March 20, 2010

June 2009

There’s a new Way in Hialeah

Posted: 06.24.09

Celebrations set for patroness

Posted: 06.24.09

Archbishop Octavio Ruiz, vice president of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, will be among those celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Chiquinquirá this year in the Archdiocese of Miami.

Our Lady of Chiquinquirá is the patroness of Colombia and of the state of Zulia, Venezuela. A series of Masses will take place in various parishes throughout July in honor of this apparition of the Virgin Mary.

Archbishop Ruiz will preside at the Masses to be celebrated at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, July 11, at Good Shepherd Parish, 14187 S.W. 72 St., Miami; and at noon Sunday, July 12, at St. Mary Cathedral, 7525 N.W. Second Ave., Miami.

Other Mass times and places are as follows:

• Sunday, July 5: noon, St. Joachim, 19150 S.W. 117 Ave., Miami; 1 p.m., St. Matthew, 542 Blue Heron Drive, Hallandale; 6 p.m., St. Martha, 9301 Biscayne Blvd., Miami Shores.

• Friday, July 10: 8 p.m., Mother of Our Redeemer, 8445 N.W. 186 St., Miami.

• Saturday, July 11: 6:30 p.m., St. Raymond, 3475 S.W. 17 St., Miami; 7 p.m., All Saints, 10900 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Sunrise; 7 p.m., Christ the King, 16000 S.W. 112 Ave., Perrine; 7 p.m., San Isidro, 2310 Martin Luther King Blvd., Pompano Beach; 7 p.m., St. Juliana, 4500 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach.

• Sunday, July 12: 1:30 p.m., St. Andrew, 9950 N.W. 29 St., Coral Springs; 6 p.m., Mother of Christ, 14141 S.W. 26 St., Miami; 7:15 p.m., St. Louis, 7270 S.W. 120 St., Pinecrest.

• Saturday, July 18: 6:30 p.m., St. Richard, 7500 S.W. 152 St., Miami; 7 p.m., St. Monica, 3490 N.W. 191 St., Miami Gardens.

• Sunday, July 19: 11 a.m., Corpus Christi, 3220 N.W. Seventh Ave., Miami; noon, St. Mark, 5601 Flamingo Road, Southwest Ranches; 12:30 p.m., St. Katharine Drexel, 2700 Glades Circle, No. 200, Weston; 12:30 p.m., St. Francis de Sales, 621 Alton Road, Miami Beach; 1 p.m., St. Agatha, 1111 S.W. 107 Ave., Miami.

• Saturday, July 25: 6 p.m., St. Stephen 6044 S.W. 19 St., Miramar; 6:30 p.m., St. Maurice, 2851 Stirling Road, Dania Beach.

• Sunday, July 26: 11:30 a.m., St. Jerome, 2533 S.W. Ninth St., Fort Lauderdale; 12:30 p.m., St. Lawrence, 2200 N.E. 191 St., North Miami Beach; 1 p.m., St. Catherine of Siena, 9200 S.W. 107 Ave., Miami; 1:15 p.m., St. Boniface, 8330 Johnson St., Pembroke Pines; 7 p.m., St. Patrick, 3716 Garden Ave., Miami Beach.

 

Butterflies help save newborns

Posted: 06.24.09

A Safe Haven for Newborns is turning to butterflies to help fund its efforts to rescue newborn children from abandonment.

Magical Butterfly Memories will release live butterflies at special occasions, such as birthdays, weddings and funerals, and use a portion of the net proceeds to fund the work of A Safe Haven for Newborns.

The nonprofit organization, founded by Miami resident Nick Silverio, strives to tell mothers in trouble about Florida’s “safe haven” law, which allows them to leave their newborns at hospitals or fire stations rather than abandon them in dumpsters.

“Public awareness is saving lives,” said Silverio, noting the group has saved 131 newborns so far. “They now have an opportunity to become the next president of the U.S., Supreme Court justice, find a cure for cancer or, most important, be a great mom or dad for their children.”

Silverio founded A Safe Haven for Newborns in memory of his wife of 31 years, Gloria, who was killed in a car accident. He and Gloria were unable to have children of their own, but were godparents to 14 children and nurtured all the nieces and nephews in their family.

Magical Butterfly Memories grew out of Silverio’s desire to provide funding for the Safe Haven project while at the same time symbolically expressing the “new beginning” that it represents.

“One day at the cemetery, a single monarch butterfly flew by. I thought butterflies could be a wonderful way to help save little lives, as well as create magical memories for others by releasing live butterflies at special occasions,” Silverio said.

For more information, go to www.asafehavenfornewborns.com and www.magicalbutterflymemories.com.

Class for advocates starting

Posted: 06.13.09

The Office of the Metropolitan Tribunal reminds pastors that the next class for the advocate program is scheduled to begin this September at St. Thomas University, School of Canon Law. The deadline for nominating students to this class is July 31. Classes will begin Sept. 16 and conclude May 5, 2010. For more information, visit http://tribunal.miamiarch.org or contact Roberto Aguirre at 305-762-1237 or robertoaguirre@bellsouth.net.

 

Local pastor awarded Seton Medal

Posted: 06.13.09

Father Daniel Kubala, pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Miami, was one of 51 recipients of this year’s Seton Legacy of Charity medal. The award recognizes people for their charitable works in the spirit of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton.

During his studies at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Md., Father Kubala developed a deep and sustaining love of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, and he has passed it on to his parishioners. Their many parish endeavors and activities have included writing and printing a novena to the saint, writing an original play about her, and constructing a beautiful shrine to her on the parish grounds.

Father Kubala also leads a large annual pilgrimage from Miami to the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg.

“It is evident that, through the direct influence of Father Kubala, both the students and adults who make this pilgrimage are well instructed in the knowledge of Elizabeth Ann and that her spirit permeates their parish and personal lives,” the award presentation stated.

The weekend of July 31-Aug. 2 will highlight the yearlong bicentennial celebrations marking St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s founding of the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s, the first new community for religious women to be established in the United States. For information go to www.setonlegacy.org.

 

Cruise raises funds for life

Posted: 06.13.09

A Lenten cruise-pilgrimage to the lands of the Bible – Egypt, Turkey, Israel and Greece – yielded $10,000 for the archdiocese’s respect life ministry, an amount that will be used to purchase ultrasound equipment for two of the ministry’s five crisis pregnancy centers.

The goal is to have an ultrasound machine in all of the offices so that pregnant women contemplating abortion can see the reality of the unborn child in their womb.

The respect life Lenten pilgrimage was the first of what are hoped to be other fundraising pilgrimages. One is being planned to the Passion play in Oberammergau, Germany, in July 2010. Another is being planned as a Thanksgiving pilgrimage to the Holy Land in November 2010.

For more information on the pilgrimages, contact Suzanne Taskowitz of CruiseOne at 1-888-664-2664.

 

Get a jump on high school

Posted: 06.03.09

Archbishop Edward McCarthy High School is offering students entering seventh and eighth grades the opportunity to get a jump on high school by enrolling in its summer enrichment program.

Students will get half-credit toward their high school degrees for enrolling in courses such as personal fitness, computer/keyboarding, art, band or drama. The cost is half-price, too: Those who enroll with a friend pay only $250 per course, a 50 percent discount.

Courses run June 15 through July 10, from 7:50 to 11:15 a.m. and 11:50 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. For information, call 954-434-8820, ext. 206.

14 honored by Silver Knights

Posted: 06.03.09

Natalie Albert of St. Brendan High School in Miami was a winner in the foreign-language category at this year’s Silver Knight Awards. Thirteen other students in Miami-Dade and Broward Catholic schools received honorable mentions.

The awards are sponsored each year by The Miami Herald and recognize high school seniors who have excelled academically in a particular field, as well as provided exceptional service to their communities.

Natalie, a black belt in karate who has placed first and second at international competitions, started a karate program for underprivileged kids at the San Juan Bosco Learning Center in Little Havana. She is also president of the Spanish Honor Society at St. Brendan.

Those who received honorable mention in Broward were:

• Christina DeVarona, Archbishop McCarthy High School, journalism;

• Ainsley Alina Hutchison, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, mathematics;

• Katherine Hannah Johnson, St. Thomas Aquinas, music;

• Alyana Amanda Samai, St. Thomas Aquinas, science;

• Justo Pastor Fernandez, Archbishop McCarthy, speech;

• Juan Pablo Ruiz, St. Thomas Aquinas, art.

Those who received honorable mention in Miami-Dade were:

• Daniel Joseph Tapanes, Msgr. Edward Pace High School, art;

• Lisa Gabriela Donna, Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, athletics;

• Angelica Marie Spicer, Msgr. Pace, drama;

• Natalie Gravier, Carrollton, English and literature;

• Cristina A. Guerra, St. Brendan, journalism;

• Tiffany Fan, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, music;

• Alejandro A. Lazaro, Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, vocational/technical.

All-night vigil to be held

Posted: 06.03.09

The Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary invite the community to an all-night vigil to mark the solemnity of the Sacred Heart and the feast of the Immaculate Heart. The vigil also will be dedicated to the Year of the Priest proclaimed by Pope Benedict XVI, which begins June 19 and runs through June 19, 2010.

The vigil will begin with a Mass at 8 p.m. Friday, June 19, at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, 11291 S.W. 142nd Ave., Miami. The Mass will be celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus Agustín Román. It will be followed by an all-night vigil with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, prayers, intercessions and meditations on the priesthood. The vigil will conclude with a Mass at 6 a.m. in honor of the Immaculate Heart. For information, call 305-444-4737.

Archbishop named to Sheen board

Posted: 06.03.09

Archbishop John C. Favalora has been named to the episcopal advisory board for the Cause for Beatification of the Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. Archbishop Favalora joins bishops from around the U.S. in supporting the cause.

Archbishop Sheen (1895-1979) was a universally popular evangelist, radio/TV personality, writer and missionary. In 2002, his cause for beatification and canonization was officially opened by the Diocese of Peoria, Ill., his birthplace. The Sheen Foundation is the official promoter of the beatification cause. Its purpose is to make known the life, works and thoughts of Archbishop Sheen, to educate people in the values that he taught, to assist the missions to which he dedicated his life, to assist others in seeking his intercession and to advance his cause for canonization.

For information, go to www.archbishopsheencause.org.

 

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