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A decade later, we remember

“As we gather on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, we do so with the assurance that evil never has the last word.”

So writes Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas in his message today on Page 3.

Bishop Kicanas will be the keynote speaker at a multifaith memorial service at St. Augustine Cathedral to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 on Sept. 11.

The service at 7 p.m. will include clergy from a variety

of faith traditions united to offer prayers, readings and music in a message of hope, healing and remembrance.

The event is one of a number of activities slated to mark the anniversary of the worst foreign attacks ever committed on U.S. soil.

In Yuma, a Blue Mass will be celebrated on Sept. 11 at Immaculate Conception Church to commemorate the anniversary of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center in New York and at the Pentagon, and the crash of

another commandeered plane in a Pennsylvania field.

Knights of Columbus Council 9378 has issued an invitation to any and all service personnel, Marines, Army, Air force, Navy, Coast Guard, Police, Fire, Sheriff, Border Patrol, American Legion, VFW, DAV, AMPOW, and anyone else who wishes to be involved.

The Mass will be held at 8:30 a.m. to honor those who lost their lives in the attacks and those who have died since, defending freedom.

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‘They fill my heart with joy’

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A sea of young people engulfs the popemobile as Pope Benedict XVI arrives for the World Youth Day closing Mass at Cuatro Vientos airfield in Madrid on Aug. 21. See page 12.

At the first day of school at St. Francis of Assisi in Yuma, Father Chris Orndorff and Mrs. Bostic bless the 5th grade students while Mrs. Gerber, their teacher, looks on. Father Chris and Mrs. Bostic visited all the classrooms.

Tina Carbo of Cox Media adjusts a microphone on San Miguel High School senior Christopher Beltran as he prepares to participate in a CTSO commercial message. Christopher is student body president at his high school and hopes to attend Columbia University to study business and finance.

New school year spurs new CTSO campaign

By JULIETA GONZALEZ Special to The New Vision As the school year began across the Diocese of Tucson, more than $4.4 million in tuition scholarships were awarded to more than 3,000 students by the Catholic Tuition Support Organization (CTSO).

CTSO is currently reviewing Round Two scholarship applicants.

The tax-credit based program has provided tuition assistance to students in the Diocese for 11 years. Many families would not be able to provide their children with a quality Catholic School education without this assistance.

The need, however, is far greater than what CTSO can provide.

Presently, 50 percent of need is funded throughout the Diocesan school system.

It is CTSO’s goal to eventually fund 100 percent of need. Currently there is $2.6

million dollars of unmet need.

During an extended economic downturn such as the one underway, raising funds becomes an arduous task for any organization. Faced with the challenge, CTSO has begun a new campaign year with expanded exposure to get the word out to parents, educators, parishioners and individuals in our community.

The message is simple: Use the Arizona Tuition Tax Credit to support our students.

Arizona’s state tax credit program allows an individual to make a contribution to CTSO with money that will have to be paid in taxes anyway. Donating can be as simple as participating in payroll deduction or re-directing your tax liability directly to CTSO by way of a participating employer’s payroll withholding.

Monica T. Guerette, mother of Todd Guerette, a student at Salpointe Catholic High School, is grateful for the tuition

assistance her family has received from CTSO: “I appreciate the ability for my son to continue his Catholic education. As a single mom, it’s been a bit of a struggle to be able to provide this kind of educa-

tion for my son over the years. We could not have done this without CTSO. My feeling is that any place that supports my faith, my ideals and religious beliefs so that parents and school are on the same page is the greatest benefit we can have.”

Fine art exhibit features clergy, nuns This bronze sculpture of “Our Lady of the Desert,” crafted by Sister Esther Sawall, OCSO, of the Monastery in Sonoita, will be among the fine art pieces on display at the Sonoran Spirit art exhibit on Sept. 17 in Tucson.

The unprecedented event featuring the works of clergy and vowed religious will run from 8 a.m. till 3 p.m. in the parish hall and placita at St. Augustine Cathedral. Admission is free and some of the art will be available for purchase.

Among the displays will be photographs taken by Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas and the works of at least 26 others.

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9/11 remembered

Recordamos el 9/11

On Sunday, Sept. 11, in our parish churches across our Diocese, we will gather for Mass just as we do every Sunday.

Mass on this Sunday, though, will be different. We will bring with us pain still felt, losses still grieved, horror still remembered.

Each of us recalls exactly where we were when we first heard the news of planes crashing into the Twin Towers, into the Pentagon, into a Pennsylvania farm field.

I was serving as an auxiliary bishop in Chicago and was attending a meeting at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ headquarters in Washington, D.C. Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza, then president of the Conference, had just opened the meeting. We were expecting to go routinely through the agenda in preparation for our November meeting.

Suddenly, one of the staff came into the room and handed Archbishop Fiorenza a note that he promptly opened. He immediately interrupted the bishop who was talking to tell us the shocking news that a plane had just struck one of the World Trade Center Buildings. We sat in stunned silence. I thought right away of the military plane that had struck the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945, killing 11 Catholic Relief Services employees. Archbishop Fiorenza led us in a prayer. The meeting continued.

Just minutes later, another note was handed to the Archbishop. He told us that another plane had crashed into the other tower. Our meeting ended abruptly as we sought a television or a radio to find out what was happening.

The enormity of what was happening shocked us. The scenes of people running, screaming, smothered in smoke and ash, riveted us. We learned of the plane crash into the Pentagon and heard the fears that more planes would be used as bombs. We gasped as we saw the first tower fall, then the second, like sand castles washed away by the sea.

Bishops were scurrying about, trying to find a way home to be with their people. Airports were shut, trains halted. Rental cars were impossible to get. Some of us went back to the hotel and stayed glued to the TV, trying to comprehend what was happening.

We learned of the heroic efforts of the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 who knew their fate, but who refused to be used as a bomb.

We learned how they stormed the terrorists, causing the loss of their own lives but saving the lives of others. We learned of other heroic acts of ordinary people who woke up that morning expecting just another day, but who paid the ultimate price, giving their lives to save others.

Our nation was brought to its knees in prayer. People wanted to be in church or synagogue or mosque.

The next day, a prayer service was held at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. The Shrine was packed with people of all ages, stunned, shocked by the events that unfolded.

Two days later, still unable to get home, I attended an evening interfaith candlelight service on the steps of the Capitol, which we had learned by then may have been one of the terrorists’ targets. The area was jammed with people who had come to pray, to hold a candle, to be consoled.

I remember the reflection a man from Oklahoma City shared during

El domingo 11 de septiembre nos congregaremos en las iglesias de nuestra Diócesis de la misma manera que siempre lo hacemos.

Pero la Misa de ese domingo será diferente. Ese día nos acompañarán la pena que aún sentimos, las pérdidas que aún nos afl igen y el horror que aún recordamos.

Cada uno de nosotros recuerda exactamente dónde se encontraba cuando oyó la noticia de los aviones que se estrellaron contra las Torres Gemelas, contra el Pentágono y en un campo de Pennsylvania.

Yo desempeñaba el cargo de obispo adjunto en Chicago y me encontraba asistiendo a una reunión en la sede de la Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de EE. UU. localizada en Washington, D.C. El Arzobispo Joseph Fiorenza, presidente de la Conferencia en ese entonces, acababa de iniciar la sesión. Todos suponíamos que trataríamos los asuntos del día de manera habitual en preparación para la junta de noviembre.

Pero de pronto uno de los asistentes entró en la sala e interrumpió la sesión entregando una nota al Arzobispo Fiorenza que en ese momento nos dirigía la palabra. El Arzobispo abrió la nota con prontitud y luego procedió a darnos la horrible noticia de que un avión acababa de estrellarse contra uno de los edificios del Centro Mundial del Comercio. Sumidos en repentino silencio quedamos anonadados ante la noticia. Enseguida pensé en el avión militar que se había estrellado contra el edificio Empire State el 28 de julio de 1945, quitándole la vida a 11 empleados de la oficina de Catholic Relief Services.

Después de una oración encabezada por el Arzobispo nuestra reunión siguió su curso.

Tan solo minutos más tarde el Arzobispo volvió a recibir una nota. Nos dijo que un segundo avión se había estrellado contra el otro edificio. Nuestra reunión terminó abruptamente al dispersarse los presentes en busca de un televisor o de un radio para averiguar lo que estaba sucediendo.

La magnitud de los sucesos nos horrorizó. Mirábamos cautivos las imágenes que mostraban gente corriendo, gritando, sofocándose en el humo y la ceniza. Nos enteramos de que un avión se había estrellado contra el Pentágono y de que se temía la posibilidad de que otros aviones pudieran estar usándose a modo de bombas. Ahogando un grito de asombro vimos desplomarse la primera torre, y luego la segunda, desmoronándose cual castillos de arena arrasados por el mar.

Los obispos iban y venían tratando de hallar la manera de regresar a casa para acompañar a su gente. Los aeropuertos estaban cerrados, tampoco se podía viajar por tren, y era imposible conseguir un vehículo de alquiler.

Algunos de nosotros regresamos al hotel y permanecimos pegados al televisor tratando de comprender lo que estaba ocurriendo.

Nos enteramos de los heroicos esfuerzos de los pasajeros y la tripulación del Vuelo 93 de United que sabiendo lo que les esperaba se rehusaron a ser usados como si fueran una bomba. Supimos que la decisión de lanzarse al ataque de los terroristas les costó la vida, pero así salvaron la vida de muchos otros. Nos enteramos de las acciones heroicas de gente común que esa mañana despertó preparada para un día como cualquier otro pero que pagó el precio máximo al dar su vida para salvar la de otros.

Nuestra nación se arrodilló en oración. La gente quería estar en una iglesia o en una sinagoga o en una mezquita.

Let us pray that this tenth anniversary of that day will deepen our resolve to be of help and service to others even when the cost is great.

Oremos para que este décimo aniversario de aquel día fortalezca nuestra resolución a para ayudar y servir a los demás aun cuando cueste mucho.

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the service about taking his young daughter to the birthday party of her friend. When they arrived, his daughter went to the family room where the children were playing with helium-filled birthday balloons. The adults sat in the living room while their children were playing.

Suddenly, they heard a big pop. The man looked into the family room and saw his daughter standing over a burst balloon. She picked up it by its string, came over to where he was sitting, climbed into his lap, held up the tattered remains and implored, “Daddy, fix it!”

The man shared with us that this was exactly what he felt when he heard of the attacks and the terrible loss of life. It was as if he had jumped into God’s lap, held up our broken world and implored, “Daddy, fix it!”

Surely, many of us felt that way. We felt vulnerable, defenseless against the power of evil and violence.

Like terrified children, we wondered where to turn.

We turned to our loving Father.

As we gather on the tenth anniversary of 9/11, we do so with the assurance that evil never has the last word. As horrible as that day and its events were, evil gave way to countless acts of heroism and kindness. We know this well from our experiences after the tragic shootings of Jan. 8 in Tucson.

I remember so vividly standing in the parking lot of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish with the parents and brother of little Christina Taylor Green, who was born on 9/11, looking up at the huge 9/11 flag that had been brought to Tucson for her funeral.

Somehow that flag brought a message of hope, of the soaring human spirit even amidst tragedy.

Was that not our feeling last month when we saw Congresswoman Gabby Giffords standing in the House Chamber casting her vote?

While we hear again on 9/11 the names of those who died, while we will see again their families and hear the pain they still feel, while we get in touch again with our own feelings, we will remember the worst and the best of that day 10 years ago.

Let us pray that this tenth anniversary of that day will deepen our resolve to live not for ourselves, but to be of help and service to others even when the cost is great.

Al día siguiente tuvo lugar un oficio de oración en el Santuario de la Inmaculada Concepción en Washington. El Santuario estaba repleto de personas de todas las edades, desconcertadas y estremecidas por los recientes acontecimientos.

Dos días más tarde, y todavía sin poder regresar a casa, asistí a un oficio en el que participaron miembros de diferentes religiones y que se celebró de noche iluminado por velas ante el Capitolio, edificio que pudo haber sido uno de los blancos de los terroristas según informes que se habían difundido para ese entonces. El lugar estaba colmado de gente que había acudido a rezar, a sostener una vela encendida, a buscar consuelo.

Recuerdo la reflexión que un hombre de Oklahoma City compartió durante el oficio sobre una ocasión en que había llevado a su hija al cumpleaños de una de sus amigas. Cuando llegaron al cumpleaños, su hija se dirigió a la sala de estar donde los niños jugaban con globos llenos de helio. Las personas mayores conversaban en otra habitación mientras los niños jugaban.

De pronto se oyó un fuerte ¡pum! El hombre miró hacia la sala de estar y vio a su hija parada frente a un globo reventado. La niña levantó el globo por el hilo, se dirigió adonde su padre se hallaba sentado, se trepó a su falda, le mostró el destrozado globo e imploró, “Papi, ¡arréglalo!”

El hombre nos dijo que así exactamente fue como se sintió él cuando se enteró de los ataques y de la devastadora pérdida de vida. Era como si él se hubiera subido a la falda de Dios y le hubiera mostrado nuestro mundo destrozado implorando “Papi, ¡arréglalo!”

Sin duda muchos nos sentimos igual, vulnerables e indefensos contra el poder del mal y la violencia. Cual niños aterrados nos preguntamos adónde dirigirnos; y recurrimos al amor de nuestro Padre.

Al congregarnos en el décimo aniversario del 9/11, lo hacemos con la seguridad de que el mal nunca tiene la última palabra. Por horrible que ese día y todos los acontecimientos fueron, el mal dio paso a innumerables actos de heroísmo y de bondad. Nosotros sabemos esto muy bien por lo que nos tocó vivir a raíz de la tragedia del tiroteo del 8 de enero en Tucson.

Recuerdo con claridad lo que sentí parado en el estacionamiento de la parroquia St. Elizabeth Ann Seton con los padres y el hermano de la pequeña Christina Taylor Green, quien había nacido el 9/11, mirando la enorme bandera de los sucesos del 9/11 que se había transportado a Tucson para el funeral de la niña. ¿No fue así que nos sentimos el mes pasado cuando vimos a la congresista Gabby Giffords de pie en la Cámara de Representantes adonde había ido a votar?

El 9/11, mientras oímos una vez más los nombres de quienes murieron, mientras volvemos a ver a sus familias y a oír sobre el dolor que aún sienten, mientras nos enfrentamos nuevamente a nuestros propios sentimientos, recordaremos lo peor y lo mejor de lo que sucedió ese día 10 años atrás.

Oremos para que este décimo aniversario de aquel día fortalezca nuestra resolución a vivir no para nosotros mismos, sino para ayudar y servir a los demás aun cuando cueste mucho.

Underwood removed from priesthood The Vatican has notified the Diocese of Tucson that Pope Benedict XVI has removed Gary E. Underwood from the priesthood.

Underwood served as a priest at Our Mother of Sorrows Parish in Tucson from 1980 to 1983, at St. Odilia Parish in Tucson from 1983 to 1986 and at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Casa Grande from 1986 to 1987. He served as a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force from 1987 to 2006.

In 2006, Underwood was indicted after the Diocese reported allegations of abuse to law enforcement.

He was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2008 after a plea agreement in which he admitted sexual conduct with three teenage boys.

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The charges on which he was indicted related to the years of his service at St. Odilia Parish.

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.

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Letters to the editor To the Editor:

Saints among us

I found many lessons in Deacon Ed Sheffer’s article “No greater love…” (August issue).

We hear so often about the canonized saints of times past who gave their lives for love of Jesus that it is easy to forget that there are still saints and martyrs among us and we will find them in the places we least expect.

Gloria DiCenso Sprietsma, Ph.D. Spiritual Advisor SVDP Tucson Diocesan Council

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

Sunday, Sept. 4 St. Pius X 7:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Call American Red Cross at 230-7295 to schedule an appointment Sunday, Sept. 11 St. Thomas the Apostle 7:30 a.m. – noon.

Call Marty Ronstadt at 577-1037 to schedule an appointment Sts. Peter and Paul 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. Call Rosanna Rojel at 873-7606 to schedule an

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appointment Sunday, Sept. 18 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Call Frank Reiser at 297-3050 to schedule an appointment Our Mother of Sorrows 8 a.m. - 1 p.m. Call Eric Maugans at 205-2361 to schedule an appointment Sunday, Sept. 25 St. Anthony of Padua, Casa Grande 7 a.m.

- 1 p.m. Call Ole Solberg at 426-9585 to schedule an appointment Most Holy Trinity 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Call Estella Samorano at 822-1035 to schedule an appointment

Bishop’s Calendar - September 2011 1-3 Confirmation and Pastoral Visit, St. Philip the Apostle, Payson 1 5:30 P.M., Mass, Tonto Basin 3 5 P.M., Mass, blessing of the new altar, ambo; Santa Catalina 7 7:30 A.M., Sexual Misconduct Review Board Meeting 7 P.M., Presentation: Catholic Intellectual Tradition Lecture, St. Mary’s College, San Antonio 8 Meeting and Dinner with Seminarians, Mundelein Seminary 9 1 P.M., Mundelein Seminary Board Meeting; Mass of the Holy Spirit 10 1:30 P.M., Participation in Diocesan Catechetical Conference, Hotel Arizona 4:30 P.M., Mass for Vine of Grace Retreat, Radisson Hotel 11 Mass, Institution of Lectors, St. Augustine Cathedral 7 P.M., 9-11 Prayer Service, Cathedral 13 USCCB Administrative Meeting, Washington, DC 14 Noon, Memorial Mass for Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States; National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception 14-15 CRS Board Meeting 16 11:30 A.M., Mass, Staff Luncheon 17 9 A.M., Sonoran Spirit Art Exhibit – Cathedral Placita and Hall

4 P.M., 75th Parish Anniversary, Sacred Heart, Willcox 18 2 P.M., Diocesan Wedding Anniversary Mass, St. Augustine Cathedral 19 10:30 A.M., Presbyteral Council 20 7:30 A.M., Diocesan Finance Council 10 A.M., CARA Conference Call 3:30 P.M., Dioceses Without Borders Meeting, Mass, Nogales, Sonora 21-22 Santa Fe Province Meeting, Redemptorist Renewal Center 2 P.M., Diocesan Staff Meeting 23 8 A.M. – 1:00 P.M., Carondelet Board Retreat, La Paloma 6 P.M., Pastor Installation, Fr. Edward Lucero, St. Rose of Lima 24 9 A.M., Diocesan Pastoral Council 5:30 P.M., Golden Jubilee Mass, Sr. Rosa Maria, CFMM, Our Mother of Sorrows 25 10 A.M., Mass, Welcome new Religious men and women to the Diocese 3 P.M., Mass, Movimiento Familiar Cristiano, St. Joseph 27 2011 J.P. Gallagher Audax Award, Diocesan Fiscal Managers’ Conference, Minneapolis 28 1 P.M., Notre Dame Meeting with class: Leading with Core Principles 7 P.M., Panel Presentation, K-12 education, Notre Dame University 30 CRS Travel

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Rosary events

Shown are, from left, Christine Hjerpe, David Bernica, Caroline Murphy, Tim Nelson, Caitlin Wrend, Matt Gring and Elizabeth Shadley, teachers who come to Tucson from Notre Dame.

ACE teachers at work in Tucson While students and teachers are back to school from scores of neighborhoods around the Diocese, one group of teachers from the University of Notre Dame may get an A-plus for having “traveled the farthest” to get to their classrooms.

Seven young teachers at five schools— San Xavier Mission School, Saints Peter and Paul, and the three Notre Dame ACE Academies St. John the Evangelist, St. Ambrose, and Santa Cruz—traveled from South Bend, Ind., where they participate in the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) teacher formation program.

They will live in community in a house in Tucson, pursuing a graduate degree in education and experiencing school life far from their university’s Golden Dome and football stadium.

ACE has flourished in large part because of the strong alliance it represents among various stakeholders including the University of Notre Dame, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and particular dioceses and schools across the United States.

Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas has supported the work of ACE in the Diocese, includ-

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ing the establishment of the three Notre Dame ACE Academies. ACE teachers— about 180 of them out in the field during any given year—have built a reputation for talent, energy, and an eagerness to serve children.

The Diocese of Tucson is one of 26 dioceses around the country that welcome ACE teachers to work in elementary and secondary schools—often schools with limited resources in hard-pressed areas.

Despite facing frequent financial challenges, Catholic schools nationwide have a well-documented track record of educating students for the common good, providing educational opportunity vital to our civic society and preparing leaders for the Church and the community.

Among the seven ACE teachers in Tucson, Caroline Murphy and Caitlin Wrend teach at San Xavier Mission School, and David Bernica teaches at Sts. Peter and Paul. Christine Hjerpe and Timothy Nelson teach at Santa Cruz, Elizabeth Shadley teaches at St. John the Evangelist, and Matthew Gring teaches at St. Ambrose.

October is the Month of the Rosary and as part of the celebration Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas will preside at a Mass on Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. at St. Augustine Cathedral in downtown Tucson.

The “Arizona Rosary Celebration,” sponsored by the Arizona Knights of Columbus, will include activities in both the Diocese of Tucson and the Diocese of Phoenix. Many organizations, including the Legion of Mary and Catholic Daughters of the Americas, will participate.

Tucson Holy Hour of Prayer will be held on Friday, Oct. 14, following the 5 p.m.

Mass at the Benedictine Monastery, 800 N. Country Club Rd. Once again all Catholic students grades K-8 are invited to participate in the Arizona Rosary Celebration Poster Contest. The posters will be based on the theme “Our Lady of Guadalupe and my Family.” Participating students can be home schooled, attend CCD or attend Catholic School.

For more information, see www.azrosary.org or email azrosary@yahoo.com.

Golf tournament to support pantry The St Pius X Knights of Columbus Council 10762 is putting their energy into stocking up the St Pius X Food Pantry by sponsoring a Golf Tournament at Dorado Golf Club. All proceeds will be used to purchase food items for the pantry.

The Golf Tournament followed by the luncheon is scheduled for Nov. 12. This will allow the Knights to provide needed grocery items for the November and December Holidays.

More than 45 packages of groceries are handed out to the needy of the community each week. That number is expected to increase with the holidays.

The tournament entry fee is $59 and includes green fees, golf cart and luncheon.

Make checks payable to “K of C Council 10762” and mail with entry form, which is available on the website www.KofCtucson. com, or call Ron Blanchard at 296-4331 for forms. Copies are also available at the St Pius X Parish Office, 1800 N Camino Pio Decimo, Tucson, Az 85715.

If you don’t play golf you can join the fun at the Luncheon at the Hilton Tucson East, 7600 East Broadway. Cost for lunch is $20 and tickets will be available at the St Pius X Parish Office on Sept. 4.

Knights tee off The 6th annual Knights of Columbus Santa Cruz Parish Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, Oct. 1, at Santa Rita Golf Club, with a special guest player – Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas – playing with a foursome of the highest bidders.

Sponsored by Santa Cruz Parish Knights of Columbus Father Bach-Brother Angel de Santa Cruz Council 14139, the event tees off at 8 a.m. and includes 18 holes of championship golf with range balls, golf cart, lunch and more. Format will be fourperson scramble.

Sponsorship includes Gold, a $2,000 donation, free golf fees for eight players, a two-night, one-room stay at the Lodge on the Desert, corporate banner and one tee box sign with your company’s name, and Silver, a $1,000 donation, free golf fees for four players, a one-night, one-room stay at the Lodge on the Desert, a corporate banner and a tee box sign for your company’s name.

To sign up or for more information, contact Bob Valencia at 520-403-1541.

Hispanic Scholars Seven students at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, a record number, earned the prestigious honor of National Hispanic Scholar by the College Board’s National Hispanic Recognition Program.

Nationwide some 5,000 of the high-

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“Receiving this recognition is a top honor and an important academic recognition for our hard-working Hispanic students,” said Kay Sullivan, interim school president.

Salpointe’s seven are Sofia Herrera, Rebecca Modiano, Matthew Prevallet, Esteban Robinson-Bours, Christian Sandoval, John Thaxton and Abram Villegas.

Salpointe events John Fina, a former player for the Buffalo Bills, will be the guest speaker at a Lancer Men’s Mass and Breakfast on Sunday, Sept.

25, at 9 a.m. in Salpointe Catholic High School’s Corcoran Theater. Tickets are $10 and must be purchased in advance.

On Friday, Oct. 21, Homecoming at Salpointe will feature Sal’s BBQ dinner for $10 under the Big Tent in the Salpointe parking lot across from the football field.

All are welcome. The classes of 1961, 1966, 1971, 1981, 1986 and 1991 will be celebrating reunions.

For information or tickets, contact

Peggie Gessner at pgessner@salpointe.org or call 520-547-9365.

Wins scholarship Isabella Leavitt of Tucson, a 19-yearold college student who graduated from Salpointe Catholic High School in 2010, was an intern for the campaign of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords when the Congresswoman was shot.

Now Leavitt, a junior at Arizona State University, has been awarded a $5,000 Judge Roll Memorial Scholarship as part of The 100 Club’s 2011-2012 Scholarship Program. This Scholarship is particularly fitting for her, as it honors U.S. District Judge John Roll, who was killed in the shooting in January.

Judge Roll went to the same elementary school and high school as Leavitt and was a member of the church she regularly attends. Leavitt’s parents both knew Judge Roll and although she’d never met him personally, he was part of the small-town feel of the Tucson community, and she felt as if she did.

The 100 Club of Arizona is a statewide nonprofit dedicated to standing behind the men and women who stand behind the badge. Leavitt’s Mom is a Tucson City Court Judge, and her Dad is a Tucson

Police Department Assistant Chief. The 100 Club’s scholarships are awarded to immediate family members of public safety officers or firefighters that are active within the state of Arizona and are based on eligibility, quality of application and essay, and interview performance.

Celebrate marriage At 2 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, couples young and not so young will gather at St. Augustine Cathedral in Tucson for the fifth annual Celebration of Marriage Mass led by Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas.

This year newlyweds are invited to join those who are observing their 25th, 50th and greater anniversaries.

After the Mass, photos with the Bishop will be taken.

Receives award Sister Karen Berry, OSF, the DRE at St. Frances Cabrini Parish in Tucson, was honored this summer at a banquet in Milwaukee when members of Franciscan communities all around the country gathered for the annual Franciscan Federation Conference. Sister Karen was nominated by her Joliet Franciscan community to receive the award for “Becoming a Sacred

Flame in the spirit of St. Francis, St. Clare and the Gospel of John.”

Sister Karen, a former columnist for The New Vision, has written a new book, “Beyond the Miracles...God at work in our Personalities.” The book is available by contacting kberryosf@aol.com or at St. Frances Cabrini Church.

Appointed Peg Harmon, chief executive officer of Catholic Community Services, has been named to the Catholic Charities National Board of Trustees.

Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, chairman of the board of Catholic Charities, praised Harmon, saying “her advice and wisdom will benefit all of our efforts to serve the poor in the U.S.”

Join playgroup Catholic Moms with young children are invited to join a playgroup that meets the first and third Thursdays of every month from 9:30 to 11a.m. at various North Tucson parks through out town and rotate houses. For more information call Brooke at 232-9485 or email Bpittner@yahoo.com.

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By SISTER LOIS J. PAHA, O.P. At this writing we are 96 days from the implementation of the Third edition of the Roman Missal. While the “opening day” nears, we offer parishes additional ideas for using the Sundays preceding the First Sunday of Advent to review some of the particular areas of the Roman Missal that will be new to them.

Homily ideas are provided here for five of the six Sundays preceding Nov. 27. A complete packet of information will be sent to the parishes of the Diocese of Tucson in the first week of September to assist the priests and deacons as needed.

The areas of reflections will address the Introductory Rites including the Greeting, Penitential Rite, Gloria and Opening Prayer; the Liturgy of the Word with specific attention to the Creed; the Liturgy of the Eucharist including the Preface dialogue, the Institution Narrative and the Memorial Acclamations; the Communion Rite and Dismissal invitations.

The liturgical reforms at the Second Vatican Council in 1965 were astounding in their invitation for the “full, conscious, active participation of the faithful.”

The role of the laity had been very limited including only some spoken and sung responses. “The Church earnestly desires that Christ’s faithful, when present at this mystery of faith (Holy Mass), should not be strangers or silent spectators; on the contrary, through a good understanding of the rites and prayers they should take part in the sacred service conscious of what they are doing, with devotion and full involvement.” (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy #48) While that actual beginning date for the Third Edition

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.

That in all things God may be glorified of the Roman Missal is Advent, parishes are encouraged to introduce the people’s sung parts of the Mass and continue to inform the congregations about the changes they can expect.

The following outline is offered for Homilies in October and November: The theme for Oct. 16 draws on the message of Isaiah, “I am the Lord, there is no other” and the Gospel, which

gives emphasis to right relationships. “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s but give to God what is God’s.” In the Introductory Rites we are greeted in the Lord, we welcome God’s mercy and we stand in praise of God (Gloria).

For Oct. 23, a message of compassion and living in the way of Christ can be drawn for the scriptures and prayers. In the Liturgy of the Word we listen to the voice of the readers, but we hear the Word of God. The hearing requires a living faith which is expressed in the Creed. We say more than a listing of the beliefs of the Church. We pray a spoken assent by each one gathered in one voice as we say “I believe…”

For Oct. 30, the call to practice what we preach is offered. In the Liturgy of the Eucharist we are invited in the preface dialogue to “lift up our hearts” and we will now respond, “it is right and just.” Listening to the words of thanks and praise of God in the Eucharistic Prayer takes us out of a self-centered focus and brings us to the universal “Amen” in, through and with Christ, the source and center of our peace. (Psalm 131) For Nov. 6 and Nov. 13 as the closing of this liturgical year approaches, the messages of readiness and fidelity are stressed. Reflecting on the Communion Rite and the Dismissal Rite on these Sundays reminds us that in Communion we give our public witness to be the followers of Christ. In the Dismissal Rite we will be admonished to “Go forth, the Mass is ended”, or “Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord,” or “Go in peace, glorifying the Lord by your life”, or “Go in peace.”

For free resources and more information on the implementation process, please see www.RevisedRomanMissal. org or www.usccb.org/RomanMissal

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Father Kino: Pastor

By FATHER JOHN ARNOLD Father Eusebio Kino, S.J., brought the gift of Christianity to the native peoples of this region. They readily accepted his gifts of wheat, quince fruit, beef cattle and iron tools.

The gift of Christ and the sacraments met a much more mixed reception.

Many missions he started still serve today, like San Xavier del Bac. Other efforts failed to take root, the original people devastated by disease. The starkest rejection of his work was the murder of his friend, Caborca’s pastor, Father Francisco Xavier Saeta, S.J., on Holy Saturday 1695 by angry parishioners. Apparently, Father Saeta had very ambitious building projects. Father Kino, assisted by native catechists, had evangelized Saeta’s murderers. The Spanish military intervened with a devastating massacre of both the innocent and the guilty natives. That could not have pleased the missionary.

Father Kino had great plans for his community that he never realized. He wanted to build a boat to cross the Sea of Cortez, but failed. He hoped to feed the missionaries in California by crossing the Mohave desert, but failed. He visited people in the Casa Grande area, where I am now pastor, and promised missionaries. The patient people had to wait for an Irish priest that arrived two hundred years later.

The Jesuit superior who sent Father Kino here had great hopes for the evangelization of what is now Sonora and Arizona. Not all the Jesuit plans took root, but Father Kino, like a farmer sowing seeds, brought Christ here. Priests serving the people of Arizona and Sonora today have their plans, their successes and failures.

The Church is the work of Christ, not any one person or priest. We remember Father Kino because the community he began continues to work, as in his time, in the midst of the receptive and the indifferent. That community finds inspiration in him and carries on the work he began so long ago. One word of advice to my fellow priests, be careful of building projects.

Last chance to see exhibit The exhibit honoring the 300th anniversary of the death of Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino will remain open through mid-September at the Diocese of Tucson Archives to enable school children and others a last chance to see it.

The Archives are on Tucson Boulevard next to St. Ambrose Parish in Tucson. Contact Betty Wittenberg, archivist , at 520-886-5201.

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At St. George Parish in Apache Junction, a silent time of prayer for the victims and their families will be observed at all Masses on Sept. 11. At the 8:30 a.m. Mass, the Knights of Columbus will be present and Father Domenico Pinti, pastor, will lead in the recitation of the rosary for the intentions of the victims, their families and for the gift of freedom.

At Catholic schools, too, students and teachers will pause to remember the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001.

Salpointe Catholic High School will hold an all-school prayer circle on the football field, while Immaculate Heart School will conduct a K through 12 memorial service.

At St. Rita in the Desert Parish in Vail, the parish festival on Sept. 16-17 will feature the theme “Spirit of 76” and honor veterans and servicemen and women. “It’s not specifically for 9/11 but it is somewhat timely in honoring our military families,” said Father John F. Allt, pastor.

The St. Francis de Sales Youth Group will be on retreat Sept. 9-11, said Marian Tierney/Gilbert, “and we will pray for the survivors to be at peace during the retreat and our Sunday Mass will be for all who were lost.”

As Chief Joseph W. Pfeifer of the New York City Fire Department sees it, the

9/11 terrorist attacks were a global trauma and the 10th anniversary of the tragedy provides a transformative opportunity for the world community to pause and think about its spiritual dimension and its aftermath.

On Sept. 11, 2001, Pfeifer was chief of the 1st Battalion, one of the first on the scene and in charge of directing firefighter response in the north tower of the World Trade Center. He met his firefighter brother in the lobby of the building as Lt. Kevin Pfeifer responded to the second alarm.

They exchanged a few words, and Kevin headed up the stairs. He helped evacuate workers and directed other firefighters to safety, but he was killed in the collapse of the building.

“People were angry at God and they had every right to be, but that was not my experience,” Pfeifer said in an interview with Catholic News Service. “I was walking back to the firehouse from the site on the second day, when we knew there would be no more survivors. It was completely dark except for the lights we had brought in.

There was no power and there was smoke everywhere.

“Instead of anger, I felt an encounter, as if I was coming back to an old friend, or putting on an old sweatshirt. I had wrestled with God and spirituality before. I had had the experience of being in a conflict-

ed place and trying to understand what it means,” Pfeifer said.

“How do you encounter spirituality and what is your personal experience of God? Mine was very much on West Street, walking back in complete sadness, but it was a place I’d been to before.”

Pfeifer graduated from Cathedral College in Douglaston, N.Y., and studied two years at Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, N.Y., from which he later earned a master’s degree in theology. He is now the chief of counterterrorism and emergency preparedness for the New York City Fire Department.

“We used to think the 9/11 attacks were just New York and D.C., and Pennsylvania, but they were more than that,” he said.

“It was a global trauma, an entire world encounter and transformation occurred” when people could see that all local acts of terrorism, whether in Ireland or Israel or Afghanistan, were represented at the World Trade Center.

“It gave the victims of terrorism an international voice and showed that terrorism is a crime against humanity,” he said.

— Catholic News Service contributed to this report.

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World Youth Day 2011

‘Strengthen your life of faith,’ Pope tells young people MADRID (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI said he left Madrid filled with gratitude to the Spanish people, the World Youth Day organizers and volunteers and the millionplus pilgrims who prayed with him.

“Spain is a great nation whose soundly open, pluralistic and respectful society is capable of moving forward without surrendering its profoundly religious and Catholic soul,” the Pope told King Juan Carlos and other dignitaries Aug. 21 as he left to return to Rome.

The Pope thanked the young pilgrims who came to Madrid for World Youth Day with their “joyful, enthusiastic and intense presence. To them I say thank you, and I congratulate you for the witness which you gave.”

Many of the young pilgrims were on hand at the airport, waving mostly Spanish flags and cheering for the Holy Father as he reached his final destination of the four-day whirlwind tour.

World Youth Day lets the Church look toward the future with greater hope and trust in God, he said. That is why the Church “continues to be young and full of life,” even as it confronts challenging situations.

The grace of Christ, the Pope said, “tears down the walls and overcomes the barriers which sin erects between people and generations,” a fact the pilgrims at World Youth Day experienced firsthand.

The Pope said the celebration also proved that young people will respond happily and massively “when one proposes to them, in sincerity and truth, an encounter with Jesus Christ.”

He asked bishops, priests and lay leaders to make sure that their young pilgrims are supported as they return home, so the experience could transform their lives.

Earlier, Pope Benedict XVI saw that 1.5 million young people could be buffeted by gusty winds and drenched by a driving rain and still fall silently to their knees to adore the Eucharist.

At the final Mass closing World Youth Day Aug. 21, the Pope challenged the Catholic pilgrims to take that faith, make it grow and share it with the world.

Despite the hardships of getting to the Cuatro Vientos military air base in blistering heat Aug. 20 and the downpour during the nighttime vigil with the Pope, hundreds of thousands of young people from around the world spent the night on the open field, praying, singing and perhaps trying to snatch a few hours’ sleep.

But they were up, ready and rowdy when the Pope arrived for the morning Mass.

The Pope noticed.

In his homily, he said, the vision of that

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Volunteers pray after receiving Communion during the World Youth Day closing Mass.

sea of happy souls “fills my heart with joy.”

“I think of the special love with which Jesus is looking upon you. Yes, the Lord loves you and calls you his friends,” the Pope told the young.

To the joy of the crowd, particularly the Brazilians present, at the end of the Mass, the Pope announced that the next international gathering of World Youth Day would be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2013.

In his homily at the Mass, Pope Benedict said faith is not about understanding a bunch of facts, “it is an ability to grasp the mystery of Christ’s person in all its depth.”

Even if it feels like a struggle at times, faith is not primarily about people work-

ing out their thoughts about God; it starts with the gift of God’s love and God’s reaching out to each person, he said.

Faith entails “a personal relationship with Christ, a surrender of our whole person, with all our understanding, will and feelings,” he said.

But the Pope went even further, telling the young that a personal relationship with Jesus always must be transformed into action, service and love for others. In addition, it must be lived within the church, the community of believers to whom Jesus entrusted his message and his mission of salvation.

“We cannot follow Jesus on our own,”

he said. Those who try “approach the life of faith with the kind of individualism so prevalent today” and risk not encountering the real Jesus or “following a counterfeit Jesus,” he said.

Christ asks each person, “Who do you say that I am?” the Pope said.

“Respond to him with generosity and courage, as befits young hearts like your own,” he said.

“Let me urge you to strengthen this life of faith which has been handed down from the time of the apostles,” he said. “Make Christ, the Son of God, the center of your life.”

Pope Benedict told the young people, who had been texting, tweeting and posting Facebook updates about their adventures, that whenever we really “like” anything, we share it, and that must hold true for faith as well.

“You, too, have been given the extraordinary task of being disciples and missionaries of Christ in other lands and countries filled with young people who are looking for something greater,” the Pope said.

Share the faith, he said, and help them see they are right when “their heart tells them that more authentic values do exist” and they resist being “seduced by the empty promises of a lifestyle which has no room for God.” Even before Mass began, officials of World Youth Day broadcast another challenging message to the crowd, telling them that most pilgrims would not be able to receive Communion during Mass and asking them to offer it up as a sacrifice for the Pope.

Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said the plan was to distribute Communion from 17 Eucharistic chapels set up on the perimeter of the airfield.

The storm Aug. 20 destroyed several of the chapel-tents, and police asked organizers to dismantle most of the others because they posed a danger in the wind.

Locals attend Among the 1.5 million people who attended World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid was a delegation of 81 from the Diocese of Tucson.

Traveling in two groups, the southern Arizona contingent consisted of 43 organized from Sts. Peter and Paul Parish and 38 from Immaculate Heart High School.

Some were from St. Mark, St. Thomas the Apostle, St. Bartholomew, St. Joseph, St. John the Evangelist and St. Francis of Assisi.

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African priests, religious confer here Priests and women religious from Africa who are ministering or studying in the U.S. gathered at the Hotel Arizona in downtown Tucson last month for the 12th annual convention of the African Conference of Catholic Clergy and Religious in the United States.

Many of the Diocese of Tucson’s 16 priests from African countries attended the convention, which was hosted

by Father James Aboyi, V.C., administrator of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Superior.

Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas welcomed the delegates following an opening address by Rev. Martins Emeh, national president.

Noting the convention theme, “Revisiting the African American Experience,” Bishop Kicanas commented: “Priests and religious who come from Africa have not lived the African American experience, and sometimes it is challenging for African Americans to relate to the experiences of priests and religious coming to our country from Africa and vice versa.”

BISHOP JOSEPH N. PERRY speaking at conference.

Bishop Kicanas noted that the first priests from Africa to serve in the Diocese came nearly 12 years ago and the ones here now are from Nigeria, Ghana and the Republic of the Congo.

“The ministry of our African priests has been a real blessing and a gift to our Diocese,” he said. “They have a deep sense of fraternity with their brother priests, and they bring a joy to their ministry.”

The organization’s mission is to

provide spiritual and social support for African priests and Religious working in the U.S.; organize seminars and workshops to promote and preserve the integrity of their ministry within the dynamics of the American Society and promote the ongoing dialogue on solidarity between the Church in Africa and the U.S. Speakers included Dr. Cecilia Moore, associate professor of history at the University of Dayton, who talked about “The Historical Journey of the African American,” and Sister Jamie T. Phelps, O.P., Ph.D., director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana, whose talk was titled “AfricanAmerican Catholic Experience: An Insight.”

Bishop Joseph N. Perry, D.D., J.C.L., auxiliary bishop of Chicago, talked about “African Immigration to the United States: Interfacing with African-Americans.”

The convention closed with a Mass at St. Augustine Cathedral, presided at by Bishop Kicanas, followed by a dinner and gala.

Kateria conference deemed a success

Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in South Tucson was an enthusiastic participant and partner in the 72nd annual National Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Conference held recently at the Tucson Convention Center, where more than 300 tribes and nations of Native American and Aboriginal Catholics in the U.S. and Canada took part in the workshops and field trips and exhibits.

Juana Casillas, a member of the Parish Finance Committee, is co-chairman of the national conference, and many of his co-parishioners played roles in the conference activities, with Pasqua Yaqui parishioners participating for the first time in the conference’s history.

The parish contributions and involvement were made possible by the enthusiasm and support of Father Ermeregildo Saldaña, S.T., pastor, who donated $5,000 to the conference, the bulk of which was used to cover the insurance of participants and other logistics.

Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas presided at a special Mass at the conference, the theme of which was “The Grand Canyon State is Enriched by Kateri Tekakwitha.”

One field trip was to the San Xavier Mission del Bac just south of Tucson, where a “culture day” was celebrat-

ed with spiritual runners escorting a statue of Blessed Kateri. The statue was installed in front of the mission.

Apart from the workshops, many of which were designed for youths, the conference featured a colorful opening procession, special entertainment, Sunrise Services and a closing social Pow-Wow. Juana Casillas of Blessed Kateri Parish in South Tucson said she wished to extend thanks to all the “sponsors, supporters and friends”

who helped make the conference a success.

She cited the Knights of Columbus, St. Pius X Parish, Most Holy Trinity Parish and a grant from the Diocese of Tucson for recognition. There were three billboards in the arena, she said, which captured almost all of the gifts sent for the conference.

“Some came in too late to be listed,” she said. “Of course, God, who sees all, will make all things right.”

Calling all youths!

YouthFEST 2011, a Diocese of Tucson tradition, will be held on Oct. 29 at the Tucson Convention Center and feature Jesse Manibusan.

Manibusan is described as “a 52nd Degree, high-octane evangelizer, undercover catechist and Catholic Ninja, utilizing the power of music, spoken word, storytelling, skits, humor, reflection and prayer in the work of evangelization and catechesis.”

The day will be filled with dynamic presenters, music by the Ike Ndolo Band and others, motivating workshops, food, Liturgy and prayer.

Teens are encouraged to register through their parish youth ministry office or school campus ministry office.

For more information, contact Joe Perdreauville, assistant director of pastoral services, at 520-838-2539.

‘Rooted in hospitality’ Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas celebrated Mass at the inauguration of the chairman and vice chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation last month at Baboquivari High School near Sells.

Ned Norris was installed as chairman and Wavalene Marie Romero as vice chairman.

Bishop Kicanas said it has become a tradition for the Bishop of Tucson to celebrate Mass at the inauguration ceremonies.

“The relationship of our Diocese with the Tohono O’odham People is rooted in the hospitality the People showed Padre Eusebio Kino, S.J., when he first encountered them in the late 17th Century,” the Bishop said.

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Bishop attends conference on Christians in Holy Land Editor’s note: Bishop Kicanas, along with Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, D.C., represented the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at the Lambeth Conference on Christians in the Holy Land.

By BISHOP GERALD F. KICANAS Two visionary archbishops, one Anglican, the other Roman Catholic, convened a gathering at the end of July of more than 70 ecumenical and interfaith religious and community leaders from Europe, the U.S., Canada, and the Holy Land at Lambeth Palace in London to reflect on the plight of Christians in the Holy Land.

Archbishop Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Archbishop Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, planned and led a series of reflections on the challenges to peace and justice in a land sacred to Christians, Jews and Muslims.

The process they designed was simple: listen, reflect and plan action steps.

The subject, however, was complex, not admitting of easy solutions and involving these difficult questions: How can Israelis and Palestinians resolve a seemingly intractable conflict and live together in harmony?

How can the Christian minority, a minority that matters in the Middle East for its message of love and reconciliation, remain vibrant and find reason to hope?

How can the three Abrahamic religions uphold and foster freedom of worship and freedom of religion?

We began by listening.

Israelis and Palestinian Muslims and Christians have suffered great trauma and pain in many tragic experiences that strangely enough bond them, allowing the possibility of empathy toward one another. Speakers shared shouts of the heart, their anger, fears and struggles. They spoke of loved ones killed, injured, ridiculed, harassed.

Young people from Bethlehem University told us about their frustrations with restrictions and the occupation that have left them discouraged, but not defeated.

They refuse to be victims, and are striving to create hopeful futures for themselves in their homeland.

They described the loss of loved ones, restrictions of movement, separation of families, the settlements, the lack of education and the dearth of employment opportunities that they experience. They feel caged, imprisoned, un-free in their own land.

Israelis spoke of their concerns about

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Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, center, and Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas listen to presentations with other members of the Lambeth Conference in London.

Bishop Kicanas talks of the plight of Christians in the Holy Land.

that Palestinians encounter to the places holy to their religion and to advocate for the lifting of residency restrictions that separate families and that make it impossible for a West Bank Palestinian who marries a Jerusalemite to live as a couple in Jerusalem.

We talked about the importance of building confidence that peace is possible.

For Israelis, confidence-building steps would include action by Palestinian leadership to eliminate the rockets that threaten lives of Israelis and that contribute to their concerns about security.

Confidence-building initiatives for Palestinians would include lifting restrictions on residency and on access to Muslim holy places, the removal of barriers to family unity that make life so difficult for Palestinians and an end to the creation of new Israeli settlements. This especially would go a long way to opening channels for further dialogue toward peace.

For Christians, confidence-building would include efforts to increase education and employment opportunities. This would help reduce the number of Christians emigrating to find such options. Such efforts might include raising funds for micro-enterprise development to expand economic opportunities.

The small group in which I participated brought these points before the Conference:

• It would be important to consider a similar ecumenical, interfaith conference in the U.S. that would bring together religious, political, business and community leaders to consider the plight of Christians in the Holy Land as a way of focusing on the broader ongoing struggle between Israelis and Palestinians.

• That young people from Bethlehem University in the Holy Land be invited to visit in the U.S. for four to six weeks.

They would serve as ambassadors, helping U.S. Christians to realize the presence of Christians in the Holy Land, their struggles and the importance of their remaining in the Holy Land.

• Holy Land pilgrimages sponsored

by Christian churches should include opportunities for the pilgrims to meet and talk with Christians in the Holy Land,celebrating with them, perhaps even sharing a meal, to learn about their experiences.

While the Conference did not bring peace to the Holy Land, it brought us to a better understanding of the challenges faced by Israelis and Palestinians.

It deepened for us our determination to find a way to peace, to respond to the special challenges faced by Christians and to encourage the Holy Land’s Christians to stay in the land that was the first home for those who follow Christ.

security, fear of rockets, their isolation in the region that leaves them vulnerable. A rabbi from Jerusalem described the dreadful task of cleaning off human flesh and blood of loved ones from walls of buildings struck by Palestinian rockets.

We looked at the realities that influence the spiral of violence that grips the Holy Land.

We learned that for many Palestinian Christians and Muslims, the only way to a better life is to leave their homes and families to emigrate elsewhere.

The Tablet, an international Catholic newspaper, has reported that in 1946 the Christians of British Mandated Palestine amounted to 22 per cent of that area’s population, but that today Christians make up just two per cent of the people living in Israel and the Palestinian Authority area.

If this emigration continues, the land where Jesus walked will become devoid of indigenous Christians, those who have lived and worshipped there since the apostles first burst out of the upper room to announce the Risen Christ. The only Christians in the Holy Land would be tourists, there to visit museums and the holy places.

We formulated action plans to keep such an unfortunate situation from happening.

Participants gave their commitment to advocate for the removal of the barriers

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veces vemos hacia el pasado y pensamos en los muchos sacrificios que nuestros padres y abuelos hicieron con sus limitados ingresos. Estamos impresionados al pensar como ellos pudieron sostener a sus familias y a la iglesia también. Ellos dieron muy generosamente para construir la iglesia parroquial y la escuela que hoy día son un tributo a su generosidad. En muchas ocasiones, durante la primera parte del siglo pasado, la construcción de una escuela era una condición o razón para el establecimiento de una parroquia y, así, de este edificio sencillo surgieron y se fueron desarrollando todos los demás edificios.

Todos los domingos se hacían dos colectas: una para la iglesia y la otra para la escuela o los proyectos de la iglesia. Cuando yo era niño vivía en Detroit, Michigan, y recuerdo los sobres que había para niños; también recuerdo a mis padres recordándome que pusiera dinero en los sobres de niños para sostener nuestra iglesia.

Para mí eso era difícil porque yo quería usar ese dinero para comprar dulces (chocolates, por supuesto), en la tienda de la esquina de nuestra vecindad.

Parece que hoy en día la costumbre de que los padres les enseñen a los niños que tienen una obligación de sostener la iglesia está desapareciendo (y aún por parte de los niños mismos).

Mucha gente no ha aprendido a aceptar esta responsabilidad. No han experimentado la necesidad de hacerlo porque sus padres han cumplido con la construcción de las iglesias y el establecimiento de las escuelas. En verdad, muchas parroquias han cerrado sus escuelas por motivo del alto costo de la educación privada. Como consecuencia, los jóvenes reciben la falsa impresión de que no hay necesidad de aceptar responsabilidad para el mantenimiento de la iglesia.

Es muy triste ver la cantidad de dinero que la gente gasta en el cine, las pizzas, los juegos de video, las computadoras, etcétera, etcétera. Por esta falta de compromiso es casi imposible que la gente asuma la responsabilidad financiera de sostener a su parroquia.

Yo creo que hay necesidad de hacer un balance entre el dinero que se gasta en diversiones y lo que usamos para sostener la iglesia.

Pregúntate a tí mismo: ¿Qué estoy haciendo para sostener mi parroquia?

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Europa tiene que volver a encontrar sus raíces cristianas; hemos fijado nuestro encuentro en Madrid con el lema: ‘Arraigados y edificados en Cristo, firmes en la fe’ (cf. Col 2, 7). Os invito a este evento tan importante para la Iglesia en Europa y para la Iglesia universal. Además, quisiera que todos los jóvenes, tanto los que comparten nuestra fe, como los que vacilan, dudan o no creen, puedan vivir esta experiencia, que puede ser decisiva para la vida: la experiencia del Señor Jesús resucitado y vivo, así como de su amor por cada uno de nosotros”.

Este encuentro, como el Papa Benedicto XVI lo menciona en su mensaje para la XXVI Jornada Mundial de la Juventud 2011, es la fiesta de la Iglesia para los jóvenes. La Iglesia cuenta con la juventud. Necesita de fe viva, caridad creativa y el dinamismo en la esperanza. La presencia de los jóvenes renueva la Iglesia, la rejuvenece y le da un nuevo impulso. Por ello, las Jornadas Mundiales de la Juventud son una gracia no sólo para los participantes, sino para todo el Pueblo de Dios.

Mi Celular no Acepta Llamadas de mi Mamá Por Eleazar Ortiz La vida trae condiciones con ella misma. La familia en que hemos nacido y crecido afecta nuestra vida en su totalidad. Así crecemos , unos llenos de amor y otros sufriendo el desamor de los que están cerca de nosotros. La vida sigue y ella , por nuestras acciones, nos va dando rumbos diferentes; en ocasiones mejores y en otras ocasiones los cambios son para empeorar nuestra calidad de vida.

Recuerdo hace poco, en una plática que tenía en una radio y que hablaba acerca de los chicos que no llevan una relación cercana con sus padres, una muchacha escribió en la página de Internet de la radio: “Yo jamás besaría a mi madre; la odio”. En esa ocasión, por motivos de tiempo y horario, no pude dar una respuesta a esta niña cuyo comentario me partió el alma. Hoy, aprovechando este espacio me gustaría acercarme un poco a esta situación, Pasa a página17

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l Movimiento de Cursillo es una ideología laica que nació En la Iglesia, de la Iglesia y para la Iglesia. El origen de los Cursillos de Cristiandad proviene de Mallorca, España, a partir del año de 1944. Uno de sus fundadores reconocido fue un líder laico llamado Eduardo Bonin, asesorado por el obispo Juan Hervas, también de España.

El cursillo es un instrumento de renovación cristiana que significa “un curso corto” en la vida cristiana; está centrado en tres encuentros: encuentro consigo mismo, encuentro con Cristo y encuentro con los demás.

Los Cursillos de Cristiandad forman parte del plan pastoral diocesano aprobado por nuestro obispo Gerard Kikanas.

Los Cursillos de Cristiandad llegaron a los Estados Unidos en 1957, por el estado de Texas y, dos años después, a Phoenix, Arizona. Desde entonces el Movimiento de Cursillos de Cristiandad se ha extendido en muchos países en los cinco continentes. En nuestra Diócesis de Tucson se han realizado 527 cursillos, el último fue realizado el pasado mes de Junio en Green Valley.

Muchas de las diócesis de los Estados Unidos están unificadas por el Movimiento Nacional y Regional de Cursillos. En nuestra Diócesis tenemos un secretariado que funciona como equipo unificador para todas las escuelas de dirigentes.

Cursillos de Cristiandad es un método para poder facilitar a los católicos bautizados, el conocimiento, convencimiento, vivencia y convivencia de lo cristiano fundamental que es vivir el Amor a Dios y el Amor al prójimo, lo que engendra un movimiento apostólico tendiente a vertebrar cristianamente, o sea un punto de soporte cristiano a la sociedad.

Los Cursillos de Cristiandad se comienzan los jueves a las 5 de la tarde y terminan el domingo a las 3 de la tarde. Es el mejor tiempo de entrega espiritual con Dios que jamás se haya vivido.

Tanto hombres como mujeres pueden vivir esta gran experiencia. Invitamos a todos los lectores de La Nueva Visión que se den la oportunidad de conocer más acerca de los Cursillos y sobretodo de vivir un Cursillo de Cristiandad.

Los invitamos a que se comuniquen a los teléfonos en Tucson (520) 791-7525 y (520) 908-8953, en Sierra Vista al (520) 255-6229, en Douglas al (520) 364-4339 y en Yuma al (928) 783-3696.

Extendemos esta invitación a nuestros hermanos cursillistas para renovar nuestro compromiso de servicio al Señor por medio del Movimiento de Cursillos, de manera que se pueden integrar a las diferentes escuelas de dirigentes y continuar así nuestra misión de evangelización en nuestra diócesis. ¡Cristo Cuenta Contigo! ¡De Colores!

VIDA ECLESIÁSTICA Acerquémonos al Padre Nuestro

¡Qué Alegría de Verte!

Por Pino Pellegrino

Con éste saludo comenzamos un nuevo periodo escolar, le decimos adiós a nuestras vacaciones de vera-

no y emprendemos una nueva aventura. Nos encontramos en los patios de las escuelas, en las iglesias y en reuniones familiares y, con asombro, nos damos cuenta de los cambios que han ocurrido en las personas durante este tiempo; algunos han crecido, unos pocos con voz nueva o más bien “voz en transición” pero todos con historias que contar de paseos, aventuras y actividades de verano. Podríamos decir que tenemos material suficiente para conversar después de tanto tiempo que no nos hemos visto.

Esta sensación de novedad no sólo la viven los niños y jóvenes sino también los padres de familia, al encontrarse con otros padres de familia. Estoy seguro que añoramos estos encuentros al inicio de clases. ¿Has pensado que con esa misma novedad alguien muy importante te espera cada día para que le cuentes de ti y, más importante aún, si tú se lo permites, para que le escuches? Me refiero a Dios Padre, tu Padre y Padre Nuestro.

En el Nuevo Testamento se relata el momento en que los apóstoles tuvieron la confianza y humildad de preguntarle a Jesús cómo debíamos orar. Esa misma confianza es la que nos hace falta hoy para acercarnos al Padre con una actitud de sorpresa, alegría y sobre todo de familiaridad. Cristo mismo, como buen amigo y hermano nos enseña que al iniciar esta oración debemos despojarnos de formalismos y distanciamientos.

El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica [#2779] nos invita a que antes de comenzar con la exclamación ¡Padre! es conveniente purificar humildemente nuestro corazón.

Cristo nos enseñó a decir Padre Nuestro y no “Padre mío” ni “Padre de Cristo”. En esta oración Cristo abre el círculo y nos invita a dialogar como Él y con Él; nos invita a participar de la Comunión de los Santos y de la Iglesia. De la misma manera que los niños y jóvenes amplían un círculo para compartir historias en lugar de cerrarlo para guardar las primicias a un grupo privilegiado.

La humildad nos lleva a reconocer que “nadie conoce al Padre, sino el Hijo y aquél a quien el Hijo se lo quiera revelar”, es decir “a los pequeños” (Mt 11, 25-27). Es decir necesitamos llegar al Padre a través del Hijo y con el Hijo.

También se nos pide una purificación de nuestros corazones de las “imágenes paternales o maternales, correspondientes a nuestra historia personal y cultural, y que impregnan nuestra relación con Dios” [Catecismo #2779]. Aquí tenemos una invitación a conocer el significado de Padre como Cristo nos lo ha revelado en los Evangelios y como Dios Padre quiere que lo conozcamos con la ayuda del Espíritu Santo, despojándonos de la idea que nos hemos formado de Dios Padre.

Que tu oración sea un nuevo ”Padre nuestro” cada día con esa sensación de novedad de quien tiene algo nuevo que contar. Que el Padre Nuestro no sea una repetición de una fórmula. Que esa oración no sea una lección en la que importa quién se la sabe mejor o quién la termina primero. Pensemos que si Cristo nos hubiese dejado una carta personal escrita con su puño y letra, en la misma hubiese escrito la oración del “Padre Nuestro”.

Esa carta ya la escribió con puño y letra del Espíritu Santo en el Evangelio.

Espero que te puedas acercar al Padre Nuestro con la actitud de quien puede decir: ¡que alegría de verte! y que no sólo compartas tus historias sino que también desees escuchar con ansias las que El tiene para ti.

Saludos.

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de nuevo el sol va saliendo poco a poco entre las colinas. Su luz es tan maravillosa que su intensidad y calor consiguen que se pueda apreciar el azul claro del cielo, adornado con densas nubes de color blanco. La obscura noche va desapareciendo, el aire temprano es fresco, su velocidad es suave, como intentando seducir con su caricia y compartir el aroma sabroso que recoge de los verdes campos sembrados de maíz y café. La vegetación es extraordinaria, aunado con la abundancia de agua que llevan los ríos que alimentan los pozos. Todo esto parece ser un verdadero paraíso.

En las casas, los rayos del sol empiezan a iluminar los techos de palma y otros de lámina dando así luz a las paredes de madera; en la cocina ya huele a fuego nuevo que se enciende sobre un montículo de tierra rodeado por cuatro tablones que es donde se preparan los alimentos. La mesa, que son dos tablones, y la silla que es una amplia banca de un sólo tablón, ya están listas para recibir a la familia para compartir el desayuno del día que está naciendo y del cual sólo se esperan bendiciones del Creador.

Sólo hay un cuarto hecho de madera que se utiliza para dormir. Las camas son un saco tirado sobre el piso de tierra y otras son dos o tres tablones que se utilizan para descansar durante la noche o después de llegar de la dura jornada de trabajo.

En este rincón se aprovecha al máximo la luz del día y por la noche se iluminan los caseríos con varias candelas. Esto indica con claridad que aquí no existe la comodidad de la luz eléctrica, no hay estufas de gas ni de luz; no hay televisión.

Hace escasos quince días llegó el servicio de telefonía celular y empieza a utilizarse adecuadamente para comunicarse con los

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Un Nuevo Amanecer Por el Padre José Alfredo Peralta Hernández seres queridos que tienen varios años sin ver, víctimas de la emigración forzada a los Estados Unidos de América.

Las personas que habitan esta aldea tienen la apariencia de rudeza que da hasta miedo verlos a la cara, pues se ven cansados, su cuerpo se ve triste, solos, sus ropas son viejas, sucias y el aroma que está en el ambiente nada agradable es al olfato. Su piel es de color obscuro porque está quemada por el sol, sus manos están maltratadas, sus uñas son gruesas y sucias. Los pies los tienen rajados, duros e igualmente sucios como sus manos, todo ello, por el trabajo que realizan de sol a sol en el campo. Cuando la tierra está seca usan sandalias y cuando llueve utilizan botas de hule para poder caminar entre el lodazal.

Las esposas de estos hombres tienen dibujado en su cuerpo el dolor, la tristeza y la soledad. No son nada higiénicas, no se depilan ninguna parte de su cuerpo y cuando llegan a despintar sus uñas lo hacen con una navaja de rasurar que antes ya la había utilizado el papá para afeitar su cara, esto como parte de su cultura y, para mi concepción, de estética de la belleza y cuidado de la mujer; estas condiciones

nada fácil me fue comprenderlas. Estas vidas sienten el abandono de la sociedad y tienen desconfianza de toda persona que llega de fuera porque están marcados por la violencia del ejército guatemalteco.

Estas personas olvidadas se alimentan de huevo cocido con un poco de tomate servido en agua caliente, también comen tamales de frijol, “pacaya” (flor de color blanco, en su vaina, de una especie de palmera), “yuca”, que es una raíz algo parecida a la papa; frijol negro entero y arroz, todo acompañado con una tortilla de maíz; sólo cuando hay bautizos o se tienen visitas se come caldo de pollo. Las frutas que la madre naturaleza les regala son la piña, los cocos y el plátano llamado por ellos “guineo”. La bebida es agua hervida endulzada con azúcar, atole de maíz llamado “incaparina” y el café.

En 29 años de mi vida, y sin ofender a las personas que con gusto y amabilidad me han compartido una o varias tazas de café, nunca había probado un café tan exquisito, como el que probé en la casa de Don Carlos y Doña Julia, mí paladar todavía recuerda el agradable sabor de ese café natural no rebajado, colado y combinado

con un poco de canela.

Tanto hombres como mujeres se bañan al aire libre, con un mínimo de ropa como cuidando su integridad. Cuando las mujeres se van a bañar, sólo se quedan con su sostén y sus pantaletas; los hombres sólo se quedan en calzoncillos. Y saludan con naturalidad al que pasa cerca de su casa cuando ellos se están bañando.

Esto me permitió conocer que en esta gente no existe el morbo de la constitución de cada cuerpo.

Por mencionar otro ejemplo, las mujeres amamantan a sus hijos sin ocultar sus pechos erguidos, llenos de leche que es alimento y fuerza para sus hijos.

Algunos de los niños y niñas andan desnudos todo el santo día, no usan calzoncito y sólo se les pone pañal cuando van a asistir a una reunión de iglesia o escolar. En una familia tienen sólo una mamadera para alimentar a dos niños y así es en la mayoría de las casas de la aldea.

Al ver de frente la miseria económica, cultural, religiosa y social que se hacía presente, real y objetiva en la vida de estas personas, una mezcla de sentimientos encontrados se agolpaban en mi pecho, un fuerte nudo se hacía en mi garganta y mis ojos se cristalizaban por gotas gruesas de agua. Todo mi cuerpo se resistía a creer lo que estaba viendo, el irrespeto fundamental de la dignidad humana.

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La realidad gritaba en su silencio diciéndome: ¡Es verdad, es verdad, esto no es un sueño! En algunos momentos me sentí solo, el temor de quedarme ahí olvidado por las personas que amo recorría todo mi ser. Pensé en mi interior que no podría vivir nueve días en esta aldea rodeada de miseria, donde el tiempo parece detenerse y cada día parece un mes.

Creo que Dios PadreMadre me concedió la fuerza para estar con esta gente y darme cuenta que para ellos sería una bendición compartir su vida, por un par de días, con un sacerdote que los visitaba en la Semana Mayor. Con esta fuerte motivación me pude ir acercando poco a poco a cada una de las personas.

Me fui a caminar con ellos, a visitar familias, a confesar y a ungir enfermos.

Con ellos trabajé sacando agua del pozo, quebrando leña y cargándola en un pobre troquecito, dormí como duermen ellos, comí lo que comen ellos y me bañe como se bañan ellos, así fue como empecé a sentirme más aceptado por estos seres humanos.

Además, durante las celebraciones hice todo lo posible para que se sintieran aceptados y amados por nuestro Redentor, y al compartir con estas personas pláticas serias y profundas donde expresaban la alegría de vivir, la esperanza de un mundo mejor y el

dolor de su pasado, percibí que tienen sentimientos sumamente bellos, nobles y transparentes con los que hacen una verdadera evangelización, pues desean ser aceptados como lo que son, seres humanos hijos de Dios, asimismo, ser amados en su miseria económica y en su riqueza material y espiritual.

Ante esta realidad pude ser testigo de que las personas que sienten los sufrimientos del mundo, los que se apoyan únicamente en la fuerza de Dios, los que saben perdonar teniendo como amigos a sus enemigos y así impregnar su vida por un anhelo limpio de Dios --no importándoles que la sociedad globalizada los rechace--, ellos son los miembros del Reino que vino a instaurar Jesucristo que sólo es accesible a las personas sencillas, que están disponibles a la revelación divina.

Y con claridad lo podemos constatar en el Evangelio según San Mateo (Mt. 5, 1-11; 11, 25-27). Fue sorprendente comprobar la fragilidad de Dios y, a la vez, observar que la única fuerza con la que Él no pudo luchar es la de su Amor por el género humano, dominado por esta, quiso encarnarse haciéndose uno de nosotros.

Vivió en su persona el amargo sufrimiento que genera el destierro, el juicio sobre su persona y su proyecto, llevándolo éstos a la muerte para darnos garantía de una vida nueva

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con su resurrección.

Antes de despedirme de toda esta gente, celebramos una Eucaristía.

Toda la liturgia fue vivida con plenitud e intensidad, cuando ya estaba dándoles la bendición final, mis sentimientos encontrados se expresaron con fuerza, el nudo de mi garganta se desató y el agua que días antes cristalizaba mis ojos se derramó en lágrimas.

Fue así que me desbordé en llanto por la realidad de miseria y dolor de estas personas, al instante toda la asamblea se acercó a mí, me llevaron hasta el Santísimo, me pidieron que me pusiera de rodillas y se pusieron a orar por mí a Dios. Esta fue otra gran muestra de sus afectos, de su amor y de la fe de esta Iglesia viviente y sufriente que yo indignamente recibía de ellos.

Yo, hermanos, viví en carne propia con personas que viven en la vil miseria; por ello, no creo ya en lo que pueda ser un recital de libros, pues, escribir desde la comodidad de un escritorio, con elocuencia, elegancia, con contenido teológico, eclesiológico y cristológico sobre la opción por los pobres, como lo hacen algunos, es diferente a escribir desde el contacto y la convivencia cotidiana con ellos.

Ahora hago mía la cita de San Juan 4, 42: “Y decían a la mujer: ya no creemos por lo que nos has dicho, que ahora nosotros mismos hemos oído y sabe-

mos que éste es verdaderamente el Salvador del mundo”. Porque al igual que la samaritana, yo trataba de evadir a Jesús con temas nada importantes. Y Jesús, se me ha manifestado en estas personas como agua viva que brota para la vida eterna, para transformar con cuidado mi vida.

La tarde está por terminar, la línea roja del sol se va ocultando entre los campos cafetaleros y da ya su última muestra de calor a los campos sembrados de maíz. El viento sigue corriendo suave como señal de vida y presencia del Espíritu Santo consolador de su pueblo. Ya se han apagado las candelas, todos se han dormido con la confianza de ver un nuevo amanecer.

Sin falsa humildad, este escrito no tiene respaldo teórico de ningún autor que hable de la opción preferencial por los más pobres. Ésta es mi experiencia de vida. Está hablando todo mi cuerpo, mis sentimientos, mis emociones y afectos que fueron movidos y removidos en estos largos y enriquecedores nueve días, en la Semana Santa del 2007, en las comunidades de Flor del Norte y Mónaco, ubicadas al noroccidente de la República de Guatemala, en el sector del Quiché, en el Ixcan grande (que significa: “lugar donde se une el cielo con la tierra”) y a una hora de distancia del puerto fronterizo de Chiapas, México.

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El tema había llegado a tratarse porque una muchacha escribió en el chat de la radio que yo le había ayudado a acercarse a su mamá. En esta relación no había odio ni rencores. De acuerdo a la niña nada más no se le daba el acercarse a su mamá y no podía decirle “mamá, te quiero” y darle un beso. Finalmente la muchacha poniendo mucho empeño y amor pudo, a los meses, abrazar a su mamá y decirle que la quería. Lógicamente, trazó un plan y como me dijo ella “mi celular ya recibe las llamadas de mi mamá”.

Bien, una de las cosas que la niña puso en práctica para que su “cell phone” recibiera las llamadas de su mamá fue ablandar su corazón o sea desbloquear el celular y dejarlo recibir llamadas de su madre. Este proceso empezó cuando la estudiante dejó de pensar tanto en ese detalle y distraerse haciendo el bien.

“Yo no soy mala y no le hago daño a nadie” me replicó cuando le dije que tenía que dedicar unos poquitos de sus minutos disponibles a hacer el bien, o sea , a ayudar a los demás. Empezó por compartir una hoja, un lápiz o una pluma en el salón y comenzó a sentirse diferente cuando otro estudiante le daba las gracias. Luego, siguió por compartir parte de su almuerzo que llevaba a la escuela.

Comenzó por sentirse querida y que muchos otros muchachos y muchachos la saludaban o le daban una sonrisa al verla o cruzarse con ella en los pasillos de la escuela. Ella misma comenzó a sentir una necesidad de seguir ayudando. Se puso de voluntaria para ayudar a otros estudiantes en sus tareas después de escuela lo mismo que ayudar a maestros en sus salones. Y así, hasta que ya fuera de la escuela se propuso de voluntaria para ayudar a una ancianita por lo menos un par de horas en los fines de semana.

En una ocasión me dijo con una de las más hermosas sonrisas que jamás he visto “le pude dar un beso a mis mamá y le dije que la quería”.

Se entiende que hay situaciones diferentes y que los sentimientos negativos, como el odio, ya se han apoderado del corazón y la mente. Sin embargo, no podemos dejar que estos sentimientos rijan nuestras vidas. Probablemente jamás podrás tener una relación ideal con tus padres pero no puedes tú echar a perder tu vida por ese sentimiento.

Debes desbloquear tu celular y dejar que tu corazón, por medio de tus acciones buenas hacia los demás, se ablande y vuelva a amar. Busca hacer el bien y si no puedes aun perdonar envuelve tu mente en planes positivos y en cosas que cuando las hagas alguien te dé las gracias y te diga que eres una linda personita. Al momento que empieces a vivir en el lado positivo de tu vida sentirás un descanso y probablemente, con el tiempo y tu dedicación pensarás que ya descansas de ese sentimiento negativo y que ya tu “cell phone” puede aceptar llamadas de tu mamá. Es tu opción vivir tu vida envuelta en una rutina de frustraciones y amarguras o ver hacia lo alto del cielo y dar gracias a Dios porque eres capaz de amar y de ser amada.

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l 9 de Julio del 2011 fue un día triste en el entorno latinoamericano, para los amantes del arte, del canto, de la paz, del amor y la poesía. En la ciudad de Guatemala, ocho balas asesinas enmudecieron para siempre la garganta y aniquilaron el pensamiento del eterno trovador argentino enamorado de la paz, del canto, de la libertad y de la justicia: Facundo Cabral.

Este prolífico cantautor vio la luz de la vida por primera vez un 22 de Mayo del 1937. Y desde que vio la luz, los colores, las culturas, y los enigmas de este planeta azul, se enamoró de todo. Y le cantó a la vida; le cantó a la paz; le cantó a Dios; le cantó a la libertad; le cantó a la mujer; le cantó a la justicia, le cantó al paraje latinoamericano y a la campiña provinciana.

Decía: “Cada mañana es una buena noticia, cada niño que nace es una buena noticia, cada cantor es una buena noticia, porque cada canto es un soldado menos. Mi madre fue la primera gran noticia que conocí”. A pesar de haber tenido una niñez marcada por la austeridad, mas tarde, en su sendero, Facundo sintió el flujo inexorable de la vida, y se convirtió a la postre en una de esas figuras que hacen vibrar las fibras más ocultas del corazón humano. Él lo hizo magistralmente con su canto y su poesía su “Red Revolucionaria”. El otrora nominado al premio nobel de la paz, proveniente las pampas argentinas, es ya patrimonio de la humanidad, de los filántropos, de los bohemios, de los pacifistas, de los humanistas, de los filósofos y de los predicadores. “La vida es el arte del encuentro” proclamaba por doquier. ”Debemos encontrarnos para confirmar que la humanidad es una sola familia y que habitamos en un país llamado Tierra. Somos hijos del amor”.

Vale la pena recordar algunas de sus célebres afirmaciones acerca de la vida, de la felicidad, de la muerte, del amor, de la vejez, de los hombres, etcetera. A los deprimidos les dijo: “No estás deprimido, estás distraído, distraído de la vida que te puebla. Distraído de la vida que te rodea: delfines, bosques, mares, montañas, ríos. No caigas en lo que cayó tu hermano, que sufre por un ser humano cuando en el mundo hay 5,600 millones.

Hay tantas cosas para gozar y nuestro paso por la Tierra es

NI TANTO QUE QUEME AL SANTO Padre Viliulfo Valderrama

La Vida es el Arte del Encuentro tan corto, que sufrir es una pérdida de tiempo. Tenemos para gozar la nieve del invierno y las flores de la primavera, el chocolate de la Perugia, la baguette francesa, los tacos mexicanos, el vino chileno, los mares y los ríos, el fútbol de los brasileiros, Las Mil y Una Noches, la Divina Comedia, el Quijote, el Pedro Páramo, los boleros de Manzanero y las poesías de Whitman, Mahler, Mozart, Chopin, Beethoven, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Velásquez, Picasso y Tamayo entre tantas maravillas”.

Del amor y el odio expresó: “Ayuda al niño que te necesita, ese niño será socio de tu hijo. Ayuda a los viejos, y los jóvenes te ayudarán cuando lo seas. Además, el servicio es una felicidad segura, como gozar a la naturaleza y cuidarla para el que vendrá.

Da sin medida y te darán sin medida.

Ama hasta convertirte en lo amado, más aún hasta convertirte en el mismísimo amor. Y que no te confundan unos pocos homicidas y suicidas, el bien es mayoría pero no se nota porque es silencioso, una bomba hace más ruido que una caricia, pero por cada bomba que le destruya hay millones de caricias que alimenta a la vida”. A los que sufren una pérdida, Facundo los consoló con estas palabras: “No perdiste a nadie, el que murió simplemente, se nos adelantó, porque para allá vamos todos. Además lo mejor de Él, el amor, sigue en tu corazón. ¿Quién podría decir que Jesús está muerto? No hay muerte: hay mudanza. Y del otro lado te espera gente maravillosa: Gandhi, Michelangelo, Whitman, San Agustín, la Madre Teresa, tu abuela y mi madre. También definió a la vejez como “la estación serena de la vida”. Y cuando empezó a perder la vista no le reclamó a Dios. Más bien dijo: “Demócrito se hizo quemar los ojos para poder pensar, porque decía que el mundo es tan bello

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que lo distraía. Yo ya vi tanto. ¡Caramba, el mundo es tan bello! Flores, reptiles, mares, océanos, volcanes, osos polares; hay hasta delfines rosados; las mujeres que son tan bellas. ¡Ah, mi Dios, el mundo es una fiesta. Nunca entendí a la gente que se aburre”. De Jesús dijo: “Jesús ha vuelto a la Tierra. Mi corazón y tu corazón lo saben. Pero tenemos tantas distracciones que todavía no lo podemos encontrar. Tal vez nos sirvió café en Buenos Aires, o trabaja en Córdoba, o nos ayudó a recuperar la democracia, o es un zapatero en Tucumán. Pero mi corazón sabe que Jesús ha vuelto a la Tierra.”

El que dijo que “la vida es un poema”, pensó poéticamente en su propio final: “Cuando en la noche se refleje mi antigua duda y ya no vea en ella mis ojos. Entonces cambiaré mi torpe cuerpo por las alas con las que entraré en la mañana del despertar eterno, mas allá de los sucesos momentáneos”. ¿Porque asesinaron a Facundo? ¿Por cantarle a la esperanza y a la paz? ¿Fue un accidente? Quizá nunca sepamos los motivos. Lo que sí sabemos es que su pensamiento y su poesía es ya patrimonio de la humanidad.

De su propia sensibilidad poética y humanista podemos concluir: Realmente la vida es un encuentro. Nosotros nos encontramos contigo. Y esa fue nuestra “gran noticia”. Gracias por recordarnos, en medio de las guerras, que somos “hijos del amor”. A ti nada te distrajo de tí mismo. Te dedicaste a vivir y nunca tuviste tiempo para otra cosa. Unas balas silenciaron tu existencia para siempre pero sabemos que “el bien es mayoría pero no se nota porque es silencioso; una bomba hace más ruido que una caricia, pero por cada bomba que le destruya hay millones de caricias que alimenta a la vida”.

El mundo no te perdió. Simplemente te nos adelantaste, porque para allá vamos todos. No hay muerte: hay mudanza. Y del otro lado te espera gente maravillosa: Gandhi, Michelangelo, Whitman, San Agustín, la Madre Teresa, tu mamá y tu abuela. Tu cuerpo fue solo un vehículo que te llevo de la cuna a la tumba. Tu espíritu, tu alma, y las ideas que armaron tus neuronas, permanecerán siempre en la consciencia de los amantes del arte y de la paz.

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Enjoy the first 5 days of the itinerary above in L.A., then depart for home January 3, 2012. 

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THE NEW VISION - LA NUEVA VISIÓN DE LA DIOCESIS ROMANA CATOLICA DE TUCSON | WWW.NEWVISIONONLINE.ORG | SEPTIEMBRE 2011

Abuso sexual es una cosa horrenda.

Eso es horrible especialmente para un niño o un joven.

Eso crea inmediatamente heridas que se convierten en cicatrices que no se pueden olvidar.

Nuestro reconocimiento de abuso sexual como una cosa horrible está reflejado en todo lo que hacemos en nuestro Programa diocesano de Ambiente Seguro para prevenir que suceda a los niños y a jóvenes cuando están en nuestras parroquias y escuelas y también cuando estén con aquellos quienes ministran en nuestras parroquias y escuelas.

Sabemos que no podemos prevenir todos los daños.

Reconocemos la realidad de que muchos de los daños de abuso sexual que experimentan los niños y jóvenes ocurren en lugares fuera de las parroquias y escuelas, incluso sus propios hogares, entre sus propias familias.

Dondequiera que esto ocurra, quienquiera que lo haga, los efectos horribles de abuso sexual están bien documentados.

Hay generalmente tres clases de síntomas, síntomas de los cuales educamos al personal escolar y voluntarios de nuestra parroquia a que sean sensitivos.

Niños que han sido abusados sexualmente muestran indicaciones de desorden de tensión post-traumática.

Este síndrome puede envolver relevo involuntario de trauma en varias formas, o algunas veces peleando ese recuerdo distrayéndose o evitando gente o situaciones que les recuerden del abuso.

Este estrago con memorias vívidas del abuso es mucho más común que la inhabilidad de recordar algunos aspectos del abuso, mucho menos la inhabilidad de recordar el abuso del todo.

Junto con o hasta como resultado de este estrago con recuerdos recurrentes del abuso, hay frecuentemente otros síntomas de tensión.

Nuestra tradición católica nos enseña a rezar. Desde chiquitos memorizamos el Padre Nuestro, Ave María y El Credo. Al cultivar las tempranas semillas de la fe, uno se da cuenta de la grandeza del amor de Dios. Dios nos da la vida; la oración da orden, sentido y profundidad a la vida espiritual. La oración es una herramienta que hace que la relación con Dios sea más concreta. Las oraciones pueden ser privadas; entre el individuo y Dios. También pueden ser comunales; incluyendo una comunidad de personas, sea en misa o grupos de fe. El poder de la oración hace milagros y trasforma vidas.

La oración es una conversación con Dios. Podemos hablar con nuestro Creador en voz alta o en silencio del corazón. De todas formas, el Padre nos entiende porque nos conoce. Dios se comunica a través de los acontecimientos de la vida cotidiana. Se revela también en el esplendor de la creación, en nuestras relaciones con los demás y

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PROTEGIENDO A NUESTRO NIÑOS Paul Duckro, Ph.D

Reporte abuso sexual Algunas veces hay reacciones externalizadas tales como actividad sexual impropia, arranques agresivos o estar siempre a la defensiva, como si peligro se encuentra en cada rincón.

Muy comúnmente hay sentimientos de tensión internalizados. Estos pueden incluir una sensación de soledad, depresión o ansiedad, problemas en dormir o concentración, o generalmente emociones bruscas.

Estos síntomas con frecuencia no ocurren uno a la vez y no son solamente evidentes durante la niñez, pero algunas veces perduran muy dentro en la vida adulta.

Este entendimiento de los tristes resultados del abuso sexual de menores y jóvenes es sin duda alguna muy pesados, pero eso no es el fin de la historia. Bueno, aquí hay buenas noticias: tratamientos sicológicos pueden ser muy efectivos en la reducción de esos síntomas.

Tuve la oportunidad de leer un reporte recientemente publicado acerca de resultados de tratamiento. El autor revisó 35 estudios de los efectos de tratamiento para jóvenes menores de 18 años que habían sido abusados sexualmente.

Ellos encontraron que había un razonable buen efecto del tratamiento sicológico en cada uno de los tres síntomas.

Naturalmente, no todos los niños se beneficiaron, pero en promedio, hubo mejoramiento, y ese mejoramiento pare-

THAT ALL MAY KNOW THE SAVIOR Rebecca Piña Cammarota

El aliento del alma

de manera especial en Los Sacramentos. Cuando estamos dispuestos a escuchar, Dios se comunica en los momentos de tranquilidad y los momentos de dificultad.

La oración consistente contribuye a la unión con Dios y el crecimiento de la fe; es una puerta abierta a lo divino. El autor noruego, Ole Hallesby se refiere a la oración como el aliento del alma, escribió:

ció tener permanencia.

También hubo algunas indicaciones como de las clases de tratamientos que son más efectivos, que animan a clínicos a continuar desarrollando tratamientos específicamente designados a contrarrestar los varios efectos adversos de abuso sexual. Así como con cualquier estudio de investigación, los resultados solamente apuntan al camino adelante. Como luego dicen, “más investigación es necesaria.” Aun así, los resultados de las investigaciones están llenos de esperanza.

Si llegaras a darte cuenta que una criatura que tú conoces es víctima de abuso, reporta a la policía, y no pierdas la esperanza. Consigue ayuda para el niño y todos los demás afectados secundariamente.

Por el bien común de todos los niños en las comunidades de nuestra diócesis y especialmente por niños abusados, se un protector de las agencias que provén o buscan ayuda para las víctimas de abuso.

Date a oír y escribe dando a conocer tu apoyo para que estas agencias no sean olvidadas en las batallas sobre el presupuesto Como Iglesia y como una comunidad cívica, donde haya sufrimiento, trabajemos hacia la sanación.

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

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

Más información está disponible en www.diocesetucson.org/ ocaap.html.

“El aire que nuestro cuerpo necesita nos envuelve por todos lados. El aire busca entrar a nuestros cuerpos, y por esta razón ejerce presión sobre nosotros (…) El aire que nuestro alma necesita también nos envuelve todo el tiempo y por todos lados. Dios está a nuestro alrededor en Cristo por todos lados, con Su gracia multiforme y todo-suficiente. Lo único que tenemos que hacer es abrir nuestro corazón. La oración es el aliento del alma. El corazón es el órgano por el cual recibimos a Cristo. Como el aire entra silenciosamente cuando respiramos, y hace sus funciones normales en nuestros pulmones, así también entra Jesús silenciosamente a nuestros corazones y hace su bendito trabajo allí.”

Hablando espiritualmente, necesitamos respirar todos los días continuamente. Al exhalar las preocupaciones y temores, inhalamos la paz del Señor, cocientes de que nuestras vidas están en sus manos.

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‘Our Faith, Our Hope, Our Future’

Campaign collects $24 million The Diocese of Tucson’s five-year capital campaign, “Our Faith, Our Hope, Our Future,” has topped $24 million in funds received so far.

“I am grateful for the continued support of parishioners,” said Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas. “That generosity, especially through the rebates to parishes, is making possible many improvements to our parishes and schools.”

More than $4 million has been rebated to parishes so far. Twenty percent of money donated at each parish is returned

ACA is OK Pledges to the Diocese of Tucson’s 2011 Annual Catholic Appeal have reached $3,514,975, or 95 percent of the goal set to support the work of 26 charities and ministries for the coming year.

Fulfilled pledges totaled $3,127593.

Cars for priests The Diocese of Tucson is seeking donations of gently used vehicles for use by priests from various foreign countries that are serving in the Diocese. Being sought are safe, well-maintained, low-mileage (60,000 or less) vehicles.

Literally, many of these priests arrive here with “just the shirt on their back,” and your donation of a vehicle to the “International Priests Vehicle Assistance Program” helps these good men to carry out their ministry and ease their burden of acclimation to our country.

To donate a vehicle, please contact John Shaheen, the Diocese’s property director, at 520-838-2570.

to that parish, and any amount donated above the individual parish’s goal is split 50-50 with the Diocese.

To make it easier for donors to fulfill their pledges, the Diocese has implemented on-line giving so a secure pledge payment can be made without the cost of printing and mailing pledge reminder statements. Go to www.diocesetucson. org.

The total pledges to the capital campaign, about to enter its fourth year, amounted to $43.3 million.

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Officers elected by board of merged units The members of the Board of Directors of the Catholic Foundation for Stewardship and Charitable Giving met for the first time since the merger of the diocese’s Charity and Ministry Fund into the Foundation, and elected Ed Steinhoff as chairman.

Elected with Steinhoff, of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, were Ann Dickson of St. Andrew the Apostle Parish in Sierra Vista, vice chairman; Annette Jones of St. Pius X Parish in Tucson, treasurer; and Bob Scala of Our Mother of Sorrows Parish in Tucson, secretary.

Steve Thu of St. Thomas the Apostle Parish, past chairman of the Foundation, and Cheryl Ponzo of Our Lady of the Valley Parish in Green Valley, past chairman of the Charity and Ministry Fund, will serve on the executive committee.

The members established several committees.

Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas said afterward that he was “very encouraged by the wonderful spirit present” at the meeting.

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St. E’s looks forward to next 50 years Mercy Care Plan joins in to serve low-income Arizonans

By RUTH LILJENQUIST “A natural fit.”

That’s the best way to describe a new collaboration between St. Elizabeth’s Health Center, an agency of Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, and Mercy Care Plan, a Catholic nonprofit that manages health care for Arizona AHCCCS patients. This new collaboration expands capacity for Mercy Care Plan members in the Tucson area to receive care at St. E’s and benefit from its “Patient-Centered Medical Home” care model, while St. E’s, with reimbursement from Mercy Care Plan, can strengthen its mission to serve the uninsured and underserved.

While St. E’s has provided quality care since it was established 50 years ago, the providers and staff are excited about the development and implementation of the new model, in which patients maintain a relationship with a primary care provider, who coordinates and monitors patient care, especially as the person accesses care from other health providers, services, and facilities.

The new model has been shown to improve health outcomes, not only because health care is coordinated among providers but because of the numerous supports that are provided to patients to help them succeed in improving their health. St. E’s, for example, provides

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Wednesday, Nov. 16 Doubletree by Hilton Tucson – Reid Park Dinner with Entertainment by Ballet Folklorico La Paloma For tickets/information, call Sandy at 670-0854 chronic disease management, weight loss and prenatal education programs, while also employing promotoras (community health workers) to educate and follow up with patients.

The number of Mercy Care Plan members receiving care at St. E’s will now expand with the addition of new providers, and these members will benefit from the new model, which at St. E’s is particularly adapted to the needs of low-income patients.

The new collaboration comes a year after Arizona cut funding for clinics like St. E’s. “Arizona Primary Care” dollars from the state made up a third of the center’s revenue, and when that funding was eliminated effective June

30, 2010, St. E’s had to make deep cuts, reducing costs wherever possible and laying off employees.

While the last year has been tough, St. E’s has continued serving, primarily through the loyal support of volunteer health professionals, who have given generously of their time and expertise, and numerous donors, community organizations, and businesses who have supported the center with donations, grants, and in-kind gifts and services. Now with the Mercy Care Plan collaboration, St. E’s will be able to strengthen its current capacity.

The common purpose of St. E’s and Mercy Care Plan, as well as their respective resources, make this collaboration a natural fit.

As Mercy Care Plan CEO Mark Fisher expressed in a recent letter to the CCS Board of Directors, “Mercy Care Plan shares the focus of St. Elizabeth’s Health Center in facilitating access to health care and motivating healthy behaviors for persons of low income. We look forward to working more closely with St. Elizabeth’s Health Center in their 50th anniversary year and sharing their mission.”

Volunteer at St. E’s St. Elizabeth is eager to welcome new health professionals as volunteer providers for the center’s uninsured and underserved patients. Please call (520) 670-0917 for more information.

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Obama policy change could limit deportations WASHINGTON (CNS) -- An Obama administration announcement that new discretion will be exercised in whether to deport immigrants who do not have criminal records was hailed by advocates for immigrants and supporters of comprehensive reform.

The new policy announced in letters to senators Aug. 18 could mean some people facing deportation will be allowed to remain in the United States and get work permits, a development praised by Bishop John C. Wester of Salt Lake City, who heads the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration.

“This could help keep families together and give hope to young persons who know only America as their Sexual abuse is a horrible thing.

It is horrible especially for a child or teen. It creates immediate wounds that become scars that don’t go away.

Our recognition of sexual abuse as a horrible thing is reflected in everything that we do in our diocesan Safe Environment Program to prevent it from happening to children and teens when they are at our parishes and schools and when they are with those who minister at our parishes and schools.

We know that we cannot prevent all harm. We recognize the reality that so much of the sexual abuse that children and teens experience today occurs away from their churches and schools, even in their own homes, among their own families.

Wherever it occurs, whoever does it, the horrible effects of sexual abuse are well documented.

There are generally three types of symptoms, symptoms that we educate our parish and school staff and volunteers to be sensitive to.

Children who have been abused usually show indications of post-traumatic stress disorder. This syndrome can involve involuntarily reliving the trauma in various ways, or sometimes fighting against that recall by distraction or avoidance of people or situations that remind them of the abuse.

This struggle with vivid memories of the abuse is much more common than the inability to remember some aspects of the abuse, much less inability to recall the abuse at all.

Along with or even as a result of this struggle with recurring reminders of the abuse, there are often other symptoms of distress.

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home,” he said in a statement.

Others also expressed support for the policy, but like Bishop Wester were quick to add that comprehensive immigration reform would be the best approach to fixing the nation’s broken immigration policy.

Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., one of the most visible congressional advocates for comprehensive immigration reform, noted that he has been a vocal critic of President Barack Obama over increased deportations during his administration.

“This is the Barack Obama I have been waiting for,” he added, “and that Latino and immigrant voters helped put in office to fight for sensible immigration policies.

PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN Paul Duckro, Ph.D

Report sexual abuse

Sometimes they are externalized reactions like inappropriate sexual activity, aggressive outbursts or being very much on guard, as if danger is around every corner.

Very commonly there are internalized feelings of distress. These might include a sense of being all alone, depression or anxiety, problems sleeping or concentrating, or generally blunted emotions.

These symptoms often do not occur one at a time and they are not only evident in childhood, but sometimes last well into adult life.

This sad understanding of the results of sexual abuse of children and teens is heavy indeed, but that is not the end of the story. Here, there is some good news: psychological treatment can be very effective in reducing those symptoms.

I had the opportunity to read a recently published report of treatment outcomes. The authors reviewed 35 studies of the effects of treatment for youth under the age of 18 who had been abused.

They found that there was a reasonably good effect of psychological treatment on all three types of symptoms.

Not every child benefited, of course, but on average, there was improvement, and that improvement seemed to have

“Focusing scarce resources on deporting serious criminals, gang bangers and drug dealers and setting aside non-criminals with deep roots in the U.S. until Congress fixes our laws is the right thing to do and I am proud of the president and (Homeland Security Secretary Janet) Napolitano for standing up for a more rational approach to enforcing our current immigration laws.”

Opponents of comprehensive immigration reform proposals were quick to criticize the policy. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said the plan “amounts to backdoor amnesty for hundreds of thousands -- if not millions -of illegal aliens.” staying power.

There were also some indications as to the kinds of treatments that are most effective, which encourages clinicians to continue to develop treatments specifically designed to counter the various adverse effects of sexual abuse.

As with any research study, the results only point the way forward. As the saying goes, “more research is needed.” Yet, the findings are hopeful.

Should you find out that a child you know is the victim of abuse, make the report to law enforcement, and don’t lose hope. Reach out for help for the child and all those affected secondarily.

For the common good of all children in the communities of our Diocese and especially for abused children, be an advocate for the agencies that provide or arrange support for victims of abuse.

Speak up and write out your advocacy so that these agencies are not forgotten in the battles over budget shortfalls.

As a Church and as a civic community, where there is suffering, let us work toward healing.

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.

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13 seminarians off to classes after convocation in Tucson The Diocese of Tucson’s seminarians – including three new ones this year – met last month at the annual Seminarian Convocation at the Redemptorist Renewal Center at Picture Rocks.

Thirteen seminarians are beginning this academic year, including Ivan Garcia of St. Helen Parish in Eloy, Jesus Sanchez of St. Jude Thaddeus Parish in San Luis, and Zachary Ferell of St. Mark the Evangelist Parish in Tucson. They will be first-year philosophy students at Mount Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, Ore. They will be joining Edson Elizarraras of Immaculate Conception Parish in Yuma, Martin Moreno of

Sacred Heart Parish in Nogales and Arturo Sanchez of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Yuma.

At Mundelein Seminary this year are Marco Carrasco of Immaculate Conception Parish in Douglas, Ramonito Celestial and Wilbert Celestino of St. Francis de Sales Parish in Tucson, Jorge Farias-Saucedo of St. Augustine Cathedral Parish, Albert Miranda of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Tucson, John Paul Shea of St. George Parish in Apache Junction and Alan Valencia of Sacred Heart Parish in Nogales.

At the convocation the seminarians met individually and as a group with Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas

and heard presentations by Father Dominico Pinti, pastor of St. George Parish in Apache Junction, Dr. Paul Duckro, director of the diocese’s Office of Child, Adolescent and Adult Protection, and Father Ed Lucero, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Parish in Safford.

The seminarians took a “field trip” with Father Ricky Ordonez, director of vocations, to Our Lady of Guadalupe Chapel and Soup Kitchen in Tucson, where after celebrating Mass they joined members of the Casa Maria Catholic Worker Community and volunteers in preparing and serving the daily meal to hundreds of the homeless and hungry.

Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas and Father Ricky Ordoñez, director of vocations, pose with seminarians at their convocation at Picture Rocks prior to their return to their seminaries.

Pope to seminarians: ‘Become saints’ MADRID (CNS) -- Telling seminarians they must prepare seriously for the priesthood by devoting themselves to becoming saints, Pope Benedict XVI gave them a role model: St. John of Avila, who will become the Catholic Church’s 34th doctor of the Church.

At the end of a Mass on Aug. 20 with some 6,000 seminarians from around the world, the Pope announced he soon would add the 16th-century Spanish saint to the short list of saints formally recognized for making a big mark on Catholic theology through their teaching and writing. His remarks were greeted with sustained applause in Madrid’s Almudena Cathedral.

Pope Benedict entrusted all the seminarians, as well as priests and bishops, to the intercession of St. John, a master of spirituality and a

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renowned preacher.

“As they persevere in the same faith which he taught, may they model their hearts on that of Jesus Christ the good shepherd,” the Pope prayed.

Pope Benedict did not say when he would make the formal proclamation.

The doctors of the Church are all saints and come from both the Eastern and Western church traditions.

They include early church fathers like Sts. Jerome, John Chrysostom and Augustine, as well as major theologians like Sts. Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure and John of the Cross. In addition to St. Therese of Lisieux, the women doctors of the church are Sts. Catherine of Siena and Teresa of Avila.

During the Mass for seminarians attending World Youth Day,

Pope Benedict said the young men preparing for priesthood are “proof of how Christ continues to call young disciples and to make them his apostles.”

Pope Benedict told the students their time in the seminary “should be years of interior silence, of unceasing prayer, of constant study” and gradual introduction into pastoral activities.

But prayer, study and pastoral activity are not enough, he said: The seminarians must strive for holiness.

“The holiness of the Church is, above all, the objective holiness of the very person of Christ” and “we have to be saints so as not to create a contradiction between the sign that we are and the reality that we wish to signify.”

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