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Serving the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas Volume XXXVII, No. 1 JANUARY 2017 Serving the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas As far as Volume XXXVII, No. 2 FEBRUARY 2017 the east is “We must never turn ou from the backs on our heritage o integrating newcomers into our culture.” west — Bishop Michael Sis Coverage, pages 2, 4, 5 Friends, West Texans and deacons Josh Gray, Serving the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas left, a Brownwood native, and Tim Hayter, right, of Fort Stockton, ready for their June ordinations to the Volume XXXVIII, No. 1 JANUARY 2018 priesthood. Story, Pg. 2. (Photo by Jimmy Patterson) DIOCESE OF SAN ANGELO PO BOX 1829 NONPROFIT ORG. DIOCESE OF SAN ANGELO SAN ANGELO TX 76902-1829 US POSTAGE PAID PO BOX 1829 NONPROFIT ORG. 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SAN ANGELO TX 76902-1829 US POSTAGE PAID SAN ANGELO TX 76902-1829 US POSTAGE PAID SAN ANGELO, TX SAN ANGELO, TX PERMIT NO. 44 PERMIT NO. 44 JEWEL A Blessed Advent, Merry Christma OF THE DESERT and Happy New Year from the West Texas Angelus Page 2 JANUARY 2018 The Angelus The Inside Front Former Precious Blood priest in Coleman dies at 99 Father Lawrence Cyr, C.PP.S. Fowler, Indiana, to Stephen and Melanese Cyr. work, Fr. Larry was assigned to Our Lady of March 10, 1918 – December 4, 2017 He attended grade school at the parish school the Holy Rosary Church in Detroit, Michigan. in Mishawaka, Indiana. Following his fresh- as an assistant pastor. At the time, there were Father Lawrence Cyr, C.PP.S., 99, died men year of high school, in the middle of the about 25 Precious Blood priests, including five December 4, 2017, at St. Charles Center, Depression in 1933, he entered Brunnerdale of his classmates, serving in the city—in Fr. Carthagena, Ohio. At the time of his death he Seminary in Canton, Ohio. Following high Larry’s words, “in the toughest places that was the oldest living member of the Kansas school seminary, he attended St. Joseph there were; none of the diocesan assistants City Province. He died just four days short of College in Rensselaer, Indiana where he was wanted to go there.” In a 2007 interview, he his 80th anniversary as a Missionary of the professed on December 8, 1937. In 1940, he spoke of those early days of ministry: “We did Precious Blood and was completing his 73rd made Definitive Incorporation and then on the parish newsletter. We had a Catholic grade year as a priest in service to his community December 10, 1944, he was ordained, both at school and high school. There were eight hosp- and the Church. St. Charles Seminary in Carthagena, Ohio. Fr. Larry was born March 10, 1918, in Following several months of substitute (Please See CYR/22) Participants pose for a photo- graph before a procession in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Tijuana, Mexico, Dec. 11, the eve of her feast day. (CNS photo/David Maung) What language did Mary speak? Editor’s Note: Following is Bishop Michael Indian Juan Diego. how Deacon Leroy Beach reached out Matthew that, in welcoming the J. Sis’ homily, presented at Our Lady of The Virgin Mary, in her life in to immigrant families for many years. stranger, we are actually welcoming Guadalupe Church in Millersview on December 12, 2017. Heaven after her Assumption, no longer He taught catechism to the children of Christ himself, who will say in the Last has language barriers. Because she is migrant workers right here in this Judgment, “I was a stranger and you What language did Mary speak? Mother of God, she is also mother to all church. He did an exemplary job of welcomed me” (Matthew 25:35). When Mary raised her son Jesus in God’s people. making people feel welcome. Sometimes Christ visits us in the dis- her humble home in Nazareth, She has a special gift for bringing Jesus Christ personally knew the guise of the immigrant in need. In the she spoke the language of that time and people together from different cultures experience of migration. When Mary end, we will be judged according to that place. She spoke the Aramaic lan- and languages. gave birth to Jesus, they were far from how we have responded to him. guage, which is similar to Hebrew. Our Lady of Guadalupe is not only home, in a town where they had no rela- We believe that Christ is the King. He After her Assumption into Heaven, the Queen of Mexico. Pope Pius XII tives or friends to receive them. Jesus is the King, not just of one country. He the Virgin Mary has appeared to differ- named her “The Empress of all the was born outside in a barn with animals, is King of the Universe. Faith in Jesus ent people over the centuries in various Americas.” because nobody opened the doors to Christ transcends borders. That is why countries of the world. And because Mary is the mother of all Joseph and Mary in their time of need. we Christians need to live in a spirit of And the beautiful thing is that every God’s people, our U.S. Catholic And Jesus had the experience of being solidarity with all of humanity. time she appears and speaks, she speaks Bishops have declared this day, an immigrant in a foreign country, when The Catholic Church has welcomed the language of the people she meets: December 12, 2017, as a day of solidar- Joseph and Mary had to escape the vio- immigrants to the United States since • In Lourdes, she spoke, not French, but ity and prayer for migrants and lence of King Herod’s government and our nation’s founding.