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^ C*5 £ O (Jo _Q CO S| ■S 5 33 O CO Cq x o ^“g go§ ?**« £L CO A V* 1 L /> <"00^ Sou Diocese of Savannah Cross l««0 » 3000 Diocese «f Swash Vol. SO, No. 23 Thursday, June 15, 2000 Contents Headline Hopscotch .2 News 3 Commentary 4-5 Ordination 6 Graduation 7 Faith Alive! 8-9 Notices 10-11 Last But Not Least . 12 $.50 PER ISSUE Timothy C. Donahue ordained to priesthood ry-ihrc 1 Ke The procession forms for the ordination of Timothy Charles Donahue (center) at Saint James Church, Savannah, on June 10. Deacon Adam Kasela carries the Book of the Gospels before Deacon Donahue. Seminarian Mike Ingram is the candle-bearer on the right. By Father Douglas K. Clark Savannah rough prayer and the imposition of hands, Bishop J. Kevin Boland ordained Deacon Timothy Charles Donahue to the priesthood for the Diocese of Savannah on June 10 at Saint James Church. Some 40 priests concele- brated the ordination Mass, including Father Robert Leavitt, president-rector of Saint Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, where Father Donahue studied for the priest hood, and Father John A. Kenneally, pastor of Saint James. Timothy Donahue is the sixth of seven children bom to William and Mary Donahue, now of Hinesville. After graduation from Georgia Southern University, he went into the “food business” as a Wendy’s manager in States boro and later in Savannah. While in Statesboro, he became a close friend of Monsignor Joseph Moody, a retired priest living there. Monsignor Moody became his mentor, even as Donahue became the elderly priest’s caregiver. While working in food service for 10 years, he eventual ly discerned a call to priesthood and was accepted as a candidate by the Diocese of Savannah. During his years at Saint Mary’s Seminary, Donahue was elected student body president and received several honors and scholarships. Father Brett A. Brannen, diocesan director of voca tions, presented Deacon Donahue to Bishop Boland for ordination as a priest. Father Brannen called on members (Continued on page 6) Daniel DeLoach and the shining Knights of Malta: By Rita H. DeLorme Savannah Y ou’re just back from Lourdes and you receive word that tests performed on your son Daniel, who has Proteus Syndrome, disclose that he has three masses on or near his spine. What do you do? How do you feel? If you are Julia DeLoach you simply say, “It’ll be all right. I’m not afraid. All of this is for a reason.” For Julia and Michael DeLoach, the trip they recently made to Lourdes, France was miraculous in itself. The couple heard about the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta on the television program, “48 Hours”. The Knights, a philanthrop ic organization that helps the sick and poor throughout the world, also send many with health problems to Lourdes. With the aid of fellow a pilgrimage of faith teacher at Blessed Sacrament School in Savannah, Mrs. Jerry Home, Mrs. DeLoach obtained an application for the trip. The application form came on Christmas Eve and confirmation of the acceptance of Daniel’s case arrived, appropriately, on the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, February 11th. From that point on, plans were made and preparations accelerated. Daniel and his parents’ journey to the French shrine would be under written by the Knights of Malta, while spending money for inciden tals would be furnished by Blessed Sacrament Church and School. What made this trip to Europe dif ferent from trips others take? The camaraderie of the volunteer Knights and the presence of the ill and suffering from all over the world, says Julia. (Continued on page 3) Daniel and Julia DeLoach Photo by Jonas N. Jordan