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A Parish Family of the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Charleston
Parish Clergy
Our Mission
Office hours:
Stay connected:
Are you new? Welcome!
thank you to maria barontini
for her leadership in prepar-
ing children who received
First Holy Communion &
Confirmation last weekend
From Our Pastor
1 Church
2 Christ the King Adoration Chapel
3 PAC (Parish Activity Center) & PAC Classroom
4 Guadalupe Hall
5 School & School Offices (Lourdes Hall)
6 & 7 Parish House, under the protection of Our Lady of Fatima
8 KofC Building
9 Pope Francis House
10 Walsingham Hall
Parking Lots 11, 12, 13 and 14
Dear Friends in Christ,
Verbal engineering always precedes social engineering. When you want people to adopt on a large scale something so
heinous that the natural law itself forbids it, you have to manipulate language so it doesn’t seem all that bad. In the ear-
ly part of the last century, Catholic author GK Chesterton noted the phenomenon as contraception became the rage:
“They insist on talking about Birth Control when they mean less birth and no control . . . Birth Control
is a name given to a succession of different expedients by which it is possible to filch the pleasure be-
longing to a natural process while violently and unnaturally thwarting the process itself.” We’re all too
familiar with the insidious language that abortion advocates use: fetus, clump of cells, pro-choice. They’re all euphe-
misms that mask the terrible reality of murder of the innocent.
Dr William Brennan, Professor of Social Work at St Louis University, wrote in a fascinating book, Dehumanizing the
Vulnerable: When Word Games Take Lives, on the rhetoric used at various times to justify oppression of seven differ-
ent groups of human beings. Have a look at the chart at https://www.issues4life.org/pdfs/languageofoppression.pdf to
see a bone-chilling analysis of how human beings were described originally as “deficient” and eventually as “non-
persons.”
One of the most fascinating, and possible deadly, verbal engineering projects aimed at social engineering is unfolding
right now before our very eyes. Antifa describes a movement of people that describe themselves as “anti-fascist.” At
first glance, this seems like something we can all get behind. After all, the Catholic Church specifically condemned fas-
cism under Pius XI, and all forms of racist xenophobia are foreign to Christian witness. Yet, some who have hitched
themselves to this bandwagon are identifying Catholicism with what they hate, which is a regrettable deflection reveal-
ing a more sinister agenda.
The French Revolution. The Russian Revolution. China. The Spanish Civil War. The Rwandan Genocide. The Arme-
nian Genocide. They’re all bloody conflicts that took millions of lives that erupted after those with an agenda for social
engineering got enough people to suppress their natural human disgust at harming another person, after a relentless
campaign of verbal engineering.
As kids we used to say, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me,” to playground bullies
who taunted us. As adults, we realize that bullying comes in many forms, and can be as quiet and unassuming as making
words, and the realities they signify, change meaning. The Catholic intellectual tradition prizes the study of history,
rhetoric and logic. Why? So you don’t get duped by propaganda that kills. Catholic schools and religious education
programs are on the front lines of the true resistance, which is why they must be supported. And why we must all be
life-long learners. You may not be able to survive with your body intact when evil has its day, but you will preserve
your soul and your dignity intact. That is the source of tremendous strength on our part, and the revolutionaries who
want to destroy us are terrified of that strength.
Please contact the Parish Office to request a name be added to the prayer list. We will leave names on the prayer list for two weeks, unless requested otherwise.
close the door. This is a safety risk for adorers.
• Hours in need of adorers:
• 10a Sundays,
• 11p Tuesdays,
• 12a, 3p & 5p Thursdays and
• 11a & 1p Saturdays
If you are unable to receive Holy Communion for whatever reason, make a Spiritual Communion by reciting the following:
My Jesus, I believe that You are in the Blessed Sacra-ment. I love You above all things, and I long for You in my soul. Since I cannot now receive You sacramentally, come at least spiritually into my heart, as though You have al-ready come. I embrace You and unite myself entirely to
You; never permit me to be separated from You.
Do you have an old picture church directory in good
shape you’d be willing to give to the POP Archives
10 August: Feast of Saint Lawrence of Rome. Saint Lawrence was the youngest of seven deacons who
served the Church during the third century. Under the direction of Pope Sixtus II, Lawrence held a position
of great trust, caring for the material goods of the Church and distributing its alms among the poor. During
the persecution of Christians by Emperor Valerian, Pope Sixtus II was executed and Lawrence was ordered
by the authorities to surrender the treasures of the Church. He asked for three days’ time to gather them.
Then, Lawrence distributed the Church’s treasures among the poor. He asked them to meet outside the
home of the prefect on the third day. When the prefect came out expecting gold and jewels, instead he
found a throng of the poor, sick and crippled. Lawrence announced, “Here are the treasures of the Church!”
The prefect was so angry that he had Lawrence tortured, scourged, and then placed upon a glowing gridiron
to be slowly roasted to death. While he was being roasted, Lawrence joked: “Now you may turn me over,
I’m done on this side!” Shortly after he had been turned, St. Lawrence passed into eternal glory. Before he
died he offered his life for the conversion of Rome. Saint Lawrence is venerated as one of the patrons of
Rome, along with Sts. Peter and Paul. There was erected over his grave a church that is one of the seven ma-
jor basilicas of Rome (St. Lawrence Outside the Walls). St. Lawrence is the patron saint of cooks, comedians,
deacons, and the poor.
Some ways to celebrate at home:
• St. Lawrence was a deacon. The word deacon comes from the Greek word “diakonia” which means ser-
vice. Deacons of the early Church often helped widows, orphans, the poor and the elderly. Try to do
something nice today for someone who needs you. You could also call or visit an elderly or suffering
member of your family or parish.
• In honor of this saint who loved the poor, send a check or make a food donation to the St. Vincent de
Paul August Food Drive (non-perishable food and other items listed on pg 6 can be deposited in the
brown bin located in the Narthex)
• Pray for the poor and suffering in our world; teach children about almsgiving to those in need.
• Because he is the patron saint of grill cooks, enjoy a cookout tonight or roast marshmallows over an
open fire. To remember Saint Lawrence’s heroically good sense of humor, tell jokes around the dinner or
breakfast table. Saint Lawrence, pray for us!
“O God, giver of that ardor of love for you by which Saint Lawrence was outstandingly faithful in service and glorious in
martyrdom, grant that we may love what he loved and put into practice what he taught. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.”
• Fr Smith highly encourages postponing the start of regular events until at least mid-September
• Every ministry who wishes to have an event must submit an email to Fr Smith & Phil Head (cc: Maria
Rauch) the plan they have to clean and sanitize every space used by them before anyone goes
home, including the names and contact numbers of the volunteers who will make this happen. That com-
munication must be received before any single event is put on the calendar.
• Wearing masks and social distancing is encouraged at every event. If Fr Smith & Phil Head are not con-
vinced this has been followed, we reserve the right to shut down an event even in the middle of it.
• Ministry events should be communicated 3 weeks prior to the event date. Those ministry events happen-
ing online (or for those wishing to have an event hosted online via Zoom by the parish) should contact
Kylee Heap. We highly encourage online events to reach parishioners who are not yet returning to Mass.