Death Bed After being at the October Chicago ICA Celebration of the Band of 24, being my birthday (76years), I thought it would be appropriate to share some of my history. For the last 6 years I have supported ICA Chicago’s work on Accelerate 77. This first helped me to get familiar with the Southside of Chicago as Seva Gandhi (ICA Director of Programs and Partnerships) and I visited Accelerate 77 Southside partners. This familiarization helped me to take the One Earth Film Fest to the Southside. The Southside is great In working on the Southside, I discovered one of the great community organizers was Saul Alinsky. Terry Bergdall loaned me his autobiography (Let Them Call Me Rebel) that highlighted Alinsky taking on the University of Chicago and Mayor Daly. Alinsky was a master in mobilizing local people. But what really caught my attention was one of the key figures in the book is Monsignor Jack Egan who brought resources and people to the table for Alinsky’s effort. I became acquainted with Egan when I was assigned for a week to go to Trenton New Jersey to work with Egan as his facilitator for a gathering of the diocesan development coordinators. Monsignor Egan was at the University of Notre Dame, at that time, heading up the Urban Ministry Institute. He would give these great talks and then I would follow him to lead the group in strategic planning. Egan would kick them in the pants and then I would capture their new energy. So when Alinsky mentioned Egan, I looked for and found a book about Monsignor John Egan called An Alley in Chicago. I was sure there would be something in the book about ICA/EI. And there was: Egan was assigned to Presentation Parish, which is right next to 5th City. That is how he became a great friend of Joe Mathews. Then on page 269 the book tells the story of Egan being asked to come to Joe’s death bed and to hear his ‘patrimony to the world’: “We’ve tried to get the established Church to see that it’s not about peddling abstract dogma but about awakening men into life and significant engagement in the historical process so that they might truly experience the glory of life through intensification of consciousness, and intensification of engagement. Jack Egan prayed with his friend Joe Mathews, blessed him, and knelt for the blessing of this very beautiful and bright man… and to this day, I am a member of the Ecumenical Institute’s board of directors” Wow, is this not what we are still about? Ok, change men to people Dick Alton, RS-1, 1968 in Philadelphia. Richard H.T. Alton 166 N. Humphrey Ave, Apt, 1N Oak Park, IL 60302 T:1.773.344.7172 richard.alton@gmail.com Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back Babe Ruth
Wow... Thank you for this! Nancy Teask ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> To: Dialogue Wedgeblade <dialogue@wedgeblade.net>, Order Ecumenical <oe@wedgeblade.net> Cc: Richard <dick_alton@hotmail.com> Sent: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:10:33 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Oe List ...] Death Bed Death Bed After being at the October Chicago ICA Celebration of the Band of 24, being my birthday (76years), I thought it would be appropriate to share some of my history. For the last 6 years I have supported ICA Chicago’s work on Accelerate 77. This first helped me to get familiar with the Southside of Chicago as Seva Gandhi (ICA Director of Programs and Partnerships) and I visited Accelerate 77 Southside partners. This familiarization helped me to take the One Earth Film Fest to the Southside. The Southside is great In working on the Southside, I discovered one of the great community organizers was Saul Alinsky. Terry Bergdall loaned me his autobiography (Let Them Call Me Rebel) that highlighted Alinsky taking on the University of Chicago and Mayor Daly. Alinsky was a master in mobilizing local people. But what really caught my attention was one of the key figures in the book is Monsignor Jack Egan who brought resources and people to the table for Alinsky’s effort. I became acquainted with Egan when I was assigned for a week to go to Trenton New Jersey to work with Egan as his facilitator for a gathering of the diocesan development coordinators. Monsignor Egan was at the University of Notre Dame, at that time, heading up the Urban Ministry Institute. He would give these great talks and then I would follow him to lead the group in strategic planning. Egan would kick them in the pants and then I would capture their new energy. So when Alinsky mentioned Egan, I looked for and found a book about Monsignor John Egan called An Alley in Chicago. I was sure there would be something in the book about ICA/EI. And there was: Egan was assigned to Presentation Parish, which is right next to 5th City. That is how he became a great friend of Joe Mathews. Then on page 269 the book tells the story of Egan being asked to come to Joe’s death bed and to hear his ‘patrimony to the world’: “We’ve tried to get the established Church to see that it’s not about peddling abstract dogma but about awakening men into life and significant engagement in the historical process so that they might truly experience the glory of life through intensification of consciousness, and intensification of engagement. Jack Egan prayed with his friend Joe Mathews, blessed him, and knelt for the blessing of this very beautiful and bright man… and to this day, I am a member of the Ecumenical Institute’s board of directors” Wow, is this not what we are still about? Ok, change men to people Dick Alton, RS-1, 1968 in Philadelphia. Richard H.T. Alton 166 N. Humphrey Ave, Apt, 1N Oak Park, IL 60302 T:1.773.344.7172 richard.alton@gmail.com Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back Babe Ruth -- Nancy Trask 515-505-0456 nancy50273@centurylink.net
Stories abound....thank you Dick - for your continued linking work. Beret Griffith On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 3:19 PM, Nancy Trask via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net
wrote:
Wow... Thank you for this! Nancy Teask
----- Original Message ----- From: Richard via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> To: Dialogue Wedgeblade <dialogue@wedgeblade.net>, Order Ecumenical < oe@wedgeblade.net> Cc: Richard <dick_alton@hotmail.com> Sent: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:10:33 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Oe List ...] Death Bed
Death Bed After being at the October Chicago ICA Celebration of the Band of 24, being my birthday (76years), I thought it would be appropriate to share some of my history. For the last 6 years I have supported ICA Chicago’s work on Accelerate 77. This first helped me to get familiar with the Southside of Chicago as Seva Gandhi (ICA Director of Programs and Partnerships) and I visited Accelerate 77 Southside partners. This familiarization helped me to take the One Earth Film Fest to the Southside. The Southside is great
In working on the Southside, I discovered one of the great community organizers was Saul Alinsky. Terry Bergdall loaned me his autobiography (Let Them Call Me Rebel) that highlighted Alinsky taking on the University of Chicago and Mayor Daly. Alinsky was a master in mobilizing local people. But what really caught my attention was one of the key figures in the book is Monsignor Jack Egan who brought resources and people to the table for Alinsky’s effort.
I became acquainted with Egan when I was assigned for a week to go to Trenton New Jersey to work with Egan as his facilitator for a gathering of the diocesan development coordinators. Monsignor Egan was at the University of Notre Dame, at that time, heading up the Urban Ministry Institute. He would give these great talks and then I would follow him to lead the group in strategic planning. Egan would kick them in the pants and then I would capture their new energy.
So when Alinsky mentioned Egan, I looked for and found a book about Monsignor John Egan called An Alley in Chicago. I was sure there would be something in the book about ICA/EI. And there was: Egan was assigned to Presentation Parish, which is right next to 5th City. That is how he became a great friend of Joe Mathews. Then on page 269 the book tells the story of Egan being asked to come to Joe’s death bed and to hear his ‘patrimony to the world’: “We’ve tried to get the established Church to see that it’s not about peddling abstract dogma but about awakening men into life and significant engagement in the historical process so that they might truly experience the glory of life through intensification of consciousness, and intensification of engagement. Jack Egan prayed with his friend Joe Mathews, blessed him, and knelt for the blessing of this very beautiful and bright man… and to this day, I am a member of the Ecumenical Institute’s board of directors”
Wow, is this not what we are still about? Ok, change men to people
Dick Alton, RS-1, 1968 in Philadelphia.
Richard H.T. Alton 166 N. Humphrey Ave, Apt, 1N Oak Park, IL 60302 T:1.773.344.7172 richard.alton@gmail.com Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back Babe Ruth
-- Nancy Trask 515-505-0456 nancy50273@centurylink.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
“We’ve tried to get the established Church to see that it’s not about peddling abstract dogma but about awakening men into life and significant engagement in the historical process so that they might truly experience the glory of life through intensification of consciousness, and intensification of engagement." So good to read this - that's really putting it into a nutshell. Thanks Dick for sharing these words of JWM. regardsDharma On Monday, 11 December 2017, 05:19:14 GMT+8, Nancy Trask via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote: Wow... Thank you for this! Nancy Teask ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> To: Dialogue Wedgeblade <dialogue@wedgeblade.net>, Order Ecumenical <oe@wedgeblade.net> Cc: Richard <dick_alton@hotmail.com> Sent: Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:10:33 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Oe List ...] Death Bed Death Bed After being at the October Chicago ICA Celebration of the Band of 24, being my birthday (76years), I thought it would be appropriate to share some of my history. For the last 6 years I have supported ICA Chicago’s work on Accelerate 77. This first helped me to get familiar with the Southside of Chicago as Seva Gandhi (ICA Director of Programs and Partnerships) and I visited Accelerate 77 Southside partners. This familiarization helped me to take the One Earth Film Fest to the Southside. The Southside is great In working on the Southside, I discovered one of the great community organizers was Saul Alinsky. Terry Bergdall loaned me his autobiography (Let Them Call Me Rebel) that highlighted Alinsky taking on the University of Chicago and Mayor Daly. Alinsky was a master in mobilizing local people. But what really caught my attention was one of the key figures in the book is Monsignor Jack Egan who brought resources and people to the table for Alinsky’s effort. I became acquainted with Egan when I was assigned for a week to go to Trenton New Jersey to work with Egan as his facilitator for a gathering of the diocesan development coordinators. Monsignor Egan was at the University of Notre Dame, at that time, heading up the Urban Ministry Institute. He would give these great talks and then I would follow him to lead the group in strategic planning. Egan would kick them in the pants and then I would capture their new energy. So when Alinsky mentioned Egan, I looked for and found a book about Monsignor John Egan called An Alley in Chicago. I was sure there would be something in the book about ICA/EI. And there was: Egan was assigned to Presentation Parish, which is right next to 5th City. That is how he became a great friend of Joe Mathews. Then on page 269 the book tells the story of Egan being asked to come to Joe’s death bed and to hear his ‘patrimony to the world’: “We’ve tried to get the established Church to see that it’s not about peddling abstract dogma but about awakening men into life and significant engagement in the historical process so that they might truly experience the glory of life through intensification of consciousness, and intensification of engagement. Jack Egan prayed with his friend Joe Mathews, blessed him, and knelt for the blessing of this very beautiful and bright man… and to this day, I am a member of the Ecumenical Institute’s board of directors” Wow, is this not what we are still about? Ok, change men to people Dick Alton, RS-1, 1968 in Philadelphia. Richard H.T. Alton 166 N. Humphrey Ave, Apt, 1N Oak Park, IL 60302 T:1.773.344.7172 richard.alton@gmail.com Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back Babe Ruth -- Nancy Trask 515-505-0456 nancy50273@centurylink.net _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
Oh thank you Dick. In peace and love Isobel Bishop Sent from my iPhone
On 11 Dec 2017, at 8:10 am, Richard via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Death Bed
After being at the October Chicago ICA Celebration of the Band of 24, being my birthday (76years), I thought it would be appropriate to share some of my history. For the last 6 years I have supported ICA Chicago’s work on Accelerate 77. This first helped me to get familiar with the Southside of Chicago as Seva Gandhi (ICA Director of Programs and Partnerships) and I visited Accelerate 77 Southside partners. This familiarization helped me to take the One Earth Film Fest to the Southside. The Southside is great
In working on the Southside, I discovered one of the great community organizers was Saul Alinsky. Terry Bergdall loaned me his autobiography (Let Them Call Me Rebel) that highlighted Alinsky taking on the University of Chicago and Mayor Daly. Alinsky was a master in mobilizing local people. But what really caught my attention was one of the key figures in the book is Monsignor Jack Egan who brought resources and people to the table for Alinsky’s effort.
I became acquainted with Egan when I was assigned for a week to go to Trenton New Jersey to work with Egan as his facilitator for a gathering of the diocesan development coordinators. Monsignor Egan was at the University of Notre Dame, at that time, heading up the Urban Ministry Institute. He would give these great talks and then I would follow him to lead the group in strategic planning. Egan would kick them in the pants and then I would capture their new energy.
So when Alinsky mentioned Egan, I looked for and found a book about Monsignor John Egan called An Alley in Chicago. I was sure there would be something in the book about ICA/EI. And there was: Egan was assigned to Presentation Parish, which is right next to 5th City. That is how he became a great friend of Joe Mathews. Then on page 269 the book tells the story of Egan being asked to come to Joe’s death bed and to hear his ‘patrimony to the world’: “We’ve tried to get the established Church to see that it’s not about peddling abstract dogma but about awakening men into life and significant engagement in the historical process so that they might truly experience the glory of life through intensification of consciousness, and intensification of engagement. Jack Egan prayed with his friend Joe Mathews, blessed him, and knelt for the blessing of this very beautiful and bright man… and to this day, I am a member of the Ecumenical Institute’s board of directors”
Wow, is this not what we are still about? Ok, change men to people
Dick Alton, RS-1, 1968 in Philadelphia.
Richard H.T. Alton 166 N. Humphrey Ave, Apt, 1N Oak Park, IL 60302 T:1.773.344.7172 richard.alton@gmail.com Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back Babe Ruth _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
Thanks, Dick. Ellie :) elliestock@aol.com Sent from AOL Mobile Mail -----Original Message----- From: Richard via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> To: Dialogue Wedgeblade <dialogue@wedgeblade.net>; Order Ecumenical <oe@wedgeblade.net> Cc: Richard <dick_alton@hotmail.com> Sent: Sun, Dec 10, 2017 03:10 PM Subject: [Oe List ...] Death Bed <div id="AOLMsgPart_1.2_1add2d58-4431-4d52-a7e0-d2d51b57bc44"> <style type="text/css" style="display:none;" scoped="">#AOLMsgPart_1.2_1add2d58-4431-4d52-a7e0-d2d51b57bc44 td{color: black;} .aolReplacedBody P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style><div dir="ltr" class="aolReplacedBody"> <div id="aolmail_divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12pt;color:#000000;font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;" dir="ltr"> <p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Death Bed</span></b></p> <p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">After being at the October Chicago ICA Celebration of the Band of 24, being my birthday (76years), I thought it would be appropriate to share some of my history. For the last 6 years I have supported ICA Chicago’s work on Accelerate 77. This first helped me to get familiar with the Southside of Chicago as Seva Gandhi (ICA Director of Programs and Partnerships) and I visited Accelerate 77 Southside partners. This familiarization helped me to take the One Earth Film Fest to the Southside. The Southside is great</span></p> <p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">In working on the Southside, I discovered one of the great community organizers was Saul Alinsky. Terry Bergdall loaned me his autobiography (<u>Let Them Call Me Rebel</u>) that highlighted Alinsky taking on the University of Chicago and Mayor Daly. Alinsky was a master in mobilizing local people. But what really caught my attention was one of the key figures in the book is Monsignor Jack Egan who brought resources and people to the table for Alinsky’s effort. </span></p> <p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>I became acquainted with Egan when I was assigned for a week to go to Trenton New Jersey to work with Egan as his facilitator for a gathering of the diocesan development coordinators. Monsignor Egan was at the University of Notre Dame, at that time, heading up the Urban Ministry Institute. He would give these great talks and then I would follow him to lead the group in strategic planning. Egan would kick them in the pants and then I would capture their new energy.</span></p> <p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">So when Alinsky mentioned Egan, I looked for and found a book about Monsignor John Egan called <u>An Alley in Chicago</u>. I was sure there would be something in the book about ICA/EI. And there was: Egan was assigned to Presentation Parish, which is right next to 5<sup>th</sup> City. That is how he became a great friend of Joe Mathews. Then on page 269 the book tells the story of Egan being asked to come to Joe’s <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> death bed</b> and to hear his<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>‘patrimony to the world’:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">We’ve tried to get the established Church to see that it’s not about peddling abstract dogma but about awakening men into life and significant engagement in the historical process so that they might truly experience the glory of life through intensification of consciousness, and intensification of engagement</i>. Jack Egan prayed with his friend Joe Mathews, blessed him, and knelt for the blessing of this very beautiful and bright man… and to this day, I am a member of the Ecumenical Institute’s board of directors”</span></p> <p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Wow, is this not what we are still about? Ok, change men to people</span></p> <p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p> <p class="aolmail_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Dick Alton, RS-1, 1968 in Philadelphia.</span></p> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"></p> <p class="aolmail_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span></p> <p style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </p> <div id="aolmail_Signature">Richard H.T. Alton 166 N. Humphrey Ave, Apt, 1N Oak Park, IL 60302 T:1.773.344.7172 <a href="mailto:richard.alton@gmail.com">richard.alton@gmail.com</a> Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back Babe Ruth </div> </div> </div> _______________________________________________ OE mailing list <a href="mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net">OE@lists.wedgeblade.net</a> <a href="http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net</a> </div>
Thanks Dick for this. I found the book here: http://www.archives.nd.edu/etext/alleycon.htm The passage you quote is in the chapter - "You Just Don't Say No to the Call of the Lord"<http://www.archives.nd.edu/etext/alley024.htm> Interesting book, It really is timely and a great contextual piece for our history and work. Doug From: Dialogue [mailto:dialogue-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net] On Behalf Of Richard via Dialogue Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2017 3:11 PM To: Dialogue Wedgeblade <dialogue@wedgeblade.net>; Order Ecumenical <oe@wedgeblade.net> Cc: Richard <dick_alton@hotmail.com> Subject: [Dialogue] Death Bed Death Bed After being at the October Chicago ICA Celebration of the Band of 24, being my birthday (76years), I thought it would be appropriate to share some of my history. For the last 6 years I have supported ICA Chicago's work on Accelerate 77. This first helped me to get familiar with the Southside of Chicago as Seva Gandhi (ICA Director of Programs and Partnerships) and I visited Accelerate 77 Southside partners. This familiarization helped me to take the One Earth Film Fest to the Southside. The Southside is great In working on the Southside, I discovered one of the great community organizers was Saul Alinsky. Terry Bergdall loaned me his autobiography (Let Them Call Me Rebel) that highlighted Alinsky taking on the University of Chicago and Mayor Daly. Alinsky was a master in mobilizing local people. But what really caught my attention was one of the key figures in the book is Monsignor Jack Egan who brought resources and people to the table for Alinsky's effort. I became acquainted with Egan when I was assigned for a week to go to Trenton New Jersey to work with Egan as his facilitator for a gathering of the diocesan development coordinators. Monsignor Egan was at the University of Notre Dame, at that time, heading up the Urban Ministry Institute. He would give these great talks and then I would follow him to lead the group in strategic planning. Egan would kick them in the pants and then I would capture their new energy. So when Alinsky mentioned Egan, I looked for and found a book about Monsignor John Egan called An Alley in Chicago. I was sure there would be something in the book about ICA/EI. And there was: Egan was assigned to Presentation Parish, which is right next to 5th City. That is how he became a great friend of Joe Mathews. Then on page 269 the book tells the story of Egan being asked to come to Joe's death bed and to hear his 'patrimony to the world': "We've tried to get the established Church to see that it's not about peddling abstract dogma but about awakening men into life and significant engagement in the historical process so that they might truly experience the glory of life through intensification of consciousness, and intensification of engagement. Jack Egan prayed with his friend Joe Mathews, blessed him, and knelt for the blessing of this very beautiful and bright man... and to this day, I am a member of the Ecumenical Institute's board of directors" Wow, is this not what we are still about? Ok, change men to people Dick Alton, RS-1, 1968 in Philadelphia. Richard H.T. Alton 166 N. Humphrey Ave, Apt, 1N Oak Park, IL 60302 T:1.773.344.7172 richard.alton@gmail.com<mailto:richard.alton@gmail.com> Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back Babe Ruth
Ah, YES. Thanks Dick and Happy Birthday. Love, Grace & Peace, Ellen & Dick On Dec 10, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Richard via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
Death Bed After being at the October Chicago ICA Celebration of the Band of 24, being my birthday (76years), I thought it would be appropriate to share some of my history. For the last 6 years I have supported ICA Chicago’s work on Accelerate 77. This first helped me to get familiar with the Southside of Chicago as Seva Gandhi (ICA Director of Programs and Partnerships) and I visited Accelerate 77 Southside partners. This familiarization helped me to take the One Earth Film Fest to the Southside. The Southside is great
In working on the Southside, I discovered one of the great community organizers was Saul Alinsky. Terry Bergdall loaned me his autobiography (Let Them Call Me Rebel) that highlighted Alinsky taking on the University of Chicago and Mayor Daly. Alinsky was a master in mobilizing local people. But what really caught my attention was one of the key figures in the book is Monsignor Jack Egan who brought resources and people to the table for Alinsky’s effort.
I became acquainted with Egan when I was assigned for a week to go to Trenton New Jersey to work with Egan as his facilitator for a gathering of the diocesan development coordinators. Monsignor Egan was at the University of Notre Dame, at that time, heading up the Urban Ministry Institute. He would give these great talks and then I would follow him to lead the group in strategic planning. Egan would kick them in the pants and then I would capture their new energy.
So when Alinsky mentioned Egan, I looked for and found a book about Monsignor John Egan called An Alley in Chicago. I was sure there would be something in the book about ICA/EI. And there was: Egan was assigned to Presentation Parish, which is right next to 5th City. That is how he became a great friend of Joe Mathews. Then on page 269 the book tells the story of Egan being asked to come to Joe’s death bed and to hear his ‘patrimony to the world’: “We’ve tried to get the established Church to see that it’s not about peddling abstract dogma but about awakening men into life and significant engagement in the historical process so that they might truly experience the glory of life through intensification of consciousness, and intensification of engagement. Jack Egan prayed with his friend Joe Mathews, blessed him, and knelt for the blessing of this very beautiful and bright man… and to this day, I am a member of the Ecumenical Institute’s board of directors”
Wow, is this not what we are still about? Ok, change men to people
Dick Alton, RS-1, 1968 in Philadelphia.
Richard H.T. Alton 166 N. Humphrey Ave, Apt, 1N Oak Park, IL 60302 T:1.773.344.7172 richard.alton@gmail.com Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back Babe Ruth _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
Thank you Ellen and Dick. Birthday comes tomorrow but Kay just called me this afternoon to wish me happy birthday. she was actually stuck in traffic going over the Bay Bridge from Oakland to San Francisco. Dick Richard H.T. Alton 166 N. Humphrey Ave, Apt, 1N Oak Park, IL 60302 T:1.773.344.7172 richard.alton@gmail.com Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back Babe Ruth ________________________________ From: OE <oe-bounces@lists.wedgeblade.net> on behalf of Richard Howie via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2017 6:14 AM To: Order Ecumenical Community Cc: Richard Howie Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Death Bed Ah, YES. Thanks Dick and Happy Birthday. Love, Grace & Peace, Ellen & Dick On Dec 10, 2017, at 4:10 PM, Richard via OE <oe@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>> wrote: Death Bed After being at the October Chicago ICA Celebration of the Band of 24, being my birthday (76years), I thought it would be appropriate to share some of my history. For the last 6 years I have supported ICA Chicago’s work on Accelerate 77. This first helped me to get familiar with the Southside of Chicago as Seva Gandhi (ICA Director of Programs and Partnerships) and I visited Accelerate 77 Southside partners. This familiarization helped me to take the One Earth Film Fest to the Southside. The Southside is great In working on the Southside, I discovered one of the great community organizers was Saul Alinsky. Terry Bergdall loaned me his autobiography (Let Them Call Me Rebel) that highlighted Alinsky taking on the University of Chicago and Mayor Daly. Alinsky was a master in mobilizing local people. But what really caught my attention was one of the key figures in the book is Monsignor Jack Egan who brought resources and people to the table for Alinsky’s effort. I became acquainted with Egan when I was assigned for a week to go to Trenton New Jersey to work with Egan as his facilitator for a gathering of the diocesan development coordinators. Monsignor Egan was at the University of Notre Dame, at that time, heading up the Urban Ministry Institute. He would give these great talks and then I would follow him to lead the group in strategic planning. Egan would kick them in the pants and then I would capture their new energy. So when Alinsky mentioned Egan, I looked for and found a book about Monsignor John Egan called An Alley in Chicago. I was sure there would be something in the book about ICA/EI. And there was: Egan was assigned to Presentation Parish, which is right next to 5th City. That is how he became a great friend of Joe Mathews. Then on page 269 the book tells the story of Egan being asked to come to Joe’s death bed and to hear his ‘patrimony to the world’: “We’ve tried to get the established Church to see that it’s not about peddling abstract dogma but about awakening men into life and significant engagement in the historical process so that they might truly experience the glory of life through intensification of consciousness, and intensification of engagement. Jack Egan prayed with his friend Joe Mathews, blessed him, and knelt for the blessing of this very beautiful and bright man… and to this day, I am a member of the Ecumenical Institute’s board of directors” Wow, is this not what we are still about? Ok, change men to people Dick Alton, RS-1, 1968 in Philadelphia. Richard H.T. Alton 166 N. Humphrey Ave, Apt, 1N Oak Park, IL 60302 T:1.773.344.7172 richard.alton@gmail.com<mailto:richard.alton@gmail.com> Don't let the fear of striking out hold you back Babe Ruth _______________________________________________ OE mailing list OE@lists.wedgeblade.net<mailto:OE@lists.wedgeblade.net> http://lists.wedgeblade.net/listinfo.cgi/oe-wedgeblade.net
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