WWW.THEFLORIDACATHOLIC.ORG | January 2018 FLORIDACatholic MIAMI ARCHDIOCESE ABCD 2018: Give light, give love, give life Campaign kicks off this month to support archdiocese’s charitable, educational ministries

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MIAMI | ABCD 2018 is all about the numbers: numbers that translate into “light, love and life” for thousands of people in South Florida. As the annual campaign kicks off this month, Catholics will be receiving lots of specific informa- tion on how their dollars help their neighbors, both Catholic and non-Catholic, in the Archdiocese of Miami. Those dollars are donated every year in the form of pledges to the Archbishop’s Charities and Development campaign. The ABCD appeal is made once a year and, un- like the weekly collections at Masses which stay in the local parish, these funds go to the archdiocese to fund programs and services that are beyond the scope of individual churches. A pie chart in this year’s brochure breaks down how the dollars were spent last fiscal year, based on the $11.6 million previously collected: • 40 percent, or $4.6 million, went to social minis- tries and assisting parishes and people in poor com- munities. • 31 percent, or $3.6 million, went to programs of evangelization and faith formation. • 29 percent, or $3.3 million, went to the formation of seminarians, clergy, religious and laity. Some examples of the “light-giving” work, which translates into evangelization, or introducing others to Jesus: • 56 seminarians studying for the priesthood in the archdiocese. • 12,522 child and adult baptisms. • 10,289 first Communions. Some examples of the “love-giving” work, which means deeds done for others: • More than 100,000 people served through food banks and pantries in archdiocesan churches and agencies. • 12,901 people served by Catholic Charities and Catholic Legal Services. • 6,711 aged and infirm cared for in residences, nursing homes and rehabilitation centers run by Catholic Health Services. Some examples of the “life-giving” work, done

PLEASE SEE ABCD, 26 2 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic January 2018 Cultures, people come together at Migration Mass Cultural apostolates, serving immigrants and refugees, celebrate, share their journeys

CRISTINA CABRERA JARRO Florida Catholic correspondent

MIAMI | The annual Migra- tion Mass, marking the feast of the Epiphany and the start of National Migration Week, showcases the variety of languages and dialects, colors and costumes, cuisine and traditions present in South Florida. The celebration Jan. 7 at St. Mary Cathedral was no different. Par- ticipants included natives of China, the Philippines, India, Vietnam, Ja- maica, Brazil, Korea, Poland, Haiti, Nigeria and more. And as Archbishop Thomas Wenski put it in his homily, the point of the Mass and the week is JLaurie Bruno, in foreground holding the flag, and other members to highlight the unity of all people. of the Haitian Apostolate prepare to walk in the procession at the “When Jesus was born as a man in Young members of the Indian Apostolate prepare to perform a start of the Migration Mass Jan. 7. Bethlehem he came not for just one traditional dance at the reception that followed the Migration Mass people, but for all peoples, all races, Jan. 7. (PHOTOS BY MARLENE QUARONI | FC) “This outfit to us means unity,” NAMES TELL THE STORY of all time and places,” the arch- said Emma François, a member of Nigeria is comprised of numer- bishop said. with Temporary Protected Status and men in kurta pyjamas or suits. Notre Dame D’Haiti Mission in Mi- ous states, with people speaking “It is awesome to see all the dif- — face the prospect of deportation. India is a predominantly Hin- ami. “It signifies strength and every various languages including Hau- ferent cultures mesh together in one Pope Francis called for the world du nation. But that doesn’t mean time we dress the same way, we feel sa, Igbo and Yoruba. Because of the place and praying in their own lan- to speak out on behalf of migrants that there aren’t Catholics. In fact, like there is unity among us.” variation, English is the official lan- guage,” said John Villaflores, a Fili- and refugees when he launched the Thomas, one of Jesus’ apostles, François broke down the colors guage of the country, as it was dur- pino parishioner at St. Maximilian Share the Journey campaign last made it that far east to evangelize. of the traditional dress: blue for the ing colonial times. Kolbe in Pembroke Pines. “Praying September. In that spirit, we share “We have a random portion of sky, yellow for the sun, red for the “A Nigerian living in Miami can the Our Father is especially beauti- the stories — #ShareJourney — of Catholics in our country,” said Dixie blood shed on the battlefields, and say something and a Nigerian living ful because it sounds like we’re all some of our South Florida neigh- Shanu, a parishioner at Our Lady green for hope. Sharing those de- in Broward may not understand,” speaking in tongues.” bors. of Health, or Velamkanni Matha tails with the younger generations said Simon Okonor, a parishioner That positivity stands in contrast Church, in Coral Springs. is important. at St. Mary Cathedral in Miami who to the negativism currently sur- 100 ELEPHANTS The church is part of the Syro- “The young ones need to know migrated to the United States 30 rounding immigrants in the U.S., as AND DRUMS Malabar Diocese of Chicago, one about the culture,” François said. years ago in search of higher educa- hundreds of thousands — so-called About 100 Indian guests attend- of the Eastern rites that make up “Because they were born here and tion. “dreamers” protected by DACA, and ed the Migration Mass, with many the universal Church. Our Lady were never in Haiti, we need to Though the languages differ, Ni- Haitians and Central Americans women dressed in traditional saris of Health started in 1984 with six transfer the culture to them so that gerians can identify where other Ni- families, and was recognized as a when we are not here they will keep gerians come from by their names, mission of the archdiocese in 1986. the tradition.” which are often given in praise to Today, more than 400 Indian fami- Above all, she wants to remind God. “Timilehin,” for example, is lies from all over South Florida wor- them to “always fight for liberty, fra- ship there. ternity and equality.” PLEASE SEE MIGRATION, 26 Parishioner Prety Devasia pre- sented a precious gift during the offertory: a fully adorned elephant. Elephants are considered sacred in the Indian culture. They symbolize intellect, wisdom, divinity, luck and even peace. In the Hindu faith, they are also linked with deities like the Lord Ganesha. “It is a small replica, but in the southernmost part of India, 100 adorned elephants are out in the streets with their riders, and drums are banging as we celebrate,” Deva- sia said. OUTFIT MEANS UNITY The Haitian carabella dress is typically worn by women Jan. 1, Haiti’s Independence Day, and May

11871-0118 18, Haiti’s Flag Day. But the outfit can be worn any day that celebrates Stella Madu, Adama Osuji and Chinwe Osuji sing a traditional Haitian pride. Nigerian song after the Migration Mass. January 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY 3

ARCHDIOCESE CELEBRATES 60 YEARS Remember when … ? Editor’s note: The following is a 1966 legal and social services for newly new feature highlighting a month • St. Raphael Chapel is dedicated arriving Haitian refugees. A newly in archdiocesan history, as the on the grounds of St. John Vianney created Catholic Emergency Legal Miami Archdiocese kicks off its Seminary in Miami. Aid for Haitians (which will evolve 60th anniversary celebration. into Catholic Legal Services) also 1969 begins processing asylum applica- FLORIDA CATHOLIC STAFF • St. Joseph Residence, a home for tions for Haitians from the U.S. Na- able-bodied elderly, is dedicated in val Base in Guantanamo. MIAMI | The Archdiocese of Fort Lauderdale. Miami was created Aug. 13, 1958, 1993 and established when Bishop Cole- 1972 • Radio Peace begins broadcast- man Carroll was installed as its first • Bishop Rene Gracida, a Miami ing, offering 13 hours of multilin- bishop Oct. 7, 1958. priest, is ordained as the diocese’s gual Catholic programming — in An anniversary celebration, a second auxiliary bishop. His ap- Spanish from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., in “White Gala to Honor the White pointment was announced Dec. 6, English from 2 to 6 p.m., and in Collar,” will take place Oct. 20, 2018. 1971. Creole from 6 to 7 p.m. — on WKAT Proceeds will go to supporting the 1360 AM. work of the two seminaries in form- 1978 ing priests to serve parishes in the • Archbishop Edward McCarthy 1994 future. More specifics about the gala issues the first of his many pastoral • Msgr. Franklyn M. Casale, a will be announced in the spring. letters, this one announcing a Holy Newark priest with 26 years of ex- In the meantime, the Florida Year to coincide with the archdio- perience as a pastor and diocesan Catholic will be running “This cese’s 20th anniversary. He calls administrator, is named president month in archdiocesan history …” for “a unique archdiocesan-wide of St. Thomas University, Miami segments in its print and online spiritual experience” whereby “the Gardens. publications throughout the year. Church of Miami will find a new For the record, these are highlights, conversion to living more fully the PLEASE SEE 60 YEARS, 27 The Jan. 22, 1966, issue of The Voice. not an exhaustive list of events. Here life of Faith, and Prayer and Love is the first installment. of Christ’s Kingdom into which we January have been baptized.” 1984 1960 • Archdiocesan Spiritual Center • Jan. 31: Centro Hispano Católi- for Youth (now known as the Youth co is officially dedicated on the Center) opens on the grounds of grounds of Gesu Parish to look after Immaculata-La Salle High School, “the spiritual and temporal welfare” Miami of the “rapidly increasing Latin colo- • Archdiocesan cemeteries dedi- ny of South Florida.” cate monuments to the millions of 1961 unborn children killed by abortion • U.S. citizen Dominican sisters arrive in Miami after being recalled 1986 by their superiors following the • A Passionist priest, Father Nor- Jan. 3 break in diplomatic relations bert Dorsey, is appointed auxiliary with Cuba. On the island, Fidel Cas- bishop for the archdiocese. tro’s government begins occupy- ing Catholic schools, churches and 1989 seminaries, and arresting priests • On the Martin Luther King holi- and religious. “Belen and La Salle day, Archbishop Edward McCarthy schools were also seized as gun sites announces the creation of an Office and militia posts,” reports Catholic for Black Catholic Affairs, designed News Service. to give the estimated 40,000 black Catholics in South Florida a stronger 1962 voice in the Church. • Bishop Coleman Carroll bless- es the new St. Mary Star of the Sea 1992 School in Key West, which replaces • Auxiliary Bishop Agustin Ro- the St. Joseph School for Boys es- man issues a statement urging the tablished in 1881 and torn down to prompt release of Mariel detainees make way for the new building. “who have served their time and are • 20,000 Cuban exiles gather at ready to be integrated into society.” Hialeah Park for an outdoor Mass He said that 5,000 of the approxi- where they publicly rededicate mately 10,000 detainees have been themselves and their families to released and successfully re-inte- their patroness, Our Lady of Charity. grated into society. • Close to 7,000 Haitian refugees 1963 being held at the U.S. Naval Base • More than 100 of the 999 Cuban in Guantanamo while U.S. courts children being cared for by Miami’s decide whether they should be ad-

Catholic Welfare Bureau (now Cath- mitted into this country receive a 11874-0118 olic Charities) move into the bar- Christmas week visit from Father racks at the former Naval Air Station Thomas Wenski, director of the in Opa-Locka. The 134 boys, ages 13 archdiocese’s Haitian Apostolate. to 18, are among 14,000 unaccom- • The archdiocese’s Office of Mi- panied minors brought into the U.S. gration and Refugee Services opens through the Pedro Pan program. a Haitian Service Office to provide 4 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic January 2018 Immigrants enrich us Migration is, more than any- unknowingly entertained angels” ployment. APPOINTMENTS thing, an act of great hope. Refugees (Heb 13:2). Many of these children and their Archbishop Thomas Wenski has flee their countries due to war and But today our immigration sys- families are, understandably, dis- made the following appointments: persecution, which inspires them to tem is broken — and this is evident traught that DACA was rescinded by Effective Dec. 19: risk everything for a future of hope. in the large numbers of irregular the new administration. Neverthe- Yet our brothers and sisters who are immigrants who live, work and less, President Trump has promised Father Bryan Garcia — vicar FLORIDA econome (temporary administrator), St. forced to migrate often suffer devas- raise families here without a path a solution that will make people Bernadette, Hollywood. Catholic tating family separation and many, to legal status and eventual citi- “happy and proud.” Let’s hope that Effective Jan. 1: ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI especially those in an zenship. This is an intoler- he does so, for these “Dreamers” irregular status, often able situation because those are American in their tastes, their Father Isaac Arickappalil, Vol. 79, No. 3 face dire economic con- whom some call “illegals” language, and in their aspirations. Carmelites of Mary Immaculate ditions and daily fears of are themselves victimized They just do not have permanent — parochial vicar, St. Andrew, Coral Springs. 9401 Biscayne Blvd. deportation. We witness by this broken system: Lack legal status in the U.S. Granting per- Miami, FL 33138 the drama of migration of legal status renders them manent legal status to “dreamers” is 305-762-1131 Fax 305-762-1132 every day. It is a drama vulnerable to exploitation the right thing to do — it would cer- if future economic growth is to be PUBLISHER that each of us has par- and abuse. And while il- tainly allow these young people to sustainable. Archbishop Thomas Wenski ticipated in one way or FROM THE legal immigration needs to dream like Americans. (And anoth- America has always been a na- another, for immigration be fixed, we must be careful er fix is desperately needed by Hai- tion of immigrants. And the immi- DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS ARCHBISHOP Mary Ross Agosta is a lived reality for all of not to demonize those who tian and Central Americans whose gration experience continues to de- us here in South Florida. Thomas were drawn to this country TPS — Temporary Protective Status fine the life of the Catholic Church ARCHDIOCESAN EDITOR Even those of us born in Wenski in the hope of a better life — is soon to expire.) in the U.S. as well as here in South Ana Rodriguez-Soto this country can find sto- for themselves and their A solution to the DACA kids won’t Florida. For this reason, the U.S. [email protected] 305-762-1131 ries in our own families children. Walls alone will fix our broken system. But a bipar- Catholic Church observes National of parents, grandparents or great- provide no solution — at least, not a tisan solution to DACA is a good Migration Week every January. This grandparents leaving the “old coun- solution worthy of America. start to a broader and more com- observance begins with the feast of • ADVERTISING: Contact Valerie Casko at try” for the promise of America. This month, Congress is taking prehensive reform. Revitalizing the Epiphany, which reminds us 407-373-0075 or Americans have a great national up the plight of DACA recipients — America’s inner cities with infra- that God calls all peoples to salva- [email protected] heritage of welcoming the new- those undocumented immigrants structure spending and rebooting tion. In the Church, people of every • CLASSIFIED ADS: Contact Mike Carlock at comer. 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Esta es da sobre la Llegada de Menores Our staff meets for prayer each work day at a emigrar a menudo sufren una puesto a prueba esa herencia, y la una situación intolerable porque (DACA, por su sigla en inglés). 9 a.m. Send prayer intentions to prayers@ thefloridacatholic.org separación familiar devastadora están poniendo a prueba ahora en aquellos a quienes algunos llaman DACA era un patrón de espera, y muchos, especialmente quienes las Salas del Congreso, donde se ha “ilegales” son ellos mismos vícti- una orden ejecutiva dictada por el All contents copyright © 2017, The Florida están en una situación irregular, propuesto una legislación restricti- mas de este sistema roto: la falta de presidente Obama cuando el Se- Catholic Inc., except stories and photos from a menudo enfrentan condiciones va. Ya sea que emigraron de Irlan- estatus legal los hace vulnerables a nado no aprobó el “Dream Act”. Catholic News Service. económicas difíciles y temores da, Italia o un sinnúmero de otros la explotación y el abuso. Y aunque Permitía que ciertos inmigrantes diarios de deportación. Somos tes- países, las generaciones anteriores la inmigración ilegal debe ser rec- indocumentados en Estados Uni- tigos del drama de la migración to- se enfrentaron al fanatismo. Gra- tificada, debemos tener cuidado dos, que ingresaron al país como dos los días. Es un drama en el que cias a Dios, nuestra nación creció de no demonizar a aquellos que menores, recibieran un período re- cada uno de nosotros ha participa- más allá de esas divisiones para se sintieron atraídos por este país novable de dos años de acción di- do de una forma u otra, porque la encontrar la fuerza en la unidad con la esperanza de una vida mejor ferida de deportación y elegibilidad inmigración es una realidad vivida y la inclusión. En su mayor parte, para ellos y sus hijos. 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OBITUARIES Father Brendan Dalton: St. Bernadette’s Father Oscar Sarmiento: ‘pastor, leader, friend’ dies at 73 Dedicated ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO Communion, however, Father Dal- ami (1976-81), before being named mentor to Florida Catholic staff ton came into her religious educa- pastor of Visitation Parish in North tion class and asked who would Miami, where he served from Sep- MIAMI | Father Brendan Dal- like to sing with him at the altar tember 1981 to June 1991. young adults ton, pastor of St. Bernadette Par- during the ceremony. He took over as administrator ish in Hollywood for the past 26 “My granddaughter’s hand shot and then pastor of St. Bernadette ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO years, died early in the morning of up,” Crown said. “The teacher in June 1991, and in 2004 also was Florida Catholic staff Dec. 31, while in the care of Catho- didn’t know what to say, but my named supervising principal of lic Hospice. He was 73, and had daughter said let’s try. At the first Archbishop Edward McCarthy MIAMI | Ricardo Castro will served as a priest in the Archdio- rehearsal, our whole family was in High School in Southwest Ranch- never forget his first meeting cese of Miami for 48 years. the pew waiting to see what would es. On the 10-year anniversary of with Father Oscar Sarmiento. He is survived by his younger happen. Father Dalton put the mi- his service there, he noted how the A 20-year-old who attended brother, Father Bryan Dalton, also crophone to her mouth and she style of education today is “so dif- the Sunday evening Mass at St. an archdiocesan priest and current sang loud and clear. We all began ferent from my school days. The Joseph on Miami Beach, Castro pastor of St. Ambrose Parish, Deer- to cry because this was the first students sit on couches, rugs or had decided that day would be field Beach. time she uttered a sound in public. chairs, similar to a university set- his last at that church. “I remem- “My heart is broken,” said Bar- Father Brendan Dalton I will miss him.” ting, and work on projects using ber saying to God … I need to go bara Asfendis, a St. Bernadette Born in Listowel, County Kerry, their iPad. With a swipe of a finger somewhere where I can be fed.” parishioner since 1989. “I loved his ioners. His mother was a native of Ireland, on Sept. 14, 1944, Father they have access to the latest infor- The celebrant was new in spirituality, his dedication to St. Ireland. Dalton attended high school at mation available.” the parish. But when he started Bernadette.” “Over the next 47 years, he bap- St. Clement’s College in Limer- He was proud of the high preaching, Castro said, “it was Asfendis is president of the par- tized, married, heard confessions ick. He was ordained in his native school’s accomplishments, includ- like God speaking directly to ish’s Council of Catholic Women and gave Eucharist, including first Ireland June 8, 1969, one of three ing the fact that it was “consistently me.” and past president of the Miami holy Communion, to four genera- Irish priests ordained that year for recognized” by the Catholic High After Mass, another parishio- Archdiocesan Council of Catholic tions of our family,” Maas wrote in the Archdiocese of Miami. He and School Honor Roll “as one of the ner, seeing that he was a young Women. She described Father Dal- an email to the Florida Catholic. his brother, Bryan, followed in the top Catholic high schools in the adult, invited Castro to stay for ton as “very supportive of every- “He was so proud of the fact that on footsteps of two uncles, Father Jim- nation. We do all this to help our a group meeting. “That’s Father thing we do. He wore a Panama hat Sunday mornings he would have my Dalton and Father John Dalton, students live up to their fullest po- Oscar,” she told him, “you have to our tea one time because I told three generations of Maas fam- who both served in the Archdio- tential,” he said at the time. to meet him.” him he had to wear a hat.” ily members at the altar serving in cese of Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to his brother, Fa- Castro looked down the Father Dalton self-published a various roles.” Father Brendan Dalton served ther Dalton is survived by two aisle toward the entrance of the book for his parishioners on the Maas added that Father Dal- as parochial vicar at St. Matthew in sisters, Rosemary and Mona; and church, where Father Sarmien- 40th anniversary of his ordination. ton always offered his services as Hallandale (1969-70), Sacred Heart a number of nieces and nephews. to was greeting parishioners. It was called, “Walking with Jesus chaplain to local police officers in Homestead (1970-73), St. Bar- Archbishop Thomas Wenski cel- Still in his vestments, the priest … Everyday. A year in the life of a “and would always encourage their tholomew in Miramar (1973-74), ebrated the funeral Mass Jan. 6 at turned around and started priest.” efforts in tough times.” He called St. Mary Star of the Sea in Key West St. Bernadette, and he was buried walking toward the sanctuary. The description on the back cov- him “truly a compassionate and (1974-76), St. Gregory in Plantation in Ireland. n er describes him as “the heart of St. caring priest.” (1976), and Epiphany in South Mi- PLEASE SEE SARMIENTO, 6 Bernadette Parish,” and cites his “He rarely forgot anyone and “inexhaustible zeal and energy.” people rarely forgot him,” Maas “He has molded us into a parish added. family, always seeking new ways to Joan Crown, archdiocesan di- serve, desiring greater holiness for rector of the Respect Life Office, us all, instilling pride in ourselves also is a longtime parishioner of as Catholics and in the accom- St. Bernadette. “Father Dalton had plishments that we have achieved been ill for many months,” she together,” the description states. said, and she remembered think- “He is truly our priest, our pastor, ing on the last Sunday of the year, our leader and our friend.” “if Father Dalton had any strength Fred Maas, police chief of Sunny at all he would have made an ap- Isles Beach, is also a St. Bernadette pearance at Christmas.” parishioner. His family’s relation- Among her most moving per- ship with Father Dalton stretches sonal experiences with the priest back to one of the priest’s earliest involves her granddaughter, who assignments, at Sacred Heart Par- has a condition called selective ish in Homestead, just a year after mutism. “She was not able to speak his ordination. Maas’ parents and in public from a very young age.” their seven children were parish- When she was preparing for first 10177-0118 11830-0118 6 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic January 2018

SARMIENTO other not-so-young adult members Father Sarmiento was born Nov. of that St. Joseph group — Cami- 8, 1940, in Havana and came to the COLUMN FROM 5 nando con Jesus (Walking with Je- U.S. with his mother in the early FROM 4 sus) — had gathered in his hospice 1960s. He obtained a bachelor’s de- “He has this huge smile on his room at St. Catherine’s West, in gree in art from Florida State Uni- te, angustiados de que DACA haya face. He’s walking from the back Hialeah Gardens, to pray and sing versity but basically worked at odd sido anulada por la nueva admi- of the church with his arms wide the songs they used to sing at their jobs until heeding a call to priest- nistración. Sin embargo, el presi- open. I’m thinking, who’s he go- retreats. hood in his 30s. Castro said those dente Trump ha prometido una ing to greet? And he came right up “He was like our father, our pro- jobs included working at a chicken- solución que hará sentirse a las to me and he embraced me like a tector, our guider. He married us, and-egg hatchery in New York, and personas “felices y orgullosas”. Es- father embraces his son. I’ll never baptized our children,” said Cas- as a guide, snorkeling and water peremos que lo haga, ya que estos forget what he told me,” Castro tro, a teacher at Nativity School in skiing instructor for Club Med in “Dreamers” son estadounidenses said, tearing up at the memory. Hollywood. Tahiti. en sus gustos, su idioma y sus as- “‘My son, I’ve been waiting my He would follow Father Sarmien- His path to the priesthood be- piraciones. Simplemente no tienen whole life for you. I want you to to to St. Edward in Pembroke Pines, gan when he attended a large gath- un estatus legal permanente en los stay.’” where they started another young ering of the Catholic Charismatic Estados Unidos. Conceder estatus It was the beginning of a years- adult group, through which Castro Renewal. legal permanente a los “soñado- long friendship that evolved into met his wife. “We have three kids Father Oscar Sarmiento is “He got really, really angry and res” es lo correcto, y ciertamen- kinship. “I’m one of his spiritual now,” he said. pictured here with his pet, a felt that the people were being mis- te les permitiría a estos jóvenes children,” Castro said. “Honestly, I Ordained for the Diocese of retired greyhound named Lady. led,” recalled Castro, so he walked soñar como estadounidenses. (Y felt like I was his son.” Pensacola-Tallahassee, Father out, fuming. But as he crossed the los haitianos y centroamericanos Father Sarmiento, a late voca- Sarmiento worked in South Florida street to get to his car, “a power necesitan desesperadamente otra tion with a gift for mentoring young from 1992 until his retirement in “One time when she went to came over him, so much that it solución, pues su TPS —estatus de people, died Jan. 6 at age 77, after 35 2009. An only son, he had obtained visit him in Tallahassee and she drove him to his knees in the mid- protección temporal— expirará years of priesthood. permission to work here to look af- came back, she was lost for three dle of the crosswalk. He later came pronto). Castro was at his bedside when ter his mother, who suffered from days. He decided that he needed to to call it an outpouring of the Spirit. Una solución para los menores he died. A few hours earlier, he and Alzheimer’s. look after her and got permission He felt so much love, God’s love, at de DACA no arreglará nuestro roto to come to Miami,” said Hope Sa- that moment that he knew he had sistema de inmigración. Pero una dowski, a parishioner at St. Joseph, to change.” solución bipartidista a DACA es where Father Sarmiento served as The call to priesthood came lat- un buen comienzo para una re- parochial vicar from 1996 to 2003. er, while he was serving as a volun- forma más amplia y más integral. Sadowski, who works as execu- teer in prison ministry. His job was Revitalizar los barrios pobres de The Secret of tive assistant in the archdiocesan to collect the food trays from in- Estados Unidos con gastos en la Office of Schools, described Fa- mates in isolation. The trays would infraestructura y recuperar la ca- St. Jude ther Sarmiento as a very dedicated be passed through an opening in pacidad industrial de la nación, priest who “took care of the young, the cell. One time he knocked on son promesas audaces hechas por Are you feeling especially kids that might have the door but no tray came out. So he la administración Trump. La re- been here undocumented. He put both of his hands through the forma tributaria, la reducción del protected those kids. He was like a opening to reach for the tray. One of laberinto de regulaciones que ma- alone? shepherd guiding the flock.” the inmates, a young adult, “put his tan las empresas, la corrección de In fact, it was those young adult face into Father’s hands and started los crecientes costos de la atención group members, among them Cas- crying into his hands. And he said médica, quizás sean promesas que tro, who moved Father Sarmiento it was that very moment that he an- la Administración debe cumplir. back to Miami from Tallahassee af- swered God’s call,” Castro said. Pero ahora, los únicos países que ter they realized he, too, had devel- Father Sarmiento was ordained están creciendo económicamente oped Alzheimer’s. “We all stepped Nov. 27, 1982. While in South Flori- son los países que también tienen No one knows why God gave St. Jude the mission in to ensure that Father would be da, he also served as parochial vic- un fuerte crecimiento en inmigra- safe,” said Castro. ar at San Isidro in Pompano Beach ción. Por lo tanto, cualquier “mu- of supporting those who have lost hope. “It has been amazing how they (1992-95), St. John the Apostle in ralla” construida para mantener showed their love and care for Hialeah (1995-96) and St. Edward alejados a los “ilegales” debe tener him,” said Sadowski, recalling (2003-09). suficientes puertas para permitir But St. Jude is there, right now, to prove to you what they told her: “He took care Funeral services took place Jan. el ingreso de una fuerza de trabajo of us when we were young. Now it’s 10 at Nativity Parish Hollywood. n legal para que el crecimiento eco- the light always overcomes darkness-even the our turn to take care of him.” nómico futuro sea sostenible. Estados Unidos siempre ha sido darkness of despair. (It is not an accident that you una nación de inmigrantes. Y la are reading this now.) experiencia de la inmigración con- tinúa definiendo la vida de la Igle- sia Católica en los Estados Unidos th th y aquí, en el sur de la Florida. Por From February 2nd to 10th and 11 to 19 esta razón, la Iglesia Católica de los

we will celebrate a Solemn Novena of Masses. 10739-0118 Estados Unidos observa la Sema- na Nacional de la Migración cada You, especially, can mes de enero. Esta observancia co- mienza con la Fiesta de la Epifanía, bring light into your que nos recuerda que Dios llama a St. Jude Devotion, Franciscan Friars todos los pueblos a la salvación. En life with this Novena P. O. Box 598 Mount Vernon, NY 10551 JAD11826 la Iglesia, las personas de todas las razas, idiomas y etnias son abraza- in honor of St. Jude. das como hermanos y hermanas. Dear Fathers: Please include my petitions in your Solemn Al igual que los Reyes Magos Novena to St. Jude and send me, Free, your que llegaron a Belén con regalos, Send today for prayer folder and blessed medal so that I may join el inmigrante trae muchos rega- you in Prayer. los a su nuevo país. Nuestro lema your free Novena nacional, E pluribus unum (“Uno prayer folder and NAME (Please Print) de muchos”), reconoce esta rica diversidad de pueblos. Tal diversi- medal of St. Jude. EMAIL dad no nos divide: el pecado sí. La diversidad no nos divide, sino que Wear it to give you STREET esta diversidad nos ha enriquecido a todos y seguirá enriqueciéndo- 11577-0118 hope and strength. CITY STATE ZIP CODE nos. n January 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY 7

INSIDE THIS • Mission • STU graduates • Puerto Rican students • Respect Life SPECIAL to Haiti, students in bioethics celebrate Christmas essay winners, Page 20 SECTION Page 9 program, Page 8 in Miami, Page 10 NeuroNet Learning helps students ‘get in sync’ Two archdiocesan schools try program that combines coordination of motor, cognitive skills

CRISTINA CABRERA JARRO Florida Catholic correspondent

MIAMI LAKES | A child’s brain is influenced by its surroundings. That’s why parents and educators Students tap along to the beat teach ABCs, 123s and other early during NeuroNet Learning essentials using rhythm, song and exercises. movement. “This is why we have patty cake, class through each of the exercises. jumping jacks, and all other forms The students must count out loud, of games and stories to count and clap, hop or stretch. Another level, sing,” said Alina Falcon, a PreK4 geared toward writing and learn- teacher and director of early child- Our Lady of the Lakes School kindergarten students clap along while balancing on step stools during ing letters, numbers and shapes, hood at Our Lady of the Lakes their NeuroNet Learning morning exercises. (PHOTOS BY CRISTINA CABRERA JARRO | FC) has the students stand on their School in Miami Lakes. stools, left hand on hip and right Taking it a step further, Our purpose of it is brain development gist whose work centers around brain processing and academics hand outstretched, creating letters, Lady of the Lakes and St. Rose of and processing,” said Aeleen Gar- helping children improve their through exercises. numbers and shapes in the air. Lima in Miami Shores are now rido-Tortorici, a licensed mental motor and cognitive skills in an ed- “The impact that exercise has “At this age, kids are physical participating in NeuroNet Learn- health counselor who works as ucational environment. Garrido- on the brain prepares the brain for in everything that they do with ing, a program aimed at helping guidance counselor at Our Lady of Tortorici, who has a background learning,” said Briz. “For me, Neu- their bodies, and this helps them students develop essential reading, the Lakes. “If you look at studies it in sensory integration and brain roNet is a new territory in educa- concentrate and at the same time math and handwriting skills while shows that if students do it early in processing, suggested NeuroNet tion.” focus what they are learning, tying incorporating a little bit of balance the morning, it preps them for the to Our Lady of the Lakes Principal This is how NeuroNet works: it all in to their bodies. It is musical and exercise. rest of the day to take in the rest of Ricardo Briz last year. At a confer- Each student has a stepping stool and rhythmic and helps put them At Our Lady of the Lakes, it takes the information they will receive.” ence, he saw the program firsthand that he or she uses to do the exer- in sync,” said Falcon. less than half an hour every morn- NeuroNet Learning was devel- and was astonished at how it man- cises — to sit, stand, lean over or ing of the school day. “The whole oped by Nancy Rowe, an audiolo- aged to tie in neuro development, tap on. A video coach guides the PLEASE SEE NEURONET 14 8 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic January 2018 STU graduates first students in master-level bioethics program JIM DAVIS Echoing his sentiments was Dr. Hospital for 10 years, O’Sullivan is Florida Catholic correspondent Mary Jo O’Sullivan, a longtime ob/ already applying her learning in gyn doctor in the Miami two volunteer positions: MIAMI GARDENS | While bio- area, who said, “I wish pregnancy counseling ethics might seem to be a realm I’d had this 40 years ago. with the archdiocese and solely made up of lab-coated re- It’s hard to maintain reli- with Heartbeat of Miami. searchers, as the recent com- gious perspectives in the The new bioethics mencement at St. Thomas Univer- medical field. program covers a huge sity showed, it can also draw inter- “What I thought was amount of ground over est from landscapers, doctors and right was confirmed its 15 months —abortion, businessmen. and empowered in this assisted suicide, trans- “This should be required for class,” O’Sullivan said. gender issues, prenatal everyone — priests, educators, “Like in end-of-life situ- screening, global warm- anyone who brings the future to ations, when is it right to ing and genetically modi- our people,” said Deacon Ed Wolff, stop treatment? Did I do Father Alfred fied foods. It even covers one of the first 10 students to earn the right thing? Now I Cioffi astrobioethics, which Dr. Mary Jo O’Sullivan receives her diploma in bioethics Dec. 16 from master’s degrees Dec. 16 in STU’s know that you do every- asks questions such as, Msgr. Franklyn Casale, president of St. Thomas University. (JIM DAVIS | FC) bioethics program. “We can’t have thing you can and then it’s in God’s “Who has the right to terraform an- people sitting in the pews unin- hands.” other planet? Would it be whoever creation. Of the 2 million species, ates, is currently an associate in- formed.” Retired from Jackson Memorial arrives first?” humans are the only ones who can structor in math and science at Many other universities examine help or harm the environment,” Miami-Dade College, but he plans those issues, but STU grounds its said Father Cioffi, who holds two to go on to medical school. He es- studies in Catholic teachings, said doctorates: one in moral theology pecially admired Father Cioffi’s Father Alfred Cioffi, director of the from the Pontifical Gregorian Uni- program for applying the Ethical program. versity in Rome, the other in genet- and Religious Directives of the U.S. “We do deep theological anthro- ics from Purdue University in Indi- Conference of Catholic Bishops. pology,” he said. “It gives a view of ana. “I liked how (the bioethics pro- the human person: Who are we, Father Cioffi holds the bioethics gram) emphasized the life of every why are we here, where did we class on Saturday mornings, with a human being,” Noriega said. “We come from, where are we going?” live lecture for those who can make need to emphasize that each life is He said the program stands on it and teleconference for those who unique and essentially sacred.” two “pillars.” One is ethical issues can’t. He even records and uploads His classmate, Antonino San- on human life. “We stand for the each session to YouTube. The flex- tamarina, felt the program sheds sanctity of human life, from con- ible format ensures there would be light on his profession with a credit ception to natural death.” That no excuse to miss a lecture. union. “When you make decisions, leads to a study of medical issues, A variety of people take the you should do a deeper analysis like research and health care, with a class — businessmen, landscap- than the numbers,” Santamarina primary value of benefiting people. ers, housewives, a nurse, an advo- said. “It’s not just about profit or The other pillar of the bioeth- cate for migrant workers, and two loss. It’s also balancing family and ics program is preservation of the priests, from Miami and Tampa. environment. “We are stewards of Patrick Noriega, one of the gradu- PLEASE SEE BIOETHICS, 10 11810-0118 11792-0118 January 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY 9

Msgr. Edward Pace High School’s missionary teachers pose at a Students in Haiti listen to Msgr. Edward Pace High School teachers. From left are Pascale Reseau, Courtney crossroads in Haiti. From left are Andres Novela, Marcel Navarro, Bloom and Marcel Navarro. Reseau, who grew up in Haiti, felt nostalgic being back in the classrooms. Pascale Reseau and Courtney Bloom. (COURTESY PHOTOS) Mission to Haiti ‘CRAZY’ FIRST lives here.” “I look at my phone and it’s a Novela. “The humanity is expressed Msgr. Pace High IMPRESSIONS Navarro summarized many of good picture, but I appreciate that more fully in how they interact with From Nov. 9 to 15, the group his first impressions: “crazy” and I was there,” said Bloom. “I go back one another.” sends first group of traveled throughout Miami’s sister “awesome.” there in my mind.” Many Haitians Diocese of Port de Paix in north- “They prepared us, but I didn’t pegged him as a native and began SCHOOL DAYS teachers to sister west Haiti. They visited villages and know what to expect until I was speaking to him in Creole. “It was a One of the highlights for the towns, hiked mountains, visited there,” he said as he described try- little uneasy,” he said. teachers was visiting Pace’s sister schools in Miami’s hospitals and artisanal ateliers, and ing to process the slower pace of life Fortunately, Novela speaks Cre- schools in Perou, Lormand and rode through bumpy roads, pray- as well as the sights unique to Haiti. ole and Reseau is a native. “Pascale Moulin. They delivered school sup- sister diocese ing they would not get stuck in the “You can explain and describe, but lit up every time she spoke in Cre- plies and chatted with students and CRISTINA CABRERA JARRO mud. Most importantly, however, until you do the walk yourself you ole,” Novela said. faculty. they met people. won’t know how awesome the ex- Despite the language barrier, Thanks to money raised by Pace Florida Catholic correspondent “It’s like ‘Google Earthing’ a lo- perience can be.” none of the group said they ever students and faculty over the years, cation that you’ve always wanted to Weeks later, they look back at felt like outsiders. Everywhere they the schools have evolved from tarp MIAMI GARDENS | A math visit,” said Novela. “You can’t com- the pictures and agree: The camera went, people greeted them warmly. roofs over concrete blocks to sturdi- teacher, an English teacher and pare the two. You have to slow down cannot capture the fullness of their “The pace of life is so much slower er roofs and structures with open- a fine arts teacher, led by a theol- and take a look. There are people’s experience. that people take time to look,” said ings that allow light and ventilation ogy teacher, cross a river in Haiti. to enter classrooms. The supplies Mountains surround them, banana Father delivered with every Amor en Ac- trees dot the slopes. It’s typical Ca- Bryan cion mission trip are precious. ribbean scenery, rugged yet tropi- Garcia Seeing the children in their uni- blesses cal. Ankle-deep water rushes by as forms, greeting guests in unison, Pace the group poses for photos. teachers evoked nostalgia in Reseau, who It sounds like the start of a Travel who went lived in Haiti until age 13. “I really Channel special, but these teach- to Haiti on enjoyed speaking with them, hear- ers from Msgr. Edward Pace High a mission ing them laugh and sing,” she said. School were not traveling to Haiti trip. From “They had a great time watching for vacation. They went on a mis- left are Marcel jump rope with them.” sion trip. Pascale Navarro, who has a long beard, Andres Novela, director of Cam- Reseau, was called by many “Tonton Nwèl,” pus Ministry and theology teacher Andres or Santa Claus, in Creole. Seeing at Pace, has made the trek as many Novela, Santa jump rope brought smiles to as three times a year with Amor en Courtney many students. Accion, the official missionary orga- Bloom, Inside the classrooms, Pace nization of the Archdiocese of Mi- and teachers were overwhelmed by the ami. Pace High students also have Marcel enthusiasm of the students. “You gone on mission trips after gradu- Navarro. have kids in the states that come up ation. But this was the first time with a thousand different reasons Novela traveled with members of not to do something, or miss an as- Pace’s faculty: math teacher Court- signment, or not even go to school,” ney Bloom, English teacher Pascale said Navarro. “It’s totally opposite in Reseau, and fine arts teacher Mar- Haiti.” cel Navarro. PLEASE SEE MISSION, 12 10 ADVERTISEMENT Florida Catholic January 2018 Puerto Rican students celebrate Christmas in Miami JIM DAVIS STU, holds a doctorate in practical rines and maracas. Florida Catholic correspondent theology, with a specialty in first- Finally, some of the youths con- and second-generation Americans. fessed their feelings about being MIAMI GARDENS | For the Their final project was to blend separated from their families. “They Christmas season, Puerto Rican what they’d learned with the cul- talked about going to Puerto Rico for students briefly transformed a col- ture they’d grown up in. They ti- the births of siblings or the deaths of lege classroom into their homeland, tled their project “Una Navidad en family members,” Herrera said. “So and showed how their studies at Puerto Rico,” an ethnic celebration they were glad for their new com- St. Thomas University had trans- of Christmas, then presented it to munity at St. Thomas University.” formed them as well. university staff and faculty who had The group even produced a You- The 38 youths were evacuees been involved with Puerto Rico re- Tube video in Spanish, interviewing from their island home in the after- lief. their friends and classmates about math of Hurricane Irma. Under the In a classroom decorated as a their stories. care of the university, they learned street scene from their island, the That feeling of togetherness also more about their dual Catholic and students gave a brief pageant, drawn colored their Christmas, Herrera Caribbean heritage. On Dec. 12, from Bible passages. Some dressed said. “Some were returning to Puer- they showed their new knowledge as Mary and Joseph and the Three to Rico for Christmas. Some were with a Christmas pageant and con- Kings, journeying to Judea. Others going to family members who are cert for STU staff and faculty. Puerto Rican students sing about their homeland during a formed a choir, blending seasonal in the United States. And for some, “It incorporated all they’d learned presentation at St. Thomas University. (COURTESY) and cultural songs. faculty and staff are taking them in.” in light of Christmas and their cul- Christmas music included titles At the end, Herrera said, the stu- ture,” said Claudia H. Herrera, who Catholicism. “When they first came, faith. But during the course, they re- like “Santa la Noche” (O Holy Night) dents seemed to get it: to know and taught them a seven-week course on they showed little interest in their membered what had been taught to and “Llegada de los Reyes Magos” express their faith through their them when they were little.” (Arrival of the Three Wise Men). heritage. “They said their faith was The archdiocese-run university They also folded in their Puerto strengthened through the class,” sponsored the youths, 18 to 24 years Rican heritage with songs like “Mi she said. old, as part of its relief outreach to Viejo San Juan” (My Old San Juan) One of the youths, from an evan- Puerto Rico. STU’s School of Theol- and “Es Navidad en Mi País” (It’s gelical background, even joined an ogy and Ministry asked Herrera to Christmas in my Country). RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of teach them the foundations of Ca- They closed the program with Adults) program for initiation into tholicism, including history, teach- a demonstration of a parranda, or the Catholic faith at St. Thomas Uni- ings, theology and spirituality. Her- street festival, singing and playing versity, she said. n rera, director of campus ministry at instruments like guiro, tambou-

The first 10 graduates of the master’s program in bioethics pose before receiving their diplomas Dec. 16 at St. Thomas University. In the back, center, is Father Alfred Cioffi, director of the program. (JIM DAVIS | FC)

Father Cioffi’s program. She heard ence with human values, he said. BIOETHICS him on Radio Paz and decided to “The rest of the world thinks in FROM 8 enroll. Her favorite parts were about utilitarian terms — if they can do protecting the environment. She is it,” Father Cioffi said. “The Catholic work. It’s about the human factor.” currently a landscape manager for approach is whether we should do Deacon Wolff lives in Palm the University of Miami, but she it, whether we have sound reasons Coast, but he made a point of taking wants to get into research on cli- that preserve the dignity of human STU’s bioethics program. He said mate change. life.” he was alarmed over recent events, “As Catholics, we are to love our For now, he is “absolutely elated” especially an experiment last year neighbors,” Espinosa said. “God with his first graduates. After 15 by the Salk Institute that patched gives us the planet to take care of months of teaching and research — together a human/pig embryo it, not to destroy it. If we don’t stop and after seeing their enthusiasm called a “chimera.” the people who are killing us, who — he looks forward to seeing how As a result of his STU studies, will?” they make their mark. Deacon Wolff said he emphasiz- For his part, Father Cioffi said he “I told them that it’s not called a es more human values in his job will adjust the bioethics program graduation, it’s called a commence- teaching fifth-grade math and sci- continually as new technologies ment because now they have to be- ence in a public school. He predict- emerge. He expects news of more gin to apply what they’ve learned ed the bioethics class is “going to chimeras and other manipulation into their conversations, their 11842-0118 make a big difference. And things of life, and he foresees attempts by families and friends and work- are moving way too fast.” researchers to use taxpayer money. places, whenever the issues come Gloria Espinosa, a horticulturist Catholics will have to be among up, and they will come up,” he said. with a degree in chemistry, praised those who insist on leavening sci- “They’re the experts now.” n January 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org ADVERTISEMENT 11 11832-0118 11829-0118 12 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic January 2018

MISSION but you can see it over there that it is it is in the U.S. overwhelming need to share their dinner table, wherever they were a big deal,” he said. Education there journey. “There is no abridged ver- and whomever they were with, and FROM 9 means the desire to learn things, NO ABRIDGED VERSION sion of sharing the experience,” said shared as a family. which is “what I think education While the teachers have not fig- Reseau, who tried to journal most of “You see a totally different side of Bloom agreed. “It’s not that we should be. It shouldn’t be boiled ured out how to use their lessons her time in Haiti. people when you walk with them,” don’t value education like others do, down to test scores and grades” like in the classroom, they do feel an One particular memory stands said Bloom. “And the love that they out as a perfect good-bye moment, have for the community moves you she said: the school children run- when you see people loving people ning after their departing truck, like that.” waving and smiling. Navarro said he’s thinking of us- As the only woman on the trip, ing his artistic skills to process the the youngest one of the bunch, and experience. “I think I’m going to be the newest faculty member at Pace, debriefing for a while, and I think she also treasures the bond she de- I’m going to go back.” n veloped with her fellow missionary teachers. For more information about Bloom said he also enjoyed the missions and Amor en Accion, bonding time. Regardless of the ar- visit www.amorenaccion.com, duousness of the day’s trek, at the or follow them on Facebook @ end of each day they sat down at a AmorenAccion.

Students in Haiti come to meet their visitors, from left, Pascale Reseau, 11887-0118 Marcel Navarro, and Courtney Bloom, teachers at Msgr. Edward Pace High School in Miami Gardens. (COURTESY PHOTO) 11836-0118 January 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org ADVERTISEMENT 13 11818-0118 11884-0118 14 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic January 2018

‘I think it has great benefits for the children to just be able to teach them about movement, and motion and coordination.’

Principal Stephen Brown

NEURONET FROM 7

At St. Rose of Lima School, the NeuroNet Learning program has been used for a few years. Prin- cipal Stephen Brown, who has 19 years of experience as a principal and just started his first year at St. Kindergartners from Our Lady of the Lakes School step forward and Rose, said this is the first time he’s backward during the NeuroNet Learning morning exercises. (PHOTOS Kindergarten students stretch and tap during NeuroNet Learning seen any program like it. BY CRISTINA CABRERA JARRO | FC) morning exercises. “I think it has great benefits for the children to just be able to teach them about movement, and motion and coordination,” Brown said. “The little ones need a lot of work when it comes to hand-eye coordination for their brain devel- St. Hugh is a Catholic Christ-centered opment. It supports a lot of aspects school, in the heart of the Grove, with that aren’t covered with standard curriculum.” over 50 years of academic excellence. This year, St. Rose of Lima is monitoring the data and growth process of each participant, hoping • St. Hugh’s mission is to instill in our students a lifelong commitment to learning, Christian values and community service. for solid results and improvements for every child. “There are some • The education of the whole child is an essential part of our philosophy. things that NeuroNet really hones • Accredited by the Florida Catholic Conference, St. Hugh is dedicated in on to make sure that they mas- to excellence in education from PK3 through 8th grade. ter certain coordination abilities,” • All teachers are State certifi ed. Brown said. “That’s what we really like about that program. There are • A new state of the art STEM lab with the latest in technology different loopholes that it captures was added August 2017 and focuses on and builds upon • Grades PK3 through 5th have a full-time teacher aide. that you don’t necessarily get oth- • Our students thrive with the latest technology including a 3-D printer, erwise in the classroom.” Clear touch panels, iPads, computers and more. While NeuroNet costs up to $5,000 a year, Garrido-Tortorici • Accelerated (honors) courses are offered in the middle school negotiated for a better price. Wells with small class sizes. Fargo and a family from Our Lady • Learning is enhanced through 1:1 iPad instruction and digital of the Lakes also donated funds to textbooks in a small class setting. help the school afford the program. • A diversifi ed curriculum is geared to cultivating young minds It was introduced to PreK4 stu- and promoting spiritual growth. dents during the 2016-17 school • Liturgical celebrations, a competitive sports program, music and art year. This year, the program con- curriculum, enriched technology across all subject areas, and a new tinues for the new class of PreK4 STEM program are provided. students, while the original par- ticipants, now in kindergarten, • Variety of extracurricular activities including: fl amenco, ballet, Mind Lab, robotics, tennis and others. engage in it at a higher level. The program continues until second grade. Programs like NeuroNet exist, but the others are computer based, and one-on-one. NeuroNet Learn- ing is the first of its kind that the entire classroom can engage in simultaneously. Yet it retains in- dividualized student testing that monitors progress and can identify problem areas. OPEN HOUSE: “The key to stimulation is you have to find the right center be- January 18 - 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. cause sometimes we overstimulate kids and that’s when we get them ST. HUGH CATHOLIC SCHOOL 11878-0118 all jittery, or sometimes we don’t

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HANNAH BROCKHAUS centration of the Church’s attention empt from any paternalism,” said Laetitia,” reform of the Curia, and ask what you can do for your coun- CNA/ACI Prensa at all levels on the young, then on Cardinal Parolin, Vatican Secretary the pope’s imminent trip to Chile try,” explaining that they want to not their expectations, their aspira- of State, in a new interview with Vat- and Peru. only help youths, but invite them to VATICAN CITY | In an interview tions, the challenges they face and ican News (formerly called Vatican About the Synod on Youth, Car- contribute to the Church and to the published Jan. 11, Cardinal Pietro also on the hopes that they bring Radio). dinal Parolin noted the Church’s evangelization of the Gospel. Parolin said that for the Vatican, the with them, as on their weaknesses The interview covered the topic strong desire to enter into a dia- “I believe that at this invitation new year will be marked by its at- and fears.” of the upcoming Synod of Bishops logue with young people that goes young people will be able to respond tention to the lives of young people This approach searches “for on Youth, Vocation and Discern- both ways. with their generosity and also with ahead of the 2018 Synod of Bishops. a new relationship between the ment, which will take place in Octo- He referred to the famous line by their enthusiasm,” he said. n “This year — the year 2018 — will Church and young people, based ber 2018, as well as the World Meet- John F. Kennedy that says, “Ask not be characterized by a special con- on a paradigm of responsibility ex- ing of Families in August, “Amoris what your country can do for you;

LENTEN FASTING AND ABSTINENCE RULES treatment to child development, dated daily, and most of the news NEWSbriefs homeless prevention and housing, about parishes and schools appears These are the 2018 Lenten and triduum Sunday. “Alleluia” is not said or sung from individual and family counseling, there, since space is limited in the Hoops tournament regulations issued by the Office of Worship the beginning of Lent until the Easter and foster care for unaccompanied monthly print edition of the Florida of the Archdiocese of Miami. Vigil, nor is the “Te Deum” sung at or on refugee minors. It also recently Catholic. To subscribe to the weekly Sundays of Lent. for youth groups Fast and abstinence: The holy rebooted its adoption services. emails, go to the bottom right-hand The Catholic Miami Youth Bas- season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, During Lent, the altar should not be For more information, visit www. corner of the website — www.mi- ketball League will host a “February Feb. 14. 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Daily Religious Instruction New CEO for i-Pads used in classrooms Catholic Charities 11894-0118 Certifi ed teachers Now Accepting Step-Up-for Students Scholarshops Peter Routsis-Arroyo, currently 11573-0118 For info visit www.stepupforstudents.org head of Catholic Charities in the Di- Call today to schedule a private tour ocese of Venice, will be succeeding 20 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic January 2018 ‘The tests aren’t always right’ View from inside TESTS AREN’T the money to take care of a baby, but brain’s thalamus and subcortical ALWAYS RIGHT they should find help at a Respect plate by no later than 20 weeks after come to you.” Those tips are the best Zachary Allman Life center. There they can speak fertilization.” Therefore, the unborn advice that I have ever received. the womb takes first St. Gregory School to a counselor and maybe decide baby can feel pain during an abor- I know and believe with all of my Conception. I’m alive. I am a fetus that giving the baby for adoption is a tion, making abortions inhumane. heart that Jesus died for me, and ev- place in Respect Life in my mom’s womb. I am 4 months good choice. There are many fami- Others may say that abortion eryone else on this earth, so that we old now. I spend my days stretching lies that want a baby for adoption. supports women’s rights, and that a could all have eternal life. The least essay contest my arms and I was born in Baja California, woman has the right to decide what that we can do to repay and honor FLORIDA CATHOLIC STAFF legs, and eating Mexico. In this state, it is not legal to to do with her body. What these him is to respect our bodies. We and breathing have an abor- women’s rights activists don’t know should all, as Catholics, stay chaste whenever my tion because is that abortion actually harms for our future soul mate, and pure MIAMI | A view from inside the mom does. I you don’t have women more than anything. For for our future child/children. It is womb, and that of an adopted, rath- can hear things, enough mon- example, sex-selection abortions a proven fact that if you stay chaste er than aborted, child took first and but it’s always a ey. The moms occur in many parts of the world your relationship with God deep- second place, respectively, in this little muffled. must choose and affect females primarily. In the ens. Also, being chaste dramatically year’s Respect Life Essay Contest. Something between giv- article, “Why We Should All Be Pro- increases your odds of having a last- “I’m living proof that the tests big is going on ing the baby for Life,” by Joseph Meaney, the text ing marriage. I have one question aren’t always right,” wrote Zach- Zachary Allman today. My mom adoption or tak- states, “Undisputed evidence exists for you. Will you take the Chastity ary Allman in his winning essay. and dad are ing the baby to that over 100 million preborn wom- Challenge? His win marks the second straight talking to some person called the Angelina De an orphanage. en have been killed for the simple year that a student from St. Greg- doctor. He’s telling them that some- La Guardia These choices fact of being female since the 1970s BABIES ARE OUR FUTURE ory School in Plantation wins the thing might be wrong with me. It’s are better than and the problem is growing worse.” Anabella Salas contest. Another student from the something about how I’m develop- abortion and this is how it should be So does aborting baby girls actually St. Lawrence school also won an honorable men- ing, and that I might have Down in this country. Abortion should not support women’s rights? God. He is the creator of all tion. syndrome. But I know I’m fine. Why be legal for the mom just because As you can see, Catholics should things. All beautiful things have In her essay, second-place winner is he telling them this? It’s not true. she doesn’t have a good job. I’m be pro-life. If women didn’t have God’s work behind it, including ba- Angelina De La Guardia of Nativ- He’s telling them that they will have lucky I was born in Baja and not in abortions, unborn babies wouldn’t bies of course. Babies are our future. ity School thanked her survival for to make a decision. Abortion? What Mexico City because their laws are feel pain and suffer in a place where Most of us love babies, their little fin- the fact that she was born in a place does abortion mean? just like in U.S. and many abortions they felt safe. Abortion does not gers, little toes, you wouldn’t want where abortion is banned. This doctor says, “You have the are done every day. The doctors do support women’s rights; it actually to hurt them, The winning essays were select- option to continue, or terminate the not care that they are killing a baby, reduces the female population. Be would you? ed by the staff of the archdiocesan pregnancy.” Terminate? I hope they they are just looking at the money pro-life! Encourage others to do the Every single Respect Life Office, which seeks don’t terminate me, I know I have so they can make. They don’t think same. day there are submissions every October from much potential! about the life they are ending that more than 3,000 students in grades six through eight Knowing that I’m here now, and could have been an inventor, doctor THE CHASTITY abortions in the in archdiocesan schools. writing this essay, I think you know or even a president CHALLENGE United States This year’s essays focused on what decision they made. It was a We must pray for all moms think- Joel Hortelano alone. what it means to be pro-life, the hor- decision they made before there ing an abortion is the only answer. St. Gregory You might ror of abortion and the wisdom of were even any test results, because Adoption is a better choice. It means The Chastity Challenge isn’t just be asking why remaining chaste until marriage. we are pro-life. the mom really loved the baby and about staying pure and chaste un- Anabella Salas people do such The essays “were characterized My older brother has autism. Nick had the courage to give him the til marriage. It’s much more than a thing. I per- by creativity in expression, depth can do pretty much everything I can chance to live. It also answers the that. It’s about taking a pledge to sonally think that they didn’t know in reflection, and a wide range of do. He’s great at flag football. He can prayer of a family that has so much honor God and committing to it. what they were getting into. It is a topics on the core life issues,” said really remember things, including love to give to an adopted child. My Even though there’s a lot of temp- sin to abort a child, but as he always Joan Crown, archdiocesan director lots of details that most of us forget. prayer is: Abortion NO, Adoption tation, you have to fight through it does, God will forgive you if you are of respect life. “All of the essays sub- My parents didn’t find out he had YES, Amen! and if you ever truly sorry. mitted and chosen were evidence of autism until he was 4. If they had feel confused People think that just because these students’ trust in the teach- known it while he was still in the CATHOLICS SHOULD or scared, about God forgives you, it’s no problem; ings of the Church and that respect- womb, I know my parents would BE PRO-LIFE anything, you but just because he forgives you ing life — those who are disabled, have made the same decision that Guadalupe Bosio shou ld pray does not mean it is right and that’s those in the womb, those who are they made with me. We are pro-life. St. Bernadette to God. I, as a one of the things that bothers me. immigrants, as well as respecting This is an important topic today Over the years there have been Catholic, be- They don’t understand a child is a themselves and their own bodies because many people decide to debates whether Catholics should lieve that God gift from God! Killing an unborn — is a core Catholic belief that they abort a baby that might have a dis- be pro-life or pro-choice. The Fifth has a perfect baby is wrong, even after rape. Two hold as young individuals.” ability. They are testing for Down Command- Joel Hortelano plan for my life wrongs don’t make a right. Winners received a monetary syndrome and other disabilities ment says, “You and that plan I am sick of being told that it’s prize — $100 for first place, $50 for during pregnancy, and aborting ba- shall not kill,” includes me remaining chaste and just an abortion. I don’t like the eu- second, and $25 for third — as well bies who test positive. so Catholic law pure until I marry my future soul phemisms. It’s not a termination as seeing their essays published in Too many people just look at how directs us to be mate. I also believe that God has had of pregnancy, it’s a termination of the Florida Catholic and the archdi- inconvenient it would be to have a pro-life. my plan way before I was even born. human life! There is never a reason ocesan website. child with a disability. They don’t To b e g i n Most of this generation doesn’t to murder a human child. Imagine The 2017 winners are: think about the value of a life, and with, an un- understand the value of their body. what they would’ve grown up to be, • First place: Zachary Allman, that all life is a gift from God. As born baby has In this generation there is a lot more a doctor, teacher, soldier, the pos- grade seven, St. Gregory School, Catholics, we believe that all life has a heartbeat and temptation than there was back sibilities are endless. l don’t want Plantation value. I’m living proof that the tests Guadalupe can feel pain. when your parents were in school. A abortion to be illegal; I want it to be • Second place: Angelina De aren’t always right. Bosio T he b a b y ’s few months ago, my parents brought unthinkable. La Guardia, grade seven, Nativity body functions up the topic about staying chaste, Some people think abortion is School, Hollywood ADOPTION IS THE the same way ours do, so abortion is and they gave me a couple of tips. the easy way out. After that there • Third place: Guadalupe Bosio, BETTER CHOICE inhumane, not to mention murder. The first tip that they passed on to is nothing to worry about, it’s all in grade seven, St. Bernadette School, Angelina De La Guardia If someone were to kill a toddler, me was to “Take courage.” They the past. They don’t know that just Hollywood Nativity School the child would feel pain and suffer said, “You will be put in situations because you’re not feeling emotion- • Honorable mentions: Joel Hor- My name is Angelina and I was in the same way as an unborn dur- where you are very uncomfort- ally bad those first couple months telano, grade eight, St. Gregory adopted when I was 2 months old. I ing an abortion. For example, the able, and you will have to be strong, after the abortion doesn’t mean you School; Anabella Salas, grade seven, believe abortion is wrong, because Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protec- stand up, and walk away.” The other are never going to feel bad. I bet you St. Lawrence School, North Miami it’s killing babies without caring tion Act says, “Pain receptors (no- tip was to “Stay close to God.” They that most of the women that have Beach. that they could have a great future ciceptors) are present throughout said, “God is your best friend. If you had abortions all regret it somehow. Here are their essays. ahead. I know sometimes a young the unborn child’s entire body and don’t feel comfortable about some- Abortion may seem the easy way out girl can be afraid. They don’t have nerves link these receptors to the thing, pray, and the answer will but it’s actually the hardest. n January 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY 21 Influence, support help save unborn children

ANNE DIBERNARDO GETTING, GIVING HELP Florida Catholic correspondent The archdiocesan Respect Life Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14, to Palm Ministry sponsors five pregnancy help Sunday, March 25, at three locations TAMARAC | The tagline “choose centers that provide pregnancy tests, in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. life” is not just for expectant moth- free limited ultrasounds, material Parish groups and individuals are ers. assistance, community referrals, and encouraged to sign up for vigil hours “If you are approached by some- parenting classes for women and men. by contacting organizers. one, you may be the one person that Services are free and confidential. For • In Miami: Maria Wadsworth, 305- may save the life of the child, just by the location of the nearest pregnancy 299-8840, [email protected]. giving a word of hope or encourage- help center, and the schedule of week- ment,” said Joan Crown, director of • In Fort Lauderdale: Tom Walker, ly prayer vigils at abortion facilities, 954-304-3278, tom@browardright- the archdiocesan Respect Life min- visit www.respectlifemiami.org. tolife.org. istry. Ecumenical 40 Days for Life prayer • In Hollywood: Nancy Farner, 786- Just ask Tewannah Aman. The vigils will take place during Lent, from executive director of Broward Right 210-0102, [email protected]. to Life also happens to be post- abortive. She deeply regrets having weeks later, her doctor advised her another physician who specializes Tewannah Aman, Broward Right to Life executive director, shares an abortion when she was 18, and to have an abortion. in high-risk pregnancies, and she her testimony at the annual Mary for Life celebration held Dec. 8 at feels she would have chosen life had Frohring protested, but her doc- gave birth to a healthy little girl. St. Malachy Parish, Tamarac. “We are all messengers for God,” she someone been praying and offering tor told her she would end up with “I will never forget at the time of said. (ANNE DIBERNARDO | FC) information in front of the facility either a dead or severely challenged birth looking at her and saying, ‘I that day. child. Her husband, Craig, was also almost ended her life.’ Every time then I realized that had happened of Broward Right to Life. She teaches For Linda Frohring, a chance in an emotional state and did not I look at my daughter I say, ‘Thank to my own child.” abstinence and sanctity of life pro- encounter with a mysterious priest know what to do. you, God; thank you, Holy Spirit, Aman said she experienced a grams and authored a book, “Guard in a hospital hallway 36 years ago “Everyone would say, how for being in my life,’” said Frohring, period of devastation, brokenness Your Heart,” as a resource for young stopped her from following through much more can your husband and who despite trying, never discov- and sadness, but by God’s grace she people seeking relationships that with the abortion her doctor had your other children go through?” ered the identity of that priest. found counselors who encouraged conform with God’s teachings. The recommended. Frohring said. “I knew God sent me an angel her. Years later, after marrying her Amans also help coordinate the 40 While each woman chose a dif- Although she could not really that night to stop me,” she said, em- husband, John, she went into pre- Days for Life campaign in Fort Lau- ferent path, both testify to the tre- stand the thought of having an abor- pathizing with women who do have mature labor at around 21 weeks. derdale. mendous impact family, friends, tion, the emotionally distraught abortions. “I know how they feel. Their son lived three hours. She was “We all are messengers for God. clergy and doctors can have in the Frohring convinced herself it was They feel so sad. I do not believe devastated and angry. Some may be thinking: Can I re- decision to abort a child. They re- the right thing to do, especially since there is woman anywhere who has “I had read in ‘What to Expect ally do this? Can I stand and pray? cently gave their inspirational testi- a priest, whom she trusted, had told an abortion and likes it. They are in When You’re Expecting’ that you Prayer makes a difference, prayer monies to about 100 guests who at- her it was OK. emotional turmoil. We can never can have a problem in future preg- moves mountains, and prayer can tended St. Malachy Parish’s 26th an- She checked into the hospital the judge.” nancies if you have had a prior abor- change the hearts and minds of nual Mary for Life celebration, held night before the scheduled abor- tion,” Aman said, noting that abor- individuals. Do not believe that Dec. 8 — the feast of the Immaculate tion. “All night I walked the halls NO CHOICE tion counselors do not give out that nothing happens. When you go and Conception. and cried. I could hardly stand up” When she was 18, Aman said she information. This prompted her to you pray, something happens. God she recalled. “And suddenly, down was excited about having a baby, but go back to the abortion facility to re- hears our prayers, God answers our TRAGEDIES the hall I saw this priest coming to- her mother took her to have an abor- trieve her file. prayers,” Aman said. Frohring, an active parishioner ward me. He asked, ‘What’s wrong?’ tion. She recalled feeling scared and “In my file, the doctor wrote that “Because Christ has healed me at St. Bonaventure in Davie, said she I said, ‘It’s a long story.’ He said, ‘I got thinking it did not seem right. But he explained everything to me, in- from the pain and the shame and has six children. “Four are living all night.’” she thought it was OK because she cluding the psychological trauma I the regret, I can proclaim what he and two have passed.” After telling him her story, he told did not have a choice and her mom could experience and the descrip- has done in my life. I am not looking Frohring’s brush with abortion her no ordained priest would advise said it was the right thing to do. tion of the abortion procedure. I had to dredge up the past, I am looking came after an onslaught of trag- an abortion. “You have no right to Years later, when she started go- no idea this was going to happen to to proclaim that he heals and he edies. Soon after a car accident take that child’s life.” ing back to church, she was listening me. I got nothing and I knew abso- delivers and he frees,” she added. “I claimed the life of her 7-year-old “After he left, I went out to the to a radio broadcast describing an lutely nothing,” said Aman. know when I get to heaven there will son, she lost her fifth child during nurse’s station and said, ‘Cancel it. I abortion procedure. “I sat there in She now works with her husband, be many saying thank you for being her last month of pregnancy. When cannot do it,’” Frohring said. the car thinking to myself, what are who brought her into the pro-life there and reaching out.” n she became pregnant again five Her doctor then referred her to they doing to these children? And movement, and serves as president DIOCESE OF PALM BEACH RESPECT LIFE PERSON OF THE YEAR Prisoner works to ‘be the example’ Spared the death jacket looks a tad big on his 5-foot-7- different ministry services and be- to learn about God.” inch frame. ing present for counseling his fellow Hinson is a changed man from penalty, inmate seeks Yet, as he sat down at a confer- inmates. In November, the Diocese the 22-year-old sentenced to life in ence table of an interview room at of Palm Beach named him Respect prison for first-degree murder, at- to serve as servant of the prison, located off the beaten Life Person of the Year for his work tempted murder and armed rob- path in Indiantown, two things in completing certification as a bery. But he cannot completely God and in memory immediately stand out — Hinson’s Rachel’s Vineyard facilitator, and separate himself from the man who Earl J. Hinson sits for an interview wide, genuine smile and the “Mag- helping facilitate more than a dozen committed those crimes that left at Martin Correctional Institution. of his victims nificat” book he carries with him retreats for inmates suffering from a one man dead of a single gunshot (JEAN GONZALEZ | FC) always. He speaks about his rela- post-abortion experience. wound to the back of the head, and JEAN GONZALEZ tionship with God, Jesus and the “Working in the midst of great another man critically wounded and looking at the facts of the case I of the Florida Catholic staff Holy Spirit freely and with open darkness, our recipient has been with 11 gunshot wounds. Another can’t disagree with that,” Hinson re- frankness. a beacon of hope and a light of victim, a 16-year-old girl, escaped called. “I really owe it to my victims INDIANTOWN | Dressed in Hinson is a “lifer,” sent to pris- Christ,” said Don Kazimir, director death because the gun put to the and not just the ones of my crimes, laundry-worn prison blues, Earl J. on 16 ago years for horrendous of respect life for Catholic Charities back of her head did not fire when but also my family and their fami- Hinson doesn’t stand out among crimes. In his time behind bars, this of the Diocese of Palm Beach. “He the trigger was pulled. lies and friends and loved ones to fellow prisoners of Martin Correc- 37-year-old experienced a spiritual has truly been a missionary to the “At my sentencing hearing, the kill that monster. … Society would tional Institution. Thin and unas- awakening that has led to receiv- many lost souls in the prison. He is mother of one of my victims … made suming, his prison-issued light ing spiritual counseling, training in known as the ‘go-to guy’ if you want the comment that I was a monster PLEASE SEE PRISONER, 22 22 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic January 2018

PRISONER when I saw my mother held at gun- ‘Working in the midst sions. But so were other inmates. population, Hinson is part of the point. I am not an island. My deci- Hinson would have to wait until the roughly 27 percent who are lifers. FROM 21 sions hurt innocent people.” of great darkness, our third round of classes to participate. Ministry to the incarcerated is Locked up in county jail, Hinson recipient has been a “It was more than I could have ex- not an easy calling and it can have want people like me locked up for had the first of many soul-searching pected. Through the program I was a negative connotation. It means the rest of my life because there is experiences, asking the question, beacon of hope and a light able to have an encounter with my ministering to criminals, some of a genuine fear that I could go do “How did I get here?” He was lying daughter and who she is. It floored whom are serving their second or something like that again. I have to on the floor of the crowded jail cell of Christ.’ me,” he said. third term, some of whom will not make that an impossibility.” and thought “physically and mor- Gardner described Hinson as a see outside the walls for decades Despite being the man who com- ally speaking it couldn’t get very Don Kazimir “super personable” guy who truly and some, like Hinson, who will mitted those crimes in 2000, Hinson worse.” But then he envisioned an had a relationship with the Lord never again see the outside of prison has tried to live a life of conversion, abyss, and realized he could sink visit him in prison every weekend, and the Blessed Mother. She also walls. Labels such as lost souls and and that path lies in a calling he be- even lower by continuing on the when possible. recognized his strong leadership limited futures might pigeonhole lieved he always had but never pur- same path, becoming an even more One of the greatest examples of skills, and it sparked her to ask Law- the ministry and those served. sued or acknowledged — a calling violent criminal in prison and caus- faith that Hinson ever witnessed lor about the possibility of develop- That might be another reason to be a priest. While he is not eligible ing more suffering. came from a member of his victim’s ing a Rachel’s Vineyard leadership why Hinson’s calling is even more for the priesthood because he is a But that wasn’t what Hinson family — the grandmother of Edu- “inside team” — retreat leaders who satisfying and crucial. He said it is felon, Hinson said he could still live wanted. ardo Natal, whom Hinson killed. are prisoners themselves. easy to relate to the prisoners be- a life dictated by the tenets of voca- He did repent at that moment — During the trial, prosecutors ap- “The thought was the inmates cause they are him. tion. sorry for his actions and the hurt proached Natal’s family to tell them could continue to minister to their “I know I am a living, breathing “What I try to do is live out my they caused. He knew God could they wished to seek the death pen- brothers as they go through Rachel’s human being and I know I have baptism as priest and prophet. I am do better with his life than Hinson alty in Hinson’s case. But Natal’s Vineyard,” Gardner said. “(Hinson) an intrinsic value, because that is offering my life as a sacrifice,” said had done with his life for those first grandmother, the family matriarch, went through the same rigorous what I feel in myself. Since I know the graduate of Tampa Catholic 22 years. said the family was Catholic and training that all go through on the that truth, the first thing I try to do High School. “By living a priestly “To this day there’s been a great didn’t believe in capital punish- outside. … It is a yearlong process is to treat them by telling them that vocation as a sacrifice — to just awareness for the loss I have caused, ment. As a result, Hinson received and he did great. He has been an in- truth — that they are somebody say, ‘Lord I offer myself to you; use for the pain I have caused. Each day life in prison without parole instead credible minister in the prison and worth knowing, that they are living, me up’ — is about the only option I there is a greater contrition, a grow- of death. is helping build a beautiful culture breathing human beings,” Hinson have that can slay the monster who ing contrition,” he said, adding he “It was a very tangible expres- of life behind the walls.” said. “The most critical thing to brought me to prison.” won’t allow himself to forget about sion of faith on her part and it really Lawlor agreed Hinson is an asset help them grow in this environ- his victims. “I can’t pick up that rocked my world,” Hinson said. “In to Rachel’s Vineyard and to many ment where they have the chance to HOW DID HE GET HERE? eraser and say, ‘I wish it didn’t hap- a sense of desperation, I was getting prison ministry programs because heal themselves and maybe come Hinson lays the blame at his own pen.’ I hurt them. They’re always go- back into my faith and then she does he lives an “absolutely legitimate” to contrition for their crimes and feet when it comes to his crimes. Yet, ing to remember. How dare I forget if that, and all of a sudden all that mat- faith life. “He truly brings the light sins is that Jesus is a living, breath- he does speak about his downward they aren’t going to. How dare I for- ters is living my life like that.” of Christ into a dark environment,” ing person … reaching out for us, to spiral that lead to the events of May get them when they have the curse Lawlor said, adding Hinson is a per- have a personal relationship with 12-13, 2000. of remembering me at my worst.” PRISON MINISTRY fect example of why the death pen- us.” From all accounts, he had a To broaden his faith life, Hinson alty is not necessary and should not Hinson references St. Thomas bright future. In a 2001 article by TRANSFORMING has sought services offered through be used. “It is during his incarcera- Aquinas as he describes a philoso- the St. Petersburg Times, his cross- MOMENTS Catholic prison ministry. Martin tion that he brought his life back to phy of prayer in which he said it is country coach from Tampa Catholic Hinson said he has changed but Correctional, where Hinson has Christ. The way he is living his life, possible that his life and the lives of recalled how surprised he was that will not release himself from the been for nine years, is located with- he is a living example of the faith 24 his fellow lifers could be compared Hinson was involved in a violent debt he owes his victims. In many in the Diocese of Palm Beach, where hours a day, seven days a week, in to that of cloistered monks. crime. When he heard about the ways, it is that spiritual debt that Deacon Don Battiston serves as a a place no one else can reach. That “Like monks who have cloistered events, he thought Hinson was the guided his conversion and leads Catholic chaplain. wouldn’t be possible if he was given themselves, we have the opportu- victim not the perpetrator. him to serve others in prison. Some eight years ago, Tom Law- the death penalty.” nity to lift the world up in prayer. But Hinson said his inability to He started studying his faith, lor, the now retired diocesan direc- Hinson described his experience We have the opportunity to lift our deal with situations happening in Scripture, the works of the doc- tor of prison ministry, approached with Rachel’s Vineyard as a “voca- victims, our families, our pains, jus- his life, especially his relationship tors of the Church and the saints, a volunteer, Donna Gardner, about tion inside a vocation.” It is not the tices and injustices,” he said. “Some with his father and his parents’ and it led him to transformation. bringing Rachel’s Vineyard, a post- only ministry he has served. Just men are spiritually inclined and divorce, led him to make one bad The saints became a family to him, abortion healing ministry, within before participating in Rachel’s take to that rather quickly. Other decision after another. He had no whose counsel he relied on. the prison. Gardner, who now works Vineyard, he was teaching a creative men, it takes time to develop. The foundation of faith or a relationship He recalled a transforming mo- in private practice but until Septem- writing class to inmates to help give good news is that they are a captive with God to “fall back on,” and in- ment when he was in the Hillsbor- ber 2016 worked as diocesan direc- voice to their thoughts and possibly audience. You really cling to Jesus or stead relied on bad decisions cou- ough County Jail awaiting sentenc- tor of Rachel’s Vineyard for 16 years, have a project to work on when they you cling to the dark, depression of pled with destructive behavior and ing. He was reading the Gospels and said the experiment to bring the leave prison. He has served as an this environment.” violence. he prayed to God about how does ministry behind bars proved to be orderly for the prison chaplain, in Praying for his victims is a criti- “There was a series of lies I was living the Gospel look in the 21st fruitful, as many prisoners had ex- which he assists with day-to-day ac- cal part of Hinson’s life because the telling myself, of who I was. What I century. periences with abortion and sought tivities. He previously facilitated the way the incarceration system oper- needed to be or how I should I act. “I asked, ‘Lord, send me some- healing. prison’s DIRECT program — which ates, he is not able to contact them, And I chose all the wrong influenc- body that I could emulate behind One of those men was Hinson. stands for Direct Involvement Re- even if it is in an act of contrition. es during that timeframe to be my these walls, that I could see how this When he was 18, and just out of high duces the Effects of Criminal Think- He would welcome them contact- foundation and support those lies,” looks,’” Hinson said. “And I had this school, he got a call from a girl he ing — a behavior modification pro- ing him, even if it would be to lash he said, admitting that the crimes sense from the Holy Spirit of, ‘Be the had dated. She was pregnant and gram that analyzes the motivations out at him because that might help were a “test run.” example.’ And I would think, well, she was going to get an abortion. for thinking patterns based on the them heal. “The one I really wanted to kill yes, that’s what I’m looking for, an At the time, Hinson breathed a sigh 40 years of study of criminals per- But he knows their healing is was my father. I just didn’t know if it example. But the Holy Spirit was of relief, did nothing to stop it and formed by psychologists Stanley Sa- out of his hands. He is “betting the was possible. If I could do it.” consistent: ‘Be the example.’ hung up the phone. menow and Samuel Yochelson. whole house” on the “miraculous He was arrested a day after the “That’s been a push to me when He didn’t think about it again And when the Welcome Home reality that Jesus heals,” even if his crimes — Mother’s Day. He was at I feel burnout or frustration or lazy, until he was in prayer and incarcer- Initiative for prisoners who are also victims never forgive him. his mother’s house spending an eve- I have to be an example here,” Hin- ated. The experience was not as cut veterans exhibiting Post-Traumatic “I think about that night and ning with her and his grandmother. son continued. “I can’t ask people to and dried as he thought. Hinson felt Stress Disorder was established in morning regularly, and I make it Then the SWAT team showed up. be Christian and not be an example a sense of powerlessness and be- the prison, Hinson was asked to part of my prayer life. I walk through “As they arrested me, they were of a Christian myself.” lieved his inability to care about the help facilitate and live in a dorm set- those memories with Jesus, and I holding my mother at gunpoint. As Hinson speaks about being girlfriend, his unborn child and the ting with veterans in the program. ask Jesus to touch them with heal- And it was very real to me how inno- an example to others, he mentions act of abortion became part of the As such, he is able to be available for ing, to help them,” he said. “I can cent people were being hurt by the prison ministers he has met who central lie that caused him to lash counseling 24/7. still choose to grow closer to Jesus choices I was making,” Hinson said, inspire him. He said his mother is out and become violent. so that his grace can take care of meaning not only the three victims also a great example of the faith. When the opportunity to partici- INTRINSIC VALUE them. As long as I continue to con- of his crimes and their families, but Although she suffered pain and sor- pate in Rachel’s Vineyard surfaced, According to the Florida Depart- vert to the Lord and offer them up in people he would have classified as row for her son’s sins, she has not Hinson was eager to participate in ment of Corrections, Hinson is one prayer, nothing is impossible with unrelated to the event because they abandoned him and continues to the retreat experience tailored for of 1,339 inmates living at Martin him.” n weren’t there. “It really hit home travel an almost three-hour trip to the prison setting into 10-week ses- Correctional Institution. Of that January 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY 23 Priest pleads for persecuted Christians Father who were kidnapped. Thousands Urges local Benedict Kiely of Christians were killed in Nige- addresses ria. It’s not on the news; much more Catholics to pray the audience important stuff is on the news like as a slide football.” for, imitate the faith presentation He challenged Miami Catholics displays to pray steadfastly, support Nasar- of Middle Eastern Coptic ean and advocate that persecuted Christians Christians be given immigration brethren about to be priority. “To be authentic prayer it martyred by PRISCILLA GREEAR must inspire action. I’d encourage beheading you to help. We send everything Florida Catholic correspondent by Islamic we collect. We can give through terrorists in Libya. our prayers, solidarity and charity,” KEY BISCAYNE | In summer (PHOTOS BY he said. “Christians over there feel 2014, Father Benedict Kiely walked MARLENE abandoned.” outside his mountain parish in QUARONI But as Pope Francis and his pre- Stowe, Vermont, before Sunday | FC) decessors have said, the greatest Mass. As ISIS overtook Mosul, Iraq, challenge is to be “credible wit- he prayed on how he could help the nesses of the Gospel faith, people persecuted Christians of the Holy who will communicate and convict Land in some way. others by their lives.” Little did he know that by spring He showed a picture of 20 Coptic 2015, he would travel to Iraq to wit- Christian Egyptian men and one ness the strife and eventually de- and children who’ve been driven native — approached him, ready bombs exploded in the distance, non-Christian in orange jumpsuits vote his life to raising awareness of out and lost everything for their to take action. Together they brain- he walked on abandoned streets kneeling on a Mediterranean beach Middle Eastern Christians’ suffer- faith,” he said. “If you only take stormed the production of brace- past burned-out cement houses. He in Libya who refused to renounce ing plight. away two things tonight from this lets, pins and magnets depicting stepped over glass shards to enter Christ before being murdered by “If you had told me in January talk it would be to have passion for the Arabic “nun,” the first letter of a decimated church with a bullet- ISIS. “They give us fortitude in faith 2014 that you will stop being a par- our persecuted brothers and sisters the word Nasarean. ridden altar, destroyed crosses, and and that’s a beautiful gift because ish priest and go to Iraq four times in Christ — to have passion is not to “I said, ‘Well we can make those dug-up graves. After their defeat, truth will set us free.” I would have said why would I ever be lukewarm; the second thing is bracelets and at least if you put the the terrorists had booby-trapped Afterward, Rosario Keif reflected want to go to Iraq and get killed?” to have determination to do some- bracelet on you’ll remember to do the front door for the returning on the lessons of the Holocaust. recalled Father Kiely, who was re- thing for them.” three things: You’ll remember to priest. “This is the nagging question, how leased by his bishop in July 2016 af- In August 2014, some 120,000 pray for these Christians, we’ll show Father Kiely said it’s not “Islamo- people trying to be good can re- ter 17 years of parish ministry. “I’m Christians were driven out of the solidarity and by the little bit of phobia” to state reality, later citing main silent. I don’t want to remain in my second year right now with- entire Nineveh Plains around Mo- money it raises we’ll give to charity.’ a need for reform in Islam to stamp silent about this. I’m not comparing out a salary. As I say, I’m not telling sul, the biblical city of Nineveh and The point is ISIS marked the homes out violent strains. “We love our this to the organized Holocaust in you this so you can start crying for the prophet Jonah. Many fled to of Christians with the Arabic ‘n’ brothers and sisters, but we also tell Germany and Europe. It’s definite- me, but I have to do this; the Lord Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, where the meaning Nasarean. This is nothing the truth in love,” he said. ly not as organized, but it’s of our wants it. So I’d like you to see the Catholic Church is overwhelmed in new from the time of Muhammad,” And Christian persecution is time.” wider vision — have passion and aiding refugees. he said, himself donning a lapel pin. global. “When our brothers and Laura Pearson donated frequent determination for the persecuted.” “You have the beautiful opening “Christians in the Middle East do sisters are being persecuted, Jesus flyer miles and made a contribution Father Kiely spoke Dec. 11 to a of Christmas night when Quirinius not like that symbol because it was is being persecuted. Pope Francis to Nasarean. “This is an extension packed hall of parishioners at St. was governor of Syria and the cen- a sign of contempt. It actually then has said it’s on a level not seen since to me of respect life ministry,” she Agnes on Key Biscayne, commend- sus was taken. Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, became a sign of solidarity.” the first centuries of the Church. … said. “We’re all from Europe, and ing their bravery for turning out Egypt are the Holy Land, it’s not just Within a month he appeared on Once in a blue moon we hear about the Middle East gave Europe Chris- amid a bona fide Miami cold front. Israel,” he said. “In August 2014, EWTN and later FOX News arrived Boko Haram (Islamic militants) tianity.” n With a crisp British accent, the na- we had awful news that Christians in Stowe, where he was amazed to and the girls, all Christian of course tive Londoner proclaimed that he were out, they had all been driven sell some 12,000 bracelets over two spoke “as God intended it.” out by ISIS. … It was the first Sunday days. Eventually he established the A parishioner, Dr. Grazie Chris- in nearly 2,000 years that there was nonprofit Nasarean.org, which sup- tie, invited Father Kiely to the par- no Mass in Mosul.” ports Aid to the Church in Need and ish as a way to heighten the con- As ISIS enslaved, killed and ban- has begun micro-financing Chris- sciousness of the faithful as they ished Christians, Yazidis and oth- tian businesses. turn their hearts to Bethlehem dur- ers, Father Kiely recalled preach- Father Kiely showed a video ing the Christmas season. Pointing ing on Christian persecution. After taken from his trip in March to the to the example of Christian martyrs Mass, a parishioner with a market- abandoned Karemlash near Mosul who are not afraid “to live their be- ing business — a Cuban Miami that once had 10,000 Christians. As liefs to the point of death,” Christie said she hoped the priest’s lecture would inspire parishioners not only to pray for their persecuted broth- ers and sisters, but to reflect on their own lives and “how we can be bet- ter Christians and better people.” Father Kiely said that while ISIS was recently defeated in Syria and Iraq, its ideology lives on and has existed since the birth of Islam. He described the persecution and ethnic cleansing he has seen on the front lines of what was declared by 11835-0118 the United States as a genocide of Christian, Yazidi and other perse- cuted minorities. A picture of martyred Father Ragheed Ghanni of Mosul is shown “I’m reporting to you what I’ve during a slide presentation by Father Benedict Kiely, who spoke Dec. seen and heard from men, women 11 at St. Agnes Parish. 24 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic January 2018

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Feb. 2, 7 p.m., Roca Theater, Malachy Church Grotto, 6200 N. matrimonios: worship, fellowship for ages horizontesdecristiandad.org, Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, University Drive, Tamarac. Vini • Arca de Noé, jueves, 7:30 18-35. 305-531-1124, www. [email protected]: 500 S.W. 127 Ave., Miami. prié Rosaire avec nou. 954-254- p.m., Mother of Our Redeemer, stpatrickmiamibeach.com. Features pianist Marianne Parker. • sábado, 27 de enero, 8 a.m.-5 8416, [email protected]. 8445 N.W. 186 St., Miami, January 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY 25

PROFESSION OF FIRST VOWS

The newly professed sisters of the Servants of the Pierced Hearts of Jesus and Mary pose with their superior and foundress, Mother Adela Galindo, center, after the ceremony Jan. 6. From left are Sister Alexia Maria Zaldivar-Boillat, Sister Brittany Rose Samuelson, Sister Mary Rachel Hart, and Sister Clare Marie Bailey. (PHOTOS BY ROBERTO AGUIRRE | FC)

The cross of the Pierced Hearts, which will be presented to the four newly professed sisters, awaits Archbishop Thomas Wenski’s blessing.

Sister Clare Marie Bailey receives the full religious habit as a sign of her consecration to Christ. All the other sisters will do the same and leave the church to be dressed in their habit.

Sister Mary Rachel Hart, left, smiles

as Sister Ana 11828-0118 Margarita Lanzas, the community’s vicar, signs the Formula of Profession, and Mother Adela Galindo, superior and foundress, looks on. 26 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic January 2018

ABCD be exponential for our Church, our pro- FROM 1 grams and those it serves and helps,” said Blanco Bourdeau. “Small acts, when mainly through the archdiocese’s educa- multiplied by many, can transform the tional and respect life programs: world.” • 78,699 students, from PreK3 through This year’s ABCD video uses the im- college, learning in Catholic institutions. age of a puzzle to highlight both the • 10,349 mothers and fathers served many faces that make up the Archdio- through the Respect Life Office, where cese of Miami and the many programs they receive material and spiritual sup- that exist to serve them. port for unplanned pregnancies as well “ABCD reminds us that the work of as parenting classes. the Church is shared by all,” wrote Arch- Not on the brochure, but certainly a bishop Thomas Wenski in this year’s number Katie Blanco Bourdeau, arch- ABCD letter. “Jesus calls us to be instru- diocesan cabinet secretary for Steward- ments of hope and, through the ABCD, to ship and Development, would like to see Give Light, Give Love and Give Life. I ask grow: the number of donors to ABCD. In you to open your hearts in support of the 2017, a total of 26,462 people made gifts. ABCD and the hundreds of thousands of The Official Catholic Directory lists near- people it helps.” ly 500,000 registered Catholics in the tri- ABCD pledges will begin to be taken county archdiocese (Miami-Dade, Bro- up in all parishes at the end of January. ward and Monroe). That doesn’t include Donations can be made during Masses nominal Catholics, those who attend those weekends or directly via the web- church only occasionally. site, www.isupportabcd.org. n “Imagine if we were able to engage 1 percent more of our Catholic commu- For more information, visit www. nity in the ABCD every year. The impact, adomdevelopment.org, or call 305- regardless of the size of the gift, would 762-1243.2018

‘If you lose your language, you lose MIGRATION your country,’” Mguyem said. FROM 2 He stresses to his two U.S.-born children who they are, where they came from, and how blessed they Yoruban for “God is with you.” are. “We are thankful for what we “Onyinyechi” means “God’s gift” have here. It is a gift from God.” in Igbo. “Every name that is Nigerian has BACK FOR VISITS a meaning to it, other than just a Kevin Kim came to the U.S. given name,” said Irene Okonor, Si- from Korea in 1983. He was a mon’s wife. 16-year-old starting high school Her advice to fellow immigrants: in a foreign country that became “Just keep the culture. Preserve his new home. “We left Korea for your own culture because you don’t political reasons and because of want to extinguish it. You want it to my father,” Kim recalled. remain and be proud of it.” Growing up, he realized there Jindie Lin of the Chinese weren’t many Koreans in South Apostolate holds her son, Kenny Members of the Polish Apostolate dance the Polonez at the reception Florida, especially when com- TOOK A CHANCE jiang, 13 months old, during Bernandette Chik migrated to after the Migration Mass. (PHOTOS BY MARLENE QUARONI | FC) pared to New York or Los Angeles. Mass. the United States with her husband But with the establishment of the and two sons in 1996, from what she of Czestochowa Polish Mission in was, ‘A B-plus is terrible.’” Korean Apostolate in the arch- described as an overcrowded Hong they moved, the archdiocese estab- Pompano Beach. Redlicki believes those above- diocese in 1984, he witnessed the Kong. At the time, the government lished a Chinese Apostolate. “I am blessed for the opportu- average educational standards union and growth of the commu- was transitioning from British rule “Gradually we fought and nity to meet so many different, pushed her sons into UCLA and nity. back into the hands of Communist worked, and every week now there wonderful people,” she said of her Duke. She takes pride in the fact Recently, Korean companies China. is Chinese Mass,” Chik said. The attendance at the Migration Mass. that they also speak, write and such as Samsung and Hyundai “I wasn’t worried about who Masses are celebrated every Sunday “To know different cultures, to see read Polish fluently. They maintain have established a presence in was taking over, but it was more at St. Jerome Parish in Fort Lauder- different kinds of food, and to see their culture by celebrating a Pol- South Florida, with offices in so about God being with us wher- dale, and once a month at St. Thom- different kinds of entertainment. ish Christmas, a Polish Easter and Doral which serve as a gateway to ever we went,” said Chik. “We had as University in Miami Gardens. It’s really wonderful that we can attending Polish church services. Latin America. “Sometimes it feels a chance to come here, so we came Chik and her family look back integrate with each other.” like Miami is not part of the USA,” here.” now and see themselves as blessed January 2018 marked 27 years ESCAPED COMMUNISM said Kim, observing the mix and They could have moved to New to have established roots in Amer- since she migrated to Chicago for a Khoa Mguyem left his home mingle of cultures here. “It’s just York or San Francisco, home to the ica. But when she sees fellow Chi- job as a physical therapist. Her two in Vietnam in 1988. He escaped a blessing to see a lot of different two largest Chinese communities in nese immigrants struggling to gain sons were born there, and because by boat and lived in Thailand for peoples.” the U.S. Instead they chose Miami, legal status, she recalls the worries of their talents playing tennis, the almost two years. In 1990, he was Kim attends St. Paul Chung Ha where they were definitely a minor- of her in-laws. family moved to Boca Raton. given the opportunity to come to Sung Korean Mission in West Park, ity. But Chik believed God guided “They worried because we sold At the cultural celebration that the U.S. and took it, even though it and manages to retain his Korean them here, and a few months after everything in Hong Kong to come followed the Migration Mass, she meant leaving his relatives behind. culture by maintaining a connec- here, and then we came, and if we helped distribute plates filled with “We had to adjust in many dif- tion with family back home. For had to be deported we wouldn’t kielbasa, bread, potato salad and ferent ways, from the food to the years, he sent his three children PLACE A have anything back home either,” Polish donuts (all donated by Kr- language. But we tried and we’re to Korea once a year to meet with said Chik. “We didn’t worry because akus Deli and Euro Deli, or cooked very thankful,” Mguyem said. family, practice the language, and CLASSIFIED AD we thought that if God wanted us to by members of the Polish mission). He now serves in the Vietnam- experience the culture. come here and stay, we would find She also shared a few jokes and ese Apostolate, which meets at Our His daughter recently accepted Only $28 for the a way.” stereotypes, courtesy of her sons, Lady of La Vang Mission in Hal- a job in South Korea in the field first four lines. about growing up Polish. landale Beach. He teaches Sunday of sports medicine. “She is more “It’s along the lines of ‘You need school in Vietnamese because he fluent in the language, and talks Call Mike Carlock at ‘BLESSED’ IN POLISH “Beata” means blessed in Pol- to drink hot soup,’ even when it’s a believes it is a way of preserving more about the culture and her 1-888-275-9953. ish. It’s the given name of Beata hot day in Florida,” Redlicki said. their culture. family,” said Kim. “I’m so glad.” n Redlicki, a parishioner at Our Lady “And one that drove my sons crazy “In the Vietnamese way we say, January 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY 27

60 YEARS 1997 FROM 3 Archbishop Favalora presides at the first-ever Migration Week Mass at St. Mary Cathedral, which brings to- 1995 gether representatives of nearly a doz- • Jan. 13, 1995: More than 12,000 en non-Hispanic ethnic groups in the Catholics gather at the Miami Beach archdiocese. The multilingual, multi- Convention Center to welcome Mi- cultural ceremony coincides with the ami’s third archbishop, John C. Fa- feast of the Epiphany. valora, who had been installed in an official ceremony Dec. 20, 1994, at St. 1998 Mary Cathedral. Jan. 25: Archbishop Favalora leads a • Radio Peace, the English-language group of 152 people — including most radio programming of the archdio- of Florida’s bishops and the cardinals cese, begins broadcasting on WAXY of Los Angeles and Detroit — on a 790 AM from 3 to 5 p.m. daily and from one-day pilgrimage to Cuba for Pope noon to 1 p.m. Sundays. Spanish and John Paul II’s Mass in Havana. The Creole programming continues to air chartered airplane trip was hastily ar- on WKAT 1360 AM. ranged during the first week of Janu- • Archdiocese of Miami priests and ary after the archbishop canceled the organizations, led by Radio Paz, col- planned cruise ship to Cuba at the end lect more than 100,000 signatures to of December. present to President Bill Clinton call- ing for the release of 29,000 Cuban and 2000 Haitian refugees from Guantanamo. • Archbishop Favalora launches a $75 million capital and endowment 1996 campaign called “Vision 2000: Shar- • Archbishop Favalora, accompa- ing God’s Gifts,” to “ensure the fu- nied by a planefull of priests and lay- ture financial stability of our Church people from the archdiocese, travels to in South Florida.” In its pre-launch St. Petersburg to ordain Bishop Robert phase, the campaign had already N. Lynch, until then a Miami archdi- raised $25 million in pledges from sev- ocesan priest, and install him as his eral wealthy donors. n successor in the diocese.

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