OUR FIRST YEAR, MOUNT CARMEL, PA APRIL 15, 2016 DEDICATION DAY: April 12, 2015 Cutting the ribbon at the dedication ceremony were, from left, Herman Weimer, chairman of the advisory board; Sisters Theresa Dabulis, Margaret Zalot, Immacula Wendt and Regina Dubickas, of the Sisters of Saint Casimir leadership team; Bishop Ronald Gainer of the Diocese of Harrisburg, and Father Martin Moran, pastor of Divine Redeemer Church, Mount Carmel. Always more, always better, always with love. - Mother Maria Kaupas Bucknell University interns Erin Frey and Adam Bishop, Bucknell Professor Carl Milofsky, intern Jessi Scheimreif, Professor Jen Silva and the Rev. Martin Moran stand outside the Center in the summer of 2015. 1
These college students from the Mount Carmel-Kulpmont area, representing four Catholic churches, performed service for their parishes and the community in a program held over Christmas holiday break at the Mother Maria Kaupas Center. From left are, front, Jennifer Bolick, Jordan Winhofer, Sydney Casey and Bryan McFadden; back, Father Martin Moran, Angelina Duda, Lee Amarose, Zachary Wasilewski, Luke Holleran, Lucas Amarose, Tyler Holleran, Bryce Fiamoncini and Kassondra Martz. SERVING GOD S PEOPLE 4 Catholic Campus Ministry groups Young adult prayer group from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia A group from the Millersville University College Campus Ministry made a weekend visit to the Mother Maria Kaupas Center in October 2015 to perform community service. From left are Joseph Gonzalez, Michael DeCaria, Kathleen Newcamp, Nancy Lapkiewicz, Alicia Spelfogel (associate minister) and the Rev. Brian J. Wayne, chaplain. 2 Local college students service program during Christmas break
Members of the Catholic Campus Ministry groups from Elizabethtown and Franklin and Marshall colleges who performed service at the Mother Maria Kaupas Center in January 2016 are, left to right, kneeling, Kelsea Davis, Karen Bruskewicz (lay minister) and Sarah Frazer, and standing, Lauren Hayducek, Rose Ousey, Megan Donohue, Claire Charpentier, Amy Largacha and Ivanna Hernandez. A Bucknell University Catholic Campus Ministry group arrives at the Mount Carmel Area Public Library in Mount Carmel, PA to perform community service in February 2016. From left to right, Jae Young Lee, Austin Smith, Suzanne Domzalski, Corrine Smith, Sabrina Malagori, Emily Fricke and David Truluck. Members of the Guided by Christ young adult prayer group from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia visited the Center in November for a service weekend. From left are Ron McIntire, Katie McIntire, Emily Ruzicka, Bridget McNeela, Chelsea Natarian, Michael Rakszawski, George Fernandez and Father Martin Moran. 3
Love of God made visible in love for one another. - Mother Maria Kaupas Sisters of Saint Casimir from Chicago visited the Mother Maria Kaupas Center in September 2015. From left are Father Martin Moran, Sister Deborah Romanuski, Sister Elizabeth Ann Yocius, Sister Rita Marie Kerdock, Sister Janine Golubickas and Sister Margaret Petcavage. Visiting the Center in November 2015 for a day of prayer and reflection was the staff of the Diocese of Harrisburg s Secretariat for Catholic Life and Evangelization, from left, Kate Neri, April Reifer, Rob Williams, Ginny Duncan, Virginia Pereira and Dominic Lombardi. 4
Catholic Campus Ministers from throughout the Diocese of Harrisburg met at the Mother Maria Kaupas Center in September 2015. Later in the day, they visited the Saint Pauline Visintainer Center in Kulpmont. Father Martin Moran, left, welcomes Bennett Smith, center, and Michael Metzger, seminarians who worked during previous summers at Divine Redeemer Church, Mount Carmel, to the Center in January 2016. The seminarians joined local college students in outreach to senior citizens. 5
Michael DeCaria and Joseph Gonzalez, students from Millersville University Catholic Campus Ministry, paint a senior citizen s porch in Mount Carmel in October 2015. Bucknell University Catholic Campus Ministry students worked together to clean a storage room at the Mount Carmel Area (PA) Public Library. From left to right are Corrine Smith, Austin Smith, Sabrina Malagori and Emily Fricke. College students Lee Amarose and Tyler Holleran do cleanup work at a Mount Carmel apartment building for senior citizens as part of a holiday service program. Whether or not we are aware of Him, He is acting in our lives, ever touching us. He remains always among us and is everdisposed to help us, waiting only for us to touch Him. - Mother Maria Kaupas Katie McIntire and Emily Ruzicka, members of the Guided by Christ prayer group, paint a room in the Center in November 2015. 6
ADVISORY BOARD Students from Elizabethtown College Catholic Campus Ministry visited with Mount Carmel resident Thelma Pieri in January 2016. In front is Kelsea Davis, and standing are Rose Ousey, Laurie Hayducek and Megan Donohue. Herman Weimer, chairman Sister Fran Fasolka, IHM Wendy Boland George Brandn Green Jonathan Herndon Walt Kozlowski Charles J. Lucas IV Carl Milofsky Karin Morin-Olivetti Christopher Raia Ex-officio members Rev. Martin O. Moran III Jake Betz Honorary members Sister Regina Dubickas, SCC Sister Margaret Petcavage, SCC The Most Rev. Ronald Gainer, D.D., J.C.L., Bishop of the Diocese of Harrisburg College students participating in a holiday break service program unload boxes of canned goods at the Mount Carmel food pantry. The Mother Maria Kaupas Center thanks Divine Redeemer Parish, Our Sunday Visitor Inc. and the Sisters of Saint Casimir for their support. 7
Bucknell students visited a working strip mine operation near Trevorton March 30 where Vince Guarna, left, mine owner, conducted them on a tour. Students are enrolled in an interdisciplinary course called Susquehanna Country which is taught by Alf Siewers, a professor of English, and Katie Faull, a professor of German and humanities who is director of the Program in Comparative Humanities. The tour was arranged by the Mother Maria Kaupas Center. Place Studies Program Bucknell University Center for Sustainability and the Environment Shaunna Barnhart, left, director of the Place Studies Program at Bucknell University, and Vanessa Massaro, second from left, of Bucknell s geography department, met with Lynn Kufta and Judy Polites of Mount Carmel Downtown Inc. at the Kaupas Center to discuss a class research project in Mount Carmel. 8 Director: Shaunna Barnhart Phone: 570-577-1724
PARTNERS Bucknell University Mt. Carmel Area School District Mount Carmel Borough The Bucknell University Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) sponsored a drive in which athletes at Bucknell donated canned food items for needy or homebound people to be distributed through the Mother Maria Kaupas Center in Mount Carmel. From left, Kelly Pastuszek and Terrie Grieb, of Bucknell s athletics department, and Matt Wyman, a senior on Bucknell s track team who is SAAC president, delivered 13 boxes of assorted canned food items to the Center. Mount Carmel Downtown Inc. Mount Carmel Public Library Mount Carmel Ministerium Sixty-two members of the Bucknell University swim team helped local children improve their swimming techniques at a free clinic Jan. 13, 2016, at the Mount Carmel Area High School pool sponsored by the Kaupas Center/ Bucknell Field Station. 9