Page 6 September 24, 2020 The Catholic Messenger, Davenport, Iowa National/World News Court sides with Trump on right to end TPS By Rhina Guidos TPS holders who have families, tain futures.” Catholic News Service including U.S.-born children, They urged the nation “not to other pending legislation, possi- WASHINGTON (CNS) — turn its back on TPS recipients ble involvement by the Supreme and their families.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Court and there’s also a possibil- 9th Circuit sided Sept. 14 with ity, though not likely, Congress “They too are children of God. President Donald Trump’s plan to could act to provide a path to cit- We stand in solidarity with TPS end a particular immigration pro- izenship for TPS recipients. recipients, who are here and have tection status that would have been living and working in the allowed people from six coun- “The 9th Circuit’s decision United States legally, and we will tries that have suffered disasters continues a heartbreaking path of continue to do so with them in to remain in the United States. uncertainty and fear for hundreds their countries of origin,” the of thousands of TPS recipients The court said the president three said in the statement, needlessly put into motion by the released Sept. 15. was within his rights to revoke Trump administration,” said a what’s called Temporary joint statement from Archbishop Archbishop Gomez, Bishop Protected Status, popularly Jose Gomez of Los Angeles, Dorsonville and Callahan again known as TPS, from Salvadoran president of the U.S. Conference called on the U.S. Senate to take immigrants. TPS grants a work of Catholic Bishops; Washington up the American Dream and permit and a reprieve from Auxiliary Bishop Mario Promise Act, which the House deportation to certain people CNS/Kyle Grillot, Reuters passed last year. “Justice 4 TPS” is seen Oct. 3, 2018, on a car window in Dorsonville, chairman of the whose countries have experi- USCCB’s Committee on “Without action by Los Angeles. A Sept. 14 decision from the U.S Court of enced natural disasters, armed Migration; and Sean Callahan, Congress,” they said, “recipients’ conflicts or exceptional situa- Appeals for the 9th Circuit in Ramos v. Nielsen brings the president and CEO of Catholic lives will be upended. Congress tions, to remain temporarily in Trump administration one step closer to ending Relief Services. must act to ensure that such cata- the United States. Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for almost all people “TPS countries such as El strophic human consequences do The ruling also is expected to with TPS in the United States. Salvador and Haiti cannot ade- not occur.” affect TPS holders from Haiti, quately handle the return of TPS The bill would provide TPS Honduras, Nicaragua, Sudan and affect people’s status this year. different for different countries recipients and their families. The holders, Deferred Action for Nepal. They still would be allowed to but all is expected to take place in spread of COVID-19 has only Childhood Arrivals recipients stay here and get a driver’s 2021 if the plans goes forward. “He’s ended it but what it made conditions worse,” they and those who have Deferred license and work authorizations But that timing brings some to said, adding the decision “will Enforced Departure status with means is that there’s this six- they have now.” speculate that the U.S. presiden- month wind-down period,” said fragment American families, protection from deportation and But that could stop early next tial election and its result could leaving, for example, over an opportunity to obtain perma- Ashley Feasley, director of policy affect what ultimately happens. for the U.S. Conference of year. 192,000 U.S. citizen children of nent legal status in the United Catholic Bishops’ Migration and The wind-down period for the The situation is complex, said Salvadoran TPS recipients with- States if they meet certain Refugee Services. “It doesn’t estimated 300,000 TPS holders is Feasley. There’s also the issue of out their parents and with uncer- requirements. New seminary opens in North Carolina Knights of Holy By Patricia L. Guilfoyle and SueAnn Howell Sepulchre give Catholic News Service MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. $3.5 million in (CNS) — It was a day to thank God for sending more laborers to gather his emergency aid harvest, Diocese of Charlotte leaders said as By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service they blessed and formally opened St. Joseph College VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As members of the Seminary. Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem The newly completed around the world were experiencing their own college seminary was COVID-19 lockdowns, they contributed some $3.5 blessed by Charlotte million to a special fund to support Bishop Peter Jugis Sept. the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, 15, the feast of Our Lady of especially its schools and charitable Sorrows, after an official outreach. ribbon-cutting ceremony. “Despite the difficult conditions With its striking Gothic on a global level, generosity was architecture and 30,000 not lacking,” said a statement Sept. square feet of living-and- CNS/SueAnn Howell, Catholic News Herald 17 from the order’s Vatican head- learning space, the college Bishop Peter Jugis of Charlotte, N.C., officially cuts the ribbon at the new quarters. seminary serves as home to St. Joseph College Seminary near Mount Holly, N.C., Sept. 15. About 30,000 Catholic men and Cdl. Filoni young men who are explor- women around the world are knights or dames of the ing a vocation to the the $20 million project. “The growth here has “I’m very happy to be Holy Sepulchre, pledging to support the church of Catholic priesthood while been extraordinary,” noted here. I found peace here at Jerusalem with their prayers, regular pilgrimages and also pursuing undergradu- Bishop Jugis and others Msgr. Patrick Winslow, the seminary,” said Kolbe financial offerings. ate degrees at nearby at the Sept. 15 ceremony vicar general and chancel- Murrey, a fourth-year stu- Belmont Abbey College. gave thanks to God for lor. dent who’s a member of St. Cardinal Fernando Filoni, grand master of the answering prayers to pro- order, announced in May a special COVID-19 St. Joseph is the only Noting the quality John the Baptist Church in vide more vocations to the Tryon, North Carolina. Humanitarian Support Fund because “the Holy Land, college seminary program priesthood — more labor- building materials and arti- where the very economic lifeblood of thousands of between Washington, D.C., ers for his harvest, as noted sanal skills devoted to con- The college seminary families lies in religious pilgrimages and tourism, has and Miami and has been a in chapter 9 of the Gospel structing the college semi- enables him to take the been seriously affected.” magnet for young men of Matthew, which was nary, Msgr. Winslow time to “really listen to wanting to discern the As the world struggles to recover from the pan- read during the opening added, “We’re going to be what God wants me to do priesthood. ceremony. here now and into the with my life.” he told the demic and its impacts, the cardinal said, “We all have Catholic News Herald a responsibility. And while international finance must The program has proven future” and “continue to , decide whose side it will take — with people or with so popular that construc- The bishop also reflect the Gospel to the Charlotte’s diocesan news- power and one’s own castle — we choose to put peo- tion on a permanent home acknowledged the interces- larger community.” paper. ple first, their work, their health, their family, their for the seminary had to be sory prayers of Mary and The opening ceremony It means “having a life quality of life, and the future, redirecting ourselves if accelerated. Enrollment of St. Joseph, patron of the was held exactly two years of prayer and study and necessary.” has more than tripled since college seminary. after ground was broken on being with just a great the program began in 2016, “Taking care of people is part of the gift of the The success of the col- the site for the college sem- bunch of other young men and upon its opening, the Christian faith, but also a duty to be fulfilled,” he had lege seminary couldn’t inary. On Sept. 15, 2018, my age who want to dis- college seminary building said. come at a better time. The the bishop, seminarians cern a call to the priest- is already at two-thirds of and the college seminary’s hood,” he said, and the According to the knights, Sami El-Yousef, the Catholic population in capacity with 27 out of 40 western North Carolina has rector, Father Matthew experience has given him a CEO of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, said the seminarian slots filled. Kauth, braved wind and broader perspective. “The assistance allowed the church “to support more than swelled to more than Private donors have rain from Tropical Storm church and God’s work in 2,400 families in more than 30 parishes with their 400,000 — up 900% since already contributed more Florence for the ground- the church is bigger than primary needs in terms of food vouchers, products the diocese was founded in than $15.5 million toward breaking. just my vocation,” he said. for hygiene and for their children, medicine and util- 1972. ity bills.” In addition, the aid helped 1,238 families in Jordan and 1,180 families in the Palestinian territo- Hope is dying in Syria, Cardinal Zenari says ries pay their children’s tuitions at schools operated by the patriarchate.