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DEACONS ORDAINED 
Deacon Ordination  
Candidate George Mahas lies prostrate as the congregation prays the Litany of the Saints before he and two other candidates are ordained. (Chronicle photo by Laurie Stevens Bertke) 
 
Transitional deacons ordained for diocese
 
Auxiliary Bishop Joseph R. Binzer of Cincinnati ordained three seminarians of the Diocese of Toledo as transitional deacons April 11 at the Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation in Carey. The newly ordained include Deacon George Mahas of Toledo Corpus Christi University Parish, Deacon Paul Schreiner of Tiffin St. Mary and Deacon Scott Woods of Toledo St. Michael the Archangel. Read more about the Mass and the men who were ordained in the May 2, 2014, print issue. 
 
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may print May issue now available

 

The May 2 print issue is now available in parishes. A sample of what you will find inside: 
  • Coverage of the canonization of Sts. John XXIII and John Paul II
  • Feature on Rahab's Heart, a group working to rescue women trapped in prostitution in Toledo
  • Photos and coverage of transitional deacon ordination
  • Is it a sin to miss Sunday Mass if I'm on vacation?
  • How to create a "Mary Garden" in your backyard  
  • Summer Festival Guide 

Along with additional news, features and columnists! We invite you to pick up a copy at church this weekend.

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Living Faith: Our Lady of the Lake Deanery
Sandusky St. Mary parishioner takes to heart Mother Teresa's call 

Karen Bush
Karen Bush, left, inspires her friend Ginny Wilson with her compassionate spirit. The women, parishioners at Sandusky St. Mary, volunteer together at Care and Share of Erie County.
SANDUSKY-"It is not enough for us to say: 'I love God,' but I also have to love my neighbor."

Mother Teresa spoke these words. She also lived them.

So does Karen Bush, a Sandusky St. Mary parishioner who admires Mother Teresa and who has served the poor in her community for more than a decade.

When Mrs. Bush's husband, Ray, retired in 2002, the couple moved from Mansfield to Marblehead in Ottawa County. He told his wife, "I want to do what you do."

What she did was volunteer. She was a den mother, helped out in a nursing home and organized food drives.

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Seminarians, eighth-graders face off on basketball court

 

Mansfield Basketball
(Chronicle photo by Laurie Stevens Bertke)
MANSFIELD-Cheered on by the rest of the student body, Mansfield St. Peter's eighth-grade boys basketball team took to the court April 25 to play a friendly game against Father Jeremy Miller and a group of seminarians preparing for priesthood.

Fr. Miller, associate pastor of St. Peter, says the "vocations basketball game" gives priests and seminarians a chance to spend time with young people and to speak with them about God in a fun, "non-church" atmosphere.

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May 2, 2014

 

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