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All Saints opens Close one gets drenched, not too damaged by hurricane

By Gary Morton and Mike Lang Dialog reporters

It could have been worse. Hur- ricane Irene, on track last week to cut straight through Delaware and Maryland’s Eastern Shore, took a turn for the better by Sat- urday and sideswiped the diocese leaving wind and water damage in its wake. By Monday, employees and volunteers at Catholic churches and schools removed debris and water from properties after the storm. While Catholic schools in New Castle County and other areas were closed Monday, all schools were in session by Tues- day, except for St. John the Beloved School in Wilmington, which still had no power. No serious structural damage was reported, but St. Helena ’s food closet lost 75 per- Students enter All Saints Catholic School in Elsmere for the first day of classes in the new school’s history. Father Charles cent of its food due to water dam- Dillingham (left center), of St. Mary of the Assumption in Hockessin, one of four parishes that sponsor the school, greets age. Dorothy Medeiros, director the first All Saints students on their way to their classrooms. See story on page 7. of social ministry at the Wilm- ington parish, said Tuesday that Inside this issue: Back to School stories donations of food or money would be welcomed due to the need. At least two schools — St. Elkton Peter the Apostle elementary in St. Paul’s New Castle, St. Thomas More family Schools students Preparatory School in Magnolia stocks welcome welcomed — and one church, St. Francis de school new Share in the Spirit at OLF. principals. Sales Church in Salisbury, Md., backpacks. had water in buildings. collection helps Page 10 Page 11 Page 13 Irene’s major impact on the families pay tuition. diocese may have been much Page 7 See Irene, back page

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The name of John F. Heckel was misspelled in the Aug. 18th Bishop Malooly’s schedule edition of The Dialog on the list of Oblates with admitted or sub- stantiated accusations of abuse against them. It had been mis- SUNDAY, SEPT. 4 MONDAY, SEPT. 12 spelled on the list provided to the paper. • Installation of Father Steven Hurley as pastor, • Priests’ Council, St. Joseph St. Thomas the Apostle, Wilmington, 11 a.m. on the Brandywine, 12:30 p.m. THURSDAY, SEPT. 8 TUESDAY, SEPT. 13 • Installation of Archbishop Charles Chaput as • Rededication of Mount St. Mary Chapel archbishop of Philadelphia. at Mount St. Mary /University, 10:30 Need help with your house? SATURDAY, SEPT. 10 a.m. • Mass of Remembrance, Gate of Heaven • Mass for Legatus, 6 p.m. Cemetery, Dagsboro, 10 a.m. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14 • Confirmation, St. Edmond’s, Rehoboth Beach, • Diocesan School Board, 7:30 a.m. Carpentry 2 p.m. • Diocesan Finance Council, 12:30 p.m. SUNDAY, SEPT. 11 • Mass marking 140th anniversary of Holy • Interior Trim/Built-ins • Mass marking 9-11 anniversary, St. Hedwig, Cross Parish, Holy Cross Church, Dover, 6 Wilmington, 9 a.m. p.m. THURSDAY, SEPT. 15 ANDREW E. QUESENBERRY • Mass marking 9-11 anniversary, Cathedral of St. Peter, Wilmington, 11 a.m. • Workshop for Chant in preparation for 302-753-8611 • Vespers marking 9-11 anniversary, Holy changes in New Roman Missal, Holy Cross, Reliable Catholic Carpenter Angels, Newark, 6:30 p.m. Dover, 1-4 p.m.

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September 1, 2011 THE DIALOG 3 ‘You Liturgies set for 10th anniversary of 9/11 never Masses, services to be held in remembrance of the victims of 2001 terrorist attacks By Joseph Ryan when he heard the news of the Dialog editor 9/11 attacks. Like many peo- forget’ ple, he turned on the televi- While the 10th anniversary sion. “We were sitting in the Holy Rosary parishioner of the 9/11 terrorist attacks kitchen staring at it when the lost her son on 9/11 will be remembered in prayers second plane flew into the and liturgies throughout the second tower.” By Mike Lang diocese, Bishop Malooly will The pastor said hearing and Staff reporter participate in four events hon- reading the accounts of the oring those who lost their firefighters and rescue teams CLAYMONT — Ten years lives at the World Trade Cen- at the World Trade Center after Robert Fangman died in the ter in , the Pentagon “has been very special to me.” terrorist attacks in , in Washington and in The vespers service at Holy his mother, Ruth, said accepting Shanksville, Pa., a decade Angels Church on 9/11 will his loss “never gets easier.” ago. echo a similar event at the Ruth Fangman, a parishioner at On Sept. 10 the bishop will parish on the first anniversary Holy Rosary in Claymont, plans celebrate a Mass of remem- of 9/11. to travel to her native Baltimore, brance at Gate of Heaven Stephen Adams, director of where the Maryland 9/11 memo- Cemetery in Dagsboro. He liturgy at St. John the Apostle- rial will be dedicated on the 10th will also celebrate Mass Sept. Holy Angels Parish, said the anniversary of the attacks. Robert 11 at 9 a.m. at St. Hedwig 10th anniversary vespers will Fangman’s name will be etched Church in Wilmington and at begin with a short ceremony in stone at the site in front of Bal- 11 a.m. at the Cathedral of St. of light that remembers all the timore’s World Trade Center. Peter. That night he will also fallen victims of the attacks Ruth Fangman recalled this participate in a vespers service and then continue as a normal week that horrific Tuesday when (evening prayer) at 6:30 p.m. vespers service, the evening she learned of the death of the at Holy Angels Church in prayers of the church from the youngest of her seven children, Newark. Liturgy of the Hours. There called “Bobby” by family and During the Sept. 11 litur- will be Scripture readings, a childhood friends. He was 33. gies, the bishop will be wear- sung psalm, reflection and “He had been in Texas visiting ing a chasuble with an iconic Bishop Malooly will give a his brother. He had called me that image of Our Mother of Sor- homily, Adams said. Saturday and said, ‘I’m on my rows that incorporates the As part of the 9/11 vespers way home (to Boston) tomorrow, World Trade Center attack at Holy Angels, Adams said, and I’ll stop in Delaware and see with depictions of two jets the names of the nearly 3,000 you,’” she said. that that symbolize the victims victims of the terrorists will be Later that day, Bobby, a gradu- at the Pentagon and on Flight featured in a memorial display ate of Holy Rosary School who 93 that crashed in Pennsylva- The Dialog/Don Blake by Patti Walters, the parish’s was a flight attendant for United nia. Bishop Malooly will be wearing a chasuble depicting Our environment coordinator. Airlines, said his plans had The chasuble image is an Mother of Sorrows during liturgies in remembrance of the vic- During the service of light, changed and he wouldn’t be visit- embroidered patch sewn on the tims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. individual names of 9/11 vic- ing Claymont. vestment. It’s one of two patch- tims, that will be included in a On Sept. 11, Ruth Fangman es, based on an icon by Lewis fighter, will be wearing a match- retiring as chief of the fire printed booklet for partici- was taking a neighbor to the Williams, that were commis- ing chasuble on the 9/11 department at Mercer County pants, will be spoken “out Philadelphia International Airport sioned for white chasubles by anniversary. The bishop’s is a Airport, near Trenton, N.J. loud together as a chorus of when they heard on the radio that Father Richard Smith, pastor of gift from Father Smith, who Father Smith, who was the names of people who have a plane had hit one of the World St. Luke Church in Ocean City, spent most of his life before the ordained in 2000, was serving been tragically taken from Trade Center buildings in New Md. Father Smith, a former fire- priesthood as a career firefighter, at St. John the Beloved Parish us,” Adams said. York. Soon she learned that a sec- ond plane, from United, her son’s airline, had flown into the other tower. She knew Bobby was going to Los Angeles, which was Flight 175’s destination, and tried to reach him on his cell phone. She then called his roommates in Boston and was certain he was on the plane. Around 2 p.m., representatives from United arrived at her home to confirm her worst fears. Fangman, a widow, credits her friends and fellow parishioners at Holy Rosary Church for helping her after the attacks. “Without the support of my friends and my parish family, I don’t think I could have made it.” Holy Rosary will hold its annu- al memorial service the afternoon of Sept. 11, and Bobby’s picture and other memorabilia will be on the altar. “To lose a child, you never for- get, and to lose one in this horrif- ic way, it brings it back every year,” Fangman said. “The hole in my heart will never be filled. I miss him every day.”

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Youth Day Aug. 21 in Madrid, man, said the plan updates ... that “It is my profound the pope challenged the Catholic was to distribute whenever we hope that the expe- pilgrims to take that faith, make it Communion from riences of the past grow and share it with the world. 17 eucharistic really “like” two weeks will stay Despite the hardships of getting chapels set up on anything, we with them, and that to the Cuatro Vientos military air the perimeter of the the experience of base in blistering heat Aug. 20 airfield. The storm share it, and that God’s presence and the downpour during the Aug. 20 destroyed must hold true for and of the church nighttime vigil with the pope, several of the which they have CNS/Reuters faith as well. hundreds of thousands of young chapel-tents, and felt here will be the people from around the world Pope Benedict XVI greets young people as he arrives for the police asked organizers to dis- seedbed for a deepening commit- World Youth Day vigil service at Cuatro Vientos airfield in spent the night on the open field, Madrid Aug. 20 mantle most of the others because ment to Christian discipleship. praying, singing and perhaps try- they posed a danger in the wind. But as with all of us, time will tell. ing to snatch a few hours’ sleep. hearts like your own,” he told the extraordinary task of being disci- Canadian Bishop Donald Bolen “Many of the youth have But they were up, ready and young. ples and missionaries of Christ in of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, already shown signs of serious rowdy when the pope arrived for “Let me urge you to strengthen other lands and countries filled joined about 80 pilgrims from commitment to a life of Christian the morning Mass. this life of faith which has been with young people who are look- four groups in his diocese. discipleship; others are certainly The pope noticed. handed down from the time of the ing for something greater,” the He said the pilgrims found the searching. 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Doingwell... Baltimore archbishop named to Vatican job By Christopher Gunty the Military Services, which serves 1.5 million bydoinggood Catholic News Service Catholics, including all U.S. armed forces and their families. Find out how BALTIMORE — Pope Benedict XVI appointed The Order of the Holy Sepulcher plays an impor- Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien of Baltimore as pro- tant role in the preservation of the Holy Land and the your gift grand master of the Equestrian Order practice of Christianity there. Though it (Knights) of the Holy Sepulcher of counts its beginnings to the 12th century, it can Jerusalem, based in . was reorganized and revitalized in the 1960s The appointment was announced in Rome by John XIII and Paul VI. Blessed benefit and in Washington Aug. 29. Pope John Paul II enhanced the status of the The order is a chivalric organization dedi- order again, making it a public association of you cated to promoting and defending Christian- the faithful, according to the website of the ity in the Holy Land, supporting the order. CRS Charitable Patriarchate of Jerusalem and responding to Edwin Frederick O’Brien was born April the needs of Catholics in the region. 8, 1939 in the Bronx, N.Y., son of Edwin Gift Annuities He succeeds U.S. Cardinal John P. Foley, Frederick O’Brien Sr. and Mary Winifred who resigned and retired in February as head Archbishop O’Brien. He attended St. Joseph’s Seminary, 1-888-277-7575 of the international order for health reasons. O’Brien Dunwoodie, N.Y., where he received his ext. 7324 Cardinal Foley returned to Philadelphia to bachelor of arts degree, a master of divinity Giving Hope to a World of Need live permanently earlier this year after having served and a master of arts. He was ordained for the Arch- in Vatican posts since 1984. diocese of New York on May 29, 1965, by Cardinal It is not known when Archbishop O’Brien will take Francis Spellman. up his new post in Rome. Though he ceases to be His first assignment was as a civilian chaplain at Can’t get out to see us? archbishop of Baltimore effective with the appoint- the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. In ment, the pope named him as apostolic administrator 1970, he became an army chaplain. From 1971 to Let us bring of the archdiocese until his successor is named. 1972, he served a tour of duty in Vietnam. “It has been a singular privilege to serve as arch- In 1973, he left the military and earned a doctorate bishop of Baltimore,” Archbishop O’Brien said. “It is in sacred theology from Rome’s Angelicum Univer- with a heavy heart that I will be departing. ... I pray sity. Father O’Brien was a graduate student at the that I will carry out the will of God and that of (the Pontifical North American College in Rome, where An Assisted Living Community pope) in preserving the faith in the Holy Land.” he would later return as rector, 1990-1994. tour to you! In a statement released Aug. 29, Cardinal Foley He was director of communications for the New said, “I could not be happier that he is my successor,” York archdiocese in the early 1980s. He served two citing the archbishop’s experience and dedication. stints as rector of the seminary at Dunwoodie, 1985- Archbishop O’Brien, 72, was appointed July 12, 89 and 1994-97. No pressure, 2007, by Pope Benedict as the 15th archbishop of In 1996, he was named an for New Baltimore to succeed Cardinal William H. Keeler. York. In April 1997, he was named coadjutor arch- short For the 10 years prior to his Baltimore appoint- bishop for the military archdiocese, succeeding as presentation ment, he was archbishop of the U.S. Archdiocese for archbishop in August of that year. including a visual tour.

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A special section to The Dialog ¦ September 1, 2011 Opening All Saints Catholic School Four parishes sponsoring new school in Elsmere By Gary Morton Staff reporter

ELSMERE — Kindergartners led a parade of students into All Saints Catholic School Tuesday as some of the parents, gathered for their children’s first day of classes at the new school, sang “When the Saints Go Marching In.” Inside, the students from kindergarten through seventh grade lined the school’s hallway to greet the 84 eighth-graders who will become All Saints’ first grad- uating class next spring. Moments earlier, at 8 a.m., principal Diana Thompson cut a ribbon stretched across a sidewalk leading from the school entrance to the parking lot, where students and their parents had gathered for a prayer service. Father Timothy Nolan, pastor of Corpus Christi Parish on whose grounds All Saints is situated, urged the stu- dents in his blessing to look upon the saints as role models. The new school was formed from the merger of Corpus Christi, St. Catherine of Siena and St. Matthew’s schools. Four parishes — St. Catherine, St. The Dialog/Don Blake Matthew, Corpus Christi, and St. Dan Simpson of Tupp Sign Company installs the new sign on the front of the building at All Saints Catholic School in Elsmere. Mary of the Assumption, which Dillingham, pastor of St. Mary of technology, engineering and real-life situations.” program within a faith setting,” had co-sponsored Corpus Christi the Assumption, joined Father math. STEM “is not a curricu- Parents seemed as excited as said Renee Pala, who served on a School — sponsor All Saints, Nolan at the opening ceremony. lum,” Thompson said. “It’s an their children over the possibili- 12-member Parent Transitional which has 490 students. All Saints is billed as a STEM approach to education” that ties for All Saints. Advisory Group. “To my knowl- Father John Hynes, pastor of St. school, STEM being an acronym “involves a lot of critical-thinking “We are most excited for our edge, this is a first in the diocese.” Catherine, and Father Charles formed by the subjects science, skills and problem-solving for children to experience a STEM See All Saints, page 9 Some students can’t go back to school without tuition help By Gary Morton “It allows me to continue to pay my Staff reporter bills and still have a nice school for my kids to go to that has structure,” Wieand Jean Wieand was so impressed with said. His children are sixth-grader Aliz- the Catholic school education her grand- abeth and fifth-grader Blaine. children received at St. Peter the Apos- Money raised through the collection tle School that she made a request of and interest from the diocese’s Vision for their father. In the three years since Jean Wieand being single with two kids,” he said, so he the Future education trust will provide “Before she passed away, my mom died, he has honored his mother’s wish. asked for and was granted tuition assis- $579,000 in tuition assistance during the was pretty insistent on my kids going to It hasn’t been easy. Wieand said. He tance provided in part by the diocese’s Catholic schools,” said Charles Wieand. was out of work for six months. “It’s hard annual Share in the Spirit collection. See Share, page 12

8 THE DIALOG September 1, 2011 BACK TO SCHOOL New courses, logos, laptops, teachers at Catholic highs Students are discovering the announcements. It also will following new aspects to their include a student lounge area. days at Catholic high schools in Photos of the construction the diocese this year. progress are available on the St. Mark’s High School in school website. Wilmington is moving its news- Students may not notice, but paper entirely online. The subject there is a new roof over their matter will not change, but the heads at St. Elizabeth High student staff plans to add videos School in Wilmington. The and slideshows. entrance has been renovated, The Spartans also feature a with a new ceramic tile floor. revamped sports logo for 2011- Also, the media center has a new Space available in preschool 12. The new look was designed AV presentation section with a and elementary classes by Rick Brozek, a 1978 alumnus. projection screen. For the first time, St. Thomas Padua Academy students will for 2011-2012 More Preparatory School in have access this year to new Magnolia will have a teacher communication arts courses, who once sat in the classrooms. including multimedia journalism Walk-throughs Welcome — Sara Spencer Passon, who gradu- and television broadcasting and Contact us today! ated in 2001, has joined the fac- production. The fourth-floor ulty, the first grad to come back foods lab has been converted into 410-398-2636/[email protected] as a teacher. a journalism workshop, and there Father James Lentini, St. is a new television studio on the Thomas More’s interim princi- lower level. Students at the pal, has known Passon since her Wilmington school will create an days as a student at Holy Cross online newspaper and a weekly School in Dover. “You can TV show. understand why hiring her marks There were many physical a very special moment for the changes over the summer at Registration underway Catholic community of Kent Ursuline Academy in Wilming- County.” ton, beginning with new parking Passon, who will teach social lots and sidewalks, re-pointing ll aints atholic chool sciences, also taught at Holy and new stucco on the buildings, A S C S Cross, and she worked at St. and the installation of a camera Andrew’s School in Middletown. monitoring system. A new stage Believing, learning, Students at Archmere Acade- and curtains were installed in the growing my in Claymont have received a auditorium, and the floors and laptop this year as the education- walls were refinished. in the light of al landscape continues to change. Students at all levels at Ursu- Jesus Christ MacBook Pro computers were line will have new schedules this distributed Aug. 25 and 26; they year. This will accommodate will be used in classrooms and at community time and a morning home as the faculty is restructur- meeting in the lower school. ing the curriculum to incorporate Also, each month, a different more technology, e-book options class in the lower school will ini- and software programs, the tiate and execute a service pro- school said. ject. In the middle school, the Also, a new technology center schedule will allow teachers to and audiovisual studio have been teach collaboratively by visiting completed at St. Norbert Hall. each other’s classrooms. Stu- The construction was funded in dents in the upper school will part by a gift from the recently have rotating classes, clubs dur- Newly Established STEM Curriculum graduated Class of 2011. The ing lunchtime, longer classes and for Grades Pre-Kindergarten 3 through 8th. center will provide space to trou- a morning break. Eligible students who will be three years old by August 31st are welcome. bleshoot the new computers, and produce video projects and — Compiled by Mike Lang For information and/or registration, call 302-995-2231 907 NEW ROAD | WILMINGTON,DELAWARE 19805 We help students (302)995-2231 | WWW.ASCSDE.ORG SUCCEED! ADVERTISE IN THE DIALOG’S • Private 1-on-1 Tutoring Educational • Affordable/No Contracts SERVICE • Your home, our center • Test Prep, SAT, PSAT, ACT Bridal Section TESTING • Diagnostic Educational Testing SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 TUTORING CONSULTATION Call us last and experience the difference! Call 302-295-0662 for more information, Since 1935 302-655-6283 or e-mail [email protected]. Tina M. Masington, Director www.educationalservice.org September 1, 2011 THE DIALOG 9 BACK TO SCHOOL All Saints: Crusaders’ traditions begin now Continued from page 7

Three of Pala’s four children attend All Saints: Ryan in eighth grade, Marc in fifth and Rachael in third. They previously attended Corpus Christi. Nadine Dempsey, a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, called the STEM approach very positive. “I think for a Catholic school to focus on something like that, and to keep it faith-based as well, can only help Catholic education,” said Dempsey, who has two chil- dren at All Saints: Samantha in second grade and Zachary in kindergarten. Samantha attended Corpus Christi last year while Zachary attended the pre-school program at St. Mary. Antoinette Fontana, whose daughter Madelyn is in the third grade, described the school’s opening as emotional. “We’ve The student body recites the always been at St. Matthew’s,” Pledge of Allegiance before which Madelyn attended last year, entering All Saints Catholic The Dialog/Don Blake School in Elsmere for its first said Fontana, “but this is a new day of classes. journey.” All Saints Catholic School principal Diana Thompson (center) cuts the ribbon on opening day of the Tom Riccio stood near the new school with Father Timothy Nolan, pastor of Corpus Christi (left) and Father John Hynes, pas- School colors will be navy blue tor of St. Catherine of Siena. Father Charles Dillingham, pastor of St. Mary of the Assumption, also and silver, and the mascot is the school entrance with a digital participated in the ceremony on Tuesday. camera, hoping to photograph Crusaders. each of his four children — first- “The extra period will not be the such as student drop-off and pick- Two events in August helped grader Juliana, fourth-grader next chapter in the book,” For more photos, go to: up procedures, development of the three previous communities Mark, sixth-grader Joey and Thompson said, but a hands-on www.cdow.org/ curriculum plans and renovations come together as “the All Saints eighth-grader Nick — as they experience that may be a month- gallery as necessary. Catholic School family,” Thomp- officially entered All Saints for long project or a one-class pro- All Saints’ computer room now son said. A family picnic drew classes. gram. has 28 new PCs instead of Apple about 300 people, and a retreat “We’re excited,” Riccio said, Third-grade teacher Carol religion, which is most important computers used last year by Cor- was held for eighth-graders. “and we’re looking to help out in Monaghan, who taught at St. in any Catholic school. We still pus Christi. The older equipment A comment Thompson over- any way we can to make it suc- Matthew’s last year, said the extra have music, we still have art; the and computers from St. heard at the end of the retreat left cessful for many years to come.” STEM class periods, combined fine arts are here as well.” Matthew’s and St. Catherine’s her encouraged for the start of the He was part of the Parent Transi- with Lab Learner science sessions Over the summer most of the will go into classrooms, each of school year. “It was all worth- tional Advisory Group. that are hands-on learning experi- faculty and staff, along with vol- which will have at least two com- while,” she said, “when one of the “A lot of the same traditions we ences, will relate students’ educa- unteers, worked to transform the puters with Internet access. eighth-graders said, ‘I made a lot had at St. Matthew’s are being tion to their everyday life. buildings that had housed Corpus All Saints will provide a hot of new friends today.’” carried on, which is encouraging,” Through the specialized instruc- Christi School into the new All lunch program operated by Laura Now, with All Saints Catholic Riccio said. He noted that some of tion, teachers will “point out that Saints School. That included Burbage and Nancy Furlong, who School officially open, Thompson those traditions were common science is part of what we do preparation of classrooms, deter- operated a similar program at St. believes even more new friend- among all three merged schools. every day, that math is part of mination of basic school functions Matthew’s, Thompson said. ships will blossom. While “there’s going to be what we do every day, and that bumps in the road” as the new engineering is just how things “THAT IN ALL THINGS, school makes its way toward its work. And every student wants to e own traditions, Riccio is confident figure out how things work.” t. Elizabeth GOD MAY BE GLORIFIED.” any obstacles can be overcome “if “Once you designate that as we all keep our cool” and remem- part of your curriculum, it just ber “it’s all about the kids.” opens up a little more in-depth S The STEM approach at All study of some things that might A unique Elementary School Saints will unfold through a not have come up before,” Mon- slightly longer school day that aghan said. opportunity will allow several extra class peri- One concern Thompson has ods during the week for addition- with the STEM emphasis is that for PreK-12 al emphasis on science, technolo- some may think “we’re forgetting gy, engineering and mathematics. about all the core subjects and Academic Excellence Goodbye St. Paul’s School For all of the students who have passed through your Rooted in the doors, our memories will always be in our hearts! 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82 Possum Park Rd. pupils from St. Paul’s Newark, DE 19711 By Joseph Ryan going on all summer.” 302-731-2210 www.holyangelsschool.org Dialog Editor Fatima’s Home and School Association has developed a men- When Our Lady of Fatima toring program in which current • Celebrating Over 50 Years of Excellence • School in New Castle started class- school parents are assigned to Accredited by the Middle States Association es Aug. 24, it welcomed 48 new three or four families of children Early Childhood Program 2011 students who attended St. Paul’s from St. Paul’s Parish and other School in Wilmington last year. new school families to work with Pre-K 3 yr. old and Pre-K 4 yr. old. The students were invited to throughout the school year. Fatima after St. Paul’s was closed Last week Our Lady of Fatima in June, follow- teachers spent in- ing years of service days declining enroll- learning about ment and the loss Latino culture of annual funding and ways to work from the Catholic with the new Diocese Founda- families. Fati- tion; $47 million ma’s teachers of the founda- were also trained tion’s assets were in the “Nurtured included in the Heart” approach PreK 3 through OPEN HOUSE diocese’s $77.4 to discipline, 8th Grade million settle- which stresses Tues. Oct. 18 ment with sur- “positive rein- Maximum Class Size: 28 Students 4-6 PM vivors of sexual forcement of the abuse by priests. child’s great- “We are very ness,” Kenney much looking for- said. ward to the diver- Also, Our sity that St. Paul’s The Dialog/Don Blake Lady of Fatima family will bring Former St. Paul student Paul will also offer to Our Lady of Rodriguez (right) and Emily Reading Assist, a Fatima,” said Gray recite the Pledge of Alle- volunteer non- Kathleen Ken- giance during homeroom at profit program Our Lady of Fatima School. ney, principal of that was avail- the New Castle school. St. Paul’s able at St. Paul’s School. The pro- Join the primarily served children from gram will continue at Fatima for Wilmington’s Latino community. students who need help and sup- Conversation. “We’ve always been a diverse port with reading issues. community and we will be con- “We will meet the children’s tinuing that richness of diversity,” educational needs,” Kenney said. Catholic education Kenney said. “I The principal think it’s going We’ve always also credited Our to be a mar- ‘ Lady of Fatima’s doesn’t just take velous year of been a diverse Pastor Father working with the John J. Mink for place in the children.” community and encouraging a Kenney said we will be partnership the school is pro- agreement with classroom. viding bus trans- continuing that St. Paul’s Parish. portation for 16 Despite the of the students richness added students from St. Paul’s. of diversity. from St. Paul’s, “We made the ’ Kenney said Our commitment — Kathleen Kenney, Lady of Fatima’s right off; we principal, Our Lady enrollment, 261 were going to of Fatima School pupils, is slightly offer the bus,” less than last Discover 200 years of she said. Although officials had year’s. The faculty of 20 teaches hoped at least 20 students would pre-K through eighth-grade, in sin- Catholic mission. take the bus from St. Paul’s, “We gle classes with the exception of 40 At Mount St. Mary’s University, you’ll find our got 16,” Kenney said. It’s impor- students in two sixth-grade class- commitment to Catholic education in everything we tant that St. Paul parents, who are rooms. Kenney, principal at Fatima for do. From the curriculum to campus activities, from sharing in the cost of the bus, know there is a way for their chil- 26 years, has been at the school peer ministry groups to financial aid packages. Learn dren to get to Fatima, the princi- for 37 years. more at www.mountadmissions.com Emmitsburg, Maryland (An hour’s drive from Baltimore, Harrisburg, and Washington, DC) pal added. Donors have also been “It’s more than just a job; it’s generous supporting the trans- my vocation. It’s my ministry,” faith discovery leadership community portation, she said. Kenney said. A lifelong member Our Lady of Fatima encourages of St. John the Beloved Parish in parents of St. Paul Parish students Wilmington, the principal said to stop by anytime they want, she’s been blessed to be involved Kenney said. “We have an open- at both parishes. “It’s allowed my The next issue of The Dialog will be Sept. 15. door policy. We’ve helped them faith to grow. God has been very with uniform issues; that’s been good to me.” September 1, 2011 THE DIALOG 11 BACK TO SCHOOL It’s the most charitable time of the year for Elkton family Immaculate Conception family has been providing free school supplies to those in need for 10 years By Mike Lang they could afford school supplies. in the past. The backpacks are gender-spe- Staff reporter “I remember her saying that getting cific, said Laura Jeanne, 21, a nurse at brand new school supplies was the only Christiana Care. ELKTON, Md. — The summer check- thing she looked forward to about return- The program has been an eye-opener for list for some high school students might ing to school,” Mary said. the Kemp children, Mary said, exposing look something like this: roll out of bed So the next summer, Erica, now 23 and them to the poverty that exists in their own around 11, check Facebook, go to work, in law school at the University of Notre community. “I remember one lady saying, hit the pool, catch a movie. Dame, solicited funds from Cecil County ‘We live in our car.’” For most, it does not include raising businesses, and a tradition was born. Bryson said no one is asked to prove money for backpacks and school supplies That first summer, 35 children received they are in need when they show up for for more than 500 children, unless you are supplies. Backpacks were added later. It’s supplies. “We’re not in their shoes,” he part of the Kemp family of Immaculate a nondenominational program, although said. “We don’t know what they’re going Conception Parish in Elkton, Md. Begin- the Immaculate Conception outreach through.” He has learned a lot about peo- ning with Erica 10 years ago, then Laura office is the distribution point. ple over the past few years, both those Jeanne, Caroline and now Bryson, the After three years at the helm, Erica who receive the goods and those who drive now provides new school supplies to passed the torch to Laura Jeanne, and two donate and make the School Supply Shelf more than 500 children each year. years later Caroline took over. She was in possible. “We consider this serving the Lord,” charge for two years before handing the Caroline, 20, a student at Villanova said their mother, Mary. reins to Bryson, who just finished his third University on Philadelphia’s Main Line, With Bryson, a 16-year-old senior at year at the helm. said what struck her from the time she Tome School in North East, heading off to The Kemps have never advertised the spent running the School Supply Shelf college next year, this is the last year the School Supply Shelf; there has been no was the generosity of the local business Kemps will run the program. Kate Rein- need. As word spread through Cecil Coun- community, as well as that of parishioners hold, who is Mary Kemp’s sister, and her ty, the number of families who await its The Dialog/Don Blake at Immaculate Conception and others in two high school-age children are on board arrival has grown tremendously. This past Bryson Kemp (right) and his cousins, Cecil County. for next year, but they will need help. July 27, the first day supplies were avail- Abby, McKenzie and Will Reinhold “I remember my first year getting a “We’re hoping to find another family to able, the family gave out 103 backpacks, load book bags with school supplies. check from someone I didn’t send a letter take it over,” Bryson said in late July as its biggest first day ever, for pre-kinder- Erica Kemp, Bryson’s sister, started to,” she said. families stopped by to pick up backpacks. garten through 12th grade. the School Supply Shelf 10 years ago. The program is very important to help- The School Supply Shelf started when “We always run out of supplies before ing the beneficiaries escape a life in need, Mary Kemp and her children brought food we run out of people,” Mary Kemp said. secure lists from each school in the coun- Laura Jeanne said. The backpacks are a to the Immaculate Conception outreach in Supplies are organized based on lists ty, but now there’s just one. Nearly all the small part of helping the students succeed. 2001 and, Mary said, Erica thought if peo- provided by the Cecil County Public supplies go to public school students, but “It’s hard to start school when you’re ple couldn’t afford food, there was no way Schools. Until this year, the Kemps had to there have been nonpublic school students already behind.” Catholic High Archmere Academy Open House: Nov 20 School Fair 1:00 to 4:00 pm www.archmereacademy.com Sunday, September 25 Padua Academy 1 to 4 pm Open House: Oct 23 1:00 to 4:00 pm at University of Delaware www.paduaacademy.org Arsht Hall - Wilmington Campus Salesianum School St. Elizabeth School 2600 Pennsylvania Avenue Open House: Nov 13 Open House: Oct 23 12:30 to 3:30 pm 11:30 to 2:30 pm www.salesianum.org www.sehs.org

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2011-12 school year for 307 stu- dents, including the Wieands, said Teachable Deborah Fols, director of the dio- cese’s development office. This year’s Share in the Spirit MOMENT collection will be taken on Sept. 24-25. The collection has raised Opportunity to contribute to Catholic education more than $1.4 million in tuition The Catholic community here has in fact made education one of its aid for students since it began in highest priorities. This undertaking has not come without great sacrifice. 2005. However, there are more ... students who need tuition assis- This sacrifice continues today. It is an outstanding apostolate of hope, seeking to address the material, intellectual and spiritual needs of over tance than can be helped by the three million children and students. It also provides a highly commend- collection right now. While 307 able opportunity for the entire Catholic community to contribute gener- students are being helped this ously to the financial needs of our institutions. Their long-term sustain- school year more than 800 fami- ability must be assured. Indeed, everything possible must be done, in lies, representing 1,240 students, cooperation with the wider community, to ensure that they are accessible applied for help, said Fols, whose to people of all social and economic strata. No child should be denied his or her right to an education in faith, which in turn nurtures the soul of a office oversees the program. nation. Some diocesan funds used in — Pope Benedict XVI speaking to Catholic educators the past are no longer available in Washington, D.C., April 17, 2008 as a result of the diocese’s bank- ruptcy settlement, Fols said. “No providing tuition dollars in sup- the Cathedral of St. Peter longer having access to unre- port of quality academics and the School and for a third daughter, stricted funds reduced the faith formation of our students,” Darian, a junior at St. Elizabeth amount of money available for according to Catholic Schools’ High. tuition assistance. Last year superintendent Cathy Weaver. “I was pulling hairs, thinking $700,000 was awarded to 423 Share in the Spirit’s “impact has what am I going to do, how am I students,” whereas this year only been real and important to the going to do it? I think I would $579,000 was available, reduc- sustainability of our schools.” have had to work two, three jobs ing the awards to 307 students. Those who support the collec- and I didn’t know how I was The Dialog/Don Blake To help all the students whose tion, Fols said, also have a stake going to do it.” More than 300 Catholic school students are being helped this families qualified, Fols said, the in continuing more than 170 She did not want to compro- year by the Share in the Spirit tuition-assistance program. diocese would need $3,689,059. years of Catholic schools’ efforts mise her children’s education — Above, students get right to work in Lori Rombach’s second- Still, Share in the Spirit “pro- grade class Tuesday at All Saints Catholic School in Elsmere. to teach students “to honor the “that means more to me than motes strong Catholic schools by dignity of each human person anything” — and the younger and encouraging them to grow in girls “were very concerned about the image and likeness of God. not being a part of St. Peter’s” if They are not only assisting chil- the economics could not be dren whose families are yearning worked out. for the excellence of a Catholic “When I thought I would have education, but they are also help- to take the children out, their ing to continue the Catholic hearts were pounding,” Oliver- school tradition, ensuring that Bell said. “My children really our values remain strong in the love that school; they embrace it.” next generation.” Her children are again at St. For Natalie Cooper, that faith- Peter’s, thanks to tuition assis- centered environment, combined tance through Share in the Spirit. with her parents’ example, led Wieand knows first-hand what her to seek help so her son, it is like to be pulled out of a Benedict Jouridine, could con- school because of finances. As a tinue in the fourth grade at child, he attended Holy Spirit Immaculate Conception in Elk- School in New Castle until “my ton, Md. parents could not afford it.” “It’s a matter of the values that Looking back, he believes he are instilled in Catholic could have used the structure schools,” said Cooper. “It’s Catholic schools provide, some- seamless: What you learn at thing he values especially for his home, the values you learn at son. church, they carry over to the Besides, his children are at Catholic school as well.” home at St. Peter’s. But as a single parent trying to “Once you’ve been going to keep her child in Catholic that school for so long,” he said, school, “it’s a challenge.” She “it’s kind of hard for me not to reminds herself of the sacrifices let my kids go back.” her parents made to provide their Thanks to the Share in the 10 children a Catholic education Spirit collection, he did not have in Liberia. to make that decision this year. Still, when she was notified “Money should never be the she would receive assistance this overriding factor when parents year, “it was kind of a big burden decide whether they can send being released.” their children to a Catholic In Wilmington, Teresa Oliv- school,” Fols said. “Catholic er-Bell agonized over the education should be in reach to mounting tuition she would any parent whose desire is to have to pay for two daughters, place their child in a learning Diauna in grade six and environment where Jesus is the Darielle in grade five, to attend center of all that they do.”

September 1, 2011 THE DIALOG 13 BACK TO SCHOOL Five new principals take the helm at Catholic schools By Mike Lang my philosophy of learning.” Father James Lentini, St. where he was a substitute Mount St. Vincent. She taught Staff reporter Other than one year in public Thomas More Preparatory: teacher in the Capitol School at a Catholic school in the school, Thompson has been in Father Lentini moves from the District, assistant librarian at Bronx before moving to Catholic schools in the Dio- Catholic education her entire chaplain’s office to the princi- Polytech High School and, from Delaware and Holy Cross. cese of Wilmington are wel- career. After a year in Philadel- pal’s chair at 1994-98, librarian and coordina- After teaching third grade, she coming five new principals this phia, she moved to York, Pa., St. Thomas tor of religious education and left to pursue a career as a legal year. where she taught fourth grade at More student council at Holy Cross secretary, but she returned to Sharon Hodges, Good Shep- St. Joseph’s School. She also Preparatory School in Dover. the Dover school as a kinder- herd: Sharon Hodges moves taught kindergarten at St. John in Magnolia Ordained in 2003, he has garten teacher. She then moved from third- Chrysostom in Wallingford, Pa. in a one-year served at St. Ann’s in Wilming- to first grade and also worked grade teacher She and her husband, Greg, interim ton before being assigned to the as an adjunct professor at to principal at live in Wallingford. They have capacity. In school. Delaware State University and Good Shep- two sons, Jim and Tony. Thomp- a letter post- for the Caesar Rodney School herd School son grew up in South Philadel- ed on the Haydee Cruz-Rosario, Holy District’s summer migrant pro- in Perryville, phia and attended St. Monica school web- Cross: Cruz-Rosario is the princi- gram. Md., where Elementary School, Philadelphia Father Lentini site, superin- pal at Holy Cross in Dover, where Rosario, who lives in Magno- she has High School for Girls and Penn tendent of she has been lia, served as the director of reli- worked since State University. She earned her schools Cathy Weaver said assistant prin- gious education at Immaculate 1992. She masters from St. Joseph’s Uni- Father Lentini “is a proven edu- cipal for the Conception Parish in Marydel, also has versity. cator and faith leader, and his past nine Md., in 2001-02, then again served as commitment to St. Thomas years and on went back to Holy Cross as Hodges assistant to Rob Costante, St. Francis de More Preparatory School is well the staff since assistant principal. She has a the principal Sales: Costante returns to his known.” 1985 with the master’s degree in curriculum for the past three years. Hodges, native Mary- Father Lentini, 49, has been exception of and instruction from Delaware who lives in Aberdeen, Md., said land as the the chaplain and a teacher at St. two years. State. she was attracted to the position principal at Thomas More since 2007. He Cruz- She said she was drawn to the because of “my strong desire to St. Francis worked at an investment bank in Rosario, 51, principal’s position by her love see Good Shepherd have the de Sales New York City before entering Cruz-Rosario grew up in and belief in Catholic education, chance to grow.” School in teaching in 1985 in Brooklyn, the Bronx, as well as a desire to “help with A native of Havre de Grace, Salisbury, N.Y. He was there for eight N.Y., and attended St. Pius V the vitality and viability of our Md., Hodges attended the Uni- Md., after years, then moved to Delaware, High School and the College of Catholic schools.” versity of Maryland and graduat- many years ed from Towson University near in teaching Baltimore. She taught first grade and adminis- at Bakerfield Elementary in Costante tration all Aberdeen before becoming a over the stay-at-home mother, then country. Costante, 42, who lives URSULINE ACADEMY returned to teaching at Grace in Salisbury, most recently was Cooperative Nursery School, assistant head of school at Webb also in Aberdeen. School in Knoxville, Tenn. Growth. Values. For Life. The Baltimore native graduat- Diana Thompson, All ed from Loyola High School Saints: Thompson is the first (now Loyola Blakefield) and An accomplished, dedicated faculty provides a personal and principal at Shippensburg University. He nurturing environment to develop tomorrow’s leaders. Students are All Saints earned a graduate degree at Loy- motivated to excel academically; to think, write, and speak critically Catholic ola University in Baltimore. He and creatively while becoming involved in their school and local School in began his teaching career at the community in the spirit of Serviam. Elsmere, the Ridge School in Towson, Md., product of and also has worked at Loyola the merger of Blakefield (twice), Belen Jesuit MIDDLE & UPPER SCHOOL Corpus in Miami, Fla., and Bellarmine Christi, St. College Prep in San Jose, Calif., Girls grades 7-12 Matthew’s as well as Webb. In his career he and St. Cath- has been a teacher, Christian ser- Sunday, November 6 Thompson erine of Siena vice director, guidance coun- 1 pm schools. She selor, director of diversity, dean comes to All Saints from St. of students and assistant head of Monica School in Berwyn, Pa., school. LOWER SCHOOL where she served as principal for Costante cited a desire to the last 11 years. return to Catholic education, to Girls age 3 to grade 6 Thompson said the science, be closer to his extended family technology, engineering and and to become a principal as his Boys age 3 to grade 3 math focus of All Saints, “where reasons for accepting the posi- Sunday, November 13 students will be introduced to tion at St. Francis de Sales. He activities where they will have also noted the commitment he 1 pm many opportunities for hands-on felt from the parents, faculty, learning, has always been part of staff and pastor at the parish. Visit us! Walk-through ADVERTISE IN THE DIALOG’S Ursuline Academy Wednesday every week this Bridal school year! SEPTEMBER 29, 2011 1106 Pennsylvania Avenue Call 302-295-0662 for more information, wilmington, delaware 19806 302.658.7158 or e-mail [email protected]. www.ursuline.org Open House 14 THE DIALOG September 1, 2011 BACK TO SCHOOL School year begins with a renewed sense of mission Behold, I am doing something new (Isa- yet, the work of Catholic education tran- that we are sure to witness something cre- cious work they undertake and the gift that iah, 43-19). scends these changes. ative and life-giving. There will be a “way parents make when they choose a Catholic We stand at the threshold of a new school The education of each student in the light in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.” school for their children. year. A new year is always a grace given. of Christ continues with reverence. Parents, There will be new blessings, new graces, Parishes are working together to spon- Grace is God’s way of breaking in to the life principals, teachers and embrace the new opportunities for learning. sor Catholic schools, as can be seen at All of each and every one of us, and mission of bringing up our young In order to convert the new opportunity Saints Catholic, Christ the Teacher, Most placing a new opportunity in our people with a Catholic school into the blessing that God intends, we need Blessed Sacrament and Our Lady of Fati- hands. education of highest quality. We an attitude of trust and hope. We set our ma schools. New programs in art, science To receive this gift requires continue with the certainty that sights on the goodness of God and his plan and technology abound. Writing and two attitudes: one of letting go “in everything, God works for for us. We do this reading continue to and one of trust and hope. good with those who love him” with confidence be hallmarks. Sum- We need an attitude of letting (Romans 8:28). Every difficult because, as St. Paul An encounter with mer programs, early go of the old. A new year is an situation will be transformed by tells us, “to the saints Christ is central to the childhood programs opportunity to see our life with a God to be a blessing. This is the God has chosen to and extended care new vision, without the regrets, grace of this moment: God is make known the glo- mission of Catholic opportunities are the unhappy memories, the making each and everyone one of rious riches of this flourishing in unfulfilled goals of the past. God us new. mystery, which is schools. response to family offers the grace of this blessed Cathy Each one of us has the ability Christ in you, the needs. High schools moment to forget the past: to make the most of the opportu- hope of glory. We proclaim him.” (Colos- have diversified their course offerings and “Remember not the former Weaver nities which God places before sians 1:25-28). are actively preparing students for success things, nor consider the things of us. With the sure and certain knowledge, that at the university level. Teachers are pursu- old. Behold I am doing a new Students, this is your year to each of us carries Christ within, and that ing advanced training. thing, now it springs forth, do you not per- shine in new learning and new leadership. through the Eucharist we have the opportu- “Behold, I am doing something new.” ceive it? I will make a way in the wilder- Make the most of it. Give your best, apply nity to know and experience him, we can be The future for our schools is unfolding. In ness and rivers in the desert” (Isaiah 43:18- yourself, and look for the ways that God sure that God is bringing us to a place of God’s time, mystery will yield to miracle. 19). invites your learning through service to oth- glory. We may not yet perceive it, yet we In the meantime, Catholic schools will con- There have been many challenges for ers. Do not focus on the disappointments of can trust that it will be. tinue to be a place where the encounter with Catholic schools in the last year. Failures, past years, the missed grade, or the less than What is God doing new with Catholic Jesus Christ is central to the learning, the frustrations and hurts have marked our jour- hoped-for experience. What will you make schools? There is a renewed sense of mis- living and the hope. ney. Schools have closed, programs have of this new school year? sion and ministry for those who lead and Cathy Weaver is superintendent of consolidated, the landscape of Catholic Once we make the decision to be unbur- serve in our schools. Teachers, principals Schools for the Catholic Diocese of Wilm- education is different than a year ago. And dened by former things, God promises us and staff understand more than ever the pre- ington.

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Our Mission Rooted in the Catholic faith, Padua Academy offers young women a transformational college preparatory education, challenging them to live Christ-centered lives of leadership and service. September 1, 2011 THE DIALOG 15 BACK TO SCHOOL Student News Education takes you places. St. E sophomore based in King of Prussia, Pa., entered as the top seed but fell, The to at youth forum 2-1, to a team from California. journey excellence The 5-10 Wiechecki was a on medicine member of two state champi- begins at Sabrina Hackendorn, a ons and a runner-up at Ursu- MAA. sophomore at St. Elizabeth line. She was a first-team all- High School, attended the state selection last season at National Youth Leadership outside hitter. She now plays • Comprehensive curriculum rooted Forum on Medicine at Villano- for Radford University in Vir- in the Gospel of Christ va University in July. The 10- ginia. day forum was designed to • Exposure to the fine arts, introduce high school students French and public speaking to the medical industry. Send information for this During the program, students • Progressive science program column to Student News, in renovated lab learned from professionals The Dialog, P.O. Box 2208, from some of the country’s top Wilmington, DE 19899; fax medical centers and schools. (302) 573-6948; or email For more information, They heard about career [email protected]. Sorry, call 410-398-2206 options, clinical practice, and but due to space limitations 399 Childs Rd., legal and ethical issues in med- Childs, MD 21916 icine. we cannot publish honor- roll or dean’s-list students. [email protected] • PreSchool through Grade 8 • www.MountAviat.org Catholic school grads win scholarships Shannon Brown, a graduate of St. Mark’s High School, and Weston Takata, a graduate of Archmere Academy, were among nine New Castle Coun- ty students named winners of scholarships from Ronald McDonald House Charities. Each of the awards was for $1,000. Fifty college scholarships were awarded throughout the St. Greater Philadelphia region through the RMHC Scholars program. Winners were select- #!4(/,)# s #/ %$ s #/,,%'% 02%0 ed based on academic achieve- E ment, community involvement and financial need. St. E empowers you to St. Paul’s seeks discover your unique gifts alumni’s emails and to reach higher than you WILMINGTON — The St. ever thought possible. Paul’s School Alumni Commit- tee is seeking the email addresses of graduates in an OPEN HOUSE: attempt to compile a mailing list. Information should be sent /CT   s AM PM to [email protected] or toy- [email protected], or called PLACEMENT TEST: in to 654-0271. A reunion is $EC  AT AM  $EC  AT .OON tentatively planned for next April. St. Paul’s School closed in June after more than 125 years of service. Ursuline grad in USA Volleyball final Challenging the Mind. Learn more at: Rachel Wiechecki, who WWW.SEHS.ORG recently graduated from Ursu- line Academy, became the first Inspiring the Spirit. Call the Admissions office: player from Delaware to com- pete in the USA Volleyball 18s 302.656.3369 open division junior national championship match. Her team, the Synergy Volleyball Club 18 Orange, which is 16 THE DIALOG September 1, 2011 BACK TO SCHOOL Catholic schools: Getting more than a glance at Jesus Preparing my two boys for the grabbing the basketball at half- new school year inevitably brings time, dribbling down the court — back memories of how things her black habit flying and rosary were when I was growing up. I’ll beads jangling — and making a leave to others the exaggerations perfect backboard layup as the of walking to school “10 miles crowd leaped from the wobbly uphill both ways” or the frightful bleachers. demeanor of a particular Then there was Sister nun. Helen in third grade, who The overall feeling that Brian asked students to get their I had while attending St. parents to send in “plaid John the Evangelist Caulfield stamps” from the local School in Midtown Man- supermarket so she could hattan was one of love and secu- redeem them for coffeemakers or rity. I knew that my parents cared blenders for the convent. enough to send me and my two There was also red-haired brothers to Catholic school Father Sullivan, the youngest of (which cost very three priests on little in the staff. I was scared 1960s), and the My parents cared stiff one afternoon teachers seemed enough to send when I saw him at to extend that the mailboxes of sense of caring. me and my my apartment In the back of brothers to building. each classroom, Trying to recall there was a large Catholic school if I had done any- picture of a and the teachers thing so bad that a brother and sister priest would be walking to school extended that looking for me, I with a guardian sense of caring. walked slowly angel watching toward him. over them, and He was looking that’s just how I felt going to for the buzzer for the disabled Catholic school. lady on the ground floor whom My wife Maria and I are fortu- we all knew as Little Mary. nate to have found a school I showed him the button to where we live in Connecticut that press, and Little Mary came to reminds us of the ones we attend- the door, limping with her braces, ed. We value a strong Catholic and invited us both in. identity, commitment to sacra- I sat quietly, watching Father mental life, first Friday Mass and Sullivan as he sipped tea, regular confession times. Yet engaged in small talk and laugh- there are some things that are dif- ter, and then placed a stole over ferent today. his neck, took the pyx from his When we were growing up, pocket and gave Communion to nuns filled most of the class- Little Mary. rooms, with long habits sweeping It was one of the holiest the floor and full veils that made moments I have ever known. us wonder if they had any hair, Suddenly I saw that Jesus was save the one or two strands that with us even in the simplest set- sneaked out. tings of an ordinary day. My children’s school might be These are the moments that I unusual since it has two nuns, hope my two boys will experi- one who is the principal and the ence. These are the reasons why, other a teacher, but I still wish despite the significant financial there was a convent with a sacrifices today, we send them to Catholic school only, where they s -IDDLE 3TATES !CCREDITED s #OMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMS vibrant religious community for the parish. may have more than a passing s New !CCELERATED LEVELING FOR ADVANCED s !CADEMIC  !THLETIC EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES Before, during and after school, glance at Jesus passing in their OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL you knew the sisters were there midst. s 3PANISH FOR ALL GRADES s Newly EXPANDED SCIENCE LAB all day for you. Some of the kids s New 3MART "OARDS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL s New INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC PROGRAM in my class would joke about how Caulfield lives in Wallingford, s New MATH PROGRAM s New FACILITY ENHANCEMENTS the sisters weren’t married, but I Conn. 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September 1, 2011 THE DIALOG 17 BACK TO SCHOOL Salesianum School adding a $6 million fitness center Developer’s gift for new building is one of the largest the Oblate school has ever received By Mike Lang scholarship money to Sale- sons have graduated since 1997. Staff reporter sianum, Padua Academy and In addition, Fusco wanted to Ursuline Academy, and he donat- remember John J. Cicchetti, a New Castle developer Anthony ed materials and labor to help 1955 alumnus who worked as a N. Fusco, whose family has long build Padua. project manager for Fusco Enter- been associated with Salesianum The scholarships at Salesianum prises for 38 years. He died in School and with philanthropy in are much appreciated, said Father January. the Wilmington area, has commit- Dalton, whose Plans for the ted $2 million toward the school’s tenure ended June addition were latest capital campaign which will 30. “The Fusco Anthony Fusco announced last be used to help build a new Foundation has has been a October at a din- strength and conditioning center. been giving us ner for current and The gift is among the largest scholarships for scholarship former Sale- Salesianum has ever received, eight years now. benefactor sianum football and the largest of this campaign, Most recently, players. One of said Oblate of St. Francis de Sales we’ve been to Salesianum, the speakers was Father James E. Dalton, who was assigning the Padua Academy Dan Mulvena, a the president of the school when Salesianum scholarship to 1966 graduate and the pledge was made in the A computer rendering of the fitness center to be built at Sale- kids who gradu- and Ursuline business execu- spring. It’s part of the $8 million sianum School. ate from Nativity Academy. tive, who talked to “Taking Hold: The Campaign for fall of 2012. I’ve been lucky.” Prep and who go the alumni about Salesianum,” which gets its name The two-story facility will Fusco was born in Castel Mor- to Salesianum.” giving back. the school’s motto, “Tenui Nec extend 22 feet from the back of rone, Italy, about 35 kilometers Fusco started the foundation Mulvena has pledged Dimittam,” Latin for “I have the school and include weight- (20 miles) north of Naples. His after the death of his wife, $500,000, as has 1958 alumnus taken hold, and I will not let go.” training and cardiovascular equip- parents had been back and forth Catherine. The donation for the Kenneth Mazik. Mulvena said the Of the total, approximately $6 ment and a larger training room. to the before he was fitness center, however, is from center will include a presentation million will be used for the fitness The current wrestling room will born, and they emigrated perma- him, not the foundation. about Salesianum football. center and an overhaul of the be incorporated into the fitness nently when Anthony was an Fusco’s son-in-law, Frank Vas- Salesianum, owned and operat- locker rooms in the basement center, and a new wrestling room infant. In Castel Morrone, there is sallo III, graduated from Sale- ed by the Oblates, enrolls more underneath the gymnasium. The will be installed in the basement. a statue of S. Maria Della Miseri- sianum in 1971, and three grand- than 1,000 boys in grades 9-12. balance will go toward financial Fusco, 81, is the founder of cordia that is venerated by the assistance for students. Fusco Enterprises LLP, a devel- community. A replica of that stat- The school has raised approxi- oper primarily of shopping cen- ue will be in the fitness center. mately 90 percent of the total and ters. The Fusco family settled in Lit- ST. ANTHONY plans to start work on the addition “I’m able to help in my own tle Italy and were parishioners at next March. Construction is way,” he said this past May at his St. Anthony of Padua Church. expected to be complete by the New Castle office. “I feel that Over the years, Fusco has given OF PADUA SCHOOL Valuing Our Past; Embracing Our Future

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September 1, 2011 THE DIALOG 19 VIEWPOINTS Photo meditation Idle worship Celebrating Labor Day when unemployment rate is 9.2 percent

Remember when Labor Day marked the begin- It recognizes that governments and political ning of a quadrennial presidential campaign and institutions are necessary and have a responsibil- Election Day was only eight weeks ity for achieving the “common” good. away? The state does have a role in promoting On this Labor Day, the campaign has the common good by enabling society been under way for months with more to function as a community of citizens. than a year left to endure. It is, in We have seen a failure in this sum- today’s marketing language, super- mer’s debt-ceiling debacle by those sized in the same way as cheeseburg- who do not see that a government is a ers, soda drinks and potato chips. necessity. Those responsible are grad- Remember when Labor Day involved ed “needs improvement” as a record 84 idle worship: a day to celebrate work- percent of Americans disapprove of the ing by not working? job being done by Congress, according Now, it is almost embarrassing to to a nationwide Gallup poll taken in think of such celebrating when the Stephen Kent mid-August. It was followed by one national unemployment rate is 9.2 per- showing President Barack Obama with cent, meaning that 14 million people a 39 percent job approval rating. who are able and willing to work are unable to Consumerism and ecological devastation are find a job. obstacles. The economic market is not capable of The fact that Labor Day 2011 begins the week and is insufficient in achieving the common that will end at the 10th anniversary of the terror- good. ist attacks on the United States might provide This Labor Day does not see the common some spark of hope that the extended campaign good, considering that so many people are suffer- could yield a better ing economic hardships process; provide a full through no fault of their and deeper look at can- According to Catholic social own. Instead, their mis- didates, a serious study fortune is from the of the national problems. teaching, work is more than increasingly apparent Knights of Columbus On Sept. 11, there will failure of a system to be talk of courage — of a means of earning a living; provide for the common the first responders who it is a form of continuing good. lost their lives, far dif- According to Catholic Ten years after ferent from the “political participation in social teaching, work is courage” that is now God’s creation. more than a means of In anticipation of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, required of a politician earning a living; it is a terrorist attacks on the United States, this photo from the Knights at risk for losing his job form of continuing par- of Columbus offers a prayerful remembrance of the day. The by doing the right thing for the nation. ticipation in God’s creation. If the dignity of Knights’ photo comes with Pope Benedict’s prayer from his It is important that there be a proper under- work is to be protected, the basic rights of work- April 2008 visit to the site of Ground Zero in New York City: standing of the common good. It is not the prod- ers must be respected. That includes the right to “God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in uct of compromise, a sort of “the best that we can productive work, to fair and decent wages, to pri- the hearts of all men and women and peace among the nations of do.” vate property and to economic initiative. the earth. Turn to your way of love those whose hearts and minds There are three essential elements of the com- There is nothing contrary to the American are consumed with hatred. mon good as expressed by the Catechism of the dream in this teaching that will be evoked in so “God of understanding, overwhelmed by the magnitude of this . These are: respect for the many Labor Day speeches this year. tragedy, we seek your light and guidance as we confront such human person, social well-being and develop- terrible events. Grant that those who were spared may live so the ment of the group and, thirdly, peace. Kent, now retired, was editor of archdiocesan rest of the lives lost ... may not have been lost in vain. Comfort The common good is not utilitarian in nature; it newspapers in Omaha and Seattle. He can be and console us, strengthen us in hope, and give us the wisdom is not the greatest good for the greatest number contacted at: [email protected] and courage to work tirelessly for a world where true peace and since that can allow for the exclusion of individ- love reign among nations and in the hearts of all.” uals or segments of society. Catholic News Service

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0OF 'BNJMZ *O .JTTJPO A flawed theory of relativity Acts once presumed sinful now regarded as personal preferences READINGS FOR SEPT. 4 In the first reading, Ezekiel is appointed watchman 23RD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME for God’s holy people and instructed to warn the peo- HEY KIDS! (Ezekiel 33:7-9; Romans 13:8-10; ple when they stray from the path of holiness. Should Want to learn more about Matthew 18:15-20) he fail to warn them of their misdeeds, the guilt of their sins will fall upon him. St. Augustine taught that other kids all over the world? In his homily to begin the conclave of cardinals that this duty to warn the faithful is now placed upon all would elect him pope, then-Cardinal Joseph the bishops and priests of the church. The preacher Check out the Ratzinger said that the world was laboring who fulfills this duty is likely to meet a Holy Childhood under a “dictatorship of relativism.” By SUNDAY cool reception in some quarters because of that he meant moral relativism specifical- the relativism in our culture. Nonetheless, Association’s (HCA) ly, the notion that moral truth is subjective, READING as the Holy Father taught in his 2009 website! that is, totally dependent on one’s intention , “Caritas in Veritate” (“Charity and external circumstances. in Truth”), the proclamation of the truth is It features fun downloads, Moral relativism denies that any action an essential way of charity. is always wrong; moral choices are mere Our Lord’s words in today’s Gospel are interesting stories and expressions of one’s feelings about certain similarly in conflict with the spirit of our news from HCA kids behavior. Thus, actions that in previous times. One must believe in objective right generations were condemned as sinful are and wrong in order to have the grounds to all over the world! in our time considered a matter of person- confront another with the injustice of his al preference, above all in the area of sex- behavior; otherwise, it degenerates into a ual morality. contest of wills. Moral relativism puts an Visit www.HCAKids.org! Modernity’s embrace of moral rela- end to moral dialogue since moral judg- (And while you’re there, read my story - Polly Parrot, tivism is not only a rejection of Catholic ATHER OHN ments are only expressions of one’s feel- F J S. ings. the HCA Mascot - by clicking on my picture!) morality, but of the morality of all previous eras. For instance, the hearers of the Apos- GRIMM Our Lord instructs us to do more than tles knew and accepted an objective moral dialogue with others, we are to confront a For more than 160 years, children in this country have made law called the natural law. And they knew brother or sister with his misbehavior if he that they failed to keep it, at least perfectly. As a falls into sin. This can only be done in a way pleasing a ›ŽŠ• ’쎛Ž—ŒŽ in the lives of children in the Missions result, the ancients knew they needed a savior and the to God if it is motivated by charity. Notice that if our by showing them the love of Jesus through their prayers, Apostles’ message was experienced as “Good News.” brother offends us, we are to tell him about it, not But under the influence of moral relativism, modern everyone but him. Even if someone truly wrongs us, œŠŒ›’ęŒŽœ Š— ꗊ—Œ’Š• ‘Ž•™ǯ people are told that there is no objective standard with we must be mindful of not sinning through detraction, which to make moral choices. In this setting, our which is the revealing of our neighbor’s defects to Lord’s message that we must repent sounds strange to others without a just cause. (ATTENTION TEACHERS/PARENTS: some people. They ask: repent from what? Recent As St. Paul in the second reading says: love does no Visit the HCA web page for adults/educators FREE popes have said that the modern world has lost its evil to the neighbor. Paul means even when the neigh- sense of what sin is. Without a sense that we are sin- bor has first done evil to us. All that we do is to be downloadable MISSION EDUCATION MATERIALS.) ners, why do we need a redeemer? done for the sake of charity; when the church is forced Therefore, the church finds itself needing to preach by the sinner’s recalcitrance to “treat him as you www.HCAKids.org the “bad news” that we are sinners in need of for- would a gentile or tax collector,” this is done for a giveness before she can preach the Good News that charitable purpose. The hope is that once made aware www.OneFamilyInMission.org Christ offers us forgiveness. of his injustice he will repent and be healed. Today’s readings presuppose an objective moral order and man’s need for reconciliation with God and Father John S. Grimm is administrator of Holy neighbor for failing to act in accordance with that order. Spirit Parish in New Castle.

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Services Datebook policy Sept. 2, 8:30 p.m.-2 a.m.: Com- munion of reparation all-night To be considered, items must vigil, St. Hedwig Church, 408 S. include the sender's name and Harrison St., Wilmington. Irene, 738- contact information. Send items 1285. to: Datebook, The Dialog, P. O. Sept. 10, 9 a.m.: Mass of Box 2208, Wilmington DE 19899- Remembrance for all buried in the 2208; fax: (302) 573-6948; E-mail cemetery at St. Peter the Apostle [email protected]. Church, Fifth and Harmony streets, Renewal Center, Patriots Glen Golf ••• New Castle. Following Mass, a “Lit- The next issue of tle Angels” monument listing the Club, Elkton, Md. $110, includes names of all babies buried in the lunch, dinner and prizes. Registration The Dialog will be cemetery will be dedicated. from 10:15-11:30 a.m. Tom, (302) Sept. 15. Please submit Check out ... 737-1934; Joe, (610) 755-1529. Sept. 10, noon: Mass for the Sept. 12: Golf tournament to ben- Datebook items by Legion of Mary, Wilmington Curia, Thursday, Sept. 8. Holy Spirit Church, 12 Winder The fall 40 Days for Life will be held Sept. 28-Nov. efit the ministries of the Sisters of St. 6 outside Planned Parenthood, 625 Shipley St., Francis of Philadelphia, Radley Run Road, New Castle. Celebrant: Father Immaculate Heart of Mary School, John Grimm. If you are able to Wilmington. A kickoff for this public prayer vigil for Country Club, West Chester, Pa. $325 per person, $1,200 for a four- 4701 Weldin Road, Wilmington. $15 attend, contact Peg at 994-2154 or the end to abortion will be held Sept. 24 from 9:30 for adults, $8 for children 12 and [email protected] by Sept. 1. a.m.-noon at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, some. www.osfphila.org or (610) 558- 5352. under. Includes a screening of Sept. 11, 2 p.m.: Memorial ser- 4701 Weldin Road, Wilmington. The guest will be “Unplanned.” Julie, (610) 361-1878; vice for 10th anniversary of the Sept. Linda Sidowski of A Door of Hope. She will speak Rae, (302) 731-7692. 11, 2001, attacks, Holy Rosary about “God’s Plan for Sexuality.” Julie, (610) 361-1878; Festivals/Carnivals Sept. 20, 5-7 p.m.: Crab and crab- Church, 3200 Philadelphia Pike, Rae, (302) 731-7692. Sept. 12-17: St. Hedwig Polish- cake dinner, Knights of Columbus Claymont. First responders, politi- American Festival, on the river- council hall, 9901 Coastal Highway, cians, members of armed services, Ocean City, Md. $20, includes crabs Family Church, 15 Gender Road, first three sections of “We Still Hold front, Wilmington. Monday-Thurs- veterans welcome to attend. or crabcakes, corn on the cob, more. Newark. Freewill donations will be These Truths.” Free, but registration day 5:30-10 p.m., Friday Saturday Sept. 11, 2 p.m.: Holy hour for Reserve by Sept. 13. (410) 250-7994. collected to benefit Father Robert is required. 653-8279 or st-poly- 5:30-11 p.m. peace, followed by a Mass of Oct. 1, 3-7 p.m.: Barron’s Word on Fire ministry. To [email protected]. Sept. 15-17: Riverside carnival, Ham and oyster remembrance for 10th anniversary dinner, Holy Angels Parish hall, 82 register, email rgarland@holyfami- Sept. 27, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.: Per- St. Francis de Sales Parish, Salis- of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, St. Possum Park Road, Newark. $20 for lynewark.org or call 368-8976. sonal retreat day, Jesus House bury, Md. Dunking booth, games, Luke’s Church, Coastal Highway adults, $10 for children under 12. $20 Sept. 10, 1 p.m.: Natural family Prayer and Renewal Center, 2501 food, live music, outdoor bingo, and 100th Street, Ocean City, Md. for all takeout orders. Call 731-2431 planning classes, sponsored by the Milltown Road, Wilmington. $25, 50/50. Advance ride tickets available. Sept. 11, 6:30 p.m.: Vespers on or email [email protected]. diocesan Office for Marriage and includes lunch. Edie, 995-6859 or Thursday and Friday, 6-10 p.m.; Sat- the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, urday, 3-11 p.m. (410) 742-6443. 2001, attacks, Holy Angels Church, Family Life, St. Margaret of Scot- [email protected]. 82 Possum Park, Road, Newark. land Church, Frazer Road, Glasgow. Sept. 29, 10:30 a.m.-noon: Book Bingo Stephen, [email protected]. Series of three classes. 295-0657. study on “Waking Up the Day” by Sales Friday, 7 p.m.: St. Elizabeth Ann Oct. 23, 12:15 p.m.: Wedding Sept. 18, 3 p.m.: “Gravy Wars: Paula D’Arcy, Jesus House Prayer Sept. 10, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.: Yard sale Seton Parish hall, 345 Bear-Chris- anniversary Mass celebrated by South Philly Foods, Feuds and and Renewal Center, 2501 Milltown benefiting Emmanuel Dining tiana Road, Bear. $20 for 20-game Bishop Malooly, St. John the Attytudes,” a humorous look at Ital- Road, Wilmington. 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Sept. 19, 6:30-8 p.m.: Classes on ing, shoes, coats, holiday outfits, Heart of Mary in Asbury, N.J., spon- Christian citizenship, presented by tournament, Sussex Pines Coun- sored by St. Peter the Apostle try Club, 22426 Sussex Pines toys, more. Cash only. Free admis- Fundraisers Father Tom Flowers, St. Polycarp sion. www.fsmom.org. Church. $25. Kathy, 322-6277. Church library, Ransom Lane, Road, Georgetown. $100, includes Oct. 22, 8 p.m.: New York on your Sept. 10, 7-11 p.m.: “The Road to Smyrna. Father Flowers will relate dinner. Benefits parish building fund. own, bus leaves Wilmington, at 8 the Tour – A Par Tee for Michael principles of the Founding Fathers to For reservations, Merle, 645-1975. Meals a.m. $45, includes breakfast, snacks Tobiason Jr.,” St. Elizabeth Parish “The Catechism of the Catholic Sept. 12, 10:15 a.m.: Golf outing Sept. 10, 6-9 p.m.: Spaghetti din- and drinks, driver gratuity. Maryann, hall, Cedar Street, Wilmington. 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September 1, 2011 SIGHTS & SOUNDS THE DIALOG 23 Marian pilgrimage Jesuits sell the St. Cuthbert Gospel, Europe’s oldest book, for $14.7 million Oct. 22 to diocese’s By Simon Caldwell answer more of the many Catholic News Service demands on our resources, the shrine in New Castle province trustees have decided to LONDON — The Jesuits sell.” Dialog report have sold the historic St. Cuth- He said that the British bert Gospel — believed the old- Library would ensure that the The biennial diocesan Marian est intact book produced in manuscript was available for Pilgrimage will be held this Europe — to the British Library people from around the world to year on Oct. 22 at the Shrine of for $14.7 million. view either directly or online. Our Lady of Peace at Holy Spir- The British Province of the The Gospel was produced by it Church, 12 Winder Road, agreed to sell monks of Wearmouth-Jarrow in New Castle. the late 7th-century Anglo- northeast England. Traditionally, the diocesan Saxon manuscript to raise funds Funds from the sale will be pilgrimage travels to the Basili- to restore a historic church and used to help fund Jesuit schools ca of the National Shrine of the pay for educational work in Lon- in London and Glasgow, pay Immaculate Conception in don and Glasgow, Scotland. for a new school to be founded Washington, D.C., but the dio- The book, a pocket-size Latin CNS/British Library in and pay for the cese was unable to commit to a translation of the Gospel of St. A page from the 7th-century restoration of the 19th century date at the shrine this year John, was found inside the coffin St. Cuthbert Gospel. Church of St. Peter, Stonyhurst, because of the bankruptcy The Dialog/Don Blake of St. Cuthbert, bishop of Lindis- “It has been our privilege to the parish that serves Stony- process, said Msgr. Joseph Reb- Our Lady of Peace farne, when the saint’s grave was possess this book for nearly 250 hurst College in Lancashire, man, the vicar general and opened in 1104. years,” he said. “Now, in order to England. director of the pilgrimage. Bishop Malooly will celebrate Experts believe the manuscript When the bankruptcy was set- Mass Mass at 4 p.m., followed was placed inside the casket ST.HELENA’S PARISH MISSION tled, it was too late to reserve a by a 5 p.m. candlelight proces- within 10 years of the hermit’s date in Washington. sion to the Our Lady of Peace death in 687. Sunday Sept. 25th to Thurs. Sept. 29th The pilgrimage begins at 1 statue with recitation of the Jesuit Father Kevin Fox, Evening Service at 7PM p.m. with a Holy Hour, a homi- rosary. spokesman for the British s s s ly and Benediction, exposition Pilgrims are responsible for Province of the Society of Jesus, Conducted by Father Donald Miniscalco, C.Ss.R. of the Blessed Sacrament, and their own transportation. Car- announced the sale of the Gospel From the Shrine of St. John Neumann in Philadelphia, Pa. the sacrament of reconciliation. pooling is encouraged. in a statement in July. s s s COME!BRING A FRIEND! BE RENEWED IN YOUR FAITH! .ºž.ºž +;V¯[ +z +;¯z²x 602 Philadelphia Pike (at Washington St. Extension) Wilmington, DE 19809 ºxºx ŒŒ¾;ƒ (302) 764-0325 +;V¯[+;V¯[ +z [²ºzÉ;ƒ .¾ŒV;ÌU .[™º[‰I[¯ ½kU ½Ð–– $Ľċ AlŎ Ս -ÕÄíy²² œĝŔ AÊħy ŋyÊĽy 9²Êy¼AÊlg " ŔĪĝÝ “ĝ¯ĝÌݯĖ“ĵĝ ŌŌŌ÷íííʺ÷Õċ£ ÝÝeŔŔ ! -ċÕ\yđđ²ÕÊ AÊl !Ađđ Aċl²ÊA¼ -yħyċ 2Ľċ»đÕÊ ï/ÕÄAÊ Ľċ²A ²Ê ħ¬y 9Aħ²\AÊò y¼yQċAÊħ ċ÷ ċÄy¼²ÊlÕ ² AíĽAg A AíĽ\¬²Ê ċ²Aċ  Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus AÊl ċ²yÊl Ō¬Õ ¼²ŋyl Ō²ħ¬ -Alċy -²Õ and St. Luke’s Roman Catholic Church Ō²¼¼ Qy ħ¬y ¬ÕIJ¼²đħ÷ ĵeŔŔ -! ¦ ħA¼²AÊ !Ađđ ċ÷ ċÄy¼²ÊlÕ ² AíĽAg Holy Hour: 2PM y¼yQċAÊħ AÊl ¬ÕIJ¼²đħ Mass: 3PM Õ¼¼ÕŌ²Ê£ ÄÕċʲʣ !Ađđ Ō²¼¼ Qy Q¼yđđ²Ê£đ Ō²ħ¬ ċy¼²\đ Ս 0ħ÷ -Alċy -²Õg !Õħ¬yċ -AĽ¼²Êy AÊl ¼yđđyl ¦ !Õħ¬yċ 2yċyđA Ս A¼\ĽħħA÷ ST.LUKE’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH -¼yÊħŎ Ս ÕÕl ÕÕl 9903 COASTAL HWY. AT 100TH STREET -Õċ\¬yħħAg ¬²\»yÊ AċQy\Ľyg 0AĽđA£y I -yííyċđg OCEAN CITY, MD ££í¼AÊħ -AċIJ£²AÊAg !yAħQA¼¼ 0ĽQđg Õħ Õ£đ I AÄQĽċ£yċđg -²ŒŒAg ¼AÄđg ĽÊÊy¼ A»yg Aċl²ÊA¼ -yħyċ 2Ľċ»đÕÊ ħA¼²AÊ :Aħyċ \y÷ Ay -²Õ yAħĽċ²Ê£ ÕÄyÄAly yđđyċħđ Վyyģ AííĽ\\²ÊÕ ¨ LOURDES WATER ¨ yyċ ¬²¼lċyÊĈđ AÄyđ [ ²ŋy ħA¼²AÊ !Ľđ²\ imported from the Grotto of Lourdes in France yċđyŎyċđyŎ ċyđ¬ -ċÕlĽ\y 0ħAÊl especially for the sick /y¼²£²ÕĽđ ċħ²\¼yđ Õċ 0A¼y Ľđyđ Aċy :y¼\ÕÄy‹ SAINT ALPHONSUS CHURCH -¼yAđy í¼AÊ ħÕ \ÕÄy AÊl yʺÕŎ‹ “Baltimore’s Center for Novena Devotions in honor of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal” “Ŕģ“Ŕ /Ay Aħ ĪeĪŔ íÄ Aħ 0ħ÷ !AċŎĈđ 0\¬ÕÕ¼ ċ÷ ċÄy¼²ÊlÕ ² AíĽA AÊl 0ħ÷ -Alċy -²Õ 114 W. Saratoga St. Baltimore, Md. 21201 /Ay ħ²\»yħđ Aċy sĵ“ yA\¬ AÊl Aċy AŋA²¼AQ¼y QŎ (410) 685-6090 \A¼¼²Ê£ ħ¬y íAċ²đ¬ Տ\y÷ '- We will ship anywhere — Call today Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. 24 THE DIALOG September 1, 2011

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