Extension Magazine - Fall 2021
In 1978, St. Pope John Paul II said, " Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ!" His words echo in our ears today as churches across the country have literally reopened their doors after many months of restrictions. The Catholic Church's mission to serve, to heal and to reach people's hears in Christ's name has never shut down, as is revealed in the accomplishments of our 2021 Lumen Christi Award finalists- such as Racheal Jacoby, who recently restored ST. Francis Xavier Mission in Melvin, Texas.
In 1978, St. Pope John Paul II said, " Do not be afraid. Open wide the doors for Christ!" His words echo in our ears today as churches across the country have literally reopened their doors after many months of restrictions. The Catholic Church's mission to serve, to heal and to reach people's hears in Christ's name has never shut down, as is revealed in the accomplishments of our 2021 Lumen Christi Award finalists- such as Racheal Jacoby, who recently restored ST. Francis Xavier Mission in Melvin, Texas.
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Excerpts from letters written by<br />
These comments are from individuals who participated as<br />
judges in the selection of our Lumen Christi Award finalists.<br />
Their insights about this year’s finalists express how<br />
the finalists radiate and reveal the light of Christ in their<br />
communities. The judges are members of Two by Two, our<br />
premier leadership annual giving society (see page 24 ).<br />
I WAS VERY INSPIRED by<br />
AS A NATIVE OF ST. LOUIS,<br />
how a busy wife, mother<br />
I am very familiar with the situation<br />
in East St. Louis and<br />
and CPA would endeavor<br />
to take up the challenge of<br />
the struggles the children<br />
renovating a 100-year-old<br />
there have had to face.<br />
church. I know that the time<br />
The work that Sister Julia<br />
involved must have<br />
has been doing for the<br />
been extensive and<br />
past 30 years, and<br />
all-consuming, particularly<br />
considering<br />
restrictions of the<br />
especially during the<br />
the amount of renovation<br />
required.<br />
truly God’s work. The devel-<br />
COVID pandemic, is<br />
For her to devote all the<br />
opment and expansion of<br />
time and attention to detail<br />
Griffin Center has enabled<br />
that is required shows me<br />
countless children to see a<br />
how dedicated she is to<br />
way out of poverty and racism<br />
and have a brighter<br />
her Catholic faith and to the<br />
parishioners of the mission.<br />
future.<br />
› Anonymous judge<br />
› Anonymous judge<br />
On Racheal Jacoby |<br />
On Sister Julia Huiskamp,<br />
Diocese of San Angelo,<br />
DC, MSW | Diocese of<br />
Texas (page 16)<br />
Belleville, Illinois (page 28)<br />
FATHER STAN’S MINISTRY<br />
to the Yup’ik Eskimo<br />
culture in Alaska leaves me<br />
speechless and in awe.<br />
This man wanted so to<br />
understand his people, that<br />
in one sense, he became<br />
one of them. He came to<br />
understand, both in mind<br />
and in heart, what it takes<br />
to be a Yup’ik. He became a<br />
student of their culture, their<br />
history and their very lives.<br />
Now he could begin to bring<br />
who he was and his mission<br />
into their lives. He brought<br />
into their religious services<br />
those saints who were loved<br />
and admired by them.<br />
The Yup’ik people<br />
became his teacher in the<br />
ways of living and surviving.<br />
Father Stan became their<br />
teacher in the ways of heart<br />
and spirit.<br />
› Anonymous judge<br />
On Father Stan Jaszek<br />
| Diocese of Fairbanks,<br />
Alaska (page 14)<br />
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