"But the truth is, as with any sin, we need personally to take responsibility," he said. He drew the congrega- tion's attention to the book of Genesis, from which the day's first reading came, to a "sad echo" that runs through the Old Testament. "It's the sad echo in which Cain - after the death of his brother Abel, which he caused - issued the famous words, the question to God, 'Am I my brother's keeper?' In other words, 'am I respon- sible?' " The answer is "yes," said Archbishop Kurtz. "You and I each share the responsibility when anyone of us commits a sin. You and I share the responsibil- ity to bring that sin to Christ for forgiveness and redemp- tion," said the archbishop. "At Mass, we often begin by saying the words forgive us for what we have done and what we have failed to do." What "we have done" is to react with hatred because of the color of someone's skin. What "we have failed to do" is not giving people opportu- nities for a better future and that is also "participating in sin," said the archbishop. "As we support the legiti- mate protest going on around the nation and in our own city, as we seek to promote just resolutions we ask that God will help us with this change of heart. We ask that in many ways you and I will look for the opportunities that have been missed and correct them," he said. Archbishop Kurtz recalled the African-American Catho- lic Leadership Awards Ban- quet he attended in March. He shared with the congre- gation how the young people being honored talked about the "gift of their family, their faith, their parish and of their future and the oppor- tunity they believe God is giving them. We not only cannot stand in the way of that, we need to foster and support," he said. The Mass also included the exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and the Litany of the Sacred Heart.
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National convention goes virtual
St. Bernard School to welcome new principal
By JESSICA ABLE
Record Staff Writer
The 2020 National Pasto- ral Musicians Convention, scheduled to be held in Louis- ville July 7 to 10, has moved from an in-person conference to a virtual format. Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, organiz- ers of the event made the decision to transition to an online experience. The theme for the 2020 gathering is "Called from Living Waters." Participants will be able to remotely take part in the four-day virtual convention experience that will include keynote talks, breakout sessions, a virtual exhibit hall and daily prayer experiences. Dr. Karen Shadle, director of the Archdiocese of Lou- isville's Office of Worship, said the NPM convention typically attracts about 1,500 participants. "Ordinarily the conven- tion is exclusively for people in music ministry, however with the content available virtually, I think there is a possibility of a broader audience this year," said Shadle, one of the event's organizers. Two events that may draw more widespread in- terest, Shadle said, are a virtual organ crawl and a virtual tour of the Kentucky Holy Land. The organ event will take place June 26 at 7 p.m. and will explore organs at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, St. Margaret Mary Church and the First Church of Christ Scientist. The Kentucky Holy Land tour will take place July 6 at 1 p.m. and will feature significant Catholic sites in the counties of Washington, Nelson and Marion. These two events cost $30 each. Those interested may register for them individually and do not have to register for the full conference. Organizers of the conven- tion have also made efforts to address current events. Ses- sions will cover how music ministry looks in the midst of the pandemic, as well as ways to be more inclusive within music ministry, Sha- dle said. Full registration for the event costs $295, which in- cludes access to all virtu- al content, livestream and interactive options for the convention. Registration for youth participants is $225 and $205 for seminarians. Other registration options include group registrations for $265, limited registration for $195 and one-day regis- trations for $95. For more information about the conference or to register, visit npm.org/ 43rd-annual-convention/.
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Julie Perdue has been named principal of St. Ber- nard School, effective July 1. She succeeds Fred Klausing, who is retiring after 15 years as principal. "Mrs. Perdue is an ener- getic, holy, creative and col- laborative leader. Especially now when we need a solid and understanding principal to guide us through a future we have never seen before, she will listen to us, work with us and lead us well," said Father Charles D. Walker, pastor of St. Bernard Church, 7500 Tangelo Drive. According to an announce- ment from the school, Per- due, a life-long St. Bernard member, began her teach- ing career at St. Bernard and most recently taught pre-kindergarten there. She has also taught at Meredith- Dunn School and served as assistant principal and prin- cipal of St. Mary Academy. Perdue is also a parish- ioner who serves as a youth group leader and as a cat- echist. She currently serves on the Parish Strategic Plan- ning Committee, is an ex- traordinary minister of holy Communion and assists on the Arts and Environment Committee.
National Pastoral Musicians gathering, originally set in Louisville, offers virtual organ crawl and Kentucky Holy Land tour
Sisters work on pandemic's front lines
Archbishop discusses sin,
responsibility
Archbishop Kurtz calls on faithful to foster and support opportunities for black youth
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ROME - Women reli- gious working "on the front lines," exposed to the coro- navirus yet continuing to care for abandoned children, working to alleviate poverty, providing health care and helping victims of human trafficking are not "super women," said Comboni Sis- ter Alicia Vacas. Instead, they are women with great faith, compassion, generosity and determina- tion, she said, "but also very vulnerable women, some- times exhausted, most of the time powerless because they are burdened with the brokenness of their people." "What I love most about them is that they are resil- ient mothers; they really be- lieve that life is stronger than death," Sister Vacas told an online symposium June 23. The symposium, "Women Religious on the Frontlines," was sponsored by the U.S. and British embassies to the Holy See and focused on how the COVID-19 pandemic was impacting the sisters and the communities where they minister. Sister Vacas, a nurse and the Jerusalem-based Middle East provincial superior of the Comboni Sisters, volun- teered with other sisters to go to Bergamo, Italy, in early March to care for the mostly elderly sisters living in the order's convent there. Forty-five of the convent's 60 residents tested positive for the coronavirus and, eventually 10 died. Most of the staff was infected as well, Sister Vacas said, so the house was in "chaos," with- out anyone to nurse the sick, cook, clean or do laundry. And because the convent was not officially a nursing home, she said, when she arrived, they had no personal protective equipment. But other communities of sisters - from different orders and from as far away as Hong Kong - sent masks and gowns and gloves, "making this a wonderful experience of sharing." Spending Lent and Holy Week literally in the midst of the pandemic - "this pro- cess of real cross, passion and resurrection" - was an experience of faith, she said. "I think that being part from the inside of this tragedy that humanity is facing right now is a gift from God." While the situation in It- aly has improved, she said, sisters in the Middle East and Africa who run hospitals and clinics are still in danger; they accept patients who may have the virus, but many times they have no protective equipment, no tests and few lay doctors and nurses be- cause of the lockdown orders. Sister Stan Therese Mu- muni, founder and superior of the Marian Sisters for Eu- charistic Love in Ghana, be- gan her order to rescue and care for unwanted children, many of whom could have been killed because of lo- cal beliefs that physical and mental disabilities and some- times even twin births are a bad omen or bring bad luck to the village. When the lockdown began, she said, the special schools where the blind or hearing- impaired children were boarding called and told her she had to pick them up. Sud- denly, she had many more mouths to feed and prices at the market "shot up." The lockdown also means more children are in danger of being trafficked for cheap labor because their families cannot afford to feed them, she said.
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Sister Lydia D'sa, administrator of the Cheshire Home for the Elderly in a slum in Nairobi, Kenya, is seen in a file photo helping a man eat, a daily routine at the home. Forty men and women live at the facility and receive care from the Franciscan Missionary Sisters for Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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