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Crossroads Fall 2014.Indd CrossRoads Cross Catholic Outreach’s Parish Newsletter Fall 2014 Cross Supports Pope Francis’ Call to Integral Ministry – Meeting Both Physical and Spiritual Needs of the Poor Mount Carmel Primary School has a simple philosophy: Never turn away a young person who is willing to work hard to get an education, even if he or she can’t afford it. This is the guiding principle that helps Mount Carmel School witness a Christ-like love for the poor. Mount Carmel is located in Benque Viejo, Belize, near the Guatemalan border, and was established to help with the lack of education which trapped the parishioners in an endless cycle of poverty. The young people were too poor to enroll in school and without a diploma they had no hope of ever fi nding gainful employment or being able to support their families. Fr. John Robinson saw this tremendous need and started a tutoring program with 57 students. The school interest grew and after the fi rst academic year the people had come together and established Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grade School and High School. Nicknamed “The Miracle School” by the local people, Mount Carmel gained Fr. John Robinson has a mission approach that exemplifi es the Holy Father’s views on charity. a reputation for academic excellence and character formation. It began attracting fundamental need met.” esteem and love for each individual. desperately poor youth from across the But these meals do more than fi ll empty The mission of Mount Carmel Primary border in Guatemala as well as local students. stomachs; they meet a spiritual need deep School confi rms the importance of Today the school is nurturing the hearts and within every heart. “In treating students with this approach: “It is a Roman Catholic minds of nearly 500 students. dignity and caring about their basic need institution whose mission is to impart in Cross Catholic Outreach helps support for food, the children’s self-worth is directly children the love of God, family and country the schools through scholarships for the affected and affi rmed,” Fr. John said. by providing a cost-effective delivery of high school and meals for the children in the Inspired by Pope Francis, Cross is quality education providing the necessary grade school. similarly drawn to this integral approach skills for each child to develop into the fi nest “Giving healthy food to children who to charity. We seek to empower outreaches human being possible.” would otherwise feel hunger pain improves such as Mount Carmel Primary School Cross is privileged to help the students their chances of performing well in school,” specifi cally because they minister to the of Mount Carmel receive a good Catholic said Fr. John Robinson. “It would be naïve physical and spiritual needs of the poorest education and be nourished in Christ’s love to expect students to study effectively or of the poor. That approach is a refl ection of so they can be living testimonies of God’s pay attention in class without having that our implicit evangelization through Christ’s mercy in the communities they call home. CrossRoads page one www.crosscatholic.org missionupdate Maryland Parish Reaches Out The parish of St. Paul in Damascus, MD, Locally, the parish also helps at the soup in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., kitchen in Gaithersburg and hosts various is a family of faith that effectively witnesses drives for the needy, such as the Holiday Catholic social teaching to the watching Giving Project-Angel Tree at Christmas, world. For many years they have hosted an seasonal food baskets and also sponsors Outreach Priest from Cross Catholic, who Lenten Giving Programs and a Community helps grow their awareness of the work of the Service Day. The parish also hosts a food Church in the developing world, including drive and a Valentine Drive for abused a medical outreach they support in the women. Recently, working with Catholic community of El Rosario in Honduras. Charities, a collection was launched to The parish made a commitment to the provide welcome packs for unaccompanied Honduran mission after Hurricane Mitch minors. hit the area in 1998, and over the years they Fr. Joseph Pierce sums it up by saying: have helped open a health care clinic to “The grace of our community is made serve the needs of the desperate community. evident in the willingness of our parishioners The St. Paul Clinic embraces Catholic social to give of themselves for the sake of others.” their witness of the Gospel by spreading teaching and provides medical and dental St. Paul Parish is a shining example of the and living the Good News. We all should be care in this poor rural region. Parishioners call of Pope Francis to evangelize through encouraged to live the Gospel message as the from St. Paul make two trips a year to visit our missionary efforts. Cross is blessed to faithful of St. Paul Parish do through their and help at the clinic. be able to partner with them in advancing works of mercy. Orange Parish Effectively Models Catholic Social Teaching Actively promoting Catholic social teachings is essential if a parish wants to empower its people to be a light in the darkness — a force for good in its community and the world. The parish of Our Lady of Fatima, in San Clemente, CA in the Diocese of Orange, is a fi ne example of a parish committed to living out our Catholic faith and promoting the Church’s social teaching. Having hosted a priest from Cross Catholic Outreach, they have been inspired to be more and do more for the poor internationally. The parish is also a model of service closer to home. For years, they have been involved in a program called FiSH (Fatima Serves the Hungry). This ministry, in collaboration with Welcome INN, serves The parish’s regular feeding program is a blessing to the area’s homeless and working poor. meals to the homeless and working poor in the community several times a month. ministry that creates prayer shawls for those have so little.” The program is funded through donations in need of comfort while confronting illness, Our Lady of Fatima, along with so many and involves dedicated volunteers from the loss or other life challenges. One of the other parishes in the Diocese of Orange help parish. The parish has a Social Awareness parishioners, Jim Holden, was even inspired all of us realize what gifts we have and what Leadership Team (SALT) as well. They to start the program “Fish for Life,” which takes great things we can accomplish in the world, organize a monthly food drive for the local groups of special needs children and their especially in the lives of those who need it food pantry, collect groceries from the families out for a day of fi shing and fun. most. Their relationship with Cross helps parish and then assist with the distribution Fr. Jim Ries said,“Our people truly keep them motivated to strive to do even to those in need locally. The parish also enjoy reaching out to those in need and more — and we are a better ministry because has a “Work of Our Hands” prayer shawl sharing what they have with others, who of their commitment to share Christ’s love. CrossRoads page two www.crosscatholic.org takeaction Cross Catholic Outreach Equips Seminarians to Champion Global Missions Within America’s Parishes With the rise in priestly vocations, Cross Catholic Outreach is committed to helping seminarians know more about the work of the Catholic Church in the developing nations of the world. The future of the Catholic Church is in the hands of these men, and Cross believes their role in championing global missions will be signifi cant in the decades ahead. As an outreach to these future priests, Cross visits seminaries throughout the United States (as well as the North American College in Rome), with the goal of better acquainting the men with the international St. Patrick’s Seminary, Menlo Park, CA, School Year 2014-15 mission of the Church. Amazing things are happening in the developing countries ministries of international parishes — our Cross also offers summer trips enabling around our world, and more should be done outreach in the seminaries does something seminarians to see and experience global to link those overseas parishes with their similar for the next generation of priests. missions fi rsthand. Through these short American counterparts, Cross believes. Our goal is to open doors — to create a but powerful visits, the seminarians gain a Of course, Cross Catholic Outreach is greater awareness of international Catholic better personal understanding of the plight also committed to evangelization and is ministries. We want to equip these men to of the poorest of the poor — an insight they guided by the teachings of Pope Francis, speak for the poor and champion the goals can share with their dioceses back home who has urged the Church to be of the poor of global missions in the parishes where and bring with them into their own priestly and for the poor. Seminary visits promote they serve,” explained Msgr. Ted Bertagni, ministry. these objectives as well. Director of Cross Catholic’s department for If you know of any seminarian who would “Our Outreach Preachers program was Church and Diocese Relations. be interested in such a trip, please have him created to tell parishioners about the mercy In addition to visiting seminaries, contact Cross at 1-800-914-2420, ext. 174. Cross Catholic Outreach Co-Sponsors International Forum Cross Catholic Outreach will co-host a Leadership Symposium with Caritas in Veritate International USA from Nov.
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