Catholic Values @VillanovaU
Today’s inspiration…
This statement of Catholic values from Villinova University is what has been so lacking in our society in recent years. We commend Villinova for taking a moral stand and proclaiming Catholic Values for all the world to see.
” In The Augustinian Tradition @VillanovaU As a Catholic, Augustinian university we aspire not to uniformity in thinking but for the creation of new knowledge based on the wisdom of the past and ever greater moral conversion into a community of mutuality, equality, justice, and respect for the sacredness of all creation.”
Catholic colleges and universities have gone through three distinct stages that have paralleled the history of the Catholic community in the United States. [read on at Villanova.edu]
@saintjosephs Keeps The Jesuit Tradition Alive
@saintjosephs Founded by the Society #of Jesus in 1851, Saint Joseph’s University advances the professional and personal ambitions of men and women by providing a demanding, yet supportive, educational experience. Steeped in the 450-year Jesuit tradition of scholarship and service, the University strives to be recognized as the preeminent Catholic comprehensive university in the Northeast. The campus is located in western Philadelphia and Montgomery counties on over 100 acres.
Interested in St. Joseph’s University? Here are some scolarship opportunities that are available.
- American Legion – Pennsylvania Auxiliary ScholarshipApplicant must be the child of a veteran or of a deceased veteran and have financial need. Applicant must be a graduate of a Pennsylvania high school who is planning to attend a Pennsylvania institution.
- Joseph P. Gavenonis ScholarshipApplicant must attend a secondary school in Pennsylvania and be the child of a Pennsylvania American Legion Member who is in good standing, is deceased, or has been killed or is missing in action.
- Ohio College Opportunity GrantApplicant must be an Ohio resident who demonstrates the highest levels of financial need with an expected family contribution of $2,190 or less and a maximum household income of $75,000 as determined by the FAFSA results. Applicant must be enrolled at an eligible Ohio or Pennsylvania institution.
- Technology ScholarshipApplicant must be a Pennsylvania resident who is a high school graduate with a minimum 3.0 GPA. Applicant must be enrolled in an approved science or technology program at a Pennsylvania school, including community colleges, independent two-year colleges or private licensed schools offering approved programs. The goal of this program is to help address the critical need to educate and retain a workforce of highly trained technology experts that will help Pennsylvania attract and support new employers. Recipients of these scholarships must agree to work full-time in Pennsylvania following graduation, one year for each year that a scholarship award is received. science and technology
- Tony Sparacino Memorial ScholarshipApplicant must be a a self-identified LGBTQ student, or student supportive of the LGBTQ community; currently enrolled full-time at an accredited college or university in Philadelphia; seeking a degree in an art program/major. Tuition, books and supplies, and/or room and board. Where possible, funds will be payable on the student’s behalf directly to the school. art history, dance, fashion design, media arts, theatre, visual arts
Come Show Your Malvern Pride
Come out and represent the Malvern Retreat House in the Annual Philadelphia St. Patrick’s Day Parade!
DATE: Sunday, March 11, 2011
- 9:30 AM. Phila. St. Patrick’s Day Parade Mass (optional) St. Patrick’s Church 20th & Locust Sts. Phila. PA 19103 (it’s Daylight Savings time – turn your clocks ahead).
- 11:00 AM. – Malvern group meets at the North side of JFK Blvd. between 16th & 17th Streets
- 12:00 PM. Parade begins
PARADE ROUTE:
16th and JFK up the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to the Art Museum (1.2 miles)
DRESS:
Dress warmly and for outside weather. (No jeans, no inappropriate logos or messages)
Kilts, top hats, tuxedos are allowed.
Green if you have something, but not required.
NOTE!
The parade is a family event and is being televised live. Alcohol is prohibited.
Come show your Malvern pride.
For information and to sign up, contact Michael Norton at 484-321-2539 or mnorton@malvernretreat.com
Prosit,
Jim Fitzsimmons
President
Bill Donaghy to speak at SixThree 2012
Bill Donaghy
Bill began working in the fields of mission and evangelization in the Philadelphia region in 1999. Through his previous work with the Pontifical Mission Societies, he’s given hundreds of talks on the spirituality of mission to young people, sharing his experiences of missionary work in Haiti, El Salvador, and the Dominican Republic, as well as parish and young adult ministry in the United States Read more
The Stethoscope
If there is one video you need to watch today, this is it.
2012 Annual Six Three Group Retreat
We are pleased to announce that our 91st Annual SixThree Spiritual Retreat at Malvern is scheduled for June 15-16-17, 2012.
Our goal this year is to continue to incrementally improve the spiritual quality of the SixThree retreat experience and begin a trend of growing the number of annual retreatants for years to come. This year we are planning an exciting retreat which includes:
- C.A. Captain for 2012 is Anthony De Cesaris; contact: captain@sixthreegroup.com
- Keynote speech from Bill Donaghy – missionary, theologian and teacher
- The first-class relics 200 Anniversary Tour of St John Neumann makes its final stop at Malvern during our retreat weekend.
- Two fantastic Retreat Directors Fr. Richard Boever, CSsR and Fr. Joseph Gleason
Our 2012 Annual Six-Three Spiritual Retreat at Malvern is scheduled for:
June 15, 16 & 17, 2012
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REGISTER ONLINE TODAY!
Suggested good will offering is $195.
$25 deposit due with online application
Fr. Hickey Reassigned To St. John Fisher
Fr. Gregory J. Hickey
Fr. Gregory Hickey, who has served as spiritual director and Rector of Malvern Retreat House (MRH) since January 2007, has been reassigned.
Fr. Hickey met with Cardinal Rigali last week regarding his new assignment. Effective September 12, 2011 Father Hickey will become pastor of St. John Fisher parish in Boothwyn, Delaware County. A search within and outside the Philadelphia Archdiocese for a priest to succeed Fr. Hickey as Rector has begun.
All Men and Women of Malvern will join in wishing Father Hickey the blessings of health, happiness and prosperity and he begins his new role as Pastor of St. John Fisher. We thank him for his significant contribution as our Rector in advancing the Malvern retreat apostolate .
Prosit Fr. Hickey!
Amigo de Jesus – Family Picnic
Amigos de Jesus
Save the date for the Amigos de Jesus Family Picnic!
When: Sunday, September 18 · 12:30pm – 5:00pm
Where:
Sisters of the Holy Redeemer Provincialate
521 Moredon Road
Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania
Details:
Fr. Den will celebrate an outdoor Mass at 12:30pm followed by a picnic at 1:30pm which will include lunch and family games. Bring your children, friends and family to meet our children from Honduras and the Directors, Amy & Wilson.
Bill Antinore – Featured Guest Speaker Six Three 2011
Bill & Brenda Antinore
“When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you? Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” Matthew 25:38
This year we will be introduced to a exceptional man who will share with us his remarkable journey through life which landed him as the Director of The Seeds of Hope Ministries (SOHM) in Camden NJ to do the Lord’s work. But this is only a portion of Bill’s life story. The whole story of Bill’s journey must be heard first hand from Bill to be believed.
Bill will share his stirring testimony of how he went from being a successful lawyer with all the world could afford a man, to being arrested and incarcerated, losing everything. Bill will tell of how God faithfully met him, restored and redirected his life, and how he and his wife Brenda now dedicate their lives to “the least of these”!
Learn more about The Seeds Of Hope Ministries
www.SeedsofHopeMinistries.org
Seeds of Hope Ministries is the umbrella organization for three ministries that have operated within the City of Camden, NJ for many years. South Jersey Aftercare, which has been in existence since 1998, is an ex-offender reentry ministry for men and women returning from prison. We seek to facilitate the transformation of prisoners and their reconciliation to God, family, and community through our weekly programs, transitional housing and most importantly, the power and truth of Jesus Christ. My Father’s Hands, an outreach ministry to people who find themselves on the streets of Camden (homeless, drug addicts, alcoholics, lost), has been serving people on the street since 2003. Our desire is that they will not only be clothed and fed, but that they will be receptive to the Good News of the Gospel. She Has A Name, which had its beginnings in 2005, is a specific outreach to the ladies who find themselves in bondage to drugs and eventual prostitution. We share practical care and the unconditional love of Christ with these women who walk the streets of inner city Camden.
Through many volunteers and the provision of individual donations, we are able to reach out to the least, the last and the lost with love, compassion and tangible help that comes in countless forms. We consider it a joy and a privilege to care for individuals that the world would prefer to ignore or kick to the curb. Our mission and vision is to see lives changed by the Gospel for the glory of God.
2011 Men’s Spirituality Conference
Fr. Gregory J. Hickey
Being a leader is not a position or a title. It is a frame of mind and practice. Being a leader begins with an individual finding voice and taking action. Effective leaders influence others to find their voice, take action, and become leaders, creating a ripple effect. Though some people truly may be “born leaders”, each of us can build our capacity for leadership.
