Gulf Pine Catholic Volume 31 / Number 23 www.gulfpinecatholic.com JULY 18, 2014

Court may Our Mother of Sorrows Parish celebrates 100 years compel priest to break confessional seal in abuse case By Catholic News Service

BATON ROUGE, La. (CNS) -- Loui- siana’s Supreme Court has ruled that a priest may be compelled to testify as to what he heard in the confessional in 2008 concerning an abuse case. The priest, Father Jeff Bayhi, faces au- tomatic excommunication if he breaks the seal of the confessional. But he also could Our Mother of Sorrows Parish, located on Division Street in Biloxi, celebrated its 100th anniversary on July 13. Bishop Roger face jailing if found to be in contempt of Morin, center, was principal celebrant for the Mass. Pictured, l-r, are Father Steve Wilson, CSsR, who served as pastor of the court should he refuse to testify. Our Mother of Sorrows Parish for nine years before departing for a new assignment earlier this month; Father Harry Grille, In the case, a girl who was 14 in 2008 CSsR, provincial Superior for the Redemptorists of the Denver Province; Father William Norvel, SSJ, Superior General of said she told her parish priest -- Father the Josephites and Father Gil Enderle, CSsR, Superior of the local Redemptorist community. Assisting the bishop, at right, is Bayhi, pastor of St. Par- Deacon M.J. Landry. Our Mother of Sorrows was established in 1914 by the Josephite priests of Baltimore and is currently ish in Zachary -- in the confessional that staffed by the Redemptorists of the Denver Province. Father Chuong Cao, CSsR, is the newly appointed pastor. Photo/ she was abused by a now-dead lay mem- Tisdale ber of the parish. The girl’s parents sued Father Bayhi By David Tisdale Sorrows, as he leaves to take on a new assignment in the Bronx, and the Diocese of Baton Rouge for fail- N.Y. With nine years of service, he is the longest serving pastor ing to report the abuse. The parents won BILOXI -- A landmark Biloxi church celebrated a century of in parish history. Although he was scheduled to leave for New at the district court level about compelling service to God and the Mississippi Gulf Coast July 13 when Our York before July, he requested to remain a few weeks longer to the priest to testify, but lost in Louisiana’s Mother of Sorrows marked its 100th anniver- be on hand to celebrate the parish’s milestone. First Circuit Court of Appeals, before the sary. Father Choung Cao, CSsR, is the newly appointed pastor. state’s highest court reversed and vacated Our Mother of Sorrows was established in 1914 by the Jo- Noting his assignment to the church came at the same time the appellate court’s decision. sephite Priests of Baltimore and is currently staffed by the Re- as Hurricane Katrina struck, Father Wilson said that Our Mother “As you know, one of the great sac- demptorists of the Denver Province. It has been an important and of Sorrows continues, even through challenges brought both by raments of healing in the church is the historic element of the Biloxi and Gulf Coast African American mankind and Mother Nature. sacrament of reconciliation/confession. It communities. “It has been a tremendous joy to be a part of your history,” has given hope and comfort to all Catho- In August 1917, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament came Father Wilson said. “When you think of all the ups and downs lics throughout the centuries and contin- to Biloxi to teach at the new parish school on Reynoir Street. A the church has been through, it still persists as we look to its next ues to do so today,” Father Bayhi said in a parish high school opened in 1932. As diocesan schools assumed 100 years. I cannot think of any better honor than to be here for July 7 statement. the responsibility for providing Catholic education for African this anniversary.” “The seal of confession is one that can American children in the 1960s, the high school closed in 1960 Bishop Morin thanked Father Wilson for his service and never be broken. Through its use the faith- and the elementary school closed in 1967. wished him well in his new assignment. “He has been a delight,” ful must always be protected, so much so, An overflow crowd was in attendance for the Mass, which Bishop Morin said. that as a priest I cannot even say someone was celebrated by Bishop Roger Morin who expressed his ap- Father William Norvel, SSJ, Superior General of the Jo- has come to confession, let alone divulge preciation to the Josephites and Redemptorists for their service sephites and a native of Pascagoula, was one of the concelebrants the contents of what was revealed.” to the parish throughout the century, and to the generations of of the anniversary Mass, and brought greetings from the Josephite parishioners who celebrated joy and endured tragedy through the order to the congregation in recognition of the anniversary. He century, while sacrificing for the church “to bring us to this par- also expressed his own gratitude to the church for providing him See CONFESSION ticular occasion,” he said. with a school and spiritual home in his youth. RULING, page 15 It was Father Steven Wilson’s last Mass at Our Mother of See our mother of sorrows, page 20 2 Diocesan Briefs

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The boys will Drive A Success of items, donated by restaurants, church have to raise the money to make the trip. members, supermarkets, golf packages, OCEAN SPRINGS -- St. Elizabeth Please consider sponsoring the team with GULFPORT -- On July 10 the Red home décor items, paintings and artwork Seton Parish, 4900 Riley Road, will a donation of $3,000 (Primary), $1,000 Cross held a Blood Drive sponsored by by local artists, sport items and signed present a concert by Catholic recording (Gold), $500 (Silver) or $250 (Bronze). Knights of Columbus Council 7910 at memorabilia. artist John Finch on Aug. 6 at 7 pm. Al- Donations should be made payable to St. St. Joseph’s Church. The goal was 51 Raffle tickets for (2) season tickets, a though admission is free, concert goers Patrick High School and mailed to 1790 donors. The Red Cross recorded 54 do- 42 inch TV and a $100 gift card to Bac- are asked to bring one canned food item Popps Ferry Road, Biloxi, MS 39532. nors. Knights of Columbus members as- chus Restaurant and a $100 gift card to for the parish’s Community Food Assis- sisted with set-up, registration, snacks, Neco’s Family Market will be on sale tance Program. Concessions will be sold. Adult Bible Class and clean-up for the event. from 6-8 pm. Cost is $25 per ticket or For more info, visit www.johnfinchmu- five for $100. sic.com. DEDEAUX -- Sacred Heart Parish Job Opening is offering a 24-week men and women The Silent Auction will close at 8:15 Adult Bible Class starting Monday, Sep- HATTIESBURG -- Campus Minister and the Raffle Drawing will be at 8:30 for Catholic students at the University of pm. Proceeds will benefit Most Holy tember 8. We will break for the month of Picayune Prayer Dec. and resume Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Southern Miss Job Summary: A full time Trinity Catholic Church. The cost is $60 and will be held at the position. Under the general direction of All parishioners who bring a food Breakfast the St. Thomas pastor, Fr. 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[email protected] Subscription rate is $18.00 per Advertising: published every other week, is an published every other week, include a recent address label with — three weeks for changes of address. old address and new address. Allow old address and new address. - - - - “The Besides her published letters, the Besides her published In those archives and her pub- One story goes that while in Col- women and children,” said a release women and children,” “She Archdiocese. from the Santa Fe govern- occupying the challenged of treatment fair in and military ment Americans. Sister Blandi the Native rail of mistreated aid the to came na for care to time finding workers, road orphanages, the sick while building schools.” trade and schools hospitals, Sisters of Charity of the archives contain in motherhouse about her life much documentation and ministry. lished letters are the stories of her the Kid and his with Billy encounters band of outlaws. the to stop Billy orado she intervened Kid from murdering four doctors in had refused they because Trinidad gunshot wound. his friend’s to treat Retired Bishop Ricardo Ramirez of Las Bishop Ricardo Ramirez Retired Sister died Feb. 23, 1941, in died Sister Blandina to gather process takes However long the The next step would be , Another time she saved a man from a Another time she saved a man from Cruces, N.M., is for the newly the postulator opened sainthood cause. In May 2013 the Chil- CHI St. Joseph’s at of directors board Vati the to petition dren approved a motion sion. In general, a second such miracle is sion. In general, a second such miracle needed for . can to approve opening Sister Blandina’s cause. lynching party by acting as go-between to as go-between party by acting lynching he shot to reconcile. man the and him get in an episode titled That was related TV popular of the Nun in the West” Fastest Days.” series “Death Valley at the motherhouse of the Sisters Cincinnati of Charity at age 91. on her heroic virtues and testi- information mony from witnesses, once it is completed, will be sent to Rome, all of the materials where church officials will determine if Sis- Christian the lived heroically Blandina ter give Church will If so, the Catholic virtues. her the title “venerable,” the first step in the canonization process. which requires verification of a miracle at- interces tributed to person’s She nursed the friend back to health. Anoth- She nursed the friend back to health. Sister Kid noticed the er account says Billy a rob to about was he when nearby Blandina the attack. covered wagon and he called off atican V CNS photo/Leslie M. CNS photo/Leslie he two share their excitement at a excitement their The two share Sister Blandina helped start St. Joseph helped Sister Blandina cause has Now that Sister Blandina’s , Born Jan. 23, 1850, in Cicagna, Sisters the of 16, she entered age At the Her work in the territories is well docu- her tireless include virtues heroic “Other opened. St. Joseph’s Children, also known opened. St. Joseph’s part of as St. Joseph Community Health, is Catholic Health Initiatives. as Hospital, whose mission continues today Children. CHI St. Joseph’s been officially opened, she has been given step next The of God.” of “servant title the by be for a body of advisers appointed will documents on her the archdiocese to collect from testimony and gather and ministry life min- of witnesses who knew of her dozens istry. Rosa Maria was baptized Sister Blandina records, her to historical According Segale. mi- family Her Jesus. “Gesu,” was word first years was 4 she when Cincinnati to grated old. and she was sent to of Charity of Cincinnati of the territories acquired newly the work in United States in Arriving 1872. first In , she taught the poor. Trinidad, in 1877 she was sent to Santa Fe, where she co- founded public and Catholic schools. Trail,” Fe Santa the of End the in “At mented to her sis- of her letters a published collection who also was a Sister of Charity. ter, the immigrant, and healing work of teaching for the poor and advocating the marginalized, has allowed the opening of the cause. has allowed the opening of the cause. Retired Bishop Ricardo Ramirez of Las Cruces, N.M., is Ramirez Bishop Ricardo Retired the newly opened sainthood cause for for the postulator of Charity who ministered a Sister Blandina Segale, Sister with the bishop June 25 is Sister Pictured on the frontier. on of Charity who serves Ann Sabourin, a Sister Patricia in Children at CHI St. Joseph’s the board of directors N.M. Albuquerque, announcing the Albuquerque in news conference Radigan-Yodice, Archdiocese of Santa Fe Archdiocese of Santa Radigan-Yodice, vice Calendar o, St. Ann Parish, o, St. V Bishop Morin’s Bishop Morin’s P. P. Lizana, 9 am Dedication of gym, Sacred Heart Parish, D’Iberville, 6 pm Mass, Nativity BVM am Cathedral Parish, 11 er tholic News S

and all events are subject to change. Please Only public events are listed on this schedule ALBUQUERQUE, ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (CNS) Sister Blandina Italian-born encounters She also had several Sheehan Archbishop On June 29 It is the first time in the more than 400- news a joint held Archbishop Sheehan check with the local parish for further details.

July 24 July 27 July 20 Khoa installation Mass, Fr. -- The Archdiocese of Santa Fe has Fe of Santa Archdiocese The -- Vatican permission from the received Sister a for cause sainthood a open to who minis- of Cincinnati Charity of in the the frontier tered to people on and 1880s. Southwest in the 1870s Segale worked with the poor and and her ministry with immigrants, to those groups more than 140 years Arch- said today, ago is as relevant bishop J. Sheehan of Santa Fe. with the notorious and to her his band of outlaws, according published letters. on the decree historical the posted opening of her cause on the doors of Assisi in of St. Francis Basilica Cathedral the representing the Sis- delegation A Santa Fe. on hand for was ters of Charity in Cincinnati the event at the cathedral. Church in New year history of the Catholic a canonization opening decree a that Mexico cause has been issued. conference June 25 with officials from CHI Children to announce that the St. Joseph’s Causes for Saints’ Congregation Vatican be to cause for the permission granted had

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Christian truths and everyday between They begin with things parables make truth concrete. not do we things about teach to understand we truth reveals It conundrum: the In this lies understand. from truth hides but truth seek and those who desire to by blinded or too think to enough interested not those hardness of heart to see (Matthew 13:10-17). with mixed seed, and yeast good seed, the mustard a of heaven the kingdom Jesus uses to describe wheat) It is an ideal term synonymous with the reign of God. is will perfect God’s where and heart of mind state of the life the in demonstrated and embraced desired, kingdom in our own lives and seek God’s We believer. pray for its coming into the world (“thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven”). promise that freedom means I can do anything I please I please do anything I can means freedom that promise is a false sense of to God, even if it is not pleasing of weakness; it Thereupon is the secret ‘strength.’ and flesh the of desires overcome us to empowers and likeness of God. to the image configures us more Parabolic conundrum Parabolic Today’s Wisdom reading reading Wisdom Today’s in the first reading, “Lord, you in the first reading, Paul are good and forgiving.” that we proclaims the conundrum to pray but the do not know how our in aid our to comes Spirit 8:26). How? weakness (Romans “Power is Another conundrum, weakness”made perfect in (2 of title The 12:9a). Corinthians expresses commentary today’s challenge and mystery the parables Jesus’ (conundrum) as we try to present sometimes discernmeaning their spiritual and apply them to our lives. i orrell Much of Paul’s letter to the Romans has to do with letter Much of Paul’s The popular maxim, “Power corrupts” does not does “Power corrupts” maxim, popular The Deacon T 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time of Ordinary 16th Sunday speaks an ancient and popular conundrum. God, speaks an ancient and popular conundrum. who possesses and fearful power and might, and is awesome coerce, to not mastery uses His -- things all of master dispense to but would) mortals (as most intimidate or even and an approachable, forgiveness leniency, mercy, know this by observing the We demeanor. invitational will know the life of Christ, “If you know me, you deeds teach us to be The Lord’s Father” (John 14:7-11). of hope burning He keeps our flame kind and forgiving. others. Is your pilot on to pass it we might that brightly to see? all enough for clearly blazing light Spirit within us. the presence and working of God’s for us Holy Spirit to intercede the How do we allow surrender and docile With will? to God’s according -- “Spirit of the living God, fall invitation heartfelt afresh on us, Spirit of the living God, on fall afresh of every morsel we yield invite But with the me.” world’s the into God. Buying from independence apply to today’s first reading. Our Responsorial Psalm Our Responsorial reading. first today’s to apply evident forgiveness and of mercy theme the continues Commentaries Sunday Scripture 6 Mission time The Office of Readings for the solemnity of the Season, from Sundays “after The Pentecost itself through midday of the Saturday before Ascension offers a lovely excerpt from one of St. Pentecost” to Sundays “in Ordinary Catholic the First Sunday of Advent. It is the longest of the Augustine’s sermons “de Ascensione Domini,” in Time.” As has been noted previously Church’s seasons; it is the season of hope (hence the in this space (perhaps to be point of Difference green vestments); it is a season for lengthening the

July 18, 2014 which the learned Bishop of Hippo takes as his text • Colossians 3:1-2: “If then you have been raised with reader-tedium!), there is nothing stride of the spiritual life, in a steady rhythm of Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is “ordinary” about time after the pilgrimage toward the Kingdom where our hearts seated, at the right hand of God. Set your minds on Resurrection and Ascension. For, as already rest because they rest in the Lord. But it is also, things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” that Colossians text suggests and and above all, the season of mission. Because Pentecost A familiar enough text, right? But then Augustine, Augustine makes explicit, human is not simply about celebrating the gift of the Spirit to as is his wont, gives it a striking twist: “For just as he “time” has now been drawn into the the Church; as the second chapter of the Acts of the remained with us even after his Ascension, so we, too, divine life through the mystery of Apostles illustrates, Pentecost is about giving that gift are already in heaven with him, even though what is Christ’s return to the Father and his away.

Gulf Pine Catholic promised us has not yet been fulfilled in our bodies…. being seated “at the right hand of The Pentecost Season is when those who truly While in heaven he is also with us; and we while on the Majesty on high” (Hebrews 1:3) believe that “we are already in heaven with him” offer Weigel earth are with him. He is here with us by his divinity, as Lord of history. History, in that others the possibility of living like that. The offer is his power and his love. We cannot be in heaven, as he sense, is “inside” the Godhead. made in many ways: in acts of compassion and charity; is on earth, by divinity; but in him, we can be there by And there is nothing ordinary about that. in acts of explicit witness to Christ; in explaining why love.” Sundays “after Pentecost,” by contrast, reminded the Church believes what it does. If, as St. John Paul II There are something on the order of 70 million the Church that the first outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and Pope Francis propose, the quality of our discipleship Catholics in the United States. How many of us think celebrated on the 50th day after Easter, continues in the is measured by our commitment to giving others the of ourselves as being “already in heaven” with the Church throughout history, so that the Church can gift we have been given, the lengthy weeks of the Lord? And if we really believed that – if we really continually bear witness to “that which was from the Pentecost Season are divinely ordered to that gift- believed that the most important part of our being was beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen giving. united to Christ and thus incorporated into the life of with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched About which, there is nothing “ordinary.” the Holy Trinity – how would we comport ourselves with our hands” (1 John 1.1) – the Risen Lord, who here on earth? offers us, in our friendship with him, a participation George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of We‘d be on fire with a sense of mission. here-and-now in the life of God himself. the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, There are many reasons to deplore the change in The Pentecost Season (if you’ll permit a lapse into D.C. liturgical nomenclature for the weeks after the Easter a relevant bit of liturgical antiquarianism) lasts from The Fault in Our Stars and the Sacred Heart of Jesus

John Green’s novel The Fault in even nihilistic philosophy of life: “There will come a death; otherwise, he argues, “What is the point?” Still Word on Our Stars has proven to be wildly time when all of us are dead. All of us. There will come clinging to her bleak materialism, Hazel retorts, “What CALL! Fire popular among young adults in the a time when there are no human beings remaining to if there is no point?” English speaking world, and the remember that anyone ever existed or that our species The next day, the young couple, filled with enthu- recently released film adaptation ever did anything. [...] There was time before organisms siasm, comes to Van Houten’s home only to find that LAST of the book has garnered both im- experienced consciousness, and there will be time after. their hero is a depressed alcoholic who has no interest pressive reviews and a massive au- And if the inevitability of human oblivion worries you, in talking to them. When they press him for answers Almost Sold Out dience. A one-time divinity school I encourage you to ignore it. God knows that’s what about mysteries in his novel, he comments on the mean- student and Christian minister, everyone else does.” The only response that the hapless inglessness of life, effectively mirroring Hazel’s nihil- Green is not reluctant to explore the leader can muster to that outburst is, “good advice for ism back to her. Just after this awful conversation, the “big” questions, though he doesn’t everyone.” It would be hard to imagine a more damning two teenagers make their way to the Anne Frank house, claim to provide anything like de- commentary on the state of much of so-called Christian where Hazel manages, despite her cumbersome oxygen Fr. Barron finitive answers. In this, he both ministry today! tank and her weakened lungs, to climb to the attic where reflects and helps to shape the inchoate, eclectic spiri- At one of these meetings, Hazel meets a handsome, Anne Frank hid from the Nazis. In that room, evocative tuality that holds sway in the teen and 20-something set charming cancer-survivor named Augustus Waters, and of both horrific, meaningless violence and real spiritual today. After watching the film however, I began to won- the two fall almost immediately in love. Though they hope, Hazel and Gus passionately kiss for the first time. der whether his Christian sensibility doesn’t assert itself both consider the support group fairly lame, there is no It is as though their love, which began in the heart of perhaps even more clearly and strongly than he realizes. denying that they were brought together over the heart Jesus, asserted itself strongly even in the face of dark- The story is narrated by Hazel Grace Lancaster, a of Christ. Kind, encouraging, funny, and utterly devot- ness. teenager suffering from a debilitating and most likely ed, Augustus (Gus) draws Hazel out of herself and lures But we are not allowed to dwell on this hopeful mo- terminal form of cancer. At her mother’s prompting, her into a more active engagement with life. They both ment, for Gus reveals, just before they return home, that Hazel attends a support group for young cancer patients love a novel called An Imperial Affliction, written by a his cancer has reasserted itself and that his condition that takes place at the local Episcopal Church. The reclusive author named Peter Van Houten. After estab- is terminal. Not long after they return, Gus dies, at the group is presided over by a well-meaning but nerdy lishing e-mail contact with Van Houten, they arrange, age of eighteen, and Hazel sinks into profound sadness: youth minister who commences each meeting by rolling through a kind of “Make-A-Wish” foundation, to fly to “Each minute,” she says, “is worse than the previous out a tapestry of Jesus displaying his Sacred Heart. “We Amsterdam to commune with their literary hero. Just one.” At the funeral, even as Christian prayers are ut- are gathering, literally, in the heart of Jesus,” he eagerly before the encounter, Gus and Hazel engage in some se- tered, Hazel just goes through the motions, pretending tells the skeptical and desultory gaggle of teens. At one rious conversation about God and the afterlife. 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Gulf Pine Catholic Long Beach parish makes generous donation to St. Fabian building fund St. Fabian Catholic Church in Hattiesburg would to God for the many blessings bestowed upon us after like to say a big “Thank You” to the parishioners of St. Katrina, the decision was made to support the new par- in Long Beach for their generous ish of St. Fabians in Hattiesburg and its first pastor, Fr. donation. Fr. Louis Lohan, pastor of St. Thomas the Tommy Conway, in your building program.” Apostle, said the donation was in response to how well The $15,000 donation will be used towards St. Fa- he and his church were treated after Hurricane Katrina, bian’s building fund. The permanent church, once built, especially for the efforts of Fr. Tommy Conway, pastor will be located on Hwy 589 in west Hattiesburg on land of St. Fabian. donated by Dr. Richard Fabian McCarthy. “In Hurricane Katrina, St. Thomas the Apostle St. Fabian, the newest church in the Diocese of Catholic Church was totally destroyed,” said Fr. Lohan. Biloxi, services the needs of the Catholic community “At first, we wondered what to do and how to doit. in Lamar County. The church celebrated its inaugural In the following months, we began to receive help and mass on January 20, 2014, and mass is currently cel- support from other Catholic parishes and priests -- some ebrated weekly at 10:45 a.m. at Benedict Day School in of them knew us and some of them just heard about plete, our finance committee adopted a budget with a Sumrall, MS. Beginning on August 16, 2014 a Satur- our plight. One of those who came to our rescue early line item labeled ‘Outreach.’ It was and is their thought day Vigil Mass will be added at 5 pm. on was Fr. Tommy Conway and St. that we should use these funds to reach out to those in Church in Hattiesburg. After our rebuilding was com- need and to those who have helped us. In thanksgiving

Father Barron From page 6 friends. But some days after the funeral, she discovers name) and Grace (Hazel’s middle name) met in the sa- that Augustus had written a note to her just before his cred heart of Christ and thereby, despite their shared Father Robert Barron is the founder of the glob- death. It closes with the words, “Okay, Hazel Grace?” suffering, managed to give life to one another. And is al ministry, Word on Fire, and the Francis Cardinal To which the young woman responds, while gazing up this why I think Hazel effectively repudiates her nihil- George Professor of Faith and Culture at University of into the sky, “Okay.” With that word, the film ends. ism and materialism as she responds across the barrier St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein. He is the creator of Pretty grim stuff? Yes…but. Does nihilism have of death to Gus’s “Okay.” I’m convinced that Hazel a new ten episode documentary series called “Catholi- the last word? I don’t know. 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It was sense of joy came im- an “A Hoang recently completed his first semester of swer,” said Hoang, who previously worked for the Hoang, who previously said swer,” as Partnership and Healthcare and Medicaid Texas care facility. a volunteer at a long-term Holy Spirit. can only be the that sensation mediate and would I had the qualities All my life I was told priest, but always ignored it. But an excellent make out with Mass, I walked Year that Lunar New after I to start my discernment. decision undeniable the this and for me out laid path knew God had this path has made me happy beyond words. pre-novitiate studies. Vincent Nguyen, 20, a native of Orange County, Ca- of Orange County, Nguyen, 20, a native Vincent the said he family, religious very of a product The parish in many “I started to get involved at my home - poor and margin his work with the Nguyen believes an eight it is generally Wilson, According to Father lif., will enter third philosophy this fall and spend an spend and fall this philosophy third enter will lif., before studies pre-novitiate his in years two additional entering the novitiate. his uncle, by early were planted seeds of his vocation Thanh Nguyen, who is a priest in the Vincent Father Diocese of Austin, TX. the of member a server, altar an as including ministries, Eucha Vietnamese as the well as Knights of Columbus, ristic Youth Movement among others,” he said. “That is “That said. he others,” among Movement Youth ristic began to grow when the desire to pursue the priesthood my junior year in high Around stronger in my heart. with vari- retreats discernment school, I began to attend I felt the most at home with the orders, but ous religious to Their zealous mission of ministering Redemptorists. to devotion special their and marginalized poor and the Our Lady attracted me and inspired me to join.” suf- still who are those especially Biloxi, in East alized Katrina, of Hurricane effects lingering the from fering to prisoners will provide and the opportunity to minister in ahead as he forges experience with invaluable him his studies. a fully professed Redemptorist. year process to become to be a priest on top of his call man who feels called A year for a ing to religious life would have an additional total of nine. 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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Fifty years ago, when the Civil Rights Act was WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic leaders supported the Civil Rights Act of signed into law July 2 by President Lyndon Johnson, two Louisiana-born men did 1964 and also urged Catholics to get behind the law to make it work, according to not feel the earth move, but they knew it was the beginning of a time of change. the yellowed pages of typewritten articles in the Catholic News Service’s archive Gulf Pine Catholic Norman Francis, president for student affairs at Xavier University in New Or- folders. leans at the time, described the law’s passage as part of a “watershed year.” The articles, written by National Catholic Welfare Conference News Service, After living for more than three decades “under Plessy” as he says, referring to a predecessor of CNS, are headlined in all capital letters: “Churchmen hail rights the Supreme Court decision upholding racial segregation and “separate but equal” law, urge cooperation” and “Churches had big part in rights bill passage.” facilities, Francis said it was hard to imagine that he had graduated from law school The reaction piece of July 3, 1964, the day after the legislation was signed into but still “couldn’t walk into the front door of a restaurant until 1964” when the law by President Lyndon Johnson -- and additions to the story in subsequent days civil rights law prohibited racial segregation in schools, workplaces and public -- quotes several Catholic bishops and lay leaders rallying behind the legislation facilities. that prohibited racial segregation in schools, workplaces and public facilities. But even graduating from law school was no small matter. Francis was the first Then-Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle of Washington walks with U.S. President Los Angeles Cardinal James F. McIntyre called the law a “concrete expression African-American to be admitted to law school at Loyola University New Orleans Lyndon B. Johnson following a 1968 Mass in Washington. The archbishop, of the conscience of all men of good will” that has been the “concern and work for in 1952 and he is just reading now about the efforts by local priests that went into who was later named a cardinal, was a vocal supporter of the Civil Rights Act, Civil rights leader the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. talks with U.S. President the church for many long years.” And Washington Archbishop Patrick A. O’Boyle, getting him admitted. signed into law by Johnson July 2, 1964. He also integrated Catholic schools in Lyndon B. Johnson. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law July 2, 1964. who integrated Catholic schools in the Washington Archdiocese 16 years before Now, his name is almost synonymous with Xavier University, the country’s the Washington Archdiocese 16 years before the Civil Rights Act. CNS file photo CNS photo/Yoichi Okamoto, courtesy LBJ Library the Civil Rights Act, described the legislation as a “tremendous national step for- only historically black Catholic university, where he attended as an undergraduate ward.” and held various positions until being named president in 1968, a role he was asked Putting the law back in the hands of American citizens, Atlanta Archbishop to assume on the day of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Paul J. Hallinan warned that if the civil rights law was “evaded or flaunted, both In an interview with Catholic News Service on the university’s campus June 12, sides will lose and Georgia and the American nation will suffer.” the longtime president, who is 83, showed no interest in retiring. He was quick to Similarly, Msgr. George Higgins, director of the social action department of praise the school, founded by St. Katharine Drexel and her Sisters of the Blessed the National Catholic Welfare Conference, a predecessor to the U.S. Conference Sacrament, not only for its educational accomplishments but also for quickly get- of Catholic Bishops, said the act will be “of little avail unless the great mass of ting itself out from under 6 feet of floodwater from the breached levees following American people are prepared to go beyond the letter of the law and to help create Hurricane Katrina. an atmosphere of mutual understanding and racial brotherhood in their neighbor- Francis, born in Lafayette, Louisiana, along with his four siblings, said the hoods and communities.” separate-but-equal segregation “was a monster of many proportions on the human And in a joint statement issued July 3, 1964, the bishops of Louisiana urged spirit.” He also said his parents, who never graduated from high school, “had to be Catholics not just to obey the letter of the law but to “heed the voice of their con- the greatest psychologists in the world to have us keep our bearings while going science in observing its spirit.” They also stressed the need to “put aside hatred, through this.” agitation, repression and any other extremes.” They always stressed the importance of education and faith, he said, and it Similarly, Bishop William G. Connare of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, urged a seems the Francis children took this message to heart. group of Catholic laymen to be “in the vanguard” of those making sure the law “We never lost our faith; our faith brought us through all of it,” he said of he was obeyed. and his siblings including his brother Joseph, a priest with the Society of the Divine Frank Heller, president of the National Council of Catholic Men, certainly did Word who became one of the nation’s first black Catholic bishops. not need prompting about this. He said the new law put the nation “on the verge The college president said his brother was active in the civil rights movement of a ‘release from racism.’” But he also warned Americans not to let the new law along with a number of priests and nuns who took part in protests and marches and “atrophy into a meaningless gesture.” were a “credit for the church.” “Future generations will live in shame if this becomes for history merely ‘one Auxiliary Bishop Joseph A. Francis of Newark, New Jersey, who died in 1997, brief shining moment’ when this nation gave witness to the dignity of all her citi- Mississippi Bishop Oliver Gerow is pictured in this 1960 photo with members chaired the committee that wrote the 1979 U.S. bishops’ pastoral letter on racism, zens,” he said. of Pax Christi in Greenwood, Miss. Bishop Gerow, head of the Diocese of “Brothers and Sisters to Us,” which called racism a sin. An NCWC News Service story from July 2, 1964, said churches played a major Jackson, Miss., from 1924 to 1967, steered Catholics in the state through some The bishop gave talks around the country years after the pastoral letter was is- role in “tipping the scales” in favor of passage of the Civil Rights Act by actively of the darkest days of the civil rights movement. He released a statement sued challenging Catholics not to just talk about eradicating racism but to do more supporting it from the time President John F. Kennedy spoke of plans to introduce urging lawmakers to support the Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act into law July 2, about it. it in 1963 and the year plus that it was debated and voted on in Congress. President Lyndon B. Johnson July 2 of that year. CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of 1964, as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others look on. CNS photo/Cecil See WASHINGTON LETTER, page 15 Jackson Archives Stoughton, courtesy LBJ Library See CIVIL RIGHTS-BISHOPS, page 15 12 Memories of civil rights struggles still fresh in Mississippi town July 18, 2014 • By Patricia Zapor put them in school there, told CNS about how Catholic News Service far their community has come when it comes to racial divisions. GREENWOOD, Miss. (CNS) -- A pane They told long-ago stories: of being of cracked blue glass above the front doors warned to leave a CYO gathering at Immacu- of St. Church in Greenwood late Heart before something bad happened; helps ensure that nobody forgets how their and of being told during a prayer service

Gulf Pine Catholic parish, its founding pastor and the religious there, “This church is ours. You have your who staffed it stood up for them during a po- own.” larizing, often brutal time. But another woman had a story from just As this summer marks the 50th anniver- last year: of watching a white man in line at sary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of the grocery store demand -- and get -- a white 1964, parishioners at St. Francis have a vivid cashier to ring up his order instead of the reminder of the related events in their town. black cashier who was already in the posi- They can look up and see where a bullet went tion. More than one of the women voiced a through the window, one of many acts of vio- fear that “Jim Crow is coming back,” because lence and serious threats to a faith commu- of the increase in apparently race-based con- nity that was active in promoting civil rights, flicts around the country. both behind the scenes and in the streets. They agreed that the role of St. Francis For people who lived in Greenwood at of Assisi Parish was important to their own that time, however, the broken window pane success in life, and in helping improve the A Sister of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis is shown teaching chances for Greenwood’s poor black fami- doesn’t seem necessary to remind them what a class May 27, 1953, at St. Francis School in Greenwood, Miss. The their town has been through. In interviews school endured attacks by segregationists in the 1950s and 1960s because lies, as well as helping turn the tide against with Catholic News Service in early June, pa- of its commitment to the African-American community. CNS photo/Bishop the era’s racist ways. rishioners at St. Francis and the town’s other Oliver Gerow, courtesy Diocese of Jackson Archives Another piece of the Catholic Church’s Catholic church, Immaculate Heart of Mary, role in Greenwood began with Kate Foote spoke vividly of incidents from those years. Catholic Church in Mississippi to provide a wide range Jordan, who founded a secular institute of religious They lived with the blatantly racist way of life epito- of services to Mississippi’s poorest residents, regardless women they called Pax Christi. By the mid-1960s, mized by the White Citizens’ Council, a Greenwood- of religious affiliation. In Greenwood, the Franciscans the group of about 20 women, including two African- founded segregationist group that actively championed strove to provide African-Americans with a welcoming Americans, operated the St. Francis Information Center the Jim Crow system. Greenwood, now with a popula- place to worship and a school where they could get a to offer instruction in Catholicism and recreational ac- tion of just 15,000 and then around 20,000, found itself decent education in the deeply segregated society. tivities for children, according to Murray. divided even more in the mid-1960s by a months-long Mississippi’s Catholic population has never been It eventually hosted a clinic, a grocery store, scout merchant boycott in protest of how blacks were treated. large -- it’s currently about 9 percent -- and the per- troops, music lessons, a skating rink, tutoring and adult A few years earlier and 10 miles up the road, Emmett centage of black Catholics is an even smaller fragment. education, and published a weekly newspaper for Afri- Till, the black Chicago 14-year-old who was visiting When St. Francis Mission was founded in 1950, there can-Americans. relatives in Money, Mississippi, was found -- tortured were just two black Catholics in Greenwood, accord- Father Nathaniel also created a credit union and sev- and killed -- reportedly for flirting with a white young ing to an article on the role of Catholics in the town by eral small businesses for the community. He was active woman. Siena College professor Paul T. Murray in the Journal in the interracial ministerial association and success- Greenwood’s residents lived through the two crimi- of Mississippi History. fully worked with both blacks and whites in building nal trials of local white supremacist Byron De La Beck- Franciscan Father Nathaniel Machesky, a Detroit the parish of St. Francis. with for murdering civil rights activist Medgar Evers native who joined the friars out of a desire to do mis- His involvement in the boycott of Greenwood mer- in 1963. (Though those 1960s trials failed to reach ver- sionary work, was initially assigned in Greenwood at chants that followed the 1968 murder of Dr. Martin Lu- dicts, he was convicted in 1994.) Immaculate Heart of Mary. But as Murray put it, “min- ther King changed that somewhat. And Greenwood witnessed further upheaval when istering to a respectable all-white congregation was not As one of the priest’s friends and a lifelong Immac- organizers from outside Mississippi zeroed in on their Father Nathaniel’s idea of true missionary work.” When ulate Heart parishioner, Alex Malouf, tells it, Father town to promote voter education and voter registration, the friars received permission to open a mission for Af- Nathaniel had carefully straddled the cultural chasm leading to a fire being set at the offices of the Student rican Americans, he found a 12-acre parcel of land on between his black parishioners and the dominant white Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the gunshot the outskirts of town and transformed the “juke joint” business community, where he had friends and support- wounding of a community organizer, even drawing on the property into a chapel. ers. such high profile activists as singers Bob Dylan and Father Nathaniel saw offering a good education as But the support the parish had enjoyed from some of Pete Seeger to town. the key to evangelization and quickly opened a school the white-owned businesses was strained when Father Through all this, what was then known as St. Fran- at the mission. Nathaniel, the sisters who staffed the school and oth- cis Mission, its elementary school and church-spon- Talking over coffee in the rectory in early June, sev- ers affiliated with the church joined the boycott of their sored community center in the heart of a poor, black eral African-American women who’d grown up at St. stores. neighborhood, were essential pieces of efforts by the Francis, and who became Catholic because their parents See CIVIL RIGHTS-GREENWOOD, page 15 Gulf Pine Catholic • July 18, 2014 13 - Large numbers of Catholics took part in took part numbers of Catholics Large race the on opinion Catholic Nevertheless in existence by 1965. Bishops, individually by 1965. Bishops, individually in existence calling statements issued collectively, and of Catholic Desegregation justice. for racial As the spread. institutions schools and other under traction gained rights movement civil Martin Luther King Rev. the leadership of the Catholics American body of a substantial Jr., the effort. were prepared to join in Washington on March famous King’s Rev. nearly 400 priests and years later, Two 1963. sisters and brothers as well scores of religious country took over the from all as laypeople in demonstrations rights civil in historic part The big Alabama. and Montgomery, Selma the of the 1960s received rights bills civil Bishop as Louisiana’s And, backing. church’s II in 1965 delivered Vatican had asked, Tracy it which racism of condemnation strong a design.” called “incompatible with God’s sentiment rights Pro-civil issue was divided. from Catholics public resistance encountered and in places such as Chicago, Milwaukee later Boston. Angry rank-and-file Catholics bishops and clergy that activist complained at rights African-Americans’ pushing were After race riots rocked Washington in 1967, Cardinal Washington After race riots rocked King was assassinated Rev. Less than a year later author of 21 books, is former secretary the Shaw, their expense. that said in part, “Our O’Boyle issued a pastoral letter been have housing slum segregated eliminate to efforts and programs needed of desperately Our support feeble. and job opportunities for unemployed Ne- job training ... groes in our ghettos has been far less than adequate. paternalistic, been too often have programs Our welfare family weakened and have and inadequate demeaning, life.” and other cities. Washington erupted in and violence words, peace Generous Now the awful truth was clear: ful demonstrations, and even laws and court decisions quickly. of slavery legacy undo the enough to weren’t to accomplish nation had a long, hard slog ahead The American Catholicism. did And so, it appeared, that. of what is now the U.S. Conference for public affairs events the some of Bishops. He covered Catholic of he wrote about in this reflection as areporter fora News Service, the Conference Welfare Catholic National of Catholic News Service. predecessor CNS photo/Yoichi Okamoto, courtesy LBJ courtesy Okamoto, CNS photo/Yoichi published in 1919, contained progres- 1919, contained in published As a group, the American bishops said nothing about said nothing bishops American As a group, the and well into the 20th century, War After the Civil of Social I “Program War post-World The bishops’ While issues like In time all this began to change. groups be- interracial Catholic and there, Here slavery and took neither side in the Civil War. Catholics War. Civil the side in took neither and slavery More armies. Confederate Union and the in both fought than 40 priests served as Union chaplains and about 30 as chaplains to the Confederates. pastoral with the were preoccupied leaders Catholic immigrants care of the huge number of new Catholic and time, energy little leaving pouring into the country, African-Americans. resources for evangelizing Reconstruction,” and labor- Security Social like sive proposals on matters came relations. Many of these eventually management had nothing to But the document America. in to fruition say about racial justice and civil rights. for issues priority the were pacifism and rights workers’ movement Worker she and her Catholic Dorothy Day, American in activism for social out a niche carve helped voices like that of Jesuit Father Eloquent Catholicism. jus- behalf of racial began to be raised on John LaFarge Revulsion at Nazi racism helped build support for tice. equality. of these hundred a than more up, with springing gan - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson is pictured in this 1964 photo with a in this 1964 photo is pictured B. Johnson Lyndon U.S. President King Martin Luther Rev. the who include leaders rights civil of group Mitchell and Patricia Roberts Harris. Johnson signed the Clarence Jr., 1964. 2, July law into Act Rights Civil Library - -

o submit your parish activities for Diocesan Briefs, email information to [email protected]. parish activities for o submit your Only in 1960, after all, had the election Only in 1960, after all, had the election Arch- 1948, when spot was in One bright - Wash Even so, as a senior in a Jesuit high school in was slavery even In its day, new. was hardly That Catholics among flourished blacks against Prejudice WASHINGTON (CNS) -- On Oct. 24, WASHINGTON did need all The bishops of the U.S. really T

ingly outspoken on the subject of race, many of race, subject on the outspoken ingly American Catholics remained unpersuaded. symbolically Kennedy as president of John F. own Catholics’ American of end the marked Long of bigotry. of being targets experience commu Catholic the in this way, victimized spots bright few relatively to point could nity up to in its record on justice toward others then. A. O’Boyle ordered -- Patrick Cardinal bishop -- later Washington, schools in of Catholic the desegregation for pub- that did Court Supreme the six years before was still Washington speaking, Culturally schools. lic Archbishop a Southern town, and it took courage for O’Boyle to do what he did. argument heated to a I listened a few years later, ington and teacher homeroom our between segregation over it The young Jesuit insisted of my classmates. several it was part of the natu- The kids maintained was wrong. ral order of things. taken for granted. Archbishop John Carroll, manservant States, had a black United bishop in the the first named Charles whom he specified should be freed -- The Jesuits in death. but only after the archbishop’s planta work on their slaves to kept Maryland southern tions. So did Catholic plantation owners in Louisiana. at less social levels. Church historian Msgr. elevated numbers grew in as their even says that Ellis Tracy John they where slavery accept to Irish tended U.S., the the which system “a disturb to reason no seeing it, found for the first time in their lives had placed others at the bottom of the social ladder.” 1963 -- a little more than eight months be- months eight than more little a -- 1963 Johnson signed the fore President Lyndon Act into law -- Bishop Civil Rights landmark Louisiana, Rouge, Baton of Tracy E. Robert Council to take a Vatican the Second urged for the tough line against racism. Speaking would bishops, he said doing that American to teach their peo- help the bishops “greatly ple.” the While home. back get could they help the increas years had become in recent hierarchy Shaw Russ By Catholic News Service embrace civil rights civil embrace Church faced challenges to undo slavery’s legacy, legacy, slavery’s to undo challenges faced Church 14 Our Lady of Victories parishioner creates and sells Stella Marigold Art July 18, 2014 • By Anna Sharp

As a practicing Catholic, one often utilizes sacramental objects to aid in inspiring good thoughts and increasing devotion. A sacramental is a prayer, action, or item, which, through the prayers of the Church, can assist us in receiving God’s grace. One popular sacramental is the scapular, Latin for shoulder, most commonly seen as the “Brown Scapular”, worn with faith and appropriate intentions to inform others that, “Whosoever dies wearing this scapular, shall not suffer eternal fire”. Andrea Smith, parishioner, organist and cantor of Our Lady of Victories parish in Pascagoula, Gulf Pine Catholic specializes in hand-embroidering her own scapulars as well as various hand-made Catholic products. She sells her products on her online store, StellaMarigoldArt, created through the website, Etsy, and encourages customers to “follow” her on her Facebook page, as well. The name of her store stems from, “Stella Maris”, which means ‘Star of the Sea’, a title given to Mary that is appealing to most Gulf Coast residents like herself and, “Marigold”, the flower which in medieval times translated to, ‘Mary’s Gold’. Smith says, “On the back of my business cards is a painting of the Blessed Mother and Infant Jesus, with the phrase: ‘She is His star and He is her gold’”. When she was younger, Andrea often found herself making dolls, doll clothes and gifts with her sisters, especially enjoying sewing small, intricate designs. The idea for her online store came to her while reading posts on a Catholic forum where someone had shared a picture of a hand-embroidered scapular, asking where one could purchase something of the sorts. Attempting to create her own scapulars, Andrea succeeded and was very pleased with the amount of hard work that was put into her project, as well as the supportive response from her family, so she created her shop on April 24, 2013. Andrea never uses a sewing machine, she creates all of her items in her shop by hand from the best materials she can find, such as, 100% Merino wool felt, 100% woven wool, metallic thread, and DMC cotton embroidering floss. Her paper dolls and greeting cards start as pencil and paper drawings and then are painted through a computer program or with high-quality watercolor pencils. She prices each scapular by how many hours it takes to make it, the most basic of her designs taking about three hours to complete. Andrea Smith holds two scapulars she created out of the Andrea also encourages her customers to request any special design that they wish to have. “I am best material she can find and hand sews each one. very grateful for my customers, who are always so generous with their appreciation of my work,” says Smith, “they inspire me to work harder and to grow closer to God. I hope that my products, in a small way, can help them do the same.” You can visit Andrea’s shop at www.etsy.com/shop/StellaMarigoldArt and also can visit her Facebook page, StellaMarigoldArt, where she posts updates about the shop, notifications of new items and other information.

Displayed are some of the many designs of scapulars Andrea has created. She encourages her customers to request a special design they wish to have.

Photos by These paper dolls of , left, and , Anna Sharp right, are two of the paper dolls Andrea designed and painted using either a computer program or high-quality watercolor pencils. Gulf Pine Catholic • July 18, 2014 15 - - - The diocese said, “For a civil court to impinge upon The diocese said, “For As for the boycott, Malouf said the negotiations he Malouf said the negotiations boycott, As for the African-Amer agreed to hire a few The merchants ma- Greenwood’s and ended boycott the return, In In a graduation speech more than a month before the In a graduation responsi- the recognized; been has issue moral “The And today, he said the “church in many ways is still “church he said the And today, “racism is still a part he said, is that The challenge, be addressed without He also said the issue can’t Ameri- in is so embedded racism that He also noted be enough. And cooperation alone won’t a lot of courage, fore- going to take As he put it: “It’s and for a civil court to inquire as to whether or not a as to whether or to inquire court civil and for a of confes- establishes the sacrament situation factual of the Establish violation and unfettered sion is a clear States,” United of the Constitution the of Clause ment to is of serious consequence matter it continued. “This in- statutes The faith. Catholic religions, not just the all communications’ address ‘sacred matter this in volved which are confidential and are exempt from mandatory reporting.” the mat and is a clear violation the freedom of religion by the land the in highest court the to taken be will ter protect its free exercise of religion.” church in order to and Father Nathaniel helped arrange bore fruit, surpris- arrange helped and Father Nathaniel ingly quickly. hire to city the work on getting to and employees ican blacks for the police and fire departments.with African-Americans to to start referring agreed And they cus- white did they as Mrs., and Mr. -- titles courtesy tomers -- instead of by their first names. their local jority black population began patronizing businesses again. stressed that church support of the legislation was stressed that church support of the legislation cru- cial. churches for “turning was passed, he said credited act the tide on civil rights legislation.” bilities have been felt,” he said. ous to what it means to be Christian.” di- is less involvement but its in these efforts, a leader” rect. -- of the air we breathe. of the fabric of our environment Americans.” of most still part of the DNA It’s deny racism ex- by and large, that “whites, recognizing every- it see large, and by Americans, “black and ists” where.” We to solve it. ... can society that “no one group is going have to be in this together.” thought, imagination to address this well.” - CNS June “This is not a gray area in the doctrines of the Ro- of the the doctrines in area a gray is not “This ap- acted priest the case, this “In added, diocese The faith, Catholic the of core the to cuts matter “This Father Nathaniel had been threatened quite seriously quite had been threatened Father Nathaniel “You could get killed over that,” Malouf said, add- over that,” could get killed “You Sen. Hubert Humphrey, D-Minnesota, who man- Sen. Hubert Humphrey, “I grew up in the segregated South where everything where South segregated the in up grew “I it was very different Washington, to When he came Act passed, he remembers After the Civil Rights at were leaders church many bishop noted that The rather than violate his sacred duty and violate the seal of of seal the and violate duty his sacred violate than rather penitent. and his duty to the confession who violates priest/confessor A Church. Catholic man excommuni automatic of confession incurs an the seal See in Apostolic the to for forgiveness reserved cation City.” Vatican con- about the alleged not testify and would propriately does not allow either the plaintiff fessions. Church law the seal of confes- or anyone else to waive (penitent) sion. ing that in those days in Greenwood, such conversa- ing that “I was place. take just didn’t tions across color lines at my house.” The Klan threw stuff threatened. -- a man who said he’d been hired by the Ku Klux Klan The two to kill the priest came to the rectory one day. said he the hired killer at length and eventually talked and gave kill the priest was too good a man to decided a fellow brother, For a time the priest’s back the money. various Greenwood served as a sort of bodyguard, friar, residents said. rial association to negotiate a settlement. Catholic bishops took part in the March on Washington Washington March on in the bishops took part Catholic historic the months after In the Freedom. for Jobs and support for equal to urge churches continued march, dem- though schools and employment housing, in rights onstrations, sit-ins, prayer services and convocations. aged the civil rights bill on the Senate repeatedly floor, Rights Act passed during what he described as “a very what he described Act passed during Rights tumultuous, but very productive time.” told he segregation,” and race by defined was “law enforcement 18, adding that he always sensed the if you crossed the and segregation to maintain was there line, you’d be in big trouble.” transition, on the move -- and was “in because the city change.” like the rest of the country -- in great African- other the and was for him it how different - Wash to make the drive from seminarians American and go to hotels South where “you could to the ington restaurants” for the first time. the forefront in integrating schools and fighting against legislation before the civil rights discrimination racial - “incongru as segregation viewed they passed because - - - - reenwood ishops etter uling -G -B L -R ights ights R R

ashington A bitter legal battle over how protests were conduct- bitter legal battle A One of the African-American women at St. Francis women at African-American One of the During that year, several Catholic leaders includ leaders Catholic several year, that During On Aug. 23, 1963, the U.S. bishops issued a joint On Retired Bishop John H. Ricard of Pensacola-Talla Bishop John H. Ricard Retired Norman Francis said that if his brother were alive Norman Francis said that if his brother “A foundational doctrine of the Roman Catholic doctrine foundational “A The Baton Rouge Diocese, in its own statement July own statement its in Diocese, Rouge Baton The Loui- Rouge, Baton in up who grew Ricard, Bishop ivil ivil onfession

From page 12 C ed and the months-long “unbelievably effective” boy- effective” ed and the months-long “unbelievably cott were finally settled, Malouf said, when he worked worked with and Father Nathaniel with the merchants through the ministe community African-American the and a white parishioner at Immaculate Heart each told each Heart Immaculate at parishioner and a white new tennis shoes courtesy of a about the nuns getting in them one week and wearing Greenwood merchant a few days later. a protest march against the merchants spin different little a gets story still the later, Decades and protests the who supported woman by a when told the son of a ‘60s merchant.

C From page 11 ing New York Cardinal Francis J. Spellman, St. Louis St. Francis J. Spellman, Cardinal York New ing Richard and Boston Cardinal Joseph E. Ritter Cardinal rights need for civil J. Cushing spoke about the urgent legislation. statement on racial harmony; five days later seven

today he would likely say that the “church has made has “church the say that would likely he today a church the give wouldn’t also he but progress” great gone as far as we haven’t hard to excuse that pass. “It’s his brother would we should have” he said, adding that Afri- of young be concerned about the lack particularly can-American seminarians. ment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Consti- First ment Clause of the tution in its decision. the seal that of years mandates Church for thousands Pursuant to and inviolable. of confession is absolute never to a priest is compelled his oath to the church, diocese said. “Neither is a priest break that seal,” the to confession to went someone that admit to allowed find- a suffer to have would priest the necessary, If him. imprisonment and suffer court a civil in ing of contempt W From page 10

7, said the state Supreme Court violated the Establish the violated Court Supreme 7, said the state hassee, Florida, who president of the National Black is The 74-year- Catholic Congress, knows all about that. is reasons, for health in 2011 old bishop, who retired semi- Washington the Seminary, rector of St. Joseph’s was founded The order the Josephites. nary of his order, and States United the in slaves freed newly serve to The communities. African-American now ministers in primarily are seminarians new order’s the said bishop from African countries. when the Civil Washington in siana, was a seminarian C 1 From page 16 Pope meets sex abuse victims, says clergy actions cloaked in complicity July 18, 2014

• By Carol Glatz nors” violated the innocence of children and their own ther Lombardi said that if people had been able to see, Catholic News Service vocation to God, he said. as he had, the reactions of the men and women who “It is like a sacrilegious cult, because these boys and took part in the private gathering, “it was clear that it VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Asking for forgiveness, girls had been entrusted to the priestly charism in order was absolutely not a public relations event.” Pope Francis told abuse survivors that “despicable ac- to be brought to God. And those people sacrificed them The raw emotion on people’s faces, including the tions” caused by clergy have been hidden for too long to the idol of concupiscence,” the pope said. pope’s, as well as his strongly worded homily, all and had been “camouflaged with a complicity that can- The pope asked God “for the grace to weep, the showed the effort had been about “a dialogue with a not be explained.” grace for the church to weep and make reparations for pastor and father who tries to understand deeply” the “There is no place in the church’s ministry for those her sons and daughters who betrayed their mission, who wrongs that have been committed and the need “to be Gulf Pine Catholic who commit these abuses, and I commit myself not to abused innocent persons” and left life-long scars. honest about reality,” the Vatican spokesman said. tolerate harm done to a minor by any individual, wheth- He told the men and women sitting in the pews that It was the first time Pope Francis met directly with a er a cleric or not,” and to hold all bishops accountable God loved them and he prayed that “the remnants of the group of victims of clerical abuse, following a tradition for protecting young people, the pope said during a spe- darkness which touched you may be healed.” begun by his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, who met cial early morning Mass for six survivors of abuse by In an effort to help the abuse survivors heal, the with victims for the first time as pope in 2008 during a clergy. The Mass and private meetings held later with pope met individually with each one, accompanied by visit to Washington, D.C. The retired pope subsequently each individual took place in the Domus Sanctae Mar- a loved one or family member and a translator, Jesuit met with other victims during his pastoral visits to Syd- thae -- the pope’s residence and a Vatican guesthouse Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, told ney, Malta, Great Britain and Germany. where the survivors also stayed. journalists. Pope Francis had told reporters in May that he would In a lengthy, off-the-cuff homily in Spanish July 7, The pope spent a total of three hours and twenty be meeting with a group of survivors of abuse from var- the pope thanked the men and women -- two each from minutes in closed-door talks with each person, showing ious countries and would celebrate a private Mass with Ireland, the United Kingdom and Germany, for coming the rest of the church that the path of healing is through them. The pope had asked Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley to the Vatican to meet with him. The Vatican provided dialogue and truly listening to victims, Father Lombardi of Boston -- the head of a new Vatican commission on its own translations of the unscripted homily. said. protecting minors -- to help organize the encounter. The pope praised their courage for speaking out The Jesuit priest said the men and women were vis- The Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Mi- about their abuse, saying that telling the truth “was a ibly moved by the Mass and meetings and had “felt lis- nors, which the pope established in December, met July service of love, since for us it shed light on a terrible tened to,” and that the encounter was “something posi- 6 at the Vatican, and its members, including Cardinal darkness in the life of the church.” tive on their journey” of healing. O’Malley, were also present at the July 7 Mass. The pope said the scandal of abuse caused him “deep The length and nature of the pope’s very first meet- The commission, which currently has eight mem- pain and suffering. So much time hidden, camouflaged ing with abuse survivors represent “a sign, a model, an bers, including a survivor of clerical sex abuse, mental with a complicity that cannot be explained.” example” for the rest of the church, that “listening is health professionals and experts in civil and church law, He called sex abuse a “crime and grave sin,” that needed” along with tangible efforts for understanding is tasked with laying out a pastoral approach to helping was made even worse when carried out by clergy. and reconciliation, he said. victims and preventing abuse. “This is what causes me distress and pain at the fact Responding to critics that the July 7 meeting and that some priests and bishops, by sexually abusing mi- Mass were ineffectual and part of a publicity stunt, Fa- Chapter on abuse is not closed while people still suffer, says prelate By Carol Glatz nerable Adults. The 2014 conference was being held “We are not that kind of church yet: and by far,” he Catholic News Service July 7-11 at the Pontifical Irish College in Rome and said. was hosted by bishops from Ireland and Chile. Every Those in the church who downplay the crisis or try ROME (CNS) -- The crisis of child abuse by clergy year, two different countries organize the conference. to ignore or avoid mandates for prevention and enforce- is not a thing of the past -- it will linger until the church Founded in 1996, the conference is an informal ment “damage the church’s witness to the healing pow- humbly and courageously reaches out to all people still gathering bringing together delegates from the church er of Jesus Christ,” he said. suffering in silence, said Archbishop Diarmuid Martin in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Africa, to share best The church also needs to do more than guarantee of Dublin. practices and develop solid norms in the prevention and victims and families counseling, which often involves “To some it might seem less than prudent to think handling of the scandal of sexual abuse. directing victims to counselors, which in effect leaves that the church would go out of its way to seek out even In his address, Archbishop Martin said, “The great- church members out of the process, he said. more victims and survivors,” opening up further pos- est harm that we could do to the progress that has been “Healing cannot be delegated,” he said. It requires sibilities for lawsuits, anguish and “trouble,” he told made right across the church is to slip back into a false every church member be humble and Christ-like in lov- representatives from bishops’ conferences from around assurance that the crisis is a thing of the past.” ingly embracing “wounded men and women, with all the world. “What has happened has wounded the entire the brutality and unattractiveness of wounds.” However, when Jesus tells pastors to leave behind church,” he said, and “the entire church is called to put Helping perpetrators, victims, parishes, communi- their flock to seek out the one who is lost, that mandate right what has happened.” ties and people who are distanced from the church out “is itself unreasonable and imprudent but, like it or not, Putting things right not only demands creating safe of “disgust at what has happened to children” won’t that is precisely what Jesus asks us to do,” he said in an environments for all young people, he said, it requires happen with “slick public relations gestures or even introductory address July 7. the church become “a privileged place of healing,” from repeated words of apology,” the archbishop said. The archbishop was one of a number of speakers at where all survivors -- even those who are afraid or an- an annual meeting of the Anglophone Conference on gry -- “can genuinely come to feel that the church is a the Safeguarding of Children, Young People and Vul- place where they will encounter healing.” See ABUSE-MARTIN, page 17 Gulf Pine Catholic • July 18, 2014 17 The healing the church is looking for will only for will is looking the church healing The somehow measured in the manner in which we protect in which manner the in somehow measured fail we which in or children cherish and respect and of Jesus about strong words the know well We children. those who would injure of harm children,” he said. come, he said, “when it welcomes our brothers and survived abuse as Jesus would have sisters who have welcomed them.” People can argue how abuse is commonplace People can argue and the kingdom “is understanding of faith People’s Archbishop Martin said the abuse of children by abuse of children the said Archbishop Martin clergy “should never have happened in the church of church the in happened have never “should clergy Jesus Christ.” be sin- throughout society and that the church shouldn’t no is clergy by abuse of incidence or how the out gled higher when compared to others, he said. 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buse “We are not there to tell the survivors what they “We It will come when the church recognizes “how com- “how recognizes church the when come will It The presenting team was made up of Cursillistas: Dean Craft, St. , Gulfport; Michelle Fleming, St. Thomas, Long Beach; Holly Ford, St. James, Gulf- Thomas, Long Beach; St. Fleming, Michelle Gulfport; Evangelist, Dean Craft, St. John the of Cursillistas: up was made team presenting The in Center Retreat J. Kelly William Augustine’s St. at held weekend Return Couples’ Married include: of South Mississippi Movement Cursillo for the events Upcoming MS 39540 or contact Box 7450; D’Iberville, of South Mississippi; P.O. Cursillo Movement or write: about Cursillo, visit www.biloxicursillo.org For more information The family of the Cursillo Movement of South Mississippi grew by 34 women the weekend of June 26-29 when Dedeaux #251 was held at the Diocesan Retreat Cen- Retreat the weekend of June 26-29 when Dedeaux #251 was held at the Diocesan of South Mississippi grew by 34 women The family of the Cursillo Movement

ursillo Dedeaux #251 ladies retreat Dedeaux #251 Cursillo have to do, but together to find new ways of interacting of ways new find to together but do, to have and not hoping the problems go with respect and care,” he said. but seeking them out for reconciliation, away, promise and insensitivity and wrong decisions have promise and insensitivity when and said, he church,” the of witness the damaged becoming its members have their own personal healing, lost close to those who are and journeying more humble and hurting. port; Mary Frances Ford (Rectora), St. James, Gulfport; Sharon Gentile, Our Lady of Fatima, Biloxi; Michelle Gibbs, St. Thomas, Hattiesburg; Congetta Gieger, Immaculate Gieger, Congetta Thomas, Hattiesburg; Gibbs, St. Michelle Biloxi; of Fatima, Our Lady Sharon Gentile, St. James, Gulfport; Mary Frances Ford (Rectora), port; Darlene Previto, St. Sacred Heart, Hattiesburg; Nause (Co-Rectora), Terry St. James, Gulfport; St. James, Gulfport; Laura Mattina, Laurel; Roberta Hosler, Conception, Directors The Spiritual Biloxi. Our Lady of Fatima, Taylor, Nativity BVM, Biloxi; and Susan Juliana Skelton, Ann Rust, Sacred Heart, Hattiesburg; James, Gulfport; Mary Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis. Mike O’Connor, Gulfport, and Fr. St. Joseph, for the weekend were Deacon Karl Koberger, (Rec- 25-28 September weekend, Cursillo next Men’s 5-7; September Dedeaux, at weekend Co-Ed Return August 23; (fund raiser) tournament 18-20; golf July St. Louis Bay Marie Gombos, St. Michael, Biloxi). December 4-7 (Rectora: Weekend, Women’s next Arise weekend, October 24-26; Necaise, Sacred Heart, Dedeaux); Co-Ed Tyrone tor: or visit us on Facebook. Heart, Hattiesburg) the Co-Lay directors: Mary Ellen Lee and Larry Grant, (601) 261-9962 (Sacred ter at Sacred Heart Parish, Dedeaux. The new Cursillistas are: Kellie Black, St. James, Gulfport; Cathy Chapay, Sacred Heart, D’Iberville; Ivy Cole, St. Joseph, Gulfport; Ivy Cole, St. Joseph, Gulfport; Sacred Heart, D’Iberville; Cathy Chapay, The new Cursillistas are: Kellie Black, St. James, Gulfport; ter at Sacred Heart Parish, Dedeaux. Thomas, Hattiesburg; St. St. Joseph, Gulfport; Lisa Easterling, Sharon Dedeaux, Conception, Laurel; Davis, Immaculate Teresa Sacred Heart, Dedeaux; Regina Cooper, Conception, Immaculate Gieger, Alex Frederic, Sacred Heart, Pascagoula; Favre, Our Lady of the Gulf, Bay St. Louis; Deborah Trish Gulfport; St. James, Lauren Fairey, Springs; Ursula Harris, Our Lady of Fatima, Biloxi; Seton, Ocean Alphonsus/St. Elizabeth St. Seton, Ocean Springs; Linda Gregory, St. Elizabeth Phyllis Graves, Laurel; Pascagoula; Victories, of Our Lady Largilliere, Carrie Dedeaux; Heart, Sacred Ladner, Aundrea Gulfport; St. James, Kozemski, Brandi Gulfport; St. James, Rosi Healey, Joseph, Gulfport; St. Mattina, Charlene Springs; Ocean Seton, Elizabeth St. Macias, Jessie Hattiesburg; Thomas, St. Lee, Angie Biloxi; Fatima, of Our Lady Susan, LeBatard, Yvonne Laurel; Conception, Immaculate Morales, Tracy Lumberton; Help, of Perpetual Our Lady Miserendino, Shelby Beach; Long Thomas, St. McCummins, Christine Karly Beach; Pass Christian/Long Thomas, Trinity/St. Holy Karen Parker, Pass Christian; Trinity, Most Holy Necaise, Stacy St. Louis; Gulf, Bay of the Moumas, Our Lady Wagner, Kathy Hattiesburg; Thomas, Soriano, St. Carol D’Iberville; Heart, Sacred Seymour, Julie Heart, D’Iberville; Sacred Seymour, Joanie Gautier; St. Mary, Richardson, St. James, Gulfport. Warren, St. James, Gulfport; and Sandra

A From page 16 18 Book Review Engaging book looks at role of clothing in U.S. Catholic history

July 18, 2014 Reviewed by Nancy L. Roberts ence to papal authority prevailed. • Catholic News Service -- At first, until about World War II, nuns did not em- brace the wearing of habits for traveling; they preferred When the new Pope Francis discarded the tradition- to wear lay clothing to avoid identification as Catholics This is the cover of al red papal footwear for simple black shoes, he under- and subsequent discrimination from the Protestant ma- “Common Threads: A scored the power of clothing as a cultural symbol. jority. Cultural History of Clothing This is something Catholics, both clergy and lay, -- Uniforms on parochial schoolgirls helped check in American Catholicism” have always understood. From priests’ Roman collars excess materialism, promoted modesty and served as a by Sally Dwyer-McNulty. to nuns’ veiled habits to schoolgirls’ blue serge jumpers, visual advertisement for Catholic respectability. The book is reviewed by Gulf Pine Catholic American Catholics have long worn visually distinctive -- Restrictive dress for young women “elucidated attire. ... the Catholic Church’s view that girls needed to be Nancy L. Roberts. CNS Such clothing has helped create a sense of identi- guided more due to their propensity to commit sins of ty and belonging for Catholics, who historically have vanity and that girls and females in general were in a sought to find their way in a social landscape ruled by position to be controlled.” Protestants. For instance, in earlier times, when most By the early 1960s, with its political and social up- author’s exhaustive research distinguishes this as the priests were foreign-born, the characteristic Roman heaval, the “Catholic clothing trademark” had begun to definitive study on the cultural meaning of clothing in collar and other specialized clothing helped clergy gain unravel, Dwyer-McNulty writes. American Catholicism. respectability. The twin influences of the Second Vatican Council Each chapter brims with information that commands Sally Dwyer-McNulty, a history professor at Marist and the civil rights movement sparked a relaxing of interest. For instance, we learn that in 1928, Pope Pius College, has given us an intriguing and thoughtful ex- nuns’ habit styles. Now, sisters wondered if their old- XI actually published clothing guidelines for young amination of what Catholics were wearing at different fashioned attire might actually inhibit their acceptance girls. He specified that “a dress cannot be called decent times and why. by the people they served in poor communities. Many which is cut deeper than two fingers breadth under the Because Catholics emphasize a sacramental world- religious orders, both male and female, adopted mod- pit of the throat, which does not cover the arms at least view, she writes, their clothing is fraught with symbol- ernized habits or even stopped wearing them. to the elbow, and scarce reaches a bit below the knee.” ism; and it also holds “political and social significance.” For the women, this change could be seen as a re- The pope added: “Furthermore, dresses made of Thus wear white as a symbol of their “singular jection of the church’s emphasis on “female submis- transparent material are improper, as are flesh colored holiness and purity,” while “bishops carry staffs be- sion, subordination and denial of self.” In fact, the new stockings which suggest the legs being bare.” cause they shepherd the people, and nuns wear habits habits -- or their abandonment -- created considerable By the 1950s, special tags even identified “Mary- mostly of a dark hue to symbolize death to the world controversy, which was “accurately interpreted as a like” dresses that were judged modest, in dress shops in and ‘marriage’ to Christ.” new understanding of women’s place in the church and cities such as Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Syracuse, New Dwyer-McNulty focuses on the period from the an assertion of self over bureaucracy -- an expression York, Dwyer-McNulty reports. Sometimes this pre- early 19th to the 21st century, a time span during that Catholics received with mixed reactions,” Dwyer- scribed Mary-like modest fashion was linked directly which Catholicism developed from a largely immigrant McNulty writes. to patriotism and anti-communism, as in a 1949 Holy church that was sometimes seen as suspect by the Prot- Today, school uniforms remain supported almost Name parade that she describes. In this carefully orga- estant majority because of its poverty and perceived universally; political conservatives embrace them as nized procession, Catholic girls displayed “religiosity, otherworldly focus to a mainstream, socioeconomically well as liberals concerned with social justice, who em- patriotism and traditional gender roles in opposition to successful religious institution centrally engaged in phasize “No Sweat” purchasing priorities. But overall, what they perceived to be godless, de-sexing, commu- civic and social life. She focuses on three major groups: in the 21st century, Catholic apparel seems less about nist values.” male clergy, female religious and schoolgirls. Among creating identity and more about the “diversity in Cath- An accomplished interdisciplinary scholar, Dwyer- her findings: olic opinion on theological and social issues,” Dwyer- McNulty has written a compelling book that is so en- -- Through the 1930s, bishops adopted uniform, McNulty concludes. gagingly written that it will command interest beyond easily recognizable clothing styles “to exert both con- “Common Threads” is authoritatively researched at the academy. trol and authority over their middle managers and lay several major archival collections, including The Cath- Catholics.” olic University of America, the Philadelphia Archdioc- Roberts directs the journalism program at SUNY Al- -- This clothing also signaled Rome that despite the esan Historical Research Center, the Marquette Univer- bany and is the author of “Dorothy Day and the Catho- Enlightenment’s influence on American culture, obedi- sity Archives and the Sisters of St. Joseph Archive. The lic Worker.” Holy Land bishops criticize ‘collective punishmentʼ of Palestinians JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Catholic leaders in the Holy Israeli youth and the brutal vengeance killing of the Israeli offensive, dubbed Operation Protective Edge, Land called for an end to the cycle of violence and criti- Palestinian youth are products of the injustice and of has hit hundreds of targets, while more than 100 mis- cized Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and the hatred that the occupation fosters in the hearts of siles have been launched into southern Israel, reaching its collective punishment of Palestinians. “Using the those prone to such deeds,” the church leaders said, into the center of the country and Jerusalem as well. death of the three Israelis to exact collective punish- but added that the deaths “are in no way justifiable.” The ordinaries, who include Catholic bishops and the ment on the Palestinian people as a whole and on its In early July, Israel launched airstrikes into the Hamas- Franciscan custos of the Holy Land, called the situa- legitimate desire to be free is a tragic exploitation of controlled Gaza Strip, killing more than 40 Palestinians tion in Gaza “an illustration of the never-ending cycle tragedy and promotes more violence and hatred,” said -- including children, elderly and militants -- in a circle of violence in the absence of a vision for an alternative a July 8 statement from the Assembly of Catholic Or- of escalating violence that began with the discovery of future.” dinaries of the Holy Land. “We need to recognize that the bodies of three kidnapped Israeli teens and the bru- the kidnapping and cold-blooded murder of the three tal apparent revenge killing of a Palestinian teen. 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- The Motion CNS photo/Fox rating is PG-13 -- rating is PG-13 -- classification is . Caesar, voiced by Andy by voiced Caesar, the movie Serkis, appears in of the “Dawn of the Planet News Apes.” The Catholic Service A-III -- adults. Association Picture of America cautioned. strongly parents be Some material may children for inappropriate 13. under “There is a very deep compelling story between compelling is a very deep “There It was Army Col. Welborn Barton Griffith who about raise hopes to Friends of Chartres American the window resto- said that she expected Lallement American information about Note: More Editor’s The Motion Picture Association of America rating is Association of The Motion Picture Chartres and the American people,” Lallement said. Lallement people,” American the and Chartres cathedral the saved Americans how the explained She II. War World from destruction at the end of de- to order an by challenging the cathedral save helped Ambassa- by French a statement stroy it, according to dor to the U.S. included in the crowd- Francois Delattre funding announcement. ex- Lallement Window. $250,000 to restore the Bakers’ plained that each piece of glass will be removed one at a window the of features Among framing. lead from time Christ enthroned; depicts which its rose window, are St. Peter and St. James the Major; two lancets depicting timeless their and panels showing bakers going about tasks of shaping dough and baking bread. Amer ration to begin in the fall of 2014. She added that of the Friends of Chartres has raised 20 percent ican - she said her organi Additionally, money needed so far. to events related some cultural zation plans to organize Angeles and Los Washington, restoration in window’s New York. can be found at its website, www. Friends of Chartres . friendsofchartres.org see www.catholicnewsservice.com For more movie, DVD and Blu-ray reviews, more For Mulderig is on the staff of Catholic News Service. Mulderig is on the staff of Catholic News The film contains frequent stylized violence, at least one use each of profanity and profanity of each use one least at violence, stylized frequent contains film The PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children may be inappropriate Some material cautioned. strongly PG-13 -- parents under 13. classification A-III is -- adults. thoroughly honorable, the script’s messages are delivered somewhat heavy-handedly. heavy-handedly. somewhat messages are delivered script’s the thoroughly honorable, elevates striking performance, together with top-notch special effects, Still, Serkis’ sequel above run-of-the-mill entertainment. Reeves’ and crass terms. The Catholic News Service rough language as well as several crude “Dawn of the “Dawn of The cathedral is a large picture book recounting The cathedral is a large beauty the nonbelievers, as well as believers “For who set out on a journey” “crowds of pilgrims The how Chartres draws millions explained Lallement and She also said Chartres symbolizes the historical In 1979, UNESCO added the Chartres cathedral to cathedral Chartres the In 1979, UNESCO added its list of World Heritage Sites. It is considered one of World its list of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture. supporting humanity, God and between covenant the Bishop Michel Pansard of Chartres Christian faith,” of the announcement the accompanying in a statement crowd-funding effort. echoes the mystery of and harmony of the building of peace and he said. “Chartres is a palace existence,” and understanding be- silence, a path toward meeting tween peoples.” to Chartres are countless, he added, but the they “are They nations, origins, peoples, and languages. from all are touched by this hymn of stone and light, they sing to the glory of God and the dignity of man.” of visitors from across the world, no matter what their for that place a is is. “It or religion background spiritual she people,” among peace and understanding building told CNS. American the and French the between bond cultural Americans are among the people. Every year 1 million millions of visitors to the cathedral. U.S. for the restoration and preservation of Chartres; and preservation restoration U.S. for the years-long of the part is just one window project the restoration effort. - - eview R ovie . M CNS on Pierre “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” the Planet of of the “Dawn

She explained that bringing the stained-glass into She explained Friends of Chartres is American said Lallement Once what is known as the Baker’s Window is re- Window Once what is known as the Baker’s than more which was built de Chartres, Notre-Dame of the Chartres to the want to bring the beauty “We WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The American Friends American The (CNS) -- WASHINGTON NEW YORK (CNS) -- Those super-sentient simians are back in back are simians super-sentient Those YORK (CNS) -- NEW Though it’s not a film for kids, this latest addition to a franchise based on the work the on based franchise a to addition latest this kids, for film a not it’s Though human race, Flu wiped out most of the Simian called a pandemic after decade A widowed architect members -- including team the mission’s En route, however, wise chief, Caesar (Andy Serkis), works primates’ war looms, the As a potential the best of their respective species -- each is duo represents If this peaceable role models, Reeves blends pleas for tolerance these positive and negative Via

the U.S. will be a great opportunity for many people to people many for opportunity great a be will U.S. the be- not seen have they may that something experience fore. It will be one of the first times “that stained-glass she States,” United the to travel will century 13th the of added. that heritage by a desire to preserve a world motivated The or across the globe. represents a lot to many people stored and before it is put back in the cathedral, the win- the cathedral, in the back is put it and before stored an exhibition to the United States for dow will travel large known for their museums nation’s of the one in collection of medieval art. of 12th- and collection 800 years ago, has the largest 13th-century stained-glass windows in the world. presi- American people,” said Dominique Lallement, inter phone a in Chartres, of Friends American of dent view with Catholic News Service funds in the in 2005 to raise was established ganization of Chartres has launched a crowd-funding campaign in campaign a crowd-funding of Chartres has launched the United States to help restore and preserve a 20-foot- window in the Notre- stained-glass high 13th-century Dame de Chartres Cathedral in France. Crowd-funding effort launched for French cathedral window restoration launched for French effort Crowd-funding Winst By Catholic News Service Mulderig John By Catholic News Service Planet of the Apes” (Fox). Planet of the of French science-fiction author Pierre Boulle (1912-1994) has enough going for it to please most adults. Grown-ups also will find the themes underlying directorMatt congruent Apes” of the reboot “Rise of the Planet the 2011 3-D follow-up to Reeves’ with Christian values. (Gary Dreyfus named official enforcement law former a by led -- survivors of band a - dan running supply fuel their With Francisco. San of ruins the occupies -- Oldman) hydroelectric restoring a damaged at aimed send out an expedition they gerously low, plant to the north of the city. Smit-McPhee), and his nurse girl- Alex (Kodi Malcolm (Jason his teen son, Clarke), of genetically community and clash with, a (Keri Russell) -- encounter, friend, Ellie Woods. evolved apes living in nearby Muir with Malcolm to prevent bloodshed. shown by concern for his family -- the other end of the spectrum to be motivated Kebbell) and Malcolm’s aggressive deputy Koba (Toby is embodied by Caesar’s ex- lab torturous of victim was a Koba Acevedo). (Kirk Carver colleague, irascible apes responsible for the ravages of Simian Flu. while Carver holds the perimentation, While action. bloodless, combat though largely and trust in with the considerable, 20 Our Mother of Sorrows From page 1 July 18, 2014 • Gulf Pine Catholic

Father Steve Wilson, CSsR, pastor, preaches the homily during the July 13 Bunny Thompson and members of the Our Mother of Sorrows Our Mother of Sorrows Church Mass. Choir sing during the parish’s 100th Anniversary Mass

“This place welcomed me, educated me and gave looking for a church home. How many families have Catholic Church.” me hope for a life in the religious,” Father Norvel said. been initiated by the life giving waters of baptism at the Father Norvel and Archbishop Marino were class- “The Josephites were especially happy that I could be a font here in this church, received the precious body of mates at the Josephite seminary. part of this celebration.” the Lord, at this altar rail, got married or entered into “Back in those days, who would ever think that Fa- Father Norvel recalled how Josephite Father eternal life within the walls of this church? How good ther Marino would be the first African American vicar Kelly, who was also the founding pastor of his home God has been to you! That is why we gather here today general of the Society of St. Joseph? His selection and parish, St. Peter the Apostle Parish in Pascagoula, as a parish family to return our heartfelt thanks to God.” years of service made us all very proud. But our God “came to this area of Division Street and saw a need to Among those who received the sacraments from is full of surprises. He silenced the hierarchy and ener- found a house of God to serve the spiritual needs of the Our Mother of Sorrows Church were the late Archbish- gized the laity when he selected Father Marino to be the African American brothers and sisters.” op Eugene Marino, who shepherded the Archdiocese of Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia right down here in the “In collaboration with Father Kelly, your ancestors Atlanta, and his sister, Sister Mary Eileen Marino of the Deep South. What a sense of humor God has! You have and their hard work, vibrant faith and brotherly love Oblate Sisters of Providence. much to be thankful for.” established here on Division Street this parish,” Father “I can vividly remember the day when Sister Eileen Archbishop Marino died in 2000 and is buried in Norvel said. Marino visited our school here at Our Mother of Sor- Biloxi Cemetery. Sister Eileen traveled from Baltimore “So, enlivened by your Catholic faith, you reached rows,” Father Norvel said. “She was beautiful, inspiring for the Mass. Their sister, Clare Rhodeman called the out in a spirit of evangelization to welcome into the and she exuded the blessed assurance that there was a 100th anniversary celebration “wonderful and exhila- Catholic Church your brothers and sisters who were place for us black youth in the ministerial ranks of the rating.”

Rev. Chuong V. Cao appointed Pastor of Blessed Francis Seelos Parish and Our Mother of Sorrows Official Parish, both in Biloxi, effective July 14, 2014. Appointment Most Reverend Roger P. Morin, D.D. Bishop of Biloxi