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May 8, 2014 | The offi cial newspaper of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, N.Y. | www.thecatholicsun.com

3 “My Place in the Sun”

Bishop Cunningham writes about

World Day of Prayer for Vocations

Ruling allows prayer

Supreme Court rules prayers before town

council meetings do not violate Constitution

Awards honor service

Annual House of Providence

Awards honor three for service

Field of dreams

Bishop Ludden softball team

gets a fi eld of its own

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Loving God,

As a mother gives life and

nourishment to her children,

so you watch over your Church.

Bless these women,

that they may be strengthened

as Christian mothers.

Let the example of their faith

and love shine forth.

Grant that we,

their sons and daughters,

may honor them always

with a spirit of profound respect.

Grant this through Christ our Lord.

Amen.

— “The Blessing for Mothers,”

from The Book of Blessings

SUN PHOTO | CHUCK WAINWRIGHT

A statue of Mary and the Christ Child stands on the grounds of

Christ the King Retreat House and Conference Center in Syracuse.

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By Pat SheaSun associate editor

Brenden and Nicole Flynn met by accident — literally. In May 2002, 18-year-old

Brenden and his best friend were traveling from Seneca Falls to an event at their local high school when a truck traveling at high speed failed to yield and crashed into them. The truck split the car in two and catapulted both men into a nearby fi eld. Brenden’s friend did not survive the accident. Brenden was transported to Upstate University Hospital, barely clinging to life and in a coma. The doctors told the Flynn family that it was unlikely Brenden would survive. “They [the doctors] gave me no chance to live but my family wouldn’t listen,” said Brenden in a recent interview. Instead of following the doctors’ grim proposal to keep Brenden comfortable and allow nature to take its course, he said, the Flynn family prayed vigilantly and refused to give up hope. Slowly, Brenden began to recover. “When you wake up from a coma it’s like you’re 10 years old all over again,” stated Brenden. “It sets you back and people in the world are not very kind to you.” He was released from the hospital four months later and began a long recovery process where he had to relearn skills like swallowing, talking and walking. Eventually, in 2007, he was able to live on his own, although his injuries left him with short-term

memory loss and a speech disability. In June 2007, four days after her high-school graduation, 18-year-old Nicole Vanderwall was crossing the street when she was struck by a car and seriously injured. Like Brenden’s, the doctors’ prognosis for Nicole, who was comatose, was poor.

“There was talk of pulling the plug while I was in the coma. The doctors felt there was no hope,” stated Nicole. But like Brenden, Nicole began to fi ght her way back, slowly recovering and having to learn basic life skills all over again. In 2008, both Brenden and Nicole

participated in the Wildlife Defenders Program, an educational outreach program run by Bridges for Brain Injury, a rehabilitation program for individuals who have suffered traumatic brain injury. The program helps participants to develop personal

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3 “My Place in the Sun”Bishop Cunningham writes on why each person is a masterpiece

Pope Francis:Greed, throwaway culture fuel ‘hidden euthanasia’ of elderly

7 Joseph’s House:Changing lives9 ‘Sharing the Joy of

the Gospel’16

PHOTO SUBMITTEDBrenden and Nicole Flynn with their daughter Faith.

A second chance at lifeAfter accidents, couple speaks out in faith to respect life

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3 “My Place in the Sun”Bishop Cunningham shares his homily from Mass to open the school year

In Google Hangoutpope helps launch worldwide social network

5 New patient tower at St. Joe’s blessed10 Jail Ministry

honors its unsung heroes11

Catholic school students around the diocese were all smiles as they headed back to classes last week. Pictured above (from top) are Robert Murphy, a student at Holy Cross School in DeWitt; members of the third grade class at Holy Family School in Syracuse; and fi rst grader Dulcinea Holcomb and Spanish teacher Maureen Mayberry, both of Immaculate Conception School in Fayetteville.

PHOTOS COURTESY (FROM TOP): SISTER ROSE BILL, MFIC; MARY BABBLES; CAROLINE N. AGOR-CALIMLIM

• Superintendent Bill Crist on the new school year: page 7

• Once classmates, now colleagues at St. James School: page 8

• Meet the diocese’s new principals and assistant principal: page 9

Back to School!

Catholic school students around the diocese were all smiles as they headed back to classes last week. Pictured above (from top) are Robert Murphy, a student at Holy Cross School in DeWitt; members of the third grade class at Holy Family School in Syracuse; and fi rst grader Dulcinea Holcomb and Spanish teacher Maureen


Back to School!

Catholic school students around the diocese were all smiles as they headed back to classes last week. Pictured above (from top) are Robert Murphy, a student at Holy Cross School in DeWitt; members of the third grade class at Holy Family School in Syracuse; and fi rst grader Dulcinea Holcomb and Spanish teacher Maureen


Back to School!

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A stained glass window at the Cathedral of the Immaculate

Conception in Syracuse depicts Christ’s resurrection.


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“Blessed be the God and Father of

our Lord Jesus Christ,

who in his great mercy gave us a new birth to a living hope

through the resurrection of Jesus Christ

from the dead.” —1Pt 1:3


no chance to live but my family wouldn’t listen,” said Brenden in a recent interview. Instead of following the doctors’ grim proposal to keep Brenden comfortable and allow nature to take its course, he said, the Flynn family prayed vigilantly and refused to give up hope. Slowly, Brenden began to recover. “When you wake up from a coma it’s like you’re 10 years old all over again,” stated Brenden. “It sets you back and people in the world are not very kind to you.” He was released from the hospital four months later and began a long recovery process where he had to relearn skills like swallowing, talking and walking. Eventually, in 2007, he was able to live on his own, although his injuries left him with short-term

memory loss and a speech disability. In June 2007, four days after her high-school graduation, 18-year-old Nicole Vanderwall was crossing the street when she was struck by a car and seriously injured. Like Brenden’s, the doctors’ prognosis for Nicole, who was comatose, was poor.

“There was talk of pulling the plug while I was in the coma. The doctors felt there was no hope,” stated Nicole. But like Brenden, Nicole began to fi ght her way back, slowly recovering and having to learn basic life skills all over again. In 2008, both Brenden and Nicole

participated in the Wildlife Defenders Program, an educational outreach program run by Bridges for Brain Injury, a rehabilitation program for individuals who have suffered traumatic brain injury. The program helps participants to develop personal

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PHOTO SUBMITTEDBrenden and Nicole Flynn with their daughter Faith.



World Day of Prayer for Vocations“My Place in the Sun”


World Day of Prayer for Vocations

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the Holy Spirit

Bishops focus on

religious liberty, election document,

upcoming synod

Pathways to Ministry

honors local catechists

Spotlight on seniors

Opportunities and

resources in the diocese

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Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leaves his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican June 11.


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Pope Francis says

world economic

system inevitably

leads to war

By Francis X. Rocca

Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said the world

economic system inevitably promotes military confl ict as a way

to enrich the most powerful nations.

He also condemned religious fundamentalism, defended the

controversial record of Pope Pius XII and said he does not

worry about his personal security because, “at my age I don’t

have much to lose.”

Pope Francis’ words appeared in a wide-ranging interview

published June 12 in the Spanish daily La Vanguardia.

“We are in a world economic system that is not good,” Pope

Francis said. “A system that in order to survive must make war,

as great empires have always done. But since you cannot have

a Third World War, you have regional wars. And what does

this mean? That arms are made and sold, and in this way the

idolatrous economies, the great world economies that sacrifi ce

man at the feet of the idol of money, obviously keep their

balance sheets in the black.”

Yet the pope reiterated one of his signature themes, that

globalization’s failings are not only material but cultural, since

it “cancels differences.” He called for an economic system that

preserves each person’s “particularity, richness, identity.”

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