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October 16, 2015
The official newspaper of the Diocese of Dallas
Vol. 65, No. 5
Diocese celebrates 125 years of faith SCHOOLS
Blue Ribbon Awards Two Diocese of Dallas schools, All Saints and Christ The King, are named 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools of Academic Excellence.
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DIOCESE
Breakfast with the Bishop National Football League Hall of Famer and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach joined Auxiliary Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel as the keynote speakers at the 4th annual Archangels Men’s Network event Oct. 9.
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FAITH
St. Maria Goretti Parishioners in the Dallas area will have the opportunity to venerate St. Maria Goretti’s major relics on Nov. 3 at St. Monica Catholic Church.
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Priests enter the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe for the 125th Anniversary Mass of the Diocese of Dallas with Bishop Kevin J. Farrell and Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio on Oct. 3. For more photos and coverage of the 125th Anniversary Mass, see Page 10.
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Method of teaching about family can alienate people By Cindy Wooden
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Refugee crisis Aid workers in Greece brace for more migrants fleeing unrest in Syria despite increasing concerns about worsening weather.
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Pope Francis talks with Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops on the family, before a session of the synod at the Vatican Oct. 9.
VATICAN CITY—Just like a family, the Catholic Church should challenge members to grow and behave better, but also like a family, it should not exclude those who still have some growing to do, Bishop George V. Murry of Youngstown, Ohio, says. Bishop Murry and other members of the Synod of Bishops on the family spoke Oct. 10 about finding a way to affirm Gospel principles and church teaching while accompanying all Catholics on the path to perfection and holiness. Irish Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin spoke later about the Irish referendum in favor of same-sex marriage, about faith and about finding language to
share church teaching with a new generation of Catholics. The Youngstown bishop told the assembly that while there are many “effective, traditional families” among Catholics in the United States, there are also single-parent families, divorced couples, blended families, families separated by migration and many others. “Many of these adults and children feel left out of pastoral care,” Bishop Murry said. “One universal and distinguishing feature of all families is that family members, regardless of how errant they become, are not rejected from the family,” the bishop said. “For them, the light is always on; the door is always open. Good families use ‘tough love’ among See SYNOD, Page 8
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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 ©2015 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. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Texas Catholic, P.O. Box 190347, Dallas, TX 75219. 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.
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Thirty-nine seminarians ordained deacons Two from diocese among those in Rome ceremony Two seminarians from the Diocese of Dallas were among 39 seminarians from the Pontifical North American College in Rome ordained to the transitional diaconate during a celebration of the Eucharist Oct. 1. Paul Stephen Bechter and Emmett Vivian Hall, IV of the Diocese of Dallas were among those ordained by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of New York, who celebrated Mass at the Altar of the Chair of St. Peter, in the Papal Bechter Basilica of St. Peter, in the Vatican. Cardinal Dolan, a native of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, an alumnus of the North American College Hall and past rector, has been the Archbishop of New York since 2010, and was created a Cardinal in the Consistory of February 2012 and participated in the Conclave which elected Pope Francis in 2013. In his homily, Cardinal Dolan spoke to those about to be ordained about the paradoxes of the Christian faith, which are manifested in the Ordination Rite itself. “You were called forth and were said to be found worthy, and yet we began our prayer with an acknowl-
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Seminarian Emmett Hall, second row on left, and other seminarians arrive to be ordained transitional deacons during a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Oct. 1. Thirty-nine seminarians from the Pontifical North American College were ordained as transitional deacons.
edgment to God of our sinfulness. You come here freely and yet will make a promise of obedience to your Ordinary,” Cardinal Dolan said. “You are raised up to serve at the altar, yet in a moment you will lie down prostrate in a symbol of submission to the supplication to the saints on your behalf.” Cardinal Dolan said that this is all perfectly fitting in the Basilica dedicated to the Apostle Peter, whose own martyrdom, on a cross upside down, allowed him more clearly to
see right side up the Jesus whose love he had come to imitate. During the ordination, the new deacons promised to live a life of prayer, celibacy and obedience to their diocesan bishop. The new deacons will have an additional year of theological studies and spiritual formation before being ordained to the priesthood in their home dioceses. As part of the ordination rite, the cardinal placed the Book of the Gospels in the hands of each
candidate being ordained and said, “Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you have become. Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach.” The Pontifical North American College serves as the American seminary in Rome. Founded in 1859 by Blessed Pius IX, the college has formed more than 5,000 priests near the heart of the church for service in dioceses around the United States, Canada, and Australia.
Bishop Farrell announces staff appointments MATTHEW VEREECKE | SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
CECILIA COLBERT | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Catholic schools in the Diocese of Dallas will soon have a new leader. Dr. Matthew Vereecke was selected after a nationwide search to fill the superintendent’s post vacated by the retirement of Sister Gloria Cain, SSND. “Dr. Vereecke is seen as a rising star in Catholic education and we look forward to his innovative leadership in implementing the strategic plan for Catholic schools in the Diocese of Dallas,” Bishop Kevin J. Farrell said. Vereecke, a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, received his Master of Education through the University of Notre Dame ACE Program and an Executive Doctorate of Education from the University of Oklahoma. Described as high-energy, enthusiastic, goal-oriented and passionate about Catholic school education, he currently serves as director of Monte Cassino School in Tulsa, the largest Catholic elementary school in Oklahoma. While serving at Monte Cassino School Vereecke has stabilized the school’s budget, increased enroll-
Cecilia A. Colbert, C.P.A. has been selected as the new Chief Financial Officer of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas. Colbert replaces Michael Weis, who retired in July after 20 years as CFO for the diocese. Colbert leaves her post as Director of Financial Reporting at the American Heart Association in Dallas to take the position with the diocese. Previously she was the Campus Chief Financial Officer and Director of Administrative and Financial Services for The Art Institute of Dallas, Sr. Director of Financial Operations at VHA Inc. as well as Manager of Planning and Analysis at Neiman Marcus. “Cecilia brings a wealth of experience in the non-profit and for profit world,” Bishop Kevin J. Farrell said. “ I feel confident she will provide strong oversight, planning and administration of the diocese, our churches, schools and entities as we continue to grow into the future.” Colbert will oversee all diocesan financial and related functions including budgeting, accounting,
ment, completed a $1.5 million capital improvement campaign, helped bring about a 200-percent increase in the Vereecke school’s annual fund drive and established new scholarship programs with Catholic Charities to ensure that students of all backgrounds can have access to Catholic education. Vereecke said he is honored to lead the Diocese of Dallas Catholic schools. “I am excited to join the team of outstanding educators, students and parents in an already vibrant and growing Catholic school system,” he said. “I believe in the mission of Catholic education and its transformative potential for all of the diocese.” Vereecke, who will finish the semester at Monte Cassino School, will officially assume his new post with the Diocese of Dallas in January, making the move to the Dallas area along with his wife, Elizabeth.
financial reporting, investments, purchasing and risk management and will serve on the Bishop’s Senior Staff. Colbert “In life, few people have the opportunity to directly combine their professional talents and faith in their everyday work,” Colbert said. “Therefore, I am humbled and blessed and excitedly look forward to serving and collaborating with the parishes, schools and service organizations of the Diocese of Dallas.” Colbert earned her Master of Business Administration from the University of Dallas and a B.B.A. in Accounting from Texas A&M University. Her service to the community includes activities at St. Rita Catholic School as well as past involvement with St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church and the Notre Dame Club of Dallas. Colbert and her husband, Calvin, have two daughters, Madeleine and Sophia Colbert assumes her new position as diocesan CFO on Oct. 26.
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Pope Francis showed me the culture of encounter By Sister Constance Veit, l.s.p. WASHINGTON—Pope Francis often speaks of what he calls a “culture of encounter.” During his visit to the United States, he hugged children and the elderly and warmly shook hands with everyone he met. The Holy Father was showing us what this culture of encounter looks like. Amazingly, we Little Sisters of the Poor received a very unforgettable lesson in encounter when the pope unexpectedly visited our home in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 23. At nearly the end of a long, eventful day, Pope Francis walked through the back door of our chapel. There he was, this international superstar, and we had him all to ourselves for the next 15 minutes! Before we knew it, he started greeting each of the 40 Sisters with a smile and a firm handshake. Some of the sisters kissed his ring (a traditional sign of respect and faith in the pope as the successor of Peter), while others assured him of their prayers or spoke of their aspi-
rations. Each one felt that she had been the object of our Holy Father’s undivided attention. When it was my turn, I thanked Pope Francis for speaking about the elderly and promoting their dignity and valuable role in society. He listened attentively and then looked straight at me, replying that yes, it is very important to speak about older persons. It was an unforgettable inspiring affirmation of our mission. For me, however, the most touching moment of the Holy Father’s visit happened a few minutes later. The pope came to one of our elderly Little Sisters who suffers from dementia. Sister is no longer able to speak and, as I knelt a few feet away ready to snap a photo, I didn’t think that she even made eye contact with him. But that didn’t matter! Our Holy Father leaned over her, took her hand in his and listened as our superior told him Sister’s name and a few details about her life. His gaze went from her hands to her face and back again, and then he traced the sign of the cross on her forehead before moving on.
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Event marks 50 years of interfaith 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 Jewish-Catholic 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 Bishop Kevin J. Farrell. The event will take place at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center at 7 p.m. on Nov. 4. It 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. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.udallas. edu/50years. General admission is $20. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with a performance by the Temple EmanuEl choir and the UD Chorale.
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Nostra Aetate,” Latin for “in our time,” focused particularly on Jewish-Catholic relations and initiated a wave of interreligious dialogue and collaboration between the two communities that has had an impact both in Dallas and throughout the world. Rabbi Rosen and Bishop Farrell will bring a message of peace and interreligious relations to the greater Dallas community through their joint keynote address. As the international director of interreligious affairs, Rabbi Rosen oversees interfaith relations for the American Jewish Committee. Bishop Farrell has led the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity at the Vatican since 2002, serving Pope Francis, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Pope St. John Paul II. He previously worked for the Vatican’s Secretariat of State from 1981-2002.
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Pope Francis talks with Sister Marie Mathilde, 102, during his unannounced visit to the Little Sisters of the Poor residence in Washington Sept. 23.
What struck me so deeply was that even though Sister was not able to communicate with him in any discernable way, Pope Francis gave her just as much attention as he gave the rest of us. That moment helped me to
understand the culture of encounter as an acknowledgment of human dignity. God is mysteriously present in each and every person, and each of us manifests God’s love in a way no one else can. To encounter another person
as our Holy Father does is to realize their inherent dignity and their unrepeatable uniqueness in God’s eyes; it is to believe that they have something unique to offer. Several weeks have passed and I still find myself pondering Pope Francis’ interaction with our elderly Little Sister. Just as his words to me affirmed the importance of our mission to the elderly, his attention to her underlined God’s unique and faithful love for each of us, regardless of our status in life. Pope Francis taught me that to encounter another person means to let God use me to communicate his love to him or her, to say, “You are important to me; I am counting on you.” Jesus says this to each one of us, no matter our vocation, and he wants to use us to communicate it to others. This is the culture of encounter! Sister Constance Veit is the communications director for the Little Sisters of the Poor in the United States.
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October 18, 2015 Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Is 53:10-11 The LORD was pleased to crush him in infirmity. If he gives his life as an offering for sin, he shall see his descendants in a long life, and the will of the LORD shall be accomplished through him. Because of his affliction he shall see the light in fullness of days; through his suffering, my servant shall justify many, and their guilt he shall bear. Reading 2 Heb 4:14-16 Brothers and sisters: Since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has
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MASS READINGS similarly been tested in every way, yet without sin. So let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and to find grace for timely help. Gospel Mk 10:35-45 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” He replied, “What do you wish me to do for you?” They answered him, “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left.” Jesus said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” They said to him, “We can.” Jesus said to them, “The cup that I drink, you will drink, and with the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized; but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been
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prepared.” When the ten heard this, they became indignant at James and John. Jesus summoned them and said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all. For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
October 25, 2015 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Jer 31:7-9 Thus says the LORD: Shout with joy for Jacob, exult at the head of the nations; proclaim your praise and say: The LORD has delivered his people, the remnant of Israel. Behold, I will bring them back from the land of the north; I will gather them from the ends of the world, with the blind and the lame in their midst, the mothers and those with child; they shall return as an immense throng. They departed in tears, but I will console them and guide them; I will lead them to brooks of water, on a level road, so that none shall stumble. For I am a father to Israel, Ephraim is my first-born. Reading 2 Heb 5:1-6 Brothers and sisters: Every high priest is taken from among men and made their representative
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before God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal patiently with the ignorant and erring, for he himself is beset by weakness and so, for this reason, must make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. No one takes this honor upon himself but only when called by God, just as Aaron was. In the same way, it was not Christ who glorified himself in becoming high priest, but rather the one who said to him: You are my son: this day I have begotten you; just as he says in another place: You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. Gospel Mk 10:46-520 As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of
Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.” And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me.” Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man, saying to him, “Take courage; get up, Jesus is calling you.” He threw aside his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus. Jesus said to him in reply, “What do you want me to do for you?” The blind man replied to him, “Master, I want to see.” Jesus told him, “Go your way; your faith has saved you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed him on the way.
A WORD TO ENKINDLE
Understanding how the elderly suffer with Christ By Father Thomas Esposito Special to The Texas Catholic
A certain hesitation grips me whenever an elderly person asks me, a young priest, for advice, whether spiritual or practical. My usual response is to remind him or her that I have no well of personal experience to draw from, and thus my counsel is little more than a priestly whippersnapper’s detached musings on the matter of aging. I recently realized, however, that Jesus himself never experienced the privilege and burden of growing old. The occasion for this observation was my reading of Colossians 1:24, a notoriously difficult passage to interpret. The verse runs thus: “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ on behalf of his body, which is the Church.” This passage
is eyebrow-raising for its apparent assertion that an aspect of Christ’s sacrificial death is deficient, or in need of completion by a lesser man, such as Paul. At the very least, the apostle’s puzzling statement invites his readers to ponder the manner in which he (and we) experience, and even extend, the afflictions of Christ through all times and places. Paul is undoubtedly aware that the self-offering of Christ on Calvary is indeed perfect, and nothing his sinful self does could possibly fill any “gap” in the redemption accomplished through Christ’s passion. We must remember, though, that Christ suffered at a concrete place and time (Jerusalem in the first century A.D.), and that history has moved forward from the crucifixion, with innumerable tragedies and miseries inflicted upon so many people, Christians and non-Christians alike. Paul seems to understand that the
mystery of grace allows his own sufferings “in his flesh” to be united with those of Christ on the cross. He also notes that the unfolding word of God (mentioned in v. 25) requires a willingness on our part to bring the afflictions of Christ to bear in our own bodies, in new historical circumstances unacquainted with the redeeming presence of Christ’s pierced-heart love. While Colossians 1 says nothing specifically about old age with regard to the sufferings of Christ, I believe the passage offers a wonderful consolation to the elderly as they struggle to accept the diminishments and losses of their waning years. One of the great gifts Scripture grants us is a flexibility to stretch the sacred words to cover the breadth and length of our spiritual needs. In this case, the elderly may perceive their sufferings as completing, in some small but
very real way, the afflictions which Christ himself never experienced in his flesh. Such an understanding of one’s suffering, I imagine, can be quite transformative, for it requires the person to see their own suffering as a healing remedy for the body of Christ, the Church. When approached as a means of shouldering the cross of Christ, the sorrow and sense of abandonment so common in the elderly cease to be absurd, because the eyes of faith allow them to perceive that they are suffering in a way Christ never did. While the elderly may not “rejoice” in their pains as Paul does, they may come to accept their 11th-hour crosses as a gift which they can return to God for the good of others, who might not know how to suffer gracefully. Pascal has a beautiful phrase in connection with Colossians 1:24: “Jesus is in agony until the end of the world,” meaning that he still suf-
fers through his body, the Church. This would mean (to my mind, at least) that Jesus suffers in a unique way through the elderly, whose experiences he never lived firsthand in his earthly ministry. It must also mean that the greatest blessings bestowed by God are granted to those men and women, withered in body but refreshed in spirit, who share in a hidden mystery reserved only to a select few: those who persevere serenely and confidently to the end, and point young and old alike to the coming prize whose radiance no eye is capable of beholding this side of the sunset. 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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CELEBRATING 125 YEARS
Cemetery offers glimpses of history By Steve Landregan Special to The Texas Catholic
Walking through a cemetery is a stroll through history, and a walk through old Calvary Cemetery in Dallas is no exception. Located in Uptown Dallas, the quiet cemetery on Hall Street is in stark contrast to its bustling surroundings of theaters, restaurants and high rise office and apartment buildings. In the heart of Dallas today, the cemetery was on the city’s outskirts when Father Joseph Martiniere purchased land along the Houston and Texas Central railroad tracks from Jacob and Katie Wagner in 1875. Father Martiniere, who had visited Dallas Catholics as a circuit-riding missionary before the first parish, Sacred Heart, was established in 1872, became its second pastor in 1873. In 1926, the old cemetery had nearly reached its capacity and a new Catholic cemetery, Calvary Hill, was opened in the area north of Love Field. At that time, some of those buried at Calvary (now called Old Calvary) were reinterred in the new cemetery. The last burial of record at Old Calvary occurred in 1945. Among those buried at Old Calvary was Maxime Guillot (1824-1889), a French-born wagon-maker turned carriagebuilder, in whose home the first Mass of record was celebrated by French missionary priest Sebastian Augagneur in 1859. Many former members of the utopian La Reunion Colony located in West Dallas in the 1850s were Catholic, and many made Dallas their home after the colony failed. Among them was George Caillet (1824-1889) who married Eugenia Revershon (1840-1912). Both of their graves are at Old Calvary. Revershon Park, in the Oak Lawn area was donated by the Revershon family. Michael Coerver (1859-1922),
a Swiss native who constructed the original altar for Sacred Heart Cathedral is interred at Old Calvary as are his wife and brother. The wooden altar was removed during a 1960s renovation. Msgr. Robert Coerver, a descendent, is pastor of St. Rita Parish in Dallas. Many Dallas streets were paved and foundations dug by the Vilbig family who emigrated from Bavaria. The graves of John Vilbig (1835-1886) and wife Barbara are both at Old Calvary. There are Vilbig streets in both Dallas and Irving. Louis Cyriac Dessaint, said to be Dallas’ first millionaire, made his fortune in furniture and banking in St. Louis and Davenport, Iowa, before retiring to Dallas. He built a mansion on Ross Avenue across the street from Sacred Heart Cathedral. His and his family’s graves are at Old Calvary. Moroney continues to be a name prominent in Dallas affairs. James Moroney was attorney for the Diocese of Dallas for both Bishops Thomas F. Brennan and Edward J. Dunne. He was an alderman for the City of Dallas and president of the State Fair of Texas in 1886. His grandson James Moroney III is publisher and CEO of The Dallas Morning News. Moroney is memorialized in a window of the cathedral. He and his wife, and other family members are interred at Old Cavalry. One of the most beautiful monuments is that of the Scottinos, Pasquale and Rosa. Immigrants from Italy, they opened a saloon, grocery store and bakery on Hall Street, a few blocks from the cemetery. Pasquale, Rosa and their daughter Josephine are buried at Old Calvary. At the center of Old Calvary is the religious circle. Many of the priests originally buried at Old Calvary were reinterred at Calvary Hill, but a few remain. Among them is Father Jeffrey Aloysius
Hartnett, the first priest ordained for the Diocese of Dallas. He died of smallpox in 1899, contracted when he, as pastor of the cathedral, answered a midnight call to minister to a dying smallpox patient at the pesthouse. Four young Sisters of St. Mary Namur, all under 25, are also buried in the religious circle. Old Calvary is open for visits daily. Plan to go and take a walk through Dallas Catholic history. You will find Old Calvary is showing its age. Lacking in perpetual care, the cemetery is cared for by group of volunteers, Friends of Old Calvary. The group would welcome volunteers. For information, call 214808-9941. It is an opportunity to do your bit to preserve our history.
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.
Diocesan Time Capsule 50 Years Ago Jesuit Father Robert A. Tynan, president of Jesuit High School, announced his reassignment to Key West, Florida, after serving 20 years in Dallas. Father Tynan had been associated with Jesuit High School since 1944, two years serving as teacher, student counselor and rector of the Jesuit Community. Father Tynan was replaced as president by Father Paul Schott who was stationed at Montserrat Retreat House at the time of his appointment. Father Schott had previously served as a U.S. Navy Chaplain during World War II. 25 Years Ago Grants totaling $800,000 from the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity at Mt. St. Michael in Dallas were made to two diocesan high schools. Bishop Lynch High School received $125,000 for its endowment fund and $25,000 in challenge grants. Bishop Dunne High School received $125,000 for current operations, $250,000 for its endowment fund, and $50,000 in challenge grants. 10 Years Ago Dallas’ Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe has received inquiries about the four empty lighted niches in the new bell tower. Restoration architect Jeff Kemp said the niches hopefully will be filled with four statues, possibly Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. 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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Two schools earn Blue Ribbon awards Christ the King Catholic School principal sees honor as ‘a community recognition’ ‘...we’ve always known we were so blessed to be students at a school like this.’
By Cathy Harasta The Texas Catholic
Bright blue ribbons adorned trees outside Christ the King Catholic School, the streamers encircling wide-girthed trunks and slender saplings alike on Oct. 1. But contrary to a conventional case of the blues, this was a day for a community-wide celebration at Christ the King, which just had received word that the school had been recognized as a 2015 National Blue Ribbon School of Academic Excellence. “This demonstrates the strength of the Diocese of Dallas and the quality of Catholic education in the diocese,” said Patrick O’Sullivan, principal of Christ the King Catholic School. “It really is a community recognition.” The U.S. Department of Education designated Christ the King a Blue Ribbon school on Sept. 29 in conferring an honor that just 50 private schools in the nation receive. Christ the King’s “Homecoming” pep rally in the gym on Oct. 1 doubled as a celebration of the Blue Ribbon recognition. After a spirited countdown, four students unfurled a large banner from the elevated running track’s rail as students, teachers and parents cheered the
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Cheerleaders lead Christ the King Catholic School students in celebrating the announcement that the campus was recognized as a 2015 National Blue Ribbon School of Academic Excellence.
banner’s words: “Christ the King Catholic School—A Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.” “It was really crazy because we’ve always known we were so blessed to be students at a school like this,” Christ the King eighth-grader Ford Buckner said. “It’s a warm and welcoming place where you can come to anyone if you have a problem. It’s really cool to know that our school was awarded something so rare.” O’Sullivan said that he learned in October of 2014 that Christ the
King, which has an enrollment of 422, met the Blue Ribbon program’s eligibility standards that include student achievement in English and math ranking in the top 15 percent in the nation, measured by nationally normed assessment tests. The 33-year-old Blue Ribbon program evaluates aspects of the school community including curriculum, best practices, innovations and partnerships before naming the 50 private schools in the nation to receive the honor.
Christ the King, which achieved the Blue Ribbon designation in 1994, will join the nation’s other Blue Ribbon schools for recognition by the U.S. Dept. of Education at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 8. All Saints Catholic School also was designated a 2015 Blue Ribbon school. Msgr. Donald Zimmerman, pastor of Christ the King Catholic Church, said that the Blue Ribbon testified to the faculty and staff’s high level of motivation and dedication. “It’s not just a profession for them but indeed a vocation,” Msgr. Zimmerman said. “They approach it as indeed a ministry. This is not unique to Christ the King. This is true of all Catholic schools I’ve dealt with.” O’Sullivan said that Patrick
Magee, president of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, provided tremendous help during the year-long process that led to the National Blue Ribbon designation for Christ the King. St. Thomas Aquinas achieved the Blue Ribbon designation in 2002 and 2012. “He was very supportive,” O’Sullivan said. “It’s a testament to the diocese. We all want to see each other do well.” Shaping servant leaders and focusing on Gospel values remain central in the 68-year-old school’s tradition of Catholic identity, academic excellence and educating the whole child, said O’Sullivan, the school’s principal since 2012. “Everything comes down to what is in the best interest of the individual student,” said Lisa Bosco, the school’s director of curriculum. “What I feel differentiated Christ the King was the focus on meeting each and every student’s individual needs.” Kindergarten teacher Amber Clark, who has been at Christ the King for 18 years, said that the Blue Ribbon signified a community effort. “This was something we all did together,” she said. “I think it was a proud moment.”
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All Saints Catholic School principal says Blue Ribbon adds to school’s momentum By Seth Gonzales The Texas Catholic
Before a throng of cheering students, faculty and staff watching the announcement online, All Saints Catholic School was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Academic Excellence Sept. 29 by the U.S. Department of Education. The school was one of only 50 private schools in the United States to receive the award, which is given to schools that have demonstrated overall academic excellence. In his address to recipients, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan offered his congratulations and encouraged administrators at the schools to share their best practices with colleagues from other schools. “You represent excellence in vision, implementation and results,” Duncan said. “Demonstrate what is working when it comes to engaging your staff or promoting a culture of college and career readiness. Show them
‘We will continue to do what we’ve always done...and that’s look for ways to get even better.’ — Kelly Blake
Principal of All Saints Catholic School
the value of involving community members and families in your student’s learning process.” This is the second time All Saints has won the prestigious award, taking home their first in 2006. Father Tony Lackland, pastor of All Saints Catholic Church, praised the school’s administration for its dedication to the students. “(Receiving the award is) very humbling but it’s also a great excitement to know that under the leadership of our principal Kelly
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All Saints Catholic School students react upon hearing that their school was named a recipient of the National Blue Ribbon award on Sept. 29.
Blake and the great staff that we have we are able to offer a sound Catholic education; one that’s both rooted in Catholic teaching but also offering the needed skills
in the world,” Father Lackland said. “We have outstanding school leaders and faculty.” Blake said the recognition should go mostly to the teach-
ers, whom she said put in countless hours of their own time to improve the educational experience of their students. “The teachers here are extremely dedicated,” Blake said. “That has been the biggest part of it. They’re the ones that are doing it.” Blake said she has received dozens of cards, emails and notes from excited parents. She said the award stands as affirmation that the school is moving in the right direction. “This is just going to increase our momentum,” Blake said. “We will continue to do what we’ve always done and that’s look for ways to be even better.” Father Lackland, president of the school’s advisory council Julie Nickols, and assistant principal Laura McCorkle will travel to Washington, D.C. in early November to accept the award on behalf of the school. stgonzales@cathdal.org
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BREAKFAST WITH THE BISHOP
Hall of famer, bishop team up to inspire volunteers By Seth Gonzales The Texas Catholic
RICHARDSON — Recalling the importance of teamwork, commitment and selfless giving, former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and pro football Hall of Famer Roger Staubach delivered the keynote address during the 4th Annual Breakfast with the Bishop at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Richardson on Oct. 9. Auxiliary Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel was on hand for the event, which benefited Catholic Charities of Dallas and was hosted by the Archangels Men’s Network. Only days removed from his encounter with Pope Francis during the pontiff’s visit to the United States, Bishop Deshotel said support of Catholic Charities dovetails perfectly into the Holy Father’s message of bringing God’s love to the least among us. “Catholic Charities is a concrete expression of God’s love,” Bishop Deshotel said. “It’s evangelization. It’s teaching the Gospel, whether it be to the senior citizens that are
‘To be able to put yourself in other people’s shoes is what life is all about. That’s what my faith has taught me. ’ — Roger Staubach
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and National Football League Hall of Famer
served at the Brady Center, at our immigration services, at Santa Clara, all of those agencies of Catholic Charities show forth the love of God in the work that they do.” The bishop thanked the more than 420 attendees for their presence and support of Catholic Charities and encouraged them to seek new ways to serve the poor in their communities. A visible presence in the
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Auxiliary Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel, center, poses with Deacon Bob Bonomi from St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Frisco, left, and Eric Kordsmeier from St. Thomas Aquinas at the Archangels Men’s Network breakfast.
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Roger Staubach is surrounded by people seeking autographs at the Archangels Men’s Network Breakfast.
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Former Dallas Cowboy and Hall of Famer Roger Staubach presents Chad Messer, the winner of a drawing, with an autographed football at the Archangels Men’s Network Breakfast with the Bishop at St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in Richardson on Oct. 9.
Dallas Catholic community and enthusiastic supporter of Catholic Charities of Dallas, Staubach took the podium and echoed Bishop Deshotel’s message of selflessly giving time, talent and treasure to others.
“There are some great human beings out there that need our help,” Staubach said. “To be able to put yourself in other people’s shoes is what life is all about. That’s what my faith has taught me. That’s what the Catholic
Church has taught me.” Weaving stories of his playing days with the Dallas Cowboys, Staubach emphasized the importance of placing the right people in the right places to achieving any goal, an element he said stood out during the team’s march toward the Super Bowl during the 1971 season. “Catholic Charities represents the best of things that have meant a lot to me.” Staubach said. Joe Hogan, president and co-founder of the Archangels Men’s Network said the breakfast was started as a way to advance the group’s mission, which is, essentially, to serve the servants of the needy. “We just find little spots where we can help out,” Hogan said. “Our view of it is that Catholic Charities gives people that one inch that they need to move on and keep going forward. And our job is to help Catholic Charities give those people that one inch.”
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The Texas Catholic
October 16, 2015
SYNOD CHANGES
Less time for speeches, more time for dialogue By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY—Although the public is given glimpses of what happens inside the Catholic Church’s world Synod of Bishops, the meetings themselves take place behind closed doors. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the Synod of Bishops has been the object of a continual hunt to balance creating a protected space where bishops could speak freely—something that was especially important a couple of decades ago when some members came from Soviet-bloc countries—with letting Catholics at home know that their bishops were working prayerfully and seriously on issues they, too, would find important. As a theologian, bishop and thenprefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Pope Benedict XVI had attended 15 of the 20 general, special and regional synod assemblies held between 1965 and his election as pope in 2005. One of the first things he did as pope was to institute an hour of “free discussion” at the end of the synod’s evening session each day. Unfortunately, several synod members said, some synod participants insist on reading a text there, too, basically giving themselves the chance to make two formal speeches. Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, synod general secretary, said this year’s synod will see participants spending more time working and discussing issues in small groups and less time listening to speeches. Because the number of bishops in the world — and at the synods — continues to grow, the amount of time they are given for speeches to the assembly has been reduced. Prior to 2005, they each had eight minutes.
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U.S. Archbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago participates in prayer at the start of a session of the Synod of Bishops on the family attended by Pope Francis at the Vatican Oct. 9.
For the 2008 synod, it was reduced to five minutes. This year it has been slashed to three minutes. The three-minute limit means that the full texts are often shorter than the speech summaries the Vatican used to hand out. With the extraordinary synod on the family last year, the Vatican stopped distributing summaries. But this year, Cardinal Baldisseri announced, synod participants are free to give interviews and to distribute or publish the complete texts of their speeches. However, it seemed most participants were not aware of the change and, of the first 72 speeches at the synod, only a dribble of texts found their way into the public sphere during the synod’s first week. Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, released an expanded
version of his synod speech through Catholic News Service. Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher of Gatineau, Quebec, published his text on his French-language blog, “Chant et Marche.” The bishops’ conference of Belgium was releasing the texts of Belgian bishops. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia posted his text on his archdiocese’s news site, catholicphilly.com. The archbishop said that while part of the synod working document “did a good job” describing the modern family, overall “the text engenders a subtle hopelessness. This leads to a spirit of compromise with certain sinful patterns of life and (to) the reduction of Christian truths about marriage and sexuality to a set of beautiful ideals — which then leads to surrendering the redemptive mission of the church.” He urged the synod to affirm
church teaching on marriage, sexuality and the family and demonstrate confidence in “the transformative power of grace and the ability of people to actually live what the church believes.” “We need to call people to perseverance in grace and to trust in the greatness God intended for them — not confirm them in their errors,” Archbishop Chaput told the synod. “Marriage embodies Christian hope — hope made flesh and sealed permanently in the love of a man and a woman. This synod needs to preach that truth more clearly with the radical passion of the cross and Resurrection.” Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York published his text on his blog, cardinaldolan.org. The bishops are pastors called to guide the church, he said, but to do that they must first be disciples, who “listen with gratitude, humility, and openness to God’s Word, particularly His Incarnate Word, Jesus.” “The starting point of the synod,” Cardinal Dolan said, “must be what God has revealed to us about marriage and the family: that one man and one woman, united in lifelong, life-giving, faithful love, eager for God’s gift of babies, raised with tenderness in the sacred ‘communio’ of the family, is the premier relationship of this life, so holy that it reflects the interior love of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in the Most Blessed Trinity.” The goal of the synod, Cardinal Dolan said, is “to defend, support, sustain, renew and restore that noble nature of marriage and family as God intended ‘from the beginning.’”
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Synod calls for focus on faith, family (Continued from Page 1) themselves to challenge each other to grow, but they never exclude.” The Catholic Church, Bishop Murry said, must continue to advocate for traditional families and explain the Scriptures that present them as God’s plan for human beings. At the same time, Bishop Murry said, “we also intentionally should reach out to those families that do not fit into traditional categories. We must help them to see the benefits of following Jesus Christ. That requires that we welcome them, be open to listen to their needs, walk with them and be courageous in inviting them into the fullness of the truth of the Gospel.” Many of them, he said, will disagree with the church’s teaching on morality, but Catholics cannot be faithful to the Gospel while allowing “these new families to continue to be alienated from the church.” Archbishop Martin told the synod, “What the Irish referendum showed was a breakdown between two languages,” the traditional language of the church and the language of an “antagonistic social culture.” At the same time, he said, the referendum showed “that when the demanding teaching of Jesus is presented in a way which appears to lack mercy, then we open the doors to a false language of cheap mercy.” Ireland still has a high number of Christian marriages and a low divorce rate compared to the rest of Europe, he said. “Families are strong and generous,” he said. “That has not changed substantially.”
Citing new rules, India’s Missionaries of Charity to end adoption work By Catholic News Service KOLKATA, India—The Missionaries of Charity will close its adoption centers in India, citing new regulations that would allow nontraditional families to adopt children, the congregation’s super general says. Founded by Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, the congregation runs orphanages across India, with 18 of them government-recognized centers that offer children for adoption. But the nuns do not want to run adoption centers in India now, Sister Mary Prema, the congregation’s current superior general, told ucanews.com “The decision of seeking the government’s de-recognition status for adoption centers applies only to India,” Sister Mary Prema told ucanews.com Oct. 11.
The nuns decided on this voluntarily after the Missionaries of Charity headquarters in Kolkata was informed about complying with the new Guidelines Governing Adoption of Children by the federal Ministry of Women and Child Development, said an Oct. 10 statement issued by Sunita Kumar, spokeswoman for the congregation. “If we were to continue the work set up by Mother Teresa, complying (with) all the provisions would have been difficult for us,” the statement said. The guidelines, issued in July, aim to regulate adoptions nationwide. They require all applications and processing to be done online and based on the seniority of applicants at the time of application. They say a single woman is eligible to adopt a child of any gender but that a single man is not eligible to adopt a girl child. They also say
parents shall be given an opportunity to view the photographs, child study and medical examination reports of up to six children. Father Joseph Chinnayan, deputy secretary-general of the national bishops’ conference in India, said there are basic issues with these clauses. The first clause would mean that unmarried adults in same-sex relationships, couples living together, and those divorced or separated could adopt children, contrary to the church’s thinking about family and parenting, he said. The guideline also says that those wishing to adopt have an option to choose from up to six children, which “offends the dignity of children,” Father Chinnayan said. “The bishops endorse the decision of the Missionaries of Charity,” he said, adding that church officials will discuss the issue with lawyers to find
out more about the consequences of the guidelines and ways to mitigate them. According to the government’s Central Adoption Resource Authority, India had almost 4,000 in-country adoptions between April 2014 and March 2015. Sister Prema could not say the number of children the nuns give up for adoption every year, but said about one-third of the congregation’s adoptions are in India. The Missionaries of Charity statement said the nuns “will continue to serve wholeheartedly and free of charge unwed mothers, children with malnutrition and differently abled children” in all their institutions “irrespective of caste, creed and religion.” The adoption work started by Mother Teresa “has been a fruitful and rewarding experience, which has changed the lives of thousands of people,” it said.
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A member of the Missionaries of Charity holds orphan children in 2007 at a center in Kolkata, India. The Missionaries of Charity will close their adoption centers in India, citing new regulations that would allow nontraditional families to adopt.
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The Texas Catholic
October 16, 2015
FROM THE BISHOP
New school year highlights successes By Bishop Kevin J. Farrell Publisher of The Texas Catholic
It’s another banner year for our Catholic schools. The official numbers have now been reported and our diocesan and private Catholic schools registered 14,802 students for the 2015-2016 academic year. Of that number, 2,398 are attending one of our three diocesan high schools while 3,046 of the total are enrolled in the four private Catholic schools within the diocese. Bishop Of special importance this Farrell fall are the openings of Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep and the new St. Phillip & St. Augustine Catholic Academy. Cristo Rey is an innovative effort to provide education to students from very low income families in a cooperative program with the business community. Students follow a demanding academic program but also learn on-the-job skills working for local firms. Cristo Rey is housed in the former St. Augustine Catholic School building in the Pleasant Grove area of Dallas. There are 128 students enrolled in the inaugural class. St. Augustine and St. Philip parochial schools have been combined into a new academy model now housed in a recently completed facility on the St. Philip campus serving the far East Dallas, Pleasant Grove and Mesquite areas. There are 332 students in the inaugural class. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings joined me in launching this new project that brings a new school to an economically-challenged area of our city. St. Thomas Aquinas has the largest enrollment among elementary parochial schools and Bishop Lynch High School with 1,052 students has the largest co-ed
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Daniel Garcia and Chris Liang enter John Paul II High School in Plano on the first day of school on Aug. 13.
private high school enrollment not only in our diocese but also in the State of Texas. We also recently received word that All Saints and Christ the King Catholic Schools in Dallas both received the distinction of being named National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. There are many blessings throughout our Catholic school system and my thanks and congratulations go to the administrative staff and teachers for maintaining the high academic standards we require. I am especially grateful to our parents who make such a sacrifice to send their children to Catholic schools.
NCCW provides resources on domestic violence awareness By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON—The National Council of Catholic Women has developed a resource manual called “Women Healing the Wounds” that provides information about the impact of domestic violence and the church’s response to it. The 52-page document in English and Spanish is available to download free at http://nccw.org in the site’s “Spotlight” section. It includes a customizable safety flier, a section on teen-dating violence, various resources and Catholic teaching. In the U.S. October is observed as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. “For many years, NCCW has been active on the issue of domestic violence. We are hopeful this new resource will give courage to victims to leave their abuser as well as educate others on the signs exhibited by persons experienc-
ing domestic violence,” Sheila Hopkins, NCCW president, said in a statement. “In the Catholic Church, we celebrate Respect Life in the month of October and this is a respect life issue as well.” Citing statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in an announcement about the resource, NCCW said that nearly one out of every four U.S. women is the victim of severe violence from an intimate partner. It also said women are much more likely to be victims of such violence because 85 percent of domestic abuse victims are women. “Violence of any kind—physical, sexual, psychological or verbal—is never justified,” NCCW said. Since NCCW’s resolution on pornography in 1970 and its resolution on domestic violence in 1993, the organization has worked to raise awareness about the dangers of pornography and to protect women from domestic violence.
I am happy to say that the great success of the Bishop Farrell Invitational Golf Tournament has contributed $2.6 million dollars in scholarship funds to our schools since its founding in 2011. That assistance has gone to the families of 1,328 students. Please join me in praying for the continued success and a fruitful school year for our students and teachers.
Bishop Kevin J. Farrell is the seventh bishop of Dallas. Read his blog at bishopkevinfarrell. org/blog.
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2015-16 SCHOOL ENROLLMENT Diocesan and private Catholic schools located within the Diocese of Dallas reported their official enrollment on Sept. 15. Following is a breakdown of those numbers by school: DIOCESAN SCHOOLS All Saints...................................................332 Bishop Dunne...........................................601 Bishop Lynch...........................................1052 Christ the King..........................................422 Good Shepherd........................................209 Holy Family of Nazareth...........................124 Holy Trinity...............................................136 Immaculate Conception...........................145 James L. Collins.........................................155 John Paul II...............................................786 Mary Immaculate.....................................472 Our Lady of Perpetual Help......................195 Prince of Peace.........................................807 Santa Clara of Assisi..................................199 St. Bernard of Clairvaux............................193 St. Cecilia..................................................181 St. Elizabeth of Hungary...........................237 St. Joseph-Richardson..............................299 St. Joseph-Waxahachie.............................188 St. Luke.....................................................137 St. Mark....................................................568 St. Mary....................................................168 St. Mary of Carmel...................................176 St. Monica................................................811 St. Patrick..................................................501 St. Paul the Apostle..................................302 St. Philip & St. Augustine..........................332 St. Pius X...................................................367 St. Rita......................................................644 St. Thomas Aquinas..................................889 TOTALS................................................ 11,628 INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS Cistercian..................................................347 Jesuit......................................................1108 Mount. St. Michael...................................153 Notre Dame..............................................151 The Highlands...........................................444 Ursuline....................................................843 Cristo Rey.................................................128 TOTALS....................................................3174 GRAND TOTAL................................. 14,802
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On hand to concelebrate the 125th Anniversary Mass for the Diocese of Dallas are, front from left, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell and Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio, back from left, Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, Bishop Emeritus David Fellhauer of Victoria, Bishop Michael Duca of Shreveport, La., Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, Auxiliary Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel and Father Abbot Peter Verhalen of Cistercian Abbey Our Lady of Dallas in Irving.
Priests and bishops process to the altar for the 125th Anniversary Mass of the Diocese of Dallas with Bishop Kevin J. Farrell and Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio on Oct. 3 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Celebrating the diocese’s legacy of faith, service By Seth Gonzales
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mploring those in attendance to demonstrate the light, unity and mercy of Jesus Christ in the Gospel, San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller presided as the main celebrant of the Diocese of Dallas’ 125th anniversary Mass on Oct. 3. Bishop Kevin J. Farrell along with five other bishops and 38 priests from the Dallas diocese concelebrated. Representatives from every parish in the diocese were in attendance as more than 800 filled the pews at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. “Today we celebrate the faith of so many people who have been faithful to the Lord,” Archbishop García-Siller said. “The faith has been nourished here for 125 years and for that we thank the Lord and say ‘Allelulia.’ ”
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Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of the Archdiocese of San Antonio delivers the homily during the 125th Anniversary Mass of the Diocese of Dallas on Oct. 3 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
In a sign of support from the broader North Texas faith community, United Methodist
Bishop Michael McKee, Christian Methodist Episcopal Rev. Lawrence Reddick, Imam Shependim
Nadzaku, and Mohamad Suleman of the Islamic Association of North Texas were in attendance. Bishop Farrell also welcomed Dallas civic leaders including Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins and Deputy Mayor Pro-tem Eric Wilson. Bishop Farrell reflected on the achievements of his predecessors and the fruits the diocese has brought forth in its history. “We think of what the grace of God has done in this part of North Texas,” Bishop Farrell said. “The history of our diocese is long and the graces are many and we ask Him to continue to bless us.” Archbishop Garcia-Siller, who serves as the Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of San Antonio, praised the leadership of Bishop Farrell saying he has led “with paternal love and following what Jesus taught us.” He said the faith of people in the diocese is continuing to attract more people, noting the rapid increase of the
diocese’s Catholic population. “Light will attract brothers and sisters to come from afar to find their home here,” Archbishop Garcia-Siller said. “The church has been a beacon, shining and welcoming newcomers to community of faith since before the diocese was established.” He urged those in attendance to give thanks for the past, celebrate the present and look forward with confidence to the future. Shreveport Bishop Michael Duca was among those concelebrating the Mass. He is a native of Dallas and a product of the diocese’s Catholic school system. While his tenure in Shreveport has kept him there the past eight years, Bishop Duca said returning to Dallas always feels like home. “My parents were born here, I was born here so my family has a lot of roots in this diocese,” he said. “To celebrate that legacy was a great gift for me to be here and I enjoyed it very much.”
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Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller concelebrates the 125th Anniversary Mass of the Diocese of Dallas Oct. 3 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Representatives from different parishes within the Diocese of Dallas join the crowd viewing displays of the diocese’s history during the reception.
Patricia Bowlin of St. Ann Catholic Church in Coppell stops to view a display on the history of the Diocese of Dallas.
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‘Blessed are you, Lord God, maker of all living creatures’ St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School students, from left, Sophia Thornburg, Rowan Myers, Quinn McGuinness, Reese Myers and Lila Drake during a Blessing of the Animals ceremony Oct. 2 at the school. St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School Photo
Father Michael D. Forge blesses a parishioner’s pet during a Blessing of the Animals ceremony at Mary Immaculate Catholic Church in Farmers Branch on Oct. 3. CHIARA GRANADO Mary Immaculate Catholic Church BEN TORRES/Special Contributor
Father Josef Vollmer-Köning blesses pets and their owners during Blessing of the Animals in observance of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi on Oct. 3 at St. Patrick Catholic Church.
Mass for FDLC
Above: Auxiliary Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel, second from left, celebrates a special Mass for the members of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions on Oct. 8 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe in Dallas. At right: Members of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions bow their heads in prayer during the special Mass.
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IN BRIEF
FC Dallas sponsoring DPL night FC Dallas is sponsoring Dallas Parochial League night at Toyota Stadium in Frisco on Oct. 25 with special pricing. All DPL student-athletes, family and staff members are invited to come to the last regular season game of FC Dallas as the team takes on the Quakes of San Jose. As part of the sponsorship with DPL, FC Dallas is offering tickets
starting at $16, with free parking and a VIP on-field, pre-match experience. Tickets for this DPL night special pricing are available at atfcd.com/ SipUS or by contacting Wes Streitenberger at 469-365-0134 or wstreitenberger@fcdallas.com.
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University of Dallas President Thomas Keefe, second from right, with the 2015 distinguished alumni, from left, Raymund King, John Alvis, Nancy Cain Marcus and Michael Marz, far right, before the University of Dallas Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner on Oct. 3 at the Omni Dallas Hotel.
UD honors distinguished alumni Special to The Texas Catholic Four graduates of the University of Dallas—JohnAlvis, Dr. Raymund King, Nancy Cain Marcus and Michael Marz—were honored Oct. 3 as distinguished alumni at a dinner at the Omni Dallas Hotel. The Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize University of Dallas alumni who have demonstrated sustained, distinguished accomplishment and contribution to any field of human endeavor. The award is the highest honor the university can bestow on its alumni. Alvis, one of the university’s first graduates, is now one of the university’s most-respected scholars. An author of books on Homer, Virgil, Milton, Shakespeare and Nathaniel Hawthorne, Alvis serves as professor of English and director of the American Studies Program. He holds bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Dallas.
Dr. King, who holds a bachelor’s degree from UD, became a head and neck surgeon and treated many victims of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, before embarking on a law career focusing on health care, corporate and entertainment law. He serves on boards for local, national and international charities that assist children, the homeless and military veterans. In 2004, he was named the Distinguished Young Alumnus of Oklahoma City University School of Law after writing two bestselling books for the American Bar Association. Marcus, who holds a master’s degree and doctorate from the university, is a philanthropist, leader in education and culture, and a patron of the arts. Among her most distinguished accomplishments are a presidential appointment as a U.S. Public Delegate to the 56th session of the United Nations General Assembly and a
gubernatorial appointment to the State of Texas Commission on 21st Century Colleges and Universities. A fellow at the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture, a faculty member of Southern Methodist University’s Master’s of Liberal Studies Program. Michael Marz, who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration from UD, is vice chairman of First Southwest Company. A leader in the finance industry, his accomplishments include being awarded “Deal of the Year” by Institutional Investor in 1997 and testifying before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee on municipal market regulation. He was a founding member of the Perot Museum of Nature and Science and a recent chairman of the board of trustees of the Jesuit Foundation. He holds bachelor’s and master’s of business administration degrees from the University of Dallas.
ST. JOHN PAUL II
Polish cardinal helps dedicate altar at shrine WASHINGTON—Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, Poland, made his first visit to a national shrine in Washington dedicated to the pope he served as personal secretary for nearly 27 years. The cardinal consecrated the main altar at the St. John Paul II National Shrine during an Oct. 2 Mass of dedication. The work of Italian sculptor Edoardo Ferrari, the altar features sculptures of the apostles. The relics of seven saints were deposited into the altar, where they will remain permanently. Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington was the principal celebrant of the Mass and the homilist, and the concelebrant
was Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, supreme chaplain of the Knights of Columbus. Supreme Knight Carl Anderson was in attendance along with the shrine’s executive director, Patrick Kelly, and other Knights of Columbus officials. The shrine is a special initiative of the Knights. Now-Cardinal Dziwisz was ordained to the priesthood in 1963 by Archbishop Karol Wojtyla of Krakow— the future pope and saint. The priest became the archbishop’s private secretary in 1966 and was with him in Rome when he was elected pope in 1978. Then-Father Dziwisz accompanied the pope on his numerous trips abroad and physically supported Pope John Paul in the critical moments
following an attempt on his life in 1981. He continued to serve him until the pontiff’s death in 2005. Designated as a national shrine by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2014, the shrine is primarily a place of prayer and pilgrimage. Before it became a shrine, the building was home to the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center. The Knights of Columbus acquired it in 2011 and converted it into a shrine to keep with the original vision of the center. Its permanent exhibit, “A Gift of Love: The Life of St. John Paul II,” allows visitors to walk in the footsteps of the saint by exploring the major events of his life and themes of his papacy.
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FAITH
While just a game, we can learn from baseball By Father Timothy Gollob Special to The Texas Catholic
Annual Red Mass
Above: Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, Auxiliary Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel stands with judges and lawyers following the annual Red Mass Oct. 4 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. A Red Mass is a Mass celebrated annually in the Catholic Church for judges, attorneys, law school professors, students, and government officials prior to the start of the U.S. Supreme Court’s session. At right: Those in attendance at the annual St. Thomas More Society’s Red Mass, including Dallas County judges Clay Jenkins, far left, and Justice Bob Fillmore, second from right, listen to the Gospel reading Oct. 4. JENNA TETER/The Texas Catholic
During the funeral of the great Yankee catcher, Yogi Berra, the archbishop of New York said that Yogi and Pope Francis had three outstanding qualities that they shared. They both smiled a lot. They both liked to talk to real people. They both were humble. But they differed in their communication skills. Pope Francis is a theological leader who has to address his flock and the leaders of the world in words that need to be studied and pondered. Thus his letter on the care of the earth and the care of the poor has to be studied and dialogued upon with reverence and with openness. Yogi Berra was a communicator also, but his words were brief and to the point. They, however, are also profound in their implications for the way we lead our lives. Since these words were framed in the context of Yogi’s baseball career, we need to assess them in the light of the recent happenings on the Texas Rangers’ baseball diamond.
Ranger fans were delighted to find their team ahead by four runs as their rivals, the Angels, came to bat in the ninth inning. All was looking up in Ranger-land, but Yogi once said, “It ain’t over till it’s over!” and the Angels scored five runs to win, 11-10. Gloom and doom settled over North Texas (and the angels rejoiced in heaven?) The next day was the final game of the season. That Sunday neither the Angels on the field nor the angels in heaven had anything to be joyous about as the Texas Rangers won with good pitching and good hitting. Yogi had a saying for this also: “You wouldn’t have won if we’d beaten you!” Now baseball is just a game. We can learn a lesson for life. There is no reason to pout and to fret over any situation as long as we have breath and God and the angels are in charge of our journey. “It ain’t over till it’s over!” Father Timothy Gollob is the pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Oak Cliff.
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Venerating saint’s relic tour to come to Dallas By Jacqueline Burkepile Special to The Texas Catholic
Parishioners in the Dallas area will have the opportunity to venerate St. Maria Goretti’s major relics on Nov. 3 at St. Monica Catholic Church from 11 a.m to 11 p.m. The parish will also celebrate Mass at 7 p.m. to honor the saint. The tour, entitled “The Pilgrimage of Mercy,” is sponsored by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, along with the evangelization apostolate, Treasures of the Church. It began in New Jersey on Sept. 20, ending in Tulsa, Okla. on Nov. 11. St. Maria Goretti’s relics will also travel to Tyler on Nov. 2, and Houston on Nov. 4. The Pilgrimage of Mercy precedes the church’s “Year of Mercy,” which begins Dec. 8. According to the pilgrimage’s website (mariagoretti.com), St. Maria Goretti is a “Saint of Great Mercy” because she forgave Alessandro Serenelli when he attempted to rape her when she was 11 years old. When she refused, he stabbed her 14 times, and she died the next day. After her death, St. Maria Goretti appeared to him in a jail cell to express her forgiveness. Serenelli then experienced a conversion and later
joined the Capuchin Franciscans as a lay brother after his release from prison. This is the first time St. Maria Goretti’s skeleton will visit the United States. The relics are covered by a wax statue of her body, and are inside a glass-sided casket. Margie Giangiulio, a parishioner at St. Monica, organized the tour’s visit to her parish. She said the relics were originally supposed to visit Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Corsicana, but the church’s pastor, Father Jason Cargo, released the date to St. Monica since it is more centrally located. “It should be really, really special. I hope that we can say that thousands came,” Giangiulio said. “This diocese is on fire for the faith, so hopefully people will come to venerate her relic and ask for forgiveness. Every one of us has something to be forgiven for or someone to forgive.”
The Pilgrimage of Mercy The major relics of St. Maria Goretti will be on display in Dallas as part of a U.S. tour at: ST. MONICA CATHOLIC CHUCH 9933 Midway Rd, Dallas, TX 75220 Tuesday, Nov. 3, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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Aid workers in Greece brace for more migrants By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service
LESBOS, Greece—Greece is bracing for thousands more Syrians and other people to land on Lesbos and other key island crossings from Turkey, as those fleeing conflict remain undeterred by the worsening weather and colder autumn temperatures in their desperate search for safety in Europe. “The waves were rolling fiercely with the salt water nearly choking us,” said Syrian Um Tariq, who identified herself using the familial Arabic nickname, meaning mother of Tariq, her eldest son. “We thought we were going to die.” “The trip, meant to be a half-hour long, was a painful three hours in a tightly packed dinghy we feared would overturn,” she said of the sea voyage from Turkey to this Greek island, better known in the past for its olive oil and ouzo. Women cried out in panic and men shouted, desperately holding onto their babies and young children, appealing for assistance from the volunteers gathered on shore to help them land. Among the relief groups that help those
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Migrants from Syria arrive on the Greek island of Lesbos Oct. 11. Greece is bracing for thousands more Syrian and other migrants to land on key island crossings from Turkey, as those fleeing conflict remain undeterred by the worsening weather.
coming ashore are the international Catholic Caritas organization, the interdenominational OM Greece, EuroRelief and A Drop in the Sea. Um Tariq recounted what pushed her family of four from Hama, Syria, to make such a dangerous trip.
“The Syrian regime arrested and jailed my eldest son some time ago. We haven’t heard about him since,” she said. “My husband and I escaped with another son and his wife. We were afraid that the Syrian army would conscript my son because it
has lost so many men in four-anda-half years of fighting. “If he refused to join the army, they could kill him,” said the woman, who wore a black headscarf. The family hopes to join another son who is now sheltering in Norway. And so the tide of humanity fleeing violence in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq continues into Greece, a key entry point to Europe. Some 169 people reportedly drowned crossing the Aegean Sea in September; 44 of them were children. As the seas become more violent as colder autumn weather sets in, aid workers fear the conditions will only worsen. In one week in early October, 7,000 people a day came ashore in Greece, said the International Organization for Migration. Recently, a 1-year-old was found dead on a boat after it partially capsized. After Syrians, Afghans are the chief nationality among the nearly half-million people who have landed on Greek shores from Turkey this year, marking a tenfold increase from 2014. “We help them to get out of the water to get safely onto land,” said
Hein van der Merwe of OM Greece. “As soon as the refugees see they get closer to land, they just jump into the water. Sometimes they put themselves at risk doing this,” he said. Afterward, they are given towels and dry clothes and something to eat and drink. “We give them information about the 44-mile trek to the camp for registration and where they can catch buses,” van der Merwe said. Caritas is also distributing vital food and essential items, like diapers, said Evelyn Karastamati, the group’s emergency program coordinator. Sleeping bags, snacks and mats are given to those arriving on the islands of Lesbos, Kos and Chios. Caritas also provides toilets and showers for their use, she said. “The situation is changing all the time,” Karastamati said, expressing concern. Although the European Union plans to set up so-called “hotspots” where people will be registered, fingerprinted and sorted to be ready in Greece and Italy by the end of November, she said groups aiding the migrants, such as Caritas, have been given no information on the measure.
Celebrating a place in history
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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell distributes communion to Nelly González during a special 125th Anniversary Mass for the Diocese of Dallas on Oct. 3 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Corsicana, which has the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating parish in the diocese.
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Erin Curry and her daughter Annie Curry, 6, sing during the anniversary Mass at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Corsicana.
Parishioners carry a statue of the Virgin Mary at the start of the 125th Anniversary Mass for the Diocese of Dallas at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Corsicana.
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FOOD & FUN OCT. 20 St. Anne’s Holiday Bazaar at Christ the King Parish Center, 8017 Preston Rd., Dallas, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Proceeds benefit parish’s Catholic Charities project. OCT. 24 The 14th Annual St. Francis of Assisi Ladies Auxilary Holiday Bazaar, 8000 El Dorado Pkwy., Frisco, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit www.laxholidaybazaar for details.
Above: Parishioners stay and pray in front of a statue of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos during a visit to the United States after Mass at Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos-St. Theresa Catholic Church Oct. 2.
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Top right: Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, at right, celebrated Mass at the quasi-parish earlier that day. At right: Matachines dancers perform at the start of the opening Mass welcoming the statue of San Juan de Los Lagos from Mexico to Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos-St. Theresa Catholic Church on Oct. 2.
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safe and fun,” Haley said. “We took field trips and I learned so much.” Through the programs at the Santa Clara Community Center, Haley not only received daily after-school homework help, but she also experienced new sports, activities, and life-skills training to form her as a whole person. She now attends a top local high school on a full scholarship — a reality she never could’ve envisioned — and hopes to be the first person in her family to go to college. On Nov. 1, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell is asking for your support for people like Haley and her family through the Catholic Charities Sunday collection. Every dollar donated goes directly to programs like Financial Education, ESL, After-School Care, Pregnancy & Adoption, and Senior Services. Every dollar donated makes an impact on the life of someone without hope. Please be generous during Masses that weekend or online at www.ccdallas.org.
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