Single Issue: $1.00 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40030139 CATHOLIC JOURNAL Vol. 95 No. 15 September 27, 2017 Expanded scope Pope Francis asks youth to follow dreams “In the clear proposal of remaining faithful to the By Carol Glatz When life hits hard, they Continuing his series of audi - he sGaid, explaining: teaching of Christ, we must should try to get up again, letting ence talks on Christian hope, the Enemy No. 1 is not out there . . . look with the intelli - VATICAN CITY (CNS) — others help them, and if they are pope gave extensive advice on somewhere, but inside oneself. gence of love and with wise Young people should love, believe bored, they should concentrate on how to teach people, especially “Don’t make room for bitter or realism at the reality of and follow their dreams, never doing good things for others, the young people, to remain full of dark thoughts.” families today in all of their despairing because Jesus is always pope said Sept. 20 during his hope. No matter “where God has complexity, in their light with them, Pope Francis said. weekly general audience. planted you, hope. Always hope,” — BELIEVERS , page 15 and darkness,” writes Pope Francis in his restructuring of the JP institute, renaming JOY program focuses on issues of social justice it the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for the By Kate O’Gorman racist and anti-oppression educa - and colonization.” Sciences of Marriage tion, facilitated the first JOY ses - Verlangen added that it is and Family. SASKATOON — The Justice sion, addressing the nature of priv - important that we grapple with — page 2 and Outreach Year (JOY) of ilege. how our self-understanding and Dads Doin’ Time Formation program kicked off its Verlangen began by explaining assumptions have been formed out second year Sept. 15 - 16 with a how privilege — such as one’s edu - of this history, especially before An exhibit at the Saskatoon new cohort of participants from cation, one’s ability to find fruitful reaching out to others in service. Community Youth Arts across the Roman Catholic employment, one’s inherent safety “What we’re talking about is Programming gallery in Diocese of Saskatoon. based on skin colour or gender — power: who has it, who doesn’t, Saskatoon served to high - As the JOY program is a year- consists of a set of basic, often how it is exercised, and how it is light the impact of incarcer - long immersion of learning from unconscious, assumptions. perpetuated.” ation on husbands, fathers and working alongside people who “Privilege is a set of circum - To illustrate the perspectives and children. “We need to experience life on the margins, the stances in the world that we are all often taken for granted by members put more stock in the impor - program began by offering an part of, whether we want to be or of a dominant group, Verlangen tance of family connections,” understanding of the lens through not — it’s how the fabric of our took participants through an exer - said one co-ordinator. which we view the world. society is made up,” she said. cise called “Unpacking the In - “Strengthening family A key piece of learning within Quoting Sensoy and DiAngelo visible Knapsack” — a series of the JOY experience is discovering from their book, Is Everyone statements that identify the daily connections is a Kate O’Gorman that authentic solidarity means Really Equal? Verlangen defined effects of white privilege. preventative measure.” Anita Verlangen being present with people and privilege as “the rights, advan - Some of the statements include: — page 3 acknowledging our mutual bro - tages and protections enjoyed by — and it is — but we also have a Sex addiction kenness. It is a model of service some at the expense of and history that is founded on racism — IDENTITY , page 7 that veers away from “me helping beyond the rights, advantages and Anti-porn activist Matt Fradd you” and draws nearer to “us protections available to others. . . . Winnipeg Catholic hospital says that standing together.” The healing In this context, privilege is . . . the pornogra - power of friendship is the most product of structural advantages. draws euthanasia battle lines phy has nar - effective agent for healing, and One automatically receives privi - rowed our also the most demanding. It lege by being a member of a dom - understand - requires a shift in perspective, an inant group. By Michael Swan essential health care is offered in ing of sex awareness of privilege. “So it’s important to recognize The Catholic Register publicly funded health care facili - and flipped Anita Verlangen, an English- that we don’t all start on the same ties who have a mandate to pro - it from “this language instructor with the Sas - footing,” Verlangen explained. WINNIPEG (CCN) — All vide services to the community is my body given up for you, katchewan Intercultural Associa - “Canada has a reputation for being summer long Winnipeg’s St. that they’re in.” to this is your body tion with a background in anti- a pure, multicultural, open society Boniface Hospital has been in the Winnipeg Archbishop Richard given up for me.” eye of a storm over Gagnon is equally adamant. — page 6 its right as a religious “The effort at St. Boniface Hos - health care institution pital was to draw that inevitable Love at work to refuse to provide red line,” he told The Catholic euthanasia and assist - Register . “We can’t cross that. There is love at work in the ed suicide. Once you cross that, you’re ending pro-life movement, says MP The hospital’s own - the whole faith-based foundation Brad Trost. “We do it for the ers have gone to the of the hospital.” least. We don’t always do it lengths of remaking The issue has been simmering in the most direct ways. the board of directors since a May 29 board meeting at Sometimes we do it by to ensure the “Catholi - the hospital. The 16-member board standing in front of clinics. city of the hospital,” was set to meet a regional health Sometimes we do it by con - but opponents say the authority requirement to pass guide - tributing. For most of us it’s battle is not over. lines on precisely how it would the love of Christ that Shanaaz Gokool, respond when patients re quest a compels us.” the CEO of the pro doctor’s help to commit suicide. — page 6 assisted-suicide orga - The proposed policy was clear that nization Dying with St. Boniface would not induce any What do we do? Dignity, makes no death, but neither would it interfere bones about her cam - with a patient’s right to seek one. “How often do many of our paign to force Cath olic Information about the procedure petty hurts and slights go hospitals, hospices and would be available and patients into syndication and we nursing homes to who requested an assisted death replay them or binge watch either offer assisted would be transferred promptly to a CNS/ L'Osservatore Romano them whenever we feel like suicide or allow it on consenting institution. it?” asks Tom Saretsky. POPE VISIT REHABILITATION CENTRE — Pope Francis, continuing his occa - their premises. But prior to the vote, an amend - sional series of Friday afternoon visits to people who are suffering or in need of “Our minds are the screens “We are cam - ment was tabled. It proposed that a and we sit down to watch encouragement, visited a well-known Rome rehabilitation centre for people with neurological disorders or nerve damage. He arrived at the Santa Lucia Foundation paigning to ensure Winnipeg Regional Health Au - the show, hoping for a Sept. 22 and visited the ward for the rehabilitation of children with neurological that people have ac - thority representative be allowed to different ending.” What’s diseases. He “joked with them” and offered their parents words of encouragement. cess to medical assis - end the life of a patient on hospital the antidote? He then visited a ward of young adults, ages 15 to 25, who lost the use of their arms tance in dying wher - premises in rare and extreme cir - — page 8 and legs after being in car accidents. The pope began the so-called “Mercy Friday” ever they happen to cumstances where a transfer might visits in late 2015 during the Year of Mercy. The visits were designed to reflect the be,” said Gokool. be risky. spiritual and corporal works of mercy with “those who live in situations of physical “We just want to en - and social exclusion.” sure that basic and — KILLING , page 4 2 Prairie Messenger INTERNATIONAL NEWS September 27, 2017 Pope expands scope of institute on marriage

By Carol Glatz there are branches around the “In the clear proposal of re - The church has such a long, ing with experts who have views world, including in the United maining faithful to the teaching rich patrimony of teachings that not in line with church teaching, VATICAN CITY (CNS) — To States, Australia, Mexico and India. of Christ, we must, therefore, need to be “relaunched” to pro - Paglia said scientific reflection better prepare priests and pastoral Given the newer gatherings of look with the intelligence of love vide answers to new questions, he requires dialogue, including with workers to help meet the chal - the Synod of Bishops on the fam - and with wise realism, at the real - said, including gender theories those who are not Catholic. lenges families face today, Pope ily, those held in 2014 and 2015, ity of families today in all of their and women’s issues. “It’s obvious a scientific insti - Francis is strengthening the and their call for a more pastoral complexity, in their light and “Mustn’t the church partici - tute, precisely because of its Pontifical John Paul II Institute and missionary approach to mod - darkness,” the pope wrote. pate in some way with its reflec - nature, cannot be closed up in for Studies on Marriage and ern family life, Pope Francis Meeting with reporters the tions” by being positive and pro - itself,” he said. Family and changing its name to wrote there is a need for greater same day, Archbishop Vincenzo active and “not just pull back,” he “Marriage is not a ‘Catholic’ the Pontifical John Paul II Theo- reflection and academic forma - Paglia, chancellor of institute, and asked. question,” he said; it concerns all logical Institute for the Sciences tion in a “pastoral perspective and Msgr. Pierangelo Sequeri, presi - When asked whether having a of humanity. “And we cannot re - of Marriage and Family. attention to the wounds of hu - dent, said the pope’s mandate to more expanded approach to sponsibly not enter into dialogue” The new institution is to ex - manity” while keeping the origi - revitalize and strengthen the insti - human sciences meant the insti - with all those who hold dear the pand and deepen the types of nal inspiration for the old institute tute is a sign of how much he tute would be hiring or collaborat - whole human family. courses offered as well as take alive. supports its work and wants it to “an analytical and diversified By amplifying the institute’s make a greater contribution to the approach” that allows students to scope in making it a “theological” church and have a greater impact study all aspects and concerns of institute that is also dedicated to on society. today’s families while remaining human “sciences,” the pope said, All new statutes, structures “faithful to the teaching of the institute’s work will study — in and programs will be needed to Christ,” the pope wrote. a “deeper and more rigorous way help the institute fulfil its expand - The re-foundation of the insti - — the truth of revelation and the ed mission, they said. Current tute was issued motu proprio , on wisdom of the tradition of faith.” personnel and faculty will re - the pope’s own accord, in an apos - The anthropological and cul - main, but there will be new posi - tolic letter, “ Summa Familiae tural changes underway affect tions and new hires to offer the Cura ” (“Great Care for the Fami - every aspect of human life, he expanded course work necessary ly”). Dated Sept. 8, the feast of the wrote, and that calls for a new to better prepare students, said nativity of Mary, the letter was approach that is not limited to Paglia. For example, Sequeri released at the Vatican Sept. 19. pastoral practices and mission said, a course that addresses “the The original institute for studies “that reflect forms and models of family and economics” is critical on marriage and the family was the past.” when so many family problems established by St. John Paul II in “We must be informed and stem from financial difficulties. 1982, after the 1980 Synod of passionate interpreters of the wis - “There has to be a theology for Bishops on the family called for the dom of faith” in a context in the family that exists,” rather than creation of centres devoted to the which individuals find less sup - just a theology of the ideal fami - study of the church’s teaching on port than they had in the past ly, he said. The church must marriage and the family. While the from social structures, relation - respond to all the contemporary central institute is based in Rome, ships and family. issues people struggle with. Brazil checks massacre by illegal miners CNS/Jose Mendez, EPA MEXICO EARTHQUAKE — Rescue workers search for survivors in the debris of collapsed buildings Sept. 20 in Mexico City. The magni - By Barbara J. Fraser demnation” at the reports. are confirmed, it would clearly be tude 7.1 earthquake hit Sept. 19 to the southeast of the city, killing In a statement from the Pan- a case of deaths that could have hundreds. LIMA, Peru (CNS) — Catho - Amazonian Church Network and should have been avoided, lic leaders condemned reports of (REPAM), which includes church and the Brazilian government will Mercy can scandalize those a possible massacre of isolated leaders and pastoral workers from be directly responsible for (fail - indigenous people by illegal gold throughout the Amazon, they ure) to fulfil its obligations,” the miners in a remote area of the called for authorities to “quickly REPAM statement said. who don’t see their own sin Brazilian Amazon. clarify the circumstances in which Rumours of a violent en- The Brazilian government is this act of profound violence counter between miners working By Cindy Wooden meal. Pope Francis said it remind - investigating reports that illegal allegedly occurred and implement illegally on the Jandiatuba River ed him of what Jesus said in the miners killed as many as 20 in- immediate measures to protect the and members of an isolated tribe VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Gospel of St. Luke, “There will digenous people in early August. life and territory of the indigenous began circulating in mid-August Celebrating the feast of St. be more joy in heaven over one Little is known about the indige - peoples of Vale do Javari.” in the town of São Paulo de Matthew, the anniversary of the sinner who repents than over 99 nous group, which lives in the Authorities have failed to re - Olivenca, several days’ travel day when as a 17-year-old he said righteous people who have no Vale do Javari indigenous territo - spond to complaints about incur - away on the Solimoes River. he was overwhelmed by God’s need of repentance.” ry and avoids contact with wider sions by outsiders into the Vale Someone who heard the stories mercy, Pope Francis said it was But, the pope said, the Brazilian society. do Javari and other indigenous alerted authorities, who travelled interesting how many Catholics Pharisees saw Jesus with Matthew Church leaders expressed territories, the statement said. to the area to investigate. today seem to be scandalized when and were scandalized that he “pain, indignation and strong con - “If the reports of the massacre In late August, Brazilian army God shows mercy to someone. would eat with tax collectors and soldiers burned four gold-mining In his homily at mass in the sinners. dredges on the Jandiatuba River, Domus Sanctae Marthae Sept. 21, The Pharisees were people who and environmental authorities Pope Francis looked in-depth at continually repeated, “The law says fined illegal miners about the day’s short Gospel story of the this, doctrine says that,” the pope $340,000 for damage in the area. calling of St. Matthew. said. “But they forgot the first com - The REPAM statement said The story, the pope said, has mandment of love and were closed budget cuts to Brazil’s National three parts: “the encounter, the in a cage of sacrifices, (saying), Indian Foundation, the govern - celebration and the scandal.” ‘We make our sacrifices to God, mental indigenous affairs agency, Jesus sees Matthew, a tax col - we keep the Sabbath, we do all we and policies promoting industrial lector — “one of those who made should and so we’ll be saved.’ ’’ agriculture and other development the people of Israel pay taxes to But, the pope said, “God saves projects in the Amazon place give to the Romans, a traitor to his us, Jesus Christ saves us and these indigenous peoples at grave risk. country” — and calls him to fol - men did not understand. They felt Brazilian authorities are also low. Jesus looks at him “lovingly, secure; they thought salvation investigating reports of the possi - mercifully” and “the resistance of came from them.” ble killing of other isolated peo - that man who wanted money, who In the same way today, he said, ple in a different part of the Vale was a slave to money, falls.” “we often hear faithful Catholics do Javari reserve. “That man knew he was a sin - who see mercy at work and ask, The border between Brazil and ner,” the pope said. “He was liked ‘Why?’ ’’ Peru is home to the largest con - by no one and even despised.” There are “many, many, always, centration of isolated tribes in the But it was “precisely that aware - even in the church today,” the pope world. Many are descendants of ness of being a sinner that opened said. “They say, ‘No, no you can’t, indigenous people who fled geno - the door to Jesus’ mercy. He left it’s all clear, they are sinners, we cide and abuses by rubber barons, everything and followed.” must send them away.’ ’’ CNS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Reuters loggers and others over the past “The first condition for being But, Pope Francis said, Jesus HURRICANE MARIA HITS PUERTO RICO — Rescue workers help several centuries. At least 14 peo - saved is knowing you are in dan - himself answered them when he people Sept. 20 in Guayama, Puerto Rico, after the area was hit by ples live in the Vale do Javari ter - ger,” he said. “The first condition said, “I have come not to call the Hurricane Maria. After battering the Virgin Islands, the hurricane ritory, which covers nearly 54,000 for being healed is feeling sick.” just, but sinners.” So, “if you made landfall in Puerto Rico, bringing “catastrophic” 155 mph winds kilometres, an area about the size In the Gospel story, Matthew want to be called by Jesus, recog - and dangerous storm surges. of South Carolina. celebrates by inviting Jesus for a nize you are a sinner.” September 27, 2017 CANADIAN NEWS Prairie Messenger 3 Heritage Committee hears testimony on M-103

By Deborah Gyapong Those like himself who fled way Motion 103 is going to place mittee the big concern is domes - made a state witness to avoid any the Muslim world to “escape the Islam as a more protected status tic terrorism caused by the so- talk of Muslim-on-Muslim terror” OTTAWA (CCN) — Fire - tyranny of falsely being called than other religions,” May said to called alt-right. In Quebec, should be “denounced, and if pos - works erupted during the Islamophobes” now find “ene - Khalid, who agreed there were “a right-wing nationalism is exac - sible, prosecuted because here Heritage Committee’s study of mies have hunted us down” be - lot of misconceptions.” erbated by what he called “trash this is defamation.” Motion M-103 over the definition cause of “gullible and well-mean - “There is no legislation from radio.” The author of the Tweet was of Islamophobia. ing non-Muslim MPs,” he said. my end that is going to come out When asked by Liberal MP Tarek Fatah, who said he would not Fatah argued it is “impossible” of this,” she said. “It is really up Arif Virani if The Rebel Media correct the Tweet because he was to arrive at a definition of Islamo - to the committee to decide which and sites like it were “amplifying responding to what had been phobia, “because the moment you way to go.” the message of the extreme right reported by newspapers at the time. will start to speak the truth, you But testimony from Michel on the anglophone side,” Juneau- Peter Bhatti, chair of Inter - will be called a racist. It’s a dead Juneau-Katsuya, president and Katsuya replied, “Absolutely.” national Christian Voice, an orga - end.” general director of Le Groupe Juneau-Katsuya also said a nization that advocates on behalf Instead, he argued for the Northgate Corp., showed that Tweet Virani quoted that said of persecuted religious minorities study to focus on discrimination some would like to see more shortly after the mosque shooting: in Pakistan, has also opposed the and attacks on Muslims, rather restrictions on freedom of speech “Alexandre was not alone and motion. Bhatti was scheduled to than on Islam, because Islam and and prosecutions. had a Muslim accomplice, his appear before the Heritage Com - Islamism, as ideas, should be Juneau-Katsuya told the com - Muslim accomplice has been mittee on Sept. 27. open to criticism. The Heritage Committee study opened Sept. 18 with testimony STR8 UP presents ‘Dads Doin’ Time’ from Liberal MP Iqra Khalid, who had introduced Motion M- By Kate O’Gorman 103, which passed last March. M-103 gained traction after SASKATOON — Art enthusi - the Jan. 29 mosque shooting in asts and those with a heart for CCN/D. Gyapong Quebec, when Alexandre Bisso- restorative justice gathered at the Iqra Khalid nnette killed six and injured Saskatoon Community Youth another 19 Muslims while they Arts Programming (SCYAP) Art “Muslims who have formed an were praying. Gallery in Saskatoon Sept. 15 for organization called ‘Muslims During debate on M-103 earlier a one-day exhibit entitled “Dads Against M-103’ believe that Cana - this year, Khalid and the Liberal Doin’ Time,” a project highlight - dian MPs — pardon the e xpression government resisted Conservative ing the impact of incarceration on — are getting the wool pulled over efforts to define Islamophobia, nor families. their eyes,” Tarek Fatah, founder of did the Liberals support a Con- Showcasing the work of 18 the Muslim Ca nadian Congress, servative motion that condemned writers and visual artists, both told the committee. systemic racism and discrimina - inside and outside correctional On the Indian subcontinent, tion against Muslims, Jews, facilities, the collection was six the word Islamophobia is roughly Christians, Sikhs, Hindus and months in the making, from April translated to mean “enemies of other religious communities. to September 2017. Volunteers and Islam,” he said, noting it is usual - However, on Sept. 18, Khalid program co-ordinators from STR8 ly paired with a word translated said she hoped the Heritage UP, the Inspired Minds All Nations as “friends of Islam.” Committee study would look at Creative Writing Pro gram, the Kate O’Gorman Thousands of Muslims, in addi - “all forms of systemic racism and University of Saskatchewan, and DADS DOIN’ TIME — Josh was one of the contributors to an exhibit tion to other minorities, have been religious discrimination in Can- the Saskatoon Correctional Centre entitled “Dads Doin’ Time” Sept. 15 at the Saskatoon Community killed around the world in that ada”; find the best ways to collect collaborated with artists to curate Youth Arts Programming gallery in Saskatoon, a project that involved region, in Darfur, in Syria and and interpret hate crimes data, the exhibit in an effort to shine the work of 18 writers and visual artists shining awareness on the elsewhere because Islamists have and find the best ways to reduce awareness on the impact that incar - impact of incarceration on fathers, children and families. designated them enemies of Islam. or eliminate racism and religious ceration has on husbands, fathers Fatah contended the label discrimination. and children. their own feelings, as a way of “I hope people will take from “Islamophobia” had been intro - Green party Leader Elizabeth “This project brought together communicating a social message this project an understanding of the duced to target Muslims like him - May told the committee she had people who were involved in and giving back to the community.” personal impacts of incarceration self who criticize Islamism, a never seen “such fomented anger, Inspired Minds Creative Writing STR8 UP, a gang prevention on fathers, sons and families, and political ideology. concern and misconceptions” on classes and STR8 UP members,” and support services organization, the way in which changes need to “The primary purpose is to any motion like that on Motion says Dr. Nancy Van Styvendale, a values community engagement be made to the system to facilitate drown out our voices when we M-103. co-ordinator of the Inspired Minds through artistic expression, and the strengthening of family bonds,” denounce polygamy, female geni - “I put to you that I have told program, a volunteer writing work - this exhibit follows on the heels says Van Styvendale. “If people tal mutilation, child marriage, my constituents there’s no way shop run through the Saskatoon of two previously released collec - are in jail, they are only able to see honour killings on jihad, racial Motion 103 is going to limit free Correctional Centre, and professor tions of writing from STR8 UP family members through glass. It’s discrimination which is pervasive speech, there is no way Motion of English at the U of S. “Everyone members that feature personal a heartbreaking reality. wherever Islamophobia is 103 is going to bring in Shariah here is interested in creative expres - stories of recovery from gang life. “We need to put more stock in banned,” he said. law to Canada, and there is no sion as a way of thinking through Meeting with a group of men the importance of family connec - at the Saskatoon Correctional tion,” she says, “because people in Centre, volunteer student facilita - the criminal justice system come tor Jillian Baker also worked with back into the public world. They the artists to produce the exhibit. need to have family support that “While it varied from week to will assist them with reintegration week, we would have anywhere into society and reduce recidivism. from 10 to 15 people in the room,” Strengthening family connections says Baker. “We had opportunities is a preventative measure.” to do private writing and to share Exhibit co-ordinators speak our writing. It was a great learning about the limitations that exist experience for me, and working around access, letter-writing and with the men was one of the most postage, as well as the cost of pleasant teaching atmospheres I making a phone call within the have ever been in. Early on, we Correctional Centre. established an environment in “Dads Doin’ Time” offered an which people felt safe and com - opportunity to bring awareness fortable to share and be vulnera - and healing through creativity, ble.” say those involved in the project. Josh, a member of STR8 UP “The voices presented here and a participant in the “Dads speak powerfully to the very real Doin’ Time” project, says, “It was a pain, but also the joy that comes good learning experience. I learned with being a parent, even while in a lot about how to be a good father prison,” Van Styvendale notes. — and I’m still learning.” Visitors were invited to write Kiply Yaworski He also expresses a desire to anonymous notes to the artists BISHOP MEETS CLERGY — Mackenzie-Fort Smith Bishop Mark Hagemoen, who has been appointed see parents receive better access still in jail and offer comments on bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, briefly visited his new diocese Sept. 20 - 21 for a num - to their children while in prison. the work — messages of encour - ber of meetings and orientation sessions. He met with priests and deacons from across the diocese for prayer All visits at the Correctional agement and hope, and an ac- and conversation in the Queen of Peace Chapel at the Cathedral of the Holy Family, introducing himself and Centre are “no contact,” so physi - knowledgment that their voices asking questions. The date of his installation as the eighth Bishop of Saskatoon has not yet been finalized. cal access to family is restricted. are being heard. 4 Prairie Messenger CANADIAN NEWS September 27, 2017 Nun discovers Aboriginal spirituality of her ancestors

By Jean Ko Din on indigenous rights, healing and Canadian bishops’ response to faith.” “In terms of the older people, I The Catholic Register reconciliation. Truth and Reconciliation Com - About 1.4 million Canadians think they would want their chil - Solomon professed her first vows mission’s Calls to Action. (or 4.3 per cent of the total popula - dren and grandchildren to be Sister Priscilla Solomon was in in 1961 at the age of 19. She described Solomon said that in an era of tion) identify as Aboriginal, more involved with their reli - her 30s when she began to redis - her upbringing to be “a very Catholic TRC, the Canadian church must according to the 2011 census. gion,” said Hundt. “I think that a cover her Ojibwa roots. community, parish and family.” She examine how it ministers to native Approximately 25 per cent of part of what they struggle with, She was already serving as a did not feel a connection to her young people who are rediscover - these peoples also identify as Sister of St. Joseph Sault Ste. Ojibwa culture at first, but when she ing their own identities as Cath - Catholic. Marie for a decade when the began to learn more as a young adult, olics and as indigenous. The census also found that the teachings of the Second Vatican it completely changed her perspective. As Canadian bishops look to Aboriginal population is much Council led her to explore the “The deepest values of my engage with young people in a younger than Canada’s non- Abo riginal spirituality of her own people, as Ojibwa people, consultation process for the synod Aboriginal population. Close to ancestors. are values that are totally com - on young people in October 2018, half (46 per cent) of Aboriginal “At the time, I had the sense patible with the Catholic values,” it is the perfect time to discuss the people were under the age of 25, that in having the Catholic faith I said Solomon. “It has enabled me church’s role in Aboriginal com - compared to the non-Aboriginal already had everything that I need - to experience wholeness within munities. population (30 per cent) in ed and it was only as I began to my self, owning both my Catholic “In order to minister to indige - Canada. experience my indigenous spiritu - faith and my indigenous spiritu - nous youth today, the church itself “As a society in general, Ca - ality that I realized that I don’t ality.” has to deepen its awareness and its nadian society is aging . . . but have everything that I needed,” In 2016, she was a part of a understanding,” said Solomon. with the native community, that’s said Solomon, now 75 and director Catholic coalition called Our Lady “Not trying to force them back to not the case. They’re a very young of the Faith and Justice office for of Guadalupe Circle. The Circle an old form of Christianity . . . but community,” said Bishop Peter her congregation in North Bay, acted as a consultation committee to create opportunities for indige - Hundt of Corner Brook and La - Ont. Her work is recently focused for two major documents on the nous youth to inculturate their brador. Hundt said his diocese has two Aboriginal communities: the Jesus model helps cast new light on art Natuashish and the Sheshatshiu. The largest religion in both these Sister Priscilla Solomon By Meggie Hoegler backyard, behind a Victorian friend. The model for that night’s Innu communities is Catholicism. The Catholic Register house with a wrought-iron gate class had cancelled and I offered Like many Aboriginal commu - which isn’t that different from encircling green grass that is wet to fill in. Tim happened to be nities, the young people face huge society in general, is the sense of St. Jacobs, Ont., is home to a with early morning dew. Several there and after the session, he challenges in substance abuse, helplessness. They want to pass historic village, a charming farm - ducks roam the property, one of hired me on the spot.” violence and suicide rates. on the riches of the spiritual life, er’s market and one of Canada’s which is appropriately named At the time, Czuchnicki was In 2012, Statistics Canada con - but the grandchildren are more most renowned Catholic sculp - Waddles. They belong to the working for AT&T. Some days, ducted an Aboriginal Peoples interested in the iPads and Face - tors, Timothy Schmalz. artist’s young children. he would model for Schmalz Survey which found the rate of book.” On this day, in his backyard, The studio itself is inside a from 6 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., then go heavy drinking and daily smoking Hundt and Solomon both agree Schmalz has a visitor — Jesus. large shed. It is filled with life- straight to his office. Even tu ally, to be significantly higher for that youth ministers and school Or rather, a stand-in for Jesus. sized sculptures of human fig - Czuchnicki quit his job and chose Aboriginal youth than their non- chaplains are key players in minis - to model full time. Aboriginal counterparts. tering to the unique spiritual needs In addition to the A 2006 study shows Aboriginal of Aboriginal youth. latest Jesus sculpture, Canadians aged 15 to 34 are two- “While many do not readily Czuchnicki has posed and-a-half times more likely to be identify with organized religion, in every other work in victims of violence. An average of they are spiritually attuned to the Schmalz’s Matthew 25 25 - 50 per cent of Aboriginal power of prayer and blessings,” se ries, including wom en were victims of sexual said Bishop Mark Hagemoen of “When I Was a abuse as children compared to 20 - Mackenzie-Fort Smith in the Strang er,” “When I 25 per cent of non-Aboriginals. Northwest Territories. Was Hungry and A 2006 study on mental health Hagemoen said the native com - Thirsty,” “When I Was shows that suicide rates among munities in his diocese benefit Naked” and “When I First Nation young adults (15 - 24 greatly from Catholic mission out - Was In Prison.” years) are five to seven times reach programs from NET Can - Schmalz’s most higher than the Canadian average. ada, Catholic Christian Outreach iconic work may be In the midst of these sociopolit - and others. However, these pro - “Homeless Jesus,” a ical challenges, there is a cultural grams are based on short-term vis - controversial sculpture challenge that Hundt said elders its and relationships come to an that shows Jesus sleep - are just as concerned about. end. ing on a park bench. It was first installed at No doctor-assisted killing Regis College in To - ronto in 2013 and there on St. Boniface premises Photo courtesy St. Joseph’s Healthcare Foundation are now more than 50 JESUS MODEL — Ed Czuchnicki poses with Timothy Schmalz’s “When I Was casts of the work Sick You Visited Me” sculpture outside St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton. around the world, in - Continued from page 1 Dan Lucier, CHCM CEO. cluding at the Vatican, “Everyone was agreed we’re opt - And he’s holding a rifle. urines, most of which are covered where Schmalz had a model of his The amendment caused the ing out. Unfortunately in this case Ed Czuchnicki, 65, has modelled in red tarp to protect them while statue blessed by Pope Francis. board to split evenly until the there was an amendment.” for Schmalz for about 20 years and they dry. Along the left wall sits The story behind the sculpture board chair cast the deciding vote Lucier doesn’t deny that com - been the life model for all of the Czuchnicki, bending his hand in a recently installed outside St. in favour of permitting assisted plex situations will arise given the artist’s Jesus sculptures inspired by hook-like shape, emulating a sol - Joseph Hospital was another suicide in exceptional cases. hospital’s advanced cardiac care a passage from Matthew 25, includ - dier giving a box of heart-shaped example of fate playing a hand in The next day, the Catholic and palliative programs, but allow - ing his most recent work, “When I chocolates to a little girl. Czuchnicki’s career. Health Corporation of Manitoba ing doctor-assisted killing on the Was Sick You Visited Me.” The Sculpting hands is a tedious The sculpture was commis - (CHCM), which owns the hospi - premises would compromise the bronze sculpture, featured outside process and Schmalz spends close sioned by the Mercanti family as tal, began a process to add 10 new Catholicity of the hospital, he said. of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hamil- to an hour to ensure everything is a tribute to Morris Mercanti, a board members and request a re- “We’re going to be really good ton, was blessed by Bishop Douglas realistic, from the veins in the local entrepreneur who was cared vote. That second ballot rescinded in working with our partners and Crosby on Aug. 17. hand to the exact shape of the sol - for at St. Joseph’s before dying in the first vote so that no assisted forecasting this to ensure that safe The key to posing as Jesus is dier’s fingernail. 2013 at age 61. suicide is allowed at the hospital. and timely transfer (occurs),” to “not let it go to your head,” “It’s like I’m putting on a Schmalz recalls telling Czuch- St. Boniface’s final policy on Lucier said. said Czuchnicki, who was raised shadow puppet show,” said nicki about the job. so-called Medical Assistance in Since euthanasia became legal Catholic. Czuchnicki. “I was like ‘This sculpture is go - Dying was to come up for a vote last year, St. Boniface has trans - “I am representing someone, I The banter between the two ing to be in downtown Hamilton, at the hospital’s Sept. 25 board ferred four patients to other hospi - am not pretending to be them,” he men is friendly and familiar, as isn’t that where you are from?’ and meeting. tals so they could receive an said. befits a relationship that goes that’s how it came up,” said Schmalz. Founded by the Grey Nuns in assisted death. Czuchnicki is not dressed as back to the mid-1990s. It turned out that Mercanti and 1871, St. Boniface is a teaching For the archbishop, Catholics Jesus this day. He is representing “A friend of mine ran an open Czuchnicki had gone to school institution and Manitoba’s second aren’t just claiming a right to opt Second World War soldiers for a life modelling class — open together. largest hospital. out of assisted dying, but also a mural Schmalz is creating for the meaning there was no instruction Schmalz is working on several The CHCM owns several other right to participate in health care. City of Ajax to honour Canadian — and for $10 anyone could just new pieces, including a Jesus health care facilities across the “We have a right to faith-based soldiers who helped liberate drop by and draw the model,” with outstretched arms that province. health care,” he said. “Not every Europe. said Czuchnicki. “One evening, Czuchnicki will model for in a “We are Catholic organizations hospital has to provide every ser - Schmalz’s studio is in his the phone rang and it was my few weeks. with a very clear mission,” said vice.” September 27, 2017 CANADIAN NEWS Prairie Messenger 5 Even in jail, activist’s fight for unborn never wavers

By Michael Swan conditions that de manded she stay a simple, celibate life The Catholic Register away from abortion sites. After under personal vows. telling Wagner he would accept “What God has called TORONTO (CCN) — Women character references before sen - me to is that awareness in jail tell Mary Wagner about tencing, the judge received more that love is personal,” their abortions. than 850 reference letters, 34,000 she told The Catholic The pro-life activist is free emails and 67,000 petition signa - Regis ter . “We are per - today, but over the years Wagner tures in support of Wagner. sonally loved by God has spent more than four years in Wagner says the women who and personally called to jail because she walks into abor - speak to her in jail tell her they love him and meet him tion clinics and calmly tries to have not been healed or helped by and to see him in each persuade patients to leave, plying their abortions. They carry with person in our presence, them with roses and pamphlets. them regrets, confusion and an- even if we don’t actually Whenever she does this she is in ger. Wagner hopes her words to see (the unborn child). breach of court orders. For them about mercy and the love of That takes it (abortion) Wagner, each foray into a clinic God are a balm for their wounds. out of the whole ques - — and from there into police cus - But she can’t forget the un - tion of trying to win over tody, and from there into prisons born, either. people through debate, and courtrooms — is a direct, “We tend, when it comes down through rational argu - personal effort to save lives. to it, to forget that we’re talking ment.” Judges who have ruled on about human beings who are liv - In jail, she tells her Wagner’s many cases and appeals ing and who are dying through fellow prisoners about Catholic Register/Michael Swan don’t doubt her sincerity, don’t dis - choice and through indifference,” God’s mercy, that God MORAL CONVICTION — Mary Wagner’s abortion battle has landed her in count her religious convictions and Wagner said. “What have we can be trusted and that trouble with the law multiple times since 1999. don’t dispute the urgency she feels. done and what have we failed to miracles happen every “I think it inescapable that to do in our neighbourhoods every day. Through Lent she led a small with a minor of French language im? Having court dates here, there Ms. Wagner ‘the merits’ were not single day? Is it breaking the law group of prisoners through daily and literature from the University and everywhere, it’s not con - the usual guilt or innocence in this to try to protect somebody from prayer and reflection. of Victoria. She has four sisters ducive to having a so-called nor - case, but rather the legal status of being killed?” “I hope my life is not repeti - and eight brothers, “including one mal life. I try to be open to what what she construes to be the inno - She now hopes to visit a con - tive,” said Wagner. “There are in heaven.” Five were adopted. he asks of me on a daily basis.” cents whose existence is terminat - vent in Princeville, Ill., where she obviously repetitions of being She started getting arrested for In a political sense, Wagner ed by abortion,” wrote Justice likes to spend at least a month arrested and getting out and going anti-abortion activities in 1999 in knows she’s losing the argument Fergus O’Donnell in 2015. “Ms. each year. The convent is run by to trial. I hope it goes deeper than Vancouver. She moved to Toronto over Canada’s non-existent abor - Wagner, however, is not the aver - the Apostolic Sisters of St. John, just this repetition.” in 2010 with one contact and $500 tion law. But her goal goes be - age criminal defendant.” part of a trio of controversial or- Wagner was born in Vancou ver, in her pocket. Thanks to do nors, yond legislation. Wagner, 43, walked out of jail ders (priests, apostolic women and grew up Catholic and was “raised she leads a semi-contemplative “We as people, how we live, on Sept. 12 when Justice Rick contemplative women) founded by in a family that took the eucharist life. Her days start with the Divine will change the law too. It will Libman, acknowledging Wagner’s Dominican philosophy professor pretty seriously and took respect Office, lectio divina and a holy shape the law. If we are just con - moral convictions, sentenced her to Rev. Marie-Dominique Philippe. for life pretty seriously, with the hour before or after morning mass. tent to allow politicians and Par - 30 months probation and commu - Though not a mem ber of the graces that come from that.” She “It’s an unusual life,” she con - liament to decide for us, if we put nity service rather than give her 18 order, the 43-year-old Wagner is went through elementary and high cedes. “This period of suddenly our trust in princes and strive only months in jail as requested by the profoundly influenced by Philippe, school in the suburban Vancouver not being in jail and having to dis - along the side of having the law Crown. She had already spent six whom she met shortly before his community of Tsawwassen. She cover — OK, God, how do you changed, what about the rest of our months in jail after refusing bail death in 2006. Wagner herself lives took a BA in English literature want me to live now in this inter - Christian calling to love our neigh - bour who is in distress, who is abandoned? It doesn’t have to be Canadian priest who befriended Duke Ellington dies at 92 one or the other. I agree, we have to change the law, absolutely.” By Alan Hustak became a deep friendship “Our relationship involved reli - with his son, Mercer, and grand son, Wagner knows that women, in For the next five years, until gion, but I am not comfortable say - Eddy. After the show, they went to particular the unwed, often believe MONTREAL — Rev. Gerald Ellington’s death of lymphatic can - ing that I ministered to him. Often the famous Montreal deli, Ben’s, that having a baby will be the end Pocock, who died Sept. 4 in Ottawa cer, Pocock travelled with and what we talked about was confiden - and over smoked-meat sandwiches, of their education, the end of their at age 92, was a gregarious Roman counselled the Duke, and even tial, but it is fair to say we discussed talked until dawn. Before leaving, dreams. She knows they think they Catholic chaplain at Montreal’s St. wrote some of the lyrics to Scripture and common beliefs.” the two men exchanged phone will end up poor the rest of their Mary’s Hospital in 1969 when he Ellington’s “Third Sacred Con - Gerald Pocock, one of five chil - numbers and continued to see each lives and their child will grow up in befriended American jazz legend cert,” which premiered at West - dren, was born Oct. 28, 1924, in other on a regular basis. poverty. She has heard that women Duke Ellington. minster Abbey in London in 1973. Toronto, and even as a boy, he was ‘’The best thing in the world suffer at the hands of violent men, hooked on jazz the way some was to ride in the back of a cab that such a pregnancy can cost them boys are hooked on hockey with Duke Ellington in New York their families and their futures. But or baseball. He joined the City and watch him give direc - Wagner thinks the women don’t Royal Cana dian Navy in tions,” Pocock told a reporter really know their future. 1943 and, while at sea on after Ellington died. “It was his “We can never definitively say North Atlantic patrol, man - town — he knew all the alleys, all we know how things are going to aged to persuade the ship’s the back streets, where everyone turn out for somebody. So we wireless operator to let him played and everyone lived.” always go with hope. We should listen to jazz broadcasts from One night while visiting Elling- always have hope,” she said. “You New York. ton at his suite in a Montreal hotel, can’t get into someone’s heart and After the war, he fol - Pocock scribbled some poetry on make them love and make them lowed his older brother, hotel stationery. The Duke incor - hope. But we can love them. And Hubert, into the priesthood. porated the effort, “Is God a three- we can act on the hope that we’ve Or dained a Montfort Father letter word for love,” into his been given. We can say, ‘We will in 1957, he studied canon “Third Sacred Concert.” not abandon you and your child. law at the University of Pocock was with Ellington the Walk out of this clinic and we will Ottawa. Pocock began his night he died in 1974. It was, he walk with you every step of the pastoral work visiting mis - recalled, “the only time he ever way.’ ” sions and preaching retreats said goodbye to me.” Wagner says a few of the in the United States and Pocock also was one of four women she has approached in CNS/Pocock family took a sabbatical in New co-celebrants in 1974 at Elling - abortion clinics have changed their JAZZ FRIENDSHIP — Rev. Gerald Pocock, who died in Ottawa Sept. 4 at York’s Harlem neighbour - ton’s funeral, attended by thou - minds. If all her arrests and the age 92, was a friend and spiritual adviser to jazz legend Duke Ellington. hood before moving to sands of luminaries and fans, held courtroom arguments launched on Pocock and Ellington are pictured in an undated photo. Montreal to become chap - at New York’s Anglican Cathe - her behalf never make a dent in lain at St. Mary’s Hospital. dral of St. John the Divine. Canada’s abortion rate, Wagner Ellington was playing at the Ellington was not a religious Pocock never abandoned his Pocock left Montreal for remains at peace. She pushes back Esquire Show, a popular Montreal man but, according to Pocock, he love of jazz, and along the way Ottawa in 1987 to become pastor against questions about what she club. Pocock, whose record col - was deeply spiritual. befriended many musicians, includ - at St. Maurice Parish, then at might be accomplishing. lection was legendary, was a huge “He made friends easily, and ing jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie Holy Cross Parish. “It’s not great things that God jazz fan. After the show, two men among his friends were priests, and vocalist Sarah Vaughan. “He brought theology down to is impressed by. It’s little things. were introduced and began what ministers and rabbis. He often The night Ellington played at earth in a way that everyone It could be seemingly very in - composed in the hours before the Esquire Show, Pocock arrived could understand,” his cousin, significant things — maybe com - dawn and called to ask questions early to get the best seat in the Sheila Pocock, told The Catholic pletely insignificant — but the Hustak writes from Montreal about whatever was on his mind,” house. The owner, Norm Silver, in - Register . “He was a big, gentle love we put into it,” she said. “So, for The Catholic Register, Toronto. Pocock once said. troduced him to Ellington, who was man, and he was lots of fun.” God will judge me on that.” 6 Prairie Messenger LOCAL NEWS September 27, 2017 Anti-porn activist speaks about sex addiction

By Myron Rogal gies for raising children in an thinking too much about sex, but ons in the battle against porn. ability, he said, stressing that Internet generation. too little, he said. Similarly, “the Fradd shone light on the fact accountability is about encourage - SASKATOON — Matt Fradd Fradd opened his talk to the problem with porn is not that it that “today everyone is either ment; second, to find a profession - spoke about sex addiction to a men at PPK with a prayer, before shows too much, but that it shows addicted to porn or loves someone al sex addiction therapist; and crowd of some 300 men Sept. 14 explaining that it is crucial for too little.” Pornography has nar - who is.” third, to seek spiritual direction in at a Priest Prophet King (PPK) those who are addicted to admit rowed our understanding of sex He also addressed the myth that order to “help heal the God image gathering at the Cathedral of the their need for healing. Common and flipped it from “this is my pornography is about choice, shar - in you.” Fradd named several Holy Family in Saskatoon. myths about pornography were body given up for you, to this is ing the words of Yale legal scholar resources, including “Covenant It was one of several events in outlined and debunked one by one. your body given up for me.” and feminist Catharine MacKinnon Eyes” software as well as books he Saskatchewan organized by One Each myth was addressed with Fradd said that pornography who observed that “women are not has written himself (proceeds from More Soul Canada featuring the humility, candour and humour. has nothing to do with healthy part of pornography by choice, but the sale of the books go to assisting Australian-born, American-based Fradd used scientific and profes - masculinity. He also unravelled by lack of choice.” women to escape human traffick - Fradd, executive director of “The sional resources to back his claims. the myth that only religious people ing). Porn Effect,” a website and blog He stressed that sex and nudity are against porn, stressing that During a question-and-answer dedicated to helping people heal are not the problem, reminding the some of the best resources today session, Fradd noted that we too from the harms of sex addiction audience that our bodies are good, come from secular sources. often “over-spiritualize” our un- and pornography. At an afternoon that sex was created by God for Furthermore, many famous people derstanding and response to sex gathering that day he spoke to stu - us, and that sexual desire is a good such as Metallica’s James addiction. While recognizing the dents from three Catholic high and holy gift. Hetfield, Pamela Anderson and importance of prayer, he used the schools and offered parents strate - Pornography does not have us Chris Rock have become champi - analogy that if someone was clini - cally depressed we would do more for them than telling them to read Love at work in pro-life pilgrimage more Scripture passages on joy or to pray more. He urged the audi - By Teresa Bodnar-Hiebert for Our Lady’s rosary,” Starosta has been legal since 1969, and ence to stop treating prayer as a stated. “I wonder how often you even if the law changed now, all “vending machine,” noting that ABERDEEN, Sask. — The realize that you are that living the innocent human lives lost since when prayer is misused we can 18th annual pilgrimage to the Pro- bead, asking for her maternal then are still gone. He referred to “hide behind devotions that are Life Millennium Cross northeast intercession?” He encouraged all Scripture in which the Pharaoh neat and tidy while avoiding deep - of Saskatoon was held Aug. 27. to reflect on the physical surround - commanded that the male babies er conversation.” The hot summer afternoon ings of the pilgrimage site and of born to the people of Israel were to At the evening PPK event, event brought some 70 pilgrims to being in the shadow of the Millen- be killed; and the Gospel passage John Hickey described the Cath- the hill, with an additional 60 join - nium Cross. about King Herod commanding Kiply Yaworski olic men’s group as “a monthly ing through the Eparchy of Saska- Starosta challenged those in baby boys to be killed after the Matt Fradd gathering for men that fosters for - toon’s Facebook livestream feed. attendance to connect their spiritual birth of Christ. “God intervened. mation and fellowship.” experience with He protected and he preserved. It “Porn does not affect me” is a PPK evenings begin with their physical expe - did not mean that everything evil further common myth that Fradd words from a welcome team, fol - rience. “Chris ti anity stopped, but that in the end, his countered with evidence of grow - lowed by Adoration of the Blessed does not demonize sovereign will came through.” ing impotency faced by many men Sacrament and Benediction. the body; it divin - Trost pointed to crisis pregnancy addicted to pornography. During the time of Adoration a izes the body.” centres as a means of hope, espe - A common cultural myth reflection is shared and there is an Starosta referred cially for young women feeling addressed was that “porn is not open invitation to receive the to Pope John Paul pressured. He offered encourage - addictive, because it is not a drug.” Sacrament of Reconciliation. II’s Theology of the ment, telling his listeners that if they Fradd challenged this misconcep - Priests from across the diocese Body as a rich trea - can make a difference with just one, tion with evidence that behaviours have regularly been present to sury of works that they have done the right thing. can be as much or more addictive offer the sacrament and join in the help us understand To illustrate love, Trost shared a than substances — something that fellowship. Following prayer, a that God’s mystery story by Leo Tolstoy about a shoe - is true for other behaviours, such as guest speaker gives a presentation. has been revealed maker who had a dream that Christ gambling. Porn becomes a coping PPK typically has a Catholic in human flesh. He was going to visit him the next day mechanism to regulate dopamine focus, but the events are regularly encouraged pil - (from the short story “Where Love levels which have been reset attended by other Chris tians as grims to utilize Is, there God Is Also,” or in the through the addiction and can even friendships are forged across resources available video, Martin the Cobbler .) The cause the brain itself to shrink. denominational lines. and to continue to shoemaker keeps waiting and look - The good news learn and gain a ing for Christ as the day passes, is that neuroscience deeper understand - helping people in need as he con - shows that we ing. We are created tinues to wait throughout the day. don’t have to live for the infinite, Then that night, as the shoemaker with this damage; Teresa Bodnar-Hiebert reminded Starosta. sits and meditates about why the brain ca n heal MILLENNIUM CROSS — The steel Gerald Wiegers, Christ did not visit, he reads the itself. Millennium Cross stands 30-metre high on a hill State Culture of verse, “For as much as you have The final myth is north of Aberdeen, Sask. The annual pilgrimage Life director for the done it unto the least of these that the addicted to pray for victims of abortion began on the site Knights of Colum - brothers and sisters of mine, you in October 2000, though the steel cross was not person cannot erected until July 2006. bus Saskatchewan, have done it unto me.” He realizes change. “Freedom brought greetings that Christ was there in every per - from porn is not a The celebration commenced on behalf of State Deputy Brian son he had helped. destination, but a with a living rosary encircling the Schatz and 10,000-plus members This is also love at work in the daily choice,” 30-metre steel Millennium Cross. of the K of C in the province. pro-life movement. “We do it for stressed Fradd. “It is Pilgrims responded in a variety of Cathy LaFleche, executive di - the least. We don’t always do it in not an all-or-nothing languages as the rosary procession rector of the Saskatoon Pregnancy the most direct ways. Sometimes battle, and seeing it was led. Options Centre, also spoke. “We we do it by standing in front of as such is unhelp - Bishop Bryan Bayda, CSsR, of can open our arms like Jesus did clinics. Sometimes we do it by ful.” the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of for us on the cross and we can offer contributing. For most of us it’s Fradd then out - Saskatoon, carried an Our Lady of a message of hope to all those in the love of Christ that compels us lined in a real and Guadalupe tilma print, further re- need,” she said. “That is what we to help.” practical manner inforcing the message of encultur - do at the Pregnancy Options The Millennium Cross site was how each person ated evangelization in the miracu - Centre.” She encouraged people to established in 1999 north of Aber- with an addiction lous image of the Blessed Mother come and see, and to volunteer. deen, Sask., as a project of Sts. to pornography Kiply Yaworski as a pregnant indigenous woman. Keynote speaker Brad Trost, Peter and Paul Ukrainian Catholic must map out the REFORMATION SERIES — A Reformation John Starosta, president of the MP for Saskatoon-University, Knights of Columbus Council path that continual - 500 study series prepared by the Evangelical Pro-Life Millennium Cross foun - shared a message of practical 11775, on land donated by Joe ly draws him into Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) and the dation, spoke after the rosary, applied discipleship and leader - Bayda. The first 10-metre wooden it, including trig - Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops bringing forward the bishop to ship. Citing 1 Corinthians 13:13, cross was built on the hill near gers, and from (CCCB) was launched Sept. 20 in the Roman share the prayer for the consecra - “faith, hope and love abide; these Highway 41 in October 1999. The there a deactivation Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon, with the first of tion of Canada to the Immaculate three, and the greatest of these is annual pilgrimage to pray for vic - plan must be creat - five sessions held at Zion Lutheran Church. Lutheran pastor Rev. Ron Bestvater (above) Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary: love.” Trost stated, “That describes tims of abortion began Oct. 15, ed. facilitated the evening of dialogue and sharing, “We place ourselves completely in where we are in the pro-life move - 2000, and in July 2006, the larger Fradd outlined which included prayer, a video presentation and the sanctuary of your heart and ment; what motivates us, who we steel cross was erected. three steps to begin small group discussion. The series, developed to commit the past, the present and are, why we get involved. It’s hard For more information about the recovery. The first mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the future of Canada to your to sometimes have faith that pilgrimage site and the Millen nium is to access a group will continue at different venues into October. maternal care. Canada will do the right thing.” Cross, see www.prolifemillennium or program with For more information see www.saskatoonrc “Today you are a human bead Trost explained that abortion cross.ca one-to-one account - diocese.com/ecumenism September 27, 2017 LOCAL NEWS Prairie Messenger 7 Pilgrimage to Lourdes shrine marks centennial

By Frank Flegel toward the future,” Bolen began people who came to this area and organized the in his homily. “We have much to built this grotto, and his great two-day pil - ST. PETER’S COLONY, Sask. be thankful for, and it is a beauti - grandparents were among them, grimage. — In 1913, Rev. Henri Metzger ful symbolic thing that we com - said the archbishop. They settled St. Mary’s looked at the sloped hillside of mission (today) three young men in the area in 1891, and two years Colony Manybone Creek near Kronau, to continue their studies” — later his great-great-grandfather, Sask., and envisioned a shrine to referring to three seminarians Joseph Ehman, founded St. St. Mary’s the Blessed Virgin, similar to who were to be commissioned as Mary’s Colony (see below). Three Col ony was es - what he had seen at Lourdes, acolytes at the end of the homily. of his ancestors are buried in a tablished by pa - France. The Sunday afternoon mass small cemetery five kilometres triarch Joseph He mobilized the tiny commu - with the archbishop was preceded west of Kronau. The “Memory Ehmann, who nity of St. Peter’s Colony to dig by a smudging ceremony and an Lane” display in the Rostad arrived in the into the hillside and haul rocks honour song performed by a School spoke to this history, and third wave of from the surrounding fields to group from Kawacatoose First had a display titled “St. Mary’s: settlers in 1893. build his dream. Four years later, Nation. It took place adjacent to The Lost and Forgotten Colony.” Plans to build a on Aug. 15, 1917, the first pil - Metzger’s grave, which overlooks A variety of activities was church were grimage was held to the Shrine of the grotto. Metzger had a special scheduled over the two days, soon underway. Our Lady of Lourdes. Archbishop relationship with the local indige - including benediction, the sta - A large store in Olivier Mathieu celebrated the nous people and from the time the tions of the cross in St. Peter’s Regina was inaugural mass. pilgrimages began, Aboriginal Church, eucharistic adoration, a bought and dis - One hundred years later the people of the area and family concert with Deacon Bob mantled for the tradition of an annual pilgrimage members of the original colony Williston, a Saturday afternoon price of $200. Frank Flegel to the shrine in the second week - have led the procession down the mass with pastor Rev. Ed Hengen The lumber was PILGRIMAGE — The annual pilgrimage to the end of August has lived on and hill from the church to the grotto as celebrant, and a Saturday night hauled to St. Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes at St. Peter’s flourished. carrying a statue of the Blessed showing in the grotto of the Mary’s Colony Colony near Kronau, Sask., featured Saturday More than 1,000 people regis - Virgin to begin the commemora - movie, The Song of Bernadette . afternoon mass celebrated by Rev. Ed Hengen and the church (right) and Sunday mass with Regina Archbishop tered for the centennial celebra - tive mass. Descendants of those An added event — unscheduled was built in the Donald Bolen. More than 1,000 people registered tions this year. It was a two-day families — the Obrigewitsch and — was the Perseid meteor shower summer of 1895. for the two-day celebration Aug. 12 and 13. celebration — Aug. 12 and 13 — Frey families among them — that played overhead in the clear It was moved to and was well attended overall, but continued that tradition Sunday. night sky. The Archdiocesan Youth Riceton in 1941 and became his great-grandsons became the highest attendance was on Bolen focused his homily on Choir provided the music for the known as Sacred Heart Church. priests and nine granddaughters Sunday when Regina Archbishop the way God speaks to us in Saturday mass and the polka St. Mary’s Colony seemed to chose the religious life. Regina Donald Bolen celebrated mass. everyday life. Referring to the group, A Journey of Faith, provid - have broken up after the death of Archbishop Donald Bolen is the The weather co-operated for day’s readings, he suggested we ed music for Sunday’s mass. The Ehmann. He was known as der great great-grandson of Josef both days — cloudless skies, hot, would like God to come to us “in St. Peter’s Colony Heritage group fromme Yosef (devout). Four of Ehmann. but with a light cooling breeze some overwhelming way so that occasionally rattling the canopy we couldn’t possibly miss that it covering the registration and food is God who is speaking. But our Our identity informs our privilege area. Tables and chairs were set God comes to us quietly, our God within a secondary large tent. The comes to us gently, and that old Rostad School, located means we have to listen and listen Continued from page 1 us to recognize the privilege we As Jean Vanier wrote in between the tents and St. Peter’s deeply to the ways in which God may unconsciously operate out of, Community and Growth, “we have Church, contained a “Memory is speaking to us.” “I can, if I wish, arrange to be in noting that privilege is also a con - to remind ourselves constantly that Lane” organized by Gordon Bolen continued: “God comes the company of people of my race tinuum. we are not saviours. We are simply Domm with help from local peo - to us and we go to him in times most of the time”; “I can go shop - “Your level of privilege is de - a tiny sign, among thousands of ple. It contained photographs, when we are overwhelmed, but ping alone most of the time, pretty pendent on many factors,” others, that love is possible, that artifacts, and some of Metzger’s then we have to keep our eyes on well assured that I will not be fol - explained Verlangen, “such as the world is not condemned to a paintings. It proved to be a popu - him and not on what is overwhelm - lowed or harassed”; “I can be pret - your level of education, your class, struggle between oppressors and lar attraction. ing, otherwise we begin to sink as ty sure of having my voice heard whether you are a citizen of a oppressed, that class and racial Tall trees shade most of the Peter did in today’s Gospel.” in a group in which I am the only country, your race, your sexual warfare is not inevitable.” pews in the grotto; some who sat Peter became fearful of the member of my race”; “I do not orientation, your gender, being The invitation of the JOY pro - in the sun held umbrellas, while waves when Jesus called him to have to educate my children to be able-bodied or disabled. Privilege gram is to step out of ourselves and several participants sat beneath walk on the water toward him. aware of systemic racism for their is a power dynamic that shifts and be present to the experience of oth - the shade of the trees bordering “Peter calls to him again and own daily physical protection”; changes, and our identity informs ers, to become aware of the various the creek. the Lord reaches out his hand and and “I can do well in a challenging our privilege. For example, a social justice issues that exist with - “The faith of generations is lifts up Peter. In our case, he situation without being called ‘a white male who has grown up in in our community, and to respond what is watching over us today, brings a sense of calm and it tells credit to my race.’ ” poverty will have less privilege with the same friendship and love and that faith is not something us that all is in God’s hands.” Measuring our experience next than someone who has grown up that Jesus extends to us all. only of the past but is pointed God was speaking to all the to some of these statements allows with wealth.” In conclusion, Verlangen She went on to identify what offered a quote by Rev. Gregory privilege is not: “It does not mean Boyle from Tattoos on the Heart: all white people have it easier than The Power of Boundless all minorities. White privilege Compassion : “No daylight to sep - does not mean white supremacy or arate us. Only kinship. Inching ‘white guilt.’ It does not mean it is ourselves closer to creating a okay to discriminate against white community of kinship such that people, and it does not mean that God might recognize it. Soon we if you are not white you can never imagine, with God, this circle of achieve anything in this society. compassion. Then we imagine no Rather, privilege means I don’t one standing outside of that circle, have to think too much about my moving ourselves closer to the race. It means I am not defined by margins so that the margins them - my race, and my actions do not selves will be erased. We stand reflect my race. Privilege means I there with those whose dignity has expect to be treated fairly and just - been denied. We locate ourselves ly, and when I am not, I expect to with the poor and the powerless be heard and the situation recti - and the voiceless. At the edges, fied. Finally, privilege means I do we join the easily despised and not have to learn about other cul - the readily left out. We stand with tures unless I want to.” the demonized so that the demo - Derrick Kunz Being aware of our privilege as nizing will stop. We situate our - SCHOOL OPENING — Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools (GSCS) and Prairie Spirit School Division people who are about to reach out selves right next to the disposable (PSSD) officials help students cut the ribbon at École Holy Mary Catholic School and Lake Vista Public to others in service is an impera - so that the day will come when we School opening Sept. 19 in Martensville, Sask. Attendees included GSCS director of Education Greg tive, the JOY participants heard. stop throwing people away.” Chatlain, GSCS trustee Wayne Stus, GSCS board chair Diane Boyko, Nancy Heppner, École Holy Mary principal Luisa Giocoli, Lake Vista principal Chris Mason, Hon. Don Morgan (former Education Participants do not bring anything JOY runs from September to Minister), PSSD board chair Larry Pavlov, PSSD trustee Bonnie Hope, and PSSD director of Education greater or better to volunteer June; participants come together Lori Jeschke. École Holy Mary is Martensville’s first Catholic school and one of six new schools GSCS is placements and acts of service; once a month to focus on issues of opening this fall: St. Kateri Tekakwitha, St. Lorenzo Ruiz, St. Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Nicholas, Holy Trinity they simply bring themselves. social justice, visit service-based Catholic School, and École Holy Mary. The schools are part of the government of Saskatchewan’s Joint- Being aware of one’s privilege agencies, and work alongside peo - Use Schools Project, which includes eight schools at four locations in Saskatoon, two schools at one location also creates openness and willing - ple who experience life on the mar - in both Martensville and Warman, and six schools at three locations in Regina. Each joint-use school con - ness to being changed through gins. For more information, see tains a 90-space childcare centre as well as community space. encounters with others. www.joyformationprogram.com 8 Prairie Messenger ARTS & CULTURE September 27, 2017 Canadian historian looks at secret wartime deal

By Carol Glatz gates in January 1945. their couriers. of the Jews,” Wallace said. the preparations have been com - The reasons for Himmler’s She worked closely with the The “first significant deal” pleted and the archives likely will VATICAN CITY (CNS) — directives “may very well rewrite Vatican nuncio in Bern, Arch- with the Germans involved free - be opened in 2018. However, Secret negotiations between the history of the Holocaust,” bishop Filippo Bernardini, who ing Jews in exchange for tractors, Pope Francis must approve the Heinrich Himmler — the “archi - Wallace wrote in a new book, In “was very involved with rescue a deal that started taking concrete opening and set the date. tect” of the Holocaust — and a the Name of Humanity. The efforts and support,” Wallace shape in November 1944, he Even though Wallace’s book Swiss Catholic politician, hired Secret Deal to End the Holocaust. said. said. does not focus on the Vatican’s by a Jewish woman and helped The book was released by It was the archbishop, he The Germans promised that work during the war, he said that by an Italian papal nuncio, may Penguin/Random House Canada said, who introduced Sternbuch once the deliveries of tractors with his extensive research, “I have contributed to ending the Aug. 22 and worldwide in the to Jean-Marie Musy, a Fascist and began seriously, mass extermination of the Jewish spring of 2018. fiercely anti-Bolshevik, devout they would “blow people, according to a Canadian The book is based on the Catholic and former president of up the facilities at researcher. insights of other Holocaust histo - Switzerland, whose father-in-law Auschwitz,” The general view of most rians and more than 15 years of had been a Swiss Guard and a Wallace said, citing his torians is that the Nazis de - Wallace’s own research — sifting “papal count,” giving him a close archival evidence. stroyed the death camps to hide through thousands of documents connection to the Vatican. A cable dated the evidence of the millions of in archives around the world, he Because Musy knew Himmler Nov. 20, 1944, from people they slaughtered. told Catholic News Service in an and could have great influence Sternbuch to the But Max Wallace, a Ca na - interview in July. over him, Wallace said, Sternbuch Vaad in New York, dian historian, author and film - Much of the book focuses on quickly enlisted Musy’s help nego - says, Musy, “our maker, believes there is more to the work of Recha and Isaac tiating with the Nazis on the delegate,” had re - the story. Sternbuch, the Switzerland-based group’s behalf to save the Jews. turned from Berlin The author also hopes that representatives of Vaad ha- Based on evidence gleaned with a proposal “for the full opening of the Vatican Hatzalah, a rescue committee from archives and recorded testi - a gradual evacua - archives from that period could formed by the Union of Orthodox monies, Wallace details the tion of Jews from shed more light on all the reasons Rabbis of the United States and secret deals, bribes and false Germany.” Himmler gave orders to end the Canada in 1939 to promote and promises Musy and others used “In interim systematic slaughter of the Jews actively take part in the rescue of to manipulate Himmler over the secured promise to in the fall of 1944, many months Europe’s Jews. course of several months, “ex - cease extermina - before the Nazis surrendered to Recha Sternbuch arranged ploiting his desperate desire for a tion in concentra - the Allies in May 1945. More for the rescue of thousands of separate peace with the western tion camps,” the specifically, eyewitnesses report - Jews and she sent important Allies.” cable reads. “On ed Himmler gave orders to blow information around the world “Musy and the Sternbuchs basis of interven - up the gas chambers and cremato - about their plight using her con - exploited this delusion by con - tion by nunciature ria of Auschwitz-Birkenau two nections with the Polish and vincing him that such an alliance in Bern the Ger - months before Joseph Stalin’s Vatican embassies in Switzerland (with the Allies) was only possi - man government Red Army stormed the camp and the access they gave her to ble if he ended the extermination confirmed this promise to the Penguin/Random House Canada Vatican.” This is the cover of In the Name of Humanity. Forgiveness is necessary, forgetting is not Another cable The Secret Deal to End the Holocaust by from Sternbuch to Canadian historian Max Wallace. It was released by Penguin/Random House Canada. It’s a common human reaction the Vaad dated Nov. to say that, when we’re hurt, we 22, confirmed that want to hurt back. When we’ve the papal nuncio in Bern “received saw the efforts of the church Soul been unjustly wronged, victim - promise slaughters will cease.” behind the scenes and how they ized, betrayed, then it would only Three days later, Himmler were incredibly influential,” espe - be human to seek to pay back a issued orders to stop the further cially in saving the remaining Searching measure of the same hurt we were mass killings of Jews and to Jews in Hungary. “I gained a lot given. But by acting this way and destroy the gas chambers and cre - of respect for the Vatican and the even thinking this way, we per - matoria at Auschwitz; for church,” said Wallace, who was Tom Saretsky petuate the violence of the world. Wallace, that may not be a coinci - raised Jewish. We keep the cycle of violence dence, but may be linked to the Jesuit Father Gerald Fogarty, In the Gospel of Matthew, hurts and slights go into syndica - alive. Revenge is a hungry beast negotiations. an expert in Vatican-American Peter asks Jesus if seven times is tion and we replay them or binge with an insatiable appetite. The Nazis destroyed death relations, who is completing a enough to forgive someone. Jesus watch them whenever we feel like Sometimes the biggest obstacle camps to hide the evidence of book on the United States and responds, “Not just seven, but it? Our minds are the screens and to forgiveness is the expectation their heinous crimes, but that usu - the Vatican during the Second seventy times seven.” In other we sit down to watch the show, that we must forget: “forgive and ally was done right before Allied World War, said the nuncio, words, a lot! Pope John XXIII hoping for a different ending. forget,” as the saying goes. forces closed in, Wallace said; the Archbishop Bernardini, is an says essentially the same thing by Isn’t that the definition of insani - Forgiveness doesn’t mean forget - Soviets were still at least another important figure in history, but summarizing the entire Christian ty? It’s the same show, all the ting. The Baptist minister Dr. two months away when the exter - there is little documentation message in six words: “See all, time, and the characters never Bradley Braxton says that “the mination apparatus at Auschwitz about the role he played during overlook much, forgive all.” change, and nor does the ending. slogan ‘forgive and forget’ is a was dynamited, and the Nazis left the war. I submit that “forgive all” is Living like this renders us recipe for denial, not a formula for behind there more than 7,000 The U.S. priest said he the most difficult of the chal - spiritually paralyzed. We don’t forgiveness. Forgiveness does not detainees, who would be crucial scoured archives wherever the lenges, because it’s not something allow anyone in and the “beware” require us to forget. What it does eyewitnesses. archbishop lived: in Switzerland; that happens easily. Forgiveness or “keep out” sign lights up and require is ‘release,’ the release of While the Holocaust claimed Australia; and Washington, D.C., is a process and this process can life stands still. the negativity and hostility associ - as many as 11 million lives, “the where he taught canon law at The take a lifetime. What do we do when we’re ated with being messed over. By Nazis could have killed all the Catholic University of America It can take a lifetime to forgive messed up like that and our letting go, our desire for revenge remaining Jews,” especially as and was adviser to the apostolic your abuser, or to forgive your resentments toward those who will not poison us.” they were losing the war, but delegation in Washington for 25 betrayer or even your assassin. have hurt us still linger? The Simply put, what is forgive - negotiators tricked Himmler into years. Forgiveness isn’t supposed to be answer, in one word, “forgive.” ness? It is to let go of our need for preventing the continued slaugh - Being posted in a neutral easy. Anything worth doing isn’t Hard thing to do — life’s most a different past. We can’t control ter, Wallace said. country meant Bernardini had meant to be easy. We also have difficult challenge. what happened to us, but we can “That’s why there are sur - regular contact with representa - our memories, which can get in This is not a “how to” manual control how we move forward. vivors,” he said, estimating that tives of the Axis powers and the way. Our memories have a on forgiveness. I struggle with Those who have been victims of as many as 300,000 Jews may Allied nations, giving him not tendency to remind us of things this very same thing, holding on violence, yet don’t respond in vio - have been saved in efforts linked only access to important informa - we would like to forget, but to things for far too long, with a lence, are the people who take their to the secret negotiations. tion, but also the possibility of sometimes we use our memories stubborn pride preventing the hurt and do something else with it. While Wallace said there has relaying messages between the so that we don’t (or to ensure that release of my captive self. They don’t expand the darkness, “never been smoking gun evidence two powers, according to others won’t) forget. We’ve all heard people say, “I they instead spread the light. definitely proving Himmler’s archival research Fogarty sent to Many times this is played out don’t get mad, I get even.” In our own hurting lives, when motive,” he believes more details CNS. with the seemingly small and Unfortunately, ours is a culture we’ve been the victims of betrayal, or insight might be found in the The Vatican’s policy was and insignificant things in our lives. that promotes this way of living. violence and pain, may the Prince Vatican Secret Archives. continues to be “impartiality, not How often do many of our petty Ours is a society of continual retal - of Peace deliver us, take our Documents of Pope Pius neutrality,” which means “work - iation. When someone hurts us painful experiences, and hold XII’s pontificate from 1939 to ing both sides” in world affairs, deeply, our initial response should them, purify them, so that we 1958 have not been opened to the Jesuit said. Saretsky is a teacher and chap - be anger, but what do we do next? might release love, beauty, forgive - scholars, although the Vatican has The eventual opening of the lain at Holy Cross High School in Do we look for ways to get even? ness and peace. Let us transform said for years that it was making Vatican’s archives for the Second Saskatoon. He and his wife, Do we look for opportunities the pain of our personal worlds in the necessary preparations to World War period, he added, will Norma, have two children, to pay back the hurt and fantasize order to help make this world a open them. be extremely helpful for re- Nathan and Jenna. what it’s going to be like? more peaceful and loving one. A source told CNS in July searchers. September 27, 2017 ARTS & CULTURE Prairie Messenger 9 From the mouths of Saskatchewan indigenous children

Screenings & Meanings

Gerald Schmitz

I don’t remember taking part in getting to know the families of a spelling bee during my Sas- some of the 120 participants who katchewan rural schooldays, or in 2016 would compete in Can - learning anything about the First ada’s first-ever First Nations Nations people of my province. provincial spelling bee. Bringing the two together is the As she says: “I just want to ask subject of the remarkable docu - the questions, to learn, to make mentary Bee Nation (https://www. the subjects comfortable, for the beenationfilm.com/) that opened story. There is a lot of hanging Toronto’s HotDocs festival in out to build trust before the cam - April. It had its Ottawa premiere era gets turned on.” This low-key last month as part of the Asinabka intimate approach, capturing life © 2017 Lana Slezic / Idle Hunch Ltd. Media and Arts Festival, a co-pre - moments before, during and after sentation with One World Arts (a competitions, is part of what BEE NATION — Director and cinematographer Lana Slezic is a documentary photographer who turned her attention to Saskatchewan when she became aware of the participation by First Nations reserves for makes the film so compelling. non-profit organization of which I the first time in the National Spelling Bee. In this photo William Kaysaywaysemat III participates. am president) and its One World Slezic focuses on a handful of Film Festival, the 28th edition of students in the spelling bee’s three which starts tomorrow, Sept. 28 levels from primary to intermedi - dious Makayla Cannepotato from honey bees to nectar and the sup - are gone as the Sas katchewan through Oct. 1 at St. Paul Uni - ate. The most charismatic is eight- the Onion Lake First Nation. port they receive from attentive entrants get to enjoy a Blue Jays versity: http://oneworldfilmfesti - year-old William Kaysaywaysemat The oldest finalist is 13-year- parents is equally striking under game before returning home. val.ca/ III from the Kahkewistahaw First old Xander Johansson from the the circumstances. They all prior - The word challenges are all Director and cinematographer Saulteaux Cree First Nation. itize education despite knowing English. This isn’t about learning Lana Slezic is a documentary Bee Nation From different reserves (19 that will eventually mean their indigenous languages. And some First Nations schools participat - children moving off the reserve. may criticize the endeavour as photographer best known for her (Canada 2017) international work. An acclaimed ed) other contestants we learn When it comes to competition feel-good inspiration that belies book, Forsaken , focuses on the about are Thomas Isbister, one of — having to stand up and try not the realities of chronic underfund - lives of women and girls in Nation, also a dynamic powwow seven children of a single mother; to make a mistake before an audi - ing of First Nations education and Afghanistan. Her attention turned dancer from the age of three. The Savannah Nicks, who lost her ence hanging on every word — the conditions on many reserves from to Saskatchewan when she whip-smart pint-sized “Treaty 4 mother at an early age, and best excitement and anxiety of the kids substandard housing to lack of became aware of the participation warrior” is a real charmer. A final - friend Josie Singer. is palpable, matched by the ner - clean running water or access to by First Nations reserves for the ist in the first category, he earns his We get a real sense of what vous tension of the parents. Little fresh fruits and vegetables, not to first time in the National Spelling first plane ride accompanied by family life is like in these com - William is especially competitive mention social ills, marginal Bee. Intrigued, she became a doting parents to the national bee munities about which most of us and has to be consoled after bow - economies, racist discrimination travelling one-person crew with in Toronto. know very little. The students ing out in Toronto. But he’s the object of finding out more and Another finalist is the shy stu - take to spelling preparation like resilient too. The next day the tears — BEE NATION , page 11 Hidden life of trees: into the woods and its world of wonders

to a spruce in Sweden that is and the commercial value of forest floor and the thousands of species more than 9,500 years old. And, products. Natural forests also offer that depend on trees making up as importantly, in nature they are much that can never be repro - symbiotic communities of mutual Readings social, not solitary living things, duced by replanting or monocul - benefit. communicating through nutrient & Meanings sharing, electrical impulses and Peter Wohlleben, The Hidden Life of Trees: What many other means. Trees in a nat - They Feel, How They Communicate ural forest form incredibly com - Gerald Schmitz plex social networks among (Greystone Books and the David Suzuki Institute 2016) themselves and with myriad for - This summer I went with it helps), or be a “tree-hugger,” to est species — plant, fungal and friends for several walks in the be astounded by the revelations animal. Wohlleben aptly calls this ture tree plantations. Such forests Trees also have active defen - woods on Vancouver Island. One contained therein. the “wood wide web.” have a wealth of interconnections sive strategies even if they cannot was the famous Cathedral Grove Trees can live vastly longer To appreciate forests and their from root systems to crowns, to just move location. Trees are sen - beside Cameron Lake near Port than humans, as Tim Flannery contributions goes way beyond the undergrowth, the intricate fun - tient, highly sensitive to their sur - Alberni; the other the less acces - observes in a foreword, referring assessing them in terms of lumber gal structures beneath the forest roundings, and have a “language” sible Avatar Grove on the Pacific that is transmitted in its own way. coast near Port Renfrew at the As Wohlleben writes: “Trees live southern end of the renowned their lives in the really slow lane. West Coast Trail. But this slow tempo does not The latter boasts “Canada’s mean that a tree is not on top of gnarliest tree,” among stands of what is happening in different giant Sitka spruce, Douglas fir, parts of its structure. If the roots hemlock, and western red cedar. find themselves in trouble, this Even a few hours in these arbore - information is broadcast through - al cathedrals inspire awe. These out the tree, which can trigger the are old-growth forests, protected leaves to release scent com - intact ecosystems spared from the pounds . . . that are specifically kind of exploitation, clearcutting formulated for the task at hand.” being the worst, which has Groups of trees form bonds scarred much of the country’s for - that can be described as familial, est cover. as friendships or other caring It was good preparation to relationships. They have ways to have read Peter Wohlleben’s The avoid inbreeding. There can be Hidden Life of Trees, which lives competitive struggles too up to its promise of “discoveries between different species (for from a secret world.” Wohlleben example, beeches versus oaks). is a German forestry expert and Forests are ever-evolving bios - woodland manager who writes pheres of mutual support and with the passion and insight that Gerald Schmitz rivalries, of learning and adapta - has made the English translation WONDERS OF THE WOODS — Moss and trees are seen at the Avatar Grove on the Pacific Coast. Peter tion. of his book a bestseller. You don’t Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees lives up to its promise of “discoveries from a secret world,” writes have to love trees as I do (though Gerald Schmitz. — TREES , page 10 10 Prairie Messenger DEEPENING OUR FAITH September 27, 2017 Learning our own true voice is part of coming to life

about you; there’s a way through.” sibly find it? “hearing voices.” Even Joan of A voice can be like that. Perhaps The other side of God’s silence Arc, who readily heard her “voic - that’s because it echoes God, who is God’s voice. As we learn to es,” had to listen to the silence of comes to us, often, as a Voice. bear the silence of God, we begin God. Yet, an intermediary might Questioning Recently I watched a new to discover God’s voice. speak God’s voice. God’s messen - mother speak playfully to her baby, “My sheep know my voice,” gers, in the Bible, are called Faith whose whole body was immediate - Christ assures us (John 10:27). “angels” (Greek angelos means ly engaged and attentive. This There is one Voice among the messenger). In the book of Tobit, Mary Marrocco summer I watched our shepherd, many voices. And we know it; we Tobias’s eyes don’t recognize Julio, speak to the sheep, who trust recognize it. How could we not? Raphael the Archangel, but his him and follow his steady voice, We’re made of it. Adam and Eve ears hear Raphael’s words offer - In an emergency ward, in than the pain and fear is the voice and grow in his care. It’s the type hear God’s voice calling in the gar - ing divine guidance and healing. another country, I lay on a table of my brother, who accompanied of voice we use with those we den, even though they’ve hidden in In Luke’s Gospel (1:28), Mary awaiting the physician. Lightning- me there. Through the waiting, love, and they interpret it instanta - shame (Genesis 3:8). Mary hears herself hailed by Gabriel the flashes of pain shot through my intake, more waiting, tests, con - neously, viscerally. It’s the voice of Magdalene sees the risen Christ Archangel, and being told that body, weak from days-long inabil - sultations, his calm quiet voice intimate encounter. but doesn’t recognize him; when God’s favour rests on her. ity to take in water and food. That was a life-giving presence. It was There is power in a voice, a she hears his voice, she knows him Whether through another or long-ago night is vividly present a voice that said: “I’m here; power that’s unique. as her own dear Lord (John 20:17). directly, God’s voice can be heard, to me now, but far more vivid you’re not alone; somebody cares It’s a power that can be trou - The power of a voice is unique. even amidst the noisy chaos, even bling, when launched against us. God’s Word springs forth from when we can’t see anything at all. Many, many voices come at us, in God’s eternal silence, says St. Peter’s eyes and mind have no our cacophonous world. The Ignatius of Antioch. idea what’s going on at the top of director of A Beautiful Mind uses God’s is the voice of insistent Mount Tabor, but in the fog, his images to help movie-watchers desire. That Voice may come out ears hear the voice of the Father feel, a little, the power of voices: of the bright blue sky, clear and claiming Jesus (see Mark 9:7). the tangled, confused web of brilliant. It may well come in a God’s voice brings intimacy, voices that torment the mathe - state of emergency, as my broth - but also invitation and mission. It matician with the beautiful mind. er’s voice did for me. Moses, who can unsettle us and give an urgent A bewildering distraction of voic - sees a bush burning, hears the task. Out of the fog of the es jangles around and inside us voice of the God of Israel speak - Transfiguration, it exhorts: “listen all. Conflict and confusion ing his love for his captive peo - to Jesus.” Even when it comes in inevitably come with them. ple. John the Baptist, who watch - blindness, as with St. Paul en Where, in all this chaos, could es his cousin from Nazareth route to Damascus, it urges action God’s voice be? How can we pos - descend into the Jordan River, — or rather, promises to bear hears the voice of the Father fruit: “Enter the city” (Acts 9:6). claiming Jesus as beloved Son. Gabriel’s voice speaking to Mary Marrocco is a marriage and To hear God’s voice is a strug - calls her to the Yes that will bring family therapist, teacher of theol - gle — because it’s a call. Silence salvation. Raphael’s words to ogy, and writer, and co-ordinates helps us pay attention to God Tobias invite action — to his St. Mary of Egypt Refuge. She can speaking all the time. Being in relief — and out of the action be reached at marrocco7@sym - silence teaches us God’s voice. comes healing greater than he patico.ca Hearing the voice of God is not asked. Death and dying ‘part of who we are’

By Agnieszka Krawczynski days in the hospital and under - care, seniors’ housing, and com - went six tests and multiple scans passion. Other speakers included COQUITLAM (CCN) — It’s before someone asked him what Providence Health Care’s Jo-Ann not healthy to hide illness and kind of treatment he wanted. “He Tait and David Thompson as well death from the public eye, ac - said: ‘I was hoping for some food as Anthropologist Margaret cording to Providence Health and a safe place to live because I Critchlow and University of Cal - Care palliative care expert can’t take care of myself any - gary professor Shane Sinclair. Romayne Gallagher. more,’ ” Gallagher recounted. “Society needs to take back “What he wanted was hospice sickness, death, and dying as part care,” not a lengthy, complicated Design Pics of who we are,” she told about hospital stay. HEARING THE VOICE OF GOD — “God’s voice calls out our 100 health care professionals and Gallagher also advocates for voice,” writes Mary Marrocco. “God doesn’t force us to speak, but in guests at the 77th annual general professional interpreters for the silence and the struggle to hear, he teaches our voice. Learning our meeting of the Catholic Health patients who can’t speak English, own true voice is part of listening, and part of coming to life.” Association of B.C., Sept. 14. and says hospitals should only “It is the equal responsibility offer CPR to patients who con - Trees have huge impact of the community and the health sent to it. care system to care for people “Once people understand when they get sick.” where they are at with their ill - Continued from page 9 one square mile of forest releases Gallagher argued that hospi - ness, they generally don’t ask for about 29 tons of oxygen every day tals, cities, businesses, and orga - futile treatment,” she said. As amazing as are Wohlleben’s — equivalent to the daily require - nizations must do their part to Gallagher has also known pa- discoveries, he insists there is still ment of 10,000 people. “Every take illness out of the closet and tients who have changed their much more to investigate. Little is walk in the forest is like taking a bring it into the light, with efforts minds about a request for an known about the half of the total shower in oxygen.” Not to mention such as improved palliative care assisted suicide when presented forest biomass that is below other physical, mental, and spirit- and support for employees who with an alternative. “Once we got ground. There are more life forms enhancing benefits. care for ill family members. to talk to the patient, they said: ‘I in a handful of forest soil than Wohlleben laments that Eur - “We need to take back the sick can have palliative care? Never B.C. Catholic there are people on the planet. ope’s old-growth forests disap - and the dying as part of our com - mind, I’ll take that.’ ” Romayne Gallagher Forests have a huge impact on cli - peared centuries ago. However, he munity.” What’s needed is a “de-mythi - mate and the hydrological cycle. is heartened by an emerging polit - Zeroing in on the health care fying” of sickness and death, said “Occasionally, we forget the Trees are hosts for so many ical consensus as in his native system, she said much more can Gallagher. Improving how doc - importance of being with, suffer - species that he calls them “moth - Germany to protect significant be done to expand palliative care tors and nurses listen to and treat ing with, those who are sick, be - erships of diversity.” Older trees forest areas in an undisturbed and make sure very sick patients their patients, expanding the num - cause we are in such a rush; or decaying logs can act as tree state of natural conservation. He are having their needs met. ber of hospice beds, and spread - caught up as we are in the frenzy “nurseries.” In fact fully one-fifth also celebrates North American “Ask: what do I need to know ing awareness about palliative of doing,” said Archbishop J. of all known plant and animal wilderness forest initiatives, about you to take the best care of care can help do that. Michael Miller, CSB, who cele - species (i.e. 6,000) depend in notably the 2016 agreement to you? It might be something sim - “Ultimately, acute care would brated mass at the start of the some way on dead wood. protect British Columbia’s Great ple, such as “don’t call me ‘dear,’ ” be not the default for the system, conference. Tree species themselves are Bear Rainforest. she told CHABC members, in- it would be the last resort for “Instead, following the Lord’s sources of great genetic diversity Canada is fortunate to have cluding health professionals, in the patients with chronic illness.” teaching and example, we need to with adaptive capacities responsive some of the largest areas of remain - room. She hopes the government will ask for the grace of greater compas - to climate change. They have given ing old-growth forest on earth. “Say to people: are you getting put effort into expanding access sion toward those who are suffering us important anti-cancer com - Think about that and the won - the care you think you should be? to quality palliative care. in body and spirit. Com passion is pounds. They filter the air and are ders around you the next time you Is this what you were expecting?” Her presentation was part of a the very soul of any vocation in the the lungs of the planet. In summer take a walk in the trees. One patient had spent several one-day conference on palliative field of health care.” September 27, 2017 DEEPENING OUR FAITH Prairie Messenger 11 Servant leadership requires foundation of humility

dener. True, honourable, just, commendable and loving neglected, becomes a source of deep disappointment. leadership: these are the qualities of a shepherd the folks In today’s Gospel, Jesus too is confronting the chief can trust to lead them to the kingdom. It does require self- priests and the elders of the community. The parable Liturgy sacrifice and the ability to put one’s own ego aside for the describes the rejection he must suffer. But it also describes sake of those in one’s charge. It requires a self-awareness a compromised leadership (the tenants) that fails to carry and Life that allows us a freedom to be real and still strive to be holy. out the task of producing good fruit and sharing it with the Qualities of leadership are very much in the awareness landowner. of folks today, especially in the political arena. Is this On the other side of surprises might be those who seem Deacon Bob Williston leader operating out of real love and concern for their peo - to lack any participation in, or connection with formal reli - ple? Or is their agenda based more on self-interest or self- gion, but their belonging to and inclusion in the kingdom aggrandizement? of Jesus is based on their willingness to put themselves The readings today are full of “surprises.” They offer a To quote Richard Rohr in his book Immortal Diamond: aside for the sake of others. The great judgment scene in serious critique of the “tit for tat” kind of religion that “Many people have lost all interest in our grand spiritual Matthew 25 is still a critical criterion for inclusion in the places each seeker on some kind of “scale” to see if there talk and our Scriptures because they so often have been kingdom. Jesus reminds us that there is no greater love is sufficient faith to allow this one into the kingdom. used by people who are themselves still small. . . . It does than that one would lay down their life for their friends. Sometimes organized religion seems to present to us a not help to deny that we are stuck and yet it does not help There is another category of surprising people I would continuum that places a class of “privileged” at the head to stand arrogantly above it all either — as if we do not all like to mention. These are former leaders who may have of the pack and suggests they would find divine admit - share in the same great human crucifixion of reality, the been pushed aside, deeply wounded by the injustice of tance to the kingdom as some kind of right based on posi - one “world sorrow.” others, and they somehow continue a spiritual journey out - tion instead of loving service. side the traffic place of organized religion. Some have I recall sharing with a congregation the painful experi - Samuel 3:3b-10, 19 found ministry that is more connected with institutional Twenty-seventh Sunday ence of growing up in an alcoholic family. A man came up Psalm 40 chaplaincy, like prisons, hospitals and long-term care in Ordinary Time after the talk and said, “I didn’t think that things like that Philippians 4:6-9 homes. Some of these have simply burned out from a life October 8, 2017 happened to people like you!” It stunned me because I Matthew 21:33-43 of self-giving. Some have journeyed far as celibates and realized that we as preachers of the Gospel can present a after falling in love have been unable to continue in a form façade of a personal life that seems to be “holier” and When “we” is used more often than “you” in our lead - of ministry that would accept them in a married state. “more honourable” or free of humanity’s pain in compari - ers’ teaching and preaching, we include ourselves as In our anticipation of Thanksgiving let us give thanks to son to the lives others have to walk. redeemed sinners, so that others can more readily identify God for all of the truly wonderful leaders/shepherds that All of us in places of leadership need to take to heart with us. have been sent our way. Our spiritual journey is usually the warnings of Jesus in today’s Gospel about the kind of In an address to refugees and disabled young people at scattered with gifted people who have been an inspiration shepherding he expects from those who are in positions of Bethany Beyond the Jordan, Pope Francis had this reflec - to us, or a source of real consolation. The amazing thing is power, authority and influence. He fully expects a shep - tion: “(Jesus) stooped down to us and by his love he that God’s timing usually sends us these people just at the herd’s heart to be full of compassion, understanding, gen - restored our dignity and brought us salvation. Jesus’ critical time we most need them. Let us remember to keep tle tolerance and loving acceptance. He expects that they humility never fails to move us, the fact that he bends them in our prayers as they face the daunting task of lead - should have the qualities mentioned by St. Paul in today’s down to wounded humanity in order to heal us: he bends ing God’s holy people through this life and into eternal life. reading to the Philippians. down to heal all our wounds.” A song I wrote recently has this sentiment in mind: “Faith” and “the garden” is the product of a loving gar - Whether it’s a parent, teacher, politician, priest, or a “But it’s the hope of a promise from Jesus’ own hand, of a clerk whose help you seek, real servant leadership will many-roomed mansion our Father has planned. So we build trust and requires a solid foundation of humility, and carve here today a life of bridges to cross, till we pass Williston gives parish missions and is a missionary a desire for human communion in order to produce healthy through the door that appears as a loss, and enter our with the Redemptorists. He is also a songwriter and fruit in the garden of faith. Isaiah’s lament in today’s first Father’s homeland.” recording artist. reading displays a certain expectation God has that, if Happy and blessed Thanksgiving everyone! Riches aren’t bad; they just give us the illusion we are self-sufficient

the innocence of little children, sufficiency often spawns another the gospel that’s hardest on the which can indeed be striking. But danger: riches and the comfort rich, is also the gospel that makes In that’s not what Jesus is holding they bring, as we see in the para - most clear that riches aren’t bad in up as an ideal here, an ideal of ble of the rich man who has a themselves. God is rich. But God innocence which for us adults is beggar at his door, can make us is prodigiously generous with that Exile impossible in any case. It’s not blind to the plight and hunger of richness. God’s generosity, as we the innocence of children that the poor. That’s one of the dan - learn from the parables of Jesus, is Ron Rolheiser, OMI Jesus praises; rather, it’s the fact gers in not being hungry our - so excessive that it’s scandalous. It that children have no illusion of selves. In our comfort, we tend upsets our measured sense of fair - self-sufficiency. Children have no not to see the poor. ness. Riches are good, but only if choice but to know their depen - And so it’s not riches them - they’re shared. In Luke’s Gospel, A number of years ago I tery really. It took God an extra 10 dence. They’re not self-sufficient selves that are bad. The moral Jesus praises the generous rich but attended a funeral. The man to years to mellow him out! He was and know that they cannot pro - danger in being rich is rather the warns the hoarding rich. Gener - whom we were saying goodbye too strong and cantankerous to die vide for themselves. If someone illusion of self-sufficiency that osity is Godlike, hoarding is anti - had enjoyed a full and rich life. at 80! But during the last 10 years doesn’t feed them they go hungry. seems to forever accompany rich - thetical to heaven. He’d reached the age of 90 and of his life he suffered a series of They need to say, and to say it es. Little children don’t suffer this And so from the time we learn was respected for having been massive diminishments. His wife often: “Help me!” illusion. But the strong do. That’s to tie our own shoelaces until the both successful and honest. But died, he never got over that. He It’s generally the opposite for the danger in being rich, money- various diminishments of life he’d always been a strong man, a had a stroke, he never got over adults, especially if we’re strong, wise or otherwise. begin to strip away the illusion of natural leader, a man who took that. He had to be moved into an talented, and blessed with suffi - How do we minimize that dan - self-sufficiency, riches of all kinds charge of things. He’d had a good assisted living complex, he never cient wealth. We easily nurse the ger? By being generous with our constitute a danger. We must never marriage, raised a large family, got over that. All these diminish - illusion of self-sufficiency. In our riches. Luke’s Gospel, while being unlearn the words: “Help me!” been successful in business, and ments did their work. By the time strength we more naturally forget held leadership roles in various he died, he could take your hand that we need others, that we’re Bee Nation about power of civic and church organizations. and say: ‘Help me.’ He couldn’t not self-reliant. He was a man who commanded say that from the time he could tie The lesson here isn’t that riches respect although he was some - his own shoe laces until those last are bad. Riches, be that money, empathy to change minds times feared for his strength. years. He was finally ready for talent, intelligence, health, good His son, a priest, was presiding heaven. Now when he met St. looks, leadership skills, or flat-out Continued from page 9 Negativity, especially when at his funeral. He began his homi - Peter at the gates of heaven he strength, are gifts from God. persistent, can be fatiguing. It ly this way: “Scripture tells us that could say: ‘Help me!’ rather than They’re good. It’s not riches that and other legacies of colonialism. makes us tired to listen to bad 70 is the sum of a man’s years, 80 tell St. Peter how he might better block us from entering the king - Slezic’s film doesn’t ignore such news all the time. And so when for those who are strong. Now, our organize things.” dom. Rather, it’s the danger that, problems. It does make a conscious there is a hopeful and more dad lived for 90 years. Why the This story can help us under - having them, we will more easily choice to tell a good news story inspiring story, perhaps we will extra 10 years? Well, it’s no mys - stand Jesus’ teaching that the rich also have the illusion that we’re about what First Nations children be more moved by it. It touches us find it difficult to enter the king - self-sufficient. We aren’t. As and their parents can accomplish differently, fills us up rather than dom of heaven while little chil - Thomas Aquinas points out by the when they put their minds to it. deflating us. Which does not take Rolheiser, theologian, teacher, dren enter it quite naturally. We very way he defines God (as Esse I think Bee Nation is also about away from the issues at all, as and award-winning author, is tend to misunderstand both why Subsistens — Self-sufficient the power of empathy to change they are very real, but maybe, president of the Oblate School of the rich find it hard to enter the Being), only God does not need minds. How often do we see posi - hopefully, a story like Bee Nation Theology in San Antonio, Texas. kingdom and why little children anyone or anything else. The rest tive depictions of learning in loving will connect us more as human He can be contacted through his enter it more easily. of us do, and little children more families on First Nations reserves? beings. I want to get non-First website: www.ronrolheiser.com. Why do little children enter easily grasp this than do adults, Interviewed by Judy Wolfe for the Nations people to open their Now on Facebook: www.face - the kingdom quite naturally? In especially strong and gifted adults. summer issue of Point of View hearts and minds. There is no book.com/ronrolheiser answering this we tend to idealize Moreover, the illusion of self- magazine, Slezic put it this way: “us” and “them.” 12 Prairie Messenger FEATURE September 27, 2017 Here and there: the puzzle of place and time

By Edna Froese ings looked like. We had camped at many times and hiked up whatever ing gear, I tell myself, “In two days, walked or rode their camels had a Paul Lake near Kamloops, and we slopes were accessible in a day I’ll be in Wapiti Camp ground.” It more solid sense of who they were Decades ago when I first dis - had driven the Princeton-Hope off. Ever since, driving into Jasper seems unbelievable. Then three and where they were. Were they covered Canadian fiction, I read Highway, back before the Coqui - has felt like coming home, though days later, breathing the wondrous more at home in their skins, then, Swamp Angel by Ethel Wilson with halla Highway made straight the buildings change, and Mt. Edith mountain air, shivering in the when all they saw was recogniz - happy recognition. Back in the wilderness of the Fraser Canyon. Cavell loses a glacier and re - evening coolness, my home seems able, even after days of travel? 1970s I wasn’t accustomed to see - Maggie’s confident feeling of arranges the landscape. I know remote, as if back there, I was In the opening chapter of ing familiar scenery in novels; “I know this all and I know how to and love this place. When I’m someone else, not this woman who Swamp Angel, Maggie Vardoe (not characters all lived elsewhere. So live here” was also familiar. That’s there, I can barely imagine my real now sips her hot tea and watches the yet back to being Maggie Lloyd), when the fictional Maggie Lloyd how I feel whenever we drive into home in Saskatoon. elk wander past. Am I the only one stares out her kitchen window, got off the bus at Kamloops and Jasper, Alta. I know every bend in That whole puzzling business of who runs up against that disconnect, rehearsing in her mind her careful hitched a ride into the hills to a the road and can name most of the being “here” rather than “there” — I wonder? How do frequent trav - plans, made over years, for her fishing camp, I could visualize mountains, thanks to summer jobs how do place and memory connect? ellers cope? Those who go to departure from Vancouver and clearly where she was going and in Jasper when I was a university And what has the connection to do Europe one summer and Barbados from her marriage. Every simple knew exactly what her surround - student. I had walked its streets with who I am? As I pack up camp - the next and Africa the year after. action of preparing supper has been How do they know who they are? done before, many times. Only an Place and time and memory — hour or two, now, before she will and identity: philosophers have walk out the back door, step into a tangled with those magnitudes prearranged taxi cab, and begin her ever since human beings could transformation into Maggie Lloyd, think of themselves as separate fishing camp cook hundreds of from their surroundings and grasp miles away. And she is aware of the passage of time. “time felt in the act of passing, of a It all comes into sharp focus moment being reached (time during the last days of planning always passes, but it is in the nature and packing, before the departure. of things that we seldom observe it I stare at the calendar above my flowing, flying, past),” fearing that desk, that place where thought and time had “stood still, or had died.” language happen, and try to fath - There are occasions in our lives om that in three days or four, I when time both stands still and shall be in wherever — Fresno, marches on, when who we are is California, or Goshen, Indiana. about to change beyond recogni - And when I’m actually there, tion. It might not even be through maybe at a conference, I wonder physical travel from place to place; who I am — the woman who did sometimes an inner journey, a pri - dishes at the sink and chatted with vate decision, turns everything her husband the day before (such around us into a different country. are the wonders of air travel), or Who can live through such mo - the woman standing at the podium ments? Yet we all do. delivering a paper to other schol - On the eve of a major trip that ars, who are also from elsewhere. might just change me, I read Thich Time then seems to bend and Nhat Hanh’s admonition to breathe

Edna Froese waver, stretch and condense in and be where we are, not where we confusing ways. The hours in the plan to be or where we’ve been. . . . today I’m looking at orange trees by the pool; tomorrow I shall pull on parka and boots to slog through airport are time suspended, refus - “When you sit and breathe mindful - snow . . . ing to move on. The last day away ly,” he says, “your mind and body is both slow and too rapid. I think: finally get to communicate and today I’m looking at orange trees come together . . . usually the mind Bolen addresses Catholic teachers in P.A. by the pool; tomorrow I shall pull is in one place and the body in on parka and boots to slog through another.” Precisely. No wonder that bother us, we need to realize that snow. I wonder if those who trav - time wavers and bends and stands every person has as purpose and elled once by slow boats or still. I am attracted to mindfulness, mission. Sometimes it is us that can see the freedom of living in Catholic needs to change to see Jesus in “now-ness,” yet cannot give up the others. Froese taught English litera - creativity that I think is inherent in And finally, the fifth is to be ture at St. Thomas More College our endless puzzling about time and Connections witnesses of hope in our lives. in Saskatoon for many years until place and self — the pieces provid - Our young people are not neces - her retirement. She currently ed by memory. I am not prepared, works part time as academic edi - yet, to give up self-awareness. Not Deacon Harrold Salahub sarily interested in words or speeches. Rather, they want to see tor while relishing the freedom to for longer than a reasonable medita - witnesses of the faith. Our young read and write for pleasure. tion time, anyway. Regina Archbishop Don Bolen In order to be a person of people need Catholic models of delivered a message of hope to hope, the archbishop gave us the faith in a world that needs us the approximately 350 teachers five points to strive for. The first to step forward and proclaim our and support staff gathered at St. is to be a person of joy. hope in Jesus. Mary High School for our open - Hope begins when we Archbishop Don ing faith formation session. Hope, internalize the deep ended his message by the archbishop said, was not a joyfulness which quoting 1st Peter wish, but rather an expectation comes from our 3:15 (NRSV): but grounded in the promise God faith in Jesus in your hearts makes to us. He continued by Christ. Our words sanctify Christ as explaining that hope is a gift from and actions should Lord. Always be God, as God knows what it means reflect this joy. ready to make your to be human and meets us in our The second point defence to anyone reality. Our ultimate hope comes is to be at home with who demands from from the life, death, and resurrec - brokenness. This is our you an accounting for the tion of Jesus. human condition, and we are hope that is in you. He Archbishop Don also shared asked to embrace life’s challenges explained that teaching is a voca - that prayer is a great way to put with hope. We are all part of tion of hope. Hope is deeply hope into action. Prayer is the God’s plan and we are to take life attractive. Being a people of principle language of hope and it as it comes, day by day. hope, and allowing that hope to is where hope is nurtured. As a The third point is to help with shape everything we do, is a vital challenge, Archbishop Don indi - each other’s burdens. If we all form of evangelizing in our day. cated that there is a great yearn - embrace our human condition, we The archbishop’s message fit ing for hope in our young people, soon see the need that is around well to the Prince Albert Catholic so it is important we provide us. It is our vocation to serve oth - School Division’s spiritual theme models of hope and prayer. ers, so let us serve them in the of hope. The division has spirit of love and hope. embarked on a three-year theme The fourth point is to look at starting with hope in the 2017 - Salahub is the Religious Co- each other as a person for whom 18 year, followed by grace in ordinator for Prince Albert God has a plan. Sometimes when 2018 - 2019 and love in 2019 - Catholic Schools. it seems others get in our way or 2020.

September 27, 2017 FEATURE Prairie Messenger 13 Scandals in the church: bad news, good news

By Thomas Reese, SJ have unsupervised access to chil - ©2017 Religion News Service dren or the Internet until the inves - tigation is over. This is the kind of Leaders in the Catholic Church, information people want to know. like leaders in any organization, None of this was explained in hate scandals. They wish that they the press release. never happen, and when they do, The case of Archbishop Józef they try to deal with them internal - Wesolowski, nuncio to the Do mini - ly so as not to get a lot of bad pub - can Republic, shows what hap - licity. pened in another recent case. He The problem is that they usual - was nuncio to the Dominican ly make a mess of it. Any attempt Republic until August 2013, when by the church to try to limit pub - he was recalled to the Vatican after licity is seen as a coverup. accusations of the sexual abuse of A better strategy would be to minors. In June of 2014 he was lai - recognize that scandals represent cized after an investigation and trial bad news and good news. The bad by the Congregation for Doctrine news is that something bad hap - of the Faith. A year later he was pened; the good news is that the indicted by Vatican City prosecu - perpetrator got caught. Scandals tors on allegations of possession of should be seen as an opportunity child pornography. He was found for the church to show it can act dead of a heart attack on Aug. 27, responsibly in the face of a scan - 2015, before the criminal trial dal, because scandals are an in- could take place. evitable part of life. It is way past the time when the And there have been lots of CNS/Paul Haring Vatican can proceed in secrecy at scandals. The worst, of course, is DEALING WITH SCANDAL — St. Peter’s Basilica is seen during sunset in Rome. When it comes to its own pace without any trans - the sexual abuse of children by church scandals, the Vatican has followed the old, failed strategy of saying as little as possible rather than parency. Because of the church’s Catholic clerics. This criminal getting all of the story out at one time, writes Thomas Reese, SJ. Today, professional PR firms recommend bad record in dealing with sexual abuse has been devastating on chil - getting all of the bad news out as soon as possible in order to limit the number of followup stories. abuse, the Vatican has to be forth - dren, and attempts by church lead - coming with information so that ers in the past to cover it up have the United States of violating laws release was its refusal to name the in the 21st century. the media and the public know made matters worse for the chil - relating to child pornography. It official who was accused by the What should the press release there will be no coverup. dren and their families as well as presents a case study of what to do State Department. Since the press have said? This is especially true in the the church. and what not to do. release said that the official had First, it should have begun by current case, where the Vatican When accusations of abuse are On the positive side, the been recalled to Rome, it did not saying that any accusation of child has invoked diplomatic immunity raised, church leaders need to co- Vatican did issue a press release take long for the media to find a pornography is taken very serious - so that the official will be tried operate with law enforcement and acknowledging that the U.S. State list of nunciature officials and then ly by the Vatican and will be thor - under Vatican law rather than U.S. follow the procedures that have Department had notified it of a discover which one is no longer in oughly investigated. It could have laws. Even though the U.S. would been laid out by the church to possible violation of child the United States. By not naming noted that possession of child not want its diplomats tried by a deal with such accusations. Not pornography laws by an official the official right away, the Vatican pornography is a violation of foreign power, the Vatican’s use only do church leaders have to do in the nunciature. gave the appearance of a coverup. church law as well as a violation of of this immunity will not go down this, they have to be seen as doing This is certainly progress from In addition, it temporarily put all the Vatican City criminal code to well in the United States. There it by the media and the public. the days when reporters would of its nunciature officials under which Vatican diplomats are held are legitimate arguments in favour The latest church scandal has have only gotten a “no comment” suspicion. Not good. accountable as if the crime were of diplomatic immunity, but they involved the Vatican nunciature or from the Vatican. But, for the Second, there was no specificity committed inside the Vatican itself. will not be listened to if the embassy in Washington, where one most part, the Vatican is making a in the accusation. Was it possession Thus, the accused will undergo Vatican is not transparent in of its officials has been accused by mess of it. The Vatican followed of child pornography or production two investigations, one by church showing it can and will responsi - the old, failed strategy of saying or distribution? Both Vatican and officials for a violation of church bly deal with the case. as little as possible rather than U.S. criminal laws make these law, and a second by Vatican City There are other interesting sto - Reese, a Jesuit priest, is a getting all of the story out at one kinds of distinctions. I presume it officials for a violation of its ries for the media to pursue. For senior analyst at RNS. Previously time. Today, professional PR was possession, but since the criminal statutes. example, how did the nunciature he was a columnist at the National firms recommend getting all of Vatican did not say so, the media If he is found guilty of violat - official come to the attention of Catholic Reporter (2015-17) and the bad news out as soon as pos - were forced to discuss the various ing church law, he can be laicized the U.S. government? Was it an associate editor (1978-85) and sible in order to limit the number possibilities, making the story (expelled from the priesthood) through a sting operation? Did he editor in chief (1998-2005) at of followup stories. worse than was necessary. and never be allowed to act as a access a child pornography site America magazine. The silliest part of the press Third, the Vatican press priest again. If he is found guilty being monitored by the FBI? Or release gave no explanation of of violating the Vatican City was the nunciature being spied how the official would be dealt criminal code, he can be impris - upon by the FBI, CIA or NSA? with other than to say that “The oned and fined. Whatever the source of the Promoter of Justice opened an Nor was anything said about government’s information, the Advertise in the investigation.” This was made the current status of the accused, accused is still innocent until worse by adding, “investigations except that he is in Vatican City. proven guilty under U.S. and carried (out) by the Promoter of The press release should have said Vatican law. But there will also be PrMaoinrdiaey - FMridaey 8s:3s0 -e 5n p.mg. er Justice are subject to investigative that he is currently suspended as a a trial in the court of public opin - confidentiality.” priest and diplomat while the ion, and so far, the Vatican is los - Ph. 306-682-1772 Fax 306-682-5285 After decades of dealing with investigation takes place. It could ing in that court, where the church email: [email protected] the sexual abuse crisis, it is hard have added that he will be con - is judged guilty until proven inno - to imagine a worse press release fined to the Vatican and will not cent.

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Social justice pioneer dies Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (CCCB) used the Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice to Social Action Department from 1964 - 1970 in facilitate small group dialogue to build trust and It is rare to find a priest who has expertise in Ottawa. In 1971, he moved to Washington, D.C., to friendship, encouraging people to listen to each other both theology and economics. A Canadian Jesuit was become the founding director of the Centre of and share more deeply what is going on in the world, an exception. Rev. William (Bill) Ryan died in Concern, a Catholic think-tank that champions global starting from their own experiences. Toronto Sept. 8 at age 92. social justice and peace. Referencing his background in economics, It is worth noting his passing and recognizing the He expanded his influence in 1977 when he Zlomislic commented, “Ryan embraced a highly broad influence that will be his legacy, not only in became a founding board member of the Roncalli integrated view of human life and society that was Canada but internationally as well. International Foundation, which helps improve the intellectually open and did not leave behind the cul - Ryan was born in 1925 to a large Irish-German living conditions of the most destitute people in the ture and values of families, but was based on just family near Ottawa. He became a Jesuit and was developing world. He served on the board for five economic relationship for individuals to corpora - ordained in 1957, a few years before the Second years. tions.” Vatican Council which influenced much of his think - From 1978 - 1984 Ryan served as provincial for Jesuit Father James Hug commented, “Bill Ryan ing and energy. Jesuits across English Canada. In 1984 he was was a great visionary and a talented prophetic voice He received his theology degree from the named general secretary of the CCCB and served as for social and economic justice in the spirit of the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium and a the main CBC TV commentator during Pope John Gospel and the Catholic social tradition. He helped PhD in economics from Harvard University. Early on Paul ll’s visit to Canada that year. to shape the vision and commitment of the Society of in his career Ryan taught math, economics and geog - Bishop Douglas Crosby, president of the Jesus at a crucial time in our history following raphy to students at St. Paul’s College in Winnipeg. Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, comment - Vatican II. . . . He was a great pioneer in the global With his academic background in economics, he ed about Ryan, “Always a man of the church, Bill not church’s commitment to justice and peace.” spent his life addressing the root causes of poverty only served as general secretary of the bishops’ con - Ryan was a delegate to the first Synod of and social injustice. In a tribute to Ryan, Erica ference for Canada, but was also a good friend to Bishops called by Pope Paul VI in 1971. He was Zlomislic said: “Through his extensive writing and many bishops, visiting them even up to the time of influential in shaping the statement “Justice in the talks, Ryan showed that the suffering of impover - his final illness, to discuss past experiences, current World,” which emphasized that action on behalf of ished and marginalized people around the world was events, and fresh insights and possibilities. He was a justice and participation in the transformation of the the result of social and economic injustice. His influ - man of dialogue and learning, he was solicitous world fully appear “as a constitutive dimension of ential work took him from Ottawa to Washington to about the well-being of his Jesuit Forum — a way of the preaching of the Gospel.” Rome and beyond. A comprehensive list of his many understanding and working through some of life’s Ryan is no longer with us, but his influence and appointments, books and articles would run pages.” more difficult problems.” example will continue to influence and inspire peo - Ryan served as national co-director of the In the last 10 years of his life in Toronto Ryan ple of faith and justice. — PWN Driverless pizza delivery is a pilot project in university city

By Sylvain Charlebois delivery in real time with an app be more consistent: delivery times strong. The upside includes: than one billion pizzas annually on their smartphone. They’ll will be streamlined, fewer pizzas lower staffing costs, fewer staff and has more than 100,000 dri - Ann Arbor, Mich., residents receive a text with a four-digit will be damaged and the customer recruitment and retention issues, vers, so running a driverless fleet will soon have food delivered to code they will use when the car won’t have to tip. Removing tip - lower insurance costs, lower fuel could save the company millions. their doors by driverless cars as arrives. ping reduces price, making deliv - consumption, consistent delivery Driverless home deliveries part of an intriguing socio-eco - Ann Arbor is home to thou - ered pizzas more affordable. For times, no thefts, controllable tem - can’t come soon enough for the nomic experiment. sands of post-secondary students, cash-strapped students, that’s key. peratures to keep food safe for food service industry, which wants Domino’s Pizza and Ford have an age group likely to embrace For Domino’s, the business customers and, therefore, less paired up in a pilot project to see this new technology. case for a driverless fleet is waste. Domino’s delivers more — UNPLEASANT , page 15 how humans interact with driver - The last 15 metres of the less delivery cars. This is the first delivery experience will prove Few Canadian educators are indigenous time a food service or retail com - most unpredictable. The driver - pany has used driverless technol - less car may end up in the drive - ogy to serve consumers. way or near the curb. Customers By Gerry Chidiac investigate the residential school When we pass through that pain, Customers can track their may not want to go out to the car system in Canada and to give rec - however, we’re not only more if it’s raining or snowing. Human “I am only one, but I am still ommendations for moving forward empathetic to the suffering of oth - behaviour can be difficult to pre - one,” Helen Keller said. “I cannot as a nation. The commission’s ers, we’re more determined to Charlebois is dean of the dict, especially when dealing with do everything, but I can still do findings, published in 2015, were make a positive difference. Faculty of Management and a food. something.” groundbreaking. Ultimately, they I’ve often heard about indige- professor in the Faculty of Agri - But this is an experiment in In 2008, the government of referred to what happened in our nous children being taken from culture at Dalhousie University. convenience. Service quality, Canada created the Truth and country as “cultural genocide” and their villages by “Indian agents” www.troymedia.com Domino’s key strategic focus, will Reconciliation Commission to called for significant action to pro - accompanied by police officers. mote healing. When I make an effort to truly lis - One key recommendation was ten to these stories, however, I’m in the area of education. Aboriginal changed. learning thus holds a significant As a parent, I’ve loved waking place in new curriculums across up and seeing my children smile. Canada. The challenge, however, Sharing meals and laughter is that few educators in Canada are together are some of my happiest indigenous. memories. It’s also meant every - When we face challenges thing to give them comfort when courageously, we always find solu - they were afraid and to help them tions. I’ve experienced two very to make sense of the world. positive factors in promoting What if that were taken away indigenous education. First, the from me? What if I couldn’t see indigenous educators I’ve worked them and spend time with them? with are exceptional. They ask if I What if they were taken to a place would like to try different initia - far away where they would cry tives with my class, they answer themselves to sleep alone at night? my question, and they give me the What if I was aware that children supports I need. Second, I’m never died where they were going and I made to feel like an outsider; I feel never knew if I would see my pre - like an ally. cious ones again? According to indigenous wri ter These are painful thoughts, but and speaker Monique Gray Smith, fortunately for me, they’re only “Being an ally means that you thoughts. contribute to the healing, not to the However, for many people in hurting. Part of being an ally our country, those experiences — means that we listen deeply.” and even more horrific ones — Listening deeply is not easy, were reality. For many, the scars of especially when the truth of what these events are still raw. Ex - happened is so painful to hear. perience tells us that this type of wound can take generations to CNS/Dana Rene Bowler heal. SISTINE CHOIR VISITS U.S. — Members of the Sistine Chapel Choir, under the direction of Msgr. Chidiac is an award-winning This type of listening expands Massimo Palombella, perform at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in high school teacher specializing in me as a person. It inspires me to Washington Sept. 20. The choir, which also visited New York and Detroit, resembles the choir of the Early languages, genocide studies and become an ally and to find new Renaissance period of 500 years ago in that it features all males, including about 30 boys, to sing the sopra - work with at-risk stu dents. no and alto parts that were written with their vocal timbre in mind. www.troymedia.com — ALLIES , page 15 September 27, 2017 LETTERS Prairie Messenger 15

Vietnam TV series misstates truth about tragic war incident

The Editor: As the premier dent still has a “toxic-radioactive” cide (reminiscent of the 1942 revisionist of American military effect on American public opinion destruction and execution of the history, Ken Burns in his latest almost 50 years later. Czech town of Lidice and its citi - docu-opus, Vietnam , chose to act Burns hired Gen. Merrill zens by the Nazis). as his own film editor for the pro - McPeak as an adviser for the In fact, MyLai wasn’t simply duction. He refused to permit pro - film’s production. McPeak was a collateral damage as Burns chose ducers to use the word “murder” senior officer who flew 269 to describe the loss of every to describe the 1968 massacre of bombing missions in Vietnam. human life in the village. It was more than 400 South Vietnamese Interviewed in a recent New in essence, the killing of humani - men, women and children in the Yorker article about U.S. involve - ty in another torrid chapter of a village of MyLai by U.S. ground ment in Vietnam, he acknowl - war run amok. troops. Lt. William Calley and 27 edged: “I believe that MyLai was For my money, I would choose under his command were charged my fault, my responsibility.” to watch the PBS/WGBH-Boston with committing diverse atrocities Better late than never that the production of American Experi- and court-martialled. (Calley’s Pentagon chose to step forward ence . Its documentary, Vietnam — sentence was later commuted by and finally take responsibility. An American History doesn’t shy Richard Nixon in 1975). Pity that the general fell into line from some painful truths about Paul Paproski, OSB Defending his decision to de - with Burns’s decision to mute the U.S. involvement. scribe what happened at MyLai, truth in portraying what could — Randy Fleming, Moose God’s Sanctuary Burns stated that the MyLai inci - only be described as act of geno - Jaw, Sask. You called me, Beloved, through whispering leaves, Believers are not alone in their faith into your sanctuary.

G Eyes closed, mind still, Continued from page 1 No matter how different peo - it seems insurmountable, remem - I enter into divine mystery

G ple are from one another, human ber “that Jesus lives in you. And, where you dwell. “Believe in the existence of beings “were created to live through you, it is he, who, with the most noble and beautiful together. With disputes, wait his meekness, wants to subdue all Through ancient trees I journey, truths” and trust that God, patiently. One day you will dis - enemies of humanity: sin, hatred, cathedral groves reaching to the sky where sunlight moves with golden grace through the Holy Spirit, is usher - cover that a sliver of truth has crimG e and violence.” and shadows fall in purple haze ing everything toward the good, beeGn entrusted to everyone.” Be courageous in speaking through winding paths of solitude. towGard “Christ’s embrace.” Love people. Respect every - the truth, but never forget, “you Believers are not alone in one’s journey — whether it be are not above anyone.” Even if their faith. There are others who troubled or down the straight and one feels certain that he or she is Sweet place, this is your sanctuary, hope, too. “The world goes on narrow because everyone has a the last person on earth who holds a refuge for my soul. thanks to the vision of many peo - storGy behind them. to the truth, “do not spurn the ple who created an opening, who Every baby born is “the company of human beings for Your arms enfold me, built bridges, who dreamed and promise of a life that once again this” reason. love washes over me, G compassion moulds me believed, even when they heard shoGws it is stronger than death.” Hold onto ideals and live for words of derision around them.” “Jesus has given us a light something greater than yourself, into the oneness of His spirit — G a consuming fire Never believe the struggles that shines in the darkness; de - eveGn if it comes at a high price. here on earth are “useless.” God fend it, protect it. This unique “Nothing is more human in God’s sanctuary. never disappoints and he wants light is the greatest richness en - than making mistakes and these By Diane Bauer that seed he planted in everyone trusGted to your life.” mistakes must not become a to bloom. “God made us to Dream of a world still not prison for you.” The son of God PM is full of spiritual nourishment flowG er, too.” seen, but will certainly come one came “not for the healthy, but the G “Wherever you are, build!” day. Think of those who sailed sick” so people should not be When life gets hard, and oceans, scaled mountains, con - afraid to get up again and start The Editor: We would like to Where will we read articles on “you have fallen, get up. Never quered slavery or made life better over when they fall, “because add to all those who have written to social and economic justice like the editor of the Prairie Messenger , those written by Yvonne Zarowny? stay down. Get up and let people for Gpeople on earth. GoGd is your friend.” to express our sadness and disap - Where will we read who has helGp you to your feet.” Be responsible: “Every “If bitterness strikes, firmly “If you’re sitting, start walk - injustice against someone poor is believe in all those people who pointment that our inspiring and been ordained as another new much needed paper so full of spiri - priest? ingG!” Start the journey. an open wound” and countless still work for the good; the seed “If you’re bored stiff, crush generations will come after you of a new world is in their humili - tual nourishment will cease to be Where will we find the touch - published next May. ing stories Leah Perreault is will - (boGredom) with good works.” havGe lived. ty.” G “If you feel empty and de - Ask God for courage every Spend time with people who Yes we too have saved many ing to share with us? moralized, ask if the Holy Spirit day. “Remember Jesus conquered have kept a child-like heart. of our papers, but yet we look for - Where will we read about our ward each week to what news our Pope Francis who is reaching out maGy newly replenish” that void. fear for us” and “not even our “Learn from splendour, nurture PM brings. Then we ask ourselves to touch yet another excluded G Work for peace among people. most treacherous enemy can do amGazement.” where will we find a new article person? Don’t listen to those “who anyGthing against faith.” “Live, love, believe, and spread hatred and division.” If fear or evil looms so large with God’s grace, never despair.” from Fr. Ron Rolheiser’s “In The list goes on and on. — Exile” encouraging us in our faith Elaine and Bill Uruski, Arborg, Unpleasant scenarios discourage drivers journey? Man.

Continued from page 14 customers. An endless list of al times a week without ever see - Allies will promote healing unpleasant scenarios would discour - ing another person, let alone the to increase revenue beyond regular age potential food delivery drivers. embarrassment of seeing the same Continued from page 14 and abuse of children extends foot traffic. Simplified delivery is For years, price has trumped delivery person with each order. beyond residential schools, a key expansion strategy. all other features that consumers Domino’s and Ford are onto allies who will promote healing in beyond the indige nous communi - Ordering home-delivered food want in food service. But younger something. Domino’s has been our country. ty, beyond Canada and beyond is risky, in part because drivers generations have a different per - successful in part because of its As a teacher, truth is vital to history. As we em brace the story can be unreliable. But home deliv - spective: while price remains a mastery of home delivery. This everything I do. Truth enlightens of one wounded person, we ery is no walk in the park for the significant factor, the constant project could make the company all of us, regardless of our age or embrace an unfortunate universal drivers, either. A recent Amer i can quest for convenience (on both even more efficient. ethnicity. As we embrace truth, reality. survey suggests drivers often find sides of the food continuum) is But taking the human factor we embrace the first step toward We can’t eliminate all this un - themselves in awkward situations, reaching the point of obsession. out of the food experience is reconciliation. necessary suffering by ourselves including being tipped with mari - So dispensing with delivery impossible for thousands of food Embracing truth and reconcili - but our role is still significant. We juana, being asked to eat with the personnel seems realistic. service companies. For many peo - ation also helps me to realize that can each do something and, com - customer, witnessing domestic vio - Consumers could soon binge ple who equate food with social we’re all a part of something bined, that’s enough to heal the lence and being greeted by naked on their favourite junk food sever - interaction, that’s a good thing. much larger. The mistreatment world.

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By Carol Glatz in relation to abuse and protec - when the problem has been dealt tion. with adequately does the process VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church has been for dealing with future cases get Pope Francis has endorsed an “late” in facing and, therefore, handed over to another dicastery, approach of “zero tolerance” properly addressing the sin of he added. toward all members of the church sexual abuse by its members, the Because the problem of cases guilty of sexually abusing minors pope said, and the commission, and allegations of abuse are or vulnerable adults. which he established in 2014, has “grave” — and because it also is Having listened to abuse sur - had to “swim against the tide” grave that some have not ade - vivors and having made what he because of a lack of awareness or quately taken stock of the prob - described as a mistake in approv - understanding of the seriousness lem — it is important the doctri - ing a more lenient set of sanctions of the problem. nal congregation continue to against an Italian priest abuser, the “When consciousness comes handle the cases, rather than pope said he has decided whoever late, the means for resolving the turning them over directly to has been proven guilty of abuse problem comes late,” he said. “I Vatican tribunals, as some have has no right to an appeal, and he am aware of this difficulty. But it suggested. will never grant a papal pardon. is the reality: We have arrived However, he said, the doctrinal “Why? Simply because the per - late.” congregation will need more per - son who does this (sexually abuses “Perhaps,” he said, “the old sonnel to work on cases of abuse minors) is sick. It is a sickness,” he practice of moving people” from in order to expedite the “many told his advisory commission on one place to another and not fully cases that do not proceed” with child protection during an audience facing the problem “lulled con - the backlog. at the Vatican Sept. 21. Members of sciences to sleep.” Pope Francis told commission CNS/ L’Osservatore Romano the Pon tifical Commission for the But, he said, “prophets in the members he wants to better bal - PROTECTION OF MINORS COMMISSION — Pope Francis listens Pro tection of Minors, including its church,” including O’Malley, ance the membership of the doc - as Sister Hermenegild Makoro, a member of the Pontifical president — Cardinal Sean P. have, with the help of God, come trinal team dealing with appeals Commission for the Protection of Minors, speaks during an audience O’Malley of Boston — were meet - forward to shine light on the filed by clergy accused of abuse. with commission members at the Vatican Sept. 21. The pope told com - ing in Rome Sept. 21 - 23 for their problem of abuse and to urge the He said the majority of members mission members that the church was late fighting abuse, and he plenary assembly. church to face it. are canon lawyers, and he would promised a policy of zero tolerance for abusers. Setting aside his prepared text, Typically when the church has like to balance out their more the pope said he wanted to speak had to deal with new or newly legalistic approach with more ordained minister has abused a he has been learning “on the job” more informally to the members, emerging problems, it has turned members who are diocesan bish - minor “is sufficient (reason) to better ways to handle priests who include lay and religious to the Congregation for the ops and have had to deal with receive no recourse” for an found guilty of abuse, and he experts in the fields of psycholo - Doctrine of the Faith to address abuse in their diocese. appeal. “If there is proof. End of recounted a decision he has now gy, sociology, theology and law the issue, he said. And then, only He also said proof that an story,” the pope said; the sentence come to regret: that of agreeing to “is definitive.” a more lenient sanction against an And, he added, he has never Italian priest, rather than laicizing Renowned Marian theologian dies and would never grant a papal him as the doctrinal team recom - pardon to a proven perpetrator. mended. By Matthew Fowler visionary. He also wrote several The reasoning has nothing to Two years later, the priest books on the alleged apparitions do with being mean-spirited, but abused again, and Pope Francis ROME (CNS) — Msgr. Rene of Mary at Medjugorje, Bosnia- because an abuser is sick and is said he has since learned “it’s a Laurentin, who spent a lifetime Herzegovina. suffering from “a sickness.” terrible sickness” that requires a studying Marian apparitions, died “The situation in Medjugorje The pope told the commission different approach. Sept. 10 at the age of 99 in Evry, is very confused because there are France. conversions every day, but the War robs South Sudan Laurentin had published more bishop is against it,” he said in than 160 books and 1,000 articles October 2007. “And when Rome youth of childhood: bishop about Mariology, including the protects and covers the bishops, “Dictionary of the ‘Apparitions’ one can’t say Rome is in favour KHARTOUM, Sudan (CNS) to wars,” Kussala said. of the Virgin Mary .” of the apparitions.” — War in South Sudan has Addressing young people, the The 1,200-page volume lists While Pope Francis, too, has robbed young people of their bishop said that in the past few more than 2,400 alleged appari - expressed some doubts about the tions of Mary all over the world Medjugorje apparitions, which childhood and given them chal - years, he has had “the bittersweet and provides details about the allegedly continue, he appointed a lenges unknown to their peers in privilege to witness how quickly church’s investigations of them. Polish archbishop to visit the most other countries, said the you grew, and how quickly you To this day, only a handful of the town and make recommendations head of the Sudan Catholic matured.” claimed appearances of Mary are about the pastoral care of the Bishops’ Conference. The killings and incessant recognized by the Catholic townspeople and the millions of “My heart breaks at the thought fighting that have plagued South CNS/Paul Haring Church. pilgrims who visit there each that your childhoods are being Sudan “have changed you,” he “The apparitions are not seen year. Msgr. Rene Laurentin taken away from you daily, but I said, noting that he feels young with the most benign eye by the know that you have not lost your people’s frustrations, which are church,” he had said, emphasiz - vision or your hope for a better evident on their faces, in their ing how seriously the church Politicians not Mafia: pope future,” Bishop Edward Hiiboro voices, in what they sing and in investigates the claims and citing Kussala of Tombura-Yambio, what they write on social media. the long approval process of even By Cindy Wooden organized crime. In particular, he South Sudan, said in a Sept. 21 “It takes a lot of courage to take the most popular visions. cited the wisdom of provisions statement to mark International the first step, where our parents “Apparitions are the least sci - VATICAN CITY (CNS) — whereby some of the convicted Day for Peace. and elders have, sadly, failed,” entifically studied, the most hid - When politics becomes all about Mafia members’ property, confis - The bishops’ conference in- Kussala said. den and most controversial of all partisan interests and secret deals, cated by the government, is turned cludes all dioceses in Sudan and “Unlike you, we are en - theological subjects,” the French it leaves behind its true vocation over to non-profit groups to pro - South Sudan, which split in 2011, trenched in our old habits, preju - priest said. and becomes susceptible to the vide training and jobs to students when South Sudan became the dices, hate, injustices, and even In the introduction to his same influences of corruption that and the unemployed. world’s newest country. Barely pettiness, and it is not easy to let “dictionary,” Laurentin wrote allow the Mafia to flourish, Pope Corruption, poverty and social three years after its independence go of our selfishness, for it is how that he had been working for Francis said. injustice are the “fertile fields” from Sudan, a power struggle pit - we have been able to survive and more than 50 years on the cata - Authentic politics is “an emi - upon which organized crime ting President Salva Kiir and his preserve ourselves in these dark logue at the request of bishops nent form of charity,” which grows and thrives, he said. former deputy, Riek Machar, times,” he said. and the Con gre gation for the strives to ensure a future of peace Corruption is not interested in plunged South Sudan into civil “But now it is time to look for - Doctrine of the Faith. The goal, and full dignity for every person, the common good but focuses on war. The war has killed thou - ward and we, living in a small he said, was “to put to rest the whereas “a deviated politics” no the self-interest of an individual or sands, displaced nearly one mil - country, can do that together,” he many misunderstandings and longer listens to the conscience, group, he said. The corrupt think lion people, ignited a man-made said. South Sudan has a popula - confusion” surrounding claims but “banalizes evil, confuses truth they can get ahead by being “sly.” famine and destroyed the coun - tion of 12 million people. of visions. with lies and profits from the role While direct legal attacks on the try’s economy. A preparatory process is cur - Laurentin, who served as a of public responsibility it has Mafia are essential, they will not be In South Sudan and Sudan, it is rently underway for the 2018 peritus , or expert, at the Second been given,” the pope said. enough to end organized crime, the “necessary for us to stop awhile” Synod of Bishops on “young peo - Vatican Council from 1962 to Meeting Sept. 21 with members pope said. Politicians must work for and “invite peace into our hearts, ple, faith and vocational discern - 1965 and as a religion correspon - of Italy’s anti-Mafia parliamentary “greater social justice because the because we have lost everything ment.” dent for France’s Le Figaro daily, commission, Pope Francis praised Mafia has it easy when it can offer is also the author of “ Bernadette Italian laws that seek to involve itself as an alternative system in a of Lourdes: A Life Based on the government and citizens, reli - region where rights and opportuni - You can always, always give something, even if it Authen ti cated Documents ,” a gious communities and volunteer ties are lacking: work, a home, edu - is only kindness! — Anne Frank highly praised biography of the associations in the fight against cation, health care.”