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First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association Ženská Jednota 4 Fraternally YoursTM FIRST CATHOLIC SLOVAK LADIES ASSOCIATION VOL. 100, NO. 6 MARCH 2014 ŽENSKÁ JEDNOTA ŽENSKÁ JEDNOTA Fraternally Yours™ Some Thoughts to Ponder . 14 ISSN 0897-2958 22 (adapted from a Michael Josephson commentary) Fraternally Yours, 1. SELF-IMPROVEMENT AND PERPETUAL GROWTH. No matter my age, I (along with ZENSKA JEDNOTA, is a monthly magazine published by the everyone else) am a work in progress. But the process can be either growth or decay. First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association. I simply try to choose growth. I also know there will always be a gap between who I am National Headquarters at 24950 Chagrin Blvd., and who I want to be (and who I can be). It is never too late to close that gap. Cleveland, Ohio 44122 EDITOR: Carolyn Bazik 2. INTEGRITY. Understanding and keeping one’s integrity is one of the most critical chal- P.O. Box 1617, Reading, PA 19603 lenges we all face. Life is full of temptations and distractions that can drive a wedge E-mail: [email protected] between our beliefs, words and acts. I’ve learned it’s a lot easier to talk about integrity Phone (610) 373-2743 • Fax (610) 375-8333 than to live it. The true test is my willingness to do the right thing even when it costs Periodical Postage Paid at Cleveland, OH 44101 and additional entries more than I want to pay. Among the seductions is the tendency to “do onto others as Subscription Rate, Non-Members: $6.00 — 1 Yr. they have done onto you.” No matter how I behave, some people will be mean-spirited, Printed at Triangle Press dishonest, irresponsible and unkind, but if I fight fire with fire, no matter how good it may 6720 Allentown Blvd., Harrisburg, PA 17112 make me feel in the short term, in the long run all I’ll ever end up with is the ashes of Postmaster: Send address changes to my own integrity. Zenska Jednota, First Catholic Slovak Ladies Association 3. CHARACTER AND REPUTATION. Both character (who I really am) and reputation 24950 Chagrin Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44122 (what others think of me) are very important. But, character is more important than Deadline for all articles is the 15th reputation (it’s even more important than competence). As Lincoln said: character is the of the month, 1½ months prior to the issue date. tree, reputation is the shadow. That doesn’t mean reputation is not important. Reputation OFFICE HOURS — HOME OFFICE affects whether people believe us (credibility) and the opportunities that are presented Monday through Friday — 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to us. Trustworthiness is the essence of character and being trusted is the essence of Phone: (216) 464-8015 • Toll Free: 800-464-4642 Fax: (216) 464-9260 • Website: www.fcsla.com reputation. It takes years to build up trust and only seconds to destroy it. BOARD OF DIRECTORS 4. ATTITUDE SHAPES EVERY EXPERIENCE. I know I can’t always control what will CHAPLAIN: happen to me, but I have a lot to say about what happens in me. As they say, pain is Very Reverend Monsignor Peter M. Polando, The Cathedral of Saint Columba, 154 West Wood St., inevitable, but suffering is optional. There is absolutely no doubt that if I can monitor and Youngstown, OH 44503. Residence: (330) 744-5233. manage the way I think about my life I can make the most out of my life. If I view every Email [email protected] failure as an opportunity and learn from it I will always fail forward and that is success. PRESIDENT: Cynthia M. Maleski, Esq., 24950 Chagrin Bou- My attitudes not only change my life, however, they also can change the lives of people levard, Beachwood, OH 44122. (800) 464-4642. Ext. I interact with. I can lift people up, console, comfort and encourage them. I can be a 1011. Email: [email protected]. good example or I can be negative and drain them of energy and hope. Attitudes, both VICE-PRESIDENTS: Irene J. Drotleff, 17807 Nottingham Road, good and bad, are contagious. Cleveland, OH 44122. (216) 486-6950. Email: 5. I’ve learned that the most critical step in being success- [email protected]. SUCCESS AND SIGNIFICANCE. Larry M. Golofski, 1114 Surrey Lane, Vandergrift, ful is how we define success. If I define success in small and shallow terms like winning PA 15690. Residence: (724) 845-8078. Email: Lar- a particular event or making money or earning some modicum of fame I will be limited [email protected]. Barbara Novotny Waller, 24950 Chagrin Bou- by my small ambitions. Winning is truly more than coming in first. First, of all, there is levard, Beachwood, OH 44122. Residence: (610) no real victory without honor. Second there is no real victory unless what I’ve achieved 207-0747. Email: [email protected]. is earned and significant in leaving this world a better place. The ultimate measure of SECRETARY: Sue Ann M. Seich, 24950 Chagrin Boulevard, success is whether I have lived my life well. To do that I need to remind myself what I Beachwood, OH 44122. (800) 464-4642. Ext. 1012. hope people will say about me after I die and live backwards to earn that eulogy. Email: [email protected]. TREASURER: 6. BEING GOOD AND WISE DOESN’T COME NATURALLY. I believe that the quality of Stephen C. Hudak, 24950 Chagrin Boulevard, my life, and the lives of those I touch, will be determined by my ability to consistently Beachwood, OH 44122. (800) 464-4642. Ext. 1016. adopt and live according to four key principles: 1) positivity (including optimism, enthu- Email: [email protected]. TRUSTEES: siasm, hopefulness and cheerfulness), 2) kindness, 3) gratitude and 4) forgiveness. John M. Janovec, 24950 Chagrin Boulevard, Perhaps some are born with these outlooks or dispositions but you may be surprised Beachwood, OH 44122. (800) 464-4642. Virginia A. Holmes, 1625 Vermont Avenue, White to find that I was not. Thus, for me, it takes a continuous and conscientious effort to be Oak, PA 15131. Residence: (412) 672-1565. gentle, positive, kind, grateful and forgiving, but when I do so I find it ALWAYS pays off AUDITORS: for me and more importantly those around me. Katie A. Esterle, 24950 Chagrin Boulevard, Beachwood, OH 44122. Residence: (262) 720-7190. 7. HAPPINESS. I’ve learned that happiness is a worthy personal goal as long as it isn’t Email: [email protected]. achieved through selfishness or self-indulgence. Happiness is both deeper and more Barbara A. Sekerak, 6312 Elmdale Road, Brook Park, OH 44142. (216) 676-9332. enduring than either pleasure or fun. I’ve learned that what is fun or pleasurable is not Dorothy L. Urbanowicz, 27 Crescent Drive, Mones- always good for me and what is good for me is not always fun or pleasurable Finally (and sen, PA 15062. Residence: (724) 684-8243. Email: this goes back to positivity and the power of attitude), I’ve adopted Abraham Lincoln’s [email protected]. EDITOR: insight: I will be as happy as I’m willing to be. Carolyn M. Bazik, P.O. Box 1617, Reading, PA 19603 (610) 373-2743. Dear Friends, COURT OF APPEALS: This month and throughout the remainder of 2014 and especially during the ongo- Mary Angeloff Jeanette Palanca Barb Shedlock Ralph Szubski ing Lenten season I encourage you to resolve to think, act, and speak more positively Joseph L. Szumski Carol Yurechko about yourself, your family, your coworkers, and everyone else in your life. See what a Ron Sestak Joyce Kelly difference it makes in your world. Ronald Paseka Ann Sedlock Bernard Drahozal Dawn LaBuda Until next Month. Warmly, Carolyn 2 ŽENSKÁ JEDNOTA A FIFTY YEAR HISTORY: VATICAN II Declaration on Christian Education (Gravissimum Educationis) Very Reverend Monsignor Peter M. Polando, D. Min., J.C.L., National Chaplain One of my most enjoyable years of Christian education no matter at what parents must be aware of their children’s priestly ministry commenced after my stage of life. formations by Christian parental words second year of priesthood when my The Fathers of the Second Vatican and actions on the whole. bishop asked me to teach religion full Council promoted this duty and right in There are challenges to maintain time at one of our diocesan Catholic their document entitled the Declaration Catholic education. In some locales of high schools. When I accepted, little did on Christian Education promulgated on our country, Catholic schools at all levels I know that the next seven years of edu- 25 October 1965. Of Christian education, have become costly endeavors. Catholic cational experiences would strengthen the Fathers wrote, “Since every Christian grade and high schools have been closed the foundation of my ministry for future has become a new creature by rebirth because of a variety of reasons, e.g., years. from water and the Holy Spirit, so that he population shifts. It is so very important There were more than 800 students at may be called what he truly is, a child of that the Catholic community strive to Cardinal Mooney High School when I God, he is entitled to a Christian educa- make Catholic schools a priority for this began my teaching career in 1982. I was tion. Such an education does not merely has been consistent in the history of the appointed to teach religion to freshmen strive to foster in the human person the Church. They must be maintained. The and sophomores. I thought that it was an maturity already described. Rather its Fathers of Vatican II declared, “There- appropriate assignment because I, too, principal aims are these: that as the bap- fore, since it can contribute so substan- was a freshman in this new experience tized person is gradually introduced into tially to fulfilling he mission of God’s and maybe, too, I was a “wise/fool” for a knowledge of the mystery of salvation, people, and can further the dialogue taking on such an assignment.
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