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The
La Kawañian
June
2, 2004
Paul
Westmoreland, Guest Editor
Today
the Kiwanis recognized our clergy on “Clergy
Recognition Day”.
There
was a very good turn out with 84 Kiwanians and guests.
Opening:
Shirley
DeGrey
entertained us with some delightful piano playing and got a big
hand. President Jim
Ackland brought the meeting to order.
Ed Moulton led us
in a rousing patriotic song--"God Bless
America
"—Dick
DeGrey led the flag salute and Rev.
Chuck Osburn, La Cañada Presbyterian Church, gave the
invocation.
Program:
Special Recognition and Honors for the Reverend Monsignor
FRANCIS T. WALLACE, Pastor St. Bede the Venerable Catholic
Church.
Jim
Ackland introduced the Master of Ceremony the Hon.
Anthony J. Portantino.
After entertaining us with a few humorous stories Anthony
recognized the clergy of our community introducing Pastor
Bruce Johnson, Pastor,
Lutheran Church in the Foothills; Rev.
Kevin Kesler, Associate
Pastor, St. Bede the Venerable; Rev.
Dr. Rick Pomphrey, Deacon,
St. Bede the Venerable; Father
Matt Elshoff, President, St. Francis High School; Rev.
Chuck Osburn, Associate Pastor, La Cañada Presbyterian Church; Rev.
Judy Durff, Associate Pastor La Cañada Presbyterian Church; Mr.
Jay Johnson, representing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints; Rev. Rob
Calderhead, La Cañada
Methodist Church; Skip Linderman, Church of the Lighted Window.
Anthony
went on the introduce guests who had come to honor Monsignor
Wallace. In the
audience were members of the Italian Catholic Federation, a number
of St. Bede’s family, La Cañada City Council, La
Canada
Mayor, the Hon. Laura
Olhasso, Kiwanis AM Club, Chamber of Commerce, representatives
from Carol Lui’s office and others.
Anthony
read a few humorous church related items that he had picked up on
the internet suh as “don’t let worry kill you, let the church
help”. He then
introduced the La Cañada Mayor, the Hon.
Laura Olhasso who thanked everyone for their Fiesta Day Support
giving special attention to the Kiwanis’s Soap Box Derby.
She raced in the Celebrity Race, having great fun.
She mention Congressman
Dreier’s race against Captain
Tim Peters, Captain CV Sheriff Station.
No one told Congressman
Dreier where the brake was and he crashed, full speed into the
hay bales at the end of the track. I’m sure he will be reminded of
this for years to come. The mayor recognized the contributions the
Reverend Monsignor has made to the community and wished him the very
best for his new assignment.
The
mayor was followed in recognizing the Rev. Monsignor by Mike
Smith, Parishioner, St. Bede the Venerable and Father
Matt Elshoff,
President
St.
Francis
High School
.
Al
Restivo introduced
the Guest of Honor, Rev.
Monsignor Francis t. Wallace. The
Rev. Monsignor addressed the audience, recognizing the other clergy
with whom he has had a long term relationship.
In
1994 Monsignor Wallace succeeded
Monsignor Leland Boyer
as pastor of St. Bede
THE
Venerable Church in La
Canada
Flintridge. For
the past 10 years, as pastor, Monsignor
Wallace was instrumental in the development of the planning and
implementation of a major building drive.
Through his dedicated leadership and determination, almost $8
million was raised to build a state-of-the-art
Catholic
Education
Center
to serve the
needs of the children of the parish both through its parochial
school and its Religious Education program.
Additionally Monsignor
Wallace worked hard to make another dream come true. . . the
construction of a fully functioning Parish Center with meeting rooms
and offices to serve the many needs of the active parish.
Monsignor
Wallace
is leaving La Cañada Flintridge to take on a new role as a professor
of Canon Law at St. John Seminary in
Camarillo
.
He will also serve the Archdiocese as a consultant on matters
of Canon Law.
Following
Monsignor Wallace’s
remarks the Benediction was given by the Rev.
Bruce Johnson.
Ed
Moulton
lead the group in the adjournment song “Amazing Grace”.
Jim
Ackland
presented the Monsignor with
a Kiwanis coffee cup and closed the meeting.
UPCOMING
PROGRAMS:
June
9th:
“News Bias and the Power of the Media”
June
16th:
JPL’s Mike Klein “Science Education”
June
23rd:
We Honor Boy & Girl Scouts
Dates
to Remember:
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