Single Issue: $1.00 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40030139 CATHOLIC JOURNAL Vol. 95 No. 4 June 7, 2017 Laval’s writings U.S. decision on Paris accord criticized It took three centuries, WASHINGTON (CNS) — Many organizations pointed to called all people to respect God’s A statement from the leaders of but the writ - Cath olic leaders said President Pope Francis’ 2015 encyclical, creation and remember that the 11 organizations asked Trump to ings of Donald Trump’s decision to with - “Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our welfare of each person is integral to Canada’s draw the United States from the Com mon Home,” in which he human life and future of the planet. — MORAL ISSUE , page 15 first bishop, Paris climate change agreement François de snubs the needs of impoverished Laval, are people around the world and es - now available in English. chews responsibility to begin ad - — page 3 dressing the causes of global Sharing God’s Gifts warming. They joined a broad cross sec - “From the richest to the tion of U.S. society and world poorest, we are all unique leaders and organizations in de - creations of God with crying the June 1 announcement. unique abilities,” says Trump’s decision sets in motion John Nicholson, director of a long formal process for with - the annual appeal of the drawal from the agreement, which entered into force Nov. 4. Under Archdiocese of Winnipeg. rules of the agreement, no nation “The gifts we have are can withdraw until November from God and we have a 2019 and mandate a one-year responsibility to use them notice period. The earliest total to help others.” withdrawal can be accomplished is — page 6 in November 2020. HeartSong The leaders focused their con - cerns on the needs of communi - Some 30 women and men ties around the world that they recently attended the say contribute least to climate HeartSong Retreat for per - change but suffer the most from sons living with HIV/AIDS it. They pointed to impoverished and their caregivers held at people who have been forced to CNS/Joshua Roberts St. Benedict’s Retreat Centre migrate to other lands to make a CLIMATE MARCH WHITE HOUSE — Supporters of the Paris climate pact to protect the planet in Winnipeg. living because of drought, chang - marched past the White House in Washington April 29 during the People’s Climate March. Catholic lead - — page 7 ing weather patterns or rising sea ers issued statements criticizing President Trump’s June 1 decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Spirituality levels. at Cannes Evangelical-Roman Catholic commission established Pope Francis recently granted a series of film interviews By Kiply Lukan Yaworski Pastor Jakob Palm, chair of the divide, described dialogue co- The “Called to Common Wit- with legendary German Saskatoon Evangelical Ministers’ chair and SEMF member Pastor ness” joint statement also appeals director Wim Wenders that SASKATOON — The relation - Fellowship (SEMF), and diocesan Harry Strauss of Forest Grove to the two communities to share form the basis of Pope ship between Evangelical and administrator Rev. Kevin McGee Community Church. together in common witness and Francis — A Man of His Roman Catholic Christians has of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Over the years, the Evang- service, said dialogue co-chair Word , an in-depth documen - entered a new phase in Saskatoon. Saskatoon, opened the evening of elical-Catholic dialogue has held Nicholas Jesson, Ecumenical tary that was acquired recent - After five-and-a-half years, a prayer and witness, which includ - joint worship services, developed Officer for the Roman Catholic ly by Focus Features at the local Evangelical-Catholic dia - ed a blessing of the members who a joint statement entitled “Called Diocese of Saskatoon. 70th Cannes Film Festival. logue group is concluding its work, have so far been named to the to Common Witness,” and hosted — page 8 and a new Saskatoon Evangelical- new commission. public events, Strauss said. — COMMUNITIES , page 4 Roman Catholic Commission for Since December 2011, the Best of British film Common Witness is being estab - local Evangelical-Catholic dia - Bishops look for healing lished. The new commission was logue has met to build friend - Among British films finally launched May 16 at a joint worship ships, to share faith, and to dia - making it to screens in service of celebration and commis - logue, exploring what the two tra - at indigenous inquiry Canada is the acclaimed sioning held at the Cathedral of the ditions hold in common and drama I, Daniel Blake , “a Holy Family in Saskatoon. where differences continue to By Evan Boudreau identifying and documenting resi - plain-spoken human story, The Catholic Register dential school cemeteries. an indictment of a corpo - “This will bring peace of mind rate-capitalist welfare state TORONTO (CCN) — The road and soul to a lot of Aboriginal that puts procedures and to healing is long, but it is a desti - people,” he said. “This is what ‘sanctions’ above people,” nation Canada’s bishops hope can this is about.” writes Gerald Schmitz. be reached by the National Inquiry The MMIWG inquiry was — page 9 into Missing and Murdered Indige - announced by the federal govern - nous Women and Girls. ment on Dec. 8, 2015, and has Equipping The long-awaited public meet - been under fire with accusations ecumenical leaders ings into what Bishop Douglas that it has not communicated well Crosby describes as a “horror” with affected families. The Program in Ecumenical began May 29 in Whitehorse. It is estimated that at least Studies and Formation “We have written a letter very 1,200 indigenous girls and women offered by the Prairie Centre much in support of this inquiry,” were either murdered or went for Ecumenism in Saskatoon said Crosby, president of the missing over several decades. is designed to equip leaders Canadian Conference of Catholic “We need to find out exactly and persons in the pew with Bishops. “Hopefully it will bring what has happened and where are much-needed ecumenical some insight and it will bring these people and what has hap - sensitivity, theological Tim Yaworski understanding into what is a hor - pened to them,” said Crosby. sophistication, and pastoral COMMON WITNESS — Diocesan administrator Rev. Kevin McGee ror. A horror has taken place.” The hearings will take an in - skill, says Darren Dahl. (left) and Pastor Jakob Palm, chair of the Saskatoon Evangelical Last month the CCCB issued a formal approach and be held in — page 11 Ministers’ Fellowship, led a joint worship service May 16 to launch a letter asking Canadian dioceses to non-courthouse buildings. The new Saskatoon Evangelical-Roman Catholic Commission for support indigenous communities Common Witness. by assisting the inquiry, as well as — DIALOGUE , page 5 2 Prairie Messenger INTERNATIONAL NEWS June 7, 2017 Cardinal Koch takes new approach to Luther

By Colleen Dulle moderna ,” or “modern devotion,” in Germany were largely responsi - for a binding communion and put movement in the Netherlands that ble for the formation of a distinct it into effect already today.” WASHINGTON (CNS) — called for humility and simplicity Lutheran Church about 100 years Retired Lutheran Bishop Eero Swiss Cardinal Kurt Koch, re - in the church, or the first multilin - after Luther wrote his theses. Huovinen of the Diocese of nowned for his ecumenical efforts, gual edition of Scripture that was Still, he said, Luther’s essen - Hel sinki responded to Koch’s addressed a Washington gathering published in Spain in 1515. tial question about the role of the address. of Catholic and Lutheran leaders Luther, the cardinal said, never church remains important and He said he agreed with every - striving for unity. intended for his reforms to divide must be addressed in the dialogue thing the cardinal had said. Koch’s speech took place May the church, just as medieval re - between Catholics and Lutherans Huovinen focused his response 30 at “The 500th Anniversary of formers such as St. Francis and St. going forward. instead on the 2015 Catholic- Martin Luther’s Posting of the Dominic never intended to found Additionally, reconciliation Lutheran joint “Declaration on the Ninety-Five Theses Conference: new religious orders. They only must be a guiding theme in the Way: Church, Ministry and the Luther and the Shaping of the in tended to reform the church conversation, the cardinal said, Eucharist,” which attempts to Catholic Tradition,” held at The from within. referencing Pope Francis’ words reach common theological ground Catholic University of America. Koch said the Catholic Church in Sweden last year. between the two groups. In his address, Koch called for of the Middle Ages was partly to Koch said that Catholics must Huovinen questioned the docu - a new understanding of Martin blame for the division. continue to apologize for their ment’s use of the word “church,” Luther that takes into account his “If Martin Luther’s call for sometimes-violent offences, like since it has different definitions to historical and religious context. reform and repentance had found wars, against other religious Catholics and Lutherans. He also The cardinal, who leads the open ears among the bishops of groups, just as Lutherans must called for a closer look at the Pontifical Council for Promoting the time and of the pope in Rome, apologize for the way it has paint - Roman Missal’s language about the Christian Unity, outlined how the reform intended to be initiated CNS/Tyler Orsburn ed the pre-Reformation Catholic eucharist as a sacrifice, which might Luther was grounded in the mo - by him (Luther) would not have Cardinal Kurt Koch Church over the years. be at odds with Lutheran theology. nastic and mystical traditions of become the Reformation. For the The cardinal also called for a Both speakers praised the late medieval Catholicism, like fact that the original reform of the began to call into question the role consensus between Catholics and progress already made to recon - Christ-centred theology. church became instead a church- and structure of the church. Lutherans on Luther’s doctrine of cile Catholics and Lutherans. He also pointed out that the dividing reformation, the Catholic Because of this, he said, it isn’t fair justification — the idea that a They called for the 500th anni - reforms Luther called for were Church of the time must bear its to see the posting of Luther’s the - person is saved through faith versary of the theses to be a not extraordinary in their time: share of the blame,” Koch said. ses as the moment the church split rather than actions. jumping off point for a more similar reforms were gaining trac - He pointed out that it wasn’t into Lutheranism and Catholicism. “After 500 years of division,” nuanced effort toward reconcilia - tion elsewhere, like the “ devotio until later in his life that Luther Koch stated that political leaders the cardinal said, “we must strive tion going forward. Ukrainian cardinal known for simplicity, holiness, dies at 84

By Cindy Wooden start all over again. man of the country, a real father But the experience also helped whose embrace, word, warm VATICAN CITY (CNS) — him become fluent in five lan - smile and sense of humour — Ukrainian Cardinal Lubomyr guages, “and he could joke in all often self-deprecating — gave Husar, known for his “velvety of them,” said Ukrainian Bishop people a sense of joy and peace.” baritone” when chanting the Borys Gudziak of Paris. Husar also was an avid blog - divine liturgy or making one of And in a post-Soviet Ukraine, ger and published his last piece his regular appearances on televi - where leadership often meant “a May 1, a blog about politicians sion or radio programs, died May compulsive passion” for money who show their loyalty to a 31 near Kiev at the age of 84. and power, “he lived in exem - church only to gain votes. Like many Ukrainian Catho - plary simplicity,” Gudziak told He saw a lack of ethical be- lics around the world, he knew Catholic News Service June 1. haviour and declining moral stan - what it meant to be a refugee, to “In Ukrainian folklore, a blind dards as a major problem at home spend time in a displaced per - elder is considered a sage,” the and abroad, one that required a sons’ camp, to immigrate and to bishop said. “He was the wise creative pastoral response. “Addressing the problem of Christians share hope, not morality is not a matter of reciting rules, rules, rules, but of helping people to do God’s will,” he said ‘vinegar of bitterness’: pope in an interview with CNS in 2005. Archbishop Sviatoslav Shev - Nowakowski By Cindy Wooden pope said. “It gathers the wind of chuk, who was only 40 years old HUSAR DIES — Ukrainian Bishop Ken Nowakowski of New the Spirit and transforms it into a in 2011 when he succeeded Husar Westminster, B.C., right, worked closely with Cardinal Lubomyr VATICAN CITY (CNS) — driving force that pushes the boat as archbishop of Kiev-Halych and Husar as his chief of staff and later as the press officer for the Christians are called to be “sow - out to sea or to the shore, depend - head of the Ukrainian Catholic Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church when Husar was created cardinal ers of hope,” consoling and de- ing on circumstances.” Church, cried as he spoke to and during the historic visit of Pope Saint John Paul ll. Husar died fending the poor and anyone in “It pushes us to go forward, reporters June 1 about the cardi - May 31. need, Pope Francis said. always forward,” he said. The nal’s death. As Christians prepared to cele - Holy Spirit “makes us feel like “He was the spiritual father of descendants of those forcibly priest of the Ukrainian Diocese of brate Pentecost June 4, Pope pilgrims and strangers and does the Ukrainian people, and today, in transferred from Western Ukraine” Stamford in 1958. Francis used his weekly general not allow us to sit back and be - one moment, we became or - and, simultaneously, his efforts to He was ordained a bishop by audience May 31 to speak about come a sedentary people.” phans,” Shevchuk told the press. promote “dialogue and collabora - Cardinal Josyf Slipyj in 1977 the power of the Holy Spirit to Jesus promised his disciples the The cardinal was a “great man, tion” with the Orthodox also were while the church in Ukraine was strengthen the hope of believers Holy Spirit as a “paraclete,” a great pastor, great Ukrainian.” noted by the pope. still illegal and operating from and to send them forth to instil provider of consolation and a One of the first questions re - The cardinal’s body was being exile in Rome. hope in others. defence, the pope said, and those porters asked was when the driven to Lviv, his hometown, When the Soviet Union col - Sowing bitterness or perplexi - who have been blessed with the process for Husar’s beatification June 1 for two days of memorial lapsed in 1991, he returned to his ty, he said, “isn’t Christian and if gifts of the Holy Spirit are in turn would begin. Shevchuk replied services there. His funeral was native country and served as spir - you do this, you aren’t Christian. called to console and defend others. that everyone who met the cardi - scheduled for June 5 in Kiev. itual director of the newly re- Sow hope. Spread the oil of hope, “Console and defend like the nal saw the beauty of his holiness, Born Feb. 26, 1933, Lubomyr established Holy Spirit Seminary diffuse the perfume of hope and Holy Spirit does for each of us but the formal sainthood process Husar fled Ukraine with his par - in Lviv. not the vinegar of bitterness and who are here in the square. requires prayer and time. Standard ents in 1944 ahead of the advanc - The synod of Ukrainian bish - hopelessness.” Console and defend,” he said. Vatican rules require a waiting ing Soviet army. He spent the ops elected him exarch of Kiev- In his Letter to the Romans “We must be the same for the period of five years from the time early post-Second World War Vyshhorod, a position he took up (15:13), St. Paul prays, “May the neediest, the discarded, those who of a person’s death before the years among Ukrainian refugees in 1996. Several months later, the God of hope fill you with all joy need it most, those who suffer process can begin. in a displaced persons’ camp near synod elected him an auxiliary and peace in believing, so that most. Console and defend.” In a condolence message to Salzburg, Austria. In 1949, he bishop with special delegated you may abound in hope by the Saying, “This seems strange, Shevchuk, Pope Francis recalled immigrated with his family to the authority to assist Cardinal power of the Holy Spirit.” but it’s true,” Pope Francis noted the cardinal’s “tenacious fidelity United States, eventually becom - Myroslav Lubachivsky, the major Having an abundance of hope, how St. Paul also taught that the to Christ despite the deprivations ing a U.S. citizen. archbishop of Lviv. Pope Francis said, means not only Holy Spirit gives hope to all of and persecutions” suffered by the From 1950 to 1954, he studied Cardinal Lubachivsky died in hoping that when life is over one creation, which is “groaning in Ukrainian Catholic Church, at St. Basil’s College Seminary in December 2000, and in January will be with God. It also means labour pains” but expectant in which was forced into the under - Stamford, Connecticut. He con - 2001 the synod elected then- having the strength today to con - hope. “This pushes us to respect ground by the communists. tinued his studies at The Catholic Bishop Husar to succeed him as tinue hoping “even when there is creation: one cannot sully a paint - “His fruitful apostolic activity University of America in Wash - head of the Ukrainian Catholic less human reason for hoping.” ing without offending the artist to promote the organization of ing ton and at Fordham University Church. St. John Paul II made “Hope truly is like a sail,” the who created it.” Greek Catholic faithful who were in New York. He was ordained a him a cardinal a month later. June 7, 2017 CANADIAN NEWS Prairie Messenger 3 Salt + Light marks milestone with celebration

By Michael Swan Federico Lombardi has an alter - philosopher pontiff whom Staring down the crimes The Catholic Register native media diet you might want Lombardi served as director of of sexual abuse covered to consider. Vatican television and radio ser - up by bishops and church TORONTO (CCN) — If the The former spokesperson for vices, revolutionized the use of officials, Benedict re - news seems to be shouting at you Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict media over his 27 years wearing mained focused on and your Facebook feed is crowd - XVI and Pope Francis helped Salt the shoes of the fisherman. knowing and telling the ed with takedown artists, Rev. + Light Catholic Media Foundation “He told the world that it truth. officially inaugu - should not be afraid of opening “It was necessary to rate its new broad - the doors to Christ, but at the recognize the truth even cast studios and same time he told each of us that when it is extremely office space in we must not be afraid of giving painful, to go deep into midtown Toronto witness to our faith,” said the truth before God and May 25 with a Lombardi. “And he was the first men,” said Lombardi. “To keynote address example of this witness.” not be worried about the that recalled the Rather than lecture, Pope John image first, or concerned communication Paul II was at his best showing about saving face.” styles of the three the world the courage embedded As Lombardi faced the popes of our time. in his faith, said Lombardi. press daily through the Goodness, “He was not afraid of showing eight years of Pope Bene - Catholic Register/Michael Swan beauty, truth and himself, his feelings and his dict’s papacy, he became SALT + LIGHT CELEBRATION — Rev. union are hall - ideas, his convictions and finally increasingly aware of his Federico Lombardi, the former papal marks of any truly his own physical conditions,” boss’s “great witness to spokesperson to the last three popes, Catholic presence Lombardi said. “During the the transparency of truth, helps Salt + Light TV inaugurate its new in the media, the Angelus address when he said with humility and personal broadcast facility in Toronto May 25. Jesuit told an ‘no’ to war, he banged upon the suffering.” audience of about lectern with his fist. When he Still the papal spokes person in news personality Valerie Pringle, 300 gathered to challenged the mafiosi to conver - the astonishing first days of Pope the Salt + Light bash brought in celebrate a mile - sion or when he admonished his Francis’ papacy, Lombardi found cardinals from Washington, stone in the devel - own Polish people to wisely use himself the bearer of good news as Quebec City and Toronto along opment of 15- the freedom that they had the new pope paid his own hotel with representatives of the year-old Salt + regained, his voice cried out, bills, settled into modest rooms Knights of Columbus, Boston- A MYSTERY BEYOND WORDS — Sister Light TV. filled with a holy anger.” away from the papal palace, was based Catholic TV and American Teresita Kambeitz, OSU, stands on the spot The church From the dramatic photo of the driven around in an old Fiat and news channel CNN. where a famous photo was taken of three shep - needs to be pre - Polish pope’s meeting with his continued to wear his battered Salt + Light CEO Rev. Tom herd children to whom Our Lady of Fatima sent in all forms would-be assassin Mehmet Ali black shoes. Rosica capped off the evening by appeared in Portugal on May 13, 1917. of media, but Agca to that final image of the “In Francis, words go together bestowing the first ever Ecce Kambeitz was one of the pilgrims who recently once there it has 84-year-old pontiff struggling to with gestures,” said Lombardi. Award for outstanding Catholic gathered in Fatima to mark the 100th anniver - to have a genuine speak from the window above St. “The body expresses the heart communicators to Lombardi. sary and the canonization of two of the children Gospel mission, Peter’s Square as Parkinson’s and the mind.” Another award for distinguished — brother and sister St. Jacinta and St. Lombardi said. strangled his words, it was St. If Pope Francis’ airplane press service in mainstream journalism Francisco Marto — by Pope Francis. “I think went to CBS Evening News the biggest surprise was discovering the peace - Catholic media John Paul II’s willingness to be conferences seem scattered and fulness and prayerfulness of Fatima,” says should be “help - “exposed naked and opened venture thoughts not fully formed anchor Scott Pelley. Salt + Light’s Kambeitz. Hearing that the name Fatima was ing to bring our under the gaze of God” that cap - and polished, that is the result of seventh annual Lover of Life also the name of Muhammad’s daughter, she world and our tured the world’s imagination. Pope Francis’ dedication to award went to the Laurent and noted how “appropriate it was for Our Lady to church — often “He was a communicator who authenticity. Florence LeBourgeois family, have chosen this place as a centre of prayer for choked by nostal - was absolutely credible and one “He talks to us constantly which includes Salt + Light French peace,” as well as the impact of gathering in gia, darkness, with authority,” said Lombardi. about the culture of encounter producer Charles LeBourgeois. such numbers to pray for peace. “What really evil and sadness Pope Benedict XVI was no and makes us realize that it is not More than twice the size of its brought me close to tears was the realization — the light, puri - actor. The theologian-bishop, enough to communicate con - former offices, the new Salt + that one-half million people from across the ty and goodness plucked by Pope John Paul II cepts,” said Lombardi. “We need Light studios include a large planet were gathered with Pope Francis to hon - that comes from from his university to defend to talk about ourselves, to enter soundstage and modern editing our the holiness of children, innocent little shep - God,” he said. Catholic doctrine, crafted his into the game so that the other suites. A deal in the works herd kids through whom God has done such Pope John own communication style out of understands that we offer him or between Salt + Light and CBS incredibly marvellous things these past 100 years. It’s a mystery beyond words.” Paul II, the actor- a fierce dedication to the truth. her a real piece of our life, our will see the American network whole self.” using Salt + Light’s facilities Laval’s writings now available in English Hosted by former Canada AM when working in Toronto.

By Philippe Vaillancourt Laval became its first bishop. The priests and saw them as mis - diocese included every French sionaries. He did not want to QUEBEC CITY (CNS) — It and unexplored territory in North make fixed parishes. It seems took three centuries, but the writ - America, with the exception of interesting to me today, this idea ings of Canada’s first bishop are the English and Spanish colonies. of a model of priest who goes now available in English. The centre already had a biog - where the needs are, motivated The book, The Spiritual raphy of de Laval in English, but by the service of the communi - Writings of François de Laval, Jean Duval also wanted to give ties that people create,” said responds to an anglophone de- people the opportunity to get in Giguere. mand that now exceeds French touch with the saint’s thought and “His idea was to really create demand for writings by the man his time. With the Quebec here a church closer to its evan - who was canonized by Pope Seminary, he developed the pro - gelical roots. He was very critical Francis in 2014. ject to translate Msgr. Hermann of what was happening in France Jean Duval, director of the Giguere’s 2011 book about St. in the 17th century: the benefits, François-de-Laval Animation François de Laval’s spiritual writ - the bishoprics that were Center, has observed this increas - ings. It offers a selection 39 texts exchanged and bought. He was ing interest for a number of years, that illustrate the spiritual experi - part of a group — there was based on the requests he receives ence of the first Canadian bishop. Francis de Sales before him — and the written prayers left at the “We are pleased with this who wanted to do something new Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica in international openness,” said to get rid of this heaviness in the Giguere, who says English is church. François de Laval was an Quebec City, where the centre is Sharon Leyne located. today’s lingua franca. evangelizer close to the people “I have worked on this selec - who was mindful of continuity. I KIDS CARE — The second annual Kids Care garage sale, held June 3 “It’s a tourist request, because at St. Anne Catholic Parish, raised thousands of dollars for the more anglophones come to the tion of texts knowing that, with a think it’s an important legacy he canonization, the pope extends gave us,” he added. Saskatoon church’s sister parish in Malawi, Africa. Beginning last year cathedral, including many the devotion and the veneration of But no matter how his ideas as the dream of Sarah Molyneux (shown above, now 10 years old), to Americans,” he said. raise $60 to help people in Malawi, the Kids Care project quickly this person to the whole church,” remain relevant today, translating When the Diocese of Quebec expanded to include participation from the entire parish, École Sister he said. his work is a complex operation was erected in 1674, François de O’Brien School, and the wider community. Funds from the sale of He said that, as he reread the that requires a good understanding donated items last year went toward building a home in Malawi that book, he was struck by things of the written 17th-century will house visitors and serve as a source of revenue for the community. Vaillancourt is editor-in-chief applicable today. French, of the history of New This year’s proceeds will go to complete the home, named Sarah’s of Presence info, based in St. François de Laval “was House, in honour of the girl who brought the community together, Montreal. very strong on the mobility of — TRANSLATIONS , page 9 showing that one is never too young to make a difference. 4 Prairie Messenger CANADIAN NEWS June 7, 2017 Faith communities help make good cities: panel

By Deborah Gyapong by showing “as citizens we are ter,” but “we may need responsible for one another,” to know some things OTTAWA (CCN) — Faith Bennett said. differently,” he said. communities play a key role in If religious communities are to Mrozek described making cities good places to live, play their full role, “we need to the street she lives on said participants on a panel spon - ensure people of faith have the as having a play - sored by Cardus June 1. freedom to be people of faith ground, but it is not “The role of faith communities publicly as well as privately,” he used, and only few in our country is profound,” said said. working families with former Ambassador for Religious The panel coincided with the children, she said. A Freedom Andrew Bennett, who is launch of Cardus’ Halo Project glossy advertisement now the director of Cardus Law. researching the role of religious promises “hotel liv - That role goes back to the reli - communities as “economy cata - ing” in a new condo gious faith of Canada’s first in - lysts” in cities. The study conclud - development being habitants, to the founding of hos - ed that for every $1 a religious built nearby. pitals, schools, social services and institution budgets for various pro - In the 2011 Census, universities by various religious grams, a city receives $4.77 in the number of one per - communities, he said. “common good services.” CCN/D. Gyapong son households sur - Faith communities contribute The first phase of the project, PANEL DISCUSSION — Former Ambassador of Religious Freedom, now director passed that of families to the beauty of cities through modelled after one done in the of Cardus Law Andrew Bennett (left), with director of Cardus Family Andrea with children, she said. their architecture, their music, United States, examined 10 con - Mrozek and director of Cardus Social Cities’ program Milton Friesen, participat - The fertility rate in through public processions during gregations in Toronto which ed in a panel June 1 on what makes a good city. Canada has dropped to celebrations, Bennett said. “It’s spend $9.5 million per year in 1.6 children per about the transmission of virtue, “their direct budgets,” said the congregations produce, their — and a whole host of other woman of child-bearing age, well ethics, the moral sense these com - Halo Project report. ‘halo effect,’ ” through weddings, areas that make cities so much below the 2.1 children needed to munities provide.” “But that is just the tip of the artistic performances, suicide pre - more livable — is estimated to be keep the population stable. They also contribute to en - iceberg,” the report said. “The vention, ending substance abuse, more than $45 million per year. There’s a trend toward “post- hancing the moral life of the city actual common good value those housing initiatives, job training Bennett was joined on the June 1 familialism,” past the “prior panel by Cardus’ Social Cities pro - assumption that the family was gram director Milton Friesen, who the bedrock” of society, she said. Ontario to introduce bubble zone bill is responsible for the Halo Project, If developers keep building and Cardus Family director Andrea condos designed for one person, By Deborah Gyapong Catherine Macnab, executive Brownrigg pointed to a double Mrozek, who spoke on the role or a maximum of two people, it director of Planned Parenthood standard when it comes to free families play in making good cities. reflects an “atomization” of soci - OTTAWA (CCN) — The On - Ottawa. “I welcome any govern - speech. “There is no simple ‘city-build - ety. “Do we need more families tario Attorney General announced ment action that could give peace “We have just had our Na - ing for dummies,’ ” Friesen said, who make cities more habitable?” May 29 that the government will of mind to these folks and the tional March for Life,” she said. describing that the elements that go she asked. introduce a bill this fall to create people who care for them.” “Counter protesters numbered into a good city are “deeply com - “Stable families bring more “safe access zones” around abor - The Ontario government is fol - plex.” It may not be a matter of “if good to cities than cities can tion facilities. lowing the lead of British Co- — RESPECT , page 5 we knew more we could do bet - bring to families,” she concluded. The move comes after a series lumbia and Newfoundland and of mainstream news articles that Labrador in creating bubble zones around abortion facilities. In Communities share common conviction Ontario, court injunctions have created bubble zones around Continued from page 1 differences and we pray together has served on the national Evan - some specific locations in the that God will bring us to unity so gelical-Catholic dialogue. Toronto area. “Our two communities share a that the world may believe.” “We all have a role to play in Johanne Brownrigg of Cam - common conviction about the During the joint worship ser - the Body of Christ; everyone in paign Life Coalition called the Christian life: Christ is forming us vice Evangelical-Catholic dia - the Body of Christ has a place — proposed legislation “a solution by the Holy Spirit into a faithful logue members David Smith of there is beauty in the diversity of to a problem that doesn’t exist.” people called together and sent into Holy Spirit Parish and Pastor Bob Christ’s body,” said Guretzki, “40 Days for Life has been an the world to participate in his life Parker of the Church of Christ stressing that Christian unity is annual fixture in our city for 10 and mission,” said Jesson, quoting spoke about the impact of the dia - not something in our power to years without incident,” Brownrigg from the document. “Although we logue in their lives, and friend - achieve, but is the work of God. said. “It has been a prayerful, have differences about certain ships that have developed in the “My prayer is that we will peaceful witness highlighting the aspects of the life of faith, we share process. repent of any hubris to think that humanity of the unborn. If there is convictions about Jesus that “I came to a deeper realization we are the ones who accomplish bad behaviour, that’s what should ground our call to common witness that the gifts that we have — the unity, and second my prayer is that be targeted.” and mission. Compelled by the gifts of God’s children — are dif - we would make every effort to “Individuals who may be love of Christ, we therefore urge ferent, but they are very comple - keep our eyes fixed upon the Lord aggressive are not representative our communities to look for ways mentary, and we do have an oblig - Jesus Christ, the author and the per - of the movement,” she said. to worship and work together.” ation to share our respective gifts fector of all of our work,” he said. “They should be dealt with rea - Possible areas of co-operation among the traditions,” said Smith. Guretzki was also the guest Ontario Attorney General sonably, but dealt with.” proposed in “Called to Common “Understanding doesn’t fix speaker at a joint Evangelical- Yasir Naqvi Ruth Lobo Shaw, executive Witness” include: worship and everything, but it does move Catholic event held the night director of the National Campus prayer, fellowship, listening to some of those prickly points of before the worship service, enti - highlighted negative behaviour of Life Network, said only one arrest God’s word together, proclaiming theology into the arena of lived- tled “Justification and the Unity a couple of protesters, including a was made involving the young the Gospel, strengthening mar - out faith, and this is really the of the Churches: A lecture on mentally unstable man who man who entered the facility twice riages and families, reaching out to area that we all have to function Evangelical-Catholic relations.” entered the Morgentaler abortion and sprinkled holy water. children and youth, addressing in,” said Parker. The service continued with facility on Bank St. and sprayed There is another man who social and ethical issues, providing Phil and Mary Wrubleski of the prayers, hymns, and the exchange the waiting room with holy water. stands on the sidewalk outside the direct outreach to those in need, diocesan Marriage Task Force also of a sign of peace before Rev. “Every woman in Ontario has entrance wearing a sandwich and engaging in the public sphere. shared their experience working as Bernard de Margerie and Pastor the right to make decisions about board who “is not kind to the The new commission “is to part of the ecumenical Saskatoon Brendon Gibson offered prayers her own heath care — and they women,” Shaw said. give particular attention to prayer Marriage Network, discovering a of blessing and commissioning deserve to do so freely, and with - “Many pro-life individuals and and education for Christian rec - new group of Evangelical Chris - for members of the commission. out fear,” said Attorney General groups from the Ottawa area have onciliation and unity, and to tian friends and colleagues to pray Members include: Dr Jeromey Yasir Naqvi at a news conference discussed the behaviour of the pro- forming Christian disciples com - and to collaborate with. Martini, president of Horizon in Ottawa with Ottawa Mayor Jim life individuals outside the mitted to working together in “How can we ever hope to College and Seminary; Dr. Johann Watson. “That’s why our govern - Morgentaler clinic who are dis - common witness and service,” understand each other if we never Malan and Mientjie Malan of ment is taking steps to introduce a playing inappropriate behaviour Jesson said. talk? How can we ever love like Emmanuel Baptist Church; Pastor bill that would help give women on public streets,” Shaw said. “We “Called to reconciliation for Jesus did if we don’t communi - Larry Thomas, Courts of Praise and their health care providers condemn these actions, we wish the sake of the world, we discover cate? How can we ever make Foursquare Gospel Church; Cathy safe and reliable access to for them to stop, they are not rep - that our work together is not just marriages better if we don’t reach LaFleche of Holy Family Parish; women’s health care facilities.” resentative of the pro-life move - a pragmatic response to a world out to other churches and see the Daniel Pettipas of St. Anne Parish; “For many years, people seek - ment at large or how we would in need but it is a faithful good things they are doing?” said Myron Rogal of the Roman ing reproductive services at clin - like women to be treated as they response to our Lord who invites Phil Wrubleski. Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon; ics across Ontario have been sub - are not respectful actions.” us to leave our gifts at the altar Scripture from Ephesians 4: 1- David Smith from Holy Spirit jected to escalating hostility and “Put up a video camera to and go first to be reconciled to 16 was proclaimed by Leanne Parish; and Nathan Yaworski, a aggression — adding tremendous make obvious what is happening our brother and sister. Together Bellamy, with a reflection provided member of Holy Spirit Parish who stress to what may be an already so it is not one word against we will seek to find ways before by Dr. David Guretzki of Briercrest also serves on the diocesan difficult time in their lives,” said another,” said Shaw. Christ to reconcile our continuing College in Caronport, Sask., who Ecumenical Commission. June 7, 2017 CANADIAN NEWS Prairie Messenger 5 Church’s aid work in Iraq goes on despite war

By Michael Swan Aid to the Church in Need gener - on the ground say 20 civilians were remains of an Iraqi Christian pop - Aramean. A major Christian town The Catholic Register al secretary Philipp Ozores told killed and at least 25 others injured ulation that before 2003 was as that was once home to 50,000, The Catholic Register . in airstrikes launched by the U.S.- high as 1.4 million. Qaraqosh was hit hard by fighting TORONTO (CCN) — Even as The war is a daily reality for cit - led international coalition. “Some of them have stayed and occupied by ISIS. It is now the fighting rages in Iraq, the izens. On May 28, Iraqi jets Aid to the Church in Need esti - because they have no alternative. safely behind the lines established pontifical foundation Aid to the screamed low across the sky above mates there are 250,000 Christians But most of them are staying in by Iraqi government forces and Church in Need is restoring dam - Mosul, dropping payloads that still in Iraq, almost all of them liv - Erbil (capital of Iraqi Kurdistan) allied militias, but that doesn’t aged houses and helping dis - killed 29 ISIS fighters, destroying a ing as virtual refugees scattered because they still believe they mean returning will be easy. placed Christians return to their booby-trapped container, blowing about the country. About 130,000 have a chance to go back to their Many of the Sunni Muslims villages on the outskirts of Mosul, up a vehicle with a gun mounted on have found temporary refuge in villages. They wish to go back.” who remained in the villages greet - the country’s second largest city. it plus two other vehicles, accord - the autonomous Kurdish territory Aid to the Church in Need has ed ISIS as liberators, helped ISIS “People do want to go back,” ing to the Iraqi army. Local sources north of Mosul. They are all that launched plans to renovate and fighters by identifying Christian restore nearly 13,000 Christian households and in some cases loot - houses damaged during the ed refrigerators, televisions and Islamic State occupation of the other items from Christian homes. Nineveh plains. The German- “Security in villages with based charity is working equally other minorities is only a problem with the Syriac Orthodox, Syriac in some villages, where we need Catholic and Chaldean bishops. to take care of it,” said Ozores. In a recent visit to Iraq to in - Christian villagers told Ozores spect the damage and meet with they have to reclaim their houses families planning their return, and their farms now, before their Ozores found the challenges for property becomes permanently re-establishing Christian villages occupied by former neighbours. varied greatly. “They said, if we don’t come “You have one village where I back to these houses now then we couldn’t go because it’s just on definitely give them up. Then, the outskirts of Mosul — it’s any chance is lost to ever return.” Teleskef in the north of Mosul,” Rebuilding and restoring he said. “You can still hear the Christian Iraq might seem like an bombs of Mosul from there. It’s unlikely project, but we have to still a war zone.” learn to see it in terms of Iraqi On the other hand, villages history, according to Ozores. such as Alqosh, further north, “To western ears this sounds were never occupied by ISIS. very risky. But don’t forget that “A lot of families actually are these people have been living in returning already,” said Ozores. these areas, contested by various “This is a village where it makes powers, for hundreds of years. absolute sense to support the re - This is not a new situation,” he B.C. Catholic/Agnieszka Krawczynski construction, to support the fami - said. “We think, as an organiza - NEW PROGRAM — A new program at St. Patrick’s School in Vancouver is aimed at teaching children lies to go back.” tion, there is a realistic chance from kindergarten to Grade 7 about creativity, design, and the use of technology. In between these two extremes now. Many of the risks have gone Cross-curriculum project is unique is Qaraqosh, called Bagdedhi in which were previously there.” Dialogue a healing process By Agnieszka Krawczynski and technology, teach in a way years, has long felt the school The B.C. Catholic that shorter classroom periods learning process seriously lacked can’t. creativity. “There are a lot of stu - Continued from page 1 said nearly 1,200 indigenous wom- MAPLE RIDGE (CCN) — “If they just do a project that dents who would like to exercise en and girls have disappeared or The Grade 2 classroom is buzzing ends after an hour, they don’t that part of their brain more,” Catholic bishops have offered the were slain in recent decades. as students rummage through really get that repetitive activity rather than having to “take infor - use of parish halls and centres as pipe cleaners and cardstock, pore where they can fix it the second mation all the time. They want to needed during the inquiry, which Timeline over hand-drawn maps, and cap - time around, and fix it some more make and create.” is scheduled to present its final — Federal government an - ture the process of building tiny the third time around, and learn As for Walters, “It’s been report at the end of 2018. nounced launch of national in- cities using iPads. from mistakes,” he said. good. For me, the real joy comes Crosby said by using a spiritu - quiry on Dec. 8, 2015 “We’re building houses for our Activities fit the students’ age when the kids realize they can do al setting the hearings have a — National Inquiry into Miss - city,” said Carisa at St. Patrick’s level. In kindergarten, children something that, an hour before, greater chance at going beyond ing and Murdered Indigenous Elementary in Maple Ridge. “It’s create clay creatures and shoebox they didn’t realize they could conversations. Women and Girls (MMIWG) fun and it’s a lot of work.” habitats. Grade 1 students use do.” “It is not just a conversation, it scheduled to end Dec. 31, 2018. This unique cross-curricular simple Lego robotics machines, has got to lead to healing,” said Marion Buller is the chief com - project is part of a new program at and those in Grade 2 do a bit of Respect for the Bishop of Hamilton. “It is the missioner. St. Patrick’s aimed at teaching urban planning as they use foam healing process and the healing — Cost of inquiry: $53.8 mil - children from K-7 about creativity, board and paper to create small process is done by dialogue.” lion design, and the use of technology. cities. others needed In addition to providing a place — About 300 families are par - “It’s learning a process where - “It’s really fun,” said Hudson, for the hearings the Cath olic bish - ticipating by they don’t give up. They per - a Grade 2 student drawing a map Continued from page 4 ops have called on local parishes — Whitehorse site of first sist. They try new things,” said of his city. “You have to think to assist those involved with the community hearing, May 29-31. teacher Erick Walters. about how much space you only around 200, wore masks, inquiry with transportation, Public hearings expected to re- St. Patrick’s gave him the should have from the houses.” carried the Communist flag and accommodations and spiritual sume in September. brand-new role of applied design In Grade 3, students build looked and behaved in a very support as needed. — Interim report to be com - skills and technology teacher last toothpick bridges design to with - threatening manner, as is their “That will happen at the local pleted by Nov. 1, with final report September, a job description that stand a heavy load. In higher way and they were not removed level,” he said. “Where there’s a by Nov. 1, 2018 didn’t exist at the school. Walters, grades, students move on to robot - from the streets.” need and where the church can who also teaches French, said the ics, coding, and video editing. The small counter-demonstra - lean in I believe that the church Inquiry mandate new program brings with it a mas - The B.C. Ministry of Edu ca - tion led to the re-routing of 15,000 will, again, at the local level.” — The inquiry says it “will sive shift from traditional learn - tion suggested schools bring in marchers, who were unable to pass Following the three days of look at the web of services and ing. such programs when it released by the Human Rights Monument hearings in Whitehorse, the in - programs that are meant to create “School is so often broken into its new curriculum in September as planned. quiry will hear from experts on healthy, protective and livable 45-minute chunks of a subject, 2015. The curriculum was made Shaw agreed the women seek - violence against women before communities across Canada.” then they have to move on to mandatory for all B.C. elemen - ing an abortion need to be treated turning their attention back to the Specific areas include “systemic another subject. In (design class), tary schools this school year. respectfully. families in the fall. causes of all forms of violence” teachers reschedule things so they “I think the government was “It currently appears people and “institutional policies and have a whole morning. And stu - right on by adding this type of entering the clinic are not being National inquiry into MMIWG practices implemented in response dents still aren’t finished . . . they course,” Walters said. treated with respect and many to the violence.” are engaged fully for that whole Besides teaching students pro-life individuals are not happy Background — The inquiry is not mandated period of time. It’s made a huge about creativity, technology, and with that and don’t condone that — Rates of violence against to investigate or re-investigate cases difference for the kids’ engage - perseverance, the program teach - kind of behaviour,” she said. Aboriginal women in Canada 3.5 of missing and murdered indige - ment and they love it.” es government-mandated “core A spokesperson for the Attor - times higher than non-Aboriginal nous women, nor provide monetary He said longer lessons, which competencies” such as interper - ney General said the size of the women, according to data from var - compensation or restitution. might incorporate math, science, sonal and social skills. safety zone has yet to be deter - ious native and non-native groups. Sources: MMIWG, Native or social studies, as well as design Walters, who has taught for 20 mined. — A 2014 report by the RCMP Women’s Association of Canada 6 Prairie Messenger LOCAL NEWS June 7, 2017 Disciples must be generous

By James Buchok rich in good works’ by being gen - both urban and rural parishes, erous with our time, treasure and many having reached their targets WINNIPEG — Sharing God’s talents,” says Archbishop Richard and some having exceeded them Gifts is the annual appeal of the Gagnon. while others have dramatically Archdiocese of Winnipeg, but More about the annual appeal improved their performance. parishioners always ask, “Where can be heard from the archbishop “We are all disciples of Christ, does that money go?” The answer in a video on the Archdiocese of we have a membership in the is: when one sees a child attend - Winnipeg website under “Our Christian church, and as a result ing catechism, or considers all Archdiocese.” we have a responsibility to be that a deacon does in a parish, or John Nicholson recently generous with our time, treasure when parishioners are assured became director of the annual and talent. This is basic steward - that their beloved retired priest is appeal. “Many of the ministries ship, to support the ministries of taken care of, and young men served by Sharing God’s Gifts Sharing God’s Gifts. This is the preparing for the priesthood are have a direct impact on the whole idea of stewardship, not fully supported — Sharing God’s parishes and are really important giving to a need but needing to Gifts helps pay for all those for transforming lives in the com - give. I’d like for parishioners to things, and much more. munity,” Nicholson said. prayerfully consider adopting Sharing God’s Gifts also funds “From the richest to the poor - Sharing God’s Gifts as one of the social justice programs and com - est, we are all unique creations of primary charities that they sup - munity outreach, including Micah God with unique abilities. It’s port.” House, the Catholic Centre for very important that we recognize Nicholson said Sharing God’s Tim Yaworski Social Justice located in the heart that because the gifts we have are Gifts can also accommodate a NUNCIO’S VISIT — Parishioners recently welcomed Apostolic of Winnipeg’s North End; and lay from God and we have a respon - one-time large planned gift as a Nuncio Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi (Pope Francis’ representative in formation programs such as sibility to use them to help others. bequest in a will or donations of Canada) to St. Augustine Parish in Saskatoon. St. Augustine pastor Nathanael and The Summons, For this reason every person, securities or life insurance. Rev. Kevin McGee, who is diocesan administrator for the Roman that offer adult faith formation regardless of their means, has a Contact the Sharing God’s Gifts Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, invited the nuncio to celebrate Sunday and leadership. responsibility to support the mis - office with questions about eucharist with the community. During his visit to Saskatchewan, the All of these are supported by sion of Sharing God’s Gifts so planned giving, or any other nuncio also presided at the May 20 graduation celebration at St. Sharing God’s Gifts, as is the that all can benefit,” said questions, at 204-452-2227, ext. Therese Institute of Faith and Mission in Bruno, which is celebrating Archdiocese of Winnipeg’s Nicholson, adding that the main 222. its 10th anniversary this year. Westman First Nations Ministry, focus of Sharing God’s Gifts “is a with Deacon Conrad Plante cele - period from the end of April to brating sacraments with people the end of June and the goal is to Saskatoon appointments announced on First Nations reserves but also use that period to enthusiastically creating relationships in the promote the ministries supported By Kiply Lukan Yaworski Leona Wakelam of Holy Rosary Paul and at St. Patrick parishes, emerging spirit of Truth and by Sharing God’s Gifts. Parish in Leroy will end their with a focus on ministry to the Reconciliation. “Early in the campaign we’ve SASKATOON — Diocesan time as parish life directors this Filipino Catholic community in “St. Paul encourages us to ‘be seen great success realized by administrator Rev. Kevin McGee summer, after having served in Saskatoon. recently announced a number of those positions for the past four “I wish to express my gratitude parish appointments in the years. “I am deeply grateful for to all who will be assuming new Altar servers appreciated Roman Catholic Diocese of the ministry and leadership they responsibilities,” said McGee. “I Saskatoon, effective Aug. 1. have provided for these commu - ask the people in parishes where During the transitional time of nities,” said McGee. changes are taking place to warm - By Louis Hradecki waiting for a new bishop, the Daniel Pettipas is also leaving ly welcome their new pastoral diocesan administrator cannot his position as parish life director leaders into their midst.” PRINCE ALBERT — A large number of altar servers, parents, cler - appoint pastors, but is able to at St. Augustine Parish in McGee also expressed his gy and pastoral centre staff gathered at Parr Place in Prince Albert for name “parochial administrators” Saskatoon. He is beginning a new gratitude to those who are retiring the ninth annual Altar Server Appreciation Day hosted by Prince Albert in parishes. The new bishop will role as co-ordinator of Evan- or moving on from parish min - Bishop Albert Thévenot, M. Afr. formalize the appointments once gelization and Adult Faith istry in the diocese. The annual event is a time for altar servers from parishes from he is in place, said McGee. Formation at St. across the diocese to share in games of faith and to meet others, form - Rev. Emile April is retiring as Anne Parish in ing new friendships or renewing old ones. Sounds of laughter and pastor of St. Philip Neri Parish in Saskatoon, effec - cheering filled the grounds of the outdoor event as the youth participat - Saskatoon after 50 years of ser - tive June 1. ed in the challenging events. vice in the diocese, including 27 Rev. Cosmas The afternoon concluded with a liturgy of the word at which years in the Brazil mission. Epifano, OSB, is Thévenot, in his address to the altar servers, thanked them for their ser - Rev. Ephraim Mensah, who is leaving parish vice to their parishes. He also reminded them to spread the good news returning from a sabbatical year, ministry as pastor of Jesus Christ by looking outward, beyond themselves, and sharing an has been appointed to St. Philip of parishes in attitude of peace with others in their communities. Neri Parish. Mensah previously Bruno and The liturgy concluded with a ceremony in which gifts of apprecia - served as pastor of St. Augustine Peterson to live tion were presented to each altar server present. Special certificates Parish in Humboldt. more fully his were given to those who had served longer than five years. Rev. Michel Bedard, who has call to the con - Co-ordinators were pleased with the turnout and the events of the served in the diocese for 43 years, is templative life at day. All thanked God for the beautiful sunny day. retiring as pastor of St. Gabriel the St. Peter’s Abbey Archangel Parish in Biggar and Our in Muenster. Lady of Fatima Parish in Landis. Rev. Pius Deacon Edward Gibney, who Schroh, who is will be ordained to the priesthood presently the pas - in the Diocese of Saskatoon on tor at St. Paul’s June 29, has been appointed to Co-Cathedral in the parishes in Biggar and Landis, Saskatoon, has beginning in August. been appointed to Deacon Michael Yaremko, St. Bruno Parish who is also being ordained to the in Bruno and St. priesthood on June 29, will serve Agnes Parish in as associate at St. Augustine Peterson. Kiply Yaworski Parish in Humboldt (with pastor Rev. Nestor Rev. Joseph Salihu), as of Aug. 1. Silva, OMI, has FATIMA ANNIVERSARY — Three children Diocesan chancellor Rev. been appointed to dressed as (from left) St. Jacinta Marto (Jacinta Leyne), Servant of God Lucia Santos (Ana Clement Amofah, who has been St. Paul Co- Coghlan) and St. Francisco Marto (Christopher serving St. Mary Parish in Cathedral in Sas - Nunes) led an afternoon procession with the stat - Lanigan and Holy Rosary Parish ka toon. Part of an ue of Our Lady of Fatima May 13, following a in Leroy, will now preside at the Oblate mission diocesan mass at St. Mary’s Parish in Saskatoon, Sunday mass at St. Theresa team in Saska- concelebrated by Revs. Kevin McGee and Ciro Parish in Asquith. toon, he has been Perez, to mark the 100th anniversary of the first Rev. Greg Smith-Windsor has helping at both St. appearance of Our Lady of Fatima in 1917. been appointed to the Lanigan and Leroy parishes, after serving Louis Hradecki for the past year as associate pas - ALTAR SERVERS — Altar servers, parents, clergy and pastoral cen - tor in Humboldt. www.prairiemessenger.ca tre staff gathered with Bishop Albert Thévenot in Prince Albert Don and Bonnie Courchene of recently for the annual Altar Server Appreciation Day. St. Mary Parish in Lanigan and June 7, 2017 LOCAL NEWS Prairie Messenger 7 Regina archdiocesan clergy moves announced

By Frank Flegel munity sets the agenda, so it’s in Estevan and related rural parish - become pastor of the parishes of ety of other parishes since his ordi - going to be a bit of a challenge, but es. Rev. Stephen Bill moves from St. Joseph, Indian Head; St. nation in 1989. He intends to retire REGINA — A retirement, inter - I think I’m up to it.” The one-year Resurrection Parish to Christ the Columbkille, Grenfell; Immaculate in Regina. national priests returning to their appointment begins Aug. 1. King and continues as director of Conception, Qu’Appelle; St. Anne, Rev. Anthony Moduthagam home countries, and a more active Weisgerber has a long history vocations. Wolseley; and St. Mary on Carry- will return to his home diocese in retired archbishop are some of the with the Regina archdiocese since Rev. Vitalis Azike leaves St. the-Kettle Reserve. India, but hopes to return to Regina changes in the clergy appointments his ordination to the priesthood Mary’s Parish in Regina to become Rev. Adelberto Lillo leaves St. in the future. Rev. Carlos Jimenez, for Regina announced by Arch - June 1, 1963, in Holy Rosary administrator of the parishes of the Joseph, Moose Jaw, where he was SVD, was recalled by his superior bishop Donald Bolen. Cathedral. He served in several Assumption of the Blessed Virgin associate pastor, to become admin - general to the Community of the Winnipeg Archbishop Emeritus Regina parishes and at the archdio - Mary, Holdfast; St. Joseph, Craik; istrator of the parishes of Our Lady Society of the Divine Word, North James Weisgerber, who has been cese office and served as vicar- and St. Boniface, Dilke. Rev. of Sorrows, Fort Qu’Appelle; St. American Province. He will leave living in Regina since his retire - general prior to his ordination to Ferdinand Eusebio leaves Resur- John, Balcarres; Sacred Heart, Regina at the end of July. ment, has agreed to become priest the episcopate and appointment as rection Parish, where he was asso - Lebret; Mary Immaculate on the And it seems that the prayers moderator at Regina’s French Bishop of Saskatoon in 1996. ciate pastor, to become administra - File Hills Reserve; Our Lady of for vocations are paying off, as the church, St. Jean Baptiste. From Saskatoon, he was appointed tor of St. Peter’s Parish, Regina. Light on Standing Buffalo Reserve; Regina archdiocese has nine semi - “I look at this as a kind of pay - to Winnipeg, where he served as Rev. Felipe Faustino will be- and the reserves of Pepekisis, narians in various stages of their back,” said the retired archbishop archbishop from 2000 - 2013, come administrator of the parishes Okanese, Star Blanket, Little Black journey to the priesthood. This is speaking with the Prairie when he retired and moved back to of St. Ann, Kennedy; St. Pius, Bear and Pasqua. the largest number of seminarians Messenger . “Archbishop Michael Regina. Windthorst; St. Anne, Kipling; and Rev. Rerne Mangahas remains since the 1950s. Seven are at St. O’Neil sent me to Ottawa in 1956 Rev. Lorne Crozon moves from St. Francis Xavier, Wawota. Rev. as administrator of St. Joseph’s Joseph Seminary in Edmonton, to the seminary so I could learn Holy Rosary Cathedral to become George Thattuparampil, MST Parish, Whitewood. one is studying in Rome, and French, and French has been a gift pastor at St. Anne’s and he contin - (Missionary Society of St. Thomas Rev. Louis Kim Nguyen moves another is at St. Philip’s Seminary in my life; now I get to serve the ues as vicar-general of the archdio - the Apostle), leaves St. Joseph in from Fort Qu’Appelle to St. in Toronto. Of the nine, five are French parish for a year.” cese. Indian Head to become pastor of Gerard, Yorkton. Rev. Thuy advanced enough in their studies As priest moderator, he will be Rev. Peter Pham is appointed St. Joseph’s Parish, Moose Jaw. He Nguyen leaves Holy Family Parish that the archbishop has announced responsible for sacramental min - pastor of St. Martin de Porres, will be joined by Rev. Hector in Regina, where he was associate internship assignments for them istry: saying masses, administering Regina. He was previously associ - Seville, who leaves parishes in pastor, to become pastor of the effective Sept. 1. baptism, hearing confessions, and ate pastor for St. Anne’s and St. Assiniboia to be assistant pastor parishes of Holy Family, Radville; Van Chinh (Joseph) Vu will so on. Martin de Porres parishes. These and resident at St. Joseph. Rev. St. Michael, Bengough; St. Joseph, serve at St. Anne in Regina; Parker Parish life co-ordinator for St. two parishes will now be main - Rick Krofchek leaves St. Joseph, Ceylon; St. Eugene, Minton; Holy Love will serve at Resurrection Jean Baptiste, Francine Audy, will tained separately. Rev. Danilo Moose Jaw, to become pastor at Angels, Pangman; and St. Blaise, Parish; Buu Phung (Anthony) Tran continue to look after the paper - Rafael moves from Holy Child Regina’s Resurrection Parish. Lake Alma. will serve at St. Cecelia; Ricardo work and administrative responsi - Parish to become rector of Holy Arpee Urquico will be ordained Rev. Paul Mau Nguyen leaves Escalante will be at Holy Trinity bilities. Weisgerber said he re- Rosary Cathedral and retains his a priest June 30 in Holy Rosary Holy Rosary Cathedral in Regina, but will live at St. Cecelia rectory. sponded to a personal request from position as director of personnel. Cathedral. He has been named where he was associate pastor, to In addition to his parish assign - the archbishop. “They had no one Rev. Brian Meredith returns to the associate pastor at Resurrection become pastor of St. Joseph, Lan - ment, effective Aug. 1 as associate who could speak French right city from St. John the Baptist, Parish. gen burg; St. Mary, Churchbridge; pastor at Resurrection Parish, now,” said Weisgerber. “I’ve Estevan, as pastor of Holy Child. Rev. Ed Hengen comes to St. and St. Patrick, Spy Hill. Rev. John Arpee Urquico will be on call for enjoyed setting my own schedule Rev. Sathiadas Antony departs Mary’s, Regina, from St. Joseph, Baptist Okai leaves St. Peter’s, hospital sacramental ministry — it’s a gift. Whenever you’re Christ the King Parish in Regina Balgonie, and Rev. Francis Hengen Regina, to become pastor of St. when the priest chaplain is away. involved in a community, the com - and takes over St. John the Baptist leaves St. Gerard, Yorkton, to Joseph, Balgonie; St. Agnes, Pilot Urquico will be ordained to the Butte; and St. Peter, Kronau. priesthood on June 30 at Holy Rev. James Olowagba becomes Rosary Cathedral. pastor of Our Lady of Peace, Bolen has also announced addi - Regina, and continues as chancel - tional clergy moves effective Sept. lor of the archdiocese. He now has 1. Rev. Mieczslaw (Mitch) Burdzy, just a short walk across the parking OMI, has been reassigned by his lot from his office in the chancery community to Holy Rosary Parish to his parish church. in Edmonton, and Rev. Andrzej Rev. Anthony Pangan, SSS Sowa, OMI, will take his place at (Congregation of the Blessed St. Henry’s Parish, Melville. Rev. Sacrament), remains pastor of Marcin Mironiuk, OMI, is also Holy Family, Regina. moving to Edmonton to become Rev. Gary Lindenbach will pastor of Our Lady Queen of retire July 31. He was pastor for St. Poland Parish, and Rev. Michael Anne’s and St. Martin de Porres Pojak, OMI, will replace him at St. parishes, and has served in a vari - Patrick Parish, Sturgis. Prayer service marks Catholic Education Week

By Frank Flegel the assembled students to “become people of service to God.” He REGINA — Catholic schools spoke while holding the shepherd’s HEARTSONG — The annual HeartSong Retreat at St. Benedict’s Retreat Centre in Winnipeg ministers to across the province of staff, explaining that it is a symbol people living with HIV/AIDS and their caregivers. Funded by donations to St. Benedict’s Foundation, Inc., Saskatchewan spiritually came of his responsibility as shepherd, the retreat has been free of charge for 20 years. together on May 25, mid-week of responsible for the people of the Catholic Education Week, to pray Regina archdiocese. He said the together in support of Catholic prayers and theme “takes us to the Retreat for those living with HIV/AIDS education. heart of the Gospel, to the heart of Co-ordinators for Catholic edu - what Jesus is all about, love God WINNIPEG — “My need was Foundation, Inc. bannock while others prepared cation for all eight Saskatchewan and love your neighbour.” peace and camaraderie with those One guest said, “I’m thankful the vegetables for the soup at Catholic school divisions chose the The archbishop’s short talk who are understanding, and this and I will pray for the people who lunch. theme, “You will see Me in your was preceded by a video showing need was met.” donated to HeartSong.” “I see so much goodness in school if you love your neighbour Moses holding the tablets contain - This sentiment from one of the St. Boniface Hospital’s these men and women,” says as yourself.” ing the Ten Commandments, bob - HeartSong participants echoes the Pastoral Care Department and St. Coswin, a Benedictine sister and Regina Catholic Education co- bing his head to a rap beat. The sentiment of most of the 30 Benedict’s Retreat Centre saw the director of the retreat centre. ordinator Miles Meyers said they students chosen to recite prayers women and men who attended St. need for persons living with the Another team member says he wanted to get all schools to pray spoke well and clearly and those Benedict’s 25th HeartSong then-deadly condition to gather “feels privileged to be here and to the same prayer at the same hour, filling the floor of the gymnasium Retreat for persons living with for support. While the hospital is get to know their stories.” so it was scheduled for 11:00 a.m. replied loudly to the prayers. HIV/AIDS and their caregivers. no longer involved, an interfaith The stories are sometimes full on Wednesday of Catholic A second video featured St. Brought to Winnipeg from team of dedicated women and of pain, fear and rejection, yet Education Week. Teacher Marley Angela students, teachers and par - Texas by Rev. Vincent Herner and men continue to lead the retreat, everyone was able to identify Brcic introduced everyone fol - ents each responding to the ques - Sister Mary Coswin, OSB, in which involves a lot of singing, many things to be grateful for, such lowed by a Grade 1 choir singing tion, “Why is Catholic education 1993, the retreat has been free of meals together, donations of ther - as “being here on this earth, wak - the opening hymn. special?” The video ended show - charge for 20 years due to the apeutic treatment — such a heal - ing up every day,” or “being here Regina Archbishop Donald ing Jesus bobbing his head to a generosity of many groups and ing touch, reiki and haircuts — and facing my ghosts of the past Bolen participated in the celebra - similar rap beat. Bolen closed the individuals; it is fully funded by bingo, meditation and healing rit - and not having people judge me,” tion with students in Regina’s St. celebration with a prayer of donations to St. Benedict’s uals. This year a group baked and “taking steps to help others.” Angela Merici school. He asked thanks for Catholic education. 8 Prairie Messenger ARTS & CULTURE June 7, 2017 Wim Wenders: films that reflect the God who loves us

By A.J. Goldmann Viganò is the prefect of the is: Why are we here Vatican’s Secretariat for Com - and what are we liv - CANNES, France (RNS) — munications, a title bestowed on ing for? In a strange When films by Fellini and him by Francis in 2015. Appear- way, every movie has Rossellini topped the list of Pope ing in Cannes for a whirlwind 24 to respond to that. Francis’ favourites, it should have hours, Viganò was the Vatican’s And if you’re a man been clear that, when it comes to first-ever envoy to the world’s of faith like I am, cinema, this is an unusually dis - most famous — and glamorous who believes we are cerning pontiff. — film festival. watched by a God Francis recently granted a Wenders, 71, met the monsi - who loves us, then a series of film interviews with leg - gnor at the 2004 Venice Film movie sort of has to endary German director Wim Festival, where the director was reflect that. And if it Wenders that form the basis of receiving the Vatican’s Robert doesn’t, then what Pope Francis – A Man of His Bresson Prize for “testimony, sig - did I do for three Word , an in-depth documentary nificant for sincerity and intensi - years?” he reasoned. that was acquired last week by ty, of the difficult passage in After the round - Focus Features at the 70th search of spiritual meaning in our table and a light Cannes Film Festival. lives.” The two have remained lunch, Wenders and Two weeks ago Wenders put close friends. At Viganò’s sug - Viganò made their in an appearance at Cannes, along gestion, Wenders consented to be way to the American ©Wim Wenders Stiftung 2014 with his friend Rev. Dario the Festival Sacré de la Beauté’s Pavilion, a meeting ONE OF THE GREAT FILMS — In his 1998 review of “Great Movies,” esteemed guest of honour. place for in dustry film critic Roger Ebert wrote: In Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire (a 1987 film), On Ascension Thursday (May insiders, for a panel angels “move invisibly through the divided city of Berlin, watching, listening, com - 25) — Day Nine of the film festi - titled “Making Mov - paring notes. Often they stand on high places — the shoulder of a heroic statue, val — a full-day program devoted ies that Matter.” the tops of buildings — but sometimes they descend to comfort an accident victim, to spirituality and cinema kicked They were joined or to put a hand on the shoulder of a young man considering suicide. They cannot off with mass at the Church of by Anne Facérias, directly change events . . . , but perhaps they can suggest the possibility of hope, Notre Dame de Bon Voyage: founder of the the intuition that we are not completely alone.” Cannes’ central Catholic church, Festival Sacré de la a stone’s throw from the Palais Beauté , and moderator Bruno the filmmaker — and that you feel both the heart and the mind du Cinéma , the film festival head - Chatelin, founder of filmfesti - together. So I think the only thing deeply,” Viganò offered in Italian, quarters. vals.com that matters is these miraculous adding that their friendship has After services, Wenders and The film industry is not exact - agglomerations of happiness and helped Viganò understand how Viganò sat down to a roundtable ly known as a bastion of religious of meaning. That’s when you’ve Wenders’ films reflect the direc - with journalists, clergy and politi - sentiment. But Wenders and touched on something that touched tor’s soul. cians held at the Palais d’Orsay , Viganò’s words resonated with the audience and that the audience St. Benardino of Siena is the from a balcony that commanded what seemed to be a mostly secu - needed at that moment,” Wenders patron saint of advertising and stunning views of the Mediter - lar audience. continued. public relations. St. Clare of ranean. “As a filmmaker I can tell you, On his website, Wenders lists Assisi is the patron saint of televi - Creative Commons/Gus Kaage “Film time is always very con - you cannot intend to make a film some of his favourite films, in - sion. Viganò lamented that cine - Wim Wenders densed life time,” Wenders said that matters,” Wenders explained, cluding Jean Renoir’s The Rules ma does not (yet) have a patron over gourmet finger food and adding that many supposedly of the Game , and Yasujiro Ozu’s saint. Edoardo Viganò, to take part in glasses of rosé. “You work for important films turn out to be Tokyo Story . Neither is religious To fill this vacancy, Viganò the Festival Sacré de la Beauté , a maybe three years on a movie and totally insignificant. or spiritual in a conventional way. proposed the angels: the angels of celebration of religion and art that then you see it for 90 minutes or “But sometimes this miracu - But their deep humanity and ar - the Bible, of Dante, of Rilke and, has occurred alongside the film 100 minutes, so it better be worth lous thing happens, that a film that tis tic sensitivity transmit insights yes, of Wings of Desire . “Angels festival for the past four years. it,” he explained. As a filmmaker, is dear to someone’s heart, like the into what it means to be alive. are made of light and movement, he continued, you need to justify filmmaker’s, becomes dear to “You see the thing that mat - exactly like cinema,” Viganò your projects from that point of other people’s hearts and all of a ters, not because it’s thrown at clarified to a mixture of applause A.J. Goldmann writes about view. sudden, the fact that it matters you, but because you can discov - and laughter. European arts and culture. He is “It’s not so much the story, but appears as something that you do er it,” Wenders said, giving a The director seemed flattered, based in Berlin. something more essential, which together — the audience as well as word of warning against trying but also a bit uneasy about being too hard to convey messages in in such illustrious company. Books films. “Coming up with a film in As much as a director is oblig - Berlin more than 30 years ago, I Ordinary holy people highlighted in books about saints ated to choose films with care, invented characters for a movie Wenders added that sometimes that were drawn a lot, yes, from films choose their directors. “If the Bible and from Rilke. But I GOD’S DOORKEEPERS by Joel Schorn. Franciscan Media, Cincinnati, Ohio, ©2006. Paper, 161 pages, you don’t feel you’re the only per - thought they were fictional US$13.99. THE SAINTS LITTLE BOOK OF WISDOM complied by Andrea Kirk Assaf. Harper-Collins, son who can make a film, then you characters, outrageously fiction - London, ©2016. Paper, 385 pages, US$14.95. Reviewed by Edwin Buettner. better not touch it,” he said. “If you al. And then I made the movie. I Pope Benedict VI described saints as “a great healing, these men were graced with a strong faith really feel like that subject wants had no clue how to make it. I luminous wake which God has passed through history from the time of childhood, an ease of connection you and needs you, you need to made it without a script. And . . . a force for good . . . truly light from light.” with a wide range of people, and an ability to answer to that responsibility.” every day I got help, miracu - According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church , always project deep joy. However, their lives were These might seem drastic crite - lously. And slowly I understood saints are models of “heroic virtue and fidelity to not without severe trials, including strong opposi - ria for success in filmmaking. that these angels had their fin - God’s grace: women and men who, in their time on tion from church authorities (all the while remain - Wenders matter-of-factly admitted gers in there: that they were giv - earth, have enfleshed the universal call to holiness.” ing loyal members). Most surprisingly perhaps, that not all his films have really ing me an incredible gift and I Unfortunately, these “holy people” are too easily they approached death with trepidation, fearing that mattered. Maybe not, but he has could only accept that I had to perceived as beyond reach and irrelevant to one’s they had not been authentic and worthy servants of made enough that have, including receive it and pass it on. own very “ordinary” and often challenging life. It’s God. masterpieces such as The American “So I refuse any responsibility easy to forget that the saints were human, subject to The Saints’ Little Book of Wisdom is a highly Friend (1977), Paris, Texas (1984) for ‘angel activity’ in this festival the same vulnerabilities as the rest of humanity. They portable collection of statements by saints through the and — ar gu ably his most famous or anywhere else. But I was suffered illness and pain, doubted their faith, and millennia of Christianity. According to the compiler, film — Wings of Desire (1987), blessed to get to know them a lit - often were misunderstood and maligned. In short, Andrea Kirk Asaf, these quotations were chosen with about angels watching over a still- tle bit,” the director finished. they were subject to the physical and psychological a twofold purpose: to show that “. . . the road to sanc - divided Berlin. “And I hope that all of you some - vulnerabilities of the human journey. tity is not a straight path to spiritual perfection, but “Wim makes films that move times have that experience.” As well, there exists a widely held belief that rather the humble willingness to persevere . . .” and saints come from different eras that have little in that “sainthood is not only attainable, but that we common with our scientific and technologically were created for it.” advanced times. These two books serve well as cor - The format of the Little Book encourages per - rectives to such misperceptions. sonal reflection. With few exceptions, each page is PAlearsee let uys oknouw aM monoth vin aidnvagnce? . God’s Doorkeepers highlights the lives of three limited to one quotation, thereby allowing sufficient Write to: Prairie Messenger canonized men who lived in the first half of the 20th “white space” for writing. The content is nicely Circulation Dept. Box 190, century: St. Padre Pio of Italy, St. André Bessette of organized into 15 sections, headed by a descriptor Muenster, Sask. S0K 2Y0 Canada, and Venerable Solanus Casey of the United and related phrase. For example, Suffering is fol - e-mail: [email protected] States. For author Joel Schorn, cultural, national, and lowed by Offering up our Troubles, Gratitude with Undeliverable papers cost twice as much to return. even religious differences among the three men fade in Living with Grace, and Faith as Trust in God’s the strong light of their spiritual heroism. The book’s Providence. For those wishing to progress through title is apt in that these three men had a rare capacity to the book sequentially, it is possible to spend an invite seekers into the hospitality of the kingdom. entire year with this book by reflecting on one pearl As well as their more widely known gifts of of wisdom per day. June 7, 2017 ARTS & CULTURE Prairie Messenger 9 British directors bring diverse work to our screens

when 18-year-old Emily (Emma Bell) shows early signs of a rebellious nature, Screenings returning from a Catholic female seminary suffering & Meanings from “an acute case of evan - gelism.” She was the middle child of a well-to-do Am- Gerald Schmitz herst, Massa chusetts, family, close to her older brother Does it make sense that the bureaucratic appeals process that Austin (Benjamin Wain - May 2016 English-language win - seems designed to deny benefits. wright) and younger sister ner of the Cannes festival’s pres - With no other source of income, Lavinia known as Vinnie tigious palme d’or takes a year to Daniel is forced to apply for job (Rose Williams). Her father, arrive in select Canadian the - seekers benefits, another bureau - Edward (Keith Carradine), atres? No, even if it carries some - cratic ordeal demanding he apply was a prominent lawyer and what unnecessary subtitles due to for non-existent jobs he cannot legislator; her mother, Emily dialogue in the “Geordie” dialect take. Various forms have to be (Joanna Bacon), a quiet help - of its northern England setting accessed and submitted online, a mate. The headstrong Emily’s Sixteen Films Newcastle upon Tyne. At any further frustration for Daniel, a witty retorts scandalize a vis - AWARD-WINNING FILM — Dave Johns and Hayley Squires star in I, rate, I, Daniel Blake is a wel - manual worker who has never iting fussy aunt. Although Daniel Blake , last year’s winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, and only come relief from the film equiva - been near a computer. Edward can be a stern recently released here in Canada. lent of fast food occupying most During one office visit Daniel Christian patriarch, he also screens. intervenes when Katie (Hayley indulges her desire to write poetry monarch, which forsakes all au- storm disrupts the ship’s electron - Squires), a recently moved hard- during the quiet wee hours of the thenticity for over-the-top action. ics, waking up the crew from their up young single mother with two night. Despite Emily’s indepen - It opens as Camelot is being suspension pods ahead of schedule young children receives a rough dence of spirit, she will never assaulted by the traitorous and accidentally frying its captain rebuff. Daniel may have some leave the family home. Mordred’s hordes including giant (James Franco in a micro-cameo). gruff edges but he is the soul of There’s a striking sequence computer-generated war elephants. Command falls to Oram (Billy kindness. Despite his own pre- that moves the narrative forward King Uther (Eric Bana) prevails Crudup) and, secondarily, the cap - dicament he becomes a supportive into later life. While the camera but is then done in by his treacher - tain’s widow Daniels (Katherine friend to the family, including as a slowly zooms in as family mem - ous brother Vortigern (Jude Law Waterston). Other key crew mem - handyman in their tiny flat. But bers pose for daguerreotype por - sporting a Caesar cut), who steals bers are the cowboy-hatted Tenne- stresses mount when their situa - traits, their facial features subtly the crown. However, the boy ssee (Danny McBride) and Lope tions grow more desperate. Katie age, in the children’s case into Arthur is saved (Moses-like in a (Demián Bichir). Also on-board, skips meals and joins a long queue those of new actors — Emily boat down a river) and raised in a the David-lookalike robot named at a food bank. Eventually she (Cynthia Nixon), Vinnie (Jennifer brothel in Londinium. After grow - Walter (Fassbender again) and an resorts to something that makes Ehle), and Austin (Duncan Duff) ing up at a furious rock-video unseen control system referred to her ashamed to face Daniel. For — all excellent in the roles. pace, the rest of the story is how as “mother” (voiced by Lorelei his part, he takes public his protest Davies’ rigorous craft is apparent the adult Arthur (a buff Charlie King). against an abusive system. as each image and mise-en-scène Hunnam, much better in The Lost Picking up a signal from an Daniel holds on to his self- seems meticulously composed to City of Z ) makes deals with earth-like planet much closer than respect and demands to be treated fit the period and its subjects. Vikings, rallies the resistance, and Covenant’s intended destination, Fox with respect. I’m a citizen, he Emily delights in the compan - reclaims his birthright. Oram decides to investigate over Michael Fassbender is among the declares, not a number in a heart - ionship of sharp-tongued friend actors who star in Ridley Scott’s less bureaucratic circle of hell Vryling Buffam (Catherine Bailey) I, Daniel Blake (U.K./France/Belgium 2016) Alien: Covenant . (though one employee, a sympa - and can be outspoken on the stric - A Quiet Passion thetic middle-aged woman, tries tures endured by women. Besides (U.K./Belgium 2016) Having myself just reached the to help him and gets reprimanded Vinnie, who also never marries, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (U.S. 2017) official senior mark of 65, I note for it). What happens to Daniel Emily becomes close to Austin’s that veteran director Ken Loach affects Katie and goes to the heart. wife, Susan Gilbert (Jodhi May). Alien: Covenant (U.S. 2017) will be 81 this month and, work - This plain-spoken human Her relationship with Austin, who ing again with longtime screen - story, an indictment of a corpo - is refused paternal permission to writing partner Paul Laverty, has rate-capitalist welfare state that serve in the Civil War, is estranged The invincible sword, of course, Daniels’ objections. It turns out to lost none of his deeply humane puts procedures and “sanctions” after she accuses him of infidelity. is Excalibur, and Arthur outs him - be a disastrous decision. As the critical touch. Dave Johns gives a above people, joins the ranks of An attachment she forms to a mar - self when he pulls it from the landing party comes across evi - remarkable moving performance the finest British dramas. ried man of the cloth becomes stone. He’s then spared from exe - dence of an earlier lost mission, a as the Daniel Blake of the title, a Another veteran of the British another source of strain and disap - cution by the evil tyrant Vortigern lethal virus begins to infect mem - 59-year-old carpenter and child - screen is writer-director Terence pointment. Always a homebody, through the intercession of a young bers — one that “colonizes” less widow who has suffered a Davies, now 71, whose A Quiet she withdraws into melancholic woman sorceress known as “the humans as hosts in a gory specta - heart attack that makes him Passion about the life of 19th-cen - bitterness, her outbursts some - mage” (Astrid Bergès-Frisbey). cle of horrifying alien creatures unable to work. When an uncar - tury American poet Emily times provoking rows within the The “lady of the lake” also makes bursting from the ravaged bodies. ing official gets him cut off from Dickinson arrives here a year and household. an appearance, among other fan - The diminishing crew also discov - his employment and support a half after its Berlin festival pre - Her poetry, ahead of its time, tastical elements. Arthur vanquish - er an immune sole survivor of that allowance, he is caught in a miere. The film begins in 1848 provided only partial private es the usurper and assumes his doomed mission — none other solace. Early on she had a few royal destiny while knighting allies than David, who has constructed a poems printed in The Springfield and constructing a roundtable. The laboratory of sorts. At first David Translations were complex Republican. But she never gained end of this bombastic epic could appears helpful to the human an audience. Her fame was entirely not come soon enough — a waste arrivals and his robot “brother” Continued from page 3 more complicated than we nor - posthumous as less than a dozen of of actors, time and money. Walter; another fateful mistake. mally do. Three-and-a-half cen - her 1,800 poems were published Moving from far-fetched It seems David’s model was France and of classical English, so turies apart, it was a world of spir - during her lifetime. The film cap - ancient lore to futurist fantasy is Sir discontinued for being too as to be able to render for English ituality that I did not know much tures their intimate tone, often on Ridley Scott’s directorial followup human-like, and David (“I was readers the style of these writings. about.” themes of longing and mortality, to his 1979 sci-fi horror classic not made to serve”) has learned to Giguere turned to someone not He said he is not surprised through Nixon’s off-screen recita - Alien and 2012’s Prometheus . In stay one step ahead of the cre - far from the tomb of the saint in that St. François de Laval’s writ - tion of verses at various points. Alien: Covenant the Covenant is a ators he regards as a “dying Old Quebec: the organist of the ings had never been translated After her parents’ death Emily 23rd-century spaceship carrying species.” There’s bound to be a Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral. before. “Without taking up the became increasingly reclusive until thousands of human colonists — showdown with the more tightly Born in England, Benjamin Water - cliché of the two solitudes, there her death at age 55. She was also adults and embryos — toward a programmed Walter. Will any of house is a professional translator has always been a separation be - afflicted with chronic ailments — habitable planet in another solar the humans survive the aliens to who knows how to make this tween French and English life,” diagnosed as “nervous prostration” system. But first, in an expansive return to the mother ship, can bridge between centuries and lan - he said. — that included what appear to be white room, we listen in on a con - they keep the aliens out, and even guages. Waterhouse said he was struck epileptic seizures. Not withstanding versation between the god-like if they do, who’s really in charge? “I had to understand the mean - by the “clairvoyance” of the first this painful physical decline, A inventor Peter Weyland (Guy Alien: Covenant relies on the ing of the original text before bishop of Quebec and by “his way Quiet Passion pays tribute to the Pearce) and his white-clad creation, trope of human-destroying mon - being able to translate it,” he said. of preparing the future”: to think poetic inner voice that was her gift the humanoid robot “David” sters in outer space with a schem - “To do this, I had to understand of building a cathedral, a semi - to world literature. (Michael Fassbender), who calls ing robot subtext and a few horror the world in which he lived and nary, and establishing parishes on In total contrast at the noisy him “father.” David, however, twists thrown in. However fearful his complexity, to immerse myself such a vast territory. end of the spectrum is Guy holds a trump card over his creator the state of today’s world, this into the history of Canada and The book is also expected to Richie’s King Arthur: Legend of — he’s not mortal. Alien episode, like the May New France, and read spiritual be available in digital format in the Sword , supposedly about the Fast forward to the voyage of release Life , conjures worse dan - texts written at the same time. It’s June. legendary sixth-century British the Covenant when an interstellar gers lurking in universes beyond. 10 Prairie Messenger DEEPENING OUR FAITH June 7, 2017 Living bread prepared in the flicker of cooking fires

before, in 1994, the Zapatista uprising had taken place. fullness.” He signed the identity card I had to wear every - The long oppressed indigenous Mayan peoples of the day as I went about my tasks in the village. region along with poor neighbours, after exhausting all Bishop Ruiz’s participation in the Second Vatican Liturgy peaceful means, staged a revolt. The military reacted Council led him to see the need to bring the Catholic faith swiftly. The church under Bishop Samuel Ruiz helped bro - to people in a way that reflected their own cultures. How and Life ker an uneasy peace. could the gospels be incarnated into the local culture of Violent incursions persisted in breaking the false each community in Chiapas? Bishop Ruiz saw to the calm. The military attacked the community of La translation of the Scriptures into local languages. His cate - Michael Dougherty Garrucha early one spring morning the year before I came chists no longer delivered a “colonial” version of the Word to it. Alerted by their dogs to the military movements, vil - of God to the communities with which they worked. They lagers gathered what they could and quickly fled into the sought under Bishop Ruiz’s direction to incorporate the Early every morning before the first distant streak of surrounding forests. One elder told me that the very young Gospel within the cultural traditions and day-to-day lives colour breaks the blackness of night sky on the eastern and the old suffered the most. Some died in forests before of the indigenous communities. A sense of social solidari - horizon, fires are lit. For millennia women have begun the they felt it safe to return to their ruined village. No manna ty with the indigenous people developed. “We who are same daily ritual in small agricultural settlements like La miraculously appeared to feed these people in the wilder - many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread,” as Garrucha. ness as it had the Israelites on their wanderings. Was this Paul wrote to the Corinthians. A flicker of light from cooking fires could be seen experience meant, as Moses had told his people in our first The indigenous peoples in Chiapas came to call through the stick walls of their simple homes on the edge reading, “to humble you and to test you and in the end to Bishop Ruiz “ Tatic ” out of respect for his commitment of the Lacadona rainforest straddling the southern border do you good”? to them. It means “father” in a local Mayan language. A of Mexico with Guatemala. Women first ground the corn, priest would likely visit La Garrucha only once or twice which had been soaked overnight in water with slaked Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16 a year but every Sunday the faithful would fill the sim - Body and Blood lime. Skilled hands then patted the soft masa harina Psalm 147 ple wood benches of the chapel, men on one side, of Christ dough into round tortillas and place them on a heated 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 women on the other. A liturgy of the word would be cel - June 18, 2017 grill. John 6:51-59 ebrated. Warm tortillas with a little salt and possibly beans At that synagogue in Capernaum some 2,000 years greeted her family as they awakened to face the new day. The community of La Garrucha rebuilt. It was hard. ago, John writes in the Gospel that Jesus said, “the one By the first light of dawn the men were already beginning Their fields had not been planted. Hunger visited the vil - who eats this bread will live forever.” After the Gospel to make their way to small distant fields hacked out of the lage increasing their suffering. A humble dirt-floored was read in Tzeltal everyone would break up into small shrinking rainforest. A side bag of tortillas along with their chapel occupied the centre of the village. Their faith groups to reflect on the meaning the Scriptures had for water gourd hung off their shoulders. Tortillas were truly helped hold them fast though their travails. It “led them them in their lives. Questions from an elder would facili - their life-sustaining bread. through the great and terrible wilderness” they faced tate the discussion. Then more prayers followed, the Our As a human rights observer in this Tzeltal-speaking together. Father would be said and a hymn sung before communion village some two decades ago, I witnessed this morning Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, a 16th-century was distributed. An elder brought the consecrated hosts ritual repeatedly. The Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas Dominican missionary from Spain, served as one of the from a town hours of travel away. Christ’s death and resur - Human Rights Centre in San Cristóbal de Las Casas, first bishops of Chiapas. He is remembered as a protector rection was continually present to them through the break - Chiapas, had sent me there to accompany these people in of the Indians there. Bishop Samuel Ruiz founded the Fray ing of the bread. this then heavily militarized zone. A little over three years Bartolomé de Las Casas Human Rights Centre in 1989. I have heard that La Garrucha finally has electricity. He gave it the mission to walk at the side and in the ser - Maybe they also now have a teacher for their school and vice of the poor and excluded.” As its goal it sought to medicine in their clinic. One thing for sure, though, they Dougherty is co-chair of the Social Justice Committee “contribute to the building of a society where people and continue to share along with us in the Body and Blood of at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Whitehorse, Yukon. communities exercise and enjoy all their rights in their Jesus Christ. It is grace to have someone go ahead to prepare a place for you

again, to prepare another place task as adults is to show the young ordinary looking deaths, with no for them. how to live at a place where choirs of angels silently chant - In I preached those words at her they’ve never been as yet. ing in the background, no funeral and despite our grief and And it is both a noble and alleluias on their lips, with pain despite the fact that in moments humble task. Most of us cannot and thirst dominating their con - Exile like these there is nothing really live up to the lofty ideals we see cerns, with their hands being that can be said that takes away lived out in the lives of the great tightly grasped by loved ones, Ron Rolheiser, OMI the pain, her raw testimony of saints, though their lives have and their hearts still very much faith left us with an image that created an ideal place for us. focused on the pain of leaving placed us all, not least her hus - However, while not everyone can this world. And that’s not a bad band and children, inside a bigger live as Mother Teresa did, per - way to die. In how they man - “I go on ahead to prepare a to a point where she could no story, a faith narrative, that high - haps they can live like you do and aged their deaths they prepared a place for you!” Jesus speaks longer eat, but could still be lighted two things. your life can be their exemplar place for me. Looking at how those words to his disciples on nourished for a time by intra - First, the image of her going for meaning, wholeness, anony - they died, I am far less fearful the eve of his death as he sits at venous transfusions. But these on ahead of her children awak - mous sanctity, and dying without and can more readily say: I can table with them and senses their too eventually no longer worked ened our grieving faith to the unnecessary fear. do this! sadness as they grapple with his and, once unhooked from the truth that a mother can go on I’ve been graced to be at the What a grace to have someone dying, his going away. His words intravenous needles, she was told ahead to prepare a place for her deathbed of a goodly number of go on ahead to prepare a place for are meant to console them and that she had roughly a week still children in much deeper ways ordinary people who died very you! give them the assurance that they to live. She chose to spend those than simply bringing a newborn aren’t being abandoned. It’s just last days in a hospital rather than home from a hospital. Second, that he is going on ahead to pre - at home, with her family having her “going ahead” was also pare a place for them to come and easy, 24-hour access to her hos - showing her children, and the join him later. pice bed. rest of us, how to die, how to do 95th annual That story speaks to me very The days leading up to her that act that we all someday must personally because of how one death were a sacred time. I took do. After you watch a good per - of my sisters died. She was her communion several days son die, you become less afraid young, the mother of a large before she died and, with her to die yourself because you see Mount Carmel family, and seemingly too young head still very clear, she told me how it can be done in an ordinary to leave her young children be- what I should say at her funeral way, by an ordinary person, in a (twoPilgrimage miles north of Carmel, Sask.) hind. She was dying of a cancer liturgy. She had chosen that exact way that you can also do. In her that, while re lentlessly doing its text where Jesus, on the night dying, she prepared a place for deadly work, mercifully left her before he dies, tells his heavy- us. relatively pain-free and clear in hearted disciples that he is going But this isn’t a lesson only Sunday, July 16 mind and heart to the very end. ahead, to prepare a place for about dying. This image, I go on The cancer eventually took her them . She shared how, before ahead to prepare a place for you , every one of her children was is a metaphor which defines the 12:00 An hour with our born, before she went to the hos - Program: essential task of our adult, mature diocesan family Rolheiser, theologian, teacher, pital to give birth, she had care - years. Our task as “elders,” 9:30 An hour with Mary Marian hymns, rosary, Lunch & quiet time with the and award-winning author, is fully prepared everything at whether that be as a mother or Blessed Sacrament president of the Oblate School of home for the new arrival — the father, an older brother or older sis - Sacrament of reconciliation 1:30 An hour with the Lord Theology in San Antonio, Texas. crib, the diapers, the clothing, the ter, an uncle or an aunt, a teacher, a 10:45 An hour with God's family Sunday eucharist Hymns He can be contacted through his room. She brought each of her clergyman, a nurse, a worker, a Stations of the Cross website: www.ronrolheiser.com. children home to a place she had colleague, or a friend, is to live in Blessing of fields Blessing of the sick Blessing with the Now on Facebook: www.face - carefully prepared. And now she such a way so as to create a place Blessed Sacrament book.com/ronrolheiser was going on ahead of them where the young can follow. Our June 7, 2017 FEATURE Prairie Messenger 11 Equipping ecumenical leaders for challenges ahead

By Darren Dahl What is at the core of our spiritu - al lives that draws us together in We are giving shape to “arti - unity? How did we get to this sans of reconciliation.” This place — not only in terms of our beloved phrase of Archbishop denominational divisions, but Donald Bolen speaks well to the also in re spect to the ecumenical goals of the Program in Ecu- movement itself? Finally, and menical Studies and Formation even more basically, what kinds offered by the Prairie Centre for of language do ecumenists use Ecumenism in Saskatoon. and how can this language help While it is often acknowl - us to live well in an ecumenical edged that we now live in an ecu - church? menical church, it is equally true When participants return for that this presents a new set of their second and third sessions in challenges. For the most part, the the two subsequent summers, days of deep denominational divi - their exploration of the ecumeni - sions are behind us, at least at the cal church is deepened. These daily level. Within our circles of years are dedicated to a study of friends and family it is common ecumenical dialogues — not only to have numerous denominational the results of actual dialogues on identities unspokenly present and, the topics of baptism, eucharist, in many cases, we do not even ministry, and authority but, more know to which religious commu - importantly, on the way theology nity our neighbours and cowork - is done dialogically in the ecu - ers belong. menical church. As more and more congrega - For these sessions the program tions and their leaders share pro - CNS/ L’Osservatore Romano brings in two nationally and inter - grams across neighbourhoods STUDY OF ECUMENISM — Participants in upper years of the Program in Ecumenical Studies and nationally recognized visiting and within cities, ecumenical Formation offered in Saskatoon deepen their exploration of the ecumenical church, writes Darren Dahl. scholars. Since launching the pro - friendships flourish. There is “These years are dedicated to a study of ecumenical dialogues — not only the results of actual dialogues on gram in 2014, the calibre of our much in this ecumenical church the topics of baptism, eucharist, ministry, and authority but, more importantly, on the way theology is done visiting scholars has been enviably for which we ought to give dialogically in the ecumenical church.” high: Dr. Catherine Clifford in thanks. There are also some new 2014, Rev. Dr. Timothy George challenges. depth from what it means to be On the contrary, I want to Examples of such hurtful situa - and Sister Dr. Donna Geernaert in Perhaps the most significant Christian. For example, I have know that what I love about my tions frequently arise around the 2015, Rev. Canon Alyson Barnett- and yet insidious challenge too frequently heard it said that tradition and what my neighbour practice of the eucharist or Cowan and Rev. Dr. Michael posed by our new ecumenical all Christians should and can “get loves about hers makes us both Lord’s Supper. Kinnamon in 2016. This year the sensibilities is ecumenical indif - along” because, after all, “we’re richer when we can be together as Sadly it is not that uncommon visiting scholars are Rev. Tom ference. Such indifference oper - all the same.” Not only does such Christians in that difference. That to see families, for whom denom - Ryan and Natasha Klukach. ates on many levels and can pro - an idea remove all that is rich and kind of life together, however, is inational identity is not the kind Rev. Tom Ryan is author or duce hurtful outcomes in several important in the actual experience not reducible to “sameness” and of divisive issue it might have co-author of 14 books, former ways. of Christian diversity, it can certainly requires more than a been two generations ago, gather Director of the Canadian Centre For example, at the heart of quickly become offensive. passive ecumenical friendship. at a funeral or wedding only to for Ecumenism, and currently the such indifference is a basic mis - As an Anglican or a Catholic, I Ecumenical indifference can find ecumenical boundaries be - Director of the Paulist North understanding about the concrete do not want to hear that my also become hurtful when we come occasions for misunder - American Office for Ecumenical identities of Christian communi - hymnody, liturgy or creedal be- move from casual friendships to standing and resentment. If I and Interfaith Relations in Bos - ties. This can quickly evacuate all liefs are mere ornaments to be experiences of worshipping to - think that “we’re all the same,” ton. (Ryan has also been a long - sloughed off with appeals to a gether, particularly in those those boundaries are going to hurt time columnist for the Prairie lowest common denominator that cases where worship is bound up all the more. Into this experience Messenger.) Dahl is the executive director for makes me “the same” as my with a significant life event such the idea that we as Christians are Natasha Klukach is a former the Prairie Centre for Ecumenism. neighbour. as a wedding or a funeral. still on the way to reconciliation Ecumenical Officer for the An - still in need of recognizing places glican Church of Canada and is where divisions must be over - now a Program Executive with come will be a foreign one. And re sponsibility for Church and yet this ecumenical church is a Ecumenical Relations with the church where great fellowship is World Council of Churches. lived in the midst of real bound - As well as learning from the aries that must be acknowledged expertise and experiences of our and addressed with sensitivity, visiting scholars, participants have theological sophistication, and the opportunity to interact with pastoral skill. them around table discussions, The Program in Ecumenical during meals, and at breaks. This Studies and Formation offered is an excellent opportunity to be every June in Saskatoon is de - introduced to the study of ecu - signed to equip leaders and per - menism with some of the most sons in the pew with that much- prominent ecumenical leaders needed ecumenical sensitivity, today. www.cnewa.ca U 1-866-322-4441 theological sophistication, and The Program in Ecumenical pastoral skill. Studies and Formation is forming With a dual emphasis on “artisans of reconciliation.” As “study” and “formation,” the pro - program participants and instruc - CNEWA Canada gram seeks to educate Christians tors gather for one week at the in ways of thinking and acting that end of June over three years there have emerged thanks to the dedi - takes place, the opportunity for cated efforts of the ecumenical ecumenical learning and forma - movement, placing them within an tion. A community is created, ecumenical community through - friendships are established, and out this process. Participants learn the work of giving shape to an T YYes, es, I wantI towant help tto help about ecumenism while they prac - ecumenical church occurs. Syrian Christians! tise it. We give thanks that God is Name The first year of the program working great healing in a church introduces students to the ques - divided and we respond to that T$35 T $50 T$100 T$______Address tions and concerns at the heart of healing with an ever-firmer resolve an ecumenical church: what does to equip leaders to serve well and Mail oury hequec to: it mean to be “church” when my truly in an ecumenical church. Christian sisters and brothers For more information about Catholic Near WelfarelfarEastW e WAssociation Telepheelephone Email with whom I gather think differ - the Prairie Centre’s Program in 1247 Kilborn Place ently, not only about the sacra - Ecumenical Studies and Forma - Ottawa, ON K1H 6K9 Charitaabble Registration #86775 7502 RR0001 11834 ments, but about “church” itself? tion please see our website at How do we read the Bible www.pcecumenism.ca or contact together from our different histo - [email protected] or ries, theologies, and traditions? 306-653-1633. 12 Prairie Messenger FEATURE June 7, 2017 Walking for indigenous rights: a twist on the road

few of us received one bit of When we joined the group Canada, and he asked about his push back from a middle-aged early one morning, they were rights. settler, a reminder of the task having breakfast after sleeping at That led him into a litany of ahead if reconciliation is to a United Church in Perth. The prejudices: The jails, he said, are Pulpit occur. next stop, after a long walk of 37 full of “natives.” The leaders, he A core group of about 30 kilometres, was a tiny Anglican said, are corrupt. He claimed to & Politics walkers hiked through rain, snow church in the village of Ashton. have dined in British Columbia and sunshine for 20 days in April There, after being greeted warm - with a chief who lived in a big Dennis Gruending and May. They were people of ly by the minister and served din - house and had an SUV in the dri - religious faith who were respond - ner by volunteers, the walkers veway while his band members ing to a call to action from the rolled out their sleeping bags on, lived in squalor. Curiously, when Truth and Rec onciliation Com - under and in-between pews. I looked past the man I saw that My wife Martha and I joined from Kitchener, Ont., to Ottawa. mission (TRC) inquiry into Breakfast on the following morn - he lived in a big house and kept walkers in May for the final three The walkers encountered warm Indian residential schools. The ing was provided by the equally a large car parked in his drive - days of a Pilgrimage for Indige - support from individuals and TRC commissioners asked modest United Church down the way. nous Rights, a 600-kilometre trek churches along the route but a churches, among others, to sup - street. The “natives,” he continued, port the United On that day’s long walk from were killing their own women. Nations Declara - Perth to Ashton four of us had a A young pilgrimage organizer tion on the Rights bracing encounter while standing suggested gently that we should of In digenous beside our support van which was wait for the Inquiry into Miss- Peo ples. The UN parked at the side of the road. An ing and Murdered In digenous describes that doc - older man who had been watch - Women and Girls to describe ument as outlining ing us from his acreage walked what had occurred. Finally, the the “minimum over and asked what was happen - older man said that whites are standards neces - ing. When we told him we were now a minority in Canada. This sary” for the dig - walking in support of indigenous really has nothing to do with nity, survival and rights, he said that he was indige - indigenous rights but I know well-being of in- nous because he was born in where he is coming from, hav - digenous peoples. ing observed the 2016 U.S. Although the election. Trudeau govern - Gruending is an Ottawa-based At this point, a young woman ment has accepted writer and a former member of among us offered the man some the declaration in Parliament. His blog can be ice cream. He declined but the principle, it has found at http://www.dennisgru - peace offering appeared to have yet to provide any ending.ca. This article appeared its effect; he thanked us for the framework for in a slightly altered form with the conversation and cautioned us to implementing it. United Church Observer on May be careful while walking along The walkers called 25, 2017 (ucobserver.org). the busy highway. Dennis Gruending upon the govern - PILGRIMAGE FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS — Pilgrimage for Indigenous Rights ment to do just rally in Ottawa following the 600-kilometre trek. that. Honour dignity inherent in each person

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June 7, 2017 CHURCH AT HOME Prairie Messenger 13 Care and feeding: some things change, others do not

Around the Kitchen Table

Maureen Weber

In May I had the good fortune When I was born I had a new to travel to Ottawa to visit our high chair too. It was bright yel - daughter Leigh, her husband, low including the tray, which had Nohé, and our now eight-month- chrome trim reminiscent of un - old granddaughter Anissa. The wieldy cars of the ’50s. It did presence of a baby in the family have a strap underneath to anchor engenders memories of my child - the tray and prevent the baby hood and our time as parents of from sliding through. That chair young ones. Parenting has always made it through five kids, but by been a challenge no matter what the time it got to Greg, 10 years Leigh Weber generation we belong to, and later, the strap was long gone and YESTERDAY AND TODAY — Maureen at age one in her chrome-trimmed yellow high chair (eating while some things never change Greg was “secured” into the chair chocolate cake, still her favourite), and Anissa, eight months, in her streamlined green high chair, trying to — all babies are cute in their own with one (or two) of Dad’s old figure out how to get the “Baby Mushies” out of her fist, and into her mouth. Some things have changed in way — much is unrecognizable. ties. I remember Greg falling past decades, and others not so much. Feeding, for example. When I through and getting stuck. It was arrived at Leigh’s the first thing I a challenge to decide whether to some sort of discomfort. broccoli, spinach and sweet pota - Anissa gets some mass-pro - noticed in the kitchen was a lime pull him out the bottom, or grasp I remember well that advice. to each cooked, blended and duced baby foods, but now they green streamlined chair that under his arms and pull him out When mine were young I, with frozen into little plops of colour come in pouches in combinations would not be out of place at the top. Either way a bump on the great trepidation, spent at least a by her mama. like “sweet potato, papaya, apri - NASCAR. It could recline, be head was assured. couple of weeks on rice cereal Fresh fruits like mango, straw - cot and cardamom.” Did you raised and lowered, it had moving While Anissa’s chair is im - before introducing jars of Gerber’s berry-kiwi pops, blueberries, nec - know you could squeeze rata - parts and wheels, and a five-point pressive, what I found even more carrots, giving each mushy veg - tarines, and bananas are a given. touille out of a tube? harness that looked like it would impressive was what she was etable its week (grainy peas being My kids got mostly the same, but If only I’d known you could be safe enough to withstand a col - served. Parenting advice 30 years the least appetizing). When it was theirs came out of a jar complete feed babies real food, it would lision. It was even Italian. We ago insisted on introducing solids time to introduce meat, I bought with sugar and thickeners. have taken some of the stress out kind of splurged on a high chair, individually and over a great deal baby food chicken and fretted We had Cheerios to keep our of the job. Leigh explained. of time lest the baby experience when, even disguised in the kids occupied while we were I was feeling a bit like a relic favourite sweet potatoes, it was preparing their meals. Anissa has from the past, so I got out of the met with disgust. The fact that it Baby Mushies, an ingenious kitchen and caught a glimpse of smelled like my cats’ canned invention that look like cat treats something familiar in Anissa’s toy chicken with liver probably didn’t and function about the same. box. In recent years Fisher Price Advertise in the help. New research says a Tyran - They’re spongy discs made of has done a reissue of classic toys nosaurus Rex could bite with the melt-in-your mouth blends, like and, there it was, the Chatter Prairie Messenger weight of three cars, but I’ll bet my “kale, spinach and apple.” Telephone, not only from my chil - Monday - Friday 8:30 - 5 p.m. little ones could match that judging The really amazing stuff is the dren’s baby years, but from my Ph. 306-682-1772 Fax 306-682-5285 by the way their mouths clamped scramble-fried hamburger with younger brothers’ as well. Anissa shut when coaxing them to be spiced pizza sauce (spooned out grabbed the receiver and pulled email: [email protected] meat-eaters. of the pot before the salt is added) the phone toward her with just a Anissa, on the other hand, and mashed black beans, extra little too much gusto. It came at opens her mouth like a baby robin strong cheddar, coconut curry her quickly and hit her in the face. for her meals. She started off with fish, hummus. And how is it that Wailing ensued. Yep, I thought. oat cereal for a couple of days but Anissa’s favourite food is boiled Just as I remember. I wonder if within two weeks was eating avo - eggs? My oldest son-in-law still the Music Box Teaching Clock is BOSCO FOUNDATION cado, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, won’t eat eggs. still as lethal. John Bosco Child & Family Services Foundation PRAIRIE MESSENGER PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

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A difference in policy commit themselves to ending the arms trade, which the Gulf region in the face of Iranian threats, while victimizes so many innocent people.” also bolstering the kingdom’s ability to contribute to The differences between U.S. President Donald This intention marks a stark contrast to what counter-terrorism operations across the region, Trump and Pope Francis were noted by commenta - Trump considers one of his greatest triumphs on his reducing the burden on the U.S. military to conduct tors at the time of Trump’s visit to the Vatican May first trip abroad as president. those operations,” the White House explained in a 24. They include the treatment of migrants, the build - In his visit to Saudi Arabia he signed a weapons statement. ing of walls, and the environment, among others. deal worth nearly $110 billion immediately and up to Trump claimed the deal was a fulfilment of his We do not know if any of these issues were dis - $350 billion over 10 years. The White House promise to provide jobs, jobs, jobs for Americans. cussed during their private meeting. labelled the deal “a significant expansion of . . . (the) However, American Catholics should be concerned Another major difference has become evident. security relationship” between the two countries. about the kind of jobs he is providing. Every month Pope Francis announces a new Simultaneously, Saudi Arabia signed a flurry of deals The pope’s prayer intention for June certainly calls prayer intention, published by the Apostleship of with private U.S. companies worth tens of billions of into question Trump’s priorities. It should also call Prayer, the pope’s worldwide prayer network. His dollars. into question his pro-life reputation. As the media prayer intention for the month of June 2017 is: “This package of defense equipment and services report daily, and the pope’s intention notes, the arms “National Leaders: that national leaders may firmly support the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and trade victimizes many innocent people. — PWN Gardening in the Arctic done a bit differently than in the South

their grocery bill along the way. flavour, high caloric content and and growing challenge in Can - The people of the north were excellent nutritional value. ada’s northern and remote Abo - Life In not always vegetable eaters and The bounty of nature is riginal communities.” Moreover, some still are not. Country food, immense, but while land and sea “Evidence indicates that people Canadian as it is known, is still an important does provide, it is not always pre - who are food insecure are more part of the diet. In May, the birds dictable and for some it remains susceptible to malnutrition and Arctic return on their migration routes inaccessible. Food security is an infection, as well as chronic and the goose hunt is on. The issue in the North. It costs money health problems such as obesity, game harvest provides fresh fowl to hunt and fish as gas for quad anemia, cardiovascular disease, Jon Hansen, CSsR for the table and hopefully a few and boat is very expensive and diabetes, stress, and child devel - extra for the freezer for the winter nets, guns and bullets are not free. opmental issues. Mental health months that lay not so far ahead. For those who must purchase effects of food insecurity include The last of the large snow piles Greenhouse, seeds are already Fishing is a year-round pursuit food, grocery prices continue to reduced ability to learn, depres - left behind from the clearing of sprouting and those who started and follows the cycles of the fish rise as they do across the country, sion, and social exclusion.” the church parking lot are slowly seedlings indoors back in April as they move from river to ocean but at an even higher rate. With the problem of food seeping into the ground and the will soon see the first blossoms on and back again. Inland there is In 2014 Health Canada com - security an important concern, the ice pans jumbled on the river their tomatoes. caribou on the tundra and moose missioned an Expert Panel church has responded with some bank during breakup are almost The facility, run by the Inuvik farther south in the forest. On the Assessment of Aboriginal food initiatives to help take a bite out gone. The sun is now up and will Community Garden Society, is the coast, Beluga whale is a coveted security in the Canadian North, of the problem. The Western be for the next month, circling the result of the conversion of an old resource for the annual supply of which concluded: “Food insecuri - horizon 24 hours. This makes hockey arena which once be - muktuk , a much-loved food for its ty presents a particularly serious — ARCTIC , page 15 daytime temperatures quite pleas - longed to Sir Alexander Mac ken - ant though the mercury can still zie School. The residential school dip down below the freezing was torn to the ground a few years It’s time to talk about a BIG on poverty mark at night. ago, but the repurposed arena is As in other parts of the country, now helping to bring out of the with spring weather comes gar - ground good healthy food for the By Rosana Salvaterra, only, and wouldn’t affect disability grams and lost productivity, are dening, but it must be done a little community. The greenhouse Peterborough, Ont. supports or other social safety nets. immense. differently up here. The delta encloses over 100 eight- by four-ft, Here’s an issue where public A guaranteed income is a sim - offers good fertile soil but the fluc - raised beds for society members as Across Canada and around the health officials and health practi - pler, more transparent approach tuation in daily temperature makes well as providing growing space world, people from all sides of tioners have had a jump start. to social assistance, and extends for a short growing season and for local group homes, the home - the political spectrum are starting Two years ago, medical officers protection to those who aren’t outdoor gardening, for the most less shelter and the community to talk about the BIG idea of a of health and members of boards covered. It also promotes greater part, is a dubious prospect. How- foodbank. basic income guarantee (BIG), of health from across Ontario met equality of opportunity. ever, inside the Inuvik Community In recent years, the Society has also known as a guaranteed annu - and passed a resolution calling on With the security of a regular expanded its mandate and has al income. federal and provincial governments basic income, people can effec - now set up pilot greenhouse pro - The Ontario government re - to replace existing social assistance tively manage their circumstances Hansen is a Redemptorist priest jects in communities across the cently approved a three-year programs with a guaranteed annual to recover from financial set - and pastor of Our Lady of Victory western Arctic. Individuals and basic income pilot project and income, similar to what is available backs, illness or injury, balance Parish, Inuvik, Yukon. See his groups are digging in, learning selected three cities — Hamilton/ for all seniors in Canada. I attend - shifting employment and family website: www.jonhansenccsr.com new skills and putting a dent in Brantford, Thunder Bay and ed and had the support of the care needs, or choose to obtain Lindsay — as test sites. Fed - Peter borough County-City board more education, retrain or try out erally, a motion in the Senate to of health to vote in favour of the new job opportunities. encourage the government to resolution. Two months later, Examples of a guaranteed in - investigate the cost and impact of King ston’s associate medical offi - come already exist, such as Old a national basic income program cer of health took a similar resolu - Age Security provided to most has garnered cross-party support. tion forward to the Canadian adults at age 65. In addition, the Glo bal ly, Finland has launched a Medical Association where there, Guaranteed Income Supplement is basic income pilot, and industry too, it was endorsed. provided to seniors with low in - giants like Tesla’s Elon Musk Why are our provincial public come using a negative income tax have said a universal basic in- health sectors and other health model: the lower one’s income, come will be necessary for every - providers so concerned about the greater one’s benefit. And one in the future. economics? From a public health children’s benefits share similari - So what is a basic income perspective, we know that people ties with Old Age Security. guarantee and why all the fuss? with lower incomes experience So extending a basic income BIG is an income security mea - poorer health. guarantee to all is an extension of sure that would ensure everyone In Canada, people living in pov - programs that we’ve used for many has a sufficient amount of money erty have a shortened life ex - years to target the young and the old. to meet their basic needs for food, pectancy, as well as higher rates of In Canada, a five-year basic shelter, heat and clothing. It would chronic disease and less access to income pilot project was conduct - enable people to live with dignity, the broader determinants of health, ed in the 1970s in Dauphin, Man. regardless of their work status. such as safe housing, food security A retrospective evaluation of the And it has the potential to prevent and education. For children living project in 2011 found that in addi - poverty, and help individuals and in poverty, there are special con - tion to reducing poverty, it result - families deal with economic inse - cerns of lower birth weights, poorer ed in a significant reduction in curity and setbacks. It’s meant to developmental outcomes, reduced health-care utilization, an in - replace income assistance and school success and increased rates crease in high school completion income replacement programs of illness and injury. rates and fewer incidents of work- Jon Hansen The cost of implementing a related injuries. ARCTIC GREENHOUSE — As in other parts of the country, spring basic income program through It’s definitely time to talk seri - weather brings gardening. The delta offers good fertile soil but the fluc - Salvaterra is the medical offi - government transfers would be ously about this BIG idea, which tuation in daily temperature makes for a short growing season and out - cer of health for the Peterborough significant. But the indirect costs has the potential to improve the door gardening is a dubious prospect. The Inuvik Community Public Health and an expert with of poverty, for example, in in - quality of life for many, and sup - Greenhouse seeds are already sprouting and those who started seedlings EvidenceNetwork.ca. www.troy - creased use of health care, reme - port the creation of healthier com - indoors in April will soon see the first blossoms on their tomatoes. media.com dial education, crime, social pro - munities for all of us. June 7, 2017 LETTERS Prairie Messenger 15

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St. Vincent de Paul Society living in solidarity with future U.S. bishops’ Committee on “Trump announces withdrawal generations, realize peace and care International Justice and Peace, from the Paris accord,” said the for creation. called Trump’s decision “deeply headline in L’Osservatore Romano . collects food staples for Arctic “The international agreement of troubling.” Above the headline, in smaller let - 2015 demonstrates that all nations “The Scriptures affirm the ters, it said: “Criticism from the Continued from page 14 offering hospitality and warm food will be impacted by a warming value of caring for creation and European Union and China.” to the homeless throughout the world and that all na tions have a caring for each other in solidarity. The article itself was a brief Regional Council of the Society winter months. Through rummage corresponding re sponsibility to The Paris agreement is an interna - news story that included reaction of St. Vincent de Paul has, for the sales, local St. Vincent de Paul limit greenhouse gas pollution tional accord that promotes these from Cantu. In a commentary fur - past number of years, provided members raise money helping to causing climate change,” said a values,” Cantu said in a statement ther down the front page, the food staples to the western Arctic support the local food bank in statement released through the released shortly after the presi - Vatican newspaper said the crucial through the “North of 60” pro - Inuvik and Sister Fay Trombley Catholic Climate Covenant soon dent made his announcement in question is whether a U.S. with - gram. This program utilizes the operates the only food bank in after Trump’s announcement. the White House Rose Garden. drawal would “neutralize all the vast network of parishes in south - Tuktoyaktuk out of her home with “The Catholic Church recog - “President Trump’s decision efforts made to combat global ern urban settings to collect dona - the help of members of the Cath - nizes that climate change is a will harm the people of the United warming.” tions of food and clothing which olic faith community. global problem that requires glob - States and the world, especially While one country, even a pow - are then shipped by truck and Tackling hunger is a basic first al solutions,” the statement said. the poorest, most vulnerable com - erful one, cannot stop the rest of the river barge to communities across step in our ministry in the Arctic. The signers included leaders of munities,” the bishop said. world from taking action to miti - the western Arctic. Like Jesus, who fed the 5,000 Catholic Climate Covenant, Con- “The impacts of climate gate the human impacts on climate Locally our parishes and mis - gathered to hear him speak, we are ference of Major Superiors of Men, change are already being experi - change, the commentary said, with - sions respond with face-to-face aware that the “Good News” falls Franciscan Action Network, Co - enced in sea level rise, glacial out the United States a truly global ministries that include services like on deaf ears when the stomach is lumban Centre for Advocacy and melts, intensified storms and effort “becomes unrealistic.” the Community Kitchen in Inuvik, speaking louder than the preacher.

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By Dennis Sadowski makes the others say, ‘Who are Initiative on Catholic Social house gas emissions and other Answering a question from we?’ ’’ Turkson, prefect of the Thought and Public Life. pollutants that enter the atmos - Carr, Turkson explained that the WASHINGTON (CNS) — Vatican’s new Dicastery for Pro - Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, phere immediately become a encyclical is not an attack on cap - Cardinal Peter Turkson, a top moting Integral Human Develop- former Vatican observer to the global concern because they do italism or the market economy, as adviser to Pope Francis, ques - ment, said in an interview with UN agencies in Geneva who now not stay over one country. some analysts have suggested, tioned how well President Donald Catholic News Service May 31. works alongside Turkson, also “The president is used to say - but that it questions any human- Trump’s declarations of “America The Vatican, he said, defers to attended the meeting. ing ‘America first.’ That has created activity that does not first” serve understanding across local bishops’ conferences — in As part of his visit, the cardi - become almost a kind of mantra,” serve people. the broader global community. this case the U.S. Conference of nal participated in a 90-minute he told the Georgetown audience. “Pope Francis has one basic “That’s a language that I think Catholic Bishops — to respond if public discussion with Carr, But the most important thing to principle . . . the human person is not useful to speak because it it so chooses. But he said leaders answering questions on the envi - recognize is that questions about must be at the centre of all human in other countries ronment and climate change, the climate and environment, these engagement,” the cardinal ex - could question why world economy, the papacy of are global issues that need to be plained, saying if anything that the U.S. sets itself Pope Francis and the role of handled globally. There is no way occupies the centre of someone’s above others. laypeople in the church. that one can treat issues of the cli - life — work, power or anything “I don’t think it Turkson’s comments came as mate at the national level. That is else — it fails to serve people. makes for the atmos - news reports indicated that Trump not possible. The moment it “But for him (Pope Francis), phere of trust,” Turk - was prepared to withdraw the U.S. enters the atmosphere it’s a global everything must serve the human son said. from the 2015 Paris climate agree - issue,” he said. person. The human person is the The cardinal was ment signed by nearly 200 coun - The cardinal also cited one thing that God created for its at George town tries. Trump announced the after - “Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our own sake. Everything else must University in Wash - noon of June 1 that the U.S. would Common Home,” Pope Francis’ serve the human person,” Turkson ing ton to attend a withdraw from the agreement. 2015 encyclical on the environment said. three-day meeting of In response to a question from and people’s relationship to cre - The cardinal said that through leaders of U.S. acad - Dan Misleh, executive director of ation. He said the document’s con - the pontificate of Pope Francis, emic centres focused the Catholic Climate Covenant, cluding paragraphs offer a “deeply “the church has experienced a on Catholic social about what he would say if he rooted conviction in the hope that really brand new breath of fresh thought. The gather - had a 15-minutes with Trump to the human family can still change air. The church has rediscovered ing was designed to discuss climate issues, Turkson course” from their consumption its voice. The church has redis - allow centre directors said he would stress that green - habits and polluting ways. covered its credibility.” and faculty to discuss CNS/Rafael Suanes, Georgetown University ways to more broad - Mexican bishops face threats from cartel CARDINAL TURKSON — Cardinal Peter ly share Catholic Turkson, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for social teaching and the Integral Development of People, and John advance the message By David Agren place to say it, but I asked for of the “ campesinos ” growing Carr, director of the Initiative on Catholic Social of Pope Francis in assistance from the state and they opium poppies to make ends meet. Thought and Public Life at Georgetown the universal church, MEXICO CITY (CNS) — sent state police, but (those “Opium poppies are produced University, spoke during a May 31 panel discus - said John Carr, direc - Bishops in the southern Mexican police) were disarmed (by crimi - as harvested and I cannot in any sion at the Jesuit-run university in Washington. tor of the university’s state of Guerrero have suffered nals) and the police left,” he said way condemn it because they are threats from organized criminal of the attempt to quell a cartel campesinos (poor farmers) who Church leaders welcome groups as they serve a region rife conflict. have no other way to live,” Rangel with drug cartel activities and Violence has worsened in told the newspaper Reforma in parishes located in impoverished Mexico over the last two years and March. His comments attracted change in HHS mandate indigenous communities where crime statistics show the country criticism for their portrayal of people eke out existences by cul - on pace to record its highest homi - criminal groups and allegations he By Carol Zimmermann Becket, the law firm representing tivating opium poppies. cide rate in 20 years. Guerrero downplayed the damage caused by the Little Sisters of the Poor. “At Bishop Maximino Miranda state — site of the 2014 abduction drug cartels, whose members often WASHINGTON (CNS) — A long last the United States gov - Martinez of Ciudad Altamirano of 43 teacher trainees by police — prey upon local populations and leaked draft rule from the De- ernment acknowledges that peo - was robbed of his vehicle after has been especially violent as commit crimes such as kidnapping partment of Health and Human ple can get contraceptives without encountering a roadblock manned dozens of criminal groups contest and extortion. Services exempting religious forcing nuns to provide them. by an armed group in the violent drug turfs. The mur der rate of 61 “These are not the ‘ narcos ’ groups from the contraceptive That is sensible, fair and in keep - Tierra Caliente region. Bishop per 100,000 residents in 2016 was from northern and central Mexi- mandate of the Affordable Care ing with the Supreme Court’s Dagoberto Sosa Arriaga of Tlapa, the highest in the country. co. I simply call them farmers. Act was welcomed by church offi - order and the president’s promise meanwhile, was asked to pay ex - At least four priests and two They collect opium paste, but all cials and attorneys representing the to the Little Sisters and other reli - tortion, but escaped making pay - seminarians have been murdered of this has a distribution system Little Sisters of the Poor, one of the gious groups serving the poor.” ment as those making the de - in the state in since 2009. (elsewhere),” he said. groups that challenged the mandate The 125-page document leaked mands were run off by rivals. Rangel has attracted national The bishop acknowledged that at the U.S. Supreme Court. to the press May 31 — and under Attempts to reach spokespeo - attention for his work in Chil- his comments have not been well Archbishop William E. Lori of final review by the White House ple in both dioceses were unsuc - pancingo-Chilapa, where he has received by state and local au- Baltimore, chair of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget cessful. candidly acknowledged seeking a thorities. He said he has had no Bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee for — details objections to the Afford- Three priests also have re ceived dialogue with drug cartel leaders water service in his home since his Religious Liberty, said in a June 1 able Care Act’s requirement that death threats, said Bishop Salvador and has spoken compassionately comments made national news. statement that the leaked draft has employers cover contraceptives in Rangel Mendoza of “yet to be formally issued and will their employee health plans despite Chil pancingo- require close study upon pub - their moral objections to such cov - Chilapa, who pro - lication,” but it provides encourag - erage. vided details on the ing news. It would leave in place the reli - incidents at a May “Relief like this is years over - gious accommodation created by 27 news conference due and would be most wel - President Barack Obama’s admin - in Chilpancingo, comed,” he said. istration for non-profit religious 175 miles south of The archbishop noted that if entities such as church-run col - Mexico City. the ruling is issued it would “lift leges and social service agencies He said bishops the government-imposed burden that are morally opposed to con - and priests had on our ministries to violate their traceptive coverage and can file a intervened in con - own teachings within their very form or notify HHS that they will flicts among the own institutions.” not provide it. The draft rule also increasing number He also said the draft of the would broaden this exemption to of small criminal HHS regulations reflects common cover employers with religious or groups clashing sense and a long-held practice of moral objections to providing over the cultivation the federal government to provide coverage for some abortifacients. and smuggling of strong conscience protection in The new rule also makes it clear heroin from Guer- the area of health care. that insurers may issue separate rero to the United “Better late than never,” said policies to women whose employ - States. Rangel Mark Rienzi, senior counsel with ers are exempt from the mandate. him self has spoken of establishing communications As I walked out the door toward the gate that with cartel bosses CNS/Jose Luis de la Cruz, EPA would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave in an attempt to ARMED CIVILIANS IN MEXICO — A group of armed civilians is seen May 28 in my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in pacify one of the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. Bishops in Guerrero have suffered threats Mexico’s most vio - from organized criminal groups as they serve a region rife with drug cartel activities prison. — Nelson Mandela lent states. and parishes located in impoverished indigenous communities where people eke out “It’s not my existences by cultivating opium poppies.