Miscellaneous & Prayer Requests
Summer 2007
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Let Us Pray for One Another
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In your charity, please remember in
prayer, Fr. Vincent Spinos, TOR, who is convalescing at St.
Therese Home in New Hope, Minn.
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Let us not forget to
pray for those�who aid us in our mission, namely, the lay staff from
the Office of the Provincial Econome� and the Office of Development.
Pictured from left to
right: Pam Kaufman,�(Fr. Raphael Eagle, T.O.R.),� Jane Balzano,�Lois
Walter, Patty Pyo, T.O.R.
Photo courtesy of
Christopher
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Dear
Father Anthony,
Peace
and Good!
A
couple of days ago Fr. Seamus informed me of Fr. Alan�s going to be with
the Lord.� I was deeply saddened at the notice.� Fr. Alan was ordained
with me at the Shrine in D.C. We were very close friends when studying
at the University.� We were roommates at 1300 Newton Street and studied
hard together.� I am the last of four ordained with Gordian White,
Juniper Nylune, and Alan.� His passing to the Lord leaves a deep void in
my spirit.
When I
think of him and the rest of the friars in my prayers I feel very much a
member of the Province that was the birth and mainstay of my vocation
and still is.� My continued prayers for the friars deceased and living.�
In the
Lord,
Fr.
Peter Chavez, TOR
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Ten mega-trends
shaping the Catholic church
The columnist John
Allen, Jr. in his weekly column �All Things Catholic� in the Friday,
December 22, 2006 issue of the
National Catholic
Reporter generated an intriguing
list of ten mega-trends shaping the Catholic church.� By �mega-trend� he
is referring to deep societal/universal impulses that give rise to
significant change.
The article is
available on-line at: http://ncrcafe.org/node/782.� It may provide an
interesting conversation starter in our friaries. The, admittedly,
non-exhaustive list includes: The North/South Shift, Quest for Catholic
Identity, The Rise of Islam, The Movements, The Biotech Revolution, The
Wireless World, The Wojtyla Revolution, Globalization, Polarization and
its Discontents, The Sexual Abuse Crisis.�
One week later Allen followed up his
article with five additional mega-trends (also available on-line at:
http://ncrcafe.org/node/787.)
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A new granite sign was blessed and
installed for Saint Anthony�s Parish in Windber, PA.� The sign is
located on the Graham Avenue side of the Church.� It was donated by Mrs.
Josephine� (Magazzu) Berdine in memory of her late husband, Philip.�
(Josephine and our very own
Vincent Spinos
are first cousins.)
Pictured above from left to right:
Adrian Tirpak,
Mrs. Josephine Berdine,
Blase
Romano
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