BringingNorth the Good News to the Diocese Texas of Fort Worth Catholic Vol. 25 No. 18 November 6, 2009

Walking Together in Faith a great success UDMC draws 4,600 to fi rst of Fort Worth/Dallas ministry conferences By Joan Kurkowski-Gillen Correspondent Organizers planning the third annual University of Dallas Ministry Conference — Walk- ing Together in Faith — initially expected 2,000 people to attend the two-day series of talks and workshops. Then the number of registrations swelled to 3,000 and eventually to 4,000. When the doors of the Dallas Convention Center opened for the Oct. 23-24 gathering, 4,653 Catholics from parishes and schools throughout North Texas came to hear nationally-known speakers discuss issues of faith, ministry, and spirituality in the 21st century. “And it’s our expectation All Th ings Possible that it will grow even more next year,” says Bertha Escarzaga, UD events/marketing director. “The campaign announces goal is to have 10,000 people at- tend the conference by 2012.” $5.4 million pledged Jointly sponsored for the fi rst The All Things Possible cam- over 100 this weekend,” she said, time by the Diocese of Fort Worth paign has announced that with referring to the weekend of All and the Diocese of Dallas in co- the receptions for groups in the Saints. operation with the region’s only fi rst block of 27 parishes and The All Things Possible cam- Catholic university, the weekend missions completed, a total of paign will be hosting receptions event offered sessions in English, $5.4 million has been pledged, in the balance of the parishes and Spanish, and Vietnamese and or 13.5 percent of the $40 million missions, the larger portion of the featured 60 exhibitors and 56 total. And “it’s so early in the diocese’s Catholic population in speakers. Included in the sched- The posture of Washington Archbishop Donald Wuerl, keynote presenter for the campaign!” said Meegan Wright, the spring. opening session of Walking Together in Faith, seems to echo the outstretched ule were a number of musical director of All Things Possible. Wright spoke with gratitude arms of Jesus in the conference backdrop behind him. (Photo by Juan Guajardo) SEE UDMC, P. 14 With most of the fi rst group of of the support the campaign has parishes conducting their in the received during this fi rst phase. pew solicitations the weekend The enthusiasm of the pastors has Bishops of Texas issue statement of Nov. 6 and 7 (or the weekend been good, she said. “The pastors before or after), Wright sees and parish leaders have been people responding well to the willing to work with the bishop opposing health care reform including case statement. “They’re thinking and the diocese.” The campaign ‘I can see the good in this case,’ has enjoyed the support of the di- abortion; with no conscience clause she said, in an interview late last ocesan and parish staff members week, ‘the points are valid, and and parish volunteers who have AUSTIN — The Texas Catho- stages of life. and strong convictions to the issue the need is there.’” helped present the campaign and lic Conference, representing “Health care reform is a vital of health care reform.” Wright was upbeat about the its goals with enthusiasm, she the Roman Catholic Bishops of concern to us in Texas, as our state The statements cites following responses of some parishioners said. She also expressed gratitude Texas, has issued a statement has one of the highest numbers of key concerns: involved in the campaign who for the support of the physical emphasizing their support for uninsured persons in the nation,” • Reform must restrict fund- made an extra effort. “We had details of the events themselves genuine, life-affi rming reform to say the Texas Bishops in the state- ing for abortion and respect some really exceptional volunteer from both staffs and volunteers. our nation’s health care system, ment. The Bishops also emphasize the consciences of health care groups who wanted to get the “We’re ready to move into the while also expressing concern that the varied health care offerings of providers; word out to more of their people, commitment time frame,” Wright current health care proposals fail Catholic facilities in Texas, stating, • Cost structures must not im- and so held some receptions after said with conviction, pointing to to guarantee fundamental rights “the Catholic Church in Texas pose excessive fi nancial burdens their Masses,” she said. Original the room behind her small offi ce and protections for humans at all brings both everyday experience SEE TCC, P. 25 plans for the campaign had called where her co-workers were busily for more than 80 receptions, but at work. “We’re entering pledges View Texas Bishops’ statement p. 3; USCCB Call to Action, p.4 with these extras added in, “we’re every day.” Page 2 North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Diocesan All Things Possible Campaign provides the opportunity to give of ourselves

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, All Things Possible ver the last few hese are tough economic times for T CAMPAIGN PRAYER months I have our nation and Church, and giving written and spo- Heavenly Father, O to this campaign will take sacrifi ce. through your Son, ken to you about the “All Jesus Christ our Lord, Sometimes the gift of convenience, all things are possible, Things Possible” campaign. and without Him we can do nothing. or the gift from surplus, is the easiest This effort is very important May we seek your kingdom above all, Bishop Kevin W. Vann way to feel a release from obligation. knowing that all things work together to me personally and to the for the good of those who love You future of our Diocese. I have But the principles of stewardship ask us to enter into and are called according to your purpose. been very pleased with the discernment, to prayerfully consider how God has Grant us that we, positive response to date. blessed you, and how you can in return give back. united through your Son in one faith and by the strength Our Lord in St. Matthew’s Gospel of the Holy Spirit, tells us, “… With God, all things are The parishes conducting the All have all contributed from their surplus may be generous in our support possible.” So we proceed with hope, Things Possible campaign in the fall will wealth, but she, from her poverty, has of the All Things Possible Campaign, optimism, and confi dence in the Lord to soon have their “Pledge Weekend” in contributed all she had, her whole which seeks the furtherance breathe life into our campaign. pew. Their goal is simple: spread the livelihood.” of the Gospel We have already seen early success word about the campaign, and invite These are tough economic times for in our lives, our homes, our parishes, with over $5.4 million raised. Holy all parishioners to join in prayer, am- our nation and Church, and giving our larger diocesan family, Rosary Parish, Cisco; Holy Trinity Mis- bassadorship, and sacrifi cial giving. I to this campaign will take sacrifi ce. and our communities. sion, Azle; Sacred Heart Parish, Wichita hope all parishioners in these parishes Sometimes the gift of convenience, Falls; St. Bartholomew Parish, Fort will join me in supporting this impor- or the gift from surplus, is the easiest All this we pray Worth; St. Paul Parish, Electra; and, St. tant need. way to feel a release from obligation. through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rita Parish, Ranger are over 25 percent From the beginning, this campaign But the principles of stewardship Amen. toward their goal with just prelimi- has been based on equal sacrifi ce, not ask us to enter into discernment, to nary leadership reception results. The equal giving or gifts of convenience. prayerfully consider how God has 27 parishes and missions running the Not everyone can give at the same level, blessed you, and how you can in I know, with our combined prayer campaign this fall have already hosted but I hope all will consider the same return give back. and sacrifi ce, we will be successful. over 100 receptions. I was pleased to size sacrifi ce. How appropriate that our As Catholics, we fi rmly believe in attend a number of their receptions Gospel reading for Nov. 7 and 8 comes the power of prayer. I ask for all in our Sincerely in Christ, and see this visible sign of our faith in from Mark 12:38-44 or 12:41-44, “The diocese to pray for those parishes and action. The remaining parishes will be Widow’s Mite.” missions actively involved in this effort conducting the campaign in the spring. “Amen, I say to you, this poor and for the success of our campaign. I look forward to visiting many of widow put in more than all the other Perhaps every household can pray the † Most Rev. Kevin W. Vann, JCD, DD those parishes also. contributors to the treasury. For they campaign prayer every day. Bishop of Fort Worth

Bishop Vann outlines liturgical We recommend that all priests and precautions for dealing with Swine Flu deacons exercise Editor’s Note: The following priests and deacons exercise as a precaution concerning the be given in the species of the common sense statement issued by Bishop Kevin common sense precautions celebration of Mass: consecrated bread. Vann Oct. 26, details steps taken when it comes to the liturgy. • The faithful should be • Priests, deacons, and precautions when it to limit infection from Swine Flu Infl uenza is often spread from encouraged to not hold hands extraordinary ministers of at Mass. The diocese will continue person to person through during the reciting of the “Our Holy Communion should be comes to the liturgy ... to monitor the situation and make contact with coughing and Father.” especially reminded of the adjustments as necessary, in con- sneezing of an infected person. • The faithful should be need to practice good hygiene. Simple hygiene such sultation with health authorities Simple hygiene such as wash- encouraged to share the Sign of Ministers of Holy Communion and local governmental offi cials. ing hands and using alcohol- Peace without touching hands must be encouraged to wash as washing hands and based hand sanitizers at ap- or kissing. This can be done their hands before Mass begins, ecause of the concerns propriate times can prevent the with meaningful eye contact, or even to use an alcohol-based using alcohol-based Bregarding the possible spread of infl uenza. If a priest, smiles, and a bow of the head anti-bacterial solution before spread of the H1N1 Flu that altar server, or extraordinary in reverence to one another. and after distributing Holy hand sanitizers at has been detected in North minister of Holy Communion • The faithful should be Communion. A good practice is Texas, the Diocese of Fort is sick, whether it is the fl u or encouraged to receive Commu- to distribute an alcohol-based appropriate times can Worth is asking all our parishes the common cold or whatever, nion in their hands and not on anti-bacterial solution by the to take precautions to help then he or she should not serve their tongue. Eucharistic Minister Captain to prevent the spread of mitigate its effects. This applies until the sickness has passed. • The cup is not to be other ministers while the priest to the entire diocese. The following liturgical shared with the faithful during is preparing for distribution of infl uenza. We recommend that all adaptations should be followed Mass. Communion is only to Communion. North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Page 3 State Statement on Health Care Reform from the Bishops of Texas

n 2005, the Texas als and families. Measures must also be in place to safeguard the health of Catholic Conference all of society, including the poor, the elderly, and immigrants. Legal im- issued a pastoral migrants and their families must be I allowed timely access to comprehen- statement on the urgent sive and affordable health care cover- need for health care re- age and an adequate safety net must be maintained for those who remain form. Today, as the health uncovered. Health care reform is a vital con- care debate unfolds in cern to us in Texas, as our state has Health care reform is a vital concern to us in Texas, as our one of the highest numbers of unin- state has one of the highest numbers of uninsured persons in our nation’s capitol, the sured persons in the nation. Health Bishops of Texas feel it is care is a fundamental component of the nation. Health care is a fundamental component of the the Catholic Church’s ministry. In Catholic Church’s ministry. In Texas there are 43 Catholic once again appropriate Texas there are 43 Catholic acute care hospitals, eight nursing homes and acute care hospitals, eight nursing homes and 17 other to express hope that our 17 other Catholic-sponsored service Catholic-sponsored service organizations including hospice, national leaders will work organizations including hospice, home health, assisted living, and home health, assisted living, and senior housing facilities together to bring about senior housing facilities that provide quality health care to millions. The that provide quality health care to millions. The Church itself genuine life-affi rming re- Church itself is a major purchaser of is a major purchaser of health insurance for the thousands health insurance for the thousands of form to our nation’s health employees in our many agencies and of employees in our many agencies and institutions. The institutions. The Catholic Church in care system. Texas brings both everyday experience Catholic Church in Texas brings both everyday experience and strong convictions to the issue of and strong convictions to the issue of health care reform. Improving our nation’s health care health care reform. system is the responsibility of all. His The Catholic Bishops of Texas will Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, address- continue to support reform of our † Bishop Armando X. Ochoa † Bishop Álvaro Corrada del Rio, SJ ing the Pontifi cal Council for Health nation’s health care system in ways Diocese of El Paso Diocese of Tyler Care, reiterated this responsibility, that respect the lives of all human per- stating that “going to the aid of the hu- sons while providing affordable access † Bishop James A. Tamayo † Bishop David E. Fellhauer man being is a duty: both in response to health care for all. We will be a com- Diocese of Laredo Diocese of Victoria to a fundamental right of the person mitted partner in advancing reform and because the care of individuals on this life-and-death issue; but if the † Bishop Plácido Rodríguez, CMF Msgr. Michael Mulvey redounds to the benefi t of the group.” fi nal form of the legislation does not Diocese of Lubbock Diocesan Administrator of Austin Our Catholic moral tradition include acceptable language in these teaches that every human being, from areas then we will have to oppose it † Bishop Michael D. Pfeifer, OMI October 27, 2009 the moment of conception to natural vigorously. We will continue to pray Diocese of San Angelo death, has an innate dignity that en- that our national leaders will place the titles him or her to certain rights and poor and those most vulnerable fi rst, protections, including the fundamen- for only when they do will our nation tal right to life and the right to afford- achieve genuine health care reform. able health care, which fl ows from the North right to life. † Cardinal Daniel DiNardo Texas As the Catholic Bishops of Texas, Archbishop of Galveston-Houston Catholic we are hopeful that such reform leg- islation will someday be enacted into † Archbishop José H. Gomez law. However, we must also express Archdiocese of San Antonio our concerns that the current health Publisher: care reform proposals being consid- † Bishop Kevin W. Vann Bishop Kevin W. Vann ered by the U.S. House of Representa- Diocese of Fort Worth Editor: Jeff Hensley tives and the U.S. Senate do not yet Associate Editor: Tony Gutiérrez rise to the level of guaranteeing these † Bishop Patrick J. Zurek Editorial Assistant: Nicki Prevou fundamental rights and protections. Diocese of Amarillo Administrative Assistant: Judy Russeau True health care reform must Editorial Offi ce: 800 West Loop 820 South, Fort Worth, Texas 76108, (817) 560-3300; FAX (817) 244-8839. maintain longstanding public policies † Bishop Curtis J. Guillory, SVD Circulation Offi ce: Rita Garber, 800 West Loop 820 South, Fort Worth, Texas 76108, (817) that restrict funding for abortion and Diocese of Beaumont 560-3300. respect the consciences of health care NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC (USPS 751-370) (ISSN 0899-7020) is published semi-monthly, except providers. The language in the Capps † Bishop Raymundo J. Peña for the months of June, July, and August when it is published monthly, by the Most Rev. Kevin amendment, which is part of several Diocese of Brownsville W. Vann, Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth, 800 West Loop 820 South. For those who are not registered parishioners in the Diocese of Fort Worth, subscription rates are $20 for one year, $40 for proposed bills, does not adequately two years, $60 for three years. Periodical postage paid at Fort Worth, Texas. POSTMASTER: Send ensure the protection of all human † Bishop Edmond Carmody address changes to North Texas Catholic, 800 West Loop 820 South, Fort Worth, Texas 76108. life. In addition, the cost structures of Diocese of Corpus Christi Deadline for information for the North Texas Catholic is noon of Wednesday of the week before any health care reform plan must not the paper is published. The NTC is published two times a month on Friday, except for the months of June, July, and August when it is published one time each month. impose excessive fi nancial burdens on † Bishop Kevin J. 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Page 4 North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Respect Life USCCB supports health care reform, but only if abortion is not funded, and conscience protections are included By Nancy Frazier O’Brien Catholic News Service Despite President Barack WASHINGTON — The push is on to ISHOP EVIN ANN HAS ASKED that get a health reform bill through Congress, Obama’s statement in EDITOR’S NOTE: B K V and some longtime Catholic supporters of his Sept. 9 address ... that a more accessible and affordable American the bulletin insert from the United States Conference of Catholic “under our plan no federal health system are hoping they are not going Bishops (below) be made available to all parishioners of the to have to push back. dollars will be used to fund In both the House and Senate, members Diocese of Fort Worth, an indication of his strong endorsement and staffers are working to combine mul- abortions,” current versions tiple committee-passed versions of health reform legislation — two in the Senate, of the legislation create of the principles required of any health care legislation passed three in the House — into bills that could what Doerfl inger called a be taken to the fl oor. by the U.S. Congress. The bulletin inserts are being distributed “bookkeeping exercise” by Offi cials of the U.S. Conference of Catholic in 19,000 parishes across the United States. Bishops are working behind the scenes to requiring abortion coverage improve the bills to put them in line with the vision of American health care that the bish- in most plans and stipulating ops have been encouraging for decades. that a $1 per month add-on “We continue to have concerns about the treatment of the poor and immigrants” premium would be used to UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS in the bills, Richard Doerfl inger, associate director of the USCCB Secretariat for Pro- pay for it. 3211 FOURTH STREET NE • WASHINGTON DC 20017-1194 Life Activities, told Catholic News Service 202-541-3100 • FAX 202-541-3166 Oct. 21. “But the abortion issue is the one reform” and conscience protections and that is most intractable to us.” against abortion-funding mandates. NATIONWIDE BULLETIN INSERT The bishops’ message on abortion and Catholics are encouraged to urge their USCCB conscience rights in health care has been representatives in the House to support an consideration. Please contact your clear, despite some claims that they have amendment proposed in committee this TELL CONGRESS: REMOVE ABOR- TION FUNDING & MANDATES FROM Representative and Senators today changed their position or don’t really un- summer by Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., and NEEDED HEALTH CARE REFORM and urge them to fi x these bills with derstand current law. Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pa., that states: “No funds the pro-life amendments noted below. “Our position has been very consistent,” authorized under this act ... may be used to Otherwise much needed health care Doerfl inger said. “It’s always been that pay for any abortion or to cover any part of Congress is preparing to debate reform will have to be opposed. Health (the fi nal health reform) bill must maintain the costs of any health plan that includes health care reform legislation on the care reform should be about saving the status quo on abortion and conscience coverage of abortion,” except in cases of House and Senate fl oors. Genuine health care reform should protect the lives, not destroying them. rights. It should not be used as a vehicle for rape, incest, or risk to the mother’s life. life and dignity of all people from the expanding or changing federal policies.” At least 30 House Democrats have come ACTION: He dismissed recent comments by White out in favor of the amendment, Doerfl inger moment of conception until natural Contact Members through e-mail, House press secretary Robert Gibbs that the said, but it might not even be allowed a death. The U.S. bishops’ conference has phone calls or FAX letters. bishops’ opposition to current health reform fl oor vote if House members invoke a rule concluded that all committee approved • To send a pre-written, instant legislation is based on a misunderstanding blocking it. bills are seriously defi cient on the is- e-mail to Congress go to www.usccb. of the Hyde amendment, which prohibits Regarding the Senate legislation, the sues of abortion and conscience, and do org/action. federal funding of abortion in most cases. USCCB is not recommending a specifi c not provide adequate access to health • Call the U.S. Capitol switchboard “I have not heard that message from amendment because details of the fi nal care for immigrants and the poor. The at: 202-224-3121, or call your Members’ anyone who’s actually working on the bills; Senate bill are still so much in fl ux, with the bills will have to change or the bishops local offi ces. the people at the White House know that decision to include or not include a public have pledged to oppose them. • Full contact information can be isn’t true,” Doerfl inger said. “It’s a very option the biggest question mark. Our nation is at a crossroads. found on Members’ Web sites at www. disappointing thing that Mr. Gibbs is just “Before you can have amendment Policies adopted in health care reform house.gov and www.senate.gov. trying to blow smoke.” language, you have to have a bill,” Doer- will have an impact for good or ill for But Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., years to come. None of the bills retain- fl inger said. MESSAGE TO SENATE: asked Oct. 21 at a round table with faith- longstanding current policies against Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, “During fl oor debate on the health based media whether the bishops’ concerns abortion funding or abortion cover- successor to the late Sen. Ted Kennedy as care reform bill, please support an on abortion were being met, said, “We don’t age mandates, and none fully protects chairman of the Senate Health, Education, amendment to incorporate longstand- have money for abortion in this bill. We do conscience rights in health care. Labor and Pensions Committee, is working ing policies against abortion funding not. We do not. We do not provide public As the U.S. bishops’ letter of Octo- with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of and in favor of conscience rights. If funding for abortion services in this bill.” ber 8 states: Nevada, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., who is these serious concerns are not ad- Despite President Barack Obama’s state- “No one should be required to chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, dressed, the fi nal bill should be op- ment in his Sept. 9 address to both houses pay for or participate in abortion. It and White House offi cials to reconcile the posed.” of Congress that “under our plan no federal two Senate versions. is essential that the legislation clearly dollars will be used to fund abortions,” The latest push by U.S. Catholics to apply to this new program longstand- ing and widely supported federal MESSAGE TO HOUSE: current versions of the legislation create achieve comprehensive health care reform “Please support the Stupak Amend- what Doerfl inger called a “bookkeeping has plenty of precedent. restrictions on abortion funding and mandates, and protections for rights ment that addresses essential pro-life exercise” by requiring abortion coverage In their 1981 pastoral letter, Health and concerns on abortion funding and in most plans and stipulating that a $1 per Health Care, the bishops said, “Christian of conscience. No current bill meets this test…. If acceptable language in conscience rights in the health care month add-on premium would be used people have a responsibility to actively reform bill. Help ensure that the to pay for it. participate in the shaping and executing these areas cannot be found, we will have to oppose the health care bill Rule for the bill allows a vote on this “It’s unlimited abortion, but we will of public policy that relates to health care.” amendment. If these serious concerns pretend that this $1 a month will pay They described the letter as “a renewal of vigorously.” For the full text of this letter and are not addressed, the fi nal bill should for abortion,” he said. “If you’re forcing the church’s broad commitment to this be opposed.” everyone to pay it, whether you call it a most important subject.” more information on proposed legisla- tion and the bishops’ advocacy for premium or a tax is secondary. Everyone In a sentence that still resonates today, WHEN: must pay for abortions.” the bishops said in 1981: “Health care is so authentic health care reform, visit: Both House and Senate are prepar- The USCCB has prepared print and important for full human dignity and so www.usccb.org/healthcare. ing for fl oor votes now. Act today! online ads aimed at both members of necessary for the proper development of Congressional leaders are attempt- Thank you! Congress and grass-roots Catholics, with life that it is a fundamental right of every ing to put together fi nal bills for floor messages in favor of “authentic health care human being.” North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Page 5 Diocesan

Father Kyle Walterscheid, Peter Kreeft to discuss director of the Offi ce of Vocations, is shown walking esponding out of Sacred Heart Parish infl uences of Lewis R in Muenster following his ordination to the priesthood to od’s all in May 2002. Even then, and Tolkien in the G C he appeared to be inviting people to ask if they were ‘Culture War’ Nov. 21 being called to During this Year of the Priest — a vocation. All proceeds to benefi t The College of St. Thomas More in Fort Worth Give God Thanks for

Lovers of two of the most Holy Priests! popular writers of all time — C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, known By Father Kyle Walterscheid who had helped guide me come to serve. By the fourth popularly for the Narnia and Lord to my vocation, strengthen day I had prayed four rosa- of the Rings series, respectively es, we have me in Christ, mature me as a ries and had thanked over — may spend an evening with just celebrated spiritual man, and challenge 200 priests who had given up world renowned theologian Y me as a pastor. their lives for Christ and who Dr. Peter Kreeft. The fundraiser Priesthood Sunday As I set out to thank the were there to help me take dinner will benefi t The College Lord for each priest I could another step to saying yes to of St. Thomas More and opens on Oct. 25. I hope remember having encoun- my calling in life which was at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, tered, I thought I would leading me to the priesthood. Taken from www.peterkreeft.com you had the chance in Elliott Hall at Highland Park Dr. Peter Kreeft easily be done by mid-day. How blessed I truly am! How Presbyterian Church, 3821 Uni- Oh, how wrong I was! This blessed my whole family versity Blvd. in Dallas. Tickets sponsors the annual event. to thank the priests was a retreat, and my thanks truly is because of so many are $70 and the evening includes Dr. Patrick founded CSTM, in you know for giving needed to be a proper thanks good, faithful, and holy “the most literary silent auction Fort Worth’s university district, to the Lord for each holy priests! in Dallas.” in 1987. The College, on Lubbock their life for Christ priest that gave up his life It is the month of Novem- Dr. Kreeft is a professor of Street, adjacent to TCU, offers a for the love of Christ to serve ber, and it’s a whole month of philosophy at Boston College and classical liberal arts curriculum and the Church. others and who the Lord had thanksgivings. Since it is also King’s College in New York, and from the disciplines of literature, placed in my path to help the Year of the Priest, let us a bestselling author of more than philosophy, theology, Latin, and Eight years ago on Nov. me when I needed him most. refl ect upon the many holy 45 books, including C.S. Lewis for Greek. 3, 2001, I was ordained a I decided to quickly review priests who have come to our the Third Millennium; Celebrating CSTM is one of only 21 Catho- transitional deacon. A few my life and to try to remem- aid in the times of need and Middle Earth: Lord of the Rings; lic colleges and universities weeks before the diaconate ber all the times a priest had give God the thanks. Let us and How to Win the Culture War. A recommended in The Newman ordination, I was required by helped me. After remember- also make sincere prayers speaker in wide demand, he will Guide to Choosing a Catholic Col- the Church, as are all men, to ing each priest and renewing for the priests who have speak on “Lewis, Tolkien, and the lege. The guide, published by spend fi ve days at a retreat the moment or moments that fallen short of our expecta- Culture War.” The Cardinal Newman Society, center prior to ordination to the priest helped me, I began tions. If we do so, we will “For lovers of Lewis and Tolk- recognizes institutions most refl ect more deeply about the to pray one Hail Mary in discover that sometimes our ien — and they seem to multiply faithful to their Catholic identity. ministry and service I was thanksgiving. I was certain expectations were false, and with the generations — this is CSTM is identifi ed in the first about to embark upon. To be when I began that I would we should seek the Lord to an evening to explore the minds tier of eight “Joyfully Catholic” honest, I was probably look- be able to remember 40 or 45 forgive us of our false judg- of two of the most fascinating institutions — schools whose ing forward to the retreat as a priests; after all, I had been in ments and the damage we writers of the 20th century,” said embrace of Ex corde Ecclesiae and time of rest because I was ex- the seminary for six years at may have caused to the com- Dr. James Patrick, founder and the Magisterium of the Catholic hausted from the fall semester that point and had met many munity. Some priests, even president of The College of St. Church informs every aspect of of studies. Nevertheless, I priests on retreats, in the holy priests, can be broken Thomas More. “In this case, Dr. campus life. arrived on a Sunday evening, classroom, on pilgrimages, and wounded, and they need Kreeft has such a large following, All proceeds benefi t the College and I enjoyed immediately and from many events at the our prayers, not our condem- he’s nearly as much a draw as our of St. Thomas More. For event infor- the slower pace and the spiri- seminary. nation. At the same time the authors.” mation or to reserve tickets, contact tual depth offered in Evening I was astounded by all the Church has already cleaned The great friendship between Nancy Lovell at (214) 536-2329 or Prayer and Eucharistic Adora- times a priest had been there house (for seven years now) Lewis and Tolkien — one Prot- [email protected] or tion. The retreat master, who for me. How many times and has dealt with the men estant, one Catholic — inspired Michelle Monse at MDMonse@ was a priest, asked that I call did a priest give me all his she has found to be untrust- The College’s ecumenical C.S. yahoo.com. For more informa- upon the Holy Spirit to guide attention in the confessional worthy of the sacred gift of Lewis/J.R.R. Tolkien Center for tion about the college, visit www. me for the night, to further and absolve me of my sins, or priesthood, as they have been the Common Tradition, which cstm.edu. validate my call from God to preach a homily that chal- rightly removed from active serve in the Church. lenged me to reconsider my ministry. With a prayerful evening, ways? How many times did The future looks bright, I woke up the next morning I receive Jesus in the Holy with 30 seminarians in priest- with a great thought: I want- Eucharist from the hands of ly formation as more parents ed to thank all the people a priest, or how many times are encouraging their sons who led me to this point in did a priest shake my hands to keep open the possibility my life, and there were a lot at the end of Mass? How that God may be calling them of people to thank — hun- many times did I consult a to be that holy priest who dreds, in fact. I brought this priest, receive spiritual direc- brings thousands of souls to idea up to the retreat master tion, or ask a priest to pray Christ. Let us thank the Lord who thought it was a bit too for me? How many times for sending us so many good, ambitious. He suggested I had priests done likewise for holy priests! start instead by thanking the other members of my fam- priests who had journeyed ily? This was getting to be a Father Kyle Walterscheid is the with me. I thought it over, powerful experience, to real- director of Vocations for the and I agreed that I really did ize how many times God had Diocese of Fort Worth. He can need to thank the Lord fi rst placed a holy priest in my life be reached by e-mail to for the many holy priests who served me as Jesus had [email protected]. Page 6 North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Youth pro-life ‘Come and See’ Mount Carmel St. Francis to lock-in to be vocation retreat Center to host host presen- held Dec. 4 at will be held Advent Morning tation on the St. Andrew’s Nov. 14 People of Refl ection meaning of St. Andrew Parish, 3717 Sta- Women interested in knowing Mount Carmel Center, 4600 Christmas dium Dr., Fort Worth, will host about religious life are invited to W. Davis St., Dallas, will present a pro-life lock-in for teens in a “Come and See” vocation retreat Advent Morning of Reflection: St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 861 grades 7-12 from 6 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Nov. 14, from 8 a.m. to Décor Carmeli/Queen Beauty of Wildwood Lane, Grapevine, will Dec. 4, to 7 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. 6 p.m. The retreat will be held at Carmel Saturday, Dec. 12, from 10 host a presentation by Dr. A.J. Due to the mature nature of the Jesus the Good Shepherd Convent Events a.m. to noon. The conference will Whiting Monday, Nov. 30, at 7 abortion material to be covered of the Sisters of the Holy Family examine the Blessed Virgin Mary p.m. in the parish hall. at the lock-in, organizers are &of Importance for the as the model of contemplative Whiting will conduct an of Nazareth at 1814 Egyptian Way discouraging attendance by sixth in Grand Prairie. Church of Fort Worth expectation and active receptivity adult discussion on the mean- grade students. The event will To register, call Sister Mary for all believers. ing of Christmas with topics include the celebration of Mass, Paul, CSFN, by Nov. 11 at (972) Participants may bring a lunch such as “WWJD?, Sit on Santa’s two hours of workshop interactive 642-5191 or (972) 262-5137 and stay for personal prayer until lap?” “Who is Santa anyway?” pro-life presentations. Adoration ext. 24. 4 p.m. The suggested minimum “WJ play dreidl?” “What does that of the Blessed Sacrament will be donation is $25 and the deadline mean?” The program will delve available all night. Capuchin priest to register is Dec. 3. into the past to discover the “who, While the objective of the For more information, call what, where, how and why we do lock-in is pro-life and the lessons to speak on (214) 331-6224 or visit the Web what we do to one of the largest taught are in accordance to what extraordinary site at www.mountcarmelcenter. Christian celebrations of the year the USCCB (United States Council org. and the largest celebration on ev- of Catholic Bishops) advises, most experience and ery retail calendar,” according to of the night will be fun-filled with promotion material. Participants events including a concert, food, it’s fruit Nov. 16 Missionary Im- are invited to bring a Christmas variety of sports tournaments Father Michael Sevigny, OFM treat to share over coffee. including basketball, dodge ball Cap., will speak at St. Mary the ages of Our For more information, contact the and volleyball, movies, and board Assumption Church, 509 W. Mag- Lady to visit parish offi ce at (817) 481-2685. games. The cost of the event is $30 nolia Ave., Fort Worth, Monday with early registration by Nov. 26 Nov. 16. Participants will explore HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL — For the third year Holy Family School in North Texas and $36 at the door. the glories of the priesthood with Fort Worth hosted the largest team at the Candlelighters Night Run in During the month of November, Chaperones will be asked to Fr. Michael as he shares the fruit Fort Worth on Oct. 10 with over 40 participants, including students from St. Mark and Immaculate Concep- Ministry with choose “stations” to oversee dur- and outpouring of graces fol- Nolan Catholic High School. Five of the team runners won or placed in tion Parishes in Denton will host ing the night. Since this is a fund- lowing 27 visits over the years to their division for the event. The benefit run is organized by Candlelight- a visit from the Missionary Image gay, lesbian raising event for scholarships to Medjugorje. ers Childhood Cancer Foundation of Greater Fort Worth to assist families of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The Catholics the March for Life organizers are Fr. Michael entered the Ca- fighting childhood cancer. Missionary Images are actual size requesting that chaperones pay puchin Order in 1969 and was (4’ x 6’) replicas of the original anounces holi- $15 to cover the cost of expenses ordained to the priesthood in Miraculous Image of Our Lady, day schedule including T-shirt and food and 1978, at St. Patrick Cathedral by NTC publication deadlines which she left on Blessed Juan bring a donation of large bags of Terrence Cardinal Cooke. While Diego’s tilma. They were blessed The regular monthly meeting of snacks and two-liter sodas. in New Hampshire in 1993, Fr. The North Texas Catholic is published twice monthly, except during at the Basilica of Our Lady of The Fort Worth Diocesan Ministry The pilgrimage to Washington, Michael was able to establish the the months of June, July, and August when it is published monthly. Guadalupe in Mexico by the rector With Lesbian and Gay Catholics, DC, will take place Thursday, Jan. first of several Perpetual Eucha- The deadline to submit information is noon on the Wednesday of of the Basilica to bring conver- Other Sexual Minorities and 21 to Sunday, Jan. 24. Round-trip ristic Adoration Chapels, which the week before the paper is published. sions, reverence for life, sanctity Their Families will not be held in direct flights have been booked are still functioning today. Submit items to [email protected]. Items for the Nov. 20 issue of the family, and solidarity of November and December due to on American Airlines for $260 In 2004, The Year of the Eu- must be received by noon on Nov. 11. Items for the Dec. 4 issue must the Church in America. the Thanksgiving and Christmas departing DFW at 8 a.m. on charist, while on pilgrimage to be received by noon on Nov. 25. The Images have visited each holidays. All who are interested Thursday and returning at 8:30 Medjugorje, Fr. Michael had a of the United States in over one are invited to attend a vesper p.m. Sunday. Two Franciscan very powerful religious experi- thousand parishes and will be in service at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Friars of the Renewal will be ac- ence. He states that “The last Denton and Fort Worth in No- Dec. 10, at the Catholic Renewal companying the teens along with five years have given me ample Knights of Co- St. Peter School vember. All Catholics are invited Center Chapel, 4503 Bridge Street, six chaperones. The cost of hotel, opportunity for prayerful reflec- lumbus Council to host fund- to participate at one or more of Fort Worth. A pot-luck dinner will food, and other expenses will be tion and consultation about this the following locations: St. Mark follow. Meat will be provided. approximately $275 for a total trip experience. I have felt a deepened #7175 to host raising event Church, Denton, Friday, Nov. 20, The next regular meeting will cost of about $535. The trip will call to establish a new religious to Sunday, Nov. 22 (will coincide be held Thursday, Jan. 28, at 7 include the Mass for Life at the Marian Community focused on dance Nov. 14 Nov. 14 with 40 hours of Eucharistic p.m. at the Catholic Renewal Basilica of the National Shrine, perpetual Eucharistic Adoration The Knights of Columbus St. Peter School will host its 14th Adoration); University of North Center. For more information, Youth Mass at the Verizon Center, and retreat work.” Council #7175, Burleson, will annual “Viva Las Vegas” fund- Texas Campus Catholic Center, contact Father Warren Murphy, a visit to the Holocaust museum, The evening will begin at 7 host a dance Saturday, Nov. 14, at raising event Saturday, Nov. 14, Denton, Sunday, Nov. 22, 7:30 TOR, at (817) 927-5383, Dorene Franciscan Monastery Replica p.m. with Mass followed by the the SPJST Hall, 1150 S. Burleson from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Lockheed p.m. Mass; Immaculate Concep- Rose at (817) 329-7370, or Sister of the Holy Lands, and a tour to presentation. Fr. Michael will Blvd., Burleson, from 8 p.m. to Martin Recreation Center, 3400 tion Church, Denton, Wednesday, Dorothy Eggering, SSND, at (817) National monuments as well as also speak in Dallas at St. Monica midnight. Entertainment will be Bryant Irvin, Fort Worth. Nov. 25, evening Mass; Mother 283-8601. other important landmarks. Church on Tuesday, Nov. 17. provided by Fort Worth’s Celebrity The evening will include re- and Unborn Baby Care Center, For more information, visit For more information, contact Band with Tejano, country, polka, freshments, music, and silent and Fort Worth, Friday, Nov. 20, from www.catholicsrespectlife.org or the Queen of Peace message line at and rock-n-roll music. Refresh- live auctions. All proceeds will 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.; Divine Mercy contact Sue Laux at (817) 939- (817) 244-8191 or call (817) 244- ments will be available. benefit St. Peter School through Book Store, Denton, Friday, Nov. 8595 or [email protected]. 7733 or (817) 558-9805 or visit Tickets are $10 presale or $12 at capital improvements and tuition 27; St. Patrick Cathedral, Fort St. Frances www.queenofpeacecenterdallas.org. the door. Children 12 and under assistance. Tickets are $35 in ad- Worth, Sunday, Nov. 29, 12:30 are admitted free with parents. vance or $40 at the door. Guests p.m. Mass; Loreto House Preg- Cabrini to host For more information, call (817) must be 21 to attend. nancy Resource Center, Denton, Christmas con- Retrouvaille to celebrate 25th 223-3284 or (817) 727-6905. For more information and to Tuesday, Nov. 24. purchase tickets, contact the For updates on times and loca- cert Dec. 20 Anniversary Nov. 13 at Holy Family school office at (817) 246-2032. tions of the Missionary Image, St. Frances Cabrini Parish, Retrouvaille, a ministry to help Family Church, 6150 Pershing visit the Denton ACTS Web site 2301 Acton Hwy., Granbury, will troubled marriages, will celebrate Ave., Fort Worth. A reception, at www.dentonacts.org. host “The Gift of Love Christmas its 25th anniversary in the Diocese hosted by Holy Family, will follow Concert” Sunday, Dec. 20, from of Fort Worth. Anyone who has ex- in the parish hall. K of C Bishop Dunne Council #2813 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The concert will perienced this ministry is invited For more information, con- feature a variety of talent from St. to attend a Mass to be celebrated tact the parish office at (817) to celebrate 70th anniversary Dec. 5 Courage group Frances Cabrini Parish.Refresh- Friday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. at Holy 737-6768. The Knights of Columbus Night” with a Mass at 6 p.m. and ments will be served following the Bishop Dunne Council #2813 is a reception and dinner to follow. meets twice concert. All are invited to enjoy celebrating its 70th anniversary. The cost of the dinner is $10 monthly the spirit of Christmas with family Offi cial Assignments The council, named after Bishop per person or $20 per family. A and loved ones. Edward Joseph Dunne, the second complimentary 50-page booklet Courage D/FW, a spiritual support Tickets are $35 per family or bishop of Dallas, was chartered of the history of the council will group for Catholics striving to live $20 per person and are avail- The following assignments have been made by Bishop December 10, 1939 and held its be given to each family attending. chaste lives according to the Catholic able following each Mass and at Kevin Vann: first meeting in the basement of Reservations are required. Church’s teachings on homosexual- the parish office. Proceeds from Laneri High School. The council For more information or to ity, meets the second and fourth the event will benefit St. Frances Father Dennis Smith has been assigned as interim paro- is presently located at 4500 Co- make a reservation, call Bill Miller Friday evenings of each month. Cabrini Church. chial administrator of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, effective lumbus Trail in Fort Worth. at (817) 292-4044, Don Rejda at For more information, e-mail to For more information, con- Oct. 2. The anniversary will be cel- (817) 293-5699 or Drew Armen- [email protected] or call tact the parish office at (817) ebrated Dec. 5 in lieu of “Family trout at (817) 244-9595. (972) 938-5433. 326-2131. North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Page 7 Diocesan Bishop Vann ordains two Cistercian brothers originally from Diocese of Fort Worth to diaconate

By Nicki Prevou After his ordination, Br. Las- ence at a Mass held in the abbey Br. Hoelke, the son of David Editorial Assistant timosa remarked that, “On the chapel on Aug. 20, the feast of and Sally Hoelke, parishioners one hand, I feel as though God St. Bernard of Clairvaux. “I was of St. Maria Goretti Church in n the morning of Sunday, Aug. 30, Cister- has chosen the clerical state for overcome by the sense of how Arlington, is currently pursuing cian Brothers Augustine Hoelke and Philip me since before I was born. On little the act of making vows a graduate degree in Spanish at O the other hand, I feel as though has to do with the individual the University of North Texas in Neri Lastimosa, following a lengthy formation I do not know how to speak alone,” said Br. Hoelke. “It is Denton. because I am so young... but I totally about one’s relationship Br. Lastimosa, the son of Dr. process, were ordained by Bishop Kevin Vann as trust that, like the prophet Jer- with God and the community to Augusto Cezar and Cynthia transitional deacons in the Cistercian Abbey of emiah, God will place his words which he joins himself.” Lastimosa, parishioners of St. in my mouth when the time for The solemn vows included Patrick Cathedral, has joined Our Lady of Dallas in Dallas. Both men are gradu- preaching arrives.” the monks’ promises of stabil- four other Cistercian monks in Brothers Hoelke and Las- ity, obedience, and to embrace Rome, where he is attending ates of Cistercian Preparatory School in Dallas. timosa had, along with three the monastic way of life, which the Pontifi cal University of St. other monks, previously taken includes poverty and chastity. Thomas Aquinas, also known as solemn vows of stability, pover- Both hope to be ordained to the the “Angelicum,” to complete ty, celibate chastity, and obedi- priesthood on Aug. 10, 2010. his theological studies.

Bishop Kevin Vann lays his hands In a gesture of humility, the two young on Cistercian Brothers Philip Neri men prostrate themselves on the Lastimosa and Augustine Hoelke (left) fl oor of the Cistercian Abbey while the Having been vested in the stole and dalmatic, Br. Philip during their ordination to the diaconate. assembly sings the litany of saints. kneels before Bishop Vann to receive the Book of the Br. Philip (left) and Br. Augustine (right) join Bishop Vann at (Jim Reisch, Photographer) (Jim Reisch, Photographer) Gospels. (Jim Reisch, Photographer) the altar during consecration. (Jim Reisch, Photographer)

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Annual Memorial Mass offers Special Collection: healing for families who lost Catholic children before baptism University Story and Photos by Joan Kurkowski-Gillen Correspondent Last spring, Brian and Melissa Webb were happily preparing for the birth of two babies. When the couple walked into St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Fort Worth Oct. 10, they carried only a daughter. The twin brother of six-month- old Sophia was stillborn. Attending the Mass for Chil- dren Who Died Before Baptism, comforted the new parents, who still grieve the loss of their infant son, Owen. “This helped. It was a beauti- ful service,” Brian said, during a small luncheon in the parish hall after the Mass. “And the music was beautiful too,” his wife agreed. Shocked by the death of the baby boy and recovering physi- cally from the birth experience, the family chose not to have a funeral Mass, opting instead for a small memorial liturgy led by their parish priest at a funeral home. ABOVE: Luz Galdanez places a rose The annual Mass for unborn at the altar of Mary in honor of her children, celebrated this year by deceased daughter, Jasmine. She is Father David Bristow, pastor of joined by her son, Romy, and her baby daughter, Isabella. St. Mary, gave the young family RIGHT: Chuck Pelletier, director of the a sense of peace. Mother and Unborn Baby Care Center “I would recommend this to in Fort Worth, places a rose on the other parents,” added Melissa altar. Pelletier and his wife, Pat, plan Webb. “It was a good way to the Mass for Children Who Died Before honor Owen.” Baptism each year. Sponsored by Mother and Unborn Baby Care of North Texas of these children, there is no burial tion of 100 people that the “angel and Catholics United for Life of or grave site they can visit,” ex- faces” they grieved for were not North Texas, the Mass is offered plains Chuck Pelletier, director gone. each year to help parents who of the Mother and Unborn Baby “They are closer than we can have lost children to miscarriage, Care Center, who organized the begin to imagine,” he said. “They stillbirth, or abortion. Relatives event with his wife, Pat. “The Mass are closer than our limited senses and friends of the family are also gives them a sense of closure and will allow us to know.” encouraged to attend. the Marian altar is a place they can The parting and separation During the Prayer of the Faith- go to in any church.” between parent and child is only ful, men and women of all ages The reception after the Mass is temporary. “In that hour, known — some in their early 20s, others intended to replicate the meal and only to God, we will see those an- in their 70s and 80s — placed social visits most families experi- gel faces again,” Fr. Bristow added, roses in memory of their babies ence after a funeral. promising a reunion impossible to on a side altar dedicated to the “We try to accommodate the describe with language. Virgin Mary. Many took the time cultural sense we have in this “There will be no more tears, to kneel and pray in front of the Church and country of the gath- sobs, or longing for what is gone statue that represents the mother ering we have after the funeral — only light, joy, and laughter of Jesus. Mass,” Pelletier added. into the immeasurable depths of “So many times after the death Fr. Bristow told the congrega- eternity.” The pastor’s words comforted Brenda Caudillo, who came to The Lady Margaret Roper School the memorial Mass with her son, Joshua, 8. Thirteen years ago she at the College of St. Thomas More delivered another child who died conveniently located adjacent to TCU the same day. The memory of that loss is still painful. Offering a fresh approach to classical learning, “I had tears — not from sadness and assistance for home-schooling parents but happiness,” said the mother, Grades 9 - 12 who was moved emotionally by the liturgy. “The priest reminded For information, call John Heitzenrater at (817) 923-8459 me that I’ll see my baby boy again. It was all very touching.” Page 10 North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Diocesan World Youth Day draws 7,500 participants from Fort Worth and Dallas dioceses By Nicki Prevou Editorial Assistant Photos by Donna Ryckaert ver 7,500 teens and Oadult leaders from the dioceses of Fort Worth and Dallas gathered Sunday, Oct. 25, in an exuberant celebration of their Over 7,500 youth and their adult leaders from the dioceses of Fort Worth and Dallas enjoyed a sunny day at Six Flags Over Texas theme park in Catholic faith at an Arlington on World Youth Day, Oct. 25. The day’s festivities culminated in an afternoon youth Mass at the park, with Bishop Kevin Vann and Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas serving as concelebrants. open-air Mass in the Music Mill Amphithe- atre at the Six Flags Over Texas theme park in Arlington.

Youth leaders from the Fort Worth and Dallas dioceses have organized the annual event for the past 17 years to mark World Youth Day, celebrated in dioceses across the United States on the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time. “This year’s theme for the World Youth Day celebration was ‘Get Up, He is Calling You!’” said Kevin Prevou, Parishioners of St. Joseph Church in Rhineland traveled over three director of the diocesan Of- Bishop Vann offers closing remarks at the end of the liturgy, hours to attend the World Youth Day celebration. Pictured here are (left fi ce of Youth and Young Adult encouraging the youth to serve as an evangelizing presence in their to right) Edward Sanchez; Haley Ericson; Darian Leija; and Brittani Ministry and Campus Ministry. homes, schools, and communities. Angerer. “We were fortunate to have Bishop Kevin Vann and Bishop mercy and the saving love of event each year for the past ship training week] this sum- youth, how we come together, Kevin Farrell serving as the our Lord, Jesus Christ.” four years, she said. While only mer, so I was hugging people and, with the drumming and main celebrants at the lit- Approximately 50 parishes about 15 teens from her parish all day!” the music, we are integrated. urgy, and they were joined by within the Diocese of Fort attended the 2008 celebra- Javier Porras, a 16-year-old We all get into it together,” several priests of the Diocese Worth participated in the tion, the number increased to parishioner from St. Francis of he said. The event is one that of Fort Worth. It is always a event, with several rural par- 50 participants at this year’s Assisi Church in Grapevine, draws many Catholic teens joy to gather with our brothers ishes bringing chartered buses event, she explained. has attended the World Youth who aren’t usually involved in and sisters from the Diocese of fi lled with junior high and se- “I’m always one of the fi rst Day event each year for the church activities, he added. Dallas and to celebrate the gifts nior high school teens to enjoy people to sign up for World past six years, he said. Javier, “We had a huge group that that our young people bring to a sunny day of Christian music Youth Day,” she said. “It is who serves as co-chairman of came from our parish, a school our church.” performances, rides, games, really special to come here to the Diocesan Youth Council, bus and several cars full,” said Bishop Farrell offered the and Halloween activities in the see Bishop Vann and to hear called the youth Mass “abso- Javier. “It was great to see a lot homily at this year’s celebra- theme park before attending him speak, because he is so lutely the best part of the day. of new faces. Everyone had a tion, and Bishop Vann gave the 5 p.m. Mass. geared toward the youth. He “I just think it’s so cool to really good experience, so I’m closing remarks at the end of The day’s festivities culmi- confi rmed me this spring, and see how the Diocese of Dal- pretty sure that this will help to the liturgy, accompanied by nated in the Mass, which was I always feel that special bond las joins with us to celebrate get them more involved.” the cheers and clapping of the preceded by a community- with him because of that. He enthusiastic congregation. building drum beat perfor- is just great at connecting with “Today, we all heard togeth- mance, led by Austin-based the youth and he always has a er in the Gospel of Mark that, Kenya Masala and the Rhythm good message for us. Plus, the TRIDENTINE MASS through his faith, a blind man Power organization. Mem- music is always wonderful at regained his sight,” Bishop bers of the congregation were the youth Mass!” Latin Mass Vann told the assembly. “And provided with a “Spirit Stick” A special benefi t to attend- : p.m. Sundays so I encourage you all to do the to use in the interactive drum- ing the diocesan event was the St. Mary of the Assumption Church same, to go out and help others ming exercises. opportunity to reconnect with to see what you have seen and Seventeen year-old Jordan friends from parishes across  W. Magnolia, Fort Worth experienced today in the Mass, Church, a parishioner at St. the diocese, added Jordan. “At High Mass Second and Fourth sundays and through the fellowship Thomas Aquinas Church in Six Flags, I saw a ton of people that you have enjoyed — the Pilot Point, has attended the I met at Youth Leader [leader- Low Mass First and Third Sundays North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Page 11 Diocesan Diocese honors couples married 50-plus years Story and Photos by ians something he tells a bride and Joan Kurkowski-Gillen groom on their wedding day. Correspondent “The most important thing you Serafi n and Josephina Rodri- are going to do in your marriage guez epitomize the word commit- is bring each other back to God,” ment. Married at 16, the couple has he told the congregation. “That is weathered some diffi cult times what you’ve been called to do for during their 52-year marriage. 50 years — to help your spouse fall “We wanted to thank the in love with God. If you’ve done Lord for giving us all these A couple exchanges an embrace as a that, God looks at you today and years together,” said Josephina, sign of peace during the anniversary says, ‘well done, good and faithful explaining why she came to the liturgy. servant.’” annual Golden Anniversary Mass Human nature, by itself, is sponsored by the diocesan Fam- again,” she remembered. “His selfi sh, he added. It’s the grace of ily Life Offi ce. “We put our trials answer was ‘yes.’” Many of the God moving in the human heart in his hands and He gave us the couple’s seven children watched that makes people capable of strength to continue with life. He as their parents repeated the same sacrifi cial love. did it all for us.” Living with the vows they spoke in a Philadelphia “It’s my prayer that what we death of a child is one of those church on Nov. 6, 1954. celebrate here today will only trials. The Rodriguezes lost their Trinh Nguyen and La Nguyen, parishioners at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Fort The Smiths said patience and continue to grow,” Fr. Pemberton 19-year-old son in a tragic car ac- Worth, exchange marriage vows during the anniversary Mass. understanding are key to reaching said in closing. “That God in his cident years ago. the plus 50-year milestone. wisdom and love for you will A daughter, two grandchildren, The diocese hosts the event to wedding vows,” said Suzanna “Remember everybody’s dif- continue to draw you more deeply and two great grandsons joined recognize the gifts of sacramental Ordoñez, director of Family Life. ferent, and there are times you are into himself as husband and wife them at the Mass celebrated by marriage and honor husbands and “Their commitment to marriage just not going to agree with one and that he will empower you to Father Joe Pemberton on Oct. 11 wives for their dedication to each and each other is an example we another,” Tom said, offering advice bring each other into his loving at Holy Family Church. Bishop other. This year 75 couples, mar- should all follow.” to young couples. “You just take a embrace.” Kevin Vann, who traditionally ried 50 years or more by the end St. Andrew parishioners Thom- deep breath and press on.” After the Mass, wedding cake presides at the special liturgy, of 2009, attended the celebration. as and LaVerne Smith met at a His wife agreed. was served in the family life was ill. Several participants struggled church dance more than 55 years “Learn to get over the little center. Jeanette and John Tatsak “Hold on to the good and the with wheelchairs and walkers to ago. When the enthusiastic wife bumps because bigger ones come were presented with the cake’s bad in each other,” Josephina said accompany their spouses. read about the Golden Anniver- along. And faith helps — abso- top layer for having the longest revealing her secret for matrimo- “It’s such a good example of sary celebration in the church lutely.” marriage among those present. nial success. “You have to work at what the words ‘in good times bulletin, “I asked my husband During his homily, Fr. Pember- The St. Michael parishioners wed understanding each other.” and in bad,’ really mean in the if he was willing to do it all over ton shared with the golden jubilar- 67 years ago in California. Retrouvaille has healed marriages for 25 years By Nicki Prevou have had tremendous blessings save their marriage, but we do who represented the Diocese of to the leaders, ‘I love to think of Editorial Assistant as a couple. We have enjoyed know that all these thousands Fort Worth. you as custodians of a bigger hope Tony Depiazza, who was for life with our two children and of children were very positively “He really affi rmed the work for all the couples who have lost many years a parishioner of three grandchildren in a way that affected through the work of of the Retrouvaille ministry in their hope.’” St. Francis of Assisi Church in would not have been possible if Retrouvaille,” she says. his remarks to the group,” says Twenty-fi ve years of extending Grapevine, says he is “unbeliev- we were not together.” Father Joe Pemberton, pastor Depiazza. “I think that his fi nal that hope in the Diocese of Fort ably grateful,” for the 25 years Marie Pate, a parishioner of St. of Holy Family Church in West statement to them is the most Worth, adds Depiazza, is indeed, of ministry that the Retrouvaille John the Apostle Church in North Fort Worth, and retired priest powerful. The Holy Father said “truly something to celebrate.” movement within the Diocese Richland Hills, and her late hus- Father Jim Miller, have both been of Fort Worth celebrates this band, Bob, helped to start Retrou- involved in Retrouvaille within month. vaille in the diocese in 1984. The the Diocese of Fort Worth since Retrouvaille Silver Anniversary According to Depiazza, the Pates eventually served a term its early days. Fr. Miller joined Retrouvaille ministry, designed to as coordinators of the ministry at the Pates and other couples in to Be Celebrated help save faltering marriages, is the international level from 1989 leading the fi rst program held the reason he and his wife, Terri, to 1992, and traveled all over the in Fort Worth, in November of The Retrouvaille ministry of the Diocese of Fort Worth will were able to celebrate their own United States and Canada, help- 1984. Fr. Pemberton began to celebrate 25 years of outreach to families at a special Mass golden wedding anniversary in ing to implement the ministry in serve in 1990. Friday, Nov. 13 at Holy Family Church, 6150 Pershing Ave., April of this year. numerous dioceses. “It is so powerful to see these in West Fort Worth. The Mass will begin at 7 p.m.; a reception “Retrouvaille was our lifeline,” Marie Pate has continued to couples arriving for the program will be held following the liturgy in the parish hall. All who says Depiazza, who now lives be involved in the ministry as on Friday evening,” Fr. Pember- have been touched in any way by this ministry are invited to with Terri in their retirement a volunteer, she says, and she is ton says. “Some of them have attend the Mass and reception. home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. used to hearing testimonies to major issues they are dealing The word “Retrouvaille” (pronounced re-tro-vi with a long “We went on our fi rst Retrouvaille the effectiveness of Retrouvaille. with, and sometimes they’re not “o” and a long “i”) is a French word meaning “rediscovery.” weekend in 1991, and I frankly She agrees that the words are a even speaking to each other. By The Retrouvaille ministry, sponsored by the Catholic Church to didn’t know how we were going treasured affi rmation of her own Sunday, it’s so beautiful to see help couples to heal troubled marriages, is available to couples to end up. We were in counseling, 25 years of commitment to the that, by God’s grace, there is of all faiths, and all aspects of participation are kept totally but it really wasn’t helping. My program, but she proudly refers transformation, and many times, confi dential. Scholarship assistance is available. A Retrouvaille wife just went so she could say, to an even more compelling testa- they are able to say, ‘We can make weekend includes the opportunity for participants to listen to ‘I tried; I gave the marriage one ment to its impact. this work after all.’” personal testimonies offered by other couples, to learn practical last effort.’” “In the past 25 years, more The Retrouvaille ministry tools for managing confl ict, and to receive spiritual help. The That weekend, combined with than 3,000 couples have attended continues to grow and to fl our- weekends, which are held four times each year, are sponsored a series of six afternoon follow-up a Retrouvaille weekend in this ish across the world, says Tony by the diocesan Family Life Offi ce and are presented by a priest sessions, “completely turned our diocese,” Pate notes, adding that Depiazza, adding that its healing and a team of three couples who have benefi ted from the Re- lives completely around,” says most of the participants were the ministry “has become known trouvaille experience and who have been trained to serve as Depiazza. “Because of the Re- parents of children — a total of even to our Holy Father, Pope leaders. The next weekend will be offered Jan. 15, 2010 in the trouvaille experience, we learned 7,629 children, to be exact. “Not Benedict.” In 2009, the pope met Irving area. For more information, visit the Web site at www. valuable techniques and skills every person who attends a with a group of Retrouvaille min- retrouvaille.com or call (817) 462-8953. that saved our marriage, and we Retrouvaille weekend is able to istry leaders, including Fr. Miller, Page 12 North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Viewpoints Since the time of Christ, Sacred Tradition has guided and continues to guide us

By Lucas Pollice Testament of the Bible. increase in faith of the peoples of God; liturgies of the Church. St. Paul also explains how the revela- and so the Church, in her teaching, life he Why Catholic? tion of Christ is handed on: “Therefore, and worship, perpetuates and hands on SACRED TRADITION IS A brothers, stand fi rm and hold fast to the to all generations all that she herself is, LIVING TRADITION process of adult cat- traditions that you were taught, either all that she believes. Sacred Tradition is a living Tradi- echesis and evange- by an oral statement or by a letter of — Constitution on Divine tion, not one that is stagnant. While the T ours” (2 Thessalonians 2:15). Here we Revelation, 8 fundamental truths of Sacred Tradition lization is off to an outstand- clearly see the means through which the revealed by Christ and entrusted to the sacred deposit of faith entrusted to the Thus, the pope and the bishops do Church do not change, they do unfold ing start in the Diocese. apostles and their successors is transmit- not have the authority to invent new over time as the Church continues to ted to each generation: a teaching offi ce doctrine or to delete or change what has ponder and live out its mysteries. This is Literally thousands of Cath- (“that you were taught”), Sacred Tradi- been entrusted to them. Their authority a crucial point. While doctrine does not olics across our vast 24,000 tion (“by oral statement”), and Sacred comes from Christ Himself who com- change, it does develop as the Church Scripture (“or by a letter of ours”). mands them to faithfully hand on, untar- better grasps its meaning. Fundamental- square mile Diocese of Fort nished and complete, all that He taught ism is a reaction to the living Tradition SACRED TRADITION them and commanded them. of the Church; it sees Tradition as dead Worth have been meeting Sacred Tradition is the living wit- or stagnant. It is the Magisterium, under ness and presence of Christ, which TRADITION IS ALSO PASSED ON IN THE the guidance of the Holy Spirit, which weekly to study, ponder, was entrusted to the apostles and their VERY LIFE OF THE CHURCH defends, protects, interprets, and applies and live out more deeply successors through their authoritative Sacred Tradition is also passed on the deposit of faith to each generation. teaching, their example, and the institu- through the lives and faith of all the It is through this handing on of Christ the teaching of the Catechism tions they established. Sacred Tradition faithful who are in alignment with the himself that the Church comes to have a is none other than Christ himself as teachings of the Church. This is called better grasp of what Christ revealed. As of the Catholic Church. How- handed on throughout history (tradi- the sensus fi dei, or the sense of the faith- Vatican II explains: tion means “to carry across”). This oral ful. Tradition lies within the life of faith ever, the 90 minutes each Tradition continues to be passed on lived out in each member of the Church This tradition which comes from the week only scratches the sur- primarily through apostolic succession, as we continuously ponder and live out, Apostles develops in the Church with that is, through the teachings of the pope in obedience to the Magisterium of the the help of the Holy Spirit. For there is face of some enormous and and the bishops united to him. Tradition Church, all that Christ has given to us a growth in the understanding of the is also handed on through other various and commanded of us. Thus, the rich- realities and the words which have been important topics such as the ways through the life and ministry of the ness of the Tradition of the Church can handed down. This happens through Church. One may ask, what exactly is be found in the simple prayer and faith the contemplation and study made by Holy Trinity, Faith, and Di- this Sacred Tradition, and where do we of the ordinary person. believers, who treasure these things in vine Revelation. Therefore, fi nd it lived and articulated? Therefore, all of us have the role and their hearts (see LUKE 2:19, 51) through responsibility, to faithfully hand on and a penetrating understanding of the spiri- my next several articles are TRADITION IS HANDED ON THROUGH bear witness to the truth of Christ in our tual realities which they experience, and APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION own lives. The Why Catholic? process is through the preaching of those who have going to be “digging deep- Tradition is passed on through the a perfect example of all of us together, in received through episcopal succession the teaching and governing of the successors union with the offi cial and authoritative sure gift of truth. For as the centuries suc- er” into some of these topics of Peter and the apostles, the pope and teaching of the Church, handing on the ceed one another, the Church constantly for further understanding the bishops, who through apostolic suc- faith and living it out more richly. moves forward toward the fullness of cession have been given the authority to divine truth until the words of God reach and refl ection. teach and govern by Christ himself. This TRADITION IS ALSO PASSED ON their complete fulfi llment in her. teaching offi ce has continued in an un- THROUGH THE LITURGICAL LIFE OF — Constitution on Divine One of the topics I have already heard broken line of authority even to this day. THE CHURCH Revelation, 8 that people really appreciated but had The pope and the bishops, as the present Lex orandi, lex credendi: “The law of many more questions about was Les- day successors of the apostles, are called prayer is the law of faith.” The liturgy is In conclusion, Sacred Tradition is the son Two on Divine Revelation and how the Magisterium, or teaching offi ce of an important element of Sacred Tradi- oral and lived teaching, the handing on Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition, the Church (magistra in Latin means tion, because the Church is continuously of the Person and mission of Christ Him- make up the “braid” of Christ’s revela- teacher). They have the responsibility of pondering and meditating upon the self in the Church through the apostolic tion as handed on throughout the centu- seeing that the sacred deposit of faith left mysteries of Christ and celebrating the teaching and witness. While the Magis- ries. This issue, I would like to focus on to us by Christ and handed on through mighty works of God accomplished in terium of the Church is the authoritative Sacred Tradition, and next issue we will Tradition and Scripture is preserved, Christ. It is similar to when our families witness, interpreter, and protector of look more deeply at Sacred Scripture. defended, and handed on in its fullness gather for feasts and holidays to cel- Sacred Tradition, we all have the respon- to all generations until the end of time. ebrate, ponder, and hand on family tra- sibility to faithfully hand on the teach- DIVINE REVELATION HANDED ON As Vatican II states: ditions and memories. Since the Church ings and truth of Christ through our THROUGH SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION is the family of Christ, when we come own lives and witness. As the New Testament Church began And so the apostolic preaching, which together in the liturgy to celebrate God’s Lucas Pollice is director of to emerge and grow, the teaching of the is expressed in a special way in the in- salvation in Christ, we also encounter Catechesis and Adult Faith apostles was handed on in two ways: 1) spired books, was to be preserved by an and hand on the Tradition of the Church Formation and RCIA for the “Orally by the apostles who handed on unending succession of preachers until through our prayers and worship. diocese. Lucas holds a degree by the spoken word of their preaching, the end of time. Therefore the Apostles, Many of the Church’s teachings are in theology from the Francis- by their example, by the institutions they handing on what they themselves had seen professed and explicitly believed in can University of Steubenville established, and what they had received received, warn the faithful to hold fast the liturgy far before they were defi ned and has a master’s degree in [from Christ]” (CCC, 76). We call this to the traditions which they have learned by the Church and in some cases even theological studies from the Institute for Pas- Sacred Tradition. 2) “In writing by the either by word of mouth or by letter (see committed to writing in Sacred Scrip- toral Theology of Ave Maria University. He apostles or other men associated with 2 THESS. 2:15), and to fi ght in defense of ture. For example, some of the beauti- is an adjunct professor of theology with the the apostles, who under the inspiration the faith handed on once and for all (see ful teachings on the nature of Christ Cardinal Newman Institute in Fort Worth. of the Holy Spirit committed the mes- JUDE 1:3) Now what was handed on by in the writings of St. Paul are liturgical Lucas and his wife, Mary, have fi ve children, sage of salvation to writing” (CCC, 76). the Apostles includes everything which texts or hymns that were already being Cecilia, Nicholas, Timothy, Christian, and We call this Sacred Scripture or the New contributes toward the holiness of life and expressed and believed in the very early Julia. North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Page 13 Views

Some people just have a knack for Forming Disciples living life to the ‘tried and true’ works full, putting their whole selves in — By Mary Regina Morrell like doing the

All {people} guard their own customs, but this is especially true of the Jewish nation. Hold- Much progress has been made in ing that the laws are oracles Hokey vouchsafed by God and having been trained in this doctrine developing solid programs of catechesis, from their earliest years, they carry the likenesses of the yet so much more remains to be done commandments enshrined in Pokey their souls. — Philo in forming the hearts and minds of the By Kathy Cribari Hamer

n one of those dreary young in knowledge and love of the Lord. wish I’d given my earrings to the rainy afternoons, when nothing’s better than — Pope Benedict XVI Iwoman in the locker room. cloistering myself in the homily, Washington Nationals Stadium denO with a cup of Irish breakfast April 17, 2008 They weren’t new, chic, or valuable in any sense that tea, fi ring-up my imitation wood was not of the heart. They weren’t even attractive to burning stove for a little extra most people, I suppose, except to me, and for those few moments, to the woman who stood beside me, near a warmth, and burying myself those means would include The pope’s emphasis on utility cart in a recreation center locker room. in a good book, I realized that anything considered cutting knowledge and comprehensive Fashioned of brilliant blue seed beads, the earrings my library of literary treasures edge in a particular fi eld. But instruction is well placed for were made by my daughter Julie in sixth grade, the includes a number of titles begin- the danger with assumptions those who are being formed to same year she mastered the art of friendship bracelets. ning with “The Art of ....” rests with our inclination to imitate Christ. I’d bought her a book of patterns, a divided box of col- I have manuals of excellence believe that new is always Jesus’ approach to making ored beads, and some fi shing line, and she delighted me on the topics of origami, better. Often we fi nd ourselves disciples was less cutting edge with a succession of triangular, decidedly inexpensive, cooking, Arabic calligraphy, jumping on the cutting- than bleeding edge — a term dangly earrings, each design one-of-a-kind. spiritual mentoring, and even edge bandwagon until we which came into use in the Quirky and fun, the jewelry made its way to my worldly wisdom, written 300 fi nd that cutting edge isn’t 1980s to signify something, wardrobe almost daily. I don’t wear them as much any- years ago by a Spanish Jesuit. really delivering the goods. particularly technology, beyond more, because as years relentlessly rob us of little things But my favorites include The This happens often in the cutting edge; something like youth, time, and the mates of socks, I fi nd they also Art of Leadership, a small but realm of faith formation as that was so advanced and take one out of every pair of earrings we own. inspiring book by J. Donald we continually search for revolutionary that it came with But one morning recently, I wore those old beaded Walters; The Art of Happiness something new and improved, an element of risk because the earrings to my offi ce at Texas Christian University, and by the Dalai Lama; and The Art and, in the process, upset the intended community of users I encountered a woman who noticed them. I mean she of Loving God, by St. Francis de balance with tried and true. was not ready for it. As one admitted to noticing them. Sales. During his visit to the Web site relays: “ … when When I saw her she was cleaning the locker room, Upon my realization that United Nations last year, Pope you’re living on the bleeding and I was passing through it toward my offi ce. We I possessed a whole new Benedict XVI offered a homily edge, you should not be smiled at each other. category of books, I decided at Washington Nationals surprised when you do, in fact, “I like your earrings,” she said, in English just to remove them from their Stadium in which he addressed bleed.” slightly broken. “They are a pretty color.” scattered places on the shelves the issue of formation of youth, Jesus stepped off into “Thank you,” I answered, warmly surprised, “my and gather them together in though his words certainly his radical ministry from a daughter made them when she was a little girl. I like one harmonious grouping. As I hold true for every generation: foundation of comprehensive them too.” stood back to admire my work, “Young people need to be knowledge of Jewish faith, the Then I continued out the door and down the hall, I found myself wondering just helped to discern the path very nature of which is centered wearing dangly earrings made of blue, yellow and what the phrase, “The Art of…” that leads to true freedom: the on Scripture, which, for the orange seed beads, jewelry that might or might not have really signifi ed. path of a sincere and generous Jewish people, is both content served as wardrobe in the movie “Dances With Wolves.” There are any number of imitation of Christ, the path and teacher, narrating their Walking to the other side of my building, I frowned defi nitions of the word “art” of commitment to justice and sacred story while commanding a little. “Why hadn’t I given them to her?” I wondered. from on-line dictionaries and peace. Much progress has the people to diligently teach “Why hadn’t I just taken them off and given them to thesauruses, but two seemed to been made in developing solid their children the Torah. her?” fi t: a system of principles and programs of catechesis, yet so Some 3,000 years of “tried “Ah well,” I shook off the thought. As the seconds rules for attaining a desired much more remains to be done and true” has resulted in a passed (the seconds of possibility), I had concluded, end; a method of doing well in forming the hearts and minds Jewish literacy that is enviable. “She probably didn’t really like them anyway… she was some special work, and, the of the young in knowledge Maybe that’s a good model probably just being polite.” quality, production, expression, and love of the Lord. The for Catholic literacy? My friend Brenda would have given her earrings to or realm … of what is beautiful, challenges confronting us the woman in the locker room. appealing, or of more than require a comprehensive and Mary Regina Morrell and her Brenda’s life was a fanciful fl ourish of generosity. She ordinary signifi cance. sound instruction in the truths husband are the parents of six died about a month ago, but I still see her face every I suppose those defi nitions of the faith. But they also call adult children, all boys, and live in day, because I am not able to discard the worship aid might be summarized as the for cultivating a mindset, an Colonia, New Jersey. Mary works from her Mass of Christian Burial. It sits on my night- means to achieve the highest intellectual ‘culture’, which is for RENEW International and stand, where I placed it when I returned home from standard in a chosen endeavor. genuinely Catholic, confi dent in is the former associate director of church that day, and where now I see her smile. It might seem natural, in this the profound harmony of faith Religious Education for the diocese day and age, to assume that and reason …” of Metuchen in New Jersey. SEE HAMER, P. 26 Page 14 North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 University of Dallas Ministry Conference offers thousands the opportunity Pass on the Faith FROM PAGE 1 attending Friday’s session. people with the tools to performances — most nota- Catholic schools employees answer that question, ‘What bly a concert by John Michael represented an especially is it that the Church brings Talbot, Catholic music’s lead- large percentage of Friday’s me?’” Archbishop Wuerl Chanacee Ruth-Killgore, diocesan director of the Catholics Respect Life Offi ce, shares information at her exhibitor’s ing recording artist. conference numbers, as both added. “… Teachers in our booth. (Photo by Joan Kurkowski-Gillen) Pooling resources from diocesan school systems schools, volunteers, each of two dioceses and UD helped had given their students you plays a part in passing make the conference a re- a holiday to facilitate the on the faith. Witness to the sounding success, according attendance of all Catholic faith in clear content. No to Lucas Pollice, director of school teachers and admin- textbook can do what you, Catechesis in the Diocese of istrators. During his presen- the catechist, the teacher Fort Worth. tation, Archbishop Wuerl does. The catechist knows “It enabled us to bring emphasized to those in the faith. The teacher lives in quality, nationally-rec- attendance that on our own, the faith.” ognized speakers to cover we can’t succeed in ministry, He closed by stating it is a variety of topics,” he but through Jesus Christ, we the responsibility of parents, explained. “It went beyond have the “words of everlast- and the entire parish com- what we could have done on ing life.” munity to pass on the faith our own.” “The Church brings to us to younger generations. “It’s not enough that Bishop Kevin Vann shares a laugh with Our Lady of Centralizing the confer- today what it has brought Guadalupe pastor Father John Robert Skeldon from Wichita ence also raised the public to the world for 2,000 years just individuals assume Falls (left) and Vicar General Father Steve Berg. (Photo by profi le of Catholicism in — an encounter with Jesus. the responsibility. We have Juan Guajardo) North Texas. Once a small It offers us an invitation to to fi nd ways to engage the and sometimes marginalized faith. It does this in a world whole community in this Dr. Sarah Wannemuehler’s talk, focus minority in the state, Catho- that’s not always prepared to responsibility,” he said. “… people on Friday morning. (Photo by J lics in the Diocese of Dallas hear these words,” Arch- We need to support the one today number more than 1.2 bishop Wuerl said. “On another and strengthen the the relationship between million with another 600,000 our own, we don’t have the ministry of one another. Do Catholics and American poli- living in the Diocese of Fort words to participate in the not be afraid, never hesitate tics. The writer, respected by Worth. The faith’s burgeon- conversation. In our fi nite to share the Good News.” a broad range of Catholics ing population should help human condition, we can’t “I was impressed by Arch- for his objectivity, told the increase the conference’s comprehend the mystery of bishop Wuerl’s emphasis audience that Church mem- visibility. who God is and what God on the responsibility of the bers are so bitterly divided “We’re hoping the confer- invites us to,” he said. “We teacher to thoroughly know on some social issues, their ence will eventually attract turn to Jesus for these words his material in the classroom impact on the political pro- Elvira Mata, diocesan director of Hispanic Youth Ministry, participation from other dio- and therefore we turn to and not simply teach out of cess is diminished. Adding answers questions at a Youth, Young Adult, and Campus ceses in the South-Southwest his Church today in order the book,” said Ray Depta, to the “painful spectacle of Ministry exhibition stand. (Photo by Juan Guajardo) region,” Pollice added. that we may hear and live a theology and physics internal disarray” is the pub- One of the national and proclaim the words of teacher at Nolan Catholic lic debate over pro-choice presenters speaking at eternal life.” High School in Fort Worth. Catholic politicians receiv- the conference was Arch- This passing on of the “The book is a tool and not a ing communion, the role bishop Donald W. Wuerl, faith, he said, comes from the substitute for the mastery of of Catholic political action Archbishop of Washington, Church’s apostolic succession. the subject matter a teacher committees, and the contro- D.C. The renowned Catho- “The Church from the brings to the students.” versial visit of pro-choice lic educator delivered the Apostles, the Apostles from Catholic schoolteachers President Barack Obama to opening keynote address to Christ, and Christ from God. also learned about the legal Notre Dame University. 2,000 Catholic schoolteach- If the effi cacy and reliabil- ramifi cations of new technol- “My impression is that ers and administrators and ity of our teaching comes ogy in the classroom during across left, right, and cen- other Church professionals from our commission from a special workshop designed ter, there is a deep current the Church, then it is our specifi cally for educators. of disappointment that too responsibility to remain in “I was struck by the num- often we seemed to be at one ber of legal categories for another’s throats rather than Youth ministry leader Juan Rendon, an instructor for the communion with the Church UD School of Ministry Biblical School, offers a workshop and invite others to join our which educational personnel creatively transforming our in Spanish on offering Bible study opportunities for young communion,” he said. can be sued,” said Nolan the- culture in light of the Gos- people. (Photo by Thanh Nguyen) The archbishop noted that ology teacher Mark Rist who pel,” Allen said. “Especially the Church today is dealing appreciated the practical ad- on politics, we American with an entire generation, vice given by presenter, Dr. Catholics seem ever more possibly more, of people Sarah Wannemuehler. “The polarized, partisan, and acri- who have not had the oppor- day was entirely worthwhile. monious.” tunity to hear or understand Nolan Catholic will have a The best hope for chang- the Church’s teachings. He follow-up meeting to discuss ing that dynamic rests added that many parents the merits of the presentation with the next generation of are being catechized while we can use here to improve Catholic religious and lay their children are being cat- the quality of the education.” activists who are more tra- echized, and encouraged the In a keynote address giv- ditional than the preceding participants to say “Thank en Saturday morning, John generation. Studies indicate you, Lord, for a second L. Allen, Jr., senior Vatican that church leaders born Amy Florian, a liturgy and chance.” analyst for CNN and prize- after 1982 are more likely to bereavement consultant, offers a say they entered religious Sister Maria Nguyen, CSFN, visits with fellow conference Saturday morning workshop on the “Our goal is to participate winning correspondent for participants during a break in workshop sessions. (Photo by process of healing from grief. (Photo in the Pentecostal outpour- the National Catholic Reporter, life out of commitment and Thanh Nguyen) by Thanh Nguyen) ing by providing our young offered his observations on fi delity to the church. North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Page 15 y to gain tools needed to Pass on the Faith

John Allen, senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, and CNN’s Vatican analyst, offers his analysis of the future of Catholic voters and American politics during his Saturday morning keynote presentation. (Photo by Joan Kurkowski-Gillen)

Bishop Álvaro Corrada del Rio, SJ, offers the keynote presentation in Spanish. His talk focused on the three elements of discipleship: fi nding, following, and imitating Christ. (Photo by Thanh Nguyen) People packed the hallways of the Dallas Convention Center after the fi rst session on Friday morning. Several sessions were given Friday and sed on school law and how it affects Catholic educators, attracted hundreds of Saturday. (Photo by Juan Guajardo) Juan Guajardo)

“They are more likely to hope that a new generation wear habits, practice Eu- may bring with it a fresh charistic adoration, and are perspective.” more positive about ecclesi- Helping catechists com- astical authority,” he added. municate the Gospel mes- But to label this rising sage to a secularized society generation of Catholics as was the focus of a talk ideologically conservative given by Fort Worth Bishop is misleading, Allen quickly Kevin Vann in English and pointed out. Young believers again in Spanish during the Fr. Robert Hater, a theology who que up in long lines for conference. Citing the Oct. professor and priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, offers Bishop Kevin Vann (right) of Fort Fr. John Casey, SAC, (right) pastor of St. Stephen Church confession and express their 16 anniversary of Pope John a Saturday workshop on key Worth, concelebrates the Saturday in Weatherford, walks through the Dallas Convention love for Pope John Paul II are Paul II’s election, the bishop transition times and opportunities evening Mass with Bishop Kevin Center with Fr. Balaji Boyalla, SAC, of Holy Family Church, also sensitive to the world’s said the late pontiff, “fur- for catechesis. (Photo by Juan Farrell of Dallas. (Photo by Thanh and conference participant Beckie Soto. (Photo by Juan ecology, want to serve the nished for us a model and a Guajardo) Nguyen) Guajardo) poor, and are critical of the way for catechists to live and death penalty and armed transmit the faith: not just ity Mission in Azle, said the confl ict. They did not grow knowing it but living it and bishop’s talk offered encour- up in the same homogenous communicating it.” agement to catechists who Catholic communities that The culture and ethos of teach Catholicism to people shaped their parents’ at- modern society presents new from other faith traditions. titudes and beliefs. challenges for those who “We need to build a “The primary social mi- teach the faith. People have strong foundation in [eccle- lieu in which today’s Catho- become used to receiving sial understanding] not only lics came of age is shaped and disseminating infor- in RCIA but in general,” by secularism and American mation from “sound-bites he said. “The culture we’re pop culture, the speaker and blogs, mass media, and dealing with is oriented Fort Worth diocesan staff members Lucas Pollice (center) and Sr. explained. “Their hunger for popular books and movies. away from churches. In- Fr. Lm Pham Thi, SCJ, offers one of the six workshops Yolanda Cruz, SSMN, look over identity isn’t about choos- “Catechists in formation dividuals believe they can and keynote presentations offered in Vietnamese at the the conference program with Dr. ing one side or the other will need to refl ect on the have their own relationship conference. (Photo by Thanh Nguyen) in the church’s version of fact that those with whom with God and churches Brian Schmisek, founding dean of the University of Dallas School of the culture wars; it’s about they work and minister aren’t important.” Ministry. (Photo by Joan Kurkowski- will often be formed by the Bishop Vann’s presenta- reacting and sometimes Gillen) reacting against the values above,” Bishop Vann said. tion and other conference and lifestyle of a thoroughly “Therefore, catechists must activities also received high it,” Lesko added. “When you secularized world.” take seriously their own marks from Silvia Lesko, di- bring in national people to The tendency of older formation and knowledge rector of religious education talk, the level of formation Catholics to splinter into left of both Sacred Scripture and at St. Mark Parish in Denton. goes up. Joining forces with and right to emphasize one the teachings of the Church. She likened the Friday eve- Dallas and the university aspect of the Church’s social And they must be able to ning concert by John Michael brought everything up a message at the expense of articulate those teachings Talbot to a mini-retreat. notch.” another may be tied to the and their relevance to the “The conference is big and experiences of a particular modern world.” could be considered over- Contributing to this article was generation, Allen suggested, Dick Schieffelbein, an whelming, but the quality of Tony Gutiérrez, associate editor A group of musicians led the congregation in song during adding, “There is reason to RCIA instructor at Holy Trin- the speakers makes up for of the NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC. Saturday Morning Prayer. (Photo by Joan Kurkowski-Gillen) Page 16 North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Respect Life Two stories of unplanned pregnancies By Michele Baker needed to do was go to church and nancies end this way. is going to happen?” Correspondent confess what I’d done to cleanse “I didn’t really have an opinion To make matters worse, Kathy Nineteen year old Beth was a “When I saw the my soul.” about abortion,” Kevin said. “I suffered from Post Abortion Stress classic girl-next-door. She came Following this edict from her was raised among people who Syndrome — a condition that peo- from a good family with two lov- sonogram of my mother led Beth to her local parish believed it was wrong, but they ple in the pro-choice movement ing parents who raised her to go one morning where she found her- never talked about it.” refuse to acknowledge. Wracked to Mass every Sunday and to live child, I fi nally had self sitting in the pew sobbing after His girlfriend, Kathy, got preg- with guilt and regret, she fell into her faith. She had graduated from daily Mass. A woman approached nant when the two were sixteen a deep depression that lasted for high school and was working her irrefutable evidence and asked if she could pray with years old but her story took a very years. Before he lost contact with way through college. She had Beth. Soon afterward, Beth poured different turn from Beth’s. her, Kevin heard that Kathy had friends, a boyfriend, and plans that there was life her heart out to the stranger who “Kathy’s older sister took her even tried to take her own life. for her future — a perfect picture took her to a local pro-life crisis to Planned Parenthood,” Kevin Still, Kevin had to make his of youth and optimism. present. I could no pregnancy organization. recalled. “They told Kathy it was own journey of discovery. Now “I was about to move into “To this day, I have no idea who just a lump of fl esh but that she married with children of his own, an apartment with two of my longer ignore the that woman was,” Beth said. “I’d needed to take care of it pretty he remembers the moment the girlfriends,” Beth remembers. “I never seen her before and haven’t soon. They told her it was the light came on for him: during his thought I might be pregnant, and fact that abortion is seen her since.” best thing for her and for ‘it.’ So wife’s fi rst pregnancy. my friends bought the pregnancy With help from Mother and she had the abortion without “When I saw the sonogram test and made me take it. That’s killing.” Unborn Baby Care, Beth carried fully understanding what she of my child, I fi nally had irrefut- how I found out.” her baby to term and, after months was doing. Kathy was a minor. To able evidence that there was life As soon as the father of the baby — Kevin of prayer and support from her this day, I don’t think her parents present,” Kevin said. “I could no learned of the pregnancy, he imme- parents, decided to keep her ever knew. I know my parents longer ignore the fact that abor- diately ducked out of the picture. child. The father terminated his don’t know.” tion is killing.” Beth was alone and confused. my brother and me that if he got parental rights three months after “It amazes me how many Now Kevin is a passionate “I won’t lie and say that it somebody pregnant or if I got the birth and has never seen his people even in the pro-life move- pro-lifer who sees faith and [abortion] didn’t cross my mind,” pregnant, they’d kick us out of baby. Beth moved on and is now ment don’t know about how the prayer as the foundation of the she said. “My girlfriends were the house.” happily married. Her husband people in these clinics tell women movement. very pro-choice, and they said that Thankfully, her parents didn’t adopted the now six-year-old that the unborn are not people,” “As Christians, we have to do there was no way I could handle put her out, but the situation was who has recently been joined by Kevin continued. “Kathy told a better job of evangelizing and having a baby, and what was that far from ideal. a baby sister. me, ‘They looked like doctors.’ bringing to light what goes on in going to do to my future and all “At fi rst my parents said not “Before, I had all these plans,” When you’re a teenager and these these places,” Kevin continued. that. But deep down I knew that a lot of nice things,” Beth said. Beth says. “Now I’m a stay-at- people look offi cial, and you don’t “Deep down inside of us, natural was wrong. I couldn’t do it.” “They were disappointed and home mom and I can’t imagine know any better, and they scare law exists. When you think about “Telling my parents was scary,” angry. I didn’t know what to do. it any other way.” you and tell you that it’s better for it, when is it ever better to take she recalls. “They’d always told My mom told me the fi rst thing I Sadly, not all unplanned preg- you to abort, what do you think a life?” Catholic couple thanks ‘God every minute’ for their adopted newborn CHESTERTON, Ind. (CNS) but by the end of the process be called the moment “indescrib- — Christian Anthony Ashford a toddler or older. able.” entered the world over the Labor They decided to pursue a do- “He stole our hearts right away. Day weekend, weighing in at 6 mestic adoption while continuing It was the most incredible feeling pounds, 9 ounces. Placed in the to wait for an international one. either one of us has ever felt,” arms of his mother and father, The couple completed paper- Tony said. “I never had any doubt from the very beginning he was work in April and by late May that we would love this child as given the gift of warmth, safe they received the call. The birth we do. He’s here and a part of our haven and profound love. mother, at that point, was nearly lives and the amount of love we Anna and Tony Ashford might four months pregnant. have for him is something neither not be Christian’s biological par- Tony and Anna bonded with one of us have ever felt before.” ents, but from the start he was a her in the months before Chris- During the brief stay in the child of their hearts. tian’s birth and were present for hospital, the birth mother did “I thank God every minute the ultrasound. visit and hold the baby before of every day that he’s put this “We walked the journey with fi nally entrusting Christian to the wonderful little miracle, this her. She wasn’t alone,” said Anna. Ashfords’ care. bundle of love, into our lives,” “We worked as team.” “She was so strong. She never Tony said. The Ashfords became That teamwork included being cried but always looked at him Christian’s adoptive parents Tony and Anna Ashford talk about their newly adopted son, there for Christian’s birth. so lovingly,” Anna recalled. “Her through Catholic Charities of the decision was not only a gift to Christian, at their home in Chesterton, Indiana, Sept. 23. The When the call came, the couple Diocese of Gary. rushed to the hospital, where us but a gift to Christian as well. Married for 12 years and Ashfords adopted Christian through Catholic Charities of the Anna was suited up in scrubs, so I don’t know if I’ll ever see her members of St. Patrick Parish Diocese of Gary. (CNS photo/Tim Hunt, NORTHWEST INDIANA CATHOLIC) she could be in the delivery room again, but I’ll always tell Christian in Chesterton, the couple had with the birth mother, who had a about her.” always planned on having a fam- but there were some fertility op- will have a child to love.” Caesarian section. Christian, who will be baptized ily but found they were unable to tions the couple felt, as Catholics, After hearing stories of domes- Anna recalled holding the at St. Patrick around Thanksgiv- conceive right away. they couldn’t explore. Rather than tic adoptions in which the birth mother’s hand, looking into ing, is a miracle of God’s creation, “I had some health problems waiting for a fi nal diagnosis of mothers changed their minds at her eyes and praying as doctors according to his parents. and Tony (an attorney) was try- infertility, the Ashfords consid- the last minute, the Ashfords de- delivered the baby. “It was very “We may have accomplished ing to develop himself profes- ered exploring adoption while cided to go international, working spiritual but also emotional,” she many things as professionals sionally,” Anna noted. “Before continuing to try to conceive. with Catholic Charities for the said. “(The mother) was brave, but Christian is not an accom- we knew it, the years had passed “We decided to put it in God’s required home study. but I could feel her pain.” plishment,” said Anna, a school but we still wanted to have a hands. If I happened to conceive, The couple also knew they The hospital provided a room psychologist. “He’s a gift from family.” that would be OK, but if I didn’t, wanted an infant, but they for Anna and invited her to stay God and that’s why we named In an interview with the regardless, we wanted to have a discovered that because of red with Christian, just as if she had him ‘Christian.’ As we watch him Northwest Indiana Catholic, Gary’s child,” Anna said. “Adoption is a tape involved with international given birth. grow, we’ll be even more grateful diocesan newspaper, Anna said process, but, unlike fertility treat- adoptions, the child might be an Recalling the fi rst time Chris- to Our Lord for blessing us and she did seek medical treatment, ments, you know in the end you infant at the time of the match tian was placed in his arms, Tony bringing him into our lives.” North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Page 17 Respect Life Resources for crisis pregnancies This list of pro-life crisis pregnancy centers in North Central Texas counties within the boundaries of the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth was compiled by Debra Heron who works with Gabriel Project, a parish- based outreach to mothers experiencing crisis pregnancies. Gabriel Project is part of the Catholics Respect Life Offi ce of the Diocese of Fort Worth.

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NATIONAL CCHD collection focuses on NEWSBRIEFS families hit hard by bad economy WASHINGTON (CNS) — the poverty line — and all who are grams to teach Catholics about “Families are struggling. Faith already there,” the bishop said. poverty and creates opportunities Christ’s mission called source, strength is calling” is the theme for this The nation’s current economic for them to interact with the poor of church’s care for migrants year’s national collection for the crisis has left many families and and refl ect on a faith response to MALVERN, Pa. (CNS) — Those who care for migrants and Catholic Campaign for Human individuals without the security poverty. refugees are not motivated “simply by good will or a com- Development, which will be taken of a job, health care or a suffi cient Last year CCHD awarded more mitment to justice,” but by the fact that the Son of God was up in most U.S. Catholic churches retirement fund, a press release than $7.7 million to 250 grantees “a stranger in a foreign land” and reached out to the mar- the weekend of Nov. 21-22. on the collection noted. throughout the U.S.; 776 Catholic ginalized, Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia said in an “This year, our call as Catholics According to U.S. census parishes, 18 Catholic charities Oct. 8 homily. Christ’s mission “is the source and strength to bring glad tidings to the poor ... fi gures, the number of people organizations and 51 religious of our work on behalf of forced migrants and refugees, to proclaim liberty to captives and currently living in poverty is communities were involved in asylees and immigrants, and victims of human traffi cking,” recovery of sight to the blind, to let estimated at 39.8 million, which CCHD-funded groups. the cardinal said. In his public ministry, Christ “sought out the oppressed go free is more impor- is almost 3 million more than a Among the recipients was the marginalized and those who were on the outskirts,” Car- tant than ever before,” said Bishop year ago. The unemployment the Diocese of St. Petersburg, dinal Rigali said. “And he went even further: He suffered, Roger P. Morin of Biloxi, Mississippi, rate reached a 26-year high of 9.8 Florida, which received a grant died and was buried. He went down among the dead to who is chairman of the U.S. bishops’ percent in September. to support the Faith and Action seek out the lost and he rose again victorious.” The cardinal CCHD subcommittee. For nearly 40 years, CCHD has for Strength Together project that gave the homily during a Mass in Malvern, in the Philadel- He made the comments in a funded community groups that involves member parishes and phia Archdiocese, that was celebrated during a regional letter to parishes asking Catho- create affordable housing, obtain other member congregations convening of Justice for Immigrants: A Journey of Hope, in working on issues related to the U.S. bishops’ campaign for comprehensive immigration lics to be as generous as possible fair wages, and provide job train- education, transportation, and reform. The campaign’s goals are to educate the public and during the annual collection that ing, as well as organizing projects Catholic community about migration and immigrants; create is the primary source of support led by low-income individuals to affordable housing. political will for positive immigration reform; work for enact- for the U.S. bishops’ domestic help people and resolve problems Another recipient was the ment of legislative and administrative reforms based on the anti-poverty program. in their communities. Chicago Archdiocese’s Progress bishops’ principles; and organize Catholic networks to help Twenty-fi ve percent of the pro- CCHD-funded programs “em- Center for Independent Living, qualifi ed immigrants obtain the benefi ts of reform. ceeds support projects in the diocese power the poor and marginalized which empowers people with where the funds are collected. to make decisions, seek solutions disabilities to live full, reward- “The mission of CCHD is to local problems and fi nd ways to ing lives outside institutions. Children with special needs deserve crucial in 2009 — to uplift and improve their lives and neighbor- Other award recipients included chance at life, Archbishop Chaput says embolden all who are one layoff hoods,” according to the agency. the Baltimore and Detroit arch- PHOENIX (CNS) — Children with special needs deserve a or one medical scare away from CCHD also has educational pro- dioceses. chance at the full range of what life has to offer, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver told the Phoenix Catholic Physicians Guild. “Studies show that more than 80 percent of unborn babies diagnosed with Down syndrome now get Archbishop Dolan appointed moderator terminated in the womb. They’re killed because of a fl aw in one of their chromosomes — a fl aw that’s neither fatal of Jewish affairs for USCCB nor contagious, but merely undesirable,” he said in an Oct. 16 address to the group. While some doctors deliver the WASHINGTON (CNS) — news of “an increased likelihood” of Down syndrome “with Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan sensitivity and great support” for the woman, he added, of New York has been named “too many others seem more concerned about avoiding moderator of Jewish affairs for the lawsuits, or managing costs, or even, in a few ugly cases, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bish- cleaning up the gene pool.” He focused on the situa- ops, succeeding Cardinal William tion of children with Down syndrome as a way, he said, to H. Keeler, retired archbishop of talk about “the kind of people we’re becoming” and the Baltimore, in that role. “struggle within the American soul.” Archbishop Chaput Cardinal Francis E. George of said, “In practice, medical professionals can now steer an Chicago, USCCB president, made expectant mother toward abortion simply by hinting at a list the appointment, which is effective of the child’s possible defects. And the most debased thing Nov. 11 and is for fi ve years. about that kind of pressure is that doctors know better than In announcing the appoint- anyone else how vulnerable a woman can be in hearing ment Oct. 23, Cardinal George potentially tragic news about her unborn baby.” noted the New York Archdiocese’s “long history of cooperation and New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan bows his head as Rabbi David Sandmel, Marriage not just a private matter, say friendship between Catholics and a professor at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, offers a prayer for the Jews.” archbishop during a prayer service at the archbishop’s residence in New York May bishops in proposed pastoral “Since the Second Vatican 12. Archbishop Dolan has been named moderator of Jewish affairs for the U.S. WASHINGTON (CNS) — Hoping to reverse what they call Council, important strides in Conference of Catholic Bishops, succeeding Cardinal William H. Keeler, retired “a disturbing trend” toward viewing marriage as “a mostly this relationship have been archbishop of Baltimore. At Archbishop Dolan’s left is Amarillo Bishop Patrick private matter” with personal satisfaction as its only goal, Zurek. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) the U.S. Catholic bishops will debate and vote on a 57- made through dialogue and col- page pastoral letter on marriage at their Nov. 16-19 meet- laboration in countering racism, “While we look back with “Above all else,” Cardinal ing in Baltimore. The letter, called “Marriage: Life and Love anti-Semitism, and other offenses gratitude on nearly a half-cen- George said, the Jewish commu- in the Divine Plan,” is another component in the bishops’ against human dignity,” Cardinal tury of progress in these efforts nity will fi nd Archbishop Dolan National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage, which began in George said in the letter of ap- at healing and renewal, we also to be “a friend who communicates November 2004. “The vision of married life and love that we pointment. know that important and pressing the joy of his own faith, while at have presented in this pastoral letter is meant to be a foun- “Our episcopal conference, challenges lie ahead for us,” the the same time conveying pro- dation and reference point for the many works of evangeli- through the leadership of your cardinal added. found respect for the spiritual zation, catechesis, pastoral care, education. and advocacy predecessors in New York, and Cardinal George said news of gifts of the other.” carried on in our dioceses, parishes, schools, agencies, especially through the tireless the appointment will be appre- Archbishop Dolan will join movements and programs,” says the document’s closing and generous service of Cardinal ciated by all of the U.S. bishops Cardinal Keeler Nov. 11 for the section, called a “commitment to ministry.” The letter cites William Keeler, has sought to and by members of the Jewish USCCB’s semi-annual consulta- four “fundamental challenges to the nature and purpose of contribute to the work of recon- community who have come to tion with the National Council marriage” — contraception, same-sex unions, easy divorce, ciliation between the church and know Archbishop Dolan as a good of Synagogues. That will be the and cohabitation. the Jewish people after centuries listener and faithful interpreter of last Catholic-Jewish meeting at of mutual estrangement,” he told the historic ties binding together which Cardinal Keeler will serve Archbishop Dolan in the letter. the two communities. as co-chair. North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Page 19 International

Ecumenical quality control: INTERNATIONAL Cardinal Kasper reviews 40 NEWSBRIEFS years of fruitful dialogue History of Italy’s celestial studies stars in Vatican Museums exhibit VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Vatican and Italian observa- When Cardinal Walter Kasper, the tories have teamed up to dis- Vatican’s chief ecumenist, tried play for the fi rst time numer- to harvest the fruits of 40 years ous precious instruments and of dialogue with the mainline books documenting the birth Protestant churches, he did it by and development of stargaz- Antique astronomy instruments the piece, not the bushel. ing in Italy. The Vatican Ob- are displayed in a case at the The result is a 207-page book, servatory, the Italian National headquarters of the Vatican Harvesting the Fruits: Basic Aspects Institute of Astrophysics and Observatory in Albano, Italy. (CNS of Christian Faith in Ecumenical Dia- the Vatican Museums have photo/Paul Haring) logue, which celebrates abundant pooled their collections of antique telescopes, astrolabes, growth in understanding among celestial globes and manuscripts, such as Galileo Galilei’s Christians, but with a sharp sense original handwritten notes detailing his observations of the of quality control. Cardinal Kasper’s book, moon. Many of the 130 items in the exhibit have never been titled, HARVESTING THE FRUITS: The book bears the cardinal’s displayed publicly. The exhibit, called “Astrum 2009,’” runs BASIC ASPECTS OF CHRISTIAN name as author, although others at the Vatican Museums from Oct. 16 to Jan. 16, 2010, and FAITH IN ECUMENICAL commemorates the International Year of Astronomy. The had a hand in the project: for- DIALOGUE. (CNS photo/Paul United Nations declared the special year to mark the 400th mer and current members of the Haring) cardinal’s Pontifi cal Council for anniversary of Galileo’s fi rst use of the telescope to observe Promoting Christian Unity, the the cosmos. The exhibit’s curator, Ileana Chinnici, told jour- nalists during a Vatican press conference Oct. 13 that Italy’s cardinal-members of the council unique patrimony of astronomical instruments is the richest and theologians from other Chris- in the world. Popes and the divided Italian states all support- tian communities. ed their own observatories and amassed a large number of Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifi cal Council for Promoting Christian Four decades of official historical instruments and valuable documentation, she said. Catholic dialogues with the Unity, presents his book on ecumenical dialogue during a press conference at the Anglican Communion, the Lu- Vatican Oct. 15. The book, titled, HARVESTING THE FRUITS: BASIC ASPECTS OF CHRISTIAN theran World Federation, the FAITH IN ECUMENICAL DIALOGUE, covers 40 years of dialogue with mainline Protestant Anderson, head of Knights of Columbus, chuches. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) World Methodist Council, and honored by city of Rome the World Alliance of Reformed ROME (CNS) — The head of the Knights of Columbus has Churches have led to recogni- been awarded Rome’s Lupa Capitolina prize in recognition tion of a strong shared faith in Cardinal Kasper said. and made suggestions. of the work and service the organization has carried out in Jesus Christ and the Trinity, the Presenting the book at the Also, he said, Pope Benedict the Italian capital for nearly a century. Supreme Knight Carl content of the creed and baptism, Vatican Oct. 13, the cardinal said XVI and Cardinal Levada were A. Anderson was given the award by Rome’s mayor, Gianni the book said. the timing of the project was not given the first copies of the Alemanno, during a ceremony in the city hall Oct. 28. In a It highlighted a “fresh and meant to coincide with his pos- completed edition of Harvesting written statement released Oct. 27, Anderson said he was renewed understanding of the sible retirement. He will turn 77 the Fruits. honored to receive the award from the city of Rome. “As relation between Scripture and in March, but said the pope has “This book was not written both the ‘Eternal City’ and the center of the Catholic Church, tradition” and the almost miracu- made no mention of replacing against anyone in the Curia, but Rome has a special place in the hearts of the Knights of lous agreements with Lutherans him. aims at creating a welcoming Columbus, and we look forward to another 90 years of ser- and Methodists on justifi cation “I am willing to work in the atmosphere for ecumenism,” vice in this great city,” he said. Since the 1920s, the Knights — how people are made righteous church and for the church as long Cardinal Kasper said. have run several sports centers in Rome that young people can use for free. The Knights have also covered the costs in the eyes of God — which was as God gives me the strength and The ecumenical dialogues and for numerous renovations and repairs inside and outside St. the key dispute of the Protestant health, but the rest depends on their joint statements of agree- Peter’s Basilica, including restoring the basilica’s facade. Reformation. the Holy Father,” he said, adding ment on issues, including the The Knights pay for the satellite uplink for major international that it “would not be a disaster” church, authority, ministry, and But it acknowledged serious telecasts from the Vatican, such as the pope’s Christmas for the church or for ecumen- the Eucharist, “were not written differences in understanding and Mass. in practice regarding the meaning ism if a qualifi ed replacement to be covered with dust on the of ordination and who can be or- stepped in. shelves of a library or simply to dained, the question of authority As far as the book is concerned, be used for someone’s thesis,” Caritas asks for millions of dollars in in the church and who exercises it, Cardinal Kasper said that even the cardinal said. aid for Sudanese crisis and how Christian communities the people working on it were Cardinal Kasper said it is time VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Caritas Internationalis launched can determine what constitutes “positively surprised at how for the Catholic Church — and an appeal for $ 3.4 million in aid to feed 35,000 Sudanese an authentic interpretation of much has been accomplished in also its dialogue partners — to people who have suffered through violent confl ict and years Scripture. these years. It is a very rich harvest begin “a reception process” that of drought. “Violence in South Sudan is now worse than in In addition, the book acknowl- that overcomes the polemics and promotes not just knowledge of Darfur,” said Alistair Dutton, Caritas’ humanitarian director, edges that while many of the his- the great historical problems of the documents, but allows the in an Oct. 21 statement. Earlier in this decade, Darfur, in toric disputes that kept Christians the Reformation.” statements to impact the way western Sudan, was the site of an armed confl ict that killed divided have been overcome, The cardinal said he knows the church lives and reaches out hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions. “If differences over new ethical prob- that “even among some members to others. the current peace deal unravels, we will be headed toward lems — particularly concerning of the Roman Curia” there some- Msgr. Mark Langham, an of- a major catastrophe,” Dutton said. Sudan is recovering human sexuality — are moving times is a feeling that ecumenism fi cial at the pontifi cal council and from 22 years of civil war that ended in 2005 with a com- some of the churches farther apart “has not borne any fruit and left a speaker at the book presenta- prehensive peace agreement between the northern-based government and separatist forces in the South. Caritas said and even creating new divisions us with our hands empty.” tion, said, “It is our hope that that an upsurge of violence in the southern state of Western within individual Christian com- But “that is not the offi cial this book is both a celebration Equatoria has forced 68,000 people from their homes. The munities. opinion” of the church, he said, and a challenge, that it helps Vatican-based umbrella organization of Catholic charities The cardinal, his staff and repre- pointing out that Cardinal Wil- us as members of the Christian said it plans to bring aid to 25,000 people who are in need liam J. Levada, prefect of the community to realize what an sentatives of the Catholic Church’s of immediate care. Violence in the region has worsened astounding achievement has four dialogue partners will gather Congregation for the Doctrine of since the arrival of members of the Lord’s Resistance Army, in February to study the book as the Faith, is also a member of the been reached and to ask ourselves a militia force formerly based in Uganda, Caritas said. the basis for a discussion on “the council for Christian unity, and why we don’t feel like that a bit future of Western ecumenism,” read the fi rst draft of the book more.” Page 20 North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Scripture Readings

evening Mass, he immediately came to the house and led us through a ritual prayer for the dying that was at once one of the most heartbreak- ing and profoundly joyful experiences of my life. Because of the compassionate ministry of a priest (who also had visited Dad frequently in the hospital), our family was able to release my father to eternal life in a way that drew us closer to God and to each other. For that selfl ess gift, I November 15, Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. will always be grateful. Cycle B. Readings: I have been blessed many times in my life by 1) Daniel 12:1-3 the ministry of priests — from the family friend Psalm 16:5, 8-11 who helped me through a crisis of faith in my 2) Hebrews 10:11-14, 18 teen years, to the college chaplain who so beauti- Gospel) Mark 13:24-32 fully preached our wedding homily, to the parish pastors who warmly welcomed our three chil- dren through baptism and anointed our ailing parents before surgery, to the spiritual director who guided me through a powerful midlife retreat. The Letter to the Hebrews describes Jesus By Sharon K. Perkins as the high priest par excellence, who offered himself on our behalf as a sacrifi ce for sin and, in n a Saturday afternoon in February 2008, turn, gifted his church with priestly ministers. In my close family members and I gathered at my O this Year for Priests proclaimed by Pope Benedict parents’ home to attend to my father who was XVI, let us not only give thanks for their service dying of pancreatic cancer. Knowing in our “Every priest stands daily but also let us support and pray for them so that hearts that the end was near, we engaged in a they might live out their priestly vocations in at his ministry.” surreal sort of vigil that alternated between rau- holiness and joy. cous, laughter-fi lled games of dominoes at the — Hebrews 10:11 kitchen table and gentle, lingering visits to my dad’s hospital bed in the living room. We all felt resistance to saying our goodbyes, but knowing that the time for doing so was passing quickly, QUESTIONS: we clearly needed someone to guide us through Can you recall an experience in which you were helped by a priest? that process in a prayerful way. What can you do this week to show your appreciation and support for a My parents’ parish priest was that someone. Having just celebrated the parish Saturday priest? Copyright © 2009, Diocese of Fort Worth Saint from Middle Ages found answers to life with prayer, pope says

By Sarah Delaney Catholic News Service ray for a safe VATICAN CITY — The life and P writings of a 12th-century abbot and blessed journey remind Christians that questions about the meaning of life and for the more than God cannot be answered without 500 Catholics from prayer and contemplation, Pope Benedict XVI said. all corners of our St. Bernard of Clairvaux, who 28 counties joining led the important Cistercian mon- astery in Clairvaux, France, from Bishop Kevin Vann 1115 until his death in 1153, put the love of God and Jesus Christ on the diocese’s 40th at the center of his numerous writ- Anniversary Rome ings, the pope said at his weekly general audience Oct. 21. Pilgrimage His example is important to- Nov. 9-16 day because “sometimes we try to resolve fundamental questions about God and man with ratio- said, he earned the nickname “Dr. nality alone,” the pope said to Mellifl uous.” the faithful gathered in a sunny, St. Bernard navigated through windy St. Peter’s Square. a period of intense philosophic “St. Bernard reminds us that, Pope Benedict XVI waves to pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square as he departs his general audience at the debate by establishing himself without deep faith in God that Vatican Oct. 21. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) as a theologian dedicated to the is strengthened by prayer, con- contemplative and mystical as- templation, and an intimate doctor of the church, a group of refl ection on theologians of the his many sermons, treatises, and pects of the Christian faith, Pope relationship with the Lord, our saints whose writings have been Middle Ages. other documents, including the Benedict said. refl ections on the divine mysteries of particular importance in Catho- The saint was an able adminis- letters he exchanged with im- Along with St. Bernard, the risk becoming merely intellectual lic theology or spirituality. He is trator of the abbey but was known portant contemporary Christian pope said, “we must recognize exercises and lose their credibil- often considered “the last of the for his deep spirituality and love intellectuals, he said. that it’s easier for man to seek ity,” Pope Benedict said. fathers,” the pope explained in for Jesus and Mary, the pope Because his praises of Jesus and fi nd God with prayer than St. Bernard is venerated as a his ongoing weekly catechetical said. This was evident through “fl owed like honey,” the pope with discussions.” North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Page 21 Scripture Readings

God are a mystery. We look so ordinary, but to others we are the same sort of contradiction that Jesus presented to Pilate. For instance, yesterday after church I saw one of the king’s followers: She is a grandmother of 11 children. She was small, driving an older car, but her smile was bright with the eternal hope that lights her life. Her works of mercy, kindness and love, working with mothers to help them carry November 22, Feast of Christ the King. their babies to term, stretch across three decades. Cycle B. Readings: I remember recognizing another from the 1) Daniel 7:13-14 kingdom walking into my offi ce a few years Psalm 93:1-2, 5 ago: A college professor of business ethics, 2) Revelation 1:5-8 he was mild-mannered, thoughtful, wearing Gospel) John 18:33b-37 sandals with a business suit. He is a member of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, a group that By Jeff Hensley helps maintain the church’s religious sites in the Holy Land and supports her people by building ilate questions Jesus, who stands before him: schools and hospitals. A follower of the once-per- P“Are you the king of the Jews?” In answer, Jesus secuted but now exalted Son of Man, he works at says his kingdom is not of this world, or his fol- bringing God’s wisdom to the world of business. lowers would be fi ghting to defend him. He has doubtless been a mystery — and a light Jesus is a mystery to Pilate and anyone else — to many around him who are more driven by watching him. A kingdom not of this world? monetary gain. What is he talking about? Like Jesus, we are a mystery to those who see us This week’s other readings present an en- serving a king whose kingdom is not of this world. tirely different picture of the kingship of Jesus. Perhaps their curiosity will lead them to him. In Daniel, “one like a Son of Man” comes on the clouds of heaven and is presented to the Ancient One to receive “dominion, glory and kingship; “My kingdom does not all peoples, nations and languages serve him. His belong to this world.” dominion is an everlasting dominion.” — John 18:36b The Revelation passage tells us that he who loves us “has freed us from our sins by his blood” and “made us into a kingdom, priests for QUESTIONS: his God and Father, to him be glory and power Do you know people who puzzle those around them by following Jesus their forever and ever.” Like Jesus before Pilate, we in the kingdom of king? What can you do to follow Jesus more closely in your everyday life? Copyright © 2009, Diocese of Fort Worth Job opening: harvesters for the Kingdom of God By Jeff Hedglen on end. When they were gone, the Bible; we just have to be will- they were gone for a year. Now ing and observant servants. few years ago a new it seems that we can get almost Instead of meeting your friend student walked into anything any time of year. for lunch, meet for noon Mass Aour youth room. He We do not have to be When we turn to the Scriptures at a local parish (Check Mass had never been involved at our the concept of the harvest takes on times at www.fwdioc.org). Next parish and none of the adults scholars in theology or a whole new signifi cance. We are spring invite a friend to join a Why had ever seen him before. We the fruit that is to be harvested into Catholic? group with you or invite welcomed him, found out he was experts in the Bible; we the Kingdom of God. Jesus says: them to a Bible study. Commit to a senior, and got him connected “The harvest is abundant but the daily pray for a particular person with the right class for the day. just have to be willing and laborers are few; so ask the master who is searching for more in life. After a few weeks we learned of the harvest to send out laborers Call your godson or daughter that his mom had dropped him for his harvest” (Luke 10:2), and or the person you sponsored for off at church that day because she observant servants. in John he says: “I tell you, look confi rmation, and see if they are was concerned about his recent up and see the fi elds ripe for the still walking with God. behavior. This young man came harvest” (John 4:35). The avenues to the Kingdom back week after week and is still All humanity is fruit for the are as plentiful as the fruits of the involved today. harvest, and we who are believ- harvest, but there is still a need His involvement has pro- To think this all started with a can feel far removed from the ers are called to be laborers in this for laborers. The Harvest Master gressed from a regular attendee mom, at her wits’ end, dropping power of the harvest. After all, heavenly work. Jesus is saying is hiring. Your application was of the youth programs to being a son off at church. I will admit we can have apples, strawberries, that too few people are doing fi lled out when you were bap- on leadership teams with our that in 23 years of youth ministry fresh green beans, corn on the cob, their part to bring people into the tized, and your commissioning 7-12 grade religious ed as well many parents have dropped off and squash any time we want, but Kingdom. Additionally he is say- was your confi rmation. It is time as confi rmation preparation. Ad- many youths with not such ex- it was not always like this. ing that there is no time to waste: to go out into the fi elds and bring ditionally he attends young adult treme results, but the reality is that Before the globalized economy the fi elds are ripe! in the harvest. ministry events and even took most transformations start with and advances in greenhouse What does this mean for you three 7 a.m. shifts a week pray- simple gestures based in faith. growing of foods, most crops and me? Basically it means that we Jeff Hedglen, youth minister at St. ing at an abortion clinic during This is a time of year when we were harvested once a year. I can have to be like a concerned mom Bartholomew Parish in South- the 40 Days for Life. If that were traditionally focus on the harvest. remember, as a child, helping my dropping her son off at church; west Fort Worth, is the principal not enough, he is also applying Crops are brought in from the uncle with a two-acre garden. fi nd the people in our lives that organizer of Camp Fort Worth each to do a year of missionary work fi elds, apples are picked from When we harvested the food, are lost and help them fi nd their summer. Readers with questions with NET Ministries (National trees, and grapes are turned into we ate corn on the cob and green way to Jesus. We do not have to be can contact Jeff at jeff@stbartsfw. Evangelization Teams.) wine. In our modern society, we beans for what seemed like weeks scholars in theology or experts in org. Page 22 North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 América La campaña Todo es posible nos brinda la oportunidad de dar de nosotros mismos Estimados hermanos y hermanas en el Señor, es pido a todos en nuestra diócesis a orar La oración de la campaña Todo es posible urante los Lpor esas parroquias y misiones que están Padre celestial, últimos participando activamente en este esfuerzo y a través de Tu Hijo, meses les Jesucristo nuestro Señor, D para el éxito de nuestra campaña Todo es posible, he escrito y habla- y sin Él nada podemos hacer. do sobre la campa- Monseñor Kevin W. Vann ña Todo es posible. complació el asistir a un número de las sus recursos”. Permite que busquemos tu reino recepciones y ver esta muestra visible Vivimos en tiempos difíciles para sobre todas las cosas, de nuestra fe en acción. Las parroquias la economía del país y de la Iglesia, Este esfuerzo es muy impor- sabiendo que todo obran para el bien restantes conducirán la campaña en la y hacer donativos a esta campaña tante para mí personalmente primavera. Espero visitar muchas de tomará sacrifi cio. A veces el donativo para aquellos que te aman y son llamados de acuerdo y para el futuro de nuestra esas parroquias también. de conveniencia, o el donativo del Las parroquias que están con- exceso, es la manera más fácil de sentir a Tu propósito. diócesis. He estado muy duciendo la campaña Todo es posible una liberación de nuestra obligación. este otoño pronto tendrán su “fi n de Pero los principios de la buena ad- Concédenos, que contento con la respuesta semana de compromiso”. Su meta es ministración piden que entremos en unidos a Tu Hijo en la fe, positiva hasta la fecha. simple: comparta el mensaje sobre la el discernimiento. En nuestra oración campaña, e invite a todos los feligreses debemos considerar cómo Dios nos ha y fortalecidos por Nuestro Señor nos dice en el a unirse en oración, servicio y la en- bendecido, y cómo podemos dar algo el Espíritu Santo, evangelio de San Mateo, “Con Dios, trega sacrifi cial. Espero que todos los y como podemos responder con un seamos generosos todas las cosas son posibles”. Por lo feligreses en estas parroquias se unan donativo. tanto, procedemos con esperanza, en nuestro apoyo conmigo en apoyar a esta importante Como católicos, creemos fi rme- optimismo y confi anza en que el Señor a la campaña Todo es posible necesidad. mente en el poder de la oración. Les respirará vida en nuestra campaña. que busca engrandecer Desde el principio, esta campaña se pido a todos en nuestra diócesis a orar Ya hemos comenzado exitosamente ha basado en un sacrifi cio equitativo, por esas parroquias y misiones que el Evangelio con sobre $5.4 millones recaudados: no en la equivalencia de donativos están participando activamente en en nuestras vidas, la parroquia Holy Rosary, Cisco; la o en donativos de conveniencia. No este esfuerzo y para el éxito de nuestra hogares, parroquias, misión Holy Trinity, Azle; la parroquia todos pueden dar la misma cantidad, campaña. Quizás cada hogar pueda Sacred Heart, Wichita Falls; la par- en nuestra gran familia diocesana pero espero que todos puedan sacri- ofrecer diariamente la oración de la roquia St. Bartholomew, Fort Worth; y en nuestras comunidades. fi carse con la misma intensidad. Que campaña. la parroquia St. Paul, Electra; y la apropiado que el evangelio del 7 y 8 de Sé que, uniendo nuestras oraciones parroquia St. Rita, Ranger, han llegado noviembre nos llegue de Marcos 12:38- y sacrifi cios, seremos exitosos. Todo esto oramos a más del 25 por ciento de su meta con 44 o 12:41-44, La ofrenda de la viuda. En el nombre de Jesucristo solo los resultados preliminares reci- “Yo les aseguro que esta viuda Sinceramente en Cristo, nuestro Señor. bidos de los líderes dirigentes. Las 27 pobre ha dado más que todos los otros. parroquias y misiones que han partici- Amén. Pues todos han echado de lo que les pado con la campaña este otoño han +Monseñor Kevin W. Vann sobraba, mientras ella ha dado desde organizado sobre 100 recepciones. Me Obispo de Fort Worth su pobreza; no tenía más, y dio todos El cardenal George dice que la Iglesia estadounidense está lista para colaborar en recepción de anglicanos

WASHINGTON (CNS)— El estadounidense. por medio del diálogo teológico y presidente de la Conferencia El mismo día en el Vaticano, el de la colaboración en actividades estadounidense de obispos católicos cardenal estadounidense William J. que avancen la misión de Cristo y dijo que la Iglesia estadounidense Levada, director de la Congregación el bienestar de la sociedad”, dijo “está lista para colaborar” con el para la doctrina de la fe, dijo que el cardenal George. Vaticano en la implementación de el Papa Benedicto XVI estaba En el Vaticano el cardenal Levada una nueva provisión para recibir preparando una constitución también reafi rmó el compromiso a los anglicanos en la Iglesia apostólica que establecería una de la Iglesia con la unidad cristiana. Católica. estructura especial para los Sin embargo, dijo, al estable-cer En una declaración emitida anglicanos que deseaban estar en nuevas jurisdicciones eclesiás- en Washington el 20 de octubre, comunión completa con la Iglesia ticas — “ordinariatos personales”, el cardenal Francis E. George, Católica mientras preservarían similares a la diócesis –- el Papa El primer retiro de ACTS en el norte de Texas: Un equipo de 24 personas de de Chicago, presidente de la aspectos de su herencia espiritual Benedicto estaba respondiendo a San Antonio coordinó el retiro de ACTS de los hispanos de Gainesville entre el 15 conferencia, también enfatizó y 18 de octubre, en el centro de retiros Lone Oak, ubicado en la carretera FM 372. y litúrgica anglicana. “muchas peticiones” presentadas El domingo, un gran número de feligreses les dio la bienvenida al llegar a tiempo que la Iglesia Católica de los “Los obispos católicos de los por anglicanos individuales y para la misa en español de la 1 PM, seguida por una cena en el salón parroquial Estados Unidos continuaría Estados Unidos se mantienen grupos anglicanos, incluyendo de Saint Mary. Muchos de los participantes del retiro se ven en la fotografía trabajando hacia la unidad comprometidos con buscar una “de 20 a 30 obispos”, que están vistiendo sus franelas moradas de ACTS y sus cruces. Un retiro hispano de ACTS cristiana con los episcopales, que unidad más profunda con los pidiendo entrar en comunión para mujeres está programado en marzo. componen la provincia anglicana miembros de la Iglesia Episcopal completa con la Iglesia. North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Page 23 América

El obispo Kevin Vann ha pedido que el boletín de la Declaración sobre la Reforma para el Conferencia de los obispos católicos de los Estados cuidado de la salud De los obispos de Unidos (abajo) se haga disponible a todos los feligreses la Conferencia católica de Texas de la diócesis de Fort Worth, una indicación de su 27 de octubre del 2009 íntegro apoyo a los requerimientos para cualquier En el 2005, la Conferencia Católica de intensivo, 8 asilos para ancianos y otras 17 legislación sobre salud pública que sea aprobada por Texas publicó una declaración pastoral organizaciones de servicio patrocinadas sobre la necesidad urgente de reformar la por católicos, incluyendo el cuidado de el congreso de los Estados Unidos. Estos boletines se manera en que nuestro gobierno provee los moribundos, la salud en el hogar, para el cuidado de la salud del pueblo. Hoy ayuda para vivir, y casas de asistencia distribuirán en 19.000 parroquias en todo el país. en día, cuando se debate en el capitolio el para millones de personas mayores. asunto del cuidado de la salud, los obispos La Iglesia misma es un importante de Texas consideramos que nos conviene comprador de seguros de salud para declarar una vez más nuestro deseo de miles de empleados en nuestras muchas UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS que nuestros líderes nacionales trabajen agencias e instituciones. La Iglesia Católica unidos para llevar a cabo reformas que en Texas aporta tanto experiencias como 3211 FOURTH STREET NE • WASHINGTON DC 20017-1194 afi rmen el respeto a la vida en el sistema convicciones en el asunto de la reforma • 202-541-3100 • FAX 202-541-3166 nacional de salud. del sistema nacional de salud. Mejorar el sistema nacional de salud es Los Obispos católicos de Texas VOLANTE DE USCCB PARA BOLETINAS EN TODA LA NACIÓN responsabilidad de todos. Su Santidad, el continuaremos apoyando la reforma del Papa Benedicto XVI, al dirigirse al Consejo sistema nacional de salud de tal manera pontifi cio para el cuidado de la salud, reiteró que respete la vida de todas las personas Háblele al Congreso: remuevan de org/healthcare. esta responsabilidad, afi rmando que “ir en humanas, al mismo tiempo que provea la necesaria reforma al sistema de salud Los líderes del Congreso están ayuda del ser humano es un deber porque es acceso asequible al cuidado de la salud para la fi nanciación de abortos y mandatos preparando proyectos de ley para llevarlos una respuesta al derecho fundamental de la todos. Seremos un aliado comprometido para cubrirlo. a votación. Le rogamos que contacte a sus persona y porque el cuidado de la persona en la promoción de una reforma en este El Congreso se está preparando para legisladores hoy, y úrjale que mejoren esas redunda en benefi cio del grupo”. tema de la vida y la muerte; pero si la poner a votación la reforma al sistema propuestas con las enmiendas pro vida La moral católica enseña que cada forma fi nal de la legislación no incluye de salud en la Cámara y en el Senado. aquí incluidas. De no ser así los obispos ser humano, desde el momento de su un lenguaje aceptable en estas áreas, La verdadera reforma protegería la vida se opondrán a la reforma del sistema de concepción hasta su muerte natural, tiene tendremos que oponernos enérgicamente. y la dignidad de cada persona desde salud, reforma que debe salvar vidas, no una dignidad innata que merece ciertos Seguiremos orando para que los líderes de el momento de su concepción hasta destruirlas. derechos y protecciones, incluyendo el nuestra nación pongan a los pobres y los derecho fundamental a la vida y el derecho más vulnerables en primer lugar, porque es su muerte natural. La Conferencia de ACCIÓN: obispos católicos de EE. UU. ha resuelto a un sistema de salud accesible, el cual se sólo cuando hagan eso que nuestra nación Contacte a los miembros por correo que todas las propuestas de leyes son deriva del derecho a la vida. logrará una reforma genuina del sistema electrónico, teléfono o cartas por fax. defi cientes en lo relativo al aborto y a Como Obispos católicos de Texas, nacional de salud. • Envíe al Congreso un correo la libertad de conciencia, y no ofrecen esperamos que esa reforma a la legislación electrónico con un mensaje ya preparado, acceso adecuado al cuidado de la salud sea promulgada como ley. Sin embargo, visitando www.usccb.org/action. para los inmigrantes y los pobres. Estas debemos también expresar nuestra • Llame a la central telefónica del propuestas han de cambiarse o los preocupación que las propuestas actuales Capitolio de los EE. UU., al 202-224- obispos se han comprometido a oponerse para reformar el sistema nacional de salud 3121, o llame a las ofi cinas locales de los a ellas. que se están considerando en la Cámara de legisladores que nos representan. † Cardenal Daniel DiNardo Nuestra nación está en una encrucijada. Diputados y en el Senado de los Estados • Información completa sobre sus Arzobispo de Galveston-Houston Las políticas que se adopten en la reforma Unidos todavía no alcanzan el nivel de representantes aparece en www.house. † Arzobispo José H. Gomez del sistema de salud tendrán efectos garantizar estos derechos y protecciones gov & www.senate.gov. Arquidiócesis de San Antonio buenos o perniciosos por muchos años. fundamentales. † Obispo Kevin W. Vann Ninguna de las propuestas incluye MENSAJE AL SENADO: Una verdadera reforma del sistema de Diócesis de Fort Worth cláusulas establecidas desde hace mucho “Durante el debate en pleno del salud debe mantener políticas públicas tiempo que se oponen a la fi nanciación proyecto de ley de reforma del sistema de duraderas que impidan el uso de fondos † Obispo Patrick J. Zurek del aborto o que obligan a cubrir los salud, le pido que apoye una enmienda para el aborto y respeten las conciencias de Diócesis de Amarillo abortos; y ninguna protege plenamente que incorpore las antiguas políticas en los que proveen el cuidado de la salud. El † Obispo Curtis J. Guillory, SVD los derechos de conciencia en el cuidado contra de la fi nanciación de los abortos lenguaje usado en la Enmienda Capps, que es Diócesis de Beaumont de la salud. y a favor del derecho a la objeción de parte de varias iniciativas de ley que se han † Obispo Raymundo J. Peña Así lo expresa la carta del 8 de octubre conciencia. Si no se abordan estos graves propuesto, no asegura adecuadamente la Diócesis de Brownsville de los obispos de EE. UU.: asuntos, le pido que rechace el proyecto protección de toda vida humana. Además, “No se ha de exigir a nadie que fi nal”. las estructuras de costo de cualquier nuevo † Obispo Edmond Carmody pague o que participe en un aborto. plan para el cuidado de la salud no deben Diócesis de Corpus Christi Es imprescindible que la legislación MENSAJE A LA CÁMARA: imponer un cargo fi nanciero excesivo para † Obispo Kevin J. Farrell le aplique claramente a este nuevo “Por favor apoye la Enmienda las personas y familias de ingresos bajos Diócesis de Dallas Stupak que aborda asuntos pro vida o moderados. También se deben tomar programa las limitaciones federales † Obispo Armando X. Ochoa fundamentales del proyecto de ley medidas para salvaguardar la salud de –establecidas hace mucho tiempo y que Diócesis de El Paso gozan de amplio respaldo– relativas al de reforma del sistema de salud, todos en la sociedad, incluyendo a los fi nanciamiento y la cobertura del aborto, concernientes a la financiación de pobres, los ancianos y los inmigrantes. Se † Obispo James A. Tamayo y que protegen el derecho a la objeción de abortos y al derecho a la objeción de les debe permitir a los inmigrantes legales y Diócesis de Laredo conciencia. Ninguno de los proyectos de conciencia. Ayude a garantizar que el a sus familias el acceso oportuno y accesible † Obispo Plácido Rodríguez, CMF ley actuales reúne estas condiciones... Si procedimiento legislativo acordado para a polizas para el seguro médico , y a la vez, Diócesis de Lubbock no se logra dar una redacción aceptable este proyecto permita una votación sobre ofrecer una red adecuada para los que † Obispo Álvaro Corrada del Rio, SJ a estos puntos, nos veremos obligados a esta enmienda. Si no se abordan estos permanecen sin seguro para la salud. Diócesis de Tyler graves asuntos, le pido que rechace el La reforma del sistema nacional de salud oponernos con vigor al proyecto de ley † Obispo Michael D. Pfeifer, OMI proyecto fi nal”. es una preocupación vital para nosotros de reforma del sistema de salud”. Diócesis de San Angelo Para ver el texto completo de esta en Texas, puesto que nuestro estado tiene carta y obtener más información sobre CUÁNDO: uno de los números más altos de personas † Obispo David E. Felhauer la legislación propuesta y la defensa de La Cámara y el Senado se están sin seguro médico en la nación. El cuidado Diócesis de Victoria los obispos de una verdadera reforma preparando ahora para votar. Hágalo hoy de la salud es un componente básico del Monseñor Michael Mulvey al sistema de salud visite: www.usccb. mismo. ¡Muchas gracias! ministerio de la Iglesia Católica. En Texas Administrador diocesano de Austin hay 43 hospitales católicos para el cuidado Page 24 North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 América Las iglesias trabajan para asegurarse que todos y cada uno fi gure en el censo del 2010 en los EE.UU. WASHINGTON — Las iglesias los que se ven aislados, debido en el trabajo con las comunidades que el procedimiento del censo trato y comunicación de alcance tienen un papel crucial para a su poco dominio del inglés, y en su apoyo para actividades no será complicado ni se llevará y extensión con las personas”, asegurarse que todos y cada uno y los de bajos ingresos”, dijo políticas que sustentan las mucho tiempo, dijo Aguilera- añadió. “El censo de los EE.UU. fi gure en el Día del censo de 2010, Aguilera-Titus, director auxiliar de necesidades de nuestra gente”, Titus. Con solamente 10 preguntas, nos da información importante el 1º de abril. asuntos hispanos en el secretariado dijo. es uno de los cuestionarios más para hacer eso”. Este es el mensaje que Alejandro de diversidad cultural, en una Especialmente con las cortos de todos los censos, desde Como requisito de llevarse a Aguilera-Titus y Beverly Carroll, entrevista con el Catholic News comunidades a donde es difícil que se levantó el primero en el cabo cada 10 años, según lo exige la del secretariado sobre Diversidad Service, el 27 de octubre. llegar y, por consiguiente, difíciles año de 1790. Constitución, el censo tiene como cultural en la Iglesia de la Conferencia Sin embargo, contando con de ser contados, “tenemos cierta El arzobispo José H. Gómez propósito contar a todas y cada de obispos católicos de Estados Unidos 19,000 parroquias y miles más credibilidad, así que las personas de San Antonio, presidente del una de las personas que residan (USCCB), difunden como punto de agencias de servicios sociales, se muestran más aptas para Comité sobre diversidad cultural en en los Estados Unidos el 1º de clave en la asociación entre la establecimientos de cuidado de la escuchar”, añadió Carroll. la Iglesia de la USCCB, dijo que las abril del año 2010. Esto incluye USCCB y la Ofi cina del censo de los salud e instituciones educativas Aguilera-Titus dijo que la clave estadísticas reunidas en el censo todos los 50 estados, el Distrito Estados Unidos. dispersas por todo el país, la Iglesia para un Día de censo tranquilo servirán para otros propósitos que de Columbia, Samoa americana, Las cifras colectadas en el Católica está en una disposición y efi ciente es la confi anza. Las no son del gobierno. la mancomunidad de las islas censo del 2010 determinarán la única para poder llegar cerca de personas a las que se cuenta deben “El censo de los Estados Unidos Marianas del norte, Guam, Puerto representación en el Congreso todas esas personas y convencerlas confi ar que su información no se es una herramienta útil para Rico y las islas Vírgenes de los y la asignación de más de de que es importante que sean dará a otras agencias federales ni enterarse sobre las personas del Estados Unidos. $400 mil millones de fondos contadas, dijo Carroll, directora estará al alcance de vecinos. pueblo de Dios, de quién es cada Cientos de organizaciones anuales federales para escuelas auxiliar de asuntos afroamericanos, “Las iglesias pueden ayudar uno y en dónde está, y muchos fundamentadas en la fe, grupos locales, caminos, parques y otros en la misma entrevista. a generar tal nivel de confi anza”, otros registros que dan luz sobre comunitarios, grupos no lucrati- servicios. “Nuestras parroquias, nuestros dijo, y pueden también proveer su vida respectiva, posibilidades vos, escuelas, compañías y “Históricamente, sabemos centros, nuestros puestos de ayuda concreta con las formas del y luchas”, dijo el arzobispo en una agencias del gobierno se han que hay tres grupos mayores de extensión captan la atención y censo o ayuda con el inglés para declaración. inscrito como socios para las comunidades que son difíciles participación de muchas personas, los que la necesiten. “Una Iglesia que busca actividades del censo, bajo el lema de contar: nuevos inmigrantes, y la Iglesia tiene un papel especial La gente también necesita saber evangelizar se caracteriza por su “Está en nuestras manos”.

El Papa Benedicto XVI saluda a los peregrinos La colecta de CCHD se destinará a ayudar a en la plaza de San Pedro al salir de su familias que sufren con la mala economía audiencia general del Vaticano el 21 de WASHINGTON (CNS) — “Las la gente y resolver problemas en octubre. (foto CNS/ familias la están pasando mal. “Este año, nuestro su respectiva comunidad. El año pasado por medio de Paul Haring) La fe llama” es el tema para la llamado como católicos es colecta nacional de este año de la la CCHD se distribuyeron más llevar gozosas noticias a Campaña católica de desarrollo de $7,7 millones a 250 donatarios humano, que se llevará a cabo los pobres ... y proclamar en todo los Estados Unidos: El Papa hace llamado a en la mayoría de las iglesias la libertad a los cautivos 776 parroquias católicas, 18 católicas, el fi n de semana de y la recuperación de la organizaciones de caridades escuchar más atentamente noviembre 21-22. “Este año, vista a los invidentes; católicas y 51 comunidades nuestro llamado como católicos liberar al oprimido es más religiosas estuvieron involucradas las lecturas del Evangelio es llevar gozosas noticias a los importante que nunca dentro de los grupos que recibieron pobres ... y proclamar la libertad antes”. fondos por parte de la CCHD. CIUDAD DEL VATICANO espiritual centrados en el misterio a los cautivos y la recuperación de — Obispo Roger P. Morin Entre los donantes estaba (CNS) — El Papa Benedicto de Cristo”, dijo. la vista a los invidentes; liberar al de Biloxi, Mississippi la diócesis de St. Petersburg, XVI invitó a todos los católicos Por ejemplo, dijo que la práctica oprimido es más importante que Florida, que recibió una donación a escuchar más cuidadosamente de lectio divina, forma de meditación nunca antes”, dijo el obispo Roger la nación ha dejado a muchas para el apoyo del proyecto Fe y y en oración las lecturas del en oración acerca de la palabra de P. Morin de Biloxi, Mississippi, familias y personas individuales acción para la fortaleza, trabajos Evangelio, especialmente durante Dios, era una parte fundamental en que es presidente del subcomité sin la seguridad de un trabajo, relacionados con educación, la Misa dominical, y a apartar un la vida de los teólogos monásticos de los Estados Unidos de la sin cuidado de salud o sufi cientes transporte y vivienda asequible. poco de tiempo todos los días porque “para ellos la simple Campaña católica de desarrollo fondos de jubilación, se hacía La arquidiócesis de Nueva para meditar acerca de la palabra lectura de textos sagrados no era humano (CCHD). notar en un comunicado de York recibió una donación para el de Dios. sufi ciente para percibir el sentido El obispo hizo sus comentarios prensa referente a la colecta. apoyo del Movimiento por justicia “Una lectura puramente teórica profundo, la unidad interna ni el en una carta dirigida a las Por cerca de 40 años, la en el barrio, que trabaja con más y profana no es sufi ciente para mensaje trascendente” presentes parroquias, en donde les pedía CCHD ha distribuido fondos a de 400 personas—mayormente poder llegar al corazón de las en los textos. a los católicos ser tan generosos grupos de la comunidad para inmigrantes mexicanos—y se Sagradas Escrituras. Uno debe Esta forma de teología fue como les fuera posible durante ayudar con las necesidades de enfoca hacia asuntos de inquilinos leerlas en el espíritu que fueron caracterizada por la meditación, la la colecta anual de los obispos de vivienda asequible, salarios y negociaciones con el consulado escritas y creadas”, dijo durante oración y las canciones en alabanza EE.UU., que es la fuente principal justos y entrenamiento laboral, mexicano, para el mejoramiento su audiencia general en la Plaza y llevó a “una conversión sincera”, de apoyo de su programa nacional como también la organización de de servicios dados a la población de San Pedro el 28 de octubre. dijo el Papa. contra la pobreza. proyectos dirigidos por personas inmigrante mexicana de la Ciudad El Papa comenzó un nuevo Diferente a la teología monásti- El veinticinco por ciento de de bajos ingresos, para ayudar a de Nueva York. ciclo de charlas, dedicando su ca, “la teología escolástica intentó la colecta se usará para el apoyo Mecanismos para reportar la [email protected] catequesis a la renovación de la clarifi car la comprensión de la fe de la realización de proyectos de conducta sexual inapropiada: · llamar al número de emergencia para teología durante el siglo 12. estudiando las fuentes y usando la diócesis en donde se haga la Si usted o alguien que conozca el abuso sexual: (817) 560-2452, Ext. Dos modelos o enfoques básicos la lógica”, dijo. colecta. es víctima de conducta sexual 900 de teología emergieron en ese El maestro — representando “La misión de la CCHD es inapropiada por parte de cualquier · o llamar al Centro Católico al número: (817) 560-2452, ext. 102 y entonces: la teología monástica y la autoridad, y el estudiante crucial en 2009, para levantar y persona que trabaje para la iglesia, preguntar por el canciller/moderador la escolástica, dijo. — representando la investigación, animar a todos los que están a sea voluntario, empleado, o miembro del clero, puede reportarlo de las de la curia, el padre James Hart “La teología monástica creció entraban en una forma de debate, un paso de la línea de pobreza, y siguientes maneras: Mecanismo para reportar de la contemplación en oración donde el objetivo era llegar a una a los que ya están allí, ya sea por · llamar a Judy Locke, Coordinadora abuso: Llamar al Ministerio de de las Escrituras y de los textos de comprensión más profunda de la desempleo o gastos médicos”, de asistencia para víctimas, al familias de Texas, Servicios de los padres de iglesia, enfatizando palabra de Dios mediante ambos, dijo el obispo. número (817) 560-2452, Ext. 201, protección (Servicios de protección su unidad interior y signifi cado la autoridad y la razón, dijo. La actual crisis económica de o, mandarle correo electrónico a de niños) al número:(800) 252-5400. North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Page 25 State / International

Father Hawkins and Bishop Vann share perspectives on proposed move toward unity Pope establishes structure for Anglicans uniting with Rome

By Cindy Wooden ment a month earlier. to the newly proposed means of Catholic News Service In a phone interview Thursday, bringing Anglicans into full com- VATICAN CITY — Pope Nov. 5 with the North Texas Catholic, munion with the Catholic Church. Benedict XVI has established a Monsignor William Stetson said, “My overwhelming reaction is special structure for Anglicans “The apostolic constitution will one of gratitude that we are mov- who want to be in full communion probably be available in a few days. ing toward total unity,” that Jesus with the Roman Catholic Church In fact,” he joked, “your bishop spoke of. He said he thought Jesus while preserving aspects of their might come back from Rome with a intended it to be in a concrete way, Anglican spiritual and liturgical copy of it in his pocket,” referring to when he said that we should be heritage, said U.S. Cardinal Wil- Bishop Vann accompanying more one. “It should be obvious that liam J. Levada. than 500 Catholics of the Diocese we love one another.” The cardinal, prefect of the Con- of Fort Worth on the diocese’s 40th He continued in a joyous tone, gregation for the Doctrine of the Anniversary Rome pilgrimage “but it’s been achieved without Faith, said a new apostolic consti- Nov. 9-16. denying our Anglican experience tution would establish “personal Msgr. Stetson, has been secre- over the last 450 years…. And ordinariates” — similar to dioceses tary to the Pastoral Provision of there’s been an accumulation of — to oversee the pastoral care of John Paul II by which married grace over [those years]. those who want to bring elements Episcopal priests can become “During that time, there’s of their Anglican identity into the Pope Benedict XVI poses for a photo with Archbishop Rowan Williams of Catholic priests since 1995. While grown up an Anglican ethos, a Canterbury, head of the Anglican Communion, during their meeting at the Vatican Catholic Church with them. the Pastoral Provision has only cultural style, a liturgical style, a in this May 5, 2008, fi le photo. (CNS file photo/L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO) Anglican priests who are mar- applied to Anglican priests in the musical style … a certain pastoral ried may be ordained Catholic tian unity, but is a recognition nion, and Archbishop Vincent U.S., the new apostolic constitu- style as well. priests, but married Anglican that many Anglicans share the Nichols of Westminster, president tion will apply worldwide. “It’s been said in the past, you bishops will not be able to Catholic faith and that Anglicans of the Catholic Bishops’ Confer- “It is an historic moment in the have to leave it at the door.” Now function as Catholic bishops in have a spiritual and liturgical life ence of England and Wales, issued relationship between the Roman that contribution has been recog- keeping with the long-standing worth preserving. a joint statement saying the new Catholic Church and the Church nized to be of some value. Catholic and Orthodox tradi- “It has always been the princi- provisions are a recognition of of England and the worldwide “We’re immensely grateful for tion of ordaining only unmar- pal aim — the principal aim — to “the substantial overlap in faith, Anglican communion,” said Msgr. the kindness and welcome that ried clergy as bishops, Cardinal achieve the full, visible unity” of doctrine, and spirituality between Stetson, a priest of the Prelature of we’ve received in this diocese Levada said. the Catholic Church and Anglican the Catholic Church and the An- Opus Dei, who serves in the Arch- under the Pastoral Provision for The cardinal announced the Communion, the cardinal said. glican tradition.” diocese of Galveston-Houston. the past 15 years,” Fr. Hawkins new arrangement at a press con- But given recent changes with- “Without the dialogues of the He described as “gracious” the said. “Now it’s been made inter- ference Oct. 20 at the Vatican. He in many Anglican provinces with past 40 years, this recognition remarks of Anglican Archbishop national, and we can enjoy the said the pope’s apostolic constitu- the ordination of women priests would not have been possible, Rowan Williams, Archbishop of same provision throughout the tion and norms for implementing and bishops and the acceptance nor would hopes for full visible Canterbury, head of the Anglican world. Of course, I have friends all it were undergoing fi nal revisions of homosexuality in some areas, unity have been nurtured,” the Communion, who addressed over the world who are delighted and would be published in a the prospect of full unity “seemed two leaders said. Anglican leaders in a letter made by this as well.” couple of weeks. to recede,” he said. Archbishop Williams told public Oct. 20. “In the light of In an interview Thursday eve- In establishing the new ju- The church recognizes and reporters that some members of recent discussions with senior of- ning, Bishop Kevin Vann said, “I risdictions, Pope Benedict is welcomes those Anglicans who the Church of England are uneasy fi cials in the Vatican,” Archbishop welcome this. I think this is a very responding to “many requests” fully share the Catholic faith, about positions their church is Williams said, “I can say that this signifi cant moment in Church submitted by individual Angli- agree with the Catholic view taking, yet they would not want new possibility is in no sense at history. Once we have the apos- cans and by Anglican groups that only men can be ordained to become Roman Catholic. all intended to undermine exist- tolic constitution, we will have — including “20 to 30 bishops” priests, and recognize the role of “This will not resolve their ing relations between our two an instrument that tells us how — asking to enter into full com- the bishop of Rome — the pope challenges, and we in the Church communions or to be an act of to go forward from here. munion with the Catholic Church, — as the sign and guarantor of of England have to continue to proselytism or aggression. It is “If any place in the U.S. could the cardinal said. church unity, he said. engage with that,” he said. described as simply a response be considered an appropriate place At the same time, Cardinal At a press conference in Lon- Cardinal Levada told reporters to specifi c inquiries from certain for the Anglican ordinariate, it Levada said the new provision don Oct. 20, Anglican Archbishop he met personally Oct. 19 with Anglican groups and individuals would be Texas,” he said, making does not weaken the commitment Rowan Williams of Canterbury, Archbishop Williams, who had wishing to fi nd their future in the reference to the large number of of the Vatican to promoting Chris- head of the Anglican Commu- been told about the new arrange- Roman Catholic Church.” Anglican priests in the state who “For those who wish to enter have become Catholic priests. into full communion with the Bishop Vann described the Roman Catholic Church in the new developments in Roman Texas Catholic Conference issues near future, this announcement Catholic/Anglican relations as will clarify possible options, and “another step in the process that statement on health care reform we wish them God’s strength and goes back to the Second Vatican guidance in their discernment,” Council, and further, to the Ox- FROM PAGE 1 drew Rivas, Texas Catholic Con- principle that every person has the Anglican leader said. ford Movement.” on low and moderate income ference executive director. “We a right to adequate health care “We in the U.S. have enjoyed “I think it’s a very clear expres- individuals and families; are employers and we are health and that health care is more than more than 25 years of the Pastoral sion of the statement by Jesus in • Measures must safeguard the care providers. We offer assistance a commodity; it is a basic human Provision of John Paul II,” said John 17. ‘that all might be one.’ heath of all of society, including to those who face hardship due right, an essential safeguard of Msgr. Stetson, referring to the many “As vice delegate for the Pasto- the poor, the elderly, and im- to a lack of access to health care human life and dignity. married, Episcopal priests who ral Provision, working with Arch- migrants; through our Catholic hospitals, The Texas Catholic Conference have been accepted into the Church, bishop John Myers of Newark, • Legal immigrants and their nursing homes, and hospice is the association of the 15 Roman and subsequently ordained as New Jersey, ecclesiastical delegate families must be allowed timely care, as well as ministries such as Catholic dioceses of Texas. The Catholic priests of the Anglican for the Pastoral Provision, I’ve access to comprehensive and Catholic Charities, Respect Life, Conference participates in public Usage. “For instance,” he said, “St. been following these develop- affordable health care coverage; and Immigrant Outreach. “ policy on behalf of the Bishops Mary the Virgin Parish here in the ments closely and am in close and The Texas Bishops, members of Texas regarding institutional Diocese of Fort Worth.” contact with people locally. • An adequate safety net must of the United States Conference concerns of the Catholic Church as In an interview with the North “I think it is a work of the Holy be maintained for those who re- of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), well as issues related to Catholic Texas Catholic Thursday evening, Spirit.” main uncovered. have advocated for health care moral and social teachings. For Father Allan Hawkins, pastor of Jeff Hensley, editor of the NORTH “Our work in Texas gives us reform for decades. The Catholic more information on the Texas St. Mary the Virgin Church in TEXAS CATHOLIC, contributed to multiple perspectives on the issue approach to healthcare is shaped Catholic Conference, visit www. Arlington spoke of his response this story. of health care reform,” said An- by the simple, but fundamental, TXCatholic.org. Page 26 North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Diocesan

Barbara Murray of Houston, Tinsley... past state deputy of the Texas Ladies of Peter Claver organi- FROM PAGE 28 zation, has worked with Janae now serves as the longtime for the past 12 years at the state general manager for Smart City level, and calls her “incredibly Networks, providing telecom- organized, supremely capable, munications services at both with a great personality and the Dallas and Fort Worth an energy that is electrifying.” convention centers. Janae, the fi rst person in the Back in 1996, she recalls, organization from North Texas “I was a single mother. I was to seek and then to attain the seeking the best for my son. I role of president of the state decided to try attending Our conference in 2004, a position Mother of Mercy Church, and elected by all the Ladies’ courts everyone knew me because in Texas, “is such a special kind Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is shown here they knew my parents and they of leader,” Barbara adds. “Her with Janae and with Adrian Adams, the state conference president of the Knights Janae graduated from Our Lady of had watched me grow up. I felt role takes her all over the state of Peter Claver. On Sept. 6, the cardinal celebrated a special Mass at the Co- Victory School in Fort Worth in 1976 somehow that Brandon and I of Texas, and she is willing to Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston in honor of the 100th anniversary of the and from Nolan Catholic High School in needed to be there. I felt like I literally go the extra mile to Knights and Ladies of Peter Claver organization. St. Peter Claver was a Jesuit 1980. She credits her years of Catholic was home.” represent all of us within the priest from Spain who served the needs of the slaves in South America in the education for her deep commitment 1600s. An estimated 300,000 slaves became Catholic through his ministry. (Photo to a life of service. (Photo courtesy of One Sunday Janae saw a state, not just in Fort Worth.” by Leonard Smith) Greene family) group of men sitting together The many accolades she at church, dressed in dark suits receives by organizing confer- and sashes. “The women sit- ences, leading workshops, and of course –– while we watched “Our theme is ‘stepping in ting with them were dressed traveling to events around Hamer… old movies, intertwining their the truth,’” she said. “I thought all in white,” she recalls. “I was the country are appreciated, plots into the stories of our own someone could tell the audience, told that they were the Knights says Janae, but it is really FROM PAGE 11 lives. We solved problems and ‘here is the verse, and to us that and Ladies of Peter Claver, and the opportunity to serve her It was not okay that Brenda found new ones. really means you take your life they were a Catholic service or- beloved “ladies” that offers her died. She was too young, too Brenda was saintly and and really dedicate it to Christ, ganization. Immediately, I said, continuing solace as she has vivacious. And I had never even angelic, but she was also real. and you live through him. ‘I need to be a part of that.’” learned to live life without her thought of telling her goodbye. I She started a diet every Monday, “You either put your whole Initiated into the Ladies of sister. These close friends have should have done that. made ridiculous and unsustain- self in or your whole self out. Peter Claver in the spring of also been with her as she has People at Brenda’s memorial able resolutions, spontaneous, You can’t go halfway.” 1997, Janae attended her fi rst welcomed two young grand- services said she was a saint and extravagant purchases, and silly My soul-stepping students national convention in Orlan- daughters into the family and an angel, but I knew her, and decisions. Her life, in spite of inspire me in the same way do, Florida, in August of that as she remarried in December she was much more than that. any monkey wrench thrown into Brenda did. They are not embar- year. “I had never seen that 2007. She was holy for sure —– full of it, was a map of joy, guided by rassed at the intensity of their many black Catholics in my “I’m thinking about what’s faith, always curious about the hope. feelings. They can’t step or clap life,” she says. “To be honest, next for me when my presi- ways of God. But some things And she loved, with every hard enough to convey their I had never known there were dency is over in May of 2010,” about her were more fun than breath of her. She invested in love for Jesus. They don’t wait. that many black priests and muses Janae. “I have so much that, some things funnier. Some everything she touched, with They don’t hesitate. black bishops. That experience to be thankful for, all the things, like my earrings, were both hands, both feet, and all Brenda never ignored experi- was a real eye-opener for me… wonderful people in my life quirkier. her heart. She didn’t wait for ences, never missed opportuni- Our organization works to feed and all the blessings we enjoy. Brenda once found hand- anything –– so she didn’t have ties to show love. But Brenda the homeless. We give schol- I just want to honor my sister made and painted wooden to regret it afterward. expected to still be here now, arships; we help children in by continuing to fi nd ways of angels, dressed as little girls or Last night I attended the and we never expected to be need. The more I learned, the giving back. I know she would little boys. She thought they rehearsal of one of my TCU here without her. more I loved it.” want it that way.” were cute, she said, and wanted student groups –– Soul Steppers, Don’t pass things by. to buy me one. “But I couldn’t a dancing team. Wearing T-shirts I really wish I had given my decide which one, so I bought that read, “Soul Steppuzz,” the earrings to that woman in the you all of them —– one for each team was stomping away on locker room. child.” choreography for a step dance, Kathy Cribari Hamer, By Jean Denton She never missed the mo- to the words “I am the way, I am a member of St. An- Copyright © 2009, Jean Denton ments of possibility. the truth, I am the life… I am drew Parish, has fi ve Brenda and I spent our young Jesus.” children, Meredith, years together, sitting on living Before they began the actual John, Julie, Andrew, room fl oors talking through practice, the steppers’ president and Abby. In May, troubles, examining and reexam- had creatively talked about an- her column received the second place ining our parental skills, and our other kind of dance: the Hokey award for best family life column combined nine children’s rejec- Pokey. by the Catholic Press Association tion of them. We tried to fi gure For the next show, she for the second time in two years at things out. explained, they would make a the Catholic Media Convention in Sometimes we worked on kind of line dance, “and we’ll Anaheim. In 2005, Kathy’s column crafts —– nothing so intricate as teach it to the audience, and was recognized with the fi rst place the beaded earrings Julie made, they’re gonna do it with us. award in the same category. North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Page 27 Calendar ‘GLORIES OF PRIESTHOOD’ MEN’S / WOMEN’S DISCERNMENT RESPECT LIFE HOLY HOUR KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS DANCE Father Michael Sevigny, OFM Cap., will To Report Misconduct The Vocations office sponsors a Men’s The Respect Life Office of the Diocese of Fort The Knight of Columbus Council #7175, recount a powerful religious experience he Monthly Discernment the second Monday Worth sponsors a Holy Hour from 7:30 p.m. Burleson, will host a dance Saturday, Nov. If you or someone you know is a victim had in 2004 on a religious pilgrimage to a of each month for single men ages 16 to to 8:30 p.m. at St. Patrick Cathedral on the 14, at the SPJST Hall, 1150 S. Burleson of sexual misconduct by anyone who Marian shrine. This dramatic event has lead to 50 and a Women’s Monthly Discernment third Monday of each month. The hour begins Blvd., Burleson, from 8 p.m. to midnight. serves the church, you may planning the establishment of a new religious the third Monday of each month for single with a rosary and is followed by Eucharistic Entertainment will be provided by Fort Worth’s • Call Judy Locke, victim Marian community focused on Perpetual women ages 16 to 50. The groups meet at Adoration. All are invited to come and pray Celebrity Band with Tejano, country, polka, assistance coordinator, Eucharistic Adoration and evangelization. Fr. St. Patrick Cathedral, 1206 Throckmorton for an end to abortion and all offenses to the and rock-n-roll music. Refreshments will be (817) 560-2452 ext. 201 Michael will speak at St. Mary the Assump- St., Fort Worth, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., to sanctity and dignity of human life. For more available. Tickets are $10 presale or $12 at or e-mail her at [email protected] tion Church, 509 W. Magnolia, Fort Worth, pray together, share their vocational call, information, contact Chanacee Ruth-Killgore, the door. Children 12 and under are admitted • Or call the Sexual Abuse Hotline Monday, Nov. 16. Participants will witness listen to God, break open the Word, and to director of Respect Life for the Diocese of Fort free with parents. For more information, call (817) 560-2452 ext. 900 the “glories of the priesthood in action and share a meal together. For more information, Worth, at (817) 560-3300 ext. 257 (817) 223-3284 or (817) 727-6905. • Or call The Catholic Center at Our Lady’s continual intercession,” according contact Father Kyle Walterscheid, director (817) 560-2452 ext. 102 and ask to program organizers. The evening will begin of Vocations at (817) 560-3300 ext.110 or for the chancellor/moderator of the ST. PETER SCHOOL OLGHS DEVELOPMENT DINNER at 7 p.m. with Mass, followed by Fr. Michael’s [email protected]. curia, Father James Hart St. Peter School will host its 14th annual Our Lady of Grace High School invites all to talk. For more information, contact the Queen “Viva Las Vegas” fundraising event Sat- attend the 10th annual Development Dinner, of Peace message line at (817) 244-8191 or To Report Abuse DISCERNMENT AT OLV urday, Nov. 14, from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Saturday, Dec. 5, at 5:30 p.m. at the Marriott call (817) 244-7733 or (817) 558-9805, or Call the Texas Department of Family Single women, ages 18 to 45 are invited to Lockheed Martin Recreation Center, 3400 DFW Solana, 5 Village Circle, Westlake, with visit the Queen of Peace Web site at www. Protective Services (Child Protective come for an evening of prayer, supper, and Bryant Irvin, Fort Worth. The evening will special guest Bishop Kevin Vann. The featured queenofpeacecenterdallas.org. Services) at (800) 252-5400 sharing, hosted by the Sisters of St. Mary include refreshments, music, and silent and guest speaker will be Chris Aubert, from the of Namur, the first Friday of each month live auctions. All proceeds will benefit St. Fullness of Truth-Catholic Evangelization from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Our Lady of Peter School through capital improvements Ministries. For more information or to make MISSIONARY IMAGES RETROUVAILLE ANNIVERSARY Victory Center, 909 W. Shaw St., Fort Worth. and tuition assistance. Tickets are $35 in reservations, call (817) 933-6516 or visit For more information, contact Sister Yolanda advance or $40 at the door. Guests must be the Web site at www.OLGHS.com and click St. Mark and Immaculate Conception Parishes Retrouvaille, a ministry to help troubled mar- Cruz, SSMN, at (817) 923-3091 or sycruz@ 21 to attend. For more information and to on Development Dinner. in Denton will host a visit from a Missionary riages, will celebrate its 25th anniversary in sbcglobal.net. purchase tickets, contact the school office Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Replicas of the Diocese of Fort Worth. Anyone who has experienced this ministry is invited to attend at (817) 246-2032. the original Miraculous Image of Our Lady, ‘COME AND SEE’ RETREAT SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS CONCERT which she left on Blessed Juan Diego’s tilma, a Mass to be celebrated Friday, Nov. 13, at 7 St. Frances Cabrini Parish, 2301 Acton Women interested in knowing about religious will be in Denton and Fort Worth in November p.m. at Holy Family Church, 6150 Pershing Hwy., Granbury, will host “The Gift of Love life are invited to a “Come and See” vocation CRC CHRISTMAS SALE and all Catholics are invited to participate Ave., Fort Worth. A reception, hosted by Holy Christmas Concert” Sunday, Dec. 20, from retreat Saturday, Nov. 14, from 8 a.m. to 6 The Catholic Renewal Center Bookstore will at one or more of the following locations: Family, will follow in the parish hall. For 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The concert will feature a p.m. The retreat will be held at Jesus the Good hold its annual pre-Christmas sale Saturday, St. Mark Church, Denton, Friday, Nov. 20, more information, contact the parish office variety of talent including Laura Gastinel, Shepherd Convent of the Sisters of the Holy Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, to Sunday, Nov. 22, (will coincide with 40 at (817) 737-6768. Maria Sirois and “Get This” Quartet, the Family of Nazareth at 1814 Egyptian Way in Dec. 6, from noon to 5 p.m. A variety of gift hours of Eucharistic Adoration); University of Chiappe Family, Lorenzo Llanillo, Lisa Grand Prairie. To register, call Sister Mary items, books, and cards will be available for North Texas Campus Catholic Center, Denton, Campbell, Mickey Parson, Joshlyn Davis, ENGAGED ENCOUNTER Paul, CSFN, by Nov. 11 at (972) 642-5191 purchase. Shoppers will receive a 10 percent Sunday, Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m. Mass; Immaculate Brianna Mathis, David Fernandez String An Engaged Encounter weekend program is or (972) 262-5137, ext. 24. discount on purchases and will not be charged Conception Church, Denton, Wednesday, Quartet, Sam Perez, Mike Sager, Brady designed to help couples planning marriage sales tax. The bookstore is located at 4503 Nov. 25, evening Mass; Mother and Unborn Overstreet, Bill Whitecotton, Lynn Roffino, examine the life long commitment they are Bridge Street in East Fort Worth, next to Nolan Baby Care Center, Fort Worth, Friday, Nov. and Terri Dillworth. Refreshments will be making to one another and the life they are Catholic High School. For more information, 20, from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.; Divine Mercy Book served following the concert. Tickets are $35 about to begin. The next Engaged Encoun- NTC SUBMISSION call (817) 429-2920. Store, Denton, Friday, Nov. 27; St. Patrick per family or $20 per person and are avail- ter weekend will be offered Dec. 4-6 at the Cathedral, Fort Worth, Sunday, Nov. 29, DEADLINE able following each Mass and at the parish Catholic Renewal Center, 4503 Bridge St., 12:30 p.m. Mass; Loreto House Pregnancy The North Texas Catholic is pub- SSMN ANNIVERSARY office. All are invited to enjoy the spirit of Fort Worth. For more information, contact Resource Center, Denton, Tuesday, Nov. 24. lished twice monthly, except during The Sisters of St. Mary of Namur will be Christmas with family and loved ones. All the Family Life Office at (817) 560-3300 For updates on times and locations of the celebrating 137 years of service in 2010. proceeds will benefit St. Frances Cabrini ext. 256. the months of June, July, and Au- Missionary Image, visit the Denton ACTS gust when it is published monthly. Friends of Sisters of St. Mary of Namur are Church. For more information, contact the Web site at www.dentonacts.org. The deadline to submit information making plans to celebrate the sister’s years parish office at (817) 326-2131. RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREAT is noon on the Wednesday of the of service at events scheduled for Saturday, March 6, at Nolan Catholic High School in Rachel Ministries will hold a weekend retreat week before the paper is published. Fort Worth and Saturday, April 24, at Bishop BISHOP DUNNE COUNCIL Jan. 22-24 for healing following an abortion. Items for the Nov. 20 issue must Dunne High School in Dallas. All are invited The Knights of Columbus Bishop Dunne TEEN PRO-LIFE LOCK-IN This program helps those who struggle with be received by noon on Nov. 11. to join in celebrating with the sisters. To vol- Council #2813 is celebrating its 70th an- St. Andrew Parish, 3717 Stadium Dr., Fort grief, guilt, and pain following an abortion to Items for the Dec. 4 issue must unteer for this celebration, e-mail ssmn137@ niversary. The council is presently located Worth, will host a pro-life lock-in for teens in find hope and healing. The retreats are open to be received by noon on Nov. 25. gmail.com. at 4500 Columbus Trail in southwest Fort grades 7-12 Friday, Dec. 4. Due to the mature all who feel the pain of post-abortion trauma. Send information to jrusseau@ Worth. The anniversary will be celebrated nature of the abortion material to be covered Come and experience the mercy, forgiveness fwdioc.org. Dec. 5 in lieu of “Family Night” with a Mass at the lock-in, organizers are discouraging and healing love of God on a Rachel’s Vine- ST. GEORGE SCHOOL ALUMNI at 6 p.m. and a reception and dinner to fol- attendance by sixth grade students. The yard weekend retreat. For more information Organizers for the St. George School reunion low. The cost of the dinner is $10 per person event will include the celebration of Mass, or registration, call the Rachel Ministries are searching for all alumni who have ever or $20 per family. A complimentary 50-page two hours of workshop interactive presenta- confidential help line at (817) 923-4757 or ADVENT MORNING REFLECTION attended St. George School. All are invited to booklet of the history of the council will be tions, concert, food, and a variety of sports e-mail [email protected]. Mount Carmel Center, 4600 W. Davis St., the Homecoming scheduled for March 7. In given to each family attending. Reservations tournaments. The cost of the event is $30 order to get information out, organizers need are required. For more information or to with early registration by Nov. 26 and $36 at Dallas, will present Advent Morning of Reflec- tion: Décor Carmeli/Queen Beauty of Carmel to update the alumni directory. All alumni are make a reservation, call Bill Miller at (817) the door. Since this is a fundraising event for LAY CARMELITES asked to contact the school at (817) 222-1221 292-4044, Don Rejda at (817) 293-5699 or The Lay Carmelites invite those in search Saturday, Dec. 12, from 10 a.m. to noon. The scholarships to the March for Life, organizers or [email protected]. Drew Armentrout at (817) 244-9595. are requesting that chaperones pay $15 to of a deeper relationship with Christ to join conference will examine the Blessed Virgin cover the cost of expenses including T-shirt them on the second and fourth Sundays of Mary as the model of contemplative expecta- and food and bring large bags of snacks and the month for a time of prayer and fellowship. tion and active receptivity for all believers. two-liter sodas. The pilgrimage to Washing- Those interested in participating are asked to Participants may bring a lunch and stay for ton, DC, will take place Thursday, Jan. 21 gather at 2 p.m. in the chapel of The College personal prayer until 4 p.m. The suggested to Sunday, Jan. 24. Round-trip direct flights of St. Thomas More, 3017 Lubbock St. in minimum donation is $25 and the deadline Classifi ed Section have been booked on American Airlines for Fort Worth. Formation will take place in the to register is Dec. 3. For more information, $260 departing DFW at 8 a.m. on Thursday college library from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. call (214) 331-6224 or visit the Web site at and returning at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. The cost For more information, call Phyllis Poth at www.mountcarmelcenter.org. BUSINESS MANAGER ST. JOSEPH LITANTY (817) 457-1746. of hotel, food, and other expenses will be The Diocese of Fort Worth is seeking a To request a copy of the prayer card approximately $275 for a total trip cost of MINISTRY FOR GAYS, LESBIANS full-time business manager for its Cen- and litany to St. Joseph, send $1 to St. about $535. For more information, visit the CALIX SUPPORT GROUP The regular monthly meeting of The Fort ter-City School Consortium. Principal Joseph Litany, PO Box 54642, Hurst, Web site at www.catholicsrespectlife.org Calix, a monthly support meeting for Catho- Worth Diocesan Ministry With Lesbian and duties will include financial planning TX 76054. or contact Sue Laux at (817) 939-8595 or lics who are alcoholic and others who are Gay Catholics, Other Sexual Minorities and and reporting, budgeting, bookkeeping, [email protected]. struggling with addiction and seeking recov- Their Families will not be held in November purchasing, coordinating technology ery, is offered the first Saturday of each month and December due to the Thanksgiving and updates, and overseeing the facilities of SERVICES AVAILABLE at 10 a.m. in the chapel of Holy Family Church, Christmas holidays. All who are interested are the member schools. Qualifications in- Topsoil, sand, gravel, washed materials, ‘WWJD’ AND CHRISTMAS 6150 Pershing Ave. in West Fort Worth. Calix invited to attend a vesper service at 6:30 p.m. clude a bachelor’s degree in business or driveways, concrete, backhoe, and tractor St. Francis of Assisi Parish, 861 Wildwood meetings focus on enhancing spiritual growth Thursday, Dec. 10, at the Catholic Renewal related field, three to five years of busi- services. Custom mowing lots and acres. Lane, Grapevine, will host a presentation by through sharing Eucharist, discussion, Center Chapel, 4503 Bridge Street, Fort ness management experience, expertise Call (817) 732-4083. Dr. A.J. Whiting Monday, Nov. 30, at 7 p.m. and fellowship. For more information, call Worth. A pot-luck dinner will follow. Meat in computer usage, and knowledge of in the parish hall. Whiting will conduct an Deacon Joe Milligan at (817) 737-6768 will be provided. The next regular meeting the Catholic Faith and Catholic school adult discussion on the meaning of Christ- ext. 105. will be held Thursday, Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. systems. English/Spanish bilingual mas with topics such as “WWJD?, Sit on at the Catholic Renewal Center. For more applicants are preferred. The Diocese ADVERTISE information, contact Father Warren Murphy, of Fort Worth offers excellent pay and Santa’s lap?” “Who is Santa anyway?” “WJ ST. AUGUSTINE GROUP IN THE play dreidl?” “What does that mean?” The The St. Augustine Men’s Purity Group, a TOR, at (817) 927-5383, Dorene Rose at benefits to its employees. If interested (817) 329-7370, or Sister Dorothy Eggering, program will delve into the past to discover support group for men who struggle with in this position, visit www.fwdioc.org NORTH TEXAS CATHOLIC the “who, what, where, how, and why we do sources of sexual impurity such as those SSND, at (817) 283-8601. for a full job description and on-line what we do to one of the largest Christian found on the Internet, meets regularly application. Complete the application on FOR MORE INFORMATION celebrations of the year and the largest cel- in Room 213 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton COURAGE SUPPORT GROUP the computer and save it. Then attach it, ebration on every retail calendar,” according School, located at 2016 Willis Lane, Keller; Courage D/FW, a spiritual support group along with a résumé, and a cover letter CALL to promotion material. All are invited to at 1301 Paxton Ave. (Padre Pio House) in for Catholics striving to live chaste lives and e-mail to [email protected]. learn how to “Give the gift of Jesus,” and Arlington; and at Immaculate Conception according to the Catholic Church’s teachings Qualified applicants will be contacted for (817) 560-3300 “put Christ back in Christmas.” Participants Parish in Denton at 2255 Bonnie Brae St. on homosexuality, meets the second and an interview by Mark Simeroth, direc- are invited to bring a Christmas treat to For additional information, visit the Web fourth Friday evenings of each month. For tor of Human Resources. Application share over coffee. For more information, site at www.sampg.com, or e-mail to Mark more information, e-mail to CourageDFW@ deadline is Nov. 15. contact the parish office at (817) 481- 2685. at [email protected]. Catholic.org or call (972) 938-5433.

North Texas Catholic, November 6, 2009 Page 28 Good Newsmaker After her sister’s death, Janae Tinsley was consoled by her Church community; since then, she’s devoted her life to Giving Back

By Nicki Prevou the brain aneurism she suffered Editorial Assistant at the age of 43, I realized that the Lord had prepared me by even years giving me an amazing commu- nity of women, these precious ago, on a cold friends who helped me to night in De- make it through.” S Many of the women who cember, Janae Tinsley came to comfort Janae were her sisters in the Ladies of experienced what she Peter Claver St. Veronica Court 89, an organization in which now recalls as a mo- she is completing her third ment of “utter dev- and fi nal two-year term as the state’s conference presi- astation.” A phone dent. The Knights and Ladies of Peter Claver is the largest call from a hospital African-American lay Catholic organization and celebrates its in Washington, D.C., centennial anniversary Nov. 7. confi rmed the sudden Her family members and Janae Greene Tinsley, accompanied by her father, Hillary friends would agree that Pictured are Janae (left) with her older sister, Michelle, in Greene, beams after receiving the Grand Lady of the Year death of her beloved this dynamic, yet soft-spo- their East Fort Worth home, circa 1970. Following Michelle’s award for the state of Texas in May, 2004. Janae was voted death in 2002, Janae and her family members have been ken, seemingly indefatigable “Grand Lady” by all Texas members of the Ladies Auxiliary comforted through the friendship and support of many of Peter Claver at the state conference held in Houston. The older sister, Michelle. woman has used the pain of of Janae’s fellow parishioners from Our Mother of Mercy Fort Worth resident was also voted the organization’s state that profound loss seven years Church. (Photos courtesy of Greene family) conference president for Texas at the same convention. As she struggled to ago to develop an ever-deepen- take in the terrible ing commitment to the welfare and sports at both schools. of others. “Nolan required that students news, Janae prepared “Janie’s life is dedicated to do some form of service, so I service,” explains her close chose to do volunteer work at herself to go to her friend and fellow Our Mother the Child Study Center in Fort of Mercy parishioner, Delores Worth. I worked with children elderly parents’ home Newton. “The death of her who faced obstacles in their in East Fort Worth to sister impacted her greatly. I lives, and I came to realize that think that it caused her to be I was so fortunate that I needed tell them of the loss of even more focused on others, to give back in whatever way to become even more giving.” possible. I realized I truly loved their oldest daughter. Janae is the daughter of Glo- being of service to others. And I ria and Hillary Greene, parish- give my Catholic education the “And even now, when I look ioners of St. Rita Church for credit for giving me that realiza- back upon that night, what I more than 45 years and former tion, that awareness.” remember most is how, al- educators in the Fort Worth Her journey through young most before I could get off the Independent School District. adulthood included marriage phone, the cars were pulling “They wanted me and my at the age of 19 and the birth up outside my door,” Janae sister to have a Catholic educa- of her only child, Brandon. says. “Word spread so quickly. tion,” explains Janae. “They Encouraged by her parents Even though it was so late, sacrifi ced so that we could to continue her studies while the sisterhood of women who have that opportunity.” they helped her to care for her have become so close to me at Her years at Our Lady of young son, Janae graduated [Our Mother of Mercy Church] Victory School and at Nolan from Texas Christian Univer- Janae (second from left) poses with fellow members of the Ladies of Peter Claver Catholic High School opened sity with a degree in commu- immediately left their homes to St. Veronica Court 89. The women were gathered at a state convention for the come to me. And even though I the door to a new way of life for nications and marketing. She Knights and Ladies of Peter Claver, a national service organization for African had just lost my only sibling to Janae, who was active in music SEE TINSLEY, P. 26 American Catholics.

MAILING LABEL: Please enclose label with address change or inquiries concerning mail delivery of your paper. Thank you. Inside... This issue of the NTC Retrouvaille means “Rediscovery,” Mothers with unplanned pregnan- With a growing desire among and that is exactly what this mar- cies can be tempted to think abor- many Anglicans to become Catho- riage ministry has been doing for tion is the only option, but hope is lic, a new apostolic constitution will 25 years in North Texas — helping available for them. Read inspiring allow them to keep their traditions troubled couples rediscover a stories to encourage and enter into full love for each other and God.11 women to choose life.16-17 communion with Rome. 25