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Our Lady of Fatima will be honored in diocese throughout centenary TURN TO PAGE 9 TO READ MORE ABOUT HOW THE CENTENARY WILL BE CELEBRATED.
Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner speaks to people gathered after daily Mass on May 2, including students from Cathedral School, before blessing a statue of Our Lady of Fatima that was donated to Cathedral John-Paul Walski leads a decade of the Rosary during the 2017 Rosary of the Immaculate Conception. The statue will remain in the gathering space throughout the Convocation held May 13 at St. Joseph’s, Red Lake Falls. The event focused centenary. (Photos credit: Katrina Genereux/OND) on the 100th anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima’s first apparition.
Conference helps prepare people to be evangelists Twenty-five people from around the diocese attended the New Evangelization Summit remotely from St. Philip’s, Bemidji. The day-and-a-half event was May 12-13 and included presentations from Peter Herbeck, Sister Miriam James Heidland and Bishop Robert Barron. In addition to listening to presentations, attendees also joined 5,000 others in Ottawa and 38 other remote sites throughout North America for prayer and praise and worship.
TURN TO PAGE 8 TO FIND OUT WHAT PARTICIPANTS LEARNED.
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COMMENTARY
OUR NORTHLAND DIOCESE
Voice from the Valley BY BISHOP MICHAEL J. HOEPPNER
My Dear Christ’s Faithful of the Diocese of Crookston: I, like you, am deeply saddened and troubled whenever I hear allegations of sexual abuse by a clergyman and certainly when I hear of allegations of misconduct by a bishop. I know you understand that there are two sides to every story and there is another, a very different side to the story reported last week. As a result of the legal action now taken by Mr. Vasek, civil and church processes have begun that take a thorough and fair look at the allegation. As was indicated in the statement from the Diocese of Crookston released last week, Msgr. Grundhaus has been removed from active priestly ministry. I, your bishop, deny that I “in any way forced, coerced or encouraged Mr. Vasek to not pursue” making allegations against Msgr. Grundhaus. These processes that have
begun, will take time. While we are dealing with this matter, I ask, please (1) be patient and kind and non-judgmental; (2) pray daily for a fair, just and timely resolve to this matter; (3) include the following prayer in the Prayers of General Intercession in every Sunday Mass celebrated in the Diocese of Crookston: Let us pray for a fair and just resolve to all our law suits and for all persons harmed in any way in matters involving sexual abuse, let us pray to the Lord … (4) join me in making each Friday a day of fasting and abstinence from eating meat as a sign that we know our most important sustenance comes from our loving God. I and the Diocese of Crookston do take seriously all allegations of sexual abuse and we continue to work to provide a safe environment for all. I will do all I can to keep you informed as these matters move forward.
Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner is pleased to announce the first of what will be a yearly Mass at
CALVARY CEMETERY, CROOKSTON, on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 at 5:15 p.m. This Mass will be for deceased bishops, priests and deacons of the Diocese of Crookston; religious and faithful who are laid to rest in Calvary Cemetery. Calvary Cemetery is located on the west end of Memorial Drive in Crookston.
BISHOP’S CALENDAR May 20
10:00 a.m.
May 21
2:00 p.m.
Rite of Confirmation, St. Philip’s, Bemidji
May 28
8:30 a.m.
Rite of Confirmation, Sacred Heart, Frazee
May 30
5:15 p.m.
Mass for Deceased Clergy and Religious, Calvary Cemetery, Crookston
June 3
5:00 p.m.
Rite of Confirmation, Assumption, Barnesville
June 4
9:00 a.m.
Rite of Confirmation, St. Elizabeth, Dilworth
June 7
11:00 a.m.
Minnesota Catholic Conference Meeting, St. Paul
June 10
10:00 a.m.
Permanent Diaconate Ordination, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Crookston
June 14-16 June 17
Diaconate Ordination for Nathan Brunn, St. Joseph’s, Moorhead
USCCB Spring General Assembly, Indianapolis 10:00 a.m.
Priesthood Ordination for Deacon Matt Schmitz, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Crookston
VICTIM ASSISTANCE STATEMENT
If you or someone you know has been sexually abused, your first call should be to law enforcement. If you have been abused by a Catholic priest or another person in Church ministry, the Diocese of Crookston Victim’s Assistance Coordinator is also available to offer you help and healing. Please contact Louann McGlynn at 218-281-7895 (24-hour confidential number) or Lmcglynn@ crookston.org.
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A statement from the Diocese of Crookston The following statement was released on May 9: Bishop Hoeppner and other diocesan leaders are deeply saddened and troubled about the allegations made today by Ron Vasek. The Diocese of Crookston takes all allegations of sex-
ual abuse very seriously. Mr. Vasek's allegation of sexual abuse dates to 1971 and involves Msgr. Roger Grundhaus. Msgr. Grundhaus has been retired since July 1, 2010 and is currently suspended from active ministry. Mr. Vasek has also alleged
that Bishop Hoeppner coerced him into signing a document against his will and to not pursue the reporting of the allegations against Msgr. Grundhaus. Bishop Hoeppner categorically denies that he in any way forced, coerced or encouraged Mr. Vasek to not pursue
his allegations regarding Msgr. Grundhaus. Mr. Vasek's allegations of abuse regarding Msgr. Grundhaus were reported to law enforcement in 2011. The Diocese of Crookston plans to conduct a thorough investigation into this matter. It would not be appropriate to
comment further until that investigation has been completed. The Diocese of Crookston is committed to the protection of children and the safe environment of our schools, parishes and communities. The Diocese of Crookston encourages anyone, with information regarding the abuse or exploitation of children or young people to immediately report that information to law enforcement or the Diocese of Crookston Victim's Assistance Coordinator, Louann McGlynn at 218281-7895. The Diocese of Crookston has fully adopted the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, as promulgated by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishop Hoeppner asks that all those involved be kept in prayer during this difficult time.
Catholic Community Foundation (CCF) Endowments and Memorials Education of Seminarians
Frank and Judith Kleinvachter..........................2,000.00
Louis J. Desrosier............................................32,498.97
St. Francis, Moorhead.....................................19,735.00
Adrian and Jane Fortier.................................10,000.00
Frank and Mabel Mallinger.............................15,000.00
Louis M. Theis...................................................9,732.58
St. Francis Xavier, Oklee......................................890.28
Albert & Irene Kuznia.......................................1,000.00
Fred & Eva Rivard..........................................10,000.00
Lucille A. McGinnis Estate...............................27,425.00
St. John, Nebish, Sacred Heart, Wil.................9,000.00
Alfonse & Helen DeCrans................................1,550.00
George and Annie Baskerville...........................1,000.00
M. Joseph Walsh...............................................1,000.00
St. John the Baptist, Georgetown.....................2,000.00
Andrew & Madeline Hanson.............................2,000.00
George and Mary Rauenbuehler.......................1,000.00
Marcel Novak................................................124,321.68
St. Joseph’s, Ada.................................................500.00
Andrew and Kathryn Rominski..........................1,000.00
Glen St. Ives Memorial......................................5,000.00
Margaret & Celestine Maus..............................9,000.00
St. Joseph’s, Bagley.............................................545.00
Ann K. Brunner Endowment...........................25,342.12
Godfrey and Blanche Keller............................10,000.00
Margaret Tembrock.........................................15,000.00
St. Joseph’s, Brooks/Fr. Matt Schmitz..............3,140.00
Anton Tschimperele Estate...............................5,000.00
Grace Genereux................................................5,000.00
Marie V. Connelly.............................................10,000.00
St. Joseph’s, Moorhead.....................................5,052.00
Arlin & Marcia Super............................................500.00
Harold and Ann Pakuer...................................10,000.00
Mary Immaculate.............................................10,030.00
St. Joseph’s Church, Beaulieu........................10,000.00
Assumption Barnesville - Hildebrand..............10,500.00
Harold & Shirley Cyr……….......................……1,000.00
Matt & Ann Vorderbruggen..............................10,000.00
St. Joseph’s of Benwood Youth Grp.................1,608.10
Ben & Elizabeth Balke ...................................10,000.00
Helen Gartner Memorial....................................1,000.00
Matthew J. and Anna Novak.............................8,000.00
St. Joseph’s Parish, Oslo................................10,000.00
Ben & Elizabeth Landowski..............................2,500.00
Henry and Ida Ricard......................................33,099.22
Michael John Steffl Memorial..........................52,500.00
St. Lawrence Church, Mentor............................7,500.00
Bill & Dee Sullivan.............................................1,050.00
Henry J. Schilling.............................................15,000.00
Miss Alice E. Chisholm Estate.........................45,088.40
St. Mary of the Lakes......................................10,000.00
Bishop Balke...................................................15,000.00
Herbert and Lou Vicia Reese............................1,000.00
MN Catholic Daughters.....................................1,000.00
St. Mary’s, Euclid..................................................100.00
Bishop Corbett Memorial................................10,035.00
Herbert X. Brunner..........................................25,000.00
Most Holy Redeemer, Ogema...........................1,000.00
St. Mary’s Church of Fosston............................2,357.00
Bishop Glenn..................................................18,695.00
Holy Trinity, All Heavenly Beings.......................8,600.00
Mr. & Mrs. Henry McAleer Mem......................91,000.00
St. Mary’s, Warroad...........................................1,000.00
Bishop Peschges............................................20,000.00
Holy Trinity, Tabor..............................................3,484.03
Mrs. Mae Lallier.................................................1,000.00
St. Michael’s, Mahnomen.....................................500.00
Bishop Povish.................................................20,035.00
Izola McLaughlin Estate..................................13,564.07
Mrs. Mary Plencner...........................................3,000.00
St. Patrick, Hallock..........................................10,000.00
Bob and Helen Widerskie...............................10,000.00
J.F.A.B. .……………..........................................5,135.11
Msgr. A. I. Merth..............................................20,000.00
St. Peter’s, Gentilly...............................................100.00
Bray, Logan & Morin.......................................10,000.00
Jean & Ralph Beiland...........................................194.28
Msgr. Donald Krebs.........................................25,000.00
St. Peter’s, Park Rapids....................................1,000.00
Bud and Bernie Blokzyl....................................1,050.00
Jeanne Kotrba Estate....................................184,965.66
Msgr. John Stearns.........................................10,000.00
St. Philip’s Church of Bemidji............................1,000.00
Candace Miller Memorial..................................5,844.57
Jerome C. & Alice Steele..................................2,000.00
Nat’l Catholic Society of Foresters..................37,648.17
St. Rose of Lima, Argyle....................................4,250.00
Cathedral of the Immac. Conception................1,554.49
Jerry & Eris Super...........................................20,000.00
Neoma Madunich Memorial..............................1,000.00
St. Stephen, Stephen......................................12,702.00
Clarence Agnes…….............................………10,000.00
Jim and Theresa Schmitz..................................2,000.00
Other................................................................12,340.66
St. Theodore, Ponsford.....................................1,000.00
Clarice & Peter Dieser Families......................17,211.10
Joe and Jenny Prosby Family.........................10,000.00
Pennies for Seminarians-MN KCs..................98,290.61
Stanley Bourassa............................................10,025.00
Clem & Kathryn Foltz......................................14,800.00
Joel & Nancy Kowalke......................................1,000.00
Peter and Julia Stauffenecker...........................5,000.00
Stanley and Lucille Gruhot................................9,000.00
Edward Ignaszewski Estate..............................3,000.00
J. & M. Arends, F. & L. Hemberger....................4,309.35
Peter J. Krolak.................................................20,000.00
Steven and Agnes Kary Estate.......................23,408.78
Elmer Ricard Memorial.....................................1,600.00
John A. and Victoria Kuznia............................10,000.00
Pope Pius X......................................................3,695.58
Sylvester & Clara Kasprowicz...........................1,000.00
Elvern Vanyo…................................………….85,194.22
John & Dorothy Morrisey Family.......................3,000.00
Ralph & Dolores Stocker...................................1,500.00
Sylvia Kukowski Memorial....................................500.00
Eugene R. Connelly Memorial..........................5,000.00
John Joseph......................................................1,105.00
Ray and Loretta Borowicz...............................10,000.00
The Amon Family...............................................4,000.00
Eva Charest Memorial..................................221,426.37
Joseph & Elizabeth Pulczinski Fam..................2,000.00
Richard Rude..................................................10,000.00
Theodore and Susie Michalski..........................3,000.00
Father Bill Keefe.............................................21,974.47
Joseph and Rose Parent.................................10,000.00
Robert Kresl Family...........................................2,000.00
Vernard & Mae Dora Berberich.........................1,000.00
Father Ed Nistler...............................................6,000.00
Julius and Toni Kleinwachter.............................2,000.00
Robert & Carmel Montgomery.........................17,370.16
Virgil LaPlante...................................................4,000.00
Father James P. Flynn....................................21,654.46
Knights of Columbus.......................................24,540.92
Sacred Heart I................................................20,000.00
W. Donald Archer Memorial............................14,107.66
Father John Merth..........................................10,000.00
Lake of the Woods Cath Comm......................10,000.00
Sacred Heart, Frazee......................................10,000.00
Walter & Monica Novak Memorial.....................7,000.00
Father Keough Patnode..................................80,365.00
Leonard & Marie Hapka..................................10,000.00
Sacred Heart Parish, Roseau...........................1,720.60
Wilhelmina Patnode........................................20,000.00
Fathers Sheehy & A.M.A.S.............................10,000.00
Leonard and Isabelle Kuznia............................1,000.00
Simon & Marion Super....................................11,000.00
William and Loretta Erickson.............................1,000.00
Felix & Theresa Pietruszewski..........................2,000.00
Leonard E. & Veronica B. Boucher...................1,000.00
SS. Peter & Paul, Warren................................11,200.00
William Jirik.......................................................2,000.00
Fr. Louis McMahan...........................................2,800.00
Lloyd and Dorothy Rivard................................10,000.00
St. Aloysius, Leo...............................................3,400.00
Total.............................................................2,182,012.67
Frances Karboviak............................................1,000.00
Louis and Laura Baril........................................2,500.00
St. Bernard’s Parish, TRF.................................7,050.00
Francis and Alvina Desrosier............................2,000.00
Louis and Gertrude Staloch..............................1,000.00
St. Cecilia, Sabin.................................................500.00
This endowment listing will be printed again on July 26, 2017.
Want to know more about endowments and memorials within the Catholic Community Foundation? Do you have questions about the endowments published above? Contact Joe Noel, CCF Director, at 218-281-4533, ext. 453 (office) or 218-280-6858 (mobile). Joe may also be reached at: jnoel@crookston.org.
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A letter to parents of the graduating class of 2017 Over the years I have written an annual column to graduates encouraging them as they enter the next chapter of their lives. I always wrote as if I were writing to my own nephew or niece including what I would want them to hear from someone other than me. This year, I am more aware of the support the parents of seniors may need! For some parents there is a feeling of grateful relief! “We got them through high school and now they are on their own! Alleluia!” For others it is a bitter sweet time of remembering the first day of kindergarten for their “baby” and how proud they are now when pictures are taken at prom or high school graduation. For others, especially if the youngest is graduating, it is a time of anxiety. After so many years with kids in the house they face an empty nest! Finally, and these are the parents I am writing to this year, there are the parents who worry they have been failures in raising their children. It may be discipline problems at home and school, poor grades, or their child suffers from an addiction. The feeling of failure I come
LIFE
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By Father Don Braukmann
Parochial Vicar - St. Philip’s Parish, Bemidji and St. Charles Parish, Pennington
across most in parents is when their child’s faith in God and the Church goes dormant or seems to die altogether. Any priest can tell you of the heartache we often hear in the reconciliation room from parents grieving children who have wandered away from the faith and somehow blame themselves for the heartbreak. In the end, in my opinion, it comes down to this: Parents, you have done what you could with the faith, inspiration and gifts you had while raising your graduating son or daughter. No more guilt or shame, live your life and your faith and trust your example and witness will carry the day in the end. You know, in your heart, there are many voices in the
world that are not your own, nor the Lord’s. Those voices are loud, tempting, seductive and gripping. I bet when you graduated from high school yourselves you did not rank your parent’s opinions in the top 50 which carried any weight! It is only later in life that we learn the wisdom of our elders! One of our great saints of the 4th century, St. Augustine committed every sin you can name during his youth and into his adulthood. His mom, St. Monica, abhorred his actions and then prayed for 30 years that God put someone in her son’s life to remind him who was ... whose he was ... Jesus Christ’s! The prayer was answered all those decades later when St.
Ambrose stepped into Augustine’s life and the rest is history ... Augustine is now known as Saint Augustine! As a priest, especially after being in a parish over several years, it is hard to watch so many members of one confirmation class after another wander off into the septic tank of our society and suffer from dementia when it comes to their faith. As priests, our hearts ache right along with a parent’s blaming ourselves for not having “done enough, taught enough or cared enough” to help them see what we, by the grace of God, already see. St. Monica could have blamed herself for the actions of her son, Augustine. Instead, she fell to her knees for 30 years praying for someone like St. Ambrose to step into her son’s life. That is what I pray for at each Confirmation and graduation I attend. “Lord, I have done what I could with what I had and with what I knew ... send someone to guide them the rest of the way home.” An organization called “Casting Nets” (CastingNetsOnline. com) was recently in the par-
ish for a Lenten mission. They shared with us two prayers. One asking for the intercession of St. Monica and, the other, the intercession of St. Ambrose. I offer these prayers to you, parents, as you nudge your kids out into this crazy world. St. Monica, as you prayed so faithfully for your son’s conversion to Christ for many years, I ask for your intercession as I pray for my loved one. Please grant them, by the power of the Holy Spirit, clarity of mind and purity of heart according to the Truth of Jesus Christ and His Church, so that they will have the courage and conviction to live in knowledge, love and service of Jesus Christ in this life and the next. Amen. St. Ambrose, you were sent as an answer to the prayers of St. Monica for the conversion of her son, St. Augustine. I now humbly plead for your intercession to send someone, like you were to St. Augustine, into the life of my loved one. May they be led to know our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and the truths of His most holy Church. I pray that I may be a fit instrument in and not an obstacle to their conversion, and that I may have the wisdom to see the difference. Amen.
The relationships between pride, humility, and social media Recently, I came across an article by a woman named Sarah Menkedick entitled “Unfiltered: How Motherhood Interrupted My Relationship with Social Media.” The piece was not only wittily and engagingly written; it also spoke to some pretty profound truths about our cultural situation today and the generation that has come of age under the influence of the Internet. She argues that to have swum in the sea of Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and YouTube from childhood was to live perpetually in front of an audience. Most millennials never simply had experiences; they were conditioned to record, preserve, and present those experiences to a following who were invited to like what they saw, to comment on it, to respond to it. She acknowledges that social media, at its best, is a powerful means of communication and connection, but at worst, produces this odd distantiation from life and a preoccupation with the self. She writes: “I’ve come of age as a writer at a time when it is no longer enough just to write. A writer must also promote her work and in the process promote herself as a person of interest … I learned
WORD ON FIRE By Bishop Robert Barron
Founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles
the snarky, casually intellectual voice of feminist and pop culture bloggers, the easy outrage, the clubby camaraderie.” But then something extraordinary happened to the author: she became a mother. On the front porch of her home, nursing her baby, she discovered that she had a visceral aversion to snark and absolutely no desire to share her experience with an audience or curry favor from it. She didn’t want to cultivate any ironic distance from motherhood; rather, she wanted to believe in it with all her heart, to let it wash over her. “Before I had a child, I took it for granted that no intellectual writer-type could ever be taken seriously were she to cave into conventional sentiment. As a mother, I was swept away by these huge,
ancient, universal emotions I’d previously dismissed as uncomplicated.” Her baby, in a word, broke through the carapace of her self-regard and let in some real light. Again, granting all that is truly good about social media (which I use massively in my own ministry), they can easily produce the conviction that we are the stars of our own little dramas, always playing for an eager audience. Authentic spirituality always gives rise to the opposite conviction: your life is not about you. To grasp this distinction more completely, let me propose two scenarios to you. In the first, you are engaged in conversation with someone that you desperately want (or need) to impress, say, a prospective employer or a popular figure whose friend-
ship you crave. In this context, you are indeed speaking, listening, laughing, looking pensive, etc., but more importantly, you are watching yourself perform these moves, and you are exquisitely attentive to the reaction of your interlocutor. Is she laughing at your jokes? Does she look bored? Did your witticism land effectively in her consciousness? The point is that you are not really experiencing reality directly, but rather through a sort of veil. It is as though you are looking at a beautiful landscape, but through a foggy window. Now a second scenario: you are in lively conversation with a friend, and there is no ulterior motive, no egotistic preoccupation. You become quickly lost in the discussion, following the argument where it leads, laughing when you are truly amused, watching your partner, but not in order to see how she’s reacting to you, but just because she’s interesting. In this case, you are immersed in reality; you are looking at the landscape through a clear pane of glass, taking in its colors and textures in all of their vividness. Now, to use the language of the classical moral and spiritual
tradition, the first situation I described is marked, through and through, by pride, and the second by humility. Don’t think of pride, first and foremost, as self-exaltation, which is, in fact, but a face or consequence of pride. In its most proper nature, pride is seeing the world through the distorting lens of the ego and its needs. On the other hand, humility, from the Latin humus (earth), is getting in touch with reality directly, being close to the ground, seeing things as they are. This is why Thomas Aquinas famously says “humilitas est veritas” (humility is truth). What makes the first scenario so painful and cringeworthy is that it is out of step with the truth of things. What makes the second scenario so exhilarating, so fun, is that it is full of reality. What Sarah Menkedick intuited was the manner in which the social media can be a breeding ground for the unique type of spiritual distortion and dislocation that we traditionally call pride. What made all the difference for her was the arrival of her baby, in all of his densely-textured reality – reality that she could appropriate only through humility.
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Viewing immigration as Easter people with confidence in Christ The Easter season is a time to confidently celebrate the victory of Christ over death, once and for all. But the confidence of the Resurrection is too often missing from our lives as Christians – in our commission to proclaim the Good News, yes, but also in our call to faithful citizenship. The radical social demands of the Gospel – to welcome the stranger, to prioritize the needs of the poor and the vulnerable, to protect life at every stage – can too easily be rationalized away as “naïve” and “unrealistic.” I encountered this dynamic firsthand as a participant in a recent debate on the proper Catholic response to the president’s immigration and refugee policies. The debate showed that Christ’s commandment to selflessly love our neighbor (and our enemy) remains the hardest part of Christian discipleship. It also exposed how easily we can turn from Our Lord (and the social doctrine He has passed on to us through the Church) when his demands involve hard work and uncertainty. In other words, the immigration debate highlighted a crisis of confidence in Christ and his Gospel. PRINCIPLED, NOT FEAR-BASED Let’s start with this fact: a faithful Catholic need not support the specific immigration and refugee provisions endorsed by the U.S. bishops. As migration policy is a matter
FAITH IN THE PUBLIC ARENA By Jason Adkins
Executive Director Minnesota Catholic Conference
ACTION ALERT Ask Congress to give Christians in the Middle East the support they need! Over a year ago, the U.S. government declared that ISIS was committing genocide against Christians and other minorities in Iraq and Syria. But we have not matched this symbolic language with action. Christians in the Middle East still face persecution for their faith, and are not receiving the support they need and deserve. A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to address this. The Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act (H.R. 390) would help focus some of our aid in the Middle East to minority groups who have been targeted by ISIS. Directing support to Christians and other minorities is not unjust favoritism, but is instead based on the recognition that these groups face death and extinction at the hands of extremists.
Call your senators and ask them to author a Senate companion to H.R. 390
Sen. Amy Klobuchar 202-224-3244 and Sen. Al Franken: 202-224-5641
Call your representative and ask him to co-sponsor H.R. 390 Rep. Collin Peterson (7): 202-225-2165 or Rep. Rick Nolan (8): 202-225-6211
of prudence, people of good will can come to different conclusions about specific policy outcomes, so long as their conclusions are the product of a prayerful, good-faith effort to apply the Gospel and the social doctrine of the Church to complex problems.
But in my recent debate, my opponent made no such effort to ground his support for President Trump’s immigration and refugee policies in the Church’s social teaching. Instead of appeals to Scripture or the Magisterium, he built his case primarily on a foundation of idolized
nationalism and fear-driven consequentialism. For instance, his final point against a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, delivered as if it was the decisive word on the matter, was that migrants from Latin America were an invasion force being ushered in to further the progressive agenda. Similarly, he opposed resettling Muslim refugees from Syria because Muslim newcomers, he claimed, would inevitably impose an Islamic theocracy upon us all. CONFIDENCE, NOT CONSEQUENTIALISM These all-too-common arguments flow from an impulse that seems less concerned with doing the hard and difficult work of loving and evangelizing our neighbors, and is instead animated more by a kind of passivity unbefitting of Christians. The doom-and-gloom outcomes forecasted – that people or their descendants to whom we offer hospitality will respond with malice or engage the social order in a way that some find harmful may, perhaps, be somewhere deep within the realm of possibility, but they are anything but inevitable. In fact, these scenarios seem possible only if Christians sit on their hands and do nothing. Like with the Good Samaritan, love is a risk. Hypothetical outcomes don’t absolve us from our responsibility to do the right thing when the situation is presented.
Ultimately, scapegoating others, particularly Latino immigrants and Muslim refugees, as threats and harbingers of the inevitable downfall of the United States is a convenient way to avoid our responsibility to roll up our sleeves and do the hard work of welcoming newcomers and reclaiming society for Christ. CHRIST IS RISEN! Confidence in Christ is not stupidity, nor is it a suicide pact. We need not toss common sense and prudence out the window when it comes to crafting and enforcing just immigration and refugee policy. But we must also not let fear obscure the fact that the millions of undocumented immigrants in the shadows of our society and the tens of thousands of refugees on our doorstep are providing us with an opportunity: an opportunity to love Christ boldly by welcoming the stranger, confidently accepting the missionary demands that might follow. For as Christ proved through his death and resurrection, we have nothing to fear when we follow him. His grace is sufficient. Like the Apostles, hiding in the Upper Room, we will be able to live confidently in this truth only when we allow the Lord into our midst and accept his spirit into our life, not clutching at the ring of power for temporal security. Only we can separate ourselves from the love of Christ.
‘Love is patient’ and for some marriages that means again and again! Perhaps you know of a married couple like one I knew some years ago. They seemed more interested in pointing out what each other did wrong than thinking about complimenting or thanking each other when they did something right. The husband would say something and his wife would respond “that is silly.” She would misunderstand something about the news and he would gleefully point out her error and say “don’t you pay attention.” When they were out in public they regularly pointed out when each other would make a mistake to the point that it made others feel uncomfortable in their presence. Again and again this pattern of picking on each would occur to the point that they experienced so much resentment towards each other
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that hostility had become the primary emotion in their marriage. I once witnessed a “classic” (and sad) argument between them. The wife said to the husband, “why do you keep making the same mistake over and over” to which the husband responded “Why do you keep picking on me!” “Keep picking on you!” the wife replied, “you
pick on me all of the time and I am getting tired of this.” This story brings us to the first phrase from 1 Cor. 13:47 that Pope Francis reviews in chapter 4 of “The Joy of Love:” Love is patient. The previous couple had little patience with each other and their marriage had descended into a verbal shouting match of two selfcentered persons who wanted
more to bring down the other than to lift them to God. The Holy Father writes: “We encounter problems whenever we think that relationships or people ought to be perfect, or when we put ourselves at the center and expect things to turn out our way. Then everything (that doesn’t go our way) makes us impatient, everything makes us react aggressively. Unless we cultivate patience, we will always find excuses for responding angrily. ... our families become battlegrounds.” This couple had no patience with each other and the Holy Father’s words were played out in their marriage. Their marriage had become a “battleground” of two self-centered people not wanting to back down, to show any signs of
“weakness,” to admit that they were wrong, to say “I am sorry” and ask for forgiveness. Contrast this with the following couple who demonstrated something quite different. One time a wife said something to her husband that was mean and hurtful. Instead of saying something, he let things go for a time because she was upset and said this hurtful thing in the midst of her frustration. To help calm himself, he said a string of Hail Mary’s because, as he later admitted, he thought it was better to put a prayer in his mind than to think the words he could have said to his wife at that time. His patience reflected God who, in the Old Testament, is said to be “slow to anger.” Pope Francis said FAMILY PRAYER: Cont. on Page 7
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Rettinger to retire from St. Philip’s School after 30 years By Katrina Genereux Staff Writer, OND
Carol Rettinger, Principal of St. Philip’s School in Bemidji, is preparing to retire after working in education for 43 years. Three decades of her career were spent at St. Philip’s. Other than a brief time when she considered being a psychologist or interpreter, Rettinger always knew she wanted to be a teacher. She started her career teaching seventh and eighth grade in a four-room schoolhouse in southwestern North Dakota. She spent three years there. After marrying her husband, Don, Rettinger converted to Catholicism. She spent two years as a substitute teacher in area schools before becoming a seventh and eighth grade teacher in Lefor, N.D., for 10 years. Rettinger and her husband moved to Bemidji in 1987. The first time they attended Mass at St. Philip’s, Rettinger found out that St. Philip’s School was looking for a seventh grade teacher. She applied and was hired. She remembers being worried that as a convert, she wasn’t Catholic enough to teach at a Catholic school. Those feelings didn’t last long. “Teaching at St. Philip’s has deepened my faith and made me more aware of my faith and more knowledgeable than I ever would have become if I wasn’t there,” Rettinger said. She spent eight years teaching seventh grade at St. Philip’s before becoming principal for 22 years. Rettinger is grateful for the
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shared values and faith she found as a teacher at St. Philip’s. “Having such a wonderful community of believers to work with and be with, and having a school that is part of the parish community, I just felt it magnified all that we could learn and do and see,” she said. “Carol’s love of children shows in the depth with which she knows each child and each family,” Father Chuck Huck, Pastor of St. Philip’s, Bemidji said. “This allows her to react in a manner that is appropriate to each situation.” Father Huck was impressed with her desire to have a presence in the classrooms as the principal. He said she intentionally sets her schedule to be in classrooms and interacting with the students. She also helps students get ready to assist at Mass. “Every child attending St. Philip School has had the opportunity to be trained in their role in the liturgy by Carol the
St. Philip’s School Principal Carol Rettinger prepares two kindergarten students to carry the bread and wine forward during a school Mass on May 15 as incoming principal Jana Norgaard observes. (Photo credit: Katrina Genereux/OND)
day before the Mass,” Father Huck said. She said throughout her career at St. Philip’s, one thing she has loved is seeing former students enroll their children in the school.
“It is so heartwarming and validating what we have done as a school when we have former students bringing their kids back,” she said. She also enjoys some of the relationships she has main-
tained with former students as they have grown up. As she looks back at her time spent serving St. Philip’s, Rettinger said she is grateful for the realization of how God has worked in her life. “You might not always have a chance to think about it, but it really helps when you’re in a Catholic environment because it bangs you on the head,” she said. “Carol is an example of how Scripture is alive and well in today’s world,” said Father Huck. He said 2 Timothy 4:7-8 is a verse that describes her career at St. Philip’s. “I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith. From now on the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but to all who have longed for his appearance.” “Carol has lived this by her words and actions,” he said. “We wish her well on her retirement.” After the school year is complete Rettinger will spend the summer months mentoring and assisting the new principal Jana Norgaard. Rettinger is looking forward to having relaxed mornings, being a volunteer and spending more time with her three grown children and two grandchildren. “God has just blessed me. He was the one leading and calling and put me where I have been. I know it; there is no doubt. He has blessed me over and over and over again. I thank him all the time,” Rettinger said.
Bishop Hoeppner visits four Catholic Schools during the month of May Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner celebrated Mass and visited students at Holy Rosary School on May 3, St. Mary’s Mission School on May 9, St. Michael’s School on May 12 and St. Philip’s School on May 15.
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Men to be brought forward for FAMILY PRAYER: permanent diaconate ordination Cont’d from Page 5 OND Staff Report
On June 10, at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Crookston, several men will be brought forward for ordination to the permanent diaconate. Mass will begin at 10 a.m. with a reception to follow. Preparing to be ordained a permanent deacon is a five year process that begins with a year of aspirancy. During that time, candidates gather for one Saturday per month for prayer and formation. They also study the catechism during a six week online course through the Pontifical College Josephinum. Formal formation continues for another four years. It focuses on four areas: human growth, spiritual growth, theological formation and pastoral ministry formation. This stage of the process includes gathering for monthly weekend-long
sessions in the diocese, taking online theology courses from the Pontifical College Josephinum and completing pastoral ministry formation. Timothy J. Pribula of St. Michael’s, Mahnomen, is one of the group who will be ordained June 10. “My various life experiences have caused my faith to grow over the years. After attending an Ignatian retreat, I heard a call to seek out more about my faith and that led to starting the diaconate journey.” Another candidate, Mark LeTexier, of Sacred Heart, East Grand Forks, was influenced to discern becoming a deacon because of a homily Father Larry Delaney gave on the parable of two sons (Mt. 21:28-32). He looks forward to providing pastoral care to the sick and dying and ministering to the homebound following his ordi-
nation. The diaconate’s biblical origins are found in the Acts of the Apostles where deacons are described as being ordained for service at the table through the Eucharistic banquet and the care of the poor. Deacons serve the parishes of the Diocese of Crookston in a variety of ways, and through their ordination, carry Christ’s presence into every situation. They are entrusted with the ministry of charity to care for the poor in their local areas, they are also charged to share the Gospel by proclaiming it at Mass and through evangelization. Deacons around our diocese visit the imprisoned, bring Holy Communion to the homebound, assist with faith formation, serve at Mass and officiate at weddings, baptisms and funerals when needed.
that the patient love of God was a restraint in order to “(leave) open the possibility of repentance.” God loves us so much that he accepts that we will make mistakes. He does not move immediately to judgement but gives us the opportunity to repent – to say I am sorry to God. In part, this is why he gave us the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation – to give us the means to say “I am sorry” while he patiently waits for our contrition. We should do the same for our spouse. We should not match their mistake with retribution, but have the patience to allow for their reconciliation. And so, after calming down, this wife recognized what she had done and she approached her husband with sorrow that he graciously received and their reconcilia-
tion was complete. He did not think “I am going to get back at you some time” but rather “I have you back in our love.” There are limits, which is why Pope Francis writes: “Being patient does not mean letting ourselves be constantly mistreated, tolerating physical aggression or allowing other people to use us.” We should not respond to another’s violence with violence or passivity but should protect ourselves into the future. For the vast majority of couples, we should recognize that we are blessed when we can again and again and again give the gift of patience to our marriage because “Love is patient.” What is this Love that is patient? “God is Love” and so when we share patience in our marriage we are sharing love and when we share love we do our best to reflect God.
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St. Philip’s hosts viewing of New Evangelization Summit
Participants hear from world-renowned evangelists during 2-day event By Katrina Genereux Staff Writer, OND BEMIDJI – On May 12-13 St. Philip’s, Bemidji was one of 39 remote host sites for the New Evangelization Summit. Altogether, 5,000 Catholics viewed the summit, which took place in Ottawa, Ontario. The summit, in its third year, brings together Catholic speakers to inspire, form and connect Catholics and help them bring the Gospel to all they encounter. Speakers for the summit included Michael Dopp, Peter Herbeck, Sister Miriam James Heidland, Father Michael White, Tom Corcoran, Patrick Sullivan, Meghann Baker and Bishop Robert Barron. Twenty-five attendees gathered at St. Philip’s to take part in the summit. Even though they were seeing the conference on a screen from the parish, they were still able to participate in praise and worship and prayer with all the other attendees. Blake Quick, the Director of Campus Ministry and Adult Faith Formation coordinated the Bemidji host-site. He said there were a few glitches during a couple of the presentations, but overall things went well. Throughout the summit, they were able to see some of the other remote sites, as well as views of the crowd in Canada. “In Ottawa, they have a whole stadium full of people, whereas we have twenty something, but being connected through this medium has been very beneficial,” he said. Quick said the presentations were great and each one had something inspirational or useful. “A lot of good conversation has started during the breaks, so I’m very happy with the way it’s going and I look forward to hopefully doing it again next year if we can,” he said. Deb Montzka is a catechist at St. Peter the Apostle, Park Rapids. She attended the entire summit and found the presenters to be engaging and helpful, especially one who spoke about being a catechist. “She talked about letting the kids come up with their own answers and not giving the kids the answers,” Montzka said. “I need to be quiet and let them figure out the mystery and let
Attendees at the New Evangelization Summit shown live at St. Philip’s, Bemidji, pray the rosary with the other 5,000 participants continent-wide on May 13. The conference took place in Ottawa, Ontario, and was streamed to 39 host sites. (Photo credit: Katrina Genereux/OND)
God work through them.” She also appreciated the reminder throughout the conference that we are called to be evangelists in our everyday encounters. “It’s nice to get that wake up and say ‘come on Deb, the first thing you need to do is be a missionary,’” she said. John Cullen of St. Mary’s, Fosston really enjoyed the day. He plans to purchase recordings of the presentations so he can continue to review them. Cullen said each of the speakers said things that stuck out to him, or made him view things in a new way. “I can see that evangelism would be great for bringing people back to church,” he said. Daniel Walter of St. Philip’s also attended and was impressed by the speakers. “Prayer has been mentioned as key to anything happening,” said Walter. He said he plans to pray more intently to help him be open to sharing his faith more. AJ Garcia is the Director of the diocesan Office of New Evangelization and Justice. One theme he noticed throughout Saturday’s presentations was that everyone is called to be prepared and equipped to evangelize. “There is not a formal process, but there are opportunities to take advantage of to learn more and to simply take action where you are.”
Garcia gleaned some good practical advice from hearing Father Michael White and Tom Corcoran. He also said Peter Herbeck expressed the urgency and the need for evangelization, and Bishop Barron shared the reality of the crisis of faith. “Each of us is called – no matter where we are, no matter our understanding of the faith, – to take action in evangelization,” Garcia said. “Once we have started getting active in evangelization, it’s our own responsibility to continually be formed, to learn more information, and to be sharing. The thing that was emphasized most importantly was the need to pray, that it begins with ourselves and the Lord before we take him to others.” Garcia felt the event went really well, and was glad he was able to attend one day of it. “You could really feel the excitement just in the conver-
“The thing that was emphasized most importantly was the need to pray, that it begins with ourselves and the Lord before we take him to others.” – AJ Garcia, Diocesan Office of New Evangelization and Justice
sations at the breaks or over lunch,” he said. “This really did break down the understanding of evangelization and words and phrases like ‘missionary discipleship’ that I think it feels achievable or normal or that more of the people here actu-
ally have an understanding of what that means and how to apply it back in their parishes.” For more information about the New Evangelization Summit, visit: www.newevangelization.ca.
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Attendees of the 2017 Rosary Convocation pray in Adoration at St. Joseph’s, Red Lake Falls, on May 13. The focus of the event was the centenary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima, and events will be held commemorating each of her apparitions throughout the next five months. (Photo credit: Katrina Genereux/OND)
Honoring Our Lady of Fatima during centennial year Faithful of the diocese have number of local opportunities for pilgrimage, prayer as 100th anniversary is celebrated By Katrina Genereux Staff Writer, OND RED LAKE FALLS – An estimated 175 people gathered at St. Joseph’s, Red Lake Falls, on May 13 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first apparition of Our Lady of Fatima. Rosary Convocations have been held annually in the Diocese of Crookston since 2010. The past two convocations have focused on Fatima in preparation for this anniversary. The event began with Mass, followed by a holy hour and recitation of the rosary. A luncheon was served afterwards. During the homily, Father Bob Schreiner spoke about the importance of the message of Our Lady of Fatima throughout time and its relevance here and now, a century later. “And so, you and I come to this 100th anniversary of the apparitions at Fatima … on this centennial occasion, I will ask you not to look at this as a mere nostalgic remembrance of things past as if somehow we approach the cornerstone of Fatima, open up the time capsule left there for us to see what artifacts are in there and be reminded what life was like back then,” he said. “Our purpose in this centennial journey is rather to enter into the mystery of time and to read, here and now, what the meaning of these appari-
tions are. These apparitions, their messages, their secrets and their saints have been given to us for all time so as to encounter the mystery of our God, his love, his mercy, his desire to save us. That we live to witness the 100th anniversary of these events is itself purposeful. It has meaning for us and bears a message for our day.” During the Holy Hour, after praying the rosary, Father Schreiner read a portion of a book entitled: “The Immaculate Heart: The True Story of Our Lady of Fatima” by John DeMarchi, I.M.C. It detailed Our Lady of Fatima’s first apparition to the three shepherd children – Jacinta and Francisco Marto and their cousin Lucia Dos Santos. “It was really nice to re-hear the story as Father read the meditation during adoration and to hear the vision and just hear about our mother’s protection and to keep close to her for the salvation of our world and of ourselves,” said Katie Zubrod of Buxton, N.D. She and her husband, Philip, recently watched a film about the Fatima apparitions and after being invited by friends to the centenary pilgrimage events, decided to travel to Red Lake Falls. “I think devotion to Our Lady of Fatima is really needed in this day, even 100 years from when it first happened,” Philip said. “It’s even more relevant now to everything going on in
the world.” THE JOURNEY CONTINUES A special event will be held to commemorate each anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. The next one will be June 13 at the Shrine of Our Lady in Huot Park. A potluck meal will be held at 6 p.m. for those who wish to join. The anniversary event will begin at 7 p.m. with a Eucharistic procession and will include the Rosary and a presentation on the second apparition. The third event will be July 13 and will be the same as June, but focus on the third apparition. On August 19, the event marking the fourth apparition will begin at Huot Park at 7 a.m. Rolls and juice will be served afterward. The Sept. 13 event will be the same as June, but will focus on the fifth apparition. The pilgrimage will conclude Oct. 13 at St. Joseph’s, Red Lake Falls, with a Rosary at 6:30 p.m., and Holy Mass at 7 p.m. It will end with a light reception. OTHER OPPORTUNITIES Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner blessed a statue of Our Lady of Fatima following daily Mass on May 2. The children of Cathedral School came to witness the blessing. The blessed statue will remain in the gathering space for the remainder of the cente-
nary. On June 10, Sacred Heart, Frazee, will host the International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima. Confession will be offered from 4:30-5 p.m., followed by Holy Mass and a procession and crowning of the statue. The Message of Fatima will be pre-
sented after Holy Communion. A meal and opportunity to privately venerate the statue will follow Mass. The event will end with exposition of the Blessed Sacrament beginning at 7:30 p.m. and a closing ceremony at 9 p.m.
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WORD to LIFE May 21 Psalm 66:1-3a, 4-7a;
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THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD 1 Peter 3:15-18;
By Jean Denton Catholic News Service I love the progression of this week’s Old Testament and New Testament readings, and how they speak to the “communication” of the Holy Spirit among believers. The first reading tells about the apostles laying hands on new believers who then received the Holy Spirit. The Gospel talks about the Father sending an Advocate, “the Spirit of truth,” to those who love him, to live in them and reveal God to them (one might add, again and again). During a confirmation preparation program I helped lead, parents joined us for one of the sessions, and at its conclusion we invited them to join the sponsors in laying hands on their children and other candidates in silent prayer. We hoped the young people would feel the warm reality of God’s presence in the human touch of those who love them and who wanted the Spirit to come deeply into their lives. Subsequent comments from some of the candidates suggested that that was, indeed, what happened for them. But comments from parents indicated that they, too, were touched powerfully by the Spirit as they laid hands on their young people. These were people who had held and hugged their kids throughout their 16 or 17 years of life, yet several remarked that they were thankful to have the opportunity, in the words of one, “to do this for my child.” Many were moved to tears. I laid hands on their children, too, and I can vouch for the fact that I truly sensed the Spirit of Jesus passing between us.
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SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 Gospel: John 14:15-21
Acts 1:1-11; Psalm 47:2-3, 6-9; Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20
Ephesians 1:17-23;
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As Catholics, we are fortunate to have tangible symbolic acts, such as laying on hands, to bring alive our spoken or silent words in prayer. And we don’t come out of the experience wondering, “What just happened?” The Gospel explains it, “On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I in you. ... And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him.”
Questions: How has God been revealed to you in the laying on of hands – either as the one laying on hands or the recipient? What other tangible prayer experiences have you had, and how has God been revealed in those?
“IF YOU LOVE ME AND OBEY THE COMMANDS I GIVE YOU, I WILL ASK THE FATHER AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER PARACLETE – TO BE WITH YOU ALWAYS: THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH.” – JOHN 14:15-17A
I’ve had the privilege of being present commission, Jesus’ promise to be always when two of my nephews were commis- with his body, the church, gave them the sioned as Marine officers. They had been authority and the courage to fulfill their through months of rigorous academic, calling. physical and leadership training, and it Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, was a proud moment for their parents “Evangelii Gaudium,” says: “All the when the new officers, resplendent in baptized, whatever their position in the their “dress blues,” received their second church or their level of instruction in the lieutenant pins. faith, are agents of evangelization, and it The most moving part of the commis- would be insufficient to envisage a plan sioning ceremony was the officers’ oath, of evangelization to be carried out by ending with the solemn words, “I take professionals while the rest of the faiththis obligation freely, without any mental ful would simply be passive recipients. reservations or purpose of evasion. ... I ... Indeed, anyone who has truly experiwill well and faithfully discharge the du- enced God’s saving love does not need ties of the office upon which I am about much time or lengthy training to go out to enter, so help me God.” and proclaim that love.” My nephews’ commissioning marked We, the baptized, are authorized by the the beginning of a commitment of ser- Father, clothed in Christ and empowered vice to their country and their fellow Ma- by the Holy Spirit – and our solemn oath rines. Although the details of their future is the promise made in baptism. It’s time deployments were as then unknown, they for deployment. had been well prepared, authorized and empowered for the work that would be asked of them. Today’s readings are about a different kind of commissioning – often referred to as “the great commission.” The 11 disciples, prepared and taught by Jesus during his ministry, passion, death and resurrection, assembled in Galilee as they had been instructed. The writings of Matthew and Luke affirm both the given assignment – to be witnesses to Jesus’ Lordship to the entire Questions: world (evangelization) – and the power to accomplish it, through the awaited gift When is the last time you shared your of the Holy Spirit. While each disciple experience of “God’s saving love” with someone? probably had “mental reservations” and How can you rely more on the Holy Spirit’s the occasional temptation to evade his power to equip you as Jesus’ witness? “ALL POWER IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ME. GO, THEREFORE, AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL NATIONS.” – MATTHEW 28:18-19A
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Church leaders view religious freedom order as positive step WASHINGTON (CNS) – Many religious leaders viewed President Donald Trump’s executive order on religious freedom, which he signed in a White House Rose Garden ceremony May 4, as a step in the right direction. In a ceremony for the National Day of Prayer prior to signing the executive order, Trump told the assembled religious leaders: “We’re taking big steps to protect religious liberty” and he assured them the government “won’t stand for religious discrimination.” Three religious leaders, including Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, offered prayers during the ceremony. Just prior to the event, Cardinal Wuerl and Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, met with Trump about the order. In an interview with Catholic News Service at Reagan National Airport just after the White House ceremony, Cardinal DiNardo said the meeting with the president was brief but productive. Earlier, in a statement, the cardinal said the executive order “begins the process of alleviating the serious burden of the HHS mandate,” referring to the mandate issued by the federal Department of Health and Human Services requiring most religious employers to provide coverage of artificial birth control for their employees even if they morally oppose it.
Pope Francis to meet Trump at Vatican May 24 WASHINGTON (CNS) – President Donald Trump will visit the Vatican and meet with Pope Francis May 24 as part of his first foreign trip as president. White House officials said the visit will be part of a trip that will include stops in Israel and Saudi Arabia before Trump attends a NATO meeting in Brussels May 25 and the G7 summit in Taormina on the island of Sicily May 26-27. The trip was an attempt to unite three of the world’s leading religious faiths in the common cause of fighting terrorism, reining in Iran, and “unifying the world against intolerance,” White House officials said May 4. The information was confirmed by Paloma Garcia Ovejero, vice director of the Vatican press office. The meeting with Pope Francis was to take place in the Apostolic Palace and will include Cardinal
Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, and Archbishop Paul Gallagher, secretary for relations with states. Pope Francis, on his return flight from Egypt April 29, told reporters that he had not yet been informed by the Vatican secretary of state’s office about a request for an audience from U.S. officials. But he added, “I receive every head of state who asks for an audience.”
Father Solanus Casey, a Capuchin priest in Michigan and New York, is seen in this undated photo. Pope Francis advanced the sainthood cause of the Wisconsin-born Capuchin priest. (CNS)
Father Solanus Casey recalled as beloved friar who showed mercy DETROIT (CNS) – Sixty years after his death, Capuchin Father Solanus Casey is on his way to sainthood. Pope Francis announced May 4 that Detroit’s beloved friar, who earlier had been named venerable, met the requirements for beatification and will be named “blessed” – the second U.S.-born man to achieve such a designation and the first person from Michigan. Although Father Casey was born in Oak Grove, Wisconsin, in 1870, he spent most of his adult life and ministry in Detroit, caring for sick, poor and downtrodden people and lending a listening ear and caring heart to the thousands who came to him for counsel, wisdom and aid. Among the hundreds, if not thousands, of healings attributed to Father Casey during and after his lifetime, Pope Francis recognized the authenticity of a miracle necessary for the friar to be elevated from venerable to blessed after a review by the Vatican’s Congregation for Saints’ Causes was completed earlier this year. “The beatification of Father Solanus Casey is an incomparable grace for the church in the Archdiocese of Detroit and for the whole community of Southeast Michigan,” Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron said in a statement. “He is an inspiration to all us Catholics
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– and to all – of the power of grace to transform one’s life.”
U.S. bishops’ committee chairman: Fix flaws in American Health Care Act WASHINGTON (CNS) – The American Health Care Act that passed by a four-vote margin May 4 in the House has “major defects,” said Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Social Development. “It is deeply disappointing that the voices of those who will be most severely impacted were not heeded,” Bishop Dewane said in a May 4 statement. “The AHCA does offer critical life protections, and our health care system desperately needs these safeguards. But still, vulnerable people must not be left in poor and worsening circumstances as Congress attempts to fix the current and impending problems with the Affordable Care Act.” He added, “When the Senate takes up the AHCA, it must act decisively to remove the harmful proposals from the bill that will affect low-income people – including immigrants – as well as add vital conscience protections, or begin reform efforts anew. Our health care policy must honor all human life and dignity from conception to natural death, as well as defend the sincerely held moral and religious beliefs of those who have any role in the health care system.” One of 20 Republicans to vote against the bill was Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, co-chair of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus.
“Our health care policy must honor all human life and dignity from conception to natural death, as well as defend the sincerely held moral and religious beliefs of those who have any role in the health care system.” – Bishop Frank J. Dewane
USCCB communications restructuring shifts focus from print to digital WASHINGTON (CNS) – The
chief communications officer for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Department of Communications announced a restructuring that will shift the focus of its operation from a traditional print structure to a digital model. “It’s an exercise in enculturation,” said James Rogers, USCCB chief communications officer. “If you’re going to evangelize, you need to reach people where they are.” The communications department was built when print and newspapers were the dominant force in media. The landscape has been dramatically transitioning in recent years to a digital platform, where information is frequently sought and shared in real time, Rogers told Catholic News Service May 8. Though print content will continue to be generated, more resources will be directed toward visual media, digital content and social media dissemination, Rogers said. The restructuring involves the elimination of 12 jobs and the creation of 10 new positions. Employees whose jobs were eliminated will be considered for the newly created positions if they have the required skills to do the work, Rogers said.
Archdiocese launches website about U.S. priest who will be beatified WASHINGTON (CNS) – The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City has opened a website detailing the life, as well as steps toward sainthood, of Father Stanley Rother, an Oklahoma priest scheduled to be beatified in the fall. “My office has been receiving so many wonderful prayers and interest from people across the country” about Father Rother, wrote Archbishop Paul S. Coakley, of Oklahoma City in a May 11 Facebook post. “As of today, we have a new website dedicated solely to Father Rother. Please take time to visit the site to learn more about his servant heart and to sign up to receive information about his beatification Mass on Sept. 23.” The stanleyrother.org website tells the story of the U.S. priest who worked in Guatemala for 14 years until he was murdered there in 1981. Although he was a diocesan priest for the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, Father Rother, who grew up on a farm, offered to serve in his diocese’s mission in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, in 1968. He served a poor and indigenous community in the area, helping build a small hospital, a school and its first Catholic radio sta-
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tion. But he also helped the agricultural community with its crops and to build an irrigation system. Many Guatemalans in his community were kidnapped, disappeared or murdered as the government accused them of sympathizing with rebels during the decades-long conflict that plagued the Central American nation from 1960s until the late 1990s. Father Stanley, known as Father Francisco because his name was hard for the locals to pronounce, was 46 when a group of men entered the rectory and fatally shot him. When Pope Francis recognized his martyrdom in December 2016, Father Rother became the first Catholic martyr born in the United States.
Jesuits to return 525 acres of South Dakota land to Rosebud Sioux ST. FRANCIS, S.D. (CNS) – The Jesuits are returning more than 500 acres in South Dakota to the Rosebud Sioux. The formal return of the property is expected to be complete sometime in May. The property had been given by the U.S. government to the Jesuits in the 1880s for use for churches and cemeteries, according to remarks in a YouTube video by Jesuit Father John Hatcher, president of St. Francis Mission. “At the beginning of the mission, we had 23 mission stations,” Father Hatcher said. “But over the years as the people moved off the prairie and into cluster housing, those churches were closed because they were considered unnecessary.” Other properties never had churches built. “It’s now time to give back to the tribe all of those pieces of land that were given to the church for church purposes,” Father Hatcher added. “We will never again put churches on those little parcels of land. But it’s an opportunity to return land that rightly belongs to the Lakota people,” of which the Rosebud Sioux are a part. The property, totaling about 525 acres, is dotted throughout 900,000 acres on a Rosebud reservation in the south-central portion of the state, bordering both the state of Nebraska and the Missouri River. Rodney Bordeaux, chief operating officer of St. Francis Mission, said that when he started work there five years ago, the land transfer, having been initiated by Father Hatcher, was “stalled.” He attributed it to finding the right office within the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs to follow through.
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To evangelize, one must get up, go out and listen, pope says
Help end ‘absurd’ conflicts with penance, prayer, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The best formula for Catholic evangelization is “go and listen,” not “go and proselytize,” Pope Francis said. “All men and women have a restlessness, whether good or bad, in their hearts. Listen to that restlessness,” the pope said May 4 during his early morning Mass. The first step in sharing the faith, he said, is always to go out and the second is always to listen to the joys, questions and concerns of the people one meets. To evangelize one must know what the other person thinks. “But if they have wrong ideas? I want to hear those wrong ideas in order to understand where the restlessness comes from,” he said. Pope Francis told those attending Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae that the first eight chapters of the Acts of the Apostles, used for the Mass readings in the Easter season, “summarize the whole history of the church,” from the initial preaching of the apostles, to the miracles and persecutions, but also the “ugly sin” of those like Ananias and Sapphira, who used their position in the early Christian community for their own gain.
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – More penance and prayers are needed to end the wars underway today and so many “absurd” conflicts, Pope Francis said. Praying for all those affected by war and thanking those involved in humanitarian aid efforts, the pope also marked Mother’s Day May 14 by asking everyone to thank and pray to their mothers on earth or in heaven. After reciting the “Regina Coeli” prayer with an estimated 25,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square, the pope said, “Let us remember with gratitude and affection all mothers, including our mothers in heaven, entrusting them to Mary, the mother of Jesus.” The pope also called for greater pro-life and pro-maternal support, saying “the future of our community requires from everyone, especially institutions, concrete attention to life and maternity.” He also greeted those taking part in Italy’s “Empty Stroller” initiative, which called attention to the country’s low birthrate by parking hundreds of empty strollers near the Colosseum May 14.
“All men and women have a restlessness, whether good or bad, in their hearts. Listen to that restlessness ... But if they have wrong ideas? I want to hear those wrong ideas in order to understand where the restlessness comes from.” – Pope Francis
Swiss Guard recruits attend the swearing-in ceremony for 40 new recruits at the Vatican May 6. New recruits are sworn in every year May 6, the date in 1527 when 147 Swiss soldiers died defending the pope. (CNS)
Devil, not invaders, biggest enemy at hand, pope tells Swiss Guard VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Be ready with the spiritual weapon of faith because the biggest battle facing the Swiss Guard today is fighting the devil and worldly vices, Pope Francis told the guard’s members. The Swiss Guards’ colorful and valuable presence at the service of the pope and Vatican City State “is an occasion to grow as courageous ‘soldiers of Christ’” and be witnesses of holiness to countless tourists and visitors, he said. The pope held a private audience with the Swiss Guard, including 40 new recruits and their family members, the morning of May 6, the day of the guard’s annual swearing-in ceremony. New recruits pledge to “faithfully, loyally and honorably” serve and protect the pontiff and, if necessary, sacrifice their lives for him. The colorful induction ceremony is held May 6 every year to mark the date in 1527 when 147 Swiss Guards lost their lives defending Pope Clement VII in the Sack of Rome. Only 42 guards survived. Holding the ceremony on the anniversary is meant to remind new guards of the seriousness of their commitment.
Leave behind rigidity of law for Christ’s mercy, meekness, pope says VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pray for rigid Christians, both those who are honestly zealous about following the law, but lack mercy and those who are hypocritical and hide their sinfulness, Pope Francis said. Pray that those who are too rigid learn to fol-
low the way of Christ and his meekness, the pope said May 5 during his early morning Mass in the chapel of his residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. With the day’s first reading dedicated to the conversion of Saul – who went from fiercely persecuting Christians to patiently evangelizing all peoples – the pope used St. Paul’s life story as an example of an honest, idealistic person of faith, who had been “convinced” of the rigidity of the law. Pope Francis said Saul’s early life reminds him of “many young people in the church today who have fallen into the temptation of rigidity. Some are honest, they are good and we must pray that the Lord help them grow along the path of meekness.” Others, the pope said, use rigidity to cover up their weaknesses, sins and personality disorders and to assert themselves over others.
Pope: Prayer, not resistance, must be response to God’s surprises VATICAN CITY (CNS) – God, who created the world, continues to work in it, surprising people and making some of them nervous, Pope Francis said. The phrase “it’s always been done this way” reflects an attitude that “kills,” the pope said May 8 at his early morning Mass. “This kills freedom. It kills joy. It kills fidelity to the Holy Spirit, who always is at work, leading the church.” In his homily during the Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae, Pope Francis concentrated on the first reading
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from the Acts of the Apostles, which recounts the heated debate in the early Christian community about Peter entering the homes of pagans, sharing the Gospel with them and baptizing them. Peter is courageous, the pope said. He moved in a new direction under the guidance of the Holy Spirit while other members of the community “certainly were afraid of this novelty. The Spirit is a gift of God, of this God our father who always surprises us,” the pope said. Because God is a living God, one who dwells with his people and moves their hearts and keeps the church going through time, “he always surprises us. And so, just as he had the creativity to make the world, he has the creativity to make new things each day. God surprises us.” “Just as he had the creativity to make the world, he has the creativity to make new things each day. God surprises us.” – Pope Francis
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Mary teaches people to hope in life’s darkest moments, pope says By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Mary, like many mothers throughout the world, is an example of strength and courage in accepting new life and in sharing the suffering of their children, Pope Francis said. Although she had no idea of what awaited her when she accepted to bear God’s son, “Mary in that instant appears to us like one of the many mothers in our world, courageous to the extreme,” the pope said May 10 at his weekly general audience. Her motherly love and courage is seen again at the foot of the cross, he said, where “she teaches us the virtue of waiting even when everything appears meaningless.” Just a few days before he was to visit Fatima, Portugal, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions there and as people in many countries were preparing to celebrate Mother’s Day, Pope Francis used his audience talk to focus on Mary and hope.
Pope Francis kisses a baby as he arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter’s Square May 10 at the Vatican. (Photo credit: CNS/Tony Gentile, Reuters)
“We are not orphans, we have a mother in heaven,” he said. “In difficult moments, may Mary, the mother that Jesus has given to us all, always guide our
steps.” The Gospels portray Mary mostly as a “woman of silence,” but one who “meditated on every word and every event in her
heart,” the pope said. “She is not a woman who is depressed in front of the uncertainties of life, especially when nothing seems to be going right. Instead, she is a woman who listens.” Among the 15,000 pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square was a group from the pope’s native Argentina. Addressing Spanish-speaking pilgrims later, the pope greeted his compatriots who recently celebrated the
feast of the country’s patron, Our Lady of Lujan. “My heart was in Lujan in these days. May the Lord bless you all,” he said. Continuing his series of talks on Christian hope, Pope Francis reflected on Mary as “the mother of hope.” “Don’t forget: There is always a great relationship between hope and listening. And Mary is a woman who listens, who welcomes existence as it comes to us with its happy days as well as its tragedies, which we never want to encounter,” he said. Mary’s silence in the Gospel, the pope continued, is particularly evident in Jesus’ final moments where her presence during Christ’s passion is “eclipsed” until “she reappears at a crucial moment: when a good number of friends vanished because of fear.” “Mothers do not betray, and in that instance, at the foot of the cross, none of us can say which one was the crueler passion: that of the innocent man who dies on the scaffold of the cross or the agony of a mother who accompanies her son in his final moments of life,” he said. Mary, he added, was “there” not just out of faithfulness to God’s divine plan but also because “of her instinct as a mother who just suffers” every time her child does.
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Fatima seers become church’s youngest non-martyred saints By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service
FATIMA, PORTUGAL – Standing before the Basilica of Our Lady of the Rosary, Pope Francis canonized two shepherd children who saw Mary at Fatima, but more importantly, he said, they heeded the call to pray for sinners and trust in the Lord. “We declare and define Blessed Francisco Marto and Blessed Jacinta Marto as saints,” the pope said May 13 as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims broke out in applause before he finished speaking. The relics of the young shepherd children, encased in two thin golden crosses, were placed in front of the famed statue of Our Lady of Fatima, the “lady dressed in white” as the siblings and their cousin described her. The Marian apparitions began May 13, 1917, when 9-year-old Francisco and 7-year-old Jacinta, along with their 10-year-old cousin Lucia dos Santos, reported seeing the Virgin Mary. The apparitions continued once a month until Oct. 13, 1917, and later were declared worthy of belief by the Catholic Church. After contracting influenza, Francisco died April 4, 1919, at the age of 10, while Jacinta succumbed to her illness Feb. 20, 1920, at the age of 9. The children, beatified by St. John Paul II in 2000, are now the youngest non-martyrs to be declared saints by the Catholic Church. Before his arrival at the shrine, the pope met privately
Pope Francis uses incense as he venerates a statue of Our Lady of Fatima during the canonization Mass of Sts. Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the three Fatima seers, at the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, May 13. The Mass marked the 100th anniversary of the Fatima Marian apparitions, which began on May 13, 1917. (Photo credit: CNS/Paul Haring)
with Portuguese Prime Minster Antonio Costa and then made his way into the sanctuary that houses the tombs of Sts. Francisco and Jacinta and their cousin Lucia, who died in 2005 at the age of 97. The diocesan phase of her sainthood cause concluded in February and now is under study at the Vatican. Pope Francis stood for several minutes in front of the
tombs with his eyes closed and head bowed. In his homily at the canonization Mass, the pope reflected on the brief lives of the young sibling saints, who are often remembered more for the apparitions rather than for their holy lives. But it is Mary’s message and example, rather than an apparition, that is important, he told
the crowd, which Portuguese authorities estimated at about 500,000 people. “The Virgin Mother did not come here so that we could see her. We will have all eternity for that, provided, of course, that we go to heaven,” the pope said. Instead, he continued, Mary’s messages to the young children were a warning to all people about leading “a way of life that is godless and indeed profanes God in his creatures.” “Such a life – frequently proposed and imposed – risks leading to hell. Mary came to remind us that God’s light dwells within us and protects us,” the pope said. The hopeful message of Fatima, he said, is that men and women have a mother and like children clinging to her, “we live in the hope that rests on Jesus.” Pope Francis called on the pilgrims to follow the example of heroic virtue lived by St. Francisco and St. Jacinta, particularly their insistent prayer for sinners and their adoration of “the hidden Jesus” in the tabernacle. This continual presence of God taught to them by Mary, he said, “was the source of their strength in overcoming opposition and suffering.” By following their example, the pope said, Christians can become “a source of hope for others” and counter “the indifference that chills the heart” and “worsens our myopia.” “We do not want to be a stillborn hope! Life can survive only because of the generosity
of other lives,” he said. It is with the light of hope, the pope added, that the church can radiate “the true face of Jesus” and reach out to those in need. “Thus, may we rediscover the young and beautiful face of the church, which shines forth when she is missionary, welcoming, free, faithful, poor in means and rich in love,” he said. Addressing the sick before concluding the Mass, Pope Francis said that Christ understands the “meaning of sorrow and pain” and, through the church, offers comfort to the afflicted just as it did for Sts. Francisco and Jacinta in their final moments. “That is the church’s ministry: the church asks the Lord to comfort the afflicted like yourselves, and he comforts you, even in ways you cannot see. He comforts you in the depths of your hearts and he comforts you with the gift of strength,” the pope said. The “hidden Jesus” the young shepherds adored in the Eucharist is also present “in the wounds of our brothers and sisters” where Christians can adore, seek and recognize Christ. Pope Francis encouraged the sick present at Mass to “live their lives as a gift” and to not think of themselves simply “as the recipients of charitable solidarity” but rather “a spiritual resource, an asset to every Christian community.” “Do not be ashamed of being a precious treasure of the church,” he said.
Pope: Honor the believing, tender Mary, not a ‘plaster statue’ By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service
FATIMA, PORTUGAL – Mary’s example of believing and following Jesus is what matters most; she cannot be some image “of our own making” who Christians barter with for mercy, Pope Francis said. On the eve of the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions at Fatima, the pope asked tens of thousands of pilgrims May 12 to reflect on “which Mary” they choose to venerate, “the virgin Mary from the Gospel” or “one who restrains the arm of a vengeful God?” Is the Mary they honor “a woman blessed because she believed always and everywhere in God’s words or a ‘plaster stat-
ue’ from whom we beg favors at little cost?” he asked. As the sun set at the shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima, pilgrims held thousands of lit candles, filling the square with a fiery light before Pope Francis led them in praying the rosary. He then made his way to the Little Chapel of the Apparitions where Mary appeared to three shepherd children May 13, 1917. The apparitions continued once a month until Oct. 13, 1917, and later were declared worthy of belief by the Catholic Church. The festive cheering of the crowd turned to near absolute silence as the pope spent several minutes with his head bowed and hands clasped in prayer,
occasionally looking up at the statue of Mary venerated by his predecessors and millions of devotees across the globe. Pope Francis then recited a prayer he wrote, an expanded version of the traditional “Salve Regina” (“Hail Holy Queen”). Alternating his verses with a choral refrain venerating the “Queen of the Rosary of Fatima,” the pope consecrated himself to Mary and entrusted to her intercession a suffering humanity where blood “is shed in the wars tearing our world apart.” “In the depths of your being, in your immaculate heart, you keep the sorrows of the human family, as they mourn and weep in this valley of tears,” the pope prayed.
He also presented himself before the image of Mary as “a bishop robed in white,” a reference to the third secret revealed to the children at Fatima. Published 83 years after the Fatima apparitions, the vision described the image of a “bishop dressed in white” shot down amid the rubble of a ruined city. The official Vatican interpretation, discussed with the visionary Sister Lucia dos Santos before its publication, was that it referred to the persecution of Christians in the 20th century and, specifically, to the 1981 assassination attempt on the life of St. John Paul II. As Blessed Paul VI and retired Pope Benedict XVI did before him, Pope Francis placed
a small silver vase containing 24-karat gold roses at the foot of the statue. Embedded in the statue’s crown is one of the bullets used in the assassination attempt against St. John Paul II on the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, May 13, 1981. Returning to the little chapel for a nighttime vigil, Pope Francis reminded pilgrims to pray, as Mary taught the children at Fatima, for “those most in need” of God’s mercy. “On each of the destitute and outcast robbed of the present, on each of the excluded and abandoned denied a future, on each of the orphans and victims of injustice refused a past, may there descend the blessing of God, incarnate in Jesus Christ,” he said.
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JUNE 1 ST. JUSTIN, MARTYR Fr. Augie Gothman JUNE 2 STS. MARCELLINUS AND PETER, MARTYRS Msgr. Roger Grundhaus (retired) JUNE 3 ST. CHARLES LWANGA AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Fr. Adam Hamness JUNE 4 PENTECOST SUNDAY Fr. Joseph Hitpas, OMI JUNE 5 ST. BONIFACE, BISHOP, MARTYR Fr. Chuck Huck JUNE 6 ST. NORBERT, BISHOP Fr. Xavier Ilango JUNE 7 WEEKDAY Fr. Joe Kieselbach (retired) JUNE 8 WEEKDAY Fr. John Kleinwachter JUNE 9 ST. EPHREM, DEACON, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Msgr. Donald Krebs (retired) JUNE 10 BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Fr. Bryan Kujawa JUNE 11 THE MOST HOLY TRINITY Fr. Rick Lambert JUNE 12 WEEKDAY Fr. Gary LaMoine JUNE 13 ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA, PRIEST, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Fr. Bob LaPlante JUNE 14 WEEKDAY Msgr. Tim McGee JUNE 15 WEEKDAY Fr. Vincent Miller JUNE 16 WEEKDAY Fr. Daniel Nassaney, OMI
JUNE 17 BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Fr. George Noel JUNE 18 THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST Msgr. Jerry Noesen (retired) JUNE 19 ST. ROMUALD, ABBOT Fr. Andrew Obel JUNE 20 WEEKDAY Fr. Ray Palcisko (retired) JUNE 21 ST. ALOYSIUS GONZAGA, RELIGIOUS Msgr. Mike Patnode JUNE 22 ST. PAULINUS OF NOLA, BISHOP; STS. JOHN FISHER AND THOMAS MORE, MARTYRS Fr. Raul Perez-Cobo JUNE 23 THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS Fr. Mario Prada (retired) JUNE 24 THE NATIVITY OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST Fr. Duane Pribula (retired) JUNE 25 TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Fr. Bob Pryor (retired) JUNE 26 WEEKDAY Fr. Joe Richards JUNE 27 ST. CYRIL OF ALEXANDRIA, BISHOP, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH Fr. Jerry Rogers JUNE 28 ST. IRENAEUS, BISHOP, MARTYR Fr. Bob Schreiner JUNE 29 STS. PETER AND PAUL, APOSTLES Fr. Luis Silva JUNE 30 THE FIRST MARTYRS OFTHE HOLY ROMAN CHURCH Fr. Bob Stone (retired)
VOCATION PRAYER OF POPE FRANCIS: God our Father, you made each of us to use our gifts in the Body of Christ. We ask that you inspire young people whom you call to priesthood and consecrated life to courageously follow your will. Send workers into your great harvest so that the Gospel is preached, the poor are served with love, the suffering are comforted, and Your people are strengthened by the sacraments. We ask this through Christ, our Lord. Amen.
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NATIONAL LEADERS That national leaders may firmly commit themselves to ending the arms trade, which victimizes so many innocent people.
DAILY SCRIPTURE JUNE 1 - Acts 22:30; 34:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a, 5, 7-11; Jn 17:20-26 JUNE 2 - Acts 25:13b-21; Ps 103:12, 11-12, 19-20b; Jn 21:15-19 JUNE 3 - Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4-5, 7; Jn 21:20-25 JUNE 4 - Acts 2:1-11; Ps 104:1, 24, 29-31, 34; 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13; Jn 20:19-23 JUNE 5 - Tb 1:3; 2:1b-8; Ps 112:1-6; Mk 12:1-12 JUNE 6 - Tb 2:9-14; Ps 112:1-2, 7-9; Mk 12:13-17 JUNE 7 - Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a; Ps 25:2-5b, 6, 7bc, 8-9; Mk 12:18-27 JUNE 8 - Tb 6:10-11; 7:1bcde, 9-17; 8:4-9a; Ps 128:1-5; MK 12:28-34 JUNE 9 - Tb 11:5-17; Ps 146:1b-2, 6c-10; Mk 12:35-37 JUNE 10 - 2 Cor 1:1-7; Ps 34:2-9; Mt 5:1-12 JUNE 11 - Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9; (Ps) Dn 3:52-56; 2 Cor 13:11-13; Jn 3:16-18 JUNE 12 - 2 Cor 1:1-7; Ps 34:2-9; Mt 5:1-12 JUNE 13 - 2 Cor 1:18-22; Ps 119:129-133, 135; Mt 5:13-16 JUNE 14 - 2 Cor 3:4-11; Ps 99:5-9; Mt 5:17-19 JUNE 15 - 2 Cor 3:15-4:1, 3-6; Ps 85:9ab, 10, 11-14; Mt 5:20-26
JUNE 2017 JUNE 16 - 2 Cor 4:7-15; Ps 116:1011, 15-18; Mt 5:27-32 JUNE 17 - 2 Cor 5:14-21; PS 103:14, 8-9, 11-12; Mt 5:33-37 JUNE 18 - Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a; Ps 147:12-15, 19-20; 1 Cor 10:16-17; Jn 6:51-58 JUNE 19 - 2 Cor 6:1-10; Ps 98:1-4; Mt 5:38-42 JUNE 20 - 2 Cor 8:1-9; Ps 146:2, 5-9a; Mt 5:43-48 JUNE 21 - 2 Cor 9:6-11; Ps 112:1-4, 9; Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 JUNE 22 - 2 Cor 11:1-11; Ps 111:14, 7-8; Mt 6:7-15 JUNE 23 - Dt 7:6-11; Ps 103:1-4, 6-8, 10; 1 Jn 4:7-16; Mt 11:25-30 JUNE 24 - Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1b-3, 13-15Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 JUNE 25 - Jer 20:10-13; Ps 69:8-10, 17, 33-35; Rom 5:12-15; Mt 10:26-33 JUNE 26 - Gn 12:1-9; Ps 33:12-13, 18-20, 22; Mt 7:1-5 JUNE 27 - Gn 13:2, 5-18; Ps 15:24b, 5; Mt 7:6, 12-14 JUNE 28 - Gn 15:1-12, 17-18; Ps 105:1-4, 6-9; Mt 7:15-20 JUNE 29 - Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-9; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18; Mt 16:13-19 JUNE 30 - Gn 17:1, 9-10, 15-22; Ps 128:1-5; Mt 8:1-4
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WITH PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD The Roman Catholic Diocese of Crookston joyfully announces that men will be brought forward for ordination to the Sacred Order of Deacons through the imposition of hands and the invocation of the Holy Spirit By His Excellency, THE MOST REVEREND MICHAEL J. HOEPPNER, Bishop of Crookston. Saturday, the 10th of June, in the two thousand and seventeenth year of the Lord at ten o’clock in the morning. CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 702 Summit Ave, Crookston, Minnesota Reception to follow.
WITH PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING TO ALMIGHTY GOD The Roman Catholic Diocese of Crookston cordially invites you to celebrate the Ordination to the Priesthood of
Deacon Matthew James Schmitz son of Arnold and Barbara Schmitz through the invocation of the Holy Spirit and the Laying on of Hands by His Excellency, THE MOST REVEREND MICHAEL J. HOEPPNER, Bishop of Crookston. Saturday, the 17th of June, in the two thousand and seventeenth year of the Lord at ten o’clock in the morning. CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION 702 Summit Ave, Crookston, Minnesota Reception to follow.
Ada – St. Joseph: Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Argyle – St. Rose of Lima: Saturday, 5:00 p.m., from April – June; Sunday, 8:30 a.m., from July – Sept. Badger – St. Mary: Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Bagley – St. Joseph: Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Barnesville – Assumption: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Baudette – Sacred Heart: Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Beaulieu – St. Joseph: Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Bemidji – St. Philip: beginning June 1: Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30 a.m., 9:00 a.m., 11:00 a.m., & 6:30 p.m. Big Elbow Lake – St. Frances Cabrini: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Blackduck – St. Ann: Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Brooks – St. Joseph: Sunday, 8:00 a.m. Callaway – Assumption: Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Crookston – Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 9:00 a.m.; Spanish Mass: Noon on 1st & 3rd Sundays; Life Teen Mass: Sunday, August 27, 5:00 p.m. Detroit Lakes – Holy Rosary: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Detroit Lakes – St. Mary of the Lakes: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Dilworth – St. Elizabeth: Sunday, 8:30 a.m., from May 24 – Sept. 4. East Grand Forks – Sacred Heart: Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m. Euclid – St. Mary: Sunday, 8:00 a.m. Falun – St. Philip: Sunday, 7:15 a.m. Fertile – St. Joseph: Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Fisher – St. Francis of Assisi: Sunday, 8:00 a.m., May, July & September; 10:00 a.m., June & August. Florian – Assumption: Sunday, 8:30 a.m., April – June; Sunday, 10:30 a.m., July - Sept. Fosston – St. Mary: Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Frazee – Sacred Heart: Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Gentilly – St. Peter: Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Georgetown – St. John the Baptist: Sunday, 8:00 a.m. Goodridge – St. Ann: Saturday, 5:00 p.m. Greenbush – Blessed Sacrament: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Grygla – St. Clement: Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Hallock – St. Patrick: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday 8:30 a.m., except 1st weekend of the month: Saturday: No evening Mass; Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Halstad – Holy Family: Sunday, 11:30 a.m. Hawley – St. Andrew: Sunday, 10:30 a.m., May 29 – Sept. 4. Karlstad – St. Edward: Sunday, 11:30 a.m. Kelliher – St. Patrick: Sunday, 8:00 a.m. Lake Itasca – St. Catherine: Sunday, 9:00 a.m., through Labor Day. Lake Park – St. Francis Xavier: Sunday, 10:00 a.m. Lancaster – Holy Rosary: Sunday, 10:30 a.m., except 1st weekend of the month: Saturday 5:00 p.m., No Sunday Mass. Laporte – St. Theodore of Tarsus: Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Mahnomen – St. Michael: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Mentor – St. Lawrence: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. from Memorial Day through Labor Day; Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Middle River – St. Joseph: Sunday, 8:00 a.m. Moorhead – St. Francis de Sales: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 10:00 a.m.; Spanish Mass: Sunday, 5:00 p.m. from June – August. Moorhead – St. Joseph: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 8:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Naytahwaush – St. Anne: Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Nebish – St. John: Saturday, 5:00 p.m. Nevis – Our Lady of the Pines: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Ogema – Most Holy Redeemer: Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Oklee – St. Francis Xavier: Sunday, 8:00 a.m. Oslo – St. Joseph: Sunday, 11:00 a.m. Park Rapids – St. Peter the Apostle: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Pennington – St. Charles: Saturday, 4:00 p.m. Ponsford – St. Theodore: Saturday, 5:00 p.m. Red Lake – St. Mary’s Mission: Sunday, 10:45 a.m. Red Lake Falls – St. Joseph: Saturday, 5:30 p.m.; Sunday, 10:00 a.m. Roseau – Sacred Heart: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 10:30 a.m. Sabin – St. Cecilia: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 9:00 a.m. Stephen – St. Stephen: Sunday, 10:30 a.m. from April – June; Saturday, 5:00 p.m. from July – Sept. Tabor – Holy Trinity: Sunday, 8:00 a.m., in June & Aug.; Sunday, 10:00 a.m., in July. Thief River Falls – St. Bernard: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 9:00 a.m., beginning Memorial Day Weekend. Twin Valley – St. William: Sunday, 8:00 a.m. Two Inlets – St. Mary: Sunday, 10:00 a.m., Outdoor Grotto Mass (weather permitting) or inside the church. Warren – Sts. Peter & Paul: Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Warroad – St. Mary: Saturday, 6:00 p.m.; Sunday, 8:30 a.m. Waubun – St. Ann: Saturday, 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 11:00 a.m. White Earth – St. Benedict: Sunday, 11:00 a.m. Williams – St. Joseph: Saturday, 4:30 p.m. Wilton – Sacred Heart: Sunday, 9:00 a.m.