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West Texas PERMIT NO. 44 SAN ANGELO, TX NONPROFIT ORG. US POSTAGE PAID US POSTAGE ANGELUS Catholic Education A special report on the health of Serving the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas Catholic education in the Diocese of Volume XXVI, No. 8 AUGUST 2005 San Angelo/Pgs. 8-9 PO BOX 1829 BOX PO God amid the darkness DIOCESE OF SAN ANGELO SAN OF DIOCESE ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED SERVICE ADDRESS SAN ANGELO ANGELO TX SAN 76902-1829 Deacons, wives overcome repeated tragedies to form strong bond By Jimmy Patterson Editor’s Note ... Editor As we work through the redesigned West Texas Angelus Bishop calls Angelus together, it is important to receive input from our readers, and you t was on a trip to for diaconate have not disappointed. The biggest concern expressed has been a type Rome last October, to start anew size that some have had difficulty read- shared by a handful of ing. As a result, we are moving to 10- I parishioners in the By Deacon Tim Graham point Times, a cleaner body type on our Director stories. Diocese of San Angelo, Office of Diaconal Ministry Our type size on informational items when Linda Reeh’s hus- such as Diocesan Briefs, picture cap- band, Mark, began to feel SAN ANGELO. Pastors tions and the Bishop’s Schedule, for around the diocese were instance, will continue to be smaller ill. He had suffered recently sent a let- than other stories, but given the type through physical discom- ter from the bish- op informing face we use on those features, it will be fort for years, but not easier to read despite being smaller. them of the plans Additionally, we are also pleased to until the trip to Italy did to begin a new introduce: Mark’s physical illness diaconal forma- tion class, and ! More pages, more stories. go from bad to the Effective with this issue, the Angelus asking them to will be a 16-page newspaper. unimaginable. help identify men who may !Just 4 Kids. It’s important that we Reeh, a deacon from the be possible applicants. include in our monthly publication a tiny farming community of St. The need for deacons in page for the kids in our diocese. The Lawrence, returned from the certain areas of the diocese is greater and, consequently, Catholic News Service provides a fea- long-awaited trip, visited a the bishop has asked that ture for the younger Catholics among doctor and learned his discom- fort was bile duct cancer. some emphasis be given to us, and this month’s Just 4 Kids sto- the development of voca- ries can be found on page 11. Five months later, he was Kelley died following a long ministry had it not been for his yet inspiring battle with chronic own fatal cancer several tions in those places. The We hope you find these changes to dead. myelogenous cancer. He had months earlier. southeast and southwest your liking and we hope you will contin- Reeh died on February 20, just one day before the death taken full rein of the diaconate, Tim Graham, deacon and parts of our diocese are in ue to let us know when you have a of Fr. Tom Kelley, the parish immersing himself in the pro- pastoral associate at St. the greatest need, yet parish- suggestion, a criticism or an idea for a priest from Midland’s Our gram after the death of Deacon Theresa’s Church in Junction, es and missions anywhere in feature story. And thank you for your Lady of San Juan Catholic Odie Saldivar, also of Our Lady is now the Director of the the diocese where we cur- input. Church who had led the dia- of San Juan, who would have -- Jimmy Patterson, Editor conate class for two years. been the director of the deacon (See REEH/13) (See DIACONATE/15) West Texas Angelus INSIDE From The Bishop’s Desk From the Editor . 2 Bishop’s September Schedule . .3 Five Minutes With ... .5 Mary should be our role model for Christian discipleship Parish Festival Schedule . .6 By Bishop Michael Pfeifer, OMI enough do we reflect upon Mary as National/International . .7 being the model of discipleship. En espanol/Pagina 3 The Health of Catholic Education .8-9 Mary’s greatest title is Mother of Mary is Christ’s first and most per- over family ties. Pointing to his dis- Family . .10 the God. In his dying moments, fect disciple. ciples, he said: “Here are my mother Just 4 Kids . .11 Jesus from the cross gave Mary his For Jesus himself, physical moth- and my brothers. For whoever does Dioce-Scenes . .13 mother to be our mother also. Based erhood, important as it is, is not the the will of my Father in Heaven is The Back Page . .16 on sacred Scripture we also call basis of his own mother’s greatness. Bishop Pfeifer Mary a virgin. However, not often For Jesus, discipleship has priority See BISHOP/15 Page 2 AUGUST 2005 The Angelus The West Texas From the Editor Angelus Official Newspaper of the Angels hard to see ... but they’re among us Diocese of San Angelo, Texas hen my family and I vacationed once I was on my honeymoon, I for some need when you’re in trouble. I began flail- POSTMASTER: Send all address at Padre Island last month, it was reason mistook myself as a capable athlete. ing about as drowning people do, scream- changes to: Wthe first time It was in the clear blue waters of the ing for help and frankly, awfully darn WEST TEXAS ANGELUS I had been back to the South Pacific that I had my first brush close to resigning myself to having one of P.O. Box 1829 beach since Karen with death. the shortest marriages ever recorded in SAN ANGELO, TX 76902-1829 and I had honey- I paddled maybe 150 yards out and Brazos County, our home at the time. __________________________ mooned in Hawaii in was in the process of turning my board I quite literally saw no way out of this 1984. That vacation around so I could brave the waves while one, but I continued to scream for help Bishop Michael D. Pfeifer,OMI was like no other, and riding in. My new bride, meanwhile, was anyway, just in case. Publisher not just because I was immersed in a novel on shore and could I didn’t see him when it all began, but still basically a kid have never heard me if I’d needed her. all of a sudden he popped up next to me and newly married. Which I did. Desperately. With the board just as I had started to go under, just like Jimmy Patterson I had been to at about a 45 degree angle to the waves, a drowning people do when they begin to Director of Communications Hawaii twice before Patterson big one hit me and knocked me practical- lose strength ... and hope. Editor as a boy, and I ly silly. My glasses fell off and I felt them “Need some help?” he asked and some- remember having tumble to the ocean floor below. They hit how pulled me onto my board. When he Kenneth Grimm practically begged my mother to let me my stomach, my thigh, my knee, my toes, saw that the rip of the tide had taken my San Angelo Standard Times surf. Wise woman that she is, I never and then they were gone. Forever. When swim shorts down around my knees, he Production Manager risked my well-being by waxing up the my feet came to rest, I found the water even helped me on with those, too. board and taking to the white caps as long was just over the top of my head. I had no And then he was gone. Just as in- Member as I was under her care. life jacket, no surf board and scant little Catholic News Service But once I became a man, sort of, and training in real swimming; the kind you (See ANGELS/13) Catholic Press Association Texas Catholic News DIOCESAN BRIEFS Board in-service San Angelo through August 19. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Midland. Published the first Monday following The guidebook is a source for There will be a diocesan inser- the first Saturday of each month and those graduating high school sen- vice for the Catholic school boards Healing Service delivered to all registered parishioners St Stephen’s Concert iors looking for Catholic higher on Saturday, August 13. The meet- The Diocese of San Angelo and in the Diocese of San Angelo. Chris Muglia will be appearing education. You can learn more at ing will be at St. Ann’s School, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in in concert at St. Stephen’s in www.catholiccollegesonline.org. or Midland, from 9 a.m.-Noon. Guest Odessa welcome everyone to a Midland, at 7 p.m., August 29. call the National Catholic College Subscription rate for all others: speaker is Dr. Sarah special Healing Mass, from 1-5 Chris is a Catholic singer/song- Admission Association at $10 per year Wannemuehler who will discuss p.m., Saturday, October 8, at writer and recording artist. Both as 312.321.2726. board functions and the ethics of Chaparral Center on the campus a recording artist and in concert, school boards. The role of gover- of Midland College. The Mass will THIRD CLASS POSTAGE PAID AT Chris possesses a powerful ability nance in Catholic education has Legacy artwork feature Fr. 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