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CHURCH IN EASTERN
NORTH CAROUNA
ne of my summer jobs throughout my time in
the seminary and prior to my ordination as a
Deacon was that of a baseball umpire. Some individuals humorously state that the job prepared
me to be a Bishop -lots of "close calls" with not everyone agreeing with you!
We have learned more about the world of the umpire in
mistake and offering a sincere apology to anyone we have
the widely broadcast story of a mistaken call that recently
offended by our words or deeds. In tum, we must not
cost a pitcher the thrill of hurling a "perfect game~ On June expect anyone to be "perfect~ We should always be willing
2nd, with one out to go in the bottom of the ninth inning, a
and ready to accept the apology others may have to offer
ground ball was hit. The Detroit Tigers' pitcher, Armando
us so that together we can begin anew.
Galarraga, covered first base. The runner was clearly out.
The umpire stated that he had been in the profession
However, the umpire, Jim Joyce, ruled the runner safe.
for twenty-plus years and all that time no one knew him.
Due to the error, Armando Galarraga will not be listed in
Now because of that one mistake, he is the most recog·
the record books as one of the elite number of pitchers
nizable umpire in the sport. Since that time, coaches and
who ever threw a perfect game.
managers have taken the time to offer praise and en·
While this was an unfortunate development in sports, the couragement for his good work throughout the years. In
responses of the umpire and pitcher have provided valu·
our own lives, we can easily focus on what we have done
able lessons regarding the manner in which to handle ad·
wrong and on our limitations or that one bad decision.
varsity. After the call was made
However, growth in our spiritual
and knowing its consequences,
lives demands that we daily
In order to grow in our spiritual
the pitcher simply smiled and
give thanks for the many ways
lives, we must not waste time or God uses us as His instruments
continued the game without any
display of anger. After the game
and works in and through us.
energy making "excuses!'
and upon seeing the videotape,
Celebrate what you have ac·
the umpire humbly acknowl·
complished with God's grace
edged the mistake. In fact, he
and never forget the miraculous
asked to meet with the pitcher in
ways the Lord has used you
the clubhouse to convey his heartfelt apology. The pitcher
and continues to use you as His instrument each and
reminded the umpire that no one is "perfect." The next
every day. In the same way, lift up and encourage those
game day, the umpire and pitcher met on the field and diswho may be unable to see God's blessings in their midst,
played sportsmanship, class, respect and professionalism.
especially those who may be overwhelmed with recent
failure or hardship.
Their examples speak loudly - to every baseball player,
coach, umpire and fan- of the necessary perspective we
The call that deprived a pitcher of a perfect game
must maintain.
reminds us that the world of sports can often teach some
We can also apply the examples of the pitcher and the
valuable lessons in life and in our spiritual journey. We
umpire to our spiritual lives. While it is sometimes difficult
should pray daily for the grace to keep our priorities in
to admit, we must realize that none of us is "perfect." We
order to demonstrate sportsmanship on and off the field,
make mistakes and bad judgments. We sin and we fail. In
to reflect class and respect in our dealings with others, to
order to grow in our spiritual lives, we must not waste time
acknowledge our failures, to apologize when necessary,
to forgive those who have injured us, to celebrate our ac·
or energy making "excuses." To be truly reconciled, we
must acknowledge our sins, express our sorrow and seek
complishments and to support those in our midst who are
forgiveness. The Good News is that Our Lord Jesus em·
in most need of encouragement.
braces us in His infinite mercy and love. How blessed we
By the way, I remember some significant mistakes I
are to experience these gifts most especially in the Sacra·
made as an umpire and I acknowledge that I am still far
from perfect. Thus, how can I not help but take this op·
ments of Eucharist and Penance.
Likewise, we may also have to admit that we have failed
portunity to ask you to continue to support your Bishop,
especially in those "close calls~ that have to be madel
others. We discover true freedom simply by stating our
from the Bishop
2 An Umpire, a Pitcher
and an Example
- Bishop Michael
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Burbidge
in exile
12 On Being One with the Saints
in Praising God
- father Ronald Rolhclscr. O.MJ.
from the editor
13 Thank You, Father Torres
- Rich Reece
20 Saint Ignatius of Loyola
voices in our church
21 The Legacy of St. Thomas
- Msgr. Thomas I Iudden
21 Hacernos camino al andar
- l'adrc Carlos N. Arce
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As the Year for Priests proclaimed by Pope
Benedict XVI drew to a close, the clergy and
faithful of the Diocese looked back on numerous
events and activities associated with this special
initiative.
The Pope declared the Year for Priests on June
19, 2009, "To encourage priests in striving for
spiritual perfection~ The priesthood is a gift for
"the person who receives it, for the entire Church,
and for the wortd which would be lost without the
real presence of Christ," said the Pope.
In the Diocese of Raleigh, the Most Reverend
Michael F. Burbidge established a Year for Priests
committee that created a unique prayer for priests.
Prayer cards were distributed throughout the Diocese. Bishop Burbidge encouraged each parish
community to pray the Prayer for Priests before or
after Mass each Sunday, before
parish meetings and programs
and, especially, within homes.
The Bishop celebrated the
opening Mass for the Year on
June 21, 2009. At a Mass on
August 4, the Feast of St John
Vianney, the Bishop blessed a
statue of Saint John V1811ney that
traveled to the eight deaneries of
the Diocese throughout the year.
During the Year for Priests,
the Diocesan Web site and NO
Catholics magazine featured
a regular "Did You Know?"
column, in which Priests in the
Diocese answered questions about their interests
and activities.
The Offices of Evangelization and Catechesis
and Catholic Schools sponsored the Diocesan
Year for Priests Poetry and Essay Contest Students wrote on topics such as their favorite priests
and thoughts about the Priesthood.
At Cardinal Gibbons High School (CGHS) in
Raleigh, the students sent cards to parish priests
and thanked them for their service and witness of
faith. Fr. Ned Shlesinger, Director of Vocations,
spoke to all of the theology classes about Holy
Orders and the life of a priest. "We hope that our
priests felt appreciated," said Mark DelaRosa, a
Theology instructor at CG HS and Chair of the
Year for Aiests committee. "And that some of
our young people might be inspired to serve the
Church through ordained ministry.'
During the Year for Priests, Bishop Burbidge
also scheduled eight Prayer Days with priests
of the Diocese. The prayer days were a way to
strengthen the bond between the Bishop and his
priests and a chance to share stories of priestly
life, ministry and fraternity. "Like the Year for
Priests itself," the Bishop said, "these meetings,
with God's grace, will be a time of renewal, and
help lead us to an even deeper commitment to our
spiritual lives, upon which the effectiveness of all
our ministries depends~
Father JaVan Saxon of Saint Mary Catholic
Church in Laurinburg called the Year for Priests a
humbling experience. "I fe~ a strong solidarity with
my brother priests and the support of the whole
Church and God's people," Father Saxon explained. "It deepened my prayer
life; I prayed more earnestly for
my brothers and God's people
who are struggling.
"I feel so blessed," Father
Saxon said, "that we have 14
seminarians and ftve more
getting ready to enroll. Bishop
Burbidge evokes a desire from
priests to be the best we can be~
Pope Benedict concluded the
Year for Priests on June 11,
2010, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, with Mass
in St Peter's Square attended
by 10,000 clergy from around
the world. They renewed their vows and the Holy
Father proclaimed St John Vianney as the patron
saint of all priests worldwide.
"In this way we also wanted to demonstrate
once again to young people that this vocation,
this fellowship of service for God and with God,
does exist - and that God is indeed waiting for us
to say 'yes," said Pope Benedict "Together with
the whole Church we wanted to make clear once
again that we have to ask God for this vocation~
Bishop Burbidge celebrated the Diocesan closing Mass for the Year for Priests on June 29th at
St Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Southem Pines. In a letter to the faithful, the Bishop
wrote, "Wtth my brother priests, I convey sincere
gratitude for the many ways in which you express
your great love for the Priesthood~
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Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge
ordained Brendan J. Buckler to the
Transitional Diaconate at a Mass of
Ordination celebrated at Saint Catherine of Siena Church in Wake Forest,
June 5. Deacon Buckler recently
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completed his Third Year Theology at
Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in
Philadelphia.
"You stand alone today as one to be
ordained," the Bishop Burbidge said
in his homily. "However, you are far
from alone. Along with God's abiding presence, you can depend on the
support of your family and the special
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people God has placed in your life~
Deacon Buckler's summer assignment is at Saint Gabriel Church in
Greenville until August 1. Following
several weeks' vacation, he will return
to Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary
for his final year of formation. He
is scheduled to be ordained to the
Priesthood in 2011 .
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On Saturday, June 26, the Most Reverend Michael
F. Burbidge ordained 15 men to the Diaconate at a Mass
celebrated at Sacred Heart Church in Pinehurst. The men
completed a five year program of formation and have been
assigned to ministry at 14 parishes in the Diocese (see
page 8).
In his homily, Bishop Burbidge told the Deacons that
they were "chosen by the Lord and His Church for sacramental $ervice." The Bishop said that with the imposi-
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tion of hands and the prayer of consecration, "You will be
configured forever to Christ the Servant~ He explained
that through ordination, they will be sent as "servants of the
Word, at the altar and of charity."
Bishop Burbidge reminded them that in proclaiming the
Word they must do so without compromise, fear or hesitation. As servants of the altar, he said, "It is from this altar
that you receive the grace and strength that you need to go
forth and bear witness to the Truth and Charity of Christ~
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And as servants of charity, he told them, like the first seven
deacons of the Church, they must go into the community to
bring forth the healing and compassionate love of Jesus.
Addressing the wives and children of the Deacons,
Bishop Burbidge expressed his deep appreciation for the
support they have given during the discernment and forma·
tion process. The Bishop also expressed gratitude to Msgr.
Michael Clay and Father James Garneau for their leader·
ship and guidance in the formation of the new Deacons.
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Official
~ Most Reverend
Michael F. Burbidge,
Bishop of Raleigh,
announces that upon
ordination to the
Pennanent Diaconate,
the following Deacon
Assignments will be
effective June 26, 2010.
Michael Boyd Allg is
appointed Deacon at
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Parish in Raleigh.
Walter Calabrese is
appointed Deacon at
Annunciation Parish
in Havelock Parish in
Havelock.
Joseph Plus Piyaslri
Gabriel is appointed
Deacon at Saint Anthony
of Padua Parish in
Southern Pines.
Ronald Soriano is
appointed Deacon at
Saint Mary, Mother of the
Church Parish in Gamer.
Frank Taft Jones, Ill
is appointed Deacon
at Saint Ann Parish in
Edenton.
Gary Cole Stemple
is appointed Deacon
at Saint Ann Parish in
Fayetteville.
Patrick Gerald
Mcllmoyle is
appointed Deacon at
Our Lady of the Rosary
Parish in louisburg.
Emilio Mejia is
appointed Deacon
at Saint Stephen the
First Martyr Parish in
Sanford.
Michel du Sablon is
appointed Deacon at
Saint Therese Parish in
Wilson.
VIncent Joseph
Mescall is appointed
Deacon at Saint Patrick
Parish in Fayetteville.
Frederick Melvin
Fisher, Jr. is appointed
Deacon at Saint Paul
Parish in New Bern.
Patrick Daniel Pelkey
is appointed Deacon
at Saint Michael the
Archangel Parish in Cary.
IOfficial Announcements
Ill+ Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge,
Bishop of Raleigh, announces the
following Priest Assignments.
Effective June 1, 2010
• Reverend Mark Reamer, O.F.M., Pastor
of Saint Fmncis of Assisi Parish in
Raleigh, is gmnted sabbatical leave by
the Very Reverend John O'Connor,
O.F.M., Provincial of the Holy Name
Province of the Order Friars Minor,
effective June 1· September 30, 2010.
• Reverend David McBriar, O.F.M.,
Parochial Vicar of Saint Fmncis of
, Assisi Parish in Raleigh, is appointed
Temporary Administrator effective June
1 1· September 30, 201 0.
Effective June 30, 2010
• Reverend Mark J. Betti, Pastor of Saint
1 Bernadette Parish in Fuquay·Varina,
is appointed Pastor of Immaculate
Conception Parish in Clinton.
• Reverend David M. Chiantella, a Priest
of the Diocese of Allentown, is appointed
Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Lourdes
Parish in Raleigh.
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Juan Alexander
Vlcent Martinez is
appointed Deacon at
Saint Francis de Sales
Parish in Lumberton.
Bradley Evans
Watkins is appointed
Deacon at Saint
Catherine Siena Parish
in Wake Forest.
Mark Alan Westrick
is appointed Deacon
at Saint Stephen the
First Martyr Parish in
Sanford.
• Reverend Gregory P. lowchy, Pastor
of Saint Therese Parish in Wilson, is
reappointed to an additional six-year
term as Pastor.
• Reverend Douglas P. Reed, Pastor
of Saint Anne Parish in Edenton, is
reappointed to an additional six-year
term as Pastor.
• Reverend Fernando Torres, Pastor
of Immaculate Conception Parish in
Clinton, is appointed Pastor of Saint
Bernadette Parish in Fuquay·Varina.
• Reverend Thomas S. Tully, Pastor of
Holy Family Parish in Hillsborough, is
reappointed to an additional six-year
term as Pastor.
Effective July 8, 2010
• Reverend John J. Kelly, O.S.F.S., a
Priest of the Oblates of Saint Francis
de Sales, is appointed Pastor of
Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in
Fayetteville.
• Reverend Willard Rucinski, O.S.F.S.,
Pastor of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Parish in Fayetteville, retires from active
priestly ministry.
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Effective August 8, 2010
• Reverend Chet Artysiewicz, G.H.M.,
a Priest of the Glenmary Home
Missioners, Is appointed Pastor of the
Catholic Community of Bertie County
in Windsor and Priestly Minister to Saint
Joan of Arc Parish in Plymouth.
Effective June 14, 2010
• Reverend Thanh Nguyen, a Priest in
Good Standing in the Diocese of Raleigh
and former Pastor of Good Shepherd
Parish in Hope Mills, is granted
temporary leave for spiritual renewal.
• Reverend Monsignor Jeffrey A. Ingham,
V.F., Pastor of Saint Anthony of Padua
Parish in Southern Pines and Dean of
the Fayetteville Deanery, is additionally
appointed Administrator of Good
Shepherd Parish in Hope Mills.
Effective June 30, 2010
• Very Reverend Joseph G. Mulroney,
a Priest in Good Standing in the
Diocese of Raleigh, Pastor of Saint
Luke the Evangelist Parish in Raleigh
and Adjutant Judicial Vicar, is granted
temporary leave for spiritual renewal.
• Very Reverend John J. Forbes, V.F.,
Pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish
in Raleigh and Dean of the Raleigh
Deanery, is additionally appointed
Administrator of Saint Luke the
Evangelist Parish in Raleigh.
Effective July 10, 2010
• Reverend Segundo Manuel Noriega,
a priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of
Puyo, is appointed Parochial Vicar of
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish in
Rocky Mount and to Hispanic Priestly
Ministry at Saint John the Baptist Parish
in Roanoke Rapids.
• Reverend Robert D. Wiesenbaugh, S.J.,
Parochial Vicar of Saint Raphael the
Archangel Parish in Raleigh, is assigned
by his Provincial to priestly ministry in
the Diocese of Richmond.
Effective September 20, 2010
• Reverend Bruce Bavinger, S.J.,
Parochial Vicar of Saint Therese Parish
in Wilson, Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Parish in Rocky Mount and Saint John
the Baptist Parish in Roanoke Rapids,
is appointed Parochial VICar of Saint
Raphael the Archangel Parish in Raleigh.
• Reverend Paul W. Brant, S.J., Priestly
Minister to the Catholic Community of
Bertie County in Windsor, Holy Trinity
Parish in Williamston and Saint Joan
of Arc Parish in Plymouth, is appointed
Parochial Vicar of Saint Therese Parish
in Wilson and continues as delegate of
the Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge,
Bishop of Raleigh, to the Cursillo
movement in the Diocese of Raleigh.
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Bishop Approves Pastoral Plan
II+ The Diocese of Raleigh has created a new Diocesan
Pastoral Plan to address the needs of a growing Church in
Eastern North Carolina Work on the Plan began May, 2009
and progressed through numerous stages of consultation and
revision before being presented to and approved by the Most
Reverend Michael F. Burbidge in June, 201 0.
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Bishop Burbidge initiated the process to help the
Diocese and parishes detennine their most important
needs and establish goals to address those needs. The
Bishop named Dr. Michael J. Fedewa, Superintendent of
Catholic Formation and Education, and Ms. Kathleen Walsh,
Executive Director of Catholic Charities, as facilitators of the
process because of their vast experience working with the
people of the Diocese.
The ten·month process included initial presentations
to the Priests' Council, the Council of Religious, Pastoral
Administrators and the Diocesan Central Administration. That
was followed by separate meetings in the eight Deaneries of
the Diocese. A total of 425 people throughout the Diocese
were involved in the discussions and crafting the document
MThat's really the strength of the Diocesan Pastoral Plan,"
said Dr. Fedewa. "It's the level of collaboration that took
place in its development. The breadth and scope of this
initiative will serve the Diocese and its parishes very well in
mapping out a future for ministry:'
Ms. Walsh concurred. "It was impressive to me to see
once again how interested and involved the parishioners
were across the Diocese," she said, "and how much we all
care about the Church in Eastern North Carolina."
"Rather than start with a clean sheet of paper," Bishop
, Burbidge said, "we needed something from which to work~
In 2009, after extensive review and discussion, the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops established five
priorities that the Church would focus on from 2010-2013.
It was agreed that the five national priorities could serve as
the major priorities of the Diocese of Raleigh. In reviewing
the challenges and opportunities facing the Diocese, two
additional ones were added for a total of seven. They are:
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Promote the life and dignity of the human person
Focus on Faith Fonnation and Sacramental Practice
Cultural Diversity
Promote Vocations to the Priesthood and
Consecrated Ufe
• Implement the national pastoral initiative on marriage
• Practice the effective stewardship of resources
• Plan for the effective management of growth
The priorities, along with a list of ongoing projects,
fanned the working document presented to the Deaneries
for discussion and the establishment of goals to support
each priority. In February, representatives from the eight
Deaneries met with Bishop Burbidge to present their
feedback directly to him. This also provided each Deanery
an opportunity to hear the comments of the other seven.
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Following that meeting, a revised document was then
presented to the collegial bodies. In May, the Priests'
Council reviewed it and recommended its approval to
Bishop Burbidge, who accepted it.
Dr. Denis Carter, a representative from Cape Fear
Deanery, said, "The Diocesan Pastoral Plan provides a guide
as to how best to use our 6mited resources and to leverage
them by focusing on a common set of priorities. It fosters a
sense of shared priorities~ Mr. Carter said several specific
items emerged, including the need for a new Cathedral and
stronger engagement with teenagers and college youth.
MWhile these topics may have been talked about in various
circles," he said, "they now rise to the level of common
Diocesan focus where it is possible to address it~
Mickey McGoldrick, parish administrator at Saint Raphael
Church in Raleigh and a member of the Raleigh Deanery,
said the process was effective. "We had adequate time
prior to the meeting to read the document and prepare
our thoughts and comments. Sharing in the process with
colleagues from around the Deanery provided us the
opportunity for added perspective," she said.
Father Robert Benko, Pastor of Blessed Sacrament
Church in Burlington and Dean of the Piedmont Deanery,
commended Bishop Burbidge for "including everyone on
the parish level as well as the Diocesan level.
"This plan is not a template plan," Father Benko said. "It is
meant to provide focus, but leaves open the implementation
to each parish in the way they best see fit for their local
needs. This plan will help us realize that we are part of a
Catholic Diocese and a Catholic Church and not just a local
parish~
"I was surprised at the unanimity that was attained at
our initial Deanery meeting on the plan," said Father Justin
Kerber, Pastor of Saint Peter Church in Greenville and
Dean of the Tar River Deanery.
MWe are all so busy and caught up with day to day
business," Father Kerber said, "This plan allows us to step
back and make sure we are not losing sight of the overall
goals of evangelization and service~
"I said from the beginning that I do not want a Diocesan
Pastoral Plan that is a huge volume that sits on a shelf,"
Bishop Burbidge said. "I want it concise and something we
can refer to often. It must be a living document.
"I wanted a plan that is practical and realistic," the Bishop
said. "I believe it is. This will be a great help to the Diocese,
to me and to our parishes~
In a letter to Pastors, Bishop Burbidge asked them to
implement the use of the Diocesan Pastoral Plan to form
specific goals and measurable objectives to be reviewed on
a regular basis with the Parish Council. All parishes are to
submit their Pastoral Plans for 201 0·2011 to the Chancery
Office no later than November 19, 201 0.
..,...,. The Diocesan Pastoral Plan with specified goals
for each priority is available on the Diocesan Web
site at www.dioceseofraleigh.org/who/diocese/
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he Vatican has given its recognitio, or statement of acceptance,
of the proposed U.S. version of
the new English edition of the
Roman Missal. In the coming weeks, the
USCCB Committee on Divine Worship will
offer to USCCB President Cardinal Francis George its recommendation regarding
the date of the implementation of the new
translation, anticipated for Advent 2011.
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Between now and the date of implementation, Dioceses,
working with the USCCB Office of Divine Worship, will
provide formation workshops for Priests, Deacons, Dioc•
esan and Parish Leadership, Diocesan and Parish Ministries
and Laity.
The Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge has appointed a
Task Force made up of Priests, Religious and Laity to facili·
tate the implementation of the Revised Roman Missal in the
Diocese of Raleigh. The task force, working with the Office
of Worship, will oversee and assist in the liturgical formation
and catechesis of the faithful on the Missal.
The Diocesan Plan provides for the formation of Priests,
Deacons, Diocesan and Parish Leadership, Catechists,
Catholic School personnel, Youth Leaders, Parish Liturgical
Ministers, and Parish Music Ministers. Numerous formation
opportunities will be provided throughout the coming year as
we prepare to receive and implement the new Roman Missal. A summary of each of these opportunities is as follows:
Priests
An introductory workshop will be offered for priests on the
revised Roman Missal to provide an overview of the Diocesan Plan for the reception and implementation the Roman
, Missal, to introduce the texts and chants found in the revised
Missal, and to discuss practical strategies and resources for
implementing the revised Missal in the parish.
July 15, 2010- Immaculate Conception Parish, Wilmington
July 28, 201 0 - St. Raphael Parish, Raleigh
August 11, 2010 - St. Peter Parish, Greenville
September 1, 2010- Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish,
Newton Grove
The principal formation workshop on the revised Missal
will be offered for priests on Odober 4·5, 2010 at St. Mi·
chael the Archangel Parish, Cary. The two-day workshop will
be led by faculty from The Liturgical Institute of the Univer-:c Cdlf,~~•
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sity of St. Mary of the Lake of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
This workshop for priests will build on that provided at the
introductory workshop described above. Extensive liturgical
formation on the revised Missal will be provided, including
how the ritual texts may be prayed by the celebrant and in·
crease the active and conscious participation of all the faith·
ful in the assembly during the Sacred Liturgy of the Mass.
Deacons
Formation for the permanent Deacons and the Deacon
candidates on the revised Roman Missal will be offered
on September 11, 201 0 at Mount Olive College, Mount
Olive. The presentation will provide an overview of the role
of the Deacon, a look at the specific changes for the Deacon
in the revised Roman Missal, an introduction to the revised
texts, and a discussion on how the Deacon can assist in the
implementation of the Roman Missal.
Diocesan and Parish Leadership
A Study Day for Diocesan and Parish staff and leader·
ship will be offered on Odober 15, 201 0 at St. Michael
the Archangel, Cary. The workshop will include an overview
of the Mass, a review of the revision of the Roman Missal,
an opportunity to review the revised texts both in written
and spoken forms, and practical tools and suggestions for
catechesis of the faithful on the revised Roman Missal.
Faith Formation Directors, Catechists, Youth Leaders, and Parish Liturgical Ministers
Workshops for parish Faith Formation Directors, Cat·
echists, Youth Leaders, and Parish Liturgical Ministers will
be offered in the eight deaneries of the Diocese of Raleigh.
A multi-media presentation will provide an overview and
the practical means to initiate the formation process for
children, youth and adults on the revised Roman Missal.
The day will be broken into four sessions and will cover
Liturgical Theology, Liturgical Spirituality, Ritual Prayer
and the revisions in the Roman Missal. The dates for these
workshops are as follows:
November 20, 201 0 - Holy Family Parish, Elizabeth City
January 8, 2011 - St. Mark Parish, Wilmington
January 22, 2011 - St. Patrick Parish, Fayetteville
January 29, 2011 - St. Paul Parish, New Bern
February 3, 2011 - Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish,
Newton Grove
February 12, 2011 - Our lady of Guadalupe Parish,
Newton Grove
February 19, 2011 - Holy Cross Parish, Durham
February 26, 2011 - Sacred Heart Cathedral, Raleigh
March 3, 2011 - St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Raleigh
March S, 2011 - St. Peter Parish, Greenville
ing formation will be made available to Catholic Schools in
the Fall 2011 and as part of the in·service day on October
14, 2011 at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Raleigh.
Parish Music Ministers and Musicians
A workshop for Directors of Music, parish Musicians,
Cantors, Psalmists and parish choir members will be offered
on May 7, 2011 at St. Thomas More Parish in Chapel Hill.
Using the document Sing to the Lord as its foundation, the
presentation will touch on the Church's rich musical tradition
and provide basic guidelines for understanding the role and
ministry of music in the Sacred Uturgy, especially in light of
the revised chants of the Roman Missal.
Catholic School Principals, Teachers and Staff
An in-service on the revised Roman Missal has been developed to provide formation to children and youth in Catholic schools on the Sacred Uturgy. The process of formation
will be introduced to administrators at the Catholic School
Principals meeting on October 22, 201 0 at St. Mary
Parish, Goldsboro. A detailed in-service for school leader·
ship, including Administrators, Master Catechists, Religion
Coordinators and select teachers will take place on March
16, 2011 at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, Raleigh. Continu·
All the Faithful
The 201 0 Diocesan Convocation entitled, "The Sacred
Uturgy: Proclaiming, Celebrating and Witnessing to the Mys·
tery of Christ" will be held on October 16, 2010 at Cardinal
Gibbons High School, Raleigh. Open to all parishioners of
the Diocese, the Most Reverend Wilton Gregory, Archbishop
of Atlanta, will give the keynote address on the revision of the
Roman Missal, providing insights into the process of the revi·
sian and how this revision will now shape the liturgical prayer
of the Mass. In addition, the Convocation will offer a variety of
workshops to participants that will highlight, review and study
various aspects of the celebration of the Sacred Uturgy.
Registration and Information
Registration materials will be made available on our
Diocesan website at www.dioceseofraleigh.org prior to each
formation opportunity. For further information, please con·
tact the Office of Worship at 919-832-6281 or via email at
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We are one wilh the saints
in singing Gods praises
whenever we forgive each
other, particularly when that
forgiveness meets a bitterness that does not seem
worthy of the gift. We arc
But we have an over-pious notion of what that would look
one with the saints in singing Gods praises when we absorb
like. We picture ourselves, one day, in heaven, in a choir with hatred, anger, violence, and murder itself and, like jesus, not
give back in kind, when we forgive our enemies.
Mary. jesus' mother, with the great biblical figures of old,
We are one with the saints in singing Gods praises when,
with the apostles and all the saints. singing praises to God,
all the while feeling lucky to be there, given our moral and
like them, we give away our time, talents, and our very lives
in self-sacrifice without counting the cost, when we live
spiritual inferiority to these great spiritual figures. We picture
ourselves spending eternity feeling grateful for having made a altruistically, accepting that our own personal fulfillment is
team whose talent level should have excluded us.
not the first aim of our lives.
We are one with the saints in singing Gods praises when
But that is a fantasy. pure and simple, mostly simple. What
we live in a healthy self-effacement, when we dethrone ourwould it mean to be among the saints singing Gods praises?
We are one with the saints in singing Gods praises when
selves as the center of the universe, when we take the lower
place without resentment, when the conversation need no
we are one with them in the way we live our lives; when, like
longer be about us.
them, our lives arc transparent, honest, grounded in personal
We are one with the saints in smging Gods praises when
integrity, with no skeletons in our closet. Being one with the
saints in singing Gods praises is less about singing songs in our we are one with them in prayer, when, like them, we regularly lift our eyes upward beyond the horizon of the present
churches than it is about living honest lives outside of them.
world to ground ourselves in a reality
We are one with the saints in singing
Gods praises when we radiate Gods wide
Being one with the beyond this world.
compassion; when we, like God, let our love
We arc one with the saints in singing
saints in singing
embrace beyond race, creed, gender, religion,
God's praises when we live in pauence
God's praises is
and endurance, when we accept without
ideology, and differences of every kind. We
are one with the saints in praising God when less about singing
bitterness that all symphonies must remain unfinished and that we must live in
our heart, like Gods heart, is a house with
songs in our
inconsummation, when we live among the
many rooms. Being one with the saints in
churches than it
singing Gods praises means being compasfrustrations of this life without murmuring
so
that life can unfold in Gods good time.
sionate as God is compassionate, it means
is about living
We are one with the saints in singing
letting our sun shine on the bad as well as
honest lives
Gods praises when we live in hope, when
the good and letting our empathy embrace
outside of them. we ground our vision and our energies in the
too those whose ideas oppose us.
promise of God and m the power that God
We are one with the saints in singing
God's praises when we tend to 'widows,
revealed in the resurrection of jesus. We are
orphans, and strangers', when we reach out
one with the saints in singing Gods praises
when,
like
julian
of Norwich, we live in the belief that, irto those most vulnerable, when we feed the hungry. give
respective of any present darkness, the ending of our story
drink to the thirsty, visit the sick and imprisoned, when we
work for justice. Being one with the saints in singing Gods
is already written, that in the end all will be well and every
praises means reversing natures proclivity for the survival of manner of being will be well.
We are one with the saints in singing Gods praises when.
the fittest and working instead to enable the opposite, the
survival of the weakest.
rather than living inside of envy, resentment, bitterness, vengeance, impatience, anger, factionalism, idolatry, and sexual
We are one with the saints in singing Gods praises when
impatience, we live instead inside chanty, joy, peace, patience,
we work for peace, when in both our personal lives and
our politics we strive to radiate Gods non-violence, when
goodness, long-suffering, fidelity, mildness, and chastity.
we refuse the temptation to try to end a cruel violence by a
We arc one with the saints in singing Gods praises only
when we live our lives as they lived theirs.
morally superior one.
e are all familiar with a refrain that echoes through
many of our Christian prayers and songs, an antiphon of hope addressed to God: Grant that we may
be one with all the saints in singing your praises!
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Fernando Torres, who began the column in the first issue of
NC Catholics during his own term as Vtcar. For more than
five years, Father Torres has been a joy to work wtth. I have
heard h1s wnting described as "poetry" And FAITH Catholic, our publishing partner, has used Fr. Torres' column in their national edition. l'm deeply
grateful to Father Torres for all hts work, and for the blessing he has been to
our Spanish-speakmg readers
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Approximately 400 Hispanic teenagers and
young adults gathered Saturday, June 12, to
work on a Diocesan pastoral plan for Hispanic
young people. The document will be based upon
the 2006 National Encuentro that developed the
United States Hispanic Pastoral for Young Adults.
Last year, the national document was reviewed at
a regional level and is now at the Diocesan level;
once it is finalized it will serve as a guideline for
the Diocese and parishes.
Representatives from twenty-seven parishes took
part in the day·long event held at Cardinal Gib·
bons High School in Raleigh. The session began
with an explanation of the purpose of the National
Pastoral and its importance to the Hispanic com·
munity and the Church. Mr. Ricardo Veloz, Dioc·
esan Coordinator of Hispanic Youth and Young
Adult Ministry, provided the goals and objectives
of the national document, noting that the day's
challenge would be to review them and then to
create an initial document of what the needs, aspi·
rations and commitments should be in a Diocesan
pastoral plan for youth and young adults.
Small groups were formed to discuss the three
areas. At the end of the day, working documents
representing the needs, aspirations and commit·
ments were developed by both the young people
and the young adults. They were presented to the
Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge at the end of
Mass, which brought the day's events to a close.
In accepting the two documents, Bishop Burbidge
said, "I come here today to hear and to listen to
how we as the Diocese of Raleigh, we as the
Church and I as your Bishop can help you. It's
important for me to hear what your concems are,
what your hopes and aspirations are. I will take
these back with me. I will pray over this and I will
work with others to do my very best to respond
and to help."
Much is made of the influx over the last
20 years of Hispanic immigrants into our
Diocese. One hundred years ago, however, another wave of Catholic immigrants
came to North Carolina and, like the
Latinos, had an important and beneficial
impact on our Church. l'm speaking of
the Lebanese, who fled religious persecution in their own country and settled in
our Slate, particularly udown East," in
towns like Rocky Mount and Farmville
and New Bern.
Diocesan historian William Powell
makes a statement that might apply to
our immigrants of the present day. "ln the early 19005," he writes in Tar
Heel Catholics, ~Lebanese immigrants were the only group of foreigners to
settle in North Carolina in numbers so substantial that for a time they comprised nearly a majority of the Catholic population of the state."
The Lebanese were historically members of the Maronite Rite of the
Catholic Church, but they adopted the Latin Rite in North Carolina, and
became strong supporters and builders of churches in our Diocese.
On july 24th, the Church celebrates the Feast of St. Sharbel Makhluf
(1828-98), a priest born m Lebanon. Saint Sharbellived as a hermit from
1875 until his death. His reputation for holiness prompted people to seek
out his blessing and prayers, and his tomb became a place of pilgrimage
and cures. Pope Paul VI canonized him in 1977.
In May l met Marianne Smith, whose account of growing up Catholic in Nazi
Germany is the subject of this months cover story. She shared some wonderful,
joyous moments in her life. At the same time, she faced dangers and sorrows as
a child, and heartbreaks as an adult, that many of us manage to escape.
I recorded our conversations, and the thing that struck me on listening
later was Marianne:S frequent and hearty laughter. There is a piece of popular advice one hears these days: "Live well, laugh often, love much." It was
clear that despite extraordinary, even desperate circumstances, Marianne
had always managed to follow this prescription.
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can reach me at 715 Nazareth Street, Raleigh, NC 27606 or reece@
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"Through everything that hap-
"1 always said, 'Perhaps 1 will.'
ily called her, was a happy, active
pened to us, my mother stayed
But when my grandson Matthew
child, but she sensed in her family
close to God. When it rained,
showed such an interest, I knew I
the conflict that would divide her
she'd say, 'Thank You for helping had to do it."
country. Her father was absent. No
the flowers grow.' When it thun-
It took Marianne seven years,
one knew where he was, but Anna
dered, she'd tell us children, 'He's
but now her memoir, written in
would come to understand that he
warning us.'"
the third person and titled On_the
opposed the Nazis, and had gone
The speaker is Marianne Smith,
Other Side, is providing more and
into hiding to protect his family.
a retiree and active parishioner at
more readers a glimpse of what it
Anna's mother saw clearly that
Sacred Heart Church in Southport,
was like to grow up Catholic in
the government was against all that
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Mariannne Bechtold was living
grandmother cheered on the Nazis
hooa in Germany during the years
witn her brother, her mother and
and' attended their rallie!?, believ-
of Hitlers rise and fall. For years
her grandmother in a small apart-
ing that the Fuhrer would restore
friends askea her to write a book
ment in the beautiful resort town
Germany to' its rig~tful place in the
Germany. In the mid 19305,
Catholic faith stood for. Yet her
world.
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With the encouragement of
Sister Renate, one of the nuns
who staffed the orphanage
near her church, eight-yearold Anna auditioned for a
scholarship in smging, acting
and dance through the government$ "Growing German
Youth" program. As a result
she won a spot in the troupe
of the local opera house.
Her success there Jed to recognition by some of the ailluent
patrons, who supported her entry into an elite riding academy.
Riding and caring for the horses became one of the happiest
pans of the young girls life.
But darkness was all around. In her book, Marianne recalls
the spring Sunday in 1941 when, as usual, she and her mother
walked to church. By this time her brother, Guenter, had been
recruited by the army and was rumored to be somewhere on the
Eastern front. The family didn\ know if he was alive or dead.
As they approached the church, soldiers on motorcycles roared
by. The usual groups of people walking to Mass were absent.
When they got to the door, they saw that 1t had been locked with
a huge chain and padlock.
Her mod1er pointed to a bright
yellow warning sign nailed
across tl1e huge wooden door...
"Eintritt verboten!" (Entry
Forbidden!) read the warning in
black letters.
The pair hurried across town
to the Cathedral, only to find
that it too had been closed.
Did the Gennan people not
understand what was going
on? Were they in denial?
Today. Marianne says that
was not the case. "At first,~
she says, "people were just
ignorant. When people disappeared, we were told they were
going away for a brief time
to a lovely camp and'would
be back in a few weeks."
Later, she says, as Hitler:S plan
became more apparent, ignorance was replaced by fear. "If
you were seen as opposmg the
Nazis," Marianne says, "everyone knew that they would not
hesitate' to arrest you and your
famUy. or even kill you."
The campaign against the
Catholic Church had begun
years before that day the ·
church was closed. Anna was
everal themes recur in Marianne's story of "Anna's" youth:
Her mother's faith and determination to do right; the
government's gradual campaign to eliminate all religion;
the growing dangers for anyone who did not appear to
support Hitler with enough enthusiasm; the coming of war with all
its hardships; and, at the same time, the efforts of a loving, talented
young girl to taste some of the joys of a normal childhood.
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particularly close to Sister Renate. One
day she went to sec the nun and instead
saw trucks carting off the beds from the
orphanage. The orphans and the Sisters
were gone. She was told by an impatient
young man with a swastika arm band to
go home, that they had been "moved to
another location, in the Black Forest, l
believe."
"We would play on the orphanage
playground a lot," Marianne recalls. "And
the rectory was right there, so we could
run and talk to the priests whenever we
wanted. But suddenly they were invisible.
Believe me, the priests who would not
support the Nazis had a very hard time."
Even with the churches closed, Annas
mother was determined to keep the faith.
Ux:hing the doors to Gods house brought
out an anger Anna had not seen in her
mothe1: "J11cy cannot stop usfmm praying."
Annas mother contended. She swiftly draped
tlteir dining-room mpboarrlwith a delicate
linen runner "Our statue of the Blessed
Moti1Cr and tlut~e white candles will SCIVe as
our temporary altar," she announced. Anna
knew that her mother acted on her \V01tls as
she knelt daily infmnt of their new alta~; and
eaclt Sunday morning she lit tltrce candles.
On Sundays mother and daughter
would also take walks through the nearby
meadows. "They cannot refuse worship·
ping out in Gods nature," her mother
said. 'The trees are budding, the b1rds
are singing! Don't you see? This is Gods
greetihg card! We do not need to look far
to see his signs."
As the German dominance in the war
began to erode, the city experienced blackouts and frequent bombings from Allied forces. In the winter,
Annas mother and grandmother would take a cart to the forest to
gather firewood.
The end of the war brought incredible destruction to Germany,
but a sense of liberation to Anna and her mother. Sister Renate
had survived, Anna discovered, although her time in a concentration camp had left the nun very ill. And one night in 1946 at 2
a.m., Guenter knocked on the door of the family apartment. He
haq been captured by Russians and spent much of tlJe war in a
Siberian labor camp. He returned suffering what today would be
labeled post-traumatic stress syndrome. In the ensuing weeks, his
famil~ lovingly nursed him back to health.
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Anna never learned the identity or whereabouts of her father.
Her mother passed away in 1986, her brother in 1993.
One might think that growing up in wartime Germany would
qualify as the mOSL difficult time of Marianne$ life. It wasn't
Today Marianne calls the breakup of a
17-year marriage to "the love of my life"
as a time "I really didn't know if l would
survive."
By then she had been living in the U.S.
for decades, and had been a successful
realtor in Atlanta and Raleigh. She was a
member of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Cary.
"l asked Fr. Charlie Mulholland what
I should do, and he said, 'Find someone
who is worse off than you.' I told him, 'l
don't know if there is anyone worse orrthats how low I was - but l started helping
out at the parish kitchen on Bingo nights."
It was at this point in her life, though,
that Marianne experienced what she calls
today "a kind of miracle." She discovered
the Bible.
She joined a Bible Study Fel\owhip
(BSF) group in Cary. BSF is an international, interdenominational program for
lay people devoted to structured Bible
study. ln a cycle of seven years of weekly
meeting:;, the group covers the entire
Bible. Marianne took the course twice,
going every Monday night for fourteen
years. The effect of Scripture on her life
was dramatic.
"My mothers faith was such a blessing.~
she says. "Growing up, I knew about
God. But after reading the Bible l felt I
hncwGod."
Marianne went on to share her knowledge by teaching Bible studies at St.
Michael and later, when she retired to
Oak Island, at Sacred Heart in Southport.
Today she setves as a Eucharistic Minister
and a Lector at Sacred Heart, and is active
in the parish Meals on Wheels program.
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And, as she writes of Anna, "her passion to study the Bible, her
love and hunger to know the Person her mother referred to so
reverently as 'Herr jesus,' continue to increase." ~
The Board of Trustees, Adm nh
CARDINAL
SALUTE THE GRADU
Cardinal Gibbons High School is a college prep
cAR o IN A L
ne Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge,
lishop of Raleigh, with recipients of the
lishop Burbidge Award, given to the top
0 percent of the graduating class.
Christian Michael Adems
NalhoRiel Jtseph Adtats
Ca111tton Alnuder Agraz
Eric Daniel Albright
Jadyn Rose Amanno
Avery Laynt Ayres
Leonard Rawls lailay
Margaret Elizabeth Iaker
Michael James Iaker
Katie Elizabeth Baric
Jmica Joy Barringer
Derek Jthn lartushak
Christopher Irian lass
Emily ratrida lass
Benjamin ltbert ltchmr
Jennifer Nicole lelchn11
MaHhtw Kyle lennaH
Michael James ltnneH
fimothy ScoH Benson
David Frederick Bertram
lonatllan Htns luold
MoHhew .Ia IIIts liolhwski
Knitl Paul Bitgert
Kyle Bryon Billtw
Angela Mary llum
Alexandra Leigh lodtmann
Lindsay lose Boland
Mary Alnandra Bouchon
Thomas Michel Ioyce
Pettr Grttory Jrauu
Alexandtr Fronds Brawn
William Jordon Ire men
Vivek Nathanitl BriHo
Alexander Williams James
Brown
Patrick Anthony Brown
Sarah Jennings Bucher
Wynntlurroughs ludtntt
lyon CDmpio• Burdell
Matthew Christopher Burke
Shannon Jean lurkt
Benjamin Michael Burntlle
Thomas Andrew Burnette
Charlton Spotswood Burns
Douglas Bralley lurton
Amy Christine CaiiGnan
Marla Tel Cannan
ltrlt Mlc•••l Celentant
L11111 Hi colt Cerretli
lindsey Alexon4ro Chehreh
Megan Ann Carktll
Chrisllan John Craney
Joseph lyon Czejkowskl
Dnls John Dandurand
THANK YOU
To parishes with graduates in
THE CLASS OF
2010
Immaculate Conception ······ 8
Our Lady of Lourdes .......... 22
Sacred Heart Cathedral ....... 7
St Andrew the Apostle ....... 22
St Ann Smithfield ...............3
St Bernadette .................... 7
St Catherine of Siena ......... 3
St Francis of Asslsl ........... 55
StJoseph· ........................ 1
St Luke the Evangelist ....... 6
St Mary Magdalene ............ 19
StMary,
Mother of the Church ....... 3
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Feast day: July 31
Patron saint: of Basque country; Diocese of Bilbao, Spain;
Blzkala, Spain; Glpuzkoa, Spain; Gulpuscoa, Spain; Je-
suH Order; Jesuits; mlltary ordlnarlate of the Philippines;
retreats; Society of Jesus; soldiers; Spiritual Exerdses;
Vlzcaya, Spain
Canonized: March 12, 1622
Meaning of name: Ignatius meaning ''fiery"
Claim to fame: Saint Ignatius of Loyola
was born in 1491 in Loyola, Guipuzcoa, Spain.
He was the last of 12 children and born into
Spanish nobility. Saint Ignatius had a rniitafy
education and became a solider in 1517. VVhile
serving in Pampeluna, he was wounded in the
leg by a cannonball, which left him partially
crippled for the rest of his life. During his .ecovery, Saint lgna~us read two books: The Golden
Legend, a collection of saint biographies, and
The Life of Christ by Ludolph the Carthusian.
Because of his readings, he took a vow of chastity and planned a pilgrimage.
From 1522 to 1523, Saint Ignatius lived in
a cave. He then took a pilgrimage to Rome and
the Holy Land where he focused on con~ng
Muslims. In the year 1528, he began studying
theology and eventualy received his degree.
Based on his medMtions, prayers, and visions,
Saint lgna~us of Loyola formed the Society of
Jesus, which is now commonly known as the
Jesuits. He died July 31, 1556 of poor health.
Why he Is a Saint: Saint Ignatius is commonly known for
his Spiritual Exercises, which is a book of med~ations and prayers
that are to be carried out for 30 days. He was a fighter against the
Protestant Reformation and founder of the Society of Jesus.
Best Quote: kTeach us to give and not to count the cost~
How he died: On JUy 31, 1556, Saint Ignatius of Loyola
died of a fever in Rome, Italy.
Jesuit Priests Serving in the Diocese of Raleigh
Reverend
Reverend
Reverend
Reverend
Reverend
R. Bruce Bavinger, S.J.
Paul W. Brant, S.J.
Raymond J. Donaldson, S J.
Robert M. Hussey, S.J.
Michael Proterra, S.J.
Dfa de fiesta: 31 de Julio
Santo Patrono: Del pais Vasco; de Ia Dl6cesls de Bilbao,
Espafia;VIzcaya,Espafia;Gulpuzcoa,Espafia;dela
Orden de los JesuHas; de Jesultas; del ordlnarlato miiHar
de las Flllplnas; de las retlradas; de Ia Compafifa de
Jesus; de soldados; de Ejerclclos
Esplrltuales; Vlzcaya, Espafia
C.nonlzacl6n: 12 de marzo de
1622
Slgntflcado del nombre: Ignacio
sfgnlflca "ardlente"
.,.... Motlvo de su fama: San
Ignacio de Loyola naci6 en 1491 en
Loyola, Guipuzcoa, Espaiia, fue el
ultimo de 12 hijos y naci6 dentro de
Ia nobleza espanola. San Ignacio tuvo
una educaci6n militar y se convirti6
en soldado en 1517. Mientras servia
en Pamplona, fue herido en Ia piema
por una bala de calion que le dej6
parcialmente minusvalido por el
resto de su vida. Durante el tiempo
de convalecencia, San Ignacio lee
dos libros: La Leyenda Dorada, una
colecci6n de biografias de santos,
y La VIda de Cristo, por Ludolfo el
Cartujo. Debido a estas lectures,
hace votos de castidad y planea una
peregrinacion.
De 1522 a 1523, San Ignacio
vivi6 en una cueva; despues realiz6
una peregrinaci6n a Roma y Ia Tierra Santa, donde se enfoc6
en convertir a musulmanes. En el afio de 1528, comenz6 a
estudiar teologia y eventualmente obtuvo el titulo. Con base
en meditaciones, oraciones y visiones, San Ignacio de Loyola
form6 las Constituciones de Ia Compaiiia de Jesus, que ahora
se le conoce comunmente como los Jesuitas. Muri6 el 31 de
julio de 1556 a causa de una pobre salud.
que es un santo: San Ignacio es conocido
cornunmente por sus Ejercicios Espirituales, un libro de
meditaciones y oraciones a ser realizados durante 30 dias. Fue
un combatiente contra Ia Reforma Protestante y fundador de Ia
Compafiia de Jesus.
~ Par
_. Mejor cHa: "Enseiianos a dar sin considerar el costo".
II+ Su muerte: El 31 de julio de 1556, San Ignacio de
Loyola muere de una fiebre en Roma, ltalia.
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T
he Church recently- on july
third - celebrated the feast of
a saint whose name I share:
St. Thomas the Apostle.
What most of us
remember about St.
Thomas is, when told
that jesus had risen
from the dead, he did
not believe. Only by
examining the wounds
of Christ would he be
convinced. jesus appeared to St. Thomas a
week later and invited
the Apostle to touch hts
wounds. St. Thomas'
response was, "My Lord
and My God!" Then jesus said , "Blessed arc those who
have not seen and have believed."
But after his repentance, St. Thomas became a great
evangelizer. He did what no other Apostle did. preaching
the Word not just in the regton of the Holy Land and Eu~
rope, but, according to tradition, traveling to Asia, to the
land that today we call India. In the Middle Ages, when
Catholics from Europe went to India, they were amazed
to find Christians there.
It is said that St. Thomas arrived on the Coas t of
Malabar in A.D. 52. He is believed to have established
at least seven Christian Communllics. He then moved
across land to the Coromandel Coast. He was martyred
near Madras in A.D 72. For twenty centuries the people he is credited with converung and their descendants
have comprised the St. Thomas Christians of Kerala,
India; some of them eventually became what is known
today as the Syro-Malabar and the Syro-Malankara
Catholic Churches.
There are now St. Thomas Christians in the Diocese
of Raleigh. A number of these Catholic brothers and
sisters of ours live in the Triangle area, not a few around
Bahama, north of Durham. The Lourdes Matha SyroMalabar Catholic Church is in Durham.
A Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Chicago and
some priests of this Church regularly come to Raleigh
to celebrate the Divine Liturgy. There are also Latin Rite
Catholics from Kerala who come to worship at the Ca·
thedral of the Sacred Heart in Raleigh. - Msgr. lladdrn
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ermanos y hermanas en Cristo:
Son muchlsimos los esfuerzos
evangelizadores que se desarrollan en
nuestra Di6cesis de Raleigh con Ia Pastoral
Hispana. Durante los ultimos meses
tuvimos el segundo Taller de Lectio Divina ofrccido
por los hcrmanos del CELAM y las SBU para un total de
205 nuevos lcctionaul:ls. El Movimiento de Cursillos de
Cristiandad realiz6 el Cursillo para Hombres # 109 y el
de Mujeres # 118, ambos en espaliol y asesorados por el
Padre Paul Brant, S.j., con sus respectivos equipos.
H
Entre Ia Renovaci6n
Carismatica mencionamos
las Vigilias de Pentecostes
que se celebraron en muchas
parroquias, el Retiro con
150 parejas en Greenville, el
Curso con los Ministerios
de Mtisica y el Taller de
formacion sobre Ia Iglesia
y el Programa SAFE en Ia
parroquia de St. Raphael.
El Retiro Annal con
Lideres Hispanos en Avila
sobre Ia Sant!sima Trinidad ,
fue acompanado por el P. Chesco Garcia a\ que asistieron 57
participantes de nuestra Di6cesis. Cabe mencionar q ue junto
con la Oficina de Lay Ministry y Ia Universidad de Loyola
hemos iniciado el Programa Pila to de Formacion Teol6gica
conocido como LIMEX en espaiiol con 14 participantes.
La Pastoral juve nil diocesana, por su pane, ofreci6 el Taller
de Formacion para Lideres sobre Liturgia en Wendell
dirigido por el P. joseph Lapauw, C.l.C.M. , parroco de St.
Eugene. E\1 2 de junio se reunieron mas de 400 adolescentes
y j 6venes adultos hispanos de mas de 23 parroquias para
celebrar el V Encuentro Diocesano de Pastoraljuvenil
Hispana. Ellema fue: "Analizando nuestra realidad juvenil"
desde las Conclusiones del Primer Encuentro Nacional de
Pastoral j uvenil Hispana en Est ados Unidos. Se como con
Ia presencia de algunos miembros del Catholic Center y de
nuestro Obispo Michael F. Burbidge quien presidio Ia Santa
Misa y recibi6 el documento conclusivo del Encuentro. Este
documento contiene las mayores Necesidades, Aspiraciones y
Compromisos de \osj6venes Adolescentes y j 6venes Adultos
de Ia Oiocesis de Raleigh.
El Senor nos anima a todos a continuar trabajando j untos,
con jesus entre nosotros, para segui r construyendo un
mundo mas justo y fraterno segun los criterios del Reino de
Dios. - l'adrr Carlos N. Arcr, Vicario para Ins llls panos
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no de mis trnbajos de verano durante mi tiempo en el seminatio y ames
de mi ordenacion como diacono fue Ia de un arbitro de beisbol. Algunos
individuos graciosamente dec!an que este trabajo me habia preparndo pam
ser Obispo- con muchas "decisiones diffciles y r.ipidas" sin que no todos
estuvieran de acuerdo contigo!
Hemos aprcndido mas sobre el mundo del
arbitro en Ia amplia difusi6n de Ia historia de
una Hamada err6nea que recientemente le
cost6 a un lanzador Ia emocr6n de lanzar un
')uego perfecto•. El2 de junio, faltando un
"oUL" en Ia pane baja de Ia novena entrada,
una pelota baja fue bateada. Ellanzador de
los Tigres de Detroit, Armando Galarraga,
cubriola pnmern base. El corredor fue
claramente ~outa . Sin embargo, el :irbitro,
jrmjoyce declare at corredor "safe". Debido
al error, Annando Galarraga no aparecern
en los libros de rcg1stro como unos de los
lanzadores del numero selecto que han
lanzado un JUcgo perfecto.
Micntras que esto fue un lamentable
suceso en los dcpones, las respuestas del
:irbitro y ellanzador han propordonado
lecciones valiosas sobre Ia rnancra de manejar
Ia adversidad. Despues de que Ia decision
fue hecha y sabiendo las consecucncias, el
lanzador simplemente sontio y continuo con
el j uego sin una muestra de enojo. Despues
del juego y tras ver Ia cinta de video, el :irbitro
humHdemente reconoci6 el error. De hecho,
pidi6 reunirse con ellanzador en el club para
pedir una disculpa sincera. Ellanzador le
recorda at :irbitro que nadie es "perfecto." En
el juego del dia siguiente, el arbitro y lanzador
se reunieron en el campo y mostrnron
deponividad, clase, respeto y profesionalismo.
Su ejemplo hablo fuenemente - a todos los
jugadores, entrenadores, :irbitros y fan:iticos
- de Ia perspcctiva necesaria que debemos
rnantener.
Tamb1en podemos aplicar el ejemplo
dellanzador y del arbitro a nuestro vida
r.
nace, tambien tu debiste habcr nacido
a este mundo. Pensare en ti en el \'ernno
tambien, John. lmaginare tu lisa. Te vere
como hubieras sido, un nino corriendo y
jugando, con raspones en tus rodillas por
las caidas. Echare de menos todo aquello
espiritual. Ya que a veces es dificil de
aceptar, debemos damos cuenta que
nad1e es ''perfecto.~ Cometemos errores
y hacemos malos juicios. Pecamos y
fallamos. Para poder crecer en nuestro vida
espiritual, no debemos de perder tiempo
o energfa inventando "excusas". Para estar
vetdadernmente reconciliados, debcmos
reconocer nuestros pecados, expresar nuestro
pesar y pcdir perd6n. La Buena Nueva es
que Nuestro Senor jesus nos abrnza en su
infinita misericordia y amor. Que bcndecidos
somos al poder experimentar estos clones
espccmlmente en el Sacramento de Ia
Eucaristla y Ia Reconciliaci6n.
Del mismo modo, tambien debcmos
de admitir que le hemos fallado a otros.
Descubrimos Ia verdadern libenad
simplemente cuando reconocemos nuestros
errores y ofrecemos una disculpa sincern al
que hemos ofendido con nuestrns palabras
o actos. A su vez, no debemos espcrnr que
nadie sea "perfecto." Debemos siempre
estar dispuestos y preparndos para aceptar
cualquier disculpa que otros tengan que
ofrecemos para que juntos podamos
empezar de nuevo.
El :irbitro declar6 que habfa estado por
m:is de veinte anos en esta profesi6n y
que en todo ese tiempo nadie lo conocia.
Ahorra debido a un error, es el arbitro mas
reconocible en el depone. Desde entonces,
entrenadores y directores se han tornado el
tiempo para ofrecer elogios y estimulo por
su buen trnbajo a lo largo de los anos. En
nuestrns propias vidas, podemos facilmente
enfocamos en lo que hemos hecho mal y
que pudo haber enriquecido mi vida con
Ia tuya. Mi Pequelio,john Peter, hoy s6lo
puedo pedine que me perdones, como
Jcslls y Dios lo han hecho. Que descanses
en los brazos de Dios. Papa".
Las profundas cicatrices emocionales
en nuestrns limttaciones o por alguna
decision equivocada. Sin embargo, el
crecimrento en nuestro vida espintual
demanda que a diario demos gracias
por las diferentes manerns en que Dios
nos usa como Su instrumento y trnbaja
a traves de nosotros. Celebre lo que
usted ha logrado con Ia gracia de Dios
y nunca oh~de las maneras milagrosas
que el Sei'lor lo ha utilizado y continua
utiliz:indolo como Su instrumento cada
dfa. De Ia misrna manera, levantate y
anima a aquellos que no pueden ver las
bendiciones del Senor en este uempo,
especialmente a aquellos quienes se
encuentren abrurnados por alglln reciente
frncaso o dificultad.
La decision que ptiva a un lanzador
para un juego perfecto nos recuetda que
el mundo del depone a menudo puede
enseflar algunas lecdones valiosas en
Ia vida yen nuestro jomada espiritual.
Debemos ornr diariamente por Ia
gracia para que rnamengamos nuestras
prioridades a fin de demostrnr cl espltitu
deponivo dentro y fuern del campo, para
renejar Ia clase y el respcto en nuestras
relaciones con otros, para reconocer
nuestrns fallas, para dis(:ulparse cuando
sea necesario, para perdonar a aquellos
que nos han lastimado, para celebrnr
nuestros logros y apoyar a aquellos en
media de nosotros que se encuentran en
una gran necesidad de animo.
Por cteno, recuerdo algunos errores
imponantes que hice como arbitro y
reconozco que estoy todavia lejos de ser
perfecto. Por lo tanto, jc6mo puedo no
ayudar pero tomar esta oponunidad para
pedine que continues apoyando a tu
Obispo, espcctalmente en esas ~decisiones
diffciles y r:ipidas.. que tienen que
hacerse!
que quedan en hombres y mujeres por el
abono legalizado debiern preocupamos a
todos y movemos a construir una sociedad
mas justa donde todo hombre, mujer 0
nino sea protegido, respetado, amado y
bienvenido incondicionalmente.
_I
iVa
que
usted
lo
pregunta!
n el debate actual sobre
el abono legalizado, un
aspecto imponante rara vez
tornado en cuenta es el serio
impacto que este tiene en los varones.
E
- El Padre Tadcus:
r·~cholc:yk hi:o su
doctor.~do en ncum·
cicnclas en Ia Uni·
,·crsi<bl de Yale y su
trahaju p<ISt-dnctoral
en Ia Univcrsidad de
llan-nrd, Es Saccr·
docc par~ Ia Ohlccsis
de fall Rh·cr,
Massachuscus, y sc
dcscmpc1la cornu
Director de t:du·
cad<in en c1 Cent"'
Nacional Calllltcu de
llillclil':l en Phlladcl·
rhla. The Nalh>nal
Calhnlic llillclhlcs
Center: """~''·
ncbccnlct.nrr: Tra·
ducdun. Marla Elena
Rudrlr:uc:(\\w":
ncbccmcr nrr:l
Un recieme escindalo en tomo
a john Edwards, e.-.: Scnador de
Carolina del None )' candtdato
presidenctal, puso de relie\'e este
problema. El senor Edwards
acept6 publicameme habcr tenido
una rclacion extramarital con
Rielle Hunter en el \'erano de
2008, unos meses despues de
haber abandonado Ia campana
presidencial. Sin embargo, aun
despues de admllir dicha rclaci6n,
e\ neg<~ba ser el padre de Quinn,
Ia bebe de Ia senora Hunter, hasta
enero de 2010, cuando finalmente
reconoci6 serlo.
Un antiguo asistcnte del Sr.
Edwards acaba de publicar un
libro dondc revela Ia forma en que
este trat6 de presionar a Ia Sra.
Hunter para que abonara. Sobre
esta situacion, Ia comentarista
Jill Stanek exprcso lo siguiente:
''Afonunadamcme Ia Sra. Hunter
no sucumbio al intento coercitivo
del tipico c.,:plotador 5C}I.'Ual y
hombre trresponsable que abona
a su propio hijo. Por supuesto que
el Sr. Edwards es pro abono, que
como podemos damos cuenta, es
e)o..traordinariameme conveniente
para los varones. El estaba presto
a sacrificar a su propia hija por
conveniencia politica y JXrsonal".
Las conductas extramaritales
como las del Sr. Edwards
nos permiten ver como el
abono legalizado produce el
efecto claro y pronunciado de
favorecer Ia infidclidad 5C}I.'Ual a\
drecer "protcccion" a\ hombre,
induciendolo a Ia irresponsabilidad
y haciendolo mcnos capaz de
hacersc cargo de las consecucncias
de sus dccisiones personales. El
abono legalizado facilita a\ \'aron el
justificar y obtcner libcninaje 5C}I.'Ual.
El abono lastima a\ hombre
tambicn en otras formas mas
directas. El hecho de que en Estados
Unidos se realizan diariamente mas
de 3000 abonos significa que cada
dla alrededor de 3000 hombres
pierdcn un hijo o una hija mediante
el abono. Algunos de cstos hombres
quizi alicntan o presionan a sus
parejas para que abonen; otros tal
vez se resisten con firmeza; otros
quizi ni se enteron de su patcmidad
sino hasta despues del abono.
Lo que noes muy conocido
cs que los vnroncs pueden sufrir
y de hecho sufren cmocional y
cspiritualmente por esta perdida.
Tam poco cs comtln, hay que
rcconocerlo, que se motive a
los hombres a exteriorizar sus
cmociones sabre este problema,
ya sea alivio, sufrimiento, enojo o
resentimiento.
Sin embargo, a mcdida que han
cstado surgiendo en los ultimos
anos ministerios de sanacion
post abono tales como Rachel's
Vineyard, mas mujeres y sus
esposos o parejas se cst:in acercando
a ellos en busca de ayuda para
sobrellevar los efcctos del abono.
Cada vez mas hombres lamentan
habcr panicipado en un abono y
ya diversos sitios en internet estan
incluyendo testimonios de varoncs
que han perdido un hebe por abono
(por ejemplo rachelS\~neyard.org o
priestsrorlire.org).
Muchos de estos tcstimonios
son conmovcdores, crudos y
dolorosamente honestos. Phil
McCombs, cscritor del Washington
Post public6 en cste periodico un
anlculo en 1995, donde relata sus
propias batallas post abono:
"Me siento como un asesino,
aunque no quiero decir con esto
que culpo a otros de serlo o que
pienso que tambien son asesinos.
Es s6lo como yo me siento, y
ninguna radonalizaci6n en el
mundo ha logrado cambiar este
sentimiento. Todavia hoy sufro por
el pequeno Thomas. Es como un
oceano de sufrimiemo. Desde el
pasado distante llega a mi memoria
aquella frase de Shakespeare, de que
los inmensos mares uenrojecen".
Cuando \'aya de vacaciones al
rio este verano, Cl no naveg<~n\
conmigo en aquel viejo y hermosa
bote de madera que en realidad
ni puedo echar al agua pero que
no me decido a descchar tampoco.
En Ia noche, nose tumbara en Ia
hierba, a un !ado de Ia tienda, para
mirar a! cielo lleno de estrellas, ni
me dim u<_Como se llama aquclla,
papa?". Porque no hubo en Ia Tierra
espacio para Thomas".
Otro papa anonimo, en su
blisqueda de sanad6n y paz. cscribc
una cana a su hijo mueno:
"Mi querido john Peter: Este fin
de semana pasado hice algo que
deb! haber hccho haec mucho
tiempo. Confcse tu muene por
abo no. john, hoy selias un joven
de veinte anos, lleno de '~da ... Otra
vez estoy 1\orando,John, como Ia
noche del s:ibado ... En cl otoi'lo,
john, cuando las hojas caig<~n de
los arboles, pensare en ti, porque
ttl tambien caiste de Ia \~da. En el
rrto inviemo,john, Ia nieve IC Lracr.i
a mi rccuerdo, porque blanco y
puro como Ia nieve tambicn eras
y eres ttl. En Ia primavera, john,
pensare en ti, porque as! como ella
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no de mis trabajos de verano durante mi tiempo en el seminario y antes
de mi ordenaci6n como diacono fue Ia de un arbitro de beisbol. Algunos
individuos graciosamente decfan que este trabajo me habra preparado para
ser Obispo - con muchas "decisiones diffciles y rapidas" sin que no todos
estuvieran de acuerdo contigo!
Hemos aprend1do mas sabre el mundo del
arbitro en Ia amplia difusi6n de Ia histmia de
una llamada err6nea que recientememe le
cost6 a un lanzador Ia emoci6n de lanzar un
')uego perfeclO''. El 2 de junio, fahando un
"out" en Ia pane bap de Ia novena entrada,
una pelota baja fue bateada. Ellanzador de
los Tigres de Detroit, Armando Galarraga,
cubri6 Ia primera base. El corredor fue
clarameme "out". Sin embargo, el arbitro,
jim joyce declaro a! corrcdor "safe''. Deb1do
al error, Armando Galarraga no aparecer.i
en los libros de regtStro como unos de los
lanzadores del numero selecto que han
lanzado un juego perfecto.
Mientras que esto fue un lamentable
suceso en los deportes, las respuestas del
arbitro )' cllanzador han proporcionado
lecciones valiosas sabre Ia rnanera de rnanejar
Ia adversidad. Despues de que Ia decision
fue hecha y sabiendo las consecuencias, el
lanzador simplemente sonrto y continuo con
el juego sin una muestra de enOJO. Dcspues
del juego y tras \'er Ia dnta de video, el arbitro
humildemente reconoci6 el error. De hccho,
pidi6 reunirse con ellanzador en el club para
pedir una disculpa sincera. Ellanzador le
recorda al arbitro que nadie es 'perfecto." En
cl juego del d!a s1guieme, el arbitro y lanzador
se reunieron en el campo y mostraron
deponividad, clase, respeto y profesionalismo.
Su ejemplo habl6 fuenemente - a todos los
jugadores, entrenadores, arbitros y fanaucos
- de Ia perspectiva necesaria que debemos
rnantener.
Tambien podemos aplicar el ejemplo
dellanzador y del arbitro a nuestro vida
nacc, tambien tu debiste haber nacido
a este mundo. Pensare en ti en el verano
tambicn, john. lrnnginnre tu risa. Te vere
como hubieras sido, un nino corriendo )'
jugando, con rasponcs en tus rodillas por
las ca!das. Echare de menos 10do aquello
espiritual. Ya que a veces es difrcil de
aceptar, debemos damos cuenta que
nad1e es ''perfecto." Cometemos errores
y hacemos males JUicios. Pecamos y
fallamos. Para poder crecer en nuestro vida
cspiritual, no debemos de perder tiempo
o energ!a mventando "excusas". Para estar
verdaderameme reconciliados, debemos
reconocer nuestros pecados, expresar nuestro
pesar y pedir perdon. La Buena Nueva es
que Nuestro Senor jesus nos abraza en su
infinita misericordia y amor. Que bendccidos
somes al poder expenmentar estos clones
especialmeme en el Sacramento de Ia
Eucarist!a y Ia Reconciliad6n.
Del mismo modo, tambicn debemos
de admitir que le hemos fallado a ouos.
Descubrimos Ia verdadera libenad
s1mplememe cuando rcconocemos nuestros
errores y ofrecemos una disculpa sincera al
que hemos ofendido con nuestras palabras
o actos. A su vez, no debemos esperar que
nadie sea "perfecto." Debemos siempre
estar dispuestos y preparados para aceptar
cualquier disculpa que otra; tengan que
ofrecemos para que juntos podamos
empezar de nuevo.
El arbitro declat6 que hab!a estado por
mas de vcinte al'los en esta profesi6n y
que en todo ese tiempo nadie lo conoc!a.
Ahorra debido a un error, es el arbitro mas
reconocible en el depone. Desde entonces,
emrenadores y directores se han tornado el
tiempo para ofrecet elogios y estimulo pot
su buen trabajo a lo largo de los at'ios. En
nuestras propias vidas, podemos facilmente
enfocamos en lo que hemos hecho mal y
que pudo habet enriquecido m1 \'Ida con
Ia tuya. Mi Pequeno, john Peter, hoy s6lo
puedo pedine que me perdones, como
jcslls >' Dios lo han heche. Que descanses
en los brazos de Dios. Papa".
U!s profundus cicatrices cmocionales
en nuestras limitaciones o pot alguna
decision equivocada. Sin embargo, el
crecimiento en nuestro vida espintual
demanda que a diario demos gracias
pot las diferentes maneras en que D1os
nos usa como Su instrumento y trabaja
a troves de nosotros. Celebre lo que
usted ha logrado con Ia gracia de Dios
y nunca ol\.ide las rnaneras milagrosas
que el Senor lo ha utilizado y continua
utiliz.andolo como Su instrumento cada
d!a. De Ia misma rnanera, levantate y
anima a aquellos que no pueden \'Cr las
bendiciones del Senor en este tiempo,
especial mente a aquellos quienes sc
encuentren abrumados por alglln recieme
fracaso o dificultad.
La decision que priva a un lanzadot
para un juego perfecto nos recuerda que
el mundo del depone a menudo puede
ensei'lat algunas lecciones valiosas en
Ia \ida yen nuestro jomada espiritual.
Dcbemos orar diariameme por Ia
gracia para que rnantengamos nuestras
prioridades a fin de demostrar el esplritu
deponivo dentro y fuera del campo, para
reflejat Ia dase }' cl rcspeto en nuestras
rclaciones con otros, para reconocer
nuestras fallas, para disculparse cuando
sea necesatio, para perdonar a aquellos
que nos han lastirnado, para celebrar
nuestros Iegros y apoyar a aquellos en
media de nosotros que se encuemran en
una gran necesidad de animo.
Por cieno, recuerdo algunos errores
importantes que hice como arbitro y
reconozco que estoy todavia lejos de ser
perfecto. Por lo tanto, jC6mo puedo no
ayudar pero tamar esta oponunidad para
pedine que continues apoyando a tu
Obispo, especialmente en esas "decisiones
diffciles y r.ipidas" que tienen que
hacerse!
que quedan en hombres y mujeres pot el
abono legalizado debiera preocupamos a
todos y movcmos a construit una sociedad
mas justa donde todo hombre. mujet 0
nino sea protegido, respetado, amado y
bienvenido incondicionalmemc. ~
I
el
hispano
Catol • co
adultos y adolescentes. Fueron •
presentados al Reverendfsimo
Michael F. Burbidge al final de
Ia Misa, con lo cual finaliz6 el
evemo del dfa.
NCC hab\6 con c\ Sr.
Veloz acerca del encuentro:
l.Cuales eran Ia meta y
los objetivos de este gran
evento?
Conocer las Conclusiones
del Primer Enwcnlm Nadonal
de Pastoral]uvcni\ Hispana
(PENPJH), rclacionarlas con
Ia ex-periencia de pastoral
juvenil a\ nivcl diocesano y
parroquial, e idemificar las
Nccesidades, Aspiraciones y
Compromises de los jovenes
adolescemes y los jovcnes
adultos, que ayuden a mcjorar
y expandir Ia Pastora\juvenil
Hispana (PjH), al implementar
proximadamente 400 hispanos adultos y j6venes adoles- las Conclusiones en Ia Diocesis
de Raleigh.
centes se reunieron el sabado, 12 de junio, para trabajar
Objetivos generales:
en el Plan Pastoral Diocesano paraj6venes Hispanos. El
1. Adquirir una visi6n general
de
Ia historia de Ia Pastoral
documento estara basado en el Encuentro Nacional de
Juvenil Hispana en Estados
2006 que desarrollo la Pastoral de Hispanos de Estados Unidos para
Unidos y de Ia importancia del
los j6venes Adultos. El aflo pasado, el documento nacional fue rePENPJH.
visado a nivel regional yes ahora a nivel diocesano; una vez finalizado, 2. Conocer las particularidades de Ia PJH en el comexto
servira como guia para la Di6cesis y parroquias.
del ministerio pastoral con Ia
juventud en Ia Iglesia Cat6\ica
Representantes de veintisiete parroquias
de Estados Unidos.
tomaron parte en e\ evento de un dfa de du3. Conocer las conclusiones principales del
raci6n que se celebro en el Cardenal Gibbons
PENPJH y realizar un proceso de renexion
High School en Raleigh. La sesi6n comenz6
sobre Ia realidad parroquial a Ia luz de elias.
con una explicaci6n del prop6sito de Ia Pastoral
4. Fortalecer Ia PJH Diocesana mediante Ia
Nacional y su importancia para Ia Comuniparticipaci6n de lfderes diocesanos en el proceso para visualizar Ia implementaci6n de las
dad Hispana y Ia Iglesia. El Sr. Ricardo Veloz,
Coordinador Diocesano de Ia Pastora\Juvenil
Condusiones del PENPJH.
dej6venes Aduhos y Adolescentes, propor5. Aplicar los principios y conclusiones del
cion6 las metas y los objetivos del documento
PENPJH para analizar Ia pastoral a nivel parnacional.
roquial y Diocesano.
Se fonnaron pequenos grupos para discutir
6. ldemificar las Necesidades, Aspiradones y
las tres areas. AI final del dfa, los documenCompromises de los j6venes adolesccmes y los
tos de trabajo representando las necesidades,
j6venes adultos que sirvan de base para seguir
aspiraciones y compromises fueron elaborados por los j6venes
desarrollando elliderazgo y que lleven a una planificaci6n y ac-
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ciOn pastoral efectivas a\ nivel parroquial y Diocesano
l.Puedes dedmos que cosas vlste o escuchaste que te
mostraron esperanza para los jovenes de Ia Dl6cesls
de Raleigh?
Primero: Ui disponibilidad de los jovenes pam participar en
este 5to. Encuentro
Segundo: Ui panicipaci6n de nuestro Obispo Michael
Burbidge en el proceso de reflexion y consulta y su apenum a
escuchar las necesidades de los j6venes hispanos.
Tercero: El compromise de nuestro obispo con los j6venes
hispanos de apoyar las actividades de Ia pastoral juvenil.
lReglonalmente. cuales eran los mas grandes retos
que enfrentan los mlnlsterios de jovenes adultos hispanos y j6venes adolescentes hispanos?
Primero que nada uno de los mas grandcs retos a nivcl
regional sin duda fue, que cada dfa hay menos gente disponible
pam trabajar con los jovenes. Ui faita de lfderes hispanos que
quiemn trabajar con Ia juventud. Cada dfa hay rruis obstaculos
pam que los j6venes hispanos se acerquen a las actividades de Ia
iglcsia debido a Ia situad6n migratoria. Cada afto hay mas adolescentes graduandose de Ia High School que no pueden seguir
sus estudios debido a su estatus migratotio.
lOue es lo que mas atrae a los jovenes hlspanos a vi·
vir su fe? Que es to que hace que apreclen mas su fe?
Que es lo que creen que Ia Iglesia \es ofrece?
Los jovenes se acercan a vivir su fe, cuando encuentmn su
identidad despues de un verdadero proceso de imegraci6n.
Cuando los j6venes ya saben en que plano se encuentmn y su
autoestima de fonalece, ellos mismos adquieren el compromise
de crecer en Ia fe dentro de un mundo de tentaciones. Los
jovenes cuando encuentran el camino correcto y definen sus
personalidades, creen positivamente en Ia iglesia. Ellos mismos
entienden que son Ia Iglesia y que tienen que tmbajar duro pam
hacerla pane de sus vidas.
lQulenes con los jovenes Adolescentes? Son enos
lnmlgrantes recientes o 2da. Generaclon?
Un gran numero de j6venes adolescentes estan aquf por
que sus padres los trajeron a este pafs siendo niftos. Otro gran
numero de j6venes ya nacieron aqui y empiezan ser Ia segunda
genemci6n de padres inmigrantes. En nuestra Di6ccsis casi un
70% de los cat6\icos hispanos son jovenes menores de 25 anos.
Algunas veces hemos escuchado que Ia cultura secular
en los Estados Unldos es algo sorpresivo para los
lnmlgrantes, especlalmente por dafiar a las famllas. Es
esto cierto?
Una de las causas de Ia desintegraci6n familiar y el distanciamiento entre padres e hijos es el matetialismo. Nuestra geme
viene con un gran deseo de supemci6n econ6mica yen Iugar de
ayudar a Ia integraci6n familiar estas resultan descuidando a los
hijos ya que un gran numero de padres se concemran solo en
el trabajo. Los j6vencs se encuentran en una desorientaci6n en
'
cuanto a los valores y los principios que guiaran sus vidas en el
futuro.
Elllamado sueno americana pasa a ser una prioridad y los
hijos pasan a ser Ia ultima priotidad y solo hasta que los hijos
pasan a ser un problema los padres se quieren enfocar en ellos
yen muchas de las ocasiones les resulta muy dif!cil volver a ganarse Ia confianza de los hijos. La cultura del sexo casual es cada
vez mas fuene y los medios de comunicaci6n pasan a ser una
pane importante pam los jovenes olvidandose de los estudios y
de Ia superacion personal.
l EI documento que se le entrego al Obispo, viene del
proceso Naclonal y Regional y ahara Dlocesano. Cuales
son los sigulentes pasos? Como va a ser uti\lzado en
las parroqulas?
En efecto, el documento de las Neccsidades, Aspiraciones y
Compromises de los jovenes adultos y los jovenes adolescentes
que se le entrego a\ Sr. Obispo cs un extmcto del Documento de
las Conclusiones del Primer Encuentro Nacional de Pastora\Juvenil Hispana que se realize en el 2006. En e\ Congreso Regional
del Sureste que se llevo acabo en Orlando Florida en e\ mes de
abril2010, se escogieron en las tres categorfas en esc nivel y se
entregaron a SEPI (South East Pastomllnstitute).
Los jovenes de nuestra Di6cesis escogieron entre muchas
posibilidades las dos mas apremiantes en las tres diferentes
categortas. y Se entregaron a\ final de Ia misa a nuestro Obispo
Burbidge.
Ahora los siguientes pasos son seguir con e1 analisis a nivel de los
decanatos y posteriormente a nivel parrnquial.
El ultimo paso dentro de esto proceso es e\abomr un Plan Pastoral Para Ia Pastomljuvenil Hispana y encamarlo en Ia realidad
juvenil parroquial de Ia Di6cesis de Raleigh junto con las oficinas
Diocesanas de Hispanic Youth Ministry y Pastom\juvenil, Youth
Ministry y Young Adult Ministry.
Cual es el significado de Ia Red de Pesca? Y que es to
que ha significado darle una plaza de Ia red a\ Obispo?
En c1 Logotipo del V Encuemro encontmmn un significado
muy importante. El significado de Ia Red entre otros signos
que se usaron en el V Encuentro, es el de que los jovenes estan
lanzando las redes como jesus invita a Pedro a timr las redes mar
adentro. "Mar adentro" o sea mas alia de Ia oril\a, alia donde estan todos los jovenes de nuestra Iglesia, alejados, disctiminados,
rechazados. Una vez que Pedro accede a lanzar Ia red, sucede
e1 milagro, Ia red se llena de peces y todos dan gracias a Dios.
Ui Barca significa Ia unidada de Ia iglcsia donde todos debemos
remar juntos hacia un mismo Iugar, objetivos y metas. lll Cruz
significajesus como guia a\ frente de Ia barca. Yen Ia Redel escudo de Ia Diocesls de Raleigh, representando a nuestro Obispo
como parte importante en Ia vida de Ia juventud.
En Ia pieza de Ia Red que le fue entregada a\ Obispo, los
jovenes aniadieron un pez con su nombre. Esta pieza de Ia Red
significa que ellos ya fueron atmpados por las redes de jesus. Una
pieza de Ia Red es entregada al Obispo para recordarle que el tambien es parte del equipo de pescadores de hombres y le pedimos
que siempre recuerde que contamos con su apoyo. cl)
local
news
Burlington Parish Breaks
Ground for Larger Church
II+ On Friday evening, June 11,
Blessed Sacrament Parish in Burlington
held a groundbreaking ceremony at the
site of its future church. The present
church, which seats 400, was dedicated in 19 71. Since then, the number
of families in the parish has more than
tripled. Construction on the new church
will begin immediately, with a target date
of completion in 2011. The new church
will have a capacity of 1,200.
In attendance at the ceremony,
along with Fr. Robert Benko, OFM
Conv., Pastor of Blessed Sacrament,
and the other friars residing in Burl-
ington and many parishioners, was the
Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge,
who blessed the grounds where the
new church will be built.
The parish traces its origins back
to 1901, beginning as a Catholic
mission. The first church building was
constructed in 1935, along with a
school that opened that year with an
enrollment of 25 students in grades
kindergarten through sixth grade.
Today, Blessed Sacrament School has
an enrollment of 21 0.
Earlier in the day, prior to the groundbreaking, Bishop Burbidge celebrated
Mass at the graduation of 19 eighth
graders from Blessed Sacrament school,
now marking its 75th anniversary.
St. Ann in Clayton Prepares for Festival
1
Catholic Formation and
Evangelization Hire Coordinator
On September 25th, Sl Ann Catholic Church in Clayton
will hold its third annual international Food Festival. This year's
Bishop Michael F. Burbidge and Sister Rose
International Food Festival will feature foods from the USA,
Adams, l.H.M., are pleased to announce that
Thailand, the Philippines, Mexico, Colombia, Poland, Italy,
-------~ Mary DiSano has been named Coordinator of
Dominican Repubfic, Greece, El Salvador, Ireland, Honduras,
Catechesis and Faith FDmlation for the Department of Catholic
Hungary, Cajun country as well as "International Desserts~
Formation and Evangelization.
Festival admission and parking are free. Food is $2.50 per
Since 2000, Mary has served on a part-time basis as
plate. The festival will also feature international entertainment
Coordinator for Marriage Preparation. Pastors have reported
throughout the day, games for children and a saent auction.
her excellent service in preparing couples for the Sacrament
Among the many entertainers performing will be Barrowbum
of Matrimony. In her new position, she will assist in implementCehic Band, the Fdipino dance troupe Phil-Am, Wake &District
ing the revised Religion Curriculum Guidefines and support all
Pipe Band, bluegrass, Salsa and Samba dancers and much
departmental Faith Formation initiatives.
more. Cafe tents with tables and chairs will be located throughMary graduated from Belmont Abbey College with a Minor
out the festival, and all visitors will receive a guide map of the
in Theology, and has been a Master Catechist since 2003. She
festival grounds listing food venues, menus, events of the day
also served the Diocese of Charlotte as Director of Young Adu~
and the entertainment schedule.
Ministry and Associate Director of Development
Nearly 3000 people attended last year's even~ according to
parish organizers. Funds generated from the festival go toward
paying off the church mortgage so planning can begin for a
Lay Ministry Sunday, August 29
parish social and educational center. Sl Ann is located at 405 7
US 70 Business West, Clayton. The event is open to the pub,..... Bishop Burbidge has established Lay Ministry Sunday
lic from 11 :30 am to 6:30 pm. More information is available
in the Diocese of Raleigh to celebrate God's call to all the
at WNW.intemationalfoodfestival.net
baptized to use their gifts in service to others and to the Church.
Parishes are invited to take advantage of this Sunday to
acknowledge both the sanctity of God's call and the generous
response of lay ministers.
"We are grateful to Bishop Burbidge for establishing Lay
Ministry Sunday in our Diocese," said Sr. Rose Marie Adams,
I.H.M., Director of Catholic Formation and Evangelization.
"Because of the generosity and expertise of so many faithfdled lay people, the love and compassion of Jesus Christ are
made known throughout our Diocese. On Sunday, August 29,
parishes can recognize and honor the lay ministers who provide
this sacred work in the vineyard of the Lord:'
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i CGHS Theology Teacher
. Continues Study of Catholic' Jewish Relations
Ji+ Mark DelaRosa, a teacher of lheol·
ogy and Catholic History at Cardinal
Gibbons High School, will be spending
a week during the month of July in Israel
as a participant in the Bearing Witness
Advanced Program for studying the Holocaust and the history of anti·Semitism.
Mr. DelaRosa, who studied last summer
in Washington, D.C. at the Bearing
Witness Regional program, was among
20 men and women chosen for the
Advanced Program by the Jewish Anti·
Defamation League (ADL) in partnership
with the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops (USCCB), National
Catholic Education Association (NCEA),
the United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum and the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
The Bearing WrtnessTiol Program is a
professional development opportunity
for Catholic school educators, created
in 1996 by the ADL Its purpose is to
provide Catholic school educators with
the training and resources necessary to
teach their students about the historical
relationship between Jewish and Catholic
communities and the impact of that rela, tionship on Catholic teaching, catechesis
and liturgy. Participants in the program
explore the history of anti-Semitism, from
biblical times to the modem day. Themes
include the role of the Church during the
Holocaust, recent changes in Catholic
teachings on Jews and Judaism, issues
of prejudice and genocide in contemporary society and practical strategies for
teaching students about the Holocaust
and anti- Semitism.
Mr. DelaRosa has already used his
studies to enrich CGHS students both in
and out of class. In the 2009-1 0 year he
taught several sessions in the Holocaust
Uterature course offered to juniors and
seniors. "It's an English course,~ the
theology teacher explained, "but it was
great to be invited to offer some perspectives, perhaps some spiritual lessons. The
Bearing witness program provided us
with taped interviews with Holocaust sur·
vivors and bystanders, and those were
powerful for students. We ask, 'Where
do we see things like the Holocaust happening in the world today?'"
Asked about the most important lesson students could learn from studying
the Holocaust, Mr. DeLaRosa said,
"The Rabbis talk about 'two deaths: The
first one, of course, is the death of the
body. But the second one is sadder: It's
when you are forgotten:' In class Mr.
DeLaRosa asked students in pairs to tell
each other their parents' names. Then he
asked them to name their grandparents.
"By the time I asked them to name their
great-grandparents," he recalls, "there
was very little talking in the room. Many
of the students didn't know their great·
grandparents' names.
"Talking about the Holocaust is difficult,
but in talking about it we remember; and
that's what the survivors hope for, not to
suffer that second death~
Each year a group of CGHS students
travels to Washington, D.C. for the
national Right to Ufe Man::h. The group
always visits the U.S. Holocaust Memori·
al Museum and Mr. DelaRosa, because
of his training there, is able to give the
students an in-depth tour. "Do you know
what the most valuable artifact in the
Museum is?" he asks. "It's a milk jug. In
Warsaw, Poland, Jews would put notes
documenting their lives in a milk jug and
when it was full they would bury it Only
fiVe have been unearthed, and one is at
the Museum~
Bearing WltnessTiol Advanced, initiated
in 2005, allows graduates of regional
Bearing Witness Programs the opportu·
nity to extend their learning, and includes
a trip to Israel where participants hear
from resident scholars and are afforded
the chance to visit sites sacred to Jews
and Christians. Educators visit Yad
Vashem (Israel's offiCial memorial to the
Holocaust) and hear from religious and
government leaders including the Papal
Nuncio, the head of the Catholic commu·
nity in Israel, kibbutz members, an Arab
Affairs Correspondent from the Jerusa·
lem Post and the Director of the Interfaith
Encounter Association. The realities of
daily life are brought home with visits to
the security fence and the Golan Heights.
Mr. DeLaRosa, whose degree is in
Hebrew, is "fascinated by Christian and
Jewish differences in the interpretation of
Scripture~ He particularly looks forward
to seeing the holy places of Jerusalem,
"to walking where Jesus walked,~ and to
visiting Yad Vashem. "I asked someone
who had been there if there was a differ·
ence between the museum in Israel and
the one in Washington," he said. ''And
she said there's a huge difference. The
one in the U.S. tries to recreate the ex·
perience of the Holocaust, to put visitors
there in a vivid way- you come away
feeling, well, awful.
"Yad Vashem does that too, I'm told,
but it's also a lot more hopeful. It has a
huge garden and a room with millions of
candles. There's a feeling not just of the
past, but of the future, a determination to
continue.
"So I'm very excited about the trip," he
says, "but even more I'm excited to bring
back as much as I can to the Cardinal
Gibbons community.'
things to do:
Vocations Prayer Group
for Women, July 17, 7 p.m.
- 9 p.m. at Sacred Heart
Cathedral, 21 9 Edenton Street, Raleigh, N.C.
27603. Single Catholic
women between the ages
of 17-45 who are committed to praying for vocations,
growing in holiness while in
the midst of the world, and
discerning the call of Christ
are invited to the Vocations
Prayer Group for Women.
Thursday evening meetings
will begin in Sacred Heart
Cathedral with Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament
at 7 pm followed by Benediction. At 8 pm the group
will move to the Office of
Vocations for fellowship and
discussions. Meetings should
end by 9 pm. Next group
on August 19. Contact Fr.
Ned Shlesinger, vocations@
raldioc.org.
Natural Family Planning
Mass and Picnic, July 31,
11 am. - 1:30 p.m. at Sl
Catherine of Siena Catholic
Church, 520 West Holding Avenue, Wake Forest,
NO 27587. Fr. Phillip Tighe
will celebrate Mass honoring Natural Family Planning
Awareness Week. All NFP
teachers and promoters are
invited along with couples
practicing NFP or those inter·
ested in learning more about
NFP. For more information
contact Allison Dooley at
[email protected]
Marriage Encounter Week·
end, August 13, 6 p.m. -
August 15, 2 p.m. Marriage
Encounter is a weekend that
helps couples focus on their
relationship. Couples are
encouraged to give their rela-
tionship the gift of a Marriage
Encounter. Contact Dean
and Vicki Spriegel at dean.
[email protected].
15th Annual catholic
Adult Singles' Beach
Retreat • "Encountering
God". August 13 - 15,
Trinity Retreat Center, Salter
Path, N.C. Are you Single/
single again? Interested in
making friends with others who think spirituality is
important? looking for a
chance to get away and recharge? Please join us along
with Single/single again
Catholics for a weekend of
sun, prayer; renewal and
relaxation. Program begins
at 9 p.m. Friday and ends at
noon on Sunday. Registration
fonns are available at your
parish office. Registration
deadline is July 28, 201 0.
Prices range from $155 to
$235 per person dependent upon room occupancy.
Price includes room accommodations, meals and
all retreat materials. For
more infonnation, please
visit http://www.singlesingleagain.com/ or contact Celia
Keator at 919.267.4759 or
mailto:[email protected].
Priesthood Discernment
Group, August 21 , 9 a.m.
- 1 p.m. at Sacred Heart
Cathedral, 219 Edenton
Street, Raleigh, N.C. 27603.
Adult Catholic men between
the ages of 17-48 discerning
a possible call to Priesthood
are invited to the Priesthood
Discernment Group meetings
held on the third Saturday of
each month. If you are just
beginning to contemplate a
vocation or are more serious
about a call to priesthood
please consider attending this
group. The Priesthood Discernment Group provides a
PLEASE PRAY FOR THESE DECEASED
PRIESTS DURING THE UPCOMING MONTHS
fraternal environment in which
to discuss your discernment
of a possible call to Priesthood with other men who
are also examining the call.
The group discusses issues
central to the call and does so
within the context of prayer,
presentations, and discussion. The morning begins with
Mass. Coffee and doughnuts
will be available in the Office
of Vocations (two doors down
from the Cathedral) after
Mass. Morning Prayer, a
discussion/presentation about
discernment/Priesthood,
Daytime Prayer, and lunch follow. Next Discernment group
September 18. For more
information contact the Vocations OffiCe, 919.832.6279.
Respect Life Seminar,
August 21 , 9:30 a.m. 2:00 p.m. at the Fallon Center, Our Lady of Lourdes
Catholic Church, 2 71 0
Overbrook Drive, Raleigh,
N.C. 27608. The Diocesan
Respect Ufe office presents
its annual seminar for parish
Respect Ufe leaders. The
Most Reverend Michael
F. Burbidge will celebrate
Mass at 11 :00 a.m. The day
will also include workshops
and lunch. Contact Sister
Joan Jurski for more information, 919.821.9751 or
[email protected].
Mass for Homeschoolers.
September 18, 10 a.m.
at St. Catherine of Siena
Catholic Church, 520 West
Holding Avenue, Wake
Forest, NO 27587.
Quo Vadls Group, September 21 , 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
at Sacred Heart Cathedral
in Raleigh. High school aged
boys are invited to attend
the Quo Vadis Group, which
meets once a month, usually
on a Tuesday evening. Quo
Vadis provides a fraternal environment and an
opportunity to gather for
fellowship, prayer and a
discussion on discernment
and vocations. Dinner is
provided. Please contact
the Office of Vocations
for more information at
919.832.6279
AAMEN Chapter of St.
Joseph Church In Raleigh will again host the
St. Joseph's Gospel Choir
from Alexandria, Va., in a
benefit concert on Saturday,
July 24, at 5:00 p.m. at St.
Joseph's Catholic Church,
2817 Poole Road, Raleigh,
NO. "Singing for Scholars"
is an annual benefit concert
for foster children of Wake
County. The admission is
simply school supplies. Book
bags are a much needed
item. Monetary donations
are also welcome. Please
contact Adriene Gamble 919. 832.2387 or Uz
Chance - 919.872.2917.
JULY
Msgr. Francis J. Murphy, 1998
Rev. James Joseph Noonan, MS 1985
Rev. James A. Mobbs, 1993
Rev. H. Charles Mulholland, 2001
Rev. John G. Parish, 2007
Most Rev. Leo Hald, O.S.B. 1924
Rev. Msgr. Pater M. Danges, 1985
AUGUST
Rev. William S.O'Byme, 1946
Rev. Jostph J. Toner, O.S.F.S., 1995
Msgr. Dennis A. Lynch, 1968
Rev. Thomu A. Williams, 1969
Rev. Thomu F. Camey, 1969
Msgr. Felix R. Kelaher, 1998
Rev. Henry J, Backer, 1992
Rev. William Kuder, 1960
Deacon Richard Phillips, 2004
Rev. William C. Frost, 1983
SEPTEMBER
Rev. William J. Dillon, 1941
Msgr. Francis K. O'Brien, 1988
Rev. Thomas F. Price, 1919
Rev. Thomu J. Colgan, 1968
Rev. James H. King, 1978
Msgr. Arthur R. Freeman, PA., V.G.,1962
Msgr. John A. Brown, 1986
Rev. Patrick Gallagher, 1983
Rev. Louis E. Morton, 1986
Msgr. Hugh Dolan, 1981
Msgr. P,J, Doherty, 1941
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
NORTH CAROLINA STATE COUNCIL
f)
16th Annual SK
?1 for l~
T,/
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To benefit
LIFE CONFERENCE: Uniting people of all faiths to join in the
ongoing battle for UFE through EDUCATION.
40 DAYS FOR UFE: Accessing God's power through PRAYER.
fasting and peaceful vigil to end abortion in America.
STREET SAMARITANS AND GOSPEL MINISTRY: Called to
ACTION through faith to stand up 11nd fight to save the next unborn
www.Diocese
ofRaleigh.org
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site frequently for
current stories,
homilies and events.
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child.
Wake Med Soccer Park, 210 Soccer Park Drive, Cary, NC
Saturday, August 28, 2010
1 Mile Fun Run/Walk: B:OO am
Register to RUN: www.raleighrunforlife.org
Donations: 919.815.1369
I 919.815.3237 I [email protected]
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0
uch of the 71-year history of St. Ann Parish in
Fayetteville can be read in twelve stained glass
windows in what is now the "morning chapel"
but was the main church from 1940 to 2003.
The window dedicated to the African manyr
St. Charles
Lwanga
proclaims that St. Ann began as
a black parish. In 1934, three
Arrican American families began
meeting to discuss the situation
at the local church, St. Patrick,
where a black and gold sign reading "Colored Catholics Sit Here"
told blacks where they could
- and could not -worship. The
group grew, and in 1939 decided
to fonn its own parish.
Another window is dedicated to
St. Jude, ~saint of the impossible,"
whom the group took as their
patron. Pictured in the St. jude window arc an old-style barber pole,
hair scissors and a comb and handpowered clippers. In 1939, Franklin McKay, a barber and member
of the group, offered his shop as a
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the Diocese of
church. With
the pennission of Bishop
Eugenej.
McGuinness, the
group worshipped
in Macks Barber Shop from
1939-40.
On the feast of Sl. jude in 1939,
the group also got a pastor, Fr.
William Ryan, O.M.I. (Oblates of
Mary Immaculate), from Boston,
Mass. The Oblates would serve
the parish until1994. And it was
the death of a young Oblate priest
in Boston that led to the parish
getting a church. On learning of
the sad event, the congregation
raised money for a memorial. But
the Bishop of Boston returned the
money to Bishop McGuinness,
who directed it to the building of a
new church. When the church was
dedicated in 1940, the parish was
named St Ann after the departed
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StAnn,
Fayetteville
365 North Cool
Spring Street
Fayetteville, NO
28301-5137
910.483.3216
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priests parish in Massachusetts.
By the 1950s, St Ann needed a
school. It was C}.pcctcd that black
children would attend St Ann,
while white children would attend
SL. Patrick. But St. Patrick was full,
and there were plenty of whites
who wanted a Catholic education
for their children. So they came to
St. Ann, making it when it opened
in 1956 one of the first integrated
schools in North Carolina. Sisters of
Providence were the first to serve in
the school, followed by the Daughters of Charity. who served until two
years ago.
More than a half century later,
after two expansions, St. Anns
prc-K-8 school is going strong,
with 180 students and an alumna
as its principal. The 1940 church
with its instructive windows is
now chapel to a beautiful, lightfilled church building that accommodates 500. Notable among the
parishs many outreach efforts is
the St. Ann Neighborhood Youth
Center, where 30-50 public school
students arc bused in Monday
through Thursday afternoons for
academic tutoring. The students
arc also fed and bused back to
their homes afterwards. There is no
charge to the students; the program
depends on donations. St. Anns
middle school students learn service by donating time to the center.
Fr. Thomas Malloy, O.S.F.S., in his
tenth year as Pastor, characterizes
his parish as "welcoming.~ The parish is also multicultural: Fr. Malloy
said there arc some 55 different
ethnic groups among St. Anns
450 families. Many parishioners
arc members of the military from
nearby Ft. Bragg.
Thriving and vibrant, the church
initiated under the patronage of the
"saint of the impossible" is now anticipating its Diamond jubilee. 1J
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