People of God, April 2018 by Archdiocese of Santa Fe

April 2018 Vol. 36, No. 4

The Risen Christ Portraited by Oliver McRay at John XXIII Catholic Community, in Albuquerque Leslie M. Radigan/ASF

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New Mexico Celebrates Life of Beloved Native Son Most Reverend Arthur Nicholas Tafoya Bishop Emeritus, Diocese of Pueblo March 2, 1933 – March 24, 2018

By Reverend Juan Mendoza, Retired Pastor, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish, Alameda

ishop Arthur Nicholas Tafoya was born in the home of his grandparents Frank and Juanita Armijo on March 2, 1933 in Alameda, NM. He was the first born of Nick and Rosita Tafoya. Because he was premature they placed him close to the wood stove for extra warmth and prayed that he would survive. The Tafoya and Armijo families were longtime residents of Alameda going back several generations. Grandparents on his father’s side were Manuel and Francisquita Tafoya. His siblings were; Rosalie, Herman, Leonard, Larry, Priscilla and Andy. He received his sacraments at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church and was an altar server there throughout his youth. Attended Alameda Elementary School and St. Mary Catholic School. In the 9th grade he joined Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary in Santa Fe. At the age of 15 his mother died in childbirth, the baby did not survive. After graduating from IHM he was sent to Conception Seminary in Missouri for theological studies. In the 1950s theology was taught mostly in Latin and Bishop Tafoya, like many others,

struggled mastering the language. He finished his studies of theology and was ordained a priest at St. Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe on May 12, 1962, by Archbishop Edwin Vincent Byrne. His first assignment was as assistant to the pastor of Holy Rosary in Albuquerque. After a few years he was made pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Dixon, NM. Although St. Anthony was a very small parish he was able to support a Catholic school that gave a fine education to many children in that rural community. Five years later he became pastor of San Jose Parish in Albuquerque. San Jose is a poor parish with many challenges. The parish thrived under his dedicated leadership. Bishop Tafoya was also asked to become the coordinator of the Cursillo movement in the Archdiocese. Under his guidance the Cursillo movement awakened the call to ministry to many lay men and women in all the parishes of the Archdiocese. He was spiritual director at a multitude of cursillos from Taos to San Patricio. It was during his years at San Jose that his good friend Fr. Robert Sanchez was chosen to become the Archbishop of Santa Fe. The new archbishop selected him to become his Vicar General. In that position he advised the archbishop of matters of administration and pastoral work as well as assisting him conferring the Sacrament of Confirmation throughout the archdiocese. Eventually he was made rector of Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary. This position he held for two years when he was chosen by Pope John Paul II to be the bishop of Pueblo, Colorado. His episcopal ordination took place in Pueblo on September 10th, 1980. Hundreds of the faithful from New Mexico and Colorado attended the joyful ceremony. The consecrating bishops were: Archbishops James Casey of Denver, Robert Sanchez of Santa Fe, and Charles Boswell retired bishop of Pueblo. As bishop of Pueblo, he always emphasized the fact that Pueblo is a missionary diocese and therefore the clergy have to travel much planting the seed of faith wherever they go. He travelled the beautiful plains and mountains of southern Colorado in all kinds of weather, always bringing a message of faith and hope to everyone. Along the way he visited the priests who were stationed in isolated places as a sign of concern and love. Shortly before his 25th anniversary driving through an arroyo he almost drowned. This event had a tremendous impact in his life. During his 29 years as Bishop of Pueblo, he was instrumental in renovating the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart to become the prayerful and beautiful worship space that it is today. He also dedicated a number of new churches and religious institutions. He brought semi-cloistered religious sisters to Pueblo who started daily adoration of the Blessed Sacrament to pray for the needs of the diocese. He consolidated the diocesan offices into the building of the former cathedral school, previously offices were scattered in three different locations. He met with victims of clergy sex abuse and begged forgiveness for the hurt caused by priests and religious. Few years after his arrival Bishop Tafoya sold the bishop’s mansion and moved to a small two bedroom former rectory close to downtown. In 1982 he received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree from Regis College in Denver. His last project was the building of a new diocesan pastoral center on land he acquired close to the Arkansas River. The building was finished shortly before Bishop Tafoya retired. He never got to use it. In preparation for his replacement Bishop Tafoya purchased and furnished a home for the new bishop. When Bishop Tafoya retired there was no debt in the Diocese of Pueblo. Continued on page 9

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Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions for April/Abril

Inside this Issue 2

Bishop Emeritus Arthur N. Tafoya Diocese of Pueblo 1933-2018

4 Archbishop’s Letter: We Are Easter People 8 Pope Francis “Gaudete et Exsultate” 10 Vocations 12 Confirmation 14 Anniversaries 18 Catholic Schools 20 D+E+I Names 2018 Lumen Awardees 22 Catholic Charities 26 National Donate Life Month 27 April Is Child Abuse Awareness Month 34 Archbishop Wester’s Schedule 35 Institute of Formation for Christian Service 36 Welcome to New ASF Website

Universal: For those who have responsibility in economic matters That economists may have the courage to reject any economy of exclusion and know how to open new paths. Universal: Por aquellos que tienen una responsabilidad en la economía Para que los responsables del pensamiento y de la gestión de la economía tengan el coraje de refutar una economía de la exclusión y sepan abrir nuevos caminos o rutas.

Seminary Burse The following parishes have sent in excess Mass stipends and other contributions collected at the Archdiocesan Finance Office for seminarian education. These receipts are for the month of March 2018. 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

Catholic Charismatic Center – Albuquerque.....................................50.00 Church of the Ascension – Albuquerque......................................2,790.00 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary..................................................... 500.00 Our Lady of Sorrows – Bernalillo........................................................1,000.00 Our Lady of the Annunciation – Albuquerque................................570.00 Sacred Heart of Jesus – Española......................................................1,200.00 San Juan Bautista – San Juan Pueblo - Ohkay Owingeh.......1,000.00 San Ysidro – Corrales..............................................................................2,035.00 St. Joseph on the Rio Grande – Albuquerque................................ 640.00 Total $ 9,785.00

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Assignments Archbishop John C. Wester has made the following assignments: Effective Thursday, March 1, 2018 – Very Rev. Michael Demkovich, O.P., has been appointed as Episcopal Vicar for Doctrine and Life at Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Effective Thursday, March 1, 2018 – Rev. Msgr. Bennett J. Voorhies, his resignation has been granted as dean of the Albuquerque B Deanery. He will remain Archdiocesan Director of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs and pastor for Our Lady of the Annunciation Parish. Effective Thursday, March 1, 2018 – Very Rev. Stephen Schultz, has been appointed as dean of the Albuquerque B Deanery. He will remain pastor for Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Albuquerque. Effective Thursday, March 15, 2018 – Rev. Hyginus Anuta, his resignation has been granted as dean of the Southeast Deanery. He will remain pastor for Holy Ghost Parish in Albuquerque. Effective Thursday, March 15, 2018 – Very Rev. Charles Ugochukwu, has been appointed as dean of the Southeast Deanery. He will remain pastor for St. Helen Parish in Portales. Effective Monday, April 9, 2018 – Rev. Graham Golden, O.Praem, has been appointed as pastor for Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish in Albuquerque. The current pastor, Rev. Robert Campbell, O.Praem, will be on vacation and will receive an assignment when he returns.

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We Are Easter People By Most Reverend John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe

ften we hear it said that we Christians are an “Easter People.” This is quite true. Nevertheless, what does that mean? I suppose it can mean many things, all of which are rooted in Christ’s resurrection, His triumphant victory over sin and death. Most importantly, it means that our faith is not in vain: “And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain” (1 Cor. 15:14). In our baptisms, we became one with the risen Christ as we received the promise of eternal life, the first stages of which we already celebrate as members of the Church, one with God the Father and with each other as the Body of Christ. It follows, then, that one very important aspect of this faith is unity. Through His passion and resurrection, Jesus conquers those things that divide us: sin and death. Christ unites us to Himself and as brothers and sisters of Christ, we become one with each other. Easter is a clarion call for unity: unity with our God and with one another. John’s Gospel gives us a glimpse into the heart of Christ who prayed so fervently for unity: “And I have given them the glory you gave Me, so that they may be one as we are one…” (John 17:22). This unity is something that Christ feels very passionately. It is not frosting on the cake or a nice goal among so many others. It is essential to being a Christian

and it is the fruit of the resurrection. Our blessed Lord must have had many a moment of sadness when He witnessed such disunity around Him: Romans occupying His land, religious leaders quarreling over any number of issues and the rivalries between groups of people such as the Jewish people and the Samaritans. However, the most painful of all must have been the tensions and divisions among His own followers. We see evidence of real discord between the political views of Christ’s apostles and in their understanding of His message. There were jealousies and petty rivalries between them. No wonder Jesus prayed so fervently just before His passion. Are we any better? Look at all that divides us in our church and in our country today. We see sad divisions between conservatives and liberals, those who see Vatican II as primarily opening the windows and others who see it more as going back to the sources (aggiornamento v. ressourcement). There are those who fly the banner of Pope Benedict XVI and others who favor Pope Francis. These divisions, and so many more, reflect the divisions in our country today as we debate such issues as pro-life, gun safety, immigration, and climate change. Despite all these divisions, we must never forget the challenge of the Gospel and the message of the resurrection: we are one in Christ. We can and will have our disagreements but we must never

forget Christ’s prayer that we be one. How do we accomplish this? Maintaining unity with each other is a daunting task. How do I remain united to the person I am debating, especially if the debate is something about which I feel passionate. While there is much one could say in response, I would suggest three ideas. First, it is critical to listen. I notice that when I am engaged in a lively conversation (an argument, in other words) I do not always listen attentively to what the other person is saying. Rather, I wait for that person to breathe in so I can get in my licks. Unity depends on genuine, attentive and careful listening, a listening that tries to hear not only the words but also the conviction, the emotion and the truth behind what the person is saying. I must also listen with the idea of learning. This brings me to my second point: humility. Unity depends on the virtue of humility and is fostered by it. If I believe that I have all the answers, that I have nothing to learn or that mine is the only possible view, then the discussion will no doubt do more to divide than unite. More and more I have tried to say to someone with whom I was having a disagreement, “You may be right.” It stopped that person in his tracks and it cued me to be a bit more humble about my position. Finally, forgiveness is essential to unity. We are bound to offend one another when in the midst of a disagreement, especially in the heat of the moment. It is essential to forgive and to ask for forgiveness. This signals that while we may disagree on the issue, we

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see our relationship as something that is not worth compromising. These three ideas of listening, humility and forgiveness are reflected in the Lordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Passion, which we just commemorated and celebrated liturgically during Holy Week. Jesus listened intently to His Father in the garden of Gethsemane. He took up His cross with humility and He forgave His executioners. Jesus modeled for us the path to unity, a unity made possible by His resurrection from the dead. Unity, real unity, is never achieved by using the tools of the world: power, money, violence and political chicanery. Rather, it is accomplished when we allow the light of the Gospel and Christâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s resurrection to shine brightly on the sad divisions that afflict our Church, our country and our world. We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song. That means we must seek unity at all times. It does not take a backseat to the other issues of the day. It is THE issue, the fervent and intimate prayer of our Savior and the demand of the Gospel. May this Easter bring you and your loved ones many blessings, especially the gift of unity. Sincerely yours in the Lord,

Most Rev. John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe

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Somos el Pueblo de la Pascua

menudo oímos decir que los cristianos somos “el pueblo de la Pascua”. Esto es muy cierto. Sin embargo, ¿qué significa? Supongo que podría significar muchas cosas, todas las cuales están arraigadas en la Resurrección de Cristo, su triunfante victoria sobre el pecado y la muerte. Con mayor importancia, quiere decir que nuestra fe no es en vano: “Pero si Cristo no fue resucitado, nuestra predicación ya no contiene nada ni queda nada de lo que creen ustedes” (Cor.15:14). En nuestro bautismo, pasamos a ser uno con Cristo Resucitado conforme recibimos la promesa de vida eterna, las primeras etapas de la cual celebramos como miembros de la Iglesia, una con Dios Padre y los unos con los otros como el Cuerpo de Cristo. Se deduce, entonces, que un aspecto muy importante de esta fe es la unidad. A través de su Pasión y de su Resurrección, Jesús conquista aquellas cosas que nos dividen: el pecado y la muerte. Cristo nos une a él y, como hermanos en Cristo, pasamos a ser uno con los demás. La Pascua es un llamado a la unidad: la unidad con nuestro Dios y con los demás. El Evangelio de Juan nos deja entrever los sentimientos de Cristo, quien con tanto fervor oró por la unidad: “Esa Gloria que me diste, se la di a ellos, para que sean uno como tú y yo somos uno...”. (Juan 17:22). Esta unidad es algo que Cristo siente con gran vehemencia. No se trata de un toque final ni de un objetivo agradable entre tantos otros. Es esencial para ser cristiano y es el fruto de la Resurrección.

Nuestro Señor seguramente tuvo muchos momentos de tristeza al percatarse de la desunión que había a su alrededor: los romanos ocupaban su tierra, los líderes religiosos se peleaban por una serie de asuntos y existían rivalidades entre grupos de personas, como la que había, por ejemplo, entre los judíos y los samaritanos. Sin embargo, el más doloroso de todos debe haber sido cuando palpó las tensiones y divisiones que había entre sus propios seguidores. Se nos hace evidente la verdadera discordia existente en las opiniones políticas de los apóstoles de Cristo y en la comprensión que ellos tenían de su mensaje. Estaban celosos los unos de los otros y entre ellos había rivalidad por cuestiones de poca importancia. No es de extrañarse que Jesús rezara con tanto fervor justo antes de su pasión. ¿Somos nosotros de alguna manera mejores? Examinemos todo lo que nos divide en nuestra iglesia y en nuestro país. Vemos lamentables divisiones entre conservadores y liberales, aquellos que consideran que el Vaticano II principalmente abrió ventanas y otros que lo ven más bien como un retorno a los orígenes (actualización en lugar de regresar a la fuente). Hay quienes enarbolan la bandera del papa Benedicto XVI y hay otros que son partidarios del papa Francisco. Estas divisiones, y tantas otras, son reflejo de las divisiones que hay actualmente en nuestro país, mientras debatimos asuntos como pro-vida, seguridad en el uso de armas de fuego, inmigración y cambio climático. Pese a todas estas divisiones, nunca debemos olvidar el desafío que nos plantea el Evangelio y el mensaje de la Resurrección: somos uno en Cristo. Podemos tener y tendremos desacuerdos, pero nunca debemos

olvidar la oración de Cristo de que seamos uno. ¿Cómo se logra esto? Mantenernos unidos es una ardua tarea. ¿Cómo podemos mantenernos unidos con la persona con quien estamos debatiendo, especialmente si el debate se centra en un punto que defendemos ardientemente? Aunque abundan las respuestas a la pregunta, yo sugeriría tres ideas. Primero, es primordial prestar atención. He notado que cuando estoy conversando animadamente con alguien (en otras palabras, discutiendo) no siempre presto atención atentamente a lo que la otra persona está diciendo. Más bien, espero que la persona haga una pausa para respirar de modo que yo pueda contraatacar. La unión depende de escuchar genuinamente, con atención y cuidado, escuchar tratando de oír no solamente las palabras sino también cuanto encierra lo que esa persona está diciendo: la convicción, la emoción y la verdad. También se hace necesario escuchar con la idea de que se está aprendiendo algo. Esto me lleva al segundo punto: la humildad. La unidad depende de la virtud de la humildad y es fomentada por ella. Si pienso que tengo la respuesta ideal para todo, que no tengo nada que aprender o que mi opinión es la única posible, entonces la discusión, sin duda, será más divisiva que unificadora. Más y más he tratado de decirle a una persona con quien estoy en desacuerdo: “Tal vez usted tenga razón”. Eso ha ocasionado que la persona se detuviera en seco y me diera indicación de que yo debería ser un poco más humilde con respecto a mi postura. Finalmente, el perdón es esencial para lograr unidad. Cuando estamos en medio de un desacuerdo, especialmente en el momento más acalorado de la discusión, sin duda acabaremos por ofendernos mutuamente. Es esencial perdonar y pedir perdón. Esto señala que, a pesar

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de nuestro desacuerdo en torno al punto en discusión, nos damos cuenta de que no vale la pena poner en peligro nuestra relación. Las tres ideas: escuchar, la humildad y el perdón, están reflejadas en la Pasión del Señor, la cual acabamos de conmemorar y de celebrar litúrgicamente durante la Semana Santa. Jesús escuchó atentamente a su padre en el huerto de Getsemaní. Aceptó su cruz con humildad y perdonó a sus verdugos. Jesús nos enseñó el camino hacia la unidad, la cual se hizo posible gracias a su Resurrección de entre los muertos. La unidad, la verdadera unidad, nunca se logra por medios mundanos: poder, dinero, violencia y triquiñuelas políticas. Más bien, se obtiene cuando permitimos que la luz del Evangelio y de la Resurrección de Cristo brille intensamente sobre las lamentables divisiones que aquejan a nuestra Iglesia, a nuestro país y a nuestro mundo. Somos un pueblo de la Pascua, Aleluya es nuestra canción. Esto significa que debemos tratar de alcanzar la unidad en todo momento. No hay por qué ponerla en segundo plano con relación a otros asuntos importantes de la vida actual. La unidad es lo más importante, es la oración ferviente e íntima de nuestro Salvador y lo que pide el Evangelio. Que esta Pascua les traiga muchas bendiciones a usted y a sus seres queridos, especialmente el don de la unidad. Sinceramente suyo en el Señor,

Reverendísimo John C. Wester Traducción voluntaria de: Anelle Lobos

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Holiness means being loving, not boring, pope says

“Gaudete et Exsultate” (“Rejoice and Be Glad”) By Cindy Wooden |Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God calls all Christians to be saints — not plastic statues of saints, but real people who make time for prayer and who show loving care for others in the simplest gestures, Pope Francis said in his new document on holiness. “Do not be afraid of holiness. It will take away none of your energy, vitality or joy,” the pope wrote in “Gaudete et Exsultate” (“Rejoice and Be Glad”), his apostolic exhortation on “the call to holiness in today’s world.” Pope Francis signed the exhortation March 19, the feast of St. Joseph, and the Vatican released it April 9. Much of the document was written in the second person, speaking directly to the individual reading it. “With this exhortation I would like to insist primarily on the call to holiness that the Lord addresses to each of us, the call that he also addresses, personally, to you,” he wrote near the beginning. Saying he was not writing a theological treatise on holiness, Pope Francis focused mainly on how the call to holiness is a personal call, something God asks of each Christian and which requires a personal response given one’s state in life, talents and circumstances. “We are frequently tempted to think that holiness is only for those who can withdraw from ordinary affairs to spend much time in prayer,” he wrote. But “that is not the case.” “We are all called to be holy by living our lives with love and by bearing witness in everything we do, wherever we find ourselves,” he said. He wrote about “the saints next door” and said he likes “to contemplate the holiness present in the patience of God’s people: in those parents who raise their children with immense love, in those men and women who work hard to support their families, in the sick, in elderly religious who never lose their smile.” Pope Francis also noted the challenges to holiness, writing at length and explicitly about the devil just two weeks after an uproar caused by an elderly Italian journalist who claimed the pope told him he did not believe in the existence of hell. “We should not think of the devil as a myth, a representation, a symbol, a figure of speech or an idea,” the pope wrote in his exhortation. “This mistake would lead us to let down our guard, to grow careless and end up more vulnerable” to the devil’s temptations. “The devil does not need to possess us. He poisons us with the venom of hatred, desolation, envy and vice,” he wrote. “When we let down our guard, he takes advantage of it to destroy our lives, our families and our communities.” The path to holiness, he wrote, is almost always gradual, made up of small steps in prayer, in sacrifice and in service to others.

Pope Francis kisses the foot of an inmate during Holy Thursday Mass March 29 at Regina Coeli prison in Rome. “Christian wisdom can never be separated from mercy toward our neighbor,” the pope wrote in his apostolic exhortation, “Gaudete et Exsultate” (“Rejoice and Be Glad”), released April 9. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Being part of a parish community and receiving the sacraments, especially the Eucharist and reconciliation, are essential supports for living a holy life, the pope wrote. And so is finding time for silent prayer. “I do not believe in holiness without prayer,” he said, “even though that prayer need not be lengthy or involve intense emotion.” “The holiness to which the Lord calls you will grow through small gestures,” he said, before citing the example of a woman who refuses to gossip with a neighbor, returns home and listens patiently to her child even though she is tired, prays the rosary and later meets a poor person and offers him a kind word. The title of the document was taken from Matthew 5:12 when Jesus says “rejoice and be glad” to those who are persecuted or humiliated for his sake. The line concludes the Beatitudes, in which, Pope Francis said, “Jesus explained with great simplicity what it means to be holy”: living simply, putting God first, trusting him and not earthly wealth or power, being humble, mourning with and consoling others, being merciful and forgiving, working for justice and seeking peace with all. The example of the saints officially recognized by the church can be helpful, he said, but no one else’s path can be duplicated exactly. Each person, he said, needs “to embrace that unique plan that God willed for each of us from eternity.” The exhortation ends with a section on “discernment,” which is a gift to be requested of the Holy Spirit and developed through prayer, reflection, reading Scripture and seeking counsel from a trusted spiritual guide. “A sincere daily ‘examination of conscience’” will help, he said, because holiness involves striving each day for “all that is great, better and more beautiful, while at the same time being concerned for the little things, for each day’s responsibilities and commitments.” Pope Francis also included a list of cautions. For

example, he said holiness involves finding balance in prayer time, time spent enjoying others’ company and time dedicated to serving others in ways large or small. And, “needless to say, anything done out of anxiety, pride or the need to impress others will not lead to holiness.” Being holy is not easy, he said, but if the attempt makes a person judgmental, always frustrated and surly, something is not right. “The saints are not odd and aloof, unbearable because of their vanity, negativity and bitterness,” he said. “The apostles of Christ were not like that.” In fact, the pope said, “Christian joy is usually accompanied by a sense of humor.” The exhortation included many of Pope Francis’ familiar refrains about attitudes that destroy the Christian community, like gossip, or that proclaim themselves to be Christian, but are really forms of pride, like knowing all the rules and being quick to judge others for not following them. Holiness “is not about swooning in mystic rapture,” he wrote, but it is about recognizing and serving the Lord in the hungry, the stranger, the naked, the poor and the sick. Holiness is holistic, he said, and while each person has a special mission, no one should claim that their particular call or path is the only worthy one. “Our defense of the innocent unborn, for example, needs to be clear, firm and passionate for at stake is the dignity of a human life, which is always sacred,” the pope wrote. “Equally sacred, however, are the lives of the poor, those already born, the destitute, the abandoned and the underprivileged, the vulnerable infirm and elderly exposed to covert euthanasia….” And, he said, one cannot claim that defending the life of a migrant is a “secondary issue” when compared to abortion or other bioethical questions. “That a politician looking for votes might say such a thing is understandable, but not a Christian,” he said. Pope Francis’ exhortation also included warnings about a clear lack of holiness demonstrated by some Catholics on Twitter or other social media, especially when commenting anonymously. “It is striking at times,” he said, that “in claiming to uphold the other commandments, they completely ignore the eighth, which forbids bearing false witness or lying.” Saints, on the other hand, “do not waste energy complaining about the failings of others; they can hold their tongue before the faults of their brothers and sisters, and avoid the verbal violence that demeans and mistreats others.” Printed copies of “Rejoice and Be Glad” can be ordered from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at: http://store.usccb.org/rejoice-and-beglad-p/7-599.htm Copyright ©2018 Catholic News Service / U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

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In Memory of Bishop Arthur N. Tafoya continued from page 2

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Deacon Michael Illerbrun, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish | Archbishop John C. Wester | Reverend Juan Mendez pray during Bishop Tafoyaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mass of Christian Burial. God of loving kindness, listen favorably to our prayers: strengthen our belief that your Son has risen from the dead and our hope that your servant, Arthur Nicholas Tafoya, will also rise again.

Clergy from throughout New Mexico gather to bless and bid farewell to their beloved friend. Pictured here (l to r) are: Most Reverend Oscar CantĂş, Bishop of Las Cruces | Right Reverend Joel P. Garner, O.Praem, Abbot, Santa Maria de La Vid Abbey| Most Reverend John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe |Most Reverend Michael J. Sheehan, Archbishop Emeritus, Archdiocese of Santa Fe| Most Reverend Ricardo Ramirez, Bishop Emeritus of Las Cruces | Monsignor Lambert Joseph Luna, Episcopal Vicar, Archdiocese of Santa Fe

Family was an important part of his life and he did his best to keep in contact with many of them. When his brother Herman was dying of cancer he made many trips to Albuquerque to care for him. He did his best to attend most family functions. Priests fraternity was one of his priorities and promoted it whenever possible. Under his administration, San Jose Rectory in Albuquerque became like a hotel for priests who would come to Albuquerque from the rural parishes or would be flying in or out of the city. When he was rector of the seminary all priests knew that they could stay at the seminary and be treated with great hospitality. In retirement he moved back to New Mexico in order to give the new bishop the freedom to make whatever changes he would deem important. He lived a life of simplicity and generosity. A true example to priests and bishops. May he rest in peace.

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What is Your Favorite Part of Easter?

Joseph Magoffe – Pope Saint John Paul II once said, “Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.” The Easter season brings me much joy from the bright colors of spring’s flowers and of course the winds of New Mexico; symbolically breathing the Holy Spirt on this land we call home. Easter Sunday is my favorite holiday in the year. It shows that even though this world may bring you down, there is always hope to conquer it. God, the beginning of all life, came down from Heaven and went completely against His nature by dying on a cross. However, He defeated death and rose on the third day. Easter Sunday is the essence of the Catholic faith, it shows us the world though small in the grand scheme of the universe, it is significant to the Father’s heart. Jesus said, “I am the Way and the Truth and the Life,” (John 14:6), therefore, let us follow Him this Easter.

Mark McDaniel – My favorite part about Easter is the realization of Christ’s victory over death, and that those that abide in Him, will live with Him forever.

Timothy Davis - My favorite thing about Easter is the Paschal Triduum. How it shows us the life, crucifixion, death, and resurrection of Christ the Lord. I love how we participate in His saving action every year, and how it teaches us that we can change, becoming something entirely new, children of the light rather than darkness. I love how Easter is set at the time of year when the days start becoming longer than the nights, symbolizing how the new way of life in Christ conquers our own wickedness and folly, and opens us to pure and holy love. I love how the long fast of Lent gives way to fifty days of celebrating new life, new light, and new love for one another.

Paul Chavez – What my favorite part of Easter is the Easter Triduum. The liturgical events that lead up to the day in which our savior Christ rises to new life. Celebrating those three days in which we see Christ preparing for death and on the third day which is Easter rises to new life, gives me joy and excitement for a new beginning spiritually. And by participating in the liturgy at Mass through the Triduum I come to walk the journey with Christ and participate in his life, death and resurrection in a spiritual sense.

Jason Marshall – I always appreciated Pope Saint John Paul II’s quote about us being “children of the resurrection.” But we come to know there is no resurrection without Christ’s Passion and death. If we truly walk closely with Christ through the dark valleys of Lent, walking in His footsteps and feeling the pains of self-denial, abandonment, and even ridicule thrown at us by a secular culture, the New Light of Easter is a marvel in our eyes! The supernatural becomes real, our faith is deepened significantly and we are made new again by Christ our Light!

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Fr. Gene Gries, O.Praem. 50 Years a Norbertine Priest

By Patti Dailey On the Feast of St. Joseph on March 19, Fr. Gene Gries celebrated 50 years of ordination to the priesthood as a Norbertine. Within two years of his ordination, Fr. Gene was assigned to an important leadership ministry at St. Norbert College, a co-ed liberal arts institution outside of Green Bay, WI. He was named Dean of Men at 6’ 3”, with the build of an athlete which he was, he was an imposing figure on campus and readily gained the respect of the young men under his charge. From there his administrative responsibilities on campus only increased as he became Vice President for Student Life and ultimately the pastor of the campus parish and Director of Campus Ministry, as well as Vocation Director for the Norbertines and superior for the Norbertines living at St. Joseph Priory on the campus. Fr. Gene also served on the Board of Trustees of St. Norbert College for 15 years. Fr. Gene subsequently served as prior (the Abbot’s right hand man) at St. Norbert Abbey, as founding prior of St. Moses the Black Priory in Jackson, Mississippi, and finally as prior to Abbot Joel when Santa Maria de la Vid became an abbey in 2012. He is the only Norbertine to have been prior at St. Norbert Abbey, as well as the two houses it founded. Fr. Gene will readily admit that his coming to New Mexico and becoming a member of the pastoral team at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Community in Albuquerque was a refreshing change, as his ministerial life up to that point had been almost exclusively in administrative roles. He relished serving in the over 2000-family parish, delighted in the pastoral interaction it demanded, and was quickly embraced by the parish family. He served at Holy Rosary for almost 15 years. Fr. Gene was surprised when the Board of Trustees at St. Norbert College announced in 2009 that a new state-of-the-art residence hall on campus was to bear his name, in recognition of the multiple roles in which he had served and the many contributions he had made to the college.

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“Remember, then, that you received a spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear. Keep safe what you received. God the Father sealed you, Christ the Lord strengthened you and sent the Spirit into your hearts as the pledge of what is to come.” — St. Ambrose Parish

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A Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Albuquerque (at St. Joseph on Rio Grande) C Church of the Ascension Albuquerque A Church of the Incarnation Rio Rancho B Queen of Heaven Albuquerque A St. John Vianney Rio Rancho B Our Lady of the Assumption Albuquerque B Shrine of St. Bernadette Albuquerque C San Jose Albuquerque SW Immaculate Conception Tome B Our Lady of LaVang Albuquerque SF Santa Maria de La Paz Santa Fe joined by St. Joseph, Cerrillos SF St. Anthony of Padua Pecos SW Our Lady of Belen Belen C Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Albuquerque B Holy Child Tijeras A Our Lady of Guadalupe Albuquerque B Our Lady of the Annunciation Albuquerque C Holy Family Albuquerque B Risen Savior Albuquerque B St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish Albuquerque SF Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Peña Blanca at San Felipe Pueblo C Sacred Heart Albuquerque A St. Jude Thaddeus Albuquerque SF San Isidro Santa Fe A St. Thomas Aquinas Rio Rancho NW Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Pojoaque B Our Lady of Fatima Albuquerque C St. Francis Xavier Albuquerque NW Holy Cross Santa Cruz joined by Holy Family, Chimayo SW San Miguel Socorro NW San Juan Bautista Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo C San Jose Albuquerque NW Sacred Heart Española SW San Clemente Los Lunas NW St. Anthony of Padua Dixon joined by San Antonio de Padua, Peñasco B St. Charles Borromeo Albuquerque SW Our Lady of Guadalupe Peralta SF St. John the Baptist Santa Fe A St. Jude Thaddeus Albuquerque SF St. Anne Santa Fe SF Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi Santa Fe joined by Cristo Rey, Santa Fe SF Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Pueblo Confirmation was not requested for 2018 A Our Lady of the Assumption B Estancia Valley Catholic Parish NE Holy Family – St. Joseph NE Santa Clara SW St. Alice

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Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Velasquez Celebrate 73rd Wedding Anniversary Mr. Ernest Velasquez and Miss Belle Vigil are celebrating their 73rd wedding anniversary. Ernest and Belle were married April 18, 1945 at St. Ann’s Church in Dalhart, TX. Ernest and Belle have been retired for some time now and are enjoying their time together at home with their family. They are blessed with four sons and one daughter, 17 grandchildren, 36 great-grandchildren and 16 great-great-grandchildren. They have attended St. Edwin’s parish since it was built and were involved in choirs and other ministries before retiring, and still attend Mass on Saturday evenings. Their devotion to their family and each other has demonstrated the faith and love that they have had for so many years. Congratulations to the both of you from your family for giving us a good life to share with you for so many wonderful years.

Marriage Encounter Weekend Slated for April 28 & 29 as Worldwide Marriage Encounter Celebrates 50 Years By Erica Asmus-Otero, Marriage Encounter Fifty years ago, a Spanish priest named Fr. Gabriel Calvo launched a small movement aimed at strengthening marriages. That movement was called Worldwide Marriage Encounter and has spread to over 100 countries throughout the world. According to the Catholic News Agency, in June 2018, more than 500 couples from across the world will be gathered in the small city of Lombard, Illinois to celebrate and attend a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend with the theme, “We Remember, We Celebrate, We Believe.” Thousands of New Mexicans have also benefitted from Marriage Encounter for decades and, for many, it has saved their marriages. In fact, Marriage Encounter is the longest running marriage centered program in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. On April 28 and 29, couples can experience a Marriage Encounter for themselves in Albuquerque. Couples who attend the weekend are encouraged to disconnect from the outside world and reconnect with spouse and God

on a deeper level. The weekend will provide new insights and perspectives on marriage and lasts the duration of the marriage. During the weekend, a series of presentations will be shared by a team of couples who once participated in a Marriage Encounter weekend. Time is allowed throughout the weekend for you to talk about important topics relevant to any married couples lives. All discussions with spouses take place in the privacy of their own room, and they will not share with other couples. All meals, lodging and communication tools will be provided. Plus, expect a few memorable surprises during the weekend! A non-refundable deposit of $100 is required to hold the reservation, plus $100 per couple to cover the cost of the weekend. Please inquire about scholarships or financial assistance if needed. Celebrate your marriage at the upcoming Marriage Encounter weekend! For more information, visit www.marriage-encounter-asf.com/ or www.facebook.com/ABQSFMarriageEncounter/. To receive a brochure call Vivian Austin at 505-363-0363 or Vivnava@yahoo.com or call the Family Life Office at 505-831-8117.

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Garcia, Garcia

Cordova, Maestas Mr. Kenneth Maestas and Miss Nora Cordova were joined in Holy Matrimony on April 20, 1968 at Our Lady of Belen Church in Belen. They were blessed to have found each other when they were young teenagers in high school. After they married, they enjoyed building a strong friendship and love that has lasted 50 years. They were blessed with three beautiful daughters, Victoria (husband Robert Jaramillo), Eugena (husband Val Ramirez) and Monica (husband Donald Dutcher). God continued to bless them with grandchildren Patrick (wife Amber), Diego, Bobby, Christopher, Gabriel, Anthony and Brianna. Kenny and Nora have enjoyed a full and loving life spending time with their families, traveling to 46 states, staying active in various church activities and helping elderly friends and family.

Mr. Joe A. Garcia and Miss Charlotte L. Garcia were united in holy matrimony on April 20, 1968 at St. Rose de Lima Catholic Church in Santa Rosa. They currently are parishioners of Holy Child Catholic Church in Tijeras. They were blessed with one daughter, Kristy Renee and her husband Jose D. Martinez of Euless, TX. Two grandsons, Zachary Blea and his wife Kyrstin and Aaron Blea, also three greatgrandchildren, Sophia, Judith and Edward. Joe served eight years in the United States Air Force and after his discharge, he worked for Gulton Data Systems in California as an Electronic Technician for five years. Moving back to New Mexico, Joe went to work for Honeywell as a field engineer for 21 years and Goodrich Aerospace for five years. Now retired, Joe has been very active with the Knights of Columbus, council 12981. Charlotte worked for 40 years as a Quality Engineer for Gulton Data Systems and Goodrich Aerospace. Now retired, Charlotte enjoys her Bible study classes with the women of the parish and participates in weekly adoration. The couple celebrated with a Mass, receiving a special 50th anniversary blessing and a dinner with family following the Mass.

Prayer for a Married Couple

O God, who in creating the human race willed that man and wife should be one, keep, we pray, in a bond of inseparable love those who are united in the covenant of Marriage, so that, as you make their love fruitful, they may become, by your grace, witnesses to charity itself. Through Christ our Lord Amen.

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Catholic Daughters Lenten Retreat The Catholic Daughters from Northern New Mexico, Court Sacred Heart, Court Our Lady of Guadalupe and Court Sangre de Cristo held their annual Lenten Retreat in March at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Taos. The theme for the retreat was, “Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10)

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The Lenten retreat, facilitated by CDA State Secretary Dr. Catherine Collins and assisted by Debbie Maestas, members of Court Sacred Heart in Ranchos de Taos, provided members with opportunities to discuss and share on the topics of reconciliation and healing, and trusting in God’s mercy. The scripture, prayers and music all focused on growing closer to God through the examination of our Lenten practices.

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67th Annual Brother Mathias Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner By Deacon Steve Rangel On March 17, 2018, the 67th Annual Brother Mathias Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner was held at St. Pius X High School. There were close to 1,000 people in attendance to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and support the Good Shepherd Center, a ministry for the homeless and those in need. We had a variety of live entertainment, games for kids, bake sale items and a drawing which made the event fun and exciting for everyone. Once again, Old Town Catering prepared the food: corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, rolls, and green sherbet. Kids meals of hot dogs and chips were also available. Archbishop John C. Wester attended the dinner and shared with everyone how St. Patrick’s life was one of sharing the Catholic faith by evangelizing to the people of Ireland. Each year since arriving at the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Archbishop Emeritus

Michael Sheehan, has always attended this event to support the Good Shepherd Center. The support of our archbishops, our many volunteers, Knights of Columbus Councils, sponsoring organizations, and attendees is an inspiring example to all of us for what we are called to do as disciples of Jesus Christ. Several people reported this was a great way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with entertainment, food and games while helping to support the wonderful work that the Good Shepherd Center does as they minister to the least fortunate among us, living Matthew 25:40, “And in response, the King shall say to them, ‘Amen I say to you, whenever you did this for one of these, the least of my brothers, you did it for me.’” So, mark your calendar for next year’s St. Patrick’s Day, and join us for the 68th Annual Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner to help support the Good Shepherd Center, a ministry of the Brothers of St. John of God.

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The St. Pius X High School Theater Department recently presented “The Mousetrap,” a murder mystery by Agatha Christie. The theater department produces full-length plays twice a year, during the fall and spring semesters, drawing on students from the technical theater and drama classes and other interested students. The student cast and crew included actors, from left, Adrienne Swindle, Tomas Jeantete, Sam Valenzuela, Jasmine Day, Brock Sandoval, Deborah Michel, Philip BarelaHudgell and Ben Walden. To learn more about the arts at St. Pius X High School, to take a tour of campus or to shadow a student for the day, contact Jeff Turcotte at 505.831.8417.

St. Charles’ 6th Grade Programmers Attend AFRL Robotics Expo By Barbara Menicucci, Technology Coordinator, St. Charles Borromeo School Nine members of the St. Charles School 6th grade class attended the AFRL Robotics Expo in March. Four teams earned perfect scores on all AFRL assignments to make them eligible to compete in the Expo where they were tasked with programming their Boe-Bots to complete two new floor mazes and three 3-D challenge courses. The Expo also held a Jeopardy-type challenge testing the students’ knowledge of the history of computing, the binary number system, and programming commands for their Boe-Bots. An industrial robot named “Baxter” visited the event along with some smaller robots. Here, Isaiah and Jacob try to control Baxter’s arms and hands to pick up and insert the yellow cube into the blue cube. The students had a fun time getting a taste of 21st Century manufacturing and programming. Great job, 6th Graders, we’re proud of you!

Adela Coombs, Holy Child Catholic School, Named NM National Geographic State Bee Semifinalist by National Geographic Society Adela Coombs has been notified by the National Geographic Society that she is one of the semifinalists eligible to compete in the 2018 New Mexico National Geographic State Bee held in in Albuquerque in April. This is the second level of the National Geographic Bee competition, which is now in its 30th year. School Bees were held in schools with fourth- through eighth-grade students throughout the state to determine each school champion. School champions then took a qualifying test, which they submitted to the National Geographic Society. The National Geographic Society has invited up to 100 of the top-scoring students in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Department of Defense Dependents Schools and U.S. territories to compete in the State Bees.

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Holy Cross Catholic School - Helping Children Confidently Succeed By Terry Ann Lopez, Principal Holy Cross Catholic School strives for academic excellence in the Catholic Christian Community, with the Holy Family as our role model. At Holy Cross Catholic School, families take home the Holy Family. Each grade has formed a Coro at Holy Cross Catholic School. The teachers of each grade are the Celadora (leader), who is responsible for the functioning of the group and schedule the monthly home visit for each student in her class. Beginning in the new school year, the Capillitas go home with students, according to the monthly home visit schedule set up by teachers (Celadoras). The purpose of the monthly home visit is to transform each Christian family into a “holy family and each home into a new Nazareth.” This is accomplished by having each family receive the Holy Family statue. The Holy Family pilgrim statue travels from one home to another through the arrangement of different groups of Coros of families. Here at Holy Cross Catholic School, we have a service project team. They are the H.O.P.E. Team (Helping Others Providing Education). Students have the opportunity to discuss issues that are important to them and develop plans to help those that may be less fortunate. These projects are led by the H.O.P.E. Team, and are carried out by the entire student body with the help of mentoring staff. Membership in the H.O.P.E. Team offers vast benefits by creating opportunities to: • Live as true Christians in action. • Let your thoughts be known and voice be heard.

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By Amy McCarty, Principal, ACS

Annunciation Catholic School (ACS) has been offering Catholic Education in Albuquerque since 1959. With 421 students enrolled in grades Junior K – 8, it is ACS’ goal to continue to implement new and research-based instructional methods to ensure all students are engaged, active learners with a focus on faith, academics, community and service. A comprehensive program of Spanish, art, music, technology and physical education are provided to all students. The Catholic faith is embedded in all that occurs at ACS, and teaching students to be people of service begins as early as the Junior K level. ACS itself supports several charities, including Roadrunner Food Bank, Barrett House, MAD Against Hunger, CRS Rice Bowls, and three branches of Catholic Charities–the Children’s Learning Center and the Refugee and Homeless Programs. Additionally, our students are becoming more conscientious and better stewards of our earth. ACS 4th graders oversee a school-wide recycling project and most recently began cultivating composting worms. The worms turn recyclable paper and cardboard into rich composting soil. The worms multiply every six weeks, so soon every classroom will have

Students from Annunciation Catholic School show off their composting worms: Mickey Widener, Berlin Sikkink, Kai Noyes, Vivianne Sanchez

a bucket of recycling worms. The students will be responsible for harvesting the soil to fertilize plants on campus, including a garden created and maintained by the 5th grade students. If harvests permit, the soil will be sold to our community to further promote environmental sustainability efforts at ACS.

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D+E+I Names 2018 Lumen Awardees Annabelle Trejo San Martin de Porres Adult Faith & Sacramental Formation

t the 22nd Annual Awards event, “The Joy of the Gospel,” on Sunday, April 29, 2018, at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town at 2PM, D+E+I will honor archdiocesan adult Christian faith formation leaders. Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, a Franciscan priest of the Province of Our Lady of Guadalupe and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation, will receive the lifetime achievement Lumen Ecclesiae Award. This award will be presented to him for his work nationally and globally as an ecumenical teacher bearing witness to the universal awakening within Christian mysticism and the Perennial Tradition. We are honored to have Archbishop John C. Wester, Abbot Joel. P Garner, O. Praem., Provincial Minister, Jack C. Robinson, OFM, and our Prior Provincial, Fr. James V. Marchionda, O.P. with us. D+E+I announces the following Lumen Gentium awardees, with their nominating parish, organization and/ or program, together with the area of adult Christian faith formation for which they have been nominated. Anthony Abeyta Knights of Columbus Parochial Formation

Henry & Darlene Abeyta Holy Rosary Parish Parochial, Pastoral, & Spiritual Formation Fr. Graham Golden, O. Praem Holy Rosary Parish Educational Media, Parochial, Pastoral, & Spiritual Formation Larry & Mary Lovato St. Therese Parish Educational Media Margaret Wakefield O.L. of the Sandias Adult Faith Formation Eladio Canales San Martin de Porres Spiritual Formation Janet Hans St. Therese Parish Educational Formation Mike McBride Holy Ghost Parish Pastoral Formation Brenda Dabney St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Educational Media & Parochial Formation Elizabeth Lucero San Juan Nepomuceno Pastoral Formation Rene Pagan O.L. Annunciation Adult Faith & Sacramental Formation

Matthew Garcia-Sierra ABQ Theology on Tap Adult Faith Formation

Sr. Lisa Marie Doty O.L. of Annunciation Parochial, Sacramental, Pastoral, & Spiritual Formation

Fr. Thomas Mayefske Holy Ghost Parish Pastoral Formation

Emma Lueras Holy Ghost Parish Pastoral Formation

Connie Smith O.L. of Sorrows Adult Faith & Sacramental Formation BUILDING THE COMMUNITY, MEETING OLD FRIENDS AND MAKING NEW ONES! HONORING • Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM with the lifetime achievement Lumen Ecclesiae Award, for his work, nationally and internationally. Through his presentations, workshops, and writings he continues to provide tools to help individuals mature in their relationship with God and with one another. • 19 individuals with the Lumen Gentium Award for actively supporting adult faith formation by sharing their own faith through a variety of ways— Educational programs, Sacramental Preparation and Administration, Pastoral Care, Spiritual Care, Music and living the Gospel message. ◊ Ms. Elena Center for her artistic talent. Elena created the 2018 D+E+I crosses that are being awarded today. JOINING TOGETHER • To sing along with Most Reverend James Marchionda, OP, Prior Provincial of the Dominican Province of St. Albert the Great and Steve Herrera, the Director of Worship for John XXIII Catholic Community. • To hear the challenge presented to us by Richard Rohr, OFM, to open our minds and hearts to the Gospel message.

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If you would like to enjoy the company of Archbishop Wester, Fr. James Marchionda, O.P., or Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM, two separate dinning opportunities will go to the highest bidder. The Artichoke Café has donated two dinners for six – the first, four friends + Archbishop Wester and Fr. Marchionda and the second, four friends+ Fr. Rohr and Fr. Marchionda.

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Faces of Migration

Jose, a Honduran Teen, shared his resettlement journey and experiences with USCCB staff in January 2017. My family and I are originally from a small town of the southwest of Honduras, where my parents worked as farmers. My family is Catholic and has been Catholic for generations. My parents worked hard to put me in school and sent me to school to a big city because there are no schools at our town. They didn’t have enough to send me to school or college and offer me the opportunities I wanted to have and I was forced to leave the country because the gangs were pressuring me to join. I had to escape because I did not want to participate in that life of crime, of hurting others, I just wanted to go to school. I left my country when I was twelve with two other boys, ages twelve and fourteen, in 2004. We took a bus to the border of Guatemala. I was scared we would be followed by the gangs. We walked through the mountains to pass the border. Then we hitched rides to the border of Mexico. We had no food and water and we ended up drinking cow urine. Both of my friends died on the journey. Once I got to the border I stayed for two and a half years living in a migrant house and had to beg for food. I managed to cross the border but a smuggler said he wanted $4,000 to release me from a stash house. I called the family I had in the U.S. but no one answered.

In the end, the man took me to California to work in a furniture firm where I worked 12-hour days, six days a week. I worked there for two years and he used to pay me $120 every two months. When I realized how much others were paid, I was sad. Eventually a different man helped me leave and gave me a place to live and helped me find work. But related to the trafficking situation I was arrested and put in a detention center for eighteen months. The court appointed a lawyer for me and he got me out of detention, and an organization helped me navigate the legal system. I don’t know where I would be now if they hadn’t helped me. Deported? In jail? Dead? Five years after leaving Honduras, I had the privilege to build a new life in the U.S. I have received so many opportunities and I’m getting where I wanted to be as a child. I am so happy I have a better life and also getting a better education, which my country never offered me. I am so happy that the U.S. gave me the opportunity to resettle and build a new life. I am part of the community and helping shine a light on and bring justice to more victims and survivors like me.

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s Emmaus Journey Program By Dr. James R Schwank, PhD The Archdiocese of Santa Fe offers a three-year Emmaus Journey program to help form lay ecclesial ministers that are well formed in Scripture and Catholic teaching and practice. It focuses on a fourpillar approach: human formation, spiritual formation, intellectual formation, and pastoral formation. The Emmaus Journey consists of on-line theology courses from the University of Dayton (each course is three or five weeks long), once-a-month in-town retreats or courses (Friday evening and Saturday) giving instruction in a wide range of topics involving the four pillars, small companion groups led by a mentor to discuss individual needs and concerns, and practical hands-on exercises. There are presently eight of us enrolled in the program and we are about to complete

the second year of the program. For each of us, “the road to Emmaus” was found by a different path. I enrolled in the course primarily for two reasons: 1) I wanted to learn more about the Catholic faith, in general, and 2) I recognized that I am not strong in all of the four pillars. I converted to the Catholic faith four years ago. I find myself to be continually inspired to learn more and more about the Catholic faith and I am guided by the Holy Spirit to share what I learn with others. I am presently the leader of an Adult Faith Formation Class and an Adult Confirmation Class at Prince of Peace Catholic Church. This program has given me a deeper understanding of the Catholic faith and has helped tremendously to broaden my knowledge of Catholic teaching and practice. I have been able to share with others what I personally have learned in

this course making it beneficial to others and I will continue to do so. However, this program goes well beyond that. For me, it has been life changing. For example, courses on Catholic social teaching have illuminated areas that I have to address to follow the teachings of the prophets and Jesus. I am now doing much more to help the needy and the poor. Emmaus Journey is for parish leaders from the A, B, C, and Southwest Deaneries. Two inquiry meetings will be offered to provide more information on the Emmaus Journey adventure: Saturday, April 14 at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish and on Saturday, April 28 at Lourdes Hall (Catholic Center) both in Albuquerque. The meetings start at 10am. For more information on the program or to RSVP for an Inquiry Meeting, contact Deacon Keith Davis at 505.831.8187.

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Save on Pizza and Support Catholic Charities Enjoy a great deal on pizza or wings while giving back to the community! When you order from papajohns. com using the code CCNM, you will receive 40% off of your order. Papa John’s will also donate 10% of your total purchase to Catholic Charities. This offer will be good throughout 2018 in central New Mexico. You can save while helping to improve the lives of those in need.

True Friendships Built Through Catholic Charities Senior Transportation Service Catholic Charities’ Senior Transportation Service is truly a “Journey with a Friend.” Last week one of our volunteer drivers reported that she arrived to her scheduled pick-up to find her senior passenger bruised and disoriented from a fall the day before. The two proceeded to her scheduled appointment, but her doctor sent her immediately to the hospital by ambulance for further evaluation. The driver followed the ambulance and stayed with her for support, waiting until the tests were completed for the day. The driver’s husband kept

Catholic Charities’ staff abreast of the situation and visited her regularly during her hospital stay. Thankfully, the senior rider is now back home. She has expressed immense gratitude for the wonderful drivers Catholic Charities has introduced to her who have become her friends, as she does not have any family. We need volunteer drivers to continue this Journey with a Friend. Please contact Cathy Aragon-Marquez at 505.724.4634 or marquezc@ccasfnm.org.

Share the Journey at the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s Summer Institute As part of the Share the Journey Campaign, Kathy Freeze, Catholic Charities Faith & Community Liaison, will be facilitating a class at the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s Summer Institute in June. The class is titled, Share the Journey: a Migration Experience and it will be held on June 7 from 9am to 12pm at

Lourde’s Hall. The class will look at how we welcome the stranger and provide an overview of the refugee experience allowing time for education, prayer and action. Registration opens March 31 through the Office of Formation for Christian Service.

Why We Give: Tax Incentives vs. Human Incentives With the new tax reform changes, the value of the charitable giving tax deduction will cease. The tax deduction is not being eliminated, but the standard deduction for charitable deduction is doubling. Some taxpayers will no longer itemize and the tax incentives for giving will no longer be a

consideration. That said, we know that is not the main reason you give to Catholic Charities…you give because you share our vision to honor human dignity. You give because of your belief that we are led to put faith in action to improve the lives of those in need.

We know you give because you want to make an impact, because it gives you joy, because you know it is the right thing to do. We are grateful every day that your good works are an expression of your faith in Catholic Charities and in the 12,500 individuals for whom you are making the difference.

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Immigration Know Your Rights Free Training

Healing Hearts Building Hope: A Multi-faith Service for Immigration Justice Sponsored By The Santa Fe Faith Network for Immigrant Justice Tuesday, May 1, 6:00pm tabling and breaking bread, 7:00-8:30pm, prayer service Location: San Isidro Parish Center, 3552 Agua Fria St., Santa Fe, NM 87507 (look for directional signage) This bilingual multi-faith healing service will celebrate the inherent dignity, humanity and belovedness of immigrant communities living in Northern New Mexico, while also honoring the struggles, sacrifices, and oppression that continues through a broken and unjust immigration system nationwide. Stories by immigrants of struggle and empowerment will be shared. Faith leaders from Buddhist, Catholic, Christian, Jewish, Unitarian Universalist, among others, will share prayers and help bring our communities together in solidarity, friendship, healing, and building peace. For more info contact San Isidro, 505.471.0710.

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Birthright’s Annual Mother’s Day Fundraiser By Joyce Zamora, Birthright Volunteer Birthright of Albuquerque will be holding its annual Mother’s Day Carnation fundraiser May 12-13, 2018. This is the only fundraiser held by Birthright. Your support is very much appreciated. 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-judgemental and confidential. We are staffed solely by volunteers. Our mission is completely dependent on donations. We receive no government funding, but we are a United Way Donor option organization. Birthright is a 501c organization and donations are tax deductible. The Albuquerque chapter of Birthright was established on December 1, 1972 and has provided uninterrupted service to our community for 45 years. For more information, call 505.262.2235. The address is 3228 Candelaria NE, Alb.

Some facts about Birthright this past year Phone calls received

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Clients seen 1030 Pregnancy Test given 789 Positive 538 Negative 251 Maternity Clothes 495 Disposable Diapers 466 doz. Layettes 182 Extra Clothes given 119 Formula 25 cans We helped our clients with financial help including rent, food vouchers, utilities, and transportation totaling $4562. Birthright volunteers donated over 3,000 hours in the office offering care and loving support to the women who come to us in need. They also give many hours speaking in schools and to organizations that are interested in our mission and they help asking for donations at our annual Mother’s Day carnation Fundraiser. Birthright has no salaried personnel. All our services are donated.

Easter Message from Project Rachel Ever since Jesus’ resurrection on the first Easter, the Easter season marks a time of celebration, hope and joy. We celebrate as Christians because we believe that Jesus’ sacrifice and resurrection gave hope to all humanity. Regardless of the seriousness of our individual sins and offenses, each of us is offered the experience of hope in the mercy offered to us from God through the sacrament of reconciliation. Therefore, in Pope Francis’ words, “Let us not allow darkness and fear to distract us and control our hearts” (Easter homily 2016). What we have to do is willfully accept God’s mercy and grace offered in the sacraments. Unfortunately, this is not always easy. It may take time, effort and prayer on our part; for some the process may require the often-difficult work of selfforgiveness as well. May this Easter season inspire us to act on the hope of the Risen Christ by seeking God’s mercy and forgiveness. If you are grieving from an abortion decision, the Church wants to accompany you through the healing process. Project Rachel is a ministry of the Catholic Church, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. The Project Rachel help line (505.831.8238) can connect you to specially trained professionals who can guide you through the grieving process, as you learn to accept God’s forgiveness and receive true hope and healing.

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or

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The Archdiocese of Santa Fe African American Catholic Community 26th Anniversary Mass And Fr. Rollins Lambert Scholarship Awards funded by the Black and Indian Mission Office Grant

Sunday April 22, 2018, 12 noon St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Catholic Church 5901 St. Joseph Dr. NW, Albuquerque

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Santa Cruz de Mayo

By Heddy Long, former director of Family Life

The Philippine-American community in New Mexico will celebrate “Santacruzan” on Saturday, May 19, 2018. The event will start with the 4:00 p.m. Holy Mass at San Felipe de Neri Church in Old Town, Albuquerque. “Santacruzan” is the word that Filipinos use to refer to the Santa Cruz de Mayo, a celebration in honor of our Blessed Mother. The celebration commemorates St. Helen’s finding the Holy Cross during the reign of her young son, King Constantine. It is believed that “Reyna Elena,” “Rey Constantino,” and their subjects, asked for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary to help them find the Holy Cross, which had been taken away from the Christians by the infidels. The Santa Cruz de Mayo is celebrated by a procession commemorating this historic event. Throughout the procession, the song “Dios Te Salve” is sung. During the month of May in the Philippines, every evening, there is a town somewhere celebrating the Santa Cruz de Mayo. A town usually does it for nine consecutive evenings, like a novena. On the ninth evening, the whole town has a fiesta.

Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Office of Social Justice and Respect Life 505-831-8167 It has been a tradition in our New Mexico Phlippine-American community, that we celebrate “Santa Cruz de Mayo” in Old Town every year. Nine consecutive evenings is not very practical here in Albuquerque, so on Saturday, May 19th, we will celebrate the ninth-evening. After the procession, there will be a short program of Philippine songs and folk dances in the gazebo of Old Town which is in front of the church. Santa Cruz de Mayo is also referred to as “Flores de Mayo”. May is the month when flowers of all kinds are blooming in the Philippines, so the procession is adorned with colorful gay flowers. For this reason, one of the queens in the procession is called, “Reyna de las Flores.” The participants in the procession are called “Sagalas”. They represent the important individuals during the expedition, and the angels and saints that were called upon to intercede for them. The main characters in the procession are “Reyna Elena,” her young son, “Rey Constantino,” “Reyna de las Flores,” “Reyna Sheba,” and “Reyna Esther.” The Philippines Community asks you to come and join them as they celebrate this prayerful tradition. For more information, please call Betsy Custodio, 377-6671, Gloria Kauz, 629-9474, Heddy Long, 321-4086 or Myrna Samson 319-8821 all in Albuquerque.

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Goal of Donate Life Month in April is to Increase Awareness of Life-Saving Organ Donations ALBUQUERQUE, NM, March 29, 2018 – National Donate Life Month is celebrated in April to encourage individuals to register their decision to be organ, eye and tissue donors. Donate Life Month is also a time to honor the generosity of donors and their families, give hope to patients who wait for a life-saving gift, and celebrate the healthy and productive lives of transplant recipients. “We see the kindness of New Mexicans every day. Through one family’s loss, a new beginning is possible,” said Wayne Dunlap, Executive Director for New Mexico Donor Services. “Last year, 55 organ donors saved the lives of 155 transplant recipients, and nearly 400 tissue and eye donors gave sight, mobility and renewed life to thousands of patients. Every New Mexican can register to save lives at the MVD or at RegisterMe.org,” Dunlap added. However, the number of people in need of transplants continues to outpace the number of organs donated. Right now, over 115,000 people await life-saving organ transplants in the U.S., including 720 New Mexicans. On average, 22 people die each day because the organ they need is not donated in time – that is almost one person dying every hour. The top 5 facts about organ, eye and tissue donation: 1. One donor can save eight lives through organ donation and restore more than 75 lives through eye and tissue donation. 2. Anyone can register as a donor regardless of age or medical history. People with chronic conditions can potentially save and heal lives through donation. 3. The priority of medical professionals is to save lives when a person is sick or injured.

Donation is not an option until death has been declared. 4. There is no cost to the donor or family for organ, eye and tissue donation. 5. All major religions support

donation and see it as an act of love and generosity toward others. You can help save lives by registering to be a donor at the Motor Vehicle Division,

in the iPhone Health app or at RegisterMe.org. To learn more about donation, visit DonateLifeNM.org. Contact: Maria Sanders, 505259-2018, msanders@dcids.org

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April is Child Abuse Awareness Month By Annette M. Klimka, LMSW ASF Victim Assistance and Safe Environment Coordinator The Archdiocese of Santa Fe is always vigilant about keeping not only our children, but every one of our parishioners safe. We are learning through prayer, education and experience what it takes in today’s world for a community of faith to work together to protect God’s children. One key has been the archdiocesan policy on zero tolerance. Archbishop John C. Wester has stood firm by his resolve that sexual abuse of children will not be tolerated in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe by anyone: priest, religious, deacon, or lay volunteer. To support this resolve, the archbishop appointed an Independent Review Board of professional women and men in our community to evaluate all allegations against clergy and make recommendations to him. We also have a policy of proactive communication and cooperation with civil authority and law enforcement. A second key to child safety is education in abuse prevention. All adults in any ministry or employment are required to complete the Virtus Training Program either on-line or in-person training sessions. The Virtus Training is a nationally recognized program that is utilized by many dioceses across the country. Our Church has made a number of strides to educate our parishioners to be vigilant in keeping our parish environment safe for everyone. A third key to a safe environment is teaching our children how to protect themselves. The archdiocese has a new program called Circle of Grace that teaches children of all ages how to recognize when something does not feel right and who to tell. It is our growing awareness as a community of faith that will prevent the majority of crimes against our children. When we all take child protection seriously and dedicate ourselves to ensuring the safest possible environment for our children, we will see fewer incidents of abuse. With God’s help and our continued watchfulness, we can create a better place to live and grow. Archdiocese of Santa Fe 2018 Abuse Awareness Training for Adults: Creating a Safe Environment for Our Children (formerly known as the Sexual Abuse Misconduct Prevention Workshop) Rev. 04/05/2018 Attendance at the workshop is MANDATORY for all clergy, employees, and volunteers in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Pre-registration is necessary. These

workshops are sponsored by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Contact: Annette the Victims Assistance Coordinator or Rose Garcia, at 505.831.8144. Note: Do not bring children. No one under age 18 is allowed in the workshop. If you are late you will not be allowed to enter the training. Please contact the Victim Assistance Coordinator to report any abuse that has occurred by Clergy, Employee or Volunteer in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe

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Embracing the Young in Purple Churches Tim Muldoon

In his address at World Youth Day in 2013, Pope Francis urged young people to go out to the streets and “make some noise.” By that, he called to mind his desire that they be agents of the Church’s mission in the world, and not merely passive recipients. That exhortation will occupy the Church’s attention this coming Fall, when the worldwide Synod of Bishops will address the theme “Young People, the Faith, and Vocational Discernment.” The recent March for Our Lives demonstrations have offered us a unique moment to consider what happens when adults give young people the opportunity for real leadership on consequential issues. Ours is an age that shows troubling decline in both young people’s civic engagement and participation in the mission of the Church. By contrast, the march showed a unique opportunity for adults to support young people’s efforts, allowing them to express their fears and their hopes. And it has caught people’s attention. What might it look like if the Church should be bold in letting young people lead? I suggest an image: a purple church. To be exact, the color chart calls it “Wisteria,” but to most people who visit the church, it is an arresting and unusual sight, very different from what they are used to. The parish family of St. Charles Borromeo worships there, one of six parishes served by the St. Francis Mission on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in the Diocese of Rapid City, South Dakota. Catholic Extension has supported the St. Francis Mission for over a century, thanks to generations of generous donors. Fifteen years ago, the pastor, Jesuit Father John Hatcher, sent the color chart to the parish council and asked them for advice on what color to paint the exterior, which had over the years become worn and decayed. The council could not come to a decision, so the following year Father Hatcher brought the same question to the young people in the religious education programs sponsored by the mission. Not everyone in the St. Francis community agreed with the young people’s choice of colors, but Father Hatcher reminded them how important their young people are, and how it is important to respect their decisions, even if

sometimes we disagree with them. Even now, Father Hatcher is quick to point out that the parish patron, St. Charles Borromeo, was a bishop, and that bishops wear purple as a historic reference to their authority. Still, purple strikes many as an odd color for a church. But here’s the point: the fact that it is strange does not compromise its mission as a place where people encounter the living God. Similarly, when young people lead, they may do so in ways that seem strange, unusual, and even offputting. Yet perhaps it is through those ways that we might discern the voice of God. St. Benedict considered that possibility. In chapter three of his Rule—a guide to Christian community life for 15 centuries—he wrote that it was important to listen to the voice of even the youngest monk, because “the Lord often reveals to the youngest what is best.” Today, too, as the world’s bishops prepare for the synod, they are consulting the young. The document disseminated in preparation for the synod identifies challenges facing young people today. Written by 300 young delegates from around the world, it articulates the hope of many: “We envision greater opportunities, of a society which is coherent and trusts us. We seek to be listened to and to not merely be spectators in society but active participants. We seek a Church that helps us find our vocation, in all of its senses.” If the Church is rightly said to be a mission (and not merely to have one), then the implication is that all those who are part of the Church are part of that mission. In a world where so many young people discern little meaning in their lives—a point underscored by the young synod delegates—what could be more meaning-full than mentoring them for leadership in ways that build the Kingdom of God? What if our parishes, youth ministries, campus ministries, and young adult ministries were given the resources to develop robust formation programs, both spiritual and practical, so that our young people might serve the mission? My answer: many purple churches throughout the world, where the corporal and spiritual works of mercy are made real every day.

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When Time Stands Still By Rev. Ron Rolheiser, OMI The theory of relativity tells us that space and time are not what they appear to be. They’re relative, meaning that don’t always function in the same way and they aren’t always experienced in the same way. Time can stand still. Or can it? This side of eternity, it would seem not. Ever since the universe started with a mammoth explosion some 13.8 billion years ago the clock has been running non-stop, like a merciless meter, moving relentlessly forwards. However, our faith suggests that time will be different in eternity, so different in fact that we cannot now even imagine how it will be in heaven. As St. Paul tells us in his letter to the Corinthians: Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him. How will time be experienced in heaven? As we’ve just affirmed, that cannot be imagined now. Or can it? In a wonderful new book on the Resurrection and Eternal Life, Is This All There Is, the renowned, German scripture scholar, Gerhard Lohfink, suggests that we can and sometimes do have an experience of time as it will be experienced in eternity. For Lohfink, we experience this whenever we’re in adoration. For him, the highest form of prayer is adoration. But what does it mean to “adore” God and why is that the highest form of prayer? Lohfink answers: “In adoration we ask nothing more of God. When I lament before God it is usually my own suffering that is the starting point. Even when I petition God, the occasion is often my own problem. I need something from God. And even when I thank God, unfortunately I am usually thankful for something I have received. But when I adore, I let go of myself and look only to God.” Admittedly, lament, petition, and thanksgiving are high forms of prayer. An old, classical, and very good, definition of prayer defines prayer as “lifting mind and heart to God”, and what’s in our hearts virtually at all times is some form of lament, petition, or thanksgiving. Moreover, Jesus invites us to ask God for whatever is in our heart at a given moment: “Ask and you will receive.” Lament, petition, and thanksgiving are good forms of prayer; but, in praying them, we’re still focused in some manner on ourselves, on our needs and our joys. However in adoration we look to God or at some attribute of God (beauty, goodness, truth, or oneness) so strongly that everything else drops away. We stand in pure wonder, pure admiration, ecstatic awe, entirely stripped of our own heartaches, headaches, and idiosyncratic focus. God’s person, beauty, goodness, and truth overwhelm us so as to take our minds off of ourselves and leave us standing outside of ourselves. And being free of our own selves is the very definition of ecstasy (from the Greek, EK STASIS, to stand outside oneself.) Thus, to be in adoration is to be in ecstasy – though, admittedly, that’s generally not how we imagine ecstasy today. For us, ecstasy is commonly imagined as an earthshaking standing inside of ourselves, idiosyncrasy in its peak expression. But true ecstasy is the opposite. It’s adoration. Moreover, for Lohfink, not only is adoration the only true form of ecstasy, it’s also a way of being in heaven already right now and of experiencing time as it will be in heaven. Here’s how he puts it: “In the miracle of adoration we are already with God, entirely with God, and the boundary between time and eternity is removed. It See TIME on page 30

The Wrong-Headedness of “Wrongful Birth” Lawsuits At its core, the idea of a “wrongful birth” claim is unreasonable and ethically incoherent. Parents who bring these lawsuits against obstetricians and hospitals claim that medical professionals should have detected a particular disease or defect in their unborn baby through prenatal testing and informed them about it. Had they been given this information, their argument continues, they would have chosen to abort their baby, rather than spending years of their lives caring for a less-than-perfect, possibly infirm child. Wrongful birth lawsuits enable the parents to seek legal redress, often in the form of multi-million dollar settlements. In 2013, for example, a jury in Washington state awarded a $50 million payout to a couple who claimed they would have aborted their five-year-old son Oliver if they had known he had an “unbalanced chromosomal translocation.” Because of the mismatched chromosomes he received from his parents, he has an IQ of less than 70 and is unable to walk. Rachelle Harz, a malpractice lawyer who spearheaded one of these lawsuits in New Jersey in 1999, expressed some of the tortuous thinking that goes into these cases during an interview for 60 Minutes. She noted that although the physician in this case, “didn’t cause the child’s retardation, what he caused was not giving the proper information to the parents to allow them the choice to abort the child.” She concluded that the doctor “caused the birth of this very, very neurologically impaired child.” The fundamental flaw in her argument, of course, is the claim that the doctor “caused the birth” of the baby, when, in fact, the birth was caused by an activity that took place nine months prior between the husband and wife. That action of the mom and dad, not an action by the doctor, resulted in the birth. What the doctor actually “caused” by not discovering and sharing specific medical information with the parents was the preservation of the child’s life. These lawsuits rely on fundamentally flawed logic: first, that it is wrong and illegal for a doctor not to know or to withhold medical information such that a life that would have been ended is saved; second, that a doctor is somehow obligated to facilitate or cooperate in harmful or lethal actions that parents intend to carry out against their own offspring. The medical profession, however, has long professed allegiance to the creed of “do no harm,” so that doctors can serve uniquely as healers, not killers. For obstetricians in particular, the unborn children they track and follow during pregnancy count as that doctor’s patients in the same way that the mothers do. Whenever a couple sets out with the intention of aborting an imperfect child and requests that prenatal testing be performed for this purpose, the process of testing itself becomes immoral. In the same way, any physician or health care professional who arranges for such tests, if they have prudential certainty that a couple intends to abort an imperfect child, would be guilty of cooperating in evil when that abortion takes place. To consider a parallel example, if a physician believed that a child arriving to the hospital emergency room had been physically abused or severely beaten by his parents, he would be See LAWSUITS on page 30

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W O R L D A N D N AT I O N A L N E W S Bishops on both sides of Mexico border criticize troop deployment MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- The Mexican bishops’ conference criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border and issued a strong defense of migrants, saying the Catholic Church could not stand by “in the face of suffering by our brother migrants as they seek better conditions by crossing the border to work and contribute to the common good.” The April 7 letter, addressed to people in Mexico and the United States and the presidents of both countries, echoed sentiments of U.S. border bishops by saying the frontier between the two countries “is not a war zone,” but rather an area “called to be an example of social connection and joint responsibility. The only future possible for our region is the future built with bridges of trust and shared development, not with walls of indignity and violence,” said the statement signed by the bishops of 16 northern Mexican dioceses and the conference’s six-member presidential council. “There is only a future in the promotion and defense of the equal dignity and the equal liberty between human beings,” the statement said. “Even more, Pope Francis has told us unambiguously: ‘A person who only thinks of building walls, wherever it may be, and not building bridges,

is not Christian. This is not the Gospel.’” The Mexican bishops’ statement: “For the Dignity of Migrants,” followed Trump’s April 4 announcement to deploy troops to the border to thwart the entry of unauthorized migrants.

Fifty years after release, ‘Humanae Vitae’ praised as prophetic encyclical WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Surrounding the 1968 release of “Humanae Vitae” (“Of Human Life”) was the cultural context of the sexual revolution and a widespread fear about overpopulation following World War II, said Donald Critchlow, a professor of history at Arizona State University. At the time, there were movements in support of eugenics, abortion rights, and sterilizations in an attempt to curb population growth, Critchlow told an audience at The Catholic University of America April 5. Those who thought voluntary family planning was not enough proposed other, more coercive ideas, such as requiring couples to get a license to have a child or requiring sterilization for couples with more than five children, he added. Critchlow was one of several speakers at a 50th anniversary symposium on Blessed Paul VI’s encyclical “Humanae Vitae” April 4-6 hosted by Catholic University. Keynotes and a number of workshop sessions examined the

teaching and legacy of the document on the regulation of birth issued July 25, 1968. The symposium was titled “Embracing God’s Vision for Marriage, Love and Life,” and brought together experts on a variety of topics related to the encyclical’s teachings on human sexuality and family life.

As young people speak to church, they must listen to Jesus, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church wants to listen to young people and know where they are coming from, but young Catholics must be ready to listen to Jesus and discover where he wants to lead them, Pope Francis said. “Are you willing to listen to Jesus and change something about yourselves,” he asked young people from the northern Italian Diocese of Brescia, the birthplace of Blessed Paul VI. Each person should reflect and ask themselves, “Am I willing to make Jesus’ dreams my own? Or am I afraid that his dreams may ‘disturb’ my dreams?” the pope said April 7 during an audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall. Pope Francis said it was his heartfelt desire that the church truly listen to young people and their hopes, dreams, fears and concerns. “And when I say, ‘truly listen,’ I also mean the willingness to change something, to walk together, to share dreams,” he told the young people.

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is true that we cannot now comprehend that adoring God will be endless bliss. We always want to be doing something. We want to criticize, intervene, change, improve, shape. And rightly so! That is our duty. But in death, when we come to God, that all ceases. Then our existence will be pure astonishment, pure looking, pure praise, pure adoration – and unimaginable happiness. That is why there is also a form of adoration that uses no words. In it I hold out my own life to God, in silence, and with it the whole world, knowing God as Creator, as Lord, as the one to whom belongs all honor and praise. Adoration is the oblation of one’s life to God. Adoration is surrender. LAWSUITS continued from page 29

duty-bound, not to mention legally obligated, to report that abuse to authorities. He would not be permitted to turn a blind eye, or otherwise cooperate in the ongoing harm to that child by his or her parents. Similarly, obstetricians who work with pregnant couples should not be expected to turn a blind eye and provide diagnostic information to parents that will encourage them fatally to assault their unborn child. None of us is perfect. None of us is born into this world completely free of defects, whether physical or psychological. Those limitations, however, never entitle others to place our lives in the crosshairs and pull the trigger — especially our own parents! In sum, these wrongful birth cases promote catastrophic misunderstandings about parental duties and about the physician’s obligations towards mothers and their children in pre-natal care settings.

Adoration means entrusting oneself entirely to God. As we dwell in adoration, eternity begins – an eternity that does not withdraw from the world but opens to it utterly.” Time can stand still! And it stands still when we’re in pure admiration, in awe, in wonder, in adoration. In those moments we stand outside of ourselves, in the purest form of love that exists. At that moment too we are in heaven, not having a foretaste of heaven, but actually being in heaven. Eternity will be like that, one moment like a thousand years and a thousand years like one moment. When we adore, time stands still – and we’re in heaven! Recognizing that some parents will face considerable expense, labor and difficulty in raising a child who requires special care and attention due to disabilities, it seems reasonable to promote a prolife and supportive response on behalf of these families, rather than encouraging the corrosive practice of wrongful birth lawsuits. That supportive response should include the expectation of everyone chipping in and helping out, whether through insurance, taxes or crowd-funding, or through other forms of civic, societal or ecclesial outreach. 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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FREE Deaf Retreat on April 21, 2018

at the Madonna Center 4040 St. Joseph Place NW, Albuquerque, NM, Albuquerque, NM, 87120 SPONSORED BY ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FE OFFICE OF PASTORAL OUTREACH

SCHEDULE: 9:00 am Mass 9:30 am Coffee & Fellowship 9:45 am Welcome 10:00 am Keynote: Fr. Shawn

Fr. Shawn is one of the few deaf priests in the US, and since June of 2012 has worked as the full-time Director of the Deaf Apostolate in the Archdiocese of Boston. He has been actively involved in various marriage preparation programs and currently one of the team chaplains for “Transformed in Love”. He is currently also president of the board of the National Catholic Office for the Deaf (NCOD).

11:00 am Personal Testimonies 11:30 am Q&A 12:00 pm Lunch

Friday Night Social 6:00 to 8:30 pm

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Rest in Peace Sr. Edith Louise Merhar, SC

Deacon Roberto (Bobby) Villarreal Deacon Roberto, 81, beloved husband, father, brother and grandfather, was called to his eternal resting place on March 8, 2018. Bob was born in the tiny town of Gila, NM. He graduated from Cliff High School – the graduating class of nine boys. He put himself through college and graduated from New Mexico State University in 1959 with a BS Degree in Chemistry. He then spent three years in the Army. During that period, he met and married his wife, Roberta. They were married almost 58 years and had four children. In December 1996, Bob fulfilled a dream to be ordained as a deacon in the Roman Catholic Church for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. He served at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Los Alamos, and loved working with people of the Los Alamos community and surrounding areas. A priest commented to Roberta, his wife, in some surprise, “the people love him, so.” She replied, “Of course they do, he loves them.” He was known for his thought provoking homilies that included stories from when he was growing up in the Gila Country. His stories were noted for both their entertainment value as well as their length (they were a little long!). In 1977, he became a key participant in the research of the Shroud of Turin. Using his skills in analytical chemistry and research, he became internationally known as a speaker and researcher in the study of the Shroud.

Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Edith Louise Merhar died March 19, 2018, at the age of 88 in Mother Margaret Hall, the nursing facility of the Sisters of Charity. Sr. Edith Louise was born on July 14, 1929, to Louis and Edith (Terlop) Merhar in Cleveland, OH. She was an only daughter, having one brother. She was a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati for 70 years. Sr. Edith Louise’s ministries brought her to five states and 44 years of teaching, 40 in high school with two in college and two others as an archdiocesan coordinator. She began in St. Mary High School in Albuquerque in 1950. Sr. Dorthy William Englert, SC remembers first meeting Sr. Edith Louise when she was a postulant in a physics class with all professed sisters. Sr. Dorothy recalls, “Although we were not supposed to converse, Edith always had something to say. Since her birthday occurred during the summer she went around months before handing out birthday cards for us to send her. She loved life and lived it to the full.” Sr. Edith Louise Merhar is survived by nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother, Richard.

Sr. Vivian Votruba, MM Sr. Vivian Votruba, MM, died on March 22, 2018 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Maryknoll, NY. She was 98 years old and a Maryknoll Sister for 77 years. Sr. Vivian was born in Minneapolis, MN on January 3, 1920 to Irma (Cosgrove) Votruba and August Votruba. She had two brothers, John and William, all have predeceased her. From 1942-1943, Sr. Vivian studied at Mount St. Vincent College in New York City and finished earning her Bachelor of Science Degree. From 1943-1944, she attended classes at Maryknoll Teachers College in Maryknoll, NY. She then went to Marquette School of Medicine in Milwaukee, WI where she earned a Degree as a Doctor of Medicine in 1947. Sr. Vivian spent the next year doing her medical internship at Misericordia Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. In 1948, Sr. Vivian received her first overseas mission assignment to Bolivia where she did language study at CalaCala and began her medical ministry at the Maryknoll Hospital in Riberalta, Bolivia. For the next several years, Sr. Vivian’s medical work took her to many places around the world: Azangaro, Peru in 1960; Biafra, in Nigeria, Africa, working with refugees in 1969; and back to Peru in Ica and Ciudad de Dios (outside of Lima) in 1970. In 1982, Sr. Vivian returned to Maryknoll, NY to serve in the Congregation’s Development Department’s World Awareness Program until 1985. She then served among the Navajo Indians in New Mexico before returning to Tacna, Peru in 1985.

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The Catholic Cemetery Association is in the ending stages of construction at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. When complete, the project will add 168 ground spaces, 8 Family Estates, 28 cremation spaces and 624 cremation niches. In addition, the project added xeriscape landscape and additional parking. The cremation and casket ground space section has been named, The Garden of Serenity. This unique section offers both casket and cremation burial spaces in a intimate, well-designed area. It also offers families the opportunity to purchase a Family Estate for up to 8 burial rights. This option allows for an upright headstone, memorializing the family’s surname. The cremation niche section is called, The Garden of Hope. This area has been designed with 13 quaint columbariums. These columbarium buildings provide families with distinctive memorialization opportunities and a peaceful atmosphere. The entry into the garden will have a water feature, bringing to mind God’s promise to a new life. During the months of April and May, the CCA will be offering a “10% construction discount” on pre-purchases in these new areas. For more information contact Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

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The Catholic Center • St. Joseph/St. Francis Chapel Over the air television Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on KRQE TV-13-2, KBIM TV-10-2, KREZ TV-6-2 and KASY-My50TVCable or satellite providers on KRQE TV-13, KBIM TV-10, KREZ TV-6, FOX 2 American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreted TV Mass donations may be sent online to www.archdiosf.org or mailed to: Vicar General’s Office/TV Mass 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120 Check out Sunday and daily readings at www.usccb.org

Pilgrimage to North American Shrines October 8, to October 16, 2018 Also, Conference on Healing the Family Tree and Healing Mass on October 9, 2018 Shrine of the Divine Mercy, Stockbridge, MA St. Anne de Beaupre, Quebec, Canada Our Lady of the Cape Saint Joseph Oratory and Notre Dame Cathedral in Montreal

View the spectacular New England foliage We will stay in Niagara Falls the last two nights On Monday evening we will have dinner in the famous revolving dining room at the Skylon Tower where you can view the illuminated falls.

Price $2,200.00 per person double occupancy including airfare and all taxes Price for land only $1,800.00 per person double occupancy Price includes round trip airfare from all the major US cities, transportation, tours, hotels and two meals daily. Deadline for deposit of $200 is due by May 11, 2018. Make check payable to Poland-Medjugorje Pilgrimage and mail to Poland-Medjugorje Pilgrimage, P.O. Box 281059, East Hartford, CT 06128. Balance due by June 8, 2018. For more details see our website www.polandmej.com or call Scott Scaria at 860-289-2606 or 860-841-1192. We will have a spiritual director and daily Mass. Other pilgrimages in 2018: October 30 to November 14, 2018 Medjugorje, Poland, Infant of Prague, Vienna and Shrines of Germany with Father Ken Sales. $4,900.00 per person double occupancy December 3 to December 13, 2018 Holy Land $3,200.00 per person double occupancy Awarded Best Travel Company for 2016 and 2017 by the East Hartford Award Program

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Confirmation, St. Joseph on the Rio Grande, Alb. Confirmation, Immaculate Conception, Las Vegas Confirmation, Our Lady of Sorrows, Las Vegas Confirmation, St. Anne, Albuquerque Executive Finance Committee, Catholic Center Confirmation, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Alb. Archdiocesan Finance Council, Catholic Center Executive Presbyteral, Catholic Center Listening Session & Confirmation, Queen of Heaven, Albuquerque Listening Session & Confirmation, Shrine of St. Bernadette, Albuquerque Confirmation, San Jose, Albuquerque Mass, Deacon In-Service, TBD Listening Session & Confirmation, Immaculate Conception, Tome D+E+I Annual Awards Event, Hotel Alb.

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Listening Session & Confirmation, Our Lady of Belen, Belen Mass for Foundation Symposium, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi Lunch Foundation Symposium, (no location listed) Confirmation, Our Lady of the Annunciation, Alb. National Day of Prayer, Albuquerque Civic Plaza Curia Meeting, Catholic Center Confirmation, Holy Family, Albuquerque Mass & Lunch for St. Vincent de Paul, TBD Listening Session & Confirmation, St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish Listening Session & Confirmation, N.S.D.G., Peña Blanca, San Felipe Pueblo Mass & Banquet, Knights of Columbus State Convention, Crowne Plaza Hotel Confirmation, Sacred Heart, Albuquerque Confirmation, San Isidro, Santa Fe Listening Session & Confirmation, Our Lady of Fatima, Alb. Listening Session & Confirmation, St. Francis Xavier, Alb. Annual Pueblo Governor’s Lunch, Catholic Center Confirmation, San Jose, Alb.

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Summer Classes for Ministry By Deacon Keith Davis, Director, Ministry Resource Center|Christian Formation An incredible opportunity for education and enlightenment will be available this summer for all Catholics, especially those engaged in ministry. The Institute of Formation for Christian Service (Summer Institute) will be held June 4 - June 8th at Lourdes Hall, Catholic Center, in Albuquerque. Forty-eight classes and workshops will be offered throughout each of these days in three daily sessions – morning, afternoon and evening. Some of our best and brightest instructors will offer courses in basic and advanced theology and ministry skills. Classes will be offered in both English and Spanish. The cost is only $25 for the entire week if you register by May 7th. After that date, the cost is still very reasonable at only $50 for as many classes as you want. An extra fee will be charged for walk-up registrations. Class sizes are limited, so you will want to sign-up early. On-line registration can be accomplished at: https://form.jotform.com/kdavis5430/2018-Summer-Instititute or you can call Kathy at 505.831.8129. We will be happy to mail you a registration book. Some of the courses offered include: Introduction to Jesus, Introduction to Scripture, skills classes for liturgical ministers and catechists, Praying with Children, How to Address and Understand Alcohol and Substance Use Disorders, Living and Teaching Mercy, Ética y Teología Moral, Grandparenting in Faith, and many, many more. Instructors include Dr. Megan McKenna, Sr. Paula Gallagher, Deacon Michael Wesley, Dr. Jason Rodarte, Mary Pepper, Sr. Edna Esquibel, Marie Morrison, Joel Hopko, Deacon Victoriano Moreno Ceballos, and many others. Lodging is available for those from outside of Albuquerque at the Madonna Retreat Center. Contact the Madonna Center directly at madonnacenter2@archdiosf.org or 505.831.8196.

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