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Aurora School Thankful for Grant St ISSN: 0029-7739 $ 1.00 per copy THE BSERVER OOfficial Newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Rockford Volume 83 | No. 41 http://observer.rockforddiocese.org FRIDAY OCTOBER 5, 2018 Aurora School Thankful for Grant St. Rita of Cascia receives gift from Dunham Fund BY AMANDA HUDSON News Editor AURORA— The word “thrilled” is a good description of Principal Elizabeth Faxon as she describes how St. Rita of Cascia School is using a grant from the Dunham Fund. Faxon joined with retired St. Rita lan- guage arts teacher Pat Heneghan and Mary Rockwood, technology director and teacher, to work on the Dunham Fund grant application for a year and a half before it was submitted. They received a phone call in June that it had been ap- proved, no additional steps needed. The $275,000 grant, part of which was received over the summer, is providing interactive whiteboards for classrooms and handheld laptop computers for sev- enth- and eighth-grade students. The school’s computer lab will be upgraded as well. Faxon referred to a STREAM cur- riculum in her remarks given before the ceremonial check presentation after an (Observer photos/Amanda Hudson) all-school Mass on Sept. 25. Accepting gifts from St. Rita of Casica students is Wendy Hirsch, several fund representatives who attended the ceremonial check “Our expanded technology will serve chair of the Dunham Fund Board of Advisors. She was among presentation at the Aurora school on Sept. 25. students in the areas of science, technol- Ethical use. Our students are expected people with respect.” ogy, religion, engineering, the arts and The Dunham Fund math,” she said, adding, “As students in to use their skills in ways that contrib- After the check presentation, Faxon a Catholic school, the ‘E’ also stands for ute back to the community and treat all chatted with Wendy Hirsch, chair of the “Established by John C. Dunham Dunham Fund Board of Advisors. in 1996 . funded in 2007 in ac- Hirsch said she was happy to meet cordance with the provisions of Mr. student representatives when they pre- Dunham’s trust . and nurtured sented her with handmade gifts and said during the intervening years by Mr. she felt, as she looked into the students’ Dunham and a board of personally eyes, that she is part of an important appointed advisors, the Dunham gift that will benefit a whole generation. Fund honors Mr. Dunham’s life and Bishop David Malloy celebrated the philanthropy through grants to Mass, which welcomed also a number Aurora, Illinois, area organizations of parents and parishioners. He talk- that have the vision and programs ed about the importance of the Mass, to help fulfill Mr. Dunham’s dream of which, he said, he likes to describe as a ‘making the world a more comfort- place where heaven touches earth. able, safer place for mankind to live He also spoke a bit about his experi- and prosper.’ ” Representatives from the Dunham Fund Advisory Board join Bishop David Malloy and ences in Catholic school as a youngster Source: www.dunhamfund.org parish priests, Father Oscar Cortes and Father Adalberto Sanchez in the ceremonial and encouraged the students to realize check presentation. Around the check are (from left) Wendy Hirsch, Mark Truemper, Bish- and be grateful for the generosity be- present who built and who continue to op Malloy, Robert Vaughan, Father Cortes, Principal Elizabeth Faxon, Michael Morcos and hind the Dunham Fund grant — and support St. Rita of Cascia School. Father Sanchez. the generosity of many people past and Continued on page 3 This Issue Quick News Inside Bishop Malloy ....................... 2 DAC Closed 14 Men Headliners ............................... 3 Oct. 8 Welcomed to Diocesan ....................... 4-7, 16 In recognition of Permanent Seasoned Observer ............. 8 Columbus Day, Diaconate Nation/World .................. 9-10 the Diocesan Their ordination Around the Diocese ... 11-12 Administration Center Sterling SVdP Society was Sept. 29 at the Our Catholic View .............. 13 in Rockford will be Cathedral of St. Peter. closed Oct. 8. Marks 60th Year For the Record .................... 14 pages 6-7 Media/Arts ............................ 15 page 4 2 | FRIDAY OCTOBER 5, 2018 | The Observer We Believe That Hell is a Reality ecently I was sent a would not be mentioned in any ourselves, naturally). 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