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OBIT | MSGR. JAMES “JIM” BALINT Bishop Kevin J. Farrell Publisher Editor David Sedeño Managing Editor Michael Gresham Managing Editor Revista Católica Constanza Morales Business Manager Antonio Ramirez Jr. Staff Writer Cathy Harasta Staff Writer Seth Gonzales Photographer Jenna Teter Accounting Manager Leigh Harbour The oldest Catholic newspaper in Texas ©2016 The Texas Catholic THE TEXAS CATHOLIC (USPS 616620) ISSN: 0899-6296 is published biweekly, except for the months of June, July, August and December when it is published monthly by The Texas Catholic Publishing Co., 3725 Blackburn, P.O. Box 190347, Dallas, TX 75219. Subscription rates are $20 for one year, $35 for two years, $55 for three years. Periodical postage paid at Dallas, TX. Extra copies are $4.00 each; if mailed, add $1.00 per piece for handling and postage.

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Estimated Catholic population:1,236,944.

Texas Catholic Publishing Co. Board of Directors Most Rev. Kevin J. Farrell Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas Publisher of The Texas Catholic Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel Vicar General Mary Edlund Chancellor Bill Keffler Chief Operating Officer Annette G. Taylor Communications Director David Sedeño Editor of The Texas Catholic

Hundreds gather to bid farewell to Msgr. Balint

By David Sedeño The Texas Catholic

PLANO—Msgr. Jim Balint, a military veteran and chaplain, teacher and founding pastor of Prince of Peace Catholic Church and retired priest of the Diocese of Dallas, died March 22 from injuries suffered in a car accident while on vacation.

He was 85.

Hundreds of friends, former students and parishioners gathered at Prince of Peace Catholic Church on March 28 for a vigil and hundreds more—many wearing red as requested many years ago by Msgr.

Balint Balint—filled the sanctuary the following day for the funeral Mass that was celebrated by Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, and concelebrated by dozens of Msgr. Balint’s fellow priests in the diocese.

“Father Jim was a great priest, and an outstanding pastor and it is fitting that we all come together now not in sadness but in the hope that he now rests with God Almighty,” Bishop Farrell said at the beginning of the Mass. “He served for so many years, in so many different capacities and I thank you for being here and for traveling this journey with Father Jim.” One of Msgr. Balint’s closest friends was a former U.S. Air Force chaplain who later became the bishop of Grand Isle, Neb. The Most Rev. William Dendinger, now bishop emeritus of that diocese, delivered the homily at the funeral Mass.

He remembered Msgr.

Balint as an avid reader, conversationalist, world traveler, and competitor whose love for Christ never waned. He told stories about how Msgr. Balint loved his family and the Prince of Peace community. He asked those in attendance to pray for each other during the grieving process, but to never forget Christ’s love.

And while many have their own recollections of Msgr.

Balint, Bishop Dendinger said he would always remember his dear friend through some of the words found in Micah 6:8.

“He always felt that our legacy was to walk humbly, love tenderly and do justice,” Bishop Dendinger said. “That’s the legacy I will think of Father Jim, despite all of the marvelous, spiritual, emotional, psychological and physical things he has done.”

Msgr. Balint was born on May 6, 1930, in Yonkers, N.Y. He graduated from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., in 1951. In 1954, he entered the U.S. Air

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Bishop Kevin J. Farrell blesses the casket of Msgr. Jim Balint during a funeral Mass at Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Plano on March 29. Msgr. Balint, who was the founding pastor of the parish, died March 22.

Force and left in 1956 with the rank of first lieutenant.

He began theological studies at CUA that same year and in 1961, he was ordained a priest for the then-Diocese of DallasFort Worth. His first assignment was as parochial vicar at St. Luke Catholic Church in Irving.

He also taught religion and mathematics at Jesuit College Preparatory High School from 1963-67.

His dedication to military service continued, as he was commissioned as a chaplain to the Texas National Guard, in 1963, serving with the 136th Air Defense Wing at Hensley Air National Guard Base in Grand Prairie. In 1966, he re-entered active duty as an Air Force chaplain and for the next 14 years served in bases throughout the world.

Msgr. Balint retired with the rank of colonel in May 1985 and returned to the Diocese of Dallas later that year. He served first as associate pastor at All Saints Catholic Church in Dallas, before being appointed in December 1990 as the founding pastor of the Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Plano.

At a retirement dinner in 2010, Msgr. Balint talked about his love for the Prince of Peace community, the school children and the privilege of his Catholic faith.

“Sunday Mass for me has been

the golden moment, not just the liturgy, but the time that I can meet with the people and share with the people,” he said.

Even in retirement, Msgr.

Balint continued to celebrate Mass regularly throughout the diocese, including at school Masses at Prince of Peace and at John Paul II High School.

Msgr. Balint is survived by his sisters, Margaret Murray, Bernice Flynn, and Judith Fasano, all of Cape Cod, Mass., and Mary Lou Blute, of Plano; brothers, Andrew Balint of Yonkers, N.Y.,

and Vincent Balint of Fairfield, Calif.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

The family requested donations to honor Msgr. Balint could be made either to Prince of Peace Catholic Church’s sister parish in Las Mercedes in Honduras, John Paul II High School, 900 Coit Rd., Plano, Texas, 75075, or Prince of Peace Catholic Church.

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An American flag is draped over the casket of Msgr. Jim Balint, who served in the U.S. Air Force prior to being ordained as a priest in 1961, following the funeral Mass on March 29 at Prince of Peace Catholic Church in Plano.

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Airport chaplain struck by ‘profound humanity’

By Catholic News Service OXFORD, England — A Catholic priest who ministered to survivors of the attacks at Brussels airport said he was struck by the “profound humanity” shown by those caught up in the situation.

“I’ve heard so many stories, including testimonies from those who were 15 yards away when the bombs exploded, and who were blown off their feet and injured,” Father Michel Gaillard, chaplain of the Belgian capital’s Zaventem airport, told Catholic News Service March 24.

Father Gaillard said he had been traveling to Zaventem when the bombs exploded and had helped calm hundreds of passengers taken to a nearby sports hall. Many lost passports and luggage and were desperately seeking friends and relatives, he said.

He added that he had helped counsel numerous Catholics who sought his support, as well as American tourists, students and employees who were at the airport during the March 22 rush-hour blasts. He said

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A man prays during a March 23 memorial gathering in Brussels following bomb attacks the previous day. Three nearly simultaneous attacks claimed the lives of dozens and injured more than 200.

Orthodox, Protestant and Jewish airport chaplains also had offered spiritual and pastoral help to those affected.

“Some people have asked me to pray with them and for them,

INSIDE FAITH 5 FAMILY’S FUELS VOCATION As Tony Campise particpates in the Diocese of Dallas’ diaconate program, he leans on the faith and support of his family.

LASTING 12 ALEGACY

Mother Angelica, who founded the Eternal Word Television Network and turned it into one of the world’s largest religious media operations, dies after long illness.

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Gene Vilfordi, 88, who devoted his time and financial expertise to many Catholic organizations within the Diocese of Dallas, died March 21 in Dallas.

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An annual audit shows that efforts and guidelines implemented by the Diocese of Dallas continue to make the diocese a safe environment for parishioners of all ages.

while others have just needed to talk about what happened to them,” the Catholic chaplain said.

“In a world where finance is often considered the most important thing, this event has reminded us

of our vulnerability — as well as of the bonds of profound humanity we reveal in showing care and compassion for each other. This is the great lesson I take from what’s happened.”

“We should remember the airport is a large community, all of which has been affected,” he added.

“Although people are still in shock, I’m moved by how many have placed themselves at the service of the injured and traumatized.”

Father Gaillard, who has served as a chaplain at the airport for 10 years, said he was hoping to get a list of all the injured and visit each of them. Belgium’s Health Ministry said March 24 more than 60 people remained in critical condition after explosions at Zaventem and the city’s Maelbeek metro station.

“Most of those affected here were common, simple people, catching planes for holidays, to visit family members over Easter or to do their jobs,” he said.

“We’ll have to see if this dreadful event makes people more open to the values of faith — that’s a question for tomorrow, whereas what

matters today is aiding friends and colleagues,” he told CNS. Father Gaillard said he was aware media discussion had turned toward the failure of Belgium’s security services and the government of Prime Minister Charles Michel to predict the attacks, for which the Islamic State group claimed credit.

However, he said police and officials at the scene should be thanked for “showing courage and doing their best.”

“Instead of making negative assessments, I think we should thank the police and medical staff who’ve done such a huge job in the face of such difficulties.”

The previous night, Father Gaillard and Auxiliary Bishop Leon Lemmens of Mechelen-Brussels joined other Christian leaders at the Catholic church in Zaventem, outside Brussels.

The Belgian church’s Cathobel news agency said Bishop Lemmens had thanked airport staff and local residents for the “solidarity and closeness” shown to the 11 killed and dozens injured by the airport bomb blasts.

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ever.”

The four living creatures answered, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

Reading 1 Acts 5:12-16 Many signs and wonders were done among the people at the hands of the apostles.

They were all together in Solomon’s portico.

None of the others dared to join them, but the people esteemed them.

Yet more than ever, believers in the Lord, great numbers of men and women, were added to them.

Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and mats so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on one or another of them.

A large number of people from the towns in the vicinity of Jerusalem also gathered, bringing the sick and those disturbed by unclean spirits, and they were all cured.

Reading 2 Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 I, John, your brother, who share with you the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance we have in Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos because I proclaimed God’s word and gave testimony to Jesus.

I was caught up in spirit on the Lord’s day and heard behind me a voice as loud as a trumpet, which said, “Write on a scroll what you see.”

Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and when I turned, I saw seven gold lampstands and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, wearing an ankle-length robe, with a gold sash around his chest.

When I caught sight of him, I fell down at his feet as though dead.

He touched me with his right hand and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, the one who lives.

Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys to death and the netherworld.

Write down, therefore, what you have seen, and what is happening, and what will happen afterwards.”

Gospel Jn 20:19-31 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.”

When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side.

The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”

Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.

So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”

But he said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nailmarks and put my hand into his side, I will

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not believe.”

Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them.

Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”

Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me?

Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book.

But these are written that you may come to believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that through this belief you may have life in his name.

April 10, 2016 Third Sunday of Easter Reading 1 Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 When the captain and the court officers had brought the apostles in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, the high priest questioned them, “We gave you strict orders, did we not, to stop teaching in that name?

Yet you have filled Jerusalem with

your teaching and want to bring this man’s blood upon us.”

But Peter and the apostles said in reply, “We must obey God rather than men.

The God of our ancestors raised Jesus, though you had him killed by hanging him on a tree.

God exalted him at his right hand as leader and savior to grant Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.

We are witnesses of these things, as is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.”

The Sanhedrin ordered the apostles to stop speaking in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.

So they left the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been found worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

Reading 2 Rev 5:11-14 I, John, looked and heard the voices of many angels who surrounded the throne and the living creatures and the elders.

They were countless in number, and they cried out in a loud voice: “Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength, honor and glory and blessing.”

Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, everything in the universe, cry out: “To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor, glory and might, forever and

Gospel Jn 21:1-19 At that time, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples at the Sea of Tiberias.

He revealed himself in this way.

Together were Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, Zebedee’s sons, and two others of his disciples.

Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”

They said to him, “We also will come with you.”

So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

When it was already dawn, Jesus was standing on the shore; but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.

Jesus said to them, “Children, have you caught anything to eat?”

They answered him, “No.” So he said to them, “Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something.”

So they cast it, and were not able to pull it in because of the number of fish.

So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord.”

When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he tucked in his garment, for he was lightly clad, and jumped into the sea.

The other disciples came in the boat, for they were not far from shore, only about a hundred yards, dragging the net with the fish.

When they climbed out on shore, they saw a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread.

Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you just caught.”

So Simon Peter went over and dragged the net ashore full of one hundred fifty-three large fish.

Even though there were so many, the net was not torn.

Jesus said to them, “Come, have breakfast.”

And none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?” because they realized it was the Lord.

Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them, and in like manner the fish.

This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples after being raised from the dead.

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”

Simon Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”

Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

He then said to Simon Peter a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”

Simon Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”

Jesus said to him, “Tend my sheep.”

Jesus said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?”

Peter was distressed that Jesus had said to him a third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.”

Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.

Amen, amen, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.”

He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me.”

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For diaconate candidate, process is a family affair

50 Years Ago Seven families, two sisters, a priest and three seminarians from the Diocese of Dallas spent Holy Week working among the Otomi Indians in the Mexican state of Hidalgo. The Operation Otomi III team provided Holy Week liturgy and assisted with building projects in several Indian villages. The project was sponsored by the Christian Family Movement.

25 Years Ago Prince of Peace Parish, Plano’s newest Catholic community, celebrated Naming Day, April 7, when the official decree of Bishop Charles V. Grahmann, erecting the parish, was read and the newly chosen name was revealed. Msgr. Robert Rehkemper, vicar general of the Diocese of Dallas, read the decree. Father James Balint, Colonel, USAF (Ret), was named pastor in February.

By Jeff Miller Special to The Texas Catholic

Men joining the Diocese of Dallas diaconate program are informed early that it’s a significant commitment shared by their wives. Tony Campise is convinced that, if he now discerned out two years into the six-year formation class, wife Kim would be asked to stay on.

“Kim has embraced it wholeheartedly,” Campise said.

“I was really excited and surprised when I found out how important it was for the wives to be a part of it,” she said.

The Campises are longtime parishioners at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, where Kim is the administrative assistant to Father John Libone. Campise, 51, had long considered becoming a deacon.

The idea was first suggested about 15 years ago by an uncle, Larry Lucido, who is a deacon at St. Monica Catholic Church.

“I kind of remember I quipped to him, ‘I don’t think I’m holy enough for that vocation,’ ” Campise said. His uncle’s reply was: “If we were looking for holy people, the classes would be pretty small.”

Campise still straddled the fence a few years ago when he attended a meeting of the Dallas Serra Club when the speaker was Deacon John O’Leary, director of the diocese’s diaconate program.

“His whole purpose in speaking was to tell the process to become a deacon,” Campise said. “I thought, ‘OK. Something is pushing me in this direction.’ ” It didn’t hurt that Father Libone also passed the diaconate paperwork on to Kim and asked Campise to look into the program. Campise met with his pastor and with parish Deacon Ken Reiser before making the commitment.

“It just seemed like I was running out of excuses,” he said.

Campise’s Sicilian family grew up in the Lakewood area in East Dallas. He graduated from Jesuit College Preparatory School and then Stephen F.

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10 Years Ago Calling for immigration reform, a crowd estimated at close to 500,000 marched from the Cathedral to Dallas City Hall on April 7. Bishop Grahmann, who marched in the front line, addressed the marchers at City Hall. The march was part of a two-day effort nationwide to attract more attention to the immigration issue. Participants waved U.S. flags and wore white at the urging of organizers to symbolize peace.

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Tony Campise and his family Kim Campise, left, Anthony Campise Jr., far left, and Joseph Campise, far ight, on March 26 at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church.

Campise is participating in the Diocese of Dallas’ diaconate program.

Excerpts taken from The Texas Catholic and compiled by Steve Landregan, diocesan historian and former editor of The Texas Catholic. Landregan can be reached by email at slandregan@ cathdal.org.

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Kim converted back in Dallas, and the couple has been married 27 years. Being big SFA basketball fans, they were thrilled by the Lumberjacks’ upset win in the opening round of the recent NCAA Tournament followed by a last-second loss to Notre Dame.

“It’s kind of hard to blame the Catholics,” he said.

The Campises have two sons: Anthony Jr. graduated from the University of Dallas last spring, and Joseph is scheduled to graduate from Oklahoma State University in December. The Campises noted the diaconate commitment is more flexible without younger children, but that doesn’t mean couples with younger children can’t make it work.

“We have quite a few people [in the class of 2020] who have young children,” Kim said.

“Their heart is in it, and God has

Installation of Bishop Deshotel in Lafayette On Feb. 17, Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel was appointed to serve as the seventh Bishop of the Diocese of Lafayette, La. A Mass of Reception and Installation is set for 2 p.m. April 15 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Lafayette.

A live stream will be accessible at www.ustream.tv/channel/catholicdiocese-of-lafayette-la. The video will remain accessible for 30 days after the installation.

a plan. I figure God will work it out for them.”

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A Holy Week of reflection and joy A time to celebrate

By Father Timothy Gollob Special to The Texas Catholic

This recent Holy Week was a magnificent spiritual mountain from which I could compare the past and the present liturgical work of the church.

First of all, in this Jubilee Year of Mercy, the sacrament of reconciliation has certainly changed from a private session in a narrow confessional to a community celebration of God’s paternal love. We at Holy Cross Catholic Church had a joyous two days with Father Robert Seay, OFM, of Lafayette, La., who preached the healing message of the Gospel and laid his hands on many who acknowledged their needs and vulnerability together so as to gain the strength of the whole community.

Then on Palm Sunday we did not just stand in the church to get our branches blessed, but the whole assembly marched around the church as hymns of praise to God were sung.

On Tuesday, at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe, deacons and priests and

religious joined the bishop for the blessings of the Holy Oils. In the early 1960s, this rite took place on Thursday morning with a dozen priests and some sleepy parishioners in the pews. This year, the pews were packed and the choir and the brass ensemble made a magnificent noise as the olive oils were brought into the sanctuary as mere salad dressing and later were brought forth as the vehicles of sacramental grace.

Holy Thursday used to be the day when churches vied with each other to have the most magnificent “altars of repose.” It was a time for pilgrims to visit the most churches to see who did the best job. Now we have a holy liturgy telling us that the Eucharist is a powerful blessing in which we receive the Body and Blood of Christ and then are called to imitate his servant-hood by washing the feet and the spirits of others.

Also in the past, Good Friday liturgies were in the middle of the day. Most folks had to work.

Now all who wish can come to the evening Solemn Services to meditate on the passion of Jesus,

to venerate His saving cross and to pray for the needs of our battered world.

As an altar server in Tyler, I joined a few hardy souls very early on Holy Saturday morning to listen to 12 passages from scripture, to bless a “triple” candle and to go to the entrance door of the church to knock three times before opening it as a symbol that those sinners who had done penance during Lent would be welcomed home.

This year, the service was an overwhelming event as new fire was blessed, the paschal candle was honored and dozens of catechumens boarded the Barque of Peter through the waters of Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Eucharist.

Finally, Easter morning arrived once again. Our prayer with the holy women at the tomb... ...ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!

Father Timothy Gollob is the pastor of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Oak Cliff.

the reality of Jesus

By Father John Bayer Special to The Texas Catholic

What is the meaning of Easter? How would you explain it to someone? How do you explain it to yourself?

One way to get at the meaning of Easter is to see its connection to Christmas. Both these feasts celebrate one beautiful reality: the child Jesus. The beginnings of the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Luke tell us about the virginal conception, birth and childhood of Jesus until he was 12. But at the end of this narrative, there is a very powerful sign that the childhood of this boy is a lot “greater” than 12 years. After having lost him for three days, Mary and Joseph find him in the Temple, where he says to them, “Why were you looking for me?

Did you not know that I must be in my Father’s house?” (Lk 2:49).

They lost him for three days.

When they find him, he proclaims to them his eternal childhood as the son of his eternal father. There are also three days from Good Friday to Easter Sunday, three hollow days of an empty tabernacle.

When we find Jesus on Easter, we are again reminded of his childhood, for it was “God the Father who raised him from the dead” (Gal 1:1). Everything marvelous about him, whether as a boy or as a man, is understood in reference to his eternal childhood — his eternally being son of the father.

Their intimacy stands behind every moment in his ministry: “the Father who dwells in me is doing his works” (Jn 14:10). Just before heading to the Garden of Gethsemane, the point of no return in his acceptance of the Passion, Jesus explains to his disciples what motivates him: “the world must know that I love the Father and that I do just as the Father has commanded me. Get up, let us go.” (Jn 14:31; cf. 8:28).

Jesus was, is and always will be a child, the son in loving union with his father. Their familial intimacy, which is manifested in the presence and work of the Holy Spirit (Lk 1:35; 3:21-22; Mt 3:1617), is the very heart of the Gospel.

But the revelation of Trinitarian Love – the revelation of God (1 Jn 4:8) – is not the end of the Good News. The life, death and resurrection of Jesus were not merely the great “show and tell” of the Holy Trinity. For the will of the father — the reason for which the father sends the son — is to invite us into their familial union: “For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life” (Jn 6:40). The gift of God is to be like his Son, to be “sent” by him in the power of the Holy Spirit: “‘As the

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Father has sent me, so I send you.’

And when Jesus had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’” (Jn 20:22-23; cf. 20:17).

We should reread the Bible with this key: the eternal childhood of Jesus. How often does he act like a child! Think of his obedience to the father: it was not martial or slavish, but childlike – it was motivated by love, wonder and trust. Think of the way he taught us to enjoy the gifts of God: do not fixate on the gift but rather on the giver – “do not rejoice because the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in heaven” (Lk 10:20).

Think of how he taught us to live in love with the father and his kingdom, trusting that all other things, which are secondary, “will be given to you besides” (Mt 6:2534; cf. 7:7-11).

Our society tends to run away from children and other forms of dependency. The unborn are silenced; the poor and elderly are ignored; the foreigner is scapegoated. Our own weaknesses and dependencies make us miserable, because we want to be strong and independent, owing nothing to anyone.

In short, there is something in us which resents the childlike. So, is it any real surprise that we find it so difficult to see God, our Father? Let us resist the temptations of our age and embrace life with the wonder, gratitude and docility of a child. Remember that only children will enter the kingdom of heaven (Mt 18:1-4).

Father John Bayer, O.Cist., is a theologian and monk at the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Dallas in Irving. His column appears occasionally in The Texas Catholic.

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A young parishioner holds up a cross made out of palms during the Palm Sunday Mass at San Juan Diego Catholic Church on March 20.

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Parishioners hold up palms to be blessed prior to a Palm Sunday Mass at San Juan Diego Catholic Church on March 20.

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Father Peter Doan leads the procession into the church after blessing the palms during Palm Sunday Mass at St. Joseph Vietnamese Catholic Church in Grand Prairie on March 20.

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, with the assistance of Father Michael Dugan, as well as other priests within the Diocese of Dallas, blesses the different holy oils during the Chrism Mass on March 22 at the the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

Bishop Kevin J. Farrell thanks all the priests individually for their service to the church as they process off the altar at the end of the Chrism Mass on March 22 at the the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

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Father Paul Iverson, at right, with the assistance of Deacon Gregg Kahrs, washes the feet of one of 12 parishioners during the Mass of the Last Supper March 24 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Frisco.

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A woman kneels in front of the cross during the Veneration of the Cross at the Good Friday service presided over by Bishop Kevin J. Farrell March 25 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

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Kitty and James Wilson pray before vespers on Good Friday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church on March 25.

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Susan Meyer kisses the cross during the Veneration of the Cross at the Good Friday service presided over by Bishop Kevin J. Farrell on March 25 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

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Deacon Kory Kilgo leads a child-friendly presentation of the Stations of the Cross for children and their families at St. Ann Catholic Church in Coppell on Good Friday, March 25.

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The cross is carried down the nave of the church during vespers on Good Friday at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church on March 25.

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Msgr. John Bell sprinkles holy water on worshippers during Easter Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Allen on March 27.

Olga Galvan grins as she receives the oils of Confirmation from Father Michael Dugan during the Easter Vigil Mass at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church in Oak Cliff on March 26.

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of Good Friday service on March 25 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

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Julie Castillo helps light candles for her mother, Evelia, and brother, Anthony, at the beginning of the Easter Vigil Mass on March 26 at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church in Oak Cliff.

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Worshippers sing an opening hymn during Easter Sunday Mass at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Allen on March 27.

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World pauses in prayer, reverence

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A Filipino family dressed in centurion costumes take a selfie during the start of Holy Week celebrations in the Philippines’ Marinduque province March 21.

Nuns carry a cross during a silent march during Good Friday celebrations in Durban, South Africa, March 25.

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A woman prays on a hill with wooden crosses after a procession celebrating Palm Sunday in Oshmiany, Belarus, March 20.

At left: Catholics carry a large cross on the Via Dolorosa in the Old City of Jerusalem March 25.

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Worshippers hold candles during the Easter Vigil at St. John’s Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta, March 26.

Christians take part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion on Good Friday along a road near St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Lagos, Nigeria, March 25.

Women hold candles and pray during the Easter Vigil in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, March 26.

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Learning about vocations

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Bishop J. Douglas Deshotel prays over the meal at a St. Andrew Dinner for high school students and their parents March 14 at St. Cecilia Catholic Church.

Seminarian Wade Bass, from left, Jordan Callagher of St. Anthony Catholic Church in Wylie and Kyle Fletcher, a squire of the Body of Christ, visit at a St. Andrew Dinner March 14 at St. Cecilia Catholic Church.

People, who have come in from the streets of downtown Dallas, take a minute to kneel and pray at the foot of the altar during Nightfever — an event offering a night of prayer, adoration and reconciliation — March 18 at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe. As part of the event, people from the streets were invited into the cathedral to pray and learn more about the Catholic faith.

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Seminarian Ryan Waedekin, right, visits with high school students interested in learning more about the priesthood during the St. Andrew Dinner on March 14.

Seminarian Elijah Thomson, left,and Father Edwin Leonard, diocesan director of vocations, right, visit with high school students during the St. Andrew Dinner on March 14.

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Mother Angelica, founder EWTN, dies after long illness

By Catholic News Service BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Mother Angelica, who founded the Eternal Word Television Network and turned it into one of the world’s largest religious media operations, died on Easter Sunday at the age of 92.

Feisty and outspoken, she was a major controversial figure in the U.S. church in the closing decades of the 20th century. At the same time, the international scope of EWTN’s media operations gave her a ready calling card at the Vatican.

She built the venture into a network that transmits programs 24 hours a day to more than 230 million homes in 144 countries via cable and other technologies. It broadcasts in English and several other languages.

Mother Angelica had been ill for years. She was operated on Dec. 24, 2001, in a Birmingham hospital to remove a blood clot in her brain after she suffered her second major stroke.

It left her with partial paralysis and a speech impediment.

Last November, she was placed on a feeding tube as she continued to battle lingering effects of the strokes. In February, members of her religious order, the Poor Clares

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Mother Angelica, founder of Eternal Word Television Network, died at age 92 March 27 at the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration monastery in Hanceville, Ala.

of Perpetual Adoration, said she was in delicate condition and asked for prayers for her.

Mother Angelica died March 27

at her order’s Our Lady of Angels Monastery in Hanceville, where she “was surrounded by the prayers and love of her spiritual daughters, sons

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and dear friends,” said a statement from the Poor Clares.

A morning funeral Mass was to be celebrated April 1 at the upper church of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament at the order’s monastery.

Her body was to be interred at the shrine’s Crypt Chapel.

“In the face of sickness and longsuffering trials, Mother’s example of joy and prayerful perseverance exemplified the Franciscan spirit she held so dear. We thank God for Mother Angelica and for the gift of her extraordinary life,” Michael P. Warsaw, chairman and CEO, said in a statement.

In 2009, Pope Benedict XVI awarded the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice Cross to Mother Angelica and Deacon Bill Steltemeier, thenchairman of EWTN’s board of governors, for distinguished service to the church. The cross, whose name is Latin for “for the church and the pope,” is the highest papal honor that can be conferred on laypeople and clergy.

Because of ill health, Mother Angelica received the award in her private quarters. But in the public ceremony, Bishop Robert J. Baker of Birmingham said “Mother Angelica’s effort has been at the vanguard of the new evangelization and has had a great impact on our world.”

Mother Angelica was equally at home giving a scale model of her satellite dish to St. John Paul II or ruffling the feathers of high-ranking church officials.

Before starting EWTN, Mother

Angelica wrote what she called “mini-books” on moral and inspirational themes. The popularity of the mini-books attracted media attention, and Mother Angelica began appearing on television talk shows. She said these appearances made her aware of the tremendous influence television has in spreading messages.

With the support of her religious community, Mother Angelica began consulting with media experts about starting her own TV station, hatching the idea of EWTN. She was granted a license by the Federal Communications Commission, and EWTN went on the air in August 1981.

She began with $200 and little knowledge about TV production.

The operation started in a building meant to be a garage on the grounds of the monastery she headed in Birmingham. Originally its daily programming was carried by three cable systems.

In 1992, Mother Angelica launched the short-wave EWTN Global Catholic Radio which broadcasts in English and Spanish. In 1996, EWTN started a satellitedelivered AM/FM radio network with programming also available for rebroadcast by local stations.

Mother Angelica was born April 20, 1923, as Rita Rizzo in an Italian neighborhood in Canton, Ohio. She described her childhood as rough.

Her father abandoned the family when she was young and her parents eventually divorced. She lived with her mother and said their existence was marked by poverty.

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OBIT | EUGENE “GENE” VILFORDI

Longtime Catholic leader recalled as man of faith

By Cathy Harasta The Texas Catholic

Eugene “Gene” Vilfordi spent part of Palm Sunday weekend at St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church delivering meals to feed the hungry as part of one of the American Association of the Order of Malta’s annual charitable projects.

When Father Michael Dugan received word that Vilfordi died less than two days later, the St. Elizabeth pastor said that no one who knew Vilfordi would have found it surprising that he still was unselfishly serving others so near the end of his lifetime of service.

Vilfordi, a Dallas native whose remarkable range of philanthropy blessed and enriched the North Texas Catholic community and beyond, died of heart failure at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Vilfordi Dallas on March 21.

He was 88.

“He never slowed down,” Father Dugan said of the former Merrill Lynch executive who spent 51 years with that company. “He had very strong convictions in terms of his service to the church in Dallas. He was a brilliant man with finances, but that wasn’t the quality he wanted to be known for

by Catholics. He was a man with a heart too big for any words to begin to describe.”

Msgr. Milam Joseph celebrated the Mass of Christian Burial at St. Rita Catholic Church on March 29.

Entombment followed at Calvary Hill Cemetery.

During his homily, Msgr. Joseph emphasized Vilfordi’s dedication to helping people and truly seeing and hearing them.

“Every time I thought about Gene, I ran face to face into Jesus Christ,” Msgr. Joseph said of his thoughts as he prepared for Vilfordi’s funeral Mass. “Jesus the Christ knew how to engage people.

He knew how to see people.

“He looked into the interior disposition of the person.”

Recalling his appointment as president of the University of Dallas in Irving, Msgr. Joseph said that Vilfordi, a UD board member, calmed him as he began the new post.

“Gene came up to me—he knew I was scared to death,” said Msgr. Joseph, who served as UD’s president from 1996-2004. “Now, he says, ‘Milam, you’re going to do a good job.’ ” Msgr. Joseph said that Vifordi combined business acumen with humility, and never forgot his heritage as the son of immigrants.

“He never forgot what it was like to look at life from the bottom up,” Msgr. Joseph said.

Fond recollections abounded in the Diocese of Dallas as clergy and members of the laity described

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Shirley Vilfordi, right, greets visitors during visitation before the Rosary service for Eugene “Gene” Vilfordi at St. Rita Catholic Church on March 28.

Vilfordi’s diligence and love of service to others.

“The breadth of Gene’s service to the Catholic community and beyond is remarkable,” Bishop Kevin J. Farrell said. “He has touched many, many lives and made Dallas and our diocese a better place through his volunteer and philanthropic efforts. His passing is a tremendous loss.”

Bishop Greg Kelly, an auxiliary bishop of Dallas, said that he got to know Vilfordi through UD, where Bishop Kelly served as chaplain from 1986-1996. In addition to serving on the UD board, Vilfordi also was a board member of Cistercian Preparatory School and Ursuline Academy, and co-chaired the Bishop’s Inner City School Endowment Campaign.

Vilfordi, who grew up in Highland Park, and his wife, Shirley, attended the dedication of UD’s Rome campus in 1994, which Bishop Kelly said stood out among his memories of the couples’ profound presence in the UD community.

“I always found him to be a gracious and generous person who took a genuine interest in people,” Bishop Kelly said. “He gave the university a much more beautiful entrance with the Eugene Vilfordi Plaza.”

The plaza honors the longtime UD trustee, whose contributions to entities in the Diocese of Dallas included serving on the board of the Bishop’s Finance Council and donating his time and expertise to the Serra Club of Dallas and The Catholic Foundation—which in 2014 honored him with its McGill Award in recognition of his exemplary leadership.

“I think Gene Vilfordi was the model for what an adult Catholic should be in his or her life,” said James M. Moroney III, the chair-

man, president and Chief Executive Officer of A. H. Belo Corporation and a board member of the Bishop’s Finance Council. “He was a wonderful father and a great husband.

He not only was part of Catholic institutions including Cistercian, Ursuline, Jesuit College Preparatory School and the University of Dallas, but he also reached out to important organizations and nonprofits that are not Catholic—the United Way, the Salvation Army and the Austin Street Shelter.”

Moroney said that Vilfordi served as a role model and a “very special person.”

“He was a model of the urging Pope Francis is giving us to always look to help the poor,” Moroney said. “It seems that Gene definitely embraced that all of his life.”

Despite the Depression-era hardships, Vilfordi’s early life brimmed with his Italian family’s examples of charity and generosity.

He went to work at a series of jobs to help his family after his father died of influenza when Vilfordi was 9.

His enduring joys included the Cub Scout den he joined in 1936.

Vilfordi graduated from Highland Park High School in 1945, then attended the University of Texas at Austin. He transferred to Southern Methodist University but left because of financial pressures after his junior year.

While working at Merrill Lynch, Vilfordi resumed his studies at SMU, from which he graduated in 1976 with a bachelor’s degree in marketing.

He met Ruth Anne Fleming while he was training with Merrill Lynch in New York City. They married on May 7, 1955, and settled in Dallas, where they had three children—Teresa, Marc and Anne.

Ruth Anne died of cancer in 1983.

Vilfordi met Shirley Smith Vilfordi at St. Rita Catholic Church, and they married on January 28, 1984.

He was an active member of St. Rita and the Christian Community of God’s Delight.

Vilfordi also was a member of the Salesmanship Club for 48 years.

“He was a mentor to me,” Deacon Denis Simon said. “He was kind of my father figure after my father died.”

Father Dugan said that he felt blessed to have visited with Vilfordi at St. Elizabeth on March 19.

“I was maybe one of the last to see and visit with Gene,” Father Dugan said. “He looked as happy and fine as can be.”

Vilfordi’s survivors include his wife, Shirley, and three children—Marc Vilfordi, Teresa Vilfordi Korman and Anne Vilfordi Arneson—and a brother George L. Vilfordi Jr., four grandchildren and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grand-nephews.

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SAFE ENVIRONMENT

Audits show Diocese of Dallas provides a safe environment

By Barbara Landregan Special to The Texas Catholic

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Our parishes and schools work diligently and commit themselves to the prevention of any abuse of children or vulnerable adults.

Not only do we submit to an internal diocesan audit, but also each year the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops audits dioceses to evaluate their compliance with the U.S. Bishop’s Charter for the protection of Youth and Young People. The information below is the result of both audits.

National Audit

The USCCB audits all dioceses for compliance with the U.S. Bishops’ Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.

The Diocese of Dallas has been in compliance with the charter since it was signed in Dallas in 2002.

Education

“Family of Faith,” a program developed by the Diocese of Dallas in 2004, is the initial training required of all employees, volunteers and clergy (priests and deacons) of our diocese. This training is offered in English and Spanish. Yearly update training is a significant part of our Safe Environment Program. Each parish/school in our diocese has a Safe Environment director who facilitates yearly training for all priests, deacons, employees, and volunteers. Training is required annually and programs specific to ministry needs are offered that include domestic violence, bullying, social networking and elder abuse.

Training programs are listed on the Safe Environment website (www. cathdal.org) that may be accessed

and used from home.

The number of people undergoing safe environment training in the Diocese of Dallas this past year is: Volunteers: 21,719 Diocesan/Parish Employees: 2,117 Educators: 1,258 Priest/Deacons: 344 Candidates for Ordination: 126

Child Education:

The Safe Environment Office in cooperation with the Superintendent of Schools, Director of Catechetical Services and Director of Youth and Young Adults Ministry instituted the VIRTUS Program in 2009.

Using this program all children attending Catholic schools and faith formation programs have been trained regarding “Safe Touches and Safe Friends.” This year the program emphasized “Boundaries” and “Telling Someone.” The number of children safe environment trained this past year in the Diocese of Dallas in Catholic schools and faith formation programs was 61,993.

Policy Compliance System

The Parish Safe Environment Program is monitored by each Parish Safe Environment Director.

Through an online system, parishes can monitor their volunteers and employees. When volunteers move between parishes, Safety Directors may easily monitor their progress.

This system has been in place for the past three years and has proven to be very effective in monitoring compliance.

Communications

Our online system allows for immediate communication between Diocesan Safe Environment Office and Parish/School Safety Directors.

On Aug. 13, 2015, parish safe

environment directors as well as staff and teachers of Christ the King Catholic School heard Dr. James Tanner, a national authority on sex offenders. His talk covered Understanding Sex Offenders, Grooming and Digital Offenders.

April 14, 2016, Dr. Monica Applewhite will speak about “Relationship Based Abuse” to parish and school safe environment directors.

During the month of January, Cluster Meetings were held around the diocese giving safe environment directors a chance to discuss new ideas and training.

Code of Conduct

Incorporated into our Safe Environment Policy is a “Ministerial Code of Conduct.” The intent of this Ministerial Code of Conduct is to provide a set of normative standards of conduct for all clergy, employees, and volunteers engaged in ministerial and other church-related situations in the Diocese of Dallas. While the Code is not exhaustive in the variety of situations specifically mentioned, it is to be understood that the standards set out herein are to be considered normative for every pastoral or other church-related setting.

Responsibility for adherence to the Code of Conduct rests with the individual. Any member of the clergy, employee or volunteer who violates the Code will be subject to appropriate remedial action by the competent authority. Corrective action may take various forms depending on the specific nature and circumstance of the offense, including but not limited to, an oral or written citation or even removal from ministerial work, termination of employment or of one’s volunteer efforts.

The Safe Environment Program, Ministerial Code of Conduct and Sexual Misconduct Policy can be found on the diocese website at www.cathdal.org, click on “Safe Environment.”

Background checks on Clergy, Religious and Lay People

All applicants to the seminary and diaconate formation programs go through multiple interviews.

All references are checked and during formation they are constantly evaluated and observed. Criminal background checks are made before they enter any training program and updated biennially.

Religious priests and priests or deacons from another diocese receive faculties for ministry in the Diocese of Dallas after their religious superior or bishop signs an affidavit stating that they are in good standing with no history of abuse.

All employees working with children or vulnerable adults are required to have criminal background checks, before they start employment. Volunteers who work with children or vulnerable adults must have a criminal background check before volunteering.

Background checks audit year July 2014– June 2015 First time check: 5,684 Rechecks:12,959 Total Criminal background checks: 18,643 Disqualifying offenses are: n A felony or misdemeanor classified as an offense against the person or family or involves an offense against the person or family. n A felony or misdemeanor

classified as an offense against public order, safety or decency. n A felony violation of any law intended to control the possession or distribution of any substance included as a controlled substance in the Texas Controlled Substance Act. n A felony or misdemeanor classified as an offense against property, to the extent that those offenses are related to threats or risk of harm or violence. n A felony Computer Crime or online solicitation of a minor. n A felony or misdemeanor offense again public health, safety and morals, involving illegal possession or use of weapons.

Mandate to Report

It is the policy of the Diocese of Dallas not only to fulfill the reporting law but also to cooperate fully with the investigating civil authorities.

Individuals must report incidents of abuse or suspicions of sexual misconduct or sexual harassment.

Situations involving abuse of minors or vulnerable adults must be reported to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services at 1-800252-5400 or in an emergency to the appropriate police authority, usually by calling 911.

Safe Environment Commission:

The Safe Environment Commission reviews and makes recommendations on safe environment policy. Commission members are also available to assist when needed with training programs.

Barbara Landregan is the Director of Safe Environment for the Diocese of Dallas.

Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with the bishop Bishop Kevin J. Farrell, right, visits with Meghan Kraft Gray holding her son, Jack, and Jon Kraft on March 17 following celebration of a Mass on St. Patrick’s Day at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

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Franciscan sister says there was ‘no limit’ to Garagiola’s generosity

By Catholic News Service PHOENIX — Baseball legend and popular sports broadcaster Joe Garagiola, who died March 23 at age 90, recounted in a Catholic News Service interview 20 years ago how St. Peter Mission School in the Gila River Indian Community south of Phoenix claimed his heart.

A few years earlier, he said, when he stepped into “the quicksand” of love at the mission school, there was no turning back. He found his heart rooted there.

“He was one of the best people I have ever met. There was no limit to his generosity,” said its principal, Sister Martha Mary Carpenter, who estimates that Garagiola was responsible for bringing hundreds of thousands of dollars into the school.

The death of Garagiola, a lifelong Catholic and a Scottsdale resident, was announced by the Arizona Diamondbacks. His funeral Mass was to be celebrated in his hometown of St. Louis at St. Ambrose Church.

“We are deeply saddened by the loss of this amazing man who was not just beloved by those of us in his family, but to generations of baseball fans who he impacted during his

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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre talks to Joe Garagiola before playing the Chicago White Sox in a 2010 spring training baseball game in Glendale, Ariz.

Garagiola died March 23 at age 90 in Scottsdale, Ariz.

eight decades in the game,” the Garagiola family said in a statement.

“Joe loved the game and passed that love onto family, his friends, his teammates, his listeners and everyone he came across as a player and broadcaster,” they added. “His impact on the game, both on and off the field, will forever be felt.”

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“Joe couldn’t talk to people for more than five minutes without talking about the mission. ... He will be with us in spirit for a long time.”

She said St. Peter’s schoolchildren still recite “Joe’s Prayer” twice each day. Garagiola himself taught them the invocation: “Teach us O Lord, that every day, down every street, come chances to be God’s hands and feet.”

Born Feb. 12, 1926, in St. Louis, he grew up in an Italian-American neighborhood just across the street from his childhood friend and competitor, Yogi Berra. The two were lifelong friends. Berra died last September at age 90.

At age 16, Garagiola was signed to play for the St. Louis Cardinals, for five seasons, including a 1946 championship. He also was a catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and New York Giants.

After his pro career ended in 1954, he became a broadcaster for the Cardinals and the Yankees before co-hosting the “Today Show.”

He was a broadcaster for NBC for years and also for the California Angels baseball team.

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Garagiola first became aware of St. Peter Mission School in 1991 after Sister Carpenter, gave a talk at Garagiola’s local parish. He was in New York at the time, but fellow parishioners told him about her talk and about the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity and their fondness for sports.

“He said, ‘Those are my kind of sisters. How can I meet them?’” Sister Carpenter told CNS March 23, recalling her first meeting with the Hall of Fame sportscaster.

Garagiola spent quite a bit of time at the mission and its school through the years. He hit up those he knew in Arizona sports and business for donations and help for St. Peter’s.

“He nicknamed us ‘Our Lady of the Quicksand,’” Sister Carpenter said. “Because once you get your feet into St. Peter’s, you can’t get out.”

The list of repairs and new buildings he facilitated is long and included a basketball court, a soccer and track field, an all-purpose facility for gatherings and events, a new convent, a library and computer learning center and extensive repairs to the old mission church.

Sister Carpenter said his legacy will remain with the school.

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HOLY WEEK 2016VATICAN HOLY WEEK 2016 AT THE

April 1,April 2016 1, 2016

‘Today is the celebration of our hope’

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Catholic News Service

Pope Francis carries palm fronds in procession during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican March 20.

Pope Francis breathes over chrism oil, a gesture symbolizing the infusion of the Holy Spirit, during the Holy Thursday Chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican March 24.

Pope Francis kisses the foot of a refugee during Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at the Center for Asylum Seekers in Castelnuovo di Porto on March 24. The pope washed and kissed the feet of refugees, including Muslims, Hindus and Copts.

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Catholic News Service

Pope Francis holds a crucifix during the Good Friday service in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican March 25.

Pope Francis greets the crowd during his Easter message and blessing “urbi et orbi” (to the city and the world) delivered from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican March 27.

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Pope Francis prepares to baptize Kim Hee from South Korea during the Easter Vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican March 26. The pope baptized 12 new members of the church.

Pope Francis walks past flowers as he celebrates Easter Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican March 27.