september 2018

a mission accomplished! All the darkness And Looking Forward in the world cannot extinguish the light to the Next One of a single candle. By Mike Marran st. francis of assisi After months of recruiting, planning and fundraising, a small caravan of cars with fourteen missionaries/parish members left the church parking lot on July 1, bound for Orland, Maine for a week of work with a local organization that helps the homeless and unemployed. HOME (Homeworkers Parish mission trips have become Organized for More Employment) is an a recent addition to the ministries of organization started over 40 years ago Christ the King. The commitment to by a Carmelite nun, Sister Lucy, which mission work began with our support of now operates its own homeless shelter, the mission trips begun under Fr. Matt soup kitchen, daycare, crafts studio, gift Glover, when he served as the Chaplain shop, lumber mill, food pantry and thrift at URI and assisted at Christ the King. store. In addition, it owns several houses During each January semester break, for rent and sale to local low-income he would lead a group of URI students families. The CTK team was assigned to (many of them CTK parishioners) on a the task of rehabilitating two of its houses trip to Nicaragua to benefit the Mustard in Sedgwick, Maine for eventual sale. (Continued on page 2) Who set this welcoming table for a reception in the parish hall? (And who also in this issue: cleaned up after the event?) An invisible ffMichelle Saslow recounts her journey of faith and family to the Azores (page 3). ministry is revealed on page 5. ffPaul and Kay Bueno de Mesquita’s work at the Center for Nonviolence & Peace You can learn more about the wide Studies promotes peace locally and around the globe (page 6). variety of ministries and stewardship opportunities at Christ the King during ffThree young parishioners work to inspire positive lifestyles (page 8). the annual Stewardship Fair after the ff Joan Spencer is a “horserescuer” (page 10). Masses on October 13 and 14. stewardship impacts lives

A Mission Accomplished (Continued from page 1)

Seed Communities organization, which and Denise Plante, Dan Reardon, Kevin parade in Deer Isle, Maine, and then operates two orphanages for disabled and Bev Richards, and Matt Vollucci. relaxed at Dan Reardon’s family home children in Managua and Diriamba. The group painted the interior and nearby. Thank you again to the Reardon When another group’s trip had to cancel exterior of the two houses over five days clan! in 2014, Fr. Matt suggested an adult trip (in unusually hot weather for Maine). While in Maine, CTK missionary from CTK, and shortly thereafter, 25 The team also hosted a community and Youth Minister Eva Mancuso talked CTK missionaries worked in Diriamba dinner for the homeless at HOME’s with HOME’s staff about its needs for for a week in June that year. In 2016, a soup kitchen. In addition to supplying the local children in Orland, and from second CTK mission trip to Nicaragua the labor in the effort, CTK purchased that discussion came a plan for the CTK followed, and the parish recognized that supplies and equipment for HOME to Youth Ministry to go to Orland next there was a need for our stewardship use in its housing rehab projects and has summer, for a special project organizing commitment as a parish to regularly donated the proceeds from the funds a week-long Vacation Bible School, just include mission trips. raised by the parish in support of the as we do at CTK each summer. If you This year, there was an effort to mission trip. Tracey Hair, HOME’s think you might be interested in being a find a more localized need for mission Executive Director, was very grateful for part of that effort – we will need youth work, in the hope of offering this the team’s efforts and financial support. volunteers and adult chaperones – sign special ministry opportunity to more It wasn’t all work up in Maine, up with the Mission Committee during parishioners who might not consider or though. At the end of each workday, Stewardship Weekend, October 13 and be able to go on an international trip. some of the team stopped by a local 14, for more information. Several other Rhode Island parishes have watering hole for a swim before returning Planning for the next parish mission made HOME mission trips, and the to the HOME bunkhouse. After dinner trip will begin later this year. If you think feeling of the CTK Mission Committee (special thanks to Eva Mancuso and going on a mission might be for you, was that working for HOME would “be Denise Plante for keeping everybody sign up with the Mission Committee a good fit” for our first U.S. domestic well fed and hydrated), the team met during Stewardship Weekend for more mission trip. to discuss the spiritual aspects of being information. The CTK Mission team included part of a mission trip, led by Pastoral Larry Bartley, Bob Desilets, Sean Feeney, Associate Jen Marran. As the Fourth of Eva Mancuso, Mike and Jen Marran, July fell in the middle of the week, the Roberta Opara, Dana Palmisciano, Steve team celebrated by attending the holiday

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i am here, vavo, i am here A Family Tree Leads to More Family And Greater Faith

An Interview with street addresses of family homes and Did you meet any relatives while Michelle Saslow names of living relatives in the Azores. you were there? Aware of the great How did you feel when you first I met several cousins. They were very popularity of tracing arrived? warm and welcoming and prepared an one’s roots and filling As soon as the plane descended, and I absolute feast for us. I felt immediately out one’s family tree, saw the village where my Vavo was born, at home with them. They were grateful Mustard Seed recently asked parishioner I started to cry and whispered, “I’m here, that I had found them, and I was grateful and choir member Michelle Saslow to share Vavo, I’m here.” that they were so open to me. We all her journey of discovery, a journey that Where did you stay while you were seemed to find our missing piece. Years strengthened the bonds of family and faith. there? ago, many Portuguese had emigrated to We stayed in Vila Franca do Campo, Canada and the United States to escape Are there any circumstances that my Vavo’s village. One morning I walked poverty and find a better life, but this had made learning about your family tree to the home where she had lived and then separated families and communication important to you? walked to her church. The Portuguese had been minimal. The Portuguese have Yes. My mother died when I was prayers she had taught me came a word for the feeling of loss and longing only two, so I had no first-hand stories streaming back. I had always been moved for one who is gone: saudade. My visit of family from her. I did have them, by her deep faith but being in her home to my homeland has healed the space in however, from her mother, my Vavo. But church gave me such an intense feeling me that longed for a connection with my I needed more. of her presence with me. I saw the actual relatives. What was the next step for you? statue of Saint Michael the Archangel In January of 2017, I came upon a behind the altar where she had prayed, (Continued on page 4) tour of Sao Miguel being offered. Sao remembering her great devotion to him. Miguel is the Azorean island where my grandparents were born, so I decided to go there and booked a trip for my husband and me. Once the deposit was down and the reality set in, I knew I wanted to trace my ancestry more deeply and put a face to the surnames I had heard as a child: Lima, Castanha, Garoupa and Amaral to name a few. The more I researched, the more connected I began to feel and this led to a real sense of responsibility and honor. Each time I “met” a new relative and found new baptismal, marriage and death records on-line, I felt a spark of life inside me and a strong connection to those who had come before me. By July, I was ready for my journey. I had the names of churches, Michelle Saslow, third from the right, visits with her cousins on Sao Miguel in the Azores.

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I Am Here, Vavo, I Am Here (Continued from page 3) Shipwrecked?

You returned for a second visit. Not a problem for How was that? I did return! The connection to the Vacation Bible Campers faith of my ancestors was strengthened this past May when I went back to Sao Miguel for its biggest Portuguese feast, Senhor Santo Cristo. This feast is held in devotion to Christ, the one who was scourged. In my youth, I had celebrated this feast in my home parish in Bristol. But to be in Sao Miguel where the feast had originated was truly a prayerful and powerful experience. Did you have any other new experiences on this second trip? Yes. This time I travelled to the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in mainland Portugal. When I was a child, my dad had introduced me to all the feasts and devotions that come with growing up in a Portuguese Catholic parish. Throughout my childhood I had witnessed the faith of so many through these devotions. But standing there at Fatima with my candle in the dark night and singing “Ave Maria” with the thousands of other pilgrims made me feel a connection, not only to my Portuguese ancestors, but to all connected to God as one family in one faith. What comes next on this journey? I have found a real home in Sao Miguel and I plan to visit often. I continue to research my ancestry and have found more family members, some close by in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and others much farther away. Next week I will be going to Scenes from the Christ the King Canada to connect with more family Vacation Bible School, August 13 to 17 members. Hopefully, the bonds of Mason Caruso, a Curtis Corner Middle School eighth grader, points to family and faith will continue to grow this year's Vacation Bible School theme. Abby Senenlo, a sixth grader at stronger and stronger. Wickford Middle School, and Kyla Speredelozzi, an eighth grader at Curtis Corner Middle School, pose in one of the many stations. Crew C awaits instructions.

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The Invisible Ministry

By Marie White Look up invisible in the dictionary and you will find “out of sight, hidden.” Whenever there is a reception at the parish for a special liturgy or a baptism, a feast seems to appear in the parish hall, out of nowhere. Out of sight, hidden, we have a group of parishioners who have volunteered their time to create this wonderful feast for all of us to enjoy. Receptions Committee volunteers Marissa and Sue Kirby in the front, They are members of the Receptions Beth Hogan and Sharon Dziekan in the second row, Committee. I spoke recently with and Timothy, Frank, and Thomas Dziekan in the back committee chair Sharon Dziekan to learn about their work behind the scenes. to set up food and beverages in the willing to fill in for any receptions that The Receptions Committee came parish hall. Fruit and veggie platers, need coverage.” into being shortly after Father Jared crackers and cheese, desserts and pastries Sharon will still be very active on arrived. He observed that we had are all set out in a welcoming display. the Receptions Committee, but with her multiple groups handling receptions and Typically, Receptions Committee older son a high school senior this year, wanted to pull them under one umbrella. servers will return to the kitchen after college visit weekends preclude her from (The exception is receptions for funerals, receiving Holy Communion for the committing to guaranteed availability. which is handled by an experienced final touches, such as lighting candles, Sharon said, “Working with the Christ group led by Linda King.) pouring beverages and uncovering food, the King Receptions Committee has The Receptions Committee sets before the parishioners come in after allowed me to meet so many parishioners up, serves and cleans up post-liturgical the final blessing. While the receptions whose paths I may never have crossed, receptions several times a year including are in full swing, they refill platters and and that is a blessing for which I will All Soul’s Day, the Feast of Christ serve beverages. Then, they clean up and be forever thankful. There is no need to the King, Easter Vigil and Pentecost. reset for the next post-liturgy group of change which liturgy you usually attend In addition, there are receptions for parishioners. After the final reception, – just a willingness to either come a little Stewardship Weekend, the Christ the platters are washed, any leftovers are early or stay a little late and be woven the King Concert and Baptisms. packaged and refrigerated. The kitchen into the fabric of our parish.” Occasionally, a “special” reception is and parish hall are returned to ship-shape There will be a sign-up sheet for the added to the rotation. You will often order. There are about 30 members of committee at Stewardship Weekend on see committee members wearing black the committee who range in age from October 13 and 14. In the meantime, if chef aprons that are embroidered with 8 to 80 “and we have a lot of laughs as you or someone you know can spare a “Christ the King” in gold letters. All we run the receptions,”says Sharon, who few hours now and then, please call Beth the shopping for these events is done has chaired the committee for the past at the parish office. by Parish Office Manager Beth Hogan. few years and is currently looking for When I see the word invisible, I The committee provides feedback after someone to fill her role of scheduling and think of the song, “Mr. Cellophane” in each event on amounts of food eaten and making sure that there is ample coverage “Chicago” – “You look right through me, beverages consumed which Beth captures for each reception. “The committee is walk right by me, and never know I am in copious notes to be referenced the an easy group to work with and the only there.” To the members of the Receptions following year. responsibility of the chair is to email Committee, we do see you and we thank The Receptions Committee servers the committee with dates and times of you for your continued service to the arrive an hour or so before each liturgy the receptions, solicit assistance, and be parishioners of Christ the King.

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The Little Office with the Big Heart

By Kathy Pesta “The little office with the big heart” is how Kay Bueno de Mesquita describes the colorful, globally themed office she shares with her husband Paul, who is the Director of the Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies at the University of Rhode Island. Paul and Kay Bueno de Mesquita are not your average couple. For one thing, they can each claim a book with their name on the front cover. For another, the scope of their influence in the area of peace and nonviolence is felt all over the world. The Bueno de Mesquitas moved to Kingston 22 years ago and immediately joined Christ the King Parish. Their two sons, Jacob and Cliff (now 28 and 26), received their religious education in the parish’s faith formation program, and like their Kay and Paul Bueno de Mesquita in front of a map parents, became involved in parish ministry, both serving as showing the global reach of the Center lectors. for Nonviolence & Peace Studies For years Kay was a Eucharistic minister, as well as a member of the Liturgy Committee. Currently, she is a lector, as is Paul. Kay also does the calligraphy for the Scroll of the The Center for Nonviolence & Peace Studies at URI began Dead and the Book of the Dead, placed in the church each under the leadership of Bernard Lafayette, a civil rights leader November. She is also part of the ministry that knits hats for who worked on the front lines with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. newborns. Paul played guitar with one of his sons for several Lafayette had done advance work on the “Bloody Sunday” years at the weekend Student Liturgy. March in Selma on March 7, 1965 and had been part of the Married for 38 years, Paul and Kay met at Indiana Nashville, Freedom Rides, and Birmingham movements. University where Kay was doing her undergraduate work During those tumultuous times, he was brutally beaten and in education and Paul was pursuing a graduate degree in jailed. Much later, he went on to develop training programs psychology and counseling. Both went on to further studies, in nonviolence and peace nationally and internationally. Kay to the University of Kentucky for her Masters and Paul to Eventually he came to URI as a Distinguished Scholar in the University of Texas where he earned a Ph.D. in school and Residence and founded the Center for Nonviolence & Peace clinical child psychology. Studies. When he left that position in 2008, the reins were For 22 years, Kay has taught in URI’s School of Education, turned over to Paul and Kay who continue the great work of teaching students how to teach language arts. In her role as peace and nonviolence based on the principles of Dr. King. supervisor of student teachers, she realized how frequently The signature program at the Center for the past 19 years is her students’ well-planned lessons were sabotaged by their the International Nonviolence Summer Institute. It is a two- students’ misbehavior. At the same time, Paul, also working in week intensive program which has trained individuals from school environments, began to realize that rather than work 46 countries and 26 U.S. states in the principles of Kingian as a psychologist, he could have a greater impact by training nonviolence. The Bueno de Mesquitas are encouraged by the school psychologists and teachers in effective methods not fact that this teaching has now reached thousands of people all based on a prescriptive technique (that is, if the student acts out over the world who, in turn, train others. in this way, then you, the teacher, do this) but founded on a For ten years, this soft-spoken, but dynamic couple philosophical and principled preventive approach. Thus began have also run a 13-week training course each semester for their work combining teaching with nonviolence and peace. 30 students, teaching the strategies and philosophies of nonviolence. They are proud to point out that 600 URI

mustard seed • september 2018 • page 6 stewardship impacts lives students have graduated who are proficient in Kingian nonviolent peace-making skills. The Center also offers a variety of smaller programs such as bringing in speakers for various seminars and offering film series. For the past eight years, they have sponsored a state- wide essay contest for Rhode Island eighth graders who write a reflective essay based on the life and teachings of Gandhi. Both are clearly proud of the work they do. Paul showed me a picture of one of the participants in the Summer Institute from several years ago. Ihsan Khan from Pakistan and his father had each, at separate times, traveled to the Center to be part of the Institute. Now father and son run a program together in Pakistan called BEST (Basic Education and Skills Training) which seeks to de-radicalize former Taliban members. Institute alum Amani Matabaro describes the building of the Congo Peace School in a YouTube video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5YzkMRM7hM people feel they’re just one person and they can’t have an impact.” Paul also mentioned a general lack of education or unfamiliarity with the perspectives and concepts of nonviolence. And how can each of us contribute to this vital work of peace making? According to Paul, we can all adopt at least two of the Six Principles of Kingian Nonviolence. Principle Three states, “Attack forces of evil, not persons of evil,” while Principle Five exhorts us to “Avoid internal violence within our spirit.” In the end, though, it is perhaps Kay who sums it up best: “All peace begins within us.” Watch A Ray of Hope about the work of Ihsan Khan and his father in Swat, Pakistan at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GaJpY6J- Mustard Seed xytdBkhYKbrPddx7vIghR4mi/view?usp=sharing Mustard Seed is a quarterly newsletter of Christ the King Parish in Kingston, R.I. Its mission is to celebrate the good Another former participant in the Institute, Amani stewards in our midst and to inspire others to deepen their Matabaro, returned to his homeland, the Democratic Republic commitment to stewardship. of the Congo, to oversee the building and running of a Peace Co-editors: Kathy Pesta, Marie White School incorporating the teachings learned at the Summer Production Editor: David Smith Institute led by Paul and Kay. Contributors: Mike Marran, Lucy Mueller, Kathy Pesta, Both cite, in addition to Dr. King, of course, Coretta Scott Margaret Riley, Marie White King and Pope Francis as people who have had a great influence on their work. Kay adds that she also finds Fr. Jared’s homilies If you or someone you know has done some valuable very inspiring. service to others “I come away feeling so wonderful that we are in a parish and we have missed it, we apologize. so open to the needs of the oppressed.” We need your help in finding all the people in the parish When asked what they see as roadblocks to building peace, who do so many great things. Paul cites a problem of public awareness. “Violence,” he says Please contact us at any time: “is actively marketed in today’s society, whereas nonviolence Kathy Pesta at [email protected], or is mostly ignored.” Passivity and apathy are also issues. Kay Marie White at [email protected] suggests that perhaps that comes from the fact that “Many

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Three Young Women with a Mission

By Margaret Riley of a pre-med course leading to a career and building nine or ten cribs for babies. “I love to help people.” in maternal fetal medicine. She is a class The week is a life-changing experience “I’m just a helper.” officer, is involved in the French Club for teenagers as they participate in living “I want to make the and plays clarinet in the school orchestra rosary, reconciliation, and circle of love world a better place.” as well as in the pit orchestra for school during which they share what the week’s These statements were plays. experience has done for them. For two a common thread as I spoke to three Natalie is co-president of RIPL years Abbie has been the social mediator young women of Christ the King Parish, and recently returned from Orlando, coordinator for RIPL, having constructed all of whom are actively involved in the Florida where she participated in a web site to keep news of events available national initiative Community Anti- CADCA training focused on “partner to the students. Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA). for prevention” to encourage drug-free Abbie’s role models are her parents Teenagers throughout the country have communities. who first taught her about God and come together to receive training from One of Natalie’s goals is to make a the Catholic faith. They have remained CADCA to aid them in creating and difference in the world’s problems. With steadfast in their encouragement of her maintaining drug-free lifestyles in their her attitude and action, I am certain that endeavors. Another role model is RIPL communities. At South Kingstown she will fulfill her dreams. Advisor Heidi Driscoll who has had a High School their group is named RIPL huge impact on her life. Abbie’s hope for Abbie Hedglen a career in public health is deeply rooted (Rebels Inspiring Positive Lifestyles). Abbie Hedglen RIPL has approximately 60 active in her faith so I feel certain that her is also a lifelong dream will be realized. members. member of Natalie Kimmerlein Christ the King Caroline Parente When Natalie parish. Abbie Caroline Parente Kimmerlein, is entering her has been a a lifelong senior year at member of parishioner SKHS, but has Christ the King of Christ the not yet decided parish for three King, was in the where her college years will be spent, years and has seventh grade at although she is certain that her area of received the Curtis Corner study will be Public Health. Abbie is a sacrament of Middle School, member of the SKHS cross country team Confirmation she attended a presentation on Students and will be President of the National here. She is Against Destructive Decisions. It was at Honor Society in her senior year. She will entering her junior year at SKHS and this time that she began to feel a passion also be a mentor to a freshman student. dreams one day of entering college as a for helping others. Since both of Natalie’s For the third summer in a row Abbie pre-med student. She has had a lifelong parents are teachers (her mom a South attended a week-long Catholic Service desire to save lives and cannot imagine a Kingstown High School English teacher Camp in Fort Worth, Texas where she better way than to be a surgeon. Caroline and her dad a Social Studies teacher at worked as a member of the alumni team is a soprano in Escape, an a cappella Pilgrim High School), her sense of the assisting new campers and hopefully group, and is a three-season athlete importance of public service was well being a role model for them. Her at SKHS, competing in field hockey, established. experiences at the camp have made Abbie swimming and lacrosse. She is a member Natalie is entering her senior year feel as though God is calling her to a life of both the Rhode Island and National at SKHS and is looking forward to of service. During the week, campers Honor Societies. attending college in 2019 where she will perform such services as visiting elderly in be studying molecular biology as part nursing homes, caring for young children (Continued on page 9)

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Three Young Women with a Mission (Continued from page 8) Young After becoming aware of bad has held wellness meetings at which areas decision-making by some of her peers, of stress and anxiety were discussed. They Stewards she decided to join RIPL as a freshman, also sponsor sessions using art, yoga and “Use me, God. Show me how having been encouraged by members meditation for stress reduction and in the to take who I am, who I want to of her hockey team. She has traveled to past have had a prom promotion night be, and what I can do and use it Orlando and Washington, D.C. and is where they helped the students to become for a purpose greater than myself.” looking forward to further experiences at aware of the dangers of drugs and Martin Luther King, Jr. the CADCA meeting in Texas in 2019. alcohol. Caroline has been on a committee ffCongratulations to Forrest which raised $7,000 for CADCA and has Sancombe, a senior at The Prout spoken to other groups to help them with School whose personal faith fundraising ideas. She is passionate about journey led him to seek baptism becoming a trainer for these programs in the Catholic faith. Forrest was and has received the necessary classes to baptized and confirmed last spring accomplish this. by Father Jared. Welcome to the Heidi Driscoll is her role model, CTK community, Forrest! having had a huge impact on Caroline’s ffCongratulations to Calder Wencek life. Her parents, who have always been who received his Eagle Scout encouraging and supportive, are also award in June at a Court of Honor Caroline’s role models. In addition, she Ceremony held in Father Greenan is inspired by her older sister Hailey, a Hall at St. Francis of Assisi Parish student at URI studying kinesiology. in Wakefield. She dreams one day of attending Brown University and we wish her well in ffBig shout out to John achieving this. McCormack, a North Kingstown High School graduate now CADCA studying at Villanova, for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of receiving a Lesa Meng College America (https://www.cadca.org/) is an Scholarship from the Narrow important part of the lives of these young River Preservation Association. women. As part of their work in their It is obvious that Natalie, Abbie and Scholarship applicants are judged local chapter, they have been involved in Caroline are passionate about making on their work for the environment, encouraging the use of breathalyzers at other teenagers aware of the dangers of an essay on Narrow River, a school dances and suggesting to other the use of alcohol and drugs as well as the science teacher’s recommendation, students that they also become involved importance of making good decisions. and academic achievements in with RIPL. Together with the We wish them God’s blessings in these math and science. Narragansett Prevention Partnership they endeavors as they move forward in their have been responsible for encouraging preparation for the future. liquor stores to place informative stickers on alcohol warning of the hazards of underage drinking, and together with South Kingstown Parks and Recreation they have posted signage at Old Mountain Field regarding the dangers of smoking and drinking. At SKHS, RIPL

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Horse Sense about Horse Rescues

By Lucy Mueller horses because, even though she was fond The responsibilities of the two- You’ve probably of them, her parents had other priorities. person volunteer team are to work a shift heard of the horse- After college she married and had a of several hours on an assigned day of whisperer, but how family with no horses in that scenario. the week. Feeding is the main task, but about a horserescuer? But six years ago – about the same time an assessment of the horse’s well-being is The name implies Joan and her family became Christ the always on the minds of the volunteers. the mission is about saving horses, but King parishioners – she responded to Sometimes that means grooming the what does that entail? Parishioner Joan an ad for an informational event about horse. A schedule is kept of the care to Spencer volunteers at Horse Play, a rescued horses. Joan went and signed on ensure no horse is neglected. rescue facility in North Kingstown, so as a volunteer. Over the years Joan has worked with she has some answers to questions on Horse Play was founded in the 21 different horses. The breeds vary. this topic. late 1990s and is staffed entirely by Some are thoroughbreds, and at one time Horse rescue is offering sanctuary volunteers. Funding is from donations. a grandson of Secretariat lived at Horse to animals in need of shelter, food and There are currently 15 horses living out Play. Currently there are three mustangs care. There are a variety of reasons why their lives on the 18 acres with two small that once ran wild on the western plains, a horse may end up needing rescue. barns. The horses are outside most of the along with a quarter horse and a pony. Often the animal is surrendered by its time, so technically they are not stabled, There is also a Tennessee Walker who owners because the owners can no longer but shelter is available. Some have been was surrendered by a local breeder. care for the horse, perhaps because there since Horse Play’s founding, but Horse Play holds several events each they can’t afford it. Other times the others have been adopted before they year to raise money for the rescue facility. horse has simply been abandoned at even made the move to Horse Play. At There is an open house in spring, a fall the stable where it had been boarded, one point, one of the volunteers adopted festival, and occasional trail rides. More with the owner simply not showing up several horses and added them to her information can be found at the group’s anymore and not paying the bills. The existing stable. website (https://horseplayrescue.org/). third scenario is the one that makes the evening news: Animals found at a local residence not being fed or cared for in any way, resulting in their removal by law enforcement. There was a highly publicized case in Rhode Island a few years ago and Horse Play stepped up and rescued three of those horses. Joan Spencer didn’t grow up with Image from the Horse Play website, https://horseplayrescue.org/ Did You Know?

ffLouis C. Northup, Sr. was Grand Marshall of the 2018 profile of Tim Gray and the World War II Foundation. South Kingstown Memorial Day Parade. ffThe World War II Foundation is opening a “Global Education Center” in the former Kenyon’s Department Store in downtown Wakefield (344 Main Street) in mid to late September. See the June 2018 Mustard Seed for a

mustard seed • september 2018 • page 10 our community of faith To everything there is a season and a time for everything under heaven. Ecclesiastes 3:11

A Time to Love: New Parishioners Mr. and Mrs. Steven and Cara Mathers and family Mr. and Mrs. Matthew and MaryJane Moynihan and family Mr. and Mrs. Kevin and Christine Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Megan Brock and family Ms. Bryce McGillivray/Mr. Brett Reels Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and April Posch and family Mr. and Mrs. David and Sara Middleton and family Ms. Susan Clark and family Ms. Jeanne Neill Mr. and Mrs. Biju and Reeja Thomas and family Mrs. Dorothy Caron Mr. and Mrs. Steven and Beth Moretti and family Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Lindsay Fish and family Mr. and Mrs. Doug and Courtney Guilbert and family Ms. Daryl Cioffi Mr. and Mrs. Shaughn and Karleen Coyne and family Mr. and Mrs. Christopher and Carla Crowshaw and family Ms. Deb Foss Mr. Robert Zile Ms. Jill Marshall A Time to be Born: Baptisms Mr. and Mrs. Sean and Tanja Carroll and family Jack Frederic, son of Scott and Amy Gannon Mr. and Mrs. Ryan and Catherine McGovern and family Carter Joseph, son of Chad and Emily Steere Mr. and Mrs. Brian and Caity MacDonald and family Easton Lewis, son of David and Katherine Smith Mr. and Mrs. Stephen and Nancy Lydon and family Lucas Cooper, son of Wayne and Megan McCarthy Ms. Kristine Coley and family Sarah Margaret, daughter of Michael and Heidi Antosh Mr. and Mrs. Daniel and Marie Mason Drs. Vincent and Candace Criscione A Time to Embrace: Marriages Ms. Corinne Grillo and family Christopher London and Alexandra Caruso Ms. Suzanne Morelle Kevin Cox and Meredith Ruggiero Ms. Denise Richer Thomas Favorito and Amanda Mallet Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and Patricia Grigalunas Brendan Haywood and Rose Gilfret Mr. and Mrs. David and Kerry Martinelli and family Benjamin Kelly and Eliza DeCubellis Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Stacy Childers and family Michael Allen and Melissa Ferry Mr. and Mrs. Peter and Amy Cottrell and family Mr. and Mrs. Justin and Naomi Dufrene A Time to Die: Deaths Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Sheana Edwards and family Constance Benoit Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Lynn Floskis Ronald Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald and Sonsoles Goff and family Sheridan Darcy Ms. Susan Halloran Grace Donnelly Mr. and Mrs. Michael and Linda Keegan and family Victor Hart Mr. and Mrs. Shawn and Kimberly Murdock and family Mr. and Mrs. Matthew and Jill O’Sullivan and family

mustard seed • september 2018 • page 11 Non-Profit Org. Mustard Seed US Postage 180 Old North Road PAID Kingston, RI 02881 Wakefield, RI Permit No. 5

Stewardship Weekend is October 13 and 14

Each year, we have the opportunity to reflect on the value of stewardship in our personal lives and in our commitment to stewardship in our faith life here at Christ the King. On October 13 and 14, we will again sponsor our Stewardship Weekend when all of the various parish committees and ministries will be showcasing who and what they are and will be asking once again for you to consider how you can contribute your “Time, Talent and Treasure” to continue our strong commitment to the ideals of stewardship in our parish and our community.

The Christ the King Stewardship Guide is available at the Christ the King website (ctkri.org)