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w w w. a r c h d i o s f . o r g Inside this Issue
Ser ving The Multicultural People of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe
Archbishop’s Letter: A New Translation..........................3 New Nuncio to the US .......................................................3 St. Francis of Assisi Award Recipients .......................... 5 A Salute to Our Veterans...................................................8 Cremated Remains Committal Service..........................11 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Celebrates 100 years .......................................................12 Red Mass ..........................................................................13 Dedication Mass for St. Jude Thaddeus Parish ...........14 EWTN’s Epic Series “Catholicism” ................................23
Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan Consecrates Archdiocese’s Newest Church
St. Jude Thaddeus
causes, Jesus’ twelfth apostle, St. Jude Thaddeus, is often called upon to intercede when difficult circumstances present themselves. It’s only fitting that St. Jude Thaddeus in Albuquerque – one of the fastest growing parishes in the State of New Mexico – has finally received an answer to desperate pleas and countless prayers for a bigger church
“The call to ‘rebuild His
Church’ was answered.” Father John Daniel, Pastor, St. Jude Thaddeus Parish, Albuquerque, NM. More on page 14
Father Crispin Butz, OFM
N O V . 27, 1923 - N O V . 7, 2011 Esteemed Former Rector of Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi Dies Franciscan priest served New Mexicans 57 years See page 24
Archbishop Emeritus Joseph A. Fiorenza, from the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, was the homilist for the annual Red Mass, held at Immaculate Conception in Albuquerque. This tradition reaches back to President Thomas Jefferson who wrote in 1804 to the Ursuline nuns in New Orleans where the first Catholic hospital was established that their charitable works could continue in accord with their own rules “without interference from civil authority”. This pledge of our third president is in jeopardy if current secular trends infringe on the freedom of religion.
Photos by Celine
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