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ATHLETIC LEAGUE INDUCTS NEWEST HALL OF FAMERS

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HEART OF JESUS

In June, we celebrate the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

HAZEL WRIGHT MARQUEE CONCERT

The upcoming event will showcase the world-famous organ, accompanied by the Pacific Symphony and Pacific Chorale.

SPARE CHANGE FOR A GOOD CAUSE

Our Lady of Fatima Academy’s students raise funds for school projects at the Nickel Run.

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May Crowning and Mass on May 15 at Saint Jeanne de Lestonnac School in Tustin.

ART ON CAMPUS

“ The power of Jesus is love

JOB” BY DALLAS ANDERSON, 1982

From Dr. Patrice Benjamin, honoring the memory of F. Earl and Vilma Slater. Located outside the Cathedral Memorial Gardens cemetery. Photo by Joshua Sudock/Diocese of Orange. C

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

MONDAY

TB 1:3; 2:1A-8; PS 112:1B-2, 3B-4, 5-6; ; MK 12:1-12

SAINT PROFILE

BONIFACE

BONIFACE, THE APOSTLE OF Germany, started out as an English monk, a popular teacher, preacher and writer who was ordained at 30. St. Boniface wrote the first Latin grammar known to have been compiled in English and wrote many biblical instructions. But he felt called to missionary work, and in 716 landed in Friesland, now in the Netherlands. After a brief stay, he traveled to Rome, where he received a broad commission to evangelize central Germany. By 722, he had become bishop of Germany, where he organized the church and secured its ties to Rome. Later, as archbishop of Mainz and papal legate, he was asked to reform the Frankish church. The patron saint of Germany was martyred in Friesland, the missionary territory he revisited in retirement.

PHOTOS: CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE, SHUTTERSTOCK

TUESDAY TB 2:9-14; PS 112:1-2, 7-8, 9; MK 12:13-17

WEDNESDAY

TB 3:1-11A, 16-17A; PS 25:2-3, 4-5AB, 6 AND 7BC, 8-9; MK 12:18-27

THURSDAY

TB 6:10-11; 7:1BCDE, 9-17, 8:49A; PS 128:1-2, 3, 4-5; MK 12:28-34

FRIDAY

TB 11:5-17; PS 146:1B-2, 6C-7, 8-9A, 9BC-10; MK 12:35-37

SATURDAY

TB 12:1, 5-15, 20; TOBIT 13:2, 6EFGH, 7, 8; MK 12:38-44

SUNDAY

DT 8:2-3, 14B-16A; PS 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20; 1 COR 10:16-17; JN 6:51-58

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— Pope Francis

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PAROCHIAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE INDUCTS NEWEST HALL OF FAMERS

BY LOU PONSI

FOUR FORMER PAROCHIAL Athletic League (PAL) athletes and one coach were inducted into the Diocese of Orange PAL Hall of Fame in a special ceremony at the Tustin Ranch Golf Club that took place following the 4th Annual Parochial Athletic League Golf Tournament last month.

PAL gives students attending faithbased K-12 schools within diocesan boundaries the opportunity to play competitive sports in an environment driven by Christian sportsmanship, teamwork respect and responsibility.

“We want kids to have an opportunity to play and have an opportunity to represent their school and just enjoy sports for what they’re supposed to be,” said Russ Smith, the Diocesan Director of Elementary Athletics who runs the PAL.

Many former PAL athletes have gone onto successful, faith-driven careers in sports, becoming professional athletes, coaches and members of the media.

The PAL Hall of Fame was established in 2022 as a way of honoring athletes, coaches and supporters who have made significant contributions to the league, Smith said.

The 2023 inductees are Doug Briggs, Sara Hughes, Lauren Markwith, the late Konrad Reuland and Johnny Stanton. Hughes, Markwith and Stanton were present to accept their awards as was Doug Briggs who was inducted in the Coach category.

Mary Reuland, Konrad’s mother, accepted the induction award on behalf of her son.

Shortly after his NFL career had ended in 2016, Reuland died on Dec. 12, 2016, days after suffering a brain aneurysm while working out. He was 29.

“I do wish he could be here because he would have considered this one of life’s biggest honors and just appreciate all the love and support from St. John’s and the community in general,” Reuland said.

A former teacher at Sts. Simon & Jude School in Huntington Beach for 30 years, Smith has been in charge of the PAL since 1998.

Under his guidance, PAL now offers a total of 13 sports in 35 schools throughout an academic year, with thousands of participants.

While most of the 35 participating schools are part of the Diocese, it is not a requirement, Smith said.

He estimates that about 80,000 youngsters have participated in PAL during his tenure.

The 2023 PAL Hall of Fame class includes:

JOHNNY STANTON

Stanton played multiple sports in the PAL, starting as a fifth-grader a St. Catherine of Siena School in Laguna Beach.

He attended Santa Margarita Catholic High School and was part of the Eagles’ CIF State Division team of 2011.

In college, Stanton played for the Saddleback College team that won the 2015 SCFA Championship. He played two seasons at UNLV and played in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings and the Cleveland Browns.

LAUREN MARKWITH

Markwith was a multi-sport athlete at Sts. Simon & Jude School in Huntington Beach from Tyke through eighth grade. She went on to play soccer at Mater Dei, helping the Monarchs win a CIF Southern Section Championship in 2015 and finish second in the State Championship that year. While still in high school, Markwith also played on the Guatemalan Women’s National Team competing in the U17 and U20 World Cup Qualifiers.

Markwith earned a scholarship to play soccer at the University of Miami and was part of a team that won the ACC championship.

After her dream of playing pro soccer got derailed during COVID, Markwith pursued a career in sports broadcasting and digital networking.

SARA HUGHES. PHOTOS BY STEVEN GEORGES/DIOCESE OF ORANGE DOUG BRIGGS

MARY RUELAND (MOTHER OF THE LATE KONRAD REULAND) LAUREN MARKWITH

JOHNNY STANTON WITH RUSS SMITH

She has worked as a color commentator for the NWSL and ACC Network and currently working at CBS as part of the “Attacking Third” Women’s Soccer podcast.

DOUG BRIGGS

A graduate of St. Justin Martyr School in 1972 and Servite High School 1976, Briggs returned to St. Justin Martyr in 1979 to coach.

In his fourth year there, Briggs coached the St. Justin Martyr football team to 21-1 record, winning the Servite and Mater Dei Tournaments and ultimately, the PAL Championship.

Briggs also served on the PAL Board helping rewrite the flag football rule book.

Briggs then coached several sports and taught PE at St. Juliana Falconieri School from 1983 to 1987. His teams won 6 PAL Championships.

Briggs left coaching in 1987 but returned to St. Juliana in 1992, when his first child enrolled there. Starting in 1995, his teams went on an incredible run and won eight flag football championships.

SARA HUGHES

Hughes played volleyball and basketball in fifth through eighth grades at Sts. Simon & Jude Elementary School in Huntington Beach.

She started playing beach volleyball at age 8, winning multiple AAU and CBVA tournaments.

Hughes also played indoor volleyball at Mater Dei High School and was named the Orange County Player of the Year in 2012.

Hughes played beach volleyball for USC, where she won the NCAA Beach Volleyball titles four years in a row.

Hughes joined the AVP, considered the premier professional beach

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HEART OF JESUS

BY JOAN PATTEN, AO, DELEGATE FOR CONSECRATED LIFE

JUNE IS THE MONTH dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In the late 1600s, St. Margaret Mary Alacoque experienced a series of divine revelations from Jesus who revealed the secrets of His Heart. Jesus told her about His infinite love and forgiveness for all people.

In her writings, St. Margaret Mary noted the words of Jesus, “Behold the heart that has so loved men and which has spared itself nothing, even exhausting and consuming itself in testimony of its love. In recompense, I receive from most only ingratitude, by their irreverence and sacrilege, and by the coldness and scorn they have for Me in this Sacrament of Love.”

Desiring to unite all human hearts to His, especially through the Eucharist, Jesus told St. Margaret Mary that He wanted people to attend Holy Mass, receive Holy Communion, and go to Confession for nine consecutive first Fridays. He also wanted a feast established to honor His Sacred Heart on the Friday following the feast day of Corpus Christi. June 16 is the day that feast day falls on this year.

The image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus has many symbols that teach us about how Jesus loves us. The image of a heart serves as an icon of the intimate dwelling-place from which Jesus fully reveals the sentiments of His Heart.

The cross above the Sacred Heart reminds us of Jesus’ death on the cross, the greatest sign of His love for us. The crown of thorns surrounding His Heart help us to recall His Passion and that every sin pierces His Heart. The wound below the crown of thorns, often accompanied by a spear, leads us to consider the pierced side

of Christ on the cross from which flowed blood and water, prefiguring sacramental grace. The heart enflamed leads us to consider the offering of Jesus is passionately consumed out of love for mankind. Finally, the Sacred Heart is illuminated by rays of light that lead us to recall Jesus’ mission in bringing light into the darkness as the “light of the world.” Our hearts each reflect a history of being blessed with love and being wounded in moments that we were not loved. We are all capable of being wounded in this fallen world, and we may find ourselves helplessly contemplating our own wounds with sadness and self-contempt.

As we approach this feast, take time

to contemplate the image of the Sacred Heart. We will come to realize that nothing pierces our hearts that doesn’t go through His first. Jesus does not want us to be alone when we are suffering. Let your heart speak to His Heart by honestly relating your thoughts, feelings and desires. Tell Him about everything you carry alone. He promises that you will find rest.

When we unite ourselves intimately to the Heart of Jesus, we not only encounter His compassion and understanding, but we also learn how to imitate the “ways of His Heart.” This June, let Jesus awaken in you a new desire to love and forgive like Him. Pray the litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, perhaps taking one line to meditate on each day and in the same spirit as the traditional “Jesus Prayer” offer a petition such as, “Heart of Jesus, Son of the eternal Father, have mercy on me, a sinner!” C

PHOTO BY STEPHANIE LEBLANC

GENTLEMEN’S HABERDASHERY TURNS 41 WITH STYLE

BY MEG WATERS

FOR 41 YEARS, the Sisters of the Society Devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus have worked a “miracle” of sorts.

The annual Gentlemen’s Haberdashery, which supports the Heart of Jesus Retreat Center in Santa Ana, has transformed Orange County development, finance and construction executives into runway models, a journey many of the participants call an “out of body” experience.

They love it.

This year, the models strutted down the catwalk at the Balboa Bay Resort, to raise funds for the center.

Mitch Perkin, with JES Engineering Contractors, has been walking the walk for the past nine years.

“What keeps me coming back is the opportunity to it gives me to get out of my comfort zone,” he said. “It’s definitely not like engineering.”

Matt Davenport, Chief Encouragement Officer for Monarch Environmental, would ordinarily spend his afternoons developing horticultural and water management systems for clients, but for the past five years he has stepped out of his field boots once a year and onto the runway.

“I was nervous when I first started, but I found it’s a great time and creative too,” he said.

The annual Gentlemen’s Haberdashery began in 1982 as the brainchild of then “Fabulous Fifth District” supervisor, the late Thomas Riley and his wife Emma Jane, as well as Tony Moiso, president of Rancho Mission Viejo Company and his wife Melinda. Over the years the event has raised millions to support the construction and ongoing operations of the Heart of Jesus retreat center in Santa Ana.

Today, the event attracted close to 400 spectators, 43 models and six men’s

retailers.

Sr. Paula Sawhill, coordinator of the event, noted that this year’s event raised $525,000. It continues to be the most important revenue source for the operation of the center.

“The highlight for me is working with all the people who love and support our work,” said Sr. Paula. “They make the retreat center possible, and I love working with them to help others and their tremendous generosity.”

This year’s co-chairs were Jeremy Laster and his wife Frandy. Jeremy Laster is president of Rancho Mission Viejo and noted how important it is to help out.

“This event has been a part of our lives for the past 41 years,” he said. “All six of our children have attended retreats at the center and we are very grateful for the opportunity for them to have a faith-building experience.”

One of the highlights of the event was a musical “thank you” by 50 members of the Sacred Heart Kids’ Club. The Kids’

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MEMBERS OF THE SACRED HEART KIDS’ CLUB, A SPECIAL CATHOLIC FAITH-BUILDING GROUP FOR GRADES 3-8, SERENADES THE AUDIENCE AT THE 2023 GENTLEMEN’S HABERDASHERY. PHOTO BY COLIN HORAN/DIOCESE OF ORANGE

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Club is a special Catholic faith-building group for grades 3-8. Every year the Kids’ Club members serenade the audience and write personal thank-you notes for every participant.

For the fashion devotees among the guests, it seems the blue suit was the on-trend attire for men, with the notable exception of fashion-forward guest Patrick Ortiz who sported a yellow and blue pinstriped sportscoat and matching yellow tie along with Fr. Kevin Sweeney, retired Navy and Marine Corps Chaplin and current pastor of St. Vincent DePaul parish in Huntington Beach – who was squared away in his Roman Collar. The sisters were elegant as always in their crisp white suits.

The retreat center is located at the site of the former Borchard Farm in Santa Ana. The family donated the ranch to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and it was transferred to the Diocese of Orange and

eventually to the sisters. With the help of funds raised through the Haberdashery, the sisters were able to break ground on the retreat center in 1990 and open in January 1992.

The retailers who participated in this year’s event include Garys Newport Beach, J. Hilburn, Olivia’s Closet, Travis Mathew, Toes on the Nose and Wildfire Mercantile. Along with the Lasters, the event was co-chaired by Trina and Marc Lamkin. Honorary chairs were Melinda and Tony Moiso as well as Eden and George O’Connell.

The event committee included Marnie Bloom, Nicole Brown, John Christensen, Melanie Salata-Fitch, Emmy Lou Jolly-Vann, Dan Kelly, Leann Lawson, Sienna Nelson, Brady O’Connell, Sr. Micaela Ramirez, Vania Roberts, Sr. Paula Sawhill, Megan Sedeque, Nancy Silver, Adrianne Taylor and Stephanie Walker.

Finally, the dashing models included Gavin Reid, Mike “MJ” Johnston, Caleb

Walker, Matt Davenport, Armando Vilchez, Keith Slattery, Tyler Holst, Akin Smith, Todd Kurtz, Brent Freese, Mitch Perkin, Aron Taylor, Kyle Nelson, Jacque Hill, Eddie Ollman, Steve Adams, Mark Seaton, Scott Emery, Dutch Schotemeyer, Paul Tetzloff, TC Millington, Michael Brennan, Frank McManus, Larry Ryan,

Zachery Mueting, Michael Block, Nathan Owens, Stephan Jasper, Christ Harrington, Russ Abdula, Brady O’Connell, Kevin O’Connell, Stephen Holte, Andy Sulick, Sergio Muniz, Grant Edgecomb, Robin Martindale, Eric Mauldin, Rich Holt, Dave Riemann, Vic Illig, Harrison Taylor and Dan Almquist.C

A MODEL WALKS THE RUNWAY DURING THE 41ST ANNUAL GENTLEMEN’S HABERDASHERY ON APRIL 27. PHOTOS BY COLIN HORAN/DIOCESE OF ORANGE

SR. PAULA SAWHILL ADDRESSES ATTENDEES DURING THE 41ST ANNUAL GENTLEMEN’S HABERDASHERY HELP ON APRIL 27.

STEVE ADAMS OF PACIFIC COAST NURSERY DANCES ON THE RUNWAY DURING THE 41ST ANNUAL GENTLEMEN’S HABERDASHERY ON APRIL 27.

A MODEL SHOWS OFF BEACHWEAR DURING THE 41ST ANNUAL GENTLEMEN’S HABERDASHERY ON APRIL 27.

THE RIGHT REVEREND EUGENE J. HAYES OF ST. MICHAEL’S ABBEY IS PICTURED WITH HABERDASHERY CO-CHAIRS FRANDY AND JEREMY LASTER.

volleyball league and in 2017, won the Chicago Championship with her partner Kelly Cheng.

Hughes and Cheng have become one of the AVP’s top duos, winning several titles.

Hughes’ goal is to join U.S. Olympic team. Just 12 days after her induction, she and Cheng won the AVP Pro Series Huntington Beach Open.

KONRAD REULAND

Reuland attended St. John’s Episcopal School in Rancho Santa Margarita.

He played basketball for a year at Mater Dei, helping the Monarchs reach the 2003 CIF Southern Section and California State Championships.

Reuland transferred to Mission Viejo High School for his sophomore year and played tackle football for the first time.

He was an All-CIF Southern Section tight end in 2004 and 2005 and was a first team tight end on USA Today’s prep All-America team as a senior.

Reuland played football for one season at Notre Dame before transferring to Stanford.

He went on to play in the NFL from 2011 to 2106, playing for the 49ers, Jets, Colts and Ravens.

Reuland was an organ donor, and in what became an act of serendipity, his heart and one kidney were donated to Hall of Fame baseball player Rod Carew. Reuland had met Carew as a fifth grader and was inspired by him.

The Konrad Reuland Memorial Foundation supports a variety of causes, including Donate Life California, an organ and tissue donor registry. To learn more, visit https://konradreuland.com/

For more information on the Parochial Athletic League and Hall of Fame nomination guidelines, visit https:// www.parochialathleticleague.com/C

FR. ANGELOS SEBASTIAN, THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE’S VICAR GENERAL AND MODERATOR OF THE CURIA, GREETS RUSS SMITH, THE DIOCESAN DIRECTOR OF ELEMENTARY ATHLETICS WHO RUNS THE PAL. PHOTOS BY STEVE GEORGES/DIOCESE OF ORANGE

BY STEVE GEORGES/ DIOCESE OF ORANGE

AROUND OUR DIOCESE

BY STAFF

PRIESTS VS SEMINARIANS ALL-STAR BASKETBALL GAME

The Priests vs Seminarians All-Star Basketball Game will take place on Friday, June 16 at Mater Dei High School.

The game begins at 7 p.m., with food at 5 p.m.

Tickets are $10 or $40 for five. They’re available for purchase at rcbo. org/basketball. All proceeds directly support the Vocations Office. https:// tinyurl.com/2n9rabtc

MONTHLY ST. PEREGRINE MASS

St. Philip Benizi Catholic Church in Fullerton is hosting a monthly St. Pere-

both of the pipe organ’s five-manual consoles.

The Year of Hazel continued on May 31 with the Cathedral Organ Scholars performing, and will conclude on June 20 with the Pacific Symphony, Pacific Chorale and soloist Paul Jacobs.

PAL TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP

The Diocese of Orange’s Parochial Athletic League (PAL) Track Championship was held on May 20 at Aliso Niguel High School.

PAL provides the Diocese’s schoolchildren an opportunity for friendly interscholastic competition in an environment of Christian sportsmanship, honesty, teamwork, spirit, mutual respect and responsibility. The interscholastic play builds camaraderie among classmates and leads to a lifelong commitment to one’s faith community.C

grine Mass. The English Mass will be celebrated on the first Saturday of the month at 8:30 a.m., with the Spanish Mass on the first Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Each Mass ends with a blessing with a relic of St. Peregrine, patron saint of those with cancer and atrisk youth.

YEAR OF HAZEL CONTINUES

David Ball, Christ Cathedral’s principal organist and head of music ministry, performed on the Hazel Wright Organ on May 17 as part of the year-long Year of Hazel celebration.

His concert featured works by Bach, as well as pieces that used

THE PAL TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP WAS HELD ON MAY 20 AT ALISO NIGUEL HIGH SCHOOL.

PHOTO BY STEVEN GEORGES/DIOCESE OF ORANGE

ST. PEREGRINE IS THE PATRON SAINT OF THOSE WITH CANCER AND ATRISK YOUTH. PHOTO BY DREW KELLEY/DIOCESE OF ORANGE

DAVID BALL, CHRIST CATHEDRAL’S PRINCIPAL ORGANIST AND HEAD OF MUSIC MINISTRY, PERFORMED ON THE HAZEL WRIGHT ORGAN ON MAY 17.

PHOTO BY DREW KELLEY/DIOCESE OF ORANGE

CHRIST CATHEDRAL TO HOST HAZEL WRIGHT ORGAN’S MARQUEE CONCERT

BY BRADLEY ZINT

IN A WORLD-FAMOUS cathedral with a world-famous pipe organ, it’s only fitting that its marquee concert would also be world-class.

That’s what’s expected on June 20, when Christ Cathedral’s newly restored Hazel Wright Organ — which, at 17,000-plus pipes, is the fifth largest in the world — combines her considerable prowess with that of the Pacific Symphony, Pacific Chorale and soloist Paul Jacobs.

“This is going to be the perfect culmination of Hazel’s dedication year and the Year of Hazel,” said David Ball, principal organist and the Cathedral’s head of music ministry.

At the behest of Bishop Kevin Vann, the Diocese of Orange finished its restoration of the massive instrument in 2022, after nearly a decade of work. Bishop Vann blessed Hazel that June, and the celebratory Year of Hazel concert series kicked off last September with soloist Hector Olivera. Since then, it’s been all Hazel all the time with Christmas music, interfaith singers and other soloists — not to mention two new albums, a book and documentary.

The concert conducted by Carl St.Clair (and the chorale led by Robert Istad) will be presented in two parts. The first features the ensembles and Jacobs, the Grammy Award-winning organist who is credited with singlehandedly reviving the organ-and-orchestra subgenre of music. Ball studied with Jacobs at Juilliard.

“He is the premier performer for organ and orchestra,” Ball said.

Jacobs is no stranger to Hazel, as the instrument is affectionately known, having played her during the Cathedral’s prior life as the Crystal Cathedral under Dr. Robert Schuller.

“The Hazel Wright Organ is one of the great organs of the world, and quintessentially American in its conception and design,” Jacobs told Orange County Catholic last year. “Few instruments are as comprehensive, cohesive and thrilling. It’s a national treasure.”

For the second half, Ball will take over Hazel’s five-manual console and command her nearly 300 ranks.

A full Pacific Symphony and 100-member Pacific Chorale will surround him in the cathedral choir loft, behind the altar space.

June’s concert will showcase the new work “Fiat Lux,” which means “Let there be light.” The work was commissioned by Howard and Robert Ahmanson.

This five-movement, 30-minute piece by Scottish composer Sir James MacMillan was inspired by Southern California earthquakes, fires, and Christ Cathedral’s transformation from being the Crystal Cathedral. Its fifth movement is titled “Hymn: Cathedral of Light.”

“Fiat Lux” uses text based on a religious poem by California poet Dana Gioia, who wrote: “Rededicate / this crystal spire, / built in a land / of quake and fire.”

The work will use the full orchestra, choir, and soprano and baritone soloists. Assorted percussion will chime in too: tu-

bular bells, glockenspiel, gongs and more.

“Performing Beethoven’s monumental and spiritually uplifting Ninth Symphony during the opening of Christ Cathedral was a most memorable moment in my life and in the life of Pacific Symphony,” said St.Clair. “It is with utmost anticipation that I look forward to returning with the premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s ‘Fiat Lux,’ when we will all experience not only his beautiful score, but the voices of the Pacific Chorale and the glorious sounds of the iconic Hazel Wright Organ. Bringing this

incredible music to Christ Cathedral will be a joyous occasion, one not to be missed.”

Added Ball: “Especially given the acoustics of the Cathedral, this will be the most sonic experience. Orchestra is the only thing that can keep up with the organ.”

Tickets for the June 20 concert are $25, which is a special price thanks to generous underwriting from the Ahmanson Foundation.

The concert starts at 8 p.m. For more information and to buy tickets, visit ChristCathedralMusic.org. C

THE NEWLY RESTORED HAZEL WRIGHT ORGAN IS THE FIFTH LARGEST IN THE WORLD. PHOTO BY STEVEN GEORGES/DIOCESE OF ORANGE

UNDER THE DIRECTION OF CARL ST.CLAIR, THE PACIFIC SYMPHONY AND THE PACIFIC CHORALE PERFORMED BEETHOVEN’S NINTH SYMPHONY ON AUG. 1, 2019, AT CHRIST CATHEDRAL. PHOTO BY CHUCK BENNETT/DIOCESE OF ORANGE

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Bishop Vann catches up with some of the sisters at St. Jeanne’s after Mass on May 15.

Bishop Vann speaks during the annual Marian Mass celebrated at Mater Dei High School on May 18.

SPARE CHANGE FOR A GOOD CAUSE

OUR LADY OF FATIMA ACADEMY HOLDS NICKEL RUN

BY ROSALIA RIPULLO

QUARTERS, NICKELS, PENNIES or Dimes? For Our Lady of Fatima Academy’s (OLF) recently held its inaugural Nickle Run, nickels were the “pay” to go.

The Nickel Run is OLF’s version of the popular Jog-a-Thon, where students run laps on campus to raise funds for school projects.

OLF’s goal was to raise money for new physical education equipment – and have some fun doing it.

“Lynee’s number one objective was to have the students run in a fun event,” said school principal Brett Minter of his colleague, Lynee West, the school’s physical education teacher.

“We raised over $1000,” he added, “And that was all nickels!”

Over 20,000 nickels to be precise.

Minter and West had also decided to pay it forward and donate a portion of the proceeds to local organization Kids Around the World (KATW), which repurposes old playground equipment for other schools in need.

KATW has built 24 playgrounds this year alone, and overall, the organization has built over 1000 playgrounds in 64 countries.

The Nickel Run followed the school’s major fundraising gala and Golf Ball Drop held earlier this year.

Because of this, West wanted to make May’s Nickel Run more fun and lighter for the students, and not have them seek sponsors for the run. Instead, families contributed whatever amount they liked.

HAZEL IS BACK

To carry the fun through the week, West weighed the class’s contributions and let them know who was winning during their morning assembly. The students placed their nickels in their respective grade’s buckets during the assembly.

This sparked excitement for students as they waited to see which class won by raising the most nickels.

“It doesn’t matter what place you get, it’s just fun,” said fourth-grader Diem Vines.

“My favorite part is using nickels and the pizza party that first place gets,” said fourth-grade student Captain Kendrick.

“Even second place will have ice cream!”

With thousands of nickels raised and over 3100 laps completed, the event proved to be a big – and fun – success.

“I love the running and getting to be splashed in the face by the water jug, even if it gets in my nose,” laughed student Myla Corey, who is excited to do it again next year. C

TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2023 AT 8:00 P.M.

Celebrate the grand finale of the Year of Hazel at Christ Cathedral! Paul Jacobs plays the Hazel Wright Organ accompanied by the Pacific Symphony and Pacific Chorale in a triumphant evening of music that includes the world premiere of Sir James MacMillan’s “Fiat Lux.”

TICKETS $25

christcathedralmusic.org

OUR LADY OF FATIMA ACADEMY STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE INAUGURAL NICKEL RUN ON MAY 5. PHOTO BY BELINDA ESPINOZA

Moments in our Journey Moments in our Journey

Over225 community members and 20 vendors recently attended the Mental Health Resource Fair held at St. Norbert Catholic Church in Orange. This was a collaboration with the Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation. All who attended relayed that the information was helpful.

—Submitted by Donna M. Garza, Social Services Coordinator