Sooner Catholic www.soonercatholic.org September 6, 2015 www.archokc.org Go Make Disciples El Reno’s Sacred Heart: Leading by example By Charles Albert For the Sooner Catholic One hundred and twenty-fi ve years on the Oklahoma prairie, like many fellow parishes, El Reno’s Sacred Heart started in family homes. The parish prospered with many close fam- ilies who were devoted to the parish and its growth. Sacred Heart also overcame much Sacred Heart adversity such as disease, Oklahoma weath- 125th anniversary er, discrimination, fi nancial issues, the Great to be Depression, two World Wars, natural fi res, celebrated by possible arson cases and the closing of the Archbishop Coak- beloved parish school in 1968 due to costs and ley, Sept. 19, 5 enrollment. p.m. However, what sets this parish apart is a very strong core of long-time, multi-generational families who are quite proud of their diverse and exciting parish, and school history. One famous parishioner, who lived in a pau- per shack and is now deceased, was Joseph Danne. He didn’t care about worldly posses-

Top, the first church building. Above, Fr. Mark Mason sions, as he was busy inventing a winter wheat and Porter Menz ride on a parade float depicting the called “Triumph,” parishioners said. Although first Sacred Heart Church. he lived humbly, he died with a rather size- able estate and left much for Sacred Heart and ing of a retirement care center and memory other Catholic charities. Cecelia Voss, head of care center administered and fi nanced by a the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) board of directors from Sacred Heart. program at Sacred Heart, visited his home as Dave Eaton, chairman of the board, said, “It a child and remembers it is as “very much a is very rewarding for the board, the employees, shack, not well kept, and had Mason Jars of the residents, the Church and the community.” seeds everywhere.” Saint Katharine Drexel Retirement Center In 1997, Sacred Heart’s parish council voted is privately funded and has a waiting list for to reopen its closed school. Again, defying na- the facility. Members of the church raised tionwide statistics, the school has doubled in $300,000 in cash reserves for the diocese to enrollment. approve the program in 2005. According to Holly Eaton, public relations Father Mason celebrates Mass once a week at director of the school, “The school offers a great Saint Katharine’s, even though a large portion alternative, great support in the community of the retirement center’s residents are not and great support from the parish.” The school Catholic. Both the school and the retirement could not have succeeded and grown without center have contributed to a large number of the support of past pastor Father Phil Donohoe converts joining Sacred Heart. and current pastor, Father Mark Mason. Charles Albert is a freelance writer for the Parishioners serve food at a June carnival. What also sets this parish apart is the open- Sooner Catholic. Oklahomans lead smudging ceremony at National Shrine Deacon Roy Callison, coordinator of Mass, the congregation moved down to American Indian Catholic Outreach the crypt. There they were able to view for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, the Blessed Junípero Serra exhibit, and his wife, Susan Callison, led a which included artifacts from the Bu- smudging ritual at the Basilica of the reau of Catholic Indian Missions. Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. What is a Smudging Ceremony? The ceremony was held Aug. 23 before a Mass by the Bureau of Cath- A Smudging Ceremony is an ancient North American ceremonial ritual used olic Indian Missions and the American by American Indians to purify themselves Indian community to celebrate the spiritually. Different tribes use differ- one-month countdown until the arrival ent plants such as cedar, sage or sweet grass. To conduct the smudging ritual a of Pope Francis in Washington, D.C., small amount of fi re coals are placed in and the September canonization of a seashell. The cedar is then sprinkled Blessed Junípero Serra. on the coals. The smoke rising from the burning cedar carries the prayers of the The Mass was celebrated in the Up- people to the Creator. During the smudg- per Church where Fr. Wayne Paysse ing ceremony the person conducting the was main celebrant and homilist. Sr. ritual gently fans the cedar smoke toward the people using an eagle feather or an Kateri Mitchell and Fr. Henry Sands eagle feather fan. were among those participating. After Photo courtesy of Matthew Barrick. 2 September 6, 2015 Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic World Meeting of Families September 6, 2015 3

Put Out Into the Deep Catholic world’s most-sought speakers scheduled for World Meeting Luke 5:4 Find more By Lou Baldwin news on the Catholic Philly What can we learn from the The best word to describe the list of about website 130 speakers for keynote and breakout ses- passing of Mark Costello? sions at the Sept. 22-25 World Meeting of Fam- By Sooner Catholic Staff ilies coming to Philadelphia is: Awesome. Last week, Oklahomans publicly mourned the fi nd themselves isolated The speakers include cardinals, archbishops, death of Mark Costello, who was tragically slain by and without adequate Additional coverage of bishops, priests, deacons, religious and many the hand of his own dear son, Christian. The gover- resources and under- Church and archdiocesan lay men and women both single and married, nor ordered fl ags fl own at half-staff in Mark’s memory standing from the wider news and events, only on the latter a necessary ingredient for any mean- in acknowledgement of his dedicated service to the community to alleviate www.soonercatholic.org: ingful discussion of the family. sessions to follow. people of Oklahoma as labor commissioner, an offi ce the very real suffering of While there will be a large number of Ameri- The fi rst keynote, on Sept. 22 from 2:30 p.m. he had held since his election in 2010. As became ap- mental illness. As read- Archbishop Paul S. Coakley Dr. Nora Montalvo-Lien- cans attending, this is an international gather- to 3:30 p.m., is scheduled to be given by Father parent in the remarkable media coverage throughout ers of this column will do will address the needs of ing with other speakers from Guinea, Canada, Robert Barron, the newly ordained auxilia- the days following his death, Mark was many things know, this is an affl iction that affects far more people Latino families exposed to France, the Philippines, Columbia, Ghana, ry bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. to many people. than are readily acknowledged. There is still a stigma domestic violence on Sept. Argentina, Italy, Panama, the Netherlands, Bishop Barron is best known as the founder of Mark was a dedicated and loving husband and attached to this affl iction. 11 at the CPC. For more Mexico, Ecuador, China and the Holy Land. Word on Fire online ministry and as host of the father. He was a Catholic, passionately devoted to his My hope is that the very public and painful or- information, contact Lisa It is an overwhelmingly Catholic group of award-winning documentary, “Catholicism.” faith in Jesus Christ. He was a successful business- deal that the Costellos have endured will help foster [email protected]. course, but the list also includes speakers who His topic will be “Living as the Image of God: man and entrepreneur. He was certainly a committed greater understanding of the reality and prevalence are Baptist, Anglican, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Created for Joy and Pope Francis greets a mother and child at the Rebib- Republican. He was a generous benefactor to many Mormon, Evangelical, Love.” of mental illness in our communities, in our parishes Sr. Rosemary Nyirumbe, bia Prison in Rome, Italy. The pope will attend the Catholic institutions and other causes that he be- Jewish and Muslim. and in our families. I pray that this awareness will director of the St. Monica World Meeting of Families Another keynote World Meeting Sept. 26-27. L’Osservatore Romano. lieved in. Mark was a friend to many, including many Finding experts will- speaker will be Cardi- who were often forgotten and overlooked. Girls’ Tailoring Centre in Uganda, will speak on the ing to talk at the World  The USCCB will provide live coverage nal Robert Sarah, sec- vine Plan.” I have known Mark since 1976 when as undergrad- Meeting of Families and recordings of speakers during the retary of the Vatican  Curtis Martin, CEO of FOCUS, the Fellow- uates at the University of Kansas we participated OCU Campus on Sept. 23. More information at okcu. wasn’t the real chal- World Meeting. Go online to www.usccb. Congregation for the ship of Catholic University Students, will speak together in a semester abroad in Ireland. When he lenge, it was accom- org. edu/SisterRosemary. Evangelization of Peo- Sept. 24 from 4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. on “What married Cathy Cerkey in 1982 (in the parish to which modating people who  Archbishop Coakley and a group from ples. His topic will be is New about the New Evangelization.” Cathy and I both belonged) I was an acolyte for the were willing to speak in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City will “The Light of the Fam-  Dr. Gianna Emanuele Molla, for whom The Birth Choice Life wedding Mass. the program’s format. be present at the WMOF. Follow them ily in a Dark World,” her mother, Saint Gianna Molla, gave her own Walk will take place Oct. 4. The Costellos were among the handful of people I The program is based on their pilgrimage at www.soonercatho- on Sept. 23 from 10:30 life by refusing to abort her child when she Check the briefs for details. knew when I arrived in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma on “Love is Our Mis- lic.org, and the archdiocesan Facebook, a.m. to 11:30 a.m. developed a deadly cancer, will share the dais City and they welcomed me warmly. Those are a few sion: The Family Fully Twitter and Instagram accounts. Helen Alvaré, a pro- with Dr. Karl Beiter and Cardinal Willem Eijk of the memories I cherish about Mark. The amazing Check the online calen- Alive,” the offi cial cat-  To learn more about the World Meet- fessor at George Mason of Utrecht on Sept. 24 from 4:15 p.m. to 5:15 thing is that so many other people in Oklahoma and dar for a complete listing of echesis and the theme ing of Families, including ways your University, is a mar- p.m. They will speak on “Out of the Depths I beyond have their own stories and memories of Mark, parish fall festivals. for World Meeting of family can participate from home, visit ried mother of three. Cry to you, O Lord: The Heartbreak of Infertil- many of which have been shared in the course of Families 2015, accord- www.worldmeeting2015.org. She has represented ity.” these days. Mark Costello was a public fi gure. But, he ing to Dr. Mary Beth the U.S. Conference  Carolyn Woo, CEO and president of Cath- also was a man, like all men and women, who kept Mark Costello and Archbishop Coakley at a benefi t hosted by the Costellos on Aug. 31, 2011. Photo provided. WSPAPER Yount, the director of of Catholic Bishops olic Relief Services, will speak Sept. 25 from NE C his own counsel about some of the things that mat- R ON E T T E content and program- and the Holy See on 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on “Life is Good, Pro- T S tered most. E 2014 T B ming for the world meeting. matters concerning the family before the press, claiming the Love of Christ to the World.” Among those things that Mark carried in his heart lead to effective measures that bring greater under- Yount herself is an associate professor of the U.S. Congress and the United Nations.  Archbishop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, an daily was the burden he felt for his son, Christian. standing and resources to bear on this problem that AWARD WINNER theology at Neumann University and an inter- Her keynote speech on Sept. 23 from 3 p.m. to immigrant from Mexico and Father Barron’s O Christian, as most people now know, suffers from K N L O 4 p.m. will address “Building a Just Society: new ordinary, will address “Give Me Your Tired, takes such a toll on individuals, families and society. A + + I nationally known speaker and author on such H T mental illness. He was tormented O + + + IA When Pope Francis challenges MA OC topics as ethics, the theology of the family, Catholic Social Teaching in Your Life.” Your Poor…” on Sept. 25 from 11:45 a.m. to by this illness, as was his fam- PRESS ASS the Church and all Christians parenting and education. She also is a married She is best known for her defense of human 12:45 p.m. while denouncing the cruel impact ily who loved him and suffered Oklahoma resources for mental health services to go out to the peripheries of mother of four children. life, and her presentation will explore the myr- of America’s broken immigration system on compassionately with him. They Yount was one of the 10 writers contributing iad implications of God’s linking love with new families and children. never gave up on Christian, even society, bringing the light of the Reachout Hotline (800) 522-9054 to “Love is Our Mission.” life – not only the love between a man and a  Suzy Ismael, who is when they found themselves Gospel to all those in need, he Plus, don’t miss daily up- Suicide Prevention (800) 273-8255 Because the congress program is based on woman, and between parents Muslim, will talk on Sept. 25 helpless to stop his destructive reminds us of our duty to re- dates on Facebook, Twit- Gambling Hotline (800) 522-4700 the catechism, the speakers were chosen as and children, but also the from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. behavior. Catholic Charities, St. Joseph’s member and embrace the forgot- ter and Instagram! experts who could address specifi c topics from meaning of life. about “See the Other Side, Of course, not everyone suffer- Counseling (800) 375-8514 ten ones, the least of our broth- it, fi rst through keynote talks, then breakout Dr. Juan Francesco de la an Interfaith Call to Service,” ing from mental illness becomes Oklahoma Department of Mental ers and sisters. Certainly among Guardia Brin and Gabriela exploring how beliefs of all violent; far from it. But, many Health and Substance Abuse Ser- these we must count those who vices http://ok.gov/odmhsas N. de la Guardia, a keynote faiths can preserve the sancti- people who suffer from or suffer suffer the stigma, the isolation presenting couple from Pana- ty of marriage and encourage with friends and family members and misunderstanding of mental ma, will address “A Gift from strong marriages and families. affl icted with mental illnesses illness. God: the Meaning of Human  Scott Hahn, a convert Sexuality” on Sept. 24 from to Catholicism and popular St. John Paul II (CNS photo/Joe 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. They writer on religious matters, Archbishop Coakley’s Calendar @archokc Rimkus Jr) and St. Gianna Molla are are 35 years married and the co-patrons of the World Meeting. will speak Sept. 24 from 11:45 The following events are part of Archbishop Coakley’s offi cial calen- parents of four. a.m. to 12:45 p.m. on “Back to dar. Cardinal Luis Antonio Ta- the Garden of Eden: Unearth- Sept. 8 – St. Ann Retirement Center board meeting, 8 a.m., Catholic Archdiocese of gle, the Archbishop of Manila, will deliver his ing God’s Covenant with Humankind.” Oklahoma City Pastoral Center keynote topic, “The Family: A Home for the  Andrés and Kathia Arango will speak Sept. 8 – Department head meeting, 10 a.m., CPC Arquidiócesis de Wounded Heart,” on Sept. 24 from 3 p.m. to about “The Building Blocks and the Corner- Sept. 8 – Mass, 11:30 a.m., St. Francis De Sales Chapel at CPC Oklahoma City 4 p.m. He will discuss how everyone struggles stone: Building Familial Love through Every- Sept. 8 – Finance Council meeting, 2 p.m., CPC with painful situations, including loneliness, day Practices” on Sept. 23 from 4:15 p.m. to Sept. 8 – Archdiocesan Review Board meeting, 3:30 p.m., CPC poverty, illness, disability and unemployment, 5:15 p.m. Kathia is the director of the Offi ce Sept. 10 – Mass, 11:30 a.m., St. Francis De Sales Chapel at CPC and how we must walk together for love and for Hispanic Catholics for the Archdiocese of Sept. 12 – Young adult Mass and cookout, 4 p.m., CPC support. Philadelphia; Andrés is the bishop’s delegate Sept. 13 – Mass and 60th anniversary celebration, St. Mary Magda Presenting the fi nal keynote talk on Friday, for Hispanic ministry and director of evange- lene, Metairie, La. Sept. 25, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. is the lization for the Diocese of Camden. They have Sept. 15 – Jubilarian dinner with priests of the archdiocese, 6 p.m. duo of Cardinal Sean O’Malley, Archbishop of twin daughters. Sept. 17 – Catholic Relief Services Board meeting, Baltimore, Md. Boston, and Evangelical Pastor Rick Warren of Because there are about 150 countries with Sept. 19 – Women of Faith/Women of Action luncheon, Noon, CPC Saddleback Church in California. Their topic delegates registered for the congress, most Sept. 19 – Mass and 125th anniversary celebration, 5 p.m., Sacred is, “The Joy of the Gospel of Life.” of the keynote talks will be delivered in En- Heart, El Reno The breakout session speakers cover a very glish and have simultaneous translation into Sept. 20 – Mass and 50th anniversary celebration, Church of the The offi cial icon for the World Meeting of Families is wide range of topics including: French, Italian, Spanish, Vietnamese and Resurrection, Wichita a portrait of the Holy Family by Philadelphia artist  Christopher West, an expert on Theology American Sign Language. The exception is Neilson Carlin. Jesus, Mary and Joseph are in the of the Body, in a presentation to young adults Cardinal Tagle’s talk, which he will deliver in foreground of the portrait, with Sts. Anne and Joa- will speak Sept. 24 from 4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. Italian; and the talk by Dr. de la Guardia Brin chim, Mary’s parents, in the background. on “Desiring Infi nite Love: Sexuality in the Di- and his wife, delivered in Spanish. 4 September 6, 2015 Commentary Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic Commentary September 6, 2015 5 Cultivating empathy through reading Making Sense of Bioethics As a child, I consumed stories tornado victims, the homeless, the Consenting to the unconscionable voraciously: tales of children on jobless and the immigrant. the prairie, runaways hidden in Though we can never fully know In recent years, scientists in child’s remains. Researchers claim to explain on the other, since there Anamaría industry and academia have come this consent is necessary to en- hadn’t been a parallel outcry when a museum, and siblings who fi nd their hardships, we are able to Scaperlanda another world behind thick fur imagine what it must be like for to rely on freshly obtained human able the ethical use of the cells or it came to the more offensive act of Biddick Father Tad coats. the Christians of the Middle East tissue specimens for certain types tissues. This procedural detail is terminating the life of the unborn For the Sooner Pacholczyk Like most children, I was en- to leave their homeland, persecut- of research and experimentation. frequently described in the sec- child itself. As one commentator Catholic National Catholic couraged in this habit and other ed by radical Muslims. In short, Sometimes these tissues and or- tion called “Materials and Meth- observed, “Maybe it is not enough gans can be obtained after routine ods” found in scientifi c research to be outraged at abortion on its Bioethics Center Most Reverend ways of cultivating my imagina- we can envision the point of view tion, but it wasn’t until I was an of someone who is not us, even of surgeries like gall bladder removal papers, as, for example, in this face because, I don’t know, killing Paul S. Coakley parables, to teach and guide our adult that one of the benefi ts of someone who has lived a different from adults or foreskin removal February 2015 article on brain is somehow worse if body parts are Archbishop of Oklahoma City actions. Through these stories, we imagination became clear – the life. during the circumcision of new- research in the journal “Science:” sold.” cally demonstrated that she does are able to enter into the point of Publisher importance of imagination in cul- borns. “Human fetal brain tissue was Despite this inconsistency, it not have the best interests of her view of someone else – and, more tivating empathy, even for those is nonetheless clear that the use child in mind, having arranged for importantly, examine our own Diane Clay who have different lives than ours. of tissues and organs from direct the taking of that child’s life. From Reading allows us a unique actions. abortions raises signifi cant moral Editor the ethical point of view, she has chance to enter into another per- In the parable of the Good concerns, even if the mother’s sig- disqualifi ed herself from being able son’s story. It trains us to “walk Samaritan, Jesus offers us an nature may have been sought and to give valid informed consent on Brianna Osborne a mile in someone else’s shoes,” examination of conscience about obtained. behalf of her now-deceased child. Managing Editor as that great literary hero Atticus Typically, when we serve as a being a good neighbor. We can see In the absence of proper in- Finch extols his daughter to do. proxy for someone and give con- ourselves as the traveler, robbed formed consent, taking organs When we read “To Kill a Mocking- sent on their behalf, we act sim- and beaten by beggars, and in or tissues from the corpse would bird,” we glimpse the diffi culty of ply as their agent and provide an Volume 37, Number 17 need of help. If we are honest with represent a further violation of the working toward justice in a preju- affi rmation of their original wishes ourselves, we can identify with the integrity of the child’s body and dice society. (“Yes, he told me he wanted to Once we are able to envision priest and the Levite who pass him constitute a failure to respect the Sooner Catholic Newspaper “Little House on the Prairie,” donate his kidneys”). Alternatively, the life of another person, we are by with our excuses, revealing our remains of the dead. Thus, the 7501 Northwest Expressway “Little Women,” and other clas- if we do not know the wishes of sic works show us, among other moved to action by their diffi cul- failure to love our neighbors. tissues and organs of the directly Oklahoma City, OK 73132 the deceased patient, we do our ties. We donate household items to aborted child should not be uti- things, how widely families can We see the love of the Good Sa- best to make a reasonable deci- (405) 721-1810 vary and how these early expe- Saint Vincent de Paul and Catholic maritan, who sacrifi ces so much of sion based on the specifi cs of their lized for research, transplantation Fax: (405) 721-5210 riences shape our lives. Anne Charities upon seeing the diffi cul- his time and money to help a man Catholics join a prayerful protest of Planned Parenthood in OKC. Photo provided. situation, using a “best interest” or the development of therapies, Frank’s diary and Lois Lowry’s ties of refugees, tornado victims E-mail: [email protected] who he doesn’t know. We imagine standard (“based on my friendship but instead should be given a “Number the Stars” offer a view and the impoverished. We help the Mailing Address: the diffi culties of such a love of The use of such tissues and obtained from the [clinic], follow- with him and concern for him, I proper and respectful burial. into the humanity of a people op- woman in a diffi cult pregnancy as P.O. Box 32180 neighbor, which makes us better organs can be morally acceptable ing elective pregnancy termination think he really would have wanted In the fi nal analysis, maternal pressed. we are able, providing food, cloth- Oklahoma City, OK 73123 able to live like the Good Samari- if the patient (or the parents of the and informed written maternal to donate his kidneys”). consent cannot provide moral Formed by these literary experi- ing or shelter for her and her child. clearance for researchers to utilize tan. newborn) provide informed con- consents, and with approval of the When we serve as a proxy deci- ences, we face the world a different In the end, imagination shapes our fetal remains from direct abortions Anamaría Scaperlanda Biddick sent. The use of cells and tissues local University Hospital Ethical sion maker for a fetus, an infant, Visit us online at way. We are moved by those who character, leading us to live more in their research. Such permission live far from family when their fi rst virtuous lives. is a freelance writer for the Sooner from fetuses also can be morally Review Committees.” or a deceased child prior to the age www.soonercatholic.org from the mother is not, objective- baby is born; we empathize with Jesus himself used stories, the Catholic. acceptable when those cells are Planned Parenthood, the largest of reason, it is incumbent on us obtained from a natural miscar- provider of abortions in the Unit- to make a “best interest” decision ly speaking, an authentic form Visit the archdiocesan website Reverend Menasco Rev. Benjamin Lwin riage, and the parents provide ed States, also seeks maternal on their behalf. The assumption of consent, but is rather a type at www.archokc.org consent. This would be equivalent consent prior to procuring fetal is that as we cared for them in of “sham consent” that secures celebrates 25 years celebrates 25 years to consenting to an organ donation body parts from direct abortions, life, and had their best interests the veneer of legitimacy for what from their deceased child. as chronicled by the Center for in mind while they were living, we is ultimately an unconscionable The Sooner Catholic Rev. Edward Tooman Menasco Rev. Benjamin Saw Kyaw Lwin Recently, however, a phenome- Medical Progress in their bomb- can continue to exercise that “best research practice. (USPS 066-910) is published celebrated 25 years as a priest in will celebrate 25 years as a priest non has come to light that involves shell 2015 video exposé in which interest” decision-making capacity Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D., biweekly except for once in July the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City during the upcoming jubilarian cel- the partnering of biomedical re- the sales of fetal heart, lungs, later when they are deceased. earned his doctorate in neurosci- and twice in December by on June 2. ebration in Oklahoma City. searchers with abortionists, for the brain and liver were discussed and But, if the mother of an aborted ence from Yale and did post-doc- the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Born May 28, 1948, in Chicka- Born June 22, 1960, in Kyunetaw purpose of securing a reliable sup- negotiated. child were to sign the dotted line toral work at Harvard. He is a sha, Father Menasco was ordained Village in Myanmar, Father Lwin ply of human tissues and organs. The strong public outcry that fol- granting permission to utilize fetal priest of the diocese of Fall River, a priest in 1990 at The Cathedral was ordained a priest on Jan. 20, In these cases, parental consent lowed these revelations of harvest- cells and organs, that consent Mass., and serves as the director of The newspaper is not responsible of Our Lady of Perpetual Help by 1990, at Sacred Heart Parish in (usually from the mother) may be ing fetal organs was understand- would necessarily be void, because education at The National Catholic for unsolicited material. Archbishop Salatka. Myanmar by the Most Rev. Joseph sought prior to using the aborted able on the one hand, yet diffi cult she would have already categori- Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. Copyright © 2015 Sooner Catholic Father Menasco graduated from Eisenhower High Valerius Sequira, Bishop of the Pathein Diocese. School in Lawton before earning a degree from Cam- Father Lwin graduated from Arts and Science Uni- Subscription rate: $20 per year eron University. He attended Assumption Seminary versity in Myanmar and Saint Joseph Catholic Major Archdiocese hosts annulment tribunal workshop for all who are not members of the in San Antonio. Seminary in Yangon, Myanmar. From 1990 to 1992, Father Menasco served as He served four years in Myanmar before joining the Discuss possible changes from family Synod Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. associate pastor at Saint John, Edmond, and admin- Diocese of Salina. In 2012, he became an associate Periodical postage paid at By Diane Clay tions about complicated istrator at Saint Robert in Jones and Saint Theresa pastor in the Diocese of Phoenix before coming to the The Sooner Catholic cases and other issues faced Annulments Oklahoma City, OK 73125. in Luther. From 1992 to 1995, he served as pastor of Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. by those in tribunals. He Sacred Heart in Mangum with the mission of Saints Since 2014, he has served as pastor of Saint Jo- Each year for the past 30 years, Q: Where do I start? A priest or deacon advocates from tribunals in Okla- discussed several factors, can help begin the process of an an- POSTMASTER: Send address Peter and Paul in Hobart. seph in Blackwell and Saint Joseph in Tonkawa. including “taking the right In 1995, he became pastor of Saint Peter in Wood- homa, Arkansas, Kansas and nulment and answer questions. To fi nd changes to the Sooner Catholic, steps” when it comes to a parish or priest, go online to www. ward with missions of Saint Francis in Beaver, Saint Texas have gathered to discuss the P.O. Box 32180, Oklahoma City, starting the process, who can archokc.org and click on Directory. Joseph in Buffalo, Sacred Heart in Mooreland, and annulment process, its complica- serve as advocates for the pe- OK 73123. Holy Name in Shattuck. tions and how best to help families titioner, what evidence is best Q: How long does it take? The time need- From 2000 to 2013, Father Menasco served as facing diffi cult circumstances. The and why it is important to be ed to complete an annulment varies by pastor of Saint Joseph in Norman, and in 2013 was group met this year at the Catholic case, but in general, most annulments clear when talking to families assigned as pastor of Saint Joseph in Hennessey and Pastoral Center in the Archdiocese are completed within a year. the mission of Saint Joseph in Bison. of Oklahoma City. about annulment and Canon He also has served as regional vicar, chaplain of The combined workshop idea Law. Q: How much does it cost? Annulments the Knights of Columbus, director of the Permanent was started by Rev. Bill Pruett, “The reality of marriage and in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City are free. Diaconate program and as a member of the Priests pastor of Saint James in Oklaho- the marriage bond. That’s Retirement Board and the Archdiocesan Vocations ma City and the judicial vicar of what we’re interested in,” Father Counce said. Q: Who can get an annulment? There Board. second instance for the Interdioc- are many circumstances that require an esan Tribunal for the archdiocese, Fr. Counce at the tribunal workshop. The 2016 Canon Law Con- Sisters’ Jubilees Left to right: Sisters Richard Mary Burke annulment for the petitioner or respon- to help tribunal personnel better ference will be held in August Go online (50th Jubilee, Springfi eld, Mo.), M. Claver Young (75th of the Diocese of Baton Rouge and dant to participate in the Sacraments in understand complicated aspects in Little Rock. For more in- the Catholic Church. To discuss specifi c to www. Jubilee, OKC), and M. Lalemant Pelikan (60th Jubilee, a member of the Canon Law Soci- archokc.org/ Lubbock, Texas) celebrate at the Sisters of Mercy Convent of annulments and Church re- formation on Father Counce, situations and requirements, call your The Sooner Catholic religious-edu- in Oklahoma City, July 31. Sisters residing at the Mercy quirements in order to better serve ety of America. Canon Law is the publications and resources, parish offi ce. is supported through the cation-offi ce/ Convent in Oklahoma City, including 12 Sisters from other parishioners. internal ecclesiastical law govern- go online to www.clsa.org. Archdiocesan Tribunal: www.archokc. Archdiocesan Development Fund. home locations, enjoyed the retreat ‘The Spirit in Our Lives’ di- This year’s group heard from ing the Catholic Church. Diane Clay is editor of the org/archdiocesan-tribunal/home. rected by Redemptorist, Father Peter Schavitz. Rev. Paul Counce, vice-chancellor Father Counce answered ques- Sooner Catholic. 6 September 6, 2015 Father Stanley Rother Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic Commentary September 6, 2015 7 Father Rother’s anniversary, cause for sainthood highlighted in Oklahoma The Catholic Difference By Brett Dickerson return to the mission. That was his vocation, his call- The deeper issue at the Synod Editor’s Note: This article orig- ing. But, clearly, the government Looking back on erywhere wrong, in really are no “sacred givens” to inally appeared in the Oklahoma considered him something other the controversy that and of themselves. which the Church is accountable. Gazette. It is republished with than a shepherd. preceded Pope Paul Thus, in uphold- To take a relevant example from permission. Special thanks to Fr. M. VI’s 1968 encyclical, ing the Church’s last year’s Synod: on Kasper’s George Weigel Price Oswalt and Fr. John Metzing- Central America “Humanae Vitae,” I understanding that theory, the Lord Jesus’s teaching Ethics and Public er, who gave valuable background Anyone who helped the poor em- get the impression using the natural on the indissolubility of marriage, Policy Center information for the story. power themselves could become a that there was an rhythms of fertil- seemingly “given” in Scripture, A former farm boy from Okarche target of the brutal governments in even deeper issue in ity is the morally should be “read” through the had no intention of becoming a Central America in the late 1970s play than the ques- appropriate means prism of the turbulent historical martyr for the Christian faith. Yet, and early 1980s. tion of the morally of regulating births, experience of the present, in which rience, so there is no Scripture the Roman Catholic Church is on The missionary priest to a appropriate means Paul VI also was “marriage” is experienced in many understood as a “sacred given.” the brink of declaring him one. humble people had found himself to regulate human rejecting the pro- different ways and a lot of Catho- There is only the evolving recep- In June, a special commission in the midst of a larger Central fertility. Underneath portionalists’ push lics get divorced. tion of Scripture in a Church that at the seat of the Catholic Church American struggle between rest- that debate, anoth- to become the lead And, that historically-determined is, so to speak, rafting down the in Rome voted to recognize Fa- less, poor natives and the Span- er issue was being dog in Catholic “reading” will lead, in turn, to a whitewater rapids of history. Thus, ther Stanley Rother as a Christian ish-speaking oligarchical govern- contested: How moral theology – a tempering of what once seemed Kasper can write without blushing martyr. That commission did the ments that received their training should Catholics do rejection that would settled: the Church’s understand- that “the truth of the Gospel can heavy lifting of carefully examining and monetary support from the moral theology? be underscored in ing that those in second marriag- Eleven Cardinals address the is- only emerge from a consensus,” the case and then passing on a United States. Sister Marita Rother and Tom Rother, siblings of Father Stanley Rother, with The forces push- 1993 by Pope John es, whose fi rst marriages haven’t sues at the synod; to be released which seems in tension with the recommendation. The United States considered Father Rother’s portrait. Photo Mark Hancock. ing for a change in Paul II’s encyclical been declared null, cannot be Sept. 15 by Ignatius Press. CNS. notion that the “truth of the Gos- If a larger group of bishops and those movements to be playing the Church’s long- “Veritatis Splendor” admitted to Holy Communion The results were gruesome. The dire situation of an increas- pel” is a gift to the Church and the cardinals affi rms that vote and into the hands of Cuba’s commu- standing rejection [The Splendor of because they are living in what is, The regular practice was to take ing loss of priests and nuns from world from Jesus Christ: a “sacred Pope Francis agrees, he could de- of artifi cial means Truth]. objectively, an adulterous relation- nist infl uence, which American people who were on kill lists out violence in Central America wasn’t clare Rother a martyr and blessed, of contraception also were press- A brilliant article by a German ship. given.” presidents had sworn to contain at of their homes in the middle of lost on Pope John Paul II, who or beatifi ed. all costs since the surprising suc- ing for the acceptance of a new Catholic philosopher, Professor Stark quotes Kasper to the The tendency of some older the night, torture and kill them at seemed convinced of its source. Once a martyr, he will be eligible cess of Fidel Castro’s revolution moral-theological method, “propor- Thomas Stark, suggests that the effect that history is, well, every- forms of Catholic theology to re- a remote location and then leave Dated Dec. 2, 1985, the pope for sainthood. Events that led to there in 1959. tionalism,” as the approved Cath- same dynamic – an argument be- thing. Moreover, what happens duce theology to a string of logical their bodies on a road for others to issued a letter to the government that decision started 34 years ago And, Rother was one of the olic way of thinking through the neath the argument – may be afoot in history does not happen atop, equations was a problem, and the see the next morning. of Guatemala protesting the killing in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala. costs. tangled issues of the moral life. in the controversies that will be so to speak, a fi rm foundation of 20th-century rediscovery of history The killing wasn’t enough. The of lay church workers and nine Those defending the Church’s aired again at the Synod of Bish- Things as They Are; there are no as a source of theological refl ection tortured body added impact. priests, which included Rother. Death The “disappeared” traditional position were, by the ops in October. Things as They Are. Rather, writes helped correct that tendency. In some cases, before family He praised church workers who Rother was killed in the living The costs also were high for the same token, defending more clas- In a painstaking analysis of the Kasper, “… history is the ultimate But, the Kasper approach, which members could retrieve the body, had “spilled their blood” to teach quarters of the mission to which Santiago Atitlán community that sical ways of moral reasoning. The intellectual building-blocks of framework for all reality.” For the is refl ected in the German and government operatives would take the Gospel. he was assigned on July 28, 1981. the mission served. people advocating change denied Cardinal Walter Kasper’s theologi- cardinal, then, there seems to be Swiss bishops’ reports to the up- and bury it in a clandestine, un- That night, he was simply intent Today, at the shrine in the entry that there were “intrinsically evil cal project, Professor Stark argues nothing properly describable as coming Synod, absolutizes history marked mass grave in some other Early evidence upon staying alive for another day to the church there, Rother’s name acts,” because, they argued, moral that, for Kasper, the notion of “human nature,” a careful study to the point that it relativizes and part of the country. After Rother’s death, the Arch- in order to remain a faithful shep- is listed along with more than 300 choices should be judged by a what we might call “sacred givens” of which will yield moral truths. ultimately demeans revelation – In that culture, it was terror diocese of Oklahoma City decided herd of his parishioners there. In parishioners who were kidnapped “proportional” calculation of in- in theology has been displaced There is only humanity in the fl ow the “sacred givens” that are the added to terror to deprive family not to put Oklahoma priests back the past, he had narrowly slipped by government operatives and nev- tention, act and consequence. The by the idea that our perceptions of history. permanent structure of Christian members of the ability to visit and into the mission for three years to away from the death squads. But er seen alive again. defenders of the tradition held that of truth are always conditioned And, just as there is no “human life. pray at the graves of their loved let the political situation in that some things were always and ev- by the fl ux of history – thus there nature,” but only historical expe- And, that is a serious problem. ones. It was a deliberate way of part of Guatemala cool off. disrupting the culture and faith of Father Thomas McSherry, now the poor. the pastor of Saint Patrick Catho- Father Rother Out of that practice, a new verb lic Church in Oklahoma City, was continued from page 6 He said that while those acts enough to show the intention of Church in Okarche. was added to the lexicon of the the next priest from Oklahoma as- go to. He just had to go out there were done out of mercy and the the one who died as doing so out That parish held a vigil on the day. It became a common word in signed to the mission. He original- and spend time with the people Gospel, in the eyes of the govern- of faithful witness to the faith. It anniversary of his death on July repressive countries throughout ly committed to stay at the mission and learn the language. It’s really ment, those simple, loving acts must also be shown that those 28 and then hosted Archbishop Latin America: “disappeared.” for fi ve years, but he stayed 17, amazing how he did that.” connected Rother to those who who killed the person were moti- building on Rother’s work before Paul Coakley for a full memorial Once Father Rother started to were targeted for political reasons. vated by their ‘hatred of the faith’ Who did this? coming back to Oklahoma. Mass on Aug. 1. master the language, he persuad- — in their apparent hatred of the One of the ways death squads McSherry said that the fi rst time Sister Marita Rother, Rother’s effectively induce terror is when he visited Santiago Atitlán was ed some of his parishioners to Martyrdom Gospel of Jesus Christ — and not sister, said that the last time he their anonymity matches their the second anniversary of Rother’s assist him in translating the New Political conservatives in the for some other reason or motiva- came home and informed family ruthlessness. But, sooner or later, death. Testament into Tz’utujil, which he United States and Latin Ameri- tion — such as politics, personal members and others that he would the people of Santiago Atitlán “There was a deep faith that I began to do before his death. ca have tended to downplay the animosity or fi nancial gain, etc. … go back, they were fully aware of began to realize who it was among encountered,” he said about the McSherry said that his part in deaths of church workers, priests It has been shown in a convinc- the extreme dangers of such an them doing the killing because Tz’utujil people of the mission. the project was fi nally getting it and nuns during those years. ing way that those who killed him action. The 34th anniversary of Fr. Rother’s death commemorated in Santiago Atitlan, the government also needed it to “They had a vigil … and I was published. They claim that religious leaders did so out of their hatred for the She said the one time she asked Guatemala. Photo provided. When asked about how much got too close to the politics of the Christian faith, their hatred of the be known that they were the ones struck with how much he meant him about it, he said, “I just know who wielded the power. to them.” he thought Rother got caught up day and lost their lives because of Catholic Church and their hatred that it’s something that I have to this time, they were successful. Priests were not exempt from Rt. Rev. Lawrence Stasyszen, McSherry described the Tz’utujil in the political struggles of that it rather than being killed for their for Fr. Stan’s faithful and coura- do.” A squad of gunmen broke into being included on the lists. abbot of Saint Gregory’s Abbey in as “deeply spiritual.” time, McSherry was certain about faith. geous living out of that faith.” But, she affi rmed his decision the rectory to take him away, as Earlier, Rother had been warned Shawnee, was on the archdiocesan The offi cial governmental lan- Rother’s focus of ministry at the But, Rother’s situation has been This was not a case of someone against her natural desire to pro- had been done earlier to so many by reliable sources that his name commission that went through the guage of Guatemala is Spanish, mission. convincingly clear from the outset trying to engineer his or her own tect a family member. others. But, he was not willing had been added to a list of those two-year investigation that was and the language of Rother and “What I understand about Stan as a case of a government deciding martyrdom by repeated exposure “It was kind of that feeling of, to go quietly. He knew what was being targeted by the shadowy necessary before Rome could be McSherry’s parishioners was the was that his preaching was the to silence him because the Chris- to danger. That would require next. government squads. petitioned. The group compiled native Mayan dialect also called Gospel,” McSherry said. “It wasn’t tian faith he was promoting was narcissism for which there is no ‘Who am I to question God’s work boxes of transcribed testimony Tz’utujil. Hundreds of his parishioners The archbishop called him back about enticing or inviting political starting to empower the poor too evidence. in him?’” she said. had been kidnapped in the night from the people who were active In reality, to most of the poor of home to Oklahoma twice for his action for or against anything.” much. In fact, Rother was still attempt- During the Mass, Archbishop only to be tortured and killed own safety, and each time, he or even touched by the mission’s Guatemala, Spanish is the historic But, the brutal politics of the The Catholic Church has a par- ing to thwart the death squads Coakley pointed out that Rother someplace else. Either their mu- had chosen to go back and be the work at the time. language of the oppressor. time did create daily situations in ticular Latin term for that kind of catching up to him even in the fi - had been an “ordinary guy” who tilated bodies would be left on the shepherd of the people who he Stasyszen was blunt about what In order to truly understand his which a loving missionary priest hatred. It’s called “in odium fi dei.” nal two weeks before they succeed- became someone through which road as a lesson to others or they they found about the situation parishioners, Rother started the loved and who loved him. God could do great things. would never be seen again. To those intent on keeping the there at the time. long process of learning the Mayan would become involved with vic- In comments in a Facebook post ed in their efforts to permanently “God chooses ordinary men and So, Rother fought back. If they oligarchies in power, a shepherd “In reality, the people of Santi- dialect, and it was no small thing tims of violence. about the decision, one reader silence him. women and, with his grace and were going to kill him, it would could look like a revolutionary ago Atitlán were being terrorized, to do. “Stan did care about the poor asked about the deeper meaning of In the end, it did not help. have to be there. And, that’s what simply for showing people how tortured and killed [by] soldiers, “I tried to learn Tz’utujil, and it’s and did go looking for bodies if the term. transforming power of his spirit, they did. to grow their own food and read, paramilitary groups and death hard,” said McSherry, who also someone disappeared,” McSher- Abbot Lawrence gave this an- Memorial Mass lifts us up and enables us to do “The shepherd cannot run,” was which were some of the things that squads that were the puppets or speaks Spanish. ry said. “He did take care of the swer: “When the Catholic Church Rother’s home parish where he things that are far beyond our what he wrote to concerned family Rother had done for the people of doing the dirty work of the Guate- “There’s no school that you can widows and orphans of the people considers the possibility of declar- fi rst learned and grew in his Chris- mere human capacity to accom- members the last time he chose to the mission. malan government,” he said. continued on page 7 who were killed.” ing someone a ‘martyr,’ it is not tian faith was Holy Trinity Catholic plish,” Archbishop Coakley said. 8 September 6, 2015 Back to School Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic Back to School September 6, 2015 9

Christy Jay Alicia Harris, Luetkemeyer, Vazquez, Rosary St. Eugene St. James

The principals of the archdiocese receive their school grants from the Catholic Foundation. Photo Brianna Osborne. At left, a student gets to work at St. Mary MJ Mateo, Marilyn Natalie School, Ponca City. Sts. Peter Nash, Johnson, and Paul in St. Mary in St. John Kingfi sher Ponca City Nepomuk in St. Elizabeth Ann Yukon Seton School in Edmond. New principals bring faith to classrooms

Christy Harris - Rosary, OKC and do their best! St. Gregory’s University’s new students gather for a photo on the historic steps of Benedictine Hall. What is the best thing about your school? The M.J. Mateo - Saints Peter and Paul, Kingfi sher best thing about Rosary is the sense of family. Everyone works together to make Rosary a won- What is the best thing about your school? The derful place. best thing about our school is, of course, the What is your favorite thing to do when not at community! We have a strong sense of tradi- school? I love to spend time with family and tion among our families, with generations going friends. We spend most of our weekends going to through our school and becoming Stingers. my kids’ sporting events. Both of my kids attend What is your favorite thing to do when not at Rosary, so I get to spend all weekend with Bulldog school? My favorite thing to do is to spend time families. with my family. How does faith play a role in your work? I am How does faith play a role in your work? My blessed with a wonderful support system. Father faith plays a main role in my work; all for the Above, students at St. James the Greater. At left, Novak is an incredible mentor and has been a Glory of God! Pre-K students at St. James the Greater. huge support my fi rst year. If I have a hard day, I pray for each student by name. It reminds me of Marilyn Nash - Saint Mary, Ponca City how blessed I am to work in such a holy place. My faith has grown over the past 17 years at Rosary. What is the best thing about your school? Ev- erything! From the commitment by faculty and parents to the growth and development in faith and academics. What is your favorite thing to do when not at school? My favorite thing to do is spend time with Fun on the playground at All Saints School in Norman. A father drops off his daughters at St. James the my family (including my dogs) and friends. Greater School. How does faith play a role in your work? I believe that God has called me to this position for a spe- we can use Christ’s example as the standard for cifi c purpose and he will give me the means to be our behavior. St. Philip Neri School, Midwest City a successful leader. I have faith that my faculty, students and parents will contribute to that suc- Alicia Vazquez - Saint James the Greater, OKC cess. What is the best thing about your school? The Natalie Johnson - Saint John Nepomuk, Yukon best thing about my school is the diversity and community that are very visible. I am proud to be What is the Students at Rosary School. in a school where everyone is working together to best thing about reach the same goal – to educate and teach our your school? The Jay Luetkemeyer - Saint Eugene, OKC students their faith. best thing about What is your favorite thing to do when not at our school is the What is the best thing about your school? The school? My favorite thing to do is to spend time sense of commu- best thing about our school is the students and with my family. I enjoy going to the movies and nity. When you’re their families. The commitment and passion our eating out when possible. here, you’re families have for Saint Eugene Church and school How does faith play a role in your work? Faith home. I wouldn’t are incredible. defi nitely plays a major role in my work. It’s re- want to be any- What is your favorite warding to know that God is involved in all that I where else! thing to do when not at do when making a decision. Therefore, it’s my mo- What is your Above, boys show off their school ties at St. school? My favorite thing to tivator and what helps me to help others succeed favorite thing Mary in Guthrie. do is to spend time with my to do when not wife and three children. at school? I like How does faith play a role to spend time in your work? Faith is inter- The seventh grade science lab with family and twined into every element at St. John Nepomuk, Yukon. friends. I also of our school, and thus love watching every decision I make as an Thunder basketball and Oklahoma football. Fr. Wolf blesses a administrator. Our school classroom at St. Eu- How does faith play a role in your work? Faith theme – “do unto others, gene School. plays a huge part in my job as principal. I actively as you would have them do model and share my faith with students, staff and unto you” – is used by the families. Being a principal comes with the respon- administration, teachers and students to gauge Father Gilberto Moya Hurtado blesses the Ten Commandments monument recently installed at Sacred Heart sibility to instill a sense of Christ’s mission and our daily interactions. I love that, as a community, School by a grant from the Catholic Foundation and the Living Through His Word Foundation. Students pray at Sts. Peter and Paul, Kingfi sher. service in our school and parish communities. 10 September 6, 2015 Reviews Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic Service September 6, 2015 11 Movie Review: “90 Minutes in Heaven” Catholic Relief Services announces fi ve-year Encuentro sponsorship Story an affi rmation of the splendor to come Encuentro Initiative will reach massive U.S. Hispanic Catholic audience By Rebekah Scaperlanda hands many times! I didn’t want to go back BALTIMORE, Md. – Catholic origin,” Woo at national, regional and diocesan 1960, 71 percent of the U.S. Cath- For the Sooner Catholic into the hospital room again. He wasn’t talking Relief Services will be one of four said. “They levels; and as an expert voice for olic population growth is a result major sponsors of the “V En- have also best practices in global solidarity Do you believe in life after death? What and I didn’t understand the depression. Many of the increase of the Hispanic/ cuentro,” the most important and increasingly happens when you leave your earthly body? times I was shaking my hands at God saying I within Hispanic ministry. Latino population in the United comprehensive initiative in His- supported our Is there a long tunnel of light or do you hear a didn’t want to go back in there with him.” “As Hispanics/Latinos contin- States. The Pew Research Center’s panic ministry ever undertaken by work of glob- chorus of angels? The desire to know about the Bosworth’s Eva shows the power of uncon- ue to grow within the Catholic 2013 National Survey of Latinos the Catholic Church in the United al solidarity. Sponsoring the ‘V afterlife is a very real longing and sometimes ditional love in the midst of adversity and fear, Church, it is of the utmost impor- and Religion reported that 55 per- States. The initiative will involve Encuentro’ is a way to show our draws out a fear of the unknown. For Don Pip- making this movie about much more than tance to champion their ongoing cent of the nation’s estimated 35.4 Piper’s experience in Heaven. The message is a an estimated 1 million pastoral gratitude and highlight global sol- er, the answers to these questions came all too formation and leadership devel- million Latino adults in the United reminder of God’s Divine Plan and purpose for leaders, 175 dioceses and numer- idarity as an essential part of the soon. opment,” said Joan Rosenhauer, States (approximately 19.6 million each of our lives. It reminds us that we can’t ous Church organizations, parish- Catholic Hispanic/Latino identity.” On Jan. 18, 1989, Pastor Don Piper died CRS’ executive vice president for Latinos) identify as Catholic. always control our circumstances, but we can es and lay ecclesial movements. The “Encuentro” process is from the impact of a semi-truck crashing into U.S. Operations. “With this spon- “The ‘Encuentros’ have been the control how we respond. The Pipers responded In making the announcement, designed to identify the needs, his car. The roof of his car crushed him, the sorship, CRS will be a part of the backbone of Hispanic ministry in by clinging to hope. Dr. Carolyn Woo, president and aspirations and contributions of steering wheel impaled his chest, and the dialogue and the movement that is “90 Minutes in Heaven,” written and direct- CEO of CRS, emphasized the im- the Hispanic community, along the United States,” said Roberto dashboard collapsed on both of his legs. Piper enabling the Hispanic community ed by Michael Polish (“The Astronaut Farmer,” portance of the Hispanic commu- with the pastoral actions needed Rojas, Advisor for Hispanic Out- was immediately declared dead by the para- to grow their ministry.” “Twin Falls”) and based off of Don Piper’s book nity to the work of CRS, the offi cial to address them. Convened by reach for U.S. Operations. “The “V medics as they arrived to the scene. For the According to the USCCB, since by the same title, is the fi rst movie from Giving overseas humanitarian agency the United States Conference of Encuentro” should lay the founda- next 90 minutes Piper’s body laid under a tarp, Films, which gives 100 percent of the proceeds of the Catholic community in the Catholic Bishops, the “V Encuen- tion for the new evangelization of but his soul experienced the glory of Heaven. For more information, visit crs. to charity. Their desire is for this fi lm to create United States. tro” begins this year and contin- the Church in this country.” A minister passing by on the road felt com- org or crsespanol.org, and fol- a ripple effect to spread hope. “In the U.S., Hispanic/Latino ues until 2019. In the spirit of The conclusions of the “Encuen- pelled to pray and sing over Piper’s body. low CRS on social media. Eva and Don Piper worked closely with Chris- families have for generations lived accompaniment, the role of CRS is tro” will be presented in a compre- With a severed arm and a leg that was barely tensen, Bosworth, Michael W. Smith (singer, in solidarity with their brothers threefold: as a sponsor, or “padri- hensive document at the culmina- hanging on, Piper began to sing along and his songwriter and actor) and the makers of the and sisters in their countries of no;” the participation of CRS staff tion of the process. miraculous road to recovery began. fi lm to ensure it was an adequate portrayal of “90 Minutes in Heaven” tells the story of Don their journey. Piper’s brush with Heaven and his long road to “It was diffi cult for us to watch this fi lm being Timberlake named director of KOC Santa Fe Family Life Center recovery. made,” Eva Piper said. “In this life there are The Santa Fe Family Life but James seems suited to the unique char- Oklahoma City metro area. The movie stars Hayden Christensen (“Star hills and valleys, but the reality of Heaven is Center in Oklahoma City has itable and operational role that the Santa Fe Originally from Nebraska, Timberlake comes Wars,” “Jumper”) as he captivatingly portrays there to help us get through the struggles.” hired a new executive direc- Family Life Center performs. James will replace to SFFLC after having served as the executive a man who endured a brutal recovery, leaving Those who already believe in the glory of tor, James Timberlake. K.C. Moon, who is retiring and who has done director of development for the past two years him bedridden for 13 months. Christensen Heaven will fi nd “90 Minutes” to be an affi rma- tunnel. I had no sense of fading away or com- “We were delighted to fi nd a very good job of leading a complicated mis- at the All Saints Catholic Newman Center at gives an incredible performance of showing the tion of the splendor to come; an inspiration to ing back. I never felt my body being transport- James through a broad re- sion.” Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. real struggle and anger Piper felt when he was make it through those hills and valleys, and a ed into the light. I heard no voices calling to me cruiting process,” said former The Santa Fe Family Life Center is a compre- forced back to a life of pain and suffering after Prior to working at the Newman Center, spiritually uplifting story. or anything else. A light enveloped me, with a Oklahoma Gov. David Wal- hensive health club that provides scholarship experiencing the splendor of Heaven. Timberlake served as the campus director of Although the movie has a beautiful message, brilliance beyond earthly comprehension. In ters, who is president of the opportunities for kids and works with com- Although the fi lm centers on Christensen’s gifted cinematography and a great cast, it’s the Fellowship of Catholic University Students my next moment of awareness, I was standing board of the Columbus Corporation, which munity partners to fulfi ll a charitable mission Piper, Don Piper himself calls his wife, Eva, hard to recommend the fi lm as an evangeli- (FOCUS) at ASU. Timberlake graduated from in Heaven.” owns and operates the facility on behalf of the benefi ting those in need. With 55,000 square the hero of his incredible story. Kate Bosworth cal tool. Faced with this true, but somewhat Knights of Columbus, Council 1038. feet of space, the Santa Fe Family Life Center is Nebraska-Omaha with a bachelor’s degree in “90 Minutes in Heaven” is in theaters Sept. (“Blue Crush,” “Superman Returns”) gives a cheesy portrayal, skeptics may remain skepti- “We had several very qualifi ed candidates, the largest multi-use recreation facility in the biology. powerful performance depicting Eva’s frustra- cal. That being said, Don Piper’s testimony will 11. For a list of theaters in Oklahoma, go tion, hurt, perseverance and, ultimately, her resonate with many. online to http://90minutesinheaventhemovie. hope in prayer. If there’s any doubt that you will be moved com. In an interview with the Sooner Catholic, by this movie, take in Don Piper’s own words, Rebekah Scaperlanda is a freelance writer for St John Nepomuk Catholic Church Eva Piper said, “I was close to throwing up my “When I died, I didn’t fl ow through a long, dark the Sooner Catholic. Archdiocese Catholic Committee on Scouting and Camp Fire Revival! 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WI-2064 forty-day spiritual journey, reading a chapter a Kelly uses the word “radical” frequently in J.E. Helm is a freelance writer for the Sooner day.” his book. He tells us that “truth is radical” and Catholic. 12 September 6, 2015 Español Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic Español September 6, 2015 13 Lánzate a lo más Profundo Luke 5:4 Momentos de silencio: ¡Esto no es opcional en la Misa! Por Pedro A. Moreno, OP, MRE de gracias, nuestro arrepentimien- ¿Qué podemos aprender de la muerte de Mark Costello? Director del Ministerio Hispano Párrafo 45 de la Instrucción General del Misal Romano to y expresiones de penitencia. Al dedicarle tiempo a un ser Todo esto lo recoge el celebrante y “Debe guardarse también, en el momento en que corresponde, como La semana pasada todo Oklahoma lamentó personas que conocí cuando llegué a la Ar- sufrimiento muy querido es esencial el eliminar lo une a sus oraciones en diversas públicamente la muerte de Mark Costello quien quidiócesis de Oklahoma City y que me dieron real de la enfer- parte de la celebración, un sagrado silencio. Sin embargo, su naturaleza partes de la Misa. posibles distracciones para poder depende del momento en que se observa en cada celebración. Pues en el fue trágicamente asesinado por la mano de su una calurosa bienvenida. Esos son algunos de Silencio en la liturgia de la medad mental, concentrarse en esa persona que acto penitencial y después de la invitación a orar, cada uno se recoge en sí propio hijo, Christian. El gobernador ordenó los recuerdos que atesoro de Mark. Lo sorpren- por parte de la tienes de frente. Especialmente mismo; pero terminada la lectura o la homilía, todos meditan brevemente palabra banderas voladas a media asta en memoria de dente es que muchas otras personas en Okla- comunidad en si ese ser es alguien con quien lo que escucharon; y después de la Comunión, alaban a Dios en su corazón Es de gran benefi cio unas cortas Mark y en reconocimiento a su dedicado servi- homa, y más allá de Oklahoma, tienen sus pro- general. Como los realmente deseas darle un lugar y oran. pausas después de las lecturas y cio al pueblo de Oklahoma como comisionado pias historias y recuerdos de Mark, muchos de lectores de esta importante en tu vida. Ya desde antes de la celebración misma, es laudable que se guarde si- la homilía en la Misa para refl ex- del trabajo, cargo que ocupó desde su elección los cuales se han compartido a lo largo de es- lencio en la iglesia, en la sacristía, en el “secretarium” y en los lugares más columna sabrán, Hago un esfuerzo especial de ionar un poco sobre lo que aca- en 2010. Como se hizo evidente en la notable tos días. Mark Costello fue una fi gura pública. cercanos para que todos se dispongan devota y debidamente para la acción se trata de una apagar el televisor de casa cuando bamos de escuchar. ¿Qué nos está cobertura mediática a lo largo de los días sigui- Pero también fue un hombre, como todos los sagrada”. diciendo Dios en su Palabra? ¿A afección que afecta Arzobispo Pablo S. Coakley nos llegan visitas inesperadas de entes a su muerte, Mark fue muchas cosas hombres y mujeres, que mantienen su consejo personas que me vienen a visitar qué cambio o que proyecto de vida para muchas personas. sobre algunas de las cosas a muchas más a mi familia y a mí. También ya es en la Santa Misa. Tan importante Silencio antes de la Misa nos está llamando el Señor? Mark era un esposo y que más le importaban. personas que los usualmente reconocidos. To- costumbre el entregar los teléfonos Los minutos antes de la Misa Silencio después de la Santa padre dedicado y amoro- Entre las cosas que Mark davía hay un estigma asociado a esta dolencia. es este elemento de la Misa que Recursos para servicios de celulares cuando se comienza un nos ofrece una gran oportunidad Comunión so. Fue católico, dedica- salud mental en Oklahoma llevaba en su corazón era Mi esperanza es que la terrible experiencia, la Instrucción General del Misal fi n de semana de retiro espiritual. para preparase en silencio para Durante la comunión suceden do con pasión a su fe en Reachout Hotline (800) 522-9054 la carga diaria que sentía muy pública y dolorosa, que los Costellos han Romano, en su número 45, nos va Todo esto ayuda a eliminar dis- los sagrados misterios que es- muchas cosas interesantes. Los Jesucristo. Era un hombre Prevención del suicidio (800) 273- por su hijo, Christian. soportado ayudará a fomentar una mayor com- describiendo cuando deben ser es- tracciones y promover un ambi- tamos a punto de celebrar. Nos que reciben la Eucaristía hacen de negocios y empresa- 8255 Christian, como la may- prensión de la realidad y la prevalencia de las tos momentos de sagrado silencio. ente de recogimiento, quietud y ponemos en la presencia de Dios fi la para recibir el Cuerpo y la San- rio exitoso. Fue sin duda Juegos de azar Hotline (800) 522- oría de la gente ahora enfermedades mentales que afectan nuestras Vale la pena mencionar que 4700 silencio. y le hablamos de corazón de todo gre de Cristo. Los que no pueden un republicano compro- sabe, sufre de enfermedad comunidades, nuestras parroquias y nuestras este silencio es sagrado porque Caridades Católicas, San José Ase- La razón principal de ir a Misa aquello que llevamos en la mente y recibirla ahora toman este momen- metido. Era un generoso mental. Estaba atormenta- su propósito principal es crear un soramiento (800) 375-8514 familias. Rezo para que este tomar conciencia debería ser el pasar tiempo con el alma que necesitamos o desea- to para pedirle a Cristo comunión benefactor de muchas do por esta enfermedad, al Oklahoma Departamento de Servicios de lugar a medidas efi caces que aporten una Dios. Todo lo que ayuda a este ambiente que propicie el encuen- mos poner en sus manos. Este espiritual. Los diversos servidores instituciones católicas y igual que su familia que lo de Salud Mental y Abuso de Sustan- mayor comprensión y recursos para infl uir en encuentro debe ser parte de la tro con Dios. En el sagrado silen- momento también nos presenta la ayudan a todo esto suceda de otras causas en que él amaba y sufría compasiva- cias http://ok.gov/odmhsas este problema que tiene un costo sobre perso- Misa. El sagrado silencio es parte cio nos preparamos para crecer en oportunidad de presentarle nues- manera ordenada y en ambiente creía. Mark fue amigo mente con él. Ellos nunca nas, familias y la sociedad. importante del encuentro con Dios Cristo. tras intenciones particulares o el de refl exión. Mucho está sucedi- de muchos, incluyendo se dieron por vencidos con Cuando Papa Francisco desafía a la Iglesia expresarle a Dios por quien o por endo para promover e intensifi car muchos olvidados y pasa- Christian, aun cuando se ya todos los cristianos a salir de las periferias cual intención quisiéramos ofrecer nuestra común unión con Cristo dos por alto. vieron impotentes para detener su comporta- Pensamientos de la Beata Madre Teresa de Calcuta sobre el silencio de la sociedad para llevar la luz del Evangelio esta Misa. y entre unos con otros. Un ele- He conocido a Mark desde 1976, cuando miento destructivo. •Dios es amigo del silencio y debemos escucharle porque lo que cuen- Silencio en el acto penitencial mento importante es que después como estudiantes de la Universidad de Kansas Por supuesto, no todo el mundo que sufren a todos los necesitados, nos recuerda nuestro ta no son nuestras palabras sino lo que él dice, y lo que dice a través de Nos preparamos a pedirle perdón del canto de comunión, y antes participamos juntos de un semestre en el ex- de una enfermedad mental se vuelve violento; deber de recordar y abrazar a los olvidados, nosotros. a Dios al tomar un momento para de la oración después de la comu- tranjero, en Irlanda. Cuando se casó con Cathy por lo contrario. Sin embargo, muchas perso- los más abandonados de nuestros hermanos •El fruto del silencio es la oración. El fruto de la oración es la fe. El fruto recordar nuestros pecados y ofen- nión, exista un tiempo de silencio Cerkey en 1982 (en la parroquia a la que Cathy nas que padecen o sufren con amigos y miem- y hermanas. Ciertamente, entre estos hay que de la fe es el amor. El fruto del amor es el servicio. El fruto del servicio es la sas a Dios, al prójimo y a nosotros para hablar con ese Cristo que y yo pertenecíamos) fui acólito para la Misa bros de la familia que sufren de enfermedades contar los que sufren el estigma, el aislamiento paz. mismos. Pierde sentido el pedirle acabamos de recibir. Es la conver- Nupcial. mentales se encuentran aisladas, sin recursos y la falta de comprensión por las enfermedades •En el silencio Él nos escucha; en el silencio Él habla al alma y en el perdón a Dios si uno se cree tan sación más importante del día y de Los Costellos estuvieron entre el puñado de y la comprensión adecuada para aliviar el mentales. silencio escuchamos su voz. •En el silencio Él nos escucha; en el silencio Él habla a nuestras almas. perfecto que no tiene imperfec- la semana. En el silencio se nos concede el privilegio de escuchar su voz. ciones ni pecados, ni mortales ni No le tengamos miedo al silencio Catholic Relief Services patrocina y participa en Encuentro católico •Es necesario el silencio del corazón para poder oír a Dios en todas veniales. Todos somos pecadores Todos necesitamos crecer en partes, en la puerta que se cierra, en la persona que nos necesita, en los y no podemos crecer como dis- nuestro aprecio del Sagrado Si- El encuentro tendrá una audiencia masiva de hispanos católicos en Estados Unidos pájaros que cantan, en las fl ores, en los animales. cípulos misioneros si perdemos de lencio para mantener un balance •Escucha en silencio, porque si tu corazón está lleno de otras cosas no vista nuestras imperfecciones y saludable en la celebración de la BALTIMORE, Md. – un espíritu de acompañamiento, el papel de de tareas nacionales. “El ‘V Encuentro’ debe podrás oír su voz. pecados. Santa Misa. Cantar es orar dos Catholic Relief Services CRS es triple: como patrocinador o padrino; la sentar las bases para la nueva evangelización •La cosa más importante no es lo que decimos nosotros, sino lo que Dios Silencio después del llamado a la veces pero aprender a orar y apre- será uno de los cuatro participación del personal de CRS a nivel na- de la Iglesia en este país.” nos dice a nosotros. Jesús está siempre allí, esperándonos. En el silencio oración: Oremos ciar el encuentro con Dios en el patrocinadores del “V cional, regional y diocesano; y como una voz Las conclusiones del ‘Encuentro’ se presen- nosotros escuchamos su voz. Ese llamado no es para callarnos silencio del corazón vale por diez. Encuentro,” la iniciativa experta en las mejores prácticas en la solidari- tarán en un exhaustivo documento después •La humildad y la oración se desarrollan de un oído, de una mente y de una lengua que han vivido en silencio con Dios, porque en el silencio del porque va hablar el celebrante. Para los que quieran seguir es- más importante y ambi- dad global en el ministerio hispano. de la culminación del proceso. corazón es donde habla Él. Esta invitación a orar es para ofre- tudiando sobre el tema del silencio ciosa en el ministerio hispano emprendida por “A medida que los hispanos siguen •Nuestra vida de oración sufre mucho porque nuestro corazón no está en cerle a Dios, en el silencio de nues- los invito a buscar lo que las Sa- la Iglesia Católica en los Estados Unidos. Se creciendo dentro de la Iglesia católica, silencio. tro corazón, nuestras intenciones gradas Escrituras nos dicen sobre estima que la iniciativa incluirá 1 millón de es de suma importancia promover su y peticiones, adoración y acciones el silencio. líderes pastorales, 175 diócesis y numerosas formación permanente y desarrollar organizaciones de la Iglesia, parroquias y mo- su liderazgo,” dijo Joan Rosenhau- vimientos eclesiales laicos. er, vicepresidenta ejecutiva de tareas Tarea de regreso a escuela incluye prepararse para conocer al papa Al hacer el anuncio, la doctora Carolyn Y. nacionales de CRS. “Con este patro- Woo, presidenta y CEO de CRS, hizo hincapié cinio, CRS será parte del diálogo y el Por Christie L. Chicoine Farida Mintoumba, estudiante del cuarto grado en la importancia de la comunidad hispana movimiento que está permitiendo a la Catholic News Service en la escuela para el trabajo de CRS, la agencia ofi cial de comunidad hispana crecer su minis- NUEVA YORK — Ser llamado a la ofi cina del de St. Charles Borromeo. Ella toma en serio la comunidad católica en los Estados Unidos terio.” principal durante el año escolar podría cau- la responsabilidad de representar a sus com- para ayuda humanitaria internacional. Según a USCCB, desde 1960, el 71 sar angustia hasta entre los estudiantes más pañeros dándole la bienvenida al papa. Para “En los Estados Unidos, las familias lati- por ciento del crecimiento de la po- traviesos. Pero para aquellos que normalmente prepararse, ella ha estado estudiando todo lo noamericanas han vivido por blación católica esta- muestran su mejor comportamiento, ser citado del papa Francisco. generaciones en solidaridad dunidense es el resul- durante durante el verano podría ser más Mintoumba compartirá con el papa el proyec- Para obtener más infor- con sus hermanos y hermanas tado del aumento de preocupante. to ambiental de su escuela “sobre agradecerle a mación, visite crs.org o en sus países de origen”, dijo la población hispana Afortunadamente para 24 jóvenes bien com- Dios por los crsespanol.org y siga CRS Woo. “También han apoyado en los Estados Unidos. portados de cuatro escuelas primarias católicas regalos de la tierra”. en las redes sociales. cada vez más nuestro trabajo Según la encuesta del de Harlem, tal llamada telefónica de parte del Ella también le hablará al papa Francisco en de solidaridad global. El patro- “Pew Research Center: director comprobó ser más agradable que un francés, “mi idioma”, ella dijo. Ella dijo que es cinio del ‘V Encuentro’ es una 2013 National Survey chapuzón en la piscina. importante “ser uno mismo y simplemente ser manera de mostrar nuestra of Latinos and Reli- Los estudiantes se enteraron que represen- feliz” por la oportunidad de conocer al Santo gratitud y resaltar la solidar- gion” (encuesta nacio- tarán sus escuelas cuando el papa Francisco Padre. “Él es mi familia y él es familia del mun- idad mundial como una parte esencial de la nal de latinos y religión de 2013) el 55 visite la escuela Our Lady of the Angels en East do entero en Cristo”. identidad católica hispana.” por ciento de los aproximadamente DOMINGO CATEQUÉTICO EL 20 DE SEPTIEMBRE 2015 Harlem tarde en la tarde del 25 de septiembre. Essa Nahshal, en el tercer grado en St. El proceso del “Encuentro” está diseñado 35,4 millones de adultos latinos de la Benjamin Grassia, estudiante del cuarto Charles, ya sabe lo que planea preguntarle al para identifi car las necesidades, aspiraciones nación en los Estados Unidos (aprox- Hemos de salvaguardar grado en la escuela St. Paul, dijo que conocer papa: “¿Cómo usted Papa Francisco saluda a una madre e hijo en la y contribuciones de la comunidad hispana, imadamente 19,6 millones de latinos) sobrevivió con un pulmón?”. Essa se refería al papa sería una cárcel de Rebibbia en Roma, Italia. L’Osservatore junto con las acciones pastorales necesarias se identifi can como católicos. la dignidad de toda persona oportunidad única en la vida. El estudiante a la remoción parcial del pulmón derecho del Romano. para responder a las mismas. Convocado por “Los ‘Encuentros’ han sido la colum- CONFERENCIA DE OBISPOS CATÓLICOS DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS Copyright © 2015, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C. Se reservan todos los derechos. Imagen: Cycle of Life, Michele Hehenberger, cortesía de Das Grup, Inc. Para pedir la publicación no. 7-516, visite el sitio Web usccbpublishing.org o llame al 800-235-8722. dijo que planea preguntarle al papa Francisco papa cuando fue diagnosticado con pulmonía la Conferencia Estadounidense de Obispos na vertebral del ministerio hispano “si él extraña Argentina”, porque sus padres después de caer gravemente enfermo en 1957 a al papa un dato importante sobre su escuela: Católicos (USCCB), el “V Encuentro” comien- en los Estados Unidos,” dijo Roberto Celebramos Domingo Catequético el 20 de septiembre. Para más son de allí. los 21 años de edad. “Hay muchas personas que son como yo en información ir en línea a www.usccb.org. za este año y continuará hasta el 2019. En Rojas, asesor para asuntos hispanos “Hoy es como el mejor día de mi vida”, dijo El joven, quien es musulmán, también le dirá esta, no es solamente católicos”. 14 September 6, 2015 Local Sooner Catholic Sooner Catholic Local September 6, 2015 15 Calendar Briefs This calendar only covers the two weeks between issue dates and may not refl ect all of the calendar items. To see a full calendar, go to www.soonercatholic.org. Golf tournament Roman Rite. Reception will follow. September 10 Devotion to the Precious Judith Martin at 19 The community of the Secu- Knights of Columbus #6478 2nd Contact (405) 235-4565 or go on- Blood of Jesus. Thursdays [email protected]. lar Order of the Blessed Vir- annual golf tournament will be line to www.stjosepholdcathedral. 7 Labor Day. Catholic Pastoral 9 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., St. gin Mary of Mt. Carmel and Saturday, Sept. 12, at Crimson org. Creek Golf Club, 801 Babcock Dr., Center closed. James, 4201 S. McKinley 13 The annual Hog Roast will St. Teresa of Jesus – Oklaho- Ave. (405) 420-2527. be held at Immaculate Con- El Reno. $75 entry fee, $300 per Women of Faith/Women of ma Community and Province 8 Feast of the Nativity of the ception Church from Noon to team. Sponsorships available. In- Action fall luncheon of St. Therese, meets at Little Blessed Virgin Mary, 450th 11 Patriot Day 2:30 p.m. Call 685-8401. cludes lunch. Contact Dick Pfi effer Archbishop Coakley will be the Flower Church, OKC, from anniversary of the fi rst per- at (405) 990-1826. Mail checks to luncheon speaker at the Women Noon to 4:30 p.m. Call Bar- manent European settlement 11 Bingo at St. Joseph, Norman. 17 Monthly Novena to the Infant Knights of Columbus #6478, 4600 of Faith/Women of Action Fall By Sally Crowe Nash bara Basgall (405) 826-3860. Are you listening? in the continental U.S. at St. Light dinner served 6:15 p.m. Jesus of Prague. The nove- Sky Trail, Yukon 73099. Luncheon on Saturday, Sept. Augustine, Florida. Games begin 7 p.m. with na prayers will be as follows 19, at the CPC. The archbishop 19 Women of Faith/Women of T-Shirts! second session at 8:30 p.m. – Monday-Friday following National Day of Remembrance will speak about Catholic Relief Action luncheon, with guest Help us spread the Good 8 Catholic War Veterans (of any $5 buys a 10-game packet, Noon Mass, Saturday follow- for Aborted Children Services. Doors and booths open speaker Archbishop Coakley, News by wearing and sharing war/confl ict) will meet in the includes free blackout game. ing 6 p.m. Mass, and Sunday The National Day of Remem- at 11 a.m. Luncheon at Noon. Catholic Pastoral Center. To brance for Aborted Children will be an OCBN T-shirt! community room of St. Ann following 11 a.m. Mass. Registration $25, includes buffet register, contact Chris Thom- commemorated on Saturday, Sept. We are offering regular Retirement Center at 7 p.m. 12 National Day of Remem- lunch with donation made to CRS. as at thomaschrisL@sbcglob- 12. A local service will be held at long-sleeve and women’s Contact Fr. M. Price Oswalt at brance of Aborted Children, 17 Solemn High Pontifi cal Mass The Oklahoma City Archdioce- al.net, (405) 306-5187. St. Gregory’s Abbey in Shawnee. fitted V-neck styles in a va- (405) 235-4565. 10 a.m., St. Gregory’s Abbey, with Cardinal Burke, 7 p.m., san Council of Catholic Women Mass at 10 a.m. in the Abbey riety of colors. Order OCBN Shawnee. Go online to www. St. Joseph Old Cathedral. Go is sponsoring the event. Contact 19 Mass and celebration for church, followed by a rosary pro- T-shirts, beginning Sept. 6 at 9 Catholic War Veterans USA abortionmemorials.com. online to www.stjosepholdca- Chris Thomas at thomaschrisL@ 125th anniversary of Sacred cession to the Our Lady of Guada- www.teespring.com/oklaho- Oklahoma Memorial Post 168 thedral.org. sbcglobal.net, (405) 306-5187. will hold their monthly meet- The Oblates of St. Benedict Heart Church, El Reno, at 5 lupe pro-life shrine at St. Grego- ma-catholic-broadcasting or 12 ry’s. Reception to follow. Go online ing at 7 p.m. in the Sunny- of Mt. St. Scholastica meet at 17 Charismatic Catholic prayer p.m. find the link on our website, to www.abortionmemorials.com. Bingo fundraiser lane Family Reception Center, St. Charles Borromeo, Rm. meeting, 7 p.m. at the Cath- www.okcatholicbroadcasting. The St. Philip Neri Social Justice 3900 S.E. 29, Del City. Con- A/B. Oblates meet Noon to 2 olic Pastoral Center. Contact 20 Catechetical Sunday. To learn St. Eugene festival Committee will be hosting a Bingo com. tact Ken at (405) 739-0036, p.m., with newcomers meet- Toni Calvey at (405) 630- more about this day, visit The 19th annual “Festival of the Night Fundraiser on Saturday, [email protected]. ing 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Contact 0539. www.usccb.org. Americas and the World” will be Sept. 19. Dinner available at 6 Program changes Charles Borromeo teenagers held Sunday, Sept. 13, from 10:30 p.m. with bingo and door prizes at More program changes are who participated in a summer Jobs Box a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Eugene, 2400 7 p.m. Ten-game Bingo packs $10 taking place in September. Steubenville retreat. The in- W. Hefner Road, OKC. Admission each, includes additional black- “Morning Glory” is now sched- Human resources director combination of education and ex- Development and stewardship successful candidate must be a terviews will air during “Make The Archdiocese of Oklahoma perience, plus at least eight years director is free. Activities include pony out game for prize of $100. Raffl e uled until 7 a.m. “Called to Catholic in good standing with the tickets available. Proceeds benefi t Straight the Way.” City seeks qualifi ed candidates for of human resources experience The Archdiocese of Oklahoma rides from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The Communion” is expanding to Church. Candidates are required celebration offers a variety of food, Catholic Charities Family Hope Listen to their testimony to a newly created Human Resources that includes three years of man- City is seeking a Director of De- five days a week, airing Mon- to have a bachelor’s degree and either homemade or donated for Project. Dinner and bingo in St. Director position at the Catholic agement. Must be knowledgeable velopment and Stewardship to day through Friday at 1 p.m. learn how God uses the Steu- fi ve years experience in develop- sale by leading ethnic restaurants. Philip Neri School Gym, 1107 Felix Pastoral Center. 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LIFE INSURANCE DISABILITY INSURANCE LONG-TERM CARE RETIREMENT ANNUITIES 16 September 6, 2015 Faith Sooner Catholic Moments of silence - This is not optional at Mass! By Pedro A. Moreno, OP, MRE celebrant and joined to his prayers Director of Hispanic Ministry Paragraph 45 of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal in various parts of the Mass. To spend some quality time “Sacred silence also, as part of the celebration, is to be observed at the Silence in the liturgy of the word with a loved one, it is essential to designated times. Its nature, however, depends on the moment when it oc- eliminate possible distractions and curs in the different parts of the celebration. For in the Penitential Act and It is of great benefi t to have short to concentrate on the person you again after the invitation to pray, individuals recollect themselves; whereas pauses after the readings and the have in front of you. Especially, after a reading or after the Homily, all meditate briefl y on what they have homily at Mass to refl ect on what if that person has an important heard; then after Communion, they praise God in their hearts and pray to we’ve just heard. What is God tell- him. place in your life. ing us in his word? What change Even before the celebration itself, it is a praiseworthy practice for silence or project is the Lord inviting us I make a special effort to turn to be observed in the church, in the sacristy, in the vesting room, and in to? off the TV at home when we get adjacent areas, so that all may dispose themselves to carry out the sacred unexpected visitors who make a celebration in a devout and fi tting manner.” special effort to come and visit us. Silence after Holy Communion It also is customary to turn in cell During communion many inter- phones when a weekend retreat dedicated paragraph 45 to describ- ourselves in God’s presence and esting things happen. Those who has begun. All this helps eliminate ing the moments of sacred silence. speak with him from our heart of receive the Eucharist are lining up distractions and promote an atmo- It is worth mentioning that this everything we carry in our minds to receive the Body and Blood of sphere of contemplation, stillness silence is sacred because its main and souls that we need or want to Christ. Those who cannot receive and silence. purpose is to create an environ- put in his hands. This time also take this moment to ask Christ to The main reason for going to ment conducive to the encounter gives us the opportunity to present come to their hearts in spiritual to him our special intentions or Mass should be spending time with God. In sacred silence we communion. The various servers express to God for whom or what with God. Anything that helps this prepare to grow in Christ. and lay ministers help all of this we are praying. should be part of the Mass. Sacred happen in an orderly manner and silence is an important part of the Silence before Mass in an atmosphere of refl ection. Silence in the penitential act encounter with God at Mass. This The minutes before Mass offer Much is happening to promote We are preparing to ask God for is so important as another element us a great opportunity to prepare and intensify our common union forgiveness and we take a moment of the Mass that the General In- quietly for the sacred mysteries with Christ and with one another. to remember our sins and offens- struction of the Roman Missal has An important element after the we are about to celebrate. We put es against God, our neighbor and communion song and before the ourselves. Asking God for forgive- prayer after communion is quiet Thoughts on silence from Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta ness loses its meaning if we believe time to talk with the Christ we we are so perfect that we have no have just received. It is the most • God is the friend of silence and we must listen because what counts are imperfections or sins, mortal or not our words, but what he says and what he says through us. important conversation of the day venial. We are all sinners, and we • The fruit of silence is prayer. The fruit of prayer is faith. The fruit of and of the week. faith is love. The fruit of love is service. The fruit of service is peace. cannot grow as missionary disci- • In silence He hears us; He speaks in the silence of the soul and in si- ples if we lose sight of our imper- Do not be afraid of silence lence we hear His voice. fections and sins. • In silence He hears us; He speaks in the silence of our souls. In the We all need to grow in our appre- silence we are granted the privilege of hearing His voice. Silence after the call to prayer: ciation of the Sacred Silence that • The silence of the heart is necessary to hear God everywhere, in the Let us pray helps maintain a healthy balance closing door, the person who needs us, the birds singing, the fl owers, the This call to prayer is not an in the celebration of Mass. Singing animals. invitation to keep quiet because is praying twice, but learning to • Listen in silence because if your heart is full of other things you cannot pray and appreciate the encoun- hear His voice. the celebrant is about to speak. • The most important thing is not what we say, but what God says to us. This invitation to pray is our op- ter with God in the silence of the Jesus is always there, waiting. In the silence we hear His voice. portunity at Mass to offer to God, heart is praying multiplied by 10. • Humility and prayer take place in one ear, a mind and a language that in the silence of our hearts, our For those who want to continue have lived in silence with God, because in the silence of the heart is where intentions and requests, worship studying on the subject of silence, He speaks. and thanksgiving, repentance and I invite you to look for what the • Our prayer life suffers a lot because our heart is not quiet. expressions of penance. All these Scriptures tell us about the si- prayers will be gathered up by the lence. Iraqi archbishop: Plight of fl eeing Christians has challenged his faith By Sean Gallagher fectively than he could have ever devised himself, people.” Catholic News Service in part through local lay and religious Catholics And he knows that the evil that overtook Mosul INDIANAPOLIS — Chaldean Catholic Arch- and organizations like the Knights of Columbus, could also strike Irbil. Catholic Relief Services, the Catholic Near East “It’s quite possible, but the coalition, led by the bishop Bashar Warda of Irbil, Iraq, placed his Welfare Association and Aid to the Church in Americans, has stopped Daesh from advancing,” face in his hands when asked how his faith has Need. Archbishop Warda said. “This has given some been challenged and changed in the crisis he has His archdiocese in the Kurdistan region of sense of security to the people. But Daesh is just helped manage over the past year. northern Iraq has, with the help of Catholic relief 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Irbil. It’s not far He said he has outwardly encouraged the agencies, provided shelter, food, medical care and away. Anything could happen.” Christians whom he welcomed to Irbil when they educational services to the displaced. An important step that he thinks will help gal- fl ed Islamic State, but within his heart he would “(God) did it in a way that a state could not real- vanize the international community to help Iraqi frequently “quarrel with God.” ly offer to its citizens in such a situation,” Arch- Christians is for national leaders to join with Pope “I don’t understand what he is doing when I look bishop Warda said. “He did it through the church Francis and recognize what is happening there at what has happened in the region,” Archbishop and through the generosity of so many people.” as a genocide. He spoke of this in Indianapolis Warda said. “I quarrel with him every day.” His own faith is bolstered as well when he sees – where he visited his fellow Redemptorist, Arch- However, the arguments take place within his the undaunted faith of displaced Christians. bishop Joseph Tobin – and in Washington. intimate relationship with God, one that, with “People come and tell their stories of persecu- “It’s genocide. It has all the facts, events, sto- the help of grace, withstands even the previously tion and how they were really terrifi ed, having to ries and experiences to meet the defi nition of unimaginable challenges to his faith that he has walk eight to 10 hours during the night,” Arch- genocide,” Archbishop Warda told The Catholic faced over the past year. bishop Warda said. “In the end, they would tell Standard, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wash- “Before going to sleep, I usually hand all my you, ‘Thank God we are alive. Nushkur Allah. We ington. crises, wishes, thoughts and sadness to him, so I thank God for everything.’ That’s the phrase they “Do not wait another 20 years and look back to can at least have some rest,” Archbishop Warda end with. That’s strengthening, in a way.” what happened and say, ‘Well, I’m sorry that we told The Criterion, newspaper of the Archdiocese In contrast to the goodness he sees in the did not do something really decisive,’” he told The of Indianapolis. “The next day, I usually wake suffering faithful that have fi lled Irbil, Archbish- Criterion. up with his providence that I would never dream op Warda recoils when he describes the Islamic Contributing to this story was Mark Zimmermann about.” State, which he often refers to by its Arabic “crimi- in Washington. Looking back over the year since more than nal name,” “Daesh.” To learn more about what Catholic Relief Services 100,000 Christians and other minorities sought “Daesh is evil,” he said. “The way they slaugh- is doing in Iraq, Syria, Gaza, and elsewhere in the refuge in Irbil, Archbishop Warda said he sees the ter, the way they rape, the way they treat others Middle East and northern Africa, go online to www. care of God coming to suffering believers more ef- is brutal. They have a theology of slaughtering crs.org/middle-east.