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Commentary 4-5
Around the Diocese ... 6-7
Faith Alive! 8-9
Notices 10-11
Last But Not Least ........ 12
Vol. 79, No. 30 $.50 per issue
Thursday, September 9,1999
Church
revives in
Eastern
Europe
The sun sets
between a
Catholic church
and a house in
Zaslavl, Belarus,
August 30. There
are 357 Catholic
parishes in the
Eastern European
republic, where
Catholics make
up 12 percent of
the population.
CNS photo from
Reuters.
Official
Announcements
B ishop J. Kevin Boland has made
the following announcements:
Reverend John R. Madden —
Appointed Parochial Vicar of Saint Anne Parish,
Columbus, effective September 10, 1999.
Reverend John A. Kenneally — Reappointed
Vicar Forane (Dean) of the Savannah Deanery,
effective September 1, 1999, for a term of three
years.
Reverend Lawrence A. Lucree — Appointed
Vicar Forane (Dean) of the Columbus Deanery,
effective September 1, 1999, for a term of three
years.
Reverend Finbarr P. Stanton — Reappointed
Vicar Forane (Dean) of the Albany Deanery, effec
tive September 1, 1999, for a term of three years.
Reverend Michael J. Kavanaugh — Appointed
Diocesan Director of Ecumenism, effective
September 1, 1999, for a term of two years.
Bequest benefits parish, school and diocese
The following story illustrates one
way to “Leave a Legacy. ” This
North Carolina couple’s generous
gift to their church may encourage
similar gifts in the Diocese of
Savannah.
By Joanita M. Nellenbach
Black Mountain, NC
eorge and Edith Flilbert will
never see the flowering of the
seeds they’ve planted, but count
less other people will enjoy the
fruits of their generosity for years
to come.
Late last year, the Flilberts put 5,054 shares of
Pfizer stock, worth almost $600,000, into a trust to
benefit their parish, a Catholic school, and the
Diocese of Charlotte.
“We couldn’t have timed it better,” Edith said. “It
was right after Viagra (manufactured by Pfizer)
came out.”
The trust sold the stock. A
“charitable remainder unitrust,”
administered through Wachovia
Bank, has been created for the
Hilberts. The couple will
receive lifelong income from
the trust. After their deaths, the
funds will go into an endow
ment in the diocesan foundation
and be divided three ways: 50
percent will go to the Charlotte
diocese, 25 percent to Asheville
Catholic School, and 25 percent
to their parish, Saint Margaret Mary in Swannanoa.
“This is irrevocable,” Edith said.
“We can’t change our minds,” George added.
“We’ve been investing in Pfizer stock since about
1960. All we were doing was reinvesting. It got to
the point where we said, at our age, what do we
need more for.”
(Continued on page 11)
LEAVE A LEGACY
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