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Leaven Fall 2009, Volume 18, Number 1 More Tributes To Father Paulinus Saint Vincent Seminary recognizes those who have contributed gifts to Saint Vincent Seminary or to the Rev. Paulinus J. Selle, O.S.B., Endowment Fund from April 1, 2009 to September 18, 2009: Rev. William R. Barron Rev. Damian B. Breen Rev. Msgr. William G. Charnoki Mr. Harold Cheatle Rev. Msgr. John A. Cippel Rev. Matthew R. Cirilli Rev. Roy H. Conley Dr. and Mrs. William E. Danko Mrs. Orlie Ferretti Rev. Msgr. J. Gerald Gallagher Most Rev. Rene H. Gracida Very Rev. Paul C. Helwig Ms. Yolanda Jeselnick Rev. Kenneth R. Keene Rev. Msgr. James P. Kelly Very Rev. Daniel C. Mahoney Rev. Francis E. Maloney Rev. Timothy D. Marcoe Mr. and Mrs. Jack J. McBride Rev. Donald W. McIlvane Miss Ann M. Pakos Mr. Samuel L. Paolo Mrs. William Parson Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Prechtl Rev. Msgr. William R. Rathgeb Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Reuscher +Rev. Roland R. Ripoli, O.S.B. Mr. Joseph J. Rubino Rev. Paul S. Siebert Mrs. Josephine M. Smart Rev. Gerard A. Trancone Br. Timothy Waid, O.S.B. Right Rev. Lambert W. Reilly, O.S.B, was the principal celebrant and homilist at the Saint Vincent Seminary Annual Alumni Day Mass held on Tuesday, Sept. 29. At the dinner that followed Mass, the Seminary also paid tribute to two long-time faculty members, Father Demetrius R. Dumm, O.S.B., and the late Father Paulinus J. Selle, O.S.B. Archabbot Lamber is the former Archabbot of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in Indiana. He entered Saint Meinrad as a seminarian studying for his home diocese of Pittsburgh. He then entered the monastery, made his first profession of vows as a Benedictine in 1956, and was ordained a priest in 1959. For over 40 years he led hundreds of retreats, parish missions and days of recollection all over the United States and in several foreign countries. As Archabbot, he oversaw the completion of the renovation of the Saint Meinrad Archabbey Church; the growth and development of programs in the Saint Meinrad School of Theology; the establishment of a new enterprise, Abbey Caskets; the inauguration of a $40 million comprehensive campaign and the development of a master plan for the Saint Meinrad campus. Archabbot Lambert is the author of two spiritual books, Because There is Jesus, a collection of his homilies and conferences, and Latin Sayings for Spiritual Growth, spiritual reflections on some of his favorite Latin sayings and New Testament quotes. Father Demetrius received the Saint Vincent Seminary Lifetime Achievement Award at the Alumni Banquet. A 1940 graduate of Saint Vincent Preparatory School, he received a bachelor of arts degree in philosophy from Saint Vincent College in 1945, and attended the Seminary from 1943 to 1946. He received a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree from the Pontifical Institute of Sant’ Anselmo, Rome. In 1999, he was presented with the honorary Doctor of Sacred Theology degree from Saint Vincent Seminary. He has taught Sacred Scripture since 1952 at the Seminary, and is a former Rector of the Seminary (1963-1980), and Vice Rector (1955 to 1963). He is the author of five published books: Flowers in the Desert; Cherish Christ Above All: The Bible in the Rule of Benedict; A Mystical Portrait of Jesus, New Perspectives on John’s Gospel; Praying the Scriptures; and So We Do Not Lose Heart: Biblical Wisdom for all Our Days. He also co-authors a weekly column on the Sunday Homilies available on Archabbey website and published in Jednota, newspaper Alumni Day 2009 6 of the First Catholic Slovak Union. A video tribute to Father Paulinus was shown during the banquet. The tribute is now also available on the Seminary website, www. saintvincentseminary.edu. Father Donald P. Brier, Rector/Pastor of Saint Paul Cathedral, Pittsburgh, and Father Carl J. Gentile, pastor of Saint John Fisher Parish, Churchill, were interviewed for the tribute, as well as Benedictine Brother Timothy Waid, a close friend of Father Paulinus. “Paulinus was able to differentiate between his role as teacher, his role as spiritual director, his role as counselor, even his role as floor prefect, and still be able to be your friend,” Father Brier said. “Paulinus was the teacher.... Paulinus taught that you could be an orthodox theologian, that you didn’t have to worry about meandering from the church’s teaching, and still be a very compassionate individual.” “What I particulary appreciated about Father Paulinus was that one of the components of explaining the faith is that there would be a reasonableness in believing in this particular dogmatic statement of the church and therefore he was extremely good at it,” said Father Carl J. Gentile, pastor of Saint John Fisher Parish, Churchill. “He had a very clear, logical mind. “To me he was a Benedictine,” he continued, “a true Benedictine and therefore his spirituality was like his teaching. It was always reasonable, it was always human, it was always first and foremost. Father Paulinus died February 8, 2009, at the age of 95. He taught moral theology, patristics, dogmatic theology and fundamentals of liturgy. In 1987, he received the Nova et Vetera Award from the Seminary for “Outstanding and Distinguished Service to the Seminary and the Church in priestly formation and theological education.” In 1989, he received the Saint Vincent Alumni Association Award in “recognition of his meritorious contribution to Saint Vincent College.” Outside the classroom, he maintained friendships with his students and acted as a counselor in times of need for his students. In addition to teaching, Father Paulinus served as a confessor for many members of the Benedictine Community, for students, and priests upon their ordinations. The Jubilarians of the Seminary Classes of 1933, 1939, 1949, 1959, 1969, and 1984 were also honored at the Annual Alumni Day Mass and Banquet.
Leaven Fall 2009, Volume 18, Number 1 Memorial, Tribute Gifts To give a tribute or memorial gift please make a donation to Saint Vincent Seminary in honor of a friend, colleague or family member. Mail to Mr. Paul R. Whiteside, Seminary Development Office, 300 Fraser Purchase Road, Latrobe, Pa., 15650-2690. Donors from March 26, 2009, to September 18, 2009, are included below. IN HONOR OF: REV. THOMAS P. ACKLIN, O.S.B. Ms. Elizabeth M. Gallagher REV. JEREMY J. BOLHA, O.S.B. Mrs. Mary Ann Facetti Mrs. Catherine Olson BR. ELIJAH C. CIRIGLIANO, O.S.B. Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Burlas REV. PATRICK T. CRONAUER, O.S.B. Mrs. Marion Cronauer SISTER MARY JAMES DIPPOLD Mrs. Catherine Olson REV. CONAN E. FEIGH, O.S.B. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Fennell, Sr. REV. KEVIN J. HARGADEN Ms. Nancy Kesler REV. DANIEL HOFFMAN Mrs. Catherine Olson REV. OMER U. KLINE, O.S.B. Mrs. Elizabeth A. Kelly MR. DONALD MCGUIRE Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. McGuire MRS. BERNADETTE PEVARNIK Sr. Cecilia Murphy, R.S.M. Joe Pevarnik Mark Pevarnik MR. JOSEPH C. PEVARNIK Rev. Gilbert J. Burke, O.S.B. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Damin Ms. Cecilia Harr Sr. Cecilia Murphy, R.S.M. Mark Pevarnik Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Pevarnik Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Pevarnik MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH C. PEVARNIK Sr. Cecilia Murphy, R.S.M. BR. NATHANAEL R. POLINSKI, O.S.B. Mr. and Mrs. Carl D. Burlas REV. PAUL R. TAYLOR, O.S.B. Mr. Evan Rosenberg REV. JAMES A. WEHNER Mr. John C. Miller, Jr. REV. FLAVIAN G. YELINKO, O.S.B. Dr. and Mrs. Ferdinand L. Soisson REV. FRANK E. ZIEMKIEWICZ, O.S.B. Mrs. Catherine Olson IN MEMORY OF: +REV. ALBERT C. BICKERSTAFF, O.S.B. Mr. and Mrs. William W. Shearouse, Jr. +REV. BONIFACE BUERKLE, O.S.B. Mr. Robert F. Seiler +RENEE CAROTHERS Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Matty +HAROLD T. CRONAUER, SR. Mrs. Marion Cronauer +REV. J. DAVID CROWLEY Rev. Sean M. Hogan, C.S.Sp. Ms. Joan B. Lang +JOSEPH AND MARY CYMBOR Mrs. Agnes C. Peters +MOST REV. NICHOLAS C. DATTILO Mrs. Anita G. D’Eramo +JAMES A. DIPADOVA Mrs. Delpha Moran Barrera +MR. ROBERT EAGLEHOUSE Frank and Suzanne Skacel +MARIO J. FERRETTI Mrs. Josephine A. Ferretti +CONRAD J. FLESSNER, SR. Mrs. Jean Flessner +MAUREEN KRILL FREY Mr. Gerard Golofski +JOHN E. GOLOFSKI Mrs. Anna Golofski +JEROME F. GRATTAN Mr. Jerome Ronald Grattan +REV. GEORGE A. JURICA Mr. Clement A. Jurica +ANNA MARY KADLUBEK Mr. Vincent C. Kadlubek, Sr. +VINCENT PAUL KELLY Mr. Richard E. Armstrong, Jr. +EDNA MAE KNORR Mr. K. Michael Bidaman Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Damin Kathy and Harry Dudro Mr. and Mrs. William J. Frank Dennis and Janet Galayda Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kiefer Ms. Marsha A. Landers Elizabeth Burger-Loy and George Loy Ms. Ann L. Marino Leslie and Jeffrey Miklas Carol Showalter Myron, M.D. and Family Board of Governors and Staff of Oakmont Country Club Ms. Dorothy L. Rigatti +IRENE STOCKEY KOEHLER Mrs. Anna Golofski +REV. THOMAS J. KRAM Mrs. Patricia M. Coghlan +GRACE LANZEL Eugene and Alicia Gleixner +LOUISE G. LONG AND JOHN A. LONG Mrs. Louise D. Paul +MR. NICHOLAS P. MATRO Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel J. Answine ASCO Oldtimer’s Club ASCO Valve, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Amil A. DiPadova Andrew and Holly Duffy Ross Green and Maureen E. Lally-Green Ms. Sheila Lehner Mr. and Mrs. John C. Marous, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Morris Trish and Bill Perry Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Pevarnik Tim and Nancy Sobota Mr. and Mrs. Gene R. Yanity +PETER J. MESSINA Mr. Michael A. Messina +REV. FRANCIS A. NAZIMEK Rev. David J. Nazimek +ANTHONY J. PESAVENTO, SR. Mrs. Genevieve Pesavento +JOSEPH F. REILLY Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. Busch Ms. Joan A. Castelli Mary Ann and Patrick Conroy Marilyn and Jim Davis and Family Mr. Robert J. DePasquale The DiGiorgi Family Mrs. Lynne Ellis Mr. Samuel A. Folby Mrs. Elizabeth Worland Ford Ed and Joan Fritz Dr. and Mrs. Martin P. Gallagher Roger and Sheila Gorg The Robert W. King Family Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Klimowski Ms. Lori Koleck Michael and Theresa Larkin Mr. and Mrs. Seward Prosser Mellon Marie and Arthur Miltenberger Ms. Lois M. O’Brien Mr. John J. Petritis, Jr. Ms. Carol G. Pollock Mr. Robert A. Rath, Jr. Mrs. Shirley Ratner Mr. and Mrs. Wilson G. Saul, III Joanna and Richard Stillwagon The Company of TWENTIETH CENTURY at Saint Vincent Theatre Jim and Barb Uhrin Valley School of Ligonier +REV. ROLAND R. RIPOLI, O.S.B. Mrs. Terry Butler Ms. Julia Ripoli Mrs. Nellie Parastino +MR. VIRGIL C. ROSEBOROUGH Mr. Richard J. Schulte +MRS. ANN M. SCHNEIDER Carpenters’ Combined Funds, Inc. Barbara and James McLean Mr. Edward B. Schneider Mr. and Mrs. John C. Scrabis Seubert and Associates, Inc. +WILLIAM W. SHEAROUSE, SR. Mr. and Mrs. William W. Shearouse, Jr. +NICHOLAS SICHI Mr. and Mrs. W. Paul Matty +MR. AND MRS. JOSEPH STACHONI Mr. Ron Stachoni +REV. HUGH J. WILT, O.S.B. Ms. Agnes M. Nachman +KERI LYNN ZIMMERMAN Mrs. Anna Golofski
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