The New Vision - October 2011 Issue

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‘Sacred art’ to grace Cathedral vestibule

It’s Respect Life Sunday

This poster is included in the materials for the U.S. bishops’ 2011-12 Respect Life Program. The yearlong program begins Oct. 2, Respect Life Sunday. See page 28.

Thanks to a “generous” donation, Bish- for the littlest and weakest among us.” op Gerald F. Kicanas has announced, “a The gift of the mural from the Ryle Founbeautiful work of sacred art” will be creat- dation, the Bishop said, commemorates ed to span the walls and ceiling of the vesti- Msgr. Ryle’s ministry as a priest, his years of bule of St. Augustine Cathedral in down- service in Catholic Charities and his service as executive director of the Arizona Cathotown Tucson. lic Conference.

John Alan, the artist who Bishop Kicanas said created the decoration and See artist’s when one looks at the illusart on the ceiling, walls and rendering on trations, “you will see saints sanctuary of the Cathedral, who inspire us by their has been commissioned to page 22 example, you will see saints do the vestibule mural, entitled “In Communion with All the Angels who are connected to our Diocese, and you will see persons who, while not beatified or and Saints.”

Bishop Kicanas noted that the vesti- canonized, show us that the life of a Chrisbule, the first area one sees when entering tian is a life of service to others in the name through the front doors, “can set the scene of Christ.”

Blessing of the new vestibule and mural for what you will experience when you enter the main space of the Cathedral. It is anticipated next February.

“I am grateful for the generosity of the can communicate why you are coming here.

And, it can communicate what you take out donors who are making the transformation of the vestibule possible,” the Bishop into the world with you as you leave.”

Bishop Kicanas said there were “two said. “We thank them and we thank all in important inspirations” for the mural, our Cathedral community and all over our the Eucharistic Prayer for All Saints Diocese for their generosity to the “Our Day and Msgr. Edward Ryle, who in Faith, Our Hope, Our Future” campaign his nearly 50 years as a priest in the and to the “Treasures of the Heart” Diocese was “a passionate advocate campaign.”

Judge Roll to be honored The Red Mass gathers attorThe life and legal career of Federal Judge John Roll, who neys and legislators and their co-workers in local was one of six persons governments and in killed in the shootings the justice system. of Jan. 8 in Tucson, We pray during the will be honored at the Mass for the Holy Diocese of Tucson’s Spirit to guide them annual Red Mass on in their work.

Tuesday, Oct. 11, Each year, the at 5:30 p.m. at St. Augustine Cathe- JUDgE ROLL Foundation and the St. Thomas More dral.

Judge Roll was a founding Society (whose members are member of the diocesan St. Catholic attorneys) select Thomas More Society, which, a person who exemplifies along with the Catholic Foun- the values personified by St. dation for Stewardship and Thomas More.

See related story on page Charitable Giving, sponsors 28. the Mass.

Couples are honored at the 5th annual Celebration of Marriage Mass at St. Augustine Cathedral. See Page 14.

Bishop: ‘We must respond’ to 9/11 tragedy Poignant reflections of “9/11” were offered by more than a dozen speakers at St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson as the 10th anniversary of that tragic day was observed at a multi-faith event called “Together We Remember.”

Prayer, song and dance combined to remember the 3,000 people who were killed in the terrorist attacks. A Color Guard from Davis-Monthan Air Base presented the flag and the Streams in the Desert Lutheran Church Joy Choir performed.

The speakers included city and county elected officials and Pam Simon, representing Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who cited comparisons of the terrorist attacks to the Jan. 8 shooting in Tucson that killed several and seriously wounded Giffords.

Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas noted that a large white candle at the foot of the sanctuary was lit as a memorial to ChristinaTaylor Green, one of the Tucson shooting victims, who was born on 9/11 and would have celebrated her 10th birthday that day.

Rabbi Samuel M. Cohon gave the closing benediction following a stirring rendition of “America the Beautiful” by all present.

Clergy and elected officials take part in 9/11 service at St. Augustine Cathedral.

Bishop Kicanas left the gathering with these thoughts: “As important as it has been for us to remember that day ten years ago, this day cannot come to an end with memories only. It is not enough to only have remembered. We must be determined also to act, to respond to what we have remembered.

“We respond by expressing our love

and support to the families of the victims who still grieve and mourn. We offer our prayers. We cannot take away their sadness they felt today as their loved ones names are read aloud one at a time, a solitary bell ringing for each name. We respond to them by showing we are with them.

“We respond by intensifying our efforts to build peace. What happened in Wash-

ington, Pennsylvania, and New York is not unique to our country. Countless innocent people are victims of war and violence all around the world, even in this third millennium.

“We respond by forming hearts, as Pope Benedict has said, that see where love is needed and seeing where love is needed we respond accordingly. This means we get involved. We don’t sit on the sidelines, indifferent and unconcerned but we bring our voice and our hands to the work of justice and peace throughout the world.

“We respond by speaking out against prejudice, scape-goating, targeting that seeks to blame Muslims for the actions of some who disgrace the name of Allah who is not a God of violence or vengeance.

Muslims stand with Jews and Christians in praying to a God, the God of Abraham, who is kind and merciful, slow to anger and rich in compassion.

“Finally, we respond together as people who are aware of the fragile state of our world, people who tonight are not too cynical, too blasé, too hopeless to show one another – each other – that we need one another, that we can pull together, that we can work together, that we can stand together.”

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Rural ministry a challenge

Los desafíos del apostolado rural

When I first arrived in the Diocese of Tucson nearly 10 years ago, I had no idea what a huge area our territory covers.

I had looked at a map that showed the nine counties in the territory of our Diocese that fill the bottom third of Arizona and that surround huge Maricopa County on the east and west.

I also knew that we covered nearly 43,000 square miles, making us the fifth largest diocese in geographic size in the continental U.S. But, it took my first trip to Yuma for me to get a true feeling about just how big and widespread our Diocese is.

Traveling on I-10 West from Tucson, I took the exit near Casa Grande that puts you on I-8.

I found myself driving through mile after mile of vast expanses of desert that had mountain ranges far on the horizon. It started to feel that the longer I was driving, the farther away those mountain ranges were.

I remember how happy I was to see a real sign of civilization: “Enjoy a delicious date shake in Dateland.”

Without a doubt, geography has a huge influence on how we carry out the mission of our Diocese.

I see that most strikingly in the small towns and communities within our territory.

Many of these towns and communities seem to occupy their own special place “out in the middle of nowhere.” Some were once booming with population and with industries that played important roles in the economic development of our State.

Now, though, many of these towns and communities have small populations because the industries that once sustained them either have disappeared or have greatly reduced their operations.

Some of our smaller communities are mostly comprised of elderly retired people on fixed incomes. Young people often leave these communities after high school, seeking greater opportunities.

I always enjoy visiting and celebrating with the people of our parishes and missions in these small communities. People know one another. They enjoy getting together, often putting on some of the greatest potlucks. People are proud of their faith and take ownership in their parishes and missions.

I remember attending a fiesta in Clifton-Morenci some time back.

Families mingled. Food abounded. Trinkets were being sold in booths lining the main street. There was even a llama walking around with a price tag around his neck. (I was not sure what I would do with a llama, but the price seemed reasonable.) The fiesta was so much fun!

Some of our pastors in these small communities have shared with me that their ministry can be very demanding.

Even though the people are generous with what they have, financial resources are sparse. There’s not enough money to hire any staff to assist the pastor or even to fully cover his monthly stipend.

It is so difficult to get volunteers. The pastor has to do everything. He has to be master of all trades.

Pastors have shared with me their concerns about the challenges their people face with boredom, alcohol and drug addiction, domestic violence and economic hardship. They know that what they see is not unlike what

Cuando recién llegué a la Diócesis de Tucson hace casi 10 años, no tenía idea de la vasta extensión de nuestro territorio.

Yo había visto en un mapa los nueve condados que el territorio de nuestra Diócesis abarca al sur de Arizona. El área cubre una tercera parte del estado y rodea el enorme Condado de Maricopa por el este y el oeste.

También sabía que con una extensión de casi 43,000 millas cuadradas nuestra Diócesis es la quinta en tamaño geográfico en los Estados Unidos continentales.

Pero no fue sino hasta que hice el primer viaje a Yuma que caí en la cuenta de la extensión real y del alcance de nuestra Diócesis.

Habiendo salido de Tucson en dirección oeste por la carretera I-10, tomé la salida cercana a Casa Grande que conecta con la I-8.

Pronto me encontré conduciendo milla tras milla a través de vastas extensiones de desierto bordeado por cadenas montañosas en el lejano horizonte. Yo tenía la sensación de que cuanto más conducía, más lejos estaban las montañas.

Aún recuerdo lo contento que me sentí cuando vi una verdadera señal de civilización: “Disfrute de un delicioso batido de dátiles en Dateland”.

Sin duda, la geografía influye enormemente en la manera como llevamos a cabo la misión de nuestra Diócesis, y eso es muy evidente en los pequeños pueblos y comunidades de nuestro territorio.

Varios de esos pueblos y comunidades parecen ocupar un lugar muy especial “en el medio de la nada”. Algunos tuvieron su auge en el pasado, con poblaciones numerosas e industrias que desempeñaron un papel importante en el desarrollo económico de nuestro estado.

Ahora, sin embargo, las poblaciones de muchos de esos pueblos y comunidades ya no son numerosas porque las industrias que alguna vez les dieron sustento han desaparecido o han disminuido considerablemente sus operaciones.

Algunas de nuestras comunidades más pequeñas se caracterizan por poblaciones de personas mayores ya jubiladas que viven de ingresos fijos. La gente joven, por lo general, al terminar la secundaria deja atrás esas comunidades en busca de mejores oportunidades.

Cuando viajo a visitar a la gente de nuestras parroquias y misiones en esas pequeñas comunidades, yo siempre disfruto de la compañía y de las celebraciones. La gente se conoce. Les gusta reunirse y las cenas compartidas que frecuentemente organizan son de las mejores que hay. Se enorgullecen de su fe y se responsabilizan de sus parroquias y misiones.

Recuero una fiesta a la que asistí en Clifton-Morenci hace ya tiempo.

Las familias alternaban entre sí. Abundaba la comida. En la calle principal había puestos donde se vendían chucherías. Hasta había una llama deambulando con una etiqueta de precio colgada alrededor del pescuezo. (No se me ocurría que podría yo hacer con una llama, pero el precio parecía razonable.) ¡Fue una fiesta tan divertida!

Algunos de nuestros párrocos que viven en esas pequeñas comunidades me han comentado que su ministerio puede llegar a ser muy exigente.

I hope we will explore ways to enliven parish life and their priestly ministry.

Y espero que podamos explorar cómo renovar la vida parroquial y su ministerio sacerdotal.

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is experienced in urban areas, yet in their small towns and communities there are few resources to address these concerns.

They also have shared with me how their ministry can be a lonely experience. They are so far away from their brother priests. It takes a lot of travel to get to diocesan events or meetings. They see and serve the same small group of people week after week.

Several years ago, as a participant in the Duke University “Pulpit and Pew” study on pastoral leadership, I heard leaders of Protestant denominations commenting on how hard it is to get their ministers to serve as pastors in rural communities. Ministry in rural communities is perceived as a kind of “boot camp” to be endured until they can move on or even as a punishment for those who cannot make it elsewhere.

How do we address the challenges that our parishes and missions face in our small towns and communities? How do we respond to the needs of our priests who pastor them?

As a beginning, I plan to gather our pastors who serve in those small towns and communities to reflect with them on the joys and challenges of their rural pastoral ministry.

I want to hear from them in the group setting so that I can better understand what they experience. I want to encourage them to engage one another on how their ministry can be life-giving and rewarding.

And, I hope we will explore ways to enliven parish life and their priestly ministry.

Some time ago, I read an article by reporter Dan Lehmann, then of the Chicago Sun Times, in which he told about a priest who was pastor of five parishes spread across 600 square miles of rural Illinois.

Hearing about that priest’s life, you could have thought that he was just a “circuit rider,” scrambling from parish to parish in his four-wheel-drive vehicle, not having the time to do anything significant.

But, Lehmann described a priest who was keeping the parishes in this isolated and economically distressed area alive and, despite trends elsewhere, growing.

When Lehmann gathered the people this priest ministered to in a barn on one parishioner’s farm in order to reflect with them about their pastor, to a one they commented that he has a focus: the spiritual life of the five distinct, small and distant faith groups. He works hard. He loves and respects his people. They said they love and respected him.

Clearly, that priest was making a big difference in the lives of the people in his communities.

I know that the pastors of our parishes and missions in the small towns and communities within our Diocese have that in common with him.

I look forward to our gathering on March 23, 2012. I expect it will be an engaging experience that will result in many blessings for the priests and the people they serve.

Obituaries Father Kenan Ryan, S.T., a Missionary Servant of the Most Holy Trinity, died on Aug. 12, 2011, at Sacred Heart Home in Hyattsville, Md. He was 79. For 10 years beginning in 1982, Father Ryan was the co-director for lay ministry development in the Diocese of Tucson.

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September 1946 in Russell County, Alabama, attended college in Pennsylvania and then moved to Winchester, Va., where he completed his four years of theological studies and was ordained in May 1959.

His first assignment as a priest was to Brooklyn, New York, where he was spiritual director for a lay apostolic group.

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A pesar de que la gente es generosa con lo que tiene, los recursos económicos son escasos. No hay suficiente dinero ni para contratar personal que pueda ayudar al párroco ni para cubrir su subsidio mensual.

Es muy difícil conseguir voluntarios. El párroco tiene que hacer todo; tiene que cumplir todas las funciones.

Los párrocos me han dicho que les preocupan los desafíos que su gente enfrenta entre el aburrimiento, la adicción al alcohol y a las drogas, la violencia doméstica y las privaciones económicas. Ellos saben que lo que ven no es diferente de lo que se vive en las áreas urbanas, pero en sus pueblos y comunidades hay pocos recursos para atender esos problemas.

También me han comentado que su ministerio a veces es muy solitario. Están muy lejos de sus hermanos sacerdotes. Tienen que viajar grandes distancias para asistir a funciones o reuniones diocesanas. Ellos ven y sirven al mismo grupo pequeño de personas semana tras semana.

Hace varios años, cuando yo participaba del estudio sobre liderazgo pastoral “Pulpit and Pew” de la Universidad Duke, oí a los líderes de confesión Protestante comentar que era muy difícil lograr que sus ministros aceptaran cumplir su misión en comunidades rurales.

El ministerio en las comunidades rurales es percibido como una especie de “campamento militar” que hay que soportar hasta que uno pueda avanzar a otro puesto, y a veces hasta se ve como un castigo para aquellos que no tienen éxito en ningún otro lugar. ¿Cómo podemos encarar los desafíos que nuestras parroquias y misiones encuentran en los pueblos y comunidades pequeñas? ¿Cómo responderemos a las necesidades de los sacerdotes que allí cumplen con su apostolado?

Para empezar, pienso reunir a nuestros sacerdotes al servicio de esos pueblos y comunidades a fin de reflexionar con ellos sobre las alegrías y los retos de su apostolado rural.

Quiero que ellos se expresen en esas reuniones del grupo para que yo pueda entender mejor sus experiencias. Quiero animarlos para que compartan entre sí las maneras como su apostolado puede ser revitalizador y gratificante.

Y espero que podamos explorar cómo renovar la vida parroquial y su ministerio sacerdotal.

Hace tiempo leí un artículo del periodista Dan Lehmann, que en aquel entonces escribía para el Chicago Sun Times, en el cual hablaba sobre un sacerdote que tenía a su cargo cinco parroquias dispersas en un área rural de 600 millas cuadradas en Illinois.

Oyendo el relato de la vida de ese sacerdote, uno podría pensar que probablemente pasaba el tiempo a la carrera de una parroquia a otra en su vehículo con tracción a cuatro ruedas, sin tiempo para lograr algo significativo.

Pero Lehmann describía a un sacerdote que mantenía vivas a las parroquias de esa zona aislada y empobrecida y, a pesar de las tendencias reinantes, sus comunidades crecían.

Cuando Lehmann reunió a las personas de las parroquias de ese sacerdote en el granero de la granja de uno de los feligreses para reflexionar con ellos sobre su párroco, todos y cada uno comentaron que su sacerdote tenía un enfoque: la vida espiritual de las cinco pequeñas, distintas y distantes congregaciones de fieles. Él trabaja con ahínco. Él ama y respeta a su gente. Y ellos expresaron amarlo y respetarlo.

Claramente, ese sacerdote era un agente de cambio positivo en la vida de las personas de sus comunidades. Y yo sé que los párrocos de las parroquias y misiones de los pequeños pueblos y comunidades de nuestra Diócesis tiene eso en común con él.

Estoy a la espera de nuestra reunión el 23 de marzo de 2012. Sé que será una experiencia interesante que resultará en muchas bendiciones para los sacerdotes y para las personas a quienes ellos sirven.

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Letters

Bishop’s Calendar — October 2011

Bishop ‘sells out to enemy’ To the Editor: According to Bishop Kicanas in the September issue of The New Vision, we were somehow supposed to see Rep. Gabrielle Giffords’ ability to vote again as “a message of hope, of the soaring human spirit even amidst tragedy.”

Interesting how the Bishop affectionately called her “Gabby” quite forgetting that this woman has sentenced thousands

of pre-born babies to death. The National Abortion Rights Action League has given her a 100 percent score on her voting to kill innocent children. Now that’s something to really be hopeful about.

It is truly sad when your own bishop sells out to the enemy. No wonder the Tucson Diocese is in the sad shape it’s in.

Tim Branson Payson, AZ

— Send letters to Bern Zovistoski, managing editor, at bernz@diocesetucson.org or mail to The New Vision P.O. Box 31, Tucson, AZ 85702.

Where to donate blood

1-8 Catholic Relief Services Travel 10 6:00 P.M., Dinner with Priest Retreatants, Redemptorist Renewal Center 11:30 A.M., Sexual Misconduct Review Board 5:30 P.M., The Red Mass, St. Augustine Cathedral 12-13 CRS Celebration and Foundation Board Meeting 13 4:00 P.M., Lecture, Georgetown University 15 10:00 A.M., Rosary Celebration, St. Augustine Cathedral 16 9:00 A.M., Mass, dedication of solar energy project, Our Mother of Sorrows 17-20 Presbyteral Assembly, Helena, MT 22 8:30 A.M., Mass, 50th Parish Anni-

versary, Pastor Installation, Fr. Thomas Dekaa, Infant Jesus of Prague, Kearney 4:30 P.M., Mass, Religious Orders’ Convocation, Benedictine Monastery 23-27 CRS Travel – Haiti 28 1:30 P.M., Mass, Catholic Cemeteries’ Board Retreat 6:30 P.M., Pastor Installation, Fr. Tabo, St. James, Coolidge 29 Youth Fest, TCC; Mass – 4:00 P.M. 30 Happy Anniversary. Appointment of Bishop Kicanas, Coadjutor Bishop of Tucson 1:30 P.M., Pastor Installation, Fr. John Arnold, St. Anthony of Padua; Blessing of the new parish hall 31 10:30 A.M., Presbyteral Council Meeting

These blood drives are scheduled at parishes in the Diocese of Tucson to support the American Red Cross’ Arizona Blood Services Region.

Sunday, Oct. 9 St. Francis de Sales Parish - 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Call Marian Gilbert 520-885-5908

Saturday, Oct 22 Our Lady of the Mountains Parish - 7 a.m. noon Call Miguel Serna 520-234-0046

Sunday, Oct. 2 St. Rita in the Desert - 7:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.

Call Ken Gallagher 520- 661-1262 St. Joseph Parish - 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Call Terry Buino 520-730-7793

Sunday, Oct. 16 St. Monica Parish - 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. Call Otilia Sanchez 520-294-2694 Santa Catalina Parish - 7:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Call Bernie 520-409-8709

Sunday, Oct. 23 St. Odilia Parish – 8 a.m. – noon Call 520-230-7295 or 800-GIVE-LIFE Santa Cruz Parish -8:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Call Rafael Nassi 520-954-1852

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Rosary celebration

In recognition of October as the Month of the Rosary, Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas will preside at “The Arizona Rosary Celebration” on Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. at St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson.

The event, sponsored by the Arizona Knights of Columbus, will also include activities in the Diocese of Phoenix with many organizations, including the Legion of Mary and Catholic Daughters of the Americas, participating.

In Tucson the celebration will include a Blessing procession of families and various parish groups honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe, the recitation of the rosary and exposition and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

A special ceremony of the passing of the Silver Rose, a symbol honoring the unborn, will take place in the cathedral’s placita at the conclusion of the service. A reception will follow.

Prison film to be shown

On Oct. 3 at 7 p.m., Most Holy Trinity Parish will host a special screening of a new documentary that gives witness to the transformative power of college education in the lives of men who are incarcerated in New York’s well known prison, Sing Sing.

Directed by Tim Skousen of Moxie Films, the documentary takes the audience inside Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison—a privately funded not-forprofit organization established to provide opportunity for college education for persons who are incarcerated. From the outset of the film, we learn that Hudson Link students are men who have come to appreciate the full impact of their life-altering crimes, on others and themselves. And

while for some it may be years before they see life outside the prison walls, the film shows first-hand their insight that their only hope for a redemptive, productive life is through their dedication to higher education.

The film’s title, “Zero Percent,” refers to the fact that not one of the Hudson Link graduates has been re-incarcerated for a new crime once released. Currently more than 60 men who earned degrees while in prison under Hudson Link’s sponsorship have returned to society.

Given the national recidivism rate of over 60%, “Zero Percent” provides real-life evidence of the far-reaching, transformative power of higher education in prison.

“Zero Percent” is currently appearing at film festivals around the country and has received several awards including the Silver Heart Award at the Dallas International Film Festival given to a film for “dedication to fighting injustices and creating social change for the improvement of humanity.”

Two parishioners of Most Holy Trinity founded Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison. For more information about Hudson Link, visit: www.hudsonlink. org The special screening at Most Holy Trinity Parish, 1300 N. Greasewood, is free and open to the public.

Marrow drive

Salpointe Catholic High School is hosting its eighth annual marrow registry drive, a tradition that began to find a marrow match for one student battling leukemia, and has now become a standing community event that registers more than 200 people each year as possible marrow donors.

The event, hosted at the school at 1545 E. Copper Street, will take place alongside the school’s SPA-ghetti dinner fundraiser event on Sunday, Nov. 6, from 3 p.m.6 p.m.

“It is so important to get people registered. I always thought the word cancer translated to death sentence, but when my son was diagnosed with lymphoma in May, I saw firsthand how many survivors there are thanks to all the treatment options available,” said Monica Sutton, mother of Salpointe sophomore Tyler Sutton, who is battling Burkitt’s Lymphoma.

‘The Spirit of Assisi’

San Xavier Mission in Tucson will mark the 25th anniversary celebration of “The Spirit of Assisi,” the inter-religious prayer for world peace event convened by Pope John Paul II in Assisi, Italy, on Oct. 27, 1986.

While Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate this day in Assisi, a prayer service for world peace will be held at San Xavier at 7 p.m. on Oct. 27. Join Father Stephen Barnufsky, O.F.M., pastor, local members of the Order of Friars Minor and representatives of other faith traditions in this ecumenical service, which will be followed by refreshments in the Mission courtyard.

For young adults

Young adults – ages 18 to 20 – are invited to get away and reflect on their lives as a young Catholics by joining a weekend “Search for Christian Maturity Retreat” at St. Odilia Parish on Nov. 11-13.

Meet other young people from throughout the Diocese and take the opportunity to strengthen your faith, learn

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Cost is $40 but scholarships are available. Contact Bridgette Gomez-Muñoz at 520-795-2977 or mbmunoz4@cox.net, or Julie Machen at 520-250-1299, or machenja@cox.net.

Novena planned

If you have problems that seem unsolvable, or you’re facing a dilemma that seems to have no end in sight, bring your intentions to St. Jude Thaddeus, the patron saint of hopeless cases, at a novena Oct. 20-28 at Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in South Tucson.

There will be two services daily – novena only from 12:15 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. and Mass and novena from 6:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. – with confessions a half hour before each service while the rosary is being said.

The novena will be celebrated by Father Abram Dono, S.T.

Leah Harris works with Victoriana Vialpando at Our Mother of Sorrows School, while, at left, Alex Ahlstrom and Trent Karn move books at St. Joseph School.

Service day for students

Corpus Christi fete

A Fall Arts, Crafts and Gift Boutique will be held at Corpus Christi Parish, 300 N. Tanque Verde Rd., Tucson, on Oct. 22 and 23, featuring a variety of art and finely handcrafted items.

A raffle for a quilt, gifts and jewelry will be held.

The show runs from 9:30 a.m. till 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and from 8:30 a.m. till 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Ordained in Italy

A Yuma native was ordained to the priesthood on Sept.

24 at the Basilica of San Benedetto in Norcia, Italy.

Michael Nixen, who has taken the name Brother Basil, O.S.B., is the son of Deacon Mark and Maria Nixen of Yuma.

He will say Masses at Immaculate Conception Parish in Yuma on Oct. 30, in English at 8:30 a.m. and in Spanish at 10 a.m.

La Salette pilgrimage

The annual pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette will be held on Sunday, Oct. 9, in McNeal (Double Adobe), Ariz., where an outdoor Mass will be celebrated

by Phoenix Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares.

The pilgrimage is to recall Our Lady’s apparition in the French Alps in 1846.

For tickets and more information, call Mike Roach at 744-9715, Steve Domingo at 297-4066, Father Henry Dauphinais at 797-8838 or Nita Ashurst at 248-1186.

Book tells of ‘value of volunteers’ “A good volunteer is someone with passion, who is committed, wanting to help and to serve,” says Stacy DeLong. “A leader would take advantage of that and be able to use that.”

However, she adds, “too many leaders don’t see the benefit a volunteer can bring to them.”

Stacy DeLong knows whereof she speaks, having been a volunteer herself for many years, as well as a writer, speaker and retreat planner. She has just published a book titled “The Value of Volunteers.”

Sister Darlene Pienschke, SDS, praised the book: “This is a very easy read, straightforward, conversational and very practical…I believe Stacy DELong every volunteer organization out there today could greatly benefit from this book…”

A Midwesterner by birth, Stacy, a real estate appraiser, moved to Tucson in 1999 from Iowa. She got started in youth ministry at Corpus Christi Parish and that evolved into helping coordinate the women’s retreat ministry and the confirmation program for many years. She has

also volunteered on the parish building committee and other projects.

The genesis of the book came last year in Rio Rico, she said, at the youth ministers’ conference where she led two workshops on volunteering.

She said the feedback that she received suggested there was a need for the book.

“I felt that God was calling me to write this book,” she said.

“This is a real collaboration based on experience with people in the Diocese,” she said, citing in particular Joe Perdreauville, assistant director of pastoral services.

Stacy said she met Joe when she moved to Tucson as Corpus Christi Parish was “just starting” and she helped Joe develop a youth ministry, spending 20 to 30 hours a week as a volunteer.

Joe describes Stacy’s book as “a great resource for anyone who does or should be utilizing volunteers…I wish I had found a book as simple and straightforward as this one when I was starting out.”

Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas wrote the foreword, calling the book “just what is needed by those who volunteer and those who supervise volunteers.”

Stacy said “The Value of Volunteers” is a book “not necessarily just for Catholics.” She said she will continue to write, although she hasn’t settled yet on the subject of her next book.

Students from St. Augustine Catholic High School in Tucson performed service projects at three local Catholic elementary schools last month, as well as accomplishing several tasks at their home campus.

The sophomores went to St. Joseph School, the juniors to Our Mother of Sorrows School and the seniors to St. Ambrose School, and they did everything from working on alphabet assignments with kindergarteners to inventorying a science lab, painting, moving books and monitoring recess duty. At their own school, the freshmen cleaned the chapel, moved furniture, set up tables and emptied recycling containers.

After a lunch prepared by the Knights of Columbus of Corpus Christi Parish the school family enjoyed a pep rally and then attended Mass celebrated by Father Ron Oakham of St. Cyril of Alexandria Parish.

Physicians guild chartered The Board of Directors of the Catholic Medical Association has approved chartering of the Tucson Catholic Physicians Guild, making it the 57th chartered Guild in the U.S. and Canada.

The newly elected officers of the Guild are Cynthia Miley, M.D., president, Harry D. Carrozza, M.D., vice president, and Marilyn Yee, secretary.

The mission of the Guild is to grow in the spirit of Christ in our personal and professional lives and to support and assist Pope Benedict XVI, the Bishops and the entire Christian Community with leadership, knowledge, skill and experience, especially in bioethical matters which totally encompass all aspects of daily life issues.

With newly chosen Chaplain Canon Richard von Menshengen, the Tucson group will meet on the second Saturday of each month at noon at Holy Family Church to celebrate Mass, after which the group has lunch at a local restaurant where an invited speaker will discuss pertinent religious and bioethical issues.

Membership in the Guild is open not only to physicians and dentists but to nurses and all members of the health care profession including medical students.

The officers thanked Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas for his blessing and support of this new Diocesan endeavor.

Anyone interested in joining the Guild can contact Dr. Miley at tobias7@live.com (phone 870-1292) or Dr. Carrozza at hc1138@cox.net (phone 722-5504.

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Words, words and more words

By SISTER LOIS J. PAHA, O.P. At this writing, the countdown is 72 days until the First Sunday of Advent, the day of the implementation of the English translation of the third Edition of the Roman Missal.

Writing as the chair of the Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship, Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans states:“The entire Church in the United States has been blessed with this opportunity to deepen its understanding of the Sacred Liturgy, and to appreciate its meaning and importance in our lives.”

Parishes in the diocese of Tucson are indeed planning and preparing with preaching, workshops and other presentations as we welcome the changes we will experience in the prayers of the priest and in the responses of the faithful. Musicians are learning the various new and revised musical settings of the Order of Mass and some are already using them in order to ready their communities as needed.

In his reflections on the Creed, Reverend Daniel Merz, associate director of the USCCB Secretariat for Divine Worship, comments on the reasons for the inclusion of the Creed in the Mass. He also offers assistance with some of the words in the revised translation.

There are two main reasons. The Creed comes at the end of the Liturgy of the Word because is helps us focus on the importance of both the Old and New Testaments. Any understanding of scripture—including that made during homilies—must be in agreement with the Creed. Secondly, it serves as a marker or guide for the Communion that will soon follow. The Creed is our communion in the faith that enables us to share in Communion in the Eucharist.

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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. In a series of monthly articles, Sister Lois J. Paha, O.P., director of the diocese’s Pastoral Services Department, explains what to expect.

One notable change for the assembly will be at the start of the Nicene Creed.

Instead of stating, “We believe” as we start the Creed, members of the assembly will say, “I believe.” The first liturgical use of the Creed was at Baptisms, and still today, whenever we celebrate a Baptism, we profess the Creed. As a representation of our faith, the Creed is most appropriate to Baptism, which brings others into our faith. The words of the Creed give us the opportunity for individual ownership of this faith. It is similar at Mass. Each of us must profess individual ownership of the common faith that is necessary for sharing Holy Communion as a Church: “I believe.”

In the first part of the Creed, we profess God the Father as creator, “maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.” The main point of the second part of the Creed is our affirmation that Jesus Christ is both divine and human. The same man who became flesh, “incarnate of the Virgin Mary” that is who received human nature from her, and who suffered death on the cross— this man is also “God from God, Light from Light.” (1 John 1:5–7), affirming that Jesus is divine light.

The most striking change in the Creed is the phrase that Jesus is “consubstantial

with the Father.” We used to say “one in Being with the Father,” which is an explanation of consubstantial. It refers to the core substance of who Jesus is; this core substance is the same core substance of who God the Father is. This is the most important word in the Creed. It professes specifically that the divinity of Jesus and the divinity of the Father is one and the same.

The Creed goes on to profess faith in the Holy Spirit and the Church. The former translation stated, “We acknowledge one baptism,” whereas, now it states, “I confess one Baptism.” Our job is not simply to acknowledge Baptism, but to confess our faith in its saving power. Similarly, we no longer “look for the resurrection of the dead” but rather we “look forward” to it, as something that fills us with hope and expectation.

Take some time before Nov. 27 to read the new wording of the Creed so that you will be ready to proclaim your faith in unison with the faithful assembly.

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages.

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. Amen.

— Taken in part from Preparing Your Parish for the Revised Roman Missal: Homilies and Reproducibles for Faith Formation © 2011 Archdiocese of Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 3949 South Racine Avenue, Chicago IL 60609; 1-800-933-1800; www.LTP.org. Excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 1973, International Committee on English in the Liturgy Corporation (ICEL); excerpts from the English translation of The Roman Missal © 2010, ICEL. All rights reserved. For additional information about the Missal visit www.RevisedRomanMissal.org.

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‘Las Fiestas’

By JULIETA GONZALEZ With ancestral roots in Magdalena and extended family scattered throughout Sonora short vacations into the communities that grew up around Father Kino’s missions were frequent during my childhood.

My love and respect for Father Kino’s work was established early and only grew as I matured. During one trip to visit family in Tubutama at Christmas when I was 11 years old brought the joy of being let into the usually locked church by my second cousin Irene Ortiz. She was a town leader and served several terms as mayor. Later, in the 1980s she hosted bus- loads of tourists on the Kino Mission tours who loved and appreciated the history of the region and of our faith.

But back in 1963, I recall running up the shaky wooden steps to the choir loft to come face to face with a small ancient organ that resembled a celeste more than a traditional church organ. I played “Silent Night,” and other Christmas carols much to the delight of others who had seen the open church door and entered for a brief visit.

Most of our short visits were to the town of Magdalena. My parents and I visited at Easter and during October for “Las Fiestas.” We were present just before Father Kino’s remains were found. It was exciting to watch the progress every time we visited. Mention of “Las Fiestas” in our household meant one thing only—the Fiestas of San Francisco in Magdalena, Sonora held during the first week in October.

There were many experiences related to the October fiestas in honor St. Francis of Assisi, I recall in the 1960s watching Tucson artist Ted DeGrazia painting in the plaza in front of the church. My family talked about the mass family pilgrimage from Tucson to Magdalena my grandmother organized at the end of World War II to give thanks to St. Francisco Xavier for the miracle of having my father and uncles return after serving in various branches of the service. My mother told stories of her great grandparents and grandparents who were farmers, to camp by the creek on their property and allowed buckboards full of pilgrims from the San Xavier reservation in the 1920s.

Although the fiestas are held during the celebration of St. Francis of Assisi, pilgrims go to pay homage to St. Francis Xavier. The story I heard as a child is that the statute of St. Francis Xavier had been on its way to San Xavier but the wagon broke down in Magdalena. Faithful residents of San Xavier and the Tucson area then determined that if the “santo couldn’t come to them, they would go to the santo” and the tradition began and continues today.

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Finding those suited for priesthood is ‘our business’

By FATHER RICKY V. ORDOÑEZ Vocations Director One of the greatest blessings of being the Vocations Director is the opportunity to travel the length and breadth of our Diocese of Tucson. Presentations to schools and parish groups are made and Masses celebrated in many parishes. While we all share the same Catholic faith and tradition, each parish is unique and the spirit of its parishioners varied.

However, I have found that if there is one common call for all of us it is the fact that vocations is our business!

The Vocations Director is one person – based in Tucson - who tries to connect with those who have a calling to the priesthood. Early on, I realized that it will be physically impossible to go into each and every parish hoping to meet these young men. I know that I will have to depend on “leads” given by parents, priests, youth leaders, school principals and teachers.

In the corporate world, they would be referred to as the “frontliners” in identifying possible vocations. This is the reason why promoting vocations has been called a “shared responsibility” and that it makes

it “our business.”

People have asked me why we don’t seem to have much interest in priestly vocations among the young. If this is the perception, perhaps it would be because priesthood has not always been included in the options presented by family, society and culture.

I used to teach at a parish elementary school and would hear my students talk about wanting to be a doctor, engineer, architect, NBA player, baseball player or be a professional football player. When asked why they thought of it, they would answer that they have always known it to be a “cool” profession because it is what their parents perceive to be so – and they almost always go by what their parents think! It makes me wonder how many parents out there encourage their children to consider priesthood as an option. Hmmmm. I thought so!

But, God calls! Yes, the Lord calls on many – “Many are called, but few are chosen…” (Matthew 22:14) – few respond and fewer still remain. So many of “the called” may be thinking about it but when confronted with familial, societal and cultural expectations about a financial-

ly rewarding career, priesthood is conveniently set aside to be “dealt with” sometime in the future. Yet the call remains, always hovering around like an undaunted spirit pleading to be recognized by an unsettled heart.

A discernment of one’s life journey may be a personal one, however, outside pressures play a great role in the final choice.

Should one go with what the family wants?

Can afford? What would be the financial compensation? It is surprising to know what considerations are included in the choice of a career path. What complicates a vocation to the priesthood is that it is not just that – a career! It is a vocation – God’s invitation to give glory to HIM in the service of HIS people. This gives it an entirely different twist. Priests live not for themselves but to serve God and His people.

Many have asked me: “Father, how can we help?” My standard answer: “In many ways!”

First, let us begin to change the present demands of family, culture and society by encouraging those young men whom we see have the call to priesthood. It is not so difficult if we simply open our eyes and

our hearts to the Holy Spirit. Priesthood is, indeed, a good option for your sons to take.

Second, let us assist them in finding their true vocations by having discernment groups in our parishes to deal with the question, “Where is God leading me to serve?”

Third, some may be called to assist in many different ways – a financial contributor, a fund raiser, a prayer warrior and in many other venues. Perhaps it is not well known that it costs more than $30,000 a year to send a young man to the seminary. To source out these funds is a great concern, not only for the Vocations Office but for the entire diocese.

The question remains: “Do we have vocations to the priesthood?” My answer: “Oh, yes!” We just need to find them, encourage them and assist them in finding the path to it. But, let us remember that the Vocations Director cannot do it alone.

I depend on the assistance of my brother priests, the religious, youth leaders, school principals, teachers, and all those whose eyes and hearts the Holy Spirit has opened to assist the vocations efforts.

This makes it all – “our business.”

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‘Being a pilgrim isn’t easy, but it is rewarding’

BY JOHN PAUL SHEA Special to The New Vision Before the World Youth Day events in Madrid, our group spent a day at Fatima and then each of us spent three days with a host family. I stayed with a family in a small village called Barcarrota. The family has four young children and was very welcoming and showed me the town, and I was able to learn about their culture.

The parish in Barcarrota is one of the most beautiful parishes I have ever seen.

For the Sunday Mass, my host family was asked to bear their testimonies, and I was asked to bear my testimony along with them.

Later in Madrid, the streets became one huge Catholic festival. We attended the opening Mass in Madrid´s Cibeles Square and we greeted the Pope (about 22 feet away!) as he entered the city.

One of the most memorable events of World Youth Day for me was the seminarian Mass with the Pope and the vigil the night after. At the Mass, I was hoping to have a seat close to the altar but as I approached the Almudena Cathedral

where the Mass was to take place, I realized that I was to sit outside along with hundreds of other seminarians.

Although I was a little let down that I didn’t sit close to the Pope, I realized that it was actually a good thing. It showed me in a profound way that Christ’s call for vocations is being heard. At the Mass there were about 5,000 seminarians from across the world!

Afterward I made my way to Cuatro Vientos to attend the vigil, the largest event of World Youth Day and the last event before the Pope’s final Mass where millions of people spend the night outside in sleeping bags.

I was to meet the rest of my group at a particular assigned site but when I arrived at the site of the vigil I was unable to find the assigned site. After approaching security to ask for directions, I was told that I was unable to reach my site because a fence which separated two sides of the area had been closed. Because there were more people than expected, security would not allow anyone from either side to cross to the other.

It turned out to be a very long night for

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me. I had nothing to sleep in as my group had my sleeping bag. I was amidst crowds of people, but I knew no one. Finally, not knowing what else to do, I walked up to a volunteer and told him of my situation. He introduced me to some of his friends, and they fought to get me across to the other side of the fence so that I could reunite with my group. Yet, no matter how hard they tried, the security still would not allow me to cross.

My new friends from Spain fed me, and we had talked a lot. I was once again reminded of the unity of our Catholic faith. Although we were from different countries, we were one in Christ.

At about 3:30 a.m., my new friends suggested that we try again to get me across the fence. To my surprise, one of the security guards finally let me across. I thanked my new friends for their help and hospitality and took a photo of them before I departed.

There were too many people and it was too dark to locate my group, so I walked around until finally, about 5:30 a.m., I could walk no more. I had been carrying a bag with my cassock and surplus, so I put

it under my head and laid down on the dirt ground. I awakened about 90 minutes later, met by the sunshine. After walking around the area I recognized some individuals wearing familiar shirts. As I looked closer, I realized it was members from my group! It is difficult to explain the thoughts and feelings that came over me at that moment, but it was a great feeling! Reunited, we stayed for the final Mass with the Pope, and then we departed for our long journey home.

Being a pilgrim for World Youth Day was not easy. I walked everywhere, did not get much sleep, and was very tired. Yet, my experience was one of the greatest experiences I have had in my life. Amidst the crowds at World Youth Day, I came to a greater understanding of the greatness and unity of our Catholic faith. Although there were millions of people from different places and countries, we are all one in Christ. ­— John Paul Shea is a seminarian assigned to Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Tucson who accompanied a group of about 16 pilgrims from SSPP who attended World Youth Day in Madrid, Spain with the Life Teen group.

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Spirituality enhanced at World Youth Day

By DAN ETHRIDGE Special to The New Vision Three Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary were joined by three faculty members and 23 students from Tucson’s Immaculate Heart High School at the World Youth day events in Madrid, Spain last month.

Besides the high school participants, St. Mark Parish had nine members and Douglas had four members, for a total of 44 participants. The 12-day adventure was directed by Sister Evelyn Soto, who has spent much time there and has total understanding of the city and event. A big “THANK YOU” to Sister Evelyn for taking care of every detail.

Our group stayed at Colegio Corazon Inmaculando, an Immaculate Heart School in Madrid. The most difficult adjustment was the nine-hour time difference! Our guide for the event was Miguel, a 4th grade teacher at the Madrid school, and a couple of families and alumni.

On this trip, our group became immersed in the culture of España with many tours of palaces, cathedrals, parks and other towns of Toledo and El Escorial. Sister Evelyn had arranged privileges for our group and we were able to be part of the welcoming and departure group for the Holy Father. This was incredible because most other times we were part of the million and a half people from around the world competing for sights and front rows.

On Saturday at “The Night Under the Stars,” Pope Benedict inspired the audience with his refusal to come in out of the rain, stating: “If they (the people) stay then I stay”.

This Tucson contingent to World Youth Day poses in front of the Palacio Real (Royal Palace) in Madrid.

All week we listened to great speeches, had daily Mass and rosaries. (Thank you, Father Robert Rodriguez.)

Our students made many friends from all over the world, traded flags and bracelets, learned how to deal with the Euro, walked for miles, and ate unusual foods. Sister Alice and Sister Sylvia, from Miami, appeared to have the most laughs and seemed to enjoy the young people the most.

There was a definite increase in the spirituality and holiness of all that attended. Our group was complimented

many times on their good behavior and open spirituality.

The next World Youth Day Event will happen in Rio de Janeiro in 2013. If you are interested and over the age of 16 by 2013, I would highly recommend that you consider the trip. That many young people coming together and praying all at once has to have some effect on heaven’s doors.

— Dan Ethridge is the principal of Immaculate Heart High School.

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‘First-ever’ art show draws 300

More than 300 people were drawn to the first-ever fine art exhibit featuring the works of women religious and clergy of the Diocese of Tucson on Sept.

17 in the parish hall of St. Augustine Cathedral.

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Father David Reinders, chaplain at the Veterans Administration Hospital, displays his art at the first-ever show of its kind in Tucson.

Among the works displayed by 21 artists at the Sonoran Spirit Fine Art Exhibit were photographs taken by Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, who termed the event “a great success.”

Visitors moved from table to table, visiting with the artists and viewing their displays. Some purchased and commissioned art.

“Calling me an ‘artist’ may be going too far,” Bishop Kicanas said later, “but the word surely describes the sisters, priests and deacon whose fine arts included icons, embroidery, jewelry, poetry, paintings, photographs…I

Father Alex Mills, pastor of St. Ann Parish in Tubac, welcomes visitors to his display in the Sonoran Spirit Fine Art Exhibit.

am surely honored to be in their company.”

The idea for the exhibit was sparked last March when Sister Rina Cappellazzo, O.P., diocesan Vicar for Religious, commented during a Pastoral Center staff meeting about the number of talented clergy and religious women and men artists she knows in our Diocese who create beautiful works but who are practically unknown.

“I am grateful to Sister Rina, Laura Rowan, the

artists and the exhibit committee for helping us to launch what I hope will be a tradition in our Diocese,” the Bishop said.

• Below left, Bishop Kicanas is joined by Benedictine sisters and Salpointe students as the sisters exhibit their popcorn, a new fund-raising initiative, while Sister Consuelo Pacheco, below, speaks with visitors to her site at the exhibit.

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Photos for The New Vision by Francisco Medina

Couples hold hands as they renew their wedding vows at St. Augustine Cathedral during the Diocese of Tucson’s 5th annual Celebration of Marriage Mass, led by Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas. More than 120 couples took part, and afterward they had their photos taken with the Bishop and attended a reception in the parish hall.

Below, Bishop Kicanas is flanked by Catherine and Joseph Gordon, with their son, Father John Gordon.

Marriage vows renewed at Cathedral A Tubac couple celebrating 70 years of marriage was among the guests of honor at the Diocese of Tucson’s fifth annual Celebration of Marriage Mass on Sept. 17 at St. Augustine Cathedral.

Ernie and Marge Petitmermat of St. Anne Parish joined more than 120 other couples whose years of married life total 4,675.

Celebrating 65 years of marriage were Camiel and Alice Albrecht of Sts. Peter and Paul Parish in Tucson, Robert and Genevieve Brechtel of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Sierra Vista and Rogelio and Blanca Rubio of Santa Cruz Parish in Tucson.

Marking 63 years of marriage were Epifanio and Maria Louisa Garcia of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Tucson.

Joseph and Catherine Gordon, celebrating 60 years of marriage, were joined by their son, Father John Gordon of the Diocese of Metuchen, for the occasion.

Golden jubilee couples totaled 57, while 29 couples were celebrating their Silver jubilee and other couples celebrated various years, from newlywed on up.

Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas presided at the Mass and led the couples in renewing their vows.

“As they join right hands, look at each other and pronounce the same words they did many years ago...,” Bishop Kicanas said. “I see how much more meaningful those words are now for them that they have been tested.

“The kiss they share reflects true love now proven through good times and bad times, in sickness and in health,” the Bishop said.

Bishop Kicanas delivers his homily, praising the couples for reaching a wide range of marriage milestones.

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Ernie and Marge Petitmermat, wed 70 years, exchange a kiss.

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Praying for justice on border Priests of parishes along both sides of the Mexico-Arizona border join Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas in celebration of Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Nogales, Sonora, during a bi-national conference on immigration issues.

Separation of migrant families targeted by bi-national groups

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Bishop Kicanas speaks to the gathering after Hermosillo Archbishop Ulysses Macias Salcedo, seated, delivered a pastoral statement from the Bishops of Mexico.

At right, Bishop Kicanas exchanges a greeting with Father Gustavo BenitezCamacho, parochial vicar of St. Francis of Assisi in Yuma.

Brother Martin Sanabria, OFM, of San Solano Mission, is at right.

A three-day bi-national meeting in Ambos Nogales to discuss ways to relieve the plight of migrants resulted in an agreement to focus specifically on the issue of separation of family members.

The two organizations involved, Manos Unidas and Dioceses Without Borders, will collaborate on ways to help migrants who are separated from their wives, husbands and children and to work for their reunification.

Manos Unidas is a farmworker project in Ambos San Luis and Yuma. Dioceses Without Borders involves representatives of the Dioceses of Tucson, Hermosillo and Phoenix and is comprised of project teams working in Douglas, Agua Prieta, Ambos Naco and Ambos Nogales.

Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas joined Archbishop Ulysses Macias Salcedo of Hermosillo and about a dozen priests

‘All life issues are related. We need to teach the Church position on the dignity of human life. We must find little ways that make a difference.’

—Bishop Kicanas and many lay workers during the conference, where many topics related to immigration were addressed.

Archbishop Salcedo spoke about a document prepared

by Mexico’s bishops regarding the dignity of all Mexicans.

Bishop Kicanas urged the attendees to “look for concrete ways to break down the divisions and walls” that separate various factions so that “we see each other as brother and sister.” He called for a “compassionate presence…to see the person behind the stereotype.”

He said “from this gathering I hope that we can reach across the divide and find ways to respond to the plight of immigrants…to break down prejudices in some way.

“All life issues are related,” he said. “We need to teach the Church position on the dignity of human life. We must find little ways that make a difference.”

Bishop Kicanas presided at a Mass at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Nogales, Sonora.

Titled “Sharing Life and Dignity in Christ our Peace,” the conference was intended to strengthen the solidarity of “One Church” all along the international border.

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Para una Sociedad Sana, es Necesario Promover Vida y Familia: Benedicto XVI REFLEXIONES

Padre Roberto Kose, OFM Cap.

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La Vida Religiosa

an Francisco de Asís quiso poner énfasis en su decisión de seguir a Cristo y vivir con sencillez y en pobreza. Para San Francisco toda la creación era un espejo que daba una reflexión al poder, sabiduría y bondad de Dios. San Francisco quiso alcanzar a Dios con su modo de vivir como una familia de hermanos llevando los consejos evangélicos de pobreza, castidad y obediencia. Así hay un ejemplo para otros.

Las órdenes religiosas ven el voto de pobreza como una forma de no ser dueño de nada. Como Capuchinos Franciscanos no somos dueños de carros ni de propiedad alguna y no tenemos una cuenta personal en el banco. Los ingresos de todos los hermanos sostienen a todos. En imitación a Cristo tomamos el voto de castidad que nos da la libertad de vivir y proclamar el evangelio sin la preocupación de una familia. Obedecer a otro hermano en la comunidad es una forma radical de abandonar su propia voluntad personal y dar énfasis al deseo de llegar a la perfección por obediencia a otra persona.

La diferencia entre el sacerdocio diocesano y religioso está en la decisión consciente del grupo de vivir como hermanos verdaderos, con los hermanos ordenados o no ordenados sacerdotes.

El Sacramento del Bautismo es el vínculo de ministerio y servicio común entre los miembros de una orden religiosa. La manera en que servimos a la Iglesia va a decir si en verdad somos fieles a nuestra llamada como hermanos. Somos sinceros a nuestra vocación cuando nuestra vida refleja un amor y respeto mutuo.

Viviendo y rezando como un grupo común es una parte mayor de la vida religiosa. Oraciones comunes como la Eucaristía, Oraciones de la Mañana y la Tarde son el punto base de la vida religiosa. Hay una identidad común que está expresada cada vez que los hermanos rezan juntos. Hay un énfasis mayor puesto en el concepto de la familia como una señal de unidad. Hay un compromiso a los valores evangélicos por medio de una vida de oración privada y comunal.

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ASTEL GANDOLFO. (ZENIT.org).- Si se quiere hacer prosperar a la sociedad, es necesario que ésta tenga valores sólidos básicos, empezando por la defensa de la vida y de la familia y por la solidaridad con los pobres y los que sufren.

Lo recordó el Papa Benedicto XVI, en días pasados, al recibir las Cartas Credenciales que acreditan a Nigel Marcus Baker como nuevo embajador de Gran Bretaña ante la Santa Sede.

El Papa inició su discurso recordando su visita en Gran Bretaña en Septiembre del año pasado, definiéndola como “una ocasión única” y dando las gracias al pueblo británico “por la calurosa acogida” que le reservó.

Recordando los desórdenes producidos hace unas semanas en Gran Bretaña, el Pontífice explicó que “cuando las

políticas no fomentan o promueven valores objetivos, el resultado moral es el relativismo, en lugar de conducir a una sociedad libre, justa y comprensiva, tiende, sin embargo, a producir frustración, desesperación, egoísmo y la indiferencia por la vida y la libertad de los demás”.

“Aprovecho esta oportunidad para animar a todos los que acudirían a la violencia para solventar sus agravios a buscar el diálogo con sus vecinos para encontrar la paz y la prosperidad de toda la comunidad”, añadió.

Igualmente, alabó el esfuerzo de “buscar los medios para mantener la excelencia en la educación, promover la cohesión social y la estabilidad económica, analizando los medios para favorecer el empleo a largo plazo y repartiendo la riqueza de forma más justa en toda la sociedad”.

“La promoción activa de los valores esenciales en una sociedad sana, a través de la defensa de la vida y de la familia, la educación moral de los jóvenes y una relación fraternal con los pobres y los débiles, sin duda ayudará a reconstruir de forma positiva el sentido del deber, en la caridad hacia los amigos y extranjeros en la comunidad local”, finalizó.

Ser Fiel en lo Poco…

Dios, un Padre Amoroso que Cumple con su Parte

Por Pino Pellegrino

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El que es fiel en lo poco, también es fiel en lo mucho; y el que es deshonesto en lo poco, también es deshonesto en lo mucho” (Lc 16,10). Esta recomendación de Jesús la hemos escuchado más de una vez, inclusive es posible que la usemos en nuestras conversaciones para añadir algo de sabiduría a un consejo para un amigo.

Los deportistas de alto rendimiento, los #1 en su campo, tomaron una decisión radical en sus vidas. Comenzaron a llevar un horario riguroso de entrenamiento, nutrición, descanso, horas de lectura de como mejorar, consultas con expertos que le ayuden a corregir sus imperfecciones.

La llamada a la Santidad es una llamada a ser cristianos de “alto rendimiento” 100% del tiempo, a ser #1. Necesitamos un cambio radical “en lo poco”. Puedes comenzar con: • Establecer una observancia con un horario fijo que incluya recibir la Eucaristía, así como oración y lectura de la Biblia en actitud de escuchar: ¿Qué me dice Dios en esta lectura?

• Compartir con la Iglesia lo que tienes, no des lo que te sobra en tiempo y dinero • Haz una prioridad el promover la santidad de tu esposo/a e hijos.

• Estar atentos a las oportunidades de ser amables con alguién.

• Te encontrarás con gente que no te agrada, sin embargo busca

algo bueno en esa persona. El amor todo lo perdona y justifica.

• Haz las cosas con transparencia, sin segundas intenciones de beneficio personal.

• Nunca tomes lo que no es tuyo, ni siquiera un lápiz ni una hoja de papel.

• Asigna un tiempo en la noche para reflexionar sobre como fue tu día.

Esta lista la puedes ajustar y modificar, recuerda que tu nexo con Dios es una relación. Dios como Padre amoroso cumple con su parte, sólo hace falta tu contribución “en lo poco”, para que esta relación crezca en familiaridad e intimidad (lo mucho).

No sea que el día de rendir cuentas quedes como deshonesto o, peor aún, como indiferente y tibio.

VIDA ECLESIÁSTICA Cómo Fundar un Seminario

¡Dios no Puede Resistir Ante tu Ofrenda!

Por el Padre Hernán Jiménez, LC

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ue en 1991, en el norte de Italia. Mis superiores me habían encargado fundar un seminario, lo cual no es nada fácil. Sin embargo, a pesar de tanto trabajo, fui a visitar a un joven de veintisiete años, enfermo de sida. Lo llamaré «Lauro».

Era mi primera experiencia. Una característica general de los enfermos terminales es la monotonía de las horas que pasan lentamente ante la cruda realidad: no queda más que esperar la muerte. Se confesó y comulgó después de varios años.

Las visitas a Lauro se multiplicaron. Pasé de ser el «sacerdote que visita al enfermo» a ser el «sacerdote-amigo» y, en poco tiempo, el «amigo que es también sacerdote». Y aquí inicia el milagro.

Un día iba por la carretera para visitar a Lauro. Una idea me molestaba: «Tú llegas, te paras allí media hora, bromeas, lo confiesas y después lo dejas en su martirio. ¡No basta!...» Pero no sabía qué hacer. De pronto, una voz me habló. La escuché tan claramente que me giré dentro del auto para ver quién me había hablado. Luego se repitió muy fuerte. La voz venía de dentro de mí: «Detente en

la próxima parroquia y pide un crucifijo». Fue sorprendente.

Me paré en la primera iglesia --afortunadamente conocía al párroco--, entré y le dije en voz baja: «Padre, necesito un crucifijo». «¿Un crucifijo?», respondió extrañado. «Sí, no me pregunte para qué, porque tampoco yo lo sé». Fuimos a la sacristía y me dió uno lleno de polvo. Le agradecí el gesto y volví al coche. Aún quedaba media hora de camino. Apagué la radio para tratar de comprender qué tenía que hacer. Al llegar iba a salir del coche sin el crucifijo, pero al verlo entendí todo. Entré en la casa. Conversé con Lauro y al final le dije: «Lauro, te quiero dar un regalo.

Depende de tu respuesta. ¿Estás listo?» Pensó que era una broma. Le pregunté: «¿Quieres ser misionero?» Puso cara de extrañeza. Le enseñé el crucifijo y le dije: «Míralo bien: tú estás clavado a la cama y Él está clavado a la cruz, por eso te entiende. Pero hay una diferencia: Él era inocente y se ofrecía por nuestra salvación, y en cambio tú... Lauro, ¡son casi idénticos!» Él, sin quitar los ojos del crucifijo, asentía. Dios estaba penetrando su corazón. Percibiendo esto, continué: «Tú tienes un tesoro inmenso: sufrimientos, soledad y a veces también angustia. ¡No lo desperdicies! Si ofreces esta montaña de dolor a tu Amigo, ¡puedes salvar el mundo! ¡Dios no puede resistir ante tu ofrenda!»

Con los ojos llenos de lágrimas levantó su mano lentamente hacia la cruz y me dijo: «Ya entiendo». «No, aún no termino. Mira, mis superiores me han encargado abrir un seminario en seis meses y tengo que encontrar casa,

El Ladrón de Sueños Anda Suelto

Lucha por ser Feliz y por los Tuyos Por Eleazar Ortiz

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Es un ladrón que siempre ha existido y ha hecho daño a todas las generaciones del ser humano. Estos problemas han existido por siempre y siempre los jóvenes han tropezado con ellos. De una u otra manera, estos tiempos, que presentan diferentes problemas en nuestra comunidad como problemas migratorios y escasez de empleo, mantienen muy ocupado al ladrón de sueños. Así, debemos entender que si existe la vida existe la muerte y si existe el éxito por ahí anda el fracaso. Si existe la felicidad existe su contraparte, la infelicidad. Tenemos que entender que los problemas en muchas ocasiones son lecciones que no debemos de olvidar.

Una vez comenté a unos jóvenes que los rumbos de la vida me habían llevado a ser un coleccionista de sueños rotos. Eran tantos los despojos y sobrantes de planes y metas de los jóvenes que comencé a decirles que no tiraran sus sueños rotos. Yo los podía guardar y mantenerlos juntos. Así, al tiempo entenderían que podrían volver y buscar ese sueño u otro de los tantos olvidados y abandonados, y que juntando un pedazo por aquí y otro por allá podrían armar un nuevo sueño.

De tus experiencias diarias vas dando forma a nuevas ilusiones y vuelves a meterte en este rollo que se llama vida. Si los problemas agobian tu presente, recuerda que hay sueños olvidados que un día pueden ser una realidad para tí. Lucha, que la vida es una lucha, pero lucha por ser feliz y hacer feliz a los que te quieren. Así, todos los días vas tejiendo sueños nuevos con tu propia vida.

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permisos, dinero y vocaciones. Además, cada día encuentro muchos casos difíciles y no sé cómo ayudar a todos; por ello te propongo ser misionero conmigo. Cada vez que encuentre un caso difícil te llamaré, tú rezarás y ofrecerás el dolor por ellos y por el seminario. De verdad, yo sólo no puedo, pero contigo sí. ¿Me ayudas?» Y asintió con un movimiento de su cabeza.

La lista de casos difíciles aumentaba. En las visitas a Lauro le refería sucesos, dificultades, nombres y él absorbía cada detalle para llevarlo al altar de su sufrimiento.

Ahora era él quien me animaba. ¡Increíble!

El día de la fundación del seminario, en el mismo momento en que celebraba la misa de inauguración pensando en Lauro, Dios se lo llevó. Fue sepultado con su crucifijo de misionero en el pecho. No pude participar en su funeral y cuando fui a visitar a su madre, ella misma me contó algunos particulares. Los últimos meses Lauro pedía que le sostuvieran la cruz delante de sus ojos durante horas y él rezaba mientras le iban leyendo la lista de casos difíciles. Oraba profundamente y luego decía: «Otro mamá» y ella leía el nombre siguiente.

Su madre no conocía toda la historia, así que se la conté.

Ella me escuchaba conmovida, pero cuando mencioné el nombre de la iglesia donde conseguí el crucifijo, rompió en llanto. Después de unos momentos me preguntó: «¿De dónde dijiste que tomaste esa cruz?» «De la parroquia de Pernate», le respondí. Volvió a llorar. Y entonces me dijo: «Vivíamos allí cuando Lauro nació; en esa misma iglesia fue bautizado.

Cursillos de Cristiandad

todos nuestros queridos cursillistas los saludamos deseándoles mucha paz en el Señor. El mes pasado hablamos en resumen sobre lo que es el MCC. Ahora, el tema es sobre la estructura del MCC. El Movimiento de Cursillos no es ni una estructura ni una organización. Según Eduardo Bonnín siempre lo expresa: “Dios no se hizo estructura, se hizo Hombre” El cambio de este mundo no está en el cambio de las estructuras, está en el cambio de las mentes. “Lo específico del Movimiento es poner al alcance del hombre concreto lo fundamental cristiano. Lograr que la libertad del hombre se encuentre con el Espíritu de Dios. Según expresado en Ideas Fundamentales, los fundadores optaron por “Transformar en cristiano a aquellos hombres, que hacen o manejan las estructuras ya existentes; vertebrar cristianos capaces de vertebrar en cristiano un mundo que ya está estructurado.” (IF #32d).

El MCC no pretendería directamente un hacer cristiano, sino que pondría todo el énfasis en el ser cristiano,

porque cuando se és, se hace mejor todo lo que se puede hacer. Sólo vale la acción apostólica que es consecuencia del ser cristiano. La acción; que no es expresión del ser íntimo, no tiene fuerza de eficacia; porque no lleva sobre sí el sello inconfundible del compromiso vital; a lo más, sirve para tranquilizar a los que creen que, con un determinado cupo de actividades, han cumplido con su obligación.”(IF #20-f ).

El ser humano no ha cambiado, es esencialmente el mismo desde la creación.

Los retos y amenazas de este mundo al hombre y a la mujer de hoy tienen las mismas causas; la ausencia de Dios en las mentes y en los corazones de las personas. Los zaqueos y las samaritanas de hoy día quienes ni siquiera tienen tiempo para sí mismos ni para los demás.

“El concepto de persona, que está dentro de la esencia y Carisma Fundacional de Cursillos, rechaza el individualismo como rechazaba el angelismo y el masoquismo sacrificionista. De ahí nuestra esencial convicción sobre el vivir y el salvarse en raci-

mo y sobre la certeza de que sólo se viven plenitud lo que se convive.” (1rasConversaciones; La Persona, p. 26).

El hombre es un ser para la Trascendencia. Y trasciende en la medida en que encarna ahora en este mundo y en esta vida, su afán y su esperanza de ver transformados su vida y su mundo. “El ser humano como animal racional y social, sujetos de derechos y realidad, a la vez trascendente y condicionado, es capaz de amar y solo en el amor se siente realizado y feliz.” (1ras Conversaciones; La Persona, p.32) “Cuando el hombre llega a ver en el otro a alguien digno de ser amando, y por ello tan esencial como uno mismo, está en el umbral de ser ya persona y ser cristiano.” (1rasConversaciones; La Persona, p. 33) En la siguiente edición escribiremos sobre la Reunión de Grupo, Escuela y Ultreya.

Los invitamos a la escuela de dirigentes en Tucson.

Más información: Tucson (520)791-7525, Douglas (520) 364 4339, Sierra Vista (520) 255 5229, Yuma (928) 783 3696. ¡De Colores!

oy pienso sobre qué escribir.

Me vienen a la mente una multitud de pensamientos que me sugieren algo; me abarrotan la mente ideas, palabras e imágenes que también me mandan un mensaje para escribirlo. Sin embargo, allá, un poco atrás de todo esta avalancha de palabras y términos --sí, ahí donde la mente se limita porque se está saturando--, algo me dice que escriba sobre ti. Sí, sobre ti que pasas penas y que vives angustias. Acerca de tu persona, de tu alma, que nunca ha tenido la oportunidad de llorar pero de felicidad. Quiero escribir acerca de los jóvenes que no encuentran el rumbo deseado en sus vidas y sus días son mares de confusión.

Al volver a clases una vez más se da principio a una nueva etapa. No es una vuelta al ciclo una vez más; es un subir y bajar en la rueda de la fortuna que nos depara nuestra existencia. Estoy embarazada, me dijo una joven de escasos años. Estoy esperando un hijo y me siento agobiada. Tengo problemas muy serios con mis padres; no me entienden, dijo otro chico. Hoy mi novio me cortó. Hoy que empiezo un nuevo año escolar. Mis padres no tienen trabajo y estamos pasando una escasez de todo; hoy que necesitaba unos dólares para ropa y zapatos.

A mis padres los detuvo la “Border Patrol” y están encerrados; hoy que tanta falta me hacen. Así escucho comentarios y así les veo los rostros afligidos a los jóvenes con una sonrisa actuada y temblorosa.

Anda un ladrón de sueños suelto, se los lleva y deja huellas muy duras en los jóvenes.

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CAMINO DE LA FE Diócesis de Tucson

2 de Octubre, Domingo de “Respetemos la Vida”

El 2 de Octubre es el

Domingo de “Respetemos la Vida” y el tema de este año para este día es tomado del Evangelio de Juan: “Yo he venido para que todos tengan vida y la tengan en abundancia”.

Los volantes del programa, distribuidos en las parroquias de la Diócesis de Tucson, exploran el tema mediante la comparación de una vida dirigida para la carrera y la riqueza en comparación con la que se vive en el servicio de amor a los demás.

Folletos distribuidos con el nuevo programa de este año, “Respetemos la Vida” está compuesto por ocho partes. Es una serie

que ofrece la explicación y la apología de la enseñanza de la Iglesia en la santidad y dignidad de la vida humana.

A partir principalmente de fuentes seculares, los folletos hablan del tema del aborto, la anticoncepción, la pena de muerte, discapacidad, investigación con embriones, los problemas de la vida final, las tecnologías reproductivas y el amor y el matrimonio.

La serie está “diseñada para ofrecer una defensa clara y convincente de las enseñanzas de la Iglesia a partir de fuentes principalmente seculares”. En la guía de este año, la liturgia ofrece peticiones por la

vida, intercesión del rosario por los esposos y esposas y una hora Santa por la vida sobre la base del Beato Papa Juan Pablo II, la reflexión sobre los ancianos.

También contiene ayudas para los sacerdotes y diáconos para predicar el respeto a la vida el Domingo y en los eventos de Roe v. Wade, en conmemoración de enero de 2012.

Iniciado en 1972, el programa de “Respetemos a la Vida” promueve la enseñanza de la Iglesia sobre el valor y la dignidad de la vida humana desde la concepción hasta la muerte natural.

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muchos años, Dios convocó a los animales y al hombre a una reunión. Había en ella un ejemplar de cada especie.

Después de escuchar sus quejas, Dios le preguntó a uno por uno: ¿Entonces, que es lo que te gustaría ser? Todos respondieron sin tapujos. La jirafa dijo que le gustaria ser un oso panda. El elefante pidio ser mosquito. El águila quiso ser serpiente. La liebre deseo ser tortuga. La tortuga quiso ser golondrina. El león rogó ser gato. El caballo quiso ser orquídea.

Y asi sucesivamente.

Todos los animales querían ser algo distinto. Y le llegó su turno de respuesta al hombre, quien venía cansado de recorrer el camino de la verdad.

Después de una pausa dijo: Señor, yo quisiera ser… feliz. (V. Garcia). Todo corazón humano alberga en sus fibras mas profundas el deseo de realización plena. El hombre busca por doquier la “piedra filosofal” que le muestre el secreto de la felicidad.

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a felicidad se busca en las personas, en los trabajos, en los lugares, en las religiones, en las ideas, etc. Y, sin ofrecer tediosos recetarios de cocina, la misma vida pone sus inagotables riquezas al alcance de todos. Una de ellas es el saber. El saber puede encaminar a los hombres al autoconocimiento (la verdad sobre si mismos), al

NI TANTO QUE QUEME AL SANTO Padre Viliulfo Valderrama

La Farmacia del Saber conocimiento de los otros, de la naturaleza, del ser supremo y, en último término, al bienestar personal. Por eso, para los espiritus ávidos de ideas sanas, el saber representa un autentico pozo lleno de un bálsamo medicinal. Conocerse a uno mismo puede significar el paso hacia una vida auténtica y feliz.

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e aquí algunas “prescripciones” de la farmacia del saber, para que las tome quien las necesite. Para profundizar en el conocimiento de si mismo están estas obras: “El espejo del alma”, de Walter Dresel; “Feliz Porque Sí”, de Marci Shimoff; “El Cambio Está en tí”, de Neale Donald Walsch; “El Evangelio del Mal”, de Patrick Graham; “Adelgazar es una Decisión de Peso”, de Marco A. Gómez Pérez; “Tus Zonas Erróneas” y “Vivir en equilibrio”, de W. Dwyer; “10-10-10, un Método para Tomar Decisiones…”, de Suzy Welch; “Como Buscar lo Mejor sin Distrarse con lo Bueno”, de John Trent; “El Poder de la Persistencia”, de Daniel M. Richards; “El Don de la Felicidad”, de Christopher Jamison.

Y ante las crisis de la vida, están estas otras

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obras: “Porque Dios Permite el Mal”, de Paramahansa Yogananda; “Sobreviviendo al Divorcio”, de Victoria Perret; “Cuando Llora el Cielo”, de Ted Dekker; “Hijos Tiranos”, de Martha Alicia Chávez; “Triunfar en Época de Crisis”, de Myles Monroe; “Cuando lo que Dios Hace no Tiene Sentido”, de James Dobson; “Corazón Quebrantado”, de Roger Fernández; “Como Orar Cuando hay Crisis”, de Michael Evans; “Ocho Dediciones Sanadoras”, de John Baker; “Cuando Dios Guarda Silencio”, de Pete Greig.

Para las mujeres: “Como ser una Mujer Libre en Cristo”, de Cynthia Heald; “Bienvenida al Club de las Cuarentonas Felices”, de Rosaura Rodriguez; “Mujer Apriétate el Cinturón”, de Norma Pantoja; “Como Casarse con un Marqués”, de Julia Quinn.

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nte los retos de la pareja están estas ayudas: “El Desafío del Amor”, de Stephen y Alex Kendrick; “Nadie nos Enseñó a ser Padres” de César Landeta; “Los Siete Principios para Hacer que un Matrimonio Funcione”, de John Gottman; “Sin Excusas”, de Kyle Maynard.

Ante las adicciones estas otras obras: “Adios Toxinas”, de Brenda Leonard y Watson Smith; “Lo Malo de las Drogas”, de Justin Loojadoo; “Los Hechizos de la Mente”, de Horacio Jaramillo.

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cultivar una relación con Dios están estos títulos: “Creerle a Dios”, de Beth Moore; “La Quietud Habla”, de Eckart Tolle; “El Dios Pródigo”, de Timothy Kellen.

En fin, la lista sería infinita, por supuesto.

Pero, sin duda, esas obras mencionadas tienen el poder de cambiar y tranformar mentes y corazones. No hay recetas de cocina para alcanzar la felicidad. No hay una fórmula. No hay un camino.

No hay una manera. Mas bien, cada quien descubre su propio “secreto”.

Y entre todos nos ayudamos a llegar a aquello que suele ser llamado “autorrealización”, o “consciencia continua”. Es un darse cuenta, un llegar a la iluminación, o un éxtasis espiritual, o una paz ansiada, o un sentirse pleno.

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enemos toda una vida para intentarlo. O para ser mas concreto, tenemos 28,000 dias para alcanzar la paz ansiada. Y un buen libro es como un buen amigo, muy útil en tiempos de crisis. San Agustín dijo: “Cuando rezamos hablamos con Dios, pero cuando leemos es Dios quien habla con nosotros”.

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uerido hijo: Mi intencion de hoy es detenernos para reflexionar sobre la capacidad que tienes de amar y ser amado, ahí en donde entra en juego tu libertad personal (inteligencia y voluntad).

Hay tantas definiciones sobre amar que Dios permita que te acerques a la verdadera, a la objetiva.

A veces nos presentan una parte del amor por el todo, otras la rebajan a la sola unión de los cuerpos, en vez de la unidad de cuerpos y almas. De lo primero un tiempo hubo muchas frases hechas como aquella de “amor es…”; de lo segundo estamos tan influidos por la sexologia que el reduccionismo es claro.

Saint Exupery tiene una definicion que a mi en lo personal me dice mucho: “Amar no es mirarse el uno al otro, sino caminar ambos en la misma dirección”. Tu puedes escoger la que gustes.

A lo que si te quiero invitar es a que cuando las personas nos dicen “gracias, muy amable”, realmente nos hagamos acreedores de ese agradecimiento. Debemos hacer lo posible por ser verdaderos sembradores de paz y alegria a través de nuestras expresiones y con nuestros modales facilitarles la tarea a nuestros prójimos no haciéndoles la tarea gravosa, pues en ese caso en lugar de darnos a amar nos damos a odiar.

Cuando el amor no está en sus verdaderos canales, nos topamos con gente que en lugar de tener un sano amor a si mismo, por ser criaturas de Dios, lo han exagerado y son egoistas e idólatras, por esto mismo no saben amar otra cosa o persona. Otras se rompe el binomio dar–recibir y entonces se sienten defraudadas. Hay que entender que el amor tiene sus exigencias y si hacemos caso de ellas verdaderamente funciona.

Algunas de estas, además del binomio ya mencionado de dar–recibir, están otras mas como respeto–confianza y, el primero, conocimiento–aceptación.

Para que tu corazón sea bueno, debes cuidarlo y mantenerlo limpio, grande, sereno y con desprendimiento a lo que no se debe de apegar, por esto hay educación para el amor, pues igual que todo lo que le compete al ser humano, si se quiere, se perfecciona.

Te envío un beso. Tu madre.

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Why can’t church and state just get along?

By CAROL GLATZ Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI has made the dangers of secularism a major theme of his pontificate.

And it’s a battle both sides take seriously.

On the one hand, the Pope warns that societies without the moorings of Christian values will be lost at sea, unaware of or indifferent to the truth that anchors humanity to justice, peace, respect and solidarity.

On the other side are groups and individuals that hold so tightly to the democratic tenet of church-state separation, they don’t want any voice tied to religion to be let loose onto the public square.

In many Western, especially European, nations, when a church leader speaks out on the ethical dimension ANALYSIS of any issue, “immediately he is attacked as if he is interfering,” said an official at the Pontifical Council for Culture.

“Your democracy becomes very selective” and intolerant when a whole sector of the community -- people of faith -- are denied the freedom of speech in the public realm, said Father Theodore Mascarenhas, a member of the Society of the Missionaries of St. Francis Xavier.

The separation of church and state, which is a hallmark of a democracy, “has also gone onto the separation of God and life unfortunately,” in which religious beliefs and values are expected to be left not only out of the process of public decision-making, but out of people’s own personal lives, too, he said.

Father Mascarenhas, a professor and biblicist, told Catholic News Service that Europe, seen in its frequent debates on whether to allow women to wear veils or crucifixes on school walls, must be careful not to fall into a kind of “Talibanization.”

“The Taliban went and took off all the religious symbols of minorities in an effort to clean up,” while it imposed its own belief system on everyone, he said. Cleansing Europe of its cultural, religious symbols is “an expression of fundamentalism in a very subtle form,” too.

Meanwhile, in parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia, there is a genuine fear of religious groups or parties having political control and enacting repressive policies against minority groups.

One key topic, in fact, under discussion at the 2010 special Synod of Bishops for the Middle East was how to promote “positive secularism,” a form of separation of

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government and religion that still allows people’s faith to have a role in society without consecrating one religion as the religion of the state.

The church supports a form of church-state separation that ensures religions have a voice in society and that laws reflect moral values -- including laws dealing with life and marriage.

However, when religion becomes the primary source of a country’s laws and religious authorities have civil power, members of minority communities end up being seen and treated as second class citizens, the current Maronite patriarch, Archbishop Bechara Rai of Beirut, told reporters during the synod.

These concerns show there are two very different understandings of secularism, Father Mascarenhas said.

In the West, secularism is understood as the problem of God being foisted out of the public sphere; but for the East, it’s a positive state of affairs in which governments show respect and protect all religions, letting them have a voice and not treating anyone better than the others, he said.

The Indian priest said an example of how this mutual respect between religion and government plays out was when the Indian government asked the Indian bishops to watch “The Da Vinci Code” and tell them whether they thought the film should be banned, since it is against the law to offend any religion. The bishops did not find the movie offensive and allowed it to be released in theaters, he said.

“A real church-state separation would be that the church can freely express and ask its followers to adhere to the principles it holds dear,” Father Mascarenhas said.

Even though there may be movements trying to oppose such freedom, India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and East Timor are examples of countries whose constitutions protect the right of every religion to express its beliefs in the public sphere, he said.

“Asia is rather varied, but it is a God culture,” he said, “There is a mindset that can’t exclude God.” Even while communist movements in Myanmar, Vietnam and China have all tried to eradicate religion, they were never completely successful, he said.

“That is why in China they had to come up with a Patriotic Catholic Church,” he said -- since the communists couldn’t do away with God, they sought to control it.

The West, instead, saw a brutal severing of spirituality from the material world.

“When the Industrial Revolution took place we slipped, perhaps because we didn’t have the strategy to fight extreme rationalization,” he said.

“The Illumination actually brought darkness because it forgot that a heart can’t rest unless it rests in God,” he said.

People are hungry for God, he said, and “I find it funny that Europeans turn to Indian religions when Christianity can provide almost everything,” he said.

“Show me one human situation that is not reflected in the Gospel,” he said. Not only are the human challenges of death, fear, doubt and persecution detailed in the Bible, it also spells out the solutions, too.

“The answer to death is the resurrection, and the answer to doubt and anguish like Jesus felt in the garden of Gethsemane is give yourself over to the will of God,” he said.

“Even the financial crisis has its answer in the Bible: It’s a question of gratuity. Had those who have sufficient means remembered Matthew 25 and the Last Judgment where they’ll be asked ‘What did or didn’t you do for those in need?’ the world would be a different place and the crisis wouldn’t exist,” he said.

New Orleans diocese gets $15 million ‘recovery’ grant NEW ORLEANS (CNS) -- Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of New Orleans has received the largest single grant in its history -- $15 million from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation -to oversee a collaborative of nonprofit organizations that will provide direct assistance, counseling and job force training to coastal Louisiana fishing families affected by the 2010 BP oil spill.

The grant, announced Sept. 7, was

part of the original $100 million in funding that BP gave to the Baton Rouge Area Foundation in 2010 to establish a fund targeted to help oil rig workers and oil rig supply companies affected by the spill.

But because the demand for that funding was far less than anticipated, the Baton Rouge Area Foundation transferred $75 million to establish a “Future of the Gulf Fund,” which will fund the efforts of local nonprofits to

help people, wildlife and the environment in the Gulf Coast area, said John Davies, president and CEO of the foundation.

Altogether, Davies announced $18 million in grants Sept. 7, with Catholic Charities receiving the lion’s share for an 18-month program that will allow the continuation and expansion of its Spirit of Hope Collaborative.

The $15 million is dedicated for specific purposes, said Gordon Wadge,

president and chief executive officer.

Spirit of Hope will help oil spill families gain access to mental health and career counseling ; offer direct assistance for food, utilities, housing and transportation; and provide job training for fishermen who might want to begin other careers.

The $15 million grant is believed to be the largest single donation in Catholic Charities’ history, Wadge said.

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Entering the Cathedral A new work of sacred art will be created in the vestibule at the main entrance of St. Augustine Cathedral, with blessing and dedication anticipated next February. The mural at left is what the faithful will see as they enter the vestibule from Stone Avenue.

It surrounds the interior doors to the main body of the Cathedral and depicts, among others, St. Augustine and St. Francis Xavier.

Leaving the Cathedral The depiction at right is what the faithful will see when exiting St. Augustine Cathedral to Stone Avenue. The top half of the illustration will enhance the ceiling, the bottom half the wall, and the elements will be tied in, as shown at the right side of the illustration.

This mural depicts Mother Teresa, St. Vincent de Paul and others.

Just above the doors will be a bas relief sculpted from wood that depicts Msgr. Edward Ryle, representative figures of persons for whom he was an advocate and the State Capitol building in Phoenix.

While this rendering is in black and white, artist John Alan will create the works in vivid color.

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Mexican police threaten priest detained for aiding migrants MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- A Catholic priest in southeastern Mexico -- known for his outspoken defense of undocumented Central Americans arriving from neighboring Guatemala -- was detained for several hours and threatened by soldiers and state police.

Father Tomas Gonzalez, pastor of the Crucified Christ Parish in Tenosique, near the lawless Peten region of Guatemala, told Catholic News Service that soldiers pulled over his vehicle -- also carrying two migrants and an Amnesty International activist -- and “surrounded us for three-and-a-half hours,” after he refused to allow them to search his vehicle Sept. 17.

The soldiers called in Tabasco state police, whom Father Gonzalez said found nothing in his vehicle.

Father Gonzalez was traveling at the time with two migrants and Ruben Figueroa, an activist with Amnesty International.

A state police officer struck Figueroa and told him, “We’re going to teach you to respect,” Amnesty International said

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in a statement.

Another official arriving at the scene in an unmarked vehicle and wearing military clothing called Father Gonzalez “Devious Indian,” and said, “There are no witnesses here and I’m going to bust this guy’s head,” the statement said.

Father Gonzalez confirmed the details of the statement.

“This happens all the time with the Mexican authorities, above all, with the army and state police officers,” he said.

The arrest marked the latest hostility directed toward migrant shelters and priests, whose ministries focus on serving undocumented Central Americans transiting Mexico.

Previously, incidents this year have occurred in locations stretching across Mexico, including Tenosique and Oaxaca in the South and Piedras Negras and Saltillo in the North.

Father Gonzalez received a threatening call at his parish Sept. 9, warning “something is going to happen to you,” local media reported.

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Priests urged to preach on ‘scandal of poverty’

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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging priests across the country to preach about “the terrible toll the current economic turmoil is taking on families and communities.”

In a letter to his fellow bishops, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York said he was writing at the recommendation of the Administrative Committee, which directs the work of the USCCB between general assemblies.

“I hope we can use our opportunities as pastors, teachers and leaders to focus public attention and priority on the scandal of so much poverty and so many without work in our society,” Archbishop Dolan said, noting that special resources and materials to assist in that effort would be posted in an Unemployment and Poverty section of the USCCB website, www.usccb.org.

“Widespread unemployment, underemployment and pervasive poverty are diminishing human lives, undermining human dignity and hurting children and families,” he said. The archbishop pointed out that U.S. Census Bureau statistics show that 46 million people, including 16 million children, were living in poverty in the United States in 2010.

“These numbers bring home to us the human costs and moral consequences of a broken economy that cannot fully utilize the talents, energy and work of all our people,” he said.

There’s something about baptisms If you ever go to the last Mass at your church on Sunday mornings, you may occasionally notice families with little babies dressed in white in the pews. I can’t help smiling at them, especially when our priest introduces the little ones and their parents toward the end of Mass and asks them to stand up. The response from the congregation is always very warm as everyone claps and welcomes the soon-tobe newest members of our faith community.

After mass, when the parents and godparents bring the babies to the baptismal fount for the official ceremonies, ON it’s good to remember that even Mary and Joseph brought Jesus to the temple for his presentation. They, like parents today, lovingly presented their baby to God and thanked him for their blessing.

Last October my husband and I attended the baptism of Benjamin Patrick, our third grandchild. Watching our older son and his wife serve as godparents for Ben reminded us of a few years ago when our younger son and his wife were godparents for Alex and Cara, our first and second grandchildren.

The ceremony for Ben and the other babies was the culmination of much preparation by their godparents and parents, who attended baptism classes beforehand. Since many people live far away

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from each other now, coordinating classes in cities across the country can be daunting; however, I think the classes reinforce the importance of their commitment and significance of the occasion.

Another challenge for some godparents is the considerable travel time and expense to attend baptisms. The same is true for family members and friends who attend. And yet they keep coming together again and again. Why? I believe baptisms are a wonderful opportunity for family reunions as well as celebrations of the sacramental milestones in children’s lives.

Our family reunion for Ben’s THE FAMILY baptism was Pat Wargocki sweet, especially for the cousins who gently fussed over Ben and kept calling him “Baby Benjamin.” When his family returned to Colorado, four-year old Alex told his mom, “I think I’ll always call him Baby Benjamin.” My guess is Alex was so enthralled with his little cousin that he wanted to freeze him and his memories of him in time. Don’t we all do that?

This month our family is getting ready for another baptism – this one for Julianna Catherine, who is Alex and Cara’s new sister. Our family is as ecstatic about seeing Julianna baptized as we were with the other three little ones. Isn’t that exactly how God must feel as parents present their babies to him? I’ll bet he never tires of seeing and welcoming them.

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‘I know I’ll miss this place’

Domestic Violence Shelter gives safety, support to deaf woman

By RUTH LILJENQUIST For much of her marriage, Julia endured abusive behavior from her husband which not only resulted in violence but also control of her everyday activities and isolation from others, isolation made even more acute because Julia is Deaf. Even after involving police, separating from her husband, and getting a restraining order, Julia still felt vulnerable, especially because her husband wanted to visit with their infant daughter, something she had mixed emotions about.

“I wanted my husband to get to know his daughter, but I was always nervous when there was a visit. I feared what could happen,” said Julia. That fear finally prompted her to go into the shelter. “I needed a place where we could be safe.”

When Julia entered one of the domestic violence shelters run by Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, she was surprised at how many women were just like her—women in hiding who were worried about their safety and their children’s well-being and anxious about the future. It gave her perspective and strength as she sought to free her life from abuse.

Shelter staff worked to help Julia feel comfortable and function well in shelter. They devised an effective way to communicate with her, and, with the help of Community Outreach Program for the Deaf, another CCS agency, brought in interpreters when needed and had a videophone installed so that she could make and receive phone calls.

Still living in the shelter, Julia is under far less stress and enjoys seeing her daughter playing happily. She is now working on a plan to rebuild her life with the help of the shelter’s staff.

“They have shown me a lot of respect, have forced me to think about things, and have helped me in making decisions,” said Julia. With the staff ’s help, Julia has settled legal matters, ending the marriage to her husband and getting custody of her daughter. When she moves out shortly, she is planning to go to school so she can get a good job to work and support herself and her daughter.

Julia is just one of the many women whom Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona serves through its domestic violence programs. In addition to food and shelter, the programs offer case management, counseling, services referrals, children’s services, safety plan-

ning, support groups, life skills, legal aid, housing and job placement assistance, and other services. And the staff members of the programs offer not only years of experience in helping women overcome the effects of abuse in their lives, but also warmth and caring in helping each woman feel comfortable and supported while they are in the shelter.

Julia is eager to start “improving” her life, but she knows she’ll miss the shelter. “They’ve been very good to me.”

For more information

Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona operates four domestic violence shelters. For information about their services, please call: Douglas, (520) 364-2466; Sierra Vista, (520) 458-9096; Nogales, (520) 287-2107; and Yuma (928) 782-0044. Or call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233. If you wish to support CCS’ domestic violence shelters and programs, please contact Liz McMahon at (520) 670-0809 or via email at lizm@ccs-soaz.org. Credit card donations may also be made online at www.ccs-soaz.org October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

‘Be still and know that I am god’

By SHIRLEY McEWEN Special to The New Vision Years ago when I was love-starved, a Catholic single parent moved in next door. My egoism aimed to convert her away from her Catholicism to my Protestantism even though I was aware of my need for something spiritually deeper than my own childhood faith.

However, God being so much more clever than I, my plan backfired because she was a learned convert and was able to answer all the questions I used to try to trip her up.

In fact, the answers stirred up the growing hunger in me for a deeper faith.

Intrigued, I accepted my new friend’s invitation to visit her church with her one evening.

I felt a presence I had never felt before. Her respectful genuflection as we crossed in front of the Blessed Sacrament sealed my fate. I called the priest the next day to begin instructions.

My point in telling you this story is this: Do we truly believe?

I remember the time when we could actually get five or 10 minutes of quiet to kneel before the Blessed Sacrament in order to prepare for the miracle of the Mass. Now, with our society generally evolving into a culture of rather self-absorbed, irreverent bores with the attention span of gnats, our churches at times might be compared to noisy movie theaters waiting for COMMENtARy their features to start.

Besides all the clatter before the services, I have observed during services a woman next to me taking lotion out of her purse and applying it to her legs, arms and face, a small child continuously hitting and kicking the pew without parental intervention, cell phones chiming, a kid running up and down the aisle splatting on the tile floor with her sandals, let alone countless conversations going on (not whispers).

Would this din be going on if we truly believed that Jesus was present in the tabernacle? If He were seated in the altar area? That the wine and bread truly physically

become His blood and body from the moment of consecration through the consummation by the communicant?

We are community, of course, and tolerant, of course.

We are happy to see one another, of course. We do love children. And we do love to chatter. Socializing is important, of course. The good news is there is a time included in the Mass for greeting one another, shaking hands, hugging and chattering to our hearts’ content. And, if that isn’t enough, there is always coffee and donuts after services. That is a good time and place for it.

But then there is a time and a place to give Our Lord His due. A time and a place for each person to prepare spiritually for the miracle that will take place through the priest before our very eyes. A time and a place for us to still our hearts and lives so He can speak directly to each of us.

I don’t know about you, but I joyfully join David in proclaiming, “But as for me, by Thine abundant loving kindness I will enter Thy house, at Thy holy temple I will bow in reverence to Thee.”

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What could be dangerous about using the “social media” like Facebook, MySpace and Twitter?

I mean, Pope Benedict XVI is tweeting, for goodness sake!

That’s exactly my point: when used for goodness sake, the social media can be fun and can help us keep connected with friends and family.

But, there is a dark side to the social media that can be especially dangerous for children and teens.

Kirsten “Kiki” Ostrenga is a name you may not have heard. Her experience with the social media was the subject of stories in The New York Times and in Rolling Stone.

Thirteen-years-old, lonely and bullied in a new school after her family moved from Chicago to southern Florida, her parents took her out of school to be educated at home.

To help her connect with other children, her parents thought that an on-line presence would be helpful. She established a small business, and she also was allowed to establish an on-line persona on MySpace as a creative exercise. Her screen name: Kiki Kannibal.

The on-line business struggled, but her MySpace presence took off, unfortunately like an unguided rocket, because Kiki attracted “friends” by displaying provocative If we form our image of the world by looking at greeting cards, then autumn is a time of changing leaves, pumpkins and harvesting golden fields of summer wheat.

In Arizona autumn is a time of, well, more summer.

There is an apparent conflict between what our expectations tell us should be happening, and what is actually happening, or at least what seems to be actually happening. We go to a football game, but instead of wearing a sweater and a scarf around our neck we put on shorts, which, by the way, we are still wearing during the ever-lengthening baseball season. Our calendars aren’t confused; this is the desert. It has been this way in the desert for more years than we can collectively remember.

Can we possibly make sense out this Mother Nature/ calendar/expectation confusion?

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PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN Paul Duckro, Ph.D

Social media has downside photographs of herself.

In the viral way of the Web, she became an instant celebrity, but that celebrity had the high price of attracting frightening insults and threats and frightening people – stalkers and predators.

One “friend” she attracted was an 18-year-old man who began to “groom” her and her family with a skill born of much practice. Only after Kiki disclosed that she had been psychologically coerced to have sex with this person did her family realize that he had done the same thing – meet young girls through social media and then sexually abuse them – time and time again.

Kiki’s story is extreme, but hardly unique. There are many young victims of the pursuit of celebrity for its own sake and the faux friendships that spring up in the virtual world of social media.

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Having it both ways

have resonated with creation as God gives it, and we resonate with the truth that is found in an ordered celebration of life. It’s because we are Catholic that we can say “and.” We don’t merely recognize that there are at least two sides to reality. Because we are Catholic we don’t merely live with that idea, we celebrate it.

We celebrate the “both/and” truth of life when we take care of each other even though we are angry; when

It seems to me that the pattern of social media horror stories reflects a deeper trend in our society toward narcissism and exhibitionism. This trend is not evident only on the Internet. Sadly, you only have to walk through a mall to get a full dose of each.

Whatever the sociological causes of this trend, it is important as people of faith that we recognize it and respond to it.

The virtual world of social media is neither good nor bad, but it is a tool that can be used for good or for bad.

We must provide clear direction and be healthy models for our children so that they can form attitudes and values consistent with our faith. We really do need to hold their hands and help them look both ways before they cross the streets of the social media.

If you or anyone you know has experienced abuse by a priest, deacon, sister, brother, employee or volunteer for the Roman Catholic Church or for the Diocese of Tucson – no matter when or where the abuse happened – we urge you to report the abuse immediately to law enforcement. Also, we encourage you to call the Victim Assistance Program of the Diocese of Tucson at 1-800-234-0344 in Arizona and the Office of Child, Adolescent and Adult Protection of the Diocese of Tucson at 520-792-3410. More information is available at www.diocesetucson.org/ocaap.html. we forgive each other even though it still hurts, in other words, when we serve each other. When we minister to one another we affirm that life is more complicated than any one of us can solve. And yet we continue to serve one another as the Body of Christ.

Others might see contradictions where we see the Body of Christ. That is a core mystery of our faith, a central “both/and.” Jesus Christ is fully human and fully divine.

And our faith is not a problem to be solved, but rather an invitation to deeper understanding by living the mystery in the “everydayness” of our lives. It is an invitation to seek the face of Christ in others who we know are not perfect, and to be that face to others, knowing we are far from perfect.

In order to do this, in order to be this, we must be created in the image of a loving and generous God. And we are!

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It’s ‘Respect Life Sunday’

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Oct. 2 is “Respect Life Sunday” and this year’s theme is taken from the Gospel of John: “I came so that all might have life and have it to the full.”

The program flyer distributed to parishes throughout the Diocese of Tucson explores the theme by comparing a life lived for career and wealth compared with one lived in loving service to others.

Pamphlets distributed with the year-long Respect Life Program comprise the new “Life Matters” series that provides explanation and apologetics of Church teaching on the sanctity and dignity of human life.

Drawing from primarily secular sources, pamphlets address abortion, contraception, the death penalty, disabilities, embryo research, end-of-life issues, reproductive technologies and love and marriage.

This year’s liturgy guide offers Intercessions for Life, rosary intercessions for husbands and wives and a Holy Hour for Life based on Blessed Pope John Paul’s reflec-

tions on the elderly. It also contains aids for priests and deacons preaching on Respect Life Sunday and on the Roe v. Wade commemoration events in January 2012.

Father Domenico Pinti, pastor of St. George Parish in Apache Junction and the Diocese’s Vicar for Human Life and Dignity, said “life is sacred and life is precious at all times,” adding: “In our parishes, the pastors and laity are very supportive of the Catholic Church in Respect Life. It is not only one month but every month of the year.

“Parishes have Holy Hours, prayers, discussion groups, rosaries, novenas, special events to help newborn babies and so on. The talk of Pro-Life is constant and always on the minds of the leaders of the parishes.”

Begun in 1972, the Respect Life Program promotes the Church’s teaching on the vaue and dignity of human life from conception to natural death.

K of C names chapter after Judge Roll The Tucson Chapter of the Knights of Columbus has changed its name to the “Chief Judge John M. Roll Chapter” in honor of the federal judge who was slain in Tucson on Jan. 8 in a mass shooting that critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.

Chief Judge John M. Roll was an exemplary member of the Knights of Columbus, the K of C said in a news release. He was a charter member of the Deacon Raphael Longpre Council 10441 and the Msgr. Don H. Hughes Assembly 2392, both in Tucson.

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Knights of Columbus Councils in the greater Tucson area. The Chapter conducts and coordinates services and programs by pooling resources from among the member councils.

Mario Vassallo, the chapter president, said, “I am extremely happy that the Board of Directors accepted our motion to name the Tucson Chapter after Sir Knight John M. Roll. Brother John was an exceptional man, both as a Chief Judge and a Catholic, and he will serve as a great role model for all the brother knights who make part of our chapter and order.”

Donations to the Diocese of Tucson’s capital campaign, “Our Faith, Our Hope, Our Future,” have been used to purchase property for parishes in growing areas. Recent transactions total $2,330,000.

David Miller, the diocese’s real estate/risk management specialist, said 10 acres were purchased for $650,000 in Sycamore Canyon, southeast of Tucson. A future parish is expected to be built within 10 years to serve Corona de Tucson. The land is at Sycamore Leaf Road and Rusting Leaf Trail.

Meanwhile, in the growing Pinal County area known as Magic Ranch, or San Tan, a rectory and 18 acres have been bought for a new parish. The rectory cost $215,000 and the land cost $735,000.

Preliminary work is underway there, Miller said, and a new building is expected to rise in 12 to 18 months.

Earlier, 34 acres were purchased in Maricopa, at Porter Road and Adams Way, for an expansion of Our Lady of Grace Parish, now located on Honeycutt Avenue. That land cost $730,000. That project is in the planning stages.

Miller said the campaign funds will eventually be repaid to the Diocese under terms and conditions to be negotiated with each parish.

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