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5,600-plus sisters call for civility by candidates in presidential race Catholic News Service
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Roses for Hiroshima
Hiroshima survivor Toshiyuki Mimaki receives roses in front of the White House in Washington Aug. 6. He shared his memories with a group of peace activists on the 71st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the Japanese city in 1945. The blast was so intense “it was as if the sun had exploded,” he said. The group included members of Catholic movements working to end nuclear weapons. They had gathered to “apologize” for Hiroshima and for the atomic bombing three days later of the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
SILVER SPRING, Maryland – More than 5,600 U.S. religious sisters have signed a letter asking for civil discourse in the presidential campaign. The letter was to be sent Aug. 8 to the candidates of the Democratic, Republican, Green and Libertarian parties as well as their vice presidential running mates and the chairs of their respective parties. “We simply ask that all who seek to lead refrain from language that disrespects, dehumanizes or demonizes another,” the letter said. “We pray that all who seek to influence public opinion will be mindful of the common good and respectful of the dignity of each and every person.” The letter was written by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which represents about 80 percent of the 49,000 women religious in the United States. LCWR, based in the Washington suburb of Silver Spring, has 1,362 members, who represent 308 congregations of women religious. A total of 5,671 sisters have signed the letter. Their see sisters, page 3
Training prepares dioceses for terrorism, mass shootings, other disasters Rhina Guidos Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – To help before tragedy occurs, a Washington-based priest and psychologist is conducting a free webinar at the end of August to prepare priests, religious and other church members to deal with the trauma that follows a natural disaster, an act of terrorism or any other large-scale tragedy that they and the communities they serve might face. “Just because you’re a priest or a (religious) sister or a brother does not mean you have the training to deal with these large-scale disasters,” said Msgr. Stephen Rossetti. He’s conducting the free Aug. 31 online webinar “Shepherding in Tragic Times: Caring for Self and Others in Trauma” via St. Luke Institute in Maryland. Msgr. Rossetti, a licensed psychologist, first dealt with large-scale tragedies after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in 2005 and he was dispatched to help priests in Biloxi, Mississippi.
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New Orleans Archbishop Alfred C. Hughes blesses Hurricane Katrina evacuee Gerald Williams of New Orleans at a shelter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in this Sept. 11, 2005, photo.
Since then, Msgr. Rossetti, past president of St. Luke Institute, has seen a way to apply lessons he learned in Biloxi to other experiences that bring about mass pain and trauma that may affect parishes and their communities. He will discuss some of these during the webinar aimed at priests and religious, but available to anyone who wants to register at www.sliconnect.org. In September 2015, Msgr. Rossetti took some of those lessons to a training for priests in Florida, which Father Miguel Gonzalez, pastor of St. John Vianney Catholic Church and vicar for priests for the Diocese of Orlando, attended. “Thank God for the timing” of the presentation, said Father Gonzalez, who received an urgent phone call in June to help with Spanish-speaking families after a nightclub shooting in Orlando left 49 dead and more than 50 injured.
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