The second annual 5K Memorial Walk to support families who have lost a child will be held on Sunday, March 21, at the DeMeester Bandshell in Tucson’s Reid Park, with sign-in at 7 a.m. and the walk starting at 8 a.m.
The event is sponsored by the Elisa Gastellum Memorial Foundation, Inc., to raise money for the Footprints Forever On Our Hearts Support Group, which provides special services for grieving families, and other special charities.
A $20 donation is asked for the walk, and for $30 the walker gets a T-shirt. Those who obtain pledges for their walk will qualify for prizes, depending on the amount pledged.
Funds will support the Footprints Forever On Our Hearts Support Group’s annual retreat for families, bereavement packets to serve families in the diocese, books and CD’s for the support group library, as well as benefit other foundations and organizations for families who lave lost a child.
If a family has a foundation, scholarship fund, hospital, organization or a specific cause in memory of their child, half of any pledge money they raise can go to that entity, provided at least $100 is raised.
The 5K Memorial Walk will include complimentary breakfast and entertainment for the entire family.
Sisters sought
The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in Tucson will host a monastic experience weekend for women discerning a call to religious life on Feb. 19-21 at their monastery at 800 N. Country Club Rd.
Participants will join the community for Eucharist, Liturgy of the Hours and meals, beginning at 5 p.m. on Feb. 19 and continuing until 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 21. They’ll receive input on prayer and discernment, have time for personal prayer, and meet others who are discerning.
Single women between the ages of 18 and 40 are invited. For more information, contact Sister Lupita Barajas at 520-325-6402 or email barajasosb@gmail.com.
Golf benefit
Santa Cruz Catholic School will hold its 5th Annual Golf Tournament on Saturday, March 13, at Randolf Golf Course, with all proceeds benefiting the Tucson school’s development of a technology program.
The Cost is $75 per golfer. This includes a golf cart, tee fee and lunch. Prizes will be awarded. The school is seeking hole sponsors; the sponsorships are 100 percent tax deductible. Registration deadline is Feb. 27.
For more information contact Sally Santa Cruz at 850-4028,email sally122645@msn.com or visit the school’s web site, santacruzschool.org.
Healing journey
Caregivers are invited to a “journey of healing” on Saturday, March 13, at the Tucson Convention Center.
Sponsored by Carondelet Health Network and the Diocese of Tucson, the event is titled “The Resilient Caregiver: Embracing the Spiritual Journey.”
For more information, contact Mary Louise Luna at 520-873-5006 or email mluna@carondelet.org.
Border visit
Students from Tucson’s San Miguel High School and Cathedral High School of Los Angeles participated in a five-day immersion program called “El Otro Lado” (the other side),” refers to the wall that separates Mexico and the United States. This experience during the recent school holiday break gave students an opportunity to visit the southern border of the United States and learn more about the challenges it presents to the men, women and children of Mexico seeking a better life in the United States.
Students picked up trash in the desert left by immigrants traveling north, visited water tanks put out by Humane Borders, took a tour of the Tucson-Nogales border, prayed, and participated in other activities designed to give them an opportunity to connect with people living in poverty, marginalized by society and/or fighting injustice.
Both San Miguel and Cathedral High are Lasallian schools of the District of San Francisco. The El Otro Lado program was designed to promote the Lasallian tenets of faith, community, service, social justice and simplicity.
Ordained
Brother Marlon Mateo, O. Carm., who has been associated with Salpointe High School in Tucson since 2007, has been ordained a priest.
Father Marlon was ordained on Dec. 19 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish in Tenafly, N.J., by Most Rev. John Boissonneau, Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto.
He has taught religion and assisted with campus ministry at Salpointe and served as a deacon at Sacred Heart Parish in Tucson.
Father Marlon will continue his ministry at Salpointe.
Volunteers
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona is looking for volunteers for the tax assistance program called VITA, which provides free tax services to low-income families and individuals.
For more information on volunteer positions, call 520-903-3949 or go to vitavolunteers@unitedwaytucson.org.
