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Gallery Seven | July

Refugees flee Soviet controlled People’s Republic of Hungary

Original Publication Date: 02.01.57

Thirteen adults and nine children, successful in their escapte from the Soviet bloodbath in Hungary, arrived in Stuart at 4 a.m. at St. Joseph Parish there where Father George T. McKay, Father Dominic Gullay, Joseph Halaas, Mrs. E. A. McKay and Mrs. Henry B. Spenser, president of the Catholic Women’s Club, greeted them. The refugees relayed their story to Father Gullay, a Hungarian–born priest who has been in the United States, as they talked over breakfast with the parish contingent. They found freedom in the United States thanks to their own heroism and the efforts of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, which provided them with homes and jobs.

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STUART | Thirteen adults and nine children, successful in their escape from the Soviet bloodbath in Hungary, arrived in Stuart at 4 a.m. at St. Joseph Parish where Father George T. McKay, Father Dominic Gullay, Joseph Halaas, Mrs. E. A. McKay and Mrs. Henry B. Spenser, president of the Catholic Women’s Club, greeted them. The refugees relayed their story to Father Gullay, a Hungarian–born priest who has been in the United States, as they talked over breakfast with the parish contingent. They found freedom in the United States thanks to their own heroism and the efforts of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, which provided them with homes and jobs.

Posted: 07.31.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Soupy for lunch

Original Publication Date: 09.14.90

Tom Agilo, head of the Social Development Secretariat of the Diocese of Orlando, has a laugh with Soupy Sales, right, over lunch. Soupy Sales was in Orlando for a peanut butter festival. Proceeds went to the Catholic Social Services food pantry.

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ORLANDO | Tom Agilo, head of the Social Development Secretariat of the Diocese of Orlando, has a laugh with Soupy Sales, right, over lunch. The comedian was in Orlando for a peanut butter festival. Proceeds went to the Catholic Social Services food pantry.

Posted: 07.29.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

St. Andrew School celebrates Catholic Schools Week, diversity

Original Publication Date: 02.01.91

Diane Hayward, founder of the Daily Bread soup kitchen in Melbourne, stands outside the building at 412 E. New Haven Ave. in 1991. Lawsuits from local merchants kept the facility from expanding on–site. An additional building and property, located one block from U.S. 1, was purchased by the Daily Bread Inc. board of directors to assist in more efficient food sorting, storage and cooking and to allow for preparation of foods at more convenient times for volunteers.

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ORLANDO | St. Andrew’s School students of various ethnic backgrounds join hands to represent the “Kaleidoscope of People” for Catholic Schools Week. The Orlando school’s enrollment includes students representing such ethnic backgrounds as French, Jamaican, Hispanic, Hindu, East Indian, Chinese, Black, Indian, Irish, Egyptian and German–Irish. Students reflected on these cultures and how people can live in harmony.

Posted: 07.27.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Habitat for Humanity helps build American dream

Original Publication Date: 10.26.90

Jean Pitts and her son Billy, 4, stand in the doorway of their new home acquired through Habitat for Humanity of Greater Orlando. Two duplexes and four homes were dedicated Oct. 20, 1990, including the home of Ms. Pitts, a single mother with four children. Habitat for Humanity has been in existence in Orlando since 1986.

ORLANDO | Jean Pitts and her son Billy, 4, stand in the doorway of their new home acquired through Habitat for Humanity of Greater Orlando. Two duplexes and four homes were dedicated Oct. 20, 1990, including the home of Ms. Pitts, a single mother with four children. Habitat for Humanity has been in existence in Orlando since 1986.
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Posted: 07.24.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Despite lawsuits, Daily Bread perseveres and expands

Original Publication Date: 09.27.91

Diane Hayward, founder of the Daily Bread soup kitchen in Melbourne, stands outside the building at 412 E. New Haven Ave. in 1991. Lawsuits from local merchants kept the facility from expanding on–site. An additional building and property, located one block from U.S. 1, was purchased by the Daily Bread Inc. board of directors to assist in more efficient food sorting, storage and cooking and to allow for preparation of foods at more convenient times for volunteers.

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MELBOURNE | Diane Hayward, founder of the Daily Bread soup kitchen in Melbourne, stands outside the building at 412 E. New Haven Ave. in 1991. Lawsuits from local merchants kept the facility from expanding on–site. An additional building and property, located one block from U.S. 1, was purchased by the Daily Bread Inc. board of directors to assist in more efficient food sorting, storage and cooking and to allow for preparation of foods at more convenient times for volunteers.

Posted: 07.23.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Educators’ conference helps prepare teachers

Original Publication Date: 09.06.63

Teachers from Jacksonville and Eau Gallie schools are pictured during a break from an educator’s conference at Bishop Moore High School, Orlando.

ORLANDO | Teachers from Jacksonville and Eau Gallie schools are pictured during a break from an educators’ conference at Bishop Moore High School, Orlando. They are from the left, Miss Mary Frison and Miss Katherine Schramm, Assumption School, and Miss Betty Kinnealy, San Jose School.
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Posted: 07.22.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Teachers brush-up on physics at start of school year

Original Publication Date: 09.02.60

Thomas Latham uses the parallax viewer as other physics teachers from Catholic high schools look on, from the left, Sister Mary Ambrose, Sister Maria Bernard, Sister Mary Martha and Robert Loebl. They all attended the In–Service Insitute, Aug. 22–27, 1960, held at Rollins College, Winter Park.

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ORLANDO | Thomas Latham uses a parallax viewer as other physics teachers from Catholic high schools look on, from the left, Sister Mary Ambrose, Sister Maria Bernard, Sister Mary Martha and Robert Loebl. They all attended the In–Service Insitute, Aug. 22–27, 1960, held at Rollins College, Winter Park.

Posted: 07.21.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

High school department heads compare notes

Original Publication Date: 09.21.62

Mathematics departmental heads from the inter–parochial Catholic high schools were led at their conference by Father Brendan Lawlor, principal of Bishop Barry High in St. Petersburg, during the mid–September 1962 educators’ meeting held in Orlando.

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ORLANDO | Mathematics departmental heads from the inter–parochial Catholic high schools were led at their conference by Father Brendan Lawlor, principal of Bishop Barry High in St. Petersburg, during the mid–September 1962 educators’ meeting held in Orlando. This was one of several departmental conferences held concurrently in Bishop Moore High School.

Posted: 07.20.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Underwater practice: bubble, bubble, bubble

Original Publication Date: 08.08.96

A young boy practices breathing underwater during a swimming lesson at a Lee County Swimming Complex in Tice, near Fort Myers. Volunteers from Catholic Hispanic Social Services in nearby Fort Myers bring children involved in its summer camp to the pool for two hours once a week for swimming lessons.

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TICE | A young boy practices breathing underwater during a swimming lesson at a Lee County Swimming Complex in Tice, near Fort Myers. Volunteers from Catholic Hispanic Social Services in nearby Fort Myers bring children involved in its summer camp to the pool for two hours once a week for swimming lessons.

Posted: 07.17.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Alpha Weekend: Growing awareness of God, others and self

Original Publication Date: 07.02.76

A participant of an Alpha weekend gives another participant a flower during peer ministry exercises at the retreat. Alpha’s goal, though the use of rituals, ceremonies, activities and talks, is to bring each individual to a deeper awareness of self, of others and of God.

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ORLANDO | A participant of an Alpha weekend gives another participant a flower during peer ministry exercises at the retreat. Alpha’s goal, though the use of rituals, ceremonies, activities and talks, is to bring each individual to a deeper awareness of self, of others and of God.

Posted: 07.16.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Our Lady of Grace in Avon Park dedicated

Original Publication Date: 05.17.57

From left, Father Emil Heiring, Msgr. Charles L. Elslander, V.F., and Father Michael Tabit take part in the Mass of dedication for Our Lady of Grace in Avon Park.

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AVON PARK | From left, Father Emil Heiring, Msgr. Charles L. Elslander, V.F., and Father Michael Tabit take part in the Mass of dedication for Our Lady of Grace in Avon Park.

The teaching mission of the Church was stressed by Msgr. Elslander of Sarasota in his dedication sermon Sunday, after he had blessed the Church of Our Lady of Grace. Father Heiring, the priest in charge of the Sebring mission, offered the Mass of dedication during which he presented Msgr. Elslander to the large congregation.

Posted: 07.15.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Principals discuss trends and change in education

Original Publication Date: 09.24.93

Dr. Jean Noble, center, listens to Joe Mancini, principal of Melbourne Central Catholic, present his ideas on future trends and needs as Mary DeVault, principal of St. James Cathedral School, left, listens during a diocesan principals’ meeting at the Mission Inn in Howey–in–the–Hills, Fla. A three–day principals’ meeting ended with all local Catholic school leaders agreeing that maintaining excellence in education means change.

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HOWEY–IN–THE–HILLS | Dr. Jean Noble, center, listens to Joe Mancini, principal of Melbourne Central Catholic, present his ideas on future trends and needs as Mary DeVault, principal of St. James Cathedral School, left, listens during a diocesan principals’ meeting at the Mission Inn in Howey–in–the–Hills, Fla. A three–day principals’ meeting ended with all local Catholic school leaders agreeing that maintaining excellence in education means change.

Dr. Jean Noble, planning consultant for the Archdiocese of Chicago, summarized the next decade of education as a rapid progression of restructure. “Some change you’re going to react to, some will be inevitable, and knowing how to react is really important,” Noble said. “Avoiding change is the riskiest thing you can do for your school.”

Posted: 07.14.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

St. Augustine Diocese celebrates Polish Christian millennium

Original Publication Date: 11.25.66

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Palczewski from St. Mary Parish in Korona show off their Polish apparel after the Polish–language Mass at the Cathedral of St. Augustine. From Korona, the Flagler County community founded by Polsih–Americans, the Palczewskis were among the several hundred citizens of the diocese who came to participate in the Polish–language Mass in St. Augustine on Nov. 20.

ST. AUGUSTINE | Mr. and Mrs. Richard Palczewski from St. Mary Parish in Korona show off their Polish apparel after the Polish–language Mass at the Cathedral of St. Augustine. From Korona, the Flagler County community founded by Polsih–Americans, the Palczewskis were among the several hundred citizens of the diocese who came to participate in the Polish–language Mass in St. Augustine on Nov. 20.

It is good to hold on to the faith for a thousand years, Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley told the congregation at the special Mass to mark the diocesan observance of the Polish Christian millennium. Archbishop Hurley spoke after the Mass to the 400 persons from all over the diocese who participated in the Polish–language Mass offered by Father Francis Ciesielski.
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Posted: 07.13.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Mooney student volunteer bears Olympic torch

Original Publication Date: 07.11.96

Sarah Hard, an 18–year–old Cardinal Mooney High School student, receives the flame for the Olympic torch before she runs two blocks through downtown Sarasota, July 4, 1996. The teen garnered the opportunity to run with the torch because of her community volunteering. The flame is bound for the opening ceremony at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta July 19

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SARASOTA | Sarah Hard, an 18–year–old Cardinal Mooney High School student, receives the flame for the Olympic torch before she runs two blocks through downtown Sarasota, July 4, 1996. The teen garnered the opportunity to run with the torch because of her community volunteering. The flame is bound for the opening ceremony at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta July 19.

Posted: 07.10.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Bible and beads at Sarasota summer camp

Original Publication Date: 07.11.96

A preschooler of a summer camp program at St. Patrick Parish in Sarasota receives help with his necklace from a ninth–grade volunteer.

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SARASOTA | A preschooler of a summer camp program at St. Patrick Parish in Sarasota receives help with his necklace from a ninth–grade volunteer.

Posted: 07.09.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

One sudsy fundraiser

Original Publication Date: 07.16.93

Beth Dieter begs passers–by to stop for a car wash and a to help Holy Family Catholic youth raise money for World Youth Day 1993 in Denver.

ORLANDO | Beth Dieter begs passers–by to stop for a car wash and a to help Holy Family Catholic youth raise money for a journey to Denver for World Youth Day 1993.
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Posted: 07.08.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Out of habit, Franciscans minister on the beach

Original Publication Date: 03.24.89

Ten Franciscan friars from the northern states traveled to Daytona Beach beach in their van to minister to young people gathering on the shore. During the day, the Franciscans dressed in shorts and sunglasses and hung out on the beach handing out free ice water and talking with students on break.

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DAYTONA BEACH | Ten Franciscan friars from the northern states traveled to Daytona Beach beach in their van to minister to young people gathering on the shore. During the day, the Franciscans dressed in shorts and sunglasses and hung out on the beach handing out free ice water and talking with students on break.

Posted: 07.07.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Teens advance in leadership

Original Publication Date: 07.03.87

Father Joe Pinchok, second from right, Bishop Moore school pastor, celebrates Mass at San Pedro Center in Winter Park with teens who were taking part in the Advanced Christian Leaderhsip Insitute. The institute is a follow–up to the Christian Leadership Institute, which three dozen youths from throughout the Orlando Diocese participated.

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WINTER PARK | Father Joe Pinchok, second from right, Bishop Moore school pastor, celebrates Mass at San Pedro Center in Winter Park with teens who were taking part in the Advanced Christian Leaderhsip Insitute. The institute is a follow–up to the Christian Leadership Institute, in which three dozen youths from throughout the Orlando Diocese participated.

Posted: 07.06.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Apopka’s St. Francis of Assisi Parish is dedicated

Original Publication Date: 08.13.67

Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley blesses the new St. Francis of Assisi church in Apopka. Father Joseph P. Moran, pastor, celebrated the 10 a.m.

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APOPKA | Archbishop Joseph P. Hurley blesses the new St. Francis of Assisi church in Apopka. Father Joseph P. Moran, pastor, celebrated the 10 a.m. Mass and welcomed the archbishop. Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus from the Orlando area provided an honor guard.

Addressing the congregation, Archbishop Hurley congratulated the Catholics of Apopka on arriving at this important landmark in the history of the young parish. He encouraged them to continue their united efforts to make St. Francis of Assisi an outstanding parish especially in the religious sphere.

The new church constructed mostly of wood was begun soon after the ceremonial groundbreaking last October. Father William Trainor of Eustis was then acting as priest in charge until the appointment of Father Moran in January of this year. Mass has been celebrated regularly since 1962 in Apopka at Apopka Memorial High School and later at the Veteran’s Memorial Home. The parish now serves approximately 200 Catholic families.

Among the clergy attending Sunday’s dedication ceremony were Msgr. Charles A. Bartok, Father Trainor, Father Daniel J. Logan, Father John J. Bluett and Father Daniel J. Butler.

Posted: 07.03.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

Alpha Weekend: Growing awareness of God, others and self

Original Publication Date: 07.02.76

A participant of an Alpha weekend enjoys personal reflection time. Alpha’s goal, though the use of rituals, ceremonies, activities and talks, is to bring each individual to a deeper awareness of self, of others and of God.

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ORLANDO | A participant of an Alpha weekend enjoys personal reflection time. Alpha’s goal, though the use of rituals, ceremonies, activities and talks, is to bring each individual to a deeper awareness of self, of others and of God.

Posted: 07.02.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page

A new home for the sisters

Original Publication Date: 11.06.64

Father Charles W. Spellman, foreground, greets Sisters of St. Dominic of Adrian, Michigan, for whom he had just dedicated the convent (in the background) of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Melbourne.

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MELBOURNE | Father Charles W. Spellman, foreground, greets Sisters of St. Dominic of Adrian, Michigan, for whom he had just dedicated the convent (in the background) of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Melbourne. His audience includes, from the left, Sister Rose Brendan, Sister Mary Grace, Sister Marie Rose, Sister Gonsalva, Mother Ann Catherine, provincial, and Sister Kathleen Marie, principal of Our Lady of Lourdes School. Parish priests and visitors in the doorway, from left, are Father Peter C. Dolan, Father John B. O’Hare, Father James A. Lowe, Father Felix Banos and Father Lawrence Redmond.

Posted: 07.01.09 | Return To Top | Florida Catholic Online Home Page