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The Offi cial Newspaper of the Diocese of Savannah Vol. 99, No. 19 Thursday, September 12, 2019 Put Faith in Your Opinions southerncross.diosav.org

Seventy-five of the 81 students who graduated from the Fray Pedro de Corpa Catechetical School pose for a photograph with Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv. Each graduate wore a red stole emblazoned with the school’s name, a tribute to one of the five Spanish Franciscan martyrs who ministered to the native people of coastal Georgia in the 16th century and are currently being considered for beatification. Photograph by Michael J. Johnson. Learn more on pages 8 and 9.

Pope to create 13 new cardinals in October By cindy wooden (cns) Brazil, when the announcement In addition to Cardinal- – Archbishop Juan Garcia VATICAN CITY (CNS) was made. He told Catholic News designate Czerny, two other Rodriguez of Havana, 71. Pope Francis announced he will Service in a text message that he members of the group are also create 13 new cardinals Oct. 5, had not known he was going to Vatican officials: 67-year-old – Archbishop Fridolin Ambongo choosing prelates from 13 differ- be made a cardinal. Bishop Miguel Angel Ayuso Besungu of Kinshasa, Congo, 59. ent nations as a sign of “the mis- Announcing the names of the Guixot, president of the Pontifical – Archbishop Jean-Claude sionary vocation of the Church new cardinals Sept. 1, the pope Council for Interreligious Hollerich of Luxembourg, 61. that continues to proclaim the included 10 men who are under Dialogue; and 53-year-old merciful love of God to all men the age of 80 and therefore will Archbishop Jose Tolentino Calaca – Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri of and women of the earth.” be eligible to vote in a conclave de Mendonca, Vatican archivist Huehuetenango, Guatemala, 72. The only Canadian named to elect a new pope. Three of the and librarian. was 73-year-old Jesuit Father future cardinals are already over One of the over-80 cardi- – Archbishop Matteo Zuppi of Michael Czerny, undersecre- the age of 80, and the pope said nals-designate is 82-year-old Bologna, Italy, 63. tary of the Section for Migrants he chose them because of their Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, – Archbishop Cristobal Lopez and Refugees at the Dicastery service to the Church. a Missionary of Africa born in Romero of Rabat, Morocco, 67. for Promoting Integral Human “Let us pray for the new car- England, who had served as pres- Development. None of the new dinals so that, confirming their ident of the Pontifical Council for – Retired Archbishop Sigitas cardinals is from the United adhesion to Christ, they will help Interreligious Dialogue and later Tamkevicius of Kaunas, States. me in my ministry as bishop of as Vatican nuncio to Egypt. Lithuana, 80. Cardinal-designate Czerny, Rome for the good of the entire The others, in the order they who Pope Francis had earlier faithful, holy people of God,” the were named by the pope, were: – Retired Bishop Eugenio dal named as a special secretary pope told pilgrims who had gath- – Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Corso of Benguela, Angola, 80. for the Synod of Bishops for the ered to pray the midday Angelus Hardjoatmodjo of Jakarta, Amazon, was in Guararema, with him. Indonesia, 69. rules Header Headline Article Byline Author info Caption Pull quote Photostyle Jumps Ads -strokes mjj bdk

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Southern Cross, Page 2 heAdline hoPscotch Thursday, September 12, 2019 Solidarity, not poverty, is climbed to 45 the morning of God’s plan, pope says in Sept. 9 and was expected to Madagascar continue rising as search and rescue operations continue from ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR (CNS) the storm which stalled over God’s plan for humanity involves the northern Bahamas Sept. community, mutual support, 1-3. The Bahamas government sharing and caring for each estimates that Dorian affected other and for the earth, Pope 70,000, and 60% of those affect- Francis said. “As we look around ed may have lost their homes. us, how many men and women, Many people are reportedly still young people and children are unaccounted for. In a Sept. 5 suffering and in utter need. This video statement posted on the is not part of God’s plan,” he Nassau Archdiocesan website, said Sept. 8, celebrating Mass the archbishop said he believes on a dusty, red dirt field on the official death toll "is bound the outskirts of Antananarivo. to increase." Madagascar is one of the world’s 10 poorest countries. According Bahamian Catholic school to the World Bank, 75% of the administrator describes population lives on less than A boy watches from a tree before Pope Francis’ arrival to lead a prayer for $1.90 a day. Close to 1 mil- workers at the Mahatzana building site in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Sept. 8, current desperation lion people gathered on the 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) MIAMI (CNS) Soamandrakizay field for the An interim parish administra- Hawaii Catholic Herald, newspa- pope’s Mass, according to local disease on Molokai’s Kalaupapa tor and assistant principal of per of the Diocese of Honolulu. organizers. Many had spent the peninsula to visitors and locals the St. Francis de Sales Parish night, sleeping on straw mats alike. The two-story Damien and and School in Marsh Harbour, or plastic tarps and bundled up Marianne of Molokai Education Abaco Islands, Bahamas, said against a windy winter chill. At Center fills a narrow space his school was in ruins and the the beginning of his homily, the fronting St. Augustine by the Nassau archbishop assess- island is in a desperate state pope acknowledged the sacri- Sea Church property. Where es post-hurricane chal- following Hurricane Dorian. fice people made to get to the there once was a driveway, park- lenges in Bahamas Situated in central Abaco and ing area and small courtyard, Mass site and, especially, the MIAMI (CNS) just a few blocks from the discomfort endured by those there’s now a brick edifice and Atlantic Ocean, St. Francis de tower that mirrors the design Archbishop Patrick C. Pinder who camped out. Madagascan of Nassau, Bahamas, celebrated Sales Parish and School were President Andry Rajoelina, a of the A-frame church. A quote in a highly impacted region from St. Damien runs along the Mass Sept. 8 for evacuee fam- Catholic, and his wife, Mialy, sat ilies and Catholic school staff of Abaco Islands after Dorian near the front of the crowd as wall. “Turn all your thoughts dealt its punishing winds and and aspirations to heaven,” says members a week after Hurricane Pope Francis preached about the Dorian slammed into the islands. storm surge to this part of the Gospel call to solidarity and the the religious message amid the Bahamas Sept. 1-3. “The whole tourism ads. Sacred Hearts of "I spoke about the hurricane joy that comes from putting faith aftermath, then invited the school is totally gone and the before power or possessions. He Jesus and Mary Father Lane Catholic Church was damaged, Akiona, St. Augustine’s pastor, people to come up for a bless- urged the nation’s people “to ing and we spent some time in especially the roof and one side make your beautiful country a said the center’s prime loca- of the wall is off; it was serving tion in the heart of Waikiki quiet prayer commending to God place where the Gospel becomes the many who perished in the as a shelter,” said Elmer Bongon, life and where life is for the means many people will learn an educator on the island for Hawaii’s Hansen’s disease storm," the archbishop said by greater glory of God.” phone Sept. 8 about the Mass he the past 18 years who has also story and how St. Damien de been serving as an interim par- Veuster and St. Marianne Cope celebrated Mass at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Nassau on ish administrator at the parish New center in Hawaii dedicated their lives to helping following the death of the pastor them. It’s difficult to get to the New Providence Island. The aims to teach visitors archbishop described Hurricane earlier this year. Farther up remote Kalaupapa peninsula the road, St. Mary and Andrew about local saints’ on Molokai, where those suffer- Dorian as a "horrific experi- ministry ence" where many lost their Catholic Church in Treasure Cay ing from leprosy were forcibly is “totally gone, it was under 4 HONOLULU (CNS) sent from the late 1800s until homes, and some lost all their possessions. "It is sheer terror feet of water,” said Bongon, who Sandwiched between a specialty the mid-1900s. Many Hawaii retrieved the official baptismal store selling Hawaiian products visitors and residents who will and confusion for those who had their homes compromised in the and other parish records from and a shirt souvenir shop, a never make it to Molokai will be both churches before the hurri- new building is going up near able to visit the Waikiki muse- middle of the storm and had to relocate, and all the challenges cane. He said in a phone inter- Waikiki Beach that also hopes to um. “The vision of the center view Sept. 5 that he was looking attract tourists, but not to buy is keeping sacred and really that poses, and then be taken to places where there were large for a way to take the church trinkets and sunscreen. The new sharing that story of Damien records, and his wife and two building will “sell” an education and Marianne to the world,” Fay crowds of people." He said most of the stories he is hearing are of children, to Nassau as early as on Hawaii’s two saints and their Pabo, St. Augustine’s admin- Sept. 7. ministry to people with Hansen’s istrative assistant, told the "terror, fear, pain, loss and so on." The death toll in the Bahamas

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Thursday, September 12, 2019 Around the Diocese Southern Cross, Page 3 From: Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv. Re: Hurricane Dorian Response 2019 Mission Hurricane Dorian is a tragic www.catholiccharitiesusa.org reminder of the suffering that Catholic Charities USA Cooperative Appeal can be caused by natural disas- P.O. Box 17066 ters. Whether these catastro- Baltimore, MD 21297-1066 September 21-22, 2019 phes occur in slow motion as 800-919-9338 Dorian has or with little or no When a disaster happens in warning at any hour of the day another country, collections and Missionary Society of St. Paul: or night, people of faith natural- individual donations should be St. Joseph – Augusta ly want to offer assistance. directed to Catholic Relief Services While special collections are (CRS): Most Holy Trinity – Augusta still a wonderful way for our www.crs.org Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart: “The Josephites” parish communities to express Catholic Relief Services their solidarity with and sup- P. O. Box 17090 Cathedral of St. John the Baptist port for those affected, more Baltimore, MD 21297-0303 Glenmary Home Missioners: and more people choose to (Please write the specific incident contribute electronically when in the memo line) St. Mary on the Hill – Augusta these needs arise, and there 1-877-Help-CRS Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers: is often confusion as to where In some instances, such as the donations should be directed. case with Hurricane Dorian, both Sacred Heart – Savannah When a natural disaster domestic and international aid are St. William – St. Simons Island(Sept 28/29) occurs in the United States, both desperately needed. electronic donations may be Please keep this information on Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus: made and parish collections file. St. Michael – Tybee Island may be directed to Catholic The important thing is not the Charities USA. They and their way people participate, but rather Catholic Relief Services: member agencies respond to that they do. The people of God in immediate emergency needs for our Diocese are always incredibly St. Joseph – Waycross(Sept. 28/29) such necessities as water, food, generous in responding during Vincentian Congregation:“The Vincentians” shelter and medical care, as these difficult moments. well as to the long-term need St. Anne – Columbus to rebuild and recover after On behalf of Catholic Charities Sacred Heart – Warner Robins widespread destruction. They USA and Catholic Relief Services, also assist the United States thank you in advance for your pro- Conference of Catholic Bishops motion of and your participation in with pastoral and reconstruc- these important efforts. tion needs of the Church. Their contact information follows: May God bless all those affected by these catastrophic events.

Diocese of Savannah clergy announcements Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., has announced the following appointments:

Reverend Paul Pantiru, OFM Conv.: On presentation of the Very Reverend James McCurry, OFM Conv., Minister Provincial of the Franciscan Friars Conventual of Our Lady of the Angels Province, Fr. Pantiru has been appointed Parochial Vicar of St. Anne Catholic Church, Columbus, Georgia, effective September 7, 2019.

Very Reverend Benjamin Dallas, VF has been appointed Vicar Forane (Dean) of the Statesboro Deanery, effective August 1, 2019 until August 31, 2021.

Very Reverend Raymond Levreault, VF has been reap- pointed Vicar Forane (Dean) of the Albany Deanery, effective September 1, 2019 until August 31, 2022.

Very Reverend Bob Benko, OFM Conv., VF has been appointed Vicar Forane (Dean) of the Columbus Deanery, effective September 1, 2019 until August 31, 2022.

Very Reverend Scott Winchel, VF has been reappointed Vicar Forane (Dean) of the Macon Deanery, effective September 1, 2019 until August 31, 2022. rules Header Headline Article Byline Author info Caption Pull quote Photostyle Jumps Ads -strokes mjj bdk

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Southern Cross, Page 4 comentArio en esPAnol Thursday, September 12, 2019 Behold the cross He aquí la cruz

An Egyptian obeliskof stands thein the Lordof every human person expressed En el centro de la Plazadel de San SeñorEl obelisco fue coronado con una middle of Saint Peter Square in through the diversity of religions Pedro en Roma hay un gran obe- cruz de bronce que contenía una Rome. As old as the basilica is, the that have existed throughout his- lisco egipcio. A pesar de ser muy reliquia de la verdadera cruz de mighty obelisk is approximately tory. The ancient obelisk pointed antigua la basílica, este obelisco Cristo, y dos breves inscripciones 3,500 years older, and has stood upward toward the sun when built es aproximadamente 3.500 años en latín en su pedestal informan al by the Vatican Hill for 2,000 years. in Heliopolis, but now it directs más viejo, y ha permanecido cerca peregrino de su significado. La pri- The Roman Emperor Caligula the attention of every pilgrim who de la Colina Vaticana por unos mera es una oración de exorcismo transferred this obelisk from the arrives to Saint Peter Square to 2.000 años. El emperador romano atribuida a San Antonio de Padua: city of Heliopolis to Rome and the victorious cross of Christ, pro- Calígula transfirió este obelisco de Ecce Crux Domini / Fugite partes installed it in the middle of the tecting them and dispersing any la ciudad de Heliópolis a Roma y lo adversae / Vicit Leo de tribu Iuda, Vatican Circus in AD 37. This new evil that approaches. instaló en medio del Circo Vaticano que traducido significa: He aquí sports arena was built on the side The Christianization of Rome en el año 37 d. C. Esta nueva la Cruz del Señor / Huyan fuerzas of the Vatican Hill outside the city also saw the placement of a statue arena deportiva fue construida al enemigas / Ha vencido el León de of Rome. In the year AD 67 during of Saint Peter over the Triumphal lado de la Colina Vaticana a las Judá. La segunda es una antigua the Christian persecution of Column of Emperor Trajan and afueras de Roma. En el año 67 d. C. aclamación utilizada en las cere- Emperor Nero, Saint Peter along one of Saint Paul over the Column durante la persecución de la Iglesia monias de coronación de los emper- with hundreds of other Christians of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. The por el emperador Nerón, San adores del Sacro Imperio Romano: were executed at the Vatican Hill placement of these bronze statues Pedro junto con cientos de otros Christus Vincit / Christus Regnat under the shadow of Caligula’s in the 1500s over ancient columns cristianos fueron ejecutados en esta / Christus Imperat / Christus ab obelisk. Tradition states that commemorating significant mil- arena bajo la sombra del obelisco omni malo plebem suam defendat, Peter was crucified upside-down itary conquests represents the de Calígula. La tradición dice que que traducido significa: Cristo con- next to the obelisk at the center of victory of Christianity over pagan Pedro fue crucificado al revés junto quista / Cristo reina / Cristo manda the arena since he was the recog- Rome. al obelisco en el centro de la arena / Cristo defiende a su pueblo todo nized leader of the Christian com- The Feast of the Exaltation of ya que era el líder reconocido de la mal. munity of the city. the Cross on Sept. 14 is a remind- comunidad cristiana de la ciudad. Ambas inscripciones indican que When the first Saint Peter er for us to place the cross of Cuando se construyó la primera la cruz se alza sobre el obelisco Basilica was built in the fourth Christ over everything that we Basílica de San Pedro en el siglo egipcio como signo de victoria. century, the obelisk remained in are and do. Christ wants to claim IV el obelisco permaneció en su La cruz de Jesús, a través de su its original location on the south- each one of us entirely, and invites ubicación original en el lado sur del muerte y resurrección, ha con- ern side of the temple. Today a us to surrender completely to templo. Hoy en día una inscripción quistado todo mal y ha saciado marker in the Teutonic Cemetery him. The victory of Jesus on the en el Cementerio Teutónico dentro los deseos de todo ser humano within the Vatican walls recalls cross informs everything in our de la muralla vaticana marca la expresados a través de la diversi- the exact location. When the pres- lives and allows us to exclaim, “we ubicación exacta. Cuando se con- dad de religiones que han existido ent basilica was built in the 16th adore you, O Christ, and we bless struyó la basílica actual en el siglo en la historia. El antiguo obelisco century, Pope Sixtus V ordered you, because by your cross you XVI, el Papa Sixto V ordenó que el apuntaba hacia el sol cuando se the obelisk moved to the middle of have redeemed the world.” obelisco se trasladara al centro de construyó en Heliópolis, pero ahora the new square designed by Gian la nueva plaza diseñada por Gian dirige la atención de todo peregrino Lorenzo Bernini. It took 900 men fatheR PaBlo migone is chancelloR of Lorenzo Bernini. Se necesitaron que llega a la Plaza de San Pedro and 140 horses to move the mas- the diocese of savannah. 900 hombres y 140 caballos para hacia la cruz victoriosa de Cristo, sive obelisk in 1586. mover el enorme objeto en 1586. protegiéndolos y dispersando cual- The obelisk was crowned with quier mal que se acerque. a bronze cross containing a relic La cristianización de Roma of the true cross of Christ, and también vio la colocación de una two brief Latin inscriptions on its estatua de San Pedro sobre la pedestal inform the pilgrim of its Columna Triunfal del Emperador significance. The first is an exor- Trajano y una de San Pablo sobre cism prayer attributed to Saint la Columna del Emperador Marco Anthony of Padua: Ecce Crux Aurelio. La construcción de estas Domini / Fugite partes adversae estatuas de bronce en el siglo / Vicit Leo de tribu Iuda, which XVI sobre las antiguas columnas in translation means: Behold the conmemorativas de conquistas Cross of the Lord / be gone all evil militares significativas representa powers / the lion of the tribe of la victoria del cristianismo sobre la Judah has conquered. The second Roma pagana. is an ancient acclamation used La fiesta de la Exaltación de la in the coronation ceremonies of Cruz el 14 de septiembre es un Holy Roman Emperors: Christus recordatorio para nosotros de colo- Vincit / Christus Regnat / Christus car la cruz de Cristo sobre todo lo Imperat / Christus ab omni malo que somos y hacemos. Cristo desea plebem suam defendat, which in nuestra vida en su totalidad, y nos translation means: Christ con- invita a rendirnos completamente a quers / Christ reigns / Christ com- Él. La victoria de Jesús en la cruz mands / Christ defends his people informa todo en nuestras vidas y from all evil. nos permite exclamar: "Te adora- The inscriptions indicate that mos, O Cristo, y te bendecimos, the cross stands over the Egyptian porque con tu cruz has redimido al obelisk as a sign of victory. The mundo." cross of Jesus, through his death An Egyptian obelisk stands in the middle of Saint Peter Square in Rome. The and resurrection, has conquered obelisk is crowned with a bronze cross containing a relic of the true cross of PadRe PaBlo migone es cancilleR de la all evil and fulfilled the desires Christ. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec) diocesis de savannah. rules Header Headline Article Byline Author info Caption Pull quote Photostyle Jumps Ads -strokes mjj

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Thursday, September 12, 2019 Columns Southern Cross, Page 5

Our son Elliott is about to turn 21. Oldertheir K-12 private and Christian schoolyounger temptation to see parents the events of a We all can learn from each other. We are celebrating his birthday this after a very long summer. fourth or sixth grader as much less Younger parents (and I remember weekend with a big party, inviting The first day back assembly significant than what goes on with those days) have a lot to learn from the guys in his high school graduat- was a fun time for me because my bigger kids (SAT scores and Free parents who have seen some things. ing class (all 10 of them) along with youngest brother, Zach, and his Application for Federal Student Aid I am so grateful for parents who his college friends and roommates wife, Amy, now have a child at our (FAFSA®), and housing deadlines have gone before me and raised and a bunch of our friends as well. school. So our son Augie, who is a etc). excellent human beings and can Elliott lives around the corner Senior, got to celebrate having a But I love that God loves my chil- share their wisdom with me, who from us in a house with several cousin there, who is in kindergar- dren so much that he sends helpers encourage and guide Paul and me other young men his age. They are ten, along with their grandfather, to assist Paul and me in our par- as we work to guide our children. in a “household,” a group of young who teaches biology. What a beauti- enting endeavors. When I need sup- And I’m equally grateful for men who are either working or in ful, beautiful life. port for dealing with big kids, God younger parents who still see college. These men are focused not This year I have three boys in sends us those friends. And when the world with fresh vision. They just on being roommates, but being college (while now teaching college we need reminders to fight the good remind me of all the ways things a part of encouraging and support- as well), along with a high school fight and continue to have high can be, even when I’m tempted to ing each other in this season of life. senior, a son in middle school and standards for our younger children, focus on all the ways I feel tired It’s such a wonderful thing, and our daughter in elementary. We we get that as well. from failure and exhaustion. Paul and I are so grateful Elliott are covering it all. It’s a crazy time One of the things I love about We are all here for each other, and our older son Ethan are a part but also very sweet. There is so dealing with parents whose oldest encouraging and lifting up. We are of it. much to love about each of these children are Henry and Isabel’s on the same team, supporting each I was reflecting on this recently: stages. ages (compared to Henry and other in our goal to bring our chil- Elliott and his birthday and the I will tell you that one of the big- Isabel being our youngest), is the dren to the feet of Jesus, so Jesus plans for a Saturday evening soiree gest challenges I have with such energy and zeal younger parents can meet our children where they featuring all kinds of college dudes. a wide spread of ages and stages have. While it might sound like are. It was an interesting comparison is remembering that even though I’m being facetious, I absolutely Rachel Balducci is a wife and mother between this upcoming celebration Henry and Isabel are younger mean that I am so grateful for of six. She and her husband Paul are and the first day of school for my and “easier” (in many ways) than these parents who remind me that members of Most Holy Trinity Catholic three youngest children, ages 9, 12 their older brothers, I still need to working hard in so many areas is Church in Augusta, GA. Her latest book, and 17. Here they were, our kids take the time and energy to focus an important part of this parenting Make My Life Simple, is available on still at home, finally going back to on their issues. It can be a real adventure. Amazon.

Reading comprehensionSixth-grade kicked evening uncovered thatreading the rash web browsercomprehension as the common folk. “That’s the opioid epidemic off in earnest the third week of was covering his arms and legs. Magan’s earlier searches Simon,” Magan said, shaking her August, with Simon diving head- I guessed a Saturday spent in had yielded a possible bullseye: head. “These are different.” first into Stories of the Saints the yard removing weeds and Dermatitis Herpetiformis, a rash “Oh, are these the ones that will Volume II. First on the list: Saint vines were to blame for all of the caused due to gluten allergies. make my muscles big?” Simon said, Damien of Molokai. raised spots on his skin and were, Simon has never been officially flexing. Saint Damien was a Belgian therefore, no cause for raised eye- tested for Celiac Disease, but we’ve “Just take the pill,” Magan said, priest who volunteered to pastor brows from Magan or myself. seen significant changes in atti- abruptly. a leper colony in the Hawaiian “He honestly thinks he got lepro- tude, behavior and overall health Let’s just say Matthew 4:4 has Islands. sy because he read about Father since he shifted away from gluten. a deeper meaning for Simon these For his project Simon, much like Damien,” Magan said, almost “Yes that may be it,” the nurses days. every single, red-blooded, 11-year- laughing. said. “Has he eaten any gluten Simon assumed he knew bet- old on planet Earth, selected a It was pretty funny. recently?” they continued. ter, and had to pay for it with report on leprosy over similar The humor dissipated by the “Not that I know of,” Magan said, by becoming ineligible for the projects on self-sacrifice, or the weekend, though, when the rash looking nudgingly at Simon to 2020 Olympics or Major League Hawaiian Islands. Funny thing had apparently spread to his respond. Baseball. is, his report was so unusually entire body, and included a mixed “No,” Simon said, “unless maybe In all seriousness, Simon serves detailed and succinct that Magan bag of lines and bumps from stem that Sesame Chicken from the as a reminder to all of us to avoid sent him out to the driveway in to stern that forced us to rearrange buffet.” falling prey to hubris. The Bible search of me as I let the Littles an evening originally slated for the I have witnessed the fire from speaks of this in many instanc- enjoy some fresh air after supper. Lord and Vigil Mass. Magan’s eyes only a few times es, but the one that stands out is “Good job,” I said. As a word of advice, don’t, for (normally directed toward me, Proverbs 18:13 which says, “He “I really liked it,” Simon replied. whatever reason, Google “common with good cause), and I’m grate- who gives an answer before he “I sure wouldn’t want leprosy.” childhood rashes” unless you’re ful I wasn’t in the room at that hears, it is folly and shame to him.” “Didn’t he do a good job,” Magan ready to assume that you should moment because I’m certain they Hopefully Simon will use his chimed in as she walked out the burn every piece of fabric in your were of the five-alarm variety ears more than his stomach to back door. house, shave everyone’s head and toward our pre-teen. make wise food choices moving By Monday, Simon thought he never drink from a plastic cup or “I could have killed him,” Magan forward, and thank goodness St. was living out the history he had bottle ever again. said. Padre Pio isn’t found anywhere in just detailed, minus the moving to Sadly, the nurses (also baffled) A topical and oral steroid pre- Simon’s book. Hawaii and becoming a priest. didn’t heed my advice, and were scription later, and by evening all A polite vibration on my hip sig- crowded by the computer in the bumpy and non-bumpy Halcombes Jason Halcombe has five sons and two naled a new message and, when I room trying to determine the were back under one roof. daughters. He and his wife, Magan, are saw it was from Magan, I assumed nature of Simon’s rare skin irrita- “But I don’t want to become one members of Immaculate Conception Church, it would include a cute photo of tion. This was playing out right in of those addicts from the TV,” Dublin. Isaac’s bouffant hair. Instead, it front of Magan (herself a nurse), Simon said, objecting lightly to was of Simon’s arm which hap- who was a little disheartened to Magan’s urging he take the oral pened to be covered in bumps. learn, like Dorothy, that the Great steroid. “They keep talking about A further inspection later that and Powerful Oz used the same that something-oid epidemic.” rules Header Headline Article Byline Author info Caption Pull quote Photostyle Jumps Ads -strokes mjj bdk

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Southern Cross, Page 6 Around the diocese Thursday, September 12, 2019 Friary in Columbus renovated By michelle chaRdos Father Schlageter says the Five chimes can be heard addition of a chapel in the fri- coming from the bell tower at ary allows the priests to have St. Anne Church in Columbus a sacred space to say these each morning at 8:30. The prayers. ringing indicates the start of “Bishop Hartmayer has given morning prayer for the five us permission to reserve the Franciscan friars living in Eucharist in our chapel,” he community at the church. Last said. “We are blessed to have week, their prayers were said Jesus present right down the for the first time in St. Anne’s hall from where we sleep.” brand new Franciscan Martyrs The one-year anniversary of Chapel. the friars’ arrival in Columbus When the friars arrived coincided with the completion last summer, they moved of the five-month renovation into a rectory (now named project of the residence. The Franciscan Martyrs Friary) building was originally a con- that was divided into two vent for the Sisters of Mercy priest apartments and two in the 1960s and consisted guest suites. Father Robert of 17 individual rooms. The Schlageter, pastor of St. space has now been converted Anne Church, said the exist- into five private suites for the Father Robert Schlageter smiles while presenting the new outdoor patio that ing set-up did not work for friars and two guest suites will allow the friars to connect with nature as Saint Francis might. the residential needs of five for visiting priests. Each suite Photograph by Michelle Chardos. Franciscans. includes a bedroom, a small “We pray together, we cook office and a private bathroom. from Our Lady of the Angels place,” he said. “We are so together and we eat together,” Multiple structural problems Franciscan Province as well as happy to finally settle in our he said. “We’re like a family. were also addressed during money set aside by St. Anne new home.” We needed common, shared the renovation including some over many years for repairs of spaces.” original plumbing and electri- the aging building. michelle chaRdos is a fReelance wRiteR The family of friars gathers cal issues. Father Schlageter “We’re grateful to the people living in columBus and a PaRishioneR of together each day for both said funding for the renovation of St. Anne Parish who have st. anne chuRch. morning and evening prayer. came from a large donation provided us this beautiful

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Thursday, September 12, 2019 FeAture Southern Cross, Page 7 Students share an eye-opening experience By Jessica l. maRsala SAVANNAH Among his friends and family, he’s just Matthew, a creative and resil- ient 9-year-old who plays center on his school’s flag football team, loves dinosaurs and imagines that a super power worth having would be the ability to shape shift into any dinosaur—even a hybrid one. “It depends on what situation I’m in,” the fourth grader said of the superhero journal he’s writing in class at St. Peter the Apostle School, where for one assignment he creat- ed a map of a dinosaur sanctuary and later in art class spelled his name by drawing dinosaurs out of each of the letters. “If I’m fighting a really mean kid, I’ll probably turn into a T-Rex or something, and roar at him.” Among his teachers and class- mates at the Savannah primary school he’s attended since pre-K, he’s treated as just like any other student, though he sometimes needs a little extra help to navigate the classroom, play games or do his Matthew Gavin, who has a vision impairment, teaches his fourth-grade classmates at St. Peter the Apostle School in school work, especially when his Savannah, how he uses his magnifying computer Aug. 23. Photographs by Helena Russell. eyes are tired. “My goal is to take him (from) approximate, however, what Gavin where he is now and move on, as experiences on a day to day basis. best we can—just like the other 22 Gavin wears white-rimmed kids in my class,” said Kerry Tvrdy, red-tinted sunglasses to improve Matthew’s fourth-grade teacher. contrast and reduce light sensitivity. But until Aug. 23, Matthew He also uses an electronic magnifier Gavin’s peers could only imagine to enlarge the text on his work- the way the world looks through sheets. When he walks the hallways his eyes, that is, until they were and grounds of the school, he does instructed to perform everyday so with a collapsible cane, learning tasks around their school like doing skills that will one day enable him class work, walking or eating— to apply for a guide dog. while wearing blindfolds or while “I want people to hear it from me guiding someone else wearing a because it’s my problem,” Gavin blindfold. said, thinking back to one day last With their eyes covered, the stu- year when he joined others with dis- dents had the opportunity to better abilities in educating the congrega- understand how Gavin’s impair- tion of St. Peter the Apostle Church ment—a form of cone dystrophy about them. “I should have the originally thought to be achroma- right to tell everybody how it is, not topsia—affects his eyes. make somebody else do it, (because) The students’ activities could only they don’t understand anything about it.” Students discover the challenge in selecting and picking up food that they He added, “Not even professional can’t see, as their classmate Matthew Gavin does eye doctors really know what it’s when, for example, he’s at a buffet. like to be like me or anybody else…” Matthew’s mom Michelle Gavin who has a disability, with respect, and then tuck that away and keep described St. Peter the Apostle so “it’s not that big of a deal to moving and treating him normally, School as being tremendous for her them,” as his teacher says. the better things are for him.” son and the only place she and her “It’s just great, for the more peo- Her son echoed the sentiment. husband would put him because of ple who can understand not only “I love how I can just be treated its tight-knit, family atmosphere. Matthew but how to treat other peo- like a normal person here. Nobody Michelle Gavin said that having ple with disabilities is a blessing,” treats me, unless they have to, like her son’s classmates spend a day Michelle Gavin said. “You always I’m well, literally blind. They treat trying to better understand the say to Matthew ‘You’re special and me like I’m one of them because I challenges he has on a daily basis God makes you special’ and he am,” he said. “I’m no different than had an added benefit. knows that he was born that way, them except I just have bad eye Though there are few others at but to truly make him feel not just sight, and I like being treated like St. Peter the Apostle School with Students practice guiding their special but feel normal. And that’s just (how) someone without bad disabilities, it’s important, she sug- what he wants to be. He wants to eyesight would be, and I like that peers, wearing blindfolds, around gested, that the students learn how the school. be like everybody else and so the about this school.” to treat anyone they may encounter, more that kids can just understand rules Header Headline Article Byline Author info Caption Pull quote Photostyle Jumps Ads -strokes mjj bdk

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Southern Cross, Page 8 Around the diocese Thursday, September 12, 2019 First class of Fray Pedro de Corpa faith formation school graduates By Jessica l. maRsala WARNER ROBINS The first graduating class of the diocese’s adult Hispanic faith for- mation program, the Fray Pedro de Corpa Catechetical School, received their certificates of com- pletion following a special Mass and luncheon at Sacred Heart Church Aug. 31. After celebrating a Mass for the graduates of the Fray Pedro de Corpa Catechetical School, the diocese’s adult Hispanic As part of the entrance proces- faith formation program, Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., presented them with their certificates and posed for sional, the 75 members in atten- photographs. Photograph by Jessica L. Marsala. dance of the 81 members of the graduating class proudly processed diocesan director of Hispanic min- his mercy,” Bishop Hartmayer gave them the flexibility to tailor it into the sanctuary of the Warner istry, said in an interview Aug. 21. said, “and then will be fed with the as needed per their personal teach- Robins parish ahead of priests of “Now it’s all English and we’re sacraments of the Church which ing styles or the desires of their the diocese who concelebrated the going back to provide education to will strengthen the next genera- students. Mass with Gregory J. Hartmayer, the local people in Spanish again. tion in their personal relationship Graduate Miguel Gutierrez, who OFM Conv., bishop of the Diocese So it’s like a full circle.” with God and also their member- serves as not only a lector and of Savannah. In his homily, Bishop Hartmayer ship in the Body of Christ.” Eucharistic minister at his parish Each graduate wore a red stole drew a parallel between the mem- In order to earn the catechetical but also as VIRTUS facilitator, emblazoned with the school’s bers of the graduating class and certification, the graduates had co-director of religious education name, a tribute to one of the five the workers in the day’s Gospel to complete 15 courses over three with his wife, and is studying to Spanish Franciscan martyrs who reading from Matthew 25, also years. Nongraduating students in become a deacon, remarked that ministered to the native people of known as the parable of the the school selected courses to take he particularly enjoyed learning coastal Georgia in the 16th centu- talents. based on their personal preferenc- about the Old Testament. ry and are currently being consid- “You, my dear graduates, have es and needs. “I love the Old Testament: the ered for beatification. invested your talents, and now will The curriculum chosen for these richness of the history of the “The Catholic Church came go forth and share your invest- courses, adapted from the Diocese Church, I mean especially the here with Franciscans that speak ment with those who are hungry of Charleston, facilitated a set of Spanish,” Lidia “Lili” Niederkorn, to learn about the love of God and guidelines for the teachers but See Fray Pedro on page 9

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Jessica L. Marsala interviews graduate Julio Cesar Amadiz Caba, a parishioner of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Port Wentworth, who said that studying in the Fray Pedro de Corpa Catechetical School allowed him to see the Bible “with different eyes, with a different mentality (than) before.” Photograph by Michael J. Johnson.

Fray Pedro from page 8 missions in the diocese currently The graduates of the Fray Pedro de Corpa Catechetical School rehearse their offer Mass in Spanish, however procession into the sanctuary of Sacred Heart Church in Warner Robins Aug. Jewish tradition, ” Gutierrez only 12 priests have native-level 31. Photograph by Jessica L. Marsala. said. “That’s another way of really fluency in the language. getting to know Christ himself He also noted in his homily that, He said that it is “necessary, Catholic faith and use it to serve through the Old Testament. That in 2012, approximately 5,524 not optional” to continue to reach others in their communities and was a really enriching experience Catholics attended Spanish Mass out to Hispanic Catholics, in par- build up the Church. for me.” in the diocese, per a pew count, ticular those born in the United “That’s a more critical part: That St. Augustine Church in yet a November 2013 report pro- States who will carry on the tra- it goes to the pastors and to the Thomasville, where Gutierrez wor- duced by the Center for Applied dition of faith, “not because they community to open the doors ships, was one of the catechetical Research in the Apostolate (CARA) are Catholic but because we are for them to use their new skills, school’s parish formation centers at Georgetown University, indicat- Catholic.” their knowledge to serve more,” this year and is located in one of ed that there are at least 80,122 “If we do not meet their spiritual Niederkorn said in the Aug. 21 the farthest corners of the diocese. Hispanic Catholics living within needs, if we reject them or become interview, later noting that all In order to accommodate the the diocese. indifferent towards them,” he graduates would receive a package geographic constraints of their The inspiration for the cat- surmised, “they will find places of resources suggesting ways to students, priests in each deanery, echetical school, first proposed in outside the Church to meet these implement their education at their with the assistance of volunteers 2013, originated out of an aware- needs, leaving our local Church parishes. “Because they may have trained by the diocese, taught ness that, according to Bishop impoverished due to their absence all this knowledge but if some- the courses live over the internet. Hartmayer’s homily, “despite dif- from the Eucharist.” one doesn’t open the door, they Students could then meet at the ferences in language, culture and The goal is that graduates of the don’t let them use that, then it’s center closest to them and still tradition…we are all bound togeth- Fray Pedro de Corpa Catechetical just there, it’s just waiting doing interact with their teachers and er in one baptism in Christ who School will take their newfound nothing.” with each other in real time. calls us to live in communion.” and/or expanded knowledge of the Graduate Yadira Morales, who “The reason that (it) is local is wanted to participate in the pro- because we don’t want to take gram because “a priest would be the formation out of the parish or able to explain some things better say ‘the diocese is now controlling than the internet,” plans to use your education,’” Niederkorn said her education to better prepare the of the importance of the formation students she teaches at her parish. centers. “We want to support what “I’m glad that I’m able to take the parish is already doing and some of that information with me build on what they have and pro- into the outside world as well as vide something to the parish. So to the confirmation students that we make it easier for the priests I teach,” Morales, a parishioner because they’re doing already so of Holy Family Church in Metter, much.” said. Though outsourced faith forma- tion could have been a valid option, Michael J. Johnson and Timothy Niederkorn said that it wouldn’t L. Williams contributed to this engage the community as well as story. using diocesan priests who are already familiar with the reality of their parishes and the particular Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., poses for a photograph with one of needs of their flocks. the graduates of the Fray Pedro de Corpa Catechetical School Aug. 31 after Bishop Hartmayer said in his celebrating a special Mass for them at Sacred Heart Church in Warner Robins. homily that 54% of parishes and Photograph by Michael J. Johnson. rules Header Headline Article Byline Author info Caption Pull quote Photostyle Jumps Ads -strokes mjj bdk

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JuniorBy JosePh khockeyenny player’s prayer of thanks got notice Jake Cox felt lost when the buzz- er sounded ending the St. Louis Jr. Blues hockey team’s season in the finals of the NA3HL Fraser Cup March 31, 2018 in Romeoville, Ill. The Metro Jets of Waterford, Mich., won 3-2 in overtime and claimed the cham- pionship despite a valiant effort by Cox and his teammates. A forward on the Jr. Blues, Cox was filled with emotion — because of the loss and his junior hockey career ending. He didn’t want to be the first one off the ice, so he wandered around and then decided to pray, kneeling at center ice and making the sign of the cross. “God’s given me a lot through my four years of junior hockey,” Cox said. “He gave me four years of a safe career. He gave me an opportunity to play along with some of my best friends now. I just thought it was a good oppor- tunity to thank him for every- thing, all the opportunities he’s given me.” When he finished his prayer, Cox said, he looked up and saw the captain of the Metro Jets, Griffin Sawyer, who approached “and said, ‘Do you mind if I pray with you?’ I said, ‘No, not at all.’ We said a prayer, and after that I just kinda got off the ice. It just kind of happened. It was very This photograph of Jake Cox taking a knee inspired an article in the St. Louis Review. Cox is offering God a prayer of spontaneous.” thanksgiving for a safe and wonderful hockey season despite his team’s loss in the division championship. Photograph The native of Columbus, Ga., by Amy Cox. returned home after the season. He and his parents, members of sport, playing in the Columbus season games, including a goal campaign in the NAHL with the St. Anne Parish Hockey against Atlanta on Feb. 4 that Shreveport Mudbugs, where he in Columbus, are Association set the all-time NA3HL league played briefly there and again checking out “G��’� ����� �� and then on record for career goals at 98. He with the Ducks. places for him to a travel team, increased that total to 107. Cox was the second-leading train before his � ��� ������� with four Cox called St. Louis “something scorer during the Fraser Cup college season �� ���� ����� �� seasons at special.” He lived with what’s games. Bud Winter, a St. Louis begins. Cox has the AAA Tier called a billit (host) family, Jen University High School grad on committed to ������ ������,” 1 level for and Derek Walker and their two the Jr. Blues, was the third-lead- play NCAA hock- C�� ����. “H� ���� the Thunder sons. In a junior hockey tradi- ing scorer. Also for the Jr. Blues, ey at Southern Hockey tion, families open their home the defensive pairing of Matthew New Hampshire �� ���� ����� Program. He to young men from across the Hohl, a SLUH grad, and Ben University in had a GPA of country and around the world, Jones, a CBC grad, went through Manchester, �� � ���� ������. 3.45 in high providing them with support and the national tournament run N.H., a team in H� ���� �� �� school. guidance as they embark on their without giving up a goal. the Northeast Acquired by hockey careers. The moment between Cox and 10, a Division II ����������� �� the Jr. Blues “We were quite lucky to be able Sawyer after the champion- conference. ���� ����� ���� in October to get Jake as a player this year, ship game was a glimpse of the He’s excited to via a trade and since his arrival in St. Louis sportsmanship, faith expressions make the adjust- ���� �� �� ���� with the he has been nothing short of and love of the game of hockey ment to playing Point Mallard excellent,” Jr. Blues head coach that’s often overshadowed by in college, bal- ������� ���. I ���� Ducks, Cox Chris Flaugher noted in a state- other incidents in sports. Best of ancing hockey ������� �� ��� � continued ment congratulating Cox on his luck to them as they continue in and schoolwork. his success- college placement. “He’s one of the sport. Georgia is no ���� ����������� ful four-year the hardest workers I’ve had the hotbed of hockey, �� ����� ��� ��� stint in the privilege to coach, has a great, kenny is a staff wRiteR foR the st. louis but he was a fan NA3HL. With positive attitude, and his stats Review and a memBeR of st. fRancis of of the Columbus ����������, ��� ��� St. Louis, he speak for themselves.” assisi PaRish in oakville. Cottonmouths, ������������� ��’� scored 29 With the Point Mallard Ducks, a minor-league goals and Cox was selected for the Top REPRINTED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE ST. team and became ����� ��.” 26 assists in Prospects Tournament three LOUIS REVIEW. THIS ARTICLE APPEARED interested in the 35 regular times. He began the 2017-18 JULY 9, 2018 IN THE REVIEW. rules Header Headline Article Byline Author info Caption Pull quote Photostyle Jumps Ads -strokes mjj bdk jlm

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Southern Cross, Page 12 Kids chronicles Thursday, September 12, 2019 Jesus tells the parable of the unjust steward By JennifeR ficcaglia (cns)

CHILDREN’S STORY: One day, Jesus told his followers a parable about a rich man and the steward who oversaw his estate. The rich man found out that the steward was dishonest and had squandered his property. “Prepare a full account of your stewardship, because you can no longer be my steward,” the rich man angrily told the steward. “What shall I do, now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me?” the steward wondered. “I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.” He quickly came up with an idea. It was a common practice for a steward to charge his mas- ter’s debtors more than what was owed and keep the extra for himself. So he decided to gain favor with the rich man’s debt- ors by charging only what they actually owed. In return, the debtors would welcome him into their homes after he lost his job. The steward called in the rich man’s debtors one by one. “How much do you owe my master?” he asked one debtor. wealth, who will trust you with parable about a rich man to these flames.” “One hundred measures of olive true wealth? If you are not trust- show that people cannot serve Abraham explained that there oil,” the man replied. worthy with what belongs to both God and mammon. was a great chasm between “Here is your promissory note. another, who will give you what In verses 19-31, we read about Lazarus and the rich man that Sit down and quickly write one is yours?” a rich man who wore fine clothes no one could cross. Abraham for 50,” the steward said. Jesus said that a servant can- and ate the best foods. also said that the rich man Another debtor owed the rich not serve two masters. Lying at his door was a poor received what was good in his man 100 kors of wheat, but “He will either hate one and man named Lazarus, who was lifetime while Lazarus received the steward told him to write a love the other, or be devoted covered in sores. Lazarus would what was bad. promissory note for 80. to one and despise the other. have gladly eaten scraps that “But now he is comforted here, When the rich man heard of You cannot serve both God and fell from the rich man’s table, whereas you are tormented,” this, he couldn’t help but praise mammon,” he said about earthly but the rich man ignored him. Abraham said. the steward’s prudent actions. riches. There came a day when both Although Jesus did not want his the rich man and Lazarus died. PUZZLE: followers imitating the steward’s Lazarus was carried away by Unscramble the letters in each dishonesty, he did want them to READ MORE ABOUT IT: angels to the bosom of Abraham, grouping and arrange them to learn a lesson in the prudent use Luke 16 while the rich man went to the form a quotation from the chil- of worldly wealth. netherworld, a place of torment. dren’s story. “The person who is trustworthy Q&A Far off in the distance, the caucton uryo a fo westdrapsih rich man could see Lazarus with in very small matters is also 1. Why did the steward lose his rarepep ulfl Abraham. trustworthy in great ones; and job? “Father Abraham, have pity on the person who is dishonest 2. What were the debts owed Answers: account your a of me,” the rich man cried. “Send in very small matters is also to the rich man? stewardship prepare full dishonest in great ones,” Jesus Lazarus to dip the tip of his fin- Prepare a full account of your said. “If, therefore, you are not BIBLE ACCENT: ger in water and cool my tongue, stewardship. trustworthy with dishonest for I am suffering torment in In Luke 16, Jesus told another rules Header Headline Article Byline Author info Caption Pull quote Photostyle Jumps Ads -strokes mjj

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Thursday, September 12, 2019 FAith AliVe Southern Cross, Page 13 Build a longer table: Women at tables of decision-making in the Church likely to cause or contribute to of women serving in such roles such deleterious conditions. to approximate that of men is The Church is embroiled in a crucial. In the U.S. there are particular set of crises: clergy increasing, and inspiring, exam- sexual abuse and concomitant ples of women serving in senior leadership failures. Better anal- diocesan positions and serving yses of root causes, more effec- as CEOs of national Catholic tive solutions and a commitment apostolates. to positive cultural change is Do we have as many women as best achieved when women are men serving on pastoral councils, included at the tables of deci- diocesan finance councils and sion-making. This is true in boards of trustees of Catholic every sector and context. charities? If not, why not? The Church needs the insight- What informs the reluctance to ful, prophetic, experienced per- appoint women as pastoral life spective, voice and contribution coordinators overseeing parish- of women now more than ever. es given the very serious priest Add to this the growing dis- shortage? What impact does the affection of young adults and insistence that authority, lead- young women in particular with ership and decision-making be Barbara Jatta is director of the Vatican Museums. How do we identify, recruit, the Church. Young women need solely tied to ordination have on form, train, place, compensate, evaluate and promote women in the Church? role models and clear under- the presence, participation and (CNS photo/Paul Haring) standings that their service to active engagement of women in the Church will not be met with the Church? gratuitous limitations on the We can help the Church emu- By keRRy alys RoBinson (cns) in God’s likeness. All forms of The Catholic Church is the prejudice and discrimination are exercise of their full complement late what it advocates. We can largest global humanitarian net- contrary to Catholic teaching. of gifts and talents as they live provide a strong signal to young work with enormous potential, This faith claim alone argues for out their vocation. women that women are valued and therefore responsibility, to the full participation, value and For those who value the in leadership and decision-mak- address human suffering and equal respect for women as for Church’s mission and vitality, its ing in the Church by ensuring complex global challenges. It is men. impact as a global humanitari- that they are, and visibly so. We also the vehicle Decades of an network and the restoration can work toward better human through which substantive of trust in Church leadership, resource policies and structures the Catholic D��� ������ Catholic social concern about the role of women that take seriously lay vocations. faith is transmit- ��� C������� teaching have is a matter of managerial and How do we identify, recruit, ted to nearly 1.3 brought invio- moral urgency. form, train, place, compensate, billion people. �����������, �� lable insight to How compromised is the evaluate and promote women Sui generis, ��� ����������� how Catholics Church by failing to include in the Church? Do we invest with a divine and people of women at the highest levels of in their formation? We can mission, the ������� �� ��������, goodwill ought leadership and at the tables of reimagine seminary formation Church is dis- to comport decision-making in the Roman to ensure that it is conducive tinct from secu- �� “����� D��,” ��� and conduct Curia and throughout the to healthy lay-clergy collabora- lar institutions. ���������� ���� ourselves. An institutional Church? Nearly tion and co-responsibility. We Nevertheless, it especially every institution in the world can insist that a candidate’s is comprised of ��� ������ ��� important has accommodated and incor- ability to work collaboratively people, facilities, ������� �� G��’� assertion is porated women in leadership and effectively with women be a property and the prefer- — often reluctantly at first requirement in the selection and finances that ��������. A�� ����� ential option — only to admit the practical, appointment of bishops. deserve to be for the poor: tangible value of having done We can establish effective handled with the �� ��������� ��� Those of us so. Corporations with women mentoring programs for young highest levels �������������� most in need, on their boards have a better Catholic women. And we can of ethics, care, most margin- return for shareholders; woman expand our imagination and accountability ��� �������� �� alized and doctors are less likely to be sued appoint women to the diplomatic and contempo- C������� ��������. most vulner- for malpractice; universities, the core, communication apostolates rary best mana- able deserve military, the judiciary, govern- and the prefectures and presi- gerial practices. T��� ����� ����� the particular ment — are all strengthened by dencies of dicasteries. That level of ����� ������ attention, care the presence of women in leader- Women are essential to the care should be and advocacy ship and decision-making. To be future of a vibrant Church. commensurate ��� ��� ���� of those of us clear, it is not that women are with the degree to whom much smarter, more judicious or holier keRRy alys RoBinson is a wRiteR, sPeak- to which its mis- �������������, has been given. than men. Each of us is inher- eR and advocate of PhilanthRoPy, sPiR- sion is important, ����� ��� ����� It bears ently myopic on our own or with- ituality and women in the chuRch. she urgent, benefi- noting that in our own uniform groups. We is gloBal amBassadoR of leadeRshiP cial and salvific. ������� ��� ����� women and only know what we know. We RoundtaBle and the authoR of “imagining Deep within �� ��� ���. children are need and benefit from a diver- aBundance: fundRaising, PhilanthRoPy the Catholic disproportion- sity of perspectives and expe- and a sPiRitual call to seRvice.” imagination, if ally, adversely riences to be wiser and more not universally applied in prac- affected by poverty, war, climate prudent. Recruiting competent tice, is “imago Dei,” the convic- change, illness, unemployment women to positions of leadership tion that all people are created and forced migration, and least and increasing the percentage rules Header Headline Article Byline Author info Caption Pull quote Photostyle Jumps Ads -strokes mjj bdk jlm

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Call it a crisisBy caRolyn woo (cns) about 0.8 degrees Celsius (1.4 “Nearly 70% of Americans, degrees Fahrenheit) since including a majority of 1880. ... A one-degree global Republicans, want the United change is significant because States to take ‘aggressive’ it takes a vast amount of action to combat climate heat to warm all the oceans, change -- but only a third atmosphere and land by that would support an extra tax much.” of $100 a year to help.” This The Intergovernmental lead from a Reuters’ story Panel on Climate Change’s questions how seriously we October 2018 report indi- really comprehend the cli- cated that to maintain mate crisis. global warming at 1.5 This Reuters/Ipsos poll of degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees 3,000 people offers support Fahrenheit) would require for renewables and notes that emissions to be cut by nearly green energy can contribute half from 2010 levels by 2030, to net job growth. Yet the and totally by 2050. The majority of respondents are sensitivity of our earth to unwilling to pay a fraction this warming is akin to our of a new iPhone or annual bodies running at 2.7 degrees internet connection fees, or to Fahrenheit higher as the new carpool, use public transpor- normal. tation or switch to an electric Moneywise, what we are car. unwilling to invest for pre- These responses reveal a vention and mitigation will chilling absence of urgency. bite us in the costs of damage, At 415 parts per million, replacement, recovery and carbon dioxide levels are the adaptation. In 2018 alone, highest they have been in the disaster events cost the U.S. past 800,000 years. July 2019 an estimated $91 billion. is on the record, probably not For the first half of this for long, as the hottest month year, the U.S. has already for the planet. experienced six climate What took 217 years (1751 disasters -— each exceeding to 1967) to place 400 billion a billion dollar loss. These tons of carbon dioxide in the estimates do not incorporate atmosphere now takes only other warming consequences just over a decade (2007 to on health, spread of diseases, 2018). Carbon and other food safety, food supply, land greenhouse gases act as degradation, loss of natural a blanket that keeps heat habitats, etc. trapped in our atmosphere. The British publication this is the coveR of the english edition of PoPe fRancis’ encyclical on the enviRonment, According to NASA, “The The Guardian has revised “laudato si’, on caRe foR ouR common home.” the encyclical was Released at the average global temperature its official language from vatican June 18, 2015 . (cns Photo/couRtesy u.s. confeRence of catholic BishoPs) on Earth has increased by “climate change” to “climate crisis.” We may be wise to do the same with our own calibration. To acknowledge a crisis Featuring the Passion Play of Oberammergau when we are in one is the 11 DAYS: JUNE 16 - 26, 2020 surest trigger for attention and, if we so choose, action. It can be a moment of moral commitment expressed through our ingenuity and discipline, and of spiritual Hosted by connection with the author of Rev. Daniel Firmin all creation. About Earth, Hildegard of St. James Catholic Church Bingen wrote, “Yet it forms not only the basic raw mate- $4659 FROM SAVANNAH rial for humankind, but also *Air/land tour price is $4189 plus $470 gov’t taxes/airline surcharges the substance of the incarna- tion of God’s Son.” For More Information, Please Contact: woo is a distinguished PResident’s fel- Kaitie Hotard, Executive Assistant low foR gloBal develoPment at PuRdue Tel: (912) 355-1523 univeRsity and seRved as the ceo and Email: [email protected] PResident of catholic Relief seRvices fRom 2012 to 2016. DON’T WAIT FOR 2030!! SIGN UP TODAY!!! rules Header Headline Article Byline Author info Caption Pull quote Photostyle Jumps Ads -strokes mjj bdk jlm

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By Father KAskenneth Doyle ( CNSand) youresult shall that a number receive of parishes, even an talkinganswer symbols here?” He did not; he let Q. I have not been to confession in at dioceses, have chosen to publish more them walk away, because he meant it. least 10 years. I want to go, but I have no specific guidelines. idea what to say. How am I to remember Some of the Roman basilicas require Q. I am a lady who is almost 81 years all of my sins and the number of times that women should not wear sleeveless old. All my life I have been a very strict that I have committed them? (Columbus, blouses, men should not wear shorts Catholic. I raised seven children and took Ohio) and women’s skirts should reach below them to Mass every Sunday and holy day. the knees. In 2007, the Archdiocese of I always thought that, as I got older, I A. Don’t worry; the priest is there Manila in the Philippines asked men would become even closer to the church — to help you, and he will try to make to wear collared shirts with sleeves but the opposite has happened because of things easy. (He will also have heard at Mass and provided examples of the way the church has changed. the confessions of a number of others “improper” attire for women, including In my town, we used to have three in your same situation.) miniskirts or skimpy shorts. Catholic churches and three priests; but Tell the priest that you haven’t As to socializing in church before now we have one church and one priest. been to the sacrament of penance in Mass, some parishes encourage parish- This has caused Sundays and holy days to many years and worry that you cannot ioners to greet each other and converse be so crowded and the parking situation so remember the exact number of times in the vestibule or gathering area, but bad that it is very scary for an old woman you have committed each specific sin. note that once inside the church prop- to attend. (The priest has the right to lift the er, a respectful silence should prevail So I decided a couple of years ago to penitent’s obligation to do so.) to allow for quiet prayer in prepara- start going to church during the week Tell him that you would like to tion for the Eucharist. instead. Now, every Tuesday, I get up at make this a “general confession,” that 5:30 a.m. and go to the 6:45 Mass. It’s you are sorry for any and all sins — Q. Our pastor has told us that if a per- peaceful, easy to park and I feel holy when including those you don’t remember. son receives Communion in the state of I’m there. He may ask you whether there are mortal sin, the host ceases to be the body As much as I would like to, I don’t go on any particular serious sins that you do of Christ and is just ordinary bread. But Easter or Christmas anymore because it’s recall, and you will mention those, if if that is the case, why would it be a sin? a madhouse. Yesterday, I had a disagree- any. (East Central Ohio) ment with a close friend about not going The absolution to follow will cover to Mass on Sundays and holy days. Am all sins — whether mortal or venial — A. If that, in fact, is what your pastor I committing a serious sin by not going? committed in the past. I am pleased told you, he was incorrect. Once conse- (North Hampton, New Hampshire) that you are considering this, and I crated by the priest, the host becomes believe that the experience will leave the body of Christ and remains so, A. Sunday has always been set aside you with a feeling of relief, a new spir- even when someone receives it unwor- for Christians to gather and worship itual energy and a sense of the close- thily. That is exactly why it is wrong the Lord at Eucharist; the choice ness of a loving God. to take the Eucharist when in a state comes, of course, because that was the of serious sin — because of the sacred- day on which Jesus rose from the dead Q. Can we please begin to restore rever- ness of the sacrament. — and this is the center of our faith. ence at Mass? I see young women wearing Speaking at a papal audience in Interestingly, the Catechism of the short shorts, men in flip-flops and other March 2018, Pope Francis reminded Catholic Church reflects on some of inappropriate clothing. Shouldn’t we dress Catholics of the need to obtain abso- the other ways by which we should nicely while visiting God in his house? lution for grave sins before receiving make Sundays special: Also, parishioners socialize — laughing the Eucharist. “We know,” said the “Sunday is traditionally consecrated and talking loudly — while others are try- pope, “that one who has committed by Christian piety to good works and ing to pray prior to Mass. I do not consider a serious sin should not approach humble service of the sick, the infirm myself old-fashioned, but I go to Mass to holy Communion without having first and the elderly. Christians will also interact with God. These distractions may obtained absolution in the sacrament sanctify Sunday by devoting time and seem small, but to me they take away of reconciliation.” care to their families and relatives, from the dignity that should prevail at the Related to your question, a somewhat often difficult to do on other days of Eucharist. frightening study released by the Pew the week. Sunday is a time for reflec- Though I try to rise above these things Research Center in August of 2019 tion, silence, cultivation of the mind and look for the goodness of the celebra- reported that more than two-thirds of and meditation which furthers the tion, I still leave church feeling disap- self-described Catholics think that the growth of the Christian interior life” pointed. There must be some churches bread and wine at Communion are not (No. 2186). somewhere that have established guide- actually the body and blood of Christ In your own circumstance, though, I lines for the conduct they expect. (Fishers, but only symbols of the sacred. do not believe that you are sinning by Indiana) I call this frightening because the choosing a different day for worship; doctrine of transubstantiation is cen- your fear of crowds is as real as any A. The Catholic Church has no uni- tral to the teaching of the church. illness and could well dispense you versal dress code for attendance at Didn’t we grow up learning that what from the Sunday obligation. Mass — perhaps necessarily so, given distinguishes Catholics is that we If there is no quieter parish within the diverse cultural standards in a really do believe that we receive Jesus reasonable reach, then the option you worldwide church. The church does himself when we take communion? have chosen may well be worthy and say in the Catechism of the Catholic Remember in the 6th chapter of wise. So that you will feel comfortable, Church that “bodily demeanor (ges- John’s Gospel when Jesus said to his though, why not discuss your situation tures, clothing) ought to convey the disciples, “Unless you eat the flesh of with a local priest? respect, solemnity and joy of this the Son of Man and drink his blood, - - - moment when Christ becomes our you do not have life within you”? Some Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth Doyle at ask- guest” (No. 1387). of the disciples said, “This saying is [email protected] and 30 Columbia Circle Dr., Over the last half-century of my hard; who can accept it?” and some of Albany, New York 12203. priesthood, I have observed a pattern them walked away. of more casual dress at Mass — no What did Jesus do? Did he say, “Wait longer the “Sunday best” — with the a second. Don’t get nervous. I’m only rules Header Headline Article Byline Author info Caption Pull quote Photostyle Jumps Ads -strokes mjj bdk jlm

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Nativity of our Lady Parish in Darien will host a Mass celebrated by the Most Reverend Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv. Sunday, September 15, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. – Nativity of Our Lady Parish – 1000 North Way Street, Darien, Georgia 31305