Saint Teresa of Kolkata

The 6 1966-201 50th A nniversaryCatholicWitness The Newspaper of the Diocese of Harrisburg September 16, 2016 Vol. 50 No. 17 Saint Teresa of Kolkata She Will Pilgrims Always Be Reflect on ‘Mother’ Her Charity, By Junno Arocho Esteves Bravery and Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service By Jen Reed The Catholic Witness With a large tapestry bear- ing the portrait of the woman Whenever anyone asks Hel- known as the “Saint of the Gut- ena Paul whom she would ters” suspended above him, choose if she could have a Pope Francis proclaimed the conversation with any person, sainthood of Mother Teresa of living or deceased, she always Kolkata, hailing her courage points to St. Teresa. and love for the poor. That’s because, for Mrs. Despite the formality of the Paul, a member of Holy Name occasion though, “her sanctity of Jesus Parish in Harrisburg, is so close to us, so tender and a nurse and a dedicated vol- fruitful, that spontaneously we unteer at the Interfaith Shelter will continue to call her ‘Moth- for Homeless Families, the er Teresa,’” Pope Francis said Church’s newest saint is an ex- to applause at the canonization ample of giving. Mass Sept. 4. “She gave her life to people, “Mother Teresa, in all as- no matter what they needed or pects of her life, was a gener- what illness they had,” she told ous dispenser of divine mercy, The Catholic Witness. “She making herself available for was willing to help a person as everyone through her wel- if that person was Christ. come and defense of human “She speaks to me because life, those unborn and those I also love to give,” she said. abandoned and discarded,” the “I love to see the smile on peo- pope said in his homily during ple’s faces when you do some- the Mass in St. Peter’s Square. thing good for them.” An estimated 120,000 peo- As much as Mrs. Paul pre- ple packed the square, many fers to give rather than to re- holding umbrellas or waving ceive, she was a most fortunate fans to keep cool under the recipient of a powerful expe- sweltering heat of the Roman rience while in Rome with 96 sun. However, upon hearing other pilgrims, led by Bishop Pope Francis “declare and de- Ronald Gainer, who journeyed fine Blessed Teresa of Kolkata there as part of the pilgrimage to be a saint,” the crowds could this month to raise funds for not contain their joy, breaking Catholic Charities of the Dio- out in cheers and thunderous cese of Harrisburg. applause before he finished On the third day of the pil- speaking. grimage, while standing out- The moment was especially side of the Church of San sweet for more than 300 Al- Damiano in Assisi, Mrs. Paul banians who live in Switzer- was near Bishop Gainer as he land, but came to Rome for greeted a family there on the the canonization. “We are very grounds. As the family moved proud,” said Violet Barisha, a along to continue their tour of member of the Albanian Cath- the holy site, Mrs. Paul heard olic Mission in St. Gallen. the bishop mention that the fa- Daughter of Divine Charity ther was the man whose mir- Sister Valdete, a Kosovar and acle had cleared the way for one of the Albanian group’s St. Teresa’s canonization. (See chaplains, said, “We are so page 9 for their story.) happy and honored. We are a Struck by their connection small people, but have had so to St. Teresa, Mrs. Paul ap- many martyrs.” proached the family and asked if she could take their picture. More SAINT TERESA, page 7 The family kindly responded, and Mrs. Paul expressed her thanks, exchanging brief pleas- antries with them and hugging the young girl. Mrs. Paul was so moved by the encounter that she burst into tears, and at that moment, CNS/MICHAEL COLLOPY the mother approached her, St. Teresa of Kolkata is pictured in 1992. The beloved founder of the reached into her purse and pre- Missionaries of Charity was canonized by Pope Francis on Sept. 5. More REFLECTION, page 10 The 2 - Catholic Witness • September 16, 2016 The 45 men accepted as candidates for Holy Orders in the diocese’s Permanent Diaconate Formation Program stand with Bishop Ronald Gainer following Mass with the Rite of Admission to Candidacy on Sept. 10 at Good Shepherd Church in Camp Hill. CHRIS HEISEY, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS 45 Men in Diaconate Program Accepted as Candidates for Holy Orders By Jen Reed “God calls us to aspire to something, our vocation. I be- be prepared to assume ministry within the Church? Do you The Catholic Witness lieve that from the very moment he willed your existence, resolve to prepare yourselves in mind and spirit to give faith- he had this plan for you,” Bishop Gainer told the men seated ful service to Christ the Lord and His Body, the Church?” A most significant step in the diocese’s Permanent Dia- before him. “It has been a grace for you to discern that call To both questions, the men responded with an affirmative conate Formation Program took place at Good Shepherd and to trust God…. We can aspire to do what God wants only “I do,” and the bishop accepted them as candidates, to the Church in Camp Hill on Sept. 10 as 45 men were accepted if we trust that he will inspire, that he will breathe his own applause of the congregation, which included family mem- as candidates through the Rite of Admission to Candidacy Holy Spirit into us.” bers and friends. for Holy Orders. “I encourage you today to continue to aspire to fulfill as Bishop Gainer announced a new class for the permanent The solemn yet joyous occasion took place during a Mass humanly possible God’s will for you in this Office toward diaconate in February of 2015, from which a period of appli- celebrated by Bishop Ronald Gainer. The men, entering the which you are working – the Office of the Diaconate – and cation and selection followed. The first year of the program church as aspirants in the diaconate program, genuflected that you’ll do that by trusting that God will always inspire before the altar and took their seats in the first few rows of within you all that is necessary,” the bishop said. was one of aspirancy, during which the men focused on dis- the center pews. To their left were priests, and to the right One by one, each man was called by name by Father Paul cernment of their call to ordained ministry. As candidates, sat deacons. CB Schenck, Acting Director of Formation for Permanent the men will now undergo four years of studies including During the Rite of Admission, Bishop Gainer, seated at the Deacons, and stood before the altar to publicly declare their pastoral, spiritual and human formation in preparation for altar, spoke to the men, telling them that – just as for young intentions and resolutions through a series of questions ordination in 2020. Jeremiah in the Mass’ First Reading (Jeremiah 1:4-9) and the posed by Bishop Gainer. There have been three previous classes of deacons or- fishermen Jesus called to be his disciples in the Gospel Read- He asked them, “Do you resolve to complete your prepa- dained for service in the Diocese of Harrisburg; they were in ing (Luke 5:1-11) – the Lord will give them what they need. ration so that, in due time, through Holy Orders, you will 1978, 1983 and 2010. Called to Candidacy The following are the names of the men who have been called to candidacy in the diocese’s Permanent Diaconate Formation Program, as provided by the Diocesan Office of Vocations. Steven Auchey Chris Darrup Joseph Gusherowski Patrick McCormack Chad Reigel Francis Skorija Wife Sharon Wife Angela Wife Rhonda Wife Mary Ann Wife Angela Wife Anne St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Sacred Heart of Jesus, St. Joan of Arc, Hershey Our Lady of Good Counsel, St. Catherine of Siena, St. Margaret Mary, Harrisburg Mechanicsburg Lewisburg Quarryville Christopher Heckman Marysville Jorge Reyes Armando Torres Thomas Ballinger William Davies Wife Stacy Michael McGovern Wife Linda Wife Sandra Wife Theresa Wife Nilda St. Pius X, Wife Tara Holy Spirit, Palmyra San Juan Bautista, Lancaster Sacred Heart of Jesus, St. Bernard, New Bloomfield Selinsgrove St. Andrew, Waynesboro Spring Grove William Roesch Anthony Weaver Michael Derois Thomas Hewitt Randy Mentzell Wife Margaret Wife Christina David Barto Wife Lisa Wife Susan Wife Helena Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sacred Heart of Jesus, Wife Marilyn St. Matthew, Dauphin St. Theresa, New Cumberland St. John the Baptist, Spring Grove Lancaster Mary Gate of Heaven, Jose Diaz New Freedom Myerstown James Koch Scott Root Wife Erin Wife Paula Jorge Nazario Wife Shannon Terry Willoughby Paul J. Bielski III St. Patrick, Carlisle St. Patrick, York Wife Migdalia Sacred Heart of Jesus, Wife Melissa Wife Kristin Cornwall St. Joseph, Danville Brian Fabian Walter Kozlowski San Juan Bautista, Lancaster St. Joseph, Dallastown George Salzmann Wife Michelle Wife Jo Ann Robert Wislock Samuel Nicola Wife Susan Shawn Biter St. Catherine of Siena, Divine Redeemer, Mount Wife Kathleen Wife Becky Quarryville Wife Traci St. Patrick, Carlisle Carmel Our Lady of Hope, Our Lady of Lourdes, Enola Our Lady of Hope, Carl Freidhoff Frank Kuchinski Richard San Severino Coal Township Coal Township Wife Gabriella Alex Bogdanoff Wife Pamela Wife Madeline Thomas Owsinski Mary Gate of Heaven, Wife Sally St. John the Baptist, St. Leo the Great, Rohrerstown Formators for the Wife Jacqueline Myerstown St.

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