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Vol. 22 - No. 25
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October 8, 2016
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A Dance For Special Students
By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – A Special Needs Dance was hosted by the Renaissance Women’s Club to give the special needs students of Manchester a fun event. The dance was open to Regional Day School and inclusive classroom students throughout the district and was sponsored by the Club, the PTA, and district teachers and administrators and was held October 1 at Ridgeway Elementary School. According to Renaissance Women’s Club president Barbara Clark, the school district includes 105 special needs students between its six schools: three elementary, middle, high school and the Regional Day School. Manchester school district superintendent David Trethaway attended alongside the students, Club members, the PTA, and district teachers and administrators.
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By Jennifer Peacock MANCHESTER – With the recent pipe bomb detonation so close to home in Seaside Park, the Manchester Township Council invited police lieutenant James Sharkey to speak about security at Town Hall as well as the entire township. How well are the Manchester Township Police prepared to deal with terrorism? The issue of security has been at the forefront of officials’ minds since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Sharkey told Council and the public at the September 26 Council meeting. “On a general basis, the officers are out there. They’re working every day. They attend a lot of training on a year basis that specializes in these areas, how to detect terrorism, how to respond to dif ferent terrorism-li ke incidents,” Sharkey said. “We do a lot of in-service training here. We’re working with the school system to get ALICE adopted.” ALICE, which stands for “Alert, Lockdown,
–Photos by Jennifer Peacock Valentino Falzarano dances with his sister Bella and mother Kim at the dance for special needs students at Ridgeway Elementary School. Superintendent David Trethaway stands alongside Barbara Clark, president of the Renaissance Women’s Club who sponsored the dance.
Police Softball Champs
–Photo courtesy Manchester Police MANCHESTER – The Township Police softball team clinched the Ocean County South Championship with an 8-7 win over the Brick PBA team recently. Manchester finished with a 19-1 record. The team advanced to Ocean/Monmouth Championship title match-up against Long Branch.
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Citing Priest Retirements, Diocese Explores Sharing Between Churches
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By Courtney McCann year after it began, the Diocese of Trenton’s Faith in our Future initiative is heading into the final turn with its conclusion in sight. The diocese launched the initiative in the Fall of 2015 with the goal of strengthening the parishes in the diocese, exploring new models of leadership and improving the stewardship of the diocese resources. “The general goal is to continue to have a vibrant
Catholic community,” said Reverend Stephen Piga, pastor of St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Toms River. “A lot of priests are retiring and there are not enough new priests. We want to find ways to share resources so that when things get really tight we’ll be able to work together and help each other.” The Faith in Our Future initiative began with each parish establishing a core team to evaluate the parish. In the spring of 2016, those core teams then aligned
with three to five neighboring parishes to form “cohorts” to discuss and propose new ways to align and work together. There are 25 cohorts in all, with 15 made up of parishes in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Parishes have the option to be in several models, including but not limited to: Collaborative – A formal cooperative relationship is formed, with the parishes sharing some staff, developing joint outreach programs, coordinating com-
mon training of catechists and Eucharistic ministers and more. Linked – Two or more parishes share a pastor and do many things collaboratively, such as programs and in-services. Merged – Two or more parishes come together to form a single entity under a new name. Father Vincent Euk of the Church of St. Veronica in Howell is a member of Cohort 14, together with St. (Churches - See Page 5)
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