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EARTHQUAKE NEW SHELTER SISTER LUZ SOLAR PANELS
PUERTO RICO NOGALES, SONORA IN MEMORIAM MONTANA

Following the devastat- For 10 years, Kino We are saddened to report In time for honor Earth Day,
ing earthquakes in Puer- Border Initiative, a that Sister Luz María Resurrection Church, a par-
to Rico in January, Catho- migrant ministry on the Velázquez Araujo, of the ish in Bozeman that serves
lic Extension set up a fund U.S.-Mexico border, has Eucharistic Evangelizing Montana State University,
to extend pastoral care provided humanitarian Sisters of the Poor, part of installed solar panels on its
to those impacted. “We assistance to more than our U.S.-Latin American roof. The project was man-
stand in solidarity once 75,000 immigrants using Sisters Exchange Program, aged by its Creation Care
again on the front lines of- makeshift facilities. With recently passed away. Team, a ministry inspired
fering our support and support from our Parish “Luz” means “light,” and by Pope Francis’ encyclical
comfort to those enduring Partnership program— she truly lived up to her Laudato si’, which calls
the terror and destruction and donations from Holy name—bringing compas- Catholics to live out their
of these earthquakes,” said Family Parish in Inverness, sion and joy to those she faith by stewarding our
Father Jack Wall. Pictured is Illinois—KBI just opened served in the Diocese of planet through renew-
Father Melvin Díaz Aponte, a new Migrant Outreach San Bernardino, Califor- able energy. Catholic
pastor of Immaculate Con- Center, a 19,000-square- nia. Despite her cancer Extension funded the solar
ception Church in Guaya- foot facility to better serve diagnosis, she worked panels and has supported
nilla. Visit catholicexten- these immigrants with tirelessly to bring comfort campus ministry at the
sion.org/earthquake. dignity. and solace to others. parish since 1995.

I n February, we honored through his example how to
to students, showing them
SPIRIT OF FRANCIS
the life and legacy of Fa-
lead a life of integrity, vital-
ther “T.J.” Martinez, S.J.,
ity and service. “We celebrate
who received our Spirit
of Francis Award in Houston, Father Martinez’s immense
dedication to Catholic educa-
Texas, for his commitment to tion and his deep compassion
transforming the lives of eco- for others,” said Father Jack
nomically disadvantaged young people. As Wall. Father Martinez was just five years into
founder of Cristo Rey Jesuit College Prep of his tenure as president of the school when he
Houston, he brought opportunity and hope died of cancer at age 44.

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