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APRIL 2019 VOL. XII NO. IX diocesetucson.org — ver pagina 15
A new
diocesan
home
The Diocesan Conference and Education Center at Cathedral
Square opens April 1 — See page 8-12
2 CATHOLIC OUTLOOK APRIL 2019
Catholic Foundation disburses grants
Catholic Outlook photos by Michael Brown
Parishes, schools and agencies throughout the Diocese received 52 grant awards from
the Catholic Foundation March 5 at the TEP Building in Tucson. Close to $500,000
was distributed. At top, Father Seraphim Molina, pastor of St. Kateri Parish in Tucson,
had reason to smile anticipating his $10,000 grant to replace the pulpit and chairs in
the church and a classroom. Immediately above, Paloma Lopez Santiago, from San
Miguel Catholic High School in Tucson, smiles as she waits for the grant distribution.
San Miguel would receive a $10,000 grant to upgrade school kitchen facilities,
including a commercial refrigerator and freezer.
APRIL 2019 CATHOLIC OUTLOOK 3
Taking the mission of V Encuentro back to parishes
Sister Gladys Echenique working one-on-one with faith communities
By MICHAEL BROWN trends suggest that Hispanic Catholics will make
Managing Editor up the majority of Catholics in America.
Like the long-lived V Encuentro, Dominican Sister Echenique joined the Diocese in
Sister Gladys Echenique marches on with 2012 after working for three years as Hispanic
bringing the “encuentro,” or encounter, to Ministry coordinator at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
parishes in the Diocese of Tucson. Parish, Tucson. With the help of a planning
While the US Conference of Catholic Bishops committee, her department created a five-year
continues to formulate a plan on implementing plan in 2013 for Hispanic Ministry and updated
the recommendations of last year’s meeting of that plan two years later. Next, she developed
Hispanic leaders, Sister Echenique, diocesan and expanded Spanish-language catechetical
Hispanic Ministry coordinator, is visiting and ministerial formation training, introducing
parishes to promote the advancement of a third-year – Level III – program in 2018.
Hispanic leaders, to encourage enrollment in Response in parishes has been mixed, but after
Spanish-language faith formation and to listen meeting with pastors, she said, there is strong
to ways that parishes might need help from the support for continuing to advance adults who
Diocese to assist their Spanish-speaking families. have begun studies along in training and to
“This is a process of accompaniment to see introduce more Spanish-speaking parishioners
how we can work together and help each other,” Catholic Outlook file photo
to Levels I and II.
Sister Echenique said. “(Working at parishes) Dominican Sister Gladys Echenique, class members “I am happy to be able to go to parishes and
is a wonderful way to have the interactions we and friends of Spanish-language Ministerial Formation. promote the names of the people who have
need to have.” Catholic organizations from across the country completed coursework,” she said. “It’s important
She said she especially likes getting to meet in Grapevine, Texas in 2018. The first Encuentro to invite more people into formation, because it
all the pastors, parish leaders and secretaries in occurred in 1972. For more information please benefits the parish.”
their home environment. view youtu.be/MH2Qx5bpao8 A common request from pastors in the first
The Fifth National Encuentro of Hispanic/ A national goal of V Encuentro was to identify seven parishes she has visited – St. Andrew’s
Latino Ministry (V Encuentro) was a historic leaders in Church ministry as Hispanic Catholics in Sierra Vista, Immaculate Conception and St.
ecclesial gathering of 3,000 Hispanic/Latino continue to increase, and integrating them into Luke’s in Douglas, Sacred Heart in Nogales, San
Ministry leaders/delegates from dioceses, parish, diocesan and national leadership roles. Martin de Porres in Sahuarita, St. Francis of
ecclesial movements, schools, universities and By the middle of this century, demographic Assisi in Yuma and Immaculate Heart of Mary in
See V Encuentro on page 7
4 CATHOLIC OUTLOOK In your area APRIL 2019
Charismatic renewal gathering at Sacred Heart PINAL EAST VICARIATE
DIOCESAN EVENTS
Thursday, April 11, 6:30 p.m., Sacred Heart
Diocesan, Cathedral offices to close for move Church, 601 E. Fort Lowell Road, Tucson
ACTS retreat set for Picture Rocks in June
Tuesday-Friday, March 26-29, Diocesan Pastoral The Diocese of Tucson Renewal Committee
Thursday, 7 p.m.-Sunday, 8 p.m., June 6-9,
Center, 64 E. broadway Blvd., Tucson will hold its monthly “Alive in Christ” event
Redemptorist Renewal Center, 7101 W. Picture
The Diocesan Pastoral Center will close with the theme “Mary’s Way of the Cross.” All
Rocks Road, Tucson
following the end of business at 4:30 p.m., March are welcome to joyfully praise and worship with
An ACTS (Adoration, Community,
25, as offices are relocated to the new Conference song, Scripture readings and words. For more
Theology, Service) retreat for men will be
and Education Center at Cathedral Square, information, call Gloria (520) 237-7060 or visit
held at Redemptorist Renewal Center. If you
opening for business at 8 a.m., April 1. Diocesan tucsonccr.org.
have participated in a previous ACTS retreat
staff will have no access to telephones or emails
and would like to serve on this team, please
during that time. The office at St. Augustine Magnificat to hold April Women’s Brunch
call Albert DeSantos, (915) 486-2311. For
Cathedral will move at a later date, with Saturday, April 13, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., St.
information about the retreat, visit actsmissions.
similar blackout conditions. The new address Francis de Sales Parish Center, 1375 S. Camino
org.
for the diocesan and parish offices will be the Seco, Tucson
Conference and Education Center at Cathedral Spiritual Director Father Abram Dono, a
Square, 192 S. Stone Ave., #2, Tucson, AZ 85701. member of the Missionary Servants of the Most SANTA CRUZ VICARIATE
Holy Trinity, will offer Lenten insights and
Cistercians open for vocation weekend
Film critic-priest lectures at Corpus Christi experiences from his pilgrimage to the Holy
May 24-27, Santa Rita Abbey, 14200 E. Fish
Thursday, April 4, 7 p.m., Corpus Christi Land last September. For information or tickets,
Canyon Road, Sonoita
Church, 300 N. Tanque Verde Loop Road, Tucson call Gloria, (520) 237-7060, or a Magnificat team
The Cistercian Sisters will hold their first
Precious Blood Brother Antonio Sison, member.
Monastic Weekend Experiences on Memorial
associate professor of systematic theology at
Day weekend, May 24-27, at Santa Rita Abbey. It
Catholic Theological Union, Chicago and film Mass, blessing for new conference center
is an opportunity for women ages 21-40 to learn
critic of world cinema for the National Catholic Sunday, April 28, Noon, St. Augustine Cathedral,
about the contemplative monastic life. There is
Reporter, will speak about the dynamic between 192 S. Stone Ave., Tucson
no cost for the weekend. For more information,
film and theology. The title of his lecture is A Mass celebrating the opening of the
visit santaritaabbey.org, email sracommty@gmail.
“Film: The New Stained-Glass Window.” This is new Conference and Education Center at
com or call (520) 455-5595.
the third and last in the Luthen Lecture Series Cathedral Square will be led by Bishop Edward
sponsored by the Jordan Ministry team. For more J. Weisenburger, followed by a ribbon cutting,
information, visit JordanMinistry.org or call (520) blessing and tours of the new diocesan and parish
623-2563. office building.
Clarification
Bishop’s Lenten video series continues PINAL EAST VICARIATE
diocesetucson.org In a March 2019 story under the
Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger continues his Catholic composer/singer Muglia in concert headline, “Faithfully raising funds
“Lenten Minutes,” a series of video reflections Sunday, April 4, 3 p.m., Corpus Christi Church, for Catholic Education,” a sentence
for the Sundays of Lent, and the upcoming 300 N. Tanque Verde Loop Road, Tucson should have read “Marum was a force
Triduum. It is available by visiting the website Catholic composer and singer Chris in recommending updates to various
diocesetucson.org. Audio files are available in Muglia will perform in concert, weaving in tuition support legislation over the
Spanish. Links can also be found on Tucson his personal faith narrative. His CDs will years.”
Bishop Edward Weisenburger Facebook also be available. The concert is free, but a
page. Previous installments can be found at freewill donation will be accepted. For more The Catholic Outlook regrets the
diocesetucson.org/communications. information, call the parish, (520) 751-4235. confusion.
APRIL 2019 CATHOLIC OUTLOOK 5
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13 9 p.m. - Mass, St. John Paul II Leadership Awards, St.
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Augustine Cathedral, Tucson
14 9:45 a.m. - Mass, Cristo Rey Chapel, New Pascua Village
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15 2 p.m. - Chrism Mass, St. Augustine Cathedral
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18 7 p.m. - Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, St. French Toast, 1 egg, 2 bacon or sausage $3.99 DO
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19 Noon - Good Friday, Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, St. (Breakfast Specials Mon. - Fri.)
Augustine Cathedral Lunch Specials Mon. - Fri. $6.95
Mon. - Sat. 6am-2pm / Sun. 7am-2pm
20 7 p.m. - Easter Vigil, St. Augustine Cathedral
21 11 a.m. - Easter Sunday Mass, San Xavier Mission, Tucson 2532 S. Kolb 747-7536
Serving Tucson 34 years
23 5:30 p.m. - Confirmation, St. Bartholomew Church, San
Manuel
24-25 Mundelein Seminary Board of Advisors meeting,
Mundelein, Ill.
27 5:30 p.m. - Mass and Dinner, Conference and Education
Center at Cathedral Square for parishioners of St.
Augustine Cathedral
28 Noon - Mass, Blessing and Ribbon Cutting, Conference and
Education Center at Cathedral Square
5:30 p.m. - Confirmation, St. Odilia Parish, Tucson
29 5:30 p.m. - Religious Brothers Day, Mass and Dinner, Most
Holy Trinity Parish, Tucson This Good Friday, give them more than prayers.
April 30-May 2 Priests’ Convocation, Chandler The Pontifical Good Friday Collection
Learn more at MyFranciscan.org. Click on “Good Friday.”
Around the world, Christians are pulling together as
Diocesan, Cathedral offices to close instruments of peace.
Tuesday-Friday, March 26-29 for move Please support the Good Friday Collection on April 19, 2019
The Pontifical Good Friday Collection
Your contribution to the Pontifical Good Friday Collection helps
The Diocesan Pastoral Center will close following the end of business
preserve the most significant and holiest places of our faith.
at 4:30 p.m., March 25, as offices are relocated to the new Conference
and Education Center at Cathedral Square, opening for business at 8 a.m.,
April 1. The new address for the diocesan and parish offices will be the
Commissariat of the Holy Land of the United States
Conference and Education Center at Cathedral Square, 192 S. Stone Ave., 1400 Quincy Street N.E., Washington D.C. 20017 * MyFranciscan.org
#2, Tucson, AZ 85701.
6 CATHOLIC OUTLOOK APRIL 2019
Tragic border tales play out at former monastery
By MICHAEL BROWN
Managing Editor
First, there was panic, then
tears, then relief.
UPDATE: Twists and
Claricia, 16, had been living
for three days at the former turns in the story of
Benedictine Monastery in
Tucson, operated currently as
a shelter for refugees from at
Ashley and Rochelle
the US-Mexican border. She
was scanning the monastery’s
former chapel, looking for her The tragic story of the children of Maria
brothers, Jose, 12, and Brandon, Ramos-Gomez is even more complicated than
11. Brandon had briefly Catholic Outlook photo by Michael Brown
what was written in the first story at left.
wandered off, and their mom, Brandon, Jose, Claricia and Maria sit on a cot in the chapel of the former Teresa Cavendish, director of Operations
Maria, 41, had sent Jose to find Benedictine Monastery for Catholic Community Services, which
him. oversees the temporary shelter at the former
Now, with neither brother in the former monastery’s chapel. Rev. Delle McCormick, of the
Nearly a third of the refugees Rincon Congregational Church, Benedictine Monastery, said the two young
sight, Claricia started to panic.
Holding back tears, Claricia were children, attending with United Church of Christ, 122 N. girls, identified by Maria as her daughters
started moving to the door. A one or both parents. Craycroft Road, was speaking to Ashley, age 6, and Rochelle, age 7, were Maria’s
moment later, the two boys During his comments, Father a group that had just arrived, as nieces, not her daughters.
returned. Tureman talked about time he aluminum serving containers of Speaking March 7, Cavendish said she was
Earlier, when the family spent in Libertad, Guatemala, fresh fruit were passed among familiar with the case of the Guatemalan
was detained by Border where Maria and her family them.
had left. After the service, he Meanwhile, the Rev. Nancy family. Although Maria said she could not
Patrol, Claricia watched as
spoke with her family, acting as Meister, from Grace St. Paul’s recall what port of entry they traversed,
officials from US Department
of Immigration and Customs a translator for the newspaper Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams Cavendish said they entered the US through
Enforcement took away her interview, assuring Maria that St., assisted Sister Echenique Nogales, where Ashley and Rochelle were
two “sisters,” Ashley, 6, and the reporter was “mi amigo,” a and Father Tureman with the presented as Maria’s daughters.
Rochelle, 7. They could not stay friend. distribution of ashes. Maria’s sister – their mother – is currently
with Claricia’s family because Prior to the service, Rocio During the service, the living in the US, although Cavendish said her
they did not have papers with Zamora, another volunteer, refugees sat on the cots and
exact whereabouts are unknown. While Maria
proper identification, Maria said. from Our Mother of Sorrows recited the prayers, led by Sister
Parish, mentioned the reporter’s Echenique. As they received presented papers asserting her guardianship
When asked where they had
crossed or where they might presence, and asked if there was ashes, without fail, children of the children, that was not, according to US
find the young girls, neither any objection to photos being would have their foreheads authorities, sufficient to allow them to enter
Maria nor Claricia knew which taken. The vast majority did not smeared and then step to the this country with the rest of the family that had
port of entry they traversed. It want pictures taken; Maria and a right, to wait for their parents, brought them safely to the border.
was dark when they arrived and few others approved. rather than return to their cots Cavendish said that the children were
when their entrance to the US Later, Father Tureman alone. As the service concluded,
transmitted to the federal Office of Refugee
was being processed. joked with Jose and Brandon, the refugees formed a giant circle
addressing them as “captains,” and recited the Our Father. Resettlement and most likely are no longer in
Interviewed on March 6,
and snapping to a salute. The Arizona. They would have been transferred to
Ash Wednesday, at the former
monastery, they knew only boys, however, corrected Emma and Mario a shelter for children out of state.
that in two days, they would be him, and told him they were There is no guarantee that Ashley and
put on a bus to Indiana, where “generales,” which elicited a As the crowd dissipated, a Rochelle will be in the same facility, or even in
a sponsor will be waiting for hasty apology from the priest. young couple, Emma, 41, and the same state.
them. Father Tureman admitted Mario, 35, came forward. They
Protocol will have federal workers try to find
feeling inspired by the refugees were excited because they
who traveled thousands of miles would be leaving the next day, the mother and investigate her status and the
Father Tureman
to reach Tucson from their points after five days in the Tucson safety of her home, before trying to reunify the
Salvatorian Father Thomas of origin. “Being around these shelter. They traveled with children, assuming she can prove her status as
Tureman had stopped by the people really invigorates me,” he their two-year-old daughter, their biological mother.
Tucson location to deliver a said. Carla, from Guerrero, a state In a best-case scenario, Cavendish said, the
check to shelter leaders, a gift in southwest Mexico known in children’s situation could be resolved as swiftly
from a member of Most Holy Ecumenical help the US for seaside venues like
as 30-45 days.
Trinity Parish where he is Acapulco, and, increasingly, for
The front of the chapel, escalating gang activity. The However, if the mother can’t be located or
pastor. Father Tureman, who
stripped of all its religious family’s bus trip will take them the placement is not suitable, Maria would have
visits Central America regularly
after having served in the artifacts, was filled with cots to a sponsor family residing in another chance for guardianship, depending on
region in previous assignments, and blankets courtesy of the North Carolina. the type of documentation she has.
volunteered to join the Ash American Red Cross. At the As Carla and Mario left “If nobody’s right is established, then it gets
Wednesday prayer service back were two aisles of about 15 the chapel, another group of more complicated,” Cavendish added. Until
organized by Dominican Sister pews each, where new arrivals new arrivals entered for their some resolution occurs, “the children will
Gladys Echenique, diocesan were greeted by volunteers and orientation. Based on earlier
briefed about where they were reports, the latest group will remain in a shelter.”
Hispanic Ministry coordinator.
During the service, he spoke and the next steps that would likely push the overnight
to the 45 refugees gathered in occur on their journey. population to close to 200.
APRIL 2019 CATHOLIC OUTLOOK 7
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- Focusing on increasing outreach, the parish level to invite them to
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coordination and knowledge; Hispanic Ministry.
- Increasing access to These are the three points
communities in other parts of our discussed in each one of the parish
diocese that are often overlooked visits:
or on the fringes in counties such as - Advocacy: Let the priests know
Gila, Pinal, Cochise, Yuma and our who are the ones that finished
more southern counties. Ministerial Formation Levels I and
Recommendations: II – in Spanish and English; Share
- To be able to spend more time the curriculum with the priests
with parishes and communities (overview and objectives of each
and less time in the chancery class);
office, being present for chancery - Encouragement: Ministerial
meetings and as needed, but with Formation Level I, II, III in
more intentional relationship Spanish and English; Develop/
development in parishes and update curriculum of ecclesiology
communities; to enhance active role and
- To organize the Ministerial responsibility of laity. (Current
Formation Program Level I, II, III in curriculum focuses more heavily on
the peripheries of the diocese; the hierarchical aspect of Church
- To visit every parish that and not the practical implications
has Spanish Masses to encounter for lay leaders in parishes and
the people, listen to them and schools);
to promote more formation - Foster creativity: Spaces for a
opportunities that could be of parishioner to be and to be heard
benefit to each community; - especially young people (ages
- To accompany the different 16-30).
apostolic and diocesan movements
V ENCUENTRO continued from page 3 Family Movement – Movimiento
Familiar Cristiano – led locally by
Somerton – is for more training in Sergio and Rosalba Cardona. The
ecclesiology, or the structure of the movement is active in a number
Church. of Spanish-speaking parishes in
Hispanic ministry leaders may the Diocese already, and she will
want to bring in a speaker from assist the other parishes make
out-of-town or out-of-state, but connections with the Cardonas to
don’t understand that they need train lead couples in those areas
to have the pastor’s permission to where it is requested.
do that, she said. Diocesan policy Bishop Weisenburger celebrated
also requires that all speakers have Mass at a regional gathering of the
background checks and that they Movimiento March 9 at St. Joseph
are vetted as part of its protection Church in Tucson, with more than
requirements. 100 families attending.
Another goal of V Encuentro There are other ministries that
is to provide ongoing support for the parishes can use to support
families and for young people. At Hispanic families and nurture
least three parishes asked her for leadership, including Cursillo,
help with bringing the Christian Charismatic renewal and Arco Iris. The Diocese of Tucson, its parishes or ministries do not support or advocate on behalf of this tour company and are not liable for its actions.
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8 CATHOLIC OUTLOOK CATHEDRAL SQUARE APRIL 2019
After a decade of planning and building, Cathedral Square is complete
By MICHAEL BROWN the north side of the Cathedral)
Managing Editor are progressing. The area will be
With the opening of the dedicated to Msgr. Arsenio Carrillo,
Conference and Education Center at who served as Cathedral rector for
Cathedral Square in April, diocesan many years. Drawings have been
leaders reach the end of more than completed and fundraising efforts
a decade of work on the campus continue. A grand concert is being
marking the bishop’s seat and planned for September to help raise
administrative headquarters. funds. Vicki Carr and Mariachi
The Conference and Education Cobre have already committed to
Center represents the last in a series the event.
of building projects collectively “Cathedral Parish is taking bids
referred to as the Cathedral Square on the painting of the Cathedral’s
Project. A snapshot of each of exterior, and I hope that the parish
the elements follows in order of can begin that project soon. The
completion: renovation of the interior is a
much more expensive and complex
St. Augustine Cathedral project. Any effort to restore the
interior will need careful study.”
St. Augustine Cathedral, Other changes to the Cathedral
which has undergone numerous were made in 2008. In the bishop’s
renovations over the decades, saw Feb. 18 Monday Memo, he wrote:
major changes made in 2007-08, “With the painting of the dome will highlight the window openings. Bishop Kicanas and the Catholic
including the renovation of the in copper, the painting of the south The design of the ‘surrounds’ Foundation, which had been doing
placita and the addition of a band tower of the Cathedral was nearly reflects elements already present on the fundraising for the chapel
shell, both dedicated to longtime completed last week. And, most of the Cathedral’s exterior.” project, hired John Alan, the
rector, Msgr. Arsenio Carrillo. the façade wall received a first coat. designer who worked on an earlier
In his Monday Memo from April We are really beginning to see how Cathedral Rectory Cathedral re-design, to create a
16, 2007, Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas our Cathedral is going to look!
wrote: “Also last week, crews from Jim The parish rectory, the oldest
“Efforts to restore the Cathedral Wood Masonry began to install the building on campus, dating back to
placita (the small park area on exterior concrete ‘surrounds’ that the 1890s, underwent interior and In his Jan. 25 Monday
exterior renovation including code
Memo, he wistfully
ST. AUGUSTINE CATHEDRAL upgrades in 2016.
wrote: “Right now,
Our Lady’s Chapel only remnants of
Our Lady’s Chapel was built the lovely little
in 1916 for the area’s Anglo chapel remain – the
population. It was built a year after
Marist College, but its use as a
beautiful domed
chapel was relatively short-lived. It alcove at the entry
was then made part of the Marist way, classic images
College campus.
Under Marist, the chapel space
of the Evangelists
was used to host dances and as and the tiny choir
a gymnasium until about 1968, loft with a delicate
according to diocesan Property and
Insurance Director John Shaheen. bannister.
At some point, the chapel was
closed. Then, it was haphazardly beautiful new interior.
converted into what became In January of 2016, Bishop
known as the “Marian Data Kicanas wrote about the extensive
Center” in the early days of office and varied uses of the chapel.
computers. Modern lighting and air “It was converted into an office
conditioning were added. building for use by the Diocesan
Then, that use too was abandoned Pastoral Center. That development
and the once beautiful chapel had robbed the space of its original
been vacant and used for storage for beauty and created a functional
many years. It was also a painting area devoid of the sacredness and
prep room for a remodel of St. loveliness of the building.
Augustine Cathedral before Bishop “For the last 10 years the
Kicanas decided in 2014 to restore building has been deteriorating,
the space to its original use. unused and unappreciated. WorkAPRIL 2019 CATHEDRAL SQUARE CATHOLIC OUTLOOK 9
Catholic school, the structure – designed by
OUR LADY’S CHAPEL Bishop Henry Granjon and built in 1915 – is the
tallest unfired adobe structure in the state and is
listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In a series of Monday Memos in June of 2016,
the bishop mentioned both the college building
– which had fallen into serious disrepair – and
the Bishop Moreno Pastoral Center’s roles in
the Cathedral Square Project: “Marist College,
soon to be called The Marist … will be restored
and will contain seven low-income senior living
apartments and a recreation center. The Marist
will be joined by a seven-story building housing
an additional 75 apartments for seniors where
our current Pastoral Center now is located.”
The Marist project was financed by the
Foundation for Senior Living, FSL, a non-profit
whose goal is to provide affordable housing units
in urban areas.
FSL is affiliated with Catholic Charities of
Phoenix, and The Marist on Cathedral Square
was its first foray into the Tucson market. The
former Marist College building was leased to FSL
and the Bishop Moreno Pastoral Center, located
a block away, was sold to FSL by the Catholic
Foundation for $2.5 million.
Diocesan staff vacated the Bishop Moreno
began last month to restore this jewel in our was removed from the chapel’s southern wall. Pastoral Center in October of 2016, renting
community to its original splendor as a place for Work on the chapel progressed. From the office space at the former Providence Building
prayer and reflection as well as for small church March 7, Monday Memo: located at 64 E. Broadway Blvd., four blocks east.
celebrations.” “Work continues at Our Lady’s Chapel where In 2017, the pastoral center was demolished and
In his Jan. 25 Monday Memo, he wistfully plumbing and vent work for heating and cooling work on the new seven-story building, called
wrote: “Right now, only remnants of the lovely is being installed. Thanks to Patricia and Patrick Midrise, began. Renovations on the former
little chapel remain – the beautiful domed alcove Schifano … who donated a beautiful Lowry organ College building and construction of the Midrise
at the entry way, classic images of the Evangelists owned by their mother Florence Madas for use in were funded by FSL.
and the tiny choir loft with a delicate bannister. the chapel.” By 2018, the former Marist College building
At one time, the original lighting, probably On Oct. 16, 2016, Bishop Kicanas formally
See CATHEDRAL SQUARE on page 10
chandelier style light fixtures, were removed rededicated Our Lady’s Chapel.
to put in ‘modern’ fluorescent lighting for the
employees working in the newly-named Marian Marist on Cathedral Square
Data Center. It’s funny now that the Diocese of
the past called the chapel space that name, since Over the course of its history, Marist College
computers and technology of the 1970s and served a variety of needs, including as the
1980s seem so archaic today.” Diocesan Pastoral Center until diocesan leaders
A week later, an addition containing an office moved to a nearby building in 2001. A one-time10 CATHOLIC OUTLOOK CATHEDRAL SQUARE APRIL 2019
MARIST COLLEGE
up to 500 people and training rooms
CATHEDRAL SQUARE continued for ministries or community use;
from page 9
and the third and fourth floors will
was completely occupied, and
be the new home of the Diocesan
the Midrise was approaching full
Pastoral Center offices.
occupancy.
“Such a facility has been long-
needed in our diocese and will
Conference and Education Center
allow the Cathedral Parish and the
on Cathedral Square
Diocese to hold larger gatherings
without having to rent space or find
In February of 2016, Bishop
locations elsewhere in the Diocese.”
Kicanas explained in the Monday
The bishop noted that because
Memo that the cost to renovate the
the former hall fell in a historic
Cathedral hall to code would be $4
district, the Diocese needed Tucson
million and the building would still
City Council approval to demolish
be too small to meet the needs of
it, and that was not going to be an
the Diocese and the parish.
easy task.
Later that year, he explained
“We hope the City Council can
his vision for the final part of
imagine, as we do, a fully restored
the Cathedral Square project, the
Cathedral Square with three richly
Education and Conference Center,
historic buildings brought back
unpacking it in a series of Monday
to life and beauty to serve the
Memos beginning in June:
“ Because of asbestos remediation, there were
delays in the demolition of the building. The
removal was completed by December of 2016.
“The final project of Cathedral
Square is the removal of the
outdated parish hall. The hall was
community and the Church, and
that our request will be granted so
that the new four-story building can
be built to accommodate the needs
constructed in 1916 but was built
of this diocese and our ministries,
to address the needs of a parish
the St. Augustine Cathedral Parish
with 300 people. The hall is now far
and the larger downtown Tucson
too small for even parish needs, let
community as a valuable meeting
alone the needs of the Diocese and
place resource.”
its ministries.
The Diocese was successful in
“In its place, we plan to build a
communicating that vision. Bishop
four-story complex to house offices
Kicanas reported the following
and meeting rooms for St. Augustine
week that the council approved the
Parish; an entire floor that will have
demolition of the hall in a 7-0 vote.
state-of-the-art conference space forAPRIL 2019 CATHEDRAL SQUARE CATHOLIC OUTLOOK 11
CONFERENCE AND EDUCATION CENTER
“My thanks to everyone who made the time to attend the long meeting.
Your presence and the information presented by some of you to the City
Council played a tremendous role in helping the council make its decision.”
Because of asbestos remediation, there were delays in the demolition of
the building. The removal was completed by December of 2016.
In September 2017, the Diocese received a building permit to begin
construction of a $19.8 million, four-story, 55,000-square-foot structure
that would feature the large hall and offices for the Cathedral staff and the
Diocese.
“This is not your typical square-box office building,” said longtime
fundraiser and Cathedral Foundation Interim Director Ernie Nedder.
“When you look at this building, you will know it has character. It was
designed with the intention of being something really special.”
On April 1, the Education and Conference Center at Cathedral Square
officially opened.
Feeding the crew
Catholic Outlook photos by Michael Brown
At several points during construction of the Conference and Education Center at
Cathedral Square, Bishop Edward J. Weisenburger has bought lunch for the work
crew. On Feb. 20, he treated them to Street Tacos, as a sign of his appreciation for
their hard work.12 CATHOLIC OUTLOOK APRIL 2019
Sales, solicitations and loans: How financing Cathedral Square made cents
By MICHAEL BROWN the building. Following subsequent
Managing Editor removal of exterior asbestos, the
When a diocese embarks on hall was demolished.
a project that includes a historic In September of 2017, the
church, a chapel, a four-story office Diocese received the building
building and two structures listed permit to begin construction
on the National Register of Historic of a $19.8 million, four-story,
Place, it’s not going to be cheap. 55,000-square-foot structure that
Spread those plans and costs over would feature a 500-seat state-of-
a decade and funding isn’t going to the-art event and education center,
be easy either. with offices for the Cathedral Parish
Somehow – through a series of and the Diocese of Tucson.
sales, solicitations and loans – with In December 2017, a Catholic
the oversight of diocesan fundraiser Outlook article talked about the
extraordinaire Ernie Nedder, and impact of the entire project upon
a closing loan of about $2 million, the larger downtown neighborhood:
the Cathedral Square Project will “The Cathedral Square project
be complete with a price tag of $21 was projected, along with other
million. downtown revitalization projects, to
Here’s how funding worked: create a string of new construction,
In 2007-08, there were repairs bringing in an estimated $40 million
that needed to be done to St. in building projects into downtown
Augustine Cathedral. Some funds Tucson. Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas
were raised, but then the Cathedral said it reflected the Diocese’s
rectory needed work. The Marist commitment to investing and
College building had been closed as staying in downtown.”
an unsafe structure following the As the plans for the building
collapse of one corner of its adobe Catholic Outlook file photo developed, construction in Tucson
walls. The parish hall, one building Ernie Nedder began heating up and with more
away, needed $4 million in repairs demand came higher labor costs.
corner even was washed out when
or would face demolition; the once- Donations and pledges were
rainwater drainage features failed Our Lady’s Chapel
beautiful Our Lady’s Chapel was already in for $5 million, and the
and the backed-up water led to
relegated to a storage room. Catholic Foundation contributed
structural failure. By 2016, renovations on Our
Over the next five years, the the $2.5 million from the sale of the
Marist was vacant and close to Lady’s Chapel were well underway.
buildings were assessed, and plans former pastoral center.
demolition when diocesan leaders The original cost was supposed
were sketched and prioritized. St. Augustine Cathedral
began talks with the Foundation to be $500,000, but unforeseen
In 2015, Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas contributed $1.5 million, raised
for Senior Living, FSL, a non-profit building problems caused the price
turned to Nedder, his former from the sale of the former All
whose goal is to provide affordable tag to jump to $1 million, Nedder
chancellor and multi-talented Saints Catholic Elementary School
housing units in urban areas. said.
administrator. Nedder had retired and St. Augustine Cathedral parish
FSL is affiliated with Catholic Gerry Chouinard, founder of
as executive director of the Catholic religious education building on 6th
Charities of Phoenix, and it was Our Lady of the Sierras Shrine
Foundation earlier that year, but Street. In addition, the Catholic
looking to help meet the affordable in Hereford, made a $500,000
Nedder agreed to come back to help Foundation pitched in another $3
housing needs for seniors in the donation to start the project.
raise money for Cathedral Square. million for a total of $5.5 million.
Tucson area. FSL would take on the Through the work of Nedder and
In an interview in 2018, Nedder There were two large individual
costly renovation and repair of the Bishop Kicanas’ efforts, and with
recalled that the Diocese had givers, with $2 million donations
building but needed more real estate the help of generous donors, the
completed a diocesanwide capital each, and about 600 total donors to
to make its senior housing project extra money was raised, and Our
campaign in 2007, and “the bishop the project.
economically viable. So, the Marist Lady’s Chapel was rededicated on
promised the pastors that he would The total combined cost of the
College building was leased to FSL. Oct. 16, 2016.
not do another one.” It meant that entire Cathedral Square project was
The Bishop Moreno Pastoral Center
all the solicitations had to be done $21 million.
and the land below it, located about Conference and Education Center
privately, through personal contacts. Speaking in late June of 2018,
a block away, was sold to FSL for
Nedder said that through these
$2.5 million. In February of 2016, Bishop
Marist College donations and others, the Catholic
In early 2017, the Bishop Moreno Kicanas explained in his Monday
Foundation raised more than $18
Pastoral Center was demolished Memo that the cost to renovate the
The Marist College building – a million in pledges, with solicitations
and work on the new seven-story Cathedral hall - designed to serve a
one-time Catholic school built continuing.
FSL building, called Midrise, began. much smaller parish and to become
in 1915 – is the tallest unfired By the time the building is ready
Renovations on the former College a useful building - would be $4
adobe structure in the state and is to open, the loan, held by the
building and construction of the million and the building would still
listed on the National Register of Catholic Order of Foresters, will
Midrise were funded by FSL. be too small to meet the needs of
Historic Places. However, as it was be $3.8 million. By 2021, when the
Low-income senior renters the Diocese and the parish. The
completing service as the diocesan pledges are due to be redeemed
quickly lined up for the now-opened Diocese received permission of
administrative offices in 2001, it fully, the loan will be reduced to $2
space in late 2018 and early 2019. the Tucson City Council to raze
was showing its wear. In 2005, one million.APRIL 2019 CATHOLIC OUTLOOK 13
Racism and the criminal justice system
Editor’s note: With this edition, has narrowed somewhat in recent
we begin an eight-part series of years, African Americans are still
reflections on “Open Wide Our incarcerated at more than five times
Hearts,” a pastoral letter on racism the rate of whites.
issued by the US Conference of African Americans are more
Catholic Bishops in 2018. Links to the likely to experience traffic stops,
original document and other resources searches and juvenile arrests, and
can be found on the diocesan website, receive harsher sentences and
www.diocesetucson.org. greater length of sentencing.
Recent headlines have also raised
In the November 2018 pastoral for drug and non-violent offenses. surface, racial disparities appear in questions about treatment by law
letter against racism, “Open Wide Recognizing that the default every stage of the criminal justice enforcement of persons of color,
Our Hearts,” the USCCB urges response to social ills such as system, which has built the resulting with studies pointing to racial
all Catholics to acknowledge “the mental illness, drug addiction, prison and jail population over disparities in use of non-lethal force
scourge of racism” that still exists homelessness, unemployment and decades. against African Americans and
in our hearts, words, actions and illiteracy is too often incarceration, Whites and African Americans Hispanics.
institutions. Racism is rooted in a the bishops have advocated for engage in drug use at similar rates, We must continue to work and
failure to acknowledge the human sentencing reform and increased but African Americans are much pray against the evils of racism,
dignity of people of a different race. use of rehabilitative and restorative more likely to be arrested for it. particularly as it may manifest in
Racism does not reflect the inner justice programs that focus on Although the gap among our criminal justice system and in
life of God - the Triune unity of education, literacy, job-placement incarceration rates of different races the way that laws are enforced.
three-in-one - that we are called and substance-abuse treatment.
to imitate. Racism manifests itself Over the past four decades, there
in sinful individual actions, which has been a 500 percent increase in
contribute to structures of sin that the number of people incarcerated
perpetuate division and inequality, in the US, which now totals roughly
as has been seen throughout 2.2 million. Contributing factors
our nation’s history and into the to this increase include mandatory
present. One such structure in need minimum sentences, harsher
of conversion is the criminal justice sentences for non-violent drug
system. offenses, “three-strikes” laws and
In “Responsibility, Rehabilitation changes in policing. The US now has
and Restoration: A Catholic the highest rate of incarceration in
Perspective on Crime and Criminal the world. With five percent of the
Justice,” the US Catholic bishops world’s population, the US houses
wrote, “Racism and discrimination roughly 25 percent of the world’s
that continue to haunt our nation prisoners.
are reflected in similar ways in Currently, African Americans
the criminal justice system.” and Hispanics/Latinos make up 56
For decades, the bishops have percent of prisoners but are only
recognized the limited utility of 28 percent of the US population.
mandatory minimum sentencing Although “color blind” on the
For more information Pray with St. John Paul II discrimination on the basis of racial and ethnic
“Lord God, our Father, you created the difference. Forgive us and grant us the grace to
“Responsibility, Rehabilitation, and human being, man and woman, in your image heal the wounds still present in your community
Restoration: A Catholic Perspective on Crime and likeness, and you willed the diversity of on account of sin, so that we will all feel
and Criminal Justice” peoples within the unity of the human family. ourselves to be your sons and daughters.”
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/ At times, however, the equality of your sons
human-life-and-dignity/criminal-justice- and daughters has not been acknowledged, (Universal Prayer on the Day of Pardon)
restorative-justice/crime-and-criminal-justice. and Christians have been guilty of attitudes of
cfm rejection and exclusion, consenting to acts of
Copyright © 2018, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. All rights Prayer from Pope John Paul II, Universal Prayer, March 12, 2000,
reserved. This text may be reproduced in whole or in part without alteration copyright © 2000, Libreria Editrice Vaticana (LEV), Vatican City. Used with
for nonprofit educational use, provided such reprints are not sold and include permission. All rights reserved.
this notice. All photos © iStock Photo. Models used for illustrative purposes.
This resource and many others are available at usccb.org/racism.14 CATHOLIC OUTLOOK APRIL 2019
Make a difference by looking out for those in need
Every day there are elderly adults with her that they had a special present for her inside
cognitive impairments being victimized by the van. The girl had learned in her religious
financial scams or physical abuse. There are OUR CALL TO PROTECT education class what to do: She began to scream
children being harmed and neglected and women Dr. Rosemary Celaya-Alston, M.A., Ed.D and ran away from the van toward a home
being battered by a spouse or partner. Also tragic across the street. The van sped away. The child’s
are situations with people with developmental attention in class and the work of those teachers
disabilities who may not be able to tell others their fears. in preparing students about dangerous situations
they are being abused. Many of these individuals An investigation found that the “caring” may have saved the child’s life.
already need society’s care and attention; woman he had trusted was financially exploiting No matter what work we do, we all can play a
then, they face the added stress and danger of (the act of using someone for your own personal role in helping those unable to help themselves.
experiencing violence in their lives. gain) the elderly man and had begun to deplete This help can come from a neighbor or utility
In and around the Diocese of Tucson, there are his bank account. Several other supporting worker’s intuition about a longtime resident
lay ministers, children, clergy, volunteers, public documents also were filed with investigators: or customer and a call to law enforcement or
safety employees and community members A teller at the bank who observed the woman social services for a welfare check. It can come
who demonstrate amazing commitment and coming in and withdrawing large sums of from a teacher taking time to give students age-
willingness to confront these types of violence money from his account; a utility worker who appropriate skills to help them be savvier and to
and abuse. It takes a special individual to had known the man for years and who reported protect themselves at a moment of surprise.
stand up and do the right thing. This help also Following your gut when an elderly or lonely
can come from family members who witness If a person is telling you they need person is telling you about their life - and finding
questionable situations, neighbors who hold the help, they are looking for answers a good resource for them safely to share their
confidence of a disabled person, or caring church needs with proper caregivers – is a way we can
ministers or parishioners who become aware of a
or support. You can give them that help.
situation requiring attention. dignity and that help. If a person is telling you they need help, they
In one of our parishes several years ago, a are looking for answers or support. You can give
female parishioner observed an older parishioner that he could see that the elderly man was not them that dignity and that help.
(in his late 80s) in need. He said he could no well; and a postal worker who saw the female I challenge you to take these examples to
longer see to drive and had just lost his wife to intercepting the man’s mail. heart, and to find ways you too can create safety
cancer. This person had no one to assist him and The woman was charged and convicted of in the lives of those around us through the shared
so this female parishioner began to assume a financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult and is willingness to step up, address and prevent
caregiving role. She determined very quickly that currently serving time in prison. violence.
he had money. A second example, from a director of religious Everyone deserves to live a life that is safe and
In time, other parishioners noticed the man’s education in our diocese, involved a nine-year- free from fear. Many of us can achieve that on
physical decline and increasing isolation. Several old girl walking from her school to her home our own; it’s up to us to look out for vulnerable
of these observant parishioners contacted the less than a mile away. According to the DRE, a individuals needing our assistance.
police and adult protective services to report black van with two men came up to her and told
Prayer, fasting help us renew our focus on what’s important
“Where can we fix our gaze, then, throughout “upon the crucified one,” we must take our eyes
this Lenten journey? Upon the crucified one.” THAT ALL MAY off ourselves. Prayer, fasting and charitable
- Pope Francis action develop that in us.
KNOW THE SAVIOR Prayer keeps us in a right relationship. It
Pope Francis’ Ash Wednesday homily brought Peggy Guerrero reminds us that God is God and we are not.
to our attention what the focus of our Lenten Prayer renders to God what is God’s and helps
journey is to be. He reminded us to stay on of removing what is in the way so that we can take us to the place of knowing how little else we
guard against the lure of consumerism, the move in a new direction. need. Doing without, fasting, is much more than
seductive pull that “having things” will fill that Fasting is very difficult in our time. We are the absence of the thing or the experience itself.
place in us that only God can fill. At this mid- inundated with messages that having anything Fasting sharpens our appetite for what truly
point of Lent, it is good to be reminded of how matters. It lets us stand in solidarity with others
our Lenten practices form us and help us keep Prayer keeps us in a right who are hungry, not by their choice. Prayer
our focus on God’s love for us, poured out in relationship. It reminds us that and fasting, authentically practiced, move us to
Jesus. almsgiving, moving out of ourselves through
“Prayer reunites us to God; charity, to our God is God and we are not. Prayer actions of compassion.
neighbor; fasting, to ourselves,” Pope Francis renders to God what is God’s We are “practicing Catholics,” and out of
reminds us. The active practices of prayer, our practice we become formed to the mind
fasting and almsgiving take us far beyond the
and helps take us to the place of of Christ. Our Lenten practice is not an end in
mindset of “giving up something for Lent.” Even knowing how little else we need. itself. It prepares us to walk with Christ through
fasting, which we often equate with merely his passion, death and resurrection. Easter is
giving something up, orients us differently, is the answer to our deepest need. Even coming.
and this reorienting is the heart of repentance. relationships are framed in terms of “having,”
Through our Lenten practice, we do the work rather than “being.” In order to keep our eyeAPRIL 2019 CATHOLIC OUTLOOK 15
Historias trágicas de la frontera en el antiguo monasterio
Por MICHAEL BROWN
Director Editorial
Primero hubo pánico, luego
UPDATE: Idas y
lágrimas y después, alivio.
Claricia, de 16 años, llevaba
venidas en la historia
tres días viviendo en el antiguo
monasterio benedictino de
de Ashley y Rochelle
Tucson, que actualmente La trágica historia de las niñas de María
funciona como albergue para Ramos-Gómez es aún más complicada que la
refugiados capturados en la descrita en nuestra primera historia, incluida
frontera de Estados Unidos y aquí.
México. La jovencita recorría Teresa Cavendish, directora de Operaciones
con la vista el recinto de la de los Servicios Comunitarios Católicos, quien
antigua capilla del monasterio, supervisa el albergue temporal instalado en el
buscando a sus hermanos, antiguo monasterio benedictino, dijo que las
José, de 12 años, y Brandon,
dos niñas, identificadas por María como sus
de 11. Brandon se había
hijas Ashley, de 6 años, y Rochelle, de 7 años,
alejado momentáneamente, y
en realidad eran sus sobrinas, no sus hijas.
su madre, María, de 41 años, Outlook foto por Michael Brown
En una conversación del 7 de marzo,
había enviado a José a buscarlo. Rocio Zamora y Padre Tómas Tureman
Cavendish señaló que estaba familiarizada con
Al no ver a ninguno de
Thomas Tureman pasó por el Antes del servicio, Rocío el caso de la familia guatemalteca. Aunque
sus hermanos, Claricia entró
albergue para entregar a los Zamora, voluntaria de la María dijo que no podía recordar por cuál
en pánico. Conteniendo las
coordinadores una donación de parroquia de la Virgen puerto de entrada habían ingresado a Estados
lágrimas, se dirigió hacia la
un miembro de la Parroquia de Dolorosa, había mencionado Unidos, Cavendish dijo que lo habían hecho
puerta, pero un momento
la Santísima Trinidad, donde él la presencia del reportero y por Nogales, donde Ashley y Rochelle fueron
después los dos niños
es párroco. El padre Tureman, preguntó si alguien se oponía presentadas como hijas de María.
reaparecieron.
quien visita América Central a que se tomaran fotos. La La hermana de María, y madre de las niñas,
Días antes, cuando la familia
periódicamente después gran mayoría no quiso que les vive en los Estados Unidos, aunque Cavendish
fue detenida por la policía
de haber servido allí en tomaran fotos, pero María y dijo que se desconoce su paradero exacto. Si
fronteriza, Claricia había
ocasiones en que fue asignado algunos otros accedieron. bien María presentó documentos de tutela de
visto a los funcionarios del
a esa región, se ofreció para Después, el padre Tureman las niñas, según las autoridades de EE. UU.,
Departamento de Inmigración
participar en el servicio de bromeó con José y Brandon, eso no fue suficiente para permitir su ingreso
y Control de Aduanas de
oración del Miércoles de dirigiéndose a ellos como a este país con los familiares que las habían
Estados Unidos llevarse a
Ceniza organizado por la “capitanes” y ofreciendo un traído a la frontera a salvo.
sus dos “hermanas”, Ashley,
“
hermana domínica Gladys saludo militar. Pero los niños lo Cavendish dijo que las niñas fueron
6, y Rochelle, 7. Ellas no
pudieron permanecer trasladadas a la Oficina de Reasentamiento de
con la familia de Claricia Refugiados y que probablemente ya no estén
porque no contaban con la Estar cerca de estas personas realmente me en Arizona. Podrían haber sido trasladadas a
un albergue para niños fuera del estado.
documentación requerida, revitaliza”, dijo Padre Tureman. No hay garantía de que Ashley y Rochelle
dijo María.
Cuando se les preguntó estén en una misma instalación, o incluso en
Echenique, coordinadora corrigieron diciendo que eran el mismo estado.
dónde habían cruzado o
del Ministerio Hispano de la “generales”, lo cual provocó Según el protocolo, los funcionarios
dónde podrían encontrar a
Diócesis. Durante el servicio una instantánea disculpa del federales deberán intentar encontrar a la
las niñas, ni María ni Claricia
ofrecido en la capilla, Tureman sacerdote. madre e investigar su estado y la seguridad
sabían decir por qué puerto
conversó con los 45 refugiados El padre Tureman señaló de su hogar antes de tratar de reunificar a
de entrada habían ingresado.
presentes, de los cuales casi que los refugiados, a pesar de las niñas, suponiendo que su madre pueda
Estaba oscuro cuando llegaron
la tercera parte eran niños haber viajado miles de millas comprobar que es la madre biológica.
y cuando se procesaba su
acompañados por uno de sus para llegar a Tucson desde sus En el mejor de los casos, dijo Cavendish,
entrada a Estados Unidos.
padres o por los dos. puntos de partida, mostraban la situación de las niñas podría resolverse
Cuando fueron entrevistadas
El padre Tureman habló buen ánimo.”Estar cerca de rápidamente, en cuestión de 30 a 45 días.
en el monasterio el 6 de
sobre el tiempo que pasó en estas personas realmente me Sin embargo, si no es posible localizar a
marzo, Miércoles de Ceniza,
Libertad, Guatemala, de donde revitaliza”, dijo. la madre, o si su situación no reúne las
solo sabían que en dos días
María y su familia se habían
llevarían a la familia en un condiciones necesarias, María tendría otra
ido. Después, conversó con Ayuda ecuménica
autobús a Indiana, donde los oportunidad de tutela, dependiendo del tipo
la familia, actuando como
esperaría un patrocinador. de documentación que pueda presentar.
intérprete para la entrevista El frente de la capilla,
“Si no se establece el derecho de nadie, el
del periódico tras asegurarle a despojado de artefactos
Padre Tureman caso se complicará”, agregó Cavendish. Hasta
María que el reportero era un religiosos, estaba lleno de
que se produzca alguna resolución, “las niñas
amigo. El artículo continúa en la página 16
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