People of God, April 2016

April, 2016 Vol. 34, No. 4

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Pope Francis Appoints 12 New Mexico Priests “Missionaries of Mercy” Six who are serving in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Pope Francis delivers his blessing at the conclusion of Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 10 after he appoints and blesses the 700 Missionaries of Mercy in attendance. A total of 1142 were named worldwide.

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Missionaries of Mercy Serving in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe

Rev. Larry Bernard, OFM San Diego de Alcala, Jemez Pueblo

Rev. Dennis Garcia Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Santa Fe

Rev. Christopher Kerstiens, OFM Prison Ministry

Rev. Emeric Nordmeyer, OFM Rio Rancho (retired)

Rev. Erasmo Romero, OFM Holy Family Parish, Albuquerque

Rev. Patrick Schafer, OFM Holy Family Parish, Albuquerque

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My Trip to Rome as a Missionary of Mercy

n February 10, 2016, Pope Francis blessed 700 of the 1,142 specially commissioned corps of Missionaries of Mercy at St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome.

New Mexico was blessed to have 12 of our clergy selected; one diocesan and 11 Franciscans. Only one, Rev. Dennis Garcia, pastor of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Santa Fe and former Archdiocesan Judicial Vicar was able to attend the ceremony.

The nominations for the unique ministry came from different sources: Rev. Garcia’s from Rome and confirmed by Archbishop John C. Wester; the 11 friars serving in New Mexico from Rev. Jack Clark Robinson, Minister Provincial of Our Lady of Guadalupe Province.

By Rev. Dennis Garcia Pastor, Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Santa Fe The activities we participated in during my trip to Rome as a Missionary of Mercy included Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and the opportunity for confession at parishes near the Vatican along the Tiber River.

That same afternoon, we were met near the Tiber River and Castel San Angelo in order to process to St. Peter’s Basilica, walking through the Holy Door, to the confessional of St. Peter, and by the relics of St. Padre Pio and St. Leopold that had been taken to Rome for the same occasion.

We were then processed outside of the basilica, through

By Celine Baca Radigan, Editor. Contributors Our Lady of Guadalupe Province and Catholic News Service.

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Missionaries of Mercy Serving in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe

Rev. Larry Bernard, OFM San Diego de Alcala, Jemez Pueblo Rev. Dennis Garcia Shrine of Our Lady Guadalupe Parish, Santa Fe Rev. Christopher Kerstiens, OFM Prison Ministry Rev. Emeric Nordmeyer, OFM Rio Rancho (retired)

Rev. Erasmo Romero, OFM Holy Family Parish, Albuquerque

Rev. Patrick Schafer, OFM Holy Family Parish, Albuquerque

Missionaries of Mercy Serving in the Diocese of Gallup Rev. Andrés Gallegos, OFM St. Francis Parish, Gallup Rev. Dale Jamison, OFM St. Mary Mission, Tohatchi

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April Universal: Small Farmers That small farmers may receive a just reward for their precious labor.

Evangelization: African Christians That Christians in Africa may give witness

Rev. Abél Olivas, OFM St. Francis Parish, Gallup

Missionaries of Mercy Serving in the Diocese of Las Cruces Rev. Eduardo Espinosa, OFM St. John the Baptist Parish, Roswell Rev. Paul Juniet, OFM Chaplain to the Poor Clares, Roswell Rev. Charlie Martinez, OFM St. Peter Parish, Roswell

Intentions for April

to love and faith in Jesus Christ amid political-religious conflicts.

Abril Universal ‐ Pequeños agricultores.

Que los pequeños agricultores, reciban una remuneración justa por su precioso

trabajo.

Por la Evangelización ‐ Cristianos de Africa.

Que los cristianos de Africa en medio de conflictos político‐religiosos, sepan dar testimonio de su amor y fe en Jesucristo.

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Pilgrimage Churches Designated by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Presbyteral Council by Deanery

Table of Contents 4 Archbishop’s Letter: Christ is Risen! Allelulia!

8 Vocations 10 Installations 11 Franciscans 12 Missionaries of Mercy 15 Men Under Construction 16 Catholic Education 20 Archives: Archbishop Lamy 22 For Our Marriage 23 Social Justice 26 Rest in Peace 30 Calendars 31 Abuse Awareness for Adults 32 2016 Confirmation Schedule 34 Kids’ Page 35 Social Media and the Archdiocese of Santa Fe

– Like Us! 36 Pilgrimage with Archbishop John C. Wester

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National Black and Indian Mission Office May 15, 2016 The National Collection for Black and Indian people continues as the embodiment of the Church's concern for evangelizing the Black and Indian peoples of the United States.

The funds are distributed as grants to dioceses throughout the United States, supporting and strengthening evangelization programs which otherwise would cease. The Collection was formerly known as The Black and Indian Home Mission Collection. *A portion of this collection is allocated to the Catholic Home Missions.

This Appeal strengthens the Catholic Church in the United States and its territories where resources are thin and priests are few. The Appeal also supports about 25 organizations and religious communities engaged in home mission work.

The appeal funds a wide range of pastoral services, including evangelization, religious education, the maintenance of mission parishes, the training of seminarians and lay ministers, and ministry with ethnic groups, especially Hispanics.

Together We Can Reach Our Goal!

Visit our new ACA Website at: www.archdiocesesantafegiving.org/ aca to donate to ACA 2016, watch Archbishop Wester’s ACA video, and much more!

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hrist is risen! Alleluia! To all in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, I wish the fullness of Christ's Easter peace, praying that our risen Lord will deepen within each of us the profound and abiding joy that belongs to those who, through baptism, have died with Christ and are one with Him in His resurrection. In a particular way, I welcome with great joy our elect and candidates into full communion with us as we celebrate Christ's victory over sin and death. After forty days of fasting, almsgiving and prayer we enter fifty days of rejoicing and celebration, thanking God our Father for drawing us to Himself through His Son, Jesus Christ, in the Holy Spirit. Without a doubt, we are truly God's people and "Alleluia" is our song! ne of the striking features of Christ's resurrection appearances is that His wounds are clearly visible. In fact, the risen Christ invites His followers to "Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have." (Luke 24:39) In a way, it seems strange that Christ's glorified body would bear the marks of His cruel passion and death. We would like to think that all that pain and suffering was a thing of the past and pretend that it never happened. But the Paschal mystery, i.e., the suffering death and resurrection of Christ, cannot be compartmentalized. It is one mystery, one life-giving event that contains within it the unspeakable pain of Christ's passion and at the same time, the seeds of new life. This is the great, central mystery of our faith. That Jesus Christ, our Savior, is constantly turning night into day, darkness into light, sin into grace and death into life. Every aspect of our lives, all that we are, is caught up in Christ's boundless love and bears the promise of new beginnings at every turn. Ours is not a faith that says, "don't worry nothing bad will ever happen to you." Rather, our faith says, "don't worry, bad things may happen to you but they are nothing to worry about." t is only through faith that we can see the empty tomb as a sign that Christ is risen from the dead. It is only through faith that we can hold fast to hope even in the midst of our pain and suffering. Faith teaches us that Christ is always with us, particularly in our darkest moments. In Mark's narrative of the passion, it is the centurion who finally proclaims what we had been straining to hear throughout the first fourteen chapters of Mark's Gospel: "Truly this man was the Son of God!" (Mark 15: 39) He came to believe in the midst of the darkness: "at noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon."

(Mark 15: 33) Paradoxically, it is in the darkness that God dwells (see 1 Kings 8: 12 and 2 Chronicles 6:1). The same is true for us. In our darkest moments, Christ is with us, leading us to new life. Only with the eyes of faith can we

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see a way out from our suffering. Only then can we believe that the risen Christ will save us once again. We may not understand it at the time, but we believe that Christ will not abandon us. his year, one very palpable sign of Christ’s presence is our Year of Mercy celebration. At the Holy Father’s prompting, the entire Catholic Church is observing a year dedicated to being “merciful as the Father is merciful.” In a world that seems at times completely devoid of mercy, the pope’s initiative could not be more welcome. All of us are called to reflect on the countless mercies that God shows us day in and day out, forgiving us our sins and calling us back to life through His forgiveness, particularly in the Sacrament of Reconciliation, or Confession. Our gratitude to God finds its fullest expression as we extend to one another the same mercy God shows us. This Easter season is a good time to single someone out whom we have been loath to forgive and tell them that we are willing to “bury the hatchet.” That person may have hurt us in some way and they may not be the most likeable, but true mercy doesn’t try to balance the scales. Rather, it seeks to find new life and new freedom by letting go of past hurts and allowing the power of forgiveness to find a new path and who knows, maybe a new friend. I still remember the striking picture of St. Pope John Paul II forgiving his would be assassin, Mehmet Ali Ağca, in the latter’s jail cell. The pope surely had every reason to be angry with the person who tried to kill him and yet, without being prompted, he offered his forgiveness and a hand of friendship. It is this kind of radical forgiveness that can change the world, one relationship at a time. am praying that all of us in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe will follow our Holy Father’s example and do our part to bring hope and forgiveness to the world. We are all called to give witness to Christ's resurrection and to remind people that the risen Christ continues to breathe life into His church through the working of the Holy Spirit. In other words, death does not have the final word. We believe that our daily trials and difficulties are subsumed into the greater drama of divine Providence which is always leading to the empty tomb and new life. During these holy days of Easter, may we all be a source of life and forgiveness for each other, wounds and all, as we continue to follow Christ, recognizing Him in the breaking of the bread. It is worth repeating: death never has the last word – Jesus Christ does! Indeed, He is the Word uttered by God the father, in the Holy Spirit, calling us out of darkness and into His own, wonderful light.

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Cristo ha resucitado! ¡Aleluya! Para todos en la Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe, deseo la plenitud de la paz de la Pascua de Cristo, y oro para que nuestro Señor resucitado extienda en cada uno de nosotros la alegría profunda y permanente que pertenece a los que, por el bautismo, han muerto con Cristo y son uno con Él en su resurrección. De manera particular, con alegría doy la bienvenida a nuestros elegidos y candidatos a la plena comunión con nosotros mientras celebramos la victoria de Cristo sobre el pecado y la muerte. Después de cuarenta días de ayuno, limosna y oración entramos a cincuenta días de regocijo y celebración, dando gracias a Dios nuestro Padre por acercarnos a sí mismo a través de Su Hijo, Jesucristo, en el Espíritu Santo. Sin lugar a dudas, ¡somos realmente el pueblo de Dios y "Aleluya" es nuestro canto! no de los rasgos más llamativos de las apariciones de la resurrección de Cristo es que sus heridas son claramente visibles. De hecho, el Cristo resucitado invita a sus seguidores: "Miren mis manos y mis pies, soy yo mismo. Tóquenme y vean. Un espíritu no tiene carne ni huesos, como ven que yo tengo." (Lucas 24:39) En cierto modo, parece extraño que el cuerpo glorificado de Cristo pudiera llevar las marcas de su cruel pasión y muerte.

Nos gustaría pensar que todo ese dolor y sufrimiento fue algo del pasado y pretender que nunca ocurrió. Pero el misterio pascual, es decir, la sufrida muerte y resurrección de Cristo, no puede ser fragmentada. Es un solo misterio, un evento que da vida y que contiene en su interior el indescriptible dolor de la pasión de Cristo y, al mismo tiempo, las semillas de la nueva vida. Este es el gran misterio, el centro de nuestra fe. Que Jesucristo, nuestro Salvador, está convirtiendo constantemente la noche en día, la oscuridad en luz, el pecado en gracia y la muerte en vida. Cada aspecto de nuestra vida, todo lo que somos, se encuentra atrapado en el amor ilimitado de Cristo y lleva siempre la promesa de un nuevo comienzo. La nuestra no es una fe que dice, "no te preocupes, nunca te pasará algo malo." Por el contrario, nuestra fe dice, "no te preocupes, puede ser que te pasen cosas malas, pero no hay por qué preocuparse." s sólo a través de la fe que podemos ver la tumba vacía como una señal de que Cristo ha resucitado de entre los muertos. Es sólo a través de la fe que podemos aferrarnos a la esperanza aun en medio de nuestro dolor y sufrimiento. La fe nos enseña que Cristo está siempre con nosotros, sobre todo en nuestros momentos más oscuros. En el relato de Marcos sobre la pasión, es el centurión quien finalmente proclama lo que habíamos estado tratando de oír lo largo de los primeros catorce capítulos del Evangelio de Marcos: "¡Verdaderamente este hombre era Hijo de Dios!" (Marcos 15: 39) Él llegó a creer en medio de la oscuridad: "al mediodía, se oscureció toda la tierra hasta las tres de la tarde." (Marcos 15: 33) Paradójicamente, es en la oscuridad que habita Dios (véase 1 Reyes 8: 12 y 2 Crónicas 6: 1). Lo mismo es cierto para nosotros. En nuestros momentos más oscuros, Cristo está con nosotros y nos lleva a una nueva vida. Sólo con los ojos de la fe podemos ver la salida de nuestro sufrimiento. Sólo entonces podemos creer que el Cristo resucitado nos salvará una vez más. Es posible que no lo

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entendamos en ese momento, pero creemos que Cristo no nos abandonará. ste año, una señal muy palpable de la presencia de Cristo es nuestra celebración del Año de la Misericordia.

Ante el llamado del Santo Padre, toda la Iglesia Católica presta atención a un año dedicado a ser "misericordiosos como el Padre es misericordioso." En un mundo que a veces parece totalmente desprovisto de misericordia, la iniciativa Reverendísimo del Papa no podría ser mejor bienvenida.

John C. Wester Todos nosotros estamos llamados a reflexionar sobre la inmensa misericordia que Dios nos muestra día a día, perdonando nuestros pecados y volviéndonos a llamar a la vida a través de Su perdón, sobre todo en el Sacramento de la Reconciliación o Confesión. Nuestro agradecimiento a Dios encuentra su máxima expresión a medida que extendemos unos a otros la misma misericordia que Dios nos muestra. Esta temporada de Pascua es un buen momento para pensar en alguien a quien hemos estado poco dispuestos a perdonar y decirle que estamos dispuestos a "enterrar el arma." Esa persona pudo habernos hecho daño de alguna manera y puede ser que no sea el más simpático, pero la verdadera misericordia no trata de equilibrar la balanza.

Más bien, trata de encontrar una nueva vida y una nueva libertad mediante el abandono de las heridas pasadas y permitiendo que el poder del perdón pueda encontrar un nuevo camino y quién sabe, tal vez un nuevo amigo. Todavía recuerdo la imagen sorprendente de San Juan Pablo II perdonando al que pudo haber sido su asesino, Mehmet Ali Ağca, en la celda donde se encontraba en la cárcel. El Papa seguramente tenía todas las razones para estar enojado con la persona que intentó matarlo y, sin embargo, le ofreció su perdón y una mano amiga. Es esta clase de perdón radical lo que puede cambiar el mundo, una relación a la vez. ro para que todos nosotros en la Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe sigamos el ejemplo de nuestro Santo Padre y hagamos nuestra parte para llevar la esperanza y el perdón al mundo. Todos somos llamados a dar testimonio de la resurrección de Cristo y a recordarle a la gente que el Cristo resucitado sigue dando vida a su iglesia a través de la acción del Espíritu Santo. En otras palabras, la muerte no tiene la última palabra. Creemos que nuestras pruebas y dificultades diarias son incluidas en la gran obra de la divina Providencia, que siempre nos lleva a la tumba vacía y a una nueva vida. Durante estos días santos de Pascua, que todos nosotros seamos una fuente de vida y perdón el uno al otro, con heridas y todo, mientras continuamos siguiendo a Cristo, reconociéndolo en la fracción del pan. Vale la pena repetir: la muerte no tiene la última palabra ¡Jesucristo la tiene! De hecho, Él es la Palabra pronunciada por Dios el Padre, en el Espíritu Santo, que nos llama de la oscuridad a Su propia y maravillosa luz.

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Paul Chavez 1st Year Theology Josephinum St. Anthony - Pecos

Anthony Leon 2nd Year College Josephinum Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis

Christopher Martinez 2nd Year Theology Holy Apostles St. Anthonly - Questa

Jason Pettigrew 2nd Year Theology Holy Apostles St. Anthony - Questa

Joel Langsfeld 2nd Year Pre-Theology Josephinum Our Lady of the Annunciation

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Archbishop John C. Wester has made the following assignments: Effective Saturday, February 13, 2016 – Reverend Timothy A. Martinez, has been appointed as Director of Diaconate Formation. This is in addition to his assignment as pastor of Risen Savior Catholic Community.

Effective Monday, March 14, 2016 – Deacon Andres Carrillo, has been appointed as the Director of the Office of Deacons and will report to the Vicar for Clergy, Very Rev. John Daniel. Deacon Carrillo will continue his parish assignment at St. John the Baptist in Santa Fe, under the guidance of the pastor, Reverend Nathan Libaire.

Seminary Burse The following parishes have sent in excess Mass stipends to the Archdiocesan Finance Office for seminarian education. These receipts are for February 2016.

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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Holy Ghost – Albuquerque.....................................................................500.00 Immaculate Conception – Las Vegas............................................. 1,500.00 Immaculate Heart of Mary................................................................... 1,950.00 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Albuquerque....................130.00 Our Lady of Sorrow - Bernalillo......................................................... 1,000.00 Our Lady of the Annunciation – Albuquerque............................. 1,107.50 San Juan Bautista – Ohkay Owingeh............................................ 4,444.00 St. Anne – Santa Fe................................................................................. 1,000.00 St. John the Baptist – Santa Fe.............................................................500.00 St. Joseph on the Rio Grande – Albuquerque............................... 520.00 St. Patrick - St. Joseph – Raton ...........................................................335.00 Total $13,086.50

Priest Appreciation Dinner

By Jo & Dave Meurer, Serra Club Volunteers

Everyone appreciates the incredible hard work done by our priests. But how often do we have the opportunity to thank them? Now you have the chance to say a huge “thank you” to all the priests in the archdiocese. On Tuesday, June 21, 2016 the Serra Club is hosting the Priest Appreciation Dinner. Our honored guests are all the priests of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. This wonderful event will be held at the Hotel Albuquerque on Rio Grande Blvd. We encourage you to reserve this date and make plans to attend. For more details, including the announcement of our special guest speaker, please go to www.serraclubalbuquerque.org.

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San Ignacio, Santa Fe. Very Rev. John Cannon, pastor of San Isidro San Jose Parish in Santa Fe was installed on Sunday, March 13, 2016

by Archbishop John C. Wester. Text/Photo courtesy San Isidro

de Los Duranes.

The Knights of Columbus formed an honor guard for the evening Mass and installation. Deacon Jose Lucero and Deacon Tom Perez assisted at the Mass. A choir comprised of members from the parish’s five choirs provided the liturgical music. During the installation, Fr. Andy renewed his ordination vows. Deacon Perez introduced and

presented members of the parish staff, the finance council and the liturgy committee.

A welcoming reception followed the installation. Fr. Andy came to San Felipe from Socorro, where he served as pastor of San Miguel and its Missions for eight years.

He also previously served at St. Bernadette Church and St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center in Albuquerque.

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he Franciscan Friars of Our Lady of Guadalupe Province have opened a new archive and retreat facility. Fr. Jack Clark Robinson, OSF, Minister Provincial, dedicated and blessed the new beautiful building March 18, 2016. An inaugural symposium was held featuring Mr. David Hurst Thomas, PhD of the American Museum of National History as keynote speaker. Numerous scholars and archivists from across the Country gathered to join the celebration.

The archive building is named after a quotation from the testament of St. Francis of Assisi, “A Becoming Place”. It states’ “Wherever I find our Lord’s most holy names and written words in unbecoming places, I want to gather them up and I beg that they be gathered up and placed in a becoming place.”

This establishment consists of the archive, a retirement and assisted living facility with six guest rooms and a conference space which can fit 80 people.

The archive is equipped with large, temperature-calibrated freezers which will prevent the damage of the artifacts by insects and other outside elements and keep them in proper condition for preservation.

San Damiano crucifix is the cross that St. Francis of Assisi was praying before when he is said to have received the commission from the Lord to rebuild the Church. The distinctive building is fashioned after the Franciscan robe. Three strands signifying poverty, chastity and obedience.

The blue paint represents our Blessed Mother.

The types of artifacts that will be stored in the new facility are writings, photographs, glass- plate negatives, audio and video tapes, and other artifacts such as rugs that were donated.

This special place is preserving the unique history the Franciscans helped to create with the people, for the People of God. The archive building will open in May 2016 and is located at 1350 Lakeview Road SW, Albuquerque, 87105.

For more information, please call 505.218.7393 or email communicationsolg@gmail.com

Divine Mercy Sunday and Everyday

By Rev. William E. Young, Jr., pastor Queen of Heaven, Albuquerque

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he Sunday following Easter has been designated by the Holy Father as a special celebration of Divine Mercy; hence, the title “Divine Mercy Sunday.” It is a natural outgrowth of the glorious Resurrection of our Lord.

Why? Because through his love as the risen, glorified Savior, we receive the gift of salvation which is itself an expression of Divine Mercy.

In 1931, Sister Faustina Kowalska, a young Polish nun had a vision of Jesus in which two streams of light flowed from his heart. One was red, the other white.

They represented the blood and water which gushed forth from his pierced side as he hung dead on the cross. Jesus told her to have a painting made of the vision, and to have inscribed at its base, “Jesus, I trust in you.”

He told her in other visions that “His mercy is unlimited and available to even the greatest sinners, and he revealed special ways for people to respond to his mercy.” (From “The Message of

Mercy,” by the Marians of the Immaculate Conception).

The story is a fascinating one. The message and the image, along with the novena and chaplet of Divine Mercy spread through Europe and the United States from the 1940’s to present. The Marians built a shrine in Stockbridge, MA, and have a publishing center there from which they spread the devotion.

The pamphlet cited above contains the following: “On the Sunday after Easter, April 18, 1993 (Mercy Sunday), Sister Faustina was solemnly beatified in Rome by Pope John Paul II.” Since then, she has been “canonized;” that is, officially recognized by the Church as having attained Heaven, and is now known as Saint Faustina Kowalska.

The pamphlet continues, “The message of mercy can be called to mind simply by remembering ‘A-B-C.’ A: Ask for his mercy. God wants us to approach him in prayer constantly. B: Be merciful. God wants us to receive his mercy and let it flow through us to others. C: Completely trust Jesus. God wants us to know that the graces of his mercy are

dependent on our trust.”

Jesus taught St. Faustina the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, its novena and asked for the feast. In addition, he told her that he expects that the mercy given will be shared with others. As we are blessed with the gift of Divine Mercy, we must extend that mercy to others.

Jesus pointed out two sacraments as “special fountains of mercy which should be received frequently with great trust and love. (Diary [of Faustina], 914, 1602).” They are Penance (Confession) and Eucharist. It is not surprising. The Eucharist is Jesus himself. When we receive him worthily in Holy Communion, we are as close to him as we can get this side of Heaven. In Penance, if we have true sorrow and a firm intention not to sin again, we receive forgiveness of our sins no matter how grave. There, we meet Jesus liberating us. The Holy Spirit comes upon us to pour out the mercy of the Lord in abundance! What joy and healing for us!

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Pope Francis delivers his blessing at the conclusion of Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 10. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

By Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis marked the beginning of the church’s Lenten journey by sending off several hundred religious and diocesan priests on their own special path as “missionaries of mercy” in local parishes.

“Look upon your servants, Lord, that we are sending as messengers of mercy, salvation and peace. Guide their steps” and sustain them with “the power of your grace,” the pope said during a special Ash Wednesday liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica Feb. 10, 2016.

“May Christ’s voice resound in their words and Christ’s heart in their gestures,” he said.

More than 700 of the 1,142 missionaries specially appointed by the pope attended the Mass. Dressed in white vestments and purple stoles, the men received the pope’s mandate to preach about God’s mercy and special authority to pardon even those sins reserved to the Holy See. Their mission was echoed in the day’s second reading from St. Paul’s Second Letter to the Corinthians, in which he proclaims, “We are ambassadors for Christ” with God working

and speaking through them, imploring people to “be reconciled with God.” In his homily before commissioning the priests at the end of Mass, the pope said their mandate is to be “signs and instruments of God’s pardon.”

“Dear brothers, may you be able to help open the doors of people’s hearts” as well as bless, heal and raise them up with a father’s love, he said.

God knows the sins, weakness, wounds and fatigue people experience in their lives and “he knows how much we need forgiveness, he knows that we need to feel loved in order to carry out the good,” he said.

People cannot keep going on their own, and that is why the apostle Paul doesn’t urge people to “do something, but to let themselves be reconciled by God, to allow him to forgive us,” he said.

In fact, the first step on the road of a Christian life is recognizing the need for divine mercy and to pass through that “open door which is Christ,” who offers everyone a new and joyful life.

The problem, the pope said, is there may be many barriers

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Priests who are Missionaries of Mercy during the Holy Year attend Pope Francis’ celebration of Ash Wednesday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Feb. 10, 2016 (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

that keep people from ever approaching or opening that door.

People may be so hardened by sin or pride that “they bolt the lock on the soul,” justifying their errors or believing they are “no worse than others,” thereby remaining “prisoners of evil.”

Another obstacle people face is being ashamed “to open the secret door of the heart.” While shame is a good sign since “it shows that we want to detach ourselves from evil,” it must never turn into “dread or fear.”

The third danger is when people walk away from Christ, becoming distant or isolated by holing themselves up with their own suffering, wallowing endlessly in negative thoughts and sinking into the darkest recesses of the soul, he said.

“Let’s listen to Jesus, who says to those who are weary and burdened, ‘Come to me,’” since “only the Lord’s grace liberates us” and offers peace and rest, the pope said.

He said the Lord asks people to close the distance that has grown and “return to me with your whole heart.”

The Lenten journey invites people to “be protagonists, embracing three remedies, three medicines that heal (people) from sin” -- prayer, fasting and almsgiving.

“May Lent be a time of a healthy ‘pruning’ back of falsehood, worldliness, indifference; of no longer thinking that everything is fine as long as I am doing well; of understanding that what matters isn’t acceptance, seeking success or approval, but the cleansing of one’s heart and life.”

The pope broke with the tradition of walking from the Benedictine monastery of St. Anselm to the Dominican-run Basilica of Santa Sabina in order to commission the missionaries of mercy from St. Peter’s Basilica. Before the main altar were the mortal remains of St. Padre Pio and St. Leopold Mandic, two Capuchins popular as miracle workers and known particularly for the long hours they would spend hearing confessions.

Pope Francis had asked the Capuchins to bring the relics of the two saints to Rome for the Year of Mercy, particularly the celebration of Ash Wednesday and the commissioning of the official missionaries of mercy as an encouragement and inspiration to be generous with God’s love.

The pope received ashes on the top of his head from Cardinal Angelo Comastri, archpriest of St. Peter’s, and distributed ashes to a number of cardinals and a small group of laypeople and religious.

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By Vivian Maheu St. Charles Parish Manager

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ome volunteers serve in visible ways.

Some serve behind the scenes. Here’s one who does both! Many St. Charles parishioners know Cathy Ortiz as a lector and Eucharistic minister at the 11am Sunday Mass, but they don't know all the ways she serves behind the scenes. She is a lector at the 7AM weekday Mass, and she’s one of our collection counters. She also helps with altar linens, ironing linens and curtains for Holy Days,and sewing new altar cloths. Cathy also supports our parish school, serving as our volunteer librarian and helping out in the kitchen for Halloween carnival and other special events. Cathy gives with willing hands and heart, serving in any way needed to support our parish. We thank Cathy for her boundless energy and her generous spirit!

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Renovation at Aquinas Newman Center

Sanctuary emptied of old pews and recently installed The Seven Sacraments stained glass windows

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During March 2016, Brother Knights Andrew Sisneros, John Montoya, and Steven Garcia helped with the assembly and installation of new pews donated via former parishioner’s bequest. Information submitted

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he internationally acclaimed Wartburg Choir will make a concert appearance on Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30pm at the glorious St. Therese, The Shrine of the Little Flower in Albuquerque.

The 79-voice choral ensemble performs sacred music from all historic periods and styles. The choir’s appearance is part of their annual concert tour.

“Some songs will be familiar and others will be new, but they all carry an important message of love, respect and affection that can influence how we live our lives,” director Dr. Lee Nelson said.

Wartburg College is a selective liberal arts college of the Lutheran Church (ELCA), internationally rec-

ognized for community engagement.

The college’s 1,537 students come from 55 countries and 28 U.S. states.

The vision of St. Therese parish and our Shrine of the Little Flower is: “Seek the well-being of the city to which I have sent you. Pray for it to the Lord. For in seeking its well-being you shall find your own.” Jeremiah 29:7 In hosting various concerts of differing artistic expression, persons from all races, languages and ways of life, who come to the shrine have the ability to be touched by our beautiful and holy place.

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2016 LUMEN GENTIUM AWARDEES

At its 20th Annual Gala on this Sunday, April 10, 2016, D+E+I honors 25 leaders. Noted below are the honorees, with their nominating parish, organization and/or program, together with the diverse area of adult faith formation for which they are nominated.

Juan J. Araujo Ministerio de Evangelizacion Espiritu Santo (EESAMEES) Adult Faith Formation and Parochial Formation Patsy Brito Schlaegel Friends of San Juan Diego Friary Pastoral Care Sr. Joan Brown, OSF New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light Adult Faith Formation.

Cheryl Brozena Women in the Spirit (WITS) Adult Faith Formation; Spiritual Care Sr. Mary Edna Pearl Esquibel, CSSF Felician Sisters Pastoral Care Rose Fernandez Annunciation Parish Adult Faith Formation; Parochial Formation Kathy Freeze Catholic Charities Adult Faith Formation, Parochial Formation, Pastoral Care

Megan McKenna, PhD Ecumenical Institute for Ministry Educational Media Camille Melton St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Parish and School Adult Faith, Parochial and Sacramental Formation, Educational Media, Pastoral Care Anh-Tu and My-An Nguyen Archdiocesan Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministries Parochial Formation, Sacramental Formation Louise Nielsen, O.Praem., OBL. Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish Adult Faith, Parochial and Sacramental Formation, Pastoral Care, Spiritual Care Tom and Pam Ortiz Santa Maria de la Paz Parish Pastoral Care Michael Poffenberger Center for Action and Contemplation Educational Media Katherine Rivera St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Adult Faith Formation

Barbara Guenther Archdiocese Office of Worship and Liturgical Commission, Parochial Formation and Sacramental Formation

Dr. Loretta Serna, OP La Senora de las Montanas Chapter of the Dominican Laity, Parochial Formation

Joel Hopko Santa Fe Deanery Jornada de Fe Adult Faith Formation

Stan and Karen Sluder Our Lady of the Annunciation Parish Sacramental Formation

Taylor Kingston Archdiocesan Office of Youth & Young Adult Ministry Adult Faith Formation, Parochial Formation, Educational Media

Louise Turner Casa Angelica Educational Media, Pastoral Care, Spiritual Care Fabian R. Yañez Archdiocesan Office of Worship Adult Faith, Parochial and Sacramental Formation, Educational Media

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Men Under Construction 2016

By David Meurer

The 10th annual Men Under Construction (MUC) has been scheduled for Saturday, August 13, 2016. This significant Catholic Men’s conference had humble beginnings in 2006, hosted by St. Thomas Aquinas in Rio Rancho. After a few years, we grew into the gym at St. Pius X High School.

Men Under Construction, under the inspiration of Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan, and now Archbishop John C. Wester, continues to flourish, and for 2016, we are excited to announce we are growing again! With over 600 men attending in 2015, it is clear we need to move to a larger facility. This year’s event on August 13, 2016, will be held at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque.

The Albuquerque Journal Theatre at the National Hispanic Cultural Center is an incredible facility, which gives us many advantages over the gym at St. Pius. The committee responsible for MUC listened to our attendees, and that is why we are “stepping up our game” with this change of venue.

Archbishop Wester will share his thoughts with us, as well as celebrate Mass. Our nationally renowned speakers are: Patrick Madrid, familiar to everyone in New Mexico from his daily show on Catholic Radio; Deacon Alex Jones from Detroit, a convert to Catholicism who led over half his previous Pentecostal congregation to also convert to Catholicism and Catholic musical star Chris Muglia from Phoenix.

We are currently updating the website (www.mucnm.com) to allow early registration. Keep an eye out for more details, but right now, go ahead and reserve Saturday, August 13 in your calendars for an uplifting and informative day of Catholic Men’s inspiration in a great facility.

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St. Mary’s Belen: An Excellence You Can Believe In! Principal, Melodie Melodie Good, Pastor, Rev. Clement Niggel • 101-B N 10th St. , Belen, NM 87002 • 505.864.0484 • www.stmarysbelen.com

By Melodie Good, Principal St. Mary’s, Belen

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t. Mary’s strives to be the shining star of pre-K through th 8 grade education in Valencia County. The school itself has been a gathering place for families in Belen for 89 years. Everyone in our small community either attended school here, has a relative here, or knows someone who attended St. Mary’s. We are energized and on the move and our community is taking notice. Our enrollment has gone up 15% in the last year. The curriculum has been aligned from th Kindergarten to 8 grade to allow a seamless transition from one class to the next. We have added more science, engineering and technology to our already strong art, math and religion curriculum to become a STREAM (Science, Technology, Religion, Enginnering, Arts, Math) school. With God as our shepherd, we are embarking on a new pathway to excellence in a modern world. Our future goals include a new science lab and more STREAM programming.

CATHOLIC IDENTITY u School-wide morning prayer and announcements daily u Wednesday children’s Mass u St. Mary’s Masses every month on Sundays u May Crowning u Christmas Story Pageant u Two student retreats u Preparation of third graders for Reconciliation and First Communion

u Students perform Living Stations and Living Rosary u School wide celebration of Priesthood Sunday u Faith Challenge Team ACADEMICS u K-8 aligned programs of Saxon math and Shurley English u High Standardized test scores in reading and math u Participate in Optimists Oratorical Contest, Geography Bee, Spelling Bee, and Mission to Mars u Installing state of the art science lab for Kinder-8th grades u Fiber network with tablets, chromebooks, and laptops for all classrooms u Digital formats for language arts and math u SMART table for kinder and first grade u Spanish for kinder-8th grades COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT u Monthly food drive for St. Vincent DePaul u Shoeboxes for veterans two times a year u Students assist in cleaning church and changing misselettes u Choir sang Christmas Carols at Health Care Center u Students helped St. Pius High School pack food for the poor u Veterans Day ceremony honors community veterans u St. Mary’s hosted the County 4-H Contests in June u After School 4-H and Robotics Clubs u Athletics 5th-8th grades u Los Lunas students ride the RAILRUNNER to Belen

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Celebrate 60 at St. Pius X High School

By Melissa Sais, St. Pius X High School

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rom 116 freshmen who called themselves the Pius Tenthers and met in temporary quarters in the basement of St. Charles Borromeo Elementary School to the most recent graduating class of 194 Sartans who distinguished themselves by contributing more than 14,000 hours of community service and receiving $10 million in college scholarship offers, St. Pius X High School has created a tradition of excellence as a college preparatory Diamond Jubilee Gala school focused on values-based educaApril 22, Hotel Albuquerque tion. the fall of 1988, Sartans stepped onto Sartan Socials Since 1956, St. Pius X has educated the revamped campus, which they’ve Beginning Summer 2016 national, state and local leaders in govcalled home ever since.

Homecoming, Bonfire ernment, business, service, science, edCelebrate these and your own memAlumni Football Tailgate ucation and the arts. This year St. Pius X ories with St. Pius X during its yearlong celebrates 60 years of rich tradition and celebration starting with a Diamond Fall 2016 friendship, challenging academics, and Jubilee Gala on April 22 at Hotel AlbuJamie Tinnin Golf Classic athletic success. querque. Groups of classmates, parents, Fall 2016 Over 60 years, St. Pius X has lived teammates and friends are encouraged Decade Celebrations the changes of the times. In 1959, boys to register a table to gather together September 2016 - February 2017 and girls were allowed to attend some to relive memories and celebrate the Alumni Mass science classes together, diverging from future. The event to support tuition December 2016 the completely separate classes they assistance at St. Pius X features enhad taken since 1956. It was not until tertainment, a plated dinner, live and 1967 when boys and girls attended all silent auctions, dancing and more. Visit classes together. St. Pius X students and alumni also saw www.saintpiusx.com/gala to reserve your $100 tickets or their campus move from an elementary school basement secure your sponsorship, or contact Jean Marie Skipp at to what the New Mexico Register called one of “the most 505.831.8406 or jskipp@spxabq.org impressive high school structures in the archdiocese,” built Additional events are planned throughout the year to at Louisiana Boulevard and Indian School Road with the bring together Sartans and to celebrate St. Pius X and its sacrificial giving of families of the parishes of the Northeast impact on our community and our world. Sartan Socials Heights. In 1984, the archdiocese announced plans to move throughout the summer, Homecoming gatherings, celeSt. Pius X to the University of Albuquerque campus on Cobrations of the six decades of St. Pius X graduates, and a ors Boulevard overlooking the Rio Grande and the city. In Christmas Alumni Mass are some of the events planned.

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Local National Catholic Education Association Presenters

By Elizabeth Dominick Advancement Director of Catholic Schools

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he Archdiocese of Santa Fe Catholic Schools office is excited to announce three local teachers/ administrators presented at the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) Conference this year. This year the conference was March 29-31 in San Diego, CA. Thank you to all the teachers, staff and administrators who attended the conference this year and will be sharing what they learned with colleagues.

Cindy Shields (Annunciation Catholic School, Principal) & Jo Maurer (Annunciation Catholic School, 6th Grade Teacher): The Impact of Grading on Student Learning - Does the topic of grading and how it impacts student learning cause division and heated discussions amongst your faculty members? Come join us for an interactive session in which the ideas of Rick Wormeli, Tom Guskey, Carol Dweck, Robert Marzano, and Rick and Rebecca DuFour will be synthesized.

This session will share a long and controversial journey to put in place a grading practice in which student learning happens

Cindy Shields

Joe Maurer

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in a rigorous, yet fair and caring environment. This presentation will initiate a discussion on their current grading practices; Implement a redo and retake initiative.

Kristen Sandoval (Annunciation Catholic School, Librarian): The Library- A Key Component for 21st Century Learning - Learn about how the school library and librarians are critical to your STEM and 21st Century academics. Makerspace activities, online resources and databases, e-books, community connections and literature acquisition will be discussed. This presentation will give participants tools to create and maintain a 21st Century Library and to give tools of support to librarians.”

Two of Holy Ghost Catholic School’s Finest

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ongratulations to two outstanding young men in the 8th grade class at Holy Ghost Catholic School, Jeremy Molley and Cody Osborn.

These two young people represent the best of their school and certainly “walk in the footsteps of Jesus” as they pursue their passions and live out the mission of Holy Ghost Catholic School.

Jeremy, who has developed an enthusiasm for ornithology, has been awarded the Ryan D. Beaulieu Memorial Scholarship from the Central New Mexico Audubon Society. The scholarship is in memory of a young ornithologist and conservationist, Ryan Beaulieu who was active in the Albuquerque community, and who was tragically killed on a birding trip when he was 17 years old. The scholarship will enable Jeremy to attend a week long Audubon summer bird camp in Colorado this summer where he will learn more about birding and caring for God’s creation.

Cody has been awarded the 2016 Prudential Spirit of Community Award as New Mexico’s top middle level youth volunteer. Cody is being recognized for his acts of service and leadership by this nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism. He will receive $1,000, an engraved medallion and an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C. in May where he will be recognized with honorees from the 49 other states and Washington D.C. Please join us in congratulating these fine young men!

ur Lady of Fatima Catholic School is sponsoring a benefit golf tournament in honor of beloved principal, Mr. Tim Whalen who passed away suddenly a year and a half ago. Mr. Whalen was a teacher and administrator in Albuquerque Public Schools for almost 40 years, including 17 years at Manzano High School.

After retiring from APS, he spent his final six years as Principal of OLOF. The tournament will be held on Saturday April 23, 2016 at the beautiful Sandia Resort and Casino and will begin at 8am with a four-person team shotgun start. Golfers of all levels are welcome. For more information or if you would like a registration form, please call the school at 505.255.6391 or email pdehaas@fatimaschoolabq. com.

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St. Thomas Aquinas, Rio Rancho Present Stations of the Cross

By JoAnne Rickard, Mid-School Language Arts/Literature St. Thomas Aquinas School

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he Stations of the Cross took on a new meaning as the students in Mrs. Rickard’s 8A class presented each Station in a Tableau. The beauty of each still ‘picture’ was breathtaking.

There was an aura of reverence that was impassioned and tender.

The students worked on the project for over a month, giving up recess time to rehearse. From building an 8x10 foot screen (Thank you to Mr. Johnson for his invaluable help with the framework), taking on the responsibility for each role to be portrayed, rehearsing the readings, rehearsing with the light technicians, rehearsing with the projector technician – that included the audience responses on a power point, to blocking out each Station, the students assumed the responsibilities with zeal and dignity.

Through the expertise of our production manager, Micaela Leyba, cast manager, Alyssa Reinchuck, and computer expert,

Queen of Heaven Gala to Feature New Mexico Favorite Black Pearl Band NM

By Mary Catherine Keating, Principal Queen of Heaven School, Albuquerque

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he Queen of Heaven Catholic School’s Scholarship Gala - dinner, dance and auction - is set for Saturday, April 23rd at the Sheraton Uptown Hotel, Louisiana & Menaul. Come join the festivities from 5:30 to 11:00 p.m. Have a delicious dinner, dance to the music of New Mexico’s premier band, Black Pearl and take advantage of super auctions.

Invite your friends to come and help support Queen of Heaven Catholic School. This is a marvelous evening of fun, fellowship, great food, and superb entertainment. Committed to academic excellence and Catholic/ Christian values; the school has been serving Albuquerque for the past 60 plus years. Queen of Heaven Catholic School, with a committed faculty - pre-Kindergarten to 8th grade - is dedicated to the development of every student in all aspects of their lives.

For information on the 2016 Spring Benefit Gala or for tickets, call 505.881.2484 or visit our website, queenofheavennm.com and click on “Gala.”

Madeline Tungate, the class gave witness to the Passion of Jesus Christ.

We are grateful to Sr. Anne for believing in the potential of our project, to Mrs. Rickard for her lessons, vision, patience and guidance, and to the teachers, staff, students, and parents for attending and sharing in the depth of this powerful portrayal.

Santo Niño Regional Catholic School Completes Shoe Collection Drive

By Barbara Salas, Director of Family Engagement Santo Niño Regional Catholic School

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anto Niño Regional Catholic School conducted a shoe collection drive with the help of our eight regional Catholic supporting churches; Cristo Rey, The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Anne’s, St. John the Baptist, San Isidro, St. Anthony’s and Santa Maria de la Paz. The Catholic community helped by donating gently worn, used or new shoes. These shoes were collected in trash bins donated by the Waste Management Company. Santo Niño students and volunteers then bagged the shoes to prepare them for pick up. Santo Niño earned funds based on the number of pairs collected as Funds2Orgs will purchase all of the donated goods at 40 cents per pound. Those dollars will benefit every student at Santo Niño.

All donated shoes are now being redistributed throughout the Fund-

s2Orgs network of microenterprise partners in developing nations.

Funds2Orgs helps impoverished people start, maintain and grow businesses in countries such as Haiti, Honduras and other nations in Central America and Africa. Proceeds from the shoe sales are used to feed, clothe and house their families.

Thank you to all the generous members of our community. These shoes will be given a second chance and make a difference in people’s lives.

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Most Rev. John Baptist Lamy Vestments

By Bernadette Lucero, Director (Curator/Archivist)

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urrently, the Archdiocesan Museum is exhibiting two vestments on temporary loan from Bishop’s Lodge that will be exhibited until late Spring 2017. The Lamy vestments were displayed at the chapel located at Bishop’s Lodge which was a private chapel of Most Rev. John Baptist Lamy, First Archbishop of Santa Fe. Archbishop Lamy built a small lodge with two rooms and a tiny chapel with an altar for daily Mass ca. 1860’s; the property was more commonly known as La Villa Pintoresca (picturesque country house). The property was utilized by Archbishop Lamy whom often admired the morning sunrise and breathtaking views of the Jemez Mountains and the golden pink barrancas (steep bank or bluff) of eroded sandstone screes above Española.

The vestments are copes also known as cappas, which are long liturgical mantels that open in the front and are fastened with a band or clasp. The first cope is made of red cotton fabric lining and gold brocaded fabric with a cross design with original hood attached. The second cope is made of saffron colored velvet with angel design.

Also on display is Archbishop Lamy’s chalice which was presented by Pope Pius IX and came from the papal treasury, Missale Romanium used

by Archbishop Lamy at his private chapel La Villa Pintoresca, and other patrimonial pieces from the collections of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. In 2014, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe acquired on loan from the Cemetery

Association, the cast stone statue of Archbishop Lamy made by Thurman Dillard ca. 1958. The statue was originally planned for placement in the Lamy Memorial Park off Cathedral Place in Santa Fe; however, it was placed outside the Rosario Chapel until renovations of the garden, at which time it was placed in storage.

February 2015, brought a triumphant return of patrimonial history when the archdiocese reacquired the Lamy Harmonium from the Loretto Chapel. The Sisters of Loretto sent Archbishop Lamy with $400 to purchase the harmonium which was crafted ca. 1867 in France

by Alexandre Fracois Debain and later brought to Santa Fe. The case is made of oak to endure the dry climate in New Mexico and to endure the journey from France to New Mexico via boat. The harmonium was used at the Loretto chapel until ca. 1946. In 1971, the Sisters of Loretto sold the Loretto Chapel to private owners.

The harmonium was conserved in the 1980’s and was used from ca. 1982-2004 for concerts held at the Loretto Chapel.

For more details, visit the Archdiocesan Museum located at 223 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe which is open to the general public and the Catholic Faithful Monday through Friday from 9:00 to 11:30 and 1:30 to 4:00pm. Exhibits in the museum highlight the history of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and Catholicism in New Mexico.

Research is by appointment only, to schedule an appointment contact the Archives 505.983.3811.

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the Vatican Gardens and into the Papal Palace to the Sala Regia for an audience with the Holy Father. The Holy Father addressed us as Missionaries of Mercy that evening in a warm and intimate setting. That evening we were invited to an informal dinner in the foyer of the Pope Paul VI Audience Hall.

I attended the Ash Wednesday Audience in St. Peter’s Square with the Holy Father which was a blessed experience. The euphoria in the crowd and the energy of Pope Francis was evident. That evening, all 700 priests vested in the large hallway behind the Bronze Doors of the Papal Palace in preparation for the Ash Wednesday Mass which we had the privilege to concelebrate with the Holy Father.

The commission as missionary of mercy, I believe is the Holy Father’s strong desire to make the Lord’s mercy accessible to all people in all parts of the world during this Extraordinary Jubilee. The Holy Father called us to be confessors who extend the Lord’s mercy, delegating us to forgive some

of the sins reserved to the Holy See. His emphasis is on the sacrament of reconciliation and making the mercy of God accessible to all people in this jubilee year.

I was most struck in Rome by the sentiment that is present of an extraordinary year of jubilee. There are many pilgrims, volunteers welcoming pilgrims, and advertising in Rome concerning the jubilee. Pilgrims make pilgrimages to the Holy Doors at the major basilicas and confession is readily available in all churches. I also noticed an emphasis on Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in churches throughout Rome. I was able to walk through the Holy Doors at the major basilicas in Rome and in Assisi on the following day. This was an opportunity to me to pray, reflect on the year of mercy, my commission, and the transition from San Felipe de Neri in Albuquerque to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Santa Fe. I returned from Rome renewed in faith and enthused for this extraordinary jubilee of mercy.

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The Power of Prayer and Ritual Inside our Helplessness

By Rev. Ron Rohlheiser, OMI

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n the movie based upon Jane Austen’s classic novel, Sense and Sensibility, there’s a very poignant scene where one of her young heroines, suffering from acute pneumonia, is lying in bed hovering between life and death. A young man, very much in love with her, is pacing back and forth, highly agitated, frustrated by his helplessness to do anything of use, and literally jumping out of his skin. Unable to contain his agitation any longer, he goes to the girl’s mother and asks what he might do to be helpful. She replies that there’s nothing he can do, the situation is beyond them. Unable to live with that response her says to her: “Give me some task to do, or I shall go mad!”

We’ve all had the feeling at times when in the face of a dire situation we need to do something, but there’s nothing we can do, no magic wand we can wave to make things better.

But there is something we can do.

I recall an event in my own life several years ago: I was teaching summer school in Belgium when, late one evening, just as I was getting ready for bed, I received an email that a two friends of mine, a man and a woman recently engaged, had been involved that day in a fatal car accident. He was killed instantly and she was in serious condition in hospital. I was living by myself in a university dorm, thousands of miles from where this all happened, and thousands of miles from anyone with whom I could share this sorrow. Alone, agitated, panicked, and desperately needing to do something but being absolutely helpless to do anything, I was literally driven to my knees. Not being able to do anything else, I picked up the prayer-book that contains the Office of the Church and prayed, by myself, the Vespers prayer for the dead. When I’d finished, my sorrow hadn’t gone away, my friend was still dead, but my panic had subsided, as had my desperate need to do something (when there was nothing I could do).

My prayer that night gave me some sense that the young man who’d died that day was alright, safe somewhere in a place beyond us, and it also relieved me of the agitation and panicked pressure of needing to do something in the face of agitated helplessness. I’d done the only thing I could do, the thing that’s been

done in the face of helplessness and death since the beginning of time; I’d given myself over to prayer and to the rituals of the community and the faith of the community.

It’s these, prayer and ritual, which we have at our disposal at those times when, like the man in Sense and Sensibility, we need to do something or we will go mad. That’s not only true for heavy, sorrowful times when loved ones are sick or dying or killed in accidents and we need to do something but there’s nothing we can do. We also need ritual to help us celebrate happy times properly. What should we do when our own children are getting married?

Among other things, we need to celebrate the ritual of marriage because no wedding planner in the world can do for us what the ritual, especially the church-ritual, of marriage can do.

Weddings, just like funerals, are a prime example of where we need ritual to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves.

Sadly, today, we are a culture that for the most part is ritually tone-deaf. We don’t understand ritual and therefore mostly don’t know what to do when we need to be doing something but we don’t know what to do. That’s a fault, a painful poverty, in our understanding.

The Trappist monks who were martyred in Algeria in 1996 were first visited by the Islamic extremists who would later kidnap and kill them, on Christmas Eve, just as they were preparing to celebrate Christmas mass. After some initial threats, their eventual murderers left. The monks were badly shaken. They huddled together as a group for a time to digest what had just happened. Then, not knowing what else to do in the face of this threat and their fear, they sang the Christmas mass. In the words of their Abbott: “It’s what we had to do. It’s all we could do! It was the right thing.”

He shared too, as did a number of the other monks (in their diaries) that they found this, celebrating the ritual of mass in the face of their fear and panic, something that calmed their fear and brought some steadiness and regularity back into their lives.

There’s a lesson to be learned here, one that can bring steadiness and calm into our lives at those times when we desperately need to do something, but there’s nothing to do.

Ritual: It’s what we have to do. It’s all we can do! It’s the right thing.

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After the “G-word” Has Been Spoken

By George Weigel In the early church, witnesses to the faith who had been persecuted and tortured but not killed were known as “martyr-confessors.” It’s been one of the great privileges of my life to have known such men and women: Czech priests who spent years as slave laborers in uranium mines; Lithuanian priests and nuns condemned to Perm Camp 36 in the Gulag; a Ukrainian Greek Catholic scholar who knew the bone-chilling bite of the Siberian winter because of his fidelity to Christ and to the Bishop of Rome.

These modern martyr-confessors are part of that “great cloud of witnesses” who form a living link between the church here and now and “the assembly of the first-born who are enrolled in heaven” (Hebrews 12. 1, 23).

I treasure the memory and the friendship of these great souls. All their stories are remarkable; so was the equanimity they exhibited as I got to know them – the sense they conveyed, quite naturally, that it was a privilege to suffer for the faith. Comparative martyrology is out of place in such a company of heroes. Still, none of the martyr-confessors I have met had a story quite like that of Fr. Douglas Bazi, of the Chaldean Catholic Diocese of Erbil, whom I met three weeks ago.

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Sánchez, Martínez Miss Maria Carmen Sánchez and Theodore M. Martínez were united in holy matrimony on May 7, 1966 at San Juan Bautista Catholic Church in the Pueblo of Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico.

They were blessed with two children, Debbie and her husband Dan Martínez, and a son Theodore, (Teddy) Jr. who passed away in 1995.

They are also blessed with two grandchildren, Denise E Martínez and Dominic Theodore Martínez, and two great-grandsons, Honovi Mateo, and Noah A. Christopher Johnson, Denises’s

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Both Carmen and Ted are involved in their church’s parish ministry, as extraordinary Eucharistic ministers and in the Living Water Choir Group, and hospitality.

Theodore worked at and retired from the Los Alamos National Laboratory after 25 years

of service.

Carmen worked many years in the hospitality field. Ted is also a Knights of Columbus member.

We give special love and thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ for their love and commitment to our family.

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Renowned Author/Speaker to Share Components of a Spiritual Self & Happy Marriage at Free Event April 22

By Erica Asmus-Otero Marriage Encounter Have you ever wondered how your “spiritual health” might affect your marriage? According to nationally recognized author, speaker, and psychologist, Dr. Richard Johnson, each of us is endowed with unique spiritual strengths, but we are also prone to weaknesses (“shadows or compulsions”) that can bring tension and even turmoil into our marriage.

“A successful marriage requires skill and effort on three levels – the individual level, the couple level and the spiritual level,” said Dr. Johnson. “It is only when marriage partners work toward a more fulfilling ‘couple relationship’ that they reach both individual and spiritual fulfillment.”

Dr. Johnson, creator of the Spiritual Strengths Finder and author of more than 40 books, including Loving for a Lifetime, will share the six essential components for a happy, healthy and faith-centered marriage at a special speaking engagement in Albuquerque on April 22 at 7 pm. The event titled, "Loving for a Lifetime: Unveiling the Mysteries of a Healthy, Happy and Holy Christ-Centered Marriage" is free and open to everyone including engaged and married couples, divorced and single Christians.

As part of the event, Dr. Johnson will let attendees take his Spiritual Strengths Finder for free (normally $29.95), which is a barometer for spiritual heath. The results help couples align the goodness that God has placed in their individual personalities to bring new purpose and beauty into their marriage.

The six essential components that Dr. Johnson will cover include: togetherness, respect, communication, intimacy (sharing), trust, and commitment.

"Loving for a Lifetime" will be held at 7 p.m. on April 22 at the Catholic Center, located at 4000 St. Joseph Plaza NW in Albuquerque.

Light refreshments will be available. Please RSVP to ensure your seat for the event or for more information contact the Family Life Office at 505.831.8117.

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Catholic Charities Refugee Youth Mentoring Program Would you like to volunteer with Catholic Charities to help the refugee populations that we serve? Are you good with children? Would you like to make a huge difference in a refugee child’s life? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you might be just the type of volunteer we are looking for to help us with our new mentoring program.

We are looking for volunteers willing to commit to meeting with a child for two hours a week for one year.

We envision these meetings initially to begin with work on English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction and moving on from there into a combination of ESL/ homework help to fun activities done together. Any activities that can help increase their language skills and help them to acclimate to NM. We will provide training and support throughout the year.

If you are interested, please contact Danielle Hernandez, Refugee Youth Mentoring Program Coordinator, at 505.724.4609 or hernandezd@ccasfnm. org

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CCHD Seeks Nominations of Catholic Young Adult Leaders Fighting the Causes of Poverty Do you know a faithful Catholic between the ages 18-40 who is actively engaged in work on the local or national level to break the cycle of poverty in the United States? Nominate him or her for the 2016 Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award.

Get more info here: http://www.usccb.org/about/catholic-campaign-for-human-development/cardinal-bernardin-new-leadership-award.cfm or email Genevieve Mougey, gmougey@ usccb.org with questions. Nomination Deadline: July 31, 2016.

African American Catholic Community 24th Anniversary Mass and Scholarship Awards on April 24 Join the AACC for their 24th Anniversary Mass and presentation of the AACC Fr. Rollins Lambert Scholarships for the 2016-17 school year! Mass is April 24, 12 noon at St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Catholic Church, 5901 St. Joseph’s Dr. NW, Albuquerque. Contact Brenda Dabney, (505) 375-0153 or the office (see box) for more info.

Apartment organizers needed at Catholic Charities

This Earth Day, Take the St. Francis Pledge

You can directly help recently resettled refugees and homeless families entering our Center for SelfSufficiency and Housing Assistance by volunteering in our In-Kind Donation Center. Catholic Charities is in need of adult volunteers to help sort, organize, and create boxes of household items needed by the families we serve. We ask for a two-hour commitment just once a week. Current available times are Wednesday and Thursday mornings, from 9:30 to 11:30 am. For more information and to organize a tour, please contact Kathy Freeze at 505.724.4694 or at freezek@ccasfnm.org

After Pope Francis issued Laudato Si, his ground breaking Encyclical on Climate Change, Catholics across the country are taking the St. Francis Pledge to Care for Creation and the Poor and joining the Catholic Climate Covenant. The St. Francis Pledge is a promise and a commitment by Catholic individuals, families, parishes, organizations and institutions to live our faith by protecting God’s Creation and advocating on behalf of people in poverty who face the harshest impacts of global climate change. To join the Covenant, you commit to act on each of the five elements of the St. Francis Pledge. Find resources to promote the St. Francis Pledge http://catholicclimatecovenant.org/resources/

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ment of Penance, the Sacrament of Divine Mercy to his Church, and entrusts it to his Apostles, their successors and the priests of the Church. To all “who have ears to hear,” John 20:19-31 speaks volumes.

The first thing we notice is that Jesus comes with the greeting that Penance brings, “Peace!” Then, he sends them as the Father sent him. Next, he breathes on them, and says, “Receive the Holy Spirit, whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven, whose sins you retain, they are retained.” Penance is the first gift of the risen, glorified Lord to his Church. The power to forgive sins is given to men that all the people of God may drink deeply at the fountain of Divine Mercy.

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The St. Francis Pledge I/We Pledge to: • PRAY and reflect on the duty to care for God’s Creation and protect the poor and vulnerable.

• LEARN about and educate others on the causes and moral dimensions of climate change.

• ASSESS how we-as individuals and in our families, parishes and other affiliations-contribute to climate change by our own energy use, consumption, waste, etc.

• ACT to change our choices and behaviors to reduce the ways we contribute to climate change.

• ADVOCATE for Catholic principles and priorities in climate change discussions and decisions, especially as they impact those who are poor and vulnerable.

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Archdiocese of Santa Fe Office of Pastoral Outreach Catholic Deaf Circle Retreat April 15th & 16th, 2016 Sacred Heart Parish Father James Moore Parish Hall 309 Stover Ave SW, Albuquerque NM 87102

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ARCHBISHOP'S HOLY FAITH SOCIETY "Abide in Christ"

The Archbishop’s Holy Faith Society is comprised of men and women whose example of financial stewardship to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe stands as witness to the holy Catholic faith, living and vibrant, in our Archdiocesan community.

Society members make substantial financial gifts to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe each year for the benefit of Archdiocesan needs, as determined

by Archbishop John C. Wester. These financial gifts include Annual Catholic Appeal donations, Year-End Giving donations, personal/family donations, and other Archdiocesan (not parish or school) donations to campaigns that Archbishop Wester may establish.

In addition to the spiritual benefits of practicing Christian Stewardship as a way of life, members of the Archbishop’s Holy Faith Society receive these unique recognition benefits: ARCHBISHOP’S SPONSORS Those donating at the $1,200 to $1,999 level each year will be: • Included in the Prayer Intention Book of Holy Faith Society Members placed in Archbishop’s Chapel • Invited to Annual Holy Faith Society Mass with Archbishop Wester ARCHBISHOP’S PARTNERS Those donating at the $2,000 to $3,499 level each year will be: • Receiving all of the above Sponsor benefits • Invited to private guided tour of St. Francis Cathedral Basilica • Invited to the Annual Holy Faith Society Gathering, hosted by Archbishop Wester ARCHBISHOP’S GUILD Those donating at the $3,500 to $4,999 level each year will be: • Receiving all of the above Sponsor and Partner benefits • Invited to Annual Chrism Mass (during Lent) at Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi (2 reserved seats) ARCHBISHOP’S AMBASSADORS Those donating at the $5,000+ level each year will be: • Receiving all of the above Archbishop’s Guild, Partner, and Sponsor benefits • Invited to Archbishop’s Ambassadors “Abide in Christ” Private Dinner, hosted by Archbishop Wester • Receive special recognition in the People of God newspaper For more information or to donate, contact Dr. Dolly Sokol, Office of Development, dsokol@archdiosf.org 505-831-8141.

Key Note: Father Tom Coyte Theme: Year of Mercy Father Tom Coyte is a priest of the Archdiocese of Denver. As pastor of St. Bernadette Catholic parish he is pastor to the Colorado Catholic Deaf community.

Fr. Tom has been working with the deaf since his seminary days now for 45 years. He has given retreats throughout the country, been a spiritual director for Cursillo, Marriage Encounter and TEC weekends with deaf persons. Fr. Tom has served on the Board of the National Catholic Office for the Deaf and has been an instructor in the Ministry Formation Program.

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Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City and

Mass at the Chapel of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

(Nuestra Señora Del Carmen) in the City of Playa Del Carmen on the coast of the Caribbean Ocean.

You will also visit the Colonial Cities of

Queretaro, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato and Zacatecas from April 12 - April 23, 2016

The cost of the pilgrimage is $2495.00 per person for double occupancy. Single occupancy is $2795.00. It includes round trip airfare from Albuquerque to Mexico City, 11 nights hotel accommodations with daily breakfast and dinner, daily Mass, luggage handling in/out hotels, deluxe motor coach transportation and entrance fees to places on the itinerary, round trip air from Mexico City to Playa Del Carmen in the Mexican State of Quintana Roo. One day excursion to the Island of Cozumel and more. English speaking guides and escort. Call us at 505.994.9188 for a brochure.

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C o n t ra c e p tives include drugs and devices like condoms, the Pill, and spermicides. It might come as a surprise to some to learn that the Catholic Church does not always oppose the “use of contraceptives.” A couple of trivial examples can help explain this point. The church would not oppose the use of a contraceptive spermicidal gel to lubricate the axle of a bicycle tire to improve its rotation, nor would it specifically oppose the use of inflated condoms as party balloons. The particular context is important. More serious examples of acceptable contexts and uses for contraceptives would include using the Pill medically to treat serious gynecological problems, or using the Pill to block the release of an egg from a woman’s ovary in a situation of rape to protect her from becoming pregnant from the attack.

Contrary to popular confusion, as we can see, the church does not always oppose the “use of contraceptives.”

What the church does always oppose, however, are acts of contraception. An act of contraception is a very particular type of disordered human action that involves the decision freely to engage

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in marital intercourse, while pursuing countermeasures in anticipation of, contemporaneously with, or after the completion of the sexual act, to try intentionally to block it from achieving its proper finality, namely, the engendering of new human life. These countermeasures can include, to borrow the words of Pope Paul VI, “any action which either before, at the moment of, or after sexual intercourse, is specifically intended to prevent procreation—whether as an end or as a means” (Humanae Vitae, n. 14).

Pope Francis, in a recent interview, pointed out that Pope Paul VI, in a difficult situation in Africa, “permitted nuns to use contraceptives in cases of rape.” This use of contraceptives by a group of nuns occurred during an exceptional wartime situation in the Belgian Congo. Although no document has ever been found in the Vatican indicating that permission was actually given by the pope, these women were given the Pill by their physicians because they appeared to be in imminent danger of sexual assault during the uprisings of 1960. The Pill was provided to prevent their ovaries from releasing an egg, so that if they were raped during the chaos, the attacker’s sperm would not be able to fertilize any of their eggs, and a pregnancy would not occur. This “use of contraceptives” would clearly not be an act of contraception, because there would be no consensual sexual act, but

only an act of violence and brutality forcibly directed against the women. Hence, this use of contraceptives constituted, in its essence, an act of self-defense, not an act of contraception. A rapist, of course, has absolutely no right to forced sexual intimacy with his victim, nor does he have any right to bring about her impregnation, and the woman has absolutely no moral duty to make her eggs available to an attacker’s sperm.

Hence the use of contraceptives in an emergency situation like this would be morally permissible precisely because it would not constitute, morally speaking, an act of contraception, but would rather represent a defensive and self-protective maneuver in a situation of grave and imminent danger.

The use of contraceptives can be morally acceptable in other contexts as well, again, because such uses do not constitute acts of contraception. For example, when a woman has severe menstrual bleeding, or pain from ovarian cysts, the hormonal regimen contained in the Pill may sometimes provide a directly therapeutic medical treatment for the bleeding or the pain. This use of contraceptives is an act of medical therapy to address a pathological situation, not an act of contraception. The secondary effect from the treatment, namely, marital Continued on page 28

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By Deacon Tom Baca, St. Therese/Shrine of the Little Flower, Albuquerque

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e awe at magnificent sunrises.

We cherish crisp spring mornings, fragrant purple jonquils swaying in breezes, effervescent dew trickling tickling velvet-like petals.

We sense vibrancy in buzzing bees and fluttering humming birds – indescribably magnificent things. But equally glorious are sunsets that are looked upon with a certain hope of a coming tomorrow.

However, sunsets, though beautiful, remind us of the “end of things.” Dusk reminds us of the inevitability of our lives’ own sunsets. Our repetitive circularlike existence finally ends. No more sunrises. We live “from the rising of the sun to its setting” (Psalm 113:3) in a solar system of predictability, of rotations and revolutions, of the law of entropy.

The death of things is a calculation of the second law of thermodynamics.

Civilizations have called this wheel of time the circle of life.

But, what if life is not really a closed circle, but rather more like an open spiral? What if life is really a dynamic upward movement, more akin to that of a spiral or a double helix? What if this

Jacob’s ladder (Gen 28:10-17) is meant to take us into an existence with eternal sunrises, but, as beautiful as they are, no sunsets?

Before Jesus’ incarnation, human life could be compared to a bird-of-paradise within the yoke of an egg. Wet and dripping, it breaks out the yoke. Like so, Jesus cracks the rock-shell tomb of time and space. He bursts forth in “resurrection wetness,” to allow upward passage to a dwelling place (John 14:2) of non-time. Eternity! Jesus keeps His human form, and yet, while transfigured and translucent, He is not a wispy airy ghost. He retains all of his broad muscularity, even bearing the now eternal wounds on His glorified body.

His sunset on Calvary is the last sunset.

His rising is the eternal freedom-sunrise for those who believe and hope in Him. (John 8:32) Follow His life. Jesus is baptized in the Jordan; He changes water into wine. His cup of wine turns bitter. Before He drinks

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the bitter wine of death, Jesus gives us Himself in the bloodless sacrifice of the Mass like ancient Melchizedek. (Heb 7:1) Jesus transforms bread into His flesh, and wine to His blood. The lentils of our Passover souls are sprinkled with it, saving us from the false power of death, and for eternal life. St. Paul boldly writes, “Death, where is your victory? Where is your sting?” (1 Cor. 15:15) From this, we spiral upwards – ultimately, to our own bodily resurrection.

Eternal morning began when Jesus defied Roman strength, pharisaic jealousy, and fear of pain and death. He rose. There begins our pilgrimage to a land of eternal sunrises; a land where God “will wipe every tear,” where the “old order of things will have passed away. (Rev 21:4) For those drenched in Baptism, Easter is not a season; it is truth -- eternal moment. We, dripping with “resurrection wetness,” look upwards -and break for freedom. (Mark 1:8) (John 3:5)

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infertility, is only tolerated, and should not be willed, desired, or intended in any way by the couple. It is worth noting that it would not be acceptable to make use of contraceptives like the Pill for these medical cases if other pharmacological agents or treatments were available which would offer the same therapeutic benefits and effects without impeding fertility.

In sum, while the church has always taught that marital acts of contraception

are morally wrong, the use of contraceptives can sometimes be acceptable within certain other contexts outside of consensual conjugal acts. Janet Smith has succinctly summarized the issue this way: “The church teaches that acts of contraception are always against the plan of God for human sexuality, since God intended that each and every act of spousal intercourse express both the intention to make a complete, unitive gift of one’s self to one’s spouse and the

willingness to be a parent with one’s spouse. These meanings of the spousal act are, as Humanae Vitae stated, inseparable.”

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

ers do” – they can’t indulge in revenge killings because their faith forbids them to do so.

Fr. Bazi was in Washington to bear witness for his people in the U.S. House of Representatives, which, a few hours after we spoke, voted unanimously to declare that what ISIS is doing to Christians in Iraq is “genocide.” Three days after that, Secretary of State John Kerry met a congressionally mandated deadline by actually using the “G-word” – “genocide” – to describe ISIS’s assault on Christians, Yazidis, and Shiites in the areas of Iraq and Syria under its control. The new thing, and the welcome thing, in Secretary Kerry’s statement was the mention

of Christians as targets of genocide.

That statement would not have happened without the relentless, persistent work of human rights campaigner Nina Shea, who has lobbied for redress for persecuted Christians in the Middle East with a tenacity that deserves the highest respect. It wouldn’t have happened without the leadership of Congressman Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska, who introduced the House resolution that passed on March 14 while Fr. Bazi looked on from the House gallery. And the Kerry statement wouldn’t have happened without the prod of a report, “Genocide against Christians in the Middle East,” prepared by the Knights of Columbus and the organization “In Defense of Christians:” a remarkably detailed account of anti-Christian persecution, destruction, and slaughter that was addressed to the Secretary of State and contained a legal brief arguing that the “G-word” should be invoked and the matter referred to the Criminal Division of the Justice Department and the Security Council of the United Nations.

Fr. Bazi was aware that merely saying the “G-word” would change nothing on the ground for his people.

But he welcomed the congressional resolution and the administration’s action because it called this ongoing atrocity by its proper name and would thus give his people hope that someone knew, and someone cared. That caring, I suggest, should now extend to helping Chaldean Catholics rebuild their communities in the West.

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with a hammer. And that was before ISIS turned large parts of Iraq into a killing zone in which Christian lives were automatically forfeit. Today, Fr. Bazi lives with his exiled people in the Kurdish Autonomous Region of crumbling Iraq. The ISIS assault on his people, he told me, was but the latest of eight different assaults on Chaldean Catholics over the last century, which have reduced what was once a population of three million to about 180,000.

In the brutal politics of a region where the withdrawal of American power has led to seven demons worse than the first, Chaldean Catholics are especially at risk because, as Fr. Bazi put it, they “can’t play the game the way the oth-

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Catholic Leaders Reflect on Life of EWTN Founder Mother Angelica

Fr. James H. Flanagan, SOLT the founding father of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) passed away at the age of 91, today on Holy Thursday, March 24, 2016 in Bosque.

Fr. Flanagan, SOLT was ordained on January 10, 1952 for the Diocese of Boston. After his ordination Fr. Flanagan sought permission to begin the work of the Society of Our Lady. At the time he was advised to wait five years to see if the inspiration for this new community was really from God. At the end of the fifth year, he met with Cardinal Cushing and was released from the Archdiocese of Boston so that he could begin his new work. Archbishop Edwin V. Byrne of Santa Fe, invited Fr. Flanagan to come to his archdiocese to begin this work. On July 16, 1958, the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity was officially established by Archbishop Byrne as a Pious Union.

Currently SOLT has missions in 12 countries. Fr. Flanagan served at the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Holman.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Father James H. Flanagan, SOLT, and for his family and friends.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Mother Angelica “reflected the Gospel commission to go forth and make disciples of all nations” said Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. bishops’ conference. “Like the best evangelists, she used the communications tools of her time to make this happen. She displayed a unique capacity for mission and showed the world once again the vital contribution of women religious.” Archbishop Kurtz was one of several Catholic leaders who took note of the March 27 death of Mother Angelica, a Poor Clare of Perpetual Adoration, who founded the Eternal Word Television Network. Virtually all of them, at one time or another, had appeared on EWTN. “Her work, begun in the cloister, reached across the globe,” Archbishop Kurtz said in a March 28 statement. “She was a convincing sign as to how even the humblest of beginnings can yield abundant fruit.” Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia, who served on the EWTN board of directors for many years, called Mother Angelica “a woman of extraordinary faith, intelligence, energy and determination.” He added he “saw firsthand the tremendously positive impact her work for Jesus Christ had on many millions of people.”

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AROUND THE ARCHDIOCESE April Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month

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Promise to Protect, Pledge to Heal

By Annette M. Klimka, LMSW, Victim Assistance and Safe Environment Coordinator

2016 Abuse Awareness Training for Adults: Creating a Safe Environment for Our Children (formerly known as the Sexual Abuse Misconduct Prevention Workshop) Rev. 03/03/2016

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 April 9, 2016 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Saturday April 9, 2016 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.

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April 16, 2016 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Saturday May 14, 2016 9:00 a.m. – Noon Saturday June 16, 2016 6:00 – 9:00 pm Thursday July 16, 2016 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Saturday July 23, 2016 9:00 a.m. – Noon Saturday August 18, 2016 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Thursday August 25, 2016 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Thursday September 17, 2016 9:00 a.m. – Noon Saturday October 13, 2016 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

Thursday November 5, 2016 9:00 a.m. – Noon Saturday December 1, 2016 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

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San Jose 1081 Iglesia Rd, Anton Chico, 87711 Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe del Valle de Pojoaque 9 Grazing Elk Dr., Pojoaque, 87506 Santa Maria de la Paz 11 College Ave, Santa Fe, 87507 Catholic Center 4000 St. Joseph Pl. NW, Alb., 87120 Catholic Center 4000 St. Joseph Pl. NW, Alb., 87120 St. Patrick/St. Joseph 105 Buena Vista, Raton, 87740 Catholic Center 4000 St. Joseph Pl. NW Alb., 87120 Catholic Center 4000 St. Joseph Pl. NW Alb., 87120 Our Lady of Belen 101 –A North 10th St., Belen, 87002 Catholic Center 4000 St. Joseph Pl. NW Alb., 87120 Catholic Center 4000 St. Joseph Pl. NW Alb., 87120 Catholic Center 4000 St. Joseph Pl. NW Alb., 87120 Catholic Center 4000 St. Joseph Pl. NW Alb., 87120

Archbishop John C. Wester, along with bishops from across the country, has acknowledged a sad reality of modern life: protecting children from sexual predators cannot be taken for granted. The award-winning movie Spotlight emphasizes how the Catholic church did not protect children from sexual predators. Today, we remain vigilant in our efforts to do all we can to protect children.

As stated in the preamble of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, “…the Church in the United States has experienced a crisis without precedent in our times. The sexual abuse of children and young people by some deacons, priests, and bishops, and the ways in which these crimes and sins were addressed, have caused enormous pain, anger, and confusion.” The Archdiocese of Santa Fe will continue to care for victims of sexual abuse and their families. The damage caused by sexual abuse of minors is devastating and long-lasting.

One of the many programs that was a result of the 2002 Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People was the Children and Youth Protection classes. These classes are age appropriate and ongoing. The programs are designed to empower children to say “no” to those who would take advantage of them. These classes are a helping tool for parents who teach their children on a regular basis about dangers, lures, and protecting themselves. All of the programs are appropriate for grades ranging from pre-K through high school. For the younger children, the education focuses on suitable physical touching. The program also lets children know that most of the time people are good, and do not want to harm them. For the middle school children, the program is about encouraging children to come forward if they have questions about the kind of touches that make them feel uncomfortable, and different types of dangers and lures around their age group they need to watch for. For the teenagers, there is an emphasis on internet safety along with how to protect themselves at their age level. Children and youth need to be taught skills for their own safety and protection, and to get the message that any kind of abuse will not be tolerated, and above all, is not their fault.

Building safety barriers around children is an effective wall of protection from harm. We, as members of the church, should celebrate in what we have achieved even as we are mindful that is not an accomplishment that leads to a lessening of our efforts. Our efforts will always continue and grow.

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“Remember, then, that you received a spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear. Keep safe what you received.

God the Father sealed you, Christ the Lord strengthened you and sent the Spirit into your hearts as the pledge of what is to come.”

— St. Ambrose We invite you to keep our confirmandi in prayer.

2016 Confirmation Schedule Celebrant

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Bishop Emeritus Arthur Tafoya Mon April 4 6:00 p.m.

Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan Mon April 4 7:00 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Mon April 4 7:00 p.m.

Archbishop Emeritus John C. Wester Tue April 5 7:00 pm.

Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan Tue April 5 7:00 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Tue April 5 7:00 p.m.

Monsignor Lambert Joseph Luna Wed April 6 6:00 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Wed April 6 6:30 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Thu April 7 6:00 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Thu April 7 6:30 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Fri April 8 6:00 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Fri April 8 6:30 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Sat April 9 10:00 a.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Sat April 9 10:00 a.m.

Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan Sat April 9 2:00 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Sat April 9 4:30 p.m.

Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan Sun April 10 11:30 p.m.

Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan Mon April 11 6:30 p.m.

Bishop Emeritus Arthur Tafoya Mon April 11 6:30 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Tue April 12 6:00 p.m.

Parish

Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church of the Incarnation Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of the Annunciation St. Thomas Aquinas San Ysidro Shrine of the Little Flower-St.Therese St. Francis Xavier St. Patrick-St. Joseph joined by Immaculate Conception, Cimarron and St. Joseph, Springer Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe joined by Sacred Heart, Española San Fransico de Asis joined by San Antonio de Padua, Peñasco Immaculate Conception Our Lady of Sorrows Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe joined by La Santisima Trinidad, Arroyo Seco St. Anthony, Questa San Juan Nepomuceno joined by St. Thomas Apostle, Abiqui St. Gertrude the Great Immaculate Heart of Mary Church of the Ascension joined by St. Edwin, Albuquerque, and St. Augustine, Isleta Pueblo Holy Ghost St. Jude Thaddeus

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Las Vegas Las Vegas Taos

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El Rito

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Celebrant

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Bishop Emeritus Arthur Tafoya Tue April 12 7:00 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Tue April 12 7:00 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Wed April 13 6:00 p.m.

Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan Wed April 13 6:30 p.m.

Monsignor Lambert Joseph Luna Wed April 13 6:30 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Thu April 13 6:30 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Fri April 15 6:00 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Fri April 15 7:00 p.m.

Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan Fri April 15 7:00 p.m.

Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan Sun April 17 10:30 a.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Tue April 19 6:00 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Tue April 19 6:00 p.m.

Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan Tue April 19 7:00 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Wed April 20 6:00 p.m.

Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan Wed April 20 7:00 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Wed April 20 7:00 p.m.

Bishop Emeritus Arthur Tafoya Thu April 21 6:00 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Thu April 21 6:30 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Fri April 22 6:00 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Fri April 22 7:00 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Sat April 23 10:00 a.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Sat April 23 5:30 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Sun April 24 10:00 a.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Sun April 24 5:30 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Sun April 24 9:00 a.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Tue April 26 6:00 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Wed April 27 6:00 p.m.

Monsignor Lambert Joseph Luna Wed April 27 6:30 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Wed April 27 7:00 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Sat April 30 5:00 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Sun May 1 5:30 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Tue May 3 6:30 p.m.

Bishop Emeritus Arthur Tafoya Tue May 3 6:30 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Tue May 3 7:00 p.m.

Bishop Emeritus Arthur Tafoya Wed May 4 7:00 p.m.

Monsignor Lambert Joseph Luna Wed May 4 7:00 p.m.

Monsignor Lambert Joseph Luna Fri May 6 6:00 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Fri May 6 7:00 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Tue May 10 6:30 p.m.

Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan Tue May 10 7:00 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Tue May 10 7:00 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Wed May 11 6:30 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Wed May 11 7:00 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Thu May 12 7:00 p.m.

Very Rev. John Daniel Fri May 13 7:00 p.m.

Archbishop John C. Wester Sun May 15 12:00 Noon

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St. Thomas Aquinas Rio Rancho Sacred Heart Albuquerque Santuario de San Martin de Porres Albuquerque Saint John XXIII Catholic Community Albuquerque Holy Cross Santa Cruz joined by Holy Family, Chimayo Immaculate Conception Albuquerque St. Charles Borromeo Albuquerque joined by St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish, Albuquerque San Felipe de Neri Albuquerque Shrine of St. Bernadette Albuquerque Our Lady of Sorrows La JoyaSW Our Lady of Sorrows Bernalillo St. Jude Thaddeus Albuquerque Prince of Peace Catholic Community Albuquerque St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Albuquerque Our Lady of Guadalupe Peralta Our Lady of the Assumption Albuquerque Queen of Heaven Albuquerque St. Anne Tucumcari Our Lady of Guadalupe Clovis Holy Family Albuquerque St. Helen Portales Sacred Heart Clovis St. Rose of Lima Santa Rosa St. Mary Vaughn joined by St. Anthony of Padua, Fort Sumner San Miguel del Vado Ribera St. Anne Santa Fe St. John the Baptist Santa Fe St. Anthony of Padua Pecos San Jose Albuquerque St. Anthony Mission Church Sandia Pueblo joined by San Diego Mission, Jemez Pueblo Santa Maria de La Paz Santa Fe Holy Child Tijeras Our Lady of Guadalupe Albuquerque Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Albuquerque San Jose Albuquerque San Miguel Socorro Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Albuquerque (at St. Joseph on the Rio Grande) Our Lady of Belen Belen joined by Immaculate Conception, Tome Risen Savior Catholic Community Albuquerque St. Francis Xavier Albuquerque San Clemente Los Lunas San Isidro Santa Fe St. Anne Albuquerque San Juan Bautista Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo San Jose Los Ojos joined by St. Patrick, Chama and Santo Ni単o, Tierra Amarrilla Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi Santa Fe joined by Cristo Rey, Santa Fe

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By Leslie M. Radigan, Office of Communications/Media

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ocial media. You hear the phrase every day, but what IS it? If you think it doesn’t sound very social because everyone always has their head buried in some electronic device, you’re not the only one. “Social”, in that you are interacting with people from all over the world and “media” serving as an internet-based tool to deliver communication. Over the next few months, People of God will begin to help you navigate and understand this social media age we are in. We’ll teach you not only about the different social media tools the Archdiocese of Santa Fe are using, but we’ll also help you to understand the difference between the @ sign and the hashtag # in the Twitter world. We won’t get into all of it now, because for the newbies out there, it can be quite daunting!

In his message on the 48th World Communications Day, Pope Francis said, “The internet, in particular, offers immense possibilities for encounter and solidarity. This is something truly good, a gift from God.” Pope Francis can be followed and liked on these platforms: Facebook (News.va English/News.va Español), Twitter (@Pontifex), Instagram (Franciscus), and Pinterest. Social media is truly a tool which enables us to further our evangelization to include those who typically do not attend Mass regularly, or have no catechesis in their life.

“Oh no, I don’t do Facebook!” or “Twitter? No way!” are phrases we hear quite a lot in our office when we are trying to spread the Good News. This is a common misconception of these wonderful tools. The tools the archdiocese uses are Facebook (Archdiocese of Santa Fe Official), Twitter (@ASFOfficial), Instagram (ASFOfficial), and Pinterest (Archdiocese of Santa Fe).

Let’s get started with Facebook. As of this writing, the archdiocese has close to 2,000 likes. “Likes” are very important in the Facebook universe.

The more people like your page, the larger the audience you post will reach. A post is something you write in Facebook. For example, the archdiocese posts the Daily Gospel. The more people who like the post, the more it spreads. If Susie likes our post, it will show up on her wall (a wall is the main page of your Facebook page that shows all your activity) and now all Susie’s friends will see it. From there, Susie’s friend Lisa in Ontario will see it and may like it as well. This is how your posts quickly spread. The archdiocesan Facebook

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page is where we post breaking news in the archdiocese and in our global church, as well as a lot of other content like the Confirmation schedule, posts from Pope Francis (yup, he’s on all the social media platforms, too!), information from Catholic News Service, USCCB and other Catholic entities. If you ever want to find out what is going on in the archdiocese, Facebook and our website (www.archdiosf.org) are the first places to look. So if you’re not on Facebook, you really are missing out.

Another common misconception is you have to post and be active. Buzzer! Just because you’re on Facebook, that doesn’t mean you have to actively post anything. Not. One. Thing. You can simply create an account, like us on Facebook, and you will be in the know! You will receive a notification when we post something and you can choose to like that particular post, or just like it in your heart. You are the driver.

Worried about privacy? Yes, we all should be. However, the folks at Facebook have implemented some wonderful privacy features that can make your account (your profile) completely private. If you have difficulty navigating the security features, ask any five-year old to help you…kidding, not kidding!

I think that’s about enough for us to digest for now. Please stay tuned for more about the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and social media. Don’t forget to like us!

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