07 April 2001
07 April 2001
What's New?Office of Secretary GeneralThis week we are posting to the letters and documents section listings of those who were odained to the deaconate and priesthood in the year 2000.
Rome
We are adding the French and Portuguese translations of Fr. General's letter La Rénovation sociale chrétienne. You may also find it on the Letters and Documents page.
XXth Century SCJ MartyrsWe now have a link on the Documents and Letters page to the series XXth Centurey SCJ Martyrs. We appreciate the many complimentary comments on this series begun in honor of the March 11th beatification of Fr. Juan de la Cruz GarcÌa Mèndez scj of our Spanish Province (HI).
What's Happening?CongoAngelo Cavagna (IS), has sent a report on his participation in a Mission for Peace in the Congo, we have been reporting on over the last several months. The movement has been operating under the name: Anch'io a Bukavu".
Italy
An initiative undertaken by the community of "Casa S. Maria" in Pagliare, Italy has resulted in the dedication of an altar to our Bl. Juan María de la Cruz Méndez on March 25, 2001 in the shrine church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
The shrine church, once part of the minor seminary, is frequented by people from Tronto Valley in the Marches. The people, some of whom were present at the solemn beatification ceremony of Bl. Juan María de la Cruz Méndez at St. Peter's in Rome, have shown up in great numbers in response to this gesture of affection and veneration toward our first martyr. They have made use of prayer cards and a special edition of the house magazine devoted to the person of the new Blessed.
Fr. Evaristo Alegría, vice-posulator general, presided at the solemn mass of dedication. It began with a procession to a side altar dedicated to the Blessed; there he placed a painting of the holy man. During his homily, Fr. Evaristo treated the person of Bl. Juan María and commented on the parable for that day, the story of the prodigal son, highlighting the theme of the merciful love of God the Father, a theme so dear to Fr Juan Méndez. After the homily, everyone moved to the side altar for the blessing of the painting and its incensing in veneration. After Mass, the faithful returned to kiss a relic of Fr. Juan María de la Cruz Méndez which will remain on the altar dedicated to him. The dedication of this altar in a church of the South Italian province is a sign that Bl. Juan María de la Cruz Méndez does not belong to the Spanish province alone but to the entire Ccongregation.
From the office of the secretary generalSpain
RomeIn response to David Jackson's request for scj contacts around the congregation who are working in youth ministry Valeriano Gómez (HI) sent him the list of a number of scjs who are currently working in youth ministry. David was kind enough to pass it on for publication here.
España Valeriano Gómez scjvale@esic.es
Ecuador Benjamín Ramos scjbahia@impasat.net.ec
Ecuador Comunidad scjquito@uio.sanet.net
Venezuela Carlos Enrique filosofadoscjven@telcel.net
Portugal Jacinto Jardim cdehoniano@mail.telepac.pt
Italia del Norte Oliviero Cattani cattani@dehoniane.it
Italia del Sur Ezio Alessandroni ezioales@tin.it
Polonia Tadeo Michalek tadeoscj@polbox.com
Alemania Gerd Henken gerdhemken@t-online.de
Francia Josef F. Furzon jddehon@ifrance.com
Inglaterra Hugh Hanley cajok@aol.com
Irlanda John Kelly jvianney@indigo.ie
Roma Tom Cassidy tomc@scj.org
Please remember+Fr. Józef Kubik POborn: 12.03.35
professed: 14.09.52
ordained; 29.06.59
died: 31.03.01 at Stadniki, Polandborn: 01.09.1919 
+Fr. Kenneth Stoll US
professed: 08.09.1940
ordained: 21.12.1945
died: 02.05.2001 at Holly Springs, MSFr. Kenneth Stoll, SCJ, 81, died early this morning, April 2, in Mississippi. He had been suffering from cancer and was in nursing care. Fr. Ken was a member of the Mississippi community.
Originally from Buffalo, N.Y., Fr. Ken did his seminary studies at Sacred Heart Monastery in Hales Corners, Wis. He professed his first vows with the Priests of the Sacred Heart in 1940 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1945 by Bishop Moses Kiley at St. John's Cathedral, Milwaukee.
Fr. Ken devoted his life to parish ministry, first serving at Sacred Heart parish in Walls, Miss. He spent a year ministering at Our Lady of Guadalupe parish in Indiana Harbor, Ind. (now East Chicago), and then headed back to Mississippi to serve at St. Joseph's parish in Holly Springs from 1949 until 1953.
Moving to South Dakota in 1953, he began a 10-year stint at All Saints Church in Eagle Butte on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation. But after that, it was back to Mississippi, where remained. From 1963 to 1967, he was at St. Joseph Church in Holly Springs; from 1967-1980 he served at St. James in Corinth and from 1981 until 1995, he was at St. Gregory the Great in Senatobia.
He then retired, but remained with the Mississippi community. "He was an ever zealous and concerned pastor who ministered faithfully to his people," said Fr. Jim Cunniffe, SCJ, coordinator of the Mississippi SCJ community. "We pray that the Lord will grant him peace and rest from all his labors."
Funeral arrangements in Mississippi will take place Thursday, April 5 at Holy Spirit Church in Hernando. The wake will be from 3 to 6:45 p.m. and the funeral Mass will be at 7 p.m. Bishop William Houck of Jackson will con-celebrate the Mass.
In Hales Corners, the wake for Fr. Ken will be at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 6, at Sacred Heart Monastery. Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 7, also at Sacred Heart Monastery.
