‘droves came Southwest Kansas forward, all feeling a tug at their hearts towards the religious life.’ atholic atholic -- Page 7 C CNewspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City www.dcdiocese.org/register Vol. L, No. 98 • Sunday, September 6, 2015 t. Rose: A century of service Priorities and the Good Shepherd e worry about a lion Win Zimbabwe and prairie chickens in Kan- sas, while taxpayers give Planned Parenthood $500 S million each year as they allegedly sell the organs of unborn girls and boys, and provide hundreds of thou- sands of deadly abortions. When will we realize that our little human brothers and sisters in the womb, + Most Rev. and their moms, are more John B. Brungardt important than animals? Bishop of the Catholic Defense contractor Ray- Diocese of Dodge City theon has recently received nearly $1 billion in new government contracts, while we struggle to provide Medicaid funding to our working poor. When will we realize that our struggling sisters and brothers are more important than weapons? George and Ruth Weber at left and above (as children) -- The portrait was one The Civil Rights Act was passed more than 50 years of dozens on display at the St. Rose Parish Center in Great Bend celebrating ago, yet we still have distressed race relationships in our the 100-year anniversary of the church. -- See Page 11 country and around the world. When will we realize that those who are different from us are our brothers and sisters? Nothing wrong with treating animals with respect. Little parish on the plains celebrates We have a long tradition of self defense of ourselves and the innocent who need protection from aggressors. unprecedented number of vocations Yet, why the massive press coverage for the senseless ODIN shooting of a lion, when the killing of more than 600,000 unborn babies in the United States so far this year, barely warrants a single headline? Animals. Weapons. Prejudice. Don’t we have greater priorities? What should be our priorities? When asked about priorities, Jesus responded to the scribe: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. … You shall love your neighbor as yourself” (Mark 12:30-31). I believe that we have gotten so far away from Jesus’ priorities, that we have embraced many false priorities. How do we re-connect to the true priorities given by our Good Shepherd? A few ideas: • Pray daily as a family, read a Bible verse, say a meal prayer, pray before bedtime, pray the Rosary, spend time in silent encounter with our Loving God, celebrate Holy Mass each weekend to receive the Bread from Heaven, celebrate God’s mercy with the Sacrament of Penance. -- See Page 13 • Support Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Adoption Services, and Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats. • Listen to one another each day; really listen. • Unplug from technology and play together. • Get to know someone who is different from you. The extraordinary Research your immigration roots – what languages did your eight great-grandparents speak? • Let go of things, things, things. Recycle. Simplify. tale of Sister Blandina • Be grateful. Show compassion. Be patient. illy the Kid, a notorious bank and stage- • Encounter. Invite. Accompany. (see Pope Francis) • Share. Serve. Love. Bcoach robber of the Wild West, met his Trust in the Lord, our God, for help. Our Savior match in the most unlikely of people when he loves pre-born children and their moms, the poor, and all His children, including you, more than you can ask met Sister Blandina Segale. -- See Page 24 or imagine! Page 2 September 6, 2015 The Southwest Kansas Catholic Listen to Him he world is too much with us, late and soon, form of prayer that only He can give), we try to We want Him. This is true whether we feel his Tthe poet Wordsworth said. He might have been keep our minds and hearts free for Him, we watch presence strongly, or whether we feel his absence speaking of Distractions. and we wait, but human minds and hearts abhor strongly. In the one case and in the other, he is When we set ourselves to pray (Breviary, Rosary, a vacuum, and are always prone to replace the there, setting us free. Novena, Devotions), our minds will wander as we waiting and the watching with more comfortable It’s not complicated, really. When we catch say the words. Their meanings pass through our human wandering. ourselves straying from his presence, we simply heads without disturbing the furniture. Only God can set us free from this meandering. come back, and start over again. Don’t think about When we set ourselves to meditate, to think about But he does so in a way that may surprise you. It the distractions at all. You cannot chase them away God and the things of God, we awake with a start is hidden in the very distractions themselves. He with a swift stroke, so don’t even try. Just ignore twenty minutes in, to find that we have been day- so fills us with his Reality, his Love, and his Pres- them and return to the business at hand …prayer… dreaming all along, dreams markedly free of God. ence, that he himself releases their hold on us. again and again. That’s praying like the big girls Bishop Emeritus When we set ourselves to contemplate God (a They are no longer enough for us. We want more. and the big boys. Ronald M. Gilmore

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Fa The Southwest Kansas Catholic September 6, 2015 Page 3 Stewardship Day requests participants... By SKC Staff And the better gift we are for ourselves, she is hope, said Eric Haselhorst at the open- said. “The more virtuous we are, the happier Hing welcome to the Aug. 22 Stewardship we will be, and the happier we will be around Show me the ... faith! Conference, was that each of the nearly 300 others. In the long run, virtue becomes its own participants would take home “one thing” -- a reward.” lesson, an idea, a hope – that they could then Using Money Wisely share with their parish. Ross and Tracy Smith, Cathedral parish- The Meaning of Life ioners, shared their story of paying off their For speaker Jake Samour (second from top student loans and becoming debt-free. The photo), that one thing was, simply, the mean- couple attended Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace ing of life: “To become a gift.” In order to University facilitated by Eric Haselhorst several become that gift, you must find yourself, he years ago. Their presentation included some said, and in order to find yourself, “you must staggering figures. Seventy percent of people lose yourself.” in the United States live paycheck to paycheck “That’s it, I’m done!” Samour said laughing, with little or no savings; forty percent of divorces as his breakout session on “Discovering Me” had are caused by money problems. just barely gotten started. Samour is the director The Smiths spoke about how they worked for the Office of Marriage and Family Life for together to examine their spending habits and the Catholic Diocese of Wichita. His was one make smart decisions on how to spend and save of several sessions that occurred throughout the money. Some of the steps they took to becoming day, offering many chances to grasp that “one debt-free were: getting better paying jobs, buy thing”. used items, price shop, cut out expensive cable, Haselhorst’s request, along with Bishop stop dining out, and sell your “stuff.” They also John Brungardt’s welcome and opening prayer shared information on how learning new skills to follow, made clear to all those gathered that and viewing how-to videos on YouTube can what they all were about to experience had save money. very little to do with the collection basket, and Simple Ways to Pray everything to do with being stewards of God’s David and Noelle McHugh (second from bot- multitude of gifts. tom), the cathedral youth director and recording Samour, a native of El Salvador and the old- artist, respectively, spoke about practical ways est of 12 siblings, spoke of the journey people to incorporate prayer into daily life. “Prayer is all take as children of a loving Lord. His father started by God,” started Noelle. “Our prayers was 30 when he met his future wife, then 15. are our response to God. God is moving and Her father (Samour’s grandfather) demanded inviting you to respond.” David added: “This the man become an attorney before he would is not really simple; you have to live this stuff allow him to marry his young daughter. When (prayer). If not, it doesn’t matter. the father still refused the marriage even after “If you take things to prayer, you bring God Samour’s father became an attorney, Father right into it,” stated David. “Your personal prayer (and future saint) Oscar Romero told Samour’s life is your interior life. Putting God first will grandfather that he should agree to let the two make things in your exterior life fall into place.” wed. The future saint would preside over the The couple suggested preparing for Mass by couples’ wedding. reading the Gospel at home and asking the kids Then came a time of great civil unrest in his for a word that “jumped out at you.” country. “My dad was a lawyer and a judge, so “The ultimate ministry you are involved we had to leave El Salvador,” Samour said. with is the family,” stated Noelle. “Pray with Samour became a successful engineer, but your children; let them know that prayer is for soon found himself searching for something every situation. The best way to educate your more. He began attending the John Paul II children is let them catch you in prayer. They Institute for Studies on Marriage and Fam- are watching.” ily Life in Washington, D.C., where he met a How do I love thee? young co-ed from Kansas. Little did he know Participants of a workshop entitled “Ways then that she also had interaction of sorts with to Love your Spouse” counted the ways they a future saint. do love their better halves during Stewardship “She grew up in Father Kapaun’s parish,” Day 2015. Samour said, smiling. “God’s plan is so beauti- Under the guidance of Rhonda Goodloe (sec- ful. In Christ we learn things about ourselves ond from top, right) of Catholic Social Service that we otherwise couldn’t know.” in Garden City, the group explored ways to “Everything has a purpose if we follow what express love and appreciation for even the little God has for us,” he said. “I was mainly Catholic things a spouse does. by tradition, not conviction. When I began to “How do you want to be loved?” asked see that God is the guiding force for my life, all Goodloe, LMSW (licensed masters of social began to change.” work.) “How do you show your love?” Outside the classrooms where the breakout Goodloe passed out two papers: one with sessions were occurring, more than a dozen two large red hearts entitled “My Heart” and booths highlighting different ministries stood “Another Heart.” Participants filled in “My in the gathering area of the cathedral. Heart” with things the spouse says or does that Instilling Virtues make them “heart happy,” and wrote on the For keynote speaker Graciela Terroba, that second paper a list of what they do to make Article and one thing was a message to parents: “We can’t their spouses happy. Photos by SKC instill virtues in our children if we don’t have The other paper bore the title “Ways to Love Staff: Charlene them ourselves,” she said. “And if we don’t Scott-Myers, Your Spouse” for people’s ideas they had for Tim Wenzl, and teach them virtues, we unintentionally teach loving their husband or wife. “The way we love David Myers them a vice.” other people is the way we want to be loved,” Terroba, a freelance consultant on teaching Goodloe said. See more virtues, noted that the family is the “primary Other speakers included Sam Meier (see many photos school of virtue. Some parents have given that Sources of Truth, Page 2), Steve Pokorny and, in color at up to be likeable. But the more virtues we have, in Spanish, Lucia and Ricoardo Luzondo (see dcdiocese. the better gift we are for others.” Page 16). org/register. Page 4 September 6, 2015 Commentary The Southwest Kansas Catholic Don’t be a flying monkey Reaching out with compassion

s I criss-cross the diocese to cover this or he recent Supreme Court decision that event, I often hear murmurs about By David Myers which granted a constitutional right A Editor T the world being in such sad shape. to civil marriages between persons of the By Father Ted But, is it really? I ask myself. Is the world same sex has the potential of complicating Skalsky really and truly in as bad of shape as everyone the lives of Christians who believe that God seems to believe? never intended marriage between persons Moderator of Yes, I answer. Yes it is. And to top things of the same sex. Marriage, Family off, I’m talking to myself. As Catholics, we have always believed Life and Natural At the top of the list is: 1) ignoring Christ’s and taught that God intended marriage to Family Planning demand that we love unconditionally and does laugh in the face of the sacrament of be a relationship that is open to the cre- respectfully the life of His children who are marriage. (As if this weren’t enough, the ation of new life and that sexual intimacy, still in the womb, and 2) ignoring Christ’s dolphin didn’t have a job and had absolutely while serving to deepen the life-long unity to accept people whose actions we do not demand that we love unconditionally and no visible means of supporting a family. between husband and wife, is directed condone without making those persons respectfully the life of His children who are When asked by his future father-in-law what toward the creation of new life. feel condemned or ostracized. The more outside the womb. he wanted to do with his life, the dolphin In the Book of Genesis we read: “God they receive love and understanding from And then there’s ISIS. Having known splashed water in his face and made a high created man in his image; in the divine the Church community and individual Muslims, I’ve learned that there’s a part pitched, “EEE EEE EEE! EEE EEE EEE! image he created him; male and female he Christians, the more possible it will be in the Koran where Allah makes clear that EEE EEE EEE!” Ironically, scientists in created them.” Immediately following this for them to live chaste lives. killing innocent people, especially children, animal behavior later determined this to the text reads: “God blessed them, saying, Every one of us knows the importance makes him very angry. Hey ISIS people, mean, “I’d like to be a certified public ac- ‘Be fertile and multiply; fill the earth and of having people in our lives who sup- check out Chapter 2, Verse 190, I dare countant, or possibly a math teacher. I’m subdue it.’” (Genesis 1:27-28) port us through the difficult moments. you. And while you’re at it, check out the not really sure.”) This clearly shows that God intended for We need to give that same support to teachings of Jesus, whom your own religion Fifth (and far more serious), we’ve got the marital physical intimacy to be life-giv- our brothers and sisters who live with dictates is one of God’s greatest gifts to all this awful, rarely-talked-about sickness ing in addition to unifying the man and the a homosexual orientation. Each of us, humankind. (Koran, 3:49) showing itself to us in the alleged crimes of woman. These two important aspects of the whether a heterosexual person or a ho- This is a group that could deplete the Wiz- a man who was held aloft by multitudes. Bill sexual relationship were placed together mosexual person, is called to chastity. ard of Oz’s entire stock of minds and hearts, Cosby was my hero. Every Saturday morn- by God. It is wrong to separate what God For some, the call to live chastely their desires being only peaceful coexistence ing I watched Fat Albert while eating my has chosen to place together. may be more difficult than for others. with all God’s children, if only they were to Cocoa Puffs. I had the albums and quoted Because of this, we can never approve It is precisely to strengthen us in the accept a few simple truths. from “The Chicken Heart that Ate New of sexual acts between persons of the same wounded areas of our lives that Jesus Sadly, if people want to fight, they always York City.” And now? It’s still difficult for sex. This also precludes any possibility of a gave us the Sacraments of Reconciliation will find a reason. There are those who will me to process that level of depravity. Then Sacramental Marriage between persons of and Eucharist. In those two Sacraments always prefer the ways of the evil flying there’s Jared the Subway guy. the same sex. For the same reason, open- we are offered forgiveness, healing monkeys. Please take this to heart: The easiest ness to new life, the Church consistently and strength. Jesus came for sinners. Third, as Bishop John mentioned in his way for the devil to take an otherwise good teaches that contraception is contrary to the He came to be with us in our weakness column on Page 1, race relations have taken person down is through sexual temptation. plan of God, even for married couples. and in our pain. He is not turned away a hit lately. It’s not that things have gotten Porn is just a click away. Like drugs, porn While never approving of same-sex because of our sin, but wants to bestow worse, it’s just that the struggle has been is self-devouring. On Page 2 of this issue physical intimacy, we must reach out with his mercy and his strength. put before us, thanks to the electronic public is a listing of several sources to help if you care and compassion to persons who ex- Those with same-sex attraction who are eye. Now that we know we have a problem, have an addiction, and to help keep this perience an erotic attraction to persons of striving to live chaste lives might want to what do we do? We try to fix it! I mean, if filth off your home computers, etc.... But, their same sex. First of all, we must realize learn more about a group called Courage, you find out your gutter is filled with gook it takes more than that. It takes diligence- that a genuine attraction to persons of the an apostolate of the Catholic Church that and the water is spilling over and flooding -and prayer. same sex is not chosen. It is an awareness strives to support homosexual individuals into your basement, you put on your work Sixth: The presidential race, regardless of that gradually confronts a person. Persons to live lives of chastity. We do not have a gloves, get on your ladder and clear out the party affiliation, is always an achingly disap- who experience such an attraction can eas- group in our diocese, but would be open to gutter! (My wife just read this and said that for pointing, head-scratching, mind-numbing af- ily feel very lonely and isolated in a world the formation of a group if sufficient inter- full disclosure, I must include the following: fair filled with candidates who love the sound of heterosexual people. Misunderstanding, est were to be shown. Anyone interested “In 15 years, I, David S. Myers, have never of their own voice but often say very little. judgment, condemnation, vicious gossip in knowing more about Courage, can find cleaned my gutters.”) And yet, we must remain vigilant! We must or ridicule all serve to make a difficult information on the internet at couragerc. If only fixing race relations were as easy stand fast! In the words of one of our former situation more painful to endure. org. This site has material for those with as cleaning your gutters (if you clean your vice presidents, “If we don’t succeed, we run Persons who experience same-sex at- same-sex attraction, for their families and gutters). As I’ve mentioned before, I grew up the risk of failure.” That’s so true. traction are called to holiness of life in for persons wishing to know how to support with several refugees from African countries The Good News … actually, the GREAT the same way that heterosexual people are someone struggling with this issue. Another living in my home at different times. I’ll never NEWS ... is that there’s A LOT of Great called to holiness. The love and support help is to meet with a priest in spiritual forget what Ishmael (yes, this is true) used News! 1) For every bad guy, God’s given us we can give them will help them grow in direction. At times, counseling can help to say to me when we’d sit in our basement 100 awesome people 2) One of God’s great- holiness. As Christians, we must find ways reveal and heal past traumas that have an playing Mastermind: “Oh, Dave, you are so est gifts to us is joy and laughter; Seek out to support their efforts to grow in holiness impact on living the call to chastity. Trust stupid.” And I’d laugh, knowing that he was reason to use it! 3) The human race came with and avoid placing obstacles in their path. in our Savior Jesus, who will help us all in instilling in me a sense of humility that would with easy-to-understand instructions 4) God We need to prayerfully search out ways our journey of chastity. help me greatly in my years to come. Okay, will love us -- all of us -- unconditionally our actually I didn’t think that at all. All I thought entire lives, even when we make bad choices was, “Dang”. 5) As rough as life can get, thanks to God’s Fourth: At a session at the recent Steward- gift of His Son, our Loving Lord Jesus, we ship Conference, I learned that there was a can know that life is just a stepping stone to ‘Can you person (yep, this is true, too) who married a an eternal vacation with our best friend. dolphin. She married a dolphin! This truly And that is indeed great news! scroll back up?’ Official Newspaper Bishop John B. Brungardt...President Published Semi-Monthly by the David Myers...... Editor ¿Puedes Catholic Diocese of Dodge City. All Tim Wenzl...... Advertising Manager material in this newspaper is copy- Daniel Stremel, CPA...... Business Manager avanzarle righted 2015. Mrs. Margaret Klenke...... Editor Emerita The Southwest Kansas Catholic hacia P.O. Box 137, Dodge City, KS 67801 Service of Editors Phone: (620) 227-1519 Msgr. A.J. Felling 1966-1971 arriba Facsimile: (620) 227-1570 Byron Hull 1971-1974 otra vez? e.mail: [email protected] Margaret Klenke 1974-1990 website: www.dcdiocese.org/register Tim Wenzl 1990-2001 The Southwest Kansas Catholic Commentary September 6, 2015 Page 5 How I met Chuck couple of times now, on my way to the “Hello,” I say. “Chuck,” I say, “my name is Maria.” By Mary A market, I walk past a young woman He looks up. Since I use this name with my friend Gon- Sharon standing at the corner of Willamette and 29th. “It’s a warm day, isn’t it?” I say. zalo, I have decided it’s simpler to use it with Moore Her cardboard sign reads: “Need money. “Yes ma’am, it is.” all of my street people. Maria is now my street Please help.” “How are you doing today?” I ask. Twelve name. Poor, Like I think to myself: She looks perfectly ca- lanes of vehicles await their turn to move Chuck extends his hand. I extend mine. pable. And immediately I check that thought. through the busy intersection. Encounter becomes a little more enfleshed. Jesus I do not know her story. “Oh,” he drawls, “it’s been better, it’s been I look Chuck straight in the eye. “Have you “Good morning,” I say to her without break- worse.” had a meal today?” ing my stride. She looks at me dismissively. “Could you use a bottle of water?” I ask. His outcropping cheekbones and bony Deep down I know that I am evading real Yes, he could. So I reach into my backpack. hands tell their own story about meals not tiative but theirs. When I hold space encounter. So I determine that on my next trip He seems surprised that I carry spare bottles had. for them to speak their truth, they to the market I will stop, greet her, and start of water, and just happen to have a bottle for I reach into my back pocket. eventually do. a conversation. him. “I have a little gift card to Cafe Yumm,” I “I couldn’t make it without God, But today I notice that she is not here. He tells me that he is here from Arkansas tell him. “Do you know where that is?” either,” I say. On the street corner sits a man. He looks to be with his daughter who is going to have “That’s down near Safeway, isn’t it,” he Then I whisper “God bless you” as pretty worn out. The day is hot. a baby. But it’s not going well. He would stay says. I hand him the card. I turn to part. “It’s just some guy,” I think to myself, not with her, but that’s not going well, either. “You can get a nice bowl of rice and beans I met Chuck today because I was the young woman whom I have decided to Whether a daughter with a troubled preg- and veggies, and a soda,” I tell him. I hand looking for someone else. befriend. nancy and an unwelcoming home environ- him a card, too, with the 2-1-1 emergency No, I met Chuck today because, I immediately feel chastised. As I draw ment is part of the story, I cannot judge. services for folks on the street. unknown to me, I was looking for closer I realize that he is not “just some guy” “What do you like to be called?” I ask. In the brief pause I become aware that about Jesus. but a fellow human being whom I have not “Chuck,” he replies. ten cars idle next to us, waiting for the light yet encountered. It’s not just his Arkansas drawl that makes to change. (c) Mary Sharon Moore, 2015. All And suddenly I realize that genuine human it difficult for me to catch his words. Chuck “I couldn’t get through this time without Rights Reserved. Mary Sharon encounter is no small thing. It becomes, for has a real zipper of a scar running the entire God,” Chuck says to me. Moore writes and speaks nationwide the ones who enter into it, in this moment, the length of the left side of his face. Those cheek The people I encounter on the street always on the nature of God’s calling. Visit only thing. muscles don’t quite work. find a way to mention God. It’s never my ini- marysharonmoore.com Blessed Savina Petrilli; 1851-1923

avina Petrilli was born in Siena, Italy, in society. SAugust 29, 1851. Her parents were Celso The new congregation was approved by Rome and Matide Venturini Petrilli. When she was in 1906 and later spread to Brazil, Argentina, 10, she read the life of St. Catherine of Siena India, the United States, the Philippines, and and was greatly impressed. At 15, she was Paraguay. enrolled in the Congregation of the Daughters Sister Savina gave herself completely to God of Mary and was elected president. and lived in sickness and pain without complaint. Two years later she made a vow of chastity Her Sisters were called to serve especially the poor for a year with the approval of her spiritual and all who suffered from any form of oppression. director and her archbishop. While on a trip The mission of the Congregation also came to to Rome, Pope Pius IX encouraged Savina include hospitals and homes for the elderly, but to follow in the footsteps of St. Catherine always retained a focus on the poor. Holy Ones of of Siena. From that time on, Savina became On April 18, 1923, Sister Savina died of cancer. engaged in helping the poor. For many years, Her sisters numbered 500 at the time of the Our Time she also taught catechism to small children. permission to establish a new congregation and to foundresses’ death. She was declared Blessed Savina spoke to her archbishop of her desire to take the three vows. Savina drew up the rules for in 1988. By Sister Irene found a religious congregation devoted to the poor the new foundation, which was called The Sisters “Whoever looks at us,” she said, “must see Jesus Hartman, OP and uneducated children; later their emphasis was of the Poor of St. Catherine of Siena. The primary in us, for charity is the virtue above all others that on abandoned children. The archbishop gave her emphasis of the mission always was on the poor makes God present.” What do we need to be truly happy? By Chris Gilbert to illuminate the natural world and the hu- have a self-consciousness which leads us to reader through the process of changing one’s Catholic News Agency Book Reviews man experience. These all point to some- seek status, intelligence, power, and social fundamental attitudes by examining purpose ho among us does not long for last- thing outside and beyond ourselves. But opportunities. Third, we have a capacity for in life, views of others and oneself, and views Wing happiness? This universal desire is such a conclusion--finding fulfillment in self-consciousness and empathy which fills of freedom. Thus, he makes “escaping your is ever present, yet so many today are not the divine--just wishful thinking, as Freud us with the desire to contribute to our com- personal hell” a concrete reality. happy. Father Robert Spitzer’s brilliant understood it? Spitzer appeals to the most munities and the world. Finally, we were After laying a practical and accessible exploration of true happiness is an incred- brilliant astrophysicists, mathematicians created with a transcendental awareness foundation, the book proceeds to an ex- ible gift for anyone looking for something and logicians of our age, who insist we are and desire for the sacred and the spiritual. ploration of the deepest level of happiness. more satisfying than the next short-lived transphysical or spiritual beings. Only God The person who lives solely for the first or Spitzer crowns his social, psychological, physical stimulation. can account for life’s greatest question, say second kind of happiness, to the neglect and philosophical analysis with beauty, the With his book, “Finding True Happiness: the greatest minds to ever live. of the third or fourth, will only experience Church, and a relationship with God focused Satisfying Our Restless Hearts”, Father As it turns out, obtaining happiness brief moments of happiness, but not the on Jesus Christ. With faith, we discover Spitzer takes a refreshingly comprehensive takes some serious reflection about our lasting kind we were made for. worship, learning, and service as vehicles of approach to the human person as a physical lives and the choices we make. Even our Spitzer then invites the reader to examine grace buoyed up by prayer and ongoing con- and spiritual being with a mind, will, and unconscious attitudes play an influential what it means to be human, while unveil- version. These realities are richly explored emotions. He does not limit his focus where role in our level of happiness, yet we often ing the fruits of full capacity living and the as the ultimate means to true happiness. one might expect a priest to do so: merely remain unaware of their existence, let alone struggles of a sub-par life. The strength Those who engage this volume will be seeking spiritual solutions to the problem impact. The author reveals four levels of of his approach rests on common human happy to learn it is only the first of four. Fa- of unhappiness. Spitzer’s dual approach happiness, each with its proper place and experiences--frustrations and failures that ther Spitzer’s brilliance shines through his to faith and reason as both a scientist and role. Most basically, we seek external, plague us, as well as achievements and insights, relatable anecdotes, and profound a faithful priest produces a robust analysis material pleasure. Our brains and sensory celebrations we strive for. He keeps his conclusions. Readers will discover that the of the human person. faculties detect biological opportunities and feet on the ground with eminently practical build-up of the initial pages creates the ten- The author draws on the expertise of dangers and so, thankfully, we naturally examples while empowering his readers to sion of a sling-shot: a little effort results in psychologists, philosophers, and scientists seek breakfast and clothing. Secondly, we extend their current situation. He guides the a spectacular and unforeseen flight. 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Gentry Heimerman Two therapists join Catholic Social Service hired as Director of in Behavioral Health Counseling Young Adult Ministry Debra Schartz- Robinson, LSCSW, far left, and Nicole Parker Sutton, LSCSW, left, recently joined the Catholic Social Service staff in Dodge City, provid- ing behavioral health counsel- ing.

ebra Schartz-Robinson, LSCSW (Licensed Mas- Worker and Licensed Clinical Addictions Counselor. Dter of Social Work), and Nicole Parker Sutton, She was employed at Dodge City Youthville for LSCSW, recently joined the Catholic Social Service more than 10 years and received extensive training in staff providing Behavioral Health Counseling. the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (NMT) entry Heimerman, a native of Spearville, joined the “The addition of two therapists to the counseling as the Lead NMT Clinician. She has significant Gchancery staff as director of young adult ministry on staff is in response to requests for Behavioral Health training in nondirective play therapy, Theraplay, Aug. 3. He is a recent graduate of Fort Hays State University counseling,” stated Debbie Snapp, CSS executive equine therapy, as well as cognitive behavioral vari- where he directed the Campus Ministry, Catholic Disciples, director. “We get parents calling about counseling for ants. for the last two years. Heimerman and his wife, Sydney, children, and pastors inquiring about marriage coun- Sutton has provided group, individual, family, and recently moved to Dodge City. Sydney teaches at Dodge seling for couples. The addition of Debi and Nicole in-home family therapy to people across the lifespan City High School. will help with this underserved area in the commu- and has testified as a professional provider through- Bishop John B. Brungardt issued the following statement nity.” out her career. She specializes in working with in announcing the initiation of young adult ministry in the Schartz-Robinson is a Licensed Specialist Clinical victims of neglect; sexual, physical, and emotional diocese: “As I went from parish to parish for my various Social Worker. She has been working in the field abuse as well as those suffering from a wide variety “visit with the Bishop” opportunities, I heard over and over for 25 years providing individual, family, group, and of presenting problems. again that we needed to do more as a Catholic Church in in-home family therapy to people across the lifespan; Catholic Social Service Behavioral Health provides Southwest Kansas to support and encourage our youth and clinical supervision and consultation to professionals; individual, family, group, and marriage therapy to young adults. I am grateful that Gentry is willing and quali- and teaching at the Bachelor and Masters level. children three-years-old and older, adolescents, and fied to help me respond.” Robinson employs a strengths-based systems ap- adults. CSS has offices in Great Bend, Dodge City Heimerman will have two key responsibility areas: proach and has specific training, including animal and Garden City. In addition to Robinson and Sutton, campus ministry for the five community colleges within assisted work, play therapy, and trauma treatment, the counseling staff includes: Amy Falcon, LBSW, the diocese, and continuing and enhancing the Prayer and including Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics Rhonda Goodloe, LMSW, and Hattie Stein, LAC, Action summer stay-at-home mission experience that was (NMT). She has experience working with children CSAT. initiated in the diocese this summer through the efforts and adults who are suffering from anxiety and de- For more information, call the Great Bend office of two young adults, Michaela Gleason and Cheyenne pression, adoptive family issues, emotional, physical at 620-792-1393; the Dodge City office at 620-227- Becker. and sexual abuse, victims of neglect, couples coun- 1572; or the Garden City office at 620-272-0010. To Catholic Extension Society and the Diocese of Dodge seling, and attachment challenges. learn more about Catholic Social Service, visit the City are collaborating in this ministry through the Young Sutton is a Licensed Specialist Clinical Social website at www.catholicsocialservice.org. Adult Leadership initiative. Catholic Extension is providing financial assistance for Heimerman’s graduate studies as he works toward a Master’s degree in Theology from the Sister Genevieve Leis, OCD, University of Notre Dame. Heimerman’s graduate studies will be a two-and-a-half year degree program, during which he will take intensive dies in Pueblo, Colo. summer courses for six weeks at Notre Dame’s campus in ueblo, Colo. - Sister Genevieve Leis, 89, died July 26, 2015. South Bend, Ind. All other courses will be completed on- PBurial was in Imperial Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Pueblo. line throughout the year in order that he might continue to Father Ted Skalsky offered Mass for her on Aug. 8 in her home town work in his position as director of Young Adult Ministry. at St. Anthony Church, Fowler. Heimerman will also take a course each year in January at Sister Genevieve was born in Fowler, May 8, 1926 to Andrew and Notre Dame’s campus in Tucson, Ariz. Cecilia (Elpers) Leis. “Through recurring encounters with Jesus–either in Mass, She entered St. Joseph’s Discalced Carmelite Monastery in Seattle, adoration, or in the company of good friends–a deep sense Wash., on May 4, 1950, at the age of 24. On May 5, 1951, she received of true peace started to develop in my last couple of years the holy habit of Carmel and was given the name Sister Anne Marie of at Fort Hays State University,” stated Heimerman. “It is this the Most Blessed Trinity. She made her first profession of vows May peace that led me in discerning my vocation, proposing to 6, 1952, and her final profession May 6, 1955. Sydney, and committing to a lifelong love. In 1970, Sister Genevieve wrote Pope Paul VI for permission to live ued her life of Carmelite silence and “It is also this peace that lead me to accepting this new outside her community and strict enclosure. She cited reasons of con- contemplative prayer for the needs of position with the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City, cre- science due to changes in the Church after Vatican II. Her petition for the Holy Roman Catholic Church and ated to serve young adults in the area. By focusing on the a decree of exclaustration to the Sacred Congregation of Religious was the salvation of souls worldwide. growth of the Prayer and Action mission, and developing granted on Feb. 12, 1970. Survivors include three brothers, opportunities for community college students to engage in She returned to her baptismal name, and moved to Pueblo to work in Ivan Leis and wife, Floydene, Okla- their faith, it is my hope that a ‘new life’ will be available a Catholic hospital. She worked chiefly as a nurse’s aide at St. Mary- homa City; Claude Leis and wife, La- to many in our diocese: the kind of life that can be found Corwin Hospital and in private homes. Verne, Fowler; and Deacon Clarence only in the Prince of Peace Himself.” Sister Genevieve lived in a small house, “furnished only in the spirit Leis and wife, Betty, Rogers, Ark.; of poverty,” in a very quiet neighborhood in Pueblo. There she contin- and numerous nieces and nephews. The Southwest Kansas Catholic September 6, 2015 Page 7 Mountaintop moments on mission trip Youth and leaders have spiritual experiences while serving and praising

Editor’s note: The following was submitted by Praise and worship music could be heard as the St. Joseph Parish, Ellinwood. It has been edited group hiked up the hill to the stadium on the USD significantly for space. The original text in its full campus. One could see students shuffling through length can be read at dcdiocese.org/register. doors with religious sisters clad in blue and white t. Joseph, Ellinwood, youth received a heart- habits intermingled among them. The MC for the Sfelt sending on Thursday, July 23, when weekend was Steve Angrisono, who had been at several youth and adult team members headed the High School Youth Rally hosted by the Dodge to San Diego for the annual Steubenville Youth City Diocese this past school year. He kicked off Conference, which included various mission ac- the conference in his funny yet poignant way, chal- tivities, workshops and praise. lenging the 5,500-plus youth and sponsors gathered The Knights of Columbus and Altar Society to get out of their comfort zones, and prepare for hosted a farewell lunch at “Gather” in downtown God’s limitless love. Ellinwood. Fathers Terrance Klein and Pascal The band played, and the group was persuaded Klein completed the sending by providing the to let go of their burdens and to lift their hands. sacrament of Reconciliation, and blessed the youth Scriptures were read, reflections were said, and and adults before they left to board their plane in then it was time for the Eucharist to be placed in Wichita. a huge monstrance. “We struggled whether we were even supposed “It was as if we had been transported to the to go on this trip,” explained Raechel Manley, PSR Upper Room, and it was just us and Jesus,” said Leader. “We were literally walking out Proverbs Jill Hornung-Heeke.”I don’t know if I ever really 16:9 (man makes plans but God makes paths), understood transubstantiation to its fullest until and God truly came through for us. ...We want to that night.” thank all St. Joseph parishioners and Ellinwood “We can’t articulate, we can’t even begin to community members who supported us, both explain it,” said several others. financially and through their prayers. Because of “You just have to be there,” said MaryBeth Thill. that support and our generous God, the trip was “You just have to come to a conference. People more than successful, it was unforgettable!” need to make a choice, make it a priority, then they Participants included Marc Waite, Rachel Doll, will see.” MaryBeth Thill, Betsy Snell, Joanna Strecker, As time for Sunday Mass arrived, hopes were Lauren Manley, Victoria Manley, Catherine high that they would experience Christ in the same Strecker, Sean O’Neill, and Raechel Manley, all way again. “I didn’t want Jesus to leave our area from St. Joseph Parish, and Jill Hornung-Heeke last night,” said Rachel Doll. “I wanted to follow and her daughter, Erica Heeke, from St. John the the Eucharist around the stadium, so much so that I Baptist Parish in Spearville. and some of the others went to the adoration chapel Once in San Diego, the small group had daily afterwards ... just to be in His presence.” meditations that focused on one decade of the Christ came, but in a different way that morn- rosary, with additional devotionals and prayers. ing. As Mass was coming to a close and before When the group arrived at Rachel’s Women the final blessing, Father Dave asked the ladies Center, they were ahead of schedule. The time in the stadium to come forward if they had felt difference between California and Kansas allowed a call toward the religious life during the con- for a bonus two hours of work to get done. The ference. Girls began to pour out of their seats staff at the day shelter quickly put them to work towards the altar, and one of our own stepped sorting donations and preparing items for the forward. We all extended our hands and prayed center’s fundraising boutique, women’s overnight for them. Then it came time for the young men. shelters, and for the homeless at Father Joe’s Vil- When asked the same question, you heard ap- lages. plause erupt as droves and droves of boys came With the sorting completed, the group was forward, all feeling a tug at their hearts towards taken to the upper level of the day shelter where the religious life. a few apartments for transitional housing exist. On Tuesday morning the group awoke early They were tasked with moving heavy furniture to stuff toiletry bags for the homeless to be down staircases so it could be donated, organiz- donated to the Food Resource Center, another ing, cleaning, and general overhauling previously agency run by Catholic Charities. “We get used apartments so they could be open for future food donations, but people forget that in this residents. heat, we need simple things like deodorant and “I don’t know how we would have gotten sunscreen,” said Joy Davis, Program Manager. this done if it weren’t for you guys,” said Toni “A woman came in the other day with severe Caitlin, a local program director. “We were sunburns and needing something and we had praying for help and then received emails all nothing to offer.” the way from Kansas asking what you could do “The whole trip was truly a mountain-top ex- for us. God is so good, and we are so thankful perience, God arranged things so only He could we got to meet you and receive the blessing of take credit and the glory for all the blessings we your group.” Toni shared her story of having received,” said Raechel Manley. “He showed how been a resident of the shelter 15 years prior limitless He is through His forgiveness in the sac- and how she was able to get on her feet and rament of Reconciliation, in sending of His Holy eventually was called back to Rachel’s Women Spirit to 5,500 people, through the ability He gave Center to lead other women now at the shelter us to meet the needs of those we served. May we in their healing. all get a chance to experience the Holy Spirit in The day continued with the group serving lunch such a tangible way and see how limitless our God to the women at the center is through serving others.” “As the Hallelujahs were being sung out from Other Steubenville conferences are being our group and Rachel Doll played the piano, I planned for both adults and youth in the summer know God was changing lives in that center,” said of 2016. To learn more about this opportunity and Catherine Strecker. how your parish can participate, contact Raechel That Friday night, the group returned to their Manley at (620) 680-2119 or at stjosephhigh- dorms and readied themselves for the kick-off of [email protected]. their Steubenville conference. Page 8 September 6, 2015 The Southwest Kansas Catholic A letter to the world, about the world By Charlene Scott-Myers Pope Saint John Paul II called for “a society, where the habit of wasting and Southwest Kansas Catholic global ecological conversion.” discarding has reached unprecedented audato Si is a beautiful and lyrical “A very solid scientific consensus levels.” Llong encyclical (letter) to the earth’s indicates that we are presently witness- Fresh drinking water is “an issue of humans, be they people of different ing a disturbing warming of the climatic primary importance,” he emphasizes, faiths or people of no faith. system,” Pope Francis writes. “In recent “since it is indispensable for human life “Now, faced as we are with global decades this warming has been accom- and for supporting terrestrial and aquatic environmental deterioration, I wish panied by a constant rise in the sea level ecosystems. to address every person living on this and by an increase of extreme weather “Sources of fresh water are necessary planet,” Pope Francis writes in his docu- events… for health care, agriculture and industry. ment released June 18. “Humanity is called to recognize the Water supplies used to be relatively “In this encyclical, I would like to need for changes of lifestyle, production constant, but now in many places de- enter into dialogue with all people about and consumption, in order to combat this mand exceeds the sustainable supply, audato’ Si may have implications for our common home,” he explains. Using warming or at least the human causes with dramatic consequences in the short Lpolicy and economics, but it is fundamen- the words of St. Francis of Assisi, “Lau- which produce or aggravate it.” and long term. Large cities dependent tally a theological document, reminding us all dato Si,” as his title, the pope addresses A chemist before he became a cleric, on significant supplies of water have of our relationship to Creation and the Creator. the topic “On Care for Our Common the pope explained that “A number experienced periods of shortage…. As such, it was only appropriate for our Holy Home.” of scientific studies indicate that most “Our world has a grave social debt Father to end his document with two prayers, “Laudato si’, mi’ Signore,” praise be global warming in recent decades is due towards the poor who lack access to one of which is included below: to you my Lord,” he quotes the prayer St. to the great concentration of greenhouse drinking water, because they are denied Francis sung, explaining that “He is the gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitro- the right to a life consistent with their in union with patron saint of all who study and work in gen oxides and others) released mainly inalienable dignity. This debt can be creation the area of ecology. St. Francis of Assisi as a result of human activity.” paid partly by an increase in funding to reminds us that our common home is like Global warming affects “the avail- provide clean water and sanitary services Father, we praise you with all your creatures. a sister with whom we share our life and ability of essential resources among the poor.” They came forth from your all-powerful hand; a beautiful mother who opens her arms like drinking water, Greater scarcity of water will they are yours, filled with your presence and to embrace us.” energy and agricul- lead to an increase in the your tender love. Mother Earth is being assailed on her tural production in cost of food and the vari- Praise be to you! lands, in her oceans, rivers and lakes and warmer regions, ous products which de- Son of God, Jesus, in her cities and towns that are deterio- and is leading to pend on its use, the pope through you all things were made. rating with each passing year, the pope the extinction warns. You were formed in the womb of Mary our observes. of part of the “Studies warn Mother, “Never have we so hurt and mistreated planet’s biodi- that an acute wa- you became part of this earth, our common home as we have in the last versity.” ter shortage may and you gazed upon this world with human eyes. 200 years,” he complains. The melting occur within Today you are alive in every creature “The violence present in our hearts, of the polar ice a few de- in your risen glory. wounded by sin, is also reflected in the caps and in high cades un- Praise be to you! symptoms of sickness evident in the soil, altitude plains can less urgent ac- Holy Spirit, by your light in the water, in the air and in all forms of lead to the dangerous tion is taken. The you guide this world towards the Father’s love life. This is why the earth herself, bur- release of methane gas, environmental reper- and accompany creation as it groans in travail. dened and laid waste, is among the most the pope writes, “while cussions could affect bil- You also dwell in our hearts abandoned and maltreated of our poor; the decomposition of frozen lions of people.” And you inspire us to do what is good. she ‘groans in travail’ (Rom 8:22). organic material can further The human impact of nega- Praise be to you! “People have forgotten that we are increase the emission of tive environmental changes has Triune Lord, wondrous community of infinite ourselves are ‘dust of the earth’ (cf. carbon dioxide.’ resulted in “a tragic rise in the love, Gen 2:7); our very bodies are made up A rise in the sea level number of migrants seeking to flee teach us to contemplate you of her elements, we breathe her air and “can create extremely from the growing poverty caused by in the beauty of the universe, we receive life and refreshment from her serious situations, if we Art by David environmental degradation,” the pope for all things speak of you. waters.” consider that a quarter Scott Myers writes. Awaken our praise and thankfulness In chapter one of his letter, the pope of the world’s population “They are not recognized by interna- for every being that you have made. discusses “what is happening to our lives on the coast or nearby, and that the tional conventions as refugees; they bear Give us the grace to feel profoundly joined common home,” stating that “Some majority of our megacities are situated the loss of the lives they have left behind, to everything that is. forms of pollution are part of people’s in coastal areas.” without enjoying any legal protection God of love, show us our place in this world daily experience. Exposure to atmo- Another determining factor has been whatsoever. Sadly, there is widespread as channels of your love for all the creatures spheric pollutants produces a broad an increase in changed uses of the soil, indifference to such suffering, which of this earth, spectrum of health hazards, especially principally deforestation for agricultural is now taking place throughout our for not one of them is forgotten in your sight. for the poor, and causes millions of purposes, according to Pope Francis. world. Enlighten those who possess power and premature deaths. “Things are made worse by the loss of “We should be particularly indignant money “People take sick, for example, from tropical forests, which would otherwise at the enormous inequalities in our that they may avoid the sin of indifference, breathing high levels of smoke from help to mitigate climate change. Carbon midst, whereby we continue to tolerate that they may love the common good, advance fuels used in cooking or heating. There dioxide pollution increases the acidifica- some considering themselves more wor- the weak, is also pollution that affects everyone, tion of the oceans and compromises the thy than others. We fail to see that some and care for this world in which we live. caused by transport, industrial fumes, marine food chain.” are mired in desperate and degrading The poor and the earth are crying out. substances which contribute to the Climate change is a global problem poverty, with no way out, while others O Lord, seize us with your power and light, acidification of soil and water, fertilizers, with grave implications: environmental, have not the faintest idea of what to do help us to protect all life, insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and social, economic, political and for the with their possessions, vainly showing to prepare for a better future, agrotoxins in general.” distribution of goods, the pope notes. off their supposed superiority. … We for the coming of your Kingdom St. Francis “felt called to care for all “It represents one of the principal chal- continue to tolerate that some consider of justice, peace, love and beauty. that exists,” the pope writes. lenges facing humanity in our day.” themselves more human than others, Praise be to you! “What is more, St. Francis, faithful to The pope urges people to abandon “the as if they had been born with greater Amen. Scripture, invites us to see nature as a throwaway culture” and to adopt a new rights. magnificent book in which God speaks and simpler lifestyle. “There is little in the way of clear To read both poems in their entirety, to us and grants us a glimpse of his in- “The earth, our home, is beginning to awareness of problems which especially finite beauty and goodness.” look more and more like an immense affect the excluded. Yet they are the visit catholicrurallife.org/the-prayers- Everyone’s talents and involvement pile of filth…,” he writes. “We all majority of the planet’s population, bil- of-laudato-si/. are needed to redress the damage caused know that it is not possible to sustain the lions of people.” by human abuse of God’s creation, the present level of consumption in devel- Reprinted with permission from Faith pope believes, pointing out that the late oped countries and wealthier sectors of and Family newspaper. The Southwest Kansas Catholic September 6, 2015 Page 9 Remembering Introducing John Stang peration Great Bend resident is O diocese’s newest seminarian fter CHurricane Camilleamille made landfall near the Bishop John B. Brungardt and the mouth of the Mississippi River on April 17, 1969, Catholic Diocese of Dodge City wel- Athe National Conference of Catholic Charities come Great Bend resident John Stang appealed to diocesan agencies for social workers to aid as its newest seminarian. The 2013 in the relief effort. graduate of Roanoke College in Salem, Father Walter Weiss, then-Catholic Social Service direc- Virginia recently left for Denver for his tor, assigned Elaine Traffas, a 23-year old social worker first year of studies at St. John Vianney with the Agency, to assist with Operation Camille. Father Theological Seminary. Weiss, also chaplain at Central Kansas Medical Center, furthermore enlisted two volunteers from among the outhwest Kansas Catholic: Where nurses: Sister Dominic Haug, 36, and Janelle Clark, 20. Sand when were you born? Sister Dominic chronicled her recollections upon her John Stang: I was born in 1990 in Mining The return in a paper entitled A Post-Hurricane Adventure. Iowa City, Iowa. My dad, who is a “As we drove along the Gulf Coast on the way to Bi- psychiatrist, was finishing his residency Archives loxi, there were signs of destruction everywhere. We saw program at the University of Iowa at the buildings with the entire ground floor washed away, and time. We moved to Great Bend when I Tim Wenzl the roof or second story held up only by several beams. was about one-year-old. Great Bend is might work. About six to eight months Archivist, [We saw] places where homes had been, but now there where I spent most of my life. after graduating from college, I got a job Catholic Diocese were only piles of boards and sometimes only a set of What are your parents names, and at a small, weekly newspaper called the of Dodge City steps and a few bricks to give a clue that a home had what do they do? Smith Mountain Eagle. It covers three been there. My father’s name is Patrick and my counties surrounding Smith Mountain “Biloxi is a peninsula on the southern coast [of Missis- mother’s name is Catherine (Cathy). As Lake. That area is about an hour from sippi], so all but the center of the city was damaged by “I remember a huge ship where I attended college. I moved to a water from a 33-foot tidal wave caused by Camille. The I mentioned in the previous question, being up on land; I remem- my dad is a psychiatrist. He’s been the town called Bedford, Virginia and had ber houses being lifted off center was not spared from damage, however. It suffered from the violence of the 200 mile-an-hour winds.” medical director at the Center for Coun- a 30-minute commute to work every- their foundations and being seling in Great Bend for more than 20 day. turned 90 degrees; I remem- Sister Dominic and Janelle Clark spent two weeks in years. My mom is a homemaker. She’s We had a small staff of three reporters ber the people being so sad Mississippi; Elaine Traffas extended her services for a also a published romance novelist. on the editorial side and two to three about their losses and having month. Their efforts were supported by Catholic Social lost things that couldn’t be Service. They went with no expectations, only to help in What is your educational back- advertising representatives and a re- replaced like their photo- whatever way they could. ground? ceptionist. The newspaper is owned by graphs.” The three women worked at centers set up to sort and I attended Eisenhower Elementary Womack Publishing, which also owns -- Elaine Traffas Graham, distribute food, household goods, clothing and shoes School, Great Bend Middle School, 15 weekly newspapers in Virginia and September 27, 2014 donated by major companies. Later they walked house and Great Bend High School. I gradu- North Carolina. I was a general assign- to house asking the residents if there was anything they ated from GBHS in 2009. I attended ment reporter covering politics, educa- “The shoe department could do. They were Catholic Social Service’s “boots on college at Roanoke College in Salem, tion, religion, outdoor issues and feature was an interesting place to the ground.” Virginia. stories. Water safety issues were a work. In one instance a boy of Many people ask how I ended up at major concern for that area and the real about 10 was wearing a pair Roanoke College, so I’ll add this part. estate market. SML is populated by a of men’s shoes and we were I wanted to go to school on the East large number of affluent senior citizens very happy to have a pair to Coast. I looked at several schools in the who build vacation homes there. I also fit him. Every mother without Washington D.C. area. At the time, I took my own photos and assisted with exception asked for shoes for had an interest in political science and layout. I even delivered papers to com- her children before asking for international relations. I’d heard about mercial locations on a weekly basis. some for herself. The entire Roanoke College on the internet and I will say that I enjoyed my time as day was a meditation!” recommendations from other people. I a journalist, and I learned a lot. But -- Sister Dominic Haug, applied and was accepted. I visited the something was still missing. As I began O.P., September, 1969 campus over my spring break and fell to pray and discern, I realized that I still in love with the school and the people. felt called to the priesthood. Being a “I was in awe of the damage and how many I also received a good financial aid journalist, I had a lot of one-on-one people were displaced. The package. Roanoke is a small liberal interaction with people that involved reactions varied from loss to arts college with a Lutheran identity. heavy listening, similar to what I being happy they survived. Salem and Roanoke are located in the thought a priest might do. One other There was a resolve to rebuild Southwest part of Virginia. I graduated factor was living in Bedford and attend- and not feel as though they from Roanoke in May 2013 with a B.A. ing a small church, similar to where I were defeated. My most in history. grew up. I discovered that I thought I predominant memory was Can you tell me a little about your might be called to be a priest in a ru- seeing a plastic straw that the journalism experience? ral area, like the Dodge City diocese. hurricane winds had pushed I’ve always had an interest in journal- Sometimes you have to move away through the trunk of a palm ism through various mediums. I started from home to learn about yourself. tree.” by writing news and opinion articles for When did you first feel the call to -- Janelle Clark Ford, my college newspaper. I also worked discern about the priesthood? October 3, 2014 FEMA/Mark Wolfe at my college radio station hosting a I first felt called to the priesthood A memorial stands near a flagpole damaged dur- political talk show. I found that history when I was a senior in high school. At and journalism have a lot of overlap in the time, I was still figuring out colleges ing Hurricane Camille, April 17, 1969 in Biloxi, their methodology. and didn’t think that I wanted to attend Miss. Elaine Traffas, a 23-year-old social worker After college, I wasn’t entirely certain a seminary college. The vocations with Catholic Social Service, was assigned along what I wanted to do. I felt that I had a director and other priests at the time with Sister Dominic Haug and Janelle Clark to calling to the priesthood (more on that suggested that I go to the college of my serve the damaged region. in the next question), but I still wasn’t choice to discern some more. ready to pursue it. I thought I would try Was there anyone in particular who my hand at journalism to see how that Continued on Page 23 Bishopp’s card

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‘How do we teach mercy?’ Knights raise $2,350 for Catechist Formation 2015-16 cancer support group ope Francis has announced a Jubilee Year Pof Mercy Dec. 8, 2015 through Nov. 20, 2016, during which Catholics are asked to open their hearts to those living on the outer- most fringes of society. He is asking people to examine how they can offer throughout this year -- and beyond -- more focused attention on corporal works of mercy: To feed the hungry; To give drink to the thirsty; To clothe the naked; To harbour the harborless; Mercy?” through ITV (Interactive Television). To visit the sick; “How do we teach mercy?” To ransom the captive; Presenter: Father Gale Hammerschmidt (Eng- To bury the dead, lish) and Sister Angela Erevia (Spanish) and spiritual works of mercy: “Mercy is taught by example and story more To instruct the ignorant ; than by an academic presentation. But how do To counsel the doubtful ; catechists and teachers learn to do this?” To admonish sinners ; The workshop will be presented Wednesday, To bear wrongs patiently; Sept. 9, 6-9 p.m. in English; Saturday, Sept. To forgive offences willingly; 12, 9 a.m.-Noon in English; and in Spanish on To comfort the afflicted; Sunday, Sept. 13, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. To pray for the living and the dead. For more information or to register, contact To help prepare for this Year of Mercy, the Coleen Stein, (620) 227-1538, cstein@dcdio- nights of Columbus Council diagnosed as having cancer at ap- Cathechist Formation Program of the Diocese cese.org, or go to dcdiocese.org/catechist-for- K2955 held its annual benefit proximately the same time in 1992. of Dodge City, in cooperation with Newman mation. breakfast in August, during which Being very proactive in seeing that Unversity, will present “How do We Teach they raised $2,350 for the Circle of they would receive the best treatment Hope cancer support group. available, the best oncologists associ- Above, Knights David Littler (For- ated with each ones type of cancer, Dominican Sisters to present Year of mer District Deputy, left) and Dennis and the best care during their time of Temaat (Grand Knight of Council recovery, they were determined to Consecrated Life celebration Sept. 20 2955, right) present the check to Ray fight their cancer with a passion and he Dominican Sisters of Peace in members at the Motherhouse. and Pat Shrader, who co-founded the see that everything was being done to TGreat Bend invite all the faithful of “Have you ever been curious about what group with Jack and Jane Dalton. give them the opportunity to survive the diocese to gather at the Motherhouse in is in this big building on Broadway, or what The Circle of Hope Cancer Support this dreaded disease. That was back Great Bend, 3600 Broadway, on Sept. 20 to all goes on there?” the Sisters asked. “Here Group is a self-help non profit group in 1992, and they are still both active celebrate the Year of Consecrated Life. is your chance to find out!” for all types of cancer patients and and free of their cancers.” Pope Francis gave the theme of this year Tours of the Motherhouse will be conduct- their caregivers. Circle of Hope has been help- when he expressed his three-fold gratitude ed from 2-3 p.m. and will be offered again The fundraiser was part of the ing cancer patients and caregivers for all consecrated men and women by at 3:45-4:30 p.m., followed by some remem- “Tough Enough to Wear Pink” cam- through their cancer journey since saying that they: remember and honor their brances for participants of the past 12 months paign. 1993. The support group encour- past and tradition; live the present by their emcompassing the Year of Consecrated Life. According to the Circle of Hope ages hope, strength and a positive passionate ministry; and embrace the future “We hope you will join us for a prayer website (circleofhopedodgecity.com/ attitude. Meetings are held on the filled with hope. service at 3 p.m. focusing on our call to about-circle-of-hope), “The support second Wednesday, of each month The special presence of Dominican Sisters Care for Creation from the encyclical plea group was formed by Jack and Jane at 7 p.m. in the Parlor of the First of Peace in the diocese will be represented by Pope Francis in Laudato Si. After the Dalton and Ray and Pat Shrader of United Methodist Church in Dodge by Heartland Farm and Heartland Center prayer and tours there will be time for visit- Dodge City. Both Jane and Pat were City. for Spirituality, as well as the community ing and refreshments. Please join us!” Diocese helps connect students with 25 Catholic campus centers

t can be somewhat in- Connections were made to the Last name ______Welcome Itimidating to go off to following colleges/schools: college: leaving home for the Barton Community College, First name ______Gentry first time; saying goodbye to Benedictine College, Bethany family and friends; suddenly College, Bethel College, Butler Home address ______Heimerman living in unfamiliar surround- Community College, Creighton ings with unfamiliar people. University, Dodge City Com- City ______entry Heimerman, a na- By connecting new students tive of Spearville, joined munity College, Friends Univer- State ______Zip ______G with the school’s Catholic sity, Fort Hays State University, the chancery staff as director of Campus Center, the Diocese Garden City Community College, Email ______young adult ministry on Aug. 3. of Dodge City “College Con- Hutchinson Community College, Among Heimerman’s responsi- nection” program offers stu- Kansas State University, NCK Cell ______bilities will be to enhance, and dents a firm, faith foundation Tech, Newman University, Ot- in some cases create, campus ministry programs for the five on which they can start their tawa University, McPherson College/University ______college life. College, Midland Community community colleges within the This year, the Vocations College, Pratt Community Col- Campus City ______diocese. See more about Gentry Office helped connect high lege, Southwestern Oklahoma in the article on Page 6. school seniors and transfer State University, Seward County Campus state ______For more information about students from the diocese to Community College, Thomas College Connection, contact 25 colleges/schools so that Aquinas, Tulsa School of Weld- Submit to COLLEGE CONNECTION for CATHOLICS Becky Hessman, (620) 227- they would be invited to con- ing, University of Kansas, Wash- 910 Central, P.O. Box 137 1530, bhessman@dcdiocese. tinue to enrich their Catholic burn University, Wichita State Dodge City, KS org, or Gentry at gheimerman@ faith at their new college University. 67801 Campus Connection dcdiocese.org, (620) 1550. home in the Fall. Bishopp’s card

The Southwest Kansas Catholic September 6, 2015 Page 11 St. Rose of Lima

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A century of Catholic presence Bishop Brungardt helps Great Bend Photos by David Myers church celebrate From the June 20, 1916 issue of the Great Bend 100th anniversary Daily Tribune.

By David Myers of dozens on display at the St. Rose Parish The bilingual nature of the Mass was done as well, those from or descended from Southwest Kansas Catholic Center, photos holding oft-told stories of not only to serve the Spanish speaking in Mexico and Central and South Ameri- REAT BEND -- George Weber faith, family, and times past. the congregation, but was in itself a celebra- can countries. (The congregation also pointed to a wedding portrait on The reception, during which parishio- tion of this Catholic community’s ability to included at least two urban refugees, who Gdisplay at the reception for the ners filled dozens of tables to the scent invite and embrace cultural diversity over embraced the rural setting after years of celebration of the 100th anniversary of St. of sizzling fajitas provided by the parish the century. living in Denver.) Rose Church on Aug. 20. Peace and Justice Commission, followed a The nearly 140-year-old parish com- At the reception, the priests, including “That’s me,” he said, smiling as he Mass celebrated by the Most Rev. John B. munity was founded by a congregation one from Vietnam, one from Ireland, and indicated a young child at the wedding of Brungardt and (above, left to right) Fathers of mostly German and Irish immigrant a bishop of Volga-German heritage, melted his uncle. Louis Trung Dinh Hoang, Ted Stecklein, families. The Irish lilts and German into the congregation, where they and the “And that one’s me,” said his wife, Ruth. Charles Mazouch, Don Bedore and Ultan brogues have long faded into history, and Catholic community continued their cel- A little girl stood among the bridesmaids Murphy. today the century-old church building is ebration of both their 100-year-old church, in the same black and white picture, a rev- The Mass began with a haunting Las Ma- home to sons and daughters, grandsons constructed of brick and mortar, as well as elation that invited onlookers to fill in the ñanitas, a traditional Spanish song that was and granddaughters of those same immi- their community, built on a century-old rest of the story. The photograph was one preformed in honor of St. Rose of Lima. grants. It is home to the newer immigrants foundation of Catholic faith. Page 12 September 6, 2015 The Southwest Kansas Catholic Bishop’s niece, Sister Lucy Fidelis: ‘God had stolen my heart’ ister Lucy Fidelis (Grace) Brun- Sgardt, niece of the Most Rev. John Brungardt, began her second year at the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist Convent in Ann Arbor, Michi- gan. Sister Lucy is the sixth of 10 children of Dr. Gerard and Cassandra Brungardt of Wichita; two of her brothers, Michael and Paul, are seminarians for the Catholic Diocese of Wichita. “My parents are wise and holy people who gave us, their children, a strong, Catholic environment to grow up in,” Sister Lucy wrote on the Sisters While attending CUA, she met four and was accepted to enter this glorious we see the deep joy and happiness that website, SistersofMary.org. “I decided Dominican Sisters of Mary. The five be- Community on Wednesday of Holy she has in her heart. We are very proud to attend college at The Catholic Uni- gan joining together in prayer, and Lucy Week!” that she has the courage to pursue her vo- versity of America (CUA) in order to began to discern God’s call to the Reli- When her parents were asked if they cation – to fully take part in her journey pursue a degree in piano performance. gious life. could describe their feelings regarding towards her Destiny.” However, over the course of my first “Being surrounded by so many bright their daughter’s vocation, Dr. Brungardt He added that in a recent letter to her semester, God gently showed me witnesses helped me to discern that God shared this response from he and his wife, youngest sister, Anne, “she shared that that this was not ultimately what He had stolen my heart!” she wrote. “I at- Cassandra: “When we envision Sister every morning when she puts her habit wanted of me.” tended the February discernment retreat Lucy Fidelis, we are very happy because on, she feels like a princess!”

St. Joseph Church, Liebenthal, receives top hat treatment

t. Joseph’s Catholic Church ings were first constructed, Sparish complex is sporting parishioners are hopeful this a new look. much needed repair will rally Work is almost complete support in local fund-raising on a huge undertaking--new efforts, as well as contributions roofs on two of the buildings. from former parishioners who The school (now closed and still have ties to the parish. serving as a parish center and Parishioners invite passers- community meeting place), and by to see the “excellent work- the rectory (which once housed manship done on the two roofs. several priests, but now is used It is notable how often people for meeting, retreats, and par- passing through town stop and ish activities, are both getting take pictures of the church and long-lasting, highly durable surrounding parish complex,” metal roofing. The tile roofs said one parishioner. finally have had to be removed, Individuals who wish to though they served their pur- donate to help pay for the new pose for many years. roofs, may send to: St. Joseph’s Even though St. Joseph Par- Church, 202 Main St., Lieben- ish is much smaller in popula- thal, KS 67553 tion than when the three build-

When I was young, I said to God, “God, tell me the mystery of the universe.” But God answered, “That knowledge is reserved for me alone.” So I said, “God, tell me the mystery of the peanut.” Then God said, “Well George, that’s more nearly your size.” And he told me. -- George Washington Carver The Southwest Kansas Catholic September 6, 2015 Page 13

WAKE UP THE WORLD Holy Family, Odin 2015 Year of Consecrated Life Little parish on the plains provides religious vocations in abundance By David Myers Bishop sive stations were flanked by ornate stained Southwest Kansas Catholic Brungardt glass windows, each having gone through DIN – Holy Family Church is visible long blesses the newly before you arrive in Odin, its steeple stretch- refurbished its own refurbishment some two years prior ing into the Kansas sky -- a beacon for more Stations of the by Hoefer Glass of South Hutchinson. O than a century, a brick and mortar example of the Cross at Holy living community of Christ for a multitude. Family Church Following the bishop’s homily, Sister An- On Aug. 23, the Most Rev. John B. Brungardt, in Odin. The dre Kravek, OP, Holy Family Parish Life Deacon Keith Hoffman of the Diocese of Kansas Sisters below Coordinator and DRE, read the names of City-St. Joseph, Sisters representing three Religious represent the or- all those Holy Family Parish vocations: communities, and dozens of parishioners past and ders who served present, joined to celebrate the incredible impact this at the Catholic PRIESTS small parish has had on the local Catholic Church. school. Their Father Joseph Klug, Father Anthony They are numbers for which far larger parishes names are listed Hermann, Father Slesius Schneweis, would be proud to boast: 13 priests, four religious at left. OFM Cap, Father Leo Debes, Father Don brothers, and nearly 50 religious sisters; these are Photos by David Debes, Father Wenzelaus Beran, Father the religious vocations that came out of Holy Family Myers. More photos Joseph Kirmer, Father Joseph Gersten- Parish, some dating back to the 1800s. are available and korn, Father Emil Schneweis, OFM Cap, free to download at Sister Teresita Huse, who, at 97, is a living example Father Steve Reif, Father Wenzel Birzer, dcdiocese.org/ Father Marvin Reif and Father Aemilian that the fountain of youth does exist, recalled serving register. at the Catholic school with the Dominican Sisters. Schneweis. “I was there when we left in 1947,” she said with a smile. Two years later, the Sisters of St. Joseph began RELIGIOUS BROTHERS a nearly quarter-century turn before the Catholic Brother Augustine Moeder, SJ, school closed its doors in 1974. Brother Nicholas Tockert, OSB, Steve Reif sat with his wife, Mildred Brother Roman Beran, Brother (bottom photo) at the reception following Conrad Hermann, OFM Mass (it was held in the gym, a United States Air Force building moved to the RELIGIOUS SISTERS school), enjoying pulled pork provided Sister Euphresine, OSF (Mary by the parish and prepared by Joe “Beau” Debes), Sister Felicitas, CPPS (Jo- Heckele--and a vast assortment of potluck sephine Rziha, died as a novice on dishes. Oct. 16, 1899), Sister Christiana, “She boarded at the school,” Reif said CPPS (Caroline Gerstenkorn), of his mother. “They lived nine miles Sister Raymond, CPPS (Anna away, but that was too far to go each day, Heger), Sister Petronilla, CPPS at least by horse.” (Victoria Heger), Sister Leontine, The Reifs celebrated their 65th wedding CPPS (Frances Heger), Sister anniversary one week after the Odin gath- Serena, CPPS (Catharine Moeder), ering. They would not be able to attend Sister Monica, CPPS (Monica the Diocesan Anniversary Mass this Oct. Moeder), Sister Florentine, CPPS 18, and the bishop happily agreed to have (Elizabeth Meyeres), Sister Jose- his photo taken with them. pha, CPPS (Anna Heger), Sister During his homily, Bishop Brungardt focused Borromeo, CPPS (Clare Moeder), on priorities--a reflection, perhaps, of what led Sister Ermenhilda, CPPS (Clare Herman), so many from the parish to serve in Religious Sister Inviolata, OP (Mary Anna Beran), vocations. He called forward the children of the Sister Immaculata, OP (Eleanor Penka), congregation, to whom he said, “Tell me what is Sister Joseph, OP (Anne M. Tockert), most important in your life. Is it eating food?” he Sister Bernadine, OP (Anny Huslig), asked while holding a box of Corn Flakes. (See Sister Cesilia, OP (Philomena Beran), the photo on Page 23.) “Is it video games…? How Sister Sidonia, OSB (Ida Moeder), Sister about family?” He had the children turn around and Fridonline, OSB (unknown Penka), Sister point out their family members. Colette, CPPS (Mathilda Steiner), Sister Leading the children to the large crucifix, the Pia Modesta, OP (Mary Debes), Sister bishop asked, “Who is that guy on the cross? It’s Margaret, OP (Elizabeth Tockert), Sister Jesus, isn’t it? He’s dying for our sins, isn’t He? Theodosia, OP (Mary Tockert), Sister “…Whom will you serve? We must make this Leona, OP (Mary Meyeres), Sister Rita, decision each day.” OP (Anna Kaiser), Sister Magdalene, OP The bishop looked proudly at the Sisters in (Ida Schremmer), Sister Huberta, CPPS the first two pews (pictured at right): Sisters of (Helen Gerstenkorn), Sister Reginald, OP St. Joseph Zita Oberle and Rosemary Sieg; (Mathilda Tockert), Sister Gabriel, OP Sister Adorers Renee Kirmer, Rita Roble, and (Mary Boor), Sister Pauline, OP (Hedwig Janet Rowly; and Dominican Sisters of Peace, Charlotte Schneweis), Sister Henrietta, OP (Mary Ann Schne- Brungardt, Esther Fiegel, Teresita Huse, Anne Metzen, weis), Sister Loyola, OP (Mathilda Huslig), Sister Loretta Podlena, and Andre Krevak. Each order had Emmanuel, OP (Hildegard Debes), Sister Nicholas, OP served as teachers at Holy Family School in Odin during (Regina Tockert), Sister Bertrand, OP (Mary Kaiser), its long history. Sister Jordan, OP (Mary Teresa Rziha), Sister Slesia, The bishop asked the girls in the congregation to stand, OP (Margaret Schneweis), Sister Aquinata, OP (Mary urging them to ask where the Lord might be leading Anna Penka), Sister Helen, OP (Emily Marie Tock- them. ert), Sister Florence, OP (Anny Catharine Tockert), Surrounding the congregation were the Stations of the Sister Bonaventura, CPPS (unknown Bohatsch), Cross, newly refurbished by Art Effects LLC of Wichita. Sister Mary Edith Wondra (Catherine Antonia), Sister After more than a year in which each station was meticu- Donna Schneweis, Sister Peter Moeder, OSB, Sister lously refurbished, the large, antique statues were carefully Radegundis Meyeres, OSF, Sister Clarissa Kinzel, OP, lifted into place the day before the celebration. The impres- Sister Hilaria Penka, OP, and Sister Eleanora Penka, OP.

Page 14 August 9, 2015 The Southwest Kansas Catholic Totus Tuus in Scott City Youth confirmed at St. Andrew, Wright

Confirmation, St. Andrew Parish, Wright: (LtoR) Phelps, Mel Alvarez, Taige Kliesen, Bishop John B. Brungardt,Audrey Hayden Sanchez, Elise Helfrich, and Brenna Strecker.

Open house at Heartland Farm n Saturday, Sept. 12, Heartland Farm will hold its annual Fall Open OFarm Day where adults and children come out to enjoy the country SCOTT CITY: Totus Tuus (Totally Yours), week-long workshops filled with fun and faith- from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. filled activities for young people, took place at several locations across the diocese through- A special feature this year is the dedication of the new garden pavilion at out the summer. At top are participants from the daytime, grade school level program at St. 2:30 p.m. Joseph Parish in Scott City, while at bottom are the high school aged youth who met in the Eric Frieb, an Eagle Scout candidate from Olmitz spearheaded this project evenings. Hosts of the program included Seminarian Jacob Schneider, Val Hernandez, Jr., in order to earn this highest designation in the Boy Scouts of America. Eric Melissa Conway and Christina Bixenman. will be present along with his Boy Scout leaders to be recognized for earn- ing this award. The Sisters invite individuals to come out and support Eric and see what a fine addition he has made to Heartland Farm. Other activities include: • TOURS AND DEMOS • CRAFTS AND GARDEN PRO- DUCE • ALPACAS AND CHICKENS • REFRESHMENTS • SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES Heartland Farm is located in Pawnee Rock, 1049 C.R. 390. For more information, visit www.heartlandfarm-ks.org. The Southwest Kansas Catholic September 6, 2015 Page 15 These students with special needs have a request of Pope Francis

By Matt Hadro inclusive,” Fernand Lavallee recalled of Catholic News Agency Sister Kathleen. “And she seemed almost ashington D.C. - A group repre- insulted that the conversation would turn Wsenting Catholic students with to that. She said ‘this is absolutely the intellectual disabilities is hoping a U.S. right thing to do, and God will provide a visit from Pope Francis could spark noth- way.’ She said it with such faith and such ing less than a renaissance in Catholic conviction.” education. “That was the right attitude. And she “We hope that Pope Francis will further made it happen here.” open up the doors with the very welcom- Some schools – like St. John’s – are ing message that he seems to convey to already trying to accommodate students people that are on the margins of society, with disabilities, even at no extra expense often neglected or overlooked,” said to the parents. And some of those schools Francesca Pellegrino, founder of the are in the poorest communities in the Catholic Coalition for Special Education, area, Lavallee noted. a Maryland-based group that helps local “I think there’s a presumption as well Catholic schools accommodate students that it can only be done in the wealthier with intellectual disabilities. parishes, which is not necessarily the Pope Francis has already demonstrated Daniel Ibañez/CNA case in practicality,” said Melissa Sloan, his care for students with special needs, Vatican City -- A mother and child in St. Peter’s Square during the whose first-grade son, Eddie, has Down she added. For instance, his February Wednesday general audience on August 26, 2015. syndrome and attends St. John the Evan- Google Hangout with students who have gelist school in Silver Spring, Md. disabilities showed that he is “focusing “People will say ‘oh, well he can’t do this, he “(E)ven without a lot of money and on this [issue] more than folks have in the with the help of organizations like CCSE, past.” can’t do that, he can’t do the other thing.’ Well it can actually be done in parishes that are In advance of the papal visit to the U.S. not the most wealthy,” she added. capital, the coalition produced a welcome tell me about what he can do, because we all Ultimately, there is something very video of students showing iconic Wash- have gifts,” she stressed. Christian about schools not separating ington, D.C. landmarks like the Lincoln students based on their perceived abilities Memorial and the White House. The autism. the first student at the school who has but educating them all together, parents video’s title is “We all have a treasure The St. Joseph’s Program which he will been sponsored by CCSE. But the coali- say. inside!” and it is taken from Pope Fran- be participating in offers “extra support tion still had to provide grant money to To encounter others with certain abili- cis’ Feb. 5 Google Hangout, where he that is tailored to each student’s needs so expand the school’s existing program to ties and disabilities is simply Christian told children with special needs that when that they can keep up in the classroom,” accept him. realism, and how we’re supposed to live, “we share our own treasure with others, his father Fernand explained. Why are there so few Catholic schools said Lavallee. it multiples along with the treasures that This fall, John Paul will study Algebra that can accommodate students with “To give people a notion that you come from the others we meet.” I, English, History of American Law, autism, Down syndrome and other chal- only deal with high-achieving people or The official schedule for the Pope’s and Physics, among other classes, and he lenges? Many schools just feel they don’t highly-academic people, that that’s the U.S. visit does not include a meeting wants to take a web design class. Outside have the necessary resources or knowl- world you’re going to participate in, it’s a with students with disabilities. However, of class he enjoys doing what many other edge, said Pellegrino. disservice to everyone.” advocates remain hopeful that his previ- teenagers would – going to the gym, play- “It’s not easy,” she admitted, “a lot of In Catholic education, there is a notion ous words will inspire Catholic leaders to ing with his dog, and hanging out with it is about fear of trying something that’s of helping each person reach their poten- prioritize schooling options for students siblings. not been tried before, that’s a little bit dif- tial to serve the Lord, Pellegrino said. Yet with intellectual disabilities. He’s also a gifted writer – his pro-life ferent.” “in some instances, children with disabili- Already, the coalition has provided essay won first prize at both the Maryland “And just as we, as parents, have to ties are not presumed to be competent.” $800,000 in seed grants to 26 area schools Right to Life essay competition and the stretch to be the best parents that we can “People will say ‘oh, well he can’t do to help them better accommodate students National Right to Life competition. He be for our children with disabilities, so this, he can’t do that, he can’t do the other with special needs. This assistance helps hopes to see Pope Francis when he visits too we’re sort of calling on the schools to thing.’ Well tell me about what he can do, with the hiring of specialized teachers, D.C., and his family might travel up the stretch a little bit to be the best that they because we all have gifts,” she stressed. special education training for existing east coast to the World Meeting of Fami- can be for their students,” she continued. Another benefit of children attending teachers, and the purchasing of any spe- lies in Philadelphia. “I think that’s what God calls all of us a Catholic school is that they can evan- cial equipment these students might need When he was younger, John Paul’s par- to be. He sent us these challenges to be gelize their parents. “As parents of kids in the classroom. ents embarked on an intensive search just better human beings.” in Catholic school, we’re still growing The coalition’s area of operation runs to find a Catholic grade school that could Theresa Brogan, a freshman at the in our own faith,” acknowledged Eddie from St. Mary’s County in Southern accommodate his educational needs. He Academy of the Holy Cross in Kensing- Sloan’s father, Neil. “Being able to go Maryland up north to the town of Em- wanted to attend the same school his ton, Md., is another one of the students to a Catholic school as a family keeps us mitsburg on the Pennsylvania border older brother and sister went to, but the welcoming Pope Francis to D.C. in the more involved in the parish.” – where St. Elizabeth Ann Seton once school couldn’t take him – a “heartbreak- coalition’s video. She’s a member of Ultimately, CCSE would like more of established a boarding school for young er, for us as a family, for John Paul,” his the Best Buddies Club and likes hip-hop a national voice, especially at the U.S. girls in the early 1800s. Although the father recalled. dancing, acting, baking cookies, and play- Bishops’ Conference. Pellegrino hopes coalition is having a regional impact, At first, no other elementary school ing sports. they will get an invite from the bishops demand for accommodations at Catholic could accommodate him, but his parents She says she will try to attend the and the National Catholic Education As- schools is still outpacing provision for were “thrilled” when he was accepted at canonization Mass for Bl. Junipero Serra sociation to meet and talk about “how we students with special needs. Our Lady of Lourdes School in Bethesda, when Pope Francis visits Washington, can really work on all of this together.” Parents in the Washington, D.C. area Md. D.C. “You will love it here,” she wishes There is currently “no central governing have very few Catholic schooling op- When he was ready for high school, to tell the Pope. authority on Catholic special education tions for their children with intellectual they had to search again for a school that Theresa was welcomed at St. John issues,” she added. disabilities, particularly in Catholic high could accommodate him. the Evangelist School in Silver Spring, “I would also hope that more of the schools. Children from the same family “And sadly, in the Maryland-D.C. area, Md., a “wonderful message” that is sadly shepherds, the bishops take the opportuni- end up attending separate schools because really MacNamara was the only choice “not often the case,” Pellegrino said. The ty to look closer and see this part of their of the lack of options. for a boy,” Fernand Lavallee told CNA. former head of the school, the late Sister flock and what they can do, and promote John Paul Lavallee is an exception to “There were some schools in Northern Kathleen Lannak, IHM, was a long-time the inclusion,” she added. When Pope this trend, though. He will be attending Virginia that we had looked at. This supporter of accommodating students Francis has pleaded in the past for priests Bishop McNamara Catholic High School program seemed to be the best all-around with intellectual disabilities. and bishops to “smell like the sheep,” she in Forestville, Md. because the coalition fit.” “One of the first times I met her, the said, “these are the sheep.” provided the school with a grant for his When he attends McNamara as a conversation had turned to how expensive education, and the school has a program freshman this fall, John Paul will not be it might be to have a program that’s all- to accommodate his needs. John Paul has Page 16 September 6, 2015 The Southwest Kansas Catholic ‘Otro Camino’

e tarde y temprano, el mundo está Cuando nos ponemos a contemplar a Dios Él. Esto es verdad tanto como si sentimos Ddemasiado con nosotros, dijo el poeta (una forma de oración que solamente Él su presencia con mucha fuerza o como si Wordsworth. A lo mejor él estaba hablando puede dar), tratamos de mantener nuestras no, tanto como si sentimos su ausencia con de las Distracciones. mentes y corazones libres para El, miramos mucha fuerza o como si no. En un caso o en Cuando nos ponemos a orar (Breviario, y esperamos, pero las mentes y corazones el otro, él está ahí, liberándonos. Rosario, Novena, Devociones), nuestras humanas aborrecen el vacío, y siempre tien- No es complicado, de verdad. Cuando mentes empiezan a vagar mientras deci- den a reemplazar el esperar y el mirar con nos damos cuenta que estamos vagando de mos las palabras. Su significado pasan por algo más cómodo como el vagar. su presencia, simplemente regresamos, y nuestras mentes sin ni siquiera perturbar Solamente Dios nos puede liberar de empezamos de nuevo. No piensen en las algo. este vagar. Pero lo hace de una manera distracciones. No pueden correrlas con un Cuando nos ponemos a meditar, a pensar que te puede sorprender. Está escondido movimiento rápido, así que ni lo intenten. + Ronald M. sobre Dios y las cosas de Dios, nos des- en las mismas distracciones. Él nos llena Solo ignórenlas y regresen a lo que esta- Gilmore pertamos veinte minutos después, para des- tanto de su Realidad, de su Amor, y de su ban… orando… una y otra vez. Eso es Obispo cubrir que hemos estado soñando despiertos Presencia, que el mismo libera ese dominio orar como las niñas grandes y los niños Emeritus todo el tiempo, sueños claramente ausentes sobre nosotros. Ya no son suficientes para grandes. de Dodge City de Dios. nosotros. Queremos más. Lo queremos a 2015 Día de Compartir La Dignidad: Un Regalo Precioso de Dios

Por la Hermana educar y cuidar con ternura. Las capacidades Angela Erevia, MCDP son complementarias. A veces vemos las Qué bendición tan grande nos dio el Señor en diferencias como defectos o obstáculos en la ¡las personas de Lucía y Ricardo y Sebastián, otra persona. Las diferencias son creadas por su hijo. Su presencia y sus presentaciones de Dios para complementar nuestro modo de ser, los temas para el Stewardship Day 2015 (Día pensar, creer, amar. Todo esto lo expresamos de Compartir) nos llenaron de esperanza para en nuestra conducta y en nuestras relaciones seguir en el camino del amor unidos en y con con los demás. el Señor Jesús. Otro tema de mayor importancia es la co- Nos hablaron de ser creados a imagen de Dios: municación: Nuestras palabras tienen poder, el “Y Dios creó al ser humano a su imagen; lo creó poder de construir o destruir nuestras relacio- a imagen de Dios, los creó varón y mujer. … nes. Nuestras palabras dan esperanza o roban Dios miró todo lo que había hecho, y vio que la esperanza de los débiles. Nuestras palabras era muy bueno” (Génesis 1:27, 31). Esta es la motivan a otros a soñar grandes sueños o causan base de nuestra dignidad como hijos e hijas de apagar la luz de su futuro. Nuestras palabras Dios, hermanos y hermanas en Cristo. Hay que engrandecen el valor de la otra persona o la respetar esta dignidad en todas nuestras relacio- reduce a basura. Le pedimos a Jesús mismo, la nes en familia, en el trabajo, en la comunidad. Palabra de Dios, que nos dé un corazón lleno de Al crear al hombre y a la mujer, después de compasión para que nuestras palabras siempre haber creado todo los demás, Dios dijo “que den vida a los demás. era muy bueno.” Le pedimos al Señor Jesús que, cuando Diferencias entre hombre y mujer: Dios nuestras palabras ofendan a otra persona, nos creó diferente al hombre y a la mujer. A cada dé la humildad de ponernos de rodillas y perdir uno le dio la capacidad de expresar el amor perdón. Recordando cuantas veces Dios nos según su género. Al hombre le dio la capa- ha perdonado, tal vez, se nos haría más fácil cidad de proveer, proteger y mostrar fuerza. perdonar y pedir perdón. Perdonando: en esto A la mujer le dio la capacidad de dirigir, imitamos al Dios de la misericordia.

Las diferencias son creadas por Dios para complementar nuestro modo de ser, pensar, creer, amar. Todo esto lo Obispo John B. Brungardt y Padre Wesley Schawe. expresamos en nuestra conducta y en nuestras relaciones con los demás. The Southwest Kansas Catholic September 6, 2015 Page 17 Prioridades y el Buen Pastor os preocupamos de un león en Zimbabue y Tenemos una larga tradición de defendernos a bendecir los alimentos, recen el Rosario, Nde las gallinas de campo en Kansas, mien- nosotros mismos y a los inocentes que necesitan tengan un encuentro en silencio con nuestro tras que los contribuyentes le dan $500 millones protección de los agresores. Pero, porque tanta Dios Amoroso, celebren la Santa Misa cada a Planned Parenthood cada año para vender los cobertura de la prensa sobre un león que fue fin de semana para recibir el Pan del Cielo, órganos de niños y niñas no nacidos y para proveer matado, cuando se han matado más de 600,000 celebren la misericordia de Dios con el cientos de miles de abortos mortales. ¿Cuándo bebes no nacidos en lo que va de este año en los Sacramento de Penitencia. • Apoyen a Centros de Crisis para nos daremos cuenta que nuestros pequeños her- Estados Unidos. ¿Y apenas se merecen que lo Embarazadas, Servicios de Adopción, retiros manos y hermanas en el seno y sus madres son cubra la prensa una sola vez? para personas que han pasado por un aborto más importantes que los animales? Animales. Armas. Prejuicios. ¿Qué no tenemos como Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats. El contratista de defensa Raytheon reciente- prioridades más grandes? ¿Cuáles deberían ser • Escúchense los unos a los otros cada mente recibió $1 billón en contratos nuevos del nuestras prioridades? Cuando el escriba le pre- día; en verdad escuchen. gobierno, y al mismo tiempo tenemos problemas gunto a Jesús sobre las prioridades él le respondió: • Desconéctense de la tecnología y para proveer fondos de Medicaid para nuestros “Amaras al Señor tu Dios con todo tu corazón, realmente jueguen juntos. + John B. Brungardt trabajadores pobres. ¿Cuándo nos daremos cuenta con toda tu alma, con toda tu inteligencia y con • Conozcan a alguien que es diferente Opispo de Dodge City que nuestros hermanos y hermanas que están todas tus fuerzas…Amaras a tu prójimo como a a ustedes. Investiguen sobre sus raíces de batallando son más importantes que las armas? ti mismo” (Marcos 12:30-31). Pienso que nos inmigración. ¿Qué lenguaje hablaban sus ocho Confíen en el Señor, nuestro Dios, para ayuda. La Ley de Derechos Civiles se pasó hace más hemos distanciado tanto de las prioridades de bisabuelos? • Desháganse de cosas, cosas, cosas. ¡Nuestro Salvador ama a de cincuenta años, pero aún tenemos relaciones Jesús, que hemos tomado muchas falsas prio- Reciclar. Simplificar. los niños/as que aún no entre razas muy afligidas en este país y alrededor ridades. ¿Cómo nos conectamos de nuevo con • Sean agradecidos. Muestren nacen y a sus mamas, a del mundo. ¿Cuándo nos daremos cuenta que las verdaderas prioridades que nos dio el Buen compasión. Sean pacientes. los pobres, y a todos Sus todos los que son diferentes a nosotros también Pastor? Estas son algunas ideas: • Encontrar. Invitar. Acompañar. (vean hijos/as, incluyéndote a son nuestros hermanos y hermanas? • Oren juntos como familia, lean un Papa Francisco) ti, más de los que puedas No hay nada malo con tratar bien a los animales. versículo de la Biblia, digan una oración para • Compartir. Servir. Amar. pedir o imaginar! Sínodo confirmará doctrina sobre el matrimonio y la familia, asegura Cardenal Cipriani

EDACCIÓN CENTRAL (ACI/ misma Iglesia tiene que hacer como más REWTN Noticias).- “No pensemos asequible la preparación, no poner una que el Sínodo va a inventar nada nuevo, lista de dificultades para el que se quiere la doctrina es la de siempre”, dijo el casar, sino facilitarle sobre todo a través Cardenal Juan Luis Cipriani, Arzobispo de los laicos y de los matrimonios católi- de Lima y Primado del Perú, al reflexion- cos, para que ellos sean los agentes que ar sobre el próximo Sínodo de los Obis- enseñan a esa juventud”. pos sobre la Familia, a celebrarse del 4 al Como tercer punto, el Primado del Perú 25 de octubre de este año en el Vaticano. subrayó la importancia de acompañar a En declaraciones a ACI Prensa durante los nuevos matrimonios, para que en sus el X Congreso Nacional Eucarístico primeros años “sientan en la experiencia y Mariano realizado en Piura (Perú) a de sus mayores el apoyo a sus dudas, a mediados de agosto, el Cardenal Juan sus preocupaciones”. Luis Cipriani señaló que lo que se espera Finalmente, dijo, se debe evidenciar del Sínodo “es confirmar toda la doctrina “que la Iglesia habla de la oración, de la que siempre la Iglesia en una continuidad para atender mejor los casos de personas trina sino porque pongamos más esfuerzo meditación de la palabra, del rezo del Ro- de sus enseñanzas ha mostrado, eso no en dificultades, pero en cualquier caso en ayudarlos”, indicó. sario, creo yo que hay muchas maneras de cambiará nada”. para reforzar la familia como una gran Sobre este trabajo pastoral, explicó el pertenecer a esta familia de la Iglesia pero El Arzobispo de Lima explicó que propuesta del mismo Dios”. Cardenal, “lo primero que hay que hacer no queriendo violentar la tradición y el “desde el punto de vista pastoral, prob- “Creo yo que saldrá recuperada la es mejorar la preparación al matrimo- mandato de Cristo: que la Eucaristía exige ablemente ante tanto divorcio y tanto familia, pero tendremos que poner más nio, (pues) mucha gente se casa con una estar en Gracia de Dios y en comunión problema matrimonial, tanta ruptura de atención para abrir una mano de ayuda a superficialidad muy grande, se preocupa con la Iglesia y que el matrimonio es uno la familia tengamos que dirigir un mayor tanta gente que vive en el divorcio, vive más del evento social”. e indisoluble entre hombre y mujer”. esfuerzo para preparar mejor a los novios, separada, pero no porque cambie la doc- “En segundo lugar, creo yo que la Papa Francisco lamenta muerte de 71 migrantes hallados dentro de camión en Austria ATICANO (ACI/EWTN Noticias).- El concluido el rezo del Ángelus dominical, según los documentos encontrados con los que en este caso “se trata de criminales, no VPapa Francisco recordó hoy de forma y señaló que “por todos estos hermanos y cadáveres. Además de los cuatro niños, se de personas que ayudan a los refugiados a particular el sufrimiento de los migrantes hermanas, ruego y pido que oren”. encontraban ocho mujeres y 59 varones. alcanzar su meta”. que mueren durante su viaje, como es el Francisco señaló que de forma especial se Las autoridades austriacas sospechan que El Papa Francisco señaló hoy que confía caso de las 71 personas encontradas muer- une al Arzobispo de Viena, Cardenal Christoph se trata de un caso de tráfico de personas. a los fallecidos “a la misericordia de Dios; tas el 27 de agosto dentro de un camión Schönborn “y a toda la Iglesia en Austria en Hasta el momento se ha detenido al dueño y le pedimos que nos ayude a cooperar frigorífico, en la carretera entre Budapest oración por los setenta y un personas, entre el- del vehículo y a sus dos conductores, que efectivamente para prevenir estos crímenes, (Hungría) y Viena (Austria). las cuatro niños, que fueron encontrados en un se habían dado a la fuga. que ofenden a toda la familia humana”. “Por desgracia, en los últimos días camión en la autopista de Budapest-Viena”. La ministra del Interior de Austria, Johan- “Oremos en silencio por todos los muchos migrantes han perdido la vida en Los 71 fallecidos –posiblemente a causa na Mikl-Leitner, ha pedido tolerancia cero migrantes que sufren y por aquellos que su terrible viaje”, lamentó el Santo Padre, de asfixia– habrían sido refugiados sirios, con los traficantes de personas y aseguró perdieron sus vidas”, finalizó.

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‘Father Khoi’ honored by parish family on 25th anniversary celebration for Father Khoi tempts to escape during the turmoil A Nguyen’s 25th anniversary of of the 1960s (and several imprison- his ordination to the priesthood was ments), he finally made it to the held July 19 in Hugoton. United States, where he finished his The day began with a bilingual theology degree in Columbus, Ohio. Mass, during which some of Father He was ordained in Spearville by Khoi’s favorites songs were sung, the Most Rev. Stanley Schlarman on including “God Bless America.” June 2, 1990. The congregation joined together for a special blessing for Father Khoi Father Khoi’s service to complete the service. The Mass first six months: Associate Pastor was followed by a potluck lunch at at Offerle, North Kinsley, Hodgeman the Memorial Hall, where a surprise County, Bucklin, Cathedral guest arrived ... Bishop John Brun- 1990-92: Associate Pastor at St. Members of Father Khoi Nguyen’s family, from Garden gardt. Dominic, Garden City City, joined in the celebration at St. Helen Parish in Hugo- Also in attendance were some of 1992-2000: Pastor at St. Joseph, ton in honor of 25 years of priestly service to the Catholic the members of Father Khoi’s family Scott City and St. Theresa, Dighton Diocese of Dodge City. Below, children perform a song from Garden City. 2000-2008: Pastor at St. Helen, for Father Khoi. A PowerPoint presentation, featur- Hugoton and St. Joan of Arc, Elkhart ing highlights and photos of Father 2008-2009: Pastor at Mary, Queen Khoi’s life, played throughout the of Peace, Ulysses meal; the youth of the Hispanic par- 2009-2011: Pastor at St. Mary, ish sang a special song for Father Garden City Khoi; and Bishop Brungardt spoke 2011-present: Pastor at St. Helen, of Father Khoi’s gifts to the many Hugoton and St. Joan of Arc, Elkhart members of his congregations and to the diocese. The people of Hugoton and Father Khoi is the oldest of seven Elkhart expressed their thanks for children, born to Dominic and The- having Father Khoi lead them twice resa Nguyen in South Vietnam. He over the years, and wished him many began attending the seminary in more happy years of serving the 1965 in Vietnam. After many at- people of the Diocese of Dodge City.

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Gerald V. “Yogi” Behr, 83, presided. Betty Lavon Wedgewood, 77, Jeri Lynn Jackson, 59, of the Ca- Frank Priesner, 98, of Prince of St. John the Apostle Parish, St. Donald Raymond McLaugh- of Sacred Heart Parish, Ness City, thedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe of Peace Parish at St. Rose of John, died August 8, 2015. His lin, 65, of Prince of Peace Parish at died Aug. 4, 2015. She is survived Parish, Dodge City, died August Lima, Great Bend, died Aug. 20, wife, Kathleen ‘Boots’ Mayer, St. Rose of Lima, Great Bend, died by her sons, Michael and Delvin; 10, 2015. Survivors include her 2015. He was preceded in death preceded him in death on April 23, August 5, 2015. Survivors include a stepson, Chuck Wedgewood; a husband, Kendall; three children, by his wife, Bertha M. Wells, 2005. He served in the Army dur- one daughter, Kallie McLaughlin; brother, Everett Lusk; 10 grand- Bronc Gleason, Tyler Jackson, June 17, 2008. He was a United ing the Korean War and received four brothers, Kenneth, Lawrence, children; and three great-grand- and Taylor Dye; brothers and sis- States Merchant Marine veteran, his Honorable Discharge in 1955. Daniel, and Patrick; one sister, children. ters, Danny Ray Gleason, Butch serving during World War II. He continued to serve his country Kathleen A. McLaughlin-Rath- Eliza Holguin, 78, of St. Nicho- Gleason, Connie Jo Orrison, He was a member of Knights of as a member of the Army Reserve bun; and a host of nieces, nephews las Parish, Kinsley, died August Sharon Esquibel, and Pat Palmer; Columbus Council No. 862. Sur- until 1977. He was a member and grand-nieces and nephews. 4, 2015. Her husband, Adolfo four grandchildren; and many vivors include two sons, Richard of the Fourth Degree Knights Father Louis Trung Dinh Hoang Holguin, preceded her in death nephews and nieces. Father Peter and Roger; one daughter, Beverly of Columbus. He was an Honor presided. on May 22, 2005. Survivors in- Tran presided. Lawyer; three grandchildren and Guard for President Eisenhower’s Dwayne Curtis Rein, 50, of St. clude sons, Jose, Jorge, Refugio, Jesus Ochoa-Morales, 55, of 12 great-grandchildren. Father Funeral at Abilene, Kansas. He is Anthony Parish, Lakin, died Au- Adolfo, Genaro and Fernando; the Cathedral of Our Lady of Gua- Ted Stoecklein presided. survived by: a son, Carl; a daugh- gust 4, 2015. Survivors include his one daughter, Bertha Villanueva; dalupe Parish, Dodge City, died Margaret L. “Marge” Moore, ter, Joyce; five grandchildren; a daughter, McKenzie; two sons, 29 grandchildren and 34 great- August 9, 2015. Survivors include 95, of St. Michael Parish, La brother, Francis; several nieces Jacob and Zachary; parents Cliff grandchildren. his wife, Martina Ochoa-Romero; Crosse, died Aug. 18, 2015. She and nephews, other relatives, and and Lillyann; and sister Debra Emelia Germaine Wetig, 91, three daughters, Lucy Ochoa, was the Past President of St. a host of friends. Father Floyd Olson. Fathers Rene Labrador and of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Asucena Ochoa; and Griselda Michael’s Altar Society, and was McKinney presided. Mike Helms presided. Rose of Lima, Great Bend, died Ochoa; one son, David Ochoa; a member of the Daughters of Evelyn K. Kultgen, 94, of Charles M. Wonsetler, 85, of August 3, 2015. Her husband, El- and six brothers and sisters. Father Isabella. Her husband, Warren Prince of Peace Parish at St. Rose Sacred Heart Parish, Larned, died mer Daniel Wetig, preceded her in Wesley Schawe presided. E. Moore, preceded her in death of Lima, Great Bend, died Aug. August 6, 2015. He was a member death on August 15, 1956. She was Eleanor Knoll, 88, of St. Domi- November 12, 2007. Survivors 5, 2015. She was a member of of the Knights of Columbus. He a member of the Altar Society. nic Parish, Garden City, died include one son, Richard; four the Altar Society and Daughters served in the United States Air Survivors include two sons, James Aug. 11, 2015. She was preceded daughters, Vickie Barr, Mary of Isabella. Survivors include Force. His wife, Josephine “Jo” Edward and John Eugene; one in death by her husband, Edwin Beth Higgins, Terri Gray, and one daughter, Mary Tobiassen; Mooney, preceded him in death on brother, Charles Lesne; six grand- G. Knoll on April 14, 1947. She Shari Johnson; foster daughter, one son, Robert J. Kultgen; one Oct. 8, 2004. Survivors include one children; 19 great-grandchildren served as a Eucharistic Minister Lisa Jacobs; 13 grandchildren; 18 brother, John Brehm; five grand- son, Marty; one daughter, Noreen and step-great-grandchildren and and belonged to the Daughters great-grandchildren; two great- children; four great-grandchil- Applegate; one sister, Mary Ann one great-great-grandchild, and Of Isabella, Our Lady of Perpet- great-grandchildren; one brother, dren; special niece, Laura Ann Spence; 10 grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews in ual Help Circle# 781 & the Altar Wally W. Walters; and two sisters, Schenkel, and many beloved nine great grandchildren. Father Belgium and the United States. Society. She also volunteered Evelyn Joy and Charlene Weigel. nieces, nephews, extended family Warren Stecklein presided. Roy Dean Schauvliege, 61, of at St Catherine Hospital at the Father Matthew Kumi presided. and friends. Father Ted Stoecklein Juanita Konrade of St. Joseph St. Lawrence Parish, Jetmore, died information desk and Spiritual Joseph “Joe” Herman Wirtz, presided. Parish, Offerle, died Aug. 5, 2015, Aug. 9, 2015. He served in the Services. Survivors include three 91, of St. Joseph Parish, Ellin- Elizabeth Ann Schreiner, 98, at the Edwards County Hospital, United States Marines. Survivors sons, Larry, David and Kevin; wood, died Aug. 23, 2015. He of St. Boniface Parish, Sharon, Kinsley. She is survived by her include a son, Beau Schauvliege; two daughters, Shirley Wolfe and was a farmer. He was preceded in died August 7, 2015. Her husband, husband, August; six children, three daughters, Sierra Schauv- Marlene Anschutz; eight brothers, death by his wife, Joyce E. Mef- George Albert Schreiner, preceded Jerry Konrade, Linda Powell, liege, Rhiannon Schauvliege, and Tony Seib, Eugene Seib, Paul ford, on Sept. 16, 2000. Survivors her in death on Nov. 23, 1996. She Cheryl Bishop, Debbie Smiley, Madison Schauvliege; a sister, Seib, Robert Seib, Tom Seib, include three sons, Jonathan, Jeff was a member of the Altar Society. Kevin Konrade, Ron Konrade; Cathy Schultz; a brother, Perry Vernon Seib, Gary Seib, and Jerry and Jerry; five daughters, Judy Surviving are her children, Phyllis brothers, Carl Mostrom and Ray- Schauvliege; eleven grandchil- Seib; three sisters, Benita Snyder, Berger, Jayne Wirtz, Joleen Wirtz, Lightfoot, Dave Schreiner, Sue mond Mostrom; 15 grandchildren; dren; a step-mom, Edis Schauv- Lorita Franz, and Mary Catherine Juanita Landry, and Jeanette Trin- Smith, James Schreiner, Olivia and 19 great-grandchildren. liege; three step-sisters, Shawna Hilmes; 12 grandchildren; and 11 ka; sister, Maggie Gerstenkorn; 12 Goemann, Daniel Schreiner and Glorianne “Gloria” Bascue, Hughes, Sandie Switzer-Farmer, great-grandchildren. Father James grandchildren; 14 great-grandchil- Julie Ann Pennock; 21 grandchil- 77, of St. Mary Parish Garden City, and Cherrie Warren; one step- E. Baker presided. dren; and one great-great-grand- dren, 33 great-grandchildren, and died August 4, 2015. Her husband, brother, Roger Switzer. Father Rita Klug, 73, of Holy Fam- child. Father Terrance Klein and three great-great-grandchildren. Wallace Bascue, preceded her in Maurice Cummings presided. ily Parish, Odin, died Aug. 13, Father Ted Stoecklein presided. Father Firmin Kyaw presided. death on Sept. 22, 2009. Survivors Michael Joseph Kraus, 72, of 2015. She was a member of the Lorene Marie Pfannenstiel, Luis Carlos Meza-Dominguez, include eight children: Kevin Bas- St. Aloysius Parish, Ransom, died Altar Society. She is survived by 92, of Sacred Heart Parish, Ness 58, of the Cathedral of Our Lady cue, Brian Bascue, Pam Ricard, Aug. 12, 2015. He is survived by her husband, James; sons, Alan, City, died Aug. 21, 2015. She was of Guadalupe Parish, Dodge Brenda Amaro, Brad Bascue, his wife, Mary; son, Sean; daugh- Scott, and Darren; a daughter, a member of the Altar Society. City, died August 6, 2015. Luis Jenny Maier, Chad Bascue, and ter, Monica Kraus; stepdaughters, Angie Gebhardt; 13 grandchil- Her husband, Robert preceded her is survived by his companion Becky Rundell; two brothers, Au- Teresa Allen and Sarah Frusher; dren; brothers, Francis Schne- in death on September 29, 1993. of 27 years, Veronica Martinez; relius Knoll and Marcellyn Knoll; three grandchildren; brothers, weis, Gerald “Jack” Schneweis, She is survived by her son, Tim; a daughter, Laura Meza; four three sisters Adeline Burgardt, John, Patrick, and Mark; sisters, and Herman “Butch” Schneweis; daughters, Gloria Mlinek, and An- grandchildren, three brothers, Cyrilla L’Ecuyer, and Agnella Nancy Foust, Jeanette Flax, and sisters, Dorothy Maneth, Bernice dra Wagner; five grandchildren; two sisters and several nieces and Horning; 15 grandchildren and Annette Lang. Huslig, and Mary Stewart. Father and five great-grandchildren. nephews. Father Wesley Schawe two great-grandchildren. Don Bedore presided.

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At the age of 16, Maria According to legend, and to Sister Rosa joined the Sisters of Blandina’s journal and letters, one of Charity and took the name Billy the Kid’s gang members had been Sister Blandina. When able to convince him to write a confes- doctors had very little hope for the baby shot and was on the brink of death when she was just 22 years old, she was sent sion. She then met with the dying man, living, but four days later they couldn’t the doctors of Trinidad, Colo. refused to – alone – to Trinidad, Colorado territory and convinced him to forgive his shooter find the problem in the heart, it was as if treat him. Sister decided to take him in to teach in the public school there. A few – in person–before he passed away. it didn’t exist to begin with. Doctors are and cared for him for three months, nurs- years later, she was sent further south, After the two men were reconciled, saying it’s inexplicable, so we’re pursuing ing him back to health. first to Santa Fe and then to Albuquerque, Sister Blandina then had to face down that. There’s many stories that are being But Billy the Kid (William Leroy) was New Mexico. the lynch mob that was coming to kill pursued to see if Sister Blandina was still unhappy. Word got out that the out- It was probably quite an adjustment, the shooter, who, because of Sister, was involved.” law was coming to town to scalp the four Sanchez said, going from Europe and the instead taken to the circuit court and was The example of her life on earth is also doctors of Trinidad in revenge. When he more settled parts of America to the still given life in prison. After nine months, he important for the faithful today, Sanchez arrived, Sister Blandina intervened, and very rough-and-tumble west. was released to go back home to care for said, because Sister Blandina knew how convinced him to call off his mission on While in New Mexico, Sister Blan- his four children. to address both immediate problems as behalf of the man she had saved. dina helped found the public health care “She disarms them from their guns, well as more systemic problems of social After that incident, Sister Blandina and system and the public school system by their hanging rope and their hate,” San- justice. Billy the Kid became friends. She once building the first hospitals and schools in chez said of Sister and the lynch mob. “She would follow through from the visited him in jail, and he once called off Albuquerque, often asking for the tempo- “She must have been charming to charity to the social justice,” Sanchez a stage-coach robbery as soon as he real- rary release of prisoners to help her with them!” he added. “I think they would fall said. “For example, she would help feed ized Sister was one of the passengers. the labor. in love with her and do what she would and house the railway workers, but then When she wasn’t dealing with outlaws, Much of what is known about Sister ask them to do, because she cared for she would ask why the railway workers Sister Blandina was founding schools, Blandina’s life comes from a series of let- them, and she honestly was able to see the weren’t being cared for. And that’s the building hospitals, teaching and caring for ters she wrote to her sister, Sister Justina dignity of every human being from the call for us today. Charity is important, orphans and the poor, as well as advocat- Segale, who was back in Ohio. The com- innocent orphans to the guilty outlaws.” that’s where you start, and then you move ing for the rights of Native Americans piled correspondences, which span the Sister Blandina also made several trips to the social justice from there.” and other minorities. All in a day’s work. years of 1872-1894, were published 10 to Washington, D.C. to meet with leg- Sister’s cause for canonization may Her heroic virtue years before Sister islators and to advocate on behalf of the take several years, depending on the ap- and enduring works “She would follow through Blandina’s death in Native Americans, whose reservation proval of her heroic virtue and miracles are why her cause from the charity to the social 1941. boundaries were being drawn at the time. attributed to her intercession, but San- for sainthood was “You’re able And although her own life is being chez said the board that is petitioning her opened in New justice. For example, she would to see the history of evaluated for sainthood, Sister Blandina cause is hopeful that things will progress Mexico last sum- help feed and house the railway New Mexico hap- herself knew all about the canonization quickly. mer, earning her workers, but then she would pening within her in- process – she helped to petition to Rome “I’d say we’re more than halfway the title “Servant of teractions,” Sanchez for the cause of two different saints in her through the diocesan phase. For her to be God” and allow- also ask why the railway work- said. lifetime; St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. called ‘venerable,’ we just have to prove ing people to ask ers weren’t being cared for. Sister stops a lynch Kateri Tekakwitha. She also helped bring her heroic virtue, and we’re hoping we’ll for her interces- And that’s the call for us today. mob St. Katherine Drexel and her sisters to the be ready to present that to the United sion. Since then, To open a West to help serve the Native American States Conference of Catholic Bishops for several documents Charity is important, that’s cause for sainthood, populations. a vote in their November or spring meet- have come to light where you start, and then you examples of heroic The next step ing,” he said. corroborating her move to the social justice from virtue of the person In order to be beatified–one step away If he had to describe her personality, stories, and the must be shown. The from canonization–there needs to be Sanchez said, he would say she was tough necessary miracle there.” specific example of proof of an otherwise–inexplicable mir- but spunky, holy but unafraid of conflict. for the next big step heroic virtue that acle brought about through that person’s “She wasn’t afraid of conflict or to roll – beatification – seems to be well on its her petitioners are using involves another intercession. There are several possible up her sleeves and get the work done,” he way. story that could only take place in the examples of this being explored, which said. “And she was always giving credit “Sainthood isn’t about an award, it Wild West; the story that earned her the makes those petitioning for Sister Blan- to the Gospel, to Jesus’ work.” isn’t about honoring, it’s about helping title “The Fastest Nun in the West” from a dina hopeful that her cause will advance The best part of the process, Sanchez the faithful know that there is a source 1966 CBS feature on the incident. quickly. said, has been getting to know Sister of God’s grace being worked on Earth,” Sister Blandina was teaching school in “We know of a baby who was born Blandina. said Allen Sanchez, president and CEO New Mexico when one of her pupils told prematurely with a malfunctioning valve “I didn’t know this was going to be for CHI St. Joseph’s Children in Albu- her, “Pa’s shot a man, and they’re going in the heart and collapsed lungs,” San- so fun and so inspiring,” he said. “And I querque, which Sister Blandina founded. to hang him.” chez said. “This family immediately really know her; she’s become my best Sanchez also serves as the petitioner for That’s when Sister Blandina went to contacted us, said they were praying the friend.” the cause of Sister’s sainthood and has work. She met with the shooter, and was Sister Blandina novena for the baby. The