June/July 2018 Vol. 36, No. 6
Serving the multicultural people of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe www.archdiosf.org
“Follow me and I will make you
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With great joy and gratitude, Archbishop John C. Wester presents the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s newest priests following their Mass of Ordination on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe, NM. Pictured in the front row are our newly ordained Reverend Tai Pham, Reverend Jason Pettigrew, Reverend John Kimani, Reverend Christopher Martinez. Second row: Abbot Philip Lawrence, OSB, Archbishop John C. Wester,Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan. Third/Fourth rows: Deacon Timothy Muerer, Reverend John Trambley, ASF Director of Vocations, Deacon Paul Chavez, Deacon Nathan Lopez, Reverend Michael Niemczak, ASF Associate Director of Vocations. See page 8.
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2018 Class of Transitional Deacons
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Blessings & Congr atulations
With praise and thanksgiving to God, Archbishop John C. Wester presents the ASF 2018 Transitional Diaconate Class. The ordination took place at Santa Maria de la Paz Parish, Santa Fe on May 23, 2018. Pictured l to r: Deacon Paul Chavez, Deacon Timothy Muerer, Reverend John Trambley, ASF Director of Vocations, Archbishop John C. Wester, Altar Server Mr. Michael Holt. Deacon Nathan Lopez, Reverend Michael Niemczak, ASF Associate Director of Vocations, Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan. Seminarians are first ordained to the transitional diaconate where they will serve as deacons for a short time before being ordained to the priesthood. These men have been given the authority to baptize, witness marriages and preach the Gospel. They made the promise of obedience to Archbishop John C. Wester and to his successors. They will serve under Archbishop Wester’s authority, or his successor’s authority. See page 10.
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Ins i d e th is Is su e 2 2018 Class of Transitional Deacons 4 Archbishop’s Letter: The Power of the Word 8 2018 Ordination of Priests 10 2018 Diaconate Ordinations 12 Vocations 14 CRS-Faith Confronts Desperation 17 Separating Families at the Border 18 A Father’s Day Message 20 Catholic Charities 22 Catholic Education 24 Sacraments of Communion & Confirmation 27 World & National News 32 Archbishop Wester’s Calendar 32 Safe Environment Training 36 Prayer for Rain
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Pope Intentions June: Universal – Social Networks That social networks may work towards that inclusiveness which respects other for their differences. July: Evangelization – Priests and their Pastoral Ministry That priests, who experience fatigue and loneliness in their pastoral work, may find help and comfort in their intimacy with the Lord and in their friendship with their brother priests. Junio: Universal- Las redes sociales Para que las redes sociales favorezcan la solidaridad y el respeto del otro en sus diferencias. Julio: Por la evangelización - Los sacerdotes en su misión pastoral Para que los sacerdotes que viven con fatiga y en la soledad el trabajo pastoral se sientan confortados con la ayuda de la amistad con el Señor y con los hermanos.
Please note - assignments for our newly ordained priests are listed on page 8. • Effective Tuesday, May 1, 2018 – Rev. Eulalio Arteaga Pinon, has been appointed as parochial vicar for Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Las Vegas, NM. • Effective Friday, June 15, 2018 – Rev. John Trambley, currently pastor of San Juan Bautista in Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, has been appointed as president for St. Pius X High School in Albuquerque. • Effective Friday, June 15, 2018 – Rev. Jose Herrera, currently chaplain for Christus St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe, has been appointed as parish administrator for San Juan Bautista in Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. • Effective Friday, June 15, 2018 – Rev. Robert Campbell, O.Praem, has been appointed as chaplain for Christus St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe. • Effective Friday, June 15, 2018 – Rev. Robert Peccatiello, currently pastor of St. Alice in Mountainair and its missions, has been appointed pastor of Holy Family/St. Joseph in Roy and Santa Clara in Wagon Mound and its missions. The current pastor, Rev. Terrance Brennan has been granted retirement. • Effective Friday, June 15, 2018 – Rev. Malachy Obiejesi, currently pastor of La Santisima Trinidad in Arroyo Seco and its missions, has been appointed as parish administrator of St. Alice in Mountainair and its missions. • Effective Friday, June 15, 2018 – Rev. Angelo Marquez, currently parochial vicar of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Clovis, has been appointed as pastor of La Santisima Trinidad in Arroyo Seco and its missions. • Effective Friday, June 15, 2018 – Rev. Simon Carian, currently pastor of Sacred Heart in Clovis, has been appointed to further studies at Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. At the end of his studies, he will be given an assignment in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. This summer he will be in residence from July 1, 2018 - September 20, 2018 at San Ignacio in Albuquerque. • Effective Friday, June 15, 2018 – Rev. Leon Vigil, currently parochial vicar of Immaculate Conception in Las Vegas, has been appointed as pastor of Sacred Heart in Clovis. • Effective Friday, June 15, 2018 – Rev. Vincent Dominguez, currently pastor of St. Anthony in Pecos, has been appointed pastor of St. Charles Borromeo in Albuquerque. The current pastor, Rev. Jerome Mueller has been granted retirement. • Effective Friday, June 15, 2018 – Rev. Chike Uba, currently chaplain for St. Pius X High School in Albuquerque, has been appointed as parish administrator of St. Anthony in Pecos. • Effective Sunday, July 1, 2018 – Rev. Raymond Ritari, currently in the Diocese of Phoenix, has been appointed as parish administrator of San Ignacio in Albuquerque. • Effective Sunday, July 1, 2018 – Deacon Robert Morrow, currently parish life coordinator of San Ignacio in Albuquerque, has been appointed to diaconal ministry at San Felipe de Neri in Albuquerque, under the guidance of the pastor, Rev. Andrew Pavlak.
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The Power of the Word By Most Reverend John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe
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n the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.” These beautiful words begin the Gospel of John and remind us of the power of the word of God whose breath hovered over the waters and created life out of nothing. Of course, we Christians believe that the Word of God is Jesus Christ, the second person of the Trinity, in whom and for whom and through whom all things came to be. We also believe that Christ continues His work of creation as the Body of Christ continues to grow through the proclamation of the Word and through the witness we give by building up the Kingdom of God through the words that come from our mouths. Our words are powerful. God made us in His image and likeness and the breath that forms our words can also bring new life. Sadly, they can also tear down and destroy. Do we really appreciate the power of our words, for good or ill? As Edward Bulwer-Lytton said in 1839, in his historical play Cardinal Richelieu, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” As Catholics, we have an even greater investment in our words. At baptism, Christ commissions us to proclaim the word of God throughout our lives. We are to be living embodiments of the word of God, speaking words of forgiveness, healing and love. Whether we like it or not, our words are far more important than we often realize. Quite some time ago, a psychological study underscored the power of our words. Some psychologists formed three groups of students at random, telling the first group that they were quite intelligent, the second that they were of average intelligence and the third that they were not that bright. They then administered the same test to all three groups and as you might expect, the first group did really well while the second group received average scores and the third group mostly failed the test. It seems to me that it is now more important than ever that we reflect on the power of our words. People use words
in the public square today that are demeaning of others, negative, destructive and insulting. Instead of using the power of the word to build others up we choose to put them down, sometimes with tragic consequences as evidenced in those who have committed suicide after being bullied online in the social media. Moreover, it is not just the words we use with others. What we say to ourselves in the inner recesses of our minds, our “self-talk,” can be very revealing. When I make a mistake, what do I say to myself, “You big dummy” or “Oh well, I’ll do better next time.” The words I use in these situations can lead to even more mistakes in the future or a more positive outcome and a better self-image. Psalm 141:3 gives us a beautiful little prayer to say before speaking to others or ourselves: “Set a guard over my mouth, Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips.” What a beautiful prayer, asking God to help us to reflect on the words that we use and to give us the grace to say the good things people need to hear. As St. Paul says in Ephesians, “Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. (Ephesians 4:29) All of us have said things that we wish we could take back. It would be nice to have a “five second delay switch” on our mouths! Asking God “to watch over the door of my lips” might make such a switch unnecessary. Of course, there are special moments in our lives when we are very conscious of our words such as when parents name a child or when vows are spoken in marriage ceremonies, religious professions or ordinations. We are a bit more careful when we take an oath of office or swear to tell the truth or give somebody our word. However, we are less cautious in the ordinary parlance of our day and it is then that we need to ask God’s help before we speak. So often, we use words carelessly or without realizing the power that they have. At other times, when we could say something edifying, we choose not to because of jealousy, vindictiveness or just carelessness. Letting the power of those words lie fallow can be just as tragic as uttering words that hurt others. In any case, we do well to think twice before uttering our words. As Rudyard Kipling once said, “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” I often refer to the example of a couple who were having an argument. At one point, the husband spoke harshly to
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his wife, belittling her and demeaning her. She said to him, “Did you say that because you love me or because you want to hurt me?” He responded, “What kind of a stupid question is that?” and then walked away. Several days later, he approached his wife and said, “You asked me a question the other day and I never answered you. The truth is that I wanted to hurt you and I am sorry. I love you and I ask for your forgiveness.” Here we see the power of words to tear down and to build up. The choice is ours. I sometimes see people with a wristband that says, “What Would Jesus Do?” Perhaps another should be worn on the other wrist: “What Would Jesus Say?” Allowing our words to blend with those of Christ would certainly unleash the power of love, forgiveness, healing and encouragement in a way that could really change the world. This Fathers’ Day we honor our fathers whose words did so much to make us who we are. I hope that they were for us words of encouragement, wise words that helped us to understand a little better the mysteries of life, words that assured sons and daughters that life is worth living, that there is hope and that forgiveness brings new life. We thank our dads, and all parents, this Fathers’ Day for uttering those words and pray that all of our fathers will strive to do the same. In the beginning was the Word, and that Word echoes down through the ages, creating anew the human spirit and giving life to all. As Isaiah says in chapter 55:11: “The word that goes out from the mouth of God will not return to me empty but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” That purpose seeks to find an echo in our words, words that give voice to the presence of Christ in our midst, the Word of God, achieving its purpose of building up his Body, the Church, and furthering his Kingdom. Sincerely yours in the Lord,
Most Rev. John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe
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El poder de la Palabra
n el principio era la Palabra, y la Palabra estaba ante Dios, y la Palabra era Dios. Ella estaba ante Dios en el principio.” Con estas lindas palabras empieza el Evangelio de Juan y ellas nos recuerdan el poder de la Palabra de Dios quien sopló su aliento sobre las aguas y creó vida de la nada. Por supuesto, nosotros los cristianos creemos que la Palabra de Dios es Jesucristo, la segunda persona de la Trinidad, en quien, por quien y a través de quien adquirieron vida todas las cosas. También creemos que la labor de creación de Cristo continúa, a medida que el Cuerpo de Cristo sigue creciendo gracias a la proclamación de la Palabra y al testimonio que damos, porque fomentamos el Reino de Dios a través de las palabras que salen de nuestra boca. Nuestras palabras son poderosas. Dios nos hizo a su imagen y semejanza y el aliento que les da forma a nuestras palabras también puede producir vida nueva. Es triste que las palabras también puedan derribar y destruir. ¿Nos damos realmente cuenta del poder que tienen nuestras palabras, para bien o para mal? Como dijo Edward Bulwer-Lytton en 1839, en su obra de teatro de corte histórico El Cardenal Richelieu: “La pluma es más poderosa que la espada”. Para nosotros los católicos, las palabras representan una inversión mucho más grande. En nuestro bautismo, Cristo nos encomienda que proclamemos la Palabra de Dios durante toda la vida. Debemos ser la personificación viviente de la Palabra de Dios, hablar palabras de perdón, de sanación y de amor. Ya sea que nos guste o no, nuestras palabras son mucho más importantes de lo que muchas veces nos damos cuenta. Hace mucho tiempo, los resultados de un estudio psicológico pusieron de relieve el poder de la palabra. Un grupo de psicólogos formó tres grupos de estudiantes seleccionados al azar. A los del primer grupo les dijeron que eran muy inteligentes, a los del segundo que su inteligencia era promedio y a los del tercero que no eran muy brillantes. Entonces, a los tres grupos se les administró la misma prueba psicológica y, como era de esperarse, el primer grupo salió muy bien, el segundo obtuvo puntajes promedio y gran parte de los estudiantes del tercer grupo fracasó la prueba. Me da la impresión de que ahora es más importante que nunca que reflexionemos acerca del poder que tiene la palabra. En lugares públicos hoy encontramos personas que
usan palabras que degradan a los demás, que son negativas, destructoras e insultantes. En lugar de aprovechar el poder de la palabra para fortalecer a los demás, optamos por humillarlos, a veces con consecuencias trágicas como ha sido evidente cuando se han dado casos de suicidio porque las personas habían sido acosadas en las redes sociales. Además, no se trata solamente de las palabras que empleamos para dirigirnos a los demás. Podría ser muy revelador lo que nos decimos a nosotros mismos en lo más recóndito de nuestra mente, nuestra conversación con nosotros mismos. Cuando cometo un error me digo: “¡Qué tonto eres!” o “Bueno, lo haré mejor la próxima vez”. Las palabras que uso en estas situaciones podrían conducirme a cometer hasta más errores en el futuro o a lograr un resultado positivo y mejorar mi imagen personal. El Salmo 141, 3 nos brinda una oración bella y cortita para rezar antes de hablarles a los demás o de hablarnos a nosotros mismos: “Señor, pon una guardia ante mi boca y vigila la puerta de mis labios”. Qué linda oración para pedirle a Dios que nos ayude a reflexionar acerca de las palabras que usamos y para que nos conceda la gracia para decir las cosas buenas que las personas necesitan oír. Como dice san Pablo en Efesios 4, 29: “No salga de sus bocas ni una mala palabra, sino palabras buenas que edifiquen cuando sea necesario y que hagan bien a los que las oigan”. Todos hemos dicho cosas que ojalá no las hubiéramos dicho. ¡Sería ideal que pudiéramos tener en la boca un interruptor que nos permitiera pausar por cinco segundos antes de hablar! Si acudiéramos a Dios con la petición: “vigila la puerta de mis labios”, tal vez lograríamos prescindir de dicho interruptor. Por supuesto que hay momentos especiales en la vida cuando estamos muy conscientes de las palabras, como por ejemplo cuando los padres seleccionan un nombre para su hijo o cuando se profesan votos en las ceremonias nupciales, al ingresar en una orden religiosa o en las ordenaciones sacerdotales. Tenemos un poquito más de cuidado cuando prestamos juramento al asumir un cargo, cuando juramos decir la verdad o cuando le damos nuestra palabra a alguien. Sin embargo, somos menos cuidadosos en nuestras conversaciones cotidianas y es entonces cuando debemos recurrir a la ayuda de Dios antes de hablar. Muy a menudo usamos palabras descuidadamente o sin darnos cuenta del poder que tienen. Otras veces, cuando podríamos decir algo edificante, optamos por no hacerlo, ya sea por celos, por afán de venganza o simplemente por descuido. Dejar que el poder de esas palabras sea improductivo puede ser tan trágico como proferir palabras que lastimen a otras personas. Comoquiera que sea, lo indicado sería que pensáramos dos veces antes de
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hablar. Como dijo una vez Rudyard Kipling: “Las palabras son, por supuesto, la droga más potente que usa la humanidad”. A menudo me refiero al ejemplo de una pareja que estaba discutiendo. A un punto de la discusión el esposo le habló con dureza a su esposa, en tono humillante y despectivo. Ella le preguntó: “¿Dijiste eso porque me amas o porque quieres hacerme daño?” Él respondió: “¿Qué pregunta estúpida es esa?” y después se alejó. Unos días más tarde, se acercó a su esposa y le dijo: “Me hiciste una pregunta el otro día y nunca te la contesté. Lo cierto es que quería lastimarte y lo siento. Te amo y te ruego que me perdones”. Aquí vemos el poder que tiene la palabra para destrozar y para fortalecer. Nosotros tenemos la opción. En ocasiones he visto personas con una pulsera que dice: “¿Qué haría Jesús en este caso?”. Tal vez se debería usar otra que diga: “¿Qué diría Jesús en este caso?”. Si permitiéramos que nuestras palabras se mezclaran con las de Cristo ciertamente desencadenaríamos el poder del amor, del perdón, de la sanación y de la persuasión de una manera que cambiaría el mundo. En el Día del Padre honramos a nuestro padre cuyas palabras aportaron tanto para convertirnos en lo que somos hoy. Espero que hayan sido para nosotros palabras de aliento, palabras acertadas, que nos hayan ayudado a comprender un poquito mejor los misterios de la vida, palabras que nos confirmaban a los hijos que vale la pena vivir, que la esperanza existe y que el perdón renueva la vida. Le agradecemos a nuestro padre que haya proferido esas palabras y rogamos a Dios que todos los que sean padres procuren hacer lo mismo. Al principio era la Palabra, y el eco de esa Palabra retumba a lo largo del tiempo, renovando el espíritu y dándole vida a todo. Como dice Isaías en el capítulo 55, 11: “Así será la palabra que salga de mi boca. No volverá a mí sin haber hecho lo que yo quería, y haber llevado a cabo su misión”. Ese propósito busca un eco en nuestras palabras, palabras que dan voz a la presencia de Cristo entre nosotros, la Palabra de Dios, logrando su propósito de fortalecer su Cuerpo, la Iglesia e impulsar su Reino.
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Sinceramente suyo en el Señor,
Arzobispo John C. Wester Traducción voluntaria de: Anelle Lobos
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2018 Ordination of Priests May 26, 2018 Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi Santa Fe, New Mexico With great joy and gratitude, Archbishop John C. Wester presents the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s newest priests. Reverend John Kimani, Reverend Christopher Martinez, Reverend Jason Pettigrew, Reverend Tai Pham
Reverend John Kimani has been appointed as Parochial Vicar of Estancia Valley Catholic Parish in Moriarty, under the guidance of the Pastor, Reverend Robert Lancaster. Effective Friday, June 15, 2018
Reverend Christopher Martinez has been appointed as Parochial Vicar for Our Lady of Guadalupe in Clovis, under the direction of the Pastor, Reverend Eli Valadez. Effective Friday, June 15, 2018
Reverend Tai Pham has been appointed as Parochial Vicar at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, under the guidance of the Pastor, Reverend Adam Ortega y Ortiz. Effective Friday, June 15, 2018
We invite you to view a video of the ordination highlights at www.archdiosf.org.
Reverend Jason Pettigrew has been appointed as Parochial Vicar for Immaculate Conception Church in Las Vegas, under the guidance of the Pastor, Reverend George Salazar. Effective Friday, June 15, 2018
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Archbishop John C. Wester smiles upon these dedicated men who traveled many roads from to one sacred destination...to serve God and do His will through the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
Very Reverend Glenn Jones, Chairman, Executive Presybyteral Council; Very Reverend Oscar Coelho, Judicial Vicar, Tribunal; Very Reverend Michael Demkovich, O.P., Episcopal Vicar for Doctrine and Life; Very Reverend John Daniel, Moderator of the Curia/Vicar General; Reverend Monsignor Lambert Joseph Luna, Episcopal Vicar were among hundreds in attendance to prayerfully welcome the newly ordained.
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2018 Diaconate Ordinations May 23, 2018 Santa Maria de la Paz Santa Fe, New Mexico
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HANDING ON OF THE BOOK OF THE GOSPELS “Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you have become. Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach.” - Archbishop John C. Wester
What Makes a Good Seminarian?
There are four marks that St. Alphonsus Ligouri looked for and two other characteristics that most vocation directors and bishops look for: 1. Purity of Intention. This is basically determined by asking the question: “Why do you want to become a priest?” The typical answer is “Well, I love God and the Church, and I just want to serve Him in some way.” Not a bad answer. But all of the baptized are all called to serve God in some way. Purity of intention comes when a man can answer, or at least begin to come to grips with the fact that Jesus Christ himself is calling him to become a Catholic priest. One does not become a priest to re-invent the wheel, so to speak, or to fulfill a dream that grandma once had for him, or because one looks good in black! Rather, one becomes a priest because our Lord Jesus is personally calling him to become one. 2. Ability to learn. You do not have to be a genius, even though some priests are very intelligent men. But can you think critically? Can you put things together on a philosophical and spiritual level? Can you develop the study skills, if they are not already in place, to learn about the history, the ministry, the sacramental life, and the pastoral dimension of the Church? 3. People skills. St. Alphonsus did not
use this term, but it is what he meant. How well do you get along with others? Are you a good listener? Do people trust you, especially when it comes to praying for others? Do you get along with people of various religious, social, and cultural backgrounds? 4. Positive goodness of character. Are you basically a good guy at heart? Do people like you and think well of you? Are you known as someone who can be trusted?The other two characteristics are first of all, can you see yourself as a hero? Priests cooperate very closely with the movement of the Holy Spirit in the area of saving souls. Lives are literally saved by what a priest can do and say for others if he is truly bringing Christ to them. Do you have a desire to save others for and with Christ? Secondly, we are looking for fathers. The modern world is in great need of a fatherly blessing because so many biological fathers have not provided such a blessing upon their children for numerous reasons. A priest is a spiritual father to literally thousands of people providing others with the fatherly blessings of presence, protection through prayer, guidance, reassurance, imparting identity as a Christian son or daughter. Can you see yourself becoming a father to a parish community?
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Celebrate 150 Years of Jesuits Please come celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Jesuits in Albuquerque with a night of food, fun and Christian fellowship at Immaculate Conception Parish, located downtown at 619 Copper Ave NW Albuquerque, NM 87102 on September 22, 2018 from 3:00 - 7:00pm. This blessed event will include a beautiful church Mass, dinner, entertainment, and an opportunity to win a grand prize of $10,000. Please call the Immaculate Conception Parish office at 505.247.4271 to purchase a $100-dollar raffle ticket before the big event!
Five Jesuits of the USA Central and Southern Province To be Ordained to the Priesthood
Five members of the Jesuits USA Central and Southern Province will be ordained to the priesthood this summer in two separate ordination liturgies. Jesuits W. Penn Dawson, Jason C. LaLonde, Michael J. Wegenka and David C. Paternostro will be ordained on Saturday, June 9, in St. Louis; Fernando Luis Barreto Mercado will be ordained on Saturday, July 28, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. One of the new priests, Jason LaLonde, SJ, will be assigned to Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Albuquerque beginning this summer. Jason C. LaLonde, SJ, was born and raised in Lakeland, FL. He experienced a call to the priesthood during his childhood but put discernment on hold during high school and college. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University in Tallahassee in 2002, majoring in English and history. During college, he developed an interest in music and hosted an opera program on FSU’s public radio station. After graduation, he worked in arts administration for the Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico for two seasons and for the Sarasota
Opera in Florida for a year. He then attended the University of Florida in Gainesville earning an MBA in 2005 while also working for a software company in marketing. He entered the Society of Jesus in 2007. As a novice, he served in a village in El Salvador, assisting in the Jesuit parish and teaching English in an elementary school. Missioned next to Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, he earned a master’s degree in philosophical resources in 2012. LaLonde did his experiential formation in New Orleans, where he taught English, Latin and Greek at Jesuit High School; during that time, he also accompanied students to World Youth Day in Brazil in 2013 and on a service trip to Panama in 2015. At the Boston College School
The Pontifical College Josephinum is pleased to announce the celebration of its 119th Commencement Exercises, held in May. Archdiocese of Santa Fe Seminarian Cameron Degani was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, summa cum laude. He was selected Senior Class Representative and gave the address. Cameron is pictured receiving his diploma from Most Rev. Frederick F. Campbell, Bishop of Columbus and Vice Chancellor of the Pontifical College Josephinum.
of Theology and Ministry, he earned a Master of Divinity degree and is working toward a licentiate in sacred theology. He served as a deacon at the South Boston-Seaport Catholic Collaborative, ministering at three churches, including the new Shrine of Our Lady of Good Voyage. His first assignment as a priest will be at Immaculate Conception Church in Albuquerque, N.M. The Jesuits are a Roman Catholic order of priests and brothers founded nearly 500 years ago by St. Ignatius of Loyola. With more than16,000 priests, scholastics and brothers worldwide, they are the largest male religious order in the Catholic Church. Jesuits are widely known for their colleges, universities and high schools, but Jesuits also minister in retreat houses, parishes, hospitals and refugee camps. The USA Central and Southern (UCS) Province serves in 12 states, Puerto Rico and Belize and has approximately 400 men who serve as pastors, administrators, educators, spiritual and retreat directors and in other roles. Jesuits have served in this area of the United States and the Caribbean as early as the 16th century and continually since the restoration of the Society in 1815.
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Memorial Mass Held for Msgr. Paul Lenz
By Alan Cherino, Native American Ministry Advisory Board Member A memorial Mass for Msgr. Paul Lenz was held April 22, 2018 at St. Augustine Church in Isleta Pueblo. Msgr. Lenz was the National Director of the Black and Indian Mission Office in Washington D.C., a position he held for 31 years from 1976 to 2007. He died on May 14, 2017 at the age of 91. Msgr. Lenz served in several positions throughout his life: teacher, curator, missionary, editor (assistant editor, The Catholic Register) – the list goes on and on! In such capacities, he was well-known by many, and among Native Americans, he is most remembered as vice postulator investigating the sainthood miracle and leading the cause of canonization for St. Kateri Tekakwitha. Msgr. Lenz worked laboriously for many years as a missionary (including service among the Gaurani Indians of Paraguay), a role he seemed to take seriously and had a passion for doing early in his career after becoming a priest in 1949. In his years of service, he not only revitalized the operations of the Mission Office, but took to heart repairing and rebuilding strained
relations between the Catholic Church and Native Americans in the 1970s and 1980s. He believed in respecting the Native American religious traditions and saw the devotional worship Native peoples have for God and Jesus Christ. He was also known for bringing some revitalized life into the Tekakwitha Conference in the 1980s. Thanks to his effort and the many concerned Native American voices whom Msgr. Lenz heard, the conference was instrumental along with his long and continuous work helping to get
Kateri Tekakwitha beatified in June 1980 and eventually becoming a saint in October 2012. Since his passing last year, the Native American Ministry Director, Shirley Zuni, and the Advisory Board of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe begin discussing a way to honor Msgr. Lenz for his work with the Native American community. A memorial Mass held at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha – St. Augustine Church in Isleta Pueblo – seemed “holy” appropriate! Many of the New Mexico Pueblo Kateri Circles attended the Mass which was celebrated by Archbishop John C. Wester along with con-celebrants Abbott Joel Garner (Norbertine Community) and Minister Provincial Very Rev. Jack Clark-Robinson. Also helping to celebrate were Rev. George Pavamkott, O.Praem, Rev. Dale Jamison, OFM (Gallup Diocese), Rev. Larry Bernard, OFM, and Edgar Romero-Ramos (Norbertine Seminarian). Guests in attendance were friend of Isleta, Geri Richner (Seattle, WA), Kathy Vasquez (Regional Representative, Tekakwitha Conference), and several people who traveled from Mescalero, NM and Arizona. Beautiful native-themed and liturgical music for the Mass was sung by the Riley family choir group of Laguna Pueblo.
Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters Are Celebrating Jubilees in 2018 There was a celebration Mass on May 24, and another to be held July 28 to honor the Sisters. Both celebrations happen at the Archbishop Noll Memorial Chapel on the Victory Noll campus in Huntington. Sr. Joan Arnold is celebrating 70 years with OLVM, having joined on October 27, 1948. The native of Lebanon, PA, has been missioned in Texas, Indiana, Michigan, California, Ohio, Wisconsin, Utah, New Mexico, Illinois, and West Virginia. She has been a catechist and served on the leadership team. She spent nine years as the general treasurer. She served on the Resource Sharing Board, and has spent many years as the Peace and Justice Coordinator for OLVM. Sr. Monica Haines, a native of Goshen, Indiana, joined OLVM on October 27, 1948, and celebrates her 70th jubilee in 2018. She has served in California, Michigan, Indiana, New Mexico, Texas and Illinois. She has worked as a catechist, a director of religious education, pastoral minister, adult educator
and personal needs assistant. Sr. Clarita Trujillo, a native of El Rito, NM, celebrates her 60th jubilee in 2018. She joined OLVM on September 6, 1958. Her mission history has included work in California, Texas, Colorado, Indiana, New Mexico and in Bolivia. She has served as a catechist and worked in campus ministry and pastoral ministry. She has been involved in social work with the MexicanAmerican Social Justice Movement, and annually traveled with a delegation to Nicaragua to assist with an eye clinic bringing services to the poor population in that country. “My life as a Victory Noll Sister has been an adventure in the company of so many people who have enriched, fulfilled, and perhaps even directed me as I lived and worked among God’s people,” says Sr. Clarita. “I tried to be accepting of all who crossed my path. I learned much as I interacted with the young adults, the old and with children. I thank my sisters, my family and friends for the support and
love that I always receive. I trust in God’s generosity and boundless blessings.” Sr. Teresa Aparicio-Cervantes, a native of Zacapu Michoacan, Mexico, will celebrate her 50th jubilee in 2018. She has been missioned in Mexico, Texas and New Mexico. She has worked as a pastoral assistant, and has worked in community development as director of Casa de las Comunidades in Albuquerque. “My immigrant roots have helped me to understand my Christian vocation, and to pass on God’s mission to all,” says Sr. Teresa. “This vocational call inspires me to be the ecclesial voice and to walk with solidarity among the suffering of all the immigrants in the world.” Our Lady of Victory Missionary Sisters is a religious community of women dedicated to those living in poverty or oppression in the name of Christ. Founded in 1922 by Fr. John Joseph Sigstein, the members of the Victory Noll community minister to those in need.
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Faith Confronts Desperation: Lebanon and Jordan in the Aftermath of the War in Syria By Judge Geraldine Rivera (Ret.) Former Board Member, Catholic Relief Services
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hen most people consider travel to the Middle East, particularly countries affected by war or conflict, the typical first query is, “Is it safe?” We hear so much about refugees and migrants thousands of miles across the oceans being a clear and present threat to not only the people of the region they settle in but to us as well before they ever get here. In our own country, government, media and church all spread their own rhetoric about how refugees should be dealt with appropriately. If it were only that easy!
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A delegation of CRS supporters and staff visit the Orthodox School Fuheis in Amman, Jordan. Here CRS supports a project that offers kindergarten and remedial classes to about 100 children. Members of the delegation, that visited Lebanon and Jordan between April 1013, included Bill Leahey, Joe Ferrario, Pia Ferrario, Eileen McGrory, Walter Mena, Geraldine Rivera, Charles Rotunno, Fr. Jack Schuler, Geraldine Carolan and CRS staff Kevin Hartigan and Shelagh O’Brien. Photo by Oscar Durand for CRS
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after the 2011 migration of Syrian refugees began in order to educate Syrian children whom the Lebanese government will not enroll in public schools because their educational levels cannot be established. Sister reported that her task to draw children was at first difficult. It is not uncommon for parents to require their children’s help in the fields or hold back their 5-year old to watch infant siblings while parents work. Today, Sr. Amira reluctantly has to turn children away. Classes are focused on the basics: reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, Arabic, English, arts and crafts and sports. No religion is taught to this mostly Muslim population. Classes are large and divided into five classes for nine teachers. One class had students ages 12-17 who are being taught auto mechanics. These are the children we would call in the U.S. “most at risk” for dropping out. For some it is very difficult to catch up. These children have aspirations just like our own kids. They want to be teachers, architects, tailors, airplane pilots and singers. At the end of the day as many as 48 children pack into each of the dilapidated vans to go home to their one-room, plastic covered, windowless framed structure in the camps, along with a wrapped, hoagie-type sandwich which we suspected is shared with family members. Extra food, if any, gets distributed as well. We didn’t ask how Sister determines who gets the extra.3 Just like all the children we saw during our time, these children were beautiful, happy, loving, smiling and chatty—God’s children graced with innocence.
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hat night we flew to Amman, Jordan, to meet with Caritas Jordan the next morning.
aritas Jordan, established in 1967, has evolved into a compelling Catholic organization that fights against poverty and promotes development for the good of over 158K of the poorest Jordanian people. The organization has developed vast expertise in supporting refugees from Syria, Palestine and Iraq. Caritas Jordan manages model intricate programs targeted to provide basic needs to the poor: shelter, water, sanitation, hygiene, health services, vocational rehabilitation, counseling, nutrition, education, psycho/social services and many other services and benefits to Jordanian society. The accomplishments and successes of Caritas Jordan has earned the organization direct financial assistance from the United States Government, an achievement virtually unprecedented.
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n our short time there, we visited various programs, including the Livelihoods program, a business of outdoor wooden furniture building; soaps made of lavender, sage and lavender; sofa/bed cushions; and ladies purses and cosmetic bags. We also were privileged to eat lunch at Mercy Cafe, a kitchen that daily feeds the poor. We also visited a refugee medical facility for health checkups for women and children, prenatal care, psychological counseling for women, safety education and cash for rent and other basic needs. Finally, our day ended with a a visit to an Orthodox school program for refugee children. There, children between the ages of five and eight years old attend school in the afternoon until 7 p.m. They learn basic education and hygiene. As in the school in Deir el Ahmar, these Syrian refugee children take their lunch home to share with their families.
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n the third day in Lebanon, we attended Mass at Caritas Lebanon. Since 1972, “Caritas Lebanon is the official socio-pastoral arm of the Catholic Church designated to assist both individuals and communities and to support charitable and social activities. Caritas Lebanon offers a wide variety of social services to all people in need, regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity or political beliefs.” It is funded in part by the EU and various NGOs, including CRS. We visited the high-security detention center which houses female migrants adjudicated for their crimes and who are awaiting deportation to their mother countries, despite the fact that they may have no country to return to. Their “crimes” often consist of having run away from what we would call involuntary servitude and human trafficking. A typical situation would be a woman coming to work for a rich Lebanese family from another country in hopes of sending most of their promised salary back to their families at home. Instead, they are often assaulted both physically and sexually, not paid any wages and nearly starved to death. Their deplorable situations only worsen when they run away until they are finally captured by the law. At the detention center they are housed in a clean environment, well fed and provided with medical care.
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Waleed Masadeh, Caritas Jordan Livelihood Unit Coordinator, third from left, shows Walter Mena, Shelagh O’Brien and Geraldine Rivera, from left, olive oil soap made as a part of a livelihoods project at the Lady of Peace Center in Amman, Jordan, during the visit of a delegation of CRS supporters and staff. In this Caritas Jordan project Iraqi refugees receive training in carpentry, soap making, sewing and micro farming. Photo by Oscar Durand for CRS
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Manar Marzina is a refugee from Iraq who has received training in sewing, part of a Caritas Jordan livelihoods program at the Lady of Peace Center in Amman, Jordan. A delegation of CRS supporters and staff visited the project on April 12, 2018. Photo by Oscar Durand for CRS
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n our last day in Jordan, we visited the ancient Byzantine City of Madaba, renowned for its mosaics. Madaba is an ancient Holy Land City and home to the famous 6th century Mosaic Map of Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The map, made up of over two million local stone pieces, is the floor of the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, built on top of an earlier Byzantine church. It was truly phenomenal.
Members of the delegation of CRS supporters and staff visit Mount Neebo in Jordan. In the photo: Kevin Hartigan, Shelagh O’Brien, Charles Rotunno, Maggie Holmesheoran and Father Jack Schuler. Photo by Oscar Durand for CRS
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t is my sincere hope that my words and sentiments here portray some of the hardships and struggles the people of Lebanon and Jordan face daily. CRS employees worldwide are unsurpassed in their dedication and humanitarian efforts to join with others and give voice to the voiceless and hope to those who despair. Aid from the American Government and the faith and generosity of American Catholics and bishops provide the framework for this, Christ’s work.
The delegation visited Lebanon and Jordan between April 10-13, and included Bill Leahey, Joe Ferrario, Pia Ferrario, Eileen McGrory, Walter Mena, Geraldine Rivera, Charles Rotunno, Fr. Jack Schuler, Geraldine Carolan and CRS staff Kevin Hartigan and Shelagh O’Brien. Photo by Oscar Durand for CRS
1 In Lebanon, refugees approach 25% of its 6M population, upwards of 1.5M registered and unregistered migrants; in Jordan, refugees exceed 1M of its 6M population. 2 A Google map of the area can be helpful to get a better picture of this ancient region. 3 This year, Sister’s budget is $300K from CRS, $200K from the Pontifical Mission to pay for teacher salaries, books and supplies, meals and snacks, building costs, playground and toys, utilities, security and children’s transportation. 4 There remained much bitterness in Lebanon toward Syria over Syria’s war with Lebanon for 37 years. The Syrian army was present in Lebanon until about 2006. When Syrian refugees began pouring in about 2011-12, resentment was not unexpected.
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Separating Families at the Border: A Costly Practice An Example of Who DHS is Separating & Detaining: Maria’s Story Maria, a young mother, was abused and forced into sex trafficking by a local gang in her home country of Guatemala. Maria eventually escaped this situation and fled to the U.S. with her three-year-old son, Jose, in search of protection. When Customs and Border Protection agents apprehended Maria and Jose at the border, they chose to separate Maria from her toddler, seemingly convinced that she was Jose’s aunt. Consequently, Jose was deemed “unaccompanied” and transferred to the care of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, and Maria was transferred to adult detention. Maria remains detained and has yet to be reunified with her son. At the end of the Obama Administration and into the Trump Administration, there have been significant increases in the separation of families at the U.S./ Mexico border by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Since October 2017, over 700 children have been separated from their parents and rendered “unaccompanied,” including over 100 children under the age of four. On May 4, 2018, DHS stated that it will refer all individuals who cross the border without authorization for criminal prosecution, including adult members of family units. If implemented, this policy will undoubtedly lead to a drastic increase in incidences of family separation. Forcibly separating families is deeply troubling for several reasons: It Will Be Costly to U.S. Taxpayers. As DHS separates families at the border, DHS will likely transfer individuals over age 18 into custody of the U.S.
Marshals Service, within the Department of Justice (DOJ), to await prosecution and will designate any children as “unaccompanied” The children would then be transferred to the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Separating families at the border will be incredibly costly – unnecessarily shifting the financial burden of families awaiting immigration proceedings and prosecution to the U.S. taxpayer. Currently, if an individual is not referred for prosecution or
A Salvadoran immigrant carries her son in a field in Huehuetoca, Mexico, while trying to reach the U.S.-Mexico border in 2015. (CNS photo/Edgard Garrido, Reuters) discretion in determining who to prosecute and releasing families under certain existing Alternative to Detention (ATD) programs is much more cost effective; ATD programs operated by DHS can
Every threat to the family is a threat to society itself. The future of humanity, as Saint John Paul II often said, passes through the family (cf. Familiaris Consortio, 85). So protect your families! See in them your country’s greatest treasure and nourish them always by prayer and the grace of the sacraments. Pope Francis detained, the families of those arriving and charitable groups provide assistance. With the policy change, DOJ and HHS – and by extension the U.S. taxpayer – will be required to fund the care and custody of these families. A Costly Practice Taxpayers Will Have to Pay Hundreds of Dollars Per Family Per Day to Implement This Policy. DOJ found that the average daily cost of detaining an individual with the U.S. Marshals Service was $89.33 in Fiscal Year 2017. Meanwhile, a 2015 Government Accountability Office report estimates that the average cost to the taxpayer to keep an unaccompanied child in an ORR shelter is $248 per day. This means that costs can range up to $585 per night for a family of three (two children, one parent) and will be borne by the U.S. taxpayer. In contrast, exercising
cost as little as $5 per person per day and are extremely effective in ensuring compliance with immigration proceedings and orders. It Will Hinder Judicial Efficiency. Separating families will also impede access to due process and decrease judicial efficiency. Adult detained family members will be placed into separate immigration removal proceedings from their children after separation. This requires unnecessary expenditure of Department of Justice (DOJ) resources on duplicative proceedings that otherwise would be linked. Consequently, the policy will further contribute to the immigration court backlog, which is already over 692,000 cases. Additionally, separating family members may impede their access to evidence and testimony
that is essential for efficient processing of their cases and their access to justice. Children Are Vulnerable & Should Not Be Separated From Their Parents. Family unity is a cornerstone of our American immigration system and a foundational element of Catholic teaching. While there are times when separation is appropriate due to abuse or trafficking concerns, unnecessarily separating families would be extremely detrimental to basic child welfare principles, contrary to our Catholic values, and ineffective to the goals of deterrence and safety. Increasing Prosecutions and Separating Parents From Their Children Will Not Deter Families From Seeking Safety in the U.S. Such a policy will not cure the pervasive root causes of migration existing in the Northern Triangle of Central America today. Factors such as community or statesanctioned violence, poverty, lack of educational opportunity, forcible gang recruitment, and domestic abuse are compelling children and families to take the enormous risks of migration, including the possible additional risk of family separation at the border. These are the factors that must be addressed as we look to repair our broken immigration system.
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A Fathers’ Day Message from Project Rachel By Carol Feeney, Project Rachel Coordinator
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athers’ Day recognizes and celebrates the important role of fathers in our lives. It can also be a day on which the father of an aborted child might reflect on his unborn child. Many men who father children feel that they are not within their rights to voice an opinion one way or the other about the abortion of the child. Since the decision to give birth or to abort lies legally with the mother, many men passively yield the decision to their partner. Often, these men who are trying to be supportive by withholding their feelings may be perceived as not caring or emotionally abandoning the woman to face the decision alone. Unplanned fatherhood is a reality that many men face, but for a man who intends to embrace the responsibilities and joys of fatherhood, an abortion of their child can be very painful. Even if a man was not involved in the decision, an abortion may cause personal and relational injury. Some men are unaware of an abortion decision until the procedure is over. Others may abandon, threaten to abandon or otherwise coerce their partner when they become pregnant, thereby influencing an abortion decision. Others may feel powerless to speak their minds. Awareness of the importance of the loss of the child may come later in a man’s life, especially at the conception and
birth of future children. Grief, guilt, anger, anxiety, post-traumatic stress (Coyle, 2007) substance abuse, lost relationships or problematic relationships, compromised intimacy and depression are all common ways in which an abortion can affect the father. According to research by Coleman, Rue and Spence (2007a), men are more at risk than women for experiencing chronic grief from abortion, and men are more likely than women to feel despair long after the abortion. Regardless of the law, every pregnancy involves a man and a woman. While the law allows for “choice” celebrated by some, fathers and mothers of an aborted child have no choice but to live with the aftermath. Fathers who carry grief over an abortion decision do so because of their protective and caring nature. If you are a man who has been involved in an abortion decision, or if you are a man who was not involved in the decision; if you feel powerless and stricken by a father’s grief, please call the Project Rachel help line: 505-831-8238. This confidential help line will put you in touch with trained, compassionate staff who can help you find counseling, spiritual direction, and the healing sacraments that can set you on the road to recovery and peace. “I command you: be strong and steadfast! Do not fear nor be dismayed, for the Lord, your God, is with you wherever you go” Joshua 1:9
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PovertyUSA.org and PobrezaUSA.org Feature: Poverty Facts
Humanity is unskippable for Catholic Relief Services. Learn about how CRS helps transform the world and watch what happens when you put humanity first. https://www. unskippable.org/
On the Poverty Facts page of the new PovertyUSA.org and PobrezaUSA.org mobile-friendly websites, learn who lives in Poverty USA by exploring visual depictions of poverty by gender, age, ethnicity, etc.
African American Catholic Community Mass June 24, 2018 Please join the Archdiocese of Santa Fe African American Catholic Community for the Mass on Sunday, June 24, 12 noon at St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Catholic Church, 5901 St. Joseph’s Dr. NW, Albuquerque. For more information, please call (505) 836-3627 or (505) 831-8167.
The CRS Resource Center (http://www.crs.org/getinvolved/resource-center) offers an array of resources suitable for all ages to form disciples to live out Christ’s call to care for the poor and vulnerable everywhere. You can take steps to prevent and end global hunger. How? Right now, Congress is deliberating about the international food security programs authorized in the Farm Bill, and you can help protect them and ensure they are funded. These essential programs provide lifesaving emergency assistance and an opportunity for our most vulnerable brothers and sisters to lead healthy and dignified lives. They help communities in poverty grow more of the food they need, conserve natural resources and transform landscapes, and support literacy and education through school lunches. Go to https://www.confrontglobalpoverty.org/ to see what you can do now to advocate for funding!
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Don’t Miss the Official Introduction of St. Brigid’s Brew on June 10th Catholic Charities has partnered with Abbey Brewing Co. and Admiral Beverage Co to bring you St. Brigid’s Brew, beer benefitting Catholic Charities. There will be two variations of St. Brigid’s Brew and 20% of their sales will go to benefit Catholic Charities’ programs. The beers will make their debut on June 10 at a family-friendly event from 1:00 - 4:00pm at the Monks’ Corner Taproom, 205 Silver Ave. SW G. Come by to enjoy this delicious new ale and enjoy music by Kevin Cummings, a trivia contest, food trucks, and of course supporting a good cause. St. Brigid of Kildare, is known not only for her charity, but also her unique beer brewing technique. She was said to have turned her bathwater into beer to quench the thirst of a desperate leper colony. Now you can enjoy a special brew named for her right here in New Mexico while helping those in need. We hope to make St. Brigid’s Brew a popular brand offered throughout New Mexico and beyond! Ask your favorite local brewery or taproom to carry St. Brigid’s Brew: Brewed with Sincerity for Charity!
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Celebrate World Refugee Day Join us as we celebrate International World Refugee on June 23 at Highland High School with our refugee community. Catholic Charities is proud to partner with Lutheran Family Services for a day of music, dancing, food, and cultural exchange. We will begin with a Citizenship Ceremony from 4:30 - 5:30 pm followed by activities and performances from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
Clara Mae Vanzura, longtime Catholic Charities volunteer, was awarded “Volunteer of the Year” by the City of Albuquerque Department of Senior Affairs Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) at their 18th Annual Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast in May. This is the second year in a row the award has recognized a volunteer from Catholic Charities. Clara Mae began volunteering with Catholic Charities as a senior driver in June 1997 and later became a transportation scheduler in the office. Today at the age of 88, she is still dedicated and committed to her work at Catholic Charities. A few years ago, we introduced an online scheduling system, which “rocked her world.” Clara Mae was not sure she was up to the challenge. After a long Christmas break she showed up with an “I can do this attitude.” She commented, “I know what Catholic Charities does for me, it keeps me from getting old and keeps my mind fresh.”
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Catholic Charities Team Refugee Recognized Congratulations to our Team Refugee staff and volunteers! Catholic Charities’ Team Refugee program was recognized in a global study by Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities, Inc. (FADICA) and Boston College’s Center for Social Innovation. The study identified 64 examples of socially innovative high-impact programs assisting refugees and migrants around the world. Check out fadica.org for the full study.
Catholic Charities Continues Partnership with Mexican Consulate In May, at a public signing ceremony held at CNM, the Consulate of Mexico and Catholic Charities renewed an agreement for a fifth year. This agreement includes a cooperation as well as a commitment of funding by the Mexican government to aid our adult education services to assist Mexican citizens in getting their secondary education certificate and transitioning to post-secondary studies. The two also cooperate in providing Latin American students access to a Spanish language online educational program certified by the Mexican Ministry of Education.
LDS Missionaries Help Move In-Kind Donation Center We are very grateful to the missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) who helped us move our InKind Donation Center. Come see our new place (around the corner from the old center) at 3600 Osuna Blvd. NE #519 (the phone number remains 505.724.4678). We are currently in need of pillows, twin and full blankets, sofas, and tables.
Promotions Still Available! Still looking for a great Father’s Day gift? When you shop on smile.amazon.com and designate Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe as your chosen charity, portions of your purchase will be donated to Catholic Charities. And don’t forget, you can still get 40% off your Papa John’s order by using promo code CCNM. 10% of the pre-purchase price will be donated to Catholic Charities.
Save the Date for the 15th Annual St. Nicholas Ball on November 17, 2018! Make plans now to enjoy an enchanting evening of charity, dining, and dancing to benefit the most vulnerable in our community. The agency’s signature fundraiser will kick off the Christmas season on November 17 at the Embassy Suites in Albuquerque. Last year’s event had nearly 450 attendees and raised about $138,000 thanks to the generosity of local business sponsors, auction donors, and guests! The St. Nicholas Ball Committee is now looking for sponsors, silent and live auction donations, and event volunteers for the 2018 event. Interested in promoting your business with a sponsorship or auction donation? Want to help with the event? Looking to contribute a wine collection, art, or jewelry to a good cause? Contact Catholic Charities’ development office at 505-7244637 or development@ccasfnm.org.
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St. Therese Catholic School Celebrates 70 Years By Donna Illerbrun, Principal, St. Therese Catholic School This past fall St. Therese Catholic School celebrated its 70th anniversary. St. Therese Catholic School has grown from a small group of students gathered in a Quonset hut to a Pre-K through 8th grade school known for its rigorous curriculum, community service projects and small school family community. In a time when Catholic schools are shrinking and closing in some dioceses, St. Therese continues to grow and flourish. This is due in part to a dedicated staff of caring people, high expectations of faculty, staff and students, close family and community ties, and a strong love for our Catholic faith. The students learn to become disciples of Christ. It doesn’t mean they are perfect, but they do know what is expected and how they should treat each other. I like to refer to them as “saints in the making”. We read from the Acts of the Apostles during the Easter season. We read about the conversion that Saul made from persecuting and destroying
the early Christians, to becoming one of the greatest saints in history. Basically, Saul was a bully. But Barnabas allowed him to join the disciples because he saw the change that Jesus had on Saul—the conversion that changed his life and his heart. We try to model the belief that all children are good; some just need the opportunity to experience Christ in their heart in order for their conversion to take place. Over the years, the school has seen many improvements; new playgrounds, grassy areas for the
students to run and play, solar panels that provide 85% of the electricity needed for the elementary building, a fully operational green house, raised planters with flowers and vegetables scattered throughout the campus, an outdoor classroom for teaching and learning, and so much more! Many of our graduating students go on to St. Pius X High School and university studies. The students score very well on the St. Pius X High School entrance exams each January. Students are well prepared for further education, as well as developing a strong work ethic and moral compass to lead them in their adult years. St. Therese Catholic School is a small school that focuses on faith, service and learning opportunities in a Christ-like environment. It is a place where generations of students come back to follow in their parents’ footsteps. Several of our students are the fourth generation from their family to attend our school. It becomes a safe place for students to grow and learn. As we finish our 70th year,we pray that our faith will carry us into the future filled with academically strong, faith filled adults ready to take on the future to make this world a better place-for everyone!
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St. Pius X High School athletes signed letters of intent to play college sports at a school assembly in April, including eight signing to attend Division I universities. They are, in alphabetical order, Alexis Acosta, Wheaton College (Division III), tennis; Brooke Bower, University of Texas at Austin (Division I), dance; Julia Chavez, Trinidad State Junior College (NJCAA), volleyball; Calvin Dexel, Oklahoma Christian University (Division II), swimming; Julian Garcia, University of New Mexico (Division I), soccer; Ashlee Garrett, Long Island University Brooklyn (Division I), golf; Miranda Hart, Michigan State University (Division I), soccer; Cindy Herrera, Missouri Western State University (Division II), golf; Alyssa Marquez, Our Lady of the Lake University (NAIA), volleyball; Arianna Martinez, United States Air Force Academy (Division I), track & field; Bryan Martinez, Regis University (Division II), cross country; Jordan Martindale, Mars Hill University (Division II), golf; Alex Nana, Grand Canyon University (Division I), soccer; Nicole Peery, California State Dominguez Hills (Division II), volleyball; Jacqueline Pinon, Vanderbilt University (Division I), cross St. Pius X High School Class of 2018 was offered more than $16.2 million in college scholarships as it country/track & field; Haley Rizek, University celebrated the school’s 59th Baccalaureate Mass and Graduation Ceremony on May 18 at the Santa Ana Star of Pennsylvania (Division I), track & field; and Center. The 168 members of the Class of 2018 provided more than 23,600 hours of community service over Nicolas Santistevan, Concordia University Nebraska (NAIA), football. their four years of high school.
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We Celebrate Our Sacraments
Confirmation
Confirmation
Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in La Joya: From L-R Back Row - Rev. Tobechukwu P. Oluoha, O.S.A., Christopher Lucero, Archbishop Emeritus Michael Sheehan, Victor Joel Suarez, Ezequiel Montes. L-R Front Row-Fatima Villanueva, Adamary Melero, Alexia Carolina Cervantes, Ricardo Brian O’Campo, Dalia Margarita Ramirez, Dayanira Ramirez, Maritza Daniela Garcia.
Our Lady of the Annunciation Confirmation By Sr. Lisa Marie Doty, FdCC, Youth and Young Adult Ministry, Our Lady of the Annunciation Confirmation day. The afternoon was warm as the candidates and their sponsors began filling the community center, smiling, greeting friends, finding their places. Each of them had a look of anticipation in their eyes. Some a little hesitant and uncertain; others full of confidence, satisfied they have taken this process to heart and ready to have it begin to bear fruit. All of them were affected by the howling wind outside, walking into our staging room with hair disheveled, much to the dismay of some of the girls! The wind. Yes, a good sign. A reminder of the First Pentecost: “And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.” (Acts 2:2). And so it is! Come Holy Spirit! The contrast between the unpredictability of the wind and the surety of the anchor of our faith led me to reflect on our youth and some of their reasons for being confirmed (in their words): “I am thrilled for this great adventure with Christ...He will always be by my side no matter what. Through confirmation I hope to gain patience, kindness, and spiritual strength for this journey!” - A. Browne “I want the Holy Spirit to work through me, that I may be an example for others, that I will better suited to show the love of God to them.” - M. Kiehne “Confirmation will help me to live as a disciple of Christ and be a witness to the faith both in the Church and in the modern world. I believe that the gifts of the Holy Spirit will help guide me through my mission given to me by God.” C. Lohman Their reflections on the sacrament of confirmation varied as much as their personalities and their interests, yet, in this moment, they were all united in a single purpose: to grow closer to God in the sacrament, and remain open to the graces of the Holy Spirit. Archbishop Wester arrived to a roar of a welcome by the candidates. After a brief greeting, he and our pastor, Msgr. Voorhies, led them across the parking lot to the doors of the church, a train of red robes being whipped about by the wind, as if the Holy Spirit was whispering around their robes, “I am here!” It reminded me of the flames of fire that fell on the first Apostles in Acts 1:8. This gives me great hope that these young people too will be witnesses to the ends of the earth!
First Communion The Santo Niño Regional Catholic School third grade students successfully completed their requirements to receive the Sacrament of Holy Communion. During the May Crowning, the first communicants wore their outfits to the regular Wednesday Mass. It was a special time for them to be together at the school.
First Communion Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in La Joya: L-R Back Row-Rev. Tobechukwu P. Oluoha, O.S.A., Luis Ramirez Anchondo, Adrian Ramos Anchondo, Fernanda Cervantes, Adilene Medrano Anchondo, Linsey Sanchez, Damian Melero. L-R Front Row-Mrs. Sandra Garcia, Asbel Ordonez, Danilynn Barela, Aden Ochoa, Eduardo O’Campo, Katherine Fuentes, Mrs. Lauren Garcia.
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Mares, Padilla
Talamante, Sanchez
Mr. Leo Padilla and Miss Patsy Mares met while at Taos High School and were married on August 24, 1968 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Taos. Fr. Prieto presided. They will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a Mass at St. Jude Thaddeus Church where they are parishioners. A dinner reception and dance will follow. They were blessed with three sons, Baby Padilla (in Heaven), Brian (Ana) and Kevin (Thuy). God continued to bless them with six grandchildren, Christopher, Danielle, Emmanuel John, Geremiah, Andrew and Henry. Leo and Patsy are retired and enjoy spending time with their children and grandchildren and traveling. They are planning a trip to the Holy Land in the fall. Their devotion, faith and love to each other and God has made for a beautiful marriage.
Mr. Eugene Sanchez and Miss Dorothy Talamante were joined in holy matrimony on July 27, 1968 at San Jose Parish in Albuquerque. Their current parish is San Clemente Catholic Church in Los Lunas. Eugene and Dorothy are both retired from University of New Mexico and Eugene is a Vietnam Veteran with the honor of a Purple Heart. The couple’s children and grandchildren have been blessed by their example of love. The couple and family will be celebrating their 50th anniversary Mass at San Clemente Church in Los Lunas on July 28, 2018. Their journey has been blessed by four children, Brian (wife Theresa), David (wife Delilah), Mario (wife Ronda), and Novie Sanchez; twelve grandchildren, Jordan (wife Krystal), Gabrielle, Mykayla, Mariah, Marisa, Jared, David, Dakota, Levi, Samuel, and Summer Lynn, two greatgrandchildren, Amaya and Zayden. They plan to celebrate this amazing accomplishment with a trip to Hawaii.
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Knights of Columbus 109th State Conference By Deacon Steve Rangel
This year’s Knights of Columbus 109th State Conference was held in Albuquerque at the Crown Plaza Hotel in May. The annual state conference gives councils from all over New Mexico an opportunity to gather together, with over 350 people in attendance at this year’s state conference. State Deputy and Supreme Representative Patrick Mason shared with the Knights and Ladies the importance of the family. Patrick spoke of how the four pillars of priestly formation, which are Human, Intelligence, Pastoral, and Spiritual, are interrelated and interdependent for the Knights, as well; and to grow in one area ought to lead to growth in
the other areas and vice versa. We as Knights and Ladies should embrace these pillars in our lives along with the four pillars of the Knights of Columbus, which are Charity, Unity, Fraternity, and Patriotism. These are the foundations we as Catholic men and women need to develop to be an example to people in our community. The Knights of Columbus equips men to answer the call to lead with faith, protect their families serve others and defend their values. Archbishop John C. Wester was the key note speaker and shared with the Knights and Ladies about the importance of presence to others in our families, communities and parishes. He said that is what Knights do and that it was the whole premise of the Knights of Columbus to take care of others. He encouraged the
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Knights to be “everyday heroes”. Archbishop talked about how as Christ journeys with us, we journey with one another, and said, “God bless you as we seek to be present to one another.”
Calling all Catholic Men! By Deacon Robert Vigil, Director, Pastoral Outreach Now is the time for men to register for the 12th Annual Men Under Construction 2018 (MUC2018) men’s conference on Saturday, August 11, 2018. Registration (breakfast and lunch are included) is a great bargain at only $37 or $32 (for groups of two or more, father and son opportunity). We are located at the National Hispanic Cultural Center at 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque. Archbishop John C. Wester will give our introduction for our day’s activities and celebrate Mass. This year we are honored to present both Fr. Donald Calloway (Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary) and Dr. Ray Guarendi (Practicing Clinical Psychologist, Nationally Syndicated Radio Host “The Doctor Is In”, Ave Maria Radio, New York Times Best Selling Author). We will also enjoy the music of Steve Woodbury (Music Evangelist, St. Thomas Aquinas). MUC2018 is for men who want to invest a day with hundreds of other guys learning and praying about their own faith journeys. You will hear how guys struggle with being the man Christ wants us to be and learn solutions. Our mission is to help you develop ideas and tools to be better Catholic men, strong fathers and sons and confident leaders. We start with breakfast at 7:00am, and the program at 8:00am. We conclude at 4:45pm. In addition to four dynamic and thought provoking talks from our guest speakers, we offer Mass, benediction, sacrament of reconciliation, individual guidance, small group study development, and introductions to many of the men’s groups of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Invite a friend, relative or fellow parishioner to join you at MUC2018. Your encouragement could be the Holy Spirit’s invitation to a better Catholic life. If you are a woman who cares for a beloved man in your life, encourage him to attend and with the Holy Spirit’s inspiration, we’ll do the rest. Register now at www.mucnm.com, or call 505.831.8253. Scholarships are available if you have financial difficulty, so there is no reason not to be there. Join us for this life changing day!
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W O R L D A N D N AT I O N A L N E W S U.S. Franciscans in six provinces vote to form one organization
CINCINNATI (CNS) -- Franciscans of the Order of Friars Minor in six of the order’s U.S. provinces voted May 30 to form one new organization to reinvigorate Franciscan life in this country. Friars in each of those six provinces took the vote at meetings in their respective communities. The provinces have been in dialogue about unifying since 2012. Once established the organization would be made up of the almost 1,000 Franciscan brothers and priests who belong to the existing provinces. A location for its headquarters will be determined later. “The other provincial ministers and I are delighted with the outcome of the vote,” said Father David Gaa, provincial minister of the St. Barbara Province, based in Oakland, California. “This is an important step in the process of revitalizing Franciscan life in the United States.” The reconfiguration into one organization will not happen immediately. The next step in the process is to obtain approval to unify from the order’s minister general, Father Michael Perry, who is based in Rome. If he decides this reconfiguration would be helpful to Franciscan life and ministry, he will appoint a delegate to visit the friars in the United States, according to a news release about the friars’ vote. If the delegate’s report is favorable, it is expected that the process of reconfiguration will move forward, with the new province to be officially formed in late 2022 or early 2023. In addition to the St. Barbara Province, the U.S. provinces are: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, based in Franklin, Wisconsin; Holy Name, which has its headquarters on 31st Street in New York City; Our Lady of Guadalupe, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Sacred Heart, based in St. Louis; and St. John the Baptist, based in Cincinnati. A seventh U.S. province of Franciscans of the Order of Friars Minor -- the Immaculate Conception Province, also based in New York City -- already had decided to not participate in the process. “The new entity will better serve the friars’ fraternal life and mission in the United States by making adjustments to the current administrative structure,” said Father Jack Clark Robinson, provincial minister of Our Lady of Guadalupe Province. Like many other religious communities in the U.S., the Franciscan order is facing a reduction in the number of its members. During the 1960s and 1970s, the number of Friars Minor in the United States peaked at 3,252, but today there are under 1,000 friars. The worldwide Franciscan order, founded in 1209 by St. Francis of Assisi, comprises brothers and priests who work in a variety of settings including parishes, schools, retreat centers and social justice ministries. Today, St. Francis, whose feast day is Oct. 4, remains one of the most widely known saints, revered for his affection for nature and care for creation.
Panel looks at how Catholic social teaching can address polarization
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Sister Teresa Maya grew up hearing her “abuela” say, “People understand each other by speaking to one another.” In her grandmother’s wisdom, she said, lies a way to address the polarization that seems to affect every aspect of U.S. society today. Fostering “encuentros,” or encounters, on the personal level and people “really being interested in the other side of the story” would go a long way to encourage folks with different opinions to dialogue about all manner of issues with civility, she told an audience at Georgetown University June 4. Sister Maya, a Sister of Charity of the Incarnate Word from San Antonio, is president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. She was one of four speakers at the public session of a June 4-6 invitation-only conference on “Though Many, One: Overcoming Polarization Through Catholic Social Thought.” Organizers said the conference was meant to be a starting point to bring about Pope Francis’ vision of the church responding to human hurts and social challenges by living out the joy of the Gospel. Joining Sister Maya on the panel were Helen Alvare, professor of law at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School in Arlington, Virginia; Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich; and Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, vice president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Pope prays for victims of Guatemala volcano disaster
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis sent condolences to Guatemala after a horrific volcanic eruption left more than 60 people dead. In a June 5 telegram addressed to Archbishop Nicolas Thevenin, apostolic nuncio of Guatemala, Cardinal Pietro Parolin,
Vatican secretary of state, said the pope was “profoundly grieved upon learning the sad news of the violent eruption of the ‘Volcan de Fuego’ (‘Volcano of Fire’).” The June 3 eruption buried entire towns in a thick blanket of ash and debris, causing hundreds to flee the toxic fumes. Although the death toll was at 69 people June 5, authorities believed many more may still be buried under the volcanic rubble. According to the Vatican newspaper, “L’Osservatore Romano,” Guatemala’s National Institute of Forensic Studies said only 17 victims had been identified as of June 5. Scientists will have to rely on DNA to identify victims disfigured by burning embers and hot lava. Firefighters and volunteers were forced to use wooden planks to walk around after the soles of their shoes were melting because of the intense heat, CNN reported June 5.
High court rules in favor of baker in same-sex wedding cake case
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a 7-2 decision June 4, the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker in a case that put anti-discrimination laws up against freedom of speech and freedom of religious expression. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing for the majority, said the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had violated the Constitution’s protection of religious freedom in its ruling against the baker, who refused to make a wedding cake for the same-sex couple. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. Kennedy noted the case -- Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission -- had a limited scope, writing that the issue “must await further elaboration.” Across the country, appeals in similar cases are pending, including another case at the Supreme Court from a florist who didn’t want to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding. The chairmen of three U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees said the decision “confirms that people of faith should not suffer discrimination on account of their deeply held religious beliefs, but instead should be respected by government officials. ... In a pluralistic society like ours, true tolerance allows people with different viewpoints to be free to live out their beliefs, even if those beliefs are unpopular with the government.”
Study: Puerto Rico’s disaster death tally may have been much higher
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The official tally of 64 deaths on the island of Puerto Rico attributed to 2017’s powerful Hurricane Maria has been disputed for some time, but in late May, a study in a respected scientific journal said that figure may have underestimated the island’s fatalities by the thousands. Scientists from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and other institutions, who conducted a study published May 29 in The New England Journal of Medicine, said that estimates point to around 4,600 lives lost on the island because of the hurricane that slammed into Puerto Rico with winds of 175 miles per hour in mid-September. Scientists said that the toll may be even higher. Taking into account deaths caused by flying debris, unsafe or unhealthy conditions resulting in injury, illness or loss of necessary medical services due to the natural catastrophe, a survey of 1,000 people that was conducted from Sept. 20 through Dec. 31, 2017, estimated “a total of 4645 excess deaths,” if compared with the same period during the previous year, the study said. “This household-based survey suggests that the number of excess deaths related to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico is more than 70 times the official estimate,” the study said.
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Little Rock and the Future of the U.S. Church Dr. Tim Muldoon
This coming November, four dioceses in the United States will celebrate 175-year anniversaries: Chicago, Hartford, Milwaukee, and Little Rock. A closer look at the history and present realities of these dioceses offers us a glimpse of the ways that the Catholic Church in the United States is changing. Church historians have long described the story of the Catholic Church in the United States as a story of immigration and growth. In 1843, this country’s bishops recognized that the population of the United States was beginning to shift: the 1840 census showed that of the 100 most populous cities and towns, 24 were in Massachusetts, 15 in Pennsylvania, and 10 in New York. By 1850, many cities outside the Northeast had grown significantly, including Cincinnati, Chicago, New Orleans, and Saint Louis. That decade also saw the beginning of the mass migration of Irish fleeing the potato famine, settling initially in cities like Boston and New York, and later throughout the country. The Catholic population was changing, drawing in new immigrant groups with distinct linguistic and cultural traditions, and so the establishment of these new dioceses marked an important moment in the Church’s pastoral response. The 175th anniversary of the four dioceses offers us a moment to recall that this kind of demographic change is nothing new, but it also gives us an opportunity to appreciate the way that the Church in the United States continues to grow and change. Much has been written in recent years about the changing demographics in the Church over the last half century. The Catholic population in the Northeast and Midwest—which had grown so significantly due to immigration of the 19th and 20th centuries—has been declining, while the Catholic population in mission dioceses has been growing. According to a study by the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University, the number of parish affiliated Catholics in mission dioceses grew by 1.9 million from 20015 to 2015, a 14% change over that period. In comparison, all the other dioceses of the United States grew by only .9 million, a change of only 2%. Unlike Hartford, Chicago, and Milwaukee, all of which show declining Catholic populations, the Catholic Church in the United States continues to grow, just as it has every five years over the past half century, according to the Official Catholic Directory. This growth is primarily among Hispanics, who now constitute a majority of Catholic young people, and it is strongest in the West and Southwest. Consider, though, the headline “Foreign born Catholics keep membership steady”, which seems to suggest that only immigrants are keeping the Church afloat in the face of massive numbers of Catholics leaving the Church. That headline, which appeared in the Wall Street Journal in 2015, could just as easily have been written 50 or 100 years ago: The Church has always provided pastoral care to immigrants. The Diocese of Little Rock is a good example of what has changed. Among the four dioceses celebrating anniversaries in November, it is the only one that shows a growth in the Catholic population over the past two years. Chicago, Hartford, and Milwaukee’s Catholic
population shrank by about 1.4% between 2016 and 2017, while Little Rock’s grew by about 3.4%. Similarly, Little Rock is also a diocese which produces abundant vocations to the priesthood. This year alone, it is celebrating the ordination of eight men to the diocesan priesthood, more than the older and larger dioceses of Boston or Baltimore. Since 2015, Little Rock has ordained 17 men to the priesthood—that’s one for every 9171 Catholics, a ratio almost four times more than the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. To highlight the difference a little more, the bishop of Little Rock, Anthony Taylor, who celebrates his 10th anniversary as the bishop of the diocese, has ordained half of the priests now ministering there. The diocese is growing, driven largely by Hispanic (especially Mexican) migration, but it is also drawing young men to the priesthood from within its ranks of the born-and-raised-there. Of the eight new priests ordained in late May and early June, six were born in the United States. Two are Hispanic, one is Vietnamese, and the rest are non-Hispanic white. Those of us who live in the older urban centers of the United States often tell a story of a Church in decline: We see closing parishes and schools and tighten our lips at the fear of young people leaving the Church. But there is another story to tell: a new center of the Church in the United States, driven by a dynamic remarkably similar to the stories of our grandparents or great-grandparents. Those who live within that narrative are more quick to point out how faith communities are thriving, and priests are living fulfilled lives of ministry. Nor should any of this surprise us who have faith that the Lord hears the cry of the poor, and calls forth a people to build his kingdom in the world. Tim Muldoon, Ph.D., is the author of Living Against the Grain and other books, and serves as director of mission education for Catholic Extension.
Eucharistic Pilgrimage to the Blessed Sacrament Shrine and to the St. John Paul Eucharistic Center located at Hanceville, AL and to Mother Angelic’s Our Lady of the Angels Chapel in Irondale, AL from October 25 to November 2, 2018 The trip will include the Eureka Springs, Arkansas famous Live Passion Play and a visit to Graceland in Memphis, TN. The cost of $1165.00 per person double occupancy includes round trip by deluxe motor coach transportation, eight nights hotel accommodations with breakfast, daily and two lunches. For a brochure, call Julio J. Garcia, pilgrimage coordinator at 505.984.9188.
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Medicare steps up its fight against diabetes By Bob Moos, Southwest public affairs officer, U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Diabetes affects as many as one in four older adults with Medicare. It costs hundreds of billions of dollars to treat and results in the loss of tens of thousands of lives every year. If we could better control diabetes, we’d be taking a huge leap toward creating a healthier America. Diabetes occurs when your body doesn’t make enough insulin or doesn’t respond to the insulin it does make. Insulin is what your body uses to process sugar and turn it into energy. When too much sugar stays in your blood, it can lead to serious complications and even lifethreatening problems, including heart disease, strokes and kidney damage. Medicare is committed to fighting the diabetes epidemic. If you’re on Medicare and at risk for diabetes, you’re covered for two blood sugar screenings each year at no out-of-pocket cost to you. Risk factors include high blood pressure, a history of abnormal cholesterol and triglyceride levels, obesity or a history of high blood sugar. If you’re diagnosed with diabetes, Medicare will help pay for blood sugar self-testing equipment and supplies, as well as insulin and other antidiabetic drugs. In the event of diabetic foot disease, it will also help pay for therapeutic shoes or inserts as long as
your podiatrist prescribes them. Because living with diabetes can pose day-to-day challenges, Medicare covers a program to teach you how to manage the disease. With a written order from your physician, you can sign up for training that includes tips for monitoring blood sugar, taking medication and eating healthy. If you’d like to learn more about how to control diabetes, visit Medicare’s website at www.medicare.gov or call Medicare’s 24/7 help line at 1-800-6334227 and visit with a counselor. In addition to the 30 million Americans with diabetes, another 86 million live with a condition known as pre-diabetes, where blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough for a diabetes diagnosis. Pre-diabetes is treatable. But only one in 10 people with the condition will even know they have it. Left untreated, one in three will develop the full-blown disease within several years. Confronted with those statistics, Medicare is ramping up its efforts to prevent diabetes among the millions of Medicare beneficiaries who are at a heightened risk of developing it. Several years ago, Medicare partnered with YMCAs nationwide to launch an initiative for patients with pre-diabetes. The pilot project showed that older people could lose weight through lifestyle counseling and regular meetings that stressed healthy eating habits and exercise. About half of the participants shed
an average of 5 percent of their weight, which health authorities say is enough to substantially reduce the risk of fullblown diabetes. Through adopting a healthier lifestyle, people diagnosed with pre-diabetes can delay the onset of the disease. Based on the trial program’s encouraging results, Medicare is now expanding its coverage for diabetes prevention. Using the pilot project as a model, it will help pay for a counseling program aimed at improving beneficiaries’ nutrition, increasing their physical activity and reducing stress. If you have Medicare’s Part B medical insurance and are prediabetic, you’ll be able to enroll in a series of coaching sessions lasting one to two years and conducted by health care providers as well as community organizations like local senior centers. There will be no out-of-pocket cost. Medicare is currently recruiting partners to offer the program so that it will be widely available to beneficiaries. Diabetes can be a terribly debilitating disease. It can mean a lifetime of tests, injections and health challenges. Every five minutes in this country, 14 more adults are diagnosed with it. And in the same five minutes, two more people will die from diabetes-related causes. If we can prevent more diabetes cases before they even start, we can help people live longer and fuller lives, as well as save money across our health care system.
National Day of Prayer
By Deacon Steve Rangel
The National Day of Prayer, created in 1952 by a joint resolution of the United States Congress and signed into law by President Harry S. Truman, is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May, inviting people of all faiths to pray for our Nation. This year, we observed the National Day of Prayer at the Albuquerque Civic Plaza with over 1,000 people in attendance. This year’s event was organized by Pastor Brian Alarid, with the New Mexico Praises Organization, which consists of 94 churches in 26 cities. Pastor Alarid said our nation needs our prayers. He said that it’s great that Protestants, Evangelicals and Catholics come together to pray. Joining the event this year was Archbishop John C. Wester, Msgr. Voorhies, Pastor Skip Heitzig, Congressmen Steve Pearce, Vice of President Navajo Nation Jonathan Nez and APD Chief Mike Geier, to name a few. This year’s theme was “Unity,” following the scripture from Ephesians 4:13, “Making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.” People attending at Civic Plaza joined together to pray for our families, workplaces, communities, cities, state, and nation, praying for unity among all for the next Great Spiritual Awakening in America.
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On Being the Beloved Disciple Consenting to Sex
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By Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D.
The Gospel of John presents us with a very powerful and rather earthy mystical image: As John describes the Last Supper scene he tells us that as they were at table the beloved disciple was reclining with his head against Jesus’ breast. The power of that image has, I believe, been better captured by artists than by theologians and biblical scholars. Artists and iconographers generally present the image to us in this way: The beloved disciple has his head leaning on Jesus’ breast in such a way that his ear is directly above Jesus’ heart but in such a way that his eyes are fixed outward looking at the world. What a powerful image! If you put your ear at just the right place on someone’s chest you can hear that person’s heartbeat. The beloved disciple then is the one who is attuned to the heartbeat of God and is looking out at the world from that vintage point. Further, John gives us a series of other images to flesh out the implications of hearing God’s heartbeat. First, the beloved disciple stands with Jesus’ mother at the foot of the cross as Jesus is dying. What’s encapsulated in this image? In Luke’s Gospel, Jesus admits that sometimes darkness seems to overpower grace and God seems powerless: Sometimes darkness just has its hour! His death was one of those hours and the beloved disciple, like Jesus’ mother, could do nothing other than stand in helplessness inside and beneath that darkness and injustice. There was nothing to be done but to stand inside the helplessness. But, by standing there, the beloved disciple also stands in solidarity with the millions of poor and victimized all over the world who can do nothing against their plight. When one stands in helplessness when there’s nothing possible to be done one gives silent voice to human finitude, the deepest prayer possible at that moment. Then, afterwards, the beloved disciple takes the mother of Jesus into his home, an image that doesn’t need much elaboration. However, a second image connected with the beloved disciple leaning on Jesus’ breast does need some elaboration: As the beloved disciple reclines on the breast of Jesus an interesting dialogue takes place: Jesus tells his disciples that one of them will betray him. Peter turns to the beloved disciple and says to him: “Ask him who it is?” This begs the question: Why doesn’t Peter himself ask Jesus who it is who will betray him? Peter would not have been sitting so far away from Jesus as to not be able to ask the question himself. Moreover Peter’s question takes on its real significance when seen in its historical context. Scholars estimate that the Gospel of John was written somewhere between the years 90 – 100 AD. By then Peter had been Pope and had been martyred. What the Gospel is suggesting here is that intimacy with Jesus trumps everything else, including ecclesial office, including being Pope. Everyone’s prayer has to go through the beloved disciple. The Pope cannot pray as Pope but only pray as the beloved disciple (which, like any other Christian, he can be). He can offer prayers for the world and for the church as Pope, but he can pray personally only as beloved disciple. Finally, the notion in the Gospel of John that intimacy with Jesus is more important the ecclesial office is further illustrated on the morning of the Resurrection. Mary Magdala comes running from tomb and tells the disciples that the tomb is empty. Peter and the beloved disciple set
Recent news articles exploring the post-#MeToo world of romance have noted the phenomenon of cell phone “consent apps,” allowing millennials to sign digital contracts before they have sex with their peers, sometimes strangers they have just met. Many of these apps are being refined to include a panic button that can be pressed at any time to withdraw any consent given. Lawyers reviewing the practice, as might be anticipated, have urged caution, noting that consent apps are not able to provide definitive proof of consent, because feelings may “change throughout an evening, and even in the moments before an act.” When we look at modern views about sex, it’s not a stretch to sum them up this way: as long as two consenting adults are involved, the bases are covered. When it comes to “sex in the moment,” consent is touted as key, allowing for almost all mutually-agreed upon behaviors or practices. Yet this approach to sex is fundamentally flawed, and it’s often the woman who is the first to notice. Even when consenting unmarried couples scrupulously use contraception, there remains an awareness, particularly on the part of the woman, that a pregnancy could follow, and a concern about who will be left holding the bag if that were to happen. Sex between men and women involves real asymmetries and vulnerabilities, with men oftentimes being, in the words of sociologist Mark Regnerus, “less discriminating” in their sex drives than women, eager to forge ahead as long as there appears to be some semblance of consent. Women often sense, rightly, that consent for a particular sexual act ought to be part of something bigger, a wider scope of commitment. Consenting to sex, of course, signifies the surrendering of our self to another. Sex ultimately speaks of giving our self, and receiving another, in a total, rather than a fragmentary way. This is part of the reason why this unique human activity holds a perennial fascination for us; it goes far beyond other forms of communication, exchange, and bonding. To give our self fully to another, and to receive that person fully, forms a bond with them that extends beyond the morning dawn. Human sexual union is not a mere joining of bodies, but is preeminently a joining of human hearts. It is, at its core, consenting to share one of the deepest parts of our self with another. As Dr. Angela Franks has perceptively noted: Sexuality is not simply a matter of something that I have, as though my body is another possession just like my wallet or my car. If, as Gabriel Marcel said, I am my body, then sexuality has to do with my very person, which has a deep value. To use the language of Pope John Paul II, when a person is reduced to being merely an object for another’s desire, then the experience violates the core of one’s sense of self. In casual sexual encounters, the consent we give each other may seem sincere and genuine, expressing our desires within the moment, but this kind of consent is largely transactional and temporary. By consenting to pre-marital or extra-marital sex, we declare, in effect, that we are giving ourselves, our bodies and our hearts to each other, although in truth, our giving remains partial and conditional, and we may be out the door the next morning or the next month. Our consent, limited and qualified as it is, amounts to little more than an agreement
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See CONSENTING on page 31
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to use each other as long as it’s convenient, and when the break up occurs, we are hurt, because we thought we had something special, even though we didn’t really want to commit to anything special. In the final analysis, human sexual activity calls for something much deeper and more abiding than mere transactional consent, namely, the irrevocable and permanent consent of spouses. Professor William May describes it this way: In and through his act of marital consent… the man, forswearing all others, has given himself irrevocably the identity of this particular woman’s husband, while the woman, in and through her self-determining act of marital consent, has given herself irrevocably the identity of this particular man’s wife, and together they have given themselves the identity of spouses. …Husbands and wives, precisely because they have given themselves irrevocably to each other in marriage, have
established each other as irreplaceable, non-substitutable, non-disposable persons and by doing so have capacitated themselves to do things that non-married individuals simply cannot do, among them to ‘give’ themselves to one another in the act proper and exclusive to spouses—the marital act—and to receive the gift of life. Through the enduring commitment of marital consent, a man and a woman establish the foundation for personal sexual consent. In the absence of that larger marital commitment, all other consents, even with legalized authorization or electronic notarization, ring hollow. 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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off at once, running towards the tomb. We can easily guess who will arrive there first. The beloved disciple easily outruns Peter, not because he’s perhaps a younger man but because love outruns authority. The Pope can also get there first, if he runs as the beloved disciple rather than as a pope. It is commonly assumed that the beloved disciple was the Evangelist himself, John. That may in fact be correct, but that is not what the Gospel text wants you to conclude. The historical identity of the beloved disciple is deliberately left an open question because the Gospel wants that concept, to be the beloved disciple of Jesus, to be a designation that beckons and fits you – and beckons and fits every Christian in the world, including, hopefully too, the Pope himself.
Who is the beloved disciple? The beloved disciple is any person, woman, man, or child who is intimate enough with Jesus so as to be attuned to the heartbeat of God and who then sees the world from that place of intimacy, prays from that place of intimacy, and sets off in love to seek the Risen Lord and grasp the meaning of his empty tomb. Mystical images are best illuminated by other mystical images. With this in mind, I leave you with an image from the 4th century Desert Father, Evagrius of Pontus: Breast of the Lord Kingdom of God Who rests against it A theologian shall be.
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ARCHBISHOP'S SCHEDULE JUNE 16 Sat 10:00am 17 Sun 3:00pm 18 Mon 6:00am 1:00pm 6:00pm 19 Tue 6:00pm 21 Thu 5:30pm 22 Fri 5:00pm 23 Sat 10:00am 6:30pm 24 Sun 7:00am 25-28 27 Wed 2:00pm 29 Fri 8:30am 1:00pm 30 Sat 5:30pm
Ordination of Permanent Diaconate, Cathedral Basilica, Santa Fe Procession from Rosario Cemetery to Cathedral Basilica, Santa Fe Closing Novena Mass, Cathedral Basilica, Santa Fe Executive Presbyteral, Catholic Center, Albuquerque Serra Club Priest Appreciation Dinner, Location TBD Mass, Installation of Father Graham Golden, O.Praem as Pastor, Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Albuquerque Mass and Dinner with Religious Jubilarians, Catholic Center, Albuquerque Pastoral Plan Implementation Committee Meeting, Catholic Center, Albuquerque Convoy of Hope, Albuquerque Convention Center Mass, St. Anthony Mission Church, Sandia Pueblo River Blessing and Mass, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo AUSCP National Assembly, Albuquerque Catholic Mission Societies Mass, CBSF Mass in Villanueva and Listening Session in Ribera Listening Session, Anton Chico Mass, St. Patrick-St. Joseph, Raton
JULY 1 Sun 10:30am 3 Tue 1:00pm 26 Thu 10:00am 27 Fri 4:00pm 29 Sun 8:00am 31 Tue 10:00am 2:00pm
80th Anniversary Mass, St. Francis Xavier, Clayton Curia Meeting, Catholic Center, Albuquerque Judge Spanish Market Artwork, Santa Fe Mass, Southwest Catholic Charismatic Conference, Albuquerque Spanish Market Mass, Cathedral Basilica, Santa Fe Presbyteral Council, IHM Retreat Center, Santa Fe Personnel Board, IHM Retreat Center, Santa Fe
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Seminarian Retreat, Madonna Center, Albuquerque APC Retreat, Madonna Center, Albuquerque St. Dominic Feast Day, Santo Domingo Pueblo Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, Incarnation, Rio Rancho Archbishop’s Circle Mass and Dinner, Albuquerque, TBD Executive Presbyteral, Catholic Center, Albuquerque 50th Anniversary of Permanent Diaconate, Cathedral Basilica, Santa Fe San Lorenzo Fiesta Mass, Our Lady of Sorrows, Bernalillo, NM Catholic Mutual Executive Committee Meeting, Omaha, NE
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. 05/30/2018 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 IN THE EVENT OF BAD WEATHER – CALL 505-831-8144 FOR A RECORDING ADVISING IF THE TRAINING IS CANCELLED June 7, 2018 6:00 – 9:00 pm Catholic Center Thursday 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl. NW Albuquerque, 87120 June 9, 2018 10:00 am – 1:00 pm San Juan Nepomuceno Saturday Main Street El Rito, 87530 June 23, 2018 10:00 am – 1:00 pm San Isidro Saturday 3552 Agua Fria St. **SPANISH** Santa Fe 87507 July 14, 2018 9:00 am – Noon Catholic Center Saturday 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl. NW Albuquerque, 87120 August 4, 2018 10:00 am – 1:00 pm St. Thomas the Apostle Saturday #1 Church Plaza Abiquiu, 87510 August 9, 2018 6:00 – 9:00 pm Catholic Center Thursday 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl. NW Albuquerque, 87120 August 18, 2018 9:00 am – Noon Our Lady of Sorrows Saturday 301 S. Camino del Pueblo Bernalillo, 867-5252 September 8, 2018 9:00 am – Noon Catholic Center Saturday 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl. NW Albuquerque, 87120
October 11, 2018 6:00 – 9:00 pm Catholic Center Thursday 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl. NW Albuquerque, 87120 November 17, 2018 9:00 am – Noon Catholic Center Saturday 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl. NW Albuquerque, 87120 December 6, 2018 6:00 – 9:00 pm Catholic Center Thursday 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl. NW Albuquerque, 87120
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TV MASS SCHEDULE The Catholic Center • St. Joseph/St. Francis Chapel Over the air television Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on KRQE TV-13-2, KBIM TV-10-2, KREZ TV-6-2 and 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
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 May 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
Anonymous.................................................................................5,000.00 Catholic Charismatic Center – Albuquerque................... 50.00 Sangre de Cristo – Albuquerque.....................................5,000.00 St. Joseph on the Rio Grande – Albuquerque...............680.00 Our Lady of the Annunciation – Albuquerque.............. 612.50 St. Ann’s – Santa Fe................................................................5,000.00 St. Thomas Aquinas – Rio Rancho...................................1,390.00 Total $ 17,732.50
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Rest in Peace Sr. Maureen Therese Masuga, OP Sr. Maureen Therese Masuga, formerly known as Helen Ann Masuga, died on May 25, 2018, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 94 years of age and in the 75th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation. Sister was born in Caspian, MI, to Paul and Frances (Rucinski) Masuga. She graduated from Stambaugh High School in Stambaugh, MI; received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in
English from Siena Heights College (University), Adrian, MI, and a Master of Arts degree in English from Loyola University, Chicago, IL. Sister Maureen Therese ministered in New Mexico for eight years: Queen of Heaven, elementary teacher from 1972-1975, Our Lady of the Assumption, elementary teacher/reading specialist from 1975-1980.
Sr. Carol Sutter, OP Sr. Carol Sutter, OP, died May 17, 2018, at St. Dominic Villa. Her religious name was Sr. Aurelian. The funeral Mass was held at the Dominican motherhouse, Sinsinawa, May 23, 2018, followed by burial of the cremains in the Motherhouse Cemetery. Sr. Carol made her first religious profession as a Sinsinawa Dominican August 5, 1957, and her final profession August 5, 1960. In the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Sister Carol ministered as director of religious education
and ran the RCIA program at St. Therese Parish, Albuquerque, 1996-2002. Sr. Carol was born Feb. 21, 1938, in Blue Mounds, WI, the daughter of Odilo and Kathryn (Esser) Sutter. Her parents and a brother, Ronald Sutter, preceded her in death. She is survived by two sisters, Jean Sutter and Betty Endres; a brother, Richard Sutter; nieces; nephews; and her Dominican Sisters with whom she shared 60 years of religious life.
The Significance of Catholic Cemeteries Rosario 499 N. Guadalupe St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 (505) 983-2322 Mt. Calvary 1900 Edith Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87102 (505) 243-0218 Gate of Heaven 7999 Wyoming Blvd. NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 (505) 821-0800 www.asfcca.org Please contact the cemetery of your choice for more information.
Catholic cemeteries are different from other cemeteries in that they are a part of the identity and ministerial service of the Church.
On our journey through life, the Church is present to support and guide its members. It is only appropriate for the Church to be present at times of death and grief.
Death is the end of our earthly journey and passage into the eternity of God’s love. Catholic Cemeteries provide a bridge for that rite of passage.
The Resurrection of Jesus gives us hope that we too will share in everlasting life. Catholics have always sought to place their loved ones in consecrated grounds to await the general Resurrection.
We set aside sacred space to find peace and serenity in a reverent setting. We provide a place for liturgical celebration.
Rosario Cemetery, Mt. Calvary Cemetery and Gate of Heaven Cemetery are institutions which encourage frequent visitation and prayer for the dead. We foster an environment in which love is remembered, hope is rekindled, and faith is nurtured.
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Archbishop John C. Wester’s Statement on the Ute Wildfire “I pray for all those in harm’s way and for all first responders and volunteers fighting the devastating Ute Wildfire. We pray for all those who have been evacuated, that they are able to seek shelter during this time. The Archdiocese of Santa Fe joins all in prayer and stands ready to support those who are affected by this emergency.”
The following parishes and missions have been affected. St. Florian, pray for us. Cimarron Immaculate Conception Church 440 W 18th St, Cimarron, NM 87714 Phone: 575-376-2553 iccparishoffice@yahoo.com Northeast Deanery Established as a Parish: 1872 Reverend Benoit Trieu Van Vu, Pastor Deacon Michael Sedillo
Missions: Holy Angels Mission Church, Angel Fire Holy Child Chapel | Philmont Scout Ranch, Rayado San Antonio Mission Church, Black Lake Raton - St. Patrick-St. Joseph St. Mel Mission Church, Eagle Nest
Prayer for Rain O God, in whom we live and move and have our being, Grant us sufficient rain, so that, being supplied with what sustains us in this present life, we may seek more confidently what sustains us for eternity. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. (Roman Missal) St. Florian, patron saint of fire/firefighters, pray for us.
105 Buena Vista St., Raton, NM 87740 Phone: 575-445-9763 stspatjoe@bacavalley.com Northeast Deanery Established as a Parish: 1988 Reverend William Woytavich, Pastor Deacon Thomas Alderette
Mission: St. Vincent de Paul Mission Church, Maxwell For the latest news regarding the fires, visit New Mexico Fire Information https://nmfireinfo.com/ Evacuation Centers: Eagle Nest Senior Center Cimarron Elementary/Middle School Raton Convention Center