"Come to me, all you SOUTHWEST KANSAS who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." – Matthew 11:28

NewsMagazineoftheCatholicDioceseofDodgeCity dcdiocese.org/swkscatholic Vol.XLV No.22 March 7, 2021 The Rite of Election A welcome along the journey

Pope Francis arrives in Iraq Manna House: A living celeb ration of generosity Photo by Gentry Heimerman Page 1 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Lent: A time to rememberwho we are

emember who you are. I s�ll remember a �me I went to confession to a priest about 15 years ago. A�er I confessed my sins, the priest simply looked at me and said, “Remember who you are.” This past Sunday, we heard the Gospel depic�ng the Transfigura�on. We hear the voice of God our Father say, “This is R my Beloved Son. Listen to Him.” Bishop Gerald Vincke, Jesus knows who he is. He is the beloved Son of the Father. He Apostolic Administrator has a rela�onship with his Father. He spends �me in prayer with him. He always wants to do the Father’s will. Do we know who we are? Do we know that when we were bap�zed, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved son. This is my beloved daughter.” Our deepest iden�ty, more than the money we make, our profession in life, what others think of us Mufasa says, “Remember who you are. or even of what we think of ourselves, is the deep abiding fact that we are God’s You are my son.” beloved sons and daughters. When we sin, we literally forget who we My all-�me favorite Disney movie is the Lion King, which happens to have several are. If we look in the mirror, we may only Chris�an themes in it. Simba, the main character, is anointed as a baby lion. When he see ourselves and our faults and failings. becomes older, he disobeys his father, Mufasa, by going to a place he shouldn’t. Later, But if we look deeper, we see that we are Mufasa dies, and Simba runs away. Like what many of us do when we sin, we run away made in the image and likeness of God, from God (just like Adam and Eve did). Eventually, the confused Simba meets Rafiki, the that we are God’s beloved children. monkey who anointed him in the beginning of the movie. St. Therese of Lisiuex reminds us of who Simba doesn’t recognize Rafiki and demands to know who he is. Rafiki looks at Simba we are by telling the story of two and says, “The ques�on is: Who are you?” Simba admits that he’s not for sure who he daughters. Both of them commit the same is, and Rafiki says, “You are Mufasa’s boy.” sin. One runs away from her father, the Rafiki takes off running and Simba follows him, wondering how Rafiki knew his father. other runs to her father, jumps on his lap, He tells Rafiki that his father is dead, and Rafiki claims that Mufasa is s�ll alive. and says, “I am sorry.” God loves it when They arrive at a pool of water and Rafiki tells Simba to look down. Simba does and we come back to him. sees his reflec�on. Rafiki tells him to look harder, and when he does, Simba sees the We all sin. God does not want us to be image of his father’s face. And Rafiki says, “You see, he lives in you.” afraid of him. As Pope Francis said, “God All of a sudden, an image of Mufasa can be seen in the clouds above. Mufasa looks at never �res of forgiving us.” God is always Simba and says, “You have forgo�en me.” Simba denies it, and Mufasa says, “You have invi�ng us to experience his mercy. He is forgo�en who you are, and so have forgo�en me.” Simba asks how he can go back, and always reminding us of “who we are!”

When we sin, we literally Simba doesn’t recognize forget who we are. If we look Rafiki and demands to know who he is. Rafiki in the mirror, we may only looks at Simba and says, see ourselves and our faults “The ques�on is: Who are you?” Simba admits and failings. But if we look that he’s not for sure who he is, and Rafiki deeper, we see that we are says, “You are Mufasa’s boy.” made in the image and Watch the likeness of God, that we are scene from God’s beloved children. “The Lion King” – Bishop Vincke Page 2 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad

Pope Francis is presented flowers prior to mee�ng with the President of the Republic in the private study of the Presiden�al Palace in Baghdad on Va�can March 5th, Media/ 2021. CNA

COVER STORY Regarding Johnson & Johnson vaccine 38 USCCB says Moderna and Pfizer is Rite of Election welcomes those on preferable to J&J 5 journey to enter fully the Church Meet Don Alberto, Italy’s new YouTube 39 sensation FEATURES COMMENTARY Manna House 9 A living celebra�on of a big-hearted Lent: A �me to remember who we are community 2 By Bishop Gerald Vincke Father Ultan Murhphy 11 Beloved priesty laid to rest in Olmitz Hard to ask 4 By Bishop Emeritus Ronald M. Gilmore Pope Francis in Iraq St. Paul’s encounter with the Lord 28 Where is he visiting, and why? 21 By Father Juan Salas Lent around the world When control turns to chaos 37 New podcast series 24 By Dave Myers HELP WANTED 54-55 AROUND THE DIOCESE 14-15 KIDS STUFF 41-43 SPANISH 44-53 OBITUARIES 65-66 PUZZLES67-68 Page 3 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Pray it; learn it; live it! Hard to ask “The love of God was revealed to us: God sent His only Son into the world so that we might have life through Him” (1 John 4:9). Most Rev. Ronald M. Gilmore Bishop Emeritus “Love One Another as I Love You.” Catholic Diocese of (John 15:12) Dodge City Pastoral Plan Outline for the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City 2020-2025

To Evangelize with Joy – Proclaim Christ’s love to all. “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all na�ons.” od wants to answer more than we want to (Ma�hew 28:19) ask. To Catechize in the Catholic Faith with Diligence – He strains his old ears to hear us. He Form all as faithful witnesses of Jesus Christ. puzzles over the spaces between our words. “Guide me by your truth and teach me, for you are God GHe yearns for the joy of giving. That’s why my Savior” (Psalm 25:5) he is never far from us, why he is always present To Build Community with Love – wherever we are. He sees our needs. He has the power Unite all in a hope-filled rela�onship with God and one another. to meet those needs. He has the constant will to do so. “That they may all be one.” (John 17:21) But he does … it is the oddest thing ... he does generally To Pray with Devo�on – waitforustoask. Worship the Father, through Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Spirit And we are not very good at this ‘asking.’ If God’s heart as a community and individually. seems closed to us at �mes, it is because we don’t know “Pray without ceasing. In all circumstances give thanks” how to ask. ‘Our pride’ gets in the way: it refuses to (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18) admit we ever fail, ever fall, ever sin. ‘Our stubborn To Serve with Compassion – independence’ gets in the way: it refuses to obey, and Accompany all in the Lord,especially the poor. then will never ask for pardon. ‘Our weak faith’ gets in “Serve one another through love.” (Gala�ans 5:13) the way: it refuses to be courageous, and to hope for everything from his Goodness, which is infinite in its loving. We are abominably poor at this ‘asking.’ Usually Photo by Gentry Heimerman On the cover because we have been disappointed too many �mes. At the recent Rite of Elec�on celebra�on at St. Mary Parish in Garden Once burned, twice shy. We refuse to open our bruised City, Isabella Galliart signs the Book of the Elect. In signing this hearts to be bruised yet again. special book, she is confirming her commitment to enter fully the It is understandable that we would hang back, but why Catholic Church at Easter through the sacraments ofBap�sm, would He hang back? Why would he who knows Confirma�on and First Eucharist. At right is Imelda Ochoa, and at le� everything, why would he delay? I don’t really know. is Pa�y Smith, Isabella’s grandmother and sponsor. Coverage starts on St. Augus�ne thought that God does delay so that we the next page. might learn to desire his great gi�s with an even greater desire. What he looks for in us isDesire in the raw: the ‘faith that moves mountains,’ the ‘hope that always feels up Published Semi-Monthly by the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City. to leaping over them before ever they move,’ the ‘love All material in this newspaper is copyrighted 2020. that puts us right there, with him, before ever we Publisher ... Bishop John B. Brungardt jump.’ Editor... Dave Myers He wants our full hearts to be in our words.Andsohe Adver�sing Manager ... Tammy Lampe makes us wait, in order to stretch our desire.Asking is Business Manager ... Daniel Stremel, CPA our way of coopera�ng with his Grace. He waits on our The Southwest Kansas Catholic • P.O. Box 137, Dodge City, KS 67801 love to respond to His Love. Phone: (620) 227-1519 • Facsimile: (620) 227-1545 email: [email protected] • website: dcdiocese.org/swkscatholic We are abominably poor at this ‘asking.’ Service of Editors Usually because we have been disappointed Msgr. A.J. Felling Byron Hull Margaret Klenke Tim Wenzl too many �mes. Once burned, twice shy. 1966-1971 1971-1974 1974-1990 1990-2000 We refuse to open our bruised hearts to be bruised yet again. Page 4 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine ite of A welcome along Election the journey ‘I wanted to learn more about being Catholic …’

By DAVE MYERS ypically, upwards of 200 women, men and Isabella Galliart signs the Book of the Elect at the children will gather at recent Rite of Elec�on celebra�on at St. Mary Parish in T the Cathedral of Our Lady of Garden City. In signing this special book, she is Guadalupe in February to confirming her commitment to enter fully the Catholic be honored along their faith Church at Easter through the sacraments ofBap�sm, journey as they prepare to Confirma�on and First Eucharist. At right is Imelda enter the Catholic Church Ochoa, and at le� is Pa�y Smith, Isabella’s fully at Easter. grandmother and sponsor. While the pandemic le� us unable this year to t the Easter Vigil at St. Mary Church in gather as one for the Call to Garden City, Isabella Galliart of Holcomb Con�nuing Conversion and (above, center) will be one of many people the Rite of Elec�on, Catholic from across the diocese who will fully enter churches across the diocese theA Catholic Church: she will be bap�zed, confirmed, held the celebra�on in their and will receive her First Communion, all in one deeply own parish communi�es. spiritual and moving event. One of the most She was not pressured to join the Church. Her significant events of the parents, Cur�s and Rebecca, are non-Catholic. liturgical year, this is the She chose to do so on her own, which is pre�y official moment that amazing for a 12-year-old. It helps that her parents candidates (bap�zed graciously allowed their li�le girl to a�end Catholic members of another Mass while growing up. Chris�an faith tradi�on—or "Ever since I was a li�le girl I always went to Mass, bap�zed Catholics—who and I've always wanted to know more about it," Isabella, who goes by "Bella," told theSKC . "I heard Continued on following page there would be [RCIA] classes star�ng, and me and my best friend decided to join together. I wanted to learn Photo by Gentry Continued on following page Heimerman Page 5 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine ‘I wanted to learn more about being Catholic …’ Continued from previous page more about being Catholic and about God and Jesus." Along with the strong support of her parents, Bella enjoyed the guidance of her grandmother, Pa�y Smith, who converted to Catholicism a few years ago, as well as her great-grandmother, Ne�e Bucy, a staple at St. Mary Church, where she serves as lector, sacristan, and is a fixture at every morning Mass. "Every �me I have ques�on, I know I can go to them and they will tell me everything I need to know," Bella said. Bella is in the seventh grade at Holcomb Middle School, where she is ac�ve in basketball and volleyball, and has a love for mathema�cs. She has two sisters: Alex, 19, and Lilah, 11.

A welcome along the journey Continued from previous page are seeking confirma�on and first Eucharist) and catechumens (individuals who have not been bap�zed and who are seeking bap�sm, confirma�on and first Eucharist) declare their commitment to enter fully the Catholic Church at Easter. This year, the celebra�on was limited to the Rite of Elec�on, which is when the catechumens are called by name, and together with their Godparents, came forward and signed the Book of the Elect. For those of us who are bap�zed, we can recall that it is God who first chose us, and we responded by professing our faith and entering into the waters of bap�sm. In the same way, it is God who first called and chose the catechumens. Their signature, then, is not just a sign of their commitment to be faithful to the God who chose them; it is a sign that God has placed their names onto the roll of those who will put their lives on the line, first by dying in the waters of bap�sm, then by sacrificing themselves and living as resurrected people every day a�er. The inscribing of names then is less like a sign-up sheet and more like God taking roll call of those who will do God’s work in the world un�l Christ comes again. When seen this way, it is only appropriate that catechumens alone sign the Book of the Elect, since we would hope that candidates are already doing God’s work because of their bap�sm when they had first put their lives on the line. -- TeamRCIA.com Although southwest Kansas is vast—neighboring parishes o�en separated by miles and miles of prairie—the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City is one family. And it’s that family that the bishop urged in 2019 to show acts of kindness in a troubled world. “Let us focus on doing His will this Lent and beyond," he said at the 2019 gathering -- the last �me the diocese was able to gather together for the celebra�on. "Let us do acts of kindness, compassion and love. Jesus will help us. He loves us more than we can ask or imagine!”

Page 6 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine ite of The candidates Election and catechumens

St. Joseph Parish, Candidate: Arabelle Adriana Lopez Andrew William Powers Miguel A. Gomez Garcia Ashland Katelyn Ranee Estrada Jacob Cruz Marquez St. Anthony of Padua Maria Del Rosario Panjoj Catechumen: St. Dominic Parish, Antonio Mena Parish, Leo� Turquis Kaileigh Stebens Garden City Julissa Karime Mena Candidate: Gabriell Por�llo St. Theresa Parish, Catechumens: Mia Angeli Montoya ChristaBishop Luis Angel Rios Morales Dighton Jeremy Moore Mia Yakelin Ramos St. Anthony of Padua Carla Rubi Rios Morales Candidates: Madison Orr Armando I Rivas Parish, Liberal Alondra Sanchez Chavez Richard McLeon Henry Willis Cecilia Carolina Salinas Candidates: Alberto Eram Sandoval Sarah Linenberger Candidates: Candidates: Eddy Uriel Camargo St. Mary Parish, Cathedral of Our Lady of Angie Ackerman Brook Michelle Eichhorn Isaac Cardoza Marienthal Guadalupe, Dodge City Beverly Moore Jo E. Freeman Emmanuel Coronado Catechumen: Catechumens: Mollianne Koster Sonia Orona Adamaris De La Torre Chance Bezona Maria Calel Mondragon Abby Oller Diana Cook Chavarria Candidate: Sergio Calel Mondragon Cindy Ochoa Andy Espino Lizbeth Jarahi Fernandez Brock Shepard LolaCosta Mario Velazco Omar Espino Valeria Fraire Chaston Hoeme Monika Costa St. Mary Parish, Gisselle Gu�errez Adam Christobal Franco St. John the Bap�st Adriel Flores Garden City Kelsie Harkness Garcia Parish, Meade Bianey Hernandez Catechumens: Agus�n Ignacio Rivas Jose Andres Garcia Catechumen: Ana Mar�nez Rhys Thomas Chapman Alberto Tamayo Domingez Grace Ann Borth LonardoMar�nez Jessica Marie Dianda Raul Avila Mario Garcia Gu�errez St. Joseph Parish, Yaneli Median Vanessa Diane Dianda Adriel I Rivas Ernesto Jr. Goi�a Sco� City Herminiano Neave Annaberta Guerrero Glenda Zimmerman Irving Mendez Candidate: Lisbet Neave Doyle Eugene William St. Helen Parish, Salvador Mercado Chase Gleason Hector Perez Yurai Orona Hugoton Juan M. Ordonez Perez Michael Beaver OscarRamos Isabella Jenae Galliart Catechumen Karely Vianey Peralta Aubrey Davis OsmarRamos Yoselin Garcia Damian Lee Lewis Gabriela Kasandra St. Raphael Parish, Gabriel Robles Romeo Lorenzo Candidates: Ramirez Navarro Syracuse Araceli Santa Cruz Hernandez Cody Michael Frederick Anay Rios Olivares Candidate: OdalisSantaCruz Janaye Morgynn Jewe� Cody Dennis Perez Catarina Sebas�an LeonelAlonzoLopez Candidates: Jaylee Alijah Santana St. Bernade�e Parish, Domingo St. Joseph the Worker Jonnie Cossman Xitlali Idali Santana Johnson Caterina Sebas�an Parish, Tribune Ardis Lehmkuhler Angus Reeb Smith Catechumen: Domingo Candidate: Charlo�e Ochs Yessenia Aldana Johnathan Mendoza Rachelle Terrazas Kelli Jo (Holthaus) Govert Laura Brown Alex Avila St. Nicholas Parish, Kinsley Ashley Velez Mary, Queen of Peace Federico Gonzalez Lizabeth Margaret Dianda Candidate: Catechumen: Parish, Ulysses Shelby Veeder Camila Espino Colton L. Shumann Carolina Fabiola Cas�llo Catechumens: St. Anthony Parish, Francisco Manuel Guebara St. Anthony Parish, Lakin Victoria Renae Franco JosephLara Fowler Pamela Hernandez Candidate: Davian Alonzo Franco Rodolfo Lara

TO CATECHIZE IN THE CATHOLIC FAITH WITH DILIGENCE Part of the Pastoral Plan for the – FORM ALL AS FAITHFUL WITNESSES OF JESUS CHRIST Catholic Diocese of Dodge City

Page 7 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Year of St. Joseph Patron of the Universal Church April 10, 2021 Presentation on St. Joseph by Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary of Wichita St. PatrickSt. Church, Patrick’s 4100 Church Broadway, (English) Great Bend 11:30am11:30 with a.m. lunch with lunch following following in in the the Parish ParishCenter Center Gymnasium Gymnasium RSVP FOR LUNCH BY MARCH 31. Call the number below or send information to “Presentation on St. Joseph” RSVP RSVP for lunchSt. Patrick by Church, March 4100 Broadway, 31. PO Box 87, Great Bend, KS 67530-0087 Name______NAME______attending lunch______ForNumber questions, of people please attending contact lunch ______the office at 620.792.1396.

Page 8 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Manna House: A living celebration of a big-hearted community

Photo by Dave Myers By DAVE MYERS Askew, Manna House Board President. "People who Southwest Kansas Catholic wanted to go on vaca�on and couldn't because of covid To make a ive days a week, every week – regardless of covid, donated their vaca�on money to Manna House to buy regardless of the bone-chilling freeze we groceries." dona�on … Fexperienced – volunteers at Manna House in Manna House relies on the kindness of the Dodge … bring food or personal Dodge City sort through dozens of donated food items City community to keep them supplied with an hygiene items to Manna in their pantry, organizing them into boxes to be given abundance of food for the hungry. Which the House, 1012 First Ave., to hungry people. community does, gladly. In fact, go to their Facebook Dodge City, between 2-4, It hasn't been easy since the advance of Covid-19, page and you will find photo a�er photo of different Monday through Friday. If but the charitable organiza�on adapted, making sure groups delivering collected food to the pantry -- you can’t come at those hungry people of the Dodge City community would schools, churches, police and fire departments, Scouts, �mes, call Manna House con�nue to be fed. businesses, organiza�ons .... And you will find at (620) 227-6707 to set When people couldn't come to the century-old home numerous "thank-yous" to those who collected and up an appointment. Food at 1012 First Ave. -- due to covid or other unforeseen donated needed funding. items you might consider reasons -- volunteers took to delivering food to their As he put together a box of items for a woman bringing are cereal, door. wai�ng pa�ently outside, Director Steve Tabor shared pancake mix, canned And when they had to close their doors to overnight the story of two middle schools, Comanche and Dodge chicken and tuna, and stays, Manna House worked with Catholic Chari�es of City, compe�ng to see which could raise the most food spaghe� sauce. (They Southwest Kansas to provide paid accommoda�on at items. have plenty of pasta, just local hotels. “Between the two, they raised more than 7,000 not enough sauce!) "The people here are such a blessing," said John Con�nued on following page

Page 9 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine A living sign of a generous community Con�nued from previous page When Manna House began searching for another director, former items,” Tabor said incredulously. “The floor was covered with boxes and director, Steve Tabor, generously stepped out of re�rement to oversee I said, ‘Is that about it?’ And they said, ‘Oh, no, we have a whole opera�ons un�l another director was found. truckload le�.’ I was in tears.” "He had no reserva�ons about coming back," Askew said. When they refurbished the century-old home, the community once Askew hopes that by July, covid vaccina�ons will be widespread again stepped in, remodeling, pain�ng, re-doing the floors, and enough that they'll once again be able to open their doors to overnight dona�ng enough funds to purchase a new refrigerator and freezer. stays. "How great is it that we live in Dodge City?" Askew said. "We don't Having served as director for seven years, Tabor has a unique in-site know how blessed we are. You look out at everything and the world is into the director posi�on: falling apart, but when you peel it back a bit, you see there's a lot of good going on." Manna House, which was established by Sacred Heart Cathedral Manna House seeks Parish in 1993, has on average one to 10 families coming to their pantry new Director for food each day. “You need to be personable, good with people,” Tabor said. “You He is par�cularly moved when people who benefited from Manna need to treat the house like it’s your own. If a [maintenance issue] House 10 or 20 years ago, come in to donate food for others. comes up, you either get help or take care of it yourself. I’m a jack-of- "They're now back on their feet, doing well and returning the favor," all-trades and master of none!” he said with a chuckle. Askew said, proudly. "Yesterday I spoke to woman who was bringing food The director is a full-�me posi�on that oversees all aspects of in. She said she came in for food a few years back when she lost her job Manna House, including maintenance, financial management (which and needed help. She told me, 'We came for food. Now we have good includes fund raising), and managing volunteers. Applicants must be jobs and want to give back.'" able to pick up and move 30- pound boxes and traverse stairs, since The most difficult challenge for Manna House and its team came on they will be going out into the community to collect dona�ons. Nov. 28, 2020, when director Mike Hoar suddenly passed away. He had Manna House is a not-for-profit organiza�on, but the directorship is a only served one year, but in that �me had become a beloved and paid posi�on. This person must be non-judgmental, kind, caring, indispensable presence. compassionate, who must some�mes make tough decisions. "He was turning out to be such a wonderful leader," Askew said, Typically hours are 9 to 5, but there is room for flexibility. If sadly. "He was doing a tremendous job, as we would have expected." interested or for more informa�on, call John Askew at 620-682-5537. Remembering the service of Mike Hoar

ike Hoar was 70 when Interim Mhe passed away on Nov. Director of 28, 2020, while serving as Manna Director of Manna House. He House, was born on March 5, 1950 Steve Tabor, to Edwin and Vesta Hoar in fills a box Hays. He married Linda Flax with food on July 13, 1974. Mike items to be worked for Youthville of given to a Dodge City for 42 years woman who spending the later part of his was wai�ng career as the director. pa�ently A�er a few years of outside. re�rement, he became the Director at the Manna House in Photo by January, 2019 to con�nue his service to the community. Dave Myers Through his work and collabora�on with many different agencies including the Dodge City Kiwanis Club, Mike was able to improve the lives of many people throughout the area of Dodge City and Southwest Kansas. He is survived by his wife, Linda; two sons, Shawn and Aiden; two grandchildren, Keanan and Jaedan Hoar; three sisters, Reta Mar�nez, Patricia Pierce, and Kathy Pool; one brother, Jim; lifelong friend, Ray Wilkerson; and numerous nieces and nephews. Page 10 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Father Ultan Murphy laid to rest

he life of Father Ultan Patrick Murphy, 94, was celebrated TFeb. 16 at his funeral Mass at St. Ann Church in Olmitz, where the Irish priest served for more than three decades. Father Murphy passed away Photos by Daniel Schneider and Stephanie Schneider Feb. 12, 2021, at River Bend Father Ted Stoecklein, Vicar General, delivers the eulogy at the Funeral Mass for Assisted Living, Great Bend. (An Father Ultan Murphy at St. Ann Church in Olmitz, Feb. 16. ar�cle about Father Murphy was included in the last issue.) Apostolic administrator, the Most Rev. Gerald Vincke, presided at the Mass, Father Ted Stoecklein, vicar general, concelebrated and delivering the eulogy, while Father Jacob Schneider assisted. Father Schneider had, as a boy, served many Masses for Father Murphy. Nine priest of the diocese were in a�endance. Janice Moore and Janet Pechanec lectored. “Fi�ng for the Irish priest, the church was beau�fully decorated in green and Father Murphy's casket was green as well,” said Stephanie Schneider.

See the Funeral Mass for Father Murphy. Father

Ultan The Most Rev. Gerald Vincke, apostolic administrator, presides at the Funeral Mass for Father Ultan Murphy at St. Ann Church in Olmitz, Feb. 16. At le� is Father Jacob Schneider who, as a boy, served Murphy many Masses for Father Murphy. remembered See the following Page

Page 11 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Father Ultan Murphy remembered “Stay the course, believe in God and say your prayers ...”

Editor’s Note: The following is reprinted from last week’s online issue, to coincide with Father Murphy’s Funeral Mass coverage on the previous page.. ather Ultan Patrick Murphy, 94, passed away Feb. 12, 2021, at River FBend Assisted Living, Great Bend. His funeral vigil was Feb. 15 at Bryant Funeral Home in Great Bend; his funeral Mass was Feb. 16 at St. Ann Church in Olmitz, with burial at St. Ann Cemetery. Bishop Gerald Vincke, apostolic administrator, presided; Father Ted Stoecklein, V.G., gave the eulogy. He was born at Dunboyne, County Meath, Ireland, Jan. 6, 1927, the son of James and Kathleen (Connolly) Murphy. He was ordained to the priesthood June 7, 1953, by the Most Rev. James Staunton, bishop of Ferns, at St. Peter’s Seminary, Wexford, Ireland. that room, all right. There were eight of us. When the official re�rement age for priests (at least on paper) is 75, We met Bishop [Mark. J.] Carroll and picked the Irish priest instead re�red just three days before his 87th birthday- cards out of a bire�a. Some say it was on Jan. 3, 2014. He had, at the �me, the dis�nc�on of being the oldest Archbishop Strecker’s bire�a, who was ac�ve Catholic pastor in Kansas. He was resident pastor at Olmitz for an chancellor at the �me. The cards said either amazing 33 years. Bishop of Wichita or Bishop of Dodge City. “A�er having served these people, I can say without any reserva�ons, The four who drew Dodge City were Father they’re just good people,” Father Murphy said upon his re�rement in 2014. [Ultan] Murphy, Father [Andrew] McGovern, “All solid people, many from Eastern Europe, who brought the faith with myself, and Father Kieran Murray.” them and kept the faith and are doing their best to pass that on to their Father Murphy served as assistant pastor of children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. I’ve seen it in all of my 33 St. John’s, Hoisington, and St. Rose of Lima, years.” Great Bend. His pastorates included: St. Mary When asked about his happiest memories and what he would miss, Help of Chris�ans, Lore�o, (1960-65); St. Father Murphy responded: “The happiest part of my ministry has been John, Kiowa, (1965-66); St. John’s at St. John, many converts – marriages – ge�ng people back to the Church. I’ll with St. Francis Xavier, Seward as a mission probably miss visi�ng the kids in the classroom on Sunday morning. That (1966-1970); Holy Rosary, Medicine Lodge, was one of my be�er things to do.” with St. John, Kiowa (1970-80) and St. Ann, A�er his re�rement, Father Murphy con�nued to reside in the Olmitz Olmitz, with Holy Trinity, Timken (1980- community in his private residence, no�ng, “I bought a house here. As 2014). they say in Ireland, ‘I’m part of the furniture.’” Father Murphy re�red his pastorate at Father Murphy was originally recruited for the Diocese of Wichita, Olmitz with this simple advice to the but was transferred to the newly-formed Diocese of Dodge City by parishioners, “Stay the course and believe in agreement of Bishop Mark K. Carroll and Bishop John B. Franz. He has God and say your prayers. Take your children served under all six of the bishops who have shepherded the Catholic to Mass and make sure your children go to Diocese of Dodge City. religion class.” Father Murphy was one of the original four Irish priest chosen by lot Memorial contribu�ons may be sent to the to serve in the newly formed Dodge City diocese. In an ar�cle by Tim Seminarian Fund in care of the Dechant Wenzl, Father Eugene Kenny, another Irish priest, explained how the Founda�on, PO Box 137, Dodge City, KS four priests were chosen to serve in the new diocese: “They did that in 67801, or to the funeral home. the dining hall of the rectory of the [Wichita] cathedral. I remember

Page 12 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Memorial service for Father Dermot Tighe, March 17 Father Dermot Tighe passed away on March ather Father Dermot Francis Tighe, 89, passed away on St. Patrick’s Day, 17, 2020. However, due to the COVID-19 March 17, 2020, at Via Chris� St. Francis in Wichita. He was born August condi�ons at that �me, a public service was F4, 1930, to James Tighe and Sarah (McDermo�) Tighe in Strokestown, unable to be held, although limited a�endance Ireland, county of Roscommon. He was the youngest of 10. was permi�ed. The new memorial service is Dermot a�ended elementary school at St. Mary’s Strokestown and scheduled for 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 17 Cloonfree. At age 11 he won an academic scholarship to a�end the Diocesan at Prince of Peace Parish, St. Patrick Church, high school at Summerhill College in Sligo, Ireland. Following high school, he 4100 Broadway Ave., Great Bend. a�ended the seminary at St Patrick’s College in Carlow, Ireland. He was very A dinner will be provided following the involved in athle�cs during his school years par�cularly the Irish game of service at the Parish Center located on the hurling. same site. Dermot heard his calling to the priesthood, and at the age 24, took his vows and was ordained on June 6, 1954, at the Cathedral of the Assump�on, Carlow, Ireland, by the Most Rev. Thomas Keogh, bishop of the Diocese of Kildare and Leighlin. Father Tighe was recruited to Kansas by Monsignor John Right, Father Cody, who was originally from Kilkenny, Ireland, and had great success Dermot Tighe recrui�ng Irish priests to Kansas. In Kansas, Father Tighe was assigned to served as an Army parishes throughout the Dodge City Archdiocese. He served as an assistant chaplain during pastor at St. Joseph’s, Liebenthal (1954-57), and Sacred Heart Cathedral, the Vietnam War. Dodge City (1957-59). His early pastorates were St. Lawrence, Jetmore, with Below, this photo St. Anthony, Hanston (1959-61), and St. Francis Xavier, Seward, (1961-65). He of Father Tighe served as chaplain at Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Bend from 1965 was taken a few to 1967. years prior to his Father Tighe became a United States ci�zen in 1959, the first week he was death in 2020. eligible. In 1967, as Vietnam war escalated, he volunteered to serve in the Army, serving as an army chaplain from 1967 to 1976, including a year in Vietnam. His first assignment was Fort Hood, Texas, and on August 22, 1968, he le� for Southeast Asia. There he served on the front line and ministered to the infantrymen and gave last rites to dying soldiers in the field. Following Vietnam, Father Tighe decided to stay in the Army, and was sta�oned in Ft. McCelland, Alabama, Ft. Richardson, Alaska, and Ft. Eus�s, Virginia. He also served with the Na�onal Guard in Washington DC, Dodge City and Hutchinson. He re�red as a Bird Colonel, which is one rank below a Brigadier General, in 1990. During his service to the Diocese, Father Tighe held a number of diocesan posts including Director of Religious Voca�ons, Director of Hospitals, and a member of the Seminary Board and Priest’s Trust Fund Board. Father Tighe also worked in the Tribunal office where he served as Judicial Vicar. His later pastorates included St. Andrew, Wright (1977-84); St. Stanislaus, Ingalls (1985- 91), and St. Patrick, Great Bend (1991-97). He was senior priest in residence at St. Patrick, Great Bend, un�l his re�rement on Jan. 31, 1998. Following his re�rement, Father Tighe remained where he considered home, Great Bend, and was warmly embraced by the faith community. He had a prominent presence at St. Patrick Catholic Church and Lake Barton Golf course, where he played regularly. Most recently he lived at the Catholic Care Center in Bel Aire, north of Wichita, where he made many new friends. He has 33 living nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents, James and Sarah, and siblings, James, Bridie, Mary, Tom, Annie, Alice, Brendan, John and Michael. Throughout his life, Father Tighe showed an unwavering devo�on to the causes of the poor and the unborn. He donated his home in Great Bend to Birthright and was charitable to many other causes that were faithful to the book of Ma�hew that the last shall be first. Memorials are suggested to the Birthright, Holy Family School Endowment Fund or Prince of Peace Parish, in care of Bryant Funeral Home.

Page 13 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Around the Diocese Sweetheart Dinner delivers St. Joseph youth, Scott City, bring meals, smiles

In honor of St. Valen�ne’s Day, the high school youth from St. Joseph Parish in Sco� City prepped a delicious dinner of lasagna, garlic bread, salad and dessert for To Build Community with Love – Unite all in a hope- carry-out or delivery. Among those receiving a meal filled rela�onship with God and one another … from the youth was Father Augus�ne Owusu, Parochial … Is part of the Pastoral Plan of the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City. Administrator of Photos courtesy of St. Joseph Church. Challie and Kylie First Communion, Students take part in virtual SEEK21 conference St. Lawrence Parish, Jetmore

Young adults and college students gathered in Great Bend Feb. 6-7 to par�cipate in the (virtual) SEEK21 conference. “We listened to great speakers, prayed and sang in Adora�on late into the night, and placed ourselves on the altar at Mass with the local St. Lawrence Parish, Jetmore parishioners Prince of Peace community on Sunday morning,” explained Gentry Heimerman, Macy Nuss, Emma Paz, and Joanna Hernandez- Director of Young Adult Ministry. “Thank you to Jackie Brown [Director of Religious Lopez celebrated their First Holy Communion Educa�on] for making it all happen! Please join me in praying for our college students.” on Feb. 7, 2021. Also pictured is Father John Forkuoh, pastor. Page 14 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Around the Diocese St. John the Baptist Parish, Spearville, celebrates Confirmation Several students celebrated the Sacrament of Confirmation on Feb. 13 at St. John the Baptist Parish in Spearville. Father Ted Stoecklein Vicar General, presided, with Father John Forkuoh assisting. Front row (LtoR) are Kara Brakey, pianist, Anna Stein, Kimberly Garcia, Jenna Gleason, Kristen Huston, and Erika Fry. Second row is Father John Forkuoh, Nathan Bowman, Corbin Ricke, Jarret Kliessen, J.J. Chapman, and Father Ted Stoecklein. Back row: Elliott Nold, instructor, Evan Benjamin, Kolten Bennett, Logan Hubbell, Gavin Schneweis, and Jaron Lindsay. Lining up for Lent

The first Lenten Luncheon offered by the Wichita County Ministerial Alliance was held at St. Anthony Parish Hall in Leo� on Ash Wednesday. Ladies from St. Anthony’s and St. Mary‘s (Marienthal) parishes provided soup and sandwiches. Serving the luncheon (right) were Stacey Porter, Mona Kramer, Barbie Wilbur, Eryka Smith, Mary Gerstberger and Tara Biermann (not shown). Every Wednesday during Lent one of the local ministers, including Father Tim S. Hickey, pastor, leads a community prayer service including a reflec�on on Scripture. The soup and sandwiches are offered for a free-will dona�on.

TO BUILD COMMUNITY WITH LOVE Part of the Pastoral Plan for the Catholic Diocese of Dodge City – UNITE ALL IN A HOPE-FILLED RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND ONE ANOTHER. Page 15 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Kansas voters to decide on extent of abor�on HCR 5003 would keep Kansas from becoming des�na�on for late term abor�ons ow that the Value Them Both amendment has been passed by the NKansas House of Representa�ves, it will be up to Kansas voters to decide whether or not they want Kansas to provide safeguards on the abor�on industry for women and babies. The vote on HCR 5003 won’t take place un�l November 2022. Un�l then, the Southwest Kansas Catholicnewspaper will be running intermi�ent ar�cles highligh�ng this important amendment, including general ar�cles about abor�on and the celebra�on of both mother and unborn child.

What will happen if Kansans pass Value Them Both? While it doesn’t ban all abor�ons, bipar�san pro-life laws that currently protect women and babies from the abor�on industry will stay in place. What would happen if Kansans do not pass Value Them Both? Extreme abor�ons up to the moment of birth and funded by your tax dollars will likely become legal and common. Cri�cal Prolife Laws We Will Lose 1 Ban on Taxpayer Funding of Abor�on Kansans will be forced to pay for A newborn twin grips her mother's finger as she puts her hand in the incubator to abor�ons with their tax dollars. touch her. Born prematurely at just 23 weeks and three days, the twin boy died a 2 Parental Consent Requirement few months later, but his sister is ge�ng stronger by the day. A 14-year-old should not be dropped off (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere) at an abor�on clinic without her parents knowing. “Pregnant middle school girls need advice from their loving moms and pediatricians, not traveling abor�onists. Value Them Both guarantees parents not strangers guide their daughters.” – Jeane�e Pryor, Kansas Catholic Conference 3 A “Woman’s Right to Know” Informed Consent and Sonogram Laws Every woman has the right to know the risks of abor�on. 4 Post 20-Week and Late-term Abor�on Laws Kansans don’t want to see their state become a des�na�on for extreme abor�ons.

Page 16 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Holy WeekRetreat March 28 - April 3, 2021 Nazareth Motherhouse, Concordia, KS ALSO AVAILABLE VIA ZOOM

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Page 18 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Year of St. Joseph A simple story about St. Joseph for kids MARIA LAVOY From Living Sparks of God: Stories of Saints for Kids to Colo r Who was st. Joseph? esus looked up at him. No words needed to be spoken. In the Teachingcatholickids.com silence, they understood one another. As Jesus waited for Joseph’s approval, Joseph chuckled to himself. He didn’t doubt t. Joseph was the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus. J According to the earliest Chris�an tradi�ons, he was a carpenter that one day the student would surpass the teacher! It was clear or woodworker. The Gospel of Ma�hew calls him a “righteous the skills of Joseph’s trade came naturally to Jesus. S man,” meaning he was an observant Jew who obeyed God’s law. “Your mother will love it!” Joseph said with great affec�on. As Joseph was engaged to Mary, but when he discovered that she was the earthy smell of wood shavings filled the air, Joseph thought pregnant with Jesus, he decided to call off the marriage—but about how much he treasured the simple �me they got to spend “quietly,” since the penalty for adultery was death by stoning. working alongside one another, perhaps even more now. Was it However, the angel of the Lord told him in a dream that he should go already a month ago when he and Mary had been filled with such ahead with the marriage because Mary’s child was conceived by the great anxiety as they searched for Jesus in Jerusalem? Joseph’s Holy Spirit. heart �ghtened as he thought about the fear he and Mary had Mary referred to Joseph as Jesus’ father, honoring his role in caring felt when they couldn’t find him. for and protec�ng Jesus, and raising him in the Jewish faith; the reply A sudden stab of pain shot through Joseph’s finger. of Jesus refers to God as his Father, and introduces a common theme “I’m so sorry, Father!” Jesus exclaimed. in his preaching: Our faithfulness to God must come before even our “Don’t worry, Jesus . . . my finger and the hammer are not closest human rela�onships. strangers. They have met many �mes before!” Joseph laughed The Solemnity of St. Joseph is celebrated on March 19 (or the next and tousled Jesus’ hair. “But what do you say we take a break for available date, if it falls on a Sunday). He is also honored as the patron lunch?” saint of workers on May 1.

Let us pray. O God, who in your inexpressible providence were pleased to choose Saint Joseph as spouse of the most holy Mother of your Son, grant, we pray, that we, who revere him as our protector on earth, may be worthy of his heavenly intercession. Through Christ our Lord.

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Page 19 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Litany of St. Joseph Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have mercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, hear us. Christ, graciously hear us. God the Father of Heaven, Have mercy on us. God the Son, Redeemer of the world, Have mercy on us. God the Holy Spirit, Have mercy on us. Holy Trinity, One God, Have mercy on us. Holy Mary, pray for us . 33 Day Saint Joseph, pray for us. Consecra�on Illustrious son of David, pray for us. Light of the patriarchs, pray for us. to St. Joseph Spouse of the Mother of God, pray for us. Chaste guardian of the Virgin, pray for us. Days of Foster-father of the Son of God, pray for us. Watchful defender of Christ, pray for us. Prayers and Head of the Holy Family, pray for us. Daily Joseph most just, pray for us. Challenge Joseph most chaste, pray for us. Joseph most prudent, pray for us. Presented by the PRAYER OF CONSECRATION TO ST. JOSEPH Joseph most valiant, pray for us. Diocese of Joseph most obedient, pray for us. Detroit and the O Glorious Patriarch and Patron of the Church! O Virgin Joseph most faithful, pray for us. Most Rev. Bishop Spouse of the Virgin Mother of God! O Guardian and Mirror of pa�ence, pray for us. Gerard Ba�ers Virginal Father of the Word Incarnate! In the presence of Lover of poverty, pray for us. Jesus and Mary, I choose you this day to be my father, my Model of workmen, pray for us. CLICK HERE guardian, and my protector. Glory of domes�c life, pray for us. Guardian of virgins, pray for us. O great St. Joseph, whom God has made the Head of the Pillar of families, pray for us. Holy Family, accept me, I beseech you, though u�erly Solace of the afflicted, pray for us. unworthy, to be a member of your “Holy House.” Present Hope of the sick, pray for us. me to your Immaculate Spouse; ask her also to adopt me as Patron of the dying, pray for us. Terror of demons, pray for us. her child. With her, pray that I may constantly think of Protector of Holy Church, pray for us. Jesus, and serve him faithfully to the end of my life. O Terror of Demons, increase in me virtue, protect me from Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, the evil one, and help me not to offend God in any way. Spare us, O Lord. Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, O my Spiritual Father, I hereby consecrate myself to you. Graciously hear us, O Lord. In faithful imita�on of Jesus and Mary, I place myself and Lamb of God, Who takest away the sins of the world, all my concerns under your care and protec�on. To you, Have mercy on us. a�er Jesus and Mary, I consecrate my body and soul, with all their facul�es, my spiritual growth, my home, and all my V. He made him the lord of His household, affairs and undertakings. R. And prince over all His possessions.

Forsake me not, but adopt me as a servant and child of Let Us Pray. the Holy Family. Watch over me at all �mes, but especially O God, Who in Your ineffable providence were pleased to choose at the hour of my death. Console and strengthen me with Blessed Joseph to be the spouse of Your most Holy Mother, grant the presence of Jesus and Mary so that, with you, I may that as we venerate him as our protector on earth, we may be praise and adore the Holy Trinity for all eternity. Amen. worthy to have him as our intercessor in Heaven, You Who live and reign forever and ever.

Page 20 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine COMMENTARY TIMID about having aREAL ENCOUNTER with the Risen Lord? Just look toSt. Paul!

ByFATHER JUAN SALAS persecu�ng Jesus himself. Father Juan is Director of Office of “You persecute me.” Priestly Voca�on Promo�on, and the And through this encounter, St Paul pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Parish feels chosen not because of his own in Liberal and St. Alphonsus Parish in merits, but because God is merciful and Satanta. always calls us to be on his way. God’s overflowing mercy is the only here are reason on which the new ministry of encounters in our Saint Paul is founded. life that transform us Third: God entrusts him with a into be�er people. mission: To be an apostle, that is, sent TWhen these encounters by God to proclaim the Gospel. And he occur, the person ends up carries out this mission with enriched and in a much be�er place determina�on, in full union with Christ than before. and with the Church, with a great faith Even more so when that encounter is that would make him say: “Iam with our Lord Jesus Christ! On Feb. 25, crucified with Christ. I live, but it is not we celebrated Paul’s personal me, it is Christ who lives in me” (Gal encounter with Christ: The Feast of the 2:19). He even feels it as a necessity: Conversion of Saint Paul. How was the “Woe to me if I don’t preach the encounter between Saint Paul and Gospel!”(1 Cor 9:16). Christ? These three characteris�cs of the First: God approached and surprised encounter of St. Paul with Christ, are Throughout history, ar�sts have o�en chosen him. St Paul, as a Pharisee, strictly lived the same call we each receive: God, to present Biblical images in the dress of their the prescrip�ons of the Law. And, who on his ini�a�ve wishes to draw �mes. In this image, St. Paul appears as a precisely, in his great zeal, Saint Paul closer to his children – God’s children knight in armor as he encounters the Risen Lord decided to persecute the Church. There who allow themselves to be found by while on the road to Damascus. Paul had a was something about Chris�ansthat God. And when they recognize mandate issued by the High Priest to seek out bothered him: the courageous themselves unworthy of such a great and arrest followers of Jesus, with the inten�on tes�mony of their dedica�on, like that encounter they respond; a mission is of returning them to Jerusalem as prisoners for of Saint Stephen. entrusted to this response. ques�oning and possible execu�on. So, God took the ini�a�ve and In our parish, we live this every day. I decided togo out to meet him. God’s see many of you who a�er that ini�a�ve would transform St Paul’s encounter with Jesus Christ found a Who was Paul existence: “By his grace, he called me” concrete way to serve him in this our (Gal 1, 15). community. I encourage you to On his way to Damascus, St. Paul will con�nue responding to Christ through of Tarsus? leave renewed because theLord your ministries, with your par�cipa�on encounteredhim. in the Holy Eucharist, through your By DAVE MYERS Second: This is an encounter that constant support and dedica�on to our Southwest Kansas Catholic demands – that ques�ons – that asks parish. aul was the most prolific writer of the for an answer. St, Paul, when mee�ng May Saint Paul intercede for us. PNew Testament. Prior to his Christ, is ques�oned by the Risen Lord: Father Juan transforma�on, Paul violently persecuted “Why are you persecu�ng me?” Chris�ans. This moment is a transforma�ve Readers of the Bible are first introduced to experience of the grace of Christ. By St. Paul of Tarsus in the “Acts of the persecu�ng the Church, St. Paul was Con�nued on following page

Page 21 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine COMMENTARY Who was Paul of Tarsus? Con�nued from previous page of a man who, for all his Apostles,” when Paul is taking missionary zeal, was not fond of part -- and perhaps even leading public speaking, as evidenced in -- the stoning of St. Steven. 1 Corinthians: “…I came to you “Remember, Paul was on his brothers and sisters not way to Damascus to bring people proclaiming the tes�mony of who follow ‘the way’ – early God in lo�y words and wisdom. Chris�ans -- to Jerusalem bound … I was with you in weakness in chains, when he has the and fear and trembling.” encounter with the Risen Lord,” “This was a �me before public said Father Seán Charles Mar�n, address systems,” Father Mar�n Associate Professor of Biblical said. “He was simply like some of Studies at the Aquinas Ins�tute you here: He didn’t like ge�ng of Theology in St. Louis, at a past up and talking in front of other discussion at the Cathedral of human beings. Also, he may not Our Lady of Guadalupe. “And it’s have had a very good voice. Have that encounter that transforms any of you heard Mike Tyson him. … The pre-converted Paul speak?” [has been described as] one of And not unlike the infamous those nasty li�le self-appointed boxer, Paul was about as tough and self-anointed guardians of as they came, surviving orthodoxy. Not a nice person.... unimaginable torture – stoning, “What do we learn from this? whipping, and imprisonment – It means that if you meet the the la�er which Father Mar�n Risen Lord, it will change your said meant abandonment and life. And it will change your life in starva�on unless served by well- ways you can hardly predict.” wishing family and friends. Paul is the only figure in the “He had to be enormously his own social status – that of “We have nothing like that in Bible for which readers are tough to withstand that a Roman ci�zen (especially Chris�anity, because we are offered a primary source of treatment,” he said. Torture when it helped him get out of true sons and daughters of historical evidence – Paul himself included having one’s feet hit jail a�er appealing to Caesar St. Paul in that respect. …This -- with which they can paint a with a wooden club as the “as a Roman”) – anyone, morning at Mass I sat next to vivid picture of the man. individual is immobilized in regardless of class, was prime a woman – a woman! – who, The “best selling author” of the stocks -- and this was only the for conversion, something when it came �me for the New Testament, St. Paul is arraignment process, before the nearly unheard of at the �me Lord’s Prayer, said it in ascribed with having wri�en 25 individual was even tried, Father of stringent social dis�nc�on. Spanish!” Father Mar�n said, percent of the New Testament, Mar�n said. One could be put to Society in the �me of Paul feigning surprise. “I thought, including 13 le�ers, over a death even for disturbing the was segregated by Paul would have been proud. period of nine years, beginning in peace. na�onality, social class and This was what Paul was AD 51. Father Mar�n stressed “It was hos�le in ways we can gender, Father Mar�n aiming at. that only seven of these le�ers never imagine,” Father Mar�n explained. “While we take [such can be defini�vely ascribed to explained. “The social class was so inclusively] for granted, it Paul: Romans, First Corinthians, St. Paul was not alone on his strict that if a slave ventured was, in the day, Second Corinthians, Gala�ans, mission, as history has at �mes into the temple precincts, the revolu�onary.” Philippians, First Thessalonians, tried to paint him out to be. whole place had to be re- During the reign of Nero – and Philemon. The others, he Besides Timothy, Titus and consecrated. … What made somewhere between AD 60 explained, may have been others, he was surrounded by a the Pauline mission so very and 67, Paul was arrested wri�en by his students a�er his network of individuals who dis�nc�ve was the variety of and put to death by death. would lead the local community people [that he converted].” decapita�on, a more merciful Most of his le�ers are wri�en of Chris�ans a�er that Father Mar�n explained, execu�on than crucifixion to churches he visited, and community was founded by Paul. for example, that men only due to his Roman status. describe how Chris�ans should “He was not a solitary genius,” worship with other men, and live. Father Mar�n explained, adding only with those who Father Mar�n painted a picture that while Paul didn’t overlook belonged to their social class.

Page 22 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine COMMENTARY The art of rending, tending, and mending a broken heart ecently, I came upon a speech by we have lost sisters and Sojournersmagazine about this Meryl Streep given at the 2017 family members without very topic. InGodisinthe RGolden Globe awards that captured the ritual, the visits, the Making, Makoto Fujimura talks a painful moment we should not forget. I gatherings that help us about the art of kintsugi, the invite you to view Meryl Streep’s speech remember. In the Japanese art of mending broken here. In a way, this is all we need to know absence of touch, the ceramics using gold, or silver to during Lent: that our broken hearts need embrace, the close restore a cup or bowl. It is the act mending. Healing is a slow and grace- physical encounters that of repairing, but not masking the filled process that requires our courage, help heal our hearts, how fractures. In fact, in kintsugi, the not just on a cosme�c surface level, but in might we mend our breaks s�ll show, so that we can a deep way that gets to the roots of our hearts and the hearts of appreciate the beauty in the pain. others? By SISTERANNE LYTHGOE, brokenness. I’m sugges�ng that Ma�hew’s Gospel for Ash Wednesday Streep talked about the Dominican Sister of Peace in these days, the Gospel call to would have us rend our hearts, not our art of empathy. She asks: rend our hearts, not our garments, is calling garments. To open up our broken hearts Isn’t that what actors do, offer a glimpse us to open our broken hearts to the suffering and seek healing, to tend to our hearts, into the experience of someone else? of those – near and far – who are in pain. To seek compassion, receive the forgiveness Reaching into that sacred space of again recognize that all of us have known and acceptance we long for. This year, another’s heart. The art of mending the disappointment, sadness, loss, and this very strange and challenging year, broken heart, is this what we might be brokenness. Lent may be an invita�on to tend to our called to this Lent? This is how Jesus healed. He met people own broken hearts, in the places where Last month, I men�oned an ar�cle in where they were, not denying pain or suffering, but facing it, (rending open his own heart). He acknowledged the pain of the other (tending to the wound in the other). And He brought forgiveness, healing, and wholeness to the other. (mending the other person). The art of empathy is about presence to the suffering or disappointment of another person, with whatever circumstances we find ourselves: the sister down the hall, the children home from school, the spouse who goes out to work every day. Could this be our call at this �me as we look at one another with new eyes? Is the art of empathy what Lent is offering us this year? Empathy demands deep listening to the experience of the other, even if we feel like we have heard the same story over and over again. The same complaint, the same whine, the same grumbling. Empathy is an act and an art. It is an acknowledgment of a fracture, a wound, even a chronic condi�on. And we may not even know that our open hearts have begun to heal another person because we met them where they were, listening for a �me and held their pain. We are all ar�sts, all of us can rend, tend and mend. As Princess Leia said, “Take your broken heart and make it art.”

At le� is an example of kintsugi, the Japanese art of mending broken ceramics using gold or silver to restore a cup or bowl. It is the act of repairing, but not masking the fractures.

Page 23 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine COMMENTARY When chaos is in control here are �mes in life when we Example 4: I think the illusion of are starkly reminded that we are control which we most take for Tall ul�mately at God's mercy. granted is that of our health. The By DAVE MYERS Example 1: Did you feel a certain other day I was walking through my Editor lack of control during the deep freeze house when the world started to spin. we recently experienced? One night Gravity suddenly became much we had a wind chill of minus 32. I stronger. I imagine it’s what you feel stepped outside to see what it felt like if you are being flushed down a like, and Charlene had to wheel me giant toilet. back in on a dolly. She stood me in the I went to my heart doctor who column and a powerful story from the driver out of corner like a hat rack un�l I thawed suggested that he scan my caro�d it. out. Well, not like a hat rack. An arteries. "Uh-huh. Or during the cold snap. Your house was actual hat rack. Her feeling was, while "No need to worry yet," my doctor freezing. No electricity for a while. But you had I was standing there frozen, I might as actually said a few days before the blankets and even an old camping Sterno to heat well be put to good use. She hung her scan.Yet?! Did he have to add the soup. Chicken noodle as I recall." robe on me for warmth, but mainly “yet”?A prime example of the power "That was actually kind of fun; the Sterno smell because she needed a place to hang of words.Yet. reminded me of our old camping trips,” I said. “But I her robe. ` I replied, "Oh, I think I'll go ahead did miss an important mee�ng." Example 2: At my age, I've finally and start worrying, just to get ahead." "Riiiiight. Like you're bummed out about missing a managed to save a few dollars. I lived Example 6: By far, the most mee�ng. Remember, this is God you're talking to. for many years in which any savings I unse�ling loss of control I face is “And about your health …” God con�nued. “…we had could easily be dispensed by a when someone I love becomes ill. can't all be Duane 'The Rock' Johnson. Even if you bad part, whether that bad part had Whenwe become ill, we never wish it had received the worse news you could imagine -- as to do with my car or me. Suddenly, was our loved one instead of us. A people receive every day -- I'm s�ll holding you in with a trip to the mechanic and/or stranger, sure. Or even an annoying my arms! My love never leaves you! doctor, all thoughts of ge�ng ahead neighbor. Or that rude cashier at the "And as far as money? When you learned of the evaporated. The other day I received a 7-11. But a loved one? Never. big hea�ng bill, not only did you not panic, but you no�ce from the City of Spearville But if a parent, sibling or spouse has called the city to see if you could help someone else announcing that we would have a a serious illness, the feeling of pay their bill! That was pre�y cool – no pun "major price increase for the cost of helplessness is so extreme. When my intended." natural gas" that could go on for a mom suffered a serious mental When I called the City of Spearville, I learned I number of months. My first thought collapse (can you have a non-serious wasn’t quite as special as I thought. Turns out, there was of all the things I couldn't buy with mental collapse?) due en�rely to a was already a system in place for such dona�ons, the extra money, like the Flowbee prescrip�on drug interac�on about 15 because people here had long been looking a�er Haircu�er I've always wanted. Or one years before she died, I entered a one another. of those "Mirror" workout systems. Call Twilight Zone of panic and despair. And “But what about my mom? And all those we worry me crazy, but I'm into creepy, full-sized those were just the good �mes. ourselves to death about when they become ill?” I mirrors through which people can see So, here's the deal. The last �me I said to God. me in my living room while I gasp for suffered one of those loss-of-control, “Hmmm. Give me a minute and I’ll ask her, that is breath a�er a 30 second workout. dear-God-what-can-I-do? panics, God if I can pry her away from her 10 brothers and sisters Example 3: Speaking of cars, one suggested I recall the last �me I felt for five minutes! They’re always out riding horses or moment I'm cruising down the byway, that way. having picnics….” the sun at my back, king of the road, "Remember when your car broke There are �mes in life when we are starkly trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let for down in downtown Denver?" God reminded that we are all ul�mately at God's mercy. I 50 cents. All is right with the world. My asked. "Before cell phones? Walking know these moments can be impossibly difficult. world. And the next moment, I'm as through weird parts of downtown While I would like to give a profound statement helpless as a toddler, praying for God Denver, trying to find a fan belt? Or about God never giving us more than we can bear, to give me li�le shove so I can spu�er when your engine block went that’s simply not true. That’s why he gives us to the side of the road, my car as cablooie in the middle of Oklahoma?" friends. And the kindness of strangers. And li�le dead as that squished thing on the "Yeah … I remember." miracles to bring moments of light in darkness. And road back there. Suddenly the 20 "Did you get through that okay?" most of all, �me. Recognize and hold close to your miles to town might as well be the "Well ... yeah.” It had been a long heart all these gi�s of help and hope from our distance to the moon. wait and a long tow. But I got a Loving God when control turns to chaos.

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By ELIZABETH KELLY few weeks later instead. She was rest of God Catholic News Agency greeted warmly by my older brother, NGOZI NWOKE “Miss K” was an exercise in the who just happened to be at my hat type of labour do you engage in most? incongruous. She couldn’t have parents. A former student, he would Many people are labouring for different weighed much more than a spring become an electrical engineer years reasons and these reasons determine the robin, but she rode a Harley a�er he spent �me in Miss K’s W outcomes. However, there is a labor we must all Davidson. I s�ll remember her classroom, and I wonder if her way engage in, which is very important, the best and of roaring–atachug,mindyou–down of teaching science might not have eternal value. And the best labour is the labor into the the long driveway of my childhood made a good impression on him as a rest of God on her “hog.” It was something akin boy. He helped her to carry in her For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not to a noodle of spaghe� riding in on many bags – Miss K never traveled a�erward have spoken of another day. There a bull. Though meek in demeanor light – and a�er se�ling in, she remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. For and dimension, her voice was husky remarked, “I just love staying here.” he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased and deep and always a li�le Not long a�er, she sat down to say from his own works, as God did from his. Let us surprising emana�ng from her mild a rosary with my parents and then labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man face. have dinner. And some �me in the fall a�er the same example of unbelief. For the word Miss K was the science teacher for next hour, Miss K had a massive of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any most of my older siblings and over stroke. She lost consciousness as my twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing the years became a close friend to parents, held her and helped her to asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and my mother. In that �me, my mother the floor where they covered her marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents came to understand that Miss’s with a blanket and called 911. of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not childhood was marked by a terrible The paramedics asked my mother manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and cruelty, and in the a�ermath of this to go through her things, looking for opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to abuse, she was prone to depression any medicines she might be taking, do - Hebrews 4:8-13 (KJV, emphasis mine). and some�mes it would grip her and in every pocket and crook and INTRODUCTION without mercy. cranny, my mom found prayer cards, Labour is the use of physical, mental and social During these bouts, she would call novenas, and all of that Catholic DNA effort to produce something and it's related to hard my mom, who would listen to her for that marks a faith-filled life. Miss K work. However, when it's posi�vely engaged, it yields an hour or two. Occasionally, Miss K died peacefully a few days later at a great results. would come to stay with us. And local hospital surrounded by those Success in life requires that you put in hard work, though she was always �red, she who loved her the most. and how much you put in determines how much never seemed able to sleep and I Some�mes, healing creeps along at success you will enjoy. This includes all areas of your would wake in the middle of the a slow, steady pace. Some�mes, life; so, whichever area you're willing to labour in will night to hear her poking around in mercy is quiet and hidden and more yield her fruit. our kitchen. effec�ve for never drawing a�en�on THE CHALLENGE Toward the end of her life, Miss K to itself. Some�mes, the simplest Unfortunately, people spend so much energy and had found peace, good friends, a kindness, which seems to cost us resources laboring on things that have temporary community that loved her in all of almost nothing at all, is the very balm value. And they neglect the labor that has eternal her quirkiness. There was a certain that does the most good. And value. For instance, people labor to get a good li�ing in her spirit that was palpable. some�mes, I think, the Father saves educa�on and build their families, career and She remained close to my mother, his greatest mercies for last in this life. businesses. But they neglect to build their recoun�ng that those long, difficult Father in heaven, thank you for the rela�onship with God. Truly, where your treasure is phone calls with my mom probably gi� of Miss K and that she chose to there your heart will be (Ma�hew 6:21). saved her life; that my mother, by pass on, not the cruelty she knew, GOD'S REST simply listening had helped her more but a love for your crea�on instead. People labour to enter into financial freedom, fame, than she could say. And thank you for allowing her end peaceful homes and success in life. This they do, to Miss K was scheduled to stay for a to stand in such stark contrast to her gain a measure of rest in life. But, there remains a rest few days over the New Year, but beginning. Your mercy endures when my parents fell ill with colds, forever. Con�nued on next page she postponed her trip and came a Rest in peace, Miss K.

Page 25 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine COMMENTARY The best Our Not-Quite-Holy Family labor is the By JENNY UEBBING A book review ost paren�ng books fall into one labor into the of two categories: hopelessly Maspira�onal – these o�en being wri�en by rela�vely new parents or rest of God “paren�ng professionals” with an alphabet Con�nued from previous page of le�ers a�er their names – or else the combat manual variety, pi�ng child which only God can give, and is exclusive against parent as intractable adversaries to the people of God. And in this rest, and filled with dispassionate bullet points you cease from your own work as God for behavioral modifica�on. did. Also, it has eternal value. Surely, you If X happens, input Y,and Z will be your won't want to labor here on earth and guaranteed result. con�nue to labor in the life a�er death! Just follow your ins�nc�ve genius LABOUR TO ENTER GOD'S REST moment to moment and your child will Therefore, labor to enter this rest of unfold like a tropical flower reaching God. That is, diligently ensure that you toward the sun/their ul�mate des�ny for don't miss this rest that the Lord will give greatness. ONLY to His people. Again, do all you The problem is, no ma�er how many have to do to secure your place in this hours you spend co-sleeping or arranging rest. Surely, you will not labour in vain. Montessori spaces or doling out The best labor is the labor into the rest consequences which are both loving and of God logical (harder than you’d think), at the end of the day children are human beings with HINDRANCE TO GOD'S REST free will, and no amount of perfect paren�ng will ensure a guaranteed outcome. The major hindrance to this rest of God Frustra�ng as hell, which, while we’re on the topic, has a li�le something to do with is unbelief (Hebrews 4:6). This was the the fric�on and frustra�on inherent in family life: we have a common enemy, and he case of those to whom it was first has each of our domes�c churches squarely in his crosshairs. preached; they couldn't enter because of And so, failing to invoke the language of faith or to acknowledge the reality of the unbelief. Again, it's being preached to human experience – that we’re all fallen sinners in need of grace and that a ba�le you now; don't allow unbelief to rob you rages for our souls –most paren�ng books just don’t get it. of God's rest. So, give your life to Christ, But Our Not-Quite-Holy Family does. believe the word of the Lord, labour to In a rela�vely brief and highly engaging read, using language that is accessible – if walk in it and you will enter into God's occasionally a li�le cringe-y in the dad joke department – Mark and Melanie Hart trace rest. a pathway to domes�c bliss, leaving their own foibles and fumbles as signposts along NOTHING IS HIDDEN FROM THE WORD the way. It’s more of a “here’s what we’ve learned” and less of a “do what we’ve OF GOD done,” which is refreshing for its humility and it’s humanity. The �tle isn’t just a The truth is that nothing is hidden from marke�ng-department approved humblebrag; they mean it. They’re on the same trek the word of God. It can penetrate any their readers are, perhaps a li�le further down the path. part of you: spirit, soul and body. And it's Ul�mately, there is something else that sets this book apart from most everything a discerner of the thoughts and intents else in the paren�ng genre, and it’s the refreshing and increasingly radical admission of the heart. So, study the word and it that in the grand scheme of things, it’s not perfect paren�ng that should be our will show areas that you need to clean ul�mate aim, but holy, healthy marriages. up or straighten out. In addi�on, it will Turning away from the kid-centric 21st century obsession with one's offspring, the confirm to you if you're ready and Harts bring their readers back �me and again to the truth that it is the marital qualified to enter the rest of the Lord. rela�onship from which flows the family harmony, happiness, health, and, yes, CONCLUSION holiness. Therefore, while you toil to have It’s an audacious claim to make, that your spouse comes before your babies. And it’s earthly results, put in more effort in your also true. A unified and loving marriage between mom and dad is the single greatest walk with God and secure your place in indicator of a “successful” outcome in child rearing, the secret being, of course, that God's rest. For it's real and has eternal there is no such guarantee at all. value that you must not miss. Truly, the At its core, the book’s message is simple, but not easy. Love God. Love each other. best labor is the labor into the rest of Invite Him into the messy imperfec�on of your everyday life. And let Him transform God your not-quite-holy family.

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These days, we could all use a good laugh. Please enjoy these in the spirit in which they are intended! – Dave Myers And I quote ... On friendship We’ve been friends for so long I can’t remember which one of us is the bad influence. Unknown Knowledge cannot replace friendship. I’d rather be an idiot thanloseyou. Patrick to Spongebob Good friends don’t let you do stupid things… alone. Unknown It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them. Ralph Waldo Emerson Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and have her nonsense respected. Charles Lamb Friends are people who know you really well and like you anyway. Greg Tamblyn It’s important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to the friendshipthatwearenot. Mignon McLaughlin If you can survive 11 days in cramped quarters with a friend and come out laughing, your friendship is the real deal.Oprah Winfrey Friendship is not possible between two women, one of A Franciscan and Jesuit were deba�ng which whom is very well dressed.Laurie Colwin Bests Friends. They know how crazy you are and s�ll order was the greatest. So, they decided to ask for a choose to be seen with you in public. Unknown sign from God. This is what they received falling Love is blind; friendship tries not to no�ce. O�o von Bismarck down from heaven: Friends buy you food. Best friends eat your food. My sons, Unknown We’ll be best friends forever because you already know Please stop bickering about such trivial ma�ers, too much.Unknown Sincerely, You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool God, O.P. of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job. Laurence J. Peter As your best friend, I’ll always pick you up when you fall, a�erIfinishlaughing. Unknown A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. Bernard Meltzer Having those weird conversa�ons with your friend and thinking if anyone heard us, we’d be put in a mental hospital.Unknown Friends come and go, like the waves of the ocean, but the true ones stay, like an octopus on your face. Unknown

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Page 28 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Where is the Holy Father going to in Iraq and why? ByCOURTNEY MARES CNA On March 5, Pope Francis made history by becoming the first pope to travel to Iraq. His March 5-8 trip will take him from excava�ons of historical biblical sites da�ng back thousands of years to churches where Catholics suffered horrific terrorist a�acks only a few years ago. With mee�ngs planned with Iraqi poli�cal leaders and prominent Muslim clerics, the pope is scheduled to travel 900 miles within Iraq in a li�le over three days. Here is a breakdown of the places where Pope Francis is scheduled to visit in Iraq. Friday, March 5: Baghdad Speech at Presiden�al Palace Upon arrival at Baghdad Interna�onal Airport, the pope is scheduled to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi at the airport before visi�ng Iraqi President Barham Salih at the presiden�al palace, where the pope will give a speech to a gathering of civil authori�es. The pope’s mee�ngs with Iraqi authori�es come at a �me when the country is facing severe poli�cal, socioeconomic, and security challenges, including a protest movement calling for an end to government corrup�on, high levels of unemployment, and the sectarian divisions within the poli�cal system established a�er the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Cathedral Our Lady of Salva�on The Syriac Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of Salva�on, also known as Sayidat al-Nejat, was the site of a suicide a�ack by the Islamic State during Sunday Mass in 2010 in which more than 50 people were killed. The terrorists killed two priests and took more than 100 hostages before Iraqi security forces stormed the church with the support of U.S. forces. The bea�fica�on process of the 48 Catholics who died On the first day of the Holy Father’s visit, he will a�end the inside the church advanced from the diocesan phase to the Va�can Cathedral of Our Lady of Salva�on (Sayidat al-Nejat), where he in October 2019. will speak with bishops, priests, religious and other local The cathedral was also one of six churches bombed in August 2004 Catholics. The cathedral was the site of a 2010 suicide a�ack in when five car bombs in Baghdad and one in Mosul were detonated which more than 50 people were killed. in cars parked outside churches, killing a total of 12 people and injuring more than 70. Pope Francis will visit the cathedral and give a speech to local bishops, priests, religious, and other Iraqi Catholics. A mural of the pope with Va�can and Iraqi flags has been painted on a wall outside of the cathedral in an�cipa�on of the pope’s visit, according to photos posted on social media. Saturday, March 6: Najaf and the Plain of Ur Mee�ng with Shiite Cleric in Najaf On his second day in Iraq, Pope Francis will travel on Iraqi Airways to Najaf to meet with Ali al-Sistani, an influen�al leader of Shiite Muslims in Iraq. Najaf is considered one of the most sacred pilgrimage sites in The pope’s first visit will be with Iraqi President Barham Shiite Islam, a�er only Mecca and Medina. It is the burial place of Salih at the presiden�al palace, where the Holy Father will Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, the son-in-law of Muhammad and the first give a speech to a gathering of civil authori�es. Con�nued on following page

Page 29 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine A papal journey into Iraq Con�nued from previous page Shiite imam. The ques�on of Ali’s right to the caliphate resulted in the major schism between Sunni and Shiite Muslims. Not far from Najaf is the tomb of the prophet Ezekiel in Al Kifl, where the historic Jewish synagogue at the site is now contained within a newly built Shiite mosque. Interreligious Mee�ng in the Plain of Ur Pope Francis will then travel to the plain of Ur in southern Iraq, which the Bible records as the birthplace of Abraham. The archaeological site at Ur, excavated in the 20th century, includes a Mesopotamian ziggurat and ancient complex of houses. On the second day of his visit, the Holy Father will travel to the Poain of Ur, which the Bible The pope plans to give a speech at an records as the birthplace of Abraham. The ancient City of Ur dates from the Ubaid period interreligious gathering in Ur because of circa 3800 BC, and is recorded in wri�en history as a City State from the 26th century BC, its the importance of Abraham for all three first recorded king being Mesh-Ane-pada. The city's patron deity was Nanna, the Sumerian major monotheis�c religions. In Judaism, and Akkadian moon god, and the name of the city is in origin derived from the god's name. Abraham is revered as the first patriarch of the Jewish people. Muslims believe that Muhammad is a descendent of Abraham’s son Ishmael. Pope Francis Chaldean Cathedral of will end the St. Joseph in Baghdad second day of Pope Francis will end the day with his journey Mass at the Chaldean Catholic Cathedral with Mass at of St. Joseph, upon his return to the Chaldean Baghdad. The cathedral, called Mar Catholic Yousef, was built in the 1950s. It was Cathedral of recently restored by Chaldean Patriarch St. Joseph. Louis Raphaël Sako. The Chaldeans are one of several Eastern Catholic communi�es found in Iraq. Tracing back their history to the early Chris�ans through their connec�on with the Church of the East, Chaldeans made up two-thirds of Iraqi Chris�ans before the popula�on was diminished by Islamic State violence. Other Eastern Rite communi�es in Iraq include Syriac Shamash Catholics, Armenian Catholics, and Gate at Melkite Greek Catholics. Nineveh. Sunday, March 7: Mosul and the Pope Francis Nineveh Plains, Memorial in Mosul will visit the Pope Francis will spend his final full Nineveh day in Iraq in the northern Nineveh Plains on Plains, where the Islamic State carried the third out a genocidal campaign against day of his Chris�ans, Yazidis, and other minority visit. groups a�er taking Mosul in the summer Con�nued on following page

Page 30 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine A papal journey into Iraq Con�nued from previous page of 2014. The pope will be welcomed at the Erbil Airport by the religious and civil authori�es of Iraqi Kurdistan before traveling by helicopter to Mosul, where he will pray for the vic�ms of war at Hosh al-Bieaa square. Immaculate Concep�on Cathedral in Bakhdida Pope Francis will then travel by helicopter to visit the local Chris�an community in Bakhdida, also known as Qaraqosh, at the Syriac Catholic Immaculate Concep�on Cathedral, where he will pray the Angelus. The cathedral, also known as Al-Tahira Cathedral, was desecrated and its interior was charred a�er the Islamic State set it aflame a�er taking control of the town in 2014. Restora�on of the cathedral was recently completed by Aid to the Church in Need. A new Marian statue sculpted by a local Chris�an ar�st was placed atop the bell tower in January. Stadium Mass in Erbil On his last evening in Iraq, Pope Francis will offer Mass at the Franso Hariri Interna�onal Stadium in Erbil on March 7. This Mass is expected to be the largest gathering of Iraqi Catholics with the pope during his trip. Local authori�es in Kurdistan have said that 4,500 people have registered for the Mass. A special iden�fica�on card issued by Erbil’s Catholic University will be required to enter the stadium for the Mass. Monday, March 8: Travel back from Baghdad to Rome A�er a farewell ceremony on Monday morning at the Baghdad Interna�onal Airport, Pope Francis will fly back to Rome on Alitalia, traveling 1,800 miles in just over five hours. The pope will answer journalists’ ques�ons during a press conference on his return flight. Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda told CNA that Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to the region could be a turning point for the country’s diminished Chris�an popula�on. “It has the poten�al to change the trajectory of the Chris�an presence in Iraq from one of a disappearing people to one of a surviving and thriving people,” the Archbishop of Erbil said.

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“[Pope Francis’s visit] has the poten�al to change the trajectory of the Chris�an presence in Iraq from one of a disappearing people to one of a surviving and thriving people.” – Most Rev Bashar Ma� Warda Archbishop of Erbil

Page 31 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine WORLD / NATION Pope Francis says he is coming to Iraq as ‘a pilgrim of peace’ Photo by Bohumil Petrik

By COURTNEY MARES in these years, of you who have suffered so much, but you CNA have not been despondent. To you, Chris�ans, Muslims; to day before he departs for Baghdad, Pope Francis sent a you, peoples, like the Yazidi people, the Yazidis, who have video message to the Iraqi people, saying that he was suffered so much, so much; all brothers, all. Now I come to Acoming to Iraq as “a pilgrim of peace.” your blessed and wounded land as a pilgrim of hope,” the “I am coming as a pilgrim, as a penitent pilgrim, to implore pope said. from the Lord forgiveness and reconcilia�on a�er years of war “From you, in Nineveh, the prophecy of Jonah resounded, and terrorism, to beg from God the consola�on of hearts and which prevented the destruc�on and brought a new hope, the the healing of wounds,” the pope said in the video message hope of God. Let us allow ourselves to be infected by this hope, released March 5. which encourages us to rebuild and start over.” “Yes, I am coming as a pilgrim of peace, seeking fraternity and Pope Francis’ March 5-8 trip to Iraq will take him from prompted by the desire to pray together and to walk together, excava�ons of historical biblical sites da�ng back thousands of also with our brothers and sisters of other religious tradi�ons, years to churches where Catholics suffered horrific terrorist in the steps of Father Abraham, who joins in one family a�acks only a few years ago. Muslims, Jews and Chris�ans,” he said. He will visit a Catholic church in Baghdad on March 5 that was Pope Francis expressed his desire to see his “dear brothers the site of a suicide a�ack by the Islamic State during Sunday and sisters in Iraq” and to visit “an ancient and extraordinary Mass in 2010 in which more than 50 people were killed. cradle of civiliza�on.” The following day he will meet with Muslim and other The pope said that he felt “honored to meet a martyr religious leaders in Ur in southern Iraq, which the Bible records Church,” and expressed gra�tude to Chris�ans in Iraq “who as the birthplace of Abraham. have witnessed to their faith in Jesus in the midst of very hard “Let us not give up in the face of the spread of evil: the trials.” ancient sources of wisdom of your lands direct us elsewhere, to “You s�ll have in your eyes the images of destroyed houses do as Abraham who, while leaving everything, never lost hope; and desecrated churches, and in your heart the wounds of and trus�ng in God, he gave birth to descendants as numerous affec�ons le� behind and abandoned houses,” he said. as the stars of heaven,” Pope Francis said in his video message. “I would like to bring you the affec�onate caress of the whole “From you, millennia ago, Abraham began his journey. Today Church, which is close to you and to the tormented Middle East it is up to us to con�nue it, with the same spirit, along the and encourages you to move forward.” paths of peace together,” he said. “For this reason, upon all of In the video message to the Iraqi people, Pope Francis said you I invoke the peace and blessing of the Most High. And I ask two phrases in Arabic: “As-salamu alaykum,” which means all of you to do the same as Abraham: walk in hope and never “peace be upon you” and “shukran,” which means “thank you.” stop looking at the stars. And I ask everyone to please “Dear brothers and sisters, I have thought so much of you accompany me with prayer. Shukran.”

Page 32 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Christians and Muslims alike welcome Pope Francis' trip to Iraq Photo by Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk Children of families that sought refuge in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, April 11, 2015.

By COURTNEY MARES fraternity and dialogue that Pope Francis is bringing to Iraq,” the CNA aid organiza�ons’ le�er said. raqi Chris�ans and Muslims alike have expressed excitment for “We firmly believe it represents a necessary way forward to heal Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to Iraq, an aid worker based in Erbil past wounds and build a future for the country’s diverse Itold CNA this week. communi�es. We work in collabora�on with the na�onal and local Davide Bernocchi, Catholic Relief Services’ country authori�es to help communi�es reconcile, rebuild peace, and representa�ve for Iraq, said: “People are really hopeful and reclaim their collec�ve rights to safety, services, and livelihoods.” grateful for this visit. This country has been at the center of Hassan Amer, a young Muslim working with Catholic Relief a�en�on for bad news for so many years unfortunately, and now Services’ social cohesion ini�a�ve, Shared Future, said: “In Iraq we they are really happy to be the center of the world’s a�en�on for have a saying: ‘people for people.’” a few days because of this great and posi�ve event.” “Regardless of their religion, people must be for people. They “It’s really not just the Chris�ans; it is the whole of the Iraqi must support and stand up for others. The pope’s visit underlines people who are wai�ng for this visit ... My sense is that -- with the this message for Iraqi communi�es,” Amer said. excep�on of the small remnants of ISIS -- everyone else is really Pope Francis’ visit comes as the country’s security situa�on happy about this visit.” remains unstable. On March 3, two days before the pope’s Large banners depic�ng Pope Francis alongside Ali al-Sistani, an departure, 10 rockets hit Ain al-Assad military airport in western influen�al Shiite cleric in Iraq, have been hung in Najaf, one of the Iraq, which hosts US-led coali�on troops, killing one US contractor, most sacred pilgrimage sites in Shiite Islam, a�er only Mecca and according to AFP. Medina. Continued on following page A hashtag in Arabic rela�ng to the pope’s trip was trending on social media sites in Iraq on March 3. Using the hashtag Pope Francis’ visit comes as the meaning “Ask the pope”), Iraqis commented) #ابابلا_نم_بلطأ on their government’s campaign to beau�fy the streets of ci�es country’s security situa�on remains that the pope will be visi�ng and called for improvements to unstable. On March 3, two days infrastructure and public services. “I ask the pope to travel by car along the main highway north. before the pope’s departure, 10 Maybe they’ll pave that too,” Hussein Habib wrote, according to an AFP report. rockets hit Ain al-Assad military Twenty-nine humanitarian aid organiza�ons opera�ng in Iraq, including Islamic Relief Worldwide and Catholic Relief Services, airport in western Iraq, which hosts signed a joint statement on March 2 welcoming Pope Francis’ visit US-led coali�on troops, killing one US to Iraq, which will take place on March 5-8. “As faith-based organiza�ons, we fully embrace this message of contractor, according to AFP. Page 33 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Chris�ans and Muslims alike welcome Pope Francis' trip to Iraq

Continued from previous page In their joint statement, the 29 aid groups highlighted the significant challenges facing Iraq, including the dire need of the country’s 1.2 million internally displaced persons and 4.8 million returnees. “Iraq is the cradle of human civiliza�on and a beau�ful country of rich cultural and religious diversity. For centuries, many ethnic and faith communi�es lived side by side in this land,” the organiza�ons wrote in their statement. “However, in recent decades Iraq has suffered from war, insecurity and instability and, most recently, from the rise of ISIS. Such a sequence of conflicts has deeply strained rela�ons between communi�es and damaged the country’s social fabric.” “Meanwhile, a worsening economic crisis, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, is pushing many into poverty and depriving the government of resources needed to assist its own people,” it added. One way that Catholic Relief Services has been working to help rebuild devastated communi�es is through the Shared Future program, funded by USAID, which brings together youth from different religions to work together in rebuilding projects. “I think it is a very interes�ng project because basically what we do is, in coordina�on with local religious leaders from different religions, we put together youth and let them analyze the common problems and come up with solu�ons and then we support the implementa�on of those solu�ons financially, technically, etc,” Bernocchi said. “And so these are joint ini�a�ves that are really useful to reconnect people from different communi�es, because you know the problem is that ISIS had this hellish project to destroy diversity -- and diversity is the social fabric of this country.” The unemployment rate for young people in Iraq is es�mated to be 36%, according to a report published by the Atlan�c Council in February. Low oil prices, government waste and corrup�on, and a poor security situa�on further hinder the country’s poten�al for economic growth. About 60% of Iraqi’s popula�on is under the age of 25. According to the report, “many of these young Iraqis are unemployed, or at least under-engaged, meaning that they are The restoration of a Marian o�en impoverished, bored, and resen�ul. Many have been trauma�zed by nearly constant warfare.” statue damaged by Islamic The report said: “Years of conflict have significantly diminished educa�onal State during their occupation opportuni�es, making many Iraqis unemployable even in trades, due to their lack of of Karamles, Iraq skills. There are likely not enough skilled Iraqis to take on technical jobs, should the need for these jobs increase.” . Aid to the Church in Need announced on March 3 that it would be funding 1.5 million euros (around $1.8 million) worth of university scholarships for 150 students at the Catholic University in Erbil, which has students who are Chris�an, Muslim, and Yazidi. Welcoming the scholarships, Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil said: “We need to bring good news to the people here during the papal visit; to be able to announce the vision to have 1,000 students by 2025, giving us a significant voice and a clear future for our young people and their parents, brings great hope.”

Page 34 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine THE HOLY FATHER IN IRAQ

At press �me, a few photos from the first hours of Pope Francis’s visit to Iraq began trickling in.

At le�, Pope Francis is welcomed at Baghdad Interna�onal Airport, making it the first �me a pope visits the country of Iraq, on March 5, 2021.

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Pope Francis meets with the Authori�es, Civil Society and the Diploma�c Corps in the hall of the Presiden�al Palace in Baghdad on March 5, 2021.

Pope Francis meets with the Authori�es, Civil Society and the Diploma�c Corps in the hall of the Presiden�al Palace in Baghdad on March 5, 2021.

Page 35 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine WORLD / NATION Shroud of Turin to go on virtual display for Holy Saturday

The Shroud of Turin in June 2015. Photo by Bohumil Petrik/CNA ByHANNAH BROCKHAUS Saturday 2020. CNA But this �me will be different, according to Nosiglia. “It is not or the second �me, the Shroud of Turin will be exposed for the simple repe��on of the one celebrated in 2020,” he said, venera�on on social media and websites on Holy Saturday, because at the �me the pandemic was s�ll new and not yet Fthe archbishop of Turin has announced. understood, while today we are “aware of the difficul�es to be The Shroud, which bears the image of a crucified man and has faced and the commitments that we can take.” been venerated for centuries as Christ’s burial cloth, will be A public display of the Shroud was supposed to take place from displayed via live stream on April 3. Dec. 28, 2020, to Jan. 1, 2021, during the 43rd interna�onal “The Shroud is a reality that concerns everyone. The Shroud mee�ng of the Taizé Community, but both events had to be image that Turin has preserved for almost five centuries tes�fies postponed due to the coronavirus restric�ons. to pain and death, but also to resurrec�on and eternal life,” “The exposi�on of the Shroud was proposed by the Turin Turin’s Archbishop Cesare Nosiglia said in his March 3 Church to all young people, and we hope to be able to conduct it announcement. because the path is an opportunity to show [we are] ‘fratelli tu�’ “In front of the Shroud we can exclaim with our hearts turned to [all brothers],” Nosiglia said. the Lord: ‘your love is forever.’” The Shroud has gone on public display four �mes since the year Nosiglia will also preside over a liturgy on Holy Saturday, which 2000. will be live-streamed from the chapel of the Turin cathedral, The last �me it was presented to the public was in 2015. Pope where the Shroud is kept in a climate-controlled vault. Young Francis prayed before the relic during a visit to Turin on June 21 adults from Turin will present reflec�ons on the theme of hope. that year. A�erward, he described it as an icon of Christ’s love. It will be the second �me that the Shroud of Turin has been “The Shroud,” the pope said, “a�racts people to the face and exhibited over the internet a�er it was displayed amid the tortured body of Jesus and, at the same �me, urges us on toward coronavirus pandemic and Italy’s na�onal lockdown on Holy every person who is suffering and unjustly persecuted.”

Page 36 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine WORLD / NATION "Lent Around the World"

This week on the podcast, Catholic News Agency travels to Lebanon, Timor-Leste, Madagascar, El Salvador and China to hear about the foods and traditions that Christians use to mark the season of Lent. Listen here! What is a podcast? A podcast is like listening to the radio. It’s a digital audio file made (Make sure your available on the Internet that you can listen to on your computer, or speakers are turned on.) download onto a phone or other mobile device. It may be a single presentation, or a series. Page 37 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine WORLD / NATION USCCB: Moderna's and Pfizer's coronavirus vaccines ethically preferable to Johnson & Johnson's CNA Staff to accept as your first choices the vaccines created by Pfizer and he United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on Tuesday Moderna, but if for any reasonable circumstance you are only able reiterated the Va�can’s teaching on COVID-19 vaccines to receive the vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, you should feel Tproduced with the help of abor�on-derived cell lines, a�er a free to do so for your safety and for the common good,” Bishop vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson received FDA approval Duca wrote. over the weekend. By contrast, Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego wrote March 3 The bishops echoed the Va�can in sta�ng that it is “morally that “on the concrete moral and pastoral ques�on of receiving the acceptable” to receive COVID-19 vaccines produced using cell lines Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson or Astra-Zeneca vaccines, I from aborted fetuses when no alterna�ve is available, but if want to make clear to the Catholic communi�es of San Diego and possible, Catholics ought to choose a vaccine with a more remote Imperial Coun�es that in the current pandemic moment, with connec�on to abor�on. limited vaccine op�ons available to achieve healing for our na�on “The Congrega�on for the Doctrine of the Faith has judged that and our world, it is en�rely morally legi�mate to receive any of ‘when ethically irreproachable Covid-19 vaccines are not these four vaccines, and to recognize, as Pope Francis has noted, available…it is morally acceptable to receive Covid-19 vaccines that that in receiving them we are truly showing love for our neighbor have used cell lines from aborted fetuses in their research and and our God.” produc�on process,’” the bishops wrote in a March 2 statement. America Magazine published a March 2 ar�cle with Catholic That descrip�on applies to the Janssen/Johnson & Johnson commenters sugges�ng it is “unhelpful” for the USCCB and other vaccine, which used abor�on-derived HEK-293 cell lines in design bishops to imply that people will have a choice in which vaccine to and development, produc�on, and lab tes�ng. receive and arguing that Catholics should be comfortable taking In contrast, mRNA vaccines available from Pfizer and Moderna any vaccine they are offered. have an extremely remote connec�on to abor�on in the design Many vaccines are produced by using certain human cell lines; and tes�ng phases, leading ethicists to judge those vaccines common vaccines, including those used to inoculate children for “ethically uncontroversial.” smallpox, measles, and rubella, have been produced with cell lines “[I]f one can choose among equally safe and effec�ve COVID-19 derived from aborted babies, such as the HEK-293 cell line. vaccines, the vaccine with the least connec�on to abor�on-derived One of the touted advantages of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine cell lines should be chosen,” the USCCB said. “Therefore, if one has is that it does not require specialized refrigera�on and can be the ability to choose a vaccine, Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccines delivered in a single dose, making it more a�rac�ve to some should be chosen over Johnson & Johnson’s.” healthcare professionals than the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. The statement was signed by Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Those vaccines require deep freeze storage and are administered Wayne-South Bend and Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas in two doses. City in Kansas, who head the USCCB commi�ees on doctrine and The Pon�fical Academy for Life has said that Catholics should pro-life ac�vi�es, respec�vely. advocate for ethically-produced vaccines which do not use cell “While we should con�nue to insist that pharmaceu�cal lines of aborted babies. companies stop using abor�on-derived cell lines, given the world- wide suffering that this pandemic is causing, we affirm again that being vaccinated can be an act of charity that serves the common good,” the bishops concluded. The USCCB’s clarifica�on follows a Feb. 26 statement from the Archdiocese of New Orleans calling the Johnson & Johnson vaccine “morally compromised” because of its connec�on with abor�on. While not prohibi�ng Catholics from receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine if no other ethical alterna�ve is available, the archdiocese advised Catholics to seek out the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines if possible. “[W]e advise that if the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine is available, Catholics should choose to receive either of those vaccines rather than to receive the new Johnson & Johnson vaccine because of its extensive use of abor�on-derived cell lines,” the statement reads. Bishop Michael Duca of Baton Rouge also weighed in on the ma�er this week in a March 1 le�er to the faithful. Seasontime/Shutterstock “[M]y guidance to the faithful of the Diocese of Baton Rouge is

Page 38 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine WORLD / NATION Meet Don Alberto, Italy’s new YouTube sensation

ByHANNAH BROCKHAUS CNA ather Alberto Ravagnani didn’t set out to make a viral video. He was just trying to find a way to stay connected to the kids who a�end his parish’s youth ministries a�er Italy went into lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic in March F2020. The 27-year-old priest had never edited a video before and he rarely posted on social media. “It was an experiment. I wanted to make something nice and useful to fill these two weeks -- what I thought the �me of closure would be -- but the closure was extended,” Ravagnani told CNA in an interview. The priest’s first YouTube video, uploaded on March 14, 2020, and �tled “Praying in the �me of coronavirus,” quickly rose in views as it was shared across social media and messaging apps. His second, about how “10 minutes of silence can change your day,” was uploaded the following day and has been viewed more than 50,000 �mes. Seeing that the videos were reaching people, he decided to con�nue. “I didn’t expect all of this. Also because it wasn’t the objec�ve, I wasn’t trying to get a lot of views,” he explained. But when it happened, the priest said that he realized it could be a way to communicate with young people in a crea�ve way -- and he had fun making them. All of Ravagnani’s videos -- to date 46 -- have gained tens of thousands of views (several have hundreds of thousands). They touch on topics as diverse as the existence of God, video games, happiness, and why to pray the rosary. In the videos, Don Alberto (as he’s known in Italy) speaks quickly and has an engaging energy, which is coupled with fast- paced edi�ng. And he does not deploy euphemisms, using language familiar to today’s adolescents and teens in each of his frene�c videos. For example, a seven-minute video on pornography, uploaded to YouTube in October 2020, is his most-watched, with more than 396,000 views. “In fact, with the passing of �me, I realized that it had opened a path, social media too, to speak about the Gospel, and to reach many people. Many people who, probably, in our usual ac�vi�es, we don’t encounter,” Ravagnani said. Success on YouTube propelled the new priest to Italian stardom, with profiles in major Catholic and secular newspapers and, most recently, an interview spot on the newest talk show on the state-owned television Rai. Ravagnani, ordained in 2018, is assigned to the Parish of St. Michael Continued on following page Father Alberto Ravagnani Courtesy photo

Page 39 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine WORLD / NATION Father Don Alberto: Italy’s new YouTube sensation Con�nued from previous page the Archangel in Busto Arsizio, a town of around 83,000 people passion for missionary work; and Federico Patuzzi and his sister just north of Milan. He is responsible for the parish’s large youth Susanna (who has Down syndrome), who have shot to Instagram oratory, where he also lives. There he works with around a and TikTok stardom with videos about their rela�onship as hundred youth from elementary through high school. siblings. Speaking about his voca�on as a priest, he told CNA: “In the A�er the interviews are streamed, they are also posted to midst of my faults, my limita�ons, my weaknesses, I know that YouTube. where the Lord has planted me, I can bring forth fruit. Already I “I guard myself [from the tempta�ons] through the spiritual life have seen some fruit. And I realize my life is for doing this.” and through friends,” Ravagnani said. “In the sense that I try to “Now I feel very happy, really, because I have found my place in have people around me who love me, who want what’s good for the world,” he said. me, and who keep my feet on the ground.” But he did not always feel that way. Explaining that he did not grow up in a par�cularly devout Catholic family, Ravagnani said he was taught the faith in catechism classes, in his parish, and in youth group. When he was in middle school, he became a catechism leader for younger kids, ge�ng to play games with them and lead them in ac�vi�es. “This I liked a lot. I felt really fulfilled,” he said, “because I had the opportunity to do good for others through my talents, my abili�es.” But star�ng in high school, he “didn’t feel completely happy. There was something wrong.” Everything changed for him when he was 17 years old and went on a week-long camping trip in the mountains, organized by his parish. Ravagnani said: “There I am sure I had an experience of God that I had never had before in my life. And I felt really loved by God, and it changed me.” “At that point, I met God. I began to pray, because before I didn’t have a par�cularly strong belief. And I decided to enter the seminary.” Asked about the risks of internet fame for a Catholic priest, On social media, he presents a certain character, he said, but he Ravagnani said that the tempta�on to make yourself the center of also lives in a community of people who interact with him every a�en�on, or to cra� a cult of personality, exists as much in the day, and know him and his faults like family members. pulpit as on Facebook. The young priest acknowledged that there are obvious “There are -- and I know some -- priests who really feel like they limita�ons to social media. are ‘stars,’” Ravagnani noted. But he thinks this stems from a “Social media pla�orms, as virtual spaces, miss the actual misunderstanding of the priest’s role as a servant of his people. dimension of rela�onship: the here and now,” he said. “This is a Flash forward three years into his priesthood, and Ravagnani has structural limita�on, but social media should not subs�tute the 130,000 followers on Instagram and more than 89,000 fans on physical rela�onship, it should support it.” TikTok. In February, he opened a “room” on Clubhouse where he “Certainly, it’s clear that there are risks, there are limits, but I gives a 25-minute reflec�on on the Gospel of the day, leaving think it’s wrong ... to put the risks at the fore and the space for ques�ons from those who join. opportuni�es in the last place,” he said. He said that his YouTube videos would con�nue but at a slower Ravagnani is taking the opportuni�es and running with them. pace as he starts yet another new project, one he is really excited “All of this is unpredictable. I never expected it, but the mercy, about: a show on the live-streaming pla�orm Twitch. the providence of God is real,” he said. Ravagnani directs and hosts the hour-long episodes of And though he himself has embraced the virtual world of the “Doncast,” which he creates with help from around 20 teens. internet, he had some different advice for teens and young adults, In just the first three episodes, the priest has interviewed 16- saying that “we can discover our voca�on the more we throw year-old Federico Gardenghi, who at the age of 12 had already ourselves into reality.” made waves as “the youngest DJ in the world”; Pietro Morello, a “The more we are a�en�ve to what happens, to the people 21-year-old pianist who went viral on TikTok in 2020 and has a around us, the more we can hear God’s voice calling us,” he said.

Page 40 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Stations of the Cross at Home | El Viacrusis en Casa

Kid-friendly and easy to do at home if you and your family are unable to attend the stations offered by your parish on Fridays during Lent. In this prayer booklet, you will find a reprinted Scriptural Stations of the Cross taken from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website. It includes all the readings and responses, so all you have to do is follow along! Stations of the Cross at Home.pdf

Apropiado para los niños y fácil de hacer en casa si usted y su familia no pueden asistir al viacrusis en su parroquia los viernes durante la Cuaresma. En este folleto, encontrará una traducción del Viacrusis Bíblico tomado del sitio web de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos. Incluye todas las lecturas y respuestas, asi que todo lo que tiene que hacer es seguir el librito. Viacrusis Camino de la Cruz en Casa.pdf

If you're looking for something to do with your kids this Lent, check out the Lenten Countdown Worksheets at CatholicSprouts.com! Si esta buscando algo que hacer con sus hijos esta Cuaresma, aqui hay muchas ideas CatholicSprouts.com!

Check out Chancery Cha�er! The web page Gentry Heimerman Emma Showalter includes updated informa�on about the Youth and Director Young Adult Ministry Young Adult Offices for the Catholic Diocese of Director of Youth Ministry [email protected] [email protected] 620-227-1550 Dodge City, including informa�onal video 620-227/1540 presenta�ons from Gentry Heimerman.

Page 41 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Kids’ Page! Holy Spirit comes!

Before Jesus went up to heaven After Jesus had gone up into heaven, he told his disciples some of his friends met together in an to wait in Jerusalem until upstairs room of a house in Jerusalem they had power from God. and waited, just as Jesus had said to do.

Suddenly they heard a very The power of the Holy Spirit filled them all. strong wind and it shook the They saw, what looked like flames. house where they were waiting. flickering over their heads and it felt It was the Holy Spirit sent from God. that God was right there with them.

The flames were bright and danced Now Jesus’ friends could speak in in the air, but did not burn them. any language without learning it! Their hearts were full of God’s Holy Spirit’s power made them brave too! love and they praised God. They wanted everyone to know about Jesus!

They went outside and spoke to people Holy Spirit coming into their lives was from other countries in their own language, the beginning of something brand new. telling them that Jesus had risen from the Many people believed in Jesus and dead and everyone in the crowd understood! followed Him because of that day. Page 42 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Click here to go to the Stations of the Cross walkthrough

Page 43 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine La Voz Católica Una revista de no�cias de la Diócesis Católica de Dodge City Un �empo para Cuaresma: recordar quiénes somos ecuerda quién eres. Todavía recuerdo una vez que fui a confesarme con un sacerdote hace unos 15 años. Después de confesar mis pecados, el sacerdote simplemente me miró y dijo: "Recuerda quién eres". El domingo pasado escuchamos el Evangelio que representa la Transfiguración. Escuchamos la voz de Dios nuestro Padre decir: “Este es mi Hijo Amado. Escúchalo a él." R Jesús sabe quién es. Él es el Hijo amado del Padre. Tiene una relación con su Padre. Pasa �empo en oración con él. Siempre quiere hacer la voluntad del Padre. ¿Sabemos quiénes somos? ¿Sabemos que cuando fuimos bau�zados, una voz del cielo dijo: “Este es mi hijo amado? Esta es mi amada hija ". Nuestra iden�dad más profunda, más que el dinero que ganamos, nuestra profesión en la vida, lo que otros piensan de nosotros o incluso lo que pensamos de nosotros mismos, es el hecho profundo y permanente de que somos los hijos e hijas amados de Dios. Por Obispo Mi película de Disney favorita de todos los �empos es El Rey León, que �ene varios temas cris�anos. Simba, el Gerald Vincke, personaje principal, es ungido como un bebé león. Cuando se hace mayor, desobedece a su padre, Mufasa, yendo a Apostolic un lugar donde no debería. Más tarde, Mufasa muere y Simba huye. Como lo que muchos de nosotros hacemos cuando pecamos, huimos de Dios (como lo hicieron Adán y Eva). Finalmente, el confundido Simba conoce a Rafiki, el mono que lo ungió al comienzo de la película. Simba no reconoce a Rafiki y exige saber quién es. Rafiki mira a Simba y dice: "La pregunta es: ¿Quién eres tú?" Simba admite que no está seguro de quién es y Rafiki dice: "Eres el chico de Mufasa". Rafiki sale corriendo y Simba lo sigue, preguntándose cómo conoció Rafiki a su padre. Le dice a Rafiki que su padre está muerto y Rafiki afirma que Mufasa todavía está vivo. Llegan a un charco de agua y Rafiki le dice a Simba que mire hacia abajo. Simba lo hace y ve su reflejo. Rafiki le dice que mire con más atención, y cuando lo hace, Simba ve la imagen del rostro de su padre. Y Rafiki dice: "Mira, él vive en �". De repente, se puede ver una imagen de Mufasa en las nubes. Mufasa mira a Simba y dice: "Me has olvidado". Simba lo niega y Mufasa dice: "Te has olvidado de quién eres, y por eso me has olvidado". Simba pregunta cómo puede regresar y Mufasa dice: “Recuerda quién eres. Tú eres mi Hijo." Cuando pecamos, literalmente olvidamos quiénes somos. Si nos miramos al espejo, podemos solo ver a nosotros mismos y a nuestras faltas y fallas. Pero si miramos más profundamente, vemos que fuimos hechos a imagen y semejanza de Dios, que somos los hijos amados de Dios. Santa Teresa de Lisieux nos recuerda quiénes somos al contar la historia de dos hijas. Ambos cometen el mismo pecado. Una huye de su padre, la otra corre hacia su padre, se sube a su regazo y dice: "Lo siento". A Dios le encanta cuando volvemos a él. Todos pecamos. Dios no quiere que le tengamos miedo. Como dijo el Papa Francisco, "Dios nunca se cansa de perdonarnos". Dios siempre nos invita a experimentar su misericordia. Él siempre nos recuerda "¡quiénes somos!"

¿Sabemos quiénes somos? ¿Sabemos que cuando fuimos bau�zados, una voz del cielo dijo: “Este es mi hijo amado? Esta es mi amada hija ". Nuestra iden�dad más profunda, más que el dinero que ganamos, nuestra profesión en la vida, lo que otros piensan de nosotros o incluso lo que pensamos de nosotros mismos, es el hecho profundo y permanente de que somos los hijos e hijas amados de Dios. – Obispo Gerald Vincke

Page 44 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine La Voz Católica Es Difícil Pedir ios quiere responder más de lo amor. que queremos pedir. Somos abominablemente pobres en esto de Esfuerza sus viejos oídos para "pedir". Generalmente porque nos hemos escucharnos. Se intriga sobre los decepcionado demasiadas veces. Una vez quemado, espacios entre nuestras palabras. dos veces �mido. Nos negamos a abrir nuestros Anhela la alegría de dar. Por eso corazones heridos para ser heridos una vez más. nuncaD está lejos de nosotros, por eso siempre está Es comprensible que nos quedáramos atrás, pero presente dondequiera que estemos. Ve nuestras ¿por qué Él se quedaría atrás? ¿Por qué el que lo necesidades. Tiene el poder de sa�sfacer esas sabe todo, por qué se demoraría? Realmente no lo necesidades. Tiene la voluntad constante de sé. hacerlo. San Agus�n pensó que Dios se demora para que Obispo Emeritus Pero lo hace ... es la cosa más extraña ... aprendamos a desear sus grandes dones con un Ronald M. Gilmore generalmente espera a que le preguntemos. deseo aún mayor. Y no somos muy buenos en este "pedir". Si el Lo que busca en nosotros es el Deseo en estado corazón de Dios nos parece a veces cerrado, es puro: la 'fe que mueve montañas', la 'esperanza que porque no sabemos cómo pedir. "Nuestro orgullo" siempre se siente capaz de saltar sobre ellas antes se interpone en el camino: se niega a admi�r que de que se muevan', el 'amor que nos pone ahí, con alguna vez fallamos, alguna vez caemos, alguna vez él, antes cada vez que saltamos. pecamos. "Nuestra obs�nada independencia" se Quiere que nuestro corazón esté en nuestras interpone en su camino: se niega a obedecer y palabras. Y entonces nos hace esperar, para es�rar nunca pedirá perdón. "Nuestra fe débil" se nuestro deseo. Pedir es nuestra forma de cooperar interpone en el camino: se niega a ser valiente y con su Gracia. Él espera que nuestro amor responda esperar todo de su Bondad, que es infinita en su a Su Amor.

Somos abominablemente pobres en esto de "pedir". Generalmente porque nos hemos decepcionado demasiadas veces. Una vez quemado, dos veces �mido. Nos negamos a abrir nuestros corazones heridos para ser heridos una vez más. Saludar a nuestros seminaristas

John Stang, Adam Urban, Joshua Becker: St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, 1300 S. Steele St., Denver, CO 80210 Eric Frieb, Esteban Hernandez: Eric Frieb Jonathan Lemus Adam Urban Carson Haupt Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, 5200 Glennon Dr, St. Louis, MO 63119 Carson Haupt: Concep�on Seminary College, P.O. Box 502, Concep�on, MO 64433 Jonathan Lemus: 910 Central Ave, Dodge City, KS 67801 Esteban hernandez Joshua Becker John Stang Page 45 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine La Voz Católica Rito de elección Vea los nombres de los participantes en la página 7 Fieles acogidos oficialmente en su camino para entrar de lleno en la Iglesia Católica en Pascua or lo general, más de 200 mujeres, hombres y niños se reunirán en la Catedral de Nuestra PSeñora de Guadalupe en febrero para ser honrados a lo largo de su viaje de fe mientras se preparan para ingresar de lleno a la Iglesia Católica en Pascua. Si bien la pandemia nos dejó incapaces de reunirnos este año para el Llamado a la Conversión Con�nua y el Rito de Elección, las iglesias católicas de toda la diócesis llevaron a cabo la celebración en sus propias comunidades parroquiales. Uno de los eventos más significa�vos del año litúrgico, este es el momento oficial en el que los candidatos (miembros bau�zados de otra tradición de fe cris�ana, o católicos bau�zados, que buscan la confirmación y la primera Eucaris�a) y los catecúmenos (personas que no han sido bau�zadas y que buscan el bau�smo, la confirmación y la primera Eucaris�a) declaran su compromiso de entrar de lleno en la Iglesia Católica en Semana Santa. El Padre Jacob Schneider lidera la celebración como “catecúmenos” Este año, la celebración se limitó al Rito de Elección, (aquellos que tendrán su Bau�smo, Confirmación y Primera que es cuando los catecúmenos son llamados por su Comunión en la Vigilia Pascual), firman el Libro de los Electos. La nombre, y junto con sus Padrinos, se adelantaron y celebración generalmente se lleva a cabo en la Catedral de Nuestra firmaron el Libro de los Electos. Señora de Guadalupe en Dodge City, pero la pandemia tuvo iglesias Para aquellos de nosotros que estamos bau�zados, individuales que organizaron las celebraciones en su propia podemos recordar que es Dios quien primero nos parroquia. También encabezó la celebración el padre Benjamín eligió, y respondimos profesando nuestra fe y Mar�n, quien está jubilado y reside en Marienthal. entrando en las aguas del bau�smo. De la misma manera, es Dios quien primero llamó y eligió a los catecúmenos. Su firma, entonces, no es solo un signo de su compromiso de ser fieles al Dios que los eligió; es una señal de que Dios ha puesto sus nombres en la lista de aquellos que arriesgarán sus vidas, primero muriendo en las aguas del bau�smo, luego sacrificándose y viviendo como personas resucitadas todos los días. La inscripción de nombres es menos como una hoja de registro y más como Dios pasando lista de aquellos que harán la obra de Dios en el mundo hasta que Cristo regrese. Visto de esta manera, es apropiado que solo los catecúmenos firmen el Libro de los Elegidos, ya que esperamos que los candidatos ya estén haciendo la obra de Dios debido a su bau�smo cuando pusieron sus vidas en juego por primera vez.-- TeamRCIA.com Aunque el suroeste de Kansas es vasto (las parroquias vecinas a menudo están separadas por millas y millas “Centrémonos en hacer Su voluntad esta Cuaresma y más allá”, dijo en la de pradera), la Diócesis Católica de Dodge City es una reunión de 2019, la úl�ma vez que la diócesis pudo reunirse para la familia. Y es esa familia a la que el obispo instó a celebración. “Hagamos actos de bondad, compasión y amor. Jesús nos mostrar actos de bondad en un mundo atribulado. ayudará. ¡Nos ama más de lo que podemos pedir o imaginar! "

Page 46 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine uchas parroquias locales con�núan dispensa especial de su obligación de asis�r a Misa si Difusión de transmi�endo en vivo su misa en Facebook está enfermo o suscep�ble, o si está en contacto con My / o su página web local. Las misas se quienes lo estén. Aquellos que asistan a Misa deben misas registran y se pueden ver en cualquier momento. usar una máscara para proteger a los demás, evitar Consulte la página de Facebook de su parroquia local tocar puertas y personas que no sean de la familia, y locales en o llame a su parroquia para obtener información. El deben mantener una distancia de seis pies de los de Facebook obispo John Brungardt con�núa ofreciendo una otras familias. Si usted sospecha abuso Si usted sospecha abuso o descuido de un prospecJ vamente. a su obispo. menor en Kansas y el menor está en un Un Ministro de Asistencia ayuda con el Todas las acusaciones son consideradas peligro inmediato hable al 911 o al cuidado pastoral de las personas que hechas de buena fe. Una acusación verosímil departamento de policía local. afirman haber sido abusadas sexualmente es definida como una acusación que, basada Si usted J ene alguna sospecha de que un cuando eran menores de edad por un en los hechos de la acusación, cumple unoo menor está siendo abusado o descuidado miembro del clero u otro miembro del más de los siguientes puntos: No es haga un reporte confidencial al personal de la iglesia, sin importar que el específicamente negadaoes aceptada/ Departamento de Kansas Centro de Reportes abuso haya ocurrido recientemente o admiJ da por el acusado; es corroborada con Para Protección de Niños y Familias, 800- muchos años atrás. otra evidencia o por otra fuente y/o; involucra 922-5330 o al KBI Hotline, 800-KSCRIME múlJ ples acusaciones. Los hechosylas (800-572-7463), o mandando un correo Denunciar Abuso o Mala circunstancias que hacen que una acusación electrónico a [email protected]. Conducta de un Obispo Católico sea verosímil pueden variar de caso a caso. La Si usted sospecha abuso por parte del Para denunciar abuso sexual o mala determinación de que una acusación es personal de la iglesia, aparte de hacer un conducta relacionada por un obispo católico, verosímil no es equivalenteala reporte a las autoridades civiles, por favor se les anima a contactar a la policia. Para determinación de culpabilidad en un comuníquese con el Señor Charles Befort, un denunciar tal abuso o mala conducta* a la procedimiento criminalode responsabilidad representante del Consejo de Revisión que Iglesia, contacten al servicio del Catholic en un procedimiento civil. recibe y da seguimiento a los reportes. Su Bishop Abuse ReporJ ng (CBAR). CBAR es un Protegiendo a los Niños de Dios información de contacto es servicio imparcial que recoge y enruta La Diócesis requiereatodos los [email protected], 620-285-3219. También, informes a las autoridades católicas empleadosyvoluntarios que trabajan el Señor Befort ofrecerá la ayuda del apropiadas para la invesJ gación. con menoresaasistiralas sesiones de Ministro de Asistencia cuya meta es de ser Para hacer un informe en inglés o español, conscientización de Protegeralos Niños alguien que escuche y fomente la sanación. vaya al hÕps://reportbishopabuse.org o de Dios. Estas sesiones de El Consejo de Revisión está compuesto por ustedes pueden llamar al 800-276-1562. conscientización están disponibles en católicos laicos y un sacerdote que aconsejan *CBAR fue diseñado para responder ambos inglésyespañol. Son conducidos al Obispo en su evaluación de cada acusación solamente a quejas contra obispos para por gente de nuestra Diócesis de abuso sexual, revisan las políJ cas problemas relacionados a la mala conducta especialmente entrenadas como diocesanas para tratar con el abuso sexual de sexual. Si ustedes J enen otro J po de queja facilitadores. Las sesiones se publicarán menores y ofrecen asesoramiento sobre acerca de un obispo, tal como en las parroquias, escuelas, el períodico todos aspectos que involucran casos de nombramientos a la parroquia, cierres de Southwest Kansas Catholicyla página abuso sexual tanto retrospecJ va como iglesia, etc., por favor diríjanse directamente electrónica de la Diócesis. Page 47 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine La Voz Católica ¿TIEMPO de tener un ENCUENTRO REAL conel SEÑOR RESUCITADO? ¡Solo mira aSt. Paul!

Por el PADRE JUAN SALAS El Padre Juan es Director de la Oficina de Promoción de la Vocación Sacerdotal y párroco de la Parroquia San Antonio de Padua en la Parroquia Liberal y San Alfonso en Satanta. ay encuentros en nuestra vida que nos transforman en Hmejores personas. Cuando se producen estos encuentros, la persona termina enriquecida. ¡Más aún cuando se trata de un encuentro con el Señor Jesús! El lunes 25 de febrero celebramos el encuentro personal de Pablo con Cristo: La Fiesta de la Conversión de San Pablo ¿Cómo ha sido este encuentro entre San Pablo y Cristo? Primero: Dios se acerca, lo sorprende. San Pablo, como fariseo, vivía rigurosamente las prescripciones de la Ley. Y, precisamente, en su gran celo, misericordia de Dios es la única razón en día a día. Veo a muchos de ustedes que San Pablo decidió perseguir a la Iglesia. la cual se funda el nuevo ministerio de a través de ese encuentro con Jesucristo Pero había algo que de los cris�anos que San Pablo. han encontrado una forma concreta de le inquietaba: su valiente tes�monio de Tercero: Dios le encomienda una servirle en esta nuestra comunidad. Los entrega, como San Esteban. Y así Dios misión: Ser apóstol, es decir, enviado por animo a que sigan respondiendo a Cristo toma la inicia�va y decide salir a su Dios para anunciar el Evangelio. Y esta en sus ministerios, en su par�cipación encuentro, que le transformará la misión la realiza con empeño, en plena en la Sagrada Eucaris�a, en su apoyo existencia: “Por su gracia me llamó” (Gál unión con Cristo y con la Iglesia, con una constante y dedicado a nuestra 1, 15). En su camino a Damasco, San gran fe que lo haría llegar a decir: “Estoy parroquia. Pablo saldrá renovado porque el Señor crucificado con Cristo. Vivo yo, pero no Que San Pablo interceda por nosotros. se fijó en él. soy yo, es Cristo quien vive en mí” (Gál Padre Juan Segundo: Este es un encuentro que 2, 19). Lo siente incluso como una demanda, que cues�ona, que exige una necesidad: “¡Ay de mí si no predicara el ¿Quién fue respuesta. Pablo, al encontrarse con Evangelio!” (1 Cor 9, 16). Pablo de Tarsus? Cristo es cues�onado: “¿Por qué me Estas tres caracterís�cas del encuentro persigues?” Este momento es una de San Pablo con Cristo señalan la Por DAVE MYERS experiencia transformadora de la gracia misma llamada de todos nosotros: Dios Católico del suroeste de Kansas de Cristo. Persiguiendo a la Iglesia, Pablo que por inicia�va propia desea acercarse ablo fue el escritor más prolífico perseguía a Jesús mismo. “Tú me el hombre; el hombre que se deja del Nuevo Testamento. Antes de su persigues”. Y a través de este encuentro encontrar con Dios y al reconocerse Ptransformación, Pablo persiguió San Pablo se siente elegido no por sus indigno de tan gran encuentro responde; violentamente a los cris�anos. propios méritos sino porque Dios es a esta respuesta se le encomienda una Los lectores de la Biblia conocen por misericordioso y siempre llama a estar misión. primera vez a San Pablo de Tarso en los en su camino. La sobreabundante En nuestra parroquia esto lo vivimos Con�núa en la página siguiente

Page 48 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine La Voz Católica ¿Quién fue Pablo de Tarsus? Con�nuación de la página anterior “Hechos de los Apóstoles”, cuando Pablo palabras elevadas y sabiduría. ... Yo estaba par�cipa, y quizás incluso dirige, la con�go en la debilidad, el miedo y el lapidación de San Esteban. temblor ". “Recuerde, Pablo estaba de camino a “Este fue un �empo antes de los Damasco para llevar a las personas que sistemas de megafonía”, dijo el padre siguen 'el camino' - los primeros cris�anos Mar�n. “Él era simplemente como - a Jerusalén encadenadas, cuando tenga algunos de ustedes aquí: no le gustaba el encuentro con el Señor Resucitado”, dijo levantarse y hablar frente a otros seres el Padre Seán Charles Mar�n, Profesor humanos. Además, puede que no haya Asociado de Estudios Bíblicos en el tenido muy buena voz. ¿Alguno de Ins�tuto de Teología de Aquino en St. ustedes ha escuchado hablar a Mike Louis, en una discusión pasada en la Tyson? Catedral de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe. Y no muy diferente del infame boxeador, “Y es ese encuentro lo que lo transforma. Paul fue tan duro como vinieron, … El Pablo preconver�do [ha sido descrito sobreviviendo a torturas inimaginables a como] uno de esos desagradables lo largo de su ministerio: lapidación, guardianes autoproclamados y auto azotes y encarcelamiento, este úl�mo que ungidos de la ortodoxia. No es una buena el padre Mar�n dijo que significaba persona ... abandono y hambre a menos que lo "¿Qué aprendemos de esto? Significa atendieran familiares y amigos que lo que si te encuentras con el Señor desearan. Resucitado, cambiará tu vida. Y cambiará "Tuvo que ser enormemente duro para tu vida de formas que di�cilmente puedas soportar ese tratamiento", dijo. La tortura segregada por nacionalidad, clase social y predecir ". incluía que le golpearan los pies con un género, explicó el padre Mar�n. Pablo es la única figura en la Biblia para garrote de madera mientras el individuo “La clase social era tan estricta que si un la cual se ofrece a los lectores una fuente está inmovilizado en cepo, y esto fue solo esclavo se aventuraba en los recintos del primaria de evidencia histórica, el mismo el proceso de acusación, antes de que el templo, todo el lugar tenía que ser re- Pablo, a través de la cual pueden pintar individuo fuera juzgado, dijo el padre consagrado. … Lo que hizo que la misión una imagen vívida del hombre. Mar�n. Uno podría ser condenado a paulina fuera tan dis�n�va fue la variedad San Pablo, el "autor más vendido" del muerte incluso por perturbar la paz. de personas [que él convir�ó] ”. Nuevo Testamento, se le atribuye haber “Fue hos�l en formas que nunca El padre Mar�n explicó, por ejemplo, que escrito el 25 por ciento del Nuevo podríamos imaginar”, explicó el padre los hombres solo adoran con otros Testamento, incluidas 13 cartas, durante Mar�n. hombres, y solo con los que pertenecen a un período de nueve años, comenzando en San Pablo no estaba solo en su misión, su clase social. “No tenemos nada de eso el 51 d.C. El padre Mar�n enfa�zó que solo como la historia a veces ha tratado de en el cris�anismo, porque somos siete de estas Las cartas se pueden atribuir pintarlo. Además de Timoteo, Tito y otros, verdaderos hijos e hijas de San Pablo en defini�vamente a Pablo: Romanos, Primera estaba rodeado por una red de personas ese sen�do. … Esta mañana en la misa me de Corin�os, Segunda de Corin�os, que liderarían la comunidad local de senté al lado de una mujer - ¡una mujer! - Gálatas, Filipenses, Primera de cris�anos después de que Pablo fundara ¡quien, cuando llegó el momento del Padre Tesalonicenses y Filemón. Los otros, esa comunidad. Nuestro, lo dijo en español! " Dijo el padre explicó, pueden haber sido escritos por sus "No era un genio solitario", explicó el Mar�n, fingiendo sorpresa. “Pensé que estudiantes después de su muerte. padre Mar�n, y agregó que si bien Paul no Paul se habría sen�do orgulloso. Esto era a La mayoría de sus cartas están escritas a pasó por alto su propio estatus social, el de lo que apuntaba Pablo. iglesias que visitó y describen cómo deben ciudadano romano (especialmente cuando "Si bien damos [tan inclusivamente] por vivir los cris�anos. lo ayudó a salir de la cárcel después de sentado, fue, en el día, revolucionario". El Padre Mar�n pintó el cuadro de un apelar a César "como un romano"). ) - Durante el reinado de Nerón, en algún hombre que, a pesar de todo su celo cualquier persona, independientemente momento entre el 60 y el 67 d.C., Pablo fue misionero, no le gustaba hablar en público, de su clase, era ideal para la conversión, arrestado y ejecutado por decapitación, como se evidencia en 1 Corin�os: “… Vine algo casi inaudito en el momento de la una ejecución más misericordiosa que la a ustedes, hermanos y hermanas, sin estricta dis�nción social. crucifixión debido a su condición de proclamar el tes�monio de Dios con La sociedad en la época de Paul estaba romano.

Page 49 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine La Voz Católica Manna House: Una celebración viva de una comunidad de gran corazón

DEBAJO – El director interino de Manna House, Steve Tabor, llena una caja con alimentos para entregar a una mujer que esperaba pacientemente afuera.

Foto de Dave Myers

Por DAVE MYERS inco días a la semana, todas las semanas, independientemente del covid, independientemente del congelamiento escalofriante que experimentamos, los Cvoluntarios de Manna House en Dodge City clasifican docenas de alimentos donados en su despensa, organizándolos en cajas para entregar a las personas hambrientas. . No ha sido fácil desde el avance de Covid-19, pero la organización benéfica se adaptó, asegurándose de que las personas hambrientas de la comunidad de Dodge City con�nuaran siendo alimentadas. Cuando la gente no podía venir a la casa centenaria en 1012 First Ave., debido a covid u otras razones imprevistas, los voluntarios empezaron a llevar comida a su puerta. Y cuando tuvieron que cerrar sus puertas a las pernoctaciones, Manna House trabajó con Catholic Chari�es of Southwest Kansas para proporcionar alojamiento pagado en hoteles locales. "La gente aquí es una bendición", dijo John Askew, presidente de la junta de Manna House. "Las personas que querían ir de vacaciones y no podían debido a covid donaron el dinero de sus vacaciones a Manna House para comprar alimentos". Manna House con�a en la amabilidad de la comunidad de Dodge City para mantenerlos abastecidos de alimentos en abundancia para los hambrientos. Lo que la comunidad hace, con mucho gusto. De hecho, vaya a su página de Facebook y Con�núa en la página siguiente

Page 50 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine La Voz Católica Manna House: Una celebración viva de una comunidad de gran corazón Con�nuación de la página anterior encontrará una foto tras otra de diferentes grupos que llevan los alimentos recolectados a la despensa: escuelas, iglesias, departamentos de policía y bomberos, Scouts, empresas, Para hacer una organizaciones ... Y encontrará numerosos " gracias "a quienes recolectaron y donaron los fondos necesarios. donación ... Mientras preparaba una caja de ar�culos para una mujer que esperaba pacientemente afuera, el director Steve Tabor compar�ó la historia de dos escuelas intermedias, Comanche y Dodge City, que … Traer comida o compe�an para ver cuál podía producir la mayor can�dad de alimentos. "Entre los dos, recaudaron más de 7.000 ar�culos", dijo Tabor con incredulidad. "El piso estaba ar�culos de higiene cubierto de cajas y dije: '¿Eso es todo?' Y ellos dijeron: 'Oh, no, nos queda un camión completo'. personal a Manna Estaba llorando". Cuando renovaron la casa centenaria, la comunidad volvió a intervenir, remodelando, pintando, House, 1012 First rehaciendo los pisos y donando fondos suficientes para comprar un nuevo refrigerador y congelador. Ave., Dodge City, "¿Qué tan bueno es que vivamos en Dodge City?" Dijo Askew. "No sabemos lo bendecidos que somos. Observas todo y el mundo se está desmoronando, pero cuando lo quitas un poco, ves que entre 2-4, de lunes están sucediendo muchas cosas buenas". a viernes. Si no Manna House, que fue establecida por la Parroquia de la Catedral del Sagrado Corazón en 1993, �ene un promedio de entre una y diez familias que vienen a su despensa para comer cada día. puede venir en Se siente par�cularmente conmovido cuando las personas que se beneficiaron de Manna House esos horarios, hace 10 o 20 años vienen a donar alimentos para otros. "Ahora están de nuevo en pie, haciéndolo bien y devolviendo el favor", dijo Askew con orgullo. llame a Manna "Ayer hablé con una mujer que estaba trayendo comida. Ella dijo que vino por comida hace unos House al (620) 227- años cuando perdió su trabajo y necesitaba ayuda. Me dijo: 'Vinimos por comida. Ahora tenemos buenos trabajos y queremos devolver.'" 6707 para El desa�o más di�cil para Manna House y su equipo llegó el 28 de noviembre de 2020, cuando el programar una cita. director Mike Hoar falleció repen�namente. Solo había cumplido un año, pero en ese �empo se había conver�do en una presencia querida e indispensable. Los alimentos que "Estaba resultando ser un líder maravilloso", dijo Askew con tristeza. "Estaba haciendo un trabajo podría considerar tremendo, como hubiéramos esperado". Cuando Manna House comenzó a buscar otro director, el ex director, Steve Tabor, abandonó traer son cereales, generosamente su jubilación para supervisar las operaciones hasta que encontraran a otro director. mezcla para "No tenía reservas sobre volver", dijo Askew. Askew espera que para julio, las vacunas covid estén lo suficientemente extendidas como para que panqueques, pollo una vez más puedan abrir sus puertas a las pernoctaciones. Habiendo servido como director durante siete años, Tabor �ene una posición única en el si�o en el y atún enlatados y puesto de director: salsa para espague�s. Manna House busca nuevo director (¡Tienen mucha pasta, pero no "Tienes que ser agradable, bueno con la gente", dijo Tabor. “Tienes que tratar la casa como si fuera tuya. Si surge un [problema de mantenimiento], puede buscar ayuda o solucionarlo usted mismo. suficiente salsa!) ¡Soy un experto en todos los oficios y no soy maestro en ninguno! " dijo con una risita. El director es un puesto de �empo completo que supervisa todos los aspectos de Manna House, incluido el mantenimiento, la ges�ón financiera (que incluye la recaudación de fondos) y la ges�ón de voluntarios. Los solicitantes deben poder recoger y mover cajas de 30 libras y atravesar escaleras, ya que saldrán a la comunidad para recolectar donaciones. Manna House es una organización sin fines de lucro, pero la dirección es un puesto remunerado. Esta persona debe ser imparcial, amable, cariñosa, compasiva y, en ocasiones, debe tomar decisiones di�ciles. Por lo general, las horas son de 9 a 5, pero hay espacio para la flexibilidad. Si está interesado o para obtener más información, llame a John Askew al 620-682-5537.

Page 51 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine Page 52 March 7, 2021 Southwest Kansas Catholic News Magazine La Voz Católica Rezadlo; aprenderlo; ¡Vívelo! El Plan Pastoral ofrece orientación, especialmente en �empos di�ciles.

¿Cómo amamos a todas las personas como Dios ama, de una manera prác�ca? La Iglesia Católica ha enseñado durante 2000 años que ponemos en prác�ca este amor divino evangelizando, catequizando, construyendo comunidad, orando y sirviendo. Les presento nuestro Esquema del Plan Pastoral para la Diócesis Católica de Dodge City para 2020-2025. Este bosquejo (abajo) es el producto de dos años de discusión y oración por parte de sacerdotes, personal de la cancillería y los fieles de la diócesis. Los animo a meditar y orar con este Bosquejo del Plan Pastoral. Sea nutrido por los siete versículos de las Escrituras. Conmovido por las enseñanzas de la Iglesia Católica a través de los siglos. Déjate inspirar por Jesucristo el Resucitado: ¡Él te ama más de lo que puedes pedir o imaginar! “Miren cómo se manifestó el amor de Dios entre nosotros: Dios envió a su Hijo único a este mundo para que tengamos vida por medio de Él”(1 Juan 4:9).

“Amense unos a otros como yo los he amado”(Juan 15:12). Esquema del Plan Pastoral Diócesis Católica de Dodge City 2020-2025 Evangelizar con gozo - Proclamen el amor de Cristo a todos. “Vayan, pues, y hagan que todos los pueblos sean mis discípulos” (Mateo 28:19). Catequizar en la fe Católica con diligencia - Formen a todos como tes�gos fieles de Jesucristo. “En tu verdad guía mis pasos, instrúyeme, tú que eres mi Dios y mi Salvador”(Salmo 25:5). Construir comunidad con amor – Unan a todos en una relación llena de esperanza con Dios y unos con otros. “Que todos sean uno” (Juan 17:21). Crea en mí un corazón Orar con devoción – Adoren al Padre, por medio de Jesucristo y en el Espíritu Santo como comunidad e individualmente. limpio, oh Dios, y “Oren sin cesar y den gracias a Dios en toda ocasión”(1 renueva un espíritu Tesalonicenses 5:17-18). recto dentro de mí. Servir con compasión – Acompáñen a todos en el Señor, especialmente a los pobres. Page 53 March 7, 2021 “Sírvanse unos a otrosSouthwest con amor” Kansas Catholic(GálatasNews 5:13). Magazine St. Joseph School, Ellinwood, seeks new teaching principal �er 17 years, St Joseph Catholic pastor and works in consulta�on with an Preference will be given to applica�ons School in Ellinwood, KS, is seeking a advisory school council and the diocesan received before March 15. Salary would be Ateaching principal for our K-8 superintendent of schools. commensurate with experience and program. In addi�on to the leadership role, Applica�ons should include a cover educa�on level. Compensa�on includes the posi�on includes teaching at the le�er specific to the posi�on addressed to but is not limited to salary, medical middle school level. The qualified the Saint Joseph School Search Commi�ee, benefits, and pension plan. candidate should be a prac�cing Catholic a current resume, a personal statement of For more informa�on, visit h�ps:// with teaching experience. Founded in educa�onal philosophy, and three stjosephellinwood.com/school-old/ 1885, with an enrollment of approximately references. These confiden�al materials 106182-st-joseph-school-seeking-a-new- 80 students, the school employs five other should be mailed to Jamie Komarek, school teaching-principal. A link will be placed on full-�me teachers. secretary, St. Joseph School, 111 West 3rd the online issue of the Jan. 24 SKC. This school leader reports directly to the Street, Ellinwood, KS 67526. Help wanted: Posi�ons available at Catholic Chancery Secretarial, database, Chief Financial Officer accoun�ng services he Catholic Diocese of Dodge City is accep�ng resumes Tfor the posi�on of CFO. The Chief Financial Officer he Catholic Diocese of Dodge City Minimum Educa�on: AA in Bus/ directs and oversees all financial ac�vi�es for the Tis seeking a full-�me staff p