Southwest Kansas For Unto Us a Child is Born! Unto us a atholic Son is given. CNewspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City www.dcdiocese.org/swkscatholic Vol. LII, No. 17 • Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017 Celebrate Christmas ‘unplugged’

+ Most Rev. John B. Brungardt Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City

onathan McKee wrote a book on youth ministry that I found fascinati ng. “52 JWays to Connect with your Smartphone Obsessed Kid,” by Barbour Publishing, contains ideas, lessons, and questi ons for parents to personally unite with their children, despite the pull of technology. Some of my favorites: • No Tech at the Table: meal ti me is a “no technology zone,” allowing ti me for face-to- face conversati on. • The Media-Fast Fulfillment: fast from media for one entire day. Challenge your children (and yourself!) to go without electronic devices for a whole day. • The Late-Night Splurge Sensati on: order pizza or go out for ice cream on a whim, with the caveat: no technology allowed. • The Serving Strategy: volunteer with your children (annual parish dinner, soup kitchen, etc.) where phones stay in pockets and all relate to each other. • The Number Two Pasti me: Believe it or not, recent surveys of teens and tweens say reading is their number two or three favorite pasti me! Pull out the books. • The Cookie Dough Connection: Make cookies (from scratch) to occupy hands (phones in pockets), smile, and converse! Try some of these ideas (46 additi onal ideas are in the book!). Connect with your child, spouse, parent, or friend face-to-face, with real conversati on this holy season. The Christ Child did just fi ne without electricity, much less a smartphone! He, Mary, and Joseph were visited, in person, by angels, shepherds, and Magi. Our Boy Savior was praised by voice and by heart, without text messages or email. This Christmas and beyond, let us relate with our Newborn King with prayer, and with our loved ones by looking into their eyes and speaking words of love. The Infant Jesus, without a smartphone, loves you more than you can ask or imagine! + Bishop John nd suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly hosts with the angel, praising God and saying (without a podcast): “Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” (Luke 2:13-14) Page 2 December 17, 2017 The Southwest Kansas Catholic Christmas: The Feast of the Little Word A legacy of hope Catholic Charities Dear Friends: amily conversations differ from other them up into his own Trinitarian family. conversations. The greater the inti- When the Lord came to redeem the world, it launches macy, the more its members depend was only natural that he did so in a way F a family would understand. He annual appeal on special words, code words, in-house words to convey their meaning. Others in the family sent his one Word into the From the Office of Catholic Charities of will supply the context, and all that is unsaid. world: verbum caro factum Southwest Kansas: Inside the home, everyone un- est, we used to say … this rom pregnancy and adoption to family derstands why Susan is called Word became flesh. support and disaster relief, Catholic “Snuggles.” Christmas is the feast FCharities is here for you, your family, Another Way When the Lord made of the All of God condensed and your community. Please help us con- + Most Rev. the world, he created in the most charming of ways, tinue to be here for those in need with your Ronald M. Gilmore Adam and Eve, and he into a tiny baby. In the house, generous gift to the 2017 Catholic Charities Bishop Emeritus of took an obvious delight at home, we can speak of the Annual Appeal. Dodge City in them and all who infant as the Verbum Abbre- After revamping our infant adoption followed after viatum, as the Little Word. I am program to provide better service and an them. He made lost in Wonder at that. May you easier profile program for couples who them his own and yours be lost there with me. wish to adopt, we now have a diverse pool people, he took Merry Christmas! of families who have completed all of the necessary steps and are now ready to grow their family through adoption. After a young couple and their small child lost everything in a house fire, they were able to get back on their feet through the Catholic Charities Housing Program. Not only were they able to find and maintain affordable housing, but the program also gave the mother an oppor- tunity to go back to school and get her GED so that she could get a better job, and provide for her family. Wildfires burned through Kansas in March; a tornado hit Pawnee Rock and Bar- ton County in May; and in August, storms caused flooding and significant damage to homes and businesses in Seward County. Each time, Catholic Charities stepped up to provide assistance, and with your help, we will continue to do so until everyone is back on their feet. Every day, your support makes stories like these possible. Today, we’re launching our 2017 Year- End Campaign. Our goal is to make sure every person who walks through our door experiences hope and fulfillment. Even though we were able to meet some needs like those described above, there are so many other individuals we couldn’t help, because we didn’t have the resources to do so. We need your help to make sure that every person who walks through our door experiences hope and fulfillment. Would you be willing to make a special year-end donation of $50, $100 or what- ever you can afford to help those in need? We cannot do this without you; we need your help to make a real, lasting impact in the lives of those who are still in need. To donate online, go to http://catholicchari- tiesswks.org/. Checks made out to Catholic Charities can also be mailed or brought in person to the following locations: Dodge City Office 906 Central Ave Dodge City, KS 67801 Garden City Office 603 N 8th St. Garden City, KS 67846 Great Bend Office 2201 16th St. Great Bend, KS 67530 On behalf of those we serve, thank you for your continued support. Can you please add the aspect re the most important and wonderful hug one will ever receive is when Christ welcomes you into His kingdom with the words of welcome home for your wonderful service to Me and to your brothers and sisters. Capitalize He in reference to Jesus in the second to the last paragraph. correct: the USA Conference of Faith and Light will be in San Antonio, Texas in May. do not put the one starti ng in Canada instead menti on that in Kansas we have a group of Faith and Light in Wichita, Coff eville, and Hutchinson. People may call me at 620-682-0455. Thanks a million for allowing us to check it. ______

The Southwest Kansas Catholic December 17, 2017 Page 3 The priest who fought the Klan and built the Catholic press inety years ago, Father Matt hew Smith launched the Nati onal Catholic Register in Denver. But you should know the rest of his story. It is a tale of hardball politi cs, a rivalry with the Ku Klux Klan, fake Nnuns, att empted blackmail, business intrigue and even a bit of espionage. By KEVIN JONES members of the Church Catholic News Agency who thought Pope Leo Father Matthew Smith’s XIII had made a fool of reporting faced retaliation himself when he wrote not only from Klansmen—but Rerum Novarum (an infl u- from Catholic businessmen enti al work on the faults opposed to the Church’s pro- of both capitalism and labor stand. socialism.) Father Smith, ordained in “These men tried to 1923 and named a monsignor bribe Matt hew Smith to in the 1930s, began as a lay get out of the Catholic journalist. He moved out west editorial field. They of- from his home in Altoona, Pa. fered a huge price. and spent four months as a “Bishop Tihen was then reporter for the Pueblo Chief- in charge of the diocese tain before becoming editor and told the young editor of the Denver Catholic Reg- that he was one of a group ister at the age of 22. While of bishops approached by he aimed to modernize the wealthy corporati ons of paper, management decided the nati on that off ered to Smith’s obituary recounts the high not to use the editor’s name pay off every single debt File photo courtesy Denver Catholic drama of his life. on lett erheads, because pre- on Catholic parishes and Msgr. Matt hew Smith, named “Catholic Press Lord” byTime Magazine. vious editors had not lasted insti tuti ons if the Church long. The paper refrained from going into detail, “Such a movement cannot last… Found- would adopt an anti -labor stand.” How wrong they were! for fear of being jailed for publishing ob- ed on hate, which is naturally repulsive to Father Smith’s obituary in the Register Msgr. Smith’s June 1960 obituary in the sceniti es. the human heart; built on principles which says he “made a violent crop of enemies, Denver Register takes on a legendary tone. Msgr. Smith’s reporti ng and editorial must inevitably bring discord among its some of whom printed outrageous libels It characterizes the Denver news scene of work aimed to counter fake nuns and fake own members. It may get a temporary against him in other Catholic publicati ons. his ti me as “an age of blood and thunder news. It drew retaliati on, as his Denver hearing … but the air of America is too (Mostly privately owned.) He refused to journalism.” His was not the “weak and Catholic Register obituary recounts: friendly to permit such a disease to last.” defend himself against these slurs, on the watery Catholic press to which a minimum “The Klan took such a trimming from In the 1940s Smith said that former Klan principle that his friends would not be- of pious people had been wont to contrib- him that fanati cs in it planted a woman at leaders would later come to him and ask lieve them, and he could safely leave the ute.” the St. Rose Residence, his home, to trap how many spies he had inside the organi- enlightenment of the rest in the hands of The Colorado of his ti me needed that him. Although it was known that she was zati on. His response was that he had no God.” thunder. a Klan spy and that she had ransacked his spies, just good sources. In 1931, Archbishop Vehr and Monsignor The Klan quickly rose to power in the mid- apartment looking through his papers, he The Klan was not the only story. We Smith established the Register College of 1920s, combining the power of fraternal instructed and bapti zed her as a Catholic should take into account Father Smith’s Journalism to train young editors. associati ons with dark values that were before she left St. Rose’s. Catholic opponents. The Register system peaked in the anti -immigrant, anti -black, anti -Jewish, and “On another occasion, he was sum- “Once, a Catholic businessman who did 1950s, with 35 diocesan newspapers and anti -Catholic. They worked against Catholic moned on a fake KKK sick call, but went not like to see the Catholic press becoming a nati onal editi on. This was a combined educati on and even tried to ban sacramen- to a hotel room accompanied by his so Catholic objected to a friend that Father circulati on of 850,000 weekly. tal wine for Mass. husky brother Hubert at a ti me when the Smith was too “damn” clean to trip up; In December 1954 Time Magazine called Denver’s Pillar of Fire Church produced woman did not expect him. They found that he had had him shadowed but there Msgr. Smith a “Catholic press lord” who ran propaganda showing Klansmen chasing her dressed in evening clothes ready to was no vice in which he could be trapped! “the biggest and most successful chain of both St. Patrick and the snakes out of go out. She was not even a Catholic. The The friend immediately reported the con- religious newspapers in the world.” He met America. The Colorado Klan parti cularly obvious moti ve had been to set a trap for versati on to Father Smith, who relayed it three popes in private audience. He was a att acked Irish Catholics, deeming them the him in order to involve him in a scandal.” to Bishop Tihen. The veteran bishop took friend of the famous Cardinal Francis Spell- “whiskey-soaked puppets of the Pope in Suspected Klansmen even tried to run chuckling satisfaction in watching the man of New York, and a personal guest at Rome.” over Father Smith in their cars. But their proofs of his young editor’s power.” the cardinal’s investi ture in Rome. The Klan burned crosses in front of organizati on quickly fi zzled aft er only a few Such was the power of good journalism. At the 1953 gathering of the Catholic Catholic churches and threatened to burn years of infl uence. It is almost like a tale out of Hollywood. Press Associati on, he was presented with them down. Bishop Henry Tihen, Bishop of He had foreseen this in 1924, when The Smith obituary conti nues: a plaque saying that as an editor “he has Denver from 1917-1931, Smith’s publisher, a Klan-friendly candidate won offi ce as “Smith was showing himself too Catho- fought bigotry with courage and intel- took the threats in stride, suggesti ng the Denver mayor, Father Smith had writt en: lic to suit a litt le group of businessmen, ligence and in him the Ku Klux Klan had Klansman target “one or two churches we one of its most eff ecti ve adversaries.” would like to get rid of.” The associati on praised his “propheti c In September 1925, a cross was burned at • The Nati onal Catholic Register is the oldest nati onal Catholic vision, pioneer energy, and devoti on to St. Anne’s Church in the northwest suburb newspaper in the United States and today is an arm of EWTN. It was Church and country (that) have created of Arvada. In response, 10,000 Denverites the largest Catholic newspaper system in marched from the Jesuits’ Regis University founded as the Nati onal Editi on of theDenver Catholic Register. the world, and won for him an unparal- in north Denver to the Shrine of St. Anne’s • Charlene Scott Myers, a contributi ng reporter and photogra- leled place in Catholic journalism.” to protest the Klan. His hometown remembers him sti ll. The As the Denver Catholic recounts, many pher for the Southwest Kansas Catholic, was the fi rst female editor priest is one of many 1950s-era journalists touring speakers hosted by the Klan pre- of the Denver Catholic Register. commemorated in a mural in the base- tended to be ex-priests and ex-nuns, “ex- ment poker room of the Denver Press perts” about the Catholic Church and the • The Southwest Kansas Register was a part of the Register sys- Club, the longest continuously existing reputed depravity of its priests. tem of newspapers founded by Msgr. Smith (as were many other press club in the country. It’s just across The worst among these was “Sister the street from where the Klan’s Grand Angel,” a 58-year-old who said she was a Catholic papers with the “Register” moniker), unti l the newspapers Dragon had an offi ce in the 1920s. Franciscan nun in Massachusett s for a year became independent over the years. In the early days, the local dio- His legacy conti nues. In 2017, the same in her 20s. Her talk was deemed by the Catholic Press Associati on namedNati onal Denver Catholic Register to be the “lewdest cese would provide local news, while the nati onal offi ce in Denver Catholic Register its newspaper of the lecture ever given in the history of Denver.” provided pages with nati onal and world news. Year. Step back with me, if you will, to a time when a young whipper snapper named George W. Bush was in office, Pope John Paul II was still our pontiff, I had a Labrador named Sarah, and my brain was still fully functioning.

Page 4 December 17, 2017 The Southwest Kansas Catholic Commentary Merry Christmas! Fr. Larry Rosebaugh; 1935-2009 he other night I was flipping the chan- The other woman, ometimes it was difficult to know if Larry Rose- nels when I came upon “Rudolph the middle-age and wear- baugh was John the Baptist or St. Francis of TRed-Nosed Reindeer”, the 1964 movie. I ing curlers, was dazed SAssisi. Father Larry was interested in the poor, was at the part where Rudolph is wearing a but never let go of the the homeless, the abused, the ill. He was interested glob of mud on his nose to hide his red nose. purse, her white knuck- in the folks on the margin, those who suffered from Just as the reindeer are ready to play their les grasped around it violence. He was eventually claimed by violence. reindeer games, the mud falls off. Thud. like a vice! Instead she As Larry was driving in Guatemala on May 18, Let’s listen in: flipped her shoe into 2009, he was killed by masked gunmen. DONNER (the reindeer coach): All right the air, grabbed it in By Dave Myers Father Larry grew up in Milwaukee and became a now, yearlings. Back to practice. mid-flight with her free Editor priest in the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. (To Rudolph) Oh, no. Not you. hand, and swatted the He spent two months in prison for helping destroy You better go home. other woman across the nose! the draft files with the “Milwaukee 14.” He also had a From now on, we won’t let Rudolph Holy Ones of The elderly store greeter waddled over as great interest in the homeless who lived on the streets. join in any reindeer games. Our Time fast as he could in a brave attempt to help. He was often seen searching dumpsters for his food. Rudolph is turned away. Turns out it’s a He grabbed the purse with both hands. He made a strange picture with his unkept hair and By Sister Irene restricted club: red-nosed reindeers need “Please! It’s Christmas!” not apply. We realize, then, the sad truth: long beard. Was he just another homeless man? Hartman, OP The women pulled hard and somehow In 1975 as he helped the street people in Recife, Donner and the other reindeer are a bunch caused the greeter to do a full backward The SKC is presenting the Brazil, he was arrested and treated brutally. Guilty of four-legged bigots who’ve spent too flip, landing squarely on his feet! He looked last columns of Sister of trespassing at Fort Benning for broadcasting the much time butting heads, and not enough around somewhat proudly, despite himself. Irene as a celebration of tapes of Archbishop Oscar Romero to Salvadoran time practicing true compassion. A bunch I gave him a 10. her life and her gifts to of butt-heads, that’s what they are. Good I could hear sirens in the distance. The troops, Larry was again imprisoned. this newspaper. Sister thing Santa’s around to keep them reined police arrived, but by then the women had Young people suffering from AIDS were the last Irene died Aug. 17, 2017. in. (Heh, heh.) made their getaway, their screeching tires group Father Larry assisted. His superiors called him When I was a young child I intertwined the heard throughout the store. All that was left home to retire. He never made it past May 18, 2009. story of Christ’s birth with Santa, Rudolph, was a piece of torn leather floating down to “This Holy week I had three good days of Christmas trees and elves practicing den- the floor with a small embroidered patch retreat by myself, a quiet place with beautiful tistry. It was as if the Santa side of Christmas that read, “Vera Wang”. trees and nature, only to view the devastated was a little world created by the same God Ironically, I think that it is when we be- who brought our beautiful Savior into the come adults that we make the transition living conditions of the poorest just across the world. In other words, Hermie would become from youthful joy and optimism to becom- way. To have that reality made for an even a dentist, but only with God’s help! ing occupants of the Island of Misfit Toys. better Holy week for me.” (In reality, if an elf began to work on my Today, the music and decoration in the -- Father Larry Rosebaugh teeth, I would probably run in sheer ter- stores tends to make me a little depressed, ror). but back when I was a kid it was part of the Who were the It seems like just yesterday that Rudolph’s overall celebration of that Most Wonderful Christmas special almost defined Christmas Time of the Year. Milwaukee 14? for me. It was all the joy and wonder of the As an adult, real Christmas magic is all The Milwaukee 14 was a season wrapped up in one little reindeer and the more special because it tends to be un- group made up of several his buddies from the Island of Misfit Toys. expected. Perhaps that ol’ magic becomes Catholic pacifists, including Granted, part of the joy of the movie had diluted by the sometimes overpowering five priests, that set fire to do with the fact that, deep down, I felt I weight of an increasingly sad world. to more than 10,000 draft belonged on that island. You, too? But, on this Island of Misfit Toys on which files from the Selective When I think about it now, I realize that we live, there certainly is magic. The other Service System office on the Island of Misfit Toys has become over- night I was in Tulsa, driving slowly through a Sept. 24, 1968 in Milwau- populated. In fact, it’s become so populated neighborhood with my wife and her daughter, kee, Wisconsin. The 14 that they had to extend the borders farther Anne, a TV producer. The Christmas lights were arrested, and spent and farther and farther. They had to open were intense. Awesome. And abundant! a month in prison—un- department stores, churches, schools, cof- Trees with seemingly every limb wrapped able to raise the $415,000 fee shops.... And they put in highways and in lights! How’d they do that? Why’d they bail ($2,550,000 in today’s county roads and cattle pastures. And built do that? dollars). apartment complexes and sold cars. We listened to Christmas music while And misfit residents became farmers and we ooohed and aaahed. While the scenes Father Larry Rosebaugh business people and Catholic newspaper were incredible, the real Christmas magic editors. was sharing it with family. Christ said that It’s a place where life is both joyful and Where two or more are gathered in my name, sad, depending on … well, depending on I am there. I don’t think he was referring whether things are joyful or sad. only to those gathered in prayer. When we The other day I was in a department are celebrating Christmas, whether driv- store when I saw two women fighting over ing around looking at lights, worshipping a designer purse that was on sale. Each had at Mass, or even walking through a store a hand grasping the strap of the purse. As with the thought of Jesus’s birth warming they struggled, one woman, a slight, elderly our hearts, Christ is with us. Simply look for woman wearing a pantsuit, broke an arm the Christmas star! It’s there, through all the off a nearby manikin and boinked the other haze. The real gift of Christmas. woman on the head! I was stunned! I wanted Christ: The Light of Lights, where the to intervene, but I bruise easily. Christmas magic resides.

Official Newspaper Bishop John B. Brungardt...... Publisher Published Semi-Monthly by the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City. All David Myers...... Editor material in this newspaper is Tim Wenzl...... Advertising Manager copyrighted 2017. Daniel Stremel, CPA....Business Manager The Southwest Kansas Catholic Mrs. Margaret Klenke...... Editor Emerita P.O. Box 137, Dodge City, KS 67801 Service of Editors Phone: (620) 227-1519 Msgr. A.J. Felling 1966-1971 Facsimile: (620) 227-1545 Byron Hull 1971-1974 e.mail: [email protected] Margaret Klenke 1974-1990 website: dcdiocese.org/swkscatholic Tim Wenzl 1990-2000 . The Southwest Kansas Catholic December 17, 2017 Page 5 Commentary Dare to believe, rise up to act believe in God. unconvincing, a little disengaged. I believe Jesus when he says, to me, “If you I believe in Jesus. Maybe some leave because they find no one to remain in me, and my words remain in you, you I And of course, I believe in the Holy Spirit. accompany them to the fierce edge of the wave, can ask for whatever you want and it will be done But I find it easiest to believe in Jesus. A real no one to apprentice them. for you.” man, the Gospels tell us, someone you can pic- I get that. And I also stand convicted. When he says to me, as he once said to Peter, ture. Someone you could get your arms around. Something shifts when I move from asking “Come!” I lean with all the weight of my being Well, maybe not. He calls us “friends,” but I myself: Do I believe Jesus? to stating clearly: I into his invitation. As he did with Peter, he bids instinctively draw back from the presumption of believe him. A definitive, no-hedging-your-bets me, again and again, to hoist myself out of the such closeness. statement. A declarative statement that advances boat of all that is predictable, and familiar, and Still, he puts the invitation out there. Delivers me from the comfort and safety of discipleship to comfortable. He bids me to walk toward him, By Mary it, directly to my heart. It’s an invitation I cannot the arduous work of apostleship. now, on new uncertain surfaces. So that I can be Sharon Moore ignore. An invitation that waits for my response. What shifts is this: I actually accept the invita- where he is, and go where he goes. This is what Love does. It waits for response, a tion to go where he goes, to live by the same I have come to believe Jesus. And I am still Poor, Like Yes, a commitment to believe, and then, coura- moral compass, to love fiercely with the same coming to believe Jesus. It’s a lifelong process, I Jesus geously, to press forward. divine love. discover, this coming to believe Jesus, who is the I deeply believe in Jesus—teacher, healer, Right now I sit on the park bench outside the way, the truth, and the life. prophet, Son of the Most High, given to his entrance to my church, soaking in the warmth I take Jesus at his word. Father’s mission of love and redemption. and beauty of this Sunday morning. I ponder the Taking him at his word is not complicated, But do I believe Jesus? astonishing reality of the blood of the crucified unless I make it complicated with all the reasons To actually believe Jesus demands an audacity and risen Lord which flows in my veins, not just in why I can’t, why it’s impractical, or just too risky. of faith, which impels the audacity of action. the moments of communion but at all times. But, I take him at his word. And therefore I am Believing Jesus is no neutral act. As one who is And I ponder the unexpected and beautiful free to rise up in joy, and free to act. Free to no- baptized and anointed in the Spirit of the risen ways the Spirit of the risen Christ breathes in me, tice, free to be changed. Free to rise up and act. Christ, I must audaciously dare to believe him, or and through me. Not generally speaking, but in just go away. this unexpected conversation, in that noticed (c) Mary Sharon Moore, 2017. All Rights Re- Maybe some do go away because they do not turn of events, in the way one thing just perfectly served. Mary Sharon Moore writes and speaks find Christian community living fiercely at the leads to the next right thing. nationwide on the nature of God’s calling in our edge of the wave where Jesus is. Maybe our I believe Jesus when he says, to me, “I am the times. Visit marysharonmoore.com Sunday morning “I believe” sounds a little flat and resurrection, and the life.”

Photo of the Week Is Santa gonna’ fit? Lord of the Messy Manger By Dr. Ralph F. Wilson works for the good of those who love f you think your life is an utter disas- him, who have been called according to ter, that God could never use a life his purpose.” (Romans 8:28) Ias messed up as yours, think again. How bad can it get? A girl gets preg- Let me point you to some familiar Bible nant. Her parents are utterly shamed. stories. Her fiancé—not the father—is ready to Joseph’s brothers hate him so much dump her. And then he is told, “Do not that they sell him as a slave and make fear to take Mary as your wife, for that their father believe he has been de- which is conceived in her is from the voured by animals, but “but God meant Holy Spirit.” it for good” to save thousands from How bad can it get? The girl is in starvation. labor, far from home with only a cave- Sampson lusts after a Philistine girl barn where she can lie down and have —not the nice Jewish girl his parents her baby. The only place to put her wanted for him. But the Bible says, “his newborn is a manger. A cattle trough. father and mother did not know that We imagine it with fresh, fragrant straw this was from the Lord.” plucked from a bale of hay. But I doubt King Solomon’s son makes a disas- that the cave was stocked with neat trous decision that loses him half the bales stacked against the wall. The kingdom. What a mess! But God says, straw that night was neither fresh nor “This thing is from me.” fragrant. Life was a mess -- but God was Jacob is a liar and a cheat and has in it. to flee for his life. He sleeps out in the God sees Mary with her tiny infant open with only a rock for a pillow. But and sends a host of angels to announce when he wakes with a vision of angels, the birth. he says, “Surely the Lord is in this place, “Behold, I bring you good news of and I did not know it.” great joy that will be for all the people. Your life may appear well-ordered on For unto you is born this day in the the surface, but underneath there may city of David a Savior, who is Christ the be disarray. Brokenness, pain, shame. Lord. Things you seem utterly incapable of “And this will be a sign for you: you fixing. will find a baby wrapped in swaddling The good news, my friend, is that cloths and lying in a manger.” Santa must really be magic to fit down that chimney! This vintage photo shows God is bigger than your messy life. He The messy manger is itself a sign children circa 1920s or 1930s watching curiously and eagerly for Santa, their stock- is not impotent. He is not confined by from God. Is your life a mess? Then let ings hung by the chimney with care. (At left is an abacus, an earlier calculator dating your boundaries. He is God! And he is this be a sign to you. back centuries. A 10-wire abacus could calculate numbers up to 9,999,999,999!) unafraid of working in messy situations. Your very good news is that the God In fact, he gets a kick out of surprising of the messy manger, the resurrected us with his amazing grace. Christ of the cruel cross, and the Holy “It came without ribbons! It came without tags! It came without What are your points of pain? What Spirit, in whom you live and move and packages, boxes or bags!... Then the Grinch thought of something he is the mess that you are struggling have your being, are able to break hadn’t before! ‘Maybe Christmas,’ he thought, ‘doesn’t come from a with? Maybe, just maybe, God is able through in your life, begin to clean up store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!’” to take your mess, and out of it bring your mess, bless you too. And that blessing. —like the messy manger—will be a -- Dr. Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas “And we know that in all things God wonder all its own. Page 6 December 17, 2017 The Southwest Kansas Catholic A Guadalupe encounter By Charlene Scott-Myers stories about their experiences at the as I felt. And then she was gone! After Southwest Kansas Catholic shrine, and as the afternoon wore on, gobbling down the precious sandwich, I any years ago, in the late nineties, I I alternated between praying inside searched and searched for her to thank traveled to Mexico City to the shrine the cathedral and wandering about the her again, but I never could find her. Mof Our Lady of Guadalupe with my courtyard searching for the Jacksons. She was tall and thin with dark friends Dr. John and Rebecca Jackson of After a couple of hours, I realized that shoulder-length hair. She appeared Colorado Springs. something was happening to me. I was to be in her mid-forties and spoke I had worked for several years with growing weaker and weaker as the hours perfect English. I thought she was an the Jacksons at their Shroud Center in passed. I had not yet been diagnosed with American. the Springs, where they gave talks and diabetes, and I was not aware of the ups I have told this story to some of my displayed a life size image of the Holy and downs diabetics suffer when they do family and friends, and two friends said Shroud of Jesus. or don’t eat enough. If diabetics go too at different times that they thought the I also had traveled with them to Russia, long without eating, they can pass out and lady was our beloved Blessed Mother, where they delivered lectures on the even go into a coma and sometimes die. who first appeared to the humble Shroud that I videotaped and photographed I learned later that I already was peasant Juan Diego nearly 500 years in Moscow and at a nearby snow-covered suffering from diabetes when I traveled ago, imprinting her image on his tilma village where the monk who brought to Mexico City. I felt near despair that (cloak) that now hangs behind the altar Christianity to Russia a thousand years day at the shrine as I looked in vain for of Our Lady of Guadalupe Cathedral in ago is revered by thousands who visit his someone to help me. I didn’t know what Mexico City. coffin. was wrong with me, and I was growing Perhaps she was the sympathetic In Russia the Jacksons and I stayed worse and weaker instead of better by Mother of our Saviour, who watched together at all times, but in Mexico City the hour. him die hungry and thirsty in agony on the Colorado couple had an important I was praying so hard when a woman, a rough wooden cross, but I think she A Christmas wish: appointment with a friend who was a a stranger, came along carrying a long probably was a lady to whom Mary had bishop. I remained behind to explore the white pillow case as she approached whispered “Over there is a woman who Guadalupe shrine for the afternoon. me. is hungry!” I suggest to get the word “alms- See the “incredible” story of the tilma of Our We had risen early that morning at a “Are you hungry?” she asked with Either way, I felt that this unknown giving” into the article, for Lady of Guadalupe on Pages 12-13. Mexico City hotel, and in my rush to get great sympathy as if she already knew person and her sympathetic generosity example: ready, I skipped breakfast and later lunch. the answer. grasped the sandwich with as much had saved my life that day and reminded “ … bishop felt the schools were I attended Mass that day at the Guadalupe “Oh yes,” I answered. “I haven’t had gratitude as I think a person stranded on me of the goodness of the Lord and his important enough to get the Cathedral in the heart of Mexico City, and any food all day, and I feel like I’m going a desert island would welcome a cool and mother. money almsgiving to use right after Mass I wandered around the vast to faint.” refreshing drink of water! Meeting the stranger with the sandwich now when it’s key. We are mov- courtyard outside the cathedral. The kindly lady reached into the long “Thank you, thank you!” I said to the at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe was ing almsgiving into action for our Hundreds of knots of people gathered white pillow case and retrieved a thick woman. “I am so very, very hungry!” a wonderful encounter and enough of a Catholic Schools! …” in the courtyard to pray and exchange sandwich from her unusual luggage. I The woman looked as satisfied and happy miracle for me, no matter who she was! Also, the second goal is “Catholic Faith Formation.” “ … three ways: works of mercy, education Catholic Faith forma- tion, and priestly formation. … “

Thanks for this great and impor- tant article. God bless your travels, Bishop John It should have been expected when discussing centuries-old atti tudes toward women, yet the Oct. 26 Scripture Day, presented by Father Raymond Collins,

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Far left and right are the couple as children growing up in Garden City. Above are Laci and Joe Salazar today (with Moto and Daizey). The Salazars are hoping to adopt a child with the help of the Catholic Chariti es of Southwest Kansas Open Adopti on program. Center photo by Dave Myers A Christmas wish: To off er heart and home to an adoptive child By DAve MyeRS Dear Birth Mom: adopti on. ate family of their own. Perhaps there will Southwest Kansas Catholic “We would like to thank you “It’s called ‘Joe and Laci’s Adopti on Jour- be a Christmas miracle. But either way, the tep into the Garden City home of Joe ney’,” Joe said. “Through the site we make couple remain pati ent in their faith that like and Laci Salazar and it’s easy to envi- for taking the ti me to view our connecti ons, let other people who may the Christmas child who came 2,000 years Ssion a child romping around their profi le. We cannot imagine all be looking to adopt see what we’re going ago, their child will come in God’s ti me. living room, excited litt le pooches Daizey of the diff erent emoti ons you through. It’s a personal look into our lives and Moto delighti ng the toddler into right here, right now.” For more informati on, or to see Joe and squeals of giggles, two loving parents must be going through during Family is an adventure with impossibly Laci’s Catholic Chariti es web page, go to ready and eager to scoop up the child this ti me. We know you must joy-fi lled ti mes and equally sad ti mes. Laci htt p://catholicchariti esswks.org/. Or, con- into their arms. be a strong-hearted and loving and Joe have each shared this adventure tact Lori Titsworth, Catholic Chariti es Adop- Joe and Laci represent the quintessen- person to make this selfl ess de- with their extended families, and now wish ti on Social Worker, at lti tsworth@catholic- ti al American story: A son and a grand- to begin a new adventure with an immedi- chariti esswks.org, (620) 792-1393. daughter of immigrants, both nati ves cision, and we cannot thank you of Garden City, Kansas, meeti ng only enough for considering us as an aft er they had att ended school together, opti on to parent your child….” falling in love, getti ng married, fi nding The site includes personal essays Joe success in their professions—all amid an and Laci provide about themselves and endearing faith in their loving Lord. each other. Their history. How they met. The picture is replete with extended Their love for each other. What kind of family stretching for miles and for years, parents they would be. And photos, past including a 92-year-old grandmother—a and present. history text fi lled with stories of her life, Joe, a Material Handling Supervisor for ever eager to share. Tyson, was reared with his four brothers What’s missing from the picture is that and two sisters, oft en running off to the one litt le child. park adjoining their home to play baseball, But with the help of Catholic Chari- basketball or football with the neighbor- ti es of Southwest Kansas Open Adopti on hood kids. Of course, this was only aft er he Program, as well as a Wichita Christi an was fi nished with his paper route, and later, adopti on program called “St. Nick,” the when he worked at age 15 for Pioneer Hi- couple hope to give a loving home to a Bred Internati onal, spending hot summer newborn child … by Christmas? A Christ- days in a cornfi eld cross pollinati ng. mas miracle, to be sure. His father, Jesus, is from Mexico, im- They remain pati ent. The couple has suf- migrati ng when he was 14 or 15. His fered through fi ve losses, three of which mother is from San Antonio. When not were miscarriages. Doctors told Laci her working or spending ti me with family, Joe body couldn’t take another such trauma. enjoys woodworking and painti ng, many “When we fi rst pursued it last year, we results of which decorate their home— knew we wanted a closed adopti on,” Laci and a good game of soft ball. said. A closed adopti on is when informa- Laci is a respiratory therapist. She is ti on is not exchanged between the birth the youngest of three siblings to Ron and parent and the adopti ve parents. Melissa (Ohl) Leiker. She and her two “Through Catholic Chariti es we learned older brothers enjoyed summers playing about open adopti on and were amazed.” a neighborhood game of hide and seek, The open adopti on system allows the with the family spending many a week- birth parents to be a part of the child’s end at a lake. life. By taking that mystery out of the Among her hobbies is baking with her equati on, it is hoped that a healthier mother and grandmother. environment is created for the child, the “Grandmother is from Mexico,” she adopti ve parents, and the birth parents. said. “Her dad was killed by a train when Over a period of months, the couple she was 17. She and her oldest brother att ended in-depth classes taught by Lori farmed while her mom cared for two Titsworth, an adopti on social worker younger siblings. Then my grandpa was with Catholic Chariti es Open Adopti on killed in a car wreck when my grand- Program. One class resulted in a personal mother was pregnant with my mother….” website created by the couple. It is, in ef- Joe and Laci host a Facebook site fect, a love lett er to the birth parent. detailing their day to day journey toward Page 8 December 17, 2017 The Southwest Kansas Catholic God’s Shepherd aa ChristmasChristmas StoryStory By Dr. Ralph F. Wilson when he sees the wolf coming, but not the But he also knew how it felt to wander his tiny shoulders. What had become he frost of 40 winters had etched deep good shepherd....” One night, years ago, off, feeling lost, aimless, trapped. Clueless of him, this baby? By now he must be lines into the shepherd’s face. Hav- the men Toby had hired to watch the flock about where he was and where he was go- thirty-something. Had this savior saved Ting spent his entire life outdoors on with him fled when they saw a mountain ing. Flailing about, struggling to climb out anyone yet? Rescued anyone? Could he Bethlehem’s hills, he was old at 40—and lion roaming the hills. But Toby had stayed. of what seemed like a steep ravine. That’s rescue me from my aimless existence? cold. The hillside where he sat this day was Shepherding was his livelihood. He knew why he came today to hear the Teacher, Toby wondered. cold, too, and he pulled his mantle close the sacrifices that good shepherding re- hoping to regain the faith he had felt as a Just then the wind caught Jesus’ words about him to block the wind. quired. He knew about defending defense- child, a ten-year-old child. and blew them Toby’s direction. “I am the Every so often he would shift position, less lambs. He knew about putting his life His mind spun back to the evening Good Shepherd,” Jesus was saying, “who not out of discomfort so much, but from on the line for the sheep. That’s what good of his tenth birthday. Like nearly lays down his life for the sheep. Come to a sense of unease, anxiety, crowdedness. shepherds did. every night, he was me, all you who are weary and heavy Instead of hundreds of sheep with whom Jesus continued, “Suppose you have out on the hills with laden and I will give you rest. Take he felt quite at home, this hillside was 100 sheep and when night comes one is his dad or his uncles, my yoke upon you and learn from flocked with people — thousands of them missing. What do you do? You leave the caring for the sheep. me,” he said with warmth and joy — listening attentively to the Teacher. They 99 sheep all safe together and then climb The stars were brilliant, full on his face, “for I am gentle and could hear him fairly well, except when the the hills, looking, searching until you find dancing in the black sky. humble in heart, and you will find wind whisked away his words. the lost sheep. Then you pick him up, put But suddenly an over- rest for your souls.” Tobias ben David (pronounced da-VEED) him on your shoulders, bring him down powering bright light I wonder? thought Toby was the shepherd’s name, though people the hill to the camp, and ask your fellow flooded the hillside. as he felt big tears begin to called him Toby. His flocks were in good shepherds to rejoice with you. A voice boomed out, roll down his cheeks and into hands this week, cared for by his grown “Your heavenly Father is like that,” Jesus “Behold, I bring you his beard. I wonder? thought sons, but Toby had left them to listen to said. “When you have lost your way, he will good news of a great Toby as joy and the cer- Jesus of Nazareth. Today the Teacher was rescue you and save you and never give up joy which shall be for tainty of God’s love talking about salvation, how God came to on you until he finds you — and you find all the people. For to began to fill his heart save his people from their waywardness him.” you is born this day until it seemed like and sins, to rescue them and gather them Toby’s heart was racing. He felt a lump in the city of David he would explode. I close. in his throat. He understood. Toby had a Savior, who is Christ the Lord!” wonder? thought Now Jesus’ illustration turned to sheep. combed the hills for lost sheep, not stop- A savior, a rescuer — shepherds’ work. Toby, if this Jesus is Toby felt better. He knew a lot more about ping, not quitting. He knew the joy of He had often wondered about the boy- the little baby I saw sheep than people. discovery, of rescuing the sheep from a child they discovered that night, lying that night, the Savior of the world? Yes, “The good shepherd,” Jesus was saying, thicket, of bringing it back and celebrating in a manger, just as the angel had said. thought Toby, he must be. His words found “lays down his life for the sheep. The hired with his friends. He had been that kind of Toby had knelt down and worshipped the me and, frankly, he sounds just like he’s ... hand who doesn’t own the flock runs away shepherd. baby who bore the world’s destiny upon God’s shepherd. The Southwest Kansas Catholic December 17, 2017 Page 9 Advent: a time to prioritize Next ‘First God, overcome Saturday Devotion’ Jan. 6, Ingalls indifference, he blessed season of Christmas con- tinues until the Feast of the Epiph- pope says T any, Jan. 6. The Most Rev. John B. Brungardt invites you to help honor this atican City (CNA)- Pope Francis sacred time by attending the next “First kicked off the Church’s Advent Saturday Devotion”, Jan. 6 at St. Stan- season Sunday, Dec. 3, saying V islaus Church in Ingalls. The Devotion it is a time to let go of the worldly begins with a Rosary and confessions at distractions that take us away from 8:15 a.m., followed by Mass at 9 a.m. God, and focus on growing closer to celebrated by Bishop Brungardt. A 15- him through prayer and concern for minute meditation follows, with confes- others. sions available at that time, as well. At “The watchful person is one who, right, Bishop Brungardt and Father Ted in the noise of the world, does not let Skalsky meditate on the mysteries of the themselves be overwhelmed by dis- Holy Rosary. traction or superficiality, but lives in a full and conscious way, with a concern above all for others.” With this attitude, we quickly Photo courtesy of Mary O’Hanlon become aware “of the tears and necessity of our neighbor and we can also welcome the human and spiritual qualities and capacities,” he Confession: An integral part of Advent said, adding that an attentive per- son, “also turns to the world, trying earch Pinterest for “how to celebrate “I think there’s some great ways that a to counteract indifference and the Advent” and everything from ideas for person or a family can make that—prayer, cruelty of it, rejoicing in the treasures Sa do-it-yourself Jesse Tree, to instruc- fasting, and almsgiving—a part of the cel- of beauty that also exist and must be tions for a handmade Advent calendar bun- ebration of preparation for Christmas. It preserved.” ting, to a tutorial on “how to make your own doesn’t have to be a dour kind of experi- Advent, he said, is a time given to us wreath from foraged materials” appears. ence,” he said. “to welcome the Lord who comes to While all of these crafts and activities can The simplest way Catholics can prepare meet us, to verify our desire for God, help one better celebrate Christmas, it’s for Christmas, Father Schmitz suggested, is to look ahead and prepare ourselves important not to let them distract from the by going to confession during Advent. for the return of Christ.” true purpose of the season: preparation for “During Advent the faithful are asked not Christ will return again at Christmas, the Incarnation, said Father Mike Schmitz, only to prepare themselves to celebrate when we remember how he came to chaplain for the Newman Center at the Christmas, but we’re called to prepare our- us “in the humility of the human con- University of Minnesota Duluth. selves to meet Jesus at the end of time,” he dition.” However, Christ also comes Father Schmitz said that one of the things because it’s like, ‘OK, don’t have too much said. to each of us “every time we are that gets easily overlooked about Advent fun because, remember, this is a penitential “There’s a lot of good ways to do that, but disposed to receive him,” Francis said, is “that it’s actually a season of penance” season’,” he said. I think one of the best ways a person could and “he will come again at the end of and as such, the Church asks us to practice However, just because it’s a season of possibly do that is to go to confession.” time to judge the living and the dead.” prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. penance doesn’t mean we need to be som- -- Hillary Mast, Catholic News Agency “Because of this, we must always “That’s kind of like the buzzkill of Advent ber. be watchful and attentive to the Lord with the hope of meeting him.” “For I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sins no more.” -- Hebrews 8:12 Pope Francis then turned to the day’s first reading from the Book of Isaiah, in which the prophet described 1998 St. Nicholas (Kinsley) Advent Cantata podcast available how for the people of Israel, it seemed that God had left them alone to wan- der on paths that were far from his Children of St. own. Nicholas School in However, “this was an effect of the Kinsley presented infidelity of the people themselves,” an Advent Cantata he said, explaining that we often find Dec. 7, 1998, ourselves in the same state of infideli- presented by Father ty to God’s call: “he shows us the good Marvin Reif. An path, the path of faith and love, but audio recording we look for our happiness somewhere of the 41-minute else.” cantata is available So to be watchful and alert, then, online—and, with “are the presuppositions” to stop wan- special request, as dering on paths that are far from God, a CD. “lost in our sins and in our infidelity.” “They are the conditions that allow God to interrupt our existence, to Photo by restore meaning to it and to value his Dave Myers presence, full of goodness and tender- ness,” he said, and closed his address n Dec. 7, 1998, the children of St. Marvin Reif, then-pastor. If you do not have access to a praying that Mary, the model and icon ONicholas School, Kinsley, joined to The audio recording is 41 minutes long. computer, and would like a copy, the SKC of vigilant expectation, would guide present a lovely Advent Cantata at St. To listen, go to http://www.dcdiocese. would be happy to record the concert us to an encounter with her son Jesus, Nicholas Church. org/podcasts/audio/Kinsley%20Cantata. onto a CD for you at no charge. “reviving our love for him.” The Cantata was presented by Father mp3. Call Dave at (620) 227-1519. Page 10 December 17, 2017 The Southwest Kansas Catholic EWTN launches on-demand access to 12,000 programs rondale, Ala. (CNA/EWTN News).- EWTN Global EWTN On Demand has you covered!” Warsaw Catholic Network has introduced a new service said. EWTN Christmas Iallowing free on-demand access to a large library Other available programs include ‘EWTN Live,’ programming schedule of its video content, with more than 12,000 pro- ‘Vaticano,’ ‘Life on the Rock,’ ‘Threshold of Hope,’ grams available, and more being added regularly. and ‘EWTN Bookmark.’ More content will be CHRISTMAS EVE: CHRISTMAS DAY: “EWTN On Demand has something for every- added to the on-demand collection in the future, one,” said EWTN Chairman and Chief Executive the network said. Solemn Mass of Christmas Eve in Rome Solemn Mass of Officer Michael P. Warsaw. EWTN Global Catholic Network was launched Mass with Pope Francis at St. Peter’s Christmas “There’s nothing to fill out, no membership in 1981 by Mother Angelica of the Poor Clares of Basilica. The Franciscan required, and no fees to pay. All you need is an Perpetual Adoration. The largest religious media 2:30 - 4:30 PM Missionaries of the Internet connection and you are good to go,” said network in the world, it reaches more than 270 Eternal Word celebrate EWTN President Doug Keck. million television households in more than 145 Solemn Mass of Christmas Eve the Solemn Christmas “No one has more hours of Catholic program- countries and territories. At the Basilica of the National Shrine Mass from EWTN’s ming on demand than EWTN,” Keck said. In addition to 11 television channels in multiple of the Immaculate Conception in Chapel in Irondale, Available at www.ewtn.com/ondemand, the languages, EWTN platforms include radio services Washington, D.C. Alabama, USA. new on-demand service offers content including through shortwave and satellite radio, SIRIUS/XM, 9:30 - 11:30 PM 7:00 - 8:30 AM news, answers to common questions about faith, iHeart Radio, and over 500 AM and FM affiliates. and book recommendations. 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St. James Church in Augusta to host Father Forkuoh to lead Liturgical Musicians Workshop Jan. 20 pilgrimage to the Holy Land ather John Forkuoh, pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish t. James Church in Augusta, Kansas, and National What’s Appropriate for Advent, Lent, and Easter for guitar, Fin Spearville, will lead a trip to the Holy Land for 11 days Pastoral Musicians (NPM) Wichita will host a keyboard, and other instruments. beginning May 28, 2018, and concluding June 7, 2018. SLiturgical Musicians Workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., A hymnal booth will be available to peruse various The trip will include excursions into: Jerusalem, Nazareth, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018. publications. The event is open to all clergy and Bethlehem, Via Crucis, Cana, Dormition, Nativity Church, The featured presenter will be Christopher Walker of musicians. Capernaum, Last Supper, Getsemani and Tel Aviv. Oregon Catholic Press. Topics addressed by Walker include Visit npmwichita.org for further information and to The price is discounted at $3,800 and includes Mass each Clergy-Musician relationships and new liturgical music. register. Registration by Jan. 6 is requested. Register day, airfare from anywhere in the United States, 4-5 star Planned breakout sessions are Music in Spanish for the at npmwichita.org under Upcoming Events. hotels, breakfast and dinner, tips, taxes, etc. Call 855-842- Liturgy, Enhancing Vocal Technique, Musical Choices for Augusta is located approximately 23 miles east of 8001 in order to sign up and ask any questions you have. Weddings, Technology sessions, including How to Use Finale, Wichita along U.S. 400/54. You can also e-mail Sandi at [email protected]. The Southwest Kansas Catholic December 17, 2017 Page 11 Battling the Christmas blues By Dave Myers I’ve done my window shopping I’ll just go and disappear Southwest Kansas Catholic There’s not a store I’ve missed Oh Santa may have brought you ‘Tis the season for joy and good But what’s the use of stopping Some stars for your shoes cheer! For celebrating gift giving When there’s no one on your list But Santa only brought me the blues (and the guilty pleasure of gift re- You’ll know the way I’m feeling Those brightly packaged tinsel covered ceiving!). For looking with renewed When you love and you lose Christmas blues appreciation at the Christ child and I guess I’ve got the Christmas blues his Holy Family. Perhaps Christmas shouldn’t be a time ‘Tis the season when people Any of these can make the Christmas when people are filled with such elation. who are struggling with depres- season seem like something to be avoided, That elation comes from the love of family sion are pulled down even farther, to be gotten through, to be survived. and friends joined in celebration of Christ’s as if gravity has suddenly become Sometimes it’s not the commercial- birth, and not all of us are so lucky. two-fold. Walking through a depart- ism—the focus on gift-buying superseding Perhaps instead, it should be a time of ment store, with the music and the the quiet reflection of the coming Christ. unburdening. A time when we celebrate I’m supposed to be happy! What am I do- decoration, can become like an emotional Sometimes it’s none of that. Sometimes it’s the anniversary of this incredible gift who ing wrong? This is what happens to those workout, leaving one tired and even more just the blues. No rhyme or reason. is the ultimate unburdening of all our sor- walking in sadness when cheerfulness is depressed. rows, all our blues. It’s a time that brought supposed to reign. When somebody wants you the beginning of the end (the end being the It can be addiction bringing you down. The jingle bells are jingling Somebody needs you beginning!) the joining of us with the Christ, Or a loved one suffering illness. Your own The streets are white with snow Christmas is a joy of joy BFFs for all eternity. serious illness, perhaps. Struggling with the The happy crowds are mingling But friends when you’re lonely It should be a time that tells you, no matter loss of a friend or family member. Perhaps But there’s no one that I know You’ll find that it’s only what troubling things are going on in your life, you’ve been cheated or have fallen victim. I’m sure that you’ll forgive me A thing for little girls and little boys thanks to this wonderful Christmas gift of the Maybe it’s financial troubles. Divorce, If I don’t enthuse May all your days be merry Christ child, the best is yet to come. maybe. Or just maybe it’s a mix of little I guess I’ve got the Christmas blues Your seasons full of cheer The best is always yet to come. things that add up to one big ... pile. But ‘til it’s January The best is always yet to come! • • • Remember that you don’t have to cope with suicide, call this number immediately. ences of veterans. Got the blues? depression alone—there is always help avail- Kristin Brooks Hope Center Hopeline:1-800- United Way Helpline: 1-800-233-4357. They able. Hotline staffers are trained to handled 784-2433. This hotline can help you cope with can aid you in locating a therapist, healthcare or Help is calls like yours and offer you help. a range of depressive feelings. basic necessities such as housing and food by U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255 (press directing you to local services. available! 1-800-273-8255. If you are having thoughts of 1). Responders understand the unique experi- Page 12 December 17, 2017 The Southwest Kansas Catholic The incredible tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe n Dec. 12, the Catholic Church celebrated the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, marking the day when, in 1531, Othe Blessed Mother appeared in Mexico to a 57-year old peasant named Juan Diego. According to the earliest reliable account of the story, Juan Diego was walking near what is now Mexico City (Tepeyac Hill) when he came upon an apparition of a “maiden” whom he soon came to recognize as the Virgin Mary. In trying to convince the archbishop of what he had seen, Juan Diego eventually was asked for a sign to prove what he had seen. Upon returning to Mary and sharing this with her, Juan Diego was instructed to climb to the top of the hill to gather flowers to bring back to the bishop. Reaching the crest of the hill, Juan Diego found Castilian roses, which were neither in season nor native to the region. The Blessed Mother arranged the flowers herself in Juan’s tilma (a burlap-type cloak) and instructed him to open the cloak only upon return to the bishop. When Juan Diego arrived back at the bishop’s residence and opened his cloak, the flowers fell to the floor and left on the surface of the tilma was the image that’s come to be known as “Our Lady of Guadalupe”. What happened next is history. The image became the wellspring of a conversion movement the likes of which have rarely been seen before or since. The fact that the Virgin Mother not only spoke to Juan Diego in his native language, but appeared to be wearing the dress of an Aztec princess sparked millions of conversions to the Catholic faith in just under seven years. The shrine that was subsequently built on the spot, where the original tilma can still be seen, remains one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in the world. But this post isn’t about the whole apparition story so much Continued on next page The Southwest Kansas Catholic December 17, 2017 Page 13 The incredible tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe as it is about the tilma, Juan Diego’s cloak, the image is that it somehow has to be a 4. It appears to be virtually indestruc- scathed to this day, aside from small stains on which the image of the Blessed Mother forgery or a fraud. Yet in every attempt tible. on the parts not bearing the image. was imprinted. In the centuries following to replicate the image, while the original Over the centuries, two separate events In 1921, an anti-clerical activist hid a the event, some amazing and unexplainable never seems to fade, the duplicates have had the potential to harm the tilma, one bomb containing 29 sticks of dynamite qualities have been discovered about it. deteriorated over a short time. in 1785 and one in 1921. in a pot of roses and placed it before the Here’s four literally awesome facts about One copy created in 1789 was painted on In 1785, a worker was cleaning the glass image inside the Basilica at Guadalupe. the tilma of Our Lady of Guadalupe: a similar surface with the best techniques encasement of the image when he acci- When the bomb exploded, the marble 1. It has qualities that are humanly im- available at the time, then encased in glass dentally spilled strong nitric acid solvent altar rail and windows 150 feet away shat- possible to replicate. and stored next to the actual tilma. onto a large portion of the image itself. tered. A brass crucifix was twisted and Made primarily of cactus fibers, a tilma It looked beautiful when painted, but not The image and the rest of the tilma, which bent out of shape. But the tilma and its was typically of very poor quality and had a eight years passed before the hot and hu- should have been eaten away almost in- glass case remained fully intact. rough surface, making it difficult enough to mid climate of Mexico caused the duplicate stantly by the spill, reportedly self-restored This article originally appeared in the wear, much less to paint a lasting image on to fade and fray. It was discarded. over the next 30 days, and it remains un- Mountain Catholic newspaper. it. 3. The tilma has shown characteristics Nevertheless, the image remains, and startlingly like a living human body. scientists who have studied the image insist When Carlos Fernandez del Castillo, a there was no technique used beforehand to Mexican gynecologist, examined the tilma, treat the surface. he first noticed a four-petaled flower over What’s more, experts in infrared photog- what was Mary’s womb. raphy, studying the tilma in the late 1970s, The flower, called the Nahui Ollin by the determined that there were no brush Aztecs, was a symbol of the sun and a sym- strokes, as if the image was slapped onto bol of plenitude. the surface all at once. Upon further examination, Castillo con- Phillip Callahan, a biophysicist at the cluded that the dimensions of Our Lady’s University of Florida, discovered that the body in the image were that of an expect- differences in texture and coloration that ant mother due quite soon. Dec. 9, the day cause Our Lady’s skin to look different up of the unveiling, is barely two weeks from close and far away is impossible to recre- Christmas. ate: One of the most common attributions and Such a technique would be an impossible reported discoveries lie within the Virgin’s accomplishment in human hands. It often eyes in the image. occurs in nature, however, in the coloring When Jose Aste Tonsmann, a Peruvian of bird feathers and butterfly scales, and on ophthalmologist, conducted a study, one the elytra of brightly colored beetles … By of his tests involved examining the eyes on slowly backing away from the painting, to the tilma at 2,500 times magnification. a distance where the pigment and surface With the images of the magnified eyes, sculpturing blend together, the overwhelm- the scientist was reportedly able to identify ing beauty of the olive-colored Madonna as many as 13 individuals in both eyes at emerges as if by magic. different proportions, just as the human 2. People say it’s just a painting, yet the eye would reflect an image. tilma has outlived them all, in time and in It appeared to be a snapshot of the very quality. moment Juan Diego unfurled the tilma One of the first things skeptics say about before the archbishop.

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Page 14 December 17, 2017 The Southwest Kansas Catholic Celebremos la Navidad ‘desconectados’ onathan McKee escribió un libro sobre el ministerio juvenil que me • La conexión de la masa de galletas: ¡Hagan galletas (desde cero) pareció fascinante. “52 Ways to Connect with Your Smartphone Ob- para ocupar las manos (teléfonos en los bolsillos), sonrían y conversen! Jsessed Kid,” (52 maneras de conectarse con su niño obsesionado con su smartphone) de Barbour Publishing, conti ene ideas, lecciones y preguntas Pruebe algunas de estas ideas (¡hay 46 ideas adicionales en el libro!). para que los padres se unan personalmente con sus hijos, a pesar del ti rón Conéctese con su hijo, cónyuge, padre o amigo cara a cara, con una conv- de la tecnología. Algunos de mis favoritos: ersación real en este ti empo sagrado. ¡El Niño Jesús estuvo bien sin electri- cidad, mucho menos un smartphone! Él, María y José fueron visitados, en • Tiempo de comida sin tecnología: la hora de la comida es una persona, por ángeles, pastores y magos. Nuestro niño salvador fue alabado “zona sin tecnología”, dando ti empo para una conversación cara a cara. por la voz y por el corazón, sin mensajes de texto o correo electrónico. En • La observancia de un “ayuno de medios”: ayunar de los medios esta Navidad y más allá, relacionémonos con nuestro Rey recién nacido con por un día entero. Desafí e a sus hijos (¡y a usted mismo!) a no uti lizar la oración y con nuestros seres queridos mirándolos a los ojos y hablando + OBISPO dispositi vos electrónicos durante todo un día. palabras de amor. ¡El Niño Jesús, sin un smartphone, te ama más de lo que JOHN B. BRUNGARDT • La sensación de derroche a altas horas de la noche: pida una puedes pedir o imaginar! + Monseñor John, obispo pizza o salga a tomar un helado por capricho, con la advertencia: no se permite la tecnología. “Al Ángel, en ese momento, se le juntó otra gran • La estrategia de servir: ofrézcase como voluntario con sus hijos (cena anual de la parroquia, comedor de benefi cencia, etc.) donde los canti dad de ángeles, que alababan a Dios diciendo: teléfonos permanecen en los bolsillos y todos se relacionan entre sí. (sin un podcast): ‘¡Gloria a Dios en lo alto y en la ti erra • El pasati empo número dos: Créalo o no, las encuestas recientes paz a los hombres amados por él!’». (Lucas 2,13-14) de adolescentes y preadolescentes dicen que leer es su pasati empo favorito número dos o tres. Saque los libros. El verbo abreviado Queridos amigos, Cuando el Señor hizo la ti erra, formo a Adán se hizo carne. onversaciones en familia son diferentes a y Eva, y se deleito en ellos y en todos aquellos La Navidad es la fi esta de Todo Dios con- otras conversaciones. Entre mas grande la que vinieron después. Los hizo parte de su densado en una forma encantadora, en un Cinti midad, mas dependen sus miembros de propia gente, los llevo con su propia familia pequeño bebe. En la casa, en familia, podem- palabras especiales, expresiones conocidas, de Trinitaria. os hablar del pequeño bebe como Verbum Ab- palabras que se usan solo dentro de la casa para Cuando el Señor vino a redimir al mundo, breviatum, el verbo abreviado, palabra corta. explicar algo. Otros en la familia contribuyen al era solo natural que lo hiciera de la manera Estoy perdido en un Asombro sobre eso. Ojalá contenido y a todo lo que no se dice. Dentro de que una familia lo pudiera entender. Envió que ustedes y sus seres queridos se pierdan + ROnALD M. GILMORe la casa, todos enti enden porque Susana ti ene el a su propia Palabra al mundo: verbum caro también conmigo. Obispo Emeritus de sobrenombre de “Cariños.” factum est, como decíamos antes… el Verbo ¡Feliz Navidad! Dodge City Papa Francisco: Navidad es acoger a un Dios que se hace niño y nos dona esperanza iendo al pequeño Niño de Belén, la paz, y lo hacen de un modo parti cular, los pequeños del mundo sabrán poniendo la mirada no en el mensajero Vque la promesa se ha cumplido, sino sobre sus pies que corren veloces”. el mensaje se ha realizado” dijo el El Santo Padre indicó que “el Pontí fi ce. “Se necesita abrir el corazón mensajero de paz corre, llevando el a tanta pequeñez y a tanta maravilla. buen anuncio de liberación, de salvación Es la maravilla de Navidad, a la que nos y proclamando que Dios reina”. estamos preparando, con esperanza, en “Dios no ha abandonado a su pueblo este ti empo de Adviento. Es la sorpresa y no se ha dejado derrotar por el mal de un Dios niño, de un Dios pobre, de un porque Èl es fi el y su gracia es más Dios débil, de un Dios que abandona su grande que el pecado”, añadió. grandeza para hacerse cercano a cada Francisco dijo luego que “el uno de nosotros”. cumplimento de tanto amor será el En el Aula Pablo VI del Vati cano, el mismo Reino de Jesús y de paz que Santo Padre recordó que “nos estamos nosotros celebramos con la Navidad acercando a la Navidad y el profeta Elías y que se realiza defi niti vamente en la nos ayuda una vez más a abrirnos a la Pascua”. Este “es el moti vo de nuestra esperanza acogiendo la Buena Noti cia de esperanza”. la venida de la salvación”. A conti nuación, manifestó que Francisco explicó que “al fi nal del exilio cuando la fe se hace “fati gosa” y “viene de Babilonia” el pueblo de Israel ti ene la tentación de decir que nada ti ene “la posibilidad de reencontrar a Dios y, senti do” ahí se puede ver que “Dios en la fe, de reencontrarse a sí mismo”. está viniendo a realizar algo nuevo, “El Señor se hace cercano, y el a instaurar un reino de paz; Dios ha ‘pequeño resto’ que en el exilio ha ‘desnudado su brazo’ y viene a llevar resisti do en la fe, que ha atravesado libertad y consuelo”. “El mal no triunfará la crisis y ha conti nuado creyendo y para siempre, hay un fi nal para el dolor, esperando también en medio de la la desesperación es vencida”, subrayó. oscuridad, ese ‘pequeño resto’ podrá ver “Estamos llamados a ser hombres y las maravillas de Dios”. mujeres de esperanza, colaborando a “¡Cuán hermosos son los pies de los la venida de este Reino hecho de luz que anuncian el evangelio del bien!”. y desti nado a todos”. El Papa invitó a “Estas palabras de Isaías –dijo el anunciar la Buena Noti cia de manera Pontí fi ce– hacen referencia al milagro de “urgente”, concluyó. desenchufada

The Southwest Kansas Catholic December 17, 2017 Page 15 Thor, San Bonifacio y el origen del árbol de Navidad EDACCIÓN CENTRAL (ACI) - venida el sacrificio ha terminado. La Cuando se piensa en un santo, El Santo y sus compañeros llegaron a la aldea en la oscuridad, Thor, a quien han llamado Rtal vez no se considera en un en vano, es la muerte. En lo profundo primer momento que esa persona víspera de Navidad justo a tiempo para interrumpir el de las sombras de Niffelheim él se sea osada, empuñe un hacha o un sacrificio. Con su báculo de obispo en la mano, Bonifacio ha perdido para siempre. Así es que martillo o que derriba árboles como ahora en esta noche ustedes empe- los robles. Sin embargo, sí existe un se acercó a los paganos, que se habían reunido en la base zarán a vivir. Este árbol sangriento ya santo así y ese es San Bonifacio. nunca más oscurecerá su tierra. En el Este santo nació en Inglaterra del Roble del Trueno, y les dijo: “aquí está el Roble del nombre de Dios, voy a destruirlo”. alrededor del año 680. Bonifacio Trueno, y aquí la cruz de Cristo que romperá el martillo Entonces, Bonifacio tomó un hacha ingresó a un monasterio benedic- que estaba cerca de ahí, y según la tino antes de ser enviado por el del dios falso, Thor”. tradición, cuando la blandió poderosa- Papa a evangelizar los territorios mente hacia el roble una gran ráfaga que pertenecen a la actual Alema- de viento voló el bosque y derribó el nia. Primero fue como un sacerdote árbol con raíces y todo. El árbol cayó y después eventualmente como al suelo y se rompió en cuatro ped- obispo. azos. Bajo la protección del gran Después de este suceso, el Santo Charles Martel, Bonifacio viajó por construyó una capilla con la madera toda Alemania fortaleciendo las del roble, pero esta historia va más regiones que ya habían abrazado el allá de las ruinas del poderoso árbol. cristianismo y llevó la luz de Cristo a El “Apóstol de Alemania” siguió quienes no la tenían aún. predicando al pueblo germánico que Sobre este santo, el Papa Bene- estaba asombrado y no podía creer dicto XVI dijo en el año 2009 que que el asesino del Roble de Thor “su incansable labor, su don para la no haya sido golpeado por su dios. organización y su carácter molde- Bonifacio miró más allá donde yacía able, amiguero y firme” fueron el roble y señaló a un pequeño abeto determinantes para el éxito de sus y dijo: “Este pequeño árbol, este viajes. pequeño hijo del bosque, será su árbol El escritor Henry Van Dyke lo de- santo esta noche. Esta es la madera de scribió así en 1897 en su libro The base de un roble al que consideraban falso, Thor”. la paz…Es el signo de una vida sin fin, First Christmas Tree, (El primer árbol sagrado y que era conocido como “El El verdugo levantó un martillo para porque sus hojas son siempre verdes. de navidad): “¡Qué buen tipo! Era justo Roble del Trueno”. ejecutar al pequeño niño que había Miren como las puntas están dirigidas y ligero, pero recto como una lanza y Bonifacio, acatando el consejo de un sido colocado para el sacrificio. Pero hacia el cielo. Hay que llamarlo el árbol fuerte como un bastón de roble. Su obispo hermano, quiso destruir el Roble en el descenso, el Obispo extendió su del Niño Jesús; reúnanse en torno a rostro todavía era joven; su piel suave del Trueno no sólo para salvar a la báculo para bloquear el golpe y mila- él, no en el bosque salvaje, sino en sus estaba bronceada por el sol y el viento. víctima sino para mostrar a los paganos grosamente rompió el gran martillo de hogares; allí habrá refugio y no habrán Sus ojos grises, limpios y amables, brilla- que él no sería derribado por un rayo piedra y salvó la vida del niño. actos sangrientos, sino regalos amoro- ban como el fuego cuando hablaba de lanzado por Thor. Después, se dice que Bonifacio habló sos y ritos de bondad”. sus aventuras y de los malos actos de los El Santo y sus compañeros llegaron a así al pueblo :“¡escuchen hijos del Así, los alemanes empezaron una falsos sacerdotes a quienes enfrentó”. la aldea en la víspera de Navidad justo bosque! La sangre no fluirá esta noche, nueva tradición esa noche, que se ha Alrededor del año 723 Bonifacio viajó a tiempo para interrumpir el sacrificio. salvo la que la piedad ha dibujado del extendido hasta nuestros días. Al traer con un pequeño grupo de personas a Con su báculo de obispo en la mano, pecho de una madre. Porque esta es la un abeto a sus hogares, decorándolo la región de la Baja Sajonia. El conocía Bonifacio se acercó a los paganos, noche en que nació Cristo, el hijo del con velas y ornamentos y al celebrar el a una comunidad de paganos cerca de que se habían reunido en la base del Altísimo, el Salvador de la humanidad. nacimiento del Salvador, el Apóstol de Geismar que, en medio del invierno, Roble del Trueno, y les dijo: “aquí está Él es más justo que Baldur el Hermoso, Alemania y su rebaño nos dieron lo que iban a realizar un sacrificio humano el Roble del Trueno, y aquí la cruz de más grande que Odín el Sabio, más hoy conocemos como el árbol de Navi- (donde usualmente la víctima era un Cristo que romperá el martillo del dios gentil que Freya el Bueno. Desde su dad. niño) a Thor, el dios del trueno, en la Sesiones de conscientización La Diócesis requiere a todos los empleados y voluntarios Envíe una carta de apoyo a nuestros seminaristas que trabajan con menores a asistir a las sesiones de consci- entización de Proteger a los Niños de Dios. Estas sesiones de conscientización están disponibles en ambos inglés y español. Son conducidos por gente de nues- tra Diócesis especialmente entrenadas como facilitadores. Las sesiones se publicarán en las parroquias, escuelas, el períodico Southwest Kansas Register y la página electrónica de la Diócesis. www.dcdiocese.org/protectingchildren. J. Stang A. Habash E. Frieb E. Hernandez T. Saucedo Línea especial para La verdad de Dios es más emocionante John STANG ¿Estas siendo llamado? que lo que podamos entender. Es el cami- víctimas de abuso sexual Austin HABASH hora que están en su no a todas las cosas maravillosas y buenas Tyler SAUCEDO último año de estudio, Si usted, o alguien a quien usted conoce ha sido víctima en la vida, las cosas que Dios quiere que A St. John Vianney los diáconos Schneider y de abuso sexual por algún clérigo, o cualquier empleado tengas. ¡Es también el camino hacia la Theological Seminary Brantley han expresado lo de la Diócesis de Dodge City, por favor comunicarse con el mayor libertad que existe! Jesús dijo a sus 1300 S. Steele St. significativo que es para ellos Sister Dave Snapp, Fitness Review Administrator: (620)225- primeros discípulos: “¡No tengáis miedo!” Denver, CO 80210 haber recibido sus cartas de 5051, o (620)225-2412, o al correo electrónico dsnapp3@ ¡Así que no tengáis miedo! apoyo a través de los años. starrtech.net. Conserva siempre su derecho de comunicarse ¡Sé valiente! Si tienes preguntas, pide Eric FRIEB Por favor, continúen envi- directamente a Social Relief Services, 1-800-922-4453. la ayuda de tu pastor u otros sacerdotes Esteban HERNANDEZ ando sus cartas, también a que puedan ser tu amigo y una fuente de Conception Seminary College nuestros más nuevos semi- inspiración para ti. Estarán contentos de Con nuestros sinceros deseos para una P.O. Box 502 naristas, para que sepan que poder ayudarle durante tu viaje. Conception, MO 64433 Feliz Navidad y un Próspero Año Nueva están orando por ellos. Page 16 December 17, 2017 The Southwest Kansas Catholic

Pittsburg, Kansas REVIVES its PSR By DOn MCCLAne conti nued. “Fortunately for us, two moti vated volunteers ranging in age from second to eighth grade. Thirty-three Catholic Advance graciously came to Father Mike to restart the program.” received the sacraments of Reconciliati on and Commu- year ago, there was no acti ve PSR, a Parish School of “Now the big questi ons were: ‘where,’ ‘what,’ ‘who’ and nion. Two ninth-graders prepared for Confi rmati on. Religion, at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Pitt sburg, ‘how,’” said Radell. “It all began with communicati on and A dinner was provided to the staff each week, and the A Kans. sharing with others what we were doing. Nobody needed children received snacks. “Moving to Pitt sburg three years ago, I was delighted the ‘why.’” “The meal provides for their basic need for food, but that there was such a strong Catholic community at The crew searched for people to teach. Among those also facilitates a ti me for these young adults to interact, Our Lady of Lourdes parish,” recalled parishioner Kristy they found were Kristy Hutchinson. share, and live out their faith with their peers,” Hutchinson Hutchinson. “I was quite surprised that there seemed to “I was approached by Angela Radell to consider serv- observed. be no regular religious educati on program in place for our ing as a catechist for the newly reinstated PSR program,” “We had and have a large Hispanic community that has young people not att ending St. Mary’s Colgan School.” Hutchinson remembers. “Since we were losing the priest so much to off er,” Radell said, “but we do struggle with Meanwhile, a couple of other parishioners had a fateful who had taught First the language barrier.” conversati on. Reconciliation class- Sisters naty, Lourdes “One day aft er Totus Tuus, Amy Firman, another Stew- es and sti ll needed a and Sylvia, with Pilar ardship council member, and I started talking,” said Angela teacher for prepara- Mendez, have been Radell. “Her children went to public school, and she real- ti on for Holy Commu- instrumental in trans- ized she and her husband weren’t enough. Her children nion, I agreed to teach lati on and communica- needed more religious educati on from others, and more the sacraments to my ti on, she added. “They than the week that Totus Tuus provided. It was then that daughter’s class unless are not afraid to call the Holy Spirit started prompti ng us to act.” and until they could or even stop by their Radell and Firman put together a proposal to revive the fi nd someone else. homes to check in and PSR program and presented it to Fathers Michael Baldwin “It wasn’t that I remind them of PSR. and David Voss and the director of Parish Advancement don’t enjoy teaching Technology is really then, Francis Mitchelson. young people, it was helping in this area of “We shared our story and how we felt the Holy Spirit just that I felt over- translati on as well.” was prompti ng us to act,” said Radell. “Father Mike said whelmed with the re- “Our Hispanic ‘yes’ just like that.” sponsibiliti es of raising sisters really encour- “I came from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Wichita and grew and teaching my own age our Spanish speak- up at St. Patrick’s in Wichita,” recalls Father Voss. “Both five children, ages 3 ing families to come, of those parishes had parish school of religion programs. I to 20 at the ti me.” she and they work with the att ended the one at St. Patrick’s and am very appreciati ve conti nued. “However, God was calling me to this ministry, parents as well while the children are in the sessions,” Voss of the experience. and He has graciously provided all that I have needed said. “When I came to Pitt sburg, there was defi nitely an to successfully share our Catholic faith each week with Another session of PSR is underway at Our Lady of opportunity to establish a PSR program once again,” he beauti ful young people!” Lourdes this fall. Also draft ed to teach were college stu- “To date we have 64 students,” Radell said. “Each week dents from the St. Pius X Newman Center at the we are blessed with at least one more returning or new Pitt sburg State University campus. student. Father Voss helped research the cur- “We also added a class for our parents of PSR, open to riculum Radell and company proposed to use. anyone, really,” she said. “Last year we had some parents Other members of the parish community helped who would stay, but not join their child’s class. Most would by making places for classes available, teaching sit around on their phones or whatever, but mainly by or providing other services. themselves. “We rely especially upon students who “We now offer a 30-minute video, available in both have taught Totus Tuus before,” Voss said. “That Spanish and English, take a snack break with our RCIA experience prepares these college students participants, and then return for group discussion to make a diff erence in not just ‘head knowl- about the video, which usually ends with them sharing edge’ but also ‘heart knowledge’ as Totus Tuus about themselves. We are currently watching Father teaches.” Robert Barron’s ‘Pivotal Players’ series. The class cur- “In additi on to Pitt sburg, Newman Club rently has about eight parents and grows each week students also help teach PSR in St. Paul and as well.” Girard,” he noted. “Her [Radell’s] inspirati on for persevering with the PSR The revived PSR was launched in January has been the Parable of the Lost Sheep,” Hutchinson said. 2017 and was concluded the week before Eas- “She frequently reminds herself and others of ‘that one ter. A total of 54 students att ended the school, sheep.’”

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Dave Geist (620) 430-2123 ishing you a holy, blessed and joyous Christmas season fi lled Brenda Jensen (620) 408-8445 W with occasional fi ts of uncontrollable laughter! -- The staff of the Southwest Kansas Catholic The Southwest Kansas Catholic December 17, 2017 Page 17 Marvelous Love By BILL BRIGHT her arms. me?” into the soil of God’s marvelous n a cold Christmas Eve in The next day, the missionary That story reminds me of another love. And may you have the power • • • 1952, when Korea was in the braved the new snow to deliver mother and Son who sacrifi ced so to understand, as all God’s people Othroes of civil war, one young Christmas packages. As he walked much. One winter night, Jesus left should, how wide, how long, how woman struggled along a village along, he heard the cry of a baby. his home, His glory and the warmth high, and how deep His love really Realizing street, obviously soon to deliver a He followed the sound to a bridge. of heaven to be born in a stable to is”. child. She pleaded with passersby, Under it, he found a young mother an unwelcome world. Just before You may confess, “I don’t have that the “Help me! Please. My baby.” frozen to death, sti ll clutching her He was born, Mary, His mother, was that kind of love to share with any- time was No one paid any att enti on to her. crying new born son. The missionary not welcome in any of the cozy inns one.” To experience God’s supernat- A middle-aged couple walked by. tenderly lift ed the baby out of her in Bethlehem. Instead, she delivered ural love, claim it by faith. We have near to The wife pushed away the young arms. her baby in the darkness of a cold the potenti al to love anyone God mother and sneered, When the baby was 10 years old, stable. The Creator of the Universe, puts in our path. One of the greatest deliver “Where’s the father? Where’s his now adopti ve father, the mis- the Perfect Judge who could destroy lessons I have learned in my Chris- her baby, your American man now?” sionary, told him the story of his the world with a single word, was ti an life is “how to love by faith.” The couple laughed and went on. mother’s death on Christmas Eve. willing to endure this inauspicious When we by faith invite God’s she took The young woman almost dou- The young boy cried, realizing the beginning for you and me. That is unconditi onal love to fl ow through shelter bled up from a contracti on as she sacrifi ce his mother had made for unconditi onal love! us, we will discover a rekindled love watched them go. him. We who have experienced God’s that is alive and well. That is true under a “Please . . .” she begged. The next morning, the mission- unconditi onal love are commanded for an “unlovable” spouse, boss, bridge. She had heard of a missionary liv- ary rose early to fi nd the boy’s bed to share that love with others. employee, or anyone. ing nearby who might help her. Hur- empty. Seeing a fresh set of small John writes in 1 John 4:11: Nothing breaks the hardened There, riedly, she began walking to that vil- footprints in the snow outside, he “Dear friends, since God loved us ground of unforgiveness and bitt er- alone, her lage. If only he would help her baby. bundled up warmly in a winter coat that much, we surely ought to love ness like sincere acts and words of Shivering and in pain, she struggled and followed the trail. It led back to each other.” love. Someti mes you and I, by faith, baby was over the frozen countryside. But the the bridge where the young mother God wants us to express His must take the fi rst step of restora- born on night was so cold. Snow began to had died. supernatural love to others. We ti on. A positi ve response may not be fall. Realizing that the ti me was near As the missionary approached become examples of God’s love to immediate, but keep on loving and Christmas to deliver her baby, she took shelter the bridge, he stopped, stunned. the world as we love our neighbors reaching out. There is no power on Eve. under a bridge. There, alone, her Kneeling in the snow was his son, through the enabling of His Holy earth stronger than God’s super- baby was born on Christmas Eve. naked and shivering uncontrollably. Spirit. natural love. Worried about her newborn His clothes lay beside him in a small My prayer for you is the same as • • • son, she took off her own clothes, pile. Moving closer, he heard the Paul’s prayer for the believers in Used with permission: Thoughts wrapped them around the baby and boy say through chatt ering teeth: Ephesians 3:17,18: About God website, www.thoughts- held him close in the warm circle of “Mother, were you this cold for “May your roots go down deep about-god.com. St. Catherine Hospital chaplain honored with nati onal award GARDEn CITy – Doug Williams, D. Med/D. Min (second from left ), a chaplain at St. Cath- erine Hospital, has re- ceived the Dr. Richard C. Cabot, MD, award. The presentation, held recently in Jackson- ville, Fla., is awarded to one recipient annually and recognizes “Excel- lence in Clinical Pastoral Educati on” (CPE). St. Catherine Hospi- tal’s nati onally accredit- ed CPE program empha- sizes developing pasto- ral skills and strengths. Clergy, church workers, and other people-cen- receive social and spiritual students at St. Catherine. tered professionals use support. He committ ed to “We certainly work as a this training. personally paying for those unit. It simply would not be Richard Cabot (1868- supports until health care a stellar program if it rode on 1939) pioneered sev- faciliti es caught his vision. one person’s shoulders,” He eral medical advances Chaplain Williams directs conti nued, “Dedicated con- and advocated for ho- the CPE program at St. Cath- tributi ons by a team earned listi c pati ent treatment. erine. this recogniti on.” Noti ng their needs and While the award came to For more informati on on improved healing rates, him, he stressed that recog- the CPE Program, call 620- he insisted pati ents also niti on goes to the staff and 275-2512. KSgamblingHelp.com 800-522-4700 ishing you a holy, blessed and joyous Christmas season fi lled Do you need help with a gambling/gaming addiction? You’re with occasional fi ts of uncontrollable laughter! not alone. Don’t wait until the addiction takes a serious toll on your life. 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“Now that I am a Christi an I do not have moods in which the whole thing looks very improbable: but when I was an atheist I had moods in which Christi anity looked terribly probable.” -- C.S. Lewis Page 18 December 17, 2017 oBitUaries The Southwest Kansas Catholic GEORGE E. MARTINEZ, 88, of Off erle. In 1958, they moved to an accountant for the U.S. Gov- children, and four great-great Kathy Reiter; 22 grandchildren, St. Dominic Parish, Garden City, Syracuse, Kansas, where he man- ernment while living in Columbus, grandchildren; and many nieces, and 18 great-grandchildren. died Oct. 8, 2017. On Sept. 26, aged the Syracuse Co-op until Ohio. On July 9, 1970, she married nephews, and grand-nieces and IGnACIO SAnTILLAn, 70, of St. 1951, he married Lupe Ruiz, with reti ring in 1992. They returned to Dan Esfeld in Nash, Oklahoma. grand-nephews. Father John Helen Parish, Hugoton, died Nov. whom he moved from Texas to Spearville in 2000. He was a mem- Dan joined the Army in 1973, and Forkuoh presided. 30, 2017. He and Cruz Montoya Garden City in 1968. While liv- ber of the Knights of Columbus they lived in several places both STEVEN MARK MADER, 61, of were married on August 20, 1967 ing in Texas, George worked for Council 1539. Survivors include stateside and abroad unti l his re- Queen of Peace Parish, Ulysses, in Mexico. They just recently the railroad and later at a cott on his wife of 67 years, Marceda; six ti rement. They then moved back died Nov. 21, 2017. He was em- celebrated their 50th wedding gin. Aft er moving to Garden City, children, Steven Schmidt, Roger to Hoisington in 2007. Survivors ployed with Mader Construc- anniversary. Survivors include his he worked for Bud Meredith Schmidt, Joyce Salter, Marsha include her husband of 47 years, tion for the past 12 years. He wife, Cruz Santi llan; a son, Raul; Construction and later retired Maxey, George Schmidt and Dan; and two children, son, Jason is survived by his wife, Tammy two daughters, Lucila Santillan from Monfort. Aft er reti rement, Michael Schmidt; brothers and Esfeld and daughter, Vania Earp; Mader; sons Mark Mader and and Rosa Santillan-Vasquez; a George continued to work in sister, Don Schmidt, Dorothy Kon- seven grandchildren; stepfather, Tyler Lackey; daughters, Tim- sister, Rafaela Jimenez; seven carpentry and laying carpet. He rade, and John Schmidt; 18 grand- Bob Glynn; and a stepbrother, berly Mader, Dannyale Flora and grandchildren, six great-grand- served on the St. Dominic School children, 35 great- grandchildren Hilton Glynn. Father Anselm Eke Tianna Mader; mother, Delores children and other relati ves and Board, was a member of the and one great-great-grandson. presided. Ratzlaff Mader; brothers, Paul friends. Knights of Columbus, the G.I. Father John Forkuoh presided. JIMMy DALe WORnKey, 83, and Chris; sisters, Pam Ellis, Cath- JULIO ROnQUILLO, 67, of Mary, Forum and the Cursillo Move- Gloria G. Falcon, 70, of the Ca- of St. Joseph Parish, Ellinwood, erine Beohler and Deidra Cantrell; Queen of Peace Parish, Ulysses, ment. Survivors include his wife thedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe died Nov. 25, 2017. He was born seven grandchildren and his spe- died Dec. 3, 2017. He worked Lupe; five children, Andrew R. Parish, Dodge City, died Nov. 26, August 10, 1934 in Caney, Kansas. cial dog, Sadie Lynn. for WT Contractors since mov- Martinez, Sr., Jay R. Martinez, 2017. Survivors include: her three He married Theresa Apel on April BReTT MICHAeL MOeDeR, 30, ing to Ulysses in the 1980s. Julio Sr., Dianna Martinez-Terrazas, children, Ronnie Smith, Gary 9, 1953. She preceded him in of St. Joseph Parish, Ellinwood, enjoyed dancing and listening to Edward R. Marti nez, and Jay R. Smith, and Gina Smith; brothers death. He is survived by his fi ve died Nov. 21, 2017. He was born Mexican music. He is survived by Marti nez, Jr.; eight grandchildren; and sisters, Josephine Ries, Anto- children, sons Mark, Brian, and March 11, 1987 at Great Bend, his wife, Elia Armida (Mendoza) 22 great-grandchildren; eight nio Falcon, Frank Falcon, Richard Chris, and daughters Kim Van- the son of Michael J. and Kala J. Ronquillo; sons, Julio Jr., Orlando, great-great-grandchildren; and Falcon, Mary Alvarez and Lonnie Dusen and Leah Beale; brothers, Moran Moeder. He worked as a Ivan and Jorge; daughters, Irase- fi ve nieces and nephews. Father Falcon; and fi ve grandchildren. Don, Jerry, Tom, Steve, and Tim; Diesel Mechanic and Farm Hand ma and Sonia; brothers, Ernesto Warren Stecklein presided. Father Wesley Schawe presided. sister Pam Nowak; 23 grandchil- for Clint Hammeke Farms. He was and Sergio; sister, Eva; and 11 GeRALD P. SCHMIDT, 90, of St. SHeRyL “SHeRIe” eSFeLD, 68, dren, 30 great-grandchildren and a member of the Knights of Co- grandchildren. Father Peter Fer- John the Bapti st Parish, Spearville, of St. John Parish, Hoisington, four great-great-grandchildren. lumbus Council 1187, 4th Degree nandez presided. died Nov. 28, 2017. On August 22, died Nov. 27, 2017. Esfeld worked Father Terrance Klein presided. Coronado Assembly, Ellinwood MCKenZIe GRACe GALLe of 1950 he married Marceda M. as a beauti cian in Great Bend and ROBeRT ‘BOB’ eDWARD ePP, Fire Department and Sons of the Pratt, newborn daughter of Konrade at St. Joseph Church in also in Pratt . She also worked as 83, of Sacred Heart Parish, Pratt , American Legion, all of Ellinwood. Heather and Chase Galle, died died Nov. 27, 2017. His wife, He is survived by his parents, Mike on Dec. 4, 2017. McKenzie’s sur- Suellen Eastes, preceded him and Kala Moeder; sister, Candice vivors include her parents; grand- in death on Dec. 25, 2015. Epp Lawellin; grandmother, Dorothy parents, Paul and Jan Goertz, Jack served in the Army from 1956 Moeder; niece Ella Lawellin; nu- and Belinda Galle; great-grand- to 1958, then was in the Army merous aunts, uncles, cousins and mother, Margie Kaufman; aunts Reserves for four years. In his four-legged hunti ng compan- and uncles, Crystal and Danny 1958, he started working for ion, Diesel. Father Terrance Klein Bolen, Justi n and Ashley Goertz, Rock Island Railroad as brake- presided. Whitney Galle, Thomas Galle; man, then conductor unti l his eLIZABeTH ILeen “BeTTy” ZIM- cousins, Barrett and Madilyn Bo- reti rement in 1993. He started MERMAN, 83, of Prince of Peace len, and Kaden and Kaleb Goertz. Epp Construction and Rental Parish at St. Rose of Lima Church, Father Michael Klag presided. properties while he worked died Nov. 20, 2017. She married Memorials may be made to Pratt for Rock Island and conti nued Donald Dean “Zip” Zimmerman Regional Medical Center Birthing that even after retiring from Oct. 21, 1952; he preceded her in Suite in care of Larrison Mortuary, the railroad. He is survived by death on April 23, 2005. She was 300 Country Club Road, Pratt . On- a son, Vince; two daughters, a bookkeeper and car detailer for line condolences may be made at Cathy Hergenreder and Lisa Zip’s Service, and did fi nish work www.larrisonmortuary.com. Schartz; a sister, Bett y Hoeme; for the homes she and Zip built. MeLFReD “MeL” PeInTneR, 11 grandchildren; and six great- She was long-ti me treasurer of 95, of the Cathedral of Our Lady grandchildren. the Altar Society. Survivors in- of Guadalupe Parish, Dodge City, RITA MARy nAAB of clude two sons, Joey and Denny; died Dec. 9, 2017. He served in St. John the Baptist Parish, two daughters, Yvonne Sumner the United States Navy during Spearville, died Nov. 22, 2017. and Linda Johnson; one sister, WWII att aining the rank of Sea- She married Andrew F. Naab Gladys Webster; 19 grandchil- man First Class and received his on Oct. 18, 1949. He preceded dren; and 18 great-grandchildren. Masters from Wichita State Uni- her in death on May 26, 2013. Father Ted Stoecklein presided. versity. He was a teacher, farmer Rita’s life was centered on her eDnA G. SCHneWeIS, 89, of and marriage counselor as well as A Blessed husband and her family. She Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose a bowling alley manager and at loved her farm, fishing, gar- of Lima Church, died Nov. 22, one ti me had a gum ball machine Christmas dening, and her farm animals. 2017. She married Richard Schne- route. He played baseball, foot- She named all her calves every weis Oct. 14, 1983; he preceded ball, basketball, boxed and was year. Rita enjoyed her years as her in death on Sept. 6, 2003. Mrs. a lifelong bowler. On November & Happy the school secretary in Spear- Schneweis was a machine opera- 24, 1947 he married Jean Marie ville Grade School; she spent tor for Fuller Brush, and served Gasser at St. Nicholas Church 35 years at the Ford County as a member of the Altar Society. in Kinsley. She preceded him in New Year State Bank. Survivors include Survivors include three sons, death on October 6, 2017. Sur- seven children: Edie Kellogg, Kenneth Miller, Curti s Miller, and vivors include his son, Brian; and Janice Castillo, Lois Wilken, James Miller; three daughters: two grandchildren, Dusti n Cloke Becky Sti ckney, Lisa Hort; Les- Sharon Miller, Judy Blanchard, and Del Vincent Cloke. Father ter Naab; and Randy Naab; 20 and Mary Ramsey; three sisters, Aneesh Parappanatt u presided. Have a great 2018! grandchildren, 22 great-grand- Evelyn Simon, Jane Ward, and P.O. Box 416 Dodge City, KS 67801 Visit us at Obituary policy stmaryoftheplainsalumniassociation.org Obituary listi ngs are always printed free of charge, but must be edited for space and SKC style. If you see that a listi ng has not been included, call Dave at (620) 227-1519, or send the listi ng to [email protected] or Obituary Listi ng,SKC , P.O. Box 137, Dodge City, SMP Alumni Association KS 67801. Please pray for all those listed above, and their friends and loved ones. The Southwest Kansas Catholic December 17, 2017 Page 19 Pastoral Ministry Formation • ‘Introduction to Old Testament’ • ‘Get Equipped’ “Introduction to Old Testament” Dodge City and The Pastoral Ministry (THEO 1003) will be presented Jan. 20, Salina dioceses. Program office of the 27 Feb. 3, 10, 17 and March 3, 10, 17, Cost for the Catholic Diocese of and 24 by Sister Joan Wolf (right). three-hour Dodge City is asking you Class description:This course is de- course for col- to mark your calendar for signed to bring the Old Testament to life lege credit is the spring offering, “Get and to thrill its readers with the story of $150, plus the Equipped,” Connecting, one people’s journey into faith. These cost of books. Equipping, Sending, ancient people’s experiences may reveal The cost of which will be offered the truth of our own journeys in that we the course for April 27 and 28. can see ourselves in their life experiences, personal enrich- “Get Equipped” in their growth as well as in their backslid- ment only is $75, (THEO 4881) will be ing, in their discoveries of the nature of plus books. presented Friday, April God and in their misreading what was the Sister Joan Wolf (above) is a Dominican 27 and Saturday, April will of God, in their frustration when life’s Sister of Peace long acquainted with the 28, beginning with troubles were overwhelming and when Dodge City diocese. She has taught in its registration on Friday at Heartland Center for Spirituality, 3600 they had to trust God when important schools, ministered in its parishes, and 4 p.m., and concluding Saturday at 1:30 Broadway, Great Bend at a cost of $57 questions remained unanswered. It is a assisted with deacon candidate classes and p.m. for room and meals, or $22 for those story which covers 2,000 years, a story of taught courses for the Interactive Televi- “Get Equipped” supports the spiritual not spending the night at the Heartland real flesh and blood people searching for sion Network. She has Masters’ degrees in life and the practical ministry of those Center. God and of God’s loving self-revelation Pastoral Ministry and Pastoral Counseling. who serve during Eucharistic Liturgy. An additional cost of $50 is for those over the centuries. For more information, or to register, Focusing on hospitality, proclamation, seeking to acquire 1 hour of college Class times are Saturday mornings contact Coleen Stein, (620) 227-1538, prayer and mission, it is for greeters, credit. - 8:30 a.m. to Noon, and are held at In- [email protected], or visit dcdiocese. lectors, ministers of holy communion, For more information, contact Coleen teractive Television sites throughout the org/pastoral-ministry-formation. music ministers, all who gather for Stein at [email protected] or 620- Eucharist. 227-1538 *This course is one of the elective The personal enrichment fee courses needed to obtain the Diocesan is included with your payment to Scripture Readings Certification in Liturgical Ministry. Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017; Third Sunday of Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59/Matthew 10:17-22 Heartland Center for Spirituality. 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January 8-14, 2017 National Migration Week

or nearly a half century, the Catho- Flic Church in the United States has celebrated National Migration Week, which is an opportunity for the Church to reflect on the circumstances con- fronting migrants, including immi- grants, refugees, children, and victims and survivors of human trafficking. The theme for National Migration Week 2017 draws attention to Pope Francis’ call to create a culture of en- counter, and in doing so to look beyond our own needs and wants to those of others around us. In the homily given at his first Pen- tecost as pope, he emphasized the importance of encounter in the Chris- tian faith: “For me this word is very important. Encounter with others. Why? Because faith is an encounter with Jesus, and we must do what Jesus does: encounter others.” With respect to migrants, too often in our contemporary culture people fail to encounter them as persons, and in- stead look at them as others. People do not take the time to engage migrants in a meaningful way, but remain aloof to their presence and suspicious of their intentions. During this National Migration Week, people should take the opportunity to engage migrants as children of God who are worthy of our attention and support. Page 24 December 17, 2017 The Southwest Kansas Catholic Isn’t there anyone, who knows what Christmas is all about?!

Linus: Sure Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about. Lights please? And there were in the same country shepherds, abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them! And they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, “Fear not! For, behold, I bring you tidings o great joy, which shall be to all my people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ, the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.” And suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the Heaven- ly Host praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the Highest, and on Earth peace, and good will toward men.”

That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.