MAHONY TO HONOR VOLUNTEERS.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Staff Writer GLENDALE - It takes Iva May Carrico three bus and shuttle rides to get to the Good Shepherd Good Shepherd [N.T.: John 10:11–14] See : Christ Center for Homeless Women - four, if she's lucky and doesn't have to walk the last three blocks. Once every month, as she has for more than a decade, the octogenarian oc·to·ge·nar·i·an adj. Being between 80 and 90 years of age. n. A person between 80 and 90 years of age. makes the trek to the Belmont Avenue center, where she boards a van and helps distribute blankets and food to women living on the streets of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . And after four hours of searching the parks and streets of the inner city, she rides the bus back to the Glendale home she shares with her husband of 61 years, their youngest daughter and two of their grandchildren. For this dedication to others, Carrico tonight will receive a Cardinal's Award from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, given for the last 12 years to those who live ``lives of exemplary service to the church and local community.'' officials said. Carrico said she was ``flabbergasted'' to learn she was being honored by Cardinal Roger Mahony His Eminence Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony (born February 27, 1936) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the fourth Archbishop of Los Angeles, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1991. . ``To me, these ladies that do the real church things - like taking Communion and doing altar linens, cleaning in the church - those are the women who really should be acknowledged,'' she said. ``They're the backbone of the church work.'' Others receiving a Cardinal's Award are Robert J. Erburu of Good Shepherd Church in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. ; Margaret F. Jagels of St. Philip the Apostle Philip was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Later Christian traditions describe Philip as the apostle who proselytized in Greece, Syria, and Phrygia. He was martyred by crucifixion in the city of Hierapolis. Church in Pasadena; and Brother Patrick Corr, of St. John of God Retirement and Care Center in Los Angeles. Actor Joseph Campanella, a Toluca Lake resident who attends St. Charles Borromeo For the Indian sprinter, see . Saint Charles Borromeo (Italian: Carlo Borromeo; Latinized as Carolus Borromeus) (October 2, 1538 – November 3, 1584) was an Italian saint and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. Church in North Hollywood, also will be honored, in part for the voice-over and acting talent he's donated to church-related televisions shows and videos. He said he's humbled to be recognized among people who have contributed so much of their time. With a wife of nearly 38 years and seven healthy children, he said he's happy to give back and lend his famous voice to the church. ``We all have our problems and things - they come in and come out - but I think my faith has always been pretty true,'' Campanella said. ``I've stuck to what I believe in. I was raised that way.'' Tod Tamberg, media relations director for the Archdiocese, said a nomination committee identifies people with deep and long-lasting ties to the community. Mahony then makes his choices from that list. Carrico, a parishioner at Incarnation Church in Glendale, holds offices in a dozen charitable organizations, including the Archdiocesan Council of Catholic Women and Church Women United. She also ran the Catholic Charities' Loaves and Fishes loaves and fishes Jesus multiplies fare for his following. [N.T.: Matthew 14:15–21; John 6:5–14] See : Miracle Thrift shop thrift shop n. A shop that sells used articles, especially clothing, as to benefit a charitable organization. for 20 years until it closed. Carrico said the spirit of volunteerism was instilled in her while she growing up in Great Falls Great Falls, city (1990 pop. 55,097), seat of Cascade co., N central Mont., second largest city in the state, at the confluence of the Missouri and Sun rivers and near the falls that give the city its name; inc. 1888. , Mont., the daughter of a Chippewa-Cree American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. mother and a father of Irish, Scotch and English descent. ``Whenever anything happened that was a semitragedy, all the ranchers would show up at the doorstep to help out, lend a hand,'' Carrico recalled. ``They came by horseback, horse (and) buggy - that's the ancient times I'm talking about . . . ``There was always the feeling around town that, 'I will help if I can.' '' She came to Catholicism later in life - as an art student in a religious college in Great Falls - and her volunteerism also extends beyond the church doors. Some groups include Friends of the Glendale Library, Glendale Community College Glendale Community College can refer to one of two colleges in the United States.
Sister Julia Mary Farley, director of the Good Shepherd Center, said Carrico not only works to bring women in from the streets but also helps solicit donations of clothing and other necessities. ``She's always reaching out to women to help them with a listening ear and words of wisdom from life experiences,'' she says. ``That kind of interest really gets to the heart of the homeless people. When you give time and of yourself, that's more important than anything else.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (ran in Glen/Bur edition only) Iva May Carrico, right, volunteers her time to bring food, clothing, blankets and other necessities to homeless women like Deborah Williams, who says she's lived under a tarp in a Los Angeles alley for the past 17 years. John McCoy/Staff Photographer |
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