People of God, August 2017

August 2017 Vol. 35, No. 7

Serving the multicultural people of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe www.archdiosf.org

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Archdiocesan Premier Voices Fill New York City’s Carnegie Hall Once Again

Mrs. Carmen Flórez-Mansi (far left, second row from the bottom) made her debut at Carnegie Hall as choral conductor on June 18, 2017 performing Mass of the Children by John Rutter. She led the select chorus composed of members of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi Pontifical Chorus, the Santa Maria de La Paz choir, the Choral Arts Society of St. Michael’s High School and the Santo Niño choir from Santo Niño Regional Catholic school all of Santa Fe, NM. See page 11.

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34th Annual Archbishop’s Dinner

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Archbishop’s Letter: Root Causes of Migration

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4th Annual Archbishop Luncheon With Pueblo Governors

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Vespers With Archbishop Wester

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God’s Mercy Endures Forever: Feed the Hungry

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Catholic Education

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A man takes a selfie with Pope Francis during the pontiff’s weekly audience in Paul VI hall Aug. 2 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)

Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for August/Agosto Artists That artists of our time, through their ingenuity, may help everyone discover the beauty of creation.

Por los artistas

Por los artistas de nuestro tiempo, para que, a través de las obras de su creatividad, nos ayuden a todos a descubrir la belleza de la creación.

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2017 Special Collection September 10, 2017 • Seminarian Support

Archdiocesan campaign for the support of local seminarians in their studies and formation.

Seminary Burse The following parishes have sent in excess Mass stipends to the Archdiocesan Finance Office for seminarian education.

These receipts are for June and July 2017. Excess Mass stipends are from multiple Mass intentions celebrated at parishes. The archdiocesan policy is for excess Mass stipends to be used for seminarian education.

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Together We Can Reach Our Goal!

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Visit our new ACA Website at: www.archdiocesesantafegiving.org/ aca to donate to ACA 2017 watch Archbishop Wester’s ACA video, and much more!

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Our Goal $ 3,000,000

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Anonymous – In honor of Rev. Glennon Jones 200.00 Catholic Charismatic Center 100.00 Estancia Valley Catholic Parish – Moriarty 1,000.00 Immaculate Conception – Albuquerque 550.00 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Albuquerque 880.00 Our Lady of Sorrows – Bernalillo 2,000.00 Our Lady of Sorrows – Las Vegas 5,000.00 Our Lady of the Annunciation – Albuquerque 2,170.00 Sacred Heart of Jesus – Espanola 3,600.00 San Ysidro – Corrales 1,545.00 Sangre de Cristo – Albuquerque 1,030.00 St. Augustine – Isleta Pueblo 2,155.75 St. John the Baptist – Santa Fe 1,000.00 St. Joseph on the Rio Grande – Albuquerque 1,070.00 Total $ 22,300.75

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Root Causes of Migration “Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity. They are children, women and men who leave or who are forced to leave their homes for various reasons, who share a legitimate desire for knowing and having, but above all for being more.”

- Pope Francis, World Day of Migrants and Refugees In a previous article, I addressed the legality or legal issues regarding immigration. Yet, to look only at these issues is like looking at an elephant but only seeing the trunk or the tail: you miss quite a bit if that’s all you’re seeing. To put the immigration debate into a wider context one must also look at the human face of immigration and at what is known as the push and pull factors that force people to immigrate in the first place. To that end, I continue our exploration of Catholic teaching on immigration so that we may fully understand global migration. I offer the following from the USCCB/Justice for Immigrants Campaign which examines root causes that drive people to migrate.

A root cause is the fundamental reason for the occurrence of an event, in this case, migration. Often, in the migration context, there are both push and pull factors with push factors being reasons why people would want to leave their home country and pull factors being reasons why people would want to come to a new country. In migration, push and pull factors can be economic, environmental, social and political. They include some of the following:

Safety Factors

Safety factors can cause danger to individuals, prompting them to migrate. Persecution and discrimination based on nationality, race, religion, political beliefs, or membership status in a particular social group will prompt people to move large distances in search of a safer living location where they can have freedom over their lives. Danger can be imposed upon individuals by something formal, like war, or informal, such as widespread gang activity. In 2016, the Northern Triangle, composed of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, was named one of the most violent regions in the world. All three Northern Triangle countries record thousands of crimes by local and international gangs and armed criminal groups, and most crimes are met with impunity. It is estimated that 10% of the Northern Triangle’s population has already left, and it is likely that many more will flee in part due to extreme violence.

Economic Factors

Economic migration, whether permanent or seasonal, is a commonly cited reason for migration. In general, it is believed that in economic migration people move from poorer

PUSH PULL Persecution • Violence • War

Safety and stability • Freedom

Poor wages • Lack of jobs

Higher wages • Job prospects

Crop failure and famine • Natural disaster

Food availability • Better environment

Limited opportunities • Lack of services

Family reunification • Better quality of life

Family separation

Availability of services

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Su miseracordia perdura para siempre developing areas into richer areas where wages are higher and more jobs are available. It is also common for people from rural areas to move to more competitive urban areas in order to find more opportunities.

Mexican migration into the United States portrays the importance of both push and pull factors in economic migration. All throughout the 20th century, seasonal Mexican laborers have crossed the border in search of work in the American agricultural industry, since the economic state of Mexico did not match the level of economic prosperity found in the United States. In the 21st century however, Mexican migration has slowed down significantly, and after the American recession of 2009, economic migration from Mexico to the United States began to decline. Studies show that Mexican household economies have improved due to factors like increases in access to education. As Mexico’s financial state improved and the United States temporarily struggled, both push and pull factors eroded, causing the dwindling of migration.

Environmental Factors

Migration caused by environmental factors is increasingly involuntary. Environmental factors cause displacement, or the forced movement of people by social or environmental factors. Crop failure for example, often results in both food scarcity and a drop in agricultural jobs, prompting people to move to a place with better job opportunities and climate. Pollution of water, air and soil in both urban and rural settings can also create a serious health risk to locals, forcing them to look for a better life for themselves and their children.

Devastating natural disasters such as tsunamis, hurricanes and earthquakes are environmental factors that the news most often cover. In January 2010 for example, a deadly earthquake hit Haiti, claiming the lives of over 90,000 people, and displacing over 1.5 million others. Despite humanitarian aid, many suffered from disease and a lack of proper shelter and basic supplies. Likewise, recent studies cite global warming as a cause for the increase in violent conflict around the world. The recent example of the Syrian drought from 2006 to 2011 was catastrophic, causing many families to lose their farms and move into big cities.

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Faces of Migration My family was forced out of our home country of Bhutan for having a different religion, language, and being different.

My family fled the country for safety leaving behind their home and life that they had that was of peace. They found themselves refuge in Nepal, and my older brother, myself, and young sister were all born there. After eleven and half years in the camp, we were in the process of being resettled. We didn’t know where we would be going, but we knew that we had something to look forward to and it had to be better than the life we were living. During the process, the small hut we had burned to ashes with thousands of others, so we lived under a plastic tent with the water rushing around us, and monsoon rains and wind pulling us. In hopes to have a life, our family set our foot forward blindly to the U.S., the country of hopes and dreams, to the land of freedom, and a land that promised a future that we never saw before. We were resettled in Georgia and so our life finally began and the hold button was uplifted.

Before coming here, I also wish I knew more of the culture, what I am expected to do, and how things flowed here in the U.S., especially with school and work. The hardest thing has been finding ways to be myself again. It has been difficult adjusting from the language to the simple motion of walking out of the house.

But as hard as it is, it even harder to express who you are as an individual, your ideas, your thoughts, and your love to the ones around.

The friends and organizations that were loving and interested and did not seem to notice the differences have been the biggest help. They always motivated me and protected me with their care, love, and with their efforts. I will not forget, and I will probably fill countless pages, but they all know who they are. Everyone around me are the best thing that happened to me and made me feel like I belonged. They have made my experience, as well as my family’s, feel easier and gave hope that I can be safe and can have a life here.

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Causas fundamentales de la migración “Los inmigrantes y refugiados no son peones en el tablero de ajedrez de la humanidad. Son niños, mujeres y hombres que abandonan o se ven forzados a dejar sus casas por varias razones, que comparten un deseo legítimo de saber y tener más, pero sobre todo de ser más”.

-Papa Francisco, Jornada Mundial del Emigrante y del Refugiado (2014) En un artículo anterior, mencioné las cuestiones legales relacionadas con la inmigración. Sin embargo, mirar solamente a estas cuestiones es como mirar a un elefante, pero sólo ver o la trompa, o la cola: se pierde mucho si eso es todo lo que se ve. Para colocar el debate sobre la inmigración en un contexto más amplio, hay que también mirar el rostro humano de la inmigración y lo que se conoce como los factores de empuje y atracción que impulsan a la gente a migrar. Con ese fin, continuaré explorando con ustedes la enseñanza católica sobre la inmigración para que podamos comprender plenamente la migración global. Ofrezco la siguiente información de la campaña de los Obispos Católicos de los Estados Unidos, USCCB (por sus siglas en inglés) Justicia para Inmigrantes, que examina las causas fundamentales que empujan a la gente a migrar.

Una causa fundamental es la razón primordial para que ocurra un evento, en este caso, la migración. A menudo, en el contexto de la migración, existen tanto factores de empuje como de atracción, siendo los factores de empuje las razones por las cuales la gente querría dejar su país de origen y los factores de atracción las razones por las que la gente querría ir a un nuevo país. En la migración, los factores de empuje y atracción pueden ser económicos, ambientales, sociales y políticos. Estos incluyen:

Factores de seguridad

Los factores de seguridad pueden presentar peligro para las personas, incitándoles a emigrar. La persecución y la discriminación basadas en nacionalidad, raza, religión, creencias políticas o membresía en un particular grupo social, inducirán a las personas a trasladarse grandes distancias en busca de un sitio más seguro donde poder tener libertad sobre sus vidas. El peligro puede ser impuesto a individuos por algo formal, como la guerra, o informal, como la actividad pandillera generalizada. En 2016, el llamado Triángulo del Norte, integrado por Guatemala, Honduras y El Salvador, fue nombrado como una de las regiones más violentas del mundo. Los tres países del Triángulo del Norte registran miles de crímenes cometidos por pandillas locales e internacionales y grupos criminales armados, y la mayoría de esos crímenes quedan impunes. Se estima que el 10% de la población del Triángulo del Norte se ha marchado ya, y es probable que muchos más huyan en parte por la violencia extrema.

Factores económicos

La migración económica, ya sea permanente o temporal, es

PUSH PULL Persecución • Violencia • Guerra

Seguridad y Estabilidad • Libertad

Salarios bajos • Falta de empleos

Mejores salarios • Posibilidades de empleos

Fracaso de cultivos • Contaminación Desastres naturales

Alimentos disponibles • Mejor ambiente

Oportunidades limitadas • Falta de servicios Separasión familiar

Reunificación familiar • Mejor calidad de vida • Disponibilidad de servicios

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una razón comúnmente citada para la migración. En general, se cree que en la migración económica las personas se trasladan de zonas en desarrollo más pobres a zonas más ricas donde los salarios son más altos y hay más trabajos disponibles. También es común que las personas de las zonas rurales se trasladen a zonas urbanas más competitivas para encontrar más oportunidades.

La migración mexicana hacia los Estados Unidos muestra la importancia de los factores de empuje y atracción en la migración económica. Durante el siglo XX, trabajadores mexicanos temporales cruzaron la frontera en busca de trabajo en la industria agrícola estadounidense, ya que el estado económico de México no igualaba el nivel de prosperidad económica que se encontraba en los Estados Unidos. En el siglo XXI, sin embargo, la migración mexicana se ha desacelerado significativamente, y después de la recesión estadounidense del 2009, la migración económica de México a Estados Unidos comenzó a declinar. Los estudios muestran que la economía mexicana de los hogares ha mejorado debido a factores como aumento en el acceso a la educación. A medida que el estado financiero de México mejoró y el de Estados Unidos batalló temporalmente, los factores de empuje y atracción se vieron afectados, causando una disminución de la migración.

Factores ambientales

La migración causada por factores ambientales está aumentando involuntariamente. Algunos factores ambientales causan el desplazamiento, o el movimiento forzado de personas por factores sociales o ambientales.

El fracaso de los cultivos, por ejemplo, a menudo provoca escasez de alimentos y caída en empleos agrícolas, lo que lleva a personas a trasladarse a un lugar con mejor clima y oportunidades de empleo. La contaminación del agua, el aire y el suelo, tanto en zonas urbanas como rurales, también puede crear un grave riesgo para la salud de los lugareños, obligándolos a salir en busca de una vida mejor para ellos y sus hijos.

Los devastadores desastres naturales, como tsunamis, huracanes y terremotos son los factores ambientales que más a menudo cubren las noticias. En enero de 2010, por ejemplo, un terremoto mortal golpeó a Haití, reclamando las vidas de más de 90,000 personas, y desplazando a más MIGRACIÓN Continued on page 19

Rostros de la migración Mi familia fue forzada a salir de Bután, nuestro país natal, por tener una religión y lenguaje diferentes, y por ser diferentes. Mi familia huyó del país por seguridad, dejando atrás su hogar y vida de paz. Ellos encontraron refugio en Nepal y allí fue donde mi hermano mayor, yo y mi hermana menor nacimos. Después de once años y medio en el campamento, nos tocó el turno de ser reasentados. No sabíamos a dónde íbamos, pero esperábamos que sería mejor que la vida que estábamos viviendo. Durante el proceso, la pequeña choza que teníamos se quemó junto con otras miles de chozas, así que vivimos bajo una tienda de plástico con el agua corriendo alrededor de nosotros, y las lluvias de monzón y el viento azotándonos. Con la esperanza de una vida mejor, nuestra familia ciegamente dio un paso hacia adelante a los Estados Unidos, país de esperanzas y sueños, a la tierra de la libertad, y una tierra que prometía un futuro que nunca antes habíamos visto. Fuimos reubicados en Georgia y así nuestra vida finalmente comenzó y la espera terminó.

Me hubiera gustado conocer más de la cultura, lo que se esperaba de mí, y cómo se hacían las cosas aquí en los Estados Unidos antes de venir aquí, especialmente en la escuela y el trabajo. Lo más difícil ha sido encontrar la forma de ser yo misma nuevamente. Ha sido difícil ajustarnos, desde el lenguaje hasta el simple hecho de salir de casa. Pero por más difícil que sea, es aún más difícil expresar quién eres como individuo, tus ideas, tus pensamientos y tu amor por los que están alrededor.

Los amigos y organizaciones que nos ofrecieron su amor y no nos vieron como diferentes, han sido nuestra mayor ayuda. Ellos siempre me motivaron y me protegieron con su cuidado, amor y esfuerzos.

No los olvidaré, y probablemente llenaría innumerables páginas, pero todos saben quiénes son. Todos a mi alrededor han sido lo mejor que me ha pasado y me hacen sentir que pertenezco. Han hecho que mi experiencia, así como la de mi familia, se sientan más fáciles y me han dado esperanza de que puedo estar a salvo y poder tener una vida aquí.

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Across the top, large photo of Native American governors and article bottom, Save the date for Native American Mass

Fourth Annual Archbishop Luncheon with Pueblo Governors

By Alan Cherino, Native American Ministry Advisory Board Member

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he Native American Ministry Office along with the Native American Ministry Advisory Board celebrated their 4th Annual Pueblo Governors’ Luncheon with Archbishop John C. Wester held at the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s Catholic Center in Albuquerque in June.

In attendance at this year’s luncheon were Archbishop Wester, Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan, Very Rev. John C. Daniel (Moderator of the Curia/Vicar General), and Pueblo governors and tribal officials from the following pueblos: Acoma, Cochiti, Isleta, Ohkay Owingeh, San Felipe, Sandia, Santa Ana, and Tesuque. Also attending were archdiocesan office directors and staff members, several parish pastors, deacons, and seminarians.

The annual luncheon brings the archbishop

and Pueblo tribal leaders together and provides the opportunity to meet one another and share our common unity in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Archbishop Wester spoke of the loving communal unity of Jesus (as spoken in John’s Gospel) that he sees shared in Pueblo country despite of what seems to be an apparent division among citizens in our nation such as the recent shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise, as an example. “We have far to go uniting despite the efforts like those of Martin Luther King,” said Archbishop Wester. He said, “We have to do what we can to grow and come together.”

Archbishop Wester went on to say he is grateful for the opportunities to attend Pueblo feast days as much as possible. He’s impressed with the [tribal] customs to honor God such as the eagle dancers who danced at his installation Mass as archbishop in 2015.

Archbishop Wester concluded by saying he rejoices in this luncheon gathering and looks

Save the Date

Native American Mass • Saturday, August 19, 2017 5:15pm The Annual Native American Mass will be held at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi on Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 5:15 P.M. Most Rev. John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe, will preside at the Annual Native American Mass.

The Mass is in honor of all artists and their families participating in the Annual Indian Market and all the Native Peoples, particularly the Pueblo Tribes of Northern New Mexico.

All are welcome to attend.

forward to working closely with Pueblo tribes especially with any immediate concerns that Pueblo communities might have.

A special award was also presented by Native American Ministry Office Director, Shirley Zuni, during the luncheon to the Risen Savior Catholic Community Parish for their significant amount of donations collected and given to the American Indian Center. Rev. Timothy A. Martinez accepted the award on behalf of the parish.

The American Indian Center provides outreach services to many Native American people in the local Albuquerque area and collects donations throughout the year, and in particular, collects unwrapped gifts and toys for less fortunate families and children during the Christmas holiday season.

Archbishop Wester concluded the luncheon by presenting each Pueblo Governor or representing tribal official with a plaque of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

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Vespers With Archbishop Wester

By Jose Vernier, catechist, Neocatechumenal Way

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n late June, Archbishop John C. Wester celebrated evening prayer in the Shrine of the Little Flower, St. Therese of the Infant Jesus with the communities of the Neocatechumenal Way from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. The vespers began with Archbishop Wester entering the church to nearly 150 brothers and sisters of the church along with their families singing and applauding the presence of their shepherd. The assembly was pleased to also have present with them the pastor of the parish Fr. Vincent Chavez as well Fr. Francisco Alanis, OSB, parochial vicar at Misión San Juan Diego in Meadow Lake, where there are also present communities of the Neocatechumenal Way. Before the communal recitation of the psalms began, Jose Vernier (local catechist of the Neocatechumenal Way in NM) introduced each of the communities present in the assembly. After a brief introduction, a few individuals gave their experiences of how the mercy of the church found them and renewed their lives through this itinerary of faith.

Following the experiences of these brothers and sisters, Jose gave a brief presentation to Archbishop Wester about what exactly is this itinerary of faith called “The Neocatechumenal Way” which implements the tripod mentioned

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by the Second Vatican Council of: Word of God, the Liturgy and the Community. After the presentation, they commenced with the psalms of evening prayer together with hymns and Gregorian chants.

In his homily to the assembly, Archbishop Wester mentioned the “beauty and importance of our journey in which we walk” referring to the last phase of the itinerary of the The Way, in which faith is recognized as an ongoing formation rather than a point to arrive. During the Magnificat of evening prayer, Archbishop placed incense into the censer and renovated the shrine’s altar and crucifix and then to our surprise began himself to incense the community gathered. This was most moving for all gathered.

After the final blessing from Archbishop Wester, the entire assembly present retired to the parish hall for a dinner prepared by the communities. The gym was dressed for a banquet with seating for 125 with the other 25 voluntarily serving. Archbishop Wester explicitly mentioned how touched he was to see the charity and gratitude of the waiters from the communities of The Neocatechumenal Way that came all the way from Amarillo, TX to serve for this occasion.

After a beautiful banquet and fellowship with Archbishop Wester, everyone present gathered together for a photo to remember this wonderful occasion with our archbishop.

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Meet and Greet

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe African American Catholic Community hosted the first “Meet and Greet” the African priests and nuns serving our Archdiocese last fall at the Catholic Center. The event was a lively gathering with African singing and drumming. Those in attendance were served authentic African cuisine made by one of our members. The priests and sisters were very appreciative of the event and the community’s efforts to bring all of us together.

Four-day convocation in Orlando called ‘a journey’ for U.S. church ORLANDO, Fla. (CNS) -- Theirs was a monumental responsibility: shepherding lay leaders, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, religious, deacons, musicians, event staff and a legion of volunteers at the historic “Convocation of Catholic Leaders: The Joy of the Gospel in America” July 1-4 in Orlando. “This convocation is a journey, and there will be three of us here to guide you through the next four days,” said Bishop Edward J. Burns of Dallas, one of the event’s emcees. The consistent presence -- on stage and off -- of Bishop Burns, along with emcee Julianne Stanz, director of new evangelization for the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and moderator

Gloria Purvis, co-host of “Morning Glory” on EWTN Radio, kept the entire program flowing smoothly despite any behind-thescenes hiccups. Sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the convocation brought together more than 3,100 lay and religious leaders from 160 dioceses and 185 national organizations. They gathered to explore the current challenges and strengths of the church and its evangelization efforts. “All the good, dedicated, committed lay faithful present truly touched me,” Bishop Burns told Catholic News Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president Service, “especially knowing that they are of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Los Angeles the Catholic leaders in their dioceses and Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, who is vice president of USCCB, Catholic organizations.” concelebrate the closing Mass. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Convocation of Catholic Leaders “The Joy of the Gospel”

By Most Rev. Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan, Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe

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he meeting in Orlando involved about 150 bishops and 3,000 Catholic leaders from around the country. Ten people going from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe attended. It was a wonderful opportunity for strengthening our missionary discipleship efforts. It revolved around the document of Pope Francis called Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel).

I was asked to lead a breakout session entitled “The Marginalization of Motherhood”. I had never given much thought to the idea of the marginalization of motherhood. Pope Francis encourages us to be missionary disciples. In paragraph 20, we must go forth to make disciples baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28: 19-20). We are going to the peripheries without fear to bring the joy of the Gospel to others, especially those with special needs.

In paragraph 211 he speaks of human trafficking and in paragraph 212 the needs of women who suffer from all kinds of mistreatment. We have to accompany women in different situations.

In our country and in the west, some women are looked down upon when they have babies to care for. Many women in the United States have put off having children so they can have a career that is successful. But many of the heads of the countries of Europe have no children.

Angela Merkle in Germany, May in England, the president of Italy and France and several other countries have no children! They have no offspring to be concerned about or to worry about for the future.

We as Catholics must be concerned about motherhood. We need to encourage motherhood and pay attention to the needs of mothers and thank them. We need to express the importance of the Church to support women in all situations and look for ways to help women who are deciding whether or not to have children at all. We need some practical strategies to implement our concerns.

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rs. Carmen Flórez -Mansi (center stage) made her debut at Carnegie Hall as choral conductor on June 18, 2017 performing Mass of the Children by John Rutter. She led the select chorus composed of members of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi Pontifical Chorus, the Santa Maria de La Paz choir, the Choral Arts Society of St. Michael’s High School and the Santo Niño choir from Santo Niño Regional Catholic school all of Santa Fe, NM. This was not the first time Mrs. Flórez -Mansi has taken the choir to New York City to perform in Carnegie Hall.

She traveled with them two other times. In 2007, they performed Handel’s Messiah under the direction of renowned composer, John Rutter and in 2013 under direction of, David Thye, conductor.

For the June 18 concert, the choir diligently rehearsed on a weekly basis for six months in Santa Fe to prepare for the special Father’s Day concert. The New England Ensemble orchestra from New York accompanied the Santa Fe performers as well as two soloists from New York. Mrs. Flórez -Manzi said, “It was an incredible experience and one that I will never forget. There were many families who sang together which made it very special. My husband, Tom, and our two boys Thomas Luke and Estevan also sang as well as my sister Viola Flórez-Tighe, niece Kathryn Ramsey and sister-in-law Abby Flórez.”

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n November 2016, the elite New Mexican choir (previously mentioned above) was joined by members of Albuquerque’s Church of the Risen Savior parish under the direction of Kevin Newman and were invited to join the Sistine Chapel Choir and 300 other singers from throughout the USA to sing for Pope Francis’ closing Mass of the Year of Mercy with at St. Peter’s Basilica.

The group also sang during the consistory ceremony in which Pope Francis officially elevated the Archbishop of Chicago, Blasé Cupich to cardinal in St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome.

Mrs. Flórez -Mansi said, “That experience was a once in a lifetime event. This has been an incredible blessing and we feel like we were able to bring the love and light from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe to New York and to Rome!”

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God’s Mercy Endures Forever: Feed the Hungry

By Brother Gary Hill, o.h.

The Good Shepherd Center, located at 218 Iron St SW, Albuquerque, is the oldest continuously operating shelter services for men in Albuquerque. We have been providing services for vulnerable men since 1951 under the auspices of Brother Mathias Barrett and the Little Brothers of the Good Shepherd.

SAVE THE DATE: FEED THE HUNGRY DAY

Saturday, September 30, 2017 Holy Family Parish, Albuquerque

The services provided at the center are: • Overnight accommodations for men over the age of 21. Check in time is between 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm.

Overnight accommodations warrant a hot shower, a snack, TV time or relaxation, sleep in a safe environment, hot breakfast and leave the facility by 7:00 am. There are no limits on the amount of nights spent with us, but as always, it is according to bed availability.

• Respite beds for men referred to us through HCH (Health Care for the Homeless) and UNM Hospital -accommodations for 7 days, 24 hours a day to allow for rest and recuperation from an acute illness. These receive a safe environment to rest, three meals a day, shower and opportunities for various entertainment.

• Recovery Program for men over the age of 21 who are suffering from the addictions of alcohol and/or drugs. This residential program is six months in length and is a working

program that entails daily assigned chores along with group sessions in the 12 Step Principles of Alcohol Anonymous, counseling with a certified Substance Abuse Counselor, Case Management in planning for their future after the program, and a variety of opportunities for growth in an environment to assist them to live a clean and sober lifestyle.

• Community meals are served five days a week to men, women and children. Times are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday at 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm; and Saturday 11:30 am – 12:00 pm. There are no meal service on Thursday and Sunday.

• Community Clothing Room for men opened Monday – Friday. We offer clothing for men without charge.

All of the services are free of charge – we only request prayers for those coming in for hospitality and that we are able to continue providing for them.

We appreciate prayers, financial support and donations of men’s gently used clothing and new, packaged men’s underwear and t-shirts.

For more information, please visit our website: www. goodshepherdcenternm.org; call 505.243.2527 ext. 103; or please just stop by for a visit and tour – ask for Brother Gary.

In a Nutshell There is an ever-growing “food culture” today. The constant barrage of food advertisement, blogs and television shows fuel a “food obsession.” Yet food connects us to our beliefs, communities, ancestors. “Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life,” Christ says. Food seen in Scripture is often a prefigurement of the Eucharist, the bread of life.

(Left) A man sits down to a meal at the St. Vincent de Paul Society dining room in Phoenix in this 2016 photo.

Food connects us to our beliefs, our communities, our ancestors. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)

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Catholic Charities’ Refugee Youth Mentoring Program “My Safe Space” – Catholic Charities partners with the Albuquerque Museum to feature the work of refugee youth On Saturday, July 15th the Albuquerque Museum was abuzz with families and youth from various countries across the globe. With diverse backgrounds, languages, and customs, what these individuals share in common is their resettlement in Albuquerque, New Mexico and their subsequent involvement in Catholic Charities’ youth mentoring program.

By Dolores Nunez, Catholic Charities

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ach year, the Center for Refugee Support at Catholic Charites supports hundreds of Albuquerque area refugees through programs such as the Refugee Youth Mentoring Program. The primary focus of this program is to mentor refugee children through English practice, support with homework and school related activities and explore the community by learning about Albuquerque and their new home. Our Youth Mentoring Program has had a very busy summer so far! Several children attended the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance Refugee Wilderness Explorers Summer Camp, where they hiked and learned about the natural habitat and wildlife in New Mexico.

In addition to the summer camp, the children worked with art therapy students from Southwestern College at the Albuquerque Museum. Their project, titled “My Safe Space,” provided the children the opportunity to “tell their stories” about what makes them feel safe through the construction of an art installation that resembles a home and is currently on display at the Albuquerque Museum. Youth in the program range from ages 6-17 and come from six different countries.

The installation tells their story: There is a kitchen where favorite dishes from home would be cooking, and a garden filled with plants from different countries where they lived.

The bedroom displays textiles created by the youth who weaved baskets and carpets in their homeland. My Safe Space was developed to give refugee youth a safe space to express themselves while also providing those who view the display a better understanding of their community. The installation will be on display at the Albuquerque Museum in the Sculpture Garden throughout the summer. If you are interested in becoming a mentor, or would like to learn more about our program, contact Danielle Hernandez, Mentoring Program Coordinator at hernandezd@ccasfnm.org, or call 505.724.4609

Help for those Facing Eviction: Rental Assistance Program (RAP) Opens August 21 Catholic Charities’ Center for Self-Sufficiency & Housing Assistance’s Rental Assistance Program (RAP) is opening the phone lines for a second wave of enrollment on Monday, August 21st at 8 am (MST). The first enrollment wave occurred last month, on July 24th. The August enrollment is a second opportunity for individuals at risk of homelessness or currently homeless to enroll.

To receive a phone screening, interested individuals should call (505) 724-4611 at 8am (MST) and leave their name and phone number, as clearly as possible, on our answering machine. Within 1 to 2 weeks, our staff will call back for a pre-screening over the phone to determine eligibility.

The pre-screening process identifies additional qualifying criteria for the program, which serves Bernalillo or Sandoval County residents.

Don’t Miss Catholic Charities’ Signature Fundraiser: the Saint Nicholas Ball!

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he date has been set for Catholic Charities’ biggest party of the year: the Saint Nicholas Ball!

Make plans now to enjoy an enchanting evening of charity, dining and dancing to benefit those less fortunate in our community. The agency’s signature fundraiser is the perfect way to kick-off the Christmas season.

This year’s event is on Saturday, November 18th at the Embassy Suites in Albuquerque and will again feature the premier performing arts group, the Pink Flamingos!

This fun, festive event has been named Albuquerque’s best charity ball/gala by the Albuquerque Journal and is entirely volunteer-run. Last year’s event had 400+ attendees

and raised more than $125,000 thanks to the generosity of local business sponsors, auction donors and guests!

Catholic Charities is now accepting donations for the live and silent auctions. Event sponsorships and tickets are now available. Each ticket includes dinner, silent and live auctions plus entertainment.

All are invited to this memorable night of fun and generosity. “Be the difference, change a life” – join us!

CONTACT Catholic Charities’ Development Office 505-724-4637 development@ccasfnm.org Bid on an amazing selection of

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The V Encuentro - Parishes Responding to the Call of Pope Francis

By Rocío González, CoCoordinator of the V Encuentro in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe

of evangelization and communion, the five sessions are also a process of consultation where participants listened attentively, n these past months, I have engaged in each other’s lives had the privilege of accom- and surfaced the hopes and panying some of the parish frustrations to be shared for the communities in our archdiocese good of the whole Church in the in their implementation of the United States. five parish sessions of the V Furthermore, one of the Encuentro. It has been a great objectives of the V National experience!

Encuentro is to identify and proThe five parish sessions are mote opportunities for new Histhe centerpiece of the V En- panic Catholic pastoral leaders cuentro process. They are an to serve in leadership positions experience of reflection, evange- in the Church and society in lization and consultation, guided general. I have no doubt that this by five themes inspired by the objective has already been fulinvitation of the Holy Father to filled in each of the communities foster a culture of Encounter. (cf. I visited.

The Joy of the Gospel, n.24) With the support of the parFollowing the V Encuentro ish priests, each community Guide, participants have gath- participating in the V Encuentro ered in small groups in their appointed coordinators and parishes for approximately 90 formed teams to implement the minutes, once a week, over five sessions in their parishes. Team weeks. During that time, the members were in charge of participants walked together organizing, inviting, preparing with Jesus following the differ- spaces, coordinating and impleent “moments” of the Emmaus menting the sessions. Each of scriptural passage (Luke 24:13- the teams showed that there are 35). This helped prepare them to already many lay people comgo out, to encounter those who mitted to the work of our Church were most in need of the Good and who, given the opportunity, News of Jesus and to feel the can respond to its needs.

At each visit to these parish loving embrace of the Church.

In short, to respond to the call to communities, I saw the hand of evangelize.

God guiding the coordinators In addition to being a process and their teams in this beautiful process. Whether it was just a few who gathered, or a large congregation, the dialogues opened great opportunities to begin or continue fostering that culture of Encounter in which Pope Francis invites us.

Members of the Prayer Group at St. Anne’s in Thank you all for Albuquerque gathered for five sessions to learn responding to the how to be Missionary Disciples, witnesses of call to be MissionGod’s Love

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Holy Family parishioners taking notes and offering responses to the consultation during their Parish V Encuentro Sessions

Members of Our Lady of Guadalupe in ABQ sharing their blessings with each other during their Parish V Encuentro Sessions

Take away, Lord the blindfold of our doubt that prevents us from seeing you…

Members of Holy Family in Albuquerque reflecting on their own blindfolds.

ary Disciples, witnesses of God’s love by bringing the Good News to others. Let’s continue journeying together to the Diocesan V Encuentro!

The V Encuentro is a national process convened by our Bishops in the United States to discern how the Church in this country can better respond to the Hispanic / Latino presence and, at the same time, motivate this population to respond to the needs of the whole Church.

The Archdiocesan team is currently working on the compilation of the responses from parish consultations and preparing the document that will serve for reflection and consultation at the Diocesan V Encuentro to be held on Saturday, October 14, 2017.

More information to come!

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CRS Rice Bowl Report for Lent 2017 Thanks to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe for your generosity last Lent! Our archdiocese raised nearly $80,000 and money is still coming in! Twenty five percent of the total stays in our archdiocese to fund local efforts to feed, house and assist those in need. The remaining 75% goes to assist with emergencies and development in the 93 countries across the world where CRS serves. Watch for information on how to apply for a local grant this Fall.

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe African American Catholic Community Mass Sunday, August 27, 12 noon

Please join the Archdiocese of Santa Fe African American Catholic Community for Mass on Sunday, August 27, 12 noon at St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Catholic Church, 5901 St. Joseph’s Dr. NW, Albuquerque. Homilist will be Deacon Leon Jones.

For more information, please call Brenda at 505.836.3627 or 505.831.8167.

Teachers, Catechists, Youth Ministers and Social Concerns Ministers: Free online Calendar of ideas on life and justice!

The Office of Social Justice and Respect Life has assembled and updated an on-line calendar called Days of Life, Dignity, Justice and Peace. It has a month-by-month summary for our current school year of important dates related to Catholic social teaching including many different life and dignity, peace and justice issues. It also has live links to resources that can be used in a school curriculum, religious education programs, RCIA, Confirmation and social concerns ministries all year.

Email the office to get your copy sent to you by email, or watch for it on the Archdiocesan Social Justice and Respect Life web site! 505.831.8205

Plan an event for Feast of St. Francis Save the date! Now is the time to plan for the Feast of St. Francis this fall. The feast is celebrated October 4th, however, you may hold your event any time that suits your school, parish or group. The Feast of St. Francis celebrates the saint who saw all created beings as his brother or sister. Inspired by this example, every year Catholic Climate Covenant produces a free catechetical program to help your faith community explore how it can better care for creation and the poor. The Catholic Climate Covenant, partners with USCCB and provides materials for free. Just sign up at the Catholic Climate Covenant web site http://www.catholicclimatecovenant.org/FOSF This year’s

theme is “Befriend the Wolf: Blessing All God’s Creation.” They are still working on the program, which includes a liturgy for a blessing of creation and an educational program designed to guide your community through a contemplation of how all created beings are united as one family under the parentage of God our Creator. These materials will be ready in mid-August.

Register now!

School Supply Drive for ASF Catholic Schools The Archdiocese of Santa Fe (ASF) African American Catholic Community (AACC) is currently collecting school supplies for distribution to ASF Catholic Schools through the end of August. Contributions of gift cards and supplies (paper, pencils, notebooks, binders, calculators, backpacks, crayons, etc.) are needed and appreciated. Drop offs for supplies are located at Risen Savior and Queen of Heaven Catholic Churches as well as Garson’s Religious Store at 2415 San Pedro NE in Albuquerque. For more information on how to donate, please contact Mrs. Louise Davis at 505.821.0071 or the office 505.831.8205. All donations remain with the Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.

CRS Ethical Trade is the new name for Fair Trade CRS Ethical Trade helps people to act on their faith and values through practicing ethical purchasing grounded in Catholic social teaching with a global focus. CRS Ethical Trade partners with companies and organizations that treat workers fairly, invest in the communities where they produce, and promote environmental stewardship through their business practices.

Find information and resources about fair and ethically traded products, learn about news in the ethical trade movement, and participate in opportunities to champion a more just workplace for the most vulnerable producers. Go to http://ethicaltrade. crs.org to learn more.

“Know Your Rights” Resources for Immigrants USCCB Migration and Refugee Services has new materials available to assist immigrants who may be targeted for deportation, including “Know Your Rights” videos in English and Spanish, and bilingual materials on “Nine Ways to Protect Yourself” and “Transitioning to a New Administration: How Can We Assist Immigrants and Refugees” You can access these materials at www.justiceforimmigrants.org You can help distribute them in your faith community or wherever immigrants gather.

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2017-18 Fr. Rollins Lambert Scholars

Trustees Visit Santo Nino Regional Catholic School

By Angela Peinado, Advancement Director

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The Archdiocese of Santa Fe African American Catholic Community awarded 11 Fr. Rollins Lambert Scholarships to Catholic school students at their Anniversary Mass in April. The scholarships are for the 2017-18 school year beginning in August. In no particular order, the Fr. Rollins Lambert Scholars are: Asante and Daisia Cole, Santana Davis, Corbin and Emery Hill, Brayden Hollis, Ethan and Preston Mondragón, Tasyanna Pinto, Alyssa and Mathew Portee. Fr. Henry Sands, Executive Director of the Black and Indian Mission Office in Washington DC, was present to award the Fr. Rollins Lambert scholarships along with Deacon Leon Jones. Congratulations to all the recipients and blessings in this new school year! Scholarships are awarded annually. Information on scholarships for the 2018-2019 school year will be available after January 2018 in the principal’s office of each Catholic elementary school in the Archdiocese.

“Our generation

A child is embraced by Pope Francis during his weekly audience in Paul VI hall Aug. 2 at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)

will show that it can rise to the promise found in each young person when we know how to give them space. This means that we have to create the material and spiritual conditions for their full development; to give them a solid basis on which to build their lives; to guarantee their safety and their education to be everything they can be.”

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n Spring, Santo Niño Regional Catholic School invited their trustees to take a tour of the facilities and the current playground. They took them up on the offer and were impressed not only by the school itself, but also by the fantastic student artwork displayed in the hallways. Santo Niño Regional Catholic School was built in 2006 with a modern and technologically advanced campus, and is one of a few regional Catholic schools in the country. It serves the eight parishes of the greater Santa Fe area, including Pecos. There are many wonderful things about this school such as, the modern science labs, a technology lab, the library and research center, and the student run vegetable gardens. For more information go to santoninoregional. org.

After the tour, the quarterly Board meeting was held at the Santa Maria de la Paz parish hall.

Another beautiful parish and facility.

A big thank you to everyone who had a part in making this such a successful and educational day.

Also, Santo Niño Regional Catholic School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) has received an Honorable Mention in PTO Today’s 2017 Parent Group of the Year search. Congratulations! There were many impressive entries this year, and choosing the final prizewinners was difficult for the judges.

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The Office of Catholic Schools is happy to welcome our new Associate Superintendent of Catholic Schools and three new principals Carissa Cantrell -Associate Superintendent Office of Catholic Schools Carissa Cantrell is a product of Catholic Education from Kindergarten through high school. She has served as a Catholic school teacher at various grade levels from Kindergarten through eighth grade. Mrs. Cantrell believes that being provided leadership opportunities as a teacher prepared her to serve as Principal in three diverse Catholic schools. Most recently she served as Principal at St. Mary’s School in Albuquerque. Mrs. Cantrell is excited to begin this new journey as the Associate Superintendent of Catholic Schools and looks forward to working and collaborating in the areas of professional development, curriculum, and mentoring new leaders within our schools.

Mrs. Jacqueline Terrazas -Principal St. Mary’s Catholic School Principal Jacqueline Terrazas holds a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Barry University, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Music Education with a minor in Elementary Education from Florida Atlantic University. She has over 20 years’ professional experience in education, including 18 years with the Diocese of Palm Beach. Mrs. Terrazas experience includes; serving as Principal for Madonna del Sasso Catholic School in Salinas, CA, Assistant Principal for Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School in West Palm Beach, Fl., Instructional Coach, Title I Coordination, Dean of Discipline, and “Lead Teacher” through the School district of PBC. She is passionate about creating an environment for students to thrive spiritually, academically, and physically, while inspiring students to dream big.

Ashley Powledge -Principal San Felipe de Neri Catholic School Ashley Powledge, Principal of San Felipe de Neri Catholic School, started teaching at San Felipe de Neri as a 4th grade teacher. She has taught 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 6th grade and has served as Assistant Principal at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Albuquerque. Mrs. Powledge earned her Masters of Arts Degree in Educational Leadership in 2016 from the University of Notre Dame, as part of the Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program which prepares transformational school leaders who make God known, loved, and served. She earned her Bachelors of Science Degree in Elementary Education and Masters of Arts degree in Elementary Education from the University of New Mexico. She attended All Saints Catholic School in Raton, New Mexico and graduated from Raton High School. Mrs. Powledge states, “I believe that is the responsibility of the school community to bring forth the gifts of each child, teach each child how to use their gifts, and model the use of our own gifts for the betterment of our brothers and sisters in Christ.” Mrs. Powledge and her husband enjoy living in the East Mountains and hiking with their two Labradors.

Rebecca Maestas-Sanchez -Principal

Our Lady of Assumption

Rebecca Maestas-Sanchez comes to OLA with 10 years of teaching experience within the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (ASF) in the elementary and middle school levels. Prior to education, she was a stay at home mom for 12 years where together with her husband, Michael, has raised three sons and a daughter. Mrs. Sanchez also has experience as an operating room scrub and first assist within the specialty of ophthalmology.

Mrs. Sanchez is an Albuquerque native and a product of Catholic education including Annunciation Catholic School, St. Pius X High School and Creighton University. She has been married to her husband for 29 years. They have 3 adult children in college or living on their own and a son at St. Pius X High School. Together with her brothers they care for their mother, Emma that lives next door to her.

Mrs. Sanchez is passionate about Catholic education and believes it is the foundational for life long success. She is eager and humbled to be the new principal of Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School.

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The Catholic Committee on Scouting’s Annual Retreat for Scouting

By Bridget O’Rourke, Catholic Committee on Scouting

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he Catholic Committee on Scouting for Archdiocese of Santa Fe (CCOS) is pleased to announce their Annual Retreat for Scouting. Scouts will spend the day learning more about their Catholic Faith tailored for their respective scouting program. We will grow in our Catholic beliefs by listening, sharing, praying, singing, and playing. The activities are designed to jump-start a scout’s endeavors in working toward the religious award for their rank. We will also complete the Sorrowful Mystery Rosary and the St. Junipero Serra Patch. Older Scouts not working on emblems can attend a Chaplain’s Aid Session.

This year CCOS is offering two sessions for the retreat, one in Santa Fe and another in Albuquerque. Scouts only need to attend one of the sessions. The Albuquerque session will be held on

September 30, 2017 at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church starting at 8:30 AM. The Santa Fe session is on October 1, 2017 at Santa Maria de la Paz in Santa Fe beginning at 9:00 AM. Additionally, we are excited to announce that we will offer training for adults who wish to serve as counselors for Ad Altare Dei and Pope Pius X. Pre-registration for counselor training is due by September 20, 2017. There is a $10 fee for counselor training.

A $10.00 fee is requested for each youth, and $3.00 for each parent who attends the retreat.

Feel free to attend all or part of the day, however, the registration fees are the same for a whole or partial day.

For more information and to register online or download the forms see our website at: http://catholicscoutsnm.org/ retreats.html. You may also contact Bridget O’Rourke at bco67@yahoo.com or 505504-6492.

Boy Scouts will work with counselors.

Parents will be working with American Heritage Girls, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts throughout their award program. These parents are strongly encouraged to stay for the retreat. Lunch will be provided. Registered youth will receive a retreat patch. Books for each award will be available for purchase at the retreat, pre-ordering is recommended to insure that there are enough books.

Please note - Child of God and Ave Maria books are available to download from the CCOS Website http://www. catholicscoutsnm.org/links.html

Conferral Mass with Archbishop John C. Wester

By Bridget O’Rourke, Catholic Committee on Scouting

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n July, Scouts lined up outside of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi for procession into the 2017 Conferral Mass presided by Archbishop John C. Wester. The Conferral Mass is an annual event of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Catholic Committee on Scouting where youth are presented with religious emblems they have earned as Girl Scouts, American Heritage Girls, Junior Catholic Daughters, Campfire, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Trail Life USA. Additionally, five Scouts were presented with the Pillar of Faith pin in recognition of earning all four of the traditional Catholic Religious Emblems as a youth.

This year, 68 awards were earned by the youth of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. The girls earned five Child of God, five Family of God, four God is love, five Ave Maria, and three Spirit Alive Awards. The boys earned 12 Light of Christ, 21 Parvuli Dei, four Ad Altare Dei and four Pope

Pius XII awards. Youth will have the opportunity to work on these awards during the Catholic Committee on Scouting annual youth retreats held this year on September 30 and October 1 in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. For more information please visit http://www.catholicscoutsnm.org/ In addition to the youth awards, the Catholic Committee also wishes to congratulate Boy Scout Troops 395 and 410 for receiving the Pope Paul VI Quality Unit Award. The National Catholic Committee on Scouting once again recognized the Archdiocese of Santa Fe with the Quality Diocese Award. The Archdiocese of Santa Fe also recognized the following adults for their many years of service to the faith formation of Catholic youth through Scouting: Felipe Rael of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was presented with the Bronze Pelican Award and Debra Couls of Our Lady of the Annunciation was presented with the St. George Emblem.

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The drought also increased food prices, facilitating poverty.

Although global warming did not create the conflict we are witnessing today, environmental factors are important in human migration.

Social Factors Social factors motivating migration grow from the human needs and desires to achieve a better quality of life. Migrants often move to ensure better opportunities for themselves or their family, like sending their child to a better, safer school or finding a job that would have not only a sufficient salary, but also important benefits and career growth prospects. In terms of education, the United States graduate programs have been a particularly strong attraction for young, talented individuals around the world. Individuals can also migrate in search of services, such as life-saving surgery and medical treatment that are inaccessible in their home area.

Understanding of these factors does not mean that we must forget about the laws. We still must abide by laws and as I have MIGRACIÓN Continued from page 7

de 1.5 millones de personas. A pesar de la ayuda humanitaria, muchos sufrieron enfermedades y falta de refugio adecuado y de suministros básicos. Del mismo modo, estudios recientes citan el calentamiento global como causa del aumento de conflictos violentos en todo el mundo. El reciente ejemplo de la sequía en Siria de 2006 a 2011 fue catastrófico, causando que muchas familias perdieran sus granjas y se trasladaran a las grandes ciudades. La sequía también aumentó los precios de los alimentos, contribuyendo a la pobreza. Aunque el calentamiento global no creó el conflicto que estamos presenciando hoy en día, los factores ambientales son importantes en la migración humana.

Factores sociales Los factores sociales que motivan la migración aumentan por las necesidades humanas y los deseos de lograr una mejor calidad de vida. Los migrantes a menudo se trasladan para asegurar mejores oportunidades para ellos o sus familias, como enviar a sus hijos a una mejor y más segura escuela o encontrar un trabajo que no sólo ofrezca un salario suficiente, sino también importantes beneficios y oportunidades de crecimiento profesional. En términos de educación, los programas de posgrado de los Estados Unidos han sido un fuerte atractivo, particularmente para individuos jóvenes y talentosos en todo el mundo. Personas también pueden migrar en busca de servicios,

noted before in prior articles, we must fix our laws so that they are appropriate for the situation. Nonetheless, understanding the push and pull factors and putting a human face on immigration helps us to put the laws in a wider context and to see that we must work tirelessly to help our immigrants who are suffering so much in our world today.

I offer this illustration: if a person gets hurt in an auto accident because he or she was speeding, we tend to the person first.

The person does not simply get a speeding ticket and then is left lying there on the ground! In other words, to borrow from author Stephen Covey, “the main thing is to make the main thing the main thing.” When it comes to immigration, I believe that the main thing is to follow Christ’s command to love one another as he has first loved us. The main thing is to welcome the stranger in our midst, a stranger fleeing serious threats. We continue to work for comprehensive immigration reform and a much needed reform of our immigration legal system but in the meantime we must tend to our neighbor, just as Jesus offers us in the Gospel parable of the Good Samaritan. como una cirugía que salve su vida y tratamientos médicos inaccesibles en su área de origen.

La comprensión de estos factores no significa que debemos olvidar las leyes. Sabemos que debemos acatarlas, y como he señalado antes en artículos anteriores, debemos tratar de repararlas para que sean apropiadas para la situación. Sin embargo, entender los factores de empuje y atracción y poner un rostro humano en la inmigración nos ayuda a poner las leyes en un contexto más amplio y ver que debemos trabajar incansablemente para ayudar a nuestros inmigrantes, quienes hoy en día sufren tanto en nuestro mundo.

Les doy un ejemplo: si una persona resulta lastimada en un accidente automovilístico porque iba muy aprisa, primero se le atiende. ¡No se dejará a esa persona simplemente tirada en la calle con una multa en su mano! En otras palabras, usando las palabras el autor Stephen Covey: “lo primero es hacer que lo primero sea lo primero.” Cuando se trata de la inmigración, creo que lo más importante es seguir el mandato de Cristo de amarnos unos a otros como él nos amó primero. Lo primero es acoger al forastero entre nosotros, un forastero que huye de serias amenazas. Continuamos trabajando por una reforma migratoria integral y una muy necesaria reforma de nuestro sistema legal de inmigración, pero mientras tanto, debemos atender a nuestro prójimo, así como Jesús nos dice en la parábola del Buen Samaritano.

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Save the Date

Sunday, October 29, 2017 2:30 - 5:00 pm ABQ and other locations One Body – Many Members, One Spirit, Many Gifts

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commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation by the NMCC. This ecumenical vesper service of song and prayer will be followed by a community dialogue on the things that unite us.

Partial list of Celebrants are: Most Rev. John C. Wester, Archdiocese of Santa Fe - Roman Catholic Church Rev. Dr. W. Earl Bledsoe, New Mexico Conference - United Methodist Church Right Rev. Michael L. Vono, Diocese of the Rio Grande - The Episcopal Church Ruling Elder Dr. Conrad M. Rocha, Synod of the SW - Presbyterian Church If you have any questions, please refer to www.NMChurches.org

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Celebrating Over $400,000 in Grant Distributions in 2017 As members of the one body of Christ, we are all connected; men and women, young and old, rich and poor.

By Jess Jungwirth, Marketing/Project Manager, The Catholic Foundation The church is more than just a community. We are a communion of believers – past, present and future. The Catholic Foundation strengthens these connections by providing a way to care for those in need, build on the work of past generations, and insure the growth of the church ministries for future generations.

Since its founding in 1991, The Catholic Foundation has distributed more than $19.5 million to support church ministries and services for spiritual, educational, and human service needs within the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. One of the many ways the foundation gives back is through their annual competitive grant program. This year the foundation is awarding a record breaking $400,350, reaching out to all regions of the archdiocese.

To celebrate the grant recipients, their hard work, and their strength in making a difference in their communities, the foundation will be host-

ing their 23rd annual Grant Awards Luncheon on September 21, 2017 at Sandia Resort. At this year’s luncheon, the Catholic Foundation will also be celebrating Catholic education and the endowments that support the Catholic schools within the archdiocese. Archbishop Wester will be the guest speaker this year and CHI St. Joseph’s Children is the presenting sponsor.

“Because of the faith and dedication of our Catholic community, the foundation will be able to continue to serve many for generations.” –Ed Larrañaga, Executive Director To learn more about The Catholic Foundation and the Grant Awards Luncheon, please go to www.thecatholicfoundation.org or call 505872-2901.

10th Annual Blue Mass The 10th Annual Blue Mass will be held Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 12pm at St. Jude Thaddeus.

Archbishop John C. Wester will be the principal celebrant.

This special Mass is a time of prayer and thanksgiving for all men and women serving in law enforcement, fire, military, corrections, emergency medical personnel, and their families who support them in New Mexico.

There will be a reception immediately following the Mass to meet and greet those who put their lives on the line every day to serve and protect us all.

Anyone can attend the Mass and reception.

For more information regarding the Blue Mass please call the Archdiocese of Santa Fe – Office of Worship at 505.831.8194 or email aflores@archdiosf.org.

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The Family Life Office invites mothers and their daughters, ages 10 - 12, to a celebration of the beauty and vocation of women. The girls will focus on the virtues and grace while their mothers are equipped to share God’s gift of femininity with their daughters. The afternoon will end with a tea. Cost $10/pp.

The tea will be held on Sunday, August 27, 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM, in the Sandia Room at the Catholic Center, 4000 St. Joseph Place, NW. To make your reservation, call the Family Life Office at 505.831.8117 or email the office at yduran@ archdiosf.org before August 21.

Catholics Divorce Survival Classes now at two convenient times. On Sunday afternoons from 3:00 – 4:00 pm at Prince of Peace starting August 27, 2017. Call Karen at 505.238.1159 to register or for more information.

Wednesday evenings from 6:30 – 7:30 pm at Shrine of St. Bernadette starting October 18, 2017. Call to register 505.298.7557.

Call Jane at 505.688.8663 for information. This 12-week class has a $20 fee which includes the “Personal Survival Guide” workbook.

Learn of God’s healing power and peace for divorced/separated people.

Healthy Relationships 101 “Nurture Your Love” Do you want to express your ideas more clearly, become a better

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listener and learn to resolve conflict in a healthy way? Dating, engaged and married couples are invited to Healthy Relationships 101’s six week, interactive, FREE program at the Catholic Center from Sept. 12 thru Oct. 17, 2017; 6:30 pm to 8 pm. Learn about Effective Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution Strategies, Healthy Intimacy, Spirituality, and Managing Finances. To register, contact Yvette: 505 831 8117 or yduran@archdiosf.org.

Retrouvaille, a lifeline for troubled marriages Is your marriage tearing you apart? Are you thinking about separation? Do you need help with communication?

Retrouvaille (retro-vi) is a program that can help. It means rediscovery; rediscover a loving marital relationship. It is a threephase program beginning with a weekend, continues with 12 follow-up sessions and a lifetime of monthly support meetings. Two English/Spanish programs are offered each year. Begin renewing your marriage relationship now. September 15-17, 2017 is the next weekend. Check the website for upcoming program dates. $250.00 registration fee. www.helpourmarriage.com 505.890.3495 SAVE THE DATE: Upcoming Marriage Enrichment three day weekend To be held September 29, 30 October 1, 2017 at Queen of Heaven All engaged and married couples are welcomed Childcare provided

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Fernandez, Valverde

Mr. Gilbert L. Zamora and Miss Patricia J. Cortez are celebrating 50 years of marriage!

The high school sweethearts were married on August 5, 1967 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cimarron, NM. They were both born and raised in Cimarron and after getting married they started a family and were blessed with five daughters: Carol Gurule and husband Daniel, Sarah Lovato and husband Glendon, Olivia Casaus and husband James, Genevieve Velasquez and husband Randy, and Sallie Gonzales and husband Michael; 12 grandchildren and one great grandson.

Through the years they have been active members of Immaculate Conception Church by serving as Mayordomos and Extra-ordinary Eucharistic Ministers. Gilbert has also been an active member of the Knights of Columbus, Council 10666, for over 20 years.

They are now retired and together enjoy fishing, gardening, traveling, and especially spending time with family and friends. They look forward to spending many more happy years together.

Mr. George P. Valverde and Miss Pilar Fernandez were joined in holy matrimony on July 1, 1967 by Fr. Casimiro Roca at Holy Family Church in Chimayo, NM. George was born in La Junta, CO but was raised in Raton, NM, went to public and Catholic schools in Raton until he moved to Albuquerque. Pilar was born in Truchas, NM, went to public school there, and graduated from Santa Cruz High School in Santa Cruz, NM. George is a retired master barber, Pilar is retired after working in electronics at Sparton Technology and at Garson & Sons. They are now members at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Albuquerque, since 1969. Both have been active in the parish as mayordomos, and different ministries. Mr. Valverde has served as a deacon for 24 years, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus. He also served in the parish council. Pilar served as secretary for the finance committee, and Senior Citizen Group Ministry. Presently she serves with the Bereavement Committee, and parish collections. They plan on enjoying their retirement and serving at the parish.

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Garcia y Alire, Martinez Mr. Carlos Martinez and Maria Ruth Garcia y Alire were united in holy matrimony by Msgr. Patrick Smith at Cristo Rey Catholic Church in Santa Fe on July 26, 1947.

God blessed them with three children, Cordelia, Carlos Jr. and Christopher; four grandchildren Carlos III, Adam C.J., Steph A.G., Kristiana, and five great grandchildren Adam Jr., Stephen R.M., Bryhanna, Josiah, and Irene.

They were active in cursillo, pastoral council, St. Vincent de Paul, altar society, choir, and were Eucharistic minsters. They now belong to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. They give thanks to God for all the blessings daily he has bestowed upon them and their family.

Gonzales, Romero Mr. Robert E. Romero and Miss Lorraine C. Gonzales were united in holy matrimony on May 27, 1967 at KAFB Chapel No. 1 in Albuquerque by Fr. Kenan Morris, O.F.M. They celebrated their golden anniversary by renewing their wedding vows in the Wedding Sanctuary in Cana of Galilee while on pilgrimage in the Holy Land.

The wedding renewal ceremony was performed

by Fr. Daniel M. Balizan, pastor of Santa Maria de la Paz Catholic Church in Santa Fe. Robert retired from the City of Albuquerque having served as the Zoning Enforcement Manager. Lorraine retired from Mountain Bell as an Administrative Facility Manager. They are the proud parents of Elisha who is married to Thomas Montaño and the proud grandparents of Isaac. They are members of Immaculate Conception Church in Albuquerque. A celebration with family and friends was held at Villa Di Capo restaurant.

Lopez, Martinez Wilfred (Fidel and Fidelita Martinez) and Louise Martinez (Eli and Ernestina Lopez), lifelong residents of Chimayo, are celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 15, 2017. Wilfred was born and raised in Chimayo, while Louise was born and raised in Truchas, NM. They celebrated the sacrament of marriage on July 16, 1967 at the Holy Family Church in Chimayo. Witnesses were Arsenio and Nellie Sanchez of Albuquerque.

Wilfred and Louise raised four boys: Wilfred Jr. (Deva, and Bernadette - deceased) of Las Cruces; Brian of La Puebla (Rebecca); Carl (Samie Jo) of Henderson, NV and John Paul of Rio Rancho. They were blessed with six grandchildren, five girls and one boy: Marissa, Hannah, Alicia, Kaitlyn, Xavier, and Valentina.

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Mr. Eliu F. Herrera and Miss Berlinda M. Mossman were joined in holy matrimony on July 9, 1955 at St. Anthony’s in Questa by Rev. Tito Melendes.

They are members of St. Anthony parish Questa.

We have been blessed by five children: Gabriel (Novella), Louis E. (Elizabeth), Gregory, Myra Ann Trujillo (Richard), Lawrence; 10 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren.

They lived in San Francisco, CA for nine years and moved back to Questa in 1964 to be close to their elderly parents.

They have been mayordomos, Eucharistic ministers, lectors, and maintain the altar linens at St. Anthony Church. They feel so happy and proud to belong to St. Anthony’s Church.

Silva, Sandoval Mr. Larry Sandoval and Miss Erlinda Silva were married on June 17, 1967 at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Albuquerque. They are presently members of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rio Rancho.

They have been blessed with five children, Larry Sandoval, Patricia Maestas, Michael Sandoval, Lorraine Olguin, and Phillip Sandoval, 16 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Erlinda and Larry are both retired and presently living in Corrales. They will be having a blessing at the church where they got married 50 years ago, surrounded by lots of family and friends.

career in 1972 as an elementary school teacher, school principal, Title-I director and superintendent of schools.

Wilfred tends to his beloved apple orchards, his garden and he spends time in his casita man cave.

Louise continues to work for the State of New Mexico at the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD). Among working for other state agencies, she has thus far served the state for 37 years.

She began her career in state government in 1978 and is currently the Director of the Energy Conservation Division at EMNRD. Louise loves her grandchildren from here to the moon and back and is committed to helping her sons achieve their full potential.

Wilfred and Louise have accomplished quite a life story leading up to this 50th anniversary. Their children and grandchildren pray for their continued physical and spiritual wellbeing. We pray that our savior grants them many more blessings in the years to come.

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Franciscan Sisters Celebrate Jubilees T

hree Sisters of St. Francis of Colorado Springs, who have served in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and Gallup Diocese, celebrated jubilees of 50, 60 and 75 years on July 9 at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Colorado Springs, CO. The Sisters of St. Francis have served in numerous schools and health ministries in New Mexico since 1904. In Albuquerque, the sisters founded St. Anthony Home for Boys and St. Anthony Child Care Center, St. Francis Summer College, The College of St. Joseph on the Rio Grande/ the University of Albuquerque, which is now the Catholic Center and St. Pius X High School. The sisters also operated St. Francis Gardens Nursing Center.

The sisters celebrating Jubilees are the following: in the massive Cerro Grande fire. During this time she has worked at Oppenheimer Place Condominium for Senior citizens, where she currently is the manager. Sr. Lizabeth has ministered with Woman’s Story in Colorado Springs and currently serves on the leadership team of the Sisters of St. Francis.

Sr. Lizabeth Rutherford is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration of Colorado Springs. The daughter of the late Perry and Rita Rutherford, she grew up with seven brothers in Los Alamos, NM and Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. While at the College of St. Joseph on the Rio Grande, she met the Sisters of St. Francis and joined the community in 1966. After her novitiate she finished her degree in speech & hearing and shortly after earned an MA in special education from the University of New Mexico. She ministered as a special education teacher in therapeutic residential treatment centers (at St. Anthony Child Care Center in Albuquerque and at Mt. St. Vincent Home in Denver) and schools in Westminster, Colorado. In 1991, she earned an MA in Therapeutic Recreation, Recreation Administration from the University of Northern Colorado. As a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist at the Rocky Mountain MS Center King Adult Day Enrichment Program she served younger adults with neurological disorders until 2000. She also worked and volunteered for 11 yrs. as a Victim Advocate with Victim Outreach in Jefferson County, CO, Wheat Ridge, Edgewater, and Golden, and in the Wheat Ridge Domestic Violence Court. In 2000 she moved to Los Alamos to care for her mother for 11 yrs. as her family lost three homes

Sr. Karen Kuta is celebrating 60 years as a Sister of St. Francis. She is originally from Tarnov, NE where she attended St. Michael’s Grade School and was taught by the Sisters of St. Francis. She has four brothers. She entered the Sisters of St. Francis in 1957. She earned a BS degree from the University of Albuquerque.

Her 36 years as a primary teacher were with Native Americans, in Zuni, Gallup and Jemez Pueblo, NM. After retiring from teaching she ministered for 17 years in outreach to the elderly in the Indian pueblos of Jemez, Zia, and Santa Ana; and the Spanish Missions of San Ysidro, Canyon and Ponderosa, NM. Sr. Karen now resides at Mount St. Francis and is involved in the St. Francis Parish choir and Faith Formation classes. She also assists with various driving assignments for the sisters.

Sr. Rose Ann Stillmock is celebrating 75 years as a Sister of St. Francis. She was born in Omaha, NE, the sixth of ten children; one brother is a Redemptorist priest. Her parents were born in Poland. She entered the Sisters of St. Francis in Denver, CO and received the Franciscan habit in 1942. Academically, she received a BA degree from Regis College in Denver; a MA degree in Administration from Creighton University.

She ministered 57 years in education with 41 of these as a principal. She taught all grades from 5th through College in Kansas, New Mexico and Nebraska. As teacher and principal she received many awards and accolades for her outstanding teaching techniques; ability to relate to teachers, children and parents; and her involvement in school boards, parish and diocesan activities. In New Mexico, she taught at St. Anthony School in Zuni from 1943-1945; St. Francis School in Lumberton from 19451948; and Immaculate Conception School in Cuba from 1965-1977, where she was also Principal.

In her Religious Community she served six years on the Provincial Council of the Sisters of St. Francis. Past hobbies included collecting Baseball cards for 35 years, and stamps for 30 years. Sister moved to Mount St. Francis in October, 2015. Currently her ministry is prayer with special devotion to the Rosary, Eucharist and Poor Souls in Purgatory. She enjoys reading, sports, computer, and fixing rosaries; and has a great sense of humor.

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Diocesan Dominican Sister of Peace Marks Jubilee

Sr. Marietta Miller Celebrates 50 Years Pittsburgh, PA – Sr. Marietta Miller, OP, presently of Pittsburgh, PA, is celebrating a significant anniversary this year. 2017 marks Sr. Marietta’s 50 year of consecrated life.

Sr. Marietta, a native of Columbus, OH, entered the Dominican Sisters in 1967. She credits her parents, Claude and Lillian Miller, and their strong faith in teaching her to follow the way of Jesus. She says that she has always tried to bring peace into her part of the world by sharing the Mass, the rosary and vespers.

When asked to describe what is most important to her, she replied, “Prayer and peace – and being where God wants and needs me … that’s me in a nutshell.”

Sr. Marietta Miller, a Dominican Sister of Peace, ministered at St. Anthony’s in Dixon, Our Lady of Guadalupe in Velarde and St. Anne’s in Santa Fe. The families there remain very dear to her heart and are always in her prayers.

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Choosing Unity

In this time of bitter divisiveness, can Catholics show Americans a better way?

By Rev. Jack Wall, Catholic Extension

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oday our country is deeply fractured along political lines. A 2017 Pew study reports that 86 percent of Americans describe our country as “more politically divided today than in the past.” This is the highest percentage since the survey question was first asked in 2004 and nearly double the 46 percent who responded this way in 2009.

While there are real differences of opinion on issues such as health care, tax reform, engagement in foreign affairs and trade, what seems to be changing is the tone of public discourse and people’s disinterest in hearing other viewpoints.

There is more of an “us vs. them” mentality, a lack of trust toward those who are different and a harsh polarization among Americans simply over political leanings. We are focusing on what divides us and not on what binds us together.

By contrast, Pope Francis talks about reaching out to others in a “culture of encounter.” He believes we should meet people, engage in dialogue and create friendships. He especially wants us to engage with people who are different from us, listen to them, respect them and build bridges with them.

Pope Francis said recently that in a culture of encounter “we anticipate and meet the needs of our brothers and sisters and combat the exaggerated individualism, indifference and injustice that hold us back from living as one human family.”

The pope places special importance on encounters with the poor. In meeting the poor, he believes, we not only become more empathetic to their suffering and their struggles but we also encounter Christ, who is present in them. Through these encounters we become what we are called to be because we cannot really be Catholic without becoming a blessing to others.

At Catholic Extension we forge encounters and build bonds of solidarity between Catholics from very different backgrounds who would not otherwise connect with each other. We not only encourage wealthier Catholics in one part of this country to support emerging, poor immigrant Catholic communities in another, but we also help each other to come together as one community of mercy and love.

We recently helped to construct a new church in rural southern Georgia, which brought together three struggling, small mission churches and several ethnically diverse communities. We also honored the pastor, Colombian-born Father Fredy Angel, with our annual Lumen Christi Award for his efforts

to unify these groups into one multicultural parish.

St. Anthony of Padua Church outside of Ray City is now home to an energetic, bustling community that includes Latinos, African-Americans, Anglos and Asians. While ethnically distinct, parishioners are devoted to the same values and to their common faith in Jesus Christ, and this unity transcends their differences.

As parishioner Ana Beltrán said, “The Latinos hang out more with the Latinos, and the Anglos with the Anglos, and the African-Americans with the African-Americans, but once we come through that church door, we are one, we are family, just one Catholic community.”

The rite of our weekly Mass brings us Catholics together in unity, and the Eucharist is for us the “source and summit” of the faith that binds us together in union with Christ and each other.

In this time of great divisiveness in our country, perhaps we also need to recommit ourselves to the rituals that remind us Americans of our common ground. The national anthem is played at sporting events, holidays and festivals, and we pledge our allegiance to “one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” Maybe we Americans should reflect more often on what brought us together in the first place and celebrate that as a nation we are indeed “e pluribus unum”—out of many, one.

The person of Jesus reveals to us how to look beyond our own needs to the needs of others.

He calls us to put the common good above our individual differences, and he invites us to discover the power of encountering others in meaningful relationships.

We need to shore up the fractured relationships in this country and adopt a culture of encounter, to extend to others, to learn from them and to be enriched — not repelled — by their perspectives. We have so much to gain as a society and as a Church when we lift each other up, rather than tear each other down.

A couple of years ago at World Youth Day in Brazil, Pope Francis said, “The Church is never uniformity, but diversities harmonized in unity.”

That truth applies to America as well. Let us cool down the rancor and treasure that we are all Americans. We are so fortunate to call this place home.

Father Jack Wall is the president of Catholic Extension, a papal society that builds churches and the Church in America’s poorest places.

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Considering the Options for Infertile Couples

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hen Catholic couples experience trouble getting pregnant, they often seek medical help and begin to research what options are available to them.

A number of moral considerations and questions generally emerge during this process: Why are techniques like in vitro fertilization (IVF) considered immoral? What approaches will the Church allow us to try? What does our infertility mean, spiritually and personally, in the face of our fervent but frustrated desire for a baby?

When a couple, after having non-contraceptive sexual intercourse for a year or more, begins to investigate whether there are issues related to infertility, some medical professionals simply encourage them to turn to the infertility industry and try IVF or a related technique like artificial insemination. These approaches, however, raise a host of moral concerns, including that they substitute an act of “production” for the act of marital self-giving, allow a third party outside the marriage to become the cause of the conception, often require masturbation, and may result in significant “collateral damage,” including embryo destruction, embryo freezing and disruptive effects on a woman’s physiology from the powerful super-ovulatory drugs used during the procedures.

It can be helpful to keep in mind a particular “rule of thumb” for determining whether a procedure is morally acceptable: treatments that assist the marital act are permissible, while those that replace, or substitute for, the marital act raise serious moral objections. The ideal approach to resolving infertility involves identifying the underlying causes (endometriosis? fallopian tube blockage? problems ovulating? etc.) and addressing those causes so that marital intercourse can now result in a conception.

While this may seem sensible and even obvious, many obstetricians and gynecologists today do not offer much more than a cursory workup or exam prior to recommending that the couple approach a fertility clinic and employ their services to produce a baby via IVF. Couples ought instead to look into techniques that can methodically diagnose and heal the underlying reasons for infertility, like FEMM (Fertility Education & Medical Management, https://femmhealth. org) pioneered by Dr. Pilar Vigil, or NaProTechnology (Natural Procreative Technology, see http://www.naprotechnology.com), led by Dr. Tom Hilgers, Both are Catholic ob/gyns with great track records in helping to resolve underlying infertility issues and helping couples to conceive naturally.

NaPro has been around a little longer and employs a range of approaches which may include, for example, hormonal modulation

of menstrual cycle irregularities; surgical correction of fallopian tube damage or occlusions; fertility drugs to help a woman’s ovaries to release eggs; Viagra or other approaches to address erectile dysfunction; correcting penile structural defects such as hypospadias; addressing premature ejaculation; using NFP (natural family planning) to observe naturally occurring signs of fertility during the woman’s cycle to time intercourse; using LTOT (low tubal ovum transfer), in which eggs are retrieved and transplanted into the uterus or fallopian tube at a point likely to result in fertilization following the marital act; and surgical resolution of endometriosis. Dr. Hilgers has formed and trained a number of other physicians who work as independent NaProTechnology specialists in the U.S. and abroad.

FEMM is building a similar network.

On the other hand, a number of other widely-available techniques, instead of assisting the marital act, end up replacing it with another kind of act altogether, namely, an act of “producing” or “manufacturing” children in laboratories. These techniques — like IVF; intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI); artificial insemination; hiring a surrogate to carry a pregnancy; and cloning — obviously raise serious moral objections.

In some cases, a couple’s infertility will end up being irresolvable.

Even as a husband and wife face the grief and sorrow of not being able naturally to conceive children of their own, they can still realize their paternal and maternal desires in other meaningful, fruitful and loving ways. For example, they may discern a call to adopt a child, providing a mom and a dad to someone whose parents have died or felt that they could not care for the child. They might decide to become a camp counselor or a schoolteacher, or provide temporary foster care to a child in crisis, generously taking on an authentic parenting role. They may become a “Big Brother/Big Sister” to youth in the community who yearn for a father or mother figure in their lives.

Although these solutions do not take away all the grief, they are a means by which God helps to draw good out of their situation. By these means, couples are challenged to “think outside the box” and enter into the mysterious designs of God within their marriage. By stepping away from a desire to conceive and raise biological children of their own, couples facing irresolvable infertility can discover new and unexpected paths to marital fruitfulness, paths that bring great blessings to others, and that can lead to abiding joy and marital fulfillment.

Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. earned his doctorate in neuroscience from Yale and did post-doctoral work at Harvard. He is a priest of the diocese of Fall River, MA, and serves as the Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. See www.ncbcenter.org

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Angels and the City

By Rev. Ronald Rolheiser, OFM

Several years ago Hollywood made a movie, City of Angels, about an angel named Seth whose job it was to accompany the spirits of the recently deceased to the afterlife. On one such mission, waiting in a hospital, he fell in love with a brilliant young woman surgeon. As an angel, Seth has never experienced touch or taste and now, deeply in love, he longs to physically touch and make love to his beloved. But this is his dilemma: As an angel with free will he has the option to let go of his angelic status and become a human person, but only at the cost of renouncing his present immortality as an angel.

It’s a tough choice: Immortality, but no sensual experience, or, sensual experience, but with all the contingencies that earthily morality brings – diminishment, aging, sickness, eventual death? He chooses the latter, renouncing his status as an immortal angel for the pleasure that earthly senses can bring.

The vast majority of people watching this movie, I suspect, will laud his choice.

Most everything in our hearts moves us to believe that it’s cold and inhuman not to make this choice. The overpowering reality of the senses, especially when in love, can make everything else seem unreal, ethereal, and second best. What we experience through our senses, what we see, hear, taste, touch, and smell is what’s real for us. We have our own version of Descartes. For us, the indubitable is: I feel, therefore, I am!

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religious tradition, at least in its popular conception, has seemingly said the opposite. Spirit has classically (and sometimes almost dogmatically) been affirmed as above the senses, as higher, superior, a needed guard against the senses. Sensual pleasure, except for how it was occasionally honored in the realm of aesthetics, was perennially denigrated as furtive, superficial, and a hindrance to the spiritual life. We took St. Paul’s admonition that the “flesh lusts against the spirit” in the Greek, dualistic sense where body is bad and spirit is good.

Today, in the secularized world, the opposite seems true. The senses resoundingly trump the spirit. Secularized angels, unlike the religious angels of old, make the same option as Seth. The seeming vagueness of the spirit is no match for the reality of the senses.

So which is more real?

At the end of the day, it’s a false dichotomy. Our senses and our spirit both offer life, both are very important, and neither operates without the other.

As Christians, we believe that we’re both body and soul, flesh and spirit, and that neither can be separated from the other. We’re both mammal and angel, and in our search for life, meaning, happiness, and God, we should not forget that we are both. Our spirit is open to life only through our senses, and our senses provide depth and meaning only because they are animated by spirit.

We all know the few things that man, as mammal, can do, William Auden once wrote. He’s right, but we’re not just mammal we’re equally part angel and once we add that to the equation then the very limited joys that mammals can enjoy (animal pleasure) can become unlimited joys for us as human in what we can experience in love, friendship,

altruism, aesthetics, sexuality, mysticism, food, drink, humor. Our senses make these real, even as our spirit gives them meaning.

And so a healthy spirituality needs to honor both the senses and the spirit.

The ordinary pleasures of life can be deep or shallow, more mystical or more mammal, depending upon how much we honor what’s spirit and what’s angel within us. Conversely, our spirituality and our prayer lives can be real or more of a fantasy, depending upon how much we incarnate them in what’s sensual and what’s mammal within us.

This holds true in every realm of our lives. For example, sexuality can be deep or shallow, more mystical or more mammal, contingent upon how much of it is soul and how much of it is merely sensual; just as it can be disembodied, sterile, and merely fantasy, contingent upon it also being body and not just soul. The same is true of our experience of beauty, be that in our seeing, hearing, touching, tasting, or smelling. Any sensual experience can be deep or shallow; depending upon how much soul is in it, just as any experience of beauty can seem unreal and imaginary if it is too divorced from the senses.

Some years ago, I was attending a seminar in anthropology. At one point, the lecturer said this: “What psychology and spirituality keep forgetting is that we are mammals.” As a theologian and spiritual writer (and celibate) the truth of his words hit me hard. He’s right!

How easily do we forget this in religious circles. But religious circles are right too in consistently reminding us that we are also an angel.

Poor Seth, the tormented angel of City of Angels, he shouldn’t have had to make that choice.

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W O R L D A N D N AT I O N A L N E W S Blessed Oscar Romero U.S.-based group invites parishes to mark Oscar Romero’s birth centenary WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A group of Blessed Oscar Romero devotees in the U.S. is inviting parishes around the country to mark on Aug. 15 what would have been the slain Salvadoran archbishop’s 100th birthday. From Washington to Dallas to Los Angeles, parishes are planning events honoring the Salvadoran archbishop, popularly known as the “voice of the voiceless,” on or around his birth date, which also marks the feast of the Assumption. In a statement, the ArchBlessed Oscar Romero of San bishop Oscar Romero U.S. Centennial Salvador, El Salvador, is pictured Commission said it invites churches “to in this 1979 photo. Aug. 15 would honor Blessed Romero by including a have been the slain archbishop’s petition or other remembrance during 100th birthday. (CNS photo/ Assumption Day Masses. Romero found Octavio Duran) great inspiration in Mary and called her ‘the first Christian’ and ‘ideal of the church,’” said the statement, adding that Blessed Romero, who was martyred in 1980 as he celebrated Mass and was beatified in 2015, used the Assumption of Mary “to help us understand the knowledge of our heavenly destiny, which we will one day enjoy in glorified bodily form like Mary.” The group suggested that U.S. parishes wishing to mark the day use a Blessed Romero quote during the homily on the feast of the Assumption, pray the Blessed Romero novena created by the Archdiocese of San Salvador, or use the hashtag #Romero100 to share with others the centennial on social media. The commission also suggests other activities in its romero100.org website, which provides materials, including the novena, in English.

Pope expected to visit Myanmar in late November YANGON, Myanmar (CNS) -- Pope Francis is expected to focus on trying to improve the troubles of about a million ethnic Muslim Rohingya when he visits Myanmar the last week of November, reported ucanews.com.

The Vatican has acknowledged a possible trip is being studied, but it has said it is too early to confirm the trip. Ucanews.com reported the visit is expected to announced officially in September. Bishop Raymond Sumlut Gam of Banmaw said a visit by Pope Francis to Myanmar is most likely, although he said he had not officially been informed. “The Catholic bishops invited Pope Francis before the 500th anniversary of Catholicism in Myanmar in late 2014,” Bishop Gam told ucanews.com. “Some improvements have occurred such as diplomatic relations between Myanmar and Vatican, plus the appointment of an apostolic nuncio.” President Htin Kyaw also invited the pope. Observers believe that the unexpected move by Myanmar’s civilian-led government was driven by its desire to skirt the powerful military, with which it effectively shares power. Under Myanmar’s 2008 constitution, the military retains the crucial defense, border and home affairs portfolios as well as 25 percent of both houses of parliament. Last year, Pope Francis had said he hoped to visit India in 2017, but hesitation on the part of the Indian government led Cardinal Oswald Gracias of Mumbai to tell Vatican

Radio in June that an Indian trip was unlikely before 2018. Sources told ucanews.com that the current plan calls for the Myanmar visit to precede a visit to Bangladesh.

Ethical questions surface as scientists advance gene-editing work WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic observers and others are raising ethical questions about the work of an international team of scientists who report that they were able to edit the DNA in human embryos to correct a health disorder. The questions focus on two concerns: the creation of human embryos for scientific experimentation and then destruction, and the still-unknown effect that changing DNA will have on future generations because the changes could become a permanent part of a family’s genetic line. The success reported by the scientists in work funded by the Oregon Health and Science University worries observers, who said that it could lead to the development of “designer babies” with traits that make them seem superior. “Now we’re specifically manufacturing human embryos solely for the purpose of doing lethal experiments on them. I think the public needs to be well aware of that and hopefully horrified by that reality,” said Gregory Schleppenbach, associate director of the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington. “Certainly there should be concerns about genetically modifying human beings in a way that we don’t really know what effect that will have to subsequent generations,” he told Catholic News Service.

U.S. Catholic communications expert is first woman to be Signis president BRUSSELS (CNS) -- U.S. communications expert Helen Osman has begun a four-year term as the new president of Signis, the World Catholic Association for Communication, based in Brussels. An internationally recognized journalist, writer and communications professional, Osman is the first woman and first North American to be president of Signis. She was elected in June to succeed Gustavo Andujar of Cuba, who was elected at the 2014 Signis World Congress in Rome. He did not run for re-election.

In a July news release, Signis said that as president, Osman will focus on strengthening the association so members “can communicate their inspiration and ideas more effectively and put into practice the mission of Signis ‘to transform our cultures in the light of the Gospel.’” Osman has held different responsibilities in the field of Catholic communications in the United States for over 30 years.

Knights of Columbus planning to replace traditional uniform PHOENIX (CNS) -- The Knights of Columbus, long associated with swords, capes and chapeaus, will be going through a significant uniform change. The traditional regalia worn by fourth-degree Knights will be replaced, announced Supreme Knight Carl Anderson Aug. 1 during the international fraternal organization’s 135th annual Supreme Convention in St. Louis, which was livestreamed on EWTN. Throughout the years, the regalia of the Knights’ fourth degree, known as the patriotic degree, has gone through changes, Anderson said, noting that when this degree was first established, the uniform included white ties, top hats and tails.

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blue blazer, an official Knights of Columbus tie and a beret, all with the fourth-degree emblem on them, along with a white shirt and dark gray slacks. There was no mention if the swords would remain part of the uniform. “The board of directors has decided that the time is right for a modernization of the fourth-degree uniform,” Anderson said. “On a limited basis, assemblies may choose to continue using the traditional cape and chapeau for color corps at public events and honor guards in liturgical processions. However, the preferred dress for the fourth degree, including color corps and honor guards, is the new uniform of jacket and beret.”

they, in effect, have excommunicated themselves from the church. In a June 2014 visit to Sibari, in Italy’s Calabria region, Pope Francis said that “those who follow the path of evil, like the mafiosi do, are not in communion with God; they are excommunicated.”

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West Bank priests stress nonviolence as youths protest Israeli occupation JERUSALEM (CNS) -- With tensions still high in the Old City following weeks of violence, Father Firas Aridah completed his work at the Latin Patriarchate early so he could leave Jerusalem for his West Bank parish before any possible violence began. “There were many (Israeli) police and soldiers, closing many roads,” Father Aridah told Catholic News Service in a phone interview once he was back in Jifna’s St. Joseph Parish July 28. Friday afternoon prayer in Muslim tradition is considered especially significant and is required of all Muslim men. Often during volatile periods, prayers at the contested Al-Aqsa Mosque compound have been followed by demonstrations. Sometimes the tensions spread to other sections of Jerusalem, or even to the West Bank. For Father Aridah and other parish priests in the West Bank, the challenge is to emphasize the Christian tradition of nonviolence while supporting their young parishioners’ desire to oppose the Israeli occupation. Father Aridah said he counsels young people not even to throw stones at the young Israeli soldiers who sometimes come near their village on patrols or in search of men wanted by the army.

Excommunication could be tool for fighting corruption, organized crime VATICAN (CNS) -- A Vatican consultation group will consider initiatives to bolster the fight against corruption and organized crime, including by looking at possibilities for excommunicating members of the Mafia and other criminal organizations. The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development published an outcome document Aug. 2 highlighting anti-corruption proposals that came out of the Vatican’s first “International Debate on Corruption.” Among the proposals made by the consultation group is the “development of a global response -- through bishops’ conferences and local churches -- to the excommunication of the Mafia and other similar criminal organizations and to the prospect of excommunication for corruption.” Popes and local bishops, especially in Italy, have long warned members of the Mafia that by committing such grave sins,

New Mexico Catholic Daughters of the Americas State Officers Yvette Griego, 2nd Vice State Regent; Dr. Catherine Collins, State Secretary; Rev. Jeffrey J. Maurer, National Clergy Consultant; Helene Shepard, National Regent; Angelina Romero, NM State Regent; and Rosie Duran, State Treasurer at the July 2017 state officers workshop in Belleville, IL at Our Lady of the Snows Shrine.

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he Albuquerque Catholic Women’s choir (ACWC) was formed by Gail Long-Karrer and Georgia Simeri, in 2013 with the spiritual direction and sponsorship of Fr. Vincent Paul Chavez, from Shrine of the Little Flower, St Therese in Albuquerque.

The mission of the ACWC is to preserve musical treasures of the Catholic Church such as those in the St. Gregory Hymnal. The ACWC seeks to evangelize and educate through song and prayer as they perform their prayer concerts. The ACWC is a non-profit organization.

The ACWC meets every Sunday at 2:00 pm to rehearse at the Shrine of St Therese, 3424 4th Street, located just one block South of Candelaria. In 2017 through 2018, the ACWC plans to hold a fall event dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows, an Advent Prayer concert, a Lenten Prayer Recital, and will be singing at other Marian events during the month of May. The Catholic Women’s Choir will be holding auditions for those interested in joining them. They are in need of sopranos and altos with choral experience. Please contact us at albuquerquecatholicwomenschoir@gmail.com or call Georgia Simeri at 505.883.8734.

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Archdiocese of Santa Fe 2017 Abuse Awareness Training for Adults: Creating a Safe Environment for Our Children (formerly known as the Sexual Abuse Misconduct Prevention Workshop) Rev. 05/10/2017

Attendance at the workshop is MANDATORY for all clergy, employees, and volunteers in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Pre-registration is necessary. These workshops are sponsored by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Contact: Annette the Victims Assistance Coordinator or Rose Garcia, at 505.831.8144.

Note: Do not bring children. No one under age 18 is allowed in the workshop. If you are late you will not be allowed to enter the training.

Please contact the Victim Assistance Coordinator to report any abuse that has occurred by Clergy, Employee or Volunteer in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. IN THE EVENT OF BAD WEATHER – CALL 505-831-8144 FOR A RECORDING ADVISING IF THE TRAINING IS CANCELLED. August 12 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Our Lady of Guadalupe Saturday 3674 Highway 47, Peralta, 87042 August 19 9:00 am – Noon San Felipe de Neri School Gym Saturday 2000 Lomas NW, Albuquerque, 87102

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TV MASS SCHEDULE The Catholic Center St. Joseph/St. Francis Chapel Over the air television Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on KRQE TV-13-2, KBIM TV-10-2, KREZ TV-6-2 and KASYMy50TV Cable or satellite providers on KRQE TV-13, KBIM TV-10, KREZ TV-6, FOX 2 American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreted TV Mass donations may be sent online to www.archdiosf.org or mailed to: Vicar General’s Office/TV Mass 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120 Check out Sunday and daily readings at www.usccb.org

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Sr. Agnes Ann Gardt Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Agnes Ann Gardt died July 16, 2017, at the age of 89 in Mother Margaret Hall, the nursing facility of the Sisters of Charity. Sr. Agnes Ann was born Agnes Marie on May 17, 1928, to William and Grace (Daly) Gardt in Minneapolis, MN. She was the youngest of three children. She was a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati for 68 years, having first learned of the life of Elizabeth Seton through the Catholic Girls’ Club in her public high school.

Sr. Agnes Ann’s ministries found her in the classroom for 20 years. She taught at San Felipe from 1968-1970.

It was at this time that Sr. Agnes Ann felt called to take a year at the House of Prayer, Roswell, NM, to discern how she was being asked to serve God’s people. She moved into retreat work briefly at El Pomar Retreat House, Colorado Springs, CO, which led her into pastoral care in Denver with senior citizens.

In her retirement Sr. Agnes Ann continued as a spiritual companion to parishioners, as a docent at Cathedral parish and as a local hospital volunteer.

Special moments for her included being present at the canonization of Elizabeth Ann Seton in Rome, Italy, and visiting the Holy Land in 1987, “walking in places where Jesus walked.”

Sr. Agnes Ann moved to the Sister of Charity Motherhouse in 2006 where she volunteered in the Gift Shop, at the Information Desk and visiting Sisters in Mother Margaret Hall nursing facility; she moved to Mother Margaret Hall as a resident in 2012.

Her good friend Sister Barbara Muth stated, “Everyone Ag met became her friend because of her goodness to them. Everyone loved her. She had an ability to arrange and plan events that brought people together, from a variety of backgrounds, and everyone ended up having a good time.”

Sister Agnes Ann is survived by nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her sister, Marguerite O’Neill-Giroux, and her brother, William Gardt.

Sr. Kay Muzzy, OP Sr. Kay Muzzy, formerly known as Sr. Angela Patrice Muzzy, died on June 10, 2017, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, MI. She was 69 years of age and in the 50th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Kay was born in Iron Mountain, MI, to Kenneth and Angela (Quadrani) Muzzy.

Sister spent 31 years ministering in education in Wilmette and Chicago, Illinois; Des Moines, Iowa; Hayward, California; and Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was a Special Education Teacher for 17½ years at Duranes Elementary School in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sister became a resident of the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan in 2000.

Sr. Kay is survived by two brothers: Kenneth Muzzy of Fort Wayne, IN, and Larry Muzzy of Fort Meyers, FL. Sister ministered in New Mexico 18 ½ years: Queen of Heaven, Albuquerque 1981-1982 Elementary Teacher Hodgin Elementary School, Albuquerque 1982-1982 Resource Teacher Duranes Elementary School, Albuquerque 1983-2000 Special Education Teacher

Fr. John S. McHugh Fr. John S. McHugh passed into eternal life on Monday, July 31, 2017 in Corpus Christi, TX. He was 93 years old. Fr. John was born on August 9, 1923 in Tulsa, OK to James McHugh and Laura Lee (Stevens) McHugh. Fr. John was preceded in passing by his parents and only sister, Mary Lee (McHugh) Braune.

After a year of study at the University of Oklahoma, he enlisted in the US Air Force and was stationed in England during World War II. He was a bombardier on a lead crew in the Air Force and flew in 18 combat missions until his plane was shot down over Germany in 1945. One of only two men surviving the crash, he remained a POW in Germany until the war ended. Upon returning home, he continued his studies at St. Benedict’s College in Atchison, KS before entering seminary with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM. On May 24, 1952, Fr. John was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Edwin V. Byrne at the Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe. His first assignment as a priest was as assistant pastor at Cristo Rey parish in Santa Fe. Later he was made pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary parish in Holman, NM. While serving as pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary, Fr. John was introduced to Fr. James Flanagan, who had come to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe as a step in the founding of a new religious congregation under the authority of Archbishop Byrne. On July 16, 1958, Fr. Flanagan founded the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) with Fr. John as the first priest member.

Fr. John would go on to serve for six years as pastor at St. Gertrude the Great in Mora, NM and five years as associate pastor at St. Francis Seraph parish in Kansas City, MI. Thirty years of Fr. John’s priesthood were spent in Belize, Central America, where he founded the first SOLT mission outside of the US, as pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Benque Viejo del Carmen, Belize, and St. Martin de Porres parish in Melchor, Guatemala from 1969 to the late 1990s. Fr. John spent and consumed himself in these border towns during a time of great civil unrest in the region. He left a lasting mark not only in the lives and hearts of the people in Benque Viejo, Melchor and the surrounding areas, but also through the establishment of Mount Carmel High School in Benque Viejo, which began in 1991 as a “second-chance” school and now boasts an enrollment of over 400 students.

Fr. John returned to the US from Belize to serve as regional priest servant for the American Region of SOLT for six years, followed by eight years at St. Gertrude’s once again.

Father spent the last five years of his earthly life in Corpus Christi, TX, where the SOLT Generalate is located. Through the fidelity of Fr. John and Fr. Flanagan, SOLT has grown from its humble beginnings in Holman, NM to having missions and apostolates both in the United States and throughout the world. Fr. John leaves a spiritual legacy of joy, courage, faithfulness and love of the Blessed Mother and the Church in the hearts of those who knew him.

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Heaven Starts Here on Earth: A Funeral Planning Guide

By Kim Montoya-Hopkins Catholic Cemeteries Association The Catholic Cemetery Association, in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, is pleased to introduce the informational booklet, Heaven Starts Here on Earth: a Funeral Planning Guide. Parishioners and ministers alike, have expressed a need for more resources when it comes to funeral and burial planning. In his letter introducing the booklet, Archbishop John C. Wester states, “Of all the crosses we must bear in life, one of the heaviest is the loss of a loved one. Not only is the grieving process a painful one but we are also faced with making many urgent decisions regarding funeral and burial arrangements. Nonetheless, we always want to honor our beloved dead with dignified, prayerful and hope-filled funeral. Doing so brings us a certain consolation not to mention the many graces we receive by performing one of the seven corporal works of mercy.� Honoring our loved ones is a beautiful act of love. However, many of the faithful find themselves unprepared when it comes to arranging a prayerful and hope-filled funeral and burial service. The goal for this booklet is to educate parishioners so they are well-informed and feel more prepared in making these types of arrangements, whether they are experiencing a loss or planning for the future.

This free booklet will be delivered to each parish with the September issue of the People of God. For more information, please feel free to contact the Catholic Cemetery Association at (505) 248-1532 or visit our website at www.asfcca.org.

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W O R L D A N D N AT I O N A L N E W S Catholic leaders mourn for victims killed, injured in trafficking tragedy

Notre Dame great Parseghian a supporter of school’s Catholic faith

SAN ANTONIO (CNS) -- The “completely senseless deaths” of 10 people who died of heat exhaustion and suffocation they suffered from being held in a tractor-trailer “is an incomprehensible tragedy,” said Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio. “There are no words to convey the sadness, despair and, yes, even anger we feel today,” he said in a statement released late July 23. Earlier in the day, San Antonio law enforcement officials found eight bodies inside the trailer of an 18-wheeler sitting in the parking lot of a Walmart.

The eight people who died were among 39 people packed in the trailer and suffering from extreme dehydration and heatstroke. At least 20 others rescued from the truck were in critical condition and transported to the hospital. Two later died, and

by July 24 the death toll was at least 10. In a July 24 statement, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration said the nation’s Catholic bishops joined their voices in mourning the loss of life and condemning the treatment of migrants, many of whom were from Mexico and Guatemala, in a suspected human trafficking operation. “The loss of lives is tragic and avoidable.

We condemn this terrible human exploitation that occurred and continues to happen in our country,” said Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (CNS) -- Though not a Catholic himself, legendary University of Notre Dame football coach Ara Parseghian had a notable respect for the school’s Catholic faith as well as the Fighting Irish’s gridiron tradition. “There was always an underlying spirituality to whatever happened at Notre Dame,” Parseghian told the National Catholic Register in 2013. “That was one of the main reasons I enjoyed being there so much.” Parseghian died Aug. 2 at age 94.

He led the Irish in the 1960s and 1970s to a 95-17-4 record and national titles in 1966 and 1973. He posted winning seasons in all 11 years, which included five major bowl game wins with the Catholic university in South Bend, Indiana. An afternoon Mass to celebrate the life of Parseghian was to be celebrated Aug. 6, the feast of the Transfiguration, at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame with the university’s president, Holy Cross Father John I. Jenkins, as the main celebrant. Following Mass, family members and former players and colleagues of the late coach were to speak at memorial celebration at Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center.

USCCB president urges Trump to quickly act to ease contraceptive mandate WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has called on President Donald Trump to ease the “onerous” contraceptive mandate of the Department of Health and Human Services under the Affordable Care Act because it violates religious freedom. Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston said in an op-ed piece in The Hill Aug. 3 that the mandate, which requires most employer-offered health insurance programs to cover contraceptive and abortion-inducing drugs and devices, “has tested this country’s commitment to a healthy pluralism.” Citing Trump’s pledge to ease the mandate during a White House signing ceremony May 4 for an executive order promoting free speech and religious liberty, Cardinal DiNardo lamented that after three months no steps have yet been taken to erase the HHS mandate for organizations that object to it for faith reasons. Religious charities, schools and pro-life advocacy organizations, the cardinal wrote, could face millions of dollars in fines from the federal government for not complying with the mandate. “The president’s promises were not just in his speeches,” Cardinal DiNardo said. “The text of the executive order itself directs the secretary of Health and Human Services to ‘considering issuing amended regulations, consistent with applicable law, to address conscience-based objections to the preventive-care mandate.

Friar’s remains exhumed, relics collected ahead of beatification Mass DETROIT (CNS) -- The remains of Father Solanus Casey were exhumed Aug. 1 as part of the canonical process that precedes the saintly Capuchin Franciscan friar’s beatification Mass in November. The purpose of the exhumation, according to the Capuchin Province of St. Joseph and the Archdiocese of Detroit, was to both officially identify the body and to collect relics that will be used to venerate Father Casey after he is beatified Nov. 18. Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron presided over the private exhumation service, which was limited to a handful of individuals, including three medical professionals who were on hand to examine the remains and report on the condition of the body. “Presiding at the process for opening the tomb of Father Solanus and confirming the identity of his earthly remains was a time of significant personal prayer for me,” Archbishop Vigneron said afterward. “I especially give the Lord Jesus thanks for the gift of Father’s service to our community, above all to the least among us, and for his example of loving our neighbor with nothing less than the sacrificial charity of Christ himself. “This day is a clear milestone on our path to Nov. 18 and Father Solanus’ beatification at the Mass to be offered in Ford Field,” he said. The stadium in downtown Detroit will be configured to accommodate 60,000 people for the ceremony.

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