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The official newspaper of the Diocese of Dallas

Vol. 65, No. 3

Awaiting Pope Francis ECUMENICAL

‘Holocaust by Bullets’ An exhibit at the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance further details atrocities committed against Jews during World War II by Nazi Germany.

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DIOCESE

Building for tomorrow St. Rita Catholic Community moves closer to completion of a new 27,500-square-foot multi-use building, the centerpiece of a construction project that parish officials say has an overall cost of more than $16 million.

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The U.S. flag flies in front of a mural of Pope Francis in New York City, Aug. 28. Pope Francis’ 10th foreign trip will be the longest of his pontificate and will feature stops in Cuba, the U.S. cities of Washington, D.C., New York and Philadelphia. For more coverage of Pope Francis’ upcoming trip, see Page 8.

A new beginning

Celebrating marriage

SCHOOLS

Bishop Dunne tradition The student body at Bishop Dunne Catholic School makes its traditional four-block walk to St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church from the school’s Oak Cliff campus for the annual Senior Presentation Mass.

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FAITH

Bethlemite Sisters Five Bethlemite Sisters say their vocation to the religious life is enriched by the more than 50 elderly residents of St. Joseph’s Residence in Oak Cliff.

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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell speaks during a blessing and dedication ceremony for the St. Philip & St. Augustine Catholic Academy on Sept. 8 at the Pleasant Grove campus. For additional coverage of the special ceremony for the Diocese of Dallas’ new school, see Page 7.

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell shakes hands with couples as he exits the sanctuary of the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe at the end of the Diocesan Silver & Gold Mass on Aug. 29. Find more coverage of the Diocesan Silver & Gold Mass on Pages 10-11.

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Celebrating 50 years of priesthood Bishop Kevin J. Farrell Publisher Editor David Sedeño Managing Editor Michael Gresham Business Manager Antonio Ramirez Jr. Staff Writer Cathy Harasta Staff Writer Seth Gonzales

Msgr. Leon Duesman is congratulated by Catherine Grimley, 85, with a hug after Msgr. Duesman celebrated Mass as he marked his 50th anniversary as a priest Aug. 29 at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church in Plano. Mrs. Grimley has known Msgr.

Duesman since 1968.

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Ordination to the priesthood

Commissioning of catechists

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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 Michael T. Weis Chief Financial Officer Annette G. Taylor Communications Director David Sedeño Editor of The Texas Catholic

Above, Father Randall Guy Fogle poses with Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson, left, Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, and Bishop Kevin J. Farrell after his ordination to the priesthood at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Denison on Aug. 30. At right, Bishop Farrell lays hands on Father Fogle during the ceremony. In the background is Deacon Gary Vogel, left, and Msgr.

Jeffrey Steenson. Father Fogle, a former Anglican priest, will be pastor of the new St. Michael & All Angels Catholic Community in Denison.

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Auxiliary Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel celebrates a commission Mass for the catechists at Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe on Aug. 19. The Mass is an opportunity for Catholics to reflect on the call to be witnesses to the Gospel and for people serving as catechists to rededicate themselves to their ministry.

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CLERGY ASSIGNMENTS n Father Anthony Sortino, L.C., reassigned outside the diocese, effective July 15, 2015.

n Father F. William Huete, SJ, superior of the local Jesuit community, reassigned outside the diocese, effective Aug. 1, 2015.

n Father Richard Bezzegato, c.s., formerly Pastoral Administrator of St. Luke Parish, Irving, assigned Parochial Vicar of St. Luke Parish, effective Aug. 31, 2015.

n Father Ronald Boudreaux, SJ, named Interim Superior of the Jesuit Community at Jesuit College Preparatory School, Dallas.

n Fray Jesus Bezunartea, OFM, Cap, assigned Priest in Residence at Capuchin Friary, Dallas, effective Aug. 31, 2015.

n Father Miguel Ramirez, c.s., Parochial Vicar at St. Luke Parish, Irving, reassigned outside the diocese, effective Aug. 31, 2015.

n Father Alfonse Nazzaro, formerly a member of the Legionaries of Christ, incardinated in the Diocese of Dallas, effective Aug.17, 2015.

n Msgr. Andrés Sagra, Parochial Vicar at Mary Immaculate Parish, Farmers Branch, retired and returned to the Philippines, effective July 31, 2015.

n Fray Arturo Aguilar, OFM, Cap, assigned Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Dallas, effective Aug. 31, 2015.

TRANSITIONAL DEACON BANNS Paul Allen Bechter and Emmett V. Hall IV, of the Diocese of Dallas, are seeking ordination to the transitional diaconate on Oct. 1, 2015 in Rome, Italy.

Anyone knowing a reason under Church law why they 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 Sept. 22, 2015.

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Pope simplifies annulment process, asks that it be free

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY—While a juridical process is necessary for making accurate judgments, the Catholic Church’s marriage annulment process must be quicker, cheaper and much more of a pastoral ministry, Pope Francis said.

Rewriting a section of the Latinrite Code of Canon Law and of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, Pope Francis said he was not “promoting the nullity of marriages, but the quickness of the processes, as well as a correct simplicity” of the procedures so that Catholic couples are not “oppressed by the shadow of doubt” for prolonged periods.

The Vatican released Sept. 8 the texts of two papal documents, “Mitis Iudex Dominus Iesus” (“The Lord Jesus, the Gentle Judge”) for the Latin-rite church and “Mitis et misericors Iesus,” (“The Meek and Merciful Jesus”) for the Eastern Catholic churches.

The changes, including the option of a brief process without the obligatory automatic appeal, go into effect Dec. 8, the opening day of the Year of Mercy.

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Msgr. Pio Vito Pinto, dean of the Roman Rota, a Vatican court, speaks at a press conference for the release of Pope Francis’ documents concerning changes to marriage annulments at the Vatican Sept. 8. Also pictured is Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman.

The rules for the Latin and Eastern churches are substantially the same since the differences in texts refer mainly to the different structures of the hierarchy with Latin churches having bishops and Eastern churches having eparchs and patriarchs.

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Look for our coverage of Pope Francis’ trip to the United States and other Catholic news at TexasCatholic.com and in the Friday, Oct. 2 edition of The Texas Catholic.

FAITH IN ACTION

Diocese celebrates 125th anniversary In observance of the Diocese of Dallas’ 125th Anniversary Celebration, The Texas Catholic will publish a special supplement in its Friday, Oct. 2, edition that includes a look at the diocese’s past, present and future of the diocese with historical photos, stories, graphics and with an accompanying online presentation at TexasCatholic.com.

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Faith In Action CATH OLIC DIOC ESE OF DALL AS 125TH ANNI VERSA RY

Hope

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Truth

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Charity ‘We help people because we

Love are Catholic, not because they

are Catholic.’

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Pope Francis said the changes in the annulment process were motivated by “concern for the salvation of souls,” and particularly “charity and mercy” toward those who feel alienated from the church because of their marriage situations and the

perceived complexity of the church’s annulment process.

The new rules replace canons 1671-1691 of the Code of Canon Law and canons 1357-1377 of the Eastern code. Pope Francis also provided a set of “procedural regulations” outlining how his reforms are to take place, encouraging bishops in small dioceses to train personnel who can handle marriage cases and spelling out specific conditions when a bishop can issue a declaration of nullity after an abbreviated process.

Those conditions include: when it is clear one or both parties lacked the faith to give full consent to a Catholic marriage; when the woman had an abortion to prevent procreation; remaining in an extramarital relationship at the time of the wedding or immediately afterward; one partner hiding knowledge of infertility, a serious contagious disease, children from a previous union or a history of incarceration; and when physical violence was used to extort consent for the marriage.

The reformed processes were drafted by a special committee Pope Francis established a year earlier.

Among the criteria he said guided their work, the first he listed was the possibility of there being “only

one executive sentence in favor of nullity” when the local bishop or judge delegated by him had the “moral certainty” that the marriage was not valid. Previously an appeal was automatic and a declaration of nullity had to come from two tribunals.

Msgr. Pio Vito Pinto, dean of the Roman Rota, a Vatican court, and president of the commission that drafted the new rules, told reporters that Pope Francis asked for updates throughout the year, sought a review by four “great canonists” not involved in the drafting and in the end adopted the changes with “great seriousness, but also great serenity.”

The changes made by Pope Francis, particularly the responsibility and trust placed in local bishops, are the most substantial changes in the church’s marriage law since the pontificate of Pope Benedict XIV in the mid-1700s, Msgr. Pinto said.

Even with the 1917 and 1983 new Codes of Canon Law, the process for recognizing the nullity of a marriage remained “substantially unchanged,” he said.

“Putting the poor at the center is what distinguishes the reform of Pope Francis from those made

by Pope Pius X and Pope Benedict XIV,” Msgr. Pinto said.

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September 20, 2015 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Wis 2:12, 17-20 The wicked say: Let us beset the just one, because he is obnoxious to us; he sets himself against our doings, reproaches us for transgressions of the law and charges us with violations of our training.

Let us see whether his words be true; let us find out what will happen to him.

For if the just one be the son of God, God will defend him and deliver him from the hand of his foes.

With revilement and torture let us put the just one to the test that we may have proof of his gentleness and try his patience.

Let us condemn him to a shameful death; for according to his own words, God will take care of him.

Reading 2 Jas 3:16—4:3 Beloved: Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every foul practice.

But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peaceable, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without inconstancy or insincerity. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace for those who cultivate peace.

Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from?

Is it not from your passions that make war within your members?

You covet but do not possess. You kill and envy but you cannot obtain; you fight and wage war. You do not possess because you do not ask. You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

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MASS READINGS

the workers who harvested your fields are crying aloud; and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

You have lived on earth in luxury and pleasure; you have fattened your hearts for the day of slaughter.

You have condemned; you have murdered the righteous one; he offers you no resistance.

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Altar server Joseph Uzoigwe leads a crowd around Holy Family of Nazareth Catholic Church in Irving to pray the rosary during the inaugural Rosary Rally Sept. 12.

Gospel Mk 9:30-37 Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee, but he did not wish anyone to know about it.

He was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men and they will kill him, and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise.”

But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to question him.

They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house, he began to ask them, “What were you arguing about on the way?”

But they remained silent. They had been discussing among themselves on the way who was the greatest.

Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”

Taking a child, he placed it in the their midst, and putting his arms

around it, he said to them, “Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me.”

September 27, 2015 Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Nm 11:25-29 The LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. Taking some of the spirit that was on Moses, the LORD bestowed it on the seventy elders; and as the spirit came to rest on them, they prophesied.

Now two men, one named Eldad and the other Medad, were not in the gathering but had been left in the camp.

They too had been on the list, but had not gone out to the tent; yet the spirit came to rest on them also, and

Margaret Humphries and her father Michael, to the right, pray the rosary at Holy Family of Nazareth Catholic Church on Sept. 12. The theme of the rally was “A Family That Prays Together, Stays Together.”

they prophesied in the camp.

So, when a young man quickly told Moses, “Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp, “Joshua, son of Nun, who from his youth had been Moses’aide, said, “Moses, my lord, stop them.”

But Moses answered him, “Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the people of the LORD were prophets!

Would that the LORD might bestow his spirit on them all!”

Reading 2 Jas 5:1-6 Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries. Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten, your gold and silver have corroded, and that corrosion will be a testimony against you; it will devour your flesh like a fire.

You have stored up treasure for the last days.

Behold, the wages you withheld from

Gospel Mk 9:38-43, 45, 47-48 At that time, John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.”

Jesus replied, “Do not prevent him.

There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me.

For whoever is not against us is for us.

Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward.

“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire.

And if your foot causes you to sin, cut if off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna.

And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out.

Better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna, where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.’”

A WORD TO ENKINDLE

Sports can serve as a training ground for faith

By Father Thomas Esposito Special to The Texas Catholic

St. Paul’s continued relevance for our contemporary culture is evident in a beautiful passage devoted to an understanding of sports as an image for the life of faith: “Do you not know that the runners in the stadium all run in the race, but only one wins the prize? Run so as to win. Every athlete exercises discipline in every way. They do it to win a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one. Thus I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight as if I were shadowboxing. No, I drive my body and train it, for fear that, after having preached to others, I myself should be disqualified” (1 Corinthians 9:24-27, New American Bible Revised Edition).

St. Paul was well acquainted with the veneration of athletic he-

roes in the Greco-Roman world.

The victors of the various athletic competitions in the original Olympic Games, from sprints to wrestling to javelin throwing, received a wreath of olive branches. In the passage from 1 Corinthians quoted above, St. Paul employs the running race as an analogy for the spiritual life, and compares the pagan spoils of victory (leaves destined to wither) with those earned

by Christ (immortality and beatitude).

The value of sports for the training of young boys and girls in virtues such as teamwork, perseverance, and sacrifice to a cause greater than oneself, is obvious.

Less well known is the manner in which several fathers of the early church, expanding on Paul’s analogy between faith and physical exercise, define the true athlete of God. The greatest athletes trained

in the Christian faith, according to St. Clement, are martyrs such as Peter and especially Paul, “who showed how to win the prize for patient endurance” (1 Clement 5:6). Through the letter of Ignatius of Antioch to Polycarp, we are privileged to eavesdrop on a conversation between two glorious witnesses who shed their blood for Christ. Ignatius calls Polycarp “the athlete of God,” and his multiple allusions to the world of sport are always tied to the virtues of perseverance and self-discipline: “Bear the sicknesses of everyone, like a perfect athlete. The greater the toil, the greater the gain […] Stand your ground like an anvil under the hammer. A great athlete must suffer blows to conquer” (Letter to Polycarp, 1:3; 3:1).

Without the background for these quotes, one might suspect that they come from the mouth of

a great coach, such as Vince Lombardi or John Wooden; instead, they are the exhortations of a saint imploring a fellow holy one to stand firm in the midst of persecution. The discipline demanded by St. Paul, and the toil championed

by St. Ignatius, are necessary for the perfection not simply of the body, for that is but an earthen vessel animated for a time allotted by God, but for the immortal self, infinitely more than a beautiful body.

The training and discipline which Paul emphasizes for the Christian life are required to properly coordinate body and soul, to channel the natural passions to their proper end in Christ. The acronym of the shoe company ASICS reflects the harmony that must exist between our spirited selves and our bodies: Anima Sana In Corpore Sano, “a healthy soul in a healthy body.”

Yet the true “athletes of God”

will treat their bodies and their athletic pursuits as a preparation, a training ground, for the ultimate sporting event for which they were created: the journey of their soul as it struggles to unite itself more deeply with Christ. The shedding of blood and sweat in physical exercise is a mere prelude to the greater war to be waged in the quiet of prayer—for the shedding of temptations and the surrender of one’s selfish will to the love of God, even to the point of shedding blood for the Christian faith, bring a far greater glory than any earthly prize can offer.

Father Thomas Esposito, O.Cist., is a theologian and monk at the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Dallas in Irving.

His column will appear occasionally in The Texas Catholic.

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Diocesan Time Capsule 50 Years Ago More than 1,000 people attending the clausura (closing) of the 50th Cursillo to be held in the Diocese of Dallas in the St. Cecilia Catholic School auditorium on Sept. 6. Msgr. Thomas Tschoepe, V.G., presented certificates to the 50 men who attended the three-day course in Christianity. Among those attending were five priests.

25 Years Ago One hundred years of service to North Texas was celebrated Sept.29 with a Festival Eucharist at the Dallas Convention Center, attended by 3,000 people. Bishop Charles V. Grahmann led the centennial observance and Bishop Michael Sheehan of Lubbock, a former Dallas priest, delivered the homily. Bishop Sheehan traced the history of the diocese and noted especially “the grace that seems to have been evident in the church during the ministry of each bishop.”

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10 Years Ago Bells rang out Sept. 11 to celebrate the dedication of the new bell tower and steeple a the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. The new towers completed the cathedral planned by architect Nicholas Clayton over 100 years ago. Appropriately, a donation of $500,000 by Lynn and James Moroney Jr. made the completion possible. The Moroney family were major contributors when the cathedral was built.

Above from left, Alex Sandoval, Matt Sisco, Kevin Bird, Keith Salzman, Jamie Miller, Father Jose Luis Esparza, FN, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, Garland Mayor Doug Athas, Garland councilwoman Anita Goebel, Good Shepherd Catholic School Principal Gail Richardson-Bassett, Javier Espinoza, and Rosemary and Valentine Olvera during a groundbreaking ceremony on Sept. 8 for a new sanctuary at Good Shepherd Catholic Church. At right, Good Shepherd Catholic School students attend the groundbreaking ceremony.

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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CELEBRATING 125 YEARS

At last, the diocese gets its cathedral

By Steve Landregan Special to The Texas Catholic

Make no mistake about it, at 113 years, the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe is the grand dame of the Dallas Arts District.

The land upon which she sits — bounded by Ross Avenue, Pearl Street, Flora Street and Crocket Street—was open countryside on the outskirts of Dallas when it was acquired as a future site for Sacred Heart Church for $30,000 about 1888 by Father Joseph Blum. Father Joseph Martiniere, Father Blum’s predecessor (and successor), had earlier contacted Galveston architect Nicholas Clayton, who designed the newly opened Ursuline Academy.

Without realizing it, Fathers Blum and Martiniere laid the groundwork not for Sacred Heart Church, but for Sacred Heart Cathedral. It would, however, be almost 15 years before their dreams and Clayton’s plans became reality.

In 1890, on July 15, Dallas was named the See City for a new Catholic diocese to embrace 108,000 square miles of the northern quadrant of the State of Texas.

Interestingly, the bull from Pope Leo XIII did not designate a cathedral church, but mentioned the two churches in the city, Sacred Heart, established in 1872, and St. Patrick, established in 1880. Both churches were small frame buildings of the typical prairie gothic architecture of the era.

Sacred Heart was first identified as the cathedral when Bishop Thomas F. Brennan, the first incumbent, in an interview with the Dallas Herald before his arrival in the city, indicated that Sacred

Heart would be the pro-cathedral (temporary cathedral). Although Bishop Brennan pledged to build a cathedral, that would not be the case.

The task would fall to his successor, Bishop Edward Joseph Dunne, who was made Bishop of Dallas in 1893.

An interesting urban legend about the cathedral was recounted

by Ed Rust, Jr., who told the story about Bishop Brennan supposedly choosing St. Patrick Catholic Church for his pro-cathedral, but that a bad storm on the day he was to take possession had precipitated a last-minute decision to use Sacred Heart. No other mention of such an event has been found and there was no mention in the newspapers.

Nevertheless, a subsequent event may give some credence to the story.

Both national Catholic directories for 1893 and the last two editions of The Texas Catholic newspaper, published under Bishop Brennan, list St. Patrick as the pro-cathedral.

A new Sacred Heart Cathedral would become the Opus Magnus of Bishop Dunne, but a conspiracy of circumstances would interfere with the plans. Bishop Dunne’s arrival coincided with a recession known as the “panic of ‘93” and the economic downturn made fund-raising difficult. The bishop put $35,000 of his own money, a gift from Chicago Catholics upon his appointment, into the cathedral, which ultimately cost between $125-$150 thousand.

On July 29, 1896, The Dallas Morning News carried a story on the cathedral groundbreaking on the previous day by Bishop Dunne, Father Blum and Father Martiniere.

A subsequent story on June 19, 1898, reported the laying of a cornerstone for the cathedral by Bishop Dunne.

The article included a list of items sealed in an air-tight contained in the cornerstone. Among them were copies of The Dallas Morning News, The Southern Messenger (a statewide Catholic newspaper), The Dallas Times-Herald, the Western Watchman, the Irish World and the Chicago Times-Herald.

In addition to photographs of Bishop Dunne and Father Jeffrey Hartnett, cathedral rector, the container included two counterfeit silver dollars received in the cathedral’s Easter Sunday collection and personal cards of those present.

Bishop Dunne’s personal labors went into the cathedral. Much of the money was raised by him personally in trips to the north. He obtained an organ from the Bishop of Boston, a rose window from the clergy of Chicago and contributions from parishes and individual Catholics.

Finally, it was time to dedicate this long-awaited mother church of the diocese. Plans were made for a June 1902 dedication with Cardinal Sebastino Martinelli, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, presiding, but fate intervened. The Dallas Morning News reported May 8, 1898, that the cardinal had been summoned to Rome by Pope Leo XIII and the dedication postponed until the fall.

Another last-minute change was the cancellation of the appearance of Bishop J.L. Spalding of Peoria, a featured speaker, who was called to Washington. On Oct. 26, 1898, however, a congregation of 2,000 visiting prelates, civic officials, clergy and lay people witnessed the dedication of Sacred Heart Cathedral by Bishop Dunne.

At last, Dallas had its cathedral.

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Nicholas Spence moves belongings into a University of Dallas dorm with help from student leader Maryjane Plote on Aug. 21, the first day new students could move into dorms on the Irving campus.

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Freshman Monica Stephens greets Bishop Kevin J. Farrell after he celebrated the Mass of the Holy Spirit at the Church of the Incarnation Aug. 25 at the University of Dallas in Irving.

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ECUMENICAL

Exhibit details witness accounts to mass killings

By Jeff Miller Special to The Texas Catholic

A local museum exhibit sponsored by the Catholic Diocese of Dallas further details atrocities committed against Jews during World War II

by Nazi Germany with the intent of ensuring such horrors aren’t waged against any group of people again.

“Holocaust by Bullets” opened at the Dallas Holocaust Museum/ Center for Education and Tolerance on Sept. 10. It’s presented by YahadIn Unum, a French-based non-profit organization founded by Father Patrick Desbois, a Catholic priest who researches the mass killings. The organization has uncovered evidence over the past 10 years that as many as 2 million Jews were shot to death across Eastern Europe beyond the well-chronicled mass killings that took place in concentration camps.

In his opening remarks, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell noted parallels between what happened seven decades ago to crises taking place around the world today.

“If we don’t see it and we don’t believe in it and we don’t do something about it, we are failing miserably as human beings that care for each other,” Bishop Farrell told a gathering

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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell visits with Max Glauben, a Holocaust survivor, during the opening reception of the “Holocaust by Bullets” exhibit at the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance Sept. 10.

“Holocaust by Bullets” exhibit at the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance, sponsored by the Diocese of Dallas, shows findings of mass graves of more than 2 million Jews murdered in the Soviet Union during the Nazi occupation.

of about 150.

The exhibit highlights a few dozen of the more than 4,500 interviews conducted by an organization dedicated to locating and providing evidence of shootings at as many as 1,700 sites, the killings conducted with no pretense of secrecy.

The interviewed witnesses were children then, many of them forced to help dig the victims’ mass graves.

Some were splattered with blood.

Yahad-In Unum director Marco Gonzalez and project manager Alexis Kasarevskyi amplified on Bishop Farrell’s theme in their talks.

“The Germans took photographs of the crimes,” said Gonzalez, a Guatemalan native. “When you see the news [today] and see what ISIS is doing, also showing the crimes that they are doing – so, it seems the story begins again.”

For Kasarevskyi, a Ukrainian,

the recent viral image of a drowned 3-year-old Syrian refugee on a beach took him back to a similarly horrific scene from the 1940s described during an interview. A Russian man told him of a boyhood Jewish friend whom he found on a river bank shot to death.

“With the Internet, with TV, with all this media, we can’t say today we didn’t know,” Kasarevskyi said.

The diocese’s sponsorship of the exhibit coincides with the 50th anni-

versary of Nostra Aetate, the Catholic inter-faith initiative that was created by the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council.

Mary Pat Higgins, museum president and CEO, thanked the diocese for sponsoring the presentation.

“We look forward to continuing our work with you to teach the moral and ethical response to prejudice, hatred and indifference for the benefit of all humanity,” Higgins said.

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ST. RITA CATHOLIC COMMUNITY

Parish’s $16.25 million project benefits church, school

By Cathy Harasta The Texas Catholic

When Msgr. Robert M. Coerver arrived at the St. Rita Catholic Community as pastor in 2010, he recognized the parish grounds as a vista of splendid possibilities.

One aspect particularly struck him about the parish, which was established in 1961.

“I felt that our most under-utilized space was our plaza,” he said. “It’s where we gather as a community.”

Springtime will bring joy, gratitude and increased opportunities to the parish with the completion of a new 27,500-square-foot multi-use building north of the parish’s bell tower.

The building is the centerpiece of a construction project that parish officials said has an overall cost of $16.25 million.

Msgr. Coerver, who arrived to lead the parish when the project’s master plan was under development, said the Piazza San Marco in Venice, Italy, served as the model for St. Rita’s new look.

“That’s the centuries-old pattern that we’re following,” he said. “I

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An artist’s rendering shows what St. Rita Catholic Church’s new 27,500-square-foot, multi-use building will look like upon completion.

envision a wonderful gathering place for our community.”

The new building will house parish and school offices; classrooms and resource rooms for St. Rita Catholic School; a parish nursery; meeting rooms for pastoral and finance councils, and meeting rooms for faith formation.

Msgr. Coerver said that the plan

integrates the parish’s sense of community and sharing in the celebration of the Eucharist.

The building also will house St. Rita Catholic School’s first pre-kindergarten—two classes of pre-K-4.

Elena Hines, principal of St. Rita, said that parents long have wanted programs that will become a reality next school year.

She said that the project will benefit the full spectrum of students, expanding programs in the special needs area through those for the gifted and talented.

The gifted and talented program will extend through the seventh and eighth grades, with the math portion expanding beyond the fourth grade, Hines said.

“We also are gaining some classrooms in the new building, including a music and drama room,” she said.

“I’m very excited about it. We look forward to the future and all the things we will be able to offer. The challenge will be all the hires we’ll do for these programs.”

She also said the construction, which began in 2014, has necessitated extra planning and frequent adjustments for the school community.

“It’s quite challenging because of the blocked-off areas and the blockedoff entrances to the school,” Hines said. “Every time they close off an area, we have to consider safety and how we are going to have a fire drill.”

Part of the project called for a renovation of the school cafeteria and its transformation to a new Parish Dining Hall—work that was completed in

time for the start of the 2014-15 school year. A new, fully equipped kitchen and new restrooms also enhanced that part of the school.

Architects from BOKA Powell, project manager DEVCON Development Construction and general contractors Balfour Beatty Construction deserve mention, said Deacon Denis Corbin, the St. Rita Parish Administrator. He has been involved since the project’s strategic planning when he arrived at the parish in 2005.

A new south parking lot was completed last year. New gym lockers and a porch entrance are scheduled for completion in the spring.

The parish’s north side has a new pedestrian bridge among that area’s improvements.

Deacon Corbin said that the parish’s “Building the Future” capital campaign, which had initial pledges of more than $10 million, recognized that the parish property was landlocked.

“We were grateful for the gifts of our past parishioners in providing adequate buildings,” he said.

“However, we decided that we needed to grow and provide additional and contemporary facilities.”

ST. PHILIP & ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC ACADEMY

Diocese of Dallas invests in the future with newest school

By Cathy Harasta The Texas Catholic

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell emphasized education as the key to the opportunities of a lifetime during a ceremony to bless and dedicate the new St. Philip & St. Augustine Catholic Academy in Pleasant Grove on Sept. 8.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings joined Bishop Farrell in welcoming the new school to an economically challenged area of the city in which families were beginning to experience what the mayor called a “renaissance.”

Bishop Farrell said that the academy’s dedication marked an important day for the church, the community and the particular part of Dallas that gained the new academy, which opened on Aug. 24.

The Diocese of Dallas combined two K-8 schools—St. Augustine Catholic School and St. Philip the Apostle Catholic School—to form the academy.

Members of the inaugural 335member student body guided guests through the academy, which features a new wing and a complete renovation of the St. Philip school building as part of an $8 million overall design and construction project.

“Pleasant Grove needs this kind of investment to make it what it was and what it can be in the future,” Bishop Farrell told the gathering of more than 80 guests including city officials and Catholic community leaders.

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Students arrive for the first day of school Aug. 24 at St. Philip & St. Augustine Catholic Academy.

Fifth-grade students sing during a blessing and dedication ceremony for the St. Philip & St. Augustine Catholic Academy on Sept. 8.

“We think that this is where the church has to be and where the church should be…This is a large investment for us in this part of the city, but it is a great one.”

Mayor Rawlings praised Bishop Farrell as a problem-solver whose investment in education became apparent as soon as he arrived in Dallas in 2007.

The mayor, who has called for investors in Dallas to “Grow South,” said that area families deserved a chance at higher expectations.

He thanked Bishop Farrell for his vision in creating an exceptional educational opportunity in Pleasant Grove.

“It does something our public schools cannot do by definition,” the mayor said. “What this uniquely does is not only give a great education but it roots this education in the most important thing you can learn—that your life is about your relationship with God…” Bishop Farrell thanked the many whose support had helped make the academy a reality.

Academy Principal Erica Romero said that the school was off to a great start.

“The kids have adjusted really well,” she said. “Our teachers are very enthusiastic and hard-working.

I’m grateful to have them.”

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings speaks during the ceremony for the St. Philip & St. Augustine Catholic Academy.

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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell blesses St. Philip & St. Augustine Catholic Academy on Sept.

8 during a dedication ceremony for the school.

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Pope Francis

Nation readies for papal visit DAY 1 | SEPTEMBER 23 Catholic News Service

ACTIVITIES:

Pope Francis will begin his day with a welcoming ceremony at the White House followed by a private meeting with President Obama. He will also have mid-day prayer with the bishops of the United States at the Cathedral of Saint Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C. HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY: Pope Francis will offer an afternoon Mass on the east portico of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the University Mall at The Catholic University of America. During the Mass, the pope will canonize Blessed Junipero Serra, the 18th century Spanish Franciscan missionary who established mission churches along the coast of California.

DAY 2 | SEPTEMBER 24 ACTIVITIES:

In Washington, D.C., Pope Francis will visit St. Patrick Catholic Church and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington. He will then depart for New York City, where he will observe evening prayers with priests and religious at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Pope Francis figurines are seen in a window display at a store along a street in Philadelphia Aug. 27. The pope will visit Philadelphia during his Sept. 22-27 visit to the United States.

DAY 4 | SEPTEMBER 26 ACTIVITIES:

Pope Francis will travel to Philadelphia where he will celebrate Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul and visit Independence Hall, where he will speak on immigration - one of his favorite pastoral issues - and religious freedom.

HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY: Pope Francis will be the guest of honor at a star-filled

Festival of Families concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, where at least 1.5 million people are expected to join him.

HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY: Pope Francis will address a joint meeting of

the U.S. Congress in the morning, becoming the first pontiff in history to do so.

DAY 5 | SEPTEMBER 27 ACTIVITIES:

Pope Francis will meet with cardinals, bishops, and seminarians at St. Martin’s Chapel of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary and visit a group of prisoners, their families, and staffers at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.

HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY: Pope Francis will celebrate the closing Mass for the

World Meeting of Families.

The pope has traveled the world taking the defense of the family as the core message, and his trip to the U.S. will be no exception. Right from the start of his visit, his schedule shows various events aimed at emphasizing the importance of defending the family. In his homily, it is expected Pope Francis will make a universal call to implore all to act to defend the family.

DAY 3 | SEPTEMBER 25 ACTIVITIES:

Pope Francis will begin his day in New York by visiting the United Nations and addressing the United Nations General Assembly. He will also visit Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic School in East Harlem, which is a school that caters to many immigrant families in a neighborhood that is predominantly Hispanic. Pope Francis will conclude the day with a Mass at Madison Square Garden.

HIGHLIGHT OF THE DAY: Pope Francis will participate

in a multi-religious service at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, World Trade Center, at 11:30 a.m.

A 225-foot tall mural featuring an image of Pope Francis is seen in New York City Sept. 3. The mural, which took 10 days to paint, faces Madison Square Garden, where Pope Francis will celebrate Mass on Sept. 25.

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IN DALLAS | SEPTEMBER 27 POPE IN THE PARK LIVE VIEWING Dallas area residents can now be part of the historic visit of Pope Francis to the United States. A special “Pope in the Park” live-viewing event is planned in Klyde Warren Park in downtown Dallas. The Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in the Dallas Arts District will host a live simulcast of the popular Pope Francis’ closing Mass in the United States from 2-5 p.m.

All are invited to watch Pope Francis live on big screens in the park as he celebrates Mass and delivers the homily at the historic World Meeting of Families. The Klyde Warren Park event will begin with a bilingual praise and worship concert at 2 p.m. followed by the live simulcast of the papal Mass in Philadelphia at 3 p.m. and will conclude with a special Blessing of Families imparted by Bishop Kevin J. Farrell immediately following the Mass.

All are invited to bring their lawn chairs and blankets and be part of the festive afternoon in the 5.2-acre deck park located over the Woodall Rodgers Freeway between Pearl and St. Paul streets in downtown Dallas.

This special event is free and is sponsored by The Catholic Foundation and the Jethsuby Fund.

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App offers coverage of papal visit

By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — U.S. Catholic Church leaders have launched the USA Catholic Church mobile app offering exclusive coverage of Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S. Sept. 22-27.

“This is the most comprehensive virtual connection to the Catholic faith available,” said Bishop Christopher J. Coyne, chairman-elect of the Committee on Communications of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which created the app.

“We understand many people are looking for more ways to connect with the church and incorporate Catholic living into their busy lives — that’s exactly what this app is designed to do,” said Bishop Coyne, who heads the Diocese of Burlington, Vermont.

He made the comments in a Sept.

15 statement announcing the launch of the U.S. church’s first mobile app.

The USA Catholic Church app, available for use in the U.S., is free to download at Google Play and Apple iTunes in English and

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The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has introduced its first mobile app, USA Catholic Church. This is a screen grab from the app.

Spanish. It also can be downloaded for free via the site www.USACatholic.church using a smartphone or tablet device.

The announcement said the app is “designed to draw millions of Catholics closer to their faith by providing access to church infor-

mation on all screens and devices.”

“This is the only app that brings together information from all Catholic sources: parishes, dioceses, the U.S. bishops and even the Vatican,” it said. “Not only will the app include religious news, daily Scripture readings and local parish content, it will feature exclusive, in-depth coverage of Pope Francis’ September visit to the United States.”

Content is available in both English and Spanish and lets users: n Follow Pope Francis with the latest news and communications, including videos and photos. n Access unique mobile features to view daily readings, make mobile donations, receive news alerts, get Vatican and Catholic News Service updates, including videos and photos.

The app also will offer up-to-the minute coverage of Pope Francis as he addresses a joint meeting of Congress in Washington Sept. 24, the United Nations in New York Sept. 25 and the public Sept. 26 in Philadelphia at the Festival of Families.

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In sickness or health, trust in Mary’s intercession, pope says

By Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY—Trust in Mary, who urges people to believe and do what Christ says, Pope Francis says.

In his message for the Feb. 11, 2016, celebration of World Day of the Sick, the pope highlighted the importance of entrusting oneself to Jesus and his mercy just like Mary did and to “do whatever he tells you.”

The Vatican released the pope’s message Sept. 15, the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows.

Illness “always places human existence in crisis and brings with it questions that dig deep,” the pope wrote. While faith in God might be tested and some people might fall into despair or be angered, illness also can deepen faith, he wrote.

“Not because faith makes illness, pain or the questions which they raise disappear, but because it offers a key by which we can discover the deepest meaning of what we are experiencing; a key that helps us to see how illness can be the way to draw nearer to Jesus, who walks at our side, weighed down by the cross.”

Mary gives people that key because she has experienced this path herself firsthand, he wrote.

Jesus comes to those in need, offering his mercy and healing, the pope wrote. Mary also provides comfort and “we see reflected the tenderness of God” in her concern for her children.

“This same tenderness is present in the lives of all those persons who attend the sick and understand their needs, even the most imperceptible ones, because they look upon them with eyes full of love.”

Serving those in need “can be tiring and burdensome, yet we are certain that the Lord will surely turn our human efforts into something divine,” like he did at the wedding feast of Cana, when servants obeyed Jesus, as Mary told them to, and the water turned to wine.

“We too can be the hands, arms and hearts, which help God perform his miracles so often hidden. We too, whether healthy or sick, can offer up our toil and sufferings like the water which filled the jars at the wedding feast” and then became the finest wine, the pope wrote.

FROM THE BISHOP

Christians cannot ignore the tragic suffering of refugees

By Bishop Kevin J. Farrell Publisher of The Texas Catholic

Every one of us has been deeply moved by the images and news accounts of the refugees fleeing Syria, Iraq and other parts of the Middle East. These men, women and children must leave their homes due to political instability, war, religious persecution, hunger, rape and murder. This is a human tragedy not Bishop seen since the Second Farrell World War. Children, who should be living in a stable home environment, playing with their friends, getting an education, live in fear and wonder where they will sleep and find food.

Some are taken from their families and sold into slavery. Families take perilous journeys in substandard boats to cross the Mediterranean Sea to seek safety in Europe. Many have drowned trying to make that crossing. It is difficult to fathom that this is happening in our day and time.

The chief cause of this human suffering is ISIS. People of all faiths, even Muslims, suffer under their tyranny. Most of the energy of ISIS is directed at cleansing Christianity completely from the area. Mass slaughter of whole Christian communities, beheading of men and women and even mock crucifixions are just part of the ISIS terror campaign. Ancient Christian sights, churches and monasteries, some going back to the 3rd century,

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Syrian refugee children covered with dust arrive Sept. 10 at the Jordanian border with Syria and Iraq, near the town of Ruwaished, which is close to Amman, Jordan.

Migrants walk on the railway tracks in Bicske, Hungary on Sept. 4. Catholic aid agencies have urged Europeans not to turn against migrants seeking refuge.

are being blown up to wipe out any trace of Christianity.

The suffering is growing worse in Syria since civil war broke out there. In 1991 there were 1.5 million Christians in Iraq. Today it is estimated there could be as few as 150,000. A century ago in Lebanon 80 percent of the population was Christian; today it is less than 40 percent after years of strife including the kidnapping of 13 nuns recently.

In response to the refugee crisis, Pope Francis called on European parishes and religious communities to each offer shelter to a migrant family. He also announced that two parishes in the Vatican would

public awareness of this tragedy and the persecution of Christians in this troubled part of the world.

We can also raise our voices in prayer. Wherever groups gather to pray, whether it is the rosary, a holy hour of adoration before the Blessed Sacrament or daily mass, let the intention of our suffering brothers and sisters be part of our prayers.

Catholic Relief Services and Caritas have already begun to bring help to these victims who are fleeing from danger. Please be generous and help whenever an appeal is made for donations. A link to CRS can be found on www.cathdal.org. In the past, parishes in our diocese showed

each take in a family of refugees.

These are concrete examples of our Blessed Lord’s Gospel message that when we clothe the naked, give shelter to the homeless, feed the hungry and welcome the stranger, we do it for him and we will be called into the kingdom of heaven.

We simply cannot ignore the suffering of these brothers and sisters.

Evil has happened in history because good people did not stand up in time to stop it. Sometimes we must all raise our voices in solidarity. Let us, wherever possible, contact our political leaders, those who form public opinion and the media and inform them of the need to raise

true Christian spirit and welcomed families from South Vietnam after the war and more recently, those who fled Hurricane Katrina. May we all show that same spirit in whatever way we can for those suffering today in the Middle East.

May we include a daily a petition to Our Lady, Help of Christians, that she take into her loving embrace our brothers and sisters undergoing such suffering today.

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell is the seventh bishop of Dallas. Read his blog at bishopkevinfarrell.org/blog.

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DIOCESAN SILVER & GOLD MASS

Celebrating the sacrament of marriage

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Donnie Smith offers his wife, Josephine, of 51 years a kiss on the hand as a sign of peace during the Diocesan Silver and Gold Mass August 29 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

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Beatrice and Albert Vera, from left, and Sally and Edward Pendergast stand and are recognized for their 70 years of marriage at the Diocesan Silver and Gold Mass.

By Seth Gonzales The Texas Catholic

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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell poses with couples celebrating their anniversaries following the Diocesan Silver and Gold Mass.

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell poses for a picture with Carlos and Alma Castillo and their grandson, Jaiden Castillo, following the Diocesan Silver and Gold Mass.

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As Beatrice Vera reflected on 70 years of marriage to her husband Albert, a few recurring themes began to surface.

“You need to have a lot of patience, a lot of understanding and try to work things out,” said Vera, a St. Monica Catholic Church parishioner. “Young people today, they want things now. Our marriage wasn’t perfect, but we worked things out.”

Vera was one of more than 240 couples recognized by Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell during the Diocesan Silver and Gold Mass on August 29. Bishop Farrell congratulated the couples on their anniversaries and said their witness of the sanctity of marriage stands firmly in contrast with modern societal views on sex and marriage.

“The sacrament of marriage comes from the very moment of creation when God created us male and female, and in that act of creation he created the sacrament of marriage,” Bishop Farrell said. “No

matter what legislation, no matter what law, no matter what Congress says, no matter what the Supreme Court may decide, marriage in the eyes of God is between a man and a woman.”

Bishop Farrell said while love may initially grow spontaneously, it requires many years of hard work on the part of both husband and wife. He recalled the advice Pope Francis gave to thousands of couples during a public audience on Valentine’s Day in 2014: always remember to say “please, thank you, and I’m sorry.”

“If we all remembered those three words, life would be much more simple and God would be much more present in our world today,” Bishop Farrell said.

Married for 25 years, Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church parishioners Todd and Tisa White said those words have played a major role in raising their four children.

“They’re exceptionally important,” Todd said. “A lot of times when you’re in a house and things are busy you get a little rude

with one another. You do have to remember not to do that and to treat each other with kindness always.”

Mary and John Hartley, parishioners at St. Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Church made the trip from McKinney to attend the Mass in celebration of their 55 years of marriage.

“It’s a long journey,” John said.

“You don’t go into it for the now, you go into it for forever. Everything is wonderful when you’re first married and its brand new, but it’s a long haul.”

Before closing the Mass, Bishop Farrell once again thanked couples in attendance for persevering through that long haul with love and patience.

“You are the shining light that the Gospel speaks of in our society,” Bishop Farrell said. “I thank you for being faithful to the vows that you committed to live. I thank you for the testimony that you give to married life. It is more important today than it was the day you were married that you give witness to the fidelity and the lastingness of married life.”

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell visits with those in attendance at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe following the Diocesan Silver and Gold Mass Aug. 29. Couples who have been married 25, 50 and 50-plus years were honored during the celebration.

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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell stands outside the cathedral and greets people following the Diocesan Silver and Gold Mass Aug. 29.

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Diocesan Silver and Gold Mass Among those who registered for the Diocesan Silver and Gold Mass were:

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Andrew and Heather Alexander St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Plano Odilon and Aracely Alvear Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe Brady and Taressa Anderson St. Joseph, Richardson David and Thu-Lan Andrews Church of the Incarnation, Irving Augusto and Maria Aurora Arcilla Prince of Peace, Plano Carlos and María Guadalupe Blessed Sacrament John and Rosemarie Athas St. Michael the Archangel, Garland Paul and Norma Bell St. Joseph, Richardson Roland and Ofelia Benavides St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Plano Antonio Jr. and Lisobel Bernal St. Patrick, Dallas Christopher and Kristin Buehler St. Monica Huy and Dung Bui Mother of Perpetual Help Ramiro and Irene Campuzano Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe Andrew and Catherine Casterline Holy Family Quasi-Parish, Van Alstyne Carlos and Alma Castillo St. Luke, Irving David and Charlotte Catlett, Jr. St. Jude, Allen Luis and Rosa Coronado Corpus Christi, Ferris Adolfo and Isabel Cruz Blessed Sacrament Juan Carlos and Gloria Cruz Divine Mercy of Our Lord Kevin and Clare Dias St. Jude, Allen Stewart and Patricia Dietrick St. Francis of Assisi, Frisco Roland and Ale Duer St. Ann, Coppell Raul and Victoria Escamilla St. Elizabeth of Hungary Ignacio and Rosa Espinosa St. Philip the Apostle Gabriel and Teresa García Our Lady of the Lake, Rockwall Martin and Christina García Corpus Christi, Ferris Rafael and Monica García Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe Marco and Christine Giardiello St. Francis of Assisi, Frisco Gregory and Maureen Gleim St. Ann, Coppell Raul and Patsy González Holy Family of Nazareth, Irving Gustavo and María Refugio González St. Francis of Assisi, Frisco Gregory and Toni Graham St. Monica Monte and JoAnne Hauserman Prince of Peace, Plano Robert and Arceli Hendricks St. Mark the Evangelist, Plano Ignacio and Marilou Hernández St. Mark the Evangelist, Plano Julio and Alejandra Herrera St. Ann, Coppell Bill and Elaine Holley Holy Spirit Hyunju and Sumi Kim St. Andrew Kim Jesus and María Esther Limon Holy Cross Thomas and Lisa Linnebur St. Patrick, Denison Mario and Alma Delia Lopez Valdez Mary Immaculate, Farmers Branch Juan and Leonarda Martínez Blessed Sacrament James and Annabelle Mason St. Francis of Assisi, Frisco Luis and Clara May Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe Richard and Lori McCaffrey Our Lady of Angels James and Kris Mechelay St. Joseph, Waxahachie Alvic and Marie Mendoza St. Mark the Evangelist, Plano Armando and Alejandra Moreno Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe Octaviano and Magdalena Narváez Santa Clara of Assisi

George and Therese Nelson St. Michael the Archangel, McKinney Eduardo and Marta Paniagua St. Michael the Archangel, Garland Roberto and Milna Penafuerte St. Joseph, Richardson Ceferino Adrian and Maricela Pillaca Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe Eduardo and Dawn Maria Polce St. Gabriel the Archangel, McKinney Ruben and Juanita Ramírez St. James Jesse and Hope Rico Blessed Sacrament José Martin and Martha Alicia Rodríguez St. Francis of Assisi, Lancaster Jim and Donna Rossman St. Thomas Aquinas Simon and Maria Salcedo St. Monica Hugo and Elsa Sanchez Good Shepherd, Garland Larry and Kali Schnieders St. Rita Duane and Carolyn Sherry St. Elizabeth of Hungary John and Dayna Sisk St. Patrick, Dallas Andrew and Kathleen Smith St. Francis of Assisi, Frisco Lucio and Esperanza Tavares Blessed Sacrament Victorino and Gregoria Torres Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe Jaime and Estefany Toscano Sacred Heart Juniar and Liliana Trisna St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Plano Benny and Laura Trojacek St. Joseph, Waxahachie Jim and Anne Marie Ward St. Joseph, Commerce Todd and Tisa White Our Lady of the Lake, Rockwall Mark and Dawn Wrobel Prince of Peace, Plano John and Diann Young Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe

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Crecencio and Maria Petra Alvarez, Jr. Immaculate Conception, Grand Prairie Henry and Angelita Arriaga St. Michael the Archangel, Garland Anthony John and Lynda Elizabeth Bauer St. Patrick, Dallas Michael and Jean Bernard St. Joseph, Waxahachie James and Lois Bilderback St. Francis of Assisi, Frisco Roger and Andrea Boos Mary Immaculate, Farmers Branch Jim and Pat Booth Our Lady of the Lake, Rockwall Daniel and Bonnie Carlson St. Ann, Coppell José Cruz and Juanita Charles St. James James and Helen Conner St. Pius X Ernest and Martha Courcy St. Ann, Coppell William and Kathryn Crowley St. Mark the Evangelist, Plano James and Dorothy Culpon St. Gabriel the Archangel, McKinney James and Anne Cuzzo St. Joseph, Richardson John and Tanya Denson St. Elizabeth of Hungary James and Ann Doublesin St. Jude, Allen Frank and Margaret Dylla St. Michael the Archangel, Garland Jose and Elodia Escobedo Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe Bill and Leanna Galyean St. Monica Gilberto and Gertrudis García Immaculate Conception, Grand Prairie Rodrigo Francis and Martha Evelyn García St. Monica Roberto and Emily Garza Mary Immaculate, Farmers Branch Felix and Noelia Garza St. Joseph, Richardson Richard and Maureen Gavagan St. Gabriel the Archangel, McKinney Richard and Theresa Gehl Christ the King Gabriel and Ana Maria Goncalves Christ the King Lino and Elena Gonzales Divine Mercy of Our Lord

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Tradition sets pace for new year

By Seth Gonzales The Texas Catholic

Dana Strong eagerly awaited the arrival of his daughter Andrea on the steps of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church, as the entire student body at Bishop Dunne Catholic School made the traditional four-block walk to the church from the school for the annual Senior Presentation Mass on Aug. 26.

“I’m very proud of the work my daughter has done,” said Strong, JENNA TETER/The Texas Catholic whose daughter will be a member of Bishop Dunne’s 2016 graduating Father Michael Dugan celebrates Mass with Bishop Dunne Catholic School students class. “It’s just a feeling of pride at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church on Aug. 26 as part of the school’s annual and seeing these well-mannered Senior Presentation Mass. young people.”

The walk dates back decades and culminates with a Mass in which the seniors are recognized and presented to the student body, parents, and the community.

The tradition spans many of the school’s family legacies. Maria Nieto’s mother Gloria made the same walk as a senior in 1986. As a senior and the oldest of three, Maria said her time at Bishop Dunne has been marked by a sense of continuity.

“It’s amazing to be able to walk the same halls that (my mother) did and experience the same things she got to experience,” said Maria, whose two sisters also attend Bishop Dunne. “We’re all very blessed to attend my mom’s alma mater.”

St. Elizabeth of Hungary pastor Father Michael Dugan celebrated

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A long line of Bishop Dunne Catholic School students crosses Hampton Road to attend Mass Aug. 26 at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church in Oak Cliff.

the Mass and encouraged students to embrace the challenges of faith posed by the “real world.” He congratulated the seniors and urged them to keep their eyes on Jesus Christ in their years ahead.

Daniel Olvera and David Lane made the walk to St. Elizabeth side-by-side. Both were classmates at Holy Trinity Catholic School before they made the move to Bishop Dunne for their freshman year. Olvera said the walk was a poignant reminder of how fast time flies.

“My high school life is almost over,” Olvera said. “It’s really sad because I never expected to grow

up this quickly but at the same time I can start a new chapter in my life.

I can’t believe I was a freshman only three years ago.”

Gabriel Moreno, Bishop Dunne’s acting principal and a 2003 alum of the school, said the walk and Mass are not only a source of pride for him, but an opportunity for the students to recognize “just how much we are pouring into them.”

“The biggest piece of advice I tell seniors is to keep learning, keep developing, keep becoming that person that God created you to be,” Moreno said. “If you always fall back to your faith, you can’t go wrong.”

FAITH

Papal visit marks a special time

By Father Timothy Gollob Special to The Texas Catholic

Pope Francis is coming to town!

Let’s pray for him and with him. We are about to have an encounter with a special man of God. Back in 1954, I found myself in a similar situation. I had been sent to Rome to attend the North American College. One of the blessings that all the new class of 1958 looked forward to sharing was an encounter with Pope Pius XII , who had been a living legend of the church since 1939.

I was assigned to a Camarata of new first theologians along with Ed Arnold of Memphis, Tenn., Laurence Breslin of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Jerry Boudreaux of New Orleans, La. Our prefect-leader was Tom Kelly from Chicago, Ill., and our beadle was Mike Gillespie from Brooklyn, New York. They assured us that we would encounter many popes during our three times a week mandatory walks into the city of Rome to visit churches and museums.

It turned out that we did see the chapel of the popes in the catacombs of St. Callixtus and St. Priscilla. Also we saw the tombs of popes in many of the Roman churches. Especially

moving was the tomb of St. Peter in the Vatican in the crypt below the main altar of the basilica.

But a better encounter was soon to come to two of us new theologians.

It was the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and Pope Pius XII had announced that day as the beginning of the Marian Year celebrating 100 years since the apparitions at Lourdes. Banners in honor of Mary had been sent from many countries to be presented to the pope.

The procession of banners began at the Basilica of St. Mary Major and marched several miles down the streets of Rome to the Basilica of St. Peter. It was the duty of six of the new theologians to escort the large banner from the Shrine of Mary in Washington, D.C. Two of us had the main poles and four others had ropes to steady the banner in the wind. As the procession came into the Piazza of St. Peter, we had little idea that we would be going into the church.

We took our turn with the groups from other countries as we climbed the steps from the piazza to the doors of the church. There a Papal Guard sized us up and informed us that only two could enter with the banner. It turned out that Jim Moynihan from

Rochester, New York, and Tim Gollob from Dallas, Texas were tightly gripping the two poles. We entered and after traversing the long nave of the church found ourselves approaching the papal throne. Two monsignors took charge of the banner and we knelt before Pope Pius XII. He said in perfect English that he admired the church in the United States and we stammered out that we were “behind him all the way.”

(Later our companions joked that the pontiff turned around to see who was in back of his throne!)

In the past decades, many have had the joy of seeing a pope in our United States. Pope Paul VI came in 1965. Pope John Paul II visited us seven times from 1979 through 1999 (which included two stopovers in Alaska). Pope Benedict XVI came in 2008.

Now Pope Francis is a-coming!

We might be behind him in our love, in our mercy, in our openness to the poor and the world in which we live; but we can be with him in our prayers.

Father Timothy Gollob is the pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Oak Cliff.

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First-grader Catherine Krankota and her classmates introduce Bishop Kevin J. Farrell to the classroom’s pet fish at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Catholic School.

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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell chooses a topic from fifth-grader Marianna Young’s origami game while classmate Ingrid Lopez looks on at St. Philip & St. Augustine Catholic Academy on Aug. 26.

Principal Chris Sanders joins Bishop Kevin J. Farrell in answering students questions’ during the bishop’s visit to St. Pius X Catholic School on Aug. 26.

Blessing the start of a new year Bishop Kevin J. Farrell celebrates Mass at Bishop Lynch High School to welcome the start of the new school year and officially bless and install Chris Rebuck as the school’s new president on Sept. 3 inside the gymnasium.

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2015 Bishop Farrell Invitational co-chairs Marc and Georgia Lyons, left, with Chris and Joe Popolo, who hosted the golf tournament sponsor party at their home on Sept. 11. The benefit tournament tees off Sept. 28 at the TPC Four Seasons Las Colinas.

Below, Kara and Pete Gehan, left with Kelly and Chris Taylor, all parishioners of St. Rita Catholic Church Below right, Joe and April Slovensky, St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church parishioners, with Maria and Joe Nolan, Christ the King Catholic Church parishioners RON HEFLIN/Special Contributor

Mary Stack, above, a parishioner of St. Rita Catholic Church, looks over the display of the only female New York Police officer to die at Ground Zero at the “Ground Zero 360: Never Forget” art exhibit on display at Jesuit College Preparatory School on Sept. 10.

At left, Mary and Tom Kinkaid look at a steel beam on display at the exhibit, which will remain on display at Jesuit College Preparatory School through Nov. 24.

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JPII students lend a hand Students from John Paul II High School in Plano move tables out of storage and into the cafeteria Aug. 22 in preparation for the first day of school at St. Philip & St. Augustine Catholic Academy.

Young Catholic Professionals gala Mariana Zayas, director of operations with Young Catholic Professionals; Peter Blute, national vice president of YCP; Janine Hogan, YCP gala chairwoman; and Andy Craig, president of YCP Denver, at the Second Annual Young Catholic Professionals National Gala with Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, pictured below, Sept. 12 at the Creek Clubhouse of the Clubs of Prestonwood in North Dallas.

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Pictured are, from left, Dr. Robert Morgan, master of ceremonies; Lohrenz; senior Allison Gerush, student speaker; Ursuline Academy President Gretchen Kane, and Principal Andrea Shurley.

Auxiliary Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel speaks about Catholic cemeteries on “Good Morning Texas” with host Paige McCoy Smith, left, and Jim Roberts of Dignity Memorial, a funeral services company, on Aug. 27 at WFAA studios at Victory Plaza.

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Rabbi, bishop to deliver address on Jewish-Catholic relations Special to The Texas Catholic Fifty years ago, Jewish-Catholic relations were changed when the Catholic Church published a groundbreaking declaration promoting healing and growth between Catholics and Jews.

In celebration of the last five decades of friendship, Dallas’ Jewish and Catholic communities will join to present “Nostra Aetate – 50 Years Later: Commemorating JewishCatholic Relations.” This will be a joint address by Rabbi David Rosen, former chief rabbi of Ireland and international director of interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee, and Bishop Brian Farrell,

Vatican secretary of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, and brother of Dallas Bishop Kevin J. Farrell.

The event, which will take place at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, is a collaborative effort of the University of Dallas, the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Dallas and the Catholic Diocese of Dallas.

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YEAR OF CONSECRATED LIFE

Offering a place of peace, faith to the elderly

By Seth Gonzales The Texas Catholic

W

alking at a gentle pace on her way to serve lunch to more than 50 elderly residents of St. Joseph’s Residence in Oak Cliff, Sister Adelaide Bocanegra didn’t waste a moment when asked if she missed home — for her, Bogota, Colombia.

“No, I don’t miss it,” said Sister Adelaide, who has served the elderly at St. Joseph’s as a member of the Bethlemite Sisters since 1958. “This is my home.

This has been my home.”

It’s a disposition shared by all five sisters currently on the 13-member staff at St. Joseph’s. Their vocation to the religious life is enriched by the very elderly they serve.

In 1955, at the suggestion of a friend who had seen their work first-hand, Bishop Thomas Tschoepe invited the Bethlemite Sisters to Dallas to help him establish the city’s first Catholic assistedliving community. Based in Bogota, the sisters have maintained their presence at St. Joseph’s to this day, operating and staffing the facility while creating an environment of community, spirituality, joy and hope among its residents who know they are in the twilight of their lives.

It was an environment so appealing that Bishop Tschoepe requested he spend his last years at St. Joseph’s. He died there in 2009.

Sister Carolina Botero first came to St. Joseph’s in 1963 from her native Colombia, but was soon asked to establish a mission in India before returning to her home country. In 2008, she found herself back at St. Joseph’s, a place she said she prefers not to leave again.

“This is a very beautiful and touching place for me,” said Sister Carolina, who now serves as the superior of the facility.

“It’s to give a touch to (the elderly). Here, we found that they feel there’s a place for them again.”

It’s that sense of place, belonging and worth that the sisters cultivate for their residents,whose average age is 85. Every day, Mass, exercise classes, prayer and

Sister Fatima Putti, BETHL, leads an exercise and dance class for residents at St. Joseph’s Residence in Oak Cliff.

a wide range of activities from movies to fashion shows are provided for the residents. Sister Carolina said they encourage residents to decorate their rooms with items from home, provided they can fit the items in their rooms.

Plants, flowers and other decorations are occasionally donated to St. Joseph’s for the residents to use. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are all prepared by the sisters.

Board member Dan Flaherty said the care provided by the sisters and staff has certainly helped allay any understandable sense of apprehension on the part of sons and daughters who bring their parents to St. Joseph’s.

“It’s hard to take your parent and move them out of the house that they’ve lived in forever,” said Flaherty, who helped facilitate the building of a new 40-bedroom addition to St. Joseph’s in 2012. “They’re always going to feel more comfortable there. But as an alternative, there’s nothing better than moving them into a place like this. The sisters make it feel like a home.”

As the youngest of the five sisters on staff, Sister Johanna Parra, 33, said the residents have given her a perspective on life that is often difficult for young people to understand.

Sister Carolina Sánchez Botero, BETHL, helps distribute during communion alongside Father Alex Buitrago during morning Mass at St. Joseph’s Residence in Oak Cliff.

Sister Johanna Parra, BETHL, dances with resident Lorraine Hall after an exercise class at St. Joseph’s Residence in Oak Cliff.

“They’ve taught me that life is transitory, that time goes by fast and what remains is what you have lived and what you have given,” Sister Johanna said.

“It’s been a beautiful experience and I

feel like I’m providing a real service in giving my life in service of God.” stgonzales@cathdal.org

Bethlemite Sister Susan Czerwinski, from left, Sister Fatima Putti, Sister Carolina Sánchez Botero, Sister Adelaide Bocanegra and Sister Johanna Parra have dedicated their time to serving the elderly at St. Joseph’s Residence in Oak Cliff.

Sister Adelaide Bocanegra, BETHL, poses with resident Karen Fitzpatrick at St. Joseph’s Residence in Oak Cliff.

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Sister Carolina Sánchez Botero stops in the hallway at St. Joseph’s Residence in Oak Cliff with resident Filo Sancho, middle, and some visitors.