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| January 7, 2009 |
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October 2008 Community fasting and prayer activities plannedPosted: 10.21.08 Churches around the world are calling for fasting and for prayers seeking God’s guidance in the days ahead of the national elections. St. Joan of Arc in Boca Raton is inviting all to fast beginning Monday, Oct. 27 and to join in prayer beginning with a Mass, Oct. 28 at 8:15 a.m. The morning Mass will be followed by exposition of the Blessed Sacrament all day. A closing Mass is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will include an outdoor candlelight and Eucharistic procession and benediction. All are invited to bring a candle. The fast ends after the Mass. Participants are invited to attend a reception afterwards at Our Lady of Mercy parish center. St. Joan of Arc is located at 370 S. W. Third St., Boca Raton. For additional information, call 561–368–6655. What are the Knights doing?Posted: 10.17.08 The Santa Maria Council 4999 in Palm Beach Gardens donated $1,800 to Hope Rural School in Indiantown, which serves a high percentage of children from financially struggling families. Christy Gurto, trustee, presented a check to the school’s director, Sister Mary Dooley of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. The school, which has grades prekindergarten through fifth, is funded by grants, donations and subsidies. 
Courtesy Photo St. Joan of Arc Council 13051 in Boca Raton raised nearly $6,000 to fund the purchase and installation of a 5-foot-high replica of the Ten Commandments at the entrance of St. Joan of Arc Parish. During a ceremony Sept. 28, which was attended by parishioners, students from St. Joan of Arc School, members of the Knights of Columbus, and parish priests and deacons, the structure was dedicated and blessed. The event was held in conjunction with the kickoff of the parish’s weekly family liturgy program, which takes place during the school year and is designed with families and children in mind. “The monument makes a huge statement on our campus,” explained Deacon Paul Gaucher. He pointed out that the large structure is situated on the pathway of the school and church entrance, in sight of all who travel the parish grounds. ‘Padre Pio’ dedicated at Holy Family ParishPosted: 10.08.08 
COURTESY | G. MARK JACKSON The St. Padre Pio prayer group of Holy Family Parish in Port St. Lucie is celebrating. The group of 80 dedicated members managed to raise nearly $23,000 through fundraisers — such as Italian dinners, trips, cruises and drives spearheaded by parishioner Julie McAninley — to commission a sculptor and cover costs for the artist to create and erect a St. Padre Pio bronze statue on the church grounds. The statue was dedicated and blessed Sept. 23, and a Mass and reception with Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito followed. The project was conceived nearly two years ago during a conversation between prayer group member Mimi Cantone and Father Thomas Cauley Jr., Holy Family pastor. Cantone expressed her wish for a statue honoring her favorite saint in the tradition of the National Centre for Padre Pio in Barto, Pa. Father Cauley agreed that a statue would enhance the parish grounds, and suggested sculptor Brian Hanlon of Tom’s River, N.J., to do the work. Francesco Forgione, later known as Padre Pio, was born May 25, 1897, and died Sept. 23, 1968. He was canonized as St. Pio of Pietrelcina. The Italian Capuchin priest was given the name “Pio” when he joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. He was known as “Padre Pio” after his ordination to the priesthood and is famous for having the stigmata. Founded five years ago, the St. Padre Pio prayer group meets at 10 a.m., the second Saturday of each month. The group unites, recites the rosary, attends Mass, and gathers for fellowship and refreshments. Holy Family is at 2330 Mariposa Ave., Port St. Lucie. For information about the prayer group, call 772–337–2303. Newman grad featured in national magazinePosted: 10.08.08 Bradley Puffenbarger, Cardinal Newman High School’s 2008 valedictorian, is featured in the October issue of Surfing Magazine — but not for his surfing talents. Puffenbarger, who is currently enrolled at Georgetown University to study English and law, is recognized in the magazine for scientific research that is making locals take notice. Concerned about water quality of the oceans and the massive dredge–and–fill projects that are part of the area’s beach programs over the years, Puffenbarger spearheaded a team of classmates to perform weekly experiments at local beaches for a year. While coastal engineers have long rejected the notion that pumping sand on the beaches is harmful to the invertebrates that live in the sandy environment, the data gathered by the young scientists revealed significant and lasting impacts on the ocean creatures that live along the shores and are vital to the environment and wildlife along south Florida beaches. Puffenbarger is quoted in the magazine as saying, “I’m already prepared to come back from law school and go to work fighting for the surfing community.” Former Sacred Heart student journeys to religious lifePosted: 10.08.08 
Courtesy Photo Limétèze Pierre–Gilles, a former student of Sacred Heart School in Lake Worth and parishioner of St. Ann Parish in West Palm Beach, took the first steps toward the religious life last month when she began formation with the School Sisters of Notre Dame during ceremonies at Villa Notre Dame in Wilton, Conn. More than 100 School Sisters of Notre Dame of the Atlantic–Midwest Province welcomed Pierre–Gilles as her Haitian family looked on. Pierre–Gilles will begin two years of formation at the motherhouse in St. Louis with two other novices. The novitiate, a time of spiritual study and development, leads to first vows. In both Creole and English, Pierre–Gilles spoke of her desire to enter more deeply into a relationship with God, a hope she expressed in the theme she chose for the reception: “Avance au Large,” or “Go Into the Deep.” Pierre–Gilles became acquainted with the School Sisters of Notre Dame order in the Diocese of Palm Beach when she met sisters ministering to the needy at St. Ann Parish. The sisters are an international congregation of women religious, with more than 3,600 sisters ministering in 36 countries worldwide. In the Atlantic–Midwest Province, nearly 700 sisters minister in roughly 35 dioceses in states from Massachusetts to Florida to Illinois. For more information, visit www.amssnd.org. Catholic Charities opens Villa Regina for elderlyPosted: 10.08.08 Catholic Charities Villa Regina in West Palm Beach formally opened Sept. 25 with ceremonies and a dedication by Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito. Villa Regina is a low–income senior living complex, with 106 affordable one–bedroom apartments open to those 62 or older who have disabilities and are able to live with or without assistance. Some units are designed for people with mobility or hearing impairments. Residents are invited to furnish units with their own furniture and other personal items, in order to feel more at home. The facility features a community room for social events and educational activities, as well as a coin–operated laundry room and on–site staff providing activities and other needs. Residents are scheduled to move in by Oct. 1 and were chosen by lottery. During the opening ceremonies, William Holmes, director of housing administration and development for Catholic Charities, welcomed guests including Edward Lowery, director of the Department of Housing and Community Development for Palm Beach County; and Brando Ayllon, project manager for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The HUD–funded housing facility is at 2660 N. Haverhill Road. Catholic Charities housing programs receive honorsPosted: 10.08.08 Catholic Charities is the recipient of a Florida Association of Homes and Services for the Aging award. The Diocese of Palm Beach service organization, which operates housing for the elderly supported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, won two innovation exchange awards given by the association. One is for outstanding security of records and protecting tenant data, a top priority of utmost importance and a requirement of Florida law. The second award is for a survey program that Catholic Charities offers tenants living in housing facilities to anonymously report any concerns to management. According to William Holmes, director of housing administration and development for Catholic Charities, the purpose of the survey is to improve the quality of life of the tenants living in Catholic Charities senior housing facilities. Catholic Charities provides programs and services in Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie, Okeechobee and Indian River counties, and supports 16 programs in 49 locations, which include HUD–funded housing for the elderly. The mission of the innovation exchange is to advance the vision of affordable and high–quality residential services and a variety of care for elder Floridians. Rabbi to give presentation at seminaryPosted: 10.08.08 Author and educator Rabbi Ron Kronish is scheduled to present a film, “I Am Joseph Your Brother,” and preside over a question–and–discussion session Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m., at St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Beach. Rabbi Kronish is a noted lecturer, and founder and director of the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel, established in 1992. He has lived in Jerusalem for the past 29 years with his wife, Amy. Rabbi Kronish lectures to a wide variety of audiences in Israel, including synagogue groups, Jewish community missions and Jewish, Christian and interreligious groups. He has been a scholar–in–residence in universities, synagogues and communities across the United States, Canada, Europe and the Far East. Rabbi Kronish studied at Brandeis University, Hebrew Union College’s Jewish Institute of Religion in New York and the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he received a doctorate in philosophy and history of education. He has represented Interreligious Coordinating Council at the Vatican and at many international engagements. Rabbi Kronish is the editor of “Towards the Twenty–first Century: Judaism and the Jewish People in Israel and America,” an anthology in memory of his father, Rabbi Leon Kronish. The public is invited to the seminary for the event. Reservations are required and can be made at 561–732–4424. Knights construct monument to honor unbornPosted: 10.08.08 
Courtesy Photo St. John of the Cross Parish in Vero Beach has a new respect life monument dedicated to the unborn, thanks to the Our Lady of the Rosary Council of the Knights of Columbus. The group raised nearly $3,000 to cover costs. The statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe is mounted on a 3–foot high cube, clad with four marble tablets, each engraved with pro–life messages. Knight Jack Stong chose the design of the statue from ideas featuring the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe presented by Boric Religious Supply. The marble, fabrication and installation of the slabs were donated by Stone Age Fabrication. A small parish team built the foundation and the reinforced core of the cube. Eagle Monuments did the engraving. Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito, along with Father John Pasquini, pastor of St. John of the Cross, dedicated and blessed the monument this summer during a parish celebration.
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