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EspañolROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF MIAMI
Coat of Arms
History
The Diocese of Miami was officially created on October 7, 1958 with Coleman F. Carroll installed as bishop. The diocese originally encompassed 16 counties in Florida which at the time, was half the state. With the tremendous growth of the South Florida area, the diocese was made into an archdiocese in 1968. The Archdiocese was named as the Metropolitan See for all of Florida.[1]
One of the significant events in Archdiocesan history is Operation Pedro Pan, led by Archdiocesan priest Msgr. Brian O Walsh. Between 1960 and 1962, fourteen thousand Cuban children were sent to the United States alone. Operation Pedro Pan placed them with friends, relatives or the Catholic Welfare Bureau. See complete history at [1] The Catholic Welfare Bureau changed its name to Catholic Charities in 1996. In 2006, it served over 17,000 families in the tri county area of Broward, Dade and Monroe counties. [2]
Catholic Charities
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami is the largest nongovernmental provider of services to the needy in South Florida. It began in 1931 during the Great Depresssion with four Miami-area pastors and lay members of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. It employs over 600 staff and operates on an annual budget of over $38 million. In 2006, it served over 17,000 families in the tri county area of Broward, Dade and Monroe counties. [3]
Ministries
Schools
As of 2006, the Archdiocese of Miami had functioning approximately 58 elementary/middle schools and 14 secondary schools located throughout the three counties. Approximately 38,000 students are enrolled in these schools. The Archdiocese also offers adult formation and children's religious education classes in all of its parishes.[4]
Charities
Several Charities are run by the Archdiocese and staffed by both employees and volunteers. These include a homeless shelter, Camillus House[5], Catholic Legal Services [6], , HIV/AIDs shelter [7], , the Missionaries of charity [8], , Social Advocacy groups, and St. Vincent De Paul [9] The Archdiocese of Miami Catholic Health Services operates 26 facilities in Broward and Miami Dade Counties and serves more than 5000 people per year. [10]
Catholic Hospice Care is a partnership between the Archdiocese of Miami and Mercy Hospital. It provides end of life care to terminally ill patients and their families throughout Miami-Dade and Monroe counties. [11]
Other Ministries
Various ministries are run by lay catholics (those who are not ordained priests or religious brothers and sisters). These include: Ascending Life, Campus ministry, Charismatic Renewal, Catholic women's ministries, Cursillo, Family Life, Homosexual ministry, Knights of Columbus, Lay ministry, Lay movements, Marian movements, Missions, Prison ministry, Respect Life, and Youth Ministries.
[12]
Retreats
Morning Star Renewal Center is a retreat house operated by the Archdiocese. [13]
Seminaries
St. John Vianney Seminary and St. Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary serve priestly formation needs. Candidates to the Catholic priesthood must complete nine years of priestly formation before they can be ordained. St. John Vianney Seminary is located in Miami, St. Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary is located in Boynton Beach. They are the only bilingual seminaries in the United States. Priests serving in the Archdiocese of Miami are required to speak both Spanish and English. [14] [15]
Priest Profiles
“Building the City of God” is a Journalistic series of priest profiles published regularly in the Miami edition of The Florida Catholic (the first one appeared in March, 2003).
The series reveals “the man behind the collar” by giving a quick glimpse of the personal side of priests’ lives.“Building the City of God” has won a Communicator Award of Distinction in the Marketing/Promotion/Campaign category for print media.
Winners of the Award of Distinction have exceeded industry standards in communicating a message or idea.[16] [17]
Radio Ministry
Radio Peace is an English language radio ministry of the Archdiocese of Miami. It utilizes broadcast technology to transmit the Good News. In South Florida, They are broadcast on WLVJ 1040 AM. They also reach people around the globe through the internet at RadioPeace.org.
History of Radio Peace: In December of 1990 a priest from the Archdiocese of Miami, Fr. Federico Capdepon founded Radio Paz. Fr. Capdepon envisioned a station to respond to the call of Pope John Paul II to evangelize through the media. After Radio Paz was formed, it was decided that the English speaking community of the Archdiocese of Miami also needed to be ministered to through the radio, which lead to the founding of Radio Peace in January of 1993.[18] [19]
The Florida Catholic Newspaper
The Florida Catholic Newspaper is the official news organization for the Archdiocese of Miami and all Florida Diocese. Based in Orlando, FL, the newspaper offers biweekly print editions that include local, state, national and international news. Other articles discuss faith issues and highlight specific schools, ministries or parish activities. Archbishop Favalora offers a personal message to subscribers on current events or faith subjects. An online version of the newspaper offers the most recent edition as well as an archive of past articles and bishop's messages.[20]
Church Scandals
Since 1966, the Archdiocese of Miami Insurance Programs have paid $26.1 million in settlement, legal and counseling costs associated with sexual misconduct allegations made by minors involving priests, laity and religious brothers and sisters. The number of priests accused of sexual misconduct is less than 1% of the total number of priests who have served in the archdiocese since 1966. The percent of money paid for this misconduct represents 12% of all money paid out in lawsuits for other reasons besides sexual abuse since 1966. [21]
Attorney Sharon Bourassa (of LegalAid Broward), was counsel for The Rev. Andrew Dowgiert in a lawsuit filed against the Archdiocese in May of 2005. Fr. Dowgiert, a visiting Polish priest who, according to an Archdiocesan statement, was never formally employed by the Archdiocese of Miami, alleged that he was "fired" from activie ministry in the Miami Archdiocese after whistle-blowing on homosexual activity by several pastors of the Archdiocese. Dowgiert's suit said the ostensible cause of his firing from the Archdiocese was that he resisted an attempt to send him away for psychological and alcohol treatment.[22][23][24][25]
Bourassa claimed that several "straight" priests were feeding her information on a culture of sodomy and theological heterodoxy on the part of priests of the Miami Archdiocese. Among the allegations: 70 to 90 percent of the Archdiocese's priests are sexually active gays; Archbishop Favalora and Catholic Charities of Miami owned several thousand shares in stock for a liquid aphrodisiac popularly sold in gay clubs and strip joints; at least 70 percent of bishops in the United States are sexually active gays; many parish priests were misappropriating parish funds to live exorbitant lifestyles, and archbishop Favalora and vicar-general Msgr. William J. Hennessey are in some way implicated in this superculture.[26]
The lawsuit was eventually dismissed, on the grounds that in involved "separation of church and state" issues. The court refused to determine whether a religious employer wrongfully terminated the ministerial employment of an ordained cleric. In dismissing the case, the court made no determination on the veracity of the above allegations.[26]
Ms. Nancy Heise, an Archdiocese of Miami parishioner, CPA and former auditor, conducted a private investigation into the allegations made by Sharon Bourassa; the results of her investigation contradicted the allegations of a gay subculture and all other allegations made by Sharon Bourassa. The results of this investigation are contained in a grievance filed with the Vatican against Sharon Bourassa, Steve Brady and columnist Matt Abbott. Her investigation, including the grievance, detailed in letters to various individuals involved in the case, have been published by columnist Matt Abbott. [26]
''Christifidelis'' claims to have sent their investigation to the Vatican for adjudication; they claim Pope Benedict XVI is "well aware" of these scandals, and is currently deliberating a solution to them.[26]
Two of the Miami Archdiocese's parishes (Saints Anthony and Maurice, both in Fort Lauderdale) are publicly featured on the directory of the Conference for Catholic Lesbians as being "Gay-Friendly"; a complimentary directory lists both Archdicoesan universities, Barry and Saint Thomas, as "Gay-Friendly".[30][31]
Archbishop Favalora has been deposed in a lawsuit filed against retired Broward priest Neil Doherty; at least four lawsuits are alleging the Archdiocese knew Doherty was a pedophile and covered-up allegations, keeping Doherty in ministry until he was first publicly accused of sexual abuse in 2002.[32]
In July 2007, Miami lawyer Jeffrey Herman announced new lawsuits against the Archdiocese, alleging sexual abuse by six Florida priests, including Doherty. "This whole scandal is far from over," Herman said. "We're still in the heart of people coming forward." [33]
Leadership
Below is a list of individuals who have led the 'Archdiocese of Miami' since it's creation.
===Archbishops===
★ Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll, ''1958 - 1977''
★ Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy, ''1976 - 1994''
★ Archbishop John C. Favalora, ''1994 - Present''
===Auxiliary Bishops===
★ Bishop Norbert Dorsey, ''1986 - 1990''
★ Bishop Felipe de Jesús Estévez, ''2004 - Present''
★ Bishop Gilberto Fernandez, ''1977 - Present / Retired''
★ Bishop John Fitzpatrick, ''1968 - 1971''
★ Bishop Rene Gracida, ''1968 - 1975''
★ Bishop John Nevins, ''1979 - 1984''
★ Bishop John Noonan, ''2005 - Present''
★ Bishop Agustin Roman, ''1979 - Present / Retired''
★ Bishop Thomas Wenski, ''1997 - 2003''
High schools
★ Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll High School, Miami
★ Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School, Miami
★ Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy High School, Southwest Ranches
★ Belen Jesuit Preparatory School, Miami
★ Cardinal Gibbons High School, Fort Lauderdale
★ Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory School, Hollywood
★ Christopher Columbus High School, Westchester
★ La Salle High School, Miami
★ Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Opa-locka
★ Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami
★ St. Brendan High School, Westchester
★ St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Fort Lauderdale
See also
Roman Catholic religious order
Second Vatican Council
Roman Catholic sex abuse cases
References
1. Pedro Pan History
2. Catholic Charities History
3. Catholic Charities News
4. Private schools in South Florida
5. Camillus House Wikipedia
6. Catholic Legal Services
7. Catholic HIV/AIDs office
8. Missionaries of Charity
9. St Vincent De Paul
10. Catholic Health Services link to each facility
11. Catholic Hospice Care
12. Ministries
13. Morning Star Renewal Retreat Center
14. St Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary
15. St John Vianney Seminary
16. http://www.miamiarch.org/ip.asp?op=D100000&lg=E
17. Communicator Awards of Distinction
18. http://www.radiopeace.org/whoarewe.html
19. Radio Paz Wikipedia
20. US Catholic Newspapers
21. http://www.miamiarch.org/ip.asp?op=F140000&lg=E
22. http://bishop-accountability.org/abuse2005archives/011413.html
23. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1410522/posts
24. http://www.theworldofstuff.com/archives/2005/11/30/scandal-more-of-the-same/
25. http://www.nbc6.net/news/8616813/detail.html
26. http://www.renewamerica.us/search.php?q=Miami+Archdiocese Series of columns from RenewAmerica.us, tracing the "Miami Vice" debacle
27. http://www.renewamerica.us/search.php?q=Miami+Archdiocese Series of columns from RenewAmerica.us, tracing the "Miami Vice" debacle
28. http://www.renewamerica.us/search.php?q=Miami+Archdiocese Series of columns from RenewAmerica.us, tracing the "Miami Vice" debacle
29. http://www.renewamerica.us/search.php?q=Miami+Archdiocese Series of columns from RenewAmerica.us, tracing the "Miami Vice" debacle
30. http://cclonline.org/index.php?page=linkschools Gay-Friendly Catholic Colleges and Universities, in which the Miami Archdiocese is represented
31. http://cclonline.org/index.php?page=linkparishes Gay-Friendly Parishes, in which the Miami Archdiocese is represented
32. http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2007/01_02/2007_02_20_Weaver_ArchbishopDeposed.htm
33. http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2007/07_08/2007_07_19_Corral_SixPriests.htm
External links
★ http://www.miamiarchdiocese.org - Archdiocese of Miami
★ http://www.miamiarchschools.org - Archdiocese of Miami Department of Schools
★ [1] - Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami
★ [2] - The Florida Catholic Newspaper
★ [3] St Vincent De Paul Society
★ [4] - Missionaries of Charity Homeless Services and Shelter
★ [5] - Catholic Health Services link to 26 facilities
★ [6] Catholic Hospice Care
★ [7] Morning Star Renewal Retreat Center
★ [8] St. John Vianney Seminary, Miami
★ [9] St. Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary, Boynton Beach
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