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Father Richard Vigoa, director of the Artist Talia Garcia “live paints” the archdiocesan Office of Worship, gives a look and feel of the archdiocese’s 60th Members of the Schola Cantorum from St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary in moving testimony of an experience he anniversary gala. Boynton Beach perform at the 60th anniversary gala. had with a young woman who was dying. Gala raises nearly $3 million for seminaries 60th anniversary event features fireworks, disco and moving stories about ‘saving souls’

ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO of the Catholic staff

MIAMI | In celebration of its 60th birth- day, the Miami Archdiocese hosted “A White Gala to Honor the White Collar” to emphasize the critical and valuable role of priests in the community. Although the crowd of nearly 1,000 gath- ered for dining and dancing, they also heard examples of how communities and priests touch each other’s lives, sometimes in the most somber and inspirational ways. Father Richard Vigoa, priest-secretary for , shared a memory of someone who touched his life: a 27-year-old woman named Janice who was terminally ill with cancer. He met her while he was a seminarian gaining Clinical Pastoral Above left, holding up their paddles for bidding at the 60th anniversary gala, are, from left, Abbie Casciato, Barbara Lawson, Judy Education credits at a hospital in New York. Catania and Auxiliary Enrique Delgado. Nearly 1,000 people raised nearly $3 million for the education of seminarians at At first, Janice wanted nothing to do with the White Gala to Honor the White Collar, held Oct. 20 at Marlins Park to mark the archdiocese’s 60th anniversary. In addition to priests. She didn’t want to talk about God. supporting priests and seminarians, those in attendance enjoyed dancing and singing with Grammy winner Gloria Gaynor, pictured “You’re in luck,” Father Vigoa told her. “I’m not above right, best known for her 1980s hit, “I Will Survive.” (PHOTOS BY ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO | FC) a priest. I’m a seminarian. And we don’t have to talk about God. But will you let me just stop had survived cancer as a child and was in “That’s not our deal. You’re breaking the MORE ANNIVERSARY in and visit you each day?” the midst of studying veterinary medicine contract,” he reminded her. But it was no use. COVERAGE — See Pages 15-35 She said, “OK.” So, every day he stopped at Cornell when the disease returned with a for more stories about the anniversary by to say hello. They started chatting. She vengeance. She felt God was out to get her. PLEASE SEE GALA, 30 festivities. 2 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY November 2018 Parish concludes anniversary by showcasing diversity

JONATHAN MARTINEZ Florida Catholic correspondent

LAUDERDALE LAKES | They sang, prayed and praised in Eng- lish, Spanish and Creole, holding true to their identity as a mosaic of nationalities united as one Catholic family. After a jubilee year filled with fes- tivities, St. Helen Parish concluded its 50th anniversary celebration with a golden jubilee Oct. 12. Led by its multilingual choir ac- companied by mariachis, repre- sentatives of various parish groups Marcelle Chery, parish manager at St. Helen, gives Father Lucien and ministries processed into the Pierre, the parish’s administrator, a plaque commemorating the St. Helen’s multilingual choir sings during the Mass celebrating the church at the beginning of the parish’s golden jubilee and his contributions as . parish’s 50th anniversary. (PHOTOS BY JONATHAN MARTINEZ | FC) Mass. “Today is a very, very special day with the parish’s administrator, people of the importance of a par- in the life of the parish of St. Helen,” Father Lucien Pierre, and visiting ish’s place in the community. said Enrique Del- priests. Echoing the words of He preached in terms that were gado, who concelebrated the Mass Francis, the bishop reminded the all too familiar to the faithful who call St. Helen home; how parishes are sanctuaries, all welcoming, mission-driven and oriented. He said how they needed “to keep their doors wide open” so everyone who needs assistance may be helped. His homily was fitting for a con- gregation who for the past 50 years lived by those words — a fact made evident by the tapestry of faces that formed the congregation. Bishop Enrique Delgado “Today, St. Helen celebrates its presides at the Mass marking 50 years anniversary. Let’s work the conclusion of St. Helen’s 50th together to have a St. Helen Parish anniversary year. that excels as missionary disciples,” St. Helen’s Praise Dancers lead continued Bishop Delgado. “May the church’s Life Teen ministry. a moment of praise during the God bless you always and happy “With the songs and the lyrics I can Mass celebrating the parish’s 50th anniversary.” express myself,” said Laurie Paul, anniversary. In line with the homily, the offer- one of the group members. “While tory procession featured children dancing I can express myself and Christ, you need to have in your from the community bringing gifts give thanks to God for everything heart a place for each and every native to their countries of origin. that he gave to me.” person, every parishioner, every The gifts included sugar cane, pine- At the conclusion of the Mass, Fa- community. You have to have the apples and bananas. ther Pierre received a plaque com- heart of Christ, the heart of a good CREATE The Mass also included a mo- memorating the jubilee and his shepherd,” Father Pierre said later ment of adoration by the St. Helen contributions as pastor. when asked about what it takes to A LEGACY Praise Dancers, who are a part of “As a priest, as a follower of successfully shepherd such a di- verse community. “Open the door THAT LASTS and make people feel they are wel- A LIFETIME.LIFETIME. comed. Whatever language, what- ever culture, whatever nationality, New, increased rates as of July 2018. 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ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO ti told Father Jean-Mary about Jeri- of the Florida Catholic staff cho, how it had helped him build his new diocese. But there’s one big MIAMI | Jericho comes from difference between Jericho in the the Old Testament story of Joshua Archdiocese of Miami and Jericho and the Israelites journeying to the anywhere else. Promised Land. Coming upon Jeri- “This is the only diocese, either cho, they brought down its walls by in or the diaspora, where there walking once around the city for six is only one Jericho,” the priest not- days, then seven times on the sev- ed. New York hosts seven; Boston enth day while blowing the ram’s six; Haiti 20. horn. In Miami, all the priests and For thousands of members of the faithful in the predominantly Haitian community, a Jericho gath- Haitian parishes join in. They ering turns the Israelites’ journey also take turns throughout the to the Promised Land into an indi- rest of the year hosting stops on vidual spiritual journey. a “spiritual caravan.” January is “We have to make the same jour- the month of the Holy Family, ney, beating down the walls in our for example, celebrated at Holy life,” said Father Reginald Jean- Family in North Miami. Septem- Mary, administrator of Notre Dame ber is the month of St. Michael, d’Haiti Mission. He explained that celebrated at St. Clement in Fort those walls can be grudges and Jules Verme, far left, joins others in praying and swaying to the music during Jericho 2018 at Notre Lauderdale. resentments that separate people Dame d’Haiti Mission in Miami. (PHOTOS BY ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO | FC) “We keep them going for the and families, low self-esteem that whole year,” Father Jean-Mary said. prevents individuals from reaching conversion, Jericho is also “a cat- “Our greatness depends on our dients and turn over the profits to He said he has seen Catholics re- their goals, or any barrier that keeps echetical experience,” the priest humility. You are great when you the church. turn to the Church after attending people “from being who God is call- said. Over the seven nights, people can serve,” Father Jean-Mary said. “We invite the people not to cook Jericho. He has seen marriages and ing us to be and to become.” learn about the sacraments, the car- “I am great when I can give some- at home,” Father Jean-Mary ex- families healed. He has heard of Every October for the past 17 dinal virtues, the gifts of the Holy body a hand to stand up.” plained. people finding desperately needed years, Notre Dame d’Haiti hosts Jer- Spirit. Every night starts with the Hosting a seven-night experi- Every Jericho also requires a jobs. “Anything that happened they icho, seven nights of soul-soothing rosary at 6 p.m., followed by praise ence for thousands of people in- work of charity, funded by people’s come back to say thank you,” he music, soul-searing preaching and and worship, a homily, adoration of volves every one of the 37 groups prayer donations. “That’s our soli- said. soulful adoration that draw Hai- the Blessed Sacrament, and a walk and ministries at Notre Dame darity,” he said. But the most concrete example tians from as near as Homestead around the grounds of the church. d’Haiti. Young adults oversee the Jericho is a way of uniting the of Jericho’s impact is not walls torn and Pompano to as far as Boston On the final night, those in atten- parking lot. Youths make sure the parish as well as the Haitian com- down, but walls built up: Notre and Canada. Some 4,000 people dance walk seven times around the bathrooms remain clean. Differ- munity. Father Jean-Mary started Dame d’Haiti itself, the first church, come to the church on a single church, as a trumpet blows. ent choirs take turns leading praise it after being named administrator indeed the first building, erected night to spend five hours. Faithful Father Jean-Mary brings in dif- and worship. And every night, of the mission and sensing what he by and for South Florida’s Haitian return for six more nights, with the ferent preachers each night, of- Notre Dame d’Haiti Mission turns describes as “a spiritual dryness” community. It was dedicated in number increasing to 8,000 the last ten priests from his native Haiti. into Notre Dame d’Haiti Resto — a — people coming only for Sunday February 2014. night. Archbishop Thomas Wenski usu- restaurant featuring meals cooked Mass, many of the younger Haitians “This church is a testimony to “It’s like a yearly rendezvous for ally stops by to celebrate either the on the premises by rotating parish leaving for non-Catholic churches. Jericho,” Father Jean-Mary said. “It the community,” Father Jean-Mary opening or the closing Mass, as he groups, who bring their own ingre- A friend who was a bishop in Hai- is the fruit of Jericho.” Q said. “Everyone wants to take their did this year. vacation on the dates of Jericho,” Every year, Jericho focuses on a which begins the third Sunday in different theme. This year, it was Moroneys’ October and concludes the follow- “Called to greatness.” But greatness OPEN HOUSE in Our ing Saturday. in the eyes of God, not in the eyes of Religious Art While emphasizing personal the world. NEW LOCATION! Enjoy Refreshments!FRIDAY NOV. 16th • 9am - 6pm m entst ! Extended 5090 N. Dixie Highway Hours! 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“ The best thing I did in ministry was to teach children the Gospel through plays,” says Sister Clare Vandecoevering, 88. Founding parishioner Lou Huertas and his wife bring up the offertory “Oh, they were just to Archbishop Thomas Wenski. delighted!” A member of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon, she spent over 50 years in the classroom. At St. Catherine of Siena, they ‘turned mourning into dancing’ First parish in Archbishop Thomas Wenski Retirement Fund celebrated the 50th jubilee Mass in English, Spanish and Portuguese Kendall marks 50th Oct. 19, with former Father Juan Sosa and Father Alejandro after undergoing Rodriguez Artola concelebrating for Religious along with current administrator both physical, Father Rolando Cabrera. Please give to those who have given a lifetime. The archbishop commended the spiritual renewal church for its restoration from the PRISCILLA GREEAR fire that caused over $1.2 million in Florida Catholic correspondent damage. “Who doesn’t remember the years following the fire when half of the parishioners followed MIAMI | Ten years ago, the Mass in the open air with no air north end of St. Catherine of Siena conditioning? Thanks to God, you Church ignited in flames from ar- have overcome this and other chal- son, leaving the congregation in lenges throughout these 50 years. shambles of soot, ash and bewilder- And today we affirm that there’s a ment. A decade later, St. Catherine brilliant future ahead,” he said. “In Sister Clare (top) is one of 31,000 senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious is celebrating its reconstruction and the coming years, may this commu- spiritual renewal, its steadfast 50- nity of believers continue bearing order priests who benefits from the Retirement Fund for Religious. Your gift year history in West Kendall, and its witness of faith, hope and charity helps religious communities care for aging members and plan for future needs. broadening cultural palette, from Please be generous. Nicaraguan to Brazilian. PLEASE SEE SIENA, 10 Almost 94 percent of donations directly aid senior religious.

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director of Youth and Young Adult Archdiocesan Ministry and leader of the archdioc- esan delegation to the V Encuentro. delegates call While many cities with large Hispanic populations have a diffi- national meeting cult time finding priests who speak Spanish, that is not true in Miami. a moment of The city was built by Hispanics and as the archdiocese grew so too did opportunity, hope the Hispanic leadership. “Many dioceses look at us as the model of what they will become,” Banich for the Church said. ROCÍO GRANADOS As part of the U.S. bishops’ re- La Voz Católica staff gional office for Hispanics and the anchor institution in the Southeast, SEPI helped the regional team com- MIAMI | When Hispanic del- The Archdiocese of Miami’s 36 delegates to the V Encuentro pose for a photo during the Sept. 20-23 pile all the diocesan reports into a egates from throughout the U.S. meeting in Grapevine, Texas. (COURTESY) final regional report that was pre- gathered in Texas recently for the sented at the national gathering. V Encuentro, they put their gifts at the U.S. Young people especially more expressive and emotional cel- In the United States, according Among other concerns brought the service of the Church. But they represent the Church’s future, ebrations. to data from ENAVE, there are ap- up by the delegates from Region also shared their needs: the need “because of their numbers, the “The Church needs to respond proximately 2,000 Catholics per 14, which encompasses Florida, to reach out to Catholics who are enthusiasm of their faith, their with a decisive pastoral focus that priest, 6,000 Hispanic Catholic im- Georgia, North and South Caro- younger, more Hispanic and less in- fidelity to the Church, their com- extends hospitality and communi- migrants per Hispanic immigrant lina, were the need to open more clined to participate in institutional mitment, their sense of commu- ty in addition to providing cultural priest, and 23,000 U.S.-born His- Catholic schools and make them religion. nity and the great contributions and historical roots that Hispanics panic Catholics per U.S.-born His- more accessible to Hispanic fami- “Now we talk about creating bi- of their spirituality.” need,” Aguinaco said. panic priests. lies; the need to form leaders who go lingual homilies, of finding ways But the Church faces a challenge: Second- and third-generation “That is a great difference. We out to the peripheries; the need to of making people feel included. how to evangelize millennials who Hispanics often feel they cannot need priests that not only speak strengthen the ministry to families; Before, we never talked about mil- do not believe in institutionalized find their place in English-speak- Spanish to celebrate Mass, but can to promote vocations from within lennials, about social media, cell- religion. It’s a worldwide challenge, ing communities, but they also do also communicate and recognize Hispanic families; and to support phones, and now it is all part of our which is why is asking not feel totally integrated into the the culture and the necessities of youth and campus ministry. It will faith,” said Father Byron Macias, for a missionary Church, a Church culture or practices of their parents the Hispanic community,” said Wi- take another two years for the con- Chicago-based vocational director that goes out, that is not closed off, and grandparents. esinger. clusions of the V Encuentro to be for the Claretian Missionaries and a that opens its doors and reaches out Young people need more support “It is important to form Catho- implemented at the parish level. V Encuentro delegate, during a re- to people. “so that they can voice their opinion lic leaders capable of serving the The V Encuentro “for me has cent visit to Miami. The process of the V Encuentro and be heard and counted,” said Church in important leadership been the moment to create true “The Hispanic presence in the itself is missionary, said Father Ma- Juan Jose Rodriguez, director of roles. It cannot be that a Church that missionary disciples, that we all United States is greater and younger cias. “The challenge of this encoun- Youth Ministry at SEPI, the South- is mostly Hispanic has few Hispanic feel called, and we rediscover our every time,” said Carmen Aguina- ter is how do we convert ourselves east Pastoral Institute, and a Miami leaders at the higher levels,” said Fa- encounter with the Lord,” said Fa- co, multicultural specialist for the into true evangelists, into true pas- delegate to the V Encuentro. Wi- ther Rafael Capo, executive director ther Capo. U.S. bishops’ Committee on Divine toral agents of our reality.” esinger said there is no greater need of SEPI and a member of the ENAVE “It is beautiful to see how the face Worship and a member of ENAVE, For years, the U.S. Church also than the formation of Hispanic team for the V Encuentro. of the Church changes over time,” the national leadership team for the has dealt with the proselytism of leaders and priests who reflect the In that sense, however, the real- said Wiesinger. “I am very happy V Encuentro (encounter) of Hispan- small churches and sects that ap- Hispanic population. The need for ity in Miami is different than that to be Catholic in this moment and ic Catholics. peal more to Hispanics because of bilingual leaders is especially vital of the rest of the country. “People I feel it is a moment filled with op- The V Encuentro process began their sense of community, and their to youth ministry. cannot believe that we have Mass portunities, and with hope. It is an two years ago with gatherings in in Spanish almost every hour,” said incredible moment to be Hispanic parishes, followed by diocesan and THE IMPORTANCE OF ENCUENTROS Rosemarie Banich, archdiocesan in the .” Q then regional Encuentros — Miami In an interview with La Voz in the U.S. Catholic Church. hosted the Southeast regional in Catolica, Carmen Aguinaco, multi- The V Encuentro is important for February — and finally the national cultural specialist for the U.S. bishops’ one, held in Grapevine, Texas, Sept. Hispanics because 18 years have Committee on Divine Worship and passed since the last Encuentro and 20-23. Among the delegates were 36 a member of ENAVE, the national the great majority do not have a sense Florida Offender and Family Support representatives of the Archdiocese leadership team for the V Encuentro, of their identity as Hispanic Catholics of Miami. explained the significance of previous in the U.S., or of the need to be in- To answer the real life questions The V Encuentro’s goal was Encuentros and the importance of the volved in ministry at the national level. to identify the needs of Hispanic V Encuentro for Hispanic Catholics in Encuentro means returning to their that only experience can offer Catholics living in the U.S. It was “to the U.S. roots, recovering a historical memory, listen to that national voice, those In 1972, the first Encuentro took affirming their culture and looking real experiences, and to know what place, which opened the doors to toward the future as a community of OUR SERVICES AND SUPPORT the gifts of the Hispanic commu- Encuentros in 1977, 1985, and 2000. faith with a new impulse toward evan- nity are, as well as their needs,” said These earlier Encuentros created an gelization, which is entirely necessary PRE-INCARCERATION – counseling, guidance, information, Mary Ann Wiesinger, director of the awareness of the identity and pastoral at this moment. preparation and support for the offender and family members so that all archdiocesan Office of Evangeliza- needs of Hispanic Catholics, as well as The process also aims to consider support members are properly prepared. tion and Parish Life. “I felt called affirming their presence in the Church. the totality of the Catholic Church in – counseling, guidance, information, preparation, to continue molding our Hispanic Above all, the Encuentros recog- the U.S. today. It means delving into INCARCERATION leaders.” nized the contributions of Hispanic the presence, gifts and hope that His- and support for the offender and family members concerning the daily routine According to statistics compiled Catholics, which provided the founda- panics, with their cultural and religious of prison life, and various policies as well as procedures of the FDOC. by ENAVE, around 40 percent of all tion for pastoral planning at the local values, bring to the entire community. RELEASE AND POST RELEASE – counseling, guidance, Catholics in the U.S. are Hispanic, and national level, the creation of For that reason, the process extends to ministries and a support network, all Catholics, to help them recognize information, preparation, and support for the offender and family members and that percentage is greater for concerning release preparation and requirements. minors under 14. They represent solidarity, and the formation of more the diversity of Catholic identity and 55 percent of the Catholics in the ecclesial leaders for the community. reaffirm their own roots and encounter The V Encuentro is expected to provide with the living Christ. It’s a much country. Bruce Barr | OWNER 12200-1115 a new impetus for evangelization, with broader, communitywide perspec- Aguinaco said the Hispanic 954-743-4040 • foafs.net • [email protected] community is revitalizing the Hispanics occupying the leadership tive rather than a look at a concrete role that corresponds to their position culture. life of the Catholic Church in 8 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic November 2018

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Effective Nov. 1 Father Andrew Pietraszko to full-time chaplain, Baptist Hospital, share your blessings Miami. “Thanksgiving Day” is as Ameri- grants and refugees who came here Again, when Pope Francis spoke can as apple pie — or perhaps we share that same narrative whether to Congress three years ago, he ken immigration system contin- FLORIDA should say “pumpkin pie.” Thanks- we are of Irish, Italian, Polish or Cu- reminded our lawmakers “thou- ues to disrupt lives, divide families giving is not a holy day of obligation, ban descent. But we should not for- sands of persons are led to travel and steal hope away from those Catholic not a religious holy day; but rather a get that while we had to work hard north in search of a better life for who dream of “building a future in civic holiday. Yet Thanksgiving has for our success, we were given many themselves and for their loved freedom” for themselves and their ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI deep religious roots — for America opportunities. ones, in search of greater oppor- children. was founded by succes- Thanksgiving is a day to tunities. Is this not what we want “To whom much has been given, Vol. 80, No. 1 sive waves of immigrants acknowledge that we are for our own children? We must not much will be asked.” These are Je- who beginning with those not the self-made people be taken aback by their numbers, sus’ words and they call forth from 9401 Biscayne Blvd. Pilgrims in Massachusetts we sometimes think we but rather view them as persons, us a response. We are a nation of Miami, FL 33138 came seeking freedom. are. Everything we have, seeing their faces and listening to plenty in a world of want; we are a 305-762-1131 Fax 305-762-1132 And at the foundation of who we are, we have re- their stories, trying to respond as republic of treasured freedoms in PUBLISHER all the freedoms we enjoy ceived from others — our best we can to their situation. To a world in which too many people Archbishop Thomas Wenski in this country is religious FROM THE parents and grandparents, respond in a way which is always are denied their basic rights; we are freedom and freedom of our teachers and mentors, humane, just and fraternal. We a land of many opportunities in a DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS ARCHBISHOP conscience. In the words our spouses and friends, need to avoid a common tempta- world in which so many see no fu- Mary Ross Agosta Thomas ARCHDIOCESAN EDITOR Pope Francis spoke to a and ultimately God. We tion nowadays: to discard what- ture of hope. joint session of Congress are what we have received ever proves troublesome.” As we give God thanks for the Ana Rodriguez-Soto Wenski [email protected] in September 2015, they not as entitlements, but as Unfortunately, today in this “na- freedoms and opportunities that 305-762-1131 “came to this land to pur- gifts. Whether these gifts tion of immigrants” too many of we Americans enjoy in this coun- sue their dream of build- came as a “hand out” or a us perceive the new immigrants try — a country that has been de- ing a future in freedom.” “hand up” doesn’t matter as much as “troublesome.” Immigration scribed “as a nation with the soul • ADVERTISING: Contact Valerie Casko at Of course, Americans like to con- as our gratitude in acknowledging has become in American politics of a church” — we pray that we will 407-373-0075 or sider ourselves as “self-made” men these gifts before God. And this a “wedge issue” with both left and become a more just and fraternal vcasko@thefloridacatholic.org and women. We pride ourselves on gratitude should inspire us who right content with a stalemate that nation, a nation that is not afraid of • CLASSIFIED ADS: Contact Mike Carlock at 1-888-275-9953, or having raised ourselves up by our have received freely to share these allows each side to appeal to their the foreigner because we too were mcarlock@thefloridacatholic.org own bootstraps. And the immi- blessings freely with others. “base” — in the meantime, a bro- once foreigners. Q

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Archbishop Thomas Wenski Emmaus retreats mark 40th presents a bouquet MIAMI | The Emmaus retreat to hear confession and celebrate there to other parishes in the arch- of flowers movement marked its 40th anni- Mass at the retreat’s conclusion. diocese. Emmaus retreats have to Myrna versary with a Mass Nov. 3 at St. “It is very important that it is now been conducted throughout Gallagher, who Mary Cathedral, attended by near- parish-based because you see the U.S., , the Carib- with Father ly 800 people who have undergone each other every Sunday and you bean and even in . David Russell, the three-day spiritual experience. get renewed,” Gallagher told the The name “Emmaus” comes then-pastor During the Mass, Archbishop Florida Catholic when the move- from the Gospel of Luke 24:13-35, of St. Louis in Pinecrest, Thomas Wenski recognized Myr- ment marked its 35th anniversa- when some disciples, leaving Je- started the na Gallagher, who together with ry. “Maybe you are down this week rusalem after the Crucifixion, en- Emmaus Father David Russell, then pastor and he’s up and he brings you a counter the risen Jesus on the road retreats in the of St. Louis Parish in Pinecrest, good message and uplifts you. It’s to Emmaus. He explains the Scrip- archdiocese. started the Emmaus retreats in the about leaning on one another. It’s tures to them and they recognize The movement archdiocese in 1978. about asking the pastor what the him “in the breaking of the bread.” marked its 40th Emmaus retreats grew out of parish needs and volunteering to Since it is a parish-based min- anniversary Cursillo, which starts with a week- do that. You can’t do those things istry, there is no database to know with a Mass end retreat experience followed by if you don’t know the people and how many people have actually Nov. 3 at St. weekly meetings aimed at deepen- that’s part of the retreat.” attended an Emmaus retreat, but Mary Cathedral, ing the faith. But Emmaus retreats Emmaus began as a way for lay- in the Archdiocese of Miami alone attended are meant to be parish-based. The women to minister to their peers it is estimated to be in the thou- by nearly pastor and other priests are present but soon spread to men and from sands. Q 800 people. (COURTESY) OBITUARY Father Juan Torres dies at 61

seminary. “I will miss his down-to- ily moved back to Puerto Rico, he Former Prince of earth approach to pastoral life situ- studied business administration at ations, as well as his hidden, but at the Universidad de Puerto Rico and Peace pastor loved times unveiling, feelings about the obtained a diploma in commercial presence of God in our lives.” banking from the American Insti- food, Miraculous Father Robert Ayala, pastor of tute of Banking. He worked for 10 St. Matthew in Hallandale, said years for Banco Popular in Puerto Medal, his in an email that his friend’s death Rico. In 1987, he moved to Palm came as somewhat of a shock, even Beach, where he worked first for priesthood though he knew he was ill and un- Barnett Bank and later for a com- ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO able to drive anymore. puter company, installing net- of the Florida Catholic staff “We started seminary on the works. He returned to Puerto Rico same day, even though he was a in 1992, after his father became ill few years ahead of me. He became with cancer. While there, he set up MIAMI | Father Juan Torres was a part of my family, as he would his own business, installing com- a priest for only 14 years, and a pas- spend time at home with me when puter and phone systems. tor for only four. But he made an we had breaks in the seminary,” He applied to be a seminarian impression on the young people of Father Ayala recalled. “After he re- with the Archdiocese of Miami in Prince of Peace Parish in Miami. tired and went to Orlando, I missed 1997, writing in his biography: “I “Father Juan was one of the big- the time we would spend together.” have spent the last 15 years search- gest supporters of the young adult He said Father Torres was a man ing for an answer of why everything ministry at Prince of Peace while he who would let you know “where you always after a while loses (its) ap- was administrator to the parish,” stood with him,” and a priest with a peal and turns boring. I prayed to wrote Maria Alejandra Rivas, a pa- profound devotion to the Miracu- the Virgin Mary to help me to find rishioner, on a Facebook post. lous Medal. So much so that he in- the answer and she did. The only “He showed unconditional sup- sisted on celebrating his first Mass thing that has not lost the appeal port as we planned our trip to World at La Milagrosa chapel of Corpus and is always new to me is Jesus Youth Day in Brazil. He didn’t think Christi Parish in Miami. Christ and his Gospel.” twice about attending our Wednes- Father Ayala and Father Torres He was ordained May 15, 2004. day night meetings on his day off. also shared a common bond with “I’m like 220 electricity running all … Everything he did, he did from Father José Maria Herrera, a retired over,” he told the Florida Catholic the heart with genuine love for his priest from Cuba who spent a few just after his ordination. “To me, 10739-1115 family in Christ,” added Rivas, who years at Corpus Christi. “Both Juan this is the greatest moment of all.” now works as media coordinator and I took care of him and learned His first assignment was as paro- and digital media specialist for the from Father José Maria what a holy chial vicar at St. Kevin in Miami. A Archdiocese of Miami’s Office of priest looked like,” Father Ayala re- year later he was named parochial Communications. called. He and Father Torres also vicar at All Saints in Sunrise, where Father Torres died Oct. 23 in Or- shared a love of food. “He certainly he remained until 2008, when he lando of complications from dia- loved to cook and he was my coun- was named parochial vicar at St. betes. He served as administrator terpart when it came to eating foods Hugh in Coconut Grove. From there and later pastor of Prince of Peace from all over the world. … We liked he went to Prince of Peace. from July 2012 until February 2016. to experiment with new food.” Father Torres is survived by his He served four months as parochial Father Ayala added that “Father mother, Maria, three younger sis- vicar at St. Joseph, Miami Beach, Juan wasn’t perfect, but he cer- ters, Sandra, Gladys and Maria, until his retirement for health rea- tainly tried to be a holy priest. He and their spouses; and six nieces sons at the end of June 2016. loved his priesthood and he loved and nephews. “He was always jovial and full of to deepen his knowledge to preach Funeral services took place at energy, willing to translate the word Jesus Christ.” St. Augustine Parish, Casselberry, of God into a life of pastoral service Born April 13, 1957, in San Juan, in the Diocese of Orlando. He was for the people of God,” said Father Puerto Rico, Father Torres spent buried in the priests’ cemetery at Juan Sosa, pastor of St. Joseph, who the first six years of his childhood in San Pedro Spiritual Development also taught Father Torres in the Brooklyn, New York. After his fam- Center in Winter Park. Q 10 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic November 2018

SIENA FROM 4 to all the residents of this Kendall area.” Father Cabrera thanked the founders and all community mem- bers, benefactors and supporters for 50 years of fireproof loyalty, in- cluding the Brazilian congregants and those of Indian heritage who celebrate a Syro-Malabar Eastern rite Mass. Among the founding members in attendance was Lou Huertas, a New York native who joined St. Catherine in 1968. “The biggest change is one of language differences. We’re get- ting more of the people from South America, Central America and Mexico, and then we’re also getting Indians who came from the islands, Filipino population, and we’re get- ting a lot more Brazilians. We have very intense different ethnic back- From left, Eleonora Boletti (Spanish), Katy Zakas (English) and Giselle Cristiane and Sandro Stumpf and their daughter, Laila, 9, bring a grounds from different cultures,” Alves (Portuguese) are the lectors who proclaimed the readings in statue of Our Lady Aparecida, patroness of Brazil, to Archbishop Huertas said. “Now the attempt is their languages. (PHOTOS BY MARLENE QUARONI | FC) Thomas Wenski during the offertory. to get them together.” He cited the golden anniversary families. Along the way, St. Cath- For Father Rodriguez Artola, now closer together. It occurred on the DIFFERENT CULTURES Mass as an example “because we erine birthed other Kendall par- pastor of St. Thomas the Apostle in Friday before Palm Sunday, and she Today, the vibrant suburban had people from every culture par- ishes: Good Shepherd, Our Lady of Miami, it was “pure joy and bless- and others cleaned the devastated parish celebrates three weekend ticipating in that party. Like I was Lourdes and St. John Neumann. ing” to return. He recalled how church the entire next day so that Masses in English, three in Span- telling my sons it was probably the After the devastating March 2008 when he arrived the community Easter Masses could be celebrated. ish and one in Portuguese. Huertas, best party we’ve ever had on church fire, Mass was celebrated in the was still suffering, and the church The church added a St. John Paul II 79, recalled how many parishioners grounds.” parish hall with two-thirds of the building was void of altar and pews, perpetual adoration chapel during left after the fire, but gradually new- congregation overflowing into the sacred images and life. reconstruction, which has spiritu- comers began arriving. FIRST IN KENDALL plaza. But as it celebrated its 40th “My catchphrase became, ‘Let’s ally energized the community and “I think we have a good number The church, at 9300 S.W. 107th anniversary outdoors the follow- rebuild our community; the walls empowered her for ministries as of people who are new that are here Ave., was established in 1968 with ing October, members processed will follow.’ And that is exactly what a catechist, lector coordinator, ex- and some of the old people have “white collar, American families” through the parking lot carrying happened. We gathered as one traordinary minister of holy Com- returned,” he said, noting that the according to a church history that bricks, symbolizing a desire to re- family and turned our mourning munion and altar server. newcomers tend to be Brazilian notes it was the first parish in Kend- build, and flowers symbolizing re- into dancing. The gift of being able “It’s wonderful. I’ve taken people or Nicaraguan. “The Cuban base all. Led by Father Cyril Hudak, early birth. to celebrate for the first time in our into that chapel who are not Catho- was here in the first place, but that parishioners met at Killian High In 2010, Father Rodriguez Ar- newly restored church on Christ- lic. A Jewish friend said it was amaz- doesn’t seem to have increased School until the church was dedi- tola became administrator, leading mas Eve gave a whole new meaning ing and she could feel the presence very much. But we have every back- cated in 1974. In 1986, Father James both a physical and spiritual resto- to Advent, expectations and wait- of God. It’s very quiet. There’s just ground possible.” Quinn became pastor as the parish ration. Finally, the rebuilt church ing. It also gave a new meaning to an immense feeling of being close Among Huertas’ ministries, he focused on evangelization and the was dedicated on the parish feast the generosity of God’s gift of love to to God and Jesus. It’s amazing,” she has worked to get men of diverse Hispanic community steadily grew. day, April 29, 2013, as the sun shown the world.” added, comparing it to therapy. “I backgrounds to participate more in Father Sosa became pastor in 1992 through the stained-glass window Forty-year parishioner Katy Za- go once a week and pray for an hour, parish activities and was heartened and by 1998 the parish had 3,800 of St. Catherine. kas said the fire brought members I pray for everybody.” by the sense of unity at the anniver- sary Mass. “I think we’ve had some suc- cess in getting the different ethnic groups involved. You can tell by the LEWIS MASPONS amount of hugs I got from the Bra- & COMPANY zilian community alone,” Huertas Funeral Homes & Crematory said. 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beliefs in the master’s program in March for Life bioethics at St. Thomas University, which he directs. head reports In an interview, Father Cioffi said he has opposed abortion ever progress during since its legalization, when he was a biology student at Florida Interna- Respect Life tional University. “I was in shock,” he said. “It went against everything brunch I’d studied about pregnancy and human development that I was JIM DAVIS learning at a secular university.” Florida Catholic correspondent Many at the Oct. 14 brunch seemed to bear out Mancini’s claim that the pro-life movement is MIAMI | In the fight against growing younger. Among them was abortion, pro-life forces now have Elsa Barredo, 30, who came with the advantage, a national leader husband Armando and their son, says, but victory is not yet in sight. Francisco, who was to see his first “Life is winning, life is winning,” birthday on Oct. 22. They’re mem- Jeanne Mancini of the March for bers of St. Raymond Parish. Life told a local brunch of archdioc- “We need to create an awareness esan pro-life activists Oct. 14, who of life, and alternatives to abor- clapped each time she said it. tion,” Elsa said. “When a mother Then they listened quietly to her chooses abortion, she kills part of caveat: “Do we have a long way to herself.” go? Yes, we absolutely do.” Father Cioffi joined others in The audience of 70, meeting stressing the need to change Amer- in the parish hall at St. Raymond ican culture in order to abolish Church, were ready for both sides Jeanne Mancini, president of the national March for Life group, sits with bioethicist Father Alfred Cioffi abortion. “We have to win hearts of the news. Some were leaders in at a brunch co-sponsored by the archdiocesan Respect Life Office and the Cuban Association of the before we can expect significant archdiocesan posts and lay orga- Sovereign Order of Malta. (JIM DAVIS | FC) legal action,” he said. nizations. And many were younger Mancini agreed, saying in her than 45, born since the U.S. Su- ing it “the most significant social states, like Florida and New York, Meanwhile, pregnancy care cen- speech that people need to see preme Court legalized abortion in justice movement” and the “largest before Roe v. Wade,” the archbish- ters have increased from about 500 compassion as well as determina- 1973. annual demonstration of human op said. “So it will become a (state) in the 1990s to 2,000 now. tion from the other side. And they The brunch, which began with rights in the world.” legislative fight.” Introducing the speaker was Fa- will see it, she assured the audi- an invocation by Archbishop She celebrated other advances of In an interview after her talk, ther Alfred Cioffi, himself a long- ence. Thomas Wenski, was jointly spon- March for Life, such as: Mancini cited other signs of time pro-life activist who sits on the “Love is in the DNA of the pro- sored by two organizations. The • Alliances with groups of vari- change. She said that abortion archdiocesan Respect Life board life movement,” Mancini said. “And Respect Life Office of the arch- ous religions and no religion. Man- clinics have dwindled from 2,000 and has attended several Marches in the DNA of the Catholic Church, diocese was using the occasion to cini said the movement has found in the 1990s to roughly 700 today. for Life. He also teaches pro-life and in the Knights of Malta.” Q introduce its next director, Juan allies among Jews, evangelicals, Guerra. The other sponsor, the Cu- even atheists. ban Association of the Sovereign • High-profile speakers at Order of Malta, had given its Tuitio March for Life rallies, including Fidei award to Mancini the previ- Vice President Mike Pence last ous day at its annual White Cross year. Other speakers have included Ball. the late Dr. Bernard Nathanson, Helping people live “We have to bring back the core author of the 1979 book “Aborting values of family and society,” said America”; and the late Norma Mc- Juan Calvo, president of the Malta Corvey, the “Jane Roe” of the Roe v. healthier lives. association, in explaining its sup- Wade case. port for the pro-life cause. • A growing footprint on so- Mancini said the Washington, cial media, with methods like the D.C.-based March for Life organi- hashtag #whywemarch. zation was born in 1974, the year • Younger faces at the annual Questions about your Medicare after the Supreme Court declared marches. “Young people want to be abortion to be constitutional. The known as the generation that abol- "ENEÞTS, 2IGHTS and /PTIONS? decision paved the way for more ished abortion,” Mancini said. than 60 million abortions thus far, The next national March for Life she added. is set for Jan. 18, with the Arch- diocese of Miami taking its usual Raul Cairo RAIN, SLEET OR SNOW delegation of over 100 high school Licensed Sales Representative That case, known as Roe v. Wade, students and young adults. Man- spawned a judicial culture “outside cini said the organization also is the parameters of what the court is planning a “beta launch” of pro-life 305-934-9827 called to do: interpret the Constitu- marches on the state level. Florida tion,” Mancini said. is being considered as one of the www.myuhcagent.com/Raul.Cairo In reaction, March for Life has sites. [email protected] mustered protest marches in the nation’s capital each January, de- TOWARD STATE LEVEL spite the weather — “rain, sleet, That may be a necessary step. 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For more than 20 ‘accompaniment’ “We don’t even know how we years now, she has been a volunteer got this award,” said Constantino of catechist at St. Edward, where she was at annual St. Edward Parish in Pembroke Pines, also among the first parishioners. Her who along with Laurino received the parish number is 58. Catechetical Day Esperanza Ginoris Award at this year’s Two nights a week, the parish’s Catechetical Day. worship space is divided into class- ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO The award is named after a former rooms where nearly 500 children learn of the Florida Catholic staff archdiocesan catechist, and honors their Catholic faith. Laurino is the “persons or teams who best exemplify coordinator of the religious education the standards of catechetical ministry program. Constantino is her “right SOUTHWEST RANCHES | The excellence.” hand.” theme for this year’s Catechetical As far as Constantino is concerned, “My body gets a little tired, but my Day was “Building a Culture of she’s just doing what she has been do- brain keeps going,” said the 80-year- Encounter.” Keynoters and speak- ing since she was attending college in old, who also received the Msgr. Catechists from Our Lady of La Vang Vietnamese Mission in ers explained it using Scripture New York: teaching the faith to others. Award for her 20 or Hallandale give the thumbs-up sign while waiting with their pastor, and . Lourdes Melo puts it She continued volunteering as more years of uninterrupted ministry Father Joseph Long Nguyen, for the start of the keynote presentation into practice in the parking lot of a catechist while raising a family as a catechist. in English at the annual Catechetical Day, held Nov. 3 at Archbishop her parish. and pursuing a career as a special What keeps her going? “Love what McCarthy High School next door. One of the more than 900 cat- education teacher. And she kept you’re doing,” she said. “That’s the echists in attendance Nov. 3, she answer.” said every Thursday evening she hosts a “happy hour” for the moth- ers of teens preparing for confir- keep those young people in the of Cleveland, likened to Sweet ‘n mation. They share coffee and parish youth group.” Low: “Looks like sugar, sweetens cookies and sometimes even a Even if only one stays, she add- like sugar, but it’s not sugar.” little wine, plus a whole lot of con- ed, “the seed is sown.” We see each other but we don’t versation. Melo was among 75 longtime really look, he said. We hear each She calls it a “modern cateche- catechists, all volunteers who other but we don’t really listen. sis.” It’s not the way she learned have been teaching for 20 or more We wear earbuds and walk “to the from “the nuns” decades ago, she consecutive years, who were hon- rhythm of our own music.” His said. It is “taking advantage” of the ored at Catechetical Day with the nephews speak to each other via fact that the parents wait in their Msgr. Agustin Roman Award. The text, even if they’re sitting side by cars for the children to finish their award, new this year, pays tribute side. Today’s culture is fast-paced, classes. to those who, like the late Miami impatient and technological, not “My goal is to eventually offer auxiliary bishop, dedicate their fertile ground for encountering a family catechesis to the parents lives to catechesis. His episcopal others. in the parking lot,” said Melo, who motto was “Woe to me if I do not And the Church is not immune, has spent the past 43 years as a preach the Gospel.” the bishop said, recalling a per- volunteer catechist at Our Lady of But how to do that in today’s sonal anecdote that occurred Divine Providence in Sweetwater. world? A world one of the keynote shortly after he found out he had Close to 900 catechists gather for Mass at St. Mark Church, Southwest “It’s a way, little by little, to try to speakers, Bishop Nelson Perez been made a bishop. He was at- Ranches, for the start of the annual Catechetical Day, held Nov. 3 at tending a meeting and decided Archbishop McCarthy High School, next door, in Southwest Ranches. to pop into a nearby church to go (PHOTOS BY ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO | FC) to confession. He was dressed ca- sually in jeans, not as a priest, al- things we see in Scripture are all with ambiguity.” though it wouldn’t have mattered. stories of encounter,” he said, an Bishop Perez, a Miami native The church’s receptionist sat be- encounter that “achieves its full- who grew up in New Jersey, picked hind a glass and spoke through a ness in Jesus Christ.” up on that theme at a panel discus- small opening, like that of a doc- God is not “out there” wait- sion later. He recalled someone tor’s office. “Is there a priest who ing to judge people, the priest asking him how to explain to an can hear confession?” he asked noted. There are no hurdles to go atheist the existence of God. her. “Not today,” she answered, through. “God offers his love. God There’s no point in explaining, never even looking up. offers life. God offers grace.” And he answered. Explanations turn That’s not how Jesus worked, God also “gives us space” to grap- into philosophical arguments Bishop Perez noted. Jesus went ple with that gift, to let the good that convince neither side. “Easier out of his way to meet people and news “sink into our lives.” than explaining is accompanying 12299-1115 listen to them, as when he noticed Catechesis is not merely impart- people, walking with,” the bishop the widow of Nain on her way to ing information, but helping chil- said. “What we can do is walk to- bury her son. Luke’s Gospel says, dren — and in many cases today, gether” and allow God’s grace to “His heart was filled with pity for their families — become disciples. do the job. her” and he raised her son from It requires doing as God does. Another speaker, Father Tony the dead. The passage concludes, “Encountering people involves Ricard of the Archdiocese of New

12506-1115 “God has visited his people.” accompaniment. That is hanging Orleans, put it in even simpler That phrase sums up the en- out with people until they get it to- terms. “It all starts with how they tire Bible and the whole history gether,” Father De Siano said, just encounter God in you,” he told the of salvation, noted the day’s other as Jesus did with his apostles. catechists. “I am an embodiment, keynote speaker, Father Frank De “There is a lot of ambiguity in a living tabernacle of the body and Siano, director of formation for the the lives of the people that we blood of Christ. Are you convinced Paulists. serve, even in the children,” he of the fact that God is going to use Beginning with the story of reminded the catechists. “Jesus you each and every day to intro- Adam and Eve in Genesis, “all the wants to make us comfortable duce somebody new to his love?”Q November 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY 15

60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE Praise the Lord and pass the burgers Outdoor festival and concert in Hollywood mark 60th anniversary of ‘young’ archdiocese JIM DAVIS Florida Catholic correspondent

HOLLYWOOD | How to cel- ebrate the archdiocese’s six de- Archbishop Thomas Wenski exits Nativity Church Oct. 28 at the end Audience members respond to musicians during the archdiocese’s cades? Try a picnic. of Mass for the archdiocese’s 60th anniversary. Following the Mass 60th anniversary picnic at Nativity Parish in Hollywood. (PHOTOS That’s what archdiocesan offi- was a special picnic, festival and concert on church grounds. BY JIM DAVIS | FC) cials decided in throwing a mega- family celebration for the 60th an- niversary of the archdiocese. The picnic was held Oct. 28 at Nativity Parish. “The universal Church is more Thank you than liturgy,” said Katie Blanco Bourdeau, chief development of- ficer for the archdiocese. “It’s also Archdiocese of Miami family and community.” About 1,000 people attended the event from several parishes. Burgers, bingo, carnival rides and Christian rock blended easily with Mass and prayers at the six-hour event. Under Nativity’s towering, 35- foot stained-glass windows, Arch- bishop Thomas Wenski, the main Mass celebrant, set a light-hearted but sincere tone for the 800 wor- shippers. “In a Church that is almost 2,000 years old, 60 years might not seem like a long time,” he said. “But here in South Florida — where everything seems like it was built just yesterday — 60 years is something to celebrate.” He also remarked on the fa- vorable weather, with cloudy but rain-free skies and temperature in the low 80s. “It’s a beautiful day for a picnic, and a beautiful day for a bike ride,” said the archbishop, who came to the event on his black Harley-Da- vidson Street Glide motorcycle. He added, tongue in cheek, “And the Dolphins aren’t playing.” After Mass, churchgoers found a variety of activities awaiting Congratulations them at the grounds and build- ings of Nativity School. Parents put their kids on a slide, whirling on this Jubilee Year! tubs, a climbing wall and a pint- size Ferris wheel. A face painter did a brisk business, with teenag- ers as well as children. Older kids tried their skills at St. Malachy throwing hoops, lobbing soft- balls into a milk can or passing CATHOLIC CHURCH

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Most Reverend Gerald M. Barbarito and the entire faith family of the Diocese of Palm Beach extend our prayerful congratulations to

The Archdiocese of Miami in celebration of their 60th Anniversary It is our blessing to be a neighbor of the Archdiocese of Miami and to be part of the Province of Miami. 12479-1115 12366-1115 November 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY 17

Congratulations!

Bishop Felipe J. Estévez and the people of the Diocese of St. Augustine congratulates ththee Archdiocese of Miami

on the 60th anniversary of its founding – August 13, 1958. 12409-1115 18 ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY Florida Catholic November 2018 12498-1115 12559-1115 November 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY 19

GREATER MIAMI The Strength of a People. JEWISH The Power FEDERATION of Community.

Dear Friends,

On behalf of the Officers, Board of Directors and Staff of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, we warmly congratulate the Archdiocese of Miami on the occasion of its 60th Anniversary.

Miami’s Catholic and Jewish communities share a longstanding friendship that has at its foundation mutual respect, tolerance and understanding. Through deeply rooted traditions and guiding tenets, Federation and the Archdiocese of Miami — along with Federation’s Jewish Community Relations Council, the Rabbinical Association of Greater Miami and Miami-Dade’s other faith-based partners — advocate for social justice and harmony among all religions and all people. This shared purpose is the animating spirit that inspires our work together over many decades.

Under the leadership of Archbishop Thomas Wenski, the Archdiocese of Miami stands as a beacon of hope and enlightenment for so many through programs that promote human dignity, lift up the most vulnerable and improve the quality of life for all members of our community.

May we be blessed with continued friendship, as we strive to fulfill the spiritual and humanitarian principles that bind us together.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Scheck Jacob Solomon Chair of the Board President and CEO 12480-1115 12415-1115 20 ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY Florida Catholic November 2018

From left to right: Archbishop looks on as Sister Edita Rojo, a medical doctor and member of the Sisters of St. Philip Neri, examines a child at the Centro Hispano Catolico in Miami, w Charities, led the archdiocese’s ministry to people with AIDS during the late 1990s and early 2000s; a priest holds up the Blessed Sacrament during adoration at an archdiocesan Charismatic confer just for recently arrived Cubans, but for immigrants and refugees from throughout Latin America; Pope John Paul II tours the Tamiami Park fairgrounds with Archbishop Edward McCarthy; Hurrica Archd

Aug. 13, 1958 May 8, 1968 Feb. 6, 1979 with Father Thomas Wenski, who recently returned from studies in Haiti, serving as associate director. Diocese of Miami is created, with 51 parishes, Ecclesiastical Province of Miami is established: Two new auxiliary bishops are The center will later move to its current site next 65 diocesan priests, and 21 religious order clergy Diocese of Miami is elevated to the rank of arch- appointed for Miami, including to Notre Dame d’Haiti Mission in Miami. Father ministering to 185,000 Catholics in 16 counties in diocese and two new Florida dioceses are created, the first native Cuban to serve Wenski’s “circuit-riding” ministry to Haitian southern Florida. Most of the rest of the state is Orlando and St. Petersburg; Florida now is divided as a bishop in the U.S. in 200 Catholics throughout the archdiocese will result in covered by the original Diocese of St. Augustine. into four Catholic dioceses including St. Augustine. years: Auxiliary Bishop Agustin the establishment of Haitian missions as far north Miami yields eight counties to the new dioceses. Roman. His fellow auxiliary is as Palm Beach, including Divine Mercy in Fort Bishop John J. Nevins, another Lauderdale and St. Joseph in Pompano Beach. June 24, 1968 archdiocesan priest. Both of them are consecrated March Msgr. John J. Fitzpatrick, former chancellor of Bishop Nevins 1981 the archdiocese, is appointed auxiliary bishop of 24, 1979. (Bishop Nevins was Mother Teresa comes to Miami to open a shelter Miami, and consecrated in August 1968. He is later appointed bishop of for homeless women. the first archdiocesan priest to join the ranks of Venice.) Archbishop McCarthy re- the U.S. hierarchy. (In April 1971, he is appointed 1983 bishop of Brownsville, Texas, where he retired in organizes the archdiocese into 1991.) seven major divisions: General On its 25th anniversary, which is celebrated Dec. 8 Services, Temporalities, Christian with a Mass at the Orange Bowl, the eight-county Oct. 7, 1968 Formation, Worship and archdiocese includes more than 896,000 Catho- Spiritual Life, Christian Service, lics, with 135 parishes and three missions, served Archbishop Coleman Carroll is seen here On its 10th anniversary, the Miami Archdiocese Pastoral Ministry and Ministry by 312 diocesan and 210 religious order priests; preparing for an interview with the old consists of 85 parishes and 10 missions in eight Bishop Roman to Persons. He also announces 643 women religious and 63 men religious; and WTVJ Channel 4. counties. A Catholic population of 400,000 is plans for the construction of the Pastoral Center 45 permanent deacons. In April, the archdiocesan served by 164 diocesan priests, 141 religious Oct. 7, 1958 and St. Martha Church at 9401 Biscayne Blvd. in staff moves into its new home at the Pastoral order clergy, and about 900 women religious. The Miami Shores. Center. Bishop Coleman F. Carroll, formerly auxiliary archdiocese’s Radio and TV Department is the bishop of Pittsburgh, is installed as first bishop of first diocesan agency in the nation to inaugurate 1980 1984 Miami. closed-circuit TV to schools and churches. Archbishop McCarthy announces the start of a The Kenedy Directory lists the Archdiocese of 1959 Dec. 6, 1971 five-year plan of evangelization. Mariel boatlift Miami as the second fastest-growing see in the First minor seminary in southeastern United States, brings nearly 125,000 Cuban refugees to South nation. Bishop Rene H. Gracida is appointed auxiliary Florida, and Haitians begin arriving in significant St. John Vianney College Seminary, is established bishop of Miami and consecrated Jan. 25, 1972. in Miami. numbers as well. Throughout the next decade, the July 17, 1984 (He is appointed first bishop of Pensacola-Talla- archdiocese will speak forcefully on behalf of the The Archdiocese of Miami is divided once more, hassee Oct. 1, 1975, and bishop of Corpus Christi, Haitians’ right to plead for asylum in this country, yielding Palm Beach and Martin counties to the Texas, May 19, 1983. He retired April 1997.) and against presidential directives that call for newly created Diocese of Palm Beach; and Glades, high-seas interdiction of boatloads of Haitian Hendry and Collier counties to the newly created refugees. Diocese of Venice. Now, the Archdiocese of Miami consists of three counties, Dade, Broward and Monroe, with more than 527,000 registered Catholics served by 100 parishes, two missions, 279 diocesan priests, 164 religious order priests, 445 women religious, 63 men religious and 55 permanent deacons.

1985 Archbishop McCarthy convokes the first-ever archdiocesan and the first synod in Florida Archbishop Edward McCarthy blesses a in 28 years. The synod’s goal is to renew the life Haitian children attending day care at the Women religious expelled from Cuba arrive Cuban boy who arrived in Miami during of the Church in South Florida and plan for the Pierre Toussaint Haitian Catholic Center in in Miami in 1961, following the Fidel Castro the Mariel boatlift of 1980. 21st century. The first step taken by the synod is regime’s takeover of Catholic schools and Miami surround Father Thomas Wenski. the commissioning of a scientific survey of South institutions. Sept. 17, 1976 Archbishop McCarthy announces the establish- Florida Catholics, including their ethnic identity 1958-1963 Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy, a native of ment of a Haitian pastoral center, later called and their level of religiosity. Among the statistics: and founding bishop of Phoenix, arrives the Pierre Toussaint Center, to be located across • The total Catholic population in Dade, Bro- Tremendous program of expansion, due to influx in Miami as coadjutor with right of succession to the street from St. Mary Cathedral, in the former ward and Monroe counties may reach 1.1 million, of Cuban refugees as well as Catholics from the Archbishop Coleman Carroll. cathedral rectory. The Pierre Toussaint Center will although less than half that number are registered northern United States. The diocese bears the serve the spiritual and social needs of Miami’s in the parishes. brunt of the Cuban exile exodus for a full year July 26, 1977 ever-growing Haitian population. Father Marcel • Hispanics make up 62 percent of the Catholics prior to receiving federal government assistance. in the archdiocese, and 80 percent of the Catholics Archbishop Carroll dies, and Archbishop McCarthy Peloquin, a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate in Dade County; blacks (African-Americans and succeeds to the see. who spent 28 years in Haiti, will serve as director, November 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY 21

which ministered to the spiritual and physical needs of Cuban exiles; Archbishop John C. Favalora greets people after a Mass at St. Mary Cathedral; Father Dennis Rausch, who worked with Catholic rence in 2004; Archbishop Coleman Carroll donated land on the shores of Biscayne Bay, next to Mercy Hospital, where the of Our Lady of Charity was built as a stopping point not ane Andrew battered South Florida in 1992, and church facilities were not spared. (FILE PHOTOS) diocese of Miami’s first 60 years

Haitians) make up less than 4 percent of the 177 diocesan priests, 146 religious order priests, p.m. to 6 p.m., and in from 6 p.m. $4 million has been spent to assist victims, directly Catholic population, and Asians make up about 1 432 women religious, 58 men religious and 72 to 7 p.m. Radio Peace features a children’s pro- or indirectly through the archdiocese’s parishes, percent. permanent deacons. gram, talk shows, spiritual music, prayer and news. schools and social service agencies. The remainder • About half the Catholic population is under 35 The archdiocesan synod ends in May, and in will be spent over the next five years by funding years old, and 14 percent is aged 65 and over. October, Archbishop McCarthy promulgates 165 additional social service programs in South Dade. • About 25 percent of the Catholic population decrees, establishing archdiocesan priorities. Chief The archdiocese’s rules, regulations and operat- has moved here in the past five years, another 25 among them: ing procedures, from the hiring of teachers to the percent have lived here for the past 20 years. • A more effective and all-encompassing ef- vacations of priests to reporting child abuse and fort at evangelizing inactive Catholics and the preparing for a hurricane, were published in book Jan. 10, 1986 unchurched, with special emphasis on using the form for the first time. Copies of the “Pastoral Bishop Norbert L. Dorsey, a Passionist missionary media — radio, television, newspapers. Manual: The Guidelines and Directives of the Arch- originally from Massachusetts, is appointed auxil- • A more profound emphasis on “cradle to diocese of Miami, 1993” are made available to the iary bishop of Miami and ordained March 19. (He grave” religious education, for children as well as public, not just to archdiocesan priests, religious is appointed bishop of Orlando in March 1990.) adults. The goal is to reach young people, many of and lay employees. whom are not exposed to any religious education, as well as to make adult Catholics more conscious Oct. 7, 1993 of the demands of their faith, especially in the The Archdiocese marks its 35th anniversary and areas of Christian morality and social justice. Archbishop McCarthy takes the opportunity to • Increased sensitivity to the needs and lan- propose yet another evangelization plan. This time, guages of the different cultural and ethnic groups Archbishop Edward McCarthy poses with he urges Catholics to bring their faith values to of the archdiocese. children at the post-Hurricane Andrew re- the forefront of the secular world by becoming opening of Good Shepherd Day Care Center involved in politics and voter registration drives. Dec. 4-9, 1991 in Perrine in 1993. He also introduces a Pastoral Plan for Youth Min- In preparation for the 500th anniversary of the istry, urging parishes, among other things, to hire arrival of Christianity in the New World, the April 10, 1993 full-time youth ministers, make Masses relevant archdiocese hosts a Festival of Faith at the Miami At the Vatican-mandated age of 75, Archbishop to young people and establish Catholic clubs in Beach Convention Center. The festival features McCarthy submits his resignation to Pope John public schools. Pope John Paul II visits Miami Sept. 10 and information booths and exhibits by representa- Paul II, but continues to run the archdiocese until 11, 1987, and celebrates a Mass for nearly tives of all the parishes, institutions and groups in the appoints a successor. The archdiocese Summer 1994 500,000 on the grounds of Tamiami Park. the archdiocese, daily Masses and opportunity for now consists of 107 parishes and three missions Thousands of Cuban rafters take to the seas, prayer and confession. in three counties, with a registered Catholic fleeing communism and dire economic conditions. Sept. 10-11, 1987 population of more than 681,000 served by 198 After being rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard, most Pope John Paul II visits Miami. After being greeted Aug. 24, 1992 diocesan priests, 127 religious order priests, 406 are placed in temporary detainment camps in by President and Mrs. Reagan at the airport, he Hurricane Andrew, the first Category 4 storm to women religious and 56 men religious, and 103 Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba. They languish travels to St. Mary Cathedral, where he is formally hit a highly populated urban area in the United permanent deacons. there while the Clinton administration decides greeted by Archbishop McCarthy and religious dig- States, strikes South Florida, wreaking vast dam- whether or not to admit them to the United States. nitaries, as well as a cheering throng of Haitians age on the southernmost part of Dade County. April-May 1993 The Archdiocese of Miami asks for Spanish-speak- who gather outside. He then travels to St. Martha The damage to Catholic facilities is estimated Little Flower Church in Coral Gables is the site of ing priests to volunteer to work at the camps for Church for a meeting with representatives of the at $130 million. Archdiocesan personnel and the annual Easter Mass broadcast nationally by rotating periods of time, and Archbishop McCarthy nation’s priests; stops to greet Catholic employees volunteers from unaffected parishes flock to repair the NBC network. and Auxiliary Bishop Roman also travel to Cuba to and parishioners at the Pastoral Center next door; the damage and aid those left homeless. Dioceses The archdiocese ordains 11 men, its largest group visit and bring hope to the refugees. and parades through Biscayne Boulevard in his in Florida and across the United States take up a of new priests in 16 years. Nine are ordained popemobile before retiring to the archbishop’s collection for South Florida, and the Archdiocesan before hundreds of people at the James L. Knight Nov. 3, 1994 residence. The next morning, he meets with Jewish Hurricane Relief Fund reaches $3 million by the Center in Miami; the other two in their hometowns Bishop John Clement Favalora, a native of New leaders and tours a Vatican Judaica exhibit at end of the year. The money is given to families in Nicaragua and Puerto Rico. The newly ordained Orleans who has served as bishop of St. Peters- Miami’s Center for Fine Arts; then celebrates Mass and individuals in need of housing, food and include the archdiocese’s third Haitian priest, four burg since 1989, is appointed to succeed retired for nearly a quarter-million people at the Dade other assistance, especially migrant farmworkers more Nicaraguans, two Cuban-Americans, two Archbishop McCarthy. County Youth Fairgrounds. Rain and lightning left homeless and jobless because of the damage Puerto Ricans, one Anglo and one Colombian. strikes force a premature end to the Mass, which to farms and nurseries in the area. The task of Archbishop McCarthy marks the 50th anniversary is halted during the pope’s homily. The pope and rebuilding continues for months. To symbolize of his ordination to the priesthood with a gala bishops finish celebrating Mass in a nearby trailer. its unity with those affected by the storm, the dinner tribute which raises $235,000 for the newly Before departing for the airport, the pope returns archdiocese marks its 34th anniversary in October established Edward A. McCarthy Foundation for to the outdoor altar to greet and bless a few with an outdoor Mass in South Dade; the altar is Child Care, whose aim is to support needy children hundred Catholics who have remained at the Mass built out of hurricane debris. throughout the archdiocese. site, hoping for another glimpse of the pontiff. Jan. 1, 1993 August 1993 Oct. 7, 1988 The archdiocese establishes Radio Peace, a A year after Hurricane Andrew, the archdiocese Miami's third archbishop, John C. Favalora, On its 30th anniversary, the archdiocese numbers 13-hours-a-day, trilingual broadcast on time reports that it received more than $7 million in is shown here at his installation in 1994. more than 596,000 registered Catholics in 105 bought from WKAT, 1360 AM. The programming is donations from around the country, including $1 parishes and three missions. They are served by in Spanish from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., in English from 2 million from its sister dioceses in Florida. Nearly PLEASE SEE TIMELINE, 22 22 ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY Florida Catholic November 2018

TIMELINE May 27-28, 1995 November 1997 Aug. 13, 1998 Cardinal Jaime Ortega of Havana makes Archbishop Favalora travels to to On the 40th anniversary of its establish- FROM 21 an official pastoral visit to South Florida, take part in the Synod of Bishops for ment, the Archdiocese of Miami consists celebrating Mass at St. Mary Cathedral, America. of 108 parishes and three missions in vespers at the Shrine of Our Lady of three counties, with a registered Catholic Charity on Biscayne Bay, and an outdoor Jan. 25, 1998 population of more than 774,000 served December 20, 1994 Mass at St. Thomas University in Miami. Archbishop Favalora leads a group of by 265 diocesan priests, 122 religious Archbishop Favalora is installed as Throngs greet him at every site. The about 180 pilgrims on a nine-hour visit order priests, 345 women religious and the third archbishop of Miami during cardinal calls for unity among Cubans, to Havana to attend Pope John Paul 56 men religious, and 128 permanent a ceremony at St. Mary Cathedral. To both those in exile and those inside the II’s Mass in the civic plaza. The pilgrims deacons. accommodate the many people who island. The visit to South Florida is part of include the cardinals of Los Angeles and could not attend the cathedral ceremony, a pastoral visit to Cubans in exile which , most of Florida’s bishops, Cuban October 1998 a public Mass of Welcome for the new also includes stays in New York, Chicago laity and priests from South Florida and Catholic Charities mobilizes to help the archbishop is offered at the Miami Beach and Tampa. Boystown, once a shelter for elsewhere, as well as many Anglos from victims of Hurricane Mitch in Central Convention Center in January 1995. homeless teens, begins housing other parts of the U.S. Originally, the America. The nations hardest hit were June 29, 1995 unaccompanied Cuban minors archdiocese had leased a cruise ship to , Nicaragua and El Salvador, March 1995 Archbishop Favalora receives his in the early 1960s. Renamed the take nearly 1,000 people on a three-day where thousands died and entire villages Archbishop Favalora pays a visit to the from Pope John Paul II in Rome. The pal- Msgr. Bryan Walsh Children’s pilgrimage which would have included were destroyed when swollen rivers Cubans and Haitians detained at the lium signifies his status as Metropolitan Village and operated by Catholic a memorial service at sea for those who overflowed. In a joint private-public refugee camps in Guantanamo. A week of the Province of Miami, which includes Charities, it continues to shelter lost their lives trying to flee the island; a effort, thousands of pounds of food and unaccompanied, undocumented, later, the archdiocese opens Varela all of Florida. immigrant children ages 0 to 17. Mass at Havana’s cathedral; visits to Ha- emergency supplies collected at local fire Centers at several South Florida Catholic vana area parishes; and the papal mass. stations and by private agencies were schools, in order to teach English to January 1996 Transportation aboard the ship would sorted and shipped through Catholic plans include teaching a class in Oxford, Cuban and Haitian children just released have resolved the issue of hotel lodging Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami. Msgr. Bryan O. Walsh, longtime director England, on the needs of immigrants and from the camps. The schools will help the and meals for the pilgrims without vio- The extent of the devastation also of Catholic Charities for the archdiocese refugees. children and their parents prepare for life and a world-renowned advocate of lating the U.S. embargo against spending prompted Catholic Relief Services to an- in the U.S. immigrants and refugees, retires after Aug. 9, 1996 more than $100 a day in Cuba. However, nounce a $500 million effort not only to more than 40 years on the job. His after listening to months of protests rebuild the infrastructure of the hardest- Radio Paz, the Spanish-language from the Cuban exile community, who hit nations but also to reshape the unjust archdiocesan radio programming, begins objected to a cruise ship as the means of social structures that increased the dam- broadcasting 24 hours a day on WACC- transportation, the archbishop canceled age wrought by the storm. In order to 830 AM. The archdiocese at first leases the pilgrimage by sea and quickly orga- avoid even the appearance of corruption, the station, then purchases it a year later. nized the smaller, direct, charter flight. and ensure that the help reaches the Radio Peace, the English-language pro- needy, the governments of the affected gramming, will continue to air on WAXY March 1998 nations agreed to allow the Church and 790-AM from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. Renew 2000, a program of spiritual other international relief organizations to administer and distribute the aid. June 24, 1997 preparation for the Great Jubilee 2000, is launched in the archdiocese. The Two new auxiliary bishops are appointed program calls on parishes to foster small September 1999 for the Archdiocese of Miami: Father faith-sharing groups that meet on a Archbishop Favalora announces plans for Thomas Wenski, director of Catholic regular basis during the seasons of Lent Vision 2000, a campaign to generate a Charities and of the Ministry to Cultural and Advent to discuss Scripture and how $75 million endowment that will enable Groups in the archdiocese; and Father it applies to their lives. The three-year the Church in South Florida to continue Gilberto Fernandez, longtime South program is expected to renew parishes its educational and charitable ministries Florida pastor and native of Cuba. The by enabling churchgoers to meet and get into the 21st century. ceremony of episcopal ordination takes to know their fellow parishioners. place Sept. 3 at the Miami Arena, with thousands of South Florida Catholics joyously participating. PLEASE SEE TIMELINE, 23

Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart salutes the Archdiocese of Miami on its 60th Anniversary. We are honored to have shared in its growth and history. 12551-1115 12570-1115 3747 Main Highway • Miami, FL 33133 • 305.446.5673 November 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY 23

the Holy Doors at St. Mary Cathedral to tration and is a member of St. Paul the Dec. 11, 2003 June 21, 2005 TIMELINE symbolize the official end of the Jubilee Apostle Parish in Lighthouse Point. The archdiocese publishes, “A Time to Msgr. John Noonan, Year. FROM 22 Heal,” an eight-page special section 54, who serves as July 1, 2003 The Florida Catholic La Voz Dec. 10, 2002 in and rector of St. John Miami Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Wenski Católica, which reveals the total number Vianney College Auxiliary Bishop Gilberto Fernández, 67, is appointed coadjutor to Bishop Norbert of sexual misconduct allegations against Seminary, is named November 1999 announces his retirement from active Dorsey of Orlando. His welcome cer- archdiocesan priests, religious and laity the ninth auxiliary Catholic Charities teams up with Flori- ministry due to failing health. emony there is set for Aug. 22, feast of since the archdiocese’s founding in 1958, bishop of the Arch- da’s Department of Children and Families the Queenship of Mary. as well as the dollar amount of settle- diocese of Miami. He in a program to recruit foster and In compliance with the U.S. bishops’ ments and legal fees paid out since the is the first Irish-born adoptive parents from among Catholic “Charter for the Protection of Children Archdiocese of Miami Insurance Programs Florida priest to be and Young Adults,” approved in Dallas parishioners in South Florida. The goal is were established in 1966. Archbishop Bishop Noonan named a bishop to reduce the backlog of needy children in June 2002, the archdiocese issues Favalora wrote in a letter introducing since the death of who linger in foster care by finding good a revamped “Policy and Procedural the report, which is also posted on the Bishop in 1940. His ordina- homes where they can rebuild their lives. Guidelines … Relating to Protection of archdiocesan website, www.miamiarch. tion takes place Aug. 24, 2005. Archbishop Favalora and his auxiliary Children and Vulnerable Adults.” The org, the response would “help restore the bishops become the first to be finger- new policy updates guidelines that had bonds of trust and communion.” Oct. 7, 2008 been established in the archdiocese since printed under a new policy that requires On its 50th anniversary, the archdiocese the mid-1980s, and revised in the 1990s. background checks of all archdiocesan June 7, 2005 consists of 111 parishes and 7 missions Also in compliance with the bishops’ employees, including priests, deacons, re- Archbishop Emeritus McCarthy dies in in Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe charter, the archdiocese selects a Safe ligious and volunteers. Approved in 1998 his sleep at the age of 87. His funeral counties. More than 750,000 registered Environment program, VIRTUS; appoints by the Catholic bishops of Florida, the Mass is celebrated June 13, with Aux- Catholics are served by 264 diocesan a Victims Assistance Coordinator, with a statewide program aims to reassure the iliary Bishop Agustín Román preaching priests, 89 religious order priests, 150 toll-free number where those who may public regarding people who work with the homily, and the late archbishop’s permanent deacons, 314 women reli- have been abused by archdiocesan clergy the elderly, children and the disabled. sister, brother, nieces and nephews in gious and 55 men religious. or lay personnel may seek referrals and The fingerprinting must be completed by attendance. He was buried in the priests’ Bishop Agustin Roman stands counseling; and implements finger- September 2000. section of Our Lady of Mercy Cemetery outside the Shrine of Our Lady of printing and background checks for all in Miami. PLEASE SEE TIMELINE, 27 Dec. 24, 1999 Charity in Miami. archdiocesan employees, including clergy During the Christmas Eve Mass, Arch- and religious and parish volunteers. April 29, 2003 bishop Favalora opens the Holy Doors at Nov. 21, 2003 St. Mary Cathedral to symbolize the be- Auxiliary Bishop Agustín Román turns 75 ginning of the Great Jubilee Year 2000. A and submits his resignation to the Holy Msgr. Felipe de Jesús Estevez, former weekend-long Jubilee celebration takes See, which accepts it June 7, 2003. The pastor of St. Agatha place in March 2000 at the Miami Beach bishop retires from his official duties as Parish in Miami Convention Center, and a Mass is cel- auxiliary bishop although he continues (1987-2001) and Happy ebrated in Broward County in November to minister at the National Shrine of Our spiritual director at on the feast of Christ the King. Lady of Charity, where he has worked St. Vincent de Paul and lived since 1968. Regional Seminary 60th December 2000 in Boynton Beach, is June 22, 2003 Vision 2000 concludes after having appointed the eighth Anniversary raised $110 million in endowments for Kathleen Danes, 62, becomes the arch- auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese. diocese’s first consecrated virgin. During Bishop Estevez the archdiocese, the ceremony at St. Mary Cathedral, becoming the fourth Jan. 6, 2001 Archbishop Favalora gives her a ring, Cuban to be appointed bishop in the United States in modern times. His May the Lord Archbishop Favalora concludes Great Ju- signifying her marriage to Christ, and a book of the Liturgy of the Hours, signify- ordination ceremony takes place Jan. 7, bilee Year 2000 celebrations with a vigil 2004, at St. Mary Cathedral. bless our brothers Mass for the feast of the Epiphany at a ing her special union with the Church. park in Key West; the next day he closes Danes has a degree in public adminis- and sisters in the Archdiocese of Miami

The Clergy, Religious And All the Faithful Laity of the Diocese of Memphis

In Tennessee Offer Our Congratulations

To The Archdiocese of Miami

As It Commemorates Its

Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration

Bishop Th omas J. Olmsted Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares 12545-1115 Th e Faithful of the Diocese of Phoenix 12411-1115 24 ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY Florida Catholic November 2018 12410-1115 November 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY 25 12560-1115 12582-1115 26 ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY Florida Catholic November 2018

On behalf of the Bishops, Priests, Deacons, Religious, and Lay Faithful of the Diocese of Brooklyn I am pleased to extend congratulations and best wishes on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Archdiocese of Miami

Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Ph.D., D.D. Bishop of Brooklyn 12414-1115

The Most Reverend Roger J. Foys, D.D., the priests, deacons, religious and lay

faithful of the Diocese of Covington,

Kentucky, send our congratulations,

best wishes and prayers to the

people of the Archdiocese of Miami

as you celebrate your 60th Anniversary. 12413-1115 November 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY 27

of Martyrs in Fort Lauderdale; St. Joseph TIMELINE Haitian Mission merges into St. Elizabeth of Hungary in Pompano Beach; St. Luke FROM 23 Parish in Coconut Creek and Our Lady Aparecida Brazilian Mission in Hol- lywood both merge into St. Vincent in Jan. 22, 2009 Margate; the Vietnamese apostolate Six of the archdiocese’s 59 elementary becomes part of St. Helen Parish in Fort schools announce they will close at the Lauderdale; Our Lady of Perpetual Help end of the school year due to falling in Opa-Locka merges into St. James in enrollments and rising costs: Corpus North Miami; St. Cecilia merges into St. Christi in Wynwood, Our Lady of Divine John the Apostle in Hialeah; St. Francis Providence in Sweetwater, Sacred Heart Xavier Mission in Overtown merges into in Homestead, St. Clement in Fort Lau- Gesu in downtown Miami; St. Philip Neri derdale, St. Francis Xavier in Overtown Mission merges into St. Monica in Miami Chinese Catholic, see above left, and Haitian Catholics, seen above right, and St. Stephen in Miramar. Eventually, Gardens; St. Robert Bellarmine merges are among the many cultural and language groups represented and charter schools move into all of those into Corpus Christi in Miami; St. Vincent ministered to in the Archdiocese of Miami. (FILE PHOTOS locations, leasing the buildings from the de Paul in Miami merges into St. Rose of • St. Joseph Haitian Mission reopens as the local Church’s history. This one will local parish. Lima in Miami Shores. Miami's third archbishop, John C. a mission of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Par- only last about one year. It begins with June 30, 2009 Oct. 8, 2009 Favalora, greets children after a ish in Pompano Beach in January 2011. 10 listening sessions June 15-30, 2012: • St. Charles Borromeo Parish in Hal- five in English, three in Spanish and two The Archdiocese of Miami now numbers ceremony at St. Mary Cathedral. Due to the ongoing financial crisis, the landale reopens in August 2014 as Our in Creole; one in Monroe County, five 103 parishes and two missions in Miami- archdiocese announces the closing of Lady of La Vang Vietnamese Mission, the in Miami-Dade and four in Broward. Dade, Broward and Monroe counties. April 20, 2010 its Youth Ministry Office. This means new home of South Florida’s Vietnamese During the sessions, participants will ministry to teens up to age 17 and young Pope Benedict XVI names Bishop Thomas Oct. 15, 2009 Catholics. be asked three questions: What is the adults ages 18 and older will be handled Wenski of Orlando, a former Miami • Resurrection Church in Dania Beach Church of Miami doing well? What can entirely at the parish level. The Respect Father , pastor of Our Lady priest and auxiliary bishop, as the fourth becomes St. Maurice at Resurrection in the Church of Miami do better? What Life Office also will no longer receive of Lourdes Parish in Kendall, is appointed archbishop of Miami, accepting at the April 2014, when repairs can no longer three priorities should the archdiocese any funding from the archdiocese but bishop of Pueblo, Colo., becoming the same time the retirement of Arch- be made to the old and sagging stable focus on in the next three to four years? depend entirely on donations to carry 11th Miami priest to be named a bishop bishop Favalora, who will turn 75 — the that had housed St. Maurice. The listening sessions will last two hours out its work. since the archdiocese was established. Vatican-mandated retirement age — in • Divine Mercy Haitian Mission in Fort and the archbishop will be present at all December 2010. Archbishop Wenski Lauderdale reopens in May 2015 as St. of them, simply to listen. Those who can- Aug. 15-16, 2009 March 9, 2010 is installed June 1, 2010, at St. Mary Jude Knanaya Parish, a home for Indian not attend a listening session in person The archdiocese announces the merger Two archdiocesan elementary schools Cathedral. Catholics of the Syro-Malabar Church, can answer the same three questions of eight parishes, five missions and one announce they will close at the end of one of the Eastern Churches in commu- in an online form. The listening period September 2010 apostolate. Effective Nov. 1: Divine Mercy the school year due to rising costs and nion with the Vatican. continues through the end of Septem- Haitian Mission merges into St. Clement falling enrollment: St. Joseph on Miami Archbishop Wenski begins to reopen ber, concluding with a listening session Parish in Fort Lauderdale; Resurrection Beach and St. Elizabeth of Hungary-St. some of the churches that were closed April 3, 2012 totally focused on youth and campus Parish in Dania merges into St. Maurice Joseph in Pompano Beach. This brings in 2009: At the annual Chrism Mass with ministry. in Dania Beach; St. Charles Borromeo the total number of elementary schools • St. Robert Bellarmine reopens as archdiocesan priests, Archbishop merges into St. Matthew in Hallandale; in the archdiocese to 48, along with 13 a mission of Corpus Christi Parish in Wenski convokes a General Synod of St. George merges into Our Lady Queen secondary schools. Wynwood in September 2010. the Archdiocese of Miami, the second in PLEASE SEE TIMELINE, 31 12397-1115 28 ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY Florida Catholic November 2018 List of those honored on archdiocese’s 60th anniversary

of the establishment of the Archdio- the archdiocese. Primum Regnum BLESSED TRINITY, IMMACULATE Two from each cese of Miami. Dei — first the Kingdom of God — MIAMI SPRINGS CONCEPTION, HIALEAH Each pastor in the archdio- was the motto of Miami’s first arch- Karen Bruener Andrew Izzo parish received cese had been asked to submit bishop, Coleman Carroll. Carlos Villalobos Guillermo Gomez Jubilaeum the names of two parishioners, Following is the list of recipients Pin not employed by the parish or the of the 60th anniversary Jubilaeum CHRIST THE KING, LITTLE FLOWER, archdiocese, who they deemed to Pin. PERRINE CORAL GABLES in recognition be a representative of a missionary Joseph Blaize Mary King Getchell disciple by the witness of their lives ALL SAINTS, SUNRISE Nubis M. Perks Alejandro Herrera of exemplary and their participation in the life of Gary Blandino the parish. In total, 210 parishioners Antonia Ignaccolo CORPUS CHRISTI, MIAMI LITTLE FLOWER, discipleship from Miami-Dade, Broward and Santiago Hermida HOLLYWOOD STAFF REPORT Monroe counties were honored. ANNUNCIATION, Silvia Armira Daria Bernstein The design of the Jubilaeum Pin HOLLYWOOD Mark Kearns is taken from the archepiscopal Edward Werner EPIPHANY, MIAMI MIAMI | In honor of its 60th an- cross used at St. Mary Cathedral. Margareth Patino Tom Beier MARY HELP OF niversary, the Archdiocese of Mi- The pin is a sign of the unity the Ignacio Garcia Duquesne CHRISTIANS, PARKLAND ami has recognized more than 200 honorees share with the archbishop ASSUMPTION, LAUDER- John Joyce parishioners for their work in their and in thanksgiving for their ser- DALE-BY-THE-SEA GESU, MIAMI Richard Gioia churches. Archbishop Thomas vice to the archdiocese. Cecilia Schaeffer Joël Angouand Wenski gave them each a Jubilae- In addition, 10 parishioners Carlos Pelly Silvana Teresa Obregon MOTHER OF um Pin during solemn vespers at St. also received Primum Regnum Dei CHRIST, MIAMI Mary Cathedral Oct. 7, anniversary award, the highest honor given by BASILICA OF ST. GOOD SHEPHERD, Andres and Ana Sosa MARY STAR OF THE MIAMI SEA, KEY WEST Pattie Fernandez MOTHER OF OUR Doria Goodrich Edward Martinez REDEEMER, MIAMI Erik DeBoer Freya Perez HOLY FAMILY, Rafaela (Fela) Nieves BLESSED SACRAMENT, NORTH MIAMI FORT LAUDERDALE Jacques Saint Vil OUR LADY OF Christine Crepage Manuel Velazquez CHARITY NATIONAL Douglas Smalls SHRINE, MIAMI HOLY REDEEMER, MIAMI Luis Gutierrez Monique Delancy Ondina Menocal Bernadette C. Poitier NATIVITY, HOLLYWOOD Judy Skehan Ron McKeon NOTRE DAME D’HAITI MISSION, MIAMI Andre M. Bony Geneviève Masseus OUR LADY OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE, MIAMI Cesar Vega Lourdes Melo , DORAL Marilyn and Andres Salani 12543-1115 OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY- ST. RICHARD, PAL- METTO BAY Sharon Brauer Nilda Alicea OUR LADY OF LA VANG VIETNAMESE MISSION, Congratulations and HALLANDALE Tuong Ho manmanyy blessings to Lien Quach , MIAMI Archdiocese of Miami on Antonio Sierra th Anne Santos its 60 Anniversary. OUR LADY OF MERCY, DEERFIELD BEACH Lucy Guerasio From: St. Monica Catholic Church Louis Sous

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PLEASE SEE HONORED, 29 November 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY 29 HONORED: 200 Miami Archdiocese parishioners were recognized FROM 28 ST. JOHN THE ST. MAURICE AT APOSTLE, HIALEAH RESURRECTION, OUR LADY OF THE Pat Carnevale DANIA BEACH LAKES, MIAMI LAKES Carmen Perez Joan Archbold Nabil and Guillermina Batarseh Belisario Mena ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, OUR LADY QUEEN FORT LAUDERDALE ST. MAXIMILIAN KOLBE, OF HEAVEN, NORTH Mary Joe Clark PEMBROKE PINES LAUDERDALE Rebecca Kearney Poljak C. Marcela Gomez Adriana Villalva Betty Hubbard Francine Renguso ST. JOHN XXIII, MIRAMAR Brian and Norma Chan-A-Sue ST. MICHAEL THE OUR LADY QUEEN ARCHANGEL, MIAMI OF MARTYRS, FORT ST. JOSEPH, Roberto and Clara Gesni LAUDERDALE MIAMI BEACH Teresa Nair Carla Ancilli-Feigenbaum ST. MONICA, Digna Ganesh Father Flavio Montes, pastor of Our Lady Queen of Martyrs in Fort Marina Malaga MIAMI GARDENS Lauderdale, accompanies Jubilaeum Pin recipient Digna Ganesh to Juan R. Manzueta PRINCE OF PEACE, MIAMI the sanctuary to be congratulated by Archbishop Thomas Wenski. ST. JUSTIN MARTYR, Agathine Scotland Mildred and Gabriel Rodriguez KEY LARGO ST. BARTHOLOMEW, ST. ELIZABETH ANN Suzanne Auer ST. PATRICK, SACRED HEART, MIRAMAR SETON, CORAL SPRINGS Joe Garcia MIAMI BEACH HOMESTEAD Pierre St. Vil Mark and Mary Shelfer Debbie de Leon Manuela Herrera Ernest Breeden ST. KATHARINE Wilma Maranan Charles Roessner ST. ELIZABETH DREXEL, WESTON ST. BENEDICT, HIALEAH OF HUNGARY, Evelyn Psinakis ST. PAUL THE APOSTLE, SAN ISIDRO MISSION, Marcos and Karol Gutierrez POMPANO BEACH Gladys Granja LIGHTHOUSE POINT POMPANO BEACH Joseph Lawrence Roy and Susan Rogers Orlando and Myriam Reyes ST. BERNADETTE, Yolette Guerrier ST. KEVIN, MIAMI Rose and Frank Litwin HOLLYWOOD Gelasio Mendoza ST. PETER THE Dennis Rohan ST. FRANCIS DE SALES, Paulo Tavares de Melo FISHERMAN, BIG SAN LAZARO, HIALEAH Mary Cartaya MIAMI BEACH PINE KEY Geraldo Gonzalez Michael Picard ST. KIERAN, MIAMI Roberta M. Castillo Vivian Aguilar ST. BERNARD, SUNRISE Carlos Wedderburn George Barket Virginia Gaster Conzuelo Zona Marta Fernandez SAN PABLO, MARATHON Patricia Kerulis ST. GABRIEL, ST. PHILIP NERI, Sylvia Puto POMPANO BEACH ST. LAWRENCE, NORTH MIAMI GARDENS Maryann Don ST. BONAVENTURE, Ruth Dunnigan. MIAMI BEACH Richard Carl Smith III DAVIE Lillian Distasio John Michael Todisco Dale DeShazior SAN PEDRO, TAVERNIER Joseph and Tere Ingellis Francisco Espinal Antonio and Julianne Hernandez ST. GREGORY THE ST. PIUS X, FORT ST. BONIFACE, GREAT, PLANTATION ST. LOUIS, PINECREST LAUDERDALE SANTA BARBARA, PEMBROKE PINES Aster Zabala Fred Rebozo Beverly Mullen HIALEAH Rafael Vazquez Victor Martinez Mary Blanco Ofelia Alleguez Estuardo Ayala Kathleen Riveira Francina Lopez ST. HELEN, FORT ST. MALACHY, TAMARAC ST. RAYMOND, MIAMI ST. BRENDAN, MIAMI LAUDERDALE Joseph Hreso Ralph and Cristina Hernandez ST. AGATHA, MIAMI Shirley Capra Charles Thompson Betty Klopatek Rita Calvo Eva Gonzalez Viviana Arce ST. ROSE OF LIMA, Arnoldo Rafuls ST. MARK, SOUTHWEST MIAMI SHORES ST. CATHERINE OF ST. HENRY, RANCHES Albert Childress ST. AGNES, KEY BISCAYNE SIENA, MIAMI POMPANO BEACH Michael Smith Linda Mennes Ana Margarita and Jose Ignacio Lou Huertas Julio Mendoza Robert Minnaugh Rasco Jr. Marie E. Gulla Lauretta Brennen ST. SEBASTIAN, FORT ST. MARTHA, LAUDERDALE ST. AMBROSE, ST. CECILIA, HIALEAH ST. HUGH, COCONUT MIAMI SHORES Veto “Bill” Fuccillo DEERFIELD BEACH Zuni D’Angelo GROVE Charles Del Vecchio Judy Fisher Dave and Debbie Dulimba Juan Bedoya Patricia Seitz John Rau Rolando and Irene Silva ST. STEPHEN, MIRAMAR ST. ANDREW, ST. CLEMENT, ST. MARTIN DE PORRES, Armelle Milien CORAL SPRINGS WILTON MANORS ST. JAMES, NORTH MIAMI LEISURE CITY Ana Gisela Hernandez Georgianna “Dolly” Conlin Michael Gerard Gigante Weber and Nicole Tomsine Carmen Colon Myrna Gonzalez-Torres Yanick Prince Madge Chin Omar Carrero ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE, MIAMI ST. ANN MISSION, ST. COLEMAN, ST. JEROME, FORT ST. MARY CATHEDRAL, Teresa Medel Pierce HOMESTEAD POMPANO BEACH LAUDERDALE MIAMI Hugo A. Castro Alfonso Cruz Jeanie Malinski Helen Seufert Elba Barreto Raúl Neri John Reininger Roger Roa Wilsonne Mondesir ST. TIMOTHY, MIAMI Jose R. Fernandez, Jr. ST. ANTHONY, FORT ST. DAVID, DAVIE ST. JOACHIM, MIAMI ST. MARY MAGDALEN, Luis Guillen LAUDERDALE John Frink Norma and Jose Mendez SUNNY ISLES BEACH Daniel and Stormy Schevis Rose Preseau David Long ST. VINCENT, MARGATE ST. JOHN BOSCO, MIAMI Morella Carta William and Meirelle Rodriguez ST. AUGUSTINE, ST. DOMINIC, MIAMI Santos Duenas CORAL GABLES Javier Ramirez Blanca Fuentes ST. MATTHEW, STS. PETER AND Penelope Arango Maria Luisa Acevedo HALLANDALE BEACH PAUL, MIAMI Roberto Alvarez ST. JOHN NEUMANN, Joan Ochoa Richard de Aguero ST. EDWARD, MIAMI Tony Altieri Leyla Mazpule PEMBROKE PINES Deacon Robert and Marge Binder Guy and Elizabeth Brickman Jose and Tati Viera 30 ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY Florida Catholic November 2018

Archbishop Thomas Wenski poses with St. Mary Cathedral parishioners Dora and Trinidad Calero Pictured are archdiocesan benefactors Marile and Jorge Posing at the gala are Miami Mayor Francis Suarez and his during the 60th anniversary gala. Luis Lopez. (COURTESY) wife, Gloria. (COURTESY) GALA FROM 1

“The floodgates opened,” he re- called. “She wanted to talk about God.” One day on his way to visit her, “the Lord spoke to my heart: ‘Give her your rosary.’” He didn’t want to. It had been blessed by Pope John Paul II and he treasured it. But he gave it to her anyway. She accepted on the condition that he teach her to pray. Many days, “she was in such Attendees move to the music of Gloria Gaynor during the pain that I would pray it for her,” Fa- archdiocese’s 60th anniversary gala. ther Vigoa recalled. Archbishop Thomas Wenski looks One day, he got a 911 message on for the Archdiocese of Miami back woman, who called that seminar- Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos at the cake for his birthday, his beeper, with her room number. in the 1970s, when Eduardo Marti- ian “Thomas Whiskey.” Eventually, Gimenez and his wife, Lourdes, which picked up the theme of He thought she had died. But she nez met him. Now a parishioner at that seminarian would become attend the gala. (COURTESY) the 60th anniversary celebration, hadn’t. Holy Family in North Miami, Mar- what Martinez called the family’s “I want you to know,” she told tinez was 18 or 19 then and a mem- “private priest” — witnessing his works and Grammy winner Gloria Mater in Hialeah. him, “that I’m OK, that I’m ready to ber of the youth group at the Centro marriage, baptizing his children Gaynor’s classic rendition of her In addition to the $1,000 ticket die. And I’m ready to die because I Católico San Juan de Puerto Rico in and burying his mother-in-law. monster hit “I Will Survive.” But price, the guests raised thousands love Jesus. And I love Jesus because Wynwood — an outpost of faith in A mother of nine biological chil- more importantly, the 60th anni- more by bidding on live and silent you taught me how to love Jesus.” what was then a pretty rough neigh- dren and many more spiritual ones, versary gala ended with nearly $3 auctions. They also donated more She went to confession and made borhood. she died of cancer at the age of 44. million raised for the spiritual and than $100,000 in less than five min- one final request: “Bury me with But Martinez recalled them as “She was like the mother of the educational needs of archdiocesan utes after viewing a moving video your rosary.” A few days later, he “beautiful times. We had many neighborhood,” Archbishop Wenski seminarians studying at the three (https://youtu.be/36WA9ipbvk8) did. young people.” He met his future recalled as he shared those memo- Florida seminaries: St. John Vian- depicting what Archbishop Thom- “If I do (nothing else) in my life, wife in that youth group, along with ries with Martinez at the gala. ney in Miami, St. Vincent de Paul in as Wenski called “the true face of I can say that I saved one soul,” Fa- her mother, by all accounts a saintly The event ended with fire- Boynton Beach, and Redemptoris the Catholic priesthood.” Q ther Vigoa said. “I saved a soul.” He thanked those present for their commitment to funding the education of other men “who have that passion to save souls for Jesus Christ.” The story is a stark contrast to the current spate of headlines about clergy sexual abuse. Archbishop Wenski acknowledged “the Church is being criticized for past failures. And I would emphasize that these failures are in the past.” “Our seminaries are in good shape, and our seminarians are good and healthy men,” the arch- bishop said. ‘If you don’t believe me, go to the seminaries and see for yourselves.” Gala attendees seated at the DiMare, Dickinson and Sevilla-Sacasa Archbishop Wenski himself was Archbishop Thomas Wenski chats with Maggy Beguiristain of St. table include, from left, Frances Sevilla-Sacasa, Carlos Enriquez, Maria among the seminarians studying Augustine Parish. (PHOTOS BY ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO | FC) Enriquez and Maria Elena Walburg. November 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY 31

From left to right, shown in this 1926 photo, from left, are Msgr. William Barry, founder of St. Patrick Parish, Miami Beach, and of the Florida Catholic newspaper, his brother, the fifth bishop of St. Augustine, Bishop Patrick Barry, who died in 1940, and their sister, Catherine (Mother Mary Gerald), superior of the Adrian Dominican Sisters, who founded Barry College; St. Thomas University, founded as Biscayne College in 1961 by Augustinians who had been expelled from Cuba; St. Raphael Chapel, the most distinctive building on the campus of St. John Vianney Seminary in Miami, features faceted glass windows executed by French artist Gabriel Loire. It was dedicated in 1966; Bishop Enrique Delgado reacts to applause from the congregation and his fellow bishops as he takes his place among them after the ordination rite. (FILE PHOTOS)

September 2012 relationship with Christ and to ensure July 2014 TIMELINE that the Archdiocese of Miami becomes a The synod continues with 15 Focus Area To comply with the synod directives, model Church in outreach to the Church Teams, composed of between eight and the archdiocese creates a Secretariat FROM 23 of today and tomorrow. 10 volunteers each, beginning the work for Parish Life. The new secretariat will • Establishing our parishes as centers of compiling all the feedback, study- encompass a newly created Office of of hope and evangelization: Supporting ing the results, and coming up with Evangelization and Parish Life, as well as parishes in embracing the missionary call recommendations. Their task is to come the offices of Marriage and Family Life, of Christ to “Go and make disciples of all up with “SMART” goals — specific and Youth and Young Adult Ministry, and nations” through creating a welcoming attainable — by March 2013. Then, an Missions. The Office for Youth and Young and vibrant experience of parish life. Integrated Planning Team will begin Adult Ministry re-opens in October 2014. studying the proposed SMART goals and determining their attainability, given the May 2017 resources of the archdiocese in terms of After years of declining enrollment and finances, buildings and personnel. untenable finances, Archbishop Curley- Notre Dame High School graduates October 2013 its last class. The 63-year-old school, The second General Synod of the Arch- the first to be integrated in Florida, After riding to the Keys in his diocese of Miami concludes with the is- will merge with its former crosstown motorcycle, Archbishop Thomas suance of a three-year Strategic Pastoral rival, Msgr. Edward Pace High in Miami Students of Msgr. Pace High School Wenski listens to participants in the Plan. The plan prioritizes the 53 goals Gardens, at the start of the 2017-2018 Florida Keys synod listening session. in Miami. proposed by synod members and creates school year. a road map for responding to the major are registered in the 109 parishes and Summer/fall 2012 challenges and opportunities surfaced. Oct. 12, 2017 missions in Miami-Dade, Broward and More than 2,500 Catholics take part in The priorities are: Msgr. gets a The Holy See names a second auxil- Monroe counties. They are served by the synod listening sessions. With that • Deepening discipleship through haircut and a new zucchetto after iary bishop for the archdiocese: Father 227 diocesan and religious priests, 149 feedback in hand, nearly 800 volunteers faith formation and support: Provid- his appointment as auxiliary bishop Enrique Delgado, a native of Peru and permanent deacons, and 271 religious of Miami was announced. dedicate over 12,000 hours in more ing a consistent invitation and diverse Miami priest who is serving as pastor of sisters and brothers. The archdiocese also than 100 different sessions to discerning opportunities to all Catholics, especially has 48 elementary schools, 13 secondary Feb. 20, 2014 St. Katharine Drexel Church in Weston. the trends from the people, analyzing adults, to grow in understanding of their He is ordained to the episcopacy Dec. 7, schools (four of which are operated by national and archdiocesan demograph- faith to be better prepared and equipped Miami gets a new auxiliary bishop, 2017. religious orders) and the only AdvancEd/ ics, and sharing best practices from their to invite others to know Christ. Msgr. Peter Baldacchino, a native of SACS accredited virtual Catholic school personal, professional and ministerial • Expanding our missionary outreach to Malta, product of the Neocatechumenal Oct. 7, 2018 in the U.S. The archdiocese also sponsors perspective. Ultimately, those volunteers youths and young adults: Investing the Way, and priest of the Archdiocese of On its 60th anniversary, the Archdiocese St. Thomas University, the only Catholic provide recommendations and rationales human, financial and spiritual resources Newark, New Jersey. Bishop Baldacchino of Miami numbers around 1.3 million archdiocese-sponsored university in the to Archbishop Wenski relative to 18 dif- necessary to help both youths and young is ordained to the episcopacy March 19, Catholics, of which about 750,000 southeastern U.S.; and is home to the ferent areas of ministry. adults cultivate a personal and lifelong 2014. Adrian Dominican-run .

NEWSbriefs Invite a friend to Catholic or return to the faith was adult ministry, the conference will p.m., at The Tank Brewery, 5100 St. Anthony’s relics that no one had asked them. … I help attendees learn what St. John N.W. 72 Ave., Miami. Theology on Welcome Weekend am inviting every Catholic in South Paul II called the three “infallible Tap is a time for young adults to coming here As part of its 60th anniversary Florida to invite one other person and indispensable” means for a have fun, share some fellowship Two relics of St. Anthony of Pad- celebration, the Archdiocese of to this or another event at your par- fruitful marriage; experience how and do some learning. For more ua will be visiting Miami parishes Miami will host a Welcome Week- ish.” God’s plan for marriage and fam- information, visit www.facebook. at the end of the month. The relics end at all the parishes Dec. 8 and The archbishop is also encour- ily life illuminated the entire bibli- com/groups/MiamiCatholicYA or will be at: 9. The goal is to encourage parish- aging parishes to be “the most wel- cal story; learn how to combat the email [email protected]. • Sacred Heart Parish in Home- ioners to personally invite people coming and joyful reflection of who distortions of family life that are be- stead, Friday, Nov. 30, from 4 p.m. they know to “come and see” the we as the Church are called to be,” coming more and more widespread St. Henry to until the conclusion of Mass at 7 Catholic Church for themselves. according to Stephen Colella, direc- in our world today; and find true p.m. For information, call 786- These guests may be family mem- tor of the archdiocesan Secretariat hope and healing for the wounds mark 50th 272-2531 or email toni@sacred- bers, friends, neighbors or those of Parish Life. For more informa- inflicting marriages and family life St. Henry Parish will kick off its hearthomestead.org. the world considers “the least, the tion, call 305-762-1126 or email today. The parish is located at 16800 50th anniversary celebration Satur- • St. Gregory Parish in Plantation, last and the lost.” They may be [email protected]. Miramar Parkway. For information, day, Jan. 12, 2019, from 4 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 1, 4-8 p.m. Masses Catholics, drifted-away Catholics, call 954-448-5715, or visit www. beginning with a Mass celebrated will be celebrated at 4 and 5:30 p.m. members of another church or the ‘Living the Joy of john23parish.org. by Auxiliary Bishop Enrique Del- For information, call 954-440-9967. rapidly increasing “nones.” gado, and followed by a reception in • Our Lady of La Vang, Thurs- It’s a challenge Archbishop Love’ conference Archbishop to host the parish hall. All former and cur- day, Dec. 6, 3-10 p.m., 123 N.W. Thomas Wenski wrote about in the Christopher West will present a rent parishioners are invited. The Sixth Ave., Hallandale. Mass at Strategic Pastoral Plan that resulted “Living the Joy of Love” conference Theology on Tap parish is located at 1500 S. Andrews 8:30 p.m. For information, call from the recent archdiocesan syn- at St. John XXIII Parish in Miramar Archbishop Thomas Wenski will Ave., Pompano Beach. For infor- 954-374-9100 or email ducmela- od: “Many told me that the reason Saturday, Dec. 8, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Host- be the guest speaker at the Theol- mation, call 954-785-2450 or email vangmiami.com. why it took them so long to become ed by the parish’s youth and young ogy on Tap, Thursday, Dec. 20, 7:30 [email protected]. 32 ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY Florida Catholic November 2018

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A choir of 29 voices sings for the archdiocese’s 60th anniversary Mass at Nativity Church in Hollywood Judges evaluate seven groups during the “Battle of the Bands” at the Oct. 28. Following the Mass was a special picnic, festival and concert on church grounds. archdiocese’s 60th anniversary picnic at Nativity Parish in Hollywood.

Gustavo Avila, 9, tackles a climbing wall during the Soldiers of Mercy members show off the trophy they won at the archdiocese’s 60th anniversary “Battle of the Bands” during the archdiocese’s 60th anniversary Members of Alianza Nativity perform during the archdiocese’s 60th picnic at Nativity Parish in picnic at Nativity Parish in Hollywood. anniversary picnic at Nativity Parish in Hollywood. Hollywood. PICNIC

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standby of bingo. Best attended the “Battle of the Bands.” Under Nativity School’s spacious outdoor shelter, said to be the largest in the archdiocese, 500 people heard rock, pop, folk, funk, electronic and Latin dance music — all by young Catholics. Seven bands performed, includ- ing EPIC, The Call, SOFLO, Heart & Soul, Finding Paradise, Soldiers of Mercy and Alianza Nativity. But al- though they competed, some of the musicians spelled out higher goals. “To bring modern-sounding Christian music — music worth lis- tening to — is a blessing,” said Dan- iel Rodriguez of EPIC. “It’s what we Lauren Lopez, a member of The Call, performs during the Children show off their painted faces during the archdiocese’s 60th were made for.” archdiocese’s 60th anniversary picnic at Nativity Church in Hollywood. anniversary picnic at Nativity Parish in Hollywood. From left are Echoing the sentiments was Ri- (PHOTOS BY JIM DAVIS | FC) London Lyons, 5; Lleyton Lyons, 7; and Chloe Kanenbley, 5. cardo Hermida of Soldiers of Mercy, an interparish youth group. “We with me!” And the crowd boomed she runs a ministry to the young. saw an overlap with Encuentros Ju- Therese Lantigua, a graduate didn’t come to win. We just came to his words back. “They seem to enjoy it as well,” she veniles, the archdiocesan ministry with a history major from the Uni- praise the Lord.” Listening at a table in front were said of the children. in which they are both leaders. versity of Central Florida, noted the However, the Soldiers and other four judges, who picked Soldiers of Although the concert naturally “This is family, like we saw at En- comparative youthfulness of the bands did come with their own Mercy as winners. The group got a attracted younger ears, older pa- cuentro,” said Negreira, 18, who at- archdiocese. fans, wearing specially marked T- trophy and $250 for the Guitar Cen- rishioners attended the picnic as tends St. Catherine of Siena Parish “We’re babies compared to plac- shirts and cheering wildly. ter music store. The other six groups well. Vinny Murphy, who has been in Miami. “It’s brothers and sisters es like Boston or New York or Balti- “As Catholics, we’re supposed were given $25 each for the Guitar attending Nativity for two years, all together.” more,” said Lantigua, a parishioner to do something. What is it?” Ja- Center. said she was planning to volunteer Mato, 19, of St. Timothy Parish, at St. Mark in Southwest Ranches. son Ruiz, lead singer for Soldiers of Marjorie Austin heard about the at a picnic booth. “It’s being around also in Miami, agreed. “It’s impor- “But that makes us fresher, more Mercy, asked the crowd. picnic just the previous day and other people that’ll give you life,” tant to come together, no matter vigorous, because we’re still living He answered his own question: brought two children from her par- said Murphy, 87. how old you are. This diocese is it out. Young people are making it “We are called to save souls. Say it ish, St. Malachy in Tamarac, where Jane Negreira and Danny Mato where we live.” more innovative.” Q November 2018 www.thefloridacatholic.org ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI ANNIVERSARY 33 Remember when? tice. The conference was Some of what organized by the Con- necticut-based Center for happened in Christian-Jewish Under- November over the standing. 1995 course of 60 years • Catholic Community Services, Broward County, of archdiocesan moves into new central offices at 1505 N.E. 26 history St., Wilton Manors. The Editor’s note: The following is a 6,000-square-foot facil- new feature highlighting a month ity, which cost $300,000 to in archdiocesan history, as the purchase and $300,000 to Miami archdiocese continues its renovate, will house all of 60th anniversary celebration. CCS’ offices in one place. Here are some of the historical highlights for November. 1997 • Catholic Community Services changes its name 1961 to Catholic Charities, “to • Religious of the Sacred Heart more clearly demonstrate accept Bishop Coleman Carroll’s in- our affiliation with our vitation to open a school for girls in sister agencies in other the diocese (now known as Carroll- dioceses across the coun- ton). Classes will begin in January try and with our national 1962 on a 10-acre estate in Coconut office,” said Auxiliary Grove known as El Jardin (the gar- The Nov. 30, 1984, issue of The Voice. Bishop Thomas Wen- den), which fronts Main Highway ski, president and sec- and overlooks Biscayne Bay. The 1984 retary of the board of the agency. The Nov. 22, 1965, issue of The Voice site comes with an Olympic-size • Archbishop Edward McCarthy • St. Thomas University sponsors swimming pool and a 35-room resi- and other Christian leaders issue a a conference on environmental is- dence. six-page pastoral letter, distributed sues to highlight the fact that all throughout the state, calling for an creation is sacred and human be- 1964 end to capital punishment. ings need to nurture and protect the • Nov. 22: More than 20,000 vol- environment, in particular the eco- unteers fan out across South Flori- 1986 system of South Florida. da, calling on individual homes, to • Black Catholics organize the St. • Archbishop Favalora travels to find out how many Catholics are Martin de Porres Association. Rome to take part in the Synod of living in the 16 counties that make Bishops for America. up the Diocese of Miami. The last 1990 census, carried out in 1960, found a • Camillus House marks its 1998 total Catholic population of 331,668. 30th anniversary by announcing • In ceremonies two weeks apart, plans for a new shelter aimed not Archbishop Favalora dedicates the 1965 just at meeting the desperate daily archdiocese’s two new high schools • Dade County school officials needs of the homeless, but at help- — Archbishop Edward McCarthy announce that the federal govern- ing them reincorporate themselves in Broward and Archbishop Cole- ment will reimburse them for the into society. The planned shelter man Carroll in Miami-Dade. In at- cost of educating Cuban refugee would provide meals for as many tendance at the ceremonies are the children. A month earlier, four pa- as 250 people, offer semiperma- mascots for each school: a bulldog rochial schools had begun “emer- nent housing for 88 men and house for Carroll High and a horse for Mc- gency classes” for more than 100 a medical clinic capable of treating Carthy High (Mavericks), as well Cuban children who had been re- 100 persons. The $2.3 million facil- as Archbishop McCarthy himself, fused admission to public schools ity will be built on Miami Avenue, who blesses the new building at his due to the lack of assurance of fed- between Northwest 18th and 19th namesake high school. eral aid. Bishop Carroll notes that Streets, if the city of Miami approves more than 5,000 Cuban children the zoning and agrees on a price for 1999 are already enrolled in Catholic the land where Camillus House cur- • Catholic Charities teams up schools, with the cost of tuition, rently sits. with Florida’s Department of Chil- which they cannot afford, being dren and Families to recruit foster borne by the parishes. He stressed 1994 and adoptive parents from among the urgent necessity of providing an • Nov. 3: Bishop John C. Favalora Catholic parishioners in South Flor- education for “these children who of St. Petersburg, a native of New Or- ida. The goal is to reduce the back- have been invited by our president leans and former bishop of Alexan- log of needy children who linger in to the come to the United States as dria, Louisiana, is appointed to suc- foster care by finding good homes pilgrims of asylum and liberty,” ceed retiring Archbishop Edward where they can rebuild their lives. and added: “It is intolerable to have A. McCarthy as third archbishop of • Archbishop Favalora and his these children roam the streets Miami. auxiliary bishops become the first to The Nov. 22, 1964, issue of The Voice. without schooling.” • For the first time in the history be fingerprinted under a new policy of the United States, Catholic priests that requires background checks of 2003 iliary bishop of Miami, becoming 1982 and Jewish rabbis meet to discuss all archdiocesan employees, includ- • Nov. 23: Msgr. Felipe de Jesús the fourth Cuban to be appointed • A new Haitian Center named for the delicate issue of intermarriage. ing priests, deacons, religious and Estevez, former pastor of St. Agatha bishop in the United States in mod- St. Joseph is dedicated in Pompano During the meeting, held at the volunteers. The statewide program Parish in Miami (1987-2001) and ern times. His ordination ceremony Beach. Pastoral Center, the two groups was approved in 1998 by the Catho- spiritual director at St. Vincent de takes place Jan. 7, 2004, at St. Mary find common ground in both their lic bishops of Florida. Paul Regional Seminary in Boynton Cathedral. Q religions’ opposition to the prac- Beach, is appointed the eighth aux- 34 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic November 2018

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