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Church of martyrs Chaldeans endure despite 2,000 years of persecution By Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun
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Msgr. Felix Shabi has a heartfelt plea for his fellow Catholics. The Iraqi-born priest is pastor of two burgeoning communities of Chaldeans in the Valley — communities most Arizonans aren’t aware exist. “It’s important for people to understand who we are and the persecution that our people are going through,” Msgr. Shabi Msgr. Shabi said, “because still today, the world media — including Catholic media — they don’t realize the huge massacre and the huge persecution that we are going through.” On Oct. 31, terrorists linked to al-Qaida stormed into Our Lady
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Take the credit Year-end deadline to make donations looms By Ambria Hammel The Catholic Sun
Charity is supposed to be about selfless giving, but it won’t hurt to give yourself a little credit while you’re at it — especially a tax credit. Several local charitable agencies and area Catholic schools are encouraging tax credits as the 2010 tax year draws to a close. By totaling up all monetary donations made throughout the year to charitable organizations — See YEAR-END page 18 ▶
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Longtime diocesan priest loses cancer battle Fr. Raul Morales, a Puerto Rican priest who was ordained for the Phoenix Diocese in 1975 and served in various parishes until retiring in 1992, died Dec. 5. He was 83. Fr. Morales served as parochial vicar at Queen of Peace Parish in Mesa and St. Daniel the Prophet Parish in Scottsdale in the 1970s. From there, he went to Flagstaff before returning to the Valley in Fr. Morales 1985 to serve at St. Anne Parish in Gilbert. Fr. Morales became pastor in late 1985 and ultimately retired in July 1992. He spent his retirement years at All Saints Parish in Mesa and other parishes. He enjoyed walking and exercising his green thumb. The visitation and funeral Mass were held at All Saints last week followed by internment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Mesa. Homeless outreach center holds unclaimed dead memorial Many people spend “Thanksgiving Eve” ensuring all loved ones will be accounted for at the table. Others take time to remember the forgotten. More than 70 people from André House, the All Saints Newman Center in Tempe and St. John Vianney Parish in Goodyear gathered Nov. 24 at the White Tanks Cemetery in Goodyear for the annual memorial service for the unclaimed dead in Maricopa County. That’s where the bodies of many of the homeless guests André House serves are buried. Only a four-inch metal marker remains as a sign of a life lost because no relative or friend claimed the body to give it a proper burial. “This prayerful memorial service reminds us of our connection with all who have gone before us: rich and poor, famous and unknown, all part of the Body of Christ,” said Holy Cross Father Eric Schimmel, director of André House. ✴
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In hot water: André House solar project offsets energy use Stretching every dollar is nothing new for the staff and volunteers at André House, but their latest method of doing so is a bit unique for the soup kitchen. Four new solar hot water systems will offset an estimated 70,000 kilowatt-hours of energy each year. That’ll be important, as André House volunteers need water to reach at least 140 degrees to wash dishes. Plus, some 150 homeless guests use its facilities to get a warm, 10-minute shower every week. Laundry facilities are also available. ▶ For the full story: bit.ly/solar-andre
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Dominican sisters from the Phoenix Diocese were among those featured on Oprah Nov. 23. By Ambria Hammel The Catholic Sun
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utside of EWTN and other faith-based networks, women religious don’t get much airtime these days. But thanks to a little help — and a bit of curiosity — from Oprah Winfrey, religious life is getting worldwide exposure this year. The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist made a return appearance on the long-running talk show Nov. 23.
Reduced furloughs for DPC staff Over the last two years, local Church leaders initiated major cost-saving measures, including staff reorganizations, budget cuts and several weeklong furloughs for personnel at the Diocesan Pastoral Center, the administrative offices serving the Diocese of Phoenix. In November, it was announced that two of the upcoming furlough weeks, scheduled for late December and April, were no longer necessary. Church officials attributed this to higher than expected parish revenue and good financial stewardship. ▶ For the full story: bit.ly/dpc1210
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REMEMBERING DOROTHY Former André House staffer reflects on the impact of Dorothy Day By Chela Sullivan Special for The Catholic Sun
I remember the first time I heard about Dorothy Day. I was a student at ASU studying political science and frustrated and confused with the deep injustices and suffering occurring throughout the world. ▶ For the full story: bit.ly/phx-dorothy
Some lay Catholics have invested hours or even years in prayerful and financial support of religious vocations. Those who formally do so at the local level belong to one of three Serra Clubs throughout the Phoenix Diocese. And for the first time, Serra Club members gathered to honor their own reaching significant milestones of service. The Dec. 11 Charter Night at the Diocesan Pastoral Center also served as a time to welcome six new members into their fold and for all to recommit themselves to their mission. ▶ For the full story: bit.ly/serra1210
On the horizon @ ▶ Chriistmas t Eve Mass live from Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral 11 p.m., Dec. 24 on AZ-TV 7 and 1310 AM Immaculate Heart Radio ▶ Diocesan Pastoral center closed Dec. 24-Jan. 31. ▶ Leadership conference for parish ministries, Jan. 6-8 at the Diocesan Past Pa stor oral al Cen ente terr. Inf nfo: o: (60 602) 2) 354 542300 or www.kinoinstitute.org. ▶ Martin Luther King Mass, 3 p.m., Jan. 17, St. Mary’s Basilica ▶ Red Mass,, 5:30 p.m.,, Jan. 18,, St. Mary’s Basilica Read stories on the MLK and the Red Masses on page 6.
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Arizona to play host to annual ‘Cardinals Dinner’ By Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun
The Catholic University of America has chosen the Diocese of Phoenix as the site for its annual Cardinals Dinner, which will be held May 6, 2011. The event will honor six U.S. Cardinals while raising scholarship funds for the university. Cardinal Francis George, archbishop of Chicago and past president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, will be one of the honorees, as will Cardinal Roger Mahony, archbishop of Los Angeles. The U.S. bishops founded the university in 1887 for Catholic higher education in America. CUA, the national university of the Catholic Church, currently has about 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled. Some 400 people in the state of Arizona are alumni of the
American Cardinals Dinner When: May 6, 2011 ▶ Mass at 4 p.m. at St. Bernard of Clairvaux Parish.
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Washington, D.C.-based university, including Fr. Chris Fraser, judicial vicar for the Phoenix Diocese, who is a graduate of the university’s school of canon law. “It is a great honor for Bishop [Thomas J.] Olmsted and the Diocese of Phoenix to have been asked to host this important event,” Fr. Fraser said. “Moreover, it is for an excellent cause.” The event will be an opportunity
for local Catholics to get to know some of the 20 cardinals expected to attend the Mass and dinner, Fr. Fraser said, but will also be a way for benefactors to get to know each other and build friendships as they work together to increase scholarship funding. Financial support is needed, Fr. Fraser said, because historically, a significant portion of alumni have been religious and diocesan clergy. “CUA lacks the financial backing and stability other universities enjoy because it does not have the longstanding alumni base from which to draw upon,” Fr. Fraser said. “This is why it is so important for scholarship funds such as this one to be supported and expanded.” Missie D’Aunoy, director of the Office of Stewardship for the Phoenix Diocese, has been working with CUA to help plan the event. She said the school would like to draw more students from the Western states. “They are very committed to Catholic education and are excited to be coming to Phoenix,” D’Aunoy said. “They are looking to expand the diversity of people from different parts of the United States, and they wanted to bring the dinner to Phoenix to create some awareness in the Southwest.” Bishop Olmsted, who is co-hosting the event, was recently named to the university’s board of trustees. “To effectively engage our culture today,” Bishop Olmsted said, “we need the witness and contribution of Catholic universities that are strong in their Catholic identity and mission, which is certainly the case with CUA.” The Cardinals Dinner is open to all and different levels of sponsorship are available, beginning with $1,000 for an individual sponsorship. Invitation letters for the event will be going out before the end of the year. ✴
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Fostering a culture of life Bi-National Respect Life and Evangelization Hispanic Congress set for 2011 By Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun
The Phoenix Diocese will be the site of a bi-national congress aimed at developing the Hispanic pro-life community. Carmen Portela, director of Spanish parish leadership support for the Phoenix Diocese, said she is expecting 700 to 1,000 participants from Mexico and the United States to attend the gathering. The June 10-12 program will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center and begins with a formal dinner, entertainment, and a bilingual address Friday evening. To help keep the event affordable for participants, the cost is $25 — considerably lower than many pro-life conferences and events. Portela said donations from the local Knights of Columbus as well as Supreme Knight Carl Anderson have helped keep the admission price down. Saturday’s events kick off with a Mass at St. Mary’s Basilica. The conference features 25 bilingual and Spanish breakout sessions and a keynote Saturday in Spanish with simultaneous English translation. Well-known Latin vocalist Martin Valverde will be featured in concert Saturday evening and has helped keep web traffic brisk at the congress’s website, www.bprolife.org. Portela pointed to the key position of the Hispanic community in the effort to build a culture of life. “They are the future of the Church in the United States,” Portela said. “It’s very important
May the Light,Peace and Joy of Christmas be with you Save the Date Monsignor Edward J. Ryle Annual Memorial Mass 5:30pm, Wednesday, January 5, 2011 at Brophy Chapel Reception following Mass Please R.S.V.P. for the reception 602.381.6572 or info@rylefund.org www.rylefund.org
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The bi-national congress next summer will foster networking between Catholics of different dioceses.
that they know the issues that really pertain to pro-life and respect life, that they know the vision of the Catholic Church.” Hispanics not only have to know the Church’s position, Portela said, they have to know how to defend the pro-life cause and pass it on to future generations. That’s something that used to happen naturally within their culture and former countries, she said, but pro-abortion propaganda in the United States can dilute the pro-life message. Speakers will hail from as far away as Argentina and Ecuador but the congress will also feature local priests, including Fr. Carlos Gomez and Fr. Charlie Goraeib. There’s also a pro-life activist and physician from Cuba who has been working with the bishop there in the pro-life cause. Portela said that the conference will be a chance for attendees to gather pro-life brochures, books and multi-media presentations they can take back to their own diocese and community. Mike Phelan, director of the office of Marriage and Respect Life for the Diocese of Phoenix, said the congress addresses the slipping respect for life in Spanish-speaking countries. “There’s a tremendous need for leadership, for networking and for resources in Spanish,” Phelan said. “This is demographically the growing population in our hemisphere.” He added that First World governments have historically pressured Third World governments to embrace contraception and abortion as conditions for receiving financial assistance. “The United States is as culpable as any nation in the world for the outsourcing of the culture of death to other nations,” Phelan said. “so it’s in a sense very appropriate that a strong diocese in the United States takes some responsibility and foster leadership growth and the growth of a pro-life network.” Portela said the effort to arm the Hispanic community with the resources to defend the cause of life has broader implications. “They need to go into the public square and be vocal about it,” Portela said, “not only with their words but with their votes.” ✴
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Oakland Bishop Cordileone to be homilist at annual Red Mass By Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun
Oakland Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, well-known for his efforts in defense of marriage and the sanctity of life, will be the homilist for this year’s Red Mass Jan. 18 at St. Mary’s Basilica. Attorneys, lawmakers, judges and other public officials gather at the yearly Red Mass to pray for guidance from the Holy Spirit and hear Church leaders discuss significant current issues. The St. Thomas More Society, a lay organization of legal professionals, hosts the liturgy that traditionally marks the opening of the Arizona legislative session. Maria Salapska, president of the St. Thomas More Society, said the organization works to promote Catholic principles and traditions among its members. The society is also involved in pro bono work
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Oakland Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone will address attorneys and lawmakers at the Jan. 18 Red Mass.
as well as efforts to make the legal system more accessible. “The society’s goal is to inspire and lift up the minds and hearts of the legal community of Maricopa County to follow the example of St. Thomas More by integrating
God in every aspect of their legal practice,” Salapska said. Ron Johnson, executive director of the Arizona Catholic Conference, the public policy arm of the state’s three dioceses, is looking forward to Bishop Cordileone’s homily. “I’ve been very impressed with Bishop Cordileone for a long time,” Johnson said. “He’s been one of the strongest, most orthodox bishops in the country, in my opinion, especially on issues related to marriage and Natural Family Planning. He’s a courageous bishop.” Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, who is also a canon lawyer, has known Bishop Cordileone for more than 30 years. He praised Bishop
Cordileone’s breadth of knowledge and experience. “Bishop Cordileone is one of the finest canon lawyers in the Church in the United States,” Bishop Olmsted said. “Whoever comes to the Red Mass will certainly receive rich food for mind and heart.” Bishop Cordileone, who grew up in San Diego, studied theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, then returned to California in 1982 where he was ordained to the priesthood. Three years later, he returned to the Gregorian where he earned a doctorate in canon law. In 1995, he began a seven-year stint as an assistant in the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in Rome — the equivalent of the U.S. Supreme Court. Bishop Cordileone’s experience also includes work as an adjutant judicial vicar and as pastor of a parish in Calexico that sits just four blocks from the Mexican border.
Appointed as the fourth bishop of Oakland in 2009, he’s also had a lifelong interest in jazz music and played alto saxophone in a quintet during his seminary studies. But it’s as a fierce defender of traditional marriage that Bishop Cordileone has gained national prominence. Bishop Olmsted lauded him for his “energetic leadership in the effort to defeat Proposition 8 in California” and said he has worked closely with Bishop Cordileone for the past eight years at the USCCB. Observers say a high-profile Church leader such as Bishop Cordileone is sure to draw a crowd to St. Mary’s Basilica for the Phoenix Diocese’s 41st annual Red Mass. The tradition of invoking the Holy Spirit in legal affairs, however, stretches back centuries to Europe. Thirteenth century Paris and 14th century England each have recorded instances of a Red Mass taking place. ✴
New Orleans Auxiliary Bishop Fabre to join Phoenix celebration of MLK By Andrew Junker The Catholic Sun
Catholics honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. will gather Jan. 17 for a 3 p.m. Mass at St. Mary’s Basilica in downtown Phoenix. The 19th annual Mass — hosted by the Diocesan Office of Black Catholic Ministry — will be celebrated by Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted with Bishop Shelton J. Fabre as homilist. Bishop Fabre serves the Archdiocese of New Orleans as an auxiliary bishop.
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reception will follow the Mass. “I think Martin Luther King was significant to us because he inspired us at the time when we were going through a real struggle in this country about civil rights,” Marshall said. “He gave us hope and his speech really inspired us.” Marshall was serving in the Army when King delivered his famous “I have a dream” speech. Marshall’s commanding officer wouldn’t allow him to travel to Washington to witness the speech, so Marshall watched it on the television.
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“I watched the speech and it was really inspirational to us. We were doing battle with basic civil rights — being able to go into a restaurant and order a meal,” he said. Andrea Hardin, who has helped plan the Mass for many years, said it’s important to remember King’s legacy, and to inform younger members of the community about his importance. “It’s something that we would like to ensure does not get to be a forgotten entity,” she said. “Through small steps we can at least inform and make younger people aware of the sacrifice that was made for them, and how they have to pick up the torch and carry it.” Hardin said the yearly Mass is also a good opportunity for the black community across the diocese to come together for fellowship. She noted that many men and women moved here from American cities where there were traditionally “black parishes.” “Historically here, the black population is spread out among all parishes, which is a wonderful thing, but there’s not, maybe, that fellowship,” she said. “Our Mass kind of represents one day where we can all get together under one umbrella and recognize somebody who did so much for this county and especially our people.” Marshall agreed. “I think for the Catholic Church, there were Catholics who were involved in the civil rights movement, who marched with them and were supportive,” he said. “The movement really covered a lot of different religions: Protestants, Catholics and Jews because the issue was basic civil rights.” Faith played a major role in the civil rights movment. King was trained as a preacher. ✴
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Thousands join to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe By Andrew Junker The Catholic Sun
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n unusual sight met passersby in downtown Phoenix Dec. 4. A seemingly endless line of men, women and children snaked through the city’s streets. They wore colorful clothing; some had masks on or loud metal tappers attached to their shoes. They danced and sang and honored Our Lady of Guadalupe, whose feast day they were celebrating. All told, more than 4,000 people from 80 different groups joined in the procession that ended at an altar set up in the street facing St. Mary’s Basilica. Bishops Thomas J. Olmsted and Eduardo A. Nevares stood before the altar and blessed all those who walked and danced by. It took more
than an hour for the procession to end. “There were some powerful symbols evident,” said Armando Ruiz of this year’s Honor Your Mother event, which culminated with a Mass where Bishop Nevares gave the homily. Ruiz — who helps plan the celebration — saw a coming together of the whole diocese at the event. St. Mark, a predominantly Hispanic parish, and St. Theresa, which is predominantly Anglo, sponsored this year’s Honor Your Mother, which in itself is a symbol of the power of Our Lady, Ruiz said. “The whole idea that you had Hispanic and non-Hispanic parishes coming together to celebrate the Virgin of Guadalupe as a patroness of the diocese,” he said, “she’s that hope of bringing diverse groups together as she did when she first
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More than 4,000 Catholics joined Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted (middle right) and Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares (bottom right) Dec. 4 at this year’s Honor Your Mother event, celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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Likewise, the bishop encouraged the congregation to turn to Mary and leave behind all the distractions that modern society offer: cell phones, the Internet, iPods. “There are so many distractions that take us away from our life of prayer. We need to get back to praying in our family, to praying individually, to praying the rosary,” Bishop Nevares said. It’s from this devoted prayer life that men and women can find their vocations, he added, and asked the congregation where they thought priests come from. “Do they fall down from the sky?” he pointed above his head. “No. They come from your families.” As Christ told the Apostle John from the cross that Mary was his mother and that John was her son, so too should Catholics live out that familial relationship, the bishop said. “As the disciple took Mary into his care, each of us is invited to take Mary into our home and into our heart. Let us accept her and love her as our heavenly mother.” Ruiz said that the homily — like the entire Honor Your Mother celebration — helps prepare local Catholics for a new evangelization. ✴
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Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares joined hundreds of local Catholics Nov. 13 to celebrate the many cultures that find their home in the Catholic Church. Representatives from some 20 different cultures packed Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral — singing in different languages, but all gathered around one altar for the Diversity Mass. “All are welcome because all are brothers and sisters in the Lord, Jesus Christ,” Bishop Nevares said in his homily. He’d begun the Mass by greeting the congregation in at least a dozen languages. The bishop reminded Catholics that Christ commissioned the Church to spread the Good News throughout the world. When Catholics pray the Lord’s Prayer, he said, they gather with believers throughout the world who share their faith. “What a beautiful grace to look beyond the outer appearance and to look into the heart and soul and see God within,” Bishop Nevares said, “to see that the Holy Spirit that makes His dwelling within each of us.” Representatives from around 17 different cultures make up the “diversity team,” which gets together monthly to address any issues. Those issues range from having a priest to celebrate Mass in a native tongue to the Diversity Mass itself. “The two cultures that everyone sees are the Hispanic and the Anglo,” said Ignacio Rodriguez, associate director of Ethnic Ministries. “But the culture richness of the diocese goes way beyond that.” The Filipino community is one of the bigger groups in the diocese. Bishop Nevares is joining the community for Simbang Gabi, a Filipino novena before Christmas, which concludes Dec. 24 with a Misa de Gallo, or Rooster’s Mass. Traditionally, Simbang Gabi is celebrated as early as 4 a.m., when the cock crows. The tradition has its origins in the Philippines some 400 years ago when, under Spanish rule, Filipinos often started farming before the sun rose. Rodriguez also noted the growing groups from Sudan, Croatia and Myanmar. “There is a great love and devotion to the Church in all of these communities,” he said. “They express their Catholicity in a beautiful way. You really see the universality of the Church at this Mass.” Bishop Nevares reminded the congregation of God’s fidelity, a message often forgotten. “Sometimes, today, we can be troubled, we can be worried,” he said. “And yet, the Lord Jesus fulfills His promise, ‘I am with you.’ And if God is with us, why do we fear?” He called on the congregation to remember that they are a family under God and called them to
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Simbang Gabi Simbang Gabi, a popular Filipino tradition, is a nine-day novena to the Blessed Mother. Traditionally, the novena begins Dec. 16 as early as 4 a.m. and culminates with the Misa de Gallo on Christmas Eve to welcome the birth of the Savior Jesus Christ. In the Phoenix Diocese, Filipino Catholics invite the faithful to the nine-day novena at three different locations. Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares is the main celebrant at each parish celebration. ▶ Dec. 16: 7 p.m., St. Thomas Aquinas, Avondale ▶ Dec. 20: 6 p.m., St. Mary, Chandler ▶ Dec. 23: 7 p.m., Our Lady of the Valley, Phoenix
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It takes a certain kind of person to rejoice over settling in a town where the water supply comes from a well. And the Poor Clare Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, affectionately known as the “Desert Nuns,” fit that profile. The six young women are thrilled over their recent move from temporary quarters in Black Canyon City to Tonopah. That’s where they will spend the rest of their lives praying before the Blessed Sacrament for Catholics in the Phoenix Diocese and throughout the world. The move followed three years of planning and fundraising and another year of building. The result: a 9,000-square-foot chapel that the sisters will share with the public plus
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“one week exodus” across the Valley ended Oct. 25. “You’re so uprooted,” Sr. Esther Marie said. She quickly noted, “It’s such an awesome time to find your peace and your strength and your true home in God’s will.” Volunteers lined up to share the burden. Priest friends from as far away as Canada helped them move. Fr. John Greb, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in northeast Phoenix, drove an organ to Tonopah. It was a gift from the parish. Sr. John Mark, a novice in the order, is teaching herself to play it. The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, who live in Phoenix, also helped. The Knights of Columbus, parishioners from nearby St. Henry in Buckeye and other lay Catholics also lent a hand. The sisters have made many friends since arriving in 2005. That includes Patty Bolding, a St. Thomas the Apostle parishioner and mother of Fr. Robert Bolding, who was ordained in 2009. “The first impression you get is as you approach the property. It’s this chapel out of the middle of nowhere,” Bolding said. Tonopah is largely agricultural. She saw the Poor Clares’ prop-
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erty a few months ago, but found some welcome surprises when she returned to help put office furniture together. Bolding noted the encaustic tiling on the floor, which hearkens to the Middle Ages.
“Everything is so traditional. You can tell they put a lot of thought into it,” Bolding said. She was also surprised the chapel could hold so many people and, as a cradle Catholic, enjoyed seeing how the cloistered side of the chapel will work. “It’s an awesome example for all of us to know that it’s cool to let God be first,” Bolding said. Other Poor Clare supporters agreed. More than a dozen comments on the sisters’ blog praised them on their move and their vocation. “We need cloistered contemplatives desperately in this messed up, off-track world, now more than ever,” an anonymous post read. “Hidden from the world, as you soon will be once again, but not hidden from our hearts.” The Poor Clares hope to find continued support from the diocesan community. Proceeds from a benefit “Nun Run” next March will help. They’re still raising funds for pews. Money for an enclosure wall and landscaping to help with dust control is next on their checklist. “Then we’ll start pushing ahead for construction of our monastery,” Sr. Esther Marie said. Even without it, they feel settled. “It officially became home when we had the Blessed Sacrament in our house chapel,” Sr. Esther Marie said. The main chapel will open to the public after a May 7, 2011, invitation-only consecration Mass. They’re excited to have a new place of prayer and pilgrimage for Catholics. It will be the diocese’s second monastery. “It’s a true desert experience, dust and all,” Sr. Esther Marie said, noting the quietness that “fills your soul with joy. It’s stripped, but it’s stripped so the Lord can fill you with peace and prayer.” ✴
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New website points to Catholic programs, press By Andrew Junker The Catholic Sun
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or years, shut-in Catholics could watch a local Sunday Mass on their television sets. Then, more recently, they could also stream it onto their computer screens. Now, they can do all that and more thanks to the new website faithandlifetv.com. Faith Find d outt mor ore e and Life fait fait fa ith hand ha ndli dli liffe fetv fet tv.c .com com Televtision is a part of St. Kolbe Productions, which seeks to produce Catholic-based programming on a variety of topics to enrich the lives of Catholics and nonCatholics alike. Joe Reynolds, who runs St. Kolbe Productions, said that for a long time, the Mass was streamed on a very simple website. There was no archiving, nothing to browse and no way for the visitor to stay connected. “People who were watching the Mass wanted more programming,” he said. “This new site makes much more sense. It’s 24/7.” It also boasts much more than just a weekly broadcast of the Mass. There are audio homilies, original programming like “Catholics
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There’s even a digital version of The Catholic Sun, where viewers can flip the pages and see the layout of the pages as if they were holding a hardccopy in their hands.
“The idea is we will always be bringing in new programming,” Reynolds said. “We’re also working to add some blogs, whether it’s a daily reflection from a priest, or
family life. That’s what we’re looking into.” Right now the costs of the new website are being paid by personal donations and a grant from the Catholic Community Foundation. Reynolds wants to keep the site free and easy to access for everybody. “The nice thing right now is that our biggest cost is getting the programming on there and our bandwidth,” Reynolds said. “The more viewers you have, the more the cost goes up.” But that’s a problem he’d be happy to have. Reynolds said St. Kolbe Productions is hoping on word of mouth to grow traffic to the site and is using social media to facilitate the buzz. Big icons linking to the site’s Twitter, Facebook and YouTube accounts sit on the homepage. “Join us on Christmas Eve for Midnight Mass at Ss Simon and Jude Cathedral in Phoenix. Live Coverage begins at 11 p.m. Arizona time,” reads the Twitter feed on the site. “This could very well be a hub for this diocese and other dioceses in bringing the bishop’s message or hosting other programming,” Reynolds said. “It’s pretty exciting to see people viewing it and to see the potential it has.”✴
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Sudanese gather at St. James Parish to register for referendum Vote will decide future of Southern Sudan By Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun
GLENDALE — Sudanese refugees and expatriates flocked to St. James Parish Nov. 15 through Dec. 8 to register for a referendum that will decide if southern Sudan will secede and form the world’s newest nation state. With 1 million square miles of territory, Sudan is Africa’s largest nation. Its 39 million citizens have suffered civil war and tribal conflict for decades, forcing thousands to flee. More than 2 million have died, mostly due to famine and disease that ensued during the war between a mostly Muslim and Arab north and largely Christian and Animist south. Voter registration workers attired in bright-yellow vests sat at tables in the St. James Parish hall Nov. 19, waiting for their fellow Sudanese to register for the referendum that will begin Jan. 9 and end Jan. 15. Fr. Robert Aliunzi, AJ, a native of Uganda and pastor of St. James, was pleased that the parish was selected for what he calls an historical event. “I feel that this parish was cho-
sen because it is a diverse and most welcoming parish,” Fr. Aliunzi said. “I think it is also a very unique, historical event because it gives the opportunity for Sudanese wherever they are to participate in the moment when they might get peace which has eluded them for almost 50 years.” Originally, there were only three places in the United States where Sudanese were able to register and later vote: Omaha, Neb., Washington, D.C. and St. James Parish in Glendale. Due to overwhelming response and transportation difficulties of some would-be voters, five more cities were added to the list late last month. Registration is also underway in eight countries around the world where many Sudanese are now living, including Australia, Canada, Uganda and the United Kingdom. Sudanese community centers in the western United States are organizing carpools and busloads of people to travel to Phoenix to register. Rya Tingwa, like all the other registration workers at St. James, is from southern Sudan. She’s been in the United States for 15 years and is working as an identifier. In order to register to vote in the referendum, applicants must prove they are from southern Sudan. Since many of them fled amidst violence, they often do not have birth certificates or other documentation.
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Catholic schoolchildren in Southern Sudan participate in a procession through the streets of Juba Nov. 20 to pray for a peaceful January referendum on secession. The independence vote has widespread support throughout Southern Sudan, including among Catholics and other Christians.
“My job is to identify them,” Tingwa said. “They’re mostly part of our community — we all know each other, so that’s when I come in.” She said she may recognize some of those who want to vote. Tingwa and her coworkers are prepared to ask applicants where they went to school, who their parents are and what village or city they are from. Recognizing regional accents plays a role too. Marier Aagui left his homeland 11 years ago with his aunt and lives in Phoenix. He’s one of those who is helping his fellow Sudanese expatriates register to vote. “The reason I’m here is because of what’s going on back home — I
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Simon Peter Gamana, front, and Charles Gorden patrol the forest Nov. 16 near their village of Riimenze, Southern Sudan. In response to a series of attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army along the border with Congo, a homegrown network of village militias, known as the Arrow Boys, has formed to protect civilians.
had to leave my country,” Aagui said. “There is no freedom to express your soul — there is no fair way to live a life back home. Our region is totally messed up.” He said his village was bombed during the war. “Many people were killed,” Aagui said. He fled to the city of Wau, then Khartoum, Egypt, and finally arrived in Phoenix. He said some of his fellow Sudanese, most notably those known as the Lost Boys, had an even more difficult time. “Many of them have seen worse than we did,” Aagui said. He’s been home twice in the last 14 years to see his family. Some of the Lost Boys still don’t know if their fami-
lies are even alive, Aagui said. International observers will be on hand at St. James to ensure that the registration and voting that takes place is legitimate. Those who register to vote are given a laminated registration card with their thumbprint that must be presented when they return to vote in January. Southern Sudan The Referendum Commission, assisted by the International Organization for Migration, organized the registration and voting process. The decision to hold a referendum to ask southern Sudanese to decide whether or not they wished to secede grew out of a peace agreement that was reached in 2005. ✴
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ride through Page — a rural town bordering Utah and the Navajo Nation. Richard Brust sat next to Van Ness. PATH outreach tends to follow this format: two burly guys riding around rural towns, hiking through remote areas, tracking homeless people. Last year, they reached out to more than 5,000 individuals. And they show up in the same places on a routine basis. They want folks to know they’re not going away. It’s two big jolly men in a red SUV bringing presence. “Sometimes it takes several visits,” Van Ness said, explaining that many people on the streets are reluctant to accept help. “The outreach will curb a person’s mental illness so that, after time, they’ll get better and be willing to receive.” The PATH team goes out to Page at least once a month to do outreach and to attend a community meeting. If you don’t go to that meeting, according to Van Ness, you lose your credibility. Reaching a different culture A lot of the people the PATH team encounters in Page are Navajo. That comes with its own set of obstacles. First off, that monthly meeting, it usually doesn’t start on time. Van Ness explained it as “Navajo time.” Being obsessed with starting things on time doesn’t work with so much space between places. “Being on time for something is an impossibility,” he said. “It’s not an expectation.”
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You have to be sensitive to the culture. For example, the government tried to establish a health clinic in the area, but it failed because the clinic didn’t have a medicine man. Autonomy runs deep in the Navajo. “You can’t tell them what to do,” Van Ness explained. “That’s rude. You have to drift into it.” A “now, now, now” approach won’t work, neither will a “we’re here to help you” attitude. “You just have to chill for a while,” Van Ness said. “Take 15-20 minutes and just exist.” Off of State Route 89, they spotted a young man with a big backpack and a bandana. He was hitchhiking. Van Ness turned the car around and pulled up a ways down the road. He and Brust strolled over to him, Brust with his hands in his pockets just looking around. They’ve been doing this for years so they realize how it might look to a potential client. When two guys hop out of car and start coming toward you, they’re more likely to beat you up than give you a sandwich. When they got to the hitchhiker, they both recognized him from previous visits. They chatted for a while. Eventually, they explained what they’re doing, looking for people living on the streets who might need something. The young man doesn’t need anything, he said. He’s just hiking through town. Van Ness offers him gloves or a snack, but he turns them down. They shake hands and offer him a ride if he’s still around when they’re
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Richard Brust, on the PATH team, searches for homeless persons Nov. 24 under a bridge in Page, Ariz. Catholic Charities’ PATH program seeks out people in need throughout northern Arizona.
finished “outreaching” for the day. Back in the car, they shrug their shoulders. They can’t be sure if he was living on the streets or not, though the robust camping backpack is somewhat of an indicator. “If we see someone we’re unsure of,” Brust said, “it’s better to stop and look stupid than not help someone who really needs it.” “People often have a hard time communicating what they want,” Van Ness said. “And when they’re treated rudely, that whole history of conflict comes back.” The conflict between the Native American peoples and the European settlers is still vivid in the minds of many of those they come
in contact with, Van Ness said. They also come in contact with some clients, usually in their 60s, who went through a Native American Boarding School, which sought to “Americanize” students, cutting their hair and banning the use of their native language. “It’s very fresh in their conscience,” Van Ness said. “You have to really pay attention to the subtleties. You have to adapt as you’re speaking to someone — it’s hard to teach that.” The PATH team does everything it can to break down barriers. Married team members don’t wear their wedding rings. They don’t wear nice clothes — nothing to separate them from clients.
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Loading the sleigh Van Ness and Brust pulled their SUV into the Page Walmart parking lot. Inside they each got a cart and beelined it to the camping area. They picked out 15 sleeping bags on sale for $7, gloves and a couple mini tents. Van Ness stopped by the wool caps and examined them. They’re selling some for $2, but after feeling the material, Van Ness opted for the slightly more expensive ones, which seemed better for the cold. Checking out, they got a few looks from the cashier and an elderly couple just in front of them. “You guys going camping or something?” the man asked them. “No,” Van Ness said. “We’re handing these out to help people living on the streets.” The couple smiled back at him, “That’s wonderful. God bless you.” They don’t always get such positive feedback. A lot of folks in Page don’t like what they’re doing, Van Ness said. Some residents dismiss homeless people as “street drunks.” Some have asked them to stop doing the outreach all together. If they would just stop then the homeless people would go away, they say. “A lot of times, people who have been given everything in life don’t understand how people are homeless,” Brust said. Even among the Native population, sympathy can be hard to come by. They see alcoholic and homeless members of their tribe as making them look bad. “People just say ‘Why don’t they go home?’” Van Ness said of some Page residents. “They don’t realize that they’ve burned down bridges, too. They’re often ashamed to go back because of alcoholism or other reasons.” Page is transplant community. Many of the residents moved to the area in the 1950s to build the — See SUV-’SLEIGH’ page 15 ▶
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Glen Canyon Dam, which eventually led to the formation of Lake Powell 17 years later. Like anywhere else, there are some who sympathize with those living on the streets, and others who disdain them. Brust and Van Ness recounted a time when they came across a couple of Navajo men in a snowstorm. They talked to them for a long while, offering them a hotel for the night, but without any success. The two men just wouldn’t get in the car. “Who stops during a snow storm and asks you to get in a car?” Van Ness said, explaining the men’s reluctance. “I gave my best spiel ever and nothing.” Eventually, one of their Navajo co-workers showed up and uttered a Navajo phrase that basically means, “You’re wrong-thinking.” And then told them to get into the car. They did. Sometimes it’s how you say it. Other times, it’s who says it. ‘Outreach’ as a verb After they loaded up their red “sleigh” with camping goodies, Van Ness and Brust drove just behind Walmart. There, in the high desert, they found a pile of empty malt liquor bottles. “If someone was going to die of the cold in Page, it’d be right here,”
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Many people living on the streets struggle with alcoholism. Cold nights don’t make things any easier. These bottles were found behind the Walmart in Page, Ariz.
Brust said. They hike around for a while, walking in opposite directions. They look in the nooks of the sedimentary rock, carved out by years of wind and water erosion. No one is there, but they look a while longer. “Sometimes you hike out to some place, spend 20 minutes and actually find someone behind a rock,” Van Ness said. A few winters ago, the PATH team saw a guy hitchhiking at night in the snow. They gave him a ride, during which he told the PATH team about a couple of guys passed out in the snow. “I didn’t have a flashlight at the time, so I just used my cell phone,” Van Ness said. He found them 10 feet from a path, face down in the snow, right next two empty vodka bottles. “So hundreds of people have been
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walking by leading up to this, and they’re just face down in the snow,” he said. “One guy was so unresponsive, I thought he was dead.” They called emergency services and wound up saving the two men’s lives. “That was only because we took a moment to help this other guy,” Van Ness said. “He felt comfortable telling us about these other two dying in the snow.” A lot of the referals the PATH team receives come from the people they’ve helped. People living on the streets tell their friends.
In Flagstaff, where there’s a day center for homeless men and women, the team goes out at night, often searching garbage bins for folks living on the streets. “We go out looking for people who get drunk and pass out in the snow,” Brust said. “The heat from their bodies gets sucked right out of them.” About 10 people were helped at the “big visit” in Page, right in front of the Safeway. Brust and Van Ness spotted Alfred Johnston, turned on the hazard lights, and popped out for a chat.
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Michael Van Ness, coordinator of Catholic Charities’ PATH program, chats with a couple living on the streets in Page, Ariz. The couple was given sleeping bags, wool caps, gloves and food — along with contact information for services avaialble in the area.
He’d been in the area for months, he said, but hadn’t been able to find work. The PATH team looks out for certain things, certain “tells” to spot a person living on the streets. There’s the shoe test. If the shoes are heavily worn, they might be without a home. Same goes for the clothes. Even the way a person walks can give him away. If a person is meandering, not really going anywhere, he might be living on the streets. “Sleeping bags — that’s just what we needed,” Eileen Rock said as she walked up to the red SUV. A group formed there and the PATH team handed out a lot of camping gear — always with a sheet of contact information for local services, including Van Ness’ cell phone number. Not everyone who got gear was living on the street, though. “If we start asking questions, it’d be rude,” Van Ness explained. “We might give stuff to someone who isn’t homeless, but they sure don’t have a lot.” Out of the group of 10 they met at Safeway, Van Ness thought one might call to ask questions about other services. It’s a lot of work, but it’s all about getting help to those with mental disabilities living on the streets.
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“It’s lines in the water,” Van Ness said. Each outreach concretizes their reputation a bit more; each person they meet is a person who could spread word about services available. They got back into the car and took detailed notes on what they gave to whom. If the person doesn’t give them a name, they’ll make one up. The first person they met, for example, they called “pierced hitchhiker” because he had a nose ring. As they give out sleeping bags and wool caps, they ask for help. “Have you seen anyone living on the streets? Where do they hang out?” These simple works of mercy lead them to those most in need. All the while, the PATH team is changing the culture in the homeless community. Receiving assistance can be part of their life and help them transition out of homelessness.
After Safeway, Brust got a call from Nicholas Wood, an outreach specialist on the PATH team. “Sweet, that’s great,” Brust said. Wood just told him they found an extra $200 to get a woman and her son out of their car and into a hotel in Flagstaff. They’ll eventually move into transitional housing there. The team covers Coconino County, the second largest county in the continental United States in terms of square miles. They reach out to the communities in Verde Valley, Fredonia and Williams. They hike into the woods and through the high desert to meet homeless people where they are. “The longer you’re in it, the harder it is to get out of it,” Van Ness said of homelessness. When he was a kid, Van Ness and his mother used to sleep in cars. It isn’t hard for him to relate to people on the streets. “Whenever we can, we try to
reconnect people with their families,” he said. One of the first things the PATH team offers clients is their cell phone. “Do you need to call anyone?” They’ll offer the phone again after they give a client the contact sheet with services offered in the area. “You have my cell phone. Give me a call if you have any questions or need anything, anytime,” Van Ness says whenever he parts ways with a client. A lot of the people they encounter had gainful employment for years before they lost it all. The weak economy contributes to that. Apathy is another obstacle. “You have to believe you can do it,” Van Ness said. “You don’t have to be Rainbow Brite, but you can’t be Skeletor.” Being there In Cottonwood, Brust and Van Ness made their rounds, searching in open fields and behind grocery stores. Behind a strip mall they came across a beat-up van. They walked up slowly. Before they got there, Ron Breedy popped out. He was wearing shorts and a flannel shirt and he remembered Van Ness from a previous visit. Brust and Van Ness sit and chat for a while, in no hurry. Breedy’s hands trembled a bit as he pulled on his cigarette. His eyes look tired, his beard was long and straggly and his hair was matted. Living in a van can make you disheveled. “Have you seen anyone that might need our help?” Breedy, a veteran, gave them a few leads. He’s been living in this spot going on four years, but he’s been thinking about moving to Yuma. He mentioned how Catholic Charities helped him get his birth certificate. “I live by myself by choice,” he said, but then confessed, “Well, 50-50. Half by choice, half because
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Michael Van Ness checks for people sleeping the storm drains in Cottonwood Oct. 21. The PATH has found many people seeking shelter in dangerous areas.
of circumstance.” Breedy had been seeing a therapist through the Department of Veterans Affairs, and that’d been going OK, he said. “I told [the therapist] not to talk to me, but to really listen.” Breedy was a bit put off that he had to counsel the therapist on how to be a therapist. He chuckled. Van Ness and Brust just listen. Brust nods a lot when he listens to the people they encounter. He’s careful not to make too much eye contact. The PATH team will hear their share of bad jokes, including racist ones. But they don’t react to them. “The reason we’re successful is because we don’t challenge their perception of things,” Van Ness said. They accept people where they are. They show up and talk and wait. If people aren’t ready to receive help, the PATH team shows up again. Alcoholics — as much as anyone, really — won’t change their lives before they’re ready. Breedy said he’s not an alcoholic. He just likes a shot of brandy with his coffee in the morning and a shot of brandy with his coffee in
the evening. Brust offered Breedy socks or a small lamp to read by. Breedy said he has socks, but he’d love the reading lamp. “You have to be willing to talk,” Van Ness explained later. Catholic Charities set up a dropin center in Cottonwood. People living on the streets can drop in and use the computer, get help with their résumé, or just play chess. Breedy had been there, but he didn’t get along with everyone. He stops by for a shower now and then. He told the PATH team it’d be nice if it were open different hours, even if it were open to individuals for a short time. Brust wrote it on a small pad. A lot of the people the PATH team encounters suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder. A lot also have a substance abuse problem, suffer from depression, anxiety or are bipolar. “When someone is there to say, ‘I care about you’ [the people living on the streets] say, ‘Why do you care about me?’” Brust said. They’re just not used to getting help. Being there, just being present, changes that. ✴
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of Salvation Catholic Church in Baghdad during Mass and killed 70 people, including two priests and several children and babies. More than 75 others were wounded in the brutal attack. And that, said Msgr. Shabi, is just the latest example of the relentless persecution Chaldeans have suffered for their Catholic faith during the last 2,000 years. First, they were put to death by the Persians. Then came the Mongols, Ottomans, Turks and finally terrorists, all determined to eliminate Chaldean Catholics from the face of the earth. Yet against all odds, they endure — and flourish. Msgr. Shabi grew up in a village of 300 that has produced nine priests — this in spite of the fact that Christians in general and Catholic priests in particular are routinely victims of violence and persecution. Christians comprise a dwindling fraction of Iraq’s population. During Saddam Hussein’s regime, they numbered 1.4 million; today it is estimated that only 400,000 remain. Many have been killed or have fled the violence. The Oct. 31 slaughter hit the Chaldean community in Arizona hard. Members of the church are related to some of those killed in the attack. The Scottsdale congregation held a procession and prayer vigil days later, reaching out across the miles with their faith, uniting their broken hearts with those of their brethren across the sea. Msgr. Shabi understands all too well the pain of such loss. His cousin, Fr. Ragheed Aziz Ganni, was martyred in Mosul in 2007, gunned down along with three sub-deacons as they made their way home from Mass. A beloved archbishop was kidnapped, killed and left in a shallow grave in 2008. Growing up in Iraq, Msgr. Shabi said he learned early on that violence and death were part of everyday life. He began school on the first day of the Iran-Iraq war. “Every two weeks, once a month, you have a killed person from your village,” he said. He remembers seeing the funeral processions and people firing their guns into the air. “We grow up with this culture — every day you have to face death. Every day you have to face martyrdom,” Msgr. Shabi said. It’s a hard life, filled with pressure, but one that gives birth to a steadfast spirit. “That made us just be so stubborn that we can stay in our land — we can stay in our home and consider that peanuts.”
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People grieve at the coffins of two Christian brothers during a Nov. 23 funeral near Mosul, Iraq. Gunmen shot and killed the two men, another in a spate of attacks targeting the religious minority, Iraqi police said.
Nevertheless, many Iraqi Christians are fleeing the violence in their homeland. In the United States, they tend to gather in three states: Michigan, California and Arizona. Welcoming refugees Msgr. Shabi’s bishop resides in San Diego, home to 10,000 such Chaldean refugees. At Mar Abraham and Holy Family, those who have been stateside a while help welcome the new arrivals. Sam Toma, refugee coordinator for the Chaldean Federation of America in Arizona, said the committee works hard to try and meet the needs of the families. They show them around the city, explain American culture and tell them
where the Chaldean church is. “We visit them and bring them to church until they find a job and get a car and a license,” Toma said. “We try to help them with everything.” It’s a daunting task. Some of the refugees are children who have witnessed unspeakable horrors. They’re in Msgr. Shabi’s first Communion class. “They tell me, ‘Father, when we used to open the door of our house to go to school, we used to see one leg thrown there, one head thrown there and one arm over there. And we used to close our eyes and just pass by,’” Msgr. Shabi said. “This is torture — this is inhuman. And this is just normal for them, unfortunately, because it became normal.”
He knows the refugees’ material and spiritual needs are many, but he also worries about their psychological well-being. “They need a lot of fraternal attention from the rest of our brothers in Christ,” Msgr. Shabi said. Challenges Chaldeans who have found a safe haven in Arizona face ongoing challenges in their new land. At a Thanksgiving party for refugees sponsored by the church Nov. 21, they spoke about some of their difficulties. Rima Potres belongs to the church’s refugee committee. She translated for Adana Orarh, who arrived from Baghdad in August and, like many newcomers, doesn’t speak English. Orarh said he lost cousins and friends in the violence waged against Christians in his homeland. Potres said the committee has tried to help Orarh, who suffers from heart trouble and is the father of four young children. Back home in Baghdad, he was a construction worker but he hasn’t been able to find a job in Phoenix. Meanwhile, Arabic-speaking Jehovah’s Witnesses and Evangelicals have been vigorously proselytizing the refugees, Msgr. Shabi said. They plan fun activities for them, building relationships and giving them rides to these other churches. “I give them credit because they are doing the job of the Good Samaritan,” Msgr. Shabi conceded. But it worries him. He’s trying to hold the struggling Catholic community together. The garage at his rectory is so full of furniture he’s collected for the refugees that he can’t even park his car inside. Each new family receives a picture of Jesus and Mary, tea tables and a vacuum. He also gives them two copies of
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a booklet, “Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth,” one in English and the other in Arabic. He translated the book himself, convinced his flock must be armed with the essentials of the faith. And while those who make it to America face steep challenges, Chaldeans here fret about their fellow Christians still in Iraq. Ongoing persecution Nidal Shabilla said many can’t get visas or don’t have the means to escape. She came to the United States as a teenager when her father realized Iraq’s future was grim. Shabilla said that after the Oct. 31 attack, terrorists issued a memo stating that all Christians were in immediate danger. They then blew up 35 homes, killing many. The media, she said, continues to ignore the plight of the Iraqi Christians. Two Christian brothers, 40 and 43, were killed Nov. 23 at their shop and an elderly Christian woman was strangled in her home in Mosul, Shabilla added. “The conditions in Iraq that our Christian brothers and sisters are living in are just horrible,” Shabilla said. “People just knock on your door in the middle of the night and say, ‘Get the hell out.’ And you’d better get out because they either want you to convert your religion to Muslim or suffer death. There is no way out.” Matthew Shabilla, her husband, holds out hope for peace. “Evangelizing — that’s the only solution. None of the other things will work,” Matthew said. “That is the message — win them for Christ.” At Mar Abraham in Scottsdale, Msgr. Shabi pointed out a Gospel verse painted in Aramaic over the church’s altar. The verse sums up the Christian response to terror and persecution: “Love one another.” ✴
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inspired by the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit,” said Amy Caffarello, executive director. St. Joseph the Worker budgets $30,000 per year for daily and monthly bus passes — which it buys at a discount — and is preparing to launch a “Wheels to Work” campaign. That’s because transportation is often the biggest obstacle for clients. “Almost every one of our clients rely on the bus system,” Caffarello said, whether it’s for an interview or the first weeks and months on the job. “A small gift can make a significant change in someone’s life,” Caffarello said. “I have seen a $1.75 bus pass be all that stands between someone and a new job.” She’s also seen a string of clients turn down help to save it for others. Like Joe. He recently secured a job in metal work as a foreman and opted to walk the two-mile trek to work, saving the bus pass for someone in more need. Donations also provide job essentials such as uniforms and tools to working clients and job search resources including résumé paper and folders for clients still searching. An average of 75 clients visit St. Joseph the Worker near the state Capitol daily to search for jobs, take related classes or shop in the clothing closet. Roughly 35 clients every month secure employment, largely in food service, warehousing, security, janitorial and general labor. Last year, at least 342 clients gained full-time jobs through St. Joseph the Worker. Foundation for Senior Living There’s another, often overlooked group of clients who benefit from the charitable tax credit: senior citizens. Donations made to the Foundation for Senior Living also qualify you for the charitable tax credit. The agency, which works in conjunction with Catholic Charities to serve the area’s seniors and adults with disabilities, served more than 24,000 people in the last fiscal year. The Foundation for Senior Living offers assisted group living facilities, adult day health centers — including a new Scottsdale location that opened Nov. 1 — home care visits, home improvements to enhance energy efficiency and mobility, a caregiver training center
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Caren Swart chats with a St. Joseph the Worker job developer in this 2008 file photo. Funding helps clients with much-needed bus fare for interviews.
and an outreach center. Donated funds would help fulfill urgent requests for food, warm clothing, walkers and canes. Staff, visitors and suppliers at the Foundation for Senior Living take care of Christmas lists. They helped about 80 people last year. “Our most vulnerable clients submit their modest requests,” said Joe Switalski, marketing and public relations director for FSL. “Request items vary from shirts, pants, a DVD, a magazine or book to more sophisticated items like specific hand and face moisturizers, scented soaps, reacher/grabber extensions, etc.” Bigger projects lie in housing. The Foundation for Senior Living is renovating foreclosed homes and adding energy efficient appliances as part of the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program. It’s working with other nonprofits to renovate multifamily apartment facilities in the Valley. One will become a homeless facility for families and another a place for single men. The Foundation for Senior Living is working with Catholic Charities to use a handful of homes as transitional housing for federally approved refugees. Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares will bless and dedicate the first home in Goodyear next week. Catholic education Leaders at most charitable organizations are sure to point out that you shouldn’t just support them and take the tax credit. You can support Catholic education too and get even more back, dollar-for-dollar, when you file your state taxes. If you itemize your taxes and donate to the Catholic Tuition Organization of the Diocese of Phoenix, you qualify for the private education tax credit. If you’re married, you can receive up to $1,000 of your donation back, or up to $500 if you’re single. Thanks to legislation passed this year, you can opt to wait until tax time to donate. This only applies to the private education tax credit, not the charitable tax credit. In other words, you have until April 15 to write a check. That way, the amount can more closely match your state tax liability. That said, if you donate after Dec. 31 you
will still receive a 2010 state tax credit, but the federal tax deduction won’t be applied until 2011’s filing. “There are still some people out there who think it sounds ‘just too good to be true,’” said Paul Mulligan, executive director of CTODP. But it is true. By giving to CTODP and taking the tax credit, you get the same amount back when you file your taxes. You simply told the state where to spend it and saved Arizona tens of millions of dollars in public education costs in the meantime. The tuition tax credit went to the U.S. Supreme Court last month to weigh its constitutionality. A decision should come before the summer recess. Donations to the CTODP fund need-based scholarships for Catholic school students throughout the diocese. The average tuition scholarship award last year was $1,850. That means that for a $1,000 contribution, the donor covers about a semester’s worth of tuition for a student in need. “Over half of the students in our schools receive financial aid from CTODP alone,” Mulligan said. Calculated need for this school year is estimated at $26.3 million. Individual donors raised $9.7 million last fiscal year supporting more than half of diocesan students. “We’ve been unable to keep up with the growing financial need of our families,” Mulligan said. Enrollment is down several hundred across the diocese with thousands more struggling, he said. “They are waiting for their Superman and their Wonder Woman,” Mulligan said. And most, some 90 percent of donors, tend to swoop in during the month of December. Whether you take advantage of the charitable tax credit, the private education tax credit or both, the result is the same: money back in the pockets of those who need it most. “It’s just that little help that we don’t have,” said Todd, the Catholic Charities client who ended up homeless with his family. He had no place to turn, but to charity. “I had no hidden resources,” he said. “I fell back on dirt.” ✴
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Students enjoy Christmas production, symphony Students at three diocesan elementary schools kicked off their Christmas season by indulging in the performing arts, courtesy of the Katzin Classical Music program. Students from Most Holy Trinity and St. Vincent de Paul schools enjoyed a production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Christmas Carolâ&#x20AC;? at the Herberger Theater. More than 160 students from St. John Vianney in Goodyear attended the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Symphony for Schoolsâ&#x20AC;? Christmas concert.
St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Knights among top teams to watch The Lady Knights at St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s High School were featured in the 2010-2011 College Basketball issue of Sporting News. The magazine listed St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team among the top â&#x20AC;&#x153;20 Prep Girls Teams to Watch,â&#x20AC;? according to the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newsletter.
Teen â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;elvesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bring Christmas smiles to hundreds of kids By Ambria Hammel The Catholic Sun
Teenaged â&#x20AC;&#x153;elvesâ&#x20AC;? from five Valley high schools partnered up to bring â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Storybook Christmasâ&#x20AC;? to hundreds of underprivileged students this month. That was the theme for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smiles of Christmasâ&#x20AC;? celebration Dec. 2 at Phoenixâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Monterey Park just beyond the St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s High School gates. The day came complete with Santa Claus, presents, cookies and hours of fun for more than 200 students â&#x20AC;&#x201D; preschool through fourth grade â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from St. Agnes School and Children First Academy, the nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest school for homeless children. The â&#x20AC;&#x153;elvesâ&#x20AC;? came from St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s High School, Seton Catholic Preparatory High School in Chandler and three public schools. They served as one-on-one mentors for the younger students who signed Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;niceâ&#x20AC;? list, shared a private lunch with their buddy and enjoyed crafts, games and a Christmas skit presented by St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s drama club. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just to have them smiling at you and appreciating you is one of the greatest pleasures ever,â&#x20AC;? said Jacob Ramirez, a senior at St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s High School, who chaired the student-run event with junior Chris Chavez. A â&#x20AC;&#x153;happily ever afterâ&#x20AC;? ending is all Chavez
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Local students receive national honor Five students at two Catholic high schools are among top academic achievers nationwide who are of Hispanic origin. Bourgade seniors Krystalle Diaz, Jackie Mettler, Ryan Reid and Liana Stalzer were selected as National Hispanic Merit Scholars. Melanie Heredia, a senior at Notre Dame, earned the same recognition. The program through the College Board identifies nearly 5,000 outstanding Hispanic/ Latino students annually. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s based on GPA, PSAT scores and ethnicity.
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St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s High School students hosted a Dec. 2 Christmas party for several schools, including St. Agnes (pictured) and Children First Academy.
time the kids were ready to leave. The elementary school kids wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t soon forget who brought them their Christmas smile, either. Children walked away with a sweatshirt bearing the name of their buddyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s high school, a stuffed animal, coloring books, crayons and a gift. This marked the fifth straight year that the Knights have hosted â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smiles of Christmasâ&#x20AC;? with art students creating the life-sized decorations. Tom Medrano, a St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s alumni, started the tradition in 2002 while working at the mall in Chandler. He wanted to bring Christmas to underprivileged students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lot of inner-city children who didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what a mall was,â&#x20AC;? Medrano said. He partnered with nearby Seton students and his alma mater to bring children a Christmas experience including a picture with Santa. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then our program got a little too big for the mall,â&#x20AC;? Medrano said. Now, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve almost outgrown the park too. By lunchtime, the line of kids patiently waiting with their personal elf for lunch stretched all the way across the grass field. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It shows what high school kids can do,â&#x20AC;? Medrano said, noting that teens can sometimes get a bad rap. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Smiles of Christmasâ&#x20AC;? is reputed to be one of the largest student-run charity events in the Southwest. â&#x153;´
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Future engineers tackle community problems Xavierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s EPICS program launches science in motion
in Community Service, EPICS High opened at Xavier College Preparatory this year. With 45 students in the independent study course for a pass/fail grade, but interest is so high that that it will be offered within the regular school day next year. The program is based at Purdue University and is now at some three-dozen high schools nationwide since debuting in 2006. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It provides them an opportunity to live our Catholic identity of caring for Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creation, the dignity of others, meaningful work,â&#x20AC;? explained Catherine Wyman, Xavierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program director for technology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They get the opportunity to live their faith in meaningful and concrete ways.â&#x20AC;? This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 10 EPICS projects have some students finding ways to further energy conservation projects on campus. Others are tackling water quality and debris issues
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Theory-based science experiments are a thing of the past for some Xavier students. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re investigating real problems facing the local and global community and presenting their solutions for implementation. The method is keeping them civicminded, introducing or advancing a new field of study and earning them course credit, all at the same time. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the idea behind the EPICS High program at the all-girls school. Short for Engineering Projects
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Delany Broome, a senior at Xavier, measures an outfall at a Sonoran habitat. Her team will design a filter to curb trash from storm drains.
puter setup to enable communication. Then Xavier students will tackle the flooding and sanitation issues with village water. Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Xavier students in the Rio Salado Habitat cohort of the EIPCS program have a different kind of water problem on their hands. The 595acre area lies just south of downtown Phoenix and stretches from 28th Street to 19th Avenue.
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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s designed to be a natural Sonoran habitat in an urban setting. The problem is, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the end of the road for storm drains in Valley neighborhoods and business areas. So when rain and monsoons come, so does curbside trash. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was really pretty to look at, but there was no water,â&#x20AC;? Delany Broome, a senior, said of the habitat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a collection of trash and plastic bottles.â&#x20AC;? Her group makes periodic trips to the site for further study. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll develop a means of educating the public about the problem and design a trash filter to better control the debris and a means. Students in Xavierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s AP Environmental Science class are working on related projects. So far, students and teachers are grading the EIPCS experience pretty highly. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very excited and they love the opportunity to make a difference in the world â&#x20AC;&#x201D; right now,â&#x20AC;? said Catherine Wyman, Xavierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s program director for technology. The students focused on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Green XCPâ&#x20AC;? project are conducting a campus-wide energy audit for retrofit options. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also looking at product packaging in the snack bar and creating a conservation campaign. Janet Mambrino, co-chair of the math department, noticed EPICS brought a cross-section of students â&#x20AC;&#x201D; not all math and science-oriented â&#x20AC;&#x201D; together in an academic setting. She also applauded the natural service learning aspect. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The studies show how beneficial it is because theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re using skills from a variety of subject areas,â&#x20AC;? she said. Not only that, but women have consistently earned just over half of all science and engineering degrees since 2000, according to the National Science Foundation. Jobs in science, technology, engineering and math are the fastest growing, highest paid jobs in America, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. â&#x153;´
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St. John Bosco: ‘10 years, 10 good deeds’ Ahwatukee students model same spirit of stewardship that built decade-old school
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Students at St. John Bosco turned the school’s 10th anniversary into a year-long affair. All 550-some students, including the preschoolers, committed themselves to the “10 Years, 10 Good Deeds” campaign. They’re focusing on a different stewardship theme every month and supporting related charities through classroom and independent service projects. The campaign is in conjunction with St. John Bosco’s ongoing Service to Life program, which a teacher organized in 2006. The goal is lifelong service connections for the students and their families, said Shelley Conner, principal for the last five years. “We try to highlight a variety of organizations helping students to see that, whatever their interest, passion or gift, it is from God and it’s to be in service of others,” Conner explained. This month, the Ahwatukee students are focusing on the homeless. Every classroom plus administration is adopting a family, 22 total, through the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The school typically purchases thousands of dollars worth of Christmas presents and gift cards so the families can buy fixings for a special holiday dinner. “It makes you feel good because you can help people even at your age and see what you take for granted,” fifth-grader Grace Tobin said of the adopt-a-family service project. Most of her classmates agreed. They look forward to the schoolwide wrapping party Dec. 17 and, later, watching the family’s reaction as they open each gift. “It’s really heart-warming because [the kids say], ‘Look what I got!’” fifth-grader Taylor Gutherie recalled from years past. St. John Bosco’s service to the community won’t end with Christmas. Next month, they’ll celebrate vocations and hear from some of their pen pal seminarians. February’s focus is on feeding the hungry. The students will form a human chain of canned goods across campus to ensure the pantry at nearby St. Benedict Parish is well-stocked. St. John Bosco students will help out local animal organizations in 2011, focus on a Lenten offering and support their “godchildren” through the national Friends of the Orphans organization. They spent the earlier part of this school year getting involved with agencies serving the unborn and the young
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Fifth-grader Roman DeCaro selects an ornament from his classroom giving tree Dec. 1, one of St. John Bosco’s anniversary service projects.
academic career,” Campbell said. ‘10 Years, 10 Good Deeds’ For more information about St. John Bosco or its anniversary celebration, visit the school’s website: www.sjbosco.org
child, the elderly and the sick. The volunteer efforts won’t end with the monthly calendar though. The eighth-graders travel to a nearby nursing home the first Friday of every month for a three-hour visit and craft session with the residents. Conner, the school’s principal, hopes every St. John Bosco student ends the anniversary year with a greater understanding of discipleship. “The junior high students really seem to understand — it is inspiring to see how their hearts have grown as a result of being involved in serving others. Between the parents and teachers, it begins at an early age and becomes a way of life,” Conner said. “As alumni come back to visit, they talk about their continued service to others and the variety is impressive.” Alumni serve in a variety of parish ministries, help with special events, visit nursing homes, work with children or animals and organize donation drives for a variety of items, Conner said. Eighth-grader Logan Campbell, alongside other classmates, has been at St. John Bosco since the beginning. He entered in kindergarten and praised the clean environment plus the academics and faculty. “They’ve taught me how to be a leader and guided me through my
School growth Since 2005, that academic career has been starting earlier. The preschool opened at Corpus Christi Parish until three new classrooms were built at the Ahwatukee campus in 2008. “Compared to where the facility was when the school opened, the biggest difference is the mature landscaping,” the principal said. St. John Bosco added field lighting last year and additional parking earlier this year. It also used a grant from the Arbor Day Foundation to add another 70 trees. Conner credits the developments to careful financial planning and wise stewardship. That’s the same way St. John Bosco School, which is amid an accreditation process, came to fruition in 2000. It was the second inter-parish school built with funding from the highly successful $25 million “Today’s Children, Tomorrow’s Leaders” campaign, which launched in 1998. Ten years later, donors pushed the campaign $6 million past its goal, building two elementary schools and banking more than $4 million for scholarship money. The campaign also funded master plans for the high schools and provided for nearly $12.3 million worth of upgrades at every diocesan elementary school. St. John Bosco, located at 16035 S. 48th Street, sits northwest of Interstate 10 and the 202 Santan Freeway drawing students from Ahwatukee, Queen Creek, San Tan Village, Maricopa and other east Valley cities. ✴
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Glendale students, alumni celebrate 60 years of Catholic education School forms first alumni association By Ambria Hammel
them in prayer as did staff and former teachers. They reminisced about the days GLENDALE — Students at Our of old and the tight-knit commuLady of Perpetual Help School had nity they left behind. a special reason to be out of uni“It was such an amazing school,” form last month. said Mimi Cordalis, Many came to who started her teachFind d outt mor ore e class sporting rolled ing career at Our Lady www ww w.ollph w. ph.ccom m up jeans, white shirts of Perpetual Help in and for the girls, 1971. “I appreciate pink jackets. Their that we had such a ’50s-style attire Nov. strong staff supportive of us.” 15 was all in the name of education Katie Tovar, her sister, began — that is, educating all 167 stu- teaching there two years earlier. dents on the history of their school, She found a former student at the which opened in 1950. reunion whose family crocheted That left them in a better posi- baby clothes for her when she was tion to celebrate the school’s 60th pregnant. Tovar still has the clothes. anniversary throughout the week. The anniversary celebration, They ended their celebration with a which drew some 300 people, also community anniversary Mass Nov. marked the launch of the school’s 20. Alumni of all ages and from as first alumni association. Flora Dean far away as New Hampshire joined serves as its president. The 1966 The Catholic Sun
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graduate has “deep, deep roots” in the school, she said. One of her brothers was in the first graduating class. “We were boosters before there were boosters,” said Flora Dean, whose family ran the tamale booth during carnivals to raise money for the school. She recalled the early days of Our Lady of Perpetual Help when the two-room school — then located about one mile south of its cur-
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The wondrous mystery of the Lord Jesus Part Three: Christ, Buddha and other religious founders “It doesn’t really matter what you believe, just so long as you have faith in God.” “There are differences between religions, of course, but you cannot say that one is better than another.”
respect which the Church has for the religions of the world, but at the same time, it rules out, in a radical way, that mentality of indifferentism characterized by a religious relativism which leads to the belief that ‘one religion is as good as another’.”
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Are not all people created equal? Do Catholics not believe in the equality of every human person? Yes, of course we believe in such equality and we fight for the recognition of the equal dignity of each person from the moment of conception. We also believe in equality when we engage in interreligious dialogue. However, we need to understand this equality in a proper manner; for there are false notions of “equality” that inevitably lead to indifferentism. We read in Dominus Iesus (#22), “Equality, which is a presupposition of inter-religious dialogue, refers to the equal personal dignity of the parties in the dialogue, not to doctrinal content, nor even less to the position of Jesus Christ — who is God Himself made man — in relation to the founders of the other religions.” Then, it goes on to affirm the mission of the Church to evangelize, “Indeed, the Church, guided by charity and respect for freedom, must be primarily committed to proclaiming to all people the truth definitively revealed by the Lord.” While this truth is not recognized by non-Christians, the Church proclaims that the Lord Jesus is the Savior of the entire human family, not just of Christians. As St. Paul writes to the Colossians (1:13-20), God “delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins… For in Him all the fullness was pleased to dwell, and through Him to reconcile all things for Him, making peace by the blood of His cross.” Unfortunately, some Christians have falsely contended, out of an admirable but incorrect desire for recognizing the “equality” of non-Christian believers that founders of other religions bring salvation to their followers in a way parallel to what the Lord Jesus does for Christians. But to do this would deny the unique role of Jesus in God’s plan of salvation and it does not even coincide with what other religions teach about themselves, let alone with what Christ teaches us about Himself. It is a profession of Christian faith that Jesus is the Savior of the world, the Redeemer of every human person throughout history and until the end of time. In addition, He remains with us through His One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. While respecting every human person, we
hese and similar statement have become more common in recent decades. Frequently, they are voiced by people of good will who want to overcome prejudices and to show tolerance toward differing points of view. What are we, as Catholics, to make of them? Drawing upon the Declaration Dominus Iesus, and upon other documents of the Church, let us turn our attention to this question of the right relationship between the Catholic Church and non-Christian religions. Is one religion as good as any another? Vatican II teaches the following about other religions (Nostra Aetate, 2), “The Catholic Church rejects nothing which is true and holy in these religions. She looks with sincere respect upon those ways of conduct and of life, those rules and teachings which, though differing in many particulars from what she holds and sets forth, nevertheless often reflect a ray of that Truth which enlightens all people. Indeed, she proclaims and must ever proclaim Christ, ‘the way, the truth, and the life’ (Jn 14:6), in whom people find the fullness of religious life, and in whom God has reconciled all things to Himself.” Jesus willed that His Body, the Church, should be a light to all the nations, an instrument of salvation for men and women of every time and race. Through the Acts of the Apostles, God reveals (Acts 4:12), “There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is there any other name under heaven given to the human race by which we are to be saved.” In other words, other religions contain elements of goodness and truth, but they do not have the fullness of truth and goodness found only in the Lord Jesus. To deny this is to deny the very identity of Christ. We who belong to the Church, therefore, feel impelled by this truth of faith and by our love of Christ to make His Name known to the ends of the earth. We want everyone to know and to love the one Lord who is the center of our lives, the beloved Son of God, the Light of the world. In this regard, Dominus Iesus teaches (#22), “With the coming of the Savior Jesus Christ, God has willed that the Church founded by Him be the instrument for the salvation of all humanity (cf. Acts 17:30-31). This truth of faith does not lessen the sincere
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give thanks for the Good News of Jesus Christ and bear witness to it before all. Is interreligious dialogue needed today? Efforts to understand members of other religions face serious obstacles today, due to tensions and acts of violence in various places, and due to long-standing distrust and misunderstandings. But such dialogue is needed now more than ever. The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains how the Church has a special relationship with the Jewish people, who were “the first to hear the Word of God” (Cf. #839); “And when one considers the future, God’s People of the Old Covenant and the new People of God tend towards similar goals: expectation of the coming (or the return) of the Messiah” (#840). The Church is also related to Muslims because of our common acknowledgment of God the Creator and our similar ties to the faith of Abraham (Cf. #841). Then, the Catechism goes on to say (#843), “The Catholic Church recognizes in other religions that search, among shadows and images, for the God who is unknown yet near since He gives life and breath and all things and wants all men to be saved. Thus, the Church considers all goodness and truth found in these religions as a preparation for the Gospel and given by Him who enlightens all men that they may at length have life.” In efforts to promote understanding and good relations with persons of non-Christian religions, we need to engage in genuine dialogue, marked by true tolerance and respect for the dignity of all. We should expect to learn from the goodness and truth that they bring, and trust that they are acting in good faith. At the same time, we need to move beyond vague chit-chat to honest engagement of tough issues, if the dialogue is going to be constructive. Interreligious dialogue is not a diplomatic task of a political nature. Progress can be made only with persevering patience and respect, with sincere honesty and love. As Pope Benedict XVI told the Archbishop of Canterbury on his recent pastoral visit to England, “The Church is called to be inclusive, yet never at the expense of Christian truth.” ✴ This is the third and final part in a series. For more, visit www.catholicsun.org/bishopolmsted.html.
guesteditorial The following guest editorial appeared in the Dec. 12 issue of Our Sunday Visitor, a national Catholic newspaper based in Huntington, Ind. It was written by the OSV editorial board.
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unbridled Christmas consumers as a sort of new national patriot, doing their duty to hopefully spur our economy past our debt. But that’s precisely the problem. The same spirit that permits a person to elbow aside another to grab a consumer electronic device is the same one that got our country in this profligate mess — and, more ominously for the future, is one that could mean indifference to the suffering of society’s weakest members as we try to claw our way out of it. What it boils down to is putting things before people — the precise opposite of the Christmas message. This season is a call to be generous, opening our eyes to truly see and value all of our weakest brothers and sisters — the elderly, sick, homeless and jobless, or a Babe swaddled 2,000 years ago in a manger, surrounded by shepherds. That is the expectation we should have of ourselves, and of our society’s approach to the challenges. “Man can be recognized by his expectations,” Pope Benedict XVI said a few weeks ago in an Advent reflection. “Our moral and spiritual ‘stature’ may be measured by what our hopes are.” In the hard decisions that inevitably will follow this Christmas, we must ask ourselves what our expectations are, and where our hope lies. ✴
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his time every year, along with the Muzak carols and the proliferation of advertising supplements in the local newspaper, one can always count on a Catholic newspaper editorializing on the orgy of consumerism that unfortunately now typifies the Christmas season. Even this newspaper has been known to indulge in a Catholic “bah, humbug.” Of course, our families feel all the same pressures and guilt and greed, but we pat ourselves on the back that at least we’re not the ones trampling people at Walmart to get a steal on a television, or maxing our credit cards to outdo friends and family with expensive gifts, or rushing with the herd to buy whatever Oprah has proclaimed the latest “must have.” Alas, self-congratulation is no better a Christmas spirit than consumerist excess (as Scrooge and the Grinch have already told us). This year, however, maybe everyone is feeling a bit grinchy. Consumerism seems a whole lot less exuberant, with the national mood subdued by high rates of joblessness, a stagnant economy and all the uncertainty that it brings. It is also overshadowed by somber talk in Washington
about what the Government Accountability Office is describing as our nation’s fiscally “unsustainable” path. The national debt (which according to the U.S. Treasury stood at the end of last month at $13,794,243,004,364.88) is projected to continue to balloon on its current course. Entitlement benefits — primarily health care and Social Security payments — alone are calculated to exceed government income by more than $40 trillion over the next 75 years. Of course, relatively speaking, what the United States is facing is nothing nearly as cataclysmic as the debt crisis threatening country after country in the European Union. So Americans have not taken to the streets, and many of us are ducking the mind-numbing details of the national debt and federal deficit. It might just be that lack of urgency that will convince the U.S. Congress to do nothing serious now to address our long-term structural problems — because any solution will mean choking down a politically toxic cocktail of spending cuts and raised taxes, like the recent recommendations of the White House’s bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Given all this, some may be tempted to cheer on those
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Where’s the justice? In “Death penalty reaction” (Letters, The Catholic Sun, Nov. 18), a reader issues a passionate objection to the recent execution of Jeff Landrigan by Arizona and of the entire concept of capital punishment. The letter further implies that all major faiths (presumably including the Catholic Church) reject capital punishment. Regarding Mr. Landrigan’s execution, the writer fails to mention that his conviction and sentence to death occurred after his conviction for a second murder. After killing an individual in 1982, Landrigan entered into a plea agreement resulting in a 20-year prison sentence. He escaped in 1989 and subsequently was found guilty of first-degree murder of Chester Dean Dyer. That murder occurred within weeks of his escape. Is it not probable that Mr. Dyer might still be alive had Mr. Landrigan been executed for the first murder? As has been mentioned many times, the Catechism of the Catholic Church does not condemn all capital punishment. It recognizes the possibility of its use as legitimate. Additionally, Pope Benedict XVI, while still a cardinal, pointed out that “there may be a legitimate diversity of opinion even among Catholics about waging war and applying the death penalty…”. Further, I find it odd that the writer deplores the actions of the Catholic justices who allowed the execution of Mr. Landrigan and calls the execution a “murder” (a highly questionable use of that word). Four of the Catholic justices involved in the 5-4 decision consistently reject the unquestionable murder of millions of unborn children whenever the opportunity is afforded them and the fifth joined them to uphold the law forbidding partial-birth abortions. Two of the four justices who tried to stop the execution have in every instance supported the murder of our unborn children. The remaining two are new to the court, but based on their past are expected to defend abortion as well. I suggest that perhaps the writer consider rendering a passionate objection to the killing of millions of unborn babies
each year in this country by abortion. They are truly murder victims, and they commit no crimes. Tom Takash Phoenix
Purpose of capital punishment If we lived in a perfect society where everyone had self-control, self-discipline and lived by the Golden Rule, we wouldn’t need capital punishment and probably few laws. However we don’t live in this kind of society and so controls must be put on people for the welfare of society. For example, if everyone could drive at a safe speed and be considerate of other drivers and pedestrians, we wouldn’t need traffic laws, speed signs, fines, traffic tickets, cameras and jail time. Many years ago I interviewed for a teaching position at the Illinois State Pen and the man who interviewed me told me that he had spoken with all the men on Death Row. Every one of them said that if there was a chance that they would be executed in a very short time — not 20, 30 or 40 years down the road — they would never have committed their crimes. Fear of death can be a motivator for civil behavior if it is applied justly and swiftly. Mary Ellen Bentz Prescott Valley
‘Killing is killing’ The last two issues of The Catholic Sun have contained a lively exchange of dis-
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I agree with Mr. Takash’s assertion on Bush’s decision as “not being arbitrary.” He is absolutely right; it was decisive and history will show if his “decisiveness” was just. However, we have been in this position once before. The 41st president, George H. W. Bush, was vice president under the Reagan Administration and director of the CIA before that. Therefore, the Bush presidency dates back to Iraq well before 1991, and the Kuwait invasion. In all the years America has been involved there, I can’t say with confidence that the Bush family legacy has built up God’s kingdom by using the disposition of peace and love as their weapons of mass conversion. Perhaps Job 4:8 can illuminate my point more clearly: “Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble, reap the same.” Matthew J. Toney Phoenix
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t the most, it would be an ordinary, one-hour interview. At least that’s what I thought when I sat down to meet with Msgr. Felix Shabi to write about the two Chaldean Catholic congregations he leads in the Valley. “Our Church is a Church of martyrs,” he told me. For centuries, the Chaldeans have suffered relentless persecution that continues to this very moment, when murderous thugs hunt down Christians in Iraq in an effort to eliminate them from the face of the earth. As Msgr. Shabi poured out the history of his people, I could think of only one thing — this is a story that must be conveyed to those of us in the West. And we ourselves must do something to help. The Chaldeans have always suffered because of their love for Christ and His Church. Martyrdom is not some ancient concept for them — it’s everyday life for these descendants of the Magi. Theirs is a story that remains largely hidden. Here in America, some of us drag our feet to church on Sunday, doze through the homily and leave Mass right after Communion so we can get home and watch “The Big Game.” But for Iraqi Catholics, it is not so. They risk their lives simply by being known as followers of Jesus Christ. They are regularly harassed, kidnapped and murdered on account of their faith. Attendance at Mass may cost them their lives, just as it did dozens of faithful at Baghdad’s cathedral Oct. 31. Many of those who have survived such horrors now live
among us. Arizona, California and Michigan are home to thousands Joyce of refugees from Iraq. We have much to Coronel learn from these people J.C.’s Stride — much more than we could ever give them. One Iraqi immigrant who arrived in this country 30 years ago made this wise observation about our society’s lack of perspective: “Americans eat honey all the time,” he told me. “They do not know anymore what sweetness is.” Support needed Our freedom to worship God as we please, our freedom from religious persecution — these are things we take for granted. The beds we sleep in, the tables at which we enjoy our meals — these are things that we have come to expect as our birthright. Msgr. Shabi has a committee at his parish that is working with the refugees, but they need help. Furniture is a pressing need, especially beds, tables, chairs and couches. So is cash. The latest refugees don’t speak English. They don’t have cars. They rely on the good deeds of others to transport them to church, to show them the way.
And oftentimes, the Jehovah’s Witnesses and Evangelicals are the ones who show up to help, eager to convert the descendants of martyrs to their own denomination. We cannot ignore these Chaldean brothers and sisters of ours who have suffered so much for the Gospel. It is our duty and our privilege to reach out them in solidarity. Is your home crowded with furniture you’re not using? Is there something you might sacrifice for those who have sacrificed so much for our faith? There’s something else that needs attention too: Our government has a duty to protect those who have not or cannot leave Iraq. Cardinal Francis George of Chicago made that clear in a letter he wrote recently to President Barack Obama. “Having invaded Iraq,” he wrote, “our nation has a moral obligation not to abandon Iraqis who cannot defend themselves.” This silence in the face of religious persecution must end. Perhaps as we recall the gifts of the Magi for the Christ Child, we can search our hearts and our wallets and find a gift we can offer our Chaldean neighbors. While we’re at it, we need to thank the Lord for our freedom. Sometimes we only come to appreciate its value when we meet those who have been deprived of it. ✴ To donate furniture or make a financial contribution to local Chaldean Catholics, call (480) 596-9067. Joyce Coronel is a regular contributor to The Catholic Sun. Please send comments to letters@catholicsun.org.
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ast month, just a few weeks before Thanksgiving, I walked into a coffee shop I frequent and the ever-effervescent girl behind the counter was ashen face, with smears of wiped-away tears revealing what her brave face was otherwise trying to hide. She was in trouble. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrong?â&#x20AC;? I asked sincerely and quietly, making sure we had a private moment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pay my rent this month, and I think my daughter and I will be kicked out of our apartment. I really donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what to do.â&#x20AC;? She went on to explain the personal series of unforeseen events that had led to a shortfall this month, almost too ashamed to elaborate. Luckily I know a few things about how to get help in such situations. I told her to contact her local St. Vincent de Paul which assists those in short-term financial need with help paying their rents or mortgages as well as for utilities and groceries. Things worked out. Thank God I asked. But what if I hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t? And what if she hadnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t told me? A couple of years back, I wrote about the importance of asking for help. Since then the world has been turned upside down financially, and this Christmas there are even more people in need in this nation. If you are
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one of them, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be afraid, ashamed or just plain too shy to ask for help. God wants you to get help if you need it. In fact, if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask, you are doing yourself, God and the rest of the world a big disservice. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why. Answer these simple questions: Do you enjoy helping others? Do you grow in your spirit and in your relationship with God and others when you help? Of course you do. What would happen to you if others never allowed you to help them? That would be denying you all the grace that you receive through loving others. You should be proud of your need. Because it allows people to help you, and enables God to work through them in your life, bestowing grace upon them as well. So if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t allow others to help you, you are denying them their access to that
same grace. And the only way that others really know you need help is if you ask for it. God created us to live in community with each other. He designed us to need each other. I am not smart enough to understand everything God did and does, but I do know what is in the Bible. And the idea that we are created in the image of God and that all human life is sacred and innately valuable is irrefutable. If all that is true, do you think that God wants you to disrespect yourself or subject yourself to abuse? Denying yourself the love and support of others who God works through is not respecting yourself and others. Now all of this is not a rubber stamp for all those children out there to spend the next couple of weeks nagging their parents for all the toys their hearts desire. I am clearly talking about those who are in true human need reaching out to others. And that also doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean you cannot give
at the same time as you receive in whatever way you can. Though you may not believe it right now, you reaching out may allow someone else to talk about their needs, to share with you their feelings or simply to cultivate a new relationship or deepen an old one in a way that will help that person now or in the future. For instance, a few weeks later I rushed out of the house without my wallet â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and the coffee was on the house. Merry Christmas! â&#x153;´ Anyone who would like to contribute to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul may do so by calling (602) 850-6737. Those needing help this Christmas can contact their local parish SVdP. Chris Benguhe is a columnist for The Catholic Sun. His latest book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Overcoming Lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 7 Common Tragedies: Opportunities for Discovering God,â&#x20AC;? is available on Amazon.com. Visit www.OneMoreDayAlive.com. Follow him on Twitter: @cbenguhe.
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key argument in the embryonic stem cell debate â&#x20AC;&#x201D; widely invoked by scientists, patient advocacy groups and politicians â&#x20AC;&#x201D; involves the fate of frozen embryos. Barack Obama put it this way in 2008: â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we are going to discard those embryos, and we know there is potential research that could lead to curing debilitating diseases â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Lou Gehrigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disease â&#x20AC;&#x201D; if that possibility presents itself, then I think that we should, in a careful way, go ahead and pursue that research.â&#x20AC;? The head of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, embraced this same line of reasoning by asking a rhetorical question during a recent CNN interview: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ethically, isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t it more justifiable, if those embryos have been created, to use them for a purpose that might help somebody with a disease as opposed to simply discarding them?â&#x20AC;? This argument sounds reasonable on first hearing. We prefer to recycle aluminum cans, rather than uselessly tossing them into landfills. It seems as if we should handle surplus frozen embryos in a similar way, getting some benefit out of them rather than discarding them. Yet this argument has a deceptive, even seductive character because of the way it sets up a false dichotomy: either one discards the
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embryos or one destroys them in the laboratory to obtain miraculous cures for diseases. An important third option is often not even mentioned: namely, that we continue to store the embryos in their current, frozen state as part of our moral duty to care for our own offspring. They could be cryo-preserved until a morally acceptable option for rescuing them presents itself (if such an option, in fact, exists), or until they eventually die of their own accord in the deep freeze. Discarding an embryo, it is important to be clear, means ending the life of a young human being, the tiny life that each of us once was at an earlier time. The embryos to be discarded are usually first thawed, and many do not survive this first step; those that do are summarily discarded as medical waste. A few years ago, Cardinal Sean Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Malley described the reality of what happens in the fertility clinic this way:
â&#x20AC;&#x153;In discarding these embryos, the medical staff become their unwilling executioners, but executioners nonetheless.â&#x20AC;? Perhaps an analogy can help us better visualize why we should not discard embryos or sacrifice them for research. Imagine a typical fertility clinic with a large room where several tanks filled with liquid nitrogen were holding a few hundred cryo-preserved human embryos, a kind of â&#x20AC;&#x153;frozen orphanage,â&#x20AC;? as these tanks are sometimes called. In the building next door there happens to be a real orphanage filled with toddlers between the ages of 1 and 3 years old who are awaiting adoption. Suppose that the owner of the orphanage happens to be a shady character who has recently decided to take some of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;unadoptableâ&#x20AC;? infants and clandestinely discard them into the dumpster behind the orphanage where they eventually die. Suppose also that when the local mayor learned about the children being put into the dumpster, he had the gall to suggest that since they were going to be thrown out anyway, we should start sacrificing them for scientific research and harvesting their organs for transplantation into sick patients. Our first instinct would be to recoil with abhorrence at the proposal. We might prosecute the orphanage owner (and drum the
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What did Pope Benedict mean? Papal comments on condoms reflected pastoral concern, theologian says
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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI’s recent comments about condoms represented a “normal and traditional” pastoral application of moral theology, according to a theologian who advises the Vatican on doctrinal matters. The pope’s comments reflect the principle that there can be “intermediary steps toward moral awareness” that allow for some flexibility in how Church teachings are applied, Franciscan Father Maurizio Faggioni said Dec. 3. Fr. Faggioni, a moral theologian and a consultant to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, spoke to Catholic News Service about the reaction to the pope’s statement on condoms in the book, “Light of the World: The Pope, the Church and the Signs of the Times.” In the book, the pope repeated his view that condom campaigns are not the way to stop the AIDS epidemic, but he allowed that in some specific cases — for example, a prostitute who tries to diminish the risk of spreading infection — use of a condom could be a first step toward taking moral responsibility for one’s actions. Fr. Faggioni said the pope’s comments should be seen in the light of traditional principles of moral theology, including gradualism, which understands moral decision-making as a path that involves a series of progressions. “The Holy Father recognizes that there is a path of growth in responsibility,” Fr. Faggioni said. By saying condom use may mark a step along that path, he said, the pope is allowing for a “wise and prudent” application of Church teaching to individual cases. “This is nothing more than a normal and traditional application of some principles of pastoral teaching and of moral casuistry,” Fr. Faggioni said. Moral casuistry refers to a method that tries to determine appropriate moral responses to particular cases and circumstances. Fr. Faggioni said the pope’s comments do not place in question the Church’s teaching against birth control, but recognize that there can be different ways of applying the general law to specific situations. “One could ask to which other cases this would extend. This is
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A priest reads a new book about Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Nov. 23. The book is titled “Light of the World: The Pope, the Church, and the Sign of the Times.”
something that will be seen. One should not force the words of the Holy Father, either,” he said. Fr. Faggioni noted that the Vatican’s doctrinal congregation began studying the morality of condom use in disease prevention at a time when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger — now Pope Benedict — was the congregation’s prefect. He said the pope had chosen an informal medium, that of a book-length interview, to discuss the issue. In the strict sense, then,
his words do not have the weight of official Church teaching, he said. But at the same time, Fr. Faggioni said, the pope knows what he’s talking about, having followed the theological discussion on this issue for many years. He said commentators should remember this when suggesting, as some have, that the pope may have strayed outside his field of expertise. “This is the pope speaking, after all,” Fr. Faggioni said. “He is the supreme teacher.” ✴
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Catholic newspaper of the Archdiocese of Perth, that many Catholics do not know what the Church teaches in this regard. “This could be a good opportunity for us in the parishes to clarify and to teach,” said the cardinal, who has completed separate doctorates in philosophy, theology and moral theology and holds a diploma in clinical psychology and psychotherapy. Cardinal Rodriguez laughed off claims made in secular media globally that the pope had changed the Church’s teaching on the use of condoms. “The pope was only quoting the extreme cases, so I believe it is coherent (with existing Catholic teaching),” Cardinal Rodriguez told The Recordd Nov. 26 during a four-day trip to Australia. ✴
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Father cooks best: It’s not delivery, it’s Benedictine Reviewed by Andrew Junker The Catholic Sun
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enedictine Father Dominic Garramone knows his pizza. As a member of a monastery in Illinois — and as a self-taught baker and general kitchen experimenter — he is often tapped to make a number of pies for his brothers during their Thursday night recreation time. He offers his recipes and reflections culled from his experience in a new book, “Thursday Night Pizza: Father Dominic’s Favorite Pizza Recipes.”
The book covers it all: a number of different dough recipes, homemade tomato sauce, pesto sauce, béchamel and others. There’s even a Denver Diner Pizza that combines all the ingredients of a Denver omelet — even the eggs — on a pizza. He dishes out recipes for appetizers, main courses and dessert — the Apple Pie Pizza sounds especially delectable. Fr. Garramone writes very clearly, which, of course, is helpful to the reader in trying to follow a recipe. And his self-proclaimed “amateur” status as a chef also goes a long way
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receives baskets of tomatoes and fresh herbs, eggplant and peppers. At the same time, the monk offers some of the best advice on cooking there is: Just do it. Too often, people think they can’t cook reflecting the Church’s viewpoint on contemporary issues. Despite the crisis in print media today, the Catholic newspaper still has a vital role to play in diocesan communications, the pope said. He made the remarks Nov. 26 to members of the Italian Federation of Catholic Weeklies, which represents 188 Catholic newspapers. The pope said that while secular media often reflect a skeptical and relativistic attitude toward truth, the Church knows that people need
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because they don’t have the best equipment or exact ingredient called for. “Someone’s always trying to tell us that real pizza uses a certain flour for the dough, or that you can’t call it pizza unless it has such and such a cheese, or the sauce is made in this way or that, or that your taste is decidedly inferior if you like nontraditional toppings,” Fr. Garramone writes. “To which I reply: Piffle.” As he elaborates, any pizza today would be unrecognizable to the first Italian eaters of the dish — Europe didn’t even know that tomatoes existed until explorers started bringing them back from the New World. The very dish calls out for experimentation, even if some (or much) of it will be failed experimentation. As Fr. Garramone writes: “So what’s the ‘best’ pizza? The one you’re hungry for right now. Let’s get to work.” ✴ Media critic Andrew Junker is a regular contributor to The Catholic Sun. Send e-mail to letters@catholicsun.org. the full truth brought by Christ. “The mission of the Church consists of creating the conditions so that this meeting with Christ can be realized. Cooperating in this task, the communications media are called to serve the truth with courage, to help public opinion see and read reality from an evangelical viewpoint,” he said. A primary task of the Catholic newspaper, he said, is to “give voice to a point of view that reflects Catholic thinking on all ethical and social questions.” The pope said the printed newspaper, because of its simplicity and widespread distribution, remains an effective way of spreading news about local diocesan events and developments, including charity initiatives. As “newspapers of the people,” he said, Catholic papers can also favor real dialogue between different social sectors and debate among people of different opinions. “By doing this, Catholic newspapers not only fulfill the important task of providing information, but also perform an irreplaceable formative function” in the education of “critical and Christian consciences,” he said. The pope said Catholic journalists should give witness to their faith in their work. Their success as Catholic communicators will depend above all on their personal relationship with Christ, he said. ✴
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A Christian film for the Christmas season
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he search for a family film about Christ at Christmastime is over. Although it is not Christmasthemed, “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” (Fox) provides a well-developed lesson regarding the nature of Christ. While the plot and character development of the third film in the Narnia series lags behind the others, it is overtly Christian. “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader” ends with Aslan explaining to Lucy that she has come to know him in Narnia so that she can know him by a different name in her own world. This reference to Christ may explain some of the negative reviews the film is receiving. Still, the film aptly portrays the themes of C.S. Lewis’ fairy tales. Like Lewis, the film is unapologetically Christian. England is at war and the two youngest Pevensie children, Edmund and Lucy, are living with the family of their miserable cousin, Eustace Scrubb. All three children provide excellent performances. Georgie Henley as Lucy is sweet and wise and Skandar Keynes does
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an excellent job showing Edmund’s struggle against temptations, but it is Will Poulter as the ornery Eustace Scrubb who practically steals the show. At first a spoiled and mean child, a series of challenges teaches him more about himself and the value of kindness. The three children are quickly swept into the land of Narnia, the backdrop for most of the film. There, they meet an older King Caspian, played by Ben Barnes, and join his search for the lost Lords of Narnia. A peculiar type of evil — which manifests itself as green vapor — controls the far-reaching islands. The vapor leads the characters into temptation, ones that are rooted deep within. It is only with the help of Aslan that they are fortified to
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overcome personal temptation and the presence of evil itself. The Catechism defines fortitude as “the moral virtue that ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of good. It strengthens the resolve to resist temptations and to overcome obstacles in the moral life.” The children overcome temptation, not on their own, but through the strength they receive from Aslan.
Still, the plot of the film lacks clarity. The details are muddied by exciting, if sometimes overblown, special effects. That said, the energy of the film, along with the strong moral message and solid performances, make it ideal for family viewing. ✴ Media critic Rebecca Bostic is a regular contributor to The Catholic Sun. Comments are welcome. Send e-mail to letters@catholicsun.org.
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Fomentando una cultura de vida Congreso binacional Hispano tomará lugar en el 2011 Por Joyce Coronel The Catholic Sun
La Diócesis de Phoenix será el sito para un congreso bi-nacional enfocado en desarrollar la comunidad pro-vida hispana. Carmen Portela, directora de apoyo de liderazgo hispano parroquial para la Diócesis de Phoenix, dijo que está esperando de 700 a 1,000 participantes de México y los Estados Unidos para este congreso. El programa durará tres días y tomará lugar en el Centro de Convenciones de Phoenix en junio de 2011. Empezará con una cena formal, entretenimiento y una presentación bilingüe el viernes en la noche. Para mantener un precio bajo para los participantes, el costo de admisión es $25 — mucho menos de otras conferencias providas. Portela dijo que donativos de los Caballeros de Colón tanto como uno del Caballero Supremo Carl Anderson han ayudado a mantener el precio económico. El sábado los eventos empiezan
Portavoz del Vaticano logra que el papa clarifique comentarios sobre condones Por John Thavis Catholic News Service
CIUDAD DEL VATICANO — Cuando el Papa Benedicto XVI comentó en un libro nuevo que usar condones para reducir el riesgo de la enfermedad podría, en algunas circunstancias, ser un paso hacia la responsabilidad, él usó el ejemplo de un prostituto. Eso planteó la pregunta: ¿Estaba el papa limitando deliberadamente
Diócesis de Phoenix Cementerios y Funerarias Católicas
con una misa en St. Mary’s Basilica. La conferencia ofrecerá 25 talleres bilingues y en español y las palabras de presentación en español el sábado con traducción simultánea al inglés. El músico famoso Martín Valverde tendrá un concierto el sábado en la noche y ha ayudado a aumentar el tráfico en el sito del congreso, www.congresoprovidaphx.org. Portela indicó la posición clave de la comunidad hispana en el esfuerzo de edificar una cultura de vida. “Ellos son el futuro de la Iglesia en los Estados Unidos,” dijo Portela. “Es muy importante que ellos conozcan los asuntos que tienen que ver con ser pro-vida y de respetar a la vida, y que ellos conozcan la visión de la Iglesia Católica.” Los hispanos no solamente tienen que saber la posición de la Iglesia, dijo Portela, tienen que saber como defender la causa provida y como entregarla a las generaciones futuras. Eso es algo dice ella que ocurría naturalmente antes en
sus comentarios a este grupo en particular? La respuesta es no, según el Padre Jesuita Federico Lombardi, portavoz del Vaticano que presentó el libro del papa en la oficina de prensa del Vaticano el 23 de noviembre. Padre Lombardi reconoció la confusión sobre la cuestión del género. Él dijo que la versión italiana del libro, que tradujo el ejemplo del papa como “prostituta” usando el género femenino, tenía un error. Así que Padre Lombardi llevó la pregunta al papa. “Le pregunté al papa personalmente si había problema serio o importante en la opción del género masculino en vez del femenino y él dijo que no, es decir, el punto principal — y esta es la razón por la cual no me referí a
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sus culturas y sus países de origen, pero que ahora ha sido diluida por la propaganda de Planned Parenthood y otras organizaciones que favorecen el aborto. Los oradores en el congreso vendrán desde Argentina y Ecuador pero también incluyen sacerdotes locales, incluyendo al Padre Carlos Gómez y el Padre Charlie Goraeib. También asistirá una activista y doctora de Cuba quien ha estado trabajando con el obispo de allí a promover la causa pro-vida.
Portela dijo que la conferencia también será una oportunidad para los que asisten para recoger folletos, libros y presentaciones multimedia que pueden traer a su propia diócesis y comunidad. El Obispo Thomas J. Olmsted de la Diócesis de Phoenix dijo que el congreso ayudará a fortalecer el liderazgo pro-vida y tratar con la vulnerabilidad de la vida humana. “Las amenazas a los derechos de los más vulnerables en nuestro mundo de hoy son grandes y se hacen aún más graves,” dijo el Obispo Olmsted. “Los esfuerzos para tratar con estas amenazas pueden ser fortalecidos al derrumbar las paredes fronterizas y formar lazos con los seguidores de Cristo de otros países.” Mike Phelan, el director de la oficina de Matrimonio y Respeto a la Vida, dijo que el congreso tratará con el disminuyendo respeto para la vida en los paises de habla-hispana. “Hay una necesidad grande por
“... no es realmente la manera de tratar el mal de la infección VIH. Eso puede realmente yacer solamente en una humanización de la sexualidad.” — Papa Benedicto XVI hablando de los condones durante una entrevista con el periodista Robert Seewald, quien escribió un libro acerca del Santo Padre
masculino ni a femenino en (mi anterior) comunicado — es el primer paso de responsabilidad al considerar el riesgo a la vida de otra persona con la cual uno tiene relaciones,” dijo Padre Lombardi. “Sea un hombre o una mujer o un transexual el que hace esto, estamos en el mismo punto. El punto es el primer paso hacia la responsabilidad, evitar plantearle un riesgo grave a otra persona,” dijo Padre Lombardi. Por su parte, Peter Seewald, el periodista alemán que planteó las preguntas en el libro, dijo en conferencia de prensa que “no hay diferencia entre un prostituto y una prostituta” en los comentarios del papa, a pesar de toda la controversia debido a las traducciones. He aquí una vez más el pasaje clave en el tema del libro “La luz del mundo. El papa, la Iglesia y
los signos de los tiempos,” cuando Seewald pregunta al papa si era “locura prohibirle a una población de alto riesgo usar condones.” El Papa Benedicto contestó: “De hecho, usted sabe, la gente puede conseguir condones cuando los quieren de todos modos. Pero esto sólo demuestra que los condones solos no resuelven la cuestión en sí misma. Se necesita que más suceda. Mientras tanto, el reino secular por sí mismo ha desarrollado la supuesta Teoría ABC: AbstinenciaSé Fiel-Condón, donde se entiende el condón solamente como último recurso, cuando los otros dos puntos no funcionan. Esto significa que la sola fijación en el condón implica un banalización de la sexualidad, la cual, después de todo, es precisamente la peligrosa fuente de la actitud de ya no ver la sexualidad como la expresión del amor, sino solamente
el liderazgo, para el establecimiento de conexiones y para recursos en español,” dijo Phelan. “Esta es la población de más crecimiento en nuestro hemisferio.” El añadió que los paises del Primer Mundo frecuentemente presionan los paises del Tercer Mundo a abrazar los anticonceptivos y el aborto como condiciones de recibir asistencia finaciera. “Los Estados Unidos es tan culpable como cualquier país en el mundo,” dijo Phelan. “Entonces es apropiado que una diócesis fuerte en los Estados Unidos tome la responabilidad y fomente el crecimiento del liderazgo y el crecimiento de los lazos pro-vidas. Portela dijo que el esfuerzo a armar la comunidad Hispana con los recursos y el conocimiento para defender la vida tiene implicaciones aún más grandes. “Ellos tienen que ir al mundo y hablar — no tan solo con sus palabras, pero con sus votos,” dijo Portela. ✴
un tipo de droga que la gente se administra. Esta es la razón por la cual la lucha contra la banalización de la sexualidad es también parte de la lucha para asegurar que la sexualidad sea tratada como un valor positivo y permitirle tener un efecto positivo en el todo del ser del hombre. “Podría haber una base en el caso de algunos individuos, como quizás cuando un prostituto usa un condón, donde esto puede ser un primer paso en dirección de una moralización, la primera asunción de responsabilidad, de camino hacia descubrir una consciencia de que no todo es permitido y de que uno no puede hacer cualquier cosa que quiera. Pero no es realmente la manera de tratar el mal de la infección VIH. Eso puede realmente yacer solamente en una humanización de la sexualidad.” Seewald: “¿Está usted diciendo, entonces, que la Iglesia Católica realmente no está opuesta en principio al uso de condones?” El Papa Benedicto: “Ella por supuesto no lo considera como una solución verdadera o moral, pero, en este o aquel caso, puede haber no obstante, en la intención de reducir el riesgo de infección, un primer paso hacia una manera diferente, una manera más humana, de vivir la sexualidad.” ✴
16 de diciembre del 2010
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El misterio maravilloso del Señor Jesús Tercera Parte: Cristo, Buddha y otros fundadores religiosos
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o importa realmente lo que uno crea, con tal de que uno tenga fe en Dios.” “Hay diferencias entre las religiones, por supuesto, pero no se puede decir que una es mejor que otra.” Estas y declaraciones semejantes han llegado a ser más comunes en las décadas recientes. Con frecuencia, son expresadas por personas de buena voluntad las cuales quieren superar prejuicios y mostrar tolerancia hacia diferentes puntos de vista. ¿Qué debemos pensar, como Católicos, de estas declaraciones? Utilizando la Declaración de Dominus Iesus y otros documentos de la Iglesia, concentremos nuestra atención en esta cuestión sobre la relación correcta entre la Iglesia Católica y las religiones no cristianas.
¿Es una religión tan buena como cualquier otra? El Segundo Concilio Vaticano enseña lo siguiente sobre las otras religiones (Nostra Aetate, 2), “La Iglesia Católica no rechaza nada de lo que en estas religiones hay de santo y verdadero. Considera con sincero respeto los modos de obrar y de vivir los preceptos y las doctrinas que por más que discrepen en mucho de lo que ella profesa y enseña, no pocas veces reflejan un destello de aquella Verdad que ilumina a todos los hombres. Anuncia y tiene la obligación de anunciar constantemente a Cristo, que es ‘el Camino, la Verdad y la Vida’ (Juan 14:16), en quien los hombres encuentran la plenitud de la vida religiosa y en quien Dios reconcilió consigo todas las cosas.” Jesús quiso que Su Cuerpo, la Iglesia, fuese una luz a todas las naciones, un instrumento de salvación para hombres y mujeres de cada edad y raza. Por medio de los Hechos de los Apóstoles, Dios revela (Hechos 4:12), “En ningún otro se encuentra la salvación ya que no se ha dado a los hombres sobre la tierra otro Nombre por el cual podamos ser salvados.” Es decir, otras religiones contienen elementos de la bondad y la verdad, pero no tienen la plenitud de la verdad y la bondad que se encuentra solo en el Señor Jesús. Negar esto es negar la misma identidad de Cristo. Nosotros que pertenecemos a la Iglesia, por lo tanto, nos sentimos impulsados por esta verdad de fe y por nuestro amor de Cristo para hacer su nombre conocido hasta los confines del mundo. Deseamos que todos conozcan y amen al Señor quien es el centro de nuestras vidas, el amado Hijo de Dios, la Luz del mundo. Con respeto a esto, Dominus Iesus enseña (#22) “Con la venida de Jesucristo Salvador, Dios ha establecido la Iglesia para la salvación de todos los hombres (Cf Hechos 17:30-31). Esta verdad de fe no quita nada al hecho de que la Iglesia considera las religiones del mundo con sincero respeto, pero al mismo tiempo excluye esa mentalidad indiferente marcada por un relativismo religioso que termina por pensar que una religión es tan buena como otra.” ¿No son todas las personas creadas iguales? ¿No es cierto que los Católicos creen en la igualdad de cada persona humana? Sí, por supuesto creemos en tal igualdad y nosotros luchamos por el reconocimiento de la dignidad igual de cada persona desde el momento de la concepción. Nosotros también creemos en la igualdad cuando entramos en el diálogo entre las diferentes religiones. Sin embargo, debemos comprender esta igualdad de una manera apropiada; porque hay nociones falsas de la “igualdad” que llevan inevitablemente a indiferencia. Leemos en Dominus Iesus (#22), “La paridad, que es presupuesto del diálogo, se refiere a la igualdad de la dignidad personal de las partes, no a los contenidos doctrinales, ni mucho menos a Jesucristo — que es el mismo Dios hecho hombre — comparado con los fundadores de las otras religiones.” Más tarde continua afirmando la misión de la Iglesia de evangelizar, “De hecho, la Iglesia, guiada por la caridad y el respeto de la libertad, debe empeñarse primariamente en anunciar a todos los hombres la verdad definitivamente revelada por el Señor.” Aunque esta verdad no es reconocida por personas no cristianas, la Iglesia proclama que el Señor Jesús es el Salvador de la familia humana entera, no sólo de
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Cristianos. Como San Pablo escribe en la carta a los Colosenses (1:13-20), Dios “Nos arrancó del poder de las tinieblas y nos trasladó al Reino de su Hijo amado. En él nos encontramos liberados y perdonados… porque así quiso Dios que la Plenitud permaneciera en él. Por él quiso reconciliar consigo todo lo que existe y por él, por su sangre derramada en la cruz, Dios establece la paz.” Desafortunadamente, algunos Cristianos han alegado falsamente, fuera de un deseo admirable pero inexacto de reconocer la “igualdad” de creyentes no Cristianos, que los fundadores de otras religiones traen salvación a sus seguidores de una manera que es paralela a lo que el Señor Jesús hace por los Cristianos. Pero hacer esto negaría el papel extraordinario de Jesús en el plan de Dios de salvación y ni coincidiría con lo que otras religiones enseñan acerca de sí mismas, o lo que Cristo nos enseña acerca de Él mismo. Es una profesión de fe Cristiana que Jesús es el Salvador del mundo, el Redentor de cada ser humano a través de la historia y hasta el fin de tiempo. Además, Él se queda con nosotros a través de su Iglesia, cual es una, santa, Católica y apostólica. Al mismo tiempo que respetamos a cada ser humano, damos gracias por la Buena Nueva de Jesucristo y somos testigos al Evangelio ante todos. ¿Es necesitado el diálogo entre las religiones? Los esfuerzos de comprender a los miembros de otras religiones encuentran obstáculos graves hoy, debido a tensiones y actos de violencia en varios lugares, y a causa de desconfianza y malentendidos antiguos. Pero tal diálogo es necesitado ahora más que nunca. El Catecismo de la Iglesia Católica explica cómo la Iglesia tiene una relación especial con el pueblo judío, “a quien Dios ha hablado primero (Cf. #839); “Por otra parte, cuando se considera el futuro, el Pueblo de Dios de la Antigua Alianza y el nuevo Pueblo de Dios tienden hacia fines análogos: la espera de la venida (o el retorno) del Mesías” (#840). La Iglesia también está relacionada con Musulmanes a causa de nuestro reconocimiento común de Dios el Creador y las conexiones semejantes a la fe de Abraham (Cf. #841). A continuación, el Catecismo dice (#843), “La Iglesia reconoce en las otras religiones la búsqueda ‘todavía en sombras y bajo imágenes,’ del Dios desconocido pero próximo ya que es Él quien da a todos vida, el aliento y todas las cosas y quiere que todos los hombres se salven. Así, la Iglesia aprecia todo lo bueno y verdadero, que puede encontrarse en las diversas religiones, ‘como una preparación al Evangelio y como un don de aquel que ilumina a todos los hombres, para que al fin tengan la vida.’” En los esfuerzos de promover comprensión y buenas relaciones con personas de religiones no Cristianas, nosotros debemos entrar en diálogo verdadero, marcado por la tolerancia y el respeto verdadero para la dignidad de todos. Debemos esperar aprender de la bondad y la verdad que traen, y confiar de que actúan en buena fe. Al mismo tiempo, nosotros debemos movernos más allá del cotorreo vago a la discusión honesta de asuntos difíciles, si el diálogo será constructivo. El diálogo entre las religiones no es una tarea diplomática de una naturaleza política. El progreso puede ser obtenido sólo con paciencia perseverante y respeto, con honradez y amor sincero. Como el Papa Benedicto XVI dijo al Arzobispo de Canterbury en su visita pastoral reciente a Inglaterra, “La Iglesia es llamada a ser inclusiva, pero nunca a costa de la verdad Cristiana.” ✴
El segundo tema, que arrojó la encuesta en torno a la interrogante sobre lo más urgente que el pueblo necesita conocer es si: 2. ¿LOS CATÓLICOS ADORAN ÍDOLOS? Tema muy recurrido por nuestros hermanos que no comulgan con la Iglesia, nos acusan de tener los templos llenos de ídolos, que los adoramos. Nos muestran principalmente dos textos bíblicos del Antiguo Testamento: Ex 20, 2-6 y Dt 5, 6-9. para analizar y dar una mejor respuesta a nuestros hermanos por esta ocasión utilizaremos la versión de la Biblia que usan ellos, ReynaDe Valera. Para evitar confusión, les recordamos que nosotros no nos referimos a Dios como Jehová, nombre inventado por un grupo llamado “masoretas”, en otra oportunidad trataremos del tema, por ahora leamos Dt 5, 6-9: “Yo soy Jehová tu Dios, que te saqué de Egipto, de casa de siervos. No tendrás otros dioses extraños delante de mí. No harás para ti, ni imagen alguna de cosa que está arriba en los cielos, o abajo en la tierra, o en las aguas debajo de la tierra: no te inclinarás a ellas ni les servirás; porque yo soy Jehová tu Dios”. “¿Ya ve hermano cómo la Biblia prohíbe tener imágenes y adorarlas?” esa es la frase triunfal que le dirigen cuando leen el texto, y muchos católicos aterrados dicen: “si es cierto, ahí está…”, es en ese momento cuando le invitan a conocer la “verdad” con ellos. Pero no se alarme usted, lo
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primero que tenemos que notar es que Dios prohíbe tener otros dioses, y cuando se refiere a las imágenes está hablando de imágenes de esos mismos dioses ya sean de los cielos, de la tierra o de las aguas, al ser imágenes de dioses son ídolos, no así las imágenes de lo que no se considera como dioses. Tal es el caso de nuestras imágenes de la Santísima Virgen y de los santos, sabemos que no son dioses, son creaturas como nosotros, pero que por su vida ejemplar han merecido gracias especiales del Señor; sus imágenes sirven para recordarlos, los queremos y los veneramos, muy distinto a adorarlos, cosa que ningún católico hace; es muy sencillo comprenderlo, solo que algunos no lo han captado. Dios no prohíbe las imágenes ya que Él mismo mandó que las hicieran, en Ex 25, 18 veremos como Dios manda a Moisés que haga dos querubines de oro sobre el Arca de la Alianza, delante de la cual se postraba el pueblo; en Núm 21, 4-9 le manda hacer una serpiente de bronce; en 1Rey 6, 23 el rey Salomón mandó poner dos querubines de madera en el templo. Leamos 1 Rey 7, 25- 51 y encontraremos que el templo construido para el Señor tenía leones, bueyes, querubines, toros y palmeras grabados, todas esas son imágenes, pero nuestros hermanos dicen que las imágenes son ídolos y ellos nunca entrarían en un templo repleto de imágenes, sabemos que el católico lo hace sin ningún problema; pero… ¿entraría Dios en ese templo lleno de supuestos “ídolos”? Vemos en 1Rey 8, 10-13 como el Señor entra en el templo, su Gloria lo llena y decide habitar en el. Para terminar, ¿cree usted hermano que las imágenes son ídolos?, sería bueno que leyeran lo que dice Génesis 1:27, “Y creó Dio al Hombre a su imagen”. Leamos también lo que dice san Pablo refiriéndose a nuestro Señor Jesucristo en Col 1, 15 : “Él es Imagen de Dios invisible, Primogénito de toda la creación”. ✴
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The parish held a Christmas party for youth in grades 6-12 featuring games, crafts and food Dec. 5. Christmas caroling for youth took place Dec. 15 at three facilities where many elderly and homebound Holy Cross parishioners live.
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Holy Cross is comprised of many elderly as well as young families. The parish is ethnically diverse, with Sunday Mass in Spanish at 2 p.m. The 8 a.m. Mass on Sunday is interpreted for the deaf and hearing impaired. — Joyce Coronel
QUOTABLE UPCOMING The parish’s Knights of Columbus council is sponsoring an essay contest for eighthgraders asking students to write about which saint is a good role model for today’s youth. Winners of the contest will be announced this spring with a $100 prize for the first-place winner and a $50 prize for the second-place winner.
Founded: August 1, 1978 Founding pastor: Fr. William Mitchell Address: 1244 S. Power Rd., Mesa Phone: (480) 981-2021 Pastor: Fr. Richard Felt, V.F. Number of families: 3,800
We are a multi-generational and multi-cultural community, with a large number of winter visitors. We also have many young families with children, many of whom are of Hispanic and Asian heritage. We try to honor the various cultures at special celebrations during the year. — Fr. Richard Felt, V.F., pastor of Holy Cross
Diocese of Pho oenix CATHOLIC CEMETERIES and mortuaries (602)267-1329 In rememb brance of those individuals interred in our Catholic Cemeter ies for the month of November
St. Francis Cemetery and Mausoleum 2033 N. 48th St., Phoenix Madeline Marie Albright Josie H. Baldizan Alice Roberta Bate a s Patr a iciaa Grace Boland-Steve e ns Johanna M. Caffray a Phillip S. Caruso Henrietta D. Chavez Robertt Compoy Culling Jose Ballestros Gallego Gilberto Garcia Jacinto Galvan Gonzalez Nati a ividad B. Guerrero Lisa Marie Gusick Mary Jacobs Francis Marie Kush Scott Alexander Larson Espiridion Ramirez Lugo Mitchelll Martin n Maciascek Jeanette Marie Martinez Cath a erine Martha Mock Roseanne Mulligan James Michael Mumaw a Arthur Joseph Notar Elida Ohto h n Muriel Ruth Otter Dorothy h Panzarella Alvi l na Patr a ick Anth n ony Joseph Pena Anita B. Ryan y Ramon Salazar Emmaa C. Saldivar William Russell Shorethose Lorenza Silva v Hortencia Velasco Soza
Phylli h s Elaine Speake Elizabeth Speziale Ralph V. Tapia Mark William Titz i er Fidencio Trevino Patr a icia Ann Tucker Madalen Anita Verges Virgil T. Watkin a s Phil J. Wedzik Donald Francis Zybu y ra
Holy Cross Cemetery and Mausoleum 10045 W. Thomas Rd., A Avondale Louis Joseph Accomazzo Felix Castillo Ervin Alexis Cisneros John n Daniel Coronado Y ella Lucila Cortez Ysab Santiago Davi a la-Sandoval Edward Estrada Vincent Eyhe y rabide Alex Charles Fabris, Jr. Audrey M. Fitz i gerald Maliah Aliciaa Garcia Donna M. Hall Ana M. Hernandez Mildred Jo Hineline Francisco Mendoza Hoyo o s Dennis Michael Kral Monica L. Landkamer Allen J. Lewis Norberto R. Mariscal Maryy Edeliaa Martinez Marie A. Mazurkiewicz Hedy Josephine McQuade
Charles James Mitchell Manuel V. Moreno Eugenio Bandin Ortiz Cristina Calma Panopio Vincent Puccio Juan n Daniel Resendiz Juan n Manuel Rosales Toni M. Saunders Grace Rose Schmidt Karen Dawn a n Soltero-Dzibinski Georgette V. Tanguay a Bryan Uriarte Ramona Villalobos-De Rodriguez Elizabeth Jane Washington Julia S. Yaroch
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Meetings and Classes
Crosier Fathers and Brothers to lead Taize Prayer, Dec. 17, 7 p.m., St. Bridget Parish, 2213 N. Lindsay Road, Mesa, and Advent Vespers, Dec. 19, 5 p.m., St. Joseph’s Hospital Chapel, 350 W. Thomas Road, Phoenix. January Leadership Conference, Jan. 6-8, Diocesan Pastoral Center, 400 E. Monroe St., Phoenix. Specialization tracks for parish leaders in Children’s Catechesis, Youth Evangelization, RCIA/Adult Faith Formation, new tracks in Marriage, Respect Life, and the Pastoral Care of the Sick and Dying. Info: (602) 354-2300 or www.kinoinstitute.org. Are you seeking a grief support group to help with the healing process? Upcoming session starting Jan. 25, St. Timothy Parish. Info: call Debbie at (480) 775-5233 or e-mail dparmiter@sttimothymesa.org. The Serra Club of Phoenix meetings, 12:10-1:15 p.m., on the first and third Tuesday of each month, Mount Claret Center, 4633 N. 54th St., Phoenix; West Valley: 12:10-1:15 p.m., on the first and third Tuesday of each month, Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery, 8502 W. Pinchot Ave., Phoenix; and East Valley: 12:101:15 p.m., on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, 1837 W. Guadalupe Rd., Mesa.
Retreats
Schoenstatt Retreat, “Father Give Us Your Light!” presenter Fr. Gerold Langsch, Feb. 18, 5:30 p.m. — Feb 19, 7:30 p.m., Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery, 8502 W. Pinchot Ave., Phoenix, spiritual talks for personal growth, education, Mass, confession, time for prayer. Info: call Jeanne at (623) 979-1909. Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend, Feb. 25-27, Phoenix, Through Him we have received the grace of apostleship. Registrations are due one month in advance. Info: (602) 242-6141 or Cwessel@csc.com.
Worship
Filipino Simbang Gabi Advent Novena Masses, Marriage Made in Heaven: For the Good of Creation, Dec. 15-23, 6 p.m., Rosary, 6:30 p.m. Mass; Advent Mass, Dec. 17, 6:30 p.m., with Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A Nevares. St. Mary’s Parish, 230 W. Galveston St., Chandler. Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage, Dec. 26, 5 p.m., Mass with Fr. Dave Pivonka, then present a talk on his 500 mile walk, Christ the King, 1551 E. Dana Ave., Mesa. Food and drink available. Taize Prayer, Jan. 18 and Feb. 15, 7 p.m., St. Theresa Parish, 5045 E. Thomas Rd., an ecumenical prayer, centered on Scripture, chant and silence. All are welcome. Info: call Jim at (602) 840-0850 ext. 121.
Singles
“Catholic? Single? Widowed, divorced or separated? Over 35? Single Souls, Dec. 18, 6 p.m., potluck, St. Joseph Parish, 11001 N. 40th St., 7 p.m., “Our Lady of Guadalupe”, a video presentation. Info: call Dan at (480) 941-5952 or Karen, (602) 332-1737. Sister’s Christmas Catechism, “The Mystery of the Magi’s Gold,” Dec. 21, 8-10 p.m., Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. For tickets to attend with ACS; call Kris at (480) 786-8883 or Patrick Carpenter (480) 898-7424 by Dec. 20. Arizona Catholic Singles Mass and Brunch, Dec. 26, 11 a.m., St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, 9728 W. Palmeras Dr., Sun City, Brunch afterward at Coco’s Restaurant, 9801 W. Bell Road. RSVP: Patrick Carpenter at (480) 898-7424 or e-mail tiffanyksundevil@yahoo.com.
New Year’s Eve Celebration, Dec. 31, 6 p.m.-midnight, Knights of Columbus Council 3855, 8066 N. 49th Ave., Glendale, DJ, dancing, door prizes and more. Cost: $20 per person. Deadline: Dec. 27. Info: (623) 937-3794, Charlie Klenner (623) 435-8485 or Greg Mattingly (623) 910-8414. High School Placement Exam: 8th grade students wishing to attend Bourgade Catholic High School, for the 2011-12 school year should plan to take the Placement Exam, Jan. 8, 8 a.m. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. Fee is $35. Info: (602) 973-4000. Knights of Columbus Council #6627 of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish, 6th Annual Fund Raising Dinner Dance, Jan. 15, 6:30 p.m., OLMC McCreedy Hall, 2121 S. Rural Road, Tempe, live music, and catering by Waldo’s. Ticket at Door: $30 or call (480) 820-1477, (480) 720-5692 for reduced cost. Win a 2011 Camry LE and Build a Mission for La Santísima Trinidad Catholic Mission, Ticket: $100 each. Drawing held Feb. 12 at Holy Spirit Parish Valentine Dinner Dance. Info: call (480) 838-7474. 1st Way Pregnancy Center is in great need of baby quilts, diapers, wipes, baby clothing, small desk, 17” flat screen TV. Your donation is greatly appreciated. Pick up arrangements can be made. Info: (602) 405-6621. Catholic Charities Refugee Program is recruiting for an hour or lifetime of volunteer commitment and can match you to your interest. Info: call Patricia Gillem at (602) 749-4442 or pgillem@cc-az.org to welcome families our government selected to become America’s newest citizens.
Toys for Christmas needed: 25 toys for homeless Arizona children, ages 9-11 boys and ages 12-14 girls. Info: call Donna at (480) 777-2871. André House celebrates Br. André’s canonization. Join us Sunday, Jan. 9, for a special Mass at 10 a.m. followed by a potluck rejoicing in our patron’s canonization this past October. Location: Main Hospitality Center, 213 S. 11th Ave., Phoenix. Info.(602) 255-0580 Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Donate and receive up to $400 in Tax Credit. When you donate to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit allows you to receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit if you itemize your deductions on your Arizona state income tax return. You can receive a tax credit of up to $400 when filing a joint tax return, or up to $200 when filing a single tax return. Besides the tax credit, you’ll receive the added satisfaction of knowing your money is going to help the working poor. Visit www.stvincentdepaul.net or call (602) 261-6814. Free up space in your garage and donate your vehicle! St. Vincent de Paul accepts cars, boats, motor homes, trailers and motorcycles. To process a car donation, please call 1-800-805-8011 or (480) 784-9800. Give Double the Gifts This Christmas! Instead of shopping at a department store this Christmas, consider shopping at one of St. Vincent de Paul’s eight thrift stores in the Valley. Not only will you save money, you will be helping to fund St. Vincent de Paul’s programs and services that serve the homeless and working poor. Visit www.stvincentdepaul.net for our thrift store locations.
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Phoenix Boys Choir at St. Mary’s Basilica, Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m., “Festival of Carols” features traditional favorites, classical Christmas music and a delightful enactment of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.’ Tickets: Phoenixboyschoir.org. A portion will benefit the Basilica Pope John Paul II Pipe Organ fundraising campaign. Info: (602) 354-2100. “The Many Sounds of Christmas,” Dec. 18, 7 p.m., St. John Vianney Parish, adult and children’s choirs, vocal soloists and Phoenix brass musicians, sponsored by parish and Christ Presbyterian Church. Freewill offering. Info: e-mail Agnes at franzen58@gmail.com.
Give the Gift of Hope! With each donation of $25, $50 or $100, you will receive a beautiful, custom-designed Bertica Garcia-Dubus gift card to tell your friends and family that you’ve honored them with the gift of hope. Each card is inscribed with the number of meals your donation provides, so recipients know how much they are helping struggling families. Visit www.stvincentdepaul.net for more information.
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All events held at the Franciscan Renewal Center, 5802 E. Lincoln Dr., Scottsdale. Information, (480) 948-7460. New Year’s Retreat with Charlie Brown and Pat Julian, music by M.G. Johnson and Adam Johnson, Dec. 31Jan. 2. Fee per person includes lodging and meals: Single, $215; Double, $165. Commuter fee, $130, includes meals. “Twilight Retreat: It’s All About Christ” with Joe Schwab, OFM, MTS, Jan. 14. Dinner, 6 p.m., reflection 7-8:30 p.m. Fee per person includes dinner: $20. “Christology: The Many Faces of Jesus” with Cathy Olds, MA, Jan. 15, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fee per person includes lunch: $75. Marriage Preparation: “Marriage in the Lord” Jan. 15, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Fee per couple includes workbook and lunch: $110.
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