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June 8, 2013. Fr. Z, now 80 and 44 NO. PERMIT a priest for 55 years, baptized the infant Sam and vested him at his ordination for the priest- hood. Fr. Matthiesen’s parents, Starla and James, were of course also present at both of their son’s sacraments. Page 2 AUGUST 2013 The Angelus A PASTORAL MESSAGE Church underscores respect for homosexual persons Same-sex unions, however, violate God’s plan for marriage By Bishop Michael Pfeifer, OMI deplorable that homosexual persons have been and are the fundamental institution that pre-dates government the object of violent malice in speech or action. Such and Church – marriage. Homosexuals, like heterosex- The recent Supreme Court’s decision withdrawing treatment deserves condemnation of the Church’s pas- uals, have rights by virtue of their humanity, not by support for the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) tors” (Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons). As fol- virtue of a particular sexual inclination. Genuine opened the door for more same sex unions. It is lowers of Christ we must treat people who are homo- human rights are rooted in the truth about the human important that we have a clear understanding of the sexuals with the same dignity and respect owed to all person. It is those who promote same-sex marriages Bishop Catholic Church’s position as regards homosexuality persons as all are made in the image and likeness of who are violating the basic human rights of others by Pfeifer and so-called same-sex marriages. Most important is God. changing the core natural and supernatural meaning of that we now teach and preach the beautiful biblical At the same time the Church clearly teaches truths marriage established by God as Father and Creator and traditional truth about the true meaning of mar- based on many passages of Scripture that sexual acts and has been accepted by all people down through the riage, and help our people to prepare well for the between people of the same sex are intrinsically evil, ages. These are not created by government or by any Sacrament of Marriage. and that no government or court are empowered to human court. Implying that people who have the First, the Church clearly states that hatred, unjust give civil approval to same-sex unions. It must also same attraction have a right to engage in sexual activi- discrimination and violence toward people with a be stated that recognition of the human rights of ty or be joined in “marriage” goes against human same-sex attraction is entirely immoral. The Church homosexual people can never imply support for a has consistently spoken against such acts, stating, “It is lifestyle of homosexuality, or a radical redefinition of (Please See PASTORAL LETTER/6) DIOCESAN BRIEFS Letter to the Vatican II Workshop Brownwood Art Center, 215 Fisk, Brownwood. Vatican on Jan. 8, 2014. in San Angelo • Ready to hang art 14 x 18 or smaller. The group will spend two nights in Assisi, Diocese Vatican II: 50 Years Later • The show will take place Saturday and two nights in Florence, and four nights in Achievements and a Work in Progress Sunday, September 28-29, 12 -6 p.m. Rome. Msgr. Voity will celebrate Masses for Dear Bishop Pfeifer, Saturday, September 21, 2013 • Winning art will be on display and cash the group at the Tomb of St. Francis in Assisi, Please receive my greeting Newman Center, San Angelo prizes will be awarded at St. Mary’s Fall and also at St. Catherine’s Chapel, the and my heartfelt gratitude for 10:00 am – 3:30 pm Festival, Sunday, October 6, 2013 by Judge Church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, your most generous response and on the Altar/Tomb of Blessed John Paul II Presenter: S. Maureen Sullivan, O.P. Amada Brown. to the parishioners of St. in St. Peter’s Basilica. Fee: $25.00 (lunch included) The 5 divisions are: Special Needs, 6 Frances Cabrini Parish in The cost includes daily breakfast, and most years and under, 7-9 years, 10-13 years, For more information contact the Office of dinners. A festive meal and entertainment will Granbury. The devastation 14-17 years old. Top 3 in each category Education and Formation 325-651-7500 or be held one evening in the Tuscan country- from the tornadoes was great, [email protected] receive prizes of $25, $15 and $10. Best of side outside of Florence. Cost for the pilgrim- however, with the response Show will be awarded $50. age in double-occupancy is $3,229 per per- from you and others the faith Rachel’s Vineyard Entry fee is $5 for each piece submitted. son from San Angelo or Abilene, and $3,129 of many is being uplifted and Because of the tender mercy of our God, per person from DFW. held firm as they continue to the rising sun will come to us from heaven ‘Come and See’ For more information, or to receive a rebuild their lives. to shine on those living in darkness and in Discernment Weekend flyer/booking slip, contact Sacred Heart the shadow of death, to guide our feet into Cathedral in San Angelo at 325-658-6567, or In addition to all of your email Msgr. Voity at [email protected]. the path of peace. Discernment weekends at the Incarnate prayers and support, we have — Reflections from Footprints; Luke Reservations are first-come, first-served Word Convent in Victoria are for single received from your diocese a 1:78-79 basis. Deadline for reservations is August 23. Catholic women 18 to 50 years of age on total amount in financial assis- Come experience the tender mercy of tance through donations of September 21-22, at Incarnate Word WT Catholic Family Conference Jesus Christ. Let Him shine on the darkness Convent in Victoria. See iwbsvictoria.org for $21,858.29 as of June 17, and pain of your abortion. Join us on our more information. For more information, Soldiers of Christ, Culture of Life 2013. next Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat, Nov. 15-17, please contact us at (361) 575-7111 or 2013, Lubbock, TX. email [email protected]. August 10, 2013 at St. Stephen’s Catholic Again, I thank you on behalf For more information: Church Hall, 4601 Neely Ave., Midland of our diocese, the people in the [email protected] or 806-577-5912. Cathedral pilgrimage deadline Registration Fee $15.00 per person or $25.00 parish of St. Frances Cabrini Retreats are strictly confidential and open per couple. 8am to 4pm. Light breakfast and and the families who were vic- to men and women of all faiths. approaches; pilgrims to have lunch. For more information visit us at audience with Pope Francis tims in this natural disaster. www.wtxsoldiers.com, or call Rey Sanchez They too are sending your 432-260-7776 or Tommy Flores 432-202- ‘Our God is an Awesome God’ way many prayers of gratitude Msgr. Maurice Voity has announced the 4664. Art Contest dates for the annual Cathedral Pilgrimage to This year’s West Texas Family Conference, for your solidarity and love! Italy. Pilgrims will depart by air from San opened to and encouraged for both men and In Christ, Calling all artists 17 years old and younger Angelo, Abilene, or DFW on Dec. 31, 2013, women, will feature Jesse Romero, a former Msgr. Stephen J. Berg to submit art that glorifies God. and return on Jan. 9, 2014. sheriff and boxer turned Catholic apologist; Diocesan Administrator Diocese • The art must be submitted between 3-7 p.m. Participation in a Papal Audience with His Sonja Corbett and Harold Burke Sivers. of Fort Worth Thursday, September 26, 2013 to the Holiness, Pope Francis, will be held at the The Angelus AUGUST 2013 Page 3 DIOCESAN DATES Rural Life Mass Bishop’s Calendar 26 — Heart of Mercy Prayer Group AUGUST 27 — Adoration 30-31 — First United Methodist 10 — SAN ANGELO, Christ the Church King Retreat Center – Deacons’ Retreat SEPTEMBER 12-14 — Rest and Prayer 2 — Office closed, Labor Day 15-16 — PITTSBURGH, 100th 2 — Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp. Anniversary of Franciscan Sisters 3 — Adoration 19-23 — Vacation 6-8 — Engaged Encounter 24 — SAN ANGELO, Sacred 8 — Natural Family Planning Heart Cathedral – 11:00 am. 9 — Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp. Mass and Reception of Vows of 10 — ACTS Core Meeting Father John Kuehner 12-15 — Lubbock Deacons 27 — SAN ANGELO, Retreat #1 Diocesan Pastoral Center – Staff 16—Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp. Mass at 8:30 a.m. and Staff 17 — Adoration Sacrament Meeting at 11:00 a.m. 18 — Facility Management 28 — SAN ANGELO, Newman Workshop Center – Mass at Noon 19-22 — S. Angelo Men’s ACTS 23—Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp 24 — Adoration SEPTEMBER 26-28 — Senior Adults Fall Bishop Michael D. Pfeifer, OMI, center, and Vicar General, Msgr. Larry Droll, right of the bishop, 2 — SAN ANGELO, Sacred Retreat, Crestview Baptist Church are joined by several priests and deacons for the 2013 Rural Life Mass, celebrated at the home Heart Cathedral – Labor Day 27-29 — Beginning Experience and farm of David and Belinda Weishuhn and hosted by St. Lawrence Catholic Church, which Mass at 10:00 a.m. 30—Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp serves rural St. Lawrence and nearby Garden City. The Rural Life Mass is celebrated every year to 3 — MIDLAND, St. Ann’s bring prayers to those involved in farming, ranching and other industries vital to the diocese and School Mass at 1:30 p.m. OCTOBER country. (Courtesy photo) 4 — ODESSA, St. Mary’s 1 — Adoration School Mass at 8:30 a.m. 3-6 — Lubbock Deacons 5 — SAN ANGELO, Angelo Retreat #2 Catholic School Mass at 8:30 a.m. 7 —Heart of Mercy Prayer Del Escritorio del Obispo 6-8 — El L PASO Meeting of Group Tex-Mex Board Bishops 8 —Red Mass with Bishop 11 — SAN ANGELO, 9/11 Pfeifer La iglesia destaca el respeto hacia Prayer Service at 9:30 a.m. at 8 — Adoration Memorial Site located next to San 8 — San Angelo ACTS Core Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, 1 Meeting 11-13 — Engaged Encounter las personas homosexuales Love Street 13 — Natural Family Planning 12 — SAN ANGELO, Diocesan 14 — Heart of Mercy Prayer Pastoral Center – Staff Mass at Group Ensena que la union del mismo sexo viola el 8:30 a.m. and Staff Meeting at 15 — Adoration 11:00 a.m. 15 — Deacon Quarterly plan de dios para el matrimonio 14 — MIDLAND, St. Ann Meeting Diocesan School Commission 15-16 — Fall Clergy Por el Obispo Miguel Pfeifer prepararse bien para el Sacramento muchos pasajes de la Escritura que Meeting Conference del Matrimonio. los actos sexuales entre personas 17-19 — SAN ANTONIO, 19 — San Angelo Cursillo Meeting of Texas Bishops School of Leaders Le decisión de la Corte Suprema En primer lugar, la Iglesia afirma del mismo sexo son intrínseca- 21 — SAN ANGELO, Newman 19 — Deacon Formation de la reciente retirada del apoyo claramente que el odio, la discrimi- mente malos, y que ningún gobier- Center – Presentation of Vatican 21 — Heart of Mercy Prayer para la Defensa de la Ley de nación injusta y la violencia hacia no ni corte tribunal están faculta- II by Sister Mary Sullivan – 10:00 Group Matrimonio las personas con atracción hacía el dos para dar su aprobación a las a.m. to 3:30 p.m. 22 — Adoration 24-27 — Women’s Walk to (DOMA, por sus mismo sexo es totalmente inmoral. uniones civiles entre personas del 26 — SAN ANGELO, Diocesan siglas en ingles), La Iglesia se ha pronunciado sis- mismo sexo. También hay que Pastoral Center – Presbyteral Emmaus Council Meeting at 11:00 a.m. 28 — Heart of Mercy Prayer abrió la puerta temáticamente en contra de tales señalar que el reconocimiento de Group— para más uniones actos afirmando que “es lamenta- los derechos humanos de las per- 29 Adoration del mismo sexo. ble que personas homosexuales sonas homosexuales no puede Christ the King Es importante han sido y son objeto de malicia implicar un apoyo para un estilo de Retreat Center NECROLOGY que tengamos violente de palabra o acción. Tales vida de la homosexualidad, o una AUGUST 4 — Deacon Thomas Lambdin una idea clara de comportamientos merecen la con- redefinición radical de la institu- 9-11 — DOSA Deacons annual (1982) la posición de la dena de los pastores de la Iglesia.” ción fundamental que existió antes Retreat 5 — Rev. William Meagher, OMI Iglesia Católica Obispo (Cuidado Pastoral de Personas del gobierno y la Iglesia—el matri- 12 — Heart of Mercy Prayer (1970) Miguel Pfeifer Group en cuanto a la OMI Homosexuales) Como seguidores monio. Los homosexuales, como 13 — Adoration 7 — Rev. Francis Schoutteten, homosexualidad y de Cristo, debemos tratar a las per- los heterosexuales, tienen derechos 15-18 — Billings Ovulation OMI (2002) sonas que son homosexuales con la en virtud de su humanidad, no en 8 — Deacon Simón Franco los llamados matrimonios entre Method Association Training misma dignidad y respeto que se virtud de una orientación sexual 17-18 — Knights of Columbus (2008) personas del mismo sexo. Lo más Council # 12798 15-Rev. James Norman, OMI importante es que nosotros debe a todas las personas ya que particular. Los derechos humanos 19 — Heart of Mercy Prayer (1987) enseñamos y predicamos la pre- todos están hechos a la imagen y genuinos tienen sus raíces en la Group 21 — Deacon Richard Blake ciosa verdad bíblica y tradicional, semejanza de Dios. verdad sobre la persona humana. 20 — Adoration (1989) sobre el verdadero significado del Al mismo tiempo la Iglesia 22-25 — Men’s Walk to Emmaus matrimonio para nuestra gente a enseña claramente basada en (Mira OBISPO/6) Page 4 AUGUST 2013 The Angelus SEMINARIAN OF THE MONTH ‘I will not be silent, I will not give up’ Ryan Rojo Editor’s Note: The following letter was composed by son or a daughter. I am sorry, so very sorry that Odessa parishioner Sharla K. Ynostrosa and sent to women and men have made you their political step- Mundelein Seminary Texas politicians as the recently-passed abortion bill was ping stone, their so called rise to fame. being debated in Austin. The sad, ugly irony is that these same political fig- Full Name: Ryan Rojo ures scream about how the discrimination and bully- Date of Birth/ Age: September 10, July 2, 2013 ing has got to stop, yet your life will end because of 1988 /24 yrs their discrimination against you, you are not old Birthplace: Odessa, TX Dear precious babies in the womb, enough, not big enough. They are the biggest hyp- Do you have siblings/only child? I’m writing this letter to you, the innocent victims of ocrites of all. They are afraid to stand up for you One brother abortion. Please know that there are many pro-life because it’s just not politically correct, and it’s not the What Seminary do you attend? people and organizations that are praying for you, we popular thing to do. Mundelein Seminary are fighting for your lives. There are so many moms Today I make a vow to you, the innocent babies in What Level are you? 3rd and dads who would love to adopt you, who are on a the womb, I will not be silent, I will not give up, I will Theology long waiting list in hopes of adopting a baby just like continue to pray that your mothers and fathers see Home Parish: St. Joseph’s in you. what a gift from God you truly are. As a pro-life Odessa I’m telling you this because I am so heart- broken Catholic I have never voted for anyone who is pro- Favorite Saint: St. Josemaria and ashamed of how pro-choice people are acting. I choice, and I never will. Escriua Ryan Rojo read an article in Monday’s paper about Wendy Davis, Sweet, tiny babies in your mother’s womb, I will Favorite Scripture: Romans 12:2 the Democratic State Senator “whose filibuster against Favorite Color: Blue fight for you, I will weep for you, I will pray for you Texas abortion restrictions gained her national fame.” until I draw my last breath. I Am Woman Hear Me Favorite Sport: Basketball, Baseball She said she “has been fielding congratulatory calls Favorite Team: Dallas Mavs Roar – Wendy Davis does not speak for me – I Am Favorite Food/Restaurant: Double Decker Pizza from from around the world since her marathon filibuster.” Pro-Life, and I am thankful and blessed to be a Wife, Bills Pizza in Mundelein I am sick to my stomach, thinking about people doing a Mother, and a Nana. May God have mercy on us. Favorite Dessert: Tres Leches cake “high fives” because you, the unborn, can still be Sharla K. Ynostrosa Hobbies: Crossfit and playing Guitar aborted after twenty weeks. Do these people hear the Objectives: Be ordained a priest words that are coming out of their mouths? I assume CC: Bishop Michael Pfeifer, State Senator Robert Duncan, that these same people realize that your mother is five Monsignor Maurice Voity, State Representative Drew Darby, Ryan’s Biography months pregnant at twenty weeks, and that a sono- Deacon Steve Zimmerman, Bill O’Reilly, Fox News, Senator gram will show if you are a baby boy, or a baby girl, a John Cornyn, Senator Ted Cruz, Representative Mike My name is Ryan Rojo, and I was born and raised in Conaway, Governor Rick Perry Odessa. I attended St. Mary's Catholic School before contin- uing my Catholic Education in the Dallas and Phoenix areas. After graduating from high school, I attended the University A journey to the Latin Mass in the diocese of Texas of the Permian Basin for two years majoring in By Kyle Clement approached by parishioners in the fall of 2005 about the Biology with hopes of entering pharmacy school. I eventually possibility of having a Traditional Latin Mass at Sacred decided to enter seminary after a two-hour discussion with This is the first in a series of three articles about the Heart and we were informed that it would take special our former vocations director, Fr. Barry McLean, at a voca- celebrations of the Mass, in the extraordinary form since permission by the bishop and a priest willing to celebrate tions retreat. I attended Conception Seminary College north May 10, 2012 , at Sacred Heart Church in Abilene and the Mass in the extraordinary form as well as altar servers of Kansas City, before graduating with my BA in Philosophy. how they came to be. who knew the responses. After receiving a scholarship from the Catholic Extension The desire for a “Latin Mass” was articulated and In the fall of 2006, a pre-school pilot program was Society, I'm currently pursuing my graduate studies at grew out of a series of discussions in an adult education started at Sacred Heart by Irene and Jennifer Lopez to Mundelein Seminary north of Chicago. class on apologetics, specifically the section titled ‘ Why gauge response and demand for the establishment of a One of my most recent interests has become health and fit- do Catholics do that?’ Catholic based 2-4 year old program, with the idea of ness. I have lost over 100-pounds these last three years and The discussion(s) always ended with several members growing Little Saints into a pre-K to 5th grade, self-sus- have started CrossFit training. CrossFit is a high-intense, con- expressing a desire to attend a “Latin Mass.” Several taining program in 5 to 7 years. One of the main objec- stantly varied routine that is always challenging but fun. members of the class were mature enough to have memo- tives of the Little Saints program was to foster and I used to lead Praise and Worship in my youth group, and ries of the Mass in Latin, since Vatican II, known as the encourage vocations to the priesthood and religious life. still occasionally play the guitar. What's essential, however, extraordinary form. Based on the desire of so many, a Many of the prayer warriors praying for the Lord to move is that a young man considering a vocation be reminded that prayer effort was begun to petition the Lord to bring a in regard to the Latin Mass, saw a link between the one doesn't have to abandon his interests for the priesthood. Latin Mass to a reasonable locale so that we might attend. decline of vocations to priesthood and religious life and All this things can coexist quite happily in an integrated Meanwhile some members of the group began to research the cessation of the Latin Mass. Discussions with parents priest of Jesus Christ. the requirements and possibility of a Mass in the extraor- of the inaugural class of Little Saints indicated a desire I was always told that I should consider the priesthood dinary form at Sacred Heart. This coordinated prayer for traditional, orthodox Catholic content, especially from many parishioners, priests, and religious at my home effort began in the spring of 2005. prayers and liturgy as well as an inclusion of Church his- parish of St. Joseph's in Odessa. I consider the "call from The prayer warriors took their requests to adoration, tory. The prayer effort continued and grew as more peo- the faithful" to be a good sign of a vocation to the priest- and novenas; any opportunity to petition the Lord was ple became interested in the “Latin Mass” hood. The importance of a disciplined spiritual life is some- utilized and the Blessed Mother became our primary In summer 2007, Sandy Merrill, the music director thing I've found essential for the well-being of a seminarian intercessor, she having been the model witness to the of the Adoration Choir, one of four choirs at Sacred and priest. Holy Sacrifice of Calvary; who better to be our model as Heart, and the usual choir for the 9:30am Sunday Mass, I would encourage young men thinking about seminary to a witness to the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass? Her admoni- began to include the Sanctus and the Agnus Dei in the really focus on their spiritual well-being. All we do flows from tion to the guests at Cana became our commission: “Do Sunday liturgy. The inclusion of these hymns in Latin this fount of grace. To echo the call of one of my personal whatever He tells you.” Could we who sought to be served to bring the 9:30 Mass a deeper reverence and heroes, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a seminarian must guests at the wedding feast of the Lamb not do whatever love in "constant intimacy with God" (From Pope Benedict's was necessary for the Lord to grant our request? "letter to seminarians"). Father Robert Bush, pastor of Sacred Heart was (Please See LATIN/5) The Angelus AUGUST 2013 Page 5 FALL FESTIVALS God’s commitment to human life is at AUGUST 9-11 games!!! For more information, St. Margaret’s Festival please call 432-682-6303. The Big Lake Family Fair benefits St. Ann's the very foundation of our life of faith BIG LAKE — THE 13th Annual Catholic School. Family Festival at St. Margaret of By Bishop Michael Pfeifer, OMI position. It is enjoined on us by our very humani- Cortona, August 9-11, will feature a SEPTEMBER 29 ty. It is inhuman to destroy innocent human life. It Men's Softball Tourney, food, game Immaculate Conception As we remember the travesty of the Roe v. is human to foster and protect it at every stage.” booths and activities for all to enjoy. Festival 2013 Wade decision of our U.S. Supreme Court, I share (Bishop William Murphy, Diocese of Rockville The tournament fee is $150 per Knickerbocker team. 1st, 2nd and 3rd with MVP Mesquite-cooked brisket & with you here some reflections on God’s commit- Centre, homily for Respect Life Sunday) trophies and 1st place t-shirts. sausage plates with all the trim- ment to human life, and about those who oppose a “When senators oppose a judicial appointment Come join our community at the mings served 11 a.m.–2 p.m. judicial appointment because of the nominee’s because of the nominee’s opposition to Roe, they Reagan County Park in Big Lake. Adults $8, Children (under 12), $6 opposition to Roe. These reflections are taken not only endorse but make a litmus test out of one Live Auction 1 p.m. Raffle – from the Word of Life of the Secretariat of Pro- of the most intellectually suspect constitutional SEPTEMBER 15 Country Store -- Music by the Old Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic decisions of the modern era. They practically St. Therese Catholic Church Hat Band Carlsbad Bishops: require that the judicial nominee sign on to logic CARLSBAD — Held at the OCTOBER 6 “God’s commitment to human life is at the very that is, at best, questionable, and at worst, disin- Knights of Columbus Hall 3636 N. St. Lawrence foundation of our life of faith. It commits us, if we genuous and results-oriented. In doing so, they Bryant, San Angelo. The 57th Annual ST. LAWRENCE are to follow Jesus, to be ourselves bearers and select not for faithful, but for unfaithful, constitu- A barbecue brisket/homemade FALL FESTIVAL will be held on protectors of human life, especially the most inno- tional interpreters to people the federal judiciary.” German sausage dinner with all the October 6, at the ST. LAWRENCE cent and vulnerable. When we commit ourselves (Pro-choice legal commentator Edward Lazarus, trimmings will be served from 11 PARISH HALL south of Garden a.m.-2 p.m. Adult tickets and City. Mass will be celebrated at 9 to being pro-life and living that commitment, we “The Lingering Problems with Roe v. Wade”, Oct. Meals-To-Go: $9.00; Children 10 a.m. to begin the festivities. A bar- are doing what every human being, without 3, 2002, Find Law’s Legal Commentary) and Under: $6.00. becue brisket/homemade German exception, should be doing. This is not a ‘catholic’ Cooked/Uncooked sausage and Sausage lunch will be served from barbecued brisket may be pur- 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. with plates to chased in the afternoon. An auction go available. Prices are $10.00 for En el compromiso de dios con la vida humana featuring donations from various adults and $8.00 for children which merchants and parishioners will includes barbecue, sausage, pota- begin at 1:15 p.m. A Country Store, toes, pinto beans, green beans, yace la fundacion de nuestra vida de fe Silent Auction, Bingo and other cole slaw, pickles, cranberries, Por el Obispo Miguel Pfeifer, OMI inocente. Es humano acogerla y protegerla en cada games will be available throughout bread, homemade desserts, coffee, una de sus etapas.” (Obispo William Murphy, the afternoon. For more informa- tea or water. Uncooked homemade Diócesis de Rockville Centre, homilía del tion, call St. Therese Catholic German Sausage will be sold by Nunca podemos olvidar la tragedia de la Church: 325-465-8062. All are wel- the pound. Game booths include Domingo Respetemos la Vida) decisión Roe v. Wade de nuestra Corte Suprema. “Cuando los senadores se oponen a un nom- comed. BINGO, Balloons, Grab Bag, Spin Luchando por los derechos de los no-nacidos, nos A wheel and various others still in bramiento judicial porque el nominado se opone a SEPTEMBER 26-29 the planning. There will also be a recordamos del compromiso de Dios con la vida Roe, ellos no solo endorsan sino que convierten a St. Ann’s Family Fair Silent Auction, Religious Booth as humana. Aquí sigue unas palabras de los Obispos una de las más cuestionables decisiones constitu- Midland well as concessions available Católicos de los Estados Unidos sobre este tema. cionales de la era moderna en prueba decisiva. St. Ann's of Midland will host the throughout the day. The LIVE “En el compromiso de Dios con la vida humana 65th annual Family Fair on the AUCTION will begin at 2:00 p.m. Prácticamente le exigen al nominado que se yace la fundación de nuestra vida de fe. Nos com- adhiera a una lógica que, como mínimo, es cues- church grounds (1906 W. Texas) on Vendor Booths are also available. promete, si vamos a seguir a Jesús, a ser nosotros Saturday, September 28th from For more information, contact tionable, y en el peor de los casos, da la falsa 10am till 10pm. Carnival hours are Martha Schwartz @ 432 397 2268 mismos portadores y protectores de la vida apariencia de franqueza y está orientada a resulta- 6-12pm on September 26th & 27th, or [email protected]. humana, especialmente de la de los más inocentes dos previstos. Haciendo esto, ellos seleccionan no 10am – 12pm Saturday September y vulnerables. Cuando nos comprométenos a ser a fieles sino a infieles intérpretes constitucionales 28th, and 1 - 6pm on Sunday OCTOBER 6 pro-vida y a vivir ese compromiso, hacemos lo September 29th. The raffle's 1st St. Mary’s Festival para el pueblo de la justicia federal.” (The que cada ser humano, sin excepción, debiera Lingering Problems with Roe v. Wade”, por el Prize – 1965 Ford Mustang Brownwood hacer. Esta no es una posición ‘católica’. Está Convertible (MSRP $30,000), Go to Annual Fall Festival will be comentarista legal pro-choice Edward Lazarus, 3 YouTube and type - 65 Mustang - October 6 on church grounds. unida a nosotros por nuestra propia condición de octubre del 2002, en Find Law’s Legal Fair raffle grand There will be food booths, car humana. Es inhumano destruir vida humana Commentary) prizewww.youtube.com/ show, game booths, and silent and watch?v=_2FgOoz3d-8 live auctions. 2nd Prize - Dallas Cowboys game, LATIN 5 Tickets & Parking Pass OCTOBER 19 Game/Date TBD (Value $1,775.00) St. Ann’s (From 4) document expands upon the pastoral concern 3rd Prize – Ipad Mini Wi-Fi, 32GB Colorado City expressed by his predecessor Pope John Paul II. Once (Value $ 424). Tickets are $3 or 11 St. Ann's Colorado City holds its acknowledgement of the Real Presence in the Fr. Bush was informed of the document and its con- for $30. There will be non-smoking fall festival this year on October 19. Eucharist. Mrs. Merrill also included Latin in the post tents, he reviewed the situation and informed us that bingo, arts and crafts, dunking communion hymns. The inclusion of Latin in the the hurdle of Episcopal permission “seemed to be sat- booth, a country store, and the OCTOBER 26 Sunday liturgy was a constant reminder of our need to isfied.” We continued to pray and gather support for famous odds and ends booth. St. Stephens pray and petition for a Latin Mass. the Latin Mass. Some of the great food available Midland includes burgers, tacos, fajitas, St. Stephen's in Midland will be In July 2007, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, In February of 2008, Fr. Robert Bush was elevated nachos, quesadillas, turkey legs, Oct. 26th in the Parish Hall. affirmed in his motu proprio Summorum Pontificum, to Monsignor by Bishop Michael Pfeifer. On that occa- funnel cakes and more. There is that every priest of the Latin Rite is free to offer the sion Monsignor Bush’s Aunt Augustine, visiting from something for everyone to enjoy Email festival info to Traditional Latin Mass without special permission Breaux Bridge, La., for the event, related to us around including loads of children's [email protected]. from his bishop or the Apostolic See effective the dinner table, some fond memories of young September 14, 2007, the Feast of the Holy Cross. This (Please See TRADITIONAL/18) Page 6 AUGUST 2013 The Angelus PASTORAL LETTER (From 2) to mobilize all our resources for a much complementary sex—a man and a woman tions. broader catechesis on marriage and to who have made the level of bodily self-giv- All people, hetero and homosexual, are nature, the divine law and is a grave threat to defend more clearly the traditional God- ing exclusively through marriage. called by Christ to live the virtue of chastity. other human rights, like having a true family given meaning of marriage. Same-sex mar- There is an urgent need for the Church to Though chastity is never easy, the burden is with both a mother and a father. riage is one symptom of how our present affirm and support those gay Catholics who made lighter by collaborating with God’s The Defense of Marriage Act is in no way culture views marriage. The values and wit- are seeking to live as the Church teaches, grace which is never lacking. Chastity calls unjust discrimination; rather it merely ness of a sacramental marriage must be and who now may feel even more isolated. us to unite our lives to the suffering life of affirms and protects the time-tested and upheld, and all of us in the diocese must People who struggle with homosexual attrac- Christ on the cross, which gives us strength unalterable meaning of marriage which the pledge ourselves to actively support our No. tion should turn to programs in the Catholic and to produce good fruit. While it is not Supreme Court has no authority at all to 1 ministry as a diocese — Marriage and Church for assistance. One of the best pro- the most popular virtue today, it remains that change. The decision of the Supreme Court Family Life. grams offered by the Church is Courage, for a life of chastity lived with frequent partici- does not stand the test of common sense. It The Catechism of the Catholic Church people who struggle with homosexual incli- pation in the Eucharist and the Sacrament of is hardly “discrimination” to say that a hus- teaches that the inclination or attraction for nations, and Encourage, for families of peo- Reconciliation and having a strong devotion band and wife have a unique and singular someone of the same sex is not itself a sin. ple with homosexual tendencies. Those to Mary who is the Mother of all of God’s relationship that two persons of the same Such attraction however, is ordered to an struggling with this situation need the sup- children is where one finds grace, moral sex—or any unmarried persons—simply do intrinsic moral evil; and thus the inclination port of a prayerful community, Christian strength, fulfillment, inner peace, and not and cannot have. Nor is it discrimination can never be acted on as it is an objective counseling and spiritual direction. For peo- Christian perfection. Those struggling with to say that the union of a husband and wife disorder. Drawing on the natural law and ple wanting more information about Courage this situation need the support of a prayerful has a distinctive and exclusive significance revelation, especially Scripture, the Church they can call 203-803-1564. community, Christian counseling and spiritu- worthy of promotion and protection by the teaches that homosexual acts are of grave There is, sadly, much confusion—even al direction. Change is different for each per- state. Protection of the definition of marriage disparity and serious sins contrary to the among Catholics—on the issue of homosex- son, but chastity opens new doors for mak- is not merely permissible but actually neces- virtue of chastity and our union with Christ. uality and same-sex unions. In many ways ing a new beginning with healing grace con- sary as a matter of justice. To forget the Again, the teaching of the Church stresses politics have invaded “science” and the truth stantly offered by God. Catholics are called meaning of marriage is to forget what it that we must show respect for the dignity of is being obscured. We need to look at this to live and proclaim the entirety of the means to be a human person. all people, including homosexuals who are issue not only through the eyes of culture, Church’s teaching on homosexuality, true The definition, meaning and purpose of made in the image and likeness of God. The but instead through the eyes of faith and marriage, the dignity of all persons, and marriage have been ordained by God, so the Church teaches that we accept them as our Christian anthropology. There is still no solid especially how we find our true happiness in Church teaches that marriage is not just any brothers and sisters, but can never approve proof that homosexuality is hereditary and in this life and in the next by uniting our lives, relationship between human beings, but a homosexual activity, which has been con- one’s make-up at birth, as scientific evidence our sufferings, our failures to Christ on the sacred union between a man and a woman. demned in Scripture and is contrary to the is inconclusive. Our blinded culture claims cross. There we find true love and healing, It was established by the Creator with its natural law. So, it logically and morally fol- there are no other choices except to embrace courage and forgiveness, and then the true own nature and purpose. Same-sex unions lows, why the Church can never approve this homosexual identity, as attempt to joy of life that Jesus gives us in His resurrec- can never be called a “marriage” even if same-sex marriages. These unions based on change are harmful and dangerous. But, we tion. At this time, when the God-given truth some civil authorities acting outside their the reasons given, are immoral, gravely sin- do not hear about the many men and women about marriage and family life are being legitimate authority determine these unions ful, and also violate the sacramental meaning who because they embrace this identity, suf- threatened by a culture of relativism, govern- be called marriages. Same-sex marriage is a of marriage as they are closed to procreation, fer from depression or suicidal thoughts. The ment and man-made courts, all Catholics are non-entity, and there is absolutely no the gift of life, and unable to fulfill the gen- decision whether to act or not on an inclina- asked to take a stand for fidelity. Will we grounds for considering homosexual unions uine affective and mutual complementarity tion is always and necessarily a willed moral stand with God and His church or turn to be in any way analogous to God’s plan for of a man and woman in marriage as choice, even though there might be some away? marriage and family. We must recall that ordained by God. Sexual complementarity in mitigating circumstances. With God’s grace, Whether your daughter, son, sibling, rela- marriage between two Christians is more marriage is a reality of both body and soul Christian professional counseling, spiritual tive or friend, you must love the person than a natural institution. Marriage was ele- and not one or the other exclusively. This direction and the support of Christian believ- struggling with the same sex attraction and vated by Christ to be a sacrament and repre- natural complementarity can never be ful- ers, change is possible in many cases. yet not condone the sin of homosexuality. sents the relationship between Christ and His filled in same-sex unions. Hence, it follows Authentic healing goes beyond living a het- Remember, all of us are God’s children. See bride, the Church. from eternal law designed by God and the erosexual life. Authentic healing often Jesus in others, and let them see Jesus in The present challenge of same-sex mar- law of nature, that a genital relationship can implies eliminating from one’s life pornogra- you. riage calls the Church to make more efforts only be shared by persons of the opposite or phy, substance abuse and other sexual addic- OBISPO (Para 3) sexuales o unir en “matrimonio” va contra matrimonio, aunque algunas autoridades Iglesia. la naturaleza humana, y ley divina y es civiles que actúan fuera de su autoridad El desafío actual del matrimonio entre Aquellos que promueven los matrimonios una grave amenaza para los otros dere- legítima determinan estas uniones un mat- personas del mismo sexo llama a la entre personas del mismo sexo están chos humanos, como tener una verdadera rimonio. El matrimonio del mismo sexo Iglesia a hacer más esfuerzos para movi- violando los derechos humanos básicos de familia con una madre y el padre. es una no-entidad, y no hay absoluta- lizar todos nuestros recursos para una los demás mediante el cambio del núcleo La definición, el significado y el mente ninguna razón para considerar que catequesis mucho más amplia sobre el sentido natural y sobrenatural del matri- propósito del matrimonio, han sido orde- las uniones homosexuales deban ser de matrimonio y para defender el matrimo- monio establecido por Dios como Padre y nados por Dios. Así, la Iglesia enseña que alguna manera análoga al plan de Dios nio tradicional. El matrimonio homosexu- Creador, y ha sido aceptado por todas las el matrimonio no es una unión cualquiera para el matrimonio y la familia. Hay que al es un síntoma de cómo ve nuestra cul- personas a través del tiempo. Estos no son entre los seres humanos, pero la unión recordar que el matrimonio entre dos cris- tura actual el matrimonio. Los valores y el creados por el gobierno o por cualquier sagrada entre un hombre y una mujer. Fue tianos es más que una institución natural. testimonio de un matrimonio sacramental tribunal humano. Implicando que las per- establecido por el Creador con su propia El matrimonio fue elevado por Cristo a deben respetarse, y todos nosotros de la sonas que tienen la misma atracción y naturaleza y finalidad. Las uniones del ser un sacramento, y representa la diócesis debemos comprometernos a tienen derecho a participar en actividades mismo sexo no pueden ser llamadas un relación entre Cristo y su esposa, la (Mira MATRIMONIO/20) The Angelus AUGUST 2013 Page 7 Vatican diplomacy takes center stage at council

By Rev. Joseph Uecker, C.PP.S. Pope John XXIII leads the opening session On September 24, 1964, the document on Religious Liberty of the Second Vatican and the Jews, highly controversial and already revised and Council in St. Peter's detached from the document on ecumenism, came to the floor. Basilica Oct. 11, 1962. It seemed that there was more opposition to this document The council's four than to the sessions and its 16 The Third Period (1964), Part 2 idea of col- landmark documents legiality. modernized the litur- This was not some abstract theological doctrine that had no gy, renewed the August Study Question immediate repercussions. It definitely affected how the priesthood and reli- Church would deal with governments. It cut to the heart of gious life, enhanced Vatican diplomacy. the role of lay By faith, the disciples formed the For Americans today the declaration in the form in which it Catholics, opened first community, gathered around the was finally approved reads almost like a statement of the dialogue with other teaching of the Apostles, in prayer, in obvious. But not so in the rest of the world. The roots go back churches and non- celebration of the Eucharist, holding to Constantine who called the Council of Nicea in 325 and Christians, and iden- their possessions in common so as to tified the church as who enforced the decrees. The basic teaching of the Church the "people of God" meet the needs of the brethren. was: “Error has no rights.” This meant in practice that if the attuned to the prob- (cf.Acts 2:42-47). majority of the citizens of a state were Catholic, the state had lems and hopes of a duty to profess the Catholic faith and to do all it reasonably the world. The 50th By faith the martyrs gave their lives, could to promote and defend it. At the same time, the state anniversary of the bearing witness to the truth of the was duty-bound to discourage and even suppress other reli- opening of the coun- gions which might mean denying their adherents some civil cil will be marked by Gospel that had transformed them rights. In some cases, in order to avoid greater evils, it might and made them capable of attaining Pope Benedict XVI be necessary to allow their free practice. It also meant that when he kicks off the to the greatest gift: the forgiveness of when Catholics are a minority, the state has the duty from nat- Year of Faith with an their persecutors. ural law to guarantee them full citizenship and free practice of Oct. 11 Mass in St. their religion because the state must foster the pursuit of truth Peter's Square. (CNS By faith, men and women have which the Catholic Church possesses. This was taught in photo/L'Osservatore consecrated their lives to Christ, leav- Catholic theology and in seminaries Romano) ing all things behind so as to live obe- (Please See VATICAN/21) dience, poverty, chastity with Gospel simplicity, concrete signs of waiting for the Lord who comes without delay. Diplomacia del Vaticano toma Protagonismo en el Centro By faith, countless Christians have Rev. Joseph Uecker, C.PP.S. el estado tenía el deber de desalentar y Vaticano II. Porque Kennedy era presi- promoted action for justice so as to hasta suprimir otras religiones. Esto sig- dente, casi todos los americanos se put into practice the word of the Lord El 24 de septiembre de 1964, el docu- nificaba a veces negarles a sus partidar- dieron cuenta de que el Concilio tuvo who came to proclaim deliverance mento sobre la Libertad Religiosa y los ios algunos derechos civiles. En algunos que hacer algo y dieron gran apoyo al from oppression and a year of favour Judíos, muy controversial y ya revisado y casos, para evitar males mayores, tal vez documento, tanto que fue considerado un for all. (cf. Lk 4:18-19). separado del documento sobre el ecu- sería necesario permitir la práctica de asunto americano. Es interesante que el menismo, llego a la asamblea. Parecía estas religiones. También significaba que mismo mes que el P. Murray fue apunta- que había más oposición a este documen- cuando los católicos son una minoría, el do un experto en el Concilio por el Papa By faith across the centuries, men to que a la idea de colegialidad. Esto no estado tiene el deber, de la ley natural, de Juan, publicó el encíclico Pacem en and women of all ages, whose names fue alguna doctrina teológico que no asegurarles ciudadanía complete y la Terris, en que habló del derecho humano are written in the Book of Life (cf.Rev tenía ningún efecto inmediato. práctica libre de su religión porque el de dar culto a Dios según los preceptos 7:9, 13:8), have confessed the beauty Definitivamente afectó cómo la Iglesia estado tiene que fomentar la búsqueda de de una consciencia bien formada. of following the Lord Jesus wherever iba a tratar con los gobiernos. Era del la verdad que posee la Iglesia católica. La enseñanza de este documento se they were called to bear witness to corazón de la diplomacia del Vaticano. (¿Hay preguntas sobre cómo esto basó en dos puntos fundamentales: 1) los the fact that they were Christians: in Para nosotros los Americanos de hoy, la causaría problemas?) Esto fue enseñado seres humanos, creados en la imagen de the family, in the workplace, in public declaración en la forma en que fue últi- en la teología católica y en los seminar- Dios, son llamados a buscar y seguir la life, in the exercise of the charisms mamente aprobada parece una ios alrededor del mundo antes del voluntad de Dios en sus vidas así como Concilio. se manifieste a ellos por sus conscien- and ministries to which they were declaración de lo evidente. Pero no era así en el resto del mundo. Las raíces Cualquier persona que cuestionó esta cias. Ningún gobierno tiene derecho de called. retroceden hasta el Emperador enseñanza llegó a ser un blanco para el obstruir ese proceso en cuanto no viole Constantino que convocó el Concilio de Santo Oficio. El P. John Courtney los derechos de los demás o haga daño el By faith, we too live: by the living Nicea en el año 325 y que ejecutó los Murray, Jesuita americano, fue mandado bienestar común. 2) El acto de fe, para recognition of the Lord Jesus, present decretos. La enseñanza fundamental de la a no hablar más de esto, pero llegó la ser genuino, tiene que ser libre y sincero in our lives and in our history. (Porta Iglesia era: “El error no tiene derechos.” elección presidencial de 1960 en los y no esforzado. La libertad de seguir su Fidei No.13) Esto significaba que si la mayoría de los EE.UU. con John Kennedy como can- consciencia pertenece a todos, católicos y ciudadanos de un estado era católica, el didato. Los protestantes eran correctos al también no-católicos. Este documento Identify ways to strengthen com- estado tenía el deber de profesar la fe asumir que si él fue elegido, tendría que habla tan bien como cualquier documen- munity life, family life, households católica y hacer todo lo posible para pro- trabajar hacia la supresión de todas las to del Concilio de las tres estrategias al moverla y defenderla. Al mismo tiempo, religiones menos la católica. En este con- of faith. texto, vinieron los obispos americanos al (Mira VATICANO/21) Page 8 AUGUST 2013 The Angelus Catholic Voices Love often a struggle, seldom nothing but ‘sweet’ By Fr. Ron Rolheiser Unction) and the extraordinary light of ence: jealousy, irritation, hurt, paranoia, not a question of feeling but of fidelity. her wonderful eyes. To everyone who distrust, the sense of not being fully val- And partly that is gift, something from After his wife died, Jacques Maritain came near her, she invariably gave (and ued. And so beneath our rhetoric of love beyond us, from a God who can do for us published her journals. In the preface to with what astonishing silent generosity we also feel tension, distance, and even what we cannot do for ourselves, namely, that book, Raissa's Journal, he talks about during her last two days when she could hostility sometimes. We sing brave songs remain together inside of family and com- her death, brought on only breathe out her love) some sort of that proclaim how open our hearts are and munity. In the end, that is what church by a stroke, and then impalpable gift which emanated from the how we welcome everyone into this and Eucharist are meant to do: gives this commentary: mystery in which she was enclosed, And space, but invariably there are parts of us On the night before he died, Jesus sat "But there is still throughout that time she was being that don't quite mean those words, at least down with his disciples and what he something else, which implacably destroyed, as if by the blows as they apply to some people. found there was what we too find when- is not easy to express of an axe, by that God who loved her in And this isn't an anomaly; it's true for ever we go to church, a sincere bunch of and which, neverthe- his terrible fashion, and whose love is all congregations, of every gathering, people struggling to not let the jealousies, less, I want very much only 'sweet' in the eyes of saints, or of except those where everyone is already irritations, self-preoccupations, and to add. This concerns those who do not know what they are fully a saint. Love, this side of eternity, is wounds of life drive them apart. We come God's mode of action. talking about." not easy, at least not if we try to actually to church and to the Eucharist to ask God At a moment when Rolheiser God's love is sweet only to those who embrace everyone and not just our own to do for us what we cannot do for our- everything collapsed for both of us, and are already saints and to those who do not kind. selves, love each other. which was followed by four agonizing know what they are talking about. That is The older we get, the more we sense Maritain is right: Love is only sweet for months, Raissa was walled up in herself true not just of God's love, but of all love. what love actually demands. It isn't easy those who are already saints and for those by a sudden attack of aphasia. Whatever Love isn't easy, except in our day- to say the words "I love you" and actually who are dangerously naive. Since we are progress she made during several weeks dreams. We do not even need to look at back that up. neither, it's good to be humble, admit our by sheer force of intelligence and will, all the superficiality of the cheaper romantic What does it mean to love someone? struggle, and to go to those places that deep communication remained cut off. novels or movies to see the truth of that. I'm pretty cautious now about what kind can do for us what we cannot do for our- And subsequently, after a relapse, she It suffices to go to church regularly: I go of words I put around that. Maybe I selves. could barely articulate words. In the to mass every day and I go there with would use just two words, fidelity and Ronald Rolheiser, a Roman Catholic supreme battle in which she was engaged, good people - who are sincere, commit- respect. Love means keeping your word, priest and member of the Missionary no one here on earth could help her, ted, honest, and full of faith. But they staying with a relationship and not walk- Oblates of Mary Immaculate, is president myself no more than anyone else. She (along with myself) are also human and ing away. And love means fully respect- of the Oblate School of Theology in San preserved the peace of her soul, her full thus, as we stand together in a circle of ing someone else, not violating anyone's Antonio, Texas. He is a community- lucidity, her humor, her concern for her faith, we are not always the idyllic picture freedom, and positively blessing and help- builder, lecturer and writer. His books are friends, the fear of being a trouble to oth- of harmony and love of which our church ing others to grow according to their own popular throughout the English-speaking ers, and her marvelous smile (that unfor- hymns speak. We may be gathered in internal dictates. What we actually feel world and his weekly column is carried gettable smile with which she said thank- faith, but we are human and we cannot when we do those things is sometimes by more than seventy newspapers world- you to Pere Riquet after Extreme but feel certain things in each other's pres- less than warm, but love, as we know, is wide. Andrew Greeley: Conservative Catholic in a golden age By Rev. Robert Barron the leading Catholic theologians in the world then and you’d see that Andy could perhaps best be described as now, for lunch at the Quadrangle Club at the a conservative Catholic of the golden age of American I first met Fr. Andrew Greeley on a cold January day University of Chicago. Needless to say, I dropped Catholicism. Andy was a priest, and proud of it. He in Chicago in 1988. We were brought whatever else I had on my schedule. That summer, never appeared publicly without his Roman collar, and together by a mutual friend, Msgr. Bill and every summer afterward for many years, Andy had he was a passionate advocate of priestly celibacy. He Quinn, who had been a mentor to me and Bill Quinn to his home in Grand Beach, supported Catholic schools, both in his writing and Greeley many years before and who Michigan for a wonderful two days of swimming, bar- through his extremely generous donations, and he had begun to play the same role in my becuing, and endless conversation. One of my endur- wanted them to carry on the best of the Catholic intel- life. Andy walked into the restaurant ing memories from those many visits is of Andy sitting lectual and artistic traditions. He loved Dante, wearing a beautiful parka with a great in his reading chair surrounded by mountains of books, Thomas Aquinas, John Henry Newman, Gerard hood and carrying loads of his books, articles, and magazines. He read everything and was a Manley Hopkins, Michelangelo, Mozart, Evelyn which he offered to me and Bill as man of scintillating intelligence and tremendous range. Waugh, G.K. Chesterton, and perhaps especially, gifts. I was twenty-eight at the time, He was also deeply encouraging to those he believed James Joyce. And what he admired in those figures and I will confess to being a little star- Barron had promise, and I will remain eternally grateful for was what David Tracy called “the analogical imagina- struck. For the next couple of hours we talked and his support when I first started my writing career. tion” or what might be termed a “sacramental” view of talked about all sorts of things: the church, of course, I realize that there are some who might wonder at this the world. In Andy’s language, this was the distinc- but also literature, poetry, sociology, theology, Chicago friendship, given that I tack a bit further to the right on tively Catholic sense that God “lurked” in all of mat- sports, and politics. As Fr. Greeley talked, his eyes some issues than Andy did. But I think that the char- ter, all of nature, and in the whole of the human drama. darted back and forth and a little grin always threat- acterization of Greeley as a standard issue Catholic lib- This attitude, which was itself grounded in the ened to spread across his face. eral is really more of a caricature. Yes, he thought that Incarnation, informed all of Greeley’s writings, from Being with him was intoxicating. About a week Humanae vitae was a mistake, and yes, he thought that his sociology to his popular theology, to his novels and after this initial meeting, Greeley’s secretary called and women should be allowed access to the priesthood, but invited me to join Andy and Fr. David Tracy, one of I think that if you examine the whole of his thought, (Please See BARRON/22) The Angelus AUGUST 2013 Page 9 Catholic Voices II Helping rebuild lives, communities for those in despair By Carolyn Woo but also their social positions and profes- an elderly diabetic mother lay in the cor- memory, social withdrawal, depression Catholic News Service sional credentials. It is ironic that I now ner without medication. and compromised functioning of the nerv- serve an agency that started life 70 years Refugees are often crowded into "shel- ous and immune systems. The occurrence of World Refugee Day ago resettling refugees from war-torn ters" not always equipped to handle their But our collective efforts can make a in June and the celebration of this coun- Europe. basic needs or numbers. The conditions difference. We have seen successes. Our try's birthday in July Today, Catholic Relief Services, the U.S. can be horrific: over 100-degree heat or nation was built on these types of refugees bring to mind those Conference of Catholic Bishops and the extreme cold, crowding, absence of water, who crafted productive new lives for who are displaced, global church fully respond to the plight sanitation and disposal of solid waste. themselves and their children. without a country to of refugees. The United Nations recently Less visible but equally devastating is If we do not turn our backs, if we do not call home, without the reported that 15.4 million refugees fled the loss of one's language, culture, com- allow ourselves to get overwhelmed, if we most basic sense of across national borders in 2012 and 28.8 munity and the basic elements of identity stay with the challenges and do what we security. million people were displaced within their and dignity. Often, the host countries take can, providing food, education, social and I grew up in a own countries. on burdens that create stresses and resent- psychological counseling, if we support refugee culture in Recently, Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of ments within their own population. livelihood training and options, water and Hong Kong. As early Tucson, Ariz., led a delegation to visit Many refugees also suffer loss of fami- sanitation solutions, if we advocate for as fourth grade, I trans- Woo Syrian refugees in the Bekaa Valley in lies and homes, torture, starvation. In peaceful resolutions, if we call attention to lated documents such as Lebanon. He described an elderly woman 2012, 46 percent of refugees were under the work of resettlement, if we facilitate utility bills and tax notifications for who saw her three sons killed and a family 18. These young people may only have the return to homelands, and healing, then Chinese relatives who could not read of 20 supported by the hard labor of only intermittent education, limited nutrition we can rebuild lives and communities. English, Hong Kong's official language. one 19-year-old son who is now suspend- and face the risk of being trafficked. Some --- Our dinner table conversations were ed for working without a proper permit. In of this early trauma and stress can affect Woo is the president and CEO of peppered with stories of acquaintances a family of 27, there was only one man brain development leading to problems Catholic Relief Services. who lost, not only material possessions, and he was wounded by shrapnel, while with aggression, deficits in learning and From one end of the church to the other Blessings by By Effie Caldarola herd, and affirms the archbishop's the sprawling Spoleto Valley. I can Catholic News Service authority in union with the pope. smell the aromatic coffee. I remember It was a memorable occasion, staying on the second floor of a small the bite The first time I visited Assisi, St. despite, or partly because of, a torren- hotel, in a room so tiny I could barely Francis' Italian hill town in Umbria, I tial, unseasonal summer rain that squeeze around the end of my bed to was with a large tour erupted suddenly over St. Peter's look out the window. Across the nar- group. We had just Square. Later, I could wring water row lane, a woman in an apartment spent several days in from my dress. Nuns lifted chairs over moved about, her laundry hanging out- Rome and the con- their heads as protection, and some in side her window. I felt a sense of time- trast between the our group dashed for their hotels. The lessness, of being close to Francis. two cities was strik- thunder and lightning were so violent I Every pilgrim who goes to Assisi ing. Rome, the seat feared for the photographers on nearby feels deeply that they are walking the of power for emper- roofs. same streets as Francis, this man born ors and popes, is Meanwhile, the pope and his atten- into wealth who shed his possessions, incredible, of course, dants sat under a canopy, and seminari- down to the clothing on his back, in a with its history, its art Caldarola ans held large black umbrellas over the real and symbolic gesture embracing and architecture, its links to the apos- heads of each archbishop and other poverty. Can he ever be completely tles. dignitaries. understood? He remains a mystery and But as we neared Assisi, the priest Then, from pomp and circumstance a challenge. who led our group told us, "You have and rain, off to Assisi, the home of the His radical poverty scares us and, just moved from one end of the church man who was charged with "rebuild- let's face it, sometimes repels us. But to the other end." Assisi was the place ing" the church and bringing it back to then I remember, there are degrees of where power was shed and poverty its center in the Christ of the poor and voluntary poverty, and each of us is embraced. Certainly our new pope's the powerless. called to experience it in our own way choice of the name Francis carries I've been thinking of Francis and that even if we don't leave our clothes in much meaning for our modern age. beautiful medieval town as I read "A the piazza. The featured event of our tour took Retreat With Francis & Clare of Poverty, as brutally suffered by much place in Rome, however, where our Assisi," by Franciscan Father Murray of the world today, was not what Alaskan archbishop, along with many Bodo and Susan Saint Sing. The book Francis sought for us. Rather, he called others, received the pallium from Pope brings Assisi alive. us to let go of the things that keep us John Paul II in a spectacular outdoor I can almost see the "Portiuncula," from God, to fill those empty spaces ceremony. The pallium, a small narrow the chapel that Francis rebuilt and with God, and God alone, and not with cloak made of lamb's wool, represents where he died. I can once again walk the "stuff" the world tells us is impor- the sheep being carried by its shep- the ancient winding streets and view tant. Page 10 AUGUST 2013 The Angelus Making Sense of Bioethics Abortion activists Is it wrong for me now to yell ‘Hail Satan’ buy health insurance? By Bishop Michael D. Pfeifer, OMI During the recent abortion rallies that were held at the By Fr. Tad Pacholczyk tioned procedures, devices and drugs (while opposing the State Capitol as Texas Legislators debated abortion, mandate) does not appear to involve an individual in some abortion activists yelled, “Hail Satan,” while pro- Many individuals and business owners are struggling immediate material cooperation in evil, because a number lifers sang “Amazing Grace. What a startling contrast! in conscience about whether to pur- of intervening causes are likely to exist between the pay- The pro-abortion protests in Austin have produced a chase health insurance coverage, ing of the premiums by a subscriber, and the action of variety of offensive signs and slogans, but this was the either for themselves or for their another enrollee who chooses to engage in one of the most offensive of all – invoking Satan’s support for employees, on account of the Health immoral activities. The key difference between acceptable abortion. and Human Services (HHS) Mandate. and unacceptable forms of material cooperation involves Such negative, despicable slogans calling on the A provision of PPACA (ObamaCare), the “causal distance” between what we do by our act of devil’s “blessing” for killing the precious unborn, raises the Mandate requires “preventive cooperation, and the act of the other person using the the fundamental question – Where is God in the abortion health services” to be covered by all abortifacient substance or the contraceptive that is covered debate? God cannot approve of any speech or action health insurance issuers and all group by the health plan into which we have paid. The paying of that calls on the devil to support the terrible evil of abor- health plans. Those insurance plans the premiums does not appear to be causally immediate to tion. God is the Father of Life, and our compassionate must provide coverage (with no co- Pacholczyk the chosen action of direct sterilization, abortion or con- God is always on the side of the weakest and most vul- pay) for the full range of Food and Drug traception. nerable. Various passages from Sacred Scripture, in the Administration (FDA)-approved contraceptive methods To put it another way, payment into a healthcare plan Old and New Testament, confirm how God sees and for women. These include not only surgical sterilizations, that includes coverage for immoral procedures would affirms the sacredness of all human life from its very but also potential abortion-causing agents such as Plan B only "make possible,” but would not "bring about" the beginning in the mother’s womb. It would be sacrile- (the morning-after pill), intrauterine devices (IUDs) and evil action of the principal agent, and hence would repre- gious and unbelievable for anyone to ever ask God’s another form of “emergency contraception” known as sent mediate material cooperation on the part of the per- blessing on the killing of an innocent human being. Ella. This drug, which the FDA acknowledges may also son paying into the plan. Such a payment could be made, The abortion debate centers on our understanding of work against the life of the embryo “by preventing albeit under protest. the precious one destroyed by abortion – a baby, a true attachment (implantation) to the uterus,” can be taken up Thus, the position of the NCBC is that individuals pur- human being. It also calls for all of us to reach out with to 5 days after sex. chasing insurance under the HHS mandate could choose care and compassion for women who struggle with an The chief moral concern, of course, is that by purchas- to do so licitly as mediate material cooperation assuming abortion decision. But it is unworthy of our human and ing such mandated coverage, an individual would be sub- a proportionately serious reason, and a lack of suitable Christian dignity to ever invoke Satan’s “blessing” on sidizing pharmaceutical abortions, contraceptives and alternatives, and an ongoing effort to resist/oppose this such evil. While most pro-abortion supporters would not sterilizations for others, and business owners would simi- unjust mandate through case-appropriate means. A pro- approve this obscenity, sadly many remain silent about larly be subsidizing these procedures for their employees portionately serious reason is often likely to exist, such offenses. When someone in the pro-life community through their health plans. Employers, in other words, because of the seriousness of our obligation to care for would provide coverage for (and thereby potentially our health. For business owners, meanwhile, it is a partic- (Please See ABORTIONS/18) facilitate) various acts of vice on the part of their employ- ularly difficult question, and they may find it best to dis- ees, and all who pay for health insurance coverage would continue providing health insurance to their employees potentially fund and thereby support the vice of their (even though they may have to pay associated fines). The Gosnell case focuses neighbors. This raises the serious moral concern of NCBC discusses this option, and some of the morally rel- “cooperation in evil.” evant factors surrounding such a decision, in its analysis on gruesome practice In general terms, any cooperation in evil should be available at ncbcenter.org/document.doc?id=450&erid=0 avoided, or at least minimized to the extent prudently pos- The HHS Mandate represents bureaucratically-coerced of late-term abortions sible. By purchasing a policy with problematic inclusions, personal and institutional involvement in the commission one would likely cooperate “materially” in the commission of intrinsic evils. No person should ever be coerced by By Bishop Michael Pfeifer, OMI of various evils by others, but the debate on this matter the state to be directly complicit in such acts. The HHS hinges on whether that material cooperation should be Mandate is an affront to every American. It is immoral The conviction of Dr. Kermit Gosnell for murdering considered “immediate” or “mediate.” Immediate material and offensive. If the government's current attempt to tiny infants after botched abortions, focuses our atten- cooperation — when your assistance is essential to the evil coerce Americans into violating their most deeply held tion once again on the gruesome practice of late-term action — is never morally permissible, but mediate materi- convictions doesn't breach their religious freedom, then abortions. His murdering of newly delivered infants al cooperation — when your assistance is incidental or nothing does. No individual or institution should have to has caused many people to re-examine their position on remote from the bad activity itself — may be allowable be concerned about violating their conscience when they abortion. In addition to the violence against defenseless under temporary extenuating circumstances. It could be merely seek to safeguard the well-being of themselves, unborn and newborn children, women’s lives were allowable as long as the cooperator manifests resolute their families, or their employees by purchasing health endangered by his unethical practices. opposition to the evil and takes reasonable steps to limit insurance. The barbaric practice of brutally killing innocent babies and ultimately eliminate that cooperation. This is a key dif- Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. earned his doctorate who survive abortion raises severe questions about the ference between allowable toleration and tacit approval. in neuroscience from Yale and did post-doctoral work at ethics of late-term abortions. Simply put, a major moral In evaluating the specifics of the HHS mandate, the Harvard. He is a priest of the diocese of Fall River, MA, question is why a procedure done to a living baby outside National Catholic Bioethics Center (NCBC) has reached and serves as the Director of Education at The National the womb is murder, while destroying the fetus of the provisional conclusion that paying premiums for a Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. See www.ncb- policy that also includes coverage for the above-men- center.org (Please See GOSNELL/18) The Angelus AUGUST 2013 Page 11 For a few days, the world was the way it should be By Bishop Michael D. Pfeifer, OMI These World Youth Days bring together millions of young people, like in Rio, and RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — I had the bring these young people closer to the great joy of being at World Youth Day heart of the church as they were with their with Pope Francis and some 3 million great spiritual leader, Pope Francis. young Catholics from all over the world Francis, in his simple but profound pleas- who took part in World Youth Day in Rio ant, personal charismatic manner, indeed, de Janeiro from July 23-28, 2013. Like touched the hearts of each of the millions previous World Youth Days that I have of young people, who were present, as attended, this Youth Day in Brazil was well as the older people and the bishops, filled with tremendous joy, sharing, prayer, priests, women and men religious, semi- teaching, singing and dancing and excite- narians, deacons, adult leaders and chil- ment by millions of youth who came from dren who were present. some 180 countries of the world to be This World Youth Day, as with the many Millions gathered on with the beloved leader of our Catholic Copacabana Beach in I have attended in the past, helps to build church, Pope Francis. The great climax Rio for the closing up my spirit of faith, and my appreciation was the Papal Mass celebrated on ceremonies and Mass for all the young people of the world, and Copacabana Beach on a sunny Sunday at World Youth Day especially those in our own diocese. Pope morning, July 28. (CNS Photo). Francis, already in his first month as pope, Pope Francis, who was making his first has renewed the faith of the young people, trip back to Latin America after being especially as he makes every effort to get installed as Pope a few months ago, by his closer to them and to relate to their real- mere presence and words captured the world problems, and he does it with a spir- very often to the youth from his heart ing and solidarity can achieve that goal. hearts and minds of youth from all over it of hope, humor and a personal touch as instead of from a prepared text. Pope The youth who gathered in Rio from all the world. Pope Francis who is known in he encourages all to put their trust in Francis told the young people to give their over the world, yes indeed presented a Argentina as the “Pope of the Slums,” Christ. The millions of young pilgrims in bread to the hungry, but stressed the deep- global picture of how the world could be reached out in a magnificent personal way Rio felt commissioned by their inspiring er hunger for happiness that only God can and should be as intended by Christ. to be with the youth, by hearing their con- spiritual leader to join forces and form satisfy and to have a respect for life and Coming from some 180 countries the fessions or having lunch with a group of Missionaries Without Borders. Francis family. youth immediately made friendships with young people and meeting with other asked, “Where does Jesus send us? There The 3 million youth that gathered in Rio people from far away places. The youth of young people to discuss their needs. I had are no borders, no limits. He sends us to brought a spirit of peace and calm to this the United States, for example, made the great privilege of greeting Pope everyone.” city and to all of Brazil friendships with young Francis for the first time and shaking his As Pope Francis continues to carry out that recently had experi- people from Indonesia, hand as he celebrated the Mass with some his worldwide mission for our beautiful enced a wave of protests Australia, Russia, Japan, 1,200 bishops at the beautiful cathedral in Catholic church, I encourage all, especial- against the government. Europe, many parts of Rio de Janeiro on Saturday, July 27, 2013. ly our priests, to pray for him, asking that Much of the protests Africa and Asia and The theme of World Youth Day, pre- God give him the great power and love of centered on corruption, Latin America as well pared initially by Pope Benedict XVI, the Holy Spirit so as to have the vision, and political and social as the United States and was: “Go and make disciples of all strength and courage to be the great spiri- reform that are needed Canada. They truly nations!” (Mt 28:19) This theme was fea- tual leader that he is not only for our especially to improve formed a true spirit of tured in the catechesis, the teaching, and in Catholic church but for the entire world. services for the poor. During his time in global peace and harmony and acceptance several liturgical ceremonies that were led The youth of our own diocese could not Rio Pope Francis paid a special visit to the of one another especially by the love and by dear Pope Francis. The Pope pointed be present for many reasons. I do hope people of the slums of Rio, called the concern they shared as they helped one out that this great missionary mandate, that with the help of our youth leaders, our favelas, which are often cut off from city another to participate in this huge World which Christ gave to his whole church, is young people will be brought into contact services. They are filled with millions of Day that was held on Copacabana Beach still relevant 2,000 years later and remains with the powerful message of Pope impoverished people who come from the in Rio. The youth brought a spirit of calm- as urgent as ever. The Holy Father stressed Francis and experiences of World Youth provinces to the richer cities seeking eco- ness and peace to a troubled city that sure- that this mandate should resound power- Day. This way they can participate in the nomical opportunities. During his days in ly will leave an impact on the local people fully in the hearts of young people, and he energy, the spiritual renewal of World Argentina, Pope Francis was known as a and the entire country of Brazil, and pointed out in his pastoral reflections the Youth Day to be better disciples of Christ man who cared for the poor, down-trodden indeed portrayed, in the days we were different ways youth can be true Disciples and Missionaries Without Borders, to and identified with them by living a sim- together, the way the world could be unit- of Christ and missionaries in our world bring the good news of the gospel of ple life in a humble apartment and sharing ed in justice, solidarity, love, and peace as today. He especially stressed how they are Jesus, especially his peace, mercy, love the common ordinary means of transporta- people came together from all parts of to receive the word of God in their own and forgiveness to the young people that tion, a bus or the local train. Francis planet Earth. These World Youth Days that hearts bringing them closer to Christ, and they live with, pray with, share with, and reminded all that “no amount of peace were started some 30 years ago by Pope then nurture this life by being faithful to work with on a daily basis. In this way, building will last, nor will harmony and John Paul II are truly ways of fostering Christ especially by celebrating the sacra- guided by Christ, under the care of Mary happiness be attained in a society that bridges of understanding, concern and ments, and then sharing this great gift with their mother, they are making the world ignores, pushes to the margins or excludes love and sharing among the youth who other youth in the world. Pope Francis, in God intended it to be. a large part of itself. The Pope stressed come from all over the globe. These his homily and reflections, gave concise that the selfishness, materialism and indi- young people indeed will be the peace- down-to-earth reflections that could be vidualism that prevails in society do not makers of the future and the gospel agents understood by the youth, and speaking build a better world — only sharing, serv- to build a better world. Page 12 AUGUST 2013 The Angelus The Angelus AUGUST 2013 Page 13 Farewell to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate Sunday, June 30, 2013 Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

Clockwise from top Left, Msgr. Larry Droll, vicar general of the Diocese of San Angelo; a scene from the balcony at Our Lady of Guadalupe; assem- bled clergy outside the church; Midland city councilman John Love presents a proclamation to the regional oblate superior, Msgr. Art Flores, and parish- ioners worship dur- ing the final Mass presided over by the oblates.

(Photo spread by Alan P. Torre / aptorre.com) Page 14 AUGUST 2013 The Angelus Pope clears the way to sainthood for John Paul II, John XXIII VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis not indicate a general change in church signed a decree clearing the way for the policy. canonization of Blessed John Paul II and The members of the Congregation for has decided also to ask the world's cardi- Saints' Causes "have expressed their nals to vote on the canonization of hope, and the Holy Father has accepted Blessed John XXIII, even in the absence it," Father Lombardi said. If Pope of a miracle. Francis "had any doubts, we wouldn't be After Pope Francis met July 5 with here" announcing the consistory to Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the approve Blessed John's canonization. Congregation for Saints' Causes, the "As we all know very well, John XXIII Vatican published a list of decrees the is a person beloved in the church. We are pope approved related to Blessed John in the 50th anniversary year of the open- Paul's canonization and 11 other saint- ing of the Second Vatican Council, which hood causes. he convoked. And I think none of us has Publishing the decrees, the Vatican also any doubts about John XXIII's virtues," said, "The supreme pontiff approved the the spokesman said. "So, the Holy Father favorable votes of the ordinary session of is looking toward his canonization." the cardinal- and bishop-fathers regard- Father Lombardi also noted that no ing the canonization of Blessed John date for a canonization ceremony was XXIII (Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli) and announced, but it is likely that the two has decided to convoke a consistory that An altar containing images of Blessed John Paul II is pictured in the house of popes will be canonized together, possi- Floribeth Mora Diaz, the Costa Rican woman whose inexplicable cure has been attrib- will also involve the canonization of uted to the intercession of the late Polish pontiff, July 4 in Cartago, Costa Rice. The bly "by the end of the year." Blessed John Paul II." Vatic an announced July 5 that Pope Francis has signed the decree approving his The other decrees approved by Pope Normally, after a pope signs a decree sainthood. (CNS photo/Juan Carlos Ulate) Francis July 5 recognized: 4 recognizing the miracle needed for a can- through the intercession of Blessed John But, Father Molinari also has said that The miracle needed for beatification onization, the pope consults with cardi- Paul. for decades theologians have explored of Spanish Bishop Alvaro del Portillo, nals around the world and calls a consis- The congregation members, according the possibility that such a confirmation who in 1975 succeeded St. Jose Maria tory -- a gathering attended by any cardi- to news reports, also looked at the cause could come by means other than some- Escriva as head of Opus Dei. Bishop del nal who wants and is able to attend -- Portillo died in 1994. of Blessed John and voted to ask Pope one experiencing a physical healing. For 4 where those present voice their support Francis to canonize him without requir- instance, Blessed John Paul beatified The miracle needed for the beatifica- for the pope's decision to proclaim a new ing a miracle. According to church rules Victoire Rasoamanarivo in Madagascar tion of Maria Josefa Alhama Valera, also saint. -- established by the pope and subject to in 1989 after accepting as a miracle the known as Mother Esperanza, the Spanish A date for a canonization ceremony is changes by him -- a miracle is needed case of a wind-swept brush fire stopping founder of the Handmaids of Merciful announced formally only during or after beatification to make a candidate at the edge of a village whose inhabitants Love and the Sons of Merciful Love. She immediately after the consistory. died in Italy in 1983. eligible for canonization. invoked her intercession. 4 The cardinals and archbishops who are Jesuit Father Paolo Molinari, the long- Announcing the decision about Blessed The martyrdom of four groups of members of the saints' congregation met time head of the College of Postulators -- John's cause, Jesuit Father Federico priests and nuns killed during the at the Vatican July 2 and voted in favor Spanish Civil War in 1936-1939. or promoters of sainthood causes -- has Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said the 4 of the pope recognizing as a miracle the explained that in the sainthood process, discussions about the need for miracles The heroic virtues of three founders healing of Floribeth Mora Diaz, a Costa miracles are "the confirmation by God of and what can be defined as an acceptable of religious orders; an Italian priest; and Rican who was suffering from a brain a judgment made by human beings" that miracle continue. However, he said, the an Italian layman. aneurysm and recovered after prayers the candidate really is in heaven. movement in the late pope's cause does News of canonizations has 'gladdened hearts' of faithful, cardinal says WASHINGTON — The two popes whose canon- the saints' congregation met at the Vatican July 2 and every corner of the globe, as a tireless missionary for izations received final clearance July 5 "each had a voted in favor of the pope recognizing as a miracle the faith." profound impact on the church and the world," as the healing of Floribeth Mora Diaz, a Costa Rican Cincinnati Archbishop Dennis M. Schnurr, noted New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan put it. who was suffering from a brain aneurysm and recov- that as director of the 1993 World Youth Day in Pope Francis signed a decree clearing the way for ered after prayers through the intercession of Blessed Denver, he met with Pope John Paul II many times. Blessed John Paul II and Blessed John XXIII to be John Paul. "When Pope John Paul II died on April 2, 2005, the canonized, possibly later his year. The congregation members, according to news cry immediately went up from the crowd in St. Peter's In a July 5 statement, Cardinal Dolan, president of reports, also evaluated the cause of Blessed John and Square of 'Santo Subito' -- 'Saint Immediately!'" the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said: "I voted to ask Pope Francis to canonize him without Archbishop Schnurr said in a statement. know that today's news has gladdened the hearts of requiring a miracle. According to church rules -- "In addition to resolve, kindness, a sense of humor the faithful throughout the world, just as it did for established by the pope and subject to changes by and many other fine qualities, I observed in him that me." him -- a miracle is needed after beatification to make sanctity which the crowd proclaimed. I am grateful Blessed John, known most widely for having con- a candidate eligible for canonization. that the church's careful process of canonization has vened the Second Vatican Council, will be canonized Cardinal Dolan said that by convening Vatican II, confirmed what we all felt in our hearts." without having met the normal requirement of having "Pope John XXIII helped present the timeless teach- Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski said the a second miracle attributed to his intercession. ing of Jesus and his church in the modern age. And, The cardinals and archbishops who are members of Pope John Paul II helped to bring that teaching to (Please See GLAD/23) The Angelus AUGUST 2013 Page 15

Encyclical illustrates continuity of two papacies

By Cindy Wooden fundamental and larity of some of the cita- Catholic News Service original aspect of tions of ancient and mod- the encyclical: its ern authors." VATICAN CITY — Presenting Pope Francis' new development of He said that, like the encyclical and acknowledging how much of it was pre- the dimension of first encyclical of any pared by retired Pope Benedict XVI, top Vatican officials communion in pope, one can get from hailed it as a unique expres- faith," of the the text an idea of what sion of the development of importance of will be the main papal teaching and unity in believing in and emphases of Pope faith. with the church Francis' pontificate. In "It is a fortunate coinci- and of living one's fact, he said, the encycli- dence that this text was writ- faith in solidarity cal repeatedly uses the ten, so to speak, by the hands with others. three verbs the pope used of two popes," said The text of the in his homily at Mass Archbishop Gerhard Muller, finished encycli- with cardinals the morn- prefect of the Congregation cal, he said, ing after his election: for the Doctrine of the Faith, reflects "much of "Walk, build, confess." at a news conference July 5 Pope Benedict and Archbishop Muller said marking the release of all of Pope that in the encyclical, and "Lumen Fidei" ("The Light Francis." particularly "in the medi- of Faith"). Archbishop tations that he offers us "Notwithstanding the dif- Muller added, by way of his daily homi- ferences of style, sensibility and accent, anyone who "This is not a lies, Pope Francis often reads this encyclical will immediately note the substantial patchwork encycli- reminds us that 'all is continuity of the message of Pope Francis with the teach- cal." grace.' This affirmation, ing of Pope Benedict XVI," the archbishop said. The encyclical which in the face of all Archbishop Muller, along with Cardinal Marc Ouellet, bears the signature the complexities and con- prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, and Archbishop only of Pope tradictions of life might Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Commission Francis, he said, seem naive or abstract, is for Promoting New Evangelization, emphasized not only because "we have in fact an invitation to the collaboration of the two popes, but their shared view only one pope. An recognize the ultimate of faith as a "common good," a gift that is transmitted encyclical is a goodness of reality." and nourished by the church, but is meant to be shared papal document "This is the purpose of with all humanity. and it is Pope the encyclical letter Christians have an obligation, they said, to help others Francis' encycli- 'Lumen Fidei,'" he said. by proclaiming the Gospel, but also by living their faith cal." "The light that comes from faith, in order to transform the world into a place of authentic Archbishop Fisichella said Pope from the revelation of God in Jesus brotherhood and care for the weakest. Benedict "was not convinced he Christ and in his Spirit, illuminates Cardinal Ouellet told reporters, "A pillar was lacking in had to undertake the effort" of the depths of reality and helps us to Benedict XVI's trilogy on the theological virtues" begun writing an encyclical on faith, but recognize that reality bears within with his encyclicals on love and on hope. "Providence so many people insisted that he itself the indelible signs that the willed that this missing pillar should be both a gift from decided to write it and offer it to work of God is good." the pope emeritus to his successor and a symbol of the church at the end of the Year Cardinal Ouellet told reporters, unity." of Faith, which concludes in "The encyclical presents the Pope Francis' decision to take up the work begun by November. Christian faith as a light that comes Pope Benedict and add some of his own reflections, "History had another idea," the from listening to the Word of God in which he states explicitly in the encyclical, witnesses to archbishop said. history. It is a light that allows us to their unity in faith, the Canadian cardinal said. "The light Archbishop Fisichella said that see the love of God at work, estab- of faith is passed from one pontiff to another like a baton while there are obvious echoes of Pope Benedict's teach- lishing his covenant with humankind." in a relay, thanks to 'the gift of the apostolic succession.'" ing in the document, "it is fully the text of Pope Francis" Pope Francis teaches that the light of faith "offers us For Cardinal Ouellet, the encyclical's "shared mode of as seen in "the immediacy of the expressions used, the human beings a hope that gives us the courage to journey transmission illustrates in an extraordinary way the most richness of the images to which he refers and the particu- together toward a future of full communion," he said. Page 16 AUGUST 2013 The Angelus Coming of Age Racism still alive — but it doesn’t have to be Small acts of faith vital, say Christian families By Karen Osborne / Catholic News Service For a while, everything looked like it was coming By Judith Sudilovsky own identities. the youngest to the oldest," said up roses for TV chef Paula Deen. She had lucrative Catholic News Service "There are a lot of things which we Suhad Shunnara, a schoolteacher who deals with more than a dozen major companies, a do differently than our Muslim neigh- moved to Muqeibleh when she mar- rabid fan base, and worldwide name MUQEIBLEH, Israel — Every bors," Fuad said, noting that most of ried. There are pros and cons to liv- recognition. evening, Suhad Shunnara, 32, reads his friends are Muslim. "But the ing in such a small community, she Now, she is notorious for something the Bible to her three sons and kneels atmosphere here is very good; there added. else. with them to say the rosary. On is a lot of Muslim-Christian respect "We celebrate all the holidays In June, word got out that Deen Friday, she and her husband, Fuad, as well as Christian-Christian together, but there are not enough admitted during a deposition that she 40, send the children to religion class, respect." girls (for the boys to marry). All the had used a derogatory word to describe and on Saturday, after Mass, they all The village's Christian community Muslims love us; I teach in a Muslim African-Americans. watch a Christian TV channel togeth- includes 14 Greek Orthodox and 25 school and they come to us on our Deen's slip-up is yet more evidence Osborne er. Melkite Catholics, all of whom are holidays, but they don't know any- that our society is still having trouble In this small village of 4,000, served by the Latin-rite Church of the thing about our religion. They think handling racism. When she said those words decades where the Christian community totals Transfiguration, the only church in we pray to a statue," she said. ago, Deen said, American culture was a different 135 people, these small acts of their the village. All of the Christians Ramez Saed, 39, said in the vil- place. She'd never do the same today, she added. faith are not only a statement of their belong to three large extended fami- lage's simplicity there is mutual In a way, Deen was right. A hundred years ago, a own beliefs but also an important lies: the Shunnara, Saed, and Sahouri respect among the residents. For common entertainment was something called the way to instill in their children a love clans. example, he said, during the month of minstrel show. It painted African-Americans as unin- and understanding of the importance "We are all a close family in this telligent and lazy. Minstrel shows relied on racial of their religious traditions to their community. We know everyone from (Please See FAMILIES/23) stereotypes. White people painted their faces black and gamboled around the stage acting like clowns. In some places, minstrel shows continued in com- Your Family munity theaters as late as the 1960s. In Great Britain, "The Black and White Minstrel Show," featuring white performers in blackface, aired on the BBC until Adventures in parenting, Catholic style 1978. By Bill Dodds you're certain he has overestimated and "no-meat Lenten Fridays." These days, it's painful to look back into history to Catholic News Service your abilities as a mom or dad. 4You consider your children gifts acknowledge injustice. Outside of history class, we 4In its early stage, you realize the from God, but you realize they come don't like to remember slavery, Jim Crow laws or I have to confess I had heard the vocation -- the calling -- of your par- with more than a little assembly World War II internment camps. term "Gangnam style" for quite a enthood frequently includes a tiny required. That's why the overwhelming negative reaction to while but paid no attention to it until voice crying in the middle of the 4You know that promising your lit- Deen's offensive verbiage is somewhat heartening. It the family's night to let you know "I am hungry!" tle ones doughnuts in the parish hall shows that our culture no longer tolerates obvious youngest genera- 4You wanted your little one's baptism after Sunday Mass if they're (relative- racism the way it once did. The days of separate tion clued me in to be perfect but, truth be told, you ly) well-behaved during the service water fountains are, blessedly, over. (in case you don't were so tired, your memory of it is isn't a bribe. It's an incentive. But that doesn't mean the problem's gone away. know, it refers to a pretty blurry (kind of like your wed- 4 Your prayer life intensified and We have a long way to go, and teens have a crucial song and accom- ding). This is why it's good to have parenting skills sharpened when it role to play in making sure we develop into an equal panying video by someone taking photos at these events. dawned on you that as a mom or dad and just society where racism is only a bad memory. a South Korean 4 As soon as your children are old you're called to model God's love, In the 1960s, young people led the pack in eliminat- rapper named enough to ask questions about God, which, you have also noted, includes ing segregation and promoting equality. Young people Psy). As far as I heaven, angels, and the Mass, you answering some of his or her requests today can do the same. can tell, it's the Dodds realize your religious education was a with a loving but firm, "No way!" Today's teens deal with a different kind of racism equivalent of the Macarena. little spotty. When they become teens, 4You think maybe God made a mis- than the one Deen grew up around. Today's racism is Talk of "Gangnam style" had me your catechetical reading and prayers take when he gave your teen and the kind where people walk onto a plane and sudden- considering which style I know. The shifted into high gear. young adult children free will. Yes, ly become afraid because a man wearing a turban is style I know is parenting, Catholic 4As a teen and young adult, you your generation could handle it, but sitting nearby, where a person walks across the street style. And it goes like this: took delight in considering yourself kids today! to avoid a man in a hoodie. 4 You're familiar with the adage that "countercultural." Then, as a Catholic 4 Your heart melts a little when one We may not have minstrel shows any longer, but God never gives you more than you parent, your definition of that term of your children -- whether a toddler we have reality shows, some that use gender and can handle, but you can easily name radically changes and now includes or way beyond 21 -- says, "I'll pray more than a few instances when "attending Sunday Mass as a family" for you." (Please See OSBORNE/23) The Angelus AUGUST 2013 Page 17 Our Faith Is it OK to pray to deceased family members? By Father Kenneth Doyle son is in heaven and worthy of veneration. that she could not serve as a lector or Catholic News Service But there are plenty of people whom we eucharistic minister. (She was devastated have known personally and who we sense and felt rejected by her church.) Q. Sometimes when I pray, I ask for instinctively must be with God because However, in this very same parish, an the intercession of certain well-known they lived lives that were so decent and unwed mother is often the cantor at saints. But at other times I pray instead faith-filled. Mass, and now another unwed mother to departed people To me it makes sense to ask them to serves as our parish's religious education whom I have known, intervene on our behalf, especially since coordinator. I don't understand why we loved and respected -- we have already experienced their concern welcome these last two people and reject my grandmother, for for us. (I pray often to my mother, particu- the first woman. (City and state with- example, or my aunt. larly when faced with a difficult decision held) Our Holy Father’s On occasion I even ask or challenge.) Interestingly, you felt it nec- A. Those who assist at Mass as liturgical 2013 Monthly Intentions for the help of someone essary to apologize for praying "even" to ministers must be Catholics in good stand- who wasn't a Catholic or non-Catholics. I think you should keep ing. The guidelines of the Archdiocese of AUGUST whom I didn't know per- doing that. If only Catholics are with God, Hartford, Conn., which are fairly typical, Parents and Teachers. sonally. (Today, for then heaven is a far smaller place than I require that extraordinary ministers of holy That parents and teachers example, I found myself Doyle envision. Communion must: "be practicing may help the new generation praying to a famous author whom I The practice of asking the saints to inter- Catholics, distinguished in their Christian to grow in upright conscience never met but who once wrote some- cede on our behalf dates to the earliest life, faith and morals; be at least 19 years and life. thing which affected me deeply and years of Christianity and is shared by old; have received the sacraments of bap- which relates to a struggle I'm now Catholics, Orthodox and some Anglicans. tism, confirmation and Eucharist; demon- experiencing.) I don't consider any of In Revelation 5:8, John depicts those in strate a deep reverence for and devotion to The Church in Africa. That this wrong, but I'm wondering what heaven as bringing our needs before God the Eucharist; be an active registered mem- the local Church in Africa, your thoughts are about it. (Superior, under the form of "gold bowls filled with ber of a parish in the archdiocese; (and) if faithfully proclaiming the Wis.) incense, which are the prayers of the holy married, the marriage must be a valid Gospel, may promote peace A. I think that what you are doing is rea- ones." Catholic marriage." and justice. sonable, appropriate and, I'm sure, produc- Lectors and extraordinary ministers of tive. Some might be inclined to say that the Q. Sometimes I'm confused about my holy Communion serve in visible leader- SEPTEMBER "safest" course is to pray only to those church. Recently, as chairperson of ship positions in a parish. The woman you Value of Silence. That peo- saints who have been officially canonized, parish ministries and acting on orders first describe is in a continuing marital ple today, often overwhelmed since by canonization the church declares from my pastor, I had to tell a young by noise, may rediscover the with the fullness of its authority that a per- woman who is in an invalid marriage (Please See DOYLE/21) value of silence and listen to the voice of God and their Look for God’s mercy, not his punishment brothers and sisters. Persecuted Christians. By Father John Catoir cept to remember when you're studying brought a woman who had been caught in That Christians suffering per- Catholic News Service Scripture is this: The New Testament is not adultery and made her stand in the middle. secution in many parts of the the Old Testament. That's an important dis- They said to him, 'Teacher, this woman was world may by their witness be "The Bible" is the name of a TV mini- tinction for any child of God to remember. caught in the very act of committing adul- prophets of Christ's love. series that aired on the History Channel The literal depiction of God in the Old tery. earlier this year and proved to be extremely Testament can indeed be frightening. "'Now in the law, Moses commanded us Daily Offering Prayer popular. A husband and People living in primitive times often to stone such women. So what do you Jesus, through the wife team produced it. thought that every cruelty of nature was a say?'" (It was a trap designed to trick Jesus Immaculate Heart of Mary I form of direct punishment from God. Jesus, into challenging the words of the Bible.) They are actress Roma offer you my prayers, works, Downey (of "Touched by however, brought mitigating words of Jesus calmly said, "Let the one among an Angel"), and reality mercy, as he taught us about God's love. you who is without sin be the first to throw joys and sufferings of this day show producer Mark We must also remember that God's mercy a stone at her." in union with the Holy Sacrifice Burnett (who produced also is revealed in the Old Testament. Jesus was wise and compassionate in the of the Mass throughout the "Survivor" and Remember that the words, "Do not be way he interpreted the law. So, too, were world. I offer them for all the "Celebrity Apprentice"). afraid," and similar phrases of comfort, are many of the Hebrew sages. After the intentions of Your Sacred The show became a repeated hundreds of times in the Bible. woman whom he saved was left alone, Heart: the salvation of souls, powerful introduction to Catoir Jesus taught us to interpret sacred Jesus said to her: "Go, [and] from now on reparation for sin and the the Judeo-Christian biblical story, but its Scripture with mercy. We must never forget do not sin anymore." reunion of all Christians. I offer violence has unsettled quite a few people, that God is love and that justice must Fear is not a bad thing. We need to them for the intentions of our including a good Catholic woman who always be tempered with mercy. One of the respect God's almighty power. He is after bishops and of all Apostles of called me to say that she was frightened by best stories to exemplify this concept is the all a God of justice, and life is consequen- Prayer, and in particular for the program's depiction of God as a merci- one about the woman accused of adultery tial. But love, not fear, is the central mes- less tyrant. in John 8. sage of the Gospel. those recommended by our I explained that the most important con- "Then the scribes and the Pharisees Holy Father this month. Page 18 AUGUST 2013 The Angelus TRADITIONAL (From 5) Formal written request was made to brated by preference on the burial-place of know that Fr. Harty, F.S.S.P., is the Priestly Monsignor Bush in spring 2010, according to the Martyrs.” Following Vatican II many Fraternity of St. Peter priest who celebrates Robert serving the Latin Mass. Monsignor Summorum Pontificum (Apostolic letter of churches, including Sacred Heart, were the Holy Mass in the traditional form in pub- then informed us that he had taken several Pope Benedict XVI) regarding the use of the remodeled, altars dismantled to accommo- lic, in front of metropolitan abortion centers. semesters of Latin and could both read and Roman Missal for and in the celebration of date the novus ordo and the altar stones omit- He did this for the first time on the morning speak the language. He told us that although the Sacrifice of the Mass, specifically Article ted from the new altars. Several pious priests following our instruction with him in Denver. he had not celebrated the Latin Mass he had 5 “In parishes, where there is a stable group and others who recognized the significance Momentum was building for the Latin served for many years as an altar server and of faithful who adhere to the earlier liturgical of these altar stones gathered and protected Mass and preparation for the installation of was familiar with the rubrics and server tradition, the pastor should willingly accept them for future use and so that they would the altar stone was progressing. The ASH responses. We asked if we could provide the their requests to celebrate the Mass according not fall into the wrong hands. We are prayer warriors were relentless in their altar servers who knew the responses would to the rite of the Roman Missal published in acquainted with a righteous missionary priest efforts. We met with Monsignor Bush to tell he celebrate the Mass. Monsignor informed us 1962….” Monsignor stated he would get of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate who him of our preparation and successes. that he would consider it but that several back to us with a list to accomplish and/or knew of the location of several of these altar Next month: Part 2 in our journey to the things would have to be addressed including satisfy in order for us to proceed. There was stones whose guardian was trying to have Latin Mass. liturgically correct vestments, vessels, Mass clear hope and the prayer effort increased. them placed back in Catholic churches booklets, etc. After continued requests, he Monsignor’s list started with the need for whose altar stones had been removed. Fr. Kyle Ellis Clement and his family have been suggested a series of classes on the Latin an altar stone containing the relic of a Saint James Erving OMI, arranged for us to obtain Sacred Heart parishioners for over 10 years. Mass be offered at Sacred Heart to gauge in order to satisfy the physical requirements two altar stones, one for a priest in Denver, Kyle and his wife Valerie Ann have 3 children interest. for an altar adequate for the celebration of and one for Sacred Heart in Abilene. and 4 grandchildren. Sorrel Ann, their daughter is married to Mike Tinnin, and they have a son In the summer of 2009, several classes on the Mass in the traditional form for it is Enthused by this development, the prayer Eli James, newborn. They attend Mary Queen the Mass were offered which focused on “upon this stone that Holy Mass is celebrat- warriors increased their efforts and took on Parish in Friendswood, TX. Their son Dunn Ellis what constitutes a valid Mass, common ed.” The requirements for the place of liturgy the name of “the Angels of Sacred Heart Clement, is the religious education coordinator at errors which might render a Mass invalid, the are clearly detailed in the liturgical manual (ASH).” Support materials as well as Mass Sacred Heart, and he and his wife, Marissa have contents and parts of the novus ordo (new section of the 1962 Roman Missal detailing booklets were ordered from the Coalition in three children, Brody, 4; Blane, 3, and Mary order) of the Mass which became popular the number and placement of candles, altar Support of Ecclesia Dei. Arrangements were Clare, newborn. Their son Roan Ellis Clement after Vatican II and how it compared to the cards, vessels, etc. We were instructed to made for a trip to Denver to deliver one of attends Holy Family, Abilene. Kyle and Valerie Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as celebrated in address the fact that Sacred Heart had no the altar stones to Fr. Gary Selin, spiritual have served in many ministries including Sacred the Traditional Latin Rite. The classes were altar stone before we proceeded. director and Latin instructor at St. John Heart parish council president, youth and adult education instructor/coordinator, retreat leaders, well attended and several new members of Sacred Heart, as well as all Catholic Vianney Seminary in Denver, and for two Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry, marriage coun- the prayer group added their efforts to the churches built prior to Vatican II, was con- young men who had both served the Latin seling of Catholic couples, the Bishop’s Blessing original prayer warriors now in their third structed with an altar stone which contained Mass to receive instruction from Fr. Selin Teams; the diocesan spiritual warfare/deliver- full year of prayer for a Latin Mass at Sacred the relic(s) of one or more saints, usually the and to actually practice the Mass with Fr. ance effort as both instructor and members. Heart. The prayer group, some 30 people, patron Saint of that particular church. “ The Joseph Harty, F.S.S.P. at a chapel in Denver. Kyle and Valerie conduct retreats and instruc- took every opportunity to ask Monsignor altar, the sanctuary of the temple, is com- The two young men who received instruction tive missions in this and other dioceses on heal- Bush to consider celebrating the Latin Mass monly composed of a table on four columns from Fr. Harty would later serve at the first ing/deliverance, spiritual warfare, and the need at Sacred Heart. and was formerly placed above a tomb, as in Latin Mass at Sacred Heart in over 40 years. for a return to fundamentals of our Catholic faith, the first ages of Christianity Mass was cele- If you follow national pro-life news, you will and Latin Mass. GOSNELL ABORTIONS (From 10) reveals abortionists and their staffs Tenn. and Congressman Steve Scalise, (From 10) admitting in other parts of the country R-:Louisiana, demanding that the similar gestation before delivery can to infanticide and that they will not media pay more attention to the acts in an offensive way, he or she is quickly con- be legal? When will we have the resuscitate a living baby. According to Gosnell case, that more coverage was demned. The pro-abortion fanatics sadly draw moral courage to call late-term abor- the Abortion Survivors Network there given to the trial about the brutal mur- their inspiration from satanic forces and the pro- tion what it truly is — infanticide — are an estimated 44,000 abortion sur- der of innocent babies. Censorship and abortion community should publicly and openly and the common sense, based on vivors living in the country today. media bias allow the corrupt abortion condemn such diabolical action. divine wisdom and latest scientific How many more did not survive industry to profit at the expense of It would indeed be unfair to say that all pro- research, to see that the evil of abor- because of lack of medical care? innocent women and children. The abortion supporters would support this obscenity, tion is the killing of a human being? Sadly, the national media and the mainstream media had a responsibility and most would not. However, among hard Gosnell: Tip of the iceberg? The sta- local media were very reluctant to give to report the truth, not turn a blind eye activists, there is no doubt more than just a few tistics from the Guttmacher Institute major coverage of this horrifying prac- to one of the biggest civil rights issues are comfortable invoking Satan’s name in behalf indicate that 1.2 million abortions tice in the trial of Dr. Gosnell. We of our time. of their death cause. This is stated because there were performed in the U.S. in 2008; need to seriously ask WHY the trial of Our nation needs great healing from are writers who feature abortion as a blessing and about 18,000, or 50 a day, were late- the horrific actions against Dr. Gosnell the culture of death, of which this sad one writer even has written a book, The term abortions performed at or after 21 was ignored by many media outlets story is only one example. Let us pray Sacrament of Abortion. This is a terrible blas- weeks. During a recent hearing on and political leaders? The Gosnell for children who have been lost and phemy because sacraments are about the life and Florida’s H.B.1129 that would man- trial should have been a front-page many mothers and families who grieve love of God and holy things. date that an abortion survivor be given story in all the newspapers in the their loss. Our Lord longs to heal Pregnant women, who made the wrong deci- emergency life-saving care, we sadly country. If similar brutal acts were every person affected by the tragedy of sion by destroying an unborn human life in them, learned that a spokesperson testified committed systematically against pup- abortion. remember that there is a way for you to restore that her organization, Planned pies, this would have been a front-page We hope and pray that Dr. Gosnell your dignity and find healing, forgiveness, and Parenthood, endorses infanticide as a story. will come to regret and repent for his support in programs like “Project Rachel.” “decision left up to the woman, her It was only after some 72 members many crimes. family, and the physician.” Live of Congress signed on to a letter by Action’s undercover investigation Congresswoman Marcia Blackburn, R- The Angelus AUGUST 2013 Page 19 Il volto santo di manopello: Seeing the face of Christ By Dr. Lorenzo V. Penafiel the half-a-mile climb on the hill from our hotel to the sanctuary as The Shroud of Turin is considered the soon as we reached Manopello – I “most loved and controversial relic of could not wait to see the veil. A Christianity.” After undergoing innu- few feet above the altar is the tab- merable tests since 1898 from the sim- ernacle where a large wooden rec- plest photographic imaging to the most tangular monstrance is easily visi- recent 21st century highly sophisticated ble. As I intently gazed at the computerized testing, it is extremely Face of Christ inside the mon- difficult, if not entirely impossible, to strance, I could hardly pray – I disprove its authenticity, i.e. it is the was almost in a trance. As the linen cloth that covered Jesus Christ sanctuary closes at seven my first when he was buried after being cruci- visit was very brief but the image fied as mentioned in the New Testament I saw will forever remain on my (John 20:5-9). Being a precious relic it mind. is heavily guarded inside a bullet-proof But is it really the face of Jesus laminated glass case in the Cathedral of Christ? Let me quote verbatim the St. John the Baptist in Turin, Italy since description of the “Holy Face” as 1578. It has been on public display it appears in the brochure “The only five time since then, the last one Sanctuary of the Holy Face of on April 10 to May 23, 2010. But there Manopello” available inside the is another relic as precious as the church. shroud, yet rather obscure and unguard- “Carefully protected there is a ed, in a remote town in Italy. unique relic which reproduces the One of my daughters had the rare suffering face of Jesus Christ on opportunity to see the shroud personally delicate fabric. Placed between during its latest exhibit and it was then two glass plates of 24 x 17.5 cm, is that she learned about the Volto Santo di a very flimsy veil, almost non- Manopello, as the relic is known, and existent, as if it were pure fantasy, the following year she went to see it. showing a face with high forehead She brought me a picture and when I and a penetrating, live, sweet gaze. Top photo, Author Dr. asked her, “Sally, what is mysterious The half-open mouth reveals some Lorenzo Penafiel, in and intriguing about the Volto Santo teeth, giving the sensation of a person front of the Sanctuary wanting to speak. This mild silence of the Holy Face of veil?” her laconic answer was, “You’ll Manopello. At left, the see,” and she sent me later two books really does speak. His left check is Volto Santo — The True Icon, From the Shroud of swollen, a lock of hair lying on his fore- Turin to the Veil of Manopello and The head, on his upper lip some hairs can be (Courtesy photos) Face of God – Rediscovery of the True seen, a slight beard on his chin and a Face of Jesus. The author of both small amount of hair in the style of a books is Paul Badde, a renowned jour- man from Nazareth frames the face.” nalist and historian. He is also the After mass the following day I stayed at Vatican correspondent for the German the tabernacle for almost half an hour newspaper Die Welt and a devout with my eyes fixed at the image inside Catholic. After reading the two books the monstrance. It allowed me to see and making some research on the Holy the back side of the veil very closely Face in ManopeIlo I promised myself and I was able to observe that the fabric that I will have to see the “True Face of is so thin that the “image is visible Jesus” before I leave this world. So in before and behind the shrine and so May of this year Sally took me to transparent that a newspaper put behind Shroud of Turin. One of these Manopello to fulfill my wish. it could be read even at a distance.” researchers is Sister Blandina Paschalis in the Shroud of Turin. Manopello is a small town in The flimsy veil is said to be made of Schlomer, O.S.C.O., a Trappistine nun How could such a precious relic end Abruzzo, province of Pescara, on the precious marine silk which comes from who is also a mosaic artist and a painter up in a remote Italian town in Abruzzo slopes of the majestic Maiella an ancient sea-byssus fiber. It was not of icons. In addition, she studied pho- under the care of Capuchin monks for Mountain. We travelled by train and difficult to see the physical nature of the tography. Later that morning we went four centuries “preserved in the shad- then by bus from the Rome airport to veil but it took me some time to com- to see Sr. Blandina’s “Penuel” (Hebrew owy darkness of a side chapel without the city of Manopello Scalo, and then prehend the mystery surrounding the word for “The Lord’s Face”) exhibition any lighting, as a slate-grey relic.?” rode a local bus from there to the town face “not painted by human hand.” inside the sanctuary which showed pho- The story goes that sometime in 1506 a of Manopello where the Sanctuary of For many years researchers have been tos with which she has verified the per- mysterious visitor came to Manopello the Holy Face is located. Since I con- trying to study the close resemblance of fect matching of the face in the and asked Dr. Giacomo sidered it a pilgrimage I did not mind the Holy Face to the image in the Manopello veil with the Lord’s image (Please See SHROUD/22) Page 20 AUGUST 2013 The Angelus MATRIMONIO (Para 6) cumplir con la verdadera complemen- invadido “ciencia” y la verdad ha sido tos. Aunque esta virtud no es la más popu- tariedad afectiva y recíproca del hombre y oscurecida. Tenemos que examinar esta lar hoy día, ciertamente la vida de castidad soportar activamente el ministerio numero de la mujer en matrimonio ordenado por cuestión no solo desde la perspectiva de la vivida con la participación frecuente en la uno de la diócesis, el matrimonio y la vida Dios. Complementariedad sexual en el mat- cultura, sino que a través de los ojos de la Eucaristía y el Sacramento de la familiar. rimonio es una realidad del cuerpo y alma y fe y de la antropología cristiana. Todavía no Reconciliación, y una devoción a la El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica no una u otra exclusivamente. Esta comple- hay pruebas sólidas de que la homosexuali- Santísima Virgen María, Madre de todos enseña que la inclinación o la atracción por mentariedad natural, nunca se puede dad es hereditaria y, algo que principia con los hijos de Dios, es donde se encuentra la una persona del mismo sexo en sí no es un cumplir en la unión entre personas del el nacimiento, ya que la evidencia científica gracia, la fuerza moral, la satisfacción, la pecado. Esta atracción sin embargo, está mismo sexo. Por lo tanto, se deduce de la no es concluyente. Nuestra cultura ciega paz interior y la perfección cristiana. Las ordenada a un mal moral intrínseco, y por ley eterna diseñado por Dios y la ley de la afirma que no hay otras opciones, excepto personas que luchan con esta situación lo tanto no se puede actuar sobre la incli- naturaleza, que una relación genital solo para abrazar esta identidad homosexual, necesitan el apoyo de una comunidad de nación porque es un desorden objetivo. puede ser compartida por personas del sexo como el intento de cambiar son dañinos y oración, consejería cristiana y la dirección Sobre la base de la ley natural y de la rev- opuesto—un hombre y una mujer que han peligrosos. Sin embargo, no tenemos noti- espiritual. El cambio es diferente para cada elación, especialmente la Escritura, la hecho el don de darse así mismo con la cias sobre los muchos hombres y mujeres persona, pero la castidad abre nuevas puer- Iglesia enseña que los actos homosexuales entrega del cuerpo en el matrimonio. que debido a que su adherencia a esta iden- tas para hacer un nuevo comienzo con la son de gran disparidad y pecados graves Hay una necesidad urgente que la Iglesia tidad, sufren de depresión o pensamientos gracia de curación constante ofrecida por contrarios a la vir tud de la castidad y de afirma y apoya a los católicos homosexu- de suicidio. La decisión de actuar o no, es Dios. Los católicos están llamados a vivir y nuestra unión con Cristo. ales que buscan vivir como enseña la siempre y necesariamente una elección anunciar la totalidad de las enseñanzas de la Una vez más, la enseñanza de la Iglesia Iglesia, y que se pueden sentir aislados. Las moral, a pesar de que puede haber algunas Iglesia sobre la homosexualidad, el matri- insiste en que hay que mostrar respeto por personas que luchan con la atracción homo- circunstancias litigantes. Con la gracia de monio verdadero, la dignidad de todas las la dignidad de todas las personas, incluidos sexual deben recurrir a los programas de la Dios, el asesoramiento profesional cris- personas, y sobretodo cómo encontramos los homosexuales que están hechos a la Iglesia Católica para obtener ayuda. Uno de tiano, dirección espiritual y el apoyo de los nuestra verdadera felicidad en esta vida y imagen y semejanza de Dios. La Iglesia los mejores programas que ofrece la Iglesia creyentes cristianos, el cambio es posible en la siguiente, uniendo nuestras vidas, nue- enseña que los aceptamos como nuestros es Courage para las personas que luchan en muchos casos. Curación auténtica va stros sufrimientos, nuestros fracasos a hermanos y hermanas, pero no podemos con inclinaciones homosexuales y más allá de vivir una vida heterosexual. Cristo en la cruz. Allí nos encontramos con aprobar la actividad homosexual que ha Encourage para las familias de las personas Curación auténtica muy a menudo implica el verdadero amor y sanación, la valentía y sido condenado en la Escritura y es con- con tendencias homosexuales. Las personas la eliminación de la pornografía, abuso de el perdón, y la verdadera alegría de la vida traria a la ley natural. Por lo tanto, es lógico que luchan con esta situación es necesario sustancias y otras adicciones sexuales. que Jesús nos da en Su resurrección. y moralmente, que la Iglesia no puede apro- el apoyo de una comunidad de oración, Todas las personas, heterosexuales y Ya sea su hija, hijo, hermano, pariente o bar los matrimonios entre personas del conserjería cristiana y la dirección espiritu- homosexuales, son llamados por Cristo amigo, debe amar a la persona que está mismo sexo. Estas uniones sobre la base de al. Para las personas que deseen obtener para vivir la virtud de la castidad. A pesar luchando con la atracción del mismo sexo y los motivos expuestos, son inmorales, más información sobre el programa que la castidad no es fácil, la carga se hace no tolerar el pecado de la homosexualidad. gravemente pecaminosos, y también violan Courage pueden llamar a 203-803-1564. más ligera con la colaboración con la gracia Recuerde que todos somos hijos de Dios. el significado del Sacramento del Por desgracia, hay mucha confusión, de Dios, que no falta nunca. La castidad Ver a Jesús en los demás, y dejar que ellos Matrimonio, ya que están cerradas a la pro- incluso entre los católicos sobre el tema de nos llama a la unidad de nuestra vida a la vean a Jesús en ti. creación, el don de la vida, y no puede la homosexualidad y las uniones del mismo vida en el sufrimiento de Cristo en la cruz, sexo. En muchos aspectos, la política ha lo que nos da fuerza a producir buenos fru- HONDURAS (From 1) The next step will be for the parishes to incorporate the Synod Proposals into their Bishop Michael Pfeifer, OMI of the Pastoral Planning this Fall. Diocese of San Angelo; several Honduran The occasion of the celebration was the bishops; and about 75 priests, including reason the Diocesan Hermanamiento Msgr. Larry Droll of Midland and Fr. Teams chose to meet this year in Serafin Avenido of Fort Stockton. The Honduras. Representing the Diocese of Diocesan Partnership Teams of the San San Angelo were Diana Madero (Odessa), Angelo-Tyler-San Pedro Sula Leonor Spencer (Midland), Clementine Hermanamiento joined in the Mass. Urista (San Angelo), Msgr. Droll Fireworks put the final exclamation point (Midland) and Fr. Avenido (Fort Stockton). on the exuberant celebration! There were times of fellowship and times After the gospel, Bishop Garachana of discussion. The representatives also signed and promulgated the final docu- had the opportunity to visit the parishes ment of a Diocesan Synod. The synod with which they are partnered and to came at a moment in time when the dio- examine a couple of other parishes with cese could reflect on it’s 50 years and also which some parishes of San Angelo may examine the rapid changes in culture and partner soon. the situation of the people, so that the The next gathering of the Diocesan Church can share the Good News and Teams will be in Tyler in September, 2014. serve the needs of the people in the future. The Synod was a 2-year process of educa- Msgr. Larry Droll is Vicar General of tion, discussion and offering proposals in the Diocese of San Angelo and a San Pedro Sula Partnership Team members Waldina Monday and Lety Velasquez rejoice parish groups and diocesan convocations. Hermanamiento team member. in the celebration. (Courtesy photo) The Angelus AUGUST 2013 Page 21 VATICANO EWTN Radio (Para 7) vez estaría bueno para países mento necesitaba más trabajo, daron mucho este documento. protestantes, pero no para países pero estaba fundamentalmente Dijeron que era defensa contra la Catolica pasado que consideraban los católicos como España. Las correcta. Era muy importante persecución que estaban sufrien- líderes de la mayoría. Usó un objeciones principales se pueden para la Iglesia en el mundo de do de sus gobiernos, aunque no Las estaciones de radio en ressourcement radical por inves- expresar así: Es un cambio de las hoy. Dijo: “Por esta declaración, se atrevían a expresar esa razón las tres deaneries de la dióce- tigar la tradición para encontrar enseñanzas de la Iglesia y la la Iglesia Católica se mostraría al tan descaradamente. sis de nuevo están transmitien- una verdad más fundamental que práctica de la Iglesia; fomenta mundo como protagonista para la Después de cuatro días de pros do programas regulares en la que quiere replazar. Tocante el subjetividad e indiferencia reli- libertad civil y humana en los y cons, la Secretariado para la español cada fin de semana aggiornamento, pondría la giosa y abre la puerta a la asuntos religiosos.” El Cardenal Unidad Cristiana inmediata- por las mañanas. Las sigu- enseñanza de la Iglesia de acuer- inmoralidad. Hubo muchos, Meyer de Chicago, el Cardenal mente comenzó a revisar el texto ientes son las estaciones y el do con la práctica presente políti- muchos otros que hablaron en Spellman de Nueva York, el en la luz de los muchos comen- horario donde usted puede ca. Y también fue un desarrollo contra de este documento. Cardenal Ritter de St. Louis tarios que se habían hecho escuchar EWTN y otros esfuer- de doctrina que el acto de fe Pero entraron los americanos, hablaron en favor de este docu- durante el debate. El documento zos de programaciones católi- tenía que ser un acto libre y no quienes, hasta este punto, habían mento. tenía apoyo sólido, pero tal vez cos en español en Abilene, podía ser un acto esforzado. sido quietos en el Concilio. El Pero fue más que americanos no suficiente para que el Papa Midland-Odessa y San Ángelo: Pero había fuerzas que trataban Cardenal Cushing de Boston dijo que estaban en favor del docu- Pablo esté dispuesto a promul- Abilene – KKHR (106.3 FM) de destruir este documento y esta que estaba hablando en nom mento. Obispos de detrás de la garlo, aunque se sabía que él está transmitiendo La Hora enseñanza. Un cardenal español bre de casi todos los obispos Cortina de Fierro que usualmente estaba en favor del documento. Católica de EWTN en español pensaba que el documento tal americanos y dijo que este docu- era bastante conservativos, ayu- los domingos a las 10 a.m. Midland-Odessa – Padre Gilberto Rodríguez, el Vicario VATICAN Parroquial de la parroquia San (From 7) them through their consciences. No govern- But then came the Americans, who up to Esteban (St. Stephen’s ment has the right to obstruct that process so this point, had been rather quiet in the Church) de Midland, presenta around the world before the Council. long as it does not infringe on the rights of Council. Cardinal Cushing of Boston said he el programa los sábados desde Those who questioned this teaching were others or hinder the common good. 2) The was speaking in the name of almost all the las 5-10 a.m. en KQLM (108 targeted by the Holy Office. Fr. John act of faith, to be genuine, must be free and American bishops and said that such a docu- FM) con entrevista cada sába- Courtney Murray, an American Jesuit, was sincere and not coerced. The freedom to fol- ment needed more work, but was on the right do con el Obispo Miguel told to stop talking about it, but there came low one’s conscience is possessed by every- track. It was vitally important for the Church Pfeifer, OMI a las 8:45 a.m.. the 1960 U.S. presidential election with John one, Catholics and non-Catholics alike. This in today’s world. He said: “Through this dec- Además, La Hora Católica de Kennedy as a candidate. Protestants were document engaged as well as any document laration, the Catholic Church would show EWTN se puede escuchar los correct in assuming that if he were elected, of the Council the three approaches to the itself to the world as a protagonist for human domingos a las 7 a.m. he would have to work for the suppression of past that were in play with the leaders of the and civil liberty in religious matters.” San Ángelo – KSJT en San all religions other than Catholicism. It was in majority. It employed a radical ressourcement Cardinal Meyer of Chicago, Cardinal Ángelo está transmitiendo la this context that the American bishops came by digging into the tradition for a truth more Spellman of New York, Cardinal Ritter of St. Hora Católica de EWTN los to Vatican II. Since Kennedy was president, fundamental than what it wanted to displace. Louis all spoke in favor of the document. domingos a las 7 a.m. most of the Americans realized the Council Regarding aggiornamento, it would bring the But it was more than Americans who were had to do something and rushed to support Church’s teaching into line with the present in favor of it. Bishops from behind the Iron EWTN en Espanol the document, so much so that it was consid- political practice. And it also was a develop- Curtain who were usually quite conservative, Radio stations in all three of ered an American issue. It is interesting that ment of the teaching that the act of faith had gave the document a much-needed boost. the deaneries of the diocese the same month that Fr. Murray was appoint- to be a free act and could not coerced. They advocated it as a defense against the are again running regular week- ed an expert at the Council by Pope John, he But forces were at work to destroy this persecution they were suffering from their ly programming on weekend issued the encyclical Pacem in Terris, in document and this teaching. A Spanish cardi- governments, although they dare not express mornings. The following is the which he spoke of the human right to wor- nal thought that the document might be OK that reason so blatantly. stations and times where tou ship God according to the dictates of an for Protestant countries, but not for Catholic After four days of pros and cons, the can hear EWTN and other upright conscience. countries like Spain. The main objections Secretariat for Christian Unity immediately Spanish-programming efforts in The teaching of this document was based could be expressed that: It is a change in the set to work revising the text in the light of Abilene, Midland-Odessa and on two fundamental points: 1) human beings, Church’s teaching and the Church’s practice; the many comments which had been made in San Angelo: created in the image of God, are called by it fosters subjectivism and religious indiffer- the debate. The document had solid support ABILENE -- KKHR (106.3 that very fact to seek and follow the will of entism and opens the door to immorality. but maybe not enough for Pope Paul to be FM) is airing EWTN’s Catholic God in their lives as that is made manifest to There were many, many others who spoke willing to promulgate it, even though it was Hour in Spanish, Sundays at 10 against the document. known that he favored it. am. MIDLAND-ODESSA -- Fr. DOYLE Gilbert Rodriguez, parochial vicar at St. Stephen’s Church in (From 17) that behind them, hopefully gone to confes- larger message of gratitude for the woman's Midland,hosts a Saturday pro- sion, have chosen bravely to bear and to raise willingness, with strong encouragement for gram from 5-10 a.m. on KQLM relationship that is not approved by the their children as single parents and are her to continue to come to Mass even though (108 FM). Additionally, EWTN church. Her service as a minister could easily actively involved in serving the parish. I have at the moment she cannot take Communion. Catholic programming can be be taken by parishioners to mean that "rules nothing but admiration for them. The pastor should raise with her the possi- heard Sundays at 7 a.m. don't matter." What bothers me, however, is that your bility of having her marriage blessed in the SAN ANGELO — KSJT in I view the two unwed mothers differently. pastor would put the burden on you to deliv- church (reviewing the annulment process, if San Angelo is airing EWTN’s Certainly they made moral mistakes in the er the news to the first woman that she could she or her husband were previously married) Catholic Hour Sundays at 7 past, in conceiving their children out of wed- not serve. That is unwise and unfair. This is a so that she can participate fully in the a.m. lock. But it would seem that they have put very delicate pastoral situation that he should church's sacraments and ministries. clearly handle. It should be wrapped in the Page 22 AUGUST 2013 The Angelus BARRON

(From 8) critic of the hierarchy, but he also deeply any liberal/conservative split—was his mayor of Chicago, Andy would have admired Albert Cardinal Meyer, Pope early identification of the problem of voted for him! Those of us who came of Blackie Ryan detective stories. John XXIII, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, clerical sex abuse. Back in the early age after Roe v. Wade had a considerably In one of the first articles I ever pub- and perhaps most of all, Francis Cardinal 1980’s, long before the problem became more skeptical attitude toward the party lished, I used the phrase “beige George, with whom he often attended the well known, Andy started blowing the of the left. I also felt that Andy didn’t Catholicism” to criticize the culture of opera. Once I was privileged to be with whistle on priests who were abusing chil- take with adequate seriousness some of the post-conciliar Church in which I Andy at the Cardinal’s table for dinner, dren and on the bishops who were ignor- the very real negative consequences of came of age. I meant a Catholicism void just before the two of them left for the ing the abuse. I vividly recall the criti- the sexual revolution, many of which of color, narrations, distinctiveness, and opera. As was his custom, Cardinal cism that Andy received for this—“there were accurately prophesied in the much edge. Andy loved that phrase and helped George commenced the recitation of the goes Greeley badmouthing the Church maligned Humanae vitae. to popularize it. He did not want a Angelus (“The angel of the Lord declared again”—but he was dead right and way But the points of divergence were far Catholicism that was a vague echo of the unto Mary…”), and Andy, with eyes ahead of the curve, and the whole church less important than the points of contact secular culture, and this helps to explain closed and hands folded in prayer, joined owes him a debt of gratitude. between us. Andy was a good man, a his opposition both to liberation theology in. Another quality that he preserved We did not agree on everything. devoted priest, and a loyal friend. I will (which he thought was more beholden to from the Golden Age was a deep devo- Perhaps our greatest disagreement had to miss him. Many times, he spoke of Marxism than Catholic social teaching) tion to Mary, who appears as a figure in do with what I took to be Andy’s com- heaven as the “many-colored land.” I and to radical feminism (which he many of his books and novels. pletely uncritical embrace of the pray that he might be, even now, a thought set up a gender war between men One of Andrew Greeley’s signal Democratic Party. I used to kid him that denizen of that place. and women). He could certainly be a accomplishments—and this goes beyond if the Democrats ran Attila the Hun for SHROUD

(From 11) from Rome around 1608 at the time the We learned that the pilgrims were from In Pope Benedict’s address during his new St. Peter’s Cathedral was under con- Germany and Poland, as well as Italians pilgrimage to Manopello, his closing Antonio Leonelli to follow him inside the struction. [Note the date it was brought from other cities. I guess we were the statement was “. . . I invoke the Blessing church where the visitor gave him a pre- to Manopello (1506) and the year it dis- only pilgrims from Texas. of God upon you and upon all your loved cious package. While examining the appeared in Rome (1608). The discrep- During our three–day pilgrimage to ones with the ancient biblical formula: content, a piece of cloth showing the ancy is explained in Badde’s book – The Manopello I was very fortunate to see the ‘May the Lord bless you and keep you; image of Jesus, the unknown benefactor Face of God.] Holy Face five times. What was enig- may the Lord make his face to shine told him to “take care of it, guard it like The story does not end there, however. matic to me is the fact that each time I upon you and be gracious to you; may a gift from heaven and worship it” and If it is a veil showing the face of Christ, looked at the veil the Lord’s countenance the Lord lift up his countenance upon disappeared. Years later one of his heirs, where did it come from? As early as appeared distinctively different from the you and give you peace.’ ” Looking at Marzia Leonelli, was forced to sell it to 1991, Fr. Pfeifer had published a book in impression of his image from the shroud. the Volto Santo for the last time and the town pharmacist to free her husband which he claims that the veil originated Contemplating upon the Volto Santo each remembering these words, I felt so from jail. Eventually the veil found its in Christ’s tomb in Jerusalem where it time I went to the tabernacle, I gradually blessed beyond my own imagination. way to the convent of the Capuchin had probably lain on top of the large came to realize that after all his suffer- monks. Finding the relic in very bad sheet in which the crucified Christ has ings Jesus Christ shows us his face so Footnote: In the July 2009 issue of the condition they cleaned and restored it, been laid. How it ended in Rome, how- full of compassion and love, and finally West Texas Angelus I wrote about the placing it between two glass plates ever, is a long odyssey, from Jerusalem, at peace having redeemed the world and Sudarium of Oviedo in Spain which is enclosed in a walnut frame. That was to Edessa, to Cappadocia, to accomplished his mission on earth. The believed to be the second cloth men- over 400 years ago and It is still the way Constantinople, and then to Rome, which face just expresses them in silence and tioned in John 20:5-9. Others, however, the sacred veil appears in the tabernacle would require a volume to describe. Fr. could be understood without any lan- are of the opinion that it is the Volto of the new church built in 1960. Pfeifer, states that “The route is only a guage spoken. Santo veil. According to researchers the What is mysterious and intriguing is well-guarded supposition” but what is Pope Benedict XVI visited Manopello former contains the blood of Christ, where and how this benefactor (some say important to Christianity is that . . . on September 1, 2006 two years after matching it with the blood found in the he was an angel) got this veil. During “the Lord gave us not only his Word by Pope John Paul II died. This was his Shroud of Turin, while the latter shows the last few years the sacred veil has means of the Holy Scriptures but also his first journey inside Italy by helicopter, the face of Christ, not painted by human been the subject not only of devotion but image in the Holy Shroud of Turin and in and not without a strong resistance from hand. Also, in Cahors, France there is also of study and research – by scholars the Holy Face of Manopello, a divine both inside and outside of the Vatican. another piece of cloth, a bandage sup- of history, art and iconography, and even evidence of his Passion, Resurrection Only 8,000 tickets were distributed to posed to have been tied around Jesus’ by writers, journalists and others. One and Glory.” selected participants to welcome the chin after death to hold it up. In her theory proposed through these studies is While the Turin Shroud is securely pro- Pope. Inside the church the only people “Penuel” exhibition, Sister Blandina that the Manopello veil is the Veronica tected and seldom shown to the public, allowed to accompany the Pope were shows how these four pieces could have (vera icona = true icon). In May 1999, the Manopello Veil is unguarded under priests, nuns and monks, and he spent appeared in Jesus’ tomb when he was Father Heinnrich Pfeifer, a German Jesuit the care of Capuchin friars, and can be quite a long while with them praying buried. Regardless of any theory, the professor at the Pontifical Gregorian visited and photographed by anyone, silently before the Volto Santo. During Shroud of Turin and the Manopello Veil University announced in a press confer- anytime the basilica is open. No wonder that visit he raised the Manopello sanctu- are inexplicable and a miracle but they ence in Rome before the assembled rep- the Sanctuary of the Holy Face was full ary to the status of a papal basilica and are undeniable evidences of Jesus resentatives of the world press that he during the 10 o’clock Mass we attended made the Holy Face of Manopello better Christ’s resurrection.) discovered in Manopello a relic with the before our departure for Rome. In the known throughout Christendom, and impression of Christ’s face. He was cer- square in front of the basilica there were hopefully as equally venerated as the tain it was the Veronica that disappeared several chartered buses ready to leave. Shroud of Turin. The Angelus AUGUST 2013 Page 23 GLAD House, Senate (From 14) ond half of the 20th century." a series of programs and events to mark Contact information He said both popes "spoke frequently Blessed John Paul's canonization. news of the canonizations while not and urgently about the need for a new The shrine was established by the -- U.S. Congressman K. Michael unexpected "is nevertheless received evangelization directed towards those Knights at the former Pope John Paul II Conaway (District 11-- San Angelo, with great joy." who once had received the faith but Cultural Center, which the fraternal Linking the announcement to the now seem to be 'tired' of it. They will organization purchased in August 2011. Midland-Odessa, Andrews, Stanton, other major Vatican news of the day, the certainly be the patron saints of the new "John Paul II was a champion of the Crane, Rankin, Big Lake, Colorado City, publication of "Lumen Fidei" ("The evangelization that we -- disciples in rights and dignity of every human per- Sterling City, Robert Lee, Bronte, Light of Faith"), the first encyclical faith and missionaries of hope -- are son, and his witness and legacy continue Ballinger, Winters, Miles, Christoval, published under Pope Francis, which called to announce to our contempo- to speak important messages to our Eldorado, Junction, Menard, Eden, Melvin, was begun by Pope Benedict, raries in this 21st Century." world today. Similarly, his life of holi- Brady, Coleman, Brownwood, Sonora, Archbishop Wenski said the two future The Knights of Columbus in a state- ness and devotion to God continue to be McCamey, Mertzon, Sweetwater ) saints "were shining witnesses to the 'lu- ment said the Blessed John Paul II an example to us all," said Patrick men fidei,' the light of faith, in the sec- Shrine in Washington would be offering Kelly, the shrine's executive director. Phone: 202-225-3605 Mailing Address: 511 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 FAMILIES Email (via Web): (From 16) Lod, in the center of the country, and Mass and holiday services, said his https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/wel- Nazareth, Fuad Shunnara noted proud- Nazareth-born wife Lilach, 37. come.shtml: Ramadan, Christians respect their ly. "Here I feel the faith more," she said. Web: http://conaway.house.gov/ Muslim neighbors by not eating outside Guanellian Father Marco Riva has "In Nazareth people go to church more of their homes during fast times. They been serving the community for the for show, but here people really just -- Rep. Randy Neugebauer (District 19 past seven years, dividing his time come to pray." also do not drink alcohol, which is for- -- Big Spring, Abilene, Clyde) bidden by Islamic law, outdoors. He between Nazareth as director of Holy "The church in Nazareth may be big- said he believed this does not challenge Family Center for Special Education ger," said Isahk Sahouri. "But here the Phone: 202-225-4005 their Christian faith, but is an expres- and the parish in the village at the foot faith is much greater. Everybody comes Mailing Address: 1424 Longworth sion of it. of the Gilboa Mountains. to all the events. They invest a lot in the HOB "It is not out of fear, we do it out of Father Riva said he hopes the eldest church. As Christians living here, you Washington, DC 20515 respect," he said. "Fear does not exist." Saed son, Julian, 12, who plays the to have to have faith, because you live Email (via Web): The first priest came to the village 30 piano, will become the church organist in a place where everyone is different https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/wel- when he installs a new organ next year. than you. Their holidays and traditions years ago and Mariam Saed, 62, come.shtml remembers how, as a young mother Two years ago Father Riva began are different, but you can't live sepa- from a different village, she helped arranging for the community children to rately. You are part of the entire com- Web: http://randy.house.gov/ gather the community together to teach be taken to a Catholic summer camp in munity. We are here and we live them the correct way of praying. Every Nazareth. Next, he wants to turn a bar- respectfully." -- Rep. Francisco Canseco (District 23 night she would read Bible stories to ren field behind the church into a soc- He said some of the young Christian -- Fort Stockton, Iraan, Ozona) her nine children. cer pitch for the community's 50 young- families are considering leaving for Phone: 202-225-4511 Her husband, Tawfik, 64, who was sters. Nazareth because of a lack of educa- Mailing Address: 1339 Longworth Even in a place where relations are tional options for their children as they born in the village, said the first time he HOB stepped into a church was on their wed- excellent with neighbors, it is important reach high school age. Parents must ding day. In those days, he said, people to create a sense of community among decide between sending them to the Washington, DC 20515 were Christian only in name. the Christians, while at the same time local public high school, which offers Email (via Web): "Now we have a church, thank God," not isolating them from the rest of the only Muslim religion class, and driving https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/wel- Mariam Saed said. village, he said. them to a private Catholic school in come.shtml The parish's church was built in 2006 Isahk Sahouri, 43, called the Italian Nazareth. Web: http://canseco.house.gov/ with international financial assistance, priest a force to be reckoned with. "It is a matter of time before the and Muslim religious leaders and "He loves us and we love him and he Christians leave this village," he said, neighbors came to celebrate with the wants to give to this community," said noting the many hours he spends on the community. Sahouri. road taking his sons to school in -- U.S. Senator John Cornyn Muqeibleh is the only village with a Living in such a small community Nazareth and after-school activities. Phone: 202-224-2934 Christian presence between the city of gives a different meaning to attending Mailing Address: 517 Hart Senate Office Bldg., Washington, DC 20510 Web: OSBORNE http://www.cornyn.senate.gov/public/ (From 16) munities. Don't tolerate racist talk or way, no matter who they are or where behavior from others. Speak up if you they come from. -- U.S. Senator Ted Cruz racial stereotypes to make people laugh. hear derogatory or hate words, or if you Paula Deen is learning the hard way Cruz, Ted - (R - TX) Class I We have disparaging jokes heard in know someone is being teased or hurt that racism is the wrong way to go. Are Phone: (202) 224-5922 school hallways and voluntarily segre- because of the color of their skin, their you and your friends seeing other peo- gated lunch tables in school cafeterias. nationality, their religion or their sexual ple as human beings, or are you falling Mailing Address: B40B Dirksen Senate Teens can work to eradicate insidious orientation. prey to the whispers of the modern min- Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 racism in schools, churches and com- Nobody deserves to be treated that strel show? Page 24 AUGUST 2013 The Angelus Dioce-Scenes The West Texas Angelus Official Newspaper of the Odessa Diocese of San Angelo, Texas POSTMASTER: Send all address Odessa changes to: WEST TEXAS ANGELUS P.O. Box 1829 SAN ANGELO, TX 76902-1829 ______

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Printed by the The revised catechism and renewed evangelization San Angelo Standard Times By Praveen Lakkisetti Catechism to a certain extent. For the Church Church related documents are digitized and A Scripps-Howard Company today, it is a time to look back in retrospect as are available in electronic format. During my Revised Catechism: Introducing the Year of to what extent it succeeded in teaching its Christmas vacation, I once had lunch in a Submissions: Faith, Pope Benedict XVI, exhorted the faith- faithful. On the other hand, the faithful need to Chinese restaurant in San Angelo. Towards the Story suggestions, calendar items, ful to revisit the teachings of the Church, the make a sole search as to know to what extent end of the meal, when I opened to the cookie parish briefs and all other Catechism. The year of faith marks two histor- efforts are made to grow in the knowledge the packet, I found some small note containing a submissions should be emailed to ical events of the Church – the Catechism. To this end, we are now introduced sentence on the teachings of Confucianism, [email protected]. 50th anniversary of the open- to an abridged form of the Catechism in the the dominant religion in China. Though it COPY, PHOTO DEADLINE: ing of the Vatican II and the form of The Compendium of the Catechism of looked simple in manner, some nuances of the Third Friday of every month. 20th anniversary of the birth the Catholic Church, a handy resource for all. religious philosophy of Chinese religion are of the revised Catechism. In this year of faith, our task is then to revisit spread. The year of faith is an opportune occa- Photos should be in jpeg format. Promulgated by Pope John the Catechism and grow in the knowledge of sion to renew our commitment to the process Paul II, the Catechism we the teachings of the Church. of evangelization. The aspect of ‘new evange- Letters to the editor are welcome, have today was handed over to Renewed Evangelization: The world today lization’ is all about the ‘evangelization of the Lakkisetti and should be emailed to us as the basic doctrine of experiences an explosion of the means of evangelizer’ in the light of Vatican II. Fifty [email protected]. faith. Way back in 1992, when I was in second communication. The wave of communication years after Vatican II, the Church today experi- Letters to the editor are printed at grade, I was told by my Catechism teacher, a has caught every string of society insofar as ences ‘dryness’ in faith to a certain extent. the discretion of the editor and nun, that the Catechism book we were intro- the world is connected in a variety of ways Amid the growth of communication, the task identities of the writer are subject duced to was a new edition of the revised through myriad forms of communication. The is to self-check the depth of personal evange- to verification. Please include Catechism. When I grabbed my copy, I found social networking sites have now become the lization. While the essence of evangelization name, address and phone number it to be very reader-friendly and colorful. ‘breath’ of everyone. The pope is on Twitter remains constant, the need of the hour is to be when submitting letters. Though I did not know about the revised ver- and tweets frequently on issues concerning the personally renewed by the Gospel and thus sion then, it is now clear that I was introduced Church and its relation to the world. To what evangelize the world around. This calls for a to what was considered ‘new’ in the Church in extent the tools of communication serve as a life of witness based on the Gospel values those days. How quickly time goes by. The means for evangelization in the world today? without any compromise. It then becomes true past 20 years present the Church, a picture of The Church too is on the vanguard of progress evangelization when the world begins to see in growth in the faithful’s knowledge of the in communication networks insofar as all the each one ‘another Christ.’