Summit Regional Council officers installed

Holding candles at instillation are (rom left) Claire Harbarger, president; Sandi Denholm, second vice president; Barbara Mesko, treasurer; Patricia Gerber, assistant treasurer; Maggie Colant, corresponding secretary, and Fran Sawaya, first vice president
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Officers of the Summit Regional Council of the National Council of Catholic Women were installed at a Mass at St. John the Baptist Church on Wednesday, May 13, 2009. The Rev. Fr. Steven Brunovsky of St. Hilary Parish, the spiritual director of Summit Regional Council, was celebrant of the Mass and presided at the installation.

Officers installed in a candlelight ceremony were Claire Harbarger, president; Fran Sawaya, first vice president; Sandi Denholm, second vice president; Marie Hammer, recording secretary; Maggie Colant, corresponding secretary; Barbara Mesko, treasurer; Patricia Gerber, assistant treasurer;; and area representatives Jeanne Brookins, inter parochial; Diane Batyko, west; Carolyn Baird, central; Kathy Biecker, southwest, and Fran Sawaya, southeast.

The NCCW Combined Choir sang at the Mass. The choir is comprised of men and women from a dozen parishes. Parishes are Annunciation, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Nativity, Our Lady of Victory, Queen of Heaven, St. Andrew, St. Eugene, St. John the Baptist, St. Martha, St. Matthew, St. Paul and St. Sebastian. Marlene Dunsford is choir director; Nancy Sommer, organist; Norene Jones, soloist, and Mary Murphy, cantor.

The luncheon program at Guy’s Party Centre following the Mass featured a talk by
Sister Joan Radar O.P., Parish Life Coordinator at St. Ann in Rittman. spoke on

Her topic was“Hello God! Are You There? Musings of a Parish Life Coordinator.– Pastoral Leader / Servant Woman– in the Church Today.”.

Sr. Joan has been parish life coordinator at St. Ann since 2004. In her 55 years as a Dominician Sister she has served in four dioceses and 14 parishes so she brings much experience to her position at St. Ann.

Sr. Finds the work filled with challenge, change and enrichment. A pastoral coordinator looks after and tends to all that goes on in a parish. She is a shepherdess bringing the presence of God to the people, to the Church, and to the community. Her training and experience have empowered her to do God’s work for the building of the kingdom.

The luncheon committee was Darlene Allen, Carolyn Baird, Marlene Dunsford and Mary Ann Minrovic. The Rev. Fr. Paul Rosing, administrator at St. John and at Holy Family in Stow, gave the invocation and Fr, Brunovsky the benediction. The Rev. Fr,. Ralph Thomas, pastor of St. Paul, celebrated the Mass with Fr. Brunovsky.