Teens Find Christ at Camp Ministry Heals Divorced, Separated Marriage
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WWW.THEFLORIDACATHOLIC.ORG | June 20-July 10, 2014 | Volume 75, Number 16 ORLANDO DIOCESE PALM BEACH DIOCESE VENICE DIOCESE ‘A lot of people are hurting. They don’t feel like there is a place for them in the Catholic Church. It is a blessing to know that the Catholic Church is finally realizing these people have no peace.’ — Kim Kinggard Rachael Pardo Jones and Mark Jones are married May 24 at St. Raphael Parish in Lehigh Acres by Father Dennis Cooney. (COURTESY) Ministry heals Marriage: Campers form “Family Groups” that they will stay with throughout the week, forming strong friendships and sharing their faith with each other. (ELIZABETH WILSON | FC) divorced, Knowing God Teens find separated strengthens Christ at camp The Office of Marriage and Family Life launched union a new diocesan healing ministry for the divorced and separated in April, and now office leaders are Pope Francis explains it this way: Marriage is “a San Pedro fills campers’ days with arts and expanding the program after incredible response. sacrament that leads us to the heart of God’s plan crafts, games, canoe trips and bonfires, and also “The response has been very strong confirm- … a plan of communion. The image of God is a strives to draw campers into a closer relationship ing the great need for a healing ministry after di- married couple, man and woman, not only man, with Jesus Christ. vorce,” said Cathy Loh, diocesan director of mar- not only woman, but rather both,” he said. “God Eight weeks of “Secret Agent Training” camp riage and family life. She hopes to offer the pro- is mirrored in them, he imprints in them the fea- are taking place this summer, sending the camp- gram in locations throughout the diocese. “We are tures and indelible nature of His love.” One might ers on daily missions to find God in their sur- looking to expand the program to other parishes. be inspired to ask, “What are the features of God’s roundings, in each other, and in themselves and I currently have a waiting list of people who want love?” The Church responds by saying, “God’s love experience “Christian witness.” to attend.” is free, total, faithful and fruitful.” Click on the ORLANDO DIOCESE above for Click on the PALM BEACH DIOCESE for more Click on the VENICE DIOCESE above for more more on this story. on this story. on this story. A look Vatican: back World at the must decade help of the minors 1970s fleeing violence Help needed after tornado devastation WWW.THEFLORIDACATHOLIC.ORG | June 20-July 10, 2014 | $1.00 FLORIDACatholic ORLANDO EDITION BISH OPS’ MEETING WORLD REFUGEE DAY Refugees find hope for future in Central Florida CHRISTINE YOUNG Special to the Florida Catholic ORLANDO | Naw handed her husband, Lum, a tissue as he shared memories from the years he spent trying to escape the hun- ger, imprisonment and violence of a war- torn country. Born in neighboring villages, this Bur- mese refugee couple suffered the same in- justices to their basic human rights before coming to the United States in January. Wel- comed by the Refugee and Resettlement Ser- vices program of Catholic Charities of Cen- tral Florida, Naw and Lum are beginning a new life in Orlando with their two young children. Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, For more than 35 years, Catholic Charities Ky., president of the U.S. Conference of of Central Florida has assisted the Church in Catholic Bishops, concelebrates Mass its role of “welcoming the stranger” by help- at St. Louis Cathedral June 11 during ing more than 14,000 individuals resettle in the annual spring meeting of the U .S. Central Florida. Conference of Catholic Bishops in New Naw and Lum’s resettlement process be- Orleans. (BOB ROLLER | CNS) gan when they fled their villages to Malay- sia. The couple met shortly after registering Naw, left, and Lum, who fled abuse and hunger in Myanmar (formerly known as as refugees with the United Nations. Once Burma) in Southeast Asia, cook together in Orlando. With support from Catholic registered, each application is reviewed for Charities of Central Florida, the refugees have begun a new life in Orlando with B ishops focus potential relocation to a place where they are their two small children. (CHRISTINE YOUNG | FC) most likely to be successful in resettlement. Florida has the largest refugee popula- In 2001, the United Nations established manager. on religious tion in the U.S. with more than 27,000 reset- World Refugee Day that is celebrated June “I’m so proud of this family,” commented tling in the state annually. According to the 20. This day honors the courage of refugees DeCarufel. “The first year in America is usu- Florida Department of Children and Fami- determined to begin a new life for their fami- ally the hardest because clients are adjust- liberty, synod lies, while the majority of Florida’s refugee lies. ing to a completely new lifestyle and have to clients come from Cuba, the state is home to “Here, I can ask for help,” said Naw as she CAROL ZIMMERMANN refugees from 97 different countries. smiled toward Nicole DeCarufel, her case PLEASE SEE REFUGEE, 2 Catholic News Service SCRIPTURE NEW ORLEANS | During their June 11-13 spring general assembly in New Or- In the Gospel of Matthew (25:31) leans, the nation’s Catholic bishops voted we hear about the importance of wel- to extend their Ad Hoc Committee on Re- coming refugees, in the passage known ligious Liberty and to approve work on a as the Judgment of Nations. limited revision of their quadrennial doc- “When the Son of Man comes in his ument aimed at guiding Catholics in elec- glory, and all the angels with him, he tion decisions. will sit upon his glorious throne and all They also were urged to promote and the nations will be assembled before support Catholic families by paying close him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates attention to the upcoming synod on the the sheep from the goats. He will place family at the Vatican and to promote the the sheep on his right and the goats World Meeting of Families next year in on his left. Then the king will say to Philadelphia. those on his right, ‘Come, you who are The bishops heard about the progress blessed by my Father. Inherit the king- made and the work that still needs to be dom prepared for you from the founda- done on efforts to protect children from tion of the world. For I was hungry and sexual abuse. They received a report about you gave me food, I was thirsty and their aid to typhoon victims in the Philip- you gave me drink, a stranger and you pines and were advised about the work welcomed me, naked and you clothed Syrian refugee families await treatment at a medical center at the Al Zaatri refugee camp being done to make sure religious educa- me, ill and you cared for me, in prison in Mafraq, Jordan, one year ago. At the end of his weekly general audience June 19, Pope and you visited me.’” Francis called attention to World Refugee Day, focusing particularly on the plight of refugee PLEASE SEE MEETING 9 families. (MUHAMMAD HAMED, REUTERS | CNS) June 20-July 10, 2014 Florida Catholic YOUR ORLANDO COMMUNITY 2 ut the one who peers into the perfect law of freedom and perseveres, ‘B and is not a hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, such a one shall be blessed in what he does.’ — James 1:25 FLORIDA Catholic Take the time to reflect on human freedom DIOCESE OF ORLANDO Vol. 75, No. 16 My Sisters and Brothers in Christ: God. That’s real freedom based on we join in solidarity with our sisters profoundly in community through faith. and brothers where hunger does compassion. Catholics believe that 50 East Robinson St. Pope Francis said about free- In the Gospel which we heard not take a vacation. We offer Christ’s if our choices are based on the truth P.O. Box 1800 Orlando, FL 32802-1800 dom, “Jesus wants us free and this proclaimed earlier this month, Je- love as we attend to the needs of the of God’s love, rooted in compassion, 407-246-4800 Fax 407-246-4942 freedom, where is it found? It is to sus uses the Beatitudes to teach hungry by responding to the Catho- then we collaborate in transform- be found in the inner dialogue with us what qualities we should freely lic Charities of Central Florida food ing our world into the kingdom of PUBLISHER God in conscience. If a share in our relationships. drives. Visit www.cflcc.org to learn God. If not, our choices can lead to Bishop John Noonan Christian does not know He calls us to be “blessed” how you can help by volunteering pain, suffering and inhumanity. how to talk with God, by choosing lifestyles that or organizing a food drive. The Eucharist expresses the mys- DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS Teresa Lantigua Peterson does not know how to benefit others and are not Harry and Julie Arthur, parish- tery of Christ’s freedom, the gift of [email protected] listen to God, in his own based on selfishness. He ioners of St. Stephen Parish in Win- liberation; it means love to the end, conscience, then he is calls us to be sensitive and ter Springs, rise early on Sundays for only love can liberate. Sharing WRITER/PHOTOGRAPHER not free. He is not free.” compassionate to those in once a month to serve breakfast to our life in Christ and in communion Linda Caldwell Human freedom is the pain, to be gentle, forgiving, the men and women who reside at with our brothers and sisters, we [email protected] freely given ability to be- modest, peaceful, respect- Pathways to Care, a not-for-profit freely share our gifts and resources, 407-246-4924 come who God created Bishop ful and courageous in our respite center dedicated to provid- we make moral decisions that take To submit a request for news coverage us to be and to obtain path of discipleship.