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Section B | Oct. 5-11, 2007 FLORIDACatholic ARCHDIOCESE CELEBRATES 50 YEARS We remember, we celebrate, we believe To the Clergy, Religious and Laity of the Archdiocese of Miami My dear friends: ur Golden Jubilee Cele- bration is inaugurated on OOct. 7, 2007, the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, the begin- ning of a yearlong festivity to cul- minate on Oct. 7, 2008, our 50th an- niversary, the foundational date of origin of the Archdiocese of Miami. The centerpiece of the Mass of this feast is Mary’s Magnificat sung at the responsorial psalm. In it, Mary gives thanks and praise to God for “the almighty has done great things for me, FROM THE holy is his name.” ARCHBISHOP With that same John C. song of gratitude in Favalora our hearts, the people of the Archdiocese of Miami remember and give thanks for the great things God has done over 50 years for us and for those who went before us. Gratitude is a natural virtue that recognizes and appreciates what FLORIDA CATHOLIC FILE PHOTO one has, what one has received from Archbishop John C. Favalora greets Catholics outside St. Mary Cathedral after the annual Chrism Mass during Holy Week. others. It becomes a supernatural virtue when we refer all that we have TEACHING TOOL roll’s installation in the newly designated Lee, Martin, Monroe, Okeechobee, Palm and all that we have received to God St. Mary Cathedral: Archbishop Joseph P. Beach, and St. Lucie. Practical uses of pastoral letter as the source of all that we are. Hurley of St. Augustine; Archbishop Fran- The Almighty has done great things for 1. Parents should read it to learn the spiritual At the beginning of the jubilee cis P. Keough of Baltimore; and Bishop us, holy is his name. history of the Archdiocese of Miami John Dearden of Pittsburgh (in December year, as sons and daughters of God, 2. Parents should teach it to their children of 1958 he became archbishop of Detroit WITH GRATITUDE 3. Catholic schools and religious education and later cardinal). WE REMEMBER: we sing praises of gratitude to the programs should include this pastoral letter as a God and Father of all, to Jesus Christ The Almighty has done great things for • Many priests, moved by the Spirit to teaching tool about our Catholic roots and history us, holy is his name. take up the mission of the cross, who came the Son of God, and to the Holy Spir- of the church in south Florida. here from Ireland and Spain to serve the it who dwells in our midst and who WITH GRATITUDE growing population here. Very few native- has guided the work of our hands Carroll was installed as its first bishop. WE REMEMBER: born clergy were among Bishop Carroll’s Pope Pius XII died the day after the instal- • 63 diocesan and 21 religious order co-workers. for these five decades. lation, Oct. 8, 1958. priests and 392 religious women serving • Among the missionary priests from • The Diocese of Miami was only the in the new diocese in 1958. Ireland who came here in the early years WITH GRATITUDE second diocese in Florida. Since 1868, the • 185,000 lay Catholics in 1958. were: Msgr. Dominic Barry, Father James WE REMEMBER: Diocese of St. Augustine had encompassed • 16 counties in 1958: Broward, Char- Connaughton, Msgr. Francis Dunleavy, • On Oct. 7, 1958, the Diocese of Miami practically the whole state. lotte, Collier, Dade, DeSoto, Glades, was established and Bishop Coleman F. • Those in attendance for Bishop Car- Hardee, Hendry, Highland, Indian River, PLEASE SEE LETTER, B2 MIA B1 B2 ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI Florida Catholic Oct.5-11, 2007 LETTER: Gratefully remembering 50 years of the archdiocese FROM B1 CURRENT ARCHBISHOP SECOND ARCHBISHOP FIRST ARCHBISHOP Msgr. Noel Fogarty, Msgr. Patrick McDon- nell and Father Patrick Slevin. • Among the missionary priests from Spain who came here in the early years as part of OCSHA (Spanish American Work of Priestly Cooperation) were: Father Luis Altonaga, Msgr. Xavier Morrás, Father An- tonio Navarrete, Father José M. Paz, Father Juan Lopez, Father José L. Paniagua and Msgr. Emiliano Ordax. The Almighty has done great things for us, holy is his name. Archbishop John C. Archbishop Edward A. Mc- Archbishop Coleman F. Car- WITH GRATITUDE Favalora, appointed Nov. 3, Carthy, appointed coadjutor July roll, appointed Aug. 13, 1958; in- WE REMEMBER: 1994, installed Dec. 20, 1994 5, 1976; succeeded to the see July stalled Oct. 7, 1958; died in office • A large number of our religious wom- 26, 1977; retired April 10, 1993; July 26, 1977 en at the time were Sisters of St. Joseph of served until Nov. 3, 1994; died St. Augustine, Florida’s oldest religious CURRENT AUXILIARY community. (They were first invited to June 7, 2005 minister here in 1866 by Bishop Augustin BISHOPS Verot, Florida’s first bishop.) FIRST NATIVE • Those ded- PREVIOUS AUXILIARY BISHOPS VOCATIONS icated priests and religious • Father David Heffernan, who pioneered ordained 1945, home par- the Diocese of ish St. Therese of the Little Miami through Flower, Coral Gables its initial devel- • Father Curtis Wash- opment, among ington, native of Coconut them: Msgr. Grove, ordained 1949, • Bishop Felipe J. Estévez, appointed Nov. William Barry, 21, 2003, ordained Jan. 7, 2004 • Bishop John J. • Bishop Rene H. • Bishop John J. • Bishop Agustín A. Society of the Divine Word Msgr. Thomas • Sulpician Father Fitzpatrick, ap- Gracida, appointed Nevins, appointed Román, appointed Raymond Brown, ordained Comber, Father pointed June 24, Dec. 6, 1971; named Jan. 25, 1979; Jan. 25, 1979; re- 1953, home parish St. Rose Francis Dixon, 1968; named bishop first bishop of Pen- named first bishop tired June 7, 2003 of Lima, Miami Shores Msgr. James F. of Brownsville, Texas, sacola-Tallahassee, of Venice, July Enright, Father April 21, 1971 Oct. 1, 1975 17,1984 L a m a r G en- ovar, Msgr. William F. McKeever, Msgr. James Nelan, Father Thomas O’Donovan, Msgr. John O’Dowd, Msgr. John O’Looney, Msgr. Rowan Rastatter, Msgr. George T. Rockett, Msgr. Patrick J. O’Donoghue, • Bishop John G. Noonan, appointed June 21, 2005, ordained Aug. 24, 2005 Msgr. Jeremiah P. O’Mahoney, Father R. E. Philbin, Msgr. Peter Reilly, Msgr. Robert W. Schiefen, Msgr. Bryan O. Walsh, Msgr. • Bishop Norbert M. • Bishop Gilberto • Bishop Thomas James J. Walsh. and led to the development of lay spiritu- Dorsey, Congrega- Fernández, appointed Wenski, appointed The Almighty has done great things for ality movements to form and support the tion of the Passion, June 24, 1997; re- June 24, 1997; us, holy is his name. spiritual lives of the laity. Today, we have appointed Jan. 10, tired Dec. 10, 2002 named coadjutor around 75 movements in the Archdiocese 1986; named bishop bishop of Orlando, WITH GRATITUDE of Miami. of Orlando, March July 1, 2003 WE REMEMBER: The Almighty has done great things for 10,1990 • Four years after the establishment of us, holy is his name. the diocese, the Second Vatican Council was convened, on Oct. 11, 1962, and Bish- WITH GRATITUDE op Carroll attended as one of the Council WE REMEMBER: in more than a dozen languages through- pastoral care throughout the Archdiocese Fathers. • Wave after wave of exiles and immi- out the archdiocese. of Miami under the visionary leadership of • Vatican II documents would shape the grants from every nation in Latin America, The Almighty has done great things for Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy. church and serve as a blueprint for devel- from Europe and Africa, from China and us, holy is his name. • Development of the permanent dia- oping future policies for the new diocese. Asia, who constantly challenge us to grow conate in 1976. The Almighty has done great things for in charity and live up to the Gospel man- WITH GRATITUDE • Development of the lay ministry for- us, holy is his name. date “to shelter the homeless and welcome WE REMEMBER: mation program in 1977, with Dr. Mercedes the stranger.” • The rapid growth of Miami, which 10 Scopetta as the founding director. WITH GRATITUDE • Organizations that arose to serve years after its founding, on June 13, 1968, • Creation of the dioceses of Palm Beach WE REMEMBER: newly arrived immigrants: Centro His- became an archdiocese with Bishop Cole- (Oct. 24, 1984) and Venice (Oct. 25, 1984), • "Lumen Gentium" ("Dogmatic Consti- pano Católico, Operation Pedro Pan (Un- man Carroll as the Metropolitan Arch- with Miami Auxiliary Bishop John Nevins tution on the Church") and "Apostolicam accompanied Minors Program), Shrine of bishop of the Province of Miami, which as founding bishop of Venice. Actuositatem" ("Decree on the Apostolate Our Lady of Charity, Pierre Toussaint Hai- encompasses all seven dioceses in the • First archdiocesan Synod, 1985-1988. of the Laity"), Vatican II documents that tian Catholic Center, Ministry to Cultural state of Florida. • Visit of the Holy Father, Sept. 10-11, speak of the role of the laity in the church. Groups and Catholic Legal Services. • Two new dioceses created at the same 1987. • "Christifidelis Laici" ("Christ’s Faith- • Challenges of multicultural liturgies: time: St. Petersburg (June 17, 1968) and Or- The Almighty has done great things for ful People"), the 1988 apostolic exhorta- Spanish Masses were added in many par- lando (June 18, 1968). us, holy is his name. tion that followed the first world synod of ishes after the last English Mass on Sun- • The Pensacola-Tallahassee Diocese, bishops in 1987. days; Mass was celebrated in French in established Nov. 6, 1975, with Bishop Rene The Lord Jesus is the Lord of history. By • These documents were the founda- many Broward parishes to accommodate H.

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