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Atlanta Archbishop Named New Leader of Washington Archdiocese n SPRING 2019 n ISSUE 51 OFFICE OF MULTICULTURAL MINISTRY MAGAZINE IN THIS ISSUE: Atlanta Archbishop SPEAKER URGES ACTION AGAINST RACISM page 3-4 named new leader MULTICULTURAL MINISTRY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM page 5 of Washington ENCOUNTERING CHRIST IN HARMONY page 6 RESETTLING IN PLACE Archdiocese page 7 CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE HARMONY IN FAITH page 7 APRIL 4, 2019 CULTURAL ACCEPTABLE ADDRESS TO OTHERS WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Francis has page 8 named Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta THE JOY AND BLESSINGS IN as the new archbishop of Washington. CARRYING OUT MINISTRY FOR THE CHURCH page 9 The appointment was announced April 4 in SWAHILI MASS AND WHY Washington by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, IT IS NEEDED the Vatican nuncio to the United States. Archbishop Gregory will be installed as the page 11 seventh archbishop of Washington May 21 at the DO YOU HEAR THE WALLS Archbishop Gregory, 71, a former president of Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle. WHISPERING? page 12 the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops who “I am deeply grateful to Pope Francis for this DARE TO CARE - WIDENING helped navigate the conference through the clergy THE BRIDGE TO COVER THE GAP sexual abuse crisis in 2002, is the first African appointment to serve the Archdiocese of page 13 American to be named to head the Washington Washington and to work with all of the members FOCUS ON FOSTER CARE of this faith community,” Archbishop Gregory page 14 Archdiocese. said. “I look forward to encountering and BLACK CATHOLIC listening to the people of this local church as we HISTORY MONTH He succeeds Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, whose page 15 resignation was accepted by Pope Francis in address the issues that face us and continue to ANSWERING THE CALL October, nearly three years after he turned 75, the grow in the love of Christ that sustains us.” TO CONGRESS mandatory retirement age for bishops. Cardinal page 16 Cardinal Wuerl welcomed his successor’s Wuerl continued as apostolic administrator until EDITORIAL appointment “with great joy.” page 18 his successor was named. The cardinal headed the Washington Archdiocese from 2006 to 2018. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 The archbishop served as USCCB “I join all who appreciate his pastoral president from November 2001 until abilities, his intellectual gifts and 2004, a period that was perhaps one of the his leadership qualities,” he said in a most difficult in the conference’s history. statement. “I have known Archbishop Gregory for many years. In working with Under his leadership, the bishops him on a range of pastoral initiatives and adopted the “Charter for the Protection programs, I have come to recognize how of Children and Young Adults” and generously he shares his talents and his essential norms for handling accusations love for the church.” of sexual abuse by priests or other church per-sonnel; established a lay board to As the Washington Archdiocese “opens review how cases have been handled; a new chapter and looks to the future,” commissioned an extensive analysis of the Cardinal Wuerl added, “we can all, CNS photo/Bob Roller factors involved in the crisis and created a with great confidence and enthusiasm, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory concelebrates Mass staff office to oversee those efforts. during the Catholic convocation in Orlando, Fla., in this welcome our new shepherd.” July 2, 2017, file photo.On April 4, 2019, Pope Francis named Archbishop Gregory to head the Archdiocese When he was elected in 2001, much of The archdiocese’s three auxiliaries, of Washington. (CNS photo/Bob Roller) See APPOINT GREGORY-WASHINGTON and GREGORY-PROFILE the attention focused on the fact that he Bishops Mario E. Dorsonville, Roy E. April 4, 2019. was first African American to head the Campbell Jr. and Michael W. Fisher, also Glenview; a faculty member at St. Mary conference. Before that he served three issued statements expressing their joy of the Lake Seminary in Mundelein; and years as vice president of the conference. and gratitude to the pope for appointing as master of ceremonies for Cardinal He was the third African American to be Archbishop Gregory to Washington. John P. Cody and Cardinal Joseph L. named archbishop of Atlanta. Bernardin. “This appointment reflects the Holy A Chicago native, Archbishop Gregory Father’s love for our local church, for In moving to Washington, the was born Dec. 7, 1947. Though not raised each one of us, and, especially, for our archbishop steps into a high-profile as a Catholic, his parents enrolled him at immigrant families in the archdiocese,” position. The area that comprises the St. Carthage Catholic School for the sixth said Bishop Dorsonville. archdiocese includes the halls of power in grade. Within weeks he had decided he Congress, the White House and the U.S. wanted to be a Catholic, and by the end of “I have come to know Archbishop Supreme Court, the many embassies of the school year he had been baptized, made Gregory over the past two years and have governments from around the world, and his first Communion and been confirmed. had the good fortune to work with him as nonprofit and lobbying organizations that a member of the black Catholic bishops of advocate on a wide range of public policy He graduated from Quigley Preparatory the United States,” said Bishop Campbell, issues. He also automatically becomes Seminary South, Niles College of Loyola a Washington auxiliary since 2017. “I chancellor of The Catholic University of University and St. Mary of the Lake look forward to working closely with him America’s board of trustees. Seminary. After his ordination in 1973, he in his ministry of leading and healing obtained a doctorate in sacred liturgy from all who make up this church and this the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome. community.” Since arriving in Atlanta, Archbishop Bishop Fisher added: “His experience Gregory has seen the archdiocese grow and guidance as president of the U.S. to about 1.2 million Catholics in the 69 Conference of Catholic Bishops during counties it covers in northern and central the adoption of the ‘Charter for the Georgia. In addition, nine parishes were Protection of Children and Young elevated and six missions established, 64 People’ will be essential in our church’s priests and 152 permanent deacons were continued commitment to healing and ordained, nearly 150,000 infants, children accountability. The new archbishop will be and adults were baptized, and more than shepherding diverse and vibrant parishes 16,000 people were brought into full with zealous and faith-filled clergy and communion with the church, according laity ready to assist him in his ministry.” CNS photo/Bob Roller Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory displays the papal bull to the archdiocesan website. on his appointment to Washington during his installation Archbishop Gregory has served in Atlanta Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Archbishop Gregory has issued pastoral Immaculate Conception in Washington May 21. since 2005. He previously was Archbishop statements on the death penalty, Gregory has served in Atlanta since 2005. Archbishop Gregory comes to an euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide He previously was bishop of Belleville, archdiocese with a rich ethnic diversity that and has published numerous articles Illinois, for 11 years, beginning in 1994. includes a vibrant Hispanic community of discussing liturgy, especially within the He was named auxiliary bishop of 270,000 and historic parishes that date to African American community. Chicago in 1983. In the Archdiocese of the 19th century serving 100,000 people of Chicago, he served as associate pastor of African and Caribbean descent. Overall, UPDATE: Most Reverend Wilton D. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in the archdiocese has nearly 659,000 Gregory was installed Tuesday, May 21, Catholics throughout the District of 2019 as Washington’s 7th archbishop and 2 Columbia and five Maryland counties. its first African American archbishop. Speaker Urges Action AGAINST RACISM Sister Anita Baird delivered a strongly-worded reflection on Martin Luther King Day. The Record - Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer - January 24, 2019 Record Photos by Jessica Able - Sister Anita Baird, a member of the society of the Daughters of Heart of Mary, delivered the reflection at the 34th annual Archdiocesan Community Wide Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration Jan. 21 at the Cathedral of the Assumption. Calling on the faithful to speak out about racism, Sister Anita Baird said that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. believed one can’t be a racist and a Christian. Sister Baird, a member of the Society of the Daughters of the Heart of Mary, offered the reflection at the 34th Members of the River City Drum Corp. perform during the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration. Archdiocesan Community Wide Rev. The Rev. King envisioned a “beloved In it he writes: “The truth is that many Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration community,” she said, where human white Christians find no contradiction Jan. 21. Her listeners, who were gathered dignity is the right of every human being between their so-called Christian faith at the Cathedral of the Assumption to regardless of race or gender, ethnic and their angers, fears, and resentments honor the civil rights leader, responded background or sexual orientation,” she said. about people of color. Too often they with a round of applause. She called to mind the Rev. King’s 1967 never hear such angers and resentments She offered a strongly-worded reflection speech, “Where do we go from here,” challenged from their pulpits or on racism at the annual event, sponsored in which the civil rights leader said the denounced by their ministers. They by the Archdiocese of Louisville’s Office effects of hundreds of years of slavery rarely hear their racist jokes, slurs, of Multicultural Ministry.
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