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Catholic High Schools Lay Life’s Foundation I am sure that there would be an argument over which has the greater influence over one’s personal development, the high school or college years. Although the college years certainly provide life choice decisionmaking, the high school years are often for many the years of personal empowerment. ne leaves the safe confines of the neighborhood grammar school to begin interacting with a community and developing the skills necessary to make a contribution to the society. ecently, I celebrated the 5 th anniversary year of my graduation (1967) from seminary high school. As I attended the class reunion, it was obvious to me the great affection that my fellow classmates retained for those high school years. Many, now decades later, appreciated the sacrifices made by parents, faculty and fellow classmates for the influence, which left lasting imprints on their character development.

As archbishop of Milwaukee, I am very proud of the uality of Catholic high schools present in the archdiocese that provides secondary educational opportunities to our students. There is little doubt in my mind of their academic excellence but there is so much more than academic e cellence, especially in the environment that the high school creates. This is the rich soil that produces the leaders of tomorrow.

At the beginning of my tenure as archbishop, I offered my three directions for the Archdiocese: Catholic identity, evangelization and stewardship. The Catholic high school communities preserve and promote these three directions. A high school student attending a Catholic high school is immediately connected to the tradition of a religion that has made significant

the philosopher says, know thy self.’”

I contend that one cannot fully know oneself apart from the person of Jesus, who is the perfect reflection of the Father.

“I am the way, the truth and the life, and no one comes to the Father e cept through me.” The Catholic high school student has a head start, which begins their journey of self-awareness early in the spiritual life, knowing they have a partner, and a place that is home called the “Church.” contributions to our entire society. It would be a shame if a Catholic student failed to recognize and celebrate the contributions of the Church to the growth of our community.

During the high school years, the student learns more about their faith, which has created the figures who have passionately lived their life for others in the name of the love of Christ. The teachings of the Church are integrated into the life of the student. Catholic identity helps define the student in relationship to the world in which he she lives. The Catholic student is a believer. God is a central focus in one’s life. nraveling the mysteries of the Divine helps in understanding God’s purpose for our lives. The incarnation, the crucifi ion, the resurrection and ascension introduces the student to the person of Jesus, whose life is given for our salvation. It is so very necessary that a person be able to defend and promote Catholicism. We live in a world that rejects God and the importance of religion. The high school years ground the student in the understanding that will be at his her disposal during those vulnerable college years.

A relationship with Jesus is critical to living well in a world filled with adversity.

When one enters into college, you will hear some professors say, “ emember students, during your years of study, as

As Christians, we accept the great commissioning given by our Lord Jesus Christ, “Go out, preach, teach and baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” We are called to spread the Gospel. The high school years empower us to share our faith.

I have often said that a Catholic high school student is freer in the e ercise of their academic curiosity and freedom of e pression than his public school counterpart is. In the Catholic high school, one can talk about God, debate His e istence and one can pray. These actions certainly are uestionable in a state-sponsored school climate.

There are three aspects to evangelization: 1) to introduce Jesus to those who are outside our faith 2) to ignite a fire in those that have allowed the faith to become dormant, and ) to deepen one’s own commitment and relationship. very Catholic high school offers opportunities for the student to share their faith. In domestic outreach to those in need, the student is empowered to be Christ for one’s neighbor. Some schools even provide mission projects that introduce students to serving in a foreign country. Faith joins them together and connects them to those that have far less than they do. For many, it’s a lifeu

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Why Choose a Catholic High School?

St. Lawrence Seminary High School, Mount Calvary: “The brothers I have made through my St. Lawrence journey have been and always will be there to love and support me, regardless of the situation. These are the kinds of relationships that all the money in the world could not buy, nor would I exchange them for anything in the world.”

DR. KATHLEEN CEPELKA SPECIAL TO THE CATHOLIC HERALD

Some of my fondest memories as a Catholic school educator stem from my many years as a high school principal.

I especially was fond of the rituals of autumn. In Catholic high schools everywhere, this time of year brings experiences and traditions that linger for a lifetime. Think Friday night football, Mass of the Holy Spirit, homecoming, college applications and visits, a series of “last times” for seniors, “first times” for freshmen and a focus on inviting eighth-graders to become their freshmen the following fall. The 15 outstanding Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee are no exception.

Recently, we asked all of our high schools to try to define, from a graduate’s perspective, what makes their schools uni uely worth a family’s investment.

Here are some snippets of what we heard: Catholic Central, Burlington: “The small, inclusive atmosphere enabled me to be involved in a wide variety of activities and … to negotiate many unique challenges later in life. No matter where I am in the world, as a graduate of West Point and an Army captain, I can fall back on the foundation that CCHS helped to lay.”

Catholic Memorial, Waukesha: “It’s really about exceptional preparation.

We were prepared for college; we were prepared spiritually, and we were prepared to be contributors in the world.

We were especially prepared to handle the ups and downs of life in a positive, productive manner.”

Cristo Rey Jesuit, Milwaukee: (No graduates yet, since the school welcomed its first class in 2 15.) Students work one day a week at companies across the area, gaining confidence, connecting the relevance of their academic coursework

to future employment, acquiring skills that will benefit their career and receiving unprecedented access to the professional world.

Divine Savior Holy Angels, Milwaukee: “I am a believer, a self-advocate, a critical thinker, a communicator and a leader.

The development of these qualities in every young woman was an intentional focus during my four years at DSHA.” Dominican, Whitefish Bay: “Dominican taught me to be a better version of myself, both academically and spiritually.

It allowed me to discover who I was and made me appreciate all the gifts God had given to me to share with the world.”

Marquette University High School, Milwaukee: “Put simply, it was the time in my life of greatest growth as a person.

The most important lessons I ever learned were at MUHS, and I take note of those every day. It made me a man for others.”

Messmer, Milwaukee: “High school for me was a stepping stone that was placed really high, but just enough that I could reach it with the help of people pushing, encouraging, and pulling me along the way. … The rich principles Messmer taught me have enabled me to become a strong pillar of leadership in the community and to teach the same to younger generations.”

Pius XI, Milwaukee: “Popes are multidimensional: entrepreneurs, business leaders, servant leaders, artists

and scholars who ask di cult uestions and find creative ways to affect change.

Pius XI is a family, and indeed a home, where all of us were welcomed and belonged.”

St. Anthony, Milwaukee: “We embraced family in every sense, which meant love, security, nurturing, safety, and strength.

Through faith formation and academic preparation, I was helped to achieve the American dream.”

St. Catherine’s, Racine: “Hands down the greatest benefit at St. Cat’s was the community and family feel that came from being an Angel. When we were brought together for a common cause, like cleaning up a neighborhood or setting up for Mass, trust and bonds were inevitably created.”

St. Joan Antida, Milwaukee: “The personalized attention I received helped me develop my own beliefs. My education was different because everyone on staff believes that every student can achieve at higher levels. They dream for us kids before we know how to dream for ourselves.”

St. Joseph Catholic Academy, Kenosha: “We were challenged to ask profound questions, solve complex problems, research complicated issues, and cultivate a deep respect for ourselves and others. Our spiritual and academic formation prepared us to become scholars, leaders, and stewards who transform the world.”

St. Mary’s Springs Academy, Fond du Lac: “I felt that my SMSA education, grounded in the Catholic faith, prepared me for the academic rigors of college and life. It especially equipped me with a moral compass to help me grow into adulthood as a member of my family, my Church, and the broader community.”

St. Thomas More, Milwaukee: “STM was the first step in deciding my future.

I learned how to work on a team, how to function in business, how to work on different projects simultaneously and how to communicate with different groups.

The skills I gained have been invaluable.”

From my perspective, a Catholic high school is the place where teenagers can “fail” safely, where they are loved from childhood into adulthood and, where, if they slip or even fall, they’re held up and set back on course. When I was principal of Catholic Memorial, a working-class couple with five children, each with very different needs, was asked how they could afford to send their children to our school.

Their response touched me deeply then, as it still does today: “We couldn’t have afforded not to have done it.”

Please check out our Catholic high schools for yourselves. Consider choosing an education that prepares young people to become thinkers, leaders, and saints.

Kathleen Cepelka is the superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

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Catholic Identity and Academic Freedom FR. JOSEPH G. MUELLER, S.J. SPECIAL TO THE CATHOLIC HERALD

On July 23, 1967, at the end of a colloquium in Land O’ Lakes, Wisconsin, two bishops, 20 priests, and five lay people signed a 1 -paragraph document entitled “Statement on the Nature of the Contemporary Catholic niversity,” often called the Land ’ Lakes Agreement. Among the signers of the statement were o cers from 1 Catholic institutions of higher education in Canada, Peru, Puerto Rico and the nited States.

Their statement became a major reference point for the development of a new self-image and place in the Church for American Catholic universities after atican II. The changes this process brought helped to give rise to a worldwide conversation in the 198 s on the role of Catholic universities in the Church. In response to those conversations, Pope Saint John Paul II unveiled in 199 the framework law — called an apostolic constitution — governing these institutions. It was entitled Ex Corde Ecclesiae (Latin for “from the heart of the Church”) and is still available on the atican website at https: tinyurl.com o65rw w.

Both of these documents present perspectives on Catholic identity and academic freedom in Catholic universities. Like other institutions in the Church, Catholic universities have in recent years developed what they call “mission statements” to e press their Catholic identity. But, the Catholic identity of any institution is based on a mystery because the Church itself is a mystery. ur identity as Catholics is wrapped up in our human response as a group to God’s gift of Himself in the Gospel, the sacraments and His other interaction with us. Just as for any mystery, no formula or description can

furnish a complete presentation of the Church’s identity or that of a Catholic university. The best we can do is to be about the divine and Fr. Joseph G. human business Mueller, S.J. of the Church or (Submitted photo) the university, trying to tell ourselves and others at regular intervals something of what that business is. It is the whole package of the Church’s or the university’s life, including its e plicit statements about itself, that will most adequately e press what their Catholic identity is.

As helpful as mission statements might be in this process, we cannot reduce the Catholic identity of a university to a supposedly clear statement about faith or justice, or to a set of bullet points on a webpage. If a university is Catholic, its identity will ultimately frustrate every attempt to encapsulate it in human expression, as does any mystery rooted in the God of Jesus Christ.

We can hardly expect a Catholic university with such roots to think of the autonomy of its professors, often called academic freedom, the way any other university might. The usual idea of academic freedom conceives of it as protecting all the academic work of a university professor from the control of non-academic people, be they university administrators or trustees, or authorities of Church or State.

The ideal is that professors should be hired, promoted, and evaluated by their colleagues alone their profession forms the only community that should play a role in their academic work.

But another community, namely, the Church, plays a key role in the scholarly

Matt Blessing (left), head of special collections and archives at Marquette University’s Raynor Memorial Libraries, shows the Wisdom Books volume of the Heritage Edition of the St John’s Bible to Cathy Miller, a Marquette University staff member. (File photo)

work of Catholic university professors, for a Catholic university is an institution of the Church, a part of the Church’s efforts to be itself.

So the academic freedom of professors at a Catholic university includes their relationship to the local church, including the head of that church, who is the bishop. n one hand, the bishop’s role as pastor for a Catholic university needs to include respecting the autonomy of that institution’s teachers and researchers so that they can follow where their search for truth leads them, which is an important way for the Church to be itself. n the other hand, the teaching and research of professors at a Catholic university represent the lifeblood of an institution that comes out of the Church’s heart, which is its life as a hearer and doer of God’s word coming to us through Jesus Christ and His Spirit, and in part through the pastoral oversight of the bishops and pope.

American culture wants its institutions ever more precisely defined by ever more detailed rules. Nowhere is this trend more obvious than in schools and universities, as one can see by glancing on the web at the constantly updated, e panded, and refined mass of federal laws, regulations and guidelines for these places. Catholic educational institutions in this country should not try to buck this trend entirely. But we should resist it enough to remember that the mystery of God’s ways with the human race is the indefinable core of any Catholic school. And, we cannot forget that respectful and patient conversation is the only environment in which we can write and apply worthwhile rules governing an academic freedom that really works for Catholic universities.

Fr. Joseph G. Mueller, S.J., is an associate professor of theology at Marquette University.

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The road to becoming a full-time pastor has taken 23 years for Fr. Paul Hartmann, not through any fault of his own, but because other priorities have always emerged.

After nine years as president of Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha, Fr. Paul was appointed this summer as administrator of both St. Monica Parish in Whitefish Bay and St. Eugene Parish in Fox Point. While the archbishop appoints all priests as parish administrators at first to make sure the fit is right for both priest and parish, said Fr. Paul, at any time Fr. Paul can ask the archbishop to o cially appoint him as pastor of both parishes.

Before his time at Catholic Memorial,

Fr. Paul was an administrator at seven different parishes for short spurts of time, either because of emergency situations or because a pastor was taking a sabbatical.

“I had parish experiences, but they were usually very different than being a pastor,” Fr. Paul said. “There was either the intensity of something that had to be done or assisted or cleaned up, or when someone is on sabbatical, the job is just to keep everything calmed and balanced.”

During his time as president of Catholic Memorial, Fr. Paul, as well as other leaders, led the school through a strategic planning process, a capital campaign, an update to curriculum and changes in faculty. The school is now at a point where the process of a strategic

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plan and capital campaign need to be repeated.

St. ugene, the staff and the associate pastor for both parishes, Fr. Andrew Linn, have been a great help in balancing the work in both parishes, Fr. Paul said.

“The archbishop and I discussed at length whether starting that cycle over was possible, to do another seven, eight, nine years,” Fr. Paul said. “I realized that’s probably not a possibility.”

While Fr. Paul knew it was the right time to leave Catholic Memorial, he described the process of leaving as “di cult” and “melancholy.” However, his first four months as administrator of the two northeast parishes have gone well, as both communities have been welcoming.

“I’m constantly busy, constantly tired, but that’s a good thing,” Fr. Paul said.

“I’d rather be busy than bored. Coming in roughly at the beginning of the summer is a nice way to ease into the communities I serve, but it’s a little deceiving. Now both schools are in full swing, religious education programs are in full swing, ministries are in full swing, so this is a busy time. I balance that not only with both parishes, but also with other responsibilities in the diocese and elsewhere.”

Fr. Paul also serves as the judicial vicar for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, meaning he is the chief judge for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee Tribunal, the court for the archdiocese, as well as the appellate court for other dioceses in the state. He deals with matters of contention, most often marriage annulments and removal of priests from parishes, now a well-known issue for the past decade or so.

In terms of serving both St. Monica and

“What is harder to do is to make sure both parishes feel well-served and feel respected in their own unique qualities, because both parishes do have their differences,” he said. “They’re a lot alike and a lot can be done in a shared way, but they truly do want to have their separate identities and separate traditions.”

While Fr. Paul wants both parishes and schools to have their own identity, he feels he has the skill to build a sense of uniformity around the business and administrative sides of the schools, particularly in stewardship.

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Small School Strives for Big Numbers at Soles for Education Walk The third and final goal is to be e cited and proud of Catholic education, and to show that through participating in the walk. an i el said the school has promoted the walk and encouraged community members to attend by placing an announcement in the parish bulletin and selling paper angels to parish members to support the Angel Fund. In addition, the different incentives the students can achieve, such as the opportunity to “cake” the principal or pastor and the out of uniform days, excite the students.

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St. Joseph School’s principal Jeff an i el has a framed photo in his o ce — he’s standing next to Archbishop Jerome Listecki, decked out in all blue, with a huge grin and a trophy raised above his head.

He brought that trophy back to St. Joseph’s in Big Bend the day after the Soles for Catholic Education Walk last year. The participation trophy was given to the school after it was determined it had the highest percentage of registered walkers compared to its student enrollment, a total of 230 participants from the Big Bend area.

While raising money is the main goal of the walk, an i el feels it’s important to be present at the walk, to interact with the different schools as one big family. Because the walk is located at Mount Mary University, families see the opportunity for not only Catholic elementary education but also Catholic high school education and Catholic higher education.

“The trophy means a lot,” an i el said.

“We’re a small school and we were able to attain it.”

The K-4 through eighth-grade school has an enrollment of 112 students. an i el said the school has a strong community with staff, parents, students and Fr. Kevin McManaman, the pastor of St. Joseph Parish, all supportive of the school’s success.

“To see the amount of people there is fulfilling,” an i el said. “It’s a true testament of what we and all the other schools are trying to do.”

“We’re a small school, but we have some of the biggest hearts,” an i el said.

In addition to bringing home the participation trophy at the walk last year, St. Joseph’s raised more than $4,000 and collected 310 pairs of shoes.

With big hearts come big goals. an Rixel has three goals for the school during the Soles season. The first is to raise money for the walk, which will then go toward the Angel Fund, the school’s tuition assistance fund.

If the school raises more money than the past year, an i el allows at least one lucky student to smash an angel food cake in his face. For every $25 a child raises, his or her name is put into a bucket to be the student who gets to “cake” the principal. As an added incentive this year, a lucky student will be able to “cake” Fr. Kevin.

The second goal for the school is to collect shoes for St. incent de Paul, a goal which

While receiving the trophy is an accomplishment, an i el said the school has goals that align with the walk to financially support kids who want to attend a Catholic school, like St. Joseph School.

St. Joseph School in Big Bend collected 310 pairs of shoes for the 2016 Soles for Catholic Education Walk. (Submitted photo)

is asked of all schools who participate in the walk. For every pair of shoes a child brings in, he or she gets to color a paper shoe and tape it onto the hallway wall.

Thus far, the line of shoes on a wall at St.

Joseph’s is about halfway to the “finish line.” If the students reach the finish line, the whole school gets an out-of-uniform day, where students get to wear their Soles for Catholic Education Walk t-shirts.

“The kids are what we are here for,” he said. “It doesn’t matter the amount of kids (we serve), they all deserve a good Catholic education.”

The Soles for Education Walk is still in need of volunteers. To sign up, visit www.catholicschoolswalk.org/volunteer.

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Their 10 children, ranging in age from 26 to 10, have all graduated or are enrolled in Catholic schools — first, at St. Mary’s Visitation School and then either at Marquette University High School or Divine Savior Holy Angels High School.

Most of their children have also attended a Catholic university.

So when the past chairs of the Soles Walk approached the Eberles and asked them to take over, it wasn’t a hard decision.

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“We’ve benefitted in seeing the value of Catholic schools at all levels for a long time, so it was easy of us to say ‘yes,’” said Paul.

The Eberles, along with their Soles committee members, are responsible for raising money to cover the costs of the walk. They cover costs so all of the money the individual schools raise on behalf of the walk can remain at the school itself.

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work and play here,” he said. “Catholic schools in southeastern Wisconsin are big contributors to that picture. I don’t think people realize how many kids are part of Catholic schools. So, if you’re a supporter

Paula and Paul Eberle are the chairs for the Soles for Catholic Education Walk on Oct. 21 at Mt. Mary University. (Submitted photo)

of education, you should be a supporter of Catholic schools.”

While Catholic education is often a sacrifice for many families, the berles are well aware of the value. To them and their children, it’s worth the cost and it’s money well-spent.

“There are so many challenges in society that confront your kids every day, in all kinds of ways,” Paul said. “In all kinds of ways, they can get knocked off the path, and it’s reassuring to know that Catholic schools provide a good education. The schools spend time teaching about ethics and moral formation, how important it is to be a good human being. Faith formation is really important and it’s something the Catholic schools do really well.”

While the walk is primarily a fundraiser, it’s also a fun event. Archbishop Jerome Listecki has fun, wearing bright and attractive running shoes, said Paul.

“More importantly, it really is a celebration,” he said. “There’s so much camaraderie around the schools and lots of kids out there are wearing their Soles t-shirts. It’s really a community of all the different schools and a celebration of the common bond between schools.”

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Superintendent of Schools Honored at St. Mary’s Springs MADELINE ZUKOWSKI CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF

A woman who has dedicated more than 45 years of her life to Catholic education was honored recently at a supporters’ and benefactors’ dinner at St. Mary’s Springs Academy in Fond du Lac. Dr. Kathleen Cepelka, the superintendent of schools at the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, was presented the Guardian Angel award from the school Oct. 11.

The Guardian Angel award is given to a person who has watched over and guided St. Mary’s Springs Academy, often from the sidelines, behind-thescenes and in the background. St. Mary’s Springs Academy President Kelly Norton said Cepelka has silently helped steer the school, sometimes at its helm.

“It is her humility, grace, brilliance and non-apologetic support for St. Mary’s Springs that is overwhelming,” Norton said. “We will forever be grateful.”

Cepelka, a graduate of what was then St. Mary’s Springs High School, oversees the 107 Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and is also on the board of directors for St. Mary’s Springs.

“This award is so meaningful to me,” Cepelka said. “I credit St. Mary’s

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Archdiocese Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kathleen Cepelka received the Guardian Angel award from St. Mary’s Springs High School on Oct. 11 in Fond du Lac.

Springs for the best years of my life.

This school is becoming the best it can be, and I am so proud to continue to be a part of it.”

Cepelka said she accepts the award on behalf of all of those who have shaped St. Mary’s Springs Academy into what it is today.

“My classmates and I say the school is not just our life, it’s our hearts,” she said.

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Don Bernacchi, a Korean War veteran and Catholic school teacher since 1962, is greeted by rien s, amily, ello staff members an former and current students Saturday, Oct. 14, at General Mitchell International Airport after returning from a Stars and Stripes Honor Flight to Washington, D.C. (Photos

courtesy of David Bernacchi)

Substitute Teacher and War Vet Gets Surprise Welcome Home MADELINE ZUKOWSKI CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF

A crowd of Christ King School students and their parents, as well as students and teachers from Holy Apostles, waited to see their beloved substitute teacher, Don Bernacchi.

As they saw him disembark from the plane ct. 14 after his honor flight to Washington D.C., they waved their signs and shouted, “Ber-nac-chi! Ber-nac-chi!” in the middle of the Milwaukee airport.

“Holy moly, I had no idea what was going on,” Bernacchi said. “I was flabbergasted.”

Bernacchi, who served as an Air Force commander in Tokyo, Japan, when the war in Korea broke out, attended a Stars and Stripes Honor Flight over

the weekend. Stars and Stripes, Inc., is a non-profit organization that seeks to honor all veterans by flying World War II, Korean and Vietnam veterans, as well as terminally ill veterans from other conflicts, to see the war memorials in Washington, D.C. Bernacchi had been asked a number of times to go on an honor flight, and finally caved after prodding from his children.

“It was so humbling to see all the volunteers, all the people that said, ‘Thank you for your service,’ and to see the memorials,” he said. “I’m still kind of in shock at the kind of reception we got.”

After graduating from Messmer High School in 1949, Bernacchi and three

of his high school buddies joined the service. He had a scholarship to play basketball in college, but wasn’t ready to go to college yet.

“There wasn’t a lot to do that summer,” he said. “There was nothing going on.

The war (World War II) was over.”

Despite the end of the global war, Bernacchi was shipped to Japan to act as a communications operator, commanding air flights and other American planes both before and during the Korean War. He served from 1949-52.

After he returned home, he became a Catholic school teacher, among other jobs.

“I am pretty good at school,” he said with

a laugh. “I love (teaching). I’ve been doing it for 54 years.”

An archdiocesan teacher since 1962, he still substitutes at Christ King or Holy Apostles schools when they call. “As long as they call me, I’m willing to go and teach,” he said.

He had no idea he would see some of his students when he returned on Saturday.

“I kept saying, ‘Thank you, thank you,’” he said. “I’m just a substitute teacher.”

Not only does he say he’s “just a substitute teacher,” he also claims he’s “just a guy.”

“I didn’t expect much,” he said. “I did what I did and joined the service, just like everybody else.”

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COLLEEN JURKIEWICZ CATHOLIC HERALD STAFF

You’re the former chair of performing arts and a choir director at Pius XI for more than 20 years. Did you always want to be a principal?

I started teaching in 1981, and I knew I was getting sort of close to the end — and I just wondered what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I talked to Kathleen Cepelka, a trusted colleague, and she said — you should go to Burlington and be the principal.

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I was like, “Where’s that?” I never really saw myself as a principal, I’m sort of an anti-rule kind of girl. But I came here and I loved it — the community, the people. They gave me the sucker punch — they said, “We think you can help us.”

Dr. Kathleen Cepelka. I really admire her work and her dedication, and just the superhuman effort that she’s given to the archdiocese.

It’s been really refreshing. My husband teased me, saying, “You’ve always wanted to be the captain of your own ship, and now you are.”

I really see my role as trying to reconnect people together and get them on board with the idea that K–12 Catholic education is really important. The Catholic Church really understands that the age group between 14 and 18 is super critical for spiritual and character formation.

How do you plan to implement that?

An old principal friend of mine said, “In good times, Catholic education is a great opportunity, but in bad times, it’s a place where there’s hope.” When a kid messes up, he’s not going to get a policy ruling from me. He’s going to get the Gospel.

Give us the down-low on Burlington — favorite lunch spot or store?

Bonnie Scholz St. Mary Church, Burlington After 27 years as a teacher at Pius XI High School, Bonnie Scholz took on a new position as the principal of Catholic Central High School, in the “Chocolate City” of Burlington in June. Scholz is a Wauwatosa resident, married to Cardinal Stritch University College of Arts and Sciences dean Dr. Dan Scholz, and is the mother of three children.

How do you pass the time on your morning commute from Wauwatosa?

A lot of my friends really encouraged me to start doing audio books. I’m already on my second one — it makes the time go super fast.

on tour with a group called The Brothers and Sisters. We traveled all over the country. We performed in clubs and convention centers.

As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?

When did you start?

I wanted to be a singer and a dancer, and have a career in show business. And, I actually wound up doing that — when I was a sophomore in high school, I auditioned for Robert Simpson Productions, and I ended up going

Where is the most exotic place you’ve ever traveled, or wanted to travel?

Is there someone in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee who you really admire?

And how do you like the job?

What do you see as your role here?

I loved my music teachers — they were a big inspiration for me. I wanted to be like them.

Last summer, I got to go to China. Pius has a very large international program so I got to travel there. But where I would like to go someday is the Holy Land, and I’d like my husband Dan to be my tour guide — I think he’d be great, as a theologian.

How did you react?

But I think most people from Pius would say, “She thought she was the captain here … even though she wasn’t.”

tour. I did that until I was a sophomore in college.How did you transition from performing to teaching?

ur first show was in 1976 in Alberta, Canada — “The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.” It was a combination of Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus and a rodeo. Bob Hope and Helen Reddy were there, they had an entire drum corps … it was a fantastic way to start on

Did you know it’s the Chocolate City? We have a huge Nestle plant down here, and a Chocolate Festival in May. On certain days, you can smell the chocolate. And, because Catholic Central’s been around close to 100 years, there are a lot of restaurants in town that are run

by CCHS graduates — Napoli’s Pizza, Gooseberries, which has the best deli sandwiches everywhere, and the Coffee House downtown.

Do you have a favorite quote or Bible verse?

My favorite quote is from Hyman Rickover: “Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.”

If your students take away anything from their time here at CCHS, what do you hope it will be?

I would say that I want kids to know that when they graduate from Catholic Central, that their place is earned — they don’t have to go out into the world and be something else. They’ve earned their place in our family.

Of course, we want what’s best for them, but we’re not only interested in the doctors and lawyers and West Point graduates. If you graduate from here and you’re a small business owner or a stay-at-home mom or sing in your church choir or on Broadway, what you’ve done here and how you’ve contributed, that’s where it stays. You’ve become part of the history and part of the legacy of this building.

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Birthright Provides Compassion for Pregnant Women pack ’n play for anybody in the city who needs one, due to the infant mortality rate. A lot of people might call and say, I’m out of formula until I get paid on Monday,’ and I can refer them to places in the community that will provide them with formula.”

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When aren Iverson first became a volunteer for Milwaukee Birthright — a group that provides assistance and support to women e periencing crisis pregnancies — it was 1971, just before the notorious oe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.

ther services that Birthright provides include free pregnancy testing, baby supplies, referrals for food pantries and “daddy packs” that offer resources for fathers. Clients can come in for clothing every three months of their child’s life (up to size 4T), and children are encouraged to take a book home with them from o ce visits to promote literacy.

“We were aware that it was going to be initiated the following year,” said Iverson of the ruling. At the time, she was a young mother of four. “It was already up (in the Court) and was going to be voted on.”

As a Catholic, Iverson believed that life begins at the moment of conception, and she was conscious that abortions were about to be made accessible to millions of pregnant women across the country — many of whom felt alone, stigmatized, neglected and desperate.

She didn’t feel it was enough to protest the issue of abortion. She wanted to do more — she wanted to reach those women.

“I really believed in the mission of Birthright,” said Iverson, a parishioner at St. ugene in Fo Point.

She’s one of a handful of volunteers who signed on with Milwaukee Birthright in the 197 s and stuck with the organization through the long years.

If those years haven’t brought a repeal of oe, they have certainly brought thousands of pregnant women to Birthright’s doorstep, seeking answers and a sympathetic ear.

Judy Fecteau, Birthright’s e ecutive director, said that the group’s volunteers offer the women all that and more — they offer them hope.

Though Birthright is a nondenominational entity, much of the volunteer and donor base is Catholic.

Karen Iverson has been a volunteer with Milwaukee Birthright since 1971. The organization helps expectant mothers who feel they have nowhere else to turn. (Submitted photo)

What motivates the eight volunteers who man the o ce at 2 25 W. klahoma Ave., sort baby clothes or take home calls on the 24-hour helpline, is a belief in the sanctity of life.

“They want to do something for these mothers, so that they are aware that there is help and hope — and they don’t have to despair and resort to abortion,” said Fecteau. olunteers undergo training and are briefed in a large number of resources that the group can offer e pectant parents.

“We love the person and accept them where they’re at, and then we offer them alternatives to abortion,” said Iverson.

“That’s what we’ve tried to do through the years. We have a lot of resources — legal, physicians, social work. We’re able to connect them with the Milwaukee Health Department, who provides a

“With the books, we give information about all the local libraries, their addresses and phone numbers, as well as low-cost bookstores,” said Iverson.

“Mothers are so appreciative of that.”

But, more than anything, Iverson said, Birthright volunteers are there to show compassion.

“We listen — that’s very important,” she said. “ ftentimes people think abortion is their only option. Because of the an iety and stress that they find themselves in with an unplanned pregnancy, they see that as the only way out. We just let them talk it out.” olunteers can give as much or as little time as they are able to offer, said Fecteau. She herself became involved in the organization in 1999 because of an ad she saw that said volunteers could give as little as four hours every month.

“I thought, well, that’s all they’re asking for — I could do that,” she remembered.

She became Birthright’s e ecutive director in 2 15 and is the only paid staff member in the otherwise volunteer-run organization.

The group is, of course, always looking for more passionate people to give of

We listen — that’s very important. ftentimes people think abortion is their only option. Because of the an iety and stress that they find themselves in with an unplanned pregnancy, they see that as the only way out. We just let them talk it out.

— aren Iverson their time to the mothers of Milwaukee who feel trapped by their pregnancies.

Fecteau said that even high schoolers would be welcome to come in and assist with light o ce work or sorting inventory.

“If they are pro-life and want to help, this is the way,” said Iverson.

“Protesting abortion is important, but I always felt that that wasn’t enough — it’s like saying, we only care about you until the baby’s born and we don’t care about you after. We ask them to bring their babies in after they’re born. Some of our volunteers have followed our clients for years. We’ve got women (who are pregnant) coming to us whose mothers we helped during their pregnancies. That’s very, very rewarding.”

For more information, and to fill out a volunteer application, visit milwaukeebirthright.com.

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Catholic Central High School

Marquette University High School

St. Joan Antida High School

148 McHenry Street, Burlington cchsnet.org (262)763-1510 Catholic Central High School (CCHS) is a private, co-ed high school in downtown Burlington and dedicated to providing Catholic education through the teachings of Jesus Christ. CCHS is a passionately-committed college-prep institution, implementing a rigorous, holistic curriculum. It is built upon faith, knowledge and tradition.

3401 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee muhs.edu (414)933-7220 Marquette University High School is a premier Catholic, college-prep high school for young men. The Jesuit tradition of educating the “whole person” is hallmark to Marquette High and is what sets it apart. Their Alumni Network is strong, with graduates residing in all 50 states and 33 countries.

1341 N. Cass Street, Milwaukee saintjoanantida.org (414)272-8423 As a diverse, all-girl school located in downtown Milwaukee, St. Joan Antida offers a Catholic values-based, personalized approach to education.

With a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum through the International Baccalaureate (IB) program, it prepares and empowers young women to lead.

Catholic Memorial High School

Messmer High School

St. Joseph Catholic Academy

601 E. College Avenue, Waukesha catholicmemorial.net (262)542-7101 Catholic Memorial High School educates students as individuals, both intellectually and spiritually. It guides students to work to their highest, God-given potential, and prepares them for post-secondary education — to become leaders serving the Church and the world.

742 W. Capitol Drive, Milwaukee messmerschools.org (414)264-5440 Messmer High School places an intense focus on preparing graduates to excel and is grounded in faith. Infused with the importance of service, Messmer focuses on improving not only the community of the school, but of continuing its long legacy as a promoter of positive growth within the city of Milwaukee.

2401 69th Street, Kenosha sjcawi.org (262)654-8651 St. Joseph Catholic Academy (SJCA) is a 3K-12th grade college-prep school designed to educate the whole child. Students learn in a manner that promotes academic excellence, high moral standards, personal responsibility and physical wellness. The heart of learning at SJCA focuses on discovery, experience, curiosity and collaboration.

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School

Pius XI Catholic High School

St. Lawrence Seminary High School

1215 S. 45th Street, West Milwaukee cristoreymilwaukee.org (414)436-4600 Cristo Rey Jesuit High School provides a college-prep education, and incorporates an innovative corporate work study program unlike any other program in Milwaukee. Students work at companies across the area, connecting the relevance of their academic coursework to potential future employment.

135 N. 76th Street, Milwaukee piusxi.org (414)290-7000 Pius XI Catholic High School is a place for everyone. It’s a place for theater lovers and athletes, a home for artists and engineers. Day in and day out, the ties that bind all Pius XI students are the rigorous academic standards and the focus of a faith-based life.

301 Church Street, Mount Calvary stlawrence.edu (920)753-7500 Inspired by the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the example of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Lawrence Seminary provides a residential college-prep education in a Catholic community that nurtures mature, well-rounded men of faith who are preparing for a life of ministry as priest, religious and lay leaders in the Church.

Divine Savior Holy Angels High School

St. Anthony High School

St. Mary’s Springs Academy

4257 N. 100th Street, Milwaukee dsha.info (414)462-3742 Divine Savior Holy Angels High School (DSHA) is grounded in 125 years of legacy and tradition. It develops students into capable young women of faith, heart and intellect, who accept the Gospel call to live lives that will make a difference.

4807 S. 2nd Street, Milwaukee stanthonymilwaukee.org (414)763-6352 St. Anthony School serves over 2,000 K-12 grade students. It forms the whole child in preparation not only for college, but for heaven. Its Catholic identity is part of everything it does. St. Anthony School offers daily prayer, weekly Mass and annual retreats for both students and faculty.

255 County Road K, Fond du Lac smsacademy.org (920)921-4870 St. Mary’s Springs Academy (SMSA) is a co-ed institution serving Fond du Lac and surrounding communities. SMSA students embark on an academic, faith-based journey preparing them to excel in higher education and professional endeavors, build positive relationships and carry on fundamental Christian values.

Dominican High School

Racine St. Catherine’s High School

St. Thomas More High School

120 E. Silver Spring Drive, Whitefish Bay dominicanhighschool.com (414)332-1170 Sponsored by the Sinsinawa Dominicans, Dominican High School remains steadfast to mission and the five core values of truth, compassion, justice, community and partnership. Over 7,000 men and women have received a Dominican diploma, and have gone on to become successful in the world.

1200 Park Avenue, Racine saintcats.org (262)632-2785 Racine St. Catherine’s is built on Dominican values: study, prayer, service and community. Study: Delivering excellence in Catholic education. Prayer: Elevating Catholic faith. Service: Creating a civically-engaged environment.

Community: Emphasizing the importance of positive relationships.

2601 E. Morgan Avenue, Milwaukee tmore.org (414)481-8370 In light of St. Thomas More’s life and example, St. Thomas More High School provides a college-prep education that puts God first in all things — instilling Catholic values into our young men and women. St. Thomas More High School emphasizes Franciscan ideals and establishes high academic standards.

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Our Catholic High School Chapels Regular Mass is a big part of life at a Catholic high school. This week, in keeping with the theme of the issue, instead of featuring a single parish where we worship, we present a photographic look at the chapels of the 15 high schools in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

Catholic Memorial 601 E. College Ave., Waukesha

Catholic Central

Cristo Rey Jesuit

148 McHenry St., Burlington

1215 S. 45th St., Milwaukee

Divine Savior Holy Angels

Dominican

Marquette

4257 N. 100th St., Milwaukee

120 E. Silver Spring Drive, Whitefish Bay

3401 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee

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Pius XI

742 W. Capitol Drive, Milwaukee

135 N. 76th St., Milwaukee

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St. Joan Antida 1341 N. Cass St., Milwaukee

St. Anthony

Racine St. Catherine’s

St. Joseph Catholic Academy

4807 S. Second St., Milwaukee

1200 Park Ave., Racine

2401 69th St., Kenosha

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Great education is just the start of a great student.

Visit w w w. a r c h m i l . o r g /C S N ew s to read about Catholic high schools.

St. Lawrence Seminary 301 Church St., Mt. Calvary

Director of Liturgical Music

St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, a vibrant parish of over 2,000 families located 20 miles north of Milwaukee, has an opening for a Director of Liturgical Music. This position oversees the entire liturgical music program for the parish.

Major responsibilities include: • Playing at Masses including weekends, holy days, weddings, funerals and other Masses as needed • Liturgical Music selections • Rehearsals with choirs, cantors and instrumentalists • Working with the pastor on liturgical matters

St. Mary’s Springs Academy 255 County Road K, Fond du Lac

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years experience in liturgical music ministry, demonstrated competencies as an organist, pianist and choral director, and be well educated in Catholic liturgical doctrine. A Bachelor of Arts in Music (applied organ and choral) is required. Master’s degree in Liturgical Music preferred.

Send cover letter, resume, and references to: St. Francis Borgia Parish, Selection Committee 1375 Covered Bridge Rd. Cedarburg, WI 53012 Or email the same information to: DraegerD@archmil.org

St. Thomas More 2601 E. Morgan Ave., Milwaukee

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A Road Map to Paying for Catholic High School If a Catholic high school education for your child is your goal, here are seven approaches you can take to save for those four years: OPEN A COVERDELL OR A 529 PLAN. A Coverdell education savings account applies to all levels of education and expenses that come from it. It does not limit the distribution of funds to higher education, but can be used for private education. There's no limit to the number of accounts that can be established for a child; however, the total contribution to all accounts on behalf of a child in any year can't exceed $2,000. A 529 plan is operated by a state or educational institution, with tax advantages and potentially other incentives to make it easier to save for college and other post-secondary training. There are two basic types: prepaid tuition plans and savings plans. If you withdrawal your money from these accounts without a qualifying post-secondary education intent, you may be subject to tax penalty. (irs.gov)

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SAVE INTO AN INDIVIDUAL, TAXABLE ACCOUNT OR ESTABLISH A UTMA ACCOUNT. You can set up an account with shared ownership or create one in your name alone. If you need money prior to retirement, you don't want to get hit by the 10% early retirement penalty tax if withdrawals are made prior to age 59 ½. Withdrawals from taxable accounts are only taxed on the gains of the investments. In this regard, taxable accounts provide what is called ta diversification, which is a reduction in risk by spreading savings and investment assets among different types of accounts. (thebalance.com) A UTMA account is a custodial account that is in the name of your child. It may carry more favorable tax rates than a regular taxable account, while still being able to be used for the child’s education.

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START A CASH-VALUE LIFE INSURANCE PLAN. A portion of each payment you make to a permanent life policy goes toward insuring your life (the face value), while the other portion goes to building up a cash value. Over time, as you pay your premiums and the policy earns interest, the cash value accumulates and becomes available for you to withdraw or borrow against in case of an emergency or to pay for education expenses. (allstate.com)

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changing experience. Whether at home or abroad, they are instruments of God’s love and representatives of the Church, and the social teachings of the Church are put into action through the service they provide.

Most of my ancestors settled in southeastern Wisconsin during the second half of the 19th century. Like so many others, they emigrated from Germany and began their lives in America as farmers.

Think of everything that competes for a high school student’s attention — iPads, iPhones, computers, etc. to introduce the students to the ability to serve others is an invitation to change the world.

The high school presents a focus that draws attention to the ability to be agents of change.

To say their lives were hard would be a gross understatement. Serious di culties abounded: sicknesses, early deaths, droughts, financial struggles, a foreign language, and the list could go on.

Stewardship is acknowledging that all we have is not ours exclusively, but rather gifts from God. And, it is our responsibility to share the gifts with others. In academics, sports and the arts, the school community assists in developing our skills through competition, presentations and sharing.

Although there are some in our society that promote a “radical individualism,” the Catholic high school challenges the student to use their resources in a manner that maximizes them for the greater good. The students are introduced to the examples of the heroes and heroines of the faith called the saints, whose lives were spent doing good in the name of the Lord. The world vision of the Church encourages the student to accept their responsibility for the dignity of the human person, the poor, as well as our environment.

We are blessed to have 15 Catholic high schools that offer solid programs of intellectual, social and spiritual formation. The students will carry with them the imprint of faith that will challenge them for their entire life. I know that every parent desires a good life for their children; the Catholic high school prepares them for a good life now and the life to come.

Amidst these trials, how did they survive?

They supported one another, cultivated friendships, and relied on their neighbors and relatives. Families did not push through life alone. If a piece of farm equipment broke or a harvest was lost, it was everyone’s problem. Such acts of charity distributed the burden, making it bearable.

Several generations later, the challenges have changed. In general, they are less material and more spiritual.

Social analysts comment frequently about the shocking increase of American adults who claim no religious a liation.

Whereas only a couple decades ago, Christianity was mainstream, now it is more popular to identify as spiritual but not religious. Adherence to a defined religious tradition – even Christianity – is critiqued as overly exclusive and perhaps intolerant.

For most of us, these statistics are all too real. As a Catholic priest who is also considered a millennial, I don’t have to look far to see the crisis. Every time I scan a congregation from the pulpit, the absence of my peers strikes me to the heart. The Archdiocese of Milwaukee reports having lost well over a third of our Sunday Mass goers in just over a decade.

From my eighth-grade graduating class of 15 Catholics at my parish school, I’m the only one who still attends Mass every Sunday. (But, I’m a priest!)

different set of struggles, today’s remedy is the same as it was for my ancestors.

We must relearn the importance of good friendships and community life.

To adhere to the traditions of Catholicism — which we continue to profess are the path Christ gave us to live a joyful life of true liberation from the sin that only brings sorrow — true support is required. Good friends are needed. Strong communities are needed. These are rooted in mutual good will and a common mission of fidelity to Christ in His Church.

While it is far easier to naively ignore this reality, faithful perseverance demands an honest acknowledgement of the contemporary challenges. The current anti-religious storm already is mustering strength and the forecast predicts even fiercer s ualls to come. oung families, in particular, must prepare well lest they be caught off guard.

The present task for a Catholic family has never changed. “Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

The Sacramental life of the Catholic Church remains the path toward living a beautiful life of holiness, a life that promises the fulfillment of all our desires, namely, the unconditional love of God and His salvation.

However, given the cultural collapse of Christianity, executing this task is more di cult than ever before. Families face a whole new array of di culties: keeping holy the Lord’s Day despite society’s indifference, discerning the appropriate degree of cultural engagement, warding off the destructive effects of increased technological exposure, defending against the immorality made available by the internet, teaching teenagers the real difference between the se es, and the list could go on and on. Just ask any young Catholic parent.

What’s the path forward? Despite a

Certainly, it will take time and effort to build such support networks. But it is necessary lest the feeling of being “all alone” becomes overwhelming.

The task is simple: deliberately seek out friendships with other families who are also trying to be faithful. Begin by dedicating yourself to your parish and investing in the life of the parish (and perhaps also the school). Commit yourself to cultivating friendships. Attend Mass together. Read the same good books and discuss them with one another. Volunteer at your parish together. Invite friends to dinner at your home. Play cards together.

Help one another. Prioritize friendships with believers. We need Catholic friends.

When things are hard, we all experience the temptation to “hunker-down” as individuals. However, it’s precisely during the challenging times that we need one another even more. Fight the individualism of our age that breeds isolationism and welcome the call to friendship that fosters joy.

I knew a wise priest who would describe God’s providence beautifully, weaving “webs of grace” by mysteriously facilitating friendship. I think that my ancestors instinctively appreciated such webs of grace. Today, we must relearn to value them as well. The prioritization of Catholic friendship is non-negotiable.

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Asking Questions Can Help on the Journey Questions are powerful internal forces which drive the human mind to greater understandings. The Hubble Space telescope that has been roaming the sky for 27 years has sent back pictures of the cosmos that have simply blown the scientific world away. We can see galaxies beyond galaxies. We can witness birthing stars and dying stars, which mark the creative hand of God. And with those celestial pictures, scientists agree their curiosity and persistent questions are the machines that help them unlock the hidden mysteries of our universe.

Tragedies such as we have witnessed through these past months urge more humanitarian questions about civility, protection and safety, rescue and recovery. We face off with the larger meaning questions: “Why me?” “Where was God?” These questions needle away at cultural complacency and ennui. Painfully we hold the questions until the answers emerge.

Scripture is full of people who question:

can open new worlds of hope when we so often teeter on despair.

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Isaiah 45:1, 4-6 1 Thessalonioans 1:1-5b Matthew 22:15-21 Psalm 96:1, 2, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10 (7b) himself at odds with the Romans, and if another he would surrender Israel’s ideology that they were a people bound only to God, not to Rome.

Jesus to his Father: “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”

To respond to entrapment questions, it is important that we take pause and wait for wisdom to rise up within. For example, when a teen asks his parents a question that seems to be general enough like: “Is anybody using the car on Friday night?” parents might immediately assess the question and ask: “Do you need it? And what do you need it for?” “Hanging out with my friends,” won’t cut it for most parents.

When the disciples of the Pharisees and the Herodians come to question Jesus about the legality of Jews paying taxes to the Romans, Jesus knows their hearts and his predictions are accurate. They want to trap him, to place him in a situation where if he answered one way, he would put

Questions are good. They clarify what is confusing: “How does this work?”

They forge a future: “What am I doing with my life?” They push us to go deeper within: “Where are you, God?” The struggles of life, I have found, can often be reduced to some clarifying questions which, if we pay attention,

Mary to Gabriel: “How can this be, since I do not know man?”

The Rich Man to Jesus: “What must I do to inherit eternal life?”

Peter to Jesus: “To whom else shall we go?”

Jesus to his apostles: “Who do people say that I am?”

To highjack an opportunity to be with Jesus and to put him to the test not only is duplicitous but downright evil.

However, Jesus will not be trapped, for the wisdom of God resides in him. He responds first by naming their heart’s guile. Certainly, when we name the truth, we untangle the knots of malice. “Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?”

Jesus illustrates his answer by asking to see a Roman coin: “Whose image is this and whose inscription?”

“Caesar’s,” they respond. Jesus takes it further: “Then give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God.” Then our question must be: “What belongs to God?” All of creation might be a good answer. But more accurately, we must say “We belong to God.” The image of God is stamped upon us. Isaiah says it so beautifully: “I have called you by your name … though you knew me not. I am the Lord and there is no other, there is no God besides me.” Whether we like it or not, own it or not, we are God’s sons and daughters.

And if all of our searching leads us to that intimate relationship with the Divine, knowing we belong to him, then we have used well the power of our search, the compelling wisdom of our questions.

Mary Matestic is a retired pastoral associate, teacher, writer and spiritual director in Milwaukee.

FOR REFLECTION ■ Do you have any burning questions perking within right now?

■ Ask the Holy Spirit to help you spend time with your questions and to discover where they are taking you at this point in your life.

Quote of the Week “It’s often so that people will tell you there’s not much in the Bible about Mary, but she’s the third most mentioned person in the New Testament” Sister M. Jean Frisk, about the Schoenstatt Sisters’ devotion to Mary. Read her full interview in the Oct. 26 issue.

Saint of theWeek Born in Wadowice, Poland, Pope St. John Paul II (May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005) had lost his mother, father and older brother before his 21st birthday. Then his promising academic career at Krakow’s Jagiellonian University was cut short by the outbreak of World War II, during which he worked in a quarry and a chemical factory while attending an underground seminary. We celebrate his Feast Day on Oct. 22.

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Bishops’ Calendars Among the bishops’ public commitments for next week are the following: Saturday, Oct. 21, 10 a.m.

Soles for Catholic Education Walk, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee

Sunday, Oct. 22, 2 p.m.

Confirmation, Immaculate Conception Parish, Sheboygan (includes SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish, Sheboygan and St. Peter Claver Parish, Sheboygan)

Saturday, Oct. 21, 5:30 p.m.

Reception and Dinner, Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, Indianapolis

Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m.

Mass of Hope & Healing, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee

Sunday, Oct. 22, 3 p.m.

Italy Pilgrimage Prayer Service, Cousins Center

Wednesday, Oct. 25, 11:30 a.m.

Invocation, Christ Child Society Shower of Love Luncheon, Milwaukee

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Monday, Oct. 23- Monday, Oct. 30 Italy Pilgrimage

l BISHOP HAINES Friday, Oct. 20, 5:30 p.m.

ARISE Milwaukee Gala, Country Springs Hotel, Waukesha Saturday, Oct. 21, 10 a.m.

Soles for Catholic Education Walk, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee Saturday, Oct. 21, 4 p.m.

Mass, 50th Anniversary of Ordination of Fr. Al Veik, St. Clare Parish, Wind Lake Sunday, Oct. 22, 9 a.m.

Mass, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, Milwaukee

Thursday, Oct. 26, 4 p.m.

Mass, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee

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Mass, Pius XI Catholic High School Sunday, Oct. 22, 3 p.m.

Italy Pilgrimage Prayer Service, Cousins Center Monday, Oct. 23 – Monday, Oct. 30 Italy Pilgrimage

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Mass, Clare Hall, Milwaukee

Prayers for Priests The Monthly Prayer Request for Priests (MPRP) is an international lay apostolate founded in 1990 to encourage people to pray and sacrifice for priests. This is a weekly calendar listing the name of a Milwaukee Archdiocesan priest for whom those who are interested in praying may offer prayers.

Friday, Oct. 20 Fr. Javier Guativa

Tuesday, Oct. 24 All Claretian Priests

Saturday, Oct. 21 Fr. Guy Gurath

Wednesday, Oct. 25 Bishop Jeffrey Haines

Sunday, Oct. 22 Fr. Joseph Haas

Thursday, Oct. 26 Fr. Michael Hammer

Monday, Oct. 23 Fr. Howard Haase

For information about MPRP, call Anne Bender at 414-328-1568 or visit www.tinyurl.com/3a78y5r.

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Confession: Healing Our Relationships

Shepherd of the Hills Parish cordially invites you, your family and friends to our

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Why do we have to go to individual confession? Can’t I just confess my sins to God in private? He knows what I have done and what I am sorry for.

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The first symbol after each title is the USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification. The second symbol is the rating of the Motion Picture Association of America.

Office for Film and Broadcasting classifications; A-I — general patronage.

A-II — adults and adolescents. A-III — adults. A-IV — adults, with reservations (this indicates films that, while not morally offensive in themselves, are not for casual viewing because they require some analysis and explanation in order to avoid false impressions and interpretations); L- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. 0 — morally offensive.

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All Saints, A-II (PG) American Assassin, L (R) American Made, L (R) Annabelle: Creation, L (R) Atomic Blonde, O (R) Baby Driver, L (R) Birth of the Dragon, A-III (PG-13) Cars 3, A-I (G) Collide, A-III (PG-13) The Dark Tower, A-III (PG-13) Despicable Me 3, A-II (PG) Detroit, L (R) Dunkirk, A-III (PG-13) The Emoji Movie, A-II (PG) Friend Request, O (R) A Ghost Story, A-III (R)

Girls Trip, L (R) The Glass Castle, A-III (PG-13) The Good Catholic, A-III (PG-13) Good Time, L (R) The Hitman’s Bodyguard, O (R) Home Again, A-III (PG-13) It, L (R) Justice League Dark, A-III (R) Kidnap, A-III (R) Kingsman: The Golden Circle, O (R) Leap!, A-II (PG) The Lego Ninjago Movie, A-II (PG) Logan Lucky, A-III (PG-13) Mother!, O (R) The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature, A-II (PG) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, A-III (PG-13) A Question of Faith, A-II (PG) Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, A-III (R) Slamma Jamma, A-II (PG) Spider-Man: Homecoming, A-III (PG-13) The Tribunal, A-III (PG-13) Tulip Fever, L (R) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, A-III (PG-13) War for the Planet of the Apes, A-III (PG-13) Wish Upon, A-III (PG-13)

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Alien: Covenant, L (R) Allied, L (R) Almost Christmas, A-III (PG-13) Arrival, A-III (PG-13) Assassin’s Creed, O (PG-13) Beauty and the Beast, L (PG) Before I Fall, A-III (PG-13) Believe, A-II (PG) The Birth of a Nation, A-III (R) The Blackcoat’s Daughter, A-III (R) Boo! A Madea Halloween, A-III (PG-13)

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Born in China, A-I (G) The Boss Baby, A-I (PG) The Bounce Back, A-III (PG-13) The Bye Bye Man, A-III (PG-13) The Case for Christ, A-II (PG) The Circle, A-III (PG-13) Collateral Beauty, A-III (PG-13) The Comedian, A-III (R) A Cure for Wellness, L (R) Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, A-II (PG) The Dinner, A-III (R) Doctor Strange, A-III (PG-13) A Dog’s Purpose, A-II (PG) Everything, Everything, A-III (PG-13) The Exception, L (R) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, A-II (PG-13) The Fate of the Furious, A-III (PG-13) Fences, A-III (PG-13) The Founder, A-III (PG-13) Free Fire, L (R) Get Out, L (R) Ghost in the Shell, A-III (PG-13) Gifted, A-III (PG) Going in Style, A-III (PG-13) Gold, L (R) The Great Wall, A-III (PG-13) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, A-III (PG-13) Hacksaw Ridge, L (R) Hidden Figures, A-III (PG) How to be a Latin Lover, A-III (PG-13) Incarnate, A-III (PG-13) Indignation, L (R) Inferno, A-III (PG-13) The Innocents, A-III (PG-13) Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, A-III (PG-13) Jackie, A-III (R) John Wick: Chapter 2, L (R) Keeping Up With the Joneses, A-III (PG-13)

Kevin Hart: What Now?, A-III (R) King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, A-III (PG-13) Kong: Skull Island, A-III (PG-13) La La Land, A-III (PG-13) The Lego Batman Movie, A-II (PG) Life, A-III (R) Lion, A-III (PG-13) Live by Night, L (R) The Lovers, L (R) Loving, A-II (PG-13) Manchester by the Sea, L (R) Max Steel, A-III (PG-13) Megan Leavey, A-III (PG-13) Miss Sloane, A-III (R) Moana, A-II (PG) A Monster Calls, A-III (PG-13) Monster Trucks, A-I (PG) 90 Minutes in Heaven, A-II (PG-13) Ouija: Origin of Evil, A-III (PG-13) Passengers, A-III (PG-13) Patriots Day, L (R) Phoenix Forgotten, A-III (PG-13) The Promise, A-III (PG-13) The Resurrection of Gavin Stone, A-I (PG) Rings, A-III (PG-13) Rock Dog, A-I (PG) Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, A-II (PG-13) Rules Don’t Apply, L (PG-13) Saban’s Power Rangers, L (PG-13) The Shack, A-III (PG-13) Shut In, A-III (PG-13) Silence, L (R) Sing, A-III (PG) Sleepless, L (R) Smurfs: The Lost Village, A-I (PG) Snatched, L (R) The Space Between Us, A-III (PG-13) Split, A-III (PG-13) Trolls, A-II (PG)

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What is sin? That is where we should begin to answer your question. The basis of sin is when we do something or fail to do something that breaks a relationship. It could be our relationship with God or our relationship with others. For example, when we fail to go to Sunday Mass, we are sinning and breaking our relationship with God. When we lie to a friend, we are sinning and breaking our relationship with them. Even if your sin is a secret, it is still breaking a relationship, because it is preventing you from being honest in your relationship with God or others.

In the early Church, when someone committed a grave sin, they had broken their relationship with God and with the community. In order to heal that broken relationship, the sinner needed to stand before the entire community, confess their sin and seek forgiveness.

After confessing, they would leave the Church for a period of penance.

Once they had completed their period of penance, they would be welcomed back into the church. This was a very public process. As time went on, people were more and more reluctant to stand before the entire community to confess their sins, so the priest became the representative of the community.

Each person who had committed a serious sin would now go to individual confession to confess their sins, receive their penance and be welcomed back into the Church.

That is the history of how individual confession came about. I’m pretty sure you would prefer not to stand up before the entire congregation at your parish and confess your sins. Speaking to

the priest as the representative of the community really isn’t so bad. Yes, God knows your sins, God knows everything, but your husband or wife also knows your sin after you had a big fight, and you still need to say you are sorry to them to be reconciled. Individual confession allows us the opportunity to heal the broken relationships that sin has caused.

By the way, yes, you can confess your sins to God in private. I strongly recommend that you end each day in prayer by doing an examination of your day and saying an act of contrition. It is a beautiful way to confess your sins in private. But the sacrament of reconciliation is so much more. It is the opportunity to confess our sins and heal our relationship with God and with others. It is the chance to grow in holiness and receive the forgiving grace of God. It is the opportunity for healing the broken relationship. The same is true in our lives: individual confession allows the moment to experience the healing of our broken relationships.

(Fr. Jerry Herda, ordained in 1990, is vicar for clergy and vicar general for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. If you have a question you’ve always wanted to ask a priest, email it to catholicherald@archmil. org and place “Ask Fr. Jerry” in the subject line.)

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Talk to Help Protect Children in Digital Age

The pastor of St. Bernadette Parish in Milwaukee, Fr. Greiten also holds a

degree in social work from Marquette University and has worked with individuals struggling with sexual addictions and traumas for several years. The root cause of so many of those lifelong issues, he said, is an early exposure to internet pornography that develops into a habit.

“At a younger age, the exposure is unwanted, but as time goes on — particularly for the boys — they hit an age where it’s becoming more of a wanted exposure,� he said. “Now they’re going out to actively seek it.�

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Keeping parents educated about what their kids are exposed to — and what they can do about it — has been the mission of Fr. Greg Greiten, M.Div, SEP, PSAP, for the past seven years.

He will give a presentation entitled “Sex and Tech in the Digital Age� at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 26, at St. Veronica Parish, 353 W. Norwich St.

It can happen so easily, said Fr. Greiten, because of the increasing use of handheld devices and tablets by younger and younger children. Some estimate that children between the ages of 8 and 18 spend 11.5 hours of their day using some kind of technological device. Explicit web pages can often be accessed accidentally via links that appear harmless.

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Fish fry: St. Bernadette, 8200 W. Denver Ave., Milwaukee, 4 to 7 p.m. Coleslaw, fries or potato salad, bread and coffee included; potato pancakes, soda, beer and milk available for purchase. Kids’ meals and takeout available. 414-358-4600, stbweb.com.

Fish boil: St. John XXIII (St. Peter campus), 1802 N. Wisconsin St., Port Washington, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Door County-style fish boil following the 4:30 p.m. Mass.

Fish boil meal is $12.50, pot roast sandwich meal is $8, children’s hot dog meal is $4. Homemade dilly bread, homemade coleslaw and homemade desserts. Call 262-284-4266 with questions.

Haunted house: Catholic Memorial High School, 601 E. College Ave., Waukesha, 7 to 10 p.m. Runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening, not recommended for children younger than 11 years old. Familyfriendly hours on Saturday, 6 to 6:45 p.m. Admission $8, proceeds benefit Operation Finally Home. hauntedhouse@catholicmemorial.net.

Spaghetti dinner: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 1919 54th St., Kenosha, 4 to 7 p.m. (Friday and Saturday) and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Sunday). Homemade meal with spaghetti and sauce, meatball, sausage, salad, Italian bread, dessert and coffee. Cost is $10. Soda, bottled water and wine available for purchase.

Takeout available. Tickets at the door. 262-652-7660 or parishoffice@olmckenosha.org.

32nd Annual Family Feastable: St. Mary, N89 W16297 Cleveland Ave., Menomonee Falls, 5 to 8 p.m. (Friday), 4 to 7 p.m. (Saturday) 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (Sunday). All-you-can eat turkey with dressing, baked ham and all the fixings. Silent auction. Adults $12, seniors $11, children 4-12 $6. Kids age 4-6 eat free when they wear Halloween costume.

Dan Schutte in Concert: St. Stephen, 1441 W. Oakwood Road, Oak Creek, 6:30 p.m. Come hear one of the most influential modern liturgical composers.

Cost is $10, reception to follow. Retreat featuring Schutte takes place on Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. Cost is $10. Register at 262-762- 0552 or ltranil@ststephenmil.org.

Soles for Catholic Education Walk: Mount Mary University, 2900 N. Menomonee River Parkway, Milwaukee. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., warm-up begins at 9:40 a.m., 2-mile walk begins at 10 a.m. Come support and celebrate Catholic education. For more information, visit catholicschoolswalk.org.

What We Have Seen and Heard: All Saints Parish, 4051 N. 25th St., Milwaukee, 8:30 a.m. to noon. Fr. Joseph A. Brown, S.J. will speak at the morning workshop and afternoon workshop (1 to 3 p.m.). Lunch is included over the noon hour. Mass concludes the day at 4 p.m. Free and open to all.

Contact ceciliasr2@yahoo.com.

Frassati Quarterly Review: Basilica at Holy Hill, Highway 167, 8 miles west of Highway 41, Hubertus, 1 p.m. Young adults are invited to participate in adoration, Mass, an evening social and a conference with featured speaker Fr. Andrew Linn. Holyhill.com.

l SUNDAY, OCT. 22 Fall Bazaar and Dinner: St. Joseph, 111 W. Marshall St., Rice Lake, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dinner served in gym from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with menu of roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, coleslaw, cranberries, rolls and homemade pie.

Takeouts and deliveries available. Bazaar includes cake walk, country store, children’s games, craft

booth, religious articles, gift shop, raffles and silent auction. 715-234-2032.

TV Mass, Heart of the Nation: WCGV-TV Channel 24, 9 a.m., and WITI-TV Channel 6, 5:30 a.m. For Catholics unable to attend parish Mass because of illness, frailty, caregiving for loved ones, inclement weather or other grave circumstances. Online video: www.heartofthenation.org. Information: 414-475-4700.

College student Mass: St. Robert, 2200 E. Capitol Drive, 5:30 p.m.

l MONDAY, OCT. 23 Introduction to Theology of the Body for Engaged and Married Couples: St. Mary, N89 W16297 Cleveland Ave., Menomonee Falls, Carmen Morgan will speak on Theology of the Body and a Certified NFP Teacher will be presenting Natural Family Planning. The cost of $30 per couple is for the Certified NFP Teacher. Please RSVP by Oct. 21.

262-328-7235 or carmen.morgan@aol.com.

l TUESDAY, OCT. 24 Mass of Hope and Healing: Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 812 N. Jackson St., Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

For parents, grandparents, siblings, relatives and friends who have suffered the loss of a child during pregnancy.

Church, 126 Chapel Terrace, Burlington (6:30 p.m.).

Monthly group co-sponsored by St. Alphonsus Human Concerns Committee. Free and open to the public, with an evening and morning session.

262-878-2011.

l WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25 Shower of Love Benefit Luncheon: Italian Community Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee, 10:30 a.m. Support the Christ Child Society and Milwaukee-area children. Raffle baskets, cash bar, boutique gift items. Tickets $60. 414-540-0489 or christchildmilwaukee.org.

Open House: Catholic Memorial High School, 601 E. College Ave., Waukesha, 6 to 8 p.m. Tour the school, meet parents, teachers, coaches and club directors.

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Cor Jesu: St. Robert, 2200 E. Capitol Drive, Shorewood, 7 to 9 p.m., prayer with music, silence, reconciliation, 8 p.m. Mass, followed by social in the parking lot.

l THURSDAY, OCT. 26 Kendall Lecture Series: Cardinal Stritch University, Sr. Camille Kliebhan Conference Center, 6801 N. Yates Road, Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Author Gary Younge will speak on his book “Another Day in the Death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives.” Book signing and reception to follow. stritch.edu/kendall.

MYAM - Grow in Faith: Cathedral Weakland Center, 831 N. Van Buren St., Milwaukee, 6:30 to 9 p.m. Young adults join together for fellowship, prayer and discussion. This week’s topic is “End of Life Medical and Decision-making.”

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Caring and Sharing Grief Support Group: Wisconsin Veterans Home - Boland Hall, 21425 Spring St., Union Grove (10 a.m.) or Cross Lutheran

Classifieds CEMETERY FOR SALE: Two Garden Mausoleum Crypts at St. Adalbert’s Cemetery in Milwaukee. For more information, please call 414-321-4119.

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FR. ZOY GARIBAY

A native of the Philippines, Fr. Zoy Garibay immigrated to the United States in the 1990s. First working as a nurse, he later discovered the Capuchins, took vows and was ordained a priest in 2013. He has had many roles at St. Lawrence Seminary, an all-boys high school, since 2014.

He now serves as the rector/president of the school.

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They eventually will be transplanted into their own communities or wherever they end up being sent forth by God.

What drew you to the priesthood?

Do many of the students at St. Lawrence become priests?

It all started when then Pope John Paul II went to visit the Philippines for the first time back in 1982. I was 6 years old at the time. My dad took us all to the city to hopefully get a glimpse of the Holy Father. We lined up along the route from the airport to the archbishop’s residence. There were lots of people with banners and yellow and white flags. Suddenly I heard a commotion. My dad said, “The pope is coming,” so he picked me up and put me over his shoulders and said, “Wave! Wave your hand!” The motorcade passed by and then the pope mobile. I saw the Holy Father in his white cassock and his pink cheeks waving to people. At that time I said, “I want to become a pope.” (Laughs). Quite ambitious. I think that’s where my vocation to the priesthood began, because I was so taken by that experience.

Not all. What we do here is encourage young men to consider what God has in store for them, and that could well be priesthood or religious life. And even if they are called to be a layperson, that’s wonderful, too. We need families so we can generate more priests and religious. But the important thing is we form these young men so they can leave St. Lawrence Seminary as persons that are strong and solid in their faith and much more committed to loving God and loving their neighbors and serving one another in the Church or whatever endeavor they find themselves in. That is our hope.

What are some of your hobbies?

I really enjoy nature, so I try to surround myself in the environment that allows me to see the beauty of God’s creation. We are very fortunate here in Mount Calvary, here at St. Lawrence Seminary because our location lends to that. Beautiful scenery, especially this time of year, the colors change in the leaves.

Although you went to seminary high school, you studied to become a nurse and immigrated to the U.S. How did you find the Capuchins?

After I finished my night shift at the hospital, I would go to daily Mass. I was looking one night for a parish nearby that offered an earlier Mass time. I discovered the Capuchin monastery in Detroit. The first time I ever set foot in the monastery, I remember to this day I went through the wooden doors that led to the chapel, but the chapel was dark. I remember thinking, “Could I be in the wrong place? The websites says 7:45 a.m. daily Mass, but there are no people here.” But at the back of the chapel is the friar’s chapel, where they do their morning prayer and daily Mass and the door was open. There was light in there. I saw an image, a silhouette of a friar sitting in a chair, waiting for the Mass to start. It sent chills down my spine.

Are you a sports fan?

I love to watch sports. I enjoy watching our students play soccer and basketball, but I also love to watch football. It’s not a Filipino sport, but I have grown to like and appreciate American football. It’s so fun to watch, especially here in Wisconsin, where people have a strong support for their home team, the Green Bay Packers.

Do you have a favorite saint?

God allowed me to have a detour. It was necessary because I learned so much from being a nurse. It taught me to be compassionate, to be sensitive to people who suffer, the sick people and their families. I learned how to be understanding and to be self-giving. It was a blessing in disguise, but it was necessary for me to come back to the priesthood.

I would say St. Francis of Assisi because of his humility. Some people may look at his simplicity as naïve, but it’s actually very radical. Because Francis gave up everything in order to follow Christ. That speaks to all of us — are we ready to give up everything to follow what God is calling us to do? St. Francis always tried to seek peace. I think that’s much needed in our world today, to be able to see each other as a sister or a brother or a friend. To recognize that we are children of God and therefore, we are sisters and brothers to one another. I think the message is very timely or urgent in a day and age and even in an environment where division and hatred and the unwillingness to listen to one another and seek common ground is very rampant or prominent.

Men who go to St. Lawrence Seminary High School live on campus?

Do you listen to music?

That’s part of being a seminary. It comes from the Latin word meaning seedbed. Imagine the seeds of faith that are planted in each of these young men. We need to put them in an environment where those seeds of faith can grow, in a conducive environment. That conducive environment is St. Lawrence Seminary. So when they grow and are mature enough, they can be transplanted. They are not going to live in the seminary forever.

I love music. If I have time and can afford to, I like to watch an opera. I listen to classical music on the classical music radio and all that. I love Mozart, Bach and Beethoven. I especially like Italian operas. I like what St. Augustine says, “He who sings prays twice.”

It doesn’t say sing well, but it goes to show how music can be an instrument of bringing one closer to God. When you sing, it’s a declaration of one’s love and devotion to God.

Do you ever wish you would have become a priest earlier in your life, instead of a nurse first and priest second?

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