2012 April issue — The New Vision

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‘Awesome!’

Nearly 2,000 co-workers

Cursillo to be in English, Spanish

join in ministry conference

By BERN ZOVISTOSKI The New Vision

By BERN ZOVISTOSKI The New Vision “Cursillo” – which means “little course” – is a threeday weekend of intensive spiritual reflection and exploration that supporters say helps people to “establish a backbone of Christianity” through love of God and love of neighbor.

Growing out of the desire of a group of young people in post-World War II Spain to be more involved in their Catholic faith, the movement has been functioning in the Diocese of Tucson in a bilingual setting for some 30 years.

Now, with the blessing and encouragement of Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, Cursillo supporters are separating the diocese’s movement into two Secretariats, one in English and the other in Spanish.

The need for the change was determined by the fact that “the language sometimes becomes a barrier to understanding, with translations and all, and many of us are not fluent so that discussion is lost,” said Cindy Chavez of Yuma, the English language lay director.

The newly established Spanish Secretariat will not only resolve the language issue but allow the discussion to better meld with See CURSILLO on page 20

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Sister Jeanne Carrigan cares for a man’s feet at Casa Maria.

Her new ministry: Washing of feet

By BERN ZOVISTOSKI The New Vision “This is like Holy Thursday.”

That’s the comment Sister Jeanne Carrigan, O.S.F., said she hears often as she washes the feet of homeless men and women at the clinic at Casa Maria in South Tucson.

Sister Jeanne, who has worked with people with disabilities for almost 40 years, retired last year as an assistant professor in the medical school at the University of Arizona.

“In caring for people with special needs,” she said, “they’d often say ‘my feet hurt’ and I found many times that toe nails were overgrown, so I naively went ahead and soaked the feet and trimmed the nails.”

As she approached retirement from the U. of A., she said, she decided to go to beauty school, with the blessing of her order. She studied for four months, on her vacation time, and became a licensed nail technician.

She said she has been volunteering at Casa Maria for about a year now, giving pedicures and manicures.

“This is a great ministry that is being done for the ‘least of our brothers and sisters,’” said Sister Jeanette Mariani, See MINISTRY on page 7

From all walks of life, more than 1,800 Catholics from all parts of the sprawling Diocese of Tucson gathered in Tucson last month for a three-day ministry conference that Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas described as “awesome.”

Reaction to the special event was universally positive – loud cheers and applause was the response when Bishop Kicanas asked the huge Tucson Community Center arena crowd: “So how good has this conference been?”

The conference opened in the evening of March 15 with a keynote address by Bishop Blase Cupich of the Diocese of Spokane and continued March 16 and 17 with attendees participating in 80 workshops designed to inform and inspire the diocese’s co-workers.

“I thought it was a wonderful opportuni-

ty for people in all ministries in the diocese,” said Nancy Rambaran of St. Joseph Parish in Tucson.

“This is the way to charge the batteries,” said Tony Enciso of Sacred Heart Parish in Nogales.

Bishop Kicanas spoke of the diocese’s past, present and future, saying “then, now and tomorrow – that’s us.”

Citing the “amazing advances” in the world, he said, there are still counter-weight issues such as war and abortion. “It’s difficult to appreciate one another, to value one another, to support one another.”

He said some say “we’re slouching toward Utopia…a few steps forward, and we fall back. Some call it paranoid optimism.”

Bishop Kicanas traced the diocese’s history, his talk aided by vivid illustrations on screen, and he talked about the Church today. Then he addressed the future: “We have to look now to handing on the See CONFERENCE on page 12

Monsignors named Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas is joined on the stage at the diocesan ministry conference by Father Al Schifano, left, and Father Raul Trevizo as the Bishop announced that the two had been named monsignors by Pope Benedict XVI. See story on Page 10.

Kateri, 2 other new saints to be celebrated in Tucson The people served by Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in South Tucson and its five missions are planning a really big celebration this fall.

And so is the Diocese of Tucson.

On Oct. 21, Pope Benedict XVI will canonize Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha in Rome, and with that the parish will add the word “Saint” to its name.

“It has been a long time coming, especially for the Native Americans,” said Father Seraphim Molina, S.T., the pastor.

Blessed Kateri was beatified in 1980 by Pope John Paul II. Father Seraphim said the parish was overjoyed when it was announced at Mass on Ash Wednesday that Blessed Kateri, a Native American known as “the Lily of the Mohawks” who died in 1680 at age 24, would become Saint Kateri.

“People clapped and clapped,” he said.

“Then we started talking about how to celebrate this. Everyone is full of enthusiasm.”

Tentatively, Father Seraphim said, the “local” plan is to celebrate on the day of the canonization itself with a 10 a.m.

Mass at the church on West 29th Street in South Tucson.

“We’ll probably suspend other Masses at the chapels so we can all come together and have a big Mass, a thanksgiving Mass, and then spend some time dancing, having a little semi-powwow.”

Father Seraphim said he will be working with Father Stephen Barnufsky, O.F.M., pastor of San Xavier Mission, and others to coordinate the planning and ensure participation of the Pasqua Yaqui Nation, Tohono O’odham Nation, the Navajos

and others.

Blessed Kateri was born to an Algonquin and Iroquois family in 1656 in upstate New York. After her family died of smallpox, she lived with relatives and was baptized when she was 20. She often went into the woods to speak to God and pray.

Two other new saints who had ties to the Diocese of Tucson will be canonized at the same time, and plans are underway for a diocesan-wide celebration for all three. A Mass is tentatively set for Nov. 4 at 5:30 p.m. at St. Augustine Cathedral.

Blessed Marianne Cope was born in Germany in 1838 and came to the U.S. a year later. She was called to the Sisters of St. Francis in Syracuse, N.Y., and worked as a teacher and in hospitals to fill needs, eventually moving to Hawaii to care for lepers. She died in 1918 and was beatified in 2005.

Blessed Pedro Calungsod, a native of the Yisayas region of the Philippines, joined Spanish Jesuit missionaries on a 1668 journey to evangelize the Chamorros in the western Pacific, where he was martyred. He was beatified in 2000 by Pope John Paul II.

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Grateful and humbled

Agradecido y más humilde

On April 27th I will celebrate 45 years as a priest. Amazing!

It’s hard to believe, and yet, I vividly remember kneeling on the marble floor of the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception in Mundelein, Illinois, when John Cardinal Cody ordained me with 53 classmates as priests. So many classmates, those certainly were years of abundant vocations.

After the Cardinal imposed hands, countless Chicago priests passed by placing their hands on our heads as we knelt. Every so often I would lift my eyes from watching their shoes to see who was standing over me: one a great preacher, another a beloved pastor, one a fighter for social justice, another an elderly priest leaning on a cane. Some priests I knew, many I did not know, but all were welcoming us into the priesthood as brothers.

I remember that when I left the seminary, I thought I knew what it was like to be a priest. I was in for a surprise.

In my first assignment as a priest I served as a parochial vicar at St. Joseph Parish in Libertyville, Illinois. When I arrived, my fellow associate, Father Charlie Cronin, now deceased, drove me around the parish introducing me to those I would serve. The people were wonderful, welcoming and encouraging.

My first pastor, Msgr. Harry Koenig, assigned me to teach in our Catholic School, and to work with the youth group in what was then called the CCD program. Today we know it simply as religious education, but in those days it was called Confraternity of Christian Doctrine. Those jobs were most commonly assigned to the youngest curate at a parish.

I learned quickly how little I knew about what it means to be a priest.

The people at St. Joe’s taught me so much. Their children were so important to them. They wanted them close to the church and to learn about their faith. They were thrilled if I went to their children’s sports events or joined them on parish outings. I learned that being present for them mattered so much.

I learned to pray by praying with them. Seeing their faith stirred my faith.

Through my parishioners, I came to understand what a challenge marriage was, raising a family, making ends meet. Life was a struggle for many and sometimes it was faith alone that got them through that struggle Early one evening, I was called to the emergency room at Condell Hospital in Libertyville. There, looking terrified, were Bill and Mae. Their son, Eddie, nine years old had been speeding a go-cart up a mud heap, when it fl ipped his head hit the engine. Doctors gave no hope to Eddie’s parents. We held each other and prayed big time. I learned how much prayer mattered.

You can study in the seminary for years and never learn how to bring Christ’s compassion and forgiveness to those in need or in pain. You learn it in the thick of ministry.

After three years in the parish I was surprised to be called to teach in Chicago’s high school seminary, Quigley Seminary South. I enjoyed teaching at the parish so the thought of being a full time teacher and counselor appealed to me.

El 27 de abril celebraré 47 años de sacerdocio. ¡Qué maravilloso!

Cuesta creerlo, pero sin embargo recuerdo nítidamente estar arrodillado sobre el piso de mármol de la Capilla de la Inmaculada Concepción en Mundelein, Illinois, el día en que el Cardenal John Cody condujo la ceremonia durante la cual junto a mis 53 compañeros recibí la orden sacerdotal. Con tantos compañeros, sin duda eran años de abundantes vocaciones.

Después de la imposición de manos del Cardenal, innumerables sacerdotes de Chicago fueron desfilando a nuestro lado y colocando sus manos sobre la cabeza de cada uno de nosotros mientras permanecíamos arrodillados. Yo seguía con la vista los zapatos de los sacerdotes que iban pasando, pero cada tanto alzaba la mirada para ver quién estaba junto a mí: uno era un gran predicador, otro un párroco muy querido, otro un luchador por la justicia social, otro un sacerdote anciano que se apoyaba sobre un bastón. Algunos eran conocidos y otros no, pero todos nos daban la bienvenida al sacerdocio como hermanos.

Recuerdo que al egresar del seminario yo pensaba que sabía lo que era ser un sacerdote. Pero me esperaba una sorpresa.

En mi primera misión como sacerdote desempeñé el cargo de vicario parroquial en la Parroquia de San José en Libertyville, Illinois. Cuando llegué, el Padre Charlie Cronin, hoy ya fallecido pero en aquel entonces mi coadjutor, me sacó a recorrer la comunidad para presentarme a las personas a quienes yo iba a servir. La gente era maravillosa, acogedora y alentadora.

Mi primer párroco, Monseñor Harry Koeing, me asignó la labor de enseñar en nuestra Escuela Católica y de trabajar con el grupo de jóvenes de un programa por entonces llamado CCD. Hoy se conoce simplemente como educación religiosa, pero en este tiempo se llamaba Cofraternidad de la Doctrina Cristiana. Esos trabajos por lo general se encomendaban al cura más joven de la parroquia.

Pronto aprendí que sabía muy poco sobre lo que en realidad significa ser sacerdote. La gente de San José me enseñó muchas cosas. Sus hijos eran muy importantes para ellos y querían que se criaran cerca de la Iglesia y que aprendieran sobre su fe. Les encantaba que yo asistiera a sus eventos deportivos o que los acompañara en los paseos de la parroquia.

Aprendí que para ellos era muy importante que yo estuviera presente.

Yo aprendí a rezar rezando con ellos. La fe que veía en ellos avivaba mi fe.

Por las vivencias de mis feligreses llegué a comprender las dificultades del matrimonio, de ser padres de familia, de lograr que el dinero alcance hasta fin de mes. La vida era una lucha para muchos de ellos y a veces lo único que los ayudaba a sobreponerse a esa lucha era la fe.

Un día al anochecer recibí una llamada solicitando que me presentara en la sala de emergencia del Hospital Condell en Libertyville. Allí estaban Bill y Mae, aterrorizados. Su hijo de nueve años, Eddie, estaba remontando su carrito de carreras en una pendiente cubierta de lodo cuando el carrito dio un vuelco y el niño se golpeó la cabeza contra el motor. Los doctores no les daban esperanzas. Nos abrazamos y rezamos con mucho fervor. Aprendí cuán importante es la oración.

Uno puede estudiar durante años en el seminario y nunca aprender cómo llevar la compasión y el perdón de Cristo a los necesitados o a quienes sufren. Eso se aprende sobre la marcha en el apostolado.

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• Editor and Publisher: Most Rev. Gerald F. Kicanas

These past 10 years have been such a blessing for me. The Diocese of Tucson is very unlike Chicago, but I have come to feel at home here, to feel so happy, to be so proud of our Diocese’s history and hopeful for its future.

Estos últimos 10 años han sido una gran bendición para mí. La Diócesis de Tucson es muy diferente de Chicago, pero con el tiempo he llegado a sentirme como en casa aquí en Tucson, a sentirme feliz, a estar muy orgulloso de la historia de nuestra Diócesis y muy esperanzado por su futuro.

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I experienced at Quigley what it means to work collaboratively with others.

We had a Religion and Counseling Department of 10, mostly priests. We got along famously and I found out how much fun ministry could be. We planned together. We ran retreats together. We worked hard never caring how many hours were involved. Now, years later, some of these priests are still among my best friends.

We drove buses, coached teams, counseled parents, celebrated Mass and tried as hard as we could to make Christ real to these young people and their families.

Quigley was all consuming, but always rewarding. I learned that adolescents, teens, could be saints, demons, dumb, wise, generous, and self-consumed. It has been fun catching up with some of them now as adults. Some became priests, some very successful businessmen, and some are still searching and confused.

Quigley brought me two tragic life-changing experiences. One involved a young man, a freshman named Reynaldo, who drowned in our school pool. The other was Joey, a sophomore, who went home just before Christmas and shot himself with his father’s gun.

In both situations the parents’ grief and shock was excruciating. We all cried.

How could you not cry? The sadness was pervasive. There is nothing to say in such moments, you just pray and stand by those suffering.

While still at Quigley, I became a Chaplain at the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center in Chicago. That, too, was a powerful learning experience. I met troubled families caught in a web of problems and dysfunction.

Try as they might, the young men just kept returning. Some of these family situations were so messed up, they would actually try to get in trouble at Thanksgiving or Christmas or some big day just to get a proper meal in the detention center.

Later, when I was assigned to be the rector of the major seminary, the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, Illinois, I was shocked. It had been almost 20 years since I left the seminary and I found many things had changed.

Yet what a blessed time that was.

In 10 years I met countless men who contemplated whether they had a vocation for priesthood. Their zeal, their desire to be holy, their enthusiasm for the faith was fresh and inspiring. It renewed my own priesthood. It was thrilling when these young men were ordained, and sobering when some of those, for whatever reason, could not sustain their priesthood.

At times, I struggled with whether I was fair when I did not recommend someone to his bishop for ordination. I also had regrets over why I had not seen something in those whose priesthood unwound.

Much of my priesthood has been working with seminarians, nothing could be more fulfilling.

Becoming an auxiliary bishop in Chicago in 1995 was a stitch. I enjoyed being back in a parochial setting. It was like being an associate pastor again, when everyone loves you, and you do not have to make any final decisions since that falls on the Diocesan bishop.

I worked with about 75 parishes in Lake and Northwest suburban Cook counties, a growing area with many resources. I had some very gifted co-workers in the priests, religious, deacons, and laity who ministered in the area. The parishes were huge, alive and well with ministers rendering work among parishioners.

But the Lord saved the best for last.

On Friday the 13th, in July of 2001, I got a call from Washington, D.C., from the Apostolic Nuncio who represents the Pope. I knew something was up.

I returned the call only to hear him say, “Bishop, I am delighted to inform you that the Holy Father has appointed you to be...” at which point my ears perked up, “the coadjutor bishop of The Diocese of Tucson.” At which point I said, “Pardon me?”

These past 10 years have been such a blessing for me. The Diocese of Tucson is very unlike Chicago, but I have come to feel at home here, to feel so happy, to be so proud of our Diocese’s history and hopeful for its future.

I have learned about Saguaro cacti, Gila monsters, ranches, copper mines, lettuce and Pima cotton fields. But mostly I have met countless numbers of fabulous people whom I have come to respect and love very much. I felt that poignantly last month when we gathered from all around the Diocese at the Tucson Convention Center. The vibrancy of our Diocese was palpable, a great moment.

While over these 45 years there have been many Good Friday moments, I have experienced so many Easter Sundays, moments of great joy, moments of profound hope, and moments of treasured love.

I am grateful and humbled.

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Luego de tres años en la parroquia me sorprendió que me transfirieran a enseñar en el seminario de enseñanza superior de Chicago, Quigley Seminary South. Como me gustaba enseñar en la parroquia, la idea de ser maestro y asesor de tiempo completo me apetecía.

En Quigley aprendí lo que significa el trabajo colaborativo. Teníamos un Departamento de Religión y Asesoramiento compuesto por diez integrantes, la mayoría sacerdotes. Nos llevábamos muy bien y yo me di cuenta de que el apostolado puede ser muy divertido. Hacíamos planes juntos. Dirigíamos retiros juntos. Trabajábamos con tesón sin importar cuántas horas invertíamos. Ahora, años más tarde, todavía cuento a algunos de esos sacerdotes entre mis mejores amigos.

Conducíamos autobuses, entrenábamos equipos, asesorábamos a los padres de familia, celebrábamos Misa y hacíamos todo lo posible para lograr que Cristo fuera una realidad para estos jóvenes y sus familias.

Quigley era absorbente, pero siempre gratificante. Aprendí que los adolescentes pueden ser santos, demonios, tontos, sabios, generosos, ensimismados. Ha sido un gusto encontrarme con algunos de ellos ahora que son adultos y ponernos al día sobre nuestra vida. Algunos se hicieron sacerdotes, otros son prósperos hombres de negocios y otros, confundidos, continúan su búsqueda.

En Quigley viví dos trágicos y cruciales acontecimientos. Uno fue la muerte de un joven llamado Reynaldo, que recién comenzaba sus estudios y se ahogó en la piscina de la escuela. Y Joey, ya en su segundo año de estudios, que fue de visita a su casa antes de la Navidad y se mató de un tiro con la pistola de su padre.

En ambas situaciones la conmoción y la pena de los padres fueron devastadoras. Todos llorábamos. ¿Cómo no íbamos a llorar? La tristeza nos llegaba a todos. No hay nada que decir en esos momentos, solo queda rezar y acompañar a quienes están sufriendo tanto.

Mientras estaba en Quigley, fui nombrado capellán del Centro de Detención de Menores del Condado Cook en Chicago. Esa labor también fue una impactante experiencia de aprendizaje.

Conocí a familias que vivían atrapadas en una red de problemas y de disfunción.

Por más que intentaban cambiar su suerte, los jóvenes volvían una y otra vez. Las situaciones de algunas de estas familias era tan desastrosas que a veces buscaban a propósito meterse en problemas durante Acción de Gracias o Navidad o algún otro feriado para comer una comida decente en el centro de detención.

Más adelante, cuando fui nombrado rector del seminario mayor, la Universidad de Santa María del Lago en Mundelein, Illinois, quedé sorprendido. Hacía casi 20 años que había salido del seminario y descubrí que muchas cosas habían cambiado.

Y sin embargo, fue un tiempo de bendiciones.

En 10 años conocí a incontables hombres que habían contemplado la posibilidad de una vocación sacerdotal. Su celo, sus ansias de santidad, y su entusiasmo por la fe eran refrescantes e inspiradores y renovaron mi propio sacerdocio. Era emocionante cuando estos jóvenes recibían la orden sacerdotal y desalentador cuando alguno de ellos, por alguna razón, no podía continuar en el sacerdocio.

A veces me costaba darme cuenta de si yo era justo cuando no recomendaba a alguien al obispo para que lo ordenara como sacerdote. Y sentía remordimiento pensando que algo se me habría pasado por alto en aquellos que no lograron continuar en el sacerdocio.

Gran parte de mi sacerdocio ha estado dedicado al trabajo con seminaristas; y nada podría ser más satisfactorio.

Desempeñar mi puesto de obispo auxiliar en Chicago en 1995 fue como si nada. Me gustaba estar nuevamente en una parroquia. Era como ser párroco adjunto, todo el mundo está contento con uno y no hay necesidad de tomar decisiones finales ya que eso queda en manos del obispo diocesano.

Trabajé con unas 75 parroquias en los condados Lake y Cook suburbano noroeste, un área en desarrollo con muchos recursos. Los sacerdotes, religiosas, diáconos y laicos con que colaboré en el apostolado eran personas de mucho talento. Las parroquias eran enormes, llenas de vida, vibrantes por la labor de los ministros con sus feligreses.

Pero el Señor guardó lo mejor para lo último.

El viernes 13 de Julio del 2001, recibí una llamada desde Washington, D.C. del Nuncio Apostólico que representa al Papa. Supe que estaba por suceder algo.

Cuando lo llamé para enterarme de la razón de su llamada me dijo: "Obispo, me complace informarle que el Santo Padre lo ha nombrado..." en ese instante paré la oreja, "obispo coadjutor de la Diócesis de Tucson". Ahí le pregunté: "¿Cómo dice?"

Estos últimos 10 años han sido una gran bendición para mí. La Diócesis de Tucson es muy diferente de Chicago, pero con el tiempo he llegado a sentirme como en casa aquí en Tucson, a sentirme feliz, a estar muy orgulloso de la historia de nuestra Diócesis y muy esperanzado por su futuro.

He aprendido sobre los cactos Saguaro, las lagartijas gila, los ranchos, las minas de cobre, los campos de lechuga y algodón Pima. Pero más que nada he llegado a conocer a innumerables personas fabulosas de toda la Diócesis, gente que tuve el placer de ver en el Centro de Convenciones de Tucson, donde la vida vibrante de nuestra Diócesis era palpable; fue un gran momento.

Si bien durante estos 45 años he vivido varios momentos de Viernes Santo, me ha tocado vivir muchos más Domingos de Pascua, momentos de gran júbilo, momentos de profunda esperanza, y momentos de amor que valoro muchísimo.

Estoy agradecido y por todo ello soy más humilde.

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Letters ‘We are not indifferent’ To the Editor: After speaking to over a dozen of my brother priests at the convention March 16 and 17, they encouraged me to make a response to Dr. Carrozza’s false allegations in the last New Vision.

He judges us as being indifferent to the issue of our religious liberties based solely it seems on the fact that some of us did not read the bishop’s letter from the pulpit or preach about (it). The bishop himself did not direct us to but rather left it up to each one of us to make the letter available in whatever we wanted to. Dr. Carrozza it appears has his own directives.

The other priests said they all made it available and not one of them read it as the people in the

pews are literate. We all agree that the issue is important and happy to see that Dr. Carrozza is speaking out about it. However, we do not see it as the “most critical issue” or “the greatest threat” we face as a church or country.

Not one of us sees it as a “war on religion.” We are not indifferent as charged but have a different perspective.

Like Dr. Carrozza we want to see this issue resolved, as I myself wrote to Senators McCain and Kyle, as well as to the President, stating my concerns. We are not as alarmed as Dr. Carrozza and we trust in the good will and faith of our bishops and our president to work out a solution that will be accepted by most as some are never pleased unless it’s their way.

It appears Dr. Carrozza is unable to accept a perspective or way of responding that differs from his own and so he reverts to divisive and derogatory remarks which we priests find

Bishop’s Calendar April 2012 offensive and counter-productive. We are not indifferent to a person’s freedom of conscience, religious liberties or of women’s rights and health care concerns.

Where is truth, (his motto), and Christian charity in his judgment of us priests who don’t see and act according to his requirements?

He asks “What world are we living in?” It’s one of compassion, trust, being non-judgmental, showing respect and Christian charity to all, even those whose position is not our own. We are thankful for our bishop and all our parishioners who respect what we do and hold us in higher regard than Dr. Carrozza.

Father Richard M. Kingsley Corpus Christi Parish

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Mental illness conference set

The Kino Border Initiative is inviting prospective members to “Step Up!” and attend a gathering in Tucson on Saturday, April 21, that will include music, art, light dinner fare and cocktails.

The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Old Pueblo Grill, 60 N. Alvernon Way. Tickets are $75.

The Kino Border Initiative operates in Ambo Nogales, addressing the issues faced by migrants – “providing dignity and humanity every day to those who need it most,” a spokesman said.

The organization provides a simple meal, first aid, shoes, jacket or even a return ticket home to the migrants.

“Help the Kino Border Initiative provide a little dignity,” the spokesman said. “Join us for an evening alfresco on the patio of the Old Pueblo Grill.”

For more information, call 520-2872370 or go to www. kinoborderinitiative.org.

An educational conference focusing on the intersection between faith and mental illness will be held in Tucson on April 27 at St. Philip’s In the Hills Episcopal Church on North Campbell Avenue.

Sponsored in part by the Diocese of Tucson, the conference will offer clergy, lay faith leaders and faith and health professionals insights and resources for understanding mental illness and helping congregations to be welcoming places for those affected by mental illness.

Rev. Susan Gregg-Schroeder of California, founder of Mental Health Ministries in 2001, will be the keynote speaker.

The program will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $35, or $100 for four persons.

To reserve space, call 520-297-2738, extension 233.

All are invited The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Novitiate invite all to St. Ann’s Convent for recitation of the rosary and the Chaplet of the Divine Mercy on April 15 at 2 p.m.

Mass will be celebrated at 3 p.m. by Father Abram Dono.

The chapel is located at 3840 N. Sabino Canyon Rd. in Tucson.

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Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas and Father Gonzalo Villegas with JobPath volunteers.

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By ALICE WEEKLEY Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas listened attentively recently as a single mother explained how she spent five and a half years as a veterinary technician trying to raise her two children on $8.50 an hour.

“I was barely getting by—living from paycheck to paycheck,” she told him.

And then, with a grin: “Now I will graduate as a registered nurse—making $25 an hour—or more!”

The woman learned about JobPath – how JobPath provided mentoring, counseling and help with “unexpected financial issues,” and her testimony that “it wouldn’t have happened without JobPath” became the face of her individual determination.

It’s also the determination of churches, parishes, and temples, working through the Pima County Interfaith Council (PCIC) and the business community to create and sustain JobPath, a project that has moved more than 1,100 families from poverty through training and into livingwage jobs.

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Sister Jeanne is ebullient about her new ministry.

“It opens up this whole new vista of wonderful people,” she said. “There is a sense of community, a sense of humor.

The lesson they teach me is living in the moment. I’m very privileged to be able to

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To the Editor: What an interesting article written by Sister Jane Eschweiler on the ‘Not Only That’ concept! (March issue). As I read it I caught myself thinking…oh, right, she’s so right…I never thought of the events she presents in just that way… And not only

JobPath has been recruiting unemployed and underemployed adults at churches throughout the community since 1998. Participants attend Pima Community College in a two year associate degree program, a training certification program or an apprenticeship program where there is a demand for skilled workers, primarily in healthcare and aviation mechanics.

JobPath counselors provide mentoring and peer support facilitation for participants during their training. Participants receive financial assistance for tuition, books, fees, transportation, child care and emergencies on a case-by-case basis.

The average pre-training hourly wage for 2010 JobPath graduates was $7.84 and the average post-training wage was $20.72. JobPath has a 90 percent average graduation and retention rate.

Father Gonzalo Villegas, rector of St. Augustine Cathedral, led a discussion among Bishop Kicanas, Hermi Cubillos, JobPath executive director; Kevin Courtney, PCIC lead organizer; JobPath governing board members Bill Valenzuela, Andrea Robson and others. do this.”

Sister Jeanne trims the toe nails of the sisters at the Benedictine Convent, she said, and at a senior citizen home.

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New law brings hope to scholarship recipients

$800,000 for children To establish scholarships for children to transfer from public schools and attend one of the three Notre Dame Ace Academy schools in Tucson, A T & T has donated $800,000 to the Arizona School Tax Credit program. The schools are St. John the Evangelist, St. Ambrose and Santa Cruz. Among those shown at a press conference at St. John’s are Father Paul Trevizo, V.G., of St. John, Sister Rosa Maria Ruiz, superintendent of Catholic schools, Father Mark Long of St. Ambrose, Christian Dallavis of Notre Dame, principals Sister Leonette Kochan, Emma Chavez and Roseanne Villaneuva, and Jerry Fuentes, president of A T & T Arizona/New Mexico.

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The popcorn being sold at baseball games in Tucson is being “prayerfully popped” by the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, which, they say, makes the treat “sinfully delicious.”

The Sisters, housed at the Benedictine Monastery, developed their gourmet popcorn business in concert with the University of Arizona’s Eller School of Business last year, and now they’ve signed contracts to provide popcorn at the home games played by the U. of A. Wildcats and the professional Tucson Padres.

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“We heard through the grapevine that the University of Arizona was looking for a new kettle corn provider after their previous one had dropped out,” Baldwin said.

“So Sarah began making calls and arranged a meeting. It turned out the university had already heard great things about our popcorn.”

Last fall, the Sisters and the university launched “Prayerfully Popped: Corn from the Cloister,” a business that pairs the Sisters’ small business experience with the opportunity for students to apply classroom concepts in the real business world.

Gov. Jan Brewer has signed into law SB 1047 that will essentially double the amount people can contribute in the Arizona school tax credit program.

The law expands the tuition tax credit limits of $500 for individuals and $1,000 for married couples to $1,000 and $2,000, respectively. The new donations are targeted toward students switching from public to private schools.

SB 1047 is designed this way to not only help many more children, but also to save the state money as the average tax credit scholarship is far less than the cost it would be to educate them in public school.

In response, Arizona’s Catholic Tuition Support Organization (CTSO) has begun gathering information from parents who are interested in sending their children to one of the Diocese of Tucson’s 26 Catholic schools.

“The financial component is especially hard,” said Gracie Quiroz, executive director of CTSO. “More than 48 percent of the families enrolling in our schools need financial assistance.”

CTSO has already brought in $5.8 million in new contributions, she said, “but we have already estimated that it will take more than $11.5 million to fund 100 percent of these families’ financial need.”

With the extended deadline until April 15 for tax credit contributions, CTSO hopes that Arizona taxpayers take advantage of this opportunity.

“CTSO has high expectations that the newly enacted SB 1047 will help close that gap,” Quiroz said.

For the 2012 tax year, individuals can contribute up to $503 for the individual income tax credit and an additional $500 to the second individual tax credit program. Taxpayers must maximize the first credit before making a donation toward the second individual tax credit.

“It will double the amount for couples filing jointly up to a total of $2,006,” Quiroz said.

The new bill is designed to not only help many more children, but also to save the state money as the average tax credit scholarship is far less than the cost of public school education.

“I encourage all taxpayers who have not yet made a tax credit contribution to please consider supporting Catholic education,” Quiroz said. “Any questions, please call me at (520) 838-2572.”

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Pledges top $2 million, goal is $3.7 million Pledges to the 2012 Annual Catholic Appeal have surpassed the $2 million mark as the campaign strives to achieve its overall goal of $3.7 million. That’s the amount necessary to fund the work of the Diocese of Tucson’s 26 charities and ministries for the coming year.

More than 8,600 families have made their gift to the appeal and the amount collected has surpassed $1.6 million.

The number of donors, however, is about 2,000 fewer than at this time a year ago, said Margie Puerta Edson, executive director of the Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Tucson. “We still have a long way to go to reach the goal and while we are deeply grateful and encouraged by the strong initial support, we still need people to participate in this year’s campaign,” she said.

Donors can make pledges through their parishes or online at www.diocesetucson.org.

At last report, at least 10 parishes had pledged more than 75 percent of their respective goals.

Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center achieved 168 percent of its goal, with a commitment of $7,550.

St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Tucson reached 158 percent of its pledge goal, with $426,409 committed.

St. Joseph in Wellton achieved 101 percent of its goal of $6,000, while St. Andrew the Apostle in Sierra Vista stood at 92 percent of its pledge goal, with a commitment of $110,254.

Our Lady of Fatima in Tucson stood at 84 percent of its pledge goal, at $37,431, while St. Bartholomew in San Manuel and Our Lady of the Valley in Green Valley both stood at 82 percent of their pledge goals, at $9,846 and $122,738, respectively.

“We are tremendously encouraged by the response we have received to the 2012 Annual Catholic Appeal,” said Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas. “I am grateful to all of our pastors and parishes for their support of the ACA.” The overall goal of $3.7 million is the same amount as last year’s goal and that of the year before.

The theme of this year’s appeal emphasizes the bond that exists among all Catholics in the Diocese of Tucson, calling on everyone to contribute whatever is possible to support their “co-workers in His vineyard.”

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Fathers Schifano, Trevizo named ‘monsignors’ by Pope Benedict XVI Nominated for the honor by Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, Father Al Schifano and Father Raul Trevizo, both of whom are Vicar Generals in the Diocese of Tucson, have been named monsignors by Pope Benedict XVI. The official title is Prefect of the Papal Household, given in recognition of service to the Church.

Bishop Kicanas announced the news at the Mass during the diocesan minis-

try conference last month at the Tucson Convention Center. Formal acknowledgement of the Papal honor was to be made at the annual Holy Chrism Mass on April 2 at St. Augustine Cathedral.

Msgr. Al, ordained in 2001, has served as Moderator of the Curia since 2004, heading the Office of Corporate Matters.

He grew up in Tucson and became a ranking executive at Sundt Construction, Inc., and he and his wife Alice had two

children. After Alice died in 1991, he was called to study for the priesthood at Sacred Heart School of Theology in Wisconsin.

His first assignment was as Parochial Vicar at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Tucson.

Bishop Kicanas described Msgr. Schifano as “a trusted friend who works tirelessly to improve the functioning of our Pastoral Center and parishes.”

Msgr. Raul is pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish and also is Episcopal Vicar for

Hispanic Affairs. Born and raised in Ray, Ariz., he was a public school teacher before deciding to study for the priesthood. He attended St. Patrick’s Seminary in California and was ordained in 1988.

“Msgr. Raul is also a trusted friend whose guidance, counsel and advice have been immensely helpful to me,” Bishop Kicanas said, “especially in our efforts to respond to the pastoral needs of our flourishing Hispanic community.”

Health law exemption called an ‘intrusion’ into religion WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The contraceptive mandate in the new health reform law is constitutional but the religious exemption to it represents an unconstitutional intrusion by government into decisions about religion, according to the former chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Catholic Education.

Speaking March 15 at The Catholic University of America on “Religious Liberty, Conscience and Contraception,” Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Curry of Los Angeles traced the current controversy over the Department of Health and Human Servic-

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“If one were to set out to write a law in violation of the First Amendment, to write a regulation giving power to government in religious matters, one would be challenged to come up with a better sample than this exemption,” he said.

The HHS mandate and its narrow religious exemption have prompted protests led by the U.S. Catholic bishops, who

say requiring people to pay for drugs and procedures contrary to their moral beliefs is a violation of religious freedom.

The Irish-born Bishop Curry, who holds a master’s degree in history and a doctorate in political science from U.S. universities, said the controversy “has brought to light a problem that has been growing by leaps and bounds in recent years -- the interference of government in religion.”

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‘Young disciples’ honored Family members, youth ministry leaders and pastors gathered with the Diocese’s “young disciples” for the annual Pope John Paul II Youth Leadership Awards dinner and celebration last month at St. Francis de Sales Parish in Tucson.

Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas congratulated this year’s 79 award recipients from 25 parishes and all of the Catholic high schools.

“These young disciples who have embraced leadership responsibilities in service to others at our parishes and Catholic high schools gave beautiful witness of their journey toward selfless love,” Bishop Kicanas said after the event.

The Pope John Paul II Youth Award recognizes leadership in one or more of three categories: Catechesis and Evangelization; Community Service and Social Justice; and Prayer and Worship.

Also honored was Michelle Benzenhoefer, youth minister of Our Mother of Sorrows Parish. She received the fourth annual Pope John Paul II Distinguished Service Award, which recognizes adults who demonstrate extraordinary commitment to our youth.

Catechesis, Evangelization: 1. Valerie Smith, Our Mother of Sorrows, Tucson 2. Xochitl Monje, St. Francis of Assisi, Yuma 3. Daniel Fragoso, St. Francis of Assisi, Yuma 4. Andrea Coronado, Lourdes Catholic High School, Nogales 5. Carolina Romero, Lourdes Catholic High School, Nogales 6. Paul Mather, St. Thomas the Apostle, Tucson 7. Thi Han, Our Lady of La Vang, Tucson 8. Trini Bui, Our Lady of La Vang, Tucson 9. Renee Tran, Our lady of La Vang, Tucson 10. Kaitlynn Williams, St. Augustine Catholic High School, Tucson 11. Danny Milchak, Immaculate Heart High School, Tucson 12. Mathew Ybarra, Santa Catalina, Tucson 13. Elissa Rea Rodriguez, Blessed Sacrament, Mammoth

14. Amber Bonnette, St. Francis de Sales, Tucson 15. Sabra Holubec, St. Francis de Sales, Tucson 16. Michelle Mercado, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Tucson 17. Felicity Newton, Salpointe Catholic High School, Tucson 18. Rebecca Lakosky, St. Rita in the Desert, Vail 19. Brittany Polanco, Most Holy Trinity, Tucson 20. Katherine Krieski, St.Mark the Evangelist, Tucson 21. McKenzie Grenfall, St. Mark the Evangelist, Tucson 22. Christian Robles, Saints Peter and Paul, Tucson 23. Florizel Pelayo, San Felipe de Jesus, Nogales 24. Andrea Cameras, Our Lady of Grace, Maricopa 25. Luke Stangl, Christ the King Catholic Community, Tucson 26. Catalina J. Flores, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Tucson Prayer and Worship: 1. Analissa Cotsonas, Our

Lady of the Valley, Green Valley 2. Alana Erchull, Our Mother of Sorrows, Tucson 3. Pablo Vergara, Sacred Heart, Tucson 4. Brianna Celez, San Martin de Porres, Sahuarita 5. Jeremiah Cardenas, San Martin de Porres, Sahuarita 6. Jennifer Miraval, San Martin de Porres, Sahuarita 7. Hunter Winsor, St. Rose of Lima, Safford 8. Phillip Hoovestol, St. Augustine Cathedral, Tucson 9. Sol Sturm, Immaculate Conception, Ajo 10. Eric Huelsman, St. Thomas the Apostle, Tucson 11. Nicholas Montanez, St. Augustine Catholic High School, Tucson 12. Joseph Mona, Immaculate Heart High School, Tucson 13. Timothy Wiley, Holy Angels, Globe 14. Chebel Sandoval, Holy Angels, Globe 15. Nesell Tovar, Santa Catalina, Tucson

16. Andres Moreno, Blessed Sacrament, Mammoth 17. Kylee Edwardson St. Francis de Sales, Tucson 18. Alina Vo, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Tucson 19. Stasha Thomas, Salpointe Catholic High School, Tucson 20. Michael Cardenas, St. Rita in the Desert, Vail 21. Maria Fernanda Velasco, Most Holy Trinity, Tucson 22. Amanda Madlangbayan, St. Mark the Evangelist, Tucson 23. Zaina Innabi, Saints Peter and Paul,Tucson, Tucson 24. Mary Guadalupe Padilla, San Felipe de Jesus, Nogales 25. Vanessa Valenzuela, San Felipe de Jesus, Nogales 26. Kevin Luna, Our Lady of Grace, Maricopa 27 Liborio Dominguez, Our Lady of Grace, Maricopa 28. Luke Stangl, Christ the King Catholic Community, Tucson 29. Liliana Buelna, Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, Tucson

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baton! How are we going to do that? To continue the work as we look to tomorrow.

“Certain challenges I think we face. We have to learn to pass on the faith to the next generation. There are many who do not know about the Church, who are indifferent to the Church, who could care less about the Church.

“We have to show by our witness who we are and what it means to be church: The willingness to sacrifice personally for the good of the other. How do we enliven the Church, how do we serve the people?”

Bishop Kicanas praised “my co-workers,” saying: “We stand on strong foundations and we are doing great work. The tremendous outreach of the Church, doing the work of the Lord day after day after day. We can be very proud of all that we’re doing (but) we always need to reinvigorate things…find new energy and new life…”

Noting that Pope Benedict XVI has proclaimed a “Year of Faith” beginning in October, he said that’s “an invitation to you to make this a special year, in our parishes, schools, religious institutions, our diocese, to enliven the faith as we look to the future. What ean we do to bring people to a new understanding of faith? How we can implement this call to the new evangelization?”

He spoke of vocations: “We continue to encourage a vocation to the priesthood, to religious life, to the diaconate, to lay ecclesial ministry. We cannot do the work of the Lord alone. We need coworkers. Paul showed us that the work of the Lord can only be done, hand in hand, together.”

The Bishop said during a recent drive on I-10 traffic ground to a halt and while he was waiting in line he noted the words on the rear of a pickup truck: “We are patient, we are determined, we are resolved. We will not tire, we will not fail. Let’s roll!”

He applied that message to all of the co-workers in the Lord’s vineyard here in the diocese: “We are patient, we are determined, we are resolved. We will not tire, we will not fail. Let’s roll!”

Another keynoter was Matthew Kelly, an inspirational Catholic speaker who has addressed about four million people in 50 countries and written books that have been translated into 25 languages.

“Everything great in history has been built by people who think the future can be better than the past,” Kelly said.

“God gave us the ability to choose and the ability to dream.

We have this ability to look into the future, to imagine a better future, and then come back to the present and build that future.”

He said society doesn’t believe the Catholic Church is going to be bigger than in the past, adding that many Catholics share that view.

“People bring their humanity to Church,” he said. “Like any family, Church is like a big family, and you’re going to have some problems from time to time. That’s reality. There are no perfect parishes.

“The world is changing, there’s no question,” he said.

“But I don’t meet anybody who says the world is changing unequivocally to the good. There is no group of people in the world in a better position to change the world than Catholics. That’s the reality. That just happens to be our mission. We’re actually called to change the world. And everybody knows that the world needs some changing.

“The reality is that the tide of American Catholicism is going out,” he said, citing declining Mass attendance on Sunday. It’s critically important to understand that business as usual isn’t going to change the tide, or even stem the

time. We need a game changer.

“It’s usually the simple things that are game changers,” he said.

He spoke of a time when he thought deeply about what kind of world his son Walter, 2, and daughter Isabelle, seven months, would grow up in.

“Then like a ton of bricks I thought, how am I going to raise my son? How can I raise my son to appreciate Catholicism? I flipped the question: What would have to happen for Matthew Kelly to leave the church? Then I started to think about why wouldn’t I leave the Church. What keeps me? Because I believe in the true presence of Jesus Christ and the Eucharist. And you can’t get that anywhere else.

“Once you believe in the true presence you’re given the grace to look beyond the good or the bad homily, or bad music, or good music.

“I think about friends and others who’ve left the Church… but none of them believe in the true presence in the Eucharist. I concluded we have to start there. Teach kids to reverence Jesus in the Eucharist. We get hypnotized by complexity. Game changers are always simple.”

Bishop Cupich focused on Catholics seeing themselves as part of the larger Church and the progress because of and since Vatican II. Masters of ceremony for the conference were Albert Miranda and Marco Carrasco, seminarians at Mundelein, who, the Bishop said, “kept the programs moving smoothly and with just the right mix of laughter and praise.”

At the conference, Bishop Kicanas surprised Father Al Schifano and Father Raul Trevizo with the news that Pope Benedict XVI had named them monsignors.

Inspiring and riveting talks were presented by Matthew Kelly, photo left, and an animated Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, and, in photo right, Spokane Bishop Blase Cupich.

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Número de Católicos, Sacerdotes y Obispos Aumentó Mundialmente, Señala el Vaticano La Población Católica se Elevó a 1,196 Millones al Final del 2010

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Padre Roberto Kose, OFM Cap.

Tiempo de Pascua

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n este tiempo celebramos la gran fiesta de la Pascua. Es el tiempo más alegre de nuestras vidas. ¡Nuestro Señor, Jesús, resucitó y está vivo! También celebramos el momento en que fuimos liberados de la esclavitud del pecado.

En este día celebramos dos Pascuas: la Pascua Judía y la Pascua Cristiana. La Pascua Judía celebra a un pueblo que fue liberado de la esclavitud del faraón y se puso en camino hacia la tierra prometida.

La otra Pascua --la Pascua Cristiana--, es cuando un pueblo nuevo es rescatado de las tinieblas y empieza a caminar guiado por el Señor resucitado.

El mensaje de la Pascua es la liberación.

Dejamos atrás la opresión y el conformismo y empezamos a caminar para construir una nueva sociedad.

La Pascua es un comienzo, el comienzo de una vida nueva en Jesús. Desgraciadamente, algunas veces parece que seguimos oprimidos porque aún hay muchas lágrimas en los hogares y mucho sufrimiento entre nosotros y, para muchos, la resurrección de Jesús es tan sólo un sueño. Pero Jesús resucitado no es sólo un sueño, ¡es una realidad!

La resurrección de Jesús no eliminó el mal de la Tierra sino que nos dió el poder para transformarlo. Por eso, ante todo, la Pascua Cristiana es un punto de partida y todavía nos queda mucho por hacer. Esta Eucaristía es la celebración del Señor resucitado, el día en que Nuestro Señor Jesucristo nos dio luz de una nueva esperanza.

Y esta, su Iglesia, es una Iglesia viva porque Él está vivo. En esta Eucaristía y en esta reunión de creyentes, nuestro Señor Jesucristo resucitado es nuestra vida, nuestra felicidad y nuestra fuerza. ¡A Jesús, la fuerza, el poder y la gloria para siempre! ¡Que viva Jesús por siempre!

Por Carol Glatz Catholic News Service

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IUDAD DEL VATICANO. (CNS).-- El número de católicos en el mundo y el número de diáconos, sacerdotes y obispos aumentaron durante 2010, mientras que el número de mujeres en órdenes religiosas continuó cayendo, según estadísticas del Vaticano.

Al final del 2010, la población católica mundial llegó a 1,196 millones, un aumento de 15 millones, o un 1.3 por ciento levemente más rápido que la tasa de crecimiento poblacional global, la cual fue calculada en un 1.1 por ciento, dice una declaración publicada el 10 de Marzo por la oficina de prensa del Vaticano.

Los católicos como porcentaje de la población global “se mantuvieron estables en más o menos el 17.5 por ciento”, subraya la información.

La misma declaración informó sobre algunas de las estadísticas contenidas en el “Annuario Pontificio” del 2012, el cual contiene información acerca de toda oficina del Vaticano, así como de toda diócesis y orden religiosa en el mundo.

Funcionarios del Secretariado de Estado del Vaticano y de su Oficina Central de Estadísticas Eclesiásticas presentaron la primera copia del anuario del 2012 al Papa Benedicto XVI, durante una audiencia el pasado mes de Marzo.

Las estadísticas detalladas en el anuario están basadas en informes provenientes de diócesis y órdenes religiosas al 31 de Diciembre del 2010.

El porcentaje de católicos declinó levemente en América del Sur, del 28.54 por ciento al 28.34 por ciento de la población regional, mientras que cayó en Europa del 24.05 por ciento al 23.83 por ciento.

El porcentaje de católicos aumentó en el 2010, justo bajo un punto de porcentaje en el sureste de Asia y en África.

El Vaticano dijo que el número de obispos en el mundo aumentó de 5,065 a 5,104; el número de sacerdotes pasó de 410,593 a 412,236, aumentando en todas partes, excepto Europa.

El número reportado de diáconos, 39,564, fue un aumento de más de 1,400 en comparación con el año anterior. El 97.5 por ciento de los diáconos permanentes del mundo vive en las Américas o en Europa.

El número de hombres que se unieron a órdenes religiosas mostró “un retroceso”, dijo el Vaticano, con un aumento de solamente 436 religiosos mundialmente en el 2010.

El número de mujeres en órdenes religiosas cayó por más de 7,000 en el 2012, a pesar de mostrar aumento de un 2 por ciento, en ambos, en Asia y África. Al final del año las órdenes de mujeres católicas tenían 721,935 miembros. El número de seminaristas en todo el mundo mostró crecimiento continuado, de 117,978 al final del 2009 a 118,990 al final del 2010.

Durante los pasados cinco años, expresa el informe, el número de seminaristas aumentó por más de un 14 por ciento en África, 13 por ciento en Asia y 12.3 por ciento en Oceanía. Los números se redujeron en otras regiones del mundo, particularmente en Europa, la cual vió una caída de un 10.4 por ciento en el número de seminaristas entre el 2005 y el 2010.

Retiro de Jóvenes Ofrece la Iglesia de San Cirilo de Alexandria, en Tucson

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a iglesia de San Cirilo de Alejandría ofrecerá un Retiro de Jóvenes el próximo 14 del presente, precisamente en las instalaciones del propio templo situado en la esquina de las calles Swan y Pima.

Se dirigirán pláticas con los temas: Siguiendo a Cristo Sacerdote, Orando como Jesús; Siguiendo a Cristo el Profeta, Comunicándonos como Jesús; Siguiendo a Cristo el Rey Pastor, Sirviendo como Jesús.

Estará dirigido a jóvenes de 8º. Grado de High School.

El costo para participar en este interesante Retiro será de 15 dólares, en el cual se incluirá una playera, lunch y bebidas.

El horario para el mismo será de las 8:30 am a las 3:30 pm del día indicado.

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Relaciones Prematrimoniales Por Lucero de Dávalos

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uerido hijo: Si nos guiáramos por el verdadero sentido de éstas dos maravillosas palabras, nos encontraríamos hablando de lo que precede al matrimonio: el noviazgo. Sin embargo, una vez mas hemos vaciado el contenido de las palabras y cuando ésto se menciona, relaciones prematrimoniales nos quieren decir que han efectuado las relaciones sexuales antes del matrimonio. (Con palabras, con la chispa bella de nuestro pueblo, se nos dice: se comieron la torta antes del recreo).

Hay parejas que nos hablan de esta situación diciendo que están probando antes del contrato matrimonial para ver si se entienden y no han visto que son dos cosas completamente diferentes.

Una tiene carácter provisional, carente de responsabilidad. La relación sexual claro que tiene mucha importancia; podríamos decir que es la que lleva la finalidad del matrimonio que es procrear y educar la prole, pero no se puede olvidar que el matrimonio tiene otro fin tan importante como el anterior que es la ayuda mutua.

Con esto ya hablamos de que la relación prematrimonial, para que sea buena, debe de hacernos crecer como personas… debe de hacernos mejores.

Cuando se ama verdaderamente, jamás se degrada al amado, y al no querer mas que placer sin compromido, se rompe el equilibrio entre amorresponsabilidad y, por lo tanto, se pierde felicidad. ¿Por qué? Porque ahí generalmente hay apasionamiento, una búsqueda de uno mismo llena de egoísmo, mientras que el amor es lo contrario, es lo que yo deseo para el ser que quiero y busco su felicidad.

Otra cosa, en el matrimonio no todo es sexo, hay muchas relaciones bellísimas, amistad, compañerismo, convivencia, etcétera. Todas, incluyendo el sexo que al igual que el ser es cambiante, así que dudo que esa prueba sirva para un buen matrimonio. En esos casos hay siempre duda: ¿con cuántos o cuántas más probaría? Y con esas bases, con esas aportaciones sensuales no es posible fundamentar una buena familia. Lo que se siembra se cosecha y si lo único que unió fue el sexo, éste es el primero que separa.

Así como los sentimientos son las vibraciones del alma, el erotismo, la sensualidad nos hace vibrar el cuerpo, sólo que los sentimientos buenos nos dan alas que nos hacen remontar hacia las alturas, mientras que la sexualidad a destiempo nos arrastra a ponernos a la altura de los instintos mas bajos, plenos de egoísmo.

El sexo dentro del matrimonio es una realidad que Dios bendice con el sacramento Magno, y que los sacerdotes testifican con su presencia y, como decía uno de ellos: yo lo bendigo con dos manos porque no tengo cuatro.

Con cariño te bendice tu madre.

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Llamado a Servir

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ola, es motivo de alegría y felicidad el poder saludar a todos los hermanos en la fe a través de las columnas de La Nueva Visión. Nos sentimos llenos de agradecimiento por la oportunidad que se nos ha dado de escribir estos pequeños artículos a nombre del Movimiento de Cursillos de Cristiandad de nuestra Diócesis.

Por lo tanto, queremos aprovechar la oportunidad para extender una cordial invitación a todas aquellas personas que no han tenido la dicha o la fortuna de vivir un cursillo de cristiandad. A que se comuniquen con nosotros a los teléfonos que se encuentran al final de esta columna. Retomando el tema de los que no han tenido la fortuna de vivir un cursillo, bueno porque sencillamente es una fortuna vivir un cursillo de cristiandad por la razón que en solo tres días se nos enseña o se nos da la llave para un cambio total de vida.

Aclaramos una cosa: el cursillo no es un retiro espiritual sino un curso corto de tres días donde su metodología está centrada en las enseñanzas de Nuestro Señor y redentor Cristo y su Iglesia.

Además, de tantas cosas positivas que se enseñan, en el cursillo hay tres encuentros fundamentales para la vida del hombre, lo que nos ayuda a conocernos a nosotros mismos, a nuestro Señor Jesús y a nuestros hermanos. Esto se resume en los tres encuentros que se experimentan en el cursillo.

Una cosa se asegura en esto que todo el que viva un cursillo de cristiandad le va a encontrar sentido a la vida. ¿Y cuál es el sentido a la vida? Bueno por ahí alguien escribió lo siguiente “EL QUE NO SIRVE PARA SERVIR, NO SIRVE PARA VIVIR.” Buenas nuevas, buenas noticias para toda la comunidad hispano parlante.

También queremos compartir con todos ustedes que nuestro obispo G. Kicanas, acaba de aprobar el secretari-

ado en ESPAÑOL y estamos muy contentos de compartir estas nuevas y buenas noticias.

El equipo a servir ya ha sido escogido y a todos los líderes servidores que han sido llamados les deseamos muchísimas bendiciones en estos próximos tres años de servicio en este ministerio. Están incluidas las comunidades de Yuma, Casa Grande, Sierra Vista, Douglas y Tucson.

También, hacemos un llamado especial a todos nuestros hermanos cursillistas que desean servir al movimiento, les pedimos que se adhieran a las respectivas escuelas de dirigentes de estas comunidades para que se integren y puedan ayudarnos a servir a nuestros hermanos que sufren muchísimo por la ausencia de Dios en sus vidas.

Entonces invitamos a todos los que no han sido afortunados de participar en un cursillo a que lo vivan. Y de antemano también invitamos a todos nuestros hermanos que han tenido la fortuna de vivir un cursillo a que se unan a este movimiento Cursillos de Cristiandad que nos ha dado tantas bendiciones y frutos para seguir trabajando en esta nuestra Iglesia: Una, Santa y Apostólica.

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El amor todo lo puede Por: Eleazar Ortiz Cuando uno tiene que rendir cuentas al pasado siempre hay un momento donde el pensamiento se estaciona. En nuestro días idos hay un archivo virtual que cuida notas personales, momentos únicos que van desde un instante de felicidad hasta los recuerdo angustiosos. Nuestro pasado lo forman nuestras experiencias vividas que enriquecen los momento por donde navegamos en nuestros mares de recuerdos. Una vida genera tantas experiencias que no es posible con nuestras mentes registrar cada minuto del tiempo ya vivido. Tendríamos que ser el Funes de Jorge Luis Borges para desvivir día tras día y llegar al punto cero de nuestra existencia. Fuera del mundo fantástico e intrigante de Borges, para uno, simple mortal y dueño del libro que escribimos a diario, no nos es posible volver a vivir al pasado. Sin embargo, tenemos momentos archivados que van con nosotros a donde vayamos. Guardamos recuerdos que hemos traído con nosotros por décadas o que probablemente se produjeron un día atrás. Sin embargo, lo que debemos hacer es enfrentar nuestro presente para ir dándole un sentido a nuestros pasos que nos llevan al futuro. Ángeles Mastretta, en su columna Nostalgia del futuro del mes de febrero de 2012, expresa “A veces nos toma la melancolía como una nostalgia del futuro. ¿Hasta dónde alcanzaremos a ver?” y con este enunciado y pregunta me llega un recuerdo fresco de dos días atrás. Una chica de escasos 17 años parió un niño precioso que tiene la sonrisa de un angelito. Le hablo por teléfono para saber de la salud de ambos y para desearles lo mejor en sus vidas “futuras”. Sí, porque el pasado no permite dedicarle más tiempo.

Cuando las situaciones extraordinarias se presentan en las vidas, el presente se aferra a posesionarse de una vida. Son muchos los cambios que surgen en una muchacha que sabe que está preñada y que no lo esperaba. Se aproximan nueve meses para adaptar su organismo y mente a la nueva realidad. Se avecina una nueva etapa desde este punto y hacia adelante. Entonces, al futuro se le pone una pausa porque el presente absorbe toda la atención.

Al preguntarle a la nueva mamá sobre su futuro próximo me dijo que no sabía cómo le iba hacer, pero primero es su hijo y volver a la escuela lo más pronto posible.

Definitivamente, no debemos detener un buen futuro. La maternidad conlleva la responsabilidad. La chica es madre soltera y tiene el apoyo único de su mamá, que a su vez está separada de su esposo. La joven mamá ya está pensando en el futuro de su hijo y de ella. La alenté a retomar sus planes y sus metas.

Es este el momento donde se muestra el amor a los hijos. Probablemente habrá que crear planes más congruentes y a plazos cortos. Le sugerí que volviera a la escuela lo más pronto posible.

Se sabe que es muy complicado iniciar una etapa como ésta, pero si ponemos el amor a nuestros hijos por enfrente, cualquier sacrificio vale la pena. El amor “Perdura a pesar de todo, lo cree todo, lo espera todo y lo soporta todo” (1Corintios 13:7). Está claro que en ocasiones no tomamos las opciones correctas, y ésto es válido sin importar la edad. Sin embargo, debemos seguir nuestra lucha que lleva el estandarte del amor. Llega a mi mente una cita muy usada por los estudiantes en sus sitios sociales de Internet, “si la vida te tira con limones, prepárate una buena limonada” y a seguir sonriendo y a seguir amando.

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Momento en la Vida Diaria

Un Alto en el Camino

Por Pino Pellegrino

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uestras vidas parecen estar llenas de mucha actividad. Solamente pensemos en la siguiente lista: trabajo, hijos, escuela, actividades culturales, deportes, visita de familia, amigos, actividades en la Iglesia, diversiones, cine, TV, etc. Parece que siempre podemos encontrar algo con que ocupar nuestro tiempo y a que dedicar nuestra atención.

En los últimos meses leí una entrevista sobre Laurence Freeman, un religioso Benedictino de la orden de Monte Oliveto y autoridad en el tema de meditación (www.wccm.org). Hay una serie de videos de él muy interesantes en YouTube que ofrecen pautas de cómo meditar. Por otro lado

una reflexión del libro “Rediscovering Lent” de Matthew Kelly, resalta que todos vivimos una vida de contemplación cada día. ¿Puede ser esto cierto?

Según Kelly los santos contemplan la voluntad de Dios. Los no tan santos contemplan una serie de distracciones o cosas del mundo. Por ejemplo la belleza de una persona, la moda, que comprar, el futuro con sus ansiedades, el pasado con sus remordimientos y rencores. Las opciones no se terminan.

Uno de los retos más grandes es hacer un alto en el camino cada día.

Los santos buscan a Dios cada día y le dedican tiempo y espacio de calidad... cada día. ¿Aceptas este reto hoy? o prefieres dejarlo para mañana?

El Movimiento Migratorio Ofrece la Oportunidad de Crecimiento y Misión Por Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

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OMA, Italia. (CNS).– A pesar de que el movimiento migratorio causa luchas para los inmigrantes y para los países que brindan la hospitalidad, a la larga, proporciona oportunidades de estabilidad, enriquecimiento cultural y crecimiento religioso, expresaron oradores en Roma en una reunión que fue apoyada por la embajada de los Estados Unidos ante la Santa Sede.

El embajador de los Esta-

dos Unidos, Miguel H. Díaz, teólogo oriundo de Cuba, les dijo a los asistentes que a pesar de que representa un serio obstáculo el poder equilibrar las preocupaciones humanitarias y legales para los estados políticos modernos que tratan con movimientos migratorios, “encontrando la forma de integrar a los inmigrantes, las comunidades pueden llegar a ser más fuertes que antes. La experiencia del movimiento migratorio puede ser una oportunidad para darle cabida de manera positiva a la

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diversidad humana” El embajador dirigió una discusión de mesa redonda que llevó como título “Building Bridges of Opportunity: Migration and Diversity” (Cimentación de puentes de oportunidad: inmigración y diversidad), el cual se llevó a cabo el pasado mes de Marzo en el Colegio Pontificio Norteamericano; las discusiones atrajeron a funcionarios del Vaticano, analistas de inmigración, otros embajadores, estudiantes, sacerdotes, religiosos y personas que trabajan con inmigrantes.

Benedicto XVI y la Familia

Por Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel Arzobispo de Chiapas

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as tres diócesis de Chiapas hemos organizado un encuentro de familias para reflexionar, orar, celebrar la fe y compartir la alegría de estar juntos, en sintonía con el Encuentro Mundial de la Familia, que se realizará en Milán, Italia, en junio próximo, al que asistirá el Papa. Se desarrollarán los mismos temas: Familia, trabajo y fiesta.

La razón que generó esta iniciativa es la prioridad que debemos dar a las familias, pues también en Chiapas ya está llegando el contagio de la cultura postmoderna, que menosprecia, destruye y relativiza este cimiento de la sociedad y de la Iglesia: Aumentan los embarazos precoces y los abortos, los divorcios y la inestabilidad conyugal. Muchos jóvenes deciden vivir en pareja, sin matrimonio eclesiástico ni civil, al que ven como una atadura esclavizante. Les parece bueno pasar así varios años de prueba, o sólo por estar juntos, sin estabilidad ni solidez, lo que produce incertidumbre en ellos y en los hijos.

Se pretende imponer como modelo de familia la unión entre personas del mismo sexo, como algo normal y legal. El trabajo de la pareja fuera del hogar está afectando a los hijos, que no gozan de la presencia afectiva y efectiva de sus padres.

Cada quien vive sus fiestas por su lado y no con la familia. Jóvenes que carecen de una familia armoniosa son enganchados por el crimen organizado para cometer todo tipo de tropelías. En vez de sólo lamentar lo que sucede, o de sólo criticar a las instituciones, deseamos ofrecer un espacio de reflexión y oración, para que las familias se consoliden en armonía y en paz.

CRITERIOS El Papa Benedicto XVI ha dicho al

respecto: “La familia es el valor más querido de esas nobles tierras. Sin embargo, se constata con dolor cómo los hogares sufren cada vez más situaciones adversas provocadas por los rápidos cambios culturales, por la inestabilidad social, por los flujos migratorios, por la pobreza, por programas de educación que banalizan la sexualidad y por falsas ideologías. No podemos quedar indiferentes ante estos retos. En el Evangelio encontramos luz para responder a ellos sin desanimarnos. Cristo con su gracia nos impulsa a trabajar con diligencia y entusiasmo para acompañar a cada uno de los miembros de las familias en el descubrimiento del proyecto de amor que Dios tiene sobre la persona humana.

Ningún esfuerzo, por tanto, será inútil para fomentar cuanto contribuya a que cada familia, fundada en la unión indisoluble entre un hombre y una mujer, lleve a cabo su misión de ser célula viva de la sociedad, semillero de virtudes, escuela de convivencia constructiva y pacífica, instrumento de concordia y ámbito privilegiado en el que, de forma gozosa y responsable, la vida humana sea acogida y protegida desde su inicio hasta su fin natural. Por este motivo, la pastoral familiar tiene un puesto destacado en la acción evangelizadora de cada una de las Iglesias particulares” (A las comisiones episcopales de familia en América Latina: 28-III-2011).

“La nueva evangelización depende en gran parte de la Iglesia doméstica. En nuestro tiempo, como ya sucedió en épocas pasadas, el eclipse de Dios, la difusión de ideologías contrarias a la familia y la degradación de la ética sexual, están vinculados entre sí. Y del mismo modo que están en relación el eclipse de Dios y la crisis de la familia, así la nueva evangelización es inseparable de la familia cristiana” (Al Consejo Pontificio para la familia: 1-XII-2011).

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os ranas, una optimista y otra pesimista, cayeron al mismo tiempo en dos recipientes con leche. La rana pesimista pensó: “No puedo salir de aquí porque las paredes son muy lisas, no puedo respirar en esta leche, voy a asfixiarme, estoy perdida.” Y en efecto, se asfixia y muere. La optimista tampoco sabía que hacer pero se agitaba en todos sentidos. Como se movía continuamente, batió la leche con tanto vigor que esta se transformó en mantequilla. Entonces se sentó sobre ella y pudo respirar libremente.

La moraleja de este cuento dice que cuando no se sepa qué hacer ante una situación, por lo menos no hay que dejar de seguir luchando. En el mundo existen dos tipos de personas: optimistas y pesimistas. En el campo de la salud mental, se afirma que las personas que suelen ver la vida con tintes derrotistas están expuestas a contraer enfermedades físicas y psicológicas. En cambio, los optimistas suelen vivir vidas más sanas.

En su libro The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Achor establece que al aprender a programar nuestros cerebros, a pensar positivamente, alcanzamos una capacidad más competitiva en el mundo laboral, social y emocional. Se han hecho numerosos estudios sobre el impacto psicológico de las emociones negativas y positivas en la salud física y mental. Un estudio señala que el pesimismo y las emociones negativas producen altos niveles de actividad cardiovascular que, cuando es intensa o prolongada, pone a las personas en alto riesgo de desarrollar problemas cardiacos, al lastimar las paredes arteriales internas (Blascovich y Katkin, 1993).

En cambio, el optimismo estimula la producción de niveles altos de dopamina --hormona del bienestar-- en el cerebro. La llamada Psicología Positiva esta en boga porque existe una tendencia a recuperar el sentido de lo bello, lo bueno, lo asombroso y exquisito del universo que nos rodea. Siempre se ha dicho que “no hay rosa sin espinas”, para explicar el sufrimiento, pero esa es una visión pesimista de la vida. ¿Hemos pensado que también las espinas pueden tener rosas?

Valentin Fuster y Luis Rojas, en la obra “Corazón y Mente” dicen:

“Las personas que se sienten indefensas ante la adversidad y piensan que hagan lo que hagan nada cambiará ni mejorará, con el tiempo son proclives a adoptar una disposición apática y derrotista, a tirar la toalla. La conciencia prolongada de impotencia y desamparo Viliulfo de Valderrama es nefasta porque alimenta Padre los sentimientos debilidad y fracaso,

NI TANTO QUE QUEME AL SANTO

El Poder del Optimismo consume la iniciativa y agota la esperanza… las personas que disfrutan de un moderado sentido de control sobre sus circunstancias resisten mejor los ataques a su autoestima y se enfrentan más decidida y eficazmente a los problemas.”

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l mayor exponente del pensamiento positivo fue G. Leibniz.

Este filósofo alemán publico una obra optimista titulada La Teodicea. Allí Leibniz predica que vivimos no en un mundo perfecto, sino en el mejor de los mundos posibles. Defiende la idea de un Dios que, como si fuera un matemático, ha sido capaz de “ordenar” el mejor mundo posible de entre todas las variables existentes.

El pesimismo, entendido como pensamiento negativo, es mucho más antiguo. Sugiere que vivimos en el peor de los mundos posibles, y fue apoyado por algunas de las mentes más privilegiadas de la historia: Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard y Sartre. Muchas personas tienen ideas derrotistas del mundo y de sí mismos debido a fuertes experiencias emocionales del pasado. O también tienen ideas irracionales aprendidas en ambientes disfuncionales en donde ha predominado el abuso, la violencia, la venganza y el desamor.

Desde la psicología positiva, el desafió de los derrotistas es aprender a hacer una lectura más sana de lo que les pasa: un divorcio no es un fracaso sino una lección; la muerte de un ser querido no es el fin de todo, sino el principio de un nuevo capítulo con nuevas bendiciones; la enfermedad no es un castigo sino un examen; el perder un trabajo no es un fracaso sino una nueva oportunidad. Dios no castiga a nadie; no existe la mala suerte; el fracaso sólo existe en la mente; la

muerte no es el fin; el dolor es un maestro; la pobreza es liberadora; las crisis perfeccionan; las adicciones empujan hacia Dios; los pasados tormentosos infunden un deseo mas intenso por vivir; las tragedias hacen seres más humildes. Un proverbio chino dice: “Aunque en esta vida te toque perder, nunca pierdas la lección.”

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esde la lectura Cristiana, la Biblia es un gran recetario de optimismo. En muy difundido este pensamiento: Cuando dices: “No puedo resolver las cosas...” Dios te dice: “Yo dirijo tus pasos”, (Proverbios 3:5-6). Cuando dices: ”Es imposible...” Dios te dice: “Todo es posible”, (Lucas 18:27). Cuando dices: “Me siento muy solo...”, Dios te dice: “No te dejaré”, (Hebreos 13:5). Cuando dices: “Yo no lo puedo hacer...”, Dios te dice: “Todo lo puedes hacer”, (Filipenses 4:13). Cuando dices: “Yo no lo puedo perdonar...”, Dios te dice: “Yo te perdono”, (1° Juan 1:9). Cuando dices: “Tengo miedo...”, Dios te dice: “No temas, que yo estoy contigo”, (Isaías 41:10). Cuando dices: “Estoy muy cansado”, Dios te dice: “Yo te haré descansar”, (Mateo 11:28). Cuando dices: “Nadie me ama de verdad...”, Dios te dice: “Yo te amo”, (Juan 3:16). Cuando dices: “No sé cómo seguir...”, Dios te dice: “Yo te enseñaré el camino”, (Salmo 32:8).

En nuestro mundo está en boga el slogan, “Life sucks, then we die”. Sin embargo, podemos aprender del perenne optimismo de la madre Teresa de Calcuta: “La vida es una oportunidad, aprovéchala; la vida es belleza, admírala; la vida es beatitud, saboréala; la vida es sueño, hazlo realidad; la vida es un reto, afróntalo; la vida es un deber, cúmplelo; la vida es un juego, juégalo; la vida es un bien precioso, cuídalo; la vida es riqueza, consérvala; la vida es amor, gózala; la vida es misterio, desvélalo; la vida es promesa, cúmplela; la vida es tristeza, supérala; la vida es un himno, cántalo; la vida es un combate, acéptalo; la vida es una tragedia, domínala; la vida es una aventura, arrástrala; la vida es felicidad, merécela; la vida es vida, defiéndela”.

Animo. Cultiva el optimismo. Joan Chittister decía que la resurrección del mundo empieza cuando el hombre se siente artista de su vida y escultor de su universo.

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Abril es el mes nacional de prevención de abuso de niños. Cada año desde 1983, nuestro país ha separado este mes para renovar nuestra motivación para prevenir y responder efectivamente al abuso y negligencia de menores de edad y jóvenes.

En la Diócesis de Tucson, cada día es dedicado a prevenir el abuso de niños. Juntos, hemos hecho bien en desarrollar y llevar a cabo nuestro Programa de Ambiente Seguro, que empezó en 2002. Hay muchos elementos en el programa, pero el fundamento de todo lo que hacemos es el compromiso que tenemos de seguir la ley de reportar mandataria.

Tenemos buena compañía. Tuve el gusto de leer recientemente que el Centro Nacional de Niños Perdidos y Explotados (NCMEC) puso al día su red, www.cybertipline.com.

Este lugar es operado en colaboración con varias agencias nacionales de coacción de la ley. Como sugiere el nombre, la meta de esta red es para facilitar el reporte de sospecha de abuso de niños, ya sea en persona o por la red.

Reportando a Cybertipline no es considerado un substituto a nuestro compromiso de reportar a la policía llamando al 911 cuando hay una sospecha razonable de abuso a menores de edad; puede ser una ayuda para personas y organizaciones que no tienen sistemas para reporLa Semana Santa es temporada oportuna de recordar la vida, la muerte y la resurrección salvífica de Jesús. Jesús nació y creció en Nazaret y se dedicó a la misma profesión de su padre, carpintero. No había demostrado nada sobrenatural hasta que fue bautizado a los 30 años de edad. Un día fue bautizado también Jesús entre el pueblo que venía a recibir el bautismo. Y mientras estaba en oración, se abrieron los cielos: el Espíritu Santo bajó sobre él y se manifestó en forma de paloma, y del cielo vino una voz ; “Tú eres mi Hijo, hoy te he dado vida.” (Lucas 3, 21-22). Fue su bautismo marcó el inicio su ministerio.

Después de los siguientes años de compartir sus enseñanzas, predicar el evangelio y sanar enfermedades y dolencias; fue acusado de blasfemia.

Los sumos sacerdotes buscaron un falso testimonio contra Jesús para condenarlo a la muerte. ¡Qué enorme la humillación que sufrió al ser acusado de un crimen que no había cometido! El sumo sacerdote le dijo: “¿No tienes nada que responder? ¿Qué son estos cargos que levantaron en tu contra?” Pero Jesús callaba y el sumo sacerdote ordenó su muerte.

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No se pueden esconder los abusadores de niños tar o procedimientos que nosotros hemos desarrollado en la Iglesia Católica. Cybertipline les da un vehículo por medio del cual ellos puedan hacer lo correcto para ayudar a niños y jóvenes en peligro.

El esfuerzo está dando resultados. En 1988, el año cuando fue establecido, hubo 3,175 reportes; el año pasado, el número de reportes ascendió a 267,468.

Los proveedores de servicio Internet/Electrónico hicieron el 55 por ciento de los reportes; muy frecuentemente acerca de uso de Internet inapropiado y potencialmente criminal; 9millones de imágenes pornográficas de pequeños han sido reportadas a la fecha.

Afortunadamente, el incremento marcado de reportes no parece reflejar un incremento en abuso de menores de

THAT ALL MAY KNOW THE SAVIOR Rebecca Piña Cammarota

El Misterio Pascual de Jesús Poncio Pilato les dijo: “Tómenlo y júzguenlo según su ley.” Los judíos contestaron: “Nosotros no tenemos la facultad para aplicar la pena de muerte” ( Juan 18:31) pues los romanos se habían reservado el derecho de vida o muerte. Aunque el gobernador Pilato reconoció en Jesús un hombre justo y buscaba la manera de dejarlo en libertad, los judíos gritaban: “Si lo dejas en libertad, no eres amigo de Cesar; el que se proclama rey se rebelaba contra el Cesar.” ( Juan 19:12) Jesús fue clavado en la

edad.

Las estadísticas nacionales más recientes (2010) indica que a través de los pasados cinco años ha habido un decrecimiento constante en casos nuevos de abuso a menores.

Adhiriendo, por primera vez en cinco años, el promedio de estadísticas citadas por NCMEC de la frecuencia de abuso sexual de menores de edad, ha descendido a una en cinco niñas y uno en 10 hombrecitos.

Mientras que ahí se puedan encontrar factores extraños que afecten el número de casos substanciados de abuso a menores, quiero pensar que nuestro compromiso común en reportar casos desospechas de abuso a menores, ha reducido indudablemente la cantidad de abuso.

Más y más, no hay lugar donde se puedan esconder aquellos que pudieran abusar a menores de edad.

Si tú o alguien a quien conozcas ha experimentado abuso por un sacerdote, diácono, hermana, hermano, empleado o voluntario de la Iglesia Católica Romana o por la Diócesis de Tucson – no importa cuándo o dónde sucedió el abuso – les urgimos que reporten el abuso inmediatamente a la policía.

También les animamos a que llamen al Programa de Asistencia a Víctimas de la Diócesis de Tucson al 1-800-2340344 en Arizona y la Oficina de Protección de Niños, Adolescentes y Adultos de la Diócesis de Tucson al 520-792-3410.

Más información está disponible en www.diocesetucson.org/ ocaap.html. cruz ; derramando su sangre por nosotros, pronunció sus últimas palabras. Jesús gritó muy fuerte: “Padre, en tus manos encomiendo mi espíritu” y dichas estas palabras expiró. (Lucas 23:46). Jesús siempre estaba dispuesto a la voluntad del Padre.

Después de su muerte trágica, ocurrió algo que jamás había sucedido. Por el poder de Dios, Jesús resucitó a una vida gloriosa. Fue exaltado a la unión victoriosa con El Padre.

Su muerte no fue el final de la vida, sino el comienzo de la vida eterna. La muerte de Cristo se trasformó en el cumplimiento de la fe; es nuestra salvación y esperanza. Es este Misterio de la Resurrección de Jesús que celebramos el Domingo de Pascua.

Conmemorando que a partir de la muerte, Dios nos devolvió la vida. En este hecho sin precedentes se basa la confianza del pueblo creyente. Igual que Dios le preparó un “tercer día”, más allá del dolor y la muerte, a su Hijo Unigénito; de la misma manera para quien vaya conociendo a Dios, a través de Jesús, tendrá también su “tercer día”. ¡Felices Pascuas!

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Brother’s book offers insights into Pope Benedict XVI ROME (CNS) -- Recounting their rural Bavarian childhood and subsequent lifelong friendship, the elder brother of Pope Benedict XVI offers a privileged look at the personal side of the spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics.

“My Brother, the Pope,” published by Ignatius Press, is based on interviews with Msgr. Georg Ratzinger by German writer Michael Hesemann and was originally published in German last year.

Joseph, the future Pope Benedict, was “very slight and delicate” at birth, Msgr. Ratzinger says, and was “often sick” as an infant, with diphtheria among other ailments.

Later on, Joseph’s favorite toys were stuffed animals, and he was particularly attached to a pair of teddy bears.

Msgr. Ratzinger describes family life with their parents and older sister Maria as free of any overt conflict, “since each one settled that himself and with God in personal prayer. We did not talk about such things. ... Such problems became a part of our prayer.”

Glimpses of the boys’ destinies came early on.

When a cardinal visited their small town in 1931, arriving in a black limousine, 4-year-old Joseph exclaimed, “I’ll be a cardinal someday!” Nevertheless, Msgr. Ratzinger says, his brother was never ambitious, and external honors have been “always unwelcome” to him.

“My brother was somewhat better behaved than I,” Msgr. Ratzinger says, yet he recounts a boyhood prank in which the two tricked a local farmer into losing track of his oxcart.

Recreation of a more edifying sort came when the boys played at being priests, using a toy altar made for them by an uncle.

“It was a really beautiful high altar, which he even equipped with a rotating tabernacle,” Msgr. Ratzinger recalls. “Naturally we used water instead of wine for the make-believe consecration.”

The future Pope Benedict, now a proficient amateur pianist and lover of Mozart, “did not take to music quite as spontaneously as I did,” says Msgr. Ratzinger, who went CURSILLO continued from page 1

the various cultures of the participants, she said.

“That is where the growth is now,” she said. We hope both English and Spanish will grow.”

With the establishment of a Spanish Cursillo Secretariat, she said, “we will have more open, more fluent dialogues about the needs in the diocese.”

Bishop Kicanas participated in a Cursillo in 2006 and described it as “an intensive and engaging experience. We worked and prayed long into the night. There were instructions on the faith. There was time for personal and communal prayer. There was time to discuss and learn about the faith life of those who shared the experience.

“I can say there were times that many of us cried and were moved during the retreat,” the Bishop said, “especially when experiencing how powerfully God loves us.”

Chavez said Cursillo is “a lay movement centered around change in our world, in ourselves and in our environment, that we

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on to become the choirmaster of the Regensburg, Germany, cathedral. His brother “was a little more restrained, although he is a very musical person,” Msgr. Ratzinger says.

Recounting Hitler’s rise to power in 1930s Germany, Msgr. Ratzinger says that their father regarded the dictator as the “Antichrist” and refused to join the Nazi party.

“But so as not to put our family completely at risk, he advised Mother to join the women’s organization,” Msgr.

Ratzinger says, noting that the women “did not talk about

become a more Christian world.

“We work with our priests and deacons and we cannot function without them… we’re coworkers in the vineyard, as Bishop Kicanas said at the ministry conference.

Together we bring the good news to the people of the diocese.”

Chavez said “thousands have taken part” in Cursillos since the movement began in the diocese, providing Catholics “a channel for living out what are the fundaments, or basics, of being a Christian” and “to help people continue in a progressive conversion.”

The spiritual director of the English language Cursillo Secretariat is Father Alonzo Garcia, pastor of Our Lady Queen of All Saints Parish in Tucson..

The new Spanish language Cursillo Secretariat’s lay director is Juan Lomeli and the spiritual director is Father Felix Rodriguez, parochial vicar at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Casa Grande.

The Cursillos will operate under the same guidelines, Chavez said. “The only difference will be language and of course

Hitler but instead exchanged recipes, chatted about their gardens, and sometimes even prayed the rosary together.”

It was only reluctantly that the two boys obeyed requirements to join the Hitler Youth and later served in the German military during World War II, Msgr. Ratzinger says. The pope’s brother was present at the Allied bombardment of the monastery on Monte Cassino, Italy, in 1944.

Msgr. Ratzinger recounts anecdotes about their time together as adults: watching a German television series about a police dog named “Inspector Rex” and dividing tasks in the kitchen -- the monsignor drying the dishes which his brother, by then a cardinal, washes.

In 2005, after the death of Blessed John Paul II, Msgr.

Ratzinger was sure that his brother was too old to be elected pope. When he heard the new pontiff ’s name pronounced on live television, he admits that he was “disheartened.”

“It was a great challenge, an enormous task for him, I thought, and I was seriously worried,” Msgr. Ratzinger says.

The Pope later confided that his election had “struck him like a bolt of lightning,” Msgr. Ratzinger says.

Readers get a glimpse inside the papal household as Msgr. Ratzinger describes his brother’s daily routine.

On Tuesdays, for example, Pope Benedict listens to tape recordings and practices his pronunciation of the remarks in foreign languages that he will make at the next day’s general audience.

Msgr. Ratzinger says that his brother has not been indifferent to the many criticisms that he has received during his career, as prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and then as pope.

Pope Benedict is “personally very sensitive, but he also knows from which corner these attacks come and the reason for them, what is usually behind them,” Msgr.

Ratzinger says. “That way he overcomes it more easily, he rises above it more simply.”

the many cultural aspects.”

“We’re praying that this will lift up both communities, and provide more leaders,” Chavez said.

She said at least four programs a year, “if not more,” will be offered at various sites around the diocese, and the maximum number of attendees at a session is 35. After each Cursillo “we follow up in small groups in our homes and talk about our weekly walk with Christ,” Chavez said.

A Cursillo school is offered for those who have done a Cursillo and would like to offer their services to others and be a part of their evangelization, Chavez said. “They learn the methodology of the movement and grow in understanding of our Catholic faith with the help of spiritual advisors, priests and deacons, who give talks.”

Scheduled are a men’s Cursillo in English on June 21-24 and a women’s Cursillo in English on June 28-July1, both at Immaculate Conception Parish in Yuma.

For more information or to register, contact Cindy Chavez at 928-783-3696 or email oscarcindy@roadrunner.com.

Bishops named VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Conn., to be the new archbishop of Baltimore, and he also named new bishops for the dioceses of Rockford, Ill., and Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla. Msgr. David Malloy, 56, who was general secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2006 to 2011, has been named bishop of Rockford. He is currently pastor of St. Francis de Sales Church in Lake Geneva, Wis. Father Gregory L. Parkes, vicar general of the Diocese of Orlando, Fla., was named bishop of PensacolaTallahassee. He will turn 48 April 2.

Bishop Lori, 60, has been the bishop of Bridgeport since March 2001.

He is chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee on Religious Liberty.

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Telling and celebrating a child’s life story

By RUTH LILJENQUIST Nearly every day, Tricia Quiroz, program director for St. Nicholas Adoption Center, receives the file of another child in need of a loving and stable adoptive home— a child living in foster care whose relationship with his or her parents has been severed because of abuse or neglect.

Many such children are adopted by family members or their foster families, but for those who are not, Tricia and her team take on the challenge of finding just the right family. It’s no easy task, especially when children are older and in sibling groups, but Tricia has found something that makes it easier—a “life book.”

With the help of dedicated volunteers, Aviva Children’s Services, a non-profit organization that serves children in foster care, has been making life books for children since 1995. And now, St. Nicholas is working with Aviva to have life books made for the children they are trying to place.

Each life book, made up of scrapbook styled pages placed in a large 3-ring binder, tells the child’s life story, explaining the reasons why the child is no longer with their birth family, but also celebrating the child’s birth, accomplishments, qualities and talents, and positive experiences and relationships. The life books help children understand and share their own stories and help prospective families get to know the children they might adopt.

Aviva’s Cindy Lingel has been directing the Life Book Project since 1996 and has seen how much the children cherish the books. “These kids never had baby books.

Their birthdays weren’t celebrated. They rarely had their pictures taken,” said Cindy. “So they become very attached to their life books.”

Cindy organizes small groups of two or three volunteers to work on each book. The volunteers start out by reviewing the case file, interviewing the children about their experiences, and developing a narrative of the events that resulted in the child’s placement in foster care.

“We try to tell each child’s story in a sensitive, accurate, and truthful manner, which helps the kids organize things in their minds. They often have gaps in their memory or understanding of what happened, and this helps them make sense of it,” said Cindy.

The volunteers also reach out to former foster families, case workers, therapists, current and former teachers, and other people important in the child’s life, asking them to submit letters that share positive memories and thoughts about the child.

“When the children read these letters, it builds their self-esteem. They see that people remember them and that they care, that there is a safety net for them,” said Cindy.

Volunteers then look for photos, which can often be hard to come by, and track down interesting and fun facts about the child’s birth place and birth date. They also ask the children what kind of family they want and what they hope to do with their lives. When all the information and materials are gathered, the volunteers put together colorful and creative scrapbook pages and order them in the life book binder.

Having seen how valuable the books are and how the children cherish them, Tricia and Cindy are working together to recruit volunteers to help make life books for St. Nicholas kids. Because it takes between 100 and 150 hours to create one life book, more volunteers are needed to complete the books. Right now, St. Nicholas has 87 children that need life books.

“My goal is that every child we serve will have a life book,” said Tricia. “We have kids coming in every week, and with that many kids, there is an ongoing need for help in creating the books. We understand that not everyone can adopt a child, but people can help by making life books.”

While this unique project requires a significant commitment of time and effort, it is a rewarding project, said Cindy. “It is a wonderful volunteer experience, truly meaningful for the volunteers. They really get into it, and it shows. The books are beautiful. They take my breath away. And the children love them.”

For more information If you are interested in adoption or in becoming a Life Books volunteer, call Venessa Sanchez at (520) 745-8791 ext. 118 or write to venessas@ccs-stnicks.org. If you live outside of the Tucson area, St. Nicholas can put you in touch with CCS agencies in your area that provide adoption services and make life books. St. Nicholas and Aviva will also gladly accept donations of scrapbooking supplies.

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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Every year since 1983, our country has set aside this month to renew our motivation to prevent and respond effectively to abuse and neglect of children and youth.

In the Diocese of Tucson, every day is devoted to preventing the abuse of children. Together, we have done well in developing and following our Safe Environment Program, which began in 2002. There are many elements in the program, but the foundation of everything we do is the commitment to follow the mandatory reporting law.

We are in good company. I was pleased to read recently that the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) updated its website, www.cybertipline.com.

This site is operated in collaboration with several national law enforcement agencies. As the name suggests, the goal of the website is to facilitate reporting of suspected child abuse, whether in person or online.

While reporting to Cybertipline is not a substitute for our commitment to report to law enforcement by calling 911 whenever there is reasonable suspicion of child abuse, it can be helpful for persons and organizations

PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN Paul Duckro, Ph.D

Child abusers can’t hide

without the reporting systems or procedures that we have developed in the Catholic Church. Cybertipline gives them a vehicle through which they can do the right thing to help children and youth in danger.

The effort is working. In 1988, the year of its establishment, there were 3,175 reports. Last year, the number had soared to 267,468.

Electronic/Internet service providers made 55 per cent of the reports, often about inappropriate and potentially criminal use of the Internet; 9 million pornographic images of children have been reported to date.

Thankfully, the marked increase in reporting does not seem to reflect an increase in child abuse.

The most recent national statistics (2010) indicate

that over the last five years there has been a steady decrease in new cases of child abuse.

In addition, for the first time in years, the average statistic cited by NCMEC for prevalence of sexual abuse of minors has dropped to one in five girls and one in 10 boys.

While there may be additional extraneous factors that affect the number of substantiated cases of child abuse, I like to think that our common commitment to reporting cases of suspected child abuse has indeed reduced the rate of abuse.

More and more, there is no place to hide for those who would abuse children.

If you or anyone you know has experienced abuse by a priest, deacon, sister, brother, employee or volunteer for the Roman Catholic Church or for the Diocese of Tucson – no matter when or where the abuse happened – we urge you to report the abuse immediately to law enforcement. Also, we encourage you to call the Victim Assistance Program of the Diocese of Tucson at 1-800-234-0344 in Arizona and the Office of Child, Adolescent and Adult Protection of the Diocese of Tucson at 520-792-3410. More information is available at www.diocesetucson.org/ocaap.html.

From college seminary to theology

By ALAN VALENCIA First and foremost, I thank God for the gift of my vocation. I have enjoyed my journey of discernment, the ups and downs, the consolations and desolations, the doubts and the hopes, the good times and the not so good times.

My discernment journey is unique and genuine just like each and every vocation. I will briefly share what my experience has been in my transition from college seminary to theology, a few struggles, worries and a few joys.

I attended Mount Angel College Seminary for three years; I was very happy, comfortable and making progress in my formation. Nevertheless, time came for me to graduate from college and advance to theology, which made me very nervous and anxious.

I have always been aware that I am not worthy of this great call to the priesthood. I know that the priesthood includes no entitlements, but the cross and work, however, God gives us the grace to persevere given our many mistakes and falls. Nobody is born a priest and we know that Christ writes straight in crooked lines.

In a series of “letters” to be published in The New Vision each month, seminarians of the Diocese of Tucson who are studying for the priesthood in Illinois and Oregon offer their thoughts about their special journeys.

During this time of transition, I realized and focused on my great dependency in God. I knew everything was going to be okay, but at the same time I felt like I was taking the biggest step of my life. Entering theology meant that I was only four years away from ordination, and every time I thought about this, different fears arose. I thought: Am I ready? Will I be able to do it? I still have so many things to work on. I do not want

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While some of the leaked letters are gossipy, others include allegations of serious financial misconduct.

The leaks being investigated by the Vatican began in January with the publication of letters written by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano when he was secretary-general of the Governor’s Office of Vatican City State.

The archbishop, who now is nuncio to the United States, warned of corruption, abuse of power, a lack of transparency in awarding contracts and opposition to financial reforms.

to be a bad priest, God wants holy priests.

These and many more things were going through my mind. However, at the same time I felt God’s consolation in my family, friends and priests, who trusted me and prayed for me. I then remembered and realized that even though I had many things to work on, much to learn, and an unending prayer life to grow in, God will always be at my side.

Now I am at Mundelein Seminary, about an hour north of Chicago. I just finished my first quarter of theology and loved it. I have to say that theology is reinforcing to one’s vocation.

The prayers from many have kept me focused, and have allowed me to see God’s hand in my struggles and joys. Even though the weather is not as warm and cozy as it is in Tucson, I have begun to adjust to the nice snow and strong winds of Chicago.

One thing I do know is that if an average guy like me can do it, so can many others who think they can’t. Let us remember what Our Holy Father said in his letter to the Seminarians: “It does make sense to become a priest: the world needs priests, pastors, today, tomorrow and always, until the end of time.”

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Bishop Kicanas welcomes catechumens, candidates in Yuma. Register books are held aloft.

609 draw closer to Church at annual Rites of Election in Tucson, Yuma In a series of three Rites of Election, 609 Catechumens and Candidates were welcomed into closer relationships with the Church in the Diocese of Tucson last month.

With Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas as the principal celebrant, two of the liturgies were held at St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson, while the third was held at St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Yuma.

In all, 42 parishes participated in the Rite of Election and

Call to Continuing Conversion, for those joining the Catholic faith through the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults, or RCIA. There were 211 Catechumens and 398 Candidates. The Catechumens will be baptized, confirmed and receive the Eucharist and the Candidates will receive be confirmed and receive the Eucharist at Eastertime Masses in their parishes.

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