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Society of Mary Marists in the United States February 26, 2021 the TEXAN FREEZE FEBRUARY 14Th–19Th, 2021 by Fr Society of Mary Marists in the United States February 26, 2021 THE TEXAN FREEZE FEBRUARY 14th–19th, 2021 by Fr. Tony O’Connor, SM, Pastor, San Felipe de Jesus, Brownsville, Texas this being proclaimed his year. We prayed each day, I am from a little village in the hill country of the north both in the church and transmitted it by Facebook. We island of New Zealand. It is only some hundreds of feet below the central plateau of the island which boasts three snow covered volcanos. In summer it can be very First day of 33 days of hot and in winter extremely cold. I remember when I prayer to St. Joseph was ten years old, a possum jumped into the town’s transformers and we were a week without power. Luckily we had a fireplace in our living room, but the rest of the house was freezing as were the temperatures outside. I remember this as being the coldest and most miserable time of my life. For this I was converted into a lover of hot climates. This past week for me was as cold as that. The temperatures were on above and be- low 0˚ Celsius and the wind chill was demoniacal. You First transmission by could feel the penetrating cold even when indoors. Facebook to facilities for unaccompanied migrant children also began a long awaited and negotiated project of transmitting services by internet to the facilities for the unaccompanied migrant children in the Valley. This was truly a milestone. Frozen Fr. O’Connor during the week of the freeze When Hurricane Harvey crossed the Gulf of Mexico in 2017, it headed straight for Brownsville. People were collecting sandbags and boarding up their homes. Then miraculously it turned right at the last moment and headed for Houston, Galveston in Texas and Louisiana. We were miraculously spared. Food distribution Last year a similar hurricane passed us by like “ships in the night”. During the recent winter storm, the people Ash Wednesday at San Felipe de Jesus was well at of Cameron Park were blessed: no power outages nor tended as well as Sunday Masses, both in-person and broken pipes, but other neighborhoods lost power and virtually. Although extremely cold we were able to dis- water. However, the people in Cameron Park are gra- tribute food to the needy on three days. There had been cious and hospitable. Homes were opened for lodging, panic buying, so the supermarkets were half empty, cooking or just a hot shower. even of beer! Less impact of the winter storm was truly a blessing We also received some 100 warm jackets which we for us in the parish because with power and internet we distributed here in Cameron Park and in a colony of were able to begin the 33 days of prayer to St Joseph, continued on next page Texas Freeze, continued Congolese migrants on the other side of the river. The freeze is over. We are warm now. The bones and articulations are beginning to function again. The trees will shed their burnt leaves and sprout again we hope. But for the frangipani (plumeria) such a beau- tiful succulent shrub and our poinsettias, it will be “touch and go”. It breaks my heart what millions of Texans in Houston, Dallas, Galveston and environs have been and are going through, but there is as well a little dull pain in my heart, being a plant lover, for the local devastation Donation of jackets of vegetation. Dead vegetation caused by freeze Our Lady of the Assumption Atlanta, Georgia Ash Wednesday On Ash Wednesday Fr. Kevin Duggan, SM met the Preschool students at Our Lady of the Assumption School on their playground to give them ashes, saying “God loves you” to each child. After they received their ashes the children sang a Lenten song for Fr. Kevin! Teaching Mass The Mass is the most important prayer that we as Catholics can participate in. We hear God’s Word and receive the Eucharist, the “source and summit of the Christian life.” But how often do we go to Mass and feel like we are missing something? Or perhaps we don’t understand the significance of what we are experiencing? Fr. John Ulrich, SM will celebrate a Teaching Mass, during which he will explain the parts of the liturgy, on Monday, March 1st at 7pm (EST) in church and via livestream on the parish Facebook page. The Mass will be available for review later on YouTube. Atlanta, Georgia Spreading the Love on Valentine’s Day! Marist School students helped spread the love this past Valen- tine’s Day! Marist’s Active Minds student group organized a Val- entine’s Day card-making project for staff at Children’s Health- care of Atlanta. Students created cards filled with encouragement, thankfulness and love on for the nurses and doctors there. On campus, the Spanish Club decided to try a new way to cel- ebrate Valentine’s Day to reflect more of the Latin American/ Spanish celebration of the holiday, which is a day of appreciation of all types of love and friendship — Día de San Valentín or Día del amor y la amistad. Spanish Club officers posted QR codes around campus for students and faculty/staff to scan in order to send a special Valentine’s message of love with a sorpresa de San Valentín, or a Valentine’s surprise. The officers delivered the hearts during Advisory, and recipients were able to come and pick out a surprise of their choice. Spanish Club Moderator Mrs. Erica Buchanan said, “We have wanted to do this event for some time. It was a big success and a heartwarming experience to see how much love was sent to friends, teachers, coaches, and parents from our students!” In campus ministry, Mrs. Karen Shanahan, Coordinator of Com- munity Outreach, organized card-making for senior Marist priests and brothers. A group of students made Valentine’s Day cards which included a happy note in which the students shared a little about their own lives. These cards were then sent to the Marists. Through their participation, the students also learned more about the lives of the Marist priests and brothers. Ash Wednesday Marist School marked Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent with an in-person and lives- treamed prayer service and the distribution of ashes to the Marist School community. In order to maintain social distance, seniors who serve as Eucharistic Ministers attended the service in the gym and then traveled to sprinkle ashes on the heads of fellow students and teachers who were watching the prayer service in classrooms. This Lent, the Marist School community will be reflecting on Pope Francis’ recent encyclical letter, “Fratelli Tutti: On Fraternity and Social Friendship” (October 4, 2020). We invite you to reflect on “Fratelli Tutti” in keeping with the Marist Way of envisioning the present with hope for the future. Student Personal Reflection on Peer Leader Program by Austin Frank, Marist School, Class of 2021 [The Peer Leader program welcomes new students into the Marist family and helps them adjust to their new school. Peer Leaders embody the Marist spirit of hospitality as role models and friends to the new students, leading them through Orientation and being a supportive presence throughout a student’s first year at Marist. Grade Level Coordinators are students who have opted to spend a second year as a Peer Leader and who help organize their peers serving in the program.] When I signed up to be a GLC (Grade Level Coordinator), I don’t know what I expected. But now, over one year after the very first meeting of all twenty or so GLCs, I am so incredibly thankful for my time spent as a GLC and as a Peer Leader. First and foremost, being a GLC taught me the extreme value of showing love, persistence, and hospitality in the face of adversity and discomfort. Imagine this: you are in charge of leading socialization between a group of four or five peer leaders who each individually are in charge of two to three peer kids … during the Covid-19 pandemic … now, this was the task that faced each of us GLCs during the 2020 peer leader season. Meetings became virtual, ice breakers barely broke the ice, and creating relationships between peer groups, peer leaders, and new students seemed next to impossible, but as a GLC, I knew I had to push forward regardless. I had to confront the awkwardness of six muted microphones in a group call, to crack jokes towards blank screens, and to make myself vulnerable virtually, something I definitely had not signed up for just six months prior. The quarantine summer of 2020 became the ‘attempt to socialize with new students’ summer. I learned that favoring my comfort over the difficult task of virtually welcoming new students was not only selfish but also antithetical to the core idea that defines the Peer Leader and GLC programs: Radical hospitality. GLCs at their training in January 2020 Now, as I near graduation, I know without a doubt that I’ll have the ability to push myself out of my own comfort zone in college and beyond, and I look forward to hopefully being a part of a program similar to Peer Leader and GLC wherever I end up. Parents’ Club Treat for Senior Class! The Marist School Parents’ Club offered sweet treats to the Class of 2021 as they showed their love and appreciation for the senior class this past week! Duluth, Georgia Valentine’s Day Celebration! Before winter break, students got to celebrate an early Valentine’s Day by wearing pink and red.
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