CSV News winter 09.qxp:Clerics news Winter 06
3/16/09
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Around the Province
Child in the barrio Antonia Lleras, Buenaventura, Colombia
Dockworkers in Buenaventura, Colombia
Responding to calls for solidarity from Colombia, Fr. Thomas Long, CSV, traveled to Cali and Buenaventura, Colombia, as part of a delegation sponsored by Witness for Peace and the 8th Day Center for Justice. The purpose of the trip was to meet with experts and activists and to listen to their analyses of U.S. policy in Colombia. To read his reflections on the trip, please visit the “What’s New”link on the Viatorian website, www.viatorians.com.
Associate Michael Underwood entered the permanent diaconate training program during the Rite of Acceptance at Guardian Angel Cathedral in Las Vegas, NV, on October 2, 2008, at which Bishop Joseph Pepe presided. Michael completed twoand-half years in the Lay Ecclesial Ministry Program and will now begin three years of additional study. He will be ordained a permanent deacon in 2011. Michael is an active member of the St. Thomas More Catholic Community in Henderson, NV. Due to a small Viatorian grant, a family in Patchakan Village in Belize now enjoys electricity in their home for the very first time. Associate Rafael Cob, Director of Social Services at St. Francis Xavier parish in Corozal Town, was responsible for getting the electricity installed in early October. Fr. John Milton, CSV, was a guest presenter at the monthly physics education seminar at the University of Chicago held on October 14, 2008. His topic was “Teaching about Allometric Scaling and Ratio Thinking.” Fr. Milton has been teaching physics at DePaul University for the past twentyone years. A medical mission team, comprised of fifteen parishioners from St. Thomas Catholic Community in Henderson, NV, including Associate James May, visited Corozal Town, Belize, and six surrounding villages October
17th-26th. They treated approximately 1200 patients for diabetes, hypertension, high blood pressure, and various skin disorders. 130 individuals received an EKG test. The team also provided basic nutrition education to their patients. They were assisted by Belizean Associates Rafael Cob and Glenda Francis, as well as several other parishioners from St. Francis Xavier parish in Corozal Town who served as translators. In a show of international solidarity, Belizean Associates Herculana Bastarachea, Juanita Jimenez, and Sylvia Vargas traveled to Jutiapa, Honduras, to welcome seventeen Honduran Associates who made their first commitment in a ceremony held October 25th. The Belizean and Honduran associates were able to spend time sharing about their ministries. In Honduras, the associates are heavily involved in treating the sick with herbal medicine as well as raising produce which is then distributed in poverty stricken areas. Joan Sweeney, archivist for the Viatorian Community, co-hosted the fall 2008 meeting of the Chicago Area Religious Archivists (CARA) on November 14, 2008. Those in attendance toured the Viatorian Community Archives, the Alexian Brothers Archives, and the Sisters of the Living Word Archives, all located in Arlington Heights, IL. Other religious organizations represented were the Felician Sisters, the American Theological Library Association, the Sisters of Mercy, the Claretian Missionaries, Catholic Theological Union, North Shore Congregation Israel, the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago, the Holy Spirit Missionary Sisters, and the Society of the Divine Word, the Cenacle Sisters, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. Fr. Christopher Glancy, CSV, and Fr. Pedro Herrera, CSV, represented the Viatorian Province of Chicago at the closing celebrations of the 50th anniversary 10
Fr. Eduardo Millán, CSV, Provincial of Chile.