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From the depths of despair, murderer turns to Christ and sacrifices his own life By DEACON ED SHEFFER Special to The New Vision
A call is made by a Deputy Warden in the middle of the night: “Hello Mrs. P, Jeremy’s body was found by a guard very early this morning in his cell and he was unresponsive, your son is dead. I’m sorry, that’s all I can tell you at this time.”
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Blessed Kateri Conference in Tucson Native American and Aboriginal Catholics from more than 300 tribes and nations in the U.S. and Canada gathered at the Tucson Convention Center last month for the 72nd annual Tekakwitha Conference, hosted by the Tekakwitha Circles of Arizona. Many young people attended the workshops and field trips and exhibits highlighting the July 20-24 conference in honor of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha. Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas presided at a Mass for the gathering. Read more in the September issue of The New Vision.
‘Stewardship’ roles combined The two major fund-raising entities for the Diocese of Tucson have been combined, with the Charity and Ministry Fund merging into the Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Tucson. The Catholic Foundation will now encompass the operations of the Annual Catholic Appeal, the promotion of stewardship and the creation of endowments to support the mission of the Diocese. The merger plan was approved last month by the respective boards of directors. The Arizona Corporation Commission approved the Articles of Merger on July 8.
Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas praised the boards of directors of the entities for helping the Diocese to “develop more synergy and long-range planning for our efforts to garner resources through stewardship and charitable giving to support the mission of the Church in our Diocese.” Margie Puerta Edson, executive director of the Charity and Ministry Fund, is serving as executive director of the Foundation. Martin Camacho left his position as executive director of the Catholic Foundation. For more information, see Bishop Kicanas’ column on Page 3.
Jeremy and church didn’t go too well when he was a young boy. In early adolescence he started experimenting with drugs to mask negative feelings. He also began to feel quite depressed and anxious. It didn’t take long for him to start to get into trouble. In an effort to put his past trouble behind, his mother moved to Flagstaff. At fifteen, he met Sherris, a new girlfriend. He started using marijuana again, but soon it wasn’t doing the trick, so he stepped it up to amphetamines, and reached the point where crystal meth became the choice drug. With the addiction came greater instability. It manifested itself into psychosis, overdoses, and a suicide attempt. Jeremy ended up in emergency rooms, psych wards, and in and out of rehab centers. On one of his relapses, he was so out of it he stole a snow plow, smashed into someone’s house, stumbled into the home, and was almost shot. He passed out in the driveway and was arrested. Under a court-ordered directive he entered into counseling, and for a while he stopped abusing drugs. He attended AA meetings and worked the “twelve steps.” He got to the ninth step (make amends with those you have wronged), and contacted
his old girlfriend, Sherris. He made amends, and they ended up back together. By this time, Jeremy said, she too had entered into the nastier side of the drug world and was unstable herself. The doctor treating Jeremy prescribed a stimulant in an effort to stabilize him. He began to grow more unstable, and on Oct. 17, 2006, he visited his therapist and expressed thoughts about hurting people. He was driven home by his case worker, and two hours later went into a psychotic rage, and killed Sherris. He was sentenced to life in prison. One dark night in his prison cell, he fell into the depth of emotional pain, thinking about how he killed the woman he loved. Life seemed hopeless. What was the point to his life? Pain, guilt, and self-loathing reached a fever pitch. Jeremy was as broken as a man could be. Later awaking from a dream, he uncharacteristically cried out to Jesus, with all his heart and soul. He begged Jesus for forgiveness and for the crushing pain to be lifted. A moment of peace came to him. It had come in a way he had never felt before. No way could he comprehend it all. He began to realize something though; all the pain he was feeling and all the pain he had been a part of bringing to others had led him to a See GREATER LOVE on page 10
Looking for a few good cars… for a few good men Here is a great way for you to be part of the priestly ministry to help propagate the faith. The Diocese of Tucson is asking you to consider donating a gently used vehicle for use by priests from various foreign countries that we have asked to serve in our Diocese. We are looking for safe, well-maintained, low-mileage (60,000 or less) vehicles. Literally, many of these priests arrive here with “just the shirt on their back,” and your donation of a vehicle to the “International Priests Vehicle Assistance Program” helps these good men to carry out their ministry and ease their burden
of acclimation to our country. Furthermore, this is a great way to honor the life of a loved one who has passed on by donating their vehicle to help carry out the mission and traditions of the Church. Many of these priests will be assigned to rural areas where they can easi-
ly drive 15,000-20,000 miles annually. The Diocese will tune up each vehicle, perform minor repairs and replace tires as needed. To donate a vehicle, please contact John Shaheen, the Diocese’s property director, at 520-838-2570. P.S. We will consider accepting other vehicles that do not meet the above criteria. We will sell such vehicles and use the proceeds to ready the program vehicles for the priests. If you have a vehicle that we cannot use for this program, you can still donate it to St. Vincent de Paul Society. Please ask John Shaheen for more information.
81 from Diocese to attend World Youth Day Two groups from the Diocese of Tucson will be traveling to Portugal and Spain later this month to take part in World Youth Day 2011, where Pope Benedict XVI will meet with hundreds of thousands of young Roman Catholics from around the world. The event will be held in Madrid on Aug. 18-21 and more than a million
people are expected to attend the Pope’s final Mass. A group of 43 people will travel from Sts. Peter and Paul Parish, while 38 people will be in a group from Immaculate Heart Parish. Some of the pilgrims will be from St. Mark, St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Bartholomew, St. Joseph, St. John the Evangelist and St. Francis of Assisi.
Adam Vath, who is leading the SSPP group, said all of the travelers will assemble for a send-off Life Teen Mass to be celebrated by Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas at SSPP at 6 p.m. on Aug. 7. The pilgrims will leave on Aug. 10 for Lisbon and make a day trip to the shrine of Our Lady of Fatima before moving on by bus to Madrid.
Newlyweds to join in celebration of marriage The fifth annual Marriage Anniversary Celebration on Sept. 18 at St. Augustine Cathedral will be similar to the previous four – except this time newlyweds are invited to join in. Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas said he will celebrate the special Mass for married couples from throughout the Diocese of Tucson, including “newlywed couples who are celebrating their first anniversary in 2011.” Silver anniversary and golden anniversary couples are also invited to participate in the Mass and have their pictures taken with the Bishop afterward. “I look forward to this opportunity for us to join in the joy that married couples experience in celebrating their special anniversaries,” Bishop Kicanas said in a letter to pastors and parish administrators. “It continues to be a great success.”
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Clergy, religious to show their art work A fine art exhibit featuring the works of vowed religious and ordained clergy serving in the Diocese of Tucson will be staged on Sept. 17 in the parish hall and placita at St. Augustine Cathedral in downtown Tucson. The exhibit, dubbed “Sonoran Spirit,” will run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine. Tents will shelter the placita displays. Admission is free and the artwork will be available for sale or commission, with any proceeds going directly to the individual artists. Ordained clergy and vowed sisters will
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display their original works, including ceramics, iconography, sculpture, fiber arts, painting, jewelry, calligraphy, drawing and photography. Among the photographs will be some taken by Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas. The exhibit, the first of its kind, is the brainchild of Sister Rina Cappellazzo, Vicar for Religious, who said she saw a weaving in a convent and realized its beauty was confined “like undercover art,” seen only by a few. Encouraged by Bishop Kicanas, she and a friend, Laura Rowan, set up the exhibit.
Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas has made a number of additional priest appointments, saying that in doing so “I share with you the gratitude I have expressed to Father Matthew Williams, O.C.D., provincial, and the Western Province of the Discalced Carmelite Friars for their continuing ministry in our Diocese.” They are: Father Thomas Reeves, O.C.D., renewed for three years as administrator of Santa Cruz Parish in Tucson. Father Robert Barcelos, O.C.D., appointed administrator of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Parish in Tucson, effective July 28. He comes to Tucson from St. Therese Parish in Alhambra, Calif. Father Laurence Poncini, O.C.D., appointed parochial vicar at St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Parish, effective Aug. 1. He comes to Tucson from St. Cecilia Parish in Standwood, Wash. Father Thomas Koller, O.C.D., will assist in ministry at Santa Cruz Parish in Tucson, effective Aug. 1. He is postulant master of the Western Province and will serve at Santa Cruz through early next year. Leaving the Diocese will be Father Philip Sullivan, O.C.D., pastor of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Parish, to become pastor of St. Therese Parish in Alhambra, and Father Bernard Perkins, O.C.D., from Santa Cruz Parish to minister with Father Philip at St. Therese Parish in Alhambra. Another leaving will be Father Mark Kissner, O.C.D., a parochial vicar at Santa Cruz Parish, appointed as vocation director for the Discalced Carmelites, residing at the Provincial House in Redlands, Calif. Meanwhile, other changes include Brother Juan Elias Medina, O.C.D., who was assigned as a deacon at Santa Cruz Parish, effective June 27, and will remain at Santa Cruz after his ordination in October. Also, Father Paul Terwase Utser, from the Diocese of Makurdi, Nigeria, began on May 31 as parochial vicar at Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Tucson, and Father Victor M. “Lawrence” Lugo, A.M., from Antipolo, Philippines, began June 30 as parochial vicar at St. Joseph Parish in Tucson. Correction: In the June issue, we misstated the destination of Father James Geaney, O.Carm., former pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Tucson. He is moving to Peru.
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Strengthening stewardship
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As people abundantly blessed by God, we are called to be good stewards of His gifts to us by sharing our time, our talents and our treasure in service to others. The word we use to encompass our recognition of God’s blessings and our grateful response to Him is called stewardship. Many Catholics are unfamiliar with the theology of stewardship, yet stewardship has been a continuing theme in our teaching as a Church from the beginning. Stewardship underlies what it means to be Catholic: We are to live not just for ourselves, but for others in the example that Christ Himself gave us by giving of Himself in love for others. He challenges us to do the same. In an effort to raise heightened consciousness of stewardship in our Diocese, last spring I asked the boards of directors of the Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Tucson and the Diocese of Tucson Charity and Ministry Fund to consider a new structure and new alignment of responsibilities to develop greater synergy and long range planning for their important ministries of garnering resources to support the work of the Church in our Diocese. The collaborative work of the members of the boards of directors for these purposes led to a proposal that the Charity and Ministry Fund, which oversees the operations of our Annual Catholic Appeal and promotes parish stewardship programs, be merged into the Catholic Foundation, which oversees endowments set up for parishes, schools and the Diocese. Late in June, the boards of directors voted their approval of the proposal. The merger became effective late last month when the Articles of Merger were accepted for filing by the Arizona Corporation Commission. On the effective date, members of the boards of directors of the Charity and Ministry Fund and the Catholic Foundation combined to form the board of directors of the Catholic Foundation. Ed Steinhoff of the Foundation board and a parishioner of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Tucson, will become the new chair. Ann Dickson of the Charity and Ministry board and a parishioner of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Sierra Vista will be vice chair. Annette Jones, of the Foundation board and a parishioner of St. Pius X Parish in Tucson, will be treasurer. Robert Scala, of the Foundation board and a parishioner of Our Mother of Sorrows Parish in Tucson, will be secretary. Steve Thu, past chair of the Foundation board, will serve on the executive committee,as will Cheryl Ponzo, past president of the Charity and Ministry board. Margie Puerta Edson, who serves as executive director of the Charity and Ministry Fund, has become the executive director of the Catholic Foundation. (Martin Camacho, who had been serving as executive director of the Catholic Foundation, has left that position. I thank Martin for his service to the Foundation.) This new direction in our Diocese for stewardship and charitable giving will be focused on garnering resources to meet the short and long terms needs of the Diocese and on enhancing our catechesis about stewardship. To better communicate this new direction, we will image and promote
Dios nos ha bendecido en abundancia y por eso es nuestro deber administrar bien los dones que Él nos dio compartiendo nuestro tiempo, talento y tesoro en el servicio al prójimo. La palabra que usamos para abarcar nuestro reconocimiento de las bendiciones de Dios y de nuestra respuesta agradecida es “corresponsabilidad”. A pesar de que muchos católicos desconocen la teología de la corresponsabilidad, esta ha sido un tema constante en las enseñanzas de la Iglesia desde un principio. La corresponsabilidad es la base de lo que significa ser católico: Hemos de vivir no solo para nosotros mismos sino para los demás siguiendo el ejemplo que Cristo mismo nos mostró; Él dio de sí por amor al prójimo, y nos reta a hacer otro tanto. Para lograr una mayor difusión del sentido de la corresponsabilidad en nuestra Diócesis la primavera pasada pedí a las juntas directivas de la Fundación Católica de la Diócesis de Tucson y del Fondo para Obras de Caridad y Ministerios de la Diócesis de Tucson que consideraran una nueva estructura y una nueva alineación de responsabilidades. El objetivo es aumentar la sinergia y mejorar el alcance de los planes a largo plazo para la importante labor de obtener recursos que puedan sustentar la labor de la Iglesia en nuestra Diócesis. El trabajo colaborativo que los miembros de las juntas directivas realizaron para lograr los objetivos mencionados resultó en una propuesta para que el Fondo para Obras de Caridad y Ministerios, el cual dirige las operaciones de la Campaña Católica Anual y promueve los programas parroquiales para la corresponsabilidad, se fusionara con la Fundación Católica, organización que administra las dotaciones establecidas para las parroquias, las escuelas y la Diócesis. A fin de junio las juntas directivas votaron y la propuesta fue aprobada. La fusión entrará en vigor cuando el acta de Artículos para la Fusión sea aceptada por la Comisión de Corporación de Arizona para dar curso al trámite. En la fecha de vigencia, los miembros de las juntas directivas del Fondo para Obras de Caridad y Ministerios y de la Fundación Católica se unirán para formar la junta directiva de la Fundación Católica. Ed Steinhoff, miembro de la Fundación Católica y feligrés de la Parroquia St. Thomas the Apostle en Tucson, será el nuevo director. Ann Dickson, miembro de la junta del Fondo para Obras de Caridad y Ministerio y feligresa de la Parroquia St. Andrew the Apostle en Sierra Vista, será la subdirectora. Annette Jones, miembro de la junta de la Fundación Católica y feligresa de la Parroquia St. Pius X, será la tesorera. Robert Scala, miembro de la Fundación Católica y feligrés de la Parroquia Our Mother of Sorrows en Tucson, será el secretario. Steve Thu, ex-director de la Fundación Católica, servirá en el comité ejecutivo, junto con Cheryl Ponzo, la ex-presidenta de la junta del Fondo para Obras de Caridad y Ministerios. Margie Puerta Edson, quien desempeña el cargo de directora ejecutiva del Fondo para Obras de Caridad y Ministerios, se convertirá en directora ejecutiva de la Fundación Católica. (Martin Camacho, quien fuera director ejecutivo de la Fundación Católica, se ha retirado de ese puesto. Agradezco a Martin por su servicio a
This new direction for stewardship and charitable giving will be focused on garnering resources to meet the short and long terms needs of the Diocese.
Este nuevo enfoque para la corresponsabilidad y la caridad se concentrará en reunir recursos para satisfacer nuestras necesidades inmediatas y a largo plazo de la Diócesis.
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la Fundación.) Este nuevo enfoque para la corresponsabilidad y la caridad en nuestra Diócesis se concentrará en reunir recursos para satisfacer nuestras necesidades inmediatas y a largo plazo, y buscará mejorar nuestra catequesis sobre la corresponsabilidad. A fin de comunicar eficazmente esta nueva dirección, la Fundación Católica será presentada y promovida como la Fundación Católica para la Corresponsabilidad y las Obras de Caridad. Continuaremos realizando la Campaña Católica Anual para apoyar a las 26 obras de caridad y ministerios que son esenciales para realizar el trabajo de la Iglesia. Continuaremos exhortando a todos a que consideren hacer una donación a su parroquia mediante su testamento o una dotación especial. La Fundación continuará su patrocinio anual de la función Cornerstone Gala, que honra a líderes de la comunidad y asiste a entidades católicas a través de subvenciones. Dado que ustedes continuarán viendo rostros que les son familiares y continuarán oyendo las voces que ya asocian con nuestro trabajo de corresponsabilidad y caridad, tal vez se pregunten qué habrá cambiado. Con el tiempo, creo que verán una gran diferencia. Notarán los efectos de una labor mejor coordinada y más eficaz para lograr la formación y la educación de los católicos en cuanto a la noción central de la corresponsabilidad. Rezo para que veamos a más personas ofrecerse a participar en las actividades semanales de la Iglesia, no solo en domingos o días de fiesta, y para que veamos a más católicos dispuestos a aportar su talento y sus habilidades para el bienestar de su comunidad. Confío en que veremos mayor generosidad de espíritu y de recursos hacia la misión de nuestra Iglesia. Dios ha bendecido a cada uno de nosotros en abundancia, y así nos lo recuerda San Pablo cuando se refiere a la realidad de que somos el cuerpo de Cristo en el cual cada uno cumplimos una función. La mano no puede decirle al pie, “No te necesito.” El ojo no puede decirle al oído, “No te necesito.” Cada miembro cumple una función. Sin embargo, en este momento contamos con tan solo un pequeño porcentaje de devotas personas que participan de la actividad parroquial más allá de asistir a la Misa dominical. Un pequeño porcentaje de devotas personas dona con regularidad a su parroquia o a la Campaña Católica Anual. Parte importante de nuestra Fundación Católica para la Corresponsabilidad y las Obras de Caridad será el impulso que dará a los esfuerzos para fomentar la práctica de la corresponsabilidad en nuestra Diócesis. A menudo, en nuestras parroquias, escuelas y demás entidades católicas, tengo la ocasión de hablar con voluntarios generosos que gentilmente dan mucho de su tiempo y comparten su talento y sus dones. Ellos me inspiran y me asombran. También tengo la oportunidad de conocer a donantes que se sacrifican para ayudarnos en las finanzas. Sus donaciones hacen posible la ayuda que brindamos en nuestra Diócesis. ¡Qué bendición contar con ellos! Tengo total confianza en que con esta nueva dirección para la corresponsabilidad y las donaciones para las obras de caridad nos será posible agradecer y reconocer a nuestros contribuidores con mayor eficacia. Como presidente de la junta de la Fundación Católica para la Corresponsabilidad y las Obras de Caridad, cumpliré con mi responsabilidad de agradecer y reconocer a todos ustedes por su asombrosa generosidad con gran júbilo.
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Pio Decimo Center to get $400,000 federal grant The Department of Health & Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families has awarded $400,000 to Pio Decimo Center, an agency of Catholic Community Services in Tucson. Among 25 new grants across the nation for the Assets for Independence (AFI) Program. Pio Decimo Center is the only new awardee in the State of Arizona. The grant, which will be awarded over the next five years, will help low-income families build financial assets through matched savings accounts that will ultimately be used for the purpose of purchasing a home, post-secondary education, or improving or starting a small business. Pio Decimo Center and its partners will make this program available to participants in Pima County and
several other Southern Arizona counties. There are some eligibility requirements for participation and referrals will be made from agencies that work with low and moderate-income families. The program provides a 2 to 1 match for money saved by the low-income family. A family may save up to $2,000 in this special savings account. With the $4,000 match, a family will have $6,000 to use toward their asset-related goals. “This is a wonderful way for low-income families to start a savings account that triples their money and helps them take a significant step forward toward financial independence and creating a stable future,” said Liz Thomey, director of Pio’s assets for families program. In addition to the matched savings opportunity, Pio Decimo also offers finan-
cial education classes to help families get out of debt, and learn how to establish and live within a budget. To apply for this federal award, Catholic Community Services (CCS) committed to acquire another $400,000 from other contributors to make up the second half of the 2 to 1 match. To date, CCS has commitments totaling $300,000, and is still seeking donations to match the remaining $100,000. For information on making a contribution, please contact Liz McMahon, at 520-670-0809 or at lizm@ccssoaz.org. For more information about Assets for Independence, please contact Liz Thomey at ethomey@piodecimocenter.org
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San Xavier offers public tours For the first time, free guided tours are available at the historic Mission San Xavier del Bac, south of Tucson. The 45-minute tours are led by specially training volunteer docents, who will explain the Mission’s 214-year history and its lavishly decorated interior. Tours begin in the museum and focus on the mission’s original statuary and mural paintings. Tours are not offered on Sundays. During the summer there will be three tours each day, Monday through Satur-
day, at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Schedule changes can be found on www.sanxaviermission.org and clicking on “Docent Tours Info.” Do not call the mission for tour times. The docent program has been made possible by Patronato San Xavier, a nonsectarian, nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to promote restoration, maintenance and preservation of the mission, a National Historic Landmark.
Retreats set for youths
juniors who are at least 16 and for seniors. All retreats will be at St. Odilia, starting at 6 p.m. on Friday and ending at about 4 p.m. on Sunday. The fee is $40, and scholarships are available. For more information or application, contact Jessica Alderete, director, at 520-405-3387 or email jgalderete@ msn.com, or Bridgette Gomez-Munoz, coordinator, at 520-795-2977, or email mbmunoz4@cox.net.
A series of retreats has been scheduled at St. Odilia Parish in Tucson, offering young people a chance to get away to focus on a deeper relationship with Christ and to grow in their faith. The Search for Christian Maturity Retreat also young people throughout the Diocese to meet and have fun. A high school retreat is scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 2, for juniors who are at least 16 and for seniors. A young adult retreat is scheduled for Nov. 11-13 for those aged 18 to 20 and out of high school. A leadership workshop will be held Feb. 3-5 for anyone who has attended a Search and is interested in becoming a Search leader. Another high school retreat will be held March 2-4 for
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Earns doctorate Ann Zeches, principal at St. Cyril of Alexandria School in Tucson, is now Ann Zeches, Ed.D. Zeches has received her Doctorate of Education degree.
What was St. Ignatius of Loyola thinking when he stood on a rooftop gazing at the night sky above Rome in the 16th century? Two experienced spiritual leaders who are also expert astronomers will lead a unique retreat on Sept. 23-25 at the Redemptorist Renewal Center at Picture Rocks that will be rooted in that experience of St. Ignatius as he saw the face of God in the beauty of the vast expanse of stars. Father Chris Corbally, S.J., and Dr. Aileen O’Donoghue will lead in prayer, discussion, silent reflection and stargazing as they focus on the story on the universe, teaching the wonders of God in the great expanse of furthest stars and in the most intimate depths of the human spirit. Father Corbally is vice director of the Vatican Observatory and his ministry includes retreats and spiritual direction. Dr. O’Donoghue is associate professor of physics at St. Lawrence University and author of “The Sky is Not a Ceiling: An Astronomer’s Faith.” The retreat begins after supper on Friday and ends at noon on Sunday. For more information, contact Ann S. Dickson at anndickson@theriver.com or 520-378-2486, or Dr. Paul N. Duckro at pauld@diocesetucson.org or 520-838-2513.
School accredited St. Thomas Preschool and Kindergarten at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Tucson has earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, the nation’s leading organization of early childhood professionals. “We’re proud to have earned the mark of quality…and to be recognized for our commitment to reaching the highest professional standards,” said Michelle Garmon, school director, who noted this is the first Catholic school in the Diocese to receive this recognition.
Interim principal Sister Helen Timothy, I.B.V.M., has been named interim principal at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, succeeding Father Robert Carroll, O.Carm., who is returning to Chicago to continue his ministry in Catholic education. Sister Helen has served for more than 25 years as a Catholic school administrator. Kay Sullivan, Salpointe’s director of advancement, is also serving as interim president of Salpointe.
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By SISTER LOIS J. PAHA
With less than 120 days (at this printing) before the implementation of the English translation of the third edition of the Roman Missal, we have an opportunity to reflect on the nature of the liturgy, what it is we do when we pray together Sunday after Sunday and day after day and review some of the new words we will be saying. We gather, the Body of Christ, to pray “through him, with him and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all glory and honor are yours, forever and ever.” Let the people say or sing, “Amen!” We say Amen, we sing Amen because we admit together, that we believe, we accept, we encourage and we are called to be the Body of Christ in the world today. In a recent article entitled “The Corporate Nature of the Church,” Father Douglas Martis, of the Liturgical Institute at the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, Ill., offers a good explanation of the reason why we gather as the Body of Christ. He is clear that the gathering is just the beginning of who we are and what it is we are doing. Using the image of a model airplane he goes on to explain the concept, stating: “All the pieces are there in the box, gathered in the same place. But they do not get to be an airplane until the pieces are assembled!” When we assemble for our common prayer, we too are gathered together in the sacred place and are formed into one body in our sung and spoken prayer, in our common gesture and our common intention to grow in our personal and public faith. Each of us brings our own cares and concerns to our prayer, but we all come to give thanks and praise to God.
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Along with Catholics everywhere, those in the Diocese of Tucson will be welcoming and receiving the Third Edition of the Roman Missal on Nov. 27, 2011. In a series of monthly articles, Sister Lois J. Paha, O.P., director of the diocese’s Pastoral Services Department, explains what to expect. This is the 9th in that series.
Together let us pray As we prepare for the new translation, we will have some new words of praise to enhance our prayer. We will find several new words in the most commonly sung prayer of praise, the Glory to God. One of the biggest changes we will notice in the revised English translation of the Roman Missal is the words of the Glory to God. The new translation is somewhat longer and the changes in the text required composers to work on new musical settings for it. Some have used the familiar musical versions and added the revised text while others have written new compositions.
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As we sing and pray this beautiful hymn of praise, we echo words of scripture and acknowledge God’s gracious mercy in Christ Jesus. (see Luke 2: 14, Romans 16: 27, Galatians 1:5, 1 Timothy 1: 17, Hebrews 13:21 and 1 Peter 4: 11). The Glory to God, based on an ancient Greek hymn and translated into Latin in the fourth century has been in use during the Mass since the mid 11th century. It was in a variety of locations during the Mass, but by then found its current place in Introductory Rites of the Mass following the Kyrie (Penitential Rite). Called the “Great Doxology” this prayer gives praise to the Holy Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit and will still be omitted in Lent and Advent. Take some time in the next weeks to read and pray with the new text of the Glory to God. In the Diocese of Tucson parishes, music ministers are encouraged to prepare the sung versions of the Glory to God and rehearse them with the assemblies before the implementation date of Nov. 27. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, Only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
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‘Our Faith, Our Hope, Our Future’
Campaign rebates to parishes top $4 million Rebates to parishes from funds raised in the Diocese of Tucson’s five-year capital campaign have topped $4 million. A report for the quarter ending June 30 shows that more than half of the $43,306,932 pledged - $23,611,182 – has been collected. Twenty percent of money donated at each parish is returned to that parish, and any amount donated above the individual parish’s goal is split 50-50 with the diocese. The parishes so far have shared $4,157,040. The capital campaign, called “Our Faith, Our Hope, Our Future,” is being used to support long-range projects such as purchase of land for new churches. Parishes are using their shares to repair and improve their facilities. St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Tucson has pledged to give all of its share to the priest retirement fund. So far that amounts to $597,365. Parish
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Total Pledged
Total Payments
Parish Rebates
Our Mother of Sorrows - Tucson
1,444,957
784,330
156,866
Sacred Heart - Tucson
391,930
130,206
St. Ambrose - Tucson
448,680
St. Cyril - Tucson
Parish
Total Pledged
Total Payments
Parish Rebates
St. Andrew the Apostle - Sierra Vista
1,674,462
886,773
265,979
26,041
Sacred Heart - Tombstone
38,850
24,447
4,889
352,033
87,696
St. Jude - Pearce-Sunsites
96,000
56,785
13,903
912,729
444,506
88,901
St. Francis - Elfrida
36,770
12,268
2,454
St. Frances Cabrini - Tucson
1,010,739
833,007
266,743
Our Lady of the Mountains -Sierra Vista
575,045
284,021
56,804
St. Joseph - Tucson
651,020
373,095
74,619
Holy Angels- Globe
364,555
147,952
29,590
St. Odilia - Tucson
857,854
521,274
104,255
St. Joseph - Hayden
184,835
66,001
15,720
Ss. Peter & Paul - Tucson
727,195
433,377
86,675
Infant Jesus - Kearny
144,875
57,661
11,532
St. Pius X - Tucson
1,504,239
956,040
191,208
Blessed Sacrament - Mammoth
118,605
34,076
6,815
St. Francis de Sales - Tucson
1,237,058
851,905
170,381
Our Lady of Blessed Sacrament
253,150
85,396
17,079
St. Thomas More Newman
532,622
284,058
56,812
St. Philip - Payson
413,245
210,365
42,073
St. Rita - Vail
123,525
69,963
13,993
St. Bartholomew - San Manuel
138,490
54,509
10,902
St. Thomas the Apostle - Tucson *
2,438,585
2,008,810
597,365
St. Francis - Superior
104,080
34,063
6,813
Santa Catalina - Tucson
867,994
526,190
105,238
San Carlos Mission - San Carlo
35,580
6,974
1,395
Corpus Christi - Tucson
455,815
266,787
80,036
St. Helen - Oracle
101,540
48,449
9,690
St. Mark the Evangelist - Tucson
353,150
211,020
N/A
Sacred Heart - Clifton
178,890
82,589
16,518
St. Augustine - Tucson
658,147
254,156
50,831
Holy Cross - Morenci
153,890
63,370
12,674
Holy Family - Tucson
210,580
56,185
11,237
St. Rose of Lima - Safford
764,405
449,739
136,549
Our Lady, Queen of all Saints
193,145
35,335
7,067
Our Lady of Guadalupe - Solomon
21,900
6,175
1,235
St. John the Evangelist - Tucson
713,710
188,610
37,722
Sacred Heart - Willcox
84,348
26,783
5,357
St. Monica - Tucson
771,970
120,532
24,106
St. George - Apache Junction
1,190,022
678,096
135,619
Santa Cruz - Tucson
387,806
100,930
20,186
St. Anthony - Casa Grande
544,205
196,539
39,308
St. Margaret - Tucson
404,829
108,364
21,673
St. James - Coolidge
246,506
74,046
14,809
San Xavier Mission - Tucson
157,405
59,170
11,834
St. Helen - Eloy
430,842
90,306
18,061
Our Lady of Fatima - Tucson
480,465
145,942
29,188
Assumption - Florence
578,755
242,961
61,960
Most Holy Trinity - Tucson
446,073
187,297
37,459
St. Jude - San Luis
668,321
140,329
28,066
Immaculate Conception - Ajo
167,545
72,662
14,532
Sacred Heart - Parker
107,806
28,578
5,716
Our Lady of the Valley - Green
1,536,013
1,073,101
227,431
Immac. Heart of Mary - Somerton
200,780
58,529
11,706
St. Christopher - Marana
188,380
44,786
8,957
Immaculate Conception - Yuma
1,346,778
498,473
99,695
Sacred Heart - Nogales
540,930
107,997
21,599
St. Francis - Yuma
1,066,254
444,380
88,876
St. Ann - Tubac
261,936
153,576
36,468
St. Joseph - Wellton
48,010
19,549
3,910
St. Theresa - Patagonia
95,505
51,552
10,310
St. John Neumann - Yuma
384,230
155,500
31,100
San Solano - Topawa
0
3,306
661
San Martin de Porres - Sahuarita
603,259
332,322
98,961
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton - Tucson
1,017,350
909,355
N/A
Our Lady of La Vang - Tucson
71,010
21,557
4,311
Blessed Kateri - Tucson
96,880
16,708
3,342
St. Gianna Oratory - Tucson
62,325
24,070
4,814
Most Holy Nativity - Rio Rico
249,187
90,384
18,578
Tucson Korean Catholic Com. -
0
0
N/A
San Felipe de Jesus - Nogales
617,830
91,284
18,257
Non-Parish
50,264
20,502
N/A
St. Mary of the Desert - Tucson
6,000
3,400
680
Our Lady of Grace - Maricopa
230,000
0
N/A
Our Lady of Lourdes - Benson
476,450
244,982
59,131
Bishop’s gifts
5,476,312
4,442,513
N/A
St. Patrick - Bisbee
208,188
90,751
18,150
No parish affiliation
37,340
17,940
N/A
Immaculate Conception - Douglas
238,446
80,930
16,186
St. Luke - Douglas
311,905
119,823
23,965
TOTALS
43,306,932
23,611,182
4,157,040
St. Bernard - Pirtleville
85,630
28,878
5,776
*All rebate money goes to the priest retirement fund.
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In observance of the tri-centennial of the death of Father Eusebio Francisco Kino on March 15, 1711, The New Vision is presenting a series of articles reflecting various aspects of “Padre Kino’s” life and ministry.
A man of compassion, courage By PAUL DUCKRO, Ph.D.
Father Eusebio Kino was a man who embodied both great compassion for the native peoples he served and great courage in encountering them. These two qualities stand out for me as a psychologist because it is these two qualities that make him a model for developing relationships across cultures. There are three key elements of his ability to form relationships with peoples quite different from him. First, he exhibited openness; he encountered native peoples as human beings with a unique and rich perspective on life and love, but with motivations that are common to human beings of every type. Father Kino saw all persons, no matter how different they seemed, as children of God the Creator. In return, they loved him; he was a man trusted by the native peoples he served like few other Europeans. Second, he manifested willingness to share his own beliefs, which he held very deeply and firmly. He did not hold back out
of concern that differences in beliefs would cause tension with his new friends. Father Kino lived as an authentic witness of the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Third, he was ever ready to converse in the interest of coming to mutual understanding. His was a model of conversation; in sharing differences, Father Kino tried to understand from the perspective of the other. He put his trust not in eloquence of force, but in the powerful work of the Holy Spirit to bring fruit from his work. So unique was his approach that he was thought lax by some, not sufficiently demanding in his teaching. So powerful were the effects that time after time he was found innocent of that accusation. Father Kino’s approach to the native peoples embodied what we now call acculturation: the change that occurs in both parties when different cultures meet. His example has much to teach us today as we reach out across borders, cultures, religious beliefs and even across the inevitable obstacles that block family relationships.
Father Kino’s approach to the native peoples embodied what we now call acculturation.
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point where he needed Jesus. In his darkest moment Jesus came to him, because Jeremy was ready to come to Jesus. In July of 2009, I received a call from Jeremy’s mother. She had heard about the ministry work I was doing with some men on death row. She told me that her son was searching for God and was looking for instruction in the Catholic faith. Jeremy and I began to correspond and see one another. It became clear to me that his journey had reached a point where he hungered for his sins to be washed away. And he was ready to begin to die to himself and live in and through Jesus. He desired a true and lasting relationship with Jesus. We began to have a deep spiritual dialogue. It was clear that he was starving to get his head and heart around the fuller sense of the Catholic faith. He took it upon himself to seriously delve into the Catechism, Church history, and teachings of the Church. He devoured all of the Little Rock Scriptures studies I had arranged to be sent. He was able to recite both Creeds by heart, knew the Ten Commandments, the seven deadly sins, Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be. And on a deep level he began to discuss what each of them meant and what it all related to. In other visits he wanted to discuss the differences between mortal and venial sin, as well as Catholic Social Teachings and the saving grace of the Seven Sacraments. experiencing God’s saving presence. The Magisterium has defined that the Seven Sacraments are absolute signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us.He prayed the rosary, read scripture daily, reflected on the liturgical readings, and he had taken upon himself to follow the Liturgy of the Hours. Jeremy could not run away from the hard realities of his life though. When first arriving into prison, because of the psychotic episodes, he was put into protective custody. Being put into PC brings a stigma in the prison world for an inmate, and leads to serious repercussions. Because of HIPPA laws, an inmate’s “walking around paperwork” cannot reveal the medical reason for protective custody, so it is assumed one is weak, and/or is someone who has informed on another inmate. In every prison there is a world beyond the official institution world, an inmate world where an inmate is in charge. This person gets to see every inmate’s “walking around papers.” There is no way around this, because this is one of the ways he controls the inside world of the prison. And this person always gives a “green light” to straighten out and/or kill an inmate coded with PC on his papers. The other fact is that the girl Jeremy
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Bishop Kicanas and Deacon Ed at prison after Jeremy received Rite of Initiation.
killed was best friends with the girlfriend of a very high-level drug dealer. This brought its own special penalty, a contract to end Jeremy’s life. Plenty of the drug dealer’s cohorts are inmates in the Arizona Department of Corrections and are put on alert to carry out the pact. I believe that excerpts from some of Jeremy’s correspondence to me tell the rest of the story in a very profound way: 10/1/09: It is sad that things had to get so bad before I was open to the love of Jesus, but it is my reality. What a mystery how God can bring good out of darkness. 12/4/09: I know I deserve hell. I feel like there is a wall separating me from God. Like all the evil I have done is covering and suffocating me. My guilt is healthy. I should feel guilty, but I am overwhelmed by a debilitating feeling of unworthiness before God. I take full responsibility for all my own actions. … Spiritually there is a very real struggle, I fight for my soul. The battle between light and hope I have in Jesus with the despair and self-loathing, the awareness of my sin consumes me. My hands are covered in
the blood of the woman I loved. 1/5/10: I do my best to follow Christ in this environment, applying the Gospel to this place and its situations, isn’t always easy. I am not one for moral relativism, but in this place I find so many situations where I don’t know what the right course of action is. Seeing God’s will in this volatile place can be challenging. 7/18/10: I may have found a saint who I believe is a great example who was not conquered by darkness … Maximilian Kolbe. I can relate to him for several reasons. You see I am first generation Polish American. My Dad, Aunt, and Grandparents are political refugees who stood up against Communism in Poland. … In my journey with Christ I cannot think of anyone I can relate to more as a patron saint than Maximilian Kolbe. He faced unspeakable evil with courage and was not conquered by it. On the contrary he overcame evil with love. 9/6/10: … my deepest heartfelt thanks to you and Bishop Kicanas. … Experiencing the Mass and receiving the Sacraments was beautiful and intense. … I was so overwhelmed with so many emotions.
… I feel a peace, confidence, and singleness of purpose and direction I have never known and I am ready to face the tribulations that are coming. I feel strength, purity, and my spirit is freed from a tremendous burden I have been carrying. 1/3/11: … when you make certain mistakes in here you can be sent on missions to ‘clean it up’. They send you to attack people they want hurt and your situation is rectified and you can live in peace. I will continue to stand for Christ and I refuse to do evil so that good will result for me. After all “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” I believe God is allowing me the honor of suffering for Him and is teaching me and refining me. Whether sooner or later I will be attacked … I will continue to do what’s right and leave the rest in God’s hands. I am hopeful I can ask a favor of you. … My family knows I am in trouble in here, but I try not to let them know to the extent of it, because I do not want them stressed out and worried about me. I have put them through so much and it saddens me that when I start being attacked they will go through more pain, but I won’t clean it up to save myself. … if they end up killing me … can you please tell my family I love them and let them know I could have cleaned it up by hurting people but that I stood for Christ regardless of the cost. I want my family to know that I finally lived as the person they raised me to be. That in the end I did what was right. 3/2/11: I was wondering if it would be possible to have Masses said for my deceased girlfriend Sherris. I pray for her every day, but I know there is nothing more efficacious than the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. I don’t think I shared with you the dream I had some time ago around the time of my conversion. I dreamt that she told me “Jesus Christ is Lord.” It was a powerful dream that I wholeheartedly believe to be a private revelation, and it impacted me greatly. Needless to say, I want to help her in any way I can. 4/17/11: … a thousand times thank you for visiting and bringing me the precious Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus to me. There are no words that express how much it means to be able to be sacramentally united to Christ in the Eucharist. I pray every day God’s abundant blessing and grace may be upon you for how you help me and the impact you have had on my life. Thank you also for the reality check on being a man of peace. I have many voices coming at me advocating the necessity to use violence to protect myself, and it is all too easy to be sucked into the prevailing mentality … I also had a realization about how See GREATER LOVE on page 11
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Money for the poor Chuck Dunn of the Knights of Malta writes a check for $5,000 to support Poverello House, the Franciscan home for the homeless on East Lee Street in Tucson. Looking on are, from left, house manager Carl Zanatski, his assistant Eric Nicholson, and Brother David Buer, O.F.M. GREATER LOVE continued from page 10
our sins could hurt an omnipotent God. … I understand clearly how our sins hurt Christ in his Passion. The realization I had is that because God exists outside of time; and past, present, and future are all present to Him at once, then Jesus’ sacrifice is always before Him, hence with every sin I commit in my present, in God the Fathers now, they are imputed to Christ. So, basically, every sin I commit now, my sins are being laid upon Christ in His crucifixion. This was a powerful realization for me. On May 31, 2011, Jeremy was killed at the age of twenty-five. He was violently struck over the head and in the chest area of his heart with a blunt instrument. Personally, I had much more to say to Jeremy’s parents, than your son is unresponsive and dead: Jeremy died a Roman Catholic, a man ready to come to Jesus. The twists and turns of Jeremy’s life did lead to some dark places, but the journey led in the end to his awareness of the meaning of life. His greatest need became sharing in the love of Jesus. He wants you to know your love all those years made a difference, that in the end he chose the highest level of right. And his love for you endures! My participation in the life of your son Jeremy is a blessing to me. I went to places spiritually with him that not everybody gets to go to. I had a front row seat, watching a love relationship with Jesus grow. I witnessed him and the Bishop on their knees in a cell, separated by bars, tears streaming down Jeremy’s face as he received
In the end Jeremy chose to love God, to love himself, and to love humanity with all its failings.
Father Greg Adolf examines the melted ciboria and devastated Tabernacle from the chapel of Our Lady of the Sierras destroyed on June 14 in the Monument Fire.
Marian shrine damaged by wildfire A wind-whipped wild fire burned more than 27,000 acres in the Chiricahua Mountains south of Sierra Vista, consuming a number of homes and businesses and engulfing Our Lady of the Sierras Marian Shrine. Built near Hereford by Jerry and Pat Chouinard as a place of prayer and comfort for visitors from around the world, including many pilgrims from Mexico, the chapel was scorched. The tabernacle and its sacred vessels were
taken by Father Greg Adolf to St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Sierra Vista, many of whose parishioners’ homes were imperiled by the fire. The fire also destroyed the Chouinards’ home near the chapel, the Stations of the Cross, the grotto, the prayer house and the guest house. Still standing was the 75-foot Celtic Cross, the 31-foot statue of Our Lady of the Sierras and the marble statues of the Angel of the Revelation and the Angel Guardian of Children.
the Sacraments. I was inspired by your son’s hunger for Jesus. Inspired also by how his personal experience with Jesus changed him. I bore witness to the reality of the Eucharist being food for his soul. I can attest to a man deemed lost saved by grace, becoming the best version of himself. In the end Jeremy chose to love God, to love himself, and to love humanity with all its failings. He gave up his life revealing the deepest love possible: There is no greater love than to lay one’s life down for another. — Editor’s note: Deacon Ed Sheffer is pastoral associate at St. Thomas the Apostle Parish in Tucson. He has served in several ministries, including the Detention Ministry, which he said began as a personal request from Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas. He and his wife Anne Marie have two children.
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omo miembros de una parroquia tenemos ciertos beneficios, pero a la vez también responsabilidades. Cuando yo era menor, recuerdo a mi madre indicándome que usara los sobres dominicales para niños cuando íbamos a la misa de las 6:30 de la mañana, cada semana. Desde mi niñez fui aprendiendo la importancia de sostener a la iglesia. Los miembros activos de una iglesia tienen la responsabilidad de sostenerla. Por medio de la ofrenda dominical una iglesia puede pagar los gastos de mantenimiento, agua, luz, etcétera. Recientemente un joven me preguntó qué pasaría si la iglesia no pagaba sus cuentas. Le respondí que nuestros servicios de gas, agua, luz, etcétera, estarían suspendidos y la iglesia no podría abrir sus puertas. El joven se mostró muy sorprendido y me dijo: “No harían eso a una iglesia.” Le respondí con un rotundo SÍ. A pesar de que la iglesia está aquí para servir las necesidades espirituales de la gente, está considerado un negocio y por eso tenemos que pagar las cuentas. Los beneficios que recibimos en una parroquia son las oraciones de una Misa Dominical que se ofrece cada semana por las intenciones de los miembros de la parroquia. También tenemos el privilegio a los derechos de ceremonias bautismales y matrimoniales; además, la participación de la comunión mediante visitas a los enfermos y a los ancianos. Sería bueno pensar en estos detalles cuando está considerando registrarse en una parroquia si es que todavía no está registrado. Cuando ustedes usan sus sobres sabemos que ustedes están activos participando con la iglesia y tienen interés de ser miembros de la misma. Entonces no habrá dificultades en el momento de un bautismo, boda o funeral. Y, por último, favor de recordar a su iglesia en su testamento. Si usted ha hecho un testamento pero no ha mencionado una donación a su iglesia posiblemente le gustaría considerar hacer un cambio en su testamento e incluir a su iglesia. Por medio de donaciones es posible a mantener y reparar su iglesia. Si tiene preguntas, favor de consultar con su abogado que le ayudará con este asunto. Ayúdenos a sostener nuestras iglesias en la Diócesis de Tucson.
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ANSAS CITY, Missouri (CNS).-- Las armas nucleares han “amenazado a la humanidad”, durante demasiado tiempo, y los líderes del mundo carecen de la voluntad política para remover “este flagelo”, dijo el embajador del Vaticano ante las Naciones Unidas. “Ahora es el momento para repensar profundamente y cambiar nuestra percepción de las armas nucleares. El desarme y la no proliferación nucleares son
esenciales desde un punto de vista humanitario”, dijo el arzobispo Francis Chullikatt ante reciente conferencia en Kansas City ante la cual enfatizó la urgencia de un “mundo sin armas nucleares”. Su discurso, pronunciado en el centro católico de la Diócesis de Kansas CitySt. Joseph, fue patrocinado por la oficina de derechos humanos diocesana. Él fue invitado por el obispo Robert W. Finn a hablar, el pasado mes de Julio, acerca de la enseñanza de la Iglesia Católica en cuanto a la
disuasión nuclear, el uso de armas nucleares y la meta de un mundo libre de armas nucleares. Según The Catholic Key, periódico diocesano, Jude Huntz, directora de la oficina de derechos humanos, propuso una conferencia acerca de la cuestión nuclear para explicar la enseñanza eclesiástica acerca de las armas nucleares a la luz de crecientes preocupaciones debido a la construcción local de una planta, valorada en $1,000 millones de dólares, para la fabricación y ensamble de partes nucle-
Oran por la Independencia de Sudán del Sur Con un crucifijo en la mano, una mujer sacerdote encabeza a decenas de sudaneses que oran por la recientemente lograda independencia de Sudán del Sur. Este país padeció décadas de guerra civil en la que murieron miles de personas. (Foto CNS/Thomas Mukoya, Reuters).
ares para armas nucleares. “Desde Septiembre pasado se ha estado construyendo una planta de armas nucleares aquí en nuestra ciudad. Pensamos que este sería un buen momento de enseñanza”, dijo Huntz. En su discurso, el arzobispo Chullikatt esbozó la “creciente aversión” de la Iglesia hacia las armas nucleares y enfatizó que su condena de éstas siempre ha estado fundamentada en el respeto por la vida y la dignidad de la persona humana. Dijo que la enseñanza católica siempre ha enfatizado la necesidad de hacer un mundo seguro sin armas nucleares, “no hacer el mundo más seguro mediante la amenaza de las armas nucleares”. También señaló que la aceptación moral eclesiástica de la disuasión de armas nucleares siempre ha estado condicionada por el progreso hacia la eliminación de las armas nucleares. Chullikatt señaló que actualmente hay 20,000 armas nucleares en 111 instalaciones en 14 países. Más de la mitad de la población mundial vive en países armados con municiones nucleares; anualmente los países gastan $100,000 millones de dólares para mantener y modernizar sus arsenales nucleares.
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Propuesta Cristiana
Apostar por la Caridad Por Monseñor Juan del Río Martín, Arzobispo Castrense de España
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n la actualidad, sucede que mientras las instituciones y organizaciones de caridad y asistencia a los pobres de la Iglesia católica son muy reconocidas por la opinión pública, el término caridad parece devaluado en una sociedad que vive de espalda a la concepción cristiana del Dios Amor (cf. Benedicto XVI, Deus Caritas est nnº 31-32). Así pues, nos encontramos con los viejos tópicos de identificar caridad con paternalismo y actitudes similares, otros ven la caridad como contraposición a la justicia, ignorando que el amor que nace de la gracia divina supera las fronteras de la mera justicia distributiva. Por último, están los laicistas más radicales, los cuales manifiestan que la visión cristiana del amor al prójimo es un menosprecio de la dignidad humana en cuanto entienden que queda reducida a mero instrumento para demostrar el amor a Dios. Estos desenfoques son productos, por una parte, de la secularización de la vida cristiana que se da en algunos sectores de la Iglesia; por otra, de la innegable animadversión cultural hacia la propuesta cristiana. De ahí, que estemos en tiempos de crecer en interioridad y dejar a un lado los complejos y temores frente a una modernidad atea; apostando valientemente por aquello que es esencial en el cristianismo: la caridad. La fe en el “Dios que es Amor, predica Amor, y envía Amor”, crea en nosotros el amor con que amamos a Dios y al prójimo. Como dice San Juan: “Él nos amó primero” (1Jn 4,10). Este amor “no nace de la carne o de la sangre”, ni es fruto de nuestros actos, sino que es un don de Dios. Ello, no nos aparta de la amistad con los hombres, sino que, por el contrario, nos lleva necesariamente a ella, generando nuevas y primordiales exigencias. Por eso mismo, amamos a nuestros semejantes no por lo que tienen o por su grupo de pertenencia o por sus carencias, del tipo que sean; les amamos porque son imagen y presencia privilegiada de Dios en lo que constituye su ser personal. En la conocida parábola del Buen samaritano (Cf. Lc 10, 25-37), el Divino Maestro deja claro que el prójimo -¡el próximo!- no es solamente el compatriota, sino todo hombre, sin límite de raza ni religión. No es quien más lo merece, sino quien más necesita de nosotros. No son las personas que escogemos sino las que el Señor pone cada momento en nuestras vidas. No son sólo los seres queridos, a los que de hecho nos hallamos cercanos, es todo hombre con el que nos crucemos. Es a este ser humano concreto, al que debemos acoger y socorrer como hermano. Esta es la caridad que debe empapar las actuaciones de cualquier bautizado, cuánto más la de los sacerdotes, consagrados y la de todo colaborador social cristiano. Porque se presenta como el único modo de amar al otro por lo que realmente es y le constituye esencialmente en su verdad más profunda. Además, no se debería olvidar que desde Jesucristo el amor a nuestros semejantes tiene un “plus” de humanidad porque la caridad cristiana alcanza hasta amar incluso a nuestros enemigos: “Porque, si amáis a los que os aman, ¿qué recompensa merecéis? ¿No hacen también eso los publicanos?” (Mt 5,46). ¿Hay un amor más noble y sublime que aquel que nos ha traído Cristo, Caridad del Padre?
“El Hambre en el Mundo no Debe ser Ingobernable como Calamidad Natural” Zenit entrevista a Monseñor Luigi Travaglino Por H. Sergio Mora
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OMA, Italia. (ZENIT.org).Casi mil millones de personas en el mundo sufren el hambre cuando en realidad no se trata de un fenómeno ingobernable. La falta de seguridad alimentaria no es un evento o una calamidad que está fuera del control del hombre. Lo anterior fue expuesto a ZENIT por monseñor Luigi Travaglino, observador permanente de la Santa Sede en la FAO, FIDA y PAM, que considera que el hambre en el mundo no es
ingobernable como el reciente tsunami de Japón. Más aún, el purpurado consideró que ante el alejarse del objetivo de reducir a la mitad el hambre hasta el 2015, tenemos “todos que reflexionar”; recordar que las pesadas barreras aduaneras le impiden a los países pobres comercializar productos locales sin ser penalizados y prever los subsidios y exportaciones agrícolas de los países más avanzados. Así como los consumos excesivos que destruyen los recursos naturales. Todo esto sin olvidarse que los esfuerzos de la Comunidad internacional tienen que ser apoyados y que algunas nuevas estrategias de la FAO, como la creación del Comité de Seguridad Alimentaria, llamado a dar respuestas
Cada vez son más Jóvenes los Sacerdotes en EEUU nacimiento, mientras que W A S H I N GTO N, deel 18% entró en la Iglesia más
D.C. (ZENIT.org).- Al terminar el presente 2011, más de la mitad de las ordenaciones en Estados Unidos será de jóvenes de una edad comprendida entre los 25 y los 34 años. La Conferencia Episcopal de los Estados Unidos ha publicado las estadísticas de este año, que es el quinto año consecutivo en el que aumentan las ordenaciones de sacerdotes jóvenes. Se ha entrevistado a unos 333 ordenandos de un total de 480, ordenados en las diócesis o por las órdenes religiosas durante este año. El Centro para la Investigación Aplicada al Apostolado (CARA), del centro de investigación de la Universidad de Georgetown, que ha realizado la encuesta, destacó que el 69% del total corresponde a la raza blanca --europeos, caucásicos y americanos--, mientras que el 15% está compuesto por hispánicos/latinos y el 10% por asiáticos o nativos de las islas del Pacífico. La mayor parte de los entrevistados son católicos
tarde. Casi un tercio de los ordenados tiene un pariente sacerdote o religioso. El informe destaca también que el 21% de los que se han ordenado participaron en las Jornadas Mundiales de la Juventud antes de entrar en el seminario.
en las emergencias y prevención van en la dirección justa. El punto central siempre es el mismo: entender los valores fundamentales de la persona humana, la convivencia, el respeto de su dignidad y que el derecho a la nutrición es parte integrante del derecho a la vida de cada ser humano. Sin olvidarse del mundo rural, del significado de su trabajo con el rol central para la economía y la estabilidad del orden social. Recordando también a la empresa agrícola que tanto espacio ha encontrado en las reflexiones del magisterio social de la Iglesia. Monseñor Travaglino participa en la 37 sesión de la FAO y entre los participantes está la Santa Sede.
Descubren Otra Imagen Antigua de San Pablo
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS).- El Vatica-
no anunció lo que se considera “descubrimiento sensacional” de una imagen antigua de San Pablo en el fresco de un muro de una catacumba en Nápoles. El fresco, que data de principios del siglo VI, es una de las imágenes “más intensa y sacerdotal” de San Pablo perteneciente a ese periodo, con un rostro sorprendentemente expresivo y las características faciales de un filósofo, escribió el cardenal Gianfranco Ravasi en el periódico del Vaticano, el 29 de junio.
Falsas Profecías Sobre el fin del Mundo Por el P. Fernando Pascual | Fuente: Catholic.net
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quella persona estaba segura: el fin del mundo llegaría el día X del año Y. Hablaba con aplomo. Repetía, para probar sus afirmaciones, citas de libros sagrados, o aseguraba haber recibido el anuncio de esa fecha de boca de un ángel o incluso del mismo Dios. Miles de seguidores le creyeron. Miles, millones de escépticos, desconfiaron. Llegó el día X. No pasó nada. ¿Entonces? Aunque nos sorprenda, hay seguidores de profetas, de gurús, de líderes pseudo religiosos, que mantienen intacta la lealtad a su “maestro” a pesar de los errores cometidos por éste en sus vaticinios. Pero no siempre es así. Hay quien acierta en su crítica a una falsa profecía desde un presupuesto equivocado, quizá porque vive unido a otro profeta engañoso que se
oponía al profeta fracasado. El triunfo de su propio maestro al haber avisado sobre el error de un vaticinio descabellado no implica automáticamente que el grupo al que uno pertenece defienda ideas y doctrinas verdaderas. En el mundo de quienes no sólo rechazan las religiones, sino que afirman que Dios no existe, el fracaso de la profecía sirve como un refuerzo hacia la propia manera de pensar. Pero como en el caso anterior (el de los sectarios enemigos de una falsa profecía), el incumplimiento de la catástrofe anunciada no demuestra mínimamente que Dios no existe. Lo ocurrido, por lo tanto, no debe ser motivo para conclusiones excesivas. Después del día X podemos estar seguros de que lo dicho sobre el inminente fin del mundo por un líder más o menos inteligente, más o menos fanático, era algo simplemente falso.
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Orientación Familiar
“Autonomía” Poema de Kahlil Gibran Por Lucero de Dávalos
Sus hijos no son sus hijos,
son los hijos y las hijas del llamado de la vida asi misma. Vienen a través de ustedes pero no son de ustedes. Y aunque estén con ustedes no les pertenecen. Pueden darles su amor pero no su pensamiento, pues ellos tiene su propio pensamiento. Puedes acoger sus cuerpos pero no sus almas. Sus almas habitan la mansión del mañana que ustedes no pueden visitar ni en sueños. No intenten hacerlos como ustedes porque la vida no camina hacia atrás, ni se rertrasa con el ayer. Ustedes son como los arcos por donde sus hijos como flechas vivas se proyectan. Que su tensión en mano del arquero sea para el gozo. Querido hijo: Ese poema es una cátedra en materia de respeto a la autonomía que debe prevalecer por la libertad en cada persona, asi se trate de la vida de nuestros propios hijos. El derecho de elegir, decidir y aceptar en cada uno merece el derecho de asumir las responsabilidades que de ello se derive. No queramos barrerle la calle de la vida a nuestros hijos; les privamos con ello el derecho de ser personas con aciertos, debilidades, cosas buenas y malas. Orientarlos siempre pero decidir por ellos jamás. Hagamos que asuman su responsabilidad de hombres, podemos opinar sí pero no actuando por ellos. Con cariño te bendice tu madre.
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l Papa Benedicto XVI avaló un ‘milagro’ atribuido a la religiosa mexicana María Inés Teresa Arias, fundadora de dos congregaciones religiosas, y aprobó su elevación a los altares como beata de la Iglesia católica. El pontífice firmó el decreto de reconocimiento del ‘milagro’ durante una audiencia que concedió al prefecto de la Congregación para las Causas de los Santos del Vaticano, Angelo Amato. Hasta ahora María Inés Teresa del Santísimo Sacramento, cuyo nombre original era Manuela de Jesús Arias Espinoza, tenía el título de ‘venerable sierva de Dios’. Fundadora de la Congregación de las Misioneras Clarisas del Santísimo Sacramento y de los Misioneros de Cristo de la Iglesia Universal, la religiosa nació en Ixtlán del Río (Nayarit) el 7 de julio de 1904 y murió en Roma el 22 de julio de 1981. Hija de padres con intensa vida espiritual, mostró su vocación a la vida religiosa desde muy pequeña.
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ería interesante tener una máquina del tiempo que nos permitiera ver el futuro y saber por adelantado si nuestro matrimonio funcionará o no. Aunque esto suena más bien como una fantasía que se ve sólo en las películas, sí existen algunos factores que efectivamente pueden darnos alguna idea de cómo será nuestra relación matrimonial. El estudio Conocer la Familia, realizado por el Centro de Investigación y Formación para la Familia (CIFFA, 2007), nos presenta algunos datos muy interesantes sobre la relación entre el noviazgo y el matrimonio. Las parejas cuyo su noviazgo tuvo una duración mayor a los tres años están más relacionadas con los matrimonios que permanecen unidos, mientras que hay más separaciones entre las parejas que fueron novios por menos de dos años. Si bien en un inicio hablábamos de “predecir” el éxito o fracaso de un matrimonio, en este mismo estudio, de entre 12 características que se analizaron del noviazgo, se encontraron dos aspectos que están muy relacionados con que esas parejas permanezcan unidas después en su matrimonio: Estar de acuerdo y que la relación matrimonial haya sido como lo esperaban. En contraste con estas dos, el estudio también revela que el tercer aspecto significativo es el contacto sexual íntimo; sin embargo, en vez de contribuir a la permanencia, este factor influye en la separación. Hay más separados entre aquellas personas que dijeron haber tenido mayor contacto sexual íntimo durante su noviazgo. ¿Qué acciones durante el noviazgo pueden ayudar al éxito en el futuro matrimonio? 1. La duración es importante, los novios necesitan conocerse bien antes del matrimonio, si éste dura al menos tres años, tienen mayores probabilidades de que su matrimo-
nio sea duradero. 2. Verse algunos días entre semana y/o durante los fines de semana; cuidar los excesos, tanto convivir diariamente como verse muy poco, suelen ser contraproducentes. 3. Aprender a comunicarse y buscar llegar a acuerdos sobre el tipo de familia que quieren. Cada cabeza es un mundo, durante el noviazgo tendrán que aprender a escucharse y a ceder. Aprender a ceder, con un pensamiento ganar-ganar de ambas partes implica que ambos estén dispuestos a hacer algunas renuncias, pero al final los dos saldrán más beneficiados. 4. Preguntarse qué esperan del matrimonio. Temas fundamentales a tratar por los novios, son: --Trabajo y economía: ¿Cómo deben repartirse las tareas del hogar? ¿Trabajarán los dos? ¿Quién se encargará de administrar los recursos? ¿Qué aspiraciones y metas profesionales tiene cada uno? --Hijos: ¿Cuántos hijos tener? ¿Qué valores les gustaría inculcarles? ¿Quién estará a cargo de su cuidado? --Familias de origen: ¿Con qué frecuencia hay que visitar a los padres? ¿Qué rol espera de los padres al formar su nueva familia, en qué aspectos podrán intervenir, y en cuáles no? --Fe y valores: ¿Cuáles son los valores más importantes para cada uno? ¿Cómo viven su fe y cómo quisieran vivirla en su futura familia? --Cultivar el pudor y la pureza. La relación sexual es la forma en que un hombre y una mujer expresan que están totalmente unidos, “se hacen uno solo”. Esto es verdadero y sucede sólo cuando ambos se han comprometido a amarse para toda la vida, a través de la alianza matrimonial. Tener relaciones sexuales en el noviazgo hace que éstas pierdan su verdadero valor y significado. Aprovechar los momentos que están juntos para conocerse, dialogar y manifestarse el amor y el cariño como lo que son: novios.
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Unos de los más grandes críticos del cristianismo fue
el filósofo alemán Federico Nietzsche. Sobre los cristianos expresó: “Los cristianos son una manada de borregos; gente con mente de esclavos; recua de cobardes. Ustedes no se atreven a aspirar al primer puesto porque son cobardes y por eso ensalzan la humildad”. Gandhi, por su parte, dijo que la razón por la que nunca se convirtió al cristianismo era porque los cristianos lo habían decepcionado. La Europa cristiana de su tiempo vivía envuelta en conflictos bélicos. ”Son como piedras en las aguas profundas de un caudaloso río; mojadas en la superficie, pero muy secas por dentro”. Y Santa Catalina de Siena decía que los cristianos son como los árboles, frondosos con muchas hojas –las buenas intenciones– pero con muy pocos frutos.
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as críticas a los seguidores de Cristo cunden por doquier. Sin embargo, el mismo Cristo desafío a sus seguidores a vivir vidas marcadas por una gran calidad ética y moral. La famosa parábola del sembrador es un ejemplo palpable (Cfr. Mt. 13.1-23). Jesús establece cuatro categorías de seguidores: (1) los que son tierra dura, (2) los que son pedregal, (3) los que son zarza y (4) los que son buena tierra. Los primeros son personas con prejuicios que desde el primer momento se cierran a la posibilidad de un orden moral. Ellos tienen sus oportunidades de encontrarse con el mensaje transformador y liberador del evangelio, pero lo rechazan con arrogancia. Hay ateos con buenos argumentos, y hay ateos que no creen en Dios porque no les conviene. Un teísta dijo una vez que muchos ateos no quieren encontrarse con Dios por la misma razón que los ladrones
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Ser Tierra Fértil no quieren encontrarse con los policías. Esta categoría es, en la óptica de Jesús, la más desafortunada.
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espués viene los “pedregales”, o sea, la semilla que cae en las piedras, que representa a quienes se entusiasman al inicio pero no perseveran. Generalmente, los que ponen el énfasis del seguimiento en las emociones no llegan muy lejos. Las dificultades de la vida los hacen desertar muy pronto. ¿Cómo seguir creyendo en Dios cuando se tiene cáncer? ¿Cómo mantener la fe cuando la tragedia ha golpeado? ¿Cómo seguir perseverando en medio de la tristeza? Un joven colombiano dijo una vez: “Yo no creo en Dios porque a mi padre lo mataron los militares cuando yo tenía 17 años”. La madre Teresa de Calcuta confesó en sus escritos que la mayor parte de su vida se sintió “abandonada por Dios”. Sin embargo, era consciente de que el sentimiento no define la fe. Y ella siguió proclamando la verdad liberadora de Cristo. La tercera categoría –de la zarza– corresponde a los cristianos que creen, tienen entusiasmo, pero no saben establecer sus prioridades y se dejan esclavizar por el dinero, la avaricia, el consumismo y la ansiedad –y quizá muchos otros ídolos modernos–. Aquí el evangelio echa raíces pero las espinas las sofocan y la semilla muere. Finalmente están los que son tierra fértil. Los dedicados
a la propagación del reino de Dios sin tregua alguna; para los que el mensaje de Cristo es como un cofre que contiene un inestimable tesoro; o como una lámpara de Aladino, llena de mágicos encantos. Hombres y mujeres de este calibre moral quizá hay muy pocos. Pero no se han extinguido completamente. La madre Teresa de Calcuta es un ejemplo. Ella pasará a los anales de la historia como uno de los grandes personajes que mayor compasión sintió por los más necesitados. Ella decía: “Todos los días recibo con gratitud los regalos que la vida me ofrece. Y llevaré un regalo a cualquier lugar a donde vaya.”.
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uentan que en el muro de unos de sus orfanatorios siempre estaba un poema que resume la filosofía de alguien que ha sabido ser tierra fértil: “Las personas son inconsecuentes y egoístas, perdónalas de todos modos. Si eres bondadoso, te acusarán de tener obscuros motivos, pero sé bondadoso de todos modos. Si eres franco y sincero, la gente puede engañarte, sin embargo sé franco y sincero de todos modos. Si construyes algo durante varios años, alguien lo puede destruir en una noche, pero construye de todos modos. Si eres feliz los demás podrían envidiarte, sé feliz de todos modos. El bien que hagas hoy será olvidado el día de mañana, haz el bien de todos modos. Si das lo mejor que tienes, nunca será suficiente, da lo mejor de todos modos. Si das lo mejor de ti, puede ser que te escupan la cara, da lo mejor de ti de todos modos.
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Si usted juzgó solamente por lo que leyó en los periódicos y vio en la televisión, ustedes pudieran creer que abuso sexual es una crisis continua en la Iglesia Católica. Pero por cada historia disturbante de un sacerdote que ha abusado a un menor, por cada historia frustrante que sugiere que algunos líderes todavía no entienden el problema y los pasos que se deben tomar para resolverlo, hay cientos de historias no dadas a conocer que hacen muy claras estas buenas noticias: Las cosas han cambiado en la Iglesia Católica. Ministros y líderes en nuestra Iglesia están trabajando efectivamente para prevenir que niños y adultos vulnerables sean lastimados. El reporte reciente del estudio de abuso sexual “Causas y Contexto” en la Iglesia Católica por John Jay College de Justicia Criminal declara claramente que la crisis de abuso sexual, por la rebaja en números de menores abusados, muestra indicaciones significantes de resolución para mediados de los 1980s. Apenas el año pasado, de acuerdo con el reporte dado a conocer en el mes de mayo por el Centro de Investigación Aplicada en el Apostolado (CARA) de la Universidad Georgetown, de los 345 ofensores reportados durante 2010, solamente siete fueron reportados de haber cometido su ofensa en 2010. Dos terceras partes de las alegaciones citadas en el estudio CARA dieron referencia al periodo doloroso de 1960 y 1984. De los 345 clérigos acusados, casi el 60 por ciento habían fallecido o hechos laicos. Es un hecho factual que de casi todos los reportes que son el sujeto de historias nuevas en las corrientes noticias tienen que ver con alegaciones ocurridas hace muchos años. Claramente, los esfuerzos de diócesis en nuestro país en crear y mantener ambientes seguros para los niños en las parroquias y escuelas están trabajando. La diminución en
PROTEGIENDO A NUESTRO NIÑOS Paul Duckro, Ph.D
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abuso sexual de menores por aquellos que ministran en la Iglesia que empezó a mediados de los ochentas continúan manteniéndose en niveles bajos a mediados de los noventas. Los esfuerzos están teniendo un impacto porque por cada abusador en el pasado, hay miles de clérigos, empleados y voluntarios trabajando arduamente en el presente en ser vigilantes para que haya menos oportunidad de abuso y más probabilidad de ser detectados. Diócesis en los E. U. apoyan sus esfuerzos con fondos para personal, eventos y materiales. De acuerdo con el reporte de CARA, más de $20 millones fueron designados a los esfuerzos de reconocimiento y prevención del abuso sexual de menores el año pasado. En la Diócesis de Tucson, nuestras parroquias y escuelas han estado muy ocupadas respondiendo a la auditoría anual de nuestro Programa de Ambiente Seguro. Los datos colectados nos hablan de los miles de personas acometidas voluntariamente a nuestro sistema de chequeo de antecedentes, educación y supervisión – todos designados a proteger niños, jóvenes y adultos vulnerables. El proceso de auditoría nos da a todos la oportunidad de identificar no solamente las cosas que estamos haciendo bien, pero también lo que podemos hacer mejor. En los varios departamentos y oficinas Del Centro Pasto-
ral a quienes concierne el Programa de Ambiente Seguro, continuamos consultando con las parroquias y escuelas para ayudarles a desarrollar sistemas mejores, que sean únicos y adecuados a cada localidad y para que tengan registros exactos y accesibles de sus esfuerzos. Es ahora más de nueve años desde que los obispos se juntaron en Dallas a formular un escrito acerca de la Protección de Niños y Jóvenes Adultos que todos estuvieran de acuerdo en firmar; también hace casi 25 años de que los obispos empezaron a realizar y a comprender con lo que pudo haber ido mal. Todos hemos aprendido mucho acerca del error en todos esos años. Reflexionando en todos los esfuerzos que ha hecho nuestra Iglesia en cambiar y nuestro acometimiento a la seguridad de niños nos da ánimo. Estamos cambiando. Estamos haciendo la diferencia. Al prepararnos a entrar a otro año escolar y a otro programa anual en nuestras parroquias, les pido que recuerden con compasión y respeto a todos aquellos que han sido lastimados por personas con quienes debían haber podido confiar en nuestra Iglesia y acometerse ustedes nuevamente a hacer lo más que puedan para prevenir daño a otros en la misma casa de Dios. 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.
Annual Catholic Appeal close to $3.7 million goal Twenty-eight parishes in the Diocese of Tucson have met or exceeded 100 percent of goal in the 2011 Annual Catholic Appeal as overall pledges topped 95 percent of the $3.7 million sought this year. Five parishes had pledges of more than 90 percent of goal. The latest available pledge figure is $3,483,187 and dollars collected figure is $2,988,711. The funds raised by the appeal are used to pay for the work this year of the 26 charities and ministries that serve the Diocese. More than 16,500 donors have
contributed. Parishes that met or exceeded their respective goals include Blessed Kateri in Tucson, Corpus Christi in Tucson, Immaculate Conception in Ajo, Immaculate Conception in Douglas, Infant Jesus of Prague in Kearny, Our Lady of Grace in Maricopa, Our Lady of La Vang in Tucson, Our Lady of Lourdes in Benson, Our Lady of the Valley in Green Valley. Also, Our Mother of Sorrows in Tucson, Picture Rocks Redemptorist Renewal Center, Sacred Heart in Tombstone, Santa Catalina in Tucson, St. Ambrose in Tucson, St. Andrew the Apostle in Sierra
Archbishop Chaput goes to Philadelphia WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput will succeed Cardinal Justin Rigali as archbishop of Philadelphia. Pope Benedict XVI accepted Cardinal Rigali’s resignation and named the Denver archbishop as his successor July 19. In introducing Archbishop Chaput in a news conference at the Archdiocese
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of Philadelphia offices, Cardinal Rigali also offered an apology “if I have offended” and “for any weaknesses on my part,” but said he saw no particular connection between the timing of the Vatican accepting his resignation and turbulence in the archdiocese over a February grand jury report on how sex abuse cases were handled.
Vista, St. Ann in Tubac, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Tucson, St. Frances Cabrini in Tucson, St. Bartholomew in San Manuel, St. Francis de Sales in Tucson. Also, St. Helen in Oracle, St. Joseph in Wellton, St. Jude in Pearce/Sunsites, St. Jude in San Luis, St. Luke in Douglas and St. Thomas the Apostle in Tucson, St. Patrick in Bisbee and St. Thomas the Apostle in Tucson. Parishes close to goal are Holy Angels in Globe (97 percent), Sacred Heart in Clifton (96 percent), St. Francis of Assisi in Yuma (96 percent), Sts. Peter and Paul in Tucson (92 percent) and St. Mark in Tucson (91 percent).
Woo to lead Catholic Relief Services Catholic Relief Services has announced that Dr. Carolyn Y. Woo has been named the agency’s president and CEO, succeeding Ken Hackett, who is retiring after leading CRS for the past 18 years. Woo, 57, has served as the dean of the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame since 1997. She served on the CRS Board of Directors from 2004
until 2010. “Dr. Woo is a woman of deep faith with a strong commitment to the mission of the Church,” said Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, chairman of the board. “She will bring exceptional abilities and gifts to the task of serving the poor around the world in the name of Catholics throughout the United States.”
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Making the right choice about drug use By RUTH LILJENQUIST
For many children living in the city of South Tucson, drug use and abuse is an all-too-familiar problem, one they often find within their own homes. Exposed to drugs, alcohol, and tobacco at any early age, these children face intense pressure from peers and even family members to start using these substances themselves. And when they do, they begin walking down a path that leads to nothing good. That’s actually the message of a motivated group of youth in the city of South Tucson who are determined to reduce drug use in their community. These youth participate in Youth-to-Youth, a teen leadership program at John Valenzuela Youth Center, a satellite center of Pio Decimo Center, which is an agency of Catholic Community Services. Youth-to-Youth is based on a nationwide program that harnesses the power of positive peer pressure to keep teens free from tobacco, alcohol, and drugs. The goal of the program is to keep kids drug free by communicating strong peer disapproval for drug use, encouraging kids to remain drug free, and providing a forum for kids to socialize in positive ways. The youth themselves lead the program, with guidance from adult advisors. Jessica Alderete, one of the Youth-to-Youth adult advisors at JVYC, is proud of the
courage and commitment of the youth in the program. “These youth want to make a difference in their families and in their community. They want to be positive role models for other kids.” Members meet weekly to plan a variety of activities to educate other kids about the dangers of drugs, often based on drug problems they see arising in their community. For example, when they saw that other youth in their community were smoking K2, a synthetic marijuana sold in smokeshops as incense, they developed an educational skit “Marijuana vs. K2,” which pitted the two drugs against each other in a boxing match. When they both knocked each other out, the message to youth was that no one wins when using either drug. Members are also advocates in their community. A few years ago, the youth worked with the University of Arizona in a mapping study, locating all the alcohol vendors in the city of South Tucson. In one square mile, there were 40 vendors. This information helped them convince the city council to deny vendor requests for additional liquor licenses. The youth also convinced the city council to ban the selling of K2 in their city, well ahead of the state ban enacted by Governor Jan Brewer. Today, the kids are focused on banning a source of synthetic cocaine—bathsalt, which, like K2 was, is being sold in smokeshops.
“Our Y2Y youth know what other kids are doing, so they know what they need to respond to,” said Jessica. Alejandro, 16, has been a member of Y2Y for over three years. He’s motivated to stay drug free because of the substance abuse he has seen in his family. “I want to be different. I want to show my family that I’m not like that, that I can do better. And they are really happy for me.” Alejandro likes going out and giving information to other youth and to parents. Both youth and parents are shocked, he says. The kids are shocked to learn what drugs can do to them, and parents are shocked to find out what their kids are doing. Sometimes Alejandro gets some ribbing for belonging to Y2Y from other youth. “I just tell them I am trying to do something good in my life.” And that sometimes gets youth interested in joining. Doing something good with your life as opposed to taking a path to nothing good through drug use are the choices before many youth in South Tucson. With youth leaders like Alejandro, Youth-to-Youth is helping other kids make the right choice. For more information about the Youth-to-Youth program, contact Jessica Alderete at (520) 792-9251.
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If you judged only by what you read in newspapers and see on television, you would believe that sexual abuse is an ongoing crisis in the Catholic Church. But for every disturbing story of a priest who has abused a child, for every frustrating story that suggests that some Church leaders still do not understand the problem and the steps to be taken to resolve it, there are hundreds of unheralded stories that make clear this good news: Things have changed in the Catholic Church. Ministers and leaders in our Church are working effectively to prevent harm to children and vulnerable adults. The recent report of the “Causes and Context” study of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church by John Jay College of Criminal Justice stated clearly that the sexual abuse crisis, by the decline in numbers of minors abused, showed significant indications of resolution by the mid-1980s. Just in the last year, according to the report released in May by Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA), of the 345 reported offenders during 2010, only seven were reported to have committed their offense in 2010. Two-thirds of the allegations cited in the CARA study referenced that painful period between 1960 and 1984. Of the 345 accused clergy, almost 60 per cent were already dead or laicized. It is a fact that almost all the reports that are the subject of current news stories have to do with allegations that occurred many years ago. Clearly, the efforts of dioceses in our country to create An issue that weaves its way into many conversations these days is the ‘religion vs. spirituality’ one. You know the line: “I can worship God without going to church. I hike at Sabino Canyon, watch sunsets at Gates Pass, and ski in Colorado every winter. Communing with nature is my spiritual practice.” We also might know, however, that some who boast religion lack the depth of spirit to make it attractive enough to draw others into the more systematic practice of faith. I would never deny that one can experience well-being, peace, wholeness, and yes, even the exhilaration of spiritual joy, when encountering nature. It’s happened to me on inland lakes in WI, in the Austrian Alps, and when taking in sunsets at Gates Pass. Somehow we’re transported out of ourselves, feel fully alive, and are drawn into a beauty we did not originate, one that’s beyond us yet gets inside us. I won’t forget the afternoon of my mother’s funeral. In the morning we communally remembered both Mom and Jesus’ lives and deaths at a rich, moving liturgy (the religion side of it, bolstered by spirited music and Word). When relatives had dispersed, I spent a couple of reflective hours with a few
PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN Paul Duckro, Ph.D
Our efforts are working and maintain safe environments for children at parishes and schools are working. The decrease in sexual abuse of minors by those who minister in the Church that began in the mid-1980s continues to hold at the low levels reached in the mid-1990s. The efforts are having an impact because for every past abuser, there are thousands of clergy, employees and volunteers working very hard in the present to be vigilant so that abuse is less likely to occur and more likely to be detected. Dioceses in the U.S. support their efforts with funds for personnel, events and materials. According to the CARA report, more than $20 million was devoted to child abuse awareness and prevention efforts last year. In the Diocese of Tucson, our parishes and schools have been busy responding to the annual audit of our Safe Environment Program. The data collected speak to us of the thousands of persons who voluntarily commit to our system of background checks, education and supervision – all designed to protect children, youth and vulnerable adults.
THAT ALL MAY KNOW THE SAVIOR Sister Jane Eschweiler, S.D.S.
Religion vs spirituality friends on the shore of Lake Michigan. It seemed the crashing waves took my pained spirit out into the deep with them. This was a spiritual experience, fed by the religious inspiration of the morning. Lately I found some wonderful insights about this religion/spirituality “dichotomy- that- need- not- be- a- dichotomy” in Father James Martin’s “THE JESUIT GUIDE TO (ALMOST) EVERYTHING: A SPIRITUALITY FOR REAL LIFE.” He observes that it seems it’s fashionable to be spiritual but not religious today, and uses the acronym
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SBNR for those who claim spirituality but avoid religion. Martin says folks today often have the idea that religion oppresses and stifles the spiritual. He readily admits the ills and evils throughout history caused by misled religion, the Inquisition and fanaticism that leads to terrorism among them. But he points to the vast contributions religious tradition has brought, too: love, forgiveness, and faith-based organizations that care for the poor. The moral voice of true religion has often successfully challenged a sinful status quo. And I would add the best of religious practice (true worship and a sacramental life that leads to just action) grounds and feeds a life of service. Martin finds that the worst of spirituality today is selfindulgent with no room for critique, while the best of religion introduces humility into life. Neither spirituality nor religion can be fully realized without the other, he concludes. I am left wondering: How can religion better provide a context of welcome for the expansion of soul that spirituality offers, and how can spirituality bring a more communal enthusiasm to the table of religion?
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Pope reflects
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The Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration honored three sisters in Tucson last month for their monastic professions. Flanking Tucson Prioress Sister Romano Varela, OSB, Sisters Mary Carmela Rall, OSB, above left, and Mary Pascaline Coff, OSB, celebrated 60 years of vowed religious life, and Sister Mary Cecilia Rose Sprekelmeyer was honored for her golden jubilee. Sister Varela said: “Friends and relatives arrived from all over the United States. One relative said it was the best family reunion they’ve ever had. The joy of it all made our hearts wonderfully full.”
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Celebrating Mass with archbishops from 25 countries, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on his 60 years as a priest, calling it a demanding and “awe-inspiring” ministry that brought him closer to God. The Pope’s unusually personal recollection came June 29, the anniversary of his priestly ordination in Bavaria in 1951 and the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, the patron saints of Rome. The Pope said he felt he had to look back on “the things that have left their mark.” The Pope said he felt called into the circle of those God knows in a special way, to a friendship that implies responsibilities. “He trusts me to proclaim his word, to explain it right and to bring it to the people of today,” he said. Pope Benedict said friendship in this sense is about conforming one’s will to God and being prepared to step outside oneself and toward others -- moving “beyond the inertia of self-centeredness.”
New York’s same-sex marriage law ‘undermines family,’ bishops say
Sister Lois Paha — then and now
It’s her golden jubilee Sister Lois J. Paha, O.P., director of the Diocese of Tucson’s Department of Pastoral Services, celebrated her 50 anniversary in religious life on June 25 at the Adrian Dominicans’ motherhouse in Adrian, Mich. Sister Lois, who initially selected the name Sister Mary Pauline Joseph of the Gate of Heaven, was among 135 Adrian Dominicans who celebrated their 60th, 50th and 25th jubilee anniversaries. Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas celebrated the Jubilee Liturgy, just as he did three years earlier for Sister Charlotte Anne Swift,
O.P., the Bishop’s executive assistant, as she observed her 50th anniversary of religious life. “Sister Lois’ smile beams out today just as it did 50 years ago,” Bishop Kicanas said, “and is evidence of the joy that she brings to her ministry. She has been such a blessing to our Diocese. “She never says no to any request for assistance, always lends a hand and does whatever she can to enhance our service to our pastors, their parishes and the people of the Diocese,” the Bishop said.
Dominican marks anniversary The Dominican Sisters of Peace held a special Jubilee celebration to honor 63 of its Sisters from around the world who are observing milestone anniversaries of profession this year. Included in this celebration is Golden Jubilarian Sister Rose Marie Cummins, OP, who lives and ministers in Florence. “My life as a Dominican Sister has been a blessing, a challenge, an adventure, and a grace,” said Sister Rose Marie.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) -- Following passage of legislation to allow same-sex marriage in the state, the Catholic bishops of New York expressed concern “that both marriage and family will be undermined by this tragic presumption of government.” In a June 24 statement, the heads of the state’s eight Catholic dioceses said they were “deeply disappointed and troubled” at approval of a bill that will “alter radically and forever humanity’s historic understanding of marriage.” The state Senate passed the measure 33-29 in an evening vote June 24, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat and a Catholic, signed it into law later that night. Unless it is delayed by legal challenges, it will take effect in late July. New York would then become the sixth state to permit same-sex marriage. It currently is allowed in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, in addition to the District of Columbia. The bishops said the true definition of marriage as the union of one man and one woman “cannot change, though we realize that our beliefs about the nature of marriage will continue to be ridiculed, and that some will even now attempt to enact government sanctions against churches and religious organizations that preach these timeless truths.” The statement was signed by Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York and Bishops Howard J. Hubbard of Albany, Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, Edward U. Kmiec of Buffalo, Terry R. LaValley of Ogdensburg, Matthew H. Clark of Rochester, William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre and Robert J. Cunningham of Syracuse.
But in a separate statement, Bishop DiMarzio said both Republicans and Democrats had “succumbed to powerful political elites” with their votes, and Cuomo had “opened a new front in the culture wars that are tearing at the fabric of our nation.” He directed Catholic schools in his diocese “to refuse any distinction or honors” bestowed by Cuomo or by any legislator that voted for same-sex marriage and told pastors and principals “not to invite any state legislator to speak or be present at any parish or school celebration.” Bishop DiMarzio said the request was intended “as a protest of the corrupt political process in New York state.” “More than half of all New Yorkers oppose this legislation,” he said. “Yet the governor and the state Legislature have demonized people of faith, whether they be Muslims, Jews or Christians, and identified them as bigots and prejudiced” if they opposed changing the fundamental definition of marriage, he added. A last-minute amendment to the legislation exempts any clergy members who decline to perform same-sex weddings and protects any employee “being managed, directed or supervised by or in conjunction with a religious corporation, benevolent order or a not-for-profit corporation.” It also says failure to provide same-sex ceremonies would not “result in any state or local government action to penalize, withhold benefits, or discriminate against such religious corporation, benevolent order, a notfor-profit corporation operated, supervised or controlled by a religious corporation.”
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