June 2009
4 posts
Making Dreams Come True
Small Parish Reaching Out To a Larger World St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, a small parish nestled in the hills of Raywick, KY has reached out in service to a larger world thanks to the initiative of Father Jim Graf, pastor, and Sister Luke Boiarski, Director of Volunteers for the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. Last year, Father Jim and three of his parishioners, Butch Cecil, J.C. Detherage,...
After a decade, Aspinwall school gets sister at...
By Tony LaRussa, TRIBUNE-REVIEW Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy in Aspinwall hired Sister Dorothy Dolak, a Sister of Charity of Nazareth, as principal, marking the return of a religious sister at the helm. In addition to several decades of teaching and working as a principal in Catholic schools, she has served as administrator at a nursing home and an adult day care center.The new...
Muscular Distrophy Association Fund Raiser
Two Pittsburgh sisters, Sister Helen Chervenak and Sister Cecilia Ann Fatula, were “jailed” for the Muscular Distrophy Association fund raiser, the MDA Lock-up. Police from the Allegheny County Sheriff’s office arrived at St Louise Convent with lights and siren yesterday June 10. The sisters were served warrants for their “arrest,” hand-cuffed and hauled down the...
Presentation Academy Bids Farewell to 71-Year-Old...
Celebration to honor 1938 gym that will be replaced by new Arts & Athletic Center LOUISVILLE, Ky. (June 2, 2009) – Presentation Academy, a 177-year-old Catholic academy for girls located in downtown Louisville and the city’s oldest continuously operating high school, will celebrate a facility that has been a part of the school’s campus for over 71 years during its “Farewell to the 1938 Gym”...
