September - St. Augustine Catholic
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MARK UDRY<br />
in the news…<br />
diocesan highlights<br />
The Florida High School Activities<br />
Association (FHSAA) announced that Bishop<br />
Kenny High School has been awarded the<br />
Dodge Sunshine Cup All-Sports Award<br />
for 2005-2006 in Class 4-A. The Crusader‚s<br />
award is based on the success of the boys‚<br />
and girls‚ sports teams and their finish in<br />
the FHSAA <strong>St</strong>ate Series Competition. It is<br />
the third time in as many years Crusader<br />
athletics have finished in first place in various<br />
categories. (03’-04’ Overall Winner; 04’-05’<br />
Boys’ Division.)<br />
.....<br />
<strong>St</strong>. Vincent’s Medical<br />
Center was named by U.S.<br />
News & World Report as one<br />
of America’s Best Hospitals<br />
in the Heart and Heart<br />
Surgery category in its 2006<br />
rankings. In the magazine’s<br />
annual “America’s Best Hospitals” report, <strong>St</strong>.<br />
Vincent’s is the only Jacksonville hospital<br />
listed in any of the 16 specialties listed. This<br />
year marks the third time that <strong>St</strong>. Vincent’s has<br />
been ranked by U.S. News & World Report<br />
among the nation’s finest heart hospitals.<br />
.....<br />
Karen Slevin was recently named executive<br />
director of the Gainesville<br />
Regional Office of <strong>Catholic</strong><br />
Charities. Karen is a<br />
native of Brooklyn, N.Y.,<br />
and has a bachelor’s in<br />
urban affairs from Rollins<br />
College in Winter Park,<br />
Karen Slevin<br />
Fla. She was the director<br />
of the City of Gainesville’s<br />
Community Redevelopment Agency for six<br />
years. Karen is married, with two adult children<br />
and two adopted children and is a parishioner<br />
at Holy Faith Parish.<br />
.....<br />
Tricia Sevilla began her duties as principal<br />
of Resurrection <strong>Catholic</strong><br />
School in Jacksonville on<br />
July 1. Tricia is from Palatine,<br />
Ill., and attended Notre<br />
Dame University. She has a<br />
bachelor’s in liberal studies<br />
and a master’s in education.<br />
Tricia taught middle school<br />
English at Holy Rosary and<br />
Tricia Sevilla<br />
freshman English at Bishop Kenny High School<br />
in Jacksonville.<br />
MARK UDRY<br />
last word<br />
last word<br />
to wish, to hope what’s the difference?<br />
by Father Charles Irvin<br />
What’s the difference between wishing for something and<br />
hoping for something? The distinction between the two is<br />
important for all of us, teens as well as adults.<br />
A wish is something we want, but is based only on our desire<br />
– something we think we want. Hope, however, is based on an expectation that is<br />
grounded in reality. Hope is more confi dent than mere wishful thinking.<br />
Here’s an example. If you’re facing an exam in a particular course you’re<br />
taking in school and you haven’t studied the material, you can only wish for an<br />
“A” on the exam.<br />
But if you have in fact seriously studied the material, you can hope for an “A.”<br />
As for you who are parents, you may wish that your youngster does well in<br />
school or in life, but your hope for her is in vain if you have not trained her well in<br />
study habits or in developing life skills.<br />
The same is true when it comes to our spiritual lives. We can wish that we shall<br />
get to heaven after we die, but our hope for heaven will be in vain unless we have<br />
spent some serious energy in developing our relationship with God. If we live our<br />
lives doing nothing but selfi sh things, we will be taking God’s name (his presence,<br />
power and love) in vain if we think he’s going to save us in spite of ourselves.<br />
Here are some practical examples:<br />
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.<br />
If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fi ght.<br />
If a child lives with ridicule, he learns to be shy.<br />
If a child lives with shame, he learns to feel guilty.<br />
If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.<br />
If a child lives with encouragement, he learns<br />
confi dence.<br />
If a child lives with praise, she learns to appreciate.<br />
If a child lives with fairness, she learns justice.<br />
If a child lives with security, she learns to<br />
have faith.<br />
If a child lives with approval, she<br />
learns to like herself.<br />
If a child lives with acceptance<br />
and friendship, she learns to<br />
fi nd love in the world.<br />
– Author Unknown<br />
Are we living in wishful<br />
thinking, or are we living in<br />
hope? It’s a distinction with a<br />
difference.<br />
Email questions and comments<br />
to: cirvin@faithmag.com<br />
Father Charles Irvin<br />
<strong>St</strong>. <strong>Augustine</strong> <strong>Catholic</strong> <strong>September</strong> 2006 29<br />
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