Holy Cross Province News

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Birthdays13 Alex Steinmiller20 Hugo Esparza-Pérez30 Ken O’Malley31 Pat Brennan

Professions3 Alfonso San Juan15 Jack Conley

Ordination

6 Antonio Curto

October 6 Blessed Isidore DeLoor, C.P. October 9 Blessed Innocent Canoura Arnau, C.P. October 20 (USA) Feast of St. Paul of the Cross, Founder of the Passionists

LOOKING FORWARD...

Updates...• The Provincial Council meets October 9-13, in Dublin, Texas.

• The Leadership meeting will be held October 16 at St. Paul of the Cross Passionist Retreat and Conference Center in Detroit. The ALS and PRCB meetings will also be held at St. Paul’s October 17-19.

• Loretta Ciesielski and Barbara Ayers will visit Sacred Heart Community in Louisville, October 11-13.

• Bob Weiss returned home to Louisville after ten weeks of helping with parish staffing in the Diocese of Nashville.

• Cornelius Dennis, a senior at Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School in Birmingham, Alabama, has been recognized by WBRC FOX 6 News and America’s First Federal Credit Union as a “Rising Star.” Cornelius was baptized by Bob Crossmyer and grew up attending Holy Family Elementary School, beginning with pre-school. Cornelius plans to pursue an engineering degree in college and would like to attend Vanderbilt University. Congratulations Cornelius! The video can be viewed at WBRC’s website.

• Angela Kwasinski attended the annual meeting of the National Catholic Development Conference (NCDC) held in San Diego, California. Angela was part of a panel discussion comprised of development professionals who are responsible for the marketing, execution, administration and stewardship of charitable gift annuities at their organizations.

October 2017

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Abandon all into the hands of God and wait in peace

for whatever happens.

~St. Paul of the Cross

October 20, the Feast of St. Paul of the Cross

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Farewell, Dear Brother...

Cedric Pisegna’s new book, Windows of Wisdom, will be available later this month.

EWTN will air three episodes of Cedric’s show during the first week of January 2018:

• Hunter of Souls: St. Paul of the Cross;• 3 Passionist Saints; and• Mary, Queen of the Universe.

Cedric is also in dialogue with EWTN regarding a “TV Mission” that could air during Lent 2018.

On Monday, September 11, our Passionist community bade farewell to Emmet Linden, who died September 3 in Louisville, Kentucky, at the age of 95. A funeral service was held by the Louisville community at St. Agnes Parish on September 8. Emmet was brought to Chicago for a funeral Mass with his family. He is buried at our Passionist plot in All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines, Illinois. May he rest in peace.

Cedric Pisegna TV Ministry...

Jack Conley and John Schork gave Emmet the final commendation.

Sebastian MacDonald preached the homily/eulogy.

Holy Family Cristo Rey Catholic High School in Birmingham, Alabama, partnered with the Alabama Opportunity Scholarship Fund and Scholarships for Kids to ensure that students are receiving a quality education that fits their individual needs. The state of Alabama allows persons to redirect up to 50% of their states tax dollars towards scholarships for K-12 students. For more information, please visit the school’s website.

Scholarship Opportunities..

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On September 24, the Passionist community of Our Lady of Sorrows in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, welcomed and blessed our students.

There are three Aspirants:• Garry Celestin • Adenald Fleury • Rolph Weslen

There are also two Postulants:• Jean Luc Desrivier• Samuel Joseph

Please continue to pray for these students. The hope is that the postulants will be ready for novitiate in 2018 with Cristo Rey Mexican Passionist Province.

Vocations in Haiti...

Vice-Province of Our Lady of Peace...

(l-r): Hugo Esparza-Pérez, Rolph Weslen, Garry Celestin, Adenald Fleury,

Samuel Joseph, Jean Luc Desrivier and Rick Frechette.

From September 5-8, the Vice-Province of Our Lady of Peace (Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic) conducted its 2nd Congress. Fr. Joachim Rego, C.P., was the Congress President, and convoked the Congress at the morning Mass of September 5. Having been established as a Vice-Province just four years ago, the members gathered to review their progress, elect their leadership and plan for the next four years of community life and ministry.

Jose Ramon Montañez, Vice-Provincial of Our Lady of Peace, extended an invitation to other Major Superiors of the Configuration of Jesus Crucified (to which the Vice-province belongs) to be present for the Congress. Francisco Valadez (Mexico-REG), Robert Joerger (USA-PAUL), Alex Steinmiller (USA-CRUC, substituting for Joe Moons), Francisco Murray (both Configuration President, and representing the new Gethsemane Province-Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil-GETH) and Ribamar Divino Vieira de Souza (Brazil-EXALT), were all present to support the Vice-Province in its deliberations and decisions.

To add some drama to the meeting was the impending arrival of Hurricane Irma, predicted to pass through the area of the Dominican Republic on Wednesday evening, September 6. Fortunately the storm passed beyond the north coast of the Dominican Republic, with only strong winds and heavy rains over the city of Santo Domingo.

As we now know, two weeks after the conclusion of the Congress, having weathered the proximity of Hurricane Irma, the island of Puerto Rico suffered catastrophic damage from hurricane Maria. Jose Ramon Montañez, reported no personal injuries to the members of the Vice-Province, and asks for prayers for the people of Puerto Rico.

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John Schork volunteered to chauffer some of the late Justin Bartoszek’s Family for a visit to the north side. They visited the monastery on Harlem Avenue, All Saints Cemetery, the Provincial Office, Development Office and Korean Martyrs Catholic Church. It was an enjoyable day for the visitors and the visited!

Venturing to the North Side of Chicago...

At Korean Martyr’s Catholic Church to visit Tu-Jin Kim and Don Webber.

(l-r standing): John Schork, Don Webber, Tu-Jin Kim, Ed Bartoszek, Dot Grodek and

Rich Grodek (Ed’s nephew).Sitting: John Sutkowski (Ed’s brother-in-law)

and John’s daughter, Rosann Sutkowski.

A stop for lunch at Lola’s Diner in Park Ridge.

Angela Kwasinski gave a tour of the renovations happening at the

Development Office.

At the Provincial Office where Loretta had the chance to practice her Polish.

The Passionist section at All Saints Cemetery.

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Hello, Old Friend...The weekend of September 29 through October 1, Passionist Alumni gathered at Sacred Heart Monastery in Louisville for a reunion to reconnect, see old friends and former teachers, and make some new friends. A “meet and greet” was held at the hotel on Friday night. On Saturday, everyone gathered at the monastery for lunch and had a great time catching up. Saturday night’s dinner was followed by a raffle and a sing-a-long with Harry Watson. The reunion concluded with Joe Moons celebrating Mass on Sunday morning. Many thanks to Al Maryan and Ray Alonzo for all of their planning and coordinating efforts. It was a great weekend!

After the reunion, several members met to discuss creating a “Circle of Service” of alumni to plan events, regular communications and extend the invitation to other alumni who might be interested in reconnecting with the Passionists.

The Circle of Service meeting was facilitated by Susan Komis.

Joe Moons celebrated Mass on Sunday.

What a fantastic group!Jim Aalen and Rich Padilla getting caught up.

Harry Watson led everyone in a sing-a-long that brought back

some good memories.

A picnic lunch was enjoyed on the grounds of Sacred Heart Monastery.

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FORE!... On September 7, Holy Cross Province held its 2nd annual golf outing at Ruffled Feathers Golf Club in Lemont, Illinois. Approximately 47 golfers participated on a beautiful day. Many thanks to our co-chairs, Frank Keenan and John Schork, and to all of the golfers, sponsors, volunteers, Development Office staff and the staff at Ruf-fled Feathers for making this golf outing a success! We look forward to next year! More pictures are available on our website.

One of the golfers successfully cleared the lake with his tee shot.

Congratulations to all of the award and raffle winners!

Tu-Jin Kim practiced his putting. Dinner was enjoyed by all after a beautiful day on the course.

Frank Keenan blessed the golfers before they headed out onto the course. With

Frank are Angela Kwasinski and John Schork.

(l-r front): Frank Keenan and Jerry Moons.Back: Marianne and Rich Long and Dan Moons.