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6 July 2018 Issue 1134
First Feastday of Solanus NearsSolanus Casey, beatified last year, will be honored with his first feastday on 30 July. To
mark the occasion, the friars will hold a nine-day novena leading up to the actual feast.
Each day of the novena focuses on a particular area of Solanus’s life and ministry.
“It was through many small gestures of love and kindness as the doorkeeper of St.
Bonaventure Monastery that Solanus showed great holiness and brought multitudes of
people into closer communion with God,” said Richard Merling, vice-postulator and
director of the Solanus Guild.
“In a special way, Solanus exemplified the teachings of the founder of the Franciscan
order, St. Francis of Assisi,” said Michael Sullivan, provincial minister.
On Sunday, 29 July, St. Bonaventure Monastery will celebrate a mass presided by Allen
Vigneron, Detroit’s archbishop. The liturgy will be live streamed at 1:30 pm ET.
A reception will follow the liturgy.
Ecumenical Advocacy Daysby Robert Woytypka
In the company of Michael Carsten OSF of the Troubadours of Saint
Clare fraternity of SE Michigan, I participated in the 16th annual
Ecumenical Advocacy Days in Washington DC. We gathered to enter
into the reality of and the need to respond to “A World Uprooted:
Responding to Migrants, Refugees, and Displaced People,” this year’s
EAD theme. We had three days to pray, prepare and share and one day
to meet with our reps in the halls of the House and Senate office
buildings to advocate for our brothers and sisters suffering within and
beyond our borders.
Scripture, I was told (our Protestant brothers and sisters straight-up
know their Bible), contains some 90+ references to “welcoming the stranger.” One of the keynoters framed it
this way: to leave one’s home is, if not the norm, then a persistent characteristic of the human journey,
demonstrated vividly in the story of Abraham and Sarah in Genesis. To leave one’s home under duress, under
the threat of violence or the reality of oppression or, in these last decades, because of the loss of one’s home
due to climate change, is another persistent narrative. These realities persist, so why does the response
change? Congressman Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri gave the closing address, and he pointed out that in the
Bible three groups are continually held up as vulnerable and in need of compassionate care: strangers,
widows, and orphans. In the U.S. we have organized ourselves to sustain a commitment to two of these
groups; indeed, we consider that this commitment transcends faith. But for the stranger – why the confusion,
why the advances and retreats?
In the workshops we saw how macro factors link up to create conditions that no person, family, village or
nation can address on its own, and why suffering people have to depend on the human family to help them.
To name a few, past and present U.S. support for oppressive regimes in Central America drive emigration, and
then migrants are stigmatized — or worse when they seek refuge among us. The Pacific island nation of
Tuvalu is at high risk of disappearing owing to rising sea levels and changing conditions. Salt water is
permeating what small growing areas there are on the islands, and rising ocean temperatures are killing the
coral reefs, which mean fish stocks are shrinking. The sigh nearly of despair that came from the Presbyterian
minister who represented the Tuvalu people stays with me. After the current administration withdrew from
the COP22 climate compact, they resolved to no longer take U.S. aid – which in total, for all nations and for all
causes, comprises less than one per cent of the annual federal budget. Carsten told us “You have to be us in
your country.” Globally, he asked that we help modify the UN convention on the rights of refugees to protect
people feeling their homes because of climate change.
We Saw You at St. Anthony’s Centennial CelebrationFriars and friends gathered at St. Anthony Retreat Center in Marathon WI on 10 June
to celebrate the laying of the cornerstone, 100 years ago. A procession and prayer
blessing of the 1918 cornerstone included descendants, who brought rocks with
family names on them. It was a beautiful day, and the staff was especially pleased
that friars traveled north for the event.
Beatification Mass Earns an “EMMY”The broadcast of the Beatification Mass of Solanus Casey was recognized with an
EMMY Award from the Michigan Chapter of the National Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences for outstanding technical achievement. The award recipients
were broadcast producers Corporate Optics and Ford Field.
We Saw You at the Run/Walk for the Hungry in Milwaukee
Romero Will Be CanonizedAfter a 38-year-wait, it is now official. Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, murdered
in 1980 for speaking out against military oppression, will be made a saint at a Vatican
ceremony Oct. 14. Pope Francis, the first pontiff from the Americas, announced the
decision May 19 during a meeting with cardinals in Rome.
The cause for Romero had languished for decades under John Paul II and Benedict XVI,
who expressed unease with his connection to liberation theology and his vocal
denunciations of government killings and kidnapings.
Less than two years after his election as pontiff, Francis placed Romero firmly on the
sainthood track, formally decreeing in February 2015 that the archbishop was assassinated as a martyr for the
Catholic faith. He then authorized his beatification, the last step before sainthood, in May of that year.
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Wilichowski (B)Tien Dinh (B)
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Preuss (B)
8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris L'Esteve (B)
9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PR Zoom ConferenceOPCC Video Conference
Provincial Council, Mt. Calvary WIRichard Merling (B)
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MJ Groark (B)
11 . . . . . . . . . . Solanus Center Video/Zoom Conf
13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randolph Graczyk (B)
14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Solanus Fary (N)Kateri Tekakwitha (F)
15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Zywiec (B)Michael Sullivan (B)
16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HR Video ConferencePR Zoom Conference
! Kelly Van Ermen (daughter of SLS alumnus Peter Van Ermen)
died recently.
! Nola Wolf (sister-in-law of Joe Wolf) died recently.
! Donald Diederich (brother-in-law of Ray Meier) died recently.
! Former friar Peter Stierman recently underwent surgery for a
ruptured colon.
! Glenn Gessner was recently hospitalized for internal bleeding.
! Bill Cieslak is recovering from hip surgery. He is grateful for the
"wonderful prayerful support."
Candidates AcceptedThe Inter-Provincial Admissions Board has accepted four
candidates for the postulancy program.
For the St. Joseph Province:
Ashwin Kumar, Jacob Schultz and Emmanuel Yesudasan.
For the Province of Mary, Mother of the Good Shepherd:
Christopher Udomoviæ
These candidates will begin their postulancy at Saint Conrad
Friary in Milwaukee on 19 August and will be officially received
on 26 August at the St. Francis Capuchin Center.
Anthemby Leonard Cohen
The birds they sang
At the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what
Has passed away
Or what is yet to be
Yeah the wars they will
Be fought again
The holy dove
She will be caught again
Bought and sold
And bought again
The dove is never free
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
We asked for signs
The signs were sent
The birth betrayed
The marriage spent
Yeah the widowhood
Of every government
Signs for all to see
I can't run no more
With that lawless crowd
While the killers in high places
Say their prayers out loud
But they've summoned up
A thundercloud
And they're going to hear from me
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
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