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Unimaginable Devastation NOVEMBER 22, 2013 VOLUME 45, NUMBER 23 INSIDE: Pages 6 and 7: Remembering JFK Centerfold: Delone and Trinity vie for state titles in volleyball, soccer Page 15: Pilgrim Statue brings blessings Unimaginable Devastation In the wake of the devastat- ing effects of Typhoon Haiyan, the Diocese of Harrisburg will take up a special collection in all parishes the weekend of Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. The funds will be admin- istrated by Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the official international humanitarian agency of the Catholic com- munity in the United States. Their operations serve people based solely on need, regard- less of their race, religion or ethnicity. CRS maintains strict standards of efficiency, ac- countability and transparency: 93 percent of expenditures go directly to programs. “May God bless you for your generosity as we help our brothers and sisters in their time of need of emergency assistance and long-term rebuilding,” said Father Robert M. Gillelan, Jr., Diocesan Administrator. Checks may be made pay- able the local parish with a notation in the memo line: “Typhoon Haiyan Recovery.” More information about CRS CNS/CHARLIE SACEDA, REUTERS and updates on Typhoon Hai- Young residents in Cebu, Philippines, hold signs asking for help and food along the highway after Super Typhoon Haiyan hit. See page yan relief efforts can be found 2 for coverage of the situation. at www.CRS.org. Honoring Our Veterans On Veterans Day, the nation re- members all those who have served our country in the Armed Forces. The annual observance has its roots in the armistice that ended World War I hostilities in 1918. The armistice between the Allied nations and Ger- many went into effect on the elev- enth hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. President Wood- row Wilson proclaimed that Nov. 11 be observed as “Armistice Day.” In 1954, Congress passed legisla- tion that renamed the federal holiday “Veterans Day.” This edition includes a feature on Father Vincent Capodanno, a chap- lain who died in Vietnam (page 11) and a reflection by Emily M. Albert Wearing the colors of the United States Marine who especially remembered her Corps, a man awaits the start of the Veterans Day Ceremony at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery. grandfather during a Veterans Day EMILY M. ALBERT, THE CATHOLIC WITNESS ceremony (page 16). 2 - THE CATHOLIC WITNESS, NOVEMBER 22, 2013 Caritas Philippines Leader Calls Typhoon Devastation ‘Unimaginable’ By Simone Orendain Philippine President Benigno Aquino Catholic News Service said Nov. 13 he expected the death toll to be around 2,500 – lower than initially The devastation brought on by Super predicted. That morning, the government Typhoon Haiyan is on a scale so big it put the death toll at 1,833; of those, 1,300 is “unimaginable,” said Jesuit Father were in Leyte. Edwin Gariguez, head of Caritas in the The same day, Rene Almendras, the Philippines. president’s Cabinet secretary, said all “This is beyond our capacity,” Father national roads leading to the island prov- Gariguez told Catholic News Service by inces of Leyte, Samar to the east and phone from Cebu province. “That’s the nearby Biliran were open and passable. reason why we have our Caritas network Provincial bus service also was back on- with us now.” line, and airports had been opened. At The head of Caritas Philippines and his least two of those would be hubs for re- counterparts from the Netherlands and ceiving relief goods. Germany, as well as the communications staff of Caritas Internationalis, were on But the government was still dealing their way to Leyte, one of the provinces with the enormity of the tasks at hand. In that bore the brunt of Haiyan’s first lash- one case, the sheer volume of the goods ing on the central islands of the country. arriving made it necessary for peace The plan was to appraise the needs on the and order officers originally assigned to ground and make contact with the vari- clearing operations to be baggers of care ous dioceses that have been affected. CNS, WOLFGANG RATTAY, REUTERS packages. Bodies continued to turn up, Father Gariguez said the U.S. bishops’ An altar server lifts up a broken crucifix as he and others clear debris from the and Almendras said some locations did Catholic Relief Services was doing the altar area of the partially destroyed Metropolitan Cathedral in Palo, Phillippines, not have enough body bags. same kind of work ahead of a mid-No- Nov. 15 in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan. The cathedral is one of many Jesuit Brother James Lee, head of the vember meeting with aid agencies and Catholic churches, schools and convents damaged or destroyed in the powerful Church That Serves the Nation, the so- local parish priests to be hosted by Arch- storm. cial justice arm of the Philippine Jesuit bishop Jose Palma of Cebu. When the province, said that hungry Filipinos were typhoon hit Nov. 8, the CRS country rep- there were still stories of people not receiv- “And my other child, she died because the blocking aid trucks, demanding food to resentative to the Philippines, Joe Curry, ing anything. water went up so high ... she was not even let them pass. He said his organization’s was already in Bohol dealing with relief Adelyn Manos was one of those. At the buried because there are no coffins there.” relief efforts would involve coordinating from the Oct. 15 earthquake, so CRS was entrance of the Villiamor Air Base in Ma- Her 8-year-old son said: “The water was to make sure the food arrived safely at its able to get its assessment teams to Leyte nila, she took cover from the rain under at a destination. Nov. 10. so high. It was so high,” as he put his arm With about 600,000 people displaced tarp-covered shuttle stop. up to indicate the flood’s depth. Taking the massive need and the work by the storm, the task of getting aid to She had just arrived via military plane Manos said she decided to come to Ma- to meet it into account, Father Gariguez Filipinos posed a challenge in terms of from Tacloban, a city in Leyte that some nila because none of the food packs be- said, “As a Church this is part of our coordination and the logistics. are calling “ground zero” because of the ing distributed had made their way to her ministry ... we are doing this as part of International aid started began arriving decimation there from a 15-foot storm neighborhood. Her husband was living in our mission: to help the poor and the vul- the week of Nov. 10, while local relief surge brought on by Haiyan. It left bodies Manila for work, but he did not even know nerable. So we are really happy to be of began immediately after the typhoon hit. strewn about in its wake. she had arrived because her cell phone got help and to contribute whatever we can But days after the storm cut a path “I came with them, my three children clogged with water. Reporters helped her to ease the life of our people who are re- of damage that obliterated as many as and a companion,” said the 35-year-old contact her husband and were trying to ar- ally very much burdened by this disas- 90 percent of the houses in some areas, Manos, carrying her 3-year-old daughter. range for a ride. ter.” Southern Leyte Residents See Horrible Sights on Aid Trips to Tacloban By Simone Orendain trees falling down and electricity posts, Catholic News Service there’s not much ... damage,” said Father Gozo. On the rest of the island, “because Normally the trip from Maasin to Taclo- of the challenges, the distance, the commu- ban takes about three hours, but with the nication, the fuel, transportation and so on, fallen trees and debris, getting aid there the closest diocese that has communication takes longer, said a priest from Southern is Maasin. All the rest are shut down.” Leyte province. This meant no food or water for the Father Harlem Gozo, director of the so- needy in towns surrounding Tacloban, cial action office for the Diocese of Maasin, which has been the focus for much of the had made two trips to the northern part of aid making its way into central Philippines Leyte island, where the effects of Typhoon since the storm hit. Haiyan were much worse. Father Gozo said the families that he at- Halfway to Tacloban, Father Gozo said, tended to were in shock and did not know he saw coconut trees “somewhat behead- what to do. With hungry stomachs and ten- uous lines of communication, he said, they ed” and concrete houses that looked quite were dazed and unable to “think clearly.” sturdy if not for the trees that fell on them “We shed tears from deep within [over] and split their roofs. the harrowing plight of our brothers and But as he traveled farther north, “That’s sisters,” he said in a text message after the where the horrible sights start,” he told phone call with CNS got dropped. “Our Catholic News Service in a telephone in- helping is our prayer of solidarity with their terview. suffering, a share of the passion of Christ, “You encounter corpses lying on the that they are not alone. The Lord gives streets,” he said. “Imagine ... the water and the he also takes away, blessed be his CNS, EDGAR SU, REUTERS just pushed down on them and they were name.” A woman holds a rosary as she waits to board a military evacuation flight from the caught unaware.
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