Bishop Baraga Association & Archives NON-PROFIT Quarterly Publication of the Bishop Baraga Association ORGANIZATION Vol. 58, No. 4 n Winter 2007 347 Rock Street U.S. POSTAGE Marquette, MI 49855-4725 PAID PERMIT #35 Marquette, MI 49855 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED 347 Rock St. n Marquette, MI 49855 (906) 227-9117 n email: [email protected] Holy Redeemer Church Eagle Harbor, A Baraga Hymn Michigan Tune: Long Live the Pope Words by Fr. Ted Brodeur Sing out with joy in memory Inside this issue: of Frederic Baraga. He came here many years ago to serve Insight from the Editor.......2 the Chippewa. His care Association News ................3 extended over all in spite of Baraga in Slovenia ..............4 race or creed. He lost no opportunity to search out Arbre Croche .......................6 every need. And fought with Please consider attending Florida Baraga & Knights of Columbus Day - February 17, 2007 Grand River ........................9 all his heart and soul to ban- ish weak man’s greed. LaPointe ............................10 Lives Touched by Lives Touched by Baraga Assinins/L’Anse ......................11 Dear Baraga, for us you spent Bishop long hours deep in prayer. Sault Ste. Marie ................13 Baraga Youth Involved In Learning About Bishop Baraga You brought God’s inmost It is always exciting to see the enthusiasm of the young people when learning about Bishop Baraga. Florida Baraga Days .........14 life to us in this fine land so Several groups have visited the office and we have made efforts to visit many of the Catholic Schools in Lives Touched by Baraga..16 fair. You traveled waters the Upper Peninsula and also the new Bishop Baraga School in Cheboygan, Michigan. calm and wild to reach the In 2005, the youth group of Sacred Heart Church in L’Anse decorated a Christmas tree on the water- front and chose to honor Bishop Baraga by using his image, snowshoes Indian. You blazed a trail and canoes. Young people from Rock, Michigan traveled to spend a straight to men’s souls for day walking in the footsteps of Bishop Baraga. Every January the third God to enter in. grade classes at Fr. Marquette Schools learn about Bishop Baraga and have a Mass to commemorate his death. This year the third grade stu- We can’t forget you in the dents will be taking on the roles of people who knew Bishop Baraga. Sault you stayed with us so They will teach at “Whole Church” to both adults and children about his life. long. You taught the Indian The Baraga Bulletin and white man just how to Thank you to all involved who have helped others learn about (ISSN 1047-5044) is published by Bishop Baraga - especially the young people. The Bishop Baraga Association get along. You struggled hard 347 Rock St. Marquette, MI 49855 n 906-227-9117 against the harm that much (Weekdays 8:30am-4:30pm) injustice wrought. You Executive Director: authored books in Ojibway Bishop James H. Garland e-mail: [email protected] that showed the way God thought. And spread the Editor-Archivist: Miss Elizabeth J. Delene email: [email protected] word of Gospel joy to natives Pride Printing & Mailing Services of Marquette whom you taught. 2 -The Baraga Bulletin — Winter 2007 Winter 2007 — The Baraga Bulletin - 15 I had written my full name on the thoughtfulness behind the gift. bottom and the date in anticipation This summer I had a garage sale and a We Depend on Your Support Note Cards 5 Cards for $6.00 or $1.25 each that he would treasure this gift. I was family not being able to afford a bike I was Coffee Mugs..............................$5.00 10 years old that year. All I remem- selling agreed to wash my windows in burgundy w/ gold ber is him handing it back to me and exchange for the bike. It was a tandem bike telling me the feet were the wrong and they wanted it so that their daughter Hello Friends of Bishop Baraga, Diary of Bishop Baraga I’ve been thinking lately how blessed I color. He would not tell me what color they would be able to ride on the back. She had Soft Cover...............................$20.00 am for the nice letters and Christmas cards should be and I was told to figure it out. some problems with her hips and couldn’t and gifts I receive at Christmas. Sometimes I have never forgotten that a Mallard’s feet petal a bike. A delightful young girl who it is the smallest gift that makes the biggest are orange. I did repaint the feet, and goes to the Shriner’s Hospital for checkups The Snowshoe Priest Booklet impact, or the one that wasn’t expected. Grandpa did have that duck in his office and operations. (Story of the Shrine at L’Anse)...$3.25 I didn’t always feel this way. Every until the day he died. Funny how things work out, my grand- Christmas I put out a duck - yes, a duck, a I had the best gift and nicest surprise this pa Delene was a Shriner. It made me smile Our lapel pins & key chains were Christmas. Cookies left in my mailbox. and remember some special times with him mallard to be exact. It would be too painful designed by Ade Bethine, Terra Sancta to have it out all year, as it is a reminder of Homemade cookies, some varieties that I and my many trips to the Shrine Circus. Guild Art Director. my mistake, but at Christmas it represents to remembered as a child and some that were A reminder to me that we never know me that we are all precious and perfect in new to me, all delicious. Despite the name whose lives we may touch or the memories We Have Lesson our Lord’s eyes. on the package, it took me awhile to figure that may be triggered by our kindness. Pewter Lapel Pins .....................$6.00 Grandpa Clovis Delene loved the out- Love to all of you, Plans for Children doors. He was a Department of Natural out who left them, but when I did I was Elizabeth Pewter Key Chain ...................$10.00 Resources Officer and fished and hunted even more taken by the generosity and and took his spaniels out in the woods most T-Shirts 100% Cotton.............$12.00 How about a Gift every day of his life. My maternal grandfa- Association News (sizes only XL, XXL) ther, whom I usually write about, was soft AVE MARIA Lemont, December 13,2006 Membership?? and easy going, but Grandpa Delene P. 0. Box 608 Leaflets & Prayer Cards “meant business”, (just like Grandma LEMONT, IL 60439 Delene). Oh, he had his soft spots and Available for the Asking Description Quantity Cost Each Total when he fixed himself a bowl of ice cream To: BISHOP BARAGA ASSOCIATION The purpose of the Bishop Baraga with what he called his sauce on top, we Enclosed is the check for $2,920.00 which are the donations for the Association is to promote the cause X = would get a bowl too. But it was getting to Bishop Baraga Association received by Ave Maria Magazine from August for canonizing Bishop Frederic X = that ice cream that could be difficult. At din- 5,2004 until November 30,2006. Baraga as a Saint and to make the X = ner many times we would have wild game The donators are as follows: example of his love of God and or duck, something I didn’t like, but we X = $300: S. Mramor; $200: A. Markosek; $150 R. Staric; $120 F. Hren; service of his neighbor known to were always required to take at least one $100: M. Ravnik, A. Svetek; $80: J. Dolinar, R. Kolaric; $75: Z. Likozar; all people. Please pray for his Sending support for the cause: Sub Total = bite. To make matters worse sometimes $70: J. Berkopec, A. Gregorin; $65:M. Rebemak; $60: H. Fonda, A. cause for Sainthood. Grandpa would tell us it was alligator meat Tisev; $50: M. Hozjan, M. Rems, A. Vogel; $45: A. Babnik, A. Debevc, For prayer request of Shipping (see chart) = or something exotic. Imagine my surprise S. Vidmar; $40: J. Gorican, dr. V Mersol, J. Oberstar, B. Stark; $37; P. Membership Information In Thanksgiving for recently when I saw alligator meat in the Knaus; $30; A. Gregorc A. Hocevar, J. Horvat, A. Tasner, A. Zupanc, F. Membership = supermarket in Marquette! Membership entitles you to Petrich; $25: F. Lovsin, J. Samsa; $20: M. Amigoni, I. Antolin, F. receive the quarterly publication Grandpa shopped separately from In Memory of Total: (U.S. Funds) = Chemas, A. Cigale, R. Drensek, M. Erdani, Ferkul-Grajciar, The Baraga Bulletin Grandma who usually made us our Canadian Christmas gift. I learned early that life was M,Grdadolnik, M. Gregorc, S. Jarem, E. A. Kovacic, F. Kuhel, A. Currency Please ship order to: Malensek, S. Medved, M. Novak, F. Pieman, A. Slak, M. Virant, K. Annual . $10.00 . $15.00 not fair. I never understood why “boys” Life (Individual/Family $50.00 . $79.00 Name would get acres of land while “girls” got Zorjan; $17: M. Celestina; $15: M. Dovic, S. Ferkui (MN), M. Urbancic, (no shipping charge added) things like a stick pin or jasmine perfume for Volcjak, E. Veider; $10:1. Berlec, T. Gerkman, I. Hauptman, A. Ivanetic, Street Christmas from Grandpa. H. Klesin, M. Kraropel, J. Lomshek, M. Pecharich, J. Praprotnik, L. Shipping/Handling Charges I’m not sure why I wanted to please Rozman, M. Skubitz, M. Stariha, M. Tiedman, A. Vegel, A. Vesel, G. Total Amount of Order .