FLORIDAWWW.THEFLORIDACATHOLIC.ORG | October 2011 Catholic YOUR FAITH. YOUR LIFE. YOUR COMMUNITY. OF MIAMI No matter what, ‘Towering’ the CHURCH is THERE Florida Catholic bureau editor Ana Rodriguez-Soto offers a glimpse of life in the Third World nation where there is heartbreaking need and achievement uplifting dignity. See stories, more photos, Pages 10-11. St. Thomas University marks its golden jubilee with new tower, kickoff Mass ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO you to campus,” explained Msgr. Florida Catholic staff Casale. He said the first most-often asked MIAMI GARDENS | To mark its question is, “Where is the campus?” 50th anniversary, St. Thomas Uni- The second is, “What is on that versity built itself a tower to show beautiful piece of land off the Pal- passersby on the busy Palmetto metto?” Expressway “that this is a special Both problems are now solved, place,” according to the university’s thanks to the tower that was built president, Msgr. Franklyn Casale. in six weeks and dedicated Sept. 21. “People always ask because there’s not a real big sign that draws PLEASE SEE ST. THOMAS , 15

Flanked by his priest-secretary, Father Richard Vigoa, right, Top left, Sister Jacqueline Louissaint sits in the chapel of Moulin surrounded by the school’s children. Archbishop Thomas Wenski blesses the 50th-anniversary tower Above right, students in Guichard pose for a picture; from left are Ycleff, 3, Chiglet Lhedledat, 8, and Sept. 21 on the edge of St. Thomas’ campus, clearly visible from the Vladina Josue, 7. At bottom left, Ronel Dorgile, sacristan of the chapel in Guichard, part of the parish Palmetto Expressway. (ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO | FC) of St. Louis du Nord, sits with his son, 3-year-old Mackenley. (PHOTOS BY ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO | FC) Life’s ‘heroes’ honored heroes have been struggling to de- anecdote with the group, about re- istry in December 2006. Hollywood Mass fend the sanctity of human life from ceiving a picture of a little boy in his “Your prayers and unrelent- womb to tomb. white Communion outfit along with ing dedication to the unborn have marks more than “This evening we gather to cel- a thank-you note from his mother helped me to keep going all these ebrate an amazing call which each for being there when she needed years and I want to thank you,” she 30 years of respect of us has received by God — to pro- support. told the volunteers. tect human life, especially the most “There are so many gifts we have The ministry’s work on behalf of life work in the vulnerable among us,” Joan Crown received, so much grace showered human life extends from offering told a loyal group of volunteers upon us, because we have respond- educational workshops on each of archdiocese gathered at Little Flower Church in ed in a positive way to this call. the life issues to reaching out to men Hollywood Sept. 23 for a Mass com- Because of these graces, we have a and women who have suffered from ANNE DIBERNARDO Joan Crown, respect life director, Florida Catholic correspondent memorating more than 30 years of deeper understanding and appre- a past abortion; from providing en- presents Father Thomas O’Dwyer respect life ministry in the archdio- ciation for this great gift of human richment programs for new parents with “Potter’s Masterpiece” as an cese. life,” said Crown, a longtime respect to putting on an annual program, acknowledgment of his steadfast HOLLYWOOD | They don’t wear Crown, archdiocesan director of life worker who succeeded Father support for the cause of human capes, but for 30 years these real life the ministry, also shared a touching Jordi Rivero as director of the min- PLEASE SEE LIFE, 6 life. (ANNE DIBERNARDO | FC)

MIA 1 2 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic October 2011 Retired Bishop Gilberto Fernandez, 76, dies ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO brother and as a bishop. You preach spiritual director of the seminary, of the Florida Catholic staff the Gospel. But the most important the year before he was named aux- thing is that you live the Gospel. You iliary bishop. MIAMI | Humble, gentle, “a true live the Sermon on the Mount.” Someone once described the Christian gentleman” — that is how Bishop John G. Noonan of Or- bishop as “a true Christian gentle- people who worked with retired Mi- lando, former auxiliary bishop of man,” Father Vallee recalled. He ami Auxiliary Bishop Gilberto Fer- the Miami Archdiocese, worked said it was the best description of a nandez will remember him. with Bishop Fernandez when then- man who was “unerringly gracious, Bishop Fernandez, 76, died Sept. Father Noonan served as rector of kind and gentle.” 30 after a long illness. St. John Vianney College Seminary. True to those traits, Bishop Fer- “He was my twin,” said Archbish- “I lived and worked with Bishop nandez really enjoyed his time at op Thomas Wenski, alluding to the Fernandez and came to know him San Pablo Church in Marathon, “a fact that both were ordained togeth- as a man of simplicity whose faith small little parish that he could run er as auxiliary bishops on Sept. 3, in God was reflected in his love for like a family,” Father Vallee said. “I 1997. “He retired due to illness less people, music and the beauty of think he would have stayed there than five years after being ordained all creation,” Bishop Noonan said. the rest of his life.” a bishop, but his long illness was a “Despite the many difficulties and Instead, his next assignment cross that he embraced and offered hardships he faced in his life he al- was at the sprawling, fast-paced St. for the Church of Miami. We trust ways saw only hope and goodness.” Kevin, where he could not be as in- that he will continue to pray for us Although Bishop Gerald M. Bar- timately involved with the parish- as we now entrust his soul to the barito of Palm Beach never had “the ioners. “He did it out of obedience,” Lord. May he rest in peace.” chance to know Bishop Fernandez Father Vallee said. Bishop Gilberto Fernandez at his episcopal ordination in 1997. (FILE Archbishop Wenski celebrated personally,” he lauded him for his Obedience also was the reason PHOTO | FC) the funeral Mass for Bishop Fer- steadfast service and faith. he accepted his nomination as aux- nandez Oct. 3 at St. Mary Cathedral, “I know of his great love for his iliary bishop. “The last thing in the priests and one religious to the trator of the cathedral, before being Miami. ministry and the people he served world Bishop Fernandez wanted Church. Two older brothers, Msgr. forced into exile in July 1967. Archbishop John C. Favalora, as well of his offering up his suf- was to be a bishop,” Father Vallee Orlando Fernandez, now deceased, Among his assignments in South archbishop emeritus of Miami, who fering during his illness,” Bishop said, noting that “it was a real curse and Father Nelson Fernandez, now Florida, he ministered to migrant ordained both Bishop Fernandez Barbarito said. “May he now enjoy for him” to have to take on the du- retired, also served as priests in farmworkers in Naranja, Home- and Archbishop Wenski to the epis- the fullness of life with the Lord he ties of archdiocesan administra- the archdiocese. Another brother, stead and Delray Beach. He served copacy, received Bishop Fernan- served so faithfully.” tion. Fausto Fernandez, served as ad- as pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, dez’s body Oct. 2 at St. John Vianney Father Robert Vallee, who served Indeed, when his appointment ministrator of Marian Towers, a fa- Homestead (1978-1979); pastor of College Seminary, Miami, where a as associate pastor when Bishop as auxiliary bishop of Miami was cility for low-income seniors run by Sts. Peter and Paul, Miami (1979 to viewing took place that evening. Fernandez was pastor of St. Kevin announced on June 24, 1997, Bish- Catholic Health Services. 1988); administrator of San Pablo, When Bishop Fernandez re- Parish in Miami, remembers him op Fernandez was quoted as saying: One sister, Sister Lilia Fernan- Marathon (1988-1989); pastor of tired in 2002 he asked the people of as “one of the greatest pastors I ever “Sometimes people talk about the dez, is a member of the Sisters of St. St. Kevin, Miami (1989-1996); and South Florida “to help me with your worked with, a man of deep, deep loneliness of the priests, but when Joseph of St. Augustine who minis- spiritual director at St. John Vian- prayers, and I will help you also humility.” you are in a parish you don’t feel ters at Mercy Hospital. Another sis- ney College Seminary the year prior with mine.” At the time of his retire- Father Vallee, now a philosophy that loneliness because you are sur- ter, Teresita Fernandez, lives in the to his appointment as bishop. ment, Auxiliary Bishop Agustin Ro- professor at St. John Vianney Col- rounded by love and warmth. I nev- Miami area and another brother Bishop Fernandez accepted his man described his brother bishop lege Seminary, also worked with er thought about doing anything lives with his wife and children in appointment as auxiliary bishop as “a good example as a priest, as a Bishop Fernandez when he was else but being a parish priest. But Mexico. A third sister, Ondina, also with characteristic humility, know- man proposes and God disposes. lived in Miami and died a couple of ing, he said, “that many others That’s the situation here.” weeks before her brother. among my brother priests are bet- Born Feb. 13, 1935, in Havana, Bishop Fernandez was ordained ter qualified than me.” Bishop Fernandez was part of a May 17, 1959, for his native Havana Bishop Fernandez was buried in family of eight children — five boys Archdiocese. He served in four par- the priests’ section of Our Lady of and three girls — that gave three ishes there, including as adminis- Mercy Cemetery in Miami. Q

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Effective Aug. 5 Msgr. James R. Dixon — chaplain to the Knights of Colum- new Mass translation bus, Council 13118, at St. Anthony Parish, Fort Lauderdale. New missal is main topic Effective Aug. 10 at annual convocation, Msgr. Tomás M. Marín — chaplain to the Knights of Colum- which is also marked bus, Council 5972, at St. Timothy by fraternity among Parish, Miami. Effective Aug. 15 ‘brothers’ Father Andrzej Pietraszko — full-time chaplain to Archbish- ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO op Coleman F. Carroll High School, Florida Catholic staff and in residence at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Miami. DORAL | “Pray slowly. Try and Father Pauldass Selvaraj, pray accurately.” Oblates of Mary Immaculate — That was the advice given by parochial vicar at St. Stephen a liturgical expert, Father Patrick Parish, Miramar. Beidelman, to archdiocesan priests Effective Aug. 22 during their annual convocation, or Father David Zirilli — direc- gathering, Sept. 27-29. tor of the Society for the Propaga- Father Beidelman is director of tion of the Faith. liturgy for the Indianapolis Archdio- Effective Aug. 25 cese, and he spoke to the nearly 250 Father Damian Flanagan active priests of the Miami Arch- — associate in residence at Little diocese regarding the upcoming Flower Parish, Coral Gables. implementation of the new English Effective Aug. 31 translation of the Roman Missal. Msgr. Terence Hogan — Parishes have permission right associate ecumenical officer for now to use the new words of the Miami-Dade County. peoples’ responses if these are sung. Father Richard Mullen, Au- The entire new wording will come gustinians — associate ecumeni- into use with the start of the new cal officer for Broward County. liturgical year Nov. 27, the first Sun- Effective Sept. 1 day of Advent. Father Roger Holoubek, left, pastor of St. Maurice in Dania Beach, shares a laugh with Archbishop Father Beidelman led three ses- Thomas Wenski during one of the sessions of the priests’ convocation. (ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO | FC) Father Curtis Kiddy — chap- lain to the Courage Ministry in sions on the new translation of the Broward County. missal, covering the why, the what RELATED — Read the ongoing These new rules move the Mass singing the new responses as soon and the how-to. During the convo- series about the new translation prayers and responses “away from as permission was granted this Sep- Father Eric Zegeer — chap- cation, archdiocesan priests also of the Roman Missal, Page 17. everyday language to a sacred style tember. lain to the Courage Ministry in Miami-Dade County. got to see the new missal for the first of speaking,” Father Beidelman “We sing everything. Everything time, as printers have just now be- Father Beidelman stressed that said. is chanted except for the readings Father Jefferson Bariviera, gun to ship them to parishes. it is not only the English translation The new missal also is much big- themselves, so everything we are Scalabrinians — parochial vicar at “This is very much about a that is being revised. “Everybody ger than the current one, with addi- allowed to use we have been using,” St. Vincent Parish, Margate. change of words, not a change of ru- else in the world is doing this too.” tional prefaces, Masses for 17 newly Father Marino said. Effective Sept. 13 brics,” Father Beidelman said, refer- He cautioned against “politiciz- canonized saints and many more The singing helps the people Father Alex Dalpiaz, ring to the actions of the priest dur- ing” the changes, or viewing the Marian feasts, and Masses for vari- learn the new words, and “it’s work- Scalabrinians — retired priest in ing Mass. But he did caution them, earlier ones as somehow incorrect. ous needs and intentions, such as ing at St. Michael,” he added, al- residence at St. Vincent Parish, “Don’t assume that you’ve been do- The fact is, “You can’t translate respect for human life. though, “I don’t know what’s going Margate. ing it right all these years. … Do read exactly from one language to anoth- “I would encourage you to look at to happen when we don’t sing it.” Effective Oct. 1 the prayers beforehand.” er,” Father Beidelman said. For hun- those and use them,” Father Beidel- Aside from learning about the Father Chanel Jeanty — pas- He encouraged the priests to dreds of years, when the Church has man told the priests. new missal, priests at the convoca- tor of St. Philip Neri Parish, Miami “welcome (the changes) with a good used the vernacular, “we have cho- He also told them to always be tion took part in daily Mass with Gardens. spirit and invite parishioners to do it sen the best of the imperfect and we aware of the “awesomeness of the Archbishop Thomas Wenski, said as well.” move forward.” gift” they have received in being morning and evening prayer togeth- Don’t look at it as another task, Given the speed with which the able to celebrate the Mass, and “the er, were introduced to new senior ST. PHILIP NERI PARISH he said, but as an opportunity “to original English translation was depth of our unworthiness.” staff members at the Pastoral Cen- In conformity with canon strengthen our practice in glorifying completed in 1973, and the lack of Their approach to the Mass, Fa- ter and listened to the archbishop’s 515.2 of the Code of Canon God and striving for sanctification.” guidelines from Rome at the time, ther Beidelman said, should always “state-of-the-archdiocese” talk. Law, Archbishop Thomas Wenski In fact, he suggested, “spend 20 everyone knew improvements were be “by our bearing, by the way we They also had plenty of time to has decreed the re-opening of percent (of your time) helping peo- needed. A second English transla- pronounce the words, how can we relax and catch up with each other. St. Philip Neri Parish in Miami ple say the new words and 80 per- tion was issued 12 years later — the better convey to our faithful the di- “We don’t have this opportunity Gardens, effective Oct. 1. cent helping people grow in their one currently in use — and a third vine presence of God?” that often to have this time of frater- understanding of the Mass.” was issued 12 years after that, in One archdiocesan priest who nity,” Archbishop Wenski said. The reason the Church has a new 1997. said he is really excited about the As Father Marino put it, “I’m a ARCHDIOCESAN translation is simple, Father Beidel- But by then, Pope John Paul II changes is Father Chris Marino, priest of the Archdiocese of Miami MISSION OFFICE man said: “Because two popes, Pope had decided to change the translat- pastor of St. Michael the Archangel and I’m a son to the bishop and a John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, ing rules. In 2000, he issued a third Parish in Miami. brother to the brothers. It’s always Teresita González has been appointed director of the Arch- “I’m delighted with the new Q looked at the various translations Latin edition of the Roman Missal good to be with your family.” diocesan Mission Office while of the Roman Missal around the and a document called “Liturgiam translation. I’m a big liturgy guy and continuing as director of the lay world over a number of years, and Authenticam” in which he called I’ve been waiting for this,” Father To read Archbishop Wenski’s homi- missionary group Amor en Ac- they thought it could be done better. for “literal exactness” in translation, Marino said as he handled the new lies to archdiocesan priests during the ción, effective Sept. 1. That’s it. The Holy Father is doing rather than the previous standard of missal for the first time. convocation, visit the archdiocesan his job.” “dynamic equivalency.” He said his parishioners began website at www.miamiarch.org. 4 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic October 2011 On retreat, priests FLORIDA nurture their vocation Catholic During the month of October, call: Only in this way can our ac- world needs God, it needs priests. Christ’s person. your parish priest may be attend- tion as priests bear fruit.” It needs priests to speak of God; it This is quite a job description — ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ing one of four priest retreats held Every priest makes an annual needs priests who live in God and and when one looks at the range of at Our Lady of Florida Spirituality retreat because that friendship allow God to live in them. activities that “keeping the world Vol. 72, No. 12 Center in Palm Beach Gardens. 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Estas palabras, tomadas embargo cuán hermosa — es esta All contents copyright © 2011, The Florida Catholic Inc., comienzan el lunes por la noche retiro es algo más que “tiempo per- de un texto del Antiguo Testamen- vocación. Y, nosotros, los sacer- except stories and photos from Catholic News Service. y terminan en la madrugada del sonal”, aunque sea con el Señor. Es to, definen la esencia de nuestro mi- dotes, solemos ser dolorosamente viernes. Nuestros sacerdotes valo- eso, pero es más. Puesto que el sa- nisterio sacerdotal: Estamos en la conscientes de cuánto nos falta ran altamente esta oportunidad de cerdote es un “hombre para los de- presencia del Señor, y le servimos. para encarar satisfactoriamente “irse a un lugar tranquilo” con el fin más”, hasta su esfuerzo por atender Como sacerdotes, la Eucaristía este reto. Para citar una vez más el de estar con el Señor, y lejos de las a su propia vida espiritual se realiza es el centro de nuestra vida sacer- Papa Benedicto, “debemos luchar distracciones y tensiones del minis- con miras a las personas a las que él dotal. Por medio de nuestras pala- sin tregua contra este acostumbrar- terio parroquial. sirve en su ministerio parroquial. bras — y sobre todo en las palabras nos a la extraordinaria realidad, El Papa Benedicto XVI, en una Como sacerdotes, sabemos que de la consagración — tenemos el contra la indiferencia del corazón, reciente Misa Crismal, recordó a los mientras más nos esforcemos por privilegio de invitar a Jesús a la reconociendo siempre nuestra in- sacerdotes de Roma: “Ser sacerdote conocer a Jesús, por escucharlo me- asamblea de oración. Todos los suficiencia y la gracia que hay en el significa convertirse en un amigo jor y por permanecer mejor con Él, días, estamos llamados a estar en hecho de que Él se ponga en nues- cada vez más cercano de Jesucris- mejor lo representaremos, a pesar su presencia. Toda nuestra vida, tras manos”. to con toda nuestra existencia. El de nuestras faltas y fracasos, como entonces, debe consistir en estar Si usted nota que el padre se au- mundo necesita de Dios —no de un otro Cristo, o como al Papa Juan Pa- ante el Señor. Debemos mirar ha- senta durante una semana de este dios cualquiera, sino del Dios de Je- blo II le gustaba decir, “in persona cia Él, y ser para Él. Tenemos que mes, es porque se encuentra en un sucristo, del Dios que se hizo carne Christi”. vivir con la mirada puesta en Él, retiro. Durante estos días, está a la y sangre, que nos ha amado hasta Como afirma el Papa Benedicto para que el mundo se mantenga disposición del Señor, para encon- el punto de morir por nosotros, que XVI: “El mundo necesita a Dios ... abierto a Dios. Estamos ante el Se- trarse con Él más intensamente en resucitó y creó consigo mismo un el Dios de Jesucristo.” Y porque el ñor, pero también somos para Él, la oración. Como es un sacerdote, espacio para el hombre. Este Dios mundo necesita a Dios, tiene nece- ya que no es nuestra palabra, o no- está a la disposición del Señor, y está debe vivir en nosotros y nosotros en sidad de sacerdotes. Necesita sacer- sotros mismos, quien predica, sino a la disposición de ustedes. Oremus él. Éste es nuestro llamado sacerdo- dotes que hablen de Dios; necesita la palabra de Cristo, la persona de pro invicem: Oremos los unos por tal: sólo así puede fructificar nues- sacerdotes que vivan en Dios y per- Cristo. los otros. Q October 2011 www.thefloridacatholic.org YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY 5 ‘A man of great vision’ Msgr. Vincent Kelly honored as he retires as vicar of Christian Formation

ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO mileage” for the road to heaven. the position, hoping it would not few students, and asked her, “Sis- said. “We were the ‘old shelf’ but Florida Catholic staff The soft-spoken Irishman is last long. It has lasted a few years,” ter, if the sisters will remain, if you slowly we re-energized.” keeping his day jobs: as supervis- Msgr. Kelly recalled. stay here, we (the diocese) will pay St. Thomas today is recognized MIAMI | This is how Msgr. Vin- ing principal of St. Thomas Aqui- He spent many of those years whatever we need to pay.” as an academic and athletic power- cent Kelly retired after nearly 36 nas and Cardinal Gibbons high commuting between Fort Lauder- “I owe that guy,” said Sister Go- house, and its 2,200-student enroll- years as chief overseer of Catholic schools, and pastor of St. John the dale and Miami, and visiting Cath- mez, whose school is in much bet- ment makes it the largest Catholic schools in the archdiocese: by giv- Baptist Parish in Fort Lauderdale. olic schools as far west as Naples, ter shape today. “He has done so high school in the southeastern ing money away to needy students He is relinquishing a position he now in the Diocese of Venice, and much good in such a humble way. United States. and needy schools. did not want when it was given to as far north as Stuart, now in the The good that he has done for this Again, Msgr. Kelly credits his It was a fitting tribute to a man him in 1975 by Archbishop Cole- Diocese of Palm Beach. diocese has been incredible. The staff and the fact that his office has who worked tirelessly, and often man Carroll, Miami’s first arch- “I spent most of my life commut- growth of the schools has been his always been a moveable one: be it behind the scenes, to support Cath- bishop. ing everywhere,” Msgr. Kelly said. vision.” at St. Thomas, Gibbons, St. John the olic education: a $25,000 scholar- Five years earlier, he had been His title underwent some chang- In fact, despite the splitting of Baptist or the Pastoral Center, “we ship — $5,000 a year for five years named supervising principal of St. es throughout those years — from the archdiocese from eight coun- operate out of one collective sys- — to a needy student at Archbishop Thomas Aquinas. When Archbish- superintendent of schools to vicar ties to three in 1984 and the painful tem,” he said. Curley Notre Dame High School in op Carroll called him into his office of Christian formation — and so school closings in the past decade, “It may sound (as if) I did a lot. Miami, and a nearly $23,000 con- to offer him the recently vacated did his responsibilities, as the de- archdiocesan enrollment has re- No. I enlisted the help and par- tribution to struggling schools in job of superintendent of archdioc- partment grew to include religious mained steady, hovering around ticipation of all these people at the South Florida’s inner cities. esan schools, Msgr. Kelly replied, education, lay ministry and adult 30,000 in the schools and 50,000 in local level to carry out the expec- The scholarship was a gift from “That’s not my style. I’m comfort- faith formation. religious education programs. tations,” Msgr. Kelly said, credit- the archdiocese in Msgr. Kelly’s able at the high school level but not His staff also changed “over and Msgr. Kelly also started the ing especially the pastors for their name. The nearly $23,000 was the in the diocesan office.” over again” throughout those years, Archdiocesan Education Founda- “rock solid” support. money collected from archdioc- But Archbishop Carroll, as was and Msgr. Kelly credited them for tion, an endowment or trust fund “They extended themselves to esan schools as a personal gift to his style, did not take “no” for an his success. to help guarantee the future of maintain the schools. They rallied Msgr. Kelly. answer. And he was not above us- “It was the people I worked with archdiocesan schools, that is now their parishioners,” he said. “On this hand I accept it and love ing what Msgr. Kelly described as who made the challenge palatable. part of the Catholic Community Again, not all would agree com- you,” he told school principals and “extortion” — but the archbishop They did the work. I was the front Foundation. pletely with the self-effacing mon- archdiocesan officials who gath- called “good business” — to get his man,” he said. “Endowment has always been a signor. ered for lunch after a Mass in his way. But staff members and school focus of our thinking,” he said. “Msgr. Kelly has always been in honor Sept. 15. On the other hand, Noting that Msgr. Kelly was principals disagree with that as- What few may remember is that the background, giving us the light “I give it to five schools of the inner building a football stadium at St. sessment. when Msgr. 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Susana Pando-Taupier Moms ‘earn while they learn’ holds a baby girl jumpsuit that can be ticipants’ self-esteem. Respect Life program FYI purchased “Unless you’ve been on the re- For more information on the with three offers education as ceiving end of a handout, it may be “mommy Earn While You Learn program, visit difficult to understand how strong www.respectlifemiami.org, email dollars” well as material help that feeling is — that I’m not worth from the [email protected] or call much because I have to go begging 954-981-2922. South Dade to women in crisis for stuff.” Pregnancy In the past, the Respect Life Min- Care Center. pregnancies chase new items from the center’s istry would give away items to any- (ANNE “baby boutique” — an in-center one who came by the pregnancy DIBERNARDO ANNE DIBERNARDO | FC) Florida Catholic correspondent store stocked with new or gently center. Government agencies and used cribs, strollers, and high chairs community centers would send either donated by benefactors or women to the respect life pregnancy MIAMI | Give a man a fish and purchased by the Respect Life Min- care centers to pick up “free stuff.” you feed him for a day. Teach a man istry. Every pregnant woman who comes to fish and you feed him for a life- “We are not a diaper depot or a re- in still receives a layette, but for the time. This ancient proverb is the volving door. We are here to enrich larger items, unless there are ex- philosophy behind “Earn While You somebody’s life and you don’t nec- tenuating circumstances, it is now Learn,” an enrichment program for essarily do that by handing things a requirement to come to the class pregnant couples offered by the out,” said Joan Crown, archdioc- and participate in the program. Archdiocese of Miami Respect Life esan respect life director. The goal of Earn While You Learn Ministry. According to Crown, the Earn is to help parents learn to take con- referred by a social worker from a work before earning “baby bucks” or The Earn While You Learn pro- While You Learn program was trol of their lives. government agency such as the De- “mommy dollars.” Programs are of- gram was developed by pro-life met with resistance by some of the “It’s not that we don’t still give out partment of Children and Families. fered at different times, depending champion Dinah Monahan as a cat- volunteers when it was first intro- the used things, but the incentive on the pregnancy center, and are alyst to make a positive impact on duced. They reasoned, “The people for the new is to go to the classes and CURRICULUM designed so that women can enter it young women who find themselves who donate these items don’t want participate in the program,” Crown The program, which is also of- at any point during their pregnancy in a crisis pregnancy. The program us to put any unnecessary burdens said. fered in Spanish, consists of nine and up until the child is 1 year old. is open to new moms and dads, and on the mothers.” Clients who enter the program modules and 45 lessons, and covers By the end of the program, par- prepares them to meet and embrace But those concerns quickly fad- are new moms who have either the stages from early pregnancy to ticipants will have learned about the challenges of having a newborn. ed. Crown said everyone is reacting learned about the program when 12 months after the baby is born. pregnancy, postpartum care, the By participating in the program, very positively to the program and they came in for a pregnancy test, Participants receive a worksheet moms earn “baby bucks” to pur- it is actually doing wonders for par- called a respect life hotline, or been and are required to complete home- PLEASE SEE EARN, 7

LIFE the 30th year of service for the Hol- O’Dwyer, pastor of Little Flower so many. As missionaries here in of science.” lywood Respect Life Office, the en- Parish, praised the volunteers for Broward County, you bring about “I stand as a priest before you FROM 1 tire archdiocesan ministry is about doing work that has saved many the very justice of God, justice in tonight, and like that doctor, I am five years older. Because that an- lives. its most fundamental fashion. And humbled by your presence,” Father program, called Chastity Days, for niversary was never officially cel- “The cause of protecting and nur- you also raise the consciousness of O’Dwyer said, pledging his and his eighth-graders in the Archdiocese ebrated, Crown took this occasion turing human life has and remains people like myself — priests — and parish’s full support for the minis- of Miami. not only to recognize 30 years of your mission. That’s why tonight — maybe even some bishops.” try. During the Mass, Crown also an- service in the Hollywood office, but I know you’re all volunteers — but Father O’Dwyer cited the work During the celebration, a candle- nounced that, “Today, we have hired also more than 30 years of service in I deem you ‘missionaries,’” Father of Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, who is light ceremony recalled the miracle our first ultrasound technician, and the North Dade and North Broward O’Dwyer said. “Yes, missionaries credited with being the first to dis- of God’s creation. As each passage now we will be able to share with the offices, with the Sunset and Fort will stand up for Christian values cover that adult cells can be repro- was read from the Book of Genesis, mother a picture of her child very Lauderdale ones following closely at a time in our world when funda- grammed into behaving as stem a single candle was lit, culminat- early on in her pregnancy.” behind. mental Judaic-Christian values are cells. ing with the creation of God’s mas- Although September 2011 marks In his homily, Father Thomas seen as old-fashioned in our day by “Dr. Yamanaka was doing re- terpiece, the human person. Those search involving embryonic stem who were not allowed to live be- cells when one day he looked down cause of the evil of abortion were a microscope at a single embryo and then remembered as each candle in his own words he was humbled. It was extinguished. was just a glimpse that changed his Prayers were offered for their scientific career,” Father O’Dwyer souls as well as their parents and said. “By using scientific knowledge for the conversion of all who have to discover this new approach to fallen for the lie promulgated by the stem-cell research, he brought in culture of death. many of his colleagues and as a re- In recognition of their generos- sult of this finding, we are told that ity and support of the Respect Life embryonic stem-cell research soon Ministry, Father O’Dwyer and St. will be obsolete.” Maximilian Kolbe’s pastor, Father “Now I say to you, if God can use Jeffrey McCormick, were presented an unprotected embryo to change with a beautiful work of art depict- a human life, he can certainly use ing a baby being formed in the us, as he uses you,” Father O’Dwyer hands of a potter. continued. “Or, I should say, as you Titled the “Potter’s Masterpiece,” allow yourselves to be used by our the artwork, according to Crown, risen Lord in this great work you do. delivers a subtle pro-life message by By seeking holiness and using the asking the question, “Does the clay gifts and talents God has given us, say to the potter, what are you mak- we are contributing mightily to the ing?” kingdom we all love, where there During the Mass, the ministry’s will be no more crying or pain or five prior directors also were re- destruction of innocent life … cer- membered in prayer: founding di- tainly no abortion, no euthanasia, rector Father Daniel Kubala, Father 24863-1020 no assisted suicide, no deep-freez- James Taggart, Father Daniel Kent, ing of embryos, and no more de- Father Thomas Honold and Father struction of human life in the name Rivero. Q October 2011 www.thefloridacatholic.org YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY 7 Abortion: Seeing the ‘complete picture’ Respect life FIND OUT MORE about the Catholic outreach centers euthanasia — the culture of death into place. By the time we are giv- for teens in crisis, and inspired me — stems from the misuse and mis- ing out information in the middle t
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When we talk archdiocesan respect life director death that Blessed Pope John Paul tify with what she is going through. about God’s plan for the family, that Joan Crown, and Barbara Groeber, II referenced. It was a great oppor- FROM 6 In fact, one off-shoot of this program there’s a husband and a wife before the ministry’s director of education. tunity for me to become educated is the Respect Life Ministry’s men’s the child comes — everybody wants outreach program, Project Joseph, that but some people have never development of the pre-born, the which was developed exclusively seen that in their family. Every- emotional needs and physical care for fathers. body’s either had a divorce, is living of a newborn, first aid, discipline, “I have found that the Earn While with somebody, or has had a child HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGES bonding, financial matters and sex- You Learn program has been very out of wedlock, so to them it’s not Is this the year that you walk ual integrity. positive for our clients and there has their reality. But it is God’s reality in the footsteps of Jesus and Apostles? According to Crown, the sexual been a wonderful response from the and God’s reality is for everybody.” integrity component considers the dads,” Pando-Taupier said. “And so, when you set that up world view of the client who does “What we’re finding is that they and give them that goal — that Holy Land and Mt. 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DANNY GONZALEZ parents will actually save money Florida Catholic correspondent compared to the cost of purchas- ing textbooks. The school sub- MIAMI | It is quite a sight to scribes to an online publisher walk into a dark classroom shim- who provides the e-books for mering with the glow from 30 the school, and the parents pay a laptops, and see the students fee to access the material. While steeped in the machines’ quiet most of the work is done on the hum. computer, the school still re- This is the next generation of quires the students to own and teaching, and St. Agatha School use workbooks for the courses. is already there. The school has The students also have moved chosen to do away with textbooks from having to lug around seven and move to e-books for the textbooks in backbreaking back- sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade packs to bringing one laptop to levels. It is the first school in the class. And since the students own archdiocese to dive so deeply into the laptops, they are allowed to technology. bring them home and use them Maria Glass, St. Agatha’s prin- as they please. cipal, considers the move a natu- While on the school grounds, ral progression. The school had a secure Wi-Fi connection is pro- already installed and made good vided, with various filters to deter Students in grades six through eight at St. Agatha School are no longer using textbooks. All their class use of electronic white boards, the students from being distract- lessons are on e-books so all they have to carry around are their laptops. (DANNY GONZALEZ | FC) making the classes far more in- ed in class. teractive. With access to the Internet and “I see this as a continued ad- e-books, class interactivity has games, and apply it to education. their children will never develop Perez. vancement of the quality educa- soared, Glass said. Students said they love having a love of books, but Glass said St. To alleviate those fears, the tion St. Agatha offers,” Glass said, For example, if while reading their own laptops. Eighth-grader Agatha reinforces the value of school provides workshops on and evidence that archdiocesan a novel, students come across Charles Damon II said, “It has physical books in the required the dangers that lurk within the schools are setting the bar for the a historical figure they want to made studying and taking notes reading programs. Internet and what parents can do wave of electronic education and know more about, all they have much easier.” Parents also share a fear about to avoid them. its application in the class envi- to do is pause from the reading The students also commented the Internet. While the laptops Despite the new worries, par- ronment. and research information about on how much lighter their book provide a world of positive uses, ents overall say they are excited In order for students to access that person on a search engine. bags are. the Internet can be a dangerous to see their kids as a part of this their electronic books, each must For those with difficulty reading, Teachers have embraced this place for children. new frontier. have their own laptop. On aver- the e-books offer an audio option change with open arms, encour- “My child has gone from only “It’s great to see our kids learn- age, the laptops cost an estimat- where the text is read to them. aging their students to use the using the family desktop in the ing skills they’re going to use for ed $299 each, and students will These different features are tools they literally have at their living room to using the laptop the rest of their lives,” said Jorge use them for the entirety of their exactly what Glass said she had fingertips. in the bedroom,” said Amarillys Perez. Q middle school career. in mind for reaching this “video Parents are the ones who seem This may seem a bit expensive game” generation: Take the in- to have mixed feelings about the at first, but over those three years teractivity kids love about video change. One recurring fear is that NEWSbrief New leader named for development MIAMI | The Archdiocese of our people has fueled the growth Miami has named Katie Blanco of the Church here in South Flor- Crocquet as president of its de- ida with its many helping minis- velopment corporation, effective tries. Ms. Blanco Crocquet will Oct. 19. help us to continue to grow as In her role as president of the good stewards of the many gifts Archdiocese of Miami Develop- the Lord has given us, and so to ment Corp., which includes all build a future of hope here in phases of development, fund- South Florida,” said Archbishop raising, stewardship programs, Wenski. major gifts and planned giving, Blanco Crocquet, who attends Blanco Croquet will invite ma- St. Louis Parish in Pinecrest with jor donors and prospective con- her family, was most recently the tributors to support the mission senior development director of of the Catholic Church. She will the Citizens Board and Corporate also collaborate with Archbishop Relations for the University of Mi- Thomas Wenski, pastors, admin- ami. She received her Juris Doc- istrators and institutional leaders torate degree from Nova South- to assist with capital campaigns, eastern University’s Shepard

25371-1020 special events and direct appeal Broad Law Center and her Bach- efforts. elor of Arts from the University of “In the past, the generosity of Miami. October 2011 www.thefloridacatholic.org YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY 9 Blessed Sacrament reaches golden milestone 50th anniversary celebration and With Mass, symbol- parishioner at Blessed Sacrament for the past 40 years. filled procession, Parishioners brought in Bibles that are distributed each year to the parishioners needy, and a funeral garment that covers the casket was presented mark their 50th in memory of all the parish mem- bers who have died over the past 50 anniversary years. JONATHAN MARTINEZ “I was so moved by the celebra- Florida Catholic correspondent tion,” said Gloria Mazzurco, a pa- rishioner for the past 16 years. “I’ve been a parishioner here for a long FORT LAUDERDALE | Blessed time, both my sons have been bap- Sacrament Parish, rich in diver- tized here, and my daughter had sity and stewardship, celebrated a her first Communion and her con- monumental milestone Sept. 25, its firmation here as well. My daughter golden jubilee. passed away in a car accident when The Mass commemorating its she was 15, so I also had her funeral 50th anniversary began with a Mass here. This place is so special to grand procession led by the choir me, I love this parish. It’s like home and followed by parishioners car- to us.” rying symbols pertaining to the A baptismal garment was pre- parish, its faith and history. sented to symbolize all who have The symbols included the flags yet to be born and who will con- Archbishop Thomas Wenski, left, celebrates Mass Sept. 25 to mark the 50th anniversary of Blessed of the United States and of the Holy tinue in the faith as members of the Sacrament Parish in Fort Lauderdale. Next to him is Father Robert Tywoniak, Blessed Sacrament’s pastor. See, and a commemorative book parish. The original chalice used in (JONATHAN MARTINEZ | FC) produced by parishioners which the parish was also part of the pro- contains the parish’s history as well cession as a symbol of the precious that helps people have a greater “We are more than pleased that Archbishop Wenski who came from as good wishes for its future. blood of Jesus Christ. sense of community, a greater sense our archbishop may fulfill his role among us, a native of our archdio- “This community cares about “There is no place like home. of knowing one another.” as our shepherd here on earth by cese.” each other, whether it be going Blessed Sacrament is always home Founding members of the par- being with us today and presiding Spearheaded by Bishop Coleman to nursing homes or simply help- to me,” said Msgr. Michael Souckar, ish, clergy who have served there in this celebration,” said Father Carroll in 1960, Blessed Sacrament ing each other. It’s the people who who was baptized in the parish. “I throughout its five decades, and Robert Tywoniak, Blessed Sacra- began life as a mission of St. Pius X make this parish so special,” said think the parish has a bright future. Archbishop Thomas Wenski com- ment’s pastor. “He is our pastor and Mary Hardy, co-chairwoman of the This parish is relatively small and pleted the procession. this is his parish. May the Lord bless PLEASE SEE BLESSED, 12 Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School The Roman Catholic College Preparatorypy School of f the Future

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ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO schools. Yet their dress shoes are clean It is an interesting contrast that ebrate the sacraments and teach the esan schools and parishes participate in, of the Florida Catholic staff and their faces are not wet with sweat. matches perfectly my experiences dur- faith while willingly sharing in the and which benefits nearly 30 schools in Their students’ uniforms are just as ing an Oct. 3-8 visit with the lay mis- misery of their people. the Port-de-Paix region. The money goes PORTDEPAIX, HAITI | The teach- clean and pressed, the girls’ hair per- sionary group Amor en Accion (Love in That constant presence of the Church to supplement teachers’ salaries, pay ers greet us wearing ties and long- fectly pinned with colorful bows. Action) to Miami’s sister diocese of Port- — my Church — in the most remote of for nutritional programs and help with sleeved shirts, well-pressed pants and, The mud of a rain-soaked hillside de-Paix, Haiti — a place of heartbreak- places, under the most difficult of cir- building repairs. in the case of the principal in Nan Palan, doesn’t seem to stick even when a Mont- ing need and uplifting dignity. cumstances, struck me as I attended Novela admits he has fallen in love a suit. fortian priest and a Little Sister of St. It takes less than two hours by air to Mass in the leaky-roofed, rock-floored with mission work. One of his Haitian- They, too, have walked up the muddy Therese get out of our four-wheel-drive travel from Miami to the poorest na- chapel of Moulin. born students is teaching him Kreyol hillside or trudged through dusty streets vehicle to try to extricate it from a par- tion in the Western Hemisphere — First It took about an hour to get up there and he plans to return to Haiti to visit the in the heat and humidity to get to their ticularly deep patch of sludge. World to Third World in less time than it from Decostiere, where Montfortian Fa- sister schools as often as possible. takes to travel across the U.S. ther Louis Marie Montfort has his main “Without the support of the admin- Like much of Haiti, Port-de-Paix is church and school. Because of the dis- istration we couldn’t do it,” said Nove- a place where electricity and running tances involved and the terrible condi- la, noting that a significant portion of Semilfort Jean-Clair, left, president of the COCANO coffee cooperative, holds water are inconstant, and potable wa- tion of the roads, his parish, like most Pace’s student body is of Haitian de- up a bottle with the sweet solution that lures male escolite bugs to the bottle Montfortian Father Louis Marie Montfort preaches the homily to the school ter is a rarity. It is a place of organ-jos- others in Port-de-Paix, encompasses a scent. “They see their responsibility as and traps them there, preventing reproduction with the female from taking children of Moulin during a mission trip taken by Amor en Acción and a tling, bone-jarring drives up and down scattering of chapels and schools located forming community with the Haitian place. At right is Father Nesly Jean-Jacques, pastor of the parish of St. Louis du representative of Msgr. Edward Pace High School, Miami, to the Archdiocese of mountains and through towns whose throughout the mountainside. people,” Novela told Port-de-Paix’s Nord, of which Guichard is a chapel. See story online at www.miamiarch.org. Miami’s sister diocese of Port-de-Paix, Haiti, Oct. 3-8. streets are paved with sand and rocks. It In his case, there are three chapels Bishop Pierre-Antoine Paulo, an Oblate is a place where rain makes river roads with accompanying schools. Two of Missionary, during a late-evening meet- ship began in 1980; who serves as superintendent of schools That and money to add structural sup- meetings during which the Miami del- impassable and the slightest storm can them, Moulin and Pewou, have had a ing in his office. r
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With office technician Making water safe to drink Saintanise Jean at this Powered by the sun side, lay Gadyen Dlo project uses salt-based chlorine generation to purify families’ water supply mission- Solar panels power mission house in Gros Morne, planned for cathedral in Port-de-Paix ary Steve Widelsi ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO of $2.50 — for a kit containing an 8-ounce out, keeping the people interested,” said Solar of the Florida Catholic staff flacon of treatment solution and a 5-gallon Widelski, whose work also involves traveling of the of the Florida Catholic staff Religious panels bucket of water with a spigot. They are taught with the supervisors to the different commu- provide GROS MORNE, Haiti | Long before a to use a capful of the solution to purify each nities and spot-checking the water to make of Jesus GROS MORNE, Haiti | In the shadow of this “big and Mary a steady cholera epidemic broke out last October, 5-gallon bucket. The flacon contains enough sure the families using the process are doing mountain” sits an oasis — a rustic one but an oasis source of Haiti had a water problem. solution to purify 25 water buckets. so properly. explains nevertheless where electricity is constant and even how water electricity Sister Jacqueline Picard, a nurse and “The family is probably going to go “This is probably the cheapest, best way to Wi-Fi is available. is purified for the member of the Religious of Jesus and Mary through 25 buckets in three days,” explained do it,” Widelski said of the Gadyen Dlo meth- via the Kay Jezi Mari (Jesus and Mary House) is the home residents who has worked in Haiti for 14 years, puts it Steve Widelski, a lay missioner with the Re- od of water purification. Gadyen of two members of the Religious of Jesus and Mary of Key bluntly: “There is no clean water source in all ligious of Jesus and Mary who works at the Using a generator donated by Catholic Re- Dlo who have ministered in this part of northwest Haiti Jezi Mari of Haiti.” Gadyen Glo facility in Gros Morne, a city in lief Services and a chlorinator purchased by process. for more than a decade: Sister Jacqueline Picard and (House of Wells are contaminated, and rainwater northwest Haiti about three hours by car the Miami-based lay missionary group Amor Sister Patricia Dillon. Jesus and collected in cisterns is not fit to drink. Bottled from Port-au-Prince. en Accion (Love in Action), the facility can It is also home to teams of volunteers and lay mis- Mary), water is available but the price is too steep for The water is not only used for drinking, produce 15 gallons of the treatment solution “A lot of our cholera money has come Dlo solution lasts three days. sionaries who stay for a few days, a month or a year at run by the most. The majority of Haiti’s people, living in Widelski said. “Because it’s clean, they can in about four hours. It is currently making here,” said Teresita Gonzalez, director of Widelski’s testing kit also highlights a a time while working at the nearby hospital, the Ga- Religious rural communities and isolated mountain- wash their vegetables. They can wash their about 80 gallons per month. Amor en Accion. “It’s also an interesting problem with Aquatab-treated water. Since dyen Dlo water purification program, the reforesta- of Jesus sides, use river water for bathing, cooking hands.” Education is a key ingredient of the Gady- community-organizing thing. It allows them the test detects excess chlorine, he can point tion initiative or educational outreach. and Mary, and cleaning, and often for drinking. Refilling the flacon costs the U.S. equiva- en Dlo program. Saintanise Jean, the office to gather. They ask questions, get informa- out that both Aquatab-treated and untreated At Kay Jezi Mari, unlike many other places in Haiti, in Gros So six years ago, Sister Jackie, as she is lent of 25 cents. technician, routinely gathers with groups of tion.” water turn up clear when tested. Gadyen Dlo the faucets function, the bathrooms flush and fans Morne. known, and Father Wilner Donecia, a local The program started with about 300 fami- about 50 in local communities to teach them But Gadyen Dlo is still too expensive water makes the test kit turns yellow, a reas- take the edge off the heat at night. The secret is solar Montfortian priest, spearheaded a project lies, and 4,000 are currently enrolled. But the how to use the method — and warn them for many Haitians. And after the cholera suring sign that the water has been purified. power: Several large panels located on the roof of the to help Haitians turn dirty water into clean, population of Gros Morne is about 30,000 about the dangers of using untreated water outbreak, a number of organizations went “That’s almost an educational tool,” house provide enough electricity to run computers potable water. people, and 100,000 more are scattered in 20 for drinking or cleaning. around the country distributing Aquatabs Widelski said of the test kits. and food freezers. thanks to a two-year, $150,000 grant from the Jes- “It is not only the cathedral of the area, but Gadyen Dlo (Guardian of the Water) uses surrounding villages. Despite a billboard campaign that re- — water purification tablets — for free. “The sustainability of it is very important. It won’t work everywhere in Haiti, said Teresita sie Ball DuPont Foundation — St. Thomas Univer- also a community center and the hub of local rock salt, cactus and an electrical reaction Gadyen Dlo is recruiting what they call minds Haitians that “clear water is not clean The problem with Aquatabs is that the When the Aquatabs run out, what happens?” Gonzalez, director of the Miami-based lay mission- sity is planning to install solar panels on the roof- life; it is where people gather and where meet- to chlorinate water. It is the same salt-based “supervisors” to take the flacons — and the water,” Jean said most of the people she water does not taste the same, and it has no said Gonzalez. “We depended too much on ary group Amor en Accion (Love in Action), because top of the cathedral of Port-de-Paix, Miami’s sister ings happen or (they) seek shelter from hurri- chlorine generation process that is used for knowledge of how to use them — to their vil- meets with think that river water is safe to shelf life. foreign people coming in and doing some- the solar panels tend to get stolen. But if they can be diocese. Students and a physical science professor canes,” said Anthony Vinciguerra, coordinator swimming pools in the U.S. lages, giving them a small discount on their drink. “You make Aquatabs solution in the morn- thing. We need a solution that we can make installed in a guarded place, they will make a differ- from the university currently are working to retro- of St. Thomas University’s Center for Justice and Those who join the Gadyen Dlo program purchase in return. “They get sick but they don’t know what ing and you have to throw it out the next day,” here.” Q ence in people’s lives. fit the electrical system at the cathedral to allow it Peace. “Having electricity that is consistent and pay 100 Haitian Gourdes — the equivalent “It’s kind of like a gratuity for helping us made them sick,” she said. Widelski said. Water made with the Gadyen Through its Global Solidarity Partnership — and to run on solar energy. free is a big deal.” Q 10 Amor en Acción: A visit to Haiti Florida Catholic October 2011 October 2011 Florida Catholic Amor en Acción: A visit to Haiti 11 No matter what, the CHURCH is THERE A mission trip to Haiti yields long wish list, plenty of gratitude and a chance to ‘meet the face of Christ’

ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO schools. Yet their dress shoes are clean It is an interesting contrast that ebrate the sacraments and teach the esan schools and parishes participate in, of the Florida Catholic staff and their faces are not wet with sweat. matches perfectly my experiences dur- faith while willingly sharing in the and which benefits nearly 30 schools in Their students’ uniforms are just as ing an Oct. 3-8 visit with the lay mis- misery of their people. the Port-de-Paix region. The money goes PORTDEPAIX, HAITI | The teach- clean and pressed, the girls’ hair per- sionary group Amor en Accion (Love in That constant presence of the Church to supplement teachers’ salaries, pay ers greet us wearing ties and long- fectly pinned with colorful bows. Action) to Miami’s sister diocese of Port- — my Church — in the most remote of for nutritional programs and help with sleeved shirts, well-pressed pants and, The mud of a rain-soaked hillside de-Paix, Haiti — a place of heartbreak- places, under the most difficult of cir- building repairs. in the case of the principal in Nan Palan, doesn’t seem to stick even when a Mont- ing need and uplifting dignity. cumstances, struck me as I attended Novela admits he has fallen in love a suit. fortian priest and a Little Sister of St. It takes less than two hours by air to Mass in the leaky-roofed, rock-floored with mission work. One of his Haitian- They, too, have walked up the muddy Therese get out of our four-wheel-drive travel from Miami to the poorest na- chapel of Moulin. born students is teaching him Kreyol hillside or trudged through dusty streets vehicle to try to extricate it from a par- tion in the Western Hemisphere — First It took about an hour to get up there and he plans to return to Haiti to visit the in the heat and humidity to get to their ticularly deep patch of sludge. World to Third World in less time than it from Decostiere, where Montfortian Fa- sister schools as often as possible. takes to travel across the U.S. ther Louis Marie Montfort has his main “Without the support of the admin- Like much of Haiti, Port-de-Paix is church and school. Because of the dis- istration we couldn’t do it,” said Nove- a place where electricity and running tances involved and the terrible condi- la, noting that a significant portion of Semilfort Jean-Clair, left, president of the COCANO coffee cooperative, holds water are inconstant, and potable wa- tion of the roads, his parish, like most Pace’s student body is of Haitian de- up a bottle with the sweet solution that lures male escolite bugs to the bottle Montfortian Father Louis Marie Montfort preaches the homily to the school ter is a rarity. It is a place of organ-jos- others in Port-de-Paix, encompasses a scent. “They see their responsibility as and traps them there, preventing reproduction with the female from taking children of Moulin during a mission trip taken by Amor en Acción and a tling, bone-jarring drives up and down scattering of chapels and schools located forming community with the Haitian place. At right is Father Nesly Jean-Jacques, pastor of the parish of St. Louis du representative of Msgr. Edward Pace High School, Miami, to the Archdiocese of mountains and through towns whose throughout the mountainside. people,” Novela told Port-de-Paix’s Nord, of which Guichard is a chapel. See story online at www.miamiarch.org. Miami’s sister diocese of Port-de-Paix, Haiti, Oct. 3-8. streets are paved with sand and rocks. It In his case, there are three chapels Bishop Pierre-Antoine Paulo, an Oblate is a place where rain makes river roads with accompanying schools. Two of Missionary, during a late-evening meet- ship began in 1980; who serves as superintendent of schools That and money to add structural sup- meetings during which the Miami del- impassable and the slightest storm can them, Moulin and Pewou, have had a ing in his office. r
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With office technician Making water safe to drink Saintanise Jean at this Powered by the sun side, lay Gadyen Dlo project uses salt-based chlorine generation to purify families’ water supply mission- Solar panels power mission house in Gros Morne, planned for cathedral in Port-de-Paix ary Steve Widelsi ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO of $2.50 — for a kit containing an 8-ounce out, keeping the people interested,” said Solar of the Florida Catholic staff flacon of treatment solution and a 5-gallon Widelski, whose work also involves traveling of the of the Florida Catholic staff Religious panels bucket of water with a spigot. They are taught with the supervisors to the different commu- provide GROS MORNE, Haiti | Long before a to use a capful of the solution to purify each nities and spot-checking the water to make of Jesus GROS MORNE, Haiti | In the shadow of this “big and Mary a steady cholera epidemic broke out last October, 5-gallon bucket. The flacon contains enough sure the families using the process are doing mountain” sits an oasis — a rustic one but an oasis source of Haiti had a water problem. solution to purify 25 water buckets. so properly. explains nevertheless where electricity is constant and even how water electricity Sister Jacqueline Picard, a nurse and “The family is probably going to go “This is probably the cheapest, best way to Wi-Fi is available. is purified for the member of the Religious of Jesus and Mary through 25 buckets in three days,” explained do it,” Widelski said of the Gadyen Dlo meth- via the Kay Jezi Mari (Jesus and Mary House) is the home residents who has worked in Haiti for 14 years, puts it Steve Widelski, a lay missioner with the Re- od of water purification. Gadyen of two members of the Religious of Jesus and Mary of Key bluntly: “There is no clean water source in all ligious of Jesus and Mary who works at the Using a generator donated by Catholic Re- Dlo who have ministered in this part of northwest Haiti Jezi Mari of Haiti.” Gadyen Glo facility in Gros Morne, a city in lief Services and a chlorinator purchased by process. for more than a decade: Sister Jacqueline Picard and (House of Wells are contaminated, and rainwater northwest Haiti about three hours by car the Miami-based lay missionary group Amor Sister Patricia Dillon. Jesus and collected in cisterns is not fit to drink. Bottled from Port-au-Prince. en Accion (Love in Action), the facility can It is also home to teams of volunteers and lay mis- Mary), water is available but the price is too steep for The water is not only used for drinking, produce 15 gallons of the treatment solution “A lot of our cholera money has come Dlo solution lasts three days. sionaries who stay for a few days, a month or a year at run by the most. The majority of Haiti’s people, living in Widelski said. “Because it’s clean, they can in about four hours. It is currently making here,” said Teresita Gonzalez, director of Widelski’s testing kit also highlights a a time while working at the nearby hospital, the Ga- Religious rural communities and isolated mountain- wash their vegetables. They can wash their about 80 gallons per month. Amor en Accion. “It’s also an interesting problem with Aquatab-treated water. Since dyen Dlo water purification program, the reforesta- of Jesus sides, use river water for bathing, cooking hands.” Education is a key ingredient of the Gady- community-organizing thing. It allows them the test detects excess chlorine, he can point tion initiative or educational outreach. and Mary, and cleaning, and often for drinking. Refilling the flacon costs the U.S. equiva- en Dlo program. Saintanise Jean, the office to gather. They ask questions, get informa- out that both Aquatab-treated and untreated At Kay Jezi Mari, unlike many other places in Haiti, in Gros So six years ago, Sister Jackie, as she is lent of 25 cents. technician, routinely gathers with groups of tion.” water turn up clear when tested. Gadyen Dlo the faucets function, the bathrooms flush and fans Morne. known, and Father Wilner Donecia, a local The program started with about 300 fami- about 50 in local communities to teach them But Gadyen Dlo is still too expensive water makes the test kit turns yellow, a reas- take the edge off the heat at night. The secret is solar Montfortian priest, spearheaded a project lies, and 4,000 are currently enrolled. But the how to use the method — and warn them for many Haitians. And after the cholera suring sign that the water has been purified. power: Several large panels located on the roof of the to help Haitians turn dirty water into clean, population of Gros Morne is about 30,000 about the dangers of using untreated water outbreak, a number of organizations went “That’s almost an educational tool,” house provide enough electricity to run computers potable water. people, and 100,000 more are scattered in 20 for drinking or cleaning. around the country distributing Aquatabs Widelski said of the test kits. and food freezers. thanks to a two-year, $150,000 grant from the Jes- “It is not only the cathedral of the area, but Gadyen Dlo (Guardian of the Water) uses surrounding villages. Despite a billboard campaign that re- — water purification tablets — for free. “The sustainability of it is very important. It won’t work everywhere in Haiti, said Teresita sie Ball DuPont Foundation — St. Thomas Univer- also a community center and the hub of local rock salt, cactus and an electrical reaction Gadyen Dlo is recruiting what they call minds Haitians that “clear water is not clean The problem with Aquatabs is that the When the Aquatabs run out, what happens?” Gonzalez, director of the Miami-based lay mission- sity is planning to install solar panels on the roof- life; it is where people gather and where meet- to chlorinate water. It is the same salt-based “supervisors” to take the flacons — and the water,” Jean said most of the people she water does not taste the same, and it has no said Gonzalez. “We depended too much on ary group Amor en Accion (Love in Action), because top of the cathedral of Port-de-Paix, Miami’s sister ings happen or (they) seek shelter from hurri- chlorine generation process that is used for knowledge of how to use them — to their vil- meets with think that river water is safe to shelf life. foreign people coming in and doing some- the solar panels tend to get stolen. But if they can be diocese. Students and a physical science professor canes,” said Anthony Vinciguerra, coordinator swimming pools in the U.S. lages, giving them a small discount on their drink. “You make Aquatabs solution in the morn- thing. We need a solution that we can make installed in a guarded place, they will make a differ- from the university currently are working to retro- of St. Thomas University’s Center for Justice and Those who join the Gadyen Dlo program purchase in return. “They get sick but they don’t know what ing and you have to throw it out the next day,” here.” Q ence in people’s lives. fit the electrical system at the cathedral to allow it Peace. “Having electricity that is consistent and pay 100 Haitian Gourdes — the equivalent “It’s kind of like a gratuity for helping us made them sick,” she said. Widelski said. Water made with the Gadyen Through its Global Solidarity Partnership — and to run on solar energy. free is a big deal.” Q 12 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic October 2011

HAITI: Spirits, faiths alive in island nation

FROM 11 past year. “It used to be between four and five hours (to get from the capital, Port-au-Prince, to Gros Morne). Now it’s taking us about portant work for us.” three, so that’s progress. There’s “Merci pour accompaniment a lot more paved (road) than I re- (thank you for the companion- member from last year.” ship). God bless you,” said Father She noted that the Catholic Emile Chepa, the priest responsi- Church is the “single largest wel- ble for nine chapels and 12 schools fare dispenser” in Haiti, and “it in the parish of Desgranges. does so with an enormous care for “It’s a difficult but interesting the human person.” mission for me. Because there “The presence is incredible. is such a big need. My presence There’s no other organization on here is very important,” added the the planet that can do that in such priest, who must walk 10 hours to a systematic way,” Gonzalez said. visit the most outlying chapel in But why go to Haiti, when the his parish. money and the support can simply When Father Montfort visits be wired or shipped? the chapel in Moulin to celebrate “Something happens when you Mass, he stays for the day. When meet people and you look them he visits to celebrate the sacra- in the eye. You understand bet- ments — such as baptism and first ter. You no longer assume,” Gon- Communion — he stays three to zalez said, in essence describing four days, and sleeps in the school. the more profound relationship at When it rains, getting up or down the heart of mission work. It is not the mountain — even in a four- about solving every problem or Above, Teresita Gonzalez, director of wheel-drive truck — can become curing every ill. It is about sharing Amor en Accion, and Father Leonvil impossible. and relationships. Canois, rector of the cathedral of Port- It rained the afternoon we vis- “There’s a gripping of your de-Paix, pose for a picture in front of a colorful map of Haiti in the school of ited Moulin, so the trek back down heart and not just because you feel Nan Palan. from Decostiere to Gros Morne sorry for people. You don’t under- took over two hours in risky dark- stand how people have the incred- At left is a view of the rotundas that ness. The truck, with seven people ible strength to persevere against are being added to the cathedral of inside and four more hanging on such odds. You feel so little. You Port-de-Paix. Florida Catholic bureau in the cab, got stuck twice in the come back wanting to share,” editor Ana Rodriguez-Soto traveled mud. Gonzalez said. “Something hap- with the mission group Amor en Acción “It’s the worst you get here,” said pens that hopefully isn’t the end, and a representative of Msgr. Edward Gonzalez, referring to the road. but the beginning of a personal Pace High School to the Archdiocese But things have improved in transformation. There’s no doubt of Miami’s sister diocese of Port-de- Haiti, she said, especially in the that you meet the face of Christ.” Q Paix, Haiti, Oct. 3-8. (PHOTOS BY ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO | FC)

BLESSED said Archbishop Wenski during center were constructed; in 1977, responded to the needs of the com- of families, a good mix of young the homily. “Over the years, many the bell tower was erected; in 1978, munity and built the St. Francis of people, older people,” said Kevin FROM 9 have come and gone — and today 550 parishioners began the Right Assisi Enrichment Center to house Lawson, one of the parishioners we lift up in prayer your former pas- to Life Committee, and in 1982, the religious education classes, as well who helped produce the keepsake tors and those pioneers who are mortgage was paid in full. as training and educational pro- book. “All are welcomed to this Parish in Fort Lauderdale. Just 10 still with us, and pray also for those Renovations to both the church grams for adults. parish. There is a welcoming feel- months later, it was elevated to a who were here at the beginning and parish hall took place between “In the last two years the parish ing when you walk in.” Q parish. In three years, parishioners and have already gone home to the 1995 and 1996. In 2000, the parish has grown so much. There are lots had raised enough funds to con- Lord.” struct their church, which Bishop Twenty-seven priests have Carroll blessed and dedicated on served the parish in 50 years and Dec. 7, 1963. throughout that time the commu- “For 50 years, this parish has nity has seen steady growth. welcomed God’s pilgrim people,” In 1968, the rectory and parish

A commemorative keepsake book, Bibles, a funeral garment, a baptismal garment and the original chalice of the parish are displayed during the Mass celebrating the 50th anniversary of Blessed Parishioners sing during Blessed Sacrament Parish’s golden jubilee Mass. Archbishop Thomas Wenski Sacrament Parish. (PHOTOS BY JONATHAN MARTINEZ | FC) celebrated the Mass Sept. 25 to mark the 50th anniversary of the parish in Fort Lauderdale. October 2011 www.thefloridacatholic.org YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY 13 ‘The little parish that can’ Small in size but strong in spirit, St. Jerome concludes its 50th anniversary celebration ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO Florida Catholic staff

FORT LAUDERDALE | For 50 years, St. Jerome has been, to paraphrase the words of one pa- rishioner, “the little parish that can.” Made up of only 600 families, it supports a PreK3 through eighth- grade school with an enrollment of 351 — a school that, despite the current economic difficulties, has never had so many students; a school that recently underwent a technological transformation that has put state-of-the-art Pro- methean boards in every class- room; a school whose seventh- Father Michael Grady, St. Jerome administrator, addresses the graders take advanced algebra congregation at the end of Mass Sept. 30, the feast of St. Jerome. The classes at St. Thomas Aquinas Mass marked the end of the yearlong 50th-anniversary celebration High School. of the parish and school. (PHOTOS BY ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO | FC) During a Mass Sept. 30 — the feast of St. Jerome — marking the than me.” conclusion of a yearlong golden ‘It was a small parish “It’s a fantastic church. I love jubilee celebration, Archbish- when it started. This has this place,” Diffenbaugh added. op Thomas Wenski reminded “St. Jerome has always been a Sister Ana Maria Campos, 101, a Sister of St. Philip Neri, hugs parishioners that St. Jerome’s been a family from the very nurturing facility,” said An- 15-month-old Antonnella Giraldo after Mass. “largest ministry is its excellent drew Ociepka, the parishioner school.” beginning.’ who has spearheaded the tech- The parish itself, nestled just nological transformation of the north of Fort Lauderdale’s air- — Shirley Bawidamann school. “We don’t want to expand port, is an inviting community, because it will lose the charm. It made up of about a dozen found- At the same time, the Sisters will lose the individuality.” ing families with Old World sur- of St. Philip Neri were being ex- But smallness does not mean names along with a large number pelled from Cuba. Half of that inferior quality or facilities, said of Hispanics, and more recently group wound up at St. Jerome, Ociepka, a businessman whose Chinese and Indian Catholics, and they have stayed there ever daughter graduated from St. Je- who celebrate Mass there on a since. Sister Vivian Gomez, the rome last year and whose son still regular basis. school’s principal, was a member attends there. “It was a small parish when it of that original group of religious. “A teacher can only be as good started,” said a member of one of “The spirituality of St. Philip as the environment that you pro- those founding families, Shirley Neri lives at St. Jerome,” she said, vide them with,” he said. “My Bawidamann. “This has been a and she pointed to a couple of philosophy is ‘Field of Dreams: If family from the beginning.” things to prove it: the connection you build it, they will come.’ I call Her father was St. Jerome’s first between St. Jerome, who died this ‘the little school that could.’” custodian, and all of her children in the fifth century and whose “It’s the people who make and grandchildren attended St. house became a church in Rome, this place,” said Father Michael Jerome School. She remembers and St. Philip Neri, who 10 centu- Grady, who was named adminis- that Masses were celebrated ini- ries later was ordained and sent trator of the parish in June. “And tially at Rogers Middle School to that church, where he founded the dedication of the Sisters of St. nearby. Her husband, Tony, his oratory. Philip Neri has been incredible.” helped the founding pastor, Fa- Then there is the stained-glass Father Grady took over from ther Raymond Scully, put the cor- window at the front of St. Jerome Father Michael Davis, now pastor pus (Jesus’ body) on the crucifix Church, the one that was there of Little Flower Parish in Coral of the main altar on Christmas long before her religious commu- Gables, who kicked off the 50th Eve 1961. nity arrived. On that particular anniversary celebration last No- “The miracle is every priest window are three stars, which vember. fell in love with that cross,” said have long symbolized St. Philip “I’m the other Michael,” Father Tony Bawidamann, pointing to Neri. Grady joked. the crucifix that remains the cen- “You can’t tell me that there’s He described the parish as terpiece of St. Jerome’s sanctuary, not a divine plan,” Sister Gomez “working Joes” who sacrifice to despite 50 years’ worth of chang- said. get things done in the church, ing pastors, including two in the Among St. Jerome’s new pa- and especially to support the past year alone. rishioners is Bill Diffenbaugh, school. Perhaps the little parish has ac- who became a Catholic last Eas- “It’s something that they want. complished so much because of ter as a result of his experiences If people take ownership of Father Scully’s prayers to St. Jude, at the parish. something, they can do amazing the saint of impossible causes. He “I came on a Sunday and I things. That’s what’s happening needed a religious community found a home here,” he said, in this parish,” Father Grady said. Archbishop Thomas Wenski consecrates the Eucharist during a to staff St. Jerome School, which explaining that having a son And he predicted, “We’re not Mass Sept. 30, the feast of St. Jerome, which marked the end of opened 10 months after the par- caused him to realize that “there done. The next 50 years are going the yearlong 50th-anniversary celebration of St. Jerome Parish and ish, in September 1961. are more important things in life to be even better than the first.” Q School. 14 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic October 2011

WORKSHOP LUMEN CHRISTI Knights honor FROM 7 Sister Ceccotti attended the workshop at St. Mala- The Knights of Columbus Mar- chy with her three daughters, said, ian Council 3757 in North Miami “It motivated me to follow what I will honor Sister Lucia Ceccotti, a already believe and equipped me member of the Sisters of St. Joseph with more facts. Now I would like Benedict Cottolengo, and long- to learn more.” time director of the Marian Center Hudson said it was good to school for the developmentally dis- learn about how anti-life move- abled. The celebration in her honor ments are using verbal engineer- Barbara Groeber, respect life will take place Sunday, Nov. 13, be- ing — extremely technical lan- director of education, speaks ginning at 7 p.m. at the grand ball- guage — to confuse people and about love during a life room of the Seminole Hard Rock cause them to accept something workshop held in August. Hotel and Casino in Hollywood. that they would normally reject. (ANNE DIBERNARDO | FC) Tickets are $100 per person, and the Cloning, for example, is often proceeds will go toward the support referred to as “somatic cell nucle- palled at the evil in the world and of the Marian Center. For tickets, ar transfer” or “derivation of plu- that these lives could be taken — call Dick Cumberland at 305-978- ripotent cells.” in the most evil possible way that 0091 or email [email protected]. During the abortion segment, would not even be inflicted upon participants are cautioned prior the most evil adults in the world Christ the King to viewing graphic images of — before they even have a chance aborted babies. to flourish and thrive in the world Sister Marie Schramko poses with Paul Ott, her former student, celebrates 50 years But they are also encouraged and make it better.” fellow teacher and now principal of Cardinal Gibbons High School. Christ the King Parish will cel- to visit the Priests for Life website “This is a marvelous turnout The Catholic Educators Guild honored Sister Schramko, Franciscans ebrate its 50th anniversary with a to view pictures and verify their today on a Saturday,” said Father of Mary Immaculate, with the Lumen Christi (Light of Christ) award trilingual Mass celebrated by Arch- authenticity. Dominick O’Dwyer, St. Malachy’s in recognition of her 75 years of ministry as a religious in the field bishop Thomas Wenski on Nov. 20 Immediately after the work- pastor and a staunch pro-life of education, including the past 50 at Cardinal Gibbons in Fort at 10 a.m. shop, 16-year-old Isabella Hain- leader. “And I think it is indicative Lauderdale. See story at www.miamiarch.org (GAIL BULFIN | FC) Christ the King, located at 16000 lin did so. She said that although of the change of heart that people S.W. 112 Ave. in Perrine, was origi- the images were shocking, she are having and the understand- nally established to serve the pre- felt it was necessary to see the ing that this is a serious problem, St. Anthony presence of current and former dominantly black parishioners of pictures. one that has to be addressed parishioners and students. the Richmond Heights neighbor- “I’ve been learning about this sooner or later. Parish to St. Anthony, located at 901 hood. During its 50-year history, the for years but I have never seen the “People are beginning to real- N.E. Second St., is the oldest par- parish has served a diverse commu- pictures — people need to see the ize that it is time to get involved mark 90th ish and oldest school in Broward nity of more than 40 nationalities. pictures,” she said. and be informed, and to be able St. Anthony Parish will mark its County. It was dedicated in De- Today, Christ the King is the only Her mother translated a Span- to talk about it and mention it to 90th anniversary, and St. Antho- cember 1921, when Fort Lauder- parish in the Archdiocese of Miami ish saying, “Eyes that don’t see, friends and neighbors,” he con- ny School its 85th, with a sunset dale had 2,000 residents and ap- celebrating weekly Masses in Eng- heart that doesn’t feel,” adding tinued. “It is necessary to evalu- garden cocktail party on Satur- proximately 65 Catholic families. lish, Spanish, French and Creole. that it is necessary for people to ate judges and candidates who day, Nov. 5, from 6 to 8 p.m., fol- Tickets to the cocktail party For more information on the see what abortion is. are running for office on this lowing the 5 p.m. Mass. The event celebration are $40 and may be 50th anniversary celebration, call Hainlin’s 14-year-old daugh- moral issue. If we don’t have life will be held on the school’s newly obtained by by calling Sharon Jerry Nagee at 305-505-5573. ter, Gabriella, said she was “ap- we don’t have anything.” Q renovated playground, with the Murrah at 954-467-9009. Nine Day Holy Land Pilgrimage Feb. 25–March 4, 2012 Travel back in time to the ancient Holy Land and birth place of Jesus and Christianity. Follow in the footsteps of Jesus for the spiritual experience of a lifetime. No other tour offers as much meaning and value. If you have not walked in Jesus’ footsteps throughout the Holy Land, now is your chance. It is an experience you will never forget!

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ST. THOMAS ‘It took a while, but FYI FROM 1 it coincided with the Following are some of the special events planned to mark the 50th beginning of our 50th anniversary of St. Thomas University, The tower is located on the north- anniversary year. With 16401 N.W. 37 Ave., Miami Gar- west corner of the campus, facing dens. All alumni, friends, benefactors the expressway at Northwest 164th our tower we’re reaching and potential students are invited Street and 37th Avenue. to attend. For information, call the “It took a while, but it coincided up to God and we’re Alumni Office at 305-474-6857, with the beginning of our 50th an- marking the place where or the Office of Public Relations at niversary year,” Msgr. Casale said. 305-474-6880. “With our tower we’re reaching up God is made known t
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BOOJWFS- been tweaking drawings for the to the father-son duo of Guillermo Villanova Hall, a student dormitory. es; a School of Business; a School of sary golf tournament. tower for the past 11 years. Garcia-Tuñón and Manny García- “We wanted to do it in time for the Law; a School of Leadership Stud- “We’ve been designing it and try- Tuñón of LeMartec Engineeering jubilee,” Huembes said of the tower. ies; a School of Science, Technology ing to find someone to put the team and Construction. Both firms have During the Mass, which invoked and Engineering Management; and together to build the tower,” Huem- worked on other facilities for St. the Holy Spirit on the just-begun a School of Theology and Ministry. nities, including Florida Supreme academic year, the officers of stu- The school changed its name in Court and United Nations intern- dent clubs and members of athletic 1984 to St. Thomas University in or- ship programs. teams continued an annual tradi- der to acknowledge its Cuban roots. As Archbishop Wenski said in tion by pledging to serve the uni- In 1988, when the Archdiocese of his homily during the anniversary versity community and represent it Miami took over its sponsorship Mass, “The history of this school with integrity at all sporting events. from the Augustinians, the school mirrors the history of many of its Msgr. Casale called it a “Mass of became the only archdiocese- students, many of whom are also gratitude for the past 50 years and sponsored university in the state of ‘transplants’ from other nations the blessing of the time as we look Florida. and cultures. St. Thomas University forward to the next 50 years.” The Princeton Review’s 2011 edi- has been ‘good soil’ for these ‘trans- St. Thomas University was tion of “The Best 172 Law Schools” plants,’ for, because of the education founded in 1961 by Augustinian ranks St. Thomas third in the na- they received at St. Thomas, our Friars who had been expelled from tion for best atmosphere for minor- students have not only grown, they Cuba after the communist govern- ity students and in the top four in have flourished. And we see the ment shut down the Universidad the nation for best quality of student fruits in the many positive contribu- de Santo Tomás de Villanueva, the life. The school also offers extensive tions our alumni are making to the school they had founded in Havana clinical and internship opportu- communities in which they live.” Q

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MIAMI GARDENS | As a Mass to reopen St. Philip Neri Church concluded Oct. 1, Father Chanel Jeanty, the newly appointed pastor, made an appeal to parishioners. “There are four Stations of the Cross that are missing in action,” he said as parishioners laughed. “I know some of you took them home. I’m graciously begging you, bring them back. They cost $300 each. If Katrenia Reeves lights a candle for Robert Smith as they prepare you don’t return them, I’ll need a to walk in a procession around the newly reopened St. Philip Neri $1,200 donation to replace them.” Church. (PHOTOS BY MARLENE QUARONI | FC) Despite some glitches, Father Jeanty called the Mass a great be- “St. Philip Neri was meant to re- We never gave up on our church. ginning for the church which closed open,” he said. We wrote letters and petitions to the two years ago because of financial The predominantly African- archbishop.” reasons. There were still many American church was one of sev- Hoping for a miracle, a group of Parishioners leave St. Philip Neri Church after Mass Oct. 1. things to be ironed out, such as fix- eral that closed in the Archdio- parishioners walked around the ing the air conditioning. Many pa- cese of Miami in 2009 and merged church seven times and prayed seven priests blew ram’s horns and where Father Jeanty served as pa- rishioners fanned themselves with with other parishes. St. Philip Neri when it closed, said parishioner the people shouted. Jericho’s walls rochial vicar, for offering their time the parish bulletin during the Mass. merged with St. Monica in Miami Dale DeShazior. They followed the collapsed. The Israelites overtook and treasure to reopen St. Philip “There is still much work to be Gardens. But many parishioners, example of the prophet Joshua, who the city.” Neri. done so that you can feel completely like Katrenia Reeves, went to Holy led the Israelites in the conquest of St. Philip Neri Parish opened in “I’m excited and anxious at the at home here,” Father Jeanty said. Redeemer in Liberty City. Jericho. 1951 in Opa-Locka’s Bunche Park, same time,” said Father Jeanty, Since Oct. 1, 2009, St. Philip Neri “We wanted to come back home,” “They marched around Jericho a residential development built who is taking on his first assign- Church has sat empty. It was put up said Reeves, whose mother was a once each day for six days; on the for African-American war veter- ment as a pastor while retaining for sale, but no purchasers quali- founding member of St. Philip Neri seventh day they marched seven ans. The church was one of four his duties as archdiocesan chan- fied. A parishioner, Stephen Roy, in 1951. “There wasn’t a Catholic times around the city,” said De- predominantly African-American cellor for canonical affairs and called that an omen. presence in this area for two years. Shazior. “The seventh time around, Catholic churches in Miami-Dade vicar general. County: St. Francis Xavier in Over- Do we have reason to be anxious? town, which also closed in 2009, Father Jeanty asked parishioners. Christ the King in Perrine and Holy “You say if the archbishop re- Redeemer in Liberty City. opened the church, he could close Father Jeanty thanked Archbish- it again,” he said. “I will not let fear op Thomas Wenski for helping to control my life. Now that the church reopen the church. He also thanked has reopened, I hope you reopen parishioners at St. Bartholomew the doors of your hearts. This is a and St. Rose of Lima parishes, new beginning.” Q

NEWSbriefs Catholic Legal are $125 per person and are tax de- ductible. Corporate sponsorships Services hosts also are available. Call Sister Rose- annual dinner mary Sabino at 954-829-0648. Catholic Legal Services invites Youths invited the community to its second annu- al dinner with Archbishop Thomas to Marian vigil Wenski Thursday, Nov. 3, at Parrot All youths from the Archdio- Jungle Treetop Ballroom, 1111 Par- cese of Miami are invited to col- rot Jungle Trail, Miami. Archbishop laborate with parishioners from Wenski, who founded Catholic Le- Our Lady of Lourdes Parish on gal Services, is a national leader in an all-night vigil celebrating the the fight for comprehensive immi- feast of the Immaculate Concep- gration reform. He is recognized as tion on Dec. 9 from 8 p.m. to 8 an impassioned advocate for South a.m. The vigil will feature prayer, Florida’s immigrant communities talks, skits, praise and worship, and has testified before Congress rosary, Bible study, eucharistic 23955-0520

25416-1020 on various immigration issues. adoration and a Mass. Any youth He also serves as consultant to the ministries interested in attend- Committee on Migration of the U.S. ing or participating in the event Conference of Catholic Bishops and should contact Frank Brennan is a member of the Secretariat of the at 305-491-7903 or Frankb@olo- Church in Latin America. Tickets lourdes.org. October 2011 www.thefloridacatholic.org YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY 17

ROMAN MISSAL Nicene Creed Credo: I believe I believe in one God, He ascended into heaven the Father almighty, and is seated at the right hand of New English Missal translation removes the ‘royal we’ maker of heaven and earth, the Father. of all things visible and invisible. He will come again in glory from the profession of faith to judge the living and the dead I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, and his kingdom will have no end. MSGR. RICHARD ANTALL nature, and suffered and died and evil that causes innocent par- the Only Begotten Son of God, Special to the Florida Catholic will come again in glory to judge ties to suffer but not do anything, I believe in the Holy Spirit, us, and his kingdom will have no because God is hypothetically born of the Father before all ages. There are some people who use end; the Holy Spirit is the Lord, the removed from the equation. The the Lord, the giver of life, the royal “we” in conversation to giver of life; the Church, one, holy, pretension is: Others have no faith God from God, Light from Light, who proceeds from the Father and sometimes comic effect. There is Catholic and apostolic, is part of in the transcendent and therefore true God from true God, the Son, an anecdote of Queen Victoria say- God’s divine dispensation; divine can violate values that I consider begotten, not made, who with the Father and the Son ing, “We are not amused” at some- forgiveness is experienced in bap- absolute but they do not. The real- is adored and glorified, one’s attempt at a joke in her pres- tism; and we live expecting the res- ity is: I am acting as if I do not be- consubstantial with the Father; ence; and poor Margaret Thatcher urrection of the dead and the life of lieve either that God cares or that through him all things were made. who has spoken through the prophets. once announced some personal the world to come. he exists. For us men and for our salvation news by saying, “We are a grand- Victor Frankl, the famous Vi- Our profession of faith is an anti- he came down from heaven, mother.” ennese psychiatrist who survived dote to the practical atheism of our I believe in one, holy, and by the Holy Spirit Credo is “I believe.” So during the Nazi death camps, observed times. Our search for meaning has catholic and apostolic Church. the Mass I am going to profess that his fellow survivors almost come to a happy conclusion. That was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, my faith before the community always were people who believed does not mean it is not a struggle to and became man. I confess one baptism that shares the same beliefs but in something beyond themselves. believe. Faith demands sacrifices. For our sake he was crucified under for the forgiveness of sins expects my personal affirmation. His conclusions, written in his If someone wanted to know our Pontius Pilate, and I look forward to the resurrec- This is not a change in translation, book “Man’s Search for Meaning,” core beliefs, they should not have tion of the dead because strictly speaking “credo” are very much compatible with the to go much further than the Creed he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day and the life of the world to come. does not translate as “we believe.” Christian understanding of hope of the Mass. Amen. The word “credo” in Latin means “I and applicable even to the simple Changing “we believe” to “I be- in accordance with the Scriptures. believe.” act of reciting the Creed in com- lieve” is not going to make a great Therefore the change of lan- munity once a week with fellow deal of difference in the world guage in the new translation of the believers. perhaps. Nevertheless, if it makes Mass marks a return to the original There is a revival of atheism in us think about what we truly be- meaning of the Credo, or Creed. It the world today that is disturbing lieve and emphasizes a personal is a correction, and it should make in its gross vulgarity. While this is commitment, it can bring about a us think about what we speak. not the first time in history when it change in us. Q Songs and Prayer “This is what I believe.” has been fashionable in so-called Once I went to the funeral of a cultured circles to be against be- Msgr. Antall is a priest of the Diocese in the Lutheran relative, a woman who lief, it is something quite new in of Cleveland who spent the past 20 had suffered much in her life be- America. The fact that today real- years as a missionary in El Salva- Spirit of Taizé cause of the ingratitude of some- live atheists fill bookshops and dor. He has written about his mis- one very close to her. The minister sign copies of their dismal screeds sionary experience for the national included the Creed in the funeral for their even more dismal fans is Catholic weekly, Our Sunday Visi- Christian Prayer by Candlelight service, saying that the deceased something quite shocking. tor. He also has written three books had lived the belief we were about That is why our own profession of theological reflections rooted in to profess. I found the expression of faith needs to be taken seri- his work among the poor: “The Way Come and enter more deeply of the Creed at the service to be ously. “Practical atheism,” that is of Compassion” (1997), “Witnesses into the presence of God through very moving and significant, for it “atheism in practice,” allows one to Calvary” (2000), and “Jesus Has was saying, “This is what made her to be personally convinced of an a Question for You” (2002). beautiful meditative singing, tick,” and at the same time, “We are scripture and with her. The Creed makes sense of reflective silence, as we pray our lives, too.” This happened shortly after a Knights of Columbus together for peace, healing and friend of mine said that her priest, reconciliation in our world. one of those “creative” types from Marian Council 3757 the 1960s, had dispensed with the Creed at Mass because “most Invites you to their Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7:30 pm people don’t know what the words Tuesday, Dec. 13, 7:30 pm mean.” He was probably right, but American Night Celebration he should have remembered that it Honoring was his job to help the people un- derstand what the words mean. Sister Lucia Ceccotti COR JESU CHAPEL All liturgical reform is about Sister Lucia opened the Marian Center in AT BARRY UNIVERSITY “active and conscious participa- 1964 with ten others from her Order, tion.” That, wrote Cardinal Joseph the Sisters of St. Joseph Cottolengo. 11300 NE Second Avenue, Miami Shores Ratzinger, better known now as November 13 305-899-3650 or 305-458-9919 Pope Benedict XVI, means a pro- Executive Director of the cess of interiorization. He said Marian Center School 7 p.m. that, as far as liturgy goes, we all need “an education toward in- Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino wardness.” Hollywood, Florida The interiorization of the Creed Tickets $100. All proceeds will go to support means that my world view, my the operations at the Marian Center School basic understanding is that God 24818-1020 exists; he is the Father and Cre- Contact Richard Cumberland at 25423-1020 ator of the world; his Son became incarnate and shared our human 305-978-0091 or [email protected] 18 AROUND YOUR COMMUNITY Florida Catholic October 2011

gather to celebrate the harvest. de la iglesia de St. Timothy, 5400 Andrew Parish, 9950 N.W. 29th Manresa Retreat House, Miami; 3 COMMUNITY 305-474-6002, [email protected]. S.W. 102 Avenue, Miami, todos St., Coral Springs. With prayer and p.m., St. Dominic, Miami. EVENTS Alumni Mass and food truck los martes de 8-9:45 p.m. 305-667- meditation on the mysteries of the t
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The Mass concludes followed by celebration until 8 FAITH EDUCATION Engaged Encounters, participantes a descubrir a Jesús with the final number in “tons” p.m. A minimum donation will Saturday, Nov. 19, Our Lady of en sus vidas: 11-13 de noviembre, donated. All alumni from the past the Lakes Parish, 15801 N.W. iglesia de Our Lady of Lourdes, be collected at the door. 954-467- Película sobre la vida de san 50 years are invited to participate. 67th Ave., Miami Lakes. Marriage 11291 S.W., 142 Ave., Miami. 305-623-7223, www.pacehs.com. 9009. Pedro, viernes, 28 de octubre, 8 preparation course that satisfies Retiro para damas: 305-439-3143, Tom Salyer’s “Faces of p.m., en la plaza de la iglesia de Food truck roundup, Thursday, the life skills portion by exploring [email protected]. Retiro China,” beginning Saturday, Our Lady of Divine Providence, Oct. 20, and Nov. 17, 6-10 p.m. helpful relevant topics such as para caballeros: 786-499-9207, Nov. 5, 7 p.m., Archbishop Curley 10205 West Flagler Street, Miami. Archbishop Coleman Carroll expectations, family of origin, [email protected]. Notre Dame 6 to 12 Prep, 4949 305-551-8113. High School, 10300 S.W. 167th communications, finances, Retiro de Accion de Gracias. Ave., Miami. Monthly food truck N.E. Second Ave., Miami. Exhibit 2011 U.S. Catholic Mission and more. All Encounters are sábado 19 de noviembre, roundup with more than 70 trucks of photographs and multimedia Association Conference, Oct. individually sponsored and run by parroquia de St. Maximilian Kolbe offering a wide range of cuisine, display. Since 2004, Tom Salyer 28-30, Doral Golf Resort & Spa, the parish itself. 305-558-2202, ext. en Pembroke Pines, y domingo, with an average meal cost of $10. has captured a bit of that nation’s 4400 N.W. 87th Ave., Miami. 637. 20 de noviembre, parroquia de St. Proceeds will benefit the school. character, one face at a time. Theme: “Push Out Into The Deep: Planificación natural de la Timothy en Miami, auspiciado por 305-388-6700, colemancarroll@ Exhibit runs through Jan. 21, 2012. Communion and Missionary Free. 786-205-2838. familia, curso de tres clases para la Renovación Carismática Católica colemancarroll.org. Discipleship,” inspired by the parejas comprometidas o casadas, Vendors and craft show, Gospel of St. Luke, Chapter 5. Hispana; predicadores: P. Pabloe Open house, Sunday, Oct. 23, Sunday, Nov. 6, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., para aprender a usar el método A. Hernández de Chitre, Panama y 12:30-3:30 p.m., Cardinal Gibbons Archbishop Thomas Wenski sintotérmico de planificación All Saints Parish family center, will preside at a eucharistic P. Juan Carlos Paguaga de St. John High School, 2900 N.E. 47th 10900 W. Oakland Park Blvd., natural. ¿Por qué usar métodos Bosco, Miami. 305-631-1007 / 954- St., Fort Lauderdale. 954-491-2900, celebration Oct. 29. Information: artificiales peligrosos si la PNF es Sunrise. Holiday vendors, craft 202-832-3112. 367-3548. ext. 108. show, homemade baked goods 99% efectiva, más que los otros Catechetical Day 2011, artificiales? Próxima clase: 5 de and raffle. Sponsored by the All Saturday, Nov. 5, 7:30 a.m.-3:15 Saints Council of Catholic Women. noviembre, 1:45 p.m. 305-221- SAFE VOLUNTEERS p.m., Our Lady of the Lakes 5580. 954-742-2082. Parish, 15801 N.W. 67 Ave., Miami ENVIRONMENT NEEDED Annual “American Night Lakes. Theme: “The Eucharist: In Celebration,” Sunday, Nov. 13, Communion With Christ and With MASSES/PRAYER Virtus workshops help Catholic Hospice needs Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and One Another.” Annual gathering parents, teachers and anyone who volunteers. If you are a good Casino, Hollywood. Honors Sister is aimed at catechetical leaders, SESSIONS works with children recognize listener and can give two or Lucia Ceccotti of the Marian catechists, pastors, Catholic signs of sexual abuse and spot three hours of your time once Center. Cocktail reception, 7 p.m.; educators and all those who teach Misa y procesión del Señor abusers. Sessions are free, around a week, if you are interested in dinner, 8 p.m. $100 per person. the faith to children, youths and de los Milagros, domingo, 23 de three hours long, and required working in hospice care, consider 305-978-0091. adults. Workshops offered in both octubre, 1:30 p.m., iglesia de Our for all employees and volunteers volunteering with Catholic Caribbean harvest worship, English and Spanish. 305-762-1107, Lady Queen of Heaven, 1400 South in schools, parishes and entities Hospice. Terminally ill patients Thursday, Nov. 17, 7 p.m., St. www.miamiarchreligioused.org. State Road 7, North LauderdaleLa of the Archdiocese of Miami. Due and their families need a visitor Thomas University, 16401 N.W. Contemporary Biblical misa y procesion serán ofrecidas to the subject matter, children are who cares and will listen. Persons 37 Ave., Miami Gardens. Clergy Scholar Series, Friday, Nov. 4, 7 por la Hermandad del Señor de not allowed. 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