Christ, the Unwanted and the Outcast

Christ the Sufferer August IS, 1948 THE REGISTER, DENVER ARCHDIOCESAN EDITION Sec. 2 Page 1 By Sue Roethelc class and the affluent natural endowments and hcalth-edijcation programs, founding members of the neighborhoods. They live in the sur the manners of the peo do family visitation, and rwently ori-anized Vatican rounding verdant hills. M O V IN G O U T o f his ple,” Father Schwartz, with have recently begun cate " International Misaion They dwell in the crowded, rectory, he settled in a the assistance of Sister chetical instructions. Society, will be joined noisy city. They pray in the slum shack where he found Helena and Sister Sophia, A devastating drought H nrtly by a young semina- cramped quarters of a ram that personal poverty be two Korean Benedictine earlier this year along the n'an, Paul Holt, in an ef- shackle slum and join their came a passport o f accept nuns who have since joined entire south coast of Korea 'ort to a.ssist the Sisters of people in a queue at the wa ance among the community Mariahwe, fashioned a reli has compounded the medi Manahwe in their work. ter fountain where they of the poor. Believing that gious community that cal problems by drying up rne International Mis- gather their daily quota in a any effective apostolate blends the Korean manner the neighborho^ wells and 8‘on ivK.ety (I.MS) repre- stone jug carried on their must seek to build up in of living with western reli causing a marked increase “ont.s an original and radi- head. They are Mariahwe. the local Church a concern gious community life. in typhoid fever. Cal d«?parture from tradi Other projects in which Begun in Pusan. Korea, for the poor, he directed The Sisters live in small tional mission methods. A the Sisters are engaged in 1964, M ariahwe, a his efforts toward es Korean style homes rather mis.sion society of "secular include caring for the Ko thriving young native tablishing a native Korean than in western style con priests without vows" dedi rean aged, day care centers community of religious community of Sisters dedi vents; sleep three in a cated to poverty and ser for the children of working women was originated by cated to poverty and the room on traditional Korean vice of the poor. IMS mothers, and self-help pro Father Aloysius Schwartz, service of the poor. mats; pray in a chapel works primarily in Korea grams in five slum-located an American priei^t incar- Since a vast untapped without pews, kneelers or whero It has the support of sewing centers operated in dinated into the Diocese of reservoir of potential voca chairs: and dress in a sim the hierarchy and approval conjunction with the pro Pusan. tions existed among the plified religious garb that of Rome, but according to grams of Korean Relief. Disturbed by the neglect daughters o f poor families. conveys their dedication Monsignor .John M. Zeder. Three American Sisters of the poor and destitute Father Schwartz e.s- white retaining features of a.ssisiant director of IMS. have obtained releases concentrated in the teem tabiished the community traditional dress such as the society will extend its from their present commu ing slum areas of Pusan, principally from among the Korean style white rubber efTorts to the slums of Rio nities to join Mariahwe as Father Schwartz ques poor themselves. shoes. Even at the mother- de Janeiro, Brazil. permanent members. Sis tioned some of the ap Anticipating the decrees house located above Pusan In addition to being ters Gerald Marie Casey proaches of missionary of Vatican II that invited in the hills, the Sisters formed by priests from and M. Agnita Casey of work which often reflect the establishment of "fresh live in small Korean various dioceses. the Syracuse, N.Y.. and Sister western emphasis on apos- forms of religious life .. homes in little groups, pne.sis are prepared for M. Simeon Page of Califor tolates to the upper middle that take into account the coming to the central their missions in conditions house for meals, communi nia will assist in establish closely resembling the ty exercises and education ing formation programs for country where they will al programs. new candidates. Classes, work IM.S candidates, all Increasing to more than particularly in areas of at least college graduates, 60 members in the first social work and child care, complete their theological five years, the young will augment the education studies at the local major community initiated fami seminary of their assigned ly-unit orphanages to re country. place the va.st institutions. Through their imitation Fr. Swartz and Friends Each Sister assigned to of Christ in His poverty, Father Aloysius Schwartz, founder of the Mariahwe community for work with the children the priests identify them- women, receives the affectionate greetings of the orphan Korean children in his charge. I becomes a "Sister-mother." selve.-< with the poor. "You with a permanent family can t call to the poor from i of .seven boys and girls of the doors of rich churches i various ages, livin g in . they're ashamed to their own individual family come in." .Monsignor Zeder « unit.The children attend said. "You can't serve the the neighborhood school poor Ironi well-stocked along with non-orphans. American-style compounds located adjacent to their t RECENTLY the first slums .-\t least we’re trying slum dispensary was es I- to meet them half way. We tablished in Amidong, a try to live a little poorer, to mountain-side slum area dress a little poorer, to walk % southwest of the Pusan a little poorer. metropolis, populated by Msgr. Zeder "The strange thing is I*- many refugees from the that there is something to Communist North. of the Korean Sisters, this 'sacrament of the Through this dispensary many of whom are scho poor.’ ” Monsignor Zeder under the supervision of a lastically deficient since said. "You do meet Christ Korean doctor, and staffed poverty interrupted their there. Christ suffering. by the Sisters of Mar education after middle Christ wounded. Christ an iahwe, the first medical school, the equivalent of outcast and unwanted ... attention is possible for the the American eighth grade. You find a new freedom more than 22,000 poor when you start to talk living in shacks terraced TWO AMERICAN about 'the weight of along the mountain side. priests. Father James Go- wealth,’ a new authenticity Sisters at Prayer Five Sisters live in the 24- lasinski, formerly superin when you speak of storing by-24 foot • dispensary tendent of schools of the up treasures in heaven The Sisters of Mariahwe pray on traditional where they render medical Galveston-Houston diocesd, where moths can’t consume Mariahwe Candidates Korean mats, without kneelcrs, pews or chairs. assistance, help with and Father Mike Malley, them." The candidates strolling the grounds of the Mariahwe motherhouse in^ the hills above Pusan, Korea, typify the ancient psalm "...to God Who. gives joy to my youth." Christ the Wounded— Within the broad guide by the society and in addi work in Latin America rich areas for individual cost o f membership. It’ lines of serving the poor, tion, "gateways” for train have a slightly longer wait study and development.” also the cost of apostleship each priest is expected to ing concerning the "Church ahead of them than do Monsignor Zeder said.” Actually, a form of povert> evolve his own apostolate of the Poor” both in Latin those who are Korea-bound "W e stress poverty be is in evitab le in our ap in response to the needs of America and the Orient , or interested in the Orient. cause it is a proof. " he proach. To live simply. the community with whom are being established. After the first IMS priests added. "Christ chose it to Monsignor Zeder said, "ac he lives and worships. The International Mis arrive in a country, a year prove his concern for man cording to middle class While life-long commit sion Society is currently is needed to establish kind. He chose a life of standards in these areas, is ments are preferred, tem accepting seminarians to schools and headquarters simplicity. For working to live 'poverty’ by current porary service for a speci begin training for Korea for the priests-students. with the poor, it’s also the American standards.” fied number of years is and housing and training Seminarians interested in possible, depending on the centers are underway. .serving with the society area where a priest wants Seminarians are enrolled arc told to begin urea lan to work. Normally, five in the Franciscan L a n guage .studies early and to years is expected. However, guage school in Seoul, work directly with social for an area that involves Korea, for two years, using care of social action pro extensive language prepa a structural approach and grams as a means of ration such as Korea, a language labs. They then strengthening their sense mission commitment of 10 continue studies at the of social concern. years is expected by the national seminary in Seoul IMS. before receiving their as "THE THEOLOGICAL Arrangements for lan signments. implications of the poor in guage training are made Seminarians choosing to the Kingdom o f God are Mariahwe Mealtime Sister Joanna and her "children” live in Korean-style cottages at the Mariahwe orphanage but come to a central house for meals where they gather around the traditional short-legged table. 5 ^ Water Jars Sister Julia, one of the young Sisters of Mar Steep Hills of Pusan "And These Are My People' iahwe living in Pusan.

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