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PENTECOST iti e A PUBLICATION OF THE JOHN CARROLL SOCIETY 24TH ANNUAL ROSE MASS Will1111115M111111M1 Health Care Ministry a Chance to Share God's Healing ealth care workers are gifted with the H ability to witness God's mercy and fidelity to suffering patients they serve, the chair of Catholic health care ethics at Georgetown University told those gathered on March 15 at the society's 24th annual Rose Mass. Gathered to celebrate at the 2015 Annual Dinner are honoree Terry Lindsay, chaplain Msgr. "Never are we to lose faith and hope in Peter Vaghi, honoree Amy Baier, honoree Sr. Mary Bader, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, honoree our ability to bring God's healing, a heal- Morgan Wooten, and president Elizabeth Meers. ing that extends far beyond the physi- ological, touching the "We were really lifted up by all the innermost depths of Power of Prayer prayers coming in," Bret Baier said. "If our broken human na- you put it out there, help will come. ture," said Jesuit Father On Display at For us it came in the form of prayer." Kevin T. FitzGerald in his homily at the Awards Dinner The family decided to share their story Church of the Little in the book Special Heart: A Journey of rr he power of prayer and the ne- Flower. Faith, Hope, Courage and Love. Their 1 cessity of solidarity in the midst hope was that their experience could Ne The Rose Mass is cel- her of suffering were messages shared provide a "blueprint" for other fami- top is ebrated on the fourth with those assembled at the John lies who struggle. Chr Sunday of Lent, or Carroll Society's 29th Annual by "It some ways it was like this was part to Laetare Sunday, to Dinner on April 11. Pho of the big plan all along," Bret Baier honor and pray for About 350 people gathered at the said. Jesuit Father Kevin those in the medical Four Seasons Hotel in Washing- FitzGerald gives the profession. The Mass Amy Baier agreed homily at the March ton, DC for the awards dinner that is so named because and said that, 15 Rose Mass at the honors men and women who offer of the rose-colored "We're incred- Church of the Little public witness to their Catholic vestment the celebrant ibly blessed and Flower in Bethesda. faith. wears. The rose also privileged to find symbolizes the gift of life entrusted to FOX News Channel anchor Bret our family's cause." those in the healing professions. Cardinal Baier and his wife, Amy, shared the She said that their Donald Wuerl was the principal celebrant story of their son, Paul, who has work on pediatric of the Mass. battled a congenital heart condi- heart issues has Continued on page 5 tion since infancy. Bret Baier made Amy Baier delivered made them "bet- remarks in person his "special report" appearance ter parents, better while husband Bret via a pre-recorded video, as he was parishioners, and Baier appeared in a VOL. 21 unable to attend because he was in better people." pre-recorded video NO. 2 Jordan to interview King Abdullah to share the story INSIDE Amy Baier is ac- II. Amy Baier delivered remarks in of how their family tive at Children's Page 3 The Joy of the person. battled son Paul's National Medical John Carroll Society congenital heart "God tapped us for a reason," Center, where she condition. Page 8 History to Be Made Bret Baier said of his son's diagnosis serves on both the During Papal Visit of five congenital heart defects Foundation Board and the Executive not long after his birth. Paul has Board, as well as with the American Page 8 Book Follows Pope Francis successfully endured three surgeries Continued on page 7 from Argentina to Rome and seven angioplasties. -L, W W W. J H N C A R R O L L S O C IETY.ORG John Carroll Society UPCOMING EVENTS Established 1951 Archdiocese of Washington 2015- Officers June 4, 2015 Brunch to follow at The Capital Hilton, President, Elizabeth B. Meers FIRST THURSDAY FELLOWSHIP 1001 16th Street NW, with the JCS Pro First Vice President, Dr. Thomas M. Loughney Bono Legal Service Awards. Second Vice President, Philip J. Ward The Church of the Little Flower, Bethesda, at 7 a.m. (following the 6:30 Principal Celebrant: His Eminence, Treasurer, David B. Florenzo Donald Cardinal Wuerl Historian, Jane Sullivan Roberts a.m. Mass) in the Rectory Meeting Chaplain, Rev. Msgr. Peter J. Vaghi Room. Homilist: Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of the Archdiocese of Atlanta Immediate Past President, Paul G. Scolese Msgr. Peter Vaghi to present on Secretary, Bernadette Semple "The Upper Room: Filled with the Assistant Secretary, Preeya Noronha Pinto Spirit and Challenged to be Witnesses — November 7, 2015 Assistant Treasurer, Mary Ann Dmochowski The Continuing Challenge of the FALL RETREAT Parliamentarian, John J. DeGioia New Evangelization." Executive Director, Colleen Mudlaff Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD September 16, 2015 Board of Governors Bus leaves St. Ann's Church at Tenley RECEPTION AT TOP OF THE Circle in Washington, DC at 8 a.m. Carol Grefenstette Bates David Matuszewski TOWN WITH THE YOUNG ADULT Elizabeth Brown, R.N. William A. Milligan FELLOWSHIP Retreat Director: Msgr. Stephen Rossetti William E. Conway, Jr. Christopher H. Mitchell Kristine J. Dunne Michael J. Nardotti, Jr. Top of the Town, Rosslyn, 1400 N. 14th December 5, 2015 Daniel Hardwick Maya M. Noronha Street, Arlington, VA from 6:30 p.m. to Winnie Keon Edward Orzechowski 9 p.m. ST. NICHOLAS MASS & GIFT DRIVE Daniel M. Kerns, Jr. Thomas Winkler, M.D. The Church of the Little Flower, Bethesda, October 4, 2015 5 p.m. Mass Communication & Outreach Committee 63RD ANNUAL RED MASS Principal Celebrant: Msgr. Peter Vaghi. Chair, Kim Viti Fiorentino The Cathedral of St. Matthew, Reception and visit with St. Nick to Vice-Chair, Website & Social Media, Raj Noronha Washington, DC at 10 a.m. follow in Parish Hall. Editor, Mary Schneidau Sullivan Designer, Andy Eng As of April 30, 2015 ICTIMMEIMI Michael B. O'Rourke Dr. Kristen Breslin Marime Pinnell Cathy Tran Jean Thompson Sponsor: Christopher Mitchell Elvira Madden Breslin Sponsor: Colleen Mudlaff Sponsor: Elizabeth B. Meers Richard Thompson Sponsor: Anthony DeFelice Sponsor: Mary and Mike Denger Mark Ernstmann Malgorzata Mrzyk Andrew Zazo Talisa Ernstmann Sean Clerget Sponsor: Brad Kelly Sponsor: Francis Allegro Ian Bates Sponsor: Joan Rommet Sponsor: Kristine Dunne Jack Kane Katherine Reiber Laura Possessky Sponsor: Carol Grefenstette Bates Jeff Bedia Daniel J. Hettich Sponsor: Kathleen B. Asdorian Sponsor: Jack Keeney Sponsor: Bernadette Semple Sponsor: Preeya Noronha Pinto Gregory Giammittorio Melissa Huey-Burns John X. Loughran, IV Sponsor: Hon. Eugene Giammittorio Paul Ray Joseph A. Budzynski Bradley Richardson Sponsor: Kathleen B. Asdorian Sponsor: Michael Huston Drew Maloney Mary Sullivan David J. Belford Nadia Marquez Sponsor: Kim Fiorentino Jim Watson Sponsor: Bret A. Brown Sean Callaghan Sponsor: Petch Gibbons Sponsor: Maya Noronha Charlie Carroccio Andres Figuerola Paul Kinyon Courtney Carroccio Daniel Redmond, M.D. Ryan Lopez Marifran Langvardt Sponsor: Msgr. Peter Vaghi Sponsor: James D. Bishop Sponsor: Gigi Metz Sponsor: Dan Hardwick Sponsor: Amalia Mamaed Archbishop of Atlanta, Former USCCB Head to Deliver Homily at Red Mass he shepherd of one of America's Chicago before being appointed bishop Church in one of the South's biggest Tfastest growing dioceses and a former of Belleville, IL in 1994. cities. The Archdiocese of Atlanta has president of the United States Confer- Archbishop Gregory served as grown from 311,000 members in 2000 ence of Catholic Bishops will deliver president of the USCCB from 2001 to about one million in 2014. the homily at the society's 63rd Annual to 2004. During his tenure, he The Red Mass is celebrated annually Red Mass on October 4 at the Cathedral helped gain approval for the at the Cathedral, traditionally of St. Matthew in Washington, DC. "Charter for the Protection of on the Sunday before the first Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of the Children and Young People" Monday in October, which Archdiocese of Atlanta is a Chicago as the American Church's marks the opening of the native who converted to Catholicism as proactive response to Supreme Court's annual term. a child while attending Catholic school. address concerns raised Its purpose is to invoke God's He was ordained a priest of the Arch- by sexual abuse issues. blessings on those responsible diocese of Chicago in 1973 and eamed He was installed as Archbishop for the administration of justice his doctorate in sacred liturgy in 1980. of Atlanta in 2005 and has as well as on all public officials. He served briefly as auxiliary bishop of overseen rapid growth of the By Mary Schneidau Sullivan 2 — The Carroll Citizen t Pentecost 2015 THE JOHN CARROLL SOCIETY L The Joy of the John Carroll Society By Elizabeth Meers was asked to provide a reflection for this issue of The health care professions bring together Society members I Carroll Citizen on my two years as President of the John with those callings. At the Annual Dinner Society members Carroll Society. I can sum it all up in one word: Joy! from all walks of life gather and recognize lay Catholics who have given exemplary witness to their faith. All of the The joy of service. I was blessed to become President Society's activities provide opportunities to develop fellow- of the John Carroll Society a few months after Pope Francis ship and friendship with other Catholic professionals, who was elected. He has exhorted us to go to the periphery help to sustain us in our faith amid the trials of the world.