of Assisi - is one that is close to Boice's heart. He is a lay member of the Secular Franciscan Order, St. Joseph of Cupertino Fraternity at Mt. St. Francis in Southern Indiana. Boice said the best way he sees to break the cycle of poverty in Haiti is by pro- viding marketable job skills and by working to create more jobs. While the economy and overall conditions in Haiti have improved some over the last dozen or so years, it's not at the pace needed to generate significant change. Boice said creating remote IT jobs is an ideal solution for a country that lacks adequate infrastructure. Boice, 74, has dedicated much of his retirement to developing and growing Tek4Kids in Haiti. He has spent well over 100 weeks in Haiti over the last dozen or so years. He and his wife, Cathy, have been married for 37 years and have seven chil- dren and 16 grandchildren. Helping those in need is not a foreign concept to Boice. He said as a Catholic he was raised to turn his attention to those in need. "I feel like I'm doing what God is asking me to do. It's very powerful. No matter what happens, I know I am doing what I'm supposed to be doing," he said. Boice and his wife have provided about 90 percent of the funds needed to operate Tek4Kids since its founding. Boice said the non-profit is spending more than it's tak- ing in. "We can do it for a while longer but not forever," he said. "What we are doing is working, but we need more funding," he said. "Every penny that is donated goes straight to Tek4Kids." To learn more about Tek 4Kids, visit tek4kids.org.
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Catholic question?" Catholic Rural Life got a farm bill for Christmas - this time without any delays in shipping. It was the first time since George H.W. Bush was president that a new farm bill was enacted the same year the previous one was set to expire. However, it didn't come with everything Catholic Ru- ral Life had sought. Still, not- ed James Ennis, its executive director, there are ways other than a farm bill to get rural America what it needs. With two years of prep work and education among its members prior to the farm bill, "our hope right now," Ennis said, is to "continue to keep attentive to the pro- grams that are benefiting ru- ral residents, farms, and hav- ing access to healthy food." How farm bill provisions are implemented are also key, he added. "There's a lot of pressure on farmers right now, a lot of pressure," and even more on smaller, family-run farms, Ennis said. "It's a risky busi- ness. Always has been, but it makes it that much harder when prices are low. Catho- lic Rural Life is very aware of that, and it works with local parishes and pastors to address it from a pastoral standpoint. But there are policies that also can help - or not help - that situa- tion," he added. "I'm hopeful ... some of that can be recti- fied this year." Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of Net- work, the nun-run social jus- tice lobby, isn't all that sad to see the Republicans lose one chamber of Congress. "What the Republican policies do is blame the people, not the system," she said. But what is good for the goose should be good for the gander, she argued. "Since they're so into work require- ments, none of the uber- wealthy should get a benefit for their unearned income unless they have maxed out their earned income on Social Security, which is, I think, $120,000," Sister Campbell said. "Everybody ought to work, including the uber- wealthy." Items she'd like to see ad- dressed include health care and voting rights. "We've got to fix up this election system that we have. Our election system is being undercut by scheming, conniving people who want to win without seeing the people getting into the system," she said. Sister Campbell also ac- knowledged the possibility of delayed gratification for some things she'd like to see under her tree. "We've got to raise the banner on immigration, but I don't think this Congress is going to make a change," she said. "I think I have to look toward 2020 to fix it." The stocking might not be quite so stuffed, either, for pro-life Americans, to hear Tom McClusky, President of March for Life Action. "The last time Democrats were in power (in the House), there were 40 pro-life Demo- crats. Now there's only two," Reps. Bill Lipinski of Illinois and Collin Peterson of Min- nesota, McClusky said. "Actual pro-life issues is going to be tough this Con- gress. In the Senate, (con- firming) judges will always be a key thing, but what we're already seeing on Day One," he noted Jan. 3, "we're already playing defense with the president's foreign and pro-life policies." Pro-lifers may have to con- tent themselves with "some of the more obvious things that are on the peripherals of the pro-life movement," such as "fighting against sex trafficking, promoting adop- tion. More bipartisan. We'll certainly be looking for op- portunities to do that," Mc- Cluskey said. "I wish I could be more optimistic." On the flip side of that coin, Catholic Charities USA is looking to the art of the possible, according to Lucas Swanepoel, its vice president for social policy. Catholic Charities repre- sentatives will meet with House and Senate leaders to figure out their priorities and how Catholic Charities' priorities can mesh with theirs. Then, it's on to the 90 new members of Congress in both houses. "Most Con- gresses you have anywhere between 30-50 new mem- bers," Swanepoel said. "It's going to be a very busy time for our team. I'll be going to those meetings, sharing the load because there's so many." Two items on Catholic Charities' wish list are flood insurance reauthorization and disaster assistance. For the former, "it's criti- cal if you're in a flood plain and you're low-income. You're going to be more im- pacted by the consequences," Swanepoel said. As for the latter, Swane- poel wants to see low-income communities given greater priority. Currently, he said, "a disproportionate amount of the money will go toward Main Street, while low-in- come individuals are left be- hind and forgotten." But what Catholic Chari- ties wants to get across to lawmakers is that they're a ready resource. A Catholic Charities affiliate is active somewhere in each House member's district. Moreover, Swanepoel said, "it's key to our mission, frankly, the abil- ity to build bridges between people and communities, but also between parties." given the boats permission to dock and bring the migrants ashore. In his Mass homily and in his main Angelus address, Pope Francis contrasted the attitude and actions of the Three Kings with the at- titude of Herod, who was "greatly troubled" at news of the Messiah's birth. While the Wise Men set out to meet Jesus, Herod stayed in his palace, plotting ways to keep all his power. Herod and the scribes, he said at the Angelus, "had hard hearts, which stub- bornly refused to visit that baby. That is a possibility: closing oneself to the light. They represent those who, even in our day, are afraid of the coming of Jesus and close their hearts to their brothers and sisters in need." The glory of God born in a stable is "is symbolized by the light, which penetrates and illumines all things," he said. But the surpris- ing thing is that "God does not need the spotlights of the world to make himself known" or the assistance of the powerful, like Herod. "We might think that it would have been better had the star of Jesus appeared in Rome, on the Palatine Hill, where Augustus ruled over the world; then the whole empire would immediately have become Christian," he said. "But God's light does not shine on those who shine with their own light. God 'proposes' himself; he does not 'impose' himself," the pope said. "He illumines; he does not blind." Being flashy or powerful is always a temptation for people, he said. "How many times have we pursued the seductive lights of power and celebrity, convinced that we are rendering good service to the Gospel!" "How many times, too, have we as a church attempt- ed to shine with our own light," he said. "Yet we are not the sun of humanity. We are the moon that, despite its shadows, reflects the true light, which is the Lord. He is the light of the world. Him, not us." Pope Francis also spoke about the gifts of gold, frank- incense and myrrh offered by the Magi to the baby Jesus. "Gold, the most precious of metals, reminds us God has to be granted first place; he has to be worshiped," he said. Frankincense is a symbol of the prayer that each person is called to offer God. And myrrh, the same ointment that would later be used to anoint Jesus' dead body, is a sign of the gift of "care for bodies racked by suffering, the flesh of the vulnerable, of those left behind, of those who can only receive without being able to give anything material in return."
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Catholic Enrichment Center hosts Men's Bible study
The Office of Multicultural Ministry's Catholic Enrich- ment Center, 3146 West Broadway, will host a men's Bible study on Tuesdays from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. The Bible study provides a weekly opportunity for men to study Scripture and explore the power of God's word while giving time for them to connect and bond with one another in this male ministry initiative. This program is in partnership with the Naioth School Ministry. For more information, contact John Reed at 776-0262 or John McKinney at 602-1316.
Communion minister update formation session set for January
The Archdiocese of Louisville's Office of Worship will offer a formation session for extraordinary ministers of holy Communion on Jan. 28 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at St. Margaret Mary Church, 7813 Shelbyville Road. The Communion Minister Update Session is for those ministers needing a mandate renewal, who have already completed the archdiocesan four-hour Communion Min- ister Formation Program. This session will fulfill the requirements for continuing formation for extraordinary ministers of holy Communion. There is no fee, but registration is required. Register on- line at www.archlou.org (click on Worship Office); by email at worship@archlou.org; by phone at 636-0296, ext. 1260; or by mail: Office of Worship/Communion Minister Update Session, 1200 S. Shelby St., Louisville, Ky., 40203-2627.
Retrouvaille weekend to help struggling marriages offered
Couples experiencing pain in their relationships - including those already separated and divorced - are invited to attend a Retrouvaille weekend. The Christian peer ministry will hold its next program in Louisville Feb. 15-17. The program includes a series of post-weekend follow- up sessions followed by monthly small-group support meetings. For more information or to register, call 479-3329 or 800-470-2230. Information is also available at HelpOur Marriage.com. Confidentiality is strictly observed.
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Tek4Kids expands work in Haiti
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Gary Boice, right, congratulated Pierre Franso at Tek- 4Kids' St. Francis School of Technology's graduation ceremony last July. Franso was among the school's first class of graduates.
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Then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., a Catholic, is surrounded by children Jan. 3 as she is sworn in as House Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives at the start of the 116th Congress inside the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Vatican may soon decide fate of former cardinal
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WASHINGTON - As U.S. bishops gathered in early January at a semi- nary in Illinois to pray and reflect about the American church's sex abuse crisis, re- ports trickled out about the possible fate of one their own being decided overseas. The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported Jan. 5 that a decision on whether to laicize former U.S. Cardi- nal Theodore E. McCarrick, who's facing accusations that he sexually abused minors, could come as soon as mid- January because Vatican officials don't want the de- cision to overshadow a gath- ering the pope has called for, seeking to meet Feb. 21-24 with prelates from around the world about protecting minors. Pope Francis accepted the prelate's resignation from the College of Cardinals last July.
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