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A parish reaches out to area immigrants.
8 | Spiritual connection: An artist finds God in his very smallest of souls.
10 | A heart for the poor: A retired caseworker wants to be remembered as someone who cared.
12| Full house: A mother of 11 finds her true vocation.
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When I ventured into a small fine-art studio business with a sculptor in 1994, I had no idea Mother Teresa would be on the horizon, or that she would weave her life with mine for decades to come. But there she was one morning in six-inch style — clay warmed by the sculptor’s hands the night before — Mother Teresa. “In appreciation for Mother Teresa’s devotion to her life’s work,” said sculptor Julie London (who at the time was considering Third Order Franciscan vows). “It’s not for market,” she added, “It came from an evening of contemplative work.” Julie had recently started back into business on Vashon Island near Seattle in 1994. In a prior company years earlier, she was known in gift shops across the nation for miniature sculptures of cats and otters. Having closed that venture, she traveled across the country on a bus, studied the great masters of art, and was currently in active contemplation with the writings of the desert fathers. In the midst of the latter, I met Julie and decided to assist her in miscellaneous ways with her start-up. Julie’s rental-home-studio brought together friendships formed from community-made food and thoughtful theological conversation. Originally constructed as a summer house, winters
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were worn in wool with a wood-stoked fireplace. Julie’s entrepreneurial mission was to produce rare fine-quality art while creating jobs in the United States. We resisted the reality that to keep pace with the gift industry, we would have to go overseas with manufacturing. Julie sculpted, researched materials and engineered molds. She taught me her technique for casting and painting the sculptures. Along the way, I kept office, detail and shipments to customers and designed our simple packaging. As you can imagine, the space was alive with creative attention. Working with our hands was an intentional life-work choice that allowed for laughter as well as focused quietude. In January 1997, Julie needed to make a decision as to the studio’s viability. Working within our stateside framework for production, the option was to close, or not to close. Julie did not want to replicate her sculpture of Mother Teresa, but many had seen the piece and requested to buy it. Julie’s stepfather offered to purchase Julie’s original sculpture of Mother Teresa if it would provide funding for her to finish the piece and offer it to the public. While she did this, I sat in the bay window of the farmhouse where we now worked. In all of my years at the studio, that one afternoon with Julie and her sculpture was
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global cry. Mother Teresa had passed from the earth. Continually, my work was fluid with varietal tasks from printing labels, painting blue stripes, developing content for press releases and tending the books. Meanwhile, we now lived in a world where Mother Teresa was no longer living among us, and yet, she was right there with us. Several months after Mother’s passing, a store owner who had responded to our April 1997 advertisement and had the sculptures
prior to Mother’s death, called us to relay a story from one of her customers, a priest: “There was a priest who drove sisters from their convent to various places for service and tasks. He wanted to give them a gift that they would not give away, and was happy to find Julie’s sculpture. One day, he noticed it was no longer on the mantel at the convent and asked where it was. The sisters said that when they learned Mother was coming to New York City, they wanted to bring her a gift, and brought her the sculpture. ‘What did she say?’ he asked. The sisters responded that Mother Teresa had held the piece; touched its face, and said, ‘Is that really how many wrinkles I have?’” This was grace to Julie and I, whom without this storeowner would have no idea that Mother had seen the piece, or that her response would bear such testimony to its likeness. Another grace in our lives at the studio has been the ongoing kindness of Jim Towey, who I first met near Pittsburgh at a See Artist, Page 22
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one of the most memorable. I would say the most sacred of hours. As I watched Julie extend her arm to that little sculpture, I saw what felt to me could be a face off between two women. After all, Mother’s work is for the poor, and Julie had also worked extensively among the poor in Los Angeles. But now, given the high standard of our work, who would know that behind the scenes we were provisionally at the edge of keeping a roof over our heads and the studio open. Once finished, Julie engineered a mold and cast and painted a few prototypes. Choosing one, she photographed it and designed a small advertisement. She introduced her six-inch sculpture of Mother Teresa in the April 1997 issue of Collector Editions Magazine and the August-September 1997 issue of Inside the Vatican Magazine. The timing was somewhat miraculous. The advertisement was in print when Mother died on Sept. 5, 1997. Though the day transpired in what seemed like slow motion, our phone started ringing with a sound that felt like the tolling bell of a
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I’m not one of the anti-smoking nags always in your grill. You know who I mean — like those silky voices in radio comparing you to heroin addicts. I’m not the self-righteous huff-puffery of politicians that threw you out of restaurants and bars, but now gouge you in taxes to feed their pork list. I’m not the newspaper columnists that point to your second-hand smoke as potentially killing anyone in your informal orbit, while blaming you for every sick kid who misses a day of school. I’m not one of those co-workers who chuckle while you huddle outdoors in mid-winter, as long as you are at least 15 feet from the entrance, or keep you out of any air-conditioned shade in the midAugust sun. I’m not one of those who doesn’t give a hoot about you because I’m far too busy painting you as a public-dollar-sucking pariah who got sick because of your own disgusting habit. Nope. I’m one of you. A fellow traveler for just about 50 years, from mid-teens to mid-60s. I may be off the nicotine now for a couple of years, but I’d never consider myself a non-smoker. I’m just a smoker with a two-pack-a-day habit that doesn’t smoke anymore. No moral superiority here. No puritanical voice fearing that someone is out there having a good time while smoke is in the air. I’m not interested in lecturing, hectoring or demonizing you. Sure, I’ve got my story. My last smoke was just before I boarded the shuttle bus from the motel to the hospital where they took out my larynx. I didn’t give up smoking through an act of will. I gave up during a 10-day hospital-enforced abstinence while learning how to talk by sticking my thumb into the hole they left in my throat. But this isn’t about horror stories.
This isn’t about cancer harum-scarum sermonettes that make you want to avoid anybody in the medical profession. Nope. This is just me. One of the boys who wants to tell you this. If you manage to quit, it will make you feel great. And I’m not talking some personal spiritual fulfillment, or a clear conscience in your community. Forget all of that. Forget all of them. We’ve had enough of their imposed guilt. I’m talking about you, not anybody else. I’m talking about how you will feel. Within weeks, I could not believe how much better I felt once I stopped. I could breathe. I could walk the neighborhood or through the mall. Within a year, even with a hole in my throat, I was doing 45 minutes fast on a treadmill. A year before I couldn’t have gone 45 seconds. Frankly, I could not care less about what the radio voices say about us, the columnists write about us, the saints think about us and our evil ways. I just want you to feel good. It’s been three years since I quit, and lately, in the interest of full disclosure, other age-related (and probably smoking-related) problems have come up. But I wouldn’t trade those three feelgood years for anything. And even now I feel so much better than I did before. That’s all that I wanted to tell you. No lectures. No crocodile tears. No threats. No horrified voices screaming to save the children or make the world safe for indoor bowling. Especially for us long-timers, we get so used to feeling lousy over the years that lousy feels normal. Forget giving up smoking to make others feel good. Forget giving up smoking to save society money or free the world from what you’re allegedly inflicting on everybody. Give up smoking to enjoy yourself. Give up smoking to feel good.
Lockwood is former general manager of the Pittsburgh Catholic and diocesan communications director. Healthy Spirit, Mind & Body 2017
Immigrants aren’t getting health care, so parish brings it to them By GINA CHRISTIAN Catholic News Service NORRISTOWN, Pa. — For immigrants in the country without legal permission, a routine doctor’s visit can be an occasion for panic. Without papers, immigrants fear deportation when they enter the waiting room. Unwilling to take such a risk, they avoid seeking medical attention even in lifethreatening cases. Language barriers that make it difficult to describe their ailments or to understand medical advice, lack of transportation to health care facilities and working long hours at jobs that don’t provide paid time off all add up to many immigrants missing out on vital health care. St. Patrick Parish in Norristown is working to change this situation with help from local clinicians, volunteers — and Our Lady of Guadalupe. After the noon Mass on the first Sunday of each month, the parish hosts a walkin health fair for area residents, many of whom are Mexican immigrants, in the church’s basement hall. Participants receive free screenings for diabetes, tuberculosis, hypertension, eye and dental conditions. Pregnant women can also obtain prenatal vitamins and baby boxes — sturdy, cardboard cribs designed to prevent SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome. The monthly health fair is vital to the local community’s underserved members. See Immigrants, Page 14
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Angelica Italiano and Brighid Imperiale, first-year students at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, screen patients March 5 at St. Patrick Parish’s church hall in Norristown, Pa.
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Drawing Inspiration By DAVID PEGHER (ASSISTED BY KIMBERLY PEGHER) (Reprinted from Healthy Spirit, Mind and Body Magazine 2010.) “Daddeeeee Daddeeeee!” I opened one eye to realize that my charming little redheaded alarm clock was going off too early again. It was 4:53 a.m. I attempted to use her snooze button and leaned back with her on the bed, but it was no use. When a 20-month-old decides that morning has broken, there is little a parent can do. As I paced her dark room, patting her back with the rhythm of a metronome, I remembered a spiritual epiphany I had almost 20 years ago. I was in art school at Carnegie Mellon, fresh from my high school years at Central Catholic. I was helping a class of toddlers during a birthday at Carnegie Mellon’s Children
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School when an exasperated parent handed me her fussing infant, the younger brother of the birthday boy. As the baby calmed and settled in my arms, I realized that within this tiny life was a connection to God and the emotional inspiration for every Pieta I had ever studied. Holding this tiny soul, I felt both calming and healing; a grace that was both physically energizing and spiritually rejuvenating. This peace and inspiration led me to the Children’s Home of Pittsburgh’s Transitional Infant Care Unit, a place where many premature infants received care prior to going home. It started one of my careers as an artist dedicated to drawing infants. Thinking back, it was not always easy to imagine that these fragile children connected to pumps and beeping monitors would be a source of spiritual epiphany for anyone. Through my sketch pad and artist’s lens, I saw the healing
spiritual power of these most precarious neonates. It was an occurrence I was most blessed to witness over and over again. I began to sketch these tiny babies, focusing on the face of God, so visible in these tiny hands, clinging to life. As I shared my drawings with the families, caregivers and family members began to notice an increase in the bond between mother and child. It was said that my sketches created the first image the parents could share with family and friends. At the time, I was given credit for such healing words. Although I will not deny the power of parental pride, what I witnessed was not my doing. Every mother I saw, no matter the severity of her child’s illness, already had that spiritual connection and healing that comes from the extraordinary strength of loving one’s own child. If anything, my artwork simply reflected what was already there: God’s healing power and ever-present love for all
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“Thinking back, it was not always easy to imagine that these fragile children connected to pumps and beeping monitors would be a source of spiritual epiphany for anyone. Through my sketch pad creatures great and small. It still teaches me today. The healing of mind, body and soul come in those everyday experiences of love; the smile of a co-worker, the bouncing excitement of my 6-year-old son, the shared laughter with my wife and, yes, even the early call to greet the
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sunrise with my 20-month-old in footie pajamas.
The Peghers are teachers in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Their son, Jacob, will soon turn 14, and their daughter, Mia, the“charming little redheaded alarm clock,” is 9.
and artist’s lens, I saw the healing spiritual power of these most precarious neonates.” Pittsburgh Catholic Magazine 9
Former caseworker reminded co-workers that God always hears the cry of the poor By FRANK T. BALESTRIERI (Reprinted from the 2014 Healthy Spirit, Mind and Body Pittsburgh Catholic Magazine.) Last May, I was able to retire from my job as a caseworker for the state Department of Public Welfare. What may sound strange to many is that for more than 25 years I loved my job. When I started my career, I really had no idea what it involved. For the first year, my caseload would increase until I received a full load — about 135 cases. As a caseworker I was responsible to review eligibility of my clients for the various programs — cash assistance, food stamps and selected medical programs were reviewed every six months. Most interviews were completed in the client’s homes. This one-on-one aspect of the job is what I enjoyed the most. I tried to remember my previous interviews with the clients. They may have mentioned a child had been doing something at their school. When I talked to them at a later time, I might ask about the child. I wanted my clients to know I thought of them as individuals and not numbers in the system. My clients knew my car. My field day in the Glen-Hazel projects area was always Wednesday. If my client wanted to see me, they would flag me down to ask me questions or give me some paperwork that I needed. I realized that you had more cooperation when you treat people with respect. In those early years, we had no computers. All information needed was acquired by interviewing the client. We had to be able to relate to our clients. They depended on the worker for most information about various programs. Although we were not social workers, we did provide some social work. As the years went by, the department changed. Computers came into the
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“The clients were being treated more like objects than people. Work was backing up. I hated treating people this way.” workplace. In theory, it sounds good. However, in government, we received items that were the lowest bid. As time went on much of the eligibility determination was done by the computer programs, but the problem was the programs were not always correct. Also, if the wrong code was entered, a wrong decision would result. As the department lost more seasoned workers, the new workers just relied on the computer. We began to become impersonal. With the economy going down, our work force was reduced. The sad reality was when more of the population was in need of us — there were less of us on staff. Caseloads were becoming 400-500 cases. Harrisburg was concerned only with statistics. No one at the top really cares about the poor. The entire focus of the job was changing. We were to get our “stats” in order. Call centers were set up to handle some of what we usually completed. The one-on-one part of the job began changing. Clients were not assigned to workers. The clients were being treated more like objects than people. Work was backing up. Applications were taking more than 30 days to be resolved. I hated treating people this way. I hated going to the office. I started being miserable to be around at work. I had trouble sleeping at night and would be sick many mornings. I was not able to adjust to this new direction of the job. At the advice of one of my managers, Jill Pajaek, I took a temporary assignment with the program LIHEAP. I was re-energized. We worked on the
federal heating program. Our emphasis was helping the clients become eligible for the program. I worked as a customer representative for three years. I worked the program for about six to nine months per year. As Matthew Kelly states in his book “Rediscover Catholicism,” all honest work can be transferred into prayer and offered up to God. This is what I started to do. When I would return to my district office, I was now a customer rep. Although some supervisors and managers would mention I spent too much time with the clients, I did not change. I explained I would not push the client away until they knew I did my best for them. When I would hear a fellow worker show a lack of caring, I would tell them “God hears the cry of the poor.” Often if I was having a bad day, I would close my eyes and use a prayer we used at St. Paul of the Cross Retreat Center — “Let Go and Let God.” This got me to my retirement date. About a month before my retirement, I ran into a former client. I had been her caseworker at the start of my career. I remembered her name and asked about her mother and sister. She was surprised I remembered all this information. But she told me that I always treated them as people and seemed to care. That is how I wanted to be remembered — someone who cared.
Balestrieri is a member of Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood. Healthy Spirit, Mind & Body 2017
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Catholic mom sees her 11 children as greatest Mother’s Day gift By CHAZ MUTH Catholic News Service
from 19 to 1, include Ray, Josie, Brady, Sean, Evan, Bennett, Mary, Finn, Charlotte, Sloane and John Paul. Managing a family this size requires organization, energy, sacrifice, patience and above all, unconditional love, Ryan told CNS. “Amy is a natural,” he said. “It’s her calling. It’s her gift from God.” Motherhood is also her vocation. Though Amy doesn’t necessarily equate her role as mother to that of a priest or nun, the church does. Pope Francis has repeatedly touted the role of mothers during his papacy, saying it’s often moms who nourish the religious strength in their children. The pope’s statement is evident in the Laddbush household, where Amy guarantees the church is the central force in their family.
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BOWIE, Md. — Mother’s Day greeted Amy Laddbush of Bowie with plentiful sounds as her husband and 11 children clamor to express their appreciation for her vital service to their big Catholic family. On a typical day, the Laddbushes’ modest home has a familiar hum of energetic children bustling about, and Mother’s Day always promises to have more exuberant reverberations. “Yes, we have a lot of children and they do understand there is something special about their mother,” said Ryan Laddbush, Amy’s husband of nearly 20 years. “It’ll be a day for the family. That’s what makes my wife happy, time with her family. That’s how we show her how much she means to all of us.”
The days of the distinctive big Catholic family has been waning during the past decades, but the home-schooling Laddbush brood is proof that it hasn’t completely disappeared. Amy and Ryan Laddbush met as undergrads at Towson University in Towson, Maryland, and when they wed they knew they wanted children — but 11? “No, this isn’t what I envisioned when I was dreaming about what my life was going to be like, but I’m not sure I really had a clear vision of what God had in store for me,” Amy told Catholic News Service during an interview at her home. “When I was pregnant with our seventh child it occurred to me, ‘oh, we’re just one of those big Catholic families now.’ It’s what we’re meant to do.” The Laddbush children, who range in age
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Amy Laddbush holds her son, John Paul, the youngest of her 11 children, during a quiet moment March 6 in her Maryland home.
The children are educated in a Catholic home-school curriculum. Prayers and Bible readings precede all daily lessons and school work in the home, several of the Laddbush children swim on a Catholic home-school team, they go to religious education classes at a local Catholic school and attend Mass at least twice a week — and sometimes more. Msgr. Charles J. Parry, pastor of the Laddbush family’s parish, Sacred Heart Church in Bowie, told CNS the church depends on parents to plant the seeds of the faith as they raise their children. Amy believes the church is helping her raise virtuous and responsible citizens. “It’s our job to raise these children to be good and kind people,” she said. “Having the church as our spiritual and moral guide is so important.” For as much as Ryan credits Amy for her skills as a mother, she credits her husband for providing her with the support needed to raise 11 children. In addition to being the sole income provider for the family, Amy says Ryan is a full partner in household chores, assisting in home-school lessons and teaching the faith to their children. “We both have our strengths and our weaknesses, but we really compliment each other in our role as parents,” she said. “I can’t imagine doing this without him.” The two also rely on extended family for help, who have watched their children throughout the years when they’ve needed
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time to themselves. Once a week, the couple goes grocery shopping together and sometimes stops for an inexpensive dinner for two. “We consider that our date night,” Amy said with a laugh. “I know some people might find that to be funny, but we really cherish that time together.” To be good parents, they have to be a strong couple, which requires attention to their relationship, both Amy and Ryan agreed. The Laddbushes recognize their large family sometimes draws attention when they are out in public. Occasionally they are asked if all the children are theirs — and a host of other questions. “People often ask me how can we afford all of these children and I usually tell them we can’t,” Amy said. Ryan later said the family does manage to stay afloat financially by being frugal and not living beyond their means. “Our family is the most important thing in our lives and we really don’t need much more,” he said, adding they commonly forgo expensive vacations, distant travels and restaurants. “Ultimately, I think this kind of life is teaching our children the most valuable lessons.” So, are there any more children in store for Amy and Ryan Laddbush, who are both 40? Amy insists that only God knows the answer to that question, but she is partial to the number 12.
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“The people who come here have total and complete trust in the priests,” said Father Gus Puleo, pastor of St. Patrick Parish and an adjunct professor of Spanish at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. “They always come to me with concerns about immigration and medical matters. I think this trust is due to Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is a major force in the Mexican community. We work with her.” The parish also works with area medical practitioners who train leaders within the community as “promotores de la salud,” or “health promoters.” The promotores receive a year of “education and practical training in health and nursing care,” Father Puleo told CatholicPhilly.com, the news website of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. “They come from the community, and they take ownership of this program.” Because they are community members, fluent in both the language
and the culture of those they assist, the promotores serve as critical links between the program’s clients and health care services. “Having this here in the church is more confidential, more calming, more convenient,” Carla, a parishioner, said after the most recent health fair at St. Patrick’s April 2. “It’s very necessary to have these services for the Spanish community.” Prenatal care is key among those services. In 2014, Father Puleo buried five infants who died because of a lack of proper medical attention, and he was determined not to bury any more. “When I started this program here, I had to learn about pregnancy through scientific research, and I have a better understanding of it now than most biological fathers do,” he said. Throughout the summer of 2014, he announced the program to his parishioners, and in October 2014, the first screening session was held. To implement the program in his parish, Father Puleo coordinated with Mercy
Sister Ann O’Connell and Jesuit Father Peter Clark, director of the Institute of Clinical Bioethics and a professor of medical ethics at St. Joseph’s University. Based on health care models he observed in the Dominican Republic, Father Clark had already instituted similar programs for the Nigerian and Frenchspeaking West African communities at St. Cyprian Parish in West Philadelphia. His team partnered with nearby Mercy Catholic Medical Center, and Sister O’Connell, a retired vice president of mission for what is now Suburban Community Hospital in Norristown, suggested extending the program to the Mexican community in central Montgomery County. The program has already saved lives. A stroke patient who came to the March clinic was referred immediately to the hospital by a resident helping at the clinic. In another case an ambulance was called to take a man whose eye was hemorrhaging to the hospital, said Father Clark. “These men were both See Immigrants, Page 22
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Below is a listing of parish festivals and charity golf outings submitted to the Pittsburgh Catholic. Festivals listed below are occurring throughout the six-county diocese from May through October.
Wednesday-Saturday, June 21-24, 6-10 p.m., 81 S. 13th St.
St. Thomas More, Bethel Park
“More Fest,” Wednesday-Saturday, June 21-24, 6-10 p.m. (6-11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday), parish campus, 126 Fort Couch Road.
MAY St. Bernard, Mount Lebanon
Corpus Christi, McKeesport
“May Mart,” Friday and Saturday, May 19-20 (bingo on Wednesday, May 17), 6-10 p.m., 311 Washington Road.
St. Teresa of Avila, Perrysville
Food truck festival, Sunday, May 21, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 1000 Avila Court. For information, visit www.avilaparish.org.
St. Elizabeth, Pleasant Hills
Monday-Saturday, May 22-27, 6-10:30 p.m., 1 Grove Place. A huge white elephant sale, from 6-9 p.m., with pre-sale on Sunday, May 21, from 1-3 p.m. Admission for pre-sale is $5.
Holy Trinity, West Mifflin
Car show, Tuesdays, May 23, June 20, July 18, Aug. 22 and Sept. 19, 5:30 p.m.dusk, Holy Trinity Parish hall and parking lot, 529 Grant Avenue Extension. Entry fee for cars in show is $5 per vehicle, and includes a goodie bag for first 50 cars. Show is free to spectators. For information, call 412-414-4919.
St. Ursula, Allison Park
Memorial Day Monday, May 29-Saturday, June 3, 6:30-10:30 p.m., parking lot and parish campus, 3937 Kirk Ave.
Our Lady of Grace, Scott Township
“Pentecost Sacred Arts Festival,” Wednesday, May 31, 6-9 p.m., Thursday and Friday, June 1-2, 3-9 p.m., Saturday, June 3, 1-9 p.m., Sunday, June 4 (Pentecost Sunday), 9 a.m.-3 p.m. parish’s Keefer Hall, 310 Kane Blvd. For more information, call Josette Baker at 412-279-7070.
JUNE St. Stephen, Hazelwood Third annual “Communal Celebration of the African Joy Mass of the Holy Spirit,” Saturday, June 3, starting with Mass at 4 p.m., 5115 Second Ave. Music provided by the St. Benedict the Moor Heritage Choir
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from Pittsburgh’s Hill District. Celebration also includes music, dance and taste of foods from Africa. Suggested donation for food is $5. For more information, call Diana James at 412-780-7894, or e-mail africanjoymassoftheholyspirit@gmail.com.
St. Margaret, Green Tree
Wednesday-Saturday, June 7-10, 6-10 p.m. (6-11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday), parish grounds, 310 Mansfield Ave.
St. Rosalia, Greenfield
Thursday-Saturday, June 8-10, 6-10 p.m. (5-10:30 p.m. on Saturday), 411 Greenfield Ave.
Most Holy Name, Troy Hill
Saturday, June 10, 8 a.m.-9 p.m., Sunday, June 11, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
St. Anne, Castle Shannon
Monday-Saturday, June 12-17, 7-11 p.m. (dinners from 5-7 p.m.), 4040 Willow Ave.
St. Mary of the Assumption, Glenshaw
Thursday-Saturday, June 15-17, 6-10:30 p.m. (5-10:30 p.m. on Saturday), 2510 Middle Road. Mass with polka music on Saturday at 4 p.m.
St. Maurice, Forest Hills
Thursday, June 15, 7-10:30 p.m., Friday, June 16, 7-11 p.m., Saturday, June 17, 6 p.m.midnight (dinners from 4:30-7:30 p.m.), 2001 Ardmore Blvd. For information, visit www.stmauriceparish.org.
John F. Kennedy Catholic School/ Immaculate Conception Parish, Washington
Wednesday-Saturday, June 21-24, 6-10 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, June 22-24, 6-10 p.m. (5-10 p.m. on Saturday), 803 Market St. New this year is a Mass with polka music at 4 p.m. on Saturday at Corpus Christi Church, 2515 Versailles Ave. Following Mass, there will be dancing and entertainment on festival grounds from 6-8 p.m., with Jack Tady and his JTB Polka Band.
St. Gregory, Zelienople
“Lawn Fete,” Thursday, June 22, 7-10 p.m., Friday, June 23, 7-11 p.m., Saturday, June 24, 6-11 p.m., 2 W. Beaver St. Rummage sale in Bergman Events Center, opening at noon on Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. on Saturday. For information visit www.stgreglawnfete.com.
St. Pamphilus, Beechview
Thursday-Saturday, June 22-24, 7-10:30 p.m., 1000 Tropical Ave.
St. Therese of Lisieux, Munhall
Thursday-Sunday, June 22-25, starting at 6 p.m on Thursday and Friday, and 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, 1 St. Therese Court.
St. Thomas A Becket, Jefferson Hills
Thursday-Saturday, June 22-24, 6-11 p.m., 139 Gill Hall Road. Variety of fun, food and entertainment planned.
JULY St. Angela Merici, White Oak Thursday-Saturday, July 6-8, 6-10 p.m., 1640 Fawcett Ave.
St. Jude, Wilmerding
Thursday-Saturday, July 6-8, 6-10 p.m. (food served beginning at 5:30 p.m.), 405 Westinghouse Ave.
St. Sebastian, Ross Township
Monday-Saturday, July 10-15, 6:30-10 See Festivals, Page 16
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St. John the Baptist, Plum Borough
Wednesday-Saturday, July 12-15, 7-10 p.m. (7-10:30 p.m. on Friday, 5-10:30 p.m. on Saturday, with food served starting at 6 p.m., except on Saturday, starting at 5 p.m.), 444 St. John St.
Our Lady of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Natrona Heights
Wednesday-Saturday, July 13-15, 6-10:30 p.m. (5-10:30 p.m. on Saturday), school grounds, 800 Montana Ave.
St. Joseph, Coraopolis
Thursday-Saturday, July 13-15, 1304 Fourth Ave.
SS. Simon and Jude, Scott Township
Thursday-Saturday, July 13-15, 6 p.m., Parish Life Center (old school) and grounds, 1607 Greentree Road. For more information, visit www.facebook.com/ ssjfestival.
St. Christopher, Prospect
Friday, July 14, 4-10 p.m., Saturday, July 15, 5-10 p.m. Outdoor Mass on Saturday at 4 p.m. with music by the Prospect Chime Choir.
St. Damien of Molokai, Monongahela
Friday-Saturday, July 14-15, 5-11 p.m., parish park located at First and Main streets. Admission and parking are free.
All Saints, Etna
Wednesday-Saturday, July 19-22, stands open at 6:30 p.m. (dinners from 5-7 p.m.), 19 Wilson St.
Holy Apostles, Baldwin
Wednesday-Saturday, July 19-22, 6:30-11 p.m. (dinners, 4-6:30 p.m. on weekdays, 5-7:30 p.m. on Saturday), St. Albert the Great Church grounds, 3198 Schieck St. (near Churchview Ave.). Off-street parking available. For more information, call 412884-7744.
St. Robert Bellarmine, East McKeesport
Thursday-Saturday, July 20-22, 6:30-10 p.m. (5:30-10 p.m. on Saturday), parish’s upper lot, 1313 Fifth Ave. Special reunion Mass for former and current parishioners, school alumni and friends, Saturday at 4 p.m.
St. Athanasius, West View
Flea market, Saturday, July 22, 8 a.m.2 p.m. Festival, Thursday-Saturday, July 27-29, 6-10 p.m., (dinner 5-7 p.m.), parish
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parking lot, 7 Chalfonte Ave. Mass on Saturday at 4 p.m.
Borough site, 3210 Liberty Way.
Thursday-Saturday, July 27-29, opens at 7 p.m. (dinners served starting at 4 p.m.), 2021 S. Braddock Ave. Parking is available in Noble Street lot.
Sunday, Aug. 6, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. (dinner from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.), old school grounds, 821 Herman Road (Butler). Shuttle bus available from local fire hall to picnic grounds.
Madonna del Castello, Swissvale
St. Agnes Parish & School, West Mifflin
Friday-Sunday, July 28-30, 5-10 p.m. (1-10 p.m. on Sunday), school grounds, 653 St. Agnes Lane. Sunday, fireworks at 9 p.m.
AUGUST St. Alexis, Wexford Wednesday-Saturday, Aug. 2-5, 10090 Old Perry Highway.
Holy Redeemer, Ellwood City
Wednesday-Saturday, Aug. 2-5, 6-10 p.m. (food available starting at 4 p.m.), 311 Crescent Ave. For information, call 724-758-4411.
St. Valentine, Bethel Park
Wednesday-Saturday, Aug. 2-5, 6-10 p.m. (dinners start at 5 p.m.), 2710 Ohio St. On Saturday, there will be a Mass with polka music provided by Ray Jay and the Carousels, who will also perform at the festival on Saturday night.
St. Vitus, New Castle
Wednesday-Saturday, Aug. 2-5, starting at 6 p.m., 910 S. Mercer St. Fireworks by Protechnico on Saturday at 10:30 p.m.
St. Bernadette, Monroeville
Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 3-5, 6-11 p.m. (6-10 p.m. on Thursday), 245 Azalea Drive.
St. Mark, Liberty Borough
Thursday-Saturday, Aug. 3-5, 6-11 p.m. (5-11 p.m. on Saturday), parish’s Liberty
St. Mary of the Assumption, Herman
Holy Trinity, Robinson Township
Wednesday-Saturday, Aug. 9-12, 6-11 p.m. nightly, 5718 Steubenville Pike.
St. Raphael, Morningside
Thursday-Sunday, Aug. 10-13, 1154 Chislett St. Begins Thursday with grand parade at 6 p.m. and continues nightly. Sunday will be St. Rocco Feast Day celebration, beginning with Mass in Italian at 4 p.m., followed by neighborhood procession with St. Rocco statue and brass band. For more information, call 412-661-3100.
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Carnegie
“SEAS Summerfest ‘17,” ThursdaySaturday, Aug. 10-12, 5-10 p.m., 330 Third Ave. For information, visit www. SEAScarnegie.org.
St. Ferdinand, Cranberry Township
Friday, Aug. 11, 6-11 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 12, 5-11 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 13, 4-9 p.m., parish grounds, 2535 Rochester Road. For more information, and updated information, visit www.stferd.org, or call 724-776-2888.
Our Lady of Joy, Holiday Park
Friday and Saturday, Aug. 11-12, 5-10 p.m., church parking lot and hall, 2000 O’Block Road (Plum Borough). Mass on Saturday at 4 p.m.
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Holy Sepulcher, Glade Mills Sunday, Aug. 13, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. (flea market and bake sale open at 8 a.m., all other attractions open at 11 a.m.), 1304 E. Cruikshank Road (Buter).
Our Lady of Grace, Scott Township
Monday-Saturday, Aug. 14-19, starts at 7 p.m. (dinners from 4-6:30 p.m.), school parking lot, 1734 Bower Hill Road.
St. Francis of Assisi, Finleyville
Parish picnic, Sunday, Aug. 20, 1 p.m.dark, parish grounds, 3609 Washington Ave.
St. Sylvester, Brentwood
Kick-off spaghetti dinner, Aug. 20, 2-6 p.m., church hall. Festival, MondaySaturday, Aug. 21-26, 7-10 p.m. (7-11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday), 3754 Brownsville Road.
St. Teresa of Avila, Perrysville
Kick-off flea market, Saturday, Aug. 19, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Festival, Monday-Saturday, Aug. 21-26, 6-10 p.m. (6-11 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, dinners nightly from 4:307:30 p.m.), 1000 Avila Court.
GOLF OUTINGS Below is a listing of charity golf outings submitted to the Pittsburgh Catholic.
MAY SS. Peter and Paul School Drive with the Saints Friday, May 12, Beaver Valley Golf Club, 10 Darlington Road, Beaver Falls (www. beavervalleygc.com). Four-man scramble, with registration at 8 a.m. and tee-off at 9 a.m. Cost is $100 per golfer, and includes 18 holes with cart, prize holes and food and drink at crossroads. Corporate golfer is $600, and includes 18 holes of golf for four people, with cart, and hole dedicated in your honor. Proceeds benefit SS. Peter and Paul School in Beaver, with proceeds representing a significant portion of PTG’s budget. For information, call Jim Masterson
at 412-736-4804, or e-mail jmasterson@ ardex.com.
Seton-LaSalle 27th Annual Rebel Classic
Monday, May 15, South Hills Country Club, 4305 Brownsville Road, Whitehall (www.southhillscc.org). Schedule of events: 7:30 a.m. registration, hot breakfast, practice tee and green open; 9 a.m. shotgun, scramble format start; 1:30 p.m. 19th hole open; 2 p.m. lunch (casual attire), with prizes and raffle drawing. Outing includes welcome Bloody Mary bar, Leaf & Bean cigars, Yeti Barrel cooler filled with craft beers, putting contest, hole-in-one contest, skill prizes, golf course foursome raffles and more. Cost is $275 for individuals, $1,000 for foursome, and $1,200 for corporate foursome, and includes 18 holes of golf, carts, locker See Golf Outings, Page 18
Good Samaritan, Ambridge
Thursday-Sunday (Labor Day weekend), Aug. 31-Sept. 3, 725 Glenwood Ave.
SEPTEMBER St. Alphonsus, Wexford Friday, Sept. 8, 5K Twilight Run/Walk in North Park, with one-mile kids fun run starting at 6 p.m., and 5K starting at 6:30 p.m. Harvest Home Festival, Saturday, Sept. 9, 6-8 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 10, 1-6:30 p.m., 201 Church Road. Harvest home dinner on Sunday.
St. Camillus, Neshannock Township
Craft and food festival, Saturday, Sept. 9, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 314 W. Englewood Ave. (New Castle).
Word of God, Swissvale
Oktoberfest, Saturday, Sept. 16, 7 p.m., 7446 McClure Ave.
St. Joseph, Cabot
Sunday, Sept. 10, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., 315 Stoney Hollow Road.
St. Michael, Butler
“Festa Italia,” Saturday, Sept. 23, noon-9 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 24, noon-6 p.m., 432 Center Ave.
OCTOBER St. Malachy, Kennedy Township Nationality festival, Thursday, Oct. 5, 4-10 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 6, 4-11 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7, 2-10 p.m., 343 Forest Grove Road.
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room privileges, hot breakfast, goody bag, on-course beverage carts, buffet lunch, professional foursome photo. Proceeds benefit Seton-LaSalle Catholic High School. To register, visit www.slshs.org.
St. Rosalia 7th Annual Golf Outing
Saturday, May 20, Meadowink Golf Course, 4076 Bulltown Road, Murrysville (www.meadowinkgolf.com). Registration is at noon. Cost is $100 per golfer. Proceeds benefit St. Rosalia Athletic Association. To register, e-mail Jim Deasy at jedgos7@ gmail.com.
10th Annual JFK Golf Classic
Monday, May 22, Nemacolin Country Club, 3100 National Pike, Beallsville (nemacolin.org). Regular scramble (except Par 3s). Registration and lunch start at 11:30 a.m., with tee time at 1 p.m. Dinner begins at approximately 6 p.m. at the Nemacolin Country Club. Cost is $150 per ticket, and includes golf, boxed lunch and dinner. Dinner-only is $35. Foursome not needed to participate, single golfers can be paired up. Proceeds benefit JFK Catholic School. For information, call 724-225-1680, or visit www.jfkcatholic.com.
Tina Kokel Memorial Golf Outing & Dinner
Monday, May 22, Montour Heights Country Club, 1491 Coraopolis Heights Road, Coraopolis (www.montourheightscc. com). Four-person scramble format. Schedule: registration, 10:30 a.m.; shotgun start, noon; arrival for dinner, 5 p.m. Cost is $175 per golfer, and includes green fees, cart rental, deli lunch, driving range, skill prizes and dinner. Dinner only is $50. The Tina Kokel Memorial Scholarship
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Thursday, May 25, Lake Arthur Golf Club, 255 Isle Road, Butler (www.lakearthur. com). Scramble format. Schedule: 7:30 p.m. registration with coffee and doughnuts; 8:45 a.m. opening prayer and rules; 9 a.m. shotgun start; 2:30 p.m. putting contest; 3 p.m. pig roast dinner and awards. Each team will play with a junior player (grades 3-12) at no additional cost, as fifth person in a scramble format. Players can invite a junior to join their team, or one could be assigned. Variety of prizes, including team prizes, longest putt, putting contest and more. Cost is $360 for fourteam members, and includes green fees, cart, lunch, pig roast dinner and chance at prizes. Dinner-only option is available. Proceeds benefit Butler Catholic School. For more information, call 724-285-4276, visit www.butlercatholic.org, or e-mail bcsgolfouting@aol.com.
JUNE 23rd Annual Holy Rosary Golf Invitational Sunday, June 4, Quicksilver Golf Club, 2000 Quicksilver Road, Midway (www. quicksilvergolf.com). Registration begins at noon, with shotgun start at 1 p.m. Cost is $95 per player, $380 per foursome, and $20 per person for dinner only. Proceeds benefit Holy Rosary Parish in Muse. To register, call Joe Borella at 724-745-2116, or visit www.holyrosarymuse.org.
St. Bernard Inaugural Golf Outing
Sunday, June 4, Quicksilver Golf Course, 2000 Quicksilver Road, Midway (www. quicksilvergolf.com). Registration begins at 7 a.m., with shotgun start at 8 a.m. Cost is $125 per golfer, and $450 for foursome, and includes lunch buffet, prizes, giveaways and more. Proceeds benefit St. Bernard Catholic School in Mount Lebanon. To register, call 412-341-5444, or visit www. stbschool.net.
13th Annual Monsignor Roos Memorial Golf Outing
Monday, June 5, South Hills Country Club, 4305 Brownsville Road, Whitehall (www.southhillscc.org). Event schedule: Memorial Mass, 10 a.m.; registration, 10:30 a.m.; lunch, 11 a.m.; shotgun start,
12:30 p.m.; cocktail reception, 5:30 p.m.; dinner, 6:30 p.m. Cost is $300 per golfer, or $1,000 per foursome, and includes 18 holes of golf with carts, driving range, skill prizes, beverages on course, lunch and dinner. Proceeds benefit the Diocese of Pittsburgh’s mission outreach in Chimbote, Peru. To register, call 412-456-3085, or e-mail chimbote@diopitt.org.
Second Annual Rege Reinersmann Memorial Golf Outing
Saturday, June 10, Murrysville Golf Club, 3804 Sardis Road, Murrysville (www. murrysvillegolfclub.com). Registration is at 11:30 a.m, with tee time at 12:30 p.m. Cost is $80 per person, and includes green fees, cart, lunch at the turn, dinner and beer in cart. Dinner-only is $30 per person. Proceeds benefit charities of the Knights of Columbus Chapter 4925 of St. Bernadette Parish in Monroeville. For information, and to register, call Ron Morra at 412-848-7012, or Mark DeFabio at 412-877-9549.
14th Annual St. Cyril Golf Outing
Monday, June 12, Shannopin Country Club, 1 Windmere Road, Ben Avon Heights (www.shannopincc.com). Schedule: registration, 10:30 a.m.; shotgun start, noon; cocktails, 5 p.m.; dinner, 6:30, followed by awards ceremony. All skill levels welcome. Featuring scramble, contests, prizes and Callaway system of handicapping. Cost: $175, individual; $325, twosome; $480, threesome; $600, foursome. Cost includes green fees, cart fees, locker room fee, course refreshments, lunch and gourmet buffet dinner. Proceeds benefit St. Cyril Parish in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood. For information, contact Bill Murtha at 412-3274567, or Vince Curtin at 412-992-8424.
25th Annual St. Joseph Spartan Scramble
Monday, June 12, Lenape Heights Golf Resort, 950 Golf Course Drive, Ford City (www.lenapeheights.com). Schedule of events: registration and photos, 10:30 a.m.; picnic-style lunch, 11 a.m.; shotgun start, noon; cash bar open, 5 p.m.; dinner and auction, 5:30 p.m.; $20,000 super raffle drawing, 7:30 p.m. Cost is $150 per golfer, and includes green fees, cart, lunch and dinner. Dinner and auction only is $50 per person. Guests can extend stay at Lenape Heights Golf Resort’s four-star boutique hotel. For reservations, call 724-763-2201. Proceeds benefit St. Joseph High School in Natrona Heights. To register, call 724226-8043 or 412-638-3456, or e-mail See Golf Outings, Page 21
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13th Annual Sisters of St. Francis Golf Tournament
Monday, June 12, Longue Vue Club, 400 Longue Drive, Verona (www. longuevue.org). Scramble format. This year’s tournament is in loving memory of Franciscan Sister Rosita Wellinger. Shotgun start is at noon, and includes 18 holes of golf, lunch, dinner and auctions. Proceeds benefit the mission and ministries of the Sisters of St. Francis of the Neumann Communities. To register, call 412-821-2200, ext. 276, or visit www. sosf.org.
$150 per golfer. To register, visit www. saintalphonsuswexford.org/golf, or call 1-216-244-5667. Deadline to register is June 1.
JULY 10th Annual Knights of Columbus Council 13943 Golf Outing
Saturday, July 29, Lake Arthur Golf Club, 255 Isle Road, Butler (www. lakearthur.com). Four-man scramble. Day includes shotgun start at 1 p.m., 18 holes of golf with cart, hot dogs for lunch on arrival, buffet dinner following golf, beverages, prizes and contests. Cost is $80 per golfer, $320 for foursome, and $10 for dinner guest. Sponsored by the Knights of Columbus St. Alphonsus Golf Classic Tuesday, June 20, Cranberry Highlands, Council 13943 of St. Peter Parish in Slippery Rock. Proceeds benefit the 5601 Freshcorn Road, Cranberry medical needs of Cadence O’Brien, Township (www.cranberryhighlands. daughter of Michael and Holly O’Brien, com). Schedule: registration, 7:30-8:30 who has a congenital heart defect and a.m.; shotgun start scramble, 9 a.m.; Kabuki syndrome. For information, and lunch buffet and awards presentation, campdeercreek.SP17_Layout 1 1/10/17 1:30 PM Page 1 to register, call 724-794-2200, or e-mail 2 p.m. Proceeds benefit St. Alphonsus cplinta@accelse.com. Church and School in Wexford. Cost is
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AUGUST Holy Name Society Annual Golf Outing Monday, Aug. 7, Fort Cherry Golf Course, 80 Fort Cherry Road, McDonald (www. fortcherrygolfclub.com). Registration from 7-8:15 a.m. Sponsored by the Holy Name Society of St. Columbkille Parish in Imperial. Proceeds benefit the West Allegheny Food Pantry. Cost is $75 if paid by June 23, $80 if paid after June 23. For information, and to register, visit www. saintcolumbkilleparish.org.
SEPTEMBER 17th Annual St. Athanasius Golf Outing Friday, Sept. 8, Pittsburgh North Golf Club, 3800 Bakerstown Road, Bakerstown (www.pittsburghnorthgolf. com). Registration is at 8 a.m., with shotgun start at 9 a.m. Cost: $65 if paid by Aug. 18, $70 if paid after Aug. 19 and before Sept. 1; $75 if paid day of See Golf Outings, Page 22
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undocumented, so they’re not going to run immediately to the emergency room. But a resident (physician) called ahead, and he knew the residents in the ER, and they just took care of them.” Any case requiring formal medical treatment is referred to local practitioners and clinics, which often charge on a sliding-scale basis. “For those patients who do not have insurance, we provide information and ask them to come into our office,” said Dr. Patrice Ekperi, a practitioner at Suburban Community Hospital’s Family Medicine Office. “We can provide treatment services there, and we do offer uninsured rates, so that we can at least attend to those who do not have insurance or who may be underinsured.” “The hospitals in Philadelphia have been very good,” Father Puleo added. “We pay something, but we try for minimal payment. We rely on clinics. We use our connections.” The list of agencies willing to help with the program continues to grow. For instance, St. Patrick’s now offers dental health education, thanks to volunteers from Montgomery County Community College’s dental hygiene program. Students from both the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and the Institute of Clinical Bioethics at St. Joseph’s University routinely staff the monthly clinic. A Delaware Valley nonprofit organization, coordinates mammograms and pelvic exams for women at area hospitals. The Mexican consulate has joined the monthly health fair to assist clients with immigration issues, legal documentation and domestic violence concerns. By ministering to the medical needs of the underserved, the promotores program also serves as a means of evangelization. “We’re called to take care of both the spiritual and physical needs of the person,” said Father Puleo. “They’re not separate; they’re one.” “We walk the talk,” added Sister O’Connell. “It’s not just something preached, but it’s something lived.”
event. Registration includes continental breakfast, souvenir t-shirt, golf, cart, dinner, on-course beverages, skill prizes and raffles. Proceeds benefit the faith formation, education and community center programs of St. Athanasius Parish in West View.
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Catholic Charities Annual Golf Classic
Monday, Sept. 11, Longue Vue Club, 400 Longue Drive, Verona (www.longuevue. org). Cost is $400 for individual golf packages, and includes welcome gift bag, golf cart, cocktail reception and more. Proceeds benefit patients of the Free Health Care Center operated by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. The center provides patient care for those uninsured or underinsured. For more information, sponsorship information, or to register, call
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Continued from Page 5 conference at St. Vincent College where he served as president. Jim had been Mother’s friend and legal counsel and had mediated our copyright for the sculpture saying that, “This may be the most authentic statuette of Mother Teresa ever made.” At the conference, gathered to acknowledge the 10th year of Mother’s passing, Jim gifted the sculpture to people from around the world including Sister Nirmala (Mother’s successor) and Mother’s niece, who I recognized when standing next to her under a shade tree. The conference in Latrobe, introduced me not only to Mother’s close collaborators, but also to the Benedictine nuns at St. Emma’s in Greensburg, where I lodged among colorful retreat rooms, knowing that the Missionaries of Charity from Kolkata were also sleeping somewhere in the building. But beyond this, I became aware of the breadth and depth of faithfulness and commitment among Pittsburgh Catholics and said to myself that someday I would like to share the story of this sculpture with the people of Pittsburgh. And there is so much more I could share, such as Julie’s eventual diagnosis of YoungOnset Parkinson’s and how determined she is to continue her art and live with joy and courage. After her diagnosis in 1999, came my own prayerful quest of how to proceed with the sculpture only to have a succession
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Saturday, Sept. 16, Butler’s Golf Course — Lakeside, 800 Rock Run Road, Elizabeth (www.butlersgolf.com). Cost is $100. Proceeds benefit the technology fund of North American Martyrs School in Monroeville. To register, call Bob Synder at 412-372-8951, or e-mail rjsnyder929@ gmail.com. of doors open almost humorously to China, where Mother had wanted to go with her work but was denied this in her lifetime. This “opening of doors” and then walking through them is when I started to suspect that the Catholic teaching on saints working from heaven is real. Though I am the sole proprietor of this work now, sometimes it has felt that I am standing on the sidelines watching the work happen. Mother’s sainthood could not have been predicted to happen in my lifetime, and yet it is already here. Though the sculpture has continued to be available, it is a quiet piece, relying on a friend to tell a friend or show a friend. And in the meantime, I am here, applying the final master touches to each piece still with reverence and joy. Though the sculpture is a small thing, I can do this small thing with great love.
Chance resides in Denair, California. The sculpture is available for sale at www. studiostatue.info for $50 plus shipping. Readers who are interested in the Mother Teresa figurine can participate in a drawing offered by the Pittsburgh Catholic. Please send an envelope addressed to: Pittsburgh Catholic Newspaper, Mother Teresa Contest, 111 Blvd. of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. Submitted entries must be received no later than June 15. Please include your telephone number. Drawing will take place on June 30. A winner will be notified by phone.
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