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On Sept. 16, 1620, the Mayflower set sail from England bound for America with 102 passengers and a small crew. The Diocese of Charlotte’s Chancellor, Monsignor Patrick J. Winslow, and St. Margaret of Scotland Parish’s pastor, Father W. Becket Soule, are direct descendants of those pilgrims. Read more: www.catholicnewsherald. com.
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St. Ignatius “had his first experience of God by listening to his own heart, which presented him with a curious reversal: things that were attractive at first sight left him disillusioned, whereas in others, less dazzling, he found lasting peace.”
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1. “You don’t have to be worthy, you only have to be willing.”
4. “Serve the Lord with laughter.”
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Continuing his new series of talks on discernment, the pope reflected on St. Ignatius, whose life “is one of the most instructive examples” of discerning God’s will. Recalling the former soldier’s fascination with tales of chivalry, the pope said St. Ignatius “reluctantly” read the lives of saints while recovering from his wound, since those were the only books available.
The man later known by these names was originally named Francesco Forgione, born to his parents Grazio and Maria in 1887. His parents had seven children, two of whom died in infancy. They taught the five surviving children to live their faith through daily Mass, family prayer of the rosary, and regular acts of penance.Francesco had already decided at a young age to dedicate his entire life to God. At age 10, he felt inspired by the example of a young Capuchin Franciscan, and told his parents: “I want to be a friar – with a beard.” Francesco’s father spent time in America, working to finance his son’s education so he could enter the religious life.
Like St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose conversion began after he was recovering from a wound in battle, Christians can discern by recognizing “the signs through which the Lord makes Himself known in unexpected, even unpleasant, situations,” the pope said Sept. 7 during his weekly general audience.
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“He is fascinated by the figures of St. Francis and St. Dominic and feels the desire to imitate them,” the pope noted. “But the world of chivalry also continues to exert its fascination on him. And so, within himself, he feels this alternation of thoughts – those of chivalry and those of the saints – which seem to equate to one another.”
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3. “God will always give us more than we deserve.”
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Sunday: Amos 8:4-7, 1 Timothy 2:1-8, Luke 16:1-13; Monday: Proverbs 3:27-34, Luke 8:16-18; Tuesday (Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gon, priest, Paul Chong Ha-sang and companions, martyrs): Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13, Luke 8:19-21; Wednesday (Feast of St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist): Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13, Matthew 9:9-13; Thursday: Ecclesiastes 1:2-11, Luke 9:7-9; Friday (St. Pio of Pietrelcina): Ecclesiastes 3:1-1, Luke 9:18-22; Saturday: Ecclesiastes 11:9-12, Luke 9:43-45
“The great questions arise when we have already traveled a stretch of the road in life, and it is to that journey we must return to understand what we are looking for.”
Among other patronages, St. Pio is the patron of adolescents and stress relief.
Sunday: Habakkuk 1:2-3, 2:2-4, 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14, Luke 17:5-10; Monday: Galatians 1:6-12, Luke 10:25-37; Tuesday (St. Francis of Assisi): Galatians 1:13-24, Luke 10:3842; Wednesday: Galatians 2:1-2, 7-14, Luke 11:1-4; Thursday: Galatians 3:1-5, Luke 11:5-13; Friday (Blessed Virgin Mary of the Rosary): Galatians 3:7-14, Luke 11:15-26; Saturday: Galatians 3:21-29, Luke 11:27-28
During 1917 and 1918, Padre Pio himself briefly served in a medical unit of the Italian army. He later offered himself as a spiritual “victim” for an end to the war, accepting suffering as
a form of prayer for peace. Once again, he received the wounds of Christ on his body. They would remain with him for 50 years, through a succession of global conflicts. Against his own wishes, the friar’s reputation for holiness, and attending miracles, began to attract huge crowds. Some Church officials, however, denounced the priest and had him banned from public ministry in 1931. Pope Pius XI ended the ban two years later, and his successor Pius XII encouraged pilgrimages to Padre Pio’s friary. Known for patient suffering, fervent prayer and compassionate spiritual guidance, Padre Pio also lent his efforts to the establishment of a major hospital, the “Home to Relieve Suffering.”PadrePio died in 1968, and was declared a saint in 2002. Three years after his death, Pope Paul VI marveled at his simple and holy life in an address to the Capuchin order.
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iscerning the will of God means being able to listen to one’s own heart and recognize the Lord’s presence in the unexpected events of life, Pope Francis said.
There is always “a history that precedes one who discerns,” and it is important to take that history into consideration when discerning God’s will, “because discernment is not a sort of oracle or fatalism, or something from a laboratory, like casting one’s lot on two possibilities.”
St. Ignatius’ example, he added, also shows that another important aspect of discernment is in listening to one’s heart in the “apparent randomness in the events of life” that, although seemingly “a banal mishap” can “nonetheless hold a possible turning point.”
“Listen carefully. God works through unplannable events that happen by chance – by chance this happened to me, by chance I met this person, or by chance I saw this film.
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“A worldwide following gathered around him ... because he said Mass humbly, heard confessions from dawn to dusk and was – it is not easy to say it – one who bore the wounds of our Lord,” Pope Paul explained. “He was a man of prayer and suffering.”
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2. “God will never permit anything to happen to us that is not for our greater good.”
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On Jan. 22, 1903, Francesco donned the Franciscan habit for the first time. He took the new name Pio, a modernized Italian form of “Pius,” in honor of Pope St. Pius V. He made his solemn vows four years later, and received priestly ordination in the summer of 1910. Shortly after, he first received the Stigmata – Christ’s wounds, present in his own flesh.
Along with these mystical but real wounds, Padre Pio also suffered health problems that forced him to live apart from his Franciscan community for the first six years of his priesthood. By 1916 he managed to re-enter community life at the Friary of San Giovanni Rotondo, where he lived until his death. He handled many duties as a spiritual director and teacher, covering for brothers drafted into World War I.
“A life-changing encounter can arise from them,” he said. “The most beautiful thread is given to us by the unexpected.”
5. “Pray, hope, don’t worry. Worry is useless. God is merciful and will hear your prayers.”
At www.catholicnewsherald.com : Pray St. Pio’s favorite prayer of petition, the “Efficacious Novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.” Composed by St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, it was St. Pio’s daily prayer for everyone who asked for his prayers. He would pray for their specific intention and many times this intention was miraculously answered by God.
Padre Pio had also used. During production, as a result of his spiritual experiences, LaBeouf converted to Catholicism. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival earlier this month, yet it’s unclear when it will hit theaters or streaming. But you can watch the trailer on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ CatholicNewsHerald
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On Sept. 23, the Church remembers the Italian Franciscan priest St. Pio of Petrelcina, better known as “Padre Pio” and renowned for his suffering, humility and miracles.
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“It was not planned, but God works through unplannable events, and also through mishaps.”
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He and his wife have a 3-year-old son and are members of St. Leo the Great Parish in Winston-Salem.
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Also joining the diocese’s communications office is Annie Ferguson, who brings almost two decades of experience writing and editing a variety of communications materials including news and feature stories, scripts, social media, websites, employee communications and marketing materials. She will write for the Catholic News Herald and other diocesan communication channels.
The Mass was celebrated by Father Marcel Amadi, who besides serving as a campus minister for the diocese also serves as spiritual director for Igbo
The Mass was offered for the deceased brother of Chief Felix Ikeanyionwu. With him was his wife, Mrs. Nike Ikeanyionwu, and their children.
Brown grew up reading the Catholic News Herald and as a child became a pen pal with then Bishop William Curlin, a correspondence that continued even after the bishop retired. His father, Carl F. Brown, serves as a deacon at Good Shepherd Mission in King.
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On Sept. 25, the Church will celebrate the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The theme for this year’s celebration is “Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees,” a theme chosen by Pope Francis that he said “highlights the commitment that we are all called to share in building a future that embraces God’s plan, leaving no one behind.” The pope’s message for this day explores how migrants and refugees contribute to the social, economic, cultural and spiritual development of societies and ecclesial communities. Read his full message online at migrants-refugees.va/world-day-of-migrants-refugees.www.
GREENSBORO — A Mass in the Igbo language was offered Sept. 11 at St. Mary’s Church, one of the Diocese of Charlotte’s most ethnically diverse parishes. The parish includes many members from the African continent, including Ghana, Liberia and Nigeria. The Igbo Mass, offered every other month at the parish, enables Igbo-speaking Catholics to hear Mass in their native language and honor their cultural identity.
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CHARLOTTE — Spencer K.M. Brown is joining the Catholic News Herald as editor, succeeding Patricia L. Guilfoyle, who remains with the Diocese of Charlotte as assistant communications director.
The Igbo Catholic Community welcomes everyone to these celebrations. St. Mary’s Church is located at 812 Duke St. in Greensboro. For more information, call Dr. Godfrey Uzochukwu, coordinator, at 336-707-3625.
Catholics in western North Carolina. Concelebrating the Mass were Fathers Innocent Amasiorah and Melvis Mayaki. Assisting was Deacon Emmanuel Ukattah of St. Mary’s Parish.
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Brown assumes the post from Guilfoyle, who served for 11 years, overseeing the Catholic News Herald’s growth to a print circulation of 60,000, a website and social media channels in English and Spanish. The newspaper has frequently been named among the best diocesan publications in the nation under her leadership. Guilfoyle will continue to guide the Catholic News Herald but will focus on additional communications efforts.
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Brown has a decade of experience in writing, editing and marketing for a variety of publications including Triad City Beat, “Press 53” and TAN Books, where he edited and acquired authors for its “Catholic Courses” series. He also is an award-winning fiction writer and poet, a novelist, and has guided the publication of poetry collections. He previously worked as a middle school English and literature teacher at St. Leo School in Winston-Salem.
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She and her family are parishioners of Our Lady of Grace Church in Greensboro.
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Igbo Mass held to praise God, celebrate cultural identity
n The Priests’ Retirement Benefits Collection provides for the future pension income and retiree health benefits of the 125 priests serving the Church in western North Carolina, as well as 36 retired priests.
n For parishioners unable to attend Mass the weekend of Sept. 24-25, a gift can be made by mail or online. Please mail checks to Priests’ Retirement Fund, Diocese of Charlotte, 1123 S. Church St., Charlotte, N.C., 28203. Online, please go to your parish website if it offers online giving or visit www.charlottediocese.org/donate, then click “Priests’ Retirement & Benefits Collection.” Your gift will be credited to your parish.
CHARLOTTE — Engaged and married couples: You are invited to deepen your connection with God and one another at a day-long conference coming up Saturday, Nov. 19.
priests like Father Ferris, “remain ‘In Service to All,’ and now we can respond with gratitude.”
“I invite all married and engaged couples to participate in this wonderful event and reflect on the beautiful vocation and mission of married life,” said Bishop Peter Jugis.
will include: “The Home as a Sacred Space,” by Charlotte Sacco, program coordinator at the St. John Paul II Foundation; and “The Prayerful Mission of Spouses,” by Steve and Becky Greene, Catholic speakers, authors and co-hosts of the popular podcast “The Catholic Conversation.”EucharisticAdoration and time for the sacrament of reconciliation will also be offered.
Register to attend the “Together in Holiness” conference Nov. 19 online at www.forlifeandfamily/events/th-22-cnc. The cost is for $54 per couple/$35 per individual if you register before Oct. 3. After Oct. 3 the cost is $64 per couple/$40 per individual. This includes a box lunch and light afternoon snack. On-site childcare (for ages 2-12) is $5 per child. Full and partial scholarships are available.
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The diocese’s Family Life Office was created to support and coordinate diocesan apostolates focused on marriage, family and pro-life activities.
“I don’t want to stop until God calls me home!” Father Ferris says.
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GREENSBORO — Churches across the Diocese of Charlotte will take up a special collection Sept. 24-25 to support the diocese’s retired priests including Father Robert “Bob” Ferris – who at 84 is still on the road most weekends saying Mass and providing pastoral support at Catholic churches across western North Carolina.
n The 2022 goal is $1.7 million.
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Its partner for the conference, the St. John Paul II Foundation, is a national Catholic apostolate proclaiming the good news about life and family through education and formation. Its “Together in Holiness” program is a comprehensive marriage enrichment initiative that includes this annual, oneday conference series for couples and a year-round formation series for couples in parishes, schools and small communities.
The “Together in Holiness” marriage enrichment conference will include talks, Eucharistic Adoration, Mass and the opportunity to receive a marriage blessing.TheDiocese of Charlotte’s new Family Life Office, in partnership with the St. John Paul II Foundation, is hosting the fourth annual event, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Ann Church, located at 3635 Park Road in Charlotte.
across western North Carolina.
“It is my prayer that you and your spouse will attend ‘Together in Holiness’ so that you may learn how your home can become a more prayerful, sacred place – a place where all family members may encounter the Lord in their ordinary, daily lives,” Bishop Jugis said.
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n Contributions will help fund the diocese’s Priests Pension Trust and Retired Priests Health Plan Trust, as well as retirement programs of religious orders and other dioceses that are providing priests to serve in parishes of the Diocese of Charlotte.
The former pastor of St. Aloysius Parish in Hickory, Father Ferris officially retired in 2014 but finds himself regularly assisting at parishes throughout the Triad and
“When I was at St. Aloysius Parish, I got tired, as I was up early and out late a lot,” Father Ferris says. “But I never wanted to stop administrating the sacraments upon retirement.”Overthepast eight years since he retired, he has been able to set more of his own schedule and get a bit more rest. He also spends more quality time with his family.
retreats. He also makes house calls to hear confessions and bring homebound parishioners Holy Communion. Occasionally, he celebrates Mass at the Pennybyrn retirement community in High Point.
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The day will begin with Mass and a marriage blessing by Father Timothy Reid, pastor of St. Ann Parish. He will also give a talk on “The Holy Eucharist: The Source and Summit of Marriage and FamilyOtherLife.”presentations
The diocese needs to raise $1.7 million in this year’s collection for retired priests, to stay on track to provide future pension income and supplemental retiree health insurance for the 125 priests serving the Church in western North Carolina. Parishioner gifts are the primary source of funding and the annual amount needed is calculated by actuaries factoring in inflation and growth of the diocese’s pension and health trusts. The funds also help support the diocese’s 36 retired priests.
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Serving as a priest for 22 years, Father Ferris was ordained in 2001, many years after his beloved wife Mary Kay passed away. He has six grown children, 10 grandchildren and a great-grandchild due in February.
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Bishop Peter Jugis celebrated a Mass commemorating the 83rd anniversary of the church’s dedication and the 50th anniversary of its elevation to a cathedral.
During his homily at Mass Sept. 4, Bishop Jugis touched on the history of St. Patrick Parish, created by and for the growing Irish Catholic community in what is now the Dilworth neighborhood of Charlotte.St.Patrick’s – like any Catholic church –is dedicated to three purposes, he said.
for the worship of Almighty God,” he said. “The worship of Almighty God is the first duty of every human being regardless of whether they are a believer or not – to worship God who gives us life and has redeemed us.”
When the Diocese of Charlotte was carved out of the Raleigh diocese, Charlotte Bishop-elect Michael J. Begley selected St. Patrick Church as its cathedral, and the church was elevated to a cathedral when the diocese was born on Jan. 12, 1972.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the diocese’s founding, and St. Patrick Cathedral is hosting several golden anniversary events, including the opening and closing Masses of the jubilee year. The cathedral is also home to many of the diocese’s most important liturgical celebrations – including the annual Chrism Mass, in which the bishop consecrates the sacred oils used in the sacraments at every church in the diocese.
CHARLOTTE — A Sept. 4 celebration at St. Patrick Cathedral was a recognition of two special anniversaries for the parish, decades in the making.
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“A church building is a sign to others that God is here. It stands as a perpetual, perennial, permanent presence to that witness. It is a sign of God’s mercy, a sign of God’s truth, a symbol of God’s holiness and a constant reminder to follow God’s ways, to live according to God’s ways.”
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“We all are spiritual beings, we have souls, but we are also physical beings, and we need visible, tangible, physical things that speak to us,” he said.
“On this day, the 83rd anniversary to the day of the dedication of this church to Almighty God, we do pray and give thanks to the Lord for this beautiful gift that He has given to us,” Bishop Jugis said. “And using the words He gives us in the responsorial psalm (Psalm 95): ‘Let us come before the Lord and praise Him for HisConcelebratinggoodness.’” the Mass with the bishop was Father Ernest Nebangongnjoh, who serves as parochial vicar at the cathedral. The cathedral’s three deacons, Carlos Medina, Brian McNulty and Paul Bruck, assisted, along with parish altar servers and seminarians from St. Joseph College Seminary in Mount Holly.
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St. Patrick Cathedral celebrates special anniversary
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St. Patrick Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Church in Charlotte and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Charlotte and is the seat of its bishop. The church was consecrated under the patronage of St. Patrick on Sept. 4, 1939, by Bishop Eugene J. McGuinness of the Diocese of Raleigh, which at the time covered the entire state.
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Bishop Peter Jugis greets a visitor from Atlanta who attended Mass Sept. 4 at St. Patrick Cathedral. St. Patrick Church was consecrated on Sept. 4, 1939, and in 1972 it was elevated to the status of a cathedral when the Diocese of Charlotte established.was
CHARLOTTE — The Missionaries of Charity marked the 25th anniversary of St. Teresa of Calcutta’s passing Sept. 5 at Our Lady of the Assumption Church. Known as Mother Teresa, she founded the Missionaries of Charity in India in 1950. Her order of religious sisters is dedicated to the service of the poorest of the poor in society. The anniversary Mass drew faithful from throughout the community as well as the Missionaries of the Poor. This religious order for men was founded by Father Richard Ho Lung in the spirit of Mother Teresa’s order. The Missionaries of Charity and the Missionaries of the Poor provide assistance in underserved communities in Charlotte and Monroe.
Bishop Jugis explained that a church is also important because it serves as a visible, tangible sign of the presence of the Catholic Church in its community.
“First of all, we build a church building
Second, he said, “this church building also serves a purpose of your sanctification: to make you holy, to assist you on your way to eternal life. Through the sacraments that we celebrate here, through the Gospel of Christ which is proclaimed here and preached here … you become the living body of Christ, the spiritual temple of the Holy Spirit.”
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The president-principal team will have many responsibilities in common, such as ensuring the schools’ Catholic identity and culture. “Because there is so much crossover, a healthy and collegial relationship, even a friendship among the two leaders and each school’s chaplain, is key,” he added.
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At Our Lady of the Assumption School, students are eager now about seeking additional help with their studies, says Principal Tyler Kulp.
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“This will create new opportunities for students, families and schools through internships, jobs and sponsorships,” Monroe“Ultimately,said. by splitting the leadership responsibilities,” he said, “this model makes the principal’s job more manageable and enables effective operation of the schools and adherence to their missions while ensuring the future success of our students and schools.”
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CHARLOTTE — Federal COVID-19 relief funding is making a positive impact on Catholic education across the Diocese of Charlotte – with Our Lady of the Assumption School being among the biggest beneficiaries.Theschoolhas invested more than $1.4 million in relief funding into expanding its offerings in science, art and supplemental instruction.
Students now have a state-of-the-art science lab, fully equipped learning support classroom, innovative learning stations throughout the school, and computers for digital art projects. A hands-on SmartLab is set to open in January.
“Our students are getting excited,” Kulp says. “This new SmartLab will take hands-on learning and incorporate that with fun. It will make all the difference in the world in keeping our students on track. I’m so thrilled our kids will have this opportunity.”
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Citing rising enrollments and growth in general across the diocese, Monroe said strategic, long-term planning and an emphasis on marketing are needed so that the high schools may continue to flourish.
Funding for the school’s improvements came from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021, which provided Emergency Assistance for Nonpublic Schools in its second round of Catholicsupport.schools in the diocese received a total of
“The science classroom now feels like a science lab where hands-on learning, research and experiments can impact learning at a deeper level,” says middle school science teacher Kristalyn Ianniello. “The new lab gives students more resources like a triple beam balance scales, measurement tools and microscopes to apply their learning from a science text.”
“Kids are enthusiastic about being pulled out for supplemental instruction,” he says. “The morale of our students going into an inspiring room to get support or into one of the new hallway spaces is making a difference in their learning.”
$5.5 million in COVID-19 relief funding, most of which went toward educational services such as tutoring, afterschool and summer academic programs, and professional development for teachers. Other funding paid for COVID-19 supplies and equipment, as well as technology and furnishings in schools.
Eighth-grader Shae Lay says, “The new material that we use makes science more entertaining and unique.”
As presidents, they will focus on their school’s long-range planning, community relationships, financial management and fundraising. New principals for each school, yet to be hired, will be responsible for day-to-day operations and academic management.“Thisapproach takes the numerous responsibilities involved in managing a high school and spreads them over two leadership positions,” said Dr. Greg Monroe, Catholic Schools superintendent. “It allows school presidents to get out in the community to build relationships with donors, colleges and businesses, increasing their school’s visibility and prominence. In turn, the principals can focus on running the school.”
The restructuring will not result in tuition increases, he noted. Initial funds are to come from school savings and, presidentforward,goingtherole is expected to pay for itself said.enrollment,increasedeffortsfundraisingrevenueadditionalthroughfromandhe
“It’s interesting how the funding is allowing teachers to be creative and allowing students to get behind other methodologies for learning,” Kulp says. “Our teachers are really bringing innovative things into theirStillclassrooms.”tocomeisa $310,000 SmartLab that will provide experiential learning to help make up for learning loss brought on by the pandemic.
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The school’s art class now offers computers that enable students to create digital art and tech-based art projects with their teacher.
CHARLOTTE — Principals of the Diocese of Charlotte’s three high schools are being promoted in a leadership
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Melissa is the survivor of a failed saline infusion abortion in 1977. Despite the initial concerns regarding Melissa’s future after surviving the attempt to end her life at approximately seven months gestation, she has not only survived but thrived. Melissa’s story, and her life, is so much more than one of survival. It’s evidence of the intergenerational impact of abortion on all of our lives. More importantly, it’s a testament to the beauty of God’s grace in our Fulfillinglives.the purpose that she beli eves God set out for her when He saved her from the certain death of the abortion attempt, Melissa is truly a voice for the voiceless. Don’t miss this chance to hear her story!
Sidewalk Advocates for Life will offer a basic training from 8:30 a.m. to
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Monsignor Patrick Winslow, vicar general and chancellor of the diocese, celebrated Mass for the participants. For more information about the Family Life Office, go online to www.charlottediocese.org/office-of-family-life.
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First diocesan Family Life Conference held
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Sidewalk Advocates for Life will offer a basic training from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at St. Patrick Cathedral Family Life Center, 1621 Dilworth Road East in Charlotte. Cost is $20, which covers the cost of lunch and materials. To register or get more info, email prolifesignup@gmail.com or go online to Sept.collection/bulletins-2022www.stpatricks.org/documents/andclickonthe4bulletintoscantheQRcode.
CHARLOTTE — The inaugural diocesan Family Life Conference held Sept. 10 at St. Gabriel Church drew more than 70 attendees for a day of talks and fellowship focused on marriage, family and pro-life work. The event was hosted by the Diocese of Charlotte’s new Office of Family Life. Speakers included: Chelsy Gomez, program assistant with the U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities; John Grabowski, Ph.D., The Catholic University of America; and Father Peter Ascik, director of the Family Life Office. Panel discussions were led by representatives of Retrouvaille International, Domestic Church, and other marriage ministries, Dr. Bill Pincus (N.C. Right to Life) and Sebastian King (N.C. Values Coalition).
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Advocates for Life “sidewalk counseling” or sidewalk advocacy program uses a compassionate, woman-centered approach to save lives. The training involves crisis intervention on the public right-of-way outside an abortion facility using prayerful, lawabiding methods to offer hope and help to women in unplanned pregnancies.
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Sidewalk Advocates for Life in western North Carolina is online at org/location/asheville-ncwww.sidewalkadvocates. . Questions? Contact Elizabeth Harris at 828-214-7789 or email SAFL.AshevilleNC@gmail.com.FindoutmoreaboutSidewalk Advocates for Life, a national non-profit organization that equips communities with a loving, peaceful, woman-centered training program, at www.sidewalkadvocates.org.
CHARLOTTE — Ever wonder how you could become a prayerful, impactful “sidewalk advocate” outside an abortion facility?Pro-life leaders in the Diocese of Charlotte will offer Sidewalk Advocates for Life training sessions Sept. 17 and 24 in Asheville and in Charlotte. All pro-life supporters aged 15 and older are invited toTheattend.Sidewalk
Sidewalk Advocates for Life volunteers encourage a woman to choose life –empowering her to walk away from the abortion facility by offering life-affirming alternatives – and reach out to everyone present to bring about a conversion of heart that will bring about an end to abortion.Todate, Sidewalk Advocates for Life has saved more than 17,954 mothers and babies from abortion, giving witness in front of more than 150 locations around the United States. There are currently four cities in the diocese where Sidewalk Advocates for Life is active: Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
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3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, in North Asheville. People aged 15 and older are welcome, with those under 18 needing a signed permission form from a parent. Cost is $25, with limited scholarships available. The day includes a luncheon sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and an insightful workbook to serve as a resource manual. All trainees are invited to serve as part of the ministry team that goes to the local abortion facility. To register or for more info, email Leigh at leighatkinson6@gmail.com.
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The original chant (“vox principalis,” or principal voice) was initially the top line, but around the year 1100, it was moved to the bottom line and referred to as the “cantus firmus” (“fixed melody”). Because the chant was sacred, the pitches could not be changed, and thus the “melody” was “fixed.” With more musical lines, rhythmic notation was necessary to avoid harsh intervals sounding together. One interval in particular, the tritone, was called the “diabolus in musica” – the “devil in music.”
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• Oversee all accounting and financial reporting for the Diocese of Savannah, delegating related tasks to financial office staff.
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Initially, chant was preserved through oral tradition, and different regions had their own repertoire (Gallican, Ambrosian, etc). The earliest notation was imprecise but eventually featured a single, horizontal line with the pitch name to the left of the line. Visible traces of this notation remain
Rather than “notes,” “neumes” were used for early notation. Similar to modern circular notes, neumes are square shaped and initially designated pitch only, not rhythm. Notating the length of each note became necessary only when a second melodic line was added.
• Ensure timely, accurate and periodic financial reporting for the Diocese itself and obtain reports from all other associated entities and providing any other financial information requested by the Bishop.
Gregorian Chant: A (very) brief history from oral to notated tradition
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Gregorian chant is often the most dreaded topic in music history; the notation, melodic style and language are foreign even to those who are “cradle Catholics.” The most significant developments in music history, however, can be found simply by following the evolution of chant from an oral to a notated tradition.Thehistory of chant is a complicated one, but the most comprehensive, accurate, modern scholarship is found with the Solesmes Benedictines, who played a significant role in the 19th-century restoration of chant.
in the modern F and G clefs (bass and treble, respectively).
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• Oversee day-to-day financial operations and advise the Bishop and other diocesan leadership on financial matters and administrative matters as they relate to finance.
• Support the Bishop in setting and implementing strategic priorities for the Diocese, including results of the planning process, Refelct+Renew+Rejoice.
• Provide educational assistance and training to Parish Bookkeepers.
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• Supervise, train and evaluate the performance of the Department of Finance staff.
• Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Program and oversee extensive Loss Program.
Chant remains relevant in contemporary Catholic Masses. When performed in tune by a professionally trained, literate musician, it provides reverence to the liturgy.Themonth when St. Gregory the Great is honored would be a perfect time to prayerfully consider joining your parish’s music ministry.
• Assure there are policies and procedures in place, fully implemented and monitored to safeguard all ecclesiastical goods belonging to the Diocese of Savannah.
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The feast day of St. Gregory on Sept. 3 falls at the time of year when church choirs are reconvening for rehearsal. Thus it is a good time to look into the music named after that saint: Gregorian chant.
• Collaborate with Human Resources on management of Diocesan sponsored insurance programs including self-insured Benefits, General liability and Workers Compensation.
The Chief Financial Officer is responsible to preserve, protect and administer the temporal goods of the Diocese of Savannah under the authority of the Bishop and in accord with the budget approved by the Finance Council. The Chief Financial Officer is the principal advisor to the Bishop in matters of finance in cooperation with the Finance Council under the Code of Canon Law.
• Prepare the annual capital and operational budgets with recommendations for a balanced operational budget.
In approximately the year 1000, the idea of using multiple lines and spaces for notation emerged. Around the same time, Guido of Arezzo developed the sightsinging solfege syllables (do-re-mi-fa-sol-lati). He used a Latin chant from the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, where each phrase began with the next melodic step. The original Latin reads: UT (now substituted with “do”) queant laxis REsonare fibris MIra gestorum FAmuli tuorum, SOLve polluti, LAbii reatum Sancte Johannes. The seventh syllable, “ti,” was added later. Even today, musicians are singing part of this chant when using solmization (solfege).
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Gregorian chant (or plainsong or plainchant) is named after St. Gregory the Great, who served as pope from 590 to 604. A legend emerged in the 9th century that St. Gregory received the chants from the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove who whispered them into his ear, and that they were written down by a scribe. However, we know that is impossible, since music notation did not exist during the 6th century. The current belief is that chant was organized and revised during Pope Gregory’s reign under his supervision. (Some scholars have speculated it was not even this Pope Gregory, but the 8th century Popes Gregory II and/or III).
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There was also a special Diocese of Charlotte 50th anniversary video presentation, and Carolina Catholic Media Network broadcast live from the stadium. Although the Charlotte Knights lost to the Nashville Sounds 9-1, everyone enjoyed the fun and fellowship, as well as the fireworks display that capped off the night. More online At www.catholicnewsherald.com : See Sister Lucia throw the first pitch and more photos and video from the game
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CHARLOTTE Hundreds of Catholic families from across western North Carolina joined Peter Jugis and priests, seminarians and women religious at “Catholic Night” at the Charlotte Knights. The Sept. 9 baseball game at Truist Field was the final diocese-wide summer social event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Diocese of Charlotte. evening started with a special first pitch thrown out by Sister Lucia Palma of the Daughters of the Virgin Mother of Gastonia. Tom Savoy, choir master of St. Joseph College Seminary, provided musical entertainment featuring some of the college seminarians a barbershop version of everyone’s favorite baseball jingle, Ballgame.”
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The traditional French title of Our Lady of Grace is in fact much older than this recent popularity and takes its origins from the ancient Christian tradition of Mary’s Immaculate Conception. When in Scripture we hear the Archangel Gabriel address Our Lady as “full of grace,” he is indicating God’s intent from the beginning that she should bear within her the Christ, having been conceived without the stain of Original Sin allowing such an act. Mary’s fiat becomes her free will acceptance that she would offer her humanity to this Hypostatic Union.
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Artistic renderings of Our Lady of Grace trace their beginning to the early Medieval period. The first major artistic work now bearing the name is attributed to an Italian/Byzantine icon that shows up in the historic record around 1300. It is called an Eleusa (Virgin of Tenderness) icon because of the way the child Jesus rests tenderly against Mary’s cheek. It bears the Latin initials MR, DI, IHS, and XRS simply meaning, “Mother of God and Jesus Christ.” As with so many other icons before it, it is attributed to Saint Luke and thus protected as a relic. The image is associated with many legends and miracles, and once became the focal point for crusade after the fall of Constantinople.
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In 1450, the icon was brought to Cambrai Cathedral, where it was installed on the Feast of the Assumption and has been venerated since in the French tradition as Our Lady of Grace. Art historically, this painting is profoundly influential. It is perhaps the best Marian depiction of the artistic and theological bridge between East and West, Byzantium and Rome. It has attracted a stream of famous pilgrims who commissioned generations of artistic masters, primarily from the North, to produce copies or original art based on the work. Hayne of Brussels, Roger van der Weyden, Petrus Christus, Dieric Bouts and Gerard David all executed paintings derived from the CambraiPerhapsMadonna.itisfitting that among the many legends told about the image, it is said to have been hidden in Jerusalem during the early centuries of persecution, then was eventually secreted away to Constantinople in the 5th century. It is unlikely the Cambrai Madonna is that old, but the original icon on which it was based could very well have had such a provenance. The origin of both the art and the title it now bears trace their beginnings to the earliest days of the Church and our understanding of the divine origin of the role of Mary in our salvation.
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The 50th anniversary theme, “Faith More Precious Than Gold” (1 Peter 1:7), encourages use of the Church’s tried-and-true prayers, devotions and sacramentals, which for centuries have brought people closer to God. Let us confidently ask for the graces we hope to receive from God as we celebrate the founding of the Diocese of Charlotte. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us!
When Catholics today hear the title “Our Lady of Grace,” we usually envision the countless mass-produced prints and statues in blue pastels that have been ubiquitous in homes for more than a century. Connected to the depiction of Mary on the miraculous medal, the availability of these images exploded with the papal declaration of Marian dogmas and the advent of pulp-paper, color printing and Italian factory art production. These works ushered in a new era for Catholic home devotional art where folk images were widely replaced by affordable, if sometimes lowquality, depictions of Our Lord, Our Lady, saints and angels.
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The 50th anniversary year will bear great spiritual fruit if we ask God for the graces we hope to receive. Please offer the 50th anniversary prayer daily for many graces to be poured on our diocese during this jubilee anniversary:
Heavenly Father, accept our humble prayer of praise and gratitude as we joyfully celebrate 50 years as the Diocese of Charlotte. Throughout our history the faithful of western North Carolina, under the watchful care of esteemed bishops and abbots, have been nurtured by Your providential hand. Confident that You invite Your children to implore Your constant blessings, we pray that You continue to pour forth Your heavenly grace upon us. With filial affection and devotion, we further ask that You look kindly upon the prayers we seek through the intercession of our venerable patroness, the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, who with motherly attention tends to the needs and concerns of the Church. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, forever and ever. Amen.
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A mother stumbles down a road strewn with rubble, her two frightened children in tow. This time last year, she and her husband would have been planning a vacation for the family. Now, their lives have been turned upside down, and she wonders whether her son and daughter will ever even see their father again.
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“This war has shown us the face of human tragedy.”
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Ukraine War Reveals Both the Tragedy of War and the Power of Catholic Compassion
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“In one case, we were asked to help Caritas in Veritate, a global confederation of Catholic institutions, obtain an ambulance to do triage work in the crumbling cities. With contributions from our donors we were able to help, and soon after the ambulance was put into action, we heard it had saved the life of a young girl who had been injured in the conflict. Her father had no way to get her to a hospital — and most of those were either damaged or overcrowded anyway — but the ambulance was able to reach her, stop the bleeding and take care of her wounds,” Cavnar said. “That was an answer to prayer. That was Catholic compassion in action.”
Consistency and reliability have long been recognized as important character traits in our society, and most of us raise our children to uphold those values, especially in the workplace. We do that because we know consistency and reliability produce stability and help us weather the unexpected storms in life.
of need,” said Jim Cavnar, president of Cross Catholic Outreach, one of the respected Catholic ministries helping families displaced by the war. (See the
In the Archdiocese of Przemyśl, Poland, two men set up cots for arriving refugees. Their parish has mobilized these volunteers to help set up shelters and distribute food, but the men are concerned the flow of incoming women and children could soon overwhelm
Readers interested in supporting Cross Catholic’s outreaches to the poor can contribute through the ministry brochure inserted in this issue or send tax-deductible gifts to: Cross Catholic Outreach, Dept. AC02095, PO Box 97168, Washington, DC 20090-7168. The ministry has a special need for partners willing to make gifts on a monthly basis. Use the inserted brochure to become a Mission Partner or write “Monthly Mission Partner” on mailed checks to be contacted about setting up those arrangements.
them. Still, they work on, relying on God and the Church to make their mission of mercy successful.
The stories Cavnar relates about the needs in Ukraine and Eastern Europe are heartbreaking, but there are success stories too. These demonstrate the power of compassion and underscore why it is so important American Catholics remain involved in relief efforts.
Displaced Ukrainians line up for supplies provided by Catholic ministries.
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“For now, we are focused on helping with medical needs and providing food and other necessities to the refugees fleeing Ukraine, but we know that the destruction the war caused to homes and livelihoods will create hardships for these people even after the conflict ends,” he said. “The Church will need to be a source of hope then too. This war has shown us the face of human tragedy, but it has also revealed the power of Catholic compassion.”
“Their commitment to helping the poor on a monthly basis gives us a steady, reliable way to serve. Without them, the missions we support in the developing world would be unable to commit to long-term projects, and it would be much more difficult for us to respond to disaster situations. When we can depend on the support of Mission Partners, we
Even if the conflict in Ukraine ended today, Cavnar insists the Church and her
“Mission Partners represent the foundation of our ministry,” he said.
Because monthly giving is so important to Cross Catholic Outreach’s work overseas, the ministry makes it as easy as possible for its donors to become Mission Partners. That option is included on appeals, on the charity’s website and in the brochures it distributes at Catholic parishes and in Catholic newspapers.
The same is true when it comes to charity, according to Jim Cavnar, president of Cross Catholic Outreach. That is why his ministry cherishes its Mission Partners — donors
“It is painful to see the fear and suffering in the eyes of the refugees fleeing Ukraine, but we should not shrink back from those images because they are a call to action — a call from God. He wants us to manifest His love for these families and to help them in their hour
More than a hundred miles away, another woman stands at a crowded checkpoint, hoping to cross into Poland before nightfall. Her children are grown, but she is heartsick because she was unable to confirm their whereabouts before fleeing from her home. She prays they are safe.
can move forward confidently and take on every challenge that’s put before us.”
has a huge impact on the priests, religious sisters and Catholic lay leaders working in the trenches, fighting to end hunger and alleviate poverty,” Cavnar said. “When they face an unexpected crisis or a natural disaster strikes, the missions know they can come to us for help because our Mission Partners have provided the resources needed to overcome those immediate challenges. We can make decisions in a matter of hours and send help within days — and the poor are blessed as a result.”
While these efforts represented a shift in focus for Cross Catholic Outreach,
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Missile and artillery damage has made homes in Ukraine unsafe, so families have had to flee to other areas or leave the country to find relief. Fortunately, the Catholic Church has been mobilized to provide urgently needed food and other resources.
U.S. Catholics Offer Meaningful Support to Refugees Fleeing Devastating War in Ukraine
“I think of Tigray, Ethiopia, where long-established Catholic missions are
As an official Catholic charity with a long history of providing disaster relief, Cross Catholic Outreach was able to quickly develop a plan to help Ukrainian refugees by providing medical aid and other resources through three key partners close to the action — Cardinal Konrad Krajewski of the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Service of Charity; Caritas in Veritate; and the Archdiocese of Przemyśl, Poland, which is located near the Ukrainian border.
“The needs of war refugees weighed heavily on our hearts and on the hearts of our donors, even though they are usually focused on the work we do in Haiti, Guatemala, Kenya and other nations plagued by extreme poverty,” he explained. “This mission also fit perfectly with our traditional strategy for providing help overseas. We have always worked
which is best known for its ministry work in other parts of the world, Cavnar felt compelled to become involved.
Cavnar said that while he is proud of what Cross Catholic Outreach has achieved and is grateful to the many American Catholics who have helped fund the work being done, he hopes other troubled areas in the world will also remain on people’s hearts and minds in the months ahead.
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through Catholic missions closest to the action, supplying them with the resources they need to serve more effectively,” Cavnar said. “Our expertise in identifying trusted Catholic partners and quickly mobilizing resources has been very useful to the ministries serving Ukrainian families in this great hour of need.”
also trying to help war survivors and where food shortages are causing serious problems with malnutrition. Then there are remote villages in Africa that, due to a recent drought, face a serious water crisis,” he said. “Cross Catholic Outreach has been able to remain involved in all of those areas, but it is only because faithful American Catholics have been so generous in supporting our work. As problems in the world escalate — and the war in Ukraine is certainly one of the most challenging trials — we will need to be even more openhearted and openhanded. The Church must remain a beacon of hope for families with no other place to turn for help, and we will all need to play our part in that mission of mercy.”
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The images flashing across our television screens shocked young and old. For many, they evoked memories of photographs taken during World War II and stories told by parents and grandparents about the cities destroyed by advancing German tanks and bombers. Younger people, who may have fewer connections to the previous war in Europe, also found the broadcasts disturbing. Most were stunned to see modern office buildings and factories collapse before their eyes as frightened survivors fled missile and artillery barrages.“Allof us — young and old — were grieved by the destruction and suffering we saw, but importantly, our next reaction was compassion. We wanted to do something to help the people of Ukraine, especially the thousands of wounded and fearful families who were frantically seeking refuge from the violence,” explained Jim Cavnar, president of Cross Catholic Outreach.
“Each of these partners is directly involved in relief efforts, either in Ukraine or in neighboring countries accepting refugees,” Cavnar explained. “Thanks to contributions we’ve received from our U.S. Catholic donors, we have been able to help in a variety of ways. For example, we helped Cardinal Krajewski secure ambulances so emergency medical services could be brought directly to areas with urgent needs. We also helped fund generators, clothing and food for families still in Ukraine and those who had fled theIncountry.”thecase of Caritas in Veritate, Cross Catholic Outreach supported internally displaced children and families in the Ukrainian communities of Lutsk, Struga and Nowa Uszyca with much-needed food, water and spiritual support. Its work with the Archdiocese of Przemyśl focused on the care and resettlement of Ukrainian refugees, specifically helping with food, temporary shelters and trauma therapy.
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Para San Lucas es una de las características más sobresalientes. Podemos hablar de la parábola de Lázaro y el hombre rico, donde resalta la indiferencia del hombre rico hacia Lázaro y hace notar que ese es el problema (Lucas 19:31).
Hay una línea que para San Lucas no se cruza: la indiferencia. Ese es su mensaje, no podemos ser indiferentes ante el sufrimiento de los Lucasdemás.esmuy fuerte, muy firme en esto: no podemos decir que somos cristianos y ser indiferentes al sufrimiento de otros.
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CHARLOTTE — Las celebraciones por el Mes de la Herencia Hispana dieron inicio en todo el país el 15 de septiembre, y se prolongarán hasta el 15 de octubre con el propósito de honrar, a través de programas especiales, festivales, actos solemnes y exhibiciones, la herencia cultural y contribuciones de los estadounidenses de origen hispano.Enseptiembre de 1968, el Congreso de Estados Unidos autorizó al presidente Lyndon B. Johnson a que proclamara la Semana Nacional de la Herencia Hispana para celebrar la cultura y las contribuciones de aquellos que tienen sus raíces en España, México y los países hispanohablantes de América Central, América del Sur y el Caribe.
Estados Unidos celebra cada año, del 15 de septiembre al 15 de octubre, el Mes de la Herencia Hispana. En la carta pastoral titulada La Presencia Hispana: Esperanza y Compromiso, los obispos de Estados Unidos expresaron que, “en este momento de gracia reconocemos que la comunidad hispana que vive entre nosotros es una bendición de Dios”.
ahora es el barrio Dilworth en Charlotte. San Patricio, como cualquier iglesia católica, está dedicada a tres propósitos, dijo.“En primer lugar, construimos un edificio de iglesia para la adoración de Dios Todopoderoso”, dijo. “La adoración de Dios Todopoderoso es el primer deber de todo ser humano,
CHARLOTTE — El Obispo Peter Jugis celebró Misa el 4 de septiembre en la Catedral San Patricio, conmemorando el 83 aniversario de la construcción de esa iglesia y el 50 aniversario de su elevación a catedral.LaCatedral San Patricio es la sede de la Iglesia Católica Romana en Charlotte, Carolina del Norte, y figura en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos. Construida en 1939, es la iglesia madre de la Diócesis de Charlotte y la sede de su obispo. Fue consagrada bajo el patrocinio de San Patricio el 4 de septiembre de 1939 por el Obispo Eugene J. McGuinness de la Diócesis de Raleigh, que en ese momento cubría todo el estado.En1972, cuando el oeste de Carolina del Norte dejó de ser parte de la Diócesis de Raleigh, el obispo electo de Charlotte, Michael J. Begley, seleccionó la Iglesia San Patricio como catedral para la nueva Diócesis de Charlotte, siendo elevada a ese rango cuando la diócesis nació el 12 de enero de 1972.
En 1974, el presidente Gerald R. Ford emitió una proclama que instaba a las escuelas y a las organizaciones de derechos humanos a participar de lleno en esa semana. En 1988 el Presidente Ronald Reagan reiteró la llamada de Ford a un reconocimiento más amplio de los estadounidenses de origen hispano y para ello aprobó la Ley 100402 que amplió la celebración al Mes de la Herencia Hispana.
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En 2021, todavía en pandemia de COVID-19 y con restricciones sanitarias, el presidente Biden, en un discurso proclamado el 14 de septiembre de ese año, señaló que el Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana “es un importante recordatorio de la fuerza que extraemos como nación de nuestras raíces inmigrantes y de nuestros valores
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Si estamos familiarizados con este mensaje social de los profetas, se nos hace fácil entender el mensaje del Evangelio de San Lucas.Dios está intrínsecamente interesado en las condiciones de nuestras vidas, en la situación, en la existencia y en el bienestar del ser humano.Yesolo hace notar en su mensaje de los profetas y San Lucas. A este Evangelio podemos llamarlo de la compasión, de los pobres, social, de la reconciliación, porque en él hay un llamado constante a ponerse en diálogo.Asílo notamos en la primera bienaventuranza del Evangelio de San Lucas: “Dichosos ustedes los pobres”. Lo dice así nada más, a secas, como decimos ahora “sin filtro”.Yatravés del Evangelio podemos ver como Jesús está siempre mostrando su compasión y manifestándola especialmente por los pobres, por los que más sufren, por los marginados, por los destituidos.
n la narrativa de las bienaventuranzas, el Evangelio de San Mateo tiene un relato diferente, dice “bienaventurados los pobres de espíritu” (Mateo 5:3). Lo que quiere decir Mateo es que también hay salvación para los ricos, aunque el Evangelio de San Lucas habla muy directo en este punto. Son teologías diferentes y no necesariamente contradictorias.AlleerelEvangelio de San Lucas resuena el discurso de los profetas en el Antiguo Testamento, cuando llaman al pueblo al arrepentimiento y a volverse a Dios obrando con justicia.
Entonces, ¿qué podemos hacer para llegar a ser mejores cristianos? Ir concientizándonos más sobre las necesidades de los demás. Conocer quiénes son los marginados en nuestra comunidad, las personas más necesitadas. Y siempre, por más pequeños e insignificantes que nos sintamos, la generosidad es algo que se nos ha dado a todos.
de las celebraciones litúrgicas más importantes de la diócesis, incluida la Misa crismal anual, en la que el obispo consagra los óleos sagrados utilizados en los sacramentos en todas las iglesias de la Durantediócesis.su homilía en la Misa del 4 de septiembre, el Obispo Jugis se refirió a la historia de la parroquia San Patricio, creada por y para la creciente comunidad católica irlandesa en lo que
La semana se designó para que coincidiera con las celebraciones de la independencia de Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua el 15 de septiembre, y de México el 16 de septiembre.
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Caldas señaló que espera que la comunidad latina en general, y peruana en particular, acuda a dar su saludo y agradecimiento al Cristo Morado, como también se suele llamar a esta advocación de origen peruano. También invitó a que los asistentes lleven sus flores para ofrecerlas al Señor.
“Trabajemos con ese espíritu del Señor que Él hará lo demás”, añadió.
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Añadió que este año, al igual que en 2021, no alcanzará el dinero para contratar una banda de música, por lo que utilizarán un equipo de amplificación de sonido que instalarán en la parte inferior del anda que porta la sagrada imagen del Cristo Moreno.
La primera charla estuvo a cargo del Padre Vicentino Walner Díaz, recientemente nombrado vicario de la parroquia en su primera asignación sacerdotal.Lesiguió una Misa celebrada por el Padre Gabriel Carvajal-Salazar, sacerdote proveniente de las canteras del movimiento Apóstoles de la Palabra fundado por el Padre Flaviano Amatulli. Al término de la Misa, la hermana Julia Valencia, coordinadora diocesana de Apóstoles de la Palabra en Charlotte, recibió una bendición especial del Padre Carvajal-Salazar, con motivo del 40 aniversario de su ingreso al movimiento apostólico.Posteriormente, después del almuerzo, el hermano Willy Pérez, predicador laico, ofreció una conferencia.
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Caldas dijo que la hermandad, debido al temor aún presente en la comunidad por el contagio del COVID-19, no ha podido realizar los eventos de recaudación de fondos que permiten cubrir los costos de la realización de la procesión anual, por lo que se encuentran trabajando para concretar la realización de una rifa y pollada (venta tradicional de comida en Perú) durante la última semana de septiembre.
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CHARLOTTE — Más de un centenar de participantes congregó el Retiro de Evangelización que llevó a cabo la misión Apóstoles de la Palabra de las Carolinas el sábado 20 de agosto.
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En su recorrido procesional, el anda que llevan en los hombros los miembros de la hermandad es adornada con flores y velas, siendo precedida por una nube de incienso que lanzan al cielo decenas de hermanas sahumadoras.
Peruanos preparan procesión del Señor de los Milagros
(Derecha) El domingo 9 de octubre, después de una Misa especial que se celebrará a las 2 de la tarde en la parroquia Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, saldrá en procesión la sagrada imagen del Señor de los pasosahumadoras(Abajo)patrónMilagros,dePerú.DecenasdeabrenalasandasqueportanlasimágenesdelCristoMoradoylaVirgendelaNube,unaadvocaciónecuatoriana.
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En 1746, Lima padeció el terremoto más destructor de su historia y se cuenta que una réplica de la imagen salió en procesión y la tierra dejó de temblar, lo que acrecentó la devoción del pueblo. Nombrado en 1715 ‘Patrón Jurado de la Ciudad de Lima’ y desde 2005 designado por la Santa Sede como ‘Patrón de los Peruanos Residentes e Inmigrantes’, el Señor de los Milagros es también ‘Patrón del Perú’ desde 2010.
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El capataz precisó que la procesión se realizará después de una Misa especial programada para las 2 de la tarde en el templo parroquial.
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CHARLOTTE — Cientos de personas acompañarán las andas del Señor de los Milagros que retornarán el próximo domingo 9 de octubre a los terrenos de la parroquia Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en Charlotte, cuando se celebre una Misa especial y procesión del Señor Pachacamilla, patrono de la Espiritualidad Religiosa Católica de Perú.
La hermana Valencia explicó que esta es la primera serie de retiros que ofrecen después de una paralización de dos años por la pandemia de COVID-19.
El 13 de noviembre de 1655 un terremoto estremeció Lima, dejando miles de víctimas mortales y damnificados. En Pachacamilla, un barrio de esclavos angoleños, la imagen de un Cristo moreno quedó intacta.
Así lo dio a conocer Jorge Caldas, capataz de la Hermandad del Señor de los Milagros South Charlotte, cuya imagen y anda se aloja de manera permanente en el templo guadalupano.
CÉSAR HURTADO | CATHOLIC NEWS HERALD El Padre Gabriel Carvajal-Salazar, también apóstol de la palabra, bendice a la Hermana Julia Valencia, al término de la Misa que celebró Misa durante el retiro de evangelización realizado en la parroquia Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.
La fiesta tuvo su inicio en 1687 cuando, en una procesión de rogativas, el mayordomo de la capilla del Santo Cristo, Don Sebastián de Antuñano, sacó una copia en óleo de la pintura original del Cristo por las calles de la ciudad de Lima, semidestruida por un terremoto de quince minutos de duración, pidiendo el cese del cataclismo.
El evento se realizó desde las 8 de la mañana en la carpa de la Casa San Vicente de la parroquia Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en Charlotte.
El primer recorrido procesional tendrá lugar el sábado 1 de octubre. El martes 18 recorrerá las calles del centro de Lima recibiendo el homenaje de las autoridades de gobierno. El miércoles 19, en su tercera salida, visitará otras sedes gubernamentales y será homenajeada por las Fuerzas Armadas de Perú. El viernes 28 visitará varios centros hospitalarios y finalmente el martes 1 de noviembre realizará un último breve recorrido alrededor del Monasterio de las Nazarenas y la iglesia que aloja sus andas.
Precisó que como católicos adultos debemos tomar conciencia de esta misión para transmitirla a las nuevas generaciones, ‘escribiéndola’ en las mentes de los seres humanos.
La animación musical estuvo a cargo de la Sra. Rosa Elba Gutiérrez, feligresa de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes en Monroe.ElPadre Gabriel Carbajal dijo que la realización de estos retiros evangelizadores es muy importante porque “es a través de la evangelización que nos llega la palabra de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo. Es un mandamiento que vayamos por todo el mundo y prediquemos a toda creatura”.
Después de dos años, la tradicional procesión volverá a recorrer las calles de Lima, según anunció el Arzobispo de Lima, Monseñor Carlos Castillo.
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En 2020, la misión de las hermanas Apóstoles de la Palabra debió cerrar momentáneamente sus operaciones en su sede en Mount Holly. En junio de este año retornaron, reabrieron la casa y han pasado momentos difíciles efectuando refacciones y jornadas de limpieza.
OCTUBRE 2-8 Domingo: Habacuc 1:2-3, 2: 2-4, 2 Timoteo 1:6-8, 13-14, Lucas 17:5-10; Lunes: Gálatas 1:6-12, Lucas 10:2537; Martes (San Francisco de Asís): Gálatas 1:13-24, Lucas 10:38-42; Miércoles: Gálatas 2:1-2, 7-14, Lucas 11:1-4; Jueves: Gálatas 3:1-5, Lucas 11:5-13; Viernes (Bienaventurada Virgen María del Rosario): Gálatas 3:7-14, Lucas 11:15-26; Sábado: Gálatas 3:21-29, Lucas 11:27-28
18-24 Domingo: Amós 8:4-7, 1 Timoteo 2:1-8, Lucas 16:1-13; Lunes: Proverbios 3:27-34, Lucas 8:16-18; Martes (Santos Andrés Kim Tae-gon, presbítero, Pablo Chong Ha-sang
El grupo de arte de Santiago el Mayor siempre tiene el propósito de representar mensajes de Dios. Si desea colaborar económicamente con ellos, por favor envíe un mensaje de texto al (704) 400-8314. Su donación será bienvenida y tendrá la seguridad que se utilizará en difundir el mensaje del Evangelio.
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El programa incluyó la participación del grupo de teatro de la parroquia Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en Charlotte, que gentilmente colaboró con sus compañeros y colegas de Concord con la puesta en escena de una comedia corta.
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“Estamos muy agradecidos con la comunidad que respondió de una manera increíble. Estábamos en el hoyo, y ahora por lo menos tenemos fondos para seguir creemos nosotros hasta fin de año con todas las actividades que hemos planeado”, dijo Juan Duarte, fundador y director del grupo artístico de la parroquia Santiago el Mayor. “El dinero recaudado nos permitirá también movilizarnos a los lugares donde somos invitados a presentar nuestro arte”, añadió.Hasta el momento, en muchos de los casos, los fondos provenían de los mismos participantes y los padres de familia, añadiendo una carga económica adicional a las familias. Esto incluía transporte, alimentación, materiales e inclusive la confección del vestuario.
“Aquí sí vamos a necesitar otra ayudita más”, dijo el director, debido a que en esta fiesta proporcionan alimentos a todos los participantes y bolsitas de regalo a los niñosDuarteasistentes.resaltó también la colaboración del grupo teatral invitado y dijo que de esta manera se construye e integra toda la comunidad diocesana.
Los inicios del grupo teatral de Santiago el Mayor datan de 2015, cuando se organizó para representar el Vía Crucis. Posteriormente trabajaron otros eventos como celebraciones por el Día del Padre, de la Madre, las apariciones guadalupanas, la venta del Día del Tamal, particularmente para recaudar fondos para los programas del ministerio hispano, y otros.
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Decenas de personas asistieron al retiro de evangelización la Palabra en Las Carolinas.
La necesidad de expresión artística hizo que el programa inicial de teatro se expandiera posteriormente al canto, la danza y artes plásticas.
“Por ahora seguimos organizándonos después de una larga ausencia. Estamos contactando nuevamente a los sacerdotes, ofreciéndoles nuestra ayuda para sus proyectos. Luego iremos a California para un encuentro con la Superiora y esperamos reiniciar todo después del mes de noviembre”, dijo.
“Podremos cubrir las actividades hasta fin de año”
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CONCORD — Con una venta de comida que rebasó todas las expectativas, el grupo de Teatro, Danza, Canto y Pintura de la parroquia Santiago en Mayor en Concord logró reunir los fondos necesarios para continuar su obra e implementar nuevos programas artísticos para la comunidad de Concord.Losplatillos típicos latinoamericanos pudieron adquirirse desde las 8:30 de la mañana, pero el programa de eventos inició a las 2:00 de la tarde, poco antes de la Misa dominical en español que se celebra en la parroquia.
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tres diferentes locaciones: un taller de iniciación de Biblia en Monroe; y dos retiros de evangelización, uno de ellos en Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en Charlotte, y el segundo en Nuestra Señora de los Caminos en Thomasville.
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pura cooperación, y siempre hemos venido trabajando íntegramente, pero es momento también de dar, por lo menos, un pequeño alivio”, dijo Duarte.
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El calendario del grupo incluye la presentación de obras teatrales en al menos dos parroquias amigas, la asistencia a un retiro de jóvenes que se realizará en octubre, la presencia en la Fiesta del Tamal que organiza su propia parroquia, las representación de las apariciones guadalupanas a mediados de diciembre y finalmente la pastorela navideña.
Jueves (Santos Arcángeles Miguel, Gabriel y Rafael): Deuteronomio 7:9-10, 13-14, Juan 1:47-51; Viernes (San Jerónimo): Job 38:1, 12-21, 40:3-5, Lucas 10:13-16; Sábado (Santa Teresa del
Respecto a sus 40 años de permanencia en este movimiento apostólico, la hermana Julia precisó que son 34 de vida consagrada.“Diosmeha regalado esta bendición de estar con la comunidad compartiendo su palabra”, dijo. “Para mí es una oportunidad de agradecer al Señor tantas bendiciones en mi vida que ni siquiera soy capaz de describir”, finalizó.
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El tema del 50 Aniversario, “La fe es más preciosa que el oro” (1 Pedro 1:7), alienta el uso de las oraciones, devociones y sacramentales probados y verdaderos de la Iglesia, que durante siglos han acercado a las personas a Dios. Pidamos con confianza las gracias que esperamos recibir de Dios al celebrar la fundación de la Diócesis de Charlotte. Santa María, Madre de Dios, ruega por nosotros.
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Una estatua especialmente encargada de María, madre de Dios, está visitando más de 100 lugares en toda la Diócesis de Charlotte durante el año del aniversario. Las próximas visitas incluyen:
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También hubo una presentación especial en video del 50 aniversario de la Diócesis de Charlotte, y Carolina Catholic Media Network transmitió en vivo desde el estadio. Aunque los Charlotte Knights perdieron ante los Nashville Sounds 9-1, todos disfrutaron del juego de pelota, la diversión y el compañerismo, así como de la exhibición de fuegos artificiales que coronó el juego de béisbol.
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Padre Celestial, acepta nuestra humilde oración de alabanza y gratitud mientras celebramos con alegría los cincuenta años de la Diócesis de Charlotte. A lo largo de nuestra historia, los fieles del oeste de Carolina del Norte, bajo el cuidado de estimados obispos y abades, han sido alimentados por tu mano providencial. Confiamos en que invitas a tus hijos a implorar tus constantes bendiciones, te pedimos que sigas derramando tu gracia celestial sobre nosotros. Con afecto y devoción filial, te pedimos además que veas con buenos ojos las oraciones que pedimos por la intercesión de nuestra venerable patrona, la Santísima Virgen María, que con atención maternal atiende las necesidades y preocupaciones de la Iglesia. Te lo pedimos por nuestro Señor Jesucristo, tu Hijo, que vive y reina contigo en la unidad del Espíritu Santo, Dios por los siglos de los siglos. Amén.
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CHARLOTTE — Cientos de familias católicas de todo el oeste de Carolina del Norte se unieron al obispo Peter Jugis y sacerdotes, seminaristas y religiosas en la “Noche Católica” de los Caballeros de Charlotte. El juego de béisbol del 9 de septiembre en Truist Field fue el último evento social en toda la diócesis que celebra el 50 aniversario de la Diócesis de LaCharlotte.velada comenzó con un primer lanzamiento especial realizado por la Hermana Lucía Palma de las Hijas de la Virgen Madre de Gastonia. Tom Savoy, maestro de coro del Seminario Universitario San José, ofreció entretenimiento musical con un canto estilo cuarteto de barbería del jingle de béisbol favorito de todos, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”.
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The Catholic Legal Immigration Network and Catholic Charities USA said action on the Afghan Adjustment Act is needed to allow Afghans who arrived in the country in the year since the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from Afghanistan to rebuild theirCompanionlives. bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate would define the legal status of the 76,000 Afghans who arrived in the U.S. after the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan lastTheyAugust.also would require President Joe Biden to establish an Interagency Task Force on Afghan Ally Strategy and increase support for those who assisted the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.
Separately, Dominican Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, advocated in an Aug. 24 letter to congressional leaders for passage of the pending legislation so that Afghan evacuees can obtain “the stability and security” they need.
The agencies’ advocacy for the legislation and changes in how immigration officials process the Afghan arrivals follows an Aug. 10 letter from Auxiliary Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville of Washington, the migration committee chairman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He urged members of the Senate and
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two Catholic agencies have joined a call by the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration for passage of a bipartisan bill that would provide newly arrived Afghans the opportunity to become lawful permanent U.S. residents.
She wrote that more than 60 Catholic Charities agencies, working with the USCCB’s Department of Migration and Refugee Services, had served more than 13,000 Afghans nationwide in the past year. The agencies have provided resettlement service, housing, food and job placement assistance, legal aid and cultural orientation.TheDiocese of Charlotte has assisted more than 200 Afghan refugees through Catholic Charities’ Refugee Resettlement Program.“Weare proud to do this work in collaboration with local, state and federal government agencies,” Sister Markham
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In a policy brief, Karen Sullivan, policy advocate at CLINIC, outlined steps for U.S. immigration officials and lawmakers to take to help Afghans obtain legal immigration status. She specifically called on Congress “to create a direct pathway to permanent residency” for those who were hurriedly evacuated from Afghanistan.
Afghans left their homeland for the U.S. only to be dropped “into an immigration system that failed to provide many of them with a clear pathway to permanent immigration status,” Sullivan said in a statement.“Thesefamilies are struggling to establish an immigration status that provides them with long-term stability, leaving them feeling unsettled and fearful about their futures and their hopes to reunite with other family members,” she added.Sullivan also urged the Biden administration to “make immediate adjustments” to immigration rules to “ease the burdens that Afghan families face.”
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said, adding that Catholic Charities agencies would continue to serve recent arrivals.ManyAfghans now in the U.S. who worked alongside American military personnel now “face the threat of persecution and even death” if they return to their homeland, Bishop Dorsonville wrote in his letter to Congress.
The bishop described how the bill would end the limits under current law to Afghans staying in the U.S. He said the changes authorized in the legislation would demonstrate the United States’ commitment to its allies and “reaffirm the importance of humanitarian protection.”
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new documentary on Sister Thea Bowman shines a light on her life and work as an advocate for racial justice and intercultural understanding. The idea for the documentary came to Franciscan Sister Judith Ann Zielinski, who wrote and produced the film, after the 2020 death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new documentary about St. Teresa of Kolkata, produced by the Knights of Columbus, aims to show how her mission and spirit continues in the work of her order, the Missionaries of Charity. “Mother Teresa: No Greater Love,” directed by Emmy award-winning filmmaker, David Naglieri, was shown at the Vatican Sept. 2 and had its American premiere Sept. 11 at the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington. On Oct. 3-4, the film will be shown in about 900 theaters as part of Fathom Events’ Saints series. Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly told the audience that the film intends to reach a younger audience that might not be as familiar with the work of the saint who died 25 years ago. He also said Pope Francis praised the film in a letter. The papal letter of Aug. 25 says: “Thank you for promoting this type of initiative that helps, in a creative manner, to make accessible the zeal for evangelization, especially for the young generations promoting the desire to follow the Lord who loved us first.” The Washington screening capped a weekend of events dedicated to the saint, including a special Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the dedication of the Mother Teresa Institute in Washington,
“I thought, I have to do something, what can I do?” and “Thea Bowman popped into my head. She was a Franciscan sister, a woman who had been fighting systemic racism in her own time and in her own way.” The documentary is a comprehensive look at Sister Thea, the first African American member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration and one of six Black Catholics known as a “Servant of God.”
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VATICAN CITY — Europe and the entire world are being shaken by a war of great seriousness, Pope Francis told his papal nuncios who serve around the globe. It is “a particularly serious war, due to the violation of international law, the risks of nuclear escalation and the drastic economic and social consequences,” he said.
NAIROBI, Kenya — Amid a U.N. warning that a famine is looming in Somalia, U.S.-based Catholic Relief Services is calling for increased humanitarian support in the Horn of Africa country. The U.N.’s Inter-Agency Standing Committee warned Sept. 5 that famine was unfolding in Baidoa and Burhakaba districts in southern and central Somalia. The grouping of key U.N. agencies and their partners said the situation may last until March if there was no significant increase of humanitarian assistance.
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“With this warning, there is time to save lives,” Sean Callahan, CRS president and CEO, said. “The international community must meet the immediate needs on the ground while also doing a better job at preventing famine in the first place. We can address the myriad causes of food insecurity, like conflict and climate change.” An estimated 7.1 million people, half of them children, need emergency aid. Millions face acute hunger, the U.N. grouping said, with women – particularly pregnant and lactating mothers – and children under 5 most affected.
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celebrations: on a local level Nov. 20, the feast of Christ the King, and for the world gathering in Lisbon, Portugal, Aug. 1-6, 2023. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lisbon gathering was postponed from 2022. Pope Francis said he hoped many young Catholics would gather in the Portuguese city and that it would “represent a new beginning for you, the young, and – with you – for humanity as a whole.” In the Gospel story of the Visitation, the pope said, Mary “is a model for young people on the move, who refuse to stand in front of a mirror to contemplate themselves or to get caught up in the ‘net.’”
VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church “embraces and encourages a passion for scientific research as an expression of love for the truth and for knowledge about the world,” Pope Francis told members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Scientific inquiry, research and discoveries should lead to awe in the presence of God, who created the world and human intelligence, but it also should lead to a greater commitment to peace and human development, the pope told the scientists Sept. 10. The 80 academicians, who include dozens of Nobel Prize winners, come from the fields of astronomy, chemistry, mathematics, physics, biology, medicine, botany, zoology, genetics and physiology and other specialties. Members are chosen based on their scientific achievements, not their religious beliefs, and study issues of concern to the Vatican. Established in 1603, the academy demonstrates the Church’s commitment to truth and to learning about “life in all its symphonic splendor,” the pope said.
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VATICAN CITY — Like Mary, who after the Annunciation went in haste to visit her cousin Elizabeth, young Catholics are called to welcome Jesus into their lives and then to go out and share their joy with others, Pope Francis said. “Mary is an example of a young person who wastes no time on seeking attention or the approval of others – as often happens when we depend on our ‘likes’ on social media. She sets out to find the most genuine of all ‘connections’: the one that comes from encounter, sharing, love and service,” the pope said in his message for World Youth Day. The Gospel of Luke’s description of what Mary did after learning she would become the mother of Jesus – “Mary arose and went with haste” to Elizabeth – is the theme Pope Francis chose for two WYD
VATICAN CITY — Beatifying Blessed John Paul I, Pope Francis praised the late pope for showing the world God’s goodness and for living the Gospel without compromise. “Our new blessed lived that way: in the joy of the Gospel, without compromises, loving to the very end,” the pope said. “He embodied the poverty of the disciple, which is not only detachment from material goods, but also victory over the temptation to put oneself at the center, to seek one’s own glory” as he followed the example of Jesus and was “a meek and humble pastor,” he said. The pope spoke during a homily in St. Peter’s Square at a Sept. 4 Mass attended by an estimated 25,000 people. “With a smile, Pope John Paul managed to communicate the goodness of the Lord. How beautiful is a Church with a happy, serene and smiling face, a Church that never closes doors, never hardens hearts, never complains or harbors resentment, does not grow angry or impatient, does not look dour or suffer nostalgia for the past,” the pope said. “Let us pray to him, our father and our brother, and ask him to obtain for us ‘the smile of the soul’” that is “transparent, that does not deceive,” Pope Francis said.
BEIRUT — In Lebanon, teetering on the abyss of a socioeconomic crisis, the future of Catholic schools is at risk. Melkite Father Youssef Nasr, secretary-general of Lebanon’s Catholic schools, said the school year was opening amid “a major life and existential crisis that stifles the breath of the entire nation and threatens the future of education. We have tried during the past year to confront this crisis with all our might” and “to prevent any school from closing its doors in these difficult circumstances.” Father Nasr said donors, both local and international, played “an important role in keeping the doors of our schools open.” Since the onset of Lebanon’s economic collapse in late 2019, the once-middle income country has now become a place where nearly 80% of the population is poor.
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“It is a Third World War ‘fought piecemeal’ that you are witnessing in the places where you carry out your mission,” he added. The pope’s remarks came during his brief greeting to his representatives before opening the floor to their “questions and suggestions” during a private meeting in the Apostolic Palace Sept. 8. The group included 91 apostolic nuncios and six permanent observers; five papal representatives were unable to attend, according to Vatican News. The group was at the Vatican Sept. 7-10 as part of an organized gathering of all papal representatives, scheduled every three years.
MANCHESTER, England — Catholics in the U.K. paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II following her death Sept. 8 and the end of a reign that lasted more than 70 years. Pope Francis sent a telegram addressed “To His Majesty the King, Charles III,” her son who immediately ascended to the throne. “I willingly join all who mourn her loss in praying for the late queen’s eternal rest and in paying tribute to her life of unstinting service to the good of the nation and the Commonwealth, her example of devotion to duty, her steadfast witness of faith in Jesus Christ and her firm hope in His promises,” Pope Francis said. The British sovereign died “peacefully” at Balmoral, the royal residence in Scotland, surrounded by members of her family. She was 96. Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, president of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, paid tribute using many of the queen’s own words. “On 21 April 1947, on her 21st birthday, Princess Elizabeth said, ‘I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service,’” Cardinal Nichols said. “Now, 75 years later, we are heartbroken in our loss at her death and so full of admiration for the unfailing way in which she fulfilled that declaration.” “Even in my sorrow, shared with so many around the world, I am filled with an immense sense of gratitude for the gift to the world that has been the life of Queen Elizabeth II. At this time, we pray for the repose of the soul of Her Majesty. We do so with confidence, because the Christian faith marked every day of her life and activity.”
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them both equally not counting either as his own merit.
Both of these parables teach us about the humility of God. When God became Man at the Incarnation, He left the highest place and assumed the lowest place. When Christ died on the cross for our sins, God gave us a gift that we could never repay, which makes it a perfect act of love. God is humble. In the letter to the Philippians, St. Paul says that we ought to have the same attitude that is in Christ (Phil 2:5), who humbled Himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross, and because of this was exalted by God (Phil 2:8-9).
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So what is humility and how do we acquire it? The root word in Latin means “dirt” or “earth.” We often confuse humility with low self-esteem, but humility doesn’t mean debasing yourself. It means being honest with yourself. It means seeing yourself for who you truly are, and that can be very difficult to do. In Genesis, God made man from the dust of the ground and breathed life into him (Gen 2:7). Humility reminds us that without God’s life in us, we are nothing, and that all our good gifts come from God. Humility helps to keep us thankful. The humble person doesn’t think less of himself, but thinks of himself less. Humility means recognizing your strengths as gifts given to you by God, which are meant to be used for God’s purposes. If you are a good speaker, a good athlete, a good musician, a good listener, a good artist, a good gardener, it’s not prideful to admit that you are good at these things. It is prideful to think that these gifts and talents make you better or more important than anyone else. It is prideful to think that these gifts come from yourself and should be used selfishly for your own interests.Humility also means recognizing your weaknesses, either as areas of your life to be worked on, if it’s something that can be improved, or accepted as a cross if it’s not. Your weaknesses are occasions to rely on God for help, but they do not make you worse or less deserving than anyone else. Thinking your weaknesses make you special is just as prideful as thinking your strengths make you special. What makes you special is God and God’s love for you. God gave you certain strengths and certain weaknesses and the humble person accepts
f you are like me, there are many nights when it can be very difficult to fall asleep. At least once a week or maybe even once a day, we may find ourselves in the midst of panic mode. You know that feeling: the rise of tension, the prickling on the neck, the deep breathing to try to calm ourselves, the churning of theOfstomach.course, we all feel this way occasionally, and sometimes it is merited when related to our basic instinct for survival. But what if we experience panic, anxiety and stress on an ongoing basis, day after day, week after week? If our minds can’t get past something, then we may very well be in a wrestling match – a wrestling match not as much with ourselves as with God.
I was recently reading in Exodus 4 where Moses had just received his instructions from God on Mount Sinai to go to Egypt to deliver His chosen people. When Moses leaves Midian and begins the journey with his family back to Egypt to fulfill God’s calling, he suddenly meets God. “At the lodging place on the way the Lord met him and sought to kill him” (Ex 4:24). It was only after quick thinking from Moses’ wife, Zipporah, who circumcised her son’s foreskin and laid it at Moses’ feet, that God “let him alone” (Ex 4:26). Why did this happen, especially when Moses was already on the way back to Egypt as God had instructed?
Each time the person was pulled from their doubts and uncertainties back to God. It is akin to Jesus asking Peter three times, “Do you love me?” (Jn 21) Jesus asks us: Am I the center or the afterthought? Is my path your central focus or just a sideline from what you ultimately want to accomplish for yourself?
The better question for ourselves might be: How can we change our perspective or our trajectory to put God at the center? First, we must identify the point of struggle. What is giving us anxiety? What do we keep reaching for that has always been just out of reach, but attainable if we push really hard? What path leads us away from our family or keeps us away from church? When we find the culprit, we suddenly realize we are standing right in the wrestling ring with it. So let’s muster strength and throw it out of the ring
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look what happens directly after both instances. Zipporah circumcised her son and laid his circumcised flesh upon Moses as if to prove, “Wait, God! We are all in. We pledge ourselves to you.”
As I began to look even closer and ponder these parallels in Scripture further, I found even more wrestling matches with God mentioned throughout the Bible. Think about the familiar Biblical stories of Jonah and the whale, Peter walking to Jesus on the water, Joseph’s struggle with finding out Mary was already with child, Paul blinded on the road to Damascus, the trials of Job, Abraham being asked to sacrifice Isaac, Daniel in the lion’s den, the prodigal son, and doubting Thomas, to name a few.
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When Moses left Mount Sinai, his mind must have been in a fog. An incredible task lay in front of him of which must have incited incredible trepidation, Moses being only human. He told God repeatedly, “Oh my Lord, I am not eloquent either heretofore or since you have spoken to your servant” (Ex 4:10). He even admits in Exodus 3:13 that, “I do not even know you well myself.” He persists time and again that he is not the one for this task: “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?” (Ex 3:11) As we can see, the wrestling match between God and Moses began early. This also might remind us of a similar Bible story: Jacob wrestling with God as he is fleeing from his father-in-law Laban and fearful about running into his brother Esau. “And Jacob was left alone; and a man wrestled with him until the break of day” (Ex 32).
The sense of weightlessness from taking that first step is a foretaste of heaven. You did it! You overthrew your opponent, which in many cases is Satan himself. Now it is time to tell God you are all in: “No more wrestling matches, God, I am ready to humbly follow you.”
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The paradox of humility
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I found the Scripture passages about Moses and Jacob to be so perplexing. Here both men are in psychological, as well as physical struggle, trying ultimately to do God’s will. They were both set on their present path by God and were trying, though harboring fear, to take action, to put faith into practice. Yet out of the blue God Himself comes down to physically wrestle with them.
Luke’s Gospel tells of a dinner party Jesus attends that is hosted by a Pharisee, whom we can presume thinks pretty highly of himself. Jesus uses this as an opportunity to teach a lesson on humility with two parables, both about dinner parties (see Lk 14:7-14). This first is from the perspective of a guest. When you are invited to a dinner, he says, you should seek the lowest place at the table. Why? So that the host can call you up to the highest place. The second is from the perspective of the host. When you host a dinner, do not only invite the wealthy and influential who might pay you back, but invite the poor and the weak who can offer nothing in return. Why? Because a gift given in expectation of repayment is not a gift but an economic transaction; whereas a gift given with no expectations is an act of love.
Askaltogether.Godtotake this burden from you. You might find yourself calling your boss and saying, “You know, I think I need to put this thing down right now,” or clearing something off your agenda, or putting a dream in God’s hands to open the door when it is His time, not yours.
Jesus says, “Learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart” (Mt 11:29). And so we pray, Lord, make our hearts like unto Thine.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that humility is the foundation of prayer (CCC 2559), which means before we can have an intimate relationship with God, we must be humble. So, yes, humility is very important. You can be weak in any other virtue, yet if you have humility you can be saved because you know you need God’s mercy. But if you lack humility, even if you are strong in every other virtue, you will be lost because of your pride. Yet, as important as it is, humility is a tricky virtue to develop, because if you think you’re good at it, you probably aren’t.
Satan and his adversaries know us far too well, so temptations may arise again –trying to pull us back into the wrestling ring. Luckily for us, God will always be there. Ask Him today to go before you as a pillar of cloud by day and as fire by night. And know, above all, how much He loves you!
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APRIL PARKER is a teacher at St. Pius X School and a member of St. Pius X Parish in Greensboro.
If I were Moses, I would feel like saying, “Lord, do you want me to do this or not?” Or if I were Jacob, “Aren’t I dealing with enough right now?” But
Likewise, Jacob reestablishes his relationship with his brother and pledges his love and support back to his estranged family. Both of these struggles remind us that we must realign ourselves with God, veer away from ourselves and our selfish wants and refocus on God’s plan.
This is the great paradox and mystery of humility. The greatest height a human being can attain is likeness to God. And God is humble. So if we want to sit in that highest place of honor in the heavenly banquet in God’s kingdom, we must seek first the lowest place. Because that place of honor can only be occupied by one who gives himself in love for others and does not deem equality with God something to be grasped, like Adam and Eve grasping after the forbidden fruit. That divine gift cannot be taken; only received by open and willing hands, and by open and willing hearts that are empty of pride and arrogance.
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Pride looks inward and says, “I am so good I don’t need God’s help,” or “I am so bad I am beyond God’s help.” Humility looks upward and says, “Lord, I need your help.” The most humble prayer is, “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner” (see Lk 18:13), because it recognizes the three essential truths that everyone must admit to get to heaven, and that is who we are (sinners), who Jesus is (God), and what we need from God (mercy).
pastor once told me the three most important virtues are “humility, humility, and humility.” He wasn’t far wrong.St.Paul teaches that the greatest virtue is charity (1 Cor 13:13), as charity is the principal virtue of heaven. But you cannot get to heaven without humility. In his “Summa Theologica,” St. Thomas Aquinas teaches that prudence is the most important of the cardinal virtues because it allows you to direct the other virtues wisely. But there is no wisdom without humility. Only a fool thinks he is wise, while a wise man knows he is a fool.
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In His teaching He warned those who would exalt themselves that they would be humbled and promised those who humbled themselves that they would be exalted (Mt 23:12; Lk 14:11). In order to learn Jesus’ way of love, his followers would also need to make that humble descent.
very time I preach God’s Word as a priest, my hope is that it both affirms faith and moves those who are skeptical toward that gift. But as I do so, I often ask myself the question: What was it that moved me to faith in the first place? What was it about the story of Jesus in the Gospels that first moved my heart to believe in Him?
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It seems the Father willed that His Son descend to the experience of millions of people who would also know the plight of poverty and material insecurity. Later at His baptism, Jesus had no need to descend into the waters of the Jordan, for He was without sin. Yet, He chose to do so out of solidarity with us who know the burden of sin and out of a desire to lift us out of the mud of slavery toward true freedom. This was His mission, for God “raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy out of the ash heap” (Ps 113:7).
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The first place we see the humility of God expressed in the life of Jesus is at His conception and birth. The infinitely powerful God took on the limitation of the human condition to become one like us in all things but sin. Each Advent and Christmas as we ponder the circumstances of His birth and contemplate the vulnerable Christ Child in the crib with the eyes of the heart, a moving sense of God’s humble love reduces us to our knees in adoration and praise. With His birth to a lowly maiden in poverty, His experience as a refugee, His presentation in the Temple with two turtledoves, the offering made by those who could not afford a lamb (cf. Lk 2:24), we begin to notice the theme of humility running throughout the stories of Jesus’ early life.
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Many of the great saints grasped the great paradox that God’s greatness had revealed itself in the humble love of Jesus. St. Paul appreciated that “though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich” (2 Cor 8:9). St. Augustine (354-430) marveled at Christ’s humility by contrasting the greatness of His divinity to the depths He had stooped to meet us in love: “He was being suckled at the breast and He was holding the universe together. He was lying in a manger and feeding angels” (Sermon 123, 3). For Augustine, Christ is the “magister humilitatis”…the teacher of humility (“On the Gospel of John,” 90) who shows us that all Christian love rests on the foundation of humility.
As we continue the great work of evangelization in our time, let God’s humility continue to confound and amaze us.
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As He arrived in Jerusalem for his passion, He entered the city on a donkey as a sign of humility and peace (Mt 21:5). At the Last Supper, He descended to His knees to wash the disciples’ feet – a humble task of service reserved for slaves. There at the first Eucharist He left us the memorial of His death whereby He would give Himself thereafter to those He loved in every place and time through the sacrament of his Body and Blood.
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The answer to that question is pretty straightforward. For me it was the love of Jesus that drew me to faith in Him as the Son of God. What was most captivating about Jesus’ love was how it was directed in two directions: outwards and downwards. On the horizontal level, it flowed outwards to the poor, to the sick and to those on the edges of society. But as Son of God, Jesus also carried the love of God downwards to those who had descended beneath their dignity and raised them again to new hope and life. It is this nature of God’s love as humble and descending that I would like to reflect on here.
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For people like Francis, Mother Teresa and Dorothy Day, they came to know the God above them by meeting Him below them. They grasped the great paradox that because Christ had descended to the depths and took the lowest place on the cross, it is among the lowly and “the least of these brothers and sisters of mine” (Mt 25) that He is to be found.
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With His death on Calvary, Jesus chose to “empty Himself” for He was “humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross” (Phil 2: 7-8). On the cross Jesus went down to the depths of where the human spirit could descend in suffering and despair in order to reach all those who would go there. In His agony, He descended to the point of utter abandonment even by God when He cried out “My God my God why
have you forsaken me?” (Mt 27:46). But the Father did not leave Him in that hell but raised Him on high and, together with Him, all who would believe. Because of Christ’s descent out of humble love to the Godforsaken, no one would ever be without hope.The dramatic descent of Jesus from heavenly glory to His humble birth, His life and the hell He experienced on the cross was not just expressed in actions. Throughout His saving journey from the heights to the depths, His actions were pervaded by a spirit of humility for He was “gentle and humble of heart” (Mt 11:29).
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So what can we take from this revelation of God’s humble love in Jesus that was grasped by the saints? For us in the Church, it takes us back to a truer image of God that emerges from Scripture and Tradition – that God’s nature is humble descending love that is offered to all. For us who believe in God, it emphasizes the importance of His nature as love that both spreads out to the edges and goes down to the depths. It immerses us in the truth that true love is, by nature, always humble. C.S. Lewis once wrote that being humble was much more than a question of virtue or imitation of Christ but a way to know God and accept salvation: “As long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on things and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you” (“Mere Christianity”).
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Concelebraron la Misa con el obispo el Padre Ernest Nebangongnjoh, vicario parroquial en la catedral. Asistieron los tres diáconos de la misma, Carlos Medina, Brian McNulty y Paul Bruck, junto con monaguillos parroquiales y seminaristas del Seminario Universitario San José en Mount Holly.
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Hosffman Ospino, profesor asistente de teología y educación religiosa en Boston College, afirmó en un artículo publicado por ‘El Pregonero, vocero en español de la Arquidiócesis de Washington, que la comunidad de más rápido crecimiento en Estados Unidos, la hispana, superará los 132 millones para el año 2050 cuando ha de representar el 30 por ciento de la población.Pero,señaló que la Iglesia no ha reaccionado a la misma velocidad. “Las diócesis, escuelas y parroquias están en ‘control automático’ desde hace sesenta años y se necesita una renovación, una nueva dinámica.
Una respuesta de la Iglesia a este reto fue la realización del V Encuentro de la Pastoral Hispana en 2018, con resultados revitalizadores para la vida de millones de católicos latinos en Estados Unidos.
El Obispo Jugis explicó que una iglesia también es importante porque sirve como un signo visible y tangible de la presencia de la Iglesia Católica en su comunidad.
“Todos somos seres espirituales, tenemos almas, pero también somos seres físicos, y necesitamos cosas visibles, tangibles,
Es necesario resaltar las palabras que los obispos de Estados Unidos expresaron en su carta pastoral de 1982, titulada La Presencia Hispana: Esperanza y Compromiso, “en este momento de gracia reconocemos que la comunidad hispana que vive entre nosotros es una bendición de Dios”.
“Un edificio de iglesia es una señal para otros de que Dios está aquí. Permanece como testigo de una presencia perpetua, perenne y permanente. Es un signo de la misericordia de Dios, un signo de la verdad de Dios, un símbolo de la santidad de Dios y un recordatorio constante de seguir los pasos de Dios, de vivir de acuerdo con los caminos de Dios”.
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Según el Censo de 2020, más de 62 millones de personas se identificaron como hispanos/latinos viviendo en Estados Unidos.Enla región sureste, que agrupa los estados de Carolina del Norte, Carolina
del Sur, Georgia y Florida, según datos de la USCCB, entre 2000 y 2010, la población hispana se ha incrementado en 148% en Carolina del Sur y 111% en Carolina del Norte.Aguilera-Titus afirma que los fieles con ascendencia hispana/latina aumentaron 13 millones, mientras que el resto de los católicos disminuyó 11 millones en las últimas tres décadas”.
Los latinos somos muy importantes para la Iglesia Católica en Estados Unidos.
¿Cómo entonces podemos vivir esa generosidad y solidaridad a la que nos llama el Evangelio de San Lucas? Porque esto es por lo que Jesús vino y considera más importante y valioso.
físicas que nos hablen”, dijo.
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EL PADRE HUGO MEDELLÍN es vicario parroquial de la Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en Charlotte.
nombre como malo, por causa del Hijo del Hombre. Alégrense en ese día y salten de gozo, porque su recompensa es grande en el cielo, pues sus padres trataban de la misma manera a los antiguos profetas” (LucasCreemos6:22-23).que la Iglesia estará aquí presente hasta el final de los tiempos. Cuando todo esto pase en Nicaragua, entonces veremos el recuento de los daños y sabremos cuántos sacerdotes, obispos y laicos, hombres y mujeres, han permanecido fieles a este llamado de obrar y luchar por la justicia y denunciar la injusticia.Pongamos en nuestras oraciones a la Iglesia en Nicaragua.
independientemente de si es creyente o no: adorar a Dios que nos da la vida y nos haEnredimido”.segundo lugar, dijo, “el edificio de su iglesia también sirve a un propósito de su santificación para hacerlos santos, para ayudarlos en su camino hacia la vida eterna. A través de los sacramentos que celebramos aquí, a través del Evangelio de Cristo que será proclamado aquí y predicado aquí... se convierten en el cuerpo viviente de Cristo, el templo espiritual del Espíritu Santo”.
“¿cuántos van a venir?, para saber cuánta agua hay que ponerle a los frijoles”.
mismo año, en un comunicado publicado por Alejandro Aguilera-Titus, Director de Asuntos Hispanos de la Conferencia de Obispos de Estados Unidos (USCCB) y coordinador nacional del V Encuentro, destacó que, la diversidad racial del pueblo hispano/latino se manifiesta como una característica única y común, como lo ilustra el poeta Juan Álvarez Cuauhtémoc: “Somos un pueblo Hispano... descendiente de tres razas diferentes... Hijos de Indio, Negro y español, unidos todos en un gran Amor; un pueblo diverso que juntó el Señor. Es así que fuimos lo que ahora somos”.
Por último, hemos visto en las noticias estos acontecimientos deplorables y muy tristes de la Iglesia siendo perseguida y que me recuerda, en este mismo pasaje de las bienaventuranzas, “Bienaventurados sean ustedes cuando los hombres los aborrezcan, cuando los aparten de sí, los colmen de insultos y desechen su
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“En este día del 83 aniversario del día de la dedicación de esta iglesia a Dios Todopoderoso, oramos y damos gracias al Señor por este hermoso regalo que nos ha dado”, dijo el Obispo Jugis. “Y usando las palabras que Él nos da en el salmo responsorial (Salmo 95): ‘Vengamos ante el Señor y alabémoslo por Su bondad’”.
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como nación de inmigrantes”. “Mi Administración está enfocada en hacer que la equidad sea una prioridad y en asegurar que los hispanos ocupen el primer plano de nuestros esfuerzos para mejorar la vida de las familias trabajadoras en todo el país”, dijo.Ese