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NDS Alumni Latest News:
12/14/09
Fr. Jim
Miceli, ordination class of 1975. Jim died December 8,
2009, and was buried December 12 in Rome, Georgia. He had been
pastor for 19 years, until his recent retirement for health
reasons, at St. Mary Parish, Rome, Georgia.
Fr Joel Konzen, SM (konzenj@marist.com)
wanted to share this with you.
Longtime priest at St. Mary's dies at 60
by Severo Avila
The Rome community, and in
particular its Catholic community, lost a prominent figure
Tuesday with the death of Father James Miceli, recently retired
pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church.
Miceli died Tuesday morning at a clinic in Minnesota of an
apparent heart attack, a church announcement said. He was 60
years old.
“Father Miceli was an inspiration to all of us, and he led by
example, said Father Patrick Kingery, current pastor at St.
Mary’s. “His dedication to spirituality and strong faith,
coupled with a businessman’s acumen and effectiveness and an
architectural talent for designing structures — religious and
lay — were outstanding. Few pastors have so skillfully and
masterfully integrated the Latino and Anglo communities with
their parishes,” he said.
Miceli came to Rome as pastor of St. Mary’s in 1990. He served
in that capacity for 19 years.
During his time as pastor, the church grew from 200 families to
more than 1,200 and underwent a major expansion in 1998.
Numbers, of course, don’t tell the entire story of Miceli’s
work. That can be seen in the lives of those he befriended and
mentored.
Miceli mentored and developed 5 seminarians —
priests-in-training — who would go on to become priests and in
some cases pastors of parishes in Northwest Georgia.
“Father Jim was, for me, an outstanding example of caring,
pastoral ministry to God’s people,” said Deacon Stuart Neslin,
parish administrator at St. Mary’s. “It was a privilege to work
with him and to experience his advocacy in action. I learned a
tremendous amount about diaconal service from Father Jim and all
of us here at St. Mary’s are better people for having known
him.”
Miceli was ordained May 24, 1975, by Archbishop Thomas A.
Donnellan. From 1975-78, he served as a parochial vicar at the
Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. During this time, he
worked in the archdiocesan chancery office in Midtown.
He served as the vice chancellor from 1978 to 1982 and was then
assigned as a parochial vicar at St. John Neumann Church in
Lilburn, where he served from 1988 to 1990.
In 1990, he was assigned to St. Mary’s Church.
In addition to parish duties, Miceli served on the Pastors’ Task
Force on Finance from 1992 to 1993. He served as the dean of the
Northwest Rural Deanery from 1995 to 1996 and again from 1997 to
2000. He also served as a judge for the Provincial Court of
Appeals.
And while James Miceli will be missed by Romans and area
residents for his presence in this community, there are others
who would share their grief as well.
Father Victor Galier, pastor at St. Matthew’s Church in Tyrone,
came to know Miceli several years ago as a recent graduate from
seminary.
“I was assigned to Rome for a year to learn about the diocese
and about the inner workings of a church, sort of like an
internship,” Galier said. “Jim was a great guy. He taught me so
much about the priesthood. It’s a shocking loss. I just saw him
a couple weeks ago.
“It was wonderful to see how Jim extended his help, love and
support into the lives of his congregation. I’m sure the people
in Rome are saddened by this,” Galier said. “He will be missed
by everyone who knew him.”
A rosary and vigil service will be held at St. Mary’s church,
911 Broad St., on Friday at 7 p.m., followed by a Biblical wake
service at 7:30 p.m.
The funeral Mass will take place Saturday at St. Mary’s at 10:30
a.m., followed by a graveside service and interment in St.
Mary’s Memorial Garden. Archbishop Wilton Gregory will be the
chief celebrant during the funeral Mass.
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8/25/09
Fr. Warren Gregg Elliott's
New Ministry
My visit to Notre Dame while in New Orleans for
Archbishop Aymond’s installation as the Ordinary for the New
Orleans Archdiocese was very refreshing. I had not previously
visited subsequent to “Katrina,” so it was cheering to see the
refurbishing and renovations made so far. The opportunity to
share liturgy with Archbishop Hughes and some of the faculty was
great. I met a number of the seminarians and was very impressed
with them. My new ministry is that of Director of Pastoral Care
at Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. I
work with a large group of volunteers to offer spiritual care to
the patients, families, and staff of the hospital. My address
is Re. W. Gregg Elliott, Director of Pastoral Care, 3500 SE.
Frank Phillips Blvd., Bartlesville, OK 74006. My tenure started
in August 2008, and my hope is to minister here until summer of
2013. Hope to return to NDS again soon. Am I caught up with
alumni dues? If not, buzz me. A remittance will be
forthcoming.
God Bless you.
6/17/09
Diocese of Alexandria Released:
Reverend Kenneth Roy, a Vicar General for the Catholic Diocese of
Alexandria and president of Holy Savior Menard Central High
School passed away on June 16 in his home. He was 67 years old.
Father Roy was born and raised in Avoyelles parish and was one of 13
children. He was a graduate of Mansura High School and
Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond. He attended Notre
Dame Seminary in New Orleans and Assumption Seminary in San
Antonio. He was ordained a priest on January 7, 1978.
Father Roy served as pastor of several parishes including Christ the King
Church in Bossier City, Our Lady of Lourdes in Fifth Ward,
Immaculate Conception in Natchitoches, and Sacred Heart in
Pineville. He received the St. Vincent de Paul Humanitarian
Award in 2001 for his compassion for the poor and for his
efforts in establishing the Helping Hands Soup Kitchen in
Natchitoches.
On behalf of the Diocese of Alexandria, Bishop Ronald Herzog extends his
deepest sympathy to the large family of Father Roy. "Please
keep them all in your prayers as we remember Fr. Roy as a good,
kind-hearted priest and a beloved friend," he said.
6/17/09
Fr. Warren Gregg Elliott
Believe it
or not, the “old deacon” from
Tulsa, ordained a priest of the Diocese
of Tulsa is “retired”! Yes, I left parish ministry to “retire”
to hospital ministry. Father W. Gregg Elliott, NDS2000 is the
Director of Pastoral Care at Jane
Phillips
Medical
Center in
Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
The ministry does involve a five day work week, plus on-call
after hours and some weekends. Open weekends allow me time to
be a supply priest for pastors of the diocese. My travels have
given me the opportunity to visit parishes I have never been to
and to “show the flag” for Jane Phillips Medical Center as well.
I have
seen Archbishop-Elect Aymond a number of times over these nine
years, and the news of his new assignment was just so uplifting
to hear. Hope to be present for his Installation Mass. Do you
think there might be room at the seminary for stray alumni? I’d
love to stay there, but I am ready to find digs wherever I can.
I am sure this blessed occasion will bring many loyal NDS alumni
to town, so I would like to see what the situation might be for
those days, and for the Continuing Ed program in October.
My family
has grown since my ordination in July 2000 to include two
grandsons, the marriage of my beautiful daughter Patty, and the
birth of my second granddaughter in January 2008. My older
grandson was born on July 30th, two days after my
ordination. I consider him God’s special ordination present.
I have
rambled on for a long time, so I will sign off. My prayers are
with Notre Dame. I have another email address:
fr.gregg.elliott@dioceseoftulsa.org
Father Gregg Elliott
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Fr. Warren Gregg
Elliott, NDS 2000
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