MOORESVILLE — St. Therese Church is pleased to offer CYO (Catholic Youth Organization) sports this fall for youth in the fourth to eighth grades.
During the past nine months, both Butch Conz, athletics director, and Tracy Neumann, pastoral council president, have been working to bring athletics and CYO to St. Therese and the Mooresville community. Both men were very active in CYO sports in their hometowns growing up, which provided a strong foundation for their development and love for sports.
CYO is a national organization based on Christian principles that reinforce sound human and social values while teaching the importance of competition. The St. Therese program emphasizes faith-based character and conduct, achievement in athletics, confidence building, leadership skills and respect for teammates and opponents. The program also provides youth with the opportunity to discover their self-worth as individuals.
During the past six months, the Athletic Department has implemented men’s pickup basketball, adult softball and co-ed volleyball. With more than 150 participants in these programs, enthusiasm is now spilling over into the CYO youth programs. The first Athletic Day Camp for basketball and soccer for youth aged 8-13 was held during the week of July 9 with over 35 participants.
Plans are under way to offer soccer and basketball in the fall for youth in fourth to eighth grades.
For details about the new offerings, contact Butch Conz at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
— Donna Smith
CHARLOTTE — St. Patrick Cathedral hosted the fourth Annual Southeastern Sacred Music Workshop July 27-28. Church musicians, adult and children participants came from the Diocese of Charlotte as well as many other dioceses in the region.
Beginner participants were introduced to basic chant note reading and singing while advanced singers practiced polyphonic pieces in which several melodies are blended. The workshop also offered several breakout sessions, including vocal lessons, conducting, children choir, Spanish music among other topics. More than 80 participants and presenters worked together to sing Gregorian chants, antiphons and polyphony pieces.
St. Patrick’s music director, Gianfranco DeLuca, along with Thomas Savoy from St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte and Tiffany Gallozzi from St. Barnabas Church in Arden, joined a group of presenters from other states as far as Florida. The participants sang a Vespers on Friday evening and the Saturday session concluded with a Mass offered by Bishop Peter Jugis, during which they sang Gregorian propers of the day, Missa XI Orbis Factor and polyphonic songs by Palestrina, Hassler and Wood.
Southeastern Sacred Music is a chapter of the Church Music Association of America that has organized a sacred music workshop each summer in the region.
— Markus Kuncoro