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Krakow’s
cardinal
tours South
Florida
Former secretary to Blessed
John Paul II recalls pope’s trip
to Miami, his legacy to the
world
Key West church now
a minor basilica
Vatican grants honor
to St. Mary Star of the
Sea, oldest church in
archdiocese, second oldest
in state
ANA RODRIGUEZ-SOTO
Florida Catholic staff
TOM TRACY
Florida Catholic correspondent
POMPANO BEACH | The last time he visited Miami was as personal secretary to Blessed John Paul
II — during the latter’s 1987 visit to the United States,
one of 104 trips outside of Italy that he made with the
late pope.
Last week, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow, Poland, since 2005, came to Miami
as a pilgrim visitor to South Florida, where he met
Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski and the regional
Church.
As the hemisphere readies for yet another papal
visit — that of Pope Benedict XVI to Mexico and
Cuba — the cardinal celebrated Mass in three archdiocesan churches, including the Polish mission in
Pompano Beach and with the local Cuban community at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Charity in
Miami.
Traveling with several Polish priests and presenting well-wishers with a Blessed John Paul II prayer
card and relic, Cardinal Dziwisz talked about his
work as a kind of keeper and promoter of Blessed John
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Cardinal
Stanislaw
Dziwisz,
left, greets
retired
Auxiliary
Bishop
Agustin
Roman,
center,
and Father
Juan Rumin
Dominguez,
rector, upon
his arrival at
the National
Shrine of
Our Lady
of Charity
on Biscayne
Bay. (TOM
TRACY | FC)
MIAMI | St. Mary Star of the Sea, the
oldest Catholic church in South Florida
and the second oldest in the state, is now
the first basilica in the Archdiocese of Miami.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski conveyed
the “news from Rome” to parishioners of
the Key West landmark via a video played
at all the Masses the weekend of Feb. 1112. The official designation ceremony will
take place May 31, the feast of the Visitation.
“Last year, I made the request for this
honor through the Holy See’s Congregation for the Divine Worship and Discipline
of the Sacraments and, at that time, I submitted the necessary documentation as to
why St. Mary Star of the Sea was worthy of
consideration,” Archbishop Wenski said
in the video. “This beautiful and historic
church (established in 1846) becomes the
first minor basilica in the archdiocese and
only the fifth in the state of Florida.”
The archbishop noted that its status as
a minor basilica now makes St. Mary Star
of the Sea “the pope’s ‘parish church’ here
in the archdiocese,” and as such ”should
link all Catholics here in South Florida
most closely to the person of the Holy Father.”
“Basilica” is a title of honor bestowed
on a church of historical and spiritual
importance by the Holy Father. Churches
honored with the title basilica belong to
two classes — major and minor. There
are four major basilicas in Rome (St. Peter’s, St. John Lateran, St. Mary Major and
St. Paul Outside the Walls) and 72 minor
basilicas in the United States, in addition
to more than 1,500 other minor basilicas
throughout the world.
St. Michael the Archangel Church in
the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee —
the oldest parish in Florida — became
Florida’s fourth minor basilica this January. The other three are the Cathedral Basilica in St. Augustine, Basilica of St. Paul
the Apostle in Daytona Beach, and the
St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Key West (FILE PHOTO)
Basilica of the National Shrine of Mary,
Queen of the Universe, in Orlando.
“This designation is ultimately the
consequence of your faith in Jesus Christ
and the faith of those who have been here
before us,” said Father John Baker, pastor,
in his homily to parishioners the weekend
the church’s new status was announced.
Father Baker’s new title is rector of the
minor basilica of St. Mary Star of the Sea.
He became St. Mary’s pastor in 2007 and
said he noticed immediately a certain
“good energy” or “karma” of holiness
around the historic parish. “But what is
the name for it?” he asked.
He said Archbishop Wenski, the first
native son to be named a bishop in Florida, captured it precisely when he began
working, two months into his tenure as
archbishop of Miami, on securing for the
church the status of minor basilica, “the
ecclesial word which describes precisely
what you, and I and he sense and perceive
at St. Mary Star of the Sea,” Father Baker
told his parishioners. “It is faith enfleshed
in love which gives hope to others.”
To be named a minor basilica, a church
has to demonstrate that it deserves the
rank, both in terms of its historical significance, its architectural uniqueness and
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Polish cardinal
visits Cuban shrine
TOM TRACY
Florida Catholic correspondent
MIAMI | Pope John Paul II was
mindful of his prayerful struggles
against atheistic Nazism and
communism in Eastern Europe
as he undertook his historic 1998
visit to Cuba, according to the
pope’s former priest secretary.
“Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was
proclaiming the Gospel in spite
of this (communist) system; he
was defending the dignity of each
person who was created in the image and resemblance of God,” said
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow, Poland, who
celebrated Mass and visited with
the Cuban-American community
at the National Shrine of Our Lady
of Charity Feb. 5, during a visit to
the South Florida region.
Accompanied by Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski and retired Auxiliary Bishop August Roman, a native of Cuba, Cardinal
Dziwisz discussed some of the
context of the late pope’s visit to
Cuba and his legacy overall. The
papal trips to Cuba have been a
source of lively discussion among
Cuban exiles in South Florida as
they await Pope Benedict XVI’s
first papal visit to Mexico and
Cuba, set for late March.
The Archdiocese of Miami is
planning a pilgrimage to Cuba to
participate in the papal Masses in
Santiago and Havana March 26
and 28. (The application period
to go on the pilgrimage ended
Feb. 3. About 310 people — approximately two planeloads —
have registered to go. For up-tothe-minute updates, go to www.
miamiarch.org.)
In going to Cuba, Blessed John
Paul II was primarily demanding
religious freedom for the people,
“which is not a privilege granted
by the government, but a natural
law of every human being,” the
cardinal said, adding that the
subsequent opening of Cuba to
international religious congregations and missionaries was a
measure of the pope’s intervention in Cuba.
“During his historic trip to
Cuba, this was the most important message to this beautiful
island, which is so dear to all of
you and which continued to occupy a special place in his heart,
for it had shared the same cruel
experiences as his native Poland
under communist domination,”
the cardinal said.
The cardinal celebrated Mass
in Spanish at the shrine and
presented a framed portrait of
Bella-Italia
Blessed John Paul II to the rector,
Father Juan Rumin Dominguez.
Our Lady of Charity is the patroness of Cuba and the Pope Benedict’s visit coincides with the
400th anniversary of the finding
of her image on the Bay of Nipe.
“My dear friends of Cuban descent, John Paul II could repeat
after St. Paul: ‘I have become all
things to all people so that by
all possible means I might save
some,’” the cardinal said. “In this
context, how could we not recall
today the apostolic journey of the
Holy Father to your homeland, to
Cuba, in January 1998. The Holy
Father undertook this journey directed by love to the entire Cuban
nation, trying at the same time
to give support to the Church in
Cuba and its mission in proclamation of the good news and to
strengthen your brothers and
sisters in the faith and hope. Only
God knows all the fruits of this
historic visit.”
On hand for the cardinal’s visit
to the shrine was Hugo Fernandez,
a member of the Guild of Our Lady
of Charity and financial supporter
since 1996. He said the shrine is a
place where Cuban exiles — both
practicing and non-practicing
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Cardinal
Stanislaw
Dziwisz
presents a
painting of
Blessed John
Paul II to the
people of
St. Patrick
Parish,
Miami
Beach. It
was a gift he
presented at
every stop
of his South
Florida
visit. (TOM
TRACY | FC)
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Paul’s legacy. He has said he knew
he was living and working next to a
saint — even before Cardinal Karol
Wojtyla’s election as pope in 1978.
“I am trying to be a curator of
his remembrance and heritage,”
he told members of St. Patrick
Parish in Miami Beach on Feb. 4.
“We would like to preserve for the
future generations the legacy of
the person who contributed significantly to the fall of the godless
communist system, the system
which dominated millions of people in many countries, especially
in Eastern and Central Europe.” Cardinal Dziwisz added that
he has been inviting Catholics
around the world to help preserve
and “creatively cultivate the great
spiritual and intellectual heritage
of John Paul II” through construction of the John Paul II Center in
Krakow. He said the center is being
named “Do not be afraid!” While in Florida, Cardinal Dziwisz was guest of honor at the annual Polonaise Ball hosted by the
Miami-based American Institute
of Polish Culture. Proceeds from
the ball will support the John Paul
II Foundation, a Rome-based charity started by the pope himself in
1981. Its goal is to give scholarships
to students from Eastern European
countries that were once part of
the Soviet Union.
Calling Miami a “beautiful, fascinating city,” the cardinal said he
remembered Blessed John Paul’s
outdoor Mass on Sept. 11, 1987, at
Tamiami Park, and how it was unfortunately rained out by a sudden
thunderstorm. He also remembered the Holy Father’s visit to the
Cathedral of St. Mary in Miami.
In each of his stops around South
Florida, the cardinal presented the
local parish with a framed portrait
of Blessed John Paul II. He also gave
media interviews to TV and press
reporters eager to talk about the
upcoming papal trip to Cuba and
about John Paul II’s legacy.
“My life adventure with John
Paul II did not end at the day of
his blessed death, just as his pres-
ence and role in the life of today’s
Church have never ended,” the
cardinal said.
After celebrating a Sunday
morning Mass at Our Lady of
Czestochowa Polish Mission in
Pompano Beach, the cardinal was
greeted by Polish-speaking members of the mission, some of whom
said they remembered him from
his days as a priest back in Poland.
The local Polish community said
they had been preparing several
months for the visit.
Some parishioners asked the
cardinal to autograph copies of his
book about his years with the pope,
“A Life with Karol.” Others dressed
in Poland’s regional clothing, including Danuta Walach, a resident
of Pompano Beach and former
principal of the Polish Saturday
school at the mission.
“I am from Raba, Poland, Cardinal Dziwisz’s town, and I was very
proud to be confirmed by Cardinal Wojtyla,” Walach said, after
she briefly sang a Polish folk song
for Cardinal Dziwisz as he made
his way out of the church to have
breakfast at the rectory nearby.
“For me, personally, he is a highlander and he was right hand to the
pope,” Walach said of the cardinal.
“I will remember this day mostly
because Cardinal Dziwisz and
Archbishop Wenski were using our
mother tongue.”
The cardinal’s visit represents
the greatest day in the 50-year history of Our Lady of Czestochowa
Polish Mission, according to Jerzy
Vogdziewicz, president of the financial council at the mission and
vice president of the Polish-American Congress in Florida.
He said the cardinal’s comments recalled Blessed John Paul’s
invitation to everyone to practice
sanctity in daily life. “He said everybody can be a saint during the
day, during work, in your family
life and with others,” Vogdziewicz
said. “We will definitely make
some initiative here for the Blessed
John Paul II center in Krakow.”
Cardinal Dziwisz also visited
the National Shrine of Our Lady
of Charity to talk with the CubanAmerican community, and he celebrated Mass with Catholics at St.
Edward Parish in Palm Beach. n
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Parish hosts
workshop on
human trafficking
St. Rose of Lima Parish in Miami
Shores will host a conference March
25, 9 a.m.-noon, on human trafficking, the modern name for slavery.
“Not for Sale: Help Stop Human
Trafficking and Slavery,” will feature
talks by two experts on the subject:
Roza Pati, associate professor of law,
executive director of the graduate
program in Intercultural Human
Rights and director of the Human
Trafficking Academy at St. Thomas
University; and Tonja Marshall of
the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security. They will touch upon the
various facets of this tragedy and
how it affects people here in South
Florida. The event will take place at
St. Rose of Lima’s auditorium, 415
N.E. 105 St., Miami Shores. For information, call 305-215-8622.
Blessing to kick off
‘40 Days for Life’
The Archdiocese of Miami will
participate this year in 40 Days for
Life, a national campaign timed to
coincide with Lent that calls for 40
days of peaceful, prayerful witness
in front of abortion facilities. The Respect Life Ministry is coordinating
groups from parishes and lay move-
BISCAYNE COLLEGE
ments throughout the archdiocese
to witness daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
outside the facilities of two abortion
providers, one in Miami-Dade and
the other in Broward: Planned Parenthood, 263 N. University Drive,
Pembroke Pines, and A Choice for
Women, 6660 S.W. 117 Ave., Miami.
Archbishop Thomas Wenski will
mark the start of the 40 days Thursday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m., by blessing the
grounds of the future home of Our
Lady of Hope Expectant, a new respect life office located on the south
side of St. Thomas University and
the Marian Center, 15701 N.W. 37
Ave., Opa Locka. The public is invited to take part in this blessing and
in the 40 Days for Life campaign.
For information, call 954-981-2922
or visit www.40daysforlife.com/
miami.
The SouthEast Pastoral Institute
(SEPI) is now accepting applications
for its annual Immersion in Spanish
Language and Culture course, to be
held June 3-21 at SEPI, 7700 S.W. 56
St., Miami. This three-week course
allows participants to learn Spanish
in a pastoral context. It is especially
designed for priests, religious, laity
and anyone interested in Hispanic
people and Hispanic ministry. Immersion in environment and daily
life situations, classes, cultural experiences and presentations allow
students to reach a good level of
communication and better understanding of the culture. For information, call 305-279-2333.
facet of Schott Communities since
it opened in 1986. She has been a
teacher, organizer, interpreter, extraordinary minister of holy Communion, and pastoral care giver.
Sister Conleth
Convocation set for Brannan: Schott
catechetical leaders ‘hero’ for 2012
The archdiocesan Office of Catechesis invites all those who direct
or coordinate religious education in
their parishes to a day of dialogue
on the essential tasks of catechesis.
The day will take place Thursday,
Feb. 23, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., at St. Martha Parish hall, 9221 Biscayne Blvd.,
Miami Shores. “Through these conversations, we hope to identify the
essentials of catechesis directed toward children and teens in Miami,”
said Peter Ductram, director of the
Office of Catechesis. For more information, call 305-762-1107.
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who are Deaf and/or Disabled will
host its 2012 “Heroes Tribute” Friday, March 16, at St. Bonaventure
Parish hall in Davie. This year’s
honoree is Sister Conleth Brannan, a Sister of St. Joseph who cofounded Schott Communities. This
annual fundraising event is an opportunity for the public to support
Schott’s mission while also honoring people who make a difference
in the disabled community. Sister
Brannan has been active in every
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Tickets are $50 per person and ads in
the event program also start at $50.
For information and tickets, email
kdrumheller@schottcommunities.
org or call 954-434-3306.
LENTEN AND TRIDUUM REGULATIONS
These are the 2012 Lenten
and triduum regulations issued
by the Office of Worship of the
Archdiocese of Miami.
FAST AND ABSTINENCE
The holy season of Lent begins on Ash
Wednesday, Feb. 22. Both Ash Wednesday
and Good Friday, April 6, are days of
abstinence from meat for all who are 14
years and older.
They are also days of fast (one full meal
and two small meals, with nothing eaten
between the meals) for adults from 21 to
59 years of age.
All Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence from meat for those 14 years and
older.
EASTER VIGIL
Holy Saturday is celebrated on April 7
this year. The entire Easter Vigil celebration
should begin after nightfall and end before
the dawn of Easter Sunday. This rule is to
be strictly observed in order to manifest
the full meaning of the rites. The Easter
Vigil is not to be celebrated at the time of
the day that is customary to anticipated
Sunday Masses.
LITURGICAL NOTES
the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy
Thursday. The Easter triduum is celebrated
from Holy Thursday evening until evening
prayer on Easter Sunday. “Alleluia” is
not said or sung from the beginning of
Lent until the Easter Vigil, nor is the “Te
Deum” sung at or on Sundays of Lent
During Lent the altar should not be
decorated with flowers, and musical
instruments should be used to support
the community singing while respecting the need for silence and reflection
during other moments in the liturgy. On
the fourth Sunday of Lent (“Laetare”)
and on solemnities and feasts, musical
instruments may be played and the altar
decorated with flowers.
If marriages take place in Lent, couples
are to be reminded that wedding plans
should respect the special nature of this
liturgical season in their simplicity.
It is recommended that during the
Lenten season parishes should provide
penitential celebrations that allow for the
faithful to celebrate the mystery of forgiveness. These celebrations should take place
before the Easter triduum, and should not
immediately precede the evening Mass of
the Lord’s Supper. Where there is genuine
pastoral need, the sacrament of penance
may be celebrated on Good Friday and
Holy Saturday.
Lent runs from Ash Wednesday until
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The contraceptive mandate im- tion of diseases like breast cancer,
posed on health plans by the De- sexually transmitted diseases and
partment of Health and
gestational diabetes, it
Human Services (HHS)
would be unobjectionable.
violates freedom of conHowever, pregnancy is not
science, which is guarana disease; nor is fertility
teed by the First Amendpathology. Yet, HHS took it
ment and several federal
upon itself to include sterlaws. To force all of us to
ilizations, contraceptives
buy coverage for sterilizaand abortion-inducing
tion and contraceptives,
drugs without providing
FROM THE
including drugs that ina real conscience exempARCHBISHOP
duce abortion, is a radical
tion.
incursion into freedom of
Even states with similar
Thomas
conscience.
mandates have a broader
Wenski
HHS created this manconscience exemption, or
date after Congress asked
at least allow employers
it to develop a list of services all to self-insure or to choose a plan
health plans should provide with- without prescription drug coverage
out co-pay. Had such a mandate if they have a conscientious objecconcerned itself with the preven- tion to underwriting abortion, con-
OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS
Archbishop Thomas Wenski has made
the following appointments:
Effective Aug. 13, 2011:
Father Alfred Cioffi — assistant
professor of science, St. Thomas University,
Miami, in residence, Immaculate Conception Parish, Hialeah.
Effective Sept. 26, 2011:
Father J. Sterling Laurent — archdiocesan chaplain, Mercy Hospital, Miami.
Effective Oct. 1, 2011:
Father Jorge I. Puerta — parochial vicar, Mary Help of Christians Parish,
Parkland.
Effective Oct. 15, 2011:
Father Ethel Iwu Ifeanyi — priestly
ministry at Catholic Health Services.
Effective Nov. 1, 2011:
Father Fritzner Bellonce — assistant chaplain, Haitian Charismatic
Renewal Movement, Broward County.
Father Reginald Jean-Mary —
chaplain moderator, Haitian Charismatic
Renewal Movement.
Effective Dec. 1, 2011:
Father Enrique Estrada — administrator, St. Raymond Parish, Miami.
Father Luis García — parochial vicar,
St. Coleman Parish, Pompano Beach.
Effective Dec. 17, 2011:
Deacon José Villena — permanent
deacon to St. Louis Parish, Pinecrest.
Deacon Timothy Smith — permanent deacon to Nativity Parish, Hollywood.
Deacon Antonio Perez-Noy —
permanent deacon to St. Raymond Parish,
Miami.
Deacon Valentine Onuigbo —
permanent deacon to Holy Family Parish,
North Miami.
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Deacon Gregory McLaughlin —
permanent deacon to St. John the Baptist
Parish, Fort Lauderdale.
Deacon George Labelle — permanent deacon to St. Louis Parish, Pinecrest.
Deacon Guillermo Dutra — permanent deacon to Good Shepherd Parish,
Miami.
Deacon Ernesto Del Riego —
permanent deacon to St. Agatha Parish,
Miami.
Deacon Carlos Charur — permanent deacon to St. John Bosco Parish,
Miami.
Deacon José Alemán — permanent
deacon to Blessed Trinity Parish, Miami
Springs.
Effective Dec. 18, 2011:
Father Emanuele De Nigris — pastor, St. Cecilia Parish, Hialeah, and rector
of Redemptoris Mater Seminary, Hialeah
(effective Dec. 1, 2011).
Father Antonio José Vicente — parochial vicar at St. Cecilia Parish, Hialeah.
Effective Jan. 1:
Father Parker Matthew Ogboe —
director of pastoral care for the Central
Campus of Catholic Health Services, Villa
Maria Nursing Center and St. Catherine’s
Rehabilitation Hospital.
Effective Jan. 7:
Father Pedro Corces — pastor, St.
Rose of Lima, Miami Shores.
Effective Jan. 30:
Father Piotr M. Paciorek —
parochial vicar, Little Flower Parish, Coral
Gables.
Effective Feb. 1:
Msgr. Michael Souckar — parochial
vicar, St. John Neumann Parish, Miami.
TAKE ACTION NOW
The bishops of the United States are
asking Catholics to make their voices
heard in Congress regarding the threat to
religious liberty and rights of conscience
inherent in the birth control mandate
imposed by the Department of Health and
Human Services.
The bishops are asking Catholic voters
to urge their representatives to support
the Respect for Rights of Conscience Act
which already has been introduced in
Congress (H.R. 1179, S. 1467). This measure will ensure that those who participate
traceptives and sterilization. This
mandate forces virtually all insurance plans to offer such services.
Everyone deserves access to basic life-affirming health care, and
health care reform is supposed to
serve that goal. The effect of this
mandate is just the opposite, as it
pressures organizations to drop
their health coverage for employees
and others altogether if they have a
moral or religious objection to these
particular items.
In an important decision upholding religious freedom, the Supreme
Court recently ruled unanimously
in Hosanna-Tabor against the
Obama administration’s attempt
to limit “ministerial exemption”
which protects religious institu-
in the health care system “retain the right
to provide, purchase, or enroll in health
coverage that is consistent with their
religious beliefs and moral convictions.”
To inform yourself more about this
issue, or find and contact your Congressional representatives, go to the home page
of www.miamiarch.org and click on the
“Protect Religious Freedom” banner. You
can also go to the website of the Florida
Catholic Conference, http://tinyurl.com/
fccreligiousfreedom or the U.S. bishops,
http://tinyurl.com/usccbreligiousfreedom.
tions from the government interfering on whom they hire. In spite of
this, the administration shows itself
tone deaf not only to the reasoned
deliberations of the Court’s justices,
but also to the thousands of citizens
who submitted comments prior to
the issuance of this mandate.
Never before in U.S. history has
the federal government forced citizens to directly purchase what violates their beliefs. If the administration will not rescind this violation
of the First Amendment, Congress
must do so. As Thomas Jefferson
wrote in 1809: “No provision in our
Constitution ought to be dearer to
man than that which protects the
rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil authority.” n
Tener que pagar por
anticonceptivos viola la
libertad de conciencia
La obligatoriedad de incluir los
anticonceptivos, impuesta a los
planes de salud por el Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos
(HHS), viola la libertad de conciencia, que está garantizada por la Primera Enmienda y varias leyes federales. Obligarnos a todos a adquirir
cobertura para la esterilización y el
uso de anticonceptivos, incluyendo medicamentos que inducen el
aborto, es una incursión radical en
la libertad de conciencia.
El HHS creó esta obligatoriedad
después que el Congreso le pidió
que elaborara una lista de los servicios que todos los planes de salud
deben proporcionar sin co-pago. Si
dicha obligatoriedad se hubiera referido a la prevención de enfermedades como el cáncer de seno, las
enfermedades de transmisión sexual y la diabetes gestacional, sería
inobjetable. Pero el embarazo no es
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honoring six women religious working in the
Archdiocese of Miami who are celebrating 25
and 50 years of religious profession.
Those marking anniversaries were: 50
years: Sister Linda Bevilacqua of the Dominicans of Adrian, Mich., president of Barry University in Miami Shores; Sister Mary
Elizabeth Barbosa of the Carmelite Sisters
of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles,
vice-principal of development at Archbishop
Coleman Carroll High School in Kendall; Sister Lucy Cardet, Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, an academic advisor for working adult
students at Barry University; Sister Rosemary Sabino, Sisters of Mercy, secretary of
the board of directors of Catholic Legal Services in the Archdiocese of Miami; and Sister
Christine Elizabeth Tenn, Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, a chaplain at Mercy Hospital
in Miami.
Marking 25 years of religious profession
was: Sister Yolanda Tostado, Siervas de Jesus
de la Caridad (Servants of Jesus of Charity),
who currently works in pastoral care at St.
Catherine’s Rehabilitation Hospital in Miami.
To read about the celebration, go to the
archdiocesan website, www.miamiarch.org.
Carmelite Sister Mary Elizabeth Barbosa, who is celebrating
her golden anniversary in religious life, reaches out to offer
a sign of peace to fellow golden jubilarian Sister Christine
Elizabeth Tenn, a Franciscan Sister of Allegany. (PHOTOS
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Jubilarians
Sister Mary
Elizabeth
Barbosa of
the Carmelites
of the Most
Sacred Heart
(50 years),
Sister Yolanda
Tostado of
the Servants
of Jesus of
Charity (25
years), Sister
Lucy Cardet
and Sister
Christine
Elizabeth
Tenn, both of
the Franciscans
of Allegany,
pray the "Our
Father."
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siones de contratación. A pesar de
ello, la Administración se muestra
sorda, no sólo a las deliberaciones
razonadas de los magistrados de la
Corte, sino también a los miles de
ciudadanos que presentaron sus
observaciones antes de la emisión
de esta obligatoriedad.
Nunca antes en la historia de los
Estados Unidos, el gobierno federal
había obligado a los ciudadanos a
comprar directamente lo que viola
sus creencias. Si la Administración
no anula esta violación de la Primera Enmienda, el Congreso debe hacerlo. Como Thomas Jefferson escribió en 1809: “Nada de lo dispuesto en nuestra Constitución debe ser
más querido para el hombre, que
lo que protege los derechos de conciencia en contra de las acciones de
la autoridad civil”. n
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una enfermedad, ni la fertilidad es
una patología. Sin embargo, el HHS
se encargó de incluir la esterilización, los anticonceptivos y los medicamentos para inducir el aborto,
sin ofrecer una verdadera exención
de conciencia.
Incluso los estados con obligatoriedades similares tienen una exención de conciencia más amplia, o al
menos permiten que los empleadores se autoaseguren o elijan un plan
sin cobertura de medicamentos
recetados, si tienen una objeción
de conciencia a la suscripción del
aborto, los anticonceptivos y la esterilización. Esta obligatoriedad fuerza prácticamente a todos los planes
de seguros a ofrecer tales servicios.
Todas las personas merecen acceso a una atención básica de salud
que afirme la vida, y se supone que
la reforma de la atención médica
debe servir a ese objetivo. El efecto de esta obligatoriedad es todo lo
contrario, ya que presiona a las organizaciones a que abandonen por
completo su plan de cobertura de
salud para los empleados y otros, si
tienen una objeción moral o religiosa a estos puntos en particular.
En una decisión muy importante
en defensa de la libertad religiosa, la
Corte Suprema dictaminó recientemente por unanimidad, en el caso
de Hosanna-Tabor contra el intento
del gobierno de Obama de limitar la
“dispensa ministerial” que protege
a las instituciones religiosas de que
el gobierno interfiera en sus deci-
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An ‘extraordinary’ Mass
Historic celebration at Epiphany highlights Church tradition, mystical aspect of worship
Florida Catholic staff
MIAMI | Extraordinary? That would be
an understatement.
The more than 1,200 people who came
to Epiphany Parish Feb. 2 to see Archbishop
Thomas Wenski celebrate a pontifical high
Mass in the extraordinary form of the Latin
rite experienced an event that has not taken
place in the state of Florida for at least 50
years, perhaps more.
“I celebrate (in the old Latin rite) every day,
but I’ve never seen a pontifical Mass from
the throne,” said Father Joseph Fishwick,
an archdiocesan priest who serves as chaplain at South Miami Hospital. He celebrates
a simpler, sung Mass in the extraordinary
form every Sunday at 9 a.m. at St. Francis and
St. Clare Mission in Miami.
Father Fishwick served as the crossbearer at the Mass — one of the nearly 75
priests and seminarians who took part in
the three-hour celebration. The Mass took
place on the feast of the Presentation of the
Lord and included a blessing of candles followed by a candlemas procession. The feast
of the Presentation — known as the Purification before the Second Vatican Council — is
celebrated 40 days after Christmas and also
known as the feast of lights.
“I was trained in these Masses,” said Msgr.
Jude O’Doherty, pastor of Epiphany Parish.
“This is very rare. Normally you wouldn’t
have the first hour and a half.”
He was referring to the initial part of the
Mass, which included both an entrance
procession and the candlemas procession
as well as several vestment changes by the
archbishop, all done in front of the congregation. For the first part of the Mass, the archbishop was seated on a large throne, or chair, that
was placed on the left side of the sanctuary,
below the altar. He entered the church wearing a long-trained cappa magna (literally a
“large cloak”) that belonged to Miami’s first
Msgr. Frederick Brice, who celebrates
Mass in the extraordinary form of the
Latin rite twice a month at St. Malachy
Parish in Tamarac, takes part in the
Mass.
Participants at the Mass kneel in front
of the altar in preparation for receiving
Communion.
archbishop, Coleman Carroll. A white simple miter, a cope (a simpler cloak) and a lace
alb that he changed into later also belonged
to Archbishop Carroll.
The Mass was completely sung in Latin.
The pontifical dalmatic (also worn by the
archbishop) and the fiddleback chasubles
worn by the attending priests were provided
by the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter, a clerical society dedicated to training and forming
priests in the celebration of the extraordinary
form of the Mass. Priests from the fraternity
helped to prepare and guide the celebration,
which involved two days of practice beforehand for all the priests and seminarians who
took part.
“I’ve offered the old Mass, but what we’re
going to experience tonight is so extraordinary and unique,” said Father Chris Marino,
Wearing the cappa magna (large cloak) that once belonged to Miami’s first archbishop, Coleman Carroll, Archbishop Thomas
Wenski enters Epiphany Church to celebrate a pontifical high Mass in the extraordinary form of the Latin rite. (PHOTOS BY
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pastor of St. Michael Parish in Miami. “Candlemas is very complicated,” and similar to
only two other celebrations in the extraordinary rite — Ash Wednesday and Palm Sunday.
“All involve many blessings and a procession which is penitential in its nature,” Father
Marino said.
He and Jesuit Father Christian Saenz of-
fered a mini workshop on the extraordinary
form of the Latin Mass just before the pontifical high Mass got under way. Aside from
explaining what people were about to see,
Father Marino said he highlighted the continuity between the pre-Vatican II Mass and
the post-Vatican II Mass which is formally
known as the ordinary form of the Latin
rite — “ordinary” because it is the one cel-
ebrated today in nearly every parish around
the world.
“A rupture did not take place in Vatican
II,” Father Marino said. “Vatican II was all
about continuity, bringing into modernity
the ancient faith of the Church.”
It is one of the things Pope Benedict XVI
has continually stressed, Father Marino added. The pope believes that there should be no
conflict between the ordinary and extraordinary forms of the Mass, but rather “mutual
enrichment.”
While the ordinary form of the Mass
stresses the need for people to take part in
the celebration and unite themselves to it
with more than just an interior posture, the
extraordinary form is a reminder of the mystical element of the Mass, characterized by
more solemnity, silence and reverence, Father Marino said.
Taking part in Mass requires not just understanding intellectually what one is doing,
but entering spiritually into that divine mystery and “allowing the beauty to wash us over
and raise us up,” he said.
That is exactly how Consuelo Bascuas of
Little Flower Parish in Coral Gables said she
experienced the pontifical high Mass. “It was
angelic, supernatural,” she said. “I think my
blood pressure went down.”
Bascuas grew up celebrating the “old”
Mass and said she still tries to go “to a Mass
that’s quiet on Sundays.” She especially praised the Gregorian
chant choir that sang during the celebration.
“The music was superb. Even in Rome, it’s
hard to find a choir like this one,” Bascuas
said.
That was music to the ears of choir director Jennifer Donelson, assistant professor
of music-piano at Nova Southeastern University and director of the women’s Scholae
Cantorum which also sings every Sunday at
the 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Masses at St.
Michael.
Donelson helped organize not only the
Mass but the three-day music conference
that accompanied it. The conference included a whole day of organ recitals Feb. 2
at Epiphany which brought together accomplished musicians from throughout the U.S.,
and a daylong presentation of academic papers Feb. 3 at Nova. The conference centered on Charles
Tournemire’s “L’Orgue Mystique,” five pieces
of which were written for candelmas. “We
wanted to see them in the intended setting,
which is the Mass,” Donelson said.
Two specially commissioned pieces by
modern composers also were played during
the Mass. “We’ve been working on this for
months,” Donelson noted. “It’s really a historic event in the state of Florida.”
She said her goal in organizing the conference was “to show people that learning to
pray with the tradition of the Church is one of
the most beautiful gifts we can receive.”
Sergio Rodicio of St. Michael Parish
brought along some members of the young
adult group as well as altar servers “so they
could see how easy they have it,” he joked.
Actually, he said, “they saw something
they’re not used to seeing, something extraordinary.” Sitting through the three hours, and realizing the amount of work and sacrifice involved, makes you realize that “the Mass is
not just about us. It’s for God,” Rodicio said. That was part of the “teaching moment”
provided by the historic celebration of this
Mass, Father Marino said.
“What’s happening tonight should give us
an indication of what should be happening
in our parishes every Sunday — the dignity,
the solemnity, the pageantry, if you will. But
it’s not about entertaining people, it’s about
worshipping God, along with the tradition
and continuity of the faith throughout the
ages.” n
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‘Lord God of hosts’
New words come
straight from
Bible, stress God’s
transcendence
our liturgy. As someone with prejudices against the Catholic faith,
he began visiting our churches for
Mass almost in a clandestine manner, and became enamored of our
liturgy because he appreciated its
deeply biblical resonance. This
is something about which many
Catholics are not so sensitive, unEighth in a series
fortunately, and this can only be
blamed on ignorance of the ScripMSGR. RICHARD ANTALL
tures.
Special to the Florida Catholic
It is to be hoped, however, that
the new translation of the Mass in
One of the oldest prayers of the English will help believers to learn
Mass is the Sanctus, or, as most more about the Bible and to ponder
American Catholics say, the “Holy its words and mysteries. The aim of
Holy Holy.” It is composed of two the new translation has been to renparts, the first of which is based on der the original Latin more literally.
the hymn Isaiah heard the angels This means in the great majority of
singing when he had a vision of God cases a more literal congruence to
in the Temple (Is 6:3); the second the words in sacred Scripture.
contains the greeting of the crowds
The rendering of the Sanctus that
when Jesus entered Jerusalem be- has changed had an interpretive
fore his passion (Mt 21:9). This latter translation of the Hebrew that Isacontains a citation of Psalm 118:25- iah heard chanted in his epiphany
26: “Hosanna. … Blessed is he who in the Temple of Jerusalem. Specomes in the name of the Lord.”
cifically, one of the chief prophetic
The Mass is an intensely biblical titles of God in the Old Testament,
prayer, as Scott Hahn has taught us. “Lord God Sabaoth” was translated
Hahn, an ex-Presbyterian minister, as “Lord God of power and might.”
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has
attributed his conversion
to his Now
the English
translation
of the
discovery of the biblical nature of liturgy says, “Lord God of hosts,”
Songs and Prayer
in the
Spirit of Taizé
Christian Prayer by Candlelight
Come and enter more deeply
into the presence of God through
beautiful meditative singing,
scripture and
reflective silence, as we pray
together for peace, healing and
reconciliation in our world.
which is a literal translation of the
Hebrew. It is interesting to note that
in the original and official Latin, the
phrase “of hosts” was transliterated
from the Hebrew and not translated, and so is rendered “Dominus
Deus Sabaoth.”
I think that “Lord God of hosts” is
an improvement for three reasons.
First, the translation points us back
to the biblical source of the words of
our prayer. The word “Sabaoth” is
the plural form of the word for army.
There is much discussion about
the meaning of the phrase and it is
noteworthy that this title of God is
not used in the Pentateuch, the first
five books of the Bible. The consensus seems to be that it refers to the
heavenly hosts of angels. The title
is used literally hundreds of times
in the Bible, mostly in the prophets
Isaiah and Jeremiah.
If for no other reason than that,
the new translation should be welcomed. When we can worship in
the words of Scripture, the congruence of our faith with God’s plan
of salvation in history is better expressed. If we don’t know what the
Scripture means, this affords us an
opportunity for reflection and real
education.
The second reason is that the
mysterious biblical phrase, referring to the cosmic and supernatural power of God, stresses the otherness of God, his transcendence.
This God of hosts, Lord of heavenly
power and glory, was invoked precisely at the moments the earthly
power and glory of Israel were being
tested and found wanting. Getting
closer to the biblical language we
can perhaps get nearer to the mystery we are celebrating.
When I was a seminarian, we
read a book by Rudolf Otto called
“The Idea of the Holy.” This dealt
with the key concept of God as the
totally “Other.” In the Sanctus, the
Church is acknowledging the “Other-ness” of God, his supernatural
power and glory, to prepare us for
a moment of epiphany, the miracle
of the Mass, when God comes near
to us in the transubstantiation of
the bread and wine into the body
and blood of the Son of God, Jesus
Christ. Like Isaiah in the Temple,
we are being granted an experience
of the living God and we hear a
heavenly song. Unlike him, we also
sing that song, “Holy, Holy, Holy,”
because we are much more connected to the Almighty by means of
our sacramental initiation.
The caution of the Church with
regards to the language of worship
has to do with a humble awareness
that we celebrate mysteries much
beyond our comprehension. The
Mass is a miracle that cannot be
expressed in ordinary words. There
is a humility in using words that
come from the Bible and this promotes a greater sense of reverence.
As Pope Benedict XVI expressed it
in his brilliant and sadly neglected
or ignored apostolic exhortation,
“Sacramentum Caritatis” (“The
Sacrement of Charity”), “the Lord
meets us … and becomes our companion along the way.”
One spiritual writer said that to
prepare ourselves to receive the
body and blood of Christ we should
remember the question, “Who
comes to whom?” The Lord of the
universe comes to our nothingness. That encounter requires the
deepest sense of reverence and the
Church attempts to capture that
respect and devotion using mere
words — better that the words be
biblical.
That brings me to the third reason to prefer “Lord God of hosts”
to “Lord God of power and might.”
The words “power and might” are
not exactly free of connotations
that are not helpful for our recognition of the mystery of God’s coming to us. “Lord God of power and
might” is an interpretative translation that tries to capture the transcendence of God but is not entirely
successful. “Power” is conceived
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narrowly sometimes. We talk about
“nuclear power” and “power lines.”
Then there is the figurative use of
the word. The United States is described as the only superpower
in the world. “Might” has some of
the same problems, as reflected in
phrases like “might without right”
or talk of “military might.”
Power has been distinguished
from authority in a long tradition of
philosophic and political thought.
Authority without power is a formula for chaos. Likewise, someone
can have the power to do something without authority: A terrorist
or a tyrant can be very powerful.
“Lord God of hosts” refers to the
supernatural and transcendent divine power by means of an ancient
metaphor that preserves a sense of
mystery.
It is not only in English that there
has been a problem with the translation of “Deus Dominus Sabaoth.”
In Spanish, “Lord God of hosts”
was translated, “Dios del universo”
(“God of the universe”). This reflected one aspect of “Sabaoth,” the
relationship between God and creation. It evokes the majesty of God’s
power like a starry night when you
can seem to see eternity painted
in light on the darkness. However,
this translation is to change also,
because it fails to reflect all the biblical resonance of “Señor Dios de los
ejércitos” (“Lord God of hosts”).
The new translation of the Mass
is seen as a nuisance by some
people. Why this endless tinkering with language, some people
wonder. Perhaps it is because the
language had ceased to puzzle us.
The sense of surprise many people
feel singing or saying “Lord God of
hosts,” might make the Mass seem
more difficult to understand. That
is a good thing, because the more it
makes us think, the more the language will help us in our ineffable
relationship to God, which will always beggar our vocabulary. n
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usar el método sintotérmico de
planificación natural. ¿Por qué usar
métodos artificiales peligrosos si la
PNF es 99 por ciento efectiva, más
que los otros artificiales? 305-2215580, 954-646-7708, drjggarcia@
hotmail.com.
Pre-Cana weekend for first
marriages only, including
convalidating couples whose civil
marriage was their first marriage.
Workshop incorporates both
Sacramentality and Life Skills
training, covers class requirements
for all engaged couples wishing
to get married in the Archdiocese
of Miami. Cost: $250 per couple,
includes meals and materials. 305762-1148/1157, www.miamiarch.
org/familylife, famlife@theadom.
org:
• March 17-18, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.,
Pastoral Center, 9401 Biscayne Blvd.,
Miami Shores; Our Lady of the Holy
Rosary-St. Richard, 7500 S.W. 152
St., Miami.
Pre-Cana for convalidations,
Saturday March 17, 8:30 a.m.-5
p.m., Our Lady of the Holy RosarySt. Richard, 7500 S.W. 152 St.,
Miami. Marriage preparation for
civilly married couples seeking to
receive sacrament of marriage in
Catholic Church. Cost: $125 per
couple until Monday before the
program; $175 thereafter if space
is available. All meals, materials
included. [email protected],
305-762-1148.
COMMUNITY
EVENTS
Festival, Feb. 23-26, Mother of
Our Redeemer, 8445 N.W. 186 St.,
Hialeah. 305-829-6141.
Tombola, Feb. 24-26, Belen
Jesuit Preparatory School, 500 S.W.
Florida Catholic February 2012
127 Ave., Miami. Kicks off with
culinary extravaganza Feb. 24, 7:30
p.m. www.belenjesuit.org/tombola.
Scholarship luncheon,
Saturday, Feb. 25, 11:30 a.m.,
Rusty Pelican Restaurant, 3201
Rickenbacker Causeway, Key
Biscayne. Hosted by Miami
Archdiocesan Council of Catholic
Women. $35. 305-451-3021.
“Carnivale” fashion show/
luncheon, Saturday, Feb. 25, 11:30
a.m., Lauderdale Yacht Club, Fort
Lauderdale. Hosted by St. Sebastian
Council of Catholic Women. Tickets:
$40. 954-764-4113.
Carnival, March 1-4, Little
Flower, 1805 Pierce St., Hollywood.
Discounted ride bracelets available
through Feb. 28. 954-922-3517.
Carnival in the Ranches,
March 1-4, St. Mark, 5601 S.
Flamingo Road, Southwest
Ranches. Discounted ride passes
may be purchased in parish office.
954-434-3777
“Friends of the Poor” 5K
walk/run, Saturday, March 3, 7
a.m., St. Gabriel, 731 N. Ocean
Blvd. (A1A), Pompano Beach. No
registration fee. All donations help
needy in Broward County. www.
stgabrielpompano5k.org or 954943-9717.
Andy Hurst memorial fish
fry/auction, Friday, March 23, 5:30
p.m., St. Sebastian, 2000 S.E. 25
Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Tickets: $15
for adults; $10 for children under
12; $225 for advance reserved
tables. 954-524-9344 or www.
stsebastianfl.org.
CONCERTS
Belen Jesuit Cultural Series,
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School,
Roca Theatre, 500 S.W. 127 Ave.,
Miami. Tickets: $25, $35, $55, can
be purchased online at www.
belenjesuit.org/jubilee or call 786621-4177:
• Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor,
Thursday, March 1, 3 p.m.,
performing works by Chopin, Bach,
Ravel and Rachmaninoff.
• Flamenco Puro, directly from
Seville, Spain, Saturday, March 3, 8
p.m.
Cantata de la Pasión y Cruz
de Cristo, viernes, 9 de marzo, 8:15
p.m., iglesia de St. Dominic, 5909
N.W. Seventh St., Miami. 305-2612858
“Shades of Green: Songs of
Ireland,” Sunday, March 18, 4 p.m.,
St. Pius X, 2511 N. Ocean Blvd., Fort
Lauderdale. Features Stacie Rossow
and voice students from Florida
Atlantic University. Tickets: $10 in
advance; $15 at the door. 561-2394376.
MASSES/PRAYER
SESSIONS
Songs and prayer in the spirit
of Taizé, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 7:30
p.m., Barry University, Cor Jesu
Chapel, 11300 N.E. Second Ave.,
Miami Shores. 305-899-3650 or 305458-9919.
Healing Mass, Friday, March
9, 7:30 p.m., St. James, 13155 N.W.
Seventh Ave., North Miami, with
Father Fernando Suarez; and March
10, noon, St. Maximilian Kolbe, 701
N. Hiatus Road, Pembroke Pines.
Hosted by Filipino Apostolate. 954981-7843.
Mass and healing services
with Alan Ames, March 16, 7
p.m., St. Vincent, 6350 N.W. 18
St., Margate; March 17, 7 p.m., St.
Bernard, 8279 Sunset Strip, Sunrise.
Ames shares his gifts of healing and
testimonies regarding living our
faith in the love of God. 954-3238029, [email protected].
RETREATS/DAYS
OF REFLECTION
MorningStar Renewal Center,
7275 S.W. 124 St., Pinecrest.
Registration required for all
programs. 305-238-4367, ext. 102;
or visit www.morningstarrenewal.
org:
• Ash Wednesday retreat, Feb.
22, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sacrament of
reconciliation, Mass, distribution
of ashes, with Oblate Missionary
Father Bill Mason. $30, simple lunch
included.
• Families preparing for first
Communion (CCD mini retreat).
If you missed the retreat for your
child and yourself, come and enjoy
a mini retreat which will prepare
you and offer a special dynamic
as you retreat together, with
CORRECTION
In the January 2012 edition, the
article on “Earthquake refugees still
struggle,” incorrectly identified the
Catholic Charities center in Little
Haiti that provides assistance to the
Haitian community. The correct
name is Pierre Toussaint Haitian
Catholic Center.
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presentations, music, activities
and more. Registration required.
Suggested donation: adults, $30;
free for students. Includes simple
lunch.
Renacer, retiro de sanación
interior: Damas, 24-26 de
febrero, caballeros, 9-11 de marzo,
Comunidad Siervos de Cristo Vivo,
3100 N.W. 77 Ct., Miami. Donación:
$115; depósito: $30. 305-599-1343,
[email protected].
Emmaus retreat, based on
Luke 24:13-35, an experience that
leads participants to experience
God, renew and deepen their
relationship with the Lord:
• Feb. 24-26, for women,
Archdiocese of Miami Youth Center,
3333 S. Miami Ave., Miami. Hosted
by Sts. Peter and Paul Parish.
$130 per person. 305-905-8102,
[email protected].
• March 2-4, for women, Our
Lady of Lourdes, 11291 S.W. 142
Ave., Miami, 305-562-0009. For
men, Immaculate Conception, 4497
W. First Ave., Hialeah. 305-8222011.
Marriages in Victory, March
3-4, St. Timothy, 5400 S.W. 102 Ave.,
Miami. For all married couples,
from newlyweds to empty nesters,
married by the Church or civilly,
who are truly committed to their
marriage and desire to enhance it
on a daily basis. 305-606-8606.
Marriage covenant, March
9-11, St. John Neumann, 12125
S.W. 107 Ave., Miami. Revisit and
understand the vows you took,
the promises you made, and the
covenant you entered into with
your spouse. 305-794-2130.
Abba Spiritual Missions,
three-day, parish-based Lenten
evenings of reflection led by
various priests. 305-934-8319:
• March 5-7, 7:30 p.m., St.
Joseph, 8670 Byron Ave., Miami
Beach, in English, with Father
Damian Flanagan, Augustinian
Father Richard Mullen, Father
David Russell; St. Louis, 7270 S.W.
120 St., Pinecrest, with Father Carlos
Miyares.
• March 12-14, 7:30 p.m., St.
Mark, 5601 S. Flamingo Road,
Southwest Ranches, in English, with
Augustinian Father Richard Mullen.
• March 19-21, 7:30 p.m., St.
Joseph, 8670 Byron Ave., Miami
Beach, in Spanish, with Father
Alejandro Flores; St. Mark, 5601
S. Flamingo Road, Southwest
Ranches, in Spanish, with Father
Carlos Miyares; Mother of Our
Redeemer, 8445 N.W. 186 St.,
Miami, in Spanish with Father
Armando Tolosa.
Retiro de Cuaresma 2012,
sábado, 10 de marzo, 8 a.m.-4
p.m., iglesia de St. Bernard, 8279
Sunset Strip, Sunrise; domingo, 11
de marzo, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., iglesia de
Our Lady of Lourdes, 11291 S.W.,
142 Ave., Miami. Auspiciado por
la Renovación Carismática Católica
Hispana. $10 por adelantado, por
día; $15 a la entrada. Almuerzo a la
venta. 305-631-1007, 954-367-3548,
www.rcchmiami.us, rcch@bellsouth.
net.
Retiros de Emaús: Disfrute
tres días junto a Jesús; déle la
oportunidad de ser parte de su
vida para y pertenezca a una linda
familia en Cristo.
• Damas: 16-18 de marzo, Casa
de Retiros Emaús, 16250 S.W. 112
Ave., Miami. 786-201-6673
• Caballeros: 23-25 de marzo,
Miami Youth Center Retreat House,
3333 S. Miami Ave., Miami. 305-5195336.
February 2012 www.thefloridacatholic.org
YOUR MIAMI COMMUNITY
Annual Mass honors married love
Couples marking 25, 50 and more years of marriage got an early Valentine’s Day present
when their years of love and fidelity were honored at the annual Mass
celebrating married love. Archbishop Thomas Wenski served as main celebrant
of the Feb. 12 liturgy at St. Mary Cathedral with more than 100 couples in attendance.
At left, Dr. Jorge and Maria Teresa Salazar of Epiphany Parish in Miami, who are celebrating 61 years of marriage, attended the Mass at the
cathedral. At top right, Vinicio and Patricia Abreu from Mother of Our Redeemer Parish in Miami pose after the Mass. They were among
the couples celebrating the longest marriage — 70 years. Below right, were couples sitting in the first pew who have been married for 60
years and more. (PHOTOS BY JONATHAN MARTINEZ | FC)
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Catholics — can gather because Our
Lady of Charity is also a national symbol
for Cubans since the time of their struggle for independence from Spain. “It is a
way of uniting Cuban people,” he said.
The cardinal took the occasion of his visit
to mention that Krakow has become the
center of adoration for the Divine Mercy
devotion that emanated from the writings of St. Mary Faustina Kowalska. That
devotion is especially popular among
Catholic Hispanics.
“Pilgrimages from around the world
are coming to the sanctuary of the Divine
Mercy we have built,” he said. “Alongside
of this sanctuary, the John Paul II Center, ‘Do not be afraid!’ is rising. Here we
would like to conserve and develop the
spiritual and ministerial heritage of the
late pope for future generations.”
Cardinal Dziwisz added that the center is being erected through the generosity of people and institutions from around
the world, including the United States.
“In my travels I am attempting to give
testimony about the life of John Paul II,
about his prayers and work, about the
Church and his holiness. He did not
cease to accompany God’s people on the
paths of faith, hope and love,” the cardinal said.
The life of Blessed John Paul II is a
gift for the universal Church, he added,
“and we would like to share this gift with
others, disseminating his thoughts, his
achievements, his way of serving people
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its spiritual characteristics.
Father Baker described the
process, which required answering 120 questions in Latin, as “a
hybrid of a doctoral thesis, a grant
application and a coffee table pictorial book.”
“We had to separate fact from
f ict ion and document ever ything,” he said.
It was accomplished very quietly, with the help of a select
group of parishioners and archdiocesan officials, because the
mere petition was “not a guarantee” that the church would
receive the designation, Father
Baker explained.
A mong t he cha racter ist ics
cited in the petition is St. Mary
Star of the Sea’s status as a national and state-designated historic site. Its roots date back to
the 16th century, when Florida
was a Spanish territory and the
island of Cayo Hueso fell under
the auspices of the Diocese of
Havana. Most of Key West’s early
settlers were “migratory fishermen from Cuba,” and the history
View of church interior in 1995.
(FILE PHOTO)
of the church, along with that of
the island, has been intertwined
with that of Cuba since those
early days.
Today, the parish has sizable
populations of Hispanics, not
just from Cuba but from Nicara-
Florida Catholic
gua and other countries in Central and Latin America, as well as
more recently from Poland.
St. Mary Star of the Sea also is
the site of the first Catholic school
in the state of Florida, founded in
1868 by the Sisters of the Holy
Names of Jesus and Mary, who
served at both parish and school
until 1983. In 1986, the high
school closed, but the elementary
school continues to this day.
St. Mary also is a place of pilgrimage for Catholics from other
archdiocesan parishes; for college students from campuses
elsewhere in the U.S. who engage
in mission work during spring
and winter breaks; for archdiocesan seminarians and priests
seeking a quiet place of ref lection; and for the black Catholic
youth choir, which travels there
each year.
“Slaves were baptized by the
Jesuits” at the church despite civil segregation laws, the petition
noted. Also, “may we not overlook
the local pilgrimage from the local people of Key West … (who)
desire to find peace in this place
with 283 bars.”
St. Mary Star of the Sea serves
1,300 registered families — Key
ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI
. His Excellency ,
Archbishop Thomas Wenski
Invites You to Join Him on the Archdiocesan Pilgrimage to
ROME
AD LIMINA APOSTOLORUM
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and to meet with the Holy Father to report on the state of the Archdiocese
HISTORICAL OUTTAKES
The following are taken
from the petition sent to Rome
to request minor basilica status
for St. Mary Star of the Sea:
• The current church building, located at 1010 Windsor Lane, was
dedicated in 1905, after a suspicious
fire destroyed the original wooden
church erected in 1852 on Duval Street,
between Eaton and Fleming Streets. The
new church was the first non-wooden
place of Catholic worship in South
Florida.
• The exterior of the church is similar to Leone Battista Alberti’s San Francesco
Church in Rimini, Italy, and the interior
has “both Romanesque and early Renaissance characteristics reminiscent
of Filippo Brunelleschi’s Santo Spirito
Church in Florence.”
• Rectangular in shape with a central nave and two side aisles, the church
can seat 500 but accommodate as
many as 900, thanks to the “high and
wide doorways set along the east and
west walls” which provide cross ventilation and also allow people to assemble
West has about 30,000 yearround residents — as well as approximately 2 million visitors
who come to Key West each year,
about a quarter of whom are estimated to be Catholics.
“We welcome these 500,000
Catholics to our church each
year,” said Father Baker. “Our
Mass assemblies are often divided in half between residents and
visitors.”
The parish also ministers to
Catholics in the military bases
and annexes that are located on
the island. The nearest Catholic
church, St. Peter’s in Big Pine Key,
is 30 miles away.
In addition to Father Baker,
the parish staff consists of a Jesuit priest from the Province of
Dublin, a permanent deacon, a
Marist brother of the New Orleans Province who works at the
school, and three Sisters of Opus
Spiritus Sancti from Moshi, Tanzania, who serve both the parish
and school.
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on the surrounding sidewalks.
• The grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes located on the grounds of the church is
a well-known pilgrimage site, especially
during hurricane season. Built in 1922,
its construction was spearheaded by
Sister Louis Gabriel, one of the Sisters
of the Holy Name who worked at the
parish. She had arrived in Key West in
August 1897, just three weeks after
taking her vows, and worked there until
her death in September 1948. By 1922,
she had survived three major hurricanes
on the island, including one that lasted
17 hours and struck on Sept. 18, 1919,
wreaking major destruction. She had
the grotto built as a way of invoking
Mary’s protection from future devastating storms.
• “Tradition tells us that Sister Louis Gabriel is said to have remarked that
day that as long as the grotto stood,
‘Key West would never experience the
full brunt of a hurricane.’ … As all
residents can attest, there has not been
a severe storm on the island since the
erection of the grotto in 1922.”
The coat of arms for the Basilica
of St. Mary Star of the Sea, Key
West.
A perpetual adoration chapel,
the Chapel of Divine Mercy, has
been open since Sept. 8, 1995,
and more than 500 parishioners
are involved in devoting an hour
each week to prayer before the
Blessed Sacrament.
For 35 years, the parish also
has operated a soup kitchen for
the homeless that now feeds 100
people a day, seven days a week.
Since 2006, St. Mary Star of the
Sea Outreach Mission on Stock
Island has served the working
poor of the community by allowing them to obtain food, clothing,
furniture, prescription drugs and
referrals to other social service
agencies. The mission ser ved
22,000 people last year.
“There are consequences to
the designation of the Basilica
of St. Mary Star of the Sea which
require immediate ... intermediate and long term responses,”
Father Baker told his parishioners. “With this designation as a
basilica, the Holy Father himself
holds this shining light, St. Mary
Star of the Sea in Key West, for the
entire Catholic Church and for all
people of good will to behold and
to be inspired.” n