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1 A P R I L V O L U M E 3 1, N U M B E R 4 THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE DIOCESE OF AUSTIN Pope Francis to Benedict: We re brothers BY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE With a warm embrace, a helping hand, shared prayer, a long discussion and lunch together, Pope Francis spent several hours with retired Pope Benedict XVI March 23 at the papal summer villa. Pope Francis gave Pope Benedict an icon of Mary and Jesus that the Russian Orthodox delegation to his inauguration had given him just a few days earlier. POPE FRANCIS embraces emeritus Pope Benedict XVI at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, March 23. Pope Francis travelled by helicopter from the Vatican to Castel Gandolfo for a private meeting with the retired pontiff. (CNS photo/l Osservatore Romano via Reuters) They told me this was Our Lady of Humility. If I may say, I thought of you, Pope Francis said. Pope Benedict, obviously moved, grasped his successor s hands. Pope Francis told Pope Benedict, You gave us so many examples of humility and tenderness. The meeting took place in Castel Gandolfo, where Pope Benedict is staying while a Vatican monastery is being remodeled as a residence for him. The retired pope moved with much greater dif culty than he did a month ago. Walking with a cane, he took smaller and slower steps. When the two went into the chapel of the papal villa to pray, Pope Benedict indicated that Pope Francis should take the front pew, but Pope Francis, reaching out to help his predecessor walk, said, We re brothers, and they knelt side by side. Traveling by helicopter from the Vatican, Pope Francis arrived shortly after noon. While the two have spoken by telephone at least twice, this was their rst meeting since Pope Francis March 13 election. Pope Benedict, wearing a quilted white jacket over a simple white cassock without a short cape or white sash was driven to the garden heliport to greet his successor. Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said the two rode in the same car to the villa. Pope Francis sat on the right the spot reserved for the pope and Pope Benedict sat on the left. After their visit to the chapel, the two spent 45 minutes talking alone, Father Lombardi said. He would not release details of the conversation and would not explain what was in the large box and two large envelopes seen on the table between the two. The two had lunch together at Castel Gandolfo, then reportedly went for a short walk. Pope Francis returned to the Vatican about two-and-a-half hours after he arrived. Hundreds of people who were gathered in the main square outside the papal villa were left disappointed. They had hoped the two popes one reigning, one emeritus would come to the balcony together. Father Lombardi told reporters, Remember that the retired pope had already expressed his unconditional reverence and obedience to his successor at his farewell meeting with the cardinals, Feb. 28, and certainly in this meeting which was a moment of profound and elevated communion he will have had the opportunity to renew this act of reverence and obedience to his successor. He also said, Certainly Pope Francis renewed his gratitude and that of the whole church for Pope Benedict s ministry during his ponti cate. Periodical Postage Paid at Austin, Texas HOLY ORDERS Eleven men prepare to be ordained permanent deacons. Page 6-7 NEW POPE In-depth information on the life and style of Pope Francis. Pages Austin Diocese 6225 Hwy. 290 East Austin, Texas BISHOP S INTERVIEW Now is the time for immigration reform. Page 21 ESPAÑOL Información en profundidad sobre el Papa Francisco. Páginas 28-30

2 2 THE MISSION OF THE CATHOLIC SPIRIT As the of cial newspaper for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Austin, the CATHOLIC SPIRIT is dedicated to providing information, education and formation for the Catholic community of Central Texas. This mission calls for the newspaper: to provide readers with an understanding of our Catholic faith and traditions; to be a primary source of information on Catholic issues relevant to the community; to be a unifying element for faith communities, both rural and urban, throughout Central Texas; to show respect for and appreciation of all cultural groups and traditions; to emphasize topics af rming the Catholic community and life, while acknowledging the humanity of the community and examining, with courage, topics that challenge and encourage growth in the faith; to carry a commitment to social justice that will support the renewal of the church in Central Texas. 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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Catholic Spirit, 6225 Hwy. 290 E., Austin, Texas VOICES Bishop Vásquez: Pope Francis, the successor of Peter, is in our prayers BY BISHOP JOE S. VÁSQUEZ BISHOP OF AUSTIN In his rst public appearance as the Successor of Peter, Pope Francis asked his ock to pray for him before he offered his blessing. Catholics around the world are asking God s abundant blessings upon our new Holy Father. We are still getting used to saying Pope Francis. It was a surprise for many of us when he walked out on the balcony and was announced to the whole world as the pope. Not knowing him personally, we consider him to be a great gift to us in this particular time in history. We are grateful for his ministry as the Successor of Peter and, more importantly, as one who seeks to direct our minds and hearts to Jesus Christ. We will get to know him better through the upcoming Holy Week and Easter celebrations. We will become familiar with his thoughts, his priorities and his perspective on many things. In time, we will come to understand his heart. We are also very grateful for the many rsts of this particular papacy. He is the rst pope from the Americas. Pope Francis was born and raised in Argentina, but his parents were both immigrants from northern Italy. His mother was a housewife and his father was a railroad worker. Blessed John Paul II wanted all of America to see itself as one, not as north, south, or central. From this perspective, we can proudly say that the leader of the Catholic Church is from our American continent. Pope Francis is also the rst Jesuit to become pope. The Jesuits are members of a religious order established by Ignatius of Loyola Correction The list of signatories to the Common Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism was erroneously left out of the story Churches come together on baptismal agreement on Page 8 of the March issue of the Catholic Spirit. The signatories were Rev. Joel Boot, interim executive director of the Christian Reformed Church in North America; Bishop Denis Madden, chair, Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops; the Rev. Dr. Elizabeth Nash, South Central Conference, United Church of Christ; the Rev. Gradye Parsons, stated clerk of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church of the U.S.A.; and the Rev. Dr. Tom Smith, president of the General Synod, Reformed Church in America. CATHOLIC SPIRIT BISHOP JOE VÁSQUEZ celebrated Mass in honor of Pope Francis March 14 at St. Mary Cathedral in Austin. (Photo by Shelley Metcalf) in 1540, of cially called the Society of Jesus. They run schools and universities throughout the world and are known for their intellectual capacity. Pope Francis is very bright. He is said to be uent in Spanish, English, Latin, Italian, German and French. He s a chemist, a scientist trained at Argentina s largest public university. He nished his theological studies in Germany and is well versed in both theology and philosophy. He is said to have a very good relationship with the Jewish people in Argentina. He showed solidarity and was outspoken in his calls for justice after a bombing at a Jewish community center in 1994 and he hosted a Kristallnacht memorial event at the Buenos Aires Cathedral. He also contributed to a strengthening of Christian-Muslim dialogue in Argentina. In another rst, he chose the name Francis after the renowned saint, Francis of Assisi. Various religions have embraced St. Francis because of his love for the poor and his simplicity of life. Pope Francis certainly embodies those beautiful characteristics. As Archbishop of Buenos Aires, he gave up his chauffeured car and instead used public transportation. He was a vocal advocate of the needs of the poor. He relished opportunities to visit the poor parishes in his archdiocese. He chose to live in a simple apartment and cook for himself. Once again, his humility was evident on the night of his election when he bowed and asked for the people to bless him before imparting his blessing on the world. He is the rst Latino pope and there is a strong sense of pride in the Latino community knowing that one of their own now sits in the Chair of Peter this brings great hope to Latino Catholics everywhere. The election of Pope Francis is a sign of the recognition and af rmation by the church of the importance of Latinos who make up 40 percent of the world s Catholics. An essential part of the ministry of a pope is to serve as a stimulus for unity. Pope Francis will invite fellow Catholics to join him in the mission of the church to foster unity in a world lled with discord. The day of his election was an exuberant celebration of unity in a body of believers, which embraced the world s cultures, languages, faces, backgrounds and ethnicities. Centuries ago, when Francis of Assisi began his path of ministry, he heard the voice of Jesus telling him, Francis, go and build my church. Now Pope Francis receives a similar charge. We pray for him and commit ourselves to share in that worthy task.

3 April 2013 BY CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Holy Week is a time to follow Jesus out of one s parish or group and out of one s comfort zone to go with him in search of the lost sheep, Pope Francis said. There is such a great need to bring (people) the living presence of Jesus, who is merciful and rich in love, the pope said March 27 at his weekly general audience in St. Peter s Square. The pope began very simply, saying in Italian: Good morning. I m happy to welcome you to my rst general audience. After Easter, he said, he will return to the audience series Pope Benedict XVI began on the creed for the Year of Faith, but he wanted to continue the tradition of speaking about the Holy Week liturgies on the Wednesday before Easter. Unlike his predecessors, Pope Francis did not read greetings in a variety of languages. Reportedly not comfortable speaking English, he chose to stick to Italian and allow aides to translate his remarks. The Argentine pope did not even speak Spanish during the audience. Introducing the Triduum liturgies that commemorate the Last Supper, Jesus passion, death and resurrection, Pope Francis said Holy Week is not primarily about pain and death, but about love and the gift of self that gives life. Holy Week is a call to follow Jesus more closely, he said, which means going with Jesus to the margins of existence, making the rst move toward our brothers and sisters, especially those who are farthest away, those who are forgotten, those who have the greatest need for understanding, consolation and help. Christians are called to be merciful as God is merciful, the pope said, reminding the crowd of the father in the story of the Prodigal Son: Every day he goes out to see if his son has returned. The pope said those who want to follow Christ cannot remain in the sheepfold with the 99 sheep; we must go out, seek the lost sheep with him. Someone might say, But Father, I don t have time. I have too many things to do. It s dif cult, the pope said. Often we settle for a little prayer, a distracted Sunday Mass or some gesture of charity, but we do not have the courage to go out to bring Christ to others. Pope Francis said he is pained when he sees so many closed parishes, churches locked except for Mass, and communities without a strong outreach to others. However, he was very clear that following Jesus means bringing his merciful love to others, letting them know God is always ready to forgive and that Jesus died for them, too. Jesus, he said, did not ask CENTRAL TEXAS 3 Holy Week is time to follow Jesus more closely BY CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Pope Francis has decided not to move into the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace, but to live in a suite in the Vatican guesthouse where he has been since the beginning of the conclave that elected him, said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman. He is experimenting with this type of living arrangement, which is simple, but allows him to live in community with others, both the permanent residents priests and bishops who work at the Vatican as well as guests coming to the Vatican for meetings and conferences, Father Lombardi said March 26. The spokesman said Pope Francis has moved out of the room he drew by lot before the conclave and into Suite 201, a room that has slightly more elegant furnishings and a larger living room where he can receive guests. The Domus Sanctae Marthae, the of cial name of the guesthouse, was built in 1996 speci cally to house cardinals during a conclave. Celebrating Mass March 26 with the residents and guests, Pope Francis told them he intended to stay, Father Lombardi said. The permanent residents, who had to move out during the conclave, had just returned to their old rooms. Pope Francis has been there since his election March 13, taking his meals in the common dining room downstairs and celebrating a 7 a.m. Mass with Vatican employees in the main chapel of the residence. He will be the rst pope in POPE FRANCIS blesses a baby as he arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter s Square at the Vatican March 27. (CNS photo by Paul Haring) people if they were a Jew or a Gentile, if they were rich or poor, he simply asked them what they needed, he said. Jesus healed, consoled, understood, gave hope, brought everyone the presence of God who is interested in every man and every woman, like a good father and a good mother toward each of their children, Pope Francis said. The pope told the estimated 15,000 people gathered in St. Peter s Square: Always go out. And do so with the love and tenderness of God, with respect and patience, knowing that we use our hands, our feet, our hearts, but it is God who guides them and makes our actions bear fruit. 110 years not to live in the papal apartments on the third oor of the Apostolic Palace. In 1903, St. Pius X became the rst pope to live in the apartments overlooking St. Peter s Square. The apartments were completely remodeled by Pope Paul VI in 1964 and have undergone smaller modifications by each pope since, according to Mondo Vaticano, a Vaticanpublished mini-encyclopedia about Vatican buildings, of ces and tradition. The large living room or salon of the apartment is located directly above the papal library where official audiences with visiting bishops and heads of state are held. Pope Francis will continue to use the library for official audiences and to recite the Angelus prayer on Sundays and holy days from the apartment The crowd included some 4,300 university students participating in an annual Holy Week pilgrimage. At the end of the audience, he walked over to the section where many of them stood; his hands were grabbed and kissed and he was pulled into big hugs. He rode through the crowd in the open popemobile, waving and giving groups a thumbs-up. He kissed several babies, although he only caressed the face of a little boy whose screams and kicks made it clear he wanted nothing to do with a security guard taking him from his mother to pass him to the man in white. On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis celebrated of the Chrism window overlooking St. Peter s Square, Father Lombardi said. The apartments contain a chapel, an of ce for the pope and a separate of ce for his secretaries, the pope s bedroom, a dining room, kitchen and rooms for two secretaries and for the household staff. When Pope Francis returned to the guesthouse after his election, Father Lombardi had said the move was intended to be short-term while a few small work projects were completed in the papal apartments. He said March 26 that all the work had been completed, but at least for the foreseeable future, Pope Francis would not move in. The Domus Sanctae Marthae, named after St. Martha, is a ve-story building on the edge of Vatican City. While offering relative Mass in St. Peter s Basilica. That evening he presided over the Mass of the Lord s Supper in Rome s Casal del Marmo Prison for minors where he washed the feet of some of the young detainees. On Good Friday, he celebrated the liturgy of the Lord s Passion in St. Peter s Basilica in the late afternoon, and then led a nighttime Way of the Cross at Rome s Colosseum. On Holy Saturday, Pope Francis presided over the Easter Vigil in St. Peter s Basilica. On Easter Sunday, he celebrated Mass in St. Peter s Square and gave his blessing urbi et orbi (to the city of Rome and the world). Pope Francis will live in Vatican guesthouse comfort, the residence is not a luxury hotel. The building has 105 two-room suites and 26 singles; about half of the rooms are occupied by the permanent residents. Each suite has a sitting room with a desk, three chairs, a cabinet and large closet; a bedroom with dresser, night table and clothes stand; and a private bathroom with a shower. The rooms all have telephones and access to an international satellite television system. The building also has a large meeting room and a variety of small sitting rooms. In addition to the dining room and the main chapel, it also has four private chapels, located at the end of hallways on the third and fth oors of each of the building s two wings. For more stories on the new pope, see Pages

4 4 CENTRAL TEXAS CATHOLIC SPIRIT Bishop blesses sacramental oils at annual Chrism Mass BISHOP JOE VÁSQUEZ celebrated the annual Chrism Mass March 26 at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Austin. With more than 140 priests, more than 600 Catholic school students, as well as deacons, religious men and women, and Catholics from across the diocese present, the church was lled to capacity. During the Mass, the bishop blessed the oils that will be used in the sacramental life of the church over the next year. In photo at top left, Bishop Vásquez breathes into the vessel of Sacred Chrism, which symbolizes the Holy Spirit s presence in the oils and their life-giving nature as they are given through the sacraments. In center photo, the bishop and the priests of the diocese celebrate the Eucharist. In photo at bottom left, the priests of the diocese renew their priestly promises during the Mass. During this prayer, the bishop asked the laity present to pray for your priests, that the Lord may pour out his gifts abudnantly upon them, and keep them faithful as ministers of Christ, the High Priest, so that they may lead you to him, who is the source of salvation. In photo at right, Holy Cross Father Bill Wack extends the sign of peace to students from St. Helen Catholic School in Georgetown. (Photos by Shelley Metcalf) Upcoming Event June 6-12: Desert Solitude APRIL 12-14, SPRING OF WATER WELLING UP TO ETERNAL LIFE Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, in his apostolic letter for the indication of the Year of faith, wrote: Faith grows when it is lived as an experience of love received and when it is communicated as an experience of grace and joy. Following the direction of the Holy Father, the Apostles of the Interior Life, religious sisters from Italy ministering at Texas A&M University, are offering a retreat to reflect upon the gift of faith, how to receive and appreciate it in order to be able to share it and to be light to the world. Cost: $185 (private room), $155 (shared room), $75 (commuter) SATURDAY, APRIL 20, PARABLES IN LUKE S GOSPEL (9AM-2:30PM) Join us as Fr. Angelo Bertini explores some of his favorite parables in the Gospel of Luke. Why did Jesus use parables, what do they mean, and how can we apply them to our life today? Fr. Angelo is well versed in the Scriptures and this should prove to be a very insightful day. Cost: $35 (incl. lunch) SATURDAY, MAY 11, MARY, MOTHER OF THE WORD (9AM-2:30PM) The Dominican Sisters of Mary invite mothers and daughters to join them for a Day of Reflection. The day will include Mass, lunch, talks by the Sisters, as well as the opportunity to spend time together. All mothers, daughters, grandmothers, aunts, and cousins are welcome to come and learn more about their dignity and vocation as women in the heart of the Church. Cost: $35 (incl. lunch) Seek first his kingship over you. Matthew 6: N. HWY. 317, BELTON, TX P.O. BOX 58, BELTON, TX (mailing address) FRIDAY, MAY 17, SILENT DAY OF REFLECTION (9AM-2:30PM) Cedarbrake Staff presenting; spend a quiet day at Cedarbrake. Fr. Angelo Bertini will celebrate Mass and Spiritual Direction will be available. Cost: $25 (incl. lunch) TO REGISTER FOR AN EVENT: (254) , cedarbrake@austindiocese.org or click on upcoming retreats Visit us online! WEBSITE: austindiocese.org/cedarbrake FACEBOOK: facebook.com/cedarbrake

5 April 2013 BY ENEDELIA J. OBREGÓN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Daughters of Charity Sister JT Dwyer sometimes goes to bars, but she s not there for happy hour. She s there with others fighting human traf- cking, putting up posters in bathrooms with the number of the national hotline that people being trafficked can call for help. Restrooms or bathroom stalls are about the only place where they can go by themselves, said Sister JT, as she is known. We work in teams. They also distribute coasters inscribed with traf cking information to raise awareness of the issue. She does this in her spare time. When the Texas legislature is in session, most of her time is taken up as advocacy and outreach consultant on health care issues such as Medicaid expansion for the Seton Healthcare Family. As de ned under U.S. federal law, victims of human traf cking include children involved in the sex trade, adults over age 18 who are coerced or deceived into commercial sex acts and anyone forced into different forms of labor or services, such as domestic workers held in a home or farm workers forced to labor against their will. Human traf cking contains the elements of force, fraud or coercion that are used to control people. The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that in the U.S. alone, between 14,500 and 17,500 individuals are being traf cked each year and about 800,000 globally. Sister JT said that human trafficking is a very profitable business. While hard facts are dif cult to come by, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes estimates it is a $32 billion a year business, just behind illegal drug and arms sales. Some groups estimate it might be more lucrative than guns or drugs. If you sell drugs or guns you get paid once, Sister JT said, but a person can be sold many times. Laurie Cook Heffron, a licensed social worker in the Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault at the University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work, met Sister JT through ALLIES Against Slavery, a group fighting human trafficking. Heffron said it s dif cult to get statistics because victims and survivors rarely cry out for help. There is emotional coercion that keeps them silent, Heffron said. There may be threats to their family or their own lives. Youth are at great risk, as are immigrants, who are often threatened with documentation status. They are also vulnerable to sexual assault by the people traf cking them. Sister JT, who celebrated 50 years as a sister in 2011, didn t know the term human trafficking until The International General Assembly of the Daughters of Charity elected to take a stand against human trafficking. Their involvement follows the Daughters charism to work on behalf of the poor and vulnerable. The people being traf cked are very vulnerable. Human traf cking isn t just about the illicit sex trade. According to the Polaris Project, human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery in that people pro t from the control and exploitation of others. Sister JT, who is moderator for the Ladies of Charity, a lay group founded by St. Vincent de Paul and St. Louise de Marillac along with the Daughters of Charity, said a member of the Ladies realized she had a case of human traf cking within her West Austin neighborhood. The lady and her husband rescued a domestic worker who had not been paid in many years. They saw the worker only when taking out the trash. When you see this type of thing, call the hotline ( ) or the police department. Don t handle it yourself, Sister JT advised. What happened to this Austin domestic worker is not uncommon. Last year, a Kentucky cardiologist and his exwife pleaded guilty to recruiting a Bolivian woman to work as their domestic servant. They held her unlawfully for 15 years, withholding her passport and threatening her with deportation. They falsely promised her that her wages were being put in a bank account. Women and girls are predominately the victims in human traf cking, according to the United Nations Of ce on Drugs and Crime. The most common form of human traf cking 79 percent is sexual exploitation and 18 percent is forced labor. About 20 percent of those exploited are children, although in Africa the percentage is much higher. Sister JT said it is exhausting and frustrating when faced CENTRAL TEXAS 5 Sister works with others to stop human traf cking with the enormity of human traf cking. But I never want to walk away, she said. I can t. These are our brothers and sisters in the Lord. She wants others to recognize that this kind of exploitation is happening here and wants to educate the community to recognize signs of human traf cking. Many victims have had encounters with a health care provider, she said. It behooves us the ER staff, social workers, chaplains to be schooled in recognizing the signs. Heffron said Sister JT helped open the doors to emergency room staff to receive training about indicators of human traf- cking. To meet the needs of survivors, a program is in the works at a local CommUnity Care Clinic. These clinics in Travis County are designed for those who have difficulty accessing health care services. One reason human traf- cking remains hidden is that people often don t recognize it when they see it. Some warning signs: Does a neighbor s maid come only come out at night to take the trash? Does she refuse to talk? Are there multiple cars coming and going from a neighbor s house all hours of the day and night? Does that teenage girl standing with that guy at the street corner look uncomfortable? At times, people don t know what to do, Sister JT said. When those victims get rescued, however, they need help. Sister JT works with ALLIES Against Slavery, an arm of the Central Texas Coalition Against Human Traf cking, as well as Restore a Voice and Refugee Services of Austin, since many victims are smuggled into this country and therefore undocumented. Strengthening legislation that criminalizes human traf cking is also necessary, she said. At the moment, several bills in the Texas Legislature have been proposed that would shift criminalization of prostitution of minors and focus on rehabilitation. SB 92 by Sen. Leticia Van de Putte and HB 91 by State Rep. Senfronia Thompson have been referred to the committee on Senate Jurisprudence and committee on House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence. Right now if police go into a brothel they arrest the women and the pimps often get off, she said. However, federal legislation says that minors cannot DAUGHTER OF CHARITY SISTER JT DWYER works with others in the Austin area to stop human traf cking. She helps people understand and recognize the signs of this devastating crime. (Photo by Enedelia J. Obregón) give consent for sexual acts. Decriminalizing prostitution for minors would make the youngsters eligible for rehabilitation services and send them to juvenile court rather than criminal court so they can nish rehabilitation, she said. Sister JT said that children are at great risk for sexual exploitation, especially with the explosion of social media. Children need to understand they shouldn t put everything out about themselves on social media, she said. People who are up to no good monitor those sites. It could happen to your daughter. The topic is repulsive and overwhelming and does not have a quick solution, Sister JT said. Many people might wonder whether their efforts make a difference. So why does she continue her work? The answer is embodied in a re ection Sister JT did for a group in which everyone attending had a small tea candle and Can you help? a match. After the lights were turned off, the room was dark. She had one person light his candle and then another person lit hers, until everyone held lit candles. And the room was no longer dark. You need to work with others, Sister JT said. That s the answer to human traf cking. Everyone can do something. One person can make a difference working with others. For warning signs on human traf cking visit cking.org/combat_traf cking. To get help for someone you suspect is being held against their will, contact the National Human Trafficking Resource Center toll-free hotline at The hotline is staffed at all times. In Austin, call the human traf cking unit at (512) The Polaris Project, which maintains the hotline and has kits for groups wanting to learn how to help stop human traf cking, is available at www. polarisproject.org. Sister JT Dwyer and others are working together to help two expectant mothers who are victims of human traf cking. The mothers are registered at Babies R Us under the names Annie Smith and Beth Walter. They need items for their babies, such as diapers, clothes, strollers and car seats. Gifts can be delivered to Refugee Services of Texas at 7801 N. Lamar Blvd. #F-20, Austin

6 6 CENTRAL TEXAS CATHOLIC SPIRIT Permanent deacons will be ordained April 13 BY MARY P. WALKER SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Bishop Joe Vásquez will ordain 11 men to the permanent diaconate April 13 at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Cedar Park. Permanent deacons serve the church in the three-fold ministry of word, liturgy and charity. They proclaim, preach and teach the Gospel; baptize infants and witness marriages; and conduct wake, funeral and Communion services. Men exploring the permanent diaconate must have strong faith, be at least 35 years of age, and feel called by God to serve the church. They and the church test this call through a process of discernment that continues throughout the five years of formation. Diaconal formation begins with a year of aspirancy, during which the men are evaluated for their potential to develop into bridges between Christ and his followers. Men are then invited into candidacy, a four-year period of intense prayer, rigorous study, pastoral ministry and ongoing evaluation. During candidacy, the men spend two Saturdays each month in the classroom, seeking to grow in four dimensions: human, spiritual, intellectual and pastoral. Their studies include theology, Scripture, church history, Christology, pastoral care, homiletics and canon law. Wives are vital to their husbands formation and are encouraged to attend all the classes too, as well as the annual retreat. The culmination of this formation program is receiving the sacrament of holy orders. When the bishop lays hands on each man, he prays, May God who has begun the good work in you bring it to ful llment. Although deacons are assigned to parishes, where they are most visible to parishioners, they in fact report to the bishop and help him minister to the people of God throughout the diocese. All of the candidates eagerly anticipate ordination. They are grateful to their wives, children and those who have helped them take time away from their families, jobs and parish responsibilities for the formation process. In addition, the candidates have expressed appreciation to those who have prepared them and walked with them on the journey toward ordination: their pastors, fellow parishioners, priests, religious sisters and brothers, teachers, deacons and all of those involved in the formation process. ON APRIL 13, Bishop Joe Vásquez will ordain 11 permanent deacons. From top left, Jim DiSimoni, David Cardon, Patrick Moran, Ronnie Sykora, Tim Vande Vorde; bottom row from left, Lee Jan, Curt Haffner, Mike Forbes, David Ochoa and Jeff Cadenhead. John McCardle is not pictured. The ordination Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Cedar Park. (Photo by Deacon Tom Johnson) Jeff Cadenhead of St. Anthony Marie de Claret Parish in Kyle has worked as an engineer and manager for 24 years. He is married to Margaret, and they have three children, ages 21 to 14. Raised as a Baptist, he began the process of becoming Catholic in 1997, and felt God urging him to use his gifts to build up the church. In 2007, he served as a director for a men s retreat, where he experienced God s call to the diaconate. Being installed as an acolyte, one of the rites in the formation process, and serving at Mass have been life-changing experiences for him. I came into the church as an adult, so I never had a chance to be an altar server and to witness the Mass from the altar, Cadenhead said. During his formation, he joined a prison ministry team, and plans to continue in this service after ordination. He hopes to minister to those considering joining the Catholic Church and help adults become more educated in the faith. A member of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Parish in Lampasas and the father of four adult children, David Cardon also believes God called him to the diaconate during a retreat. When he discussed this experience with his wife, Andrea, she told him that she too had felt God was calling her husband. Today, Cardon is on the staff of Eagle s Wings Retreat Center, which provides a Christcentered retreat environment for Catholic and Christian youth. Retired from the Army after 22 years of service, Cardon was also a high school teacher for 11 years. As an educator himself, he was impressed with the quality of the academic, spiritual and pastoral classes that were part of the formation process. As a deacon, he looks forward to using his educational experience in the areas of adult catechesis and preparing couples for marriage. In addition, he feels a calling to help the poor. Another candidate with military service and teaching experience is Jim DiSimoni of Holy Family Parish in Copperas Cove. He is a graduate of West Point with 20 years of active duty and reserve service, along with 17 years of public school teaching experience. He and his wife, Liz, are the parents of three adult children. For him, discerning God s call was a gradual process, unfolding during service in the parish, through the encouragement of family and friends, and periods of prayer and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. He described the formation process as a time of deepening his relationship with God through a more intense prayer life and the people he encountered. One highlight was his installation as an acolyte. As a deacon, he would like to visit the sick, comfort the bereaved, continue teaching adult religious education classes, and perhaps learn the skills needed to become a spiritual director. Describing himself as a devout Catholic in love with Christ all of his life, Mike Forbes considered whether God was calling him to the diaconate for more than 10 years during a successful career in public service. He held staff positions with the New York legislature and the U.S. Congress, and was elected to three terms in the House of Representatives. Since 2001, he has been president of his own advocacy, public relations and marketing rm. He and his wife, Barbara, are members of St. William Parish in Round Rock; they have two adult children and two children at home. Forbes credits the example of the four deacons is his parish with motivating him to begin a serious inquiry about formation. The street retreats, in which the candidates spent two days living on the streets with the homeless, and prison ministry were enlightening pastoral experiences. He remains open to ministering wherever God, through the bishop, calls. The street retreat was also a profound pastoral experience for Curt Haffner of St. John the Evangelist Parish in Marble Falls. A retired executive with 25 years of experience in sales, marketing and management, he and his wife Katie have three adult children. The parish bulletin, which had a notice about the permanent diaconate, was the catalyst that got him to consider whether he was being called. Prayer, encouragement and communication with family and friends helped him to further discern the call. As with all candidates, Haffner was challenged by the academic requirements of formation, especially writing papers. He particularly enjoyed the pastoral internship, and looks forward to serving God and God s people as a deacon. He is drawn to the charitable acts of ministering to the sick, dying and grieving, and is a strong proponent of quality adult and youth catechesis. Lee Jan is a doctor of veterinary medicine whose rich career history includes the Air Force and reserves, private practice and work in the public sector. Presently, he is a manager in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection-Veterinary Service. He and his wife, Vicki, are the parents of two adult children and are members of St. Paul Parish in Austin. Jan has always loved being Catholic, and membership in the Knights of Columbus drew him into greater service for the church and community. While often wondering whether God wanted him to become a deacon, he finally heard the call clearly when he was asked by a deacon to consider the possibility. Out of school for 30 years, Jan is especially appreciative of his wife, an English teacher, who critiqued the many papers he wrote for the formation classes. He too was moved by the street retreat, and has a particular love for helping the poor. Knowing that God often takes one s life in unexpected, but rewarding, directions, he is open to serving wherever needed. Also challenged by the aca- See DEACONS on Page 7

7 April 2013 Engaged couples invited to retreat Couples planning to marry should contact their priest or deacon at least six months prior to their wedding date in order to begin the marriage preparation process. Engaged couples are encouraged to inquire at their parish about pre-marriage retreats and classes. Couples planning to attend the diocesan pre-marriage retreat, Together in God s Love, are encouraged to register as soon as possible. The program will be offered in retreat format May 17-19, July and Oct at Cedarbrake Catholic Retreat Center in Belton. Engaged couples must provide proof they have taken either the FOCCUS or PREPARE assessment before attending the Together in God s Love retreat. Couples must register by contacting the diocesan Of ce of Catholic Family Counseling and Family Life at (512) For registration forms, visit and click on Marriage Prep under Quick Links. Chastity events for youth feature Jason Evert THRiVE! Youth Events will be held May 17 in Bryan and May 18 in Austin. All youth in sixth through 12th grades are welcome their parents are welcome to attend. Jason Evert, an author, speaker, and host of EWTN s The Pure Life and Theology of the Body for Teens, will be the keynote speaker. More than just abstinence education, THRiVE incorporates the Christian message of how we were created in God s image that we might love him, give love and be loved by others. For more information, visit Counseling is available in English/Spanish Are you struggling with life changes or stress? Do you need someone to talk to? The Diocese of Austin offers counseling services in English and Spanish for individuals, couples and families through the Of ce of Family Counseling and Family Life. Services are con dential and are offered by appointment only on a sliding fee scale. The Family Counseling Of ce utilizes practicum students and interns who are supervised by two Licensed Professional Counselors. The goal of counseling is to build capacity within the individual, couple or family and empower them to manage issues that emerge from life changes or struggles. Some issues that may be dealt with in counseling include grief, anxiety, depression or unhealthy behaviors. Pre-marital assessments utilizing the Prepare-Enrich approach are also offered upon request. Sessions are 50 minutes in length and are scheduled weekly, bi-weekly or as needed. Appointments are held at the diocesan Pastoral Center in Austin. The Family Counseling Of ce does not offer crisis counseling or crisis intervention. Psychiatric emergencies are referred to providers that are quali ed to handle such emergencies. For more information or to make an appointment, contact Brittany Holan, Counseling Supervisor, at (512) or visit DEACONS Continued from Page 6 demic requirements, John Mc- Cardle of St. Margaret Mary Parish in Cedar Park jokes that at rst he spent as much time googling the meaning of words as he did reading. Delving into theological text requires different skills than those provided by his degree in math and career experience in diagnosing system hardware problems. However, the courses that twisted his brain were often the most rewarding. Trying to ignore God s call for many years, he and his wife, Mary, were busy with their two children, now adults. He characterizes his decision to listen as probably the toughest choice he has ever made. Because he has experienced great joy from that decision, he is grateful that God was so persistent. With 26 years of experience as a catechist, McCardle hopes to share the blessings of his theological education with families. During formation, the pastoral experience of ministering to those in jail was particularly inspiring. The pastoral experience of prison ministry also inspired Patrick Moran of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in College Station. He rst heard God s call to a life of service during a college mission trip to Peru. Following this call led him to become a youth minister in Houston and to work for Habitat for Humanity International. The seed planted on that mission trip eventually grew into a call to the diaconate. Moran and his wife, Katy, have three young children, and he characterized the Saturdays away from home as the toughest part of formation. His parents took on childcare duties early in the morning so the couple could drive across the diocese together to attend classes. He is especially grateful for the spiritual direction he received during formation and the retreats. Having recently completed a master s in theology degree from St. Mary s University, Moran feels called to be a witness and leader in the church s mission of charity, and looks forward to serving as a deacon in any way God wills. With degrees in chemical engineering and business administration, David Ochoa is an executive for a company that offers automation products and services to manufacturers CENTRAL TEXAS 7 all over the world. A cradle Catholic, he is a charter member of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Austin. His wife is Karen Rhodes-Ochoa, and they have three adult children. Active in several ministries, Ochoa also served on the nance council for more than 10 years. He heard his call to the diaconate while engaged in retreat ministry, and explained that he and his family have received many blessings af rming the call. Although he found balancing the requirements of formation and the needs of his family and career challenging, the process allowed him to grow closer to God, who gives him the confidence and ability to serve others. One of the most profound experiences during his formation was serving at a long-time friend s wake and funeral Mass. After ordination, because he has already worked with parents preparing for the baptism of their children, he looks forward to administering the sacrament. Ronnie Sykora of Church of the Assumption Parish in West has worked at his family s car dealership for more than 30 years, and has a degree in business management and computer Catholic Advocacy Day is April 9 Catholics from across the state will gather on April 9 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the State Capitol. Everyone is encouraged to take this opportunity to meet with their local representatives and advocate for the common good. For more information, contact Barbara Budde at barbara-budde@austindiocese.org or Marie Seale at marie-seale@ austindiocese.org or call (512) Weekend for married couples to reconnect Married couples who are looking for time to reconnect with one another are invited to a Worldwide Marriage Encounter May 3-5 at Cedarbrake Catholic Retreat Center in Belton. The weekend begins Friday at 7:30 p.m. and ends Sunday around 4 p.m. This is an opportunity for husbands and wives to escape the daily distractions of life and focus on each other. For more information or to apply to attend, contact Anh and Greg Thomas at (512) 677-WWME (9963) or wwmeaustin@gmail.com. Cedarbrake offers spring retreats Spring of Water Welling up to Eternal Life, a weekend retreat, will be held April at Cedarbrake Catholic Retreat Center in Belton. The Apostles of the Interior Life, religious sisters from Italy who minister at Texas A&M University, will lead this retreat. They will discuss how to receive and share the gift of faith. The cost is $185 (private room), $155 (shared room) or $75 (commuter). A day of re ection on the Parables in Luke s Gospel will be presented April 20 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Cedarbrake. Father Angelo Bertini will explore some of his favorite parables in the Gospel of Luke. The cost is $35, which includes lunch. A day of re ection entitled Mary, Woman of the Word will be presented May 11 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Cedarbrake. The Dominican Sisters of Mary will lead this day, which is for mothers, daughters, grandmothers, aunts and cousins. The cost is $35, which includes lunch. A Silent Day of Re ection will be presented May 17 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Cedarbrake Catholic Retreat Center in Belton. Father Angelo Bertini will celebrate Mass and spiritual direction will be available. The cost is $25, which includes lunch. For more information or to register for any of these events, contact Cedarbrake at (254) or cedarbrake@austindiocese.org. Upcoming ordinations Bishop Joe Vásquez will ordain Craig DeYoung to the transitional diaconate May 18 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Center in College Station. Bishop Vásquez will ordain Deacons Augustine Ariwaodo, Jason Bonifazi, Alejandro Caudillo, Barry Cuba and Tim Nolt to the priesthood June 8 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Austin. For information, contact (512) or vocations@austindiocese.org. information systems. He and his wife, Sandra, have two adult children and a daughter who died as a child. Feeling that God was calling him to a deeper commitment, he became involved in retreat ministry and joined the Central Texas Fellowship of Catholic Men. People started telling Sykora that he would make a good deacon, but he felt unworthy. When his pastor brought up the subject, he knew that God was indeed calling him. After broaching the idea with Sandra, she told him that she had known for a year that he was being called, but he had to gure that out for himself. Saturdays in the auto business are busy, and Sykora is grateful that his family covered for him so that he could attend the classes. Because he loves every aspect of parish life, he enthusiastically anticipates serving God s people after ordination. With a degree and graduate work in geography, Tim Vande Vorde has worked for the Hays County Transportation Department for 15 years. Married to Teresa, they are members of St. Michael Parish in Uhland, and have three children, ages 13 through ve months. While he was serving his parish as a lector and extraordinary minister of Holy Communion, a parish deacon encouraged him to explore whether God was calling him. With his wife s support and encouragement, he began the discernment process. He too found the requirements of formation challenging. However, the friendship of his classmates and their spouses, developed over five years of classes, seminars, retreats and meetings, is a great blessing, he said. After ordination, in addition to helping couples prepare for the sacraments, he looks forward to witnessing marriages and baptizing infants. He also encourages other men, who might feel a calling to the diaconate or priesthood, to follow this inclination to see if that is God s will for them. All are welcome to pray for and support these newest members of the Catholic clergy at the April 13 ordination Mass at 10:30 a.m. at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Cedar Park. For more information about becoming a deacon, contact Deacon Dan Lupo at (512) or dan-lupo@austindiocese.org.

8 8 CENTRAL TEXAS BY BURNIE COOK CORRESPONDENT Nearly 1,100 men came together for the rst men s conference Feb. 16 at St. William Parish in Round Rock. The Central Texas Fellowship of Catholic Men (CTFCM) organized th e conference, which featured Matthew Kelly, a wellknown Catholic speaker, and Eliot Morris, a Christian singer and songwriter, on their Passion & Purpose tour. CTFCM began in 2005 when Robert Tunmire of Waco asked then Bishop Gregory Aymond s permission to start an organization for Catholic men. The group s mission statement states they are to encourage and embolden men to deepen their relationship with Christ, their family, their Church, their community; and to live their faith in everyday life. For the last four years, CTFCM has hosted a Men s Mass, but the group was looking for another event to strengthen men in their faith. Thus, the conference was established. Throughout the day, Kelly discussed Catholicism, and Morris led the men in song and praise. Kelly, who is from Australia but now lives in Chicago, has a message of faith that is relevant to all, no matter where they are in their faith journey. In the first part of his conversation, he led the attendees on thoughts of the voice of God. Everyone has a spectrum of engagement, and this relates to everything from our finances, health, spiritual life and more. The more engaged we feel about something, the better we are able to nd our true passion and purpose, he said. To hear the voice of God, we must seek personal clarity and this comes from a classroom of silence, Kelly said. Kelly also discussed Jesus question: Who do you say that I am? Everyone may have their own answer to this question, but we must remember Jesus was and is radical, with radical teachings, and he wants radical transformation, he said. In wrapping up the day, Kelly encouraged the crowd to set the world on re. This is in reference to St. Catherine of Siena who said, If you are what you should be, you will set the world on re. He encouraged Catholics to be in mission mode, not maintenance mode. He encouraged people to build the kingdom of God rather than maintain it. Throughout the day, Morris tied his music to many of the topics Kelly spoke about. Kelly s speaking style is very conversational and dynamic. He used rhetorical questions to get the participants thinking about their roles as Catholics, parish leaders, husbands and fathers. As Allwyn Rego, a parishioner of St. William Parish in Round Rock, said, He meets you where you re at He is [really] motivating, encouraging and dynamic! The attendees were hungry for knowledge and direction; as Clay Cordill, a husband and father of a 4-year-old, came to nd focus and clarity outside of the normal routine. David Seesing of St. Phillip CATHOLIC SPIRIT Men challenged to live with passion and purpose ELIOT MORRIS, a Christian singer and songwriter, led the more than 1,000 men at the Passion & Purpose Conference in praise and worship. The conference was held Feb. 16 at St. William Parish in Round Rock. (Photo by Ron Parks Photography) MATTHEW KELLY was the keynote speaker at the rst men s conference hosted by the Central Texas Fellowship of Catholic Men at St. William Parish in Round Rock. (Photo by Ron Parks Photography) Parish in China Spring feels the church is at a crossroads and now is the time for people to act. Now men need to be active, engaged, proud to be Catholic, put armor on [a reference to St. Paul s letter to the Ephesians; chapter 6], and we also need to be good husbands, teach our children be models for our family and community, he said. Robert Tavarez, a parishioner of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Austin and a husband and father, said the conference was the opportunity to re ect and improve. I can always be a better leader for my family; being in a retreat setting I m able to re ect on where I need to improve, he said. The 2013 Men s Mass is set for July 20 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary Cathedral in Austin. For more information on the Central Texas Fellowship of Catholic Men, visit or call (254) Pastoral support for victims of sexual abuse The Diocese of Austin is committed to providing con dential and compassionate care to victims of sexual abuse, particularly if the abuse was committed by clergy or a church representative. If you have experienced abuse by someone representing the Catholic Church, please contact the diocesan coordinator of pastoral care at (512) Apoyo pastoral a las víctimas de abuso sexual La Diócesis de Austin se compromete a proporcionar ayuda con dencial y compasiva a las víctimas de abuso sexual, especialmente si el abuso fue cometido por el clero o un representante de la iglesia. Si usted ha sufrido abusos por parte de alguien que representa la Iglesia Católica, por favor comuníquese con el coordinador diocesano del cuidado pastoral al (512) How to report an incident of concern The Diocese of Austin is committed to preventing harm from happening to any of our children or vulnerable adults. If you are aware of sexual or physical abuse and/or neglect of a child or vulnerable adult, state law requires you to report that information to local law enforcement or the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services at (800) or Additionally, if the suspected abuse is by clergy or an employee or volunteer of any diocesan parish, school or agency, a Notice of Concern should be submitted to the diocesan Ethics and Integrity in Ministry Of ce at (512) The l Notice of Concern can be found at (click on the link HOW TO REPORT ABUSE). Reports may be made anonymously. Cómo reportar un caso de abuso La Diócesis de Austin está comprometida a la prevención del daño que se cause a cualquier niño o adulto vulnerable. Si usted está enterado del abuso sexual o físico y/o abandono de un niño o adulto vulnerable, la ley estatal requiere que se reporte esa información a la policía local o el Departamento de Servicios Familiares y de Protección del Estado de Texas al (800) o al sitio: y además, si la sospecha de abuso es por parte del clero, empleado o voluntario de cualquier parroquia, escuela u organización de la diócesis, se debe enviar un Reporte de Abuso y debe ser presentado a la O cina de Ética e Integridad en el Ministerio de la diócesis al (512) El Reporte de Abuso se encuentra en nuestra página de Internet diocesana: ( Haga click en la liga COMO REPORTAR UN CASO DE ABUSO). Estos reportes pueden ser hechos de manera anónima.

9 April 2013 CENTRAL TEXAS 9 Seton, Life Center collaborate to develop Culture of Life BY CATHOLIC SPIRIT STAFF Seton Clinical Enterprise, an operating division of the Seton Healthcare Family, and The John Paul II Life Center will collaborate in providing effective and ef cient holistic health care services in the Catholic tradition. The collaboration focuses on the delivery of quality health care services to people of all socio-economic groups, with a special concern for the poor and vulnerable and a respect and compassion for the dignity of human life, said Mark Hazelwood, president of Seton Clinical Enterprise. Patients served by our collaboration can expect care that values protection of human life from its very beginning and the dignity of the person with a profound regard for the covenant of marriage and for the family, said Tim Von Dohlen, president and co-founder of The John Paul II Life Center. The John Paul II Life Center offers patients Natural Procreative Technology (NaProTechnology) effective medical treatment based on women s natural cycle for the underlying causes of women s gynecologic health issues that may result in infertility. The Vitae Clinic, a part of The John Paul II Life Center, offers NaProTechnology through the services of Dr. Jeremy Kalamarides. We are very excited about this joint effort and look forward to maximizing our collaboration and taking this model across America to develop culture of life medical centers offering NaPro Technology, Von Dohlen said. Founded in 2010, The John Paul II Life Center, a nonpro t organization, leads the way in creating a Culture of Life in Central Texas. Inspired by Blessed John Paul II s teaching on the sanctity of life, the center serves women and families of all faiths and backgrounds. Its three-fold mission is to operate The Vitae Clinic, an OB/GYN medical practice offering NaProTechnology; promote life by offering 3D/4D sonograms to mothers facing unexpected pregnancies; and provide education about chastity, fertility care and religious freedom. Seton operates more than 90 clinical locations including four comprehensive adult medical centers, a world class pediatric medical center, two community hospitals, three rural hospitals, an inpatient mental health hospital, three primary care clinics for the uninsured and several strategically located health facilities. Seton is a member of Ascension Health, the nation s largest not-for-pro t health network. For more information, visit Bishop Joe Vásquez and St. Gianna Physician Guild President Thomas McKenna will conduct an enshrinement of a St. Gianna relic at The Vitae Clinic in Austin on April 16 from 8 to 9:30 a.m. The event will include a blessing by Bishop Vásquez, a brief presentation about the life of St. Gianna and breakfast. The program is designed for physicians and health care workers. Reservations are required and may be made by contacting the executive director of The JPII Life Center, Kimberly Speirs, at (512) or kimberly@jpiilifecenter.org. ST. GIANNA BERETTA MOLLA is pictured with her daughter. The Italian doctor and mother, who sacri ced her own life for the life of her child, was canonized by Pope John Paul II in (CNS photo) MEDICAL SERVICES FAMILY PRACTICE William Stavinoha, M.D. Family Practice Board Certi ed Jollyville Road #102 Austin, TX (512) DIRECTORY To advertise in the Catholic Spirit Medical Services Directory, call (512) , or catholic-spirit@austindiocese.org. OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY The Vitae Clinic Jeremy Kalamarides, D.O. The Jefferson Building 1600 W. 38th St, Ste 115 Austin, TX The Vitae Clinic, Inc., provides wellness, prenatal, delivery and postnatal care for women, expectant mothers and babies in accord with the teachings of the Catholic Church in conformity with the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare services. Oak Hill Eye Care Examination & Treatment of Eye Disease Lasik Surgery Contact Lenses & Optical Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. OPTOMETRY David W. Tybor, O.D. (512) W. William Cannon Bldg A, Suite 100, Austin EAR, NOSE AND THROAT Joseph M. C. Leary, M.D. Diplomate, American Board of Otolaryngology Pediatric and Adult Including Ear Diseases Sinus Surgery Thyroid and Neck Surgery 6811 Austin Center Blvd., Ste. 300 Austin, Texas (512) WEIGHT LOSS Ideal Weight Loss Medical Clinics This will be your LAST Diet No drugs 100% natural Medically monitored Lose ONLY fat Preserve lean muscle Anthony Hicks, MD, MPH 4100 Duval Rd., Bldg IV, Ste 202, Austin (512) Hill Country Blvd, Bldg F, Ste 238, Austin (512) ORTHODONTICS Braces for Children and Adults Michael Dillingham, D.D.S. 2 convenient locations in Austin Call (512) or (512) to schedule a complimentary consultation FAMILY & INTERNAL MEDICINE Dominion Family Healthcare Board certi ed in Family Medicine & Internal Medicine (512) Parmer Ln. W. Suite 102 Austin, TX THYROID & ENDOCRINOLOGY

10 10 CENTRAL TEXAS CATHOLIC SPIRIT Rulli brings faith, fun together for radio show BY ENEDELIA J. OBREGÓN SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Long before there was The Catholic Guy Show on satellite radio, Lino Rulli was a Catholic guy who liked to have fun while taking his faith seriously. He s still doing both on SiriusXM 129. He takes his listeners along to the Vatican, a hot tub or even a pub crawl, as he did recently in Austin. Having fun does not make one less pious or less Catholic, said Rulli, 41, who began his work in Minnesota in television. Along the way he won several Emmy Awards, one for a World War II documentary, The Last Flagraiser, and two for hosting and producing Generation Cross. In December 2006 he started his satellite radio program after being recruited by the company which was starting The Catholic Channel. He quickly moved to New York City, where he now co-hosts the show with Father Rob Keighron from the Brooklyn Diocese. One of his local fans who attended the pub crawl is Jason Elizondo, 37, a parishioner at St. Thomas More Parish in Austin. He likes the show because it s not your typical Catholic radio show. It s entertaining, Elizondo said. The typical Catholic radio show focuses on an older demographic while Lino gears his show to younger Catholics. The show s co-hosts do a great job of making the faith approachable, he said. It s like hanging out with friends for a couple of hours a day. Rulli, who takes his show on the road around the U.S. and Canada three or four times a year, also broadcasts once a year from Vatican Radio. He goes on the road because part of the Catholic experience goes beyond the borders of our parish or diocese we want to bring that experience to the audience, he said. No matter where he goes, there is one commonality he hears from listeners: Being Catholic is something to be celebrated and one can be normal and be Catholic. Being Catholic doesn t mean having this horrible, fake pious, plastic faith, Rulli said. His show doesn t deal much with doctrine or discipline, but about getting Catholics excited about being Catholic as well as being normal functioning beings in society, going about their daily lives at work, raising families and socializing with friends. He shares many of his experiences with his listeners. While in Austin, he was in line for confession at St. Mary Cathedral and behind him were two fans. His fans could relate when he later talked about how much more fun it is to leave confession than to go into confession. (Fans) encourage me and I encourage them in their faith, he said. Rulli is willing to share with his fans on topics about dating, to friends, to confession, to getting sleepy during homilies and to his favorite rock band, the Foo Fighters, which makes him relatable. I want to be open and honest, he said. This is not a news show. We re calling it The Catholic Guy and making it about every day persons being Catholic in the real world. Rulli looks to the example of Blessed John Paul II. With John Paul II we saw for the first time a pope who skied and laughed, he said. He showed us that going out and having a laugh and being yourself and liking music and putting on Bono sunglasses is not the antithesis of faith. You can have faith and have fun. Our generation is trying to nd out how those two worlds mix. Rulli said that we ve been raised with a sense that to be somber is to be more pious and that the truly devout and reverent are the ones who never had a laugh in their lives. I think we re breaking out of that. St. Mary -- Waco Parish Festival Sunday, April 28, 2013 Geneva Hall, Elm Mott 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fried chicken and sausage dinner with all the trimmings served from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. $9 per plate Activities: bingo, silent auction, live auction, white elephant, country store, garden shop, children s games There is more than one way to be a good Catholic, he said. It doesn t mean we ve renounced our faith just because we re having fun, he said. Look at the two recent popes. One suffers to the end the other resigns. Both are teaching us different ways to respond to God s call. The Catholic Guy Show can be heard on SiriusXM 129 weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon and from 4 to 6 p.m. For more information, visit LINO RULLI, host of The Catholic Guy Show on SiriusXM Radio, visited Austin in February. (Photo by Enedelia J. 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11 April 2013 BY MARY P. WALKER SENIOR CORRESPONDENT Sometimes even the pope needs help from experts to understand whether new medical treatments, technologies and methods of scientific inquiry promote and respect the dignity of human life. In 1994, Blessed John Paul II established the Ponti cal Academy for Life as a collaborative think tank to advise the Holy See about bioethical issues. Members are Catholic, appointed by the pope and include scientists, physicians, ethicists, priests and theologians who are world-class experts in their disciplines of study. Before he resigned earlier this year, Benedict XVI, appointed Dr. Robert Buchanan of St. Mary Cathedral Parish in Austin to the academy. Buchanan is the Seton Brain and Spine Institute s chief of functional and restorative neurosurgery and neuroscience. He has exceptional academic, clinical and research credentials, and serves on the board of the National Catholic Bioethics Center. Fascinated by the human mind, Buchanan is one of only a few physicians in the U.S. who is a board certi ed specialist in both psychiatry and neurological surgery. He holds faculty appointments at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and the University of Texas at Austin, where he has a lab to study brain function and explore treatments for epilepsy, psychiatric diseases, and movement disorders. As impressive has his credentials are, Buchanan sees his Catholic faith as the foundation for his life and practice of medicine. It is impossible for me to separate my identity as a Catholic from anything I do, he said. For him, practicing medicine is a sacred calling. Because both priests and physicians minister to people s most intimate needs, he sees many similarities between the vocations. Buchanan grew up in a devout Catholic family on the south side of Chicago. Drawn to both the priesthood and medicine, he explored the question of his future with the Jesuits. After graduation from medical school, he faced the decision of whether to enter the novitiate or a medical residency program. The Jesuit provincial encouraged him to consider a psychiatric residency as he continued to discern because the specialization would be useful if his future led to the priesthood. The residency gave Buchanan clarity in two ways: he met his future wife, Jeana; and he decided that he wanted to become a neurosurgeon. Both honored and surprised by his ve-year appointment to the Ponti cal Academy for Life, Buchanan explained that the church must address the rapid pace of scienti c discovery. There are new, novel technologies that need to be studied CENTRAL TEXAS 11 Austin doctor inducted into Ponti cal Academy for Life BY MICHELE CHAN SANTOS CORRESPONDENT At the 12th annual White Mass, celebrated Feb. 11 at St. Mary Cathedral in Austin, Bishop Joe Vásquez honored physicians, nurses, technicians and others who care for the sick in our community. Let us pray for those who have dedicated their lives to the sick, to caring for those who are ill, Bishop Vásquez said. The White Mass is an annual event where health care workers receive the blessing of the bishop. This year, it fell on the same day as Pope Benedict XVI s surprising announcement that he would step down on Feb. 28 because of advanced age. Bishop Vásquez noted that the day, Feb. 11, was the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and also the World Day of the Sick. On this day, our Holy Father recognizes his own limitations. May the Holy Spirit guide the College of Cardinals as they elect a successor to Peter, the bishop said. The day also marked a change in name for the Catholic Physician s Guild of Central Texas. Dr. Frank Mazza announced that from Feb. 11 forward, the organization would be known as the Catholic Healthcare Guild of Central Texas. We are expanding our membership from physicians to all health care workers, Mazza said. The board and membership of the Catholic Healthcare Guild of Central Texas sponsors and coordinates the White Mass. The group is part of the national Catholic Medical Organization. We always knew that physicians needed to reconnect with their spirituality and to recall why they were called to health care ministry in the first place, but others clearly want a venue to do so as well, said Mazza, the vice president, chief patient safety of cer, and associate chief medical of cer of Seton Healthcare Family. As we thought about that some more, we recognized that it was important for us to embrace our brothers and sisters in other areas of health care and to have them help us design our programs and our offerings and to give them a chance to create a shared space with us and with people like themselves as they pursued their own spiritual journey, Mazza said. At the White Mass, the Gospel reading was Mark 6: After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret and tied up there. As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him. They scurried about the surrounding country and began to bring in the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the to understand whether they may or may not be immoral, said Buchanan. For some issues, it is easy to understand what is right or wrong based on church teaching. For example, the church has consistently taught that a human person begins at conception. Therefore, creating, using and destroying embryos for experimentation violate God s law. Other issues do not have such clear-cut answers, he said. One such issue deals with biomedical technology. Scientists are making great strides in creating a bionic hand. If science can create such a hand, how far can we morally go with enhancing our natural capabilities? When do enhanced body parts turn us into a superhuman and possibly impinge on God s beautiful design and purpose for our human body, created in his image and likeness? There are also moral concerns about treatments dealing with the workings of the brain and intelligence. If science leads us to the ability to imbed a computer chip in the brain or creates a pill that makes us smarter, under what circumstances could these be morally therapeutic or permissible? When would this technology fundamentally change who a person is, and therefore collide with God s special design and plan for each person? All of these questions and more are being asked by the Pontifical Academy for Life. While it may seem that academy members are delving into the realm of science fiction, scientific inquiry and medical technology are evolving rapidly. Members work hard to ensure that the magisterium, that is, the teaching authority of the church, has the information needed to guide the faithful. Academy membership is an tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed. In the homily, Bishop Vásquez explained that during Biblical times, people did not physically touch sick people unless they were a doctor. But Jesus wants to reach out and touch the sick, the bishop said. Those in the health care ministry are indeed blessed. In the hospital, in the clinic, in the hospice, these are profound places where God and man encounter one another. Bishop Vásquez advised the health care workers that patients need to receive from you the utmost respect, to always see them as human beings. We must continue to bring God s face to those who are ill. Thank you very much for your ongoing work. May you see your work as sharing in Christ s compassion. At the conclusion of the Mass, the bishop prayed the Blessing of Health Care Workers. Thank you very much for your commitment and your service, Bishop Vásquez told the honor that entails a signi cant commitment. Members travel to the Vatican for an annual meeting, most recently Feb The theme of this Year of Faith s meeting was Faith and Human Life. There is also a mid-year meeting by conference call. Throughout the year, members research, discuss and work on documents addressing particular issues. With members all over the world, they collaborate day and night, by phone, in person and through . Buchanan reminds us that this work is more than just an intellectual exercise for the church. The Gospels show us that Christ is concerned with spiritual and physical healing, and academy members strive to ensure that medical care and scientific inquiry mirror Christ s loving concern for both body and soul, always respecting the dignity of the human person. White Mass celebrates health care workers DR. ROBERT BUCHANAN, at left during an audience with Pope Benedict XVI, was recently appointed to the Ponti cal Academy for Life, which advises the pope on bioethical issues. Dr. Buchanan is a parishioner of St. Mary Cathedral in Austin. (Photo courtesy Robert Buchanan) medical workers, especially your care for the poor, who need it so desperately. Afterwards, there was a reception sponsored by Seton Healthcare Family and Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery. Changes are coming for the White Mass next year. Beginning next year, with the help of the bishop and the diocese, we will coordinate a Mass of Healing instead of the White Mass, and of course, most of our programs will now be less physicianfocused and more inclusive of others, Mazza said. The Catholic Healthcare Guild of Central Texas stands in service to those in need in the community, and we nurture our own so that they can help pursue their own spiritual journey, Mazza said. For more information about the Guild, visit www. catholicphysiciansguildofcentraltexas.org (website name will be changing soon).

12 12 BY PATRICIA ZAPOR CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE A new study concludes that there are about 11.7 million of what it calls unauthorized immigrants in the U.S., 4 million more than in In a report released Feb. 15, the Center for Migration Studies, a New York-based educational institution also quanti ed why residents of some states, particularly in the Southeast, have perceived a significant growth in the number of immigrants around them. Seven Southern states with the fastest growing population of undocumented immigrants each saw the number of such immigrants increase by more than 11 times between 1990 and The study explained that nationwide, about 18 percent of the foreign-born population was undocumented. The percentage in those seven states was about that as well in But in 2009, in those states about 47 percent of their foreign-born residents were unauthorized to be here, the study found. They got more immigrants overall, and a higher percentage of them were undocumented. In 1990, the foreign-born population in the seven states was small, about 500,000, and fewer than one in ve were unauthorized residents, the study published in the International Migration Review said. But by 2010, the foreign-born population had quadrupled to 2.6 million and nearly half of them were unauthorized. The study was co-written by Robert Warren, former demographer for the Immigration and Naturalization Service and John Robert Warren, sociology professor at the University of Minnesota. The pair described in detail their approach to counting undocumented immigrants and how it differs or is complemented by other widely used counts. Because immigrants who are in the country without permission arrive by a variety of legal and illegal ways, and generally strive to remain unnoticed, coming up with an accurate count of how many there are is a challenge. IN OUR WORLD Schools, social service agencies and city planners, among others, all nevertheless need to have some idea of who might require their services, the report notes. And with Congress weighing immigration reform legislation that could include a path to legalization and citizenship for those who are here without legal status, planning for how to process them will require a good sense of who s in the country and where they live. The report says their estimate of 11.7 million unauthorized immigrants does not differ markedly from other recent estimates that are based on similar data and calculation methods. However, it adds, our estimates allow unique assessments of trends over time in the size of that population and of the component processes generating those trends. For example, the two Warrens, who are father and son, said their methods allowed them to show that the declining number of undocumented immigrants occurred not just because fewer people entered the U.S. because of a weaker economy and border crackdowns, but because the number of unauthorized immigrants departing from the population is large and increasing. The annual number of unauthorized immigrants moving to the U.S. increased steadily in the 1990s, from about 550,000 in 1993 to 1.1 million in 1999, and more than a million each year through 2000, then declined to as few as 400,000 in 2009, they said. The pair estimate that between 1990 and 2009 about 7.5 million people left the unauthorized population, that includes those who legalized their status, were deported, died or moved away voluntarily. More than half of all undocumented immigrants live in California, Texas, Florida and New York, the report said. The in ow and out ow in each of those states roughly matched that of the country as a whole in the 20-year analysis, with 29 states and the District of Columbia nding net losses in undocumented population in In the seven states with the fastest growing undocumented CATHOLIC SPIRIT Study shows 11.7 million undocumented people in US BY PATRICIA ZAPOR CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE In its second day of oral arguments about aspects of laws related to same-sex marriage March 27, the Supreme Court spent little time discussing the actual definition of marriage, focusing instead on issues of jurisdiction, state's rights, motives behind the federal Defense of Marriage Act and timing. The highly anticipated cases United States v. Windsor March 27 and Hollingsworth v. Perry March 26 have stirred effusive national interest over whether the court will de nitively rule on the legality of samesex marriage. But the direction of both days of oral arguments focused little on what the de nition is and more on who has the authority to de ne it. As it did the day before, questioning from the justices re- ected skepticism about the law being reviewed. Justice Anthony Kennedy, who often holds the deciding vote in close cases, joined Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan in suggesting the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, creates two classes of marriage in the country, those recognized by the federal government and those that are not. Ginsburg described the difference as that between regular milk and a "skim-milk marriage." DOMA was passed by Congress and signed into law in It said no state or political jurisdiction is required to recognize a same-sex marriage from another jurisdiction. Its Section 3 de nes marriage as between one man and one woman for the federal government's purposes, such as for Social Security bene ts, federal programs, and federal estate and income taxes. In 2011, when a handful of states had legalized samesex marriage and about 30 had banned it, the Obama administration announced that the attorney general had determined that Section 3 is unconstitutional as applied to legally married samesex spouses. The administration said federal agencies should continue to enforce the law, but that the government would no longer defend it in court. The court spent nearly a full hour considering the unusual situation of DOMA being defended before the court by members of Congress, not the federal government, which typically would defend a federal law. The court could decline to rule on the merits of the case, by nding that the members of Congress lack jurisdiction over how a law they pass is enforced. Because the administration is not defending DOMA, its defenders in this proceeding are a group of members of Congress, known as the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group of the U.S. House of Representatives, known as BLAG. The court also heard from deputy solicitor general Sri Srinivasan, on behalf of the Obama administration's position that the court has jurisdiction to decide the case and Paul Clement, who represented the members of Congress who want the law upheld. Those discussions focused largely on who has jurisdiction to defend a federal law that the administration has decided is unconstitutional, but that has not been overturned. The court then moved onto the merits of the claim by a New York woman who says she should not have had to pay a higher rate in inheritance taxes because she inherited the estate from her spouse. While on one level the case is a dispute between a taxpayer and the federal government, on another, the top federal trial lawyer, the solicitor general, is arguing that DOMA is unconstitutional. The law is being challenged by a New York woman, Edith Windsor, who inherited the estate of her spouse, Thea Spyer, upon her death. The two were partners for more than 40 years and married in Canada in When Spyer died, Windsor had to pay $363,000 in federal estate taxes. Had her spouse been male, she would have been exempted from that tax. Much of the discussion in the court went back and forth about whether DOMA's approach of not granting any bene ts of heterosexual marriage to those in same-sex marriages is an infringement on states' rights to de ne marriage. Paul Clement, attorney for the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group, said DOMA protects the government from situations that might arise if, for example, a couple in the military was facing a transfer from a state where their same-sex marriage is recognized to a state where it is not. By keeping federal bene ts uniform, the government avoids problems that might arise if such a couple was to resist a transfer to a state without same-sex marriage bene ts, Clement said. Kagan returned several times to questions about the original intent of Congress in passing the law, suggesting the motives were based on bias against same-sex marriage. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was among about 30 organizations that led friend of the court briefs in support of DOMA. Another 45 led briefs arguing that DOMA should be overturned. populations Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and Georgia the number of unauthorized immigrants was more than 11 times higher in 2010 than it was in The report said those states were home to 2.5 percent of the undocumented population in By 2010, they had 10.4 percent of the U.S. total, it said. The Center for Migration Studies was established in 1964 and formally incorporated in 1969 by the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles, Scalabrinians. It was co-founded and directed over its rst several decades by Father Lydio F. Tomasi, now pastor of Holy Rosary Church in Washington, and then-father Silvano M. Tomasi, who is now an archbishop and the Vatican s representative to U.N. agencies in Geneva. The center is a legally distinct, tax-exempt agency with an independent board of trustees. Bishop Joe Vásquez discusses immigration in this month s Bishop s Interview on Page 21. Supreme Court: Who s de ning marriage is the issue The USCCB said there is "no fundamental right to marry a person of the same sex.... Speci cally, civil recognition of same-sex relationships is not deeply rooted in the nation's history and tradition -- quite the opposite is true." A day earlier, the court heard oral arguments in another case over same-sex marriage. Hollingsworth v. Perry addresses issues specific to California, where voters in 2008 approved a constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage a few months after the state Supreme Court said it was unconstitutional to limit marriage to pairs of a man and a woman. Questioning by the justices raised the possibility that they might toss out that case on the issue of standing, namely whether the people who put the ballot measure together have a legitimate right to stand up for the amendment in court. Another possibility raised by the justices is that it's too soon for the court to decide whether same-sex marriage is constitutional. Justice Samuel Alito noted that the country had been debating the issue for less time than people have been using cellphones or the Internet. Rulings in both cases are expected to be issued before the court adjourns for the term in late July.

13 April 2013 IN OUR WORLD Proposed rules on mandate still violate religious freedom BY CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE New proposed regulations governing the contraceptive mandate under the Affordable Care Act continue to violate basic principles of religious freedom, said the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. In comments led March 20 with the Department of Health and Human Services, the USCCB raised a series of concerns, among them being that the new proposals keep in place an unjust and unlawful mandate regarding the provision of contraceptive and other pregnancy services and that the rules provide no exemption, or accommodation, for most stakeholders in the health insurance process, such as individual employees and for-pro t employers, who are morally opposed to such coverage. Other objections raised in the comments include: An unreasonable and unlawfully narrow exemption for some nonprofit religious organizations, primarily houses of worship. Limited accommodation for religious employers that continues to require those employers falling outside of the government s definition to fund or facilitate objectionable coverage. The comments state that the concerns being raised are the same as those addressed when the rules governing the Affordable Care Act were rst proposed in The 24-page statement was led during the 60-day comment period established by the Health and Human Services after it introduced the new proposed rules Feb. 1. The deadline for comments is April 8. The comments were filed on behalf of the USCCB by Anthony R. Picarello, associate general secretary and general counsel, and Michael F. Moses, associate general counsel. The rules are expected to be finalized this summer. Institutions are required to provide coverage by August. The USCCB position is built around a series of legal arguments stemming largely from decisions in earlier court cases. The document said that the contraceptive mandate remains unchanged and presented the USCCB position again that it should be rescinded. Contraceptives and sterilization procedures, unlike other mandated preventive services, do not prevent disease, the document said. Instead they disrupt the healthy functioning of the human reproductive system. The USCCB argued that the contraceptive mandate requires the coverage of abortifacients drugs and devices in violation of various aspects of the Affordable Care Act dealing with abortion coverage and the non-pre-emption of state law as well as well as other laws. Such concerns are separate from religious freedom issues, the comments said. The document also contended the new proposed rules offer no exemption, or accommodation, for the overwhelming majority of individuals and institutions who object to contraceptive coverage on religious or moral grounds. Those without exemption or accommodation include conscientiously-opposed individuals, for-profit employers (whether secular or religious), nonpro t employers that are not explicitly religious organizations (even in cases where their objection is religious in nature), insurers and third-party administrators. Respect for their consciences demands some adequate legal protection, but under the current proposed regulation they have none, the USCCB told the government. The document acknowledged that the religious employer exemption in the new proposed rules was improved slightly in one area, but was worsened in another. The rst version of proposed rules exempted only religious organizations whose main purpose is the inculcation of faith and who employ and serve members of the faith. A later accommodation said the contraceptive mandate could be met by nonexempt organizations through third-party insurers. Under the new proposed rules for exempt religious organizations HHS eliminated standards governing inculcation of the faith and who the organization serves, which the USCCB welcomed. The USCCB raised concerns, however, that the new proposed rules exclude from the de nition of religious employer various organizations that undeniably are religious and undeniably employ people, such as Catholic hospitals, charities and schools. The government s proposed de nition of religious employer still reduces religious freedom to freedom of worship by limiting 13 the exemption almost exclusively to houses of worship, the US- CCB argued. The document also questioned the accommodation to nonpro t religious organizations in the rules that fall outside the de nition of religious employer, saying the accommodation is based on a number of questionable factual assumptions. 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14 14 BY CAROL ZIMMERMANN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Two U.S. cardinals described Pope Francis as an ideal choice to lead the church in the modern world. He is the perfect choice for this moment in the church, said Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl March 14. New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, told reporters March 13 that the pope met all Tax-Deferred Annuities IRAs Rollovers Do Your Long-Term & Retirement Savings Plans Stack Up? erri. Mar ne us n astro a or homas. rei o 5 5 Monica Mi es a em e ase o ub Weimar d rancis u a a e e i e 1 Securing Families Lives Since 1901 of the cardinals quali cations. He said they wanted to choose the right man who would be a man of God, a man of good pastoral governance, with a sense of the church universal and a good communicator. He lls those bills, he said. He also said the pope s nationality is a plus. Where he comes from is gravy, and we got a lot of good gravy with a man coming now from Latin America. You talk about a booster shot to the church in the Americas. This is IN OUR WORLD 3.30 % * APY *Includes Current Yield +.00% irst Ye r Addi n l Interest ats. Wi e i ountr 5 ndon Midd eton West 5 1 rian r t Waco uc ho t West ha ia *Interest rates are subject to change. Minimum guaranteed rate is 1.50%. ome ce an ntonio e as..1 St. Jude Novena May the sacred heart of Jesus be adored, glori ed, loved, and preserved throughout the world, now and forever. Sacred heart of Jesus pray for us. Saint Jude worker of miracles, pray for us. Saint Jude help of the hopeless, pray for us. A.M. Say the prayer 9 times per day for 9 days. And, on the 9th day your prayers will be answered. You must promise to publish the prayer. going to be a real blessing. The cardinals noted that the pope has a style that will appeal to many Catholics. Cardinal Wuerl said the pope s style re ects the church s emphasis on new evangelization, inviting people to take a look again at the church s Gospel message. His invitation is not just by words but by personal witness, he added, pointing out that the new pope, former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, had been an active presence among CATHOLIC SPIRIT U.S. cardinals describe Pope Francis as ideal choice POPE FRANCIS celebrates Mass with cardinal electors in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican March 14, the day after his election. (CNS photo/l Osservatore Romano) Catholics in his archdiocese, often making parish visits and attending church events. He does this as pastor of souls, he added, pointing out that this will be a hallmark of his ponti cate. Both U.S cardinals said the pope s style was particularly obvious in the way he greeted the massive crowd assembled in St. Peter s Square when he was rst announced. Cardinal Dolan said it was magni cent when the pope asked everyone in the square to pray in silence for him and the whole square was completely hushed. He also loved how the pope led everyone in praying the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Glory Be, saying that was similar to something a father, a good teacher or a good catechist would do. He said another aspect of the pope s personality was revealed right before the pope was supposed to appear to the crowds. Many people inside the apostolic palace wanted to speak with him rst, but the pope had heard that it had been raining and said he should go to the balcony rst because he didn t want to keep the people waiting. That s a very spontaneously, gracious remark to make, the cardinal told reporters at the Ponti cal North American College. Cardinal Wuerl appreciated that the pope immediately greeted the crowd by saying good evening in Italian, which he said pushed aside all formality. He noted that Pope Francis has rmness in faith and gentleness in dealing with people. Isn t that what we look for in a bishop? he said. The cardinal said he worked with Cardinal Bergoglio on a synod council and found the then-cardinal to be mild mannered, soft spoken and clear in thought. He said he enjoyed working with him because of his great clarity and also the pastoral experience he brought to discussions. He said the former archbishop of Buenos Aires had not been afraid to speak up on issues defending the church s counter-cultural message. He also said it was signi cant that the pope chose the name Francis, pointing out that St. Francis was not a mild retiring person. He was demanding of himself and others... but he did it in such a way that you couldn t help but love him.

15 April 2013 BY CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Although attempts were made to simplify the ceremony, Pope Francis of cially inaugurated his ministry as pope and bishop of Rome in a liturgy lled with biblical symbolism and signs of the universality of his mission. But before the solemn rites began March 19, Pope Francis known for choosing public transport over chauffeur-driven limousines took his rst spin in the popemobile, blessing the tens of thousands of people who arrived in St. Peter s Square as early as 4 a.m. to pray with him. He waved and, at one point, gave a thumbs up to the faithful. He also kissed three babies held up to him by the chief of Vatican security, Domenico Gianni, and other of cers. But he climbed out of the open jeep used as a popemobile to kiss a severely disabled man. Before entering St. Peter s Square, he addressed by satellite thousands of his fellow Argentines gathered in Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, where he had been archbishop before his election as pope. He thanked the people for their prayers and told them: I have a favor to ask. I want to ask that we all walk together, caring for one another... caring for life. Care for the family, care for nature, care for children, care for the aged. Let there be no hatred, no ghting, put aside envy and don t gossip about anyone. As the Mass began, tens of thousands of pilgrims, faithful and tourists continued to arrive, filling St. Peter s Square and crowding around the large video screens placed along the boulevard leading to the square. By the time of Communion, the Vatican said there were between 150,000 and 200,000 people present. In his homily, Pope Francis asked prayers that he would be able to protect the church like St. Joseph protected Mary and Jesus, discreetly, humbly and silently, but with an unfailing presence and utter delity, even when he nds it hard to understand. He said in the Gospels, St. Joseph can look at things realistically, he is in touch with his surroundings, he can make truly wise decisions. But more than anything, he said, the church s patron saint teaches Christians that the core concern of their lives must be Christ. Let us protect Christ in our lives, so that we can protect others, so that we can protect creation, Pope Francis said. He called for special efforts to protect God s plan inscribed in nature and to protect one another, especially children, the aged, the poor and the sick. Although according to church law he of cially became pope the minute he accepted his election in the Sistine Chapel March 13, Pope Francis received important symbols of his of ce just before the inauguration Mass the Book of the Gospels, the ring of the sherman, St. Peter, and the pallium, a woolen band worn around the shoulders to evoke a shepherd carrying a sheep. With members of the College of Cardinals dressed in gold gathered before the main altar in St. Peter s Basilica and brass players sounding a fanfare, the rites began at the tomb of St. Peter. Pope Francis venerated the mortal remains of his predecessor as head of the church and was joined there by the heads of the Eastern Catholic Churches. Processing behind the Eastern church leaders and the cardinals, Pope Francis wearing a simple, mostly white chasuble and his black shoes came out into St. Peter s Square while the choir chanted a special litany to Christ the King. French Cardinal Jean-Louis IN OUR WORLD Papal ministry begins with many signs, symbols POPE FRANCIS makes his way through the crowd in St. Peter s Square before celebrating his inaugural Mass at the Vatican March 19. (CNS photo by Paul Haring) Tauran, who had announced Pope Francis election to the world six days earlier, placed the pallium, which had been worn by Pope Benedict XVI, around the new pope s neck. The retired pope did not attend the Mass. The Good Shepherd charged Peter to feed his lambs and his sheep; today you succeed him as the bishop of this church to which he and the Apostle Paul were fathers in faith, Cardinal Tauran said. Italian Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals, presented Pope Francis with the fisherman s ring, a gold-plated silver band featuring St. Peter holding keys, a reminder that Jesus told St. Peter: I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Giving the pope the ring, the seal of Peter the sherman, Cardinal Sodano told the pope he was called, as bishop of Rome, to preside over the church with charity. He prayed the pope would have the gentleness and strength to preserve, through your ministry, all those who believe in Christ in unity and fellowship. Six cardinals, representing the entire College of Cardinals, publicly pledged obedience to the pope. While many Christians acknowledge the special role of the bishop of Rome as the one who presides over the entire Christian community in love, the way the papacy has been exercised over the centuries is one of the key factors in the ongoing division of Christians. For the rst time since the Great Schism of 1054 split the main Christian community into East and West, the ecumenical patriarch attended the installation Mass. Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, rst among equals of the Eastern Orthodox, sat in a place of honor near the papal altar. Catholicos Karekin II of Etchmiadzin, patriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church, also attended the Mass along with delegations from 12 other Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, 10 Anglican and Protestant communities and three international Christian organizations, including the World Council of Churches. After the Lord s prayer, Pope Francis exchanged a sign of peace with Patriarch Bartholomew and with Catholicos Karekin. The Chief Rabbinate of Israel, the Jewish community of Rome and several international Pope Francis Jorge Mario Bergoglio Is the first pope From the Americas From Jesuit order To take name Francis Is known to Take the bus and subway Cook his meals Have strong devotion to Mary Visit the poor Be very spiritual Have low-key style Love soccer and tangos Speaks Spanish, Italian, English, French and German Dec. 17, 1936 Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Italian immigrant parents March 12, 1960 Takes first vows as Jesuit Teaches high school literature and psychology at Jesuit secondary school in Santa Fe Serves as superior of Jesuit province of Argentina and Uruguay June 27, 1992 Is ordained auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires 2001 Co-presides over Synod of Bishops Serves as president, Argentine Bishops Conference 1957 At age 21, falls gravely ill; eventually severe pneumonia is diagnosed, right lung partially removed 1960 Studies humanities in Padre Hurtado, Chile 1966 Teaches at prestigious Colegio del Salvador secondary school in Buenos Aires Dec. 13, 1969 Is ordained priest Now let's begin this journey, bishop and people a journey of brotherhood, love and trust among us Serves as master of novices and vice chancellor, San Miguel seminary Serves as rector of Colegio Maximo and theology teacher June 3, 1997 Is named coadjutor archbishop Feb. 21, 2001 Is elevated to cardinal Then Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio poses with young soccer players from the San Lorenzo soccer club, of which he is known to be a fan. March 11, 1958 Enters novitiate of the Society of Jesus Studies philosophy at San Miguel Seminary, Buenos Aires Studies theology at San Miguel seminary Spends tertianship, or Third Probation period of Jesuit formation in Spain 1973 Takes perpetual profession as Jesuit 1986 Goes to Germany to finish doctoral thesis Feb. 28, 1998 Is installed as archbishop of Buenos Aires 2005 Receives second-highest number of votes in conclave that elected Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as pope March 13, 2013 Is elected pope by conclave of 115 cardinals Sources: Catholic News Service, Vatican Radio, Jesuit Conference of Argentina and Uruguay, Archdiocese of Buenos Aires. 15 TIM MEKO FOR THE CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Jewish organizations sent representatives to the ceremony, as did Muslim, Buddhist, Sikh, Jain and Hindu communities and organizations. Also present were representatives of 132 governments, led by the presidents of Italy and Argentina, the reigning royals of six countries including Belgium s king and queen and 31 heads of state. Vice President Joe Biden led the U.S. delegation while David Lloyd Johnston, governor general, led the Canadian delegation.

16 16 BY DAVID AGREN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE BY CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Oscar Justo, 60, begs for bills and coins from a perch next to St. Joseph Parish in Barrio de Flores, the neighborhood where Pope Francis was born. As Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis passed by often, walking from the bus stop or surfacing from a nearby subway station. But he always took time to greet Justo, offer a blessing and provide a few pesos. He always gave me something... sometimes 100 pesos ($20), said Justo, 60, who lost both legs in a railway accident. Such stories of kindness abound in Buenos Aires, where Pope Francis was archbishop for 15 years, until being elected pope March 13. Portenos, as locals here are known, came to know Pope Francis as an unpretentious prelate, who took public transit, showed preoccupation for the poor and challenged the authorities. The new pope is mostly portrayed as a pope for the poor and common people. But a more complex picture as a priest, administrator and soccer fanatic comes from Argentina, where vendors now peddle his pictures and posters, and where Peronists the political movement founded by former President Juan Peron and his second wife, Eva Peron have blanketed Buenos Aires with posters proclaiming him one of their own. He ascended in the church, something attributed to his force of personality and ability to remember names and faces. He has a prodigious memory, said Father Andres Aguerre, Jesuit vice provincial in Argentina. You tell him your birthday once and he remembers. In the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis adopted the attitude that the church belongs in the street. He built chapels and missions in poor areas and sent seminarians to serve them. He spoke out often against injustice, such as the treatment of migrant workers from neighboring countries and those lured into the sex trade, and against social issues such as abortion and samesex marriage. He criticized the late President Nestor Kirchner and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who succeeded her husband in 2007, and their way of doing politics by building patronage groups, instead of alleviating poverty, he alleged. They responded by going to other churches instead of the cathedral for important ceremonies. They went off to the provinces... where there was a more friendly church, said Jose Maria Poirier, director of the Catholic magazine El Criterio, who has interviewed Pope Francis frequently over the years. Here in Buenos Aires, he was a man politically at odds with the government, very much loved by the poor and members of the opposition.... But, fundamentally, he s a pastor and political man, he said. Bergoglio is very demanding.... He demanded a lot of discipline and obedience. He also considered himself a privileged interpreter of St. Ignatius of Loyola, and this caused controversy, said Poirier. Half (of the Jesuits) liked him a lot, but half wanted nothing to do with him. Gabriel Castelli, a member of the board of directors at the Ponti cal Catholic University of IN OUR WORLD Argentina, said the new pope always had the ability to say what he thinks. He put a priority on providing attention to his priests. He had a cell phone reserved just for his nearly 4,000 diocesan priests, and each morning he reserved one hour to take their calls. He was very committed to his priests, which is dif cult with such a large archdiocese, Castelli said. Many in the church, like Poirier, speak of his administrative skills in Buenos Aires. He s not an intellectual (like Pope Benedict), rather a man of government, with great political and administrative abilities, Poirier said. Priests had to keep their parishes in order; Poirier said. He said Pope Francis preferred the shanties to high society; he never dined out or went to parties; he cooked for himself and read voraciously. He especially liked Latin American literature and Fyodor Dostoyevsky novels. He did not use a computer or and listened to games of his favorite soccer team, San Lorenzo, on the radio. Barrio de Flores is a working class neighborhood. The new pope s father was a railway worker, his mother a homemaker. As a youth, the pope studied in public schools, which included technical certi cation as a chemist. He returned often to the barrio, to St. Joseph Parish, where he was scheduled to celebrate Mass on Palm Sunday. At St. Joseph, parishioners shared memories. He always carried his own bags, recalled Zaira Sanchez, 72. After Mass, People would wait outside and he would bless all of them and talk to them, before leaving on public transit, she said. He took time for causes, too such as Fundacion Alameda, CATHOLIC SPIRIT Pope Francis known as kind, good administrator Even though Pope Francis is very close to his family, he would often skip their barbecues to spend Sundays or holidays in Buenos Aires slums, the pope s sister said. That s the way he is: totally devoted to the mission of a priest; he is the pastor of the least, said Maria Elena Bergoglio. The youngest of ve, Bergoglio, 65, is the pope s only surviving sibling, said a report in the Italian Catholic newspaper, Avvenire, March 19. She told the newspaper that said she and her brother are extremely close, which she attributes to their parents emphasis on the the value of love. We ve always had a very close relationship despite the 12-year age difference. I was the youngest and Jorge always pampered and protected me, she said of her brother. Every time I had a problem, I d go running to him, and he was always there. Even though his ministry and duties as Jesuit provincial and then as archbishop of Buenos Aires kept her brother busy and often prevented him from visiting, the two siblings always spoke by phone every week, she said. ARGENTINE CARDINAL JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO (now Pope Francis) washes and kisses the feet of residents of a shelter for drug users during Holy Thursday Mass in 2008 at a church in a poor neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. (CNS photo by Enrique Garcia Medina, Reuters) Pope s sister says he is totally devoted His priority was the neediest in his archdiocese, which meant he often spent Sundays or holidays in the city s shantytowns, instead of attending the family asado or barbecue, she said. Jorge taught me to always be there for people, to always be welcoming, even if it meant sacri cing something, she said of her brother. She said she named her rstborn son Jorge, in honor of my special brother, who also was moved to be asked to be the child s godfather. The pope s nephew, Jorge, 37, told the paper that his uncle is someone who is very open, we talk about everything, long talks, he said. Bergoglio said the media has only been reporting on her brother s love of tango, opera and soccer, but that very few people know he is an excellent cook. He makes fantastic stuffed calamari; it s his favorite dish, she said. She said she and her family stayed home in Ituzaingo, near Buenos Aires, to watch the pope s inaugural Mass on television out of respect for his public request that Argentines give to the poor the money they would have spent on airfare. We are near him in prayer, she said. which sought support from Pope Francis for its work against the exploitation of migrants working in Argentina. It also works to prevent migrant women from being lured into the sex trade. The foundation s director, Olga Cruz, knew the then-cardinal previously he baptized both her children, who were not infants, after she asked him personally. He said it would be an honor, recalled Cruz, a native of Bolivia. Pope Francis embraced the migrants cause, making public statements and celebrating Mass for the foundation. He told me, Don t be afraid... that I can confront this, Cruz told Catholic News Service. Cruz also recalled him coming at a moment s notice to provide spiritual and moral support for women rescued from the sex trade, who were sometimes sheltered in parishes. Her house was still busy with phone calls and visitors, and occasional motorists would still drive by, honking their horns, shouting Viva el papa, Avvenire reported March 19. Maria Elena and her husband painted the gate to the house yellow and white in honor of the election, the paper reported. She said she spoke to her brother March 14, the day after he was elected pope. I wasn t able to say a thing and he wasn t either because they were so overwhelmed with emotion, she said. He just kept repeating, Don t worry, I m ne, pray for me.

17 April 2013 BY FRANCIS X. ROCCA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Citing a distinguished German theologian and an anonymous elderly penitent from Argentina, Pope Francis told an over ow crowd in St. Peter s Square never to despair of God s mercy to sinners. The Lord never tires of forgiving, the pope said March 17, before leading his listeners in praying the midday Angelus. It is we who tire of asking for forgiveness. Pope Francis, who was elected March 13, spoke from his window in the Apostolic Palace for the rst time. Despite gray skies, a crowd easily numbering 150,000 turned out to see the pope for his rst scheduled appearance in St. Peter s Square since the night of his election. He opened with an expression of what has already become his trademark informality, greeting listeners with a simple buongiorno! Commenting on the day s Gospel reading (Jn 8:1-11), Pope Francis noted that Jesus addresses a woman caught in adultery, not with words of scorn or condemnation, but only words of love, of mercy, which invite her to conversion: Neither do I condemn you. Go, and from now on do not sin any more. Pope Francis referred to a book on the subject of mercy by German Cardinal Walter Kasper, retired president of the Ponti cal Council for Promoting Christian Unity, whom he described as a superb theologian. But don t think I m advertising my cardinals books. That s not it, the pope said in the sort of spontaneous aside that listeners have already to come expect from him. This book has done me so much good, Pope Francis said, apparently referring to a work published in 2012 under the German title Barmherzigkeit (Mercy). Cardinal Kasper said that to feel mercy, this word changes everything, the pope said. A little mercy makes the world less cold and more just. The Argentine pope also recalled an encounter more than 20 years ago with an elderly woman in Buenos Aires, who told him: If the Lord did not forgive all, the world would not exist. Pope Francis said he had wanted to ask her if she had studied at Rome s prestigious Ponti cal Gregorian University, because her words re ected the wisdom that comes from the Holy Spirit: interior wisdom regarding the mercy of God. Following the Angelus, the IN OUR WORLD Pope Francis says God never tires of forgiving POPE FRANCIS waves to the crowd as he leads his rst Angelus in St. Peter s Square at the Vatican March 17. (CNS photo/tony Gentile, Reuters) pope offered a particular greeting to Romans and other Italians, noting that he had chosen for his papal name that of St. Francis of Assisi, which he said reinforces my spiritual tie with this land, where as you know my family origins lie. Earlier that morning, Pope Francis celebrated Mass at the Church of St. Anne inside Vatican City, where his homily also treated the subject of divine mercy. It is not easy to trust in the mercy of God, because that is an incomprehensible abyss, he said. But we must do it. Jesus likes us to tell him even our worst sins, the pope said. He forgets; he has a special ability to forget. At the end of Mass, Pope Francis drew attention to the presence of Father Gonzalo Aemilius, founder of the Liceo Jubilar Juan Pablo II, a high school in Montevideo, Uruguay. He described the priest as one who has long worked with street kids, with drug addicts. He opened a school for them, he has done so much to make them know Jesus. I don t know how he came Pope explains why he chose Francis BY CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Pope Francis said that as things got dangerous in the conclave voting, he was sitting next to his great friend, Brazilian Cardinal Claudio Hummes who comforted me. When the former Cardinal POPE FRANCIS smiles during a meeting at the Vatican. (CNS photo/alessia Giuliani, Catholic Press Photo) Jorge Mario Bergoglio went over the 77 votes needed to become pope, he said, Cardinal Hummes hugged me, kissed me and said, Don t forget the poor. Pope Francis told thousands of journalists March 16 that he took to heart the words of his friend and chose to be called after St. Francis of Assisi, the man of poverty, the man of peace, the man who loves and protects creation, the same created world with which we don t have such a good relationship. How I would like a church that is poor and that is for the poor, he told the more than 5,000 media representatives who came from around the world for the conclave and his election. Pope Francis also said some had suggested jokingly that he, a Jesuit, should have taken the name Clement XV to get even with Clement XIV, who suppressed the Society of Jesus in the 1700s. The pope told the media, You ve really been working, haven t you. While the church includes a large institution with centuries of history, he said, the church does not have a political nature, but a spiritual one. Pope Francis told reporters it was the Holy Spirit who led Pope Benedict XVI to resign, and it was the Holy Spirit who guided the conclave. The pope acknowledged how dif cult it is for many media to cover the church as a spiritual, rather than a political institution, and he offered special thanks to those who were able to observe and recount these events in the story of the church from the most correct perspective in which they must be read, that of faith. The church, he said, is the people of God, the holy people of God, because it is journeying toward an encounter with Jesus Christ. No one can understand the church without understanding its spiritual purpose, he said. 17 to be here today, the pope said. I ll nd out. Afterward, outside the church, the pope personally greeted each of the approximately 200 members of the congregation, then walked over to the nearby St. Anne s Gate and greeted members of a crowd that had formed on the other side of the boundary separating Vatican from Italian territory. He also sent his rst of cial Tweet Dear friends, I thank you from my heart and I ask you to continue to pray for me. Pope Francis. Christ is the pastor of the church, but his presence passes through the freedom of human beings, he said. Among them, one is chosen to serve as his vicar on earth. But Christ is the center, the focal point. Thanking the reporters again for all their hard work, Pope Francis also asked them to continue trying to discover the true nature of the church and its journey through the world, with its virtues as well as its sins. Communications requires study, preparation and a special attention to truth, goodness and beauty, he said, which is something the church has in common with journalism. He ended his talk by telling reporters he hoped they would grow in their knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the reality of the church. I entrust you to the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, star of the new evangelization.

18 18 BY FRANCIS X. ROCCA CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE BY CAROL GLATZ CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE Pope Francis style of breaking away from his security detail and diving toward the crowds means his protectors have had to do a quick rewrite of strategy, sometimes on the spot. Concern and urgency were visibly etched on the face of the head of the Vatican police, Domenico Giani, after the pope celebrated Mass in the Vatican s Church of St. Anne March 17. Giani swiftly shouted out fresh commands for undercover guards and police to regroup as Pope Francis made a beeline IN OUR WORLD Pope Francis had been pope for less than six days when he was formally installed March 19, but he had already made a distinctive and overwhelmingly favorable impression on the world. That is an especially remarkable accomplishment given that, until his election, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio had been practically unknown to the public outside his native Argentina. His abrupt change in style from the previous ponti cate has overwhelmingly charmed the press and the public. But among the hierarchy, off-therecord sentiments seem to be more mixed: admiration at the ease with which Pope Francis has assumed his new role, alongside doubts that he can or should keep up such an unconventional approach for long. The new pope made an immediate impact with his extraordinary gestures of humility: bowing and asking the crowd s blessing on election night, paying his own hotel bill and eschewing papal regalia such as red shoes and a gold pectoral cross; and with his displays of spontaneity, such as straying from prepared texts and stopping to greet the crowd on a Rome street. Especially within the Vatican, there are surely many who inwardly regret the clear signs that informality will be the rule in this pontificate. After all, honors and decorations are among the few worldly rewards legitimately available to those in the hierarchy. More importantly, anyone who understands the signi cance of appearances in Italian and thus in Vatican culture understands that Pope Francis changes indicate a threat to something more vital than vanity. Of the widely acknowledged priorities among the cardinal electors in the run-up to the conclave that chose Pope Francis, none was more prominent than the need to reform the Roman Curia, the church s central administration. Sensational leaks to the press in 2012 documented corruption and mismanagement inside the Vatican, and in a speech during the cardinals pre-conclave meetings, then-cardinal Bergoglio himself is reported to have denounced the practice of ecclesiastical careerism. If the cardinals chose Pope Francis in part to play the role of curial reformer, they ignored a common argument that an Italian would be best prepared to deal with that largely dysfunctional culture. But as he reminded the crowd attending his rst Angelus March 17, the new pope is of Italian origin. Though Argentina is a Spanish-speaking country, in other respects its culture owes as much to Italy as to any other European country. At least in terms of his heritage, Pope Francis is obviously better prepared to understand and oversee his new collaborators toward a large cheering crowd pressing against a barricade outside the entrance into Vatican City. This came after the pope personally greeted, often hugging, each of the approximately 200 members of the congregation right after Mass. The pope has preferred to walk short distances within than his Polish and German predecessors were. As pastor of the universal church, a pope must consider how his gestures, statements and decisions will be received by the widest possible audience. Pope Francis shows of humility and accessibility plainly underscore his avowed desire that the church be close to the poorest and least powerful, a message Vatican City instead of taking a waiting sedan and has also eschewed a multi-car security escort for longer trips, preferring just one vehicle to get him to his destination. He had no qualms about stopping the open-air popemobile midride March 20 to climb out, kiss and bless a disabled adult in the throng. The new papal approach is perfectly ne; it s his way of doing things, Cpl. Urs Breitenmoser of the Swiss Guard told Catholic News Service. We are worried if there is more contact with people, because that means there s a greater possibility something can happen, he said March 21. But we have to fully adapt ourselves to what the pope wants, he said, and security will in no way try to prevent or dissuade him from greeting people. The Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, told journalists the pope s security detail is able to smoothly switch gears and follow the pope s lead. It is because of their ability and intelligence that the papal guardians know how to adapt CATHOLIC SPIRIT Pope Francis has already displayed his own style POPE FRANCIS greets a boy after celebrating Mass at St. Anne Parish within the Vatican March 17. (CNS photo by Paul Haring) Vatican security rethinks strategy to protect new pope POPE FRANCIS kisses a disabled man after spotting him in the crowd and having his popemobile stop as he rode through St. Peter s Square March 19 ahead of his inaugural Mass at the Vatican. (CNS photo/l Osservatore Romano) he reinforced explicitly in the homily at his installation Mass. To a more restricted and disproportionately powerful group of spectators, the new pope s departures from Vatican protocol also send another, no less revolutionary message: that he knows what he thinks is right and will not hesitate to defy precedent or the instructions of others to act accordingly. and be flexible according to the pope s manifest wishes and intentions, he said March 18. The 110 Swiss Guards main duties are protecting the pope and his residence while the Vatican s own police force, the gendarme corps, is responsible for crowd control, traf c within the Vatican and other duties within the walls of Vatican City. Together, the hundreds of people who guard the pope and the Vatican have tried to strike a delicate balance between providing tight professional security and a reasonable amount of access to the public. Pope Pius XII began the practice of having audiences outside among the general public, Breitenmoser said. Since then, the men guarding the pope, both in uniform and undercover, have had to develop a system that s worked for years of being able to provide discreet yet diligent protection, he said. It s wonderful to be able to experience up close the pope meeting and interacting with the people even though it makes us a little nervous, which is normal, he said.

19 April 2013 GOOD NEWS 19 Austinite recounts blessings of trip to Rome BY ANA-CRISTINA GONZÁLEZ GUEST COLUMNIST What began as a trip with a group of friends, quickly turned into the trip of a lifetime that was lled with too many blessings to count! Our trip planning began in August 2011 when a group of us met for Mass and then lunch in the Sacred Heart Parish youth house in Hallettsville. We drove from Austin, Round Rock and Houston to visit. We ve been friends for more than a decade, since our college days at the University of Texas in Austin. We ve grown up together witnessed each other s conversions, ordinations, weddings, baptisms of children, deaths of parents, job changes, health scares we ve walked through it all together. Though we are miles apart, we try to get together at least once a year. That afternoon in the midst of fried chicken, kolaches, laughter and good conversation, we dreamed of taking a trip to Rome. Let s do this, someone challenged. The group laughed and said there was no way we could coordinate so many calendars. However, I knew that if the priests (Father Tommy Chen associate pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Hallettsville in the Diocese of Victoria and Father Jonathan Raia, associate pastor of St. William Parish in Round Rock) could narrow down a date, the rest would be easy. That day the priests narrowed down two weeks in March 2013 in which we would be able to travel to Rome. The rest was simple: we met again to solidify dates and our itinerary in May 2012, booked plane tickets in December 2012, reserved the hotel in Assisi and apartment in Rome in January 2013, and settled on all that we wanted to accomplish while we were there. Ten people committed to going on the trip and we were so excited until Feb. 11 when Pope Benedict XVI announced he would resign effective Feb. 28. I was so upset who goes to Rome when there is no Pope? Little did I know what was in store for us! We arrived in Rome on March 5 and headed straight to Assisi by train. When we arrived, we commented on how beautiful and peaceful it felt. After more than 14 hours of traveling, we needed peaceful. We stayed in Assisi for two days; we celebrated Mass and explored. We walked from church to church, basilica to basilica, trying to take in all the history and beauty. Stops were made for delicious food, shopping, and of course, gelato. All too soon, we found ourselves back on the train to Rome. Rome is not so peaceful! It is loud, busy, full of activity and exciting. There was a de nite buzz in the air as the conclave of cardinals prepared to meet. We toured the beautiful basilicas, churches and fountains; we connected with Austin friends who were in Rome. One night we had dinner with Msgr. David Jaeger, who worked in Austin for several years and now serves on the Roma Rota. We also visited with Sean DeWitt and Greg Gerhart, diocesan seminarians who are studying at the North American College. Father Jonathan and Father Tommy also met Father Mark Mary from EWTN s Life on the Rock. They concelebrated our daily Mass at the tomb of Blessed John Paul II. The blessings and treats we received during this trip were amazing, but the best was yet to come! Our last day in Rome was March 13. Our group split into two. I was in the group who went to Mass at St. Peter s Basilica. My goal was to be as close to the square as possible throughout the day, so I could see smoke coming from the chimney. After Mass we enjoyed a leisurely breakfast with many cups of coffee. We talked for AFTER MUCH PLANNING, the group of 10 long-time friends traveled to Italy for what turned out to be an experience they will never forget. (Photo courtesy Ana-Cristina González) ANA- CRISTINA GONZÁLEZ, an Austin Catholic, and her friends were in St. Peter s Square when the new pope was announced on March 13. She recounts their trip in this personal re ection. (Photo courtesy Ana-Cristina González) hours about the front runners for pope, which led to another discussion about the type of leader the church needed, which led to issues facing the church today. Soon we realized we needed to get to the square to see the outcome of the rst vote of the day. As we were walking out, we saw large crowds leaving the square, which meant we had missed the smoke. But, it was black smoke, so we weren t too disappointed. After lunch, two friends and I decided we were going to be at St. Peter s Square for the vote that evening no matter what. Our plan was to hang out at the Piazza Navona until it was time to return to St. Peter s. We passed the time by shopping and drinking more coffee. At 4:30 p.m., we walked back to St. Peter s. Throughout the trip we could feel this buzz of excitement and expectation, but that day was different. We got through security relatively easy and made our way to a spot where the chimney was in full view. All around the square big screens were set up, all eyes were on that chimney. The weather in Rome that day was especially wet. It had rained every day we were there, but that day we had no relief from it. The rain slowed some, but never stopped. And it was cold. By the time we reached the square, we were drenched. But there we stood, wet and staring at the chimney. About an hour and a half later, we were getting discouraged by the rain and long delay, so we decided to move towards one of the screens and I was going to sneak out to the restroom. We decided on a meeting place, and I rushed to a café. As I was walking See POPE on next page

20 20 GOOD NEWS CATHOLIC SPIRIT Group of friends nd themselves front and center at papal election POPE Continued from Page 19 back, the guards would not let me in the way I exited and were pointing me all the way back to the top of the square. I was nervous because there was no way I would nd my friends if I had to go all the way around. It was at that moment that I heard the crowd gasp. Smoke was coming out! At rst it looked black, and there were sighs of discouragement, but they quickly turned to loud cheers, when we realized the smoke was white. Then the bells began to ring, oh the beautiful bells, that let us know we had a pope. I was still outside the barriers at this point, but my guardian angel, in the form of a rebellious man, jumped the barricade and I followed. I found my friend Tina standing in front of the screen, tears streaming down her face smiling. Habemus Papam! Our other friend, Renato, found us and we began running toward the front of the square. We were near the front left side immediately in front of the statue of St. Peter. Our focus shifted from staring at the chimney, to staring at the balcony waiting for our new pope. The Swiss Guards marched out followed by two marching bands. Then we began to see curtains shuf e. The crowd cheered, but nothing. Lights began to turn on, still nothing. Then the curtains began to move more and the door opened. Cardinal Tauran announced what we had been waiting hours (and days) to hear, Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Habemus Papam. The crowd went crazy, but quieted quickly to hear the name. All we could catch was Bergoglio and the name Francesco. Standing nearby were a group of young Franciscan seminarians that immediately erupted into cheers and began jumping up and down chanting Francesco! Francesco! I began asking, Is he Italian? That s an Italian last name. Someone nearby answered saying he was from South America and then another person said he was from Buenos Aires. I could hardly believe that the church now had its rst pope from the Americas! A few moments later, Pope Francis walked onto the balcony. He stopped to look out at us for a while before he said anything. I ve read many opinions St. Louis Early Childhood Development Center on how he looked or why he did that, but it felt to me that he was taking it all in. I didn t see fear, I didn t see timidity; I saw a man (perhaps with a little shyness); I saw our shepherd looking at his ock. And then his rst words, Buona Sera. The crowd erupted with cheers again. A few moments later, Pope Francis walked onto the balcony. He stopped to look out at us for a while... it felt to me that he was taking it all in. I didn t see fear, I didn t see timidity; I saw a man (perhaps with a little shyness); I saw our shepherd looking at his ock. As he continued to speak, the crowd hung on his every word. I don t speak Italian, but I speak Spanish, which helped me understand most of what he said. It was so powerful to hear such a big crowd praying together for Benedict XVI by reciting the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be. Pope Francis talked about the journey of love and trust we are taking together with him. People would cheer sporadically during his speech, but when he asked for us to pray for him, silence immediately fell over the crowd. More than 100,000 people were in the square that day and it was one of the most intense, powerful, moments of prayer that I have ever experienced. Heads were bowed, hands were raised, and all were silent. Amazing doesn t even begin to describe it! Pope Francis then bestowed his rst papal blessing on all of those present, watching on television, and listening on the radio. In that moment, I began to grasp the idea of the universal church. We were connected, no matter if we were in St. Peter s Square, at home 3,000 miles away, listening on the radio, or watching on television. 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