There also may be summer placements at a retreat center. For more information, please click here: To read the MVP brochure, please click here: To print out an application, please click here: Questions? Contact Dan Richter at drichter@sm-usa.org Regional Community Visits: Between now and April 2005, I will visit most of the stateside communities. For information on these visits, and my tentative schedule, please click here: Featured P&J Information: In each issue of FamilyOnline, I'll include an article or website. Send ideas to me at mmccabe@sm-usa.org. To read about spending in a way that supports companies that pay just wages, please click here:

GHOSTS, GOBLINS AT VILLA ST. JOSEPH

A frightening time was had by all at the annual Villa St. Joseph Halloween Party in Cupertino, Calif. Bro. John Samaha (left), Bro. Ed Fick (center) and Bro. John Schlund (right) chose appropriate headgear for the occasion.

Fr. Jack Rielly chats with a junior Batman at the annual Villa Halloween party.

Bro. Bob Wade (left) is "in command" at the Villa Halloween party, but who's the creepy gentleman with him? To find out, scroll down!

WHO'S DOING WHAT

The late Fr. Joseph Davis of the former Province of Cincinnati is featured in a new book, "Stamped with the Image of God: African-Americans as God's Image in Black," written by Fr. Cyprian Davis, OSB, and Sr. Jamie Phelps, OP. Prior to his ordination, Fr. Joe was the first director of the National Office of Black Catholics. He died in Cleveland in 1992 at the age of 55.

Fr. Joe Davis, in an undated photo

Bro. Roy McLoughlin (Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati) reports that the Moeller community hosted a vocation evening on Oct. 25 for eight seniors from Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati. After Eucharist and dinner, Bro. Roy and Bros. Howard Lohrey and Ron Luksic shared their vocation stories, and the brothers answered students' questions about religious life.

Bro. Bill Schlosser (Mombasa, Kenya) reports that 26 students and staff from the Marianist Development Project (MDP) in Mombasa rolled up their sleeves on Oct. 25 to donate blood to the Kenya Blood Transfusion Service.

Bro. Daniel Wang'ombe (Mombasa) donated blood during the MDP blood drive.

Bro. Mike teaching English at the minor seminary at the Blessed Bahkita Center in Kitale, Kenya.

Bro. Michael Cochran (Kitale, Kenya) is visiting friends and family between October 2004 and January 2005 while on "home leave" from his mission work in Africa. Bro. Michael will visit the communities at Rockaway Park, N.Y., and Washington St., Dayton, before traveling to St. Louis and Albuquerque to visit his sister.

Fr. Jim Schimelpfening (Holy Rosary Parish, San Antonio) wrote an article, "A Pilgrimage into the Heart of a People: A Charism Rediscovered," that appeared in the January-March 2004 issue of Ephemerides Mariologicae, a quarterly devoted to Marian theological studies. This past summer, Fr. Jim received his doctorate in ministry from the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.

Bro. Harold Lootens (Marianist Residence, San Antonio) invites all to attend his piano concert, "Wide Wide World of the Piano Repertoire," at 3 p.m. on Nov. 21 at St. Mary's University's Treadaway Recital Hall. He will play music by Mozart, Chopin, Schubert, Scott Joplin, Duke Ellington and Fats Waller. Bro. Harold gave the same concert on Oct. 24 at the Our Lady of the Pillar Family Center in St. Louis.

Ray McCracken, assistant director of the North American Center for Marianist Studies (NACMS), penned a poem, "Between the Times," about the development of the Marianist order. To read his poem, please click here:

Bro. Bill Bolts (Moorpark Ave., San Jose, Calif.) attended a symposium on the U.S. bishops' pastoral, "Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility" and then shared the information at a session at Queen of Apostles Parish in San Jose.

MYSTERY MARIANIST

Could this future brother look any more angelic than he did at his first communion? He's pictured here in 1963 at the Shrine Church of St. Ann in New York. Who is he? Scroll down for the answer!

75^th ANNIVERSARY OF MARYHURST CEMETERY

Members of St. Louis area Marianist communities gathered on Nov. 2, All Souls Day, at Maryhurst Cemetery in St. Louis (near St. John Vianney High School) to celebrate its 75th anniversary. After a prayer service for the brothers buried at the cemetery, participants enjoyed dinner, which was hosted by the Curé of Ars community. The cemetery was consecrated March 19, 1929. A large Calvary group sculpture was erected in the 1930s.

2004-2005 PERSONNEL

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CALIFORNIA VOCATION DINNER

Fr. Roland Bunda and Bro. David Betz of the Newman Center at the University of Santa Cruz in California attended the 5th annual "Bishop Ryan Vocation Dinner" in Monterey with several Newman Center students. The event drew more than 100 individuals, many of whom were interested in the priesthood or religious life. Seated, from left: Paul Mosso, Michelle Desmond and Bro. David; standing, from left: Sr. Rose Angelo, Fr. Roland, Jesse Scaroni and Bishop Sylvester Ryan

FOUNDERS COURSE FROM NACMS

The North American Center for Marianist Studies (NACMS) offers an online course, "Founders of the Marianist Family: Their Lives and Times." The five-week course begins Jan. 9, 2005, and costs $40. Registration closes Jan. 4, 2005. Register at http://www.udayton.edu/~vlc/register/. When registering, in the space for diocese, please type in "Marianist." For more information, contact Carol Ramey at 937.429.2521 or carol.ramey@notes.udayton.edu.

CMSC BOARD MEETS IN PHILADELPHIA

Board members of the Center for Marianist Spirituality and Communities (CMSC) met on Oct. 23 at CMSC's office in Philadelphia to review the center's work and plan for the future. Board members, from left: Vince Mirigliani, Sr. Grace Walle, FMI, Bro. Jack Ventura, Dick Canning, Mike Pressimone (chairman), Debbie Durand, Pat Krasensky, Steve Rizzoli, and Bro. Walt Oberster (acting director). Not pictured: Ray McCracken

"DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS" ALTARS

On Día de los Muertos, Spanish for "Day of the Dead," Mexican and Central American families joyfully remember their deceased loved ones and celebrate the continuity of life. As part of the ritual, which is celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2, observants create altars that feature photos and mementos of the dead.

Bro. Tobias Ferrer helped create this Día de los Muertos altar at the Washington Street community in Dayton

Angie Cortez, a lay Marianist in San Antonio, educated the Casa Maria aspirancy community in San Antonio in the tradition of preparing an altar for Día de los Muertos. Following her presentation, the community prepared this altar.

OUT AND ABOUT

To read the upcoming travel schedule of members of the Provincial staff in St. Louis, please click here:

NEW ISSUE OF VIA LATINA FROM THE GA IN ROME

To read the Nov. 1, 2004, issue of Via Latina from the General Administration in Rome, please click here: Remember that back issues of Via Latina are available on the PORTAL at www.marianist.com/portal.

RETREAT DAY FOR MICAH COMMUNITY

The Micah lay community held its annual retreat Oct. 9 at Sycamore State Park in Dayton. Pictured are Micah community members and Bro. Isak Keyman-Ige (front row, third from left); and Sr. Leanne Jablonski (front row, far right). Photo courtesy of Bill Hirt.

NEWSLETTER
CENTRAL

JUSTICE JOTTINGS. To read the November 2004 issue of Justice Jottings from the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative (MSJC), please click here:

INDIA NEWSLETTER. To read the Nov. 5, 2004, newsletter from the Region of India, please click here:

MAUI REPORT. To read Fr. Steve Tutas' November 2004 report from Maui, please click here:

TOPSAIL, N.C. To read High Tidings, the newsletter from the Christian Family Living Center at Topsail Island, N.C., please click here:

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BRO. STEVE CREATES ALTAR FOR ST. LOUIS CHURCH

Bro. Steve Erspamer (St. Louis) created this beautiful altar for Sacred Heart Church in Valley Park, Mo.

THE CUPERTINO GOBLIN IS . . .

Looks like it's Bro. Tom Deasy (Villa St. Joseph, Cupertino) behind the mask!

THE BOOK BAG

A new book by Sr. Lucia Ubbiali, FMI - Suppression of Religious Orders in France - has been published by the North American Center for Marianist Studies (NACMS). Fr. Joseph Stefanelli (Villa St. Joseph, Cupertino, Calif.) translated the book. To order, e-mail nacms.orders@notes.udayton.edu.

RENEWAL PROGRAM FOR SENIOR RELIGIOUS, ITALY

Bro. Tom Giardino (director, International Center for Marianist Formation, Dayton) reports on the Senior Religious Spiritual Renewal Program, which runs Oct. 20 through Dec. 20 at the Marist International Spirituality Centre in Manziana, Italy. Participants at a visit to the General Administration community of the Marianist Sisters, front row, from left: Sr. Caterina Pilenga (director/superior of the community); Sr. Estella Ibarra; Sr. Marie Joëlle Bec; Fr. Mike Reaume; Bro. Nick Rufo and Bro. Don Smith. Back row, from left: Bros. Franz Ginner (Region of Austria); Joe Scheible; and Tim Phillips (group guide), Sr. Paola Brivio and Sr. Maria José Jauregui.

ARE YOUR DATES POSTED ON THE CALENDAR?

A calendar that lists events involving Marianist brothers, Marianist sisters and lay Marianists is now available at www.marianist.com/calendar. The calendar also is available on the PORTAL at www.marianist.com/portal. If you'd like an event included, send the event, date, location and contact information to Pat Stephens at pstephens@sm-usa.org.

MYSTERY MARIANIST UNVEILED . . .

It's Bro. Jack Ventura (Lindell Blvd., St. Louis), who made his first communion in the Bronx in 1963 . . . and has been an angel ever since.

PROVINCE BIRTHDAYS

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