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Gallery Two | February

Stations of the Cross come to life

Original Publication Date: 04.15.1983

Sam Ripley, left, and Stephen Moorehead act out scenes from Christ’s passion in the Holy Name of Jesus School’s “Living Stations.” The drama was presented March 24 by the Gulfport school’s eighth grade.

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GULFPORT | Sam Ripley, left, and Stephen Moorehead act out scenes from Christ’s passion in the Holy Name of Jesus School’s “Living Stations.” The drama was presented March 24 by the Gulfport school’s eighth grade.

Posted: 02.27.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Pascua Juvenil

Original Publication Date: 03.05.1993

Hispanic youth, farmworkers and youth from Cocoa Beach receive ashes for Ash Wednesday at the Pascua Juvenil celebration at the Fran Carlton Center in Apopka. Youth from Cocoa will be living with farmworkers to experience life as farmworkers know it. Pascua Juvenil (Youth Celebration of Easter) is a seven-week study teaching the great mystery of Jesus' life, passion, death and resurrection. The study, benefiting Farmworker Ministry, brings young Hispanic worshippers together to share Christ with one another. After the study, youth will come together again at Bishop Moore High School on Holy Saturday to share their experience.

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APOPKA | Hispanic youth, farmworkers and youth from Cocoa Beach receive ashes for Ash Wednesday at the Pascua Juvenil celebration at the Fran Carlton Center in Apopka. Youth from Cocoa will be living with farmworkers to experience life as farmworkers know it. Pascua Juvenil (Youth Celebration of Easter) is a seven-week study teaching the great mystery of Jesus' life, passion, death and resurrection. The study, benefiting Farmworker Ministry, brings young Hispanic worshippers together to share Christ with one another. After the study, youth will come together again at Bishop Moore High School on Holy Saturday to share their experience.

Posted: 02.26.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Baby’s first ashes

Original Publication Date: 02.22.1991

Bishop Norbert M. Dorsey, CP, administers ashes in the sign of the cross on the forehead of an infant during Ash Wednesday Mass at St. James Cathedral.

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ORLANDO | Bishop Norbert M. Dorsey, CP, administers ashes in the sign of the cross on the forehead of an infant during Ash Wednesday Mass at St. James Cathedral.

Posted: 02.25.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Miami bishop comforts relatives of downed ‘Brothers’ pilots

Original Publication Date: 03.15.1996

Mirta Mendez, sister of Carlos Costa, and Miriam de la Pena, mother of Mario de la Pena, two of the four brothers to the rescue pilots shot down over the Straits of Florida, talk to Cuban-born Miami Auxiliary Bishop Agustin Roman after a memorial Mass at Miami’s St. Mary’s Cathedral. The pilots were shot down by Cuban MiGs.

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MIAMI | Mirta Mendez, sister of Carlos Costa, and Miriam de la Peña, mother of Mario de la Peña, two of the four brothers to the rescue pilots shot down over the Straits of Florida, talk to Cuban-born Miami Auxiliary Bishop Agustin Roman after a memorial Mass at Miami’s St. Mary’s Cathedral. The pilots were shot down by Cuban MiGs on Feb. 24, 1996.

Posted: 02.24.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Missionaries of mercy

Original Publication Date: 07.18.1969

Linda McCrary speaks with U.S. Navy sailor Joseph Hutchins during a visit to the U.S. Naval Hospital in Pensacola. Folk singers from Little Flower Parish in Pensacola and the Catholic Youth Organization entertained patients at the U.S. Naval Hospital on July 2.

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PENSACOLA | Linda McCrary speaks with U.S. Navy sailor Joseph Hutchins during a visit to the U.S. Naval Hospital in Pensacola. Folk singers from Little Flower Parish in Pensacola and the Catholic Youth Organization entertained patients at the U.S. Naval Hospital on July 2.

Posted: 02.23.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Sacred Heart Parish at Okeechobee dedicated

Original Publication Date: 02.03.1961

Archbishop William D. O’Brien blesses the new Sacred Heart Church in Okeechobee.

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OKEECHOBEE | Archbishop William D. O’Brien blesses the new Sacred Heart Church in Okeechobee.

Editor’s Note: Archbishop William D. O’Brien was an auxiliary bishop of Chicago from 1934 to the time of his death on Feb. 19, 1962. He was appointed Titular Archbishop of Calynda in 1953.

Posted: 02.19.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Students ‘Lego’ key to city of Livelysweet

Original Publication Date: 06.06.1969

“Officials” of the model City of Livelysweet are, from left, Robert Fowler, John Barczykowski, Larry Maher, Lauren Morris, Kevin Gibbons, Brian Suriano and James Schlitt. Pupils presented a key to the city to Sister Caritas OP, principal of St. Helen’s School, Vero Beach. Mrs. C. Crosby’s class made the project just before vacation time arrive.

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VERO BEACH | “Officials” of the model City of Livelysweet are, from left, Robert Fowler, John Barczykowski, Larry Maher, Lauren Morris, Kevin Gibbons, Brian Suriano and James Schlitt. Pupils presented a key to the city to Sister Caritas OP, principal of St. Helen’s School, Vero Beach. Mrs. C. Crosby’s class made the project just before vacation time arrive.

Posted: 02.18.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Going it alone in her fight against abortion

Original Publication Date: 05.04.1984

Ann Doherty chose to “go it alone” in her fight against abortion. She stands near the entrance of the Fort Myers Women’s Health Center with a large wooden crucifix and crosses to represent babies killed by abortion. Doherty said she had a sheltered childhood in the hills of Scotland, where “we just didn’t ask many questions.” She achieved her dream of coming to America at age 18, married John, a Northern Irish immigrant a few years later and settled down to raise a family of four daughters. But in recent months this North Fort Myers homemaker and self–described “private person” was jailed twice on trespassing charges, found herself in the courtroom as a defendant and in the spotlight of the local media.

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FORT MYERS | Ann Doherty chose to “go it alone” in her fight against abortion. She stands near the entrance of the Fort Myers Women’s Health Center with a large wooden crucifix and crosses to represent babies killed by abortion. Doherty said she had a sheltered childhood in the hills of Scotland, where “we just didn’t ask many questions.” She achieved her dream of coming to America at age 18, married John, a Northern Irish immigrant a few years later and settled down to raise a family of four daughters. But in recent months this North Fort Myers homemaker and self–described “private person” was jailed twice on trespassing charges, found herself in the courtroom as a defendant and in the spotlight of the local media.

Posted: 02.17.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Missionary sisters arrive in Sebring

Original Publication Date: 09.16.1955

Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters from Huntington, Ind., arrived in Sebring last week for catechetical work in the parishes of St. Catherine’s, Sebring, and Holy Spirit, Lake Wales. Father Emil A. Heiring and members of St. Catherine’s Altar Society, left, greeted Sister Annette, superior, and Sister Mary Thomas upon their arrival in Sebring. Sister Leon will arrive this week to join the others. St. Catherine’s has converted its former rectory into a convent.

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SEBRING | Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters from Huntington, Ind., arrived in Sebring last week for catechetical work in the parishes of St. Catherine’s, Sebring, and Holy Spirit, Lake Wales. Father Emil A. Heiring and members of St. Catherine’s Altar Society, left, greeted Sister Annette, superior, and Sister Mary Thomas upon their arrival in Sebring. Sister Leon will arrive this week to join the others. St. Catherine’s has converted its former rectory into a convent.

Posted: 02.16.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Parish rewards priest of 25 years with a trip home, Rome

Original Publication Date: 06.20.1969

Msgr. Patrick Trainor speaks at a Mass celebrating his 25th anniversary of ordination as a priest. The people of St. John’s Parish who attended the Mass of thanksgiving marking the 25th anniversary of the ordination of their pastor, Msgr. Trainor, were reminded by homilist Father John Flood that the jubilarian’s success as a priest lay not so much in the things that can be measured, such as the magnificent parish plant, but rather in his deep compassion and concern for people which is at the core of his priesthood. Concelebrants of the Mass were Fathers Patrick Keefe, Charles Graham, Patrick J. McPhillips and Flood. More than 800 people attended the Mass and joined in a reception during which they presented the jubilarian with a round–trip ticket to Ireland and Rome.

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ST. PETE BEACH | Msgr. Patrick Trainor speaks at a Mass celebrating his 25th anniversary of ordination as a priest. The people of St. John’s Parish who attended the Mass of thanksgiving marking the 25th anniversary of the ordination of their pastor, Msgr. Trainor, were reminded by homilist Father John Flood that the jubilarian’s success as a priest lay not so much in the things that can be measured, such as the magnificent parish plant, but rather in his deep compassion and concern for people which is at the core of his priesthood. Concelebrants of the Mass were Fathers Patrick Keefe, Charles Graham, Patrick J. McPhillips and Flood. More than 800 people attended the Mass and joined in a reception during which they presented the jubilarian with a round–trip ticket to Ireland and Rome.

Posted: 02.13.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Remembering Bishop Barry

Original Publication Date: 10.28.1960

Msgr. Patrick J. Trainor, pastor of St. John Vianney Parish on St. Pete Beach, delivers the eulogy for late Bishop Patrick Barry at the annual memorial Mass for the bishop. Back right is Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley. Msgr. Trainor recalled that when Bishop Barry came to Florida, parishes and priests were few, stations were many and journeys were long and arduous. When he became chief shepherd of this diocese in 1922, it was still small and undeveloped, Msgr. Trainor said. During his time, he continued, priests, parishes, schools and hospitals multiplied.

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ST. AUGUSTINE | Msgr. Patrick J. Trainor, pastor of St. John Vianney Parish on St. Pete Beach, delivers the eulogy for late Bishop Patrick Barry at the annual memorial Mass for the bishop. Back right is Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley. Msgr. Trainor recalled that when Bishop Barry came to Florida, parishes and priests were few, stations were many and journeys were long and arduous. When he became chief shepherd of this diocese in 1922, it was still small and undeveloped, Msgr. Trainor said. During his time, he continued, priests, parishes, schools and hospitals multiplied.

Editor’s Note: Msgr. Patrick Trainor, who was ordained for the Diocese of St. Augustine in 1944, went home to be with the Lord on Feb. 7, 2009.

Posted: 02.12.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Acting on vocations

Original Publication Date: 03.07.1969

Sister M. Lambert, OSF, cast seventh– and eighth–graders of Orlando’s St. John Vianney School in a vocation skit. From left are Ruth McGillivray, Anthony Narushka, Molly Gear, Jo Ann Hawkins, Albert Corzo, Joseph Hunt and Gloria Jaramillo.

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ORLANDO | Sister M. Lambert, OSF, cast seventh– and eighth–graders of Orlando’s St. John Vianney School in a vocation skit. From left are Ruth McGillivray, Anthony Narushka, Molly Gear, Jo Ann Hawkins, Albert Corzo, Joseph Hunt and Gloria Jaramillo.

Posted: 02.11.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Parishioners prefer praying privately

Original Publication Date: 09.22.1986

Parishioners at San Jose Mission in Barberville pray at the altar after Mass.

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BARBERVILLE | Parishioners at San Jose Mission in Barberville pray at the altar after Mass. Drive north from DeLand about 15 miles on State Road 17, hang a left at the first paved road after passing State Road 40, cross the railroad tracks and the San Jose Mission is the first building on the left. In fact, it’s the only building on the left – or right. The mission is the only building for miles in any direction. The Spanish–speaking parishioners prefer it that way. Some of them are illegally in the U.S. Nestled away in the middle of isolation, the San Jose Mission feels almost safe to them. But, said mission pastor Father Chuck Bard, many others don’t even attend Sunday Mass because they fear immigration officials. If not for that service, most “wouldn’t go to Mass at all,” said mission Deacon Mike Alvarez. On Sundays, though, the mission is filled “standing room only,” said Father Bard. There is no organ at the mission. Music is provided by a pair of youths with a guitar and an accordion played by Father Bard. The congregation doesn’t seem to care. They sing, and sing, and sing. In Spanish. Everything at the Mass is in Spanish. The mission doesn’t have pews either. Metal chairs suffice. It also has no phone. Father Bard, like most of his parishioners, can be reached only by Citizens–Band radio. The CB, said Father Bard, is an interesting ministry tool. Deacon Alvarez estimates 70 percent of the mission’s congregation lives in the area year round. The rest, he said, are seasonal. Most are Mexican. There are about 4,000–5,000 Mexican Catholics in the area. The biggest problem, Father Bard said, is getting people to Mass because of fear of being deported. “A lot of people fear immigration (agents),” said Maria Gomez, who offered her home for services before the mission was built.

Posted: 02.10.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Newly elect enter final journey into the Church

Original Publication Date: 03.05.1993

After more than 270 catechumens signed the Book of Elect during the Rite of Election at St. James Cathedral last Sunday, Bishop Norbert M. Dorsey, CP, finalizes acceptance of the newly elect with his signature. A total of 711 people, 272 catechumens and 439 candidates from 51 parishes, were welcomed during celebrations at three Masses.

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ORLANDO | After more than 270 catechumens signed the Book of Elect during the Rite of Election at St. James Cathedral last Sunday, Bishop Norbert M. Dorsey, CP, finalizes acceptance of the newly elect with his signature. A total of 711 people, 272 catechumens and 439 candidates from 51 parishes, were welcomed during celebrations at three Masses. This year in the diocese, children as young as age 7 and men and women of various faith and ethnic backgrounds, answered the call to join the Catholic Church.

Posted: 02.09.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Gospel choir shakes the pews

Original Publication Date: 02.22.1985

Father Fernand Cheri leads his St. Joseph the Worker gospel choir and the congregation in a “pew-twitching” song at St. Joseph Parish in Pensacola. The gospel choir is from Marrero, La.

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PENSACOLA | Father Fernand Cheri leads his St. Joseph the Worker gospel choir and the congregation in a “pew-twitching” song at St. Joseph Parish in Pensacola. The gospel choir is from Marrero, La.

Posted: 02.06.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

St. Peter Claver Parish turns 100

Original Publication Date: 02.05.1993

Children from St. Peter Claver Parish, wearing traditional African dress, bring gifts to the altar during the Tampa parish’s recent centennial Mass. A year of centennial celebration at St. Peter Claver began on Jan. 30 with a prayer breakfast, followed by a special Mass celebrated Jan. 31 by Bishop John C. Favalora. The theme for the banner year is “A Century of Growing With God in Unity, Grace and Faith.” Noting that 1 poercent, or approximately 3,500 of the diocese’s estimated 350,000 Catholics are African–American, Bishop Favalora said that having an all–black parish was important “because it brings into the celebration of the liturgy and the school –– into the church’s universal embrace – the black experience.” Observances will continue over the next 12 months, culminating with the production of a centennial book and a “major celebration in February 1994, the actual 100–year summit.” Two milestone events in the 100–year history are very recent, said Father Callist Nyambo, the pastor –– the contruction of a new church in 1969 followed by the parish hall 20 years later. He said those are a tangible sign to the impoverished inner–city neighborhood that “this parish is a permanent thing; we are here to stay.”

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TAMPA | Children from St. Peter Claver Parish, wearing traditional African dress, bring gifts to the altar during the Tampa parish’s recent centennial Mass. A year of centennial celebration at St. Peter Claver began on Jan. 30 with a prayer breakfast, followed by a special Mass celebrated Jan. 31 by Bishop John C. Favalora. The theme for the banner year is “A Century of Growing With God in Unity, Grace and Faith.” Noting that 1 percent, or approximately 3,500 of the diocese’s estimated 350,000 Catholics are African–American, Bishop Favalora said that having an all–black parish was important “because it brings into the celebration of the liturgy and the school –– into the church’s universal embrace – the black experience.” Observances will continue over the next 12 months, culminating with the production of a centennial book and a “major celebration in February 1994, the actual 100–year summit.” Two milestone events in the 100–year history are very recent, said Father Callist Nyambo, the pastor –– the construction of a new church in 1969 followed by the parish hall 20 years later. He said those are a tangible sign to the impoverished inner–city neighborhood that “this parish is a permanent thing; we are here to stay.”

Editor’s Note: For more on the history of St. Peter Claver Parish, see the the parish Website’s History Page.

Posted: 02.05.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

St. Eugene Chapel at Florida A&M College dedicated

Original Publication Date: 11.14.1952

Florida A&M College faculty, students and alumni are pictured with Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley and St. Augustine Diocese clergy at the dedication of St. Eugene’s Chapel. Priests, left to right, are Father Joseph DeVaney, Father Lamar Genovar of Miami; Archbishop Hurley and Father Raymnond Amiro of Tallahassee. Florida A&M President Dr. George W.G. Gore, to the right of Archbishop Hurley, headed members of the faculty at the dedication. The archbishop also dedicated Blessed Sacrament Parish the same day. 250 people were at St. Eugene’s for the dedication of the chapel, which is named for the patron saint of Pope Pius XII, the pope at the time. Conforming with the architecture of other buildings on the Florida A&M campus, the chapel is constructed of red brick, backed by concrete block, with plastered interior. In conjunction with the chapel are a social hall and residence quarters for a chaplain. The chapel has been arranged to accommodate 260, and the social hall will seat 150. The design is such that the sanctuary of the chapel may be opened to permit greater space.

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TALLAHASSEE | Florida A&M College faculty, students and alumni are pictured with Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley and St. Augustine Diocese clergy at the dedication of St. Eugene’s Chapel. Priests, left to right, are Father Joseph DeVaney, Father Lamar Genovar of Miami; Archbishop Hurley and Father Raymnond Amiro of Tallahassee. Florida A&M President Dr. George W.G. Gore, to the right of Archbishop Hurley, headed members of the faculty at the dedication. The archbishop also dedicated Blessed Sacrament Parish the same day. 250 people were at St. Eugene’s for the dedication of the chapel, which is named for the patron saint of Pope Pius XII, the pope at the time. Conforming with the architecture of other buildings on the Florida A&M campus, the chapel is constructed of red brick, backed by concrete block, with plastered interior. In conjunction with the chapel are a social hall and residence quarters for a chaplain. The chapel has been arranged to accommodate 260, and the social hall will seat 150. The design is such that the sanctuary of the chapel may be opened to permit greater space.

Editor’s Note: For more on the history of St. Eugene Chapel, see the chapel’s History Page. Their site also has an excellent African-American reference, “On this date in African-American History.”

Posted: 02.05.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

First communion at Immaculate Conception Parish

Original Publication Date: 03.19.1955

Msgr. John J. Mullins, V.F., pastor of St. Paul Parish in St. Petersburg recently gave First Holy Communion to the children from Immaculate Conception School in the city. Boys who received were John Hall, Bernard Crawford and Kenneth Robinson. Girls were Gwendolyn Wilson, Carolyn Clark, Jacqueline Benton and Deborah Fillyau.

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ST. PETERSBURG | Msgr. John J. Mullins, V.F., pastor of St. Paul Parish in St. Petersburg recently gave First Holy Communion to the children from Immaculate Conception School in the city. Boys who received were John Hall, Bernard Crawford and Kenneth Robinson. Girls were Gwendolyn Wilson, Carolyn Clark, Jacqueline Benton and Deborah Fillyau.

Posted: 02.03.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

The Orita Liturgical Dance Group out of the Diocese of Palm Beach was one of several presentations that took place during St. Andrew Parish’s Black Heritage Festival in Orlando.

Celebrating black heritage at St. Andrews

Original Publication Date: 03.12.1998

ORLANDO | The Orita Liturgical Dance Group out of the Diocese of Palm Beach was one of several presentations that took place during St. Andrew Parish’s Black Heritage Festival in Orlando.
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Posted: 02.02.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page