March 6, 2009
Worth Mentioning
Sign-interpreted Mass at the Woods
The Sisters of Providence now offer a sign-interpreted Eucharistic Liturgy at 11 a.m. on the second Sunday of each month.
“What we are hoping to do is get more people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing to attend Mass,” Sister Mary Ann Phelan said.
She said while it is a Catholic faith-based service, people of other faith traditions are welcome to attend also. “The scriptures and homily are applicable to people of other faiths who are certainly welcome to come,” she said.
Sister Mary Ann learned sign language to communicate with her sister, who was deaf. She learned to sign the alphabet at age 5. For about the last 30 years, she has worked with people in the deaf community, mostly in the Washington, D.C. area.
She also is available to other churches, primarily through the Terre Haute Deanery of Catholic Churches, and to funeral homes.
The next date for sign-interpreted Liturgy at St. Mary-of-the-Woods is Sunday, March 8.
Praying for peace
Jim McGinnis, program director for the Institute for Peace and Justice in St. Louis, has a new book, “Praying for Peace Around the Globe.”
In 128 pages, his book invites readers to pray and act for peace in 40 different countries and around 13 different issues of peace and justice on a daily and weekly basis.
Each prayer page includes a short description of the situation on the country or issue; a longer prayer for peace from that country or issue and a shorter prayer of petition that can be used in worship services, and suggestions for action.
Details and resources are available at www.ipj-ppj.org
New spokesman for St. Mary’s Health System
Rick Peltier has been named the new Media/Public Relations Coordinator at St. Mary’s Health System, after spending the previous eight-and-a-half years as a sports anchor/reporter at WTVW-TV (FOX 7) in Evansville.
Peltier will serve as the media contact and spokesperson for St. Mary’s Health. He is originally from Pittsburgh and he graduated from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science degree in broadcast journalism.
St. Mary’s launches pediatric transport team
St. Mary’s Medical Center in Evansville has announced the start of a Children’s Pediatric Transport Team. The team will consist of a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit nurse, a res-piratory therapist and a paramedic who will respond to calls from regional hospitals to assist in the care and transport of children to St. Mary’s.
Free family fun night at CMOE
St. Mary’s Medical Center is sponsoring a Free Family Fun Night at the Children’s Mu-seum of Evansville the first Thursday of every month. This monthly event is free and open to the public and will run from 5 to 8 p.m.
The Children’s Museum is located on 22 Southeast 5th Street in Evansville. The phone number is (812) 464-2663
Archabbey Library to host liturgical stained glass exhibit
St. Meinrad Archabbey Library Gallery is hosting “The Language of Light: Preaching the Word in Liturgical Stained Glass,” an exhibit of stained glass projects by Benedictine Broth-er Martin Erspamer. The free exhibit will be on display through April 25.
Brother Martin, a monk of St. Meinrad Archabbey, has a master’s degree in fine arts from Boston University. He also has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from the Art Institute of San Antonio and St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. He works as a stained glass window designer and liturgical artist throughout the United States.
This exhibit is a sampling of some of Brother Martin’s stained glass projects from the last five years. Some of these projects are five to six feet tall; others are larger, up to 90 feet long. Like other forms of liturgical art, stained glass windows draw on a rich heritage of imagery. This centuries-old vocabulary comes down through the centuries and is based on Scripture, literature, philosophy, popular belief and legend, and the book arts.
Brother Martin has been a monk of St. Meinrad since 2005. He was a member of a Marianist community in St. Louis, from 1971 until his transfer to St. Meinrad in 2005.