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Mayor named to Belen hall of fame

Published: 02.01.08

Miami Mayor Manuel “Manny” A. Díaz will be one of three Belen Jesuit school alumni inducted into the 2008 Belen Sports Hall of Fame during a gala dinner to be held Saturday, Feb. 2, 6:30 p.m., inside the school’s Roberto Goizueta Athletic Center, 500 S.W. 127 Ave., Miami.

The two other inductees are Roberto Suarez, class of 1946, former president of the Miami Herald, and Jose Pañéda, class of 1982, the Spanish-language “voice” of the Miami Heat. The inductees are selected by Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami, its athletic department, and the Belen Alumni Association of Jesuit Schools from Cuba and Miami.

Díaz was a three-sport letterman (football, basketball, baseball), Belen Jesuit’s athlete of the year in 1973, team most valuable player and all conference in both basketball and baseball. He scored Belen Jesuit’s first touchdown in football.

Suarez, publisher and creator of El Nuevo Herald, the Herald’s Spanish-language newspaper, was a basketball and track star in Cuba’s Colegio de Belen, which relocated to Miami after being shut down by the Fidel Castro regime in 1961. Suarez was the inaugural recipient of the Otilio “Cappy” Campuzano award given to the school’s top student athlete.

Pañeda, who will receive a lifetime achievement award, has served for 19 years as the Heat’s Spanish-language commentator. Eight other outstanding individuals, along with members of the 1955 volleyball team which went undefeated for three consecutive seasons, will be on hand for the induction ceremony. For information call 786-621-4667 or e-mail rraimundez@belenjesuit.org.

Bullies beware at McCarthy High

Published: 02.01.08

Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School in Southwest Ranches will present “Cyber Mare,” a community-service play aimed at middle school students. “Cyber Mare” deals with Internet bullying and harassment.

Three shows will be performed each day — Feb. 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 15 — in the Maverick Theater on the campus of McCarthy High, 5451 S. Flamingo Road, Southwest Ranches.

Tickets are $5 per person. For information call 954-434-8820, ext. 206.

Three parishes host ‘revival’

Published: 02.01.08

Three Catholic parishes — St. Francis Xavier, Holy Redeemer, and St. Philip Neri — will host their annual revival Feb. 11-13, in preparation for a joyful celebration of Easter and in observance of Black History Month.

The revivalist this year is Father George Franklin, president and principal of Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral School in the Diocese of St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, and adjunct faculty member of the Black Catholic Institute of Theology at Xavier University, New Orleans.

The theme this year is based on the spiritual, “Somebody’s Knockin’ on Your Door.” Father Franklin specializes in preaching, evangelization and spirituality. He has preached extensively throughout the United States and the Caribbean.

All revival services begin at 7:30 p.m. and are preceded by a complimentary supper to be served from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m. A program of gospel hymns will begin at 7 p.m.

Each parish will host the revival service as follows: Monday, Feb. 11, St. Francis Xavier, 1698 N.W. Fourth Ave., Miami; Tuesday, Feb. 12, St. Philip Neri, 15700 N.W. 20 Ave. Road, Opa Locka; Wednesday, Feb. 13, Holy Redeemer, 1301 N.W. 71 St., Miami.

All are invited to these evenings of engaging prayer, unity in Christ, generous hospitality and inspiring, Spirit-filled sermons.

Ash Wednesday Mass at all parishes

Published: 02.01.08

Marking the beginning of Lent, Ash Wednesday will be observed Feb. 6. Although it is not a Catholic holy day of obligation, it is an important part of the season of Lent.

Masses will take place at all the Catholic churches in the archdiocese and Archbishop John C. Favalora will celebrate the 11:45 a.m. Mass at St. Martha Parish, 9301 Biscayne Blvd., Miami Shores. He invites the community to join him.

The following Mass schedules are for three churches in Miami-Dade and two in Broward:

• St. Mary Cathedral, 7525 Pope John Paul II Ave. (Northwest Second Avenue), Miami: 8:15 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., English.

• Gesu, 118 N.E. Second St., Miami, 8:15 a.m., bilingual; 11 a.m., Spanish; 12:10 p.m., English.

• St. Martha, Miami Shores, 8 a.m., 11:45 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., English; 8 p.m., Spanish.

• St. Bartholomew, 8005 Miramar Parkway, Miramar, 7, 8:30, 10 a.m., noon, 5:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., English; 6:30 p.m., Spanish; 8:30 p.m., French/Creole.

• St. George, 3640 N.W. Eighth St., Fort Lauderdale, 7 p.m., English.

Ash Wednesday is a day of abstinence from meat for all who are 14 and older. It is also a day of fasting — one full meal and two small meals, with nothing eaten between meals — for adults ages 21-59.

For a complete list of Catholic churches and Mass schedules, log on to www.miamiarch.org.

School ‘builders’ honored at gala

Published: 02.01.08

Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory will honor five religious leaders during its 32nd annual Founders Gala Dinner Dance, to be held Saturday, Feb. 2, beginning at 7 p.m. at the Hillcrest Golf and Country Club in Hollywood.

The theme for this year’s gala is “The House that Chaminade-Madonna Built” and during the event, five religious leaders who were integral in the formation and building of the school’s community will be honored.

The five honorees are Marianist Brothers John Campbell and Chuck Roggemann, Marianist Father Dan Doyle, and Notre Dame Sisters Marie Danielle Amspacher and Grace Messarge. The founders gala benefits Chaminade-Madonna’s school and scholarship programs. For tickets, sponsorship and donation information, call 954-989-5150, ext. 164. Chaminade-Madonna is at 500 E. Chaminade Drive, Hollywood.

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Mayor named to Belen hall of fame

Bullies beware at McCarthy High

Three parishes host ‘revival’

Ash Wednesday Mass at all parishes

School ‘builders’ honored at gala

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