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Archbishop Kurtz Elected President of U.S. Bishops Ert J 600 Locust Street, Owensboro, KY 42301 Volume 40, Number 10 December, 2013 Graphic by Allison Hayden Archbishop Kurtz Elected President of U.S. Bishops ert J. Cunningham of Syracuse, New York. BALTIMORE—Archbishop Joseph E. five other USCCB commit- On November 11, the following bish- Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, was tees. The chairmen-elect ops were elected to the board of Cath- elected president of the U.S. Conference will begin their three-year olic Relief Services (CRS): Bishop of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) during the terms in one year, at the William P. Callahan, OFM Conv., of bishops’ annual fall General Assembly, conclusion of the bishops’ La Crosse, Wisconsin, Bishop Frank November 12, in Baltimore. Archbish- fall 2014 General Assembly. Dewane of Venice, Florida, and Bish- op Kurtz has served as vice president These were: op Cirilo B. Flores of San Diego. of USCCB since 2010. Cardinal Daniel • Coadjutor Archbishop Also on November 11, the fol- N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston was Bernard A. Hebda of New- lowing bishops were elected to the elected USCCB vice president. ark, New Jersey, to the Com- board of the Catholic Legal Immigra- Archbishop Kurtz and Cardinal mittee on Canonical Affairs tion Network, Inc. (CLINIC): Bishop DiNardo are elected to three-year terms and Church Governance in Richard Garcia of Monterey, Califor- and succeed Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan a 167-70 vote over Bishop nia, and Archbishop Thomas Wenski of New York and Archbishop Kurtz, re- Joseph N. Perry, auxiliary of Miami. spectively. The new president and vice bishop of Chicago. president’s terms begin at the conclusion • Bishop Mitchell T. of the General Assembly, November 14. Rozanski, auxiliary bishop Archbishop Kurtz was elected of Baltimore, to the Com- president on the first ballot with 125 mittee on Ecumenical and votes. Cardinal DiNardo was elected Interreligious Affairs in a vice president on the third ballot by 147- 130-105 vote over Bishop 87 in a runoff vote against Archbishop Arthur L. Kennedy, auxilia- Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap., of Phila- ry bishop of Boston. delphia. • Archbishop-designate Requested Service Change The president and vice president Archbishop Joesph E. Kurtz, the incoming Leonard P. Blair of Hartford, are elected by a simple majority from a President of the United States Conference of Connecticut, to the Commit- slate of 10 nominees. If no president or Catholic BishopsPhoto from usccbmedia. tee on Evangelization and vice president is chosen after the second blogspot.com, Nov. 13, 2013 Catechesis in a 135-98 vote round of voting, a third ballot is taken coadjutor bishop, then archbishop, of Gal- over Bishop John O. Barres between only the top two vote getters on veston-Houston. Pope Benedict XVI named of Allentown, Pennsylvania. the second ballot. him a cardinal in 2007, making him the first • Bishop Oscar Cantú of Archbishop Kurtz was born Au- cardinal from Texas. Las Cruces, New Mexico, to gust 18, 1946, and ordained a priest of The bishops also elected Archbish- the Committee on Interna- Allentown, Pennsylvania on March 18, op George J. Lucus of Omaha chairman of tional Justice and Peace in 1972. He previously served as bishop of the Committee of Catholic Education in a a 126-110 vote over Bishop - David J. Malloy of Rock Owensboro, KY Knoxville, Tennessee from 1999-2007 Permit No. 111 141-93 vote over George V. Murry, SJ, of Nonprofit Org. before being appointed to Louisville. Youngstown, Ohio. Archbishop Lucas, who ford, Illinois. U.S. Postage 42301 Cardinal DiNardo was born May 23, has served as interim chair of the committee • Bishop Edward J. Paid 1949, and ordained a priest of Pittsburgh since the May 2013 death of Bishop Joseph Burns of Juneau, Alaska, to on June 16, 1977. He previously served P. McFadden, will begin his term at the con- the Committee on Child and as bishop of Sioux City, Iowa, from clusion of this week’s bishops’ meeting. Youth Protection in a 118- 1998-2004 before being appointed to The bishops chose chairmen-elect of 114 vote over Bishop Rob- 2 December, 2013 Do We Still Have The Eyes To See And Recognize Angels In Our Midst? larity in our culture and seemingly have little to do with faith. The question I pose as a Christmas message is whether or not we still have the eyes to see and recognize angels in our midst. Not many of us will encounter the non-corporeal angels. But we certainly encounter servants and messengers of God who have been sent to us by God. Those angels closest to us often go unrecognized and unrewarded; we take their goodness and holiness for granted. Perhaps in an age of such great doubt and skepticism we might consider the place of angels in the stories of God’s revelation and ask if we might be called to be messengers Most Reverend and servants to others that they might hear what the shepherds William F. Medley, Bishop heard in the fields of Bethlehem? May our voice reassure and of Owensboro calm a young man or woman facing the birth of a child they did not plan? Are we willing to announce peace on earth to all people of good will? Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! +Most Reverend William F. Medley, Bishop of Owensboro Bishop Medley’s Calendar for December 2013: Children gathered for Bishop Medley’s Christmas card photo session at St. Edward’s Parish, Fulton,Ky. December 1 10:30 a.m. Admission to Candidacy, Michael Charles Ajigo Abiero St. Joseph, Bowling Green Dear sisters and brothers, the Catholic Church the angels were December 2 -4 6:00 p.m. Priests’ Council Provincial Meeting, Knoxville “Now there were shepherds in created by God to be servants and mes- December 5 10:30 a.m. CCK Executive Board Meeting, Louisville that region living in the fields and keep- sengers of God. We find them through- December 6 9:00 a.m. School Mass, St. Romuald, Hardinsburg ing the night watch over their flock. out the stories of salvation history. Re- December 9 10:30 a.m. School Mass, OwensboroCatholic High School The angel of the Lord appeared to them call that it was an angel who stayed the December 11 9:00 a.m. School Mass, Christ the King, Madisonville and the glory of the Lord shone around hand of Abraham as he was about to December 12 7:00 p.m.. Mass,Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Joseph, Bowling Green them, and they were struck with great sacrifice his son Isaac. They have an- December 16 9:45 a.m. Priests’ Personnel Board Meeting, CPC; fear. The angel said to them, ‘Do not nounced births and callings and assist- 1:30 p.m. Priests’ Council Meeting, CPC be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you ed the prophets. December 17 9:00 a.m. CPC Staff Mass and Meeting good news of great joy that will be for December 18 8:30 a.m. Diocesan Finance Council Meeting, CPC all people. For today in the city of Da- December 25 Midnight -Christmas Midnight Mass,St. Stephen Cathedral vid a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord’.... And suddenly Special Collection for Filipino Victims of Typhoon Haiyan there was multitude of the heavenly Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ: hosts with the angel praising God and Western Kentucky Catholics are being asked to take part in a special collection saying: ‘Glory to God in the highest for victims of Typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines on Friday, November 7, and on earth peace to those on whom and left thousands dead and hundreds of thousands displaced. his favor rests.’” Luke 2: 8 – 14 The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, meeting in Baltimore, agreed on Nov. The angels of the Lord play a 11 to the special collection for the victims. Individual parishes, including those in the prominent role in our traditional Christ- Diocese of Owensboro, are asked to take up the collection on the weekend of Novem- mas story, a story we draw from the ber 16/17 or the weekend of November 30/December 1. As is tradition, the annual Gospels of Matthew and Luke. An Catholic Campaign for Human Development is collected on Thanksgiving weekend, angel announces the birth of John the November 23/24. All moneys collected for the typhoon relief will go to Catholic Re- Baptist; the Angel Gabriel comes to lief Services, which is working in the area hit by the typhoon. In fact, Catholic Relief Mary to announce that the Holy Spirit Services was present in the Philippines before the typhoon and are poised to give direct will come upon her and she will con- aide. ceive a child who will be Emmanuel; Caritas Internationalis, the Vatican-based confederation of humanitarian agen- an angel comes to Joseph in a dream to cies of the Catholic Church, reported Nov. 11 that more than 9.5 million people are in reassure him that the hand of God is in- need of aid and that 600,000 people have been forced from their homes. The death toll deed in all the inexplicable happenings; from the storm is estimated at more than ten thousand. and the angels awaken the shepherds Our Christmas cards will feature Any collections may be forwarded to our Diocesan Finance Office who will to the good news that the Messiah has angels from the master artists of the assure its speedy forward to CRS. come. ages or perhaps contemporary cartoon- Yours in Christ, According to the Catechism of ists. Angels enjoy a tremendous popu- +Most Reverend William F.
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