Southwest Kansas “He gives power to the faint, and to those who have no might, he increases strength.” atholic -- Isaiah 40:29 TheC Newspaper of the Diocese of Dodge City dcdiocese.org/swkscatholic Vol. XLV No. 7 June 7, 2020

Celebrating joyfully, safely

A masked Father Jim Dieker celebrates the Feast of Pentecost at St. John the Baptist Parish in Meade. Bishop John Brungardt recently allowed public Masses to resume at all but a few parishes, with restrictions. (See the June 7 print issue or the May 24 online issue).

“Catechize in “Shower, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds rain the Catholic down righteousness; let the earth open, that salvation Faith with and righteousness may bear fruit; let the earth cause Diligence” them both to sprout; I the Lord have created it.” It was a battle -- Isaiah 45:8 unprecedented in the annals of history, at least annals that didn’t include battles in which priests from different dioceses took part in a PASTORAL PLAN FROM BURMA game of Family Feud via Zoom on PEACE, JUSTICE Bishop June John’s 7, 2020 series continues with love: A refugee story Facebook during a pandemic. PopeSouthwest offers prayersKansas forCatholic U.S. Catechize in the Catholic Faith with Diligence

ou cannot love whom you do not know,” a bishop this reality: “… truth is in Jesus” (Ephesians 4:21). told me years ago. Sure, we can love everyone This catechesis is a life-long activity. We do not Yin a generic sense. His point was that the better “graduate” from our faith formation as children or we know someone, the more we love him/her. If this is youth. I travelled to the Vatican in January to meet true for a spouse or a friend, it should be true for God. with the various Congregations, learning about Pope The bishop was describing how important catechesis Francis’ plan to evangelize. Our priests meet together is: the better we know the Lord, the more we can love several times a year for conferences and workshops. and serve Him. Our diocese has many catechetical offerings, such The second theme of our Pastoral Plan for the as Pastoral Ministry Formation. Our parishes have diocese is “To Catechize in the Catholic Faith with interesting classes and groups to assist. A wealth of Diligence – Form all as faithful witnesses of Jesus online videos, podcasts, curricula, and articles for Christ.” Our key scripture is “Guide me in your formation are available. Check into some of these The Most Rev. truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior” resources. John B. Brungardt, (Psalm25:5). Catechesis is to teach and learn about “He began to teach them” (Matthew 5:2). Let us Bishop of the God and His plan for our life, to form our children, listen to the Great Teacher, our Risen Savior Jesus Catholic Diocese of youth, adults and to be formed ourselves in the Christ. Let us grow in the knowledge of our Catholic Dodge City Catholic Faith of Jesus Christ. Jesus said: “I am the Faith, in order to better know, serve and love God. way and the truth and the life” (John 14:6). Truth is Our Ascended Lord will help us, He loves us more not a “what,” but a “who:” Jesus. St. Paul wrote about than we can ask or imagine! Pastoral ow do we love all people as God loves, in a practical way? The Catholic Church has taught for 2,000 years that we Hput into practice this divine love by evangelizing, catechizing, building community, praying, and serving. I introduce our Pastoral Plan Outline for the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City for 2020-2025. This outline (below) is the product Plan of two years of discussion and prayer by priests, chancery staff, and the faithful of the diocese. Outline I encourage you to ponder and pray with this Pastoral Plan Outline. Be nourished by the seven scripture verses. Be moved by the teachings of the Catholic Church through the ages. Be inspired by Jesus Christ the Risen One: He loves you more than you can ask or imagine! + Bishop John

“The love of God was revealed to us: God sent His only Son into the world so that we might have life through Him” (1 John 4:9). • • • “Love One Another as I Love You.” (John 15:12) Pastoral Plan Outline for the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City 2020-2025 To Evangelize with Joy – Proclaim Christ’s love to all. A “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations.” (Matthew 28:19). To Catechize in the Catholic Faith with Diligence – Form all as faithful witnesses of Jesus Christ. B “Guide me by your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior” (Psalm 25:5). To Build Community with Love – Unite all in a hope-filled relationship with God and one another. C “That they may all be one.” (John 17:21). To Pray with Devotion – Worship the Father, through Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Spirit as community and D individually. “Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks” (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18).

To Serve with Compassion – Accompany all in the Lord, especially the poor. E “Serve one another through love.” (Galatians 5:13).

 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Farmers and ranchers in Kansas can If you have severe anxiety... • In this time of isolation and fear, it’s normal to experience now apply for financial assistance anxiety and worry. If you, or someone you care about, are feeling through USDA’s Coronavirus Food overwhelmed with emotions like sadness, depression, or anxiety, contact the Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Assistance Program Disaster Distress Helpline: 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746. (TTY 1-800-846-8517). gricultural producers can now apply for USDA’s Coronavirus • For information about suicide prevention, visit Food Assistance Program (CFAP), which provides direct A SpeakingOfSuicide.com, or, if you are having thoughts of payments to offset impacts from the coronavirus pandemic. The suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800- application and a payment calculator are now available online, 273-8255. and USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) staff members are available • If these fears have led to a reoccurrence of opioid, drug via phone, fax and online tools to help producers complete or alcohol abuse, visit https://ckfaddictiontreatment.org/, or applications. The agency set up a call center in order to simplify how call (785) 825-6224. they serve new customers across the nation. “We know Kansas producers are facing a tough time now, and we are making every effort to provide much needed support as quickly Spread the Word: SKC online as possible,” said David Schemm, State Executive Director for FSA Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the SKC has printed an 8- in Kansas. “FSA is available over the phone and virtually to walk you page, limited run issue to provide a continued presence in local through the application process, whether it’s the first time you’ve churches. Please help spread the word that this extended- worked with FSA, or if you know us quite well.” length, full color magazine style issue of the Southwest Applications will be accepted through August 28, 2020. CFAP, Kansas Catholic is available online and free to view at www. Continued on Page 30 dcdiocese.org/swkscatholic. Protecting God’s Children COVID-19 he Catholic Diocese of Dodge City requires and other educational efforts of the diocese, all Tall employees and volunteers who work people of the diocese can learn how to discuss Resource page with children to participate in a Protecting God’s different aspects of abuse — including sexual. Catholic Charities of South- Children awareness session. Please check upcoming issues or visit dcdiocese. west Kansas has started a CO- Through the Diocesan Awareness Sessions org/safe-environment for updates. VID-19 Resource page on their website at https://catholic- IF YOU SUSPECT ABUSE charitiesswks.org/2020-pan- If you suspect abuse or neglect of a child in In addition, Mr. Befort will offer the help of the demic-response. Kansas and the child is in immediate danger, call Assistance Minister, whose goal is to be a listening “As we become aware of 911 or local law enforcement. ear and to promote healing. resources, this is where we If you have suspicion a child is being abused or The Review Board is a consultative body of lay will pass them on to you on neglected, make a confidential report to Kansas Catholics and one priest representative who ad- this webpage,” read a state- Department for Children and Families Protection vise the Bishop in his assessment of allegations of ment. “You can find informa- Report Center, 800-922-5330 or to the KBI Hot- sexual abuse, reviews diocesan policies for dealing tion about COVID-19, financial line, 800-KSCRIME (800-572-7463), or by emailing with sexual abuse of minors and offers advice on assistance, resources for food, [email protected]. all aspects of sexual abuse cases retrospectively employment, counseling, and If you suspect sexual abuse by Church per- and prospectively. insurance, and information in sonnel, in addition to making a report to the The Assistance Minister’s role is to aid in the multiple languages for immi- proper civil authorities, contact Charles Befort, pastoral care of persons who claim to have been grants and refugees. We will the diocesan Review Board representative who sexually abused as minors by clergy or other continue to post resources as receives and follows up on reports. His contact church personnel, whether the abuse was recent they become available to us, information is [email protected], 620-285-3219. or occurred many years in the past. so bookmark the page and check back as you need to.” Reporting Abuse or Misconduct of a Catholic Bishop To report sexual abuse or related misconduct by a Catholic bishop, you are encouraged to contact Faith Resources law enforcement. To report such abuse or misconduct* to the Church, contact the Catholic Bishop The Catholic Diocese of Dodge Abuse Reporting (CBAR) service. CBAR is a third-party reporting service that gathers and routes re- City has listed several faith ports to the appropriate Church authorities for investigation. resources to help serve you To make a report in English or Spanish, go to https://reportbishopabuse.org or you may call 800- during the pandemic. Go 276-1562. (See a special report on this subject on Page 23.) to dcdiocese.org, and scroll *CBAR was designed to respond only to complaints against bishops for issues related to sexual mis- down to “Faith Resources in conduct. If you have any other kind of complaint about a bishop, such as parish assignments, church This Crisis.” closings, etc., please address these directly to your bishop.

 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Father Robert Schremmer, vicar general, pastor at Wright, retires ather Robert Schremmer, Vicar General and From Bishop John Brungardt Fpastor of St. Andrew Parish, Wright, will retire effective July 1. He served in priestly ministry for ell done, my good and faithful servant. 44 years, 19 years as vicar general to Bishops W... Come, share your master’s joy” Ronald M. Gilmore and John B. Brungardt. (Matthew 25:21). This was the scripture “The Apostle Paul, in the Acts of the Apostles, that came to mind as I reflect on Father Bob not knowing says that he’s going to Jerusalem, Schremmer’s upcoming retirement. I have what will happen…,” Father Schremmer said. “I been blessed by Father Bob’s ministry these am no Paul and I’m not going to Jerusalem but I, too, am not sure what the future holds. past nine years. He has served the Lord, the “Looking back over 44 years of presbyteral ministry and the last 19 years of diocese, and his parishes with great zeal, kind it as vicar general for the diocese and as pastor for Saint Andrew Parish, I am hospitality, keen insight, and compassionate grateful for the very many people who guided me, challenged me, corrected service. Father Bob’s pastoral wisdom has me, collaborated with me, blessed me with their gifts and accompanied me greatly assisted me and the diocese draw in and out of season. closer to God’s path for us. I am sure he will “I am grateful that I was not alone. Sharing ministry with so many people continue his priestly service in a wealth of ways in so many ways enriched my faith, strengthened my hope, and God willing in retirement. God loves Father Bob more than allowed me to show something of the Lord’s love and concern.” he can ask or imagine! His tenure as vicar general is second only to Msgr. Joseph Grellner who served in that post for more than 20 years under Bishop John B. Franz and Bishop Marion F. Forst. Father Schremmer is a native of Dodge City. He attended From Bishop Gilmore elementary school at Sacred Heart Cathedral Grade School. He attended two “And they brought him to the ship.” (Acts 20: 38) years at St. Mary of the Plains High School before transferring to St. Francis e read that this week about Paul on his way to Seminary High School in Victoria, Kansas. He took his college and seminary WJerusalem (the beginning of his way to Rome, studies at St. Thomas Seminary College in Denver. and to the end of his work). We are something like Father Schremmer was ordained to the priesthood by the Most Rev. Marion the Elders of Ephesus there, who were ‘sorrowing at F. Forst on June 19, 1976. He was the last priest ordained by Bishop Forst that moment … because they would see him no more.’ for the Diocese of Dodge City before he was named auxiliary bishop of the For our Father Bob Schremmer is about to leave us in Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. the way we have come to know him. We are about His pastoral assignments include associate and assistant pastor positions at to take him ‘to the ship.’ St. Rose of Lima, Great Bend; St. Dominic, Garden City, and was in residence We have known him so long as Vicar General, we at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Dodge City. He served as pastor at St. Anthony, have known him so well, that it is hard to imagine him Liberal; St. John the Evangelist, Hoisington; Sacred Heart, Larned, with St. not being there. There, where he worked so hard, ‘not Bernard, Belpre; St. John the Baptist, Spearville, with St. Lawrence, Jetmore, to be served, but to serve.’ I used to marvel at how and St. Anthony, Hanston; and St. Andrew, Wright. he worked the table at staff meetings, how he made During Father Schremmer’s pastorate in Wright, he also served at different Continued on Page 30 times as either parochial administrator or priest supervisor for parishes in Spearville, Jetmore, Hanston, Ingalls, Greensburg and Odin. His tenure as Vicar From Coleen Stein General was concurrent with his pastorate in Wright. Father Schremmer served the diocese as director of the Diaconate Program Coleen Stein is the Director of “Pastoral Ministry during two separate occasions and full time director of RENEW from 1980 to Formation”. She worked with Father Bob on numerous 1985. occasions when he led classes through the Interactive In addition to his parish assignments, Father Schremmer has served on a variety Television system. of commissions, committee and councils. These include the Presbyteral Council, ather Robert Schremmer leads by example, guides Priest Personnel Board, Diocesan Pastoral Council, and the Bishop’s Council. Fby love, and teaches by placing the Gospel at the He served as dean, member of the Ecumenical Commission, Liturgy center. When he is present, the Curia staff sits up Commission, Diocesan School Board, Continuing Education Committee, straighter, tries harder, laughs louder and loves more Vocations Committee, Diocesan Planning Steering Committee, Spiritual readily. Renewal Planning Group, Emmaus Renewal Committee and Pastoral Ministry I first met Father Bob when I took the classes he Formation Committee. He also served as Moderator of the Curia from 2001 taught in the adult formation program, “Pastoral to 2019, and faculty member of the Pastoral Ministry Program. Ministry Formation.” He teaches with passion and energy, always encouraging those in his class to see Continued on Page 30

 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic What the day asks e used to hear talk about our ‘daily duties.’ How well we that no one else can give Him. If you Wrecognized them, how well we did them? We don’t hear miss it, it is forever missed. This daily that so much anymore. And that is a down-to-earth sign of a call changes all the time. That’s why Faith-become-shallow. there is constant adventure in your What God wants of us each day lies hidden in the things life, if you know how to see it, how required of us each day. What the day asks of us, is what God to detect it in its new disguise, how asks of us. His will is in each present moment of each new day. to follow it. Have you accepted this You have been made to know, love, and serve Him. You are daily ‘newness’ in your life, have you called to be with Him each moment of your day, so that you chosen to look for it each day? can be with Him for the unending moment of Eternity. And What does this new day say this never changes, this universal call to holiness. Have you to you? You don’t need to go all accepted this today, chosen to live this today? mystical about it. Keep it simple. You have been given a particular ‘state in life,’ with a What does your calendar say? What Most Rev. whole range of daily duties and tasks that threaten to is your schedule for today? What is Ronald M. Gilmore swamp you sometimes. You have chosen to be a wife and on the to-do list under the magnet Bishop Emeritus of mother; to be a husband and father; to be a priest, or a on your refrigerator door today? Dodge City religious, or a lay person working in some mission of the Just see it, understand it, and do it … Church. These are foundational in your life, they are your to the best of your ability … even if first duty, and they change rarely, once or twice at most. you are tempted to shrink from it … even if you hate it all the Have you accepted this particular way of living, chosen it while you are doing it. afresh on this new day? So, what of your new day? Know that the real God is in each You have been given a special call from God each day. He of its real moments. Close your eyes and jump into what it wants something today, just from you, just at this moment, asks, with as full a heart as you can muster.

“So, what of your new day? Know that the real God is in each of its real moments. Close your eyes and jump into what it asks, with as full a heart

as you can muster.” — Bishop Emeritus Ronald Gilmore

Real Letters to God Spiritual Communion Prayer y Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Most MHoly Sacrament. I love you above all things, and I desire to receive you in my soul. Since I cannot at this moment receive you sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart. I embrace you as if you were already there. And I unite myself wholly to you. Never permit me to be separated from you. Amen.

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 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Of pet ppe’s and being called to god’s purpose

y wife Charlene and I arrived home from the Mr. Grey, feeling sympathetic, trotted into his little Mstore the other day and were proud to see our house, scrounged around a bit (you could hear him two cats, Mr. Grey and Stripe, prancing down the clattering around) found an extra mask, and loaned sidewalk wearing their protective face masks. it to Persival. Charlene and I had discussed the pandemic with After sharing some leftover lasagna, the two sat in both our cats, but you can never really be sure if it little porch rockers, each with a small wine glass and sinks in. Cats are such odd creatures. They can wind a couple cat-fingers of Mogan David, chatting about around your leg urging you to scratch them, then only-they-know-what. Stripe stuck her head out of once you do, they pull away as if you were a mugger. her house, yawned, turned around and went back to By Dave Myers I want to shout, “What do you want from me?!” bed. She’s not a night cat. Editor Once the cats return to our back porch after I wanted to wake up Charlene and go out and their neighborhood walk, they remove their masks. enjoy the night with them, but as much as Mr. Grey Sticking close to home can be hard on them, as it and Stripe have tried to convince them otherwise, is for all of us, but they’ve adopted ways that help Persival and the other possums are still scared of us them get through the long hours. weird giants with the flat faces and tail-free back- For example, Stripe likes to cook lasagna, which sides. she learned from a book of old Garfield comics I lent As for the dogs in the neighborhood, my neighbor her. Who knew those comics were based on fact? I A.J.’s dog is working on a novel, while my other tasted her cooking once, but the Meow Mix garnish neighbors, Bob and Sheila, their German Shepherd didn’t sit well with me. is finishing a wine cellar that he began working on Mr. Grey—bless his heart—is trying to learn how to juggle. I don’t have the heart to tell him that So, yesterday I glanced out the back window after hearing juggling takes opposable thumbs. Who knows? the sounds of “Chatanooga Choo Choo” coming from the Maybe he’ll surprise me. He often does. Some time ago I set an old phonograph on the porch. The cats appeared to be rehearsing a performance back porch with some records, including Glenn of some sort. Stripe, a female black and white, was wearing Miller, the great swing band leader from the 40s. an evening gown, while Mr. Grey, a male grey (hence the So, yesterday I glanced out the back window after imaginative name) was wearing a top hat and held a little hearing the sounds of “Chatanooga Choo Choo” coming from the porch. The cats appeared to be cane. They were practicing a dance step that I’ve come to rehearsing a performance of some sort. Stripe, a learn is called electro swing. female black and white, was wearing an evening gown, while Mr. Grey, a male grey (hence the a few years ago but never completed. The banging imaginative name) was wearing a top hat and held gets a little annoying, but it looks like he’s almost a little cane. They were practicing a dance step that done. I’ve come to learn is called electro swing. As for me and Charlene, besides observing the I’m not exaggerating when I say, man, those cats animal kingdom, we’ve spent our time working can swing! I was so impressed! I plan to take lessons on the newspaper, watching lots of old Sherlock from them eventually, though I’ll never get to their Holmes movies, as well as documentaries about level. A great way to keep in shape, regardless! the Holy Land (I’ve watched so many Holy Land The possums still show up now and then. But documentaries that I officially qualify for ordination), because (as everyone knows) possums aren’t known and praying for answers to questions that we didn’t for keeping up on current events, Persival and the know we had before this virus struck. others didn’t know about social distancing and I’ve realized that in the midst of this, there is a wearing PPEs. simple Gospel truth that is hard to accept, but is as Around 11:30 p.m. (during my nightly Cocoa true today as it is at any other time in history. Crispies munch-fest), Persival came prancing happily Take a quiet moment and seek those answers to up the back steps. Mr. Grey quickly donned his mask questions you didn’t know you had, and you will find and held up his little paw, stopping Persival at the this simple truth: “And we know that for those who last step. I couldn’t hear what they said, but I can love God, all things work together for good—for in-fur that Persival expressed embarrassment for his those who are called according to his purpose.” lack of knowledge about so important a subject as Romans 8:28 the pandemic.

 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Burmese family learns that the American dream means finding, and giving, hope

Gabriel Moung Thang, far left, his wife, Threasa San Dar Thang, and children (LtoR) Monica, 8, Michael, 12, Raphael, 2, and Veronica, 1. After 10 years in the United States, the family realized their “American Dream” of opening their own store. It was a dream that also included serving others in their community. With the advent of COVID-19, when their business suffered, they became even more intent on serving others.

Photos courtesy of the Thang family

By Dave Myers It is also a time to recall the refugee’s an animal. Everything they say, you have Southwest Kansas Catholic contributions to their adoptive country. to do whether you like it or not.” This may or Gabriel and Threasa Thang, the Gabriel and Threasa grew up in a include acting as a human shield against FAmerican dream, a dream led by Christ nation long embroiled in political and rebel fighters.) along a path unexpected all those years ethnic strife, and was an epicenter for Enter the Catholic Church. Devout ago, first gave root in Burma, where the human trafficking. Burma, also known Catholics, the young family found rescue and two were born and reared. as Myanmar, borders China, India, Laos, refuge by Catholic Charities of Southwest “Life in Burma was hard when I was Bangladesh and Thailand. Kansas Refugee and Immigration Services, growing up,” Gabriel said from Garden When the couple had their first child, which eventually landed them in Garden City. City, where he and Threasa own and Michael, they worried that one day he, like (You don’t have to be Catholic to be aided operate Thang Asian Market LLC. “I went a multitude of others had been, would be by the Catholic Refugee and Immigration to school, helped my brothers and sisters, snatched by the Burmese military to serve Services. In fact, they have a long record of and barely had any time to study. When as a “porter.” (In a previous article, theSKC aiding Muslim refugees, and those of many I was done with school, it was time to interviewed a young man who had escaped other faith practices.) work.” enslavement at age 16 by the Burmese That was 11 years ago. Gabriel went to World Refugee Day, June 20, is a time to military. Being a “porter,” he said, is just work for Tyson, with the dream of one day remember and honor all those who have a breath away from a death sentence: opening his own store. One year ago, the escaped the world’s worst trouble-spots to “When you work as a porter, you have to family—which had then grown to six—saw find refuge and hope in the United States. do everything they tell you. You are like Continued on next page

 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic What’s best for immigrants helps all Americans Editor’s Note: World Refugee Day, June 20, arresting a two-year-old because its mother If we listen to the voices of Dreamers, we is a time to remember and honor all those stole diapers at Walmart.” will consistently hear a desire to serve their who have escaped the world’s worst trouble- Immigration dysfunction and country and their families. Denise Rojas, a spots to find refuge and hope in the United misunderstanding continue in large part medical student and DACA recipient from States. It is also a time to recall the refugee’s because of myths. California, is one of those wanting to make a contributions to their adoptive country. Myth 1: Immigrants bring crime into the difference in the medical field. country. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce As co-founder of the national organization “Migrants are persons…. They are the refutes that myth, stating that the crime “Pre-Health Dreamers,” which serves symbol of all those rejected by today’s rate has plummeted 45 percent from 1990- roughly 800 undocumented youth who have globalized society. The weakest and 2010 and that property crime has dropped aspirations of becoming health professionals, most vulnerable must be helped. This is a 42 percent. Denise says: “Without DACA, or a long-term tremendous responsibility, from which no Myth 2: Immigrants do not pay taxes. immigration remedy, I would not be able one is exempt if we wish to fulfill the mission According to the Institute on Taxation and to practice as a doctor. DACA has allowed of salvation and liberation, in which God has Economic Policy, immigrants collectively for the significant economic and social called us to cooperate.” contribute an estimated $11.74 billion to incorporation of undocumented persons to -- Pope Francis state and local coffers, each year with a American society and has served to benefit By Sister Judy Morris, OP combination of sales, excise, personal income communities nationwide. Without fair and f you asked the person on the street, “Who and property taxes. This begs the question: just solutions to our immigration system, Iare the ‘dreamers?’” more than likely Does truth matter in our political arena? my future as a physician, and the aspirations the response would be a stare, or “I have Myth 3: Immigrants are given large and livelihood of millions of undocumented no idea.” Dreamers, or DACA immigrants amounts of federal help, taking money away immigrants are in jeopardy.” (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), from “real” Americans. The supreme irony of immigrants wanting to have faded into the woodwork in the midst of Undocumented immigrants … including the serve the country as health care professionals COVID-19. Dreamers work in our businesses, young “Dreamers,” are not eligible for federal is the fact that the United States continues study in our schools, serve in our military and benefits. But because many undocumented to face a severe shortage of physicians. pray in our churches. immigrants used a social security number According to the Association of Medical In 2012, when President Obama issued an that is not their own, they are paying into a Colleges, by 2032 the country will face a executive order creating DACA, there was system from which they will never benefit. shortage of 122,000 physicians. hope in the air that Dreamers would become According to the financial website The Motley At a time when we cannot physically citizens. These immigrants who were brought Fool, the Social Security program generated a embrace each other, we need to turn our to the United States as children are innocent net cash surplus of nearly $3.2 billion, much attention to embracing “justice for all,” the victims in a broken immigration system. of that from the payments made by migrants common good, and the ideals symbolized by As one commentator stated, “This is like and refugees. the statue that welcomes all. Burmese family Continued from previous page the children. Now, I can only open that dream come true. Sunday all day. The other six days “Our business, Thang Asian Market LLC, are open for two hours.” provides fresh food, seafood, rice, organic Despite the struggles of his fruits, and vegetables, clothes, shoes, sports business and his fears of what stuff, and drinks,” Gabriel said. “I want to was to come, Gabriel and Threasa make people healthy and happy. This job is quickly realized how their store my dream job.” could be of service for others. outbreak of the virus, people in need And then came the coronavirus “Some families were positive for COVID-19; could no longer leave their home. pandemic. some families have a little baby; and some “They are not able to go out anymore, and “The coronavirus affected my business a single parents don’t have time to take care of that is where I deliver to them.” lot,” Gabriel said. “Before the coronavirus, I their child(ren)—they cannot go shopping. I Despite the challenges they faced in Burma, opened my store at 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. Monday- support them when they need help; I donate Gabriel, like his wife, desperately miss their Friday, and 8 a.m.-10 p.m. on Saturday and food and water to people who got the virus; parents, family—and the food. But they love Sunday. I would work at the store until 2 p.m., I deliver food to people who don’t have and appreciate the sense of freedom in their then my wife would help until 9 p.m. while I vehicles. new home country, a freedom that allowed went to work at Tyson. “Before the virus, they wanted to go them to answer their “American Dream,” and “Now, my wife can not help me out shopping, but they don’t have a vehicle, so their to take those Christ-led blessings to serve anymore because she has to take care of friends or I drive them to the store.” With the God’s children most in need.

 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic The First Americans: An immigration story Chapter One of the book, “The Undisputable True Life of Casper ‘Whisper’ Jones” By Dave Myers (June 20 is World Refugee Day)

he story of Casper “Whisper” Jones begins with “I didn’t know,” Jones said, looking down at his big his great, great, great, great, great grandfather, buckles. TAdmiral Landford Jones, leader of the exploration “Well, now you do. And since this is our land, and as vessel the “Blue Barnacle,” commissioned by King Bar- such, not yours, I need to see your papers.” ton III of Upper Essex on-the-River in northern Britain, a Desperate, Jones fumbled around in his pocket and kingdom so small that it was known only to the king, his pulled out a wrinkled wad of paper, which he handed to seven children, and a few of his neighbors. the Indian. The reason why the venture has all but been ignored “Uh, this is a recipe for sponge cakes,” the Indian said. by historians is readily apparent upon reading the surviv- “Look, I don’t have time for this. If you don’t have your ing pages of the ship’s log: papers, you’re just going to have to leave, that’s all there “The New World,” Admiral Jones wrote, “was lush and is to it.” green as far as the eye could see,” which wasn’t far, as “There must be something we can do,” Jones said. evidenced by the thick magnifying glass housed at the “Perhaps we can trade. We’ve got several good sideburns New Barton Maritime Museum; Jones was nearsighted. on board. Mmmmmm!” “The journey of the Barnacle hath been a long and “With Hollandaise sauce?” arduous one, lasting 17 monthes. Not being the best “Alas. Nay.” planners, my crew of 65 ate the entire food supply in the “Look, here’s what you can do. Have each member of first 15 minutes. your party fill out an A-7L form. If you don’t have pens, “Finally we were forced to eat our stockings. When we you can share this one. But I want it back. I know how ran out of stockings, we ate our sideburns. Those with- you people are. out sideburns went hungry, as is the tradition in times of “After you fill out the form, you will sail back to … want.” whatever that kingdom is you said. When your papers The first “thanksgiving” came not when William are processed, you will be allowed to return. It usually Bradford of the Mayflower took his first steps upon the takes about six years. Once you return, you will file an New World nearly 40 years later in 1620, but when Jones M-2.7a. Are you getting this? Because I’m not going to stepped off the ship for the first time, looked up into the repeat it. deep, blue sky and offered a true prayer of thanksgiving “Once the M-2.7a is processed, which usually takes to the creator. about three years, you will be allowed to seek employ- “Thank you, dear heavenly Lord upon high,” he prayed ment. Should you attempt to seek employment or other- that historic day. “Thank you very, very, very, very, very, wise live in our land without proper documentation, you very, very much.” will be subject to arrest. Am I making myself clear?” “Ehem.” “Yes,” Jones said, dreading having to give the bad news Jones wrote that upon hearing a strange sound, he to the others. looked to see where the “Ehem” came from. As far as he “That’s ‘ya-hay,” the Indian said sternly. knew, he was the first human to occupy this small corner “Huh?” of the New World, and therefore he shouldn’t be hearing “We don’t say ‘yes,’ we say ‘ya-hay.’ If you’re going to the “Ehem” sound. live here, you’re going to have to learn the language.” “EHEM!” As the Blue Barnacle sailed back to Europe, Jones “There it is again!” Jones shouted, jumping back. shared with the others the frightening story of his Squinting into the distance, which for him was about encounter with the inhabitants of the New World. The three feet, there suddenly appeared before him a man, passengers were astounded. tall and dark-skinned, wearing only leather pants and a “Did those Indians think they owned the New World?” vest of white beads. they muttered. “Who do they think they are, anyway? All “Who ist thou that you should make the ‘ehem’ we want is a better life!” sound?” Jones asked. Meanwhile, back on land, the tall Indian was shaking The tall, dark man rolled his eyes. “Papers, please.” his head: “You let one boatload in, and you open the “I know not of which thou speaketh,” Jones retorted. floodgates — all those white people with their white “We are pilgrims, having journeyed 17 monthes time people ways.” from the Kingdom of Barton in searcheth of the New And though it was never officially recorded, at pre- World.” cisely the same moment in time, Admiral Jones and the “Yes, well, this world isn’t new, now is it?” the Indian Indian — separated by miles of sea — each uttered, “I said. “We Indians live here, don’t we?” mean, really. How uncivilized.”

 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Diocese offers numerous ways to be catechized, WHAT is Catechesis? and to learn to catechize others -- Pages 31-33

atechesis is nothing other than ministry of teaching and forming “Love One Another as I Cthe process of transmitting has traditionally been referred to the Gospel, as the Christian as catechesis. Love You.” community has received it, The name of catechesis was given Pastoral Plan Outline, Catholic Diocese understands it, celebrates it, lives to the whole of the efforts within of Dodge City 2020-2025 it and communicates it in many the Church to make disciples, to ways.” (General Directory for help people to believe that Jesus To Catechize in the Catholic Faith with Diligence – Form all Catechesis #105) is the Son of God...and to educate as faithful witnesses of Jesus Christ. Jesus empowered the Church and instruct them in this life and “Guide me by your truth and teach me, for you to continue His mission when He thus build up the Body of Christ. are God my Savior” (Psalm 25:5). said, (Catechesi Tradendae #1) Full authority has been given to The word catechesis comes from me both in heaven and on earth; the Greek meaning “to echo the an ever deepening relationship Doctrine” which served parishes go, therefore and make disciples teaching” meaning that catechesis with God who reveals himself in in their efforts to provide religious of all the nations. Baptize them in or the teaching of the faith is an Jesus Christ through the power education to children who the name of the Father, and of the interactive process in which the of the Holy Spirit. Catechesis attended public schools. Today, Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Teach Word of God re-sounds between takes many forms and includes we have retrieved the notion of them to carry out everything I and among the proclaimer, the the initiation of adults, youth catechesis to capture the broader have commanded you. And know one receiving the message, and and children as well as the mission of the Church to proclaim that I am with you always, until the the Holy Spirit! Catechesis is a life- intentional and systematic effort the Gospel to adults, youth and end of time. (Mt. 28:18-20) long process of initial conversion, to enable all to grow in faith and children in order to “put people This great commission has formation, education, and on- discipleship. in communion with Jesus Christ” been handed to women and going conversion. Through word, Many people recall the (Catechism of the Catholic Church men, whom God has called, to worship, service and community, term C.C.D. which stood for #426). proclaim the Good News. This it seeks to lead all God’s people to the “Confraternity of Christian Pastoral Ministry Formation course set to begin Sept. 19 Please note the date change from the previous communal faith. It will focus on why a Christian issue, which listed the program is beginning Sept. community of faith gathers and the claims this 12. The first day of the program is Sept. 19. sacramental expression makes concerning God’s Fall 2020 (3 hour core course) gracious self-communication in Jesus through THEO 3053 Sacramental Theology the power of the Holy Spirit. Instructor: Father Frank Coady The course explores the community’s identity as Saturdays: 8:30 a.m.-Noon the Body of Christ and the proclamation of the Good Dates: Sept. 19, 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Nov. News in the contemporary world. Special attention 7, 14 will be given to Catholic Parish life and its corporate Location: Interactive Television Locations in celebrations, particularly of Eucharist, where the Dodge City and Salina Dioceses community’s act of praise and thanksgiving is most Course Description: This course will examine concretely expressed. Christian worship and sacramental life in light of For more information, contact Coleen Stein at both its historical and theological development [email protected]. and the liturgical action that shapes this Father Frank Coady Sacramental Theology course presented in Spanish beginning Sept. 13 Fall 2020 (3 hour core course) THEO 3053 Sacramental Theology in Spanish Instructor: Maria Beltran (left) Sunday afternoons: 3:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Dates: Sept. 13, 20, 27, Oct. 4, 11, 25, Nov. 1, 8, 15 Location: Interactive Television Site Locations in Dodge City Diocese Course Description: A study of the theological and spiritual underpinnings of the liturgy, with specific application to each sacrament. Most of the course will focus on the Eucharist. Please contact Matilda Scheurer at [email protected] for more information.

10 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Catholic Charities of SW Kansas COVID-19 Help Line

o reach those who have visits, counseling, obtaining food, non- We want them to know that we are here been impacted by the COVlD- food pantry items, or to seek assistance for them and we will get through this with 19 pandemic in Southwest for other basic living needs. them together.” Kansas, Catholic Charities The agency also has an online chat Over the past five weeks. Catholic announces the launch of a tool at www.CatholicCharitiesSWKS.org Charities of Southwest Kansas has COVID-19 Helpline. where individuals can connect with a staff transitioned into disaster response mode By calling 620-272-0010 between 8 a.m. member and get help. while continuing to provide services T5 p.m., or by emailing COVID19Help@ “Sitting on the sidelines during this through all of its programs including basic CatholicCharitiesSWKS.org, one can reach COVID-19 crisis is not an option for Catholic emergency assistance, housing, non-food a Catholic Charities staff member to make Charities right now,” said Amy Falcon, pantries, mental health, and substance arrangements to get help with tracking Director of the Disaster Services Program. use counseling, legal immigration and down their stimulus check, filing taxes, “We know that there are people who refugee services, pregnancy support and securing health insurance for medical are in need, and feeling overwhelmed. adoption.

Catholic Charities Pandemic Relief Fund

atholic Charities of SW Kansas caseworkers are taking calls and assessing the needs of those who are being Cnegatively impacted by the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic in Southwest Kansas. They are working one-on-one with individuals and families so that they can connect them with existing resources and address their basic needs. Your donation stays in southwest Kansas and helps to provide assistance for those in need until they can get back on their feet. Please give to the Pandemic Relief Fund and help us support those who are most vulnerable. Thank you for your generosity! To donate to the Pandemic Relief Fund, go to https://catholiccharitiesswks.org/2020-pandemic-response, or call the phone number listed in the article above.

Mask-making To Mask or Not to Mask … he wearing of a face mask or face 2, anyone who has trouble breathing, directions covering (bandana, scarf, etc.) or is unconscious, incapacitated or T Many parishioners are making masks. is strongly encouraged during this otherwise unable to remove the mask For directions on how to make your own coronavirus pandemic. This is an act without assistance.” mask/face coverings: of charity, compassion, justice, and We should not judge a person because — https://www.cdc.gov/ humility. The virus can be transmitted he/she is not wearing a mask in public. coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent- (at times, the person may not know For example, some may have decreased getting-sick/diy-cloth-face-coverings. he/she has the disease), and virus lung capacity (like Pope Francis), others html can be received. Masks reduce the may suffer from claustrophobia (like my —https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/ chance of transmitting or receiving dad did). We ask the intercession of coronavirus/_documents/INF2003076_ coronavirus. A priest, deacon, or EMC St. Bernardine of Sienna, patron saint VW_Hand-Sewn%20Mask%20instructio is required to wear a mask when he/ of lungs and respiratory problems, ns-1.pdf she is distributing communion. who cared for the ill during the plague — or Search YouTube.com for “Kaiser The CDC points out that some should around the year 1400. face mask video” (for sewing machine not wear a mask: “children under age + Bishop John experts).

11 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Around the Diocese A cemetery refurbished: Marienthal honors those who have gone before

Photos courtesy of Father Tim Hickey fforts are under way at St. Mary’s Parish Cemetery in Marienthal Eto replace older memorials and grave markers with new ones. Led by St. Mary’s parishioners, with financial help from the Marienthal Knights of Columbus, the initial plans include removing the old crosses made out of wood and replacing them with grave stones that lie flush to the ground. The markers feature two angel figures flanking a cross. Many of the old markers memorialized children who died in infancy when the area was being settled and when St. Mary’s Church was founded more than 125 years ago. Unfortunately, few burial records exist identifying who is buried in the plots marked by these old crosses. Additional plans include replacing the large crucifix that can be seen from the highway or moving it to a more central location in the cemetery but still visible to those who pass by on the highway.

A Memorial Day blessing Father Wesley Schawe and seminarians Esteban Hernandez (below), and Carson Haupt (left) found Nonchalanta cemetery on a Memorial Day excur- sion, where they blessed the graves.

12 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Around the Diocese Mark Roth retires as Director of Development; oversaw Vibrant Ministries Appeal ‘I had no doubt that ... our faithful parishioners would meet the challenge’

By DAVE MYERS faithful parishioners would Southwest Kansas Catholic meet the challenge. ark Roth, Director of Development for nearly seven years, SKC: Your golf tournament Mwhose first challenge was to oversee the Vibrant Ministries has been a mainstay for the di- Appeal to raise some $10 million, will retire from his position on ocese, bringing needed money July 2. He and his wife, Lila, will remain in the Dodge City area, to the priest retirement fund. and plan to “spend more time with our grandchildren in the Kan- Sadly, it has been cancelled sas City area and in Texas. We also plan to do extensive traveling this year due to the pandemic. throughout our great country.” What are ways that people can The couple have two children: “Our son Phillip is an officer in donate to the priest retirement the United States Airforce. He, and his wife Kim have our first fund? Why is this important? grandchild Liam and are currently being stationed at an Airforce MR: This was not an easy base in Texas. Our daughter Amanda and her husband BJ, live in decision to make as the funds the Kansas City area and have our second grandchild Genevieve raised are used to offset part and are expecting our third grandchild in November.” of the cost of long-term care Mark Roth Southwest Kansas Catholic: Can you share some of the chal- for our retired priests from the lenges you’ve faced as Director of Development? Some of your diocese. However, Ford County and Dodge City in particular re- accomplishments? mains a “prime hotspot “for the COVID-19 virus within the state Mark Roth: It had been a number of years since the diocese of Kansas and we do not want to inadvertently expose anyone to had a Director of Development, so it was important to re-estab- the virus. lish a connection and dialog with individual parish staff members If you would still like to donate to the Retired Priest Benefit, along with the parishioners of the individual parishes. I felt it you may send your gift to: was important to reintegrate what Bishop John so eloquently Retired Priest Benefit preaches, “that we all belong to five churches. Our Family c/o Dechant Foundation Church; our Local Parish Church; our Diocesan Church; our Inter- P O Box 741 national World church; and our Communion with the Angels and Dodge City, KS 67801 Saints.” It is important that we all as Catholics support all areas SKC: What are the challenges you see ahead for the diocese of the Church. financially, especially in the face of the pandemic? One of the first major projects the diocese embarked on dur- MR: This pandemic has definitely changed the way we view ing my ministry was the Vibrant Ministries Special Appeal. For our lives. Spiritually we have not been able to receive the Sacra- me it was two-fold: Number one was to raise funds to support ments and for me, that has been a hole really hard to fill. Thank- the ministries that the diocese provides for the local parishes fully through technology we have at least been able to attend and communities; Secondly, to communicate that we all do Mass virtually via the internet. belong to the same Holy Catholic Church and we are responsible Rather than looking at challenges, we need to look at new op- for the support of our Church. portunities that have been presented to us. I think now, people SKC: You came during a particularly challenging time for the realize that we have the ability to support our Church in new diocese. Did you ever doubt that the southwest Kansas com- ways and I trust that our parishioners will embrace this “new munity would support the ministries of the diocese to such a normal”. degree, raising more than $10 million for the Vibrant Ministries SKC: Is there anything you’d like to add? Appeal? MR: Thank you, Bishop John, for the opportunity to serve the MR: Prior to starting my Ministry as Director of Development I diocese as the Director of Development. It truly has been an had the honor to serve as State Deputy for the Knights of Colum- honor. Thank you to the other directors and staff of the dio- bus in Kansas. In this role I worked closely with Knights councils cese, and all the parish priests and your staff members, for your and members across Kansas. I was always impressed by the gen- patience and support. I also thank each and every parishioner in erosity of the councils in Western Kansas. Whenever there was the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City for your help, friendship, and a need I knew I could always count on the councils in Western hospitality extended to me over the last seven years. May God Kansas to be the first to respond. continue to bless each and every one of you in your work for the I really had no doubt that when, presented with a need our Church.

13 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Around the Diocese Heidy Ramirez to serve as executive secretary to Bishop Brungardt By DAVE MYERS classes, instilled in their daughter a Southwest Kansas Catholic certain sense of humor, even about a hen asked what hobbies she enjoys, Heidy Ramirez, the new sacrament as important as marriage. WExecutive Secretary for Bishop John Brungardt, thought for a “I was telling Father Wesley moment and replied, “We love watching movies.” [Schawe] that the 19 years I’ve been Old movies? Contemporary? Westerns? married seem like only five minutes,” “Hindi,” she answered with a smile. she explained in that earlier article. “You mean Bollywood?” “When Father Wesley said, ‘That’s “We love the music, and they have good messages ....” wonderful!’ I added, “…under water.” She was first posed this question back in August of 2018, back Ramirez broke into laughter, knowing when she was hired as Development and Database Assistant at the the absurdity of the statement, espe- Catholic chancery in Dodge City. It’s hard to imagine the mother of cially when it comes to her blessed six having time these days to watch many movies. Besides work- marriage to Carlos. ing hard to assist Bishop Brungardt, Ramirez serves as a Natural “I think I’m going to like it here,” Family Planning teacher, providing lessons on the Billings Ovulation she said back in 2018, just two days Method. She and Carlos sing in the choir at Mass. In fact, it’s rare to after she began working at the chan- attend any diocesan function at the cathedral and not see Heidy or cery. Heidy Ramirez Carlos, or both of them, involved in some capacity. And now? “The environment – the spirituality – is very important to my “Yes, I like it!” she said. She finds great joy in “being able to family,” she said of her position. “It’s not just a job, but a ministry come in and have the physical presence of Jesus [in the Eucharist] — helping my Church.” at work. I can just go down to the chapel and have a talk with Him Ramirez moved to Dodge City with her parents, Bertha and Luis and go upstairs to my office and still be in touch,” she said with a de Luna, and her two brothers, from Juarez, Mexico at age 14. She chuckle. “That’s a blessing!” graduated Dodge City High School in 1997 and began attending Dodge City Community College. She speaks fluent Spanish. At 19, she met and married Carlos Ramirez. The couples’ six chil- If you need to contact Bishop Brungardt, call Heidy at (620) dren range in age from 20 to a child who will turn 4 in September. 227-1530, or [email protected]. She previously served in financial services for a Wichita company Heidy Ramirez, la nueva secretaria ejecutiva del obispo John for one year. Before that, she worked for three years at the Cathe- Brungardt, habla español con fluidez. Si necesita contac- dral of Our Lady of Guadalupe. tar al Obispo Brungardt, llame a Heidy al (620) 227-1530, o It’s a good guess that her parents, who teach marriage support [email protected].

Dechant Foundation Golf Classic cancelled June 3, 2020 Dear Fellow Golfers: fter much discussion with the Golf Classic team and the recent hardship Athat the COVID-19 pandemic has placed on some of our sponsors, we have decided to cancel the 2020 golf tournament. This was not an easy decision to make as the funds raised are used to offset part of the cost of long-term care for our retired Priests from the diocese. How- ever, Ford County and Dodge City in particular remains a “prime hotspot “for the Cancelled COVID-19 virus within the state of Kansas and we do not want to inadvertently expose anyone to the virus. Please accept our apologies for canceling the tournament this year and God willing, we will be able to resume the tournament in 2021. If you would still like to donate to the Retired Priest Benefit, you may send your gift to: Retired Priest Benefit c/o Dechant Foundation P O Box 741 Sincerely, Dodge City, KS 67801 Mark Roth, Director of Development

14 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Around the Diocese Diocese of Dodge City takes on Salina diocese in

t was a battle unprecedent- Ied in the annals of history, at least those annals that didn’t include battles in which priests from different dioceses took part in a game of Family Feud via Zoom on Facebook during a pandemic. The brainchild of the mid- May competition was Father Wesley Schawe, host of the recent online Jeopardy game. Once again, the competi- tion provided a way for the dioceses to entertain, evan- gelize, and to even share a bit of “what’s happening” in the diocese. And it showed (as if you didn’t know), that priests can be downright silly. Hosting the game “What is something you do was Diocese of once a week besides attend Salina Communi- Mass?” co-host Emma Show- cations Coordina- alter, Diocese of Dodge City tor Matea Gregg Youth Director asked. (top, far left), and “Uh ... clip my toenails,” a Emma Showalter, priest answered quickly. Dodge City Diocese After some laughs, another Director of Youth priest replied, “How fast do Ministry (top, your toenails grow?” center). Compet- Another question asked ing for the Dodge which animals Noah had the City Diocese was most trouble finding two of seminarian Adam for the ark. Urban (top, right), The top answer was “chee- Father Ted Stoeck- tah”. The second most popu- lein (center, right) lar answer? “Mosquito.” and Father Jacob While the Catholic Diocese Schneider (bot- of Dodge City competed well, “This was way more fun than I could have imagined, tom, right). For the the Salina diocese eventually mostly because it’s good to be around you five guys Diocese of Salina won out, although judging and young ladies. I wish I was around you more. was Father Andrew by the continuing comments Rockers (center, from viewers that could be Things like this are incredible. I miss you guys; I love left), Father Jarett seen lining the right side you guys.” Konrade (center), of the screen, it was those -- Father Gale Hammerschmidt and Father Gale watching from home who Hammerschmidt. were the real winners.

15 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Around the Diocese Governor appoints Andrew Stein as 16th District Judge

riday, May 29, Governor Laura Kelly appointed Andrew Stein to fill the term Fof retiring Chief Judge Leigh Hood. Stein is the son of Mike and Coleen Stein; Coleen is the Director of “Pastoral Ministry Formation” for the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City. “Andrew is a bright and dedicated attorney,” Kelly said. “He has packed an impressive amount of experience into his legal career, and I know he will serve the citizens of the 16th Judicial District well.” Stein is an attorney and owner at the Doll Law Firm LLC, where he serves cli- ents in a wide variety of areas including estate planning, bankruptcy, civil litiga- tion, and criminal defense cases. He also currently serves as a Municipal Court Judge in Dodge City. Stein has also served as city attorney for numerous Kansas towns, including Ensign, Montezuma, Spearville, Minneola, and Bucklin. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 2010 and earned his juris doc- tor from the University of Kansas School of Law in 2013. “I’m grateful to Governor Kelly for this unique opportunity to serve my com- munity,” Stein said. “I have had the honor to learn from excellent attorneys and judges in our district, and I hope to follow their examples by working hard every day to ensure that every litigant in my courtroom is treated fairly and that each case is resolved on its merits.” District judges in Ford County are elected and serve four-year terms. When a judge retires in the middle of a term, the governor appoints a new judge to finish out the term. The position to which Stein is being appointed will be on the ballot in 2020. The 16th Judicial District includes the counties of Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Kiowa, and Meade. Andrew Stein Dominican Sisters of Peace design ‘at-home retreats’ From the Dominican Sisters of Peace 5) Find a good inspirational book to use. Some suggestions are n at-home retreat could offer a welcomed reprieve from the Ignation Exercises, Robert Wicks, Thich Nhat Hahn, and many worry, anxiety and fear this COVID-19 crisis has called. See others. the helpful suggestions below to spend some quality time A 6) Spend time with the Word of God. Use a search engine to with God. A retreat is a time to spend with God away from the ordinary activi- find helpful verses for things you are struggling with. ties of our life. 7) Take some time to journal. Reflect on your thoughts and feel- ings you are experiencing. What you are learning about your- 1) Schedule your time 36 – 48 hours (even 24 hours would be self. Things you are grateful for. Your prayer intentions. great). Tell your friends and family that you will be busy. Make 8) Ask a trusted friend that can help you feel close to spiritually this a scared time for yourself. to pray for you. You could even schedule a phone call or video 2) Make sure to schedule time for prayer, rest, walks, reading, chat to get support and encouragement from them during your spending time with God in silence and in nature during your time of retreat. retreat time. Be gentle with your schedule, listen to your own needs and do what feels right for you. Be gentle with yourself, listen 3) Plan ahead for your meals – eat healthy but leave room for a little indulgence or two. with the ear of your heart where 4) Disconnect – Turn off your phone and don’t check your you are being led and enjoy your e-mails. Limit your time on social media, and maybe plan to watch an inspirational movie. time with Christ.

16 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Photo of the Week: Remembering D-Day Pope Francis’s Many people Monthly Intentions don’t realize that a couple The Way of the Heart days before June, 2020 the invasion, which be- gan June 6, 1944, Catholic priests went on board ships and into camps to hear confes- sions and offer the Mass. And all soldiers and sailors, “regardless of religious preferences” attended Mass. Nearly 10,000 allied We pray that all those who troops and suffer may find their way in 3,000 Germans life, allowing themselves to be died that day. touched by the Heart of Jesus. Around the Diocese Farewell, Gayla! Gayla Kirmer retires as Bishop John’s Executive Secretary

Gayla, who also served as Director of Propagation of the Faith/Missions Of- fice, and Pro-Life/Social Justice Ministry, has retired after years of service as Executive Secretary to Bishop John Brungardt. During this time, she also served as an Emergency Medical Technician, a producer/actor at the Boot Hill Repertory Company, as a City of Spearville Councilmember, and on numerous boards and associations. She is active in music ministry at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, she taught PSR classes for 14 years, and was also the DRE at St. John the Baptist for four years. If anyone deserves a joyful and restful retirement, it’s Gayla!

“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” —Jeremiah 29:11

Thank you for your devoted service! My God bless We will miss your smile, your conver- you and watch over you as you enjoy this new chap- sation, and your ability to bring joy ter in your life! Many happy adventures! God loves and laughter even during the most stress-filled moments. you more than you could imagine! -- Bishop John and Curia Staff 17 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Peace and Justice Pope Francis prays for the soul of George Floyd and for peace and justice in the United States

By Courtney Mares yearn for.” Catholic News Agency Cities across the U.S. have seen widespread “Today I join the atican City - Pope Francis said Wednesday protests in the wake of the death of George Church of St. Paul Vthat he is praying for the soul of George Floyd. Some protests have turned to nights of Floyd and all victims of racism, adding that rioting, and conflicts with police. At least five and Minneapolis, nothing is gained by violence. people have died amid the protests. “Dear brothers and sisters in the United In the video of the May 25 arrest, an officer and of all the United States, I have witnessed with great concern with the Minneapolis Police Department can States, in praying for the disturbing social unrest in your nation in be seen kneeling on Floyd’s neck for several these past days, following the tragic death of minutes after he was taken into custody. Floyd the rest of the soul Mr George Floyd,” Pope Francis said in a video could be heard saying “I can’t breathe” several broadcast June 3. times. He died soon after. of George Floyd and “We cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to Former Minneapolis police officer Derek all the others who racism and exclusion in any form and yet claim Chauvin was arrested May 29, and has been to defend the sacredness of every human life. charged with third-degree murder and man- have lost their lives At the same time, we have to recognize that slaughter. He and the three other officers the violence of recent nights is self-destruc- present at Floyd’s arrest were fired from the because of the sin of tive and self-defeating. Nothing is gained by Minneapolis Police Department. racism. Let us pray violence and so much is lost,” the pope said. Catholics across the Twin Cities have called Pope Francis prayed for the intercession for justice and unity in the wake of Floyd’s for the comfort of of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron of the death. Americas, to intercede for peace, justice, and Clergy in Minnesota, including the Arch- families and friends reconciliation in the U.S. at the end of his bishop Bernard Hebda of St. Paul-Minneapolis, who are heartbro- Wednesday audience, livestreamed from the participated in a silent walking protest June Vatican’s Apostolic Palace. 2 to pray at the location where George Floyd ken, and pray for “Today I join the Church of St. Paul and Min- died in police custody. neapolis, and of all the United States, in pray- Archbishop Hebda had offered a Mass for national reconcilia- ing for the rest of the soul of George Floyd and the soul of George Floyd and for his family May tion and the peace all the others who have lost their lives because 27. of the sin of racism,” the pope said. “Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of America, we yearn for.” “Let us pray for the comfort of families intercede for all those who work for peace and and friends who are heartbroken, and pray justice in your land and in the world. God bless -- Pope Francis for national reconciliation and the peace we you all and your families,” Pope Francis said. Pope Francis called El Paso bishop after prayerful demonstration NA Staff - Pope Francis on Wednesday it was imperative to show our solidarity to op Seitz, he also made a call to Los Angeles Ccalled Bishop Mark Seitz of the Diocese those who are suffering,” the bishop added. Archbishop José Gómez, the president of of El Paso, Texas, after the bishop joined a Seitz was the first U.S. Catholic bishop the U.S. bishops’ conference. demonstration against racial discrimination to join the protests and demonstrations Pope Francis called Gómez on Wednes- to pray for George Floyd. against racial injustice and police brutal- day, June 3 to convey his prayers and Seitz told local news website El Paso Mat- ity which spread across the country after solidarity for Americans during the period ters that he received the two- to three-min- Floyd’s death. of national unrest. ute call from Pope Francis on the morning Along with a group of priests of his “The Holy Father said he was praying, es- of June 3. diocese, Seitz knelt for nine minutes of pecially for Archbishop Bernard Hebda and They spoke in Spanish, Seitz said, noting silent prayer in memory of Floyd June 1. the local Church in Minneapolis-St. Paul,” that Francis “said he wanted to congratu- The bishop held a sign reading “Black Lives Gómez wrote in a June 3 letter to bishops late me.” Matter.” obtained by CNA. “I expressed to the Holy Father that I felt The same day Pope Francis phoned Bish- Continued on next page

18 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Peace and Justice How one Catholic priest responded to the ’92 LA riots By Michelle La Rosa community. Catholic News Agency “Right away, we said that our n the spring of 1992, then-Fa- churches were open for people, if Ither David O’Connell was com- they had taken stuff, to bring it back,” fortable in parish life in south LA. he said. The Irish-born priest had served The idea worked. Some people the Archdiocese of Los Angeles involved in the looting later regretted for more than a decade by then, their role in the riots. and he was familiar with the “People brought things back, conflicts and tensions that existed and we tried to give them to the in the area. stores which they had come from,” But O’Connell wasn’t ready for O’Connell said. the riots that would break out on About a year before the 1992 riots, April 26, 1992, after the acquittal O’Connell had been involved in initia- of four police officers who had From the 1992 LA riots. Katz / Shutterstock tives to build trust between the local been videotaped beating an un- community and the police. But the armed black man, Rodney King. because of concerns about people shooting efforts had not made much progress. O’Connell – who is now an auxiliary at airplanes landing at LAX. In the months that followed the riots, bishop in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles By the time he arrived home, he found however, O’Connell realized he needed to – was pastor at St. Frances Cabrini Parish widespread destruction. “There was a huge focus on those efforts if the community when the 1992 riots took place. More than devastation of businesses – large ones, was ever to heal. He and other local faith 60 people were killed in the violence, with small ones, burnt to the ground,” he said. leaders held meetings with sheriffs and over 2,000 more injured, and $1 billion of O’Connell reached out to local Catho- members of the LAPD in people’s homes. property damaged. lic, Baptist, and Muslim leaders, to start a At those meetings, police and civilians O’Connell told CNA that when the riots conversation and to pray together while practiced talking to each another about began, he was actually in Washington, D.C., waiting for the nightly riots to calm down. their concerns and finding ways to disagree where he was testifying before a Congres- He also helped in local clean-up efforts. civilly. sional committee on violence in urban He said that work was mostly cosmetic, but “That was part of our work as a Church, America. He said he turned on the TV at he viewed it as a symbolic gesture “to show to try to provide spaces for conversations,” his motel and saw footage of a restaurant that we were going to come out of it.” he said. “And we thought we really had being attacked, just blocks from his parish While he was still trying to assess the achieved a lot of progress. Killings were way back home. damage and process the trauma of the down in south Los Angeles. There was a When he flew home the next day, unfolding events, he also started thinking trust built up between LAPD and residents. O’Connell said his plane had to be rerouted about ways to begin reconciliation in the Continued on Page 21 Pope Francis called El Paso bishop Continued from previous page “He thanked the bishops for the pastoral tone of the Church’s response to the demonstrations across the coun- try in our statements and actions since the death of George Floyd. He assured us of his continued prayers and closeness in the days and weeks ahead,” Gómez added. Wednesday morning Pope Francis addressed U.S. Catholics via livestream during his weekly general audience. The pope said he was praying for the soul of George Floyd and for all victims of racism. He also said nothing was gained by violence. “Let us pray for the comfort of families and friends who are heartbroken, and pray for national reconciliation and the peace we yearn for,” he said.

Bishop Mark Seitz

19 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Lest we forget the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 99 years ago May 31 ...

By SCOTT ELLSWORTH Oklahoma Historical Society elieved to be the single worst inci- Bdent of racial violence in American history, the bloody 1921 outbreak in Tulsa has continued to haunt Oklaho- mans. During the course of 18 terrible hours on May 31 and June 1, 1921, more than 1,000 homes and busi- nesses were destroyed, while cred- ible estimates of deaths range from 50 to 300. By the time the violence ended, the city had been placed un- der martial law, thousands of Tulsans were being held under armed guard, and the state’s second-largest Afri- can American community had been burned to the ground. One of a number of similar episodes nationwide, the outbreak occurred during an era of acute racial tensions, characterized by the birth and rapid growth of the so-called second Ku Klux Klan and by the determined ef- forts of African Americans to resist at- tacks upon their communities, partic- ularly in the matter of lynching. Such trends were mirrored both statewide and in Tulsa. By early 1921 Tulsa was a modern Tulsa’s Greenwood neighborhood before and after the 1921 riot. city with a population of more than one hundred thousand. Most of the white elevator operator, would set the stage for rican American men, many of them World War city’s ten thousand African Ameri- tragedy. While it is still uncertain as to precisely I veterans, went down to the courthouse and can residents lived in the Greenwood what happened in the Drexel Building on May offered their services to the authorities to help District, a vibrant neighborhood that 30, 1921, the most common explanation is that protect Rowland. The sheriff, however, turned was home to two newspapers, several Rowland stepped on Page’s foot as he entered them down, and the men returned to Green- churches, a library branch, and scores the elevator, causing her to scream. wood. Stunned, and then enraged, members of of black-owned businesses. The next day, however, the Tulsa Tribune, the the white mob then tried to break into the Na- However, Tulsa was also a deeply city’s afternoon daily newspaper, reported that tional Guard armory but were turned away by troubled town. Crime rates were ex- Rowland, who had been picked up by police, a handful of local guardsmen. At about 10 p.m. tremely high, and the city had been had attempted to rape Page. Moreover, accord- a false rumor hit Greenwood that whites were plagued by vigilantism, including the ing to eyewitnesses, the Tribune also published storming the courthouse. This time, a second August 1920 lynching, by a white a now-lost editorial about the incident, titled contingent of African American men, perhaps mob, of a white teenager accused “To Lynch Negro Tonight.” By early evening 75 in number, went back to the courthouse and of murder. Newspaper reports con- there was, once again, lynch talk on the streets offered their services to the authorities. Once firmed that the Tulsa police had done of Tulsa. again, they were turned down. As they were little to protect the lynching victim, Talk soon turned to action. By 7:30 p.m. hun- leaving, a white man tried to disarm a black who had been taken from his jail cell dreds of whites had gathered outside the Tulsa veteran, and a shot was fired. The riot began. at the county courthouse. County Courthouse, demanding that the au- Over the next six hours Tulsa was plunged into Eight months later an incident involv- thorities hand over Dick Rowland, but the sher- chaos as angry whites, frustrated over the failed ing Dick Rowland, an African Ameri- iff refused. At about 9 p.m., after reports of the lynching, began to vent their rage at African can shoe shiner, and Sarah Page, a dire conditions downtown reached Greenwood, Americans in general. Furious fighting erupted a group of approximately twenty-five armed Af- Continued on next page

20 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Remembering the Tulsa Race Riots of 1921 Continued from previous page Shortly before dawn on June 1, thousands of armed whites along the Frisco railroad tracks, where black defenders were able to hold off members of had gathered along the fringes of Greenwood. When daybreak the white mob. An unarmed African American came, they poured into the African American district, looting man was murdered inside a downtown movie theater, while carloads of armed whites be- homes and businesses and setting them on fire. Numerous gan making “drive-by” shootings in black resi- atrocities occurred, including the murder of A. C. Jackson, a dential neighborhoods. By midnight fires had been set along the edge of the African Ameri- renowned black surgeon, who was shot after he surrendered to can commercial district. In some of the city’s a group of whites. all-night cafes, whites began to organize for a dawn invasion of Greenwood. that airplanes were also used in the attack. the long and arduous process of rebuild- During the early hours of the conflict local Black Tulsans fought hard to protect their ing Greenwood. Thousands, however, were authorities did little to stem the growing cri- homes and businesses, with particularly forced to spend the winter of 1921–22 living sis. Indeed, shortly after the outbreak of gun- sharp fighting occurring off of Standpipe in tents. fire at the courthouse, Tulsa police officers Hill. In the end, they were simply outgunned The deep scars left by the tragedy re- deputized former members of the lynch mob and outnumbered. By the time that addi- mained visible for years. While Greenwood and, according to an eyewitness, instructed tional National Guard troops arrived in Tulsa was eventually rebuilt, many families never them to “get a gun and get a n_____.” Local at approximately 9:15 a.m. on the morning truly recovered from the disaster. Moreover, units of the National Guard were mobilized, of June 1, most of Greenwood had already for many years the violence became some- but they spent most of the night protecting a been put to the torch. thing of a taboo subject, particularly in Tulsa. white neighborhood from a feared, but non- A brief period of martial law was followed A state commission was formed in 1997 to existent, black counterattack. by recriminations and legal maneuvering. investigate. The report recommended that Shortly before dawn on June 1, thousands Even though Dick Rowland was exonerated, reparations be paid to the remaining black of armed whites had gathered along the fring- an all-white grand jury blamed black Tulsans survivors. A team of scientists and historians es of Greenwood. When daybreak came, they for the lawlessness. Despite overwhelming uncovered evidence supporting long-held poured into the African American district, evidence, no whites were ever sent to prison beliefs that unidentified victims had been looting homes and businesses and setting for the murders and arson that occurred. buried in unmarked grave sites. them on fire. Numerous atrocities occurred, The vast majority of Tulsa’s African Ameri- One of the great tragedies of Oklahoma including the murder of A. C. Jackson, a re- can population had been made homeless history, this eruption of bloodshed and de- nowned black surgeon, who was shot after by the event. Yet, despite efforts by the struction in Tulsa has lived on as a potent he surrendered to a group of whites. At least white establishment to force the relocation symbol of the ongoing struggle of black and one machine gun was utilized by the invading of the black community, within days of the white Oklahomans to forge a common des- whites, and some participants have claimed violence black Tulsans had already begun tiny out of an often troubled past. Catholic priest’s response to the ’92 LA riots From Page 19 happen, they don’t result in violence, and that dialogue, not violence, is the best way This level of trust has helped us over many you can deal with things in a more humane to solve underlying problems. different crises over the last almost 30 years way, a decent way, a civil way,” he said. “I know it’s hard for them to hear right to be able to talk things through.” “It’s harder now to go back and say, ‘Ok, now, but violence is never the answer,” he Today, O’Connell fears that the killing of we broke that trust, and now we want you said. George Floyd and other recent incidents of to trust us again… it didn’t work last time, “It doesn’t seem so right now, but if we police brutality have eroded much of the but trust us again next time’.” can do the work of negotiation and politics trust that had been established. O’Connell said he understands the anger and building trust, we can achieve a lot “This [Floyd’s killing] is so egregious, it’s of many communities in the wake of police more good out of that than we can out of just heartbreaking. It’s like the work that brutality. Their suffering is real, and their any violence.” the community leaders have tried to do anger justifiable, he said. The process of reconciliation in communi- over the years is falling apart,” he said. “People [in 1992] felt – and the African ties will undoubtedly be a long and difficult “For all those years we were doing this in American population in particular felt – very one, the bishop acknowledged. the ‘90s, the early 2000s, we kept trying to grieved that they were able to do this and “But we have to do it. It has to be done,” convince people that we have to trust each there were no repercussions for the officers he said. “There’s no other way forward than other, you have to trust the police depart- involved,” the bishop said, adding that he to try again as best we can…to try to build ment, and convince the police how to deal sees similar sentiments today. these conversations and maybe even this with problems, de-escalate, respect people, However, he said, if he could share one time, take it as a national project, not just a build relationships so that when conflicts message with people rioting, it would be local project.”

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atican City (CNA) - Pope Francis has named Dr. Francesca Di Giovanni as undersecretary for Pope names Vmultilateral affairs in the Vatican Secretariat of State, marking the first time that a woman has been appointed to a managerial position in the secretariat. Di Giovanni, 66, was appointed undersecretary for the Section in Relations in States. She has first woman worked as an official in the department for more than 25 years, with specialties including hu- manitarian law, communications, migrants and refugees, and the status of women, according to to managerial Vatican Media. She will now work with Monsignor Miroslaw Wachowski, who also serves as undersecretary for the Section in Relations in States, but focuses on bilateral affairs. Di Giovanni’s field of multi- position in lateral affairs focuses on the interactions between inter-governmental organizations such as the United Nations. Di Giovanni hails from Palermo, Italy. She has a degree in law and has worked for the Focolare secretariat Movement. She told Vatican News and L’Osservatore Romano that her appointment shows the pope’s commitment to involving women in the Vatican. “A woman may have certain aptitudes for finding commonali- ties, healing relationships with unity at heart,” she said. “I hope that my being a woman might reflect itself positively in this task, even if they are gifts that I certainly find in my male col- leagues as well.” She recalled the words of Pope Francis in his homily this year for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: “Women are givers and mediators of peace and should be fully included in decision-mak- ing processes, because when women can share their gifts, the world finds itself more united, more peaceful.” Di Giovanni said she hopes to cooperate with the other men Pope Francis greets and women in her working group and hopes to live up to the trust that Pope Francis is placing in Dr. Francesca Di her. Giovanni, whom he She told Vatican News and L’Osservatore Romano that she was surprised by her appointment, recently named as although the discussion has arisen in recent years about the need for an additional undersecre- undersecretary for tary in the field. multilateral affairs in The multilateral sector, she said, is “a delicate and demanding sector that needs special at- the Vatican Secre- tention, because it has its own procedures, in some ways different from those of the bilateral tariat of State. sphere.” The sector covers multilateral treaties, which Di Giovanni said are significant “because they embody the political will of States with regard to the various issues concerning the international common good: this includes development, the environment, the protection of victims of con- flicts, the situation of women, and so on.” She reiterated the pope’s commitment to the multilateral sector, which she said “has a funda- mental function in the international community.” Di Giovanni noted that in his recent address to the Holy See’s Diplomatic Corps, Pope Francis praised the accomplishments of the United Nations while calling for reform in the multilateral system. “In the international community, the Holy See also has the mission of ensuring that the inter- dependence between people and nations be developed in a moral and ethical dimension, as well as in the other dimensions and various aspects that relations are acquiring in today’s world,” she said. 22 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic World News Woman with Down syndrome aims to change UK abortion laws

Heidi Crowter, right, with other demonstrators. Courtesy, Don’t Screen Us Out

By Jonah McKeown proposal of a new screening test for Down syndrome that, accord- Catholic News Agency ing to the government, would find an additional 102 cases of Down ondon, England - A 24-year-old British woman with Down syn- syndrome a year. Ldrome has launched a lawsuit against the UK government, seek- Given the high rate of termination for babies in the UK found to ing to change British laws that allow for babies with Down syndrome have Down syndrome, the campaign formed in order to try to get to be aborted up until birth. the government to assess the impact that the non-invasive prenatal “At the moment in the UK, babies can be aborted right up to birth if testing technique, called ‘cell-free DNA’ or cfDNA, would have on they are considered to be “seriously handicapped.” They include me the Down syndrome community. The campaign attracted attention in that definition of being seriously handicapped - just because I have among Britons with similar concerns, she said. an extra chromosome,” Heidi Crowter told journalists this week. The group is backing Crowter and Bilsborrow in their lawsuit “What it says to me is that my life just isn’t as valuable as others, against the government: “Launching this case gets people talking and I don’t think that’s right. I think it’s downright discrimination.” about it,” she said, adding that most people don’t even realize abor- Crowter, along with Cheryl Bilsborrow, the mother of a two-year- tion is available up until birth in the UK. old with Down syndrome, have sent a letter to the British secretary “We are keen for people with Down syndrome to advocate for of state and are hoping to raise the £20,000 necessary to litigate themselves. And this is what Heidi has decided to do...she feels that the case. abortion after 24 weeks suggests that the lives of people like her Bilsborrow said she was strongly encouraged to have an abortion don’t have the same value as everyone else.” after doctors performed the screening test on her unborn child. The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has “The nurse reminded me I could have a termination right up to 40 consistently criticised countries which provide for abortion on the weeks if the baby had Down’s,” Bilsborrow told the Catholic Herald. basis of disability, the group says. In some countries, such as Den- “I just said to her: ‘I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that,’ but it did make mark and Iceland, the abortion rate for babies found to have Down me feel very anxious.” syndrom is close to 100 percent. Abortions are legal in the UK for any reason up until 24 weeks, In the United States, there have been numerous attempts at the and most of the country’s 200,000 or so annual abortions take place state level to ban abortions based on a diagnosis of Down syn- before 13 weeks. drome. Abortions after 24 weeks are legal only if a woman’s life is in dan- Missouri lawmakers passed a law during 2019 that, in addition to ger, there is a fetal abnormality classified as “severe”, or the woman banning all abortions after eight weeks, prohibits “selective” abor- is at risk of grave physical and mental injury, the BBC reports. tions following a medical diagnosis or disability such as Down syn- If the baby has a disability, including Down’s syndrome, cleft lip drome, or on the basis of the race or sex of the baby. The law is and club foot, abortion is legal up to birth. About nine in ten women currently blocked in the courts amid a legal challenge. have abortions after being given a diagnosis of Down syndrome, the Ohio lawmakers attempted in 2017 to pass a ban on Down syn- Daily Mail reports. drome abortions, but a federal judge in 2019 blocked the legislation The “Don’t Screen Us Out” campaign in the United Kingdom has, from taking effect. Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, North Dakota, and for the past four years, been drawing awareness to and seeking to Utah have all considered or passed similar bans. change the UK’s abortion laws, seeking to amend Abortion Act of At the federal level, the Down Syndrome Discrimination by Abor- 1967 so that abortions for non-fatal disabilities are outlawed in the tion Prohibition Act has been introduced in Congress, but has not yet third trimester, which starts around 28 weeks of pregnancy. been debated. The proposed law would ban doctors from “know- Lynn Murray, a spokesperson for the group, told CNA in an in- ingly perform[ing] an abortion being sought because the baby has terview that the campaign began in response to the government’s or may have Down syndrome.”

23 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic World News Italian teen who died in 2009 declared ‘venerable’ By Hannah Brockhaus When he was nine years Catholic News Agency atican City — Pope Francis advanced old, he had a dream in Vthe sainthood cause of Italian teen- which he heard St. Pa- ager Matteo Farina, who lived from 1990 to 2009. dre Pio tell him that if he Farina grew up in a strong Christian understood that “who family in the southern Italian town of Brindisi. He was very close to his sister, is without sin is happy,” Erika. he must help others to The parish where he received the sacra- understand this, “so that ments was under the care of Capuchin friars, from whom he gained a devotion to we can all go together, St. Francis and St. Padre Pio. happy, to the kingdom of The postulator of Farina’s cause for sainthood said that from a young age heaven.” Farina had the desire to learn new things, above all in faith.” always undertaking his activities with Over the next six years, Farina diligence, whether it was school or sports would experience several brain op- or his passion for music. erations and undergo chemotherapy Starting at eight years old, he would and other treatments for the tumor. receive the sacrament of reconciliation His love for Mary strengthened often. He was also devoted to the Word during this time and he consecrated of God. At nine years old, he read the himself to the Immaculate Heart of entire Gospel of St. Matthew as a Lenten Mary. practice. Farina also prayed the rosary In between hospitalizations, he every day. continued to live the ordinary life of When he was nine years old, he had a teenager: he attended school, hung Matteo Farina died of cancer at 19 in 2009. a dream in which he heard St. Padre Pio out with his friends, formed a band, tell him that if he understood that “who and fell in love with a girl. dedicated to the young venerable that is without sin is happy,” he must help He later called the chaste relationship in him emerged “a deep inner commit- others to understand this, “so that we can he had with Serena during his last two ment oriented toward purifying his heart all go together, happy, to the kingdom of years of life “the most beautiful gift” the from every sin” and he experienced this heaven.” Lord could give him. spirituality “not with heaviness, effort or From that point onward, Farina felt a When he was 15, he reflected on pessimism; indeed, from his words there strong desire to evangelize, especially friendship, saying “I would like to be emerges constant trust in God, a tena- among his peers, which he did politely able to integrate with my peers without cious, determined and serene gaze turned and without presumption. being forced to imitate them in mistakes. to the future...” He once wrote about this desire, saying I would like to feel more involved in the Farina often thought about the faith “I hope to succeed in my mission to ‘infil- group, without having to renounce my and the “difficulty of going against the trate’ among young people, speaking to Christian principles. It’s difficult. Difficult current.” Concerned about a lack of good them about God (illuminated by God him- but not impossible.” faith education for young people, he un- self); I observe those around me, to enter Eventually, the teenager’s condition dertook this task among his own peers. among them as silent as a virus and infect worsened and after a third surgery he He once wrote in his journal: “When them with an incurable disease, Love!” became paralyzed in his left arm and leg. you feel that you can’t do it, when the In September 2003, a month before his He would often repeat that “we must live world falls on you, when every choice is 13th birthday, Farina began to have symp- every day as if it were the last, but not in a critical decision, when every action is toms of what would later be diagnosed the sadness of death, but rather in the joy a failure ... and you would like to throw as a brain tumor. As he was undergoing of being ready to meet the Lord!” everything away, when intense work re- medical tests, he began to keep a journal. Farina died surrounded by his friends duces you to the limit of strength ... take He called the experience of the bad head- and family on April 24, 2009. time to take care of your soul, love God aches and pain “one of those adventures Francesca Consolini, the postulator with your whole being and reflect his love that change your life and that of others. of Farina’s cause, wrote on a website for others.” It helps you to be stronger and to grow, 24 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Catequizar en la fe católica con dilgencia

(Parte 4 de la serie.) y mi Salvador» (Salmo 25:5). La varias veces al año para o puedes amar a quien catequesis es enseñar y aprender conferencias y talleres. Nuestra no conoces», me dijo un sobre Dios y su plan para nuestra diócesis tiene muchas ofertas de Nobispo hace años. Claro, vida, para formar a nuestros catequesis, como la Formación podemos amar a todos en un niños, jóvenes y adultos y ser para el Ministerio Pastoral. sentido genérico. Lo que él me formados en la fe católica de Nuestras parroquias tienen quería decir era que cuanto mejor Jesucristo. Jesús dijo: «Yo soy el clases y grupos interesantes conocemos a alguien, más lo camino, la verdad y la vida» (Juan para ayudar. Se dispone de una amamos. Si esto es cierto para 14:6). La verdad no es un «qué», gran cantidad de videos en línea, un cónyuge o un amigo, debería sino un «quién»: Jesús. San Pablo podcasts, planes de estudio y ser cierto para Dios. El obispo escribió sobre esta realidad: «…la artículos de formación. Revisa + Monseñor estaba describiendo lo importante verdad está en Jesús» (Efesios algunos de estos recursos. John, obispo que es la catequesis: cuanto 4:21). «Empezó a enseñarles» mejor conozcamos al Señor, más Esta catequesis es una (Mateo 5:2). Escuchemos al podremos amarlo y servirlo. actividad de toda la vida. No Gran Maestro, nuestro Salvador El segundo tema de nuestro nos «graduamos» de nuestra Jesucristo Resucitado. Crezcamos Plan Pastoral para la diócesis es formación en la fe como niños en el conocimiento de nuestra «Catequizar en la fe católica con o jóvenes. En enero viajé al fe católica, para conocer, servir diligencia – Formen a todos como Vaticano para reunirme con y amar mejor a Dios. Nuestro testigos fieles de Jesucristo». las diferentes Congregaciones, Señor que ascendió al Cielo nos Nuestro texto clave de la Escritura aprendiendo sobre el plan del ayudará, ¡él nos ama más de lo es «En tu verdad guía mis pasos, Papa Francisco para evangelizar. que podemos pedir o imaginar! instrúyeme, tú que eres mi Dios Nuestros sacerdotes se reúnen + Monseñor John, Obispo

“Miren cómo se manifestó el amor de Dios entre nosotros: Dios envió a su Hijo único a este mundo para que tengamos vida por medio de Él” (1 Juan 4:9). • • • “Amense unos a otros como yo los he amado” (Juan 15:12). Esquema del Plan Pastoral Diócesis Católica de Dodge City 2020-2025 Evangelizar con gozo - Proclamen el amor de Cristo a todos. A “Vayan, pues, y hagan que todos los pueblos sean mis discípulos” (Mateo 28:19). Catequizar en la fe Católica con diligencia - Formen a todos como testigos fieles de Jesucristo. B “En tu verdad guía mis pasos, instrúyeme, tú que eres mi Dios y mi Salvador” (Salmo 25:5). Construir comunidad con amor – Unan a todos en una relación llena de esperanza con Dios y C unos con otros. “Que todos sean uno” (Juan 17:21).

Orar con devoción – Adoren al Padre, por medio de Jesucristo y en el Espíritu Santo como D comunidad e individualmente. “Oren sin cesar y den gracias a Dios en toda ocasión” (1 Tesalonicenses 5:17-18).

Servir con compasión – Acompáñen a todos en el Señor, especialmente a los pobres. E “Sírvanse unos a otros con amor” (Gálatas 5:13).

25 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Lo que el día pide olíamos oír hablar de nuestros Se te ha dado un particular «estado verla, cómo detectarla en su nuevo S«deberes diarios». ¿Qué tan bien de vida», con toda una gama de disfraz, cómo seguirla. ¿Has aceptado los reconocíamos, qué tan bien los deberes y tareas diarias que amenazan esta «novedad» diaria en tu vida, has hicimos? Ya no oímos tanto hablar con inundarlo a veces. Has elegido ser elegido buscarla cada día? de eso. Y eso es un signo realista de esposa y madre; ser un marido y un ¿Qué te dice este nuevo día? No una fe hecha superficial. padre; ser un sacerdote, o un religioso, tienes que ser tan místico al respecto. Lo que Dios quiere de nosotros o un laico trabajando en alguna misión Sé simple. ¿Qué dice tu calendario? cada día está oculto en las cosas que de la Iglesia. Son fundamentales en tu ¿Cuál es tu agenda para hoy? ¿Qué se nos exigen cada día. Lo que el día vida, son tu primer deber, y cambian hay en la lista de tareas bajo el imán nos pide, es lo que Dios nos pide. raramente, una o dos veces como de la puerta de tu refrigerador hoy? Su voluntad está en cada momento mucho. ¿Has aceptado esta particular Sólo míralo, entiéndelo y hazlo… presente de cada nuevo día. forma de vida, la has elegido de nuevo lo mejor que puedas… incluso si te Rev. Ronald Has sido creado para hecho en este nuevo día? sientes tentado a no hacerlo… incluso M. Gilmore, conocerlo, amarlo y servirlo. Estás Se te ha dado una llamada especial si lo odias todo el tiempo que lo estás Obispo Emérito de la llamado a estar con Él cada momento de Dios cada día. Él quiere algo hoy, haciendo. Diócesis Católica de de tu día, para poder estar con Él sólo de ti, justo en este momento, ¿Y qué hay de tu nuevo día? Debes Dodge City en el momento interminable de la que nadie más puede darle. Si te saber que el verdadero Dios está en Eternidad. Y esto nunca cambia, lo pierdes, se pierde para siempre. cada uno de sus momentos reales. este llamado universal a la santidad. Esta llamada diaria cambia todo el Cierra los ojos y salta a lo que te ¿Has aceptado esto hoy, has elegido tiempo. Por eso hay una aventura pide, con el corazón más lleno que vivir esto hoy? constante en tu vida, si sabes cómo puedas tener. Enmascararse o No Enmascararse e anima fuertemente el uso de máscara o cubre cara (pañuelo, “Los niños menores de 2, cualquier persona con problemas respi- Sbufanda, etc.) durante esta pandemia del coronavirus. Este es ratorios, o si esta inconsciente, incapacitado o no puede quitarse la un acto de caridad, compasión, justicia, y humildad. El virus puede máscara sin ayuda.” ser transmitido (en momentos donde la persona aún no sabe si tiene No debemos juzgar una persona porque está o no usando una o no la enfermedad) y se puede recibir el virus. La máscara reduce máscara en público. Por ejemplo, algunos tienen una capacidad re- el riesgo de transmisión o de recibir el coronavirus. Se le requiere a ducida en los pulmones (como el Papa Francisco) otros pueden tener un sacerdote, diacono, o un MESAC usar una máscara cuando este claustrofobia (como tenía mi padre). Pedimos la intercesión de San distribuyendo la comunión. Bernardino de Siena, santo patrón de los pulmones y problemas res- Los puntos CDC (Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enferme- piratorios, que atendió a los enfermos durante la plaga alrededor de dades) indican que algunas personas no deben usar una máscara: los años 1400. + Obispo John Caridades Católicas de SW Kansas lanza la línea de ayuda COVID-19 620-272-0010 ara llegar a quienes han sido ción de alimentos, artículos de despensa necesitan y se sienten abrumadas. Que- afectados por la pandemia COVlD- no alimentarios, o para buscar asistencia remos que sepan que estamos aquí para P19 en el suroeste de Kansas, para otras necesidades básicas de la ayudarlos y lo superaremos juntos ”. Catholic Charities anuncia el lanzamiento vida. En las últimas cinco semanas. de una línea de ayuda COVID-19. La agencia también tiene una her- Catholic Charities of Southwest Kansas Al llamar al 620-272-0010 entre las ramienta de chat en línea en www. ha realizado la transición al modo de 8 a.m. y las 5 p.m., o al enviar un correo CatholicCharitiesSWKS.org donde las respuesta a desastres mientras con- electrónico a COVID19Help@Catholic- personas pueden conectarse con un tinúa brindando servicios a través CharitiesSWKS.org, se puede contactar miembro del personal y obtener ayuda. de todos sus programas, incluyendo a un miembro del personal de Caridades “Estar al margen durante esta crisis de asistencia básica de emergencia, Católicas para hacer los arreglos necesa- COVID-19 no es una opción para Cari- vivienda, despensas no alimentarias, rios para obtener ayuda para rastrear su dades Católicas en este momento”, dijo salud mental y asesoramiento sobre el cheque de estímulo, presentar impu- Amy Falcon, Directora del Programa de uso de sustancias, inmigración legal y estos, obtener un seguro de salud para Servicios de Desastres. servicios para refugiados, apoyo para visitas médicas, asesoramiento, obten- “Sabemos que hay personas que lo el embarazo y adopción.

26 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Familia birmana aprende que el sueño americano significa encontrar, dar y esperanza

Por Dave Myers Southwest Kansas Católico ara Gabriel y Threasa Thang, el sueño americano, un Psueño liderado por Cristo a lo largo de un camino ines- perado hace tantos años, primero echó raíces en Birmania, donde ambos nacieron y se criaron. “La vida en Birmania era difícil cuando estaba creciendo”, dijo Gabriel de Garden City, donde él y Threasa son due- ños y operan Thang Asian Market LLC. “Fui a la escuela, ayudaba a mis hermanos y hermanas, y apenas tenía tiempo para estudiar. Cuando terminaba con la escuela, era hora de trabajar.” La Semana de los Refugiados, del 15 al 21 de junio, es un tiempo para recordar y honrar a todos aquellos que han escapado de los peores puntos conflictivos del mundo para encontrar refugio y esperanza en los Estados Unidos. También es un tiempo para recordar las contribuciones de los refugiados de su país adoptivo. Gabriel y Threasa (Threasa habla poco inglés) crecieron en una nación envuelta en conflictos políticos y étnicos, y fue un epicentro de la trata de personas. Birmania, tam- “El coronavirus afectó mucho mi negocio”, dijo Gabriel. bién conocida como Myanmar, limita con China, India, “Antes del coronavirus, abría mi tienda de 8 a.m. a 9 Laos, Bangladesh y Tailandia. p.m. de lunes a viernes y de 8 a.m. a 10 p.m. en sábado y Cuando la pareja tuvo a su primer hijo, Michael, les domingo. Trabajaba en la tienda hasta las 2 p.m., luego mi preocupaba que algún día él, como muchos otros, hubiera esposa ayudaba hasta las 9 p.m. mientras me iba a trabajar sido secuestrado por el ejército birmano para servir como a Tyson. “portero”. (En un artículo anterior, el SKC entrevistó a un “Ahora, mi esposa ya no puede ayudarme porque tiene joven que había escapado de la esclavitud a los 16 años que cuidar a los niños. Ahora, solo puedo abrir el domingo por el ejército birmano. Ser un “portero”, dijo, está a solo todo el día. Los otros seis días está abierto por dos horas. un respiro de una sentencia de muerte: “Cuando trabajas A pesar de las dificultades de su negocio y sus temores como portero”, tienes que hacer todo lo que te digan. Eres de lo que estaba por venir, Gabriel y Threasa se dieron como un animal. Todo lo que dicen, tienes que hacer lo cuenta rápidamente de cómo su tienda podría ser útil para quieras o no “. Esto puede incluir actuar como un escudo los demás. humano contra los combatientes rebeldes). “Algunas familias fueron positivas para COVID-19; algu- Entra en la Iglesia Católica. Católicos devotos, la joven nas familias tienen un bebé pequeño; y algunos padres familia encontró rescate y refugio por parte de Caridades solteros no tienen tiempo para cuidar a sus hijos, no Católicas del Suroeste de Kansas, Servicios de Refugiados e pueden ir de compras. Los apoyo cuando necesitan ayuda; Inmigración, que finalmente los llevaron a Garden City. (No doy comida y agua a las personas que contrajeron el virus; es necesario ser católico para ser ayudado por los Servicios entrego comida a personas que no tienen vehículos. Católicos de Refugiados e Inmigración. De hecho, tienen “Antes del virus, querían ir de compras, pero no tienen un largo historial de ayuda a refugiados musulmanes y a un vehículo, así que sus amigos o yo los llevamos a la muchas otras prácticas religiosas). tienda”. Con el brote del virus, las personas necesitadas ya Eso fue hace 11 años. Gabriel fue a trabajar para Tyson, no podían salir de su hogar. con el sueño de algún día abrir su propia tienda. Hace un “Ya no pueden salir, y ahí es donde les entrego”. año, la familia, que había crecido hasta seis, vio ese sueño A pesar de los desafíos que enfrentaron en Birmania, hecho realidad. Gabriel, como su esposa, extraña mucho a sus padres, su “Nuestro negocio, Thang Asian Market LLC, ofrece ali- familia y la comida. Pero aman y aprecian la sensación de mentos frescos, mariscos, arroz, frutas y verduras orgáni- libertad en su nuevo país de origen, una libertad que les cas, ropa, zapatos, artículos deportivos y bebidas”, dijo permitió responder a su “sueño americano” y tomar esas Gabriel. “Quiero que las personas estén sanas y felices. bendiciones dirigidas por Cristo para servir a los hijos de Este trabajo es el trabajo de mis sueños.” Dios que más lo necesitan. Y luego vino la pandemia de coronavirus.

27 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Formación del Ministerio Pastoral Otoño 2020 (Curso básico de 3 horas) THEO 3053 Teología Sacramental en español Instructora: María Beltrán Domingos por la tarde: 3:00 p.m. a 6:30 p.m. Fechas: 13, 30, 27 de septiembre, 4, 11, 25 de octubre, 1, 8, 15 de noviembre Lugar: Sitios de Televisión Interactivo en la Diócesis de Dodge City María Beltrán Descripción del curso: Un estudio de las bases teológicos y espirituales de la liturgia, con aplicación específica a cada sacramento. La mayor parte del curso se enfocará en la Eucaristía. Por favor contacten a Matilde Scheurer al [email protected] para más información.

George Floyd: El Papa confía a Virgen de Guadalupe fin de la violencia en Estados Unidos

Imagen referencial. Papa Francisco en oración. Foto: Marina Testino / ACI Prensa

Por MERCEDES DE LA TORRE interceda por todos los que trabajan por la paz y la justicia en ACI Prensa su tierra y en el mundo. Dios los bendiga a todos ustedes y a l Papa Francisco rezó este 3 de junio por los Estados Unidos sus familias”, oró el Papa quien dijo también que hoy se une Edebido a los recientes disturbios sociales de violencia tras la “a la Iglesia de San Pablo y Minneapolis, y a todos los Estados trágica muerte de George Floyd y confió a la intercesión de la Unidos, para rezar por el descanso del alma de George Floyd y Virgen de Guadalupe, Madre de América, a quienes trabajan por la de todos los demás que han perdido sus vidas por el pecado del paz y la justicia. racismo”. Tras pronunciar su catequesis en italiano centrada en la oración Por su parte, los presidentes de los distintos comités de la Con- de Abraham, el Santo Padre dirigió un mensaje particular a los ferencia de Obispos Católicos de Estados Unidos (USCCB, por sus fieles de lengua inglesa, quienes pudieron seguir la Audiencia Gen- siglas en inglés) se manifestaron “con el corazón roto, asqueados eral de los miércoles a través de los medios de comunicación. e indignados” por la muerte de George Floyd tras ser arrestado y En concreto, el Pontífice dijo a “los queridos hermanos y her- agredido por un grupo de policías en Minneapolis, estado de Min- manas de los Estados Unidos” que sigue “con gran preocupación nesota. los dolorosos disturbios sociales que se están produciendo en Tal como quedó registrado en distintos videos, el 25 de mayo un su nación en estos días, tras la trágica muerte del señor George grupo de policías de Minneapolis detuvieron y agredieron a Floyd, Floyd”. afroamericano de 46 años, acusándolo de haber usado un billete El Santo Padre afirmó que no es posible “tolerar ni cerrar los ojos falso de 20 dólares en una tienda local y de resistirse a la autori- ante ningún tipo de racismo o exclusión y pretender defender la dad. santidad de toda vida humana”. En un comunicado publicado el 29 de mayo, los obispos es- Nada se gana con la violencia tadounidenses afirmaron: “estamos con el corazón roto, asquea- Por ello, el Papa Francisco exhortó a reconocer que “la violencia dos e indignados al ver otro video de un hombre afroamericano de las últimas noches es autodestructiva y provoca autolesión. siendo asesinado ante nuestros ojos”. Nada se gana con la violencia y mucho se pierde”, advirtió. “Lo que es más sorprendente es que esto está sucediendo a En este sentido, el Santo Padre pidió rezar “por el consuelo de pocas semanas de otros hechos similares. Esta es la más reciente las familias y amigos afligidos” y “por la reconciliación nacional y la llamada de atención que necesita ser atendida por cada uno de paz que anhelamos”. nosotros en un espíritu decidido de conversión”, pidieron los obis- “Que Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Madre de América, pos estadounidenses.

28 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic SI USTED SOSPECHA ABUSO

i usted sospecha abuso o descuido de personal de la iglesia, aparte de hacer un cada acusación de abuso sexual, revisan las Sun menor en Kansas y el menor está reporte a las autoridades civiles, por favor políticas diocesanas para tratar con el abuso en un peligro inmediato hable al 911 o al comuníquese con el Señor Charles Befort, sexual de menores y ofrecen asesoramiento departamento de policía local. un representante del Consejo de Revisión sobre todos aspectos que involucran casos Si usted tiene alguna sospecha de que que recibe y da seguimiento a los reportes. de abuso sexual tanto retrospectiva como un menor está siendo abusado o descui- Su información de contacto es crbefort@ prospectivamente. dado haga un reporte confidencial al De- cox.net, 620-285-3219. También, el Señor Un Ministro de Asistencia ayuda con el cui- partamento de Kansas Centro de Reportes Befort ofrecerá la ayuda del Ministro de dado pastoral de las personas que afirman Para Protección de Niños y Familias, 800- Asistencia cuya meta es de ser alguien que haber sido abusadas sexualmente cuando 922-5330 o al KBI Hotline, 800-KSCRIME escuche y fomente la sanación. eran menores de edad por un miembro del (800-572-7463), o mandando un correo l Consejo de Revisión está compuesto clero u otro miembro del personal de la igle- electrónico a [email protected]. Epor católicos laicos y un sacerdote que sia, sin importar que el abuso haya ocurrido Si usted sospecha abuso por parte del aconsejan al Obispo en su evaluación de recientemente o muchos años atrás. Denunciar Abuso o Mala Conducta de un Obispo Católico Para denunciar abuso sexual o mala conducta relacionada por un obispo católico, se les anima a contactar a la policia. Para denun- ciar tal abuso o mala conducta* a la Iglesia, contacten al servicio del Catholic Bishop Abuse Reporting (CBAR). CBAR es un servicio imparcial que recoge y enruta informes a las autoridades católicas apropiadas para la investigación. Para hacer un informe en inglés o español, vaya al https://reportbishopabuse.org o ustedes pueden llamar al 800-276-1562. *CBAR fue diseñado para responder solamente a quejas contra obispos para problemas relacionados a la mala conducta sexual. Si ustedes tienen otro tipo de queja acerca de un obispo, tal como nombramientos a la parroquia, cierres de iglesia, etc., por favor diríjanse directamente a su obispo.

odas las acusaciones son cumple uno o más de los fuente y/o; involucra múlti- de que una acusación es Tconsideradas hechas de siguientes puntos: No es ples acusaciones. Los hechos verosímil no es equivalente a buena fe. Una acusación específicamente negada o y las circunstancias que hacen la determinación de culpa- verosímil es definida como es aceptada/admitida por que una acusación sea vero- bilidad en un procedimiento una acusación que, basada en el acusado; es corroborada símil pueden variar de caso criminal o de responsabilidad los hechos de la acusación, con otra evidencia o por otra a caso. La determinación en un procedimiento civil. Protegiendo a los Niños de Dios Pero al que haga tropezar[a] a uno La Diócesis requiere a todos los empleados y voluntarios de estos pequeñi- que trabajan con menores tos que creen en a asistir a las sesiones de mí, mejor le sería conscientización de Proteger que le colgaran al a los Niños de Dios. Estas cuello una piedra de sesiones de conscientización están disponibles en ambos molino de las que inglés y español. Son conducidos mueve un asno, y por gente de nuestra Diócesis que se ahogara en lo especialmente entrenadas como profundo del mar. facilitadores. Las sesiones se publicarán en las parroquias, -- Mateo 18:6 escuelas, el períodico Southwest Kansas Catholic y la página electrónica de la Diócesis. www.dcdiocese.org/ protectingchildren.

29 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Farmers and ranchers in Kansas can From Bishop Gilmore Continued from Page 4 now apply for financial assistance sure that each one was recognized, without ever seeming to try, how he made sure each one was From Page 3 at the time of application and a USDA heard. It was watching a Master-at-Work. USDA is making available $16 billion for farm number may not be immediately Paul told the Elders of Ephesus to remember the vital financial assistance to producers needed. words of the Lord Jesus, “it is better to give than of agricultural commodities who have Additional Commodities to receive.” But these words are not recorded suffered a five-percent-or-greater USDA is also establishing a process in any of the four gospels. They were handed price decline due to COVID-19 and face for the public to identify additional on by world-of-mouth, apparently. Those Elders additional significant marketing costs commodities for potential inclusion in remembered them, and handed them down to as a result of lower demand, surplus CFAP. Specifically, USDA is looking for others, and so they came to us. Living memory production, and disruptions to shipping data on agricultural commodities, that kept them alive. patterns and the orderly marketing of are not currently eligible for CFAP, that I suspect it will be that way with Father Bob, as commodities. the public believes to have either: well. He lived that word which appears nowhere “We also want to remind producers suffered a five percent-or-greater … ‘to give, and not to get’... it was in his priestly that the program is structured to ensure price decline between mid-January and DNA. He too kept it alive in his own cavernous, the availability of funding for all eligible mid-April as a result of the COVID-19 living, memory. And he shared it with us who producers who apply,” SED Schemm pandemic, knew him. said. shipped but subsequently spoiled due Our memories are not so vast as his, but he In order to do this, producers will to loss of marketing channel, or did touch us by his artful selflessness, and by his receive 80 percent of their maximum not left the farm, or remained incredible energy. And we shall remember, more total payment upon approval of the unharvested as mature crops. than even he could ever imagine ... application. The remaining portion of More information about this process is … as we sorrow like the Elders ... the payment, not to exceed the payment available on //farmers.gov/cfap. … as we ‘bring him to the ship.’ limit, will be paid at a later date To find the latest information on CFAP, nationwide, as funds remain available. visit farmers.gov/cfap or call 877-508- Producers can download the CFAP 8364. From Coleen Stein application and other eligibility forms USDA Service Centers are open Continued from Page 4 from farmers.gov/cfap. Also, on that for business by phone appointment Christ in a new way, to see scripture in a new way, webpage, producers can find a payment only, and field work will continue with and to see ministry in a new way. calculator to help identify sales and appropriate social distancing. Seventeen years ago, I became the coordinator inventory records needed to apply and While program delivery staff will for the Pastoral Ministry Formation Program and calculate potential payments. continue to come into the office, they began working with Father Bob in the area of Additionally, producers in search will be working with producers by Adult Formation. He has taught 22 courses for of one-on-one support with the CFAP phone and using online tools whenever the Pastoral Ministry Formation Program since the application process can call 877-508- possible. inception of the program and directly touched the 8364 to speak directly with a USDA All Service Center visitors wishing to lives of 985 people who were in his classes. employee ready to offer assistance. This conduct business with the FSA, Natural In the last 18 years, our diocese has had a large is a good first step before a producer Resources Conservation Service, or any number of Hispanics settle in Southwest Kansas. engages the team at the FSA county other Service Center agency are required Father Bob has enthusiastically embraced this office at their local USDA Service Center. to call their Service Center to schedule a change of demographics and made this reality a Applying for Assistance phone appointment. focal point in his ministry. He continually encourages Producers of all eligible commodities More information can be found at our Diocesan Liturgies, continuing formation for will apply through their local FSA office. farmers.gov/coronavirus. Christian Initiation, Catechist Formation, Scripture Those who use the online calculator tool Questions? Day, and Stewardship Day, to be bi-lingual. will be able to print off a pre-filled CFAP Please contact your local FSA Office. Father Bob worked to offer the Pastoral application, sign, and submit to your USDA is an equal opportunity Ministry Formation Program in Spanish over the local FSA office either electronically or provider, employer and lender. Interactive Television System. In 2016, our first via hand delivery. Please contact your To file a complaint of discrimination, three hour course in Spanish was offered due to local office to determine the preferred write: Father Bob’s unwavering commitment to all of method. Find contact information for USDA, Office of the Assistant Secretary God’s people. your local office at //farmers.gov/cfap. for Civil Rights, Office of Adjudication, I regularly hear unsolicited praise from folks Documentation to support the 1400 Independence Ave., SW, throughout our Diocese, the Diocese of Salina and producer’s application and certification Washington, DC 20250-9410. our partnering university, Newman University, may be requested after the application Or call (866) 632-9992 (Toll-free commending Father Bob’s efforts, care, and is filed. FSA has streamlined the signup Customer Service), (800) 877-8339. follow-through. process to not require an acreage report

30 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Diocese offers numerous ways to be catechized, to catechize others

o catechize in the Catholic faith with diligence, to form all as faithful Twitnesses of Jesus Christ, can happen in conversation at the gro- “Love One Another as I cery store, while with your family at the dinner table, or simply while hanging out with friends. Love You.” The Catholic Diocese of Dodge City offers an abundance of classes Pastoral Plan Outline, Catholic Diocese and workshops that catechize you in the teachings of Christ and the of Dodge City 2020-2025 Bible, and allowing you, through those teachings, to become better To Catechize in the Catholic Faith with Diligence – Form all catechists to others. as faithful witnesses of Jesus Christ. Here are a few of the programs offered by the diocese. For more information, contact Coleen Stein, [email protected], or (620) 227- “Guide me by your truth and teach me, for you 1538, or visit https://www.dcdiocese.org/adult-formation. are God my Savior” (Psalm 25:5).

Adult Formation in the Diocese In-depth Theological Study and Training • Master of Arts degree program in Theology in collaboration with Newman University • Pastoral Ministry Formation [English Sector] is for persons who want to live more fully their baptismal call by deepening their under- standing of the faith and by assuming more responsibility for ministry within the Diocese and their parish community.

- BA in Pastoral Ministry in collaboration with Newman University - Diocesan Diploma in Pastoral Ministry - Personal enrichment - Offered via ITV (19 locations throughout the Dodge City and Salina Dioceses)

• Creciendo en Cristo, formerly Comunidades de Aprendizaje, is offered by the Diocese of Dodge City as faith formation for adults. It provides an opportunity for persons who want to deepen their understanding and appreciation of their Catholic faith in order more fully to live and celebrate their baptism. These generous and committed persons take responsibility of parish and diocesan ministries.

The goal is to prepare Hispanic leaders to service the Church at all levels of pastoral minsitry in collaboration with the bishop, the clergy, religious and other lay leaders of the Church.

Two to four courses are offered each year. A diocesan certificate is given at the completion of each 12-hour course. College Credit is available. Each of the courses is offered over the Interactive Television System at seven locations: Dodge City, Garden City, Great Bend, Liberal, Ness City, Scott City and Ulysses. For details of class dates and course themes, see Creciendo en Cristo under the Hispanic Ministry Office webpage.

Ministry Preparation Catechist Formation provides diocesan certification and continuing formation of catechists through two special formation sessions offered via ITV, twice at the beginning of the school year and calendar year. [Offered in Spanish and English. Topics may differ- be tween the English and Spanish Sectors. All catechists must comply with Diocesan Safe Environment Requirements.]

Discernment of Gifts and Personal Vocation “The Called and Gifted Workshop™ is a tool for helping Catholics discern their spiritual gifts. Called and Gifted helps participants sort through their life experiences to identify patterns that may indicate a charism. Discerning our gifts can be a major clue in deter- mining God’s plan for our lives, as well as our role in God’s plan for humanity. Called and Gifted is a major initiative in creating a “cul- ture of vocation” as called for by Bishop Gilmore in the Diocese of Dodge City. Workshops presented by the Catherine of Siena Institute are offered each year in English and Spanish. Continued on next page

31 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Continued from previous page Justice Formation JustFaith™ is a diocesan initiative that begins on the parish level. It is an intensive faith formation process that emphasizes the Gos- pel message of peace and justice, Catholic social teaching,and the intersection of spirituality and action. The process involves reading, videos, and group discussion. The aim of JustFaith™ is to enable participants to develop a passion for justice and to express this passion in concrete acts of social ministry. JustFaith™ gives members of our diocesan church the opportunity to respond to Bishop Gilmore’s call for a “church wedded to social justice” and a “systematic effort to fill in the chasm between faith and life”. [Available in English]

Word Working Word Working is a method of scriptural prayer, a distinctive way of engaging God’s Word so we can be shaped by that Word for God’s work within and beyond our Church. Word Working is an integral part of formational sessions for adults and youth, and for small groups. Parish pastoral council meetings and other parish groups are urged to use “Word Working” not only as their opening prayer but equally important as their first agenda item: What is God’s Word saying to us about how and in what direction we should be leading our Parish? During Lent, Bishop Gilmore leads Word Working groups through the Southwest Kansas Register.

Cursillo Cursillo is both a movement and a method. The purpose of the movement is to free Christian men and women to be leaven in the environments in which they live with the gospel spirit. The purpose of the method is to help these men and women to live out their bap- tismal call by committing themselves to the spiritual aids the church offers in order to grow in holiness, formation and evangelization - The Cursillo Method is presented over a three-day weekend, which is a unique experience with Christ, with self, with others, as well as training in leadership. - Group Reunions assist those who have made the Cursillo weekend by providing support and encouragement as they strive to live as leaven of gospel spirit in their families, on their jobs, at school, with their neighbors, among their parish and community service. - While there are English-speaking cursillistas in the Diocese, the Cursillo structure functions primarily in the Spanish language sector.

Annual Events • Stewardship Conference (Spanish/English) • Diocesan Scripture Day (Spanish/English) • Catholic School Teachers’ Formation Day (English)

Heartland Center for Spirituality • The Heartland Center for Spirituality is a ministry of the Dominican Sisters of Peace, offering a variety of educational experiences including on-line courses, a summer Theology Institute, and a formative spirituality program. Heartland includes Heartland Farm and Heartland Center for Wholistic Health. • SpiritLife is a two-year Spiritual Formation program that will help you discover a new attentiveness to the meaning of Grace, allowing you to live intentionally in Spirit Centered ways.

Retreat Offerings • Catechist/DRE/Youth Minister Annual Retreat Each year the Diocesan Youth Office orchestrates a retreat Friday evening through Saturday afternoon in mid-January at the Heartland Center, Great Bend. [English] • Heartland Center for Spirituality, Great Bend, KS The Center is a ministry of the Dominican Sisters, providing spiritual direction and retreat experiences throughout the year.

Protection of Children & Youth Protecting God’s Children™ makes adults of the Church aware of how they can protect children and youth and make our church settings safe places for children and youth. Protecting God’s Children™ begins with a three-hour awareness session that helps adults understand the signs of child sexual abuse, the methods and means by which offenders commit abuse and five empowerment steps one can use to prevent child sexual abuse. Ongoing follow-up training bulletins are made available in an attempt to keep adults aware and vigilant. [Available in English and Spanish]

Spiritual Life Center The Spiritual Life Center of the Diocese of Wichita provides a wide spectrum of educational and spiritual programming that is available as a resource to the people of the Dodge City Diocese.

32 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic From the Heart (land Center)

By SISTER Renee Dreiling, OP and ANN AXMAN, OPA he Heartland Center in Great Bend has been blessed by many generous do- “Love One Tnors through our annual appeal these last few months. Each of us has been affected by this pandemic and we want to say a big thank you to all who gave Another as I Love freely from their hearts to support our mission and our ministry. Our ministry has looked different these past months, spiritual direction being You.” conducted on the phone or by virtual meeting, an online prayer retreat was offered, and many webinars and book studies are in the planning stages at this Pastoral Plan Outline, Catholic Diocese time. of Dodge City 2020-2025 We miss seeing all of our friends that use our space for retreats and work- To Catechize in the Catholic Faith with Diligence shops. Heartland Center is working on a plan to reopen that will ensure the – Form all as faithful witnesses of Jesus Christ. safety of the Sisters, the staff and our guests. Once the plan is finalized we will make it available to the public. Know that we continue to hold each of you in “Guide me by your truth and teach me, for you our prayers for your continued health – spiritually, emotionally and physically. are God my Savior” (Psalm 25:5). In God’s timing we will once again be able to be a “Spiritual Oasis for Souls.” Many Blessings! Forthcoming Offerings Please visit our website for more information on the status of these programs All 12:05 - 12:55 p.m. CDT. Feel free to eat lunch and registration options (https://heartlandspirituality.org/programs/peer-su- have lunch during this time. pervision): $20 per study series.

Peer Supervision Group (for spiritual directors) • The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think June 6, 2020: Zoom meeting. 9:00 a.m. - noon. $25.00. Register. You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are October 23-24, 2020 (status uncertain; check website for updates) by Brene Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W. Led By: Ann Axman and Pattie McGurk on Zoom Preached Retreat Dates: Tuesday June 23 and 30 July 7, 14, 21 and Breaking Open the Word Given 28 June 21-26, 2020 Brian Pierce, OP and Megan McElroy, OP • Fully Awake and Truly Alive: Spiritual Practices to The summer retreat for the Sisters will go on as scheduled, though modified a Nurture Your Soul, by Rev. Jane E Vennard bit! The retreat directors sent us their conferences on Youtube. In place of Mass Led By: Marcia Berchek and Ann Axman on Zoom we will have Sisters presiding and preaching in Word and Communion services. Dates: Wednesday August 5, 12,19 and 26, Sep- Being an Order of Preachers we are well able to reflect and preach on the Word tember 2 of God, and it will be wonderful to hear preaching from some of the Sisters coming home for retreat! Our sung morning and evening prayers, along with a Engaged Encounters shared “Echoes of the Word” from participants will round out our retreat. We Status uncertain; check website for updates. will pray for all of you as we share this special time with each other. Aug. 14-16, 2020 Contact Sr. Renee for more info. For information contact Ronn and Annie Roehm at 620-728-0855. Webinars For reservations contact Mike and Lindsey All 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., CDT. Free-will donation. More info and registration. Mazouch at 620-792-6290

• June 11, 2020: Critical Thinking Skills and the Media, Individual and Private Retreats Upon Request by Philip St. Romain. (Unavailable until Motherhouse re-opens to the • July 9, 2020: Covid-19 Conspiracies and the “Mark of the public.) Beast,” by Philip St. Romain and Jerry Truex. See Page 15 for information and instructions • August 13, 2020: Can a Christian Believe in Evolution? regarding how to have your own, personal at-home by Philip St. Romain retreat. • September 10, 2020: What Does It Mean to be Pro-Life? by Philip St. Romain

Online Book Study Groups 33 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Scripture Readings

Please Note: The next issue Second Kings 19:9-11, 14-21, of the Southwest Kansas Catho- 31-35, 36 / Matthew 7:6, 12-14 lic will be dated July 12, 2020. Wednesday, June 24 Isaiah 49:1-6 / Acts 13:22-26 / Sunday, June 7 Luke 1:57-66, 80 Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9 / Second Thursday, June 25 Corinthians 13:11-13 / John Second Kings 24:8-17 / Mat- 3:16-18 thew 7:21-29 Monday, June 8 Friday, June 26 First Kings 17:1-7 / Matthew Second Kings 25:1-12 / Mat- 5:1-12 thew 8:1-4 Tuesday, June 9 Saturday, June 27 First Kings 17:7-16 / Matthew Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18- 5:13-16 19 / Matthew 8:5-17 Wednesday, June 10 Sunday, June 28 First Kings 18:20-39 / Matthew Second Kings 4:8-11, 14-16 / 5:17-19 Romans 6:3-4, 8-11 / Matthew Thursday, June 11 10:37-42 Acts 11:21-26; 13:1-3 / Mat- Monday, June 29 thew 10:7-13 Acts 12:1-11 / Matthew 16:13- Friday, June 12 19 First Kings 19:9, 11-16 / Mat- Reading 2, Second Timothy thew 5:27-32 4:6-8, 17-18 Saturday, June 13 Tuesday, June 30 First Kings 19:19-21 / Matthew Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12 / Mat- 5:33-37 thew 8:23-27 Sunday, June 14 Wednesday, July 1 Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16 AM 5:14-15, 21-24 / MT 8:28- ?/ First Corinthians 10:16-17 / 34 John 6:51-58 Thursday, July 2 Olmitz, LaCrosse, Kinsley, Larned and St. John councils Monday, June 15 AM 7:10-17 / MT 9:1-8 First Kings 21:1-16 / Matthew Friday, July 3 5:38-42 EPH 2:19-22 / JN 20:24-29 Tuesday, June 16 Saturday, July 4 First Kings 21:17-29 / Matthew AM 9:11-15 / MT 9:14-17 5:43-48 Sunday, July 5 Wednesday, June 17 ZEC 9:9-10 / ROM 8:9, 11-13 / Second Kings 2:1, 6-14 / Mat- MT 11:25-30 Skyler Tebo thew 6:1-6, 16-18 Monday, July 6 Olmitz, LaCrosse, (785) 259-5563 Thursday, June 18 HOS 2:16, 17C-18, 21-22 / MT Kinsley, Larned and Ransom and Ness City councils Sirach 48:1-14 / Matthew 9:18-26 St. John councils 6:7-15 Tuesday, July 7 Friday, June 19 HOS 8:4-7, 11-13 / MT 9:32-38 Deuteronomy 7:6-11 / First Wednesday, July 8 John 4:7-16 / Matthew 11:25- HOS 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 / MT 30 10:1-7 Saturday, June 20 Thursday, July 9 Second Chronicles 24:17-25 / HOS 11:1-4, 8E-9 / MT 10:7-15 Matthew 6:24-34 Friday, July 10 Sunday, June 21 HOS 14:2-10 / MT 10:16-23 Jeremiah 20:10-13 / Romans Saturday, July 11 5:12-15 / Matthew 10:26-33 IS 6:1-8 / MT 10:24-33 Monday, June 22 Sunday, July 12 Skyler Tebo Second Kings 17:5-8, 13-15, 18 IS 55:10-11 / ROM 8:18-23 / (785) 259-5563 / Matthew 7:1-5 MT 13:1-23 OR 13:1-9 Tuesday, June 23 Ransom and Ness City

34 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic Obituaries J os e J e sus O c e gu e ra siblings Martha A Oceguera, Harvey Lyle and Bernice Louise celebrated their 60th wedding Fuentes, 66, of St. Mary Parish, Arturo Oceguera, Francisco (Bush) Robinson. Bernice Lea anniversary. She was a member Garden City, died May 16, 2020. Oceguera, Eva Oceguera, Josefina started school in a one-room of he Daughters of Isabella, He was born in Santa Ana, Oceguera, and Dolores Oceguera. schoolhouse and finished her TACKY (The Active Citizen Keeps Guanajuato, Mexico the son Father Jacob Schneider presided. education at Moville High School Young), and served as president of J. Jesus Oceguera and Maria Condolences may be posted at in Moville, Iowa. She met her several times for the Minerva Fuentes. His family describes him www.garnandfuneralhomes. future husband, John, through study club. She is survived by

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35 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic SCHNEWEIS TAX and ACCOUNTING Obituaries From Page 35 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS thoughts and memories in the online guest book at www. swaimfuneralhome.com. Ruben Orozco-Guerrero, 76, of the Cathedral of Our Lady • Accounting • Computer Service of Guadalupe Parish, Dodge City, died May 11, 2020. He was • Tax Preparation • Financial Planning born in Mexico, the son of Jose Jesus and Francisca (Guerrero) Robert E. Schneweis Ronald E. Schneweis • Tax Planning • Estate Planning Orozco. He married Maria E. Ambriz in 1967. Ruben was a very 227-7745 ••• 800-300-7754 well known businessman in Mexico. The family later moved to California, where Ruben worked in the fields. In 1997, the family moved to Dodge City. Ruben worked as a taxi driver until his 212 E. Frontview, Suite B, Dodge City, Kansas retirement. Ruben is survived by his wife Maria; 11 children, Keller Real Estate & Insurance Agency Rosy Orozco, Angelica Partida, Ruben Orozco, Jr., Noe Orozco, 1101 Williams Great Bend, Kansas Gustavo Orozco, Emigdio Orozco, Veronica Valdivia, Francisco Orozco, Patricia Orozco, Jesus Orozco, and Lili Orozco; many FOR SERVICE CALL grandchildren, as well as other family and friends. Thoughts 620-792-2128 and memories may be shared in the online guest book at www. 800-281-2128 (Ks only) swaimfuneralhome.com. Greg A. Denton, 65, of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Dodge City, died May 26, 2020. He was born website — www.kelleragency.com in 1954 to Clay and Valeria “Larri” (Markus) Denton. A lifetime resident of Dodge City, Greg graduated Dodge City High School. Greg was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 2955. He retired in December 2019 after 42 years of employment at Koch Fertilizer. Greg was a master luthier (maker/repairer of stringed instruments), and craftsman of a multitude of mediums. On May 2, 1987 he married Janis Mullendore at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Windthorst, Kansas. She survives, along with two children, Andy Denton and Emily (Denton) Kostboth. Memorials are suggested to be sent to the Sacred Heart School Endowment in care of Ziegler Funeral Chapel, 1901 N. 14th Ave., Dodge City, Kansas 67801. Loretta “Lucille” Gleason, 92, of St. Nicholas Parish, Kinsley, died May 27, 2020. She was born in Kinsley to Ferdinand and Mary (Schmitt) Hattrup. On Nov. 8, 1949, she married Maurice F. Gleason. Together, they owned and operated the Gleason Tax Service in Kinsley until Maurice’s death on April 9, 2006. She was a member of the Daughters of Isabella, Altar Society, and the church choir. Lucille is survived by her four children: Mark Gleason, Gerald Gleason, Kevin Gleason and LeAnne Hampel; nine grandchildren; and six great- grandchildren. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and aunt who cherished her family and friends and will be missed by all. Memorials are suggested to St. Nicholas Building Fund in care of McKillip Memorial Funeral Home. Thomas Eugene Hickel, 58, of Prince of Peace Parish in Great Bend, died May 30, 2020. He was born in Ellinwood to Charles and Gloria Ann (Thill) Hickel. He married Rita Axman on Feb. 17, 1990, in Olmitz. A lifetime Barton county resident, Continued on Page 37

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Continued from Page 36 anne Mondragon, Richard Archuleta, Pete dalena Chavez. Mr. Segovia Chavez has lived Tom was a fab tech for Roto-Mix. He was a Archuleta, Paul Archuleta, Stevie Archuleta, in Garden City for 30 years. He had worked member of the NRA, American Prostate Can- Roger Archuleta, and Jerry Archuleta; and at Monfort in the processing department. cer Foundation, and a participant in Relay numerous nieces and nephews. Father Ja- He was preceded in death by his father. Sur- for Life. He was an avid Nascar fan, always cob Schneider presided. vivors include his sons, Luis Alfredo Segovia rooting on Chase Elliott and Jeff Gordon. Jose Luis Sanchez Espinosa, 34, of and Marcos Angel Segovia; mother, Magda- Survivors include, his wife, Rita; a son, Carl; St. Mary Parish, Garden City, died May 27, lena Chavez Estrada; siblings, Alma Veronica two daughters, Reba Kohn and Tana Yellow- 2020. He was born San Felipe, Guanajuato, Segovia Chavez, Alonso Segovia Chavez, wolf; two brothers, Donald and James; a Mexico, the son of Juan Sanchez Camacho Guadalupe Segovia Chavez, and Jose Alfre- sister, Deborah Mills; lifelong friend, James and Maria Catalina Espinosa Alvarez. He do Segovia Chavez; and numerous nieces, Doeden; and three grandchildren, Charlee first arrived in North Carolina at age 15 and nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles. Father Yellowwolf, Kade Kohn, and Holden Hickel. later settled in Garden City. Most recently Jacob Schneider presided. Father Don Bedore presided, with Father he had worked as a feed truck loader at Carla Sue Geyer, 61, of St. Mary Par- Pascal Klein as concelebrant. The family re- Freona Cattle Co. Survivors include his fa- ish, Marienthal, died June 3, 2020. She quests memorials be suggested to Kans for ther, Juan Sanchez Camacho; siblings, Ma- was born in Garden City, the daughter of Kids or the Tom Hickel Memorial Fund, in ria Concepcion Sanchez Espinosa, Juana Theodore and Darlene Strasser Graff. A care of Bryant Funeral Home. Sanchez Espinosa, Maria Mercedes San- lifetime resident of Wichita County, Kan- Mary Celina “Sally” Lucero, 74, of chez Espinosa, Maria Magdalena Sanchez sas, she was the owner and operator of St. Mary Parish, Garden City, died May 31, Espinosa, Juan Manuel Sanchez Espinosa, the Associated Services Insurance Agency 2020. She was born in Greeley, Colo., the Miguel Angel Sanchez Espinosa, Juan Jose in Leoti, Kansas for 20 years. She was a daughter of Richard and Annie (Cruz) Archu- Martinez Espinosa, Miriam Faviola Marti- member of the Altar Society. On June 9, leta. She married Steve Lucero on Oct. 26, nez Espinosa, Francisco Martinez Espinosa, 1979, she married Daniel Geyer in Marien- 1963. Together they built a future for their and Jose I Sanchez Espinosa; and numerous thal. He survives. Other survivors include four children: Lonnie Lucero, Lisa Brown, cousins and aunts and uncles. her son, Travis; daughters Brooke Geyer Gina Lucero, and Steven Lucero; 16 grand- Jose Luis Segovia Chavez, 49, of St. and Ashley Berning; sisters Meleesa Loud- children and 12 great-grandchildren. Other Mary Parish, Garden City, died June 4, 2020. er, Linda Klatt, and Jennifer Rack; brothers survivors include her siblings: Viola Mon- He was born in Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico, Tim, Kurt, and Loren; and six grandchil- dragon, Judy DeLaRosa, Rita Bustos, Mary- the son of Blas Segovia Mendoza and Mag- dren. Father Tim Hickey presided. Obituary Policy Obituaries are always listed free of charge, but must be edited for space and SKC style. If you see that a listing has been missed, contact Dave at (620) 227- 1519, or email [email protected]. Please pray for the repose of the soul of all those listed here, and for their loved ones, that they might find hope in the love and promise of the Risen Christ.

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Prayer to the Most Holy Redeemer Soul of Christ, sanctify me. Never permit me to be parted Body of Christ, save me. from you. Blood of Christ, embolden me. From the evil Enemy defend me. Water from the side of In the hour of my death call me, Christ, wash me. and bid me come to thee, Passion of Christ, strengthen me. that with your saints I may praise O good Jesus, hear me. thee for age upon age. Within thy wounds hide me. Amen.

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... Queen of the Angels and ... Reina de los Ángeles y Mother of the Americas. Madre de las Américas. We fly to you today as your Volamos a usted hoy como su beloved children. amados hijos. We ask you to intercede for Le pedimos que interceda por us with your Son, nosotros con tu hijo, as you did at the wedding como lo hiciste en la boda en Cana. in Cana. Ruega por nosotros, amada Madre, Pray for us, loving Mother, y para nuestra nación y mundo, and gain for our nation and world, y para todas nuestras familias y and for all our families and loved seres queridos, la protección de ones, the protection of your holy tus santos ángeles, para que nos angels, that we may be spared salvemos de lo peor de esta the worst of this illness. enfermedad.

For those already afflicted, Para aquellos que ya están afecta- we ask you to obtain the grace of dos, le pedimos que obtenga la healing and deliverance. gracia de curación y liberación. Hear the cries of those who are Escucha los gritos de los que están vulnerable and fearful, vulnerable y temeroso, limpiarse las wipe away their tears and lágrimas y ayúdelos a confiar. help them to trust. En este tiempo de prueba y prueba, In this time of trial and testing, enseñarnos a todos en la Iglesia a teach all of us in the Church to amar a uno otro y ser paciente y love one another and to be pa- amable. Ayúdanos a llevar la paz de tient and kind. Help us to bring Jesús a nuestra tierra y the peace of Jesus to our land and The Guadalupe Chapel at the Cathedral nuestros corazones. to our hearts. of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Dodge City. Venimos a usted con confianza. We come to you with confidence, sabiendo que realmente eres knowing that you truly are our Pray for us, nuestro madre compasiva compassionate mother, salud de los enfermos y health of the sick and causa de nuestra alegría. cause of our joy. loving Mother Abriganos bajo el manto Shelter us under the mantle • • • de tu protección, of your protection, mantennos en el abrazo de tu keep us in the embrace of your brazos, ayúdanos a saber siempre arms, help us always to know Ruega por El amor de tu Hijo, Jesús. the love of your Son, Jesus. nosotros, amada Amén. Amen. Madre 42 June 7, 2020 Southwest Kansas Catholic