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I want to devote this column to a statement recently made by Cardinal Wuerl in light of the decision by the Trump administration to end the Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals program in its current form. Cardinal Wuerl issued the following statement on September 15, 2017 and addressed it to the priests of the Archdiocese:

On May 4, 2017 Pope Francis announced that Father Solanus Casey, a beloved Capuchin friar who had ministered for many years in Detroit would be named “blessed.” The beatification will take place during a Mass in Detroit on November 18, 2017.

During the latter part of this year we will see two men born in the United States declared Blessed by the Church. The first one to be beatified will be Fr. Stanley Rother (1935-81). His beatification will take place in Oklahoma City on September 23, 2017. I will write about Fr. Rother in this week’s column. The second American to be beatified this year is Fr. Solanus Casey, O.F.M. Cap. He will be beatified in Detroit on November 18, 2017. I will write about him in next week’s column.

I am back at my desk after having been away for ten days on vacation. This little break gave me the opportunity to visit with several old friends and family members whom I only get to see when I am in Western Pennsylvania. A highlight for me was attending a dinner on Saturday night (August 26) with about 200 classmates from the 1967 Senior Class of Butler Area Senior High School.