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Hope • ConfidenCe • expeCtation NEWS Hawaii Catholic Herald New leader for FOR THE ex-Anglicans YOUNG ADULT FRI HOUSTON — Envoys of the CATHOLIC 2/12/2016 19 Vatican along with dozens of U.S. Catholic prelates gathered Mana'olana Feb. 2 with the faithful at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston for a history-making Movie review | The Finest Hours Mass — ordination and instal- lation Mass for Bishop Steven J. Lopes. He is the first bishop of the Courage in the storm Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, established by the By Joseph McAleer Vatican in 2012 to serve former Catholic News Service Anglicans living full communion NEW YORK — The remarkable with the Catholic Church. true story of the most daring Appointed by Pope Francis small boat rescue mission in in November, Bishop Lopes, a Coast Guard history comes to priest of the Archdiocese of San the big screen in “The Finest Francisco, succeeds Msgr. Jeffrey Hours” (Disney). N. Steenson, who announced his In February 1952, a power- retirement last year. ful Nor’easter struck the Mas- With “Anglicanorum coetibus,” sachusetts coast, pummeling Pope Benedict established the or- shoreline towns and wreaking dinariate Jan. 1, 2012, in response havoc on ships caught in its to requests by Anglicans in the U.S. deadly path. Among these and Canada seeking to become were two oil tankers bound for Catholics. (Catholic News Service) Boston, the S.S. Mercer and the S.S. Pendleton. Ministry precedes Beset by 60-foot waves religious life and hurricane-force winds, both vessels broke apart. The WASHINGTON — A study Mercer, its bow intact, radi- issued Feb. 4 by the Washington- oed for assistance and was based Center for Applied Research the focus of a major rescue in the Apostolate found that “a operation. great majority” of those entering The Pendleton was not so religious life had prior experience lucky. The bow and its radio serving in at least one parish sunk, stranding 36 sailors ministry. in the stern, bobbing like a CNS photo/Disney Casey Affleck and Michael Raymond-James star in a scene from the movie “The Finest Hours.” “The most common ministry cork in the mighty sea. With service reported was liturgi- no SOS, who would come to cal ministry,” said the report, their aid? Fellow officers try to dis- capsizes, and the onboard Craig Gillespie (“Million storm sequences are intense “followed by some form of faith By chance, the Pendleton suade Webber, calling the compass is lost. Dollar Arm”), working from and immersive (especially formation.” The study said 84 per- pops up on radar at the Coast rescue a suicide mission. Web- With no navigation aid, the 2009 novel by Michael J. in 3-D), and could have you cent had taken part in some form Guard station in Chatham, ber’s newly minted fiancee, Webber must pilot in the Tougias and Casey Sherman, reaching for the sick bag. of ministry either as a volunteer or headed by Warrant Officer Miriam (Holliday Grainger), blind, relying on faith, instinct strikes the right balance The film contains extreme in a paid position. Daniel Cluff (Eric Bana). is frantic with worry, com- and a whole lotta luck to find between striking renderings storm-based action and The survey was sent to 411 Despite extreme conditions, pounded by the fact that the wreck. of Mother Nature’s fury (even scenes of peril, and some men and women entering he orders Boatswains Mate 1st she is terrified of the water Meanwhile, aboard the more impressive than 2000’s crude and profane language. religious institutes — a catch-all Class Bernie Webber (Chris (then why marry a sailor, one Pendleton, engineer Ray Syb- “The Perfect Storm”), and qui- The Catholic News Service term encompassing religious Pine) to muster three men and wonders?). ert (Casey Affleck) takes com- eter moments, conveying fear classification is A-III — adults. congregations and orders — with set out in a wooden 36-foot “In the Coast Guard they mand of the crisis situation. and dread among the rescuers The Motion Picture Asso- 278 responding, for a response lifeboat, certainly no match say, ‘You gotta go out,’” Web- The stern section is slowly and the rescued. ciation of America rating is rate of 68 percent. for the storm conditions. ber reminds his crew. “They sinking, so the survivors must Happily, Gillespie makes PG-13 — parents strongly One troubling note in the Duty and honor prevail, as don’t say, ‘You gotta come improvise a way to buy pre- time to show the close-knit cautioned. Some material report was that 68 percent, or Seamen Richard Livesey (Ben back in.’” cious time while they steer community joining in prayer, may be inappropriate for more than two-thirds, of all U.S. Foster), Andrew Fitzgerald As the lifeboat sets out, a the stern toward land. and an individual fingering a children under 13. religious institutes reported no (Kyle Gallner), and Ervin David in search of a Goli- “The Finest Hours” is rosary. one entering religious life last Maske (John Magaro) volun- ath, disaster strikes with the old-fashioned moviemaking As for all that water, bring McAleer is a guest reviewer for year. (CNS) teer for duty. first wave. The craft nearly on a grand scale. Director along your sea legs. The Catholic News Service Atrocities deemed genocide MANCHESTER, England — A Christina European bishops’ commission has welcomed a move by the Capecchi tWentY SoMetHinG European Parliament to classify atrocities and religious cleansing by the Islamic State as genocide. Father Patrick Daly, general Oh what a tangled web: rising above Instagram envy secretary of COMECE, the Commis- sion of the Bishops’ Conference of Melina Birchem has uploaded 777 down a destructive path, like when it thumbs-up to “I want to be this.” Yet kills us,” she said. “I want to challenge the word “goals” connotes a rigorous us to become bolder in seeing what the European Community, said the images to her Instagram account over leads her to bikini photos that erode academic pursuit, making it perfectly is hurting us physically, emotionally, designation represented progress the past two years: sushi, Starbucks, her self-esteem. Even following friends can induce pangs of envy. “I’m con- acceptable, even witty. spiritually and then doing something in halting the persecution of her new tattoo, rosary beads, cowboy boots. Sometimes the juxtaposition stantly seeing rings and relationships “That hashtag is a pet peeve of about it.” Christians and other minorities in is jarring. A glowing monstrance, popping up on my Instagram. It can mine!” Melina said. “It’s is a code for That may mean unfollowing a feed Syria and Iraq. a chilled margarita. A snapshot make me feel very single.” comparison and envy. It’s like, ‘Why that’s bringing you down or giving “Steps to prosecute criminals from waitressing, a prayer journal It’s easy to get stuck in the honey- are you striving to be someone else up Instagram for a week. For Melina, and bring them to justice are also documenting her consecration to the comb of Instagram feeds, where six when God meant you to be you? You such measures are part of a deliberate imperative,” Father Daly said in a Blessed Mother. degrees of separation becomes two are precious in his eyes!’” effort to stay rooted in her identity Feb. 4 statement. As a freshman at the University of taps — from someone you know to Melina is trying to reclaim the as a daughter of Christ. When she’s The statement was issued the Mary in Bismarck, N.D., Melina has someone who knows someone you hashtag by occasionally tagging her bombarded by Cosmo covers at the same day the European Parliament tried to moderate her use of social me- know, then a total stranger with an posts with “Catholicgoals,” a tongue- grocery-store check-out, she turns adopted the resolution proposed dia, deleting the Facebook and Twitter expensive wardrobe and a nice tan. in-cheek reminder of what really mat- away and recites Song of Solomon: by Lars Adaktusson, a Swedish apps from her iPhone and abandon- The filters create a fun-house mirror of ters — sacraments, prayer, friendship. “You are beautiful, my love, there is no member, which stated that Islamic ing Snapchat altogether. Instagram comparison, rendering you short and She resists the temptation to curate flaw in you.” State was “committing genocide has been harder to rein in, admits the squatty. They’re the ones out making her Instagram feed in order to project Sure, she’d like to lose weight, but against Christians and Yezidis and psychology major, an amateur pho- great memories — picking apples, a perfect life, realizing that wouldn’t when Melina looks in the mirror, she other religious and ethnic minori- tographer and self-described “beauty lounging poolside, kissing beneath a be healthy for her or friends who focuses on her chocolate brown eyes ties, who do not agree with the seeker” who is among more than 400 Ferris wheel. You’re the one in sweat- would view it. “You’re never going to and her bright, all-consuming smile. so-called ISIS/Daesh interpretation million users drawn to the 5-year-old pants stalking them from the couch. have good conversations with people if “There’s a joy in my smile that reminds of Islam, and that this, therefore, photo-sharing social network. Instagram has created a culture of you’re not willing to be vulnerable.” me of a woman in love,” she said. “I entails action under the 1948 U.N. “I have one of those love-hate rela- unabashed voyeurism.