Year: 2010
January 25, 2010
Click here for a PDF copy A few photos from the past week. At left is Bishop Joseph Potocnack with Shirley Daughtery, a teacher at Holy Family School in Holly Springs, Miss. The bishop visited with students at the school prior to attending the province gathering in Belleville, Il. At right is Br. Ben Humpfer Read More…
January 18, 2010
Click here for a PDF copy Provincial’s Time Fr. Tom Cassidy is at Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, Il., this week for the province gathering. January 24-28 he is scheduled to be at a CMSM retreat in San Antonio, Texas. January 30 is Frater Duy Nguyen’s final vows ceremony and February 2-3 are Read More…
January 11, 2010
Click here for a PDF copy Provincial’s Time Fr. Tom Cassidy started the week in Mississippi where took part in the January 10 dedication of Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Robinsonville (see photos at http://scjusa.smugmug.com ). On Wednesday he will be at the wake for Fr. Richard Zelonis, and on Thursday the funeral (details below). Read More…
January 4, 2010
Click here for a PDF copy Provincial’s Time Fr. Tom Cassidy starts the week at St. John’s Cathedral where he will be one of the con-celebrants of the installation Mass of Milwaukee’s new archbishop, Jerome Listecki. On January 10 Fr. Tom will be in Mississippi for the dedication of Good Shepherd Church in Robinsonville. Fr. Read More…
Helping immigrants to feel at home
Helping immigrants feel at home in their new home In 2003, the major superiors of religious communities in the Archdiocese of Toronto began to talk about the possibility of collaborative ministry. Was there something that they could do together? A needs assessment surfaced three areas of particular concern in the archdiocese: youth, seniors and refugees. Read More…
Indonesia to American West
Indonesian SCJ compares reality of the American West to childhood reading As a child, Fr. Christianus Hendrik, SCJ, read books about the American West. Karl May, a German author well-known in Europe for his stories of an Apache chief, was a favorite. Through the books, Fr. Hendrik developed a child’s impression of the West, filled Read More…
1st Indian SCJ reflects on vocation
“These SCJs were a part of my call… I was touched by their spirit” Member of first Indian profession class reflects on his own vocation and the young District of India So what is it like to be a pioneer? “Good,” said Fr. Placido Rebelo, SCJ, though he doesn’t label himself as a pioneer. “I Read More…
“God has been good to me”
“God has been good to me” Retired bishop reflects on his years in South Africa After 36 years in South Africa, the last 17 as bishop of the Diocese of De Aar, Bishop Joseph Potocnak, SCJ (pictured above),is back in the United States for more than just a vacation. He’s doing something he had not Read More…
Hometown Encounter in South Africa
“We realized that we got far more than we bargained for when we casually decided to make a trip to Middelburg to meet an interesting man from my hometown,” wrote Barbara Tedrow. On the suggestion of her mother, Tedrow, a Fulbright Scholar who was teaching and doing research at a university in South Africa, visited Read More…
2010 To the Letter
To the Letter is on hiatus for the first part of 2010.
