Gathering Bids Farewell to Prairie Messenger the Last Issue of the Prairie Messenger Will Be Dated May 9
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Single Issue: $1.00 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40030139 CATHOLIC JOURNAL Vol. 95 No. 44 May 2, 2018 One more issue . Gathering bids farewell to Prairie Messenger The last issue of the Prairie Messenger will be dated May 9. This week’s issue By Kiply Lukan Yaworski features more tributes to the PM and St. Peter’s Press. MUENSTER — The St. See pages 3, 5, 9, 11 - 21. Peter’s Press building at the Benedictine abbey in Muenster, Hope for change Sask., opened its doors for a farewell reception April 28, wel - After private meetings with coming friends, contributors, for - Pope Francis, three survivors mer staff and longtime readers of clergy sexual abuse from who came to bid farewell to the Chile said they felt they had Prairie Messenger . been heard and were hopeful The production, printing and for changes in the way the office spaces of the press building Catholic Church handles at St. Peter’s Abbey were filled to accusations of abuse. the brim with visitors touring the — page 2 plant, viewing photos and past issues, sharing memories, and Art project mourning the loss of the weekly Catholic newspaper that will Jenaya Johns of Holy Cross cease production May 9, 2018, High School after 114 years. in Saskatoon Some of the conversations took first throughout the afternoon recep - prize with tion touched on the Prairie her pencil Messenger’s impact, while others and crayon recalled former staff, reflected on Allison Weber rendering of the reasons for closure or wres - D&P PRESENTATION — Development and Peace — Caritas Canada honoured the Prairie Messenger at a a child wear - tled with communication trends ing a hijab, titled “One of farewell celebration for the Prairie Messenger and St. Peter’s Press on April 28. Part of the citation reads: — but most of those present were “Development and Peace — Caritas Canada is honoured to formally recognize the Prairie Messenger . Many Children,” at the simply highlighting the blessings for the solidarity you have shown for the marginalized and oppressed and for your work in helping to Saskatchewan Youth Visual of the beloved publication. strengthen our movement.” From left: Miriam Spenrath, OSU, presenting on behalf of D&P, associate edi - Art Project. The project was When Adele and Jim tor Maureen Weber, editor-in-chief Peter Novecosky, OSB, and associate editor Don Ward. established in 2011 by Multi- Longstaff were married some 50 Faith Saskat chewan. years ago, a subscription to the presided at their wedding. The cation enriched and nurtured their All Saints Anglican Parish and — page 6 Prairie Mes sen ger was a gift Saskatoon couple has re ceived faith. Our Redeemer Lutheran Church from Adele’s cousin the late Rev. the publication ever since, said A contributing columnist, Rev. K of C convention Maurice Weber, OSB, who Adele, describing how the publi - Marie-Louise Ternier, rector of — GRATITUDE , page 5 The 96th annual state coun - cil meeting of the Knights of Medical experts say faith promotes health and healing Columbus of Saskatchewan was a call for Knights to By Cindy Wooden The fourth Unite to Cure future of medicine and practical vision host and professor of hold fast to the principles Conference, co-sponsored by the steps to promote health and surgery, moderated a panel dis - around upon which the order VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pontifical Council for Culture, health care treatment around the cussion on “The Culture of Life was founded: charity, unity, Religions provide hope, meaning brought hundreds of physicians, world. fraternity, and patriotism. and models of behaviour that researchers and health care Dr. Mehmet Oz, the U.S. tele - — PRAY , page 23 — page 7 have been proven to promote executives to the Vatican April Listening needed health, healing and long life, said 26 - 28 for a discussion about Dominican priest bids speakers at a Vatican meeting. new medical technology, the Bishop Jon Hansen, CSsR, farewell to Saskatoon says the “Letter to Indigenous Peoples in Canada” from the Canadian By Kiply Lukan Yaworski political science at the University bishops “is now being slowly of Ibadan, Nigeria’s premier uni - digested. My worry is that SASKATOON — The parish versity. the aftertaste will be communities of St. Michael and In 2000, the Nigerian bishops lasting and bitter.” St. Peter the Apostle are preparing approached Enwerem to lead a new — page 22 to bid farewell to their pastor, Rev. department they had created, Iheanyi Enwerem, OP. After 10 Church and Society, to liaise Challenging years in the Diocese of Saska toon, between the bishops’ conference Catholics and 23 years away from home, the and the government. The country Dominican scholar has asked his had been under military rule for The pope is not changing superiors to recall him to Nigeria. decades, and this was the beginning church teaching, but “is Enwerem came to Toronto in of a new civilian administration. challenging Catholics to 1982 for graduate studies in theolo - The experience was an eye- undertake a ‘radical embrace gy. While there, he got to know opener. “I saw the Catholic of a church for the poor’ in London, Ont., Bishop Michael Church in Nigeria in its very raw calling for a ‘return to the Sherlock, who asked him to serve nature, the good and the bad,” values of the Gospel, the as chaplain of Kings College, Enwerem recalls. “The church is values of mercy, justice, CNS/Paul Haring University of Western Ontario. supposed to be the voice of the Enwerem combined the role with a voiceless, to stand on the path of love and care for God’s cre - CONFERENCE ON FAITH AND HEALTH — Dr. Dale G. Renlund, teaching position in the department truth and justice. It was not suffi - ation,’ ” said a speaker at a an elder in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Dr. of history and political science. ciently playing that role.” recent Villanova University Edward Reichman, a rabbi and professor at Yeshiva University in He returned to Nigeria in 1993 Enwerem chronicled the cor - conference. New York, Jesuit Father Kevin T. FitzGerald, a geneticist and profes - to serve as president of a new ruption and collusion involving — page 24 sor of ethics at Georgetown University in Washington, and Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, a television host and professor of surgery, attend the Dominican Institute of Philoso phy church officials and organizations United to Cure Conference at the Vatican April 25. Hundreds of and Theology at Ibadan, where he in Crossing the Rubicon: A Socio- physicians, researchers and health care executives attended the con - spent six years as the founding Political Analysis of Political ference to talk about medical advances and steps to promote health administrator. He then became a care around the world. senior lecturer in the department of — ENWEREM , page 4 2 Prairie Messenger INTERNATIONAL NEWS May 2, 2018 Abuse survivors grateful after meeting with pope By Junno Arocho Esteves great respect, affection and close - meet with him individually April ly after his meeting with the tions and his own conclusions ness, like a father. We talked 27-29. The three met with the pope, saying that it lasted a “little “without prejudices nor precon - VATICAN CITY (CNS) — about many subjects. Today, I pope again as a group April 30. over two hours” and that it was ceived ideas, with the single After private meetings with Pope have more hope in the future of Although the three survivors “sincere, welcoming and enor - objective of making the truth Francis, three survivors of clergy our church. Even though the task tweeted after their private meet - mously constructive.” shine in our lives.” sexual abuse from Chile said they is enormous,” Juan Carlos Cruz ings, Greg Burke, director of the I am “very happy and satis - The three survivors, who have felt they had been heard and were tweeted April 29 after meeting Vatican press office, said Pope fied,” he said. been outspoken about the hopeful for changes in the way with the pope. Francis “expressly wished” that The Chilean survivors have church’s handling of abuse cases, the Catholic Church handles Pope Francis had invited Cruz, no official statements would be alleged that Bishop Juan Barros welcomed Pope Francis’ letter accusations of abuse. James Hamilton and José Andres released by the Vatican regarding of Osorno — then a priest — had and accepted his invitation to “I spoke for more than two Murillo to stay at the Domus his discussions with the sur - witnessed their abuse by his men - meet so he could ask “forgiveness and a half hours alone with Pope Sanctae Marthae , the Vatican res - vivors. tor, Rev. Fernando Karadima. In of all those I have offended.” Francis. He listened to me with idence where he lives, and to “His priority is to listen to the 2011, Karadima was sentenced to victims, ask their for - a life of prayer and penance by giveness and respect the Vatican after he was found the confidentiality of guilty of sexually abusing boys. these talks,” Burke Although he initially defended said in a statement his 2015 appointment of Barros April 27. “In this cli - as head of the Diocese of mate of trust and Osorno, Pope Francis apologized reparation for suffer - after receiving a 2,300-page ing, the desire of report from a trusted investigator Pope Francis is to he sent to Chile to listen to peo - allow his guests to ple with information about the speak as long as nec - bishop. essary, in a way that The investigator, Archbishop there is no set Charles Scicluna of Malta, is timetable or pre- president of a board of review established content.” within the Congregation for the In a tweet sent Doctrine of the Faith; the board after his April 27 handles appeals filed by clergy meeting, Murillo said accused of abuse or other serious he spoke with Pope crimes.