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April 2008 Four high schools among ‘top 50’Posted: 04.25.08 Archbishop McCarthy High School in Southwest Ranches, St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Christopher Columbus High School in Miami and Belen Jesuit Prep in Miami are among the top 50 Catholic schools in the nation as decided by the Catholic High School Honor Roll organization. The honor roll, created by the Acton Institute, is determined in consultation with a national advisory board comprised of Catholic college presidents and noted Catholic scholars. Schools are judged on the criteria of academic excellence, Catholic identity and civic education. St. Thomas Aquinas, an archdiocesan high school, has made the list four times; this is the third time for Belen, which is operated by the Jesuit Order, and Columbus, operated by the Marist Brothers; and the second time for Archbishop McCarthy High, which is operated by the archdiocese. For more information go to www.chshonor.org. Respect life needs volunteersPosted: 04.25.08 The archdiocesan Respect Life Office’s North Dade Emergency Pregnancy Center is in need of English-, Spanish- and Creole-speaking volunteers. The office is open Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Anyone wishing to contribute three hours a week to this ministry can help in the battle for the “culture of life.” Volunteers must attend a training workshop, which is set for Saturday, May 17. For information, call 305-653-2921. Saint’s niece to speakPosted: 04.25.08 St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish will mark its 25th anniversary with a Mass Sunday, June 15, 11 a.m., at the church, 701 N. Hiatus Road, Pembroke Pines. As part of the anniversary celebration, the parish will host the grandniece of the saint for whom the community is named. Marina Kolbe will speak June 11, 7:30 p.m., at a praise and worship service that will include adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, music and healing teams. Kolbe now lives in Atlanta, where she reports and produces feature TV stories for Georgia Public Broadcasting. From 1995 to 2003, Kolbe worked at CNN. She anchored World News on CNN International for six years. She also served as fill-in anchor for CNN in the United States, as well as for CNN’s talk show “CNN & Company.” Kolbe recalls, as a child, hearing stories from her father about his uncle, Maximilian Kolbe, then a simple priest. She said she often felt his presence in her life, “an inner pull to stand for what is good and right.” “I feel it is my blessing to have such a good person like Maximilian Kolbe in my family bloodline,” she continued. The community of St. Maximilian Kolbe invites priests, deacons and seminarians who have served at the parish, as well as all current and former parishioners, to join in the celebration. For more information call 954-432-0206 or go to www.stmax.cc. Lunch benefits CarmelitesPosted: 04.18.08 The Friends of Carmel will hold a luncheon Saturday, April 19, to benefit the apostolic works of the Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles, whose members work at Archbishop Carroll High School in Miami and St. Theresa School and Little Flower Parish in Coral Gables. The proceeds from the luncheon are “a small return for the joy, support and enthusiasm which they have brought to me and to our families through their prayers and works,” said Jose Garcia, a catechist at Little Flower and a member of the Friends of Carmel. The Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart were founded in Mexico by Mother Maria Luisa Josefa of the Most Blessed Sacrament. They established themselves in the United States during a period of political unrest and religious persecution in Mexico. In the United States, they serve in the ministries of prayer, evangelization, health care, education of youths, and religious instruction and formation of the laity. Over the years, the sisters have expanded their ministries to serve in various states across the country and even in Rome. Today the community continues to grow and serve as a witness to the dignity and sacredness of all human life. Friends of Carmel was founded in 2006 to respond to the desire of numerous friends of the sisters who wanted to participate more actively in their mission. Miami’s is the most active group right now, but Friends of Carmel chapters are opening up in other places where the sisters are ministering. For more information, call 305-446-5540 or contact Carmelite Sisters/Friends of Carmel, 920 E. Alhambra Road, Alhambra, CA 91801; 626-289-1353, ext. 244; or www.carmel-msh.org. Youths invited to Easter festPosted: 04.18.08 The Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry invites all teens in the archdiocese to take part in an Easter celebration Saturday, April 26, 10:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., at St. Agatha parish center, 1111 S.W. 107 Ave., Miami. The day will conclude with Mass and feature food, fun, music and eye-opening presentations. Cost is $2 per person, including lunch. Please R.S.V.P. to 305-762-1099 (Miami) or 954-525-5157, ext. 1099 (Broward). Neophyte Mass next SundayPosted: 04.18.08 All neophytes — those who were baptized or received the other sacraments of initiation at the Easter Vigil — are invited to celebrate their new status in the church by taking part in a Mass with Archbishop John C. Favalora, Sunday, April 27, 10 a.m., at St. Mary Cathedral, 7525 Pope John Paul II Ave. (N.W. Second Avenue), Miami. Priest elected to national postPosted: 04.18.08 Father Thomas W. Falkenthal, archdiocesan director of the Apostleship of the Sea, has been elected to the administrative board of the Apostleship of the Sea of the USA. He will serve a two-year term as the East Coast representative to the board, which meets twice a year. The Apostleship of the Sea is the official Catholic ministry to the maritime community — people who live on, work on, or recreate on the seas and the inland waterways. Father Falkenthal serves as priest chaplain at Port Everglades and will assume the duty of chaplain at the Port of Miami on May 1. Aquinas student receives scholarshipPosted: 04.18.08 David Grady, a resident of Wilton Manors and student at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, has been awarded one of five tuition grants given out twice a year by the Catholic Holy Family Society. The Joseph J. and Jean Konrad Catholic High School Scholarship Program aims to assist high school students with their tuition. Catholic Holy Family Society was founded in 1915 as an Illinois fraternal benefit organization providing life insurance to Catholics. ‘Honor band’ to performPosted: 04.18.08 The third annual South Florida Catholic School Honor Band — featuring talented musicians from 22 Catholic schools — will perform Sunday, May 4, 3 p.m., at St. Gregory the Great School, 200 North University Drive, Plantation. This event will feature 130 of the most accomplished musicians from south Florida Catholic schools, as selected by their band directors. The concert program will feature classical, pop and movie music under the direction of Nate Tritto of Paul Effman Music Service, which provides instrumental instruction for south Florida Catholic schools. Maverick Sound is topsPosted: 04.18.08 The Maverick Sound Band Program at Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School in Southwest Ranches, featuring concert and jazz bands, received an overall superior rating and was named grand champion at this year’s Fiesta-Val Music Festival held in Atlanta at the beginning of April. This is the first superior rating in the history of the school and their first championship trophy. Band director Marcos J. Rodriguez also received the Award with Distinction from the music festival committee in recognition of his notable contribution to musical excellence to the school. Students travel to LourdesPosted: 04.18.08 To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Mother to St. Bernadette, a group of 118 students, faculty, alumni and families from Our Lady of Lourdes Academy traveled to Lourdes, France, over spring break. The pilgrims, accompanied by their spiritual director, Father Jose Alvarez of St. John Vianney College Seminary, began their journey in Fatima. After arriving in Lourdes, several students had the opportunity to participate in the offertory and greeting of the sick at the Easter Sunday Mass in the basilica. The school choir also took part in the Mass and led the candlelight procession that evening. An impromptu concert following the procession, on the steps of the basilica, drew crowds until the sanctuary closed its gates. The students also visited Nevers to see the incorrupt body of St. Bernadette; Paray Le Monial, where the apparations to St. Margaret Mary took place; Avignon, the city of popes; Lisieux, home of St. Therese; Orleans, home of St. Joan of Arc; and Paris, where the choir sang at the Shrine of the Miraculous Medal. The group endured rain, sleet, and snow for more than 10 days as they stopped to share liturgy and music with locals at each stop. Lourdes students will celebrate the end of the 150th anniversary jubilee year with a crowning of the Blessed Mother in the school’s grotto area May 1, along with the distribution of holy water from Lourdes to all students and faculty. Archdiocese to appeal jury’s verdictPosted: 04.11.08 The Archdiocese of Miami issued the following statement March 31 after a jury found it liable for $14 million in damages in the case of two teenagers who were involved in a car accident after attending an end-of-the-school-year party at the private home of a fellow student, where alcohol was served. The Archdiocese of Miami was involved in a civil trial before the Honorable Judge Gerard J. O’Brien in the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida in Miami-Dade County in the matter of Maynoldi v. Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School Inc. et al. The Archdiocese of Miami remains saddened by the senseless and tragic death of one young man, Michael Sanchez-Agramonte, and the quality-of-life change for Gabriel Maynoldi, the driver of the vehicle in the one-car accident on June 13, 2001. We continue to extend our prayers, sympathies and condolences to both families for their loss and grief from this terrible accident. However, we are dismayed and disappointed by the jury’s verdict in this matter and intend to appeal the verdict delivered as we believe that neither Carroll High School nor Archdiocese of Miami were at fault. We look forward to the appeal process where we can reintroduce the facts of this specific case, as well as the untenability of plaintiffs’ liability arguments against us. New facilities at St. Thomas Aquinas High SchoolPosted: 04.11.08 Auxiliary Bishop John Noonan recently dedicated a new athletic facility at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale. The Smith Center is named after St. Thomas’ longtime football coach and athletic director George Smith. The new facility will be used by both girls and boys teams. It includes locker rooms for both, a whirlpool and gym, and overlooks the school’s football field. Barry team wins national bar trialPosted: 04.11.08 Facing some of the toughest law school programs in the country, the Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law trial team made history March 29 by winning the championship at the American Bar Association’s National Criminal Justice Trial Advocacy Competition. This was Barry’s first-ever appearance at the competition, which took place in Chicago and featured 22 law school teams from across the country and one team from India. This championship is Barry’s second overall, but its first against national competitors. “Barry has now formally entered the very elite of trial teams nationwide by winning this most prestigious, invitation-only competition,” said associate professor and trial team adviser Mitchell Frank. In addition, second-year law student Denise Kim, competing against many third-year law students, won the Best Advocate award for the competition. Albert Krieger, one of America’s most well-known criminal defense lawyers, said she gave one of the best opening statements he had ever heard. Lourdes journals sweep awardsPosted: 04.11.08 During a March trip to New York, the publication staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy in Miami picked up 20 Gold Circle Awards for their work during the 2006-2007 production year, including seven first places. The Gold Circle, given by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, is the largest national competition for individual achievement in college, university and senior high school publications. The awards recognize the nation’s best student journalists. Le Fleuve (yearbook) won 10, and The Grotto (newspaper) and Literati (art/literary magazine) each won five awards. The school yearbook also earned the All-American rating from the National Scholastic Press Association. The publication staffs are led by publications adviser Olga Martinez-Pagnussat. In addition to attending the conference and exploring the city, the staff members made a cameo appearance on the CBS “Early Show,” where they participated in a private concert by the Jonas Brothers and had a one-on-one meeting with anchor and Lourdes alumna Maggie Rodriguez. Barry offers nursing doctoratePosted: 04.11.08 Barry University’s School of Nursing will begin offering a doctorate of nursing practice degree to those who currently hold master’s degrees in nursing. The program, which starts in August 2008, is designed for those advanced practice nurses who wish to attain the highest level of educational preparation and excellence in nursing practice, or in areas that support clinical practice such as management and policy making. The program is an alternative to the research-focused doctor of philosophy, which Barry’s School of Nursing continues to offer. The 38-credit doctorate of nursing practice program may be completed in seven continuous semesters of part-time study. For information, call 305-899-3811, or e-mail ahanlon@mail.barry.edu. Columbus, Belen team up for ‘cure’Posted: 04.11.08 Christopher Columbus and Belen Jesuit Prep — two all-boys high schools in Miami — recently teamed up for a first-ever volleyball tournament to benefit cancer research and raise awareness for breast cancer. The April 3 “Volleyball for a Cure” fundraiser, held in the Columbus gym, featured the players in specially made pink T-shirts with fans from both sides also wearing pink. The $10 T-shirts were the price of admission to the doubleheader, which pitted the varsity and junior varsity teams against each other. Proceeds went to Castaways Against Cancer, a group of kayakers — many of them Columbus alumni and teachers — who every year paddle from Miami to Key West in seven days to raise money for the American Cancer Society. They have raised more than $120,000 to date. Learn about wills, pre-arrangementsPosted: 04.11.08 Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Miami in Broward County will sponsor free seminars on drafting living wills and making prearrangements every Saturday starting April 12, from 10 a.m. to noon at 10001 N.W. 50 St., Suite 114, Sunrise. Participants will be given a $500 certificate toward pre-arrangements at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Broward County or Our Lady of Mercy in Miami-Dade and a free planning guide. For reservations and directions, call 954-572-5122.
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