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Faithful plant flags in honor of those who served CECILIA PADILLA of the Florida Catholic staff

JUPITER | More than 200 local faithful arrived at River- side Memorial Park Cemetery in Jupiter, Nov. 15, 2020, to plant American flags at the gravesites of veterans buried in the Gar- den of Valor and Garden of Honor cemetery plots. Organized by the Florida State Council Knights of Colum- bus regional administrator, Bill Sodan, the event was well-at- tended despite it being postponed from the previous weekend due to Tropical Storm Eta. “I’m thrilled that it’s a lovely day today and that the change of plans didn’t hamper everyone’s enthusiasm to honor our vets,” Sodan said. The flag planting memorial opened with a prayer and a sa- lute to the American flag raised above the cemetery grounds. Paul Davisson, a Knight of Columbus, played “Taps” on his left, Andrew Vodopija and his grandson, Lawrence, trumpet during the salute. Knights handed out more than right, plant flags for veterans. Andrew shared that 3,000 miniature American flags, the cost of which was gener- Lawrence dressed up as a soldier for Halloween and he The Connolly and Burkly families volunteered to plant ously covered by Riverside Memorial Park Cemetery. wanted to “dress up like grandpa.” flags in honor of deceased veterans. Supporting those who serve and those who have served has been a long-time effort of the Knights of Columbus. Ac- her son, Lawrence, and her father, Andrew. Rachel shared that John Webster. Both were encouraged to volunteer with plant- cording to the organization’s historic overview, a number of being in the armed forces “runs her family”—her boyfriend ing flags through their youth group leader at St. Jude Church the founding members of the Knights of Columbus were veter- is a marine who recently returned from deployment and her in Tequesta. ans, making acts of patriotism and maintaining close relation- father spent 37 years as an officer in the U.S. Navy. “My grandfather joined the navy after he went to college. ships with both active-duty personnel and veterans of mili- Andrew expressed that he was “grateful to be able to spend I’m lucky that he survived and came home safely to start a tary service an important cause for the Catholic organization. the day with my daughter and grandson honoring those that family. My life could have turned out a lot differently,” said Overseas military councils are in countries where the United came before me.” Danny. States has a long-established military presence, including He continued, “Planting flags at each veteran headstone The Connolly and Burkly families, also from All Saints Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan and South Korea. not only honors those who sacrificed for our country but, School, joined the memorial together in hopes of instilling a New military councils were recently established at Fort Bragg, also serves as an example for my grandson of what patriotism spirit of support for veterans in their children. North Carolina and Fort Carson, Colorado. In each location, means.” Victoria Burkly, an elementary school student, indicated the Knights of Columbus work in close cooperation with the Leeann Hinds, an audiologist at the West Palm Beach VA with a wide sweep of her hand at the number of headstones Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA. Since before World Medica Center, encouraged her daughter Adriana, a student with a newly planted flag. “There are a lot of people who War I, the Knights have provided for the spiritual and tempo- at All Saints School in Jupiter, to volunteer for the flag planting worked in the Army.” She then shouted across the field, ral well-being of military personnel, and that work continues memorial. “Thank you!” n today. “Every headstone tells a story,” said Leeann. “It’s important Among the various volunteer groups present at the flag to teach our children—the next generation—what these indi- To learn more about the Florida State Council of the Knights planting memorial were members of local Boy Scout troops, viduals sacrificed for us to live in a free country. Working at the of Columbus and its Diocese of Palm Beach parish affiliations, juniorettes from the General Federation of Women’s Clubs, VA, I meet so many people that have served us with honor. It’s visit floridakofc.org. Follow the Diocese of Palm Beach online Knights from local parish councils and families of current ser- an honor to give back to them today.” at diocesepb.org and Facebook @DiocesePB to stay updated vice members and retired veterans. Rachel Vodopija, a young Danny Kleisley, a junior at Cardinal Newman High School on special events and volunteer opportunities in our commu- woman from Stuart, came to the flag planting memorial with in West Palm Beach, came to the memorial with his classmate, nity. 2 YOUR PALM BEACH COMMUNITY Facebook @FloridaCatholic Nov. 20-26, 2020 Box of Joy a continued success locally STAFF REPORT

The Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola in Palm Beach Gardens col- lected 500 Boxes of Joy for Cross Catholic Outreach’s yearly minis- try project of assisting the poor in struggling countries. Thanks to the leadership of the parish’s Women’s Guild and the collaboration of vari- ous parish ministries, the cathedral parish was able to order an addi- tional 500 boxes that will be filled this month. Susan Melillo, one of the lead organizers of the Box of Joy drive, said, “This is the first time the ca- thedral parish has participated in this ministry and the response has Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito blessed the Boxes of Joy collected by the The pile of Boxes of Joy collected by the Cathedral of St. Ignatius been just overwhelming. We could Pastoral Center staff. Each box contains a sweet treat, small toys and Loyola continues to grow. More boxes will be filled in the coming not have accomplished this without useful items for families in poor countries. (CECILIA PADILLA | FC) month. (COURTESY) the encouragement of Father Gavin Badway and the ministries at St. Ig- ter employees, have participated in ries, and other useful items. These Haiti. The goal of the ministry is to love.” To learn more about Cross natius.” this year’s Box of Joy ministry, col- gifts will then be given to families bring “hope to children in devel- Catholic Outreach’s Box of Joy ef- Many parishes and schools lecting small gifts of toys, school in countries such as the Bahamas, oping countries, providing them forts and how to join the ministry at throughout the Diocese of Palm supplies, hard candies, personal Guatemala, Nicaragua, the Do- memorable Christmas gifts and a a local parish or school, visit cross- Beach, in addition to Pastoral Cen- hygiene products, apparel, accesso- minican Republic, El Salvador and much-needed reminder of God’s catholic.org/box-of-joy. n Catholic Schools honor veterans STAFF REPORT “My favorite part of the day was singing patriotic songs,” said fourth Many schools in the Diocese of grade student Diego Thompson. Palm Beach organized activities to “I’m a new student and I’m glad that celebrate and learn about Veterans we can do things to celebrate our Day, Nov. 11. Students at Sacred school and our community.” Heart School in Lake Worth cel- “Our singing honored the men ebrated Veterans Day by gathering and women who sacrificed for us on the school field to sing patriotic to be free,” said sixth grade student songs such as “The Star Spangled Johnathan Lopez. Banner,” “Proud to Be an Ameri- To honor those that have kept can,” “You’re a Grand Old Flag” the U.S. as the land of the free and Sacred Heart School students spread out on the school field for a day of patriotic songs to honor veterans, and “God Bless America.” The stu- home of the brave, students and Nov. 11. (COURTESY) dents practiced these songs with faculty members dressed in red, direction from music teacher Jane white and blue and waved Ameri- our performance and all the other vall. “This has not been the typical about Sacred Heart School, visit sa- Beraha. On that day, the school can flags. Caroline Guthrie, a sev- students.” school year, but our students and credheartschoollakeworth.com or also held Student Council elections enth grader, said, “We worked very “I’m proud of our students and faculty members are working as one call 561-582-2242. Follow the school as a way to encourage students to hard on this assembly, and it was faculty for their hard work and ded- for the greater good of students and on Facebook @sacredheartschool- be educated and practicing voters. great to see everything work out for ication,” said principal Tricia Du- our small school.” To learn more lakeworth. n Sign-up for our Marcia J Mills, Attorney PLLC Exclusive Licensed FL MD DC NY online newsletter

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Credit Scholarship to attend John Carroll The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, the High School in Fort Pierce and the others, oldest and largest of the five programs, now Hunter and Asher, use the scholarships to at- serves about 100,000 students each year. tend St. Joseph Catholic School in Stuart. More than 90% are low-income; 75% are non- “We wanted our children to get a great ed- white. Rigorous research shows that public ucation, with both the academic excellence school students were typically the students and spiritual nourishment they need to grow who struggled the most in their prior schools into healthy young adults. Without the schol- but are now enrolling in college and earning arships, this would not have been possible,” bachelor’s degrees at far higher rates than said Donna, who is a stay-at-home mom, their public school peers. while Randall is a driver for FedEx. “We’re The Gardiner Scholarship is the most dis- 100% thankful for the scholarships, every tinctive of the five programs. As an education single day. For us as a family, they have been savings account, it allows parents to pay for life changing.” tuition, tutors, therapists, technology, cur- Step Up for Students administers five of the riculum and other educational goods and The Scott family children received scholarship assistance to attend John Carroll High state’s six kindergarten through 12 scholar- services that can be flexibly assembled in a School and St. Joseph School through Step Up for Students. (COURTESY) ship programs and it awarded its 1 millionth way that best serves the child. scholarship this fall, punctuating two de- Scholarship growth coincides with a rapid STATE SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION FOR THE cades of rapid growth that has distinguished expansion of choice in Florida. Forty-eight Florida as the national leader in school choice. percent of Florida students in PreK-12 – 1.7 DIOCESE OF PALM BEACH Founded in 2002, the organization now million – now attend something other than The following is a chart that lists the schools of the Diocese of Palm Beach and the different serves more than 140,000 students each year, their zoned neighborhood schools, up from scholarships used by the student body. The programs listed include: FTC — Florida Tax Credit most of them low-income or with special 10% a generation ago. Meanwhile, that ex- Scholarship; FES — Family Empowerment Scholarship for low-income and working-class families; needs. The scholarships empower their par- pansion parallels rising academic trend lines McKay Scholarship for students with disabilities and special needs; Gardiner Scholarship for ents to better access the learning options that for Florida schools, which Education Week students with special needs; and VPK — Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten. work best for their children. now ranks No. 3 in America in kindergarten “This milestone is another powerful sign through grade 12 achievement. n School FTC FES McKay Gardiner VPK TOTAL of how education is becoming more diverse, more equitable, and more tailored to the To learn more about the 17 diocesan Catho- All Saints School 27 10 0 5 0 42 needs of individual students,” said Step Up lic schools, visit dopbschools.org or follow Cardinal Newman 90 12 7 5 0 115 President Doug Tuthill. the Office of Catholic Schools on Facebook, Holy Cross Preschool 0 0 0 0 18 18 Step Up For Students is based in Jack- Instagram and Twitter @DoPBCatholic- sonville and St. Petersburg. It manages the Schools. To learn more about Step Up for Hope Rural School 0 0 0 0 20 20 Florida Tax Credit Scholarship and Family Students, visit stepupforstudents.org. John Carroll High School 97 7 12 2 0 118 Rosarian Academy 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sacred Heart School 158 57 19 1 17 252 St. Anastasia School 141 49 7 10 38 245 St. Ann School 36 19 6 2 0 63 St. Clare School 23 7 24 6 26 86 St. Helen School 62 8 0 0 0 70 St. Joan of Arc School 66 25 3 3 0 97 St. John Paul II Academy 35 8 22 0 0 65 Support St. Joseph School 56 0 0 0 20 76 WhenSupport you shop at smile.amazon.com, St. Jude School 63 29 0 0 15 107 When you Amazonshop at smile.amazon.com, donates. St. Juliana School 64 35 12 6 0 117 St. Luke School 120 60 6 3 20 209 Amazon donates. St. Thomas More 0 0 0 0 35 35 Select Florida Catholic Inc as your charity. St. Vincent Ferrer School 79 32 22 5 15 153 Select Florida Catholic Inc as your charity. 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The the sick, and for a swift annual Mass was celebrated to honor the service of health care end to the coronavirus workers and, especially this year, to pandemic.’ honor their “heroic service amidst the pandemic.” Father Gonzales The Palm Beach Physicians Guild of the Catholic Medical Asso- ciation sponsored the annual White of themselves. Mass, named for the traditional “We carefully selected the read- uniform color associated with ings for today. Love God—the great- health care professionals. Father est commandment—and then love Dennis Gonzales, parochial vicar your neighbor as you love yourself. of St. Ann Church, guild chaplain Loving yourself is part of the equa- and former medical-surgical and tion. My friends, taking care of our- hospice nurse, was the celebrant of selves does not mean that we ne- the Mass and was assisted by Father glect the needs of others until our At the fourth annual White Mass at St. Ann Church, Nov. 14, healthcare professionals renewed their Daniel Devore, retired chaplain own needs are satisfied,” Father physician and professional healthcare promises to God and to adhere to the Catholic faith in the of the Department of Veterans Af- Gonzales said. “It means we have practice of medicine. Front, Father Dennis Gonzales, guild chaplain, celebrated Mass. (PHOTOS BY fairs Medical Center in West Palm to be aware of nurturing sound ALEEN STANTON | FC) Beach. and healthy attributes to ourselves. The Mass began with a prayer There is a saying that goes, ‘You by Father Gonzales. “At this Holy cannot give what you do not have.’ Mass, we ask the Lord, our divine So, if we don’t have strength our en- physician, to continue to grant ergy quickly dries up.” us good health as we continue to Bella Simbajon, a registered stand on the front lines. We also nurse, was jubilant. “It is very pray for the healing of the sick, and touching that there is a special Mass for a swift end to the coronavirus for healthcare workers. The nurtur- pandemic.” ing of our co-workers has been ne- Father Gonzales’ homily focused glected. We care for others but, not on the health of medical profes- care for ourselves. I am happy Fa- sionals, especially since they faced ther Dennis talked about that.” many challenges this year caring Dr. Félix A. 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34TH ANNUAL CULTURE OF LIFE CONFERENCE All Catholics called to work of public advocacy JEAN GONZALEZ SEE THE VIDEO of the Florida Catholic staff After Ingrid Delgado’s pre- ORLANDO | The 2020 Culture sentation on abortion in Florida, of Life Conference might have the session included information been virtual, but one of its mes- on Project Rachel, post-abortion sages was as real as life itself. Ad- ministry by Emily Babilonia- vocates do not just want abortion Gonzalez, Spanish Ministry to be illegal, but also unthink- able. coordinator for South Florida, Those were the words spo- along with personal testimony ken by Ingrid Delgado, associate from a woman who suffered an for social concerns and respect abortion. To view the presenta- life for the Florida Conference tions, CLICK HERE. of Catholic Bishops, during her Ingrid Delgado, associate for presentation revolving around social concerns and respect life abortion concerns at last month’s their own difficult financial situ- at the Florida Conference of 34th annual conference. As mem- ation will only get harder.” Catholic Bishops, speaks in the ber of the conference staff, Del- As abortion is still legal in Flor- chambers of the Florida House of Above is a screenshot of www.flaccb.org where advocates can learn gado explained how the confer- ida, the conference works from Representatives. (FLCAN) how to become involved in legislative issues. ence works not only to promote the public policy perspective to legislation to end abortion, but support legislation that limits mentation process of state agen- also examines the causes of why “the harms of abortion.” Delgado cies. We have identified concerns women would choose abortion discussed some of the laws in with regulatory practices, so when faced with an unplanned place in Florida that work to that there is a possibility that a future pregnancy. end, including: session will see a bill about that.” The Secret of “We instinctively know life has • third trimester abortions pro- The best place to read about meaning and value and purpose hibited, unless endangering the those concerns are on the Florida St. Jude from the moment of conception,” life of the mother; Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Delgado said. “Unfortunately, • prohibition against post-vi- website located at www.flaccb. Are you feeling Florida is a national outlier with ability abortions, which is when org. In the “get involved” and “re- its high number of abortions.” an abortionist, in his or her judg- sources” tabs offer a bevy of in- alone? Offering statistics from the ment, believes that the unborn formation on how to get involved Centers for Disease Control (most child could be viable, that abor- and what issues the conference is recently from 2016), Delgado said tion would be prohibited; tackling. Visitors can find out in- of the 47 states that report num- • fetal remains must be prop- formation about: bers of abortion Florida ranked erly disposed; • the annual Catholic Days at second in number of abortions — • abortionists must receive in- the Capitol, where advocates lob- No one knows why God gave St. Jude the mission the first being New York state. She formed consent from the woman, by with legislators in person; added most of those abortions which means the women have • joining the advocacy network of supporting those who have lost hope. were elective. the opportunity to see an ultra- FLCAN that offers alerts about Understanding the reasons sound; how to engage with state repre- But St. Jude is there, right now, to prove to you behind choosing abortion brings • through the safe haven law, sentatives and state senators in forward different issues pro-lifers women can give up their child supporting and opposing certain the light always overcomes darkness-even the should consider. While not every to a hospital, emergency medical bills watched by the conference; woman offers a reason for getting station or fire station up to seven • download brochures (in both darkness of despair. (It is not an accident that you an abortion, when they do, one days after birth; English and Spanish) on policy of the top reasons is financial. • rules around the clinic fa- positions on abortion, the death are reading this now.) Knowing that, displays how sup- cilities, themselves, such as the penalty, end-of-life planning, port services for moms in need abortion provider or abortion natural family planning, the pri- From December 2nd to 10th and 11th to 19th are so important, and Delgado facilities having admitting privi- vacy clause and abortion, immi- harkened back to the words of leges to a hospital within 30 min- gration and assisted suicide; Pope Francis in his 2015 Lenten utes by emergency vehicle; • read public policy priorities

we will celebrate a Solemn Novena of Masses. 14173-1120 message: “Dear brothers and sis- • abortion coverage restric- sheets that are updated for each You, especially, can bring light into your life with this ters, how greatly I desire that all tions to affordable healthcare legislative session. those places where the Church plans Delgado once again quotes Novena in honor of is present, especially our par- • criminal prosecution if a per- Pope Francis, who said in Sep- St. Jude Devotion, Franciscan Friars St. Jude. P. O. Box 598 ishes and our communities, may son causes the death of or injury tember 2016, “A good Catholic Mount Vernon, NY 10551 JAD112026 become islands of mercy in the to an unborn child when a crime meddles in politics, offering the midst of the sea of indifference.” is facilitated. best of himself, so that those who Send today for Dear Fathers: “That’s such a beautiful quote, While the 2015 bill encourag- govern can govern. … “Politics, Please include my petitions in your Solemn and it calls us to be islands of ing the 24-hour waiting period for according to the Social Doctrine your free Novena Novena to St. Jude and send me, Free, your mercy and part of that is to do- abortion is still in the courts on of the Church, is one of the high- prayer folder and blessed medal so that I may join nate to or volunteer at support appeal and not in place, Delgado est forms of charity, because it prayer folder and you in Prayer. service centers for pregnant said the movement’s most recent serves the common good,” women,” Delgado said. “We success is the signing of parental Just as the pope added “I can- medal of St. Jude. NAME (Please Print) could also build community that consent prior to a minor’s abor- not wash my hands, eh?” Delga- Wear it to give you ensure workers just wages, that tion. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed do agreed that all Catholics have EMAIL they have access to affordable that bill this past summer. something to give in the forum of hope and strength. housing, and access to health- “When we support pro-life politics. STREET care. So that all parents can rec- bills, we want them to actually “This work of public advocacy ognize their unborn children as make a difference, to actually is not just ours at the conference, CITY STATE ZIP CODE their greatest gift, rather than save lives, we’re not just doing it but all of us are called to this exacerbating a fear that they may symbolically,” Delgado said. “So, work,” she said, urging those who already have about not being able in addition to our work at the leg- were watching the presentation, Or enter your information at: franciscanmissionassoc.org/jad to take care of their children, that islature, we monitor the imple- “How are you involved?” n 7 FLORIDA NEWS Facebook @FloridaCatholic Nov. 20-26, 2020 NOVEMBER IS BLACK CATHOLIC HISTORY MONTH ‘I want you to be my brother’ Black Catholics reflect on ‘lights and shadows’ of their history, enduring racism and steadfast faith

ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO “To speak of the experience of South Florida: St. Philip Neri in Mi- of the Florida Catholic staff African Americans in the Catho- ami Gardens and Holy Redeemer lic Church brings us, of course, to in Liberty City. Two others closed MIAMI | A long time ago, in a the point of Black Catholic History in 2009: St. George in Fort Lauder- nation far, far away: That’s how lots Month,” the archbishop noted. It is dale merged with Our Lady Queen of white people tend to view racism. a history “with many bright lights” of Martyrs; and St. Francis Xavier in But it wasn’t that long ago for as well as “too many dark shadows.” Overtown, founded in 1927 by Black Donald Edwards, associate super- Among them the fact that, as re- Catholics looking for a more wel- intendent of Schools for the Arch- cently as 60 years ago, Black Catho- coming experience, merged back diocese of Miami. In 1982, after lics had to sit in the back pews at into nearby Gesu. getting hired as principal at St. Gesu Church in downtown Miami In South Florida, Black Catho- Michael School in Memphis, he re- and wait until the white people re- lics are not all African Americans. quested his personnel file from his ceived Communion before doing so They include Spanish-speakers previous employer, St. Ann School themselves. from Cuba and other parts of Latin in Bartlett, Tennessee, both in the “Sometimes they had to go after America; Creole-speakers from Diocese of Memphis. Mass downstairs to the basement Haiti; and others who hail from That’s when he saw the note St. in order to receive Communion. Jamaica, the Bahamas and other Ann’s principal, a Sister of Charity That was the norm,” said Katrenia parts of the Caribbean. of Nazareth, Kentucky, had written Reeves-Jackman, director of the Black Catholics are “every- on his application after interview- archdiocesan Office of Black Catho- one under the African diaspora,” ing him: “Black but refined.” lic Ministry. Reeves-Jackman said. “You know “I tore it up, I was so angry,” Ed- She, too, speaks from personal how we originally came. We were wards recalled. experience: that of her parents. Yet on those slave ships. And as those Katrenia Reeves-Jackman, director of the archdiocesan Office of Black He had been hired at St. Ann in Reeves-Jackman, Miami-born and ships made their way through the Catholic Ministry, poses in front of a painting of a black Madonna 1978, a school with an all-white en- Overtown-raised, attended Catho- Middle Passage and all up and and child. The picture at left is of a very young bishop, now Cardinal- rollment. “I was told after I started lic schools all her life: Holy Redeem- down the seas and the oceans and elect Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C., the first African-American there that some families left the er (now closed) in Liberty City and through the rivers, slaves were ei- to be elevated to that rank. (ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO | FC) school when I started,” Edwards Msgr. Edward Pace High in Miami ther thrown off, jumped off, or put said. Gardens. off so they could be sold.” in the U.S. He’s one of three sib- need to be recognized.” Four years later, while attending “It was not until I was in the sixth As with segregation, the Catho- lings who also were the first Afri- “There are children who’ve nev- a conference for Catholic school grade that I ever even saw a black lic Church was not immune to the can American priests. In 1889, the er seen a picture of a black saint, administrators at a retreat center religious or a black nun,” Reeves- norms of the era. “Everybody agrees first Black Catholic Congress takes maybe haven’t even seen a black in Alabama, the superintendent of Jackman remembered. that it is the original sin of the place, and in 1909 the Knights of Pe- priest,” she added. “We need to be Memphis Catholic schools, a Sister Church, because the Church was ter Claver are founded as a parallel educated. We need to learn about of St. Joseph from Boston, found out BACK TO THE APOSTLES also involved with being slave own- organization to the Knights of Co- each other.” her room was across the hall from Black Catholic History Month, ers and dealing with those times,” lumbus. The Society of the Divine She compared the archdiocese to Edwards’. She insisted on being celebrated every November in the said Reeves-Jackman. Word opens the first seminary for a salad: “And really, it’s a lot of let- moved, noting it would be improper United States, seeks to celebrate The Church’s first condemna- Blacks in 1920 in Greenville, Mis- tuce. But who wants to eat a salad for her to sleep across the hall from and talk about the contributions of tion of the slave trade comes in sissippi. that’s just lettuce? So think about a Black man. Black Catholics to the Church. 1839, in Pope Gregory XVI’s ap- all of the different cultures that you Yet, said Edwards, “she ushered As Reeves-Jackman pointed out, ostolic letter, “In Supremo Apos- ERADICATING RACISM have here. We are the tomatoes, and me into the principalship, and “Black Catholics begin way back tolatus.” A decade earlier in Balti- In 1958, the U.S. bishops de- the bacon and the green peppers. nurtured me and loved me and with the Acts of the Apostles. We’ve more, Mother Mary Lange – born nounced racism for the first time. By the time you add all the Hispan- groomed me. But she was just sub- been around for a while. We’ve had in Cuba to Haitian parents and They published their first pastoral ics, and our Haitian brothers and ject to her own bigotry in that in- black popes. We have black saints,” one of the six African Americans letter on the subject, “Brothers and sisters, our African brothers and stance. She was a lady that I greatly including six African Americans in the process of canonization Sisters to Us,” in 1979, and followed sisters, if you just put all of this stuff admired.” currently embarked on the journey – co-founded the Oblate Sisters that in 2018 with “Open Wide Our in that salad, in the end you have Those are the “lights and shad- to sainthood. of Providence, the first religious Hearts.” the greatest salad that you could ows” of the African American ex- But Black Catholics are a minor- community for Black women; What does that mean in practi- ever have.” perience that Archbishop Thomas ity within a minority, accounting for three years later, a second com- cal terms? Reeves-Jackman puts it Edwards puts it more bluntly: Wenski referred to when he marked about 3 million of the more than 70 munity, the Sisters of the Holy this way: “When you walk into the “I don’t want you to do anything. I the start of Black Catholic His- million U.S. Catholics, and less than Family, is founded in New Orleans parishes do you see people of color want you to want to be my brother. tory Month in the archdiocese. The 1% of the 1.5 million Catholics in the by another candidate for saint- represented in our services? Do you I want you to want to be my sister. Mass took place Nov. 8, 2020 at St. Archdiocese of Miami. hood, Henriette Delille. see people of color on the altar? Do And I want you to be open to wor- Augustine Church and Catholic Only two designated African In 1875, James Healy becomes you see us on the walls, do you see shiping the Lord, praising the Lord Student Center in Coral Gables. American parishes remain in the first African American bishop us in the statues? We’re there. We and building a life with me.” n Hanging out with a future saint: Sister Thea Bowman

the journey to canonization. the only Black woman in the Fran- the 1980s, his pastor invited Sis- Miami Catholic shared friendship, music “I didn’t even think about it. ciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adora- ter Thea to host an evangelization Thea was just Thea,” said Edwards, tion, Sister Thea was first a teacher, event at their parish, St. Michael and soul food with Servant of God the Archdiocese of Miami’s asso- and later an advocate for racial jus- Church in Memphis, Tennessee. ciate superintendent of schools. tice. She spoke across the country in Edwards was principal of the pa- CRISTINA CABRERA JARRO to him that he must walk around “But when you think about it, it just gatherings that combined Gospel rochial school, and having a back- Florida Catholic correspondent glowing because he had a personal blows you away. I had the privilege teaching, prayer, storytelling, and ground in music, got involved. relationship with Sister Thea Bow- of actually walking in the shadow of music. “Thea and I spent a significant MIAMI | An acquaintance of man, who, in 2018, was declared a this woman who will be a saint.” It was through those events that Donald Edwards once pointed out Servant of God — the first step on A granddaughter of slaves, and she crossed pass with Edwards. In PLEASE SEE BOWMAN, 8 8 FLORIDA NEWS Facebook @FloridaCatholic Nov. 20-26, 2020 ‘It has been completely disastrous’: second hurricane hits Nicaragua Catholic News Service TO HELP: Donate to Catho- Hurricane Eta deluged Nicaragua, lic Relief Services at https://sup- Honduras and Guatemala. MEXICO CITY | A Nicaraguan port.crs.org/donate/hurricane- Father Francisco Chavarría, priest said Hurricane Iota hit the eta Caritas director in Nicaragua, told northeastern corner of the country Catholic News Service Iota would with “more force” than Hurricane America it pummeled the Colom- bring “more intense rain” and Eta two weeks earlier and left com- bian island of Providencia, where have a wider radius. Parishes and munities devastated and families two people died and more than 30 chapels were again being convert- homeless. were injured, according to govern- ed into shelters and priests were “The shelters are full of evacu- ment officials. helping evacuate people, many ated people and families ... who to- Measuring only four miles in of whose homes had their roofs day cannot return to their homes. length by 2.5 miles in width, Provi- blown off and had lost their mod- They’re going to go to the homes dencia is one of the smallest inhab- est crops, he said. of family members or stay in the A man repairs the roof of his house as Hurricane Iota approaches Puerto ited islands in the Caribbean and Parishes in Honduras were pre- shelters,” Father Javier Pla García Cabezas, Nicaragua, Nov. 16, 2020. Iota was the second Category 4 has a population of about 6,000 paring to assist people displaced said in a message from the city of hurricane to hit the area. (WILMER LOPEZ, REUTERS | CNS) people. Colombian government of- by flooding, said Father Germán Puerto Cabezas. ficials said eight out of 10 homes in Calix, Caritas Honduras director. “Our relief plans have to return season; Hurricane Eta was the sec- staying there; they had him pro- Providencia were “completely de- Some people resisted evacuation to square one and we will have to ond-strongest storm. tected in a room, water was leak- stroyed” by the hurricane, as well orders with Hurricane Eta, but he reorganize,” Father Pla said, add- “It has been completely disas- ing in. But he is taking care of the as the local hospital. said those admonishments were ing that he was unaware of any loss trous,” said Father Rodolfo French, seminarians locked in the room.” “It’s a devastating situation,” not being ignored with a second of life, although some communi- an indigenous Miskito priest and Father French said hunger was President Ivan Duque said while hurricane expected. ties were still incommunicado pastor of St. Raphael the Archangel a looming crisis as many people visiting the island Nov. 17 to assess Father Calix attributed the enor- and people were looking for family Parish in Waspam, in the region hit lost their crops of rice, yucca and the damage. “But we will help this mous hurricane damage in Hon- members. by the hurricanes. plantains. treasure of Colombia to stand on its duras to an “ecological disaster,” Hurricane Iota struck Nicaragua Father French spoke to Catholic Hurricane Iota weakened to a feet again.” in which deforestation has been 15 miles south of where Hurricane News Service from the national Category 2 storm as it crossed Ni- Colombian officials said that it rife, and said climate change has Eta hit the Central American coun- capital, Managua, where he had caragua. It caused flooding and would take a year to recover Provi- had consequences. He also spoke try just two weeks earlier, and early traveled for a medical appoint- cause damage in neighboring dencia’s infrastructure, made up of a poor government response as reports were of disastrous situa- ment and to purchase supplies for Honduras and was eventually ex- largely of wood panel homes. The politicians focus more on elections tions. rebuilding after Hurricane Eta. pected to reach El Salvador. island’s remote location and rich in 2021 than Honduras’ present The Category 4 storm hit the But he said the last report from In Progreso, Honduras, Father marine life have made it popular problems. coast of Nicaragua near the bor- a colleague in Puerto Cabezas, 30 Ismael Moreno Coto, director or with tourists yearning to experi- Hurricane Mitch heaped misery der of Honduras around 9:40 p.m. miles north of where Hurricane Radio Progreso, sent a video to ence a less-developed side of the on Honduras in 1998 as it sat over Nov. 16, causing storm surges Iota made landfall, spoke of the friends showing the flooding in Caribbean. the country and dropped record and flooding and further damag- storm “completely destroying the front of his residence; the street Before the hurricane hit, the rainfall. It claimed an estimated ing buildings already wrecked by church. The whole ceiling is com- looked like a river. He said the rain church’s aid agency, Caritas, and 9,000 lives. Some in Honduras say Hurricane Eta. The U.S. National pletely on the ground. The semi- was expected to continue for 24 parishes again mobilized to pro- the most recent storm -- while not Weather Service called Hurricane nary (was left) without a roof and hours. vide shelter to populations still as destructive -- felt similar to Hur- Iota the strongest storm of the 2020 the walls cracked. The bishop was Before Iota reached Central trying to clean up and rebuild after ricane Mitch in some areas. n

BOWMAN sang.’ She had excellent sostenuto, of faith bonded us in family and in Jesus’ name, we’ll be who we say and just a beautiful soprano voice,” church. Sharing the songs brought we are: truly Catholic.” FROM 7 Edwards said. hope and consolation and joy. The From there, she led the assembly songs of faith are my heritage,” in singing “We Shall Overcome,” SLAVE SONGS wrote Sister Thea. an anthem of the civil rights move- amount of time together working She also enjoyed being in the In 1989, she became the first ment. According to Sister Charlene and planning this. I put together company of old Black people. Their Black woman to address the U.S. Smith, a friend of Sister Thea who a huge choir made up of members wisdom and character helped Conference of Catholic Bishops. coauthored her biography, after the from Catholic church choirs from shape her pride as a Black woman Speaking candidly, she asked speech every bishop came to Sister all over the city. I arranged several growing up through the civil rights them, “What does it mean to be Thea, knelt, and asked for her bless- Negro spirituals and pieces of Gos- movement in the United States. Black and Catholic? It means that I ing. pel music,” said Edwards. “The stories that they told, the bring myself, my Black self. I bring “She was a holy woman, and Although the parish and school songs they sang, the experiences my whole history, my traditions, my it was powerful to be around her community were predominantly that they had. I would have feared experience, my culture, my African and spend time with her,” said Ed- white, he remembers a very wel- had she gone to the Franciscan Sis- American song and dance and ges- wards. coming reception for Sister Thea ters of Perpetual Adoration that she ture and movement and teaching But it never occurred to him to and “a packed house” at St. Mi- was going to lose her blackness, her and healing and responsibility as a ask her about one day becoming a chael’s. People loved her and asked love for ‘the mud of Mississippi,’ her gift to the Church.” saint. “I would have loved to have when she would return. Whenever love for the music of Southern Black heard her response to that. She she did, she drew out a big crowd Donald Edwards, associate people. But, of course, she didn’t,” ‘WALK TOGETHER’ probably would have said, ‘Yes, if not only of Catholics, but also Bap- superintendent of schools for said Edwards. By then, Sister Thea was wheel- saints ate collard greens.’” tists, Methodists and Episcopalians the Archdiocese of Miami, poses Originally raised a Protestant, chair-bound because of her ad- After her death in 1990, Edwards from churches nearby. with an image of his good friend, Sister Thea converted to Catholi- vanced cancer. But that did not slow began the Sister Thea Bowman Sa- “When Thea came to Memphis, now Servant of God Sister Thea cism at the age of 9. But she shared her as she spoke about the need for cred Music Festival at St. Michael’s people from all around wanted to Bowman. her roots when she sang Negro the bishops to welcome and support in Memphis. He invited choirs come see and hear her,” said Ed- spirituals or “slave songs,” hymns, a stronger presence of Blacks in the from all over the city to an annual wards. the porch to birdwatch. and gospel music that she had Church. “packed house” event. He also invit- Those moments helped their And there was always music. learned from her mother, grandfa- “If we, as a Church, walk to- ed Sally and Carl Bowman to speak friendship blossom. During her vis- When Sister Thea’s health de- ther, Mama Tolliver and Mrs. Gar- gether, don’t let nobody separate about the life of their religious cous- its to Memphis, Sister Thea invited clined because of breast cancer, rett, who were slaves. In her album you. That’s one thing Black folk in. The festival continued until Ed- Edwards to the home of her cousins, Edwards would drive to her home “Songs of My People,” the music can teach you. Don’t let folks divide wards left St. Michael’s to become Sally and Carl Bowman. in Canton, Mississippi, bringing a mentioned Adam and Eve, Cain you,” Sister Thea said. “The Church principal at Memphis Catholic High “Sally would cook collard greens, keyboard along to liven her spirits and Abel, Moses, David and Jesus. teaches us that the Church is a fam- School. candied yams, potatoes, baked and “old musical soul.” “They used the sacred songs to ily, is a family of families, and the But the friendship that bound chicken or turkey: soul food. And “We’d sing songs and just play teach Scripture and faith and val- families have got to stay together. him to Sister Thea remains. “Thea we would eat and enjoy each other’s all day, praise God, and enjoy each ues and love and dedication. They And we do know that if we do stay was certainly an inspiration to me. company,” Edwards said. other’s company. Thea sang songs used the songs to teach responsi- together, if we walk, and talk, and And I pray to her, as do many peo- Afterwards, they sat outside on that, as she would say, ‘the old folks bility and prayer. Sharing the songs work, and play and stand together ple.” n 9 QUICK READS Facebook @FloridaCatholic Nov. 20-26, 2020

NATION damental rights such as free exer- feet in place. The attack came on AGENCY URGES HUMANITARIAN ACCESS cise are at stake.” The cases cited the federal holiday of Columbus were Jacobson v. Massachusetts Day, which is known as Indigenous Pro-lifers fear and South Bay Pentecostal Church People’s Day in California and v. Newsom. elsewhere. Protesters say the saint ‘pro-abortion mistreated indigenous people in forces’ in a Biden Activists receive what is today California as a mis- sionary, but Catholic leaders and administration prison sentences historians dispute such claims. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. | If for base protest President Donald Trump’s legal ef- Alito sees religious forts to challenge his 2020 reelec- CLEVELAND | Three of the tion results prove unsuccessful seven Kings Bay Plowshares peace freedom becoming and Joe Biden becomes the 46th activists received prison sentenc- a ‘disfavored right’ president of the United States, pro- es for entering a Georgia naval life advocates are finding no silver base and symbolically damag- WASHINGTON | Religious lib- linings. “Biden will be directed by ing weapons systems in 2018. U.S. erty “is fast becoming a disfavored hard-core, pro-abortion forces,” District Judge Lisa Godbey Wood right” in certain quarters in this said Mark Harrington, executive handed down a 10-month prison country, Supreme Court Justice director of the Ohio-based Cre- sentence to Martha Hennessy, 65, Samuel Alito said in a keynote ated Equal, a nonsectarian pro- of Vermont, the granddaughter of speech to the Federalist Society An Ethiopian child and young woman, who fled the ongoing fighting life organization. He spoke with Catholic Worker co-founder Doro- late Nov. 12. “It pains me to say in the Tigray region, are seen at the al-Fashqa refugee camp in Sudan Catholic News Service a week af- thy Day, following a three-and- this,” he said, but pointed to sever- Nov. 13, 2020. A senior official of Jesuit Refugee Service called for a ter the 2020 presidential election a-half hour video court hearing al recent trends, some recent court humanitarian corridor in Ethiopia’s semi-autonomous region of Tigray between incumbent Republican Nov. 13. Wood said she took into decisions as well as restrictions on as the armed conflict between the Ethiopian army and the region’s Donald Trump and Democratic consideration Hennessy’s work houses of worship that states have forces continued to escalate, killing hundreds and forcing thousands challenger Joe Biden. Although with Maryhouse Catholic Worker put in place as part of their CO- out of their homes. (EL TAYEB SIDDIG, REUTERS | CNS) Trump has not yet conceded the in New York, her age and the mi- VID-19 safety protocols. He also race and is filing legal action over nor amount of damage she caused pointed to increasing restrictions potential voter fraud, multiple me- at the submarine base in deciding on the freedom of speech, which applications for DACA, as the pro- 2019 TV film, “Just Tell No One,” dia outlets have projected Biden to reduce the length of the sen- like freedom of religion is guar- gram is known, and limiting DACA by a former Catholic student from to be the winner. While votes are tence from the court’s probation anteed by the First Amendment, renewals to one-year extensions Legnica, Poland. Archbishop Stan- still being counted, Biden has gar- department recommendation of and growing threats against the instead of two. In a Nov. 15 tweet islaw Gadecki of Poznan, president nered 290 electoral votes while 18 months to 24 months. On Nov. Second Amendment, which allows about judge’s decision, Hope Bor- of the Polish bishops’ conference, Trump has 217 electoral votes. 12, Wood sentenced fellow Catho- law-abiding citizens the right to der Institute said: “When it comes posted a statement after the car- Harrington said he anticipates lic Workers Carmen Trotta of New bear arms for self-protection. He to immigration, nothing’s under- dinal’s death asking “God, in his that under Biden and his vice pres- York City to 14 months in prison spoke during the society’s annual mined the rule of law as much as mercy, to forgive the deceased for ident, Kamala Harris, the Depart- and Clare Grady of Ithaca, New National Lawyers Convention, the Trump administration and the suffering he has caused the ag- ment of Justice would screen all York, to a year and a day in prison held virtually this year because the Department of Homeland Se- grieved and the pain he caused the pending state legislation to make following dual three-hour video of the pandemic. “The pandemic curity.” After Wolf’s memo was is- community of believers.” sure it conforms to Roe v. Wade, court hearings. The hearings in the has resulted in previously un- sued, faith leaders and immigrant the Supreme Court’s landmark U.S. District Court for the Southern imaginable restrictions on indi- advocates were highly critical of Pope calls Biden 1973 decision legalizing abortion District of Georgia in Brunswick vidual liberty,” said Alito, one of six it. Leaders of the U.S. Conference on demand nationwide. had been delayed several times Catholics now on the court with of Catholic Bishops said they were to congratulate because of the coronavirus pan- the Oct. 26 confirmation of Justice “deeply disappointed” by it, and him on election Diocese asks court demic. Amy Coney Barrett. Alito was ap- Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento, pointed by President George W. California, said it was “irrespon- WILMINGTON, Del. | Pope Fran- for injunction on Charges for statue Bush in 2006. “Notice what I am sible and recalcitrant.” cis called President-elect Joe Biden limits on worship vandals called not saying or even implying -- I am early Nov. 12 to congratulate him on not diminishing the severity of the WORLD winning the U.S. presidential elec- BROOKLYN, N.Y. | The Diocese ‘breakthrough’ virus’ threat to public health. And tion. “The president-elect thanked of Brooklyn Nov. 12 filed an emer- putting aside what I will say shortly His Holiness for extending bless- gency application with the U.S. SAN FRANCISCO | San Fran- about a few Supreme Court cases, Polish cardinal ings and congratulations and noted Supreme Court for an injunction cisco’s archbishop called a district I’m not saying anything about the his appreciation for His Holiness’s against Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ex- attorney’s decision to prosecute legality of COVID restrictions,” he dies after being leadership in promoting peace, rec- ecutive order limiting the size of a protesters arrested for toppling a said. onciliation and the common bonds congregation for in-person servic- St. Junipero Serra statue outside a disciplined of humanity around the world,” es at Catholic churches and other Catholic church on charges of felo- Rules restricting VATICAN CITY | Polish Cardi- said a readout on the call released houses of worship. The diocese is ny vandalism “a breakthrough mo- nal Henryk Gulbinowicz, retired by Biden’s transition team in Wlm- challenging Cuomo’s order on re- ment for Catholics.” It is “the first DACA program archbishop of Wroclaw, died Nov. ington. It also was all over Twitter. ligious freedom grounds. Accord- time that any of the lawbreakers at- were invalid 16, just 10 days after the publica- Biden, it said, “expressed his desire ing to scotusblog.com, the state tacking statues of St. Junipero Ser- tion of Vatican disciplinary mea- to work together on the basis of a of New York must file a response ra and other acts of vandalism on WASHINGTON | A federal judge sures against him related to sexual shared belief in the dignity and by Nov. 18. It said the order’s pro- Catholic Church property across ruled Nov. 14 that the suspension of abuse. Cardinal Gulbinowicz, who equality of all humankind on issues visions “violate the free exercise California will be held account- the Deferred Action for Childhood was 97 at the time of his death, had such as caring for the marginalized clause” of the First Amendment able for their actions in a court of Arrivals program, announced this been hospitalized Nov. 10. The and the poor, addressing the crisis by limiting “in-person ‘house of law,” said San Francisco Arch- past summer by the Department Vatican nunciature in Poland had of climate change, and welcoming worship’ attendance to 10 or 25 bishop Salvatore J. Cordelione in a of Homeland Security, was invalid announced Nov. 6 that, in accor- and integrating immigrants and people” but allowing “numer- statement Nov. 13. Marin County because the agency’s top official, dance with a Vatican decision, the refugees into our communities.” ous secular businesses to oper- District Attorney Lori Frugoli filed Chad Wolf, did not legally hold his cardinal was banned from all pub- Biden will be the nation’s second ate without any capacity restric- the charges that day against five position when he issued the order. lic appearances and ordered to pay Catholic president, after John F. tions.” The filing also questioned people for allegedly defacing and Judge Nicholas Garaufis, of the compensation to a fund for the vic- Kennedy, who was elected to the whether the courts erred in two pulling down the statue Oct. 12. U.S. District Court for the Eastern tims of clerical sexual abuse. The nation’s highest office 60 years ago, previous rulings on a similar is- The news media identified those District of New York, said Wolf’s notification also stipulated that his on Nov. 8, 1960. On Nov. 7, the me- sue, citing previous rulings by the charged as Melissa Aguilar, May- appointment violated the Home- funeral could not be celebrated in dia declared Biden the winner of Supreme Court, one from 1905 orgi Nadieska Delgadille, Victoria land Security Act of 2002 and the the Wroclaw cathedral and that he the Nov. 3 election, but President and one from May of this year. The Eva Montano Pena, Moira Van de agency “failed to follow the order was not to be buried there with his Donald Trump has not conceded, two cases challenged government Walker and Andrew Lester Men- of succession as it was lawfully predecessors. The announcement, and he and his campaign have filed action taken in response to a pub- dle. Each faces one count of felony designated.” DHS has said that which did not provide details of several lawsuits in key battleground lic health emergency, but the high vandalism. The Serra statue out- Wolf’s appointment, which has not why the steps were taken, followed states, like Pennsylvania, disputing court in both instances rejected side Mission San Rafael in San Ra- yet been confirmed by the Sen- an 18-month investigation into the election outcome, claiming vot- the lawsuits, saying such state ac- fael was desecrated with red paint ate, is legal. In July, Wolf issued a abuse claims. Accusations against er fraud and irregularities in ballot tion was justified “even when fun- and toppled, leaving just the saint’s memorandum rejecting first-time the cardinal were made in a May counting. 10 NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL NEWS Facebook @FloridaCatholic Nov. 20-26, 2020

USCCB VIRTUAL MEETING Bishops focus on McCarrick report, racism CAROL ZIMMERMANN it’s important as Catholics to “plant the seed Catholic News Service and leave it to the Holy Spirit.” Initially, the bishops did not address the WASHINGTON | The two days of the vir- presidential election, except when Archbish- tual assembly of the U.S. Catholic bishops, op Gomez, responding to a reporter’s ques- Nov. 16-17 initially included discussion of the tion during the Nov. 16 news conference, said Vatican report on former cardinal Theodore the USCCB’s congratulations to Biden was E. McCarrick. But the bulk of the bishops’ just an acknowledgment and that he and his conversation focused on the ongoing pan- fellow bishops “respect the election process.” demic and the church’s response to racism. At the close of the two-day meeting, Arch- The meeting concluded with reaction bishop Gomez said several bishops had come to the presidential election, as Los Angeles to him with concerns in the wake of the elec- Archbishop José H. Gomez, president of the tion. U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, an- “We are facing a unique moment in the nounced formation of a working group to history of our country,” he said, noting the address various issues of top importance to election of a Catholic president “presents the church with the new administration of certain opportunities but also certain chal- President-elect Joe Biden. Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic lenges.” The assembly, which usually takes place Bishops, and Los Angeles Archbishop JosÈ H. Gomez, USCCB president, are pictured The archbishop said the president-elect in Baltimore, was virtual this year due to CO- in the studio at USCCB headquarters in Washington Nov. 16, 2020. They were in the “has given us reason to believe his faith com- VID-19 restrictions and the public sessions studio for the bishops’ fall general assembly, convened virtually due to the coronavirus mitments will lead to certain policies that we were livestreamed. About 300 bishops logged pandemic. (MSGR. J. BRIAN BRANSFIELD | CNS) favor,” listing immigration, aid to refugees on, and for the most part, they crossed the and the poor, racial justice, capital punish- technological hurdles of making sure their economic turmoil, and he urged the church the USCCB Committee on Budget and Fi- ment and climate change among them. individual responses came through on the leaders to help people navigate this enor- nance, said the USCCB had started trimming He also said there is the expectation that teleconference format. mous challenge. budget outlays in 2020 when it appeared the Biden “will support policies that are against The main topic Nov. 16, added late to the The current times, with social unrest and coronavirus pandemic was going to stay far some fundamental values we hold dear as bishops’ agenda, was discussion on the Vati- uncertainty caused by the pandemic, “call longer than expected. One such measure was Catholics,” such as a possible repeal of the can report on McCarrick, released less than a for heroic Christianity,” he explained. In re- a pay freeze and travel restrictions for all US- Hyde Amendment, which prevents the use week before, on Nov. 10. sponse, he said: “We need to continue to form CCB employees. of federal funds to be used for abortions, and Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, and empower missionary disciples, as Pope Due to “consideration for the pressures the codifying in law of Roe v. Wade, the Su- said the report which described McCarrick’s Francis calls us to do.” each of us face in the dioceses,” he said no as- preme Court decision which legalized abor- ascent to highest rungs of the church, even Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the papal sessment increase is being proposed for 2022. tion. amid rumors of abuse, read like a list of the nuncio to the United States, also spoke about In another action related to the pandemic When politicians who profess the Catholic seven deadly sins. the pandemic, as one of the “dark clouds” and to the ongoing discussion nationwide on faith support these policies, the archbishop “It’s very clear that there’s still very much looming over today’s world. about racial inequality, the bishops approved said, it “creates confusion among the faithful a tendency in the world and in the church “Our mission is to heal the world. ... I en- addendums to their four-year strategic plan about what the church actually teaches.” to turn a blind eye to many of these sins,” he courage you during your meeting to look at addressing the impact of these issues. The For that reason, he said, he was forming added during the 45 minutes of discussion ways that you can feed your hope and that of plan, adopted a year ago, will go into effect a working group led by Archbishop Allen H. about the long-awaited 460-page report. your flock,” he said. in January 2021. Vigneron of Detroit, USCCB vice president, Chicago’s Cardinal Blase J. Cupich said In a 45-minute discussion about the pan- Continuing their look at the sin of racism, which will address issues surrounding the Pope Francis had taken historic action in is- demic Nov. 17, several bishops spoke about the bishops approved the renewal of the Ad election of a Catholic president and policies suing the document as well as other unprec- parishes livestreaming Masses and their Hoc Committee Against Racism for three that may come about that would be in con- edented measures. efforts to keep in touch with parishioners, more years. They also discussed their efforts flict with Catholic teaching and the bishops’ “It really has been a watershed moment,” particularly the elderly, and learning how to to address racism in their dioceses. priorities. he said. “And something that we should con- help people access food and other basic ne- Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma- The bishops had election results of their tinue to study and read.” cessities. Thibodaux, Louisiana, and chair of the USC- own in this meeting. Msgr. Jeffrey D. Burrill, The cardinal also stressed the need to They also spoke of the spiritual lessons CB’s Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, re- a priest of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wiscon- “make sure that we never again have a situ- that have occurred, saying there has been a minded the bishops that when they approved sin, was elected the new general secretary of ation where anyone from our conference is renewed desire among Catholics for the Eu- their pastoral on racism two years ago, they the USCCB, succeeding Msgr. J. Brian Brans- taking sides in this, with the Holy Father or charist. had no idea how the nation would have such field. challenging him or even being with those Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, a reckoning with racial inequality as it has In another vote, Cardinal Timothy M. who are calling for his resignation. That kind Texas, said he has arrived at parishes to see experienced this past summer. Dolan of New York was elected chairman of of thing really has to cease, and the Holy Fa- people kneeling outside, praying for the He said the document, among other the bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty. ther pointed the way in which we take up this chance to receive holy Communion and the things, “unequivocally declares that racism The bishops also voted on chairmen-elect initiative together in a collegial manner.” return of normal worship experiences. is a life issue.” for seven committees and seven seats on the He said the more “that we listen to victims “This is the renewal that I find very person- It certainly was a life issue for Bishop Mark board of directors of Catholic Relief Services. and make it public that we’re meeting with ally edifying and a source of great strength,” J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, who recalled how a The votes for chairmen-elect included: victims, as the Holy Father does on a regular he said. racially motivated mass shooting in his dio- Committee on Priorities and Plans: Arch- basis, the word will get out there that we are Bishop Kevin W. Vann of Orange, Califor- cese last year left 23 people dead and as many bishop Timothy P. Broglio of the U.S. Arch- on the side of victims. And we have to con- nia, similarly said he saw people kneeling in injured. diocese for the Military Services; Committee tinue to do that.” the rain early one morning waiting for Christ “It really brought home the fact that white on Catholic Education, Bishop Thomas A. The McCarrick report also overlapped into Cathedral to open. supremacy is not a harmless fringe ideology Daly of Spokane, Washington; Committee other parts of the meeting. In his opening ad- Several bishops said such yearning for the but that it is death-dealing ideology,” said on Communications, Auxiliary Bishop Rob- dress, Archbishop Gomez paused at the start Eucharist presents an opportunity for the Bishop Seitz, “and it also reminded us that ert P. Reed of Boston; Committee on Cultural to remember the children and adults within church to begin a new effort of evangeliza- words matter. Words that denigrate immi- Diversity in the Church, Auxiliary Bishop Ar- the church who are victim-survivors of clergy tion and catechesis as the public celebration grants and other people of color really matter turo Cepeda of Detroit; Committee on Doc- sexual abuse. of Mass gradually expands and church lead- and feed into these ways of thinking.” trine, Bishop Daniel E. Flores of Brownsville, Acknowledging the McCarrick report, he ers determine how best to encourage people Archbishop Mitchell T. Rozanski of St. Texas; Committee on National Collections, also expressed “deep sorrow” and offered to reengage in parish life. Louis said he has spent time meeting and Bishop James S. Wall of Gallup, New Mexico; prayers the victim-survivors “might find In a practical response to the pandemic, listening with various groups and also took a and the Committee on Pro-Life Activities, healing and hope.” the bishops approved a budget for the year tour of Ferguson, Missouri, and stopped and Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore. n The archbishop also pointed to the ongo- 2021 that took into consideration the eco- prayed where 18-year-old Michael Brown ing suffering caused by the coronavirus pan- nomic impact of the coronavirus. was fatally shot by police in 2014. Contributing to this report was Dennis Sad- demic, noting that people’s faith in God “has Bishop Gregory L. 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SCRIPTURE readings The Shepherd King Thursday, Nov. 19 Wednesday, Nov. 25 Sunday, Nov. 22 Rv 5:1-10; Ps 149:1B-2, 3-4, 5-6A Rv 15:1-4; Ps 98:1, 2-3AB, 7-8, 9; sus – one of the lowest professions thew 25, King Jesus makes clear AND 9B; Lk 19:41-44 Lk 21:12-19 The Solemnity of Our Lord one could possibly have. In our who will dwell in his everlasting Jesus Christ, King of the Uni- first reading God reveals himself kingdom. It won’t necessarily be Friday, Nov. 20 Thursday, Nov. 26 as the ‘shepherd’ who will care for those who make it on the front verse his flock of people: “I will seek the page of Time or Starz magazines! Rv 10:8-11; Ps 119:14, 24, 72, Thanksgiving Day Ez 34:11-12, 15-17; Ps 23:1-2, lost...bring back the strayed...bind Rather it will be those who who 103, 111, 131; Lk 19:45-48 Sir 50:22-24; Ps145:2-3, 4-5, 2-3, 5-6; 1 COR 15:20-26, 28; Mt up the crippled...strengthen themselves become 6-7, 8-9, 10-11; 1 Cor 1:3-9; Lk 25:31-46 the weak...and feed them shepherds to the out- Saturday, Nov. 21 17:11-19 with justice” (Ezekiel 34:16). cast, to those who are Memorial of the Presentation On July 29, 1981 the world was When God sent the prophet condemned or are seen of the Blessed Virgin Mary Friday, Nov. 27 welcomed to a very special event, Samuel to find a new king as insignificant. To be Rv 11:4-12; Ps 144:1, 2, 9-10; Lk The Solemnity of Our Lord rarely seen before by the public, for Israel it is interesting subjects of his royal maj- made possible by television broad- that Samuel was not sent esty we must become 20:27-40 Jesus Christ, King of the Uni- verse cast. 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