Volume 4, Number 2
Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005

PROVINCE ASSEMBLY TO BE HELD IN JUNE 2007

Provincial Stephen Glodek has announced that a Province Assembly will be held in late June 2007, and will include a review of the Province's first five years, as well as goal setting and installation of the new Provincial Council. Bro. Jack Ventura is chair of the Assembly Coordinating committee; committee members are Fr. Larry Doersching, Bro. John Haster, Diane Guerra, and Bros. Frank O'Donnell and Jack Somerville. The assembly location has not been determined.

FR. VARGHESE ORDAINED JAN. 5 IN INDIA

Fr. Varghese Manooparampil was ordained on Jan. 5, 2005, at Deepahalli Church in India. He was joined by family, friends, Marianist brothers, MLC members and the REDS and Regional Office staff. Fr. Joe Lackner and Fr. Ignase Arulappen, regional superior, participated in the ceremony. The Rt. Rev. Archbishop Benedict J. Osta, SJ, gave the homily and presided at the ordination ceremony. Congratulations to Fr. Varghese!

Fr. Arulappen (left) at the ordination of Fr. Varghese (right) on Jan. 5. The Rt. Rev. Archbishop Benedict J. Osta presided at the ceremony.

BROS. OSCAR, GABRIEL ORDAINED TO DIACONATE

Bros. Gabriel N. Kirangah and Oscar L. Vasquez were ordained to the diaconate at Santo Nome di Maria (The Holy Name of Mary), a Marianist parish in Rome, on Jan. 22, 2005. The ordaining bishop was Cardinal Stephen Fumio Hamao. Also ordained were Bros. Georges Kouame Gbeze and Rafael Iglesias. Our prayers and best wishes to these men!

At the ordination in Rome: at left (front to back), Bros. Rafael Iglesias and Georges Kouame Gbeze and Cardinal Hamao; at right (front to back), Bros. Oscar Vasquez and Gabriel Kirangah and Fr. David Fleming. Photo courtesy of Fr. Rudy Vela, who is teaching in Spain this semester.

NOVITIATE COMMUNITY MASS AND DINNER

Members of the Dayton Novitiate joined Sr. Laura Leming, FMI, on Jan. 15 at Ascension Parish in Dayton for Mass and a vocation-themed dinner. Seated, from left: Novice Dennis Bautista, Bro. Leo Willett and Novices Luke Hoenigman, Alfredo Chavez and Armando José Añeses. Standing, from left: Fr. Ron, Bro. John Lemker, Bro. Tom Wendorf, Sr. Laura Leming, Novice Jeff Warren, Fr. Dave McGuigan (novice master), and Novice Andy Kosmowski

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

Bro. Angel Chomón (Province of Madrid), 98, who died Jan. 22, 2005, in Madrid. May he rest in peace. Bro. Angel's obituary will appear in the next issue of FamilyOnline.

Bro. Timoteo Soto Angulo (Province of Zaragoza), 78, who died Jan. 8, 2005, in Zaragoza, Spain. May he rest in peace. To read Bro. Timoteo's obituary, please click here:

Fr. Angelo Carriero (Province of Italy), 80, who Dec. 29, 2004, in Rome. May he rest in peace. To read Fr. Angelo's obituary, please click here:

Fr. Emilio Ortega Sebastián (Province of Zaragoza), 76, who died Jan. 17, 2005, in Zaragoza, Spain. May he rest in peace. To read Fr. Emilio's obituary, please click here:

Margaret Murphy, who died Jan. 18, 2005, in Omaha. May she rest in peace. Margaret was the mother of Bro. Mike Murphy (Region of India) and a lay Marianist.

Lee Rosso, who died Jan. 15, 2005, in St. Louis. May she rest in peace. Lee was the mother of Mary Perotti (Province Office of Education, St. Louis).

Elisabeth Goelz, 101, who died Jan. 18, 2005, in Belleville, Ill. May she rest in peace. Elisabeth was the sister of Bro. Paul Goelz (Marianist Residence, San Antonio).

GRAND BASIN, FOREST PARK, 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, contact Bro. Bob at rresing@sm-usa.org.

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE HEALING OF . . .

Fr. Bernie Lee (W. Ligustrum, San Antonio), who is recovering from a fall.

Bro. Charles Roggemann (Jackson St., Hollywood, Fla.), who broke his knee.

Bro. Brian Zampier (Lindell Blvd., St. Louis), who is recovering from a fractured hip suffered in a fall.

Betty Hoffman, who is recovering from hip surgery. Betty is the mother of Bro. Paul Hoffman (Findlay St., Cincinnati).

Jean Canning, who is hospitalized with a blood disorder. Jean is a Marianist Associate and a member of both the Marianist Lay Network of North America Leadership Team and the Marianist Family Council of North America.

Jerry Moorman, who is suffering from skin cancer. Jerry is the son of lay Marianists Earl and Eileen Moorman and a former student of Fr. Bert Buby (Stonemill Rd., Dayton).

PRAYER INTENTIONS FROM THE GA

To read "Causes Marianistes" (No. 1-05, Jan. 13, 2005) from Fr. Antonio Soldà (Procurator General, Postulator), please click here:

DIRECTORY COMMITTEE REVIEWS FINANCIAL POLICIES

Province Directory Committee, front row, Bro. Mike O'Grady (left) and Fr. Ted Ley. Back row, from left: Frs. Jim Fitz and Jack McGrath and Bro. Ed Violett

At the Jan. 17-18 meeting of the Province Directory Committee in St. Louis, Fr. Jim Fitz, chair, reports that the group reviewed feedback from Province members and prepared a new draft of the Province Financial Policies for the March 2005 Chapter. Bro. Mike O'Grady gave an update on the Province Formation Policies. Committee members were assigned responsibilities for drafting other parts of the Directory.

MID-LIFE CONFERENCE IN DAYTON

Thirty Marianist LIFE (Living In Faith Experience) moderators and coordinating team members gathered Jan. 7-9 at the Bergamo Center in Dayton for the first national Mid-LIFE conference. Participants networked, prayed, and shared best practices. Fr. Joe Tedesco delivered the keynote speech, "Community Participant Discernment Principles." LIFE National Coordinator Brian Reavey (second row from front, far left) is pictured with conference participants.

FAMILY COUNCIL ASKS FOR PLEDGE TO END RACISM

Art by Bro. Steve Erspamer

The Marianist Family Council of North America – Jean Canning, Marge Cavanaugh, Sr. Evangeline Escobar, Fr. Jim Fitz, Bro. Stephen Glodek and Sr. Marcy Loehrlein – invites the Marianist Family to pledge to eliminate racism and welcome the gifts of other cultures. The anti-racism team of the Marianist Social Justice Collaborative has prepared materials on this subject. To read the letter from the Family Council, please click here: To read “What Marianists Can Do About Racism,” please click here: To read the Marianist position on racism, please click here: For a pledge form to document your intentions to end racism, please click here: (Note: These materials were mailed to all communities on Jan. 14.)

MOELLER HELPS VICTIMS OF HURRICANE IVAN

Bro. Charlie Wanda (Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati) reports that the faculty, staff and students of Archbishop Moeller High School in Cincinnati donated T-shirts and money to Jamaica's St. John Bosco Boys School, which was damaged in Hurricane Ivan. Sr. Judy Klei, who teaches religion at Moeller, alerted the school community to the issue. Moeller's Marianist brothers helped collect the shirts and made a donation to the fundraising efforts. Pictured are St. John Bosco students sporting their Moeller T-shirts.

NEW YEAR'S EVE, MARIANIST HALL, HONOLULU

Marianist Hall hosted a wild bunch for New Year's Eve 2004, including, from left, Bros. Jim Facette and John Campbell and Fr. Allen DeLong

More New Year's Eve partyers in Honolulu, from left, Fr. Bill O'Connell and Bros. Franklin Pao and Frank Damm

BRO. ANSO REFLECTS ON PEACE, JUSTICE

In the Jan. 1, 2005, issue of "S.M. 3 Offices," Bro. Javier Anso (Assistant for Temporalities) reflects on his visit to MIRACLE in Karonga, Malawi — living in "a world of war without peace and justice." He writes, "We Marianists have a voice, a prestige and an influence. I invite you to find in your city, your environment, your country those with whom we can unite our voice in order to try to influence society and promote justice and peace in it." To read the letter, please click here.

CHAMINADE-MADONNA MARIANISTS RENEW VOWS

The brothers at Chaminade-Madonna High School in Hollywood, Fla., renewed their vows at a school Mass Jan. 20 celebrating Chaminade Day. Shown at Nativity Church, from left: Bro. Kevin Whelan, Fr. John Thompson, Bros. Aaron Sonnenburg, Charles Roggemann, Don Neff (visiting from Dayton), Ray Kane and George Endres

VOCATIONS AD ATTRACTS ATTENTION

Vocation Director Bro. Charles Johnson and Bro. Brian Halderman (Washington St., Dayton) report that the Vocations office ran an ad on www.disciplesnow.com, a Catholic Web site for teenagers and young adults, during Vocations Awareness Week (Jan. 9-14). The ad received 1,288 views, and 71 viewers clicked on the ad to visit the Vocations Web site, www.buildingcommunity.org. To see the ad, please click here:

WHO'S DOING WHAT

Fr. Mike Reaume (Dublin, Ireland) participated in the Senior Religious Spiritual Renewal Program last fall at the Marist International Spirituality Centre in Manziana, Italy. From January to May 2005, he is attending the School of Applied Theology in Berkeley, Calif.

The group from the Senior Religious program visited Mussidan, France, last November. They're shown at "Rue Des Freres Chaminade," the street dedicated to Blessed Chaminade and his two brothers, who ran a school at the site. From left, Bros. Nicholas Rufo and Don Smith, Fr. Mike Reaume, and Bros. Joe Scheible and Franz Ginner (Region of Austria).

Bro. William Deanhofer (Governor's Island, Ohio) was recently recognized for donating 20 gallons of blood to the American Red Cross.

Bro. John Samaha (Villa St. Joseph, Cupertino, Calif.) has compiled a chronology of the process to canonize Blessed William Joseph Chaminade.
To read the history, which spans from 1909 to 2000, please click here:

Sr. Audrey

Sr. Durie

Congratulations to Marianist Sisters Durie Kim and Audrey Buttner, both of whom are celebrating 50 year jubilees in 2005. Both made their novitiate in Spain. Our best wishes to them.

Bro. Bob Wood (Marianist Residence, San Antonio) will receive an award from the San Antonio Conservation Society for his book, Life in Laredo: A Documentary History from the Laredo Archives.

Fr. Ramón María Iceta has been named the new Provincial of the Province of Zaragoza. He is currently serving in Logroño, Spain. Our prayers and best wishes to Fr. Ramón.

Larry Hufford and Kurt Weber of St. Mary's University in San Antonio have been awarded the school's 2005 Marianist Heritage Award. The award recognizes lay people who support and promote the Catholic, Marianist mission of St. Mary's. Congratulations to Larry and Kurt.

Kurt Weber

Larry Hufford

CHAPEL IN THE SNOW, GOVERNOR'S ISLAND

Photo courtesy of Bro. Tom Payne

SPIRITUAL ADVISORS MEET IN CALIFORNIA

Fr. Jack Rielly hosted a productive meeting of the Spiritual Advisors of the Affiliates Jan. 7-9 at the San Juan residence in Cupertino, Calif. Shown from left, Bro. Walt Oberster, Fr. Bert Buby, Bro. Jack Ventura, Fr. Jack and Fr. Al McMenamy

MARIANIST SCHOOL PROFILE ST. MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL Bro. John Habjan, assistant director of education for the Province, reports that St. Mary's High School in St. Louis has served the Catholic community in St. Louis for 72 years and has a student body of almost 500 young men. Several Lay Marianist groups are active in the community. Fr. Richard O'Shaughnessy teaches at St. Mary's and founded the first group of Lay Marianists at the school. Any school interested in starting Lay Marianist groups may call Bro. Jack Ventura at jventura@sm-usa.org. To read a profile of St. Mary's High School, please click here:

ANTURIO FLOWER, PUERTO RICO

Photo courtesy of Fr. Ray Middendorf

WASHINGTON STREET VISITS HISTORIC LANDMARK

Last month, members of the Washington Street community in Dayton visited the Wright Cycle Company complex, site of the Wright Brothers Printing Business and Cycle Shop. From left, Bros. Jim Brown, Tobias Ferrer and Bernie Hartman at the Cycle Shop, which displays comparisons between bicycle and airplane construction. Photo courtesy of Bro. Brian Halderman.

BRO. PAT MCMAHON RECEIVES CHAMINADE AWARD

Gabriel Crotti (left), principal of Archbishop Riordan High School in San Francisco, with Bro. Pat McMahon, recipient of the 2005 Chaminade Award. Bro. Pat was honored for his dedication in more than 50 years with the Society of Mary and 23 years of teaching and service to the school. Bro. Pat is a 1953 alum of Archbishop Riordan. Congratulations to Bro. Pat!

BIRTHDAY BOOK 2005

A copy of the 2005 "Birthday Book" was mailed Jan. 24 to all directors. To obtain a personal copy, e-mail dtucker@sm-usa.org. NOTE: A list of all birthdays by month (with e-mail addresses) is available on the PORTAL at www.marianist.com/portal

MYSTERY MARIANIST

Our "Mystery Marianist" (right) was 14 when this photo was taken in 1955. He's shown with his 10-year-old brother on the mandolin banjo. These two young musicians were rehearsing at Hollywood High in California. Who are they? See below!

2004-2005 PERSONNEL

TO READ CHANGES TO THE PERSONNEL, please click here: NEED MORE COPIES OF THE PERSONNEL? Just e-mail Ann Mueller at amueller@sm-usa.org

CULTURAL AUDIT TRAINING IN CALIFORNIA

The Marianist Social Justice Collaborative has recruited lay and professed Marianists to offer the Cultural Audit, a tool to help communities better understand their own culture and their attitudes toward people from other cultures. At the training in Burlingame, Calif., standing, from left: Fr. Rudy Vela, Jim Vogt, Bro. Brian Halderman, Joanne McCracken, Bro. Jerry Sullivan and Debbie Durand; kneeling, from left: Myles McCabe, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Judy McKloskey and AJ Wagner. For information about the audit, contact Fr. Ted Cassidy at tcassidy@capemaymarianists.org.

OUT AND ABOUT

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

DAREDEVIL BROTHER ATTEMPTS PARACHUTE JUMP

In his spare time, Bro. Jim Brown has taken up skydiving.

THE CLASSIFIEDS

PRINCIPAL. Chaminade-Julienne Catholic High School in Dayton is seeking a principal. For questions, e-mail Fr. Tim Kenney at tkenney@sm-usa.org or Bro. John Habjan at jhabjan@sm-usa.org.

RELIGION TEACHER. Saint Louis School in Honolulu is seeking a Marianist to serve as a high school religion teacher beginning in August 2005. E-mail Fr. Allen DeLong, headmaster, at adelong@saintlouishawaii.org

SODALITY MEMBERS RENEW COMMITMENTS

Bro. Walt Oberster (Rockaway Park, N.Y.) reports that members of the Sodality of Our Lady of the Pillar renewed their commitments recently at Mass at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, N.Y. Fr. Paul Landolfi was the celebrant. The group was founded in 1958 by Fr. Anthony Jansen. Sodality members, front row, from left: Maureen Gismervik, Rosemary Wildeman, Betty Kobe, Marion Papalardo, Marcella LaRe and Barbara Heironymus. Back row, from left: George Nunez, Bob Kinpoitner, Mary Joan Collison, Kevin Weiler, Fr. Paul and Ralph Papalardo.

NEWSLETTER CENTRAL

UNITED NATIONS NGO REPORT. To read the Jan. 9, 2005, issue of the Marianist NGO Report from Bro. Steve O'Neil, please click here:

CAPE MAY. To read the January 2005 issue of Beacon.com, the e-newsletter of the Marianist Family Retreat Center in Cape May, N.J., please click here:

INDIA NEWSLETTER. To read the Jan. 12, 2005, newsletter from the Region of India, please click here:

MAUI REPORT. To read Fr. Steve Tutas' January 2005 report from Maui, please click here:

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MONTEREY DIOCESE HOLDS "VOCATION FIESTA"

Fr. Roland Bunda attended the Monterey Diocesan Vocation Fiesta in Salinas, Calif., which drew 18 religious congregations He is shown with Sr. Molly Neville, vocation director of the Monterey Diocese. Fr. Roland ministers at the Newman Center of the University of California at Santa Cruz.

A THOUGHT

LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE FOR CATHOLIC STUDENTS

Bro. David Betz and three students from the University of California at Santa Cruz attended the National Catholic Student Coalition Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., in late December. Bro. David was appointed a campus minister advisor for the coalition's 2005 West Regional Team. Shown from left, Alexandria Tom, Meghan Mikuleky, Bro. David and Jennifer Hernandez

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 . . .

Mike Ley today

It's Fr. Ted Ley and his younger brother Mike Ley, who became one of the best bassists and mandolinists in LA, playing with the likes of Sonny and Cher, Chubby Checker, Steve Miller, Little Anthony & the Imperials and Hank Penny. Mike now is the lead singer and guitarist of the Riders of the Purple Sage. As young boys, Ted and Mike often played country music together at a local bar.

Fr. Ted became famous in his own right as founder and director of the Schola Cantorum, which provides vocal and instrumental music education and has a concert and liturgical ensemble.

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