WWW.THEFLORIDACATHOLIC.ORG | September 2015 FLORIDACatholic MIAMI ARCHDIOCESE to See and Support Pope Francis CNA PHOTOS 500 South Floridians will be trying to catch a glimpse of the pope in Havana, D.C., and Philly ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO time. I want that in my obituary,” away. stay in Havana; and the last one a of the Florida Catholic staff said the parishioner at St. Elizabeth Tan will be joining a group of 47 three-day trip to Philadelphia, where MIAMI | Three popes in 17 years: Ann Seton in Coral Springs. other pilgrims on that grueling bus 18 people will catch up with Pope That’s a claim only Brazil can make, That’s why Tan will be getting on a trip, which is also one of four offi- Francis on the last stop of his U.S. until Pope Francis sets foot on Cuban bus Sept. 22 and riding through the cial archdiocesan pilgrimages to see tour, for the conclusion of the World soil this weekend, and on U.S. soil a night to arrive in Washington, D.C., Pope Francis. The others are plane Meeting of Families. few days later. in time to see Pope Francis. He will rides: one for 187 people for a three- This also marks the third time the It’s also the claim Ann Tan wants be the third pope she sees — even night stay in Havana; another for Archdiocese of Miami is taking an though it might be from very far eight young adults for a two-night to make: “Three popes in one life- PLEASE SEE POPE, 3 Miami Catholics set to be ‘ambassadors’ to Cuba Weston Catholics set for World Meeting Archdiocesan delegation ready to encounter Pope Francis in Havana The trip is the third Miami archdiocesan of Families 2015 pilgrimage to Cuba for the three consecutive papal visits there, beginning with Pope John TOM TRACY the world that there are people willing to TOM TRACY Florida Catholic correspondent Florida Catholic correspondent Paul II in 1998, Pope Benedict XVI in 2012 follow Church teaching as married peo- and Pope Francis Sept. 19-22. ple,” said Carlos Luis Pulido, who with his The group are scheduled to join Arch- WESTON | After a year of prepara- wife, Carolina, heads up the marriage and MIAMI | This weekend, a triple show bishop Wenski for at least two tions, some 36 families here family life ministry at the parish. of spiritual support will be complete when private Masses in Havana — with members aged 1 to 82 The Pulidos will help lead the pilgrim- more than 180 South Florida Catholics travel churches and to join thou- — are ready to pilgrimage to age along with Father Enrique Delgado, to Havana once again for the third papal visit sands of Cubans attending the much-anticipated Pope pastor of St. Katharine Drexel, and Clau- to Cuba. the Sept. 20 Mass with Pope Francis visit to Philadelphia. dio and Grace Cid, a husband-wife team Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski is Francis in Havana’s Plaza de la Several of the delegation of who organized travel logistics for the Sept. leading the Sept. 18-21 pilgrimage from Mi- Revolución. 112 Catholics from St. Katha- 22-28 pilgrimage. ami to Havana in support of Pope Francis’ For logistical reasons, the rine Drexel Parish will also During the trip, the group plans to at- historic visit to the island before the pope’s group will not travel to the officially attend workshops tend daily Mass with their pastor while three-city visit to the U.S., culminating in the pope’s two other stops, Hol- and sessions of the Sept. 22- staying in campground cabins near the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia. guín and the region of Santia- 25 Vatican-sponsored World city. They also will visit the National The Florida delegation of pilgrims to go de Cuba, home of the Shrine Meeting of Families, which Shrine of St. Katharine Drexel and the Sis- Cuba will include clergy, adults, families of Our Lady of Charity, Cuba’s patroness. prompts the papal visit to the U.S. ters of the Blessed Sacrament outside of and young adults who will encounter Pope “Our main mission is to be there with Francis during his events in Havana. PLEASE SEE CUBA, 3 Pope Francis, to accompany him, to show PLEASE SEE WESTON, 3 2 YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY Florida Catholic September 2015 Pilgrims to travel from Homestead to Philadelphia for Pope Francis TOM TRACY Pilgrims on the Florida Catholic correspondent weekend trip to Philadelphia MIAMI | When South Florida fill out release realtor Isabel Nuñez heard of Pope forms and other paperwork Francis’ upcoming U.S. visit for the during a World Meeting of Families in Phila- preparation delphia, she phoned a travel agent meeting who had helped her plan a previous in August. trip. (CRISTINA Nuñez, a member of St. Ann Mis- CABRERA sion near Homestead, said she has JARRO | FC) never been to a papal event, and the same is true for many of the immi- papal itinerary in the U.S. are still in Philadelphia will include two grant families who are members of being announced, and this being big public events on the Benjamin St. Ann Mission. Pope Francis there might be a few Franklin Parkway. The pope will at- “As soon as we heard that he was surprises. His six-day visit, Sept. tend the closing ceremonies of the coming we started to get this going,” 22-27, will begin in Washington, World Meeting of Families Saturday said Nuñez, adding that the plan is D.C., continue in New York City and night and celebrate the closing Mass for some 90 members of the mission conclude in Philadelphia, which Sunday afternoon. to take a low-cost, no frills trip to see is hosting the Vatican-sponsored At the closing festival, which Pope Francis. They will be traveling World Meeting of Families. Before starts at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, he is on two buses and staying in motels he lands in the U.S., Pope Francis expected to listen to performances 45 minutes outside of Philadelphia. will visit Cuba for three days, Sept. from Andrea Bocelli, Juanes, and St. Ann Mission has histori- 19-22. the Philadelphia Orchestra. Both cally served the farmworker and Hundreds of Catholics from the events are free and do not require Mexican-American community of Archdiocese of Miami are traveling tickets, according to organizers. southern Miami-Dade County. As in archdiocese-organized pilgrim- The pope also will have more such, it is probably one of the south- ages to stops along Pope Francis’ private encounters with Pennsyl- Father Jesus Alberto Bohorquez poses with an Argentine flag the day ernmost parishes making a pilgrim- route. vania’s bishops, priests, men and Pope Francis was elected. Father Bohorquez was born in Argentina age to Philadelphia. Two archdiocesan groups and women religious at the Cathedral although his family hails from Colombia. (COURTESY) “A lot of our people are excited. Archbishop Thomas Wenski will Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, and We are going to work our schedules join the pope for the Mass in Ha- is expected to visit with prisoners at from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on tele- Pope Francis in the life of Mexican around Pope Francis, so we want vana Sept. 20; another group will the Curran-Fromhold Correctional vision. Next year, 28 youths from people, the priest added. “They have to be there early and wait for him, see him in Washington, D.C., Sept. Facility. the parish will travel to World Youth a special love for the papacy.” to see him in the plaza (Benjamin 23 and 24; and a fourth group will The pilgrims from St. Ann Mis- Day 2016 in Poland. The St. Ann group created their Franklin Parkway),” said Nuñez. take part in the closing festivities of sion will be accompanied by their Those traveling to Philadelphia own pilgrimage T-shirt for the oc- She is also exploring the pos- the World Meeting of Families the pastor, Father Jesus Alberto Bo- are mostly adult parishioners, and casion, which displays the St. Ann sibility of taking the parishioners weekend of Sept. 26 and 27 in Phila- horquez, who is of Colombian de- have made considerable sacrifices Mission logo and which reads, in to Pope Francis’ meeting with His- delphia. scent but was born in Buenos Aires, to join the trip. They also under- Spanish, “One Family in Christ, One panics and immigrants outside In- Several local parishes and enti- the same Argentinian city where stand that there is no guarantee Family of Christ.” dependence Hall, if that becomes ties such as St. Ann’s have planned Pope Francis lived and served as they will get close to Pope Francis. Afterwards, the group plans to possible. their own pilgrimages to see Pope Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio. “This is such a historical event go see some of the historic sites in Some of the finer details of the Francis, whose Sept. 26-27 agenda “When I heard the news about that as long as we know the pope Washington, D.C., before returning Pope Francis’ (election) I celebrat- will be in Philadelphia we will be to Florida. Joining the group will be ed like it was a soccer game. I got there. We will help make the state- a retired priest from the Archdio- my Argentina flag out,” Father Bo- ment to the whole nation that Cath- cese of San Juan, Puerto Rico, who horquez said. olics stand with the pope,” Father assists at St. Ann’s, and several reli- He added that in 2013 he ar- Bohorquez said.