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Wallkill Valley Times, Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Former pastor returns to Most Precious Blood
By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected]
Bill Muhm, Auxiliary Bishop for the
Archdiocese for the Military Services,
returned to his previous parish, Most
Precious Blood in Walden, last Friday to
hold confirmation mass.
Muhm served as a pastor from Dec.1
to March 1, when he was promoted to
bishop. Muhm returned to deliver
confirmation for 27 members of the
parish, an important sacrament in the
Catholic faith.
“It’s a wonderful honor to be able to
confirm these young people,” Muhm said.
Muhm said the sacrament carries divine
grace for both the person being confirmed
and the church. He said confirmation sets
the person up to evangelize and bring
Christ into the world because the church
operates through its people.
“We’ll have 27 new evangelizers, and
the world needs them,” Muhm said.
Those smiling evangelizers marched
down the church aisle in red robes, a white
dove embroidered on their shoulders.
Organ music played in the background.
Bill Muhm, Auxiliary Bishop for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, returned to his previous parish, Most Precious Blood in Walden, last
Friday to hold confirmation mass. He was joined by current parish administrator Tom Colucci and previous pastor Joseph Fallon.
The students filed down to the basement,
where they received their diplomas and
parents snapped pictures.
Confirmed member Adriana Valentin
said the rite of passage means she is her
own person who chooses the Catholic
faith. She is no longer defined by her
parents’ decision to have her baptized.
“I am a Catholic,” Valentin said. “It’s
my choice.”
Sergio Lupian, another confirmed
member, said the special day was filled
with happiness.
“It makes me feel closer to God,” Lupian
said.
Muhm returned to his current location
in Washington, D.C. after the ceremony.
He will leave for Germany this summer,
where he will travel to U.S. military bases
in Europe and Asia.
Walden library unveils remodeled children’s room
By LAURA FITZGERALD
[email protected]
The Josephine-Louise Public Library
of Walden unveiled its children’s room
last Saturday, which was completely
renovated and gutted to accommodate
additional shelving and floor space.
Library Director Ginny Neidermier
said the space was remodeled to create
more floor space and an open area to
accommodate reading time. The remodel
also includes additional shelving, which
will accommodate additional books.
“The floor space is a little more
open to accommodate our story time,”
Neidermier said.
The remodel also included the
addition of a desk for three designated
children’s computers, which will arrive
soon. The computers will have single-
player and multi-player educational
games and programs, such as coding
programs.
The Bruderhof Community donated
three fireman’s benches for the
computers with the names of the fire
hose companies who used to meet in
the library, as well as other children’s
furniture.
The new children’s desk is at a lower
height than the previous one to allow
children to see over it and interact with
the librarians.
“We really designed it for the
children, not the adults,” Neidermier
said.
Neidermier said the furniture is
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-
compliant. There is new carpeting,
lighting and shelving.
Half of the $71,000 renovation was
funded by a grant from the New York
State Division of Library Development.
Renovations began in December of 2018.
Author Colleen Venable gave a
workshop at the opening on graphic
novel writing. The author of children’s
books and graphic novels, Venable grew
up in Walden before moving to New
York City.
A self-described hyperactive child,
Venable said the Walden library was
her safe haven, and the place she would
go almost every day after school. It
was there that she learned to read and
eventually write.
To learn more about library
programs and collections, visit
waldenlibrary.org, or check out the new
children’s room at 5 Scofield Street,
Walden.
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