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As the holiday shopping season draws to a close, shoppers might want to keep a couple more things in mind. Don’t worry; they won’t cost a thing. The Charitable Tax Credit and Private Education Tax Credit give state taxpayers a chance to direct monies directly to local charitable organizations and local Catholic education. Donors who itemize their deductions and send money directly to a charitable agency — like the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Foundation for Senior Living or Catholic Charities Community Services — will get that same amount back on their tax return. There’s a maximum of $400 for married couples and $200 for single filers. Taxpayers can also get back as much as $500 for single or $1,000 — See CHARITABLE page 11 ▶

Community welcomes refugees to new home By J.D. Long-García The Catholic Sun

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Honor Your Mother Thousands gather to celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe By Gina Keating The Catholic Sun

artha Morales was one of several thousand dancers moving in rhythmic time through the streets of downtown Phoenix Dec. 3 to honor Mary. Her bright yellow costume was a stark contrast against the backdrop of the gray winter sky, and of the striped uniform she formerly wore as an inmate in Maricopa County Jail. It was there that Morales experienced her first miracle from Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the

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Phoenix Diocese and the Mother of Americas. “I was praying and then I smelled roses, and I knew in my heart it was Mary,” Morales said. “She came to tell me she loved me and was with me.” Morales and the group of 45 dancers from Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral joyously danced for love, peace and hope during the sixth annual “Honor Your Mother” celebration. Morales said she is keeping her promise to Our Lady following her release from jail: “to dance for her until my feet won’t move any more.” — See THOUSANDS page 13 ▶

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Daily Mass LAKE HAVASU CITY — In an effort to make Mass part of the daily foundation for area Catholics, Fr. Chauncey Winkler, pastor at Our Lady of the Lake Parish, began offering the weekday liturgy in the evening Nov. 28. Daily Mass is at 5:30 p.m. through Holy Week. Previously, the parish offered an 8:30 a.m. daily Mass with a 5:30 p.m. Mass and Evening Prayer on Wednesdays. Church research award Crosier Father Francis Sheets, who assisted at Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery and area parishes, was honored posthumously with the Fr. Louis

J. Luzbetak, SVD, Award for Exemplary Church Research. The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate presented it last month. Fr. Sheets created and installed parish information systems across the country, conducted research and analysis to benefit the Church and created national studies focused on the retirement rate of nuns and the cost of seminary. Treasures for Life MESA — The East Valley ProLife Alliance held its “Treasures for Life” boutique, garage sale and silent auction Nov. 19. The alliance is a newly formed nonprofit aimed at more fully engaging the East Valley in local and national

Mother’s Grace SCOTTSDALE — Mother’s Grace, a foundation that supports moms facing devastating tragedy, held a holiday brunch Dec. 1 to celebrate its accomplishments this year. Milestones include sponsoring African refugee children with a mix of financial and practical needs, a handful of grants to moms who transformed their personal tragedy into grace-filled action and empowering 18 Catholic school classrooms to support two Catholic classrooms affected by the Gulf Coast oil spill. Mother’s Grace received its nonprofit status last year and helps moms start nonprofits or charities to help others in need. Sharing trees, light GILBERT — St. Mary Magdalene Parish families decorated 525 one-foot Christmas trees, one for each family. The trees will be donated for patients at East Valley hospitals. The parish also constructed 14-foot, plywood Advent candles to draw attention to the church during the liturgical season. ✴

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. bishops’ prolife spokeswoman said she was relieved that the Obama administration has decided not to allow the Plan B One-Step “morning-after pill” to be sold without a prescription to those under 17. “Luckily, things did not go from bad to even worse,” Deirdre McQuade, assistant director for policy and communications at the USCCB Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, told Catholic News Service Dec. 8. “We’re pleased that they did not expand access to this very powerful drug.”

A joint letter that deals with immigration and the plight of undocumented workers was signed by 33 Hispanic bishops from around the United States and made public Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. “We the undersigned Hispanic/Latino Bishops of the United States wish to let those of you who lack proper authorization to live and work in our country know that you are not alone or forgotten,” the letter read. “We open our arms and hearts to you, and we receive you as members of our Catholic family.” ▶ For the full story: bit.ly/immigration-121511

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Scottsdale parishioner promotes organ donation SCOTTSDALE — Of the nearly 2,200 people waiting for an organ across Arizona, some 72 percent need a kidney. Donor Network of Arizona found one man a match just in time. He already lost one kidney and was on the verge of losing the other two-and-a-half years ago, shortly before a woman died in T-bone car accident. The woman, a parishioner at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, was a registered organ donor. Her kidney was the only useable organ following the impact. She simply thought organ donation was something worth doing, said Bill Hosking, her husband. So did he and the couple registered years ago when they renewed their driver’s license together. Donors can also register online.

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elect Valley theaters began a two-week run Dec. 9 of a 3-D animated film depicting the struggles of life and the hope maintained through the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The film is playing — in either English or Spanish — at AMC Westgate 20 in Glendale, AMC Mesa Grande 24 and at AMC Arizona Center 24 in Phoenix. ▶ For the full story: bit.ly/miracle-121511

Teaching Mass fosters young adult faith By Monique Zatcoff The Catholic Sun

As Catholics tune into the sayings of Mass because of the Roman Missal revisions, Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares and Fr. Matt Henry dedicated their time Dec. 6 to help young adults develop a deeper understanding of the parts of Mass. Nearly 50 young adults gathered for the evening at St. Mary’s Basilica, the second event in Theology on Tap PHX’s [Advent]ageous series. ▶ For the full story: bit.ly/miracle-121511

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avier Bravo grew up in Yuma in a devout Catholic family, the youngest of seven children born to parents who immigrated from Mexico. He spent six years in the seminary for the Diocese of Tucson, but then felt God leading him in a different direction. Bravo taught Spanish at Yuma Catholic High School, simultaneously earning a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. Still unsure of his vocation, he entered the novitiate with the Discalced Carmelite Friars in San Jose, Calif. “I grew in knowledge of the Church’s spirituality and traditions, and the Carmelite tradition,” Bravo said. “It was wonderful formation, but I definitely wanted to return to active ministry.” Four years ago, Bravo married. He’s spent the last three years teaching second- and third-year Spanish at Bourgade Catholic High School. Last September, Bravo earned a second master’s degree in educational administration. Bravo’s classroom philosophy is straightforward: Keep careful track

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of students, and take time to work with those who might be struggling. “There’s no reason they should fail,” Bravo said. “Different things work with different students.” He’s always looking for innovative ways to help kids learn Spanish. Currently, Bravo is using an approach that combines reading, vocabulary and storytelling. Students in his classes speak Spanish about 80 percent of the time. Bravo said he appreciates the atmosphere of faith and community that he finds at Bourgade, but he also has a genuine love for students and helping them see God at work in their lives. “When you take your simple, everyday calculus homework assignment and realize that in doing that there’s a great opportunity for holiness — that is something we can only understand through the Catholic scope of how we live our faith,” Bravo said.

Quotable: “You have to be flexible…we have to teach the kids who are in front of us. That’s very much the way I look at it. Sometimes it means redoing the whole thing and when the end of the day comes, my lesson plan was totally different.” Take away: “Catholic education is something that should be very vital to us as a Catholic community. It’s not an addendum — it really should be a natural flow…”

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Bishop Murry to be homilist at 20th annual MLK Mass By Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun

Catholics from throughout the Phoenix Diocese will gather to honor the faith and civil rights efforts of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 16 at St. Mary’s Basilica in downtown Phoenix. Youngstown Bishop George V. Murry, SJ, will be the homilist at the 20th annual Mass, organized by the Office of Black Catholic Ministry. Kit Marshall, director of the office, said the yearly MLK Mass is a way to honor the work of a man who battled segregation and discrimination. It’s a cause for which Marshall, 71, has great sympathy. Back in 1962, he was a 22-year-old college graduate who had just been commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He had to travel from Cleveland to San Antonio to report for duty. Marshall could not get a hotel room in Kansas. “I was so upset,” Marshall said. “I drove to Dallas and found some black people who told me where I could find a motel.” Later, when he was assigned to Fort Benning in Georgia, he and

group of fellow officers — all of them white — walked across the street to have brunch. After standing around in the lobby for 20 minutes and not being seated, the manager finally told them, “We can’t allow you to integrate us.” For some Americans, the wounds inflicted by segregation and racism are merely historical detail. For Marshall, it’s deeply personal. “This had to be brought to everybody’s attention,” Marshall said. “Dr. King had a movement based on Jesus Christ and he attracted people from different religions to assist him.” Catholic priests and religious sisters participated in some of King’s marches. “It was movement that changed this country,” Marshall said. Darren Handy has memorized King’s entire 20-minute “I Have a Dream” speech and will deliver it in the hour prior to the Martin Luther King Jr. Mass. “It’s an awesome opportunity to come together in the Catholic faith with diversity,” Handy said. “We have young, old, black, white, Hispanics — it’s just to celebrate the understanding that we are in unity with one another and fulfilling God’s purpose.” ✴

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Archbishop for Military Services to be Red Mass homilist By Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun

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Lawyers, judges, lawmakers and other public officials will gather to pray for guidance from the Holy Spirit at the yearly Red Mass 5:30 p.m. Jan. 24 at St. Mary’s Basilica. The St. Thomas More Society, a lay organization of attorneys, hosts the Mass that traditionally marks the opening of the Arizona Legislative s e s s i o n . Archbishop for Military S er v i ce s Timothy P. Archbishop Broglio Broglio will be the guest homilist this year. The archbishop, a canon lawyer who worked in the Vatican’s diplomatic corps, visited Arizona last month to celebrate the Phoenix Diocese’s first-ever Red, White and Blue Mass in honor of Veteran’s Day. Charged with the pastoral care of Catholics in the United States military, Archbishop Broglio resides in Washington, D.C., but visits Veterans Affairs Medical Centers around the country and U.S. military installations throughout the world. Chief Judge Norman L. Miller, of the Arizona Court of Military Appeals, a Desert Storm I veteran who retired after 22 years in the U.S. Navy, said the Red Mass this year will be especially significant. “This year’s Red Mass will be particularly meaningful to retired and active duty members of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of

Red Mass 5:30 p.m., Jan. 24 at St. Mary’s Basilica, 231 N. Third St. The Red Mass is sponsored by the St. Thomas More Soceity. For more information, call (602) 354-2391 the U.S. Military Services, the legal branch of the services,” Miller said. Miller, who was a senior judge in the Navy-Marine Corps Trial Judiciary, lauded Archbishop Broglio’s service to God and country. “In American society, members of the armed forces are frequently regarded as twice a citizen — honoring their civilian as well as military contribution to the good of our country,” Miller said. “[Archbishop Broglio] is thrice a citizen by adding his dedicated spirituality to his civic and military life.” Alan Tavassoli, president of the St. Thomas More Society, said the Red Mass is an important occasion for Catholic attorneys. “It’s a chance for lawyers to get together and reaffirm not only their professional duties and their oaths but to join together in faith and celebrate the fact that we are Catholic lawyers,” Tavassoli said. “We have a mission to the outside world to present our Catholicism in a way that fits with our profession and also to have that feed our faith as well.” Donna Killoughey is a longtime member of the St. Thomas More Society and is helping to organize the upcoming Red Mass. “It’s always a great blessing to bring the members of the community together to focus on legislation for the upcoming year and to pray for guidance,” Killoughey said. The Red Mass was first celebrated during the Middle Ages, when the faithful gathered to invoke the inspiration of the Holy Spirit upon those charged with the administration of justice. ✴

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John Paul II biographer to visit Phoenix By Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun

George Weigel, who penned an international best-selling biography on Blessed John Paul II, will speak Jan. 28 at Xavier College Preparatory’s Center for the Performing Arts. Weigel’s appearance will serve to raise funds for the John Paul II Resource Center, which Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted established in 2006. Weigel’s talk, “John Paul II and the Dark Side,” will explore how the former Soviet Union’s KGB and other secret intelligence agencies tried to discredit the late pontiff and eliminate him from the world stage. The John Paul II Resource Center operates out of the Diocesan Pastoral Center as a teaching wing of the Office of Marriage, Family Life and Respect Life. The center provides education and training to parishes, schools, and other groups to integrate John Paul II’s Theology of the Body into the catechetical life of the Church. Katrina Zeno, coordinator of the center, speaks on the Theology of the Body all over the world. She also spends quite a bit of time within the Phoenix Diocese training adults and young people. From July 2010 to July 2011, for example, she gave 114 talks locally, serving more than 1,500 people. From Catholic high school students to adult formation classes, retreats, conferences and women’s groups, Zeno reaches a broad range of Catholics with a passionate defense of the beauty of the Church’s teaching on human sexuality and the dignity of the human person. She holds a degree in theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville and is the cofounder of Women of the Third Millennium, a means to educate

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Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who later became Pope Benedict XVI, greets Pope John Paul II during a ceremony at the Vatican in this Feb. 6, 2004, ﬁle photo.

George Weigel: John Paul II and the Dark Side 7-9:30 p.m., Jan. 28, Xavier College Preparatory’s Performing Arts Center, 4710 N. 5th St. For more information, call (602) 354-2179. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased on the web: www.JohnPaulKGB.com

women on John Paul II’s writings on women. Zeno said Weigel’s presentation will show how God is intimately involved in human history. “This indeed is a very special event, one that could bless the diocese for years to come — and bring many people to a deeper encounter with God through the way He acts in history,” Zeno said. Weigel’s appearance on behalf of the John Paul II Resource Center is sure to draw a crowd. The internationally acclaimed speaker, syndicated columnist and theologian has authored or edited some 20 books. He’s been awarded 13 honorary doctoral degrees as well as the papal cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontiﬁce and the Gloria Artis Gold Medal

from the Republic of Poland. His book “The End and the Beginning,” published in 2010, explains how “a determined pope” and “an equally determined enemy” faced off in what he describes as “one of the epic struggles of modern history in the last century.” The book was written as a sequel to the international bestseller, “Witness to Hope,” but stands on its own as a portrait of John Paul II’s battle against communism. “Among the enemies of Soviet communism, real and imagined, none was more feared by the KGB and its predecessors than the Catholic Church,” Weigel wrote. “Communism and Catholicism could not peacefully coexist. In a confrontation extending over the medium and long haul of history, someone was going to win and someone was going to lose.” “The John Paul II Resource Center continues the legacy of Blessed John Paul II in our diocese by integrating the Theology of the Body into every level of catechesis from ‘womb to tomb,’” Zeno said. The work of the center is funded by private donations. Zeno hosts an event each January to support the center’s efforts. ✴

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Leadership symposium to train leaders in ministry, catechesis By Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun

The Kino Institute is sponsoring a one-day symposium and threeday leadership conference to train parish leaders in catechesis and pastoral outreach . The three-day conference begins Jan. 12 and is aimed at laity and people in leadership positions within parishes. Seven different tracks are available during the conference, which will feature speakers from around the country. Eric Westby, director of Parish Leadership Credentialing and Certification through the Kino

Leadership Conference Jan. 12-14, 2012, $199 if received by Dec. 9; $225 thereafter; begins at 6.30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 12. Catechetical Symposium 9 a.m. to noon, Jan. 11, 2012; $15. Both events take place at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, 400 E. Monroe St. in Phoenix, and are sponsored by the Kino Institute. For information, visit www.kinoinstitute.org or call (602) 354-2384.

Institute, said those who attend the leadership conference can choose from children’s catechesis, youth evangelization, young adult ministry, RCIA/adult formation, pastoral care of the sick, marriage and

respect life tracks. “They will receive specialized formation,” Westby said. “They’ll meet people from different parishes, so it’s a networking opportunity, too.”

Ryan Hanning, director of Family Catechesis for the Phoenix Diocese, said the conference will be a good opportunity not only for those who already work in ministry, but also for those who may be interested in such a role. “The Kino Leadership Conference continues to be one of the premier catechetical conferences for active and aspiring leaders,” Hanning said. “This conference equips leaders with the foundation and skills they need to successfully serve in parish life, and to grow in the love and service of the Lord.” Andrea Diaz, who leads youth ministry at Blessed Sacrament

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SCOTTSDALE — The Bioethics Defense Fund, a public interest law firm that specializes in legislation, litigation and education in defense of human life, honored the editor of The National Review Online Nov. 18. Kathryn Jean Lopez received this year’s “Witness for Life” award before 200 people gathered at the organization’s fifth annual fundraiser. She called the Bioethics Defense Fund “a beacon of light in the midst of this culture of death.” “BDF is part of a cultural reconstruction in a culture gradually realizing it’s so over the sexual revolution,” she said, adding that many young people want more than modern culture has to offer. Lopez lauded the Catholic Academy for Life Leadership, a formation group for high school teens in the Diocese of Phoenix. CALL teaches the principles of the Theology of the Body and bioethics, and some of the teens who have participated in the program attended the fundraiser. “We try to use the deep Christian tradition of natural law and human reason,” said Nikolas Nikas, president and general counsel of the BDF. Dorinda Bordlee, BDF’s senior counsel, spoke about legislative efforts involving conscience rights, human cloning and embryo research. She highlighted ultrasounds for women seeking abortions so they “can see the beauty of their unborn child.” BDF helped develop and enact legislation that requires doctors — using a script — to inform women of their right to view ultrasound images of their unborn child prior to an abortion. The legislation also requires that women be informed of their right to ask for a print-out of the images. “We wrote the script,” she said, “so they can’t call it tissue or cells.” ✴

Parish in Tolleson, said she’s looking forward to the event. “It will be refreshing for us as leaders,” Diaz said. “We have to remember that we’re also students and we need to grow in our faith to be better leaders in whatever ministry whether it be as director of religious education or youth ministry.” The separate, one-day Jan. 11 academic symposium is intended for clergy and Kino faculty. James Pauley, STL, will give a presentation exploring the relationship between 20th century liturgical changes and catechesis. Pauley is working on a dissertation on that topic for Mundelein College. ✴

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Adoring, perpetually: Novice takes ﬁrst vows as Poor Clare By Ambria Hammel The Catholic Sun

TONOPAH — There’s an overwhelming silence when visitors get out of their car at Our Lady of Solitude Monastery. The end of miles of rocky roads seemingly in the middle of nowhere has something to do with it, but more so does being on a property devoted to God 24/7. The five Poor Clare Sisters of Perpetual Adoration who live there have that same silence in their hearts, confident they’re living God’s will. That’s especially true for Sr. John-Mark Maria of St. Peter the Apostle. The 33-year-old from Ohio made her first holy profession of vows Dec. 12. “I have this underlying peace that I’ve never had before,” Sr. John-Mark Maria told The Catholic Sun three weeks prior. She said some level of doubt, fear and a feeling of unworthiness was at the surface, but thanks to a period of formation, she’s no longer unsettled. That’s how she felt while serving the Church in a few roles since college. A new pastor enlightened her understanding of the Church and Sr. John-Mark Maria spent six years as director of religious education. “Sometimes I was taken aback for getting a paycheck for what I

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did — bringing young people to the Lord and having them bring me closer in return,” Sr. John-Mark Maria said. The cradle Catholic suffered from burnout and spent a year traveling with National Evangelization Team, or NET Ministries. She attended World Youth Day in 2002 and then spent four years in campus ministry in Ohio. “I realized I was doing the Lord’s work, but I wasn’t doing His will,” she admitted. Meanwhile, another effort to build a retreat center on some land she owned was in the works. “I would drive out to the land and just sit, but I didn’t have any peace,” the Poor Clare sister said. A random Internet search — she dubbed herself a technological dinosaur — led Sr. John-Mark Maria to the Dominican and Poor Clare sisters in 2008. The rest is history starting with one-day, three-

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Poor Clare Sister John-Mark Maria of St. Peter the Apostle took her ﬁrst vows Dec. 12. She said she is “ready to keep accepting” God’s grace.

day and five-day visits in Arizona. She formally entered as a postulant Jan. 3, 2009. “I’m ready to keep accepting His grace to move forward in this,” Sr. John Mark-Maria said during her final weeks of wearing an all-white veil. Since the Dec. 12 liturgy when she made her first profession of vows, Sr. John-Mark Maria has donned a new habit. It’s now black with a white interior. “The black is the outside that you’re dead to the world. The universal white shows that your hope

is heaven,” she explained. During the Mass, Sr. John-Mark Maria also put her hands in those of Sr. Marie André, mother superior, read the vows, and received a profession crucifix. “That’s very anti-world. Who nowadays says they’re going to give up their belongings, marriage, children?” Sr. Marie André told The Catholic Sun. “When you give up those things, you’re able to see the Lord is actually giving you freedom and you return to focus on Him. He removes roadblocks,” the mother

superior said. She made her first vows in 1997, a time that seems like yesterday, she said. Sr. John-Mark Maria will continue her discernment for five more years with the opportunity to take a second set of simple vows next December. Fr. Don Kline, who presided over the Mass and happens to be a third cousin to Sr. John-Mark Maria, said she has many characteristics necessary for anyone serious about their relationship with God. “Her genuine warmth and concern for others stems from her servant’s heart,” he said. “She truly cares about the other person, no matter their age or state in life. She just wants you to feel loved and appreciated.” He said it’s easy to see the Christ in her and admires her steadfast resolve to do His will. It wasn’t easy amid the Poor Clare’s move from Black Canyon City to Tonopah last year and ongoing building efforts. As for the sister herself, she’s excited to continue formation, especially come January when two women are staying for their first formal discernment visit. She knows the trio will be an asset to each other. Interest in life as a Poor Clare is high enough that the sisters are looking to add a third three-day discernment retreat to the 2012 calendar. ✴

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for married couples if they direct their money to Catholic Education Arizona. The deadline is Dec. 31. Catholic Charities “We help vulnerable individuals and families access resources that many of us take for granted,” said Laura Toussaint-Newkirk of Catholic Charities Community Services. The agency touched the lives of more than 94,000 people throughout central and northern Arizona last year. Its array of programs help clients who are living in or vulnerable to poverty access housing, education, livable wages, health benefits and positive role models. That includes a small business owner in Cottonwood who took a finance and development class through Catholic Charities. She was able to work with the utility company to catch up on bills, repair her credit and plan for the future. “She needed tools to cope with her financial struggles, many of which were new to her since the economy turned sour,” ToussaintNewkirk said. Society of St. Vincent de Paul The charitable tax credit helps St. Vincent de Paul’s array of clients — whether it’s through the medical or dental clinic, dining rooms or thrift stores. Cindy Sanchez is in the jobs program. Mock interviews and computer access helped her secure a caregiver position and Sanchez hopes to start nursing classes to better support her two children and niece. The program also helped her secure work attire and gas cards while staff members tend to her morale. “They were always encouraging, like my cheerleaders every time I’m down,” Sanchez said. It was a message of “God has a vision for everyone. When the time is right, it will happen.” She doesn’t overlook other goodwill gestures either, noting laundry detergent she receives from St. Vincent de Paul. She also touted the ministry to the homeless. They can take showers, get clothes and meals — 1.2 million were served throughout the Valley last year — all without judgment, she said. Michael, a former St. Vincent de Paul client, couldn’t agree more. He said staff and volunteers treated him like a human being and knew him by name. A staff member, after nearly a year, asked when he would stop living under a bridge and quit drugs. With that simple motivation and a network of resources, Michael is now employed full-time, reconciled with his mother after 25 years and in school to become a science teacher. Carmen Grado Hernandez is also well on her way to success.

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St. Vincent de Paul’s conferences of charity at the parish level gave some $9.5 million in direct financial aid for rent, utilities, medical care and other necessities this year. For once, her family was not on that list. “You’re so glad when you can do it on your own,” Hernandez said. She didn’t need one of the 370,000 food boxes that volunteer Vincentians delivered either. “I think I’d be in a world of hurt if they hadn’t stepped in,” she said. The volunteer-based agency couldn’t step in for everyone though. Steve Zabilski, executive director of St. Vincent de Paul, said while virtually all of its ministries have seen increased demand, the local conferences felt it the most. “Some are so overwhelmed with the numbers of individuals and families who are seeking assistance, that it is simply impossible for our volunteer Vincentians to respond to all the requests they receive,” Zabilski said. “We do our very best, but the need has never been greater than it is right now.” Foundation for Senior Living Guy Mikkelsen, executive director of the Foundation for Senior Living, agreed. This marks his 44th year in social work and, by far, the toughest. It’s the perfect storm of factors, including social trends, budget reductions at the state level and impasses at the federal level. The Foundation for Senior Living eliminated 15 positions last year and continued a salary freeze to help make ends meet. The foundation’s work in real estate development and other diverse revenue sources sustained the organization, which builds

affordable senior housing and is heavily involved in home weatherization. It also renovates multi-family apartment facilities, including one in Prescott that serves families at or below 50 percent of local income. Seniors remain the agency’s focus though. Roughly half of seniors need help with daily activities, like eating dressing or bathing. The foundation served 29,000 people last year, a population slightly smaller than the town of Queen Creek. Its services span much of the state, whether it’s home health care, affordable housing, adult day heath services — including a new program in Scottsdale — home improvement or caregiver training. Catholic Education Arizona Thanks to the 13,000 individual donors and 32 corporations who took advantage of the private education tax credit last year, 5,000 students across the diocese received a total of $12.5 million in tuition assistance from Catholic Education Arizona. That included Carmen Grado Hernandez’s children, who transferred to the Catholic school system because they tested above grade average and needed a greater academic challenge. Her son graduated from St. Matthew last year and her daughter, with some scholarship help from Catholic Education Arizona, is in the sixth grade. Hernandez clearly sees a difference in their education and demeanor. She doesn’t have to push them to do homework like she did with her older children. They’re self-motivated, more respectful and have developed their morals. “They’re the ones that teach me to understand the Bible,” Hernandez said. Catholic school graduates are more likely to carry on the faith in their families and in local ministries, according to Paul Mulligan, executive director of Catholic Education Arizona. “By redirecting tax dollars to help students attend our Catholic schools, donors are paving the way for a child to not just thrive academically, or develop athletically, but to grow spiritually — ultimately, to serve society and transform culture,” Mulligan said. “Catholic schools are uniquely able to develop the whole person.” They also save the state up to $50 million in public education costs. The private education tax credit is capped at $1,000 for married couples and $500 for single filers. When combined with the charitable tax credit, that’s a possible total gift — which comes back in full to the donor — of $700 for single filers and $1,400 for married couples. The agencies cherish smaller amounts just the same. Like what Sanchez said when she got laundry detergent from St. Vincent de Paul, “that little bit helps a lot.”✴

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There’s running water. There’s electricity. Most importantly, there’s safety. It may not seem like much, but after living in a refugee camp in Rwanda for 10 years, Diodone Nsabumwami and his family have found a place to call their own. “It’s a good life. We have food stamps,” his wife, Mugasha, said. “The kids go to school every day — the schools are better than they are in refugee camps.” There’s no problems, see — they have food, shelter‚ a toilet that flushes. This is a good life. This isn’t a refugee camp of 18,000, and it certainly isn’t Congo. Mugasha took out a photo of a shallow grave. A plain wooden cross sticks out of a mound of dirt. Her brother lays here. He was killed in the war, she said. Their homeland is site to one of the deadliest conflicts since World

War II. More than five million have lost their lives because of a war which began in 1998. The violence continues. Around 1,200 die each day, mostly from disease, in the aftermath of the war. “They had nothing. We have everything and yet we want more,” said St. Jerome eighth-grader An Luu. Each year, Rose Mischke’s eighth-graders organize a dinner to raise money for refugee families. This year, they raised $29,000 and have “adopted” the Nsabumwami family from Congo, as well as the Elias family from Iraq. The money helps pay the rent and acclimate families with things like a water cooler and shoes. Thousands of dollars also go to places like St. Vincent de Paul and Maggie’s Place. The students visit refugee families after school on Fridays. They play with the children, share what they know and even sit down for a bite to eat. This helps families further accli-

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mate and helps students learn about foreign cultures. “When you see how much they had and you see how much we have you start to change,” said eighthgrader Dorothy Bui. “They didn’t have wi-fi connectivity.” The experience makes concrete the Catholic teaching students

learn at school, according to eighth-grader Jennifer Gross. The students recounted bringing sacks of potatoes to the Congolese family. Mugasha hugged all of them. “It felt like we were Superman and saved a little girl’s dog from a tree,” said Camilo Castellanos. “I think you mean ‘cat,’” one of his peers chimed in.

Mischke’s class also works with Catholic Charities, which, among other things, focuses on getting refugees jobs on a path to self-sufficiency. Clinton Maxwell, Catholic Charities self-sufficiency coordinator, is working with another Congolese family who spent a decade in a refugee camp. The family — a husband, wife, child and grandmother — are busy learning English. Maxwell, who sat in on a job interview with the mother, noticed she was nervous. He joked around with her a bit. She relaxed, and so did the employer. And she got the job. “We all have things we have to overcome,” Maxwell said. Finding a job is tough, especially when employers don’t know your culture. The Congolese are one of 14 different ethnic refugee groups in the Metro Phoenix area. Refugees come from Burma, Bhutan, Somalia, Iraq and Cuba, to name a few, and flee their country because of significant persecution. Sometimes, Maxwell explained, only women and children flee because their husbands are dead. Tricia Feagles and Michelle Moore-Fanger know that all too well. The Scottsdale Catholics founded a non-profit, called “Mother’s Grace,” to help mothers and children who have suffered tragedy. “Refugee children often don’t have fathers,” Moore said. “The mothers are often working several jobs and can run out of time to fulfill all their kids’ needs.” Mother’s Grace sets up meetings between students at Bl. Pope John XXIII Catholic School and refugee children. During the meetings, the kids read, write, make jewelry and bake cookies. “Just taking one of these girls and spending time with them, it’s more of a gift than a toy or a Target gift card,” Moore explained. “You can see it in their eyes.” Mother’s Grace also gives grants to help mothers establish their own non-profit. These mothers know how to overcome tragedy. “People have been going through a lot, especially during the holidays,” Moore said. “There are a lot of people truly struggling right now.” Hayder Alrubaiawi knows that, too. He’s one of the refugees Mischke’s eighth-graders helped last year. When Mischke and her students came to visit earlier this month, he told the teacher, “If [the other refugees] need any help, tell me. I will help them.” Alrubaiawi won’t soon forget what these Catholic students did for his family. Iraqi refugees often get special immigration visas because they risked their lives by helping the U.S. military. “Ms. Mischke, this team, they have given me life here, not just stuff, but a life,” he said, adding that when he came to this country, he felt very accepted as a Muslim. “Everyone is from one God, everyone is from Adam,” Alrubaiawi said. “We are all brothers.” And God, he said, wants His children to help each other. ✴

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An estimated crowd of 4,000 people arrived outside the Diocesan Pastoral Center from Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish to celebrate Mass. It was a multicultural feast for the eyes and ears, as different ethnic groups and cultures wore traditional clothing and prayed in their native tongue. Rebeca Luna, a member of St. Catherine of Siena’s Guadalupe Association, was overcome with emotion by the response from parish communities. “Our Mother came to Mexico to help evangelize all the world,” she said. “She appeared to a humble convert and native to guide us along, and we want to spread that message.” The festivities not only drew faithful Catholics, but piqued the interest of Henry Helms, 36, who saw the procession through the windows of the Metro Light Rail. He was one of many people Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares stopped to greet and pray with prior to Mass. Ignacio Rodriguez, associate director of the diocese’s Division of Ethnic Ministries, said the affinity Catholics have for Mary is profound. “It’s because we know she did something special for us; she gave birth to the Son of God,” he said. “And in her saying, ‘yes,’ we try to emulate her at the moment God calls us to do something big, or not so big.” The outdoor Mass, which Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted presided over, included concelebrating priests and a homily by Fr. Eric Tellez, pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Scottsdale. Fr. Tellez stressed that God’s love crosses all borders, boundaries and divisions and is a gift accessible to every person. “No matter what your status, you are God’s people, God’s children, God’s sons, God’s daughters and you can never lose that title,” he said. One world leader who echoed Fr. Tellez’s message was the late Pope John Paul II. During his papacy he worked tirelessly to bridge divides and bring God’s message of love. The late pontiff, who came to Phoenix in 1987, was public about his devotion to Mary, and so it was especially poignant that the gifts were placed on a table at the base of his statue located in the shadow of St. Mary’s Basilica. The pope’s chalice and ciboria were also used to celebrate Mass. Rodriguez said although it appears that Mary belongs to a particular culture and country because she appeared to the indigenous and Spanish Europeans, she

is a model of love and belongs to all the world. “Just as Mary brought this group together, our goal in the United States is to bring together the Anglo and Hispanic cultures, especially in Phoenix,” Rodriguez said.

Rene Gata attended the event for the second time with the El Shaddai Charismatic Community from Holy Cross Parish in Mesa. “We see unity of the people through Mary,” Gata said. “We are devoted to mama miracle.” ✴

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Parishes around the Diocese of Phoenix commemorated the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 12 with processions, Masses and rosaries. The Blessed Mother appeared to St. Juan Diego in 1531. She asked him to build a church for her, but the local bishop was only convinced after Juan Diego revealed the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe on his tilma. The image, which now resides nearly unblemished at Our Lady of Guadalupe Basilica in Mexico City, sparked the conversion of millions of indigenous to the Catholic faith. Parishioners from St. Augustine gathered to commemorate the apparition at a shopping plaza at 75th Avenue and Indian School Road Dec. 11, the eve of Our Lady of Guadalupe’s Feast Day. From there, they formed a procession that walked about 45 minutes to the church, singing and praying on their way. Matachines danced at the church as participants arrived and a rosary followed. The youth group reenacted Our Lady of Guadalupe’s apparitions to St. Juan Diego. The children’s choir performed,

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followed by a bilingual Mass and mañanitas were sung just before midnight. The annual celebration draws about 2,500 faithful to the west-side parish. At St. Mary Parish in Chandler, there was an hour-long procession through the neighborhood Dec. 12 that included a dramatization of the apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The parish geared up for the event with a novena featuring a nightly rosary and adoration that began Dec. 3. The Dec. 12 procession was followed by a dancing performance from a group of matachines at St. Mary and then a Mass celebrated by the pastor, Fr. Dan McBride. Matachines from throughout the diocese will gather at the parish Jan. 14 for the second annual “Fiesta de los Matachines.”

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Smiles of Christmas St. Mary’s High School hosted its 10th annual Smiles for Christmas celebration benefiting some 200 preschoolers through fourth-graders at St. Agnes and St. Catherine of Siena. Teenagers from St. Mary’s, Seton, Notre Dame, Basha and Cesar Chavez served as individual mentors for the younger students. The kids visited with Santa, received a stocking stuffed with goodies, played games, created crafts and saw a Christmas skit.

Katzin Classical Music The diocesan Katzin Classical Music program brought top-notch Christmas music and performance art to several campuses this month. St. John Vianney students from Goodyear attended the Symphony for Schools Dec. 1. Students from Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Glendale, Most Holy Trinity and Queen of Peace filled seats at Herberger Theater for “The Snow Queen” Dec. 2-9. Then, “Nana Claus” partnered with ASU Winds ensemble to present The Nutcracker at three schools Dec. 6.

St. Francis Xavier welcomes back ‘Best in Class’ Alumni program promises support for school’s future

By Ambria Hammel The Catholic Sun

One of the diocese’s oldest schools established a way to honor its growing fleet of alumni and ensure campus vitality for the long haul. St. Francis Xavier, which turned 75 this fall, launched its “Best in Class” program to honor its growing fleet of alumni and ensure campus vitality for the long haul. The program welcomed 20 alumni from almost every decade into its first cohort. Their activities got underway in recent weeks including a Christmas party Dec. 14 to help solidify activities. “Our selection of this founding Best in Class cohort truly represents St. Francis Xavier’s most influential trendsetters, who have spent their time since they left our campus being men and women for others through both their professional and charitable contributions,” according to a letter signed by the school’s pastor and principal. Best in Class provides the students with living examples of how they might “go forth and set the world on fire” as the Jesuit tradition teaches, said Kristin Parrack, capital campaign stewardship director.

St. Francis Xavier’s “Best in Class” program participants. Courtesy St. Francis Xavier Catholic School

“By providing alumni the opportunity to come back and participate fully in the development of the future graduates, we are providing our students and graduates with ways to learn from each other,” she said. Some alumni are now retired. Others are finishing high school. All of them committed to volunteering at least 75 minutes on campus, lending a hand in a special alumni service project that the youngest will organize and raising $1,000 a piece toward the ongoing Etched in Our Hearts capital campaign. They’re excited to help the

school grow and impressed with its progress so far. Recent upgrades include a playground, a two-story gym and classroom building, smartboards and a small museum. Phase B, which will revamp the lower grades, atrium, computer lab and media center, is underway. Liz Sexson, who graduated in 1954 and has seven nieces and nephews at St. Francis Xavier, is thrilled donors kept up momentum for the capital campaign. She said Best in Class was meant to be because she wanted to volunteer more. Through it, she and a fellow

alumna help every two weeks in a kindergarten classroom. It was the Jesuits, she said, who taught them to be a kid for other kids. or assignment, but a way of life. The tradition continued over the decades as more lay teachers staffed the state’s only Jesuit school. Jason Barraza, a 1993 alum who is now in public and government relations, was excited to get involved. “As we go out into our other communities, we need to be of service there. It’s an important ideal to have,” he said. ✴

Giveaways A month-long Coats for Kids drive through Christ the King student council and the parish’s Knights of Columbus yielded more than 500 coats. They were distributed last month in the school courtyard to local Mesa families. Students at St. Mary-Basha in Chandler filled five boxes of shoes to help a former student send to Haiti. St. John Bosco students in Ahwatukee collected 320 sets of new pajamas for a Scottsdale charity. The items will go to Catholic Charities and other groups.

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Notre Dame community, alumni back coach through Team Bemis By Ambria Hammel The Catholic Sun

SCOTTSDALE — There’s a Notre Dame Preparatory-based team whose roster roughly triples the size of enrollment. The “players” on Team Bemis span the globe. They banded together to tackle their toughest competition: cancer. Scot Bemis, one of the school’s original teachers plus soccer and football head coach, was diagnosed recently with stage 4 lung cancer. Its specialty teams include a spiritual unit, a fundraiser unit and a meal train unit to support Bemis’

family. The “well-wishers” unit, which posts “I am Team Bemis” photos to the team’s Facebook page or signs the online guest book, has gone viral with 70 schools — including St. Mary’s High School where he was an assistant coach — and 50 celebrities joining the cause plus pictures from Paris, the Capitol and Rome. “He’s well-deserving of everything we do,” said Kathi O’Brien, a football parent, “He’s been the faith of Notre Dame. His smile and his outreach are huge.” Tro Panosian, one of the driving forces behind Team Bemis and a 2011 graduate, agreed.

This year’s “He is a f o otball true gentleJoin Team Bemis team vividly man. He’s www.facebook.com/coachbemis remembers a coach to www.teambemis.com a gathering some, a Scottsdale First Watch benefit breakin the locker teacher to fast, 6:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dec. 19 room that others, but wasn’t as he’s a role bright. It was Sept. 16 after the model to all,” Panosian said. A Nov. 30 Facebook post on Saints posted their first win of the “Team Bemis” talked about an season. “When the boys got back [from 8-year-old starting flag football this year “because he was inspired three the away game] they were in the lockyears ago as a 5-year-old listening er room, coach had a letter that he to Coach Bemis at halftime of a was prepared to read… he couldn’t game. He still remembers being even read it,” O’Brien said, barely getallowed into the locker room,” the ting through the words herself. Turns out, what Bemis thought boy’s mother wrote.

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was a summer vacation injury to his elbow was actually a cancerous tumor growing out of the bone. And that’s not where it originated. He took a leave of absence to fight the lung cancer full time. His wife, a teacher, is right alongside him as are their children, two in college and two at home — one in diapers. A core group of alumni and current Notre Dame families launched Team Bemis with its own website and Facebook page five weeks later. More than 1,000 joined that first day. There are more than 2,800 followers now. Slots to support the first Meal Train filled up within a matter of hours. Dates are now open through mid-February. “I get calls from alumni every day asking, ‘What can I do?’” said David Gonsalves, principal. Katie Meyer, who was part of Bemis’ state champion soccer team in 2010, had an idea. The virtual support she read online from her college in Indiana was evident. As vice president of philanthropy for her sorority, she thought Bemis’ fans also needed a way to physically come together too. Bemis and his friends gathered on Thanksgiving for football while growing up in the Valley, so the Thanksgiving Day Bemis Bowl was born. Twenty-one teams competed at a local elementary school Nov. 24 with every graduating and current class represented. Between entry fees, a raffle, T-shirt and hat sales, and other donations, the Bemis Bowl raised $22,500. That pushed Team Bemis past the $100,000 mark with a Dec. 10 “Work Out Day” for Bemis and Dec. 19 Pancakes for Bemis at the Scottsdale First Watch unaccounted for at press time. Team Bemis is now drumming up support to affirm the Arizona Cardinals who nominated Bemis for the Don Shula NFL Coach of the Year Award. It honors exemplary football coaches at all levels of play who show integrity, achievement and leadership. Winners are announced during Super Bowl week. “It’s brought us all so much closer,” said Madi Reisdorf, a junior on the varsity soccer team. Roughly 700 people showed up last month for a Mass in his honor. The football and soccer team, as well as faculty, students and families, have been heading to the chapel weekly since Oct. 31 for a morning or evening rosary. There’s also a communal prayer to St. Peregrine, the patron saint of cancer patients, every Monday after school. Makenzie Bemis, 20, one of the coach’s daughters, said it was amazing how quickly everything took off. She cherishes the online guestbook. “It’s very humbling. I know he reads them every night. The army of people behind him is making him stronger,” Bemis said. Details on a Christmas “Bemis Blitz” are forthcoming. ✴

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More than ‘brick and mortar’

Bourgade Catholic breaks ground for campus renovation, expansion By Ambria Hammel The Catholic Sun

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Bourgade Catholic High School broke ground Dec. 1 on a renovation and expansion effort.

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the $2.7 million project. It will provide the school’s music program with classroom and practice space as well as instrument storage. Campus ministry will also enjoy more room. The advancement and admissions offices will occupy space upstairs. Dan Withers, head of the construction company, promised the Bourgade community they’d see the project stages change weekly. He also reminded the crowd that a quality project starts with a quality vision and praised Sr. Mary McGreevy, Bourgade’s former principal, and other project leaders for putting such careful planning into it over the years. MaryBeth Mueller, superintendent for the diocese, agreed. “Catholic schools are a result of prayer, grit, sweat, tears, hard work and sacrifice, but they’re all worth it,” she said. The expanded part of the Hillmann Center will house a multipurpose room on the east side, which is the front of campus. It will feature retractable stadium-style seating for 350 people, allowing for performing arts plus lectures and liturgies. The open space will be prime for meetings, art shows and community gatherings. The last major capital project at Bourgade was the student services building about 10 years ago. ✴

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Football generations: Players sustain teams for second time in campus history By Ambria Hammel The Catholic Sun

Maybe it’s in the genes after all. Seton Catholic Preparatory High School and Brophy College Preparatory both have quarterbacks born of football families. Their fathers played the same position at local Catholic high schools. “He probably completed more passes than I attempted probably 10 years in football,” said Dave Bresnahan, who helped Phoenix’s Gerard Catholic High School win state in 1979 before playing in college. His son Ryan took the Sentinels to the semifinals Nov. 19 against

another undefeated team. Bresnahan, a junior, completed essentially every touchdown pass for Seton — 51 of them — a new state record. He’s rated the third best quarterback in Arizona. The Sentinels began a 12-game streak with a 20-13 game during Bresnahan’s first game as a starting quarterback. Seton scored 573 points this year — averaging 44 per game — and 83 touchdowns. The Sentinels also threw more than 3,600 passing yards and covered some 5,200 total yards. Bresnahan set the school record for passing yards, which is second at the state level: 3,291.

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School’s new center inspires excellence By Ambria Hammel The Catholic Sun

The Center for Academic Excellence at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School is off to a solid start thanks to dedicated students, parents, administration and a $200,000 grant from the Bidwill Family Foundation. The grant paid for 15 new computers, software, projector, carpet and paint — a calming shade of mint green. The center, which helps students further develop math and reading skills, opened this fall following more than six months of planning. “There is so much competition for students to be on or above grade-level,” said Natalie Fondell, director of the center. “Some students need a little additional push to be at grade level while others are trying to get ahead.” The Center for Academic

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Hope for the poor

xperts are prognosticating that the Arizona economy will improve next year. A full recovery, though, is still some ways out. Jobs, incomes, sales and housing are expected to improve in 2012, according to Arizona State University research professor Lee McPheters, director of the JP Morgan Chase Economic Outlook Center at the W. P. Carey School of Business. McPheters delivered the encouraging news at the 48th Annual Economic Forecast Luncheon Dec. 7. Indeed, this information is a ray of sunshine for those within our community who continue to suffer under the dark cloud of unemployment or underemployment. Arizona lost 324,000 jobs from 2007 to 2010, he said. By the Charitable Tax Credit end of this year, only about 20 For more information about percent of those will be restored. the Arizona Charitable Tax Unfortunately, our state hasn’t Credit (Working Poor Tax bounced back with the same Credit), visit the web: intensity as experienced during azdor.gov/TaxCredits/ previous recovery periods. WorkingPoorTaxCredit.aspx Without question, this Great Recession has devastated our community, much like it has communities across the United States. While the news of a better tomorrow gives us hope, it is important that we not overlook the despair and misery that exist today: ▶ 17.4 percent of Arizonans live in poverty; ▶ 24.4 percent of children under 18 live in poverty; ▶ 9.1 percent of Arizonans are unemployed; and ▶ 1.3 million Arizonans have no health insurance. These numbers are heartbreakingly high and deserve a passionate, concerted response to eliminate these societal scandals. Of the many outreaches working to lift up the poor, few are as efficient and effective as the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Over the past year, the organization responded with faith, hope and love in providing: ▶ $9.5 million in direct financial assistance to help poor households with rent, utilities, medical care and other necessities; ▶ 370,000 emergency food boxes to families in their homes; ▶ $3.1 million in medical and dental care to the uninsured; ▶ 1.2 million meals to hungry families and individuals in dining rooms throughout the metro Phoenix area. Of course, this would not be possible without the organization’s many dedicated volunteers, whose tireless work added up to an impressive 748,000 hours last year. “Every dollar, every can of food, each hour donated is a gift to a person in crisis,” said Steve Zabiliski, St. Vincent de Paul’s executive director. He spoke recently during the organization’s annual — and always remarkable — breakfast fundraising event. More than 2,300 community and business leaders turned out for the Nov. 17 breakfast. There guests learned of the growing poverty affecting our community. The best part, though, was listening to the success stories, of which there are many. Take for example Michael. Here was a man who was estranged from his family and living under a bridge along Seventh Avenue. He would get his sustenance from an area St. Vincent de Paul dining room. He befriended some volunteers while there, who one day asked him if he was “ready to stop living like this.” Thanks to St. Vincent de Paul, he is now a student at University of Phoenix with a 3.7 GPA and aspirations to be a science teacher. And after 25 years, he now has a relationship with his mother. For Ann, a loving mother of four children — three with Muscular Dystrophy — she had always been a supporter of St. Vincent de Paul and would give to them when she could. After a tragic air show accident in Reno claimed the life of one of her sons, she found her faith and her hope tested like never before. She lost a vital member of her family, her income and her purpose. She never thought she would be in the position to need help from St. Vincent de Paul, but she was. She was able to get some help with her mortgage payments to preserve her family’s home. More importantly, she discovered that where there is hope, there is love. Quoting Blessed Mother Teresa, she said: “It’s not what you do, but how much love you put into it.” Ann concluded that it was because of the love shown by the volunteers from St. Vincent de Paul that she and her boys still have a roof over their heads. ✴

Part One: Liturgical Music as participation in Christ

t. Augustine recounts in his autobiography Confessions an experience he had during the singing of the Mass: “How I wept, deeply moved by your hymns, songs, and the voices that echoed through your Church! What emotion I experienced in them! Those sounds flowed into my ears, distilling the truth in my heart. A feeling of devotion surged within me, and tears streamed down my face — tears that did me good.” How can we explain this overwhelming and transforming experience that led one of our greatest saints to the Church? Clearly, this was much more than a man simply being moved by a well-performed song. His entire being was penetrated and transformed through music. How can this be? At Mass, Christ sings to the Father The Catechism of the Catholic Church (#1157) makes a direct reference to St. Augustine’s experience when it teaches that the music and song of the liturgy “participate in the purpose of the liturgical words and actions: the glory of God and the sanctification of the faithful.” The Mass itself is a song; it is meant to be sung. Recall that the Gospels only tell us of one time when Jesus sings: when he institutes the Holy Eucharist (Cf. Mt 26:30; Mk 14:26). We should not be surprised, then, that Christ sings when he institutes the sacramentum caritatis (the Sacrament of love), and that for the vast majority of the past 2,000 years, the various parts of the Mass have been sung by priests and lay faithful. In the 1960s, the Second Vatican Council strongly encouraged a rediscovery of the ancient concept of singing the Mass: “[The musical tradition of the universal Church] forms a necessary or integral part of solemn liturgy” (Sacrosanctum Concilium,112). The Mass is most itself when it is sung. This recent rediscovery of “singing the Mass” did not begin with the Second Vatican Council. Following a movement that stretches back at least to Pope Saint Pius X in 1903, Pope Pius XII wrote in 1955, “The dignity and lofty purpose of sacred music consists in the fact that its lovely melodies and splendor beautify and embellish the voices of the priest who offers Mass and of the Christian people who praise the Sovereign God” (Musicae Sacrae Disciplina, #31). In the years immediately following the Council, there arose the need to highlight and clarify the Council’s teaching regarding the importance of liturgical prayer in its native sung form. In 1967, The Sacred Congregation for Rites wrote: “Indeed, through this form [sung liturgical prayer], prayer is expressed in a more attractive way, the mystery of the Liturgy, with its hierarchical and community nature, is more openly shown, the unity of hearts is more profoundly achieved by the union of voices, minds are more easily raised to heavenly things by the beauty of the sacred rites, and the whole celebration more clearly prefigures that heavenly Liturgy which is enacted in the holy city of Jerusalem.” (Musicam Sacram, #5). In other words, sung liturgical prayer more effectively reveals the mystery of the Liturgy as well as more easily accomplishes its heavenly purposes. In this way, sung liturgy is a revelation of Christ as well as a vehicle for profound participation in His saving work. What is Sacred Music? Sacred music is, in the narrowest sense, that music created to support, elevate, and better express the words and actions of the sacred liturgy. The Council praises it as music “closely connected...with the liturgical action” (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 112), for example, the Order of Mass (dialogues between ministers and people, the unchanging framework of the Mass), the Ordinary of the Mass (Kyrie, Gloria, The Creed, Sanctus and Agnus

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Dei), and the Proper of the Mass (the priest’s sung prayers, the Responsorial Psalm, Alleluia and Verses, the antiphons and psalms prescribed for the processions). Sacred music is distinct from the broader category of what we may call “religious” music, that which aids and supports Christian faith but is not primarily a part of the sacred liturgy. “Religious” music includes various devotional music, such as much popular hymnody, “praise and worship” music, as well as a host of other musical forms. The Council’s enthusiastic rediscovery and promotion of sacred music was not meant to discourage “religious” music but rather to encourage it — assuming the clear distinction and proper relationship between them. Just a few years before the Council, Pope Pius XII wrote, “We must also hold in honor that music which is not primarily a part of the sacred liturgy, but which by its power and purpose greatly aids religion. This music is therefore rightly called religious music...As experience shows, it can exercise great and salutary force and power on the souls of the faithful, both when it is used in churches during non-liturgical services and ceremonies, or when it is used outside churches at various solemnities and celebrations” (Musicae Sacrae Disciplina, #36). Participating in the Mystery of Christ What are the concrete attributes of sacred music? The Catechism (CCC 1157) teaches that sacred music fulfills its task according to three criteria: 1) the beauty expressive of prayer 2) the unanimous participation of the assembly at the designated moments, and 3) the solemn character of the celebration. All three criteria link sacred music intimately to the work of Christ in the liturgy and in our hearts. The beauty expressive of prayer. As we have seen, sacred music is the Church’s liturgical prayer in sung form. When we hear sacred music, we hear prayer. We hear the liturgy itself. In the Mass, we hear that most beautiful of prayers: Christ’s prayer of self-offering to the Father. Music can express any number of things; but sacred music expresses something utterly unique: the saving and sacrificial prayer of Christ and the Church in the liturgy. Unanimous participation. As I addressed in previous articles on the new English translation of the Mass, liturgical participation is primarily participation with and in Christ Himself, rooted by the deep interior participation of each person. Sacred music powerfully aids us in this union of the heart and mind with whatever liturgical action is taking place exteriorly. “Unanimous” means “of one mind/soul”; thus sacred music aims to unite us all to the soul of Christ in perfect love for the Father at every step of the Mass. Solemn character. In the sacred liturgy, Christ our Lord performs the work of our redemption through sacramental signs. The liturgy then is a solemn experience, and therefore sacred music bears this character. Far from meaning cold, unfeeling, or aloof, the solemn character of sacred music refers to its earnest, intense, and festive focus on the great Mystery which it serves: Christ’s redemptive and transformative love for His Church. In the next part of this series on singing the Mass, I will explore the rich history of sacred music in order to illuminate what the Second Vatican Council meant when it calls us to preserve and foster “the inestimable treasure” of sacred music. ✴

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Franciscan sisters Re: “Facing challenges with faith in Christ: Franciscan sisters sustain a ‘safe place’ for Native students” (The Catholic Sun, Nov. 17), this story says it as it is and represents the belief that is held and worked on at St. Peter’s School. I was there for the last seven years and all of it is true. We, the Franciscan Sisters and all the faculty and staff, work hard to make St. Peter’s a safe and happy place to come to. Slbrandes04 Excerpted from a comment posted at www.catholicsun.org.

Latin Mass It is good that there are men of good will who revere their Maker and who will labor to make the best of the situation by producing a translation that best reflects those sacred elements that do exist in the new rite, trim as they are. But if they really wanted to foster a universal spirit of adoration they would labor to see the Latin Tridentine Mass said in every parish throughout the world, for in this manner would their aspirations be realized to the full. David Martin Excerpted from a comment posted at www.catholicsun.org.

Altar girls I recently wrote an article about altar girls because of a flap over an Arlington priest, Fr. Michael Taylor, restoring the traditional practice of using only boys at the altar. The debate showed exactly how connected the altar girl issue is to the

feminist demand for women’s ordination. Call to Action, Voice of the Faithful, and the Women’s Ordination Conference were all visible and talking about “equality” as they did as much as they could to gain publicity smearing the priest and his decision to discriminate against the girls. Altar girls is a wedge issue used by Catholic feminists to agitate for ordination. You have to be blind not to recognize it. That doesn’t mean that every girl who wants to be an altar girl is a little feminist or the parents who permit it. But that’s how the radical feminists see it. Interestingly, a survey by the Washington Post showed most participants favoring altar boys. I think there is a gut understanding of the link between serving at the altar and the priesthood. Mary Ann Kreitzer Excerpted from a comment posted at www.catholicsun.org.

New Norms Re: “New Norms for Holy Communion under both kinds, by Phoenix Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted” (The Catholic Sun, Nov. 17), I am so thankful for the clarifications that continue to come forth. Upon first hearing Fr. John Muir explain “fuller sign, not a fuller reality” back in October, it all makes both logical and spiritual sense. However, even with a catechetical understanding of the fullness of Christ under either species of the host or the wine, it is easy to perceptively confuse that the two are the same. Ann Excerpted from a comment posted at www.catholicsun.org.

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Christmas card crunch time: memories of love, friendship endure

watched our sons lug the boxes packed with Christmas decorations to the living room. Four of the boys are taller than me now, and the 12-year-old is gaining fast. “Careful with those boxes, guys,” I warn them. “There’s some fragile stuff in there.” They grin at me and keep going. “Don’t worry, Mom.” I know that tucked away among the ornaments and memories are Christmas cards with photographs from years gone by. It’s no small collection. I have a confession to make: I can’t bear to throw away a photograph or card from a friend or loved one. Unpacking the boxes and the memories, I stumbled on the cards and photos from Christmases past and began to reminisce. So many precious souls. One family had their Christmas picture taken atop the World Trade Center, long before the nightmare that was 9/11. Then there’s the picture of a set of twin teenaged boys with matching broken legs. Double trouble. And there’s my little goddaughter with her toothy grin, circa 2000. I also have a stash of Coronel family Christmas pictures from years gone by. You would think that family picture time would get easier as five sons get older. Um, that would be a resounding no. True, no one is crying as we pose for the picture (well, I might be, but that’s a different matter) and we’re not working around naptime, but it’s now a major effort to get all seven of us appropriately attired, awake, in the same location and neither eating nor texting. You think I’m kidding? This is what the parents of five sons who eat like lumberjacks and sleep through earthquakes are up against. This year I took the bull by the horns and had our picture

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done in March at our 25th wedding anniversary Mass. I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to top that, so this may be the last Christmas card I ever send out with a family photo. Why not go out on a high note? Annual quest “What is the point of sending out all those Christmas cards anyway?” one of the boys asked me one year, watching me address a huge stack of envelopes. “Why do you have to send them?” Is it about crossing off all those names on the list? Fulfilling some rule of social etiquette? In a word, no. You will never get a Christmas card from our family with polar bears and ponies. You won’t see a snowman or gingerbread house or stockings either. My quest each year is to find the increasingly scarce Most Religious Christmas Card Ever. This is a feat easier said than done. In our politically correct world where timid souls fear the mere mention of God will (gasp) offend someone, thereby unleashing the wrath of some lurking ACLU activist, I say, let’s be bold. Let’s be Catholic!

“ Let’s wish everyone we meet a very merry Christmas, the birthday of our Lord and Savior who came into our mixed-up world as an innocent Child, to rescue us from sin and death.” Let’s use the Madonna and Child stamp from the U.S. Postal Service. Let’s send cards that depict the Holy Family or the Wise Men who brought gifts to the Messiah. Let’s proclaim it unabashedly: this holiday is a holy day in which we recognize the Incarnation of Jesus Christ, the King of Kings! There — I said it. Let’s wish everyone we meet a very merry Christmas, the birthday of our Lord and Savior who came into our mixed-up world as an innocent Child, to rescue us from sin and death. Let’s take those family Christmas pictures, despite all the hassle, and send them to our loved ones, to remind them that we’re thinking of them and praying for them and thankful for the gift of their love. Let’s take time to cherish and hold each other close, knowing that each and every Christmas together is a beautiful gift, a reminder of God’s love for our frail humanity. Then and only then will we remember why it is — and Whom — we’re celebrating in the first place. ✴ Joyce Coronel is a regular contributor to The Catholic Sun. Please send comments to letters@catholicsun.org.

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Unconditional parental love vital to child’s life, literally

nce I met a woman who had worked for years in fashion and modeling. Unsurprisingly, she was strikingly attractive. She was accompanied by her teenage daughter who, by contrast, was rather unremarkable to look at, maybe even a plain-Jane. After spending time with them, I began to sense that the mother, whose life had largely revolved around her appearance, seemed to look down on her daughter, perhaps unconsciously, because of her average appearance. Her daughter seemed aware of this lack of maternal acceptance, and seemed troubled and uncomfortable as she tried to compensate and please her mom in other ways. The girl’s situation was a strong reminder to me of how important it is for every child to experience unconditional acceptance from their parents if they are to grow and mature in a healthy way. Unconditional love profoundly and beautifully molds us as human beings. A growing number of parents in our society, however, no longer seem to hold to this key notion of unconditionally accepting their own children. If parents are told by doctors that their children might be born with physical or mental disabilities, many parents today will reject them and even yield to the temptation to end their lives through direct abortion. I was recently discussing the Special Olympics with the father of a boy who has Down syndrome, and he remarked that when he takes his son to the local chapter, there seem to be reduced numbers of new children participating each year.

Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk Making Sense Out of Bioethics

He wondered if this could be due to the expanded targeting of Down syndrome children through prenatal testing and abortion. Most unborn children diagnosed with Down syndrome, in fact, are never allowed to be born. Data from the United Kingdom indicate that between 1989 and 2006 approximately 92 percent of women chose to terminate a pregnancy with a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, while in the United States, several published studies suggest the figure may be somewhere between 87 percent and 98 percent. A great many Down syndrome children, indeed, never see the light of day. Accepting every child In the face of these harsh data, the importance of explicitly repudiating the eugenic mindset that has taken hold in our society cannot be overstated. No child is perfect, but every child is precious. We need to act as a people “set apart” in our attitude to the begetting of children who may be disabled.

Historically, Catholics have always stood apart in this way. Practically, this means overturning our culturally conditioned attitudes toward “imperfect” children, and accepting every child without preconditions. We must push back against the almost ubiquitous pressure that counsels us to ensure that our children are born without defects. A husband and wife are called to give themselves to each other completely and unreservedly, and to accept each other unconditionally in the marital embrace. Every child of theirs, whether entering the world with a handicap or not, is an expression and fruit of themselves and their acceptance of each other. To reject their own progeny because of a disability is to reject each other on some level. To deny life to their own flesh and blood is also to reject an infinite gift from the Giver of gifts, and to arrogate to themselves a ruthless power over life. Meanwhile, the unconditional acceptance of a child as a gift of God flows from the true and unconditional acceptance of each other as husband and wife, even with all their spousal faults and defects. We do well continually to realign our thinking, so we can come to see how our children, whether “perfect” or not, are treasures and never possessions; they are gifts, and never acquisitions. They are blessings to be safeguarded and nurtured in the embrace of unconditional parental acceptance. ✴ Fr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D., serves as the Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. Visit www.ncbcenter.org.

Dwindling crime rate, the economy, and our country’s morality

very year I try to write at least one article about how things are getting better. And for the last three years one of those things has been the crime rate. It just keeps dropping in America. Across the board, no matter how you slice it, America is safer today than it has been in quite awhile. Nobody can explain exactly why. But maybe it is that Americans are actually remembering our greatest asset is our fundamental respect for others. The facts show that violent crime in the United States dropped significantly last year to the lowest rate it has seen in almost 40 years. That followed similar drops in the rate since 2008. This all happened while the country’s unemployment rate skyrocketed, while personal incomes shrunk, and during one of the worst recessions the nation has experienced since the Great Depression. Murder was down 4.4 percent, rape fell 4.2 percent, aggravated assault was down 3.6 percent and property crimes fell 2.8 percent. The biggest surprise of all: robberies plummeted 9.5 percent, at a time when people need money more than ever. The odds of being murdered or robbed nowadays are less than half of what they were in the early 1990s, also a time of economic recession and hardship but during which violent crime skyrocketed in the United States. So the question is, what differentiates now from then? Some crime experts have surmised that we are getting bet-

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ter at protecting ourselves with all the latest security locks and procedures, and a greater awareness that crime exists and that we need to be on the lookout for suspicious characters and behaviors. But as long as I have been alive, people have been doing all that; it’s not like we were leaving our doors open back in the 1990s when the crime rate skyrocketed after a recession. So to claim that suddenly over the last four years people started safeguarding seems a little far-fetched. So what could it be? Maybe it’s morality? Contrary to popular belief, America might really be getting more moral, or at least more respectful of others. I don’t have a great deal of proof for this except for maybe a little historical analysis.

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Back in the ’90s when we had our last big surge in crime following a period of economic difficulty, President Clinton ran for office and won with one battle cry: the economy. The idea was that all our problems could be solved by the resurgence of economic prosperity. But they weren’t. Economic prosperity did return in the mid ’90s with the dot-com explosion, the stock market surge and a whole lot of other economic indicators on the rise. But the crime rate didn’t go down. Maybe it’s because it wasn’t accompanied by any moral component. Almost all of that growth was irresponsible. Dotcoms were starting in every corner of America and promoting themselves as the next big thing so they could raise their valuation, go public, make a gazillion dollars and then reveal they had no real product to sell or service to deliver. When the bubble burst so did the economy. Then this whole irresponsible bubble economy was repeated with the housing rush a few years ago. The bottom line was back then we missed the point — prosperity and capitalism cannot and should not be built on selfishness. And maybe, just maybe, that will lead to a trend — not just of less crime, but of a higher calling in all of us. ✴ Chris Benguhe is a columnist for The Catholic Sun. Visit www.OneMoreDayAlive.com. Follow him on Twitter: @cbenguhe.

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Vatican thanks Knights for restoring tomb from old St. Peter’s Basilica By Kristin Gobberg Catholic News Service

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Rome’s Mayor Gianni Alemanno shows Carl Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, plans for a new plaza named for the Knights of Columbus during a groundbreaking ceremony in Rome Dec. 6. At right is a translator. The new plaza near the Circus Maximus honors more than 90 years of charitable work by the Knights in the city.

Roman Missal voted top news story of 2011; Pope Benedict top newsmaker By Nancy Frazier O’Brien Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON — The introduction of the English translation of the Roman Missal topped the religious news stories of 2011, and Pope Benedict XVI was again the top newsmaker, according to the annual poll conducted by Catholic News Service. The continued effect of the global economic downturn was second among the 30 news stories on the ballot, the democracy movement in the Middle East dubbed the Arab spring took third place. Among the 24 newsmakers on the ballot, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, was second and U.S. President Barack Obama was third. The poll was the 50th annual survey conducted by CNS. This year’s ballots were distributed Dec. 2 and the deadline for returns was Dec. 8. When the editors’ poll was first conducted in 1962, the overwhelming choice for top story was the opening of the Second Vatican Council. Last year, editors chose the recovery and rebuilding effort that followed the devastating January earthquake in Haiti as the top religious story of the year and Pope Benedict as the top newsmaker. Editors were asked to vote for the top 10 news stories from a list of 30, and the top five newsmakers from a list of 24. Votes were weighted by the rankings editors gave — 10 points for a first-place vote, nine points for second, etc., and five points for top newsmaker, four for second, etc. With 29 editors and CNS staff members submitting ballots, the

maximum points a story could have received was 290. The most a newsmaker could receive on the five-point scale was 145. Rounding out the top five for religious news stories were the Irish church’s sex abuse scandal and the issue of religious freedom. Pope Benedict, who has been the top religious newsmaker in the CNS poll every year since 2006, took first place this year for his travels to Croatia, Benin, Germany and Spain; his declaration of the upcoming Year of Faith; and his meetings with U.S. bishops, which were to continue into 2012. Among newsmakers, Blessed John Paul II, who was beatified in May, and Fordham University theologian Sister Elizabeth Johnson, whose 2007 book “Quest for the Living God” was declared “seriously inadequate as a presentation of the Catholic understanding of God” by the bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, were fourth and fifth, respectively. ✴

VATICAN CITY — With help from the Knights of Columbus, the only papal tomb transferred from the old to the new St. Peter’s Basilica has been restored. Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica and president of the office responsible for the basilica’s upkeep, rededicated the tomb of Pope Innocent VIII during a brief ceremony attended by leaders of the knights Dec. 5. The gilded bronze monument created by Antonio del Pollaiolo in the late 1400s originally was placed

in the old St. Peter’s Basilica. Work on the current basilica began in 1506 and the tomb of Pope Innocent was placed in the church in 1621. Located in the southern nave of the basilica, the monument contains two figures of Pope Innocent: one lying on top of the sarcophagus and the second sitting on a throne above the tomb. On the sides, there are depictions of the four cardinal virtues: prudence, justice, temperance and fortitude. The top of the monument depicts the three theological virtues: faith, hope and charity. Tuccio Sante Guido, the restorer who led the work, told Catholic

News Service, “I approached the monument as you would approach a sick person,” taking care to remove the damage of time and of previous restoration attempts. Before unveiling the monument, Cardinal Comastri addressed Supreme Knight Carl Anderson and presented him with a reproduction of the tomb’s allegorical figure of Charity. “May this gift, deliberately made for the Knights of Columbus, be a sign of gratitude of the Fabbrica di San Pietro for your silent, humble, and invaluable contribution,” the cardinal said. ✴

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rushes off to be by her, and delegates the yearly tamale making to Sofia. “[Sofia] remembered the making of many tamales for Christmases past. There was so much excitement with everyone talking, getting caught up with the latest gossip, sharing stories many times, telling the same stories and laughing all over again,” Quihuis writes. “The children would be playing games and running all over the place. By the time they were finished, everyone would have plenty of masa all over them — including Pepe, who liked to squish the masa between his toes,” he writes. Sofia juggles her newfound responsibility well. She draws up a list of ingredients, hies herself to the market and remains enviably equanimous with the talks-too-much parrot. Finally, she extends invitations to various family members to help with the tamale production. As the book makes clear — and perhaps it’s a clue as to why tamales are made around the times of year when families are drawn together — tamale making is labor intensive. Sofia et al. begin by making a large batch of chili con carne, which is then refrigerated overnight. The next day, Eduardo prepared the masa. It’s ready when a small dollop of it floats to the top of a glass of water. Others prepare the hojas, or corn husk, that will hold the masa and filling. Finally, everybody begins to put the tamales together in an assembly line. Throughout, Pepe won’t shut up, and even plays a mean trick on one of the twins, whose overwrought reaction is a bit much and almost — almost — has me siding with Pepe. But really, I have no clue how Sofia and Abuelita can live with him. “Sofia’s Awesome Tamale Day” is beautifully illustrated by Susan Klecka, whose use of bold colors accents the book wonderfully. The book is also printed on high quality paper, which really allows the illustrations to shine. The book is a great little celebration of those traditions that draw families and friends together over the Advent and Christmas seasons. Be warned, though. It can also be very hunger inducing. Now, who wants to bring some tamales over to my decidedly Anglo house? ✴ Media critic Andrew Junker is a regular contributor to The Catholic Sun. Send e-mail to letters@catholicsun.org.

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December 15, 2011 Film Review

awe-inspiring!

‘The Descendants’ A lesson in selfless love

ove takes work — even in paradise. In “The Descendants” (Fox), George Clooney plays Matt King — a wealthy lawyer and landowner, a descendant of Christian missionaries and Hawaiian native royalty. His wife, Elizabeth, is in a coma as a result of a boating accident. Their marriage and family were in trouble even before the accident. Matt is upset to learn that Elizabeth had been having an affair — and subsequently tries to find his wife’s lover. He is angry, but still cares for his wife and recognizes the role he may have played in her affair. Shailene Woodley, who plays Alex, Matt’s troubled 17-yearold daughter, provides the most moving moments. She’s angry with her parents for neglecting her. The youngest daughter, the pre-teen Scottie, played by Amara Miller, begins to act out. Their parents’ selfishness is leading to the destruction of the entire family. It is clear that, as Pope John Paul II warned, the idols of pleasure in the lives of the King family had closed their hearts off to one another. Yet through tragedy, family members look beyond their own needs and learn to love one another. This culminates when Matt says goodbye to his wife, who is unable to respond in her comatose state. He emotionally tells her, “Goodbye my love, goodbye my friend. My pain. My joy. Goodbye.” The King family comes to understand that while choosing love is not easy — it is ultimately more fulfilling. In the film’s other storyline — involving Matt’s decision on selling a large inherited land trust — he chooses what will benefit his descendants. The decision is both selfless and loving — not to mention unpopular with the rest of his extended family.

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Sister’s Christmas Catechism: The Mystery of the Magi’s Gold Dec 13–23

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Shailene Woodley and George Clooney in “The Descendants.”

Sister teaches her students (the audience) the story of the Nativity and asks for their help to solve the greatest caper ever – who swiped the Magi’s gold? Fun, witty and a perfect way to celebrate the season!

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Sat, Jan 14, 8 p.m. Soprano Kathleen Battle’s luminous voice has been called one of the most beautiful in the world. The five-time Grammy winner celebrates the roots of African-American music and freedom via the Underground Railroad in this evening of majestic spirituals and hymns.

The Descendants (FOX) The CNS classification is A-III — adults. The Motion Picture Associatio n of America rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

Celtic Nights: Journey of Hope

Catholic Sun rating Message: Mediocre Artistic merit: Very strong

Sat, Feb 4, 8 p.m. Celtic Nights expertly weaves together the dramatic story of the Irish journey to the New World. This magnificent production showcases the talents of a dozen of Ireland’s finest vocalists, dancers and musicians performing traditional Celtic ballads, fiery fiddling and thundering step dancing.

The King family is back on track and caring for one another, even though it’s not always easy. Love is complicated. It requires forgiveness. But when sought, love fulfills where selfish pursuits cannot. ✴ Media critic Rebecca Bostic is a regular contributor to The Catholic Sun. Comments are welcome. Send e-mail to letters@catholicsun.org.

Duke Ellington Orchestra Sat, Feb 11, 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. One of the Cotton Club’s original house bands, Duke Ellington’s celebrated orchestra is an American institution, performing his classic hits like Take the A-Train and It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing). Presented with support from A Vi and Plaza Companies Community

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St. Mary’s Christian Counseling. Individual, marriage,

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Update Your Will provide guardianship for children and plan your estate. Experienced Catholic attorney. Free initial consultation, in-home, very low fees. Call Dorothy E. Brogan, Esq., (480)607-0678.

Moving AZ Elite Moving a better choice, top

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Painting A&S Painting, LLC. Quality work at

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HONRAR A TU MADRE

15 de diciembre del 2011

Miles se reunen para celebrar a la Virgen de Guadalupe

Por Gina Keating The Catholic Sun

artha Morales fue una de miles de bailarinas que se movían rítmicamente a través de las calles del centro de Phoenix el 3 de diciembre para honrar a María. Su vestuario — en amarillo brillante — hacía un marcado contraste ante un cielo gris invernal, y con el uniforme de rayas que anteriormente vestía como prisionera en la Cárcel del Condado de Maricopa. Fue allí en la cárcel que Morales experimentó su primer milagro de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, la patrona de la Diócesis de Phoenix y la Madre de las Américas. “Me encontraba rezando y empecé a percibir la fragancia de rosas y supe en mi corazón que era María,” dijo Morales. “Vino a decirme que me quería y que estaba conmigo.” Morales y el grupo de 45 bailarines de la Catedral de Ss. Simon y Jude, bailaron gozosamente por amor, paz y esperanza durante la sexta celebración anual de “Honra a tu Madre.”

Miles de Católicos participaron en una procesión honrando la Virgen de Guadalupe el 3 de diciembre en el centro de Phoenix. Después de la procesión, el Obispo Thomas J. Olmsted, junto con el Obispo Auxiliar Eduardo A. Nevares y varios sacerdotes, concelebraron una Misa conmemorando la Virgen.

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Cantar la Misa Primera parte: La música litúrgica como participación en Cristo

an Agustín recuenta en su autobiografía “Las Confesiones” una experiencia que vivió durante el canto de la Misa: “¡Como lloré, profundamente conmovido por sus himnos y cánticos y las voces que resonaron por su Iglesia! ¡Que emoción sentí en ellos! Esos sonidos entraron en mis oídos, destilando la verdad en mi corazón. Un sentimiento de devoción creció dentro de mí, y lágrimas por mi cara — lágrimas que me hicieron bien.” ¿Cómo podemos explicar esta experiencia abrumadora y transformadora que guió a uno de nuestros más grandes santos a la Iglesia? Claramente, esto era mucho más que un hombre simplemente movido por una canción bien realizada. Todo su ser estaba penetrado y transformado a través de la música. ¿Cómo puede ser esto?

En la Misa, Cristo canta al Padre El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica (#1157) hace una referencia directa a la experiencia de San Agustín cuando enseña que la música y el canto de la liturgia “participan en el propósito de las palabras y acciones litúrgicas: la gloria de Dios y la santificación de los fieles.” La misma misa es una canción; esto se supone para ser cantada. Recuerde que los Evangelios sólo nos hablan de un tiempo cuando Jesús canta: cuando instituye la Santa Eucaristía (Mateo 26:30; Marcos 14:26). No nos debe sorprender, entonces, que Cristo canta cuando instituye el sacramentum caritatis (el sacramento del amor), y que por la gran mayoría de los últimos 2,000 años, las varias partes de la Misa han sido cantadas por los sacerdotes y fieles. En el decenio de 1960, el Segundo Concilio Vaticano favoreció un redescubrimiento del antiguo concepto de cantar la Misa: “[la tradición musical

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de la Iglesia universal] forma un parte necesaria o esencial de liturgia solemne” (Sacrosanctum Concilium,112). La Misa es más si misma cuando es cantada. Este redescubrimiento reciente de “cantar la Misa” no empezó con el Segundo Concilio Vaticano. Después de un movimiento que se remonta al menos al Papa San Pío X en 1903, el Papa Pío XII escribió en 1955, “La dignidad y propósito alto de la música sagrada consiste en el hecho que sus melodías y el esplendor encantadores embellecen las voz del sacerdote que ofrece la Misa y de las personas cristianas que alaban al Dios soberano” (Musicae Sacrae Disciplina, #31). En los años inmediatamente después del Concilio, surgió la necesidad de destacar y aclarar la enseñanza del Concilio sobre a la importancia de la oración litúrgica en su forma nativa cantada. En 1967, La Sagrada Congregación de Ritos escribió: “De hecho, por esta forma [oración litúrgica cantada], la oración se expresa en una forma más atractiva, el misterio de la Liturgia, con su naturaleza jerárquica y de comunidad, es más mostrada abiertamente, la unidad de corazones es más profundamente lograda por la unión de voces, las mentes son más fácilmente levantadas a cosas celestiales por la belleza de los ritos sagrados, y toda la celebración más claramente prefigura claramente la liturgia celestial que es promulgada en la ciudad santa de Jerusalén.” (Musicam Sacram, #5). En otras palabras, la oración litúrgica cantada más revela efectivamente el misterio de la liturgia así como más logra fácilmente sus propósitos celestiales. De esta manera, la liturgia cantada es una revelación de Cristo así como un vehículo para la participación profunda en su acción salvífica.

¿Qué es la música sagrada? La música sagrada es, en el sentido más estrecho, aquella música creada para apoyar, elevar, y expresar mejor las palabras y las acciones de la liturgia sagrada. El Concilio la exalta como música “estrechamente relacionada…con la acción litúrgica” (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 112), por ejemplo, el Orden de la Misa (diálogos entre ministros y la congregación, el marco incambiable de la Misa), el Ordinario de la Misa (Kyrie, Gloria, El Credo, Sanctus y Agnus Dei), y el Propio de la Misa (las oraciones cantadas del sacerdote, el Salmo Responsorio, Aleluya y los Versos, las antífonas y los salmos prescritos para las procesiones) La música sagrada es distinta de la categoría más amplia de lo que podemos llamar música “religiosa,” lo que ayuda y apoya la fe cristiana pero no es principalmente una parte de la liturgia sagrada. La música “religiosa” incluye diversas prácticas de música devota, tales como el canto popular, música de “alabanza y adoración,” así como una multitud de otras formas musicales. El redescubrimiento entusiástico del Concilio y su promoción de música sagrada no estaba destinado para desalentar música “religiosa” sino para favorecerla — asumiendo la distinción clara y la relación apropiada entre ellos. Sólo unos años antes del Concilio, Papa Pío XII escribió, “Nosotros también debemos celebrar en honor esa música que no es principalmente una parte de la liturgia sagrada, pero que por su poder y propósito ayuda mucho a la religión. Esta música es por lo tanto correctamente llamada bien música religiosa. Como lo muestra la experiencia, que puede ejercer una gran y saludable fuerza y poder en las almas de los fieles, tanto cuando se usa en iglesias durante las ceremonias y servicios no-litúrgicos, o cuando se usa fuera de las iglesias en varias solemnidades y celebraciones” (Musicae Sacrae Disciplina, #36). Participando en el Misterio de Cristo ¿Cuales son las características concretas de la música sagrada? El Catecismo (CCC 1157) nos enseña que la música sagrada cumple su tarea según tres criterios: 1) la belleza expresiva de la oración 2) la participación unánime de la — Ver página 29 ▶

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del Metro Light Rail. Fue una de las muchas personas que el Obispo Auxiliar Eduardo A. Nevares se detuvo a saludar y con quienes rezó antes de la Misa. Ignacio Rodríguez, director asociado de la División de Ministerios Etnicos de la diócesis, dijo que la afinidad que los Católicos tienen con María es profunda. “Es porque sabemos que ella hizo algo especial por nosotros; ella dio a Luz al Hijo de Dios,” dijo. “Y por ella haber dicho ‘sí,’ la tratamos de emular en el momento que Dios nos llama a hacer algo grande, o no tan grande.” La Misa al aire libre, la cual fue presidida por el Obispo Thomas J. Olmsted, fue con-celebrada por el Padre Eric Tellez, párroco de St. Patrick Parish en Scottsdale. Padre Tellez subrayó que el amor de Dios cruza todas las fronteras, límites y divisiones, y es un regalo

accesible a toda persona. “No importa su condición, ustedes son gente de Dios, niños de Dios, hijos e hijas de Dios, y nunca pueden perder ese título,” dijo. El mensaje del Padre Tellez fue replicado por el fallecido Papa Juan Pablo II. Durante su pontificado, trabajó incansablemente para construír puentes, deshacer divisiones y traer el mensaje de amor de Dios. El fallecido pontífice, quien vino a Phoenix en el 1987, demostró abiertamente su devoción a María, de modo que fue especialmente emocionante, que los regalos fueran colocados en la base de su estatua que se encuentra en la sombra de St. Mary’s Basilica. El cáliz y la ciboria del papa fueron también usados para celebrar la Misa. Rodríguez expresó que aunque aparenta como que María pertenece a una cultura y a un país en particular, porque se le apareció a los indígenas y a los Españoles Europeos, ella es un modelo de amor y pertenece al mundo entero. “Tal como María reunió a este grupo, nuestra meta en los Estados Unidos es unir las culturas Ango-Americanas e Hispanas, especialmente en Phoenix,” dijo. Rene Gata asistió al evento por segunda vez con la Comunidad Carismática El Shaddai de la Parroquia de la Santa Cruz. “Vemos unidad entre la gente a través de María,” dijo Gata. “Somos devotos al milagro de mamá.” ✴

Carácter solemne. En la sagrada liturgia, Cristo nuestro Señor realiza el trabajo de nuestra redención por signos sacramentales. La liturgia es, entonces, una experiencia solemne, y por lo tanto la música sagrada tiene este carácter. Lejos de significar el frío, insensible, o distante, el carácter solemne de música sagrada se refiere a su enfoque ferviente, intenso, y festivo en el gran Misterio

que sirve: Cristo redentor y el amor redentor y transformador de Cristo para su Iglesia. En la próxima parte de esta serie sobre cantar la Misa, yo examinaré la historia rica de música sagrada a fin de iluminar lo que el Segundo Concilio Vaticano significó cuando nos llama a preservar y fomentar “el tesoro inestimable” de la música sagrada. ✴

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Morales dijo que está cumpliendo su promesa Nuestra Señora, tras haber sido excarcelada; “bailar para ella hasta que mis pies dejen de moverse.” Aproximadamente 4,000 personas llegaron al Centro Pastoral Diocesano desde la Parroquia Immaculate Heart of Mary para la celebración la Misa. La presencia de diferentes grupos étnicos, vestidos en sus trajes tradicionales y rezando en sus lenguas nativas, fue una fiesta multicultural digna de ver y escuchar. Rebeca Luna, miembro de St. Catherine of Siena’s Guadalupe Association, se emocionó al ver el apoyo de las comunidades parroquiales. “Nuestra Madre vino a México para ayudar a evangelizar el mundo entero,” dijo. “Se le apareció a un humilde nativo para que nos guiara, y queremos esparcir ese mensaje.” Las festividades no solamente atrajeron a Católicos fervientes, también despertaron el interés de Henry Helms, de 36 años, quien vio la procesión desde las ventanas ▶ Continuado de la página 28

asamblea en los momentos designados, y 3) el carácter solemne de la celebración. Los tres criterios vinculan la música sagrada íntimamente al trabajo de Cristo en la liturgia y en los corazones. La belleza expresiva de oración. Como hemos visto, música sagrada es la oración litúrgica de la Iglesia en la forma cantada. Cuando escuchamos a la música sagrada, escuchamos oración. Escuchamos la misma liturgia. En la Misa, escuchamos la más hermosa de oraciones: la oración de Cristo de oblación al Padre. La música puede expresar cualquier número de cosas; pero la música sagrada expresa algo totalmente único: la oración salvífica y expiatoria de Cristo y la Iglesia en la liturgia. Participación unánime. Como ya comenté en artículos anteriores en la nueva traducción al inglés de la Misa, la participación litúrgica es principalmente la participación con y en el mismo Cristo, arraigado por la participación interior profunda de cada persona. La música sagrada poderosamente nos ayuda en esta unión del corazón y la mente con cualquier acción litúrgica que está tomando lugar exteriormente. “Unánime” significa “de una mente/ alma”; así la música sagrada apunta a unirnos todos al alma de Cristo en el amor perfecto para el Padre en cada paso de la Misa

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THE LATEST The parish is offering Living Stones for $350 to be placed at the foot of a proposed statue of St. Stephen at the main entrance. The stones are black polished granite and laser-etched with an inscription or picture specified by the donor. Proceeds will fund the statue as well as beautification of the outdoor area which includes shrines for the Blessed Mother and the unborn.

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St. Steven Parish

SUN LAKES

WHAT’S UNIQUE? Once almost exclusively made up of seniors, the parish is now home to a growing population of young families and a thriving religious education program with about 200 students. “We don’t have huge classes but we’ve taken the load off St. Andrew’s and St. Mary’s,” said Fr. Hissey, pastor. “I think we have become a little bit more multicultural too.” — Joyce Coronel

QUOTABLE “Part of what I believe a church should be is a community of faith, not just a place you go and fulfill an obligation. One thing I really wanted to emphasize when I came here was that we should be reverent in the reception of the sacraments, very welcoming of the stranger and eager to assist people.” — Fr. Pierre Hissey, pastor of St. Steven

UPCOMING The parish has an ongoing Bible study program hosted by Kevin Saunders and a charismatic prayer group that meets on Monday mornings. There’s also a book club that meets every other Wednesday to discuss books of a spiritual nature.

Founded: May 20, 1988 Founding pastor: Fr. Emmett FitzPatrick Address: 24827 S. Dobson Rd., Sun Lakes Phone: (480) 895-9266 Pastor: Fr. Pierre Hissey Number of families: 1,619

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

St. Francis

Cemetery and Mausoleum 2033 N. 48th St., Phoenix Manuel C. Ayala, Sr. Francisco M. Carabajal Christopher W. Carr Eleanor Ciulei Virginia Marie Costanzo Rosa Theresa del Piombo Modesto U. Desantis Mary Diane Garcia August Henry Girardin Mary R. Girardin Frances R. Hartman Carl F. Hintze, Sr. Dolores Theresa Larson Elizabeth Laughlin Rhea S. Linsenmeyer Edward S. Lomeli Ronald Joe Macsenti Anna M. Marino Richard Barella Martinez James McCartney Joan B. Mitchell Eleanor Y. Mondragon Shirley Lee Monti Frank Nester Margaret Encannation Olivare Rosemary Peterson James H. Porterie Arthur W. Quigley Jennie C. Ramirez Daniel John Reckinger Elijah Angel Roman Evelyn K. Ross Porfirio Roa Ruiz Adrian Serna

Ronald Lee Shoup Fred B. Sifuentes Robert Super Irene Geraldine Wingenroth Donald D. Young

Holy Cross

Cemetery and Mausoleum 10045 W. Thomas Rd., Avondale Carmine J. Briguglio Anakary Carrillo Castro Lawrence Anthony Castrovinci Doris Elaine Clark Michael Hale Cline Leon Watson Conditt William Cupit Bernadine K. Hammer Irma M. Johnson Angela Meilyn Lara-Cardenas John C. Macaskill Rita F. Macaskill Stephen Joseph Martin Mariela Chabolla Navarro Zyanya Jonay Ortega Antonio Galindo Pedroza Socorro Pena Ronald Marcel Jack Pond Virginia Lopez Ramsey David Garcia Sanchez Herman Robert Sandoval Doris Mae Schulte Phyllis Steinbinder Ivan Tortolero Maria de Jesus Vasquez-Santillanez Guadalupe Vega-Benitez James Herbert Whorl

Queen of Heaven

Cemetery and Mortuary 1500 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa Kai Acosta Chester Shelton Adell Mary Alice Adell Theresa M. Barnes Irene Ann Bartkus Robert Benjamin Bernstein Matthew David Breneman Angel Carrillo-Ortiz Angel Corral Thomas P. Costello Robert D. Della-Rovere Vernon John Dutra Mark Allen Edwards Edward M. Encinas Melissa Evans Paige Joanalynn Feidler Betty Marie Fries Robert Q. Gonzales Ola Victoria Heard Edwin Daniel Hernandez Juan Angel Hernandez Joseph Maxwell Jordan Jason Leroy Kendler Norbert Bernard Koblinski Helen Ann Lamberti Wanda V. Lepianka Robert L. Norris Barbara Owen Edward Robert Parish Sera Anne Pongratz Yvonne T. Quie Cristobal Ramos Maryrose Salas Harold Eugene Strong

John Joseph Szilagy Hector Villanueva, Jr. Janice Elizabeth Weber Andrew Wayne Woloschak April T. Ysea

Holy Redeemer Cemetery 23015 N. Cave Creek Rd., Phoenix Casildo B. Atzin Ranell Bonifacio William C. Denault Tracy S. Edwards Herman Lorenzo Emidy, Jr. Eleanor Worrell Emidy Mary Ellen Hallahan Jonathan Michael James Bil Keane Christine Lucas Joseph Francis Pedzimaz Rosalie Michelle Rattei Eugene Francis Rubalcava Mollie Grace Tipton

Calvary Cemetery 201 W. University, Flagstaff Margaret A. Hebets Melvin T. Hebets Maria G. Jauregui Elvira Ledezma Villaueva

All Souls Cemetery 700 N. Bill Gray Rd., Cottonwood Isabella Renee Alstrom Mary M. Quesada

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Vivaldi’s Gloria 2 p.m., Dec. 17, St. Maria Goretti Parish, 6261 N. Granite Reef Road, Scottsdale, features the combined choirs of St. Maria Goretti Church and Victory Lutheran Church, Mesa. Free. Bible Study, “James: Pearls for Wise Living,” Jeff Cavins’ Great Adventure series, 10 a.m.-noon, Jan. 9, Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery, 8502 W. Pinchot Ave. Info: call Dee at (623) 544-1628 or email deegray@cox.net. Tears Speak Support Group, location change, 7 p.m., Jan. 10, Mount Claret Retreat Center, 4633 N. 54th St. Phoenix; for women suffering the loss of a child to abortion and wishing to heal the pain. For conﬁdential discussion, call Patty at (480) 838-7474. Worship

Martin Luther King Jr. Mass, 2 p.m., Jan. 16, St. Mary’s Basilica, 231 N. 3rd St., Phoenix. Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted will celebrate a Mass honoring the memory and birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Bishop George V.

Murry, SJ, of Youngstown, Ohio, will be the guest homilist. A musical prelude and “I Have a Dream” speech will be held at 2 p.m.; Mass at 3 p.m. Reception to follow. Info: Call Kit Marshall at (602) 354-2025. Retreats

New Year’s Retreat: Journey to Wisdom, with Shirley Cunningham, MA, MSA, LCSW, 10 a.m. Dec. 31, 1 p.m.-Jan. 1, Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery, 8502 W. Pinchot Ave. Close one year and begin another reflecting on Jesus’ and your own sacred journey; a time for spiritual growth and prayer. Cost: $310 includes overnight, meals. Deposit of $60 holds your reservation due Dec. 19. Info: call (480) 998-3081 or email Shirleycunningham@cox.net. Singles

“Catholic? Single? Widowed, divorced or separated? Over 35? Single Souls, 6 p.m., potluck, (turkey provided) Dec. 17, followed by “The Foot Prints of God - Mary”, a video presentation from Steve Ray, St. Joseph’s Parish, 11001 N. 40th St. Info: call Dan at (480) 941-5952, or Karen, (480) 332-1737.

Entertainment

The Other Wise Men drama, presented by St. Helen’s Random Actors, 2 and 7 p.m., Jan. 7, Social Center, 5510 W. Cholla St., Glendale. Freewill donations appreciated with proﬁts beneﬁting St. Vincent de Paul. “Late Nite Catechism 1” Pro-Life Fundraiser, hosted by Holy Cross KOC Council #7904 and AZ East Valley Pro-Life Alliance, 6:30 p.m., Feb. 16, Holy Cross Parish, Anderson Hall, 1244 S. Power Road, Mesa. Donation: $35 per person. Info: Life@EVProLifeAlliance. org. or call Joe or Jinny Perron at (480) 216-7217 or Ted Papuzza (480) 832-4437. This and That

Esperanza Para Los Niños donations needed for orphanage delivered Jan. 6, 2012. Info: call Donna at (480) 777-2871. Annual Rummage Sale Blessed Sacrament Mary’s Knights Annual Rummage sale, 7 a.m.-3 p.m., Jan. 21, Social, 11300 N. 64th St. Clothing, books, toys, housewares, appliances, furniture etc. Info: call Bonnie at (480) 840-1575.

Multi-Parish Singles offers an event-ﬁlled calendar each month, including Sundays at Kiwanis Park; a strictly-fun-and-exercise evening, including all-skill-levels-laidback volleyball, followed by dining out nearby. Info: call Kathy at (480) 777-8772 or access www.multiparishsingles.org.

“Let Freedom Ring for Life,” ProLife Concert, commemorating Roevs-Wade 39th anniversary 7 p.m., Jan. 23, East Valley High School Auditorium, 7420 E. Main St., Mesa, sponsored by Arizona East Valley Pro-Life Alliance. Info: (480) 216-7219 or Life@EVProLifeAlliance.org.

Arizona Catholic Singles: Christmas Season Mass and Brunch, 10:15 a.m., Dec. 18, Blessed Sacrament Parish, 11300 N. 64th St., brunch at Macayo’s, 11107 N. Scottsdale Rd. Info: call Patrick Carpenter at (480) 8987424 or cell (480) 371-8856 to RSVP.

George Weigel “John Paul II and the Dark Side” 7 p.m., Jan. 28, Xavier College Preparatory; How the KGB tried to discredit JPII. Tickets: $10, beneﬁts the John Paul II Resource Center for Theology of the Body and Culture. Info: www.JohnPaulKGB.com

Tempe Needlewielders serves local charities within the community, including St. Andrew’s Unique Boutique and Sew for Haiti groups with items made with love and care, in need of fabric, yarn, thread, sewing notions, quilt batting and polyester stufﬁng to knit, crochet, sew, and quilt. Help us help others. Info: (480) 350-5211. Save the Date, 2nd Annual Catholic Women’s Conference, sponsored by Phoenix Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, March 24, St. Bernadette Parish in Scottsdale. Info: http://phoenixcatholicwomensconference.com/ Home.html. Pledge Drive 1310 AM Immaculate Heart Radio Pledge drive, 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 27-30. $1 million matching grant challenge. Testimonies, interviews and giveaways. St. Timothy Catholic School is celebrating ten years of Catholic education! Alumni and friends are invited to visit the school from 5-6:30 p.m., Jan. 26, the Feast of St. Timothy, 2520 S. Alma School Rd. Mesa; www.sttimothymesa.org/school. RSVP not required. The Casa

All events held at the Franciscan Renewal Center, 5802 E. Lincoln Dr., Scottsdale. Information, (480) 948-7460. New Year’s Retreat with Franklin Fong, OFM and team, Dec. 30-Jan. 1. Retreat fee including meals: $130; with lodging $215 single, $165 double per person. T’ai Chi/Qigong - For Health and Harmony (Beginners) with Don Fiore, Mondays, 6:30-7:30 p.m., ﬁve week session begins Jan. 11. Fee per person: $65.

Silent Centering Prayer Retreat: Growing in Our Relationship with God with Bill Sheehan, OMI, Jan. 26-29. Retreat fee including meals: $170; with lodging $255 single, $205 double/ per person. Society of St. Vincent de Paul

Donate and receive up to $400 in Tax Credit. Donate to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and the ARIZONA CHARITABLE TAX CREDIT allows you to receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit if you itemize your deductions on your Arizona state income tax return. You can receive a tax credit of up to $400 when ﬁling a joint tax return, or up to $200 when ﬁling a single tax return. Besides the tax credit, you’ll receive the added satisfaction of knowing your money is going to help the working poor. Visit www.stvincentdepaul.net or call (602) 261-6814. Give Double the Gifts This Christmas! Instead of shopping at a department store this Christmas, consider shopping at one of St. Vincent de Paul’s eight thrift stores in the Valley. Not only will you save money, you will be helping to fund St. Vincent de Paul’s programs and services that serve the homeless and working poor. Visit www.stvincentdepual.net for our thrift store locations. Free up space in your garage and donate your vehicle! St. Vincent de Paul accepts cars, boats, motor homes, trailers and motorcycles. To process a car donation, please call (602) 261-6843.

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