ECHO of Cape Cod Christ is Counting on You April 2015

Volume MMXXXIX, Issue 4

Mission: ECHO (Encountering Christ in Others) of Cape Cod is a Catholic, community-based experience initiated by a weekend retreat, focused on the living presence of Jesus Christ encountered in others and self. The ECHO program is directed toward the awakening and the development of a response to the three basic areas of Identity (Who am I?), Integrity (Where am I?), and Vocation (Where am I going?) as they are emerging in the lives of young people.

ECHO Weekend Dates 2014-2015 Echo 295 – Nov. 7-9 - Susie Brown Echo 298 – Feb. 6-8 - Tom McManamon Echo 296 – Dec. 12-14 - Joe Tierney Echo 299 – Mar. 13-15 - Kathy Harmon Echo 297 – Jan. 16-18 - Judy Lyons Echo 300 – Apr. 10-12 - Heath Eldredge

SAVE THE DATETuesday, March 31st - Stations of the Cross Meditation, 7:30pm, Christ the King ChurchFriday, April 3rd - Good Friday Canal Walk, 9am, Railroad Bridge on the Cape Cod Canal, Buzzards BayFriday, April 3rd - Living Stations of the Cross, 3pm, Christ the King ChurchFriday, April 10th - Opening Mass for ECHO 300, 6:30pm, Palanca RoomFriday, April 10th - Youth Board Meeting, 6:30-9pm, Palanca RoomSunday, April 12th - Closing for ECHO 300, 7pm, Our Lady of Victory Church

NEWS AND NOTESUpper Cape reunions take place on Tuesdays at 7pm at Christ the King. Mid Cape reunions take place on Thursdays at 7:30pm on the second floor of the Parish Hall at Our Lady of Victory. All are welcome and encouraged to come. Both reunions offer the opportunity to run programs on a variety of subjects.

Applications for the year are available online at www.echoofcapecod.org The fee for an ECHO weekend this year remains at $140.

Please support the ECHO weekends by serving meals, participating in music ministry, serving as a driver for candidates, and helping with luggage. Sign ups for these activities are available at parent night reunions and in the Palanca Room on each weekend.

ECHO 300April 10, 11, and 12, 2015 ~ Theme Song: I Fly by Spencer Lee

Rector: Heath Eldredge; Inside Assistant: John Cabral; Outside Assistant: Jeremy Cadrin; Spiritual Directors: Fr. Ed Healey, Fr. Chris Peschel; Ideals: Alec Vaughn, Paschal Mystery: Fr. Ed Healey, Witness to Paschal Mystery: Burke Egan-Walsh, Penance: Fr. Chris Peschel, Witness to Penance: Kevin Agostinelli, Community of Love: Bart Wesp, Piety: Matt Perrino, Choosing the Christian Life: Tony Pagliaro, Signs & Communications: Fr. Ed Healey, Marriage: John & Fiona Rendon, Christ the Man: Jack Driscoll, People of God: Chris Olsen, Confidence in Christ: Chris Hughes, Christian in Action: CJ Juz-Roque, Fourth Day: Heath Eldredge.

ECHO 300 will begin for the community with mass in the Palanca Room at 6:30pm on Friday, April 10th. The Palanca Room is located at 524 Main Street, Centerville. The Palanca Room will remain open until 9pm, and re-open at noon on Saturday. Please have all palanca delivered before 7pm, so it can get sorted into palanca bags. All are invited to the Closing at Our Lady of Victory at 7pm on Sunday, April 12th.

Candidate names will be sent via ECHO e-mail and posted on the ECHO Facebook page.

I FLY - SPENCER LEEThere’ a time in your life

When the world is on your sideYou might not feel itYou might not see it

But it surrounds you like a lightMakes you stronger for the fight

Never letting goGotta learn to grow

Watch me as I touch the skyStill I fly

Now I know it’s what I gotta doFind a dream that’s newGive it all I got this time

Still I flyStill I fly

Feel the wind all aroundAll the courage to be found

Who knows what’s out thereI know I’ll get thereOh off into the sun

I know I’m not the only one that’s

(Refrain)

Breathe it inI’m gonna shineIt’s my moment

Gotta live and live it rightI’m flyin

Flyin so strong

I’m movin’ (x2)I’m movin’ on

(Refrain)

MAY DATESSunday, May 3rd - Mandatory ECHO Youth Board Discernment, 3pm, Palanca RoomTuesday, May 19th - ECHO Closing Mass, 7pm, St. Pius X Church***Reunions will continue after the closing mass at least through the end of May, and often into June. Announcements will be made as to when the last reunions will be held and when the closing cookout and softball game will take place at a later date.

ECHO 45th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - AND WHAT A CELEBRATION IT WAS!On March 7th, approximately 200 people gathered to celebrate 45 years of ECHO on Cape Cod. It was a special night for all whether you’ve been involved in ECHO for a month or all 45 years.

We’d like to thank everyone who helped make it possible and specifically recognize: Patti Bakaur, Deanna Barrows, Beth Beckel, Mary Becker, Susie Brown, Dan Burke, Mary Burke, Jeremy Cadrin, Lucy Cahill, Matt Clark, Alice Doherty, Ellen Driscoll, Fr. Tom Frechette, John Fuller, Katy Fuller, Mary Fuller, Jean Giddings, Fr. Tim Goldrick, Kathy Haynes, Msgr. Dan Hoye, Chris Hughes, Matt Laird, Sarah LeBrun, John Loucks, Maryellen Loucks, Peter Michaelson, Ruth Moore, Bill O’Donnell, Chris Parkin, Gary Parsons, Fr. Chris Peschel, Cheryl Ryan, Dave Ryan, Matt Ryan, Nathan Ryan, Brian Sardinha, Eileen Sardinha, Ryan Shanley, Derek Silliman, Serena Tierney, Joe Tierney as well as the parishioners of Christ the King, the beautiful music ministry, the ECHO board, the ECHO youth board, the youth board advisors, all the former rectors and rectoras, and most importantly all the clergy who came to celebrate with us, especially Bishop da Cunha.

Special thanks to Matt Clark of MDC Photography for all the wonderful photos below.

45 YEARS - PRIESTSFr. Bill Costello

Fr. Paul Dalbec MSFr. Phil Davignon

Fr. Dick Delisle MSFr. David DestonFr. Bob DonovanFr. Bill Drapeau

Fr. Michael DufaultFr. Jim Fahey

Msgr. Edmund Fitzgerald

Fr. Ron FloydFr. Benedict FolgerFr. Peter FournierFr. Tom FrechetteFr. David Frederici

Fr. Gilles Genest MSFr. Tim GoldrickFr. John Gomes

Fr. Martin Gomes SSCCFr. Ken Gumbert OPFr. Jack Harrington

Fr. Ed HealeyFr. Mark Hession

Msgr. Daniel Hoye Fr. Terry Keenan

Fr. Stan Kolassa SSCCFr. Dick Landry MS

Fr. Roger LaRouz MSFr. Maurice Lavasseur

Fr. Laurie Leger MSFr. Dennis Loomis MS

Fr. Tom LopesFr. David LupoFr. Joe Maguire

Fr. Martin ManahanFr. Greg Mathias

Fr. Mick McCullough PFr. Jim McLellan

Fr. Tom McMorrowFr. Jim Medeiros

Fr. Bob Mosher SSCFr. John MurrayFr. Mike Nagle

Fr. Bruce NeylonFr. Jim Nickel SSCC

Fr. Bill NortonFr. Jim Nunes

Fr. John OliveiraFr. Andre Patenaude MSFr. Bill Penderghest SSCC

Fr. John PerryMsgr. John PerryFr. Chris PeschelFr. David PignatoFr. Craig Pregana

Fr. Bob PowellFr. Tom Rita

Fr. Raymond RobillardFr. Bill RodriguesFr. Joseph Rossi

Fr. Dick RoyFr. Paul Rynne

Fr. Owen SmithFr. Pawel Swiercz

Fr. Bill SylviaFr. Dan St. LaurentFr. Alvin Te OFM

Fr. Marc TremblayFr. Joe Viveiros

Fr. Richard WilsonFr. Tom Washburn OFM

Fr. George AlemeidaFr. Jack Andrews

Fr. Gary AultFr. Bill Babbitt

Fr. Fred BabiczukFr. Bill Baker

Fr. Roland Bedard MSFr. Marc BergeronFr. Joseph Blykosz

Fr. Marcel BouchardFr. Bob Brennan SSCC

Fr. Jason BrilhanteFr. Jeff Cabral

Fr. Rene Caissey MSFr. Jim Calnan

Fr. Ray CambraFr. Robert CampbellFr. William CampbellFr. Marek Chmurski

Fr. James ClarkBishop George Coleman

Fr. Francis ConnorsFr. Ed CorreiaFr. Tom Costa

45 YEARS - RECTORS AND RECTORASJack Driscoll

Bob EcclestonHeath Eldredge

Mary FarleyRick Frazier

Art FrostRuth Frost

Mary FullerJean Giddings

Debbie GoldenSteve GoveiaFrank Green

Kathy HarmonJack Hill

Ed LariviereMarilyn Lariviere

Ray LeBrunScott LeBrun

Chuck LindbergMaryellen Loucks

Judy LyonsPatti Machado

Bob MagnerJohn Malloy

Yvonne MalloySara McDavitt

Donna McGonagleTom McManamon

Alex MooreMary MortensenBobbi ParadiseDick ParadiseMary PiersallBetsy QuirkDavid Ryan

Donna SassoneDavid SauroJudy SullivanPeter Sullivan

Cheryl ThorntonJoe TierneyJan Travis

Sharon ActonTim Acton

Susan AndersonDeanna BarrowsSonny Barrows

Mary BeckerSusie Brown

Keith CaldwellBill Campbell

Kathie CannavoCathy CarpenterMarlene Corey

Joe DaigleEllen Driscoll

GUIDE TO HOLY WEEKTUESDAY: In place of regular ECHO reunion, join community members in the church for Stations of the Cross with meditation included. Family and friends are welcome. The Stations will begin at 7:30pm. If you’d like to hold a candle, please meet in the church at 7pm. Refreshments and fellowship will follow in the reunion classroom. The Stations take approximately 45 minutes.

THURSDAY: There is no reunion. We encourage everyone to attend Holy Thursday mass. There are 7pm masses at the following churches that night: Christ the King, Corpus Christi, Holy Trinity, Our Lady of Assumption, Our Lady of Victory, St. Anthony’s, St. Elizabeth Seton, St. Francis Xavier, St. John’s, St. Patrick’s, St. Pius X.

FRIDAY MORNING: ECHO will once again be participating in the Good Friday Canal Walk, which celebrates its 39th year this year. Meet at the Railroad Bridge in Buzzards Bay Park on the off-Capeside of the Cape Cod Canal just before 9am. The walk starts promptly at 9am. Participants walk to the Herring Run in Sagamore Beach and back participating in the Stations of the Cross along the way. In total, the walk is approximately 3.5 hours. All are welcome back at Mary Fuller’s for grilled cheese sandwiches after the walk. *** A reminder to dress warmly! Regardless of the forecast for that day, the ocean is very cold, and it is always windy at the Canal. You can always take layers off if you’re warm. Wear appropriate footwear as well.

The Good Friday Canal Walk, in addition to being a wonderful way to spend Good Friday, is also a fundraiser for the KareDrew Haitian Children’s Foundation, a non-profit organization working to improve the lives and living conditions of children in Haiti. The organization was begun by two ECHO friends, Vivian and Pat Tortora. If you wish to make a donation, feel free to bring it to the walk on Friday. Checks can be made payable to KareDrew Foundation. All donations are tax deductible.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON: At 3pm, members of the ECHO community will take part in Christ the King Youth Ministry’s Living Stations of the Cross in the church in Mashpee. All are invited to attend.

ECHO 299 RECAP

PRAYERSMany years ago the custom began of designating each Tuesday as ECHO Prayer Day to serve as a special reminder to the community to pray for each other and the ECHO program. We ask prayers for: Keith Blaquiere’s relative, Ed Culhane, Chris Doble, Pete Donahue, Pat Frost, Chris Golden, the Manning Family.

For Heath Eldredge as he prepares for ECHO 300 and for the Youth Board as they discern for next year’s Youth Board.

For the deceased: Heather Adamson, Justin Aristide, Altina Barrows, Steven Berrio, John Bryant, Jeremy Cadrin’s stepmother, Fr. Bill Campbell, Jeff Capute, Rick Cardoza, Bridget Carey, Frank Coughlan, John Crowley, Martha DeBoer, Peter Duffy, Fr. Ben Folger, Fr. Dick Gendreau, John Hanlon’s Dad, David Lariviere, Tom MacPhee, Tom McManamon Sr., Meghan Sullivan McCormack, William O’Donnell, Denise Parent, Sister Dymphna Smith, David Souza, Phil Studley, and Alexandra Walsh.