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Parishes leading way in capital campaign
St. John, Yamhill marks 100 yearspages 12-13
A local Catholic baseball legendpage 11
Holy Child nuns serve on in Oregonpage 4
Jesuits pay out abuse settlementspage 5
Family evacuates from Japanese quake epicenterClarice Keating [email protected]
Ironically, it was funeral planning that helped keep Myra Holmes’ mind off the unknown whereabouts of her son and his family in Sendai, Japan, following the 9.0 mag-nitude earthquake that killed thousands and destroyed en-tire communities across 18 prefectures. As the funeral chairwom-an for the Altar Society at her parish, St. Matthew Church in Hillsboro, Myra tried not to think about the fact that neither she, nor any of her adult children had heard anything.
At 6 :15 a.m. March 11 morning, Myra and her hus-band Bill watched the news and read these words scroll across the screen: “The epi-center of the quake is Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture.” “Our hearts dropped, knowing that’s where our son and his family lived,” she said. “Then came the tears and the fear that there was no way they could have survived after seeing the destruction.” All day Friday and into Saturday the family waited. Peter’s sister Cecelia, an em-ployee with the Red Cross, registered them as missing. His other siblings tried to contact them by email and Facebook.
“Working [at the church] helped take my mind off it, but people kept asking about it,” Myra said. “I didn’t want to talk about it because I would break into tears. I re-ally felt that they were gone and we’d never hear from them again.” The call finally came at 3:15 p.m., Saturday, March 12, just before Myra returned from the funeral. Bill an-swered and dashed down
notes quickly. The power had just come on, Peter said, and he only had a few minutes to talk. When the earthquake hit, Peter had been in his of-fice at Tohoku University, where he works in the Grad-uate School of International Cultural Studies’ Department of Language Education. Fu-miko and their oldest son, Jessie, 20, had gone gro-cery shopping and had just stepped out of the store when it hit. Theresa, 14, and John, 12, were at their respective schools. “Japan has lots of earth-quakes, and we would worry every time we heard of one,”
M y r a s a i d . “ B u t Peter al-ways let us know r i g h t a w a y that they were OK. T h e n came the big one.”
As a student at University of Portland after growing up in the Hillsboro area, Peter worked at other colleges to help pay his tuition. While he was working at Lewis and SEE WANNERS, PAGE 9
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It’s about enthusiasm, communication and a little bravery. That’s the lesson from leaders of western Oregon Catholic parishes that have already exceeded their goals for the Archdiocese of Port-land’s $ 50 million capital campaign.
The campaign, called “Sharing Our Faith, Shaping Our Future,” seeks pledges from parishioners to support seminary education, priest retirement, Catholic educa-tion/faith formation and vari-ous parish needs. “The four items were things that people could real-ly be enthusiastic about,” says Father Rick Sirianni, pastor of St. Thomas More Parish
Local priest recovering from crash
L a s t y e a r, F at h e r Amancio Rodrigues was telling friends he was thinking about retirement. Now he’s working hard to walk on his own again.The 69-year-old pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Lincoln
City suf-f e r e d s e v e r e b a c k , sternum and leg injuries in a Dec. 30 crash o n i c y r o a d s near Otis in the Coast Range. He was taken by
SEE CAMPAIGN, PAGE 5
SEE FR. AMANCIO, PAGE 9
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Parishes leading way in capital campaign Local priest recovering from crash
L a s t y e a r, F at h e r Amancio Rodrigues was telling friends he was thinking about retirement. Now he’s working hard to walk on his own again.The 69-year-old pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Lincoln
City suf-City suf-City suff e r e d s e v e r e b a c k , sternum and leg injuries in a Dec. 30 crash o n i c y r o a d s near Otis in the Coast Range. He was taken by
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Parish Life April 15-May 5, 2011 7 CatholicSentinel.org
Historical cemetery gets a little TLC SUBLIMITY —Members of St. Boni-
face Parish who have strong family ties to the area enthusiastically support a project to renovate the historical Cem-etery of Holy Angels.
“We are very proud of our legacy and we want the next generations to continue to be proud of it,” Ron Etzel said.
Led by parishioner Dave Schumach-er, a committee that includes Etzel, his brother, Larry, and parish priest Father Irudayaraj Amalanathan is working to collect financial and in-kind donations for the historic renovation of the site where so many Sublimity Catholics are buried, as well as three parish priests.
Up until a year-and-a-half ago, the
cemetery was surrounded by 50-year-old rhododendrons and arborvitae. The giant shrubs created a visual block into the cemetery, and problems with van-dalism were on the rise, in particular on some of the oldest and most ornate headstones.
Inspiration for the new installation at the Sublimity cemetery comes out of Gervais, where Sacred Heart Parish installed a new ornamental fence with masonry columns around its cemetery.
Monica Weber, also of Sublimity, is doing the design work, which will be available for review by St. Boniface pa-rishioners following upcoming Masses.
Work should get underway some-time after Easter, following prepara-
tions to get the cemetery ready for construction. Terry Hendricks, facili-ties and maintenance director for St. Boniface, has been out working in all types of weather to help get the project off the ground.
As a complement to the main proj-ect, parishioner George Gerspacher has taken on the side venture to reno-vate the centerpiece of the cemetery, a shrine with crucifix and three statues. The Knights of Columbus St. Anthony Council 2439 will help fund the restora-tion of the tombs of three parish priests, Father Anthony Lainck, pastor from 1895-1927, and brothers, Fathers Joseph Scherbring and Francis Scherbring, who also served at St. Boniface.
Denny Barnes photo
St. Boniface Parish works to preserve the 1879 Cemetery of Holy Angels, named by pioneers.
St. Andrew mimes act out Passion of Christ Six actors will recount
the last days of Christ using only their hands, bodies and faces to express the Passion of the Lord during the 9:30 a.m. Palm Sunday service at St. Andrew Church in Northeast Portland on April 16.
Using only a white cloth as a prop, each mime will have a turn in the role of Jesus.
“Each of us plays Jesus to show that we’re all called on to act as Jesus in life, both in our suffering and in our living and teaching,” said Fa-ther Leo Remington, director of the mime group.
This is the fourth year pa-rishioners have volunteered to mime the six-part story. The cast this year will be Jemma Anderson, Francis Stretch, Marilyn Petruzelli, Denver Gray, Emily Davi and Father Remington.
Each actor will also por-tray the other roles, Judas, Pilate, and others.
Self taught, Father Rem-ington has been studying miming and clowning for the purposes of religious educa-tion since the 1970s. He first performed the mime Passion at St. Andrew in the 1970s.
The white cloth prop also takes on a different role for each act — at one point it represents Pilate’s toga, at another time a prayer shawl for Jesus.
Because the performance
takes place during a rever-ential service, the mimes will not wear the traditional white face paint; they will wear black for solemnity. That, too, reminds the audi-ence that each mime is an “every man, every woman” type of person, Father Rem-ington said.
Anderson, 21, has volun-teered to be a mime each time the priest organizes the per-formance.
“I’ve always liked the thought of walking in anoth-er person’s shoes,” the college student said about her love of acting.
St. Andrew is at 806 NE Alberta St.
Steve Hambuchen photo
Jemma Anderson mimes Jesus during a Palm Sunday Passion play at St. Andrew.
Albany: All in to help sister parishA group of ambassadors from St. Mary Parish will
travel to their sister church, St. Mary’s in Honduras. The priest there, Father Guiseppe Leo, has visited Albany twice.
The travelers — Ann Huster, Tim and Kathleen Poole and Saida Hughes — are now raising money to pay for the trip and to bring gift money. Other team members who are working on the project are Alan Huster, Margie Harshberger, Linda and Logan Pawlowski, Paz Garcia, Frances Facey and Kathy Reilly.
Logan designed note cards, which he will produce and sell with his mom’s help. The Albany parish’s religious education students will collect “Pennies for Honduras” through the Lenten season.
In early April, Ann coordinated a sale of hot cross buns, and, later this month, Garcia will coordinate a tamale sale.
Baker City: Children perform play The children of St. Francis De Sales Cathedral of Baker
City recently presented a play entitled “And the Morning Followed....”
Cindy Ratterman, the children’s choir leader, directed the play, assisted by Melissa Kelso, Dana Marlia and Jodi Flanagan.
Canby: Lent collection aids military Throughout the season of Lent, the elementary students
of St. Patrick Parish will be writing letters and collecting supplies to send to men and women of the U.S. military.
Eugene: ‘Cross walk’ is traditionEvery year Chuck Kennedy drives to Eugene from
Mapleton to lead members of the St. Thomas More New-man Center to a “cross walk.”
A group of parishioners tote a large cross while they walk approximately 2¼ miles round trip, rain or shine, from the parish to Hendrick’s Park and back.
Estacada: Come home, Catholics St. Aloysius Church will conduct an ongoing series
called Catholics Returning Home on six consecutive Wednesdays starting April 27, at 7 p.m. at the parish education center. These sessions are for non-practicing Catholics who are seeking answers to questions about returning to the Church. There will be informal sharing and an update of the Catholic faith. The church is at 297 NW Broadway St. in Estacada.
For more information, call Steve Schmidt at 503-637-3095 or St. Aloysius Church office at 503-630-2416.
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Family evacuates from Japanese quake epicenter
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CORVALLIS-Los pasos, lentos y dolorosos que Jesús recorrió para llegar al Calvario, nos llevan a revivir año tras año uno de los
momentos más importantes de la vida espiritual de los católicos. Y es en Semana Santa, cuando el Vía Crucis toma vida, para recordar-nos por qué estamos aquí y a dónde vamos después, por la promesa de
salvación que recibimos del Sal-vador.
En nuestra comunidad católica, los días santos se viven entre los hispanos que siguen sus tradicio-nes de fe y están listos para reci-
bir la Pascua. Una de las citas será este año, el próximo Viernes Santo cuando el 22 de abril, la comunidad se reúna para participar del Vía Crucis en vivo, que dará vida a una tradición similar a la que se vive en
nuestros países de origen.El Vía Crucis del Viernes San-
to, organizado por la parroquia Santa María en Corvallis, será a
En vivo cada uno de los pasos de Jesús hacia el CalvarioFoto de El Centinela por Gerry Lewin
Héctor Cisneros representará a Jesús durante la presentación en vivo del Vía Crucis en español del Viernes Santo, en la iglesia Santa María de Corvallis.
ROMA- “La ciudad está lista para acoger a todos los peregrinos que quieran asistir, tenemos dis-ponibilidad de lugares y además todas las ciudades en los alrede-alrede-dores de Roma”.
Lo indicó monseñor Liberio
Andreatta en la presentación operativa de los eventos relacio-nados con la beatificación de Juan Pablo II, anuncio dado a conocer en la sede del vicariato de Roma,
Beatificación de Juan Pablo II
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A sus 16 años April Torrez tiene en su rostro la expresión de paz in-terior, que la lleva a declarar que sí quiere formar parte de la Iglesia Católica. A su corta edad, estuvo de pie y lista para asumir este paso al lado de muchos que se reunieron el pasado 13 de marzo, en la Catedral Santa María de Portland.
Torrez será bautizada durante la celebración de la Vigilia Pascual en la Iglesia de San Vicente de Paúl en Salem. Al aceptar el sacramento del Bautismo, ella estará entrando a la familia católica con su pequeña hi-jita de 19 meses. La pequeña Angela María fue bautizada hace un año.
Torrez es una brillante estu-diante de high school que incluso toma algunas clases en Chemeketa Community College y que empezó a reflexionar seriamente sobre la vida, cuando se convirtió en madre. Desde entonces ella ha venido asistiendo a la iglesia de San Vicente de Paul donde también toma clases de formación en la fe.
“Cuando vine a la iglesia, sim-plemente sentí que era lo mejor”, dijo Torrez, quien creció en una
familia de Salem sin formación re-ligiosa. “Yo quiero tener en mi casa el sentido que da la fe. Tener la es-tructura para poder enseñarle a mi
hija sobre los valores que yo no tuve durante mi etapa de niñez”.
Torrez es una más de los 900
Una bienvenida a los nuevos católicos
Foto de El Centinela por Ed LangloisApril Torrez y su hijita Angela María recibirán el Bautismo.
VEA CATÓLICOS, PÁGINA 10
Foto del Servicio Católico de NoticiasEl Papa Peregrino será beatificado el 1o. de mayo en Roma.
VEA BEATIFICACIÓN, PÁGINA 7
Family evacuates from Japanese quake epicenterClarice Keating [email protected]
Ironically, it was funeral planning that helped keep Myra Holmes’ mind off the unknown whereabouts of her son and his family in Sendai, Japan, following the 9.0 mag-nitude earthquake that killed thousands and destroyed en-tire communities across 18
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St. John, Yamhill marks 100 yearspages 12-13
thousands and destroyed entire communities across 18 prefectures. As the funeral chairwom-an for the Altar Society at her parish, St. Matthew Church in Hillsboro, Myra tried not to think about the fact that neither she, nor any of her adult children had heard anything.
At 6 :15 a.m. March 11 morning, Myra and her hus-band Bill watched the news and read these words scroll across the screen: “The epi
Parish Life April 15-May 5, 2011 CatholicSentinel.org
Historical cemetery gets a little TLC SUBLIMITY —Members of St. Boni-
face Parish who have strong family ties to the area enthusiastically support a project to renovate the historical Cem-etery of Holy Angels.
“We are very proud of our legacy and we want the next generations to continue to be proud of it,” Ron Etzel said.
Led by parishioner Dave Schumach-er, a committee that includes Etzel, his brother, Larry, and parish priest Father Irudayaraj Amalanathan is working to collect financial and in-kind donations for the historic renovation of the site where so many Sublimity Catholics are buried, as well as three parish priests.
Up until a year-and-a-half ago, the
cemetery was surrounded by 50-year-old rhododendrons and arborvitae. The giant shrubs created a visual block into the cemetery, and problems with van-dalism were on the rise, in particular on some of the oldest and most ornate headstones.
Inspiration for the new installation at the Sublimity cemetery comes out of Gervais, where Sacred Heart Parish installed a new ornamental fence with masonry columns around its cemetery.
Monica Weber, also of Sublimity, is doing the design work, which will be available for review by St. Boniface pa-rishioners following upcoming Masses.
Work should get underway some-time after Easter, following prepara-
tions to get the cemetery ready for construction. Terry Hendricks, facilities and maintenance director for St. Boniface, has been out working in all types of weather to help get the project off the ground.
As a complement to the main project, parishioner George Gerspacher has taken on the side venture to renovate the centerpiece of the cemetery, a shrine with crucifix and three statues. The Knights of Columbus St. Anthony Council 2439 will help fund the restoration of the tombs of three parish priests, Father Anthony Lainck, pastor from 1895-1927, and brothers, Fathers Joseph Scherbring and Francis Scherbring, who also served at St. Boniface.
St. Boniface Parish works to preserve the 1879 Cemetery of Holy Angels, named by pioneers.
St. Andrew mimes act out Passion of Christ Six actors will recount
the last days of Christ using only their hands, bodies and faces to express the Passion of the Lord during the 9:30 a.m. Palm Sunday service at St. Andrew Church in Northeast Portland on April 16.
Using only a white cloth as a prop, each mime will have a turn in the role of Jesus.
“Each of us plays Jesus to show that we’re all called on to act as Jesus in life, both in our suffering and in our living and teaching,” said Fa-ther Leo Remington, director of the mime group.
This is the fourth year pa-rishioners have volunteered to mime the six-part story. The cast this year will be Jemma Anderson, Francis Stretch, Marilyn Petruzelli, Denver Gray, Emily Davi and Father Remington.
Each actor will also por-tray the other roles, Judas, Pilate, and others.
Self taught, Father Rem-ington has been studying miming and clowning for the purposes of religious educa-tion since the 1970s. He first performed the mime Passion at St. Andrew in the 1970s.
The white cloth prop also takes on a different role for each act — at one point it represents Pilate’s toga, at another time a prayer shawl for Jesus.
Because the performance
takes place during a rever-ential service, the mimes will not wear the traditional white face paint; they will wear black for solemnity. That, too, reminds the audi-ence that each mime is an “every man, every woman” type of person, Father Rem-ington said.
Anderson, 21, has volun-teered to be a mime each time the priest organizes the per-formance.
“I’ve always liked the thought of walking in anoth-er person’s shoes,” the college student said about her love of acting.
St. Andrew is at 806 NE Alberta St.
Jemma Anderson mimes Jesus during a Palm Sunday Passion play at St. Andrew.
Albany: All in to help sister parishA group of ambassadors from St. Mary Parish will
travel to their sister church, St. Mary’s in Honduras. The priest there, Father Guiseppe Leo, has visited Albany twice.
The travelers — Ann Huster, Tim and Kathleen Poole and Saida Hughes — are now raising money to pay for the trip and to bring gift money. Other team members who are working on the project are Alan Huster, Margie Harshberger, Linda and Logan Pawlowski, Paz Garcia, Frances Facey and Kathy Reilly.
Logan designed note cards, which he will produce and sell with his mom’s help. The Albany parish’s religious education students will collect “Pennies for Honduras” through the Lenten season.
In early April, Ann coordinated a sale of hot cross buns, and, later this month, Garcia will coordinate a tamale sale.
Baker City: Children perform play The children of St. Francis De Sales Cathedral of Baker
City recently presented a play entitled “And the Morning Followed....”
Cindy Ratterman, the children’s choir leader, directed the play, assisted by Melissa Kelso, Dana Marlia and Jodi Flanagan.
Canby: Lent collection aids military Throughout the season of Lent, the elementary students
of St. Patrick Parish will be writing letters and collecting supplies to send to men and women of the U.S. military.
Eugene: ‘Cross walk’ is traditionEvery year Chuck Kennedy drives to Eugene from
Mapleton to lead members of the St. Thomas More New-man Center to a “cross walk.”
A group of parishioners tote a large cross while they walk approximately 2¼ miles round trip, rain or shine, from the parish to Hendrick’s Park and back.
Estacada: Come home, Catholics St. Aloysius Church will conduct an ongoing series
called Catholics Returning Home on six consecutive Wednesdays starting April 27, at 7 p.m. at the parish education center. These sessions are for non-practicing Catholics who are seeking answers to questions about returning to the Church. There will be informal sharing and an update of the Catholic faith. The church is at 297 NW Broadway St. in Estacada.
For more information, call Steve Schmidt at 503-637-3095 or St. Aloysius Church office at 503-630-2416.
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David Tobin carries cross during Lent tradition.
SEE PARISH LIFE, PAGEPAGEP 10
Catholic Sentinel photo by Gerry Lewin
Father Robert Palladino works on a project in his home studio in Sandy. His calligraphy hangs in the homes of many Oregon Catholics.
Life leads many to enter the church
Parish sends
Marines shawls
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Basketball
wrap-uppage 10
Green Catholic
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Pope prays for
Japan ‘quake
victimspage 21
Communicating the Word of God is his passion
In the morning cold of the
farmhouse, his hand is stiff
as he grasps the broad-edged
pen. His eyes have aged. But
the 78-year-old priest and cal-
ligraphy master plans to write
until he dies.
Father Robert Palladino
is as much evangelist as art-
ist. He creates letters full of
grace not simply for their
beauty, but to communicate
the Word of God. He’s a man
with a daring ideal: create a
form as worthy as possible for
divine content.
His work is sought after
and hangs in the homes of
many Oregon Catholics. He
melds Latin, English and He-
brew letters in ways that show
the vitality and universality
of scriptures. He also writes
the words of theologians
and spiritual masters, usu-
ally short, memorable quotes
people can live by. He has en-
graved the texts and notes of
ancient chant, which he ad-
mires greatly.
“I do things that inspire
me in the hope that they may
inspire someone else,” says
the priest. He’s both a former Trappist
monk and a widower, a lover
of Gregorian chant and a fer-
vent backer of bringing the
church into the modern world.
Father Palladino is the
grandson of an Italian stone
mason who came to the U.S.
and was recruited to work on
St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral
in Santa Fe, N.M., a building
finished in 1886. Both grand-
mothers were singers.
His father, a frustrated
would-be architect who be-
came a grocer and church
choir director, was born in the
house of the Bishop of Santa
Fe. His mother, of Scotch-Irish
descent, was the church or-
ganist.
SEE FR. PALLADINO, PAGE 9
Inside
Ed Langlois
April Torrez, fresh-faced
and 16, stood amid hundreds
at St. Mary Cathedral March
13 to declare that she is ready
to become Catholic.
Torrez will be baptized
during the Easter vigil at
St. Vincent de Paul Church
in Salem. In accepting the
sacrament, she’ll join her
19-month-old daughter in the
faith. Young Angela Maria
was baptized a year ago.
Torrez, a bright high
school student who also
takes classes at Chemeketa
Community College, started
to think about life once she
became a mother. She’s been
attending St. Vincent de Paul
Church and taking classes on
the faith ever since.
Tsunami
spares coast
parishesThe devastating 9.0
earthquake off the coast
of Japan sent tsunami
waves around the Pacific
Rim, but no serious dam-
age has been reported on
the Oregon coast, including
its Catholic churches.
In Oregon, the waves
were highest in the south-
ern part of the state. As of
2 p.m. March 11, an evacu-
ation notice for Brook-
ings residents had not yet
been lifted. Star of the Sea
Church is a designated Red
Cross Emergency Center,
so more than 60 evacuees
from low-lying areas wan-
dered up to take refuge at
the church once the warn-
ing sirens began sounding
at 4 a.m.
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