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Parishioners donate record amount to retired religious fund, 5

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Father George David Byers

Priests’ vesting prayers for Mass

hile it is no longer the practice for all priests to offer prayers while vesting for Mass, many do offer these “vesting prayers.” The prayers are a good occasion for them to be enriched with a profound humility and willing availability to act in the very Person of Christ at the Holy Sacrifice. In this series, we look at each vesting prayer and its corresponding vestment, as an intimate insight into the spiritual lives of priests at their most vulnerable moment every day, helping all the rest of us also to understand just who we are before God and neighbor.

PRAYER 7 – “Ad casulam” (Prayer used for the chasuble) “Domine, qui dixisti: Jugum meum suave est et onus meum leve: fac, ut istud portare sic valeam, quod consequar tuam gratiam. Amen.” (“O Lord, who has said, ‘My crossbeam (yoke) is easy and my burden light’ – grant that I may be so enabled to carry it as to follow after your grace. Amen.”)

“Saint James the Great” by Guido Reni, painted circa 1636-1638, located at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston

St. James the Greater Feast day: July 25 James, the brother of John the Evangelist, was the first Apostle to be martyred. He was beheaded by order of Herod of Agrippa. The Gospels tell us that the two brothers left their father Zebedee and followed Jesus as soon as He called out to them. James was one of the three Apostles who were particularly close to the Lord. He was there with the Lord, his brother John, and Peter at the Transfiguration and in the Garden of Gethsemane. He is known as James “the Greater” to distinguish him from the other Apostle by the same name. The title has little to do with his function or the people’s regard for him. Rather, it was a term indicating that he was the elder of the two. He is the patron saint of Spain and of pilgrims. In northwestern Spain, he is venerated at Santiago de Compostela, a mediaeval pilgrimage site that is still very popular today. St. James is also the patron saint for two parishes in the Diocese of Charlotte: St. James the Greater Church in Concord and St. James the Greater Church in Hamlet. — Catholic News Agency

We conclude this series with these comments on the chasuble, the large poncho-like vestment which covers the body of the priest and the other vestments. We most often see the Gothic style, with the chasuble being about as wide as it is long. The Roman style bears the nickname “fiddleback” since the tailoring enabling greater movement of the arms with the often heavily embroidered and even bejewelled vestment gave the appearance of a fiddle to the front of the vestment, called “the back” inasmuch as the priest faced the Sacrifice on the altar along with everyone else. This prayer for the chasuble is a realistic encouragement to the priest after his having prayed the rather intense prayers for the other vestments. It recalls Jesus’

words in Mt 11:28-30: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my crossbeam (yoke) upon you and learn from me, for I am befriending and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my crossbeam (yoke) is easy, and my burden light.” Imagine that! A “jugum” or crossbeam, an instrument of torture and death, carried in torture to one’s death, is here called easy, a burden that is light. If we take a look at the Shroud of Turin, one might get the idea that such a crossbeam was heavy enough to smash our Lord’s face right into the pavement. After some rebellion at the shock of being volunteered to carry the cross with Jesus, this prayer becomes that of any Simon of Cyrene. The prayer has it that it is our Lord’s grace which enables us to carry such an instrument of torture and death inasmuch as we follow after His grace, inasmuch as we follow Him. Our Lord commanded us many times not only to take up the cross, but to follow Him by the strength of His friendship. The priest says the consecrations in the first person singular, acting in the Person of Christ. When Jesus lays down His life in giving His Body for us, in pouring out His Blood for us, the priest has to be ready for that eventuality for himself at any time. The other meaning for “jugum” is yoke, as in that wooden construction snugly fitting over the shoulders of a pair of oxen, distributing the weight of the extreme burden evenly, something not possible for a mere harness. The emphasis in the prayer, however, is neither on the crossbeam-like yoke, nor the burden that follows behind. All attention is placed on the Lord’s grace, His befriending us in this manner. The priest comes close to the Lord with the carrying of the cross. In the Sacrifice of the Mass for which this prayer prepares the priest, he is to be on the cross. The yoke has often been the symbol of marriage, and, in this case, with the priest acting in the Person of Christ, with the priest reciting the marriage vows of Christ in the first person singular – this is my VESTING PRAYERS, SEE page 17

Your daily Scripture readings JULY 19-25

Sunday: Jeremiah 23:1-6, Ephesians 2:13-18, Mark 6:3034; Monday (St. Apollinaris): Exodus 14:5-18, Exodus 15:1-6, Matthew 12:38-42; Tuesday (St. Lawrence of Brindisi): Exodus 14:21, 15:1, Exodus 15:8-10, 12, 17, Matthew 12:46-50; Wednesday (St. Mary Magdalene): Exodus 16:1-5, 9-15, John 20:1-2, 11-18; Thursday (St. Bridget): Exodus 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20, Daniel 3:5256, Matthew 13:10-17; Friday (St. Sharbel Makhluf): Exodus 20:1-17, Matthew 13:18-23; Saturday (St. James): 2 Corinthians 4:7-15, Matthew 20:20-28

JULY 26-AUG. 1

Sunday: 2 Kings 4:42-44, Ephesians 4:1-6, John 6:1-15; Monday: Exodus 32:15-24, 30-34, Matthew 13:31-35; Tuesday: Exodus 33:7-11, 34:5-9, 28, Matthew 13:36-43; Wednesday (St. Martha): Exodus 34:29-35, John 11:19-27; Thursday (St. Peter Chrysologus): Exodus 40:16-21, 34-38, Matthew 13:47-53; Friday (St. Ignatius of Loyola): Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37, Matthew 13:54-58; Saturday (St. Alphonsus Liguori): Leviticus 25:1, 8-17, Matthew 14:1-12

AUG. 2-8

Sunday: Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15, Ephesians 4:17, 20-24, John 6:24-35; Monday: Numbers 11:4-15, Matthew 14:13-21; Tuesday (St. John Vianney): Numbers 12:1-13, Matthew 14:22-36; Wednesday (Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major): Numbers 13:1-2, 25, 14:1, 26-29, 34-35, Matthew 15:21-28; Thursday (The Transfiguration of the Lord): Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14, 2 Peter 1:16-19, Mark 9:2-10; Friday (St. Sixtus II and Companions, St. Cajetan): Deuteronomy 4:32-40, Matthew 16:24-28; Saturday (St. Dominic): Deuteronomy 6:4-13, Matthew 17:14-20.

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21 programs receive $47,323 in Foundation grants St. John Neumann’s summer camp ‘made new’ by grant SueAnn Howell Senior reporter

CHARLOTTE — There will be a lot of happy campers at St. John Neumann Church this summer, thanks to a Diocese of Charlotte Foundation grant. The parish was awarded $1,500 to help fund a summer camp for children in their surrounding community. The week-long camp for

children aged 6-14 will be held July 27-31 at the church. The theme is ‘Made New’ and campers will be exploring 2 Cor 5:17 throughout the week. “The vision behind SJN Summer Camp was to offer an affordable, quality summer camp experience that would engage kids actively, creatively and spiritually,” says Katie Knoefel, the parish’s faith formation

director. “We want to create a safe environment where campers can do the things they love, such as art, music and sports, as well as grow in community and learn about the faith. The response so far has been very positive and excitement seems

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St. John Neumann Church’s faith formation director, Katie Knoefel, and Father Patrick Hoare, pastor, receive a donation from the Diocese of Charlotte Foundation to support their week-long summer camp for children in the community.

GRANTS, SEE page 14

‘The Church accepts your resolve with joy’

Seminarian takes next step in formation for priesthood SueAnn Howell Senior reporter

CHARLOTTE — Bishop Peter Jugis celebrated the rite of candidacy Mass July 6 at St. Patrick Cathedral to formally accept seminarian Michael Carlson as a candidate for ordination for the Diocese of Charlotte. Carlson, a parishioner at St. Ann Church in Charlotte, was seated next to his parents, Roc and Julieann Carlson, during the onehour Mass. “Brothers and sisters, in this Mass one of our seminarians, Michael Carlson, will make his formal declaration that he is a candidate for ordination to the diaconate and the priesthood. He will receive the blessing of the Church during this Mass, that he may persevere in this holy resolve and prepare himself to undertake sacred ministries one day,” Bishop Jugis explained at the

beginning of Mass. In the rite of candidacy, a person formally becomes a candidate for the sacrament of holy orders. Bishop Jugis noted that the rite is actually very brief, but quite an important step. “The one who aspires to the priesthood first publicly manifests his will to offer himself to God and to the Church for sacred ministry... And then the Church formally accepts him into the ranks of candidates, choosing him and calling him to prepare himself to receive the sacrament of holy orders.” Directing his homily towards Carlson, Bishop Jugis remarked, “Before ever arriving at this day, Michael, much discernment has already taken place on your part and on the part of those who know you. You have been learning to trust Jesus, as He has been leading you on. And now as a PRIESTHOOD, SEE page 14

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Seminarian Michael Carlson and his parents Roc and Julieann Carlson are pictured with Bishop Peter Jugis after Mass July 6.

Awareness Week highlights benefits of NFP

Batrice Adcock Special to the Catholic News Herald

CHARLOTTE — Natural Family Planning Awareness Week will be celebrated nationwide July 19-25, and Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte is making many resources available online for Catholic families to learn more. The theme for this year’s National NFP Awareness Week – “All Natural:

Good for the Body, Great for the Soul!” – highlights the benefits of natural methods of family planning. At Catholic Charities’ website, www.ccdoc.org/nfp, you can find information in English and Spanish about NFP under the Services/Family Enrichment tab on the home page. Included are: a schedule of free, one-day NFP courses around the diocese; video testimonies from couples, a physician and a diocesan priest about the many benefits of NFP; a list of NFP supportive physicians in North Carolina; plus detailed information about the various NFP methods and other basics. The Charlotte diocese’s NFP program was recently endorsed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ NFP Program, which means the program meets the standards for Diocesan NFP Ministry outlined by the USCCB.

The Church supports Natural Family Planning methods because they respect God’s design for married love and the gift of life. In fact, NFP represents the only authentic approach to family planning available to husbands and wives because these methods can be used to both attempt or avoid pregnancy. These methods are based on observation of the naturally occurring signs and symptoms of the fertile and infertile phases of a woman’s menstrual cycle. No drugs, devices or surgical procedures are used to avoid pregnancy. NFP reflects the inherent dignity of people within the context of marriage and family life, promotes openness to life, and recognizes the value of the child. By respecting the love-giving and life-giving natures of marriage, NFP can enrich the bond between husband and wife. Natural family planning methods help

people to understand the beauty of fertility and procreation, and NFP continues to increase in popularity as a healthy, safe and moral alternative to contraception. In Pope Francis’ recent encyclical “Laudato Si” (“On care for our common home”), he explains that the earth has been given to us by God and should be used respectfully. To emphasize an integral ecology, he adds that “man too is God’s gift to man. He must therefore respect the natural and moral structure with which he has been endowed” (115). The pope writes, “Learning to accept our body, to care for it and to respect its fullest meaning, is an essential element of any genuine human ecology. Also, valuing one’s own body in its femininity or masculinity is necessary” (155). Batrice Adcock is the Natural Family Planning program director for Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte.

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Bishop Peter J. Jugis will participate in the following upcoming events: July 19 – 3:30 p.m. Holy Mass to honor Military Personnel and Families St. Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte

Blowing Rock St. Elizabeth Church, Boone

July 21 – 5 p.m. Holy Mass with Catholic Charities Board of Directors Diocesan Pastoral Center, Charlotte

July 31 – 7 p.m. Holy Mass for Admission to Candidacy for Permanent Deacon Candidates and Annual Deacon Recommitment St. Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte

Friday, July 24 – 6 p.m. Installation of Father Matthew Codd as pastor of St. Elizabeth Church in Boone and Epiphany Mission in

Aug. 4 – 4 p.m. Jubilee Mass of Priesthood Anniversaries St. Patrick Cathedral, Charlotte

Aug. 10-12 Convocation of Priests, Asheville Aug. 15 – Noon Solemn High Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the 60th anniversary of St. Ann Parish St. Ann Church, Charlotte

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LECTURES & REFLECTIONS Catholic charities morning of reflection, ‘The Examen prayer’: 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, at St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave., WinstonSalem. Presented by Jesuit Father Joseph Koterski. Lunch and program are free, but registration required before Friday, July 31. Call Mary Beth Young at 336-7240561. ‘The Parable of the Lady in Blue’: Hear local Catholic author Brian Kennelly discuss his allegorical novella “The Parable of the Lady in Blue: A Tale of Marian Apology,” 7-8:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 13, at St. Patrick Cathedral’s Family Life Center meeting room, 1621 Dilworth Road East, Charlotte. Audio drama, Q&A and refreshments following lecture. Open to adults, young adults and college/high school students. Free, but RSVP to Margaret Gustafson at jmgusto@bellsouth.net. SUMMER ADULT FAITH FORMATION IN CHARLOTTE: St. Matthew “You”niversity is offering eight classes this summer on Scripture, theology, the saints, liturgy and social justice. Classes are offered on a variety of days and times. Learn more and register online at www. stmatthewcatholic.org/summerforum. NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING NFP Introduction and Full Course: 1-5 p.m. Saturday, July 18, at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., Charlotte. Topics include: effectiveness of modern NFP, health risks of popular contraceptives and what the Church teaches about responsible parenting. Sponsored by Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte. RSVP to Batrice Adcock, MSN, RN, at 704-3703230. PRAYER SERVICES & GROUPS Mass for U.S. military personnel: 3:30 p.m. Sunday, July 19, at St. Patrick Cathedral, 1621 Dilworth Road East, Charlotte. Rosary to be recited at 3 p.m. Mass will be offered for all military personnel who have died and for those who are currently serving. All military personnel are invited to come in uniform. IGBO MASS: 8:30 a.m. Sunday, July 26, at St. Mary’s Church, 812 Duke St., Greensboro. For details, call 336707-3625. Polish mass in honor of our lady of czestochowa and st. john Paul ii: 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Road, Charlotte. Polish priest Father Matt Nycz of Buffalo, N.Y., will be celebrant and Deacon James Witulski will assist. A first-class relic of St. John Paul II will be brought to Mass for veneration and the Polish Choir will sing traditional Marian hymns. Confessions in Polish and English will be heard at 1 p.m. Dessert reception following Mass. For details, call Mary Witulski at 704-290-6012. Everyone welcome. Healing mass and anointing of the sick: 2 p.m. every third Sunday of the month at St. Margaret of Scotland Church, 37 Murphy Dr., Maggie Valley. Individual prayers over

people after Mass by Charismatic Prayer Group. For details, call Don or Janet Zander at 828-400-9291. Helpers of God’s Precious Infants ‘Procession for Life’: 9 a.m. Saturday, July 18. Mass at St. Vincent de Paul Church, 6828 Old Reid Road, Charlotte, followed by 10 a.m. Procession for Life and prayer at Family Reproductive Health, 700 East Hebron St., Charlotte. For details, email charlottehelpers@gmail.com. Pro-Life Rosary: 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, 901 North Main St. and Sunset Drive, High Point. Outdoors, rain or shine. Parking available nearby. Come to pray for the end of abortion. For details, call Jim Hoyng at 336-882-9593 or Paul Klosterman at 336-848-6835. Rosary for the unborn: 7 p.m. every Monday at St. Thérèse Church, 217 Brawley School Road, Mooresville Divine Mercy Cenacle: 10 a.m. every first and third Wednesday of the month and 7 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday of the month at St. Mark Church, 14740 Stumptown Road, Charlotte. For details, call Donna Fodale at 704-237-4820. St. Joseph intercessory prayer group: 7:30 p.m. every Monday, Choir Room at St. Pius X Church, 2210 N. Elm St., Greensboro. For details, call the parish office at 336-272-4681. Exposition and Benediction, sung Chaplet of Divine Mercy, and readings from the Diary of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska: 7-8 p.m. every First Friday at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Road, Charlotte. For details, call Paul Deer at 704-577-3496 or Deacon James Witulski at 704-960-3704. Retreats Retiro de sanación: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sábado, 25 de Julio, en la Parroquia Nuestra Señora de los Caminos, 943 Ball Park Road, Thomasville. El Padre Pedro Nuñez del canal EWTN y del programa “Defiende Tu Fe” estará presente. Habrá cuidado de niños y almuerzo. Pidiendo una noble donación de $12. Para mayor información, llamar al 336561-6069 y al 336-848-5235. SAFE ENVIRONMENT TRAINING “Protecting God’s Children” workshops are intended to educate parish volunteers to recognize and prevent sexual abuse. Upcoming workshops are listed below. For details, contact your parish office. To register and confirm workshop times, go to www.virtus.org. Charlotte: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 22, at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy.; 6:309:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23, at St. John Neumann Church, 8451 Idlewild Road; 8 a.m. Saturday, July 25, in Room 18 of the Family Life Center at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 1400 Suther Road.

SUPPORT GROUPS Marriage encounter weekend: July 31-Aug. 2. For details and registration, visit www.ncmarriagediscovery. org or call 704-315-2144. Grieving the loss of a spouse: Support group for husbands and wives who are mourning. Meets the second Monday of each month from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at St. Matthew Church, 8015 Ballantyne Commons Pkwy., Charlotte. For details, call Sister Marie Frechette at 704-543-7677. RETROUVAILLE: Retrouvaille is a program for married couples who are struggling with problems in their marriage. For confidential information, call 1-800-4702230 or 1-434-793-0242, or email retrouvaillenc@msn. com. Learn more at www.retrouvaille.org. Separated or Divorced Catholics: Group for separated or divorced Catholics meets every third Sunday after the 5 p.m. Mass at St. Paul the Apostle Church, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Road, Greensboro. Confidential; all welcome. Childcare provided with a reservation. For details, call Joanne at 336-509-2304. YOUNG ADULTS AQUINAS’ FINEST: A social group for Charlotte-area Catholics in their 20s and 30s, under the patronage of the Angelic Doctor. Go to www.stacharlotte.com/finest. Asheville Theology on Tap: Catholics in their 20s and 30s in the Asheville area are invited to the following upcoming talks: “Living All Seven Sacraments: The Permanent Diaconate” with Matthew Newsome of Catholic Campus Ministry, on July 21; “Window to Heaven: Praying with Ikons” with Father Joshua Voitus of Sylva, on Aug. 18; and “Unlocking the Mystery of Faith, One Hail Mary at a Time” with Father John Eckert of Salisbury on Sept. 15. All programs begin at 6:30 p.m. at MoJo Kitchen, 55 College St. in downtown Asheville. For details, check them out on Facebook, Twitter or MeetUp. Salisbury Theology on Tap: Open to Catholics in their 20s and 30s in the Salisbury area. Check them out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ToTSalisburyNC. Charlotte Area Young adults: Groups for Catholics in their 20s and 30s, single or married, are active in Charlotte at: St. Gabriel Church (on Facebook at “St. Gabriel Young Adult Ministry”), St. John Neumann Church (Meg VanGoethem, 815-545-2587), St. Mark Church (look them up on MeetUp), St. Matthew Church (on Facebook at “Young Adult Life: A St. Matthew Ministry”), St. Patrick Cathedral (on Facebook at “St. Patrick Cathedral Frassati Fellowship-Young Adult Ministry”), St. Peter Church (look them up on MeetUp) and Our Lady of Consolation Church (Denise Duliepre, 917-575-0871); and Holy Spirit Church in Denver (Nicole Lehman, 704-607-5207).

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Jesuit to deliver talks on the Daily Examen, Scripture Aug. 5-8

Joseph Purello is the social concerns and advocacy director for Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte.

Parishioners donate record amount to retired religious fund

Joseph Purello Special to the Catholic News Herald

CHARLOTTE — God is present in all aspects of our lives, St. Ignatius taught, and we can deepen our relationship with Him through regular prayer and a reflective review of the events of each day. The founder of the Jesuits called this the “daily examen.” More than an examination of conscience, it’s a way to help understand God’s will and direction for our lives. All are invited to come learn more about the Daily Examen during a series of talks next month by visiting Jesuit Father Joseph Koterski, a professor Koterski of philosophy at Fordham University in New York City. The free presentation, “The Daily Examen – An Ignatian Tool for Praying Daily with G.R.A.C.E.,” will be held Aug. 5-8 in five locations around the Diocese of Charlotte: n Winston-Salem: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, at St. Leo the Great Church, 335 Springdale Ave. (Part of Catholic Charities Elder Ministry Morning of Reflection) n Greensboro: 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, at St. Paul the Apostle Church, 2715 Horse Pen Creek Road; with Mass at 6 p.m. n Mocksville: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 862 Yadkinville Road (Part of Catholic Charities Elder Ministry Morning of Reflection) n Hickory: 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at St. Aloysius Church, 921 Second St., N.E. n Clemmons: 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 8, at Holy Family Church, 4820 Kinnamon Road (Presentation part of a breakfast gathering for parish Respect Life Coordinators and others interested or involved in Respect Life ministries, following Mass at 9 a.m.) Attendees will be shown how to discern God’s presence in their lives by incorporating this Ignatian tool for prayer into their daily routine using the acronym “G.R.A.C.E.” as a mnemonic device. This tool for prayer, in which one sets aside 10 to 15 minutes daily at the close of day to be with the Lord, was developed by Father Koterski in an article he wrote for “Magnificat.” Father Koterski will also give a talk on “The Four Senses of Scripture” at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in High Point on Friday. Aug. 7, as part of a Catholic Charities Elder Ministry Morning of Reflection. The event begins with Mass at 9 a.m., followed by his presentation at 10 a.m. Father Koterski regularly teaches courses on natural law ethics and on medieval philosophy. He also teaches at St. Joseph’s Seminary in New York. At Fordham, he has received the “Undergraduate Teaching Award” and “Graduate Teacher of the Year Award.” He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Belmont Abbey College, the Advisory Board of the Cardinal Newman Society, and the Board of Directors of University Faculty for Life. He holds a Ph.D. from St. Louis University and a M.Div. and a S.T.L. from the Weston School of Theology in Boston. This is his 11th annual visit to the Charlotte diocese, sponsored by Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte. All six talks are free, but registration is required for the Elder Ministry Mornings of Reflection and the Respect Life Coordinators Breakfast, and encouraged for the two evening reflections. For details, go to www.ccdoc.org and click on “Fr. Koterski August Events” under Agency Highlights on the home page.

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Bishop Immanuel Bushu of the Diocese of Buea, Cameroon, is pictured with (from left) Father Frank O’Rourke, St. Gabriel Church’s pastor, Deacon Mark King, Father Basile Sede, priest from the Diocese of Buea, and Father Leonard Sakang, also from the Diocese of Buea. Bishop Bushu made an appeal for his missionary diocese at St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte July 11-12.

Bishop from Cameroon makes mission appeal at St. Gabriel Church Rico De Silva Hispanic Communications Reporter

CHARLOTTE — Bishop Immanuel Bushu, head of the Diocese of Buea, Republic of Cameroon in Central Africa, made a mission appeal for his diocese at St. Gabriel Church in Charlotte July 11-12. Father Frank O’Rourke, pastor of St. Gabriel Church, welcomed Bishop Bushu to the parish and organized a second collection during all Sunday Masses at the parish to benefit the Buea diocese. Father Leonard Sakang and Father Basile Sede, both from the Buea diocese, concelebrated the Sunday Masses and accompanied their bishop during his visit. “Bishop Immanuel and Father Basile’s presence at all our Masses this weekend brought an energy and a great sense of being part of the Universal Church,” Father O’Rourke said after Mass. Father Sede, who served as parochial vicar of St. Vincent de Paul Church in Charlotte since the beginning of the year until being appointed sacramental minister of St. Benedict the Moor Church in Winston-Salem, made the appeal from the pulpit and thanked the assembly for their generosity in supporting his home diocese. “My brothers and sisters in the Lord, we know that you’re paying attention to us… I’m fortunate because I’ve been serving in this diocese for a couple of months now. Everybody knows St. Gabriel is the most generous parish,” Father Sede noted with a smile, eliciting a collective laughter from the assembly. “Be sure that God will bless you today in your generosity.” The appeal benefited many ministries in the African missionary diocese, he said. “The challenges in our diocese are enormous. We Father Basile Sede have a water crisis – some areas have no potable water. Education is another issue. Very few young people have the means to go to school. The Church in my country also takes care of (physically) handicaps that are neglected, so we bring them together and help them,” Father Sede said. Higher education is another priority for the Buea diocese, said Father Sakang, who teaches at the Catholic University Institute of Buea, a Catholic institution in Cameroon that specializes in vocational training as well as catechesis. “This is a professional university, so when the students graduate from it, that will create jobs in our diocese… All these are challenges that we need financial and spiritual support with. That’s why we have been granted this privilege to have this appeal today,” noted Father Sede. It was the first time Bishop Bushu visited the Diocese of Charlotte, and he said he was thankful to Bishop Peter Jugis and Father O’Rourke for their hospitality and the opportunity to make his appeal. “It has been great to be here. The parish priest, Father Frank, has done wonderful things for us and we’re very happy,” Bishop Bushu said after the Mass.

‘The challenges in our diocese are enormous.’

WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than $310,075 was collected from parishioners in the Diocese of Charlotte in the 2014 Retirement Fund for Religious collection – the highest total ever recorded for the diocese. The annual parish-based appeal each December benefits more than 33,000 retired Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests. Nationwide, the latest collection raised $28.3 million. The Charlotte diocese was among 11 dioceses and three archdioceses that had record-high donations. The National Religious Retirement Office, charged by the U.S. bishops with coordinating the annual collection and distributing the proceeds to eligible communities, gave out $25 million in direct assistance to 394 religious communities across the U.S. the week of June 22. Additional funding will be allocated for religious communities with the greatest needs and for ongoing education in retirement planning and eldercare delivery. Ninety-three percent of donations aid elderly religious and their communities, while the remaining 7 percent are used for administration and promotion of the annual appeal. “We are humbled and overwhelmed by the love and generosity Catholics across the nation share with our senior religious each year,” said Precious Blood Sister Janice Bader, NRRO’s executive director. “We remain committed to ensuring the broadest and most beneficial distribution of these donations.” The U.S. bishops launched the Retirement Fund for Religious in 1988 to address the profound deficit in retirement funding among U.S. religious communities. Traditionally, Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests – known collectively as women and men religious – served for little to no pay and received no retirement benefits. As a result, many religious congregations now lack adequate savings for retirement and eldercare. The NRRO is sponsored by the Conference of Major Superiors of Men, the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Religious communities are financially autonomous and thus responsible for the care of their senior members. Most support eldercare through their own income and savings, and many also participate in government programs such as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. Annual allocations from the Retirement Fund for Religious supplement these funds and help underwrite a variety of immediate and ongoing needs, such as prescription medications and nursing care. — USCCB

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Resources available on Pope Francis’ encyclical ‘Laudato Si’ “Laudato Si” is the new appeal from Pope Francis addressed to “every person living on this planet” for an inclusive dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. Pope Francis calls the Church and the world to acknowledge the urgency of our environmental challenges and to join him in embarking on a new path, written with both hope and resolve, looking to our common future with candor and humility, states the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. On Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte’s website, www.ccdoc.org, you will find a resource page with web links to a range of resources on “Laudato Si” as well as a link to the full text of the encyclical. (This webpage will be updated regularly as new resources become available.) A series of public events in the Charlotte area have also been scheduled for you to learn more about this encyclical and Church teaching on the environment:

n 7-9 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16, St. Matthew Church: Presentation by Dan Misleh, director of Catholic Climate Covenant, Washington, D.C. n 7-9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, St. Peter Church: Presentations by Michael Burkhart of Catholic Relief Services, and Sam Perkins of the Catawba Riverkeeper Foundation n 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, Curtin Hall, on the Sisters of Mercy campus in Belmont: Presentations by Father Frank Cancro, pastor of Queen of the Apostles Church in Belmont, and Mercy Sister Rose Marie Tresp, director of justice for the Sisters of Mercy South Central Community Planning is also underway for events about “Laudato Si” in October in western North Carolina and in the Piedmont Triad region. Details about all of these events will be published in upcoming editions of the Catholic News Herald. — Catholic News Herald

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Dee Bier, a math teacher at Charlotte Catholic High School, was recently named the winner of the school’s 2015 Award for Excellence in Education. Bier is pictured with her husband Jay and three children, CJ, Casey and Jack.

Charlotte Catholic teacher wins award for Excellence in Education Sally McArdle Special to the Catholic News Herald

CHARLOTTE — Dee Bier, a math teacher at Charlotte Catholic High School, was recently named the winner of the school’s 2015 Award for Excellence in Education, Principal Kurt Telford announced. Bier has taught pre-calculus, honors pre-calculus and AP calculus at Charlotte Catholic High for nine years. She was nominated for the award by junior and senior students. The Award for Excellence in Education, established by Tess and Herb Verbesey, honors an outstanding teacher or counselor annually. Award recipients receive $10,000 made possible through contributions from the generosity of the Verbeseys. To be eligible for the award, a nominee must be a full-time faculty member at Charlotte Catholic High for at least three years; establish a record of contagious enthusiasm for classroom teaching; stimulate extraordinary accomplishments in students, according to their ability; clarify complex matters for students; build students’ self-esteem, self-reliance and a desire to learn; and treat students with dignity and respect. The winner from among the nominations is selected by a committee of faculty members including former award recipients. One student’s nomination form for Bier stated, “This teacher’s enthusiasm for helping us learn is exhibited every day.” Bier graduated from Farmingdale High School on Long Island, N.Y. She received a scholarship to Hofstra University to play basketball and lacrosse, and there she majored in business computer information systems. Following graduation she entered the New York City Teaching Fellows Program, where she taught in a “high needs” school for two years and received a master’s degree in education at St. John’s University. Her family moved to Charlotte in 2005 and she taught at Steele Creek Middle School for a year before joining the faculty at Charlotte Catholic High. She also serves as the varsity women’s lacrosse coach, with a 159-26 record including 2010 and 2014 state championship titles. Bier and her husband Jay have three children: CJ, 5; Casey, 3; and Jack, 2.

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MURPHY — According to Manna Food Bank in Asheville, one in five children nationwide does not know where their next meal is coming from. In western North Carolina, that number is even higher: one in four children experiences food insecurity. Parishioners at St. William Church in Murphy are working hard to address this problem. For the past three decades, the parish has partnered with other local churches to operate a local food bank called the Sharing Center. Members of St. William co-founded the Sharing Center in 1987 with the local Presbyterian church. Since then, other churches have joined to support the Sharing Center with donations and additional volunteers. Each month, St. William parishioners volunteer two days during a designated week distributing food to needy families. The Sharing Center is located downtown in the basement of the First United Methodist Church, and receives most of its food from individual donations, purchases from the center’s budget, local grocery stores and the Manna Food Bank in Asheville. Parishioner Judy Standish coordinates St. William’s volunteers. “It’s a very good ministry,” Standish says. “When I started in the early ’90s, we only handed out a bag of groceries. It’s grown since then, which is a good thing.” A minimum of 12 volunteers a day is necessary to distribute food. The Sharing Center is open Tuesdays and Fridays from 1 to 3 p.m. Clients who are there to receive food usually begin lining up at 12:30 p.m. On a typical day, a shift of volunteers has already prepared boxes of non-perishables that are sorted based on family size. The afternoon shift sets out bread, frozen meat, fresh vegetables and various items. “And on the last Monday of every month, St. William volunteers break down bags of flour, tea, cornmeal and sugar,” Standish says. This guarantees that each family receives a portion of staple items, she explains. Standish ensures food distribution is systematic and moves along smoothly, with clients pushing grocery carts as they receive food. The line needs to be orderly to ensure that

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Parishioners at St. William Church in Murphy help support the Sharing Center of Cherokee County, a food bank set up by local churches to combat the problem of hunger in this western North Carolina community. the 70 to 80 clients who arrive each day get help with minimal delay during the short two-hour window that the center is open, Standish points out. Although St. William may provide the majority of volunteers on its designated days, other volunteers from local churches also come on a regular basis to help. They all want to be known by only their first names – backgrounds, careers and titles are unimportant in this ministry. And the service they provide through this ministry is its own reward. The real “VIPs” at the Sharing Center are the clients, the volunteers agree. The clients can’t offer money to pay for the food and services provided, but as each person is leaving with the food they so desperately need for their families, the volunteers usually receive a loud and heartwarming “God bless you.”

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St. Patrick School’s fall and spring fifth-grade girls soccer team played well in tournaments over the past season.

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CHARLOTTE — Five years of hard work, dedication and commitment have paid off for St. Patrick School’s fifthgrade girls soccer team. After winning the Harris YMCA Youth Soccer League championship last fall, the 17-player squad won its second consecutive championship this spring. “It’s been a wonderful experience,” assistant coach Charlie O’Connor said. “Some of these girls have been playing together since they were 5 years old, and it’s been really neat to see them come together and mature as a team together.” Led by head coach Pat Dortch, who has been coaching the team since 2011, the team won the fall tournament and was seeded sixth out of eight teams, after finishing the regular season at 3-4. The girls advanced to the championship game and won in an amazing double-

overtime thriller decided by penalty kicks. “We have 17 girls on the team, and the way they all get along is truly amazing,” Dortch said. “They support one another and work together, and I think that is what makes their back-to-back championships so special. I am so proud of them, and I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to be their coach.” O’Connor said the girls pride themselves on being there for each other – on and off the field. “They exhibit Catholic ideals with good sportsmanship and their first concern is being with their fellow teammates,” O’Connor said. The spring season, the girls improved their overall record to 5-3 and were the fourth seed in the tournament. O’Connor noted that when he started coaching the girls three years ago, some of them lacked confidence, but not anymore. “All of these girls are fearless and they’ll take on anybody,” O’Connor said.

O’Connor also said the St. Patrick’s team doesn’t have any standout players, just a bunch of girls who really enjoy playing with each other and have a true love for the game. “We don’t have any superstars,” O’Connor said. “None of these girls play club soccer, but we’ve faced teams with girls that do play and our team was able to play very well against them. We have a group of girls that play really hard for each other.” The girls will now move on to attend Holy Trinity Middle School this fall in Charlotte. The squad includes: Amelie Allson, Sarina Basrawala, Blythe Bishop, Liliana Coste, Grace Dortch, Nora Duffy, Maddie Helms, Meghan Holland, Lauren Jugis, Carissa Kropac, Katie Lobdell, Imelda McMenamin, Kaitlyn Tozzi, Catherine Shilli, Lillian Smith, Gianna Tonucci, Kylie O’Connor, Phoebe Brown, Katherine Elizabeth Ma, and Nora Schroeder.

Camp SOAR 2015 CHARLOTTE — Sports, exercise programs, arts and crafts, and games attracted campers and their “buddies” to the 15th annual Camp SOAR June 15-19 at the Levine Jewish Community Center in Charlotte. The camp provides a full summer camp experience for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Campers participated in sports including swimming, bowling, soccer, bocce, tennis and basketball with their “buddies” encouraging them to do their best. In what founder and director Bob Bowler said might have been the best Camp SOAR ever, approximately 400 children and adults and more than 400 volunteers were on hand – including Charlotte Catholic High School Principal Kurt Telford, pictured above with rising sophomore Catherine Rohan and camper Nikki Stapleton. Charlotte Catholic students have been long-time volunteers and supporters of Camp SOAR, and the new principal came out to see the camp in action. Telford said he was impressed with the activities he witnessed and how organized the camp was, and he had high praise for the nearly 100 volunteers who were either students or alumni of Charlotte Catholic. The positive experience of many Charlotte Catholic students has resulted in some pursuing careers as special education teachers and occupational or physical therapists, and it has led to the creation of a Camp SOAR/ Special Olympics Club at the school. Photo provided by Al Tinson

Father Rossi assigned to Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury CHARLOTTE — Bishop Peter J. Jugis has appointed Father Lucas C. Rossi as parochial vicar of Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury effective July 13. Father Rossi had been in a period of discernment with the Benedictine monks of Belmont Abbey since leaving St. Patrick Cathedral as parochial vicar in 2014. A native of Peoria, Ill., he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Charlotte in June 2010. Besides St. Patrick Cathedral, he also served at St. Benedict the Moor Church and St. Leo the Great Church in Winston-Salem, and Good Shepherd Mission in King. — Catholic News Herald

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HIGH POINT — Pennybyrn at Maryfield, a retirement community sponsored by the Sisters of the Poor Servants of the Mother of God, celebrated its 21st anniversary of Eucharistic Adoration June 21. To mark the anniversary, Father John Eckert, pastor at Sacred Heart Church in Salisbury, celebrated Mass in the Maryfield Chapel, which was filled to capacity with supporters. Many of them had been present in June 1994 for the establishment of Perpetual Adoration at the Maryfield Chapel and returned for the 21st anniversary celebration, including the Benko family (pictured above). In 1994, the Benkos came with their 6-month-old daughter Cara, who was blessed by then Bishop William G. Curlin. “As we celebrate the 21st anniversary of Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration, we rejoice that in our chapel there is continuous prayer to the Lord day and night. This special celebration of our anniversary is one of many that reminds us that Christ is truly the center of our community,” said Sister Lucy Hennessy, SMG, Pennybyrn at Maryfield mission leader and chairman of the board. “The constant flow of traffic to and from our chapel demonstrates that more and more people have been drawn to visit the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament and that Perpetual Adoration has drawn people to a greater prayer life.”

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A fun fundraiser in Forest City FOREST CITY — Parishioners at Immaculate Conception Church in Forest City held a fundraiser June 6 to go toward paying off the parish’s debt. The festival, which included music, food, lots of games for kids, and a car wash, was organized in large part by the parish’s Latino community.

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Our Lady of the Highways fights hunger in Thomasville area THOMASVILLE — Through the efforts of Our Lady of the Highways parishioners Pat and Joan White (pictured above), a monthly food program has been organized that will help to fill the empty shelves at local food banks in Thomasville. Every second weekend of the month the Whites are on hand to collect donations of food and money at all of the Masses. So far the monthly program has been a great success as significant donations have been received to help feed the hungry in the Thomasville area. Parishioners have been asked to donate one non-perishable item for each person in their family. Several hundred pounds of food have been collected each month and is distributed in the name of Our Lady of the Highways Parish to the Fairgrove Family Resource Center and the Cooperative Community Ministry. — Joe Thornton, correspondent

PTO donates to OLG School GREENSBORO — The Parent Teacher Organization at Our Lady of Grace School in Greensboro recently presented the school with a donation of $25,000, which will go towards technology purchases. The money, which the PTO raised from its spring auction fundraiser, will be used to buy 48 additional iPad minis for students, a charging cart, iPads for the principal and curriculum coordinator, and additional technology needs. “We have a wonderful PTO at our school and the tremendous efforts of the group are truly appreciated,” said Principal Amy Pagano. — Lori Eanes

CHARLOTTE — Allison Noto is the recipient of the Jordan Michael Horeth Scholarship from St. John Neumann Church in Charlotte. This scholarship fund was established in memory of Jordan Michael Horeth, a 19-yearold parishioner who died on April 7, 2009. The sixth annual scholarship was presented June 28 during Mass by Father Patrick Hoare, pastor, and Jordan’s Horeth’s parents, Mike and Karen Horeth, and sister Madison Gregory. Noto, a longtime parishioner, will be attending the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. One of her references stated, “She has always done her very, very best at everything. I have never known her to turn down an opportunity to serve, lead or try a new experience. She has impeccable morals and an all-around positive attitude.” To make a donation in memory of Jordan Horeth and benefit a rising college student, call the parish office at 704-536-6520.

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volunteers are pictured June 19, the last day of the program, in front of the “Everest VBS” set built by Lauren Garner, the parish’s faith formation director.

HIGH POINT — Winners of the annual Respect Life essay contest at Immaculate Heart of Mary School in High Point were recently recognized. Pictured are the eighth-grade winners Lydia Specht, Jack Maxwell, Grace Forash and Jordan Spinelli with Dr. Maryann Leonard of the school’s Language Arts Department and Respect Life Committee Coordinator Marybeth Behringer. The annual contest encourages students to give early thought to the value of life, based on Scripture and Church teaching. Winning topics this year focused on abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia and homelessness. The event is organized by the IHM Respect Life Committee and awards are sponsored by the Knight of Columbus Bishop Haley Council at IHM. — Don Barrett

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Funeral planning workshop held in Jefferson JEFFERSON — The Bereavement Committee of St. Francis of Assisi Church sponsored a workshop for parishioners. David VanHoy, a licensed funeral director and embalmer, Father James Stuhrenberg, and Mary Rodgers, a member of the committee, guided participants through materials to help in planning a funeral. Father Stuhrenberg discussed the priest’s role at the time of death and provided an assortment of Scripture readings and hymns one can choose ahead of time. Because of the stress of grief at the time of death of a family member, emphasis was placed on the importance of planning ahead in selecting desired services from a funeral home.

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KING — More than 30 children at Good Shepherd Mission in King attended Vacation Bible School June 22-26. They learned about Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary, especially the virtues of obedience, purity, love, faith and joy that Mary exemplifies. The children also enjoyed making crafts, singing and dancing.

GREENSBORO — The new Quest program for highly-functional autistic children will begin this Fall at Our Lady of Grace School in Greensboro. A parent interest meeting for this near-capacity class will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, in the school’s media center. The principal and program director will provide further information at the meeting about Quest, which is designed for children aged 4 through the fourth grade.

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KING — Monsignor Mauricio West, vicar general and chancellor of the diocese, administered the sacrament of confirmation for more than 30 young members of Good Shepherd Mission in King and St. Benedict the Moor Church in Winston-Salem June 17, during Mass celebrated at Good Shepherd Church in King. Father Anthony Forte, pastor, concelebrated the Mass and Deacon David Boissey assisted. Confirmed from St. Benedict the Moor Church were: Sean Hall, Angie Hernandez, Tyler Knickerhm, Melanie Aguirre-Peláez, Jonne Arrieta-Leónides, Juan Castro-Pedraza, Anna Dimas-Pacheco, Ivan Espinoza-Herrera, Nancy García Soto, Luis García Solís, Danna Hernandez, Fred Lara-Valenzuela, Ignacio Lopez-Mariche, Evelin Oliva-Zarate, Ulises Oliva-Zarate, Litzy PelaezRendon, Samantha Perez, Angie Ramirez-Cerritos, Lazarro Serrano Cruz, Ana Torres Ventura, Joxin Vargas Trinidad and Victor Vargas Trinidad. Confirmed from Good Shepherd Mission were: Yvette Cuevas-Sandoval, Yissel Gato, Yissely Gato, Stephanie Gomez Torres, Stephanie Guillen Flores, Gerardo Honorato, Elizabeth Luzzi, Brenda Ocampo, Josue Terrones, Itzel Cordova Coutino and Mellanie Luviano Wences.

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KING — Six children received the sacraments of initiation in June at Good Shepherd Mission in King. Pictured with Father Anthony Forte, pastor, and Deacon David Boissey are Chanler Brown, Alex Gerstemeier, Hannah Gerstemeier, Hayleigh Gerstemeier, Amy Garcia-Soriano and Jacqueline Garcia-Soriano.

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BOONVILLE — Children at Divine Redeemer Church in Boonville received their first Holy Communion during three Masses celebrated in June. They are pictured with Father Jose Enrique Gonzalez-Gaytan, pastor.

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GREENSBORO — During Masses on May 9 and 13, more than 75 young people received the sacrament of confirmation at Our Lady of Grace Church in Greensboro. Pictured is Gavin Myers, eighth-grade student at Our Lady of Grace School, being confirmed by Father Eric Kowalski, pastor.

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HENDERSONVILLE — Children at Immaculate Conception Church in Hendersonville received their first Holy Communion during two recent Masses, one celebrated in English and the other in Spanish.

CHARLOTTE — Two groups of children received their first Holy Communion during recent Masses at St. Peter Church in Charlotte, celebrated by Jesuit Father Thomas McDonnell.

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LENOIR — Thirty-one young people received the sacrament of confirmation June 7 at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Lenoir. Pictured with Bishop Peter Jugis, Father Julio Dominguez and Deacon Stephen Pickett are: Ivan Aguilar, Joshua T. Baker, Jean Carlos Barreras, Fatima Cuenca, Leslie Diaz, Yairis Gameros Escobedo, Ashley Euceda, Felipe Ferreyra, Brenda Michelle Franquiz-Rojas, Yarely Hernandez, Alexander Landeros, Anthony Landeros, Emmanuel Lazo, Brian Mendoza Lopez, Wilber Lopez, Sammantha Macias, Juan Carlos Martinez, Patrick Miller, Briana Nieves, Diana Nieves, Esmeralda Palma Ramirez, Edith Paniagua, Elian Paniagua, Angela Pena, Ramiro Posadas, Daniel Jose Rosales, Alex Eduardo Sanchez, Phoebe Stanislaw, Briana Tassinari, Charles Robert Tassinari and Xiomara Zamora. Photos by Jeanine Russell | Catholic News Herald

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formal candidate for holy orders, a more intense formation for the priesthood is about to begin. The Lord gives you special graces as a candidate, pursuing your vocation to the priesthood. “Today’s Gospel passage (Luke 5:1-11) teaches us an important lesson about trusting Jesus, which is essential for you as you proceed with formation.” In the Scripture, Simon Peter and the other fishermen have worked hard all night but have caught nothing. Jesus instructs them to steer their boats out into deeper water and lower their nets. Simon Peter doubts Jesus but does as instructed. They end up catching so many fish that the nets begin to tear and the two boats nearly sink. “St. Peter was learning to trust Jesus, and so must you, Michael,” Bishop Jugis continued. “He has brought you this far along your path already. He knows where He wants to take you and He wants you

to trust Him as He leads you through the coming years of formation.” “If it is God’s will four years from now, you will be standing at the altar offering the sacrifice of the Mass.” During the rite, Father Christopher Gober, diocesan director of vocations, called Carlson forward to the altar before Bishop Jugis. Bishop Jugis then addressed Carlson, saying, “Beloved son, the pastors and teachers in charge of your formation have given a favorable account of you and we have full confidence in their testimony. In response to the Lord’s call, do you resolve to complete your preparation so that in due time through holy orders you will be prepared to assume ministry in the Church?” Carlson replied, “I do.” “Do you resolve to prepare yourself in mind and spirit to give faithful service to Christ the Lord and His Body, the Church?” Again Carlson stated, “I do.” “The Church accepts your resolve with joy,” Bishop Jugis said, smiling. “May God who has begun the good work in you bring it to fulfillment.”

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in the parish’s area. “Many ‘camp-like’ opportunities cost $200 or more for the week, which is out of reach for many working-class families,” Father Hoare says. “By offering something that excites the athlete, the artist or the musician, and keeping the fee low, we hope to provide not only a learning experience to attendees, but to help them grow in faith also. “At St. John Neumann, we take seriously our mission statement to ‘Go and announce the Gospel of Lord’ – and that includes everyone in our neighborhood, not just the folks who are here on Sunday. So this camp is not only a service and outreach to our neighborhood, but an evangelization tool. It doesn’t get much more exciting than that. That is the part that gets me most energized. Imagine the possibilities!” The grant to St. John Neumann Parish is just one of 21 awarded by the Diocese of Charlotte Foundation this year. More than $47,323 has been distributed to programs focusing on supporting the poor, minority communities and evangelization initiatives. The grants range from $1,000 to $5,000. Since 2001, the Diocese of Charlotte Foundation has distributed $730,278 in 306 grant awards. Grant applications are due in March, funding decisions are made in May, and awards are distributed in June. For details, contact Judy Smith, diocesan director of gift planning, at 704-370-3320 or jmsmith@ charlottediocese.org.

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Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, segundo arzobispo de Lima y Patrono del Episcopado Latinoamericano

oribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo nació en Mayorga, España, en 1538. Llegó a Perú el 11 de marzo de 1581. Es considerado como el más grande evangelizador y misionero que Dios regaló a Perú, y América Latina porque recorrió más de 40 mil kilómetros llevando la Buena Noticia del Evangelio por casi todo el Perú. Fue el segundo arzobispo de Lima, pero además de Lima, tenía bajo su cuidado a las siguientes diócesis: la Diócesis de Cusco en Perú, las Diócesis de Panamá y Nicaragua, la Diócesis de Quito en Ecuador, la Diócesis de Popayán en Colombia, la Diócesis de la Plata en Bolivia, la Diócesis Imperial de Chile, la Diócesis de Asunción en Paraguay y la Diócesis de Tucumán en Argentina. Es decir, casi toda Sudamérica y parte de Centroamérica estaba a cargo de este santo misionero. Se le recuerda como austero, alegre, sobrio, caritativo, penitente, cumplidor, minucioso del deber, ganaba el corazón de las personas y comunicaba el amor de Dios. Se dedicó al apostolado entre los indios recorriendo toda su archidiócesis sorteando peligros, fatigas, hambre, frio y toda clase de necesidades. Viajó por caminos fragosos y ríos caudalosos, unas veces a pie, otras veces a lomo de mula o caballo. Durante su vida pastoral, lo dio todo por Jesús y su Evangelio, dormía en chozas o a la intemperie, soportando las inclemencias del tiempo. Muchas veces se alimentó solo con pan y agua o con lo que la gente lo invitaba desde su pobreza. Fue un hombre lleno del amor de Dios ya que donde iba oraba y cultivaba su vida espiritual. Celebraba la Santa Misa con tanta devoción y ternura, rezaba el rosario y otras oraciones y devociónes de la fe católica. Se dice que celebró más de 500 mil bautizos; confirmó a más de 800 mil personas entre las cuales estaban, Santa Rosa de Lima, primera flor de santidad de América, y San Martín de Porres. Impulsó a que los misioneros aprendieran las lenguas nativas para la evangelización de los indios y que la catequesis se adecuara a la realidad indígena. Murió al norte del Perú con el corazón inflamado de celo por Jesús y su pueblo el 23 de marzo de 1606. Desde Lima iban misioneros a Huánuco ya que aquellas tierras del

Centro del Perú estaban dentro de la jurisdicción de la Arquidiócesis de Lima. Se sabe que, junto a los conquistadores, llegaron a Huánuco en los albores de la fundación de la ciudad los misioneros dominicos, franciscanos, mercedarios, y jesuitas. Incluso, el mismo Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo visitó la muy noble ciudad de Huánuco de los Caballeros de León entre los años 1584-1590, y otra vez entre los años de 1601-1604. Por eso, la fe del pueblo huanuqueño se remonta a los inicios de la fundación de la ciudad, junto al empeño y celo pastoral que sembraron todos los misioneros que han venido trabajando en Huánuco. Huánuco llego a ser Diócesis el 17 de marzo de 1865. Hasta el presente 10 obispos han guiado a la Diócesis de Huánuco con el cayado de la fe en Jesucristo de Nazaret. Precisamente, el 17 de marzo de este año, la Diócesis celebro la clausura de su Año Jubilar por los 150 años de su creación. “Vivamos el Evangelio con alegría dando gracias a Dios por la creación de la Diócesis de Huánuco,” fue el lema jubilar que se proclamó con mucho fervor en cada lugar de las 35 parroquias y en los 5 Decanatos de la Diócesis. Este Año Jubilar ha ayudado mucho, tanto a los fieles como a los sacerdotes, religiosos y religiosas, a renovarnos todos en nuestro amor por el Señor Jesús y a seguir evangelizando con entusiasmo y alegría para que nuestros niños y jóvenes hereden la misma fe, recibida de los apóstoles, en Jesucristo que es el mismo ayer, hoy y siempre. Agradecemos a todas las personas que nos han acompañado con sus oraciones en el desarrollo de las celebraciones jubilares. Así mimo, agradecemos a la Diócesis de Charlotte y a la Parroquia de San Vicente de Paul que nos han acogido con alegría y fraternidad cristiana para compartirles nuestra fe y celebrar la Eucaristía que nos hace uno entre iglesias particulares en comunión con la Iglesia Universal. Muchas gracias por su generosidad y aprecio para la Diócesis de Huánuco, Perú. Dios les bendiga hoy y siempre. El Padre Huver Navarro-Vigo es el secretario del Obispo de la Diócesis de Huánuco, Perú, Jaime Rodríguez-Salazar, y está visitando la Parroquia de San Vicente de Paul en Charlotte hasta finales de Julio.

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El Obispo de la Diócesis de Huánuco, Perú, Reverendísimo Jaime Rodríguez-Salazar, saluda a miembros de la Parroquia de San Vicente de Paul en Charlotte, después de una de las Misas dominicales en esa parroquia. El Obispo Jaime visitó la Iglesia de San Vicente por segundo año consecutivo el pasado 4 y 5 de Julio para pedir apoyo monetario y espiritual por su diócesis misionera en las montañas del Perú.

Obispo misionero de Perú visita Parroquia de San Vicente de Paul por segundo año consecutivo Rico De Silva Hispanic Communications Reporter

CHARLOTTE — El Obispo misionero de la Diócesis de Huánuco en Perú, Monseñor Jaime Rodríguez Salazar, visitó la Parroquia de San Vicente de Paul en Charlotte, el pasado Domingo, 5 de Julio. Esta la segunda visita del Obispo Jaime quien también visitó a esa parroquia en Julio del año pasado. Mons. Rodríguez Salazar fue invitado a celebrar todas las Misas dominicales ese día por el Párroco de San Vicente, el Padre Mark Lawlor. El Padre Lawlor tuvo una segunda colecta durante todas las Misas para ayudar a la Misión de la Diócesis de Huánuco. “Tuvimos la bendición de contar con la presencia del Obispo Jaime Rodríguez Salazar aquí en San Vicente por unos días. El Obispo Jaime tiene el corazón de un misionero y estilo pastoral con mucho calor humano,” dijo el Padre Lawlor. Mons. Rodríguez Salazar vino acompañado de su secretario, el Padre Huver Navarro Vigo, quien también concelebró todas las Misas con el obispo de Huánuco. El Obispo predicó en todas las Misas en inglés y también en la Misa en español de las 2 pm en esa parroquia. La Diócesis de Huánuco celebró el 17 de Marzo pasado la conclusión del Año Jubilar de su fundación el 17 de Marzo de 1865.

El Obispo agradeció al Padre Lawlor por la invitación a la Diócesis de Charlotte, y prometió a los presentes durante su homilía orar por todos ellos. El obispo también pidió de las oraciones de ellos por la Diócesis misionera de Huánuco, localizada en las montañas del Perú. “Los miembros de nuestra parroquia respondieron de una manera muy positiva al mensaje del Obispo Jaime. La segunda colecta será para beneficiar primordialmente la clínica de esa diócesis, la cual proporciona servicios de salud a los pobres de esa región. Durante sus primeros meses desde que inició sus operaciones, la clínica ha proporcionado servicios de salud a cerca de 2,800 pacientes por mes” dijo el Padre Lawlor después de la Misa. Antes de la bendición final de la Misa, el Padre Huver también agradeció al Padre Lawlor por la invitación a la Iglesia de San Vicente y por todo el apoyo brindado a la Diócesis de Huánuco. El Padre Huver también serenó brevemente a los presentes tocando el “charango,” y la ‘zampoña’ que son instrumentos típicos peruanos. El Padre Huver también cantó para la asamblea una canción de alabanza a Cristo en español y en quechua, que es el idioma de los indios Incas del Perú. El Padre después obsequió al Padre Lawlor el charango, y bromeó con los presentes diciendo que, “El Padre Marcos va tener que aprender a tocar el charango también.”

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‘Faith of Our Fathers’ Well-intentioned but awkwardly uneven drama about evangelical Christianity’s impact on two generations of families. In 1997 California, a God-fearing postman (Kevin Downes) sets out to uncover the truth about his father’s (Sean McGowan) death in the Vietnam War. Together with the ornery son (David A.R. White) of one of his dad’s platoon mates (Scott Whyte), he travels to Washington to visit the Vietnam Memorial. Along the way, the duo gets into all sorts of trouble while debating big-ticket topics like forgiveness and destiny. Despite hokey dialogue and contrived situations, director Carey Scott’s film deserves some credit for its godly and patriotic outlook. Brief scenes of mostly bloodless combat. CNS: A-II (adults and adolescents); MPAA: PG-13

‘Minions’ Bright 3-D animated comedy in which background characters from the “Despicable Me” franchise come to the fore for an ever upbeat, though not always tightly crafted, adventure set primarily in 1960s London. A trio of the yellow, capsule-shaped creatures (all voiced by Pierre Coffin), whose natural inclination is to serve a villainous master, gets mixed up with a famed criminal (voice of Sandra Bullock), her mad scientist husband (voice of Jon Hamm) and their wild scheme to steal the British crown from Queen Elizabeth II (voice of Jennifer Saunders). Narrated by Geoffrey Rush, and interspersed with familiar hippie-era musical standards, the freewheeling plot follows its own logic down curious courses, some of which feel like detours. But the consequences of selfishness and disloyalty are clearly portrayed while genuinely objectionable material is absent. Even so, loud scenes of mayhem may be too much for small fry, and some parents may not appreciate the brief comic hay that’s made of a mustachioed bystander whose enthusiasm for Bullock’s character leads him to dress exactly like her. Occasional cartoonish violence, fleeting anatomical sight gags, a touch of scatological humor. CNS: A-I (general patronage); MPAA: PG

Other movies: n ‘The Gallows’: CNS: A-III (adults); MPAA: R n ‘Terminator Genisys’: CNS: A-III (adults); MPAA: PG-13 n ‘Self/Less’: CNS: A-III (adults); MPAA: PG -13

Wanted: Millennials for digital evangelization gig ‘Good is Winning’ social media effort gears up for Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. this fall Patricia L. Guilfoyle Editor

CHARLOTTE — A broad social media project that aims to engage with young people during Pope Francis’ visit this fall to the United States has its roots in the Diocese of Charlotte. Kathleen Hessert, a parishioner of St. Gabriel Church and founder of Charlotte-based Sports Media Challenge, is leading a national digital evangelization initiative for the pope’s Sept. 22-27 trip to Philadelphia, New York and Washington, D.C. A key part of this strategy will concentrate on “Millennials” – those who came of age around the year 2000 – and on people who don’t consider themselves religious. Often called the “Net Generation” or “digital natives,” Millennials were among the first to grow up with computers in their homes, and one of the most popular forms of their media use is social networking. Millennials are also the least likely in the U.S. to be religious – which presents a golden opportunity for the Church to connect

Go online and join the conversation At goodiswinning.aleteia.org: Get details on joining the “Digital Street Team” in Philadelphia, New York or Washington, D.C. The deadline for applying is Saturday, July 25. On Facebook and Twitter, at “Pope is Hope”: Join the conversation and get inspirational news and information. Hashtags are #goodiswinning and #pontifex (the pope’s Twitter profile).

with this vital constituency, Hessert says. Hessert has more than a decade of experience as an award-winning television anchor, reporter and talk show host who now serves as a consultant on media relations and audience engagement for athletes in the NBA, NFL, PGA and the Olympics. Clients have included Peyton Manning, Derek Jeter, Danica Patrick, Christian Laettner, the University of Notre Dame, ESPN, the Big Ten Network and the Radio City Rockettes. She’s literally written the book on “Winning Fans Through Social Media.” Now, Hessert is sharing her media expertise to help the Church’s evangelization effort around the pope’s trip to the U.S. Supported through the global Catholic network Aleteia. org, the campaign will convey the message “Good is Winning,” an effort to highlight acts of mercy, kindness, courage and dignity in everyday life. Communication will include Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest, as well as contributions using Vine, Periscope and Snapchat. “Engagement is our top priority,” Hessert says. “It’s key to instigate conversation, not just broadcast information.” Content will be produced and targeted to those who don’t consider themselves religious or who are lapsed from the faith, but who are curious about Pope Francis and interested in what he has to say. The goal is to reach these people – Catholics and non-Catholic alike – during the pope’s visit and start conversations about faith in new ways, opening their hearts to the Gospel. “We intend to engage people who would not otherwise have been engaged, and do it in a very different way,” Hessert says. “This is DIGITAL, SEE page 17

n Saturday, July 18, 9:40 p.m. (EWTN) “Lebanon: A Spring in the Desert.” Lebanon once had a Christian majority, but because of war, economic hardship and the rapid spread of Islam, this is no longer the case. Even so, the growing instability has resulted in an increase in vocations in the Catholic Church in Lebanon. n Saturday, July 18, 11 p.m. (EWTN) “I Shall Serve You: The Life of St. Camillus of Lellis.” From 16th Century mercenary soldier, gambler and beggar, St.Camillus of Lellis eventually became a priest and founded the Camillians, an order dedicated to caring for the sick. To this day, their nursing practices are still used. n Wednesday, July 22, 2 p.m. (EWTN) “Exile of Mary Magdalene.” Examine how history gives a reasonable account of Mary Magdalene’s exile in France, including a look at what is generally accepted as her hermit cave in the cliff of St. Baume and how it reveals the spirituality of a woman who truly loved Christ. n Thursday, July 23, 6:30 p.m. (EWTN) “From the Visible to the Invisible: The Holy Mass.” An explanation of the Holy Mass, step by step. Presented by HM Television and the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments. n Friday, July 24, 6:30 p.m. (EWTN) “El Camino: The Way of St. James.” Young American men aged 17-22 make a pilgrimage on the historic route in Spain known as El Camino, the Way of St. James. The men explain their decision in taking part and the crosses to bear along the way. n Saturday, July 25, 4 p.m. (EWTN) “The Way to Life.” God calls men to follow Him in mysterious ways.This is the story of a young man who travels the Way of St. James and his zeal to learn about religious life. n Saturday, July 25, 8 p.m. (EWTN) “Bakhita.” A dramatic portrayal of the life of Josephine Bakhita, a Sudanese slave who became a nun in the Order of the Cannossian Sisters and was canonized by St. John Paul II. Part 2. n Sunday, July 26, 10 p.m. (EWTN) “Father Joe Walijewski: A Pencil in Our Lord’s Hand.” The life and mission of Father Joseph Walijewski, a priest from Wisconsin who tirelessly served the poor in South America, and his recent cause for beatification and canonization. n Monday, July 27, 6:30 p.m. (EWTN) “Mother Dolores Hart: From Hollywood to Holy Vows.” Mother Dolores Hart talks about her childhood years, how she helped her grandfather operate the movie projector in a local theater, her movie actor father and her dream to become an actress.

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body given for you, my blood poured out for you – the priest is also being married to the Church. Christ is the Bridegroom of His bride, the Church. Jesus’ wedding vows redeem marriage which was so very compromised by original sin, before which it was much clearer that male and female, as God created them, united in marriage is the very image of God. Jesus’ wedding with His bride, Holy Mother Church, cannot be symbolized by a woman-priest. A lesbian marriage is not what God ever intends with creation or redemption. Priests are men called by God to lay down their lives for the Church, married to the Church, which they love with all their heart, mind, soul, with everything they are. The chasuble, the wedding garment of the priest, the grace of our Lord, is able to shine out from even the otherwise most inept, most unworthy of sinners. It’s our Lord’s goodness and kindness which does that. What a great prayer of encouragement in preparation for offering Holy Mass. One last note. I’m guessing that the family name of our bishop, the Most Rev. Peter Joseph Jugis, is an adjectival derivative of the verb “jungo,” referring to being yoked always together by a crossbeam, a priestly name indeed, one surely reminding him of our Lord’s goodness and kindness. Father George David Byers is administrator of Holy Redeemer Parish in Andrews. This is the final in a series of articles exploring the prayers that priests recite as they vest before Mass. Read the entire series online at www. catholicnewsherald.com.

right in line with Pope Francis’ Vatican reorganization to make the Church more effective in today’s digital world.” The pope’s U.S. visit – and the message of mercy and love which he preaches – presents a powerful opportunity for digital

evangelization, Hessert says. The Church’s message of hope and salvation is more important than ever in this turbulent world, and we are all called to become “digital disciples.” Notes Hessert, “If we walk away after the pope is gone from here, shame on us.” The “Good is Winning” campaign is recruiting now for its “Digital Street Team,” a group of 30 Millennials who will shepherd the communications effort before, during and after the pope’s visit. DST members should be social justice minded, have a passion for

the faith and for serving others, and are social media savvy. DST members will create and promote stories, photos, videos and conversations in social media to help inspire and inform people about faith, social justice and values. Twenty people will be based at a media “command center” in Philadelphia, with another five in Washington and five in New York. Another 30 DST members from across the country will participate remotely. Details on applying to be a DST member are online at goodiswinning.aleteia.org. The deadline for applying is Saturday, July 25. The campaign is expected to reach millions, Hessert expects. A similar “digital street team” campaign she launched for the NFL in Canada in 2013 has attracted millions of new fans and followers on social media. Locally, the “Good is Winning” campaign will involve students from Belmont Abbey College, the Diocese of Charlotte’s Hispanic Ministry, and the Catholic News Herald. Coordination is also being done nationally with Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Periscope and Vine, with top Vine and Twitter influencers being part of the mix. Hessert adds that this campaign is meant to have longer-lasting results than just building “buzz” around Pope Francis’ visit. Its most important impact will be in the knowledge gained from engaging with people who are casual about their religious affiliation or who have no faith at all. The “Good is Winning” campaign will compile and analyze data about its online audience and their conversations, with the goal being for the Church to better understand Millennials and strategically engage with them. Although much work will focus on the pope’s visit this fall, Hessert says, the Church’s digital evangelization efforts must be long-term and sustained if it is to accomplish Christ’s command to “make disciples of all the nations.”

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In Brief Court rules against Little Sisters plea to avoid way to bypass mandate DENVER — The Little Sisters of the Poor and other religious entities are not substantially burdened by procedures set out by the federal government by which they can avoid a requirement to provide contraceptive coverage in health insurance, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled July 14. In a lengthy opinion that considered arguments raised by the organizations under First Amendment religious rights protections and under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the court said the groups are not substantially burdened by filing out a form or notifying Health and Human Services via email or a letter that because of their religious-based objections to the mandated coverage, they will not provide it. The ruling is the latest in a string of circuit court decisions finding that nonprofit religious institutions may not be protected from the procedures set out by HHS from complying with what is known as a mandate to provide coverage for a variety of types of contraceptives in employee health insurance.

Video of PP doctor prompts calls for investigation SAN FRANCISCO — A video released July 14 appears to show a top Planned Parenthood official discussing the sale of parts of aborted babies for research, including discussing ways the abortion procedure can be altered to preserve specifically requested body parts. The nearly nine-minute edited video – filmed undercover and produced by the Center for Medical Progress – quickly went viral and Planned Parenthood denied making a profit on the sale of aborted baby parts. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal launched an investigation in his state, where the abortion provider is getting ready to open a $4 million clinic in New Orleans. In a statement, Planned Parenthood acknowledged it sometimes charges for aborted fetuses’ body parts used for research. Full footage of the Planned Parenthood official’s conversation and a 60-page transcript were available on the centerformedicalprogress.org website. The July 14 report renewed calls for an end to the more than $500 million in state and federal funds that Planned Parenthood receives annually. In Washington, U.S. Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, and two other House members were holding an afternoon news conference July 15 calling for a hearing and further investigation.

Calif. assisted suicide bill appears dead for now SAN FRANCISCO — The primary sponsors of legislation legalizing physician-assisted suicide pulled the bill hours before a state Assembly hearing July 7, with its authors saying the bill was dead for this year. A group of Southern California Latino Democratic Assembly members broke ranks with their party to oppose the bill, a move assisted suicide advocates attributed to the intervention of the Catholic Church, specifically Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez. The Archdiocese of Los Angeles created a website, ahardpill. org, with information and advocacy tools. The bill had already passed the state Senate, with votes largely along party lines.

Independence Day Mass closes U.S. bishops’ annual Fortnight for Freedom WASHINGTON, D.C. — Religious freedom is “the human right that guarantees all other rights,” Miami Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski said July 4 in his homily at the closing Mass of the U.S. bishops’ fourth annual Fortnight for Freedom. That right “has its foundation in the very dignity of the human person,” he said at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. “Peace and creative living together will only be possible if freedom of religion is fully respected.” Two recent events have given U.S. Catholics both the opportunity and duty, he said, “to engage the world and witness to our teachings, to our vision of the life and dignity of the human person in a world which we recognize as both fallen and redeemed.” Archbishop Wenski referenced Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si” and to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision that legalized “so-called same-sex marriage” across the country. The Church’s teaching embraces what the pope in his encyclical “has called an ‘integral ecology,’” a natural and human ecology, he said. — Catholic News Service

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Pope Francis arrives to lead a meeting with young people along the waterfront in Asuncion, Paraguay, July 12. The pope’s next trip to the Americas will be in September, when he will visit Philadelphia, New York and Washington, D.C.

Pope’s visits to Cuba, U.S. to highlight families, charity, tolerance Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY — In word and deed, Pope Francis will take his vision of a Catholic’s approach to family life, parish life, charity, economics, immigration and good governance to Cuba and the United States during a Sept. 19-27 visit. Visiting both Cuba and the United States on the same trip not only acknowledges his role in encouraging detente between them, but will give Pope Francis an opportunity to demonstrate that while different political and cultural challenges face Catholics in both countries, the Gospel and its values are the same. On June 30, the Vatican published the detailed schedule of Pope Francis’ Sept. 19-22 visit to Cuba and his Sept. 22-27 visit to the United States. For Pope Francis, one of the key values Catholics in the U.S. and Cuba share is the obligation to “go out,” proclaiming the Gospel and bringing God’s mercy to the poorest and most disadvantaged people. The standard of living in the United States may be exponentially higher than in Cuba, but in Pope Francis’ vision that only increases the responsibility of U.S. Catholics to reach out and to share. He will demonstrate what he means when he meets homeless people in Washington, D.C., Sept. 24, children and immigrant families at a Catholic school in Harlem when he visits New York Sept. 25, and prisoners Sept. 27 in Philadelphia. The closing Mass for the World Meeting of Families will follow the papal meeting with prisoners. The World Meeting of Families international congress Sept. 22-25 and the celebration of families with the pope Sept. 26-27 were the initial reason for the papal visit. With the Church’s constant concern for promoting strong families and with the world Synod of Bishops on the family set to start one week after the papal visit, marriage and family life are expected to be topics throughout the pope’s visit to both Cuba and the United

States. Long before the Vatican released the full trip itinerary, it had confirmed certain parts of it: U.S. President Barack Obama will welcome the pope to the White House Sept. 23; that afternoon, Pope Francis will celebrate Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and canonize Blessed Junipero Serra; the pope will address a joint meeting of Congress Sept. 24, becoming the first pope to do so; and Pope Francis will address the U.N. General Assembly Sept. 25. It is thought the pope may bring up some of the points he made in his recent environmental encyclical, “Laudato Si’,” given that world nations will come together just a few months later for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in the hopes of reaching global agreement on reducing greenhouse gases. The pope also is expected to emphasize the contributions of American Catholics to society, defend religious liberty and support the Church’s right to uphold its teaching, including in its employment practices. He will use his visit to “ground zero” in New York as an occasion for an interreligious gathering. The pope will spend three days in Cuba visiting three different cities, including the popular Shrine of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre. He will hold the usual meetings with President Raul Castro, young people, families and religious as well as celebrate Mass and vespers all three days. But he also will bless the cities of Holguin and Santiago de Cuba – blessing Holguin from a panoramic hilltop and pilgrimage site called Cross Hill. It will be his third visit to the Americas after Brazil in 2013 and Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay in July, and his 10th trip abroad since his election in 2013.

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South Carolinians hope flag’s removal brings racial healing to state Christina Lee Knauss Catholic News Service

of the Diocese of Charleston. “The state should maintain a record of history, but it should be static. I’m happy to see it come down.” Moving the flag may be the first step on what many see as a long road to equality and justice in South Carolina, said the Rev. Brenda Kneece, president of the South Carolina Christian Action Council. “I’m eager to see a new day in South Carolina, but that won’t come until we do things like expand health care coverage and fully fund quality education,” Rev. Kneece said. “I do believe we have the potential to start that journey in a way

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Confederate flag will no longer fly on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse, and people of faith pray the decision brings an era of racial healing to the state. Members of the state House of Representatives followed the example of the state Senate and voted to remove the flag in the early morning hours of July 9 after more than 13 hours of emotional debate. Calls to remove the flag, long a point of controversy, reached a fever pitch after the June 17 shooting of nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston. Dylann Roof, 21, the alleged gunman, posed for photos with the flag and expressed white supremacist views prior to the shootings. Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone of Charleston said the decision offers a chance for new beginnings. “It’s a good decision on the part of the Legislature,” he said. “I think people will see this as a catalyst for healing on the part of those who have suffered so much. It offers a sense of hope for the future that we can move ahead and achieve the kind of racial harmony we’ve all been searching for.” Bishop Guglielmone urged people on both sides of the flag issue to pray and discuss the topic with respect and civility. The flag’s July 10 removal will end more than 50 years on the Statehouse grounds. South Carolina legislators first voted CNS | Mic Smith, The Catholic Miscellany to fly it from the Capitol dome A Confederate flag flies on the Statehouse grounds in Columbia, S.C., in 1961 to commemorate the in this photo taken in June. On July 10, the flag was removed from centenary of the Civil War, and the grounds after more than 50 years. it remained there for decades. Eventually, the banner that we have not had since that flag was was removed from the top of the dome erected.” by legislative compromise in 2000, and it “Taking down the flag can be the was placed on a flagpole on the grounds beginning of unity in our state,” said instead. Many African-Americans and Kathleen Merritt, director of the Office others protested its continued presence of Ethnic Ministries for the Diocese of as a symbol of racial prejudice. Flag Charleston. “It gives us hope for a bright supporters, meanwhile, have always cohesive future. Perhaps now continuing maintained that it symbolizes Southern discussions can be held and action taken to heritage, not hate. address the root causes of racism, poverty Father Jay Scott Newman, pastor of St. and economic disparity.” Mary Parish in Greenville, S.C., called The flag vote was a moment of grace for the flag vote “wise, prudent and just,” but Sister Roberta Fulton, a Sister of St. Mary urged people not to use its removal as an of Namur and principal of St. Martin de excuse to forget the state’s history. Porres School in Columbia. “There must be no attempt to falsify “It had to be the Holy Spirit working history or ignore the complicated story that made so many people with varied of our past,” he said. “We would do well opinions come together to vote to bring to find constructive ways both to honor it down,” she said. “I thank God for this the sacrifices of those who came before new moment, because growing up as an us, both black and white, and to teach the African-American in South Carolina, the next generation about their successes flag was a reminder to me of slavery. I can’t and failures. We should find appropriate put that aside.” ways to acknowledge and explain all of the Sister Roberta prayed all day while Confederate flag’s many meanings to the listening to the ongoing debate in the people of South Carolina.” House. Father Dennis B. Willey, pastor of Sacred “I prayed God would help us as a nation Heart Church in Charleston, S.C., said the to continue to work together and see we are flag belongs in a museum. indeed sisters and brothers in Christ,” she “A flag on a pole becomes a living, said. “Sometimes out of death there is new breathing, moving symbol, and that doesn’t life, and maybe now we can continue to belong on state-supported property,” he work for peace, unity and love.” told The Catholic Miscellany, newspaper

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Church is called to persevere in mission of welcoming all, pope says Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

ASUNCION, Paraguay — Christians cannot force anyone to believe, but at the same time, no one can force Christians to stop being welcoming, loving and living in solidarity with others, Pope Francis said. On the last day of his July 5-12 visit to South America, Pope Francis celebrated Mass with close to 1 million people at Asuncion’s Nu Guazu Park. Tens of thousands of people from Argentina, including President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Greek Orthodox Metropolitan Tarasios of Buenos Aires, also attended the Mass. “Our communion with God always brings forth fruit, always gives life,” Pope Francis said in his homily. A firm trust in God, he said, is learned within a family and within a community that has experienced the transforming power of God’s grace and knows it is called to share that grace with others. “One thing is sure: We cannot force anyone to receive us, to welcome us; this is itself part of our poverty and freedom,” the pope told the crowd. At the same time, no one can “force us not to be welcoming, hospitable in the lives of our people. No one can tell us not to accept and embrace the lives of our brothers and sisters, especially those who have lost hope and zest for life.” Mission, evangelization and sharing the faith are not programs, he said. They flow from a way of living in response to God’s blessings. “How many times do we see evangelization as involving any number of strategies, tactics, maneuvers, techniques, as if we could convert people on the basis of our own arguments?” he asked. The day’s Gospel reading from St. Mark, which tells of Jesus sending His disciples off two by two to cast out demons and heal the sick, makes it clear that “you do not convince people with arguments, strategies or tactics. You convince them by learning how to welcome them,” the pope said. “The Church is a mother with an open heart,” he insisted. “She knows how to welcome and accept, especially those in need of greater care, those in greater difficulty.” “How much pain can be soothed, how much despair can be allayed in a place where we feel at home,” he said. The Gospel calls Jesus’ followers to welcome all those in need, materially and spiritually, he said. The Gospel calls Christians to welcome “those who do not think as we do, who do not have faith or who have lost it.” The Church is blessed, the pope said, when it welcomes people of different cultures and when it welcomes sinners. “That is why we must keep our doors open, especially the doors to our hearts.” Isolating oneself harms the individual and harms the community, Pope Francis said, which is why the Church has the mission of teaching Catholics to live in harmony with each other. Jesus, he said, “is the new and definitive word which sheds light on so many situations of exclusion, disintegration, loneliness and isolation. He is the Word which breaks the silence of loneliness.”

‘A faith which does not draw us into solidarity is a faith which is dead.’ Pope Francis CNS | Paul Haring

Pope Francis greets an elderly woman as he meets with people of Banado Norte, a poor neighborhood in Asuncion, Paraguay, July 12.

Changing hearts South America, Cuba-U.S. trip itineraries show focus of pope’s faith Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

ASUNCION, Paraguay — With almost every step Pope Francis takes on his foreign trips and with his every embrace, he pleads for dialogue and inclusion. His denunciations of a “throwaway culture” – cultures in which certain people and most material goods are deemed disposable – are passionate and well-explained in his speeches and writings. But his point is demonstrated first of all in the events he personally insists be included in his itinerary, whether in South America July 5-12, or for his upcoming trip to Cuba and the United States. Visiting Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay July 5-12, he fulfilled diplomatic obligations by meeting with the nations’ presidents and posing for photos with their families. He also gave each of them copies of his exhortation “The Joy of the Gospel,” which contains large sections about the moral obligations of political and economic power, as well as copies of “Laudato Si’,” his new encyclical on protecting the environment. The formality of the meetings gave way quickly, though, to the heart of his trip: visits with residents of a home for the indigent elderly in Ecuador, a prison in Bolivia and a poor settlement in Paraguay. He also made unscheduled stops in Paraguay at a women’s prison and at the St. Rafael Foundation, which cares for poor patients with AIDS and cancer, runs centers for abandoned and abused children and homes for the elderly. In many ways, the pope’s decision to travel first to Cuba in September before arriving in the United States is the same kind of choice, said Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, editor of the influential journal, “La Civilta Cattolica.” “The two great ‘excluded ones’ on the September trip are Cuba and the prisoners” the pope is scheduled to visit at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in northeast

Philadelphia, Father Spadaro said. The U.S. leg of the trip also will include meetings with homeless people in Washington Sept. 24 and with children and immigrant families at a Catholic school in Harlem when he visits New York Sept. 25. The choices are not casual and the meetings are not private. The informal and spontaneous Pope Francis obviously enjoys the informal and spontaneous atmosphere the meetings usually have, but it also is clear he truly believes the heart of the Gospel is revealed best in the enduring faith of the poor and disadvantaged. Pope Francis knows that believers who are better off have a much harder time publicly acknowledging just how much their lives are the result of God’s undeserved mercy. When Pope Francis thinks about who he is, being a recipient of God’s mercy is his most important characteristic. At Bolivia’s notorious Palmasola prison July 10, it was clear prisoners saw him as a powerful advocate who could help pressure the government to speed up the nation’s judicial process, improve prison conditions and put an end to practices that they said amounted to buying and selling justice. But the pope stood before them and introduced himself as “a man who has experienced forgiveness. A man who was, and is, saved from his many sins. That is who I am. I don’t have much more to give you or to offer you, but I want to share with you what I do have and what I love: It is Jesus Christ, the mercy of the Father.” On his last morning in Paraguay, before celebrating a public Mass, Pope Francis traveled to Asuncion’s Banado Norte neighborhood, meeting families who have almost nothing and who see their humble homes repeatedly threatened each year by flooding. The meeting was not a political rally or a cry for the HEARTS, SEE page 21

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In Brief Pell: Same-sex votes show society abandoning Christian foundations CORK, Ireland â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The outcome of Mayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s samesex â&#x20AC;&#x153;marriageâ&#x20AC;? referendum in Ireland and the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on the same issue clearly show the extent to which Western society is abandoning many of its Christian legal foundations, said Australian Cardinal George Pell, prefect of the Vaticanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Secretariat for the Economy. In his address at the Fota VIII International Liturgy Conference in Cork, Cardinal Pell called the Irish referendum â&#x20AC;&#x153;a victory for John Stuart Mill and utilitarianism.â&#x20AC;? He told the conference delegates and speakers that the so-called culture wars â&#x20AC;&#x153;are entering a new phase of political struggle which can only be fought by laypeople.â&#x20AC;? Speaking about the importance of recovering the mission of the laity and drawing from St. John Paul IIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 1988 document, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christifideles Laici,â&#x20AC;? Cardinal Pell said the struggle will be over the preservation of religious freedoms such as the right to teach Christian doctrine publicly in parishes and schools, especially in those institutions that get state funding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We shall have to struggle peacefully and democratically and

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government to do something. It was a celebration in preparation for Sunday Mass. He encouraged the residents in their faith, but he also allowed them to nourish his own reflection on what it means to believe in God. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Faith brings us closer,â&#x20AC;? he told the residents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes us neighbors. It draws us closer to the lives of others. Faith awakens our commitment, our solidarity. The birth of Jesus changes our lives. A faith which does not draw us into solidarity is a faith which is dead. It is a faith without Christ, a faith without God, a faith without brothers and sisters. The first to show this solidarity was our Lord, who chose to live in our midst.â&#x20AC;? The biggest headlines of the trip concerned the crucifix on top of a hammer and sickle, which Bolivian President Evo Morales gave him, and a long, complex, fiery speech Pope Francis gave in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, July 9 to grassroots organizers, including the popeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s beloved â&#x20AC;&#x153;cartonerosâ&#x20AC;? from Buenos Aires. The cartoneros, who live in poor barrios on the edge of the city, go into town each night searching the streets for discarded paper they can collect and recycle. Surrounded by his friends, who also represented indigenous groups, environmental groups, labor unions and others who live and work with the poor, Pope Francis did, in fact, call for a revolution â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one in which human dignity, basic human rights and care for the earth no longer take a back seat to profits in the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economic and political systems. Pope Francis did not call for an end to capitalism, but for an end to selfishness, exclusion and an attitude that sees the â&#x20AC;&#x153;unproductiveâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whether they are unemployed, elderly or the unborn â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as disposable. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we truly desire positive change,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;we have to humbly accept our interdependence, that is to say, our healthy

cooperatively to ensure that our hospitals cannot be forced to offer abortion and euthanasia,â&#x20AC;? he said. In his address, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Vine and the Altar: Learning From the Teaching of St. John Paul II on the Priestly Role of the Catholic Laity,â&#x20AC;? the cardinal said the separation of church and state did not legitimize in any way any right of governments to be anti-religious or to diminish or intimidate the Christian community.

not referring to any specific proposal discussed in anticipation of the synod; one of the most common â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and most debated â&#x20AC;&#x201C; was to develop a process or â&#x20AC;&#x153;penitential pathâ&#x20AC;? for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics who want to receive Communion but have not received an annulment. The pope, Father Lombardi said, hopes the synod â&#x20AC;&#x153;will find a way to help people move from a situation of sin to a situation of grace.â&#x20AC;?

Pope: Families need prayers, mercy, including from synod

Christians share same baptism, must pray together, pope says

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Even if a pastoral proposal for helping a Catholic family with problems seems scandalous at first, it is possible God could use that proposal to bring healing and holiness, Pope Francis said. Encouraging and celebrating family life during a Mass July 6 in Guayaquil, Pope Francis asked people to pray for the October Synod of Bishops on the family, and he tied the synod to the Jubilee of Mercy, a yearlong celebration that will begin in December. The synod will be a time for the Church to â&#x20AC;&#x153;deepen her spiritual discernment and consider concrete solutions to the many difficult and significant challenges facing families in our time,â&#x20AC;? the pope said. Celebrating Mass with as many as 1 million people gathered under the hot sun in Los Samanes Park, Pope Francis asked them â&#x20AC;&#x153;to pray fervently for this intention, so that Christ can take even what might seem to us impure, scandalous or threatening, and turn it â&#x20AC;&#x201C; by making it part of His â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hourâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x201C; into a miracle.â&#x20AC;? Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, told reporters Pope Francis was

VATICAN CITY â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox must pray together and work hand-in-hand helping the poor, Pope Francis

interdependence. Interaction, however, is not the same as imposition; it is not the subordination of some to serve the interests of others. Colonialism, both old and new, which reduces poor countries to mere providers of raw material and cheap labor, engenders violence, poverty, forced migrations and all the evils which go hand in hand with these, precisely because, by placing the periphery at the service of the center, it denies those countries the right to an integral development.â&#x20AC;? Sooner or later, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;inequality generates a violence which no police, military or intelligence resources can control.â&#x20AC;? Celebrating the last Mass of his trip July 12 in Asuncion, Pope Francis went back to the basics of Christian dialogue, solidarity and inclusion. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jesus calls His disciples and sends them out, giving them clear and precise instructions,â&#x20AC;? the pope said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He challenges them to take on a whole range of attitudes and ways of acting,â&#x20AC;? which could strike some people as â&#x20AC;&#x153;exaggerated or even absurd,â&#x20AC;? tempting some people â&#x20AC;&#x153;to interpret these attitudes symbolically or â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;spiritually.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? However, the pope said, Jesus is clear. He says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take nothing for the journey except a staff; no bread, no bag, no money.â&#x20AC;? Jesus teaches His disciples to receive and to give hospitality, the pope said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jesus does not send them out as men of influence, landlords, officials armed with rules and regulations. Instead, He makes them see that the Christian journey is about changing hearts.â&#x20AC;? Summarizing the lessons he personally illustrated by his actions in South America, the pope told the crowd in Paraguay that Christianity is â&#x20AC;&#x153;about learning to live differently, under a different law, with different rules. It is about turning from the path of selfishness, conflict, division and superiority, and taking instead the path of life, generosity and love. It is about passing from a mentality which domineers, stifles and manipulates to a mentality which welcomes, accepts and cares.â&#x20AC;?

told thousands of Catholic charismatics and members of other Christian communities. If the devil â&#x20AC;&#x153;unites us in death, who are we to divide ourselves in life?â&#x20AC;? he said, adding that all Christians can and must pray together, as they have all received the same baptism and are striving to follow Christ. More than 30,000 people gathered in St. Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Square July 3 to take part in an ecumenical gathering of reflection, prayer and song dedicated to praying for unity and for those killed for their Christian faith around the world. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Catholic News Service

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The greatest lie T

he greatest lies always possess an aspect of truth. Nobody believes a bold-faced lie that lacks even the semblance of truth. These are the weakest of lies. Who would believe that two plus two equals seven? On the other hand, good lies sell themselves. They are effective and forceful to the degree that they appear to be true. I am afraid we find ourselves in the midst of the grandest of lies, and one that is in full force. What makes it especially insidious is that it bears not only the appearance of truth, it bears the appearance of love itself. What is this greatest of lies? Simply put, it is the new social doctrine that the greatest commandment is to love thy neighbor. This lie is so powerful that you may think that I am the deceived one. You may even be so offended that you are tempted to stop reading this article. This is the point! Because the lie so powerfully resembles the truth, it is difficult to see the dishonesty. This is what makes it the greatest lie. Yes, we are in fact commanded to love our neighbor. This is part of the two-fold commandment that Christ gave us when He summed up the Law and the Prophets. But the lie, the untruth, in this new social doctrine is that love thy neighbor is the greatest commandment. It is not. Christ said that the greatest commandment is to love the Lord God with your entire mind, heart and soul; and that the second commandment is like it: love thy neighbor as your very self. To say that we are to love our neighbor is true. To say that we are to love our neighbor without regard to God and His plan for the human family is not true. In short, this formidable lie enlists the truth and beauty of the second greatest commandment to nullify, or subordinate, the first commandment, thereby leading one to believe we should love our neighbor even should it mean that we ignore God. Consider euthanasia. Nobody wants to see another person suffer a slow agonizing death. My heart breaks when I see this suffering. Advocates for physician-assisted suicide are compassionate people. Doubtlessly, they believe they are being faithful to the commandment love thy neighbor. But what about the first and greatest commandment, to love the Lord God with your entire mind, heart and soul? Is there any regard for God and His plan? Are we to ignore the first commandment and only obey the second? I cannot. As a Christian I must ask if mercy killing is part of God’s plan for the human family. Do I love God when I end the life He brought into existence? For Catholic Christians the answer is clear: no. The Lord’s two-fold law of love compels me to ease the suffering and console the sick, but not to end their lives. Consider abortion. Nobody wants a woman to be in the position of having an unwanted or difficult pregnancy. My heart breaks when I see a woman, or a couple, in fear when faced with a challenging pregnancy. I would love nothing more than to remove the problem. Doubtlessly, prochoice advocates believe they are being faithful to the commandment love thy neighbor in helping to make the problem go away. But what about the first and greatest commandment, to love the Lord God with your entire mind, heart and soul? Is there any regard for God and His plan? Are we to ignore the first commandment and only regard the second? I

cannot. As a Christian I must ask if an abortion is part of God’s plan for the human family. Do I love God when I assist in extinguishing a developing life in the womb? For Catholic Christians the answer is clear: no. The Lord’s combined, two-fold law of love compels me to help the woman, the couple and the child, to aid in dispelling their fears, and to help find a loving way forward that minimizes the harm to all involved. Consider gay “marriage.” Nobody wants to interfere with another’s pursuit of happiness. My heart breaks when I see anyone suffering from isolation and loneliness. Advocates for gay “marriage” truly believe they are being faithful to the commandment love thy neighbor when they recognize as spouses those who are emotionally and physically drawn to others of the same sex. But what about the first and greatest commandment, to love the Lord God with your entire mind, heart and soul? Is there any regard for God and His plan? Are we to ignore the first commandment and only regard the second? I cannot. As a Christian I must ask if gay “marriage” is part of God’s plan for the human family. Am I loving God when I ignore Him, the One who made the human family, as though He has revealed nothing regarding marriage and its essential properties? For Catholic Christians the answer is clear: no. We must take seriously the fact that whenever Jesus was asked about the topic of marriage, He consistently directed us to read the pages of Genesis: “In the beginning” it was so. Like a red flag Jesus uses these first words of Genesis to teach us about marriage and its divine construction. And so combined, the Lord’s two-fold law of love compels me to reach out to my brother or sister who for one reason or another is not equipped for a natural marriage, but love does not compel me to undo the divinely constructed reality of marriage. We live in the midst of the reign of the greatest lie precisely because it bears such a strong resemblance to the truth. The social doctrine of our day asks us to love our neighbor to such a degree that we must liberate ourselves from God. Haven’t we been here before? Haven’t we been invited to liberate ourselves from the constraints of God already? Recall the ominous words, “you certainly will not die” if you eat of the fruit of the tree. I am afraid that we have returned to the garden of Genesis – ironically to the place where marriage was first defined. I am afraid that we are no match for the greatest of liars. But I am not afraid for those who stay close to Our Lord who has already crushed the head of the serpent. The greatest of liars is no match for the One who is the Way, the Truth and the Life. As Christians we can never forget the words of Jesus from the Gospel Book of Mark: “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.” Father Patrick Winslow is the pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlotte.

William L. Esser IV

Catholic discrimination

discriminate. So do you. Every day in fact. Yes, we are each guilty of discriminating. And I hope you are proud of it. After all, to discriminate means “to make a clear distinction; to distinguish.” The blue tie, or the red tie. Orange juice or apple juice. The car or the bus. Some decisions are clearly far more important than others, but each require us to distinguish between choices. Such discrimination is a good thing – after all, no one wants to be accused of being “indiscriminate” (that is, “done at random and without careful judgment”). Of course, the problem with discrimination is that (like so many things in life) it can be abused and used in an “unjust” manner. “Unjust” discrimination occurs when a characteristic is used as the basis for making a distinction in a situation where that characteristic should be irrelevant. On June 26, the Supreme Court discovered a brand-new constitutional right to same-sex “marriage.” In doing so, the Court held that it was “unjust” for states to use sex (male/female) as a characteristic to determine whom people are permitted to marry. Plain and simple: the Court got it wrong. Although there are areas in which discrimination between men and women can be unjust (such as employment, the right to vote, etc.), the area of marriage is not one of them. In fact, both natural law and our Catholic faith specifically require such discrimination. It was God who created man and woman in His image and commanded them to be fruitful and multiply. It was Jesus on Earth who blessed the marriage of man and woman and made it a sacrament. The Supreme Court simply has no power to re-write God’s plan of creation revealed in the distinct differences of the male and female body. I know there are a lot of Catholics who are uncomfortable with being accused of discrimination. After all, it’s a loaded word in today’s society. But we can’t hide our heads in the sand and pretend that the Supreme Court’s decision is meaningless and does not affect us. In 2010, Pope Francis (then Cardinal Bergoglio) was faced with a bill before the Argentine legislature to legalize same-sex “marriage.” In a letter asking for prayers, he did not mince words about the issue, calling it a “clear rejection of the law of God, engraved in our hearts.” He said, “Let us not be naive: this is not simply a political struggle, but it is an attempt to destroy God’s

plan. It is not just a bill (a mere instrument) but a ‘move’ of the father of lies who seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.” Strong words. So what is our responsibility as Catholics in response to the Court’s ruling? First, it is to love all of our brothers and sisters, even those who have been confused and deceived on this issue. (The supporters of same-sex “marriage” are not our enemy. The devil is, and we must not lose sight of that in our thoughts and actions). Love for others requires telling them the truth about marriage, but this must be done in a charitable manner so as to win them back. Second, we must stand firm in upholding the truth and sanctity of marriage in every aspect of our lives. Both St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict (then Cardinal Ratzinger) were involved in a 2003 Vatican statement about same-sex “marriage” which stated: “In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been given the legal status and rights belonging to marriage, clear and emphatic opposition is a duty. One must refrain from any kind of formal cooperation in the enactment or application of such gravely unjust laws and, as far as possible, from material cooperation on the level of their application.” Third, do not shy away from the persecution which will follow. You will be called a bigot or worse. You will watch as Catholic institutions such as Catholic Charities and Catholic Relief Services are removed from consideration for government grants because they uphold the truth about marriage. You will see business owners fined when they refuse to actively participate in same-sex wedding ceremonies. And you will see strong attempts to remove the tax-exempt status from every Catholic college, school and charity which refuses to recognize and give approval to same-sex relationships. Do not lose heart. Keep in mind that the only thing Jesus promised in this life was the Cross, not happiness, and certainly not an Easy Button. Take comfort in Jesus’ words from the Gospel: “Do not be afraid; just have faith” (Mk 5:36). I’m Catholic. I guess that makes me guilty of discrimination. How about you? William L. Esser IV is a lawyer, husband, father and parishioner at St. Ann Church in Charlotte.

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The Poor Clares

Reflections on the Year for Consecrated Life:

Charisms

onsecrated religious life, as we know it today, developed gradually over the centuries. In the early days of the Church, we hear of men being called to live in the desert as solitary hermits, leaving the world behind to seek the Lord and pursue a radical conversion of heart. Women, such as the young martyr St. Agnes, would profess a desire to marry no human man, but rather to be espoused to Christ through perpetual virginity, spending their lives in prayer and sacrifice, desiring a greater union with their Divine Bridegroom. Over time, the pursuit of a life of perfection developed into a communal call, particularly with the advent of monasticism as in the Benedictine order. These first religious communities imitated the example of the Christians in the Acts of the Apostles: “And the multitude of believers had but one heart and one soul, and held all things in common” (Acts 2:44). Through the centuries, God has raised up many men and women inspired by the Holy Spirit to embrace the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience in a wide array of expressions. A unique response to God’s call for a radical gift of self and closer following of Christ is to be found in the spirit, way of life and apostolate of each religious institute. In “Lumen Gentium,” one of the major documents of the Second Vatican Council, the Church proclaims that the Holy Spirit’s activity is two-fold: in the hierarchicalministerial order and the propheticcharismatic order. The Magisterium and hierarchy which governs the Church according to God’s plan establishes the structure and framework of the Mystical Body of Christ. Through it, we experience the fruits of God’s truth, order, justice and authority and are sanctified by the ministry entrusted to it. The prophetic-charismatic order completes and rounds out the fullness of the Church by invigorating her with the ever new, ever present action of the Holy Spirit through the ages, inspiring the unfolding of His gifts in manifold ways to reveal God’s presence and design in our current surroundings and times. Dominican Fathers Basil Cole and Paul Conner, in “Christian Totality,” outline the elements of an authentic charism: “The contemporary, standard understanding of an authentic charism discerns five characteristics. A charism is a gift of the Spirit for the common good of the Church. It witnesses to Christ’s Spirit in power and phenomenal deeds. It is given by free distribution to whomever

‘Consecrated life is a beautiful reminder of God’s love for us.’

the Holy Spirit pleases. It is normally not a passing but a stable grace. And, finally, a charism has extraordinary effectiveness for the sanctification of the world.” Founders of religious orders experience the summons of the Holy Spirit to fulfill an inspiration to meet a newly-developed or previously unmet need in the Church, to respond to a current challenge, or to develop a present charism still in seed-form. The distinct vocation exemplified by the charism of the various founders of religious orders is ratified through the approval of the hierarchical-ministerial order of the Church. Verifying the movement of the Spirit in a call to a certain spirituality and particular pursuit of holiness as handed down by a founder is discerned carefully by the Church. To be recognized as a valid religious institute by the Church, an order must have an approved Rule which serves as the framework for an authentic means to holiness and the perfection of charity. The Church also sets down regulations for the development of legislation in statutes or constitutions which apply the Rule to concrete circumstances of life and times. It is interesting to note that the Church no longer accepts for discernment new Rules. If a new religious order develops, it is called to identify with one of the major religious families already in existence with an approved Rule (such as the Rule of St. Benedict, of St. Augustine, or of St. Francis). St. Clare of Assisi holds the distinction of being the only woman to write her own Rule and have it ratified by the Church. Newer religious communities may then develop their own constitutions or other documents, applying the spirit of the larger order to their individual apostolate and life. When a religious institute or congregation receives the Church’s approbation, that way of life receives the particular blessing of being presented to the faithful as a direct and sure path to holiness. If the Rule and regulations of the order are faithfully followed by one who enters this vocation, their salvation is assured by the grace and mercy of God. Consecrated life is a great gift to the Church and a beautiful reminder of God’s love for us, and of our universal, individual call to holiness. By approving religious institutes and their charisms through the centuries, the Church keeps alive before us the constant and always new call of Christ to “Come, follow Me.” During this Year for Consecrated Life, may we reflect in thanksgiving on the great witness of the manifold apostolates and ways of prayer shared with us by the rich array of religious orders, and the gift of the Spirit in breathing forth new life and vibrancy within the Church throughout the ages. Sister Marie Thérèse of the Divine Child Jesus is professed with the Poor Clare Nuns of Perpetual Adoration St. Joseph Monastery in Charlotte. This is the latest in a series of commentaries on the Year for Consecrated Life, which is being celebrated by the universal Church until Feb. 2, 2016. Learn more about the Poor Clares at www. stjosephmonastery.com.

Grateful for your support of retired religious On behalf of more than 33,000 senior Catholic sisters, brothers, and religious order priests who benefit from the Retirement Fund for Religious, please accept my prayerful thanks for your diocese’s tremendous support of the 2014 collection. The Diocese of Charlotte donated $310,075.52, its highest total ever. Since the collection was launched in 1988, total diocesan contributions have amounted to $5,027,952.96. Your generosity, combined with that of Catholics across the nation, enables our office to distribute critical funding to help religious communities meet the day-to-day needs of senior members. It also enables us to provide education, resources, and consultative support to help religious communities plan for long-term retirement expenses. The good we are able to do is in direct measure to the good we have been given. For this, we offer abundant thanks. May our loving God bless you.

Vatican II was indeed an event Regarding the July 3 article “History professor speaks on ‘Reforming a Challenged Church,’” it seems as though the attendees of this talk got a lot less history than one might expect from a history professor. To say that Vatican II was “not an event” appears to be the decades-old attempt at just making things up as we go in the “spirit of Vatican II.” It was an event and documents were produced – documents that instruct the Church to keep Latin as the main language of worship, to give Gregorian chant primacy of place; documents that do not allow for innovations like Communion in the hand or removing the tabernacle from the center of the sanctuary. There are 21 General Councils of the Church, and the faithful would be well served to look “under the prism” of all of them. Joel Raines lives in Campobello, S.C.

Sister Janice Bader, avowed with the Sisters of the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood, is the executive director of the National Religious Retirement Office.

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