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Putting Muscle Behind Their Faith www.theleaven.com | newspaper of the archdiocese of Kansas city in Kansas | vol. 31, no. 26 february 12, 2010 photo by michelle vander linden wrestlers, coaches, managers, cheerleaders and officials join together for an opening prayer at the 2009 class 3-2-1a state wrestling tournament at Fort Hays state university. the tournament was the first big event at which silver lake High school senior Brett laMar and Burlington High school junior Michael Vander linden led anyone willing to participate in an opening prayer. putting muscle behind their faith By Kara Hansen include his son, Brett laMar, a se- leaven staff nior on the Silver lake squad, and Michael vander linden, a junior Silver lake — Most athletes wrestler at Burlington High School. have a pre-game ritual of some sort: The two teens knew each other They listen to the same songs on casually from wrestling tourna- their iPod, they perform the same ments, but got to know each other warm-up exercises, or they practice better on a retreat about a year ago. free throws or take downs in their “We just started talking about head. bringing prayer and God to wres- But before wrestling tourna- tling and how we could do that,” ments in Silver lake and Burling- said Brett, a member of St. Stan- ton, they pray. islaus Parish in rossville. Together. Both teams were praying be- and not just the wrestlers — but fore tournaments already, so it was the coaches, referees, managers, something of a natural extension to cheerleaders, and fans as well. any- think about including other teams, one who would like to participate is too. welcome. “We thought it would be cool “it’s a student-led prayer with to get all the teams together and the athletes,” said Harry laMar, thought we could really do a lot of head wrestling coach at Silver lake things with this,” said Michael, a High School. “When the boys are parishioner at St. Francis Xavier in photo by doug vander linden leading the prayer, the whole crowd Burlington. “it was a way we could silver lake senior Brett laMar (left) and Burlington junior Michael Vander linden are the founders of wres- goes silent.” turn to “wrestlers” on page 4 tlers for Christ. the two lead a pre-match prayer before every wrestling event and invite everyone from the The “boys” laMar is speaking of fans to the refs to join in. lenten regulations all Catholics 14 years of age and older are obliged Helping Haiti to abstain from meat on ash wednesday, Feb. 17, is your group or orgain- and all Fridays of lent. Catholics 18 to 59 years ization doing something of age are obliged to fast on ash wednesday and to help Haiti? if so, the good Friday — a fast consisting of one normal leaven would like to know meal and two lesser meals, with no eating in be- about it. e-mail Jennifer tween. it is also recommended that Catholics find siebes at: jennifer@ opportunities throughout the lenten season to theleaven.com with the complement their fasts with prayer, reception of details. the sacraments of reconciliation and the eucha- rist, and positive works of charity. 2 ARCHBISHOP THE LEAVEN • fEbruAry 12, 2010 THE LEAVEN • fEbruAry 12, 2010 SECOND FRONT PAGE 3 LIfE WILL bE VICTOrIOuS Cardinal’s visit reveals God’s providence at work he visit of Cardinal Cardinal Schönborn came to the nuns feel Haiti’s pain archdiocese because of his love for the Archbishop NAumANN’s TChristoph Schönborn Community of the lamb. The little Sis- weekly cAleNdAr ters made their first foundation ink an- Haitian Sisters relieved to finally hear from quake-ravaged homeland will live forever in the sas City, kan., because Father anthony Feb. 12-13 memory of our archdio- Ouellette, one of our young priests, Knights of the holy sepulcher weekend By Joe Bollig became friends with the little Sisters meeting — naples, fla. leaven staff cese. while he was studying at the Pontifi- Many have thanked me for inviting cal North american College in rome. Feb. 14 LEAVENWOrTH — The shock- mass and dedication of new church — the cardinal. in reality, i played a very at noon, the cardinal celebrated Father anthony introduced me to the waves from the Jan. 12 Haitian holy angels, basehor small role in the cardinal’s visit to our Mass for an overflow crowd in St. foundress, little Sister Marie, during earthquake didn’t topple buildings in archdiocese, but i benefited greatly Benedict’s abbey church in atchison. kansas, but they really hit home for one of my visits to rome. like so many mass for the 40th anniversary of marriage from his time with us. Cardinal Schön- after Mass, he patiently posed for many others, i was immediately captivated two women religious at the Sisters of born’s visit to the archdiocese was a encounter — cathedral, Kansas city, mo. Charity motherhouse here. photos and greeted as many faculty by the little Sisters of the lamb — the tremendous personal grace. He pro- and students as possible. The cardinal’s beauty of their communal prayer, their That’s because Haiti is home. vided me with a beautiful, if challeng- Feb. 15 Sister Melicia Singleus is from lecture that afternoon focused on the love for the poor, their simplicity of life white mass for catholic medical associa- ing, example of what it means to be a Port-au-Prince and Sister Myrlande essential relationship between faith and their joyful witness of the Gos- tion — cathedral, Kansas city, mo. shepherd after the heart of Jesus Christ. Moise is from Cote de Fer. They are and reason. He made the case why faith pel. i assured little Sister Marie that On Jan. 30 around 10:30 p.m. Cardi- never needs to be fearful of science or whenever the Community of the lamb Feb. 16 members of the Sisters of St. antoine, nal Schönborn arrived at the convent of any authentic pursuit of truth. The car- was prepared to establish a convent in administrative team meeting Fondwa. The two Sisters arrived in the little Sisters of the lamb in kansas dinal noted that science was premised the United States, the archdiocese of the archdiocese in august 2009 to be- City, kan. By that time, the cardinal on an understandable order in nature. kansas City in kansas would warmly priests personnel meeting gin a year of english language study had been traveling for more than 24 Bluntly he stated, it was simply “stupid” welcome the little Sisters. at Donnelly College in kansas City, hours. if i were him, the only thing that to believe that the world was the prod- and the rest is, as they say, history. mass and dinner — sisters of st. francis kan. i would have wanted to do at that mo- uct of chance. in the turbulence of the 1960s, God of the martyr st. George images and stories from television ment was to go to bed. after his lecture, the cardinal again used their love for the writings of the and the internet left them worried When we drove down Boeke Street patiently posed for pictures with as early Church Fathers to bring together Feb. 17 and numb. in kansas City, kan., it was lined with many groups and individuals as pos- the lives of a young Dominican friar ash wednesday “i see [the destruction] on the Tv people holding candles and balloons. sible until we absolutely had to depart and a young Dominican Sister. Many and internet, yesterday and Thurs- Musicians and dancers were there to cel- for vespers and dinner with the priests years later, a young seminarian would 6:45 a.m. mass — cathedral of st. peter day night, and i cry, because i see it. i ebrate the arrival of this special guest to of the archdiocese. in his homily, he introduce his new archbishop to that feel very, very, very [sad],” said Sister 5:15 p.m. mass — st. lawrence catholic their neighborhood. The cardinal could spoke words of encouragement and same Sister, who had become the Melicia. campus center not have been more gracious, attempting support to our priests. after dinner, the foundress of the Community of the They were cut off for more than to greet personally every individual. a week from their bishop, chaplain, cardinal did not wish to leave until he lamb. as a result of the little Sisters Feb. 18 The little Sisters told me that Cardi- had the opportunity to greet individu- and superior. They only knew that of the lamb’s convent in kansas City, donnelly college board meeting nal Schönborn was the first person in ally each priest. kan., the Dominican friar, who was Fondwa was in a zone with signifi- the chapel the next morning. Despite around 9 p.m., we returned to the now the cardinal archbishop of vienna, cant damage. the busy day that lay in front of him, confirmation — mother teresa of calcutta Fondwa is a small community little Sisters of the lamb convent, where came to visit our archdiocese. is not parish, topeka he asked the Sisters if it was possible quite a crowd had assembled. about 60 God’s providence beautiful? located south and west of Port-au- to invite their friends and neighbors to people crammed into the biggest room Cardinal Schönborn made a lasting Feb. 20 Prince. Their small order, which was come back that night so he could spend in the convent. The cardinal invited ev- impression on the Catholic community permanent deacon candidate interviews begun in 1996, was in the process of more time with them.
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