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Year of Faith aim: To bring people close to Jesus Friend us on Facebook, By Dennis Sadowski of the U.S. bishops' Committee on or check out Catholic News Service Evangelization and Catechesis said in sanangelodiocese.org June. ATLANTA -- The Year of Faith set to Bishop David L. Ricken of Green Bay, begin in October will give Catholics the Wis., told the spring meeting of the U.S. Socially concerned: chance to experience a "conversion" by Conference of Catholic Bishops that the turning back to Jesus and entering into a 2012-13 observance stems from Pope From grateful to giving deeper relationship with him, the chairman An idealistic young priest once visit- (Please See FAITH/20) ed Thomas Merton at the Trappist monastery in Kentucky and spoke Uncommon Beauty St. Ann’s Chapel to him about his agony over social justice and Commons issues. “I know it's wrong,” he said, “and addition nears sometimes I can hardly face myself in the Rolheiser completion mirror for going along with things as they are. Yet I don't know what to do. By Jimmy Patterson What can I do?” Editor / West Texas Angelus “Don't do a damned thing,” replied MIDLAND — After years of plan- Merton. ning and months of hard work, the See ROLHEISER/8

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(Please See ST. ANN/6) (Photo by Karen J. Patterson) Work nears completion on the St. Ann’s Chapel and Commons in Midland. Father Rick Lopez: From pipe tester to parish priest By Jimmy Patterson a situation. He walked back to the Editor / The Angelus ambo and pulled out Badgeley, his Father Rick hand puppet. Listening to the Lopez, at right in In a recent celebration of First Gospel through the animated and

photo, and POSTAGE US PAID NONPROFIT ORG. NONPROFIT lifelike dog, brought the children TX ANGELO, SAN Holy Communion at St. Ann’s in his trustee 44 NO. PERMIT Midland, Fr. Rick Lopez couldn’t back to the moment. puppet com- help but notice some of the “What is life like without panion, youngsters there to receive the Jesus?” Fr. Lopez asked Badgely Badgely. Sacrament were nodding off. amid a few chuckles from the kids. To counteract the kids’ prema- “Ruff!” the priest’s best friend ture slumber, Fr. Lopez did what said, to the children’s delight. any other priest would do in such (Please See LOPEZ/7) Page 2 AUGUST 2012 The Angelus From the Bishop’s Desk The Year of Faith: New evangelization and Vatican II at 50 By Bishop Michael Pfeifer, OMI Church to the promotion of a New Evangelization. tutions to non-religious values and secular institu- In launching this program of New Evangelization, tions. Several months ago, Pope Benedict XVI the Pope stated that “The mission of the Church, Pope Benedict reminds us that the upcoming declared a “Year of Faith” which will begin on like Christ, is essentially to speak of God, to com- Year of Faith seeks to awaken humanity at a critical October 11, 2012, the 50th anniversary of the open- memorate His sovereignty, reminding everyone, moment of history, as we see in vast areas of the ing of the Second Ecumenical Vatican Council and especially Christians, who have lost their identity, earth that the faith risks being extinct, like a flame conclude November 24, 2013—the Solemnity of of God’s right over what belongs to Him, which is without fuel. Our Holy Father stated, “We are fac- Christ the King. our lives.” This New Evangelizations aims to ing a profound crisis of faith, a loss of a religious Bishop To build up our beautiful Catholic faith in each revivify Catholicism, in traditionally Christian sense, which represents one of the greatest chal- Pfeifer one of us and as a community, and to continue to countries, which have been particularly affected by lenges for the Church today.” live the spirit and inspiration of the great Vatican secularization—the transformation of society from Council, our Holy Father is calling the entire close identification with religious values and insti- (Please See BISHOP/22) DIOCESAN BRIEFS FAIRS AND FESTIVALS -- FALL 2012 New priests Cobh, Kinsale, Cork, Kenmare, Adare, Limerick, AUGUST 10-12 SEPTEMBER 29 • Fr. Bhaskar Mendem appointed as parochial Connemara and Galway. Travel the Ring of Kerry! St. Margaret-Big Lake St. Ann’s-Midland vicar of St. Francis Parish in Abilene effective See St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Trinity College, the St. Margaret’s 12th Annual Family St. Ann’s will host its 64th annual July 6, 2012. Book of Kells, the Rock of Cashel, the Blarney Festival. Softball Tourney, Washer Family Fair and carnival on church • Fr. Maria Raju Godavarthi appointed as Stone, the Cliffs of Moher, Kylemore Abbey, and Tournament, games, prizes, food booths. grounds, 1906 W. Texas, Saturday, Sept. parochial vicar at Holy Angels Parish in San Castles! For more information, call Lori Hines at We are selling tickets for a Disney World 29, 10 a.m. till 10 p.m. Additional carnival Angelo effective July 6, 2012. Residence will be 325-942-8192. If you would like a brochure (Fla.). vacation, a Sea World vacation a hours are 6-10pm, Sept. 27-28 and 1-6 with Fr. Joseph Choutapalli at St. Margaret’s Parish emailed to you, send a request to haedu61@veri- flat screen 42" TV and a 16 gb Apple p.m., Sept. 30. Raffle 1st Prize: 2012 in San Angelo. zon.net. iPad. FLHR Road King Harley Davidson Motorcycle (MSRP $17,794.00). 2nd SEAS pilgrimage to Italy AUGUST 25 Prize: Dallas Cowboys vs. Cleveland Soldiers of Christ Men’s Conference St Joseph's Mission-Loraine Browns (Nov. 18th), 5 Tickets & Parking MIDLAND — The West Texas Catholic Men’s ODESSA — Join the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Choir and Parish on a ten-day pilgrimage to Pass (Value $1,775.00); 3rd Prize: $600 Organization welcomes Jesse Romero and Robert SEPTEMBER 1-2 gift card to Carter’s Furniture. Non-smok- Majestic Italy, March 5-14, 2013. Attend various Rogers to the inaugural Soldiers of Christ Men’s St. Mary’s-San Angelo ing bingo, arts and crafts, dunking booth, Conference, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (Registration sung liturgies, including the Solemn Mass at the Family Fun Night, 5-11 p.m., Sat., a country store, and the famous odds begins at 8 a.m.), Saturday, October 6, at St. Altar of the Chair of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican Sept. 1; Fiesta in the Air, Sun., Sept. 2. and ends booth. Some of the great food Stephen’s Church in Midland. Early Registration is City, and the opportunity to sing for the Holy Father Food booths, silent auction, live auction available: burgers, tacos, fajitas, nachos, $25. Registration at the door on the day of the during his weekly general audience. (Sunday, 1-4 p.m.), cake walk, games, quesadillas, turkey legs, funnel cakes event, $35. A continental breakfast and lunch is In addition to singing and celebrating Mass at the Searching for Stars contest, DJ Music, and more. For more information, please included in the price of the registration. For more Basilica of St. Mark in Venice and the Basilica of St. Raffle drawing 7 p.m. Sunday (1st place: call 432-682-6303. The Family Fair bene- information, visit www.wtxmen.com or call: Tommy Francis in Assisi, the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Choir $3,000 gift card; 2nd: $1,500 gift car; 3rd: fits St. Ann’s School. Flores, 432.349.2236 or Rey Sanchez, will also perform a formal, public concert at the $1,000 gift card; 4th: $500 gift card). 432.260.7776. Church of St. Ignatius for the City of Rome. Besides OCTOBER 5 offering unique liturgical and musical opportunities, SEPTEMBER 9 St. Francis-Abilene Bishop’s Golf tournament this pilgrimage will take us to the sacred sites of our St. Mary, Star of the Sea-Ballinger St. Francis Annual Jamaica will be held St. Mary, Star of the Sea will have its Friday, October 5th, 5-11pm and The 7th annual Bishop’s Golf Tournament benefiting Catholic faith, including the Sistine Chapel, and to annual festival on Sunday, Sept. 9. The Saturday, October 6th, 11 am -11 pm. Catholic education scholarship funds, will be pray at the tomb of Blessed John Paul II, in St. Sebastian’s Chapel. We will also take in the historic parish will serve a fajita dinner with all Saturday, October 27 at Quicksand Golf Course in the trimmings. Also, a large auction, a OCTOBER 14 San Angelo. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with a venues of Rome, including the Coliseum and the Roman Forum. Visiting Venice, Padua, Florence, country store, bingo under the tent, carni- St. Boniface-Olfen 9 a.m. tee time. First-third place prizes awarded, val games for the children. Activities The Olfen St. Boniface Fall Festival will Livorno and Assisi will certainly round out what longest drive and closest to the pin. Entry fee is begin at 10:30 a.m. Meal served until 1 be Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012. A Sausage/ promises to be a spiritually rewarding and altogether $100 person. Format is 4-person scramble. For pm. Auction begins at 12:30 p.m. Turkey /Dressing meal will be served. more information, contact Ernest Aguirre, unforgettable experience. 325.212.7613, St. Mary’s in Odessa, 432.337.6052 The package cost is $3,195.00 plus taxes and SEPTEMBER 16 OCTOBER 20 or St. Ann’s in Midland, 432.684.4563. fuel surcharges.For more information or to obtain a St. Therese-Carslbad St. Ann's Parish Colorado-City brochure, contact Christopher Wilcox at 432-367- Knights of Columbus Hall 4657 or seasmusicodessa@ gmail.com, or Peter’s 3636 N. Bryant, San Angelo OCTOBER 21 Cathedral pilgrimage to Italy Way Tours at 1-800-225-7662. SAN ANGELO — The Cathedral will sponsor its A barbecue brisket/homemade German St. Ambrose, Wall HOME ON THE RANGE annual pilgrimage to Italy from January 2-11, 2013, sausage dinner with all the trimmings will Scheduled Executions be served from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Adult and ST. AMBROSE 73RD FALL FESTIVAL led by Msgr. Voity. Pilgrims will be spending time in The Angelus publishes the execution dates of 11 am-2 pm Assisi, Florence, Pisa, Rome and the Vatican. The Meals-To-Go: $9; Children 10 and Under: Texas offenders on death row each month so that $6. Cooked/Uncooked sausage and bar- Turkey, Sausage & Dressing Meal, 1:00 group will also participate in an audience with Pope pm Local Entertainment, Bingo, Arts & the faithful in the Diocese of San Angelo can pray becued brisket may be purchased in the Benedict XVI. Space is limited and some depar- Crafts, Games for them. The following offenders face upcoming afternoon. An auction featuring donations tures are available out of Midland. Reservations are execution dates. Please pray for them as well as the 1:30 pm Cotton & Merchandise Auction first-come, first-served. For more information, call from various merchants and parishioners victims, families and all who are affected by vio- will begin at 1:15 p.m. A Country Store, the Cathedral Offices at 658-6567. lence: NOVEMBER 11 Silent Auction, Bingo and other games St. Joseph Church-Rowena Offender/Scheduled Execution Day will be available throughout the after- Holy Angels tour of Ireland Ramon Hernandez / November 14 SAN ANGELO — Holy Angels is hosting a 10 day noon. For more info, call St. Therese Send your fair information to "Treasures of Ireland" tour from July 8-17, 2013. Catholic Church: 1-325-465-8062. [email protected]. Cities visited will include: Dublin, Glendalough, The Angelus AUGUST 2012 Page 3 From the Editor DIOCESAN DATES Bishop’s Calendar Good Shepherds 12 ways to enhance your faith this year AUGUST 31 — Labor Day Weekend By Jimmy Patterson easygoing manner and delivery it is Direction” is a great starting point a fine complement to his vast and a wonderful way to start your 9-12 — Wedding SEPTEMBER On October 11, Catholics will knowledge of the Church and her day. It is easily divided into bite-size 13-18 — Vacation 3 -- Office Closed - Labor Day begin observance of The Year of components throughout history. nuggets. When you’re finished with 24 — SAN ANGELO, Diocesan Holiday Pastoral Center – Staff Mass at 4 — Adoration Faith, as proclaimed by Pope This book and video series is phe- “Spiritual Direction,” Nouwen’s 8:30 a.m.and Staff Meeting at 11 7-9 -- Engaged Encounter Benedict XVI. nomenal. “Spiritual Formation” is a natural a.m. Weekend Pundits 2. Subscribe to Father Ron second volume. 26 — MIDLAND, St. Ann – Mass 9 — Natural Family Planning throughout the Rolheiser’s mailing list. Or read 5. Jeff Cavins Great Adventure at 2:00 p.m. and Bless New Class Catholic world him in The Angelus every month. Bible Study. Put together a group Buildings 10 — Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp will soon be Or both. Fr. Rolheiser, who most of friends, set aside a couple of 29 — SAN ANGELO, Newman 11 — Adoration offering their recently has served as Director of evenings a month and make your Center – Mass at Noon 14-16 — Lubbock Deacons 31 — SAN DIEGO – Reception ideas for you the Oblate School of Theology in way through any of Cavins’ Bible Annual Retreat of New Member of a Religious on ways you San Antonio, provides a sort of studies. This is deep stuff here, 17 — Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp Community 18 — Adoration can best intellectual spirituality. He’s a great folks, but if you turn it into an 20-23 — San Angelo Men’s observe this writer, too. To subscribe to his evening of sharing the faith with SEPTEMBER special period. weekly emails, visit his web site, at friends, do the pre-reading and lis- 1-2 — SAN DIEGO, Calif and ACTS Retreat Patterson Tijuana, Mexico –Special Mass 24 — Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp Being a simple www.ronrolheiser.com. ten to the message in the video, 3 — SAN ANGELO, Sacred 25 — Adoration lay person, I have no idea if the 3. Visit Magnificat.com and you’ll gain great insights into our Heart Cathedral – Labor Day Mass 29 — Continuing Education of following tips will work for you. order yourself a copy of The Year origins as Christians. at 9 a.m. Deacons-Vatican II Documents But they work for me. of Faith Companion Volume. For 6. Watch Bishop Fulton Sheen. 4 — SAN ANGELO, Diocesan 28-30 — Beginning Experience You are invited to take any of only $6.95 you get a reading a day Yes, he has passed and his cause for Pastoral Center – Presbyteral these tips. Or leave any of them: for the entire year. What a deal! sainthood has begun, but Bishop Council at 11 a.m. OCTOBER 4. If prayer is what you are in Sheen may be the first future saint 5 — Odessa, St.Mary’s School – 1 — Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp 1. Read Father Robert Barron’s Mass at 2:00 p.m. 2 — Adoration Book “Catholicism.’ Join a study need of most -- how to pray, what to 6 — MIDLAND, St. Ann School – 8 — Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp group and watch the accompany- pray, when and where to pray -- Mass at 8:30 a.m. 9 — Adoration ing videotape. Barron has such an Henri Nouwen’s “Spiritual (Please See PATTERSON/20) 7-9 — SAN JUAN, Texas – Tex- 12-14 — Engaged Encounter Mex Bishops Meeting 14 — Natural Family Planning 10-12 — CORPUS CHRISTI – 15 — Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp Del Escritorio del Obispo Kenedy Foundation Meeting 16 — Adoration 14 — SAN ANGELO, Angelo Catholic School Mass at 8:30 a.m. 16 — Deacon Quarterly Meeting 15 — JACKSON, Miss., 175 18-21 — Women’s Walk to El ano de fe: nueva evangelizacion y el Anniversary of Diocese Emmaus 18-19 — AUSTIN, Catholic 22 — Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp quincuagesimo aniversario del vaticano II Conference 23 — Adoration of the Blessed 21 — SAN ANGELO, Diocesan Sacrament Por el Obispo Miguel Pfeifer, OMI dos por secularización—la transformación de Pastoral Center –Staff Mass, 8:30 26-28 — Encounter the Cross sociedad de identificación cercana con valores reli- am; Staff Meeting, 11 am, Angelo 29 — Heart of Mercy Prayer grp Catholic School Diocesan School 30 — Adoration of the Blessed Hace varios meses el Papa Benedicto XVI declaró giosos a valores no religiosos e instituciones secu- Commission Meeting Sacrament el “Año de Fe” que comenzará el 11 de octubre del lares. 22 — SAN ANGELO, Golf 2012, el quincuagésimo aniversario de la apertura El Papa Benedicto nos recuerda que el próximo Tournament for the Catholic Ethics Workshops del Segundo Concilio Vaticano Ecuménico y con- Año de Fe intenta despertar la humanidad en un Schools None currently scheduled. Check our cluirá el 24 de noviembre del 2013—la Solemnidad tiempo crítico en la historia, el ver en áreas vastas de 23 — EOLA, St. Philip - Mass at website for the latest: www.sanangelo- de Cristo Rey. la tierra donde la fe es arriesgada ser extinta, como 8:00 a.m. diocese.org 24-27 — CHICAGO, Extension Para edificar nuestra hermosa fe una flama sin combustible. Nuestro Santo Padre Católica en cada uno de nosotros y dijo, “Nos afrentamos a una crisis de fe profunda, la Society Meeting NECROLOGY 30 — FORT STOCKTON, Mass como comunidad, y para continuar pérdida de un sentido religioso, la cual representa 1-Rev. James Delaney, OMI at Prison at 2:00 pm. una de las mas grandes desafíos para la Iglesia hoy.” (2007) viviendo el espíritu e inspiración del gran Concilio Vaticano, nuestro Para lograr este renacimiento de fe, que debe ser una Christ the King 2-Rev. Hilarin Lapinski (1994) 4-Rev. John Busch, OMI (2003) Santo Padre llama a la entera Iglesia prioridad para la Iglesia entera, nuestro Santo Padre Retreat Center a la promoción de una Nueva pide a todos líderes de fe, en especial Obispos, sac- AUGUST 5-Deacon Jesus Mercado (2009) 6-Rev. Vincent Daugintis (1990) Evangelización. Al lanzar este pro- erdotes, religiosas, diáconos, todos líderes pas- 10-12 -- DOSA Deacons Annual 10-Rev. James Franchi (1969) Retreat grama de la Nueva Evangelización, torales, que se envuelvan en una Nueva 10-Rev. Leo St. John, OMI (1976) 13 -- Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp el Papa indicó que “La misión de la Evangelización guiado por el Espíritu Santo, quien 15-Rev. Peter Vergauwen (2003) Obispo 14 -- Adoration Iglesia, como Cristo, es esencial- es la verdadera fuente y poder de la evangelización 21- Rev. Domingo Estrada (2009) Miguel Pfeifer 15 -- Office Closed – Assumption mente el de hablar de Dios, para OMI de la Iglesia. El Año de Fe y Nueva Evangelización 23-Rev. Herman Valladares of Mary conmemorar su soberanía, recordan- coincide con el quincuagésimo aniversario de la (1997) 18-19 -- CRE & CYM Weekend 25-Rev. William Lensing (1978) do a todos, Cristianos en especial, quienes han per- apertura del Segundo Concilio Vaticano, y la vigési- Training 26-Rev. William Cadigan, MSC dido su identidad, del derecho de Dios sobre lo que ma promulgación del Catecismo del Católico. 20 -- Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp (1971) le pertenece, que es nuestras vidas.” El principal Para ayudarnos a todos en los EEUU estar mas en 21 -- Adoration 28-Deacon Paul Ramos (1990) objetivo de esta Nueva Evangelización es de revivi- comunión con el gran poder y fuerza del Espíritu 23-26 Men’s Walk to Emmaus 27 — Heart of Mercy Prayer Grp ficar el Catolicismo, en países que tradicionalmente 28-30 — DOSA Good Leaders, son cristianos, que han sido particularmente afecta- (Mira OBISPO/22) Page 4 AUGUST 2012 The Angelus How to remember our dear Father Barry McLean By Bishop Michael Pfeifer, OMI foremost, we continue to pray for him, asking I am proposing that as a goal, that we set up a God to give him eternal peace and to give seminarian burse of $50,000 in Fr. Barry’s Like all of you, I am still struggling with new faith, hope and love to his dear mother name to be used for the ongoing support and the sudden death of dear Father Barry and his sisters and family members. And, we education of seminarians. Many people have McLean, a wonderful priest of Jesus Christ, a all need to imitate in our lives his spirit of already contributed several thousand dollars to true servant of God’s people, a dear friend, generosity and reaching out to serve all peo- this burse, and now I invite all who loved him and an outstanding vocation director. Fr. ple. Another splendid way of remembering to make a contribution in his memory to the Fr. Barry, in recent years, served in many min- this gentle giant is for each one of us to make Barry McLean Seminary Burse. istries of our diocese, but his main ministry a new effort to pray and work to encourage Thank you for considering these ways of was recruiting seminarians for our diocese, more vocations for our Church, especially for remembering dear Father Barry. and because of his constant and dedicated priesthood and religious life. His example is Father Barry, may God grant you eternal work and the personal touch he brought to there for us to follow. peace. this ministry, we now have more seminarians And, a splendid way to remember Father than we have had in the past 20 years. Thank Barry is to contribute to a special burse we are Your servant in Christ and Mary, you, Father Barry. setting up in his memory that will help cover Most Rev. Michael D. Pfeifer, OMI How can we continue to remember this the increasing cost of the education of seminar- Bishop of San Angelo wonderful servant of the Lord? First and ians Father Barry has recruited for our diocese. Father Barry McLean Confirmation class: ‘Our sexuality is a beautiful gift from God’ Publisher’s Note: This inspirational letter encourage teens to use condoms, birth was sent to me from the candidates for con- control, and other types of precautions. firmation in Stanton. I read it at their confirmation celebration on May 22, 2012. — But we, as Catholics, should follow the Bishop Michael Pfeifer, OMI teaching of Christ and realize these “safe sex” methods are sinful and destroy the peace of heart that God wants for us. The By the 2012 Confirmation Class St. Joseph’s in Stanton. St. Joseph’s Church — Stanton safest sex as designed by God is absti- Photo by Alan P. Torre / nence. This is our letter to you from the confir- aptorre.com Being abstinent from sexual activity mation class of St. Joseph’s Catholic and opening your heart and soul to God is Church in Stanton, Texas. We hope you the path for our happiness and peace of enjoy what we have written for you. conscience. It’s saying “yes” to a bright Our bodies are temples of the Holy future, holiness, a clear conscience, faith- Spirit; chastity is a virtue. We should all fulness, and most importantly a “yes” to respect our bodies as well as one anoth- our wonderful Lord. No one is perfect but The more you abuse the wonderful gift that’s why we’re blessed with the beauti- er’s. No one should have sex for selfish Reserving sex for marriage and to not reasons; sex is a sacred bond that God has of sex; it becomes less of importance to ful sacrament of reconciliation. So, when you and your life partner. Carelessness engage in sexual activity is the surest way we fail to live up to our expectations, we created for those who are in the sacrament to have safe sex. The sixth command- of matrimony. Lust is one of the devil’s can also lead to many other downfalls, can always ask for God’s forgiveness. such as unexpected pregnancies, STD’s, ment: “You shall not commit adultery,” To die in sin, without God’s love and ways of making us sin. God has given us was provided by God as a way of learning the ability and courage to respect true AIDS, and many other diseases that can forgiveness is separation from God forev- affect your life. Popular cultures and peer to live chaste lives in the Catholic com- er. This is why the sacrament of reconcili- love amongst one another. munity. Spiritually, there isn’t such of a Our sexuality is a beautiful gift from pressure are two of the many influences ation not only gives us the ability to ask on today’s youth. Many would like to thing called “safe sex” except by follow- for forgiveness but to also give us the God and is something we shouldn’t take ing the commandments of God and for granted. Sex was given to us for a pur- believe there are not any consequences strength to overcome temptation and to for their careless actions, but we know remaining abstinent. To have a satisfying live our life by staying abstinent until pose, and that purpose is to create new and healthy conscience you should avoid life. We shouldn’t let anyone take advan- from reality that they are false. The key to marriage, the way God intended. staying faithful, having true happiness and sexual activity until marriage. We can use the gift of fortitude to stand tage of our bodies, true love waits. Quick fixes such as birth control pills, Chastity confirms the sacredness of all living a healthy lifestyle is to live the up for what is right, the gift of wisdom to virtue of chastity. condoms, and the morning after pill are guide others into God’s path, and the gift relationships. Chastity, modesty, and self- not the way to solve social problems. control all teach us to respect our bodies You can only fulfill your emptiness you of understanding to follow the way of our are searching for by following the way of Using these would only bring guilt, God and His Word. The Holy Spirit is the as temples and gifts of God. unhappiness, and false solutions about Many people misuse the gift of sexual Christ. Prayer can help you succeed in all wind in your hair, the love you feel, the that you do, especially in times of pres- safe sex. Being educated on sexuality, liv- miracles you see, and experiencing God’s intercourse, going against what we are ing a loving relationship with Christ and wisely taught by our faith, family, and the sure and uncertainty. goodness who is always with us. The Unfortunately, living a chaste life isn’t being socially responsible shall serve the Holy Spirit is there to protect, comfort Lord; our God. Sexual intercourse was goal of preventing teen pregnancies and given to us to be used in accord with the so easy in today’s society because many and to make you smile because you know people falsely promote “safe sex” as a STD’s which will help these involved and God exists. The Holy Spirit is everywhere purpose of the sacrament of matrimony to society at large. The slogan “safe sex” kindle a bigger spark within your mar- way of not bearing responsibility and con- you go in life, that’s why if you believe, sequences of this sacred act; like pregnan- isn’t the answer to the sexual crisis. you can get through any kind of tempta- riage; not to abuse this gift and to use it Safe sex promoters will strongly for some kind of fling. cies and/or sexually transmitted diseases. tion through prayer and God’s guidance. The Angelus AUGUST 2012 Page 5

Members of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property lead demonstra- tors up Constitution Avenue during a "Stand Up For Religious Freedom Rally" in Washington June 8. Rallies held across the nation took aim at the government's HHS mandate that will require most employers to cover contraception and sterilization procedures in their health plans. The nation's Catholic bishops have repeatedly criticized the mandate. (CNS photo/Peter Lockley)

HHS Mandate violates our religious freedom, conscience By Bishop Michael Pfeifer, OMI our elected officials, letting them know THE HHS CONTRACEPTIVE MANDATE has stirred controversy. that we cannot and will not comply with The Health and Human Services Among those who have heard about it, Catholics and evangelical this mandate which violates our con- mandate, strongly supported by the Protestants support a religious exemption more than other groups do. science, and our primary freedom. This ur prayers President of our country, would force is a time for all Catholics to fall down on insurance coverage for sterilization, percentage of those in support of a religious exemption their knees and humbly pray to ask for must not contraception and abortion-inducing God’s guidance and assistance as we deal with this critical issue. As we deal cease to drugs. With the recent decision of the 48% ‘O U.S. Supreme Court upholding the ALL AMERICANS with this issue we also need to be ask Divine interven- provision of the Affordable Care Act reminded that the present Affordable tion and to change (ACA), that requires everyone to pur- WHITE CATHOLICS 55% CareAct upheld by the recent decision of chase a health plan, the Health and the U.S. Supreme Court as a tax provi- CATHOLIC WEEKLY the minds of our Human Services mandate has come to 63% sion would use federal funds to pay for President and those be more woven into the fabric of the CHURCHGOERS elective abortions and for plans that entire health plan which poisons the cover such abortions, contradicting long- who serve with him, well of authentic health care and radi- WHITE EVANGELICALS 68% standing federal policy. The ACA fails to to respect our pri- cally contradicts respect for con- include necessary language to provide science. This HHS mandate must be WHITE MAINLINE 44% essential conscience protection, both mary freedom, free- opposed by all Catholics as it violates PROTESTANTS within and beyond the abortion context. dom of religion.’ the First Amendment, religious free- NO RELIGIOUS 39% As Catholics, as Americans, we have dom, rights of conscience, and the AFFILIATION the blessings of religious liberty and sacredness and dignity of human life. freedom of speech which are being -- Bishop Michael In our pluralistic democracy, we Source: Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life ©2012 CNS threatened by the HHS mandate. Each should never formulate laws that would of prayer for freedom, our prayers must not one needs to reflect carefully on these issues Pfeifer force individuals to violate their con- cease to ask Divine intervention and to facing our country, our priests need to sciences. Freedom of conscience rests on change the minds of our President and those preach more about this issue, and more and the principle that there is a world of differ- who serve with him, to respect our primary more Catholics need to become engaged in ence between a law that makes me do some- freedom: freedom of religion. All Catholics the debate in the public square. In a special thing I do not want to do, and a law that must be involved in this unique effort to way I call upon all the Knights of Columbus makes me do something I have an obliga- convince our President and the Department from our diocese, members of the Cursillo tion not to do. The latter is an assault on our of Health and Human Services to not Movement, Catholic Daughters and ACTS moral integrity. The mandate must be con- enforce this mandate through constant to become involved in this critical issue. sidered in this context. prayer, letter writing, expressing our posi- This is a critical moment in the history of Although we have finished our fortnight tion to the public through the media, and to our country. Page 6 AUGUST 2012 The Angelus Two-year basic, advanced formation sessions to begin in Abilene The Angelus The Angelus

A new 2-year cycle of Diocesan Basic Advanced Formation Formation will begin at St. Joseph Church, Sessions are scheduled to begin San Angelo in August. All are welcome and at St. Francis, Abilene, in encouraged to attend this adult faith forma- September. These are adult faith tion, which is an opportunity for persons who opportunities. All are welcome participate in any church ministry, but espe- to attend, however, only those cially for anyone who catechizes at any level. persons who have earned a A commitment to the 2-year cycle is required. Basic Certificate will be able to There are monthly sessions that begin at 8:45 earn an Advanced Certificate if a.m. and conclude at 4 p.m. Each session completed. If one chooses to includes prayer, input on specific content, attend all the sessions and has reflection time, small and large group discus- not earned the Basic certificate, sion and journaling. Input and materials are one can attend the Basic in English. Small group discussion can be in Sessions when scheduled in the Spanish if needed. Information regarding this area. Both certificates will be cycle has been sent to parishes. A recom- conferred upon completion of mendation to attend is required from your the Basic sessions. The con- pastor/pastoral leader. Each session is tent, site and dates of the $15.00. Payment is worked out with the pas- Advanced Formation Sessions tor/ pastoral coordinator. For more informa- are listed below. For more tion call the Office of Education and information, call the Office of Formation at 325-651-7500. Education and Formation at 325-651-7500. ST. ANN (From 1) plaza in front, and 1906 West Texas Ave. credence table, the confessional screen, will be the address of our front entrance.” the wood of the cross and selected kneel- Midland’s oldest Catholic Church. Also included in the design is a colum- ers in the chapel. The project, first conceptualized in 2005 barium, with niches for over 400 who “John Gascho was designing the fur- by the church’s pastoral council wish to be inurned. So far, over 70 people nishings at San Miguel Church in Midland and a long-range planning committee — have expressed a desire to call St. Ann’s and heard about our project,” Droll said, whose visions included the possibility of a their final resting place following crema- “so he came over and looked around and chapel and commons area — brings reali- tion. said one of the items on his bucket list as ty to a series of design concepts set forth “I believe that the new Chapel & a woodworker, was to take trees that were when the process began in earnest. Commons meets the needs and desires of taken down and fashion furniture for a The new Chapel & Commons will: the parishioners and it is probably more facility addition. We thought that sounded 4 reinforce existing relationships by than I had even hoped for,” Droll said. like a marvelous idea.” offering both vehicle and pedestrian The chapel, to be blessed and named the Parishioners David Eyler and Richard access; Holy Family Chapel, has a number of Folger served as chair and co-chair for the 4 respect the existing St. Ann’s Church beautiful artistic elements included. The Chapel & Commons project. building; Holy Family Statue, which will rest at the The church will host a number of events 4 offer distinct chapel space and, with chapel entrance, was created by renowned to commemorate the opening of the the design of the new addition maximize sculptor Timothy P. Schmaltz. Chapel and Commons, beginning with the the opportunity for natural daylight; The chapel windows are designed by August 26 blessing and a reception that provide ease of use for gatherings, cele- nationally-known stained glass artist Jeff will follow. Special events include: brations, processionals, meditations and Smith, of Fort Davis; the tabernacle is cre- 4 August 25 — Party at the Parish with memorials through use of exterior spaces, ated by Shelley Smith. The two, not relat- Ike Ndolo in Concert. and, ed, have become associated through 4September 6 —Artists’ Night, featur- 4 create for parishioners and visitors a exhibiting their work together at the ing John Gascho, Jeff Smith, Shelley sense of arrival by providing what is now Southwest Liturgical Conference and else- Smith and Jim Rhotenberry. an obvious main entrance. where. 4 October 11 — 50th anniversary of the For years, according to Monsignor The chapel will also feature a large Second Vatican Council opening, with Larry Droll, pastor, St. Ann’s has lacked amount of woodwork art created from oak guest lecturers Msgr. James Plagens and what could be designated as a focal point. trees that were taken from the property Norbert Dickman. With the Chapel and Commons, it will be Photo by Karen J. Patterson during the addition’s construction phase. 4 October 2, 9 and 16 — Catholic obvious where the church’s main entrance The inside of St. Ann’s Holy Family Chapel The chapel altar, designed by Midland Jeopardy tournament nears completion. 4 is. some people it might be the church, but architect Jim Rhotenberry, was created by October 15-November 15 — St. “A key was trying to tie the parish famed woodworking artist John Gascho. John’s Bible Exhibit when you were coming and looking for a 4 property together,” Msgr. Droll said. specific room it was sometimes difficult. Gascho’s creations through re-fashioning October 22-25 — Lectures by Tim “When you come to St. Ann’s, many peo- We developed the idea for the central the wood of the trees, include the taberna- Ternes regarding St. John’s Bible. ple would ask, ‘Where exactly is that? For cle stand, the pulpit, presider’s chair, the The Angelus AUGUST 2012 Page 7

LOPEZ EDICTAL SUMMONS July 25, 2012 (From 1) always tight-lipped about any There was nothing doctors could do CASE: DYKES — LOTT involvement he might have had in for him. Father Lopez credits his late father, assisting the Cristeros, though he Father Lopez immediately left the NO.: SO 12/36 Chico, and Jacinto, his late grandfa- admitted that his parents opened retreat in Colorado Springs to return ther, for giving him his ability as a their home in Piedras Negras to home to family. By the time he had The Tribunal Office of the Catholic Diocese of storyteller. As for his love of the “people waiting to cross into the arrived in Trinidad, Colo., just 125 San Angelo is seeking Miranda Dawn Lott. priesthood, and his desire to become United States.” miles down the interstate from You are hereby summoned to appear before the a loving, godly man who provides With no television or other modern Colorado Springs, his brother called Tribunal of the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo, at love for others through his vocation, communications devices as a young to tell him their father had passed. 804 Ford Street, San Angelo, Texas 76905, on or he credits the late Fr. Tom Kelley, man, Fr. Lopez said, his grandfather He was only 55. before the 31st day of August 2012, to answer to former diaconate director and pastor became a great storyteller. He and ‘In terms of my relationship with the Petition of Richard Scott Dykes, now intro- at Our Lady of San Juan, now San his family moved to Odessa in the God, I found a lot of healing with duced before the Diocesan Tribunal in an action Miguel de Arcangel, on Midland’s 1970s. my Dad’s death,” Fr. Lopez said. “I styled, “Richard Dykes and Miranda Lott, Petition south side. While never outwardly expressive was able to preside at my father’s for Declaration of Invalidity of Marriage.” Said Fr. Lopez grew up in Midland and in his faith, Fr. Lopez said his grand- funeral. And after Mass, many peo- Petition is identified as Case: DYKES -- LOTT; father kept a candle lit in his home ple came up to me. One person said is a 2000 graduate of Midland High. Protocol No.: SO 12/36, on the Tribunal Docket of Fr. Kelley walked with the younger until the day he died. to me, ‘No matter what, you are the Diocese of San Angelo. man as he discerned whether the Fr. Lopez’s father, Chico, ran a always a priest.’ That has always priesthood was right for him. successful and well-respected stayed with me. And I could almost You may communicate with the Tribunal in per- “I didnt know for sure for a while Midland pipe testing company called envision my father conniving son or in writing. Failure to communicate within if the priesthood was what I was C&R Inspection. Mr. Lopez was through his death to do this for me, the prescribed period of time will be considered being called to,” Fr. Lopez said. “I well-respected by many members of as if to tell me, ‘Ricky, you are a your consent for the Tribunal to continue its pro- started discerning in high school. the Midland community, so much so priest.’ ” ceedings in the above-named case. Through Fr. Kelley and two years of that restaurant owners still come to When he returned to the diocese Given at the Tribunal of the Diocese of San discernment I found out that the Fr. Lopez and offer a free meal after his father’s passing, he was Angelo on the 25th day of July 2012. priesthood was more than social because, they often say, “I knew encouraged by the late Fr. Barry work, because it had an element that your father.” Cleaning ladies speak Mclean and by Fr. Frank Chavez, Reverend Tom Barley was very difficult and that was God, highly of Chico Lopez in the same former pastor of San Miguel. MSW, MBA, M. Div., JCL and that appealed to me. The fact way more influential members of the At the time, Fr. Lopez was able Judical Vicar you worked hard, not for yourself community do. only to celebrate Mass in his living and not for one particular thing but It was his father’s death last year room and had no church to serve for God. God was in the midst of all that would ultimately redirect Father when he ran into Fr. Chavez one day EDICTAL SUMMONS this. I'm saying this now because as Lopez’s spiritual path and even his at Sam’s. Fr. Lopez was wearing his a high schooler I couldn’t quite artic- outlook. work clothes and was dirty from July 25, 2012 ulate that, but what appealed to me While awaiting word that he was to testing pipe, when Chavez greeted CASE: DYKES — LANKFORD was being satiated in service to God. be sent to China as an oblate mis- him and asked him what he was NO.: SO 12/37 That was an awesome thing.” sionary, Fr. Lopez was instead told he doing. would go on a retreat in Colorado. “When he found out I was only The idea of being in community The Tribunal Office of the Catholic Diocese of also appealed to Fr. Lopez. Against The decision that prevented him celebrating Mass in my home, he San Angelo is seeking Sarah Rebekah Lankford. Fr. Kelley’s encouragement to from having the ability to do mission invited me to the Church. It was a become a diocesan priest, Fr. Lopez work in China was not the news for Thursday and by Friday I had the You are hereby summoned to appear before the sought instead to enter the communi- which he had hoped, but Fr. Lopez master keys to the Church and began Tribunal of the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo, at ty of the Oblates of Mary began his retreat as directed. celebrating daily and weekend 804 Ford Street, San Angelo, Texas 76905, on or Immaculate. While in Colorado, he received a Masses. That was a great time of before the 31st day of August 2012, to answer to “An Oblate in Oakland once told phone call from his mother, on his healing.” the Petition of Richard Scott Dykes, now intro- me. ‘The Jesuits taught me, the father’s phone, which was, according Following several months at San duced before the Diocesan Tribunal in an action Dominicans preached to me, the to Fr. Lopez, his first sign that some- Miguel, Fr. Lopez was named an styled, “Richard Dykes and Sarah Lankford, Oblates walked with me to school thing wasn’t right. assistant pastor at St. Ann’s in Petition for Declaration of Invalidity of Marriage.” and church.’ That was what appealed “I loved my father and he loved Midland, where he remains today. Said Petition is identified as Case: DYKES -- to me. At 18, I liked that idea of let’s me, but he never called,” Father “For myself as a priest, I see LANKFORD; Protocol No.: SO 12/37,on the go and do what needs to be done.” Lopez said. myself continuing to serve others,” Tribunal Docket of the Diocese of San Angelo. With his acceptance into the When Fr. Lopez returned the call, Father Lopez said. “I see myself You may communicate with the Tribunal in per- Oblates still pending, Fr. Lopez is his mother answered. Chico Lopez serving in two ways: trying to love son or in writing. Failure to communicate within now seeking to become a diocesan had been hospitalized for what and to show love as much as I can, the prescribed period of time will be considered priest, as Fr. Kelley had first advised would later be diagnosed as a mas- and as authentically as possible. I your consent for the Tribunal to continue its pro- him. sive heart attack. His father had felt would encourage others not to be ceedings in the above-named case. Fr. Lopez’s grandfather Jacinto he was suffering from a cold or flu, afraid to love, to look up from their Given at the Tribunal of the Diocese of San Ramirez was born in Mexico in 1913 and it wasn’t until the next morning phones, from their Facebook, from Angelo on the 25th day of July 2012. during the time of the Cristeros, the he told his wife he felt sick enough their computers and to see their to go to the hospital. brothers and sisters standing next to Mexican Christians depicted fighting Reverend Tom Barley for their religious liberty in the An MRI showed he had 100 per- them.” MSW, MBA, M. Div., JCL recent movie, “For Greater Glory.” cent blockage in one artery and 99 Fr. Lopez said his grandfather was percent blockage in two others. Judical Vicar Page 8 AUGUST 2012 The Angelus Catholic Voices On being socially concerned: Moving from grateful to giving By Father Ron Rolheiser my own mortgage, how can I save the affluence or by anger at our own culture. forgetful enough to genuinely give him- world!” Or, as a friend of mine recently When that is the case, we do not truly self over to the task at hand. Persons An idealistic young priest once visited said: “I don't know what to do. So I go to help anyone. Our actions are simply self- caught in self-interest are more part of Thomas Merton at the Trappist a lot of meetings and read a lot about aggrandizing and, in the end, serve to the problem than of the solution – both at monastery in Kentucky and spoke to him poverty and the Third World. It's making extend our own neuroses, ideologies and fires and in social justice. about his agony over social justice issues. me more sensitive and assuaging my bitterness to the poor. There is no outflow This answer is not a dangerous privati- “I know it's wrong,” he guilt somewhat, but, in the end, I am still of graciousness. zation of morality, an escape clause for said, “and sometimes I not doing anything concretely.” Resistance, prophecy and service must the rich, a shutting of the ears to the can hardly face myself What finally can we do? flow from a life which is full of gratitude, urgency of the cry and hunger of the in the mirror for going Merton's answer is that if we don't celebration, deep friendship and contem- poor. It's a refusal of the blind to lead the along with things as know what to do, then we are still not plative prayer. When these elements are blind. It's the admission that it is hard to they are. Yet I don't ready to do anything. If we are still ask- there, graciousness automatically spills save the world when one must still be know what to do. What ing what to do, if our own problems are over. One knows what to do! engaged in the humbler task of growing can I do?” still too distracting, and if we are having That is what is implied in Merton's up. It is a taking seriously of one's “Don't do a damned trouble looking at ourselves in the mirror, answer. Only when a person has grown in woundedness and narcissism. Most thing,” replied Merton. then we are still too caught up in our own prayer, friendship and gratitude so that important, it is a challenge to move “Just take the time to Rolheiser neuroses, ambitions, woundedness and the bitter need to kill, to defend self, to beyond present complacency, to begin the become what you profess to be. Then you false values to be of much help to the be jealous and to be angry because one painful task of uprooting bitterness, will know what to do.” If Merton had poor. We are still too poor ourselves. Our has been wounded, disappears, will one resentments, paranoia, self-pity, jealousy, less credentials in the area of social jus- lives are not yet lives of praise and grati- truly be able to resist, prophesy and self-interest, laziness, neuroses, and tice, his answer could easily be seen as a tude, lives that, by necessity, spill over serve. rerooting in prayer, gratitude and friend- rationalization, an excuse to escape and pour out graciousness. Our service, Saints and prophets aren't characterized ship, so that when the poor cry out we involvement. Given his record, however, our prophecy and our resistance are still by bitterness, guilt or anger. These do not know what to do. it is a profound answer. The answer of a too self-seeking, too motivated by guilt, serve the poor. Saints and prophets are In the meantime, many of us are saint to the agonizing question: What can too distracted by wound and bitterness recognized by the warmth of their love reduced to a certain impotence as we live I do in the area of social justice? and anger. and their sense of God's presence. That is the question. What can we do? In the circles that I To be a prophet of justice, an instru- why Merton tells that young man: “Take move in, on this question, there is enough ment of peace and a channel of gracious- the time you need to become what you Oblate Father Ron Rolheiser, theolo- talk, enough agonizing and enough guilt, ness necessitates that one be living more profess to be...don't rush wounded, self- gian, teacher, and award-winning author, but little in the way of practical action. At in gratitude than in anger, more in the preoccupied, ill-prepared and badly moti- is President of the Oblate School of our roots, many of us feel that we need to posture of praise than the posture of para- vated into the crisis.” Theology in San Antonio, TX. He can be do something about injustice and poverty. noia. In a crisis, at an accident or a fire, contacted through his website www.ron- We feel guilty about being affluent, but But this isn't easy. Too often our things are not made better, nor is anyone rolheiser.com. we feel helpless: “I have enough prob- prophecy, our service and our resistance helped, by someone who is too full of lems of my own! I have trouble paying are motivated by guilt over our own personal crisis and self-interest to be self- Mountain high spiritual lessons from Mount Everest By Maureen Pratt coming our own "mountains." he was afraid of heights," said Chung. "He said that he Catholic News Service "Before the trip, I trained for this," Chung, 37, told kept thinking, 'Trust in God because God will guide you me. "I started in June last year and did a lot of cardio. and move you forward.' That got him walking across Most of us climb at least one mountain every day, My dad is 64 and runs marathons, so it was mostly me the bridge. That has always stuck with me. I don't think whether it is ongoing pain, illness, finan- getting in shape." I'll ever lose the fear, but that trust in God makes me cial or familial. The mountains we face The preparation was invaluable as the experience tried more at ease. I just keep going and remember that I'm stand tall before us, often stirring up Chung's fitness almost from the outset. He and his being guided." fear, doubt and lost resolve. father endured freezing temperatures, as well as hail, As they hiked higher, Chung and his father experi- Recently, I spoke with Damian Chung, snow, rain and narrow, slippery mountain paths on the enced more and more rustic conditions. Hot showers, a parishioner and organist at St. ascent and descent, sometimes with a train of yaks com- electricity, modern plumbing, these modern amenities Sebastian Catholic Church in Los ing from the opposite direction. disappeared one by one, and Chung accepted the hard- Angeles. During the most difficult moments, Chung's mental ships as part of the journey. Chung had just climbed a mountain toughness was challenged, too. "When you're on the mountain and your only option and returned to tell about it. This spring, "At over 5,000 meters [16,400 ft.]," Chung writes in is a squat toilet, you work with what you have," he said, Chung and his father Isaac made the Pratt his online journal, "every step hurts. Your body wants to "and still enjoy the moment." once-in-a-lifetime journey from Los stop, but you just mentally push on." Even with the company of his father and the presence Angeles to Kathmandu, Nepal. They trekked into the Chung also had to overcome a tremendous personal of others hiking the trails, Chung said the journey was Himalayan mountain range, arriving at a Mount Everest obstacle: He is afraid of heights. To conquer this fear, like a personal pilgrimage or retreat. He kept a rosary at base camp with an elevation of more than 16,400 ft. Chung relied on his faith, as he has done in the past. hand and used the long stretches of silence to meditate Chung did not attempt to get to the summit (at more "Before I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the pastor at and pray. than 29,000 ft. -- the highest in the world), but his jour- the church where I played the organ gave a homily ney is still remarkable and offers us insights into over- about walking across a suspension bridge. Father said (Please See PRATT/23) The Angelus AUGUST 2012 Page 9 Catholic Voices II ‘All options at the table’ and other code words for another disaster By Stephen Kent throughout the country. a more important issue than the economy. cated yesterday in my speech, when I say Catholic News Service Their answers were sad. Voters must seek out and understand all options are at the table, I mean it." "What did we lose our lives for?" asked policy positions, not just of the presiden- "No option should be excluded." "All Two articles recently published on the former Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew tial candidates, but also of congressional options are on the table." Code words for same day were as sad as they were Rothlein of Texas. "They're still basically candidates. All will bear equal responsi- disaster born of hubris. thought-provoking. at the same stage as they were when we bility for what may happen in Iran. There is good reason for voters to think Lost perhaps amid went in." History tells us it probably won't be of the economy in making choices about news of the Olympics, Another Marine veteran, Matthew good. unemployment, outsourcing and foreclo- drought and mass Ranbarger, noted: "They have been fight- To what length should the U.S. go to sures. But they are a lesser priority to shootings, they demand ing each other for thousands of years, block development of nuclear weapons those decisions that could ultimately fuller attention in the before America was even founded. We by Iran? plunge the country into yet another action time remaining before did our job. There is only so much we "We have a solemn duty and a moral costing thousands of lives for question- the nation makes deci- can do. They have to do their part now." imperative to deny Iran's leaders the able reasons under questionable evidence. sions on Election Day. Has either invasion been a success? means to follow through on their malevo- A just war requires, among other One article noted that In Iraq, it deposed and executed a dic- lent intentions," said Mitt Romney, the things, the probability of success and the just months after the U.S. Kent tator. In Afghanistan, it killed the leader presumptive nominee of the Republican minimization of casualties to civilians. military pulled out of Iraq, hundreds have of the attack on America. The Party for president, on July 29, vowing Both have not worked out that well in been killed by bombings and shootings. Afghanistan invasion was named that "no option should be excluded" in Afghanistan, Iraq or Vietnam. The other reported that 1,935 U.S. mili- Operation Enduring Freedom. It certainly preventing Iran from getting a nuclear An election is the time to prevent the tary personnel have died in Afghanistan has been enduring through the first weapon. next war. since the invasion began 11 years ago. decade of this century. That is proactive war, and we know --- The Iraq story is well-known. More Historically, Afghanistan has success- how well that worked out the last time Kent, now retired, was editor of arch- than 1.5 million Americans served in the fully resisted all foreign invasions and when searching for phantom weapons of diocesan newspapers in Omaha and nearly 9-year-long Iraq War. In view of appears to have slight interest in adopting mass destruction. Seattle. He can be contacted at: the turmoil, rather than democracy, new forms of government such as a President Barack Obama on March 5 [email protected]. enveloping Iraq since the pullout, the republic or democracy. Iran now poses a said: "My policy is the prevention of Iran Associated Press interviewed veterans moral imperative to American voters. It is obtaining nuclear weapons. And as I indi-

Time to take a closer look at the social question We have to do THIS again?

By Father William J. Byron, SJ is that the social question has become That sounded to me more like a social Catholic News Service worldwide." But what precisely was then, assertion than a social question. True, the and is now, the question? You can bet needs of the poor hold a special place in The "social question" is a famous that this will always have something to Catholic social teaching. But aren't the expression in the tradition of Catholic do with human dignity and solidarity problems broader and isn't there a need social teaching. It typically refers to the with an eye to the promotion and protec- for Catholic social teaching to address problem addressed in any tion of the common good. But maybe we itself to a wider range of problems -- given papal encyclical. should be looking for a set of social ques- family instability and the disintegration of For instance, back in tions, not just one. marriage, for example? 1981 Pope John Paul II, A conference on Catholic social teach- So I found myself taking a stab at artic- in his encyclical "On ing earlier this summer at the University ulating the social question in a frame- Human Work," told the of Dayton, a Marianist school, triggered work wide enough to include a much world that human work is some thinking in my mind about the broader range of human problems, and I "a key, probably the social question. The Dayton meeting phrased it for myself this way: "How can essential key, to the brought those responsible for mission and the human community of persons and whole social question." Byron identity in Catholic business schools into nations live together in peace secured by And Pope Leo XIII closer contact with the tradition of justice?" That's a question, not an asser- phrased the social question in his encycli- Catholic social teaching. One presenter, a tion; and it invites application to all areas cal "Rerum Novarum" in 1891 in terms former dean of a Jesuit business school of human activity. of the condition of the working classes, said, "The core problem in the social The meaning of marriage and family; on the right of workers to form associa- encyclicals was first defined in 'Rerum the quality of commitment in human life; tions, to organize themselves into unions Novarum' and has been reaffirmed as 'the the application of intellect to problems of and other protective arrangements against social question' in subsequent encyclicals. disease and human suffering; the assaults on their human dignity from the It can be briefly stated as 'the church's advancement of diplomacy and preserva- new industrialization and the threat of deep and agonizing concern for the very tion of peace; the elimination of war and socialism. poor, the downtrodden, the powerless and the promotion of justice -- all are social In 1967, Pope Paul VI said in the disenfranchised, all of them living questions awaiting a response from our "Populorum Progressio" that "today, the and suffering in a state of misery and great tradition of Catholic social teaching. principal fact that we must all recognize wretchedness.'" Page 10 AUGUST 2012 The Angelus Making Sense of Bioethics The little embryo that grew up Abstinence: Another By Father Tad Pacholczyk hands extending from the shoulders, missing thumbs, and similar problems with the lower reason to apply the Those who seek to justify abortion often try extremities, as well as abnormalities in the to minimize or deny the humanity of the eyes, ears, heart, genitals, kidneys, and other embryo. In a recent online forum, for exam- organ systems. values of human life the Church states nine ways of ple, one participant wrote: “I Philosophers and politicians will sometimes Editors Note: Zoila Mata is a catechist became a human being at the argue that an embryo prior to 8 weeks of ges- being an accessory to another’s sin. at Holy Redeemer in Odessa. She 1. by counsel. 2. by command. 3. point that my senses func- tation is not yet a human being, and suggest presented the following letter to her tioned as those of a human that early abortions, embryo experimentation, students in 2008. by consent. 4. by provocation. 5. being. Before that I was just a etc. should therefore be acceptable. The by praise or flattery. 6. by conceal- mass of cells.” Another fol- thalidomide drama of the late 1950’s and By Zoila Mata ment. 7. by partaking. 8. by silence lowed up: “A pile of cells in early 1960’s makes it clear that if women Holy Redeemer Church-Odessa 9. by defense of the sinful action. a woman's uterus is not a were not pregnant with a human being prior Abortion is a sin crying to heaven human being. It lives off of to 8 weeks of age, then taking a teratogen I hope that when this letter reach- for vengeance breaking the comes you it will find you in the very mandment. “Thou Shall Not Kill” and is part of that woman's Pacholczyk (causing embryo malformations) like thalido- body.” The implication, of mide would not raise any concerns, since no best of health and in good spirit. Remember (Gen 4:8) Cain rose up course, is that a woman ought to be able to do human being would be present to be harmed The reason I am writing you this against his brother Abel, and killed what she wants with her body, including the by the drug. If there was no being that was letter is to remind you of who we him” the roots of violence against removal of any particular “pile of cells” that human during the first trimester, then no dis- are and what we stand for as life. God did not make death, and might pose a threat to her freedom. abilities would have occurred. But it is well Catholics. As this election He does not delight in the death of Yet those cells are not posing a threat in the known that the most drug-susceptible time approaches I really hope and pray the living. For He has created all same way that cancerous tumor cells might. during a pregnancy is the first trimester, that we are all voting with a clear things that they might exist….God Instead, the cells of the embryo will upset her specifically between the 4th and 7th week of conscience. The late John Paul 11 created man for incorruption, and lifestyle by demanding that several months gestation. Most of the children born without in one of his Encyclical Letter made him in the image of his own hence, she focus her attention on a bubbly, limbs were exposed to thalidomide during this Evangelium Vitae “The Gospel of eternity, but through the devil’s gurgling baby, and then a few years later, on a time, when abortion advocates like to dissim- Life” tells us clearly in the envy death entered the world, and young child who needs an education, and then ulate and pretend that no human being is actu- Christian Message Concerning those who belong to his party expe- on a boisterous and strong-willed adolescent ally present. Life. “The life was made manifest rience It (Wis 1:13-14 2:23-24) transitioning into adulthood, and then, possi- Each human being arises at fertilization and and we saw it” (Jn 1:2) with our The commandment “You Shall bly, on grandchildren, and so on. The cells of exists as a biological continuum thereafter: at gaze fixed on Christ. “The word of Not Kill,” even in its more positive the embryo are not “just” a pile of cells, but the joining of the sperm with the egg cell’s Life.” We all know that we are in a aspects of respecting, loving and an orchestration of living humanity known as membrane, a measurable depolarization mess, in a great turmoil; society is promoting human life, is binding a human being, marvelously complex, highly- occurs across that membrane that sets in in a serious crisis. We would have on every individual human being. It ordered and structured, growing, expanding motion a cascade of biochemical events and to be blind not to see it. When sin resounds in the moral conscience of and developing in precise ways with each changes that will continue in a stepwise, unin- is publicly advertised as normal and everyone as an irrepressible echo of passing hour of intrauterine life. terrupted fashion leading to the adult taxpay- correct, and millions of abortions the original covenant of God the Embryos, of course, do not spontaneously er. Meanwhile, the egg, if simply left to itself are performed each year, something Creator with mankind. It can be transform into human beings at the moment in the absence of sperm, will manage to live has gone radically wrong. How did and involves every person in this that their senses start to function, any more but for a few hours, and then die. Upon fusion we ever get into this mess? To me world. It is therefore a service of than they spontaneously transform into human with a sperm, however, the egg qua egg no the answer is clear and plain; we love which we are all committed to beings at the moment that their kidneys start longer exists, and an embryo, a human being have put God aside to turn our- ensure to our neighbor, that his or to purify waste, or their intestines start to at the earliest stage of his or her existence, selves toward gods and idols of our her life may be always defended process nourishment, or their heart starts to genetically distinct from his or her mother, making, like materialistic things, and promoted, especially when it is beat, or their limbs start to move, or their will be simultaneously engendered and pleasures, the cult of the body, weak or threatened. It is not only a brain begins to function, each of which occurs launched onto the trajectory of "growing up," thirst for money, and addiction to personal but a social concern which at different timepoints along the embryo’s representing a new entity that can live for TV, etc. These things have become we must all foster: a concern to normal path of growth and development. more than a hundred years. Such embryos are gods and idols to many, because we Honor the life of every man and The embryo’s growth and development first nourished in the maternal womb, then at have repeated the Old Testament woman and to work the persever- involves carefully choreographed biochemical the maternal breast, then at the family dinner infidelities, and worshipped idols ance and courage so that our time, steps and physiological changes that can be table and at fast food restaurants. Each of us made with our own hands. Only marked by all too many signs of partially derailed by certain drugs. In the late is precisely such an embryo who has been God can redirect the course of death, may at last witness the estab- 1950s and early 1960s, for example, the drug allowed to grow up. world history back to the path of lishment of a new culture of life, thalidomide was prescribed to pregnant peace. “Turn to me and be saved, the fruit of the culture of Truth and women as a cure for morning sickness, but Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. earned his all the ends of the earth, says the of Love. (JOHN PAUL11) + was quickly found to cause severe develop- doctorate in neuroscience from Yale and did Lord (Is 45:22) Many people have Mother Teresa spoke so poignant- mental defects and malformations in the new- post-doctoral work at Harvard. He is a priest said but there are other issues ly in 1994 at the National Prayer born. Thalidomide's devastating effects result- of the diocese of Fall River, MA, and serves involved. To me that is a lack of Breakfast in Washington. At the ed in the drug’s being banned worldwide, as the Director of Education at The National trust in God. God is our provider time she spoke, she was an interna- after more than 10,000 children had been Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. and with Him all things are possi- tionally known servant leader, who born with major thalidomide-related prob- See www.ncbcenter.org ble. In the Examination of passed on what she had received lems, including shortened or missing arms, Conscience and Catholic Doctrine (Please See LETTER/21) The Angelus AUGUST 2012 Page 11

2012 Rural & Farm Life Mass

Scenes from the 2012 Rural & Farm Life Mass, celebrated June 19, 2012, at the Schniers Ranch outside Wall. The host church for this year’s Mass was St. Ambrose in Wall.

Above left, crops are presented as an offering and to have prayers offered over them during the Mass. Above right, Bishop Pfeifer arrives at the Mass; at left, Bishop Pfeifer. with Father Chinnapureddy Pagidela, pastor at St. Ambrose, far left, and others.

Drought, heat making farmers everywhere pray for rain

By Tom Dermody had been erected for a parish heat and lack of rain. DROUGHT CONDITIONS are expected to stay the same or get worse Catholic News Service luncheon. "Hopefully, it will come," Father in the continental U.S. this summer.

Prayers to keep rain away from Robert Lampitt, parochial vicar of drought to persist or intensify drought likely to improve SEYMOUR, Ill. -- The despera- an outdoor parish celebration the rural parish, said of the rain drought ongoing, some improvement drought development likely tion of drought-stricken farmers in months in the planning and includ- before leading the meal blessing. the Midwest was evidenced by ing a visit from the diocesan bish- "It would be a godsend," agreed what topped Mary Margaret op would usually be the norm. But Bill Klein, a fourth-generation O'Connor's "day's best memory" not this summer at St. Boniface farmer whose great uncle willed list as the July 8 celebration of her Church, a Catholic landmark rising the rural parish an 80-acre tract of parish church's centennial came to above the fertile corn and bean land upon his death in 1954. The a close. fields of western Champaign field north of the church is planted "It looks like we're going to get County. in soybeans this year. rain," said O'Connor, eyeing dark As in much of the Midwest, Klein, O'Connor and other farm clouds approaching the grounds of farmers in Seymour are on the Valid for July 5-Sept. 30, 2012. St. Boniface Church, where a tent edge of disaster from scorching (Please See DROUGHT/23) Source: Climate Prediction Center ©2012 CNS Page 12 AUGUST 2012 The Angelus The Angelus AUGUST 2012 Page 13

Conscience

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Spirituality for Today No obstacle is too hard to overcome By Erick Rommel Pope: Couples need to set aside time to talk each day Catholic News Service When it comes to athletics, many of us have Catholic News Service said a message to the participants in ing, "not only in words, but also countless reasons not to get off the couch. It's too the international meeting of the Teams through their lives, the fundamental hot. It's too cold. It hurts too much. It's boring. VATICAN CITY -- Going to Mass of Our Lady. truths about human love" and how it The next time you put off your decision to work up together and setting aside time each The group, a movement for is a reflection of God's love for a sweat and get into shape, I have three girls you day to talk to each other are two sim- Catholic couples started in France in humanity. should think about and use as inspiration. ple practices that can help Catholic 1938, was meeting in Brasilia, Brazil, The movement helps couples recog- Nicole Madsen is a freshman at couples strengthen their marriage and July 21-26. The papal message to the nize the grace of the sacrament of Taft College in California. You may be examples to others, said a papal couples was signed by Cardinal marriage and encourages them to not have heard of her school, but if message. Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of attend Mass together, Cardinal you like nontraditional sports, you Pope Benedict XVI "invites state. Bertone said. It also gives them "sim- may hear a lot about her before the Christian couples to be 'the gentle and While pressures on married couples ple and practical ideas to daily live an summer's out. smiling face of the church,' the best have increased since the movement's embodied spirituality for Christian The 19-year-old just earned a spot and most convincing heralds of love founding, the message said, members at the summer X Games. She'll com- continue to be committed to proclaim- (Please See POPE/20) sustained and nourished by faith," pete in endurocross, racing a Rommel motorcycle on a dirt course lit- Your Family tered with obstacles, including logs, tires and water ponds. It's a sport that comes with many risks, even more for Nicole, who suffers from Type 1 diabetes and always wears an insulin pump. If she crashes on What matters and what doesn't in parenting the course, bodily injury isn't the only possibility; if By Bill and Monica Dodds the pump breaks or malfunctions, her life could be in in his class picture two years in a row. they enter grade school. danger. Catholic News Service It was clean, in good shape, and still c) Don't let them see your household Despite the risk, Nicole can't wait to compete. The fit. Who remembered what he had budgeting method. X Games are the pinnacle of the sport she loves, and Some years ago, a popular book worn the previous year? she's thrilled to show the world what she can do. advised people not to sweat the small Let's try a little quiz here to help you 4. The parent who constantly strives Victoria Arlen isn't competing at the X Games this stuff and to realize it's all small stuff. determine where you fall on the parent- for perfection and settles for nothing summer. She has her sights set on a larger stage. Six But, of course, it ing spectrum of what matters and what less: years ago, a rare spinal cord inflammation paralyzed isn't, especially doesn't. a) Raises perfect children who her. Complications left her in a vegetative state for when it comes to 1. A child who fails to make his or become perfect adults. three years. parenting. The her bed every morning is: b) Gets an ulcer. Now the 17-year-old from Exeter, N.H., is heading challenge for a) Taking the first step down the slip- c) Drives the rest of the family up the to London for the Paralympic Games. She earned her moms and dads is pery slope to life in prison. wall. way competing at the U.S. Paralympic Swimming figuring out what b) A free spirit who needs to be Trials in Bismarck, N.D. Victoria did more than family matters real- admired and encouraged. 5. When it comes to determining compete; she dominated. ly matter. c) More like you than you care to what matters and what doesn't matter, Victoria broke two world swimming records in the Older siblings admit. it takes: 100- and 400-meter freestyle events. By the time the from larger fami- Bill and Monica a) Wisdom and grace. competition was over, Victoria had set 11 American lies will tell you Dodds 2. When two siblings begin to fight b) Patience and perseverance. and Pan-American records. they had it the with each other: c) Wisdom and grace, patience and Now Victoria has Paralympic glory in her sights. toughest and their younger brothers a) Mom or Dad need to yell louder. perseverance, and prayer, prayer, While winning a medal would be nice, Victoria says and sisters got away with murder. b) Each child needs a hug and a prayer. her goal was a spot on the American team and is There's some truth to that. Rookie par- cookie. happy to see what happens next. ents have a harder time distinguishing c) You remember your mother say- Our advice: Stick with 5c and you'll While no longer an athlete, Dejanaira Simmons' what matters and doesn't. ing, "And someday when you grow up be fine. story is no less inspiring. Two years ago, she was her One small example includes figuring and have children of your own, I hope high school's star athlete, a basketball player. That out what the first child wears for his or they're just like you." --- changed in August 2010 when doctors discovered a her kindergarten class picture. It seems Bill and Monica Dodds are the tumor the size of a softball on her leg. They diag- monumental. What the third, fourth, or 3. The best way to teach your chil- founders of the Friends of St. John the nosed her with a rare cancer called spindle cell sar- fifth child wears ... Mom and Dad dren fiscal responsibility is: Caregiver and editors of My Daily coma. might have a bit of a mental lapse. a) Buy them everything they want Visitor magazine. They can be contact- Removing the tumor was only the start of "Pictures were today?" and constantly remind them how much ed at The two of us confess we discovered each item costs. [email protected]. (Please See ROMMEL/20) our youngest wore the same dress shirt b) Make them start paying rent once The Angelus AUGUST 2012 Page 15 JUST 4 KIDS Jesus miraculously feeds the crowd

By Joe Sarnicola

At the end of a long day, the apostles met with Jesus and told him everything that they had done and what they had taught. So many people would follow Jesus that often he and his closest followers did not have any time to be alone. Jesus said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while." Jesus and his apostles boarded a boat and sailed to a place where they hoped they would have some time away from all of the people. Once word had spread where Jesus had gone, the crowds followed him there as well, even though it meant they would not be able to stop for food along the way. Jesus and his apostles also had not had time to stop to eat. Jesus felt the people were like sheep without a shepherd. He stepped out of the boat and began to talk to the people who had come to see him. While he was speaking, Jesus' BIBLE TRIVIA apostles came up to him and said, "This is a deserted place for his missionary work. He also founded two and it is already very late. Dismiss them so that they can go monasteries. We honor him on July 28. Which Gospel writers also were among the first to the surrounding farms and villages and buy themselves Twelve Apostles? something to eat." Answer: Matthew and John PUZZLE Using the Gospel of Mark as a guide, indicate But Jesus had a different idea. He said to them, "Give them SPOTLIGHT ON THE SAINTS whether the following statements are true or false. some food yourselves." St. Samson Chapter numbers have been provided as hints. "Are we to buy two hundred days' wages worth of food and Samson (485-565) was considered a child of 1. ______John the Baptist wore fine clothes give it to them to eat?" they asked. promise, which meant that he was considered a and expensive jewelry. [1] Then Jesus said, "How many loaves do you have? Go and gift from God because his parents had not had any 2. ______Jesus was baptized in the Jordan see." children after many years of marriage, similar to River. [1] The disciples counted what they had and they told Jesus, the Bible story of Abraham and Sarah. 3. ______Jesus is also Lord of the Sabbath. [2] "Five loaves and two fish." Samson was raised in a monastery to prepare 4. ______Jesus appointed 16 men to be his Jesus instructed the people to sit in small groups on the him for service to the Lord from the time he was 5. first apostles. [3] He loved the monastic life, and he was a good stu- grass. Row after row, hundreds sat on the ground. Jesus took 5. ______Jesus walked on water. [6] the bread and fish the apostles had brought to him, looked up dent and a good Christian. He was ordained first 6. ______Peter saw Jesus with Elijah and toward heaven and prayed over the food. He divided up the as a deacon and then as a priest. Moses. [9] When Samson prayed over his dying father, his 7. ______Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a fish and the bread and shared it with his apostles and the father recovered and did not die at that time. white horse. [11] people. Samson was later promoted to abbot upon the 8. ______Jesus appeared to his disciples After everyone had eaten, which was more than 5,000 men, death of the previous abbot. He is known for mira- women and children, there was enough food left over to fill 12 cles that happened as a result of his prayers and after his crucifixion. [16] Answers/ Pg 17 baskets. Speaking up and out against the bullies on the bus By Karen Osborne It was a difficult video for many to school bus. But Klein's story is proof ply their trade: People are easily cor- Catholic News Service watch, judging from the angry public that being older isn't a vaccine against nered; the adult supervision is dis- outcry that followed. verbal and physical assault. Bullies tracted by the real need to keep their Are you afraid of the big yellow The incident put a spotlight on the can be just as vicious with teenagers, eyes on the road; other students feel bus? perils of riding the school bus, that teachers, drivers and bus monitors. like they don't have any power to Karen Klein wasn't -- not until lumbering yellow institution used by Their words and deeds can be just as stop the abuse. recently, when four teenage boys sub- millions of American students every hurtful. According to the National jected the 68-year-old bus monitor to year. The bus is meant to be a safe If you feel like you've been put in Association for Public Transportation, a barrage of horrific insults and ver- way for kids and teens to get to the crosshairs whenever you get on 90 percent of bus drivers from four Osborne bal abuse that included threats to her school, but for many it often morphs the bus, you're not alone. Every day, school districts in a study reported home and her life. The shocking into a moving metal torture chamber. teenagers are subjected to verbal and verbal bullying on their bus routes, attack was filmed and placed on the We often hear stories about physical abuse on school buses. After Internet, where it quickly went viral. younger kids who are bullied on the all, it's a perfect place for bullies to (Please See OSBORNE/23) Page 16 AUGUST 2012 The Angelus Nation Denver archbishop: Death, evil will not have last word By Nissa LaPoint "Certainly, the love of the father is Catholic News Service stronger than the bullets that killed 12 people and wounded (dozens more). And AURORA, Colo. -- The confusion and the risen Christ points to that truth." carnage that unfolded in the dark Aurora Death and evil, he added, will not have theater July 20 was surreal for Emily the last word. Stetson. "We recognize in the resurrection of The loud pops she heard and irritating Jesus Christ that he encountered victory smoke she inhaled eventually forced her over death," Archbishop Aquila said. and the midnight moviegoers out of the "The Father does not leave his Son dead packed theaters inside Century Aurora or his beloved children dead, but rather 16. In the lobby, she witnessed a police he calls them home to live with him and officer cradle a child with blood-stained he gives to us the promise of eternal life clothes and hurry outside. and resurrection." She watched the massacre and won- With many prayers, the Denver dered about the presence of Christ, she Archdiocese responded to the early said. morning rampage July 20 that ranks "It's hard to see God in something so among the worst mass shootings in U.S. sad," said 21-year-old Stetson, a parish- history. ioner at Queen of Peace Church in A gunman killed 12 people and wound- Aurora. "But how else can you hope to ed 58 at a midnight showing of the latest Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises." move on if this is all that life is? There's A woman kneels in prayer July 22 at a memorial for victims of a gunman who opened fire got to be something better." on moviegoers in Aurora, Colo. The gunman July 20 killed at least a dozen people and Police arrested 24-year-old James It was at an evening Mass the day of injured many more during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie "The Dark Holmes as the suspected shooter. the shooting that Stetson found support- Knight Rises." (CNS photo/Rick Wilking, Reuters) He was in court July 23 for an advise- ive friends and sympathetic words. She ment hearing. A judge ordered he be held joined a large gathering of faithful who priests -- at Queen of Peace for victims Lord and open their hearts so that he may without bond at the Arapahoe County sought healing and answers to the ques- and families impacted by the massacre, give comfort. Justice Center to await his arraignment. tions in their hearts. which claimed lives and wounded "As we present it to our Lord, though it One of the wounded is a friend of Jo Denver Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila dozens. may not be removed immediately, we Ann Younger, 15, of Queen of Peace. She was the main celebrant of the Mass -- In his homily, Archbishop Aquila asked know that the Lord is with us in the joined by 25 deacons and concelebrating the faithful to bring their sorrow to the midst of the suffering," he said. (Please See AURORA/21) Watch your tone: Americans annoyed at campaign harshness NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CNS) -- full-page national newspaper ads -- heard and in making clear to our pub- Nearly eight in 10 Americans say they with the first one appearing in the July lic servants how we would like them Tone in Politics Today are "frustrated with the tone in politics 26 issue of USA Today -- to encour- to conduct themselves." today," and nearly three-quarters of age readers to sign an online petition He noted that "all of us have friends 74% see a more negative 19% see Americans say that campaigns have at CivilityinAmerica.org. with whom we disagree, and we long / tone in political campaigns - more positive become more negative over the years. Facebook users can show support ago learned how to have civil relation- Those attitudes were among the for the effort by "liking" the petition ships despite our differences." EFFECT that personal attacks and negative ads in political responses in a new Knights of at Facebook.com/CivilityinAmerica. Other poll results showed: campaigns has on the nation’s political process: 4 Columbus-Marist Poll conducted July The petition reads: "We, the under- Two-thirds of Americans (66 per- a great deal of harm 27% 9-July 11. The Knights released the signed citizens of the United States of cent) believe that candidates spend results July 26 from the international America, respectfully request that more time attacking their opponents a significant amount 37% fraternal organization's headquarters candidates, the media and other advo- than talking about the issues. a little 26% in New Haven. cates and commentators involved in 4 By a nearly 20 point margin, In response, the Knights of the public policy arena employ a more Americans believe that campaigns are no harm 10% Columbus has launched a national, civil tone in public discourse on polit- mostly uncivil and disrespectful (56 to nonpartisan initiative "to give voice to ical and social issues, focusing on 37 percent). say the candidates spend more Americans' desire for civility in public policies rather than on individual per- 4Nearly two-thirds of Americans say time attacking their opponents discourse." sonalities. For our part, we pledge to that negative campaigning harms our than talking about the issues. "The American people want and make these principles our own." political process a great deal or a sig- deserve civility and a conversation on In announcing the initiative, nificant amount (64 percent). the issues rather than personal Anderson said: "Since our elected The survey of 1,010 adults was con- 78% are mostly frustrated by the tone of attacks," Supreme Knight Carl officials work for and represent the ducted by telephone. It has a margin political campaigns in the country today Anderson said in a statement. American people, this petition is a of error of plus or minus 3 percentage Telephone survey of 1,010 U.S. adults conducted from July 9-July 11, 2012. The initiative includes a series of step forward in making our voice points. Source: Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll ©2012 CNS The Angelus AUGUST 2012 Page 17 Our Faith Being educated about our past on religious liberty By Father Peter J. Daly date John F. Kennedy had to go to wrong to say that "the church ought to be Catholic News Service Houston to allay the fears of Baptist minis- separated from the state and the state from ters that a Catholic president would take the church." Error No. 77 said it was Our parish is doing a "teach-in" on reli- away their religious freedom. wrong to think that "in the present day it is gious liberty. Back in the 1960s, during the For centuries before the Second Vatican no longer expedient that the Catholic reli- days of the Vietnam War, universities did Council (1962-1965), some say the gion should be held as the only religion of "teach-ins" to discuss the Catholic Church was opposed to religious the state, to the exclusion of all other war as a way of learning. liberty. We lived in a time of "error has no forms of worship." Pope Pius further said We are following that rights," interpreted by some to mean that that non-Catholic religions should not be pattern, but our topic is all erroneous religions (any "non-Catholic" permitted to worship freely in Catholic religious liberty. religion) had no rights. countries (error No. 78.) Knowledge of history The church thought governments would It was not until 1965, in Vatican II's is important. Intellectual "institute" Catholicism as the official reli- Declaration on Religious Liberty honesty is necessary. gion of any nation if Catholics were the ("Dignitatis Humanae") that the Catholic Our Holy Father’s Consistency is good. dominant group in the population. We also Church official recognized religious liberty As a church, we will do Fr. Daly said that government should stamp out as a human right. 2012 Monthly Intentions ourselves and our society a favor if we are false (non-Catholic) religions. "Dignitatis Humanae" said in No. 2: historically accurate, intellectually honest This view was expressed most clearly in "The human person has a right to religious a declaration known as the "Syllabus of freedom. This freedom means that all men AUGUST and philosophically consistent in our General Intention: That prison- approach to religious liberty. If we demand Errors" promulgated by Pope Pius IX in are to be immune from coercion on the ers may be treated with justice religious liberty for ourselves, we should December 1864. part of individuals or of social groups and and respect for their human digni- and do support it for everyone. The pope listed 80 "errors" of the mod- of any human power, in such wise that no ty. Our teach-in has shown us that the ern age. Among the "errors" condemned one is to be forced to act in a manner con- Missionary Intention: Youth Roman Catholic Church has not always by Pius IX was error No. 15, which said trary to his own beliefs, whether privately Witness to Christ. That young been a defender of religious liberty. Until that it was an error to think that "Every or publicly, whether alone or in association people, called to follow Christ, 1965, our official position was opposed to man is free to embrace and profess that with others, within due limits." may be willing to proclaim and religious liberty. That is why non- religion which, guided by the light of rea- The declaration was mostly drafted by bear witness to the Gospel to the Catholics were nervous about electing a son, he shall consider true." ends of the earth. Catholic as president in 1960. Then-candi- In error No. 55, the pope said it was (Please See DALY/23) SEPTEMBER General Intention: That politicians may always act with hon- Defending our right to follow our religious beliefs esty, integrity, and love for the truth. By Father John Catoir Church's protest. A coalition of religious affected are self-insured. Missionary Intention: Help for Catholic News Service leaders has turned out to support the Catholic This issue is about religious freedom. the Poorest Churches. That hierarchy in its opposition to the governmen- Catholics are morally free to follow their con- Christian communities may have a Throughout his career as a community tal mandate on health care because it limits science, but presidents are not free to violate growing willingness to send mis- organizer, President Barack Obama is said to religious rights protected by the Constitution. the Bill of Rights. The religious rights of sionaries, priests, and lay people, have used Saul Alinski's book, "Rules for The president made a monumental, American citizens are guaranteed in the First along with concrete resources, to Radicals." Some say the unforced error and violated the First Amendment: "Congress shall make no law the poorest Churches. book proclaimed the princi- Amendment. respecting an establishment of religion, or ple of divide-and-conquer. On June 8, I was a guest on Neil Cavuto's prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Daily Offering Prayer This was one of Alinski's Fox News cable TV show "Your World." The executive branch is included in this Jesus, through the Immaculate strategies in the struggle to Among other things, Cavuto asked me about prohibition. Heart of Mary I offer you my gain political power. the divide between practicing and nonprac- New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, prayers, works, joys and sufferings ticing Catholics, wondering how much real after many attempts to solve this disagree- of this day in union with the Holy By turning the poor Sacrifice of the Mass throughout against the rich, the laity power the hierarchy has in opposing the ment amicably, made it clear that the presi- the world. I offer them for all the against the bishops and president's mandate. dent's mandate will be contested in the intentions of Your Sacred Heart: Fr. Catoir labor unions against manage- I reinforced the obvious point that this courts. the salvation of souls, reparation ment, it is easier to build a majority in any issue has already gone far beyond the birth- The idea of demanding religious leaders to for sin and the reunion of all democratic society. control controversy within the church. It also violate their teachings is simply unaccept- Christians. I offer them for the In my opinion, it seems President Obama goes beyond the Catholic Church. able. intentions of our bishops and of all has been practicing this political strategy in I believe President Obama's mandate to the In 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville, the French Apostles of Prayer, and in particu- his campaign to be re-elected in 2012. When bishops to pay for something the church con- political thinker, said he doubted the lar for those recommended by our he ordered the Catholic bishops to buy health siders to be against its principles is a viola- American "experiment" would survive Holy Father this month. insurance that would pay for artificial contra- tion of the First Amendment of the because of what he called "the tyranny of the ceptives for their employees, he knew he Constitution. majority." Voters tend to elect representatives would awaken a storm. The president's exemption, which was who will give them what they want, even if, Answers from Just 4 Kids page: However, he did not expect so many reli- granted a few days later, was virtually mean- in the long run, what they want works 1. false, 2. true, 3. true, 4. false, 5. gious leaders to rally behind the Catholic ingless because most religious institutions against the common good. true, 6. true, 7. false, 8. true Page 18 AUGUST 2012 The Angelus Culture Sequel falls victim to its predecessors in ‘Dark Knight Rises’ By Adam Shaw evinces a surprising amount of humanity Catholic News Service and emotion. Especially so as it shows us the protagonist's touching relationship NEW YORK -- Paradoxically, some- with long-serving butler Alfred (Michael times success at the box office can turn Caine) who acted as a father figure to the out to be a burden for a movie director. young lad after Wayne's parents were Having created one popular picture, murdered. Hollywood helmers can find themselves These personal touches accompany a faced with impossible expectations for message about self-sacrifice that makes the sequel. more explicit than ever the altruism that That problem is especially acute in the has always characterized Bob Kane and case of Christopher Nolan's "Dark Bill Finger's comic-book creation -- who Knight" trilogy, of which "The Dark made his debut on the printed page in Knight Rises" (Warner Bros.) is the final 1939. Batman's rejection of anger and installment. Given that the feature stands revenge -- as well as his refusal to in the shadow of 2005's successful reboot employ unnecessary violence in fighting of the franchise, "Batman Begins," as crime -- are also emphasized. So too, of well as 2008's "The Dark Knight" -- a course, is his desire to do good. film described by some critics as one of Nonetheless, the bone-breaking nature the greatest movies of all time -- the Christian Bale stars as Bruce Wayne in a scene from the movie "The Dark Knight of the mayhem on display excludes the question arises: Can the director and co- Rises." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture youngest batfans, who would also likely writer (with his brother, Jonathan Nolan) Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. (CNS find their attention spans taxed by the make lightning strike thrice? photo/Warner Bros.) lengthy proceedings. Some parents may, The answer is neither a conclusive yea they've also made him an enemy in the onslaught, the cops -- led by jaded com- however, deem "The Dark Knight Rises" nor a definitive nay. While this lavish eyes of the police and the public at large. missioner James Gordon (Gary Oldman) acceptable fare for older adolescents. closing chapter will certainly delight the Yet, inevitably, Wayne and his chi- -- fall to pieces, despite the dedicated Caped Crusader's dedicated fans, more ropteran persona find themselves pulled efforts of idealistic officer John Blake The film contains frequent and intense casual viewers may find its 164-minute out of retirement. Initially, that's due to (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). action violence, including gunplay, an running time bloated and unwieldy. the arrival on the scene of slippery cat Hardy's Bane, a worthy successor to implied nonmarital encounter, a few uses Set eight years after "The Dark burglar Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) -- Heath Ledger's show-stealing Joker in of profanity and some crass terms. The Knight," the latest adventure finds a morally ambiguous character out to pil- the previous movie, seeks to claim the Catholic News Service classification is Batman's alter ego -- billionaire playboy fer Wayne's jewels and flirt with him at city of Gotham on behalf of "the people," A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) -- injured, the same time. thus providing a violent fictional twist on Association of America rating is PG-13 -- exiled and grief-stricken. The events of But it's the aptly named terrorist mas- the real-life Occupy Wall Street move- parents strongly cautioned. Some materi- the previous film have not only deprived termind Bane (Tom Hardy) who really ment. al may be inappropriate for children him of the company of his childhood forces Batman to don the cowl once Although Nolan's visual style favors under 13. friend and love interest, Rachel Dawes, more. In the face of his criminal the bombastic set piece, his screenplay Three books put human face on prison inmates "A Different Kind of Cell: The Story of a Murderer op the capacity to articulate well the sinful Who Became a Monk" by W. Paul Jones. Wm. B. and psychologically dysfunctional reasons for Eerdmans (Grand Rapids, Mich., 2011). 134 pp., the crimes, and the underlying causes. These $14. causes, including broken families and drug abuse, really point again and again to spiritual "Life After Murder: Five Men in Search of Redemption" by Nancy Mullane. PublicAffairs problems, such as failing to live lives of Books (New York, 2012). 384 pp., $26.99. meaning and faith. In jail, with little else to do besides reflect on themselves and their "In this Timeless Time: Living and Dying on unfortunate lot, some prisoners come to find Death Row in America" by Bruce Jackson and meaning and hope. Then again, many fail to Diane Christian. University of North Carolina do so. Press (Chapel Hill, N.C., 2012). 242 pp., with DVD. "A Different Kind of Cell," in which W. $35. Paul Jones tells the story of Clayton Fountain, who ended up in jail for murdering a superior officer while in the U.S. military, exemplifies Reviewed by Brian Welter sentences for murder. The authors, and the character Catholic News Service this mixture of hope and despair. Once incarcerated, portraits they offer, challenge us to see the hurt and pain Fountain began a string of violent attacks that led prison within the prisoners themselves. Each of these books brings out in a unique way the These convicts live with the crimes they have com- (Please See BOOKS/21) humanity of America's millions of prisoners serving mitted. Often, after many years behind bars, they devel- The Angelus AUGUST 2012 Page 19 An Appreciation: ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ at 50

‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Why it endures

Gregory Peck and Brock Peters star in a scene from the 1962 film "To Kill a Mockingbird" based on the novel by Harper Lee. Peck won the Oscar for his embodiment of Lee's fictional attorney Atticus Finch. (CNS/Universal Studios) Power of love to conquer hatred enduring theme of 1962 classic By John P. McCarthy trates how fright- prejudice is institu- ingredients; and director Mulligan's stag- Catholic News Service ening yet ulti- tionalized. ing has a theatrical immediacy that's mately liberating Part ghost story, enhanced by inventive camerawork. NEW YORK — Of the many excep- it can be when part coming-of-age Peck won the Oscar for his embodi- tional movies released in 1962 -- we embrace tale, part courtroom ment of Atticus Finch, and the perform- "Lawrence of Arabia," "The Miracle those whom we drama, ance represents the perfect melding of Worker," "The Trial of Joan of Arc," to consider to be "Mockingbird" con- actor and character. name just three -- perhaps none is more irredeemably dif- siders the ways in In a documentary on the bonus DVD, beloved than "To Kill a Mockingbird." ferent. which we try to Peck describes the role as "a blessing In fact, a case can be made for this In Depression- overcome, in Atticus' and gift from Harper Lee." He made the adaptation of Harper Lee's 1960 Pulitzer era Maycomb, words, "the ugly most of it, transmitting Atticus's affec- Prize-winning novel as the most admired Ala. (modeled on things in this world" tion and firm sense of justice with an American film of all time. Lee's hometown like fear, poverty and entertaining purity. It's also touching to Not only is it a sterling artistic of Monroeville), ignorance. On the hear about the close bond Peck forged achievement, its nuanced look at race widower Atticus one hand, it offers an with Badham and Alford, as the young relations is revelatory. And audiences is raising two idealized view of the Alabamans were making their excellent continue to find a dual paragon in the children -- out- South; on the other, screen debuts. character of Atticus Finch -- among the spoken tomboy it exposes the harsh Fifty years later, some may find the greatest fathers and lawyers ever depict- Scout (Mary reality of that society movie's handling of race to be too indi- ed on screen. Badham), and with a transformative rect. For instance, there's a public-private Universal Pictures, celebrating its her older brother artistic vision. split in the behavior of two authority fig- 100th anniversary, has released 50th- Jem (Phillip Shot in black-and- ures. The sheriff and judge each indicate anniversary editions of "To Kill a Alford) -- aided white, and proceed- their frustration, if not quite disgust, with Mockingbird" on DVD and Blu-ray con- by his black ing at a laconic pace the way African-Americans are treated; taining a remastered print and numerous housekeeper Calpurnia (Estelle Evans). matching the tempo of small-town life, and their behind-the-scenes actions con- extra features. The latter include an While the children reckon with neigh- the production feels rooted in a particular firm their relatively enlightened atti- ambitious documentary about the mak- borhood eccentrics, most notably the time and place while simultaneously pos- tudes. Yet neither dares speak out pub- ing of the film, a track featuring running spooky Radley family, Atticus is sessing a timeless, almost fairytale quali- licly. commentary by director Robert Mulligan appointed to defend Tom Robinson ty. This concretely dreamlike atmosphere Only Atticus has the courage to and producer Alan J. Pakula, plus materi- (Brock Peters), a black man accused of was conjured on Universal's Hollywood express his view in an open forum, both al on the career of star Gregory Peck. raping a white woman. Over the course back lot, reportedly using frame houses by agreeing to defend Robinson and in In the most general terms, and while of a year, these two plotlines converge, displaced by the construction of Dodger his stirring closing argument. treating numerous other expansive with the youngsters' urge to demonize Stadium. Silence enabled the injustice of segre themes, "Mockingbird" deals with the the unknown paralleling the quest for Horton Foote's intuitive screenplay and power of love to conquer hatred. It illus- justice in a community in which racial Elmer Bernstein's music score are key (Please See MOCKINGBIRD/22) Page 20 AUGUST 2012 The Angelus FAITH (From 1) now available on the USCCB website. He In line with an initiative of the Vatican that European also announced that an online version of Benedict XVI's call for a new evangeliza- cities implement a "metropolitan mission" program for the United States Catholic Catechism for tion and will incorporate television, radio, Adults will be available soon on the site. social media and numerous online Lent 2013, a similar effort is being considered for the The online versions have interactive fea- resources to better connect -- or reconnect - United States during the same period. Such missions tures and are searchable by specific terms. - Catholics with their faith. would include catechesis by local bishops, the availability Users also will be able to bookmark specif- Special emphasis will be placed on ic passages and will be able to view their explaining church teaching through liturgy of the sacrament of reconciliation, devotions and popular selections on tablets and smartphones. and prayer, catechetical aids, parish pro- piety, spiritual exercises and mission-style programs in A prayer for the new evangelization as grams, homily guides and online applica- well as intercessions for the Year of Faith tions and websites. Already weekly posts local parishes also are being developed, Bishop Ricken on Facebook promote the lives of saints — Bishop Ricken said. and those declared blessed and venerable, Emphasis also will be placed on assisting while quizzes on the Catechism of the Faith"), an apostolic letter released Oct. 17, The bishops' conference has worked families in observing the Year of Faith with Catholic Church help connect online users 2011. since October to develop numerous prayer services and other catechetical with tenets of the faith, Bishop Ricken said. The observance envisioned by the pope resources including apologetic material, resources, he added. The Year of Faith begins Oct. 11, the 50th under his call for a new evangelization does brochures related to new evangelization anniversary of the opening of the Second not propose new teachings but is "rather a and teaching aids for use by Catholics as - - - Vatican Council and the 20th anniversary 're-proposing' of the Gospel to those await- well as the general public, he said. of the promulgation of the catechism. It ing a first evangelization and those whose Many of the resources are being devel- Editor's Note: More information about runs through Nov. 24, 2013, the feast of roots of Christianity are deep but have oped for Spanish speakers as well, he said. the observance of the Year of Faith can be Christ the King. experienced a serious crisis of faith due to Bishop Ricken said a new online version found online at www.usccb.org/beliefs-and- Pope Benedict announced the Year of secularization," Bishop Ricken said. of the Catechism of Catholic Church is teachings/how-we-teach/new-evangeliza- Faith in "Porta Fidei" ("The Door of tion/year-of-faith/. PATTERSON

(From 3) viewed at www.usccb.org/bible/reflections/ ing we experience is invaluable to my and God, others and yourself. 8. Attend a retreat. Deepening your faith my wife’s growth as Catholics. 12. Visit churches in the diocese. We whose messages are available to us all free and spirituality with others like you over a 10. Form a Lectio breakfast. You don’t have a number of beautiful Churches and — on You Tube. Take advantage of the weekend is one of the most powerful fruits have to attend an ACTS or Cursillo to take priests who have a wonderful ability to scores of his popular 1950s sermons and its of Pope John Paul’s new evangelization advantage of a sort of mini-Small Christian deliver God’s word through homilies. Some easy to see Sheen was a great teacher of the effort. ACTS, Cursillos, choose what works Group. Get together a group of friends and of our churches are steeped in history, masses. best for you, or tell your priest you’d like meet at a local (quiet) eatery every week, namely those in Wall, Olfen and Rowena, 7. Make a habit of watching the Daily him to consider bringing a retreat to your reading and discussing that day or week’s where the church architecture will leave you Reflections Video on the gospel. Presented parish. Scripture. Again, it is a wonderful way to amazed. Other churches, like St. Joseph in by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, 9. Join a Small Christian group. grow your faith and build a strong friend- Loraine, where bullet holes can still be seen this web site features a wide range of Another outgrowth of new evangelization, ship group. in the patron’s statue, and Sacred Heart n priests, women religious and others translat- this is another powerful way to enhance 11. Take advantage of the Sacrament Abilene, where the Knights of Columbus ing the day’s gospel readings. it’s like a little your faith and spirituality in the company of of Reconciliation. Don’t be scared! These formed to protect the priest from the KKK, sermonette every day right on your iPad, or people who will very likely evolve into your guys with the collars are here to help us. have wonderful legacies that can be learned your preferred device. The videos can be closest friends -- if they are not already. Our Not judge or condemn. There may be noth- for the asking. group now has annual retreats and the sharing that makes you feel lighter and better I hope you’ll consider taking advantage of about yourself than regular trips to the con- these Year of Faith tips. I’ve actually done ROMMEL fessional. Taking your sin off your shoulders them all so there are enough hours in the (From 14) lightens your load and gives you an month. After all, who are we supposed to be for classmates and everyone who sup- enhanced desire and ability to do more for giving our life to? ported her during treatment. When she Dejanaira's treatment. Doctors then had graduated with honors from high school to replace her knee and a large part of a few weeks ago, she did it crutch-free POPE and walked to receive her diploma with her thigh bone. (From 14) It took more than a year of physical no extra support. "In our world, so marked by individual- therapy to teach Dejanaira how to walk Nicole, Victoria and Dejanaira over- ism, activism, eagerness and distraction," again, rehabilitation made more difficult came obstacles many thought were spouses." Cardinal Bertone wrote, "sincere and con- by chemotherapy treatments that made impossible. Nicole needs a machine to One of the key ideas, he said, is "the stant dialogue between the spouses is her so sick that she had to complete her pump insulin into her body; Victoria 'sit down,' that is to say, a commitment to essential for avoiding the emergence of junior year of high school from home. swims faster than you while pulling the setting a regular time for personal dia- misunderstandings that grow and harden," Despite her medical condition, paralyzed half of her body; and logue between the spouses, in which each and which can cause irreparable damage. Dejanaira remained in her classmates' Dejanaira relearned how to walk with an presents to the other, with all sincerity "Cultivate this precious habit of sitting hearts. This year, they voted her home- artificial knee and thigh. and in a climate of mutual listening, the down beside each other to talk and listen coming and prom queen. What they did- If they can do that, what excuse do we issues and topics most important to life so that you understand each other," he n't know is that she had a gift of her own have? as a couple." said. The Angelus AUGUST 2012 Page 21 LETTER

(From 10) to the thousands of attendees: father is told that he does not have to Western culture of death. She rebuked And if we accept that a mother can kill take any responsibility at all for the child our selfishness and our love of conven- from the Church and then lived it out even her own child, how can we tell he has brought into the world. The father ience. And she shamed us for our lack of more powerfully than anyone else on other people not to kill one another? How is likely to put other women into the love. She stood on truth mapped out by earth. When she spoke, the image was do we persuade a woman not to have an same trouble, so abortion just leads to centuries of the Church’s moral teaching striking. This was not her opinion, one abortion? As always, we must persuade more abortion. Any country that accepts and tradition. Her own life proved the opinion among many. Here was a tiny lit- her with love and we remind ourselves abortion is not teaching its people to validity of the truth coming from her lips. tle woman, standing on the Truth of the that love means to be willing to give until love, but to use any violence to get what Church. This was the truth she selflessly it hurts. Jesus gave even His life to love they want. This is why the greatest lived out decade after decade in the us. So, the mother who is thinking of destroyer of love and peace is abortion. slums of Calcutta. Mother Teresa spoke abortion, should be helped to love… the Mother Teresa rebuked our entire BOOKS (From 18) "A Different Kind of Cell" offers read- Eddie's aunt came to visit him in prison: can age so swiftly in that amount of time. ers an unforgettable journey into the "The first thing she said was, 'I'm sorry.' I But I guess it's all to do with the mental officials to declare him one of the most descent and attempted rise of a man who asked her what she was sorry for. And pressure. There's a lot of mental pressure, dangerous inmates in the entire prison in the end tries very hard to follow she said, 'When you were living with us but you don't let yourself go. You try to system. Christ. for that short time ... I went to check on suppress it." He was removed from almost all In "Life After Murder," journalist you and you were curled up, no blankets In "Life After Murder," Mullane human contact, and lived in little more Nancy Mullane offers an anecdotal side on the bed, with your back towards the remarks that many of the convicts she than a cage. After reading a letter from a to the restless hopes of men serving time, door, crying. I should have went in there met were "normal" -- soft-spoken, even Christian woman asking him why he as they try to figure out how to move and hugged you. Instead I closed the cheerful and friendly. One also gets a couldn't accept the grace offered by beyond their crimes. The killings were door.'" sense of this "normality" from "In This Christ, he did indeed open his heart to the often committed after getting hooked on Some of these stories have happy end- Timeless Time," where murderers smile Lord. drugs and hanging out with the wrong ings, and some do not. Looking toward broadly or show off their tattoos. Yet the author portrays well how this people. the unhappiest of endings, part one of "In America's high incarceration rate is was not an easy conversion. Fountain had One particularly sad story tells how a This Timeless Time" is a pictorial essay made worse by the lack of funding for years of spiritual struggle ahead of him, large family lost their mother at the age of men on death row, with some brief rehabilitation, which means that prisoners not least of all because of the crimes he of 39, and then the father a few years written summaries telling a part of their often waste years of their time. These had committed and his current confine- later, essentially to the despair over los- story. As with the other two books, noth- books show the sheer tragedy of prison, ment. Yet he developed a spirituality ing his wife. The children, some of whom ing about the crimes committed is and how these inmates deserve all the bursting with questions, ambition and were now young adults, attempted to glossed over or minimized. Yet the book support they can get. hope. He studied theology by distance, move on, but the lure of drugs and gang still aims to show the humanity of these - - - and befriended the Christian individuals life proved too much for Eddie, even inmates. with whom he came into contact. This with the help of aunts and uncles. One man, 27, muses on the fact that Welter is studying for his doctorate in led to a lively exchange of letters (he Mullane gives readers a strong sense of others in jail think he's much older than systematic theology and teaching English wasn't allowed use of a computer). the pain caused by these losses, as when he is: "And it's hard to believe that one in Taiwan. AURORA (From 16) Mauricio Bermudez of Queen of Peace beings, that we can safely go to work munity even though she's still in denial talked to a distraught 6-year-old child each day, or to school, or to the movies, that the shooting occurred. and her mother, Juliet, spent hours visit- who learned her cousin had died in the are shaken," Bishop Conley said at the "It's odd that it's so close to home," she ing her 14-year-old friend before the theater. prayer service. "It's natural for us to won- said. Mass. She said he remains in critical con- The Denver Archdiocese is offering der why does this kind of suffering hap- Others felt the tragedy more severely, dition at University of Colorado Hospital support for all survivors and family mem- pen and what does it really mean? like 24-year-old Crystal Miller, whose after suffering wounds to the chest. bers of victims with counseling and spiri- "Let us trust God with our doubts and brother was at the theater the night of the "We got to see him, but he could not tual direction from counselors and let us turn to him with our fears. Let us shooting. Her brother, who worked at the respond," Younger told the Denver priests. ask him for the hope we need to see in theater, and his friends, escaped Century Catholic Register after the Mass. In an invocation at a July 22 prayer the midst of this darkness," he added. Aurora 16 unharmed. They said they went to the Mass to find service at the Aurora Municipal Center He urged all to mourn "for those who "I won't let my brother out of my peace and understanding. that drew thousands, Auxiliary Bishop have perished" and "grieve with their sight," she said, while holding a lighted Once the community learned of the James D. Conley the "senseless and evil loved ones" and "acknowledge the real candle with Jesus' image on it. "These shooting, priests at Aurora parishes act of violence" at the theater has left evil which has wounded our community," kids will never be the same." responded to requests for help. Father many wondering how and why such a but also reminded them that God is "the - - - Terry Kissell of St. Michael the tragedy could have happened. great comforter" and is "truly present to LaPoint writes for the Denver Catholic Archangel Parish talked to concerned and "Questions arise when the everyday us." Register. upset youths who learned some friends securities and certainties of life -- the Solo Miller, of Aurora, said she came were at the Aurora movie theater. Father trust we carry in our fellow human to the vigil to show support to her com- Page 22 AUGUST 2012 The Angelus OBISPO MOCKINGBIRD (Para 3) a comprometerse de nuevo a una numero uno siendo el respeto por (From 19) relación más profunda con toda vida humana, especialmente por Santo, los Obispos Católicos de los Jesucristo, a cometerse más profun- el no nacido. Así es que, no esta- gation to endure for as long as it did. And though Lee Estados Unidos han aprobado un damente a la Iglesia, y su misión de mos estableciendo un nuevo progra- was clearly challenging the status quo regarding race documento en la Nueva servicio en el mundo. ma a este tiempo para la Diócesis, in the book, the catch-all lessons about tolerance that Evangelización intitulada, Específicamente, la Nueva más bien estamos usando el espíritu Atticus imparts to Scout may sound faint to contem- “Discípulos llamados a ser Testigos.” Evangelización a la luz de las metas y comprensión pastoral del Año de porary ears. El Comité de Evangelización de los mayores de la Iglesia en America a) Fe, la Nueva Evangelización y el From our perspective, after the progress engendered Obispos de los EEUU ha desarrolla- se profundizará el conocimiento de quincuagésimo aniversario del by the civil rights movement, fervently protesting the fe y aumentará la práctica sacramen- Vaticano II para reforzar los buenos do este documento, la Nueva instruments of discrimination can appear to be the Evangelización, que provee una tal; b) fortalecerá el testimonio ministerios de nuestra Diócesis en only valid means of dismantling them. Besides which, visión general de las fundaciones Cristiano por la vida y dignidad de la las cuales todos debemos participar. teológicas de la Nueva persona humana; c) afirmará y prote- El grupo de enfoque le pasará al we're become accustomed to blunter, less subtle Evangelización, y da énfasis a la gerá la libertad religiosa; y d) prote- Obispo y al Consejo Presbiteral estas modes of expression in our art and popular entertain- importancia de la conversión person- gerá y apoyará la vida matrimonial y ideas pastorales, para así trabajar ment. al y ofrece ideas de cómo crear una familiar. todos juntos hacía la misma meta. But the genius of "To Kill a Mockingbird" is that “cultura de testigos.” El documento Al celebrar el Año de Fe, la Nueva En el Año de Fe, les pido que la the narrative itself, and the gentle way in which it is es intencionado de ser el recurso fun- Evangelización, y el quincuagésimo inspiración que nos llegue de este realized, are sufficient to convey a strong message damental para asistir las evangeliza- aniversario del Vaticano II, he pedido grupo de enfoque sea compartida con against racial injustice. Rather than offer a shrill man- ciones diocesanas y parroquiales, las a las hermanas que dirigen nuestro todos nuestros sacerdotes, diáconos y ifesto, the book and movie exemplify truths on an aes- cuales nos traen a una mas cerca e programa de Educación y Formación religiosas, empleados diocesanos y thetic plane using symbols, allegory and metaphor. intima unión de amor con el Único Religiosa, en conjunto con la parroquiales, e invitar a toda la gente When the story ends, outwardly little has changed in quien está al centro de nuestra vida Comisión de la Liturgia, y el de la Diócesis a usar estos recursos Maycomb. Yet momentous change has been wrought fiel, Jesucristo. La Nueva Director del Centro de Retiros, a for- como una manera de ser renovado en in the hearts and minds of Scout and Jem, within Evangelización es una oportunidad mar un grupo de enfoque con mem- nuestra hermosa fe Católica, con members of the black community who stand to salute para proponer de nuevo la fe bresía de las tres Deaneries, detallan- Cristo en el centro, e inspirado con el Atticus as he leaves the courtroom, and possibly with- Católica, y para enfatizar la impor- do como podemos sacar nueva amor y fuego del Espíritu Santo. El in the silent white citizenry. tancia de la relación personal con inspiración y maneras pastorales de modelo de nuestra respuesta de fe ha Likewise, "To Kill a Mockingbird" remains in the Cristo Jesús incluyendo a ellos enfocar de la declaración de nuestro de ser el humilde y espíritu abierto literary and cinematic canons because it broadens our quienes tal vez hayan escuchado Santo Padre en el Año de Fe, y el de nuestra Madre Santísima, quien se sensibilities and sympathies. Few works of art, popu- proclamar el Evangelio y han perdi- documento de los Obispos, entregó totalmente a la voluntad de lar or otherwise, genuinely do that. Rather than lament “Discípulos llamados a ser Testigos”, Dios para que la Palabra de Dios se do el sentido vivo de la fe. their scarcity in recent years, perhaps we should inter- Viviendo y participando en el para el ministerio numero uno de la tomara carne en su vientre – “Yo soy pret it positively, as a sign of progress in our collec- Nuevo Evangelio, ayudará a la gente Diócesis—Vida Matrimonial y esclava del Señor, cúmplase en mí lo Familiar—el principio pastoral que me has dicho.” tive morality. BISHOP

(From 2) overview of the theological foundations of tal practice; b) strengthen Christian wit- approaches of the Year of Faith, the New the New Evangelization, and stresses the ness for the life and dignity of the human Evangelization and the 50th anniversary of To bring about this renewal of faith, importance of personal conversion and person; c) affirm and protect religious lib- Vatican II to strengthen the good min- which must be a priority for the entire offers ideas on how to create a “culture of erty; and d) protect and support marriage istries of our Diocese in which all need to Church, our Holy Father is asking all faith witness.” The document is intended to be and family life. be involved. The focus group will pass on leaders, especially Bishops, priests, a foundational resource to assist diocesan As we celebrate the Year of Faith, the to the Bishop and the Presbyteral Council women religious, deacons, all pastoral and parish evangelizations, which brings New Evangelization, and the 50th anniver- these pastoral approaches, so that we will leaders, to be involved in a New us into a closer, intimate union of love sary of Vatican II, I have asked the Sisters all be working together on the same goal. Evangelization led by the Holy Spirit, who with the One who is at the center of our who lead our Religious Education and In the Year of Faith, I ask that the is the true source and power of evange- faith life, Jesus Christ. The New Formation program, along with the inspiration and direction that comes from lization in the Church. The Year of Faith Evangelization is an opportunity to re-pro- Chairman of the Liturgy Commission, and the focus group be shared with all of our and New Evangelization coincides with pose the Catholic faith, and to stress the the Director of our Retreat Center, to put priests, deacons, diocesan and parish the 50th anniversary of the opening of the importance of a personal relationship with together a focus group with membership staffs, and invite all the people of our Second Vatican Council, and the 20th Jesus Christ even to those who may have from the three Deaneries, spelling out how Diocese to use these resources as a way of promulgation of the Catechism of the heard the Gospel proclaimed before and we can draw new inspiration and pastoral being renewed in our beautiful Catholic Catholic. have lost the living sense of faith. approaches from the statement of our Holy faith, with Christ at the center, and To help all of us in the USA to be Living and participating in the New Father on the Year of Faith, and the inspired with the love and fire of the Holy more in touch with the great power and Evangelization, will help people to be re- Bishops document, “Disciples called to be Spirit. The model of our faith response force of the Holy Spirit, the United States engaged in a deeper relationship with Witness,” for the number one ministry of should be the humble and open spirit of Catholic Bishops have approved a docu- Jesus Christ, to be more deeply committed the Diocese—Marriage and Family Life— our Blessed Mother, who surrendered her- ment on the New Evangelization entitled, to the Church, and its mission of service in the number one pastoral principle being self totally to God’s will so that the word “Disciples Called to Witness.” The the world. Specifically, the New respect for all of human life, especially the of God would take flesh in her womb – Committee on Evangelization of the U.S. Evangelization in light of the major goals unborn. So, we are not establishing a new “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. Bishops has developed this document, the of the Church in America will a) deepen program at this time for the Diocese, but May it be done to me according to your New Evangelization, which provides an knowledge of faith and increase sacramen- rather using the spirit and pastoral word.” The Angelus AUGUST 2012 Page 23 DROUGHT House, Senate (From 11) though Klein claimed the fields around little that a farmer can do without need- Contact information St. Boniface Church often seem to get ed moisture. ers of St. Boniface Parish compared the rains that may miss other areas. "We're at the mercy of the Lord," said -- U.S. Congressman K. Michael current drought to one in 1988. The Farming brothers Bernie and Greg Bernie. Conaway (District 11-- San Angelo, region is 10 inches or more below nor- Magsamen, who served as ushers for The rain did come down near the end mal rainfall for the year. What rain the centennial celebration, were among of the afternoon, but the scattered Midland-Odessa, Andrews, Stanton, comes now may already be too late for those involved in restoring and painting showers totaled just one-tenth of an Crane, Rankin, Big Lake, Colorado City, some corn crops but would be greatly a century-old bell and building its new inch; areas north of St. Boniface Sterling City, Robert Lee, Bronte, benefit soybeans. brick housing. The refurbished bell, received up to an inch. Ballinger, Winters, Miles, Christoval, As of early July, about 60 percent of taken down three years ago, was named But as St. Boniface celebrates its his- Eldorado, Junction, Menard, Eden, Melvin, U.S. corn acreage was experiencing St. Isidore after the patron saint of tory, the parish must also "be ready for Brady, Coleman, Brownwood, Sonora, moderate to extreme drought, up from farmers by a vote of parishioners. God to amaze us" in the future through McCamey, Mertzon, Sweetwater ) 49 percent a week earlier, according to "We're pretty proud of our little coun- the power of his grace, said Peoria the U.S. Department of Agriculture. try church," Greg told The Catholic Bishop Daniel R. Jenky. Phone: 202-225-3605 "This (drought) is one of those events Post, newspaper of the Peoria Diocese. "Let us thank God for everything that Mailing Address: 511 Cannon House that supposedly comes along once in a His brother kept an eye on the sky, has brought us to this moment," said Office Building, Washington, DC 20515 lifetime," said Klein, whose two sons hoping for what he called "a million- the bishop, "and be open to surprises Email (via Web): also farm. "I've seen four," he added, dollar rain" and acknowledging there is God may have in store." https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml: DALY Web: http://conaway.house.gov/ (From 17) document promulgated by Vatican II ment on religious liberty. -- Rep. Randy Neugebauer (District 19 -- before it adjourned. It almost did not An honest reading of history teaches Big Spring, Abilene, Clyde) John Courtney Murray, an American get adopted because of bitter opposition us the importance of religious liberty to Phone: 202-225-4005 Jesuit. Murray's idea of religious liberty by ecclesiastical conservatives such as humanity. An honest reading of church Mailing Address: 1424 Longworth HOB Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, who left history teaches us to be a humble in our was a change in policy for the church. Washington, DC 20515 "Dignitatis Humanae" was the last the church largely over his disagree- lecturing others on religious liberty. Email (via Web): https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/wel- OSBORNE come.shtml Web: http://randy.house.gov/ (From 15) default. This is what is called a "mob nessed. School bus drivers are not mentality," says psychologist Tamara always trained to deal with bullying. A -- Rep. Francisco Canseco (District 23 -- and 70 percent noticed physical fights. Avant of South University Savannah. bystander is sometimes the only one who Fort Stockton, Iraan, Ozona) According to one survey director, "Kids Mob mentality makes it easier for can let administrators know there is talk about this venue as the worst part of bystanders to stay silent, she writes. something seriously wrong on a particu- Phone: 202-225-4511 their day." Speaking up when bullying is taking lar bus route. Mailing Address: 1339 Longworth HOB It doesn't have to be that way. It's time place breaks that spell, says the Anti- In some school districts, your voice Washington, DC 20515 to end the era of the school bus as torture Defamation League, which recommends may be the only one standing between a Email (via Web): chamber. a "zero indifference" policy for students victim and an abuser. https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/wel- How do you change the tradition of who see or experience bullying. Just one What happened to Karen Klein was come.shtml school-bus bullying when anti-bullying voice reacting immediately and telling abhorrent. But it's also a clarion call for Web: http://canseco.house.gov/ legislation, programs and efforts have bullies their behavior is unacceptable can teens and the parents and school districts not yet reached the school bus, where break the chokehold a bully has over the that are supposed to support them. It's a adult supervision is minimal? insular bus environment and gather sup- call to band together against the bullies Teens should know that, in these cases, port for the victim. that can make riding the bus such a trau- -- U.S. Senator John Cornyn the actions of the bystanders often make If you're too scared to speak up on the matic experience. Phone: 202-224-2934 all the difference. Staying silent gives bus, don't keep the experience to your- You can make a difference. All you Mailing Address: 517 Hart Senate bullies opportunity to rule the roost, cre- self. Tell the school administrators about have to do is speak up. Office Bldg., Washington, DC 20510 ating approval of the bully's actions by what is going on and what you've wit- Web: http://www.cornyn.senate.gov/pub- PRATT lic/ -- U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (From 8) retreat, a pilgrimage, something that with those of us who face other, no- Phone: 202-224-5922 allows you to reflect and keeps you less-significant mountains. His willing- "You don't have time to talk because grounded." ness to share his story reminds us that Mailing Address: 284 Russell Senate you're conserving your energy. You Advance preparation, reliance on God our experiences can be an inspiration Office Building, Washington, DC 20510 reflect on your whole life," he said. "It's to overcome fear, willingness to endure for others. Email: definitely worth it for people who are hardship to achieve a goal, cultivation View Damian Chung's Mount Everest http://hutchison.senate.gov/?p=email_kay looking for something challenging. of a strong, inner spirituality, these base camp video log at: And, it doesn't have to be Everest. A aspects of Chung's journey resonate http://vimeo.com/41086586 Page 24 AUGUST 2012 The Angelus Dioce-Scenes The West Texas Angelus Official Newspaper of the Diocese of San Angelo, Texas POSTMASTER: Send all address changes to: WEST TEXAS ANGELUS P.O. Box 1829 SAN ANGELO, TX 76902-1829 ______

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Jimmy Patterson Director of Communications Editor Steubenville West, held last month in Arizona, was the best opportunity Steubenville West around for youth to experience a closer relationship with God. It was a Member weekend where youth and adults alike could feel the electricity and excite- Catholic News Service ment of the Holy Spirit as soon as the group arrived. Sixty-five parishes from the Southwest experienced inspiring music (a sort of rock concert for Catholic Press Association Jesus), challenging talks and powerful liturgies. This was my ninth Texas Catholic News Steubenville conference. The youth who attended came with an excitement and enthusiasm for the Catholic faith that may stay with them forever. Published the first Monday follow- I will admit, the chaperones and youth ministers come home with the same excitement and enthusiasm for the faith the kids have. ing the 1st Saturday of each month Steubenville West and all the other 18 Steubenville conferences located and delivered to all registered all over the country definitely answer Blessed John Paul II’s call for the parishioners in the San Angelo “New Evangelization.” (Submitted by Deacon Steven Zimmerman) Diocese.

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Submissions: Story suggestions, calendar items, parish briefs and all other submissions should be emailed to Abilene [email protected]. COPY, PHOTO DEADLINE: Holy Family Youth Serves in Gallup, NM Driving through the mountains of New Mexico was a Third Friday of every month. different experience for some, but none were prepared for what was to happen in the coming week. Twenty- Photos should be in jpeg format. four teens and adults traveled to Gallup, NM, to serve San Angelo Christ through the Young Neighbors in Action Program, On July 9, the Holy Angels Special Events Cooking Facility in San Angelo became the 15th site which facilitates a weeklong service retreat for 9th-12th Letters to the editor are welcome, in the San Angelo area to offer lunches to children under the auspices of the Tom Green County & grade students. We were joined by other youth from and should be emailed to Texas Hunger Initiative’s “Kids Eat Free” program. “Kids Eat Free” was established to feed lunch- Arizona and Wisconsin. Throughout the week, we [email protected]. es to school-aged children during the seven weeks between the end of the local school district’s learned not only about the community that we were serving, but also about the Church’s position on social Letters to the editor are printed at summer session, during which lunches were served, and the beginning of the new school year. When” Kids Eat Free” program coordinator Mary Herbert came to us in June 2011, 15 religious justice, which was taught during the evenings. the discretion of the editor and and social organizations including St Margaret’s and St Therese, were actively involved in the YNIA sponsored many worksites, but Holy Family identities of the writer are subject program; however, there was no feeding site in the neighborhood surrounding the participating Youth was split up into two groups. Half worked with to verification. Please include schools. Holy Angels filled that void. Once the Pastoral Council made the decision to participate, the Little Sisters of the Poor, an order of sisters whose main focus is on charity. After re-striping their parking name, address and phone number Parish Life co-chairs Stephanie Socha and Darlene Good put it into action. The Holy Angels Knights’ Council 12008, Festival Sausage Committee, Small Christian Community groups, lot, trimming back brush and picking unwanted weeds, when submitting letters. we visited with the elderly patients that the Little Community Enrichment Services, Holy Angels Ladies Organization and Catholic Daughters com- Sisters cared for at their assisted living home. mitted members one day a week for seven weeks. On July 9, the all the planning and worrying The other half went to work with a local Navajo fami- paid off when 15 parish volunteers fed 34 children and 5 adults. In the first five days of our partici- ly, re-tiling a floor, scraping and painting two decks, pation in “Kids Eat Free,” some 60 parish volunteers prepared and served 255 meals to local chil- and learning more about the Navajo culture. Together, dren and adults who came to the door. As co-chair Stephanie Socha wrote when reporting on the we worked to help bring social justice to the communi- results of our first week, “The love of Jesus was seen and felt by all who came.” Pictured: Four of ty of Gallup while learning more about serving others the many groups that helped with the program. (Submitted by Lori Hines) in the love of Christ. (Submitted by Penny Pope)