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with 170 couples
By VICTOR CALDERON
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Camiel and Alice Albrecht were married
in 1946 in East Moline, Ill. Sixty-eight years
later, they joined more than 170 couples from around
the Diocese of Tucson who celebrated their wedding
anniversaries this past month at St. Augustine
Cathedral.
The couples renewed their vows during a Mass
celebrated by Bishop Gerald Kicanas as family and
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Calling all people of faith, hope and charity to Co-Workers in the Vineyard Conference
By JOE PERDREAUVILLE
Preparations are well under way for
the second diocesan Co-Workers in the
Vineyard Conference to be held March
5-7 at the Tucson Convention Center.
Internationally
renowned
speakers will attend the conference,
including Father Robert Barron of the
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Archdiocese of Chicago and Word on
Fire Ministries; Father Alfonso Garcia
of the Diocese of Guadalajara, Mexico;
Msgr. Sigifredo Noriega Barcelo, the
Bishop of Zacatecas, Mexico and
Bishop Gerald Kicanas. This three day
event will be filled with opportunities
to energize faith, increase knowledge,
network
with
fellow
Catholic
Christians from around the Diocese
and beyond and share experiences
with the diocesan communities and
friends.
All are welcome and invited. All
people of faith are encouraged to
join parish and school staffs, priests,
deacons, consecrated religious and lay
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Election 2014
Arizona Catholic Conference
publishes voter’s guide online
As the October elections near, the
airwaves, television, newspaper and social
media are filled with political advertising and
information.
The Diocese of Tucson encourages all
Catholics to exercise their right to vote after
studying the issues in regard to our Catholic
faith, and as a virtue and obligation to work
toward the common good.
We also strongly encourage people to visit
the United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops (USCCB) webpage for helpful
resources on faithful citizenship.
A two-page document is available in both
English and Spanish and covers the important
highlights of the Conference’s discussions on
faithful citizenship. The document can be
found and read or downloaded at http://goo.
gl/46BKxN or in Spanish at http://goo.gl/
YKkHQD
This document was designed as a bulletin
insert, but concentrates on key points such as:
• Having a well-formed conscience
• Doing good and avoiding evil
• Making moral choices
• Explaining Catholic Social Teaching in
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the public arena.
A longer document, Forming Consciences
for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political
Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of
the United States, provides a framework
for Catholics in the United States. It also
is available in both English and Spanish at
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/
faithful-citizenship/index.cfm
The Arizona Conference of Catholic
Bishops also has a voter’s guide available at its
website: http://www.azcatholicconference.
org/?p=918
This guide provides information about
candidate’s responses to survey questions
provided to them by the Arizona Catholic
Conference. It is designed to help you
understand those responding candidates’
ideas on certain topics.
New pastors installed in
Tucson and Sierra Vista
The Diocese of Tucson celebrated two pastor
installations this past month in Tucson and Sierra
Vista.
Father Ricky Ordoñez was formally installed as
pastor at St. Joseph Parish in Tucson on Sept. 28 in
a Mass celebrated by Bishop Gerald Kicanas. Father
Ordoñez previously served as the diocese’s Director of
Vocations.
“Father Miguel Mariano (the previous pastor, now at
St. Odilia Parish) did a great job here,” Father Ordoñez
said. “I’m humbled to take over such a great parish.”
Bishop Kicanas also attended the installation of
Father Mike Bucciarelli, V.F., as pastor of Our Lady of
the Mountains Parish in Sierra Vista, about 75 miles
southeast of Tucson, on Sept. 12.
Father Bucciarelli joined the parish as pastor in July,
after leaving Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Benson,
about 46 miles southeast of Tucson, where he had
served for the last 10 years. While he is serving at a
new parish, he retained his job as Vicar of the Cochise
Vicariate.
“I am delighted to be back in Sierra Vista as I feel like
I have come home again,” Father Bucciarelli said. “I am
excited to be working with All Saints School. After 39
years of priesthood, this will be my first experience
working with a school and I hope and pray for your
support, help and prayers as I begin my ministry at
Our Lady of the Mountains and All Saints School.”
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Voice of laity must be heard, especially on marriage and family life
By BISHOP GERALD KICANAS
This month, Pope Francis is
meeting in Synod with bishops
representing the many bishops’
conferences from around the world
along with lay advisors to reflect on
the Church’s teaching and pastoral
practices related to marriage and
family life. Another synod with
broader representation of bishops
and others will meet next year to
continue the discussion leading to
recommendations or propositions for
the Pope to consider implementing.
Almost a year ago the Holy Father
asked every diocesan bishop to
consult broadly with the people of
his diocese for their thoughts and
recommendations on very specific
and controversial questions about
marriage and family life. In our
diocese we heard from a wide range
of people whose responses reflected,
in some areas, the widening gap
between what the Church teaches
and what people actually practice.
A number of the respondents
suggested that some Church teaching
on marriage and family life is neither
understood nor is it accepted.
Among the concerns and questions
we discovered in our consultation
were:
-While marriage is for life ideally,
many people’s marriages fail. How
does the Church walk with such
people and how does it assist them
through the aftermath of a failed
marriage rather than judge or
condemn them?
-When divorced individuals seek
to be remarried, how can the Decree
of Nullity (annulment) process
be streamlined and made more
responsive to their situations?
-Why are divorced and remarried
Catholics not permitted to receive
Holy Communion when their first
marriages failed through no fault of
their own?
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“My hope is that those gathered in Synod will have the courage to be both bold and faithful.
If they are only bold, we may drift from core teachings and fundamental beliefs rooted
in scripture and the Church’s teaching. If they are only faithful, the Church could become
irrelevant to people and out of touch with the reality of people’s lives.”
-Should the Church be more
sensitive and responsive to people
of same sex orientation who seek a
stable, life long relationship?
-How should the Church respond
to the common custom in the United
States of cohabitation prior to
marriage?
-There is no longer one
understanding of family life.
Today society consists of many
single parents raising children,
grandparents raising children, same
sex couples raising children, divorced
and remarried couples raising
children and blended families. What
is the best pastoral response to all
these circumstances?
Clearly Church teaching is not
determined by democratic consensus
or through opinion polls. Likewise,
peoples’ rejection of or lack of
cultural support for certain Church
teaching does not make that teaching
false. Catholic teaching holds that
ultimate doctrinal authority rests
with the Magisterium. Nevertheless
the discrepancy between teaching
and practice is worrying.
The International Theological
Commission recently issued a
document authorized by Cardinal
Gerhard Muller titled “Sensus Fidei
(Sense of Faith) in the Life of the
Church”. This document reports on
a study originally called for by Pope
Benedict XVI. Tina Beattie, professor
of Catholic Studies at Roehampton
University, London, comments on
this document in an article titled,
“Let the Laity Be Heard” in the
Aug. 16 issue of the newspaper The
Tablet.
The Commission’s document
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Bishop’s Calendar — October 2014
2-6 Equestrian Order of the Holy
Sepulchre annual Conference, Hawaii
7 10:00 A.M., St. Augustine
Cathedral Parish Board Meeting,
Tucson
1:30 P.M., Santa Cruz Vicariate
Meeting, Tubac
5:30 P.M., Red Mass, St. Augustine
Cathedral
8 11:30 A.M., Mass, Lunch, Meet
with Priests on Retreat, Redemptorist
Renewal Center, Tucson
6:00 P.M., Mass, 60th Parish
Anniversary, St. Christopher, Marana
9 11:00 A.M., TREO Meeting, El
Conquistador Resort
10 Mass,
Florence
Federal
Detention Center; and State Prison
11 9:00 A.M., Diocesan Rosary
Celebration, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Parish, Tucson
4:00 P.M., Scout Retreat Mass,
Tumacacori
12 9:00 A.M., Pastor Installation
Mass, Fr. Miguel Mariano, Opening of
50th Jubilee of St. Odilia
13-15 USCCB
Communications
Committee Meeting, Washington, D.C.
16 8:00
A.M.,
Department
Directors, Pastoral Directors Joint
Meeting
10:30 A.M., PCIC and Clergy Meeting
6:00 P.M., Dinner and Meeting with
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17 7:30 A.M., Mass and Meeting,
Christus Health, Ritz-Carlton
5:30 P.M., Southwest Medical Aid, Most
Holy Trinity
18 9:00 A.M., Diocesan Pastoral
Council
4:30 P.M., Pastor Installation Mass,
Fr. Tom Tureman, S.D.S., Most Holy
Trinity, Tucson
19 8:15 A.M., Procession; 9:00
A.M., Mass, 15th Anniversary, Our Lady
of La Vang
4:00 P.M., Pastor Installation Mass, Fr.
Ariel Lustan; Consecration of the Altar;
St. Anthony of Padua , Casa Grande
20 10:30 A.M., Presbyteral Council
21 7:30 A.M., Diocesan Finance
Council, Archives
2:00 P.M., ACE Academies’ Board
Meeting
22-24 Episcopal Council, Mt. Angel
Seminary, Oregon
25 Diocesan Youth Fest, Tucson
Convention Center
26-28 CARA
Board
Meeting,
Washington, D.C.
29 11:45
A.M.,
Catholic
Foundation Meeting, Tucson
Nov. 1 5:00 P.M., Pastor Installation,
Fr. Adolfo Martinez, St. James, Coolidge
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FROM THE BISHOP
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is what is expected of those baptized
as disciples of Christ. The laity need
to be consulted on matters important
to the Church. They need to express
their views.
One of the important results of
the Council was the establishment
of diocesan and parish finance and
pastoral councils. The Church’s
pastors are expected to seek out
the councils’ advice. I have found
our Diocesan Pastoral Council and
Finance Council’s wisdom and
suggestions to be immensely helpful.
Dialogue and consultation have
mattered much.
The
Commission
document
asserts a concept, sensus fidei fidelis
(the Sense of the Faithful) long
upheld in by the Church that the
document describes as “a sort of
spiritual instinct that enables the
believer to judge spontaneously
whether a particular teaching or
practice is or is not in conformity
with the Gospel and with apostolic
faith.” So it is understandable that
there is a need for wide consultation
and dialogue between the pastors
of the Church, theologians and the
lay faithful as the Synods undertake
their work.
In the consultation with laity
about marriage and family life that
took place around the world in an
effort to learn the sensus fidei, there
appeared, in some areas, a disconnect
between Magisterial teaching and
the thoughts and experiences of a
number of faithful. The Synod will
need to reflect on this situation,
not simply attribute it to a lack of
understanding of what the Church
teaches.
Can the Church bridge what it
teaches with what even some of its
most ardent followers believe or
practice? Can the values and moral
guidelines offered by the Church
be taught in more convincing ways?
There are high expectations for this
gathering of bishops and others with
the Holy Father.
My hope is that those gathered in
Synod will have the courage to be
both bold and faithful. If they are
only bold, we may drift from core
teachings and fundamental beliefs
rooted in scripture and the Church’s
teaching. If they are only faithful,
the Church could become irrelevant
to people and out of touch with the
reality of people’s lives.
As the universal Church this
month considers marriage and family
life, we here at home in our diocese
will embark on a goal to strengthen
marriage and family life. To move
forward in that goal I look forward to
two initiatives.
First: I will be holding some
listening sessions in English and
Spanish in several parts of the
Diocese to hear people’s thoughts
and suggestions on what we as
a diocese can do to better assist
married couples in their relationship
and in raising families. I look forward
to hearing their ideas and concerns
that can lead to the development of
pastoral responses to address those
areas.
Second, over the next several
months I want to participate in
some of the pilot parishes and
schools’ implementation of Strong
Catholic Families to learn first-hand
how helpful this program - with its
process of dialogue and collaboration
between parish and school staffs and
families- is to them and, if helpful,
how we might expand the process of
dialogue around the Diocese.
I welcome any other ideas you
may have on what we can do to
strengthen marriage and family
life. Send thoughts to me at
commenttobishop@diocesetucson.
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TUCSON
St. Odilia 50th anniversary
FATHER VINCENT
AHAR
FATHER NATHANIEL
MMA
Two new priests in diocese
The Diocese of Tucson has added two new
priests to its ranks. Father Nathaniel Mma and
Father Vincent Ahar were ordained for the
Diocese of Makurdi in their home country of
Nigeria but became part of the newly-created
Diocese of Gboko, also in Nigeria. Father Ahar
has been assigned to the parishes of St. Luke
and Immaculate Conception in Douglas and
St. Bernard in Pirtleville, all on the ArizonaMexico border. Father Mma will serve at
Immaculate Conception Parish in Yuma. The
two new priests will be involved in an intensive
acculturation program coordinated by Kathy
Rhinehart, Chancellor for the diocese, and
diocesan staff. Father Clement Agamba, pastor
at Our Lady of Lourdes in Benson, will also
be assisting with the Intercultural Integration
Program for Priests.
Pastor installation at Most Holy Trinity
FATHER TOM
TUREMAN
Father
Tom
Tureman, S.D.S., will
be formally installed
as pastor at Most
Holy Trinity Parish
in Tucson at a Mass at
4:30 p.m. on Saturday,
Oct. 18. Most Holy
Trinity is located at
1300 N. Greasewood
Road.
CASA GRANDE
Pastor installation at St. Anthony
FATHER ARIEL
LUSTAN
Father Ariel Lustan
will
be
formally
installed as pastor at
St. Anthony of Padua
Parish in Casa Grande
during a Mass at 4
p.m. on Sunday, Oct.
19. Bishop Kicanas
will celebrate the
Mass and consecrate
the altar. St. Anthony
is located at 201 N.
Picacho St.
Established in October 1965,
the 50th anniversary of the St
Odilia Catholic Community in
Tucson will be a 13-monthlong celebration. Everyone
is invited to the kickoff on
Sunday, Oct. 12. Bishop Gerald
Kicanas will concelebrate the 9
a.m. Mass that day with Father
Miguel Mariano, who also will
be formally installed as pastor,
and parochial vicar Father Frank
Cady.
Following Mass, parishioners
can enjoy a free pancake
breakfast served by the Knights
of Columbus Council 6933.
Enjoy the talents of local
musicians and learn about the
rich history of St Odilia. A blood
drive will also be taking place
on site. All events will be held
at 7570 N Paseo del Norte, just
west of Ina and Oracle, next to
Tohono Chul Park.
This event is just the beginning
of the parish’s Jubilee Year. Each
of the next 13 months will have
a special theme and activities
designed to not only strengthen
families and marriages, but also
spirituality, and the physical
structures on the parish campus.
Information:
Norma
Jean
Alvarez 520-390-0591.
Corpus Christi arts and
crafts boutique
A fall arts and crafts boutique
will be held at Corpus Christi
Catholic Church, 300 N. Tanque
Verde Loop (one mile east of
Houghton between Speedway
and Broadway) in Tucson on
Sat., Oct. 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 6
p.m., and on Sun., Oct. 19 from
8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event
will feature high-end arts and
crafts which include paintings,
fused glass, woodcuts, gourd
art, clothing, handmade quilts,
jewelry, books, CDs, baby and
children’s gifts, southwestern
decor, fall and Christmas decor
and gifts, Just Coffee, Avon,
Pampered Chef, Thirty-One
Gifts, and much more. There
will be a bake sale and a food
court featuring breakfast items
and pulled pork/smoked turkey
meals provided by Mt. Lemmon’s
Sawmill Run Restaurant and the
Boy Scout Venture Crew. There
will be raffles for a handmade
quilt and for items donated
by our vendors. All proceeds
benefit parish ministries as
well as the extensive Outreach
Program for multiple city and
diocesan programs, services and
ministries.
15th Anniversary at
Our Lady of La Vang
Our Lady of La Vang, a parish
for Vietnamese Catholics in
Tucson, is celebrating its 15th
anniversary with a procession
at 8:15 a.m. and a Mass at 9 a.m.
on Sunday, Oct. 19. The parish
is located at 800 S. Tucson Blvd.
MARANA
St. Christopher 60th
anniversary
St. Christopher Parish in
Marana will celebrate its 60th
anniversary with a Mass at 6 p.m.
on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Bishop
Gerald Kicanas will celebrate
the Mass. St. Christopher is
located at 12101 Moore Road.
SAHUARITA
Fiesta at San Martin de
Porres
San Martin de Porres Parish
in Sahuarita is hosting its annual
Fiesta de San Martin. The
festival will be held from noon
to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1
and noon to 9 p.m. the following
day. The parish is at 15440 S.
Santa Rita Road.
AJO
Fiesta Jamaica at
Immaculate Conception
Immaculate
Conception
Immaculate Conception Parish
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in Ajo, about 135 miles west
of Tucson, is hosting their
annual Jamaica (fiesta) and
Bazaar on Saturday, Nov. 8.
The celebration will be held
on the church grounds at 141
W Morondo Ave. off highway
85 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The
Jamaica celebration includes
entertainment, games, a silent
auction, bake sale, raffles with
lots of prizes and lots of food.
There will be fun for all ages.
For more information contact
the Immaculate Conception
Parish Office at 520-387-7049.
ST. DAVID
Benedictine Festival at
Holy Trinity Monastery
The Holy Trinity Monastery
community next month is
celebrating its founding in St.
David, about 55 miles southeast
of Tucson, 40 years ago. Since
the Benedictine mission is
hospitality, the members of
the community say they look
forward to welcoming old
friends and new to this year’s
Festival of the Arts on Saturday
and Sunday, Nov. 8 and 9.
Between eating the traditional
assortment of meals and snacks,
viewing local entertainment on
the stage area, and strolling the
monastery grounds, visitors can
get a head start on their holiday
shopping. Nearly 100 vendors
will be featuring hand-made
products that are one of a kind.
Woven products, ironwork, art,
clothing, pottery, photos, honey,
jewelry, kettle corn popcorn
and alpaca products (along
with long-lashed alpacas to pet)
are a few of the many types of
merchandise on display.
The Festival is open from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 8 and
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov.
9. Parking is $2 per vehicle
and comes with two free raffle
tickets. Masses will be held on
Saturday at 5 p.m. and 10:30
a.m. and noon on Sunday. Holy
Trinity Monastery is located on
Rt. S80 (Tombstone exit from
I-10), at mile marker 302.5.
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friends looked on. The participants included a
few couples married just one year ago and seven
couples with 65 years or more, and they came
from Tucson, Casa Grande, Yuma and other cities.
“It’s a thrill to see all these people here,” Camiel
Albrecht, 89, said before the Mass.
The Albrechts are parishioners at Sts. Peter
and Paul Parish near the University of Arizona
Medical Center. They have five children and one
daughter, Linda Mellen, was at the Mass Sunday
with her husband Jim and their son Cory, 14.
COWORKERS
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leaders to learn more about Catholic
heritage. There will be workshops
for everyone, with topics in both
English and Spanish. Father Michael
White will be making a presentation
about REBUILT, a book he authored
about ways to make a parish better.
Deacon Alex Jones will be sharing his
conversion story and inspiring others
to live fully in faith. Msgr. Carlos
Romero will join the conference
from Venezuela to share engaging
workshops in Spanish. Other workshop
presenters include Hosffman Ospino,
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“To be married so many years is a blessing,”
Alice Albrecht said.
The other longtime couples are Marty and Babs
Ronstadt from St. Thomas the Apostle Parish and
Richard and Mary Yenter from St. Anthony Parish
in Casa Grande, celebrating 67 years together.
Brian and Jean Dumas from Our Lady of Grace
Parish, the Knebelsbergers from Sacred Heart
Parish, Jack and Dee Lyle from St. Odilia Parish
and Richard and Rachel Rendon from Santa Cruz
Parish all celebrated 65 years of marriage.
The couples posed for photographs with Bishop
Kicanas and everyone enjoyed cake and punch
Ph.D. of Boston College; Tom Booth, a
composer with Oregon Catholic Press
and Bishop George Murry, S.J., of the
Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio. This is a
just a few of the 60 workshops that will
be offered through the three day event.
Take advantage of this amazing
opportunity to be with local, national,
and international leaders of the Church.
Join with parishes and schools in this
gathering together as a diocese to grow
in faith, hope, and charity through
inspiring
keynote
presentations,
spiritually enlightening workshops and
opportunities to learn and network.
This is a great opportunity to foster
afterwards in the parish hall.
“All of these couples embody sacrificial love
and the willingness to do for another, perhaps
even when it means sacrificing something they
need or want,” Bishop Kicanas said. “I pray their
example of dedicated, committed love will inspire
their loved ones to love in the same way.”
“The love and faith of these couples have
withstood the tests of happiness and sadness, ease
and difficulty in living, working with good and
bad health, and they have remained steadfastly
committed to one another and their families,” he
said. “What a lesson they teach us.”
the growth of community –parish,
your school, your movement, your
faith based setting – travel together,
stay together, share together. All are
invited.
Come share your faith, your hope
and your charitable works. Let others
see that God is present and the Catholic
community in the desert southwest
is truly a people of faith, hope, and
charity!
Mark your calendar now and save
the date: Thursday, March 5 - Saturday,
March 7.
Conference registration will begin
in late October: $45 per person, 12
years and under free.
Hotel/Lodging: Hotel Tucson City
Center –call 520-622-3000 and ask for
the Diocese of Tucson group rate of $89
per night. Charter Bus transportation
will be available between Hotel
Tucson City Center and the Tucson
Convention Center throughout the
conference. The hotel is just under 1
mile from the Convention Center.
Joe Perdreauville is the Associate
Director for the Department of
Pastoral Services and Coordinator for
the Office of Youth, Young Adult and
Family Ministry for the Diocese of
Tucson.
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Red Mass to celebrate lawyers, judges and peace keepers
Local
lawyers,
judges
and
law enforcement agents will be
celebrated at a Mass in Tucson in
October.
The annual Red Mass will take
place on Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 5:30
p.m. at St. Augustine Cathedral. The
cathedral is located at 192 S. Stone
Ave.
This is an opportunity for
attorneys, law enforcement officials,
elected leaders, law students and their
friends to gather and contemplate
the ideals of service reflected in the
life of St. Thomas More. Everyone
is invited to the Red Mass regardless
of religious affiliation. A catered
reception will follow in the cathedral
courtyard.
The origins of the Red Mass can be
traced to the 13th century, when the
first known Red Mass was offered
on behalf of a central court of the
Catholic Church, the Roman Rota.
The first Red Mass in the United
States was celebrated Oct. 6, 1928,
in New York City. The choice of
red as the color of the vestments for
the Mass comes from two traditions.
First, red is the color attributed
to the Holy Spirit as the church
ANNE MORALES
RICH TRACY
prays for guidance for those who
administer the law of the land. A
later tradition connected the color
red to the martyrdom of St. Thomas
More, the patron saint of lawyers
and politicians.
Each year, in collaboration with
the St. Thomas More Society, Bishop
Gerald Kicanas selects an attorney
and a law enforcement officer to
honor for their contributions to the
Church and to our community. This
year he will recognize Anne Terry
Morales, Esq., and Supervisory
Deputy Marshal Richard Tracy, Jr.
Morales serves on the Parish
Council at Saints Peter and Paul
Parish in Tucson and the Diocese
of Tucson Vocations Committee.
She has also served as a volunteer
youth minister for almost 20 years
coordinating
the weekly youth
meeting and Confirmation class and
providing retreats and other spiritual
opportunities for them. She has
chaperoned youth group trips to
World Youth Days in Rome, Toronto,
Cologne, Sydney, Madrid and Rio de
Janeiro.
Morales has practiced law and
taught for almost 30 years and
practiced law before teaching
theology and law at Salpointe
Catholic High School.
In 2012, she returned to the
full-time practice of law with the
local real estate firm of Monroe
McDonough Goldschmidt & Molla,
where her practice focuses on real
estate, business transactions and
litigation.
Tracy is active at St. Elizabeth Ann
Seton Parish in Tucson where he is a
member of the Knights of Columbus
and serves as an usher, Eucharistic
Minister and on the parish Finance
Committee. In 2000, he served on
the committee that established SEAS
School, later assisted in the parish’s
capital campaign and ultimately
served as founding president on
the School Board. Tracy currently
serves as the Board’s vice president.
He has also served as the Master
of Ceremonies for the annual
Arizona Rosary Celebration since its
inception in the Diocese of Tucson.
Since 2010, Tracy has been
supervisor of the Judicial Security
Unit, which oversees all aspects of the
judicial security mission in Arizona.
In addition, he has worked for the
U.S. Marshals Service since 1990,
including as Supervisory Deputy
U.S. Marshal and Judicial Security
Inspector, with responsibilities
in the Tucson and Yuma federal
courthouses.
Pass on your Catholic values with your will or trust
Without a valid will or trust at
your death, everything you worked
hard for and accumulated in your
lifetime will be distributed according
to state laws. Wouldn’t you prefer to
make those decisions yourself?
allows the Catholic Foundation to
determine the most pressing need
for the Diocese at the time of the gift.
• Restricted bequest - this is a gift
dedicated for a specific purpose or
project, such as your parish, school,
seminarians, pastoral services, youth
ministry, social services or any other
program within the Diocese of
Tucson.
By making a bequest to the
Catholic Foundation in your will, you
can choose to support your parish, a
school or any program throughout
the Diocese of Tucson.
Ways to make a bequest in your
will:
• Specific bequest - this is a gift of
a certain amount. “I give $25,000 to
the Catholic Foundation to support
my parish.”
have been paid from your estate after
you are deceased. “I leave 50 percent
of the remainder of my estate to the
Catholic Foundation for the benefit
of helping Seminarians.”
• Residuary bequest - this is a gift
made after all other debts and taxes
• Unrestricted bequest - a gift like
this—without conditions attached—
By establishing a will or trust, you
decide what will happen with your
financial legacy.
For questions, please call Nancy
Kirk, Director of Major and Planned
Giving for the Catholic Foundation
at (520) 838-2508.
What is a bequest?
A bequest is a gift in your will or trust left to benefit a charitable organization.
The gift can include money, personal property or assets such as stocks or CD’s
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Respect life: each of us is a
masterpiece of God’s Creation
By FATHER DOMENICO PINTI, V.F.
The month of October is Respect
Life Month.
Imagine yourself
pausing in front of a design of great
beauty. Your soul quiets and is filled
with wonder and awe.
If art, created by man, can evoke
such a response within us, how much
more is the same wonder, reverence
and respect due to each person we
encounter, who was handcrafted by
the very God who spoke the world
into being?
Now think of an artist stepping
back from a great work of art and
admiring his or her creation.
When God created each of us, He
did so with precision and purpose
and He looks on each of us with love
that cannot be outdone in intensity
or tenderness.
Moreover, the Lord invites each
of us to behold ourselves and each
other with the same wonder and
awe.
No matter how the world might
view us or others, let us treat each
person as the masterpiece that he or
she is.
As our Holy Father Pope Francis
wrote in a Day For Life Greeting “even
the weakest and most vulnerable, the
sick, the old, the unborn and the poor,
are masterpieces of God’s creation,
made in His own image, destined
to live forever and deserving of the
utmost reverence and respect.”
In order to fulfill this vision,
some resources are available. Each
parish receives information on the
following topics:
-Poverty and Abortion: A Vicious
Cycle
-An Adoption Love Story
-Solace and Strength In The
Sorrow Of Miscarriage
-Children As Commodities
-Advance Medical Directives:
Planning For Your Future
-Healing Within Marriage From
An Abortion
Each parish is encouraged
throughout the year to promote ProLife issues.
For more information you may
go to www.usccb.org/respectlife or
facebook.com/peopleoflife.
May God bless us with the gift of
life.
—
Father Domenico Pinti, V.F. is the
Respect Life Coordinator for the Diocese
of Tucson and pastor at St. George
Parish in Apache Junction.
Announcement from the Tribunal Office for the Diocese of Tucson
Case Name: VASQUEZ / VALENZUELA; Case Number: 10/0212
(Diocese of Tucson, Arizona) notice of Annulment Proceeding. ANA
ROSA VALENZUELA is hereby notified that RAMON VASQUEZ has filed
a petition for a declaration of nullity of the marriage contracted by both
of you. Please contact the Office of the Tribunal within one month of the
date of publication. Anyone who knows the whereabouts of ANA ROSA
VALENZUELA is asked to inform the Office of the Tribunal of the Diocese
of Tucson as soon as possible at 520-838-2514.
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schools
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Discover Catholic education at upcoming high school nights
Two diocesan teachers finalists
for private education awards
Two teachers from Catholic schools in the
Diocese of Tucson have been named finalists for
private education awards. The Arizona Council for
American Private Education) AZCAPE announced
16 finalists from about 200 nominations on Sept.
26. The diocesan finalists are Ruby Amezquita from
Santa Cruz School for P-3 Teacher of the Year and
Cindy Scheuer of Our Mother of Sorrows School for
4-8 Teacher of the Year. The Teacher of the Year
Awards Reception will be held in November, on a
date to be announced later.
Salpointe Catholic HS hires
new director of admissions
Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson has
hired Michael Fisher as the school’s new Director
of Admissions. A recent transplant from California,
Fisher worked previously at Justin-Siena High School
in Napa. Reporting to Salpointe’s assistant principal
for student services, Fisher’s primary responsibilities
are the recruitment, admission and retention of
students. He will represent Salpointe at public
events, work closely with prospective families and
middle school administrators and manage all aspects
of student enrollment.
“Having moved to Tucson for my wife’s (Ellen)
new position as principal of Santa Cruz Catholic
School, I couldn’t be more excited to take on this
role at Salpointe and get to know the close-knit
community of students, parents and staff at the
school,” Fisher said.
Fisher received a Bachelor’s Degree from California
Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and a
Master’s Degree from San Diego State University.
Four diocesan Catholic high
schools- Salpointe, San Miguel,
St. Augustine and Immaculate
Heart- will hold informational
events this month at Catholic
elementary schools in Tucson.
The first was to be held on
Oct. 1 at St. Joseph School.
Future dates are Wednesday,
Oct. 15 at Sts. Peter and Paul
School, 1436 N. Campbell Ave.,
and Wednesday, Oct. 22 at St.
Ambrose School, 300 S. Tucson
Blvd..
Each
informational
session begins at 7 p.m. and all
families looking into their high
school options are invited to
attend.
According the United
States Conference of Catholic
Bishops (USCCB), the mission
of Catholic education is to
“address the development of the
whole person through spiritual
and academic formation based
on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
Catholic education therefore has
the potential to be beneficial to
the entirety of the universal
Church, as “our schools
serve
both
the
faith
community
and
society
by
educating
children, young
people and adults
to
contribute
to the common
good by becoming
active and caring
members of the
communities, cities
and nation in which
they live”.
The Diocese of Tucson, with
19 elementary schools and six
secondary schools, certainly
knows the blessing of Catholic
education. Still the numerous
educational options available
today can be overwhelming and
can cause families to overlook
the benefits of choosing or
furthering a Catholic education.
To help with the decisionmaking
process
and
to
St. John’s principal in book on saints
Keiran Roche, the principal at St. John the
Evangelist School in Tucson, is featured in the
book “5 Minutes with the Saints: More Spiritual
Nourishment for Busy Teachers.” The book is edited
by Lou DelFra, C.S.C. and Ann Primus Berends of the
Alliance for Catholic Education at the University of
Notre Dame. Roche writes about St. Mary MacKillop,
the patron saint of Australia. St. John’s is a Notre
Dame ACE Academy. The book is available at www.
avemariapress.com.
Salpointe football player
commits to Nevada
Taylor Powell, a senior linebacker and running
back for the Salpointe Catholic High School football
team in Tucson, verbally committed to attend the
University of Nevada, Reno earlier this year, the
Arizona Daily Star reported.
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encourage
the continuity
of a Catholic education, Tucson
diocesan high schools host
multiple high school nights
every year, where they present
the possibilities and advantages
of deciding to enroll in their
school.
The other diocesan high
schools are Yuma Catholic and
Lourdes in Nogales.
Douglas school
celebrates
90th anniversary,
Nogales 80th
Two Catholic schools in the Diocese of
Tucson celebrated milestone anniversaries
this past month in Douglas and Nogales
on the Arizona-Mexico border.
Loretto Catholic School in Douglas,
about 120 miles southeast of Tucson,
celebrated its 90th anniversary with a
Mass on Sept. 20.
The Sisters of Loretto opened the school
in September 1924. Other religious orders
took over and since 1987, the Carmelite
Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart, Los
Angeles, have operated the school.
Lourdes Catholic School in Nogales,
about 70 miles south of Tucson, celebrated
its 80th anniversary with a Mass on Sept.
8. Lourdes, as we know it today, was
opened under the name St. Dominic
which also was known as Sacred Heart
School, under the guidance of the Adrian
Dominican sisters.
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Cathedral music director brings
fresh perspective to liturgy
By VICTOR CALDERON
The New Vision
For the past year, the St. Augustine Cathedral and Diocese of Tucson
choirs have been under the direction of Carlos Zapien.
You may have noticed Zapien if you have attended the 10 a.m. or noon
Mass or a special Mass on any Sunday. Where many of the choir members
are mature in age, he brings a lot of emotion and experience despite his age
of 34.
“Since I was a child, I was attracted to church music,” Zapien said.
He joined the choir and served as organist at the Catedral del Sagrado
Corazón de Jesús in his hometown of Ciudad Obregón and the Catedral de la
Inmaculada Concepción in Mazatlán in Mexico. Fast forward to 2006 when
Zapien was named the Director of Music for Catholic Services at the Most
Holy Trinity Catholic Community at the U.S. Army Garrison in Stuttgart,
Germany.
He has also taught music at the Seminario Franciscano de la Provincia
Fray Junípero Serra in Tijuana, Mexico. Zapién is an active composer
of liturgical music, having composed the Mass of the Most Holy Trinity
(currently performed at the Cathedral) and the Misa al Sagrado Corazón de
Jesús, among others.
He earned Bachelor and Master of Music Degrees from the University
of Oregon where he studied piano and voice. Zapien studied organ at the
Conservatorio de las Rosas in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico and received the
Solistenklasse diploma from the Staatliche Musikhochschule für Musik und
Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart where he studied voice under the direction of
world-class tenor Francisco Araiza. From 2009 to 2012 he was a frequent
singer at the Opera House in Stuttgart, Germany, where he worked with
some of the top conductors and stage directors.
It’s this worldly education in liturgical music that Zapien brings to St.
Augustine Cathedral.
“The people here have been quite welcoming and eager to learn,” he said.
“Tucson is a border diocese so the Liturgy is related to the culture and the
music has to take into cultural consideration the elements of the community.”
In the past year, Zapien has established the Schola Cantorum Cathedralis,
a dedicated group of music students from the University of Arizona that
sings at performs at 10 a.m. Sunday and special Masses. A new piano has
been donated for the choir and Zapien said he’s looking for someone to
sponsor a new pipe organ.
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Diócesis presenta
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Por VICTOR CALDERON
La Nueva Visión
Camiel y Alice Albrecht se casaron en
1946 en East Moline, Ill. Sesenta y ocho años después,
se unieron a más de 170 parejas de la Diócesis de
Tucson que celebraron sus aniversarios de bodas el
mes pasado en la Catedral de San Agustín.
Las parejas renovaron sus votos nupciales durante
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Llamado a toda la gente de fe, esperanza y caridad para la
Conferencia Colaboradores en la Viña del Señor
Por JOE PERDREAUVILLE
Ya avanzan a buena marcha los
preparativos para la 2da Conferencia
Colaboradores en la Viña del Señor
que se llevará a cabo entre el 5 y el 7 de
marzo en el Centro de Convenciones
de Tucson.
Contaremos con la participación de
oradores de prestigio internacional,
como el Padre Robert Barron de la
Archidiócesis de Chicago y Word
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on Fire Ministries; el Padre Alfonso
García de la Diócesis de Guadalajara,
México; la Hermana Anne Bryan
Smollin, C.S.J., Ph.D. de la Diócesis
de Albany, N.Y.; Mons. Sigifredo
Noriega Barceló, Obispo de Zacatecas,
México y nuestro propio Obispo
Gerald Kicanas. Este evento de tres
días ofrecerá una gran variedad de
oportunidades de energizar su fe,
aumentar sus conocimientos, alternar
con otros cristianos católicos como
usted, de la Diócesis y de más allá,
y de compartir sus vivencias con su
comunidad y sus amigos.
Todos están invitados y serán
bienvenidos. Instamos a toda la
gente de fe a unirse al personal de
su parroquia o escuela, sacerdotes,
diáconos, religiosos consagrados y
líderes laicos para profundizar en
su herencia católica. Habrá talleres
para todos los intereses, con temas
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Columna del Obispo, ver página 13
POR EL OBISPO
Voz de los laicos debe ser escuchada, especialmente en relación
con el matrimonio, la vida familiar
Por OBISPO GERALD KICANAS
Este mes, el Papa Francisco se
reunirá en un Sínodo con obispos
representantes de las numerosas
conferencias de obispos de todo el
mundo y con varios asesores laicos
para reflexionar sobre las enseñanzas
y las prácticas pastorales de la Iglesia
en relación con el matrimonio y la
vida familiar. Luego, en octubre,
se reunirá otro sínodo con una
mayor representación de obispos
y otras personas para continuar
las pláticas que darán lugar a las
recomendaciones o propuestas que
el Papa considerará implementar.
Hace casi un año, el Santo
Padre les pidió a todos los obispos
diocesanos
que
consultaran
abiertamente con el pueblo de su
diócesis en procura de opiniones
y recomendaciones relacionadas
con preguntas muy específicas y
polémicas sobre el matrimonio y la
vida familiar. En nuestra Diócesis,
recibimos el aporte de un amplio
espectro de participantes cuyas
respuestas reflejan, en algunas
áreas, la creciente brecha que
existe entre lo que la Iglesia enseña
y lo que la gente practica en la
realidad. Varios participantes de
la encuesta sugirieron que algunas
de las enseñanzas de la Iglesia, en
lo que respecta al matrimonio y la
vida familiar, ni se entienden ni se
aceptan.
Algunas de las inquietudes e
interrogantes que descubrimos en
nuestra consulta fueron:
-Si bien lo ideal es que el
matrimonio dure toda la vida,
muchas uniones fallan. ¿Cómo
acompaña la Iglesia a esas personas
y cómo las ayuda tras el fracaso de
su matrimonio en lugar de juzgarlas
o condenarlas?
-En el caso de personas que se han
divorciado y desean volver a casarse,
¿de qué manera se podría simplificar
el proceso de Nulidad Matrimonial
(anulación) y lograr que sea más
sensible a las circunstancias?
-¿Por qué a los católicos
divorciados y a los que se han
“Tengo la esperanza de que los participantes del Sínodo
tendrán el valor de ser tanto audaces como fieles. Si son
solamente audaces, podríamos apartarnos de los preceptos
esenciales y las creencias fundamentes arraigadas en las
escrituras y en las enseñanzas de la Iglesia. Si son solamente
fieles, la Iglesia podría volverse irrelevante y perder contacto
con la realidad de la vida de la gente.”
vuelvo a casar no se les permite
recibir la Santa Comunión cuando
ellos no fueron responsables de las
fallas que causaron el fracaso de su
matrimonio?
-¿Debería la Iglesia ser más
sensible y receptiva de personas
de un mismo sexo que buscan una
relación estable y de por vida?
-¿Cómo debería responder la
Iglesia a la costumbre común de los
Estados Unidos de convivir antes del
matrimonio?
-Ya no existe una única
interpretación de la vida familiar. La
sociedad actual consiste en muchos
padres de familia solteros que crían
niños, abuelos que crían niños,
parejas del mismo sexo que crían
niños, parejas divorciadas y parejas
casadas por segunda vez que crían
niños y familias mezcladas. ¿Cuál es
la mejor respuesta pastoral a todas
esas circunstancias?
Evidentemente, las enseñanzas de
la Iglesia no se determinan mediante
consenso democrático o encuestas
de opinión. De la misma manera, el
rechazo de la gente o la falta de apoyo
cultural a ciertas enseñanzas de la
Iglesia no implican que la enseñanza
sea falsa. Las enseñanzas católicas
sostienen que la autoridad doctrinal
final reside en el Magisterium. No
obstante, la discrepancia existente
entre la enseñanza y la práctica es
preocupante.
La
Comisión
Teológica
Internacional recientemente publicó
un documento autorizado por el
Cardenal Gerhard Muller titulado
“Sensus Fidei (sentido de la fe) en la
vida de la Iglesia”. Este documento
es un informe sobre un estudio
originalmente comisionado por el
Papa Benedicto XVI. Tina Beattie,
profesora de Estudios Católicos de
la Universidad de Roehampton,
Londres, comenta este documento
en un artículo titulado “Los laicos
deben ser escuchados” publicado
en la edición del 16 de agosto del
periódico The Tablet.
El documento de la Comisión
afirma la responsabilidad de los
católicos practicantes de compartir
su experiencia y conocimientos
con los pastores de la Iglesia y la
necesidad de la Iglesia de procurar
y escuchar sus perspectivas con
respeto.
El documento expresa que el
Segundo Concilio Vaticano fue lo
que “desterró la caricatura de una
jerarquía activa y un laicado pasivo”.
El viejo estereotipo del laicado que
lo representa como uno que paga,
reza y obedece, ya no es lo que se
espera de quienes fueron bautizados
como discípulos de Cristo. Los laicos
deben ser consultados en asuntos
importantes para la Iglesia. Ellos
necesitan expresar sus puntos de
vista.
Uno de los resultados importantes
del concilio fue el establecimiento
de consejos financieros y pastorales
diocesanos y parroquiales. Los
párrocos deben consultar con el
consejo en busca de asesoramiento.
Para mí, la sabiduría y las sugerencias
de
nuestro
Consejo
Pastoral
Diocesano y del Consejo Financiero
han sido inmensamente útiles, y el
diálogo y la consulta han sido muy
influyentes.
El documento de la Comisión
afirma un concepto, sensus fidei
fidelis (el sentido de la fe de los
fieles) que la Iglesia sostiene
desde hace mucho tiempo, y que
el documento describe como una
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especie de instinto espiritual que
permite a los creyentes discernir
espontáneamente si una enseñanza
o práctica en particular está en
conformidad con el Evangelio y con
la fe apostólica o no. Por eso, con el
trabajo de los sínodos ya próximo, se
entiende que haya una necesidad de
consulta y diálogo entre los pastores
de la Iglesia, los teólogos y los fieles
laicos.
La consulta sobre el matrimonio y
la vida familiar, en la cual participaron
laicos de todo el mundo para lograr
una noción del sensus fidei actual,
reveló, en algunas áreas, una falta
de conexión entre las enseñanzas
Magisteriales y las nociones y
experiencias de varios fieles. El
Sínodo deberá reflexionar sobre esta
situación, y no desestimarla como
una falta de entendimiento de lo que
la Iglesia enseña.
¿Es posible que la Iglesia conecte
lo que enseña con lo que sus fieles,
incluso algunos de sus más ardientes
seguidores, creen o practican? ¿Es
posible enseñar los valores y guías
morales de la Iglesia de manera
más convincente? Hay grandes
expectativas para esta reunión de
obispos y otros miembros de la
Iglesia con el Santo Padre.
Tengo la esperanza de que los
participantes del Sínodo tendrán
el valor de ser tanto audaces como
fieles. Si son solamente audaces,
podríamos apartarnos de los
preceptos esenciales y las creencias
fundamentes arraigadas en las
escrituras y en las enseñanzas de
la Iglesia. Si son solamente fieles, la
Iglesia podría volverse irrelevante y
perder contacto con la realidad de la
vida de la gente.
Este mes, al considerar la Iglesia
universal el matrimonio y la vida
familiar, aquí en nuestra Diócesis
nos embarcaremos en una misión
para fortalecer el matrimonio y la
vida familiar. Con miras en esa meta,
me preparo para dos iniciativas.
Primera:
Presentaré
algunas
sesiones en inglés y en español
para informarme de las opiniones
y sugerencias de la gente en cuanto
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Las parejas posaron para tomarse
fotografías con el Obispo Kicanas y
después de la Misa todos disfrutaron
de un pastel y ponche en el salón
parroquial.
“Todas estas parejas personifican
el amor y la entrega, y la voluntad
de ayudarse mutuamente aun
cuando esto implique sacrificar
una necesidad o deseo personal”,
dijo el Obispo Kicanas. “Rezo para
que su ejemplo de dedicación y
compromiso en el amor inspire a sus
seres queridos a amar de la misma
manera”.
CELEBRACION DEL MATRIMONIO
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una Misa celebrada por el Obispo
Gerald Kicanas ante la presencia
de familiares y amigos. Las parejas
son matrimonios de Tucson, Casa
Grande, Yuma y otras ciudades, y
si bien algunas han estado casadas
apenas un año, siete de las parejas
celebraron 65 años de matrimonio o
más.
“Es muy emocionante ver a todas
estas personas aquí”, dijo Camiel
Albrecht, 89, antes de la Misa.
El matrimonio Albrecht es de la
Parroquia Sts. Peter and Paul, cerca
del Centro Médico de la Universidad
de Arizona. Tienen cinco hijos, y una
de sus hijas, Linda Mellen, asistió a la
Misa el domingo con su esposo, Jim,
y su hijo Cory, de 14 años de edad.
“Estar casados tantos años es una
bendición”, dijo Alice Albrecht.
Las otras parejas que han estado
unidas también durante mucho
tiempo son: Marty y Babs Ronstadt
COLLABORADORES
continua de 12
convenientemente presentados en
inglés y en español. El Padre Michael
White hará una presentación sobre
REBUILT, un libro que escribió
colmado de ideas para mejorar las
parroquias. El Diácono Alex Jones
compartirá con la audiencia la historia
de su conversión y nos inspirará a
todos a vivir plenamente en la fe.
Mons. Carlos Romero, de Venezuela,
nos acompañará con interesantes
talleres ofrecidos en español. Otros
presentadores de talleres que
participarán son: Hosffman Ospino,
Ph.D. de Boston College; Tom Booth,
un compositor de Oregon Catholic
Press, y el Obispo George Murry,
S.J. de la Diócesis de Youngstown,
POR EL OBISPO
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a lo que nosotros, como diócesis,
podemos hacer para mejorar el
servicio que brindamos a las parejas
casadas en pro de su relación y de la
formación de su familia. Me interesa
mucho oír sus ideas e inquietudes
ya que contribuirán al desarrollo de
respuestas pastorales destinadas a
abordar esas áreas.
Segunda: En el correr de los
próximos meses quiero participar
en la implementación del programa
Fortaleciendo Familias en la Fe en
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Gente disfruta del pastel.
de la Parroquia St. Thomas the
Apostle y Richard y Mary Yenter de
la Parroquia St. Anthony, de Casa
Grande, que celebraron 67 años de
casados. Por su parte, Brian y Jean
Dumas de la Parroquia Our Lady of
Grace, el matrimonio Knebelsberger,
de la Parroquia Sacred Heart, Jack y
Dee Lyle de la Parroquia St. Odilia,
y Richard y Rachel Rendon de la
Parroquia Santa Cruz, celebraron 65
años de casados.
Ohio. Estos son solo algunos de los
60 talleres que se ofrecerán durante
los tres días de la Conferencia.
Aproveche
esta
increíble
oportunidad de reunirse con líderes
locales, nacionales e internacionales
de la Iglesia. Únase con su parroquia
o escuela a este importante
evento para participar juntos
como Diócesis en este encuentro
que le brinda la oportunidad de
crecer en la fe, la esperanza y la
caridad
mediante
inspiradoras
presentaciones especiales, talleres
de enriquecimiento espiritual, y una
variedad de propuestas para aprender
y para conocer a otras personas en la
fe. Esta es una magnífica oportunidad
de fomentar el desarrollo de su
comunidad –su parroquia, su escuela,
su movimiento, su entorno de fe–
viajar juntos, estar juntos y compartir
juntos, y todos están invitados.
Disfrute de maravillosa música
dirigida por Jamie Cortez, participe
en celebraciones litúrgicas, y póngase
al día con la más reciente información
para realzar su espiritualidad y
estimular su crecimiento personal
mientras recorre el camino de la vida
con Dios.
Venga a compartir su fe, su
esperanza y sus obras de caridad.
Demuestre que Dios está presente y
que la comunidad católica del desierto
del suroeste es verdaderamente un
pueblo de fe, esperanza y caridad.
Marque su calendario ahora
y reserve estas fechas: jueves, 5
de marzo, al sábado, 7 de marzo.
“El amor y la fe de estas parejas
ha superado pruebas de amor
y tristeza, momentos fáciles y
momentos difíciles de la vida, en
tiempos de salud y enfermedad, y
han permanecido constantemente
comprometidos a su relación y a sus
familias”, añadió. “Nos enseñan un
gran lección”.
La registración para la Conferencia
comenzará a fines de octubre: $45 por
persona, menores de 12 años, gratis.
Hotel/Alojamiento: Hotel Tucson
City Center – llame al 520-6223000 y solicite la tarifa de grupo
de la Diócesis de Tucson de $89
la noche. Habrá transporte en
autobús particular entre el Hotel
Tucson City Center y el Centro de
Convenciones de Tucson durante
toda la conferencia. El hotel está
ubicado a 0.75 millas del Centro de
Convenciones.
—
Joe Perdreauville es Director Asociado del
Departamento de Servicios Pastorales y
Coordinador de la Oficina del Ministerio
de Jóvenes, Adultos jóvenes y Familias de
la Diócesis de Tucson.
algunas de las parroquias y escuelas
piloto para ver por mí mismo en
la práctica si el programa -con su
proceso de diálogo y colaboración
entre el personal de las parroquias
y de las escuelas y las familias- es
beneficioso y, si lo es, determinar
cómo podríamos extender ese
proceso de diálogo a toda la
Diócesis.
Los invito a enviarme sus ideas
de cómo podríamos fortalecer el
matrimonio y la vida de la familia a
commenttobishop@diocesetucson.
org.
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Aun años después, camino tomado por adolescentes de El Salvador todavía les preocupa
Por PATRICIA ZAPOR
Catholic News Service
SILVER
SPRING,
Maryland
(CNS) -- Henry y Karen Castellanos
Escalante estaban en peligro en su
propio vecindario.
Los pandilleros “me seguían por
todas partes”, dijo Henry. “Yo no
podía salir de nuestra casa porque
siempre estaban intentando hacerme
parte de sus pandillas”.
En entrevista con Catholic News
Service y el programa de PBS
“Religion and Ethics Newsweekly”,
el joven que ahora tiene 18 años
de edad dijo que fue obligado a
abandonar la escuela después del
quinto grado. No había manera de
llegar a la escuela desde su casa en
San Salvador sin encontrar pandillas
violentas que estaban reclutando
forzosamente chicos de su edad,
dijo Henry. Ellos hasta lo seguían
entrando a la escuela.
Su hermana Karen, ahora de 16
años de edad, llegó al sexto grado
antes que ella también desertara.
Las amenazas incluyen tiroteos
vecinales frecuentes, tales como un
asesinato cometido justo frente a
su casa. Para Karen, el riesgo de ser
atacada por miembros de pandillas
se tornó vívido cuando una amiga se
perdió de vista después ser violada
sexualmente por el tipo de niños que
también la seguían a ella.
En marzo del 2012 los hermanos
salieron juntos de El Salvador, con
edades de 14 y 16 años, tomando
un camino, a menudo aterrador,
de cinco meses cruzando América
Central y México antes de ser
capturados por la Patrulla Fronteriza
de Estados Unidos poco después de
llegar a Texas.
Henry dijo que sus padres,
en
consulta
con
parientes
estadounidenses, decidieron que
“sería un mejor futuro para nosotros”
si ellos podían llegar a Estados
Unidos. Sin esperanza de obtener
visas para hacerlo legalmente, su
padre encontró un “coyote” que
los llevara. Los hermanos no saben
cuánto se pagó ni se les preguntó si
querían irse.
“Ellos solamente dijeron que
teníamos que irnos”, dijo Henry.
Los Castellanos llegaron cerca
del comienzo de una oleada sin
precedentes de menores de edad
viajando sin sus padres que han
sido capturados en Estados Unidos.
El número de tales adolescentes y
niños atrapados sin documentos
de inmigración había sobrepasado
los 66,000 a finales de agosto, casi
el doble de los 35,000 que fueron
detenidos durante todo el año fiscal
2013.
Uno de los problemas más dolorosos de la familia moderna es el divorcio.
En las novelas, en las revistas, en las conversaciones diarias, se menciona con
mucha frecuencia. Muchas personas pasan cada día por esta experiencia y como
consecuencia vemos padres separados y hijos confundidos. Hay tensiones, odios,
frustraciones. Después de sentir la falta de comprensión y unidad, cuando todo
falla se piensa en el divorcio como la única solución. Aquí existe un problema
muy fuerte: la falta de unidad en la familia. Cuando la pareja se casa todos
sueñen de la unidad y la comprensión. Al divorciarse saben que han fracasado.
La ley civil abre un camino y acepta el divorcio. Pero nosotros tenemos que
preguntarnos lo que piensa
Dios sobre este problema.
REFLEXIONES
Los evangelios nos pueden
Padre Roberto Kose, O.F.M. Cap.
iluminar.
En tiempos de
Cristo, había el mismo
problema familiar y la ley
aceptaba el divorcio. Entonces, algunos enemigos del Señor querían hacerle una
trampa y le preguntaron: “¿Puede un hombre divorciarse de su mujer?” Jesús
dando una respuesta habla del plan de Dios y el plan humano. El plan de Dios
presenta la imagen ideal: estar unidos para siempre. El plan humano presenta la
realidad que vivimos: cuando la unidad es imposible, existe el divorcio. El plan
de Dios siempre es un ideal, a pesar de que a realidad humana no sea así.
Cristo mismo dice que el matrimonio es algo sagrado. La unión del
hombre y la mujer para formar un hogar no es un experimento. Si funciona,
continúa; y si no funciona, se suspende para comenzar de nuevo. Hay personas
que piensan así: juegan con los sentimientos y a las emociones y hacen de su
vida una lotería en que se puede ganar o perder. No se dan el tiempo necesario
para hacer de su amor un compromiso serio que implica sacrificios junto con las
alegrías. El matrimonio no es un experimento; no es un juego. Tenemos que
luchar todos los días por conservar la unidad. Vemos el matrimonio en la iglesia
como una señal del amor de Cristo entre nosotros.
EL DIVORCIO
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CCS’ domestic violence case managers help women start anew
By RUTH LILJENQUIST
lives.”
“Case manager”—it’s a rather
uninspired and inadequate job title
for the dedicated staff members
of Catholic Community Services’
domestic violence shelters who
make such a difference in helping
women rebuild their lives after
escaping abuse.
While Stokes meets formally with
each of her clients once a week,
she often sees them informally,
sometimes many times a day.
There are better words. How
about friend, confidante, counselor,
big sister, therapist, coach, teacher,
discipliner,
planner,
arranger,
role model, cheerleader, mentor,
advocate, enforcer, hand holder,
shoulder to cry on? The list could go
on.
“On paper, our job is to connect
women to community resources,
housing, social services, state
agencies and other resources that
will help women rebuild their lives,”
said Oralee Stokes, a case manager at
Forgach House in Sierra Vista, about
75 miles southeast of Tucson. “But
there’s so much more to it. We wear
many hats as case managers.”
Lisa Silva, the director of CCS’s
three shelters in Southeastern
Arizona, said she understands the
vital and varied role case managers
play.
“Case management often gets
overlooked as a service in our
shelters, but it’s absolutely critical,”
Silva said. “The women who come to
our shelters often don’t know how to
organize a ‘normal’ life after living
with abuse for so long.”
When women enter the shelter,
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“These are moments for quick pep
talks,” she said. “They are starved
emotionally and have no self-esteem.
I want them to know how strong
they really are.”
it takes a few days to work through
their emotions- including relief,
gratitude, fear, guilt, sorrow. When
they’ve achieved a sense of normalcy,
they are ready to work with a case
manager to winnow through the
issues they are facing and identify
their top priorities.
“The highest priority may be
getting medical care, finding a job,
earning a general education degree
or getting copies of birth certificates
and Social Security cards,” Stokes
said. “Once we’ve identified the
priorities, we set goals with clear
objectives.”
With a broad knowledge of
community resources and good
relationships with staff at other
community agencies, case managers
provide information and instructions
to their clients and often make calls
to facilitate services for them. From
there, however, the women need to
take action to meet their goals.
“They’ve got to do the work,”
Stokes said. “But we teach them how
to do it—how to make calls, how to
make contacts, how to follow up.”
This highly individualized process
of identifying priorities, setting goals,
and achieving objectives one by one
is how the residents in the shelter
slowly put the pieces of their new
lives in place. It’s not always a linear
process—plans get re-written often
as needs and conditions change—but
the general direction is forward.
Stokes said she can’t imagine
being successful in helping women
overcome domestic violence work
without case management.
“It is one of the most effective
social services,” she said. “It’s
holistic, it’s very involved and it
touches every part of these women’s
All of the case managers at
Forgach House have had some
kind of personal experience with
domestic violence, which gives them
genuine empathy for their clients
and inspires hope in the women
recovering from abuse.
“The biggest unwritten description
of our jobs is role model,” Stokes
said. “I tell my ladies, ‘If I survived it,
you can too.’”
For more information
• Catholic Community Services
operates four domestic violence
programs.
• Forgach House in Sierra Vista –
520-458-9096
• House of Hope in Douglas – 520364-2454
• Nuestra Casa/Our House in
Nogales – 520-508-0917
• Safe House in Yuma - 928-7820044 Toll-Free Hotline: 1-877-4400550
• Arizona Domestic Violence
Hotline 1-602-263-8900
• National Domestic Violence
Hotline 1-800-799-7233 | 1-800787-3224 (TTY)
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St. Elizabeth’s becomes independent non-profit organization
By RUTH LILJENQUIST
patients, who will have access to additional
benefits through the partnership with El Rio. With
increased funding and resources, St. Elizabeth’s
also hopes that the center can grow to care for
more patients.
With the well wishes of Catholic Community
Services of Southern Arizona, St. Elizabeth’s Health
Center has recently become an independent nonprofit organization. As of Oct. 1, the health center
is no longer an agency of Catholic Community
Services. However, St. Elizabeth’s will retain its
volunteer care model and continue in its mission
to serve the uninsured and underserved as a
Catholic healthcare provider.
“This new structure is in the best interest of
both organizations and the people we serve,”
said Jane Bakos, who has served as the center’s
executive director and is now its chief executive
officer.
Since 2010, St. Elizabeth’s has experienced
significant financial challenges, stemming
primarily from the sudden loss of state funding in
2010. During this time, despite numerous efforts
to reduce costs and increase revenue at the health
center, losses at St. Elizabeth’s exceeded $1.5
million. Continuing to operate with this size of
deficit became unsustainable for St. Elizabeth’s
and for Catholic Community Services.
“Although it’s sad to part ways after a wonderful
partnership of more than 50 years, it’s the right
thing to do,” said Peg Harmon, CEO of Catholic
Community Services. “We are tremendously
grateful to El Rio Community Health Center for
working with us to find a way to help St. Elizabeth’s
continue its important mission.”
Under a new structure as an independent
organization, St. Elizabeth’s will be positioned to
apply for federal funding through a collaborative
partnership with El Rio Community Health
Center, a federally qualified health center. This
was not possible as an agency of CCS. With
additional funding, St. Elizabeth’s will not only be
able to continue its work but will be better able to
meet new health care regulations brought about
by the Affordable Care Act.
St. Elizabeth’s will be governed by its newlyformed board of directors, led by Dr. Jose Santiago,
M.D., who care about the mission of St. Elizabeth’s
and want to move it forward, Harmon said. And
while the structural relationship between Catholic
Community Services and St. Elizabeth’s has
changed, the collaborative relationship has not.
“We’ll continue working together to help
vulnerable people in our community meet their
needs,” Harmon said.
St. Elizabeth’s new status will also benefit
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I recently had a wonderful conversation with a
lay woman who is pursuing studies in the Catholic
faith. She had just finished reading Gaudium et Spes,
the Church’s document from the Second Vatican
Council. The title in English is The Church in the
Modern World, but the translation from Latin
is Joy and Hope. Either title tells us something
of Church’s wisdom and vision and taking both
titles together we gain even more insight into our
vocation as lay people in the Church and in the
world. We are to be a sign of joy and hope. And
that can be no small challenge.
How do we accept and live fully the vocation
to be ourselves a sign of hope and joy in the
world today? While we do experience goodness,
kindness, compassion, and many good things in
our lives, the world surely needs more joy and
hope; that has been and always will be true on a
global level and on a personal level. Gaudium et
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THAT ALL MAY
KNOW THE SAVIOR
Peggy Guerrero
Joy and Hope
Spes gives us very practical tools for us to use to
bring about a better world. It reminds us that we
live in solidarity with the human race, that we are
one in the Body of Christ.
We experience pressure to take sides; it becomes
about polarization, people dividing themselves
into different camps, keeping the focus on what is
divisive. We long for there to be one final answer
for everything, one best way, one solution for
whatever problems arise. It is very hard not to be
pulled into that dynamic.
Gaudium et Spes offers a more human approach.
It calls us to dialogue with the world and with one
another which is based on solidarity and respect.
It tells us that we are to be “in the world” as a sign
that we are truly one in the Body of Christ with
Christ as the head. One way we live as that Body
is when we respectfully listen to one another. We
know that we bring a piece of the truth, as does
each other person.
My friend found new enthusiasm for her
Church. This enthusiasm could have led her to
talk more and listen less, but she really grasped
the message that was in the Church’s document.
Her enthusiasm is leading her to listen more. She
is the church, a lay person in the modern world.
—
Peggy Guerrero is a member of the Jordan Ministry
Team in Tucson. For more information, please visit
www.jordanministry.org .
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Feast days of Sts. John Paul II, John XXIII added to universal calendar
By CAROL GLATZ
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- In light of “countless requests from every part
of the world,” Pope Francis has approved putting Sts. John Paul II and John
XXIII on the church’s universal calendar of feast days.
Called the General Roman Calendar, it is the universal schedule of holy
days and feast days for the Latin rite of the Catholic Church.
The two saints’ feast days, both of which have the ranking of an optional
-- not obligatory -- memorial, are Oct. 11 for St. John XXIII and Oct. 22 for
St. John Paul II.
The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, published the decree
Sept. 11 from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments.
The pope determines who makes the universal calendar based on
recommendations from the congregation for worship.
In 2007, Pope Benedict approved stricter guidelines for determining
which saints will be remembered with mandatory feast days. The new norms
were necessary, the congregation had said, because the year does not have
enough days to include all the saints in the universal calendar, particularly
when Sundays and holy days are subtracted.
Pope Francis, who canonized the two saints in April, approved the optional
memorials “given the extraordinary nature of these pontiffs in offering the
clergy and the faithful a unique model of virtue and in promoting the life of
Christ,” the decree said.
“Taking into consideration the countless requests from every part of the
world,” the pope took “as his own the unanimous wishes of the people of
God,” it said.
CNS photo by Lisa Johnston, St. Louis Review
Pope Francis celebrates the canonization Mass for Sts. John XXIII and John Paul II in St.
Peter’s Square at the Vatican April 27.
Baseball player leaves behind success
on diamond to follow God’s call
By MICHELE JURICH
Catholic News Service
OAKLAND, Calif. (CNS) -- Four
years ago, the Oakland Athletics
and the baseball community
were stunned when Grant Desme
responded to an invitation to spring
training in Arizona by retiring
from baseball at age 23 to pursue a
vocation as a Catholic priest.
Entering the abbey of the
Norbertine order, he had taken vows
of poverty, chastity and obedience.
He also had been given a new name:
Frater Matthew.
Desme had played college
baseball at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
and ended up being drafted in the
second round of the 2007 draft by
the A’s.
The reaction to his decision to
leave baseball, he said, surprised
him. “It was God’s grace working
through all that to help people to
see that God is what matters.”
GRANT DESME
Frater Matthew has completed
the first four of his 10-year journey
to the priesthood. “It’s been a great,
wonderful, challenging, terrible
journey, because God wants the
absolute best of us.”
—
Jurich is a staff writer at The Catholic
Voice, newspaper of the Oakland
Diocese.
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