April 24, 2008
Lilly Lines, from the "Mainliner"
LILLY LINES
by Jack Barlick
886-4694
April, 24, 2008
SWISS STEAK
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church will be hosting a Swiss steak dinner this Sunday, April 27th from 11: AM until 2:PM. at the church hall. The price is $8 adult and $4 for children. Take outs are available by calling 884-0205. Sit down dinners are also being served.
REMINDER
A last minute reminder on the Roast beef dinner being held at St. Luke’s on Saturday, the 26th. Call Pastor Palko today at 886-2222 for tickets. Last week I mistakenly listed children prices at $6, they are on $3.50 and adults $7. Take outs are also available there.
TAPS
Much praise deserves to be bestowed on the Traditional Anglers of Pennsylvania from Portage who recently stocked both the Little Conemaugh and the Bear Rock Run here in town with trout for this fishing season. This makes for great entertainment for the children of the area
CONGRATULATIONS
David Brown recently received a certificate for 60 years of continuous membership in the American Legion. Dave, who was raised on Lilly Mountain, now resides in Cresson and is still active in construction. As a teenager he joined the United States Navy during WW2 and served in the Pacific Theater of Operations as a Seabee.
BIRTHDAYS
Today, the 24th Lou Davies June Costlow and Claudine Falger celebrate their birthdays as will Nathan Keagy, Laura Siedlarczyk and Stanley Kukla on the 25th. The 26th is a busy day with James Behe, John Hooder, Michael Lingafelt, Bryan Nagy, Betty Phillips, Andrew Regan and Jim Saloney all enjoying birthday cake. On the 27th Cris Digruilles celebrates.
The 28th will find both Helen Phillips and Robert W. Trybus observing birthdays as will Kayla Hartline and Theresa Stevens on the 29th. On the 30th Francis Albarano, Rita Nesbella, Ed Stombaugh and Ruth Mulhearn all enjoy birthdays.
ANNIVERSARIES
Today, the 24th Patricia and Tom Miorelli celebrate their wedding anniversary as will Cathy and Barry Yagoda on the 24th and both Mary and Mike Kertes and Mary and Robert Paul on the 25th. Then on the 28th Sam and Rebecca Podrasky observe their special day. Happy Anniversary to All.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Seniors in high school are reminded that the deadline to submit an essay for the two scholarships being awarded by the Lilly American Legion is April 30th. The subject is “What does the privilege of voting mean to me.”
ST FRANCIS XAVIER
On Sunday, April 20th I had the opportunity to attend the Mass at St. Francis Xaviers in Cresson where my granddaughter Kiana Nadolsky was making her First Holy Communion. This was a beautiful occasion as the 20 children making up the communion group joined their families in receiving the sacrament.
Father George Budash, the new pastor there made both parishioners and visitors feel very welcome. He took the time to explain some plans to remodel the church interior that will add to the beauty of this Gothic designed church that already is very nice.
The music was very enjoyable and the one nun has a heavenly voice that made the service extra special. My little granddaughter Kiera, who loves to sing would mimic the nun as she sang
ROMAN HOLIDAY
My sisters Eileen Sweeney and Maureen Kelly just got back from a 10 day trip to Italy along with 40 members of St. Benedicts Church in Johnstown. Several on the tour like Maureen from Illinois and some guests from South Carolina, Maryland and Florida had received CD’s and music to practice for the trip The choral group was able to sing at a public Mass at St. Peters Basilica at the Vatican on April 12th and later at St. Marcos in Venice. They also sang at private masses at the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi and the church of All Saints in Florence. Monsignor Michael Becker who accompanied them celebrated the private masses.
Eileen celebrated her birthday on April 17th with a visit to the Tuscan Hills which is wine and grape country with cattle ranches .She said she had the best steak dinner of her life at a restaurant there where she was also serenaded to the “Happy Birthday Song” in Italian.
They were in a large group who received the Papal Blessing from the Pope on the 12th before he left for his American visit. At Saint Paul’s they were able to see the icons of all of the 265 Popes. They also were able to tour the Catacombs of Rome and also saw Michelangelo’s “Pieta “ and statue of “David” along with his paintings in the Sistine Chapel. They also tossed coins into the Trevi fountain and enjoyed a gondola ride on the canals of Venice.
Eileen and Maureen especially enjoyed seeing the many beautiful mosaics and paintings in the many churches they visited. They were amazed at the amount of pure gold in many of the churches. They made many new friends on the trip and brought many joyful memories home.
For Eileen this trip was a highlight to her musical career that goes back to when she started taking piano lessons at age 6 from Sister Cerilla at St. Brigids. Sister Mary Conrad then taught her to play the organ and at age 9 she was playing at Masses in the Church. While still in grade school she would play morning masses for Father Verekar at Saint Agnes Church in Cassandra. Joe George would pick her up each morning, drive her to the church, and then later drive her to school.
Eileen served as the choir director for the adult choir at St. Brigids and later Our Lady of the Alleghenies for 37 years and had 49 years as an organist. She is still singing with the liturgical choir at St. Benedicts.
July 03, 2008
