Gulf Pine Catholic
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October 10, 2014
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ritsch
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He admitted that getting people to change habits is
difficult.
“We try to show people how to live more simply,” he
told
CNS
. “That requires not so many fancy gadgets.”
Father Fritsch left the Mount Vernon center in 2002
after 25 years, deciding it was time for others to take the
reins of the organization.
The organization’s ongoing projects include a wil-
derness demonstration site -- the Mary E. Fritsch Na-
ture Center, named for Father Fritsch’s mother -- where
students can learn about native plants and animals. A-
SPI offers resources on solar technology and simple liv-
ing and houses a well-stocked library on environmental
topics.
Suzanne Van Etten has been Appalachia-Science in
the Public Interest’s executive director since 2012. She
said much of the organization’s effort is expanding into
renewable energy, including do-it-yourself solar power
projects. It also has helped develop a training program
at a local community college to prepare students to in-
stall solar energy systems.
“We are working with the next generation, introduc-
ing them to these things,” she said.
Father Fritsch continues in a pastoral role as well.
In addition to pastoring St. Elizabeth Church, he is sac-
ramental minister at Our Lady of the Mountains Parish
in Stanton.
The parishes are small -- about 50 families each --
allowing him to spend half-time in ministry and half-
time with his passion for the environment. His Sun-
day homilies regularly incorporate environmental and
economic justice themes. He often cites Pope Benedict
XVI and Pope Francis voicing similar concerns.
His challenging words leave some worshippers un-
comfortable. Occasionally a visiting Mass goer walks
out, but never a parishioner, he said. Still, he plans to
stay on his path as long as his health remains good and
the fire in his heart burns.
“We are socially addicted to what our culture is,” he
said. “I’ve said in a pastoral way that you have to turn
to God because only in God can we find our answer.”
F
ather
B
arron
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be “had” only inasmuch as it becomes a gift for others.
When we try to cling to it as a possession, it disappears.
How wonderful that these ancient stories, once we
unpack their spiritual significance, still sing to us today.
Father Robert Barron is the founder of the glob-
al ministry, Word on Fire, and the Francis Cardinal
George Professor of Faith and Culture at University of
St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein. He is the creator of
a new ten episode documentary series called “Catholi-
cism” airing on PBS stations and EWTN. Learn more
about the series at
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The men installed as Knights of Columbus officers
for 2014-2015 Third Degree Council 7910, St.
Joseph Parish, Gulfport, on Sept. 9 are, front,
l-r, Bill Mann; Jim McGraw, State Deputy; Sal
Domino; Adam Mixon; Father George Murphy,
pastor; Jason Koberger; Craig Henderson and
Rohn Edwards, second row, l-r, Roy Gamez, District
Deputy, Installing Official; Butch Plitt, Financial
Secretary; Mike Murphy; Grand Knight Hugh
Frazier and John Barnes; and back row, l-r, Robert
DeLaHunt; Lex Tootle; Raymond Jefferson; and
Dwayne Rooney.
Knights of Columbus Third
Degree Council 7910, St. Joseph
Parish, Gulfport
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