Single Issue: $1.00 Publication Mail Agreement No. 40030139 CATHOLIC JOURNAL Vol. 94 No. 37 March 8, 2017 New mosque Pope visits Anglican church in Rome Regina’s new Ahmadiyya Mahmood Mosque is the By Junno Arocho Esteves several gifts that highlight his first and only purpose-built concern for the poor and the mar - mosque in Canada. Other ROME (CNS) — The path to - ginalized, including a promise to mosques are housed in ward Christian unity can’t be found serve meals to the homeless once repurposed buildings. isolated in a laboratory hashing out a week in his name. — page 3 theological differences, but rather He also said 50 English Bibles Bishops to Rome by walking together on a common will be given in the pope’s name journey, Pope Francis said. to Anglican nuns in Rome who Over the next two months While theological dialogue is minister to the city’s prostitutes. all of Canada’s active necessary, Catholics and Angli - The Anglican community also bishops will participate in cans can continue to “help each presented Pope Francis with a ad limina meetings with a other in our needs, in our lives and basket of homemade jams and pope for the first time since help each other spiritually,” the chutneys as well as a Simnel 2006. Bishops from the pope said Feb. 26 while an swering cake, a traditional fruitcake typi - Assembly of Western questions from parishioners of All cally served on the fourth Sunday Catholic Bishops meet Saints’ Anglican Church in Rome. of Lent and adorned with 11 March 27 to April 2. “This cannot be done in a lab - marzipan balls representing the oratory; it must be done walking 12 apostles, minus Judas. — page 3 together along the way. We are on After welcoming the pope to CNS/Maria Grazia Picciarella Sacred life a journey and while we walk, we the parish, Boardman noted that POPE VISITS ANGLICAN CHURCH — Pope Francis accepts a gift can have these (theological) dis - when divisions first began, the of a Simnel cake during an evening prayer service at All Saints’ The law profession needs cussions,” he said. title “Bishop of Rome” was once Anglican Church in Rome Feb. 26. It was the first time a pope has vis - people who The pope made history as the used by Anglicans as an insult “or ited an Anglican place of worship in Rome. understand first pontiff to visit the Anglican an attempt to belittle it.” the dignity parish, which was celebrating the “Today for us recognizing your tism. As friends and pilgrims, we need in order to build “true, solid and sacred - 200th anniversary of its establish - unique role in witnessing to the wish to walk the path together, to communion” through a “united ness of ment in Rome. Gospel and leading Christ’s follow our Lord Jesus Christ witness to charity.” human Invited by the Anglican com - church, it is ironic that what we together,” he said. Following the prayer service, beings, said munity, Pope Francis took part in once used in a cruel attempt to He also emphasized the need the pope took some moments to Archbishop an evening liturgy and blessed an ‘put you in your place’ has be- for Catholics and Anglicans to answer questions from several Peter Sartain of Seattle, icon of Christ the saviour to com - come the key to your pastoral work together to help those in members of the Anglican church. guest speaker at a reception memorate the occasion. kindness in being alongside us and following the sixth annual The prayer service included a so many other Christians around Bolen to develop working Red Mass in Vancouver. “twinning” pledge between All the world,” Boardman said. — page 5 Saints’ Anglican Church and the The pope thanked the congre - Catholic parish that shares its name gation and acknowledged that group on social justice Catholic Schools in Rome. As Pope Francis looked much has changed between An- Day on, the pastors of both parishes glicans and Catholics, “who in By Frank Flegel tion, racism, “where we can signed a pledge to collaborate in the past viewed each other with encourage each other and possibly Manitoba’s Catholic Schools joint retreats, works of charity and suspicion and hostility.” REGINA — Regina’s look for new partnerships work - Day 2017 was dedicated to sharing meals with each other. “Today, with gratitude to God, Archbishop Donald Bolen is con - ing together in the service of the The Call to Reconciliation, Rev. Jonathan Boardman, we recognize one another as we sidering bringing together local common good.” in response to Canada’s chaplain of the Anglican church truly are: brothers and sisters in groups working in the areas of It is an idea he came away with Truth and Reconciliation in Rome, presented the pope with Christ, through our common bap - poverty, homelessness, immigra - from a meeting of grassroots orga - report that calls for schools nizations and social movements to teach about the role working for social change. The of churches in meeting was held in Modesto, residential schools. Calif., and attracted more than 700 — page 6 people, including about 20 Cath olic bishops and other church leaders. Human resources Attendance was by invitation only. It was co-sponsored by the The church needs to address Vatican’s Dicastery for Integral human resources issues Human Development; the U.S. because the church involves Bishops’ Conference Catholic people. Policies being Campaign for Human Develop - developed in the Saskatoon ment; and PICO (People Im proving diocese will lead to more Communities through Or ganizing), fairness, more dialogue an American network of faith-based and better ministry. organizations. It was part of a series — page 6 WOMEN’S SPECIAL ROLE — The theme for International Women’s Day 2017 (IWD is March 8) is “Be of gatherings partly organized by Bold For Change,” a call to help forge a better working world for Women. This year Lent 2017 Development the Vatican, bringing together lead - Notorious case to and Peace — Caritas Canada has chosen to put women at the forefront to highlight the very special impor - ers of popular movements. be made into a film tance and role they have in every aspect of development, whether it be social, environmental or economic. Pope Francis, in a message to the California meeting, thanked Academy Award-winning Women at heart of D&P Lent campaign the organizers and the host bish - director Steven Spielberg ops for organizing the meeting is making a film about and for their work. “It makes me Edgardo Mortara, a Jewish By Michael Swan The money goes primarily to cratic governments to account. very happy to see you working boy from Bologna, who was The Catholic Register fund the work of about 100 part - Raising money for internation - together toward social justice. secretly baptized by a maid ner organizations in Africa, Latin al development in the name of How I wish that such constructive when he fell ill and then TORONTO (CCN) — The America, Asia and the Middle women makes perfect sense, said energy would spread to all dioce - forcibly removed from his next $8 million Development and East — partners whom the Mary Hess, a visiting scholar at ses because it builds bridges family in 1858 at age six Peace raises will be in the name Canadian Catholic Organization the University of St. Michael’s between peoples and individuals. and raised as a Catholic, of women. for Development and Peace sup - College faculty of theology. These bridges can overcome the with the blessing of The 50th Share Lent campaign port as the pathway to help some “There is a growing conscious - walls of exclusion, indifference, Pope Pius IX. for Canada’s Catholic solidarity of the poorest people on Earth ness, globally, that if you educate racism, and intolerance,” the pope — page 8 organization has been launched recover from natural disasters, girls and women you make huge said in his message. under the theme of “Women at find new ways of making a living the Heart of Change.” or hold often corrupt and auto - — CAMPAIGN , page 5 — GROUPS, page 7 2 Prairie Messenger INTERNATIONAL NEWS March 8, 2017 Lent breathes life into world asphyxiated by sin

By Junno Arocho Esteves humanity’s origin from the earth, the pope said, is also a reminder ROME (CNS) — Lent is a that God breathes new life into time to receive God’s breath of people in order to save them from life, a breath that saves humanity the suffocation of “petty ambi - from suffocating under the weight tion” and “silent indifference.” of selfishness, indifference and “The breath of God’s life sets piety devoid of sincerity, Pope us free from the asphyxia that so Francis said. often we fail to notice or become “Lent is the time to say no to so used to that it seems normal, the asphyxia born of relationships even when its effects are felt,” the that exclude, that try to find God pope said. while avoiding the wounds of The lenten season, he contin - Christ present in the wounds of ued, is a “time for saying no” to his brothers and sisters,” the pope the asphyxia caused by superficial said March 1 during an Ash and simplistic analyses that “fail Wednesday mass. to grasp the complexity of prob - Pope Francis celebrated the lems” of those who suffer most. mass after making the traditional “Lent is the time to say no to Ash Wednesday procession from the asphyxia of a prayer that the Benedictine monastery of St. soothes our conscience, of an Anselm to the Dominican-run almsgiving that leaves us self-sat - Basilica of Santa Sabina on isfied, of a fasting that makes us Rome’s Aventine Hill. feel good,” the pope said. After receiving ashes on top of Instead, Pope Francis said, Lent his head from Cardinal Jozef CNS/Haring is a time for Christians to remem - Tomko, titular cardinal of the POPE CELEBRATES ASH WEDNESDAY — Pope Francis walks in procession from St. Anselm ber God’s mercy and “not the time basilica, the pope distributed Benedictine monastery to celebrate Ash Wednesday mass at the Basilica of Santa Sabina in Rome March 1. to rend our garments before evil ashes to the cardinals, his closest but rather make room in our life aides, some Benedictines and lenten “station church” pilgrim - The church’s lenten journey a path: It leads to the triumph of for the good we are able to do.” Dominicans. age in Rome. toward the celebration of Christ’s mercy over all that would crush “Lent is the time to start breath - He also distributed ashes to a Lent, he said, is a time to say passion, death and resurrection is us or reduce us to something ing again. It is the time to open our family and to two members of the “no” to “all those forms of spiritu - made on a road “leading from unworthy of our dignity as God’s hearts to the breath of the One Pontifical Academy for Martyrs, ality that reduce the faith to a ghet - slavery to freedom” and “from children.” capable of turning our dust into which promotes the traditional to culture, a culture of exclusion.” suffering to joy,” he said. “Lent is The ashes, while a symbol of humanity,” the pope said. Faith can’t grow without temptation, pope tells Rome priests

By Junno Arocho Esteves maturity that cannot progress How faith develops in “a man, faith, the pope said, priests run also strengthened through hope, without the presence of tempta - in a priest” despite his flaws can the risk of remaining immature which helps priests to “find new ROME (CNS) — Faith is a tions, Pope Francis told priests of be seen in St. Peter, the pope said and living priestly life “halfway.” things” from their past to en coun ter continuing path of growth and the Diocese of Rome. March 2 as he led a meditation “And we priests, if we do not God in those they are called to with diocesan and religious clergy. have a mature faith capable of help. “One thing is clear: Tempta tion generating faith in others — that “Faith is knowing how to see in is always present in the life of is, fatherhood — we can do harm the face of the poor you meet today, Simon Peter and temptation is and so much evil. But if faith the same Lord who will come to always present in our lives. More - grows, it does so much good,” the judge us according to the protocol over, without temptation, you can - pope said, departing from his pre - of Matthew 25, ‘What ever you did not progress in faith. In the ‘Our pared remarks. for one of these least brothers of Father,’ we ask for the grace to not Faith, he continued, must be mine, you did for me.’ ’’ fall but not to not be tempted,” he nourished by three important To understand the past and sus - said. components: memory, rooted in tain hope for the future, he added, The meeting, held at the Ba - the faith of the church and “the discernment in the present is im- sili ca of St. John Lateran, was faith of our fathers”; hope, which portant and it often involves taking delayed for roughly 45 minutes as sustains faith; and “discernment a step back to see the bigger pic - Pope Francis heard the confes - of the present moment.” ture. sions of a dozen priests, accord - These three components, how - Priests, however, often have the ing to the Vatican press office. ever, hinge on a “fixed point.” The “insidious temptation” of “sterile Greeted with a warm applause pope gave the example of a bas - pessimism,” which seeks to resolve CNS/ L’Osservatore Romano by the priests, the pope said that ketball player who, with his foot matters quickly and often gives in POPE MEETS ROME PRIESTS — Pope Francis addresses priests of he would not read his entire med - firmly “pinned to the ground,” to the “evil spirit of defeat.” the Diocese of Rome during a meeting at the Basilica of St. John itation and instead focus on key moves to either protect the ball, An example of a progression in Lateran in Rome March 2. The Vatican said Pope Francis spent about aspects of his talk, titled, “The find a way to pass it or look for a faith through memory, hope and 45 minutes hearing confessions, offering the sacrament to a dozen progress of faith in priestly life.” path toward the basket. discernment, he said, is the apostle priests before beginning his talk. Without a continual growth in “For us, that foot pinned to the Peter, a man who is a “para dox” in ground, around which we pivot, is that Jesus would often extol the the cross of Christ,” the pope said. virtues of others while Peter was Mary not present in Medjugorje: bishop “Faith — the progress and growth often reproached for his lack of of faith — is always based on the faith. By Cindy Wooden them once a year now. sion’s report in 2014. cross, on the scandal of the cross.” Peter’s faith, however, is “faith Peric noted that a diocesan com - Many observers believe Pope Memory, he explained, feeds that is tested,” and through that VATICAN CITY (CNS) — mission studied the alleged appari - Francis appointed his envoy in and nourishes faith, particularly he has the mission of confirming “The Virgin Mary has not appeared tions in 1982 - 1984 and again in Feb ruary to study the pastoral the memory of the “covenant the the faith of the disciples and the in Medjugorje,” said Bishop Ratko 1984 - 1986 with more members; needs of the town and the pil - Lord has made with us” through church today. Peric of Mostar-Duvno, the dio - and the then-Yugoslavian bishops’ grims in preparation for releasing parents and grandparents. At key moments in his life, the cese in Bosnia-Herzegovina, which conference studied them from 1987 a judgment on the alleged appari - Speaking off-the-cuff, the pope continued, Peter is strength - includes Medjugorje. to 1990. All three commissions tions. pope recalled a retreat when he ened in his faith. Jesus “prays for Two weeks after the Vatican concluded that it could not be The position of the Diocese of found it difficult to be touched by him so that his weakness, and announced Pope Francis was send - affirmed that a supernatural event Mostar-Duvno “for this entire the preacher’s meditation on even his sin, is transformed into a ing a Polish archbishop to study was occurring in the town. period has been clear and resolute: death and the final judgment. grace” for him and for all. the pastoral needs of the townspeo - The six young people contin - these are not real apparitions of At that moment, he said, “I re - Not following the example of ple and the thousands of pilgrims ued to claim to see Mary and the Blessed Virgin Mary,” Peric membered a writing my grand - Peter, the pope said, “a priest or a who flock to Medjugorje each receive messages from her and wrote in his statement, which was mother had on her nightstand: ‘Be bishop who does not feel he is a year, Peric posted his statement tens of thousands of pilgrims vis - posted in Croatian and Italian. careful, God is watching you. Think sinner, who does not confess, Feb. 26 on his diocesan website. ited the town — and the alleged Some people, he said, believe that you will die and you do not who is closed in himself, does not Three of the six young peo - visionaries — each year. Pope the apparitions were real at least at know when.’ And in that mo ment, I progress in faith.” ple who originally claimed to Benedict XVI established a com - the beginning — perhaps for the could pray and go forward. It was Pope Francis explained that have seen Mary in Medjugorje mission that worked from 2010 first week — but that the young (my) roots that opened the way. A the devil’s greatest temptation in June 1981 say she continues to 2014; and the Congregation people continued to claim to see Christian always progresses from was to instil in Peter the idea that to appear to them each day; the for the Doctrine of the Faith and hear Mary “for other reasons, the root. Do not forget your roots.” he was “not worthy to be Jesus’ other three say Mary appears to began looking at that commis - most of which are not religious.” Pope Francis said that faith is friend because he betrayed him.” March 8, 2017 CANADIAN NEWS Prairie Messenger 3 Canadian bishops have date with Pope Francis

By Michael Swan Francis as bishop of Hamilton. ment or condescension, knowing The Catholic Register “First of all it’s a spiritual that we ourselves are sinners who experience,” said Crosby. “We have received mercy.” TORONTO (CCN) — Atlantic will celebrate mass there and pray Amoris Laetitia was issued last Canada bishops will lead off two for our dioceses and renew our April and the Canadian Conference months of visits to Rome which spiritual connection and our spiri - of Catholic Bishops didn’t have will see all of Canada’s active tual commitment to the work of time to come up with a consensus bishops participate in ad limina the Apostles. interpretation of the document for meetings with a pope for the first “We’ll be discussing the big its fall plenary meetings, Crosby time since 2006. questions that face us as a church in said. More time will be devoted to The visits will help Canada’s Canada, the questions of assisted study of the document this fall, he bishops develop national pastoral suicide and how we respond to said. responses to two thorny issues, that,” said Crosby. “I don’t think the The experience of Chile’s divorced and civilly remarried conference is divided on this. I think bishops at their February ad limi - Catholics, and Catholics who the conference is trying to find its na visits may indicate Pope choose legal assisted suicide, said way in a new pastoral reality.” Francis is doing things different - Bishop Douglas Crosby, president One thing Mancini doesn’t ly. Instead of a single formal of the Canadian bishops conference. expect from the meetings is in- Catholic Register meeting between the pope and the Halifax-Yarmouth Archbishop structions on how to solve prob - bishops at which bishops would ROME MEETINGS BEGIN — Atlantic Canada bishops (led by Anthony Mancini will lead the lems in Canada. Halifax-Yarmouth Archbishop Anthony Mancini) will lead off two present a summary of their chal - At lantic Episcopal Assembly be - “You know, we’re not branch months of visits to Rome which will see all of Canada’s active bishops lenges and hopes to which the ginning March 7. Ad limina apos - managers,” Mancini said. participate in ad limina meetings with a pope for the first time since pope would formally respond, tolorum (“to the threshold of the Pope Francis has emphasized 2006. Bishops from the Assembly of Western Catholic Bishops meet Pope Francis has added a second, Apostles”) visits are usually the teaching and effectiveness of March 27 to April 2. less formal meeting. The pope scheduled once every five years, national bishops’ conferences and gathered the Chilean bishops in a but were held back in the later groupings of conferences in all a last confession or a mass of riage, nor any new teaching about circle around him for one session. years of Pope Benedict XVI and his important documents. The Christian burial after choosing whether an objective state of sin “As we were seated around the early years of Pope Francis. message has been that co-opera - assisted suicide. As of yet, there bars Catholics from receiving the him,” Bishop Juan Ignacio “We will come back with a tion among bishops who share a are no national guidelines. eucharist. Priests are asked to Gonzalez of San Bernardo told message of encouragement and common cultural and civil con - Similarly, following the publica - encourage divorced Catholics to the Catholic News Service, “the support,” Mancini told The text should be the first tool bish - tion of Amoris Laetitia , there is no apply to a marriage tribunal for pope — in his Argentine manner Catholic Register. “That’s really ops reach for when faced with a national position on how and when an annulment before going to of speaking — told us: ‘Well, the the spiritual reason for this exer - problem, said Mancini. to use a process of shared discern - communion. But the guidelines soccer ball is in the centre. cise — to experience our interior “It’s not a matter of seeking ment and the internal forum before also encourage pastors to share in Whoever wants to and is brave connectedness, our relationships permissions (from Rome),” Crosby re-admitting divorced and remar - their parishioners’ struggles, enough, give it a kick.’ ” with each other as brother bish - said. “There is a sharing of the life ried Catholics to communion. The including their failures. The ad limina essentials are ops along with the Holy Father. of the diocese. There is question - Archdiocese of Ottawa and the “It means welcoming and lov - “fresh enthusiasm and a spiritual He has an opportunity to do his ing about particular issues, if you Military Ordinariate of Canada last ing people where they are at, no renewal,” said Crosby. “They are job, which is to be the source of want. But the work of the dicaster - month adopted guidelines for dis - matter how sinful and disordered things you need, we all need, at unity for the whole thing.” ies (Vatican departments) is like cernment and the use of the internal their lives might be,” Bishop Scott all times.” Crosby will be making his supporting the brothers.” forum that were first published by McCaig of the Military Ordi - With files from Deborah third ad limina visit, having met Bishops in Atlantic Canada, the bishops of Alberta and the nariate wrote in a message to his Gyapong and the Catholic News St. John Paul II as a young bishop Quebec and Western Canada have Northwest Territories. priests. “We do this without judg - Service. from Labrador-Schefferville, issued guidelines to priests should These guidelines stress there is Pope Benedict XVI as bishop of they be faced with Catholics ask - no new teaching about the perma - Supreme Court agrees to St. George’s, Nfld., and now Pope ing for the sacrament of the sick, nence of the sacrament of mar - hear religious freedom case New mosque welcomed in Regina By Deborah Gyapong lar,” Schutten said. By Frank Flegel “We are pleased that leave was OTTAWA (CCN) — Trinity granted in this case so it can pro - REGINA — Regina’s recently Western University will have the ceed to be heard at the Supreme constructed Ahmadiyya opportunity to defend its religious Court of Canada,” said Bob Kuhn, Mahmood Mosque stands out in freedom and pro-traditional mar - President of Trinity Western Uni - east Regina, surrounded by riage community covenant before versity, in a Feb. 23 release. hotels, retail outlets and nearby the Supreme Court of Canada. “We believe that the court will residents, all of whom appear to On Feb. 20 Canada’s highest protect the TWU religious com - welcome the Ahmadiyya Muslim court granted the private evangeli - munity, based on last year’s ruling community in their midst. cal Christian University leave to of the British Columbia Court of “Even while it was being built, appeal the Ontario Court of Appeal and the 2001 Supreme people from around here were Appeal’s ruling that sided with the Court of Canada decision involv - bringing us hot meals,” said Law Society of Upper Canada’s ing Trinity Western University’s Imam Zeeshan Ahmed in an decision to refuse accreditation to School of Education.” interview with the Prairie graduates of Trinity Western’s pro - The Supreme Court also grant - Messenger . posed law school. ed leave to appeal the British The local community also Though the Ontario Court of Columbia Court of Appeal deci - showed its support following the Appeal recognized that the Law sion that ruled against the Law shooting in Quebec that occurred Society’s decision infringed on Society of British Columbia’s while that community was in Trinity Western’s religious free - refusal to accredit future students. prayer. “We had more than 200, dom, it said the infringement was The court will hear these two mostly non-Muslims, when we Frank Flegel reasonable in light of the society’s appeals simultaneously. opened the doors and invited REGINA MOSQUE — Regina’s Ahmadiyya Mahmood Mosque is the statutory obligations to protect the At issue is Trinity Western’s everyone in,” said the imam. only purpose-built mosque in Canada. public interest. community covenant that all fac - Non-Muslims continue to “This will be the biggest reli - ulty and students must sign. come, he said — in fewer num - practise their religion in that accompanied the caliph from gious freedom case of definitely Among the covenant’s require - bers, but they come, and “some country. Because of this previ - London, England. the decade and possibly of the next ments is a promise to refrain from pray with us or pray on their ous experience, he was particu - Ahmed pointed out that half-century,” said constitutional all sexual activity outside of tradi - own.” He pointed out that often larly pleased with the welcome Ahmadis are not part of the main - lawyer André Schutten, the Asso ci - tional marriage. people staying at the hotels near - shown his community by people stream Muslim community: “We ation for Reformed Political Action The covenant prompted the by the mosque will come and ask in Regina. are a sect of Islam, and our motto is, (ARPA) Canada’s legal counsel British Columbia College of for a tour. “We welcome all.” The Mahmood Mosque was ‘Love for All, Hatred for None.’ ” and director of law and policy. Teach ers to block accreditation of The imam also commented officially opened in October 2016 The imam is proud of the “This goes beyond just the graduates of Trinity Western’s that, as far as he was concerned, by the world leader of the Mahmood mosque which is the individual right to religious free - teacher’s college on grounds the the Quebec shooting was not just Ahmadiyya Jama’at, Caliph first and only purpose-built dom, to now talking about the community covenant is discrimina - an attack on Muslims: “It was an Mirza Masroor Ahmad. mosque in Canada. Other mosques right for an institution, for a com - tory against the LGBT community. attack on Canada and the freedom “We were very humbled to are in repurposed buildings. It was munity of believers together to be That case was fought all the way to and values that we all hold dear.” have him here with us for our built over a two-year span entirely able to identify, to associate and the Supreme Court where the teach - The imam’s father had to opening,” said Ahmed. His with volunteer labour. Ahmed said to profess a particular belief about ers’ college won in an 8-1 decision take his family and flee Pakistan Friday homily that day was it cost the community $1.2 million a deeply held conviction about in 2001. in 1990 because Ahmadis are broadcast to over 200 countries to build and it has a value of over their religion, in this case about persecuted and not allowed to by a satellite service TV crew that $10 million. marriage and sexuality in particu - — HOPE , page 5 4 Prairie Messenger CANADIAN NEWS March 8, 2017 Violence in Congo leaves Catholics reeling

By Michael Swan down, an indescribable The Catholic Register chaos that one of our broth - ers of St. Domi nic priory of TORONTO (CCN) — Congo - Kinshasa compared to the lese Catholics in Toronto are in scene of the first book of shock as they learn about politi - Maccabees,” said a report cally motivated attacks on Catho- on the Order of Preachers lic churches and schools in their website. majority-Catholic homeland. A similar attack took Members of the African Cath - place at the Oblate Fathers olic Community at Holy Name residence in Kinshasa. Parish in Toronto’s Greektown Pamphlets have been found neighbourhood offered prayers around Kinshasa that call for the people of the Democratic for the destruction of Republic of the Congo during Catholic schools and their Feb. 19 mass and discussed churches. the situation at length after the Cardinal Laurent service. Monsengwo Pasinya called “Everyone in Congo is cry - the attacks a deliberate ing. We are all crying. You can attempt to “ruin” the Con - know that the Congolese are golese Catholic bishop’s crying,” African Catholic mission of peace and rec - Community organizer Cleophas onciliation. Leke told The Catholic Register . With the support of “For me to see video of people Congo’s national bishops’ destroying St. Dominic Parish in conference, Pasinya has CNS/Aaron Ross, Reuters Kinshasa where I used to go and personally brokered talks VIOLENCE IN CONGO — Displaced people are seen outside their shelters in the Congolese village of Karukwat. pray and sing in the choir, where between the government Politically motivated attacks on Catholic schools and churches have alarmed Congolese Catholics in Canada. my niece and nephew were bap - of Laurent Kabila and tized and received their first opposition parties. The deal During this transition year the whose headquarters are just down suaded the police to turn a blind communion.” would see Kabila gradually step main opposition party would the street from St. Dominic’s eye. Attacks on Catholic institutions away from the presidency. name the prime minister. The bal - Church. “They are trying to play politi - began with arson at the Malole Kabila’s second term in office ance of power shifted dramatical - In Toronto, Leke isn’t buying cal games with the church. Major Seminary in Kananga, 1,000 officially ended Dec. 20, but ly when opposition leader Etienne those rumours. President Kabila’s side is accus - km east of the capital city, Kin - Kabila has been demanding a Tshisekedi died unexpectedly “It cannot be the young people ing the Catholic Church of mis - shasa. Then, around 5 a.m. Feb. change in the constitution to while undergoing medical treat - from the opposition. It cannot be leading the Congolese,” Leke 19, a gang invaded the sanctuary of allow him to run for a third ment in Brussels. With the oppo - that,” he said. said. St. Dominic’s, the Dominican term. sition weakened, Kabila’s party Leke believes there would Kabila may also be courting the parish in Kinshasa. They over - The church-brokered negotia - no longer sees the need for com - have to have been police co-oper - support of Congo’s growing Pent- turned the altar and destroyed the tions ended in a Dec. 31 agree - promise. ation to stage a daylight attack on e costal and independent Prot estant tabernacle, then broke up the ment which would see Kabila Rumours blamed the attacks a church and only Kabila’s Churches, said Rev. Bruno benches. remain in power through 2017, on the opposition Union for De - People’s Party for Reconstruction Kesangana, the Capuchin Francis- “They left the church upside with fresh elections in the fall. mocracy and Social Progress, and Democracy could have per - can pastor of San Nicola di Bari Parish on Bloor Street in Toronto. Congo’s population is still about Boersma speaks on nature, real presence at lecture 50 per cent Catholic, but in the large cities the Pente costal move - By Glen Argan Catholic theology prior to the thought it would be.” arbitrary, supernatural interven - ment has grown rapidly. Special to the Prairie Messenger Second Vatican Council, howev - Boersma focused one of his tion from above” and is uncon - “Pentecostal leadership played er, tended to draw a line separat - talks on the mid-20th century nected with the reality of the no part in negotiating the deal for EDMONTON — A deeper un - ing supernatural, spiritual things, Catholic theologian Henri de church. a democratic transition. There are derstanding of the intertwining of such as grace and the sacraments, Lubac, whose view that every - Augustine reflected on 1 some jealous churches pushing nature and the supernatural can from ordinary, everyday things, thing visible on earth is enmeshed Corinthians 10:17 — “Because other people to vandalize the provide insights that will bring he said. with heavenly realities was highly there is one bread, we who are Catholic Church, just to show The issue of God’s real pres - influential at Vatican II. many are one body, for we all par - that they don’t agree,” said ence lies at the heart of many De Lubac wrote mere decades take of the one bread” — and main - Kesangana. issues dividing Catholics and after Pope Leo XIII had held up tained that through the eucharistic With his churches, schools and Protestants, said Boersma, who Thomistic theology and philoso - body, the Holy Spirit forms us into priests threatened, Pasinya is call - delivered the Anthony Jordan phy as the glory of the Catholic the body of the church. ing on politicians to start behav - Lecture Series March 3 - 4. The faith. De Lubac understood this to ing like responsible leaders. series is sponsored by Newman Aquinas’ 20th-century disci - mean that the eucharist makes the “We are asking each one of Theological College and the ples held to a strict separation church, Boersma said. “The goal them to demonstrate wisdom, Oblates of Mary Immaculate. between grace and nature, of the celebration of a sacrament restraint and the spirit of democ - The question is whether real Boersma said. Grace was under - is the unity or communion of the racy to resolve the issue regard - presence is inherent in the every - stood as extrinsic to nature until church.” ing the designation of a prime day world or whether it is added God “super-added” it. In the 11th and 12th centuries, minister,” Pasinya said in a state - to the world by arbitrary divine De Lubac, however, went to this was turned around and the ment. actions. the Church Fathers and found a eucharist began to be seen as the For Toronto’s growing Con - According to Boersma, the different understanding. While real body and the church as the golese community, it’s difficult to Fathers of the Church, who wrote the neo-Thomists spoke of tran - mystical body. watch these events from half a from the second through the mid- substantiation in the eucharist — De Lubac, Boersma said, world away, said Leke. seventh centuries, saw nature as that the bread and wine are trans - longed for the days when the “Let me tell you, we are all imbued with the presence of formed into Christ’s body and eucharist was seen as pointing affected,” he said. “It’s unbeliev - Christ while the followers of St. blood — the greatest of the away from itself to the Body of able. We could not believe that Thomas Aquinas (Thomists) saw Church Fathers, St. Augustine, Christ, the church. could happen in my country.” grace and Christ’s presence as “says something rather different.” “It seems to me that both something added to nature. For Augustine, those who Protestants and Catholics do well Glen Argan Boersma’s talks gave an ecu - receive Christ’s body in the eu - to listen carefully to de Lubac,” Dr. Hans Boersma menical perspective on real pres - charist are transformed into the said the Vancouver theologian. De To advertise in the ence, examining how such pres - Body of Christ, the church. “He Lubac sought a middle path be- Catholics and Protestants closer ence has been understood in Scrip- says, ‘You become the Body of tween the Protestants’ complete Prairie together, says a Christian Reformed ture, the eucharist and the church. Christ; you become what you separation of symbols and reality theologian from Vancouver. Protestants can be challenged eat.’ ” and the neo-Thomist Catholics’ Messenger “Nature is never strictly or by talk of real presence and have The symbols function as sacra - strict unification of sign and reality. call purely natural,” said Dr. Hans a sense they are entering a differ - mentum, which “point to and The Church Fathers, in de Boersma, a systematic theologian ent world, one “with a Catholic share in a reality much greater Lubac’s view, had an approach in 306-682-1772 at Regent College and author of feel,” he said. than themselves.” which, nature and the supernatur - or fax several books on the Fathers of Catholics too can be un- In contrast, Boersma said, for al, historical and spiritual interpre - 306-682-5285 the Church. “God is always pre - nerved when they enter the the neo-Thomists the symbol tations of the Bible, sacrament and email: sent, really present, sacramentally world of the early church and does not just participate in super - reality “were intertwined in a way [email protected] present with his gracious purpos - learn “the real presence that they natural reality, but is totally iden - that regularly eludes us in the es within the natural world.” find isn’t al ways what they tified with it. 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By Agnieszka Krawczynski important things to do,” Chance encounters in airports The B.C. Catholic the man had written. have also taught him about such “I’m sure you don’t moments. Sartain has talked to a VANCOUVER (CCN) — The remember that today is the homesick, fallen-away Catholic law profession needs people who day you married my wife who cried at the sight of his Roman understand the dignity and sa cred - and me 25 years ago. That collar, and prayed the Psalms with ness of human beings, says Arch- was a normal day for you, a Jewish woman whose husband bishop Peter Sartain of Seattle. way back then, too, but I had just committed suicide. “We never know, when we en - want you to know that it “Having been in this business counter people day to day, what’s was the most important for the last 40 years, I’m convinced going on in their hearts, their minds, day in our lives, and we that what the world needs now, and their families,” he told about will never forget it.” more than anything else, are peo - 100 lawyers, judges, and guests at a Sartain was deeply ple like you and I who strive our reception at the Termi nal City Club moved. “I’ve celebrated very best to be class acts,” he said. in Vancouver Feb. 16. hundreds of weddings, Lawyers, priests, and all “Nor can we assume some - B.C. Catholic/Agnieszka Krawczynski probably thousands of Chris tians should recognize the thing that for us is routine and not GUEST SPEAKER — Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB, of Vancouver (left) baptisms, and tens of inherent value of each person very difficult and have worked sits with keynote speaker Archbishop Peter Sartain of Seattle at a reception for thousands of confirma - they meet and serve, listening and through for years and years, is lawyers, judges and guests after the sixth annual Red Mass in Vancouver. tions. I’ve heard thou - encouraging every person, no easy for someone else.” sands and thousands of matter the routine circumstances Seemingly routine moments cuss with us, is the most impor - moment in his or her life.” confessions in the past 40 years,” they find themselves in. demand for respect, honesty, and tant thing on their plate right now. That principle applies to he said. “A class act is someone for a smile, said Sartain. Leave the This day is not even close to rou - priests, elected officials, and other “Each of those took place on a whom the highest value is the soul sarcasm and prejudice at home. tine for them,” he continued. professionals, too. Sartain said he day that was a normal day for me, in front of me, created and deeply “Everyone here has a daily “Each of them is the most learned this valuable lesson after filled with typical routine as a loved by God, filled with potential routine. But (for) the people who important person in the world to us he received an email from a man parish priest or a bishop. But each for virtue and greatness, a father, a come to us, often the step they’re at that moment and each deserves he hadn’t seen in 25 years. of those days may very well have mother, a son, a sister, or a broth - about to take in our presence, or the respect afforded to anyone “Today is probably a normal been, for those that I served, the er, who to someone else means the matter they’re about to dis - going through the most important day for you, filled with lots of most important day of their life.” the world and to someone at home might very well be a hero.” Sartain, in Vancouver for the Luke 15 House in Vancouver celebrates silver jubilee first time, was the keynote speak - er at the sixth annual Red Mass, By Josh Tng When a fire gutted the first brothers in need.” Allan Ammerlaan. Markin had an event organized by the St. The B.C. Catholic residence on Kingsway in 2005, The archbishop thanked the been in jail for attempted robbery Thomas More Catholic Lawyers’ the residence moved to Surrey. home’s staff, board members, vol - to fuel his drug addiction. There Guild. The mass and reception VANCOUVER (CCN) — “When I started the job (in unteers and friends “for their ded - he got to know his cellmate, who bring together law professionals Despite impossible odds, a Lower 2008), I thought we had to close ication to this beautiful corporal had previously attended the for an evening of prayer and Mainland residence for prison it down,” Vincent admitted. work of mercy.” halfway home. socializing once a year. parolees has celebrated its 25th “Everywhere we turned there was The success of Luke 15 House, “At this point in my life, there Before he spoke at the dinner, anniversary. a problem. We had no money, no named for the Gospel of Luke’s was no hope,” recounted Markin. Sartain joined Archbishop J. “It’s really a milestone I never donors, and couldn’t hire a lawyer Parable of the Lost Sheep, embold - The man had been kicked out of Michael Miller, CSB, and several thought I would see happen,” said to deal with various legal issues. I ened Vincent about the home’s Luke 15 House, but was insistent priests at the altar to celebrate Nigel Vincent, the executive direc - just wanted the house to survive.” future. “We turn away five or six Ammerlaan “was a great guy,” urg - mass at Holy Rosary Cathedral. tor of Luke 15 House. “I never The house did continue to sur - people everyday,” he noted. “We ing Markin to give the home a call. “What you must strive for in ever believed Luke 15 would vive and thrive as time went on. are filled to capacity, so maybe it’s Am merlaan agreed to take your professional lives as servants reach 25 years, but with God’s “Now it’s a tremendous house for time to start a new home.” Markin into the home and showed of the law is to think and act as grace the impossible happened.” healing for men who come from He observed the demographic of up for Markin’s next court hear - the Lord himself would have you On Feb. 18, Luke 15 House dark places. It’s snowballed into a men suffering from addiction and ing. “I had never heard of him or do,” Miller said during his homily. staff, participants and guests cele - thriving and beautiful ministry,” seeking aid has shifted over the last Luke 15 before, and he didn’t “This is no easy task. Many brated the occasion with mass and said Vincent. decade. “We are getting high school know me at all either,” Markin people hold that distinctively dinner at St. Mary’s Parish, Van - In his homily at the mass, students calling us,” said Vincent. said. “(Ammerlaan) showed up at Christian values are all very fine couver. “God saw us through every Archbishop J. Michael Miller, “Younger people are admitting they my hearing, addressed the judge as long as they remain in the difficulty,” said Vincent. “We had CSB, called Luke 15 House “a have a problem. With addiction on my behalf, and the next thing I realm of high-sounding rhetoric nothing! But we were able to go point of light and hope for its res - most people are in denial. If some - know, I’m getting out!” and private devotion. But when it through those difficult times and idents who sincerely desire to one is 16 - 18, calling to tell us they The deep faith Markin wit - comes to attitudes and norms that reach this silver jubilee.” turn their lives around with the need help, that just shows how seri - nessed at Luke 15 House deeply might influence the common The society first began in help of God’s grace. ous the issue is. It’s certainly in the moved him, and he soon began good and the execution of justice, Burnaby in 1992, when prison “In a culture which is often cards to expand the ministry his road to recovery. Markin now they would exile Christ ianity parolee Allan Ammerlaan and harsh and unforgiving, Luke 15 because the need is so great.” directs eight homes for troubled from the public life of our democ - several volunteers decided to help shines out as an authentic beacon Peter Markin, a former execu - youth with his wife Catherine. ratic, pluralist society.” released offenders return to soci - of God’s love, and of what can be tive director of the home, spoke ety and find hope through Chris- accomplished when generous about his experiences with the Campaign launched March 1 tian values. people open their hearts to their home and its creator, the late

Continued from page 1 Haiti, Colombia and Syria, repre - sentatives of Development and Hope remains court will reaffirm decision impact on communities,” said Peace partner organizations who Hess. “When you focus on women will visit parishes across Canada Continued from page 3 already made in the B.C. Teachers “People forget that every pri - and girls, when you put money to talk about their work. College case against Trinity vate organization discriminates there, it trickles up.” As part of the international “For the state to say through Western University,” said constitu - against people who disagree with Catholic feminism has to begin Caritas network of over 160 their law societies, ‘We will not tional lawyer John Carpay, presi - that organization’s beliefs and with a poor woman working in a Catholic humanitarian organiza - recognize you as professionals dent of the Justice Centre for goals and practices.” field in Bolivia, a refugee woman tions, Development and Peace has even though we fully admit you Constitutional Freedoms. “It’s a bit ridiculous to pretend taking her children from Syria based its campaign on a May make fully competent lawyers in “It’s scary,” Carpay said. we are living in a world where into Lebanon, a Filipina demand - 2016 prayer by Pope Francis “that this case’ this could be expanded “There’s a vicious intolerance there Vancouver’s gay soccer team called ing basic sanitation and education in all countries of the world, to medical doctors, social workers for Christian morality and for the Out for Kicks must welcome for her children, said Hess. women may be honoured and and teachers,” said Schutten. freedom of people to live in a com - Muslims, Orthodox Jews or evan - “We (Catholics) can talk about respected and highly esteemed for “Basically what the state has munity of their own choosing with gelical Christians who want to go the fact that Our Lady appeared to their essential contribution to said, even though we fully admit a voluntary code of conduct for into that environment and preach indigenous peasant folk in society.” you are completely competent, we those who choose to belong to the that gay sex is sinful,” said Carpay. Mexico,” said Hess. “She is just The campaign officially are going to say because of your community while studying law.” “Every organization discrimi - like Jesus, hanging out with peo - launched March 1. In many parts religious beliefs we will not rec - “The law societies are OK with nates against those who disagree ple who are marginalized and vul - of the country, Development and ognize your credentials,” Schutten individuals practising traditional with it. That’s what a free society nerable. It’s not just about being Peace members will be invited said. “That to me is a very scary moral beliefs about sexuality as is all about. It’s about your free - reminded. It’s about recognizing during Sunday masses on April 2 proposition and I hope that it will individuals, there is no bar on dom to connect with other people that there we find the heart of the to appeal for contributions to a be roundly and soundly defeated those people becoming lawyers, and create your own church, your Gospel.” special Share Lent collection. at the Supreme Court of Canada.” and yet when these very same indi - own charity, your own mosque, The Share Lent tradition of The Archdiocese of Toronto’s “It’s an important national ques - viduals live together in community, your own temple, your own bas - poor people telling their own sto - contribution to Development and tion and hopefully, the Supreme the law society says, “Oh that’s not ketball league, your own art appre - ries will be carried forward in this Peace is determined by the board Court will reaffirm the decision it acceptable,’ ” Carpay said. ciation society, what have you.” year’s campaign by visitors from of its ShareLife campaign. 6 Prairie Messenger LOCAL NEWS March 8, 2017 Catholic Schools Day focuses on reconciliation

By James Buchok lot has changed in 30 years,” Catholic Church in Canada if we Chatlain said, recalling the his - listen to each other,” Chatlain WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s toric visit of St. Pope John Paul II said. “Plan to be a part of this Catholic schools dedicated to Fort Simpson, N.W.T., in 1987. work of reconciliation.” Catholic Schools Day 2017 to Smudging is another way of Rosella Kinoshameg, a mem - The Call to Reconciliation, in “respecting and honouring in- ber of the Canadian Catholic response to Canada’s Truth and digenous spirituality,” Chatlain Aboriginal Council of the CCCB, Reconciliation report that calls said, encouraging all to visit is a former residential school stu - for schools to teach about the role Winnipeg’s St. Kateri Tekakwitha dent. She is Odawa/Ojibwa from of churches in residential schools. Aboriginal Catholic Church for the Wikwemikong Unceded First Archbishop Murray Chatlain an in-person experience. Nation in Ontario and has been a of Keewatin-Le Pas asked the The TRC also calls for the pope nurse for 48 years in First Nations audience of hundreds of educa - to deliver an apology for past communities and serves on the tors to think of just one of the church abuses in residential board of directors of the Ottawa- TRC’s 94 Calls to Action “that schools. “In an Aboriginal com - based Canadian Indigenous you can work on.” munity, family is everything and Nurses Association. The conference took place in that context they are looking for “We went to church by boat Feb. 17 at St. Mary’s Academy in the church father to make an apol - and packed a lunch; in winter it Winnipeg and began with a ogy,” Chatlain said. He said the was in a horse and wagon,” she smudge and drumming ceremony Canadian Conference of Catholic said. “We respected the plants with a representative from each Bishops has made such a request and animals and our elders.” James Buchok Manitoba Catholic school coming of Pope Francis but he doesn’t Then came the residential CATHOLIC SCHOOLS DAY — Manitoba’s Catholic Schools Day forward for smudging. expect it will happen in 2017. schools. 2017 dealt with The Call to Reconciliation. Speakers included “The drum is an instrument of Chatlain said while it is vital “We weren’t taught about our Archbishop Murray Chatlain of Keewatin-Le Pas (right) and Rosella prayer,” said Chatlain, whose vast that schools teach the true history own people, we were forbidden to Kinoshameg. On the left is superintendent of Manitoba Catholic archdiocese covers northern of Aboriginals in Canada, adults speak our own language.” Schools Robert Praznik. Saskatchewan, Manitoba and remain ignorant of the subject. Two of her sisters were there Ontario, and is home to 40,000 “We are working in seminary to too, but they were all separated. ational trauma, alcoholism and spirituality. Listen to my old sto - First Nations and Métis include a component of under - “It was to break the links with violence within families of those ries of wisdom and love. Let us Catholics. But, he said, it was standing Aboriginal history,” and, cultures and identity. They didn’t taken to the schools as children move forward with safety. Let us once illegal to participate in the he admitted, “I grew up knowing succeed. I didn’t see then, but it who later became parents. commit to walking together.” Sun Dance, a drum ceremony that next to nothing about Aboriginal was a world dominated by fear She said healing will take Afternoon sessions dealt with: brings a community together to people. We need to address that in and lack of affection.” “awareness, sensitivity, respect Truth and Reconciliation Archives, pray for healing. “Some priests a positive way.” Kinoshameg said the experi - and listening. “ She said there is which are housed at the National burned the drum,” he said. “But a “We’ll be stronger as a ence was unleashed in intergener - no indigenous word for reconcili - Centre for Truth and Reconciliation ation, “but there are many sym - at the University of Manitoba; bols and cultural practices to Aboriginal Art and Symbolism; Rossbrook House hosts immigrants, refugees restore harmony and make Integration of Indigenous and peace.” Catholic Spirituality; Participating By Sherry Rasmussen Kinoshameg said those who in Aboriginal Traditional Rites; the and James Buchok feel like victims “need to open Kairos Blanket Exercise; and a pre - the door of possibilities, not look sentation on Missing and Murdered WINNIPEG — The youth, back at that long, dark hallway. “ Indigenous Women with Kyle staff and kids who attend “Accept me as I am,” she said. Irvin, co-creator of the Aboriginal- Winnipeg’s Rossbrook House, an “Respect my beliefs. Respect my owned Eagle Vision television and inner city drop-in centre, have a sacred ceremonies. Respect my film production company. message for their newcomer friends in the neighbourhood: Human resources issues we’re happy you’re here and win - ter really can be fun — let’s expe - must be addressed rience that fun together. That message was delivered at the first annual Cold City, Warm By Kiply Lukan Yaworski istry and leadership to this new Hearts Winter Party, Feb. 25 at role of assisting the diocese with FortWhyte Alive, a conservation SASKATOON — “Here is the all matters relating to employment area and nature activity centre in church, here is the steeple; open and employee management. southwest Winnipeg. the door and see all the people.” Employees of the Diocese of “Given some of the sad occur - With that simple childhood fin - Saskatoon include anyone hired in rences in our country and the ger play, Patrick J. Clarke summa - any of the diocese’s 95 parishes world right now, we felt the time rizes why the church needs to — including parish life directors was right to reach out in solidarity address human resources issues — (PLDs), pastoral associates, youth to the newcomers in our communi - because the church involves people. ministers, bookkeepers, secre - ty,” said Rossbrook House execu - Wherever there are human taries and maintenance personnel tive director Phil Chiappetta. “In beings serving as managers and — or those employed in the min - previous years, we’ve invited our Sherry Rasmussen employees, there will be a need to istries and offices at the chancery friends at IRCOM (Immigrant and WINTER PARTY — The kids at Winnipeg’s Rossbrook House inner- deal with conflict resolution, job or Catholic Pastoral Centre. Refugee Community Organization city drop-in centre invited children from the Immigrant and Refugee descriptions and employment poli - Priests are not considered of Manitoba) to across-cultures Community Organization of Manitoba (IRCOM) to join them for cies, as well as hiring, firing, and employees as they are serving by events, sharing traditional foods, some winter fun Feb. 25 at FortWhyte Alive, an environmental, educa - everything in-between, says Clarke, virtue of a vocational call, but the music and dance together. That’s tion and recreation centre in southwest Winnipeg. who began working as the full-time HR manager can provide assis - always been a big hit and we want - human resources (HR) manager for tance with issues affecting clergy ed to build on that sense of connec - director Dorota Blumczynska. hot or cold,” he said. the Roman Catholic Diocese of as well, and support for their role tion and inclusion for all the kids in “And yet, within their schools, on The party included pizza for Saskatoon in September. as managers of parish employees. the community right now.” their playgrounds and in their all donated by a local Pizza Pizza “We may think that because we The diocesan HR office can also In partnership with FortWhyte front streets they will act, either franchise. are a church, and we are all about assist with nurturing healthy rela - Alive, Rossbrook House and as welcoming, curious, kind Rossbrook House was founded love, we don’t have these kinds of tionships with church volunteers, IRCOM arranged for buses for friends or remain distant and fear - in 1976 and is open 24 hours a problems — but we do,” Clarke notes Clarke. close to 100 elementary school- ful of the ‘other.’ We are hopeful day, every day, offering a safe told a recent gathering of deanery He describes his dual role of aged children to the outdoor that with our support and through place to any child or young person and diocesan representatives on the “helping” and “dealing” with rela - haven for sledding, snowshoeing, this event we can ensure that they in need. According to its web site, former Diocesan Pastoral Council, tionships as a continuum: the ball hockey, Inuit games — are led by their warm hearts in 1,500 children and youth aged six which acts as a consultative body more energy spent on one means including the ever-popular blan - our cold city.“ - 24 pass through its doors annual - when there is a bishop in place. less energy spent on the other. ket toss — and a bonfire and ban - FortWhyte Alive is a non-profit ly, and there are up to 100 partici - (The group has continued to meet The more time and energy that nock bake. organization that relies on the sup - pants on a daily basis. with diocesan leadership pending is proactively spent helping things “The idea is to have the kids port of the community. President IRCOM is a non-profit organi - the appointment of a new bishop.) go well in relationships, the less get to know each other in a and CEO Bill Elliott said the cen - zation that operates a transitional Before Clarke was hired as HR time will be spent dealing with relaxed and fun atmosphere,” said tre “couldn’t be happier to open its housing complex in downtown manager, the diocese had contract - things that go wrong — just as Chiappetta. arms and heart to these young new Winnipeg called IRCOM House ed human resources expertise on a with any of our relationships in “Our children are often the last Canadians. Sustainable communi - Ellen. IRCOM House offers part-time basis for several years. life, Clarke says. people we think of when dealing ties must be inclusive communi - secure, affordable and clean apart - Clarke brings his training in busi - “Often, by the time I’m called with global issues of immigra - ties, and we hope this one event ments to newcomer families for up ness administration and his 22 tion,” said IRCOM executive serves as a catalyst for more . . . to three years after their arrival. years of experience in church min - — BEGINNING, page 7 March 8, 2017 LOCAL NEWS Prairie Messenger 7 Indigenous professional development school created

By Derrick Kunz (ITEP) at the U of S, teachers at “Through ITEP, the College of understanding of how to navigate how important the PDS is to her St. Frances Cree Bilingual Education at the University of complexities and tailor the learn - own development as a teacher SASKATOON — A profes - School, and ITEP professors and Saskatchewan is committed to pro - ing environment for student and to the education of her chil - sional development school for instructors create a collaborative viding the best programming for needs,” added Thomas. “By set - dren. indigenous educators was made learning environment that Saskatchewan students, teachers ting teachers up for success we The PDS has been in develop - official March 1 when a memo - enhances the quality of teaching and communities. This partnership are ensuring greater success rates ment for the past year, and the randum of understanding was and student learning. has created a unique opportunity to among indigenous students.” signing of the memorandum of signed by Greater Saskatoon The PDS offers more immer - enhance teaching and learning for Jayce Sutherland, an ITEP understanding paves the way for Catholic Schools’ Board of sive teacher training than a stan - aspiring and current teachers, and student who recently interned at more collaboration and routine Education chair Diane Boyko, dard internship and will prepare as such, for each child who attends St. Frances and whose children participation of College of the University of Saskat chewan’s future teachers with practical skills St. Frances,” said Prytula. attend St. Frances and Saskatoon Education students at St. Frances. College of Education dean to teach all students, in particular “This program will give new Tribal Council’s Early Learning The Catholic school will wel - Michelle Prytula, and Saskatoon First Nations and Métis students. and experienced teachers a deeper Centre located on the school’s come the next cohort of ITEP stu - Tribal Council chief Felix grounds, briefly spoke about dents in the fall of 2017. Thomas. The new program will be housed at St. Frances Cree Thévenot presented Bilingual School in Saskatoon. At an event hosted by St. Frances to mark the signing, lead - awards of merit ers from all three partner groups emphasized that the goal of the By Louis Hradeki “Learn to listen, learn to love, and professional development school learn to care.” (PDS) is to improve student PRINCE ALBERT — A Then, much to his surprise, learning by enhancing teacher packed house attended the third Thévenot was awarded with the training in a culturally responsive annual Luncheon for Seniors at Advocacy Centre’s Third Annual environment. Plaza 88 in Prince Albert on 70 plus and Still Going Strong “The existing relationships March 2. The luncheon was spon - award by Seniors Advocacy chair we have with our partners in sored by the Prince Albert Seniors Valerie Hettrick. The inscription education are invaluable,” said Advocacy Centre, an organization on the award, introduced by lun - Boyko. “This agreement is a nat - founded a number of years ago cheon master of ceremonies Rev. ural progression to offer the best with the goal of advocacy and John Fryters, reads: “For his dedi - education we can to our students education for local seniors. cation to community service in by offering an enhanced training The guest speaker for the Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, in experience for our future teach - Derrick Kunz event was Prince Albert Bishop particular in Métis and First ers. We’re excited about the PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL — An agreement to set Albert Thévenot, M.Afr. In his Nations communities, for his opportunities that lie before us.” up a new professional development school was recently signed by address, entitled “Aging with gigantic missionary heart and for The PDS provides a learning (from left) board chair Diane Boyko from Greater Saskatoon Catholic Grace,” Thévenot stated that providing spiritual guidance and environment where students from Schools, Chief Felix Thomas of the Saskatoon Tribal Council, and “growing old is not bad, it is true pastoral care to many of the the College of Education’s Indian Dean Michelle Prytula of the University of Saskatchewan College of beautiful.” He encouraged seniors faith and many not of the faith in Teacher Education Program Education. to stay active in their communi - Prince Albert.” ties, stay connected with their The bishop was also presented friends and, most importantly, with the City of Prince Albert ‘Beginning well is the key’: Clarke remain an active part of their Merit Award by Mayor Greg families. Dionne. Dionne stated that “this Continued from page 6 Development of clear, consistent of management and I’m not on the “Grandchildren need you,” he award, given on behalf of the citi - and effective policies and man - side of the employee. So I need to said. “Listen to them, be there for zens of Prince Albert, is the high - in to assist in ‘dealing’ (with agement practices also prevents provide support to two individuals them, spoil them, and pray with est award that is given to a citi - things that have gone wrong), in problems. and to one group of people,” he them. Be there for others as well, zen. It was presented to Bishop many cases the parties are kind of “It is incumbent upon manage - says, citing the manager, the ter - and be a witness of Christ in our Thévenot for his kindness, for his reaching their wits’ end. It doesn’t ment to make this whole thing minated employee and the surviv - world.” spiritual leadership and for giving mean it’s going to dissolve alto - work. It’s too easy to blame the ing staff as those that “need a lis - Thévenot recalled his early to everyone in the community gether, but the wheels are starting employees when it isn’t working,” tening ear” in this situation. childhood and spoke about his equally.” to come loose,” he says. “When it Clarke says. “If you manage a In a pastoral spirit, Clarke is own family. He recalled some of A surprised Thévenot accepted comes to the employment rela - staff, it is your job to make this eager to focus on the “helping his experiences while serving in a the awards with “great joy and tionship, beginning well is really work. But the managers need help. tools” he can offer when it comes parish in Tanzania. He concluded humility,” and thanked all who the key. And beginning well All our clergy, our PLDs, all our to the selection and mentoring of his remarks with this advice: were responsible. means clarifying expectations managers need help — especially employees across the diocese, and right out of the gate.” in navigating the people business.” minimizing and preventing con - That’s precisely where Clarke flict. These include a Work Groups share common val ues provides assistance, both in Personality Index, the Thomas- addressing individual situations Kilmann Conflict Model, and an and working on diocesan policies. Arbinger Institute tool for moving Continued from page 1 Bolen received the invitation When it comes to conflict reso - people from an inward to an out - to attend the California meeting lution, Clarke will sit with the par - ward mindset. “What impressed me was the from the Vatican’s Dicastery for ties involved to try and hammer out Updating the diocese’s adminis - way in which groups working on Integral Human Development. an agreement or solution. “This has tration manual and employment different social issues had a com - Bolen noted that a highlight of already happened since I’ve started policies is another priority, along mon set of values at heart and the meeting was a speech by San — once between two individuals with fine-tuning the “onboarding” even those who weren’t Catholic, Diego Bishop Robert McElroy, and once between two groups.” process for new employees, and or even Christian, were deeply who noted that U.S. President In instances requiring employ - continuing to work on orientation connected to what we know as Donald Trump was the candidate ee correction or discipline, Clarke resources for new clergy coming to Catholic social teaching, and the of disruption, and now we all must works with the manager to ensure the diocese from other countries. values of Catholic social teach - become disrupters: “We must dis - there is really a problem, whether Director of Pastoral Services ing,” said Bolen. rupt those who would seek to send the correction is appropriate and Blake Sittler says Clarke’s role is The archbishop came away troops into our streets to deport proportional, and crafting the vital in the diocese. He quoted a with a strong sense of a common the undocumented, to rip mothers message that needs to be deliv - previous diocesan HR consultant, task uniting many different fields and fathers from their families. We ered — as well as coaching them who said that all the HR chal - of work in the service of the com - must disrupt those who portray on how to manage the relation - lenges of the secular work world mon good, and he decided to see refugees as enemies, rather than Kiply Yaworski ship after the fact. also exist in the church. if something similar could be our brothers and sisters in terrible Patrick Clarke As for job termination, Clarke “I have seen many good people brought together for the same pur - need. We must disrupt those who has assisted with one such situa - leave work in the church with a pose in the Regina area, on a train us to see Muslim men and Clarifying job descriptions and tion since he started. “By the time black eye, and that’s unfortunate,” much smaller scale. women and children as sources of finding ways to place “the right I get this call, the relationship will says Sittler, stressing good HR “It fits in with Pope Francis’ fear rather than as children of people in the right jobs doing the likely have dissolved to a point of policies can help the church build teaching on social justice and the God. We must disrupt those who right things” are key in avoiding no return,” he admits. But in the and sustain healthy relationships. church’s teaching on ecumenism, seek to rob our medical care, espe - conflict down the line, he face of a termination and in its “Some fear that HR policies will both of which I strongly support,” cially from the poor.” describes. A thorough orientation wake, there are steps Clarke takes create a corporate-like atmosphere. said Bolen in speaking with the Bolen noted that while the U.S. and “onboarding” period of to ensure the termination is carried The opposite is true. The policies Prairie Messenger . He will, how - context differs from our Canadian enculturation and socialization for out legally, fairly and respectfully. that Pat will be developing will lead ever, first discuss this project with context, there are parallels, and new employees is also important, “Then there’s the fallout. As to more fairness, more dialogue, the Regina archdiocese senior we certainly also face challenges as is ongoing training and devel - the HR manager, my role is an more ongoing evaluation, and leaders team before approaching in terms of homelessness, migra - opment and regular job reviews. impartial role; I’m not on the side frankly, better ministry,” Sittler said. other groups with the idea. tion, poverty and racism. 8 Prairie Messenger ARTS & CULTURE March 8, 2017 Spielberg movie to examine Catholic kidnapping

By Josephine McKenna Seated in his office above from his family. When I was a 1555, the Jews were forced to live rabbi calls himself a friend of Bologna’s main synagogue, the child at Jewish school, we all in a ghetto as they did elsewhere Bologna’s current archbishop, BOLOGNA, Italy (RNS) — It city’s chief rabbi, Alberto studied the Mortara case. It is in Italy, and in the decades that Matteo Zuppi. was a heart-wrenching story that Sermoneta, said Mortara’s story shocking.” followed hundreds were expelled Still, reckoning with the past is bitterly divided Catholics and is worth remembering. For centuries, Bologna had a from Bologna for 200 years. important for Sermoneta, whose Jews in Italy and provoked an “It is a symbol of the forced thriving Jewish community with At the time of the Mortara kid - aunt and three cousins were killed international scandal more than conversion that was done at the strong links to the city’s universi - napping, Bologna was a papal at Auschwitz. 150 years ago. time,” Sermoneta told Religion ty, the oldest in the world. The state under the control of the “I believe Spielberg will show Edgardo Mortara, a Jewish News Service. “The spiritual city once boasted 11 synagogues Vatican. the reality of what happened to boy from Bologna, was secretly leaders of that era breached and was also known for its Today, Sermoneta said, the Mortara,” he said. “And it is right baptized by a maid when he fell human rights and the laws of Talmudic academies. community has good relations for that to be done so people see ill and then forcibly removed nature by removing that child Under a papal decree issued in with the Catholic Church and the the mistakes that were made.” from his family in 1858 at age six Creating dialogue with other and raised as a Catholic with the faiths has been a priority for Pope blessing of Pope Pius IX. Francis since his election four Now Academy Award-winning years ago. director Steven Spielberg is mak - Francis invited then-Israeli ing a film about the ill-fated battle President Shimon Peres and by Mortara’s parents for the return Palestinian President Mahmoud of their son, who eventually be - Abbas to pray for peace with him came a priest. Oscar Isaac will at a historic meeting at the Vati - play the adult Mortara and Mark can in 2014 and called for Jews Rylance has been cast as Pius; and Catholics to work to gether Tony Kushner wrote the screen - for peace during an emotional play. visit to the Rome synagogue in Spielberg has been scouring January last year. the world for the right child actor On Feb. 23, the pope received to play the role of Mortara, and a group of rabbis at the Vatican, the film is certain to cast fresh including his longtime friend light on this controversial real-life from Argentina, Rabbi Abraham drama when it is released. Skorka, who presented him with a There is already speculation new edition of the Torah. about how the movie will have an “The fraternal and institutional impact on relations between the dialogue between Jews and Chris - Vatican and the Jewish communi - tians is now well-established and ty at a time when Pope Francis effective, through ongoing and has been a great promoter of reli - collaborative discussion,” the gious dialogue. pope told the rabbis. “The gift that you are giving me today is Creative Commons very much a part of this McKenna is RNS’s Vatican cor - NOTORIOUS KIDNAPPING — “The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara” painting by Moritz Daniel respondent. Oppenheim from 1862. — CASE, page 10 Lenten ‘sacrifices’ can become conversations about what we value

By Caitlin Ward more often and for more people at hypocrite in the street. Or, at the hypocrite. In the street. idea that giving up material Lent, I think. It’s a time of ritual least, Jesus doesn’t want you to In recent years, I’ve noticed a things is missing the point. I’ve had two songs in my head fasting, and for many of us it’s a be like the hypocrite in the fair amount of talk about how Because no, we don’t want to be this past week: that “Ashes” song time of ritual fasting in situations street, and we kind of value his we’re possibly doing Lent wrong: hypocrites in the street. But from the CBW, and “I Don’t where the idea of ritual fasting is opinion, so best to avoid it. that giving up material things is Catholicism is a very physical Want to Spoil the Party” from not necessarily understood. It can And this is where the idea of not necessarily in the spirit of the faith, and at base, participating in be hard to explain why you have being inconvenient comes in. If season, that Lent isn’t supposed the church is an act of communi - I Don’t Want to Spoil that stuff on your forehead, or why you’re not eating certain things, to count as religious New Year’s, ty. It’s difficult to be the inconve - the Party you’re eating tuna in the lunch or going certain places for the that it can easily turn into a kind nient person who is not eating room when it makes everything duration of Lent, it’s kind of of spiritual one-upmanship. This meat, or is eating tuna, or refuses The Beatles smell like that, or why you’re not hard not to mention what you’re year I read one article that said the birthday cake. It’s even more having a drink with everyone else, (not) doing and why you’re (not) we should think more about try - difficult to be that person and or why you’re . . . or why you’re doing it. And then you might get ing to give up something that explain it in a way that doesn’t Beatles for Sale . The first makes . . . or why you’re . . . a little neurotic about being like stands in-between us and our exalt your attempts at piety, or a certain amount of sense: Lent is It’s once you start doing some - relationship with come off as judgment, or read as upon us. The second one, perhaps thing vaguely out of the ordinary God, as opposed complaint. It’s also difficult not to not so much — or at least, not the that you realize just how curious I don’t want to spoil the party so I’ll go to choosing to eat meat for 40 days, or eat tuna bulk of it. The part that’s been people are. Or nosy, I suppose, I would hate my disappointment to show give up some - instead of chicken on Wednes - going through my head is the first depending upon your politics. Or There’s nothing for me here so I will disappear thing like coffee days and Fridays, or refuse the line: “I don’t want to spoil the how irritable you are in that If she turns up while I’m gone please let me or chocolate or birthday cake. party so I’ll go.” moment, because you gave up know beer or Netflix. And I kind of feel as if each John Lennon is talking about coffee three days previously. I’ve had a drink or two and I don’t care, I can see the one of those difficulties is part a relationship on the rocks, of Now, the readings for Ash There’s no fun in what I do if she’s not there rationale behind of the point. It’s not necessarily course, but that line seems a Wednesday service tend to I wonder what went wrong I’ve waited far too that line of rea - that it’s a hideously difficult good jumping off point for Lent revolve around not letting people long soning, but I’ve sacrifice, or that it’s an act of in a couple of ways. I’ve been know you are fasting, doing I think I’ll take a walk and look for her got the feeling intense spiritual and mental dis - thinking about being inconve - penance, or performing good Though tonight she’s made me sad that these are cipline. It’s a moment — or a nient. Not in the sense that I am works. The first reading this year I still love her the same people series of moments — bringing going to start going out of my cautioned to “rend your heart If I find her I’ll be glad who say Christ - you back to what you’re giving way to make people’s lives diffi - and not your garments” (Joel I still love her mas is too com - up and why, and living that with cult, of course. Rather, I’ve been 2:13). The Gospel reminded us I don’t want to spoil the party so I’ll go mercialized and humility and kindness. In a cer - thinking about how certain kinds to “take care not to perform I would hate my disappointment to show we should stop tain sense, it’s a physical prayer. of decisions and certain kinds of righteous deeds in order that There’s nothing for me here so I will disappear giving presents And as members of our commu - convictions often lead to becom - people may see them” (Mt 6:1). If she turns up while I’m gone please let me to each other. nity choose their own small sac - ing quite inconvenient. You know — like a hypocrite in know And I don’t rifices for the lenten season, it It’s something that comes up the street. Off-hand, I couldn’t Though tonight she’s made me sad hold with those becomes a conversation about tell you if it comes up a lot in I still love her people. It lacks what we value, what is difficult Scripture or it’s just stuck with If I find her I’ll be glad nuance. for us, and how we acknowl - Ward is a Saskatoon-based me throughout the years, but I still love her I’m not say - edge our religion and our faith freelance writer who spends her I’ve always been under the I’ve had a drink or two and I don’t care ing we shouldn’t in our day-to-day lives. Some - days (and most nights) working impression that being a hyp - There’s no fun in what I do if she’s not there try to be closer times, I suppose, it might spoil at a small Catholic college. Her ocrite is literally the worst thing I wonder what went wrong I’ve waited far too to God, because the party. But Easter’s coming, less eloquent thoughts can be you can be in the Gospels. long obviously that’s and we get to eat all the cake on found at http://www.twitter. Especially if you’re in the street. I think I’ll take a walk and look for her a thing. But I that day. And that, again, is the com/newsetofstrings So no one wants to be like the don’t like the point. March 8, 2017 ARTS & CULTURE Prairie Messenger 9 Syria’s agony must challenge our collective conscience

director/producer/cinematographer Evgeny Afineevsky’s Cries From Syria, which will have its first tele - Screenings vision broadcast next week on HBO (see http://www.hbo.com/docu - & Meanings mentaries/cries-from-syria). This is also a social-media war. There’s a warning about disturbing Gerald Schmitz graphic images — many involving children as captured by activists Good movies offering enter - bly to “keep America safe” from and citizen journalists on the taining diversions are fine with terrorist threats. (It’s worrying that ground — the showing of which me. Comedy can be therapeutic. a mid-February Angus Reid poll Afineevsky defends as necessary The new Lego Batman Movie pro - found one in four Canadians to bring home the full impact of vides wonderful animated enjoy - agreeing that Syrian refugees what is happening. He contends ment. Science fiction can transport should be banned.) The irony is that the reasons behind the human - us to imaginary universes. But that these displaced Syrians are itarian and migration crisis need to there is also the cinema that is nec - the ones who have suffered the be better understood, with the essary viewing precisely because most from terrorism. It’s a classic voices heard of a “lost genera - Gerald Schmitz it confronts us with unpleasant blame-the-victims scapegoating tion.” A passionate intensity pro - DOCUMENTARY HONOURED — Directors Feras Fayyad and Steen realities rather than offering a tactic. They are an easy target for pels the narrative which he calls “a Johannessen accept the grand jury award for Last Men in Aleppo at fleeting escape from them. Trump who says nothing about tribute to the Syrian people, and Sundance Jan. 28, 2017. That is the case with five docu - the Russian pilots following their bravery in the face of mentaries that bring urgent atten - Putin’s orders in Syria, commit - unspeakable tortures, horrible Development Research Centre. Assad regime assisted the advance tion to the world’s worst humani - ting war crimes by bombing civil - massacres and foreign invasions. The film’s subtitle, “The Lost of Islamist extremism, both by tarian situation at a time when the ian areas including hospitals, As they continue their fight for Truth of the Syrian Uprising,” releasing radical jihadists from its fears it has generated are being schools and humanitarian centres. freedom and democracy, they are emphasizes the early commitment prisons (some to become ISIS exploited by unscrupulous politi - As Trump’s extreme order was an inspiration for all humanity.” to non-violence that included ges - leaders) and inviting armed help cians. There is no bigger fearmon - announced in January, three Why has a country that was an tures such as offering flowers to from Hezbollah, Iran, and Russia. ger than U.S. President Trump, remarkable films on Syria were ancient cradle of civilization soldiers and police. The Assad The success of Islamist terrorists whose legally challenged execu - premiering at the Sundance film descended into barbarism? A regime’s response was savage sup - owed much to the desperation of a tive order would indefinitely bar festival. The most complete picture brief background describes the pression. Matar’s torture and mur - terrorist regime to hang on to entry by Syrian refugees ostensi - of the conflict is Russian-American Baathist dictatorship and the der in September 2011 was a piv - power. The key intervention of dashed hopes that current presi - otal moment, with traumatic Russian airpower, including the dent Bashar al-Assad would bring effects evident in the testimony of use of phosphorous bombs, has about reforms. Instead, repression surviving activists, some now been aimed at the besieged popula - grew worse. The breaking point refugees. Comments by former tions of opposition-held cities and came in the short-lived “Arab U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert towns resulting in apocalyptic spring” of 2011 when public Ford, who resigned in 2014, indi - scenes of destruction and death. protests erupted. This March cate the conflicted nature of the The claim that Russia is there to marks the sixth anniversary of the first peaceful mass protests cen - Cries from Syria (U.S./Syria/Czech Republic) tred in the city of Daraya near the Little Gandhi capital Damascus as young (U.S./Syria/Turkey) activists drew inspiration from Last Men in Aleppo (Denmark/Syria) the toppling of dictators in The White Helmets Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. The (U.K.) arrest and torture of children, the City of Ghosts (U.S.) killing of peace activists and human rights defenders, turned these into huge mass demonstra - western response — sympathizing fight ISIS is denounced as “the tions demanding the fall of the with the opposition to Assad but biggest lie in human history.” regime. Martyrs were created. unable or unwilling to prevent the All this is the backdrop to the Among them was the charis - carnage. displacement of many millions of matic Ghiyath Matar whose semi - In Cries from Syria we see how Syrians and the perilous journeys Courtesy of Sundance Institute nal role is the focus of Little the regime’s unrelenting violence, undertaken by those seeking asy - CRIES FROM SYRIA — A film still from Cries from Syria by Evgeny Gandhi, directed by Syrian- which attacked all protesters as lum and sanctuary abroad. Afineevsky, an official selection of the Documentary Premieres pro - American Sam Kadi with support “terrorists,” provoked an armed Canadians will recognize the gram at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. from Canada’s International resistance. Groups of rebel fighters image of three-year-old Aylan joined with a Free Syrian Army Kurdi’s lifeless body at the water’s formed by military defections that edge that spurred this country’s History marked with joint art exhibit included high-ranking officers. conscience in 2015. It is but one of Cries is unsparing in showing how the millions of stories in a continu - By Josephine McKenna Koch welcomed the initiative, became a strong cultural and reli - Assad then waged a campaign of ing tragedy that demands an inter - saying it underscored the spiritual gious symbol for Jews, appearing total war on his own people: using national humanitarian response ROME (RNS) — A 2,000- heritage of the Catholic Church on graves, sarcophagi and cata - barrel bombs, starvation, chemical and action against war crimes, not year-old stone block unearthed by and the positive interfaith dia - combs on the outskirts of the city. weapons (crossing a “red line” with misplaced fear of refugees and archaeologists from an Israeli logue between the Vatican and the The exhibit, which runs May only muted international response), counterproductive travel bans. synagogue in the town of Jewish community. 15 to July 23 at both the Vatican torture and executions (as detailed Turning to a more specific sit - Magdala will be featured in the “This is an interesting initia - Museums and the Jewish Museum in Amnesty International and other uation, Last Men in Aleppo first-ever joint art exhibit mount - tive from a cultural point of view of Rome, features 130 items, human right reports). (http://cinereach.org/films/last- ed by the Vatican Museums and and its ideological symbolism,” including paintings, documents In 2012 the war came to men-aleppo/), directed by Feras Rome’s Jewish community. said Di Segni. “Although the and candlesticks. Syria’s largest city, Aleppo, Fayyad and Steen Johannessen, The block, featuring a relief of menorah is essentially considered “We have some great works of divided between a government- zeroes in on the work of civilian a menorah beside two jugs, will a Jewish symbol, it also has a his - art, including six or seven bronze controlled west and rebel-held defence first responders, the be part of an exhibit titled tory in the Christian world.” candlesticks which also show the east. In the midst of this horror, “white helmets,” during the siege “Menorah: Worship, History and But the joint initiative of the Christian tradition of the meno - much of it inflicted on women of eastern Aleppo, now back Myth,” tracing the history of the two faiths will do little to solve rah,” said Arnold Nesselrath, and children, radical jihadists under regime control after intense seven-branched symbol of Jewish the mystery of what happened to deputy director of the Vatican such as the Al-Nusra Front linked bombardments. Recipient of the faith (not to be confused with the the original menorah stripped Museums. “Many Christian to al-Qaida moved in to take Sundance grand jury award for nine-branched candleholder used from the Second Temple in churches simply pointed to their advantage, attacking rebel fight - world cinema documentary, it’s during the Jewish holiday of Jerusalem by marauding Roman Jewish roots this way.” ers and the free army in order to one of the most devastating and Hanukkah) and its influence on soldiers and carried back to Nesselrath said the exhibit was assert their dominance. The worst moving films I’ve ever seen. Christian art and artifacts. ancient Rome in AD 70. important to show how religions manifestation of extremist vio - Enormous risks were taken dur - The exhibit was announced Depicted in the Arch of Titus can work together and challenge lence was that of the so-called ing 2015-2016 using handheld Feb. 20 by Cardinal Kurt Koch, relief inside the Roman Forum to perceptions of religious conflict. Islamic State (ISIS). An out - cameras to capture closeups of head of the Vatican body respon - mark the conquest, the menorah “Fundamentalism is not inherent growth of al-Qaida in Iraq, it rescue attempts amid the rubble. sible for promoting Christian is thought to have been stolen by in religion,” Nesselrath said. “We advanced rapidly to grab part of The focus becomes intimate unity; Rome’s chief rabbi, invading vandals in the sacking of want to do this exhibition to show northern Syria in 2014. and personal as it follows several Riccardo Di Segni; and officials Rome in the fifth century. we can do something positive What Afineevsky’s film makes founding members of the white from the Vatican Museums and Nevertheless, it was during the together and there is a long history strikingly clear in a chapter called the Jewish Museum of Rome. Roman Empire that the menorah of 2,000 years of mutual reference.” “Outlanders” is how the threatened — TO SAVE, page 10 10 Prairie Messenger DEEPENING OUR FAITH March 8, 2017 Jesus’ healing ministry remains present to us today

speaks of anointing (James 5 :10- 16). The Gospel is the Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25- 37). The Gospel is followed by the Insistent Ektenia, imploring Both Lungs God “for mercy, life, peace, health, salvation, visitation, and forgiveness of sins” of the sick Brent Kostyniuk and that the Lord “send upon him/her the grace of deliverance from illness, raising him/her from While he lived on earth, one of the words of St. James. In modern his/her sickbed.” Jesus’ great ministries was healing Byzantine practice, a much simpli - Central to the mystery is the the sick. The Gospels are filled fied version of anointing follows actual anointing, with its accom - with accounts of these miracles the ritual codified by Metropolitan panying prayer. “Holy Father, which teach us of his merciful Peter Mohyla of Kiev in 1646. physician of souls and bodies, you love and compassion. So often, In the third century Origen (+ sent your only begotten Son, our however, physical healing was 255) quoted the Epistle of St. Lord Jesus Christ to heal every linked to spiritual healing. Indeed, James to support his doctrine on infirmity and to deliver us from his primary concern was the salva - the holy anointing. Later, St. death. By this anointing, heal your tion of souls. Jesus’ mission of Athanasius the Great (+ 373) servant of the spiritual and bodily healing was carried on by the referred to the anointing in his ills which afflict him/her, and Apostles and remains with us commentary on the Psalms. Thus, restore him/her by the grace of today in the mystery (sacrament) very early in the life of the your Christ, through the prayers of of anointing the sick. Like the mir - church, a doctrine for anointing all your saints. For you, our God, acles of Jesus, it can bring both the sick was well established. In are the fountain of healing; and to physical and spiritual healing. the Byzantine tradition, the most you we give glory, together with The mystery of anointing may ancient prayer for the “blessing of your only-begotten Son, and be traced to the words of St. the oil of the sick” comes from Consubstantial Spirit, now and for James. “Is anyone among you Bishop Serapius of Thmuis near ever and ever. Amen.” sick? Let him summon the pres - Alexandria, writing in the first Dipping his finger into the byters of the church, and let them half of the fourth century. holy oil, the priest recites the Kostyniuk pray over him, anointing him with The mystery of anointing is prayer and anoints the sick person HEALING PRESENCE — Rev. Josephat Tyrkalo, OSBM, confers the oil in the name of the Lord. And really a mini liturgy beginning on those parts of the body which mystery of anointing the sick to Brent Kostyniuk. “Although he no the prayer of faith will save the with a series of prayers, including may have led him/her astray: the longer walks the earth, Jesus’ ministry of healing remains ever present sick person, and the Lord will the Our Father. Psalm 142 (143) forehead where bad thoughts to us today,” says Kostyniuk. “The mystery of anointing the sick brings raise him up; and if he has com - follows describing confidence in originate, the five external senses the reality of Christ’s healing power to those most in need.” mitted any sins, they will be for - the Lord in times of distress. An — eyes, ears, nostrils, lips and given him” (Jm 5:14-15). In - Ektenia of Peace includes two hands — as organs of sensuality, for the operation, our pastor, Rev. as well. I mentioned this to Father terestingly, holy anointing was special petitions, imploring God the chest which holds the heart, Josephat Tyrkalo, OSBM, came to Josephat on his next visit. originally conferred by several to send down the Holy Spirit, first and the feet which carry us confer the mystery of anointing the “No, it is not an unnatural priests, ideally seven, following to sanctify the oil, then to sanctify toward sin. With all these healed sick. As several members of my peace” he replied. “Rather, the the sick. Finally, the oil to be by divine grace, according to the family were visiting me at the time, sacrament restored you to the nat - used in the anointing is blessed. teaching of some Church Fathers, they took part in the mystery, recit - ural state of Eden. It is the normal Kostyniuk, who lives in Next, scriptural readings are the soul of the sick person ing the various prayers and feeling we once had but lost. You Edmonton, has a bachelor of the - introduced with a Prokimenon. becomes completely purified as it responding to the petitions. In spite were feeling the way we are sup - ology from Newman and is a free - “May your mercy, O Lord, be was at the time of the baptism. of the clinical surroundings of the posed to feel.” lance writer. He and his wife Bev upon us, as we have placed our On a personal note, I recently hospital room, the presence of the Although he no longer walks have been married for 39 years hope in you” (Ps 33:22). An discovered I would need open-heart Holy Spirit amongst us was keenly the earth, Jesus’ ministry of heal - and have eight grandchildren. Epistle reading from St. James surgery. While in hospital waiting felt. Soon after receiving the mys - ing remains ever present to us tery, everyone left, leaving me today. The mystery of anointing alone in the room. Strangely, I felt the sick brings the reality of ‘To save a life is to save humanity’ an unnatural calmness, a great Christ’s healing power to those peace in my soul, and in my body most in need. Continued from page 9 2013. Their motto: “To save a life tured the dysfunction and violence is to save all of humanity.” As a of everyday life, is shocking. In a helmets: the charismatic Khaled former rebel fighter explains his sense, it’s a war of ideas, a war of Case meant great deal to Jews Harah, a father of two young decision to join them, “better to propaganda, a war being waged daughters who rallies the group’s rescue a soul than to take one.” with cameras and computers, not Continued from page 8 coexistence,” Di Segni said. spirits; two brothers, Mahmoud There are some 2,900 white hel - just guns.” For Italian Jews, another mem - and the younger Ahmed. Through mets operating out of 120 urban Given that ISIS targets these dialogue.” orable case was that of 11-year-old them we witness the hellish daily centres which have become tar - activists and their families for Recently the Vatican Museums Giuseppe Coen, who was removed atrocities and also the fragments gets of attack. At least 130 men death, even those operating out - and the Jewish Museum of Rome from his family in Rome in 1864. of humanity to hang on to as have been killed in the course of side Syria in secret safehouses, announced their first-ever joint “For us there have been many when someone, perhaps a baby, is saving an estimated 58,000 lives. are at constant risk. It’s a stressful exhibition on the history of the cases like Mortara, dozens of pulled alive from the wreckage Several of the white helmets existence to say the least. One liv - menorah, the Jewish symbol, cases, but that case became the left by Russian bombs. We see speak about their mission directly ing in Germany also relates the which has also inspired Christian symbol,” said Di Segni. the bonds of familial love, the to the camera. One describes a distress of seeing how right-wing artworks and sculptures (see relat - The boy’s removal provoked occasional relief of laughter, of a feeling of “incredible happiness” “populist” movements, some neo - ed story, page 9). outrage on both sides of the wedding celebration — defiantly when a precious life is saved; fascist in nature, try to stir up Asked about the Mortara case Atlantic and the case became a human moments in the midst of another expresses hope that “jus - anti-Muslim and anti-refugee at the exhibition launch, Cardinal cause célèbre for Jews and the great evil that targets the tice will prevail one day.” Such is fears. Like Trump’s ban, this Kurt Koch, the Swiss cardinal in Protestant Christians. Amid a defenceless and indeed the white the human response they inspire plays into hands of Islamist ter - charge of the Vatican body lengthy legal struggle and diplo - helmets themselves. as we witness the scenes of extra - rorists looking for anything to responsible for promoting Chris - matic overtures to have the boy These are ordinary men who ordinary courage in action. portray the West as the enemy of tian unity, said it had little rele - returned, there was plenty of press have decided to put their lives on Last but not least is director- Islam and all Muslims. vance to relations between Jews coverage of the case at the time. the line to help others. They are producer Matthew Heineman’s The film’s deeply personal and Catholics now. The New York Times published tempted to leave, but who will City of Ghosts, which draws on moments amplify the impact of “That’s an historic event,” he more than 20 articles on it. replace them? Accepting the real - the death-defying work of citizen what we see — the horror of ISIS told RNS. “It has nothing to do “It showed the church could ity that death may come at any activists from Raqqa, since 2014 execution videos, but also the joy with relations today.” not continue to operate on the time does not make it any less ter - the proclaimed capital of the that comes from the birth of a But Riccardo Di Segni, basis of medieval laws and it was rible or shocking. I cannot get the “caliphate” proclaimed by ISIS child. The anguish and fragile hope Rome’s chief rabbi, said the case a violation of human rights and images out of my mind. Last Men (or “Daesh” to use its Arab title). bring home that military force can - meant a great deal to Jews and our concept of the family,” said is an astonishing and unforget - Under the banner “Raqqa is Being not restore a society so savagely Spielberg’s film would create Lucio Pardo, former president of table tribute to its subjects. Slaughtered Silently” (RBSS) ripped apart. As one says: “Bombs greater awareness about a person - Bologna’s Jewish community. Orlando von Einsiedel’s their efforts are aimed at showing will not fix this. Getting rid of ISIS al story that had captured world - “It stole Mortara’s adolescence, Oscar-winning 40-minute docu - the world what is really happening will not fix this.” wide attention in the 19th century his father died of a broken heart mentary The White Helmets, to their hometown. Explains The warmongers and fear-mon - as well as forced conversions. and the family was destroyed.” which can be viewed on Netflix, Heineman: “The contrast of ISIS’s gers offer only more violence and “It became a huge political Mortara eventually became a adds valuable context to the story videos, which proclaim a fully suffering to the Syrians who have issue and a symbol of how the priest and fled Rome rather than of these remarkable civilian functioning and prosperous state, inspired these urgent films and to Catholic Church was resistant to return to his family. He died in an defence volunteers formed in with those of RBSS, which cap - whose voices we must listen. the idea of freedom and religious abbey in Belgium in 1940. March 8, 2017 DEEPENING OUR FAITH Prairie Messenger 11 We are still asking, ‘Is the Lord among us or not?’

standpipe tapping some deep underground water source died for us.” “God’s love has been poured into our hearts.” on the edge of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana. This abundant grace must have a purpose. How does it Another memory recalls people digging deep holes into sustain us, no matter how “ungodly” we are, on our jour - Liturgy dry African riverbeds to find the precious liquid, no ney? matter how brackish, to sustain themselves and their The gospel today has Jesus at Jacob’s well in the and Life animals. Years ago on one sweltering morning while preparing maps of a Michael Dougherty rural village in an area of tropical Guatemala served by the Claretian Fathers, I came across a sad scene. A high trail skirts the fjord of the Saguenay River on its In a dirt-floored, palm-thatched western escarpment on its way to the St. Lawrence. My home a simple table held the body son and I had set out on an overnight hike along it travel - of a young woman just laid out in ling light. No need for extra water, we would surely be her best cotton dress. The mourners able to replenish our water bottles. When we arrived at our gathered around her tearfully told camping spot midway along we knew we were in trouble. me her story. Dysentery had swept No water sources could be found. Rain clouds darkened through their village likely from the evening sky so we put out everything we had to catch some pathogen that had contaminat - the night’s rain. ed their common water supply. Most Morning broke bright and clear after a long rainstorm. had suffered from it but recovered. Our pots and containers all together yielded only a couple Chronic malnutrition had already of cups of water. A difficult path lay before our final desti - weakened this frail teenager. She nation and us. No lakes, no creeks and hence no water couldn’t resist the ravages of the could be found on our line of march. As the heat of the disease. With no accessible or affordable medical aid edge of the town of Sychar in Samaria. We see him with day mounted, so did our thirst. I have seen strong men she died. I felt incredibly helpless. the Samaritan woman. He asks her for a drink. She is drop in their tracks from dehydration coupled with just United Nations figures state that globally nearly surprised by his request. An unfamiliar man speaking to moderate exertion. 800 million people today do not have access to clean an unaccompanied woman would be improper. water. Somewhere between 3.5 and four million peo - However, a clearly identifiable Jewish male addressing Exodus 17:3-7 ple die every year from water-related diseases with a lone Samaritan woman was outlandish. A centuries- Third Sunday of Lent Psalm 95 hundreds of millions more affected by them. One esti - old breach between these two peoples and their tradi - Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 mate says a child will die every 90 seconds from a tions resulted in a deep enmity. Still he begins this con - March 19, 2017 John 4:5-42 water-related illness. Still, water remains a potent versation where she learns from him that “Everyone symbol of life. who drinks of this water will be thirsty again but one When you don’t have it you quickly realize just how We see Moses in the first reading facing a restive peo - who drinks of the water that I will give will never be important water is. Our few hours of intense thirst that ple. Newly liberated from their slavery in Egypt the peo - thirsty.” summer in Quebec left a lasting impression on me. It took ple struggle to survive in the Sinai Desert. Water, or His words astonished her. She leaves her essential a couple of litres of water each to slake our parched bodies rather, the lack of it, tests the faith of this emerging water jug and hurries back to the city. “He cannot be the when we finally reached our car that had been shuttled nation. Dying of thirst they cry out, “Is the Lord among Messiah, can he?” Many came to believe that Jesus “is ahead to our pickup point. us or not?” The resolve to hold onto their faith in God truly the Saviour of the world.” Cold, clean water is so basic but oh so critical a comes down to a question of water. Moses strikes the The stories of the waters of Meribah and Massah, a human need. My brief experience of intense thirst can - rock as the Lord instructs and water pours forth at drink from Jacob’s well, and of love “poured into our not compare with the images I carry of women and Massah, “the place of the test,” and Meribah, “the place hearts,” should help prepare us for our journeys. children hauling water jugs from their mud-plastered of the quarrel.” This miraculous water saves the people. Estimates range as high as $30 billion spent a rondovals over kilometres to and from their nearest God’s fidelity to his chosen people once again has to be year could provide clean drinking water to every proven, but they will test it again and again. Does this inhabitant on our planet. The United States adminis - sound familiar? tration proposes to add over $54 billion this year to Dougherty is co-chair of the Social Justice Committee Paul tells us how God has demonstrated his love for us it’s over half a trillion dollar annual military budget. at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Whitehorse, Yukon. in a profound way. “While we still were sinners Christ Are we still asking “Is the Lord among us or not?” There’s an underside to the axiom that says ‘nothing feels better than virtue’

on ever more subtle modalities who struggled more with his per - beneath an understandably hard - inside us. For example, before son and message, whereas the ened, calloused surface, lies a still In initial maturity, what we’ve clas - sinners, the tax collectors and innocent heart that clearly knows sically called the seven deadly prostitutes were more open to its need for God’s mercy. There’s sins (pride, greed, envy, lust, him. So this can pose a question: such a thing as honest sin. Exile anger, gluttony, and sloth) Does sin, more than virtue, make But there’s also sin that’s not express themselves in us in ways us aware of our need for God? honest, that’s rationalized, that’s that are normally pretty crass and Yes, when the sin is honest, forever buffered by a pride that Ron Rolheiser, OMI overt. We see this in children, in humble, admitted, and contrite or cannot admit its own sinfulness. adolescents, and in the immature. when our wrong actions are the The result then, most often, is a For them, pride is plainly pride, result of being wounded, taken hardened, bitter, judgmental soul. There’s an axiom that says: should be, but what this produces jealousy is jealousy, selfishness is advantage of, or exploited. Not When sin is rationalized, bitter - Nothing feels better than virtue . in him is not humility, nor a sense selfishness, lust is lust, and anger all sin is born morally equal: ness will invariably follow, There’s a deep truth here, but it of his need for God and mercy, is anger. There’s nothing subtle or there’s honest sin and dishonest accompanied by a hatred toward has an underside. When we do but self-righteousness and a criti - hidden here, the fault is out in the sin. the kind of virtue from which it good things we feel good about cal judgment of others. So too for open. As human beings, we’re weak has fallen. When we rationalize, ourselves. Virtue is indeed its all of us, we easily become the But, as we overcome these and lack the moral strength to our moral DNA will not let itself own reward, and that’s good. pharisee: Whenever we look at sins in their more crass forms, always act according to what’s be fooled. It reacts and punishes However, feeling righteous can another person who’s struggling they invariably take on more sub - best in us. Sometimes we just us by having us hate ourselves. soon enough turn into feeling and say, There but for the grace tle forms in our lives. So that succumb to temptation, to weak - And, when someone hates him - self-righteous. Nothing feels bet - of God go I , our seeming humble now, for instance, when we’re ness. Sin needs no explanation self or herself, that hatred will ter than virtue; but self-righteous - gratitude can indicate two very humble, we become proud and beyond this: We’re human! issue forth in a hatred of others ness feels pretty good too. different things. It can be express - self-righteous in our humility. Sometimes too, people are caught and, more particularly, in a hatred We see this famously ing a sincere thanks for having Witness: nobody can be more in sinful situations, which are of the exact virtue from which he expressed in Jesus’ parable of the been undeservedly blessed, or can smug and judgmental than a new really not of their own making. has fallen. For example, it’s no Pharisee and the Publican. The just as easily be expressing a convert or someone in first fer - They’ve been abused, made to accident that a lot of people hav - pharisee is practising virtue, his smug self-righteousness about vour. live in sinful circumstances not of ing adulterous affairs have a par - actions are exactly what they our own sense of superiority. But sin too has its complexi - their own choosing, are victims of ticular cynicism toward chastity. Classical spiritual writers like ties. Some of our naive ideas trafficking, are victims of unjust Finding ourselves as weak and John of the Cross, when talking about sin and humility also need - familial or social situations, or are sinful can soften our hearts, make Rolheiser, theologian, teacher, about the challenges we face as ed to be critically examined. For too deeply wounded to actualize us humble, and open us to receive and award-winning author, is we walk the way of discipleship, example, we sometimes nurse the their own moral faculties. God’s mercy. It can also harden president of the Oblate School of speak about something they call romantic notion that sinners are In situations like this, wrong our souls and make us bitter and Theology in San Antonio, Texas. the faults of those who are humble, aware of their need for action is a question of survival, judgmental. Not every sinner He can be contacted through his beyond initial conversion. What forgiveness, and open to God. In not of free choice. As one woman prays like the publican. website: www.ronrolheiser.com. they highlight is this: we are fact, as a generalization, this is described it to me: “I was simply Virtue makes us grateful. Sin Now on Facebook: www.face - never free from struggle with sin. true for the gospels. As Jesus was a dog, biting in order not to be makes us humble. book.com/ronrolheiser As we mature, sin simply takes preaching, it was the pharisees bitten.” In these cases, generally, That’s true. Sometimes. 12 Prairie Messenger FEATURE March 8, 2017 Regina Catholic Schools and transformational change

our students, we are also chal - at Ecole St. Pius X volunteer their tion to their mandatory grade lenged to help students to trans - time to plan liturgies at their level retreat each year, students form more and more into the school, to assist at masses at are invited to attend an additional Catholic image of Jesus Christ. As Sister Christ the King Parish and to do retreat called LEAP. These Clare Fitzgerald puts it, “Catholic outreach for community groups. retreats fill up quickly, which schools exist to challenge their The saintly students at St. leaves us facing a good Connections students to become saints.” Francis School use the problem: “How do we In Regina Catholic Schools season of Advent as accommodate all the Miles Meyers both our staff and students work a time to do out - students who want hard to realize this challenge. In reach for their to attend?” fact, the Grade 6 students at parish and local The enthusi - Lately the phrase “transforma - realize transformational change is Ecole St. Pius X are so aware of community. All asm of our stu - tional change” has received a lot what Catholic schools have their call to be saints that they students engage dents to be - of attention when it comes to edu - always been about. While Catho- have named themselves “the in projects such come more cation. If we stop to think about lic schools are expected to pro - saintly sixes.” Throughout the as cleaning and saintly is a by - that phrase for a moment, we vide an excellent education for school year, all Grade 6 students decorating St. product of our Cecilia Church staff who wish to and shovelling snow do the same. Each for residents around the year our staff members school. The saintly sixes stu - must identify a faith goal dents (and their teachers) from they wish to work on. At the across Regina Catholic schools beginning of each year, our staff who attend the Youth Liturgical meets with their supervisors to set Leadership Program learn the a faith goal and they meet again skills to prepare prayers, prayer at the end of the year to celebrate services and eucharistic celebra - their achievement of this faith tions for their own school. Their goal. On Regina Catholic Schools faith leadership inspires other stu - website there is a section called dents at their school to deepen Staff Faith Formation where staff their own faith and become more can search for the latest books, saintly. workshops, classes, etc. which Our high school students are will help them to deepen their also striving to be saintly. A great faith and become more saintly. example of this is their commit - In our quest to become more ment to supporting the Canadian saintly, Regina Catholic Schools Catholic charity Chalice. Six takes time each year to acknowl - years ago our high schools made edge the saints among us who a pledge to financially support 20 inspire us to walk more closely Chalice students in Haiti for a with Jesus Christ. For the past period of 10 years. This would seven years on Feb. 2, which is take these Haitian students from World Day for Consecrated Life, Grade 2 all the way through high Regina Catholic Schools have school graduation. The cost for sponsored a luncheon for all con - CNS/Octavio Duran this would be $20,000 a year. secrated men and women. It is ST. PATRICK’S DAY JOY — Students celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at a parade in this file photo. The gift of Though we were concerned truly breathtaking to spend time the Irish, and their gift to the world, writes Gerry Turcotte, is that, “for all the melancholy of their brilliant that we may not be able to raise with these wonderful men and songs and stories, there’s a heroic heart that beats mightily and that welcomes all in the name of hope.” this money each year, we decided women who have dedicated their to take the plunge. We need not lives to the Lord through such have worried. Over the past six diverse ministries as prayer, The heroic heart of St. Patrick years, our high schools have teaching, pastoring, parish work, raised almost $250,000, which and feeding and clothing the poor. indelible literature, their heart-rend - has allowed them to financially One attendee at the luncheon just ing ballads, their irrepressible and support students from the celebrated her 74th anniversary of subversive humour: the Irish are Philippines as well. religious profession. Such dedica - known for all of this and more. Our high school students have tion to her vocation, such saintly Figure of And St. Patrick’s Day is both a always been willing to leap into living, cannot help but inspire legitimate reason and an unabashed events that will make them more others. Speech pretext to celebrate all that is saintly, and the LEAP (Leave Much as this saintly sister remarkable about the Irish. Indeed, Everything and Pray) retreat is a inspires us, Regina Catholic Dr. Gerry Turcotte the passion for Ireland is often as shining example of this. In addi - Schools strives to inspire our staff intense abroad as it is in the and students to be agents of trans - Emerald Isle itself. When I first formational change for Christ and Do you not know that the place of Saint Patrick. moved to Australia many decades Meyers is co-ordinator for to “not be afraid to become the saints will judge the world? Stephen Gwynn once noted ago I was adopted by a dedicated Catholic Education Services, saints of the new millennium” — 1 Corinthians 6:2 that the “list of Irish saints is group of Irish expats who took me Regina Catholic Schools. (Saint John Paul II). past counting; but in it all no in as their own and immersed me Several years ago I had the other figure is so human, friend - so thoroughly in their subculture pleasure of attending a workshop ly, and lovable as St. Patrick — that I wondered if I’d travelled to for university presidents at who was an Irishman only by Ireland by mistake. NOW AVAILABLE Harvard. As part of that program adoption.” Like many of the Some years back St. Mary’s e-Edition subscriptions we were given a tour of the cam - saints in the Catholic canon, St. University hosted an Irish fund- visit: www.pmonline.ca pus, and we listened as the guide Patrick lived a life of adventure raising dinner. 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Such things, as we the man who chased the snakes good cheer. In the moment, we U.S. $170.00 Foreign $269.00 from Ireland (no doubt apoc - were all Irish to the core. This I Applicable tax included know, are relative. By coinci - J J dence, the group reconvened in ryphal), but came to know him think is the gift of the Irish, and New Renewal Ireland some years later, and I more as the organizational pre - their gift to the world: for all the text for some of the best music, melancholy of their brilliant recall discussing Down Cathedral, Name: ______an Irish church built on the site of Guinness and celebration I’ve songs and stories, there’s a heroic a Benedictine monastery that ever experienced for any cultural heart that beats mightily and that Address: ______dates back to 1183. Down holiday. March 17 is, I’m sure, a welcomes all in the name of hope. 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March 8, 2017 FEATURE Prairie Messenger 13 Catholic universities in a chaotic cultural moment

By Terrence Downey tution of higher education: the belief that each one of us is made The theme of the recent con - in the image and likeness of God, ference of the Association of including those who look, think, Catholic Colleges and Univer- act and believe unlike ourselves. sities, “Exploring Diversity as an In welcoming and then celebrat - Expression of God’s Grandeur,” ing the presence of a diversity of provided an enlightened contrast voices, opinions, beliefs, inclina - to the frenzied political discourse tions and cultures, Catholic uni - surrounding refugees and immi - versities recognize and honour the grants in major western nations. grandeur of God; to do otherwise That the conference was held in is to deny the handiwork of our Washington, D.C., in the highly Creator and betray the fertile charged period immediately fol - intellectual tradition which ani - lowing the inauguration of mates our institutions. President Donald Trump, and But it is not enough for coincidental with his draconian Catholic universities to simply executive order banning immigra - acknowledge that we are against tion, lent further urgency to the all forms of racism and discrimi - fundamental nature of the topic at nation in our universities and in hand. the broader society. If we really For those of us in Catholic believe what we say we believe, universities in both Canada and we have an obligation to directly the United States, the conference and vigorously confront such was a clarion call to remind us injustices wherever they might be that we can only be true to the found both in the academy and in Catholic intellectual tradition in the public realm. CNS/Zohra Bensemra, Reuters which we operate by ardently Within our Catholic liberal arts HARSH REALITIES — Displaced Iraqis flee the Islamic State group during fighting near Mosul Feb. 27. rejecting what Pope Francis has institutions, we must ensure that Our institutions, and those who serve in them, must consistently summon the courage and the conviction to described as the demonization of each and every student, regard - speak out clearly and forcefully to oppose the prejudices and greed that motivate hostility to immigrants and refugees, writes Terrence Downey. the other. less of culture or background, is We can begin by recalling what always treated with the respect is at the root of any Catholic insti - that our God-given inherent dig - demands; they must know their of the prevailing order. from those in positions of power nity obliges, and that faculty and rights and especially their respon - This means that our institu - and influence. staff in their words and actions sibilities as citizens. They must tions, and those of us who serve If we are to be true to our call - Terrence J. Downey is presi - provide role models of the careful be inspired to envision and then in them, must consistently sum - ing as Catholic institutions, and dent of St. Thomas More College, listening and systematic research strive to build a nation that will - mon the courage and the convic - faithful to Catholic social teaching, University of Saskatchewan, that informs vigorous scholarly ingly accepts our Christian oblig - tion to speak out clearly and we must be prepared to name the Saskatoon. dialogue and intelligent decision - ations to the poor, the destitute forcefully to oppose the preju - harsh reality before us no matter making no matter how controver - and to those who seek refuge on dices and greed that motivate the consequences; indeed, in the sial or complex the issue. our wealthy shores. hostility to immigrants and refu - face of the current humanitarian Our curriculum must enable Catholic universities also have gees especially where these crisis, we are obliged to do nothing Are you students to experience authentic a public voice that must be uti - forces enjoy popular and media less. As Pope Francis reminds, “it’s encounters with our history, both lized to speak out boldly against support, and even if our speaking a hypocrisy to call yourself a Moving? the good and the bad, and to the demonizing of the other that exposes our institutions and those Christian and chase away a refugee Please let us know a engage with the times and the is very much the current cultural of us in them to harsh retaliation or someone seeking help.” month in advance. society in which we live so that moment in wealthy western soci - Write to: they are prepared for the intricate eties — including in some circles Circulation Dept. here in Canada. In this instance, Correction Prairie Messenger ethical decisions and crucial civic Box 190 choices they will inevitably be Catholic universities are now Muenster, Sask. 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New lenten vision dozen countries and cultures, offers practical ways to engaged and informed parishioners on environmental care for creation and respond to the pope’s call to justice. A recent Vatican conference addressed the issues action. The Eco-Parish Guide: Bringing Laudato Si’ to While the certification process was ambitious, of biodiversity and the unsustainable use of the earth’s Life is a tool parishes can use to combat climate “every parish can do something to help the environ - resources. The world today is threatened more by over - change — what Pope Francis refers to as “one of the ment,” said Rob Goraieb, a secular Franciscan, who is consumption and unjust wealth distribution than by the principal challenges facing humanity in our day.” co-ordinator of Franciscan Action and Advocacy at St. number of people on the planet, it concluded. It is divided into three main sections: initiatives to Francis of Assisi. “It’s about taking incremental steps; The “final declaration” came at the end of a work - help parishes reduce emissions, suggestions for how to you do what you can,” he told the Arlington Catholic shop on “Biological extinction: How to save the natur - inspire and engage parishioners about environmental Herald, newspaper of the Diocese of Arlington. al world on which we depend,” sponsored by the pon - issues, and ways to practice solidarity and advocacy to Goraieb said he hopes his parish’s certification tifical academies for sciences and social sciences. serve the neediest and build up the common good. and other examples in the guide will “bring the big Solutions to the problem, according to the final It encourages parishes to form a Care for Creation march for climate change into the pews — making it statement, were more about correcting unjust systems Team to spearhead projects, to provide recommended practical and tangible so that it grows into an effort of and selfish behaviours than population control. resources, and to monitor a climate-action checklist. It the heart, not the fist. While Lent has traditionally focused on prayer, also has a section on benchmarking — comparing More importantly, the guide illustrates how cli - fasting and almsgiving, it has also always included a energy performance of a church to buildings of com - mate change is directly related to poverty and other wider scope of correcting unjust systems and selfish parable size and location — and certification. social justice issues. behaviours. St. Francis of Assisi Church in Triangle, N.J., is The Eco-Parish Guide was created by the Global In his encyclical “ Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our one of three Catholic parishes illustrated in the guide. Catholic Climate Movement, a worldwide network of Common Home,” Pope Francis expanded the practice St. Francis is noted for its certification through more than 300 Catholic organizations. It is available of virtue to caring for the environment. He writes: New Jersey-based GreenFaith, a national interfaith online at bit.ly/Eco-ParishGuide “Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handi - environmental coalition. The parish and school estab - It notes that many efforts to combat climate work is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional lished non-toxic maintenance and cleaning practices; change can be implemented easily and for free. And or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience.” reduced energy, paper and water use; and became a some initiatives can save parishes as much as 20 per A new guide for parishes offers helpful suggestions National Wildlife Federation certified habitat. cent to 30 per cent in energy costs. to expand our horizons for doing lenten “penance.” They also incorporated Catholic social teaching It’s a program worth investigating. And Lent pro - The 45-page guide, which draws from more than a on the environment into parish celebrations and vides a good excuse. — PWN Microfinance provides a crucial key to eliminate global poverty

oped world — can be used to fa- people are unable to save for the keeps them trapped in a cycle of cilitate global development. In - future or take out small loans to poverty, in which a small calami- vestors — sometimes even ordi - help them with household, farm nary, individual investors — can or small business needs. This —MILLIONS , page 15 now help to advance the global development agenda. Closing the 17-year gap The organization I work for — Oikocredit — is one of the lead - between research and care Eugene Ellmen ers in this field. For the last 40 years we have been a major in - vestor in the microfinance sector, By Daniel Niven, Calgary tion’ have been working hard to The issue of global poverty before the deadline as the number one of the most promising areas EvidenceNetwork.ca close the gap between research remains one of humanity’s great of people living in the harshest for delivering economic solutions and practice. For the most part, challenges. In the last two dec - levels of poverty fell from 1.9 bil - to poverty. Not many patients would be they’ve been successful by mak - ades, we have made significant lion in 1990 to 836 million in The key to this is to provide happy to hear there’s a lag of ing the abundant research findings progress, but much work remains 2015. poor people with access to finan - about 17 years between when more accessible to policy-makers, to be done. But we still need to finish the cial services. According to the health scientists learn something professional societies and practi - In 2000, the UN established job. The Sustainable Develop - World Bank, there are about two significant from rigorous research tioners, and nudging them to the Millennium Development ment Goals (SDGs), approved by billion people who lack access to and when practitioners change adopt more timely evidence-based Goals, which included a goal of the UN in 2015, has now set the basic financial services. This patient care as a result. practices. cutting by half the number of peo - task of eliminating poverty in all means that 38 per cent of all But that’s what a now famous Their methods have largely ple living in extreme poverty by its forms by 2030. adults in the world lack savings study from the Institute of Medi - focused on the adoption of new 2015. That target was achieved Is this a realistic goal or a pipe accounts, credit for even the most cine uncovered in 2001. beneficial practices — drugs, tests dream? basic needs and a means to carry The study reflects a major or interventions with substantial One of the interesting develop - out the simplest of financial problem that has plagued health evidence behind them. But a pat - Ellmen is Canadian director ments in the last few years is that transactions. care for decades: the timely inte - tern has emerged from the scien - for Oikocredit. For more informa - investment — usually seen as an Without an entry point into gration of high-quality scientific tific literature: new is not always tion, visit www.oikocredit.ca activity exclusive to the devel - savings and credit services, these evidence into daily patient care. better and too much health care If you knew there was research can be bad for your health. available to guide the health care Owing to the recognition that you required, wouldn’t you want unnecessary practices may nega - your care provider and the system tively affect patient outcomes — to use that research in relation to and contribute to burgeoning costs your care? Wouldn’t you want to within health care — there is now a receive care that’s scientifically movement to promote the discon - proven to be of benefit, rather tinuation of practices used in patient than care that’s proven to be of no care that research finds to be of no benefit? benefit or potentially harmful. Although it’s been clear for cen - Initiatives such as the Choosing turies that science contributes to Wisely campaign, the Less is More advancing medicine and improving and Reducing Research Waste have disease-specific survival rates (for sprung from medical professional example, the discovery of peni - societies and high-ranking medical cillin and its effect on infection- journals to help reduce the practice related mortality rates), this con - of too much health care. cept only became popularized It turns out that cervical cancer within the medical community screening in women under 30 toward the last quarter of the 20th years old is not beneficial and may century through the evidence-based cause unnecessary followup test - medicine movement. ing; the use of bone cement to treat More recently, those who work painful spine fractures among in the field of ‘knowledge transla - patients with osteoporosis doesn’t improve pain any more than usual care; and placement of stents in the Niven is an intensive care coronary arteries of patients with physician and assistant professor narrowed arteries but minimal in the Departments of Critical symptoms is no better than treat - Care Medicine and Community ment with medications alone. CNS/Romeo Ranoco, Reuters Health Sciences in the Cumming Other examples include reduc - DRUG VICTIMS PROTEST IN THE PHILIPPINES — People hold images of Our Lady of Guadalupe School of Medicine at the Uni - ing the use of a sophisticated mon- and photos of their family members, who they say were killed because of their alleged involvement in illegal versity of Calgary. www.troy - drugs, during a March 2 protest and march in memory of the victims in Manila, Philippines. media.com — OUTCOMES , page 15 March 8, 2017 LETTERS Prairie Messenger 15

Knight of Columbus promote a wide range of pro-life activities

The Editor: On Jan. 25, the The enclosed document also works, including but certainly not Prairie Messenger published a describes some of the Order’s limited to pro-life activities. It is, column by Yvonne Zarowny in recent charitable activities and therefore, surprising that you which she criticizes the Knights of contributions, reflecting its com - would publish a piece that is so Co lumbus in general and Supreme mitment to the full range of pro- uncharitable and insulting to any Knight Carl Anderson in particular life activities, including care for person or group of people, let for being “anti-choice” rather than the environment. Most, if not all, alone fellow Catholics in your pro-life. This column reflects a of these items would have been own backyard and under your own profound ignorance of the work of available to Ms. Zarowny had pastoral care. the Knights of Columbus, as well she bothered to do any basic We have frequently heard from as a misunderstanding of the con - research, call the Order’s Com- Catholic leaders, including Pope sistent teaching of the church and munications Department, or Francis, about the need for charita - of Pope Francis himself on the to review its website and publica - ble public discourse on matters subject of abortion. tions. That she neglected to do so relating to the faith. In this regard, There is no indication that Ms. reflects, at a minimum, a profes - Catholic media should be exam -

Zarowny relied on anything other sional negligence that is trou - ples of charity, assuming the good CNS/Sergey Dolzhenko, EPA than her own prejudices and politi - bling. intentions of others unless there is cal disposition in writing this col - That you would publish such a persuasive evidence to the con - The Homeless Cup umn, and she certainly did not column suggests a serious breach trary. bother to contact the Knights of of journalistic ethics. In that Ms. Zarowny’s column is a The stained coffee cup Columbus in advance. The result is regard, I note that in an article counter-example: she has patched lies open mouthed a plainly defamatory column in published online in Lifesite News together half-truths, outright false - beside your old running shoes which she states, with no evidence, (Feb. 9, 2017) you attempted to hoods, and conclusory statements and your faded jeans are that the Knights of Columbus is defend Ms. Zarowny by stating “I in order to lead readers to con - torn and dirty now attempting to “spread the think she’s trying to encourage the clude that the Knights of Colum- as you huddle ‘American gospel’ of unrestrained Knights of Columbus to take a bus as an organization is motivat - beyond the tossed coins capitalism” throughout the world, broader view of their pro-life ed solely by self-interest and that it with no place else at the expense of vulnerable peo - stance than just anti-abortion. I’m cares little for the health and wel - but these stone steps ples and the environment. a Knight myself and I think the fare of people and the environ - to lay your head. As counsel for the Knights of Knights of Columbus do have a ment. Shouldn’t a Catholic publi - Columbus, I respectfully request broader view.” cation such as the Prairie What will it take to that you publish a retraction. Notwithstanding your defence, Messenger have a higher stan - fill your cup with hope In light of the column’s multi - there was nothing “encouraging” dard? Shouldn’t it be setting an beyond the brim, ple factual inaccuracies and mis - about this column. And if you, as example of truthfulness and chari - so that light can push leading statements, which charac - the editor, knew that the Knights ty in public discourse? Shouldn’t it the darkness back? terize the Knights of Columbus as “do have a broader view,” then be a model for how Catholics a sinister organization interested in why did you allow this column to should speak and write about other Perhaps dropping amassing wealth and power “to be published? Indeed, since 1990, Catholics? the threads of fear the detriment of hundreds of mil - when you joined the Order, you While the Order is deeply woven deep within lions as well as future genera - have been receiving Columbia grateful for your service over the the coats of identity tions,” it is hard to escape the con - magazine, which each month many years you have been a that allow us to stride by untouched clusion that it was Ms. Zarowny’s showcases the numerous charita - member, it is disappointed that by this station intention to cast the Knights of ble activities undertaken by local you allowed Ms. Zarowny’s col - of the cross. Columbus in an unfavourable and state councils and the Order umn to be published. In addition light, and not to enlighten your as a whole. to a retraction, the Order asks that By Michael Dallaire readers with accurate and relevant Furthermore, as state chaplain you consider publishing a piece news and information. of Saskatchewan, it is likely that reflecting the true nature of the Please take a moment to read you attended Knights of Columbus organization, which has helped Outcomes not enhanced (my) . . . inventory of Ms. conventions and other meetings at untold thousands of Knights, fam - Zarowny’s inaccurate statements which you would have had an ily members, and parishioners about the Knights of Columbus opportunity to observe, hear about, grow in faith and charity through Continued from page 14 professional guidelines. Guidelines and the pope’s encyclical. Her col - and participate in the Order’s service to the church and people also need to be less cumbersome umn manages to twist the church’s numerous and diverse charitable in need. itoring device (pulmonary artery and directed more toward use at teaching about life beyond recog - and fraternal activities. You would Alternatively, the Order asks catheter) to obtain frequent mea - the point-of-care rather than sim - nition, while casting aspersions on have met many Knights and their that you consider publishing a sures of heart function in patients ply a reference document. Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a saint wives and family members, good piece submitted by the Knights of with heart failure and tightly con - Health care systems also need to who is beloved by hundreds of men and women who are trying to Columbus about its worldwide trolling blood sugar using intra - be engineered so frontline providers millions of people throughout the live out their Catholic faith charitable mission. — L. Martin venous insulin in patients admitted have a greater likelihood of provid - world. through prayer, charity, and the Nussbaum, Colorado Springs, to intensive care units. ing care congruent with current sci - And in characterizing the public witness of their good Colo. For each of these examples, ence. This is likely best facilitated supreme knight as “anti-choice” new research demonstrates that by using comprehensive electronic rather than pro-life, suggesting Millions of people helped they don’t improve patient out - medical records. Given that many that he and the Knights of Co - comes, yet each persists to some health care systems still employ the lumbus are out of step with Pope to be lifted out of poverty degree in clinical practice. traditional paper-based charting and Francis, Ms. Zarowny also man - The 17-year gap between re - order system, this will require con - aged to neglect the Holy See’s search and practice traditionally siderable financial commitment. annual letters of greeting to the Continued from page 14 where it is badly needed. refers to the time required to adopt Moving from research to im- Order’s supreme convention, In his book, Creating a World new practices. Unfortunately, new proved practice more rapidly will which effusively praise the ty can mean the difference be - Without Poverty, Mohammed research shows it may take even also take an engaged group of Knights of Columbus for its con - tween getting ahead and falling Yunus has written: “Once poverty longer to abandon unnecessary stakeholders — professional soci - tribution to the mission of the permanently into hardship. is gone, we’ll need to build muse - practices. Shortening the gap be - eties, health care providers, pa - church. In this regard, I would also By providing affordable, fair ums to display its horrors to tween research and practice has tients and their family members, note that the supreme knight met and accessible financial services future generations. They’ll won - been a long time coming, and can medical administrators and gov - with Pope Francis in a private to the poor, responsible microfi - der why poverty continued so on ly help improve outcomes for pa - ernments — who appreciate the audience just last week. nance institutions are helping to long in human society — how a tients and control health spending. long-term benefit possible from Omissions, false statements, lift millions of people out of few people could live in luxury How do we get there? such considerable initial invest - and mischaracterizations are the poverty. These institutions while billions dwelt in misery, Shortening the time between ment of time and money. opposite of what one would (which include non-profits, sav - deprivation and despair.” research and practice will require A health care system that expect from a Catholic publica - ings co-operatives and private Investment in microfinance is an increased understanding of enables providers to consistently tion, especially when writing banks) are creating financial ser - one of many strategies being used what it takes to implement new deliver care that aligns with rec - about matters of importance to vices that help to in crease local to relegate poverty to the muse - research and a reduction in the ommended best practice should other Catholics. savings and provide basic credit ums. time new research is reflected in be a national priority.

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By Allyson Escobar morning keynote. U.S. . . . but is now a place filled united nation, embracing God’s Rev. Chris Bazyouros, director with hope.” trust in times of political division ANAHEIM, Calif. (CNS) — of the Office of Religious Edu - As the first Catholic church east and turmoil, the lively East asked A pastor from Washington urged cation for the Archdiocese of Los of the Anacostia River, St. Teresa everyone to look at the image of attendees at the 2017 Los Ange - Angeles, introduced the priest to of Avila is considered the mother Divine Mercy as the ultimate les Religious Education Congress the spirited morning crowd at the church for the area. Today the example of embraceable love. to embrace God’s trust in times of Anaheim Convention Center parish is predominantly African- “Around this image of the political division and turmoil, Arena. He noted that East has American. Body of Christ, we are one body, such as the nation and the world been part of the congress for The priest, who is African- not divided, with Jesus as our currently are experiencing. years and this was his first key - American, also said he was bring - head,” he said. “Do you want to Msgr. Raymond G. East, pas - note address at the gathering. ing greetings from 1600 Pennsyl - know what God, what love looks tor of St. Teresa of Avila Parish in Wearing his signature tradition - vania Avenue, referring to Presi - like? Look at Jesus, with his arms the Archdiocese of Washington, al African garment, East be gan his dent Donald Trump and Vice- open wide, streams of love and spoke Feb. 25, the second day of talk with a warm embrace. president Mike Pence. grace opened up for us, extended the congress. The morning began “The theme of embracing trust “That’s why we are here today for all the world.” with prayer and praise, as musi - begins with an embrace,” he said, — this congress is different from Sharing stories from Scripture cians from Catholic Relief giving Bazyouros a spirited hug. any other. We’ve never been in a — including about Moses, Abra - Services and Oregon Catholic “This morning, we commit our - time where we feel so divided in ham and Sarah — he talked about Press led the crowd in a lively selves to the divine embrace . . . conflict with one another,” East embracing trust in a God “who morning prayer service. embracing the embraceable God.” said. “People apart, different brings us from slavery to free - Attendees were invited to He introduced himself as ideas and ideologies, expressions dom, who is still in the business think about global solidarity and being from a 138-year-old parish of faith and political realities. But of liberation.” embracing full trust in God, who in the Washington neighbourhood today I hope that we can deal He cited Mary as the ultimate holds the world in his hands — of Anacostia, which he described with God’s politics.” example of faithful trust in God, aptly setting the theme for East’s as “once the murder capital of the Expressing this theme of a when she gave her yes — her fiat — in the Annunciation, singing her famous line: “Let it be done Abuse survivor quits papal body to me according to your Word.” Keeping with the theme of CNS/Victor Aleman By Carol Glatz operate with the commission on embracing trust in a divided Msgr. Raymond G. East the combining of the work.” world, East challenged the audi - VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The commission had recom - ence to think about minorities, that the Divine image does not One of the founding members and mended a new judicial section be immigrants and refugees in the include darker shades of colour. the last remaining abuse survivor added within the doctrinal congre - 21st century, many who feel cast The myth that we are not all cre - on the Pontifical Commission for gation to judge crimes of “abuse of out more than ever. ated in God’s image is dangerous the Protection of Minors has quit office” by bishops alleged to have “How does their plight con - and deadly. Unless we can go and over what she described as resis - failed in fulfilling responsibilities nect with ours?” he asked the see that we are all sisters and tance coming from Vatican offices linked to handling suspected and clapping and cheering crowd. brothers, together, none of our against implementing recommen - known cases of sex abuse. Even “We have inherited this myth . . . politics will ever make sense.” dations. though the pope and his nine-mem - Marie Collins, who joined the ber council of cardinals approved Cardinal explains Vatican commission when it was estab - the new section in mid-2015, lished in 2014, said: “The reluc - Collins confirmed in her editorial tance of some in the Vatican Curia that it was never implemented. procedures to abuse cases to implement recommendations or Another papal directive pro - co-operate with the work of a moting accountability of negli - By Junno Arocho Esteves While acknowledging that per - commission when the purpose is gent bishops and religious superi - sonal care of victims is important, to improve the safety of children ors — “As a Loving Mother” — VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Müller said Collins’ accusations and vulnerable adults around the was also meant to begin in the fall The Vatican’s doctrinal chief dis - “are based on a misunderstand - world is unacceptable.” of 2016, but “it is impossible to missed accusations that some ing” and that bishops and reli - “It is devastating in 2017 to see know if it has actually begun Vatican officials are resisting rec - gious superiors “who are closer” that these men still can put other work or not,” Collins said. ommendations on best practices to victims of clergy sex abuse are concerns before the safety of chil - She said the “last straw” that led for protecting children and vulner - charged with their pastoral care. dren and vulnerable adults,” she CNS/Carol Glatz to her handing in her letter of resig - able adults from clergy sex abuse. “When a letter arrives, we said in an editorial published Marie Collins nation was when she learned that “I think this cliché must be put always ask the bishop that he take online March 1 by the National the same dicastery that refused to to an end: the idea that the pope, pastoral care of the victim, clarify - Catholic Reporter. dicastery most closely involved in co-operate on the safeguarding who wants the reform, is on one ing that the congregation will do Pope Francis created the com - dealing with cases of abuse, has guidelines had also refused “to side and, on the other, a group of everything possible to do justice. mission to be an independent body been shameful,” she said. implement one of the simplest rec - resisters who want to block it,” It is a misunderstanding that this of experts, including survivors of While Collins did not specifi - ommendations the commission has said Cardinal Gerhard Müller, clerical sexual abuse, to advise him cally name which dicastery, the put forward to date.” prefect of the Congregation for with recommendations on best Vatican’s doctrinal congregation is The recommendation, which the Doctrine of the Faith. practices for protecting minors and charged with investigating verified the pope instructed that all Vati can The congregation is charged vulnerable adults in the church. The crimes the church defines as “more departments follow, asked that with carrying out canonical trials commission is also charged with grave delicts,” which includes the every Vatican office “ensure all and seeking justice for victims of promoting responsibility in local sexual abuse of minors. The office, correspondence from victims/sur - clerical abuse, while local bishops churches by “uniting their efforts to through its promoter of justice, vivors receives a re sponse. I and heads of religious orders must those of the Congregation for the also monitors the procedures that learned in a letter from this partic - care for their pastoral needs, he Doctrine of the Faith, for the pro - national bishops’ conferences have ular dicastery last month that they said in an interview with the tection of all children and vulnera - in place for dealing with abuse are refusing to do so,” she said. Italian newspaper Corriere della ble adults,” according to the com - accusations and handling the dis - “I find it impossible to listen to Sera , published March 5. mission’s statutes. missal from the priesthood of those public statements about the deep Müller responded to complaints “However, despite the Holy guilty of sexual abuse. concern in the church for the care made by Marie Collins, who re - Father approving all the recom - In her NCR editorial, Collins of those whose lives have been signed her post on the Pontifical mendations made to him by the said the commission’s template of blighted by abuse, yet to watch Commission for the Protection of commission, there have been con - safeguarding guidelines was privately as a congregation in the Minors March 1, citing what she stant setbacks,” Collins said in a never sent out to the world’s bish - Vatican refuses to even acknowl - de scribed as resistance coming statement published on her web - ops’ conferences for helping them edge their letters!” from Vatican offices against imple - site, www.mariecollins.net craft or improve their own poli - “It is a reflection of how this menting recommendations. “This has been directly due to cies and “the dicastery, which has whole abuse crisis in the church In an editorial published online the resistance by some members the responsibility for reviewing has been handled: with fine words March 1 by National Catholic CNS/Paul Haring of the Vatican Curia to the work existing bishops’ conference poli - in public and contrary actions Reporter, Collins said an un- Cardinal Gerhard Müller of the commission. The lack of cy documents and which has its behind closed doors,” she said. named dicastery not only refused co-operation, particularly by the own template, is refusing to co- She said she had pledged when to co-operate on the commission’s dicastery, in Rome,” can be aware she joined the commission that safeguarding guidelines, but also of everything happening in all the she would quit the moment she refused to respond to letters from dioceses and religious orders in Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point felt “what was happening behind victims. the world, the cardinal said. at which we learn to understand that all growth closed doors was in conflict with Collins said the refusal “to im- The Congregation for the what was being said to the public. plement one of the simplest rec - Doctrine of the Faith, he added, does not take place in the sunlight. This point has come. I feel I have ommendations the commission has “acts as the supreme apostolic tri - — Joan Chittister no choice but to resign if I am to put forward to date” was the last bunal” on matters dealing with retain my integrity.” straw that led to her resignation. clerical abuse.