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The official newspaper of the Diocese of Dallas

Vol. 65, No. 13

A new bishop for Dallas

PAPAL VISIT

Pope Francis in Mexico Pope Francis made a papal visit to Mexico Feb. 12-17. His trip included a visit to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City and a stop in Ciudad Juarez, the city across from El Paso.

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NATION

Justice Antonin Scalia U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, 79, was found dead of apparent natural causes at a resort in West Texas on Feb. 13.

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Bishop Gregory Kelly, second from left, new auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Dallas, poses with, from left, Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel, newly named bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette, La.; Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.; Bishop Kevin J. Farrell of the Diocese of Dallas; and Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, N.M., following an Episcopal Ordination Mass for Bishop Kelly on Feb. 11 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. For more coverage of Bishop Gregory Kelly’s Episcopal Ordination Mass, see Pages 9-40.

Pope appoints Bishop Deshotel to lead Lafayette

By Seth Gonzales The Texas Catholic

FAITH

Ash Wednesday Father Jimwell Goyo of St. James Catholic Church in Oak Cliff offers insight into the importance of observing Ash Wednesday.

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Pope Francis has named Diocese of Dallas Auxiliary Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel as the new bishop for the Louisiana Diocese of Lafayette. He will become that diocese’s seventh bishop with his installation scheduled April 27.

The appointment was announced on Feb. 17 by the papal nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò and came less than one week after the installation of Bishop Gregory Kelly as the diocese of Dallas’ newest auxiliary bishop.

“I have to begin by first thanking Pope Francis for his trust and for his desire to send me here to serve the

diocese of Lafayette,” Bishop Deshotel said at the Immaculata Center in Lafayette. “I’m very humbled and very honored to do so.”

Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell congratulated Bishop Deshotel on the appointment and said the people of Lafayette will benefit tremendously from his ministry.

“Bishop Deshotel’s knowledge of the diocese and the wonderful Cajun culture there will be a tremendous asset as he returns as the chief shepherd,” Bishop Farrell said. “ Bishop Deshotel is extremely well thought of by parishioners and his brother priests alike. His pastoral manner and deep devotion to our Church will certainly See BISHOP, Page 7

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Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel, newly named bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette, La., speaks to reporters during a press conference Feb. 17 in Lafayette.

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Mass for Consecrated Life

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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell Publisher Editor David Sedeño Managing Editor Michael Gresham Managing Editor Revista Católica Constanza Morales Business Manager Antonio Ramirez Jr. Staff Writer Cathy Harasta Staff Writer Seth Gonzales Photographer Jenna Teter Accounting Manager Leigh Harbour The oldest Catholic newspaper in Texas ©2016 The Texas Catholic THE TEXAS CATHOLIC (USPS 616620) ISSN: 0899-6296 is published biweekly, except for the months of June, July, August and December when it is published monthly by The Texas Catholic Publishing Co., 3725 Blackburn, P.O. Box 190347, Dallas, TX 75219. Subscription rates are $20 for one year, $35 for two years, $55 for three years. Periodical postage paid at Dallas, TX. Extra copies are $4.00 each; if mailed, add $1.00 per piece for handling and postage.

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TELEPHONE: 214-528-8792 FAX: 214-528-3411 WEB: www.texascatholic.com The Diocese of Dallas is comprised of 69 parishes and 5 quasi parishes in Dallas, Collin, Rockwall, Kaufman, Ellis, Navarro, Grayson, Hunt and Fannin counties.

Estimated Catholic population:1,236,944.

Texas Catholic Publishing Co. Board of Directors Most Rev. Kevin J. Farrell Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas Publisher of The Texas Catholic Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel Vicar General Mary Edlund Chancellor Bill Keffler Chief Operating Officer Annette G. Taylor Communications Director David Sedeño Editor of The Texas Catholic

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Amber Vuong, left, and Khanh Nguyen of St. Joseph Vietnamese Parish in Grand Prairie look through information on the consecrated life with Sister Mary Paul Haase of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in Grand Prairie at a Marian Dinner Feb. 16 at the University of Dallas.

Above: Sister Maria of the Trinity, far-left, kneels in prayer during a Mass for Consecrated Life on Feb. 6 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Ines Barrera of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Grand Prairie visits with Sister Mary Paul Haase of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth at the Marian Dinner Feb. 16 at the University of Dallas.

At right: Bishop Kevin J. Farrell visits with Sister Rita Fanning, left, and Sister Teresa Mika, both of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, after the Mass for Consectrated Life.

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OBITUARY | FATHER JOHN WILLIAM FOWLER Father John William Fowler, a retired priest of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas, passed away on Jan. 22 in Sachse. Father Fowler was born in Dallas on Dec. 17, 1926 to John and Maria Redmond Fowler.

Father Fowler was raised in Dallas where he attended Sacred Heart Cathedral School and North Dallas High School. After serving in the army during World War II, he entered St. John Seminary in San Antonio and was ordained

by Bishop Thomas Gorman at Sacred Heart Cathedral on May 30, 1953.

Father Fowler served in many parishes during his priestly ministry, including Christ the King in Dallas; St. Alice and St. George in Fort

Worth; Sacred Heart in Texarkana; and St. Luke in Irving. He served as pastor at St. Joseph in Marshall; Holy Name in Fort Worth; Immaculate Fowler Conception in Tyler, Immaculate Conception in Corsicana; St. Mary in Sherman, and St. Michael in Grand Prairie.

He retired from active ministry in 1997, but continued for years to help on a part-time basis in several parishes.

Funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 27 at Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Garland. Interment followed in the Priest Circle at Calvary Hill Cemetery.

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CLERGY ASSIGNMENT n Father Iñigo Camilo Lopez Alvarez, a priest of the Archdiocese of Villavicencio, Colombia, assigned as Parochial Vicar of St. Monica Parish, Dallas, effective March 1, 2016.

OBITUARY | FATHER RALPH MARCH, O. CIST. Father Ralph March, O. Cist., was born Rudolph Mayer on Feb. 21, 1922 in Kormend, Hungary, a small town a few miles from the Austrian border. He was the youngest of three boys, all of whom became priests.

He died at the age of 93 on Feb. 6, 2016.

A Vigil service was held Feb. 8 in the Cistercian Abbey with a funeral Mass held Feb. 9 at Cistercian Abbey with Right Rev. Peter Verhalen, O. Cist., Celebrant.

Interment followed at Calvary Hill Cemetery.

In his early teens, he was accepted as an oblate of the Cistercian Monastery of Zirc and could thus pursue his high school studies at the Cistercian school of Saint Imre in Budapest. Upon his graduation in 1940, he entered the novitiate of the Cistercian Order in Zirc, where he also studied

philosophy and theology in preparation for ordination to the priesthood.

On the day World War II ended March in Europe, May 8, 1945, he was ordained a priest in the Abbey of Zirc by Jozsef Mindszenty, later cardinal-archbishop of Esztergom.

In 1952, he emigrated to the United States because the Communist suppression of the Abbey of Zirc in 1950 had made it impossible for him to return to his homeland.

Father March joined fellow Cistercians exiled from Hungary in the Cistercian monastery of Spring Bank in Wisconsin. He taught at Marquette University until the foundation of the University of Dallas, where he served on the first faculty in 1956 and, in the same year, was a founding member of

the Cistercian Monastery Our Lady of Dallas.

In addition to working at St. Bernard’s Parish, he directed four choirs: The Dallas Catholic Choir, the Saint Bernard Chorus, the University Chorus, and the Madrigal Singers. In 1966-1974 he served as editor of the quarterly Sacred Music, the oldest magazine of church music in the U.S. At the invitation of the cardinalarchbishop of Cologne, Father March became the music director of the city’s monumental cathedral, a post he held for 10 years (1977-1987).

In 2000 Father March retired to his monastery in Dallas, continued teaching at the University of Dallas, and, in cooperation with Marilyn Walker, taught and conducted Gregorian chant for the Collegium Cantorum for the following 12 years.

OBITUARY | FATHER JOHN H. EDWARDS, SJ Father John Heath Edwards, SJ, a member of the Society of Jesus, died Feb. 1 in Dallas.

He was born in Dallas Sept. 26, 1924 to loving parents Raymond James and Margaret Franz Edwards.

Father Edwards was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Raymond James, Jr., and sister, Rosemary Harvey.

Father Edwards entered the Society of Jesus in Grand Coteau, La., on Aug. 14, 1941 and was ordained on June 16, 1954.

Father Edwards is survived by his sisters Dorothy (Jimmy) Thornhill, Joyce (Richard) Johnson, Loyce (Martin) Nussbaum, and by many nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial was held Feb. 5 at St. Rita Catholic Church.

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OBIT | SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA

Scalia dies at 79; was longest-serving justice on current court

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died of apparent natural causes Feb. 13 while in Texas on a hunting trip, once said in an interview that while he took his Catholic faith seriously, he never allowed it to influence his work on the high court.

“I don’t think there’s any such thing as a Catholic judge,” Scalia told The Catholic Review, Baltimore’s archdiocesan newspaper, in 2010. “There are good judges and bad judges. The only article in faith that plays any part in my judging is the commandment ‘Thou Shalt Not Lie.’ ” Scalia said it wasn’t his job to make policy or law, but to “say only what the law provides.”

On the issue of abortion, for example, he told the Review that “if I genuinely thought the Constitution guaranteed a woman’s right to abortion, I would be on the other (side),” said Scalia, who long held that abortion is not guaranteed in the Constitution. “It would (have) nothing with my religion,” he said. “It has to do with my being a lawyer.”

He was widely regarded as an

“originalist,” who said the best method for judging cases was examining what the Founding Fathers meant when writing the Constitution.

“My burden is not to show that originalism is perfect, but that it beats the other alternatives,” he said in a 2010 lecture.

Nominated to the high court in June 1986 by President Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the Senate that September, Scalia was the longest-serving member of the current Supreme Court. He was 79.

With his death, there are now five Catholics among the remaining eight justices.

According to an Associated Press story, Scalia’s body was flown on a private plane from Texas to Virginia, arriving late the night of Feb. 14.

No funeral arrangements had been announced as of midday Feb. 15.

Scalia was found dead the morning of Feb. 13 in his room at Cibolo Creek Ranch south of Marfa, Texas. The justice was part of a group of 30 or so guests on a hunting trip. Ranch owner John Poindexter told reporters that the justice seemed his usual self at dinner Feb. 12 but also noted Scalia had told his group he was tired and

PRO-LIFE

Texas Bishops, USCCB file brief on abortion law case The Texas Catholic Conference and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have jointly filed an amicus curiae (i.e., “friend of the court”) brief before the U.S. Supreme Court supporting Texas law mandating health and safety standards to protect women who undergo abortions.

Texas legislators passed the law during a special session in the summer of 2013 to require abortion facilities to maintain the same health and safety standards as ambulatory surgical centers and requires that abortionists have hospital privileges within 30 miles of where the abortion is performed.

Since becoming law, abortion centers filed a federal lawsuit in Whole Women’s Health v.

Hellerstedt, dismissing the state’s authority to regulate the facilities and that the statute is “too strict” in ensuring safety standards.

The Catholic bishops’ brief responded by noting that “there is ample evidence in this case that hospital admitting privileges and ambulatory surgical center requirements protect women’s lives and health. When such requirements are not enforced, abuses detrimental to women’s lives and health arise.”

Bishops also argued that abortion providers “should not

be allowed to rely upon their own failure to comply with health and safety laws” as a reason to strike such laws down.

They also noted that over 40 years of precedent, including the Court’s 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, reaffirms that states may regulate abortion to protect maternal life and health.

“The Catholic Conference has consistently argued that while it opposes abortion, it equally values protecting and preserving the health of women, whose lives and dignity are just as precious as those destroyed by the act of abortion.

Short of closing these abortion facilities, abortionists must meet the most rigorous, mandatory standards of medical inspections and regulation to protect the mother and her health,” said Dr. Jeffery Patterson, executive director of the TCC. The Catholic Bishops were joined in the brief by other religious denomination, including the National Association of Evangelicals, the Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, and the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is seen in this Aug. 30, 2013, file photo at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington.

had turned in early. When Scalia didn’t appear for breakfast the next morning, Poindexter and another staff member went to check on him and found the justice “in complete repose” in his room.

By mid-afternoon Feb. 13, Judge Cinderela Guevara of Presidio County, Texas, determined he

had died of natural causes. Before making her ruling, she said, she consulted with sheriff’s investigators, who were on the scene and who said there were no signs of foul play. Guevara said she also talked with Scalia’s physician in Washington; a few days before his trip, the jurist told his doctor he was

not feeling well.

The Scalia family felt a private autopsy was unnecessary and requested that his body be returned to Washington as soon as possible, according to Chris Lujan of Sunset Funeral Homes in El Paso, Texas, about 195 miles northwest of Marfa.

The facility received Scalia’s body and handled the transport of his remains to Virginia.

“We are all deeply saddened by the sudden and unexpected death of Justice Antonin Scalia,” said Bishop Paul S. Loverde of Arlington, Virginia, the diocese Scalia and his wife of nearly 56 years, Maureen McCarthy Scalia, called home.

“His presence among us encouraged us to be faithful to our own responsibilities whether familial, religious or vocational. His wisdom brought clarity to issues. His witness to truth enabled us to seek to do the same,” the bishop said.

Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl said of Scalia: “I admired his strong and unwavering faith in the Lord and his dedication to serving our country by upholding the U.S. Constitution.” He noted that every year, Scalia attended the Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington.

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MASS READINGS February 21, 2016 Second Sunday of Lent Reading 1 Gn 15:5-12, 17-18 The Lord God took Abram outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can.

Just so,” he added, “shall your descendants be.”

Abram put his faith in the LORD, who credited it to him as an act of righteousness.

He then said to him, “I am the LORD who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as a possession.”

“O Lord GOD,” he asked, “how am I to know that I shall possess it?”

He answered him, “Bring me a three-year-old heifer, a three-yearold she-goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

Abram brought him all these, split them in two, and placed each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not cut up.

Birds of prey swooped down on the carcasses, but Abram stayed with them.

As the sun was about to set, a trance fell upon Abram, and a deep, terrifying darkness enveloped him.

When the sun had set and it was dark, there appeared a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch, which passed between those pieces.

It was on that occasion that the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your descendants I give this land, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Great River, the Euphrates.”

Reading 2 Phil 3:17—4:1 Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us.

For many, as I have often told you and now tell you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ.

Their end is destruction.

Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their “shame.”

Their minds are occupied with earthly things.

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

He will change our lowly body to conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him also to bring all things into subjection to himself.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord.

Gospel Lk 9:28b-36 Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray.

While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white.

And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.

Peter and his companions had been

for us, so that we might not desire evil things, as they did.

Do not grumble as some of them did, and suffered death by the destroyer.

These things happened to them as an example, and they have been written down as a warning to us, upon whom the end of the ages has come.

Therefore, whoever thinks he is standing secure should take care not to fall.

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overcome by sleep, but becoming fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him.

As they were about to part from him, Peter said to Jesus, “Master, it is good that we are here; let us make three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

But he did not know what he was saying.

While he was still speaking, a cloud came and cast a shadow over them, and they became frightened when they entered the cloud.

Then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.”

After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone.

They fell silent and did not at that time tell anyone what they had seen.

February 28, 2016 Third Sunday of Lent Reading 1 Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15 Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian.

Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There an angel of the LORD appeared to Moses in fire flaming out of a bush.

As he looked on, he was surprised to see that the bush, though on fire, was not consumed.

So Moses decided, “I must go over to look at this remarkable sight, and see why the bush is not burned.”

When the LORD saw him coming over to look at it more closely, God called out to him from the bush,

“Moses! Moses!”

He answered, “Here I am.”

God said, “Come no nearer!

Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

I am the God of your fathers,” he continued, “the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob.”

Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. But the LORD said, “I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their cry of complaint against their slave drivers, so I know well what they are suffering.

Therefore I have come down to rescue them from the hands of the Egyptians and lead them out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey.”

Moses said to God, “But when I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ if they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what am I to tell them?”

God replied, “I am who am.”

Then he added, “This is what you shall tell the Israelites: I AM sent me to you.”

God spoke further to Moses, “Thus shall you say to the Israelites: The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.

“This is my name forever; thus am I to be remembered through all generations.”

Reading 2 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12 I do not want you to be unaware,

brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea, and all of them were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

All ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was the Christ.

Yet God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the desert.

These things happened as examples

Gospel Lk 13:1-9 Some people told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.

Jesus said to them in reply, “Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were greater sinners than all other Galileans?

By no means!

But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!

Or those eighteen people who were killed when the tower at Siloam fell on them— do you think they were more guilty than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem?

By no means!

But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!”

And he told them this parable: “There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard, and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none, he said to the gardener, ‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none.

So cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?’

He said to him in reply, ‘Sir, leave it for this year also, and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it; it may bear fruit in the future.

If not you can cut it down.’”

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Celebrating a community’s culture

By Steve Landregan Special to The Texas Catholic

This is a story about a former slave, a saint, a pro-cathedral and Dallas’ first African-American priest. It actually begins when the Diocese of Dallas was a year old.

Bishop Thomas Francis Brennan, first Bishop of Dallas, recognized the need for a school for AfricanAmerican children. He contacted Mother Katharine Drexel, a Philadelphia heiress who, at the suggestion of Pope Leo XIII, used her fortune to establish the Blessed Sacrament Sisters, a community of women religious dedicated to serving African-Americans and Native Americans.

Mother Katharine, who was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 2000, agreed to build a “school for colored children” in Dallas and to staff it with Blessed Sacrament Sisters. Bishop Brennan’s resignation in 1892 brought an end to the discussion.

Bishop Edward Joseph Dunne, Bishop Brennan’s successor, had his hands full raising funds for Sacred Heart Cathedral, which was completed in 1902. About that time, Mary Jordan, a former slave of American Indian and AfricanAmerican heritage and a Baptist, approached the bishop proposing a Catholic school for African-American children. Mary’s husband, Valentine, worked at Ursuline Academy and was impressed at the education the students were receiving.

Bishop Dunne embraced the idea and invited the Josephite Fathers, who were committed to serving African-Americans, to staff a new parish under the patronage of St. Peter. The church would be built in Freedmanstown, a neighborhood north of the downtown area settled by former slaves now known as the State-Thomas district. The Josephites accepted the invitation and sent Father John P. Ferdinand to oversee the establishment of the church and school.

With the dedication of the new cathedral, the former pro-cathedral located at the corner of what became St. Paul and Federal streets, was no longer in use. Bishop Dunne donated the building for the new church. It was not possible to move the church so it was dismantled and the materials used to construct St. Peter’s.

Remembering Mother Katharine’s offer to Bishop Brennan, Father Ferdinand contacted her regarding the proposed new school. Mother Katharine donated $2,500.

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Diocesan Time Capsule 50 Years Ago Ground was broken by Bishop Thomas K. Gorman for two new buildings at the School Sisters of Notre Dame Motherhouse on the University of Dallas campus in Irving. Mother Georgianne Segner, SSND, provincial, said the two buildings would be a three-story Juniorate, or residence, hall and a two-story study center, built at a cost of $900,000.

25 Years Ago World Marriage Day was observed at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 10 by Dallas English and Spanish marriage encounter groups. Following recitation of the Rosary, the Dallas Catholic groups joined hands with local Baptist, Lutheran and Episcopal marriage encounter groups forming a chain around the Cathedral. The day honors married couples as head of the family, the basic unity of society.

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10 Years Ago Seventy faith leaders and representatives of Christian churches gathered at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe Jan. 25 for a worship service culminating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Lutheran Bishop Kevin Kanouse called upon the churches to reach out to younger generations as church congregations age. The bishop suggested churches needed to use the internet to reach out to young people.

Students stand in prayer at St. Peter Catholic School in 1987.

Sisters of the Holy Ghost and Mary Immaculate from San Antonio and the Sister’s Institute opened in 1910 with an enrollment of 40 students.

The Jordans got their wish and enrolled three foster sons in the school. In 1930, the school was renamed St. Peter School.

One of Jordan’s foster sons, Max Murphy, had a priestly vocation, but no seminary in the area would accept him. Max enrolled at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, Calif., and proved to be such an outstanding scholar that he was sent to the German Theological Seminary in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He was ordained there in 1934, becoming the first African-American priest from the Diocese of Dallas.

Sadly, his race prevented him from serving in the United States so he was assigned to Trinidad, to the Archdiocese of the Port of Spain.

He visited Dallas frequently and had the joy of seeing his foster mother baptized a Catholic in 1927 at the age of 80.

In 1950, a new church was built at St. Peter. Things began to change in the post-war years. Construction of the Cochran-Munger Expressway divided the neighborhood and new developments began to further disrupt the community.

The Josephites withdrew in 1970.

Enrollment in the school declined and, in 1987, it closed.

St. Peter’s struggled as many parishioners moved to other neighborhoods. In the mid 1980s, the diocese approached the AfricanAmerican parishioners about sharing St. Peter’s with a group of Polish Catholics. In February 1985, Society of Christ Fathers from Poland assumed pastoral care

ABOUT THIS SERIES Steve Landregan, historian for the Diocese of Dallas and former editor of The Texas Catholic, will be researching and writing occasional articles in observance of the 125th anniversary of the Diocese of Dallas.

of American and Polish communities. Today St. Peter parish has two thriving communities and cultures.

As for the school, it is now the Notre Dame School of Dallas. In 1988, the school was refurbished for operation by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. It is utilized as a school for special needs children.

Excerpts taken from The Texas Catholic and compiled by Steve Landregan, diocesan historian and former editor of The Texas Catholic. Landregan can be reached by email at slandregan@ cathdal.org.

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‘Remember, you are dust...and to dust you shall return’

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Stephanie Juarez and her brother Oscar Garcia, 6, receive ashes on Ash Wednesday at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church on Feb. 10.

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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell distributes ashes during an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 10.

SMU Catholic chaplain Father Arthur Unachukwu distributes ashes to SMU students during an Ash Wednesday Mass at Perkins Chapel on Feb. 10.

Sylvia Cabrera kneels in prayer during an Ash Wednesday Mass on Feb. 10 at St. James Catholic Church in Dallas.

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Ash Wednesday evokes change of heart, strengthening of faith

By Father Jimwell Goyo Special to The Texas Catholic

“Even now” is how the first reading from the prophet Joel begins. It may sound like the first line of a Barry Manilow song, but “even now” evokes a reflection on things gone by but which still impact the present. “Even now,” Joel counsels, “repent.” “Now,” St. Paul also declares, “is an acceptable time. Now is the day of Salvation.”

The word “now” denotes immediacy, giving a sense of urgency to do something that cannot wait. “Do your homework now.” “You have to wash the dishes now.”

Ash Wednesday is the beginning of Lent.

Ash Wednesday focuses on the now, on the urgency of something most important that one ought not postpone — our spiritual good.

On Ash Wednesday, we receive ashes that come from the palms and branches blessed on Palm Sunday. These palms and branches are symbols of our faith in Christ, to whom we renew our baptismal promises during the Easter

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Father Jimwell Goyo places ashes on the forehead of Angelica Flores during an Ash Wednesday Mass on Feb. 10 at St. James Catholic Church in Dallas.

Vigil celebration. These palms and branches are now dry, brown and unpleasant to look at, which symbolize our souls that for the past

months are soiled again by our imperfections, disloyalty and sins.

This rite is not a private affair; it is a community act. We are now showing publicly our commitment to perform acts of penance and refrain from committing sin throughout the 40 days of the Lenten season.

Upon receiving the ashes, priests say, “Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel.”

With these words, Jesus gives us the guide to reach the goals of this season, which are repentance, conversion and faithfulness to his word. We hear the word “conversion” a lot. It means to reverse our course, to change and to transform ourselves truly and sincerely.

We are here because we want to change.

Real change starts with humility. We smear our foreheads with ashes to remind ourselves that we are nothing if we are separated from the Lord because of sin. We are ashes, but the Lord can bring back the fire in our hearts.

Real change is supported by fasting and abstinence. Fasting and abstinence help our souls because we have become too addicted

to things in today’s world — eating, texting, television, gimmicks and other vices.

Real change grows with almsgiving. Jesus calls us to grow in his likeness by opening our hearts in charity. Charity is life-giving and life-changing for others.

Most of all, real change comes through prayer. There are so many prayer opportunities during Lent. We have Stations of the Cross. We have meaningful Masses. And, most especially, we have the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Jesus is waiting for us to unload our sins and begin a new life in him.

On Ash Wednesday, we come not for the ashes, but for the change of heart symbolized by the ashes. We come filled with faith. May our faith be strengthened. May we grow in love for God and our neighbor. May we be truly transformed.

“Now is the day of our salvation.”

Father Jimwell Goyo is the pastor of St. James Catholic Church in Oak Cliff.

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Bishop Deshotel returns home Celebrating 25 years (Continued from Page 1) be missed by all in our diocese.”

Bishop Deshotel replaces Bishop C. Michael Jarrell, who at 75, has been granted approval by Pope Francis to resign.

A native of Basile, La., the move was seen as a homecoming for Bishop Deshotel. During a press conference at the Lafayette diocese’s Immaculata Center, he fondly reminisced on his days as a young Catholic in Lafayette.

“I started right in this building when I was a 14-year-old kid,” Bishop Deshotel said. “I played basketball in this gym. I watched movies every Saturday night with the screen on this side of the gym. My early formation as a priest took place in this building over 40 years ago.”

During the brief, but light-hearted press conference, Bishop Deshotel said he frequently visited Lafayette over the course of the last 40 years to visit family and stock up on some of his favorite foods, but also said that much has changed in the diocese he once called home, citing the growth of the Hispanic and Vietnamese communities in the area.

“I look forward to getting to know all of the parishes and pastors of the diocese,” Bishop Deshotel said. “I know a lot of the old fogies who’ve

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Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel anoints Noel Galan with chrism oil during the sacrament of Confirmation at St. Mary Catholic Church in Sherman in November 2014. Bishop Deshotel was named Feb. 17 as the new bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette, La.

been around for a while because I was with them in seminary.”

After entering Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving in 1972, Bishop Deshotel was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Dallas in 1978 and spent the entirety of his priesthood in the diocese, serving at parishes in Dallas, Longview, Greenville, Ennis, and Irving.

He spent five years as the vicerector of Holy Trinity Seminary before being named Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia for the diocese. In 2010, he and Rev. Mark Seitz were named the diocese’s auxiliary bishops, the first two in the diocese’s history. Bishop Seitz has since been appointed to lead the Diocese of El Paso.

Above: Bishop Kevin J. Farrell welcomes worshipers with Deacon John O’Leary, left, and Deacon Ed Leyden during the 25th anniversary Mass of Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Plano on Feb. 7. Look for more coverage of Prince of Peace’s 25th anniversary in the March 4 edition of The Texas Catholic.

At left: John Jacobson and his daughter, Violet, greet Bishop Farrell following the Mass.

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On to nationals

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY 2016 Five student-athletes from Bishop Dunne Catholic School in Oak Cliff inked letters of intent on Feb. 3 , including, from left, Caleb Evans, football, University of Louisiana Monroe; Geraud Sanders, football, United States Air Force Academy; Mackenzie Frank, track, Texas Tech University; Joshua Drayden, football, University of CaliforniaBerkley; and Jordon Robertson, football, Kansas State University.

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Student-athletes from Bishop Lynch High School signed national letters of intent Feb. 3 as part of National Signing Day, including, from left, Gabe Brace, football, St. Joseph’s College; Tristan Smith, football, Illinois State; Ini Akpabot, football, Southwest Oklahoma State University; Taylor Haynes, soccer, University of Illinois; Atu Mshana, soccer, University of Texas; and Mica MacKay, soccer, Jacksonville University.

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John Paul II High School Photo

The John Paul II High School hockey team earned a 3-2 overtime win over Jesuit College Preparatory School on Feb. 7 to claim its first Texas Amateur Hockey Association high school state championship in Farmers Branch. The state tournament, which is separate from the league standings and playoffs, determines which team will head to the national competition in Reston, Va., in March.

Five student-athletes from John Paul II High School in Plano participated in the National Signing Day activities on Feb. 3, including, from left, Caleb Crowe, swimming, Texas Christian University; Tommy Dow, football, University of Chicago; Andrew Haidet, football, Houston Baptist University; Rain Lybbert, soccer, Dixie State University; Ryan Mackey, soccer, Colorado School of Mines.

TRANSITIONAL DEACON BANNS Michael Jayson Baynham, Martin Castañeda and Javier Alberto Diaz Servin, of the Diocese of Dallas, are seeking ordination to the transitional diaconate on April 16, 2016. Anyone knowing a reason under church law why these men cannot or should not be promoted to the Order of Deacon is obligated to contact the Chancellor’s Office of the Diocese of Dallas by April 1, 2016.

John Paul II High School Photo

“…faith finds expression in concrete everyday actions meant to help our neighbors in body and spirit…”

-Pope Francis This Lenten Season, February 10 – March 23, let’s show our community this truly is the Year of Mercy.

| Pray for Mercy | Act with Mercy | Give Mercifully |

www.ccdallas.org/YearOfMercy Resources to live mercifully.

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The Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Gregory Kelly

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February 19,19, 2016 February 2016

A day of celebration

Bishop Gregory Kelly offers blessings to those in attendance at his Episcopal Ordination Mass on Feb. 11 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Bishop Kelly will serve as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Dallas.

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INSIDE UP 12 GROWING FAITHFUL

THEIR 16 PRAISING FOUNDING PASTOR

BELOVED 14 UD’S CHAPLAIN

FOR 17 ATHESHEPHERD FLOCK

OTHERS 14 INSPIRING TO LOVE GOD

BEAUTIFUL, 23 AHOLY DAY

A devout family and Catholic upbringing in Colorado helped shape a young boy into the man who would one day become Bishop Gregory Kelly.

Beloved by students, faculty and staff during his time as a chaplain at the University of Dallas in Irving, Bishop Gregory Kelly was known for his spiritual leadership.

A parishioner from Bishop Gregory Kelly’s time at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in McKinney says his former pastor played a role in his decision to become a seminarian.

Longtime parishioners at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in McKinney recall their founding pastor as a man of faith and service.

Father Timothy Gollob of Holy Cross Catholic Church reflects on the important role bishops have in the Catholic Church.

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell presided as consecrator for the Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Gregory Kelly with more than 1,000 present at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 11.

Video coverage | Find additional video coverage of the Episcopal Ordination of BishopGreg Kelly at TexasCatholic.com.

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BISHOP GREGORY KELLY

Coat of Arms for Bishop Kelly Blazon Argent, upon a chevron Azure two estoiles of the first; between to chief dexter a fleur-de-lis and to chief sinister a trefoil and to base a star, all of the second.

Significance The episcopal heraldic achievement, or bishop’s coat of arms, is composed of a shield, which is the central and most important part of the design and tells to whom the design belongs, the external ornamentation, which tells the owner’s position or rank, and a motto, placed upon a scroll. By heraldic tradition the design is described (blazoned) as if being done by the bearer with the shield being worn on the arm. Thus, where it applies the terms “sinister” and “dexter” are reversed as the design is viewed from the front.

For the bishop who is without jurisdiction, as an auxiliary bishop, the entire shield of his design is given over to his personal arms.

Bishop John Gregoy Kelly’s arms are based on the Kelly family design where the shield is silver (white) and the charges (symbols) are black. For difference, and for his

deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the chevron is now blue.

The chevron is reminiscent of the mountains of Colorado, so dear to His Excellency’s youth and the chevron is charged with two estoiles (special, six pointed stars) that are taken from the mantle of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe to remind all of the profound Hispanic influence in Texas, the “Lone Star State“, represented by the single star below the chevron. Above the chevron are a fleur-de-lis and a trefoil (the heraldic representation of a shamrock) to honor the Bishop’s Irish and French-Canadian heritage.

For his motto, His Excellency,

Bishop Kelly has adopted the phrase “TAKE COURAGE,” taken from the words of Jesus to the disciples as he is walking towards them on the water (Mt. 14: 27): “Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid.” It is also the essence of the Archangel Gabriel‘s words to Mary at the Annunciation.

In this phrase, His Excellency expresses that it is by God’s Strength that we have the courage to live as Christ has called us. Through the intercession of Mary we receive the grace to keep our eyes on the Lord and on the path his love leads us on.

The achievement is completed with the external ornaments that are a gold (yellow) processional cross, that extends above and below the shield, and for Bishop Kelly is charged with the interlocking Irish knot-like loops, in red, to honor the Most Holy Trinity, and to recall his formation for priesthood at the seminary of that name on the campus of the University of Dallas in Irving; There is also a pontifical hat, called a galero, with its six tassels, in three rows, on either side of the shield, all in green. These are the heraldic insignia of a prelate of the rank of bishop by instruction of the Holy See, of March 1969.

Text and Coat of Arms by Deacon Paul J. Sullivan

February 19, 2016

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Proclamation from Pope Francis To our beloved son John Gregory Kelly from the clergy of the Diocese of Dallas and Vicar of Clergy there, appointed Auxiliary of the same See and likewise elected Titular Bishop of Jamestown, greetings and Apostolic Blessing.

We who have been placed in the Chair of the Blessed Peter earnestly desire to grant the petition by which Our Venerable Brother Kevin Joseph Farrell, Ordinary of Dallas, requested an Auxiliary Bishop owning to the pastoral needs of the Church entrusted to him. Accordingly, upon consultation with the Congregation for Bishops we judge you beloved son to be suitable for fulfilling an office of this kind. Since you are endowed with the requisite qualities and are very experienced in the ecclesiastical affairs in this local church.

Therefore, by our supreme apostolic authority we appoint you auxiliary of Dallas and also name you Titular Bishop of Jamestown. Conceding to you all the rights and obligations with the norms of law connects to the Episcopal dignity and such a position. You may receive ordination from any Catholic bishop outside the city or Rome. The liturgical norms being observed having first made the profession of the Catholic faith and taken the Oath of Fidelity toward Us and Our Successors in accordance with the Sacred Canons.

Finally, beloved son, join in fraternal charity with the Venerable Bishop of the renowned and truly beloved Diocese of Dallas, be sure to carry out the office of Auxiliary with all your strength, but also placing trust most of all in God, who is the guardian, strength and protector of all who hope in him. In addition, may the gift of the Paraclete Spirit, together with the protection of Our Immaculate Lady, gladden and sustain you always.

Given at Rome at St. Peter’s on the 16th day of the month of December in the year of the Lord 2015, the Jubilee of Mercy, the third of Our Pontificate.

Signed Francis, Our Pope.

All Saints

Catholic Community Wishes to congratulate

Bishop Kelly

on his ordination to the episcopacy

May God richly bless you in your ministry!

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February 19,19, 2016 February 2016

Family fosters love of faith, call to priesthood

By Cathy Harasta The Texas Catholic

BISHOP GREGORY KELLY

Jeanette White recalled growing restless during her family’s evening Rosary recitation at home in Colorado Springs in her pre-teen years.

But her brother, Bishop Gregory “Greg” Kelly, then 19, stopped her fidgeting and opened her heart to the Rosary’s beauty with his soothing, sensible and reverent advice.

“Greg said to think of it as a song, with the Rosary as the melody and your meditations, thoughts and prayers as the words,” said White, who lives in Hermosa Beach, Calif.

“He fostered my love for saying it and helped me experience it much more deeply.

“It’s a glimpse into Greg when he was on the cusp of saying, ‘Yes.’ ” That was when White saw the signs of the pastoral priest her brother would come to be.

Forty years later, the priestly calling that Bishop Kelly answered with a ‘yes’ entered a new chapter with his Episcopal Ordination Mass at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 11.

Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell presided as consecrator on a day that brought joy to the Kelly family and to the Diocese of Dallas, in which Bishop Kelly has served since his priesthood ordination in 1982.

Bishop Kelly, who turned 60 on Feb. 15, will serve as an Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Dallas and will continue as Vicar for Clergy.

“I was so proud of Greg when I heard that he was going to become a bishop, but honestly not too surprised,” said Bishop Kelly’s only brother, Dennis, who works as a civil engineer in Detroit. “He’s a tremendous individual.”

Bishop Kelly, a native of Le Mars, Iowa, was 14 months old when his family moved to Colorado Springs.

He is the second of the five children of Marilean and the late John D. Kelly, who owned a construction company and loved sports and the outdoors.

Marilean recalled her son as profoundly thoughtful.

She said that he surprised her with a birthday cake after he got up

Born: Feb. 15, 1956, in Le Mars, Iowa Parents: John and Marilean Kelly, 1 of 5 children Seminary: Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving (1976-1982) Ordained: May 15, 1982 Elevated to monsignor: Feb. 1, 2013 Episcopal ordination: Feb. 11, 2016 Roles within Diocese of Dallas: associate pastor of All Saints Church in Dallas from 1982-1986; Chaplain of University of Dallas in Irving from 1986-1996; and as founding pastor of St. Gabriel Parish in McKinney from 1996-2008. He presently serves as the Vicar for Clergy of the Diocese of Dallas.

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Bishop Gregory Kelly leans down to hug his mother, Marilean, after blessing her during his Episcopal Ordination Mass on Feb. 11 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

on her birthday eve to bake it after everyone was asleep.

“He didn’t normally cook, otherwise,” she said. “At family gatherings, he was always so good about entertaining the little kids.”

Dennis said that he and his brother shared a sense of adventure.

“We spent a lot of time on Pikes Peak and exploring and hiking in the Colorado foothills,” Dennis said. “I think we thought we were the first people ever to set foot in some of those areas.”

Bishop Kelly said that his parents treasured their faith and their parish, Sacred Heart—which anchored a family life full of outdoor activities.

“Going to Mass was mandatory,” he said. “That was never an option.

“We had the feeling of being in the sticks out on the west edge of town. I loved the mountains. Dad taught me baseball and golf.”

His siblings said that Bishop Kelly also loved to sing, play cards and perform in theatrical presentations.

They said that Bishop Kelly’s humility, inclusiveness and low-key sense of humor permeated their family life.

“He’s always been funny,” said White, 53 and the youngest of the siblings. “His dry sense of humor sneaks up on you.”

Mary Davis said that being Bishop Kelly’s older sister never bothered her.

“We grew up being encouraged to be independent,” she said. “We would take the bus and change buses for summer art classes. We did a lot of biking.”

Davis said that Bishop Kelly reflects aspects of both parents.

“Mom is an even-keeled person who is practical and calm,” Davis said. “Humor runs really deep on Dad’s side of the family.”

Theresa McCormick, who was one year behind her brother in school, said that Bishop Kelly’s desire to serve inspired her. Whether as an altar server or delivering newspapers, he focused on getting

everything right, McCormick said.

“Greg was very conscientious,” she said. “When he was camping or hunting, I’d take over his paper route. He wanted people to have their paper when they opened their door.

“He was really good at a lot of sports, but especially good at baseball. When he played first base at St. Mary’s High School, whatever ball came to him, he never dropped it.”

Life as a seminarian

Father Tom Cloherty, pastor of Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Plano, helped Bishop Kelly move into Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving in the fall of 1976 after he spent two years at Colorado State University.

“There was an innate sense of passion about him once he made up his mind to enter the priesthood,” Father Cloherty said. “He gives joy to other people. It was never about him.”

Through his teens, Bishop Kelly had perceived a calling to the priesthood and also considered a career

in teaching, counseling or coaching.

He said that his calling persisted during his two years at Colorado State, making him wonder how to tell his college girlfriend, a former high school classmate.

“I just wasn’t coming to a decision about what to do,” he said.

“I’d had mixed feelings, but once I entered the seminary, I liked the community life, the prayer life, and I found the courses at the University of Dallas very challenging.”

As a seminarian, Bishop Kelly often spent holidays with his Uncle Timothy Kelly, whose family lives in Farmers Branch.

“I’m very proud of him,” said Timothy Kelly, a parishioner at Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Farmers Branch. “He is an exceptional person.”

Bishop Kelly, who received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a Masters of Divinity Degree from UD, was ordained to the priesthood in his home parish of Sacred Heart in Colorado Springs on May 15, 1982.

“The dominant thing I remember was just feeling ready,” he said. “I felt that this was the right thing to do.”

Life as a priest

He fondly recalled serving for four years as parochial vicar at All Saints Catholic Church, where his See DEVOTION, Page 13

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Bishop Gregory Kelly, pictured second from left as a child, with his siblings, from left, Theresa, Dennis and Mary Kelly.

As a seminarian at Holy Trinity Seminary, Bishop Gregory Kelly, middle, participates in an anti-Ku Klux Klan rally in Dallas.

Bishop Thomas A. Tschoepe ordains Father Gregory Kelly to the priesthood in May 1982 in Kelly’s hometown at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Colorado Springs, CO.

Then-Father Gregory Kelly offers a blessing to his mother and other familiy members following his ordination to the priesthood at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Colorado Springs, CO, on May 15, 1982.

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Devotion, hard work forge legacy of faith, service (Continued from Page 12) daily breakfasts with the pastor, the late Msgr.

Raphael Kamel, helped Bishop Kelly gain immersion in life as a parish priest. “ I remember people telling me that people would teach you how to be a priest,” Bishop Kelly said. “The first time someone asks you to help, say, ‘Yes.’ ” Father Cloherty said that Bishop Kelly exemplifies what Pope Francis wants a priest to be.

“Greg knows ‘the smell of the sheep,’ as Pope Francis says,” Father Cloherty said.

After serving at All Saints, Bishop Kelly served as Chaplain of the University of Dallas in Irving from 1986-1996.

Father Cloherty taught Bishop Kelly at UD and later succeeded him as the UD Chaplain.

“I was very nervous,” Father Cloherty said. “I wondered if I could measure up to Greg’s gifts.”

Orli Mascorro, a 1997 UD graduate who worked in Campus Ministry, said that Bishop Kelly made everyone feel welcome.

“He had a way of making everyone feel that we belonged, that each of us had a mission, and he gently encouraged us to do better,” said Mascorro, who is a parishioner at St. Ann Catholic Church in Coppell. “Our diocese is so blessed to have such a kind and faithful follower of Jesus ready to lead his people.”

Since 2008, Bishop Kelly has served as the diocese’s Vicar for Clergy, assisting priests, deacons and seminarians.

On Dec. 16, 2015, in announcing that Bishop Kelly would become a bishop, Bishop Farrell called him a “hard-working priest”

Kelly Family Photo

St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Photo

Texas Catholic Archive Photo

Then-Msgr. Gregory Kelly, left, hikes Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, CO with brother, Dennis, nephew John Kelly and nieces Kristin Kelly and Kolleen Davis.

Then-Father Gregory Kelly baptizes a parishioner at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in McKinney.

Then-Msgr. Gregory Kelly visits with prospective seminarians and their parents at a St. Andrew Dinner at Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving.

and pronounced the appointment a “special Christmas gift” from Pope Francis to the Diocese of Dallas.

Bishop Kelly, who was named a monsignor in 2013, also served as the Interim Rector at Holy Trinity Seminary.

From 1996-2008, Bishop Kelly served as the founding pastor of St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in McKinney—where he said that the parishioners helped him grow as a priest.

Deacon Michael Seibold, the parish director of St. Gabriel, said that Bishop Kelly created a welcoming atmosphere that the community continues to cherish.

“He focused on the pastoral side and

fostered a spirit of service,” said Deacon Seibold, who was hired by Bishop Kelly in 2002. “He set a tone of love and charity not only with our parishioners but for everyone who walked through the door.”

Deacon Seibold said that he loved working for Bishop Kelly because of his knack for appreciating other people’s challenges.

“The parishioners felt like he was a member of their family,” said Deacon Seibold, who also serves at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Plano. “He was not only a spiritual father, but also family.”

As her brother begins his life as a bishop, Jeanette White said that she recalled his advice about life transitions when she was in college.

Bishop Kelly, who then was the parochial vicar at All Saints, told her not to fret so much, White said.

“Greg let me talk, asked questions, and finally said words to the effect that one has to trust that there is a reason for struggle and the uncertainty that comes with not knowing that which is not easily understood,” White said.

She said that her brother encouraged her to “let be” and to trust God. “Greg has done this so beautifully in his own life,” White said. “With each new appointment and new challenge—some of which I believe to have been daunting—Greg has said, ‘Yes,’ and ‘Let be,’ trusting God’s hand to guide him.”

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February 19,19, 2016 February 2016

UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS

Beloved chaplain known for his spiritual leadership

By Seth Gonzales The Texas Catholic

In 1986, after serving as assistant pastor at All Saints Catholic Church for four years, then-Father Gregory Kelly was given the assignment of becoming only the second chaplain in the University of Dallas’ history, following the 13-year tenure of Msgr.

Don Fischer.

Sybil Novinski, who has been a part of the university’s faculty for more than 50 years, said Msgr.

Fischer left big shoes to fill, but Father Kelly, then only 30, fit right in.

“He was flexible and had a wonderful sense of humor,” said Novinski, who now serves as UD’s historian and director of archives. “It was a little wit that reminded everybody that we’re all human beings and we need to work together and don’t let your egos get in the way.”

As chaplain, Father Kelly quickly immersed himself into campus life and built upon the work of his predecessor. He organized mission trips to South America for university students. Closer to home, he helped establish the Best Buddies university chapter. During Pope St. John Paul II’s trip to Denver for World Youth Day, he led a contingent of university students to Colorado to see the pontiff.

Christine Edmunds was Father Kelly’s assistant chaplain for five years and said his gentle presence, humor and “scary” ability to remember the names of people he met endeared him to the university’s students.

“I remember his absolute energy, drive and devotion to the students on that campus,” Edmunds said. “He was a gentle, funny, wise and very spiritual man.”

RON HEFLIN/Special Contributor

Texas Catholic Archive Photo

Then-Msgr. Gregory Kelly talks with Vivian Torian after the Serra Club meeting at the University of Dallas in Irving on Feb. 5. Six days later, the Diocese of Dallas celebrated Bishop Kelly’s Episcopal Ordination Mass.

Then-Father Gregory Kelly distributes Communion during a Mass celebrating the University of Dallas’ 25th anniversary of the dedication of the Church of the Incarnation on March 24, 2010.

By the time Father Kelly hired Denise Phillips to be his campus minister in 1995, she had been working with him since 1991 as a volunteer in the university’s RCIA program.

“He’s a collaborator,” Phillips said. “He builds consensus in staff meetings. He’s a very good listener.

He knows how to push his own agenda aside so that he really is listening to what the other person says.”

More than anything else, Phillips said, students loved Father Kelly for the spiritual leadership he provided them.

“He had a deeply humble and sincere enthusiasm for the message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” Phillips said. “He embraced the title of the very church on the campus he came to serve. He lived it and that’s

what students need. It’s maturity of faith in their chaplain.”

As a way of saying thank you to his staff in campus ministry, Father Kelly took them all out to lunch at the end of each school year. In May of 1996, he did that for the final time.

After 10 years of serving as UD’s chaplain, Father Kelly had been reassigned to the newly established St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in McKinney. It was a bittersweet moment for everyone, said Louis Ostermann, who was a student worker in campus ministry at the time.

“He was well loved, so there were mixed feelings. I remember people were getting very emotional at the luncheon and he was sitting there cracking jokes to lighten the mood.

He made people laugh even though they were going to miss him.”

Kelly Family Photo

Then-Father Gregory Kelly strolls the campus with a pair of students during his tenure as chaplain at the University of Dallas in Irving in 1989.

Seminarian inspired by former pastor to answer call

By Seth Gonzales The Texas Catholic

From the start of then-Father Gregory Kelly’s tenure at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in McKinney, Elijah Thomson was captivated by him.

So much so, that then-8-year-old Elijah would often make a point of being the last one to leave Mass just so he could pepper Father Kelly with questions.

“I was always the last one in line, so my parents were always waiting on me,” said Thomson, who is a first-year seminarian at Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving.

“It wasn’t a game to me. I took it very seriously.”

Thomson’s curiosity about the faith led Father Kelly to suggest to the young boy and his parents that Thomson should consider

‘It was his knowledge of the Scriptures, his love for the Mass and his kindness to everybody he met that really inspired me.’

— Elijah Thomson, a first-year seminarian at Holy Trinity Seminary, discussing Bishop Gregory Kelly.

becoming a priest later in life.

Thomson and his family have since enjoyed a close friendship with now-Bishop Kelly.

Last year, Thomson took a leap of faith and entered the seminary in 2015.

It was a long process, but one Thomson said couldn’t have happened without Bishop Kelly’s guidance throughout his life.

“I just kept coming back to Father Greg and the example that I saw in him as a priest,” Thomson said. “It was his knowledge of the Scriptures, his love for the Mass and his kindness to everybody he met that really inspired me.”

With six years of seminary training ahead of him, Thomson said it would be a fitting moment if Bishop Kelly were present at his own ordination.

“If God is calling me to be a priest, I think it would be an incredible gift and grace and blessing from God if Bishop Greg was there,” Thomson said. “He’s been such a pivotal part of my journey with God.”

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Bishop Gregory Kelly, left, poses with Elijah Thomson, a first-year seminarian at Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving. Thomson grew up attending St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in McKinney when then-Father Kelly was the pastor.

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February 19,19, 2016 February 2016

ST. GABRIEL THE ARCHANGEL CATHOLIC CHURCH

Parishioners praise founding pastor’s leadership, guidance

By Jacqueline Burkepile Special to The Texas Catholic

MCKINNEY—Parishioners of St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church were overjoyed that their founding pastor, Bishop Greg Kelly, was ordained an Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Dallas on Feb. 11 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Bishop Kelly served as St. Gabriel’s first pastor from 1996-2008, playing a signficant leadership role in many of the parish’s projects and ministries. Parishioners said they believe Bishop Kelly’s work and devotion shaped the parish into what it is today, which is why they gathered in St. Gabriel’s Community Center to watch Bishop Kelly’s ordination live online.

Longtime St. Gabriel parishioners George and Elayne Matson were among those who attended the Episcopal Ordination watch party.

“We both felt like this would come sometime, but we didn’t know when,” George said. “We are very excited.”

“We are grateful that he baptized two of our grandsons and celebrated our daughter’s marriage. He was there for everything while he was our pastor,” Elayne said. “I think he will do a great job…he’s so real and so human.”

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Parishioners watch a livestream of the Episcopal Ordination Mass of Bishop Gregory Kelly at his former parish of St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in McKinney on Feb. 11. Bishop Kelly was the parish’s first pastor.

John and Jackie Robb, also longtime parishioners, agreed that Bishop Kelly will be of great service to the diocese. The couple said he is “a holy, upright and humble man.”

They also said that he is caring and remembers everyone he meets by name.

“He’s a perfect example of what

a bishop should be,” Jackie said.

“His spirit and founding leadership is what made St. Gabriel the great parish it is today.”

Her husband credited Bishop Kelly for starting many of the ministries at the parish.

“We always say that if you can’t find something to do at St. Gabriel,

you’re not looking,” he said. “I think this has a lot to do with Bishop Kelly’s initiative.”

The couple said they believed Bishop Kelly would be a humble leader.

“He doesn’t have to say much to persuade people to follow his lead,” Jackie said.

Audrey Hair, St. Gabriel’s director of worship, worked with the newly appointed bishop for more than 11 years while he served as pastor. She said he is the “epitome of a servant-leader” and will “make a great bishop.”

“He set a very high example as to how a person should serve a community. He worked tirelessly,” Hair said. “Whether he worked behind the scenes or in the assembly, he paid attention to detail and served in a loving way. He was a perfect example of how one lives out the Gospel in church work.”

Page Sanders, who also worked under Bishop Kelly as St. Gabriel’s director of religious education, said he is one of the holiest men she has met.

“He taught me to be quiet and peaceful, and listen for God’s word,” Sanders said. “He is a very brilliant man…I think he will be a phenomenal leader for the Church.”

Longtime parishioners Coralinn

and Mike Maus said they were grateful that he served as their pastor for so many years. They said St. Gabriel “prospered under his leadership.”

“He’s so genial and God-filled.

He was very holy, but very personable with his parishioners. I look at him and my eyes fill with tears,” Coralinn said. “I’m filled with joy and so happy for our church.”

Joan Roy Hashem, a parishioner since 2000, said she found it amazing that Pope Francis “singled him out.”

“He’s a very humble, gracious man,” Hashem said. “I think he will do good works for the church and will be a wonderful, loving bishop.”

Parishioner John O’Mara said Bishop Kelly is holy, and a great administrator and mentor.

“He has a great personality, and we knew he would become a bishop because everything [we did] was by Canon Law,” O’Mara said.

“The church recognized a person who really gives his heart and soul to Christ.”

Mary Borchard, St. Gabriel’s pro-life ministries coordinator, heard many people say with certainty that their previous pastor would one day become a bishop.

“It’s amazing to see God’s work,” Borchard said. “Congratulations, Bishop Kelly.”

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The role of ordained bishops is to help shepherd the flock

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his February finds Msgr.

Gregory Kelly being ordained a bishop of the Catholic Church. That is great news.

However, immediately after the announcement of this wonderful event, I was asked why in these modern times was he going to be “ordained” in contrast to former times when said ceremony was called a “consecration?”

The dictionary came to my rescue giving the information that to consecrate means to make or to declare someone or something to be set apart or to be dedicated to the service or worship of God. On the other hand, to ordain is a middle age English word taken from the Latin, ordinatio, which means a putting in order. Recollect that the sacrament of Holy Orders includes the Diaconate, the Priesthood and the Episcopacy.

As I was puzzling and sorting all this out, for some reason I remembered the writings of Annie Dillard. Her logic had fascinated me when I read her book, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. Her outlook on life was unique and mind-open-

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Father Timothy Gollob, pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Oak Cliff, poses with Bishop Gregory Kelly at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe following Bishop Kelly’s Episcopal Ordination Mass on Feb. 11.

Bishop Gregory Kelly passes through the cathedral during his Episcopal Ordination Mass on Feb. 11 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in downtown Dallas. Bishop Kelly will serve as an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Dallas.

ing. I checked into another of her books, Teaching a Stone to Speak, and found some valuable quotes.

She said that despite all our liturgical tom-foolery, no one goes to God alone more than one person could go to the South Pole without being in a polar expedition.

over “It is all right — believe it or not — to be people!”

Maybe that is the answer to the original question. By our baptism we are the people set apart (consecrated) to worship God. We are declared to be priests, prophets and rulers by virtue of this initial sacrament.

With this realization, she opted to join the motley, sublime, ludicrous people who show up in church congregations.

In such a crowd all can witness week after week the same miracle, namely Christ washes the disciple’s dirty feet, handles their very toes and repeats over and

Bishops like Bishop Kelly are ordained to keep order in the ranks of we consecrated, motley people of God. Father Timothy Gollob is the pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Oak Cliff.

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‘Be an imitator of Pope Francis...as he imitates Christ.’

Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from Bishop Kevin J. Farrell’s homily during the Episcopal Ordination Mass for Bishop Gregory Kelly on Feb. 11 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Tomorrow evening our holy father Pope Francis will arrive in Mexico City to begin a seven-day apostolic visit to our neighbors of the south. What will he say, what will he do...like each one of you, I do not have a crystal ball, but if there is any truth in the adage that past behavior is the best predicator of future behavior, then we certainly know we are in for our own journey of faith and challenge as we listen to and watch this amazing Bishop of Rome in our midst. He is nothing less than a living parable. He certainly talks the talk, but he walks the walk. Like the pope, each one of us is called to be talkers and walkers, but no one is more responsible to say and to do what is right each and every day than a bishop.

On this ordination day Bishop Greg, allow me to offer these thoughts on what the life and the ministry of a bishop could and, dare I say, should be under Pope Francis.

I do this in the light of the readings just proclaimed and the ceremony of ordination that will unfold and in light of the exciting ministry that lays before you. The section of the Prophet Isaiah just proclaimed should sound very familiar to you.

These same verses are part of what Jesus said as he began his ministry in the Gospel of St. Luke, which was read just a few weekends ago.

Jesus applied this self-description to himself to bring glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken-hearted and to proclaim liberty to prisoners.

Jesus in the Gospel of St. Luke then said to those in the synagogue where he had grown up, that this passage is fulfilled in your hearing.

This is the same kind of ministry that Pope Francis exemplifies for us.

How often does he say, the Church is not a hotel for those who are rich, but a hospital for the poor. Or that the sacraments are not for those who are spiritually well, but for those who are spiritually infirmed. Or that the sacrament of Penance is not for the sinless, but to remind us that we, the Pope included, are all sinners.

The words of the Prophet Isiah are used today as part of your job description Bishop Greg. These words are proclaimed here today in the Diocese of Dallas. Just like Jesus in Nazareth, you have grown up here in Dallas, your service, as a chaplain at the university and pastor, is well known and fondly remembered. You were very respected by your peers; you have been very helpful to the priests in your service as Vicar for the Clergy. Dare I say, please never forget where you came from. Be a servant leader, Bishop, and be a co-worker in this vineyard of the

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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell presides as the consecrator for the Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Gregory Kelly on Feb. 11 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Diocese of Dallas with the clergy, lay ecclesial ministers and all the flock of Christ in our midst. Please pay particular attention to those on the margins and on the periphery and make them the heart and the soul of your ministry. For Pope Francis, what seemed like the center is not the periphery and what seemed like the neglected periphery is now the center stage. For as we pray each day in the Magnificat, he has cast down mighty from their thrones and has lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things.

In our second reading, St. Paul reminds us today that we must be strong loving and wise as we exercise our ministry in the Church. It also means that we realize as we internalize the words from both Isiah and St. Paul, that this ministry is of and from the Spirit. It is always the Lord’s work, it is never ours.

In a few moments, I will present to you the Word of the Gospels — that same book that was given to you at your ordination as a deacon. It is the same book from which the Gospel is proclaimed each and every day. That same book was placed in the hands of all the other clergy here present.

Hear whose particular charge is to proclaim the word, by word and deed.

Our job is to give voice to the word of God, or as Pope Francis’ patron saint famously said, “Preach always, and sometimes, use words.” Please continue to heal and reconcile with your words and with your actions, but do not be afraid to challenge and upend customary expectations...this is something that Pope Francis does regularly; it is something that we preachers need to imitate. St. Paul’s urgent appeal to Timothy is never to be ashamed of our testimony to the

Lord and to take whatever hardship this will require. Those words may sound easy, but fulfilling them is not.

Why else would the offer of the letter the Hebrews feel compelled to say, God’s word is living and effective, sharper than any two edged sword?

It penetrates and divides soul and spirit; it judges the reflections and the thoughts of the heart.

With the pope’s extraordinary example, I urge you to make that the word you hear appropriate and preach is precisely a word that penetrates well-known patterns of behavior and action — first your own and then those of others. We must give voice to a word that challenges as well as consoles. We must give voice to a word that disturbs, as well as comforts. That is our responsibility on behalf of the word.

If we do not attend to the paradoxes and challenges of the word of God, it ceases to be a two-edged sword and becomes nothing but a butter knife...useful to spread butter on a roll or icing on a cake, but not able to penetrate anything so that it can heal it from the inside.

The prophet Isiah announced the year of favor from the Lord; Jesus, in St. Luke’s gospel, recounts the same year of favor from the Lord.

And Pope Francis announced this year as a Year of Mercy. And you, Bishop Greg, are ordained in this extraordinary Year of Mercy. The Holy Father made this startling statement in outlining this Year of Mercy was intended to be by saying that Jesus is a face of God’s mercy.

Why say it? Jesus came to put a face on God and that face is mercy. One of the first instances in the Gospel where the mercy of the risen Christ is given is in today’s Gospel form

St. John. The incident is best understood against the fact that Peter had betrayed Jesus three times.

Today’s Gospel overturns the betrayal with its three-fold dialog ending with the instruction to feed, to tend and to feed the sheep. Pope Francis used the example of sheep and shepherds when, early on in his papacy, he encouraged us priests and bishops to smell of the sheep. He urged us to stay close to the sheep — to the people. He said as much to us American bishops when he spoke to us at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington in December.

I know you will continue to stay close the people of this Diocese of Dallas, after all this is where you grew up. But allow me to suggest that this sheep-shepherd analogy only goes so far. That we shepherds tend the flock by word and deed to the point of our sweat of our brow, or even of the shedding of our blood is what this means.

When it comes to the sheep, we need to remember that humans are not animals, certainly not sheep. All of the baptized are fellow believers in the church, who are thinking, praying, acting agents who are never to be patronized, presumed upon or not regarded as collegial fellow workers in the Lord’s vineyard. To be a shepherd means to take responsibility seriously, to act in fidelity on behalf of this diocesan family, to seek out the lost, to welcome accountability of our actions and to collaborate and to dialog with everyone. Dialog is a word that the pope uses often. It is something that he exemplifies daily by word and action.

Bishop Greg, be a good and faithful shepherd, but remember all that

the faithful are intelligent co-workers with whom we dialogue and not over whom we monologue. We who are asked to show mercy in a particular way during this year of mercy must realize that mercy has been shown to us and continues to be shown to us. We give what we have received and continue to receive. This resonates with Pope Francis’ message for this season of Lent: I desire mercy, not sacrifice.

It also resonates with what many of us read yesterday in the office of the readings on Ash Wednesday, Isiah, Chapter 58. This chapter from Isiah gives us the terms of the kind of fasting that the prophet tells us that Pope Francis says and lives. It is a feast of unleashing mercy.

As is well known, the first document fully authored by Pope Francis is entitled “The Joy of the Gospel.” In it, he outlines a number of things about his understanding of this ministry and our ministry with him, especially with the poor. For it is very telling that the title of the document emphasizes joy. Which joy, I think we will see in the light of the ministry of Pope Francis.

It is a quality that we, too, should never lose.

The story, although I don’t know how true it is, is told of a priest who is standing on the corner in L.A. and looks up and sees the famous comedian Bob Hope is about to cross the street towards him. The priest puts out his hand to shake Bob’s hand and says, “I am honored to meet you Mr. Hope and I want to thank you for bringing joy into the lives of so many people.” Bob Hope shook the priests hand and looked the priest in the eye and said, Bob Hope being a Catholic, “And I want to thank you father for taking the joy out of people’s lives.”

I suspect that sometimes in the church it can seem like that, but under Pope Francis, it should never be like that. Bishop Kelly, let it never be that way in your life and in your ministry as a bishop.

Like you, I have no crystal ball so cannot predict what the Pope will say and do in Mexico during the next week. But if I were a betting man, I would say he will engage in the ministry to the afflicted in a particular way. He will preach the word of God by words and deeds.

He will remind us again and again of God’s unfailing mercy and he will do it all with the serenity of spirit and a joy of God in his heart.

St. Paul writing to the Corinthians said, be imitators of me as I am of Jesus Christ.

I would say to you Bishop Greg at this moment, be an imitator of Pope Francis as your role model as he imitates Christ while he serves as nothing less than a living parable among us.

May the Lord continue the good work already done in you and may the Virgin of Guadalupe protect you always.

Amen.

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On a day of bountiful sunshine and unseasonable warmth, Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell presided as consecrator for the Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Gregory “Greg” Kelly with more than 1,000 present at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 11.

At a Mass that soared with its stirring liturgy and beauty, church dignitaries from near and far joined a wide range of North Texas Catholics whom Bishop Kelly has served as a priest in the Diocese of Dallas since his ordination in 1982.

Bishop Kelly’s large family, seated in a front section of the cathedral, embraced with grace and joy an intensely emotional day.

In greeting the congregants, Bishop Farrell gave special thanks to Bishop Kelly’s mother, Marilean, who received a standing ovation.

“That’s a reminder to us all that the vocation to the priesthood is born in the family,” he said. “We thank you, and we know that you have come from many parts of the United States.”

Bishop Farrell gave special recognition to some of the almost 30 cardinals, archbishops and bishops who were among the more than 200 priests in attendance.

He particularly thanked Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States; Cardinal Theodore McCarrick of Washington, D.C.; Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of San Antonio, and Bishop Emeritus

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From left, Father Thomas Cloherty, Bishop Gregory Kelly and Father Robert Williams during the Episcopal Ordination Mass for Bishop Kelly at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 11.

Charles V. Grahmann, who was Bishop Farrell’s predecessor in Dallas.

Archbishop-emeritus of Santa Fe Michael Sheehan and Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel, Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas, joined Bishop Farrell as co-consecrators.

Father Tom Cloherty, pastor of

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Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Plano, and Father Robert Williams, pastor of Santa Clara of Assisi Catholic Church, served as Bishop Kelly’s chaplains.

When Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò read the English translation of the Holy See’s mandate for the ordination, Bishop Kelly appeared

humbly grateful and near tears.

On Dec. 16, Pope Francis appointed Bishop Kelly to serve as Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas to serve in the diocese, which, at 1.3 million Catholics, ranks among the fastestgrowing dioceses in the U.S. He also was appointed Titular Bishop of Jamestown.

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Bishop Kelly, who turned 60 on Feb. 15, will continue to serve as Vicar for Clergy for the Diocese of Dallas.

Bishop Farrell’s homily brimmed with the message of Pope Francis as a “living parable” in his imitation of Christ and role model for new Bishop Kelly and all shepherds in the church.

The homily urged Bishop Kelly to be a “good and faithful shepherd” by heeding Pope Francis’ call “to smell of the sheep, to stay close to the sheep, the people…

“I know you will continue to stay close to the people of the Diocese of Dallas. This is where you grew up.”

The homily examined the scriptures and interlaced key themes including the papal Year of Mercy, Pope Francis’ visit to Mexico and the Holy Father’s loyalty to helping those on society’s periphery.

Bishop Farrell said that a bishop’s ministry should keep in mind the Holy Father’s references to the church as “not a hotel for the rich but a hospital for the poor.”

“Please never forget where you came from,” Bishop Farrell told Bishop Kelly. “Be a servant leader…

“Be an imitator of Pope Francis as he imitates Christ.”

Bishop Kelly—a native of Le Mars, Iowa, who grew up in Colorado Springs—attended Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving and has served in the Diocese of Dallas for almost 34 years.

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Top left: Msgr. Robert Coerver of St. Rita Catholic Church helps Bishop Gregory Kelly with his vestments in the sacristy at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe prior to Bishop Kelly’s Episcopal Ordination Mass Feb. 11. Top middle: Bishops process into the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe to begin the Mass. Top right: Bishop Curtis Guillory of Beaumont and Bishop Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F., of Lubbock bow to the altar during Bishop Gregory Kelly’s Episcopal Ordination Mass. Bottom left: Bishop Gregory Kelly’s sisters, from left, Jeanette White and Theresa McCormick and mother Marilean Kelly. Bottom right: Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Washington, lays his hands upon Bishop Gregory Kelly during the Rite of Episcopal Ordination.

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Members of the clergy process into the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe for the Episcopal Ordination Mass for Bishop Gregory Kelly on Feb. 11.

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell joins Bishop Gregory Kelly and members of Bishop Kelly’s family follow

Deacon Mike Seibold processes into the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe while carrying the Book of Gospels on Feb. 11.

At right: A crowd gathers on the steps of the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in anticipation of the Episcopal Ordination Mass for Bishop Gregory Kelly on Feb. 11.

Bishop Gregory Kelly prostrates as part of his ordination Mass at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 11.

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell lays his hands on the head of Bishop Gregory Kelly during the Episcopal Ordination Mass for Bishop Kelly on Feb. 11.

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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell presents Bishop Gregory Kelly with an episcopal ring during the ordination Mass on Feb. 11.

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell anoints Bishop Gregory Kelly with holy oil during the Episcopal Ordination Mass for Bishop Kelly on Feb. 11.

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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell places a miter on the head of Bishop Gregory Kelly during the Episcopal Ordination Mass for Bishop Kelly on Feb. 11.

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell presents the Book of Gospels to Bishop Gregory Kelly during the Episcopal Ordination Mass for Bishop Kelly on Feb. 11.

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso participates in the laying of hands on Bishop Gregory Kelly during the Episcopal Ordination Mass.

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell presents a crozier to Bishop Gregory Kelly during the Episcopal Ordination Mass for Bishop Kelly on Feb. 11.

Bishop Gregory Kelly walks up and down the aisles of the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, offering blessings to the congregation during his Episcopal Ordination Mass on Feb. 11.

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Bishop Gregory Kelly distributes Holy Communion during his Episcopal Ordination Mass at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 11.

Bishop Gregory Kelly offers closing remarks during the Episcopal Ordination Mass at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 11.

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Members of the choir sing the Litany of Saints during the Episcopal Ordination Mass for Bishop Gregory Kelly at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 11.

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Bishop Kelly also served in positions including vocations director for the Diocese of Dallas and interim rector for Holy Trinity Seminary, and was named monsignor in 2013.

The Episcopal Ordination Rite included the laying on of hands and the anointing of Bishop Kelly’s head, which preceded his receiving the Book of the Gospels, his ring, miter and crozier.

In addressing the congregants, Bishop Kelly drew laughter with his reference to his miter and his desire to re-experience Bishop Farrell’s homily.

“I feel overwhelmed and a little top-heavy,” he said. “Bishop Farrell’s homily—I need to get a copy of that homily because he’s talking to ME.” Bishop Kelly thanked Pope Francis; the men and women religious; diocesan employees and his mother, late father, John Kelly, and four siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews for their inspiration.

He praised his parents for “the manner of their lives,” including their devotion to the church, the Eucharist, the Blessed Mother and the Rosary.

In an address partly delivered in Spanish, he spoke of his gratitude for Pope Francis’ example of taking the Gospel out to other people, and pledged to do the same.

Bishop Kelly saluted the papal Year of Mercy, at one point eliciting more laughter with the gentle brand of soft-spoken humor that has become familiar throughout the diocese.

“I’m sure that I will give Bishop Farrell plenty of opportunities to exercise mercy in this Year of Mercy,” he said.

Bishop Kelly described selecting his Coat of Arms components and his motto of “Take Courage”—a reflection of Jesus’ words to the disciples as he walked on water toward them (Mt. 14: 27).

Bishop Kelly told the congregants that “an unfamiliar road” need not cause fear for those who keep their “eyes fixed on Jesus.”

“I hope to be faithful to him,” Bishop Kelly said in pledging to emulate Pope Francis in embracing those on the periphery.

“Let us keep our eyes fixed on him now and take courage.”

Theresa McCormick—one of Bishop Kelly’s three sisters—said that their mother absorbed the events of the Episcopal Ordination with quiet joy.

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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, left, joins other bishops, clergy and well-wishers in applause as Bishop Gregory Kelly is presented as the new auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Dallas during his Episcopal Ordination Mass at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 11.

“She’s pretty contemplative,” McCormick said. “She will sit down and talk about it when we get home to Colorado Springs. It was a wonderful, emotional day.”

Bishop Kelly’s sister Mary Davis said that she felt tremendously moved when her brother came to

the front pew to bless the family.

“It was just very touching,” she said. “I’m speechless. He’s a blessing to our family.”

After the ceremony and the first wave of congratulations from his loved ones, Bishop Kelly stood near the altar and paused as if to preserve

the moment forever.

“I don’t know what to say right now,” he said as he smiled. “It’s a lot to take in.”

Mary and Paul Bureau, who met Bishop Kelly when he served as parochial vicar at All Saints, said that being present for the ordination made them feel grateful.

“I loved every minute of working with him,” said Mary Bureau, who served as parish secretary at All Saints and now is a parishioner at St. Monica Catholic Church. “He was a special example for all of us. He was destined for this day.”

Marco Polo, from Quito, Ecuador, said that his heart overflowed with the joy of witnessing the Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Kelly, who traveled to Quito with St. Gabriel parishioners to assist Polo at the Working Boys Center, where he directs the education program.

“My heart is very happy to see the Padre Kelly on this day,” said Polo, whose center helps families become financially independent by offering access to education, health care and basic services. “I hope very much that God will bless him for a long, long time.”

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Bishop Gregory Kelly visits with his mother, Marilean, and sisters Jeanette White, at left, and Theresa McCormick, middle, during a reception following his Episcopal Ordination Feb. 11 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Bishop Gregory Kelly gives a blessing to Deacon George Chou after his Episcopal Ordination Feb. 11 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Friends of Bishop Gregory Kelly admire his episcopal ring during a reception for family and friends Feb. 12 at Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving.

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‘Let us keep our eyes fixed...and take courage’ Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from remarks made by Bishop Gregory Kelly, new auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Dallas, during his Episcopal Ordination Mass on Feb. 11 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

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feel overwhelmed and a little top-heavy. I’ve thought about this day for the last couple of months — since Dec. 7 at about noon. I think I’ve lost more sleep over this moment right now.

Over the last several weeks so many people have told me that they are praying for me. I am so grateful for that gift and feel uplifted by it. I only ask that you continue for the rest of my life. I am grateful to our Holy Father, Pope Francis, for this appointment and so grateful for his ministry as our Holy Father, challenging us to live the gospel as missionary disciples, recipients and instruments of his mercy. I am grateful for the presence of his representative, the Apostolic Nuncio, His Excellency Archbishop Carlos Viganó, who first informed me of this development on December 7. I am honored by your presence. Also by the presence of the Archbishop of San Antonio, Most Rev. Gustavo Garcia-Siller, in whose region the Diocese of Dallas is.

I am grateful for the gift of being ordained a bishop during the Year of Mercy. I am sure that I will give Bishop Farrell many opportunities to exercise mercy as I learn this new role. I am grateful to have you as a teacher and mentor and so grateful for all that you have done for me and for the priests and people of the Diocese of Dallas over the last 9 years. I am also grateful to share to share an anniversary date with you as this is the 14th anniversary of his episcopal ordination and bishop who ordained him is also here with us, His Eminence Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, retired Archbishop of Washington, DC. I am grateful for the presence

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Bishop Gregory Kelly distributes Communion during his Episcopal Ordination Mass on Feb. 11 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Dallas.

Bishop Gregory Kelly, the new auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Dallas, concelebrates a special Mass at Holy Trinity Seminary on Feb. 12.

of my brother bishops, I will have to get used to saying that, from the state of Texas and beyond, in particular Archbishop Michael Sheehan, who was my seminary rector for the six years I was at Holy Trinity Seminary; Bishop Doug Deshotel, my fellow auxiliary bishop, several others who were priests of the Diocese of Dallas: Bishops David Felhauer, Mike Duca, Mark Seitz and Joe Strickland. I am grateful for the presence of the former Bishop of Dallas Charles Grahmann, to whom I am especially grateful for assigning me back in 1996 as the 1st pastor of St. Gabriel’s in McKinney; for the many other bishops who have come today to celebrate this Eucharist and ordination; and for so many of my brother priests, whom I have so enjoyed working with over the last 8 years as Vicar for Clergy, permanent deacons and their wives, candidates in formation, seminarians from Holy Trinity Seminary and Redemptoris Mater and other seminaries; women religious, in particular the School Sisters of Notre Dame, who have

Friends from All Saints, University of Dallas and St. Gabriel’s, I think there is a group watching at St. Gabriel’s—I think I might have gone there if I hadn’t had to come here. Me agradezco mucho las oportunidades que he tenido en los últimos ocho años servir a la gente hispana en la diócesis y aprender mejor español.

I am grateful for the presence of leaders of from other Christian traditions and for representatives for the Jewish community, all of whom I hope to come to know better I had to come up with a coat of arms and a motto. I ended up choosing the words “Take courage” from what Jesus says to disciples in the boat in Matthew’s gospel when he is walking on the water towards them, as they are battered by the waves in the small boat: “Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid.” I have thought often in these days, of the need to maintain courage, to keep my eyes on him.

Peter is able to get out of the boat and walk towards Jesus as long as he keeps his eyes on Jesus and not on the things that threaten him all around. I often feel fearful, or

had such a profound impact on my life, Sr. Maureen O’Keefe, of happy memory, and Sr. Ruth Cowie, from Chatawa; the sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth in Grand Prairie, where I have spent many Monday mornings over the last 8 years.

I am grateful to my family: my mother, Marilean Kelly; my father John Kelly of happy memory, who first taught me the faith through their words and through the manner of their lives with each other in our family and in the church, their deep devotion to the church, to the Eucharist and to Mary and to the praying of the rosary; my sisters Mary, with her husband, Kevin, their daughters, my nieces Kelly and Kolleen and grandnephew John; my sisters Theresa McCormick and Jeanette White; brother Dennis Kelly, (by the way, these are not any of the brothers and sisters I may have mentioned in past homilies); my uncle and aunt Tim and Marion Kelly of Farmer’s Branch and cousins and second cousins from here in Dallas and Colorado and Iowa.

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Bishop Gregory Kelly delivers a homily to students and faculty at Bishop Lynch High School during an Ash Wednesday Mass Feb. 10 at Bishop Lynch.

Bishop Gregory Kelly poses with Mike and Jeanne Flattery on Feb. 11 at the Petroleum Club prior to his Episcopal Ordination at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

begin to imagine all of the things that might happen, the unknown things that lie ahead on an unfamiliar road. The author of the Letter to the Hebrews also speaks of this same thing: he reminds us to keep our fixed on Jesus, that we are surrounded by a great a cloud of witnesses, so many of our brothers and sisters who have gone before us and accompany us now with their prayers, show us so vividly in their own lives, in their courage and in their fidelity, the possibility and the richness of the life of faith, the possibility of keeping our eyes on Jesus and being faithful to him even in the midst of difficult circumstances, to persevere to the end in running the race that lies before us, while keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of faith.

I have met him many times along the way, so many times, in so many people. The Jesuit poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins, wrote that this Christ plays “in ten thousand places; lovely in limbs, lovely in eyes not his, to the Father through the features of men’s faces.” Pope Francis keeps prodding us to go out to meet him, to go out to the peripheries where he dwells and suffers in so many brothers and sisters in whose faces his shines forth. It is he whom my heart seeks, him who I desire to know intimately, love intensely so as to follow more closely, to enter into every situation, every challenge, every celebration through him, who calls himself the gate, the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep. To do this now as a bishop seems to be the path his love marks out for me and so I hope, through his grace, to follow it to the end, buoyed by your prayers; to accompany you, to be a brother to you and a father, and to arrive one day at the destiny we share, to see God face to face, to dwell with him forever. So let us keep our eyes fixed on him now and take courage.

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Bishops in attendance

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Bishop Gregory Kelly, center, is joined by Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, to his right, and other bishops who concelebrated Bishop Kelly’s Episcopal Ordination Mass at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Feb. 11. Pictured from left are Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel of the Diocese of Lafayette, La., Bishop Joseph Strickland of the Diocese of Tyler, Bishop Emeritus David E. Fellhauer of the Diocese of Victoria, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, N.M., Bishop Michael G. Duca of the Diocese of Shreveport, La., and Bishop Mark J. Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso.

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Archdiocese of Washington

Bishop Emeritus Charles V. Grahmann Diocese of Dallas

Bishop Michael Mulvey Diocese of Corpus Christi

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor Diocese of Litle Rock, Ark.

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò Apostolic nuncio to the U.S.

Bishop Brendan Cahill Diocese of Victoria

Bishop Michael F. Olson Diocese of Fort Worth

Bishop Joe Joe S. Vásquez Bishop of Austin

Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller, M.Sp.S. Archdiocese of San Antonio

Bishop Emeritus Edmond Carmody Diocese of Corpus Christi

Bishop Michael Pfeifer, OMI Diocese of San Angelo

Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan Archdiocese of Santa Fe, N.M.

Bishop Michael G. Duca Bishop of Shreveport, La.

Bishop Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F. Diocese of Lubbock

Bishop Jacob Angadiath St. Thomas Syro Malabar Diocese of Chicago

Archbishop Paul S. Coakley Archdiocese of Oklahoma City

Bishop Emeritus David E. Fellhauer Diocese of Victoria

Bishop Mark J. Seitz Bishop of El Paso

Archbishop Emeritus Eusebius J. Beltran Archdiocese of Oklahoma City

Bishop Curtis J. Guillory Bishop of Beaumont

Bishop Michael J. Sis Diocese of San Angelo

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell Diocese of Dallas

Bishop Steven J. Lopes Bishop Ordinariate of Chair of Peter

Bishop Joseph Strickland Diocese of Tyler

Bishop Patrick J. Zurek Diocese of Amarillo Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel Diocese of Lafayette, La. Auxiliary Bishop Daniel E. Garcia Diocese of Austin

Words of praise for the Diocese of Dallas’ new bishop “I think we have a very good, very devout man becoming our auxiliary bishop. To me, it is his pastoral approach that makes him special. As our parish in McKinney grew, he continued to know everybody’s name. He’s just that way. He truly cares and he has a servant’s heart.”

— Deacon Vic Machiano, who served as Bishop Gregory Kelly’s first deacon at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church in McKinney. Bishop Kelly was the parish’s founding pastor.

“Everything you hear about Bishop Kelly is that he is very talented, very kind and we are truly blessed to have him as a new bishop. I just wanted to be here on this meaningful day to pray for him.”

— Chantal (Thao) Nguyen, a parishioner at Our Mother of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Garland.

“He really just has had a profound impact on members of my family. I truly believe he was instrumental in helping my brother during his own discernment. He has always come to us so humble and so holy. This is a true honor.”

“He’s going to be a great bishop because he truly loves people.”

— Kiernan O’Connor, a friend of Bishop Kelly, who drove with his family from Houston for the Episcopal Ordination. O’Connor had siblings — including a brother, Andrew, who is now a priest in New York — at the University of Dallas when Bishop Kelly served as chaplain.

“I think if you talk to anyone, you will hear a lot of great things said about him and his service to the church. He is so reverent, caring and kind.”

“He’s a very kind and gentle man. He has such a purity of heart.”

— Vicki Rowe, a Denton resident and parishioner at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, who got to know Bishop Gregory Kelly during his time in McKinney.

— Mary Norman, a parishioner at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Grand Prairie.

— Brian Thompson, a parishioner of St. Mark the Evangelist Catholic Church in Plano, whose son, Parker, is a third-year seminarian at Holy Trinity Seminary in Irving.

“Everything was so beautiful, so holy.”

— Christian Mbonihankuye, of Africa, who came to attend Mass not knowing that an Episcopal Ordination was occuring.

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A CALL TO SERVE

Some priests decline appointment as bishop

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY — Although the number is not high, it is no longer “exceptional” to have priests turn down an appointment as bishop, said Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

Speaking Feb. 1 about the annual course his office sponsors for new bishops, the cardinal was asked about rumors that more and more priests are saying they do not want to be a bishop and declining an appointment even when the pope, on the recommendation of Cardinal Ouellet’s office, has chosen them.

“Yes, that’s true. Nowadays you have people who do not accept the appointment,” he said, adding that he would not provide statistics on how often it happens, although he insisted the number was not huge.

Priests decline for a variety of reasons, Cardinal Ouellet said, pointing to the example of a priest who was chosen, but then informed the congregation that he had cancer and had not told others of his illness. “It was a sign of responsibility not to accept the appointment,” he said.

Others decline because of something in their past or because they think they cannot handle the responsibility, he said. In the latter case, he said, “normally we insist” because often people are not the best judges of their own abilities.

But when a person makes “a decision in conscience,” the Vatican respects that.

As for the type of priests Pope Francis and

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Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn, N.Y., places a miter on Auxiliary Bishop James Massa during his 2015 episcopal ordination in Brooklyn.

the congregation are looking for as candidates, Cardinal Ouellet said the pope “has insisted on the pastoral quality of the bishops. That’s very clear. It does not mean that they do not have to be masters of the faith because a bishop is,

first and foremost, the first teacher of the faith in his diocese.”

“But the capacity to relate to people, to establish dialogue, to start from the point where people are -- this is a quality that is also requested,” the cardinal said.

Pope Francis’“charism is to be very compassionate, very close to people, but at the same time, he knows where he leads people: to our Lord Jesus Christ,” he said.

Cardinal Ouellet also confirmed that since at least 2010, the confidential questionnaire sent to local bishops and priests asking about a potential candidate for bishop includes a question about whether the potential candidate ever was in a position of having to handle an accusation of clerical sexual abuse made against another priest or church worker.

“We have to be able to verify he is able to handle these cases well, that is to say, he does not have a mentality of not reporting them or not taking them seriously,” the cardinal said.

As far as possible, the Vatican wants to know a potential bishop will take accusations seriously and deal with them appropriately.

Since 2001, all newly ordained bishops serving in dioceses that report to the Congregation for Bishops have been obliged to come to Rome in September for an eight- or nineday course for new bishops. More recently, the Congregation for Eastern Churches has co-sponsored the course and brought new Eastern-rite bishops to Rome for it. Every two years, new bishops in mission territories have a similar course sponsored by the Congregation

for the Evangelization of Peoples with some of the sessions overlapping.

The speeches, homilies and reflections from the September 2015 course were published recently in a book, “Witnesses of the Risen One.” Cardinal Ouellet said he hoped publishing the papers would help bishops in their ministry.

More than 1,500 bishops have participated in the past 14 years, he said. While it includes sessions on finances, rapport with one’s priests and on preventing clerical sexual abuse, most participants say the most valuable part of the course was the opportunity to meet, discuss and pray with bishops from around the world.

“The goal of these meetings is to learn their new identity -- that they belong to the college of the successors of the apostles,” Cardinal Ouellet said. “It’s an extraordinary moment of conversion for them.”

“A priest who is ordained a bishop comes to Rome to learn that from now on he has a universal responsibility as a member of this college,” the cardinal said.

The new bishops, he said, also are excited to meet the pope who appointed them.

“Every pope has his gifts and this influences the way younger bishops act,” Cardinal Ouellet said. “One identifies with the style” of the pope who nominated him and often tries to make choices he thinks the pope would make in ministry, lifestyle and — especially with Pope Francis — in ways of communicating; “he breaches boundaries in proclaiming the Gospel,” the cardinal said.

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Most Reverend Greg Kelly

The Serra Clubs of the Dallas Diocese Congratulate you on your ordination and your appointment by Pope Francis as Auxiliary Bishop of Dallas

We are blessed by your vocation and proud to have worked with you in support of new and existing Church vocations.

Priest, Pastor, Teacher, Serra Club Chaplain, Monsignor, Bishop, Humble Servant You have been a friend and an inspiration to all you have touched. Be assured of our prayers and support as you continue your journey, walking in the footsteps of Jesus.

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On Transfiguration and Exodus

By Father Thomas Esposito Special to The Texas Catholic

One word in Luke’s account of the Transfiguration (9:2836, the Gospel for this coming Sunday) never fails to surprise when recited or read. The striking word comes as Luke depicts Jesus, his appearance changed and his clothes a dazzling white, conversing with Moses, the great Lawgiver, and the prophet Elijah.

These two glorious saints, commissioned by God to maintain Israel’s fidelity to the Lord, speak to Jesus, according to Luke’s narration, “of his exodus that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem” (9:31).

The term exodus seems strange here. Moses certainly speaks from experience on the topic of exodus- he is the orchestrator of the exodus from Egyptian enslavement through water to freedom.

But why would Moses and Elijah employ this particular expression, literally referring to a “way out,” in their encounter with the transfigured Lord?

“The exodus” is followed by an essential clue which helps us interpret the intention behind the word: “[…] that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.” Moses and Elijah, the representatives of the Israelite covenant, seem to offer Jesus a preview of his eventual passion and death in the Holy City. In the midst of awesome glory, in which Jesus’ divine status as Son of God is revealed and his mission is identified with the great figures of Israel’s history, a foreboding note of coming agony is uttered. Just before the transfiguration scene, Luke depicts Jesus making the first prediction of his passion, death, and resurrection (9:22), and a second

prediction of his sufferings comes soon after Jesus descends from the mountain (9:43-45). The long journey to Jerusalem narrated

by Luke begins at 9:51 with an ominous statement: “When the days for him to be taken up were fulfilled, he firmly set his face to go to Jerusalem.”

An exodus implies a departure from one place or condition to another. In the case of Jesus, his passion and death in Jerusalem require not only a parting from his disciples, but an entirely new way of understanding his identity as the Son of God. At his crucifixion, he will be abandoned by his closest friends, including the very person who promised to accompany him even unto death- Peter, who is present at the transfiguration. A motive for the transfiguration thus comes clearly into view: Jesus, aware that the faith of his disciples will be utterly shattered when they see him crucified, provides Peter, James and John with a glimpse of the glory that is his now, and will be his after his passion and death.

These three disciples witness the stunning splendor of his revelation on the mountain, and though fear prevents them from understanding its full implications, this episode will act as a light in darkness when their Lord is lowered into the tomb. The glory of the risen Lord, in other words, is anticipated here for the benefit of those faithful yet fickle disciples, who need to be assured of the Lord’s presence even in the midst of cruel suffering.

Several years ago, when I visited Mount Tabor, the traditional site of the Transfiguration in northern Israel, a Mexican priest gave a stirring homily on this scene. I recall him speaking about a priest mentor of his; the

most memorable counsel that priest gave my friend highlights the divine logic at work in every human life: “In order to ascend to the heights of Heaven, you must be willing to descend.”

With regard to the transfiguration, Jesus was perfectly aware that his exodus of humiliation and death awaited him in Jerusalem; he came down the mountain anyway, having granted his disciples a hidden consolation there, one which they would need after his tragic crucifixion. A related exodus is required of every Christian- some departure from comfort, from worldly goods, from life itselfand the transfiguration scene, read in the midst of Lent, offers us a lighted lamp before we descend into the darkness of trial and despair with Christ.

Father Thomas Esposito, O.Cist., is a theologian and monk at the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Dallas in Irving. His column appears occasionally in The Texas Catholic.

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‘Intersecting Traditions’

Above: Margie Cruse, Mary Haggerty and Peggy Olivier, at the opening reception of the gallery exhibit, “Marc Chagall: Intersecting Traditions,” on Feb. 3 at the Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery on the campus of the University of Dallas in Irving.

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Pope decries slavery, low wages

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — God will hold humanity responsible for enslaving the poor and treating people as less important than profits, Pope Francis told Mexican workers and business leaders.

“What kind of world do we want to leave our children?” the pope asked Feb. 17 during a meeting in Ciudad Juarez with 3,000 people representing the “world of work” in a border town known for its factories — maquiladoras — offering lowwage jobs. Mexico’s minimum wage is the equivalent of about $4 a day.

“God will hold today’s slavers accountable, and we must do everything to make sure that these situations do not happen again,” the pope said. “The flow of capital cannot determine the flow and the life of people.”

Daisy Flores Gamez, her husband Jesus Gurrola Varela and two children welcomed the pope; Flores told him the financial struggles caused by the low wages are obvious, but families also are being tested and even destroyed by the long hours workers are expected to put in to earn a pittance.

“We believe the decadence and conflict of values in our society come, in part, from an absence of parents in the home,” she said, pleading with the pope to intercede for them with governments and businesses to institute eight-hour workdays.

Ciudad Juarez, lying on the U.S.-Mexican border, also hosts thousands of Mexicans and Central

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Pope Francis arrives for a meeting with families at the Victor Manuel Reyna Stadium in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico, Feb. 15.

Americans hoping to cross over into the United States or who already made the crossing, but did so illegally and were sent back to the Mexican side of the border.

The city is infamous as a center of narcotrafficking, is plagued by “pandillas” or armed gangs and, since the early 1990s, has grabbed headlines around the world because of the alarming number of area women who disappeared or were murdered.

Pope Francis told the workers and business leaders that things cannot continue as they have been going

and that dialogue and respect for human dignity are the only paths to a better future.

Straying from his prepared text, the pope told those present that he once knew a businessman who would go into negotiations saying, “’I know I’m going to lose something so that we can all win.’ That man’s philosophy is so beautiful. When you negotiate, you will always lose something, but everyone wins.”

Business owners, just like the workers, have a stake in improving the situation for individuals and for the nation, the pope said. “We

do not have the luxury of missing any chance to encounter, discuss, confront or search” for solutions that will provide opportunity while treating human beings with the respect they deserve.

“Anything we can do to foster dialogue, encounter and the search for better alternatives and opportunities is already an accomplishment to be valued and highlighted,” the pope told them.

Looking for common ground, Pope Francis asked the workers and the business people to think about the future they hope for their children and their country. Almost all people would share the same general dream, he said, and they must work together to achieve it.

Responding to Flores’ plea for family-friendly work schedules, the pope told the crowd: “I invite you to dream, to dream of a Mexico where the father has time to play with his children, where a mother has time to play with her children. And you will gain that through dialogue, through negotiating, by losing so that everyone wins.”

“What kind of Mexico do you want to leave your children? Do you want to leave them the memory of exploitation, of insufficient pay, of workplace harassment?” he asked. Or, should the future be one of “dignified work, a proper roof (over one’s head) and of land to be worked?”

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Do not give into temptation or resignation, pope says

By Catholic News Service MORELIA, Mexico — The devil loves Christians — especially priests and nuns — who are resigned to the violence and corruption around them, Pope Francis said.

Celebrating Mass Feb. 16 at a stadium in Morelia, Pope Francis repeated his frequent call to priests, religious and seminarians to get out of their churches and convents and take God’s mercy and offer of salvation to the world.

But in Morelia, the geographic center of Mexico and capital of Michoacan state — a stronghold of the Knights Templar drug cartel — the pope was not talking just about traditional evangelization.

The pope’s message was an encouragement to those priests and religious who literally risk their lives standing up to the drug lords and urging their faithful to do the same.

Mexico’s Catholic Multimedia Center reported in early February that 40 priests in Mexico have been murdered or simply disappeared in

the past 10 years. Many of the cases are clearly linked to the priests’ denunciation of the drug trade.

Pope Francis told an estimated 20,000 church workers gathered in the stadium the Christian faith is not a matter for the intellect alone or something that occupies a few hours each day or each week. It is about one’s life.

Jesus, he said, did not simply teach his disciples, he brought them into his life, showing them who he was and how they were to live by keeping them with him as he ate, slept, cured, preached and prayed.

“He invited them to share his life,” the pope said, and when he prayed and referred to God as “father,” it was not simply a word, but contained “a sense of life, of experience, of authenticity.”

All Christians, but especially those charged with the pastoral care of others, also must share Jesus’ life with them.

“Woe to us if we are not witnesses to what we have seen and heard. Woe to us,” he said. “We are not and do

not want to be administrators of the divine. We are not and do not want to be God’s employees, for we are invited to share in his life.”

In his Lenten reflection, Pope Francis asked the priests and religious to think about the temptations they face in their lives.

“What temptation can come to us from places often dominated by violence, corruption, drug trafficking, disregard for human dignity and indifference in the face of suffering and vulnerability?” he asked.

The big temptation, he said, is resignation.

In the face of overwhelming violence and death, the pope said, “the devil can overcome us with one of his favorite weapons: resignation.

A resignation that paralyzes us and prevents us not only from walking, but also from making the journey.”

The devil wants to sow a resignation “which not only terrifies us, but which also entrenches us in our ‘sacristies’ and false securities,” he said. Such an attitude “not only hinders our looking to the future,

but also thwarts our desire to take risks and to change.”

Some of the prayers at the Mass were offered in Purepecha, and Pope Francis called for special care of the Purepecha indigenous people.

As a model of one who resisted the temptation of resignation, he offered Bishop Vasco Vazquez de Quiroga, the first bishop of Michoacan.

Ministering in the mid-1500s, the Spaniard was shocked by how the Purepecha were treated.

Bishop Vazquez did not fall prey to resignation, but was inspired to act “in the midst of so much paralyzing injustice. The pain and suffering of his brothers and sisters became his prayer, and his prayer led to his response.”

The Purepechas referred to him as “Tata Vasco,” which means “father, dad, daddy,” the pope said.

It is the same kind of language Jesus used when referring to God. Pope Francis ended his homily with a prayer: “Father, dad, daddy, lead us not into the temptation of resignation ....”

February 19, 2016 POPE TO YOUTH:

‘Jesus calls us to be disciples’

By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service

MORELIA, Mexico — Jesus never sends anyone out as a hitman, dealing in death, but calls Christians to be his disciples and friends, Pope Francis told Mexico’s youth.

“Today the Lord continues to call you, he continues to draw you to him, just as he did with the Indian, Juan Diego,” to whom Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared, he told tens of thousands of young people at Morelia’s Jose Maria Morelos Pavon Stadium Feb. 16.

Dozens of young people carried flags representing every diocese of Mexico present in the packed stadium or watching on big screens set up in a field outside. The pope not only greeted those present in Morelia but also thousands of Mexican youths following the event.

The pope reminded the youths that they are the wealth of Mexico and of the church.

“A mountain can have rich minerals that will serve humanity’s progress; that is its wealth. But it only turns into wealth when the miners who take out the minerals work on it. You are the wealth, and you must be transformed into hope,” the pope said, in one of several departures from his prepared speech.

However, Pope Francis recognized the difficulties of recognizing one’s value when material wealth, fashion and prestige become symbols of one’s worth.

“The biggest threat is when a person feels that they must have money to buy everything, including the love of others. The biggest threat is to believe that by having a big car you will be happy,” he said The pope said belief in Jesus is a sure source of hope and can help youths fight back against the influence of drug dealers “or others who do nothing but sow destruction and death.”

“It is Jesus Christ who refutes all attempts to render you useless or to be mere mercenaries of other people’s ambitions,” he said.

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Pope Francis greets girls in traditional dress during a meeting with young people at the Jose Maria Morelos Pavon Stadium in Morelia, Mexico, Feb. 16.

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‘Tatic Francis’ affirms Mexico’s indigenous people

By Catholic News Service SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico—Paying homage to the culture and ancient wisdom of Mexico’s indigenous peoples, Pope Francis urged them to hold on to hope and condemned those who exploit their people and their land.

“Some have considered your values, culture and traditions to be inferior. Others, intoxicated by power, money and market trends, have stolen your lands or contaminated them,” the pope said at a Mass Feb. 15 with representatives of Mexico’s indigenous communities.

“You have much to teach us,” he told the elders, activists and simple faithful gathered at a sports complex in San Cristobal de Las Casas, a city in Chiapas, Mexico’s southernmost state, and a center of advocacy and struggle for the indigenous rights.

Chiapas, and particularly the Diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas, also has been a center of official Catholic support for indigenous culture, support that was not always shared by all of Mexico’s bishops.

During his stay in the city, Pope Francis communicated the Vatican’s official approval of the use of the local languages in liturgical prayer. Two of the languages—Tzotzil and Tzeltal— were used for some of the readings and prayers during the pope’s Mass.

And, after the pope read his homily in Spanish, it was translated for the many in the crowd who speak only their Mayan tongue.

It was under Pope Francis that the diocese was allowed to start ordain-

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A panther decorates the altar as Pope Francis celebrates Mass with the indigenous community from Chiapas in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico, Feb. 15.

ing permanent deacons again in 2014 after ordering a 12-year suspension.

The vast majority of the diocese’s more than 300 permanent deacons are married leaders in their indigenous communities; the late Bishop Samuel Ruíz García began ordaining large numbers of the leaders in a program of pastoral outreach that many saw as exaggerating the place of indigenous culture in the local church, but also as a potential first step toward pushing for married priests for indigenous communities.

As the pope toured the crowd in the popemobile, a priest led the people in chanting: “Welcome, pope of peace. Welcome, pope of mercy.

Welcome, pope of justice. Welcome, pope of freedom. Welcome, pope of the struggle.”

The cheer also hailed the pope for wanting “a church that is born of the people” and bishops and priests who are “alongside the poor.”

To applause, the priest also acclaimed, “The people walk with Tatic Samuel (Bishop Ruiz) and Tatic Francis, who encourages us.” Tatic is the Mayan word for father.

In a country rich in natural resources, but scarred by pollution and inequality, Pope Francis compared the indigenous communities to the ancient Israelites enslaved in Egypt, and he assured them that

God hears their cry for dignity and respect and their longing to protect their cultures.

In responding to the oppression of the Israelites, the pope said, God showed them his true face, “the face of a father who suffers as he sees the pain, mistreatment and lack of justice for his children.”

“They say that Chiapas is a rich state, but we don’t know where these riches are,” said Manuel Méndez, a vegetable farmer. Wearing a lambswool robe at Mass, Méndez comes from the tough indigenous town of San Juan Chamula—where the local authorities clashed with Bishop Ruíz and refused to allow his priests to serve while he led the diocese.

The federal and state governments have sent enormous sums of money to Chiapas since the 1994 Zapatista uprising of indigenous, but poverty rates have remained unchanged and still top 75 percent of the population.

“It’s better, but there are still great needs,” said Domingo López, a corn farmer from the municipality of Oxchuc, who camped out overnight in the cold at the Mass site with 11 family members.

Pope Francis quoted “Popol Vuh,” a collection of traditional indigenous literature, which says, “The dawn rises on all of the tribes together. The face of the earth was immediately healed by the sun.” The story, he said, illustrates how “the sun rose for the people who at various times have walked in the midst of history’s darkest moments.”

The quotation expresses a yearning for freedom and for reaching “a

promised land where oppression, mistreatment and humiliation are not the currency of the day,” Pope Francis said.

Mexico’s indigenous and many other people around the world still yearn for such a land and “for a time when human corruption will be overcome by fraternity, when injustice will be conquered by solidarity and when violence will be silenced by peace.”

Today, too, God suffers when his children do, he said. In his greatest sign of solidarity with humanity, God sent his son into the world to live like them and to suffer and die to save them.

God’s son rose “so that darkness may not have the last word and dawn may not cease to rise on the lives of his sons and daughters,” the pope told the people.

The yearning for freedom and a bright future is something to hold on to and keep alive, Pope Francis said. People must resist attempts others make to silence their yearning, “anesthetize our soul” or “lull our children” into thinking that nothing can change and their dreams will never come true.

The main road leading to the sports center was decorated with banners featuring photos of local people and quotations from Pope Francis, many of them from his encyclical, “Laudato Si’,” on safeguarding creation.

At the Mass, the pope praised the indigenous people’s wisdom in caring for the earth and encouraged their efforts to defend it from further destruction.

Pope warns against diminishing importance of family

By Catholic News Service SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico—Pope Francis warned against moves to diminish the importance of the family, peppering his talk with anecdotes and offthe-cuff remarks that kept a packed soccer stadium cheering, laughing and applauding.

Speaking under a scorching-hot sun as dozens were treated for heat stroke, the pope said family life was not always easy and often was a struggle, but he pleaded for perseverance, saying family life was one of the solutions to increasing isolation and uncertainty and its unintended consequences.

“I prefer a wounded family that makes daily efforts to put love into play to a society that is sick from isolationism and is habitually afraid of love,” Pope Francis said Feb. 15 in front of a boisterous audience of families, who came from across southern Mexican and nearby Guatemala for a celebration in the city of Tuxtla Gutierrez. “I prefer a family that makes repeated efforts to begin again to a society that is narcis-

sistic and obsessed with luxury and comfort. I prefer a family with tired faces from generous giving to faces with makeup that know nothing of tenderness and compassion.”

The pope’s focus on families turned the focus of his six-day visit toward the pastoral issues after hitting hard on matters such as corruption, crime and the country’s often impoverished and exploited indigenous populations.

During the event, a couple from the city of Monterrey — one of whom was divorced — spoke of the stigma and sense of not belonging by not being able to receive Communion, but finding a home in the Catholic Church by serving others and organizing pastoral projects.

“As we came close to our church, we received love and compassion,” said Humberto and Claudia Gomez, who are married civilly, but not in the church. “It’s marvelous to have a marriage and family in which God is at the center.”

Pope Francis cracked jokes throughout his speech and strayed from his prepared text. He mentioned a couple married for 50 years and

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Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives to celebrate Mass with the indigenous community from Chiapas in San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico, Feb. 15.

asked “who was the most patient.”

The answer was obvious for the pope: “Both of them.”

Departing from prepared remarks, he offered advice for creating happy families and keeping the peace in times of turbulence.

“Do not end the day without making peace,” Pope Francis said.

“If you end the day in war, you will end up in cold war, and a cold war is very dangerous in the family, because it will undermine families from underneath.”

Pope Francis focused most on overcoming isolation and uncertainty and its insidious effects.

“Uncertainty is not only a threat to our stomach, but it can also threaten our soul, demoralizing us and taking away our energy, so that we seek apparent solutions that, in the end solve nothing,” he said. “There is a kind of uncertainty which can be very dangerous, which can creep in surreptitiously; it is the uncertainty born of solitude and isolation.”

He cited the example of Humberto and Claudia and their service to others as a solution. Another solution, he said, was with smart public policy, “which protects and guarantees the bare necessities of life so that every home and every person can develop through education and dignified employment.”

“Laws and personal commitment,” he said, “are a good pairing to break the spiral of uncertainty.”

Family is often seen as a social safety net in Mexico and a pillar in a low-trust society, though state statistics show people are marrying less, divorcing more and increasingly living in nontraditional families.

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Pope Francis celebrates Mass in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City Feb. 13.

An experience of hope Pope makes long-awaited visit to Our Lady of Guadalupe

By Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY—Pope Francis fulfilled his much-desired wish to pray in silence before the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

After celebrating the first Mass of his papal trip to Mexico Feb. 13, the pope made his way to the “camarin” (“little room”) behind the main altar of the basilica dedicated to Mary. The miraculous mantle, which normally faces the congregation, can be turned around to allow a closer and more private moment of veneration.

Laying a bouquet of yellow roses in front of the image, the pope sat down in prayerful silence with eyes closed and head bowed. After roughly 20 minutes, the pope stood up, laid his hand on the image and departed from the small room.

About 12,000 people packed the basilica for the papal Mass and another 30,000 were watching on screens set up in the outer courtyard. Built in 1976, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe is located near Tepeyac hill, the site of Mary’s apparitions to St. Juan Diego in 1531. With some 12 million people visiting each year, it is Catholicism’s most popular Marian shrine.

In his homily, the pope reflected on the Gospel reading, which recalled Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth.

Mary’s humility in saying “yes” to God’s will, he said, is a response “which prompted her to give the best of herself, going forth to meet others.”

That very humility also led her to

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Pope Francis touches the original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe after celebrating Mass in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City Feb. 13. The Marian image was rotated for the pope to pray in the “camarin” (“little room”) behind the main altar.

Women watch as Pope Francis prays before the original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe after celebrating Mass in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City Feb. 13.

appear to a poor indigenous man, he said. “Just as she made herself present to little Juan, so too she continues to reveal herself to all of us, especially to those who feel — like him — ‘worthless,’ ” the pope said.

Recalling the miraculous appearance of Mary’s image, Pope Francis noted that through such a miracle, “Juan experienced in his own life what hope is, what the mercy of God is.”

The pope said that despite the indigenous saint’s feelings of inadequacy, Mary chose him to “oversee, care for, protect and promote the building of this shrine.”

“In this way, she managed to awaken something he did not know how to express, a veritable banner of love and justice: no one could be left out in the building of that other shrine: the shrine of life, the shrine of our communities, our societies and our cultures,” he said.

God’s true shrine, he added, is the life of his children, especially young people without a future, the elderly who are often unacknowledged and forgotten and families lacking even the most basic necessities.

“The shrine of God is the faces of the many people we encounter each day,” the pope said.

Pope Francis said those who suffer do not weep in vain and their sufferings are a silent prayer that rises to heaven, “always finding a place in Mary’s mantle.”

Like St. Juan Diego, Christians are called to be Mary’s ambassadors and console those who are overwhelmed by trials and sufferings, Pope Francis explained. “’Am I not your mother? Am I not here with you?’ Mary says this to us again. Go and build my shrine, help me to lift up the lives of my sons and daughters, your brothers and sisters,” the pope said.

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Pope tells Mexican bishops be unified on tough issues

By Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY—Pope Francis demanded forceful denunciations of drug violence in Mexico from the country’s bishops, who have preferred timid pronouncements instead of speaking prophetically on a tragedy that has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the past 10 years and left another 25,000 Mexicans missing.

Speaking Feb. 13 to an audience of bishops in Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Pope Francis urged them to confront the scourge of drug cartels and organized crime by raising their voices, developing pastoral plans, and “drawing in and embracing the fringes of human existence in the ravaged areas of our cities.”

“I urge you not to underestimate the moral and anti-social challenge, which the drug trade represents for young people and Mexican society as a whole,” Pope Francis said. “The magnitude of this phenomenon ... and the gravity of the violence ... do not allow us as pastors of the church to hide behind anodyne denunciations.”

The pope spoke to the Mexican bishops for more than 40 minutes, delivering a tough talk on matters the pope plans to highlight in his six-day Mexican trip, including violence, migrants and indigenous issues. In off-the-cuff remarks, he warned of “the temptation of aloofness and clericalism” for bishops, called for clerical transparency and asked for unity in the Mexican bishops’ conference, which has pursued closer

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Pope Francis addresses Mexico’s bishops in the cathedral in Mexico City Feb. 13.

ties with political leaders in recent years, while speaking softly—if at all—on uncomfortable issues such as corruption.

Pope Francis hit hardest on the drug issue, something retired Pope Benedict XVI said nothing about in his 2012 trip to Mexico. It’s an issue that has vexed Mexico and the Catholic Church over the past decade as a crackdown on drug cartels and organized crime has caused violence to rise, along with offenses such as extortion and kidnapping. Many of those victims and victimizers were baptized Catholics.

The violence has claimed the lives of more than a dozen priests over the past five years, while some dioceses have been accused of collecting narcolimosnas or “drug

alms,” and drug bosses—who often consider themselves proper Catholics—construct and fix parishes and sponsor patron saint feast days.

Pope Francis urged “prophetic courage” and implementing a pastoral approach of going to the peripheries, working with families and building bridges with parish communities, schools and the authorities, saying that only then “will people finally escape the raging waters that drown so many, either victims of the drug trade or those who stand before God with their hands drenched in blood, though with pockets filled with sordid money and their consciences deadened.”

Pope Francis also alluded to the folkloric Santa Muerte, a skeletal pseudo-saint attracting hordes of

At children’s hospital, pope prescribes ‘kindness therapy’

By Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY — A little bit of kindness can go a long way when recovering from illness, Pope Francis told a group of young patients.

“Not only medicine but also ‘kindness therapy’ can make you live your time here with greater joy,” the pope said Feb. 14.

The pope arrived ahead of schedule to the Federico Gomez children’s hospital in Mexico City after a visit to Ecatepec, just north of Mexico City. First lady Angelica Rivera and 38 young cancer patients welcomed him to the hospital’s oncology ward.

Making his way around the room, the pope greeted all the children individually, handing each one a rosary. He gave one boy what he said was his own rosary, blessing it and asking him to “take care of it for me and pray for me when you can.”

The excitement was difficult for the young patients to contain

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Pope Francis gives a vaccine to Rodrigo Lopez Miranda, 5, held by Mexico’s first lady Angelica Rivera during a visit to the Federico Gomez Children’s Hospital of Mexico in Mexico City Feb. 14.

and several stood up from their wheelchairs to embrace the pope.

As he made his rounds throughout the hospital, the children handed him drawings. One patient surprised the pope with a heartfelt rendition of Schubert’s Ave Maria.

Thanking them for their warm

welcome, the pope said he was grateful for the opportunity to visit them and “share a little of your life and of those who work here.”

The pope briefly told the children the story of Jesus’ presentation in the temple and how the Gospel’s story of Simeon’s grandfatherly reaction is a lesson which teaches “two attitudes: gratitude and blessing.”

“For my part — and not only because of my age — I feel I can relate well with these two lessons of Simeon,” the 79-year-old pope said.

“Entering here and seeing your eyes, your smiles, your faces has filled me with a desire to give thanks.”

Hospital staff asked Pope Francis to help them launch a polio vaccine campaign, which he did with the willing cooperation of 5-year-old Rodrigo Lopez Miranda. The little boy opened his mouth wide as the pope squeezed the medicine from a dropper and said, “Swallow it.”

The boy rewarded the pope with a drawing and practically climbed into his arms for a hug.

followers, including many in the illegal drug trade.

“I am particularly concerned about those many persons who, seduced by the empty power of the world, praise illusions and embrace their macabre symbols to commercialize death in exchange for money which, in the end, ‘moth and rust consume,’ ” he said.

The rise of Santa Muerte worship over the past 15 years has alarmed the Mexican church and drawn Vatican condemnations, said Andrew Chesnut, religious studies professor at Virginia Commonwealth University, who has studied the pseudo-saint and estimates it now has 10 million followers in Mexico and abroad.

“It’s the chief concern of the Mexican church in terms of religious rivals,” he said. “A week doesn’t go by in which some Mexican bishop or priest denounces it as satanic.”

Still, Pope Francis praised popular piety, common in Mexico, where the faithful adore the saints and participate in pilgrimages, while ignoring the sacramental part of the church.

“I invite you to give yourselves tirelessly and fearlessly to the task of evangelizing and deepening the faith by means of a mystagogical catechesis that treasures the popular religiosity of people,” Pope Francis said. “Our times require pastoral attention to persons and groups who hope to encounter the living Jesus.”

He lauded the church for its work with the many mostly Central American migrants transiting the country on trips that expose them to crime.

“There are millions of sons and daughters of the church who today live in the diaspora or who are in transit, journeying to the North in search of new opportunities,” he said, calling migration, “the challenge of our age.”

He also told the bishops, “We do not need ‘princes,’ but rather a community of the Lord’s witnesses.

“Do not allow yourselves to be corrupted by trivial materialism or by the seductive illusion of underhanded agreements,” he added in an allusion to suggestions that bishops sometimes smooth things out behind closed doors with corrupt officials and even criminals, instead of acting publicly. “Do not place your faith in the ‘chariots and horses’ of today’s pharaohs, for our strength is in the pillar of fire that divides the sea in two, without much fanfare.”

He ended with a call for unity, departing from his prepared comments to do so.

“If you have to fight, then fight; if you have to say things, say them but like men, face-to-face, like men of God, who can pray together, who can discern together, and if you argue to ask for forgiveness,” he said. “But always maintain the unity of the episcopal body.”

Church observers said the pope’s message was unprecedented for Mexico, where the bishops’ conference has become quite conservative over the past quarter-century as the church and government restored relations. In some Catholic circles, critical voices on issues such as human rights have been considered an impediment to that process.

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STATE DIOCESE

February 19, 2016

U.S. BORDER

Immigration case highlights migration issues

By Wallice J. de la Vega Catholic News Service

EL PASO, Texas — With Pope Francis’ visit to Ciudad Juarez, the issues of migration, and most importantly, of migrants, are at the forefront.

Many of the speeches he gave during his visit to the United States last September included references to immigration.

“Our world is facing a refugee crisis of a magnitude not seen since the Second World War,” he said before a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. “This presents us with great challenges and many decisions. ... Let us remember the Golden Rule: ‘Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.’ ” Thalia Hernandez Gutierrez is one of thousands of U.S. immigrants who have crossed the border into the U.S. from Juarez and now enjoys legal residency status, but her case is unusual due to causes she considers to be “an act of God for my life.”

Her personal story is no different from that of the average “juareno,” native of Juarez, growing up amid shootings, abductions and drug trafficking. Finding bodies thrown about

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the town square was a regular part of life.

“One night when I was 9, my aunt’s house, right next to ours, was blown up and burned to the ground,” she told Catholic News Service about her first direct brush with violence.

Her step-uncle was “on the wrong path and luckily no one died,” she said, “but they sent word that they would kill us all.”

Hernandez grew up only with her mother.

While in high school, Rogelio was one of Hernandez’s childhood friends who were dropouts. Although generous and helpful within their tightly-knit San Agustin neighborhood, he also was involved in the drug trade. Rogelio was responsible for the worst moment of Hernandez’s life — and was probably her savior.

One day, while sitting with another friend at a burger stand where her mother worked, Rogelio came in and started to chat with them.

Outside, a truck went by and fired shots at Rogelio’s vehicle.

“He went out and was talking to them,” Hernandez recalled, “but all of a sudden they were shooting at him. We saw everything. I was frozen in panic, so my friend pulled

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Advocates for migrants gather near Sacred Heart Church as they make their way through El Paso on Feb. 16, during their “border pilgrimage for migrant dignity.” The group We Belong Together said it had arrived in El Paso to lend its support to Pope Francis.

me down to the floor.” She knew the shooters, and they saw her; they all went to the same high school.

Hernandez, then 17, her mother and her friend were threatened with death if they didn’t keep silent about the murder. After weeks of sleepless nights and high family tension

while cloistered in a house with all its windows covered with blankets, Hernandez’s mother had had enough.

“Early one morning, my mom’s friend took us to the (border crossing) bridge, and we went up to the guards,” she said. After giving her child a hug, the mother had her go

with the officers and tell them the whole story. Before that Sept. 6, 2013, the youngster did not know Mom’s complete intentions.

After an extensive interview by authorities, Hernandez was classified as an abandoned minor. She was taken into custody and then placed at a shelter run by the El Paso Diocese’s Migrant and Refugee Services. She was there two months.

“I went to high school, but all the classes were in English and I couldn’t understand enough,” she said. “Now I go to Ysleta Community Center, focusing on learning the language.

I want to become a veterinarian.”

At the shelter she met Rafael Muriel, two years her senior, who worked there as a language teacher.

After her departure from the shelter, they bumped into each other several times and later became a couple.

Hernandez was taken to the border three months shy of her 18th birthday, qualifying her as an abandoned minor. She has seen the blessing in that unfortunate event.

“The shelter was a beautiful place.

There I met wonderful people, especially the children,” she said breaking into tears because, as she said, they reminded her of herself as a child.

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MID-ATLANTIC CONGRESS

Texas cardinal discusses transformative power of Eucharist

By Christopher Gunty Catholic News Service

BALTIMORE — As the book of the Gospels was enthroned in a prayer service to open the fifth annual Mid-Atlantic Congress Feb. 4 in Baltimore, a dozen women originally from Cameroon greeted the word of God with chanting and dancing.

Led by Emambu Beatrice Fomanka, members of the Catholic Women’s Association, dressed in colorful garb depicting Mary, used brooms to symbolically sweep up the congress attendees in the word. The association’s Immaculate Heart of Mary Branch is based at St. Gabriel Parish in Windsor Mill, MD. The prayer service framed the opening general session for this year’s Feb. 4-6 Mid-Atlantic Congress. The gathering serves pastoral and administrative leaders in the church at the parish and diocesan level, professional staff and volunteers.

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston reflected on the words of St. Luke’s Gospel that had been proclaimed DiNardo in song by Deacon Mark S. Loepker of Our Lady of the Fields Parish in Millersville, MD. The cardinal noted that the Pharisees were complaining that Jesus ate and drank with sinners and tax collectors. Jesus responded to their “murmurings” with “the parable of searching for the lost” -- the lost sheep and the lost coin.

“All the lost are actively sought out and brought home,” the cardinal said, noting that the passage helped set out his theme, “Becoming a Disciple.” He said “disciple” is an elementary and substantive word.

“A disciple is a follower, is a learner, is an adherent to another,” he said. “Becoming a disciple is to become a learner and a follower.”

The cardinal noted that St.

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Cardinal DiNardo noted the importance that Ignatius gave to strength, encouragement and serenity as characteristics of one becoming a disciple, while on his way to his own death.

The cardinal pointed out that of the 15 dioceses in Texas, the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston has the dubious distinction of having more prisons within its boundaries. On one of his pastoral visits to

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