Third Annual Women's Conference Set for Sept. 23-24
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Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage IN THIS ISSUE: PAID Permit 309 Faithful Citizenship Diocesan Calendar Predatory Loan Practices Amarillo, TX The Second Installment The Latest Update A Guest Column See Page 2 See Page 4 See Page 11 Volume 76, No. 14 Serving Catholics in the Texas Panhandle - Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo September 18, 2016 Leading Off Third Annual Women’s Conference Set For Sept. 23-24 Dumas—The annual Sts. Peter Amarillo—Catholic author, ra- icism. Corbitt served as director Lunch and refreshments will be and Paul Church Festival is set for dio host and Scripture teacher Sonja of religious education at St. John available throughout the second day Sunday, Sept. 25, from 11:00am to Corbitt will be the keynote speak- Vianney Church in Gallatin, Tenn., of the conference, with the event 8:00pm at McDade Park, off East er for the third annual Women’s and as executive director of Risen scheduled to conclude at 4:00. 14th Street. Conference, taking place Friday, Radio in Lebanon, Tenn. Cost of the workshop is $50.00 There will be a raffle in con- Sept. 23 and Saturday, Sept. 24 at Doors open at 5:00pm on Sept. per woman, which includes a CWC junction with the festival, with a St. Mary’s Cathedral, 1200 South 23, with Opening Prayer at 5:30. 2016 t-shirt and conference mate- total of $10,000 in cash to be given Washington. Those planning to take part in the rials. There will be opportunities away. First prize is $5,000, second The theme of this year’s confer- opening evening’s activities are en- for Prayer, Worship, Adoration and prize is $3,000 and third prize is ence is Unleashed in Him. “There couraged to eat prior to attending, Confession, according to Frausto. $2,000. is no dear in love; perfect love according to Stephanie Frausto of Scholarships are available. For Tickets for the raffle are $5.00 casts out all fear.” (1 John 4:18) the diocesan Office of Family Life. additional information or to reg- each or five for $20.00 and can Corbitt is the author of Un- The evening will include a Eucha- ister, contact Frausto at 383-2243, be purchased at the parish office leashed: A Catholic Women’s Walk Sonja Corbitt ristic Healing Service with Bene- ext. 129 or via email, respect- during regular business hours or with Scripture and host of the Bi- diction and Confession. [email protected], with the sub- from any Sts. Peter and Paul pa- ble Study Evangelista radio pro- attended Mitchell College and the On Sept. 24, doors open at ject line, Women’s Conference or rishioner. gram. A Carolina native who was Southern Baptist Seminary Exten- 8:00am, with Mass at 8:30, cele- go to www.amarillodiocese.org/ For additional information raised as a Southern Baptist, she sion and then converted to Cathol- brated by Bishop Patrick J. Zurek. for-women. about the Festival, call the parish office at 935-5002. October Is Safe Environment Month By Deacon Blaine Westlake, Safe Environment Office, Diocese of Amarillo Pampa—Parishioners at St. Vincent de Paul Church are mak- Amarillo—Bishop Patrick J. gave us permission to use this pro- • Lesson Plan #5: Unconditional dren and Young People” and with ing final preparations for the annu- Zurek has declared that “October gram. Right Relationship promotes Love, Forgiveness and Reconciliation. the Diocese of Amarillo Safe Envi- al celebration of the parish’s Patron is Safe Environment Month to en- safe environment principles by ronment Policy. Each parish must Saint, which is scheduled Sunday, sure that everyone, especially our teaching children and youth how to Right Relationship’s lesson offer, provide and document hav- Sept. 25 on the parish grounds at children, are safe, secure and pro- recognize and respond to relation- plans are designed to be easy to fol- ing held Safe Environment training 810 West 23rd Street. tected from harm in any and all of ships that are not “right” and not low. The curriculum is interactive classes for every child and young Activities begin with a bilingual our religious institutions.” appropriate; be it in church, school, between the catechist and student. person. There are no exceptions! Mass at 10:30am, followed by a During the month of October, home or wherever they may be. All Each year the lesson plan should potluck meal. Each family attend- all Parishes and Catholic School these materials are age appropriate, be rotated. The programs all have a There is no reason why any par- ing is asked to donate an item in will offer Safe Environment Train- morally correct, in keeping with Spanish Language component. ent or student can complain that they the name of St. Vincent de Paul for ing to every child and youth who Catholic teaching! Again, all of these materials are hearing the same lesson plan over the parish’s Good Sam’s project or attends classes in Catholic Schools, The Diocese of Amarillo Safe (handouts, instructions, dialogue, and over again. There are five lesson make a monetary donation to the Religious Education Programs Environment Office has made et. al.,), are available on the Dio- plans, each with a different emphasis ministry of the poor at St. Vincent and/or children and youth oriented available to all parishes the five cese of Amarillo website, www. and each year, another lesson should de Paul Church, according to par- activities. All appropriate Catholic safe environment lesson plans on amarillodiocese.org., under the be offered. If a parent believes that ish spokesperson Delma Sanchez. Institutions must make every rea- the diocesan website, www.amaril- Safe Environment tab. the same lesson is being used year After the meal, there will be sonable effort, and, if necessary, lodiocese.org., under the Safe En- after year, then the parent should no- games, music and food for all ages. multiple efforts to provide oppor- vironment tab. The Right Relation- Pastors, Faith Formation Di- tify the pastor so that he can request According to Sanchez, St. Vin- tunities for the children to attend ship lesson plans are as follows: rectors, Youth Directors and CCD the instructors update and change cent de Paul’s name is synony- Safe Environment classes. • Lesson Plan #1: Know The Teachers are responsible for im- their lesson plans. mous with help for the poor, partly Rules; plementation of Safe Environment It cannot be emphasized enough because of the good work done by The program used by the Di- • Lesson Plan #2: Rules and Training at the parish level. Every that the Right Relationship lesson the Society of St. Paul, founded in ocese of Amarillo is Right Rela- Boundaries; parish has access to the materials plans are age appropriate, morally 1833. tionship, which was developed by • Lesson Plan #3: Respect and and the resources necessary to sound, and in keeping with sound For additional details, please the Safe Environment and Victim Trust; ensure compliance United States Catholic Teaching! call Sanchez in the parish office at Assistance Offices of the Diocese • Lesson Plan #4: Communica- Catholic Conference of Bishops: 806-665-8933. of Salt Lake City, who generously tion; and, Charter for the Protection of Chil- Please see “Safe Environment,” p. 3 2 West Texas Catholic FAITHFUL CITIZENSHIP September 18, 2016 Why Should Catholics Be Involved In The Political Process? Editor’s Note: This is the sec- like Christ, especially in regard to In short, a Catholic’s “obligation (Spe Salvi, 28) Scripture says that ond installment of Faithful Citi- the commandment to love God and to participate in shaping the moral “Christ died for all.” Therefore, zenship, a series of articles written neighbor. character of society is a requirement “To live for Him means allowing by Bishop Patrick J. Zurek. of our Faith.”(Faithful Citizenship, oneself to be drawn into His being The people of our country have There are many complex po- #9) It is part of the mission that we for others.” (Spe Salvi, 28) There- been involved in the political pro- litical issues facing the American have received from Jesus. “Christ, fore, as Christians, we must be cess of campaign rhetoric for many people today. Among these are the the Word made flesh, in showing concerned for others and work for months, but the serious decision of protection of the life of the unborn, us the Father’s love, also shows the Common Good of all. actually making that choice is ap- accepting new migrants, being a us what it truly means to be fully proaching very rapidly. Our Cath- powerful nation that struggles with human”(Gaudium et Spes, #22) What Faith teaches us about the olic Tradition is very clear that our terrorism yet tries to forge peace, Christ’s love for us lets us see our value of the human person can also Faith must accompany each Chris- the divisions that exist along the human dignity in its full clarity and be seen through the gift of human tian voter to the Voting Booth. As lines of race, ethnicity and eco- compels us to love our neighbors reason. At the center of these truths Pope Benedict XVI said in his Pas- nomic inequality, the struggle to as He loves us. (Pope Francis, Lo- is the very DIGNITY OF THE HU- toral visit to Brazil, Christianity is defend and support the family, ter of the pursuit of the Common cutions and Homilies, 2013-2016) MAN PERSON. It is the very center not a philosophy or just another the existence of poverty in a very Good which is part of our Catholic Pope Benedict XVI in commenting of Catholic moral and social teach- way of life, it is centered on a per- affluent country and the lack of Social Teaching.