His hand brings the touch of warmth and kindness. And his words are medicine of healing and hope. He is Father Maurice Chase of Los Angeles, and to spend five minutes in his presence is to be in the presence of a saint. He is a priest who is beloved, not only by the rich and famous of Beverly Hills and Hollywood, but also by the down- and- out derelicts on L. A.’s skid row. And skid row is where you’ll find him, every Sunday, for over ten years now, as he ministers to the forlorn and forgotten of Los Angeles, passing out crisp, new, one dollar bills to each of these unfortunate human beings. Furk.net is your personal secure storage that fetches media files and lets you stream them immediately You can use it to stream video or listen to your music from PC. THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION by Frank Darabont Based upon the story Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King 1 INT -- CABIN -- NIGHT (1946) A dark, empty. This Guestbook is for Ben Lippen School Alumni to post updates for classmates to see. The money is contributed by many people in Los Angeles and other anonymous donors all over the country as a symbol that someone cares, and that they believe in and support his ministry of love.“Bless me, Father,” many ask him. And with each blessing, he gives that person more than a piece of paper money. He gives them a moment of dignity. Online Library of Liberty. A collection of scholarly works about individual liberty and free markets. A project of Liberty Fund, Inc. Yu Rongguang (born 30 August 1958), also known as Ringo Yu, is a Chinese actor and martial artist who started his career in Hong Kong. He is best known for the title. The most widely known and best-loved American poet of his lifetime, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow achieved a level of national and international prominence previously. The moment of dignity shows them that he is there for them and that Jesus Christ truly loves them. Indeed, the real currency Father Chase coins is compassion and concern. Deep within the urban dens of misery, pain, and sin, he brings a light of hope, offering his friendship, time, appreciation, and respect.“My real gift,” says Father Chase, “what touches them the most, is my presence and willingness to listen.”At a moment in our history when hate and violence stalk so many city streets, Father Chase, by his very presence, stands as a brave, and too often, solitary witness to the overpowering strength of God’s love. I first met Father Chase while attending a pilgrimage in Lourdes, France, with the Knights of Malta. The trip was a spiritual journey that kindled a reaffirmation of faith and life, unlike any I have experienced before or since. Indeed, it affected me so profoundly that I have continued to return and expect to make this pilgrimage every year in the future. So many people and events will be forever engraved on my mind and heart. And Father Maury is at the top of the list. He joined our group for dinner one evening at my invitation. And, I was, quite frankly, in awe and disarmed, by his genuine search for the good in all people. There is a goodness in his spirituality that literally envelops everyone he meets. We spent a great deal of time together at Lourdes the year he came as a guest, and the following year as my guest. And last winter, I was in Los Angeles quite often and was fortunate to be with Father Maury on many occasions. I came to believe he is the most caring and exceptionally selfless human being I’ve ever known. His whole life is an ongoing sacrifice to Christ’s call to serve. And for rich and poor alike, he has paved a road to God for many who felt forsaken by Him, or had never truly known Him. He does it by encouragement rather than recrimination. He does it by reaching out a hand of friendship rather than judgment. And he does it by seeing good in every man and woman, even when they have lost sight of the good in themselves. That, to me, is the essence of a true man of spirit. He loves God with the faith of a child, and he can bring out that joy and wonder, even in the most cynical people. Father Maury never intended to become a priest. He wasn’t raised in a strict Catholic environment. But the very next Sunday, it came again, the same call. This time, he decided to follow that call and has loved his life as a priest more every year. Father Chase is now retired from active service, after having just celebrated the fortieth anniversary of his ordination. However, he is anything but inactive. I accompanied him one Sunday this year on his weekly mission. And I was struck not only by the hundreds of names he knew of the over a thousand people who gathered to meet him, but also by the love they felt and visibly expressed toward him. That saint of long ago had an extraordinary capacity to touch hearts and to change them. It is not for us to fathom God’s mysterious ways, to know why some among us are taken at a ripe and tender age, while others live long into the winter of their lives. I can only pray that, just as Father Maury has used his time to bless so many people, so will God continue to bless him with health and happiness, as an abiding expression of His love for this wise and gentle soul, who is truly one of God’s noblemen here on earth. William E. Simon, former Secretary of the Treasury, is president of the John M. Olin Foundation, New York City. Simply Doing Their Job. By Donald P. Costello. It usually happens on football weekends. It will be just after Notre Dame won the game, and the phone will ring, and the former student on the other end whom I have just about forgotten will ask if he can come over for a visit. Soon after he arrives he tells me how important I was to him, what I said in class or in my office or in the hallway that affected his entire life. I used to wait for the quotation, although not remembering that I had ever said anything particularly important, yet hoping for a gem. But it always turns out flat, something like “try harder.” No student has ever quoted the gem I hoped for. The reason I was important to these students is simple, clear, obvious. And so were they. As I look back on it, that’s what priests always were for me: There. All during my childhood and youth I knew priests. None of them ever, I’m quite sure, dropped a gem in front of me. But I grew up faithful. The diocesan priests at Little Flower Parish on the South Side of Chicago, the Vincentians at De. Paul, the military chaplains at Great Lakes, Norfolk, and Washington must have done something right. Now I know what it was. I remember very few of them. And I don’t remember anything bad. I remember authority. The strongest figure of my childhood, stronger than my parents surely, was Father Stephen Mc. Mahon, Irish Chieftain Pastor of Little Flower, striding along the sidewalks of his realm with his two huge Saint Bernard dogs. Father Mc. Mahon would nod to the children, bow to the women, smile at the men. When I became an intellectual I scorned Father Mc. Mahon’s aloofness. I thought a priest should be a pal or a mentor. Now I know that somewhere inside of me I was comforted by Father Mc. Mahon’s presence. He secured the boundaries. Everything inside his territory was stable, safe, dependable. That’s not a bad way to grow up. I remember service. Father Murphy was a stumble- bum. He wrapped his sentences around his ideas until he strangled thought. I used to rewrite his sermons in my mind, but when I did I heard the Christian message. It was Father Murphy who interceded with the pastor when we kids wanted to start a youth club. He it was who came literally running when my mother told me to get a priest because my grandmother was dying. I also remember holiness. Father Darling at De. Paul consented to be my personal spiritual advisor, urged me beyond myself, and radiated simple goodness. And I remember wisdom beyond common sense. The Air Force Chaplain at Norfolk. The fictional priests of Georges Bernanos and Graham Greene I can emotionally connect with, be inspired by, pity, and praise, as often as I return to them. Since I joined the faculty at Notre Dame I have been enriched by friendships and inspirations beyond price from John Dunne and Henri Nouwen and Jack Egan and others. But now I realize that sometimes priests, like professors, do their best and most influential work on the young and the ready, in those dull moments when they aren’t even trying, when they are simply doing their job. Donald P. Costello is associate chair of the English Department in the University of Notre Dame. The Apostle of Life. By Arthur J. Brew. Pope John Paul II called him “The Apostle of Life” doing “the most important work on earth.” He is Father Paul Marx, OSB, founder and president of Human Life International (HLI), headquartered in Gaithersburg, Maryland, with branches in 3. He founded HLI in 1. Now in his early seventies, Father Marx has traveled to more than 8. He has conducted seminars in the Americas, Africa, and Europe which have drawn thousands to hear some of the most brilliant minds anywhere in the fields of theology, medicine, social science, human sexuality, and education. A long- time admirer and friend, Auxiliary Bishop Austin Vaughan of New York, says of Father Marx, “He is the best- informed person I know on the horror of abortion around the world, a gold mine of information for the rest of us. Father Marx runs the greatest conventions I have ever been to. Almost all the people there are doers. Unlike a lot of audiences I speak to, the people who come are looking for things they can do in their states or neighborhoods. They are not there just to learn something new on an intellectual level, nor are they there to be entertained.”Father Marx’s courage and energy are legendary. He has confronted and challenged the abortion industry at every turn, earning the high distinction of being called “public enemy number one” by International Planned Parenthood. He has been jailed for his beliefs, castigated for his honesty, and ridiculed for his mission to save the unborn. He was one of the first persons to see and speak out about the deadly connection between contraception and abortion. There is no priest in the world who is better informed on the condition of the Catholic Church today in every corner of the universe due to his widespread travels and contacts among the clergy and laity. Father Marx recently conducted a seminar in Poland, and has plans for meetings soon in Russia and the. Philippines. Cardinal Sin, Archbishop of Manila, said recently, “Human Life International, through the years, has been at the forefront of the Church’s mission of upholding and protecting the value and dignity of life.
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