“The fi rst step in Christi an prayer is therefore the surrender of ourselves to God, to his providence. It is like saying: ‘Lord, You know everything, there is no need for me to tell you of my pain, I only ask you to stay here beside me: you are my hope.’” Pope Francis John Shelby Spong

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High School “Jesus, Retreat looking • Who is God? at him, • Why does God matt er? • What are some loved challenges facing your life as him ....” The Most Rev. a Catholic? -- Mark 10:21 John B. Brungardt, These and other topics will Bishop of the Catholic be explored at the April 6-7 Diocese of Dodge City ”Forged” retreat at the Mandan his is one of my favorite scripture Lodge near Wright. passages, as Jesus, before And there will be plenty answering the questi on of the rich of time for fun, games, and T man, showed His love. This love is the key, celebrati on. the root, the source, the foundati on of our The “Forged” high school acts of kindness this Lent and beyond. retreat is a free diocesan-wide We have a grave shortage of priests retreat experience for students for our diocese, and we have focused on who are current high school almsgiving, fasti ng, prayer, and nowActs freshmen through seniors. of Kindness for Priestly Vocati onsthe last Check-in begins at Mandan few years (see table), asking our Gentle Lodge on Saturday, April 6 Jesus for an increase in shepherds. from 10-10:30 a.m., and the I wrote about Acts of Kindness in the last retreat concludes Sunday at 2 issue of the SKC. The foundati on for living p.m. Meals will be provided. out acts of kindness is love, a love that is Registration deadline is unconditi onal, giving, and sacrifi cial. Monday, april 1. • an unconditi onal love: Jesus loves us approximately 175 people were offi cially welcomed along the journey at the Call to L i m i t e d n u m b e r o f all no matt er what. Jesus, help me reach Conti nuing Conversion and the rite of electi on, March 10 at the Cathedral of Our lady of registrations are available! out to someone I don’t get along with, Guadalupe. above, a catechumen signs the book of the elect. behind her is her godparent. Visit www.dcyouth.org/forged for example, by saying hi to a classmate, sister angela erevia, MCdP, stands at the book, welcoming all who sign. One of the most for more informati on. teacher, or co-worker. signifi cant events of the liturgical year, this is the offi cial moment that candidates (bapti zed • a giving love: Jesus loves us without members of another Christian faith tradition—or baptized Catholics—who are seeking Prayer & counti ng the cost. Jesus, with Your grace confi rmati on and fi rst eucharist) and catechumens (individuals who have not been bapti zed I can let go of my selfi shness, for example, Action and who are seeking bapti sm, confi rmati on and fi rst eucharist) declare their commitment to by taking ti me to play with a sibling or enter fully the Catholic Church at easter. see Pages 10-11. Prayer and Action, this Photo by Dave Myers child. June and July in Larned and • a sacrifi cial love: Jesus loves us even Hoisington, is a local mission unto death, death on the Cross. Jesus, trip where high school and The heart and soul of assist me to suffer a bit, for example, college students work together by taking a few extra minutes to help in one of our Southwest Kansas By dave Myers someone with groceries to their car. communiti es. Southwest Kansas Catholic These litt le acts of kindness, with the Here’s the catch: Young people he Southwest Kansas Catholic is foundati on of love, will bear great fruit need adults to accompany them beginning a series of arti cles on prayer. prayer in the Lord. Jesus loves us sacrifi cially, on this mission. An introducti on If you think this should be an easy read unconditi onally, and gives us so much! They need adults who are T about the joy and simplicity of talking to God, Prayer, he said, means willing to seriously encourage -- Bishop John you’d be right. • being aware of the presence of God. them to attend. They need But you know how we tend to over- • having an inti mate encounter with God. History of Priestly Vocati on Initi ati ves: adults who are willing to complicate things. Which is why when • and communicati on (speaking-head and (Taken from the Ash Wednesday assist them in the registrati on addressing prayer, we bring up all sorts of heart, and listening-head and heart) with Gospel: Matt hew 6:1-6, 16-18.) process, and who are willing to things, like Ignati an Contemplati on, Centering God. go and work alongside them as Alms for Priestly vocati ons Prayer, Lecti o Divina, Adorati on, Peti ti on, and In the coming issues, this series will delve chaperones. begun Spring 2016 (Vibrant Ministries). Intercession. into how one can bett er achieve that closeness If you would like to assist Fortunately, these are just variati ons of the with God through various forms of prayer. (For Fasti ng for Priestly vocati ons in one of these ways, contact same theme: feeling God’s presence in the me, it’s always the one-on-one, conversati on, Young Adult Director Gentry begun Lent 2018. moment, listening to Him, speaking to Him. simply speaking and simply listening. For Heimerman, (620) 227-1550. “Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his others, it’s the Rosary that draws them closest Prayer for Priestly vocati ons The registration deadline is face always.” -- 1 Chronicles 16:11 to Christ, or while in Adorati on.) May 15. For more information, begun Corpus Christi 2018. Bishop John Brungardt has asked that this What is your favorite form of prayer? What visit www.dcyouth.org/ series be more of a practi cal guide, “not too do you focus on when you pray? Acts of Kindness for Priestly vocati ons prayer-action. theological.” Conti nued on Page 14 beginning Lent 2019. Page 2 March 24, 2019 The Southwest Kansas Catholic ‘When Monday Comes’ Jacqueline Loh pens book about the ‘Lent ‘Grace that Reigns’ experience takes us deep’ A trained architect, Jacqueline Loh itself out over ti me. ent takes us deep. founded the retreat ministry Grace that Retreats are interesti ng things: they It makes us think seriously about things in Reigns in Vancouver, Canada. She is in have a life, almost a personality, of their our lives: about where we come from; about the United States now involved in a series own. They have a short, but intense, L choices we make; about where we are going, toward of Lenten retreats in this country. These history. They are, in concentrated form, God or away from God. He made us out of love, retreats feature a new book she has writ- the very adventure that every human life and he gently calls us to return that love, by giving Another Way ten, “When Monday Comes.” The SKC is. As in the Gospels, the Lord sends us ourselves away as a gift. Most Rev. Ronald caught up with her recently in Dodge City. out as a pair to prepare for his coming in The Son he sent lived this gifting in his own M. Gilmore every town and every village he intends person. He took our sins upon himself, and gave Bishop Emeritus of Q: The ti tle of your new book is intrigu- to visit. Just as he called the two of us, he himself away to death. He was a gift, a gift of Dodge City ing. Where did it come from, and what also calls the parti cipants in each retreat. sacrificial love. does it mean? He is the beginning, the middle, and the The New Testament inherited this way of thinking, of course, from the Old A: It is a faint echo of end of all such retreats. Testament. The Book of Leviticus describes five kinds of sacrifices, animal the Helen Keller story. You How we try to do this and vegetable. Three of these (the burnt offering; the grain offering; and may remember that young listening to the Lord, the peace offering) express our communion with God, and two of these Helen could not see and how we try to prepare (the sin offering; and the guilt offering) express how to restore communion she could not talk: she was persons for the Mondays with God, once broken. locked up inside herself. of their lives, how all of To the Hebrew mind, every sacrifice was a ritualized offering of self. The A gift ed teacher, Anne it is structured … all this is one who offered led the animal to its death and its burning, a powerful sign Sullivan, was able to set concentrated in this slen- of a gift completely given to God. The one who offered thus acted out his her free from that angry der book. It is both a guide own gift of self to the Lord, a fundamental act of worship. He, she, they isolati on. That story and a workbook for the give themselves totally as a gift to God. appeared in a movie in retreatants. It is a Catholic This is the context for understanding what Jesus said at the Last Supper, the 1960s called the Vade Mecum, a printed com- and for understanding what Jesus did on Calvary. On the night before he Miracle Worker. But panion you can take with you. died, he took the bread and he took the wine, and he spoke the ritual words there was a whole In that sense, it is a guide for over them. In this way, he made a direct connection between this ritual life to live aft er that all our retreatants, and even meal and the coming sacrifice on the Cross. He gave himself to death, so moment, and the story for all the retreatant-wannabe’s that he himself, and we, might come to life. of the rest of her life was made into a out there. It is a tool to help you All the sacrifices of the Old Testament come to their full and final meaning movie called Monday aft er the Miracle. understand the way God works in a life, in the Sacrifice of the Cross. The last was born ritually in the first. The first Persons making a retreat experience and thus to help you in your own conver- was completed ritually in the last something similar. Retreats today are sion, and prepare you for the obstacles Lent takes us deep: through the deeps of our own brokenness, to the oft en weekend things that are intense, you will face as you live out that new deeps of God’s own way. emoti onal, uplift ing and someti mes adventure. As the retreats are a con- decisive in a person’s life. They oft en end centrated form of every human life, so in conversion, a return to God, and those this book is a concentrated form of every who experience it are on an emoti onal retreat we give. high. But there is a whole life to be lived Q: Where can our readers fi nd your Grace that Reigns Lenten retreat aft er that. Just how do you retain and book, and any other materials you have Bishop Emeritus Ronald M. Gilmore which people realize that … there deepen that inti macy with God when the available? and Jacqueline Loh will be off ering is more to life than the mundane miracle of conversion has passed, when A: The book is available at each of their Grace that Reigns retreat at things that we do,” Loh said. Monday comes. The retreats that Bishop our retreats, and with the cost of print- St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in For more informati on, visit www. Gilmore and I do help people understand ing and postage, it is now selling for and live through all the Mondays of their $12. It also is available on our website, Wichita, April 2-4. gracethatreigns.com (see arti cle at lives. www.gracethatreigns.com. It is use- “Our whole eff ort is to promote left .) Q: That’s very interesti ng. How did you ful for the retreatants, of course. But it those moments of Grace through come to write such a book at this parti cu- can also be used by any individual who lar ti me? is sincerely seeking God, and it can be A: The Lord turned my life upside used by like-minded friends who want to down over 20 years ago now: it was the pursue that relati onship in small groups. conversion that set me on a new course. Autographed copies are available at the So I have something of an insti ncti ve retreats, and when purchased through understanding of how a conversion works our website. Now in it’s 2nd Printing! In this intriguing volume, Tim Wenzl, Angelus to Xavier archivist emeritus for theN�� Diocese of Dodge Av��l����! 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He or she inserts Att ending the ABC Pregnancy Care Center fund-raiser a cannula (the cannula is a straw, the size of which banquet March 5 was Bishop John B. Brungardt and depends on how far along the child is), which is other priests and members of the curia. Representati ves hooked to sucti on. The doctor pokes it around unti l from every church in Garden City also fi lled the large he has enough blood and ti ssue collected. hall, both in appreciati on for the eff orts and many The ti ssue goes to a lab where a lab tech places good works of the Pregnancy Care Center, and to hear the pieces onto a dish and “reassembles the baby”. Johnson tell her astounding story of redempti on. A Comments such as these left audience members gasping. Johnson explained: “If we left part of the movie of Johnson’s experiences, ti tled “Unplanned,” abby Johnson, whose story is the subject of an upcoming movie, spine, … etc… in the uterus, this could cause a bad will be released March 29. spoke at an annual fundraiser for the abC Pregnancy Center in infection. … The tech dumps the remains into a While attending Texas A&M University, Johnson Garden City. Photos by Dave Myers approached a Planned Parenthood representati ve who red biohazard Ziplock and places it into a freezer.” was looking for student volunteers. The staff , Johnson said, calls this “the nursery.” The “Wherever vulnerable women are, there is Planned remains are later incinerated. Parenthood,” Johnson said. She explained to the “That’s aborti on day in and day out.” woman that she was pro-life. The Planned Parenthood Then came the day when everything changed. A rep told her why, despite being good people, pro-lifers visiti ng doctor told Johnson that, at his offi ce, he used are wrong. If there’s no legal aborti on,the rep told her, the ultrasound during the procedure. This was rare, women will be forced to have back alley aborti ons. but made perfect sense to Johnson. Women have a right to their own body, aft er all. What’s “Aborti on is the most common surgical procedure next? Taking away the right to vote? in our country. Without the ultrasound, the doctor Young, impressionable, and most importantly, lacking can’t see what he’s doing.” This leads to mistakes, the knowledge to see through the lies, Johnson became such as the penetrati on of the uterine wall with the a volunteer. cannula. She said that doctors in her offi ce never used She would work for Planned Parenthood for eight the ultrasound, because it included an extra two or years, eventually becoming one of the youngest clinic three minutes of preparati on. This would cut in on directors in the organizati on. She told those gathered how many procedures they could provide in a day. (r to l) bishop John brungardt, Father Wesley schawe, shawna that she even earned an “Employee of the Year” The visiti ng physician invited Johnson to assist an serpan, former youth ministry intern Carleigh albers, and award. aborti on using the ultrasound. diocese of dodge City youth director, adam urban att end the “Hold your applause,” she joked with the large “My job was to hold the ultrasound on the pati ent’s banquet. representati ves from many faiths att ended. audience. Johnson’s very intense and diffi cult-to-hear abdomen. The baby was 13 weeks old. Everything was discussion was smatt ered with laugh-out-loud moments formed. [The baby] had every internal organ we have that helped ease tension. sitti ng here today. We can tell if it is a boy or girl. I had First, the lies, including that of being forced to back a hard ti me convincing myself to look at the screen. I alley aborti ons: “What happens in Planned Parenthood saw the cannula getti ng closer and closer. When it was is the same as happens in back alley abortions,” very close, the baby jumped and fl ailed, trying to get explained the former Planned Parenthood director. away. That baby looked franti c, just as we all would Implying that any aborti on is safe is a misnomer. “In if something was threatening our life. order for aborti on to be successful, a human being has “The doctor turned the cannula on and said, ‘Beam to be killed. That is the anti thesis of safety. me up, Scott y.’” “There are 600 Planned Parenthood offi ces in the The worst part for Johnson was the taking of a United States, and they are rapidly on the decline,” human life and “that I had a chance to intervene for Johnson said to applause. Meanwhile, “there are more this baby, and I did nothing.” than 13,000 centers that provide health care at litt le When the procedure was fi nished, she fl ed the or no cost.” In other words, prenatal care is readily office. Moments later she was lying on a couch, available regardless of income. crying. “I started counti ng the days, and months and years So, how did a woman who had grown up to consider Dorothy and Rod Willis, right, two of the sponsors of the event, I was with Planned Parenthood, and realized that I herself pro-life suddenly fi nd herself a major player in pray during the opening invocati on. the aborti on industry? helped facilitate more than 20,000 aborti ons. What “It happened just a litt le bit at a ti me,” she said. “One ABC Pregnancy Care Center do you say? Sorry? There was nothing I could say. justi fi cati on at a ti me … one compromise at a ti me.” “When I came to that number, God reminded me Suddenly she embraced what she had at one ti me abC Pregnancy Care Center in Garden City off ers hope and that there was nothing I could do to change it, but abhorred, leading to two aborti ons of her own. help to women and men who are facing a diffi cult pregnancy that because of His amazing grace I didn’t have to. He Sin can overtake one in such a methodical way, but decision. reminded me, it was over and God had won.” so, too, can the healing touch of Christ. Perhaps because housed fi rmly in the Gospel of Christ, the center provides In the decade since then, she has writt en two books, it had been insti lled in her while growing up. Perhaps free pregnancy testi ng, pregnancy/parenti ng/life-skills classes, spoken on news programs, and crisscrossed the it became obvious to her over ti me. Or, perhaps it was prenatal vitamins, limited sonograms (by appointment only), country telling of her journey. She is the founder of one moment in parti cular. But before one looks at that material assistance (baby clothing, blankets, food, and more), “And Then There Were None,” which assists aborti on one life-giving moment, one must look at the horrors and one-on-one bible studies. they also off er a confi denti al workers with leaving the industry and fi nding a new that led up to it: aborti on recovery program tailored to the individual’s needs. career. “Here is the protocol when going into Planned “abC envisions a society where women and men faced with She converted to Catholicism and, as she spoke in Parenthood,” Johnson explained: diffi cult pregnancy decisions are uplift ed by the Gospel of Jesus Garden City, said she was pregnant with her eighth 1) The woman is immediately sedated, in part for Christ, and informed, supported and empowered as they choose child. On March 29, the movie “Unplanned,” based the amnesia aff ect, so she won’t remember the sights life for the unborn, for themselves, and their families.” on her book of the same name, will open for limited or sounds. Contact them at 620-275-1777 or by visiting www. release. Check local listi ngs, or visit dcdiocese.org/ 2) While sedated, she receives an ultrasound to abcpregnancycarecenter.org. they are located at 509 n 6th swkscatholic for more informati on. determine “how far along she was so we would know Street, Garden City.

By COurtney GrOGan defend ourselves,” he conti nued. ati can City (CNA/EWTN) - Pope “Faced with the wickedness and ugliness of Francis said that people need to our ti me, we … are tempted to abandon our Vovercome their fear of migrants and dream of freedom. We feel legiti mate fear refugees, and look for the face of Christ in in front of situati ons that seem to us with no each immigrant arriving in their countries. way out. And the human words of a leader “The Lord speaks to us today and asks us to or prophet are not enough to reassure us,” let Him free us from our fears,” Pope Francis he said. said in a homily Feb. 15 at the Fraterna Domus However, when fear holds one back from di Sacrofano, a Catholic retreat center north encountering the stranger, it is a missed of Rome. opportunity to practice charity, the pope In fear, we tend to become closed off, explained. Pope Francis explained. “This withdrawal into “The meeti ng with the other, then, is also ourselves, a sign of defeat, increases our fear an encounter with Christ. He told us himself. of ‘others,’ the unknown, the marginalized, It is He who knocks on our door hungry, the strangers. thirsty, stranger, naked, sick and imprisoned, “It is not easy to enter the culture of asking to be met and assisted,” he said. others, put yourself in the shoes of people so “It is really Him, even if our eyes [struggle] to diff erent from us, understand their thoughts recognize Him: with broken clothes, with dirty and experiences. And so oft en we give up the feet, with a deformed face, with a wounded meeti ng with the other and raise barriers to body, unable to speak our language.” Step back with me, if you will, to a ti me when a young whipper snapper named George W. Bush was in offi ce, Pope John Paul II was sti ll our ponti ff , I had a Labrador named Sarah, and my brain was sti ll fully functi oning.

Page 4 March 24, 2019 The Southwest Kansas Catholic COMMENTARY Kindness Keeping watch in the litt le hours Winning at all costs! By eliZabeth kelly close company with the King of was in the ninth grade, my last year of came encased in a vat of Catholic News Agency Kings. This being their regular habit, junior high school: I had recently won an molasses, which is, itself, hen the good folks who not something out of their ordinary I award for a self-portrait I drew; I was on in a large tub of Dippity o r g a n i z e p e r p e t u a l routi ne. I marvel at their faithfulness the track team; I was in love and had recently Do. My lungs, which a Wadoration are trying to with deep grati tude. We make our kissed a girl for the fi rst ti me. Most important- few seconds before were recruit adorers – a formidable and quiet exchange as I take the watch, ly of all, I hadn’t yet developed zits. My world cheering me on, now had honorable task to be sure, one I and aft er a moment, their footsteps was a great place to live. become my bitt er foe. It certainly couldn’t do – this is the disappear into the darkness and All of this was housed comfortably in the was like I was trying to verse they often use on the flyer: I am left alone with Jesus where back of my mind as I stood at the starti ng line breath through bricks. By Dave Myers “Can you not stay awake with me one the sweetest silence descends and of the 440-yard race at my fi rst ever track My lungs laughed at me! Editor hour?” And this, of course, recalls the envelopes me like a warm blanket. meet. Moo hoo, ha ha ha! Lord’s words to his sleepy disciples This is the Jesus who knows my A few weeks before I had been sure I would The other two racers ran by, looking back at who kept nodding off while he was name and is so delighted that I have follow in my big brother’s footsteps and be a me like one might look at an accident on the in prayerful agony anti cipati ng his come. pole vaulter, but I had the bad habit of fl inging highway. Did I see pity in their faces? I felt like passion. There is a unique quiet that visits myself backwards. While it looked prett y im- a zombie—not from that awful Walking Dead An extraordinary moment the adorati on chapel in the middle pressive and drew applause from teammates show, but the classic George Romero zombies: is captured in that verse, and I of the night, a sti llness that cannot be and coach alike, fl inging yourself backwards on “Brainnnnnnns.” understand why they choose it. It is recaptured easily in the dayti me. In the pole vault is not a track and fi eld event. It Aft er fi nally dragging my zombie self across a remarkable accounti ng of the Lord’s these, the litt le hours of the morning, should be. It looks very cool, especially if you the fi nish line, my coach pulled me aside. deep desire for our friendship, our I am more and more convinced that get the fl ailing just right. “You didn’t pace yourself,” he said, not company. It also recalls the natural it is not only the hour of agony that The only track event that I defi nitely did not unkindly. entreaty of a man in need of support the Lord wishes to share with us in want to take part in was the 440-yard dash, Cut to a week later, our next meet. I’m and the failure of human weakness. this devoti on – though someti mes it which equated to 64 seconds of wondering if at the starti ng line. I don’t know why it was What it does not immediately recall is that hour, too – but perhaps even I’m about to have a coronary. Which is exactly always one person against two, but there I is joy. more so, Jesus invites us to know him what the coach assigned me to. Not only that was again, ready to take on two competi tors. In recent years, in additi on to my in those early hours of perfect joy, race, but the mile relay, in which you had to Suddenly we’re off ! Only I didn’t start out at usual holy hour commitments, I’ve those shepherd hours, when those run a 440-yard race while coordinati ng with a full sprint. I managed each step, fi guring started serving as a substi tute adorer. simple and faithful men of good will three teammates. It’s hard to coordinate while the speed I was capable of keeping up for the Once every few months I am asked kept watch; those who, while quietly gasping for breath. enti re quarter mile. to take one of the “ironman hours” and humbly fulfilling their normal So, I’m standing at the starti ng line. My This ti me, it was my competi tors’ turn to – those brutal hours between 2 a.m. duty, also lived in anticipation of fi rst 440-yard race, ever. I was up against two fi zzle out half-way around, while I was able and 5 a.m., in many ways the hidden Emmanuel. It was in their normal guys from Oberon Junior High, our nemesis. to distance them without ever going full ti lt. life blood of perpetual adorati on. routi ne that the sky erupted in music We were the Drake Dragons. Together we sing Man, that felt good! When I was young and healthier, and glory and a mystery they could (everybody now!), “We are the Dragons, the At our next practi ce, we gathered on the keeping a holy hour in the middle of barely comprehend. mighty, might Dragons. People ask us who we bleachers and the coach called me out for hav- the night was a common habit, and These nameless few would race are, so we tell them: We are the Dragons the ing improved so much in one week. I remem- frankly, fairly easy for me. With more to that hidden cave and find the mighty, mighty Dragons.” Our school song was ber being embarrassed, but it faded quickly than half my life behind me and a word made flesh in the unspoiled writt en by Burt Bacharach. because he switched gears and talked about slightly less healthy body, a holy hour innocence of a holy infant – a Messiah Drake Junior High School was smooshed something that had happened at the meet. in the middle of the night, though I who knew them by name and was so right up against the foothills of the Rockies I only have a faded memory of the actual cherish this inti mate ti me with Jesus, happy they had come. and across the street from the Jolly Rancher thing that happened. What I remember is has taken on a new ti mbre of sacrifi ce, This hidden Jesus, this innocent candy factory. Oh, that wonderful scent. Ahh- that some teammates and I took a few min- but far more importantly, joy. child-Savior, this font of all joy, this hhhhh. utes and helped a worker at our competing It is unfailingly moving to enter the answer to all anxiety, this conqueror of “On your mark. Get set. Go!” school to clear out some hurdles and things chapel at 2 or 3 or 4 in the morning every fear and tribulati on, this Prince Man, I zipped away from that starti ng line from the track. It was really nothing, a few and fi nd there an adorer, oft en on of Peace, Holy One, Comforter: he is like a gazelle. I ran like the wind. Like a com- minutes of minor effort. But it was enough their knees, deep in prayer, keeping there, too, desiring your friendship. binati on of wind and a gazelle. A gazind. I ran that the worker told the competing coach, like a gazind. Aft er three cups of coff ee. And and he told our coach. wearing tennis shoes. It would have never occurred to us that it A quarter way around the track and I was meant something. But our coach called it out. Inherit the Mirth By Cuyler Black already distancing my two opponents! “Ha! By doing so, he made clear that the real winning Eat my dust, suckers! I! Am! Awesome!” The isn’t necessarily being the fi rst to cross the fi nish world was my oyster! And I don’t even like line, it’s the journey. It’s by being of service to oysters! The irony of it! others, providing a simple act of kindness. Then my body said, “Ehem. Uh, Dave?” My Winning, I learned, means being an example legs, or what used to be my legs, suddenly be- of Christ in a world that is fi lled with hurdles.

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The Southwest Kansas Catholic March 24, 2019 Page 5 Questions and opportunity in state government A plea to Kansas Catholics By Chuck Weber a dozen unborn babies die each week in three to six times the risk for overdose. Kansas is diminishing before our very Executive director, Kansas clinics by live dismemberment With low reimbursement levels, will eyes. Can we elevate the family and Kansas Catholic Conference abortion. Are we a Midwest version of there be enough doctors willing to treat revitalize the Kansas beyond our cities New York? thousands of new Medicaid patients? and suburbs? nanswered questions are dominating The welfare of orphaned and Will new Medicaid patients “crowd out” We yearn for prosperity, yet we must Uthe 2019 Kansas legislative session. abandoned Kansas children, along with existing ones? ask, what does authentic prosperity Conflicting approaches between the the fundamental First Amendment right Do Kansans support increased public look like through the Catholic lens? Is governor and the legislature for solutions to religious liberty, are in jeopardy. At funding for contraceptives and abortion- our idea of prosperity now reduced to to the state’s challenges are creating a issue is the new Adoption Protection Act. inducing drugs? Will tax dollars be the strength of our wifi connection, the sobering political reality. Can you say Governor Kelly stated: “If there is a way dedicated to “gender reassignment” comfort of our home or the quality of gridlock? to direct the agency to not implement surgery or therapy? It’s happening our car? Or is there something more, Many core beliefs of Kansas Catholics [the Adoption Protection Act] then I will elsewhere, why not here? something deeper? are trapped in the middle. What will do that.” Catholics sacrificing to support two Life, marriage, children and families happen in this real-life mystery drama Can a public official not enforce the educational systems – their parish matter. So does our neighbor. The now playing out until early summer? law? school and a neighborhood public school freedom to not just worship, but boldly Let’s begin with what we do know. Quality healthcare access for the poor, – wonder about poor families and their and audaciously live out our faith in the Any pro-life legislation faces a certain a critically important Catholic issue, opportunity for educational excellence. world matters. veto. The Kansas Supreme Court is faces fresh questions about unintended Will more public money change the Elected officials have difficult jobs. taking nearly two years to decide if consequences. Doctors prescribe negative outcomes of so many students? Talk to them. Pray for them. They need there is a right to abortion in the 158- painkillers to Medicaid patients at twice Is there the political will to reform the wisdom, courage, and integrity. And year-old state constitution. Meanwhile, the rate of others, who then suffer predatory payday loan industry? Rural divinely-inspired answers. One in a million: reflections on NY’s Reproductive Health Act By Katie Trudeau that same year, according to of 20 weeks — even when suffocate to death? After First and foremost, we as anyone ever told the CDC. Abortions have only scientists have overwhelmingly procuring, or attempting to must love our neighbor. The you, “you’re one in a increased in New York since Roe told us “they feel pain!” procure, an abortion, nobody shame a woman feels in this Hmillion”? For me, that v. Wade with 239 unborn babies Not only do some support is faulting a woman for feeling position is traumatic. Love her sentence has a whole new stripped of the dignity of life late-term abortion, they also overwhelmed, scared, lonely, or (be she your daughter, sister, meaning after last week. each day. believe that if an infant is ashamed. However, someone mother, aunt, best friend, or Being in utero in New York in A procedure that was once breathing after a failed abortion, will be faulted leaving a living a stranger). Support her (offer 1995, my life was somewhat intended to be safe, legal, and literally born through natural baby on a tray to die slowly, encouragement, a hand to protected under statutes if rare, has now more dangerous delivery, they should be left to painfully, by itself in a dark hold). Help her (financially or my birthmother was killed, as (with respect to late-term die on a stainless tray in a back room. spiritually). by a weapon or in a vehicular abortions) and more frequent. room or closet of a hospital. Do we really want to be the Mother Teresa used to say: accident. Nearly two decades New York state law isn’t all No longer is it a universal type of people who kill our “May God break my heart so later, a unborn baby in the state that shocking to most involved belief that if a human being own kind, at viability, strictly completely that the whole world is completely unprotected at in the pro-life movement. survives an abortion procedure, based on whether the baby is falls in.” any stage. In fact, women and New York has always been their life is worth saving. “wanted”? Maybe it’s time your heart unborn babies are in even more the sanctuary abortion state, Our civilized neighbors in No law will change the truly broke for a woman in danger. From the moment of whether the mothers were some states stand against emotions overwhelming an need, because love requires conception until one minute minors traveling across state hospitalization and adoption or unwed woman (or married sacrifice. before being born, an unborn lines or desperate third- foster-care protocol. Instead, woman with a handful of kids After all, you may just save baby can be wiped from trimester seekers. In 2003, like ancient Romans, they already) who finds herself the next child who grows up to existence in the world due to partial-birth abortion was lawfully choose to leave the holding another positive realize they were the lucky one the passage of the Reproductive condemned by federal law and infant, anywhere above 20 pregnancy test crying on the in a million. Health Act. surrounding progressive states, gestational weeks old, to suffer bathroom floor, locked, with I used to be proud to say I was yet New York maintained a voice and die on a cold stainless tray the shower running to drown Katie Trudeau is a recent adopted from New York. As of for so-called “choice”. Between like an animal of lesser worth out her tears. Some women graduate of Ave Maria last week, I have nothing but 1975 and 1995, the number of than something wanted in this will continue to have abortions. University. She works as a sorrow for my home state. adoptions dramatically dropped world. Some will choose adoption. political communications At the age of 23, I may never by roughly 60,000 adoptions If you want to offer real But how can we choose consultant for both state and know the circumstances that each year. “choice”, why leave a human to impact our families and federal representatives, and brought my birth mother to a The root problem with baby on a tray to starve or communities to choose life? candidates nationwide. delivery room, but I do know legislation like New York’s that she chose life under difficult new allowance of late-term circumstances. She seemed to abortions de-regulation Photo of the Week have been the perfect candidate comes from a larger division to procure an abortion: a young, in today’s political climate. middle-class, well-educated, In 1971, Massachusetts’ Guess white woman. Democratic Sen. Ted Kennedy I survived her thought of a spoke against legislation what?! deadly procedure to stop my such as this: “Wanted or heart from beating, or to halt unwanted, I believe that This couple found a another brainwave, just after six human life, even at its earliest humorous way to let weeks. I survived her enduring stages, has certain rights their loved ones know thoughts and pressures from which must be recognized that there was soon to society for a young woman to – the right to be born, the be an addition to the make her situation easier by right to love, the right to grow family. Even though erasing my existence, and never old.” the husband might look telling a soul. Today, some Democrats like the one having the One in a million odds seems support the hashtag baby, he is assuring his rare, right? A miracle if anything. #ShoutYourAbortion and fist- family that, no, it’s just a In 1995, I survived both bump each other on state and little fun-fat from a few U.S. and New York state law federal Senate floors, blocking too many frozen dairy on abortion. These laws took the right to life of an unborn products. 1.2 million unborn children baby at the gestational age Page 6 March 24, 2019 The Southwest Kansas Catholic Enrich your Chrism Mass, April 11; an invitation Lent today! ll are invited to attend the annual Chrism Mass, 11 a.m., Thursday, April 11 at the “The Rosary is the ‘weapon’ for A Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, 3231 N. 14th, Dodge City. these times.” -- Saint Padre Pio The reception to follow is by invitation only. Connect with people of all ages around the Dodge The Chrism Mass is when priests of the diocese City Diocese from the comfort of your home. It’s come together to renew their priestly promises, witnessed by representatives from every parish easy: in the diocese. • Email to [email protected] to sign-up. It is when the Most Rev. John B. Brungardt • Look for a reply email with instructions to download “Zoom” blesses each of the three vessels of oil: Oil of and how to connect (it’s free!). the Sick, Oil of the Catechumens, and the Sacred • You will receive an email link on your device at 8 p.m. on Chrism. Representatives arrive with empty Sunday evenings. Click on the link. vessels, and leave with consecrated oil to be used • You will be connected with in the most sacred ceremonies. Bishop Brungardt blesses the holy oils at the 2018 Chrism others from around the diocese as And it is when other people within the diocese Mass. we pray the rosary to promote a are celebrated for their service and dedication culture of life. “In a Chrism Mass, the bishop of the diocese sacrifice, humility, compassion, unconditional love, • This prayer will conclude no consecrates the Chrism and blesses the holy oil of and a grateful heart.” The bishop names those later than 8:30 p.m. the catechumens and the oil for the anointing of the celebrating jubilees and, speaking for himself and the • All individuals, groups, sick,” Bishop Brungardt said. “These oils will be taken people of the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City, thanks and ages are invited by representatives from each parish to be used in them for their service. to be a part of this sacramental life. The Chrism Mass is one of a handful of special group. “These oils remind us of Jesus, whose name is Christ, celebrations held throughout the year that draws meaning the ‘Anointed One.’” representatives of all parishes together as one. Bishop “In truth I tell you once again, if two of you on earth agree At the Chrism Mass, priests rededicate themselves Brungardt invites you to celebrated the unity of the to ask anything at all, it will be granted to you by my Father as priests to Jesus’s New Covenant. Catholic community of southwest Kansas by attending in heaven.” -- Matthew 18:19 Bishop Brungardt said, “This commitment takes the Chrism Mass. Vibrant Ministries – Uniting Our Church Who is served? Local youth encounter Pope Francis Parish uses funds to support its youth By Dave Myers Southwest Kansas Catholic Editor’s Note: In an effort to show their sincere appreciation for the generosity of the people of the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City, as well as to make clear how the Vibrant Ministries appeal funds are being spent, Bishop John Brungardt and Mark Roth, Director of Development, have asked that the SKC highlight in each issue one way that your generous donations are being used. This week’s article details Attending WorldY outh Day are the three amigos, Seminarian John Stang, Youth Director Adam Urban, and Father Jacob how funds were used to help several local youth to Schneider. At center is Angela Enriquez of Garden City. have an encounter with Pope Francis. gift of presence was due in large part for this trip was nearly impossible, and They received an up-close view to the generosity of the people of the my prayer became, ‘God, if you want of Pope Francis, just before and wenty-five years ago, I was standing in the diocese. I lived in Denver, after all. us to go, you have to make it happen.’ after his opening remarks. Pilgrims balcony of the Basilica of the Immaculate Each of the pilgrims who attended Well, He did! That was something I will from the Dodge City diocese stood TConception in Denver during World Youth Day World Youth Day in Panama had to raise always remember, God’s providence near the barricades on the road 1993, my camera and tape recorder at the ready. $3,000. With the help of the Vibrant playing out before our eyes through to catch a glimpse of the Vicar of Suddenly, the dozens of youth filling the pews Ministries—Uniting Our Church Appeal, the generosity of truly thousands of Christ as he passed through throngs below me turned and faced the back of the church. that dollar amount was nearly cut in half. people.” of screaming, adoring fans—a very I looked straight down and saw first the mitre, and “I am so proud of our youth, our Thanks to people across the diocese moving experience. then the back of Pope John Paul II as he walked up parents, our knights, our parish, and and beyond, our youth were given a “When I saw [Pope Francis] up close, the isle. our diocese for coming together to “chance to experience the global aspect everything got brighter,” said Gabe Which is why I can relate to the stunned joy that our make this happen,” said Father Jacob of the Catholic Church.” Salas of St. Alphonsus Parish, “I felt a local youth felt when they found themselves standing Schneider, parochial victor at St. “I felt this sense of belonging by spiritual connection.” almost with reaching distance of Pope Francis at Alphonsus and the chaplain for the people who had the same faith as It’s a connection that they all brought World Youth Day in Panama in late January. trip. “It could not have been done any me,” said Adan Gutierrez from St. back to their parish, thanks to the What I didn’t experience, and our youth here in other way. Alphonsus Parish in an article in theSKC generosity of people across the Catholic Kansas did, though, is the joy of knowing that their “I remember thinking that the amount by seminarian John Stang. Diocese of Dodge City.

How does the appeal benefit Compassionate God, To donate to the Vibrant youth and young adults? ou are the light of the world. You give us your Son to illuminate our path, Ministries -- Uniting Strengthening the faith of youth and young adults is Y and the Holy Spirit to shine through us. Loving God, fill us with the desire Our Church Appeal, vital to the growth of the Church, through programs to be with you in all things, to invite others into your light and love, and walk go to www.dcdiocese. such as: TEC (Teens Encounter Christ); High School with us on our journey to holiness. Merciful God, bless our efforts to unite our org/vibrant-ministries, Youth Rally; Junior High Youth Rally; Summer Camp; or contact Mark Roth, Totus Tuus; Prayer and Action; National Catholic Youth Church as you help us to respond to the needs of the least among us. Form Conference; The Youth Council; SKYAC; Thirsting 4 our faith and strengthen priestly vocations. May we generously share our [email protected], Theology; Summer Missions; and Companion Camp. gifts with one another, in the name of Jesus our Savior. Amen. 620-227-1535. It should have been expected when discussing centuries-old attitudes toward women, yet the Oct. 26 Scripture Day, presented by Father Raymond Collins,

The Southwest Kansas Catholic March 24, 2019 Page 7 Selfless acts of kindness Local Sisters offer help to newly arrived migrants in El Paso

By Dave and Charlene Scott Myers frightening decision, Sister Roserita Southwest Kansas Catholic said. A son, a brother, a young father is little migrant boy and his family, approached by a gang. They are asked recently arrived at the southern to join, as if there is more than one A border of the United States, were answer. After all, a refusal can equate preparing to go to the airport to fly to the to a death sentence for the teenager or home of their sponsor. his family. They rushed to escape with The tired child, who had been through their lives. so much, looked down at the small, For others, especially those from stuffed lamb he held tight and said, “Don’t Guatemala, it is a necessary move if they worry. It will be ok. I am here to take care want to feed their family. of you.” For another, finances had nothing to Sister Imelda Schmidt smiled as she do with it. One young man had seen his relayed the story March 15 to a large father murdered before his eyes. group gathered at St. Patrick worship site “Their sponsors were at least as happy at Prince of Peace Parish in Great Bend. as the migrant to hear that they were She and Sister Roserita Weber, who okay,” Sister Roserita said with a smile. also spoke, were two of five Dominican “One of the men had sent his money to Sisters of Peace who recently volunteered a sponsor who was supposed to purchase Sister Imelda Schmidt (front, center), Sister Roserita Webber (third from right), Sister in El Paso, Texas to aid in the processing his bus ticket,” Sister Roserita said. “We Mary Vuong (third from left), S ister Barbara Kane (fourth from left),S ister Doris Regan of recently arrived migrants. The other couldn’t track him down. We called the (fifth from left) and other volunteers join for a photo amid their service to migrants sisters were Mary Vuong, Doris Regan sponsor’s son. He said, ‘I’ll take care of in El Paso, TX. AnnunciationH ouse and other assistance centers offer help and refuge and Barbara Kane, all from Ohio. it.’ So he drove across country with two for migrants. “Of course, he was trying to reassure friends to pick up the man and take him himself,” Sister Imelda said of the child. home.” The little boy was one of many After two weeks with their sponsor, the migrants that the sisters served during migrant has to attend immigration court their three-week stay, beginning in late and explain to the judge why he or she December, in El Paso. Run by volunteers, felt it necessary to leave their country Annunciation House and its assistant of origin. centers offers support, sanctuary, and “I wish we could have talked more perhaps most important of all for the with [the migrants],” Sister Roserita said. tired migrants, a welcoming smile. “Many were gone within a day or two.” “They were so happy to see smiling It’s not such a happy ending for those people again,” Sister Roserita said. who do not have their paperwork Once checked in, the family or in order, or do not have a sponsor. individual is processed and assigned a For them, their tired journey across cot in a large, community sleeping area, country ends in arrest and eventual one side for men, the other for women. deportation. After several days on a bus, or in some On Wednesdays, the Sisters had the Sisters Mary Vuong and Imelda Schmidt cases, on foot, they are gratified to be day off. On one of these days, they Sisters Roserita Weber and Doris Regan. help pack lunches in El Paso. offered a new set of clothing, a warm travelled to the Mexico border. coat, and a shower. “There are plenty of walls down there,” “They will come in wearing flip-flops Sister Roserita said, shaking her head. because it’s pretty warm where they “Near the Tornillo, the detention camp are from,” said Sister Imelda. “It can for youth, they had signs up all over: ‘Free get very cold in El Paso. We had long the Children.’ In the last two months, 200 lines of donated shoes under the tables more children have been separated from with clothing that they could choose their parents at the border.” from.” As is the case with all tragedies, Few of the immigrants were from whether a tornado, tropical storm, or Mexico, Sister Imelda explained. “They those tragedies housed more deeply in were from Honduras, Nicaragua, the hearts of immigrants and refugees Guatemala, Brazil and one family each fleeing their homeland, the El Paso from Russia and Cuba.” community has joined to offer an “The families from Brazil spoke unprecedented hand to their southern Portuguese, and we seldom had an neighbors. Bishop of the Catholic interpreter for them,” Sister Roserita Diocese of El Paso, Mark Seitz, paid added. a visit to the center one day and told While in Texas, Sisters Roserita, Imelda them that there is nothing he wouldn’t Prior to the talk, attendees enjoy a dinner that and the other Sisters helped process do to help the migrants. Their website, was prepared and served by the Justice and papers, distribute clothing, and serve www.elpasodiocese.org is blanketed Peace Commission of Prince of Peace Parish. meals to the tired multitude. They aided with ways to help. The townsfolk have the migrants in contacting their sponsors donated a multitude of volunteer time and arranging for transportation. They and material goods. drove them to the bus or train station, The tired child who had been through or the airport. so much looked down at the small, stuffed And they did so with a welcoming smile, lamb he had been given and said, “Don’t like a spiritual embrace. worry. It will be ok. I am here to take care Why would the families leave their of you.” home to suffer through days of travel, In fact, the little boy reflected in his only to come to a foreign country where assurance those same words uttered Sister Imelda Schmidt, OP, (top) and the struggle would continue as they try again and again by the Sisters serving Sister Roserita Webber, OP, share the to make a new start? as volunteers, helping God’s children in story of their service in El Paso with an For some, it’s the violent gangs that need: “Don’t worry. It will be ok. We are audience at St. Patrick worship site in forced them to make the drastic and here to take care of you.” Great Bend. Page 8 March 24, 2019 The Southwest Kansas Catholic Child sex abuse called ‘a serious and pervasive’ issue in U.S. society By Julie Asher wide variety of steps to improve talking about public schools, it Catholic News Service oversight, identify abusers and is a societal, cultural problem. Editor’s Note: The following is Part I of an protect children. There is no occupation that is ongoing series presented by Catholic News One under-reported fact from freed from it.” Service. Bishop John Brungardt has asked the recent, highly publicized Over the years, highly touted that the series be presented in his fervent Pennsylvania grand jury report is organizations such as the Boy hope that children be protected from all that for all of the many horrors Scouts, U.S.A. Gymnastics and forms of abuse, and that the perpetrators it identified, the good news was Penn State have had abuse of abuse receive justice. that it appeared to document the scandals. ASHINGTON (CNS) — Child decline in current cases. Often such organizations are sexual abuse in the United As Jesuit Father Tom Reese told accused of behavior similar to WStates is at epidemic levels. America magazine in its Dec. 24 what the Catholic Church has More than 60,000 children are issue, every one of the accused been accused of: denials, cover- reported to have been abused every priests in the report was either ups, relocation of predators year, outnumbering those killed by guns deceased or had been removed and unwillingness to tell or cars. Those who survive are often left from ministry, “and only two had authorities. not only with physical wounds, but also been accused of abusing a child In July 2018, shortly before the with psychological wounds that may never in the last 20 years.” Pennsylvania grand jury report heal. These wounds exact both a profound During these same 20 years, was released, a team of Chicago personal and social cost. however, an estimated 1.2 million Tribune reporters turned out Much attention has been focused on the children in this country were a special series on abuse in issue of child sexual abuse and the Catholic abused nationwide in schools, Chicago’s public-school system: Church, and rightly so. Allegations of abuse organizations, churches and societal investigation of what is happening “Betrayed: Chicago schools fail by clergy and church workers as well as families. to children in public schools as well to protect students from sexual abuse and cover-ups and bureaucratic mishandling by Understanding the plague of sexual abuse as private, in sports and other youth- assault, leaving lasting damage.” bishops, dioceses and religious orders have in this country means going beyond the oriented programs and organizations, “Whether the sexual attacks were brutal caused terrible pain for survivors of such immediate headlines and understanding in pediatric facilities and perhaps most rapes, frightening verbal come-ons or abuse and their families. It also has resulted what experts are saying about this scourge. common, in families. (In Australia, a Royal ‘creepy,’ groping touches, the students in disillusionment on the part of ordinary It also means looking not only at the Commission investigation of child abuse often felt betrayed by school officials and Catholics. The cost of this abuse and its Catholic Church but at all institutions and in nongovernmental organizations took wounded for years,” the paper reported. aftermath totals more than $4 billion so far, societal structures where abuse can take five years.) “When students summoned the courage according to the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat place. “Sexual victimization of children is a to disclose abuse, teachers and principals for Child and Youth Protection. So far, no grand jury, congressional serious and pervasive issue in society. failed to alert child welfare investigators While the Catholic Church continues to committee or law enforcement It is present in families, and it is not or police despite the state’s mandated struggle with this legacy, it has instituted a organization has undertaken a broad uncommon in institutions where adults reporter law,” it said. form mentoring and nurturing relationships The Tribune is hardly the first media with adolescents, including schools and outlet to examine abuse in the nation’s religious, sports and social organizations,” public schools. In December 2016, USA said the John Jay report issued in May 2011 Today published its own series. on “The Causes and Context of Sexual “Despite decades of repeated sex abuse Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests in the scandals — from the Roman Catholic WhenWhen it comes it comes to yourto your to-do to-do list, list, United States, 1950-2010.” Church to the Boy Scouts to scores of news When it comes to your to-do list, “If you want to talk about sexual abuse media reports identifying problem teachers putput your your future future first. first. of minors, you’re talking about families, — America’s public schools continue to foster care programs, public schools,” New conceal the actions of dangerous educators put your future first. York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a in ways that allow them to stay in the recent Sirius XM interview. “You’re talking classroom,” it said. 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Financial Advisor www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC been accused of sexual abuse. The list of esan contact). You may also contact the 103 West.103 West6th 6th Scott 103ScottCity, West KS City, 67871 6th KS 67871 the Amarillo diocese included the name of statewide Victim Assistance Hotline 800- 620-872-3188Scott620-872-3188 City, KS 67871 Mario Islas, who served in the Dodge City 828-9745 (8am - 5pm, Monday – Friday) 620-872-3188 diocese for four years. If anyone is aware or the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, 800- of someone who was abused by Mario KS-CRIME, [email protected]. The Southwest Kansas Catholic March 24, 2019 Page 9 Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel: Beloved artist, saintly nun

She oft en drew pictures of children living in her village. She also created designs for priests’ vestments and for the altar, and as the daughter of a deeply religious family, she would be drawn to convent life.

By Charlene sCOtt Myers t is unbelievable to me that Sister Maria Innocenti a Hummel, creator of the beauti ful Hummel fi gurines and painti ngs of children and the IMadonna loved around the enti re world, has never been declared a saint. The infant Berta Hummel, who would become the famous Catholic nun and arti st, was born in Bavaria in 1909 and grew up in Southern Germany, one of six children of the mayor of the town of Massing, Germany. She oft en drew pictures of children living in her village. She also created designs for priests’ vestments and for the altar, and as the daughter of a deeply religious family, she would be drawn to convent life. In 1915, she began schooling with Catholic nuns, and at the age of 18 in 1927, she enrolled in the famous Munch State School of Applied Arts, studying art history, watercolor and oil painti ng, and also texti le design. Aft er graduati ng in 1931, she entered the Franciscan convent of Siessen. She took her vows in 1934, and when she became a novice, she was given her new name of “Sister Maria Innocenti a Hummel.” In the convent, she began to sketch drawings of children, and she later taught art in a school operated by the convent. She printed pictures of children at play. The nun who was the superior at her convent sent copies to a publishing company in Stutt gart that specialized in religious art. So Sister Hummel’s fi rst art was introduced to the public as painti ngs and postcards, which became very popular. A collecti on of her drawings enti tled “Das Hummel-Buch” was published in 1934. The fi rst Hummel fi gurnes were introduced in 1935 at the Leipzig Fair and were an exciti ng success. In 1937, Sister Hummel made her fi nal vows and produced a painti ng called “The Volunteers,” which Hitler disliked and banned in Germany. She also did a drawing of angels with the Star of David on their robes and drew a series of Old and New Testament symbols for the convent chapel in 1938, symbolizing their connecti on with a cross behind a lit menorah. Hitler hated the Jews even more than he hated Catholics, and he shut down all religious schools in Germany. He also seized the convent Sister Hummel had joined, and ousted all but 40 of the 250 sisters who lived there. He ordered Sister Hummel locked in a basement with cold water up to her hips to punish her for her painti ng, “The Volunteers,” of German youth dressed in outf its nearly identi cal to Nazi uniforms. Hitler called up children as young as 12 to serve in the military, and thought she was making fun of him. The ruler of Germany for 12 horrible years was an off ensive man who was easily off ended! Franz Goebel, owner of a porcelain shop, saw Sister Hummel’s art in Munich and asked to transfer her drawings of children and the Madonna onto plates and bells and into porcelain fi gurines. He secured an agreement from Sister Hummel’s convent to create the fi gurines from her drawings, and shared his profi ts with the convent. Sister Hummel died of tuberculosis and pneumonia at age 37 in November, 1946, but her beloved fi gurines live on, several of them dancing with delight in our home. God bless the soul of Sister Hummel, who brought so much joy to the lives of so many with her charming fi gurines! Page 10 March 24, 2019 The Southwest Kansas Catholic Call to Continuing Conversion and Rite of Eleciton odge City -- More than 175 men, fully the Catholic Church at Easter. Lent, let us ask Jesus how He is calling help us. He loves us more than we can ask Dwomen and children on the road The candidates and catechumens— each of us to do ‘righteous deeds,’ or or imagine!” to entering fully the Catholic Church at along with their families, godparents, and acts of kindness, acts of love, acts of As the choir sang the beautiful song, Easter were officially welcomed along sponsors—came from every corner of compassion.” “Wade in the Water,” candidates were their faith journey March 10 by the Most the diocese, each waiting for that special The event marked a milestone for the called by name to dip their fingers in the Rev. John B. Brungardt at the Call to moment when they would be called by bishop. The following day, March 11, was baptismal font. Continuing Conversion and Rite of Election name to sign the Book of the Elect, or to the three-year anniversary of his surgery Catechumens were then called celebration at the Cathedral of Our Lady of dip their fingers in the baptismal font. to remove a brain tumor. He thanked all by name, and together with their Guadalupe. Although southwest Kansas is vast— those who supported him, for their acts of Godparents, came forward and signed One of the most significant events of the neighboring parishes often separated by kindness during a difficult and challenging the Book of the Elect. liturgical year, this is the official moment miles and miles of prairie—the Catholic chapter in his life. Following the celebration, everyone that candidates (baptized members of Diocese of Dodge City is one family. And it’s “As you prepare for our Catholic was invited to meet in the Holy Family another Christian faith tradition—or baptized that family that the bishop urged to show Sacraments: Baptism, Reconciliation, Social Hall for a dinner reception, during Catholics—who are seeking confirmation and acts of kindness in a troubled world. Confirmation, Eucharist, Jesus always which individuals and families posed for first Eucharist) and catechumens (individuals “Today, in our second reading from St. loves us,” Bishop Brungardt told those photographs with Bishop Brungardt. who have not been baptized and who are Paul’s Letter to the Romans (5:12, 17-19), gathered. “Let us focus on doing His will Dozens of photos are available and free seeking baptism, confirmation and first we hear that Jesus, ‘through one righteous this Lent and beyond. Let us do acts of to download at www.dcdiocese.org/ Eucharist) declare their commitment to enter act,’ gave us eternal life, salvation! This kindness, compassion and love. Jesus will swkscatholic. The Candidates 2019 Ashland: LaCrosse: Juan Mejía Mejía, Manuela Mejía Lucinda Blas, Jackie Preisner Jill Georg Mejía, Maria Elisa Morales, Ana Ramos Ordoñez, Wilmer Alexander Claflin: Lakin: Reyes Licona, Tomas Rodríguez López, John Schlessiger, Clayton Ingham Karina Villa Alejandro Solís Ramos, Maria Elena Trejo, Jesús Arturo Delgado Anaya Dodge City: Larned: Fermina Hernandez Batz, Ramona Kay Neighbors, TaWanna Callahan, Jon Offerle: Madriles Ortiz, Alfredo Palma, Chey Palmer Jeremy Luthi Peralta, Irma Rodríguez, Tomasa Ramos López, José Eduardo Reyes López, Kelsey Liberal: Plains: Dalton, Jessica Cordero Irasema Cabello Arreola, Jesse Alfredo Jentry Smith Correa, Manuel Esteban Ríos, Jasiel Fowler: Martínez, Juan Manuel Medina, Martina Scott City: Mattie Ross Everilda Mendoza, Edgar Ortiz, Rosa Rachel Richardson, Brady Jeffery, Jose Ortiz Álvarez, Martin Reynoso, Alfredo Luis Munoz Nieto St. Mary, Garden City: Rodríguez, Sebastiana Tomas Mejía, José Adamin Coreas-Hernandez, Isabela Alonzo Gómez, Juan Carlos, St. Dominic, Garden City: Sharris Joy Koehn, Gabriel Araiza, Darey Ambrocio Álvarez, Marisol Arenivas, Zachary Lee, Mitch Chalkley, Eliseo García, Juliana Marbut, Cesar Iván Pablo Batz Perez, Martha De La Cruz, Bruce Algrim, Ryan Harp, Gary Parks, Rodríguez Saul Delgado Anaya, Claudia Verónica Brock Kendrick, Tessie Foltz, Jerry Hahn García Toj, Ángel Emmanuel Hernandez Great Bend: Cuellar, Tomas Juárez Pu, Agustín Larios, Ulysses: Lori Hammeke, Amy Patzner, Matthew Mario López Miguel, Verónica Luis Jeremy Alcala Patzner, Melissa Roach, Elizabeth Mejía, Celedonia Luis Ruiz, Juan Alberto Dominguez, Yahir Flores Marino Alarcón, Heriberto Meléndez, The Elect 2019 Fowler: Alarcon-Castrejon, Daniela Guadalupe Liberal: Rebecca Merkle Chacon, Arelyn Alyssa Esquivel, Jyzel Sunny Baeza, Serena Collins, Gauge Lusiana Esquivel, Aryanna Hernandez, Ryan Schoolcraft, Victor Alcozer, Jose Dodge City: Jaylin Alexandra Herrera Guevara, Luis Capetillo Flores, Angel Hernandez, Christina Flores, Christina Peralta, Omar Mayrin Elizabeth Herrera Guevara, Gaspar Mendoza, Samuel Vallejo, Romero, Cesar Bravo, Ángel Cervantes, Sandra Giselle Herrera Guevara, Michael Lindsey Berros, Lluvia Briana Argoth, Diego Cervantes, Ximena Cervantes Lira, Paris Lozoya, Alondra Macías-Reyes, Miguel Angel Argoth, Carolina Fabiola Briana Cuenca, Nicole García Ramiro Jr. Maldonado, Fabian Ollarzabal, Castillo, Selena Yeraldi Castillo, Carlos Yasmin Guzmán-Chairez, Ricardo Lima- Homero Ollarzabal, Yaneli Ollarzabal, Humberto Flores, Cindy Carolina Flores, Enríquez, Rubén Lorenzo-Santos, David Jacquelyn Anahí Ramirez-Castrejón, Aaliyah Rose Lucero, Adrián Magdaleno Rivero, Aryana Sanchez, Manuel Adame Maxi Rodríguez, Anthony Rubio, Perez Ruiz, Efraín Perez Ruiz Alejandro Chávez, Ethan Espinosa, Adriel Damien Sanchez, Jaslene Mae Alexander Grabin, Hoadila Ico Velásquez, Villanueva, Nikolai Iván Vicente Medicine Lodge: Sofia Juárez Velásquez, Arturo López Jamie Landwehr Armenta, Hector Martínez Great Bend: Adrián Palacios, Carlos Reyes, Chrisette Alvin Rodarmel, Kaeden Linenberger, Odin: Sumaya, Francisco Velázquez, Sonya Callan Cavender, Noelle Hood, Blaze Char Hekele Contreras, Tyler Dalton, Gabriel Dalton, Little, Xitlali Huitron Jon Farra, Eric Klotz, Gracie Rockers Pratt: Ingalls: Mitchell Baird Ellinwood: Kylee DaNell Burch Marie Maestas Ulysses: Kinsley: Cynthia Pauda, Jenny Powers, Elis St. Dominic, Garden City: Deanna Kocher Guerrero, Aiden Valerio, Kobe Talabert, Vanessa Hahn, Drew Thon Aniya Rodríguez, Yazlyn Ontiveros, Seryna Larned: Vásquez, Precious Vásquez, Zoey Guerrero St. Mary, Garden City: Tanner Lang Reyna Torres-Rodríguez, Marely Wright: Aguilera-Medina, Sebastián Emanuel Brian Chilton

ather Aneesh Parappanattu, MSFS, parochial vicar at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish Fin Dodge City, and Norma Alvarez, Director of Religious Education, will lead a tour of the Holy Land from May 25-June 4, 2020. “Our hope in advertising the event so far in advance is that people who otherwise couldn’t afford to take the trip can begin saving their money,” noted Alvarez. The journey will include visits to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Galilee, Via Crucis, Gethsemane, Dormition, Nativity Church, Capernaum and Tel Aviv. All expenses are paid, except for lunch and trip insurance. The cost is $4,000. For more information, go to Proximotravel.com, or call The Southwest Kansas Catholic March 24, 2019 Page 11 Welcomed along the journey Dozens of people from across the diocese were welcomed March 10 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Gaudalupe in their journey to fully enter the Catholic faith at Easter. At left, a catechumen signs the Book of the Elect. Behind him is his godparent. Sister Angela Erevia, MCDP, stands at the book, welcoming all who sign. Below, candidates dip their fingers in the baptismal font.

Photos by Dave Myers

Dozens of photos can be found at www.dcdiocese.org/swkscatholic, and are free to download.

At right, Ryan Harp, a candidate from St. Dominic Parish, Garden City, and his wife, Kimberly, pose with Bishop Brungardt at the reception. In June, the couple will celebrate their two-year wedding anniversary. Page 12 March 24, 2019 Faith and ... Finances The Southwest Kansas Catholic What is your definition of financial success? Editor’s Note: The following is reprinted of financial success. Your definition of it to $20,000 by the end of the year, you Once you begin to appreciate what you with the permission Compass Catholic financial success is not the same as how are being financially successful. If you have do have, the constant quest for more goes Ministries. For more information, visit the couple next door, or your brother or not saved anything for retirement and you away. You’ll see that a bigger house doesn’t CompassCatholic.org. your friend define it. can save $1,000 this year, you are being really matter. A bigger TV screen doesn’t oo many times we define financial To some, financial success might mean financially successful. Figure out what really matter. A newer car doesn’t really success according to an outside a certain income. To others it might mean financial success means in your own life matter. Tstandard instead of defining it for all their debt is paid off. To others, it might and aim for that. Look at what you do have, not what you ourselves. We look at the person with the mean total financial freedom. Some people You can’t compare yourself to someone are lacking. Philippians 4:11-13 tells us six-figure income as financially successful. may define financial success as simply who was given a huge inheritance or “Not that I say this because of need, for I Or we think the person with the biggest, being able to pay the monthly bills with a someone who made a killing in the stock have learned, in whatever situation I find fanciest car is financially successful. Or little bit left over. market when a company they founded myself, to be self-sufficient. I know indeed we think the people who live in the high- The best way to define financial success went public, or someone whose salary is how to live in humble circumstances; I class area of town with the big houses are is very simple. How much progress have 10 times what you make. know also how to live with abundance. In financially successful. you made on your financial goals? If you are Are you doing better today than you did every circumstance and in all things, I have We fail to take into account our own making progress according to your plan, yesterday? That simple question eliminates learned the secret of being well fed and of lifestyle, the goals specific to our own then you’re financially successful. all the excuses you may conjure up for going hungry, of living in abundance and life, our own starting point and our own It takes hard work and paying attention yourself. You can’t excuse your own failure of being in need. I have the strength for resources as a way to define financial to what you are earning and spending. But based on the success of those around you. everything through him who empowers success. almost everyone can make some progress Measuring financial success is no me.” It’s like looking at someone who is a in being financially successful. We frustrate different than measuring your progress in What actually matters in terms of success physical fitness trainer as a benchmark ourselves when we define financial success getting healthy. You may weigh 300 lbs., and failure is how well you’re managing for defining our own physical fitness. We by looking outward at other people instead but if you weighed 350 lbs. last year you’re what God has given to you. If you work will never go from being a couch potato of looking inward at our own progress. making progress. hard, spend carefully and give cheerfully, to being a long distance runner in a short If you define financial success as having All we can really do is evaluate the no matter what happens, you’ll be better period of time. If we are trying to improve a million dollars in the bank and you are progress we are making on our own off than if you had done nothing at all. our health we need to take it one step at a hardly making ends meet, then you’ll journey. Financial success isn’t hitting some You’ll be able to weather both the good time. We have to acknowledge the weight never feel financially successful, even in arbitrary net worth number or buying a and bad that comes your way. Nothing else we lost over the last year. The amount of you manage to dig totally out of debt and certain item. matters, because there’s nothing else you daily exercise we are doing now. And the your retirement is fully funded. It’s about a long term journey one step at can really control. way we have changed our eating habits to No matter what anyone else is doing, if a time to be in better financial shape each Judging your circumstances against other be healthier. you are putting yourself in a better position, week, each month and each year. It’s hard people makes you frustrated, complacent So, when we define financial success, little by little then you are making progress work. But it is well worth the effort. or arrogant. God is calling you to be a we need to start with where we are, and being financially successful. Start your journey to financial success faithful steward of all the blessings he define where we are going, evaluate how If you think that financial success is by being intentionally grateful for what has given to you. He is not calling you to we have used the resources available to impossible, look for a realistic definition you have. Instead of wanting more and compare yourself against anyone else or to us and measure how much progress we that relates to your own life. If you have more, appreciate all those things that you define your success based on anyone else’s are making to get to our own definition $25,000 in credit card debt and you reduce already have. journey through life. COLOR The Southwest Kansas Catholic Faith and ... Finances March 24, 2019 Page 13 Can Americans today afford to have kids? By Michelle La Rosa in financial well-being, as marriage rates have declined charitable acts and individual responsibility. Catholic News Agency in recent years. “But at the end of the day, even if you look at the numbers ashington D.C. (CNA) - When Alicia Hernon “Marriage is definitely associated with greater financial Catholic Charities has across the country, there are so many realized she was pregnant with her eighth child, stability for families,” said Dr. Scott Stanley, research people [in need], they are not able to help everybody, they Wher first reaction was to start crying. professor and co‑director of the Center for Marital and just don’t have those resources,” he said. “I thought, ‘Our car is too small, our house is too small, Family Studies at the University of Denver. “So long as people are not making the wages necessary we’re going to have to move’,” she said. This is partly because “those with better resources are to care for themselves and their families, there has to be But while the process was a difficult one, she and her much more likely to marry than those with less,” but the something there to assist them.” husband Mike were able to make ends meet and went on nature of marriage is also relevant, he told CNA. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has been calling to welcome two more children into their family. In addressing the complex causes of financial insecurity, on the federal government to address wages and other And it was worth it, the Hernons told CNA. there is no silver bullet, Granado said. factors causing families to struggle, Granado said. While raising children has required financial sacrifices, “Everyone has a role to play in the common good,” he “We’ve been looking at things like affordable housing, Alicia said, “I know we have become better people because explained. This includes individuals, families, organizations, access to nutrition programs, labor questions, criminal of that.” companies, and government. justice reform.” The Hernons are far from alone in wondering how they “There is a definite positive, proactive role for the The Hernons – who today have 10 kids and run The will be able to afford children. In fact, the vast majority of government, the public authority,” Granado said. “This has Messy Family project and podcast – offered suggestions Americans raising children are facing financial difficulties, been a hallmark of Church social teaching for centuries.” for those who want to have children but are concerned according to the 2018 American Family Survey. This does not mean that the Church advocates for a about their financial situation. Of those who have children at home, 73 percent say state-centered society, he clarified – there is a need for They cautioned against allowing materialism and the they worry about being able to pay at least Continued on Page 20 one monthly bill, and 44 percent have faced an economic crisis in the last year – being unable to pay an important bill or going without food, medical care or housing due to financial difficulty, the survey found. For both men and women who do not currently have children, the cost of raising a child was the top consideration in deciding whether to become parents, ranking ahead of current relationship status, desire to raise a child of one’s own, and difficulty of balancing family and career. Anthony Granado, director of the Office of Domestic Social Development for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that while the data may seem surprising, it is consistent with other recent studies on the economy and American families. He pointed to a 2017 study by the Federal Reserve showing that 40 percent of Americans would not be able to come up with $400 for an emergency expense, without borrowing from someone or selling a possession. While the economy has turned around since the Great Recession, Granado told CNA, this doesn’t show the whole picture. “If you’re only looking at GDP as your sense of economic progress in the country, you’re missing how the unemployed, underemployed and poor people are faring in the country,” he said. Although unemployment rates are at historic lows, Granado said, many of the jobs that have been created have been low-wage or part time jobs, with few to no benefits. And while there has been an uptick in overall U.S. wages, the largest wage growth has come for the top 10 percent of Americans, he said, while those with lower incomes have seen their wages increase at a slower rate than the cost of living. Recent data from the Department of Labor indicates that the cost of living in the United States is increasing at its fastest pace in a decade. Soaring costs of college tuition have left many graduates with tens of thousands of dollars in student debt, and increasing housing, health care and child care costs in many parts of the country compound financial struggles. “Therefore, you have in effect a loss of wages, a loss of buying power. This is clearly affecting families…average and lower income people are not doing as well,” Granado said. “If you don’t have the economic means or the benefits through your employer to help provide those things, people are definitely going to be dis-incentivized to have children, which is a bad thing, because we want to promote flourishing families.” Family structure may also be playing a role Page 14 March 24, 2019 The Southwest Kansas Catholic The heart and soul of prayer Continued from Page 1 “Answer me when I call Sometimes people say to me, ‘Well, “What happens when you pray?,” to you, my righteous God. I felt happy and sad at once.’ Or ‘I asks Father James Martin, S.J., in an Give me relief from my felt a sense of confusion about what article inAmerica, The Jesuit Review my life was going to be like, but at magazine. distress; have mercy on me and hear my prayer.” the same time I knew it would be “You can experience powerful fine.’ emotions, surprising insights and -- Psalm 4:1 “It’s okay if you can’t precisely say consoling memories. You can also what you’re feeling. Just because experience feelings, both physical “We are not just purely spiritual you can’t describe it doesn’t mean and otherwise. beings, and so God communicates that it’s not real. And it doesn’t “Sometimes when you’re praying, to us through our bodies as well. mean that it’s not coming from you might feel physically more That’s part of our own incarnation. God. relaxed,” he continues. “That’s quite So pay attention to those physical “So just ask yourself: What might common. It may be a physiological feelings in prayer. God be telling me through these response to simply slowing down “At the same time, you may also feelings? And trust that God will from what may be a busy life, but, experience feelings in prayer that help you, in time, to understand more often than not, it’s much are hard to name. Sometimes it can them.” more than that. feel like a confusing mix of feelings. The scope of abuse From Page 8 USA Today’s network of media and other authority figures can outlets conducted a yearlong be abusers, they also “can be investigation and “found that neighbors, friends and family education officials put children members,” according to Darkness in harm’s way by covering up to Light (www.d2l.org), a South evidence of abuse, keeping Carolina-based nonprofit allegations secret and making it organization dedicated to child easy for abusive teachers to find abuse prevention. “Significantly, jobs elsewhere. abusers can be and often are “As a result, schoolchildren other children.” across the nation continue to be About 90 percent of children beaten, raped and harassed by who are victims of sexual abuse their teachers while government know their abuser, and only 10 officials at every level stand by and percent are abused by a stranger, do nothing,” the paper reported. Darkness to Light says: About How bad may it be in our schools? 60 percent of those victims are According to an Associated Press sexually abused by people the 2017 investigative report, abuse family trusts; approximately 30 cases are underreported, but percent of them are sexually what is tallied is staggering. abused by family members. The yearlong investigation The younger the victim, the “uncovered roughly 17,000 official more likely it is that the abuser reports of sex assaults by students is a family member. Of those over a four-year period, from fall molesting a child under 6, 50 2011 to spring 2015.” percent were family members. “Though that figure represents Family members also accounted the most complete tally yet of for 23 percent of those abusing sexual assaults among the nation’s children ages 12 to 17. 50 million K-12 students,” AP said, About one in 10 children will “it does not fully capture the be sexually abused before their problem because such attacks 18th birthday, according to are greatly underreported, some Darkness to Light. “About one states don’t track them and in seven girls and one in 25 boys those that do vary widely in how will be sexually abused before they classify and catalog sexual they turn 18.” violence. A number of academic Because of underreporting and estimates range sharply higher.” a lack of systematic, nationwide What happens when abuse data collection, estimates of is reported varies widely from sexual abuse can vary. school district to school district, “Child sexual abuse is far more but what The Associated Press prevalent than most people found was not encouraging. realize,” according to Darkness “Elementary and secondary to Light. “Child sexual abuse schools have no national is likely the most prevalent requirement to track or disclose health problem children face sexual violence, and they feel with the most serious array of tremendous pressure to hide it,” consequences.” AP reported. “Even under varying Understanding the scope and state laws, acknowledging an scale of child sexual abuse in incident can trigger liabilities and this country is only the start. In requirements to act. And when future articles, Catholic News schools don’t act — or when Service will look at treatment for their efforts to root out abuse victims, the pursuit of predators, are ineffectual — justice is not the threat of human trafficking served.” and the impact of the internet While doctors, teachers, clergy on child abuse. The Southwest Kansas Catholic March 24, 2019 Page 15 El amor es el fundamento "Jesús, mirándolo, lo amó..." (Marcos 10,21). ste es uno de mis pasajes favoritos de pastores. Escribí sobre los actos de bondad jar de lado mi egoísmo, por ejemplo, tomando las Escrituras, ya que Jesús, antes de en el últi mo número del SKC. El fundamento ti empo para jugar con mi hermano/a o mi Eresponder a la pregunta del hombre rico, para vivir los actos de bondad es el amor, hijo/a. mostró su amor. Este amor es la clave, la raíz, un amor que es incondicional, generoso y • un amor sacrifi cial: Jesús nos ama la fuente, el fundamento de nuestros actos de sacrifi cial. hasta la muerte, muerte en la cruz. Jesús, ayú- bondad en esta Cuaresma y más allá. • un amor incondicional: Jesús nos ama dame a sufrir un poco, por ejemplo, tomando Tenemos una grave escasez de sacerdotes a todos sin importar lo que pase. Jesús, ayú- unos minutos extras para ayudar a alguien con para nuestra diócesis, y nos hemos centrado dame a llegar a alguien con quien no me llevo sus bolsas de comprar a llegar hasta su auto. en la limosna, el ayuno, la oración, y ahora en bien, por ejemplo, saludando a un compañero Estos pequeños actos de bondad, con el los últi mos años en los actos de bondad por de clase, maestro o compañero de trabajo. fundamento del amor, darán grandes frutos en las vocaciones sacerdotales (ver tabla), pidi- • un amor que da: Jesús nos ama sin el Señor. Jesús nos ama con sacrifi cio, incondi- endo a nuestro Dulce Jesús un aumento de contar el costo. Jesús, con tu gracia puedo de- cionalmente, y ¡nos da tanto! + Mons. John La Cuaresma nos lleva a lo más profundo a Cuaresma nos lleva a lo más profundo. adoración. Él, ella, se entregan El Papa reafi rma su Nos hace pensar seriamente sobre las cosas en totalmente como un regalo a Lnuestras vidas: sobre de dónde venimos; sobre las Dios. cercanía a la comunidad decisiones que tomamos; sobre a dónde vamos, hacia Este es el contexto para en- Dios o lejos de Dios. Él nos hizo por amor, y suavemente tender lo que Jesús dijo en la islámica tras el atentado nos llama a devolver ese amor, regalándonos a nosotros Últi ma Cena, y para entender mismos como un don. lo que Jesús hizo en el Calvario. El Hijo que Él envió vivió este don en su propia per- La noche antes de morir, tomó de Nueva Zelanda sona. Él tomó nuestros pecados sobre sí mismo, y se el pan y el vino, y pronunció las Redacción ACI Prensa entregó hasta la muerte. Él fue un don, un don de amor palabras rituales sobre ellos. De l Papa Francisco quiso reafirmar su cercanía sacrifi cial. esta manera, hizo una conexión Por rev. Ea la comunidad islámica duramente golpeada El Nuevo Testamento heredó esta forma de pensar, por directa entre esta comida ritual rOnald M. en Nueva Zelanda tras un atentado terrorista supuesto, del Anti guo Testamento. El Libro del Levíti co y el sacrifi cio venidero en la GilMOre, contra dos mezquitas de la localidad de describe cinco clases de sacrifi cios, animales y vegetales. Cruz. Él se entregó a la muerte, Obispo Emérito de Christchurch, el pasado viernes 15 de marzo, en Tres de estos (la ofrenda quemada; la ofrenda de grano; y para que él mismo, y nosotros, el que murieron al menos 49 personas. la ofrenda de paz) expresan nuestra comunión con Dios, pudiéramos volver a la vida. la Diócesis Católica “En estos días, al dolor por las guerras y los y dos de ellos (la ofrenda por el pecado; y la ofrenda por Todos los sacrificios del de Dodge City conflictos que no cesan de afligir a la humanidad, la culpa) expresan cómo restaurar la comunión con Dios, Anti guo Testamento llegan a se ha sumado el dolor por las víctimas del una vez quebrantada. su signifi cado pleno y fi nal en el Sacrifi cio de la Cruz. El horrible atentado contra dos mezquitas en Para la mente hebrea, cada sacrifi cio era una ofrenda últi mo nació ritualmente en el primero. El primero se Christchurch, en Nueva Zelanda”, dijo el Papa ritualizada de sí mismo. El que ofrecía llevaba al animal completó ritualmente en el últi mo. durante el rezo del Ángelus este domingo 17 de a su muerte y a su quema, un signo poderoso de un don La Cuaresma nos lleva a lo más profundo: a través de marzo en la Plaza de San Pedro. completamente dado a Dios. El que ofrecía así hacía su las profundidades de nuestro propio quebrantamiento, “Rezo por los muertos y heridos y por propio don de sí mismo al Señor, un acto fundamental de a las profundidades del propio camino de Dios. sus familias. Permanezco cercano a aquella comunidad religiosa y civil, y renuevo la invitación a unirse con la oración y los gestos de Protegiendo a los Niños de Dios paz para contrastar el odio y la violencia”. La Diócesis requiere a todos los em- Esta no es la primera ocasión en que el pleados y voluntarios que trabajan Reportando Abuso Pontífice se refiere a este crimen. El mismo con menores a asisti r a las sesiones Si usted sospecha abuso o descuido de un menor en Kansas y el menor día del atentado, el Vaticano difundió un de conscienti zación de Proteger a esta en un peligro inmediato hable al 911 o al departamento de policía telegrama enviado por el Secretario de Estado los Niños de Dios. Estas sesiones de local. Si usted ti ene alguna sospecha de que un menor esta siendo abusado del Vaticano, Cardenal Pietro Parolin, en nombre conscienti zación están disponibles o descuidado haga un reporte confi dencial al Departamento de Kansas del Papa Francisco, en el que se señalaba que en ambos inglés y español. Son Centro de Reportes Para Protección de Niños y Familias, 800-922-5330. el Santo Padre “se entristeció profundamente” conducidos por gente de nuestra Si usted Sospecha abuso por parte de personal d la Iglesia, aparte al enterarse del atentado que provocó heridos Diócesis especialmente entrenadas de hacer un reporte a esas autoridades civiles, por favor comuníquese y muertos, hecho que calificó como “actos de como facilitadores. Las sesiones se con el Señor Charles Befort, [email protected], 620-285-3219. Si usted violencia sin sentido” por lo que aseguró a publicarán en las parroquias, es- o alguien que conoce pudo haber sido abusado/a por parte de personal todos los neozelandeses, y en particular a la cuelas, el períodico Southwest Kan- de la Iglesia, comuníquese con el Señor Befort. Puede hacer un reporte comunidad musulmana, “su sincera solidaridad sas Catholic y la página electrónica a la Diócesis en nuestro siti o web. tras estos ataques”. de la Diócesis. www.dcdiocese. El formulario para hacer su reporte lo puede encontrar en la siguiente org/protecti ngchildren. dirección: www.dcdiocese.org/safe-environment. ¿Cuáles son tus dones del Espíritu Santo? Los Talleres Llamados y Dotados están programados de la siguiente manera: Para registrarse, comuníquese con Coleen Stein 620- 227-1538 o [email protected]. la cuota para este taller es de $25. (La edición anterior de SKC dice incorrectamente que el John Stang austi n habash Tyler Saucedo eric Frieb Carson haupt esteban Jonathan evento es gratuito). hernandez Lemus Fecha: sábado 6 de abril. Por favor tomen un momento para escribir una carta de apoyo a nuestros semi- ubicación: Salón de la Sagrada Familia ¿Tienen un minuto? naristas. Ellos han expresado lo grande que es para ellos saber que hay alguien Catedral de Nuestra Señora de pensando en ellos y orando por ellos. Guadalupe, 3231 N 14th Avenue, Dodge City Concepti on Seminary College horario: 8 –8: 45 a.m. - Registro John stanG St. John Vianney eric Frieb Theological Seminary P.O. Box 502 9 a.m. - El taller comienza austi n habash 1300 S. Steele St. Carson hauPt tyler sauCedO Denver, CO 80210 Jonathan leMus Concepti on, MO 64433 puntualmente 12 del mediodía - Almuerzo esteban hernandeZ: 910 Central, P.O. Box 137, Dodge City, KS 67801 5 p.m. - Terminar Page 16 March 24, 2019 O BITUARIES The Southwest Kansas Catholic helP Wanted Mary “Pat” tOrline, 84, homemaker, raising the family Singing Seniors and enjoyed of St. John the Bapti st Parish, on a farm north of Spearville. singing in the local Christmas Project / Maintenance Manager Spearville, died Feb. 28, 2019. She was an avid craft er and cantatas. She volunteered Pat was born to Joseph Anthony enjoyed making quilts. She also at Prairie Mercanti le and for Adorati o Foundati on, Beloit, KS and Rita Cecelia (Kinsella) crocheted stocking caps for Meals on Wheels. She married Coppersmith in Clyde, MO. She local youth chariti es. She was Maurice “June” Briand Jr. on Adorati o Foundati on in Beloit, KS is looking for a att ended Mount St. Scholasti ca a member of the Daughters of Dec. 13, 1950 in Ness City. He highly qualifi ed Project/Maintenance Manager. (now Benedicti ne College) in Isabella. On August 17, 1954 died June 8, 1995. Survivors Atchison, where she received she married Melvin Hines. include her son, Marc Briand; This positi on is responsible for all maintenance, her Bachelor of Music Degree. Survivors include her husband four daughters, Suzanne repair and upkeep of Adorati o Foundati on’s property While there, she met Glenn, of 64 years, Melvin; their Clark, Michele Gillaspie, Laura including overseeing volunteers, landscaping, her husband of 60 years. Aft er eight children, Athena Moen, Briand, and Simone Briand; two plumbing, carpentry, and electrical work; graduati on, she taught in Kansas Dale Hines, Alan Hines, Gary brothers, Ronald Leiker and City, Kans. for two years unti l Hines, Kevin Hines, Rick Hines, Kenneth Leiker; two sisters, a true handyman. she and Glenn were married Connie Schuett e, and Sandra Mildred Koob and Edna Brown; Applicants should be strong, practi cing Catholics in Marysville. The newlyweds Junge; four brothers, Claire six grandchilden; and three who seek to raise their families within a moved to Spearville where she Stramel, Andy Stramel, Clyde great-grandchildren. conti nued to teach unti l starti ng Stramel, and Kenny Stramel; Charles v. barker, 87, of smaller community that supports an authenti c, their family. She was a member a sister, Dorothy Gabel; 22 Prince of Peace Parish, Great K – 12th grade Catholic school. of the Daughters of Isabella grandchildren and 23 great- Bend, died March 11, 2019. in Spearville. She was also a grandchildren. Father John He was born in Hitchland, TX, send cover lett er, resume former Spearville School Board Forkuoh presided. to John C. and Ollie V. (Morris) and three references to: Member and Den Mother. Pat is MarCella briand, 94, of Conti nued on Page 20 admin@adorati ofoundati on.com. survived by Glenn and their fi ve Sacred Heart Parish, Ness City, children: Dr. Michael Torline; died March 9, 2019. She was Obituary policy Principal/ colby Terry Torline, Anne Torline, born in Ness City, the daughter Paul Torline, and Stephen of Philip and Antonett a Obituaries are listed free of Sacred Heart Elementary School in Colby, Kansas is seeking to fi ll the charge, but must be edited for positi on of Principal to begin July 1, 2019. Qualifi cati ons: Demonstrated Torline; and 10 grandchildren. (Wasinger) Leiker. Marcella Father John Forkuoh and Father was a nurse’s aide at Grisell space. If you see that a listi ng commitment to the development of Christi an spirit and a Catholic has not been included, call Dave community of faith within the school environment. Master’s degree Aneesh Parappanatt u presided. Memorial Hospital, Ransom FlOrenCe hines, 83, of and was a medical assistant at (620) 227-1519, or email in Education Administration and supervision with experience in [email protected]. administrati on and teaching. Acti ve member of the Catholic Church. St. John the Bapti st Parish, for Dr. Prakorn in Ness City. Spearville, died March 1, 2019. She was a member of the Altar Please pray for the repose Preference given to candidates who have ability to communicate and of the soul of all those listed, work collaborati vely with an excellent staff . Competi ti ve salary and She was born in Jetmore, the Society and was a Sacristan. She daughter of Andrew and Arlie sang in the Sacred Heart Choir and for their friends and loved benefi ts commensurate with credenti als and experience. Submit a ones. lett er of interest, resume, three lett ers of reference and university (Sorem) Stramel. She was a and was a Cantor. She led the credenti als to Fr. Richard Daise, 585 N. French Avenue, Colby, KS, by May 15, 2019. If you have questi ons or need some clarifi cati on, call Angelus to Xavier (785) 462-2179. catholic Place names in Kansas Obvious & Obscure a book by diocesan archivist tim Wenzl La Crosse La Crosse (Rush County) – Two stories surfaced regarding the origin of this community’s name. One is the original name of Rock Castle was changed to La Crosse when W.S. Taylor, formerly of La Crosse, Wis., moved his newspaper the Rush County Progress to the town from Rush Center. The other is the erroneous noti on that La Crosse means “the cross.” When Zebulon Pike advanced an expediti on up the Mississippi River for the United States in 1805, he recorded the Wisconsin place name as “Prairie La Crosse.” This name originated from a game played by the Nati ve Americans there using sticks that resembled a Catholic bishop’s crozier or la crosse in French. The religious significance of the ad from the la Crosse Chieft ain, april 24, 1919. community’s name was not lost on and Grain Company. They with a heraldic cross topped the owners of the La Crosse Milling emblazoned their fl our sacks by “La.”

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Hosea 6:1-6/Luke 18:9-14 14/John 8:1-11 Chicago. sunday, March 31 First: The Southwest Kansas Catholic March 24, 2019 Page 19 Newman University names Joanna Pryor Athletic Director ICHITA – After a summer. form relationships, and more,” national search Joanna “I’m really excited and happy Carrocci said. WPryor has been named for Jo. She has earned this chance. “Having Joanna Pryor take the Director of Athletics for Newman Over the past eight years, she helm of the athletic department University, effective July 1, 2019. has been an essential part of as we move to the MIAA next She will take over department our administration team and has year gives me great confidence. leadership duties after current helped me tremendously and I She is the right person, with director Vic Trilli retires at the end look forward to the great places the right skill set, to lead us into of the school year. she will lead Jets athletics,” Trilli a promising future,” Carrocci Pryor will take over the program added. “I’m confident that people added. after spending the previous eight will recognize quickly the many Before moving to athletic years as an associate director of skills and great leadership abilities administration duties, Pryor athletics and NCAA compliance she will bring to the role.” served as the head volleyball coordinator at Newman. Newman University President coach at Newman for two years. “I’m excited for this opportunity Noreen M. Carrocci, Ph.D., chaired From 2001 to 2009, Pryor was and excited to help our student the search committee and said head volleyball coach at Cowley athletes and coaches with this Joanna Pryor is the new Athletic Director for Newman University in Pryor was the unanimous choice College in Arkansas City, Kansas transition,” Pryor said. “I also look Wichita. of its members. where she finished with a 218- forward to helping in planning good challenge that I think we’re directors, according Higher “We interviewed three 93 record. She led the Tigers for each of the upcoming sports all ready to accept. The MIAA Education Publications, Inc. candidates from among the to four National Junior College seasons so that our coaches can is one of the best conferences “It actually dawned on me this 85 applicants. In the search Athletic Association (NJCAA) go into our new conference with in Division II but we have a lot morning and I was like, ‘Oh my process, Joanna met with the national tournament berths, confidence.” of teamwork. We have great gosh, I think that I might be the committee, coaches, student finishing as high as second in The Jets will leave the coaches here at Newman and if only female athletic director in the athletes, booster club members the nation. Heartland Conference at the we can work together we can be MIAA,’” Pryor said, “I’ve worked and the Cabinet plus took part Pryor earned a Bachelor end of the academic year successful,” Pryor said. in sports since I was 22 years old, in an open forum with faculty of Science degree in Sports and begin competing in the In addition to holding claim so I’m never shocked when I see a and staff. Every constituency Administration at Wichita Mid-American Intercollegiate as the smallest school, based on woman in a leadership position… with whom Joanna interviewed State, and a Master of Science Athletics Association (MIAA) as enrollment, in the MIAA, Newman I think you get what you work for gave her nothing but positive in Education at Newman. She an associate member in 2019-20. will be unique as the conference’s and it is exciting. It is kind of crazy comments and high ratings in is a member of the National Newman is the only private NCAA only athletic program headed by to think about but I’m looking all categories – communication Association for Athletics Division II program in Kansas and a woman. In fact, Pryor will join forward to it and I have a lot of skills, leadership, understanding Compliance (NAAC). will be the only private university an elite group. As of July 2018, support, from all sides.” of our mission, knowledge Pryor is married to Nathan in the league. only 41 NCAA DII schools, which One of Pryor’s supporters is of our athletic department Pryor and has three children - “It presents a challenge, but a is 14 percent, had female athletic the man she will replace this and the university, ability to Calvin, Logan and Jordan. Page 20 March 24, 2019 The Southwest Kansas Catholic Can’t aff ord children? Think again ‘Made for More’ pilgrimage what make parents into bett er people. From Page 13 ou are invited to make a “Made for More” pilgrimage to the allure of Pinterest-perfect purchases to blur the They advised couples to discuss finances Archdiocese of Kansas City on April 4-5. lines between wants and needs. before marriage to make sure they are on A caravan of vehicles will depart from the Cathedral of Our Lady Kids can share bedrooms, clothes and toys, the same page about their goals. They also Y of Guadalupe in Dodge City April 4. The journey will include a tour of the and a 16-year-old does not need their own recommended living on a single income when a Holy Cross Shrine in Pfeifer, as well as the Basilica of St. Fidelis (Cathedral car, Alicia said. Shopping at thrift stores and couple is fi rst married, so one parent can more of the Plains) in Victoria. At 7 p.m., the group will att end a speaking event making gifts instead of buying them are other easily stop working or cut back on hours once in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas, featuring Christopher West creative ways that families can save money, children are born. and Mike Mangione. she added. Trusti ng God is criti cal. Here is a parti al descripti on of the presentati on from the “Made for More” As the kids get older, they also contribute, the “One of the things I’ve found is that saying website, htt p://corproject.com/madeformore/: Hernons said. By the ti me their kids reach their yes to God’s gift of life has always come with “Join Christopher West and Mike Mangione as they weave together mid-teens, they pay for their own cell phones, blessings,” Mike refl ected. [multi -media] presentati ons refl ecti ng on the meaning of life, love, and non-essenti al clothes and video games. This not Ulti mately, he said, the Church must remind human desti ny. you will come away with a faith-fi lled vision of hope that only eases the fi nancial burden on the family, but society of the true value of children and family will insti ll in you the sheer wonder and joy of being alive.” also teaches the children hard work, responsibility, life. On April 5, aft er a tour and rosary at St. Peter’s Cathedral, the group will and wise money management. “I think that we [as a culture] have lost a journey home. A fl yer, as well as more informati on is available at www. Families may need to forego expensive real sense of the joys of family life, in that we dcdiocese.org/marriage-family-life. vacations and opt for simple birthday are seeing the financial burden first, rather If you would like to att end, RSVP to the Offi ce of Matrimony, Family Life celebrati ons, such as a water balloon fi ght in than the joy in it,” he said. “As Catholics, we and Natural Family Planning by email: [email protected], or call/text: the backyard rather than an expensive party, the need to do a more effective job of sharing and 620-786-5708 with your name and number of people who will be taking Hernons said. But ulti mately, these sacrifi ces are celebrating the joy of family life.” part in this pilgrimage. Obituaries From Page 16 Barker. He married Minna E. Dovel on August 1, 1952. She died on Nov. 14, 1986. He then later married Joyce (Anschutz) Cobb at Russell on June 6, 1997. She survives. Charles served during the Korean and Vietnam Wars in the United States Air Force from 1951- 1971, earning the rank of E-7. He owned the skati ng rink in Great Bend, unti l he reti red in July 1992. Survivors include, his wife Joyce; one son, Brad; two daughters, Sandra Muth and Vernett a Wells; eight grandchildren and 16 great- grandchildren. Father Don Bedore presided. aliCe lee (vanWinkle) latas, 87, of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Dodge City, died March 11, 2019. She was born on a farm near Radium, Kansas, the daughter of Albert and Myrtle Ruth (McGinty) VanWinkle. She graduated from Radium High in 1949 and Venus Beauty Academy in Wichita in 1950. She was student Registrar at Dodge City Community College for 20 years, reti ring in 2000. She was a member of the Altar Society. On Oct. 20, 1951 she married Raymond Latas at Seward. He preceded her in death in 1971. Survivors include three daughters, Shana Hawkins, Shelia McMullen and Lana Crane; three sons, Brent, Brian and Blaine; 10 grandchildren and seven great- grandchildren; and a brother, Jim VanWinkle. Father Wesley Schawe presided. MarCella Marie “GG” stOs, 85, of St. Ann Parish, Olmitz, died March 12, 2019. She was born in rural Bison, the daughter of Edward John and Mary Ann (Kopriva) Oborny. She married Bernard Vincent Stos Dec. 29, 1953. He died Aug. 26, 2005. Marcella was a member of the Altar Society. She was a school cook and reading grandma for Oti s Bison High School, private care giver, and twinner for Essex. Survivors include four sons, Mike, Patrick, David and Kelly; fi ve daughters, Bernadean Herl, Rita Engle, Maureen Faber, Kristi na Von Elling, and Colleen Sharkey; one brother, Edward J. Oborny, Jr.; 25 grandchildren; and 42 great-grandchildren. Father Anselm Eke presided.