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Issue of August 1 – August 14
Father Tolton’s cause takes next steps
Archdiocese will form historical commission, guild and tribunal to move forward under Vatican guidelines
The canonization cause for Father Augustus Tolton, who served and died in Chicago, is moving along well. That is the observation of Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Perry who travelled to Rome for a June 9 meeting with the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints to discuss Tolton. Bishop Perry recently sat down with Editor Joyce Duriga to discuss the trip and the future of Tolton’s cause.
Pilgrims venerate Mother Teresa’s relics here
Hundreds of people lined up the weekend of July 17-18 for a glimpse of Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s sandals and rosary and a chance to make contact with a woman many believe was a saint.
His uncle died for his faith, beatified in June
Prospect Heights man remembers courageous uncle who was martyred
Marek Popieluszko of Prospect Heights was 14 years old on Oct. 19, 1984, when communist secret police kidnapped his uncle, Father Jerzy Popieluszko. The police tortured his uncle, locked him in a car trunk and then, while he was still alive, tied rocks to his legs and threw the Catholic priest into the freezing waters of the Vistula River near Wloclawek, Poland.
Who is that saint?
The Archdiocese of Chicago has 357 parishes. Some of them carry patron saints’ names that are either tongue-twisters or just make you scratch your head. (We have plenty of parishes named for the Blessed Mother, and we’ll spotlight those in the next issue.) Here are a holy dozen whose saints caught our fancy (and artwork from the parishes depicting them). We wanted to know more about them. We hope you do too.
WWII pilot laid to rest
Resurrection Parish in Chicago laid one of its own to rest July 14. That’s when Resurrection pastor, Father Paul Kalchik, celebrated a funeral Mass for the man who presumably died more than 60 years earlier.
Animated film not so despicable
The animated movie “Despicable Me” (also in 3-D) is something completely different. If you saw the trailer, you laughed, didn’t you? Well, there’s lots more funny in the movie.
Traveler’s ‘aid’ — What a joy to tell you about Sister Agnes Cunningham’s newest book of airy prayers, “Traveling Graces — A Little Book of Plane Prayers.”
She is said to be the first woman theologian in the church, and definitely the first to teach seminarians at Mundelein. Her other degrees are many, with an expertise in early church saints and scholars. But she started first grade at age 4 at Nativity Parish in the arch’s Bridgeport neighborhood! Eventually the family moved to St. Gall’s (S. Kedzie), the only school here staffed by Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary.
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The view of it is calming. The sound of it —whether it is the gentle lap of waves in a lake, the burbling of a small stream or the crash of ocean waves — washes away worries. No wonder the spiritual urges people to “Come to the water.”
No wonder kids love to go to the beach.
Frank and Caroline don’t do a lot of sand castle-building anymore, at least not on Chicago’s public beaches. But they are always up for a trip to the beach anyway. They get excited preparing for it: finding swimsuits and flip-flops or water shoes, packing towels and sunscreen and snacks.
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He is: Father Michael Zaniolo, chaplain for O’Hare and Midway airport chapels. President of the National Conference of Catholic Airport Chaplains. Ordained in 1988.
Growing up: Attended St. Ferdinand Grammar school and St. Patrick High School across the street. “I was the pipsqueak of the class. Contact sports weren’t for me, but I was a baseball player with a neighborhood team and with my pals on the school lot.”
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The canonization cause for Father Augustus Tolton, who served and died in Chicago, is moving along well. That is the observation of Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Perry who travelled to Rome for a June 9 meeting with the Vatican Congregation for the Causes of Saints to discuss Tolton. Bishop Perry recently sat down with Editor Joyce Duriga to discuss the trip and the future of Tolton’s cause.
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