Saint John Roman Catholic Church Darien, Connecticut
THE PASTOR’S COLUMN
AUGUST 29, 2010
Welcome Father Terry Klein – Our New Parish Resident
We warmly welcome Father Klein to our parish and rectory. He will be celebrating weekend Masses on a regular basis.
Father Klein was born and raised in central Kansas. His father is deceased, but his mother, brother and sister – along with their families and scores of relatives – still live in Kansas. Fr. Klein did his college seminary studies at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. He is also an alumnus of the Pontifical North American College, where he did graduate theological studies at the Jesuit University in Rome, the Pontifical Gregorian University.
He was ordained for the Diocese of Dodge City in 1984, where he subsequently served as a parochial vicar, pastor, Diocesan Vocation Director and Diocesan Director of Liturgy. Father began seminary work in the early 1990’s, returning to Josephinum, where he had been a college student. In 1995 he was incardinated into the Diocese of Columbus and was later sent for doctoral studies in theology. Returning to Columbus in 1999, he taught for only one year before he was invited to join the faculty of St. John’s University, NYC in 2000. After six years of teaching with the Vincentian Fathers at St. John’s, he returned to the Jesuits in the venue of Fordham University in 2006.
This coming year he will be teaching at both Fairfield University and Sacred Heart University. Father is the author of two scholarly books, a number of scholarly and popular articles, and a popular book on spirituality, Vanity Faith: Searching for Spirituality among the Stars. It is available on Amazon.com.
Helping the Haitian School, Notre-Dame D’Altagrace
Last Sunday Father Francky Désir, pastor and principal of Notre-Dame D’Altagrace, made an appeal at our weekend liturgies. Below is a copy of the letter that he read to the parish. If you feel that the Lord is moving you to help this parish and its families, you can make a contribution by sending it to “St. John Church” with a memo, “Notre Dame D’Altagrace. May the Lord richly bless you for your generosity in helping to rebuild Haiti.
Paroisse Notre-Dame D’Altagrace
386, Route de Delmas
Delmas, Haiti HT 6124
SOLIDARITY FOR THE REBUILDING OF NOTRA-DAME
D’ALTAGRACE SCHOOL
Brothers and Sisters,
Subsequent of the earthquake that ravaged the country of Haiti, destroying a great majority of Notre-dame D’Altagrace parochial school and its class rooms, the students are forced to receive classes in the worst of conditions, in the school’s backyard.
In the hope of collecting funds for the reconstruction of an appropriate, secured and stable site to accommodate a greater number of children, we are turning and counting on you, our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to help rebuild a more suitable facility for these poor children.
We the Clergy of Notre-Dame D’Altagrace Parish, are asking for your support in this endeavor.
Sincerely,
Fr. Francky Desir
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