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hosting another show with his wife Mary Anne.

After some changes at Relevant Radio and after consulting with Bishop Kevin Vann, Greco dove into creating the O.C. radio station.

“This wasn’t our plan,” said Hughes, who has worked with Greco since 2017.

However, she said the Lord spoke to her and Greco telling them, “You really need to do this.” We were: “‘Ok, Lord.”

The station’s programming is a work in process, with new shows augmented by existing programs that have gained popularity on their own, such as Father Christopher Smith’s “Cathedral Square” podcasts, host Rick Howick’s “OC Catholic Radio” and the national “Catholic Answers.”

Popular local hosts and shows include “Father Augustine and Friends,” with Norbertine Father Augustine Puchner, and “Fullness of Grace” with Father Quan Tran of St. Bonaventure Church in Huntington Beach.

There are also several shows hosted by lay people such as Hughes’ show, “Thy Kingdom Come,” and another by Christine Mooney-Flynn, the “Catholic Mama.”

Bishops Vann and Timothy Freyer are regular guests.

The station has original programs Monday, Wednesday and Friday and rebroadcasts on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The station picked up 7,000 listeners in its first month and Greco said his goal is to have 200,000 listeners within two to three years. He said more than 2,000 podcasts have already been downloaded and more are regularly becoming available.

So far, Greco has been enthused by the response and the chance to deliver the Word,

“We talk about how-to’s, not issues of the day,” he said, “how to live in faith, in a profound way.” C

PRAYERS MUST CONTINUE AS THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC ISOLATION LIFTS

BY CATHI DOUGLAS

WHEN WE RECEIVED OUR final coronavirus vaccinations recently, my husband asked what I wanted to do when it was safe to go places, see people, and return to ‘normal’ life.

“I want to hug my Mom,” I said with no hesitation.

Like everyone else, my husband and our three kids (and their significant others) have sacrificed human touch, travel, dinners out, even in-person worship in our parish church. Even though we take great care to remain vigilant against the virulent coronavirus, we welcome and treasure family gatherings and the chance to venture outside our little home.

It has been 14 months since I’ve touched my mother, who will be 90 years old in August. During that time, she was hospitalized twice – and suffered heart trouble and COVID-19 – and spent months in skilled-nursing care.

We missed two Easters, many birthdays, two Mother’s Days, Thanksgiving and Christmas. We all have missed so much togetherness and so many meaningful events in the many months we’ve been isolated from each other – weddings, funerals, baptisms, holidays – the very things that give our lives meaning and depth.

Mom was isolated, eating all her meals alone in her apartment, for much of that time. She lost 30 pounds due to depression. So for our family, the end of pandemic isolation means the return of Sunday family dinners, careful but joyfilled summer barbecues with extended family and friends, and a long-delayed trip up the coast of California.

While we begin to enjoy those heretofore routine gatherings, it is fitting that during this Marian month of May, Pope Francis has encouraged Catholics to pray for an end to the worldwide pandemic. The Holy Father is supporting an initiative that involves 30 Marian Shrines from throughout the globe.

In a time that continues to be uncertain as COVID-19 and its variants threaten, we must be careful in returning to our previously active and interactive lives. We also must remember that others continue to suffer the pandemic’s ravages.

As Pope Francis noted during Holy Week, we must “meet the faces of so many brothers and sisters in difficulty.

“Let us not pass by, let us allow our hearts to be moved with compassion, and let us draw near,” Francis said. He dedicates much of his papacy to drawing attention to those living on society’s margins, including the homeless, the

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poor and migrants.

Pope Francis worries that many have moved ahead while the majority remains behind, and he warns against responding to the pandemic with selfish indifference that leads to “discarding the poor and sacrificing those left behind on the altar of progress.” We must redouble our prayers on behalf of a world that remains suffering.

I fervently hope that I never again take for granted the simple pleasures of a spontaneous dinner out, a matinee at the movie theater, a visit in our home with our dearest family and friends. If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is the value of our families, friends, and faith.

We must savor the blessings of our new freedoms and our good health and thank Providence for watching over ourselves, our families, Church, and fellow men.

Indeed, as we approach the end of this holy Easter season we acknowledge that we are blessed with a kind of resurrection of our own. C

WORD OF GOD IN ALL ITS FORMS

THE DEAF AND HARD-OF-HEARING COMMUNITY IN THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE WILL HAVE A NEW WEBSITE DEDICATED TO THEIR MINISTRY

BY MALIE HUDSON

FOR YEARS, RESOURCES FOR the Catholic Deaf and Hard of Hearing ministry were limited. However, the launch of the diocese’s first website dedicated to the community is the beginning of a journey to rebuild and meet the needs of parishioners with partial or no hearing ability.

Last August, Fr. Scott Allen, parochial vicar at St. Hedwig Parish in Los Alamitos, assumed the additional role of leading the Catholic Deaf Ministry in the Diocese. He and Fr. Steve Correz are the only priests in the Diocese fluent in Sign Language. Fr. Allen learned American Sign Language (ASL) at Santa Ana College, Mt. Sac and Gallaudet University while working as a tutor and teacher’s aid, teaching English to the deaf in American Sign Language. He also completed the Interpreter Training Program at Mt. San Antonio College in 2011 and has been involved with the Catholic deaf community for 15 years, including teaching Confirmation classes in the Diocese.

His first task was to create a website, now available at occatholicdeaf.org. It includes the latest news and events, resources for parents of deaf children, tutorial videos, a list of schools and programs in Orange County to learn ASL, spiritual books list, volunteer information, confession schedule, a list of Mass times (in-person and livestream) and much more.

Mass in English with an ASL Inter-

FATHER SCOTT ALLEN, PAROCHIAL VICAR AT ST. HEDWIG PARISH IN LOS ALAMITOS, DEMONSTRATES THE HAIL MARY ON THE NEW WEBSITE FOR THE DEAF IN THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE. SCREEN GRAB: OCCATHOLICDEAF.ORG

preter is offered in-person at 4 p.m. on Saturdays at Christ Our Savior Parish in Santa Ana and 2:30 pm on Sundays at St. Mary’s Parish in Fullerton. The 9:45 a.m. Mass in English with an ASL Interpreter is livestreamed on the Christ Cathedral website. The 11:30 a.m. Spanish Mass also offers an ASL Interpreter and is also livestreamed on the Christ Cathedral website. Links to the livestream Masses are available on occatholicdeaf.org.

Confessions with Fr. Allen are offered at Christ Our Savior parish. The schedule is updated monthly on the website. Soon, he hopes to add Zoom ASL Socials and First Communion classes. “In the last week, I sent an email to all the dioceses in California and asked what churches do they have that are offering services to the deaf, where are they and what not... but most of the dioceses that I’ve heard back from say that they don’t have much of anything. So, the little we’re doing is actually more than half our state. We could do a lot more,” said Fr. Allen. Currently, the ministry is made up of himself and a few volunteers. Neighboring Dioceses have echoed similar circumstances but despite challenges, the global Catholic deaf community has learned to rely on each other and share resources. One of them is the Ministry Formation program for Catholic Deaf Adults through the Archdiocese of Chicago. Fr. Allen envisions that participants who complete the program would return and serve in the ministry. According to the National Catholic Office for the Deaf, there are 5.7 million deaf and hard-of-hearing Catholics. Fr. Allen estimates there are about 200 in the Diocese. “In Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange there’s a good amount of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. While

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In the latest Sounds from the Sanctuary, the Triduum and Easter services at Christ Cathedral signaled hope for the future with the brief return of choral music from a small but mighty Cathedral Schola of seven singers, conducted by our Host, David Ball. Joining David in the studio are Lauren McCaul and Alyce Reynaud, who for the first time was invited to join the all-professional schola this Easter! Listen to the podcast in the link below: https://occatholic.com/episode14sounds-from-the-sanctuary-a-choralscholars-covid-easter/

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other religious organizations have full fledge support and monetary donations, we don’t have the resources yet, but I bet if we did, we would be able to offer so much more,” he said. “Right now, it’s a skeleton crew in terms of piecing things back together since July and since Covid.”

On Easter, Pope Francis’s general audience and the Angelus went live for the first time in American Sign Language on the Vatican’s YouTube account. As part of the “No One Excluded” pilot project, a channel in Italian Sign Language and a second in American Sign Language offers translations of Pope Francis’s general audiences and Angelus and Regina Coeli addresses. The translations are live and the deaf community will no longer have to wait for the pope’s addresses to be transcribed. The Vatican continues to invest in digital transformation and utilizes tools to reach out to deaf Catholics with an upcoming mobile app for individuals with sensory disabilities and hopes to add other languages to the Vatican YouTube account.

Sr. Veronica Donatello, who coordinates the Sign Language translations for the Vatican channels and who is director of the National Service for the Pastoral Care of People with Disabilities in Rome, spoke to SIR News Agency. She said that the new services were “a concrete sign of response and closeness to many people, especially in this historic time in which those who were already living in a condition of fragility are even more severely tested.”

Fr. Allen met Sr. Donatello in Rome while attending Mass at Santa Maria parish in Trastevere. He resided there in 2013 to 2016 and 2018 to 2020 while studying at the Pontifical North American College.

“A few times a year while in the seminary, I would be able to attend their Sunday Mass. I was there in Rome over the course of five years, and they remembered me each time I visited them,” he said. “I believe this a great initiative from the Vatican to address as well as to make further preparations to satisfy the spiritual needs of deaf Catholics around the globe. Likewise, we aspire to do the same on a local level in the Diocese of Orange.”

Links to the Vatican channels are also available on occatholicdeaf.org. C

SUMMARY OF PRIESTS ASSIGNMENT CHANGES

BISHOP VANN IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING APPOINTMENTS, EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2021

PASTORS:

REV. EUGENE LEE

From Director, Korean Martyrs Catholic Center, Westminster To Pastor, St. Thomas More Church, Irvine

REV. JOSEPH SON NGUYEN

From Censor Librorum To Pastor, Holy Family Church, Seal Beach Continuing as Censor Librorum and Theological Consultant to the Bishop

REV. KEVIN SWEENEY

From Active Military duty as Captain in the U.S. Navy, and Command Chaplain for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oceanside To Pastor, St. Vincent de Paul Church, Huntington Beach

PASTOR EXTENDED:

REV. JAMES RIES

From Pastor, Our Lady of Fatima Church, San Clemente To Pastor Extended, Our Lady of Fatima Church, San Clemente

ADMINISTRATORS/ DIRECTORS:

REV. RANDY GUILLEN

From Parochial Vicar, St. Joachim Church, Costa Mesa To Parochial Administrator, St. Angela Merici Church, Brea

REV. ALEX HA

From Director, Our Lady of Peace

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Korean Catholic Center, Irvine To Director, St. Thomas the Apostle Korean Catholic Center, Anaheim

REV. DANIEL SEO

From Parochial Vicar, Holy Family Church, Orange To Director, Our Lady of Peace Korean Catholic Center, Irvine

REV. QUAN TRAN

From Parochial Vicar, St. Bonaventure Church, Huntington Beach To Parochial Administrator, St. Hedwig Church, Los Alamitos

REV. BENEDICT YANG

From Director, St. Thomas the Apostle Korean Catholic Center, Anaheim To Director, Korean Martyrs Catholic Center, Westminster

ADMINISTRATOR EXTENDED:

REV. PAUL THAI TRINH

From Parochial Administrator, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Irvine To Parochial Administrator Extended, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, Irvine

PAROCHIAL VICARS:

REV. SAÚL ALBA-INFANTE

From Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph Church, Santa Ana To Parochial Vicar, San Antonio de Padua del Caňon Church, Anaheim Hills

REV. VENANCIO AMIDAR

From Parochial Vicar, San Antonio de Padua del Caňon Church, Anaheim Hills To Parochial Vicar, St. Catherine of Siena Church, Laguna Beach

REV. HECTOR BEDOYA

From Supply Priest and In-residence, St. Mary Church, Fullerton To Parochial Vicar, St. Mary Church, Fullerton

REV. MIGUEL ÁNGEL CÁRABEZ HERRERA

From Parochial Vicar, La Purísima Church, Orange To Parochial Vicar, St. Joachim Church, Costa Mesa

REV. STEVE CORREZ

From Interim Director of the Missions Office, Pastoral Center To Parochial Vicar, St. Joachim Church, Costa Mesa while providing assistance in the Missions Office

REV. JAIME HERNÁNDEZ DÍAZ, OFM

From Parochial Vicar, St. Catherine of Siena Church, Laguna Beach To Parochial Vicar, St. Anthony Claret Church, Anaheim

REV. CARLOS LEÓN

From Parochial Vicar, St. Pius V Church, Buena Park To Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Santa Ana

REV. JUAN NAVARRO SANCHEZ

From Parochial Administrator Pro Tempore, St. Boniface Church, Anaheim To Parochial Vicar, La Purísima Church, Orange

REV. JOSEPH DUNG NGUYEN

From Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Santa Ana To Vietnamese Catholic Center, Santa Ana, while continuing to assist with Vietnamese ministry at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Santa Ana

REV. MICHAEL DUC NGUYEN

From further studies, Pontifical North American College – Casa Santa Maria, Rome, Italy To Parochial Vicar, St. Cecilia Church, Tustin and various Canonical duties, including Defender of the Bond, Pastoral Center

REV. HOA TRAN

From Parochial Vicar, St. Martin de Porres Church, Yorba Linda To Parochial Vicar, St. Bonaventure Church, Huntington Beach

REV. MAURO TRUJILLO NOLASCO

From Parochial Vicar, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Santa Ana To Parochial Vicar, St. Irenaeus Church, Cypress

NEWLY ORDAINED PRIESTS:

REV. MR. CHEEYOON CHUN

From Mt. Angel Seminary, Oregon To Parochial Vicar, Holy Family Church, Orange

REV. MR. MICHAEL FITZPATRICK

From Pontifical North American College Seminary, Rome, Italy To Further studies, complete S.T.L., Pontifical North American College, Rome, Italy Summer In-residence, St. John Neumann Church, Irvine

REV. MR. BRANDON LOPEZ

From St. John’s Seminary, Camarillo To Parochial Vicar, St. Pius V Church, Buena Park

SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT:

REV. CHRISTOPHER HEATH

From Pastor, St. Hedwig Church, Los Alamitos To Director of Diocesan Archives; In-residence, St. Columban Church, Garden Grove

REV. WALTER E. JENKINS, C.S.C., ED.D.

From President, Holy Cross High School, Queens, N.Y. To President of Mater Dei High School; In-residence, St. Bonaventure Church, Huntington Beach

REV. TIMOTHY NGUYEN

Notary, Canonical Services; In-residence with Bishop Brown

REV. NICOLAUS THAI

From Parochial Vicar, St. Cecilia Church, Tustin To Formation Faculty, Mt. Angel Seminary, Oregon

REV. PAUL VU

From Officialis, Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts & Doctoral Studies in Canon Law, Rome, Italy To Part-time Parochial Vicar, St. Joseph Church, Santa Ana and Adjutant Judicial Vicar, Office of Canonical Services

FURTHER STUDIES :

REV. WILLIAM GOLDIN

From Parochial Vicar, St. Irenaeus Church, Cypress To Post-graduate studies at Cambridge/ Oxford University

SABBATICAL :

REV. DAVID KLUNK

From Administrator Extended, St. Angela Merici Church, Brea To Sabbatical – effective July 1, 2021

CHAPLAINCIES:

REV. ANTHONY BAUTISTA, A.M.

From Alagad ni Maria Religious Community, Philippines To Chaplain, Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana Pending entry into USA from Philippines

REV. FLORANTE MOREN, A.M.

From Alagad ni Maria Religious Community, Philippines To Chaplain, Cal State University Fullerton Pending entry into USA from Philippines

INCARDINATION:

VERY REV. ERNEST SCOTT BORGMAN

From In-residence, St. Columban Church, Garden Grove Incardinated March 19, 2021 from the Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon, France To In-residence, St. Martin de Porres Church, Yorba Linda Remaining as Judicial Vicar, Office of Canonical Services

REV. MARCO ANTONIO HERNÁNDEZ QUINTANILLA

From Parochial Vicar, St. Edward the Confessor Church, Dana Point Incardinated April 27, 2021 from the Provincia Franciscana de los Ss. Francisco y Santiago en México, A.R. Remaining as Parochial Vicar, St. Edward the Confessor Church, Dana Point

RETIRED:

REV. JUAN CABOBOY

From Pastor, Holy Family Church, Seal Beach To Pastor Emeritus in current residence.

REV. CRAIG BUTTERS

From Faculty, Santa Margarita Catholic High School, Rancho Santa Margarita To Retired Priest Status in private residence.

REV. JOHN JANZE

From Pastor, St. Thomas More Church, Irvine To Pastor Emeritus in private residence.

REV. JEROME KARCHER

From Pastor, St. Vincent de Paul Church, Huntington Beach To Pastor Emeritus in private residence.

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logical and spiritual.

Attention to each of these four dimensions is equally necessary to offer and ensure the best accompaniment of people from the moment of diagnosis and not only in the last stages of their earthly existence.

Palliative care demands attention to every aspect of the person’s life and this goal can be effectively achieved only when professionals work together harmoniously.

Care is no longer the responsibility of the doctor alone, but the doctor working in synergy with other professionals as a team to offer real support to patients and their family members, as well as to the health care workers closest to them.

This situation requires us to rethink, in a very particular way, also the role of spirituality in medical care.

If, on the one hand, biological explanations provide the rational basis for understanding the dynamics of diseases, on the other hand it is necessary to recognize the existence of a psychological and spiritual level which is no less important for the individual processing of life events.

Within the scientific community, a renewed consideration has developed for the role of spirituality in the field of medical care. There is much research that shows that faith and spirituality are among the most important resources reported by people facing serious illnesses.

Within this framework, it is necessary to intervene to support the importance and effectiveness of proper attention to the spiritual dimension of the patient as well, not as some sign of benevolence but as an essential part of care. C