We have yet to cancel a POLAR EXPRESS departure because of inclement weather. If you're staying in the Gatlinburg/Sevierville, Tennessee area, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Service announces road closures and openings on Twitter, or call (865) 436-1200 extension 631 for a recorded message.hildrenâs faces show the magic of the season when the train arrives at the North Pole to find Santa Claus waiting. Santa will board THE POLAR EXPRESS, greeting each child and presenting them with a special gift as in the story, their own silver sleigh bell.
Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke. Raymond Leo Burke was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, on June 30, 1948, the youngest of six children. He began his priestly formation as a high school student at Holy Cross Seminary in La Crosse.
In 1989, he was appointed Defender of the Bond at the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in Rome. On December 10, 1994, Monsignor Burke was appointed Bishop of La Crosse by Blessed Pope John Paul II, who consecrated him a Bishop on January 6, 1995.