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In a blow to Arizona’s recently enacted late-term abortion ban, a three-judge panel of the U.S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco has blocked a key provision of the law from taking effect. The Mother’s Health and Safety Act, passed by the Arizona Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, was supposed to go into effect Aug. 2. The new law, which prohibited most abortions after 20 weeks, was challenged by three doctors who provide abortions, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union and New-York based Center for Reproductive Freedom. The ACLU and the New York center asked the U.S. District Court for a temporary restraining order or an injunction to prevent the law from going into effect. Judge James A. Teilborg ruled on the case July 30, declaring Arizona’s law constitutional. The two groups immediately appealed the ruling to the Ninth Circuit. On Aug. 1, just hours before the new law was to have become effec— See Federal page 14 ▶

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Anti-death penalty activists prayed for convicted killer Daniel Cook and his victims, Kevin Swaney and Carlos Froylan CruzRamos, Aug. 7 at the Arizona State Capitol. Cook was executed at 10 a.m. Aug. 8 at the State Prison Complex in Florence.

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LORENCE, Ariz. — Kevin Swaney’s family had waited for this day for nearly 25 years. One of the men who brutally killed their son and brother would be put to death — so long as he wasn’t given clemency. The family went through a clemency hearing last year. The board granted the perpetrator reprieve, prolonging his life by a year, and prolonging the family’s agony, which began with the 1987 mur-

ders. Death penalty trials take more time, on average. On Aug. 3, an official from Arizona State Prison Complex dialed family members on a speakerphone so they could participate in the hearing. “Please hang on and put your phone on mute,” he said. “Thank you.” A security guard sitting in a swivel chair fumbled with a handheld video camera until another guard showed up with a tripod. Witnesses and court reporters sat in plastic chairs while attorneys and

the clemency board sat before folding tables. Murals on the large, presumably multi-purpose room walls depicted the Arizona landscape. With family members on the line, guards led one of the two men who murdered 16-year-old Kevin Swaney into the room. The wiry man’s hands and feet were shackled together, and he was locked up in a cage about the size of a Port-a-John. The man, Daniel Wayne Cook, gestured to someone in the front row. “Are you OK?” Cook asked. It was his childhood friend Jack — See fifth execution page 12 ▶

The public is invited to a noontime Mass and light reception celebrating the 25th anniversary of Blessed Pope John Paul II’s 1987 visit to Phoenix. JPII The Sept. celebration 14 solemn celNoon, ebration at St. Sept. 14, St. Mary’s Basilica, Mary’s Basilica 231 N. Third 231 N. Third St. St., falls exactly Phoenix 25 years after the late pope greeted some 100,000 people from the church’s balcony. The kneeler he used still rests inside. His whirlwind, 24-hour visit also included a papal address and ecumenical prayer service at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral plus meetings with staff from Catholic hospitals nationwide and Native Americans at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The pope also celebrated Mass for nearly 80,000 people at Sun Devil Stadium. Some 10,000 people volunteered to help with the events. More than once during his visit, the pope acknowledged the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and words from the Second Vatican Council which stressed the nature of the Church and its relationship with the contemporary world. “Bringing the light of Christ into the world, that’s what Pope John Paul II was all about. So celebrating the 25th anniversary of his visit seemed truly appropriate,” said Missie D’Aunoy, diocesan director of the Office of Stewardship. Her office is working with diocesan archives to host the celebra— See diocese page 11 ▶

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Night of Hope Save the date for this year’s Night of Hope celebration, which raises immediate and long-term funds for Catholic school students in the Phoenix Diocese. The formal evening also showcases the strengths of a Catholic education: faith, academics and service. Seminarians advance Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted installed seminarian Keith Kenny to the order of acolyte Aug. 10 at the Diocesan Pastoral Center. It’s another step on his journey to the priesthood. U-Mary opens The University of Mary at Arizona State University in Tempe still has seats available for its fall semester which begins Aug. 23. Courses include basic theology and Bible classes, “The Great Catholic Adventure” and “The Search for Happiness.” Classes can be taken by themselves or as part of degree requirements and meet at the All Saints Catholic Newman Center, 215 E. Seventh St. Diocesan and parish employees teach the courses. For more info and to enroll: www.umary.edu/asu ‘Come and see’ for women The Sisters of the Precious Blood are hosting a “Come and See” Day of Reflection on vocation to consecrated life, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 15 at St. Paul Parish, 330 W. Coral Gables Dr. in Phoenix. It’s open to women ages 18-40.

Three Guardian of Hope honorees will be awarded for their support of Catholic education as a philanthropist, educator or alumni. The celebration is 6 p.m. Nov. 3 at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown, 340 N. Third St. For info: www.catholicschoolsphx.com/noh.php or call Margaret Hardy at (602) 354-2344.

The day will help women discern their paths, discuss a calling to religious life with others who are discerning and interact with Sisters of the Precious Blood. The sisters will share stories of how they are answering the call through their work in education, medicine, management and pastoral administration. Register by Sept. 12. To register or for more info, email Sr. Yarger at vocations@ preciousbloodsistersdayton. org or “Sisters of the Precious Blood vocations” on Facebook. Final vows Four women serving locally reached their final days of discernment with different religious communities. Sister Elena Gonzales made her final profession of vows in the Congregation of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Aug. 2 at Holy Family Convent in Wisconsin. She is currently on staff at St. Peter Indian Mission School in Bapchule. Sr. Elena’s mother, siblings and other family members were there. Sr. Elena is the daughter of the late Deacon David Gonzales and his wife, Gilda. Sr. Elena entered the convent in 1998 and earned a

bachelor degree in 2003. Sr. Mary Claire of the Holy Father, a sixth-grade teacher at Most Holy Trinity, made her perpetual vows as a sister of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity Aug. 5 in Tennessee. Two other SOLT sisters will do the same during a 5 p.m. Mass Sept. 12 at Most Holy Trinity Parish, 8620 N. 7th St. Sr. Alison Marie of Abba Father Conemac has taught sacrament preparation at the school and will take on additional parish work this year. Sr. Maria de Jesucristo Crucificado Rodriguez is joining the SOLT sisters at the school this month as an aide. Going solar LAKE HAVASU CITY — A fouryear project to better manage electricity use and efficiency at Our Lady of the Lake Parish is nearing an end. Efforts have already cut consumption in half. Now, the parish is going solar. Construction and digging to install panels around the back of the church should be finished by the end of the month. The system would provide for 94 percent of the church’s annual electricity needs.

August 16, 2012 Men needed 1st Way Crisis Pregnancy Center is seeking male volunteers to talk with expectant fathers, be their friend, mentor, helper, and if necessary, convince them that there are other choices besides abortion. Most don’t need convincing though. Need is greatest Thursdays, Fridays and Saturday mornings. Volunteers interview and talk with the men, read from lesson plans that address parenting, being a good husband, discipline, etc. For info: (602) 261-7522. Confession talk GILBERT — St. Anne Parish is hosting a series of talks about the beauty of the sacrament of confession every Friday in September. Dan Burke, a convert to the faith and executive director of the National Catholic Register, among other titles, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 7. Fr. John Lankeit, rector of Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral, is scheduled for Sept. 14. Spanish talks include Fr. Sergio Fita, pastor, Sept. 14 and Fr. Juan Miguel Cano, parochial vicar, Sept. 28 at the parish, 440 E. Gilbert Road. XLT fall season Life Teen released its fall schedule of XLT nights filled with praise and worship, talks and eucharistic adoration. It kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at Tempe Center for the Arts with a “backto-school” theme and continues Sept. 26 with “senior night.” Youth ministers interested in bringing a group should reserve a spot by email: naleman@lifeteen.com. ✴

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ocal Catholics joined thousands of Americans who ate at Chick-Fil-A Aug 1 in support of the sanctity of marriage and the freedom of speech. By 11 a.m., lines of people were already out the door and wrapped around the building at Valley locations. The restaurant’s CEO, Dan Cathy, made statements July 16 to The Baptist Press supporting the traditional, biblical understanding of marriage. Initially his remarks resulted in a firestorm of protests from those accusing the head of the fast food franchise of being intolerant. “We are very much supportive of the family — the biblical definition of the family unit,” Cathy said. Same-sex marriage advocates and politicians throughout the U.S. were quick to peg Cathy as a bigot and a homophobe. ▶ For the full story: bit.ly/chick-081612

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ust three weeks shy of leaving the country and taking on a new mission in Belize, Kay Allen, director of 1st Way Pregnancy Center, was all fired-up about the clinic’s focus on reaching out to pregnant women. A client she’d hoped would choose life ended her pregnancy instead, giving into fears that she would lose her athletic scholarship. “They are the most vulnerable,” Allen said of college-aged women. “Their parents are paying so much money…they cannot see hope and they cannot live with the shame. The women at the universities are frightfully at risk.” Abortion, Allen tells them, will ruin their lives, as it has countless others. She’s already working on ways the clinic can reach out to more college students. Last year, 1st Way performed 620 ultrasound exams on abortionminded women. Ninety percent of them, Allen said, chose life. “Those girls are out in the heat getting on buses and almost passing out when they come in the door,” Allen said. “People here give them cold compresses and help them.” If their baby is screaming, volunteers recognize the cries of hunger and take clients in the back to give them formula, which some of the women are embarrassed to admit they’ve run out of. The best thing about working at 1st Way, Allen said, is seeing the hand of God touching lives every day in tangible ways. She recalled her early days at the clinic, when they ran out of size 4 and 5 diapers. Allen grabbed her purse and told staff she was headed to nearby Safeway to buy diapers with her own money. As she walked through the parking lot, a car pulled up. The driver stepped out and popped the trunk, revealing a cargo space completely filled with diapers — size 4 and 5. “You don’t need faith,” Allen said. “God shows up every day.” Allen, the mother of two grown sons, became a Catholic in her 20s and has always worked for the Church. She spent two and a half years working for Relevant Radio in Chicago and then for Miles Jesu in their national development office. She became the executive director of 1st Way six years ago and recently decided, after much prayer, to give up everything — a job she loves, her home, most of her belongings and even her cat — to move to Belize. There, she will be the director of administration for a lay mission of a religious community, the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, known simply as SOLT.

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Generosity of 2012 CDA donors puts love, Gospel values into action By Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun

The 2012 Charity and Development Appeal raised more than $8 million this year to educate, feed, clothe and house those in need throughout the Diocese of Phoenix. Missie D’Aunoy, director of stewardship, said donors to the annual appeal can look at the allocation table and know that “this is how their generosity was put into action.” Some $324,202 was allotted to the Native American communities that dot the Arizona landscape, where thousands face steep challenges. “Allocations to our Indian missions are significant,” D’Aunoy said. A number of other agencies within the Phoenix Diocese that help the poor also receive hefty allocations. St. Joseph the Worker, which helps the unemployed find work; Maggie’s Place, which provides houses of hospitality for homeless pregnant women and their babies; and Paz de Cristo, which feeds the hungry, are just a few of the CDAfunded organizations that help people at all different levels of need. “It’s all made possible by the generosity of our donors — it’s because of them,” D’Aunoy said. Seminarians benefit from tuition assistance and several Catholic elementary and high schools also receive CDA funding. ✴

Charity and Development Appeal Total Grants and Allocations 2012 Charitable Organizations 1st Way Pregnancy Center. . . . . . . . . . . .50,000 Advice & Aid Pregnancy Center . . . . . . . . .5,000 Aid to Women Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41,000 Catholic Charities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .825,000 Diocesan Council of Women . . . . . . . . . . .4,500 Foundation For Senior Living . . . . . . . . .575,000 Hope Ultrasound Mobil Unit . . . . . . . . . . .30,000 Life Choices Women’s Clinic . . . . . . . . . .60,000 Maggie’s Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,000 Paz de Cristo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17,500 Rachel’s Vineyard & Life Connections . . .20,000 Rachel’s Vineyard (St. Timothy’s) . . . . . . . .7,000 St. Joseph the Worker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30,000 Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,675,000

Parishes and Missions All Saints Newman Center-ASU . . . . . . . .75,000 Blessed Sacrament Parish, Tolleson . . . . .5,000 Holy Family Parish, Phoenix. . . . . . . . . . .12,000 Holy Trinity Newman Center-NAU . . . . . .50,000 Immaculate Conception Parish, Cottonwood 10,000 Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Phoenix. .35,000 La Santisima Trinidad Mission, Littlefield . .35,000 Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Guadalupe 10,000 Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish, Glendale . . . 3,000 Parish Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250,000 San Francisco de Asis Parish, Flagstaff . . .35,000 Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral, Phoenix .50,000 St. Anthony Parish, Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . .10,000 St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Wickenburg . 42,000 St. Edward Parish, Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . .12,000 St. Francis Parish, Bagdad. . . . . . . . . . . .35,000 St. Margaret Parish, Tempe . . . . . . . . . . .20,000 St. Margaret Mary Parish, Bullhead City. . . 30,000 St. Mark Parish, Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . . . .40,000

St. Martin de Porres Parish, Phoenix . . . .12,000 St. Mary Mediatrix Mission, Yarnell . . . . . . 5,000 St. Matthew Parish, Phoenix . . . . . . . . . .10,000 St. Philip Benizi Mission, Black Canyon City .5,000 St. William Parish, Cashion . . . . . . . . . . .10,000 Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$801,000

Ethnic Ministries Office of Ethnic Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . .31,357 Black Catholic Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . .32,328 Hispanic Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175,072 Native American Communities. . . . . . . .324,202 Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$562,959

Evangelization and Education Catholic Ministries to Prisons & Jails. . .214,520 Division of Education & Evangelization.. . .217,974 Family Catechesis / Parish Leadership Support. . . . . . . . . . .271,962 John Paul II Resource Center. . . . . . . . . . .4,799 Kino Institute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343,312 Office of Marriage and Respect Life . . .113,836 Office of Natural Family Planning . . . . .111,313 Office of Stewardship . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393,388 Office of Worship and Liturgy . . . . . . . .167,396 Televised Mass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208,454 Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,046,954

Clergy, Seminarians and Religious Education of Priests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57,672 Office of the Diaconate . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,262 Office of Religious . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,099 Priests’ Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156,591 Priests’ Personnel Office. . . . . . . . . . . 148,738 Seminarian Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174,663 Office of Vocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117,501 Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $796,526

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Catholic Schools Bourgade Catholic High School, Phoenix 10,000 Diocese of Phoenix Catholic Schools . 125,826 Most Holy Trinity School, Phoenix . . . 112,000 Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Glendale . 14,000 Queen of Peace, Mesa . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70,000 St. Agnes School, Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . 90,000 St. Catherine of Siena School, Phoenix . 45,000 St. Gregory School, Phoenix . . . . . . . . . 20,000 St. John Vianney School, Goodyear. . . . 18,000 St. Louis the King School, Glendale . . . 42,000 St. Mary’s High School, Phoenix . . . . . . 15,000 St. Matthew School, Phoenix . . . . . . . 262,000 St. Peter Mission School, Bapchule . . 420,000 St. Vincent de Paul School, Phoenix . . . 42,000 Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,285,826

Diocesan Outreach Services Arizona Catholic Conference . . . . . . . . . 151,323 Communications Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204,678 Office of Ecumenism and Interreligious Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,689 Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $391,690

Appeal Costs CDA Transaction Costs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90,000 Finance Office/CDA Pledge Processing . 140,609 Office of Stewardship-Appeal Costs . . . 303,436 Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $534,045

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Mass to celebrate, promote marriage By Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun

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The Diocese of Phoenix will hold its annual Mass and luncheon to honor the sacrament of marriage Sept. 22 at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral. The event promotes and celebrates marriage, especially for couples celebrating 25th, 40th and 50th milestone anniversaries. Those couples — and others who have been married even longer — will receive a special blessing and commemorative certificate. Mike Phelan, director of the Office of Marriage and Respect Life Issues for the Phoenix Diocese, said it’s important to build up marriage in a society where it is constantly being undermined. “Culturally, we are either dealing with an indifference toward marriage or an attempt to redefine it,” Phelan said. “It really is a valid question as to whether we could have this event in 30 years. Will it even generate enough people coming to hold an event?” Phelan said the presence of couples at the Mass who are celebrating silver or gold anniversaries will be especially important. “We’ve got to uphold, promote and celebrate this very livable reality,” Phelan said. “It’s not an impossible dream. We will have couples there that have been married 65, 70 years — happily married; it doesn’t mean it was easy, but it was happily. It’s a great gift just to be in the presence of such people who have lived the vocation so beautifully and so richly.” Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, who will celebrate the Sept. 22 Mass, referred to the words of Blessed John Paul II in St. Louis in 1999 with regard to the family: “As the family goes, so goes the nation,” the

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late pontiff said. “The foundation of the family is marriage, so any event that celebrates and strengthens marriage is a blessing for married couples and for our country,” Bishop Olmsted said. “In the face of the many attacks on marriage today, the Church greatly desires to celebrate marriage and family life, and to offer prayers and encouragement to all married couples and their families. I hope many of our faithful people will be present at the cathedral to celebrate marriage with us.” Dan Jurek, a marriage counselor and lay Franciscan, will be the featured speaker at the luncheon following the Mass. Jurek — who has been married for 27 years and hosts a radio show on Radio Maria — has a master’s degree in marriage and family counseling from Our Lady of Holy Cross College, as well as a master’s in Christian ministry and renewal from Franciscan University, Steubenville. “He is a gifted marriage counselor and speaker who’s had tremendous success enriching and assisting marriages that are troubled,” Phelan said. In former years, the annual Mass and luncheon were held around Valentine’s Day. Beginning this year, the Mass in honor of marriage moves to September and in 2013 will be held in conjunction with a marriage conference. Phelan said the remarkable success of the annual Phoenix Diocese’s men’s conference and its women’s conference inspired the change. ✴

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Catholics from the Diocese of Phoenix joined thousands of pilgrims from around the world at the 2012 International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, Ireland, June 10-17. Fr. Kilian McCaffrey, a native of Dublin and pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in Scottsdale, led the local group of 37 Catholics. “For me, the Masses were the highlight,” Fr. McCaffrey said. “You’re concelebrating Mass with

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Betsy Sherf, coordinator of the Katzin classical music program for the Diocese of Phoenix, was one of the pilgrims who traveled in Fr. McCaffrey’s group. She noted the bonds of friendship that were developed over the course of the trip and was also deeply moved by the celebration of Mass. “We were very uplifted by the profound homilies that were given at each of the daily Masses and the novenas that were packed with Catholics from all over the world,” Sherf said. “The beautiful music is still in my ears — ‘Though we are many, we are one body.’ That is one of the lovely footnotes to being on the pilgrimage — we are one family in Christ.” Sherf lauded the leadership of Fr. McCaffrey throughout the pilgrimage. “He is not only a devout Marian priest from Dublin, but he has the unique charm of being so gregarious that he does not know a stranger,” Sherf said. “He was a magnet for people… the conversations were so upbeat and they were so glad to find someone who so clearly projected his faith.” The international eucharistic congress, held in a different country every four years, featured an array of prominent speakers, including Carl Anderson, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus; Patriarch Fouad Twal of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem; Cardinal André Vingt Trois, the Archbishop of Paris; and Cardinal Oscar Andrés Rodríquez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Brooklyn Bishop Frank Caggiano asked young people at the congress to be the voice of Christ in a world wrapped up in social media and the Internet. “I ask you to be present in this virtual world as witnesses of the Lord Jesus,” Bishop Caggiano said. “For it seems to me that many people, especially young people, are searching in the electronic world for a word of hope in their troubles, a word of consolation in their fears, a word of welcome in their loneliness.” ✴

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Bishop blesses site for future growth at Holy Cross Cemetery By Ambria Hammel The Catholic Sun

AVONDALE — Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares blessed five largely undeveloped acres Aug. 1 at Holy Cross Cemetery, 10045 W. Thomas Road. Plans are underway to make the site a final resting place for Catholics and other loved ones. Gary Brown, executive director for Catholic Cemeteries and Mortuaries for the Diocese of Phoenix, said it was important to have a blessing so early on in the building phase. The land and the workers could always use God’s protection, he said. Bishop Nevares offered a prayer for successful completion of the project. He also prayed for those who will ultimately find a final resting place at Holy Cross Cemetery. “We ask that the work we begin today will lead us to His kingdom,” the bishop said, reading from the Book of Blessings. A small crowd of architects, engineers and builders — some of whom built the offices at St. Francis Cemetery — sported hardhats and squeezed under a small shade structure facing the construction site at the southwest corner of 99th Avenue and Thomas Road. Brown said the city has been key in allowing a smooth process

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Conference promotes message of Medjugorje, prayer life

Marian conference Registration for the conference is $60 for adults, $25 for youth. Priests and religious may attend at no charge. For more information, call (480) 964-6111 or visit its website: www.mirarizona.org The non-profit organization promotes the messages of Medjugorje, the site of purported apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

By Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun

The MIR Center of Arizona will hold its annual Marian conference Aug. 24-26 at the Double Tree Paradise Valley Resort in Scottsdale. The conference focuses on a deeper prayer life and devotion to the sacraments while promoting the purported messages of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Medjugorje. Although the Catholic Church has neither condemned nor approved the reported apparitions, millions — including many priests and religious — have traveled to the village of Medjugorje, nestled in the mountains of Bosnia, during the last 30 years. Helen Zec, who has served on MIR’s board of directors for the last 25 years, said the upcoming conference weekend is an opportunity for reflection and prayer. The theme of the weekend, she said, is “Be Not Afraid: Living Faithfully in Challenging Times.” “The purpose is to honor Our

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A statue of Mary and a crucifix are seen on Apparition Hill in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in this Feb. 28, 2011, file photo. The site is where six village children first claimed to see Mary in June 1981.

Lord and Our Lady,” Zec said. “It’s a weekend that gives the attendees time and space away from the business of their lives.” The conference begins Friday evening with a rosary, communal penance service, adoration and Mass. Judy Webber, past president of MIR, hopes many will participate in the free events Friday night. “It will be a night devoted to

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tion. People who attend the Mass and light reception at the neighboring Diocesan Pastoral Center can also visit The Virginia G. Piper Chapel, which is in remembrance of John Paul II. It’s the focal point of the pastoral center and features the altar, chair, and ambo that the late pope used. Stained glass windows — some installed, others forthcoming — depict the life and influence of JPII including men and women he canonized or beatified. Some have a connection to ministry in the diocese. The anniversary Mass will also serve as a soft opening to the Year of Faith, which marks the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council. “Let us not forget the words of the Second Vatican Council, which said that missionary activity is ‘a supremely great and sacred task of the Church.’ The duty of carrying forward this work rests on the whole Church and on every member of the Church,” the late pope said at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral. Anne Wuycheck wasn’t there, but she did have a papal encounter at two other places during his Phoenix visit. She was a senior at Xavier College Preparatory and her parents were friends with Msgr. John McMahon, who chaired the

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Blessed Pope John ii greets priests, religious and lay members from every parish at Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral during his Sept. 14, 1987, visit. The pope celebrated a Mass with tens of thousands of Catholics later that evening at Sun devil Stadium in Tempe.

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executive committee that oversaw JPII’s trip. “I was absolutely overwhelmed by being in his presence. The intimacy you felt,” Wuycheck said. In a crowd of tens of thousands, “he looked at them into their very being.” She said that experience changed her faith life. Before the pope’s Phoenix visit, she considered him to be a distant, removed figure of the Church. She now views the beatified pope like an old friend, even though

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Donohue. Donohue nodded. Cook, who on Aug. 8 became the fifth man executed by the state of Arizona this year, took his seat and waited for the hearing to commence. After a break, one of Swaney’s family members, not realizing those in the court could hear him, said, “We just need to close this (expletive) chapter. We need this to be over.” An official warned him that if he didn’t mute his phone, he would not be allowed to participate in the proceedings. The Swaney family had adopted Kevin a few years before the murder, but he had run away. The last time Arizona executed five inmates in a year was in 1999, when the state carried out nine such punishments. Last year, the state executed four men, and in 2010, one — Jeffrey Timothy Ladrigan. “Capital punishment isn’t justice, it’s revenge,” said Dan Peitzmeyer, an anti-death penalty activist who joined with nearly 30 others for a protest vigil Aug. 7 at the Arizona State Capitol. The group, which routinely holds vigils at 6 p.m. the night before state executions, prays for victims, their families and those on death row. Chris Fleischman, a parishioner at St. Matthew Parish, noted how earlier that day Jared Lee Loughner pled guilty to killing six and injuring dozens during the Jan. 8, 2011, Tucson shootings. Loughner was given life in prison and victims’ families reported having closure. “We have a selective view of the sanctity of life in our country and among Catholics,” Fleischman said. The traditional teaching of the Catholic Church “does not exclude recourse to the death penalty, if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives

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two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death. Matzke, who pled guilty to seconddegree murder, served 20 years in prison and has been living in Tucson since 2007. Many of the facts of the case come from Matzke, who testified against Cook. Cook said he doesn’t remember what happened that day, that he only sees “pictures,” “bits and pieces,” and doesn’t have complete memories. On July 19, 1987, Cook stole around $90 from Cruz-Ramos, with whom he and Matzke shared an apartment. The three worked at a restaurant in Lake Havasu City. Cruz-Ramos soon realized his money had been taken. Matzke and Cook, drunk and high on methamphetamine, gagged and bound Cruz-Ramos to a chair, burning him with cigarettes. For hours, the two men tortured and then raped Cruz-Ramos before strangling him to death. Cook, hearing the gory details read by his lawyer, began to rock back and forth in his florescent orange jumpsuit. The rocking is a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder, according to his defense team. Swaney, who worked at the same restaurant as a dishwasher, arrived at the apartment two hours after Cruz-Ramos was killed. Cook, with Matzke’s help, tortured and raped the teenager before murdering him. Toward the end of the hearing, Swaney’s family urged the board to neither commute Cook’s sentence nor to give him reprieve. They couldn’t bear to hear the facts of their brother’s death again. A torturous past The details of the murders established, Cook’s lawyer began to recount her client’s life before the murder. His mother drank while she was pregnant with him and he was born three months prematurely. His father beat his mother while she was pregnant and Cook was born with organic mental syndrome, or brain damage. When he was an infant, his father burned him with cigarettes. His mother, whose love Cook continued to seek throughout his life, molested him. “My relationship with my mother was sporadic and distant,” he said through a microphone in the cage. “One of the reasons she said she hated me so much is that I reminded her visually of my father.” The clemency board asked Cook how many times his mother abused him. “Seven, eight, nine times,” he said, unsure. “Why didn’t you tell anyone?” “I didn’t want to lose my mother,” Cook answered. His mother gave him and his sister to their grandparents. His — See killer page 13 ▶

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grandfather bound Cook to a chair for punishment and sexually abused him and his sister. After his grandmother died, Cook and his sister moved back in with his mother, who’d remarried. Her new husband beat Cook and the other children. The sexual abuse continued at his mother’s house, including abuse between Cook, his sister and their stepbrothers. His mother, who suffers from several mental disorders, once asked Cook to sit next to her bed while she overdosed on pills. She wanted him to watch her die. His stepfather would blame Cook and his sister for their mother’s suicide attempts. “Even though I was young, I could tell Dan was neglected,” Cook’s friend Donohue said during the hearing. They met in fourth grade. Just before he was 15, Cook’s mother handed over custody to the State of California. Cook went to the McKinley Home for Boys in San Dimas, Calif. Once there, Cook said he would be abused around two times a week, “depending on how careless I was.” One of the board members questioned the facts about Howard Bennett, Jr., a house parent at McKinley. Cook’s attorney explained that the accounts came from Bennett’s own trial. He’s a registered sex offender serving a 214-year sentence in California. “If I didn’t do what [Bennett] wanted me to do, he’d sick his boys on me,” Cook said at the hearing. “They’d rape me, hold me down and beat me. He told me this could happen every night if I didn’t do what he said.” Cook searched for an escape. “Drugs, alcohol, marijuana — anything that would slow my brain down,” he said. He also ran away from McKinley several times. From there, Cook went to a few different homes before winding up with Lisa and Tom Maas. The couple has fostered children for decades. One Christmas they gave Cook a camera. He wept. While at the Maas home, Cook’s family didn’t visit. Cook then spent a few months in the Army Reserves, but eventually attempted suicide. The suicide attempts continued over the years. Cook regularly saw mental health professionals for depression, alcoholism and acute psychosis, a temporary altered sense of reality. Shortly before the murders, Cook’s yearlong girlfriend had broken off their relationship, ending plans to move in together. Cook then started living with Matzke, eventually getting a two-bedroom “party place.” Cook quit his job the weekend of the killings, days before his birthday. His boss had told him to “not bring his problems to work,” and Cook couldn’t take the criti-

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Dan Peitzmeyer addresses anti-death penalty activists during a vigil at the Arizona State Capitol Aug. 7, the day before Daniel Cook was executed for the brutal murders of Carlos Cruz-Ramos and Kevin Swaney. Many Catholics take part in the vigils, which are held at 6 p.m. at the state Capitol the day before state executions. Pax Christi Arizona and Arizona Death Penalty Alternatives are regular participants.

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Daniel Wayne Cook, who’d been in prison for nearly 25 years, was executed Aug. 8 in Florence. As a child, Cook suffered physical and sexual abuse.

cism. He’d recently stopped taking anti-anxiety medication because of the side effects. 25 years of torture The morning after the murders, Matzke woke Cook. Matzke mentioned the killings, which he would later describe in detail to the police. “At first, I didn’t believe him,” Cook said at the hearing, noting that Matzke would “make stuff up” when he was drunk. “I went upstairs and saw Carlos lying on the floor. I was actually shocked. I turned around and ran out the door.” According to Mazke’s account, Cook was acting “crazy” during the murders. He had a “crooked smile” and was “drooling.” Cook accused Cruz-Ramos of being a spy and asked him to “take me to your

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leader,” making references to the CIA and Oliver North. Once in prison, Cook began to receive regular psychiatric care. He became pen pals with several people, including Elizabeth McOwat in England who wrote a letter for the commutation of Cook’s sentence last year. “We have prayed with him and tried to comfort him in his distress and fear, and discovered that actually Daniel has been comforting us,” she wrote. “In every letter he writes to my children, and to my friends, he asks for them to pray for me, and for them to help me through this dreadful time. Where does that come from?” Near the end of the clemency hearing, Cook addressed Swaney’s family members listening in on the phone.

“My sincerest apologies for the pain my actions have caused,” he said. “I wish you all nothing but good from here on.” His lawyer then asked him if he wanted to live. “Yes,” he said. “Why?” “I think I can do a lot of good for a lot of people in prison,” Cook said, noting that he could get an education if he wasn’t on death row. “I can become a counselor for other prisoners.” The Swaney family also had a chance to address the board. One of the brothers, Shean, said a lot of people suffer difficult childhoods. “Not everyone grows up to be a demented child-molesting killer.” Bridget Lester Swaney said the last 25 years have been torture for the family. “Daniel Wayne Cook shook my trust in people.” Her brother, Robert, said Cook

“needs to be gone. It’s too hard knowing this guy is alive.” Cook began to rock in his seat again. “We were all in foster care and we were abused also,” Kevin’s brother James said. “It’s time for him to make peace with his maker. His maker is not mine. He needs to make peace with his maker.” The board voted that neither commutation nor reprieve would be granted. Melvin Thomas, new to the board, said he understood that Cook’s childhood had been tragic. “But it’s no excuse to visit on another what has been visited upon you.” At the conclusion of the trial, a teary-eyed Cook looked over at his friend, Jack Donohue. Cook pumped his fist and gave his friend a thumbs up. “It’s OK,” Cook nodded. “It’s OK.” ✴

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tive, the appeals court ordered that Arizona cannot prohibit most abortions after 20 weeks, pending a trial. Both sides will file a brief with the court. “I think it’s very unfortunate but it’s also something that we’ve come to expect from the Ninth Circuit,” said Ron Johnson, executive director of the Arizona Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s Catholic bishops. Last February, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed a U.S. District Court judge’s ruling as unconstitutional California’s Proposition 8, a 2008 voterapproved ban on same-sex marriage. The panel and later the full court stayed the ruling pending appeal. On July 31, it was appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. “I’m hopeful that in the end, we’ll prevail on this very important law which we believe is of a common-sense nature and which is constitutional and very much needed,” Johnson said. John Jakubczyk, a local attorney and past president of Arizona Right to Life, condemned the circuit court’s decision.

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“I find it reprehensible that the Ninth Circuit would, in less than 24 hours, block what Judge Teilborg reviewed and examined,” Jakubczyk said. “Obviously (he) considered the Supreme Court’s past decisions on the rights of states to regulate abortions so long as they didn’t violate the language of Casey.” In its 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld some state regulation of abortion but said outright bans would be unconstitutional.

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“Teilborg was very clear in his decision that he did not believe that the provisions of the Arizona law violate Casey,” Jakubczyk said, “and therefore for the Ninth Circuit to act is just another example of their extremism and the fact that they are out of touch with the legal system.” “Their failure to recognize the humanity of the unborn child and the health needs of the mother point out the problem of our current judicial system,” he added. In his July 30 ruling, Teilborg said the Arizona Legislature had written the law — known as H.B. 2036 — based on “the substantial and well-documented evidence that an unborn child has the capacity to feel pain during an abortion by at least 20 weeks gestational age.” Supporters of the law said that it also protected women from increased risks incurred in late-term abortions. It included a penalty for any doctor who broke the law — a possible six-month jail sentence and suspension or revocation of his or her medical license. Opponents called the restrictions “extreme” and disputed the data about fetal pain. Alabama, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma have similar laws restricting late-term abortions based on the scientific finding that fetuses experience pain. Across the country in Washington, a bill that would have banned abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks failed to pass the U.S. House of Representatives July 30. The vote was 220-154 in favor of the bill, but according to an AP story it was being considered under “special rules,” which required a two-thirds vote to pass. It will not be taken up by the Senate. Congress took up the measure because it has jurisdiction over the District of Columbia. Opponents of the bill said it was an effort “to roll back” a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion; supporters of the measure said the 220 votes for it — 203 Republicans and 17 Democrats — indicated to them the measure will eventually prevail. ✴

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The name Griffin E. Gaspard is well known throughout Most Holy Trinity School even though the preschooler didn’t make it to his first day of class. He The Griffin fell into the family’s pool E. Gaspard days earlier and didn’t Foundation survive. A year later, hunwww.mht.org dreds of people across the country — especially parish and school families — still remember the spunky 4-year-old who loved the Courtesy Gaspard family color green, couldn’t eat enough Griffin E. Gaspard died days before starting preschool at Most Holy Trinity last Cheerios and was the youngest of year. His family began a foundation in his name to help students in need. four. Aug. 4 marked the first anniversary of Griffin’s death. Priests and fourth grades next week. His finished while sitting at the right offered Masses and crowds released sister, Gabrielle, will enter eighth- hand of Jesus,” Missy wrote on the green balloons in his honor in grade and serve as president of the foundation’s webpage. Phoenix and New Orleans where The family believes Griffin student council. the Gaspards have roots. watches over them, finding signs “We see things so much differ“For such a little guy, he’s had ently, so much more clearly than of it in random Cheerios sighting such a big impact,” said Maggie we did on the fourth,” said Missy, at the craft store, when preparing a MacCleary, principal. gift basket for one of Griffin’s fundGriffin’s mom. She watched last year, how They now see Griffin’s accident raisers and actual cereal samples at Griffin’s death further bonded the as a sign that their youngest son the grocery store. already tight-knit campus commuThere’s the “four” theme running was needed in heaven. nity. Students and staff saw Griffin “Griffin has more work left to through the family: the 4-year-old grow since the womb. His brothers, do on Earth, but it was going to be died on the fourth and was the Grayson and Gage start the second

BRIEFS Award finalists The Arizona chapter of the Council of American Private Education narrowed 279 private school leaders of distinction to 28 finalists for the first-ever Private School Education Excellence Awards. Twelve of them are at area Catholic schools and represent every category which include three Teacher of the Year awards — broken down by a range of grade levels — Staff Member of the Year and Program of the Year. Xavier and Notre Dame college preparatories both have four finalists including Xavier’s Engineering Projects in Community Service program and Notre Dame’s Legislative Action Project. Two staff members at Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Glendale and one each at St. Jerome and St. Maria Goretti in Scottsdale are also finalists. The awards will be presented Sept. 20.

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service — like the Gaspard family. Prayer helped everyone, especially the family, work through their grief. School families offered a rosary the night of the accident. The Gaspards were packing for a back-to-school barbecue when the accident happened. A children’s choir sang at his funeral. “You truly have to live by your faith and not by your sight,” Missy said. “I’m just so blessed that my family raised me as a Catholic. I raised my family Catholic. I pray and meditate every day. If we get sad, then we pray.” They talk about their feelings and cry a lot. The kids also had healthy outlets in their religion classes for grieving. The Gaspards never granted their children a special pass when it came to behavior though. “They were never allowed to be disrespectful just because they were hurting because the world is hurting,” Missy said. To help ease the pain, Most Holy Trinity is breaking ground for a memorial site between the school and church this fall. The bench will offer an outdoor place of tranquility for those suffering personal trials. ✴

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fourth Gaspard to sport the initials G.E.G. Now his siblings try to wear the No. 4 jersey in his honor every chance they get. Then there’s the Sea World trip when the family parked the car and checked the nearest signpost to help find the car later. Turns out the car was in the G4 section. “I miss all my mommy-duties that surround YOU. But, we are making you proud,” Missy wrote on the foundation’s Facebook page. “We are constantly being positive, praying for all our family and friends, and honoring your being every moment we can.” The community has kept alive a dream the Gaspards shared days into their grieving: that Griffin’s death also ease the financial burden of a deserving Most Holy Trinity student. The family wanted to donate the money they already had earmarked for Griffin’s tuition to help a new student, particularly a preschooler. That fund, formally managed as The Griffin E. Gaspard Foundation, has raised $70,000 and grown to serve Most Holy Trinity students at any grade level. It’s for students who are also parishioners and heavily dedicated to school

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Human Freedom

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Opposed to the death penalty

he loss of a loved one to murder is unfathomable. When life is unjustly ripped away, it tears at the fabric of communities, instills fear and anger, and irrevocably alters the foundation of the family left behind in mourning. In recent years, we’ve witnessed tragic losses of life more times than we care to remember. Fresh in our memories is the senseless taking of life at an Aurora, Colo., movie theater last month. Twelve people died and 58 others were injured when a gunman viciously attacked a theater crowded with people there to watch “The Dark Knight Rises.” On Aug. 5, a white supremacist stormed a Sikh temple in Wisconsin and opened fire, killing six people and wounding four others. He then took his own life. Closer to home, 19 innocent bystanders were shot outside a Tucson supermarket on Jan. 8, 2011, including former U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who is recovering from a gunshot injury to her head. Six people died. These tragedies raise countless questions, including the one big question for which there can be no satisfactory answer: Why? Frustratingly, those of us left behind to grieve will never know. But the inability to know why terrible things happen to good people will not persuade our instinctual drive to seek closure, to find a way to punctuate the last sentence in a chapter filled with pain before turning the page and moving on. Relatives of Kevin Swaney — one of two young men brutally murdered in 1987 by Daniel Wayne Cook — are among those who sought closure for 25 years. Cook was executed by lethal injection Aug. 8 in Florence, Ariz. He was the fifth Arizona death row inmate executed this year. The Associated Press reported that Swaney’s oldest sibling called the execution “long overdue” and urged the judicial system “to take the families of those left behind into consideration so that they are allowed to move on with their lives and not be forced to relive the nightmare over and over again.” ‘Rare, if not practically nonexistent’ Capital punishment as a means of justice or deterrent has been a hotly debated topic for years. People of good will passionately argue both for and against the death penalty, and there is little doubt that the conversation regarding its morality will not soon subside. The Catholic Church holds that all life is sacred, even the life of a death row inmate. The Church’s position is rooted in the Fifth Commandment, which instructs: “You shall not kill.” The Catechism of the Catholic Church does not explicitly forbid the use of the death penalty “if this is the only possible way of effectively defending human lives against the unjust aggressor.” It does provide clarity insofar as it recognizes that the state is now more capable of protecting its citizens through other, non-lethal methods. Moreover, the Catechism states that the instances for which the death penalty would be permissible “are very rare, if not practically nonexistent.” The State of Arizona is one of 33 that still permit the use of the death penalty. In April, the governor of Connecticut signed a bill into law abolishing it, replacing the use of capital punishment with life-in-prison sentences. Other states to recently repeal the death penalty include Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico and New York. Arizona should follow these states’ lead in this matter. Those whose lives have been torn apart due to murder deserve our most heartfelt compassion. Those responsible for such heinous crimes deserve to be punished. Victims deserve justice and our citizens deserve protection, but state-sponsored executions do not serve to protect. Therefore, capital punishment is wrong. On Aug. 7, Jared Loughner pled guilty in federal court to the 2011 Tucson shootings. In doing so, he avoided the death penalty and will be sentenced to life in prison. Remarkably, the reaction by the victims, their family and the community was not one of anger, but of relief and hope — and a chance to achieve some closure. Mark Kelly, husband of former Rep. Giffords, was quoted as being satisfied with Loughner’s plea: “Avoiding a trial will allow us — and we hope the whole Southern Arizona community — to continue with our recovery and move forward with our lives,” Kelly said. State-sponsored executions do not serve justice. Nor are executions likely to provide adequate closure for victims. Instead, the death penalty promotes a form of vengeance that perpetuates a circle of violence and contributes to a “culture of death.” As Catholics, we are called to uphold the dignity and sanctity of human life at every stage. When bad things happen to good people, we may never be able to answer the question, “Why?” But we know what we are compelled to do when others demand that the state practice vengeance: protect the sanctity of life, even for those who by their horrendous crimes have shown they do not share our commitment to the Gospel of Life. ✴

Part one: Free with the help of God

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ive me liberty or give me death,” Patrick Henry’s famous cry, at our nation’s birth, continues to stir hearts today; the struggle for freedom is no less urgent now, as evidenced in rallies and fortnights throughout our country protesting against the HHS mandates and other threats to religious liberty. This struggle continues because the cause is worthy of sacrifice. One need only think of John the Baptist and Thomas More to see the close link that exists between freedom and the ultimate sacrifice. What does it mean to be free? When we use the word freedom, we do not necessarily mean religious freedom specifically, although that is an important kind of freedom since it is the first, the ability to relate without coercion with our Creator. Freedom is at the core of our existence. Without a clear understanding of this reality, efforts to promote religious freedom could be counter-productive, and deeper confusion and even conflict could erupt. The U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults says this about freedom, “Human freedom is more than the capacity to choose between this and that. It is the God-given power to become who He created us to be and so to share eternal union with Him. This happens when we consistently choose ways that are in harmony with God’s plan… Ultimately, human freedom lies in our free decision to say ‘yes’ to God.” Freedom comes to us as a gift; Christ makes us free by offering Himself in the sacrifice on the Cross and by sending us the gift of the Holy Spirit. St. Paul writes (Gal 5:13), “Remember that you have been called to live in freedom — but not a freedom that gives free rein to the flesh. Out of love, place yourselves at one another’s service.” The gift of freedom requires a response on our part, an ongoing response sustained by both faith and reason, and supported by God’s grace. Growing in freedom The gift of freedom introduces a kind of drama in our lives. The Catechism of the Catholic Church describes it this way (#17334): “The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes. There is no true freedom except in the service of what is good and just. The choice to disobey and do evil is an abuse of freedom and leads to ‘the slavery of sin’… Progress in virtue, knowledge of the good, and ascesis enhance the mastery of the will over its acts.” When we meet people who are holy, when we study the lives of the saints, we see what authentic freedom is like; we see how growth in virtue leads to growth in freedom. Sadly, our Catholic teaching on freedom is not well understood and is even rejected by many in society today. Licentiousness is falsely touted as freedom, and is energetically promoted by hedonistic forces in popular culture. This leads to the opposite of love. For it tempts people to use others as objects of pleasure, rather than to make a gift of oneself for their

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good. On the other hand, the virtue of chastity counteracts hedonism and, by daily effort to grow in this virtue, one’s ability to love steadily increases, with the aid of the Holy Spirit. Where love grows so does freedom. Fierce independence and exaggerated selfsufficiency, so common today, also erode authentic freedom; as does the pursuit of one’s own interests with disregard for the good of others. Initially and for a time, persons may celebrate such actions as freedom but, in fact, they enslave the heart, turn one away from God, and lead to lonely isolation from others. But the virtue of obedience counteracts this spiritual imprisonment. Aided by the mercy of God, we can learn to submit our will to the Lord’s plan for our life and to trust in His loving providence. When that happens, we discover that true freedom is actually rooted in natural inclinations toward what is true and good. Free with the help of God In his message for the 2012 World Day of Peace, Pope Benedict said the following about freedom, “Only in relation to God does man come to understand also the meaning of human freedom. It is the task of education to form people in authentic freedom. This is not the absence of constraint or the supremacy of free will; it is not the absolutism of the self. When man believes himself to be absolute, to depend on nothing and no one, to be able to do anything he wants, he ends up contradicting the truth of his own being and forfeiting his freedom.” The gift of human freedom is like a seed planted by God deep within each person, one that needs to be watered, cultivated and aided by the grace of the Lord. A process of education is required, in which we learn not only what it means to be free but also what false freedom is. We learn, too, what it means to be human and then what steps are needed to grow to maturity in Christ. While all of us struggle with temptations against love, which are temptations against true freedom, and while we are familiar with weaknesses of will and intellect caused by original sin, the natural inclinations we have within us do not hinder freedom. In fact, they are actually freedom’s source planted within us by God. In the next part of this series on freedom, I shall look further at these natural inclinations and desires, and at how education for freedom helps us to develop the discipline and virtue needed to cooperate with God and become truly free. ✴

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letters/comments Misguided priorities? Your featured front-page article was a surprise to me and to several faithful Catholics of my immediate acquaintance (“Family matters; Fear lingers in wake of Supreme Court SB 1070 decision,” The Catholic Sun, July 19). It seems the article was designed to pull at the heartstrings, but to many thoughtful pew-sitters, it rang hollow. Chief among the objections to the report (and there were several) is the question: Where is the Church on the issue of sacramental marriage and the influx of undocumented immigrants living in “common law” unions? Doesn’t She still teach that co-habiting, at least objectively speaking, is a grave evil, a mortal sin? Should our emphasis not be on evangelizing/catechizing and preparing those in these situations for marriage — over and above our political concerns? Shouldn’t concern for the salvation of souls be our first priority? Jane Kosco Prescott

Non-negotiable issues Deacon Paul Hursh felt that George Weigel’s column was biased against the Democratic regime (“’Catholic Difference’ too partisan,” Letters, The Catholic Sun, July 19). He cites several examples in which he felt the Republican party did not take a “Catholic” stance. He forgets the five non-negotiable points stressed by the U.S. bishops to guide the Catholic voter: abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem-cell research, human cloning and homosexual “marriage.” There are, in fact, negotiable sides to most issues with the exception of those listed above. For instance, one may support an increase in the minimum wage to help “Joe.” If the burden imposed on Joe’s employer forces him to lay off people, including Joe, have I helped him? If the employer’s business goes under and all employees, including Joe, lose their jobs, have I helped Joe? One may, in good conscience, take either position in this case. Incidentally, I voted for the last proposed increase in minimum wage. The Republican Party has a pro-life plank in its platform and all its presidential and vice presidential candidates since Roe v. Wade have been pro-life. The Democratic Party has a pro-abortion plank and all of its presidential and vice presidential candidates have been pro-abortion — sadly even the Catholic ones! The latter party has become the party of the culture of death, defending not only abortion but also homosexual “marriage” and embryonic stem-cell research. Its socialized medicine plan opposed by the majority of Americans of both parties will surely involve rationing/accelerated death. Is it OK to vote for a candidate knowing that the person is opposed to these non-negotiable issues, but one who has a good medical or retirement plan? No, it is never acceptable. There is a hierarchy of issues. Michael V. Rock, MD Rock is past president of the Catholic Medical Association.

‘Hugely biased’ The Church, in its communications to the faithful, is supposed to present Gospel values and how they square with the position of candidates running for office. They are not supposed to promote any one political party, policy or candidates. However, I find The Catholic Sun to be hugely biased toward the Republican side. When discussing the evil of policy on abortion, contraception and gay marriage, it’s always labeled as “liberal,” or “Democrat” or “the Obama administration.” I wholeheartedly agree with Deacon Paul Hursh’s recent letter pointing out that while the current administration falls foul of the Church’s teaching on reproduction, the abortion side of pro-life and same sex marriage, the Republicans are equally as egregious in the evil of their stands on immigration, capital punishment, worker’s rights, just war and the preferential option for the poor. What’s a voter to do? Both parties have good and bad ideologies. If the Sun considers it “balanced” reporting by printing one letter that recognizes this bias, among column after column on fertility, contraception, etc., they are wrong. If the Sun wants to go political, they need to make sure to present the other side of the equation, and label their evils as “conservative,” “Republican,” and the “position of candidate Romney.” Ruth Gregory Phoenix

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omplaints that Washington-is-broken, which seem to have new intensity in recent years, often go hand-in-hand with laments about in politics. And, to be sure, there are reasons to be concerned about the functionality of our political system and its ability to address and solve some very serious problems. The present, sad condition of much of Europe, where a breakdown of (Christian) democratic culture seems to be leading inexorably to a breakdown of democratic politics and the substitution of government by technocratic elites (currently being previewed in Italy), is a cautionary tale for Americans. “Partisanship” that concedes no possible rectitude or good will to the other party is obviously problematic; so is the self-righteousness and bullheadedness that help explain congressional gridlock. Yet there are at least two other reasons for what is often deplored as “partisanship,” and those reasons are worth pondering in the summer before a national election. One reason why governing is hard at the federal level is that the Framers deliberately designed our constitutional structure to make serious national decisionmaking difficult: meaning that serious decisions had to be rooted in a broad consensus. That’s why we have the separation of powers, two houses of Congress, and the requirement of super-majorities for constitutional amendments. The tough calls are supposed to be made on the basis of deep, broad and carefully considered agreement. Confusions The other reason is even more obvious, but it’s rarely stated: 21st-century American society is deeply divided on certain basic issues. That divide reflects a serious rift in the moral-cultural fabric of our democracy. The abortion issue comes readily to mind. Pro“choice” America is all-in for abortion-on-demand. It resists every possible restriction on the abortion license, even those regulations on the abortion industry that protect women’s health, because it fears that one hard tug on one loose thread will unravel the entire legal structure created since Roe v. Wade. That is why there is so little common ground on the question of abortion: while pro-lifers are, in the main, willing to work in steps to dismantle the Roe-defined abortion license — much as the classic civil rights movement

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worked incrementally to dismantle legal segregation — the pro-“choice” forces refuse to concede an inch of ground, fearing that any concession will lose them the entire battle. And if that means that your local Planned Parenthood clinic is subject to less legal and medical regulation than your local McDonald’s, so be it. There are other, deeper reasons for this form of pro-“choice” hyper-partisanship, however. Our public culture is deeply confused about the moral life and about the relationship between virtue and happiness. Happiness, for many Americans, is a matter of willfulness, not a matter of living in ways that we know are, objectively, worthy of human beings. Indeed, the very idea of “objective” moral truth is one that Americans seem uncomfortable defending today. Something may be “true for me,” but not “true for you.” And pushing beyond that kind of radical subjectivism is too often deplored as “judgmental.” Yet there are serious confusions-within-confusions on this front in the American culture war, a struggle that’s at the root of our many contemporary political divisions. As moral philosopher Janet Smith has long argued, if you think Americans don’t believe in moral absolutes, just light up a cigarette, cigar or pipe in the non-smoking section of a restaurant. Or try parking in the “Handicapped” spot at your local supermarket without the appropriate license plate. Americans believe in moral absolutes, all right; some of us just don’t know how to justify them — which is to say, make sense of them. In a mess like this, the Church’s primary task is not to endorse policies or candidates. It’s to do its best, through preaching and catechesis, to rebuild a national moral consensus based on the moral truths inscribed in us by “Nature, and Nature’s God” (as Mr. Jefferson once put it). That consensus is the cultural prerequisite to a politics in which differences are engaged with respect, and serious problems get addressed and solved. ✴ George Weigel is a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. Please send comments to letters@catholicsun.org.

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Pro-life legislation stalled by Ninth Circuit Court extremism

ack in 1973, when the U.S. Supreme Court concocted the right to abortion, people screamed bloody murder — and they meant that literally. Pro-lifers have spent more than four decades praying, working and campaigning to protect the lives of the most vulnerable among us: the unborn child. It’s been an uphill battle. The defenders of the right to life have been threatened, sued, jailed, insulted and scorned for their beliefs and practices. Happily, quite a few of them have been elected to public office. Organizations like the Arizona Catholic Conference, the Bioethics Defense Fund and the Alliance Defending Freedom have worked hard to help get laws enacted that protect mothers and their unborn babies. It hasn’t been easy. I can recall one sweltering summer day just a few years ago when our then-governor vetoed a ban on the barbaric practice of partial-birth abortion as well as a measure that strengthened parental consent laws. A few of us stood outside her office the night before the veto, praying that she might relent. Given that she was the keynote speaker that year at the Planned Parenthood luncheon celebrating Roe, it was a long shot. We were dealing with the same person who, as Arizona’s attorney general, refused in 1997 to defend a ban on partialbirth abortion when a federal judge said it was unconstitutional. Fast forward to 2012: a law banning abortions after 20 weeks was passed by the Arizona Legislature, signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer and ruled constitutional by Federal

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do not have many memories of life before Catholic elementary school. But I do remember crying my eyes out the first time my mother left me there. If it wasn’t for a sweet and very clever little nun, I might not have survived. I had seen pictures of the old school nuns in their stark black and white habits. And I had heard horror stories. I wanted none of it. So if there was any hope of convincing me to continue to venture out into the uncharted land of school and society, I needed a nice nun. By God, I got one. Sr. Mary Remi was so tiny she seemed like one of us kids, except she was a lot older and knew more stuff. With short grayish hair and big, adoring, warm brown eyes that smiled even when she wasn’t, she was a gentle soul who always made you feel at peace. She topped it all off with a voice so soft and pleasant, you felt something very precious was in the air, and if you didn’t lower your voice the vibrations might break something or someone. As tiny as she was, her heart was big. From the moment she called the class to order by folding her sinewy, alabaster hands and prodding us to thank our Father for “the joy of each other,” she intoxicated us young ruffians with love. She exuded kindness and made you feel embraced simply because you

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District Court Judge James A. Teilborg on July 30. Nikolas T. Nikas of the BDF was ecstatic over the news. “This ruling should be studied by everyone in the pro-life movement,” Nikas said, “because it foreshadows the day that the Supreme Court will return the abortion issue back to the state legislatures to act on their legitimate interests in protecting women and unborn children from the unspeakable violence of abortion.” Grave injustice Unfortunately, the celebration lasted less than 48 hours. On Aug. 1, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decided to issue a preliminary injunction. About 100 unborn babies in Arizona are killed every year in abortions that take place after 20 weeks. By then, most pregnant women can feel their child moving about the womb, tap-tap-tapping, as if to say, “Hi there, Mom. I’m living within you, waiting for the day we’ll meet face to face!” But none of that matters to the Ninth Circuit Court of

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were within her presence, even when she was scolding you. ‘You hurt my heart’ I was so committed to respecting and obeying her I felt mortally wounded when her furrowed brow fell upon me after I found myself laughing uncontrollably during one of her lessons. Maybe I was coming off a sugar high from the Coke I drank for lunch, but for whatever the reason I was out of control. Sister soberly and softly asked me to stop, but nothing she could say or do worked. She finally had to send me off to the principal’s office, which was like being arrested for murder or something like that. When I finally calmed down I was let back into class but ordered to stay after school to help Sister clean the classroom. Not that any 6-year-old wants to be stuck in a classroom cleaning up while the rest of the free world seems to be playing, but it wasn’t so bad spending time helping Sister, espe-

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Appeals. Not the will of the people of Arizona, not the votes of the duly elected state legislators, not the ruling of an esteemed federal judge, not the scientific proof that an unborn child at 20 weeks suffers pain as he or she is torn apart. The judges want to see more evidence that a law against pulling the arms and legs off tiny humans is truly needed. Really? John Jakubczyk, a local attorney and past president of Arizona Right to Life, was steamed when he heard the news. I sprang it on him at a dinner for the outgoing director of 1st Way Pregnancy Center, one of the many pro-life clinics in town that assist women who are in crisis pregnancies rather than making money off them by destroying the life growing within them. The Ninth Circuit ruling, he said, “is just another example of their extremism and the fact that they are out of touch with the legal system. Their failure to recognize the humanity of the unborn child and the health needs of the mother point out the problem of our current judicial system.” I couldn’t agree more. I don’t know what it’s going to take to convince those who are charged with defending justice in our nation that the killing of the smallest, most innocent among us is a grave injustice. Let’s recommit ourselves to prayer, fasting and education in this regard. And let’s find out where the candidates stand on this issue before we vote. Check out the voter’s guide at www. azcatholicconference.org. ✴ Joyce Coronel is a regular contributor to The Catholic Sun. Please send comments to letters@catholicsun.org. cially since I felt so bad for hurting her feelings. But what was horrible and wonderful all at the same time was what she said to me that afternoon. With tears in her eyes she looked at me and said softly: “You hurt my heart today.” I collapsed in regret and sorrow. “Not because you did something wrong but because you lost control, and I was scared for you,” she continued. Sister explained once she sent us off into the world to other teachers and eventually to be on our own, she would still care for and worry about us. And she couldn’t bear the thought something bad would happen because we didn’t know how to control our actions. That’s why God had given us commandments, to keep us from hurting ourselves, and that’s why teachers and parents have rules too, she explained. The day I hurt Sr. Remi’s heart and that desire to make it up to her by living a good life has defined my view of right and wrong, God, parents, the police, and just about every other civil authority ever since. And from that day on, she defined what being Catholic was all about for me too – and that was love! The love God had for us when He made us, the love He wants us to have for each other and the love He wants us to have for ourselves. As for all the tough nuns out there, I’m sure they all meant well and had their reasons. But as for me, I’m glad I had a nice nun. And I hope, too, that every single one of you out there had someone nice as well to be the face of your Catholicism. ✴ Chris Benguhe is a columnist for The Catholic Sun. Please send comments to letters@catholicsun.org.

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Cardinal urges Congress to act on HHS mandate By Nancy Frazier O’Brien Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON — Since the courts will not act quickly enough to protect the religious liberty concerns prompted by the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate, Congress must “address this urgent and fundamental issue before it completes its business this year,” Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo told members of the House and Senate. “Timely and uniform protection of these rights cannot be expected from the current lengthy judicial process,” said the cardinal in an Aug. 3 letter to members of Congress. He is archbishop of Galveston-Houston and chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities. Cardinal DiNardo described the contraceptive mandate as an “unprecedented and misguided federal policy.” “The Catholic bishops of the United States continue to advocate for life-affirming health care for all, especially for poor and vulnerable people,” he wrote. “We do not see this policy as a step in that direction.” Cardinal DiNardo said that despite “widespread opposition to this coercive policy by religious organizations, lawmakers and the general public, Congress has still taken no action to counter it.” “The time for such action is, to say the least, overdue,” he added. “The fundamental importance of the religious freedom issue at stake demands a timely congressional response.” The cardinal said the requirement to provide contraceptives to their employees free of charge will likely affect for-profit business owners first. He noted that four of the lawsuits against the mandate have been filed by Catholic business owners. “These are devout individuals and families who own and operate businesses who, without any word of protest from employees, have been offering health coverage that does not violate their moral convictions,” he said. “In effect, if an organization is ‘for-profit’ it is not allowed to be ‘for’ anything else. “The owners who have imbued their companies with faith-based commitments to employee wellbeing, community service and social responsibility strongly disagree,” Cardinal DiNardo wrote. “And at a time of grave concern over business and banking scandals, does anyone think that rewarding businesses obsessed solely with company profits is sound government policy?” The cardinal noted that a federal judge had granted a temporary stay to Hercules Industries, a

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People participate in a rally in support of religious freedom in Garden City, N.Y., June 8. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston told members of the House and Senate to act on the Obama administration’s contraceptive mandate.

Denver-based business owned by the Catholic Newland family, ruling that any “public interest” served by the mandate is “countered, and indeed outweighed, by the public interest in the free exercise of religion.” “However, this welcome and sensible initial decision marks only the beginning of even the Newland family’s court battle,” he said. “It does not affect companies filing suit in other states, or even the many thoroughly religious nonprofit organizations whose religious character has always been

obvious to most people. “Vindication of the fundamental rights of these individuals and organizations may take years of litigation,” he added. Cardinal DiNardo said the mandate and the narrow religious exemption to it represent “an approach to religious freedom that is more grudging and arbitrary than any yet seen in federal law.” In addition, he said, “few really know whether their request for exemption will be accepted by the government or not.”

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Challenges to marriage, religious liberty among Knights’ top concerns ANAHEIM, Calif. (CNS) — Supreme Knight Carl A. Anderson called the number of attendees at the Knights of Columbus 130th supreme convention in Anaheim “a testament to the growth and development” of the international fraternal organization. More than 2,000 Knights from around the world — many of them with their wives and children — along with 12 cardinals and more than 70 bishops attended the Aug. 6-8 convention. Other speakers focused on the issue of religious liberty — a hot topic at a convention with “Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land” as its theme. ✴

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Benedictine oblate takes readers ‘Deep in the Wave’

e live in a desert, in what many see as a vast wasteland; but geologists tell us that this place was once a part of a great ocean. Our draw to the sea is not beyond understanding. San Diego is like a second home to many of us, and our very bodies, including our blood, are microcosms of the world’s oceans. “Deep in the Wave: A Surfing Guide to the Soul,” by the two-time tandem surfing world champion, Bear Woznick, isn’t simply to be ignored because we haven’t taken a surfboard to the local wave pool. Bear himself is a renaissance man: big-wave surfer, tandem surfer (with

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a dance partner on a moving surfboard), a CPA, a ninja black belt, a skydiver, and a pilot who holds several world records for craziness — biking from San Diego to Jacksonville, Fla., paddling out on Bloody Sunday into 40-foot waves at Teahopu’u in Tahiti, and once paddling his surf

a man of God. He is an Oblate to the Benedictine Monastery in Oahu, Hawaii. “deep in the Wave: Bear’s fantastical life A Surfing Guide to is one that he likens to a the Soul,” by Bear journey toward God, the Woznick, is availjourney that begins with able on his website: our recognition or awarewww.bearwave.com. ness of Him and ends with our entry into the Eternal Kingdom. We might find the broad-strokes of Bear’s journey difficult to bear as we try to relate them to our own mundane lives board across the open ocean chanwith the common things we do like nel between Molaki and Oahu — biking, going to the grocery store, stuff only done in blockbuster movor raking the lawn. ies; but most importantly, Bear is When a surfer goes deep into

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a wave, the experience is literal. We’ve seen surfers riding inside the giant rolling tubes of water called “the pipeline,” “the tube,” or “the green room.” No other sport places a participant into the very heart of that which makes the sport, in this case, the ocean. A surfer riding within the tube will sometimes extend a hand into the back face of the wave so as to slow down and extend the ride. The surfer reaches into the heart of sea. Going deep into the wave, according to Bear, means to die to self and live for God, a total commitment to know God’s heart and to touch His face; it means to fall deeply into the wave of God’s unfathomable, primordial love. If Bear sounds like Thomas Merton, the 20th-century mystic, it, too, is understandable, for riding a wave is like standing in silence amid the roar of the vastness of the ocean, or, for us, amid the roar of the everyday world. Bear has us follow him through the valleys and peaks of his life, from deepening awareness, to fullfledged envelopment by God, to the Dark Night of the Soul in which he suffers the pain of injury, the separation from his wife and children, and the incredible longing for the sea. He teaches us that his massive life moments are really no different from our own simple moments, that we can dive deeply into the wave of God while in the garden, the aisle of the grocery store, or in holding and consoling a little one who has scraped a knee. Each of these things are meant to remind us of the glory of Creation: each inch we ride over asphalt, every stroke of the rake, and every pause in an aisle to select an orange or a jar of pasta sauce can be a ride in the pipeline of God’s love. The good thing about Bear’s book is that, while it mentions God almost as many times as does the Bible, it doesn’t really inspire us to go out and actually ride the big waves, but only to watch, and not test the Lord with our lives in that way. A 30-foot wave is large; a 50-foot wave is like the finger of God splashing thousands of miles away with the ripples powerful enough to sink anything. It takes a special person to paddle out into such waves, but one just as special to see His glory in the mundane moments of our lives. Mahalo! ✴ Robert Curtis, a life-professed Lay Dominican, is the author of 17 books, holds a master’s degree in creative writing, teaches composition at the University of Phoenix and creative writing at Rio Salado College.

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EWTN invites families to Phoenix celebration By Ambria Hammel The Catholic Sun

he Eternal Word Television Network’s hosts and leaders are headed to Phoenix Sept. 8-9 to meet and pray with local Catholics. The free family celebration will feature Mass, eucharistic adoration, reconciliation, meet and greets with well-known EWTN personalities and live performances in a vibrant “Faith Factory” children’s area. EWTN Radio, which turns 20 this year, will broadcast live from the Phoenix Convention Center throughout the weekend. The family celebration — first held in 2005 as a thank you to the EWTN “family” for its 25 years of support — will focus on the theme, “Following God’s Call.” It echoes Pope Benedict XVI’s call for a new evangelization to revitalize Catholics in their faith. Four EWTN hosts will offer related talks. Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ, who hosts “EWTN Live” and “Threshold of Hope” and Raymond Arroyo, who created and has hosted “The World Over,” an international news magazine, since it debuted in 1996, will speak Sept. 8. Sandwiched between them is a special religious liberty all-star roundtable with Arroyo as moderator. Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted and Michael Warsaw, EWTN’s president and CEO, are among the members. Local Catholics Ron Johnson, executive director of the Arizona Catholic Conference; Alan Sears, president, CEO and general counsel of Alliance Defending Freedom; and Marci Moffitt, president of the Catholic Medical Association, will join them. “Religious freedom is the first and most basic freedom, since it impacts our relationship with our Creator,” Bishop Olmsted said. “So few things are more important for a nation than the stability of family life and the protection of religious freedom where every member of the family can flourish.” EWTN has publicly shown a similar stance. It’s among 22 Catholic employers that filed a lawsuit to have the Health and Human Services mandate declared unconstitutional because they say it restricts their free exercise of religion. “EWTN has certainly been at the forefront of the religious liberty debate and has been supportive of the US Bishops’ efforts to raise awareness of the serious challenges that we face as Catholics and as a nation,” said Michael Warsaw, EWTN’s president and CEO. The religious liberty roundtable will provide a context for Catholics on key issues before they head to the polls in November. It will also serve as a chance for Basilica Press to release the third edition of Bishop Olmsted’s booklet “Catholics in the Public Square.” Ron Johnson with the Arizona Catholic Conference said readers will find the free, third edition to contain new questions

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pertaining to religious liberty and a foreword written by Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput. Ending the first night is a special 90-minute “Life on the Rock” live show. The Poor Clare Sisters of Perpetual Adoration from Tonopah, affectionately known as “The Desert Nuns,” will be among the guests. “Really, everyone gets to be a part of the event. Nearly every session has the opportunity for folks to step up to the microphone and ask questions, so there is a local dimen-

sion to every session,” Warsaw said. Turnout at past celebrations has ranged from 3,000 to nearly 10,000 people. Warsaw said many are grateful that EWTN came to visit them. Next month’s celebration will be a first for Phoenix. The final day of the celebration features a 9:45 a.m. Mass Sept. 9 with Bishop Olmsted. Mother Miriam of the Lamb of God, OSB, and Marcus Grodi, host of “The Journey Home” will speak after lunch and wrap up the celebration. Bishop Olmsted said, “This event will help families to deepen their understanding of the Catholic faith, to learn more about evangelizing culture through the use of the media and to assist them to defend religious freedom at this pivotal time in our nation’s history.” Warsaw also hopes that the celebration brings people together and re-charges and renews them in their faith. ✴

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Comunidad Un servicio de noticias de la Diócesis de Phoenix

16 de agosto del 2012

25 años después

La Iglesia local celebrará visita de Juan Pablo II By Ambria Hammel The Catholic Sun

el Papa Juan Pablo ii saluda sacerdotes el 14 de septiembre del 1987 en el estadio Sun devil. ARCHIVO CATHOLIC SUN

La libertad humana Primera parte: Libre con la ayuda de Dios

“D

ame la libertad o dame la muerte,” el grito famoso de Patrick Henry, al nacimiento de nuestra nación, sigue revolteando corazones hoy; la lucha por la libertad no es menos urgente ahora, como se pone de manifiesto en las concentraciones que ocurren a través de todo nuestro país en protesta contra los mandatos de HHS y otras amenazas a la libertad religiosa. Esta lucha continúa debido a que su causa es digna de sacrificio. Solo hay que pensar en Juan el Bautista y en Santo Tomás de More para ver el estrecho vínculo que existe entre la libertad y el sacrificio final.

El público está invitado a una Misa al medio día seguida por una recepción para celebrar el aniversario de la visita a Phoenix del Beato Papa Juan Pablo II. La solemne celebración que tomará lugar el 14 de septiembre en la Basílica de Santa María, 231 N. Third Street, cae precisamente

Obispo Thomas J. Olmsted Jesus Caritas catholicsun.org/bishopolmsted.html

¿Qué significa ser libre?

Cuando usamos la palabra libertad, no necesariamente nos referimos específicamente a la libertad religiosa, aunque esta es importante ya que es lo primero, la capacidad de relacionarnos sin coacción, con nuestro Creador. La libertad está en el corazón de nuestra existencia. Sin un entendimiento claro de esta realidad, los esfuerzos para promover la libertad religiosa podrían ser contraproducentes y hacer estallar una más profunda confusión ocasionando conflictos. El Catecismo Católico de los Estados Unidos para Adultos dice esto acerca de la libertad: “La libertad humana es más que la capacidad de elegir entre esto y aquello. Es el poder dado por Dios a ser quien Él nos creó para que seamos y así compartir la unión eterna con Él. Esto sucede cuando consistentemente elegimos acciones que van en armonía con el plan de Dios... Finalmente, la libertad humana radica en nuestra decisión libre de decir ‘sí’ a Dios.” La libertad nos llega como un don; Cristo nos hace libres al ofrecerse a Sí Mismo en el sacrificio de la Cruz y al enviarnos el don del Espíritu Santo. San Pablo escribe (Gálatas 5:13), “Recuerden que han sido llamados para vivir en libertad, pero procuren que esta libertad no sea un pretexto para satisfacer los deseos carnales. Háganse más bien servidores los unos de los otros, por medio del amor.” El don de la libertad exige una respuesta de parte nuestra, una respuesta sostenida por la fe y la razón, y apoyada por la gracia de Dios. Creciendo en libertad

Crosiers/CNS

el Santo Thomas de More en un vidrio de colores en St. Mary’s College en Winona, Minnesota. el santo fue ejecutado en inglaterra en 1535 por no aceptar a el rey enrique Viii como cabeza de la iglesia. el santo murió antes de rechazar al papa.

El don de la libertad introduce una especie de drama en nuestras vidas. El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica lo describe de esta manera (#1733-4): “En la medida en que el hombre hace el bien, se va haciendo también más libre. No hay verdadera libertad sino en el servicio del bien y de la justicia. La elección de la desobediencia y del mal es un abuso de la libertad y conduce a ‘la esclavitud del pecado’… El progreso en la virtud, el conocimiento del bien, y la auto-disciplina realzan el dominio de la voluntad sobre sus actos.” Cuando nos encontramos con gente que es santa, cuando estudiamos las vidas de los santos, vemos como es realmente la libertad auténtica; vemos como el crecimiento de la virtud lleva al aumento de la libertad. Lamentablemente, nuestra enseñanza Católica sobre la libertad no es comprendida y hasta es rechazada por muchos en la sociedad de hoy. El libertinaje es falsamente

en el día en que se cumplen 25 años desde que el fallecido papa saludó a cerca de 100,000 personas desde el balcón de la iglesia. El reclinatorio usado por el Papa se conserva en su interior. Su visita de 24 horas incluyó un discurso papal, un servicio de oración ecuménico en la Catedral de San Simón y San Judas, y reuniones con el personal de hospitales Católicos y con Nativos Norteamericanos

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confundido con la libertad, y promovido enérgicamente por fuerzas hedonistas de la cultura popular. Esto nos lleva a lo opuesto del amor. Tienta a la gente a usar a otros como objetos de placer, en lugar de hacer un regalo de uno mismo para el bien del otro. Por otro lado, la virtud de la castidad contrarresta el hedonismo y, por esfuerzo diario para crecer en esta virtud, la capacidad de amar aumenta gradualmente, con la ayuda del Espíritu Santo. Donde el amor crece también crece la libertad. La independencia feroz y la autosuficiencia exagerada, tan comunes hoy día, también erosionan la libertad auténtica; igual como la búsqueda de intereses propios sin tomar en cuenta el bien de otros. Al principio y temporalmente, la gente puede celebrar tales acciones como si fuesen libertad, pero de hecho, esclavizan el corazón, apartan a otros de Dios, y se aíslan. Pero la virtud de obediencia contrarresta este encarcelamiento espiritual. Ayudados por la misericordia de Dios, podemos aprender a someter nuestra voluntad al plan del Señor para nuestras vidas y confiar en Su providencia amorosa. Cuando esto ocurre, descubrimos que la libertad verdadera realmente está arraigada a las inclinaciones naturales hacia lo que es verdad y bueno. Libre con la ayuda de Dios

En su mensaje para el Día Mundial de la Paz 2012, el Papa Benedicto XVI dijo lo siguiente acerca de la libertad, “Solo en relación con Dios puede el hombre también comprender el significado de la libertad humana. Es la tarea de la educación el formar personas en la libertad auténtica. Esto no es igual que la ausencia de coerción o la supremacía de la voluntad libre; no es el absolutismo del ser humano. Cuando el hombre cree que él es absoluto, que no depende de nada ni nadie, que puede hacer lo que quiera, termina por contradecir la verdad de su propio ser y de renunciar a su libertad.” El don de la libertad humana es similar a una semilla profundamente sembrada por Dios dentro de cada individuo, una que tiene que ser regada, cultivada y ayudada por la gracia del Señor. Se requiere un proceso de educación, mediante el cual aprendemos no sólo lo que significa ser libre sino también en qué consiste la libertad falsa. Aprendemos también, lo que significa ser humano y cuales son los pasos necesarios para madurar en Cristo. A pesar de que todos luchamos con tentaciones en contra del amor, que son tentaciones en contra de la verdadera libertad, y aunque estamos familiarizados con las debilidades de la voluntad y del intelecto causadas por el pecado original, las inclinaciones naturales que tenemos dentro de nosotros no obstaculizan la libertad. De hecho, son realmente el origen de la libertad plantada dentro de nosotros por Dios. En la segunda parte de esta serie sobre la libertad, examinaré estas inclinaciones y deseos naturales, y cómo la educación acerca de la libertad nos ayuda a desarrollar la disciplina y la virtud necesarias para cooperar con Dios y ser verdaderamente libres. ✴

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el Papa Juan Pablo ii llega a Phoenix. ARCHIVO CATHOLIC SUN

Juan Pablo cambio la Iglesia de Phoenix ▶ Continuado de la página 24

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Missy Franklin de ee.uu. al comienzo de la primera parte del 100 metros espalda durante los semi-finales el 29 de julio en los Juegos olímpicos en londres el 2012. Franklin, estudiante en regis Jesuit high School in Aurora, Colorado, gano la medalla de oro el siguiente día.

Nadadora dice que tener amigos ‘mejores del mundo,’ familia la mantiene humilde Por Julie Filby Catholic News Service

DENVER — Para la nadadora Missy Franklin, ascendente estudiante del cuarto año en la escuela secundaria Regis Jesuit en Aurora, “no hay nada como llevar una gorra con la bandera de mi país en esta.” “Siempre me acuerdo, sin embargo, que no solamente estoy representando Estados Unidos, sino también mi familia, amigos, equipo, escuela y Colorado.” Ella hizo esos comentarios a principios de este año en una entrevista tipo preguntas-respuestas con el Denver Catholic Register, periódico de la Arquidiócesis de Denver. Eso fue antes que ella ganara un lugar en el equipo olímpico femenino de natación de Estados Unidos, antes de ser medallista de oro. Catalogada primera en el mundo en los 200 metros libre y 200 metros espalda, primera en el país en los 100 metros libre y segunda en los 100 metros espalda, ella estaba todavía en esas posiciones unos meses antes de las pruebas de natación olímpica en Omaha, Nebraska. Ella recientemente había establecido un nuevo récord en el campeonato femenino de natación 5A de Colorado en Fort Collins. Sería subestimarlo decir que desde entonces muchas cosas le han sucedido a la nadadora de 6 pies 1 pulgada. Franklin, de 17 años de edad, una de las miembros más jóvenes del equipo de natación femenino, para el 2 de agosto ya había ganado dos medallas de oro y una de bronce. Ella tomó otra de oro el 3 de agosto en los 200 metros espalda establecimiento un nuevo récord mundial. Después que Franklin ganó la

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Missy Franklin de los ee.uu. con su medalla de oro el 30 de julio durante los Juegos olímpicos en londres del 2012.

medalla de oro en los 100 metros espalda femenino final el 30 de julio, la reportera Janice D’Arcy del Washington Post la llamó “una de las nuevas novias de Estados Unidos” y dijo que la adolescente “está rescribiendo el guion olímpico” con la forma en que ella y su familia han enfocado el entrenamiento de ella. A diferencia de tantos atletas, Franklin se ha quedado con el mismo entrenador que ha tenido desde la infancia y se ha mantenido parte de su mismo club de natación todos estos años, según D’Arcy. Cuando se trata de sus compañeros de equipo de escuela secundaria en Regis, Franklin dijo a The Register: “Me encanta nadar con mis hermanas de Regis Jesuit.” Franklin comenzó a nadar competitivamente cuando tenía 5 años de edad. Al preguntarle cómo se ha mantenido humilde con todo su éxito y la atención que ha atraído, Franklin dijo: “Tengo los mejores amigos y familiares en todo el mundo.”

“Me encanta estar con ellos y divertirnos. Mis amigos y yo hacemos todas las actividades usuales de secundaria, incluyendo ir a los bailes, a ver películas y de compras,” ella dijo. En casa ella y sus padres, Richard y D.A. Franklin “no hablamos de natación pero disfrutamos simplemente estando juntos,” dijo. El hogar Franklin incluye a Ruger, un malamute de Alaska de 8 años de edad. “Nos apoyamos mutuamente y disfrutamos excelentes momentos familiares, tales como acurrucarnos en el sofá, frente al fuego, viendo ‘The Sound of Music,’” dijo ella al Register. “Tengo el mejor sistema de apoyo en el mundo.” Franklin no es Católica, pero dijo que la vida como estudiante en una escuela operada por Jesuitas la tiene considerando unirse a la Iglesia. “Mis experiencias en Regis Jesuit absolutamente han impactado mi vida espiritual de tantas maneras. Estoy considerando convertirme al Catolicismo; actualmente soy protestante,” ella dijo. ✴

en el Veterans Memorial Coliseum. El Papa también celebró una Misa para cerca de 80,000 personas en el Estadio Sun Devil. Cerca de 10,000 personas sirvieron de voluntarios para los eventos. Más de una vez durante su visita, el Papa hizo mención de la celebración de la Exaltación de la Santa Cruz y de palabras del Segundo Consejo Vaticano el cual reforzó la naturaleza de la iglesia y su relación con el mundo contemporáneo. “Traer la luz de Cristo al mundo era lo más importante para el Papa Juan Pablo II. De modo que celebrar el 25vo. Aniversario de su visita es realmente apropiado,” dijo Missie D’Annouy, directora diocesana de la Oficina de Corresponsabilidad. Su oficina está trabajando con los archivos diocesanos y servirá de anfitrión para la celebración. Los asistentes a la Misa y a la recepción en el Centro Pastoral Diocesano, también podrán visitar la Capilla Virginia G. Piper, la cual se construyó como memorial de Juan Pablo II. Es el foco de atención del centro pastoral y contiene el altar, la silla y el facistol que el fallecido Papa usó. Vitrales — algunos ya instalados, otros en proceso — describen la vida y la influencia de Juan Pablo e incorporan a hombres y mujeres canonizados o beatificados por él. Algunos están relacionados con el ministerio de la diócesis. La Misa aniversaria también será una pre-apertura al Año de la Fe, que marca el 50vo. Aniversario del Segundo Consejo del Vaticano, y el cual proclamó que la actividad misionera es “una sagrada e importante tarea de la Iglesia.” “La obligación de continuar hacia delante con este trabajo descansa sobre la Iglesia completa y sobre cada uno de sus miembros,” dijo el fallecido

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Papa en la Catedral de San Simón y San Judas. Anne Wuycheck no estaba allí pero sí tuvo un encuentro con el papa en otras dos ocasiones durante su visita a Phoenix. Estaba en cuarto año en Xavier College Preparatory y sus padres eran amigos del Monseñor John McMahon, quién dirigió el comité ejecutivo que supervisó el viaje de Juan Pablo. “Estaba completamente emocionada en su presencia. Se sentía una gran intimidad,” dijo Wuycheck. En una multitud de cientos de miles, “miraba dentro de sus seres.” Dijo que esa experiencia cambió su vida de fe. Antes de la visita del papa a Phoenix, lo consideraba como un ser distante, una figura separada de la Iglesia. Ahora, a pesar de no haberle conocido personalmente, ve al papa beatificado como un antiguo amigo. Wuycheck recuerda haber escuchado el testimonia de Laurie Walsh durante una cena especial que se celebró en conmemoración del 20vo. Aniversario del viaje del Papa. Walsh recibió una bendición papal durante la Misa, la cual le fortaleció para buscar la sobriedad a partir de ese momento. El celebrar la vida y la fe que el Papa Juan Pablo II inspiraba no se limita a aquellos que vivían aquí durante su visita. Wuycheck dijo que no ha conocido a nadie que no halla sido afectado por su pontificado. “Todos teníamos una relación con él, no importa dónde viviéramos,” dijo. Su influencia también se extendió más allá de la fe Católica. Como ejemplo, 12 personas de diversas creencias religiosas comisionaron la estatua del Papa Juan Pablo II creada a tamaño natural, que hoy se encuentra en frente del Centro Pastoral Diocesano. ✴

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An ongoing look at parishes in the Phoenix Diocese.

The parish completed a novena to St. Clare Aug. 11, culminating with a Mass and luncheon. The Women’s Guild, which meets on the first Thursday of each month in the parish hall, recently installed its new officers. Guild members are preparing for their annual tea in October, a rummage sale and their Christmas Boutique featuring handmade items.

St. Clare of Assisi SURPRISE

WHAT’S UNIQUE? About 150-200 parishioners participate in Small Christian Communities. Groups of eight-12 people meet in neighborhoods or the parish hall to reflect on and discuss the upcoming Sunday readings during Advent and Lent. Some of the groups meet all year long. Coordinator Nancy Tesdahl said the groups are “an opportunity to create some friendships as well as to strengthen understanding of Catholic, Christian Scripture.” — Joyce Coronel

QUOTABLE I am very grateful for the great generosity and sacrifices of our parishioners who are building a strong community of faith, devotion and loving service in the manner of Christ and in the spirit of St. Clare of Assisi. This is a wonderful parish and I am enjoying the diversity of parishioners and their faith and kindness. — Fr. Hans Ruygt, pastor of St. Clare of Assisi

UPCOMING The Catholic Men’s Fellowship group is viewing and discussing the “Seven Deadly Sins — Seven Lively Virtues,” a series by Fr. Robert Barron, during the next several weeks. Meetings are held Saturday mornings at 7 a.m. The Italian Catholic Federation meets on the second Thursday of each month and is planning a barbecue for Oct. 20.

Founded: July 1, 2000 Founding pastor: Fr. John Coleman Address: 17111 W. Bell Road, Surprise Phone: (623) 546-3444 Pastor: Fr. Hans Ruygt Number of families: 3,673

Diocese of Phoenix CATHOLIC CEMETERIES and mortuaries (602)267-1329 In remembrance of those individuals interred in our Catholic Cemeteries for the month of July

St. Francis

Lia P. Partipilo

Donovan Michael Marigliano

Joshua C. Lindley

Ruth Flores Penunuri

Betty Jean McKeever

Anthony Stephen Masciangelo

2033 N. 48th St., Phoenix

Carmen Pereida

Raul Meza Murrieta

Taina Tupou Mesake

Angelee May Quinn

Helena Nizynski

Joseph P. Morris

Kathryn A. Reimer

Alberto Rodriguez

Rosa Navarro

Ernest Palmer Savittieri

Estefania Angelique Rodriguez

Jose Mendez Nazareno

Nancy Joan Scuderi

Angelito Orduno Roman

Gabriel Barrientos Rocha

Helen Steger

Rosa Hernandez Sanchaez

Rosalie Mary Sennett

Annette L. Stewart

Amelia Sernas

Alex T. Stachon

Christine Marie Sullivan

John Thomas Tallman

Lorraine Teeling

Julia A. Torregrossa

Lawrence J. Toschik

Franz J. Wagner

Adela S. Vasquez

Thomas J. Ereth

Frank George Zalonis

Patrick Mary Wrublik

Holy Redeemer Cemetery

Virginia Estrada

Holy Cross

Queen of Heaven

Cemetery and Mortuary

Sue Seidensticker Cannata

10045 W. Thomas Rd., Avondale

1500 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa

James H. Freel

William John Anderson

Robert J. Funk

Richard Henry Brooks

Gloria I. Armenta

Susan Elizabeth Garvin

Ezequiel J. Calles

Jose de Jesus Avila

Louise Margaret Kern

Lorene Garcia Castro

Riley Baldwin Benway

Henry Charles Klima

Jacinto Gregorio Cervantez

Patricia Burch

Daniel H. Lilly

Virginia Baca Cueto

Francis Louise Collins

Elfrieda Maria Katherina Sellers

Michael E. Danielewicz

Petra Escobedo Covarrubio

Philip W. Sweany

Francisca Pina de Limon

Christian David Diaz-Juarez

Jose Maria Tlapanco-Cuevas

Jose Cruz Esquivel

Kelly Ann Ellerman

Robert Andrew McComber

Liliana Vetyen Garcia

Micayla Lee Flygare

Calvary Cemetery

Santina Margaret Merin

Joseph Genova

Robin Maria Foss

Henry Rudolph Meza, Jr.

Robert J. Hink

Venus Mopera Fuentes

Mary Milligan

Baby Inzunza

Carmen Gamero

Dean Arthur Minton

Bernadine E. Kerr

Socorro Hernandez

Loretto Anne Norton

Judith L. Lassila

Hazel P. Kossman

Venancia Ochoa

Maria Diaz Lopez

Allyson Lavern Krafchak

Pauline Ortiz

Joseph Edward Lovato, Jr.

Mason Jedidiah Laik

700 N. Bill Gray Rd., Cottonwood

Rose Evelyn Pacinelli

William M. Manginelli

Jean Lindholm

James W. Hutchins

Cemetery and Mausoleum Sonjha D. Arriola Dora Culling Balderas Fernando Campos Virginia Cardenas Ernestine Carter Mary Jane Collier Elmer Phillip Couet Elaine Susan Deegan Mary A. Disilvestro

Betty C. Freeman Martha M. Garcia Robert K. Harris Ramiro Noe Jasso Dana F. Johnson Guy Nathaniel Johnson Kathryn Young Johnson Matilda Krznarich Mary Ellen Leavy Jovita R. Loera Mary J. Maffeo Adelita Martinez

Cemetery and Mausoleum

23015 N. Cave Creek Rd., Phoenix

201 W. University, Flagstaff Leroy G. Baca Selia Campa Soria Helen G. Sprawls

All Souls Cemetery

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Meetings and Classes

St. Anne Parish is hosting four

speakers in September to talk about the beauty of the Sacrament of Confession, including Dan Burke, executive director of National Catholic Register and co-host of EWTN’s Register Radio. All the talks, two in English and two in Spanish, will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Friday nights at St. Anne, 440 E. Gilbert Road in Gilbert. Sept. 7 (English): Dan Burke, executive director of the National Catholic Register and co-host of EWTN’s Register Radio, a convert from Judaism, who became a Protestant before entering the Catholic Church. Sept. 14 (Spanish): Fr. Sergio Fita, pastor of St. Anne’s. Sept. 21 (English): Fr. John Lankeit, rector of Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral. Sept. 28 (Spanish): Fr. Juan Miguel Cano, associate pastor of St. Anne’s. Info: call Sherry Boas at (602) 920-2846. “Adventures

Matthew”

24 week sessions, Mondays 7-9 p.m., Sept. 24, or Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m., Sept. 25. Also “Adventures in Acts” 20-week session, Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m., Sept. 25, St. Theresa Parish, 5000 E. Thomas Road. with renowned Catholic Bible scholar, Jeff Cavins. Cost of materials: $26. Info: mary.muir@cox.net or (602) 840-0850. More: www. biblestudyforcatholics.com. “A Quick Journey through the

Bible,” 8-week introduction to the entire Bible, 7-8:30 p.m. or 1-2:45 p.m., Sept. 26, Wednesdays, St. Theresa Parish, 5000 E. Thomas Road. No previous Bible study is expected. Some outside work. Cost of materials: $20. Info: mary.muir@ cox.net or (602) 840-0850. More: www.biblestudyforcatholics.com. Arizona Ecumenical Institute for Spiritual Directors is registering candidates for a training program

at the Franciscan Renewal Center, 5802 E. Lincoln Ave. in Scottsdale. Courses are open to all interested in deepening their spirituality. OASIS is a program of discernment of one’s spiritual path. Info: call Marilyn Bever at (480) 948-0707 ext. 124. Retreats

“Disabilities, Building Fabulous

Worship

Padre Pio Prayer Group, 10th Anniversary, 11 a.m., Sept. 23, Mass celebrated by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Parish, 10755 N. 124th St., Scottsdale, with sacred relics. Dinner and music will follow in the parish center. Tickets: $35 per person, sold in parish office. Info: (480) 661-9843.

Foundations of Faith Part II: The Journey of Grace”, Aug. 17-19, Living Water Retreat Center in Cornville; open to any person aged 18 or over who has a developmental or intellectual disability. Download registration forms at www.blessedsacramentscotts.org. Info: call Larry Fraher at (480) 998-1665 or email: lfraher@blessedsacramentscotts.org.

Arizona Catholic Singles, Birthday Party Celebration, 6:30-8 p.m., Aug. 25, Organ Stop, 1149 E. Southern Ave., Sing-along music. RSVP: Debbie at (480) 837-9449 or Kris (480) 786-8883.

Women

Arizona Catholic Singles, Mass

Challenge

Weekend

Retreat sponsored by Christians in Commerce, Sept. 14-15, Holy Spirit Parish, open to all women wanting to grow in their faith. Cost: $75; includes meals. Info: call Jennifer at (480) 917-0830 or www.christiansincommerce.org. “Come and See” Day of Reflection, hosted by the Sisters of the Precious Blood, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sept. 15, St. Paul Parish, 330 W. Coral Gables Dr., on vocation to consecrated life, open to women ages 18-40. Registration deadline: Sept. 12. Info: contact Sr. Yarger at vocations@ preciousbloodsistersdayton.org. Vocation Discernment Retreat,

Oct. 12-14, Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery, 8502 W. Pinchot; for single women and men 18-49 who are interested in learning more about Vowed Religious Life. Info: contact Sr. Jean Steffes, CSA, at (602) 354-2006 or jsteffes@diocesephoenix.org or contact Margo Gonzalez at (602) 354-2005 or mgonzal@diocesephoenix.org. Rachel’s

Vineyard

Weekend

Retreat, Oct. 19-21, Sister Peter’s House of Prayer in Prescott, for women and men struggling with the psychological or spiritual pain of abortion. Cost: $150. Some partial scholarships are available. All communication and participation is strictly confidential. For information about the symptoms of post-abortion trauma, visit www.rachelsvineyard.org. Info: call Deb at (928) 7139504 or email rvrpvaz@gmail.com. Women of Grace, one day conference with Johnnette Benkovic and Fr. Edmund Sylvia, Oct. 20, St. Timothy Parish, 1730 W. Guadalupe Rd. All women are welcome. Cost: $45 includes lunch. Register at www.sttimothymesa.org.

Singles

and Brunch, 10:15 a.m.-2 p.m., Aug. 26, St. Patrick Parish, 10815 N. 84th St., just north of Shea Blvd., with brunch to follow at Mimi’s Café. Info: call Patrick at (480) 898-7424 or (480) 371-8856. Catholic

Retreat

for

Young

Singles, 21-40? 5:30 p.m., Sept. 14-16, Mount Claret Retreat Center, 4633 N. 54th St., a weekend of reflection, devotion, and fellowship. Registration $95. Info: contact Gabe at (623) 466-2070 or asu04grad@gmail.com. Multi-Parish Singles offers an

event-filled calendar each month, including Sundays at Kiwanis Park; c’mon out for a strictly-funand-exercise evening, including all-skill-levels-laidback volleyball, followed by dining-out nearby. Info: call Mike at (480) 839-9790 or visit www.multiparishsingles.org. Entertainment

“Late

Nite

Catechism

III:

‘Til Death Do Us Part,” 8 p.m., Aug. 24., St. Andrew Parish. All profits go to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Orphanage in Jeremie, Haiti. Info: www.standrew-cfc.org. Julie Hoy Concert, 7 p.m., Sept. 8, Corpus Christi Parish, 3550 E. Knox Road, Phoenix. Songwriter, singer, musician, author and inspirational speaker. Many lives have been touched by her ministry. Free will offering will be taken. Info: call Dena at (480) 882-8164.

and special door prizes. Fashions and jewlery will be available for purchase. Public is welcome. Info: (623) 974-5867. Octoberfest, Old Car Show and Dancing 5-9 p.m., Oct.19, noon-10 p.m., dancing 7-10 p.m., Oct. 20, noon-6 p.m., Live and Silent Auction, Oct. 21, St. Luke Parish, 19644 N. 7th Ave. Rides, food, rummage, crafts, and bingo.

Donate your vehicle to St. Vincent

de Paul which accepts cars, boats, motor homes, trailers and motorcycles and free up space in your garage. Info: 1-800-322-8284. Leave a legacy by including St. Vincent de Paul in your will or estate plan. There are many options and plans available. Info: call Shannon Clancy at (602) 261-6814 or visit www.stvincentdepaul.net.

This and That

St. Mary’s High School Band

Fundraiser for Ireland Trip, 2-5 p.m., Aug. 19, Tim Finnegan’s Irish Restaurant, 9201 N. 29th Ave., Phoenix, needs help raising funds to go perform in Ireland for a St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Free food, music, silent auctions, and donate toward the trip. Info: call Carol Mellis at (602) 301-3641. “What Is the Catholic Vision

of Sexuality?” Open House with Monica Breaux, Ph.D., MSW, 7 p.m., Aug. 21, Knights of Columbus Hall at 644 E. Chandler Blvd., Chandler; will answer this question. Public invited. Refreshments will be served. Info: (480) 963-4372. Mesa Community College GED

Program offering adult morning and evening classes in English and Spanish, 165 N. Centennial Way, 1st Floor, Suite 101, Mesa. Info: (480) 461-6200. Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Summer volunteers needed for opportunities to fit your abilities and interests. Info: (602) 261-6870 or (602) 261-6886 (Spanish) or visit www.stvincentdepaul.net.

The Casa

All events held at the Franciscan Renewal Center, 5802 E. Lincoln Dr., Scottsdale. Information, (480) 948-7460. The Art of Effective Parenting with Gabrielle Lawrence, Ph.D., Wednesdays, 7-9 p.m., Sept. 19 through Oct. 10. Fee per person $80, includes materials. Register online: www.thecasa.org or call (480) 9487460, ext.151. Reasons and Seasons of the Heart, a weekend retreat with Fr. Joseph Schwab, OFM, MTS, Oct. 5-7. While reflecting on the lives of Francis and Clare, Fr. Joe will follow the development of the Franciscan tradition. Fee per person including meals:$130; with lodging $215 single, $165 Double/per person. Register online: www.thecasa.org or call (480) 948-7460, ext.151. The Process of Forgiveness: A Si-

lent Retreat, with Father William Meninger, OCSO, Nov. 9-11, with several optional periods of 20-minute meditation. Fee per person including meals: $130; with lodging $215 single, $165 double per person. Register online: www.thecasa. org or call (480) 948-7460, ext.151.

The Bishop’s Hour Listen to The Bishop’s Hour hosted by Michael Dixon live at 11 a.m. on Mondays on 1310 AM in Phoenix.

“Gently Used Fashion Show,”

sponsored by St. Clement of Rome Women’s Guild, 10 a.m., Sept. 28, Father Earl D’Eon Hall, 15800 Del Webb Blvd., Sun City. Cost: $5 by Sept. 24. There will be a light lunch

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