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Former K-W Serra Club Chaplain
Fr. Frank Freitas Authors First Book
T H E S E R R A C L U B O F
K I T C H E N E R
W A T E R L O O
S P R I N G O F 2 0 1 3
T H E S E R R A C L U B O F K I T C H E N E - W A T E R L O O
N E W S L E T T E R
K - W S E R R A
C L U B O F F I C E R S
PRESIDENT BILL ZISTER
V.P. VOCATIONS
DAVE DEPPISCH
V.P. PROGRAM,
MARY HELEN STROEDER
V.P. COMMUNICATIONS
LEE HISHON
SECRETARY,
JOANNE SHEWCHUK
TREASURER LOU REITZEL
TRUSTEES
NEIL CORBETT
PAST PRESIDENT
NOREEN HISHON
CHAPLAIN,
FR. TOBY COLLINS, CR
Newsletter Editor
Lee Hishon
[email protected]
Serran-Dipity
Fr. Walter Schnarr CR was
our guest at the Religious Life
Banquet in January where we
also recognized the sisters and
permanent deacons serving in
our area of the diocese.
His Excellency Bishop Doug-
las Crosby is shown with
Fr. Schanrr who is in his 101st
year. He is a resident of Res-
urrection Manor in Waterloo.
Picture and text thanks to the Catholic Register
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Habemus Papam
On Wednesday March 13th
2013 Jorge Mario Bergoglio the
Archbishop of Buenos Aires,
Argentina was elected by the
college of Cardinals to be our
next pope and assumed the
name Francis.
As Archbishop he turned down
the opportunity to live in the
palatial residence, opting for a
spartan apartment. He cooks his
own meals, takes the bus and
does all of this operating on
only one lung.
Pope Francis is a member of the
Society of Jesus, a Jesuit.
Do you recognize
this symbol?
Check the back
page for the
answer
Remember to
pray for vocations
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Permanent Deacons Visit the Club
P A G E 2
WEBSITES TO VISIT
Sisters of Our Lady
Immaculate
http://www.solisisters.ca/
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Congregation of the
Resurrection
http://
www.resurrectionist.ca/
vocations/
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K-W Serra Club
http://serra.org/
kitchener-waterloo/
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K-W Serra Club Religious Life Banquet
K-W Serran Al Smith spoke to us Feb-
ruary on two of his activities. He is in-
volved in a weekly Rosary Hour pro-
gram on CKWR 98.5 FM 9:00 on
Sunday mornings.
Promotion of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen,
and his path toward sainthood, is an-
other passion. He hosts the Sheen Hour
on Monday at 7:30 pm. Al has been
speaking to Serra clubs recently about
these activities and distributing Bishop
Sheen’s books to seminarians.
S E R R A M E M O R I A L C A R D S A R E A G R E A T W A Y T O R E M E M B E R F A M I L Y A N D
F R I E N D S
Our Religious Life Banquet
was held on Wednesday Janu-
ary 16th at Conestoga Place.
Pictured to the left, celebrating
along with His Excellency
Bishop Crosby were, His Ex-
cellency Bishop Matthew
Ustrzycki, Diocesan Vocations
Director Fr. Wojciech Kuzma,
Fr. Peter Meyer pastor at St.
Anne’s parish Kitchener, CR
Vocations Director Fr. Toby
Collins with Deacon Nick
Cherri assisting.
NOTE: Find the 5 connections to the internet.
BREAKING NEWS
In November 2013,
EWTN Global Catholic Network will air
a five-part television series on the life and works of
Blessed Junipero Serra.
This commemorates the tercentenary
(300th anniversary) of Father Serra’s birth.
You should be able to watch this on your computer.
Go to: http://www.ewtn.com/
The cause of
Blessed
Junipero Serra
requires one
additional
miracle to be
accepted by the
Vatican to
qualify for
Junipero Serra
1712-1784
“Serra
Connects”
replaces
“The Serran”
that used to be mailed
once or twice a year .
View at :
http://
www.serraconnects.com/
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Recent Speakers at Our K-W Serra Club
P A G E 3 T H E S E R R A C L U B O F K I T C H E N E - W A T E R L O O
THE EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS
A presentation was made on February
6th by Noreen Hishon on the Eucha-
ristic Congress held in Dublin Ireland
in June 2012.
K-W Serrans in attendance at the
Congress were, Lou and Carole Reit-
zel, Darlene Lustic as well as Noreen
and Lee Hishon.
Noreen’s presentation gave an overall
picture of the event with highlights of
the workshops held.
One notable workshop on Eucharist
was presented by Fr. Dan Crosby Capu-
chin who spoke of Becoming the
Eucharist. We need to understand what
this means:
Jesus took Bread,
Jesus blessed it,
Jesus broke it,
Jesus gave it,
He wants us to reach out to others peo-
ple as He reaches out to us. Noreen was
assisted in her presentation with a
PowerPoint visual composed by Lee
Fr. Frank Freitas is author of Are We There
Yet? the latest book published by Catholic
Register Books. It’s a practical guide that
Freitas says demonstrates that despite the
answer we seek not being as clear as we
hope, finding our purpose is attainable if we
are really willing to reach out for it. With
the desire to help Catholics find their pur-
pose, Fr. Freitas has brought together a col-
lection of reflections on his life, Scripture
and the history of the Church
Fr. Toby Collins, C.R. Vocation Director for the Congregation of the Resurrection and also
our club Chaplain was our speaker at the March 20th meeting.
He explained the difference between a priest serving in an order or community like the
Resurrectionists and the diocesan clergy. Since he is an order priest the emphasis was on
the Resurrectionists. Order priests live in community unlike the diocesan priests who often
live alone in the rectory. Order priests answer to the Spiritual Leader formerly known as
the Superior. Diocesan men answer to the Bishop.
The Resurrectionists are serving in seventeen countries around the world. Fr Toby has be-
come involved in developing videos of vocation stories and vocation events for presenta-
tions to young and old in the promotion of vocations. Former club Chaplain Fr. Wojciech
Kuzma who planned to join with Fr. Toby was unable to attend.
Picture and text thanks to the Catholic Register
Fr. Frank Freitas, Pastor St. Mary’s Church of
the Visitation, in Hespler Cambridge, He is
shown here signing copies of his recent book,
“Are We There Yet”.
Former K-W Serra Club Chaplain
Fr. Frank Freitas Authors First Book
Fr Toby Collins
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“To catch the reader's attention, place an
interesting sentence or quote from the story
here.”
Caption describing
picture or graphic.
18th Annual Serra Priest Ski Day
On March 18th the Serra Club of Kitchener-Waterloo held its 18th Priest ski day at
Blue Mountain in Collingwood. Ten priests participated on a good day for skiing.
It was cool and windy but the snow was crisp and the light was great. Pictured
here, from left to right,Serran Jim Beingessner, Fr. Paul Boucher, Fr. Dave Lewis,
Fr. Franjo Sprajc, Fr. Tad Walczyk of Barrie, Fr. David Perrin, Fr. Dave
Reilander, Fr. Ted Slaman, Fr. Peter Meyer and Serran Lee Hishon. Absent from
the picture is Fr.Adam Voisin and Fr. Vladimir Zivcic of St. Catharines
KINDLY CONSDER REMEMBERING SERRA IN YOUR ESTATE
Caption
describing
picture or
graphic.
COMING EVENTS
Mar. 6th, 2013
Mini Lenten Retreat
Fr. Toby Collins
20 March 2013
Seminary Life
Fr. Toby Collins and
Fr .Wojciech Kuzma
3 April 2013
Life of a
Consecrated Virgin
Rosanna Galino
17 April 2013
Charter Night
6:00 pm Mass St Agatha
Church Dinner Angies
20 April 2013
Serra Conference
St. Jerome’s University
Waterloo
Wed. 1 May 2013
Celebration Dinner
Liuna Station,
Hamilton ON
Wed June 5th
Closing Mass
Carmel of St. Joseph,
Dinner in St. Agatha
Thursday June
22nd to 26th
Serra
International Convention
Majorca Spain
Priest Barbeque
Reitzel Cottage
Conestoga Lake
Wednesday Sept. 4th
This is called a
Qr Code.
On your i-phone or
Blackberry or
similar, find this
symbol and take a
picture of it and it
will take you to the
K-W Serra website
Pictured above are Denise Dolff
our speaker for February 20th ac-
companied by our Vice President
Program Mary Helen Stroeder
In her presentation Denise
Dolff provided a profes-
sional visual presentation to
which she provided the
commentary of her visit and
work in Rwanda Africa.
This was the main part of
her presentation however it
should be known that De-
nise is involved in mar-
riage, individual and family
counselling.
Recently Released
CR Vocations Video
http://
vimeo.com/62459126
