|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
Issue of October 23, 2005
UPDATE
Two Caviezels set for benefit
James Caviezel, who starred in Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” and his wife Kerri Caviezel, a national chastity speaker, will offer the keynote address Nov. 5 at “Educating Minds, Inspiring Hearts,” The Chastity Education Initiative dinner sponsored by the archdiocesan Respect Life Office.
The benefit, at the Chicago Ballroom of the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, will support programs that help teens to embrace chastity and other healthy decisions.
Caviezel has also starred in several other movies. Kerri Caviezel has spent several years working with youth, including teaching and coaching basketball. About eight years ago, she started volunteering and speaking for the Pregnancy Counseling Center. For information, call (312) 751-5355.
A new address
The offices of The Catholic New World have moved.
The new address for New World Publications, the archdiocesan agency which publishes the newspaper, the Official Directory of the Archdiocese of Chicago and other products, is 640 N. LaSalle St., Suite 390, Chicago, IL 60610. Phone numbers have not changed.
Wanted: a little history
The Catholic New World is taking part in an effort to showcase the long and rich history and achievements of the Catholic Schools of Cook and Lake counties.
Since our Catholic schools were first built more than 150 years ago, the men and women they educated have made a deep impact. Many have become important in the area and nation.
We’re seeking photographs from generations ago to help enhance the future by highlighting past successes. Even old home movie film would be great.
If you have such old photos, please make copies and send them to School Days, The Catholic New World, 640 N. LaSalle St., Ste. 390, Chicago, IL 60610. Do not send originals.
NEWS
Death penalty, liturgy on bishops’ agenda
When the U.S. bishops gather November 14-17 for their annual fall meeting, major items on their agenda will include decisions on a statement about lay ecclesial ministry, a new text of Scripture readings for Masses with children and a new statement calling for an end to the use of the death penalty in the United States.
A
lso on the agenda are the election of a new USCCB general secretary, the election of chairmen-elect for seven USCCB committees and approval of 2006 priorities, plans and budget for the USCCB.
Veteran peace activist still laments lack of compassion for Iraqis
Kathy Kelly’s talk at DePaul University was billed as “Iraq, Compassion and Communion: Peacemaking in a Time of War.”
The Chicago peace activist sees precious little compassion and communion in the way the United States has dealt with Iraq for at least the last 15 years.
“It seems to me we’re a long way from where compassion would govern our actions,” said Kelly at the Oct. 13 event sponsored by several DePaul organizations and the Congregation of Passionist Partners. “Three hundred thousand Iraqi children are suffering from acute malnutrition. The water is contaminated in 60 percent of the rural areas and 20 percent of the urban areas.”
Sisters are ‘good shepherds’ to abuse victims
For 25 years, Chicago’s House of the Good Shepherd has stood as a beacon of safety and healing for battered women and children caught in the physically and psychologically deteriorating hold of their abusers.
A ministry of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, the shelter has helped more than 4,000 women and their children through “a comprehensive recovery program for abused women ready to learn to re-build their lives,” said Good Shepherd Sister Dorothy Renckens, administrator of the shelter. “Our belief in the human dignity of each person lies at the heart of the program.”
717-mile marathon will aid cerebral palsy victims
The Chicago Marathon’s 26.2 miles? Small potatoes. Tim Wambach ran more than 700 miles.
More importantly, he did it for someone he admires: Mike Berkson, a teenager with cerebral palsy who the former St. Mary of the Woods youth minister met while working at a Glenview middle school.
“I met Mike the summer of 2001 and was awed by the daily struggles he endures,” said Wambach. “He’s a really a smart kid with a great attitude. It’s unfortunate Mike has an ailment that limits him physically.”
Wambach worked with Berkson for three years and helped him through his freshman year at Glenbrook South High School. “I went on a class trip to Washington D.C. with Mike,” he said. “I saw life through his family’s eyes. I had to do everything for him. Those four days changed my life. I wanted to help him in any way I could.”
Bishops begin vocations push
A new vocations campaign is being launched by the U.S. bishops with the idea that more men simply need to be invited to become priests by priests who are happy with their lives.
Announced in Washington Oct.14, the program, called Priestly Life and Vocation Summit: Fishers of Men, is based on having dioceses and religious orders convene priests to discuss their vocations, emphasizing the positive aspects, and then encouraging them to invite other men to consider following them.
Front Page || Cardinal | Observations
Interview | Classifieds | About Us | Write Us
Subscribe | Advertise | Archive | Catholic Sites
New World Publications | Católico | Katolik | Directory | Site Map
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| |
|
|
|
a
column
of
benevolent gossip
|
Hoop dreams? — Kids, wanna play basketball? Can’t? Bob Szyman thinks you can. He’s inviting boys and girls from public and parochial schools, around grades 7-12, who live in the city, and who “can’t” compete in running basketball safely or meaningfully (because they’ve got a permanent disability to their lower extremities), to join his wheelchair basketball team. That means kids with spina bifida, cerebral palsy, post-polio syndrome, amputations, dislocated hips, spinal cord injuries, whatever. Get the picture? Szyman, who belongs to Fr. Perez Council Knights of Columbus and frequents St. Ethelreda Church (S. Paulina), is a special ed and phys ed teacher and coach at the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences in Mount Greenwood. He’s a member of the National Wheelchair Basketball Association Hall of Fame and will begin practice with the new team on Saturdays from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 22 at CHSAS (111th and Pulaski). This notice is late, but you can catch up. (He has sports wheelchairs for kids who need them.) Call Szyman at (773) 535-2500, Ext. 132, and ask him all your questions.
Parish potpourri — The feast of St. Francis saw a menagerie of pets blessed at St. Bartholomew Parish (N. Lavergne). No lions, tigers or bears however. . . . Life Scout Donald Swibes of St. Ann Parish (Lansing) is literally breaking new ground on his Eagle Scout project this month. It includes making a new brick sidewalk in front of the parish office and a walkway to the school. It’s a big job and will cost an estimated $1,500. Parishioners are contributing, and Father Fred Pesek, a former scout, will probably lend a hand. . . . Fr. Ed Pelrine spent a day with St. Celestine (Elmwood Park) Boy Scout Troop 690 at camp Wild Rose, Wis., and celebrated an outdoor Mass for them. . . . Mary Mitchell of St. Catherine/St. Lucy (Oak Park) celebrated her 99th birthday with her faith community recently. She still gets to church when she can. . . . Holy Name Cathedral (N. State) has a prayer request phone line for special needs, (312) 573-4468. . . . Time Magazine recently included Aisa Giachello of St. Linus Parish (Oak Lawn) in the 25 most influential Hispanics in America. Her Midwest Latino Health Research, Training and Policy Center combats health problems that disproportionately affect Latinos and is a model for others. . . . St. Albert the Great School (Burbank) will honor the military at the 8:30 a.m. Mass on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Vets are welcome to share their stories, photos, uniforms, and memorabilia.
Recycling — It may not be the healthiest diet, but Clips knows a professional couple who dine frequently at McDonald’s when they’re in a hurry, and order Happy Meals for the free toy. Last year they gathered their “Mickey D” loot and, on a trip to Poland, delivered their collection to a local orphanage.
Go White Sox! — De La Salle’s marching band performed “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” Oct. 5 on CBS 2 Chicago’s Morning News outside U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox. . . . Even though 94-year-old Fr. Richard O’Donnell at Our Lady of Good Counsel (S. Hermitage) is a die-hard White Sox fan he says he just prays they do their best. And he suggests folks say their beads for religious conversions before praying for favorable scores. Fan O’Donnell threw out a ceremonial ball in 2001 at then Comiskey Park.
School spirit — Alumnae of Academy of Our Lady (aka Longwood), celebrated the anniversary of its century-old stone grotto at a prayer service Oct. 15, the site of many a May crowning before the school closed in 1999. The School Sisters of Notre Dame still live on campus and helped celebrate a reunion brunch for alums the same day. . . . St. Rita High School’s first 100 years is now recorded in a bound volume by Richard P. Bessette, “Centennial Remembrance—St. Rita of Cascia High School Centennial—100 Years and Counting,” with over 400 photos. It’s $30 including postage, call (773) 925-5029. . . . The Village of Niles helped mark the 50th anniversary of Notre Dame High School for Boys at ceremonies Sept. 19. The mayor and the school president unveiled an honorary designation for Ozark Avenue to be called Notre Dame Way. It’s the first such street-renaming in Niles’ history.
Milestones — Msgr. Edward J. Duncan was feted on his 90th birthday Oct. 15 by folks like Cardinal George, Chicago Bears’ Dick Butkus and critic Roger Ebert. Duncan has given more than 54 years of service to the students and athletes of the University of Illinois and began its Newman Foundation. (See photo.Page 4) . . . St. Sebastian Players celebrate their 25th anniversary season at St. Bonaventure’s (W. Diversey) with their annual Monologue Matchup Competition. To be a part of the 7 p.m. Oct. 24 “People’s Choice” selection of drama finalists, call (773) 404-7922 for tickets. . . . Sadly the Legion of Mary at St. Dorothy Parish (E. 78th St.) will close at the end of October after 46 years of prayerful service. Their Legionaries used to go in pairs to visit the sick, and on door-to-door home visits of evangelism to active or inactive Catholics, reporting their needs to the pastor. They averaged about 36 visits a month at St. Dorothy’s through the years. . . . St. John Brebeuf Church (Niles) marks a first anniversary of its perpetual adoration chapel. Prayer books there are in English, Polish, Hispanic and Tagalog.
Send your benevolent gossip to:
Church Clips
721 N. LaSalle St.,
Chicago, IL 60610
or via e-mail.
top
Movies at a Glance
Capsule reviews of movies from the U.S. Catholic Conference's Office for Film and Broadcasting, judged according to artistic merit and moral suitability. Go to reviews
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
