April 2014 People of God by Archdiocese of Santa Fe

April 2014 • Volume 32 • Number 4 • www.archdiosf.org

Serving The Multicultural People of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe

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Archbishop Meets Pope Francis............................................ 2 Archbishop’s Letter: Retirement?......................................... 3 It’s Here! The ASF App!......................................................... 5 2014 Ordinations................................................................... 6 Living the Eucharist............................................................... 9 Celebrating Over 600 Years of Teaching............................. 13 Canonization of Pope John XXIII & Pope John Paul II........ 14 For Your Marriage................................................................ 20 St. There’s Stations of the Cross......................................... 28

Vatican, Rome Gear Up for Canonizations of John XXIII, John Paul II April 27, 2014, Divine Mercy Sunday VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Just over five weeks before the canonizations of Blesseds John XXIII and John Paul II, Rome hotels are reporting they are almost fully booked and the Vatican has confirmed the Mass will take place in St. Peter’s Square, despite knowing that hundreds of thousands of people will have to watch the ceremony on large video screens. Pope Francis had announced in late September that he would proclaim the two popes saints in a single ceremony April 27, Divine Mercy Sunday. Less

than two weeks after the date was announced, the Prefecture of the Papal Household issued an advisory that access to St. Peter’s Square would be first-come, first-served and warned pilgrims that unscrupulous tour operators already were trying to sell fake tickets to the Mass. With perhaps more than 1 million people expected to try to attend the liturgy, rumors abounded that the Vatican would move the ceremony to a wide-open space on the outskirts of town. But the Vatican confirmed Feb. 27 that

the Mass would be held in St. Peter’s Square, just outside the basilica where the mortal remains of the two rest. Blessed John Paul, known as a globetrotter who made 104 trips outside Italy, served as pope from 1978 to 2005 and was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI on Divine Mercy Sunday, May 1, 2011. Blessed John XXIII, known particularly for convoking the Second Vatican Council, was pope from 1958 to 1963; Pope John Paul beatified him in 2000. See Pages 14-15 Key Events

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Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan Meets Pope Francis

On Wednesday, March 26, 2014 Most Rev. Michael J. Sheehan, Archbishop of Santa Fe, met with Pope Francis for the first time during a business trip to Rome, Italy. Conversing in Italian with him, Archbishop said, “Holy Father, you and I have never met. This is the first time, but I just want to tell you something.” Pope Francis said, “What? What?” Archbishop Sheehan replied, “You’re doing a tremendous ministry as successor of St. Peter. You’re bringing such hope and joy to the people by your words, your life and your lifestyle. You’re doing a great job as

Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions FOR APRIL 2014 Universal: That governments may foster the protection of creation and the just distribution of natural resources. For Evangelization: That the Risen Lord may fill with hope the hearts of those who are being tested by pain and sickness.

pope!” The above photo was taken at this time when the Holy Father smiled and patted Archbishop Sheehan on the hand. Archbishop Sheehan had another brief encounter with the Holy Father the next day after he concelebrated Mass with the pope and about 15 other visiting bishops at the pope’s Vatican residence when he presented a gift of a unique rosary handcrafted by Roberto Lavadie, a Taos artist. The rosary was made from special clay distinct to the Pueblo of Ohkay Owingeh located near Española, NM. Once again,

Archbishop Sheehan extended his deep gratitude to Pope Francis. The business trip to Rome was planned a year in advance as part of Archbishop Sheehan’s regular ministry to his seminarians and to conduct archdiocesan business. He met with archdiocesan seminarians and Rev. Oscar Coehlo, archdiocesan priest who is studying Canon Law. Traveling with Archbishop Sheehan was Rev. Larry Brito, pastor of San Juan Bautista, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, NM. (Photo courtesy of Fotografia Felici)

Pope to Young: Be Honest, Discover What You Hold Dear To Your Heart

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis told a group of young people to be honest with themselves and others and figure out what they hold dear: money and pride or the desire to do good. He also told them he has made plenty of mistakes in life, being guilty of being too bossy and stubborn. “They say mankind is the only animal that falls in the same well twice,” he said. While mistakes are the “great teachers” in life, “I think there are some I haven’t learned because I’m hardheaded,” he said, rapping his knuckles on his wooden desk and laughing. “It’s not easy learning, but I learned from many mistakes, and this has done me good.” The pope spoke to six young students and reporters from Belgium, who

were accompanied by Bishop Lucas Van Looy of Ghent. They video-recorded the interview in the papal study of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace March 31 and aired an edited version on Belgian TV April 3. The young Belgians, including the cameraman, asked their questions in English, and the pope answered in Italian. The Vatican released a written transcript of the full interview April 5. When asked why the pope agreed to do the interview with them, the pope said because he sensed they had a feeling of “apprehension” or unease about life and “I think it is my duty to serve young people,” to listen to and help guide their anxiety, which is “like a seed that grows and in time bears fruit.”

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IN THE RISEN LORD Retirement? Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan

There has been a great deal of discussion about my retirement plans. It first began with the Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA) message that I taped this year in which I said that I would be sending my letter of resignation as required by Canon Law to the Pope on July 9, my 75th birthday. I noted that it would take perhaps a year for Pope Francis to send a new archbishop. In meantime, I will be the Archbishop of Santa Fe. The Albuquerque Journal has covered this issue with great interest. There was also an editorial thanking me for the work that I have done for the Catholic Church. The New Mexico State Senate also unanimously adopted a Memorial of Commendation for my work with the church and in the broader community. I am grateful

that God has used me for His people and His Glory. Many people have wished me well in my retirement as if I would be gone next week! Again, it will be a while before the new archbishop comes or is even appointed. After Pope Francis appoints the new archbishop, I will continue to live in Albuquerque which has become my home. I want to be available to help in parish ministry when a priest needs assistance. We have priests who become ill or who need to go on vacation and I will be able to cover for them as my schedule allows. I became a priest to be a parish priest but I’ve had many other assignments that have put me in administrative roles and have kind of “deprived me” of the opportunity to

¿Jubilación? Arzobispo Michael J. Sheehan

Últimamente ha habido mucha discusión acerca de mis planes de jubilación. Todo comenzó con el mensaje de la Campaña Anual Católica (ACA) que grabé este año, en el que dije que el día de mi cumpleaños número 75, el 9 de julio de este año, tal como lo requiere la Ley Canónica, estaré enviando mi carta de renuncia al Papa. Mencioné que posiblemente tomaría un año después de ello para que el Papa Francisco asignara un nuevo Arzobispo. Mientras ese tiempo llega, yo seguiré siendo el Arzobispo de Santa Fe. El periódico Albuquerque Journal ha cubierto este asunto con gran interés. Se publicó también un editorial dándome las gracias por la labor que he llevado a cabo por la Iglesia Católica. El Senado de Nuevo México también aprobó por unanimidad una ceremonia para felicitarme por mi trabajo con la Iglesia y la comunidad. Estoy muy agradecido de que Dios me ha utilizado para su pueblo y su gloria. Muchas personas me han deseado

el bien en mi jubilación, ¡como si me fuera a jubilar ya la próxima semana! Lo digo de nuevo: pasará un buen tiempo antes de que el nuevo Arzobispo llegue, o que siquiera nombrado. Después de que el Papa Francisco asigne al nuevo Arzobispo, yo continuaré residiendo en Albuquerque, ciudad que se ha convertido en mi hogar. Quiero estar disponible para ayudar en el ministerio parroquial cuando algún sacerdote necesite ayuda. Hay sacerdotes que se enferman o que necesitan tomar vacaciones y yo estaré disponible y les ayudaré conforme lo permita mi agenda. Llegué a ser sacerdote para ser sacerdote en las parroquias, pero he tenido muchas otras asignaturas que me han colocado en funciones administrativas y que de alguna manera me han “privado” de la oportunidad de hacer el trabajo sacerdotal parroquial. Espero poder llegar a hacer esto una vez que el nuevo Arzobispo sea asignado. Algunas de las preguntas que ha generado el mensaje grabado para la ACA son:

be doing priestly parish work. I look forward to doing that when the new archbishop is appointed. Some of the questions that the ACA taped message has generated are: • Do you know who the next archbishop will be? No! It is Pope Francis who will make the appointment and it will be announced by the Vatican. • Will pastors be changed when the new archbishop arrives? That will be up to the new archbishop. • Will you live with the new archbishop? No, I will have my own home. • Will there be major reorganization in the Catholic Center? That will be up to the new archbishop. • What will your title be when you retire? It will be Archbishop Emeritus of Santa Fe. • Will the Archbishop’s St. Francis of Assisi Awards continue? That will be up to the new archbishop. • Will you have a large retirement celebration? No. When the new archbishop is announced, things will move pretty quickly and our attention will turn to the installation of the new archbishop. I will celebrate my 50th anniversary of priesthood with a Mass • ¿Se sabe ya quién será el próximo arzobispo? ¡No! Es el Papa Francisco quien hará el nombramiento y el Vaticano lo dará a conocer a su tiempo. • ¿Cambiarán a los párrocos cuando llegue el nuevo arzobispo? Eso será decisión del nuevo arzobispo. • ¿Va a vivir con el nuevo arzobispo? No, tendré mi propia casa. • ¿Habrá reorganizaciones importantes en el Centro Católico? Eso será decidido por el nuevo arzobispo. • ¿Cuál será su título cuando se jubile? Seré el Arzobispo Emérito de Santa Fe. • ¿Continuarán otorgándose los premios San Francisco de Asís del Arzobispo? Eso será decisión del nuevo arzobispo. • ¿Habrá una gran fiesta de jubilación? No. Cuando se anuncie al nuevo arzobispo, las cosas se moverán rápidamente y nuestra atención se centrará en la instalación del nuevo arzobispo. Estaré celebrando mi 50 aniversario de sacerdocio con una misa en la Catedral Basílica el viernes 18 de julio del 2014 a las 4:00 pm, la cual estará abierta al público. En esa ocasión tendré una cena privada para obispos, sacerdotes, familiares y algunos amigos que será bajo in-

at the Cathedral Basilica on Friday, July 18, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. which is open to the public. I will have a private dinner for bishops, priests, family and a few friends which is by invitation only. I will also celebrate a Mass at the Catholic Center on Friday, July 11, 2014 followed by lunch (by invitation only) for the employees of the Catholic Center, some religious, and others who have been advisors over the years. Any associated costs are being covered by financial gifts from friends, priests and parishes who have chosen to do so. No archdiocesan funds are being used for any of this. I will consider these events as my retirement celebration, although I will continue to serve as archbishop until the new archbishop is announced. In the meantime please pray for me as I pray for all of you that God will strengthen our Holy Catholic Church and bless all the people in it. Sincerely yours in the Risen Lord,

Most Rev. Michael J. Sheehan Archbishop of Santa Fe vitación solamente. Celebraré además una Misa en el Centro Católico el viernes 11 de julio del 2014 seguida de un almuerzo (por invitación solamente) para los empleados del Centro Católico, algunos miembros de órdenes religiosas y otras personas que han sido asesores en el transcurso de los años. Los costos asociados con estas celebraciones serán cubiertos por donaciones financieras de amigos, sacerdotes y parroquias que han ofrecido hacerlo y no con fondos de la Arquidiócesis. Consideraré estos eventos como mi celebración de jubilación, aunque continuaré sirviendo como arzobispo hasta que el nuevo arzobispo sea anunciado. Mientras tanto, por favor recen por mí mientras yo rezo por todos ustedes para que Dios fortalezca a nuestra Santa Iglesia Católica y bendiga a todas las personas en ella. Sinceramente suyo en el Señor Resucitado,

Reverendísimo Michael J. Sheehan Arzobispo de Santa Fe

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Archbishop’s Schedule

April 13 Sun 11:00 a.m. Ecumenical Palm Blessing, Santa Fe Plaza 12:00 Noon Palm Sunday Mass, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe Mon ======== Interviews with New Class of Diaconate Formation 14 15 Tue ======== Interviews with New Class of Diaconate Formation Continued 16 Wed ======== Office Appointments Thu 12:00 Noon Lunch with Santa Fe Priests 17 6:30 p.m. Mass of the Last Supper, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe Fri 7:00 a.m. Walking Pilgrimage from Holy Cross, Santa Cruz to 18 Santuario de Chimayo 3:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross, New Mexico State Penitentiary, Santa Fe Sat 8:00 p.m. Easter Vigil Mass, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of 19 Assisi, Santa Fe 20 Sun 10:00 a.m. Easter Sunday Mass, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe 21-23 === ======== Region XIII Bishops Retreat, San Diego, CA Fri 12:00 Noon Gathering of Nations Pow Wow, UNM Pit, Albuquerque 25 26 Sat 10:00 a.m. Confirmation, Holy Cross, Santa Cruz joined by Chimayo and Dixon 6:30 p.m. Confirmation, San Juan Bautista, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo 27 Sun 11:30 a.m. Confirmation, Immaculate Heart of Mary, Los Alamos 28 Mon ======== Office Appointments 7:00 p.m. Procession, National Ecumenical Conference, St. John Episcopal Cathedral, Albuquerque 29 Tue ======== Office Appointments 6:30 p.m. Mass, National Ecumenical Conference, Immaculate Conception, Albuquerque Wed 8:00 a.m. Archdiocesan Finance Council, Catholic Center 30 6:30 p.m. Confirmation, Immaculate Conception, Albuquerque May 2 Fri ======== Office Appointments 6:00 p.m. Confirmation, St. Anne, Tucumcari 3 Sat 10:30 a.m. Confirmation, St. Helen, Portales 5:00 p.m. Confirmation, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Clovis joined by Sacred Heart, Clovis 4 Sun 10:00 a.m. Confirmation, St. Rose of Lima, Santa Rosa 5 Mon ======== Office Appointments 7:00 p.m. Confirmation, Church of the Incarnation, Rio Rancho 6 Tue ======== Office Appointments 7:00 p.m. Confirmation, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Albuquerque 7 Wed 10:00 a.m. College of Consultors, Catholic Center 6:00 p.m. Confirmation, Holy Ghost, Albuquerque 9 Fri ======== Office Appointments 6:00 p.m. Confirmation, San Felipe, San Felipe Pueblo 10 Sat 5:00 p.m. Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pena Blanca joined by Cochiti Pueblo 11 Sun 5:30 p.m. Confirmation, Santa Maria de La Paz, Santa Fe 5:30 p.m. Chrism Mass, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe 11 Fri ======== Office Appointments 13 Sun 11:00 a.m. Ecumenical Palm Blessing, Santa Fe Plaza 12:00 Noon Palm Sunday Mass, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe

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Archbishop Sheehan has made the following assignments:

• Effective Tuesday, March 18, 2014 – Rev. Simeon F. Wimmershoff, pastor at San Antonio de Padua in Peñasco and St. Anthony in Dixon, who previously served with the Province of the Three Kings of the Order of Friars Minor in Germany has been incardinated as a priest of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. • Effective Monday, March 3, 2014 – Dcn. Sidney Martin, a deacon of the Diocese of Phoenix, AZ, previously assigned to diaconal ministry at St. Joseph on the Rio Grande in Albuquerque has been reassigned to diaconal ministry at St. Augustine in Isleta Pueblo, under the direction of the pastor, Rev. George Pavamkott, O. Praem. • Effective Monday, March 3, 2014 – Dcn. Robert McMullen, a deacon of the Diocese of Camden, NJ, has been assigned to diaconal ministry at St. Joseph on the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, under the direction of the pastor, Rev. Msgr. Lambert Joseph Luna.

Seminary Burse

The following parishes have sent in excess Mass stipends to the Archdiocesan Finance

Office for seminarian education. These receipts are for February and March 2014. 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. Parish Name/City

Amount Received

Estancia Valley Catholic Parish - Moriarty .................................................................................. 600.00 Holy Child Parish - Tijeras........................................................................................................ 1,000.00 Holy Ghost Parish - Albuquerque............................................................................................. 1,080.00 Immaculate Conception Parish - Albuquerque............................................................................ 780.00 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Albuquerque...................................................................... 650.00 Our Lady of Annunciation - Albuquerque..................................................................................... 912.25 Our Lady of Belen - Belen........................................................................................................ 1,000.00 Our Lady of Guadalupe - Taos................................................................................................. 1,790.00 St. Anne - Santa Fe..................................................................................................................... 500.00 St. Clemente - Los Lunas....................................................................................................... 10,000.00 San Juan Bautista - Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo........................................................................... 4,000.00 St. John the Baptist - Santa Fe.................................................................................................... 500.00 St. Thomas Aquinas - Rio Rancho.............................................................................................. 300.00 St.Joseph on the Rio Grande - Albuquerque............................................................................ 1,160.00 Tewa Missions ......................................................................................................................... 4,618.54 Total $28,890.79

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Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

first century feast - May 31

his feast commemorates the three-month visit of Mary with her elderly cousin Elizabeth during Mary’s pregnancy with Jesus and Elizabeth’s with John the Baptist. The story appears in the first chapter of Luke’s Gospel. It recounts Elizabeth’s Spirit-filled greeting, acknowledging Mary as “the mother of my Lord,” and Mary’s beautiful response, the Magnificat, which begins, “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord.” Introduced by the Franciscans in 1263, the feast became universal in the 16th century. The cousins’ visit has been depicted by many artists over the centuries. An especially tender “Visitation,” painted by Mariotto Albertinelli and considered his masterpiece, is on display at the Uffizi in Florence, Italy.

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e’re excited to announce the release of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s free official mobile “Archdiosf” app. The Archdiosf app is available for both Apple and Android devices. You can enjoy exclusive local, national and international content 365 days a year. Read press releases, the People of God newspaper, New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops updates, Mi Casa Su Casa, PMD Express, and much more. You will have access to the archdiocese’s 92 parishes, archdiocesan staff, push notifications, one-touch access to the archdiocese’s webpage, our social media platforms, and calendar of events. There is also an electronic guide of sacramental guidelines and policies, and a photo gallery. You can also use the Archdiosf app to sign up to receive Archdiocese of Santa Fe press releases as well as updates from the NMCCB directly to your email account. The official Archdiosf app is available for the iPhone in the Apple Store and Android on Google Play. Download it now to stay updated with all the Good News of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. It’s a great way to keep the church with you at all times!

Pontifical Council for Social Communications Marks Half Century Communicating the good news of the Gospel to the ends of the earth: that’s the challenging task of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its foundation on Wednesday April 2nd. Established as a Pontifical Commission by Pope Paul VI during the Second Vatican Council, it brought together in one office experts in cine-

ma, radio, television and the press. Pope Paul made a point of being present in person at its first plenary assembly. A few months later, he visited its newly enlarged headquarters and three years later, oversaw the institution of World Communications Day to be celebrated in countries around the world each year on the Sunday before Pentecost. Under Pope John Paul II the commission

was elevated to the status of Pontifical Council and since then has expanded its focus rapidly to keep pace with all the developments of the internet era.But the history of the modern day Council goes further back to the years following the Second World War, as Philippa Hitchen found out when she talked to the Council’s current president, Archbishop Claudio Celli….

“The first commission was in 1948, Pius XII, and mainly it was dealing with the cinema, the movies, and how the Church was paying attention to this new activity....If you remember a few months ago, December 4th 1963 was approved by the bishops at the Council the decree Inter Mirifica, not only like a conclusion of these historical developments, but really

behind the perception of the popes and of the Church about the influence of the media in the lives of human beings.... Today we talk easily about digital culture......but the internet is not only developing a new culture but little by little it is a milieu where people are living.....we are called to announce the Gospel living in these social networks...” Courtesy of Vatican Radio

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2014 Ordinations

By Rev. Michael DePalma, Director of Vocations This upcoming June 7th at 10:00am at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan will be ordaining three men to the priesthood. As is always the case, each one is very unique.

Deacon Felipe Valadez

Deacon Christopher Bernabe Deacon Dominic Pierson

Deacon Felipe is 47 years old and is from a ranching family in Monterey, Mexico. He has five brothers and four sisters. Deacon Felipe spent 17 years as a religious brother with the Community of St. John which is located in France. His path to the religious life started when he was a young man helping out a neighbor who had disabilities and from his teenage years he’s felt that he wanted something different for his life. His call to priesthood came about 11 years ago when he was assigned to a parish with his religious community to work with the sick and he realized how difficult it was to find a priest to bring the sacraments. Since that time, he started reflecting on the idea of becoming a priest. Felipe stayed for one year discerning at Christ in the Desert Monastery in Abiquiu and then spent six months working at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Clovis. Deacon Felipe graduated from Holy Apostles Seminary in Connecticut, and will be finishing up his pastoral year under the guidance of Fr. Hoi Tran at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Peralta.

Deacon Christopher, who is 30 years old, will be finishing up his studies at the North American College in Rome where he has been an excellent student. Deacon Christopher was born and raised in Albuquerque with two brothers and a sister. He is a graduate of Hope High School and then attended the University of New Mexico where he received a double major in political science and psychology. After working for a time for a real estate company he then was hired by Fr. John Carney to be the full-time youth minister at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Los Alamos. Deacon Christopher is a huge soccer fan and was a player on the team there at the North American College in Rome. But even though he spent his four years of theology there in Europe, he did not forget his New Mexico roots, as he actually took up gardening New Mexico green chilies in order to spice up the seminary.

The following men will be ordained into the transitional diaconate along with the priests on June 7, 2014: Michael Garcia – Holy Apostles Seminary from Our Lady of Annunciation parish, Albuquerque

Edgar Sanchez - Mt. Angels Seminary from Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey, Pecos Benoit Trieu Van Vu – Holy Apostles Seminary from Monastery of Christ in the Desert, Abiquiu

Deacon Dominic will be 35 years old right before his ordination. He is the third of five children and though he was born in Brighton, CO, he basically grew up in Albuquerque. Deacon Dominic has had the dream to become a priest since he was seven years old. He attended both UNM and CNM and worked for a few years at Staples Office Supply as well as Garson’s Church Goods Store. He did his college studies at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio and will be graduating with a theology degree from Mount Angel Seminary in Oregon. There was about a three year period in his life when he had separated from the church. But he now sees this as an asset in that he can relate to others who might have fallen away. For Deacon Dominic, the Catholic Church always felt like home and that was the one thing that he could never shake. And now through his studies and through his great love for the Eucharist, he is very much looking forward to being an ordained priest and to help bring others back home. Bill Woytavich - Holy Apostles Seminary from Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa F e Rob Yaksich - Holy Apostles Seminary from Our Lady of Annunciation parish, Albuquerque

Second Annual Focus 11 Day for 6th Grade Catholic School Students

By Sr. Geneal Kramer, secretary, Archdiocesan Religious Vocation Committee

All Catholic grade schools in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe have received an invitation to join in the second annual Focus 11 Day for 6th grade students on Tuesday, April 29, at St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Parish Gymnasium in Albuquerque. The invitation is offered by the Archdiocesan Religious Vocation Committee, an ad hoc group of religious interested in

fostering religious vocations in the archdiocese. The day begins with a gathering in the gymnasium to prepare for the 9:30am Eucharistic Liturgy in the church with pastor, Fr. Vincent Chavez as presider and Fr. Bob Campbell as homilist. Students will participate as lectors, reading prayers of petition, song leaders, offertory procession and other roles. Other activities for the day include a question and response session with a panel of religious women and men, an

opportunity to see materials on exhibit from religious communities and speak with religious ministering in the archdiocese and lunch. A short gathering in church will close the day at 1:30pm. Through various studies that Religious and Diocesan Religious Vocation offices have undertaken, it has been determined that youth 11 years of age and again the 11th grade are most likely to be at a stage in their lives where they are receptive to suggestions and

impressions toward the life of the vowed religious, thus the name, Focus 11. The day provides the opportunity for young students to meet sisters, brothers and priests in an informal atmosphere, showing what the daily life of a religious is like and how important it is to listen to God’s calling. This vocation event fosters receptivity when considering religious vocation. All communities of religious women and men serving in the archdiocese have received an invitation to be present for

the day and to exhibit vocation materials that might interest the students. The students are invited to a ‘scavenger hunt’ looking for certain information about the community exhibits they visit. The religious have also been invited to be part of the panel which will encourage students to ask questions about the life of the religious. For local information on Focus 11, contact the secretary of the ARVC, Sr. Geneal Kramer, catherinehse@msn.com or phone 505.615.3637.

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World Day of Prayer for Vocations Is May 11, 2014 The purpose of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations is to publically fulfill the Lord’s instruction to, “Pray the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his harvest” (Mt 9:38; Lk 10:2). As a climax to a prayer that is continually offered throughout the Church, it affirms the primacy of faith and grace in all that concerns vocations to the priesthood and to the consecrated life. While appreciating all vocations, the Church concentrates its attention this day on vocations to the ordained ministries (priesthood and diaconate), to the Religious life in all its forms (male and female, contemplative and apostolic), to societies of apostolic life, to secular institutes in their diversity of services and membership, and to the missionary life, in the particular sense of mission “ad gentes”. This year marks the 51st Anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations.

Daily Prayer to Discover Your Vocation Heavenly Father, if it be Your holy will that I am called to the vocation of marriage, please protect my future spouse. Keep them holy and pure so that when in Your Divine providence You bring us together, we may discover and foster the love You have always intended for us to share, even from the beginning of time. Then, through our marriage, may we faithfully witness that love to the world each and every day of our lives. But Lord, if it be Your will that I am called to another vocation in the Church, then place holy people in my life to assist me along this path, not telling me what I should do, but guiding and encouraging me every step of the way, so that I may become the faithful instrument of Your grace for the souls you have entrusted to my care. I ask this through the intercession of our Blessed Mother Mary, and in the name of Your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, One God forever and ever. Amen.

Understanding Vocation Terminology

Apostolate: The type of work or mission of the order through which their particular charism is lived out.

Brother: Brothers live in religious communities. They take vows and promise to use their talents to serve God wherever the community decides they are needed. Brothers are not ordained Charism: Each religious community has a charism - a unique way of returning God’s love to Him and His people which manifests a particular attribute of God’s being. Consecrated Life: A permanent state of life recognized by the Church, entered freely in response to the call of Christ to perfection, and characterized by the making of public vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.

Deacon (Transitional): Men who are called to the priesthood who are in the final stage of formation before being ordained as priests. They receive the Sacrament of Holy Orders and usually serve as deacons for one year before ordination to the priesthood. During their year as a deacon they continue their studies and serve in parish assignments. Discernment: When talking about discovering your vocation, discernment means the process of that discovery through prayer, reflection and discussion as to how God calls each person to love Him, whether as a priest, a consecrated religious man or woman, a married person or a consecrated single person. Holy Orders: The Sacrament by which the mission entrusted by Christ to His Apostles continues to be exercised in the Church through the laying on of hands. By receiving Holy Orders men become members of the ordained clergy - deacons, priests and bishops. All three confer a permanent, sacramental character to the man ordained.

Deacon (Permanent): A third degree of the Sacrament of Holy Orders, after bishop and priest. The permanent deacon is ordained for ministry and service, but not to the priesthood. He assists and Laity: People within the Church including religious brothers and preaches at Mass, baptizes and presides at weddings and funerals. sisters as well as all other single and married person who are not They have jobs outside the Church to make a living. Men at least 35 See TERMINOLOGY on p 21 years of age, married or single, may be ordained permanent deacons.

53 SEMINARIANS RECEIVE MINISTRY OF ACOLYTE On April 6, 2014, during Mass in the Immaculate Conception Chapel of the Pontifical North American College in Vatican City, His Excellency Archbishop Jorge Carlos Patrón Wong, the Secretary for Seminaries at the Congregation for the Clergy in the Vatican, conferred the Ministry of Acolyte on Michael Antoni Niemczak of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Rio Rancho. Archbishop Patrón Wong was also the celebrant for the Mass. As part of the rite, the Archbishop placed a paten – a small plate of precious metal that contains the hosts of wheat flour used in the Mass – into the hands of each candidate and said, “Take this vessel with bread for the celebration of the Eucharist. Make your life worthy of your service at the table of the Lord and of his Church.” As acolytes, the seminarians are commissioned to serve at the altar at Mass, assist in the purification of communion vessels, and are charged to take Holy

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Communion to the sick. Archbishop Patrón Wong was ordained a priest for the archdiocese of Yucatán, Mexico in 1988, and was ordained to be bishop in 2009. He served as the Coadjutor Bishop of Papantla, Puebla, México, before becoming the ordinary of the diocese in 2012. He was named to the Congregation for the Clergy as Secretary for Seminaries in 2013. The seminarians are currently in their second year of theological formation for the priesthood and will have two additional years of studies and spiritual formation before being ordained to the priesthood in their home dioceses. Reception of the Ministry of Acolyte follows reception of the Ministry of Lector, which was conferred upon them last year. It precedes ordination to the transitional diaconate, which is scheduled to take place at the end of the following year. The Pontifical North American College

serves as the American seminary in Rome. Founded in 1859 by Blessed Pius IX, the college has formed over 5000 priests near the heart of the Church for service in dioceses around the United States, Canada, and Australia. The College strengthens the bonds between Rome and local Churches worldwide, and it allows its students to study the Church’s rich religious and cultural heritage at close range.

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Deacon Juan Barajas Recognized As the 2014 St. Norbert Ambassador of Peace

Honoring St. Norbert’s legacy of reconciliation, each year St. Norbert College honors an individual who has been an influential advocate for sustainable peace in our world. The St. Norbert Ambassador of Peace demonstrates the qualities of a peacemaker in a consistent and outstanding manner: respect for persons, promotion of dialogue, nonviolent conflict resolution, reconciliation and forgiveness. According to Dr. Robert Pyne, Director of the Norman Miller Center for Peace, Justice & Public Understanding at St. Norbert College, the selection team unanimously agreed Deacon Juan

Barajas whose “deep history of service, especially on behalf of the poor and marginalized” was the “most fitting” candidate for the award. The announcement stated: Juan has a persistence that is carried along out of a deep sense of justice that responds to conflicts and problems as he comes into contact with them. He doesn’t seem to go out looking for conflicts to support or resolve, and hasn’t created an organization that depends on identifying such problems, but rather in the course of living as a good Christian man, husband, father and deacon, has been brought into contact with such matters, which he then has been com-

Deacon In-Service By Deacon Steve Rangel, Director of Deacons/Director of Formation

On Saturday March 22, at St Pius X High School, over 300 deacons and their wives gathered for the annual in-service. The in-service is held each year to provide ongoing formation for the deacon community. Father Alfred McBride, O. Praem was our speaker for this year’s in-service. Father McBride was born in Philadelphia and ordained a priest in 1953. Father McBride is the author of several well-known Catholic books and has lectured widely. In 1987, the U.S. Catholic bishops requested Father McBride to write the catechesis in preparation for Pope John Paul II’s pastoral visit to the United States. Our theme for this year was Catechesis of the Catholic Church as it pertains to the deacon and his ministry. Father McBride shared with the deacon community the four

pillars of the catechism: the creed, worship, morality, and prayer. He encouraged those in attendance to evangelize with joy, by deed and by mercy. When preaching, Father McBride said to talk about what Jesus said and did in order to help others know God. He advised all to be images of God to others, saying that was the beginning of morality. Deeds influence the heart. In his comments to the deacons and wives, Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan again reminded us of his great appreciation for us, saying he couldn’t run the archdiocese without the help that we do in our parishes and throughout the archdiocese. He reviewed with the deacons the Ten Golden Rules or keys for being a good deacon, including having a heart-felt love for our Catholic faith founded by God over 2000 years ago, being a man of prayer, having a zeal for souls, and ministering with truth and charity.

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pelled to respond to, out of a deep moral sense. Not content to focus on his family’s wellbeing, he has continually stood up for the community where there was injustice. He believes the Catholic Church should be held accountable for the conditions in which Latinos and Latino immigrants in this country live. Juan’s humility, his groundedness, his ability to see things for what they are may account for the trust given to him by the Latino community to speak for them. He is not stridently political or inflexible. On the contrary his steady, calm manner, his ability to lay things out matter-of-factly may well be what leads others to listen to what he says

Dear Padre, Do we know, scientifically, that being gay/lesbian is a choice as opposed to a congenital condition? If gays are born that way, isn’t that how God made them? If God, who is love, made them that way, shouldn’t they be able to live and commit to those they love? And since we are against abortion, wouldn’t a loving home with 2 gay parents be a better alternative for the child than living with a drug affected teenage mother on the street or in a pimp house? Thank you for your thoughtful response. From an anonymous attendee at the Eucharistic Congress

with an open mind and to question their assumptions more deeply. Furthermore, in success he is not boastful or haughty. After all, when you believe in what you work for, and stay focused on the ills you see and want to eradicate, then achieving success is sufficient. Deacon Barajas has been invited to be St. Norbert College’s for the special presentation in De Pere, WI on September 22, 2014. Prior to his current ministry as deacon at St. Anne Parish in Albuquerque, Deacon Barajas served as an Archdiocese of Santa Fe Director for 27 years in the offices of Hispanic Ministry, Stewardship and Evangelization.

My Dear, The answer to the first part of your question is that we do not know why a person is attracted to another person of the same sex. Whether this is learned or natural, it does not make any difference. A person who experiences same sex attraction is called to the virtue of chastity just as the unmarried, heterosexual person must live this virtue. For example: A woman whose husband has just passed away, must now exhibit self-mastery of her passions to live the virtue of chastity. By the grace of God, the person who has homosexual tendencies is called to this same self-mastery of his or her passions. Yes, we are against abortion and since there are 2 million infertile couples in the U.S. waiting to adopt a baby, abortion should never be an option in our society. These children can be placed in a loving home with both a mother and a father, so the comparison you address is not a situation we face. Sincerely in Christ, Father Jim Sampson Dear Padre, I am just curious about what happens to the soul between the particular judgment and the general judgment?

From a “just curious” attendee at the Eucharistic Congress Dear Just Curious, At the moment of death, each person experiences particular judgment and his soul will go to one of three places: heaven, purgatory or hell. At the end of time, each person will then experience a general judgment where the good each person has done or failed to do will be revealed. The soul is already in heaven, purgatory or hell and remains there between the time of the particular and the general judgment. Sincerely in Christ, Father James Sampson Father Sampson passed away on November 4, 2013 at the age of 82, just one week after he completed the above responses. He has been writing us from his hospital bed this past 18 months. The Family Life Office remains grateful to Father Sampson for graciously agreeing to be Our Padre for this column. Please know that this column will continue soon under the new name “Q+A”. In the meantime, please continue to send your questions to Q+A, Family Life Office via snail mail at 4000 St. Joseph Place, NW 87120 or by email at blukes@archdiosf.org.

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Archdiocesan parishioners have donated a total of $3,368,911.45 to the Retirement Fund for Religious March 19, 2014 Most Reverend Michael J. Sheehan Archdiocese of Santa Fe 4000 St. Joseph Place, NW Albuquerque, NM 87120 Dear Archbishop Sheehan: Sincere thanks for your Archdiocesan check for $72,483.44 in support of the 2013 appeal for the Retirement Fund for Religious (RFR). Over the last twenty-six years, parishioners in your Archdiocese have donated a total of $3,368,911.45 to this collection. Words cannot express our gratitude for their generous and prayerful support of our nation’s senior sisters, brothers, and religious order priests. Since 1989, our office has distributed nearly $586 million to help underwrite the day-to-day care of elderly religious. An additional $74 million has been allocated toward self-help projects initiated by religious communities, including collaborative health-care facilities. Many communities have made significant progress in stabilizing their retirement funding. Yet the overall needs of senior religious remain profound, and so our mission continues. I am pleased to share that our office was recently awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The grant is part of the foundation’s multi-million dollar Catholic Sisters Initiative. This funding will enable us to further extend the support and programming for religious communities made possible by donors from across the nation-donors such as those in your Archdiocese. Your personal support for the Retirement Fund for Religious and that of your Archdiocesan priests, staff, and local RFR coordinator are essential to the fund’s continued success. Joined with the more than 34,000 women and men religious past age 70 who benefit from the collection, I once again thank you and the faithful of your Archdiocese for this generosity and prayerful support. May our loving God bless you abundantly! Gratefully, Sister Janice Bader, CPPS Executive Director

Are You An Easter Person?

By Sr. Margie Lavonis, CSC, Freelance Writer, Sisters of the Holy Cross

The world today really needs the hope that only Easter brings. I do not know about you, but I often feel overwhelmed by the daily media stories of all the pain experienced throughout our world. The cycle of violence never seems to subside. There is still unrest in Iraq

and other places like Syria where thousand people have been killed and many are living in wretched circumstances in refugee camps and the ones still in Syria live in constant danger. People are dying of hunger in the Sudan and in many other countries. Many cannot find work to support their families. Most of us can name other situations. Violence, hatred See EASTER PERSON p 21

Are you ready to grow closer to God? Join us this Lent in Living the Eucharist Scheduled Living the Eucharist Small Christian Community Gatherings – Lent 2014

Church of the Ascension, Albuquerque English Sunday Adults 1:30pm (Call parish for additional days and times) Holy Family, Albuquerque Youth English Sunday English Monday Adults Adults English Tuesday Spanish Friday Adults

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Holy Ghost, Albuquerque Spanish Tuesday Adults Adults English Tuesday English Thursday Adults Youth English Saturday

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Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Albuquerque Youth English Sunday 6:30pm 6:00pm Young Adults English Monday Adults Spanish Tuesday 7:00pm Spanish Wednesday 10:00am Adults Spanish Thursday 7:00pm Youth Adults English Friday 7:00pm Our Lady of the Annunciation, Albuquerque Youth English Sunday 2:00pm English Sunday 2:00pm Adults Adults English Wednesday 9:15am English Wednesday 6:00pm Adults Adults English Friday 9:15am Our Lady of the Assumption, Albuquerque Adults English Monday 7:00pm English Wednesday 10:00am Adults Adults English Wednesday 7:00pm English Thursday 7:00pm Adults Queen of Heaven, Albuquerque English Thursday Adults St. Bernadette, Albuquerque Young Families English Sunday Adults English Monday Young Adults English Tuesday Youth English Wednesday English Thursday Adults English Thursday Jr. High Mom Group English Friday English Saturday All Ages St. Francis Xavier, Albuquerque Adults English Monday English Tuesday Youth Adults Spanish Tuesday

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St. Joseph on the Rio Grande, Albuquerque Adults English Thursday 7:00pm English Friday 7:00pm Adults San Martin de Porres, Albuquerque Adults English Wednesday 6:30pm Spanish Tuesday 6:30pm Adults Our Lady of Sorrows, Bernalillo English Sunday Adults Youth English Monday English Monday Adults Spanish Wednesday Youth Adults Spanish Thursday English Thursday Adults Adults English Saturday

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St. Augustine, Isleta Pueblo English Sunday 11:00am Adults English Wednesday 6:00pm Adults Misión San Juan Diego, Los Lunas Youth Spanish Tuesday

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March For Life The Mary Guild of Holy Trinity Parish, Arroyo Seco, marched for life in January. Pictured are Deacon Romolo Arellano, Michael Kittredge, Georgiana M. Montoya, Frances Martinez, Leonor Kittredge, Martha Lyles, Dorothy Garcia and Edna Pena. Members participating but not pictured were Kathy Brown, Mercy Lucero, Catherine Padilla and Loyola Romero.

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Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan and Fr. Malachy C. Obiejesi By Martha Lyles, President, Pastoral Council, La Santisima Trinidad Parish, Arroyo Seco The Most Rev. Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan installed Rev. Malachy C. Obiejesi as the new pastor of La Santisima Trinidad Parish in Arroyo Seco in February. Fr. Obiejesi is a priest of the Diocese of Awka, Anambra, Nigeria and is serving in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe by permission of his home bishop. After his graduation from the seminary and ordination to the Catholic priesthood in 2003, Fr. Obiejesi was posted to work as the associate pastor for three years at St. John’s Catholic Parish in Neni, Nigeria. He also assisted in the Vocational Institution of the parish where he gave moral instructions to the students and

taught developmental psychology to freshmen. In September 2006, Fr. Obiejesi became the pastor of Annunciation Parish, Awka, Nigeria and served the parish for six years. In June 2013, Fr. Obiejesi was assigned to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and served as associate pastor of Our Lady of Belen Parish before receiving his assignment to Arroyo Seco. He was preceded by Rev. Fr. Kevin Iwuoha, PhD, who served as pastor for four years before returning to his home Diocese of Orlu in Nigeria. Each pastor brings to the parish their own special gifts. Parishioners are blessed with this opportunity and offer many prayers for Fr. Obiejesi as he guides them on their journey to carry out the mission of Christ.

“Anybody Can Be Pope; the Proof Is That I Am One.” Pope John XXIII By a parishioner, John XXIII Catholic Community Pope John XXIII is one of the most recognized leaders in the Catholic Church with his call by the Holy Spirit to renew the vision of the Catholic Church. Born in Sotto il Monte in northern Italy on November 25, 1881, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, one of 14 children grew up on a farm. From this simple life he set out to answer God’s call and was ordained a priest in 1904.

In his priesthood he served as his bishop’s secretary, taught in the seminary and directed Catholic social groups. In Rome, he was the National Director of the Propagation of the Faith. He was named archbishop to serve as a diplomat first to Bulgaria, then Turkey and finally to France. Following that, he was named patriarch of venice and cardinal. He was elected pope on October 28, 1958, choosing the name John. Setting a new preSee PROOF on p 25

Vatican International Exhibition The Eucharistic Miracles of the World

By Gaylene Bitonel, Head Coordinator of Adoration, St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Rio Rancho

St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Rio Rancho is proud to announce the Vatican International Exhibition of the Eucharistic Miracles which will be displayed Friday, June 20 thru Sunday, June 22, 2014 in D’Arco Hall, 1502 Sara Road in Rio Rancho. In the entire history of the Catholic Church, there have been numerous Eucharistic miracles approved by the Catholic Church as truly worthy of belief. The Vatican Eucharistic Miracles Photographic Exhibition faithfully recounts for us many well documented miraculous occurrences. Knowledge of these miracles strengthens our faith in Christ and His Church. They are a visible proof of Jesus Christ’s Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist. Antonio Salzano Acutis from the Pontifical Academy Cultorum Martyrum compiled and produced the exhibition. Msgr. Raffaello Martinelli, Head of the Catechism of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, is the promoter of the exhibition. They have entrusted to

Cardinal Raymond L. Burke The Vatican Exhibition of the Eucharistic Miracles of the World to be displayed throughout the United States. Our faith is not founded on Eucharistic Miracles, but on the proclamation of the Lord Jesus, received with faith through the action of the Holy Spirit. We believe because we have believed in the preaching. “Faith depends on hearing and hearing by the word of Christ; and, in turn, preaching depends on the word of Christ.” (Romans 10:17) “Believing is an act of the intellect which under the influence of the will moved by God through grace, gives its consent to divine truth” (St. Thomas, Summa Theologiae, II-II, q.2,a.9,c). Eucharistic miracles, how-

ever, can be useful and fruitful aids to our faith in that they help us go beyond the visible and the perceptible and admit the existence of something beyond. Precisely because it is recognized as an extraordinary happening, a Eucharistic miracle has no explanation in scientific facts and reasoning. It goes beyond human reason and challenges a person to “go beyond” the perceptible, the visible, and the human – that is to admit there is something incomprehensible, something unexplainable by human reason alone, something that cannot be scientifically demonstrated. (Msgr. Martinelli, Rector of the International Ecclesiastical College of St. Charles, Official of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith.) For more information regarding the upcoming Eucharistic Miracles of the World please visit us at www.stanm.org. Fri. 6/20/14 & Sat. 6/21/14 9 am – 8 pm Sun. 6/22/14 9 am – 2 pm and 4 pm – 8 pm St.Thomas Aquinas Parish D’Arco Hall 1502 Sara Rd, Rio Rancho, NM 87124 806.676.0333

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CATHOLIC EDUCATION Santo Niño Regional Catholic School Conducts International Fair for Annual Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl

By Leo Rodriguez, Advancement Director, Santo Niño Regional Catholic School, Santa Fe

In March, Santo Niño Regional Catholic School raised funds for the annual Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl. The annual International Fair at Santa Fe’s Catholic elementary school raised money for the Rice Bowl with items the students made. Appropriate to their level, classes completed an in-depth study about their adopted country, 16 in all. Students studied and presented individual topics from their country based on their personal interest. Each student presented a passport which got stamped at all 16 countries represented at the International Fair. At each country, the student had the opportunity to buy an item,

By Jim Grogan, Principal, Holy Child Catholic School, Tijeras sample the country’s food, and learn about that country from other students. In the evening, the parents watched each class perform a song or a dance from their country and visit each country. In all, the students went around the world and learned about Art, Social Studies, Music and,

depending on the grade level, some Science as well. Perhaps the greatest lesson of all was to learn, to have fun, and to raise money for the Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl – an international gift from our niños santo at Santo Niño to benefit kids in need around the world.

2nd in the NM Private/Parochial School category for the most registrations!” The assembly took place in March in Fatima-Gallagher Hall. Danielle began the assembly by talking about the run, what it supports and how the animals benefit from the event. The students then answered trivia questions to win t-shirts. Finally, the zoo docents brought out the educational animals: a macaw, a snake and an armadillo. They provided the children with fun facts about each animal, conducted a Q&A session and let the kids view the animals up close. The kids

were most impressed by the macaw’s beautiful colors and wing span, the snake’s ability to eat a whole mouse at a time, the armadillo’s walk, and the way it was able to curl up into a little ball. The assembly was a great opportunity for Our Lady of Fatima. It was an honor to host the assembly and really piqued the interest of the kids to participate. The students are ready to run and are aiming to increase race registrations by at least 50% this year…Go Falcons! This year’s, “Run for the Zoo” will take place on Saturday, May 4, 2014.

“Zoo to You” Visits Our Lady of Fatima

By Thanh Maldonado, Parent & Run for the Zoo Coordinator, Our Lady of Fatima, Albuquerque Lady of Fatima Catholic School was selected to host one of five “Zoo to You” assemblies presented by the Albuquerque BioPark Society. The assemblies are utilized to promote the annual Run for the Zoo event which is in its 29th year. Danielle Flores, events & school program coordinator, stated, “Our Lady of Fatima was chosen because, as a first time participant in the 2013 Run for the Zoo School Program, it placed

Joseph Grogan and Abby Valdez Excel for Holy Child Catholic School

Holy Child Catholic School Students Joseph Grogan and Abby Valdez recently placed in Regional Academic Competitions. Joseph Grogan placed 16th (making it onto the stage for the prestigious Countdown Round) at the Regional MATHCOUNTS competition in at Albuquerque Academy. MATHCOUNTS is a 30-year-old nationwide competition aimed at developing not only advanced mathematical skills in middle school students, but also promoting powerful problem-solving abilities

and preparing young minds for mathematical, scientific and technical careers. Subjects include probability, statistics, linear algebra and polynomials. Joseph qualified for the state competition held in March. Abby Valdez came in 4th place in the Private and Parochial School Scripps Spelling Bee in Albuquerque. Scripps Spelling Bee is a the nation’s largest and longest-running educational promotion, administered on a not-for-profit basis. Their purpose is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts, and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives.

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SPX Receives an “Excellence” Rating at the Music Performance Competition St. Pius Theatre X “Alice in Wonderland” cast, March 2014

Music Performance Assessment competitions have been the focus of the performing arts department at St. Pius X High School this past month. These are both solo and ensemble competitions with professional judging of the groups and individual students. The students and directors travel to different high schools around Albuquerque, which host the contests. The choirs, under the direction of John Reith, and orchestra, band and jazz band, under the direction of Keith Jordan, participated in this New Mexico Music Educators event. All of the groups received an “excel-

lent” rating. This is a very high rating and shows how well prepared the students are this year. The St. Pius X Jazz band participated for the first time at the Music Performance Assessment! Two band students also participated in solo competition. Tim Tran and Carlos Mateo Gutierrez, on oboe and trumpet respectively, received “superior” ratings from the judges. Way to go, Tim and Mateo! In other performance news---St. Pius Theatre X presented “Alice in Wonderland” the first weekend in March. The run of this production began with performances for elementary students from local public and Catholic schools. The young audience members were delighted by this colorful show.

Our Lady of Fatima School 4th Grade Welcomes Special Guests

Paula Domino DeHaas

By Denise Poage, Secretary, SPX Fine Arts Boosters

By Paula Domino DeHaas, Art Teacher/Assistant Principal Our Lady of Fatima, Albuquerque Mrs. Wilkinson’s 4th grade class welcomed two special guests who brought New Mexico culture and social studies to life. Lillian Avery and Glenda Rodriguez are the great grandmother and grandmother of Fatima student, Tiyana Damon. They traveled from their homes in Coyote Canyon to share oral history, traditional Navajo food, cooking utensils, clothing, and numerous art and craft pieces used in their customs

and ceremonies. Tiyana was dressed in a red and black wool rug dress and leather moccasins which her grandmother had carefully wrapped. She added a woven belt, and wrapped her granddaughter’s hair in back with long, white cotton ties. She added beautiful turquoise, coral and silver earrings, a concho belt, bracelets, a necklace and brooch to complete her traditional outfit. Students, Principal Tim Whalen and teachers were given a most memorable first hand lesson on many aspects of Navajo culture.

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CATHOLIC EDUCATION Our Catholic School Teachers Celebrate Over 600 Years of Teaching Thank you for your hard work and dedication! Donna Gallegos

2013-14 Years of Service

Angela Padilla

5 Years Santo Niño Anna Cordova Alyssia Lujan-Blea Cathy Martinez

Sr. Mary Houlihan

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Our Lady of the Annunciation Helen Lopez Mary Catherine Sandoval Lisa Schall Holy Cross Crista Chacon Our Lady of the Assumption Dale Annette Cason Leona Gingerich Our Lady of Fatima Jim Dillard St. Therese Margarita Martinez

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St. Mary’s ABQ Cathy Chavez Shawn Graybeal Martha Tetrault Sandra Herrera Kathleen Talbert St. Pius X High School Elisa Machtinger Juanita Marquez

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San Felipe Elizabeth O’Hara Paul Sadowski

St. Mary’s Belen Melanie Chavez

10 Years St. Charles Pam Wheeldon Our Lady of the Annunciation Michael Griego Christine Martinez Holy Cross Theodora Valdez St. Thomas Aquinas Shelena Lucero Monique van Loben Sels Wendy Rakes Steven Herrera St. Mary’s Belen Heather Sanchez Charlene Baca Our Lady of the Assumption Marie Barger Holy Ghost Mary Ann Holland St. Therese Jennifer Olivas St. Mary’s ABQ Melinda Mader

St. Pius X High School Jonathan Ball Linda Dubuque Deborah Martinez Esperanza Plath Sr. Rena Romero

15 Years Holy Ghost David Tichnell St. Pius X High School Loran MacMurchadha Verna Helland

20 Years St. Charles Donna Gallegos St. Mary’s Belen Angela Padilla Holy Ghost Sr. Mary Houlihan St. Mary’s ABQ Andrea James Tanya Torline Rita Grimes Martha Gutierrez St. Pius X High School Jennifer Hillsey Elva Avila

25 Years St. Charles Barbara Menicucci St. Mary’s ABQ Johnee Simrell

35 Years St. Pius X High School Phil Zuber

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By Antonio Martinez, ASF Church Preservation Consultant and other members of the CPHNMC

reservation of churches has in recent times been a great interest and concern to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (ASF). In the early 1900s, an almost 200 year old church – the church in Nambe, collapsed. The church in Nambe was built in 1725 and fell in 1908, it was replaced in 1910 by a new church (the present church dates from 1974). Its collapse along with the dismantling and disappearance of objects of importance to the church caused great concern. By the early 1920s, Fr. Fridolin Schuster from Laguna, the Museum of New Mexico and others interested in the preservation of New Mexico’s historic churches came together to established the Committee for the Preservation of Historic New Mexico Churches. The Most Rev. Albert T. Daeger, who had become the Archbishop in 1919, became the Chairman of this newly formed Committee. Early preservation efforts by this Committee included work done at churches in Laguna, Acoma, Santa Ana, and Zia. The Committee was also involved in the purchase of the Santuario de Chimayo which they deeded to the ASF on October 15, 1929. They also drew plans for the church in McCarty’s west of Acoma and later drew the plans for the new church of Santo Tomas in Abiquiu. The Committee was formed as the Society for the Preservation of Historic New Mexico Churches (Society) and incorporated in the late 1920s; at this time they planned to build an appropriate chapel for the altar screen from the old La Castrense Military Chapel of Our Lady of Light in Santa Fe. The stone altar screen, made by famed artist and cartographer Bernardo Miera y Pacheco in 1761. Archbishop Daeger died in 1932 and the onset of the depression put a stop to active participation of the Society including the building of a chapel for the old Miera y Pacheco altar screen. Eventual

placement of this famed altar screen waited until 1939 when Archbishop Gerken, who followed Archbishop Daeger as Archbishop of Santa Fe, established the parish of Cristo Rey and the building of the beautiful church to be its permanent home. During the years when preservation was not an integral part of the ASF in a proficient and professional manner, parishes and missions continued their own “preservation” methods and in many cases replaced older churches with the construction of new churches. In some cases, cement that had been introduced to New Mexico in the early part of the 1900s, began to be used for foundations such as at the church in Tome that has a cement foundation as early, as is believed 1915, and used for cement plaster. Many communities believed that cement, and cement plaster, were the saving grace material that would save their churches from continual re-mudding and protect them forever. The use of cement, cement plaster and any preservation done to historic churches was done in good faith; but today we know that the application of cement to adobe churches, although, again done in good faith, has come back to haunt us. Cement plaster was and continues to be applied to both the exterior and interior walls of churches. This hides the adobe walls and any damage that may be occurring due to moisture or other elements that may be causing damage.

en away or destroyed or simply being taken from churches by individuals who thought the church did not care for or need these items. A few years later norms of the ASF regarding the “care of and preservation of historic churches and the artistic patrimony” of the ASF were also issued. In 1985-86 Preservation of churches again became a priority of the ASF and a new Commission for the Preservation of Historic New Mexico Churches (Commission) was named and has been involved in preservation projects at many communities. At present the Commission is assisting the churches at Llano Quemado, Santuario de Chimayo, Cerro, Algodones, Pilar, Socorro and others. Churches lost in the recent past include the one at El Valle and most recently the church in Lemitar. As communities throughout NM become interested in preserving their historic churches it is important that preservation guidelines and policies be followed. Policies to follow are found in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Parish Administrative Manual or concerns may be brought up to the Commission, which is administered by the ASF Office of Historic-Artistic Patrimony and Archives and Marina Ochoa, Director (Curator/ Archivist), or Antonio Martinez, Church Preservation Consultant and Bernadette Lucero who serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Commission at 505 983-3811. Concerns can also be brought up with Rev. Larry Brito, Chairman of the Commission, at the Parish of San Juan in the Pueblo of Ohkay Owingeh at 505 852-4179.

By 1968 Archbishop James P. Davis issued instructions on how to deal with New Mexico’s “rich religious art and architecArticles relating to specific concerns and ture” including not only the buildings but the “art held within the churches.” It was problems with historic churches will apduring this time that many items from pear in following issues of the People of churches were being alienated – sold, giv- God.

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Birthright of Albuquerque’s Annual Mother’s Day Carnation Fundraiser

By Pat Wittman, volunteer for Birthright

Birthright of Albuquerque will be holding its annual Mother’s Day Carnation fundraiser on May 10-11, 2014. This is the only fundraiser held by Birthright. Birthright’s mission is to save the lives of the unborn. Birthright offers free pregnancy tests, compassionate support, practical aid and hope to women experiencing an untimely or unplanned pregnancy. Everyone is welcome regardless of age, ethnicity, creed or social economic status. All our services are free, non-judgmental and confidential. We are staffed solely by volunteers. Our mission is completely dependent on donations. We receive no government funding, but are a United Way Donor option organization. Birthright is a 501c organization and all donations are tax deductible. Birthright is in need of volunteers. If you are interested, please call Birthright at 505.262.2235. Albuquerque chapter of Birthright was established on December 1, 1974 and has provided uninterrupted service to our community for 42 years. Some Birthright Statistics January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 Clients Seen 2,056 Pregnancy Tests given 1,438 Maternity Items given 951 Layettes given (35-40 items in each) 280 Disposable Diapers given 161 Dozen Cloth Diapers given 12 Dozen Babies Recorded Born 140 (67 Boys, 61 Girls, and 6 Sets of Twins) We offered our Clients Financial Help with Rent, Food Vouchers, Utilities and Transportation in the amount of $5,643.62.

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“Woman, Great is Your Faith” The Catholic Charismatic Center is sponsoring a women’s conference, “Woman Great is Your Faith” with Patti Mansfield on May 3, 2014. Patti was in the original group that experienced the “1967 Duquesne Weekend” that began the Charismatic Renewal in the Catholic

Church. The conference will be held at the Shrine of St. Bernadette. There is a $15 registration fee which lunch. For more information and to register, please contact the Catholic Charismatic Center (please, do not contact the Shrine) at 505.247.0397 or visit www.asfccc.org.

A Significant Presence, St. Felix Pantry Honors the Felician Sisters in Rio Rancho with a Heartfelt Thank You

Our records show that approximately 2,056 woman received ongoing support from Birthright with help finding medical care, financial aid, food, and loving support from Birthright. Our volunteers served many hours offering friendship, mentoring, and helping our clients access the resources in the community. Our help made it possible for these young women to choose life for their babies. Many of our clients were considering abortions as their only alternative. Finding a loving friend and positive help changed their minds. Birthright volunteers donated over 4200 hours in the office. They helped with our only fund-raiser on Mother’s Day offering carnations for donation. They also laundered clothes for our clothing room, manned booths at various community functions, and speaking in schools and organizations that are interested in our mission.

U.S. Bishops Celebrate Mass at Border Fence in Nogales, Ariz. A group of U.S. bishops, led by Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston, celebrates Mass at the border fence in Nogales, Ariz., April 1. The bishops were on a two-day visit to the U.S. border with Mexico calling attention to the plight of migrants and appealing for changes in U.S. immigration policy. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)

By Manuel Casias, Vice President of Development, St. Felix Pantry, Inc. Launching a new Child and Older Adult Rescue Food Program in the town of Bernalillo, New Mexico exemplifies the significant presence of not only the Felician Sisters in North America, but also the Sisters in Central New Mexico. The St. Felix Pantry Children and Older Adult Rescue Program is an exciting new initiative that will be in alignment with the mission, vision, and values of the Felician Sisters of North America. This new outreach gives the pantry the opportunity to go beyond Barbara Loop in Rio Rancho through teamwork and affiliation to reach hungry children and the elderly not already

accessing the pantry. Eligibility for this program is based on a referral from our partners HELP New Mexico and the Sandoval County Senior Services Program. During National Catholic Sisters Week staff and volunteers at St. Felix Pantry honored the Felician Sisters in Rio Rancho by giving them a signed poster stating a simple yet heart-felt “Thank you.” In addition, the Felician Sisters will be given flowers. Whether it is the launch of a new and exciting program in the town of Bernalillo or simply distributing food from the pantry located in Rio Rancho, Catholic Sisters all over our great Nation deserve these types of recognition. We honor them for their personal sacrifices and devotion to serving those in need.

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The Catholic Difference

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By George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

One of the many reasons to follow the Lenten station church pilgrimage through Rome is that, along that unique itinerary of sanctity, one discovers otherwise-hidden jewels of church architecture and design, created in honor of the early Roman martyrs. Perhaps the most stunning of these is St. Praxedes on the Esquiline Hill, hidden behind the vastness of St. Mary Major. As my co-author Elizabeth Lev puts it in Roman Pilgrimage: The Station Churches (Basic Books), “the little Basilica of St. Praxedes is a surprising treasure

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chest, its dingy portal opening into an interior of dazzling mosaics.” That dingy portal is one reason why a lot of Roman visitors, including the most assiduous tourists, miss St. Praxedes, for its exterior suggests nothing of the marvels inside. Indeed, I expect I walked right past St. Praxedes numerous times before entering it for the first time on March 24, 1997, Monday of Holy Week that year and St. Praxedes’ annual turn in the station church rotation. We owe this aesthetic marvel to the labors of Pope St. Paschal, whose brief pontificate in the early ninth century added immensely to the beauty of Rome, during what history is pleased

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to dub the “Dark Ages.” After noting that Pope Paschal rebuilt this church near a late fifth-century church dedicated to St. Praxedes, Lix Lev explains the intention within the pope’s design: “Paschal’s architectural aesthetic focused on light: thus the nave was lined with 24 clerestory windows through which the sun’s rays streamed before dancing off the small glass tiles of the ornamentation. The apse mosaic took its inspiration from the Basilica of Sts. Cosmas and Damian: against a mesmerizing blue sky, a golden-robed Christ floats under the hand of God. Peter and Paul flank him, wearing senatorial togas; Praxedes and her sister Pudenziana, holding their crowns of

martyrdom, are embraced by the apostles and guided toward Christ…. “This celestial gathering is surmounted by apocalyptic imagery: the Lamb of God, flanked by seven candlesticks and the symbols of the four evangelists. Scores of white-robed figures offer their wreaths. Their procession concludes at the arch’s summit, where the apostles, Mary, and John the Baptist point toward Christ, flanked by angels. The entire work is an invitation to look through this world into the City of God.” In itself, that would be enough. But that’s not all. For Pope Paschal also built here a See EASTER GLORY on p 22

Discrimination and Human Genital Sexuality

Discrimination is often understood as acting out of prejudice against persons who differ from us and do not share our views, traits, values or lifestyles. The word “discrimination,” however, has an older meaning as well, namely, to draw a clear distinction between proper and improper, good and evil, to differentiate and recognize as different. This older meaning generally carried favorable connotations with it: a person of discrimination was someone of good judgment and detailed knowledge, as in the case of one who could discriminate between fine wines, detecting subtle but relevant differences, or someone on Wall Street who could discriminate between the profiles of different companies, discerning which stocks would rally and which would decline. Only in more recent times has the term “discrimination” assumed the second meaning signifying prejudice, or an unfounded bias against a person, group, or culture on the basis of racial, gender, or ethnic

background. Sometimes people will equate discrimination against people who are gay or lesbian with racism, much like discrimination based on skin color. As Michael Kirby notes, “Bishop Desmond Tutu, one time Anglican Archbishop in South Africa, who had earlier tasted the sting of racial discrimination, has been a valiant defender of the equality and dignity of GLBTIQ [gay,lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, intersex, and otherwise ‘queer’] people. He has explained that he could no more embrace the hatred and discrimination of Christian brothers and sisters against the sexual minority than he could embrace the racism of apartheid, now overthrown.” Regrettably, we all know of people who manifest a racist attitude against others, treating them improperly because of characteristics they cannot control, like skin color. Even when a person can control certain characteristics, like their sexual behaviors, and they still choose to do something wrong and perverse, such as having sex with animals, we must never choose to hate the person who engages in these wrong and perverse behaviors. But

loving the person who commits sexual sins never entails that we should accept his sins and perversions; on the contrary, to love him authentically means we seek to help him rise out of his damaging behaviors, so that he can live in a more fully human way by means of better moral choices. Clearly, then, nobody should embrace “hatred and discrimination” against anyone, GLBTIQ or otherwise, but everyone should show care and compassion towards those with GLBTIQ dispositions, in the hope that they might come to recognize and renounce the harmful and disordered forms of sexual activity that tempt them. It remains the better part of wisdom to discriminate, in the moral sense of the term, between disordered uses of human sexuality and the ordered engagement of human sexuality within marriage. In the human body, our organs have discernible functions: the heart pumps blood; kidneys remove waste products from the blood and excrete them in the urine; reproductive organs join man and woman as one, and enable the procreation of children. The anatomical and procreative complementarity

of men and women is evident, and even the shapes of their sexual organs reveal how they are designed for each other, something not true of non-conjugal forms of sexual activity. As Dale O’Leary points out, “the reproductive/sexual organs of men and women are different and designed to fit together. When electricians refer to male and female plugs, everyone can easily recognize which is which and why they are so named.” O’Leary further notes that non-conjugal acts are ultimately acts that one person does to another, and that such acts involve the language of using and being used. She notes that “Although there are various acts in which two or more individuals can engage for sexual pleasure, only one very specific act consummates a marriage. The other acts… involve the hands, either end of the digestive system, or physical objects, but not the reproductive organs of both simultaneously in the same act.” Conjugal acts, meanwhile, involve the language of giving and receiving, through a union of complementary human persons. Conjugal acts address a man’s and a woman’s need for

completion not only by the intimate bodily communication of themselves to each other, but in a transcendant and ecstatic way to a reality greater than themselves in the engendering of their offspring. We intuitively view the world in purpose-driven ways, and we recognize the telos (“end”) written into the realities that surround us. The telos of an acorn is to become an oak tree; the telos of human sexuality is to draw man and woman together to procreate and raise children in the family unit created by marriage. Acknowledging the fashioning of our sexuality in this determinate way, and recognizing the conjugal union of marriage as an institution of nature, not a product of man’s willfulness, enables us to discriminate between proper and improper uses of the gift of our genital sexuality. Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. earned his doctorate in neuroscience from Yale and did post-doctoral work at Harvard. He is a priest of the diocese of Fall River, MA, and serves as the Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. See www.ncbcenter.org

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Marriage: Good for the Heart Marriage Encounter: Good for the Soul By Erica Asmus-Otero, Board Member, Marriage Encounter

Did you know that a healthy marriage is good for your heart? According to a recent study, researchers screened 3.5 million adults for heart issues. Of those screened, the married population had less cases of heart disease and related issues. Researchers point to the fact that, in healthy marriages, there may be less conflict and less stress. So what are key factors that define a “healthy” marriage? First and foremost, having God at the center of any marriage is vital because a marriage mirrors God’s relationship with His people. By keeping God in our marriage, we are more inclined to be forgiving, to fight fair, and to keep in line with the commandments He gave us which ultimately impact our marriage and family. Also, the way in

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which we communicate is essential to a healthy marriage. How do we handle conflict and support each other? And, when we disagree, do we handle arguments in a constructive way or are we more intent on winning? Since 1970, Marriage Encounter has successfully helped hundreds of couples in New Mexico communicate in a deeper, more productive way while transforming good marriages into a great marriages. Marriage Encounter is an opportunity for couples to spend one on one time with each other focusing on specific topics, while examining their lives together. Marriage Encounter is not couples therapy and, aside from presentations led by a team of lay couples, couples do not share with anyone else. The best part is the weekend is for married couples from all backgrounds – empty nesters, newlyweds, busy parents and everyone in between.

Marriage Encounter is also for those couples who have been married civilly but want to get married in the Catholic church. Take advantage of the opportunity to improve and enhance your marriage with the upcoming Marriage Encounter weekend, May 17 and 18 at the Madonna Center in Albuquerque. A non-refundable registration fee of $75 reserves space for the weekend. Because Marriage Encounter is a non-profit organization, couples will have an additional charge of $100 at the end of the weekend. Just as marriage is good for the heart, Marriage Encounter is good for soul; just ask the couples whose lives it has changed. To register or for a brochure, visit http://home.catholicweb. com/measf/index.cfm/about; or email Duane Andersen at dfandersen@q.com.

Weekend for Engaged

Preparation for Marriage for Engaged Couples Friday evening, Saturday, Sunday, May 2, 3, 4, 2014 Our Lady of Belen Call Deacon Rudy & Lucille Zamora at 864-8872

Healthy Relationships 101

Healthy Relationships 101: a series of six classes on how to express ideas clearly; become a better listener; resolve conflicts in a healthy way; and discover joy & happiness in your relationship. These classes are for Dating, Engaged and Married Couples. The

cost is $30 per couple for the whole program. Class dates: 4/16, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21. Classes will be held at the Catholic Center near St. Pius High School in ABQ and will begin at 6:30pm. Call the Family Life Office to register at 505.831.8117

Natural Family Planning

The Sympto-Thermal Method of Natural Family Planning will be taught by the Couple to Couple League in a series of three sessions, starting on April 16th. This method uses natural indicators of hormone changes in a cross-checking way. The effects of nutrition, lifestyle, and breastfeeding on

fertility, as well as natural methods of dealing with marginal infertility, are described. Classes are conducted in a group setting, 1-3 PM, on Sundays, at Saint Bakhita Hall, Our Lady of the Annunciation. Register for this or future classes at www.ccli.org. Call 505.293.5201 for more information.

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The Archdiocese of Santa Fe Marriage Enrichment Programs is pleased to announce the upcoming plans for our Marriage Enrichment 40th Anniversary Celebration to be held the Weekend of September 6-7, 2014 here in Albuquerque, NM. For more information and registration please go to: www.marriageenrichment-nm.com or call Artie and Judy Davidson (505) 897-7101 As part of the celebration we have published a short history of the 4 decades of Marriage Enrichment.

Marriage Enrichment Ministry Third Decade: 1994-2003 Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in their midst. Matthew 18:20 The Marriage Enrichment Ministry celebrated its 25th year during this decade. Over 18,000 married- and engaged-couples had attended over 970 program presentations in 94 parishes/congregations. The Diocese of San Bernardino in Southern California had adopted the program and was becoming a leader in promoting and advancing the ministry. An initiative to support the continued expansion of the ministry was undertaken. A church-based follow-up program was developed and entitled: “Marriage Renewal and Education.” A number of workshops and conferences focused on strategizing for the future and were held at the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Catholic Center. They identified the need for more thorough documentation of the guidelines and for restructuring the way the ministry was administered. This resulted in the formation of the ministry as a nonprofit organization in 1998.

It was called “The Marriage Enrichment Weekend Program, Inc.” The purpose of this action was to both secure the identity of the ministry and promote further national expansion. The ministry materials were copyrighted. Forty-four (44) nationally registered copyrights were obtained. The logo and other marks were nationally registered as trademarks. This new structure allowed the ministry to apply for financial grants for new program development and video projects. The actions that were undertaken this decade to sustain and promote the ministry involved input from the entire Marriage Enrichment community. This helped ensure that a broad base of experience and ideas were included in the process. Most importantly, it was the belief of all those involved that the Holy Spirit was working through the people of God in guiding the development of the ministry and programs.

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TERMINOLOGY continued from p7 ordained as bishop, priests or deacons are known as the laity or the lay faithful. Novice: A man or woman in the second formal stage of becoming a consecrated religious is called a novice. This stage of the novitiate usually takes one to two years. Nun: Nuns are sisters and brides of Christ who are called by Him to pray and serve the needs of the Church in a more hidden way. They live in cloistered communities and do not leave their convents for any outside apostolates.

Priest: A man is ordained to priesthood through the Sacrament of Holy Orders. Together each man and the Church discern (discover) whether or not he is called to become a priest. Diocesan priests a called to serve the people of a particular diocese. Men called to be priests in religious orders belong to communities and in addition to receiving the Sacrament of Holy Orders they also take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience (the three evangelical counsels)

Religious Community: The founder of a religious community brings together a group of men or women who share the same charism and are dedicated to

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the same mission in the Church. These are religious communities of priests and brothers and communities of sisters. The apostolates of the communities vary according to their mission. Those dedicated primarily to prayer are contemplative communities; those who combine prayer with apostolic ministries are called active communities. Religious Life: Priests, brothers or sisters in communities that embrace the spirituality, charism and teachings of the community’s founder call their way of life religious life. Members of these communities follow Jesus through taking vows of poverty, chastity and obedience.

Secular Institute: Single lay men and women, and also some priests, belong to secular institutes. They make a commitment to live the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience. Members do not necessarily live together as a community. Their goal is to be a transforming presence in society. Sister: Sisters belong to religious communities and are brides of Christ who are chosen by Him to love Him and serve His Church like His Mother Mary as virgins and spiritual mothers. They serve the Church in whatever ways their superiors decide is best given their

EASTER PERSON continued from p 9 and revenge are all around us. Suf- that have hurt us or do we think they fering runs rampant, and mercy and should get what we judge they decompassion seem to be scarce com- serve? On the other hand, do we ask modities these days. Many cry out others for forgiveness? As Christians who believe in and ask where God is in all of this. I think that part of the problem the resurrection, we must strive to starts on a personal level. If we be models of love and hope. Our were reconciled with each other and good works of Lent must continue had right relationships, there would throughout the rest of the year. We be less violence in our families and have a mission to make Christ known in the world. There would be more by our love. We must express our belief that, even in this gloomy, dark peace. As Christians our faith in the res- time of pain and suffering at home urrection, which we celebrate during and around the world, God will not Holy Week, reminds us that good can abandon us -- just like He did not and does, come out of suffering and abandon His Son, Jesus, even though that the only way to conquer sin is to it may have looked that way at first. love, even our enemies. Jesus died Our world needs this Easter message. out of love for us and through His Go out and proclaim it to all in your suffering came His resurrection. By world. And if current events make it hard His cross and resurrection He set us for you to believe that God is somefree. As this Season of Lent comes to a how in all of this, ask God to deepen close, it would be good to reflect on your faith and to help you to rememour own attitudes. Do we feel that ber times when He brought you out people are justified in wanting to of difficulties in your life or the life punish hatred with more violence? of someone you know. Easter tells us What are our thoughts about the that God never leaves us in our pain death penalty (which is what Jesus and brings good out of evil. We must died under)? Do we ever pray for the proclaim that, in spite of the situation conversion of our enemies, even ter- of our world, God is with us and that rorists and those people in our lives gives us hope.

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talents and inclinations. Vocation: Vocation means a call. It is God’s invitation –His call- to each person to love and serve Him and His Church in a particular state or way of life. Vows: Formal commitments made to God to follow Jesus in His poverty, chastity and obedience as members of religious communities. The vow of poverty means that members hold all things in common. The community takes care of each other’s needs through the

providence of God and their our charity. The vow of chastity means that the member gives up the goods of marriage and marital relations for the sake of God’s kingdom. The vow of obedience allows the member of the community to imitate and share in Jesus’ obedience to His Father in order to accomplish His will. (Diocesan priests promise to live in celibate chastity, obedience to their bishop and a simple life). Courtesy of Fr. J.D. Jaffe, Director of the Office of Vocations, Catholic Diocese of Arlington

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When you donate on Good Friday at your local parish, you help to ensure thatChristianity will remain in the Holy Land. The Franciscans of the Custody of the Holy Land have the unique responsibility of caring for the Holy Places as well as caring for the living stones of the Holy Land. The living stones are the Christians who live in the Holy Land. It is important that we care for the Christians living in the Holy Land in order to maintain a Christian presence in a land that is filled with a majority Jewish and Islamic population.

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Where Does Our Lenten Rice Bowl Money Go? By Anne Avellone, Office of Social Justice and Respect Life

I often am asked that question by parishioners who use Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Rice Bowl during Lent. This Lent, 83 parishes and 12 schools ordered Rice Bowls to be used by families, adult education programs, religious education programs, schools, youth groups and even the Catholic Center staff. We won’t know until July how much we collected this Lent, but last year (Lent 2013), 60 parishes and schools participated and we raised a total of $72,433.02 which was a $25,468.91 increase over Lent 2012! From that amount, 25% (around $17,337) stays in our local Rice Bowl Grant fund. The remaining 75% goes to CRS to fund relief and development projects in the over 100 countries across the world. The local Rice Bowl money collected last Lent went to the following local organizations that work to alleviate hunger and homelessness in our community: 1. Our Lady of Sorrows, St. Vincent de Paul/Road Runner Mobile Food Pantry—Bernalillo partners with Road Runner Mobile food pantry to serve any resident of Sandoval County. 2. St. Vincent de Paul, Our Lady of Guadalupe—Peña Blanca is assisted by the SVdp of Our Lady of Sorrows to establish a SVdP for their parish, including training of volunteers and setting up the process of food and clothing distribution. 3. Samaritan House—Las Vegas provides emergency food and shelter, transitional housing and support, food and affordable used clothing and household goods through the thrift store. It the main non-profit agency addressing poverty issues in San Miguel, Mora and Guadalupe counties. 4. St. Martin de Porres, Food Pantry—Española is run completely on a volunteer basis, and has a very active collaboration with Los Alamos Laboratories, and with many multi-denominational churches in the Espanola Valley, (including Holy Cross Catholic Church, the United Methodist Church, Khalsa, and Church of Latter Day Saints.) 5. Little Poor Ones Fraternity of the Secular Franciscan Order—Taos operates from a room in Our Lady of Gua-

dalupe Church in Taos, this Franciscan Order will use the grant funds to help meet the increased demand for food in the Taos area. 6. Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Parish—Villanueva will assist needy families and educate them about nutrition in this rural, poor area. Food is needed especially outside of the holiday time for very poor parishioners. 7. Holy Family Parish, St. Vincent de Paul—Albuquerque partners with the Roadrunner Mobile Food to serve hungry families in the South Valley. 8. Good Shepherd Center—Albuquerque has been serving the homeless population since 1951 and provides overnight shelter and clothing to homeless men, runs a residential drug and alcohol rehab program and serves an average of 157,555 free meals a year to poor or homeless men, women and children. 9. Catholic Charities—Albuquerque helps 250 new refugees a year who come to this country escaping the threat of death in their home countries, most currently, from Somalia, Cuba and Iraq. Catholic Charities assures that families are greeted in their native language and taken to a furnished apartment that is stocked with culturally appropriate food. 10. St. Felix Pantry—Rio Rancho is a not-for-profit organization born of a love for the poor and an incessant need to feed the hungry, and is sponsored by the Felician Franciscan Sisters. The pantry assists clients with basic needs by providing food that is high in nutritional value to over 4,000 families a month. 11. St. John the Baptist Lunch Kitchen—Santa Fe is staffed and funded by monetary and food donations from the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church parishioners and from local churches, businesses, organizations and individuals and serves lunch three days a week to about 50 people a day. 12. Immaculate Conception Parish Soup Kitchen—Albuquerque serves hot meals to about 120 people a week on Sundays, when other soup kitchens are closed. Guests are seated and served restaurant-style by parishioners and volunteers to ensure the dignity of all. This project has been chosen to be on the nationally distributed calendar/prayer resource for Lent 2014 Rice Bowl feature for locally used funds.

13. St. Vincent de Paul Society— Albuquerque has 46 parishes archdiocesan wide that provide home visits and gives families emergency assistance through food, rental/utility aid and furniture. Rice Bowl funds help the needier parishes in our archdiocese. 14. Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish—Santa Fe hosts a hot lunch 3 days a week to about 450 each week for the day laborers who wait for work on the corner of Guadalupe and Agua Fria. If you know organizations that

qualify for a Rice Bowl grant, or want to apply, contact my office for an application. Applications are due in my office by November 1 each year. Organizations must be working to alleviate hunger or homelessness within the boundaries of the archdiocese, be a non-profit and be connected to, supported by or collaborating with a Catholic parish, school or archdiocesan entity. Contact the Office of Social Justice and Respect Life, 505.831.8205 or justice@archdiosf. org for an application.

African American Catholic Community 22nd Anniversary Mass Join the AACC for a Mass celebrating their 22nd Anniversary on Sun April 27, Noon—St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Church, 5901 St. Joseph’s Dr. NW in Albuquerque, Presider: Fr. Jim Marchionda, O.P. For info: Brenda at 505.836.3627. EASTER GLORY from p 19

funerary chapel for his mother, Theodora, the Chapel of St. Zeno. And while the basilica’s apse mosaic and triumphal arch are as magnificent as Liz Lev describes them, it’s the St. Zeno Chapel that marks St. Praxedes as a Christian site not-tobe-missed. I’ve been in many spectacularly beautiful rooms over the years: the Painted Hall of Wren’s Royal Naval Hospital in Greenwich, England, the Sainte Chapelle in Paris, and the Sistine Chapel would obviously rank high on any such list. But I would happily enroll the tiny St. Zeno Chapel in St. Praxedes in any contest for Most Beautiful Room on Planet Earth. Replete with wallto-wall golden mosaics, the chapel is intended, as Liz writes, to evoke the experience of heaven: “Precious columns line the four corners, capped with golden capitals from

which angels seem to reach to the vault’s summit, where Christ Pantocrator looks serenely down.” And yet amidst this stunning beauty is a reminder of how and why Jesus is Lord and King. For a small, glass-enclosed reliquary to the side of the chapel houses a fragment of a stone column, long venerated as the pillar of the scourging that preceded the crucifixion. The glory of the Risen Lord, so magnificently displayed throughout the Basilica of St. Praxedes, is Easter glory. Easter glory is not without cost, for Easter glory follows the obedient suffering of the Son on Good Friday. There, on Calvary, the Son conforms himself to the will of the Father as he meets his messianic destiny on a cruciform throne. Easter necessarily follows Good Friday. That lesson rings down the centuries, from Pope Paschal to Pope Francis.

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10 Things to Know About CRS Rice Bowl

By Anna Huth, CRS Southwest Relationship Manager

1. “Together, we get this done.” Using CRS Rice Bowl, U.S. Catholics pull together in prayer, fasting and almsgiving to make a big difference in the lives of others. In the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, 83 parishes and 12 Catholic schools ordered rice bowls this Lent. 2. “We fast, that others may eat.” Thanks to your Rice Bowl donations, people here and around the world can feed their families. 3. “It takes a team.” Fr. Arkad Biczak (pastor of John XXIII Catholic Community in Albuquerque and CRS Director for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe), Anne Avellone (Director of the Archdiocese’s Office of Social Justice & Respect Life and CRS Education Coordinator), and volunteers in parishes and schools work together to make CRS Rice Bowl available each year. We are grateful to them all! 4. “Bread and Blessings”

That’s the name of the service project at Immaculate Conception Church in Albuquerque, that was featured in CRS Rice Bowl during Holy Week. Catholics throughout our country read about it! It was featured in order to show the respect for human dignity that the volunteers focus on as they serve the guests that come to their weekly Sunday dinner. 5. Simple meals? Everything’s relative! Those Rice Bowl recipes for meals we consider small, simple dishes to eat during Lent are actually festive meals in the countries they came from! 6. “75 / 25”. 75% is used by Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the international humanitarian agency of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, for life-saving projects around the world. 25% of your donations will remain in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, for projects here that help the hungry. 7. “Hot off the press!” If you know of a project to feed the

The Dignity of Work

By Kathy Freeze, Parish & Faith Community Outreach Liaison, Catholic Charities Center for Community Involvement

Are you a business owner seeking reliable, dedicated employees to join your team? Consider hiring a Catholic Charities Refugee. Refugees are individuals who have fled their country of origin due to war and/or racial, religious, ethnic, and tribal persecution. They are brave, focused, determined, and motivated to start their new and free lives in the United States. Our Catholic social teaching tells us “work is more than a way to make a living; it is a form of continuing participation in God’s creation. If the dignity of work is to be protected, then the basic rights of workers must be respected

– the right to productive work and to decent and fair wages.” We need your help in connecting our new neighbors on their journey to self-sufficiency in a new country. To support our refugees, the Catholic Charities Center for Refugee Settlement and Support provides training for job readiness, on the job training, as well as continuous case management and follow up with employers. All candidates are legally permitted to work in the United States and have a Social Security Number. They have an Employment Authorization Document (work permit) and Catholic Charities validates all legal documentation. For more information call Mandy Orta 505.331.5458 or Anna Musciotto 505.724.4681 at the Center for Refugee Settlement and Support.

hungry that you would like to propose receive some of that 25% of funds that stay local, a grant process has been established for that. Contact Anne Avellone at justice@archdiosf.org or at 505.831.8167. 8. “There’s an app for that.” This year, for the first time, CRS made a phone app available to help people in their commitment to prayer, fasting and almsgiving each day of

Lent. 9. “More than you know…” CRS made online resources available throughout Lent. Prayer resources include the Stations of the Cross, a prayer service remembering Mary’s sorrows during Jesus’ passion and death, and stories of saints. Resources for families include hands-on activities for a full range of ages. If you are not familiar with them, you

might check out this Lent’s resources at www.crsricebowl. org to help you keep them in mind for next Lent. 10. You can still turn in your donations from this Lent, if you haven’t already! Turn them in to your parish or Catholic school. Questions? Please contact Anne Avellone at justice@archdiosf.org or at 505.831.8167.

This Earth Day, Take the St. Francis Pledge! All across our country, Catholics 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. 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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Medicare Can Help You Find the Right Health Care Providers By Bob Moos/Southwest regional public affairs officer for the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

How many times do we rely on the Internet to answer life’s little questions, such as which movies to see or where to go for dinner? So, why not use it to help settle some of the bigger questions, like which nursing homes, hospitals and doctors to turn to for our care? Four in five Internet users already search the web for information about diseases or medical problems. Taking that one step further and using the Internet to compare health care providers seems perfectly reasonable, as long as you can trust the websites you’re visiting. Medicare’s “Compare” website fills the bill. It’s a good place to begin your research when looking for a nursing home, hospital, home health agency, dialysis facility or physician. Nursing Home Compare (medicare.gov/nursinghomecompare) gives you detailed information on 17,000 nursing homes nationwide. You can find out about a facility’s recent health and safety inspections, its staffing levels and how well it prevents problems like urinary tract infections and pressure ulcers. The website uses a star-rating system to point out the differences in quality between nursing homes. The best homes score five stars; the worst receive one. Hospital Compare (medicare.gov/hospitalcompare) puts 4,700 hospitals under the magnifying glass, allowing you to see how facilities fare on many indicators of quality care. You can learn, for example, how often patients who were admitted to a particular hospital because of heart attacks return within a month of discharge. An unusually low, or high, percentage could say something about how well, or poorly, the hospital treated the problem during the first stay. In an emergency, you need to go to the nearest hospital. But when you do have time, it’s worth discussing with your doctor which hospital best meets your needs. If you’re considering one facility, you may want to know what recent pa-

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tients thought of their care. Hospital Compare measures customer satisfaction by using survey responses from patients. You can find out, for instance, how well a hospital’s patients thought the doctors and nurses keep them informed or managed their pain. Home Health Compare (medicare.gov/homehealthcompare) lets you locate home health care agencies in your area and check on the types of services they offer and the quality of their care. Your doctor, hospital discharge planner or social worker can make some recommendations. But the statistics on Home Health Compare will help you follow up and confirm how well an agency’s patients recover from illnesses or injuries and resume their everyday activities. Dialysis Facility Compare (medicare.gov/ dialysisfacilitycompare) describes all Medicare-certified dialysis facilities. Convenience is important, so look at facilities near your home. Pay close attention to the quality-of-care measures. Some facilities will have higher ratings because of the type of patients they serve. Make sure you understand what the numbers mean before you make a decision. Ask the dialysis facilities about their quality rating when you visit. And talk to your physician. Physician Compare (medicare.gov/physiciancompare) allows you to search for doctors who provide Medicare-covered services. You can find basic information about individuals and group practices, such as their business addresses, medical specialties, clinical training and hospital affiliations. You can also check how well certain group practices perform specific tasks, like controlling blood sugar in patients with diabetes. More performance data on doctors will be posted over time. As helpful as the “Compare” website is, it isn’t meant to be the final word on a nursing home or a hospital or a physician’s quality of care. It’s simply a screening tool that lets you focus on a few providers that interest you, so that you can make an informed decision about your care.

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D+E+I Announces 2014 Lumen Gentium Awardees

By Kristine J. Coffey, Chair, D+E+I Board of Directors

The Dominican Ecclesial Institute (D+E+I) Board of Directors announced the 2014 Lumen Gentium Awardees. Recognized at the 18th Annual D+E+I Tea and Awards on Sunday, April 6, these religious formation leaders in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe joyfully and generously share their faith. Nominations for the award are solicited from all parishes and faith organizations throughout the archdiocese. St. Dominic recognized that, for catechesis, and more importantly, evangelization, to be effective, he would need to address the real needs of the faithful in language that they understood. Only then could he lead them into a deeper experience and understanding God in their lives. Receiving the 2014 D+E+I Cross and Lumen Gentium Certificates are Terri Baca for her work in RCIA with St. Anne Catholic Church Marianne Bennett for her work in RCIA with the Aquinas Newman Center Deacon Keith Davis, for his work in adult faith formation with Our Lady of Fatima Michael Eddie Gallegos

for his work in RCIA and marriage preparation from Santa Maria de la Paz, Sylvia Garcis, for her work in Spanish RCIA with Santa Cruz John Humbel, for his catechetical works on church history with Our Lady of the Annunciation Team Betty Martinez and Gail Phillips, for their work in adult formation with Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Mary Ann Sabie, for her work in RCIA with St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Gay Snell, for her work in RCIA with San Clemente Parish Paul Swanson, for his work in educational media with the Center for Action and Contemplation Phil & Patricia Vitale, for their work in RCIA with the Shrine of St. Bernadette Fr. William Young, Jr., for his work in spiritual care with Queen of Heaven The people of God are indeed the church of Jesus in this place and time. They are the “Light to the Nations.” Lumen Gentium Awardees lead the heart and spirit of the church; they are our light. Congratulations to 2014 Awardees from your grateful communities.

Child Abuse Prevention Month

By working together as a community, we all can play a part in promoting children’s emotional well-being and strengthening families. During this month and throughout the year, the Archdiocese of Santa Fe is dedicated to supporting families and reducing the risk of child abuse and neglect. Find out how you can play a part in creating positive change in our community. Contact Annette Klimka at 505.831.8144 or go to www.archdiosf.org for more information.

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cedence he stated, “Anybody can be pope; the proof is that I am one.” Leaders and lay people were intrigued by his humble and passionate approach by visiting sick children and prisoners and confessing the church was wrong in past anti-Semitism. On January 20, 1959 John XXIII decided that it was time for the church to have an ecumenical council and stated, “I want to open up the windows of the church, so we can see out and people can see in.” He opened the Vatican II Council on October 11, 1962. John XXIII wrote five encyclicals dealing with social justice, human rights and global concerns. As pope, through much diplomacy, he worked behind the scenes for peace with the free world and Soviet Russia which resulted

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in his final encyclical, Pacem in Terris, published on April 10, 1963 concerning peace and social justice in the world. Its focus was for nations to negotiate for peaceful solutions; “Man has the right to live. He has the right to bodily integrity and to the means necessary for the proper development of life, particularly food, clothing, shelter, medical care, rest and finally the necessary social services…..” In a separate writing, Il Tempio Massimo, he wrote to the religious women of the world; “Beloved daughters, the church has welcomed you under its mantel, it has defended your rights, it has derived and still derives benefits from your works.” Our beloved John XXIII died on June 3, 1963 and will be a canonized saint on April 27, 2014.

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Deacon Alfred Leo McLane, Jr. Deacon Alfred Leo McLane, Jr. was called home to the Lord Saturday, March 22, 2014. Deacon Al had served at the Shrine of St. Bernadette for over 20 years. He loved and ministered to the community and thought of them as extended family. Deacon Al was also called Dad. It was through his life experiences as a husband and dad that he found compassion to minister to people. He was preceded in death by his wife of 62 years, Betty McLane. He is survived by his children Melissa Dunn (Clyde), Michael McLane, Mary McLane, Maureen Robbins (Larry), Paul McLane (Herminia), and Carol McLane. He has nine grandchildren; four great- grandchildren; and three great-great- grandchildren; and his beloved dog Cosmo.

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Mark Your Calendar

Roman Catholic Saints Calendar April 15 Blessed Caesar de Bus 16 St. Bernadette Soubirous 17 St. Benedict Joseph Labre 18 Blessed James Oldo 19 Blessed Luchesio and Buonadonna 20 St. Conrad of Parzham 21 St. Anselm 22 St. Adalbert of Prague 23 St. George 24 St. Fidelis of Sigmaringen 25 St. Mark 26 St. Pedro de San José Betancur 27 St. Louis Grignion de Montfort 28 St. Peter Chanel 29 St. Catherine of Siena 30 St. Pius V

May 1 St. Joseph the Worker 2 St. Athanasius 3 Sts. Philip and James 4 Blessed Michael Giedroyc 5 St. Hilary of Arles 6 Sts. Marian and James 7 St. Rose Venerini 8 St. Peter of Tarentaise 9 St. Catharine of Bologna 10 St. Damien Joseph de Veuster of Moloka’i 11 St. Ignatius of Laconi 12 Sts. Nereus and Achilleus 13 Our Lady of Fatima 14 St. Matthias

“May the Dear Lord bless you...” April 16 Rev. Oscar Coelho 17 Rev. Odon Nguyen, OSB 18 Rev. Joe D. Vigil 18 Rev. Rick Zerwas 19 Rev. Joel O. Bugas 23 Rev. George Reynolds, OP 24 Rev. Vincent Chavez 24 Rev. Sotero Sena 24 Rev. Bijoy Francis, O. Praem 26 Rev. Virgil Furfaro

May 4 Rev. Vincent Dominguez 5 Rev. Thomas Kayammakal 5 Rev. Chrysostom Partee, OFM 7 Rev. Joseph Tin Mahn Bui 10 Rev. Michaelangelo Cimino 10 Rev. J. Stephen Hickman 11 Rev. Daniel Gutierrez 11 Rev. Tim A. Martinez 13 Rev. Anthony Romero 14 Rev. Baaju Izuchi, CSSp

TV Mass Schedule The Catholic Center St. Joseph/St. Francis Chapel Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on KRQE TV-13, KBIM TV-10, KREZ TV-6 and FOX 2 American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreted TV Mass Donations may be sent online to www.archdiosf.org or mailed to: Chancellor’s Office/ TV Mass, 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120

April 13, 2014 MT 21:1-11 Palm Sunday/Passion IS 50:4-7 Rev. John Cannon PS 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 PHIL 2:6-11 MT 26:14-27:66 or MT 27:11-54 April 20, 2014 ACTS 10:34a, 37-43 Easter Sunday PS 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan COL 3:1-4 or 1 COR 5:6b-8 JN 20:1-9 April 27, 2014 ACTS 2:42-47 2nd Sunday Easter/Divine Mercy PS 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 Fr. Mark Schultz 1 PT 1:3-9 JN 20:19-31 May 4, 2014 ACTS 2:14, 22-33 3rd Sunday Easter PS 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 Rev. Adam Ortega y Ortiz 1 PT 1:17-21 LK 24:13-35

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BOOKS John Paul II: The Journey of a Saint

By Dominique Bar, Louis-Bernard Koch, Guy Lehideux Publisher: Ignatius Press (February 2014) This richly illustrated hardcover book tells the fascinating and deeply inspiring story of Pope John Paul II, who will be canonized a saint in April 2014. Young people will be drawn to the well-crafted pictures and simple text that tells the dramatic and inspiring story of one of the most important figures of the twentieth century, one that many are already calling “John Paul the Great”.

Our Holy Father, the Pope

By Don R. Caffery Publisher: Ignatius Press (December 2013) Who was the first pope? Who is the pope today? What does he do? And why do we need one anyway? The answers to these questions and more can be found in this beautifully illustrated book for children. Our Holy Father, the Pope takes us back to the time of Jesus so that we can learn about the origins and role of the Papacy. The storybook format begins with the Gospels: Jesus calling Simon, Jesus renaming him Peter, meaning rock, and giving him the keys to the kingdom, and so on. It follows Peter as Jesus suffers, dies, and rises from the dead for all mankind. The descent of the Holy Spirit, the birth of the church, and the death of Peter himself for the sake of Jesus also are described. The book includes brief biographies of some famous popes, a list of all the popes from Peter to the present, and a bibliography. Includes beautiful and inspiring illustrations by renowned French illustrator Emmanuel Beaudesson.

Easter Bunny’s Amazing Day

By Carol Benoist & Cathy Gilmore Publisher: Liguori (January 2014) Meet the Risen Jesus with an amazing bunny— and his amazing tale—in this beautifully illustrated hardcover children’s book. Children will learn about Jesus’ friendship and comfort through the eyes of a timid bunny rabbit who experiences firsthand the love and joy Jesus brings. A new enhanced version will be available Easter 2014, and these first-edition

copies are going fast! Easter Bunny’s Amazing Day is sure to be a family favorite every Easter.

The Preferential Option for the Poor Beyond Theology

By Daniel G. Groody C.S.C. & Gustavo Gutierrez, O.P. Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press (December 2013) Daniel G. Groody, C.S.C., is associate professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame. He is the editor of The Option for the Poor in Christian Theology (2007) and, with Gioacchino Campese, A Promised Land, A Perilous Journey: Theological Perspectives on Migration (2008), both published by the University of Notre Dame Press. Gustavo Gutiérrez, O.P., is the John Cardinal O’Hara Professor of Theology at the University of Notre Dame and the author of many books, including A Theology of Liberation and On Job: God-Talk and the Suffering of the Innocent.

Only Love Can Save Us: Letters, Homilies, and Talks of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio

By Pope Francis Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor (October 2013) “Only the commandment of love, in all its simplicity - steady, humble, unassuming but firm in conviction and in commitment to others - can save us.” - Te Deum homily of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, May 25, 2012 As Pope Francis speaks from a new and much larger pulpit, it is easy to forget not only the many challenges he faced as Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but also the many events that shaped the perspective he is now sharing as pope. This collection of homilies, letters, and talks from his years as cardinal in Argentina reveals his consistent love for the poor and joy in Christ as he covers a wide range of topics of interest to all Catholics - marriage, prayer, faith, education, evangelization, the elderly, children, the homeless, vocations, and more. The frank and open style that has endeared him to the world as pope is fully evident in these approachable pieces that give insight into the mind of the man who would become Pope Francis.

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St. Therese Catholic School Mrs. Bullwinkle’s 4th Grade Class

Stations of the Cross

Station I Jesus is condemned to death (Aiden Wagner)

Station II Jesus takes up His Cross (Vanessa Chavez)

Station III Jesus falls the first time (Benjamin Kious)

Station IV Jesus meets His mother (Fabiola Vernier)

Station V Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus (Dominic Duran)

Station VI Veronica wipes Jesus’ face (Tea Gonzales)

Station VII Jesus falls the second time (Lukas Flores)

Station VIII Jesus meets the kind woman (Erica Olguin)

Station XIII Jesus is taken down from the Cross (Jack Silverhart)

Station X Jesus’ clothes are torn off (Jared Robbins)

Station XIV Jesus is laid in the Tomb (Claudia Cortes Solis)

Station XI Jesus is nailed to the Cross (Serenity Ortega)

Station XII Jesus dies on the Cross (Samantha Fresquez)

Station XV Jesus rises from the dead (Mascio Hernandez) L. Radigan-Yodice/ASF

Station IX Jesus falls for the third time (Roman Villanueva)