North Texas Catholic Bringing the Good News to the Diocese of Fort Worth Vol. 24 No. 15 November 7, 2008

Synod message says each Catholic should MACC own – and use – their own copy of the Bible evolves into By Cindy Wooden Catholic Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Devotion college to the word of God must lead Catholics to prayer, concrete SAN ANTONIO (CNS) — acts of charity, unity with other What began in 1972 as the Mexi- Christians, and dialogue with can American Cultural Center all people of good will, said the has evolved into the Mexican world Synod of Bishops. American Catholic College. In their final message to The board of directors held a the world’s Catholics, the 253 press conference Oct. 24 to an- members of the synod said each nounce the unanimous decision Catholic should have a copy of to expand the mission of the the Bible, read it, and pray with 36-year-old institute by offer- it regularly. ing a fully bicultural, bilingual “Every home should have its ministry formation program own Bible and safeguard it in that can lead to a bachelor’s or a visible and dignifi ed way, to master’s degree in Catholic pas- read it and to pray with it,” said toral ministry. the synod’s message, released “This is a day to say ‘thank Oct. 24. you’ to Jesus Christ and Our And, like Jesus who came to Lady of Guadalupe,” said Bishop proclaim hope and salvation, Michael D. Pfeifer of San Angelo, “the Christian has the mission chairman of the board. “We are to announce this divine word of going from an institute that offers hope by sharing with the poor Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Mass as the culmination of the Synod of Bishops on the Bible in St. certifi cates to a college awarding and the suffering, through the Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 26. (CNS photo/L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO, via Reuters) degrees in pastoral ministry.” witness of faith in the kingdom By the year 2020, it is expected of truth and life, of holiness and president of the Pontifi cal Council the bishops also insisted that world,” the message said. Hispanics will represent more grace, of justice, and love and for Culture and principal drafter “veneration and love for the word The bishops said the fact that than 50 percent of U.S. Catholics. peace,” the synod said. of the message, told reporters that of God” is “the principle and Christians and Jews both recog- This shift has occurred already “Authentic hearing is obey- “if the word of God is love, then source of a fi rst and real unity” nize and love the Old Testament in Texas and many other states ing and acting. It means making one who has read and prayed over that Catholics share with other calls them to an “intense encoun- among Catholics under the age justice and love blossom in life,” the word must incarnate love. It Christians. ter” with each other. In learning of 25. the message said. must lead to communion, solidar- “This bond must always be more about Judaism, Christians “This is both a source of hope It is not enough to explain ity, and dialogue.” reinforced” through joint work can learn more about Jesus and and a challenge,” said Archbish- the word of God to others, the Nearing the end of a synod on biblical translations, the dis- his disciples who were Jewish op José H. Gómez of San Antonio. bishops said, but people must that featured for the fi rst time a tribution of Bibles, shared prayer, and can enrich their understand- “There are many challenges that let others see and experience the major address by the spiritual dialogue, and study about differ- ing of the Bible by studying Jew- we must address if we are to pass goodness of God through the leader of the world’s Orthodox ing approaches to interpretation ish traditions of interpretation, on our Catholic faith and our good that they do. Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch and “the common witness of the they said. country’s core values to future Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, Bartholomew of Constantinople, word of God in a secularized SEE FOR CATHOLICS, P. 9 SEE MACC, P. 21 SIM has raised more than two-thirds of its $3 million goal Cassata High School, central city and rural parishes to benefi t from gifts

By Joan Kurkowski-Gillen signments added to his physical one-on-one attention, small class gone; I’m feeling better and look- physical improvements is one of Correspondent problems. “I was in desperate size, and independent study, ing forward to college.” the objectives of the annual dioc- When Cassata High School need of a place where I could Cassata gives young people the Taylor is just one of the 270 esan appeal. Since its inception 26 President Sal Espino tells sup- be comfortable and study at my opportunity to earn the academic students who receive guidance years ago, Sharing in Ministry has porters the school makes a dif- own pace.” credentials they need to attend and support each year at Cassata. distributed more than $12 million ference in the lives of students, Cassata offered the perfect college and pursue a career. Located in an historic building in capital and operating grants he’s talking about kids like Zane solution. Founded in 1975 as the After graduation next May, that once housed Laneri Catholic to worthy recipients. It also pro- Taylor. Cassata Learning Center by Sis- Taylor plans to attend a university High School for boys, Cassata vides the fi nancial lifeblood for Before enrolling at the Hemp- ter Mary Bonaventure Mangan, in California, Montana, or Austra- hopes to continue its educational a broad range of ministries and hill St. campus, the 17-year- SHSp and Sister Mary Venard lia where he’ll study architecture. mission in an updated, remod- apostolates in the diocese includ- old, who suffers from a chronic Fulbright, SSMN, the alternative “The administrators at Nolan eled building. A $35,000 capital ing Catholic schools, mission out- stomach ailment, missed more school serves the needs of at-risk suggested Cassata to me, and grant from Sharing in Ministry reach, faith formation programs, than a month of classes at Nolan students who have trouble suc- I’m glad they did,” says the will pay for an overall assess- and Catholic Charities. Catholic High School. ceeding in a traditional classroom high school senior. “Cassata’s ment of current facilities. Sal Espino says the capi- “The work really piled up,” setting because of illness, learn- flexible morning or afternoon Helping rural and center-city tal grant Cassata is receiving Taylor says, recalling how the ing disabilities, family problems, class schedule allows me to work Catholic schools and parishes couldn’t come at a better time. stress of completing missed as- or failing grades. By providing around my illness. The stress is complete repair work and make SEE CASSATA, P. 9 Page 2 NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Diocesan Feast of St. John Lateran honors the mother church of all churches in the world, the cathedral of Rome Dear Brothers and On May 7 2005, life… Presiding in doctrine and presiding ur fi rst popes and less than two weeks in love must in the end be one and the Sisters in the Lord, after celebrating the same: the whole of the Church’s teaching Obishops never had an Mass of Inauguration leads ultimately to love. And the Eucha- ov. 9, we cel- opportunity to preach and for his pontifi cate, rist, as the love of Jesus Christ present, is Pope Benedict XVI the criterion for all teaching. On love the ebrate the dedi- celebrate the mysteries of the celebrated the Mass whole law is based, and the prophets as cation of the faith in beautiful cathedrals, of Possession of the well, the Lord says (cf. Matthew 22:40). N Chair of the Bishop Love is the fulfi lment of the law, St Paul Basilica of St. John Lat- but they did have the of Rome at the wrote to the Romans (cf. 13:10). Basilica of St. John The celebration of this feast of the eran in Rome. opportunity to offer their lives Lateran in Rome. In Dedication of the Lateran Basilica his homily he gives as a sacrifi ce for their faith in Jesus Christ. becomes a celebration of our unity in It is a major feast and even takes us a glimpse of the Christ as Roman Catholics, through precedence over the Sunday liturgy signifi cance of the our unity and love for the Holy Fa- this year. Many of us might say, priests, deacons, and faithful were chair of St. Peter in Rome: “Who is St. John Lateran??” Actu- tortured and killed during the fi rst ther in Rome. ally this title refers to the cathedral centuries. Back then believers would …the Successor of Peter has a special Pope Benedict brings his homily to church of Rome, dedicated to the meet in secret locations and at times task. It was Peter who, on the Apostles’ a close reminding us all that no mat- Most Holy Savior and St. John the in private homes. If found by the Ro- behalf, made the fi rst profession of faith: ter where we are born, we are all in a Baptist. The site for this basilica was man authorities, they would either be “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living special way Romans: God” (Matthew 16:16). This is the task of originally the site of the palace of killed on the spot or be arrested to be Dear Romans, I am now your Bish- all Peter’s Successors: to be the guide in the Lateran family, given to Pope tortured and martyred at a later time. op… As Catholics, in some way we are the profession of faith in Christ, Son of the Sylvester by this family for a place Our fi rst popes and bishops never also all Romans. With the words of Psalm living God. The Chair of Rome is above all of worship, after Christianity was had an opportunity to preach and 87, a hymn of praise to Zion, mother the Seat of this belief. From high up on this recognized by the Roman Empire as celebrate the mysteries of the faith in of all the peoples, Israel sang and the Chair the Bishop of Rome is constantly a religion which could be accepted beautiful cathedrals, but they did have Church sings: “Of Zion they shall say: bound to repeat: Dominus Iesus — “Jesus publicly. This day gives us an occa- the opportunity to offer their lives as a “One and all were born in her...’” (v. 5). is Lord,” as Paul wrote in his Letters to sion to refl ect on the importance of a sacrifi ce for their faith in Jesus Christ. We too can likewise say: as Catholics, in the Romans (10:9) and to the Corinthians cathedral and the relationship of the These bloody and horrendous per- a certain way, we are all born in Rome… (1 Corinthians 12:3). To the Corinthi- local and the universal church. secutions, which brought to an end the let us all seek to be more and more Catho- ans he stressed: “Even though there are As Bishop of the Catholic Diocese lives of tens of thousands of faithful lic — more and more brothers and sisters so-called gods in the heavens and on the of Fort Worth, I take a special pride disciples who paved the way for us, fi - in the great family of God, that family earth... for us there is one God, the Fa- in saying that St. Patrick is the cathe- nally came to an end with the Edict of where no one is a stranger. dral of our diocese. Milan in A.D. 313. Soon after, with the ther... and one Lord Jesus Christ, through Every bishop has this sense of help of donations from the Emperor whom everything was made and through May this celebration strengthen pride in his cathedral. Here in Fort Constantine, the fi rst Catholic Church whom we live” (1 Corinthians r 8:5). our communio in the Church of Fort Worth, and may our celebration Worth, in this beautiful and his- was fi nally dedicated and built in the Later on in this same homily our strengthen our communio with the toric church, you can fi nd one of city that saw the blood of Christians Holy Father expands on the symbol- Holy Father in Rome. God bless you the symbols of my offi ce as bishop, fl ow like a river through its streets. I ism of the Chair of Peter located at the always. the bishop’s chair, or cathedra. This am speaking of the Basilica of St. John Lateran Basilica in Rome, the mother chair is the reason why this special Lateran, the cathedral of Rome. and head of all churches: church is called a cathedral, the On Sunday, Nov. 9, Catholics all primary church in the diocese. From over the world will celebrate the The Chair is — let us say it again — a this chair I, as bishop, preside at feast of the Dedication of the Lateran symbol of the power of teaching, which is a Mass and other solemn celebrations Basilica in Rome, the mother and head power of obedience and service, so that the Most Reverend Kevin W. Vann as the leader of prayer in this dio- of all the churches of the city (Rome) Word of God — the truth! — may shine Bishop of Fort Worth cese. And from this chair, on special and of the world, omnium urbis et orbis out among us and show us the way of occasions, I preach. ecclesiarum mater et caput. Originally, the cathedra was the This is the cathedral of the Bishop exclusive place from which a bishop of Rome, the Pope, and it symbol- would authoritatively proclaim izes in a superlative way what every North the Good News of Jesus Christ cathedral represents, unity in the faith Texas and the great truths of the faith as which is proclaimed from the cathedra Catholic the primary preacher, teacher, and and loving union with the shepherd catechist of a diocese. Because of this who proclaims this Good News of Publisher: the cathedra also became a symbol Jesus Christ. St. John Lateran, built Bishop Kevin W. Vann of how all believers are united in the during the peace of Constantine, was Editor: Jeff Hensley truths proclaimed from that chair consecrated by Pope Sylvester in 324. Associate Editor: Tony Gutierrez and united to the teacher who pro- Many popes lived at this Church for Editorial Assistant: Anne N. Prevou claimed these truths. 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Father Kyle Walterscheid, director of the Offi ce of Vocations, is shown walking out of Sacred Heart Parish Responding in Muenster following his ordination to the priesthood in May to od’s all 2002. Even then, he G C appeared to be inviting people to ask if they were being called to a Adult catechesis vocation. offers promise for the future New dismissal atholics have their own, poorly catechized! ing that Catholic adults are Another way of putting beginning to turn the tide in options at Mass Cstruggled in the it is to ask, “Why hasn’t the the workplace by hitting the Catholic faith grown from books, learning about their workforce for decades within?” Again, the answer faith. Now we have Catho- meant to help people trying to defend the is poor catechesis! In other lic radio on the airwaves on words, parents often rely too 910 AM in English and 850 live the Gospel teachings of their heavily upon their parish’s AM in Spanish in the Fort religious education program Worth Metroplex. Now there By Dennis Sadowski rifying the Lord by your life). faith, often with the to teach their children the are hundreds of CDs avail- Catholic News Service – Ite in pace (Go in peace). outcome of feeling Catholic faith. able about our faith that one WASHINGTON — The new “It’s our understanding that Here is what they may can listen to on the way to options for dismissal at Mass the Holy Father had a desire to ostracized or looked not be aware of: At the same work, at work, or at leisure. are meant to help worshippers fi nd ways to express more clearly time, many parishes struggle Many Catholics receive daily connect the liturgy with the mis- the connection between what’s down upon because to have enough volunteers podcasts from their favorite sionary call of the rest of their celebrated in the liturgy and how they can’t seem to in their community to teach teacher or priests, and still lives, explained a liturgist with the faithful live their lives beyond CCD, and often the case others have found their local the U.S. Conference of Catholic liturgy, that movement from the fi nd the right words to occurs that many classroom Catholic bookstore as their Bishops in Washington. altar to the world,” Fr. Hilgartner teaching positions are fi lled primary resource of Catholic Chosen by Pope Benedict XVI said in an interview with Catholic express their faith. with a CCD teacher who has information. himself, the closings were created News Service. the best of intentions but is ill- This is good news! In addi- to help the faithful see that the The closing options will be That time is quickly com- informed of the faith and mis- tion, the Diocese of Fort Worth “transformation that takes place included in the new English- ing to an end. Catholic adults represents the faith. Instead will be offering an adult cat- in the Eucharist ... ultimately language translation of the main appear to be hitting the books of bringing excitement to the echesis series for the next four helps to transform us as those constant parts of the Mass, which well after college. Now there students about our faith, they years called Why Catholic? who receive the Eucharist,” said was approved, or given “recogni- are more resources, quicker leave the students thinking which will be held in the ma- Father Richard B. Hilgartner, as- tio,” by the Vatican in July. accessibility to Catholic that the Catholic Church is jority of parishes throughout sociate director of the Secretariat The new dismissals will be teachings, better answers to out of touch, incapable of our diocese (www.fwdioc.org of Divine Worship. part of the revised Roman Mis- support our faith, signifi - answering tough questions, or or www.whycatholic.org). However, U.S. Catholics are sal, which will include modi- cantly more Bible studies, and unfulfi lling. As an immediate Through all this excitement unlikely to hear the new forms fi ed interpretations of many of more Catholic media outlets. result many get turned off, of our faith, of the wonderful of dismissal at Mass until 2012 the common acclamations and Suddenly, for the fi rst time and adults will leave the faith gift from the Holy Spirit that or later, when the new English prayers. in decades, if not centuries, that did not nourish them. is leading us to the Father translation of the Roman Missal The U.S. bishops will take up many Catholic adults seem The problem then, is cer- through his Son, I believe that is introduced. the second of the 10 sections into to be turning to an offensive tainly not our children. And the Catholic Church will be Father Hilgartner said the which the Roman Missal has been game plan, evangelizing in the problem of poor catechesis stronger than ever, because new options are meant to refl ect divided at their fall general meet- the workplace, letting others is certainly not to be laid at the the people are the Church “several transformations” that ing Nov. 10-13 in Baltimore. The know the profound substance feet of the volunteer who was and the people of the Church occur during the Mass. 700-page section failed to receive of the Catholic faith while brave enough to step up to will know their faith and their “The bread and wine become the necessary two-thirds majority questioning their coworkers the plate and volunteer when Lord better than ever. the body and blood of Jesus, and for approval after several long about the many misinformed everybody else said “no thank As many Catholics in the as the faithful share in the body discussions during the bishops’ positions held by other you.” North Texas area come back and blood of Christ the prayer is June meeting and a subsequent Christian denominations. As a The solution will come only to the faith or deepen their that we become more the body of mail ballot. priest, this is angelic music to with adult catechesis. Let’s faith through the various Christ, which has to do with how The second section governs my ears, yet there is still much get back to the basics here. channels of adult catechesis, we live,” he said. the translation of proper prayers to overcome. The Catholic Church has long several great ripple effects will The options were outlined by for Sundays and feast days dur- Our diocese seems to said that the primary educa- occur: stronger bonds within Cardinal Francis Arinze of the ing the liturgical year. fi nally have focused on a tors of the faith are children’s families, better catechesis for Congregation for Divine Worship Father Hilgartner said if the huge problem and is search- parents, not Catholic schools children and teens as more and the Sacraments at the Vati- process stays on schedule the ing for ways to address it. The nor the CCD programs. If I informed adults step into the can, in an interview published in bishops are expected to approve problem: Our children are had to say which is more im- classroom, and a culture that the Oct. 17 issue of L’Osservatore all 10 sections by the end of 2010. more often than not receiving portant in a parish, the CCD encourages children, teens, Romano, the Vatican newspaper. Each section also must be con- poor catechesis about our faith program or adult catechesis, and single adults to consider Along with “Ite, missa est,” the fi rmed by the Vatican. when they attend their weekly it is becoming obvious to me the religious life as brothers, Latin phrase now translated as Once approved, he said, it will religion classes. that adult catechesis is more sisters, and priests. “The Mass is ended, go in peace,” likely be another year before the If I had to sum up in one important, and many pastors he said the new options are: changes make their way into the phrase why so many Catholic are beginning to come to the Father Kyle Walterscheid is the – Ite ad Evangelium Domini an- liturgy in order for the necessary adults have left the faith to same conclusion. director of Vocations for the nuntiandum (Go and announce catechesis to take place in dio- cling to another denomina- But there is much hope Diocese of Fort Worth. He can be the Gospel of the Lord). ceses and the revised missals to tion, I would say it is because on the horizon. Remember, I reached by e-mail to kwalterscheid – Ite in pace, glorifi cando vita be printed and distributed. they were, through no fault of started this article by say- @fwdioc.org. vestra Dominum (Go in peace, glo- Page 4 NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Rachel’s Vine- Rachel Ministries Lay Carmelites Calix support yard retreat, announces plans invite others to group meets Nov. 21-23, to to expand ser- join prayer monthly at offer post-abor- vices in Spanish PeoplePeople gatherings Holy Family tion healing Rachel Ministries is excited to an- “Would you like to deepen your Calix, a monthly support meet- nounce plans to expand its outreach relationship with Jesus and Mary?” ing for Catholics who are alcoholic A Rachel’s Vineyard retreat, de- to include programs and services ask the Third Order of the Blessed and others who are struggling with signed to offer healing for women in Spanish. Rachel Ministries, a Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (Lay addiction and seeking recovery, is and men struggling with the psy- compassionate, faith-based abor- EventsEvents Carmelites). The Lay Carmelites offered the first Saturday of each chological and spiritual pain of tion recovery ministry offers a safe, invite those in search of this deeper month at 10 a.m. in the chapel of abortion, will be held Nov. 21-23 non-judgmental, and supportive &of Importance for the relationship to join them on the Holy Family Church, 6150 Pershing in Fort Worth. environment to those struggling Church of Fort Worth second and fourth Sundays of the Ave. in West Fort Worth. Rachel’s Vineyard retreats with abortion’s aftermath. The ex- month for a time of prayer and Calix meetings focus on en- offer a safe, non-judgmental, and panded outreach program is in the fellowship. hancing spiritual growth through supportive environment to those beginning stages, and is currently Those interested in participating sharing Eucharist, discussion, and struggling with abortion’s after- seeking volunteers who can read are asked to gather at 2 p.m. in the fellowship. math. The retreat team provides and speak Spanish to help build the chapel of The College of St. Thomas For more information, call the confidential support needed Spanish program. More, 3017 Lubbock in Fort Worth. Deacon Joe Milligan at (817) 737- to help participants work through The ministry is also seeking Span- Formation will take place in the 6768 ext. 105. feelings of anger, shame, guilt, and ish-speaking licensed counselors college library from 2:30 p.m. to grief, so that they may be open to to volunteer during the Rachel’s 4:30 p.m. For more information, call experiencing the healing love and Vineyard weekend retreats. The Phyllis Poth at (817) 457-1746. mercy of God. retreat team, which includes a priest, Mothers, fathers, grandparents, a licensed counselor, and several and former participants in the helpers, provides the confidential Monthly vocational discernment abortion industry — anyone who support required to work through has been hurt by abortion — are the spiritual, psychological, and program to be held Nov. 10 welcome to attend. emotional pain of abortion, and All men and women ages 18 to the priests of the Vocation Office and For more information or to regis- experience the healing love and 50 are invited to attend a monthly various religious men who serve the ter for a retreat, call the confidential mercy of our Lord. discernment program at St. Patrick Fort Worth Diocese. This program help line at (817) 923-4757 or e-mail There are also opportunities for Cathedral, 1206 Throckmorton St., also welcomes anyone who is at least to [email protected]. More volunteers to be included on the re- Fort Worth. The Men and Women’s a sophomore in high school and at information on Rachel’s Vineyard ferral list. Training will be provided Monthly Discernment Program least 15 years of age. may be found on the Web site www. to all volunteers. includes a holy hour of eucharistic The next discernment program rachelsvineyard.org Anyone who is bilingual and has adoration, an hour discussion will be held Monday, Nov. 10, from a compassionate heart to help those on vocational discernment, and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. No registration is hurting after an abortion is asked an evening meal provided by the required. Ministry with to contact Betsy Kopor at (817) ST. GEORGE CATHOLIC SCHOOL, FORT WORTH – Members of the Serra Club. For more information, con- 923-4757 or by e-mail to forgiven@ newly-elected Student Council include (from left to right) president Jordan The women’s group is led by tact Father Kyle Walterscheid at Families Leader- racheltx.org. Baker, vice president Christian Castro, treasurer Quang Phan, historian the religious sisters serving in Fort [email protected] or at Theresa Nguyen, and secretary Amy Vu. Standing behind them are prin- Worth, and the men’s group is led by (817) 560-3300 ext. 110. ship Formation cipal Olga Ferris, parish pastor Fr. Daniel Kelley, and moderators David Workshop to be Our Lady of Duffy and Jackie Sonntag. All officer positions are held by eighth-graders, but the student council also includes representatives from fifth, sixth, and Fr. Cedric to lead Advent Mission held Nov. 14-15 Grace High seventh-grade classes. Candidates campaigned outside classroom doors, handing out candy, and presenting stump speeches in the parish hall. at St. Joseph in Arlington Dec. 1-3 The National Association of Cath- School to host Students voted in their respective classrooms. olic Family Life Ministers (NACFLM) Development Father Cedric Pisegna, CP, will lead CD and DVDs on Christian living. He will present Ministry With Families a three-night mission and Mass at St. has also written 12 books including 101 at Holy Family of Nazareth Par- Dinner Dec. 6 Joseph’s Catholic Community at 1927 Living Passionately, Glorious Holy ish in Irving. This two-day course, SW Green Oaks Blvd. in Arlington. Spirit, Thy Kingdom Come and his directed by Judy and George Clark, Our Lady of Grace High School NTC deadlines for submission Since ordination as a Passionist newest book, You Can Be Happy: will be held Nov. 14-15 from 8:30 will hold its annual Development Priest in 1991, according to in- a lifestyle in Well Being! Many a.m. to 4 p.m. and is open to all Dinner at 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 6, The North Texas Catholic is published twice monthly, except during formation profided by the parish, of his books and CD/DVDs will be clergy, religious, and lay ministers at the Trophy Country Club at 500 the months of June, July, and August when it is published monthly. Fr. Cedric has dedicated his life to available for purchase and signing in schools and parishes in the Dallas Trophy Club Dr. in Roanoke. The deadline to submit information is noon on the Wednesday of God and a desire to make a differ- at the narthex each evening. and Fort Worth dioceses. The evening will feature guest the week before the paper is published. ence in peoples’ lives by bringing For more information about Fr. The course will provide solid speaker Patrick Reilly, founder of Items for the Nov. 21 issue must be received by noon on Wednes- them closer to Christ and the Holy Cedric and to view some of his ecclesial formation, drawing from the Cardinal Newman Society, on day, Nov. 12. Items for the Dec. 5 issue must be received by noon Spirit. His messages are about the TV/radio interviews, visit his Web Scripture, theology, systems theory, the necessity of Catholic educa- on Wednesday, Nov. 26. life-changing Gospel of Jesus Christ site at www.FrCedric.org. For more and practical models for ministry. It tion from kindergarten to college. and are practical, inspirational, and information about his three-day will equip ministers with a theologi- The presentation is geared toward orthodox Catholicism. His personal visit to St. Joseph, call Anita Favila cal vision and will offer practical parents considering sending their surrender to Christ’s calling and ex- at (817) 472-5181 or Metro (817) tools and techniques for compre- children to a Catholic university or periences in Jesus and the Holy Spirit 467-3049. All talks will begin at 7 hensive and creative ministry with college. Dave Palmer from Catholic Knights to host are the core of the real life stories he p.m. sharp in the church. Parking families, according to promotional Radio KATH-AM, 910 will serve as ‘A Night of Lis- Deaf Minis- shares in his mission talks. will be available on the west side of material. emcee. try program Fr. Cedric has produced numerous the church. The cost of the leadership work- The Scanlan Foundation has of- tening with shop is $70 per person or $100 per fered a matching grant of $75,000, seeking Court couple. The fee includes the two- and the school’s goal is to raise Bishop Vann’ day training, a training manual, enough funds to match the gift Nov. 22 Reporter for continental breakfast, and lunch and to build a school “worthy of our students’ abilities and bright The Knights of Columbus Bishop CART Services on both days. Participants will Dunne Council #2813 will host “A receive some preparation materials futures.” The event will also honor The Deaf Ministry Program is in the school’s benefactors and sup- Night of Listening With Bishop in advance of the workshop and Kevin Vann” Saturday, Nov. 22, need of a court reporter who can help a certificate of completion at the porters. with CART (Computer Assisted Real- Our Lady of Grace school, located at the Knights of Columbus Hall, end of the course. Both dioceses of 4500 Columbus Trail, Fort Worth. Time Translation) Services. Dallas and Fort Worth are offering in Roanoke, is newly accredited by The Deaf Community celebrates a the Texas Catholic Conference. The The listening session will be held credit hours in Methodology and from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and special Deaf Community Mass on the Continuing Formation from the school offers a “strong Catholic first Sunday of each month at 1:45 identity with faith formation inte- will offer participants the oppor- Offices of Catechetical Services for tunity to “grow, embrace, and love p.m. at San Mateo Church on the participants. grated into a college preparatory near South Side of Fort Worth. curriculum,” along with sports, the Catholic faith,” according to For registration information, The ministry would like to provide ORDER INVESTS EIGHT NEW MEMBERS FROM DIOCESE – Bishop after-school clubs, and leadership promotional material. contact Sister Mary Louise Swift, CART services for deaf persons who Kevin Vann is pictured with (front row) Gloria Rihani, Lydia Moore, and opportunities. There is no charge for admission. CSFN, at [email protected] or do not sign, so they can read the Carmen Hildman, (middle row) Akram Rihani, Bill Moore, Patricia Studey, Tickets for the event will be $50 A free-will offering will be accepted call (817) 451-9395 at St. Rita’s simultaneous transcriptions and be and Gene Hildman, and (top) Curt Studey, the newly invested members of per person, which includes dinner, which will be given to Bishop Vann Parish, or contact Linda Moses at a part of the special liturgy. the Fort Worth section of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre. The entertainment, information, and for the needs of the diocese. Refresh- [email protected] or To help with this service, contact annual meeting of the Southwest Lieutenancy took place in Little Rock, fellowship. A cash bar will also be ments will be provided. call (972) 252-5521. Holy Family of Mary Cinatl, director of the Deaf Arkansas. The Order of the Holy Sepulchre is an apostolate of lay men and available. For more information, or For more information and to make Nazareth Parish is located at 2323 Ministry Program, at (817) 284- women and clergy whose mission is to sustain and assist the religious, spiri- reservations, call (817) 933-6516 or reservations, contact Charlie Valdez Cheyenne St., Irving. 3019 (Voice or TDD) or e-mail to tual, charitable, and social works of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land. visit us the school’s Website, www. at (817) 921-2576, (817) 247-1809 [email protected]. They work to preserve and propagate the faith and defend the presence of olghs.com. (cell) or Drew Armentrout at (817) 244-9595. the Church in the Holy Land, and to live a life of faithful witness. NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Page 5 People and Events The College Ministry with Our Mother of of St. Thomas gay, lesbian Mercy Parish to More to offer Catholics to mark 80th an- second Fall meet Dec. 2 niversary with Benefi t Lecture The regular fourth Thursday Gospelfest of the month meeting of the The College of St. Thomas More Fort Worth diocesan Ministry As part of its 80th anniversary will sponsor its second Fall Benefit with Lesbian and Gay Catholics, celebrations, Our Mother of Mercy Lecture in Dallas Nov. 15. The C. S. other Sexual Minorities and Church will present Gospelfest 2008 Lewis/J. R. R. Tolkien Lecture will Their Families will not be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. Our present “The Good Life and the Great in November and December, due Mother of Mercy, the only historical Books” by Dr. Christopher Mitchell to the holidays. African-American Catholic Church and will be held at Highland Park All, including parents and in Tarrant County, is located at 1007 Presbyterian Church, 3821 Univer- friends, are invited to attend a East Terrell St. in Fort Worth. sity Blvd. in Dallas. Dr. Mitchell, 6 p.m. Mass on Tuesday, Dec. Gospelfest is a multi-denomina- director of the Marion E. Wade Center 2 in the chapel of the Catholic tional effort intended to “praise God at Wheaton College, is an associate Renewal Center, 4503 Bridge in worship through song and dance,” professor of theological studies, St. in Fort Worth next to Nolan says coordinator Joi Bernard. “The and a Marion E. Wade professor Catholic High School, followed whole point is to be united.” of Christian Thought at Wheaton by a pot-luck dinner. “It is bringing together all God’s College, Wheaton, Illinois. The next regular meeting of the children under one concept, and The College of St. Thomas More ministry will be held on Thurs- that is to love God with your whole is a non-profit classical liberal arts day, Jan. 22, 2009, at 7 p.m. at body, your whole mind, and your college in the TCU area of Fort the Catholic Renewal Center. For whole self,” Bernard said. Worth offering a bachelors degree more information, please contact Bernard said performers will in classical studies. Father Warren Murphy, TOR, at include Our Mother of Mercy’s Mass HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC SCHOOL, FORT WORTH – Every member of our Holy Family Catholic The cost of the lecture is $65. For (817) 927-5383 or Doreen Rose choir, a praise dancer, and a Spanish School’s seventh grade class qualified for the Duke Talent Identification Program (TIP). To be eligible, tickets and to reserve seats, call (817) at (817) 329-7370. praise and worship singer, among a student must have scored at the 95th percentile or higher on the Stanford Achievement Test. Students 923-8459 or (800) 583-6489. many others. qualify in one of the acceptable composite or subtest areas. Each student is invited to complete either the Admission is free, but those at- SAT Reasoning Test or the ACT Assessment college entrance examination. Sacred Heart tending are asked to bring a can of Nolan Catholic food to help feed the poor. For more Pictured are (from left to Parish to cel- information, contact Joi Bernard at right) Molly McCabe, Sydney High School to [email protected]. Stripling, Mia Pulido, Lourdes ebrate Polka Medrano, Samuel Marquardt, host the fi rst of Mass Nov. 9 and David Vega-Pulido. In honor two open of October being the month of The Catholic Community of Sey- Knights of Co- the Rosary, Holy Family Catholic houses Nov. 9 mour will celebrate with neighbors School students, faculty, staff, Sunday, Nov. 9, beginning with a lumbus to hold and parents prayed the Rosary Nolan Catholic High School will special 10 a.m. Polka Mass at Sacred in Spanish during the school’s host an Open House Sunday, Nov. 9, Heart Church on North Cedar Street Annual Thanks- Monday openings during the from noon to 3 p.m. Faculty and staff in Seymour. Following the Mass, a giving Day Me- month of October. will be available to answer questions Czech Olde World dinner with Bohe- about academics, athletics, co-cur- mian sausage, turkey, and dressing morial Mass ricular activities, fine arts, financial with all the trimmings, and kolaches aid, and more. Student ambassadors will be served at Sacred Heart Mosler The Fourth Degree Knights St. Augustine Icon-Painting workshop to be held will be conducting tours of the cam- Hall until 1:30 p.m. of Columbus General Worth Men’s Purity at St. Basil the Great Church, Irving pus during the open house. A silent auction will be held during Assembly will celebrate it’s An- More information on Nolan the meal. A country store of baked nual Memorial Mass at 10 a.m. Group meets at An ecumenical Icon-Painting Christmas season, on an 8 inch by Catholic admissions may be ob- goods, kolaches, and Bohemian Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27 at Workshop will be held Saturday 10 inch gessoed board. Using a tained by visiting the school Web sausage will also be a highlight of the Carmelite Convent at 5801 three locations and Sunday, Nov. 8-9, at St. Ba- prepared prototype, participants will Mt. Carmel Dr. in Arlington. The sil the Great Byzantine Catholic learn techniques for faces, garments, site at www.nolancatholichs.org, the event. The St. Augustine Men’s Purity Mass will honor the Sir Knights Church, 1118 East Union Bower gilding, and background. The theol- or contacting Maureen Barisonek, Sacred Heart Church is located Group, a support group for men who passed away during the Rd. in Irving. ogy of both icons will be explained director of admissions at (817) two-and-one-half hours from the who struggle with sources of sexual past year. Byzantine Father Elias Rafaj, pas- during the class time. 457-2920, ext 1551. Fort Worth area into the country impurity such as those found on the The ciborium on display at tor of St. John Chrysostom Church The workshop will meet Saturday Nolan Catholic High School is lo- going 199 West to Jacksboro and Internet, meets regularly at three the Mass will be engraved with in Houston and noted iconographer, from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and cated at 4501 Bridge St., Fort Worth. then 114 West to Seymour. locations within the Diocese of Fort the names of the following Sir will present the workshop. Fr. Elias Sunday from 12:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Worth. The group offers meetings Knights: James W. Wright, Milton has painted icons for more than 20 This ecumenical workshop is open at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School, Good Shepherd Ray Townsend, John William years and teaches the theology and to anyone interested in learning to 2016 Willis Lane in Keller, in Room St. Bernard Ab- Petrelli, Sr., and John J. Nykaza. painting of icons all over North paint icons and to understand their Parish to host 213; at the Padre Pio House, 1301 This ciborium will be presented America. use in the Christian spiritual life. bey to hold vo- Paxton Ave. in Arlington; and at Im- to Holy Trinity School for their Those participating in the work- The workshop is for adults and Artistic Cre- maculate Conception Parish, 2255 use at Mass services. shop will paint an icon of Christ the accompanied children over 10. cations retreat North Bonnie Brae St. in Denton. ations Weekend Father Anh Tran, Faithful Friar, Emmanuel (the child Jesus) or of St. For more information, e-mail St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Those men interested in attending will celebrate the Mass, and the Nicholas of Myra, both appropriate [email protected] or Alabama, will host a “Men in Black” Nov. 15, 16 one of the upcoming sessions are Carmelite Nuns will provide the subjects for the approaching Advent- call (214) 339-8483. high school vocation retreat with the Artists, craftspeople, chefs, and choir music. asked to consult the group’s Web Benedictine Monks of St. Bernard musicians from the local Fort Worth All Knights, Sir Knights, and site, www.sampg.com, for specific Abbey, Nov. 14-16. area and around the world will share the public are welcome to this meeting dates and times. The Benedictines’ invites partici- their God-given talents at Good Memorial Mass. For more information, e-mail to pants to join them for the weekend Shepherd Catholic Community’s Mark at [email protected] Cathedral to hold Our Lady of and “Learn about life as Benedictines Second Annual Taste and See Artistic or call the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Guadalupe Lecture Dec. 11 and about the wonderful possibili- Creations Weekend. The weekend Parish office at (817) 431-3857. ties that opens to those who follow event is scheduled from 4 p.m. to 9 St. Patrick Cathedral at 1206 on an historical tour of the major the Lord in religious life. Students p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, and 10 a.m. Corrections Throckmorton St. in Fort Worth, will studies and students of the image will learn about the Divine Office, to 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16, at Good offer a lecture and slide presentation from the Spanish colonial era to the the lectio divina, the liturgy, and Shepherd Parish, 1000 Tinker Rd. In the last issue of the Courage group on Our Lady of Guadalupe at 7 infrared study of 1979. Dr. Leatham more. Listen to our own stories of in Colleyville. Good News, the Catholic meets twice p.m. Dec. 11 with a potluck dinner will compare the findings of these discernment as we will listen to “More than 40 exhibitors will Schools Office supplement, at 6 p.m. investigations and will comment on yours. This will be a great weekend display their creations in a festive it was erroneously reported monthly Dr. Miguel Leatham, a renowned their significance for understand- with the Lord in which you will be environment with live music, deli- that the new St. Andrew Catholic expert on our Lady of ing the image of Guadalupe and invited to grow educationally and cious food, and wine tasting,” said School kindergarten build- Courage D/FW, a spiritual support Guadalupe, will speak on “The its history. spiritually,” according to promo- Barbara McGee, a Good Shepherd ing to open for the 2009-2010 group for Catholics striving to live Image of Guadalupe in the Light Dr. Leatham is a sociocultural an- tional material. parishioner and the organizer of school year, would house chaste lives according to the Catholic of Science and History.” The image thropologist on the faculty of Texas For more information contact the event. three classrooms. In fact, the Church’s teachings on homosexu- of Our Lady of Guadalupe, believed Christian University, specializing Brother Benedict Dyar, OSB, at (800) The weekend event is free and new building will house four ality, meets the second and fourth to have been miraculously stamped in the study of Latin American and 722-0999 ext. 138 or email brbenedi- open to the public. For more infor- kindergarten classrooms. We Friday evenings of each month. upon the cloak of St. Juan Diego, has Mexican-American cultures, with [email protected]. More information mation, visit the Good Shepherd Web apologize for any confusion For more information, e-mail to been the subject of various critical a teaching and research focus on about St. Bernard can be found at site at www.gscc.net or call the parish this may have caused. [email protected] or call examinations over its 475-year his- religion, religious movements, and www.stbernardabbey.com. office at (817) 421-1387. (972) 938-5433. tory. The talk will take the audience ethnic folklore. Page 6 NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Diocesan Sr. Rita Claire Davis, SSMN, offers assistance to immigrants in the Northwest Deanery

or the last 22 years, Sister week by week, was tedious, but In this Rita Claire Davis, SSMN, was helpful to many people,” 2006 fi le Fhas worked in the rural says Sr. Rita Claire. “….. for days, areas within the Northwest weeks, and months, we had 20 to photo, Sister Deanery of the Diocese of Fort 25 people at our door each day Rita Claire Worth, offering catechetical and asking for help… depending on Davis helps immigration services in com- what category an applicant was immigrants munities like Knox City, Mundy, in, the process could range over a fi le papers, Rhineland, Vernon, Quanah, and couple of years, or many more, as assisting in Crowell, and now, in Wichita the government began to receive Falls. more applications than the num- the often Sr. Rita Claire, who, with ber of people allowed to enter the complicated Sister Mary Michael Dittoe, United States each year.” task of SSMN, has spent years assisting Sr. Rita Claire patiently con- seeking immigrants achieve citizenship, tinues to navigate ever-evolving, permanent has a long-standing commitment complex immigration regulations residency to the needs of hardworking im- as she labors — with the help of migrant families. Her advocacy one faithful assistant, Guadalupe and on their behalf fi rst began in the Navarette — to interview, gather citizenship. mid-1980s when she was do- proofs and documentation, and ing pastoral work at St. Joseph assist individuals and families Church in Rhineland and at the in their quest to obtain legal primarily-Hispanic Santa Rosa residency. was 17 years old. The date for shadows’ waiting for their papers humane and compassionate im- Church in Knox City. “I have 826 folders on fi le,” availability of visas for his group to be fi nalized.” migration laws, she continues Sr. Rita Claire still recalls the she explains. Some folders con- moved up only two weeks during The most satisfying aspect of to work on the behalf of those plight of a farm worker who had tain the case of only one person, all of the past year — again, you her work, says Sr. Rita Claire, is who need her help, and feels lived and worked in the Knox but many are families, of which see the backlog of cases.” when she witnesses the results of privileged to accompany them City area for nearly 20 years. each member must have a sepa- Since most of the people are her work, and sees immigrants, on their long journey to a better His employer, delayed by illness, rate case fi le. As a rough estimate, farm or ranch workers in the after achieving legal residency, life, says Sr. Rita Claire. failed to meet a deadline for sub- we have had about 3,000 or so area, weekends are the most “free from fear, and able to have “I am inspired by their faith mitting the documentation for his cases since 1986.” convenient times for them to meet their rightful share of human and trust in God,” she says. “I employee’s legal residence, and No two cases are alike, she with Sr. Rita Claire to obtain her rights: better food, housing, am inspired by their patience the worker was immediately de- notes. “There are so many differ- assistance, she says, adding, “If work, and good education for and longsuffering, and their ported. Separated from his wife ent types of cases… the regula- nothing is done to improve these their children.” persistence, though their lives and fi ve small children, the man tions are more complex now. It is regulations, a person could be While she longs for more are very diffi cult.” tried to return to his family, and, extremely confusing to people. I waiting 30 to 45 years to complete along with 14 other immigrants, continue to work on new cases, his or her case. The hardest part of was drowned as he attempted to as well as on cases started many this work is seeing the suffering cross the border. The situation years ago. I worked recently of the good, hardworking people made a profound impact on her, with a young man, age 32, whose who are forced to live in fear and says Sr. Rita Claire. father applied for him when he anxiety; they have to ‘live in the “It is sad that a person, who was doing all he possibly could to abide by the law and immigra- Keepsakes Catholic tion regulations, who was a hard Gifts & Books working and faithful employee “New Address” and only wanted a better life for 2304 W. Park, Row #20 his family, had to die in such a Arlington, TX (817) 275-3727 (23 Years) way, with so little understanding or compassion,” she says. The experience motivated Sr. Rita Claire to continue her work with the process called “amnesty,” which offered legal residency to those who could prove their long-term residency in the United States, their good moral character, and their value to their community. Sr. Rita Claire and other vol- unteers also worked to assist agricultural workers to become legal residents under two other government programs. Multiple documents were required for TRIDENTINE MASS each of these processes, which created a hardship for workers Latin Indult Mass who struggled to read and speak : p.m. Sundays the English language and were often not fully literate in their St. Mary of the Assumption Church native Spanish language.  W. Magnolia, Fort Worth “The process of collecting High Mass Second and Fourth sundays documents of residency and work, month by month, and Low Mass First and Third Sundays NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Page 7 Diocesan

Procession to lead from abortion referral center to Huntsville Prison’s Death Row To honor St. Thérèse’s feast day, Oct. 1, Cardinal DiNardo to lead Carmelites distribute a ‘shower of roses’ By Kathy Cribari Hamer Correspondent Pilgrimage for Life Nov. 24 The Little Flower, St. Thérèse Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, of Lisieux, makes her presence archbishop of Galveston-Hous- known in many ways at the ton, will lead the Pilgrimage for Arlington Carmel of the Most Life in Huntsville, Nov. 24. Ac- Holy Trinity, where the Carmel- cording to information provided ite nuns cherish her as not only by the Texas Catholic Confer- one of their patron saints, but ence (TCC), Catholics from as a friend. around the state are invited to She visited the monastery in participate in the event, which 1999, when her relics traveled begins at 9 a.m. Nov. 24 with through the Metroplex as part the celebration of Mass at St. of a worldwide pilgrimage. Thomas Church, 1323 16th St. The nuns at Carmel still think in Huntsville. fondly about that occasion, At 10:30 a.m., pilgrims Cardinal Daniel N. and how it changed their lives will participate in a mile-long when they accepted the invita- DiNardo of Galveston- tion to host the reliquary and prayerful procession, led by Houston greets Massgoers the cardinal. Members of the receive St. Thérèse as a guest in procession will gather at an after celebrating the fi rst their home. abortion referral center — the Mass after Hurricane Thérèse dreamed of becom- Huntsville Health Center at Ike at St. Patrick Church ing a missionary, according to 2405 Ave. I in Huntsville — and on Galveston Island. Reverend Mother Maria, prior- ess of the Arlington Carmel, will process to the site of the Sept. 28. (CNS photo/Erik Texas Death Row, at the Hunts- and 100 years after her death, Noriega, TEXAS CATHOLIC ville Prison, 815 12th St. The “There she was traveling pilgrimage will conclude at the HERALD) around the world.” In October prison at noon. of 1997, Pope John Paul II had Pilgrims may also choose to ies the Catholic teaching that all declared her a doctor of the Top: Carmelite nuns sing at stay at St. Thomas Church for life is sacred, and encourages universal church. the feast day Mass, roses in adoration and guided refl ection us to remember and pray for a St. Thérèse’s life was com- hand. on the Stations of the Cross and Culture of Life.” memorated locally this year on on Catholic Social Teaching. The Texas Catholic Confer- her feast day Oct. 1, with the an- Middle: Bishop Kevin Vann According to press materials, ence is the official public policy nual blessing of roses. The cha- and Father Mel Bessellieu the pilgrimage hosted by the voice of the Catholic Bishops pel of the Arlington Carmel was distribute roses to all. fi lled to capacity as the faith- TCC is designed to promote of Texas. The primary purpose Left: Fr. Robert Strittmatter ful prayed together at a Mass refl ection, prayer, and hope for of the conference is to encour- hands a woman her rose. fullness of Church teaching on age and foster cooperation and concelebrated by Bishop Kevin Photos by Kathy Cribari Hamer the life and dignity of the hu- communication among the Vann, with Father Mel Bessel- man person, from conception to dioceses and the ministries of lieu, Father John Hennessy, and natural death. the Catholic Church in Texas. Father Robert Strittmatter. After to offer to God her daily work of a Soul, she used fl owers as a “As Catholics we embrace For more information on the Mass, the bishop blessed dozens and acts of obedience and humil- simile for the people of God. and recognize human dignity in Pilgrimage for Life, visit www. of long-stemmed red roses, ity as a manifestation of her love “Jesus deigned to teach me this people at all stages of life,” said txcatholic.org and click on which were then distributed to for God, St. Thérèse is known for mystery. He set before me the TCC executive director Andrew “Pilgrimage for Life” on the those present. the “little way” of life. book of nature; I understood Rivas. “This pilgrimage embod- events page. Known for her commitment In her autobiography, Story how all the fl owers he has created are beautiful, how the splendor of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not take away the perfume of the little violet or the delightful simplici- ty of the daisy. I understood that if all fl owers wanted to be roses, nature would lose her spring- time beauty, and the fi elds would no longer be decked out with little wild fl owers.” St. Thérèse died at the age 24, maintaining that her life was just beginning, and promising to spend her time in heaven doing good on earth. She wrote about those who would sorrow after her death, “Oh! No, you will see... it will be like a shower of roses. After my death, you will go to the mail box, and you will fi nd many consolations.” “Thérèse promised to let fall from heaven a shower of roses,” Reverend Mother Maria said. “It’s beautiful distributing the roses to the people.” Page 8 NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Diocesan / State

Couples and families crowd into St. Bartholomew Church to celebrate a special Golden Anniversary Mass and tell their stories of love, faith, and perseverance Story and photos by classmate, who was in the Air the sacrament of marriage ness to each other remained Blessed Sacrament in Arlington Joan Kurkowski-Gillen Force with me, ‘That’s the girl is being challenged,” said constant and we celebrate say they met their partners in Correspondent I’m going to marry,’” he boasts, Diocesan Family Life director that.” high school. The Nagys eloped recounting the moment of Suzanna Ordoñez, who helped The bishop cited his parents, in college and eventually had ob Jungers knew instant attraction. “It was her organize the event. “These Theresa and William Vann, two wedding ceremonies. beautiful face.” couples provide a wonderful as an example of a faith-fi lled What’s kept them together it the moment he Five months later, the example for all of us to follow.” marriage that touched the long enough to celebrate a walked into the serviceman married the 23- During the Mass, attended lives of others. Planning his golden anniversary? B year-old Plattsburg, New York, by more than 400 people, the mother’s upcoming birthday “Luck” jests Ed Borders. dance hall. native inside a beautiful, old- jubilarians were invited to hold celebration gave the bishop “Love and compromise,” fashioned church in the bride’s hands and repeat the matrimo- and his siblings the opportu- offers Rita Nagy, before her “I spotted her across the hometown. nial promises spoken 50 years nity to refl ect on their shared husband quickly adds, “and room and told a high school For years, a skeptical ago. upbringing. compromise and compro- JoAnne Jungers dismissed her “On our wedding day I “Myself, my four brothers mise.” husband’s tale of love at fi rst circled your fi nger with this and my sister, are who we are Even after 50 years, both sight. The story was fi nally ring as a sign of unbroken love because of the faith and love of couples agree that even in verifi ed at a class reunion 45 and as a promise of care and my mother and father and how long, successful marriages, years later by Jungers’ com- concern without end,” each that taught us so much and give and take is always part of panion that evening. This participant said, before fi nish- infl uenced our lives,” he said the equation. November, the couple will ing the ritual with a common to the gathering. “Their love celebrate 50 years of wedded prayer. The reaffi rmation of for each other — rooted in faith bliss during a party hosted by vows was followed by a nup- — helped make us the people their three children. tial blessing sung by cantors who we are. I’m sure the same There is no secret to stay- Joan Grabowski and Henry thing could be said about all of ing married, JoAnne Jungers Borbolla during the prepara- you by your children.” insists. tion of the gifts. During a reception in the “Just persevere and don’t Bishop Vann thanked the parish hall following the Mass, give up,” she advises. “And gathering of husbands and couples shared stories of their love one another.” wives for being “an incredible courtship and young married Similar examples witness to us of the constant life with each other. St. Ann of love, commitment, power of the love of God in parishioners Ed and Fran Bor- and loyalty fi lled the your lives.” Much has hap- ders from Burleson and Rita pews of St. Bar- pened in the world since the and Richard Nagy from Most tholomew Church Oct. couples were married 12 for the third annual more than 50 years ago. Golden Anniversary “When you said yes Mass celebrated by to each other in the Bishop Kevin Vann. presence of the Church Hosted by the Dioce- and God, you couldn’t san Family Life Offi ce, imagine the things that the liturgy is designed would follow in the to honor couples mar- years after 1958,” he ried 50 years or longer said, referring to the and reaffi rm the value turmoils and challenges of a Christ-centered affecting society and marriage. personal relationships. “In today’s society, “But your love for each other and your faithful- Counterclockwise from top left: • Family Life Coordinator Diane Schwind speaks at the Mass • Bob and JoAnne Jungers renew their vows at the Mass • A couple holds hands with their family during the Lord’s Prayer • Jim and Ruth D’Entremont of Immaculate Conception Church in Denton, the longest-married couple at the Mass at 68 years, pose with Bishop Kevin Vann at the reception. • Ed and Fran Borders of St. Ann Church in Burleson sit with Rita and Richard Nagy of Most Blessed Sacrament Church in Arlington. • A couple receives a blessing at the Diocesan Golden Anniversary Mass Oct. 12 at St. Bartholomew Church in Fort Worth. • Background: Betty Walterscheid donated cakes for the reception. NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Page 9 Diocesan / Synod For Catholics, the word of God takes many forms

FROM PAGE 1 promotion of “wisdom and fam- Bible,” the synod members said, Bible’s importance fl ows from the other parts of the world, he said, Because Muslims recognize ily and social values” also are so true devotion to the word of fact that it is “a place of encounter the poor come together to read biblical themes, fi gures, and sym- fertile grounds for dialogue, the God excludes a fundamentalist with the Word who is Lord.” the Bible, and they are touched bols and witness to faith “in the bishops said. reading of the Scriptures. “A book cannot listen, a book by Jesus. one, compassionate and merciful In their message, the bishops Fundamentalism “does not cannot console, a book cannot “They come aware of their God, the creator of all beings and explained the various forms the recognize that this word (of God) challenge, but the Lord does,” dignity as men and women. They judge of humanity,” Christians word of God has taken: the spoken expresses itself in the Bible accord- he said. come to understand better and also are invited to dialogue with word that created the universe ing to a human language that must Documenting the creation of act on their identity as disciples them, the synod said. and can still be seen in nature; the be decoded, studied, and under- man and woman, their struggles of Jesus Christ,” the bishop said. Buddhists’ “respect for life, Bible, the record of the history of stood,” said the synod message. with sin and oppression, God’s “And, little by little, the convic- contemplation, silence, simplicity salvation written under the inspi- Auxiliary Bishop Santiago liberating action, and his gift of tion and enthusiasm of being (and), renunciation,” Hinduism’s ration of the Holy Spirit; and Jesus Silva Retamales of Valparaiso, salvation in Jesus, “the Bible con- Christian leads them to a new “sense of the sacred, sacrifi ce, Christ, the word made fl esh. Chile, vice president of the tains the model for the process of commitment in society, bringing pilgrimage, fasting, and sacred “Therefore, the word of God synod’s message-drafting com- liberation,” Bishop Silva said. to it the leaven of the values of symbols” and Confucianism’s precedes and goes beyond the mittee, told reporters that the In Latin America and many the kingdom of God.”

In addition to serving as re- Cassata offers a path to a high school diploma and ligious education director for St. John the Baptizer and the Assumption of the Blessed Vir- post-secondary education for students facing obstacles gin Mary in Decatur, she orders FROM PAGE 1 books and other catechist ma- “This school is well-worn and terials for a third parish — St. well-used,” says the administra- Mary in Jacksboro. The energetic tor, describing the 89-year-old sister also assists the pastor with structure. “If we want to con- Hispanic ministry, English as a tinue to provide an option for Second Language classes, and a kids and reduce the high school Bible study group. Her skill for dropout rate, we have to stay record keeping and organization current with technology and have made his job of overseeing physical improvements.” three parishes easier. Last renovated in the mid- “In the past, volunteers coordi- 1990s, the school needs a new nated everything, and, while that roof, air conditioning and venti- was very helpful, it still meant lation system, landscaping, and work for me,” Fr. George ex- retooled classrooms equipped plained. “Now sister oversees the with SMART Boards. Cassata is volunteers, orders the books, and also looking into an adaptive use everything is running smoothly.” of the Catholic Charities offi ces Sr. Eufrocina, known in the next door. community as Sr. Frossy, takes “Part of the assessment is fi nd- time after weekend Mass to ing the best use for that building,” These Cassata students are gathered in the Bonaventure Room at their high school after a career/health fair TCU nursing speak to parents in their native Espino explains. “We’re doing a students offered recently. In addition, the TCU nursing program comes to Cassata several times a year and provides language about the value of reli- cost benefi t analysis to see if that seminars on healthcare, physical fi tness, nutrition, and other related issues.In the background at the left of the picture is a gious instruction for youngsters space can be used for classrooms, photo of Sister Mary Bonaventure Mangan, SHSp, co-founder of Cassata. (Photo courtesy of Cassata High School) beyond fi rst communion prepa- a computer lab, or conference ration. Mothers and fathers ap- space. We also have to look at bet- website, www.fwdioc.org. says he is always heartened by their willingness to share in the preciate the guidance and listen ter security, gating, and lighting, Twenty-four parishes have the generous response to Sharing Lord’s work.” to her advice. so there are a whole host of issues already exceeded 100 percent of in Ministry, and he encourages Providing funds to educate “When I came, we had maybe that must be addressed.” their goal in pledges. Another 38 everyone to participate. Every children in the faith is one of the 100 students. Now we have many Next year, the school will percent have raised between 50 contribution, regardless of size, ways contributors to Sharing more,” Sr. Frossy explains. participate in a diocesan capital and 99 percent of their targeted is important. in Ministry participate in the Seeing the enrollment num- campaign, which will, in part, donation. “When we share our gifts and mission of the Church in North bers rise in the religious educa- raise $1 million for facility im- Parishes that give more than place them at the service of one Texas. When Sister Maria Eu- tion program is gratifying for the provements at Cassata. their share receive a rebate from another, we serve Christ and frocina Garcia, HFIC, arrived at hard working sister. “A capital investment in this the diocese. Fifty percent of ev- enable the Church to fulfi ll its St. John the Baptizer Church in “I like my job very much building will help us continue ery dollar contributed over goal mission of evangelizing, teach- Bridgeport last year, attendance because so many more children what Sr. Bonaventure and Sr. is given back to the parish for ing, healing, and serving those in the parish’s religious educa- are receiving the sacraments,” Mary Fulbright started in 1975,” important in-house projects. among us,” the bishop said. “In tion program skyrocketed. A she adds. Espino continues. “Whenever Support for Sharing in Minis- that spirit of unity and renewed grant from Sharing in Ministry Giving rural parishes the pas- parishioners or members of the try and the work it accomplishes commitment, I invite you to helps pay her salary, allowing toral support they need to foster diocese participate in Sharing in remains steadfast, according to make your Sharing in Ministry her to implement faith formation the faith in the next generation is Ministry, they’re helping fund a Pat Miller, diocesan director of gift for this year.” programs at two rural parishes. one of the missions of Sharing in valuable outreach to youngsters. Stewardship and Development. The bishop is particularly “She’s been a tremendous Ministry. Sharing in Ministry is a wonder- “The momentum for Shar- grateful for the sacrifi ce so many help, especially with the His- “There are many priorities ful tool that provides this school ing in Ministry giving remains Catholics are making during panic community,” Father Sojan and needs facing our diocese that with the resources it needs to strong,” Miller said. “We want to these diffi cult economic times. George, HGN, says of the Fran- no one parish can address,” Pat change the lives of kids.” thank the thousands of generous “Be assured that whatever ciscan nun whose religious order Miller points out. “But, through Since its September launch, donors, as well as our pastors, level of generosity you decide is based in Mexico. “Most of our collective efforts and gen- the diocesan appeal has raised pastoral administrators, and par- upon, I offer my sincere thanks the kids in our faith formation erosity, we can continue to feed approximately $2.2 million of its ish volunteers and staff for their and my promise to be a prudent program are Hispanic kids, the hungry, teach the young, targeted $3 million goal. Parish- efforts to promote and organize steward of the ministry entrust- and she reached out to their and minister to those in need. ioners can continue to make con- this annual diocesan appeal at ed to my care,” he added. “I am parents. Because of that, a lot A contribution to Sharing in tributions through their church the local parish level.” extremely proud of our people more youngsters are attending Ministry allows those with fewer offi ce or online at the diocesan Fort Worth Bishop Kevin Vann for the charitable response and the classes.” resources to live their faith.”

Page 10 NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Viewpoints November is a time to remember those who have died and refl ect on God’s mercy offered through purgatory

By Lucas Pollice or incomplete, but that Christ wills that After all, this is good news! How many of us would we assist in obtaining and applying the he month of No- love to right now be completely purifi ed of our sins graces of the Redemption for others through our prayers and sufferings. vember is tradi- and our inclination toward sin? While no suffering is Thus, the members of the Church in tionally dedicated enjoyable, all of us at some point in our life will subject purgatory (the Church Suffering) are T aided through grace obtained by the to remembering those who ourselves to suffering to obtain a certain goal. prayers and sufferings of the members of the Church on earth (the Church have died and gone before thanks be to God and his mercy that He WHERE IS PURGATORY IN THE BIBLE? Militant) and the intercessory prayers offers us an opportunity to be complete- of the saints in heaven (the Church us marked with the sign ly purifi ed of sin after death in purga- While you will never fi nd the word Triumphant). This idea of praying and tory so that we may enter into heavenly of faith. November begins “purgatory” in the Bible, there are many performing practices for the purifi ca- glory completely freed from sin. implicit references to it that make it tion of the dead is also seen clearly in with the solemnity of All The reality is that most souls that clear that purgatory has always been a Scripture: die in the state of grace, or in friend- part of the Christian tradition. Saints in which we recall ship with God, are still wounded by the 2 Maccabees 12:44-46: “ For if he effects of sin. Even though our sins may Matthew 12:32: “And whoever 1 were not expecting the fallen to rise the “great cloud of wit- be forgiven through sacramental confes- 1 speaks a word against the Son of again, it would have been useless and sion, at the time of death we may still be nesses” of all of the saints Man will be forgiven; but whoever foolish to pray for them in death. But if somewhat attached to sin or still suffer speaks against the Holy Spirit will not he did this with a view to the splendid in heaven who have been the temporal effects of our past sins. be forgiven, either in this age or in the reward that awaits those who had gone We call this the temporal punishment age to come.” Here Jesus is implying to rest in godliness, it was a holy and crowned with heavenly glo- or consequence of sin. For example, a that some sins can be forgiven even pious thought. Thus he made atonement drug addict may repent and confess in the next world. If there were only for the dead that they might be freed from ry and constantly intercede using drugs, and is forgiven his sin and heaven and hell, this would be impos- this sin.” restored to the state of grace. However, before the throne of God on sible. Those in heaven do not need the temporal effects of that sin remain: forgiveness, while those in hell cannot 2 Timothy 1:16-18: St. Paul prays for our behalf. the soul may remain distorted, and the be forgiven. 2one who has died: “May the Lord desire for drugs remains, etc. grant mercy to the family of Onesipho- While the soul is in friendship with Then on Nov. 2, we celebrate the feast 1 Peter 4:6: “For this is why the rus because he often gave me new heart God, it remains in need of purifi cation. of All Souls, in which we remember 2gospel was preached even to the dead and was not ashamed of my chains…. In other words, through forgiveness of those who have died and may be being that, though condemned in the fl esh in May the Lord grant him to fi nd mercy sin, God may free someone from eter- purifi ed in purgatory and offer our human estimation, they might live in the from the Lord on that day.” nal punishment of sin (damnation) and prayers for their salvation and sanctifi - spirit in the estimation of God.” Here Pe- restore grace at the moment they repent cation. ter speaks of the Gospel being preached Therefore, everyday sufferings and (sacramental confession), but the residual Purgatory has from the beginning to the dead in order that they might live. disappointments can become for those effects, or temporal punishment of past or been a part of the Catholic Tradition, Again this supports the possibility of of us on earth, moments of grace and present sins, remain and need to be expi- but it is often misunderstood and overly salvation after death in purgatory. merit for not only ourselves but also for ated. This fi nal purifi cation of the effects feared. Where do we get the doctrine others who are suffering on earth and and wounds of sin occurs in purgatory. of purgatory? Why do Catholics pray 1 Corinthians 3:10-15: Paul speaks of also for the souls suffering in purgatory. for the dead? These are great questions 3“the Day” (which is the Day of Judg- This is the beauty of intercessory prayer we are often asked, and this time in the PURGATORY IS GOOD NEWS! ment) which will make its appearance and redemptive suffering. Our suffer- life of the Church is a perfect time to with fi re, and fi re will test the quality of ings can be for us a means to holiness explore these questions. After all, this is good news! How each man’s work.” It goes on to say that, and a powerful aid for others to over- many of us would love to right now be “He himself will be saved, but only as come sin and grow closer to Christ by completely purifi ed of our sins and our one passing through fi re.” uniting our suffering with his suffering. WHY WOULD WE NEED PURGATORY? inclination toward sin? While no suffer- It is a powerful opportunity to grow in ing is enjoyable, all of us at some point in virtue and love for others. God’s mercy is so great and powerful PRAYING FOR THE DEAD our life will subject ourselves to suffer- During this month of November, that he does not desire to merely “cover ing to obtain a certain goal. For example, may we refl ect on the great mercy of up” or “forget our sins,” but rather As members of the Church, we if one desires to lose weight, one may God that is at work in our own lives and wishes to completely heal, cleanse, belong to the mystical Body of Christ. subject themselves to a variety of suffer- especially in love, pray for those souls and purify our souls from the very last However, the Church does not just exist ings, such as less or no food, food that who are being purifi ed in purgatory that speck of sin and corruption. Thus, those on earth, but also exists in heaven and tastes bad, painful and diffi cult exercise, they may enter into eternal glory. who die in friendship with Christ but purgatory. Since we belong to the same etc. Yet one wills it and perseveres in it are still imperfectly purifi ed, undergo family, mysteriously and intimately because they desire to be thin. a fi nal purifi cation in purgatory to pre- united in the Holy Spirit, we all remain Now, let’s think how a soul in purga- pare their soul for entrance into heaven. in relationship with one another even Lucas Pollice is director of tory thinks. In purgatory you are able Purgatory is the great fi nal act of God’s though we may be in different states. Catechesis and Adult Faith to see sin for what it truly is and what love and mercy. When we die, we remain the same per- Formation and RCIA for it has done to you, others, and God. The Book of Revelation clearly shows son, with the same relationships with the diocese. Lucas holds You know where you could be and that nothing unclean can enter heaven: others and the Church. a degree in theology from really deserve to be, if it were not for “Nothing unclean will enter (heaven), God in his loving plan allows that the Franciscan University God’s gift of mercy and salvation. The nor anyone who does abominable each of us as members of the Church can of Steubenville and has a best part is that you see where you are things or tells lies. Only those will enter merit or obtain graces for others by offer- master’s degree in theologi- going, (heaven), and want to get there whose names are written in the Lamb’s ing our prayers and daily sufferings for cal studies from the Institute very badly. You are going to want to rid book of life” (Revelation 21:27). In other those who are in need of grace. “In my for Pastoral Theology of Ave Maria Univer- yourself of horrible and disgusting sin. words, a soul with even the tiniest stain fl esh I am fi lling up what is lacking in the sity. He is an adjunct professor of theology You are praising God for his love and of sin or corruption would be unworthy affl ictions of Christ on behalf of his body, with the Cardinal Newman Institute in Fort mercy while you suffer. Yes, it may hurt of heaven and being in the presence of which is the church” (Colossians 1:24). Worth. Lucas and his wife, Mary, have fi ve and not be fun, but you are being healed God. This is a very sobering verse! But St. Paul is not saying here that Christ’s children, Cecilia, Nicholas, Timothy, Chris- and prepared for heavenly glory! sufferings were somehow insuffi cient tian, and Julia. NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Page 11 Views

What do you call it when you just Making True Choices might have the of conscience opposite of a By Fr. Tad Pacholczyk ne recur- far deeper way than many of the lesser decisions we have to rent theme It is our moral make each day, so that in the in bioethical end, it is our moral choices that O choices that defi ne who we are and what discussions is the idea we become. defi ne who we By acting against an upright when it comes that each of us pos- conscience, we violate and dis- are and what we fi gure who we are, and become to animals? sesses a basic aware- less human. That’s why the become. By acting priest told the young man that ness of the moral law. he would not know who he By Kathy Cribari Hamer This distinctly human against an upright was anymore. faculty, which Western culture I recall another true story has referred to as “conscience,” conscience, about the gentle proddings t’s just possible that in two days I helps us to choose correctly of conscience that involved a when confronted with basic we violate and mom with three children. have accidentally made two ani- moral decisions. Even children, When she found out she was when taught about right and disfi gure who we pregnant yet again, she be- mals die, and if I have, I am truly wrong, instinctively seem to came fearful and began telling I recognize a law higher than are, and become herself she couldn’t support sorry. My son-in-law Dustin advises themselves. the burden of another child. me to stay away from the zoo. Just in Deep within his conscience, less human. She fi nally decided it would be man discovers that law which necessary to have an abortion. case. he has not laid upon him- She arrived at her decision just self but which he must obey. came by the couple’s house. before going in for her next The reason I used the term “accidentally made die” Conscience has been aptly They had been fairly open and checkup. The doctor, unaware rather than the more commonly used transitive verb described as man’s most secret accepting of this ‘live-in’ situ- of her plans, began a routine “kill” is because I have learned, through 24 months of core and his sanctuary. ation. Over dinner it came out ultrasound to fi nd out how hearing campaign rhetoric, to choose words that will As creatures of conscience, that she was pregnant. Things the pregnancy was progress- enhance my future likeability and electability. And, in then, we are moved to pursue changed as a result of this ing. She had brought along her this case, make me feel less guilty. good and to avoid evil. Yet, in revelation. three children, and they were The making-animals-accidentally-die thing appears our fallen nature, we are also After the meal, the mother busy playing together on the to be a variation of the Midas touch, which gave the drawn, mysteriously, towards pulled her daughter aside say- fl oor of the examination room. mythological King Midas his ability to turn everything wrong and harmful choices. T ing, “Look, you’ve got a life to As the doctor ran the scan- he touched into gold. I have long maintained I have he dictates of conscience live. You don’t want to spend ner over her belly, her little a reverse-Midas-touch, because everything of gold I may become muted or the rest of your life with this son glanced up from his toy touch disappears. drowned out by other voices guy. C’mon, dear, you’ve got to airplanes, pointed to the screen The point is that in two days, I’m relatively certain I around us. As we grow older, get an abortion.” and said, “Look, Mommy — a possibly made two animals — probably rats — acciden- we may even acquire a certain The next day, the young man baby!” She left the doctor’s of- tally die. fi nesse in justifying personal and the young woman ran into fi ce that afternoon with a new The fi rst animal lived around the ceramic studio choices that are not good, the priest again. The fellow awareness that she couldn’t where I buy all my pottery gifts, Hart Street Pottery on choices strongly contrary to the brought up the discussion with end the growing life within her. the East Side of Fort Worth. law of our own being. the mother and said they were Through the eyes and heart The pottery shop is in an outdoor- The inner sanctuary of reconsidering the abortion op- of a child, we are often remind- sy, artsy strip of studios, and I had ar- conscience is delicate and easily tion. ed of what a pure and upright rived to buy a gift when I saw the art- transgressed, requiring great The priest replied, “We conscience ought to look like. ist, my friend Janet Rodriquez, from attentiveness on our part, if we reached a decision on that To form our conscience as St. Rita Parish, come out of a large open door, where she are to remain faithful to it. already.” adults means to learn virtue, by was working at the kiln. The front and back doors to her I recall a powerful story The young man quickly an- repetitively and determinately studio were open, and Janet said, “I’m sorry, we think about conscience involving swered, “What do you mean? choosing what is good, true, a rat has died somewhere in the building, so we have a young couple who cohabi- If I make a decision today, I can and moral. Doing so brings a lot of candles burning, and we’re trying to air out the tated for many years. Neither change it tomorrow.” order to our lives and engenders place.” of them were thinking much The priest responded simply, peace in our hearts. “No problem,” I answered, wandering into the show- about marriage, and one day “For certain kinds of decisions, Ultimately, we discover how room, which, from the viewpoint of a mother of fi ve the fellow learned that his girl- you can’t change your mind. If to be fully human only to the smelled good rather than bad, in the fi rst place, and was friend was pregnant. you go back on your decision extent that we faithfully follow too full of interesting artwork to inhibit my browsing, Being Catholic, he ap- now, I won’t know who you are that delicate voice of a properly- in the second place. (The gift buying contributed to my proached his priest. All three anymore...” formed conscience. Christmas shopping and upheld my fi nancial reverse- of them met one afternoon, The young man was shaken Midas-touch, in the third place.) had rather lengthy discussions, by this answer, but when he Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk earned After wrapping my purchases, Janet apologized and fi nally reached a decision refl ected on it later, he un- his doctorate in neuroscience from again; I left my friend’s studio and went home, not together. They decided that derstood that the priest was Yale and did post-doctoral work thinking much about a rat I couldn’t see nor smell. abortion was not an option. right. Certain kinds of personal at Harvard. A priest of the diocese Until 24 hours later. They talked about the possibil- choices touch us at the very of Fall River, Massachussets, he The next afternoon I came into my own home and ity of marriage at some time in core of our being. Accepting serves as the director of education found 50 dead fl ies on the fl oor. Another 20 were ying fl the near future. or rejecting a temptation to at The National Catholic Bioethics around the house, so I called my son-in-law Matt, who, Later the same day, the serious wrongdoing like abor- Center in Philadelphia. See www. because he studied ecology and has his own compost parents of the young woman tion involves our hearts in a ncbcenter.org SEE HAMER, P. 22 Page 12 NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Page 13 After 50 years in North Texas, the sisters of Carmel of the Most Holy Trinity continue to Pray for God’s People By Barbara Griffi th Moffett “Most of us were very ac- and some over the telephone. living “an ordinary life. We One of their most special love for each other and of us,” Correspondent tive before we entered Carmel. “Sometimes people come clean, we cook our own meals, missions is to pray for priests, the bishop said. “They help us Photos by Steve Moffett God is asking for sacrifi ce. He through the front door of the and we make our own clothes. and on the day of the Golden by praying for us to pray in all wanted these people to be to- monastery,” revealed Mother We keep the monastery clean Jubilee Mass, the nuns were so moments of our lives, as we in other tally attentive and consecrated Maria. “And Sister will speak and beautiful for God because pleased that eight concelebrants turn pray for the nuns and pray to Him.” to them at the turnstile. They it is his house.” joined Bishop Vann. for vocations to the monastery Maria, On Saturday, Oct. 4, a large will ask for special prayers for But they practice sacrifi ce on “As we gather today, we here.” prior- and diverse group of friends, whatever needs they may have. a daily basis. They don’t eat celebrate an important event in The day of celebration neighbors, and extended family That, too, is a very special meat and they regularly fast. the life of North Texas and this looked to the future even as it ess of gathered at Carmel of the Most relationship because people They perform most of their du- Diocese,” Bishop Vann said in honored the past. M Holy Trinity to acknowledge fi nd it a great consolation that ties in silence. his homily, in which he care- After the Mass, those pres- Carmel of the Most and give thanks for fi ve de- we are praying for them. They “Solitude is something you fully wove the readings and ent were accorded the rare cades of the Discalced Car- will say ‘I will leave it here with develop in the heart, so no mat- responsorial into a tapestry. privilege of a glimpse into the Holy Trinity in Ar- melite community in Tarrant you and in the Lord’s hands.’ ter where you are, that solitude Just as Moses lifted up his garden area, as the nuns and lington, was the fi rst County. And they will often call or write is something you take with people in their battle against their benefactors broke ground A beautiful commemorative back and report that prayers you wherever you go,” Mother the Amalek, so the Sisters of for the completion of the nun to enter and per- program designed and created have been answered.” refl ected. “In that way, we are Carmel are intercessors for us, monastery, the wing that was by the nuns shared not only the Mother Maria explained the free to put all of our attention he told those gathered in the not built in 1984. The 12,000 severe to make her readings and order of the Mass 13 nuns of Car- in God’s presence and chapel. square feet will accommodate but also featured photographs mel of the Most listen to his word “They lift us up in the a storage area, a laundry room, fi nal vows after the and important dates in the his- Holy Trinity are, in the silence that struggles and the challenges of and a workroom for the sisters’ Fort Worth monastery tory of the monastery. in many ways, blesses our cloister daily life.” banner ministry. In 1984, the Carmelites ordinary so deeply.” Of the responsorial psalm, Mother Maria addressed was established. That planned, designed, and built a people “The mercies of the Lord I will those gathered in the garden new monastery on 50 donated who sing forever,” Bishop Vann enclosure was nearly 50 years acres in Southwest Arlington. are noted “‘Forever I will sing of “Dear bishop, all of you It is a monastery — not a con- the goodness of the Lord’ is a good priests, the Knights of ago, and this autumn, vent — because the nuns never phrase also associated with St. Columbus, family, and friends, that monastery she leave. Teresa of Avila.” we want to reassure you our Though they are cloistered, St. Teresa of Avila, who is love and our prayers are always joined celebrates 50 these women touch the lives credited with reviving and with you and your families. of others deeply and mean- defi ning the order, and Té- We’re always here for you. Ac- years of service in the ingfully. Prayer for them is a rèse of Lisieux, whose sim- knowledging the large number cottage industry, and they labor plicity of faith continues to of guests who ringed the slight- Diocese of Fort Worth. unceasingly on behalf of those inspire it, are both honored ly rolling hill above the garden Counterclockwise from top far left: who ask for their intercession by the Carmelites during area, Mother Maria poetically • Stained-glass window above the altar of the chapel of Arlington Mount Carmel • Mother Maria, prioress of Mount Carmel of the Most Holy Trinity, prepares for the Carmel of the Most Holy — and those who don’t. the month of October. added, “Having you here today ground-breaking ceremony. Trinity was established in Fort “We all believe so deeply Using the Gospel read- feels like an embrace. God bless • Through the grate, the nuns of Carmel, pray and sing with those gathered for the Worth in 1958. Five nuns came about our life that God has ing, John 15: 9-17, Bishop you all.” called us here to live this life Vann said Christ’s com- “We don’t have fully what Jubilee Mass. from Oklahoma City to live in • Mother Maria waves as she is driven through the gardens of Arlington Carmel. a residence in Fort Worth, later of prayer and sacrifi ce for Him mand to “Love each other we need yet, and we will have and his people. We are very as I have loved you” is to have enough money to • Bishop Kevin Vann joins the Carmelites for the ground-breaking of their new moving to a second remodeled addition. intent on offering ourselves lived out on a daily basis begin, but God will provide,” residence on Sunset Terrace, • The sisters of Carmel look on as ground is broken. and our prayers for others’ by the Carmelite sisters Mother Maria concluded. “He just south of downtown. • Bishop Kevin Vann prepares to break ground for the new addition to Mount Carmel. needs and for the Church,” said and the greater community always does.” Mother Maria believes many • Mother Maria (foreground) is assisted as she walks down to the groundbreaking. Mother Maria in an interview of the Fort Worth Catholic Next October, she believes, people think the nuns who Center after the Golden Jubilee Mass. Diocese. with the completion and dedi- were called to Carmel were • In the case are artifacts and memorabilia recounting highlights of the fi rst 50 years The Carmelite Nuns receive “Their presence is a cation of the fi nal construction, quiet and passive people in of Mount Carmel of the Most Holy Trinity history. prayer requests every day. testimony of the love of there will be yet another reason their pre-monastic lives. That’s • Sisters descend the fl ower-bordered steps to the site of the groundbreaking. not the case. Most come through the mail, God, it is a testimony of to celebrate. Page 14 NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 International

INTERNATIONAL As global food crisis hits Guatemalan NEWSBRIEFS highlands, farmers limit purchases

By Ezra Fieser Catholic News Service Pope says world did not emerge out of TOTONICAPAN, Guatemala chaos, ‘fi rst being’ created it intentionally — Two years after it began, the VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The world did not emerge out of global food crisis is pushing chaos; rather it was created intentionally by “the fi rst be- millions of Central Americans, ing,” Pope Benedict XVI said. The Creator also is involved including those in Guatemala’s not only with the origins of the universe, but continually highlands, into conditions of sustains the development of life and the world, said the poverty. pope during an Oct. 31 audience with 80 participants of “The cost of everything has a Vatican-sponsored conference on evolution. Scientists, gone up so much. We can’t buy philosophers, and theologians from around the world were the things we used to,” said Reina attending the Oct. 31-Nov. 4 plenary session on “Scien- Maribel Osorio, a subsistence tifi c Insights Into the Evolution of the Universe and of Life” farmer living deep in the hills of at the Pontifi cal Academy of Sciences. The pope said Guatemala, an area mainly popu- the topic was timely and has elicited interest worldwide. lated by indigenous Mayans. “It Simple food cooks over a wood fi re in Guatemala in this “Questions concerning the relationship between science’s used to cost about 5 quetzales (US undated photo. (CNS photo/James Rodriguez) reading of the world and the reading offered by Christian 67 cents) for a bag of sugar. Now revelation naturally arise,” he said. Popes Pius XII and John it’s 13. I don’t buy it anymore.” less frequently, cutting back to could barely afford food to start Paul II had found there was “no opposition between faith’s Cut into a steep hill two hours just a cup of watered-down coffee with. How are they supposed to understanding of creation and the evidence of the empiri- from the nearest major town, for breakfast or a potato and small cope with higher prices?” said cal sciences,” he said. Osorio’s small corn farm hardly tamale for dinner, Poncio said. Mario Chamale, who directs seems the place to fi nd the effects “For this reason, malnutrition, the Guatemalan Food Security of a global economic shift. But the which was already a problem, is Program for the U.N. Food and Unforgettable: Popes remain infl uential 2 million Guatemalans who live getting worse,” she said. Agriculture Organization. on less than $2 a day, like Osorio, The food prices, according fi gures after their deaths Parents are pulling their are being pushed to the edge by children out of school more fre- to the study, have pushed the VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A confl uence of anniversaries the soaring prices of food. quently to save the money it takes country’s poverty rate from 51 this fall has turned the Vatican’s attention to deceased In the last two years the price to transport them and feed them percent to 56 percent and the popes, who still loom large in the church’s living memory. of food has exploded. From July at school, she said. rate of extreme poverty from 15 In a seemingly continual procession of conferences, fi lms, 2006 to July 2008, the price of “So, it’s affecting various as- percent to 19 percent. liturgies, speeches, books and articles, four late pontiffs in the basic food basket — which pects of their lives. It’s not just Encouraged by international particular — Popes Pius XII, John XXIII, Paul VI, and John consists of corn, beans, milk, food, it’s education, basic health lenders, the Guatemalan govern- Paul II — have been celebrated, praised, defended, and, and 23 other products needed to care, clothing, everything,” Pon- ment has restructured its agricul- in some cases, proposed for sainthood. On some days, the feed a family of fi ve — rose 26 cio said. tural sector, resulting in a system Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, has carried percent, from $6.92 to $8.75 per that favors medium and large more news about departed popes than on the current oc- The church has responded cupant of the chair of Peter. Pope Benedict XVI has been day, according to the Guatemalan with a number of projects, includ- farms, said Susana Gauster, an in the forefront of the commemorations, giving speeches National Statistics Institute. The ing one that encourages women agriculture specialist with CON- and celebrating special Masses for his predecessors, and average income in rural Guate- in the area to sew huipils, the GCOOP, a Guatemala City-based drawing frequent lessons from their teachings. Why does mala is only $6 per day, according traditional Mayan blouse. The nongovernmental organization. the church keep looking back? “Because tradition is funda- to the United Nations. church sells the clothing and Owners of larger farms, she said, mental for the church. We look to the past so that we can A recent study by the U.N. sends the money back to the can export their goods, have ac- look to the future,” said Giovanni Maria Vian, director of the World Food Program said 1.2 communities, she said. cess to markets, and have been Vatican newspaper. For the church, he said, the teachings million Guatemalans are not able The increase in prices — which able to capitalize on the higher of previous popes don’t merely have historical meaning, to cope with the spiking prices. economists have attributed to prices, but some small farmers but are still alive. Half a million of them have been the United States’ increase in along the country’s southern pushed into extreme poverty as production of corn-based ethanol coast have stopped cultivating a result of the increase. Another fuel, droughts, and increased their land, letting it go to grass 500,000 are now living in im- demand — has caused pain for cattle instead. Lack of religious freedom stunts poverished conditions. And an throughout the world, infl icting In the hills of Totonicapan, a nation’s growth, say priests additional 200,000 are barely able particular pressure on impov- Osorio, 25, has cut back on nearly ROME (CNS) — A nation that lacks freedom of religion to keep up with the rising prices, erished Central Americans. The all her purchases. is stunting its own social, economic, and political devel- the study said. U.N. World Food Program says “It’s become too expensive opment, said speakers presenting an annual report on “The people affected are the malnourishment in the region, to buy broccoli or potatoes, for religious freedom around the world. Religious freedom poorest 20 percent of the popu- which affects 21 percent of the example,” she said, as two of her guarantees the establishment and protection of democracy lation,” said Nicholas Virzi, the population, could be worsened children played in her earthen- and “without religious liberty, there can be no democracy study’s author and director of by the food crisis. walled home. She used to have or peace in the world,” said Father Joaquin Alliende Luco, economics at Guatemala City’s Central America is particularly enough to feed them meat three president of Aid to the Church in Need. Aid to the Church Rafael Landivar University. “The vulnerable to global price fl uctua- days a week; now, it’s once a in Need, a Catholic organization funding religious projects poor have limited diets dependent tions because it is dependent on week, if the price is right. in 136 countries, released its annual report at a press con- on basic grains, like beans, rice, agricultural imports, a dependen- Osorio, who took over the ference Oct. 23 in Rome. The report compiles information and corn, and it is precisely these cy many economists think has led farm last year when her husband directly from the churches the aid agency assists, news grains that have seen a concen- to increased prices at the market. began leaving six days a week articles, offi cial government documents, and human rights trated infl ation in prices.” In Nicaragua, food prices rose 33.3 to fi nd work, had to stop using organizations. One of the panelists presenting the 2008 “The situation is the most se- percent from 2007 to 2008. chemical fertilizer this year. The report, Father Bernardo Cervellera, who heads the Rome- rious it has been in years,” said In Guatemala, the prices of price has doubled in the last year, based missionary news agency AsiaNews, said violations Nicola Poncio, who runs a social basic grains — staples for most and, at $41 a sack, it was just too of religious freedoms impoverish a nation. He said today outreach program in the area for poor families — have increased expensive. She has tried switch- violence against people professing a particular religion the Archdiocese of Los Altos, even faster than other food. Corn, ing to the waste of the two pigs decreasingly stems from “irrational fundamentalism,” colo- Quetzaltenango-Totonicapan. she’s raising, but the corn is not nialism, or political ideologies. Instead, such aggression is rice, and bean prices have jumped mostly “simply motivated by power,” he said. “The combination of the rising 36 percent, 101 percent and 47 growing like it normally does. costs of fuels and the high cost of percent, respectively, from 2006 “I don’t know what else I can basic foods is affecting poor people to 2008. do,” she said, glancing at her more seriously than others.” “It’s just not possible for (poor infant daughter. “We can’t keep People are eating less food and Guatemalans) to keep up. They living like this.” NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Page 15 National

NATIONAL NEWSBRIEFS

New synod council includes two North American cardinals VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Before the world Synod of Bishops on the Bible ended, 12 members of the assembly were elected and three were appointed to the council that coordinates follow-up to the gathering and helps prepare the next Synod of Bishops. The members of the Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops also may assist Pope Benedict XVI in writing his post-synodal document. The Vatican, publishing the names of the council members, did not distinguish between those elected by the 253 members of the Oct. 5-26 synod on the word of God and the three appointed by Pope Benedict. The two members from North America are Cardinals Francis E. George of Chicago and Marc Ouellet of Quebec, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, and Archbishop José H. Gómez of San who had served as the synod’s recording secretary. Antonio, are pictured in a screen grab from a English- and Spanish-language video on YouTube. In the video they talk about the U.S. bishops’ concerns about same-sex unions and their support White House report aims to keep for traditional marriage between a man and a woman. (CNS) inner-city Catholic schools open WASHINGTON (CNS) — In the waning days of the Bush administration, the White House is sounding the alarm YouTube messages in English, Spanish on a six-year loss of about 1,200 faith-based schools in the U.S. and has issued a report it believes will help stop offer the church’s view on marriage the closures. The report — “Preserving a Critical National Asset: America’s Disadvantaged Students and the Crisis WASHINGTON (CNS) — As minority. This is nothing less the ad hoc committee; Chicago in Faith-Based Urban Schools” — shows about half of the U.S. voters from coast to coast than the radical redefi nition of Cardinal Francis E. George, faith-based schools that have closed since 2002 have been prepared to decide ballot ques- marriage — denying the truth USCCB president, announced Catholic institutions and most are located in poor urban tions related to same-sex mar- that it is exclusively the union its establishment Oct. 15. neighborhoods. “The president is very concerned and upset riage Nov. 4, the U.S. bishops of a man and a woman.” The committee assists the that these institutions are closing,” said Karl Zinsmeister, assistant to President George W. Bush and domestic policy took their campaign to keep the The messages warn that if suc- bishops and state Catholic con- advisor. “Statistics show that students from poor urban traditional defi nition of mar- cessful “this effort of redefi ning ferences in education, catechesis, neighborhoods who attend faith-based schools perform bet- riage as the union of a man and marriage to include same-sex public policy advocacy, and ter academically than those who attend the public schools. unions will bring confusion to communications strategies. woman to a popular video-shar- We can’t afford to lose any more of these schools.” ing Web site, YouTube. what marriage actually means. Campaign fi nance reports in A version of the video in This confusion could spread California showed that the US- Grandfather an inspiration for English, online at www.youtube. and have enormous legal conse- CCB also contributed $200,000 in Phillies star on and off the fi eld com/watch?v=Lh_81zsW6U8, quences for the rearing of chil- support of the state’s Proposition features Archbishop Joseph E. dren, public education, employ- 8, which when it passed Nov. 4, ARCADIA, Calif. (CNS) — Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Brad Lidge, who struck out Eric Hinske of the Tampa Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, ment, and religious freedom. defi ned marriage as the union of Bay Rays to clinch the 2008 World Series Oct. 29, was chairman of the U.S. Conference “Children would be forced a man and a woman. “a very gutsy guy” in the playoffs, said his grandfather, of Catholic Bishops’ recently cre- to learn that marriage is merely Mercy Sister Mary Ann Walsh, Gene Detmer of Arcadia. The 85-year-old retired furniture one kind of loving relation- USCCB director of media rela- ated Ad Hoc Committee for the manufacturer was thinking of Lidge’s two crucial saves in ship among many,” they said. Defense of Marriage. tions, said the donation came the Phillies’ 4-1 series win, Detmer told The Tidings, news- Archbishop José H. Gómez “Churches would be prevented at the request of the California paper of the Los Angeles Archdiocese, in an interview at of San Antonio, chairman of the from witnessing to and teaching bishops from a USCCB “contin- his suburban home. Detmer recalled visiting his grandson USCCB Committee on Cultural about the necessary and singular gency fund that had been used in Denver, where the young man grew up in St. Thomas Diversity in the Church, presents role of love between a man and before for issues like this,” such More Parish and served as an altar boy. For his part, Lidge the same message in Spanish a woman. as assisted suicide. credits his grandfather for much of his success on the ball online at www.youtube.com/ “Same-sex unions and mar- “It’s a very important issue in fi eld. He said he was inspired by his grandfather’s baseball watch?v=IwCAXQhqd-Q. riage are completely differ- California and in our country,” knowledge and treasure trove of memorabilia, but he has Both videos also can viewed ent realities,” they continued. she said of same-sex marriage. had an impact on the player’s life overall. “He’s been a big on the USCCB Web site at “Reaffirming the traditional The USCCB did not donate role model for me in terms of my beliefs and shaping my www.usccb.org/bishops/mar- understanding of marriage is to the campaigns for traditional values and morals,” Lidge said. riagedefense.shtml. neither discrimination nor the marriage in Florida and Arizona The videos were posted online denial of rights. this year, but gave $30,000 to fi ght Forum examines response to torture just before Election Day, when “Like all people, homosexual moves toward assisted suicide in by U.S. in interrogating prisoners persons have the right to be Washington state, she said. voters in California, Arizona, NEW YORK (CNS) — A Fordham University forum talked treated with respect and to live and Florida were to face ballot With a $1.4 million contribu- about the response of American political, military, religious, questions that would defi ne mar- in peace with the support of their tion, the Knights of Columbus and medical groups to the use of torture in interrogations riage as between one woman and loved ones,” the archbishops was among the major donors of prisoners by the United States since the 2001 terrorist one man. Connecticut bishops stated. “But it is to the benefi t in support of the passage of attacks. The Oct. 21 event was sponsored by the Fordham also have asked Catholics in their of all members of society that Proposition 8. Various Knights Center on Religion and Culture and drew 150 people to state to support a constitutional the institution of marriage be councils in California and across two sessions at the Lincoln Center campus of Jesuit-run convention proposal on the bal- preserved as the relationship of the country also donated small Fordham University in New York. The fi rst session looked at lot, so that a recent state decision a man and a woman that serves amounts, according to campaign movies, prime-time television shows, and popular culture permitting same-sex marriage the common good in a distinct fi nance records. to examine public indifference to making a connection there could be reconsidered. way. Society needs marriage in In all, Proposition 8 support- between actual violence and its depiction in entertainment “Certain groups and in- order to establish and sustain ers had raised nearly $31 million venues. “Torture touches on very primal human impulses dividuals are trying to make that basic unit of society in which — about $24 million of it from of violence and the meaning of violence and how it can same-sex unions the equivalent men and women love each other within California — as of Oct. 30, appear to be a solution to human problems,” said modera- of marriage,” the archbishops and transmit life to their children while opponents of the proposal tor Frederick Wertz, professor of psychology at Fordham said in their videos. “This is a who are the fruit of that love.” raised more than $33 million, University. false idea being proposed and, The videos are the latest in a $22 million of which came from in some cases, imposed by a series of activities to emerge from within the state. Page 16 NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Scripture Readings

“Blessed are you who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways! For you shall eat the fruit of your handiwork.” November 16, Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. — Psalm 128:1-2a Cycle A. Readings: 1) Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 Psalm 128:1-5 2) 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 wants to wail about our situations or lack of Gospel) Matthew 25:14-30 resources or hard luck ought to think again. God expects us to do the best we can with what we By Jeff Hensley have. All these images and admonitions, taken hat a curious bunch of Scriptures. Each of together, bring to mind a close friend of ours who themW would be meat for a session of lectio divina, seems to fi t those Proverbs 31 descriptions of prayerful contemplation and mulling of each line the excellent wife. But only recently in her long of each passage. But taken together? Hmm. and somewhat tortuous life has she found the The obvious praise of the value of a good, no, counterpart of an excellent husband. The meager make that excellent, wife in the Proverbs pas- resources that life handed her — the equivalent indeed makes all these seemingly disparate sage can’t be passed up, especially as I approach of the one talent — she invested wisely, turning Scriptures hang together, telling a story for the the 40th anniversary of my marriage to my own a skill into a successful business that has allowed rest of us, an edifying one, that would have us excellent wife. She is a blessing to me in every her to travel widely and support quite gener- turn our eyes to the Lord to confi rm the first line way. The references to industriousness are ap- ously not only her aging mother, but also many of the psalm for this week: “Blessed are you who plicable. She is a hard worker at home and in her Catholic charities and ministries. Her example fear the Lord, who walk in his ways!” job as a teacher of English as a Second Language. And that’s only one environment in which “she reaches out her hand to the poor,” something she has done her whole life. She is indeed “an unfail- QUESTIONS: ing prize.” Do you know someone who seems to have persevered and overcome Thessalonians and Matthew point to our need to remain vigilant concerning the Lord’s return great odds while living a godly life? What can you do to make the most and his expectations that we will be both faith- ful and fruitful. Both suggest that any of us who of God’s gifts in your own life? Copyright © 2008, Diocese of Fort Worth

Jesus’ death on the cross expresses the power of God’s love, says pope By Carol Glatz and reason, he said. Catholic News Service With the Greeks’ and even VATICAN CITY — God’s Son the modern world’s emphasis dying on the cross may appear on reason, it was inconceivable, to signal a scandalous victory of even unacceptable, that God pain and death, but, for Chris- would limit himself in time and tians, the cross expresses “the space and become man, much power of God’s limitless love,” less end up dead on a cross, said Pope Benedict XVI said. the pope. During his Oct. 29 general Instead, St. Paul showed that audience in St. Peter’s Square, the cross “revealed the power Pope Benedict spoke about St. of God which is different from Paul’s teachings on the meaning human power.” of the cross. The cross reveals God’s love After St. Paul’s conversion, “because the foolishness of the apostle realized Jesus had God is wiser than men and the died and risen for him and for weakness of God is stronger every person in the world, the than men,” he said, quoting pope said. Therefore, the cross St. Paul’s First Letter to the revealed the power of God’s Corinthians. merciful and saving love that The pope said, “The cross is he freely gives to all people, wisdom because it truly shows he said. who God is, that is, the power of Once a sinner and persecu- love that would go to the cross tor of Christians, St. Paul saw Pope Benedict XVI waves at the conclusion of his general audience in St. Peter’s in order to save humanity.” that his new life and salvation What at first sight seems a were a gift, a grace from God Square at the Vatican Oct. 29. The pope spoke about St. Paul’s teachings on the sign of weakness is instead the “that stemmed from the death meaning of the cross. (CNS photo/Giampiero Sposito, Reuters) strength of love given freely and of Christ and not from his own totally to all people, he said. merits” or virtuous acts, the en to every creature,” he said. meaning of the cross, he said. faith of the pious Israelite,” he Also, he added, “in accepting pope said. In St. Paul’s time, it was dif- For the Jews, the cross was said. For the Greeks and pagans, the weakness of the cross, we Rather than death or failure, ficult for the Greeks and Jews “a scandal ... a trap, a stumbling the cross seemed foolish and experience the power of God’s the cross signifi es “salvation giv- to grasp the full and positive block: It seemed to obstruct the “an insult to common sense” love for us.” NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Page 17 Scripture Readings

“I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered.” — Ezekiel 34:12 November 23, Our Lord Jesus Christ the King. Cycle A. Readings: 1) Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17 Psalm 23:1-3, 5-6 2) 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28 Gospel) Matthew 25:31-46 nizable to those who are expecting something else By Sharon K. Perkins — is one of humility and service. Christ’s saving judgment of the “sleek and the strong,” or his popular story describes a man stranded “shepherding rightly” those who do not yet rec- Aon his rooftop, praying as the fl oodwaters rise. retribution or punishment. When heeded, it can ognize him in the least of his brothers and sisters, When a boat with a rescue crew arrives, he also correct, teach, and heal in a way that rescues can truly become their “rescue.” This judgment refuses their help, saying, “No, God will save and restores. applies not merely to individuals, but to the na- me.” Later, a helicopter pilot meets with the same In 1925, Pope Pius XI instituted this great feast tions of the world who are to be held accountable response. Eventually the man drowns, and upon of the church year as an antidote for the secular- for the treatment of their weakest members. reaching heaven he asks God, “Why didn’t you ism of the age that attempted to exclude God Our contemporary world isn’t all that differ- save me?” whereupon God replies, “I sent you a from both private and public life, thus placing at ent from 1925, the age of Ezekiel, or the age of boat and a helicopter!” risk the defenseless and the weak of society. Matthew: Many human beings still fi nd them- Obviously, this anecdote is about not recogniz- Unlike the power-seeking regimes of this selves “scattered” in their rejection of God and ing God’s saving power when it arrives, usually world, the kingship of Christ — largely unrecog- their focus on self. But Christ — their judge and because it doesn’t appear on one’s own terms or their rescuer — still reigns. in the way one imagines it will. This paradox is borne out in the readings for the feast of Christ the King. The compassionate rescue of God’s QUESTIONS: lost sheep, as promised in Ezekiel, goes hand- In what way have I misunderstood or misread Christ’s “rescue” in my in-hand with Christ’s stern judgment of them in the Gospel of Matthew — giving us a greater life? If I were to examine closely my treatment of the least of Christ’s insight into both rescue and judgment. For in the Scriptures, God’s judgment isn’t simply an act of brothers and sisters, how would I be judged? Copyright © 2008, Diocese of Fort Worth

The San Damiano Cross hangs in the Basilica of St. Clare in Assisi, Italy. It is the cross St. Francis of Assisi was praying beside at the Church of San Damiano when he received his commission from the Lord. (CNS photo/Octavio Duran) It’s never too early to prepare for Jesus’ Advent By Jeff Hedglen we started calendaring these am not suggesting that prepar- things, our Advent was just as ing the home for Christmas, or ately whenever I ask Advent’s not about busy as last year. hosting and attending Christ- someone how they are We’re not giving up. We mas parties is wrong, just that Ldoing, their response is decking the halls with have some tough decisions if we want to have the full something to the effect of “I’m ahead, but we are determined experience of Advent, we have tired.” It doesn’t matter if the boughs of holly, but to slow down, quiet down, and to be intentional about slowing question is posed to a junior get down on our knees more down. To truly encounter the high student or a retiree. preparing our hearts this December. I’m not sure yet grace of the season, we must When I ask the follow-up what we’re going to miss or take time to refl ect on our need question, “What’s going on to for all that is holy. exactly how we will accomplish for Jesus. This need can be an make you so tired?” The litany this goal, but Advent is a time initial need, a fi rst time surren- of events, projects, clubs, work, of watching and waiting, not der to Jesus, or a hidden need, sports, homework, and social hustle and bustle. It’s not about an area of our lives where Jesus activities makes me want to am about to propose will take and parties we really want to decking the halls with boughs has yet to come. take a nap just hearing the list. some planning, so I’m giving attend. It will mean turning the of holly, but preparing our Advent begins Nov. 30; Of course this is nothing you a head start. TV off more and being more hearts for all that is holy. take out your calendar, sched- new. Our society has gotten A few months back my wife, introspective. The Catechism of the Catholic ule some time away from the so busy that this pace of life ever the planner, was looking But as these things usually Church says this about Advent: hustle and holly to meditate on has become the norm. My ahead to the December calen- go, the best laid plans of mice “When the Church celebrates your need for a Savior. Jesus is brother recently told me that dar and proclaimed: “I want to and men often go awry. A few the liturgy of Advent each year, coming in Advent, have your things had gotten so hectic in slow down this Advent; I do days after we decided to have she makes present the ancient needs ready for him to fi ll. It is his home that he has started not want another December a quieter Advent, two wedding expectancy of the Messiah, for the most important Christmas putting family “down time” on like last year.” Apparently we invitations arrived. We agreed by sharing in the long prepa- list you will ever make! the calendar just to have some were so busy last year that the that weddings are important, ration for the Savior’s fi rst non-planned time with his wife memory of it still burns in her so we can’t miss those. Then coming, the faithful renew their and children. mind. the annual Christmas party ardent desire for his second Jeff Hedglen, youth minister at St. If you’re feeling over- So we have set in motion a “save the date” announcements coming” (CCC 524). Bartholomew Parish in Southwest whelmed by the schedule plan to have a quieter Advent. came rolling in. Of course we Advent is fi rst and foremost Fort Worth, is the principal or- you’re keeping, take a breath Accomplishing this will take have to go to “this” one we’ve about us sharing in the ancient ganizer of Camp Fort Worth each and be thankful for the season preparation and dedication. been going to for years. Or expectancy of the Messiah. To summer. Readers with questions of Advent. I know that it is still It means saying no to some “It’s the offi ce party; we can’t adequately do this, we need can contact Jeff at jeff@stbartsfw. a few weeks away, but what I things that we really love to do miss that one either.” When to have some time to refl ect. I org. Page 18 NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 América La fiesta de San Juan Letrán honra a la madre de todas las iglesias del mundo, la catedral de Roma Estimados hermanos y más que un solo Dios, el Padre; (...) y un solo Señor, Jesucristo, por hermanas en el Señor, uestros primeros papas y obispos quien son todas las cosas y por el l 9 de cual somos nosotros” (1 Co 8, 5-6). novi- nunca tuvieron una oportunidad Mas tarde en esta misma homilía E N nuestro Santo Padre desarrolla el embre, cel- simbolismo de la cátedra de Pedro, para predicar y celebrar los misterios de la localizada en la Basílica de Letrán en ebramos la Roma, la madre y cabeza de todas las fe en catedrales hermosas, pero tuvieron iglesias: Dedicación La cátedra es —digámoslo una de la Basí- la oportunidad de ofrecer sus vidas como vez más— símbolo de la potestad de enseñanza, que es una potestad lica de San Monseñor Kevin W. Vann sacrifi cio por su fe en Jesucristo. de obediencia y de servicio, para que la palabra de Dios, ¡la ver- Juan Letrán en Roma. dad!, resplandezca entre nosotros, Es una fi esta mayor y toma prece- indicándonos el camino de la vida… dencia sobre la liturgia dominical este de la historia de nuestra Iglesia, nos manera superlativa lo qué cada cat- presidir en la doctrina y presidir año. Algunos se preguntaran, “Quien fi jamos en que los primeros obispos edral representa: unidad en la fe que en el amor deben ser una sola cosa: es San Juan Letrán?” En realidad este no tuvieron una oportunidad para se proclama desde la cátedra, y de la toda la doctrina de la Iglesia, en titulo se refi ere a la Iglesia Catedral de disfrutar del don y la bendición de amorosa unión con el pastor que proc- resumidas cuentas, conduce al amor. Roma, dedicada al Santísimo Salvador una catedral. lama esta buena nueva de Jesucristo. Y la Eucaristía, como amor presente y a San Juan Bautista. El lugar para La historia en los primeros siglos San Juan Letrán, construida durante de Jesucristo, es el criterio de toda esta basílica fue originalmente palacio de la iglesia nos habla de perse- la paz de Constantino, fue consagrada doctrina. Del amor dependen toda de la familia Letrán, donada al Papa cuciones horribles iniciadas por el por el Papa Silvestre en el año 324. la Ley y los Profetas, dice el Señor Silvestre por esta familia para un lugar imperio romano en contra de los Muchos papas vivieron en esta iglesia (cf. Mt 22, 40). El amor es la Ley en de culto, después de que el Imperio seguidores de Jesucristo. Torturaron por cerca de mil años, y cuatro Concilios su plenitud, escribió san Pablo a los Romano le diera reconocimiento ofi cial y martirizaron a muchos obispos, ecuménicos fueron celebrados dentro de Romanos (cf. Rm 13, 10). al cristianismo como religión que podría sacerdotes, diáconos, y fi eles du- sus paredes. La celebración de esta fi esta de la ser practicada públicamente. Este día rante los primeros siglos. Los crey- Al celebrar esta fi esta de la dedi- dedicación de la Basílica de Letrán se nos da una ocasión para refl exionar entes de aquel entonces se reunían cación de la Basílica de Letrán en convierte en una celebración de nues- sobre la importancia de una catedral en lugares secretos y ocasionalmente Roma, no sólo recordamos la sangre tra unidad en Cristo como católicos y la relación entre la iglesia local y la en hogares privados. Si eran descu- vertida por los primeros cristianos, sino romanos, a través de nuestra unidad iglesia universal. biertos por las autoridades romanas, también celebramos nuestra unidad y amor por el Santo Padre en Roma. Como Obispo de la Diócesis Católica podrían ser asesinados en el instante en la fe en Jesucristo y nuestra comu- El Papa Benedicto XVI cierra de Fort Worth, siento un orgullo especial o ser arrestados para ser torturados nión con nuestro Santo Padre el Papa su homilía recordándonos que no al decir que San Patricio es la catedral y martirizados después. Nuestros Benedicto XVI, el pastor y maestro que importa donde hemos nacido; todos de nuestra diócesis. primeros papas y obispos nunca ahora se sienta en la silla del sucesor de somos en una manera especial, Ro- Cada obispo tiene este sentido tuvieron una oportunidad para San Pedro. manos: de orgullo por su catedral. Aquí en predicar y celebrar los misterios de El 7 de mayo del 2005, menos de dos Fort Worth, en esta iglesia hermosa e la fe en catedrales hermosas, pero semanas después de celebrar la misa Queridos romanos, ahora soy histórica, se puede encontrar uno de tuvieron la oportunidad de ofrecer de inauguración de su pontifi cado, el vuestro Obispo… En cuanto los símbolos de mi ofi cio como obispo, sus vidas como sacrifi cio por su fe Papa Benedicto XVI celebró la misa de católicos, todos somos, de algún el asiento del obispo, o cátedra. Este en Jesucristo. toma de posesión de su cátedra como modo, también romanos. Con las asiento es la razón por la que a esta Estas persecuciones sangrientas obispo de Roma en la Basílica de San palabras del salmo 87, un himno de iglesia tan especial se le llama catedral, y horrendas, donde fueron marti- Juan Letrán en Roma. En su homilía, el alabanza a Sión, madre de todos los la iglesia principal en la diócesis. Desde rizados decenas de miles de fi eles Papa nos da un vistazo al signifi cado pueblos, cantaba Israel y canta la esta silla yo, como obispo, presido la discípulos que nos abrieron el paso de la cátedra de San Pedro en Roma: Iglesia: “Se dirá de Sión: ‘Uno por Misa y otras celebraciones solemnes a la fe, fi nalmente llegó a su fin con uno todos han nacido en ella’...” como el líder de la vida de oración en el Decreto de Milán en el año 313 A.D. …al Sucesor de Pedro le compete una (v. 5). De modo semejante, también esta diócesis. Y desde este asiento, en Al poco tiempo, con la ayuda de tarea especial. Pedro fue el primero nosotros podríamos decir: en cuan- ocasiones especiales, predico. donativos del emperador Constan- que hizo, en nombre de los Apóstoles, to católicos, todos hemos nacido, de Originalmente, la cátedra era el tino, la primera iglesia católica sería la profesión de fe: “Tú eres el Cristo, algún modo, en Roma… (tratemos) lugar exclusivo desde el cual un obispo fi nalmente dedicada y construida el Hijo de Dios vivo” (Mt 16, 16). de ser cada vez más católicos, cada con toda autoridad proclamaría la bue- en la ciudad que vio la sangre de Esta es la tarea de todos los sucesores vez más hermanos y hermanas en na nueva de Jesucristo y las grandes cristianos fl uir como un río a través de Pedro: ser el guía en la profesión la gran familia de Dios, la familia verdades de la fe como el predicador, de sus calles. Estoy hablando de de fe en Cristo, el Hijo de Dios en la que no hay extranjeros. maestro, y catequista principal de la Basílica de San Juan Letrán, la vivo. La cátedra de Roma es, ante Que esta celebración fortalezca una diócesis. Debido a esto, la cátedra catedral de Roma. todo, cátedra de este credo. Desde nuestra communio en la Iglesia de también se convirtió en un símbolo El domingo 9 de noviembre, los lo alto de esta cátedra, el Obispo de Fort Worth y nuestra communio con el de la unión de todos los creyentes de católicos de todo el mundo cele- Roma debe repetir constantemente: Santo Padre en Roma. Que Dios los las verdades proclamadas desde este brarán la fi esta de la dedicación de Dominus Iesus, “Jesús es el Señor”, bendiga siempre. asiento y de la unidad con el maestro, la Basílica de Letrán en Roma, la como escribió san Pablo en sus quien proclamó estas verdades. Cada madre y cabeza de todas las iglesias cartas a los Romanos (Rm 10, 9) y obispo disfruta el predicar y celebrar de la ciudad (Roma) y del mundo, a los Corintios (1 Co 12, 3). A los de los grandes misterios de la fe en omnium urbis et orbis ecclesiarum Corintios, con particular énfasis, les su catedral, y las catedrales de todo el mater et caput. dijo: “Pues aun cuando se les dé el mundo son lugares especiales de pere- Ésta es la catedral del obispo nombre de dioses, bien en el cielo bien +Monseñor Kevin W. Vann grinación. Pero mirando los principios de Roma, el Papa, y simboliza de en la tierra, (...) para nosotros no hay Obispo de Fort Worth NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Page 19 América Centro cultural méxicoamericano en San Antonio evoluciona a colegio católico SAN ANTONIO (CNS) — Lo urgentes de los hispanos en este que comenzó en 1972 como el momento en la historia requieren Centro Cultural Méxicoameri- maneras innovadoras de asegu- cano ha evolucionado al Colegio rar que las generaciones futuras católico méxicoamericano. se mantengan católicas y logren La junta directiva el 24 de octu- una educación más alta. bre anunció la decisión unánime El Colegio Católico Méxi- de ampliar la misión del instituto coamericano, conocido como de 36 años, ofreciendo un pro- MACC, “responderá a esta grama completamente bicultural prioridad, proveyendo un lugar y bilingüe de formación para el excelente para que los hispanos El Papa Benedicto XVI sostiene su báculo ministerio, que puede llevar a tengan acceso a una educación pastoral mientras celebra la Misa de clau- títulos de licenciatura o maestría más alta en la fe en un ambi- sura del sínodo de obispos, centrado en la en Ministerio Pastoral Católico. ente acogedor y cultural”, el Biblia. Esta tomó lugar en la basílica de “Este es un día para decir arzobispo dijo. “El MACC será San Pedro en el Vaticano, el 26 de octubre. ‘gracias’ a Jesucristo y a nuestra una solución para algunos de (CNS Photo/Max Rossi, Reuters) señora de Guadalupe”, dijo el los obstáculos que los hispanos, obispo Michael D. Pfeifer, de San Andrew Rivas (a la izquierda), director ejecutivo de la incluyendo seminaristas, diáco- Angelo, director de la junta, en nos permanentes, religiosos y CONFERENCIA CATÓLICA DE TEXAS; el obispo Michael D. Pfeifer (al El Papa dice que conferencia de prensa. “Vamos fi eles laicos, encuentran en la de un instituto que ofrece certifi - centro), de San Angelo; y padre Lawrence J. Christian (a la búsqueda de una educación ‘el primer sér’ cados a un colegio concediendo derecha), rector-presidente de ASSUMPTION SEMINARY, en San teológica más alta”. títulos en Ministerio Pastoral”. Antonio, hablan después de una conferencia de prensa en San “Puesto que el MACC y creó el mundo Para el año 2020 se espera que Antonio el 24 de octubre, anunciando que el CENTRO CULTURAL Assumption Seminary ya son intencionadamente los hispanos representen más MÉXICOAMERICANO en San Antonio se ha convertido en el COLEGIO líderes claves en la iglesia para del 50 por ciento de los católicos la formación del ministerio, CATÓLICO MÉXICOAMERICANO. (Foto CNS/John Matthews, TODAY’S estadounidenses. Este cambio ya especialmente en el ministerio Por Carol Glatz ha ocurrido en Texas y en muchos CATHOLIC) hispano y multicultural, estamos Catholic News Service otros estados entre los católicos preparados para avanzar en la fe CIUDAD DEL VATICANO menores de 25 años de edad. que debemos atender si hemos en la fe está entre las primeras una vez más para responder a las — El mundo no se originó del caos; “Esto es fuente de ambos de pasarle nuestra fe católica y cinco prioridades de los obispos prioridades urgentes de nuestra en lugar de eso, fue creado inten- esperanza y desafío”, dijo el ar- nuestros valores fundamentales estadounidenses para los próxi- iglesia”, dijo padre Lawrence J. cionadamente por “el primer sér”, zobispo José H. Gómez, de San a las generaciones futuras”. mos 10 años, él dijo que las nece- Christian, rector-presidente de dijo el Papa Benedicto XVI. Antonio. “Hay muchos desafíos Señalando que la formación sidades sociales y espirituales Assumption. El Creador también está in- volucrado no solamente con los orígenes del universo, sino que continuamente sostiene el desa- Dios te llama La Vida rrollo de la vida y al mundo, dijo despues de el Papa durante una audiencia, el ¿Estás escuchando? 31 de octubre, ante un grupo de 80 esta vida participantes que participaron en El Obispo Kevin Vann te invita a un fi n de semana una conferencia sobre la evolución, Un día de retiro, patrocinada por el Vaticano. mixto, para adultos Científi cos, fi lósofos y teólogos Vocacional de todo el mundo asistieron a la En el Centro de cursillos, sesión plenaria del 31 de octubre el 23 al 25 de enero 2221 NW 26th St., al 4 de noviembre sobre Penetración Catholic Renewal Center Fort Worth científi ca dentro de la evolución del universo y de la vida en la Academia Todo joven soltero o soltera entre los años de 18-35 que tiene alguna inquietud domingo, nov. 16, 8:30 a.m. — 5 p.m. pontifi cia de ciencias. sobre la vida sacerdotal o religiosa está invitado. El Papa dijo que este tema es Misa, confesión, muy oportuno y que ha atraído El fi n de semana se llevará a cabo en español. Cupo limitado. refl exión, pláticas, interés en todo el mundo. Fecha limite para incripción: 15 de diciembre diálogo y oración “Naturalmente, preguntas que en silencio se refi eren a la relación entre la in- Para más información, comuníquese con: Venga e invite a sus amis- terpretación científi ca del mundo 1 (888) 560-3370 tades a un día de creci- y la ofrecida por la revelación Sr. Yolanda Cruz, SSMN Ext. 114 Padre Kyle (817) 366-0439 miento en la fe, basado en cristiana surgen continuamente”, Sr. Elvira Mata, MCDP Ext. 273 www.fwdioc.org la enseñanza de la Biblia dijo. El Papa Pío XII y el papa Juan sobre el más allá: i.e. la Pablo II encontraron que no había vida después de la muerte, “oposición entre el entendimiento FORMA DE INSCRIPCION ahora que estamos en el de la creación proveniente de la mes de los difuntos. fe y la evidencia de las ciencias Fin de Semana Vocacional empíricas”, dijo. Donación por persona “Para desarrollarse y evolucio- Nombre: ______es $25. No hace falta nar, el mundo debe existir primero, matrícula previa. Inscrip- Domicilio: ______Ciudad: ______, TX Código Postal: ______y así, salir de la nada hacia la ción el mismo día, de 7:30 existencia. Debe ser creado”, dijo Edad: ______Mujer: _____ Hombre: _____ Teléfono: ______Otro: ______- 8:30 a.m. Ayudaremos a el Papa. los que no puedan dar toda Parroquia: ______Ciudad: ______Pero la obra de Dios de crear la donación. Para más in- la materia y la vida de la nada no Correo electrónico: ______Selecciona uno: ____Soltero _____ Divorciado ____Viudo formación, llame a Martha termina allí, dijo. El Creador fundó Galván (817) 922-9514, o Envía tu forma a: el cosmos y su desarrollo y “los sos- al Centro de cursillos (817) tiene, los sustenta y los mantiene Centro Católico / Attn: Hna. Yolanda Cruz, SSMN / 800 W. Loop 820 S. / Fort Worth, TX 76108 624-9411. continuamente”, dijo. Page 20 NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 América Economía no es excusa para retraso en solucionar crisis de servicios médicos, dice directora de CHA WASHINGTON (CNS) — La conferencia y la misa anual para pobres o cualquier lugar entre- los estadounidenses “han acep- programa Medicare para ancianos actual crisis económica de la las profesiones de los servicios medio”, añadió la hermana Carol. tado muchas ideas equivocadas estadounidenses es “el plan de nación no debe disuadir los es- médicos que la precedió son “Necesitamos una reforma de que han incapacitado nuestra salud más popular y más gen- fuerzos de lograr cobertura de patrocinadas por el Ministerio salud efectiva y efi caz que nos voluntad y creatividad para eroso” en Estados Unidos, con servicios médicos para los 47 mi- de servicios médicos de los Frailes ayude a todos”. solucionar” la crisis de los servi- costos administrativos que son llones de estadounidenses que no dominicos de Nueva York. La líder católica dijo que es cios médicos. Entre éstas citó las la mitad de los planes de salud tienen seguro, dijo la presidenta “Podemos continuar haciendo “completamente incompatible creencias erróneas que: operados comercialmente. y CEO de la Asociación médica rescates, préstamos conectores, con nuestra agenda pro vida” — Estados Unidos tiene los — La gente carece de servicios católica ante una audiencia en recortes de intereses y otros para- que 9 millones de niños estadoun- mejores servicios médicos del médicos porque son demasiado Nueva York el 20 octubre. petos, pero no tendremos una idenses estén entre los no ase- mundo, cuando su sistema esta perezosos para trabajar, cuando La hermana Carol Keehan, de economía renovada y vibrante gurados. “¿Qué niño no merece rezagado de muchos países me- más del 80 por ciento de los no las Hijas de la caridad, pronunció sin aprobar la reforma de salud servicios médicos?” preguntó. nos afl uentes. asegurados viven en hogares la tercera conferencia anual sobre que cubra a todos con un conjunto “¿Qué podría posiblemente jus- — Los servicios médicos op- donde alguien está trabajando la ética de los servicios médicos básico razonable”, dijo. tifi car no darle servicios médicos erados por el gobierno “destru- en uno o dos empleos. católicos en la iglesia St. Cath- “No importa si su prioridad a un niño?” irían la vida estadounidense erine of Siena en Nueva York. La es el mercado de valores o los La hermana Carol dijo que como la conocemos”, cuando el Obispo Wenski busca política de inmigración equilibrada, humanitaria en 2008 WASHINGTON (CNS) — encia, dijo que el actual enfoque pagos en lugares de trabajo en todo za entre la comunidad inmigrante rosas de la aplicación de ley lleven Lamentando que la inmigración de sólo aplicación de leyes en el país “satisfacen la necesidad y las autoridades locales. a un éxodo masivo de inmigrantes ilegal ha sido grandemente de- cuanto a la inmigración ilegal es política de demostrar las capacid- Con una falta de confianza ilegales y legales, como tienen la satendida durante la campaña inefi caz y contrario a los intereses ades del gobierno en la aplicación entre inmigrantes viene el temor esperanza algunas organizaciones presidencial, el obispo Thomas G. nacionales. de la ley”, éstas han tenido un y daños a las relaciones a largo que oponen la inmigración, dijo el Wenski, de Orlando, Florida, dijo “En verdad las redadas inter- impacto mínimo en el número de plazo, añadió el obispo. obispo Wenski. que las nuevas administraciones mitentes en lugares de trabajo, trabajadores indocumentados que “No sólo se preocupan los “Lo que (aquellos que oponen de la Casa Blanca y del Congreso los aumentos en la participación están en el país, dijo. inmigrantes legales que un ser la inmigración) no reconocen es deben enfrentar el asunto y de- por parte de agentes locales de Tales esfuerzos han hecho poco amado pueda ser recogido en que el 70 por ciento de los indocu- sarrollar una política consistente, aplicación de ley y la creación de más que lo que el obispo Wenski una redada en lugares de trabajo mentados ha vivido en este país efi caz y humanitaria que una las un muro a lo largo de partes de llamó “dislocación e interrupción o después que toquen la puerta durante cinco años o más y no divisiones políticas. nuestra frontera sureña, entre otros en las comunidades inmigrantes” de su hogar, sino que también tiene un hogar a donde regresar”, Escribiendo en el Washington esfuerzos, han hecho poco para mientras victimizan residentes están temerosos por sus propios dijo. “Esta gente se identifi ca más Post el 20 de octubre, el obispo atender los retos presentados por permanentes y ciudadanos estado- futuros, y los futuros de sus hijos, como estadounidenses que cu- Wenski, presidente del Comité la inmigración ilegal”, escribió el unidenses, incluyendo niños. en Estados Unidos. Esta no es la alquier otra cosa y prefi eren vivir Sobre justicia y paz internacionales obispo Wenski en un artículo de Además, dijo, la participación manera de fomentar la integración aquí en las sombras que llevarse de la Conferencia estadounidense opinión en el periódico diario. de ofi ciales locales de aplicación de y la ciudadanía responsable”, dijo a sus hijos ciudadanos estadoun- de obispos católicos y consultor del Aunque las redadas de alto ley en la aplicación de las leyes de el obispo Wenski. idenses de regreso a un lugar que Comité sobre migración de la confer- perfi l, que son rápidas como relám- inmigración ha reducido la confi an- Es dudoso que las acciones rigu- no conocen”. Debido a que la crisis global perjudica a la gente del altiplano de Guatemala, los campesinos limitan sus compras TOTONICAPAN, Guatemala guatemaltecos que viven con das a una extrema pobreza como afecta a la gente pobre mucho más mundial de precios, pues de- (CNS) — Después de dos años menos de $2 por día, como Osorio, resultado del aumento. Otras seriamente que a otras”. pende de importaciones agrícolas. que empezó, la crisis global de se han visto empujados hasta los 500,000 personas viven ahora en La gente come menos ahora y Muchos economistas creen que alimentos lanza a millones de extremos, debido a los elevados condiciones empobrecidas. Un con menor frecuencia, disminu- esto ha llevado al aumento de centroamericanos, como los del alti- precios de alimentos. número adicional de 200,000 per- yendo solamente a una taza de café precios. En Nicaragua, los precios plano guatemalteco, a la pobreza. En los dos últimos años el pre- sonas apenas pueden sostenerse aguado en el desayuno o una papa de alimentos aumentaron un 33.3 “El precio de todo ha subido cio de los alimentos ha aumentado con los precios en aumento, se y un pequeño tamal de comida, dijo por ciento del año 2007 al 2008. tanto. No podemos comprar las increíblemente y sin control. Del decía en el estudio. Poncio. “La malnutrición, que antes En Guatemala, el precio de cosas que antes comprábamos”, mes de julio del año 2006 al mes “Las personas afectadas consti- ya era problema, se empeora”. granos básicos, que son lo más dijo Reina Maribel Osorio, campe- de julio del año 2008, el precio de tuyen el 20 por ciento más pobre Los padres de familia sacan importante en la dieta de familias sina que se dedica a la agricultura los alimentos básicos como maíz, de la población”, dijo Nicholas a sus hijos de la escuela más pobres, ha aumentado aún más de subsistencia, y que vive en lo fríjol, leche y otros 23 productos Virzi, autor del estudio y director frecuentemente para ahorrarse rápidamente que el de otros cerrado de los montes de Gua- necesarios para alimentar a una de economía en la Universidad dinero de transporte y los alimen- alimentos. El precio del maíz, temala, zona poblada principal- familia de cinco miembros, subió Rafael Landívar de la Ciudad de tan en la escuela, dijo. arroz y fríjol ha subido un 36 por mente por indígenas mayas. “Una un 26 por ciento, de $6.92 a $8.75 Guatemala. “Los pobres viven con “Así que su vida se ve afectada ciento, 101 por ciento y un 47 por bolsa de azúcar costaba cerca de 5 por día, de acuerdo con el Instituto dieta limitada que se basa en granos de varias formas. No es solamente ciento, respectivamente, del año quetzales (67 centavos de Estados nacional de estadística guatemalteco. como fríjol, arroz y maíz; y precisa- la comida, sino también la edu- 2006 al 2008. Unidos). Ahora cuesta 13 quetza- El promedio de ingresos en el mente el precio de estos granos es cación, el cuidado básico de salud, “Simplemente no le es posible les. Yo ya no compro azúcar”. campo guatemalteco es solamente el que ha aumentado más”. ropa, todo”, dijo Poncio. que la gente (pobre guatemalteca) Tendida en una ladera empi- de $6 por día, de acuerdo a las “La situación es la más seria La iglesia ha respondido con continue así. Apenas pueden nada, localizada a dos horas de Naciones unidas. que se haya visto en muchos el desarrollo de proyectos como comprar comida, para empezar. la población mayor más cercana, En un reciente estudio del años”, dijo Nicola Poncio, que el de animar a las mujeres a coser ¿Cómo le pueden hacer frente a la pequeña granja de Osorio, en Programa mundial de alimentos dirige un programa de alcance huipiles, blusa tradicional maya. los precios más altos?” dijo Mario donde cultiva maíz, da la im- de las Naciones unidas, se decía social en la zona de la arquidióce- La iglesia vende la ropa y envía Chamale, que dirige el Programa de presión que sería un lugar poco que 1,2 millón de guatemaltecos sis de Los Altos, Quetzaltenango- el dinero de regreso a las comu- seguridad de alimentos guatemalteco apropiado para encontrar los no pueden hacerles frente a los Totonicapan. “La combinación nidades, dijo. de la Organización de alimentos y ag- efectos del cambio de la economía precios infl ados. Medio millón de precios de combustible y el Centroamérica es especial- ricultura de las Naciones unidas. mundial. Pero los 2 millones de de personas se han visto lanza- alto precio de alimentos básicos mente vulnerable a la fl uctuación NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Page 21 Diocesan / State Father Cantalamessa says when we say ‘Jesus is Lord’ we’re on path to salvation

FROM PAGE 24 ment in charismatic renewal began in Milan, when he was a university professor, and a woman acquaintance came back from a retreat and told him of “very strange people who pray clapping hands, raising hands; they even speak about miracles happening among them. “I said to this lady, ‘You never go again!’ But as women Andrew Rivas, (LEFT) executive director of the Texas do, she didn’t give up easily,” he recounted. Catholic Conference, Bishop Michael D. Pfeifer of San Angelo The Franciscan said he (CENTER), and Father Lawrence J. Christian (RIGHT), attended a prayer meeting rector-president of Assumption Seminary in San Antonio, with her, but as “a traditional talk after a press conference in San Antonio Oct. 24. They Catholic priest from before were on hand for the announcement that the Mexican the Vatican Council,” he was American Cultural Center in San Antonio is now called afraid of every novelty. “I was critical.” the Mexican American Catholic College. (CNS photo/John Then, with characteris- Above: Fr. George Foley, Matthews, TODAY’S CATHOLIC) tic humor, Fr. Cantalamessa spiritual advisor to said, “The leaders in the room Magnifi cat, Grapevine, knew that, and they said to the and pastor of St. Jude MACC evolves into people, ‘Don’t go to this par- ticular priest. He is an enemy. Parish, Mansfi eld, led Be careful.’” benediction with the four-year college But the people still asked adoration of the Blessed for confessions, and “hearing Sacrament, a regular FROM PAGE 1 multicultural ministry — we are these confessions was the fi rst feature of Magnifi cat generations.” prepared to step out in faith once stroke in my life. It was as if breakfast meetings. Noting that formation in again to respond to the urgent the ground was shaking me. the faith is among the top fi ve priorities of our church,” said Because I had never met such Left: Diane Bates, priorities set by Father Lawrence deep and true repentance. Sins assistant coodinator of the U.S. bishops “This is a day J. Christian, seemed to fall from the souls the Grapevine chapter of for the next 10 Assumption rector- of these people like strands of Magnifi cat group speaks years, he said the to say ‘thank you’ president. “But we great joy, and I had to say to will not do this to the gathering. urgent social and myself, ‘This is the work of the spiritual needs of to Jesus Christ alone.” Holy Spirit.’” Hispanics at this The Mexican The rest of Fr. Cantalames- gathering, in sections, to shout tell me, and I’m going to do time in history and Our Lady of American Catholic sa’s testimony was emotional together, following his lead: “If something.’” call for innovative College has complied and exciting, as he told of a trip your lips proclaim that, ‘Jesus “Father talked about the re- ways of ensuring Guadalupe. We with the requirements to America, and a charismatic is Lord,’ and in your heart you lationship of the Trinity,” Gloria that future of the Texas meeting of 40,000 people in believe that ‘God raised him from Salerno said. “The Father and generations will are going from Higher Education Kansas City in 1976. “I remem- the dead,’ Then you are what? Son love each other so much, remain Catholic Coordinating Board ber one evening a leader took ‘Saved!’ and when they come together, and attain higher an institute that and the Workforce the microphone and started “This is not a joke,” he told what comes out of that is the education. Commission for uttering some very strange the audience, smiling, ‘it is a Holy Spirit. The Mexican offers certifi cates degree-granting words. He said ‘You bishops, proclamation of faith.” “The feeling when you are American Catholic status. you pastors, you people mourn During Fr. Cantalamessa’s that much in love, as humans College, better to a college This allows it to and weep because the body of hour-long address, he took interpret it,” she said, “Wow!” known as MACC, develop its bilingual my Son is broken,’ again and the audience through his full “According to St. Paul,” Fr. “will respond awarding degrees degree plans, again. ‘I started seeing people journey to the religious life, the Cantalamessa told the assem- to this priority, transition into a falling on their knees around priesthood, and charismatic re- bly, “when a person really, providing an in pastoral Catholic college, me. All this huge crowd was an newal. He described his grow- from the deepness of his heart, excellent setting for enroll students, assembly sobbing and repent- ing fascination with prayer, and proclaims, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ this Hispanics to access ministry.” begin the program ing because of the divisions his realization that the Bible moment divides life into two higher education in the fall of 2009, is the living word of God. He gone from their eyes. And parts: before and after. in the faith in a — San Angelo Bishop and initiate the above all this, a phrase was told stories of discoveries in his “For St. Paul there was a welcoming, process of accredi- Michael Pfeifer, written against the sky: ‘Jesus and others’ lives, sharing his single event which really di- cultural tation through is Lord.’” enthusiasm with blazing eyes, vided life into two parts: before environment,” chairman of the board the Southern Fr. Cantalamessa quoted St. an infectious smile, and humor- knowing Jesus as my personal the archbishop Association of Paul, that “‘Nobody can say ous truths. Lord, and after knowing him.” said. “MACC will be a solution Colleges and Schools. Jesus is Lord unless he or she is “We had so many people When Fr. Cantalamessa for some of the obstacles that Arturo Chavez, the college’s under the infl uence of the Holy grateful for this experience,” Di- returned to Italy after his en- Hispanics, including seminarians, president and CEO, said the Spirit.’ And in another passage, ane Bates said. “One couple said counters with the Holy Spirit, permanent deacons, religious program will follow a “staged- he says, ‘If you proclaim with they were so touched, they went people were very surprised at and lay faithful, encounter in learning” approach, designed your lips that Jesus is Lord to confession afterward. ‘We him, and the Magnifi cat audi- pursuing higher theological to increase the proportion of and in your heart you believe were getting wayward,’ they ence laughed when the Francis- education.” second-language courses as a that God raised him from the said, ‘it brought us right back.’ can priest recalled his friends’ “Since MACC and student progresses through time. dead, you are saved.’ You have “A 74-year-old lady said, observation. Assumption Seminary are By the time a student graduates, already entered the work of ‘I’m not sure where I’m sup- “We have sent to America already key leaders in the at least half the course work salvation.” posed to go, but after father’s Saul,” they said, “and they church for ministry formation would be accomplished in his or Playfully he urged the talk I’m ready for the Lord to have sent back Paul.” — especially in Hispanic and her second language. Page 22 NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Diocesan / Regional

Pope Benedict says Blessed Pope Special Collection: John always worked for unity, peace VATICAN CITY (CNS) — that his diocese wanted to give importance Pope John placed Annual Collection Marking the 50th anniversary of thanks to God for the papacy of on families and on parishes as the election of Blessed Pope John Blessed Pope John and for “hav- the most important place for for the Holy Father XXIII, Pope Benedict XVI said his ing sustained in him the docility Catholics to grow in and cel- predecessor always worked to of the Holy Spirit so that he could ebrate their faith. increase agreement, hope, unity be a living image of the Good In a 1932 letter to families, and peace. Shepherd.” the future Pope John wrote, “The pope was a man of “He made himself a brother “The education that leaves its ... peace and a pastor of peace who and father on the pathways of deepest mark is always that of knew how to open unexpected the world, in the East and in the the home. I have forgotten much horizons for fraternity among West, to tell of the goodness of the of what I have read in books, but Christians and dialogue with all Lord, to give hope and to sow that I still recall well what I learned in the East and the West,” Pope peace that always fl ows from the from my parents and elders.” Benedict said after praying at the merciful heart of God, the father Pope Benedict said that it is tomb of Blessed Pope John. of all,” the bishop said. in the family that people learn Some 3,000 pilgrims from the Pope Benedict told the pil- the primacy of love and become Diocese of Bergamo, the home grims, “A truly special gift peacemakers. diocese of Blessed Pope John, offered to the church with John And, he said, Pope John traveled to the Vatican to mark XXIII was the Second Vatican taught that when parishes the anniversary of his Oct. 28, Council,” which he called, pre- increased the experience of 1958, election. pared and opened in 1962. communion and brotherhood Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, “We are all committed to ac- among their members, the Vatican secretary of state, pre- cepting that gift in an appropriate experience would spread and sided at the evening memorial way, continuing to meditate on would make people see the Mass with the pilgrims, while its teachings and translate them” downside of “the consumerism Pope Benedict joined them later into the daily life of the church, and individualism of our time, for prayers at the pope’s tomb he said. reawakening solidarity and and for a brief address. Pope Benedict also used the opening the eyes of people’s Bishop Roberto Amadei of occasion to ask the pilgrims hearts to recognize the Father, Bergamo told Pope Benedict from Bergamo to remember the who is gratuitous love.”

they choose. kling his brow in thought, look- Hamer… During daily Mass and ing at his holy cards. Finally he prayers, the dogs rest on fl uffy asked what the sisters do all FROM PAGE 11 cushions in the choir with the day. We told him, “They pray.” heap, is my unoffi cial expert on nuns, and usually can be seen He was surprised to know that all things of nature. through the grate by friends was the main focus of their “My house is full of fl ies,” praying in the chapel. Lovable lives, and the reason they live I said. Confi rming his genius, and protective companions, the in the cloister. Matt answered quickly, “A rat dogs live a cloistered life, and “They are a gift to us,” my probably died somewhere.” I are scheduled by the bells. daughter Meredith told her wrinkled my brow and paused. When I last saw them, redheaded, bright-eyed little “In Hart Street Pottery?” they were sitting on the parlor boy. “They have lived here for The answer came the next fl oor, where I had brought 50 years, and they pray for us day when my house started to my grandson Samuel to visit all, by name. smell. It was ironic. Nothing had Reverend Mother Maria and “When your daddy was ever died in my home before, Mother Ann Teresa, in celebra- sick, they prayed for him every except icemakers and VCRs. I tion of his fi rst communion. single day.” didn’t know what dead animals This had been a tradition for At dinner that night Sam’s smelled like, until I opened the all my children. father asked him about the day, doors and lit all my scented Sam was fascinated with the and Sam spouted information candles. Then I said, “Oh yeah. dogs, and the nuns allowed about the nuns, their lives of Now my house smells like the him to feed them doggy treats prayer, the cameras, and Muffy pottery shop! A cinnamon- through the grate. Sam also and Bosco. Then he said, “Can I apple-pumpkin-bread-vanilla- could ask the nuns any ques- go and visit them again when I cookie pottery shop.” tions, and they answered him make my confi rmation?” Had I killed Janet’s rat? And happily. “And can I visit the dogs then had I traveled to my own Fixated on their secu- too?” Sam asked. Dustin house and killed one there? I rity, Sam had multiple queries thought it over and laughed. don’t know. And if I did, I am about personal safety — did “Sure you can visit the nuns sorry. their house have a burglar again,” Dustin said, wryly. “But I do love animals. I actually alarm? Were there cameras out- if you’re going to see the dogs, like them better than candles, side? What was the grate for? don’t take Grammie.” although until this episode I He asked, “Can anybody Kathy Cribari Hamer, a owned no pets, but had 25 can- come in there?” Reverend member of St. Andrew dles in country-styled glass jars. Mother told him the grate is Parish, has fi ve children, Now I own no candles either. symbolic, and joked that he Meredith, John, Julie, The best animals I have ever could probably fi t through the Andrew, and Abby. In met live with the Carmelite opening. The nuns chatted and May, her column received the sec- nuns in Arlington. Their names laughed with Sam, until the ond place award for best family life are Muffi n and Bosco, and they vespers bell rang; the dogs’ column by the Catholic Press As- are cloistered dogs, living in ears perked up, and they rose sociation of the U.S. and Canada at the monastery with full reign and walked to the door. Time the Catholic Media Convention in of building and grounds. They for evening prayer. Toronto. In 2005, Kathy’s column sleep in whatever hallway is Driving home, Sam was un- was recognized with the fi rst place empty, outside whichever room characteristically quiet, wrin- award in the same category. NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC, November 7, 2008 Page 23 Calendar

RACHEL MINISTRIES MINISTRY WITH FAMILIES THANKSGIVING MEMORIAL MASS CHRISTMAS BOOK AND GIFT SALE Rachel Ministries, a program that offers a To Report Misconduct Ministry With Families, a two-day leader- The Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus The Catholic Renewal Center Bookshelf at safe, non-judgmental, and supportive envi- General Worth Assembly will celebrate 4503 Bridge St. in Fort Worth will hold a If you or someone you know is a victim ship formation training program, will be ronment to those struggling with abortion’s its Annual Memorial Mass at 10 a.m. on Christmas “Book and Gift Sale” Nov. 22-23. of sexual misconduct by anyone who held Nov. 14 and 15 at Holy Family Church, aftermath, is expanding its outreach to Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 27 at the Carmelite The bookshelf, next door to Nolan Catholic serves the church, you may 2330 Cheyenne St., Irving. The program, include programs and services in Spanish. Convent at 5801 Mt. Carmel Dr. in Arlington. High School, carries items such as first com- • Call Judy Locke, victim co-hosted by parishes in the Dioceses of The expanded outreach program is currently The Mass will honor the Sir Knights who munion gifts, confirmation gifts, children and assistance coordinator, Dallas and Fort Worth and presented by the seeking volunteers who can read and speak passed away during the past year. The adult books, Bibles, cards, Christmas cards, (817) 560-2452 ext. 201 National Association of Catholic Family Life Spanish to help build the Spanish program. ciborium, on display at the Mass, will be music, jewelry, religious articles, and other or e-mail her at [email protected] Ministers, is designed for clergy, religious, The ministry is also seeking Spanish-speak- engraved with the names of the following gift items. The sale includes 10 percent off • Or call the Sexual Abuse Hotline parish staff, lay leaders, teachers, and ing licensed counselors to volunteer during Sir Knights: James W. Wright, Milton Ray regular stock, with the exception of items (817) 560-2452 ext. 900 volunteers. The sessions will begin with a the Rachel’s Vineyard weekend retreats. Townsend, John William Petrelli, Sr., and already reduced, and without sales tax. The • Or call The Catholic Center at continental breakfast from 8:30 a.m. to 9 There are also opportunities for volunteers John J. Nykaza. This ciborium will be pre- store will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (817) 560-2452 ext. 102 and ask a.m. with training being held from 9 a.m. to be included on the referral list. Training sented to Holy Trinity School for their use on Friday and 12 to 5 p.m. on Saturday. For for the chancellor/moderator of the to 4:30 p.m. both days. The registration will be provided to all volunteers. Anyone at Mass. Father Anh Tran, Faithful Friar, will more information, call the catholic Renewasl curia, Father James Hart fee is $70 per person or $100 per couple who is bilingual and is interested in this and includes training manual and lunch. celebrate the Mass and the Carmelite Nuns Center at (817) 429-2920. ministry is asked to contact Betsy Kopor at To Report Abuse For more information, call Linda Moses will provide the choir music. All Knights, Sir (817) 923-4757 or by e-mail to forgiven@ at (972) 252-5521 or e-mail to lmoses@ Knights, and the public are welcome to this Call the Texas Department of Family racheltx.org. holyfamilychurch.net. Memorial Mass. Protective Services (Child Protective Services) at (800) 252-5400 NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING ST. JOSEPH MISSION The Couple to Couple League, which offers MINISTRY FOR GAYS, LESBIANS Father Cedric Pisegna, CP, will lead a three- classes in the sympto-thermal method of NTC DEADLINES FOR The regular fourth Thursday of the month night mission and Mass at St. Joseph’s CATECHESIS WORKSHOP Catholic Community at 1927 SW Green Oaks Natural Family Planning, finds NFP to be The diocesan office of Adult Catechesis meeting of the Fort Worth diocesan Minis- SUBMISSION Blvd. in Arlington. Fr. Cedric has produced “safe, healthy, and effective.” The Couple and RCIA will present a workshop for RCIA try with Lesbian and Gay Catholics, other to Couple League is introducing an updated Sexual Minorities and Their Families will numerous CD and DVDs on Christian liv- directors, teams, and catechists entitled The North Texas Catholic is published course in the sympto-thermal method with not be held in November and December, ing. Many of his books and CD/DVDs will “I Came That They Might Have Life” Nov. twice monthly, except during the completely revised materials and classes. due to the holidays. All, including parents be available for purchase and he will be in 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. John the months of June, July, and August The course consists of three classes spaced and friends, are invited to attend a 6 p.m. the narhex for signing. For more information Apostle Church, 7341 Glenview Dr. in North when it is published monthly. The at monthly intervals, with individual fol- Mass Tuesday, Dec. 2, in the chapel of the about Fr. Cedric and to view some of his TV/ Richland Hills. The day will include a keynote deadline to submit information low-up as needed. Engaged couples are Catholic Renewal Center, 4503 Bridge St. radio interviews, visit his Web site at www. presentation entitled “This is the Faith of the is noon on the Wednesday of the encouraged to attend a course that begins in Fort Worth next to Nolan Catholic High FrCedric.org. For more information about Fr. Church: Dynamic and Essential Catechesis week before the paper is published. at least four months before their wedding. School. The Mass will be followed by a Cedric’s three-day visit to St. Joseph, call in the Catechumenate” by Lucas Pollice, Items for the Nov. 21 issue must be To register for a class starting Nov. 9 at 2 pot-luck dinner. The next regular meeting Anita Favila at (817) 472-5181 or Metro director of Catechesis for the Diocese of received by noon on Wednesday, Nov. p.m. at Sacred Heart Church, 714 N. Main of the ministry will be held Thursday, Jan. (817) 467-3049. All talks will begin sharply Fort Worth. There will also be three rounds 12. Items for the Dec. 5 issue must St., Muenster, contact Scott and Vickie Green 22, 2009, at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Renewal at 7 p.m. in the church. Parking available of breakout sessions offering catechist and be received by noon on Wednesday, at (940) 759-4475. Center. For more information, contact Father on the west sides of the church. team formation topics. There is no cost for Nov. 26. the workshop, but lunch will be provided for Warren Murphy, TOR, at (817) 927-5383 or $5 per person, payable at the workshop. To Doreen Rose at (817) 329-7370. RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREAT RSVP, contact Josie Castillo at (817) 560- Rachel Ministries will host a weekend retreat 3300, ext. 255 or at [email protected]. LAY CARMELITES OLGHS DEVELOPMENT DINNER for healing following an abortion Nov. 21-23. For more information and a schedule for The Lay Carmelites invite those in search COURAGE GROUP Our Lady of Grace High School will hold its This program helps those who struggle with the day, visit the diocesan Web site at www. of a deeper relationship with Christ to join Courage D/FW, a spiritual support group annual Development Dinner at 6 p.m., Dec. grief, guilt, and pain after abortion to find fwdioc.org and click on Faith Formation and them on the second and fourth Sundays of for those striving to live chaste lives ac- 6 at the Trophy Country Club located at 500 hope and healing. The retreats are open Adult Catechesis/RCIA. the month for a time of prayer and fellow- cording to the Catholic Church’s teachings Trophy Club Dr. in Roanoke. The evening to all who feel the pain of post-abortion ship. Those interested in participating are on homosexuality, meets every second and will feature guest speaker Patrick Reilly, trauma. Come and experience the mercy, asked to gather at 2 p.m. in the chapel fourth Friday evening. For information, e- founder of the Cardinal Newman Society, forgiveness and healing love of God on ‘COME AND SEE’ RETREAT Women interested in knowing about reli- of The College of St. Thomas More, 3017 mail to [email protected] or call on the necessity of Catholic education from a Rachel’s Vineyard weekend retreat. For Lubbock in Fort Worth. Formation will take (972) 938-5433. kindergarten to college. The presentation is more information or registration call the gious life are invited to attend a “come and see” retreat Nov. 22 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. place in the college library from 2:30 p.m. geared toward parents considering sending confidential help line at (817) 923-4757, to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call their children to a Catholic university or or e-mail to [email protected]. The retreat will be held at Jesus the Good Shepherd Convent of the Sisters of the Holy Phyllis Poth at (817) 457-1746. BENEDICTINE VOCATIONS RETREAT college. Dave Palmer from Catholic Radio Family of Nazareth at 1814 Egyptian Way St. Bernard Abbey in Cullman, Alabama, will KATH-AM, 910 will serve as emcee. The in Grand Prairie. For more information or host a “Men in Black” high school vocation Scanlan Foundation has offered a matching DEAF MINISTRY to register, call Sister Mary Paul, CSFN, by ‘TASTE AND SEE’ retreat with the Benedictine Monks of St. grant of $75,000, and the school’s goal The Deaf Ministry Program is in need of a Good Shepherd Parish, 1000 Tinker Rd., Nov. 19 at (972) 642-5191 or (972) 262- Bernard Abbey, Nov. 14-16. The Benedic- is to raise enough funds to match the gift court reporter to help with CART (Computer Colleyville, will host its second annual “Taste 5137 ext. 24. tines’ invitation to join them for the weekend and build a school “worthy of our students’ Assisted Real-Time Translation) services. and See Artistic Creations Weekend” Nov. states “students will learn about the Divine abilities and bright futures.” The event will The Deaf Community celebrates a special 15 from 4 p.m to 9 p.m. and Nov. 16 from Office, the lectio divina, the liturgy, and also honor the school’s benefactors and Deaf Community Mass on the first Sunday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The weekend event will POLKA MASS AND DINNER more.” For more information contact Brother supporters. Admission will be $50 per per- of each month at 1:45 p.m. at San Mateo host over 40 exhibitors, including a sculptor The Catholic Community of Seymour will Benedict Dyar, OSB, at (800) 722-0999 son, which includes dinner, entertainment, Church near downtown Fort Worth. The from Nepal, a Peruvian jeweler, a fine arts celebrate with neighbors Nov. 9 beginning ext. 138 or email brbenedicosb@yahoo. information, and fellowship. A cash bar will ministry would like to provide CART services photographer, and a local beekeeper, as with a special 10 a.m. Polka Mass at Sa- com. More information about St. Bernard also be available. For more information, or for deaf persons who do not sign so they can well as craftspeople, chefs, and musicians cred Heart Church on North Cedar Street Abbey can be found at www.stbernardab- reservations, call (817) 933-6516 or visit read the simultaneous transcriptions and be from the local Fort Worth area. The event in Seymour. Following the Mass, a Czech bey.com. the school’s Website, www.olghs.com. a part of the special liturgy. To help with this Olde World dinner with Bohemian sausage, is free and open to the public. For more service, contact Mary Cinatl, director of the turkey and dressing with all the trimmings, information, visit the Good Shepherd Web Deaf Ministry Program, at (817) 284-3019 and kolaches, will be served at Sacred Heart site at www.gscc.net or call the parish office (Voice and TDD) or [email protected]. Mosler Hall until 1:30 p.m. A silent auction at (817) 421-1387. will be held during the meal. A country store Classifi ed Section ST. AUGUSTINE GROUP of baked goods, kolaches, and Bohemian OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE LECTURE sausage will also be a highlight of the event. The St. Augustine Men’s Purity Group, a St. Patrick Cathedral, located at 1206 Sacred Heart Church is located two-and- support group for men who struggle with Throckmorton St., will offer a lecture and one-half hours from the Fort Worth area into SERVICES AVAILABLE sources of sexual impurity such as those slide presentation on Our Lady of Guadalupe LITURGY COORDINATOR the country going 199 West to Jacksboro Topsoil, sand, gravel, washed materials, found on the Internet, meets regularly at 7 p.m. Dec. 11. There will be a potluck Large Vatican II parish with five weekend and then 114 West to Seymour. driveways, concrete, backhoe, and trac- in Room 213 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton dinner at 6 p.m. The lecture, “The Image Masses is looking for an energetic, tor services. Custom mowing lots and School, located at 2016 Willis Lane, Keller; of Guadalupe in the Light of Science and engaging person to coordinate liturgical acres. Call (817) 732-4083. at 1301 Paxton Ave. (Padre Pio House) in History” will be given by Dr. Miguel Leatham celebrations with style and reverence. Arlington; and at Immaculate Conception Adrian’s Flooring who is a renowned Catholic expert on Our Responsibilities will include training Parish in Denton at 2255 Bonnie Brae St. ACCOMPANIST Specialists Lady of Guadalupe. and scheduling ministers, planning For additional information, visit the Web weddings, funerals, and sacramental Accompanist with experience at three- site at www.sampg.com, or e-mail to Mark in all facets of flooring rituals. The coordinator will also be manual pipe organ needed for three BENEFIT DANCE weekend Masses at Holy Family Church at [email protected]. New Flooring HALOS (Hispanic Association Lending Others responsible for all liturgical articles and in Fort Worth. Responsibilities include Support) Fort Worth will host its fifth annual vestments. This is a full-time position • Carpet • Tile • Laminate rehearsals with up to two choirs weekly, dance Nov. 29 from 7 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at with weekends and offers competitive • Hardwood holy day Masses; availability for parish ‘A NIGHT WITH THE BISHOP’ Our Lady of Guadalupe Hall at 4100 Blue salary and benefits. Send a cover let- Sales, Installations, Repairs, Cleaning funerals, weddings, and major parish The Knights of Columbus Bishop Dunne Mound Rd., Fort Worth. Tickets are available ter and résumé to LC Search, St. Philip celebrations throughout the year is Council #2813 will host “A Night of Listening Special Savings on for $30 per person. Tables may be reserved the Apostle Church, 1897 W. Main St., preferred. Applicant must be familiar with Bishop Vann” Nov. 22 from 6:30 p.m. to with the purchase of eight tickets. Tickets Lewisville 75067; [email protected]; • Tile & Grout cleaning • Sealing • with post-Vatican II Catholic liturgy. 8:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, will also be available at the door for $35 fax (972) 219-5429. No phone calls. Re-grouting/Recaulking of fl oors, Send a résumé to Holy Family Church; 4500 Columbus Trail, Fort Worth. The eve- per person. The dance will feature Little Job description may be viewed at www. tubs, showers & more Attn: Diane Kain, 6150 Pershing Ave., ning will offer participants the opportunity Joe and his band La Familia. The auction stphilipcc.org/job_board.htm. Fort Worth 76107 or e-mail to dkain@ to “grow, embrace, and love the Catholic Convenient Service .... of a bicycle will also be held during the holyfamilyfw.org. For more information, faith,” according to promotional material. A We bring the store to you! dance. 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Story and Photos By Kathy Cribari Hamer Joyous Jubilee Correspondent in more ways than anyone suspected...

Story and Photos by Kathy Cribari Hamer

important — but not so beauti- burst into applause. “Maybe ful as this.” for some of you, today is the he spiritual confessor for Magnifi cat is a woman-to- day of Pentecost.” woman ministry, founded in Discussing his own religious Pope Benedict and preacher 1981 in the Archdiocese of New vocation, the friar said he per- Orleans, to ceived to the papal household ad- provide a “with T faith-shar- complete dressed a large crowd of local Cath- ing experi- clarity ence in a so- that the olics Oct. 4 in Grapevine, but wear- cial setting. Lord was Born out of calling ing the humble brown habit of a the Catholic me to Charismatic be his Franciscan Capuchin friar, the priest Renewal, its disciple fi rst func- full time, Before beginning his talk, Fr. Cantalamessa turned to the tion was full heart was indistinguishable from the oth- crucifi x behind him and addressed Jesus. a prayer in the er men in the hotel meeting room breakfast. The Grapevine Franciscan style.” group joined the international Fr. Cantalamessa explained who were wearing religious garb. association in 1998, and now that his formation had contin- hosts three yearly breakfasts, ued to grow throughout his which include adoration of the fi ve decades as a priest, then Father Raniero Cantala- He runs a weekly program on Blessed Sacrament, benedic- surprised the audience by messa, OFM Cap, was keynote Italian state television, discuss- tion, and a guest speaker. This announcing to them that his speaker at a Magnifi cat Min- ing the Gospel for the liturgy of breakfast had an attendance of ordination had, in fact, taken istry breakfast at the Embassy the following Sunday. about 1,000, representing 77 place exactly 50 years ago — to Suites Hotel, and the day But as the great spiritual ed- Metroplex parishes, and Bates the day. They exploded in ap- before, on Oct. 3, he had spo- ucator was about to address the said the organization could plause. ken to a retreat of priests from crowded Magnifi cat breakfast, have sold another 1,000 tickets. Becoming a part of the char- both the Fort Worth and Dallas he let the assembly of 1,000 Fr. Cantalamessa introduced ismatic renewal on a personal dioceses. His presence for the people wait a few moments, as himself to the breakfast audi- level begins with the release two events was requested by he turned to face the crucifi x ence by sharing his personal of the power of the Holy Spirit Bishop Kevin Vann and facili- behind him, and spoke to Jesus testimony, which had to do conferred at confi rmation, most tated by the women of Magnifi - fi rst. “He looked up at Jesus with religious life and charis- commonly referred to as the cat, to usher in the beginning of and smiled,” said Diane Bates, matic renewal. “I don’t intend “Baptism of the Holy Spirit,” the diocese’s 40th anniversary assistant coordinator for the to convince you to join the which came to Gloria Salerno, year. Grapevine chapter of Magnifi - charismatic renewal, only that Grapevine Magnifi cat coor- Fr. Cantalamessa holds doc- cat, who was sitting next to him this has been the way the Lord dinator, when she was going torates in both divinity and in at the head table, “like a little has led me to a new life, a new through an especially hard classical literature. He was for- boy smiles at his father.” understanding of my ministry.” time in her life. “A gentleman merly an ordinary professor of Then Fr. Cantalamessa He said, “The thing which is prayed over me, and lifted my the history of ancient Christian- turned to his audience, looked important to everybody in the spirits. I had been at the gates ity and director of the depart- around at them and said, “Well, church is the new Pentecost. of hell, and he opened me up to ment of religious sciences at the the audience of the papal This is the special grace the the light of the Holy Spirit. Catholic University of Milan. household is certainly more Lord sent for this very diffi cult “It was permanent from then time in the Church…. (Pope) on,” Salerno said. “I felt like a Left: Father Raniero Cantalamessa captivated the approximately 1,000 John XXIII asked God for a new veil lifted from my eyes. I am gathered for the Magnifi cat breakfast, beaming as he joyfully shared the Pentecost, and God has an- never alone. I am truly loved. details of his own vocational story, and his ongoing conversion. swered this prayer. These are gifts the Holy Spirit “So everyone is invited to has just for me.” Background at right: People praise God in song (top) enter in,” Fr. Cantalamessa told Fr. Cantalamessa’s involve- and with arms uplifted in prayer (bottom). his overfl owing audience, who SEE FATHER, P.21

MAILING LABEL: Please enclose label with address change or inquiries concerning mail delivery of your paper. Thank you. Inside... This issue of the NTC When the diocese celebrated its Arlington’s Mount Carmel of the third Golden Anniversary Mass for Most Holy Trinity celebrated the couples married 50 years or 50th anniversary of its founding longer, Joan Kurkowski-Gillen was with a Jubilee Mass and a ground- there, gathering their stories. 8 breaking Oct. 4. 12-13 Bishop Kevin Vann concelebrates the Carmelites’ Jubilee Mass. (Photo by Steve Moffett)