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September 9, 2016
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BY TERRY DICKSON
BAY ST. LOUIS – St. Stanislaus College held its
18th annual Senior Leadership Breakfast on Aug. 26.
Alumni from all walks of life joined the seniors for
what Principal Patrick McGrath called “fellowship and
community in the best tradition of Brothers of the
Sacred Heart,” the religious order that founded the
school 163 years ago.
Student council president Drew Burnett told the
alumni, “Your lives of service will certainly help to
inspire us on our journey during our final year at St.
Stanislaus.”
McGrath told the seniors of the Class of 2017, “We
are proud of who you have become and what you will
become,” while urging them to emulate the alumni who
traveled from near and far to attend the breakfast.
“Seniors, around you are people who are here
because of you, people who want to support you and
offer advice and be models of your future success, just
as you are role models to the rest of SSC” he said.
“Gentlemen, take a minute, enjoy this moment,
gain some insight, some wisdom -- maybe some good
jokes -- because there will likely come a day in the not
so distant future when we ask you to return and impart
your wisdom to young men much like you.”
The keynote speaker for this year’s breakfast was
Mark Glorioso, director of the Nasa Shared Services
Center in Hancock County. Glorioso is a member of St.
Charles Borromeo Parish in Picayune, where he leads
the Sunday Life Teen Mass. He also serves as music
leader for Sunday morning Mass at Most Holy Trinity
Parish in Pass Christian.
Glorioso urged the seniors to use the Bible as a road
map for their daily lives.
“Everything I’ve ever need is in this book. It takes
a lot of help and a lifetime of study to understand it and
to make it your focus,” said he said.
Following his talk the senior class presented
Glorioso with a memento of the school, a piece of art-
work created by Brother Carl Bouchreau in 2004 to
mark the school’s sesquicentennial.
Father Dennis Carver, a 1970 SSC grad, who
received the John Phillip Sousa Band Award during his
senior year, offered the opening prayer, while Father
Mike O’Connor delivered the benediction.
St. Stanislaus holds 18th Annual Senior
Leadership Breakfast
Left, Father Dennis Carver, a 1970 SSC
grad, who received the John Phillip Sousa
Band Award during his senior year, offered
the opening prayer at the 18th Annual
Senior Leadership Breakfast. Student
council president Drew Burnett is pictured
behind Father Carver. Right, Mark
Glorioso, director of the Nasa Shared
Services Center in Hancock County, was
the keynote speaker.
BY JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- To promote Catholic
social teaching and ensure appropriate assistance to
vulnerable people -- especially victims of war, refugees
and the sick -- Pope Francis has established a new
office combing the responsibilities of four pontifical
councils.
In an apostolic letter given ‟motu proprioˮ (on his
own initiative) and published by the Vatican Aug. 31,
the pope said the new ‟Dicastery for Promoting Integral
Human Developmentˮ will merge the pontifical coun-
cils for Justice and Peace, Cor Unum, Migrants and
Travelers, and Health Care Ministry.
The pope named Cardinal Peter Turkson, current
president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and
Peace, to serve as prefect of the new office, which will
begin functioning Jan. 1.
In his letter signed Aug. 17, the pope said, ‟This
dicastery will be competent particularly in issues
regarding migrants, those in need, the sick, the exclud-
ed and marginalized, the imprisoned and the unem-
ployed, as well as victims of armed conflict, natural
disasters, and all forms of slavery and torture.ˮ
According to the new statutes, the prefect will be
assisted by a secretary and ‟at least one undersecretary.ˮ
Laypeople can be chosen for either role.
While Cardinal Turkson will lead the new office, a
section dedicated to refugees and migrants will be led
‟ad tempusˮ (for the time being) directly by the pope,
who will ‟exercise it in the manner he deems
appropriate,ˮ the statutes state.
The new dicastery’s responsibilities include gather-
ing news and information regarding areas of justice and
peace and the protection of human rights, particularly
in areas where people are plagued by violence, migra-
tion, slavery, torture and exploitation, the Vatican said.
The new office will work to ‟deepen the social doc-
trine of the church and ensure that it is widely known
and put into practice and that social, economic and
political relationships will be increasingly permeated
by the spirit of the Gospel,ˮ the press statement said.
Ensuring that local churches offer appropriate mate-
rial and spiritual assistance to the sick, migrants, refu-
gees and itinerant people also is part of the new office's
mandate.
The Dicastery for Promoting Integrating Human
Development will have separate commissions for char-
ity, ecology and health workers and will maintain a
‟close relationshipˮ with the Pontifical Academy of
Social Sciences, the Vatican said.
Pope Francis approved the statutes ‟ad
experimentumˮ (on a trial basis) for an unspecified
period of time.
Pope establishes new office for promoting integral human development
