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CHMA History and Diocese of Jefferson City Pastoral Services to Catholics Without Outside Help CHMA History and Diocese of Jefferson City pastoral services to Catholics without outside help. These services include Mass and the sacraments, evangelization, religious educa- tion, and ministry training for priests, deacons, religious sisters, and laypeople. Today, more than 40% of U.S. dioceses are considered mis- sion dioceses. Although each diocese and eparchy has its own specific challenges, many mission dioceses share certain characteristics: • Catholics make up a small percentage of the population. • Difficult terrain, extreme weather, or great distances isolate parishes. • Priests, deacons, and skilled pastoral workers are in short supply. Families, little brothers By Beth Griffin • Poverty, unemployment, and low wages and sisters, waiting for their siblings outside the are widespread. chapel at the Hispanic LOOKING BACK • There are few or no Catholic institu- Youth Retreat. tions, such as religious houses, colleges, he Subcommittee on Catholic Home schools, hospitals, or retreat centers. Missions provides extraordinarily • Traditionally-defined minority groups effective support for pastoral pro- T are heavily represented in the Catholic grams in 79 dioceses around the country where population. Catholics are few and the Church is isolated • The population exhibits unfamiliarity or under-resourced. It is the contemporary with, lack of interest in, or outright successor to the American Board of Catholic hostility toward Catholicism. Missions, which was established in 1924. This work, prior to the establishment of the Catholic Home Missions is the program Catholic Home Missions Appeal, was funded of the United States Conference of Catholic through a percentage of the World Mission Bishops (USCCB) that advocates for the needs Sunday collection. of mission dioceses and administers and mon- Home missions are those Roman Catholic itors grant funding. It also collaborates with dioceses and Eastern Catholic eparchies in other USCCB offices, outside organizations the United States, its territories, and for- like the Black and Indian Missions Office, and mer territories that struggle to provide basic with national funding organizations, including …continued on page 2 ISSUE 2 2019 A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER FROM MISSION AMERICA …continued from page 1 FROM THE the Catholic Church Extension Society. In recent years, Catholic CHAIRMAN Home Missions has made annual distri- Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, butions of approxi- It is my pleasure to introduce mately $9.5 million to myself to you and to present this mission dioceses.1 new issue of Neighbors. I am Bishop “This is an effort by Fr. Pat Dolan at the park with four of the candidates Shawn McKnight, the fourth the generous Catholic to the permanent diaconate (Pedro Almazán, Jaime bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, public to try to help Medina, Amparo Orozco, and Luis Reyes), waiting since February 2018 and the new chairman of and preparing for the Mass that will take place after dioceses that otherwise the soccer tournament in the park. the Subcommittee on Catholic Home Missions. would not be able to pro- Each year the subcommittee, with the assistance vide basic pastoral ministry to the faithful,” Catholic Home Missions of USCCB staff, reviews and evaluates grant director Richard Coll says. “It’s also a great way to demonstrate two applications and makes funding decisions. I core values of Catholic Social Teaching: solidarity, meaning we’re all am honored to share with you stories of how in this together, and subsidiarity, where we provide support so each Catholic Home Missions is supporting the New Evangelization throughout the 79 mission dio- diocesan bishop can minister in the way that is most appropriate for ceses in the United States. his people.” Richard says, in his frequent visits to mission dioceses, he has been In this month’s issue, we look back at the history moved by the genuine gratitude expressed by bishops, diocesan staff, of the work supported by the Catholic Home and parishioners for the support of fellow Catholics across the coun- Missions Appeal over the past 20 years. You try. “I feel blessed to be a small part of the process that provides funds will also see how funding from Catholic Home for needs such as gasoline to help a priest reach his people for Mass Missions is addressing the pastoral needs of our in a rural mission, or the salary of a youth minister in an underserved Hispanic brothers and sisters in rural northern area,” he says. Missouri today—primarily through Adelante, “God multiplies a program that helps Hispanic Catholics in FEATURE what we get, and my Diocese of Jefferson City. With a growing we are able to “God multiplies what we get, and we are able Hispanic population on the one hand, and do more than we to do more than we think we can,” Enrique few Spanish-speaking priests on the other, the think we can.” Diocese of Jefferson City faces a challenge that Castro says. many dioceses throughout the country confront: Enrique directs the Office of Hispanic and namely, how can we more fully address the spir- Intercultural Ministries of the Diocese of Jefferson City in northern itual and material needs of our Hispanic neigh- Missouri. He is also the founding director of Adelante: Caminando bors? Through a broad range of activities—from Unidos En Fe (Forward United in Faith)—an ambitious diocesan pro- evangelization to leadership development, from gram to integrate Hispanics as full members of their parish commu- retreats to youth programs—Adelante is helping nities. Hispanic immigrants in the Diocese of Jefferson “‘Adelante’ means more than going forward. It’s more profound. City to integrate more fully into the life of the It’s about moving forward, but with hope and trust in God,” diocese, and the program is also forming future Enrique says. leaders who can pass on the faith and minister to Jefferson City is a rural diocese where the population is distributed their children. across more than 22,000 square miles. Fewer than 9% is Catholic. Hispanics from Mexico and Central and South America make up a Your support is making a positive difference large and growing segment of parishioners in 15 of the diocese’s 110 in Jefferson City and other mission dioceses across the country. Thank you for your contri- parishes and missions. Jefferson City receives funding from Catholic butions and prayers for my success as your new Home Missions and uses it exclusively for comprehensive pastoral chairman. outreach to Hispanics. Ministry to Hispanics in the diocese is challenged by a paucity Sincerely yours in Christ, I am of Spanish-speaking priests, aggressive recruiting by evangeli- cal Protestant denominations, and the instability of the Hispanic population. But this ministry is blessed and energized by dynamic 1 For a list of 2019 Catholic Home Missions grants, visit this page on the USCCB website: http://www. usccb.org/catholic-giving/opportunities-for-giving/catholic-home-missions-appeal/grants/upload/chm-2019-grantees.pdf Most Reverend W. Shawn McKnight Bishop of Jefferson City PAGE 2 | ISSUE 2 2019 lay participants who are animated by “When you are certain of the presence DID YOU their faith. of God in your life, there’s a 180-degree Enrique describes a 2011 watershed change in everything. There’s commit- moment in the diocesan Hispanic min- ment and conversion. When you facilitate KNOW? istry program. “We were talking with a space for an encounter with Christ and • The Diocese of Jefferson City parish lay representatives who were dis- others, the vision of the future of a parish includes 38 counties whose couraged by the level of support they felt or group changes,” Enrique says. communities are connected from the diocese. There was a sense of “I can tell you our pastoral ministry primarily with two-lane roads. hopelessness in the room, but we prayed with and for the Hispanic community in • The diocese includes 95 parishes and 15 missions. Two-thirds of the and decided we needed to trust God and the diocese would not be possible without parishes are small and rural, with a work together instead of in isolation,” Catholic Home Missions. God continues modest income. Twenty-two parishes he explains. to be in this ministry,” he says. have fewer than 50 families. “God’s providence brought us Enrique may be the best advertisement • Although Catholics represent almost together,” Enrique says. for Adelante. He came to the United 9% of the population served by Adelante encompasses faith and States from Mexico in 2000 to study the diocese, most Catholics live in evangelization, family ministry, outreach, music as a scholarship student at the several geographic pockets, so their development of leadership, and support. University of Arkansas in Little Rock. presence represents only 1% of “We recognize the unique and diverse During his final classical guitar recital as some counties. gifts that Hispanic immigrants bring and an undergraduate, he sensed a void and • The diocese is served by 60 active share, but we also recognize their needs, asked God how he might make a greater diocesan priests, 4 active religious especially of the new and young gener- impact than as a musician. He went on to priests, 14 international priests, 70 permanent deacons, and 31 ations in our midst,” he says. “Adelante study at St. Meinrad Seminary in Indiana women religious. responds to the challenges and honors but discerned in 2011 that he was not • Half of the parishes have a the hope that the Hispanic community called to the priesthood. Fast forward to resident priest. Three parishes represents for the local Church.” 2018, when Jefferson City’s Bishop W. are administered by permanent Among many recent efforts, Adelante Shawn McKnight, STD, asked this now deacons, and two are served by has provided formation for parish happily married father of two small chil- women religious.
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