June 7 2013 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg

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JUNE 7, 2013
VOLUME 45, NUMBER 12
INSIDE:
Pages 2-3: Memorial Masses for
Bishop McFadden
Page 6: Golden Apple Awards
Page 7: Catholic high school graduates
Page 8: Missionary Cooperative Appeal
Page 18: State track and field championships
EMILY M. ALBERT, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS
Late morning sunlight beams into St. Patrick Cathedral in Harrisburg June 1 as the candidates for ordination to the priesthood approach the sanctuary during the
start of the solemn Mass. Father Mark Wilke, Father Daniel Richards, Father Stephen Kelley and Father Kevin Kayda were ordained by Bishop William Waltersheid,
Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh. See pages 9-12.
Ordination to the Priesthood
“As you receive this tremendous gift of priesthood
today, recognize that it is not given to you as your own
private property, but it is given to you for all in the
Church to transform their lives and their hearts.
Today, you are to preach the Word in season and out of
season, and every day of your priestly lives, knowing
everything that comes forth from your mouth must
resound to God’s glory and give inspiration.
Be courageous witnesses to the Gospel of love and
truth. You are to be Good Shepherds after the heart
of the Great Shepherd who says, “I will lay down my
life for my sheep.” In your life as priests, you will have
countless opportunities to lay down your life for the
fallen, to witness to God’s love, to reach out to them and
to bring the love of Christ to their lives.
Yes, it is true, you are given power to govern by
ordination, but you must govern and rule with love
and love alone. You must bring others to Christ by the
example of how you allow yourself to be moved by Christ
the Savior.
Today, you are configured to Christ, the Great High
Priest, and you are espoused in a special way to his
bride, the Church. Each day of the priest’s life, he much
learn to love the Church again and again and again. He
must recognize in her the spouse to which he has made
his promise of faithful love, of prayer, of obedience. Yes,
it is true that you will sacrifice much in your lives, but
your sacrifice, my dear sons, will bear tremendous fruit.
For as you deny yourself a marriage and family, you
are given a great family: the very household of God, to
which you must give your heart in faithful and chaste
love.”
~ From the homily delivered by
Bishop William Waltersheid,
Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh, to the candidates
prior to their ordination to the priesthood
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Faithful Offer Continued Prayers for Bishop McFadden
at Memorial Masses in Philadelphia, Harrisburg
CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS
Father Robert Gillelan, Administrator for the Diocese of Harrisburg, distributes
Holy Communion to Bishop McFadden’s brother John, and John’s wife Muffy.
By Jen Reed
The Catholic Witness
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Family and friends of Bishop McFadden fill the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter
and Paul in Philadelphia for a memorial Mass on May 22, what would have been
his 66th birthday.
emorial Masses celebrated in
Philadelphia and in Harrisburg
in the weeks after the death of Bishop
Joseph P. McFadden offered opportunities for the late bishop’s family, friends
and co-workers to continue to remember and offer prayers for him.
On May 22, what would have been
the bishop’s 66th birthday, Archbishop
Charles Chaput of Philadelphia served
as the principal celebrant of a Memorial Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of
Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia,
where Bishop McFadden was ordained
a priest in 1981, and where he was ordained a bishop in 2004.
Among those gathered for the Mass
was a group of alumni from St. Thomas
More High School, from which Bishop
McFadden graduated and was class
valedictorian. The alumni, dressed in
the green blazers of their high school,
which closed in 1975, continue to host
annual gathers and to support Catholic
education.
“Bishop McFadden was a great example” of modeling oneself after St.
Thomas More, who never yielded in
following Church teaching,” alumni
Francis Donegan told The Catholic
Witness. “He was a great man. He was
a guy who maintained friendships, no
matter what title he had or what status
he attained.”
Bishop McFadden’s friendship and
devotion were attributes that also resounded in the homily of Msgr. Daniel Kutys, current pastor of Sts. Peter
More MEMORIAL, page 3
A man bows his head in prayer before a portrait of Bishop McFadden following the Memorial Mass in Philadelphia May 22.
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and Paul Parish in West Chester,
who has served as Archdiocesan
Director of Religious Education
and as Executive Director of the
USCCB Secretariat of Evangelization and Catechesis.
“Bishop Joe McFadden was
our brother, uncle, cousin,
teacher, coach, priest, auxiliary bishop and friend. He
has been so much a part
of our lives that we had
to gather as a people who
have lost an important person,” Msgr. Kutys said.
“As we can all see from
the crowd tonight, Bishop McFadden touched
many lives and made
many friends. While he
embraced Harrisburg
and the people there,
he never left his family and friends in
Philadelphia behind. We never
lost the place
we had in his
heart, or he in ours.”
“If we look around at the people tonight, it is also a testimony to the fact that Bishop Joe McFadden’s greatest gift
was in making friends,” he said. “It was easy to like
him because he was smart, funny, loyal and generous.
If he made a commitment to you, if he became your
friend, he worked hard to be true to it and never forgot it.”
A month after the bishop’s death, the Diocese
of Harrisburg celebrated what is known as a
Month’s Mind Mass, a tradition that dates back to Medieval times. The Mass offers a time to “mind,” or remember the deceased.
The Mass was celebrated June 3 at St. Patrick Cathedral, where Bishop McFadden was installed as the
Tenth Bishop of Harrisburg on Aug. 18, 2010. A portrait of him, draped in black bunting, was placed next
to the empty cathedra.
In his homily, Father Robert Gillelan, Diocesan Administrator, remarked that “As our official period of mourning
now draws to a close, we press on in faith, hope and love.
For a Christian, it is the only way.
“As we move into the mystery of an uncertain future,
our hearts are not troubled because our faith is strong.
Our hearts are strong because of our hope. And our
hearts are generous because of the love that has been
poured into them by Christ Jesus,” he said.
“May we mind the legacy of Bishop Joseph P.
McFadden, Tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg – his joyful humanity, his kind spirit,
his apostolic zeal, his sacrificial love,” Father
Gillelan told the congregation. “In his
memory, and in thanksgiving to God
for the gift of his life, may we not
settle for anything less.”
Above: The Basilica of Sts. Peter Paul in Philadelphia, is framed by the city at night. Bishop
Francis Patrick Kenrick, then Bishop of Philadelphia, initiated the building of the church in 1846.
It was continued through the tenure of St. John
Neumann and completed in 1864. Pope Paul VI
raised the cathedral to the honor of a Basilica on
Sept. 27, 1976.
Left: Bagpipers play a solemn tribute outside of
the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia, as the city’s skyline rises in the background.
Below, left: Newly-ordained Father Stephen Kelley sings the recessional hymn at the conclusion
of the Month’s Mind Mass for Bishop Joseph McFadden. The Mass, celebrated a month after a
person’s death, dates back to Medieval times.
Below, right: Faithful receive Holy Communion
at St. Patrick Cathedral in Harrisburg June 3,
where the diocese hosted a Month’s Mind Mass
in memory of Bishop McFadden.
Clergy Appointments
The Very Reverend Robert M. Gillelan, Jr., Diocesan Administrator, has made
the following announcements:
Effective June 17, 2013:
• The Reverend James E. Lease from Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph Parish,
Hanover, to Administrator, Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Hanover. Father Lease will continue as Chaplain for Delone Catholic High School,
McSherrystown.
• The Reverend Joshua R. Brommer to Administrator, St. John the Baptist
Parish, New Freedom. Father Brommer will continue as Liturgical Coordinator
for the Diocese of Harrisburg.
• The Reverend Ignacio Palomino from Parochial Vicar, St. Francis Xavier
Parish, Gettysburg, to Chaplain, Hispanic Community of Hanover with residence
at St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Hanover.
• The Reverend John A. Szada from Pastor, Divine Redeemer Parish, Mount
Carmel, to Chaplain, Carmel of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Elysburg.
• The Reverend Steven W. Fauser, Chaplain, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg.
Father Fauser will continue as Pastor, Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
Virgin Mary Parish, New Oxford.
• The Reverend Keith M. Carroll, Scout Chaplain for the Diocese of
Harrisburg. Father Carroll will continue as ParochialVicar, Holy Name of Jesus Parish,
Harrisburg.
• The Reverend Martin O. Moran, Administrator, Divine Redeemer Parish,
Mount Carmel.
• The Reverend Mark T. Wilke, newly ordained, to Parochial Vicar, St. Francis
Xavier Parish, Gettysburg.
• The Reverend Kevin L. Kayda, newly ordained, to Parochial Vicar, St. John
the Baptist Parish, New Freedom.
• The Reverend Daniel K. Richards, newly ordained, to Parochial Vicar, St. Leo
the Great Parish, Rohrerstown.
• The Reverend Stephen P. Kelley, newly ordained, to Parochial Vicar, St.
Joseph Parish, Hanover.
• At the presentation of the Reverend Augustine Idra, AJ, Regional Superior for
the Apostles of Jesus, the Reverend Fred Wangwe, AJ, from Campus Minister,
Bucknell University, to Administrator, St. Monica Parish, Sunbury.
• At the presentation of the Reverend Augustine Idra, AJ, Regional Superior
for the Apostles of Jesus, the Reverend Bernard Wamayose, AJ, from St. John
the Baptist Parish in New Freedom to Campus Minister, Bucknell University,
Lewisburg.
Effective July 8, 2013:
• The Reverend Anthony R. Dill, Parochial Vicar, Prince of Peace Parish,
Steelton, from July 8, 2013 to September 30, 2013. Father Dill will also be
working four days a week in the Diocesan Tribunal.
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Response to the
Culture Challenge
By Sister Geralyn Schmidt, SCC
Special to The Witness
In the March 29, 2013, edition of The Witness, in the article entitled, Culture Challenge, I wrote about a blog I came across by Naomi Simson. (http://
www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130205234619-1291685-the-21day-challenge-no-phone-in-the-company-of-others) In this blog, she proposed that for a period of 21 days, she would try not to be “plugged” into the
cyber world in the presence of someone else. The purpose of
this action was to interact with people who were physically
present to her wherever she went.
Personally, I stepped up to “the
Thoughts
plate” she suggested and tried to do
from
a Catholic
it in the remaining part of the Easter
Evangelist
Season, which was only 20 days. I
Sister
Geralyn
thought, “This will be EASY to do!”
Schmidt, SCC
I found out that it truly wasn’t, because I responded to the “bling” of my
phone almost in a knee-jerk manner. I
HAD to answer it because this was my JOB! How naïve I
was! Several of you told me that you were going to do the same, which only
deepened my commitment to try to do this.
Shortly thereafter, on my Twitter feed, I found a blog written by Travis
Garner entitled, “Developing a Healthy Relationship with Technology.”
(http://www.cymt.org/finding-a-technology-balance/). In that, Garner, a selfdescribed “complete and utter ‘techie’ who loves new gadgets,” explains that
while he was at table with his friend, his i-Phone beeped, indicating a text
message. When he looked at his phone, he was transported into cyber world,
far away from the table and his friend. After a while, he looked up and noticed
that his friend was waiting patiently for his return from the “text-o-sphere.”
Upon his landing, he was promptly notified by his friend of his ten-minute
absence. Garner writes: “TEN MINUTES! I got sucked into the world of my
phone for ten whole minutes while I was IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONVERSATION!”
How many of us can understand this “dark side” of technology and have
been guilty of doing exactly what Garner did? I certainly can! During the
20-day “pilgrimage” away from opening the cyber door in the presence of
another, I discovered and most importantly OWNED an aspect of balance that
was very easy to forget. The people around me are indeed a gift and grace of
God sent by Him to teach me about Him. We find this idea in the Catechism
of the Catholic Church, which teaches, (CCC 1700):
The dignity of the human person is rooted in his creation in the image and
likeness of God; it is fulfilled in his vocation to divine beatitude. It is essential
to a human being freely to direct himself to this fulfillment.
So, through interacting with whom I work and live with and even meet in
the street, I can deepen my love of God. It often is His voice sounding like
another’s that challenges me to love more in word and action. As my phone
would vibrate through the course of these 20 days, indicating that I had another text message or e-mail message, I would focus on the person in front
of me in a profound way. In short, I found myself “celebrating” the moment
and the sacredness of the “now” rather than turning toward the person at the
other end of my phone. The “face to face” world became more real, more sacred than the cyber world within which I move and groove on a daily basis; a
world that is a huge part of my job and my life. I guess I learned that I cannot
serve God and text, twitter, e-mail, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram!
Did I discover this by merely focusing on another? No, not totally. You see,
my “pilgrimage” from the cyber world was not just in the presence of another.
I actually decided to turn off some of my applications on my phone. I turned
off my Twitter feed from indicating a Tweet directed to me. I turned off my
e-mail after 8:00 at night. I decidedly carved out minutes of the day in which
I was unreachable from the cyber world.
Travis Garner’s following words have been a true source of reflection for
me: “When we get caught in the mindset that in order to be effective in ministry we must be continually connected, we find ourselves in a dangerous
cycle, elevating ourselves above where we ought to be and spiraling toward
burnout. Technology is an incredibly useful tool for ministry, but it can’t replace the effectiveness of a rooted, balanced, spiritually nourished minister.”
(Sister of Christian Charity, Geralyn Schmidt, is the Wide Area Network
Coordinator at the Diocese of Harrisburg and a member of the IT Department. An educator for 28 years, she is responsible for Professional Development Programs for every age learner. In addition, Sister blogs for Powerful
Learning Practices, a company providing in-service opportunities for educators. Through her presentations, she challenges her audiences to be the
individual God has called them to be.)
It’s In the Little Journeys
By Elizabeth Bare
Special to The Witness
(The following piece was written by
Elizabeth Bare for the diocese’s Ning
site, www.youthandyoungadult.ning.
com, which is hosting all the social
media posts for the diocese’s World
Youth Day pilgrimage July 20-29. As
a correspondent for World Youth Day,
Elizabeth will be joining Emily M. Albert, photojournalist for The Catholic
Witness, in posting blogs and photos
before and during the diocese’s World
Youth Day pilgrimage.)
In the past few years, God has allowed me to become keenly aware
of myself as a pilgrim: one on a journey toward greater fulfillment in and
through Jesus Christ. This path is certainly not the one of least resistance,
in fact, it has been fraught with discomfort, pain, confusion, loss, doubt,
and frustration. Sometimes I really did
not know what God was doing—life
seemed to fall down on me all at once
and things I once saw as certainties
changed overnight. And yet, in the midst of these difficulties, I experienced God’s love,
mercy, and peace in a way I never
thought possible. In fact, if I had never
embarked on this journey in the first
place, and accepted, as the Serenity
Prayer tells us, “hardship as a pathway
to peace,” I could not have known the
depths of God’s infinite compassion,
provision, and care. All along my own personal journey,
and on my journey toward World Youth
Day, I have had a number of smaller
pilgrimages that enabled me to see the
Lord in a new way and find strength
to get through the never ending range
of mountains that hung in front of my
horizon. It is in these little “side trails”
that I have been able to begin to blaze
a clear path to healing and reconciliation with God and others. My acceptance of these day to day meetings with
the Divine strengthened my faith and
taught me valuable lessons that I will
take with me the rest of my life. One such journey was fundraising
for World Youth Day.
First of all, I am horrible at fundraising. I think I always sold the least
donuts or cookies, or whatever it was
when I was in grade school. I feel very
awkward asking for monetary assis-
tance, and I am much more awkward
when it comes to marketing products
to sell. I knew that if God had led me
to serve as a correspondent at World
Youth Day, he would provide the
means necessary for me to go. Yet, in
the back of my mind, doubt and fear
kept rearing their ugly heads, even
up to the very end when a complete
stranger (to me) living in Florida donated just the amount I needed to be
“paid in full.”
However, while I thought God was
testing my faith and patience (and
fundraising skills), he was teaching
some other people valuable lessons
for their spiritual journey. Along my
path this past year, I met a special acquaintance—let’s call him Tim. Tim is
an older gentleman, former professor,
and faithful Christian who has showed
me a great amount of encouragement
and believed in me, even though he
did not know me very well. One weekend while I was doing some fundraising at his church, he came up to me
and pressed some bills into my hand,
saying that he felt called to give it to
me. I didn’t dare count the money at
that moment, but I could tell it was a
significant amount from the moment
he pressed it into my hand. I nearly
cried. Such an unexpected gift was
overwhelming and humbling to say the
least. Sometime later, Tim made it known
that he really wanted to see me, so we
met before a meeting that he was attending at my university. What he said
to me nearly floored me. He told me
that he needed to thank me. Thank
me? I had already thanked him profusely... and still felt indebted to his
generosity. For what could he possibly
be thanking me? It turned out that God
had been working in Tim’s life and
teaching him about obedience. Many
times, Tim had felt prompted to assist
others in some capacity. Time after
time, he had heard calls from the pulpit
to meet needs in the community and he
knew that God was calling him to do
it, but his initial good intentions never
came to fruition and time after time he
Meet Our World
Youth Day Correspondent
Elizabeth Bare is a recent
summa cum laude graduate
from Shippensburg University with a Bachelor of Arts
degree in English, and an
alumna of Central Dauphin
High School. At Shippensburg
University, she participated
in Catholic Campus Ministry
and the Newman Association
and served as a pianist for
campus Masses. Elizabeth is
an Eastern Orthodox Christian
who enjoyed the fellowship
and pro-life activities at CCM
and, when offered the chance
to attend World Youth Day as
a correspondent, was very excited about the opportunity to use her talents as a writer. Elizabeth and her
husband, 2nd Lt. Zachary Bare, recently moved to the State College area
where they now reside. She enjoys spending time with friends, knitting, crocheting, writing, hiking, traveling and cooking, as well as reading literary and
theological works. Elizabeth is most excited about capturing the experience
of World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro for the friends and family back home,
and relaying her own reflections on the journey.
neglected to follow through the way he
hoped. This time, Tim knew what he
was being called to do, and when he
heard about my fundraising, he knew
that enough was enough—he had to
listen to God and take action. Tim
was thankful to me for teaching him
this important lesson in his Christian
life. (I personally take no credit—I
am just a vessel that God used in this
circumstances, but I digress). Tim’s
story stopped me dead in my tracks; in
fact, I have mediated on this amazing
circumstance many times in the past
months since it occurred. Again and
again, I have come to the realization it
isn’t about me—it never was.
God showed me that all these challenges I have been facing, including
fundraising for World Youth Day, always intersected with the lives of others. As I was faithful to what God was
calling me to do, He was teaching other people around me various lessons
as they came in contact with me and
helped me overcome my struggles. So
often, we think that our journeys are
really ours— like a piece of property.
We even build our identities around our
experiences and our struggles, nearly
forgetting that we never traveled those
paths alone. We had many “Simon of
Cyrene’s” taking up our crosses for
awhile, and like the Biblical Simon,
these faithful friends learned important
lessons in their faith walk by bearing
our burdens. Sometimes, our experiences serve as a witness to those who
unsure in their faith. Perhaps our journeys enable such individuals to encounter Jesus Christ and His Gospel
for the first time. Indeed, our whole
lives are “group pilgrimages”—even
including little ones only lasting a few
minutes of conversation in a grocery
store. But it is in those little journeys
that we come to find strength, encouragement, and growth. Sure, I am looking forward to the
“big” expedition to Rio, but I look
back and realize I could never have
made it there without these very powerful, very special little journeys along
the way. And, in the whole scheme of
my life, the larger WYD adventure is
just another guidepost, paving the way
for the larger, more beautiful pilgrimage that is my spiritual journey with
Jesus Christ.
Join Our ‘Ning’ Site to Follow Social Media Posts for WYD
You can journey with diocesan pilgrims as they prepare for, and participate in, World Youth Day this July by
creating an account at http://youthandyoungadult.ning.com. The Diocesan Office for Youth and Young Adult Ministry
has created this site, called a “Ning,” to
offer a one-stop-shop for online social
media.
Here, you will find blogs, photos and
Facebook posts related to World Youth
Day. Leading up to World Youth Day,
there will be posts with information
about the pilgrimage and its sites posted on the WYD group. During World
Youth Day, photojournalist Emily Albert from The Catholic Witness will join
young adult correspondents in sharing
updates during the pilgrimage.
Through the Ning site, The Catholic
Witness and youth correspondents will
be able to stay in touch and share their
stories as often and conveniently as possible. We are excited to have the faithful
of diocese journey with us and pray for
us as we will be praying for you.
Interactive participation on the Ning
site is available to those who sign up
to become members. Once you establish your account at http://youthandyoungadult.ning.com, and have been
approved by the moderators here at the
diocese, you will want to join the WYD
group. Join the Ning group today to
unite with the pilgrims as they prepare
for this faith-filled experience!
2013 Golden Apple Educators
By Jen Reed
The Diocese of Harrisburg’s Golden
Apple Awards Program honors educators
for their outstanding devotion to Catholic
schools and their students. The awards,
now in their eighth year, are presented
by the Diocesan Department for Catholic Schools, based on nominations from
school principals, parents, students and
fellow teachers. The program was established by Jack and Rhodora Donahue from
Pittsburgh.
The 2013 Golden Apple recipients are
Michelle Banks of St. Theresa School in
New Cumberland; Patricia Buckley of St.
Joseph School in Dallastown; Elizabeth
Eberly of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
School in Ephrata; Nora Knott of Bishop
McDevitt High School, St. Catherine Labouré School and Holy Name of Jesus
School in Harrisburg and Seven Sorrows
of the Blessed Virgin Mary School in
Middletown; Patricia Marrocco of Delone
Catholic High School in McSherrystown;
Mary Jo Pronio of St. Margaret Mary
School in Harrisburg, and Tiffany Stultz of
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
School in New Oxford
The following are excerpts from interviews with this year’s awardees. For more
information about the program and how to
nominate an educator, visit the “Catholic
Schools” link at www.hbgdiocese.org.
Michelle Banks, sixth-, seventhand eighth-grade science teacher at St.
Theresa School in New Cumberland
On bringing the Catholic faith into the
classroom: You really have a wonderful
opportunity in a Catholic school to bring
the faith into the classroom. One of things
I teach is evolution. To begin it, I go back
to the Creation Stories. We spend two days
reading the Bible and discussing how we
understand religious truths and scientific
truths. It’s exciting when I ask the students, from reading the Creation Stories,
“What are the religious truths you see in
there?” It’s really neat when they start talking about how God made everything and
thought everything was good. We also do
lessons on the watershed, recycling and
environmental issues, and how we understand that we are to be good stewards of
the earth. Again, they see a connection between faith and science.
On how she works with students to help
develop their character: By giving them
leadership and responsibility roles. I like to
give students the opportunity to run things,
to show that they have the capability to be
leaders, to be in charge. I have discussions
with students about how you represent
yourself and how you present yourself to
others is very important, and it speaks to
their character.
I think Catholic schools are really wonderful. There are certain values you can
teach in a Catholic school: you can address
the character issues and having faith built
in every day.
Patricia Buckley, first-grade teacher
at St. Joseph School, Dallastown
On the importance of continuing education for teachers, and why she has
taken courses on working with students
with special needs: I had a little boy with
Asperger’s syndrome [an autism spectrum
disorder]. I didn’t really understand autism
and I wanted to be able to help him. There
is always somebody who needs extra help.
In college, I minored in special education,
and I’ve just always felt that you have to
reach out to everybody. That one little boy,
he really needed help, and I wanted to be
able to give it to him. Some children are
reading chapter books, and some children
can’t read when you first get them. I want
to reach out to everybody.
On her role in nurturing children in
the faith, and what parents can expect by
sending their child to a Catholic school:
Sometimes, by mistake, the students call
me Mom. The children look up to me.
They like to emulate me, so I know I have
to be on my toes when I speak because
they repeat things. They watch how I help
the other students, and then they help one
another.
Christ permeates our classrooms. We
pray a Hail Mary when an emergency
vehicle goes by. We pray a decade of the
Rosary each day. We learn about Bible stories, the saints, Mary and Christ, and how
Christ wants us to live.
The 2013 Golden Apple recipients are shown with Father Edward J. Quinlan, Diocesan Secretary for Education, prior to the
May 14 awards dinner. Front row from left are Tiffany Stultz of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary School in McSherrystown, Mary Jo Pronio of St. Margaret Mary School in Harrisburg and Patricia Buckley of St. Joseph School in Dallastown.
Back row from left are Patricia Marrocco of Delone Catholic High School in McSherrystown, Nora Knott of Bishop McDevitt
High School, Holy Name of Jesus School and St. Catherine Labouré School in Harrisburg and Seven Sorrows the Blessed
Virgin Mary School in Middletown, Michelle Banks of St. Theresa School in New Cumberland, and Elizabeth Eberly of Our
Mother of Perpetual Help School in Ephrata.
Elizabeth Eberly, second-grade
teacher at Our Mother of
Perpetual Help School in Ephrata
On the importance of helping to form
her students in the faith: I love to be able
to teach the children not just the academics, but the spiritual side too. It helps me
to grow in my faith. I teach second grade,
so I teach the Sacraments of Eucharist and
Reconciliation. Sometimes I learn as much
from them as they do from me. It’s a big
responsibility.
We just had our First Communion a few
weeks ago. It’s just wonderful. It brings
tears to your eyes. At the end of every preparation time for First Communion, I always
have the children write letters to Jesus expressing to him how they’re going to feel
after they receive Communion. It brings
tears to your eyes to read them and to know
how close they feel to him…. They just
are so excited about being able to become
close with him, and they really appreciate
the mystery. One of them expressed sharing
in the sacrifice of Jesus giving up his Body
and Blood.
On what it means to teach at her alma
mater: I felt a coming home when I began
teaching there. My brothers and sisters and I
graduated here, my mother has worked here
for many years in the cafeteria and now, at
82 years old, she is a part-time secretary….
I’ve had two sisters who have worked here
on and off through the years, and my principal was my fifth-grade teacher. There are
a lot of connections. Literally, it is a family
for me.
Nora Knott, music teacher at
Bishop McDevitt High School, St.
Catherine Labouré School and Holy
Name of Jesus School in Harrisburg,
and Seven Sorrows of the Blessed
Virgin Mary School in Middletown
On how music connects students to their
faith: They are intrinsically linked because,
as you’re helping the students hone their
musical skills, and as everybody is getting
better in their own ability level, they’re
encountering God in a very personal, very
intimate way. When we are really making
music for God – whether it be in the church
or in the classroom – we realize that the
talents and the gifts that we have are from
him; and when we use them well – whether
alone or in a small group or all together –
we really meet him one on one in a very
special way.
To watch students, through music, connect in such a personal way to their faith
and to meet their God in such a beautiful
way without words, without anybody saying anything, it’s truly a blessing that I get
to share with them. I sometimes don’t even
know how I can express my thanks to God
for letting me be part of that miracle.
On music as praise and worship, not just
a performance: Our notes are the words of
our prayers, and the songs that we sing or
that we play are our way of communicating
with God. It’s so much more than notes, or
how to play G on the clarinet, or the slide
position on the trombone.
If we can teach them how to bring that
music and their faith together, that’s going
to bring more people to God. I believe that
if we can continue to grow these music programs, continue to offer things, continue to
find more ways to get more kids involved
in music, not only is that going to help our
enrollment, it’s going to show more people
the connection to their faith. You can’t take
God out of music.
Patricia Marrocco, biology and
physical science teacher at Delone
Catholic High School in McSherrystown
On brining the Catholic faith into her
classroom: I think that science lends itself
very much to the students questioning the
connection between science and religion.
I think there is a very vital connection between religion and science. I always tell the
kids this: “The more I learn about science,
the more I have to believe in God.” I teach
evolution to the Bio II students, and that is
usually where they start to question things
that they’ve assumed. With the science that
I teach, I also usually bring in our chaplain,
Father James Lease, or we get seminarians
from Mount St. Mary’s in Emmitsburg, Md.
They look at the philosophical and religious
aspects of evolution with the students, and
share the Church’s teaching.
One of our biggest tasks in anything that
we do is to get students to become critical
thinkers. It’s important for us as teachers
to lead them into the next step in their life.
When I see their light bulbs go on, in any
aspect of teaching, that’s very rewarding.
On diocesan high schools’ 99 percent
graduation rates, and how Delone is
preparing its students for life after high
school: We’ve been working very hard to
look at student performance when they enter high school, not waiting until their senior year. We’re looking at their academic
success and trying to find ways to help them
achieve at a higher level.
I think the relationships that the teachers develop with the students help with that
too. Students know they can come to you
for help, they can ask you questions. I think
those kinds of relationships by far help
make that graduation rate higher.
Mary Jo Pronio, sixth-grade
religion and sixth- and seventh-grade
social studies teacher at St. Margaret
Mary School in Harrisburg
On the attributes she has witnessed in
teaching at several Catholic schools in
the Diocese of Harrisburg: When I look
at Catholic education, I think of it first as
family. No matter what school I walk into,
you are embraced as a member of a family. And when a new student comes into
the school, that’s what you want. You want
them to feel like they are immediately part
and parcel of that unit. From there, it’s the
whole structure of the Catholic education
system: teaching them moral and ethical
values, living your faith every day, teaching
the Commandments, talking about what’s
happening in the world and bringing the
faith into it.
On how Catholic schools help students
to flourish: I’ve seen it in many different
ways. I’ve seen it in students who transferred into our school who may have been
behind in certain areas – handwriting for
one, study skills for another. We work
with them one on one, and within a couple
months, they’ve gotten into the groove.
Their parents are amazed at the work
they’re doing, what they’re learning, and in
their self confidence. You realize that what
we have is something really special.
I constantly remind students how fortunate they are that their parents have chosen this for them. They are blessed to live
their faith every day, to talk freely about
their faith, and get an education that is bar
none…. Every school has its own personality, but that school is a fit for all the students
who are there. You can walk into a Catholic
school and see how everybody fits so well.
Tiffany Stultz, fifth- and sixth-grade
science, and sixth-grade language
arts and religion teacher at
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin
Mary School in McSherrystown
On her approach with students in the
classroom: Having had kids myself, it’s
nice to understand how they’re thinking at
this age. You have to have a good sense of
humor. You have to be able to relate to the
children and show them that you want to
listen to them. I have a good rapport with
all my students. We joke, and we can be serious when we need to get things done. I
think that’s why they enjoy school.
Every day is different, and I love all the
kids that I work with. I love every day, and
I enjoy coming to the school and the kids
coming in to see me.
On what she would tell parents considering a Catholic school education for their
children: As a Catholic school educator, it
is nice to be able to come to school and follow God and Jesus, and to be able to follow
the teachings of the Church…. You can see
the difference in a student who has received
a Catholic school education. The daily faith
setting is so important.
I love teaching at Annunciation. I’ve
been there for 12 years now, and every year
it just gets stronger. The teachers, the parents and the community are all involved,
and we’re working with one another.
Congratulations and Best Wishes to the Class of 2013
Bishop McDevitt High School, Harrisburg
Graduation May 29
Carolyn K. Alvarado, Alessandra Amorós, Skyler Kenneth Amrhein, Mikayla Alexandria Archie,
Maureen Frances Arnold, Corey D. Auerbeck,
Mark C. Aulenbach, Luis Angel Ayala, Taylor A.
Baranko, Carron Philip Barboza, Mark Anthony
Barnaba, Jr., Joseph Patrick Barry, Kyle M. BucherBekelja, Matthew Thomas Berry, Andrea Nicole
Beshara, John C. Bircher, IV, Carrie R. Bohnert, Olivia Elizabeth Botek, Kaitlyn Rose Bottiglia, Kevin
Michael Bounader, Joseph V. Brown, II, Allyson B.
Casey, Ivy Li Chatman, Joseph B. Clavin, Daniel
L. Cole, John F. Comoss, Jr., Tyzhae C. Cooksey,
Lindsay V. Corbo, Imani Elnora Simone Crowder,
Lance Stephen Deane, Jr., Olivia Rachel Deibler,
Thomas J. Denniston, Diane Marie Desmond, Nicholas Kevin Devine, Antonio L. DiMarco, Bianca
Giovanna DiSanto, Leigh Erin Douglas, Kristen
Elizabeth Eisenberger, Michael Joseph Esworthy,
Justin S. Fairfax, Matthew K. Ferrara, Alexandra
E. Fisher, Brooke Ashley Fisher, Riland H. Fisher,
Unique Tierra Fry, Kriz R. Fuentes, Matthew Fulponi, Lauren Furjanic, Jacquelyn V. Gerhold, Ariel
S. Gibson, Zachary Paul Gilkey, Jamie Gilreath, Ian
Greene, Patrick D. Griffin, Daniel Anthony Guarracino, Nicole Renee Harbison, Johnathan M. Hare,
Giorgina M. Heanue, Jennifer E. Hoffman, Darnell
L. Holland, Jr., Cody M. Howe, Alana Richlynn
Humphrey, Cameron J.E. Hutchinson, Emily Hutsko, Stuart K. Ingraham, Daisy Jacobo, Jonathan Michael Jensen, Cheyenne Nicole Johnson, Matthew
B. Kennedy, Jessica Lauren Kovach, James Henry
Kuniega, Kathryn R. Lebo, Brian K. Lemelle, Jr.,
Francesca Marie Licata, Elizabeth Joan Loftus, Angeline Marie Lonardi, Lauren Elizabeth Lopatic,
Gabriella Rosa Lupinetti, Labrea L. Maldonado,
Connor A. Maloney, Morgan Lynn Manning, Connor Edward Marsico, Michael J. McGovern, Morgan Ann McGovern, Kelly Elizabeth McNaughton,
Kyle J. Meyers, Zachary Douglas Miley, Porter
C. Miller, Sara Marie Miller, Emily M. Mistishen,
Meshack Mwangi, David James Nanna, Jessica
Valedictorian:
Sara Miller
Salutatorian:
James Press
Anne Nelson, Dustin H. Noll, Caleigh Bari Noss,
Andrew G. O’Gorman, Rikka W. Olson, Kaitlin
Patricia Pagliaro, Imani Kishaun Peterson, Abbey
H. Petrie-Boylan, Kristine M. Pham, Jill Rosemary
Phelan, William Pierce, Jaimee D. Po, Joseph Levin
Posadas, Marcus O. Posey, James David Press, Jr.,
Sean Michael Pruden, Matthew V. Pugliese, Hannah Marie Radic, James A. Ramsey, Jr., Alexander Joseph Repa, Matthew R. Richards, Evan C.
Rickert, Timothy James Robbins, Michelle Anne
Rohrer, Luke James-Barr Santoni, Matthew Thomas Schopfer, Allison Nicole Scott, Tarajae JaQuan
Ali Scott, Logan John Shaulis, Nathan M. Showalter, II, Ryan J. Smith, Thomas Owen Smyth, Abigail
Marie Standish, Conor J. Surgeoner, Jared Michael
Sutsko, Brooklyn Marie Taylor, Nathaniel Niko
Robert Theal, Teresia M. Thuku, Taylor Elizabeth
Tosheff, Katye Ann Trexler, Khoa N. Trinh, Elisa
Marie Trucco, Marissa Rose Trucco, Morgan Nicole True, Stephanie Nicole Vargo, Bradley Danzel
Wainwright, Kameko Nishi Webb, Myles Lamont
Webb, Evan Nicholas Weber, Alec Victor Werner,
Emily Grace Wicker, Madeline Marie Williams,
Kevin B. Willis, Amber Julie Wilson, Anna Marie
Wilson, Erin Margaret Womer, Genevieve Eileen
Yañez-Ramírez, Alyssa Michelle Zelko
Delone Catholic High School, McSherrystown
Graduation May 31
Lauren Elizabeth Alascio, Megan Lillian Alexander, Braedon Emory Alster, Devin Michael Altland,
Brianna Nichole Alwine, Bethany Hanlin Ball, Joseph Michael Ball, Thomas Jeremy Barna, Frank
Joseph Battaglini III, Hayden Russell Bell, Alexander David Berzonski, Alexander Michael Biesecker, Casey Carder Bird, Sarah Marie Bischoff,
Eric Patrick Boyle, Nicholas Ryan Braun, Austin
Charles Buckley, Rosemarie Elizabeth Buehn,
Aubrey Elizabeth Cole, Samuel Augustus Cole,
Tori Nicole Conrad, Victoria A. Corbin, Logan M.
Cramblitt, Anjelica Nicole Cromartie, Chase Daniel Deamer, Cassidy-Rae D. Dell, Carly Nicole
Dessecker, Bridget E. Donnelly, Molly Elizabeth
Durbin, Samuel N. Edwards, Ethan Robert England-Gordon II, Joshua Tyler Evans, Adam John
Fisher, Anastasia Grace Forst, Lyudmila M. Forst,
Marianne E. Freed, Emily M. Frye, Melissa Ann
Golowski, Gabrielle Lynn Grammer, Martin Louis
Grenchik, Madalyn Jessica Greth, Ashley Elizabeth
Griffin, Victoria Ann Griffin, Maria Rebecca Hane,
Bradford Stratton Harmening, Dakota William
Hartlaub, Rebecca Lynn Henn, Eric Tyler Hippensteel, Cassandra N. Hoffman, Mitchel A. Houser,
Matthew D. Juchno, Emily Louise Kaehler, Victoria
Anne Kauffman, Andrew H. Klunk, Jessica S. Kopenhaver, Kelly A. Kreiner, Samantha M. Kreiner,
April M. Kump, Therese Deborah La Fleur, Alyssa
Noelle Lawrence, Jong H. Lee, Ashlyn Nicole Lemmon, Matthew R. Lentz, Ryan C. Leonard, Holly
Beth Little, Victoria M. Livesay, Joshua C. Mackle,
Jesse Hunter Main, Abigail G. Maitland, Julie Lynn
Mall, Casara Marie McCleaf, Anna R. McCulloch,
Megan K. McGregor, Brent N. Mentzer, Lauren A.
Miller, Justin A. J. Miskiel, Allison E. Mondorff,
Francis M. Myers, Kasey E. Myers, Nicholas S.
Nace, John Jacob Neitz, Mercedes Lynn Nield,
William M. Noble, Austin D. Noel, Matthew Jacob
Valedictorian:
Samuel N.
Edwards
Salutatorian:
Therese D.
La Fleur
Noel, Leo Jules Orndorff, Tanner Michael Orndorff,
Elizabeth Ann Palla, Marie Therese Pecher, Keith
Thomas Plummer, Nicholas Donald Poole, Allison Christine Prenger, Laura Justine Prenger, Ariel
Eden Price, Mark A. Quinn, Lance D. Reneker, Allison Marie Resh, Emily Lynn Rosenthal, Brianna
Marie Sadler, Alyssa Danielle Sanders, Evan Steven Schaffer, Tayler Brooke Schussler, Kate Ann
Shanaghan, Shenandoah Ann Sims, Abigail Anna
Slusser, Allison Beatrice Small, Ali Marie Smith,
Brett J. Smith, Devin K. Smith, Zachary J. Smith,
Kacie Michelle Sneeringer, Abbey N. Sponseller,
Meghan E. Stambaugh, Evan M. Staub, Sarah E.
Staub, Samuel J. Stephan, Mikayla C. Strausbaugh,
Justin Mark Tamminga, Amber L. Tavenner, Katelyn E. Thomas, Mackenzie Lea Thomas, Isabela
Ana Ugarte, Anthony J. Ward, Emily C. Weiss, Jaci
Lyn Wendel, Ashley Ann Wilkes, Robert A. Witt,
Patrick R. Woolford, David B. Zinn
Valedictorian:
Mark Grasberger
Salutatorian:
Michael Geitner
tricia Olson, Allison Nicole Onda, Jennifer Rose Orlandi,
Jorge Alberto Padilla, Nevin David Pagan, Erin Marie
Palm, Monica Maria Palmieri, Youngha Park, Ashley
Marie Vega Pastrana, Eric Paul Patterson, Brittney Ann
Pfautz, Matthew Robert Pleger, Kevin Matthew Pogwist,
Kaitlin Sarah Poillon, Jonathan Tucker Prime, William
James Quinn, Courtney Maria Rose Radosavich, Melissa
Lynette Ramos, Yvette Ramos, Thomas William Redd, Jr.,
Steven Walter Reichwein, Jocelynne Christine Reisinger,
Bianca Marie Ricci, Ian Paul Rineer, Jonathan Alexis Rivera, Luke Thomas Robinson, Brian Francis Roda, Christian Edgardo Rodriguez, Joshua Corey Rothwell, Gregory
John Sagerer, Jeffery Curtis Sagerer, Ashley Marie Sargent, Valerie Marie Schlectic, Taylor Ann Schmidt, Evan
Bentley Schnader, Alexandra Kate Seibert, Ian Christopher Seifried, David Rivera Sexton, Kiley Cecelia Sharp,
Daniel Turner Skehan, Carlyn Frances Slagle, Thomas
Jonathan Souders, Porscha Amisha Speller, Gabrielle Marie Spica, Andrew Mark St. Clair, Peter Francis Stengel,
Rachel Lauren Stratchko, Sara Nicole Strausbaugh, Brittany Nicole Strosser, Michael David Strosser, Meghan
Elizabeth Svetecz, Isiah Robert Howard Taltoan, Ivory
LaDonna Maxine Taltoan, Madeleine Marie Thomas,
Sean Michael Titus, Janelle Kathryn Tresselt, Eva Rebecca Wagg, Meghan Kathleen Walsh, Mark Alexander
Baily Waltz, Xinying Wang, Mary Katherine Watson,
Jenna Michele Weiss, Taylor Marie Wenger, Kirsten Noel
Werner, Bergen Crandall West, Karina Leigh Whitmore,
Sean Matthew Wolpert, ZeNan Yi, Joseph Adam Yourgal,
Anthony Aloysius Zangari, Benjamin Connel Zanowski,
Kelly Jean Zaporozec, Linhao Zhang, Xinyan Zhang, Bo
Lang Zhou, Jinye Zhu, Caroline Elizabeth Zody
Valedictorian:
Bryanna Heilman
Valedictorian:
Dustin Bendas
Isabella Abiuso, Jay Agnew, Alyssa Alvarez, Carly
Amos, Kaitlyn Anderson, Jessica Antonik, Dominick
Arp, Than Aung, Rachael Barbush, Joanie Barrett, Alexander Bates, Erin Beauduy,
Kaleigh Bender, Devon Bentley, Victoria Blaisdell, Aaron Bloschichak, Javier Borras, Jordan Bour,
Molly Brennan, Dominic Brenza, Tyler Brett, Matthew
Brockman, Elijah Brooks, Juliana Brown, Ashley Buchter, Amanda Busler, Alison Byles, Madison Castelli,
Caroline Cecka, Yuan Chen, Seung Yeun Cho, Nicole
Ciccarelli, Teresa Conforti, Aleisha Connors, Alexander
Cramer,
Martino Dang, Bethany Davis, Dylan DeFrank,
Madison Depner, Karl Dickey, Ryan Diehl, Anna
Downey, Tara Doyle, Alison Dundore, Molly Dupin,
Danielle Durham, William Edwards, Alessandro Failla,
David Faller, Jessica Feldmiller, Anna Fogarty, Brinley
Fromm, Hannah Fry,
Ann Marie Garman, Thomas Garman, Christopher
Gassaway, Adam Geiger, Genevieve Gerhard, Karen
Gomez, Nathan Gracey, Ryan Grady, Grace Grill,
Louis Guyer, Rachel Halabi, Kelsie Hallahan, Alanna
Harlacker, Megan Heller, David Hergenroeder, Ryan
Herr, Zachary Herstek, Bobbie Higgins, Rachel Hoellman, Heleissa Hosty, Dianne Howard, Nuala Imgrund,
Casey Ives, Daniel Jackson, Francis Janton, Nathan
Jekel, Chase Katterman, Michael Kelly, Emma Kilroy,
Bailey King, Jun Ko, Sydney Kostelac, Andrew Kruger,
Amanda Kusztos, Leah Larson, Colin Laubach, Colleen
Laubach, Mary Brigh Lavery, Peter Lazzara, Anh Le,
Tu Le, Melissa Leandri, Hojun Lee, Jiaqi Li, Antonia
Magaro, Samantha Magaro, Nicholas Malpezzi, Angela Marinelli, Nicholas Mattis, Johana Maurer, Claire
McCarthy, Bryce McCorkel, Connor McHugh, Joseph
McHugh, Andrew Meagher, Samantha Melnick, Alex
Valedictorian:
Karen Gomez
Salutatorian:
Mark Panas
Milletics, Mark Moore, Robert Mott, Anna Mumma,
Adam Murray, Yen Nguyen, Caroline Nichols, Birgitte
Notoe, Rachael O’Neill, Gabrielle Oakes, Mark Panas,
Ausin Perry, Kelsey Pianka, Thomas Pillion, Liza Porr,
Kevin Powless, Taylor Rakocy, Jonathan Rice, Angela
Rossi, Nicholas Rosti, Nicholas Rudolph, Vincent Ruminski, Sara Sajer, Cara Sandri, Yalismar Santigo, Samantha Schlegel, Maria Schwatz, Steve Scullen, Oliver
Seneca, Alexander Sheets, Jack Shelly, Kieran Slattery,
Matthew Sobotta, Howon Song, Emily Spishock, Caleb Spitzer, Anna Sprague, Rachel Sudak, Alexander
Swade, Logan Sweger, Ruth Tegene, Nicholas Terz,
Elizabeth Turner, Daniel Vodzak, Roseann Vrabel,
Charles Wagner, Jacob Weaver, Matthew Weiss, Leigha
Wentz, Brad Wesner, Martha West, Haley Whyne, Emily Williams, Jacqueline Williams, Michael Wilson,
Katherine Wohlschlegel, Blaine Wolfe, Jihoon Woo,
Jaea Youn, Marissa Zimmerman
York Catholic High School
Graduation May 31
Salutatorian:
Colton Marko
Our Lady of
Lourdes Regional School,
Coal Township
Graduation May 23
Dustin Bendas, Daniel Costa, John Fitzpatrick,
Sarah Getchey, Emily Greco, Richard Gusick, Tyler
Holleran, Justin Howal, Jennifer Knauer, Nicole Komara, Kortni Koshinskie, Kara Kuehner, Emily Long,
Michael Menapace, Connor Mirarchi, Zachary Oquendo, Anthony Pennypacker, Ania Rawa, Charlee Rosini,
Matthew Savitski, Michael Sowash
Alexander Paul Abel, Everett Harrison Albert, Margaret Mary Anater, Patrick Michael Anstett, Alayya Marie
Arrison, Austin Marcos Asso-Gonzalez, Jordan Faith Baker, Kathleen Sadie Banik, Bridgette Rose Barrett, Stefany
Elizabeth Bertz, Aaron Christopher Blakely, Maria Catherine Blaszczyk, Miranda Austin Stiles Bridgwater, Victoria Lynn Carroll, Sean Maestrado Castillo, Emma Louise
Catalano, Daniel Ellis Cavender, Zhi Hao Chen, Young
Jun Choi, Roman Jordan Clay, Georgia Maria Cleary, Jason Robert Cook, Carmelo Cruz, Shannon Lynn Cruz, Lillie Rae Curtis, Robert Henry Cybulski, III, Emily Taylor
Dalton-Moffit, Chelsea Claire Davis, Sarah Marie Davis,
Courtney Gibbons Davis, Kelly Marie DeAngelis, Anne
Marie DeCarolis, Max Conrad Donaldson, Nicholas Matthew Draeger, Carolyn Elizabeth Dreer, Elizabeth Anne
Dudas, Alexandra Michelle Ebert, Bryan Charles Eshbach, Erin Elizabeth Fair, Michael James Falcone, Ellen
Elizabeth Farmer, John Andrew Fiorill, Sarah Ann Flick,
Rosember Alexander Garcia, Michael William Geitner,
Gwen Mae Gemperline, Connor Christian Gerhard, Haley
Nicole Gerovasilis, Brenna Jeane Gibbon, Benjamin Allen Gingrich, Erik Cornelisse Goldbach, Maria Gabrielle
Goodwin, Michael David Goshen, Ali Elizabeth Graham,
Mark Stephen Grasberger, Bryan Vincent Haberstroh,
Emily Marie Hackman, Zachary Charl Hagen, Joshua Tyler Hagen, Lauren Nicole Hampton, Kyle Bruno Harnish,
Rachel Marie Hawk, Emily Golde Heise, Kenden James
Helm, Jessica Lynn Henry, Kyle James Hinnenkamp, Rachel Catherine Hohenwarter, Baily Patrick Hohman, Cassandra Lynne Houser, Matthew Edward Howe, Jasleen
Milflores Huerta, Victoria Rosemary Hughes, Prudence
Elizabeth Jarvie II, Marya Evelyn Jucewicz, Annaliese
Therese Kambouroglos, Zachary John Karmilowicz, Michael Patrick Keck, Jr., Amanda Jean Kelly, Lauren Elizabeth Kelso, Patrick Andrew Kenney, Kennedy Elizabeth
Kessler, David Matthew Kilp, Kaitlyn Rae Kurisky, Kathryn Patricia Kuzma, Adina Rae Lamboy, Rebecca Sofia
Lawrence, Jeanette Isabelle Lazusky, Kangin Lee, Somi
Lee, Kayla Christine Leed, Olivia Quinn Legenstein, Yihua Li, Yuren Liu, Mary Theresa Lobeck, Colleen Rose
Loeffler, Steven James Long, Andrew Jonathan Longenecker, Alec Marcel Lopez, Karoline Bellamy Loretan,
Alicia Marie Martin, Emily Louise Martin, Thomas Paul
Mattaini, Alexander Christopher Robert Mayo, Patrick
Brian McBrearty, Bryan Patrick McCafferty, Maureen Regan McDermott, Luke Maher McDonald, Patrick James
McGee, Andrew Isaac Meck, Shay Christian Mento,
Kathryn Mary Mikus, Shelby Elizabeth Parker Modlin,
Paxton Elizabeth Mull, Andrew Joseph Murphy, Matthew
Albert Nazario, Sydney Jayne Nester, Gerald Anh Ngo,
Caroline Ellen Norelli, Michael Noel Olmedo, Alaina Pa-
Trinity High School, Camp Hill
Graduation May 31
Lebanon Catholic School
Graduation May 24
Luis Andrés Aguilar, Kaitlyn Erika Anspach, Louis
Richard Arnt, Noel Elaine Biever, Sydni Rae Chapman, Mary S. Chey, Amelia Marie Clay, Morgan A.
Credito, Amy-Charlotte Devitz, Philanna Beth Emerick, Bethanie Carmella Fern, Deryn Frances Fink,
Elizabeth Savannah Fry, Adam J. Gross, Catherine A.
Gross, Bryanna J. Heilman, Jose Luis Lopez, Megan
Joan Lough, Dominick Maleszewski, HollyKathryn
Marinkov, Colton James Marko, Ashley Taylor Minnig, Wilka Rosaida Montero, Timothy Michael Orr,
Kathryn Ann Reardon, Shannon M. Reiley, Paige
Lynn Rivera, Casey Rae Semenza, Abigail Mary-Alice
Shay, Gregory Joseph Swinson, Stacey Valdez, Jasminne Velandia, Alexandra Voorhees, Anita Concetta
Witmer, Challen Elizabeth Susan Yanchuck
Lancaster Catholic High School
Graduation May 23
Salutatorian:
Michael Sowash
Brady Allen, Evan Amereihn, Kimberly Anderson,
Kaela Ayers, Juely Baez, Cody Baker, Sofia Baker,
Kurtis Barbers, Hanna Baszak, Jennafer Blouse,
Hannah Bowman, Andrew Bowser, Megan Bresnahan, Larissa Brinkach, Caroline Burnham, Colin
Burns, Erica Callender, William Casagrande, Alexis
China, Patrick Creisher, Raymond Cwiklinski, Heidi
DalPezzo, Dorothy Davis, Katherine Deats, Katarina
DeFelice, Andrew Devlin, Michael Dietrich, Joseph
DiPiazza, James Dougherty, Jenna Duchek, Tucker
Ebersole, Joshua Elsen, Laura Evans, Kathleen Farrell, Abigail Figge, Igor Figueira, Sarah Fuller,
Aketzalli Garcia, Kristen Gerzewski, Allyson Getty,
Mitchell Glass, Emily Glorioso, Sandra Grippi, Anna
Grove, Toby Grove, Adam Hack, Anne Hartinger,
Patrick Hartinger, Richard Hartinger, Samuel Hernandez, Andrea Hess, Curtis Hess, Matthew Hirt,
Wyatt Hockensmith, Kaila Ilyes, Nancy Jaekel, Emily
James, Irene Jankowski, Emily Javitt, Kathleen Johnson, Fanta Kamara, Jiyae Kang, Grace Kieber, Young
Suk Kim, Brianna Kinard, Morgan Klunk, Matthew
Koury, Nicole Krevetski, Zachary Kricki, Corbin
Kurtz, Seo Yeon Lee, Charley Lehr, Matthew Lehr,
Chang Li, Katelynn Linthicum, Kathleen Logan, Rachel Loos, Nina Mann, Tyler Markle, Julia Martello,
Kathryn McNamara, Kirsten McWilliams, Alexandra
Mezza, Charli Muszynski, Katherine Nagle, Matthew
Nguyen, Aaron O’Brien, Brendan O’Connor, Alexander Pawlikowski, Nicholas Pawlikowski, Emily Poe,
Valedictorian:
Sarah Fuller
Salutatorian:
Anna Spoden
Emily Putnam, Brianna Raineri, Joseph Rost, Jacqueline Rowan, Molly Santaniello, Michael Sapanero,
Josiah Schendel, Laura Schmidt, Emily Schoettler,
Travis Shaffer, Nicholas Shellenberger, Arianna Sindelar, Rebecca Sitler, Veronica Skehan, Christopher
Sosa, Aidan Soto, Anna Spoden, Theresa Starceski,
Kayla Staub, Anne Stover, Cody Stubbs, Amanda
Summers, Alec Sylvester, Alexander Taylor, Patrick
Taylor-Brown, Michael Trupia, Kimberlyn Turner,
Evan Urey, Thomas Vizzard, Calum Wallace, John
Walsh, III, Kelly Waser, Cameron Waterbury, Breanne
Weaver, Alexander Williams, Maxwell Winders, Ciara Wood, Erika Zarfoss, Zandria Zielinski
Summer Missionary Cooperative Appeal
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the Diocesan Director
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see how far, through you, God’s love can reach.
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Diocese of Kumbo
Diocese of Chingleput*
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“I’m telling you about the
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his letter to the Corinthians that
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~ From a missionary’s homily during last
year’s Missionary Cooperative Program
When vocations flourished in America, many of our
young men and women went forth to evangelize the
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the Far East, and Latin America to share their love for
Jesus with others.
With the need for more priests worldwide, the “Grac-
For More Information
More information about the work of the Pontifical
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or on the national Pontifical Mission Societies website:
www.onefamilyinmission.org.
Missions in Brazil and Taiwan; education
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the Ukraine
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and minister in the Harrisburg Diocese in parishes,
schools, and charitable and health care institutions,
helping us to grow in Christian faith through their sacred ministry.
Or contact:
Office of Pontifical Missions
4800 Union Deposit Road
Harrisburg, PA 17111
717-657-4804 ext. 240
missions@hbgdiocese.org
Four New Priests Ordained to become Sharers in Christ’s Ministry
The candidates to the priesthood prostrate themselves before the altar as the congregation invokes the intercession of the saints on their behalf.
By Jen Reed
Over the course of the past nine years, the number of seminarians in the Diocese of Harrisburg has
flourished, from 12 seminarians in 2004 to 37 today.
On June 1, the diocese rejoiced in the ordination of
four priests: Father Kevin Kayda, Father Stephen
Kelley, Father Daniel Richards and Father Mark
Wilke.
The four were ordained at St. Patrick Cathedral
in Harrisburg by Bishop William Waltersheid, Auxiliary Bishop of Pittsburgh. In recent interviews with
The Catholic Witness, the newest priests spoke of
their discernment, the God-given gifts they bring to
the priesthood, and their eagerness to serve Christ’s
Church.
Deacon Kevin Kayda processes into St. Patrick Cathedral for Mass celebrating the ordination to the priesthood
June 1.
Father Mark Wilke, a native son of St. Joseph
Parish in Dallastown, says the image of the Good
Shepherd comes to his mind when he considers his
role as a priest.
“So often, the role of shepherd is used to describe
the priest, and I think that is so appropriate because
the priest is a leader,” said Father Wilke.
“Shepherds have expertise in how to move the
flock and how to defend the flock,” he said. “Like
a shepherd, a priest is with the flock, and leading
them forward at the same time. That’s a unique role.
You get to know the people and share in their joys
and their sorrows. Their joys become your joys, and
their sorrows become your sorrows. They know your
voice, and you know their needs. You tend to them.
You might need to go pick one up because you’ve
lost him, but you go after that one because you love
them so much. The image of the Good Shepherd is
just overwhelming for the priesthood and the ministry that we’re given.”
Father Wilke, who has been assigned to St. Francis
Xavier Parish in Gettysburg, said the Holy Mass and
his interaction with several priests offered him opportunities to realize that the priesthood was possible
for him. He earned a degree in civil engineering from
Drexel University in 2006 and held a job for a year
before entering Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md.
Prayer life is essential to formation, said Father
Wilke, who has a particular devotion to St. Joseph.
“His role was so unique, and reminds me of the
priesthood, to be espoused to the Church, as well as
to guard the Redeemer, the Eucharist, and to defend
the faith,” he said. “It’s sometimes hard to be that
humble, and it’s hard to work and not get thanks for
it, but in that way, Joseph can be a model for priests.”
Father Wilke said his service as a deacon this past
year has prepared him for ministry as a priest, particularly in the role of explaining Church teaching.
Many people don’t interact with the parish priest
outside of Mass, he said, so it is critical to present
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Deacons Kevin Kayda, Stephen Kelley, Daniel Richards and Mark Wilke process into St. Patrick Cathedral in Harrisburg to be ordained priests of the Diocese.
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day in Hummelstown, or in Dallastown
or Ephrata on Wednesday.”
“You commit yourself to knowing the
faith so well that you can explain it over
ice cream, from the pulpit, or over a car
engine,” Father Wilke said. “Those kinds
of conversations can happen anywhere.”
In sharing the Gospel, he reflects on
what the late Bishop Joseph P. McFadden frequently told the seminarians:
“The new evangelization is very simple.
You introduce yourself, and then you tell
them about the most important person
in your life. You tell them how He filled
your heart with joy, and you invite them
into that relationship.”
Father Kevin Kayda said he considered the priesthood on and off throughout high school, but after graduation, the
native of St. Patrick Parish in Carlisle
pursued an education to become a pharmacist.
In college though, he realized he
wasn’t happy with the path he was on,
and after much prayer and some discussion with priests, he applied to become a
seminarian.
Father Kayda completed undergraduate work at St. Vincent Seminary in
Latrobe, Pa., and finished his studies at
Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md.
“It took me a couple of years in seminary to realize this wasn’t something God
was forcing on me,” he said. “If I’m truly
going to be happy, I’m going to obey God
and be with him and grow in love with
him. It took me awhile to realize that
this is an invitation by God to become a
priest. It comes from him. The only way
a person can live this life completely is
through the grace of God.”
Father Kayda, who has been assigned
to serve at St. John the Baptist Parish in
New Freedom, said he is eager to minister to the people. “I love helping people. I
love helping bring people closer to God.
That is what my joy is. I’m eager to see
people grow, to see kids grow older, to
see couples get married and have children, the process of life taking place.”
“I have been told I’m a very good listener. I can just sit down and not say much
and just listen to people,” he said. “That
will be good with counseling, spiritual
direction, leading people closer to God.”
Father Kayda expressed his gratitude
to the people of the diocese who have
supported him through prayers and
through financial contributions to the
diocese’s Bishop Joseph T. Daley Seminary Scholarship Endowment Fund.
“As a deacon, it was just so touching
to hear people, weeks after I gave a homily, say they were still reflecting on what
I had said. I’ve really seen the Holy Spirit work through me,” he said. “Though I
wasn’t engaged full-time in ministry because I still had school work to do, seeing how people said they saw me grow
and also how I helped them grow was
very touching.”
“When you go to a parish and people
know you’re a seminarian, they want to
know your story, and it’s been great to
get to know people,” he said. “I think
there is a great relationship between the
priests, the seminarians and the people.
We’re all trying to work together in proclaiming the new evangelization.”
Father Daniel Richards, a native
son of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin
Mary Parish in Lebanon and a graduate
of Lebanon Catholic School, first gave
serious consideration to the priesthood
during his freshman year at Millersville
University, where he was studying for a
degree in education.
“I started thinking about what God
was calling me to do. I started to engage
my faith more deeply, and recommitted
myself to going to Mass every Sunday,”
he said.
During that year, he spoke with Father
Raymond LaVoie, the current Director
of the Diocesan Office of Vocations who
was campus minister at Millersville at
the time. Following more discernment
and a meeting with Bishop Kevin C.
Rhoades, he applied to seminary.
Father Richards, who has been assigned to St. Leo the Great Parish in
Rohrerstown, said his involvement as a
seminarian in the diocese’s annual Quo
Vadis Days vocation discernment retreat
for young men, helped to re-affirm his
call to the priesthood.
“In my early years of seminary, it was
helpful for me to be reminded that [discerning your vocation] is something that,
for a Catholic man, should be normal,”
he said. “Later on, as I got closer to ordination and became more firm in my own
call to the priesthood, it was good for me
to share with the younger guys who are
beginning to discern where God is calling them.”
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Through the laying on of hands and the Prayer of Ordination, Bishop William Waltersheid ordains Father Mark Wilke.
As a sign of unity and encouragement, priests impose their hands on the heads of the four newly-ordained priests.
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“The seminary is an interesting environment. From the outside, we might
all look the same. People might assume
that we are the guys who knew from the
time we were kids that we were going to
be priests,” Father Richards said. “But
when you start to really get to know the
guys in seminary, there are so many different stories and backgrounds that there really is a diverse mix.”
Father Richards shared that the greatest
fear he had in considering the seminary was
the life of celibacy – he wondered whether
he would be fulfilled without a family.
The people of the diocese have stepped
in to fill that role for him, he said.
“I’ve been amazed at the real sense of
family that I’ve received, from priests,
from people who work for the diocese, and
the Catholics in the pews who are proud of
me, even if they’ve just met me,” he said.
“I don’t have a lot of family in the area, and
I’ve always been able to look back and say,
‘This is home.’ This is where I feel comfortable. I need the diocese, and I think the
diocese needs me in a certain way. We rely
on each other. I’ve never actually experienced the loneliness that I was afraid of.”
Father Stephen Kelley fell deeply in
love with the Church when he was in his
early 30s. A friend had challenged him
about Church practices and teachings,
and he didn’t have an answer to give. So
he set out to find answers to those questions.
“It ended up becoming a journey for
me,” he said. “I came to understand that
the faith makes sense when you underMore ORDINATION, page 12
Bishop William Waltersheid anoints the hands of Father Daniel Richards with Sacred Chrism during the Rite of Ordination.
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stand how it is put together in one tapestry…. It is the avenue to some of the greatest joys that humanity can experience.”
“The more I got into that, the more the
vista opened up to what was possible,”
Father Kelley said. “Once you get on that
slope, you just want to keep going.”
Father Kelley, who grew up in Lebanon,
entered St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe,
Pa., from St. Patrick Parish in York when
he was 35.
His experiences of living and working
on his own before entering seminary are
ones that he can bring to his ministry as a
priest, he said.
“I’ve dealt with having to live on Ramen Noodles for months. I’ve dealt with
the struggles of living paycheck to paycheck, paying rent,” Father Kelley said.
“I’ve struggled with finances and I know
how difficult things can be…. I have a real
sympathy for people who, in their lives,
had the bottom fall out.”
Prayer has been critical to his formation,
he said.
“The demand to become the person that
we’re being called to be requires exponentially more prayer as we go on,” said
Father Kelley, who has been assigned to
serve at St. Joseph Parish in Hanover.
“When we practiced for the Sacrament
of Reconciliation and for the celebration
of the Mass this past year, I got a real
strong sense that once you get into ministry, you can’t fake it. You can’t give what
you don’t have,” he said. “You have to be
the priest. That has to be your existence.
From my perspective, all bright and shiny
at the beginning, I see a great challenge,
and I can only hope through the prayers
of many people that I can rise to meet that
challenge.”
The support he has received from the
people of the diocese has been a blessing,
he said, and he is ready to reciprocate that
support as a priest.
“I intend to live the vocation that God
gave me, to serve his people wherever
God puts me,” Father Kelley said. “I trust
his will for me, and I will do whatever I
can for the people that he puts in my care.
It will be wonderful to give back for all
that I have been blessed with.”
Above: Father Walter Sempko, who celebrates his 90th birthday this month, offers a sign of peace to Father Mark Wilke.
The bishop and the priests present exchanged a gesture of peace with the newly-ordained at the conclusion of the Rite
of Ordination.
Below: Newly-ordained Father Stephen Kelley distributes Holy Communion during the Mass celebrating his ordination
to the priesthood.
Second Fortnight for Freedom
to Highlight Marriage, Mandate
By Carl Bunderson
Catholic News Agency/EWTN News
The U.S. bishops’ conference has announced
a second Fortnight for Freedom, scheduled for
the two weeks leading up to Independence Day,
to raise awareness and support for the right to
religious liberty.
“The need for prayer, education, and action in
defense of religious liberty has never been greater,” said Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore. “The Fortnight
for Freedom exists to
meet that need.”
The pastoral initiative will begin with
a June 21 Mass celebrated by Archbishop
Lori at the Baltimore
basilica. It will conclude at noon on July
4 with a Mass at the
Washington, D.C., basilica celebrated by Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl.
The first Fortnight for Freedom, held last year,
included Masses, prayer rallies and other events
aimed at prayer, education and action in order to
promote and defend religious freedom.
Members of other religions joined in the fortnight, hosting events or ringing church bells in a
sign of solidarity.
The two-week event is designed to “emphasize
the need for conscience protection” and general
religious liberty both at home and overseas. It
will focus on a broad variety of recent threats to
religious freedom, including those in the realms
of immigration, humanitarian aid, adoption and
health care.
Among the major religious liberty concerns in
the U.S. is a federal mandate, issued by the Department of Health and Human Services, that requires employers to offer health insurance plans
covering contraception, sterilization and some
drugs that can cause early abortions.
While the mandate includes a religious exemption, it applies only to churches and their
conventions, auxiliaries and religious orders.
Most non-profit religious organizations, including Catholic hospitals, schools and charitable
agencies, do not qualify for the exemption. After
a one-year reprieve, which ends this August, they
will subject to a government “accommodation,”
under which the objectionable products will be
included free of charge in the health care plans
they offer. Critics argue that the objecting religious employers will still end up paying for the
coverage that they consider immoral through increased premiums.
Archbishop Lori noted in his May 13 statement
that the 2013 fortnight “occurs just weeks before
August 1, when the administration’s mandate coercing us to violate our deeply-held beliefs will
be enforced against most religious non-profits.”
He added that during this year’s fortnight, “the
Supreme Court’s decisions on the definition
of marriage will likely
be handed down as
well.”
“Those decisions
could have a profound
impact on religious
freedom for generations to come,” he
said.
In March, the Supreme Court heard arguments in two gay marriage cases, Hollingsworth v. Perry and U.S. v.
Windsor. One challenges California’s Proposition 8, a state measure which recognizes marriage as existing solely between a man and a
woman, and the other challenges the Defense of
Marriage Act, a federal law which defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman.
Decisions in both cases are expected in late
June.
In addition to the contraception mandate, the
second fortnight will place a special emphasis on
faith and marriage due to the Supreme Court rulings and their potential to impact religious freedom in a significant way, according to a statement from the bishops’ conference in December
2012.
A web page created by the bishops’ conference to offer resources for the pastoral strategy
described the upcoming fortnight as “a visible,
vibrant reminder of the God-given nature of religious liberty” as well as the right to live out
one’s faith in the public square and the professional world.
Modern threats to the Church “call for increased awareness and formation, as well as spiritual stamina and fortitude among the faithful, so
that we may all be effective and joyful witnesses
of faith, hope and charity,” it explained.
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Eucharist Nourishes, Sustains and
Should Transform People, Pope Says
By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
In the Eucharist, Jesus
makes himself the food that
nourishes and sustains Catholics, even when the road gets
rough, Pope Francis said before leading a Corpus Christi
procession through the streets
of Rome.
Mass and participation in
Corpus Christi processions
are times for Catholics to reflect on how they follow Jesus and, particularly, what the
Eucharist means to them, the
pope said at Mass May 30 to
celebrate the feast of the Body
and Blood of Christ.
The pope encouraged Catholics to ask themselves: Is the
Eucharist a “moment of true
communion with the Lord,
but also with my many brothers and sisters who share at
this same altar?” and “Adoring Christ truly present in the
Eucharist, do I allow myself
to be transformed by him?”
The pope celebrated the
Mass outside the Basilica of
St. John Lateran, then – on
foot – joined a candlelight
Corpus Christi procession
from St. John’s to the Basilica
of St. Mary Major, just over a
mile away.
The monstrance with the
Blessed Sacrament was carried on the truck that Blessed
John Paul II began using in
1994 when he could no longer
walk the full mile. Pope Benedict XVI participated in the
procession each year, riding in
the truck, kneeling before the
Eucharist.
“Jesus speaks in the silence
of the mystery of the Eucharist and reminds us each time
that following him means going out of ourselves and making our lives not something
we ‘possess,’ but a gift to him
and to others,” Pope Francis
said in his homily at Mass.
Focusing his homily on the
Gospel of Luke’s account
of the multiplication of the
loaves and fishes, the pope
said gathering around Jesus,
Pope Francis holds a
monstrance during the
observance of the feast of
Corpus Christi at the Basilica of
St. Mary Major in Rome May 30.
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listening to his word and being
nourished by him transforms
the multitude of anonymous
individuals into a community
of faith where people share
who they are and what they
have.
The same dynamic should
be at work today when Catholics gather at Mass to listen to
the Gospel and be nourished
by the body and blood of Jesus, he said.
“The Eucharist is the sacra-
ment of the communion that
takes us out of our individualism so that together we live
our discipleship, our faith in
him,” Pope Francis said.
The pope said he is “always
struck” by the disciples asking
Jesus to send the crowd away
to find food and lodging and
Jesus telling him, “Give them
some food yourselves.”
“In the face of the crowd’s
needs, this is the disciples’ solution: Everyone takes care of
himself; dismiss the crowd,”
the pope said. “Many times
we Christians have that same
temptation; we don’t take on
the needs of others, but dismiss them with a compassionate ‘May God help you’ or a
not-so-compassionate ‘Good
luck.’”
Jesus’ solution, though,
was to ask God’s blessing on
the little food available, then
to have the disciples share it
with crowd, he said.
“It is a moment of profound communion: the crowd
quenched by the word of the
Lord is now nourished by his
bread of life, and all had their
fill.”
What Jesus encouraged the
disciples to do was an act of
“solidarity,” he said, which is
nothing other than “placing at
God’s disposal what little we
have, our humble abilities, because only in sharing and in
giving will our lives be fruitful.”
In the Eucharist, the pope
said, Catholics experience the
“solidarity of God,” a solidarity that can never be exhausted
and should never stop causing
awe.
“Once again this evening,
Jesus gives himself to us in
the Eucharist, shares our journey and, in fact, makes himself the food that sustains our
lives, even when the road gets
rough and obstacles slow our
steps,” Pope Francis said.
At the same time, he said, in
receiving the Eucharist faithfully “the Lord leads us to
follow his path – that of service, sharing and giving; and
that little that we have, the
little that we are, if shared, becomes a treasure because the
power of God, who is love,
descends to our poverty and
transforms it.”
Pope Francis’ First Encyclical Might
Be Out This Year, Says Spokesman
By Carol Glatz
Pope Francis may publish his first
encyclical this year, the Vatican
spokesman said.
Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi
said he “would not exclude” the possibility of the publication of the pope’s
first encyclical “within this year,” Vatican Radio reported.
The spokesman told reporters April
25 that retired Pope Benedict XVI had
already “fleshed out material on the
theme of faith” for an encyclical.
Vatican officials had said Pope
Benedict completed work in late 2012
on what would have been his fourth
encyclical – a letter on the theological virtue of faith. Its release was expected in the first half of 2013, but the
pope resigned Feb. 28 before its publication.
It is not unusual for a pope to pick
up work begun by his predecessor,
make changes and publish it in his
own name. The second part of Pope
Benedict’s first encyclical, “Deus Caritas Est” (“God is Love”), was a discussion of Catholic charitable activity
prepared under Blessed John Paul II.
Nine months after Pope Benedict was
elected, the document was released
after the new pope reworked that section.
Father Lombardi also said that Pope
Benedict, who has been living at the
papal summer residence in Castel
Gandolfo since his retirement, would
soon be moving – as expected – to a
renovated building in the Vatican Gardens.
The retired pope moved to the Mater
Ecclesiae Monastery in early May, the
spokesman said.
He said Pope Francis will continue to
reside in the Vatican guesthouse where
he has been staying since the beginning of the conclave that elected him,
instead of the papal apartment in the
apostolic palace.
The Domus Sanctae Marthae houses
permanent residents as well as some
guests who come to the Vatican for
meetings.
Pope Francis “likes it there very
much,” the spokesman said, and, at
the moment, it doesn’t seem he wants
to change his accommodations, even
though no “final decision” has been
made.
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Spiritual Offerings
Mass in the Croatian language will be celebrated
June 16 at 12:30 p.m. in the Prince of Peace--Assumption of
the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Steelton.
Mass in the Polish language will be celebrated June
16 at 2 p.m. at St. Catherine Labouré Church in Harrisburg by
Father Walter Sempko. Confessions in English and Polish will
be heard after Mass.
The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a traveling
Icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the St. Ann Byzantine
Catholic Knights of Columbus Council will host the Icon
June 16-18. This Icon commemorates the appearance of the
Blessed Virgin Mary to Juan Diego in Mexico in 1531. The feast
day for Our Lady of Guadalupe appears on the Byzantine and
Roman Catholic calendars. The community is invited to Prayer
Services for the visit of the Icon at St. Ann Byzantine Catholic
Church, 5408 Locust Lane, Harrisburg, as follows: June 16, 7-9
p.m., Rosary at 7 p.m. followed by private prayers and devotion. June 17, 7-9 p.m., Moleben [prayer service] with Benediction followed by private prayers. June 18, 7-9 p.m., private
prayers and devotion beginning at 7 p.m. with closing service
and veneration of the Icon beginning at 8:30 p.m.
Education, Enrichment & Support
A Theology on Tap session for young adult Catholics will be held June 12 at Ceoltas in Harrisburg. Father Jonathan Sawicki, pastor of Immaculate Conception of the Blessed
Virgin Mary Parish in York, will be the guest speaker. Evening
begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by the presentation at 7 p.m., a
question-and-answer session, and socialization at 8 p.m. For
more information and to RSVP, go to the Theology on Tap Harrisburg group on Facebook or http://www.stjosephmech.org/
ministries/adult-education/theology-on-tap.
A young adult summer social will be hosted at St.
Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Mechanicsburg June 14 at 7
p.m. If you are a young adult, high school graduate thru age
35, you are welcome to join the fun! Evening Prayer from the
Liturgy of the Hours will be followed by burgers and hot dogs,
volleyball, ultimate frisbee and more. Contact Mike Creavey
at 717-697-3545 or mcreaveyseas@gmail.com for additional
information and to RSVP. Check out our Facebook page at
facebook.com/groups/westshoreparishyoungadults.
A Theology on Tap session for young adult Catholics will be held June 19 at The Abbey of Maewyn’s Irish Pub
in York. Father Brian Wayne, parochial vicar at St. Joan of Arc
Parish in Hershey, will be the presenter. Social time starts at
6:30 p.m., followed by the presentation at 7:15 p.m. and closing
prayer at 9 p.m. For more information, visit www.hbgdiocese.
org/theologyontap.
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Berwick is hosting a Year of Faith
program featuring one-hour sessions from Father Robert
Barron. The Catholicism adult formation program is open to the
community. The next session will be held June 20 at 6:30 p.m.,
“Word Made Flesh, True Bread of Heaven – The Mystery of the
Liturgy and the Eucharist.” For more information, or to receive a
schedule for the year, contact the parish at 570-759-8113.
“33 Days to Morning Glory” Do you want to
transform your work, your marriage, your family, your life and
are ready to learn the quickest, surest, and easiest way to
holiness? Blessed John Paul II and Blessed Mother Teresa
knew that the quickest way to be transformed into a saint is
through a relationship with Our Blessed Mother Mary. Join with
women and men from across the diocese for a 33-day preparation for Consecration to Jesus through His Mother Mary at St.
Joseph Church, York. Learn from 4 great saints that the secret
to drawing closer to Jesus is through the Heart of His Mother.
This 6-week series begins July 18 and continues to Aug. 22
from 7-9 p.m. DVD presentations are by author and speaker
Father Michael Gaitley, MIC. Information session to register will
be held June 27 at 7 p.m. If you cannot attend the information session, order a participant’s kit and contact Deacon Neil
Crispo to reserve a place in the group by July 11 at crispo@
sjy.org or wog325@gmail.com. Order participant’s kit at www.
allheartsafire.org, which includes book, retreat companion,
prayers and rosary.
Retreats & Pilgrimages
A Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat for post-abortion
healing will be held at Mariawald Retreat Center in Reading,
Pa., Aug. 2-4. If you are hurting from an abortion experience,
come enter into a healing weekend with others sharing the
same pain. There is no judgment, only compassion and mercy.
Contact Joy for more information at rvpamd@gmail.com or
717-788-4959.
The 35th annual Corpus Christi Men’s Retreat,
“We are Called to Show People Jesus,” will take place the
weekend of Aug. 2. The retreat, for men of the Harrisburg Diocese, is sponsored by Corpus Christi Parish in Chambersburg.
It will be led by Father Larry Richards of Erie Mount St. Mary’s
University in Emmitsburg, Md. Father Richards was a speaker
at the Harrisburg diocesan men’s conference in Lancaster last
year. The retreat is open to those ages 14 and older. Men are
encouraged to bring their sons and grandsons. A $60 deposit
is required toward the total cost of $130. Reservations can be
made through local parish coordinators or by contacting Paul
Little at 717-264-2577.
Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Guadalupe and
Catholic Shrines of Mexico: Father Sylvan Capitani,
pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish in New Freedom, will
be retiring in June of this year after 35 years with the parish.
Deacon Mike Solomon (Brother of St. John’s parishioner Paul
Come to an old fashioned Church Picnic – The
Conewago Picnic will be held July 20 from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. at
Solomon) will lead a pilgrimage for Father Capitani on the
the Conewago (Basilica) Picnic Woods in Hanover. The Picnic
occasion of his retirement from Sept. 21–29, 2013 for the all
features our famous chicken corn soup made in kettles over
inclusive price of $2,850 (based on double occupancy). The all an open fire, hamburgers, hot dogs, funnel cakes, pit beef. The
inclusive trip will leave from St. John’s Parish via deluxe motor family style chicken dinner will begin at 3 p.m. until sold out.
coach to depart from BWI. The comprehensive tour includes
Live entertainment, raffles, kids’ games, Country Store, 13-jars,
all five star hotels, breakfast and dinner daily, tour guides and something for everyone.
admissions, and all taxes and tips. For full itinerary, contact
Slavic Fest - Come and party Slavic Style at St. Ann
Faith Tours at faithful@reagan.com.
Byzantine Catholic Parish’s annual festival July 21 on the
Join Father Thomas Rozman and the Cathedral
Parish of Saint Patrick in Harrisburg for a Year of Faith Pilgrim- church grounds on Locust Lane in Harrisburg from noon-9
p.m. Enjoy great homemade Eastern European foods to eat-in
age to Rome and Assisi Oct. 8-17, 2013. We will enter into
or take-out. Two bands: The Polka WHOOOO and The Polka
the spirit of Saint Francis and Saint Claire, staying in Assisi
Partners. Church tours, world class iconography, chanting and
for three nights. There will be a full day in Florence. Our time
singing demonstrations, and an Eastern European market.
in Rome will include Mass at Saint Peter’s Basilica, visits to
Games for young and old, bingo, 50 theme baskets and cash
the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, Saint Paul Outside the
raffles. Free admission and parking. 717-652-1415 or www.
Walls, Saint Mary Major, Saint John Lateran, San Callisto
stannbyz.org.
Catacombs, and much more. We hope to attend a Papal
Audience and experience the Scavi Tour, subject to availabilHoly Angels Parish in Kulpmont will hold its
ity. Roundtrip airfare and airline taxes/fuel surcharges, 8 nights parish picnic Aug. 2 from 5 p.m.-midnight and Aug. 3 from 4
accommodation in First Class/4 star hotels, breakfast daily, 6
p.m.-midnight. Fantastic menu, games, basket bonanza, bake
dinners, land transportation by private deluxe motorcoach, all
sale. Entertainment by The Shoreliners 7-11 p.m. each night.
entrance fees, Daily Mass, and more for $3,557 per person/
double occupancy. For complete details, contact Karen Hurley Fireworks display Saturday at 10 p.m. $3,000 in cash prizes.
at k.m.hurley1@gmail.com or George’s International Tours
Events & Fund-Raisers
at (800) 566-7499 or sales@georgesintl.com. Deadline for
Knights of Columbus Council 13451 of Our
reservations is June 28.
Lady of Lourdes Parish in New Holland is sponsorParish Festivals & Picnics
ing a chicken BBQ fundraiser June 8 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
at O’Neill’s Auto Body shop, 580 East Main Street in New
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary ParHolland. Dinners are $8 and halves are $5. Drive-up sales are
ish in Lebanon will hold its annual festival June 7 and 8
welcome. Contact John Henry at 717-808-2540 or Don Trout at
at St. Cecilia’s Parish Hall and Grounds. The family friendly
festivities include games, great food, bingo and music on both 717-371-8879 for tickets or information.
evenings. Midway hours are 5-11 p.m. on Friday and 4-11 p.m.
The Council of Catholic Women of St. Francis
on Saturday. A fish dinner will be featured on Friday starting
Xavier Parish in Gettysburg will sponsor a rummage
at 4 p.m. in the air conditioned parish hall. There are food
sale June 14 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m., and June 15 from 8 a.m.stands on the festival grounds for added variety. The Johnson noon at Xavier Center, 465 Table Rock Road.
Brothers will provide the musical entertainment on Friday,
York Catholic High School is holding its 23rd Annual
and the music of Laredo will highlight the Saturday activities.
Musical entertainment is from 7-10:30 p.m. both nights. Yard
Golf Tournament June 17 at Regents’ Glen. Registration for
sale begins at 7 a.m. June 8 - breakfast will be available there. this four-person scramble tournament starts at 7:30 a.m. with
Raffle tickets are also available for $10. Only 1,200 tickets will play beginning at 8 a.m. Cost is $100 per person and includes
be sold for a chance to win one of 22 prizes, including a top
greens fee, cart rental, refreshments on the course, lunch, and
prize of $1,500 cash. Call Steve Bailey at 717-273-4664 for
prizes. Proceeds benefit the York Catholic Tuition Assistance
tickets and details.
Fund. Sponsorships are available. For more information or to
register, contact Jennifer at 717-846-8871 x51 or jsteesglassThe annual Divine Redeemer Parish Festival
in Mount Carmel will be held on the parish picnic grounds myer@yorkcatholic.org.
June 8 from noon-10 p.m., rain or shine. Theme basket raffle,
Fortnight for Freedom – Field of Flags will be on
favorite ethnic foods, homemade baked goods, and refreshdisplay at St. John the Baptist Church in New Freedom from
ments. Entertainment by a D.J. along with a local talent show. mid June through July 4. There will be an afternoon of prayer
Kidz Zone, “A Minute to Win It” contest, adult games, raffle
and music June 23, with a living rosary of helium balloons at 3
drawings. A new addition to the festival will be an indoor yard
sale. There will be a pre-sale of chances for the theme baskets p.m., which will be released at the end of the rosary, followed
by speakers Scott Anthony, youth leader, and Amy Hill of the
on June 7. Pigeons, pierogies, and porkette sandwiches will
Pennsylvania Catholic Conference, at 4 p.m. Live patriotic and
also be available.
praise music; bring lawn chairs and blankets. The parish will
St. Joseph’s Carnival will take place June 11-15 from supply drinks and snacks. In the event of rain, program will
5-10 p.m. each day on the grounds of St. Joseph Church and be held in the Historic Church. Contact Joy with questions –
School in York. The carnival will be held rain or shine. For
Rvpamd@gmail.com or 717-788-4959.
information during the event, call 717-755-7503.
Trinity High School Youth Football Camp will be
St. Paul the Apostle Parish in Annville will hold its
held June 24-27, Monday thru Thursday, from 6-8 p.m. each
summer bazaar June 15 from 3-11 p.m. and June 16 from
night and is open to students in grades 3-9. The camp costs
3-10 p.m. Saturday’s entertainment by “Flamin Dick and the
$65 per camper. Receive a camp flier at www.thsrocks.pa.us,
Hot Rods” starting at 7 p.m. Sunday’s entertainment by “The
by clicking on athletics, and football. For questions, send an
Uptown Band” starts at 6 p.m. Chicken barbecue dinner Sunday at noon. The festival will feature various foods and plenty e-mail to TrinityFBCoach@gmail.com.
of games for all ages.
A rummage sale will be held in the gymnasium at St.
Columba
Parish in Bloomsburg June 28 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
St. Joan of Arc Parish in Hershey will hold a
and June 29 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Sponsored by the St. Columba
festival June 20-22. Meals will be served from 4-7 p.m. each
night, with take-outs at 3:30 p.m. Dinners will feature a chicken Music Ministry; call 570-784-0801, ext. 5.
cacciatore platter on Thursday, and an Italian platter and PolTrinity High School Boys’ Lacrosse will host a
ish platter Friday and Saturday. The festival will feature games summer youth boys’ and girls’ lacrosse camp at the school
each evening from 5-10 p.m. and various foods. Entertainment in Camp Hill July 15-18 at 6:30 p.m. each evening, under the
by The Wave Quartet jazz band Thursday from 6:30-9:30 p.m., direction of the boys’ varsity head coach, David Heisey. The
Crossing Abbey Road, a retro Beatles band, Friday from 6-9
camp is open to current 2nd through 8th graders at $70 each.
p.m., and a DJ Saturday from 6-9 p.m. Visit www.stjoanherInformation at Trinity High School’s website, www.thsrocks.us.
shey.org, find the parish on Facebook, or call 717-533-7168
Catholic Harvest Food Pantry presents its 1st
for more information.
Annual Golf Tournament July 19 at Honey Run Golf Course.
Immaculate Conception BVM Parish in York
Shotgun start begins at noon with scramble format. Cost is $75
will have its annual Cultural Festival June 21 from 5-9 p.m.,
per person which includes 18 holes, cart, lunch and dinner.
and June 22 from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. The festival will feature
Proceeds to benefit Catholic Harvest Food Pantry. The pantry
food from both Hispanic and American ethnic delicacies,
cash raffles, and children’s games. The festival will be held in operates one of the largest food pantries in York County. We
are an outreach ministry of Immaculate Conception, St. Rose
the parking lots adjacent to the church at 309 South George
of Lima, St. Patrick, and St. Joseph parishes in York, as well as
Street, York.
local businesses, service organizations, and individuals in York
The annual parish festival for Holy Spirit Par- County. There are typically more than 600 families each month
ish in Palmyra will be held from 5-10 p.m. June 21 and
who use our services. For more information and to resister,
22, rain or shine. There is something for everyone. Activities
visit CHFP website: http://www.catholicharvest.org/.
include games, cash raffles (need not be present to win), ethThe 4th annual David Costabile Golf Outing to
nic foods, homemade baked goods and refreshments. Come
and join our parish family for a fun filled day with good friends, benefit the wrestling program at Bishop McDevitt High School
and good food!
in Harrisburg, will be held July 26 at 8:30 a.m. at Mayapple
Golf Club. Cost is $80 per golfer and includes breakfast, lunch,
St. Jude Thaddeus Parish in Mifflintown will
beverages, T-shirt, prizes and more. Sponsorship opportunicelebrate its 2nd annual summer celebration June 22 beginning with a pancake, scrambled egg breakfast from 7-11 a.m. ties and group packages available. Contact Scott Lindsey at
Activities such as a basket raffle, children’s games, cake bak- bmcdwrestling@gmail.com or 717-903-9689.
ing contest, will continue until 1 p.m., along with availability of
Parish & Organization News
other foods for sale, including chicken barbeque and Hispanic
cuisine. St. Jude is only 45 minutes from Harrisburg off of the
Job Openings at Misericordia Nursing and
Mifflintown exit of US 322.
Rehabilitation Center in York: Cook / Utility Person
needed to help in our 50 bed Long Term Care dining facility.
Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Full time, Tuesday and Thursday 11–7, Monday and WednesParish in Middletown will hold its 11th annual festival
day 8:30–4:30, with every other weekend 9:15–5:15, plus
July 11-13 from 6-10 p.m. The event will include inflatable
every other Holiday Activities Aide, working part time, Tuesday
rides and carnival rides, games for kids and adults, bingo,
food, a flea market, a craft corner, and basket and cash raffles. and Wednesday from 4-8 and every Saturday 9-4. Prior experience preferred. Visit our Website at www.mn-rc.org. ApplicaA car show will be held July 11 from 5-8 p.m. There will be a
chicken parmesan and spaghetti dinner Thursday from 5-8
tions accepted at 998 S. Russell Street, York PA 17402.
Celebrant Singers to Perform on
Eve of Gettysburg’s Sesquicentennial
The names of the following deceased
persons have been submitted by their
parishes:
BERWICK – Immaculate Conception
BVM: Margaret Crispino, Bernadine
Johnson; St. Joseph: Paul Cornelius Rita
Felix.
CAMP HILL – Good Shepherd: Evelyn
Sebestyen.
CARLISLE – St. Patrick: Ann “Nance”
E. Murray.
CHAMBERSBURG – Corpus Christi:
Edgar Overcash.
COAL TOWNSHIP – Our Lady of Hope:
Florence Gratti, Katheryn Graykoskie,
Roy Greager, Daniel Richardson,
Elizabeth Rupp.
CONEWAGO – Sacred Heart of Jesus:
James L. Fitzpatrick, Mary “Theda”
Henschke, Delores “Elaine” Orndorff.
CORNWALL – Sacred Heart of Jesus:
Joseph F. Christaldi, Mary Lou Paxton.
HANOVER – St. Vincent de Paul: Wanda
Sanders.
HARRISBURG – St. Catherine Labouré:
Bertha Belmont, Mary Cowher, James
Hillegass, Katherryn Jean, Louise
Krolak, Clare Renshaw; St. Margaret
Mary: Joseph Gaudio.
JONESTOWN – Our Lady of Fatima:
Sandra Natale.
LANCASTER – St. Anne: Thomas J.
Donnelly, Eileen M. Mundie, Robert E.
Pozza.
LYKENS – Our Lady Help of Christians:
Thomas Kelley.
MANHEIM – St. Richard: Jack Burke,
Anna Erwin, Carol Porta.
MCSHERRYSTOWN – Annunciation
BVM: Dr. Robert Niedererr.
Sister Clarice Pennell
Mercy Sister Clarice Pennell died at
Mercy Center in Dallas, Pa., May 2. She
was 89.
Born Mary Doris Pennell in Williamstown, she graduated from Bishop McDevitt High School in Harrisburg and received
a Bachelor of Arts degree from Misericordia University and a Master’s degree from
Villanova University. She entered the congregation of the Sisters of Mercy in 1942.
During her years of service in education
ministry, Sister Clarice served as principal
and then teacher at St. Theresa School in
New Cumberland. After her service there,
she took time to care for her sister. For the
past seven years, Sister Clarice had been a
resident of Mercy Center and participated
in the ministry of prayer.
The funeral Mass was celebrated May
7 at Blessed Sacrament Chapel at Mercy
Center. Burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Carverton, Pa.
Sister Terrence Flanagan
Mercy Sister Terrence Flanagan died at
Mercy Center in Dallas, Pa., on Jan. 11 of
this year. She was 91.
Born Frances Mary Flanagan in Columbia, she earned a Bachelor’s degree in
science from Misericordia University and
a Master’s degree in secondary school science from Villanova University. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of
Mercy in 1943.
Sister Terrence served as assistant administrator at the former Mercycrest Convent in Harrisburg, and as a member of the
Provincial Council and Regional Coordinator of Harrisburg. She also assisted the residents of Mercy Center in providing transportation to medical appointments, and by
posting messages of daily activities on the
residents’ televisions.
The funeral Mass was celebrated in
Blessed Sacrament Chapel at Mercy Center. Burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery
in Carverton, Pa.
MIDDLETOWN – Seven Sorrows BVM:
Joseph Sullivan.
MILLERSVILLE – St. Philip the
Apostle: Rita Olson.
PALMYRA – Holy Spirit: Yvonne W.
Chany, Arthur J. Whitman.
SUNBURY – St. Monica: John P. Brophy,
Jr., William J. Burk, Sr., John T. Marques,
Eugene R. McHale, Jean G. McKiniry,
Margaret L. Trotto, Larry J. Vivaldo.
WAYNESBORO – St. Andrew: Joseph
Tulenko.
WILLIAMSTOWN – Sacred Heart of
Jesus: James Buggy, Sr., Jean Flynn.
YORK – St. Patrick: Mary Gdovin.
Please pray for the following clergy
who died in June during the past 25
years:
Msgr. Karl Stofko, 1988
Deacon Henry Bucher, 1990
Msgr. Matthias Siedlecki, 1990
Father Augustine Zan, 1999
Father Joseph Kelly, 2000
Father Robert Burns, Jr., 2001
Father Thomas J. Gralinski, 2005
Father William Geiger, CSSR, 2007
Father T. Ronald Haney, 2012.
The National Association of Catholic Chaplains will be holding a one day seminar
on June 14 at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill. Catholic Perspective talks with the
keynote speaker for the conference, David Lichter, about the theme of the session,
titled ‘A Spirituality of Suffering.’
Angels are the focus of the Perspective on the Faith segment presented by Father
William Weary. He shares what the Church teaches and believes on this topic.
Listeners to our religious notebook segment will hear updates on the many activities around the Diocese, especially the many parish festivals which are beginning to
take place.
Micaiah Bilger of the PA Pro Life Federation provides news from the Pro-Life
front. The vocation story segment features Father William Forrey, Pastor of St. Patrick Parish, Carlisle. He explains how a Lutheran minister prompted a young William
to enter the priesthood.”
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Sundays at 3 p.m. on WHYF AM 720 and on Sunday mornings on WLAN-AM 1390,
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6:30 a.m. and at www.WISL1480.com on Sunday at 11 a.m. or for download at www.
hbgdiocese.org
The Celebrant Singers will make their fifth appearance in Gettysburg on June 27 at
with a performance at 7 p.m. at Xavier Center on Table Rock Road. The performance
will take place on the eve of Gettysburg’s commemoration of the 150th anniversary
of the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Celebrant Singers will bring their 12-piece orchestra and 10 singers for a onenight concert that Thursday at 7 p.m. at Xavier Center, 465 Table Rock Road, the
night before Gettysburg officially launches its commemoration of the battle’s sesquicentennial.
“Parish Council was eager to have us involved in the anniversary in some way, and
we had already arranged for Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York come here and rededicate the iron plaques on the front of our historic church, so the Celebrant Singers
will add a little more flavor to our participation,” said Father Bernardo Pistone, pastor
of St. Francis Xavier Parish in Gettysburg.
The plaques memorialize the important role the church had in becoming a hospital
to treat both Union and Confederate soldiers during the battle. The special ceremony
conducted by Cardinal Dolan will take place during a special Mass July 6.
Jon Stemkoski founded the Celebrant Singers in 1977 and began a world-wide
ministry with a talented group of young adults from a variety of Christian faith traditions, an ecumenical flavor still exists in their makeup.
Their portfolio includes contemporary Christian music, praise, worship, personal
testimony and prayer. They rely on free-will offeringd and the sale of albums. No
tickets will be sold; seats will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. Handicap
access will be available along with sign language by one of the Celebrants. It will be
open to the public.
Host families are needed to provide lodging the night of their ministry, breakfast
the following morning and a sack lunch for the bus trip to their next appointment.
Those interested in hosting one or more of the Celebrants should contact Ed Luckenbaugh, the Evangelization Chairman at St. Francis Xavier Parish, at 717-334-5878 or
edluck@embarqmail.com.
National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to Host
Patriotic Concert and Heritage Days Celebration
In late June 1863, the American Civil War came to Emmitsburg, Md. The
events that unfolded June 28-30, just days before the Battle of Gettysburg began on
July 1, will be commemorated with a three-day heritage festival from June 28-30 to
correspond with the dates the U.S. Army occupied St. Joseph’s Valley in Emmitsburg
150 years ago.
Heritage Days at the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton will feature living historians, Civil War era vendors/crafts and reenactors, Miracles Amid the Firestorm Civil
War tour, and a Back from the Dead cemetery walk in partnership with Mount Saint
Mary’s. The three-day event will culminate on Sunday, June 30 with a patriotic 150th
Commemoration Concert in the Basilica of the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth
Ann Seton by the Williamsport Maryland Community Band and the Metropolitan of
Detroit Chorale.
The Daughters and Sisters of Charity played a prominent role during the Civil
War as nurses and aid workers, providing compassion in an otherwise violent and
painful epoch. Some worked in the cities where they were missioned, while others
traveled from battlefield to battlefield, North and South. They continued Mother Seton’s ministry of charity, bringing solace and healing to the wounded of both armies,
sometimes at their own peril.
Like St. Elizabeth Ann, the Sisters during this battle sought out and served those in
need. Approximately forty years after Mother Seton’s death in 1821, her home was
the site of the Union encampment in 1863. St. Joseph’s House, now known as Mother
Seton’s White House, located on the grounds today to see and tour, was where Union
officers conducted a war council to prepare for the battle of Gettysburg.
For more information and a detailed listing of these events, visit www.setonheritage.org or call 301-447-6606.
St. Joseph Scouts Make
Pro-Life Donation to Morning Star
Focusing on the theme, “Together, we can save the life of a child,” Girl Scouts in
grades K-8 from St. Joseph School in Mechanicsburg recently donated a variety of
infant items to Morning Star Pregnancy Services as part of a project in early spring.
The girls and their families purchased baby bottles, onesies, pacifiers and diapers, and
then assembled the gifts in decorative bags and baskets. Each Girl Scout troop also
created a blanket by fastening strips of fabric to the edge of material purchased for the
project. And, they collected enough diapers to assist one baby for 90 days. The girls
presented the collection of items to Morning Star volunteer coordinator Jane Bohn,
who spoke to the Girl Scouts about Morning Star’s pro-life efforts to help newborns
and their parents.
Troop leader Christine O’Brien said the
project was meaningful for the girls because they purchased
the items and assembled the blankets and
gifts. “It was a great
way to teach the girls
to be purposeful in
what they collected,
and that they can have
fun while helping other people.”
In the submitted
photo, Girl Scout Daisies display the blanket
they made as part of
the Girl Scouts’ donations for Morning Star
Pregnancy Services.
The girls presented
their collection of infant items to Jane Tabone of Morning Star.
Merion is the Best Test We Have
By Chris Heisey
Sixty three Junes ago, Ben Hogan
won the National Open Golf Championship at Merion Golf Club on the
Main Line just outside Philadelphia.
Hogan was a gruff, intimidating man
and though his stature was diminutive
in built, his large legend as a superb
ball striker and precise perfectionist
still stands today. But, it is Merion that
truly stands the test of time, and this
year’s Open Championship returns to
this great golf course which was so
uniquely designed a century ago to
stand as the ultimate test of skill.
Merion sits only a few miles from
the slums of West Philadelphia, where
dilapidated row homes and shabby
mini markets line Lancaster Avenue
as you make your way into center city
Philly. Nothing about Merion is shabby
though. It’s flanked by old mansions
and generations-old wealth that makes
the enterprising capitalist gloat and the
do-gooder socialist seethe. And while
Merion can easily remind you of the
great gulf between rich and poor that
has always marked our shared American experience, this golf course is so
rich in history that you are quite poor
if you do not recognize what can be
learned from this storied of places.
By today’s standards, the golf course
sits on a very small parcel of land for
a championship type layout. At 112
acres, it is not even half the land that
most modern courses command. Designed by Hugh Wilson, a Princeton
grad and captain of his golf team in the
early 20th Century, Merion was “built”
by Wilson after he traveled to England
and Scotland in the spring of 1912 to
walk the great old courses where golf
was born centuries before. So intrigued
by the courses, Wilson decided to stay
a “little longer” and refunded his ticket
that would have given him a return trip
to the states on the luxury liner, the
RMS Titanic.
What makes Merion so unique is
the “white faces of Merion.” Steepfaced sand bunkers are pitched at
angles carved into the limestone valley that Cobb’s Creek has meandered
through for centuries. The golf course
is nestled just two miles from Route
30 and sits adjacent to the rickety rail
lines of Amtrak and SEPTA. The bunkers strike you immediately as they
are rimmed with native Pennsylvania
fescue grasses that grow in bunches
and are not the type you manicure.
For good measure, Wilson brought
back with him Scottish broom and
love grasses that grace the innards of
the devilish pits. There’s nothing quite
like a double dose of punishment in
golf to compound a simple error into
more severe punishment. Great golf
courses punish the golf shot missed by
a mere inch just as equally as it does
one missed by 20 yards. Golf, like life,
is unfair – it punishes the wealthy and
poor equally. “Almost” is never good
enough in golf.
“Acre for acre, Merion is the best test
we have in golf,” is how the world’s
best ever golfer Jack Nicklaus has described Merion. Though the Open has
not been to Merion since 1981, when
HY PESKIN, LIFE MAGAZINE
the Golden Bear came in sixth and
in 1971, the year he lost in a playoff
to Lee Trevino, no course has staged
more championship golf in the world
than Merion. In 1930, the great Robert Trent Jones (Bobby) won the Grand
Slam of Golf when he closed out the
match play final on the 11th hole to
complete the near impossible feat. To
win four major championships in golf
must rank as one of sport’s greatest
feats.
The 11th hole is not only hallowed,
it’s arguably the best hole at Merion.
A very short par-4, it requires a precise lay-up from the tee and then an
even more exact pitch from a sidehill lie to a green guarded so close
by Cobb’s Creek that a shot one yard
off line to the right will get wet. And
that’s what makes Merion, Merion. It
has wonderful short par fours that require precision with wedges. If it rains
and the course goes soft, low scores
are going to happen. Merion’s defense
is not length but deep rough, menacing bunkers, and sloping greens. Fast
firm conditions will make Merion play
shorter true, but if the greatest players
in the world can’t control roll and spin,
Merion will prove to be the test it was
built by Wilson to be.
It’s the par-threes at Merion that
catch the eye of the seasoned player.
The ninth hole is a gem that requires a
220-yard carry over water to an hourglass green that is long, but slim. It’s a
terrific visual hole. The 13th is almost
a joke at 115 yards; however, today’s
players with juiced up balls and gap
wedges that are tough to dial back,
this hole is barely as big as a backyard
swimming pool. And the 17th is this
writer’s favorite hole in all of golf. A
246-yard all carry three-par that requires a precise strike over an old quarry to a small undulating green that fits
perfectly into Merion’s back corner.
In 1950, Hogan matched wits with
these famous holes and almost lost.
Merion was almost too much for Ho-
gan in a number of ways. Fourteen
months prior to that National Open,
Hogan was traveling in Highway 80
in Texas on February 2, 1949, with
his wife Valerie as they were returning from Phoenix back to their home
in Fort Worth. After spending the night
in a $4 a night motel near El Paso, the
Hogans set out for home in their Cadillac early in the foggy morning.
Alvin Logan was a journeyman bus
driver for Greyhound who was repeatedly scolded for being behind schedule
by his bosses. So in the dense fog, Logan tried to pass a slow-moving truck
on a bridge with his ten-ton bus and
smashed head-on into the Hogans. At
the last minute, Hogan drove across the
seat to shield his wife, and if he had not
done that, it is likely the steering wheel
would have crushed him instantly. Valerie escaped the wreckage with minor
injuries, but Ben suffered extensive injuries and burns to his legs. Infections,
swelling and intense pain haunted the
golfer until his death in 1997.
Against doctor’s orders, Hogan decided that he was going to play the
Open at Merion despite his horrible
condition. And in those days, the Open
finished with a 36-hole finish on Saturday – it was 72 holes over three days,
not four like today.
So intense was the pain and cramping that during the final round, Hogan
told his caddy on the 13th hole that he
was done. “I cannot finish,” he said,
“take my clubs to the clubhouse.” He
was trembling, visually shaking and
though he had a two-shot lead, the
“Hawk” was physically spent.
But his caddie, a man he hardly knew
because the USGA provided local caddies in those days for players, would
not hear of his quitting. “No, Mr. Hogan, you are not quitting,” the caddy of
meager means said. “I do not work for
quitters – you can’t quit – I’ll see you
on the next tee.”
Hogan made it to the 14th tee, but he
bogeyed 15 when he three-putted from
10-feet. He then bunkered his tee-shot
on 17 and missed a six-footer for par
to fall into a tie. As history would have
it, Hogan perfectly drove the ball into
the middle of the 18th fairway – a long
par-4 – with a large, plateaued green
surrounded by heavy rough. Standing
there in the fairway, Hogan asked his
caddie for his one-iron – the butter
knife dubbed so for its small clubface
and sharp edged flange. Few players,
even the best, are able to hit a one-iron
off the turf especially so on the 72nd
hole of the Open.
Hogan laced the ace-iron 215 yards
into the left portion of the green some
45 feet from the wicker basket flagstick
(another Scottish tradition). Hogan
made par and forced an 18-hole playoff on Sunday to decide the championship. But Hogan would win the Open
the next day without his now famous
one-iron, as it was stolen from his bag
by a relic-hunting thief as he took a
shower in the clubhouse. That night,
Hogan would soak in an Epson Salt
bath for hours in the ritzy Barclay’s
Hotel in downtown Philadelphia in an
attempt to get his swollen legs in shape
for the five-mile playoff loop around
famed Merion, June 11, 1950.
Historic lore oozes from Merion’s
hallowed hills and dales. Hy Peskin
was an aggressive Life Magazine photographer who made a fateful decision
to photograph Hogan as he hit that famous one-iron shot, Hogan’s 286th shot
of the championship. It has become
golf’s most iconic image of a perfect
swing made by the game’s greatest
player of the era. Great images freeze
time and what makes it even more
the classic is that Hogan hated having
his photo taken, especially so on the
course in competition.
“Don’t move, pal,” Peskin asked the
faithful spectator as he perched his
large camera on the fan’s shoulder as
he tripped the shutter. The image truly
stands the test of time, capturing Merion’s rich history.
Track and Field Medalists
Trinity’s Danny
Jackson follows last
year’s state gold
with a silver in the
long jump.
CHRIS HEISEY, THE
CATHOLIC WITNESS
Bishop McDevitt’s Tyrone Gibson
won two golds at the District 3 meet.
Sprinter Rachel Pitman
won two gold medals for
Bishop McDevitt at the
District 3 meet.
EMILY M. ALBERT,
THE CATHOLIC WITNESS
District 3 Diocesan
Class AA Track and Field
Gold and Silver Medal Winners
Gold Medal GirlsRachel Pitman
(100 and 200-meter, Bishop McDevitt)
Shannon Quinn
(400 and 800-meter, Trinity)
Anna Bailey
(Javelin, Bishop McDevitt)
Bishop McDevitt
(4 x 100-meter relay)
Trinity
Trinity
(Team Gold Medal)
Silver Medal GirlsMadison Depner
(Pole Vault, Trinity)
Kameko Webb
(Triple Jump; Discus, Bishop McDevitt)
Mary Gingrow
(Javelin, Delone Catholic)
Bishop McDevitt
(Team Silver Medal)
Gold Medal BoysTyrone Gibson
(100 and 200-meter, Bishop McDevitt)
Danny Jackson
(Long Jump, Trinity)
Trinity
(4 x 100 and 4 x 400-meter relay)
Silver Medal BoysDavid Bricker
(200 and 400-meter, Trinity)
Ryan Herr
(110-meter high hurdle, Trinity)
Bishop McDevitt
Trinity
Trinity
(Team Silver Medal)
PIAA State Class
AA Championships
Gold Medal Boys-
David Bricker
(400-meter, Trinity)
Silver Medal Boys-
Danny Jackson
(Long Jump, Trinity)
Trinity
(4 x 100 and 4 x 400-meter relay)
Trinity
(Team Silver Medal)
Silver Medal Girls-
Shannon Quinn
(800-meter, Trinity)
Trinity’s Madison
Depner pole vaults
more than 11 feet in
districts and states.
CHRIS HEISEY, THE
CATHOLIC WITNESS
Fighting Irish Drive Home for First District Title
By Chris Heisey
One thing that is difficult to notice in York Catholic’s gym is a missing District 3 championship banner. And given that the Fighting Irish have won scores
of championships in recent decades, you could easily
miss that there is not a regional championship trophy
for its baseball program. Two seasons ago, the Irish
made it to the state quarterfinal, though they lost in
districts that warm spring before making their run in
states.
This season, the Irish outscored opponents 42-5 in
four district tournament games to capture the District
3 Class A championship by winning the final against
Lancaster Country Day 7-1 at York’s Sovereign Bank
field on a hot, sticky May 29.
Led by the heavy hitting of Clint Bohn and Cliff
York Catholic players enjoy the taste of their first District gold.
Krevetski, who belted an inside the park homer and
went 4 for 4 respectively, the Irish handled the Lions
from the early going, as pitcher Erich Hartman only
gave up one run and never faced more than four batters in an inning to chalk up his most important win
of the season.
The Irish lost to Devon Prep in the first round of
the PIAA tournament to end their great season 13-9.
ROBERT J. CHADDERDON, ELBE PHOTOGRAPHY
Clint Bohn slides into second during a successful steal.
Squires Score Triple Play with Baseball Win
Above: Austin Buckley, Delone’s three-hole slugger, laces a line drive.
Left: Delone’s Brett Smith steals third head-first.
Below: Jubilant Squires celebrate another District win.
By Chris Heisey
It’s not easy winning any District 3 titles in
any sport, given that the district stretches from
Reading to Chambersburg in a sweeping arc
that is home to more than a quarter of the state’s
school districts.
Yet, when the Squires of Delone Catholic captured the Class AA District 3 baseball championship in the golden twilight at York’s Sovereign
Field on May 29, they accomplished something
no other school in the district has ever done –
namely winning titles in the “Big 3” –football,
basketball and baseball. Delone has won several
other District titles as well.
In a complete game shutout, pitcher Dalton
Haymaker beat the Kutztown Cougars, 4-0, to
pace his team to another gold medal. And he got
a key double play when he got the Cougars’ best
hitter to ground into an inning-killing double
play with the bases loaded.
Delone got just enough offense to win and
great baserunning from Brett Smith, who has
been instrumental in winning each of these three
gold medals for the Squires as the school’s quarterback, point guard and shortstop/second baseman.
Delone beat Prep Charter, 13-4, in the PIAA
first round to continue their outstanding season.
Tornado Victims
Receiving ‘Overwhelming’
Outpouring of Prayer, Support
As communities across central Oklahoma continued to recover from the “powerful and deadly tornadoes” of May 19 and 20, they have experienced
an “overwhelming” outpouring of “prayer, love and
support from across our great state and from around
the nation,” said Oklahoma City’s archbishop.
“It is bringing comfort to those who have lost loved
ones, suffered injuries and whose homes, businesses
and properties have been damaged or destroyed,”
Archbishop Paul S. Coakley said.
He made the comments in his column, “Put Out
Into the Deep,” in the latest online issue of the Sooner Catholic, the archdiocesan newspaper.
“The emergency response efforts are still fluid and
adapting to changing needs and circumstances,” he
wrote.
But in the days since the tornadoes, “emergency
responders, relief workers, counselors, chaplains,
friends, neighbors and strangers,” have come together “to bring comfort and sustain hope where
hope has been shaken,” Archbishop Coakley said.
“And Jesus still weeps. God is with us.”
The Catholic community “stands shoulder to
shoulder with religious, government and volunteer
organizations and agencies” to assist in the recovery,
he continued.
“Some are first responders. Others offer assistance with cleanup and with immediate needs such
as temporary shelter, meals and clothing. Some help
facilitate spiritual, physical and emotional healing.
Still others focus on long-term needs in accessing
community resources,” he added.
He said parish clergy and staff members in the
affected areas “have been engaged from the beginning. They have been contacting parishioners and
assessing needs.”
He praised Catholic organizations such as Catholic Charities USA, the Knights of Columbus and the
Society of St. Vincent de Paul for “reaching out and
providing support in the various areas affected by
these devastating storms.”
The Knights’ national organization set up relief
efforts in St. Andrew Church in Moore, where the
twister hit hardest, to coordinate response to community requests and to register volunteers. A few
days after the tornado members of the local Knights
council visited parish families to assess property
damage and people’s needs.
Archbishop Coakley called the Knights’ efforts
“incredible” and said that in addition to addressing
immediate needs and offering counseling, Catholic
Charities and St. Vincent de Paul “are offering longterm case management to help storm survivors rebuild their lives over the course of many months to
come.”
The archbishop also said the damage sustained by
the area’s religious institutions was minimal.
During a May 26 visit to Moore to view the devastation, President Barack Obama praised residents for
inspiring the nation “with their love, their courage
and their fellowship.”
“This is a strong community with strong character.
There’s no doubt they will bounce back. But they
need help,” he said, assuring the community of the
federal government’s ongoing help with cleanup and
rebuilding efforts.
The tornado killed 24 people, 10 of whom were
children, including seven from an elementary school
that was destroyed. About 350 families lost their
homes.
Archbishop Coakley expressed gratitude for Pope
Francis offering a special prayer for the tornado victims during his early morning Mass May 21 and that
he sent his condolences. He said he was thankful,
too, for the letter he received on behalf of the Catholic community from Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan
of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops.
At the request the USCCB, Cardinal Sean P.
O’Malley of Boston authorized a special second collection to be taken in U.S. dioceses the weekend of
June 1-2 or June 8-9, according to individual parish
schedules.
“The purpose of this collection is to assist those
affected by the recent devastating tornadoes in the
Archdiocese of Oklahoma (City), as well as other
natural disasters in the United States,” said a statement about the special collection.
“The funds collected in this one-time special appeal for the 2013 storms and disasters will be utilized to support the efforts of the USCCB and
Catholic Charities USA,” it said, “as they respond
to the immediate emergency needs for such necessities as water, food, shelter and medical care, as well
as to the long-term need to rebuild after widespread
destruction, and to the pastoral and reconstruction
needs of the Church.”
CNS/LUCAS JACKSON, REUTERS
Joanna Hatton works to clean debris off of a house foundation May 27 in a neighborhood heavily damaged by the May 20 tornado in Moore, Okla.Archbishop Paul S.
Coakley of Oklahoma City said that through the kindness “of neighbors and strangers” the hard-hit community is recovering.

June 7 2013 - Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg

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