People of God, June/July 2020

“Follow me and I will make you

Sarah K. McIntyre

June/July 2020 Vol. 38, No. 6

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Fishers of Men.” W ith great joy, Archbishop John C. Wester presents the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s newly ordained priest, Reverend Joseph Baltz following the Mass of Ordination on Saturday, May 30 at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Pictured left to right are Reverend Michael Niemczak, ASF Associate Director of Vocations; Reverend Mister Anthony Ezeaputa; Archbishop John C. Wester; Reverend Joseph Baltz; Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop of the Military Services USA; Reverend Mister Jordan Sánchez; Reverend John Trambley, ASF Director of Vocations.

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Archbishop John C. Wester Urges the Faithful to Participate in Prayer & Action for Racial Justice St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Catholic Community • 5901 St. Josephs Dr NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120 ALBUQUERQUE – Monday, June 1, 2020 – Archbishop John C. Wester urges the faithful to participate in prayer and action for racial justice Wednesday, June 3, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Catholic Community in Albuquerque. Due to COVID-19, limited seating will be available. Attendees will be required to wear masks and abide by social distancing requirements. The prayer service will be live streamed and recorded via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Masses-fromSt-Joseph-on-the-Rio-Grande-112836890430507 The recent horrific and senseless death of Mr. George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis, Minnesota police and subsequent demonstrations and violence has stirred fear, frustration, confusion in the African American Community particularly, and the country at large.

Mr. Floyd’s death and that of so many other black and brown men and women pains us, and it should. Pain signals that something is not right in our relationships and community. The source of our pain is the sin of racism and violence.

Today in our country, we witness persistent racism in its many forms.

We also witness police brutality on the part of some, and acknowledge that even one case is too many. Racism causes deep wounds in the fabric of our human family, and these wounds have festered over centuries.

Slavery is a stain on our nation that continues to affect us. This persistent violence tears mercilessly at the fabric of the human family and ignores the God-given dignity of every human person. It leaves us crying, “Oh Lord, how long?” While we pray for our first responders that they will be safe, at the same time I understand the frustration, pain and hurt of so many people of color in our country. We can no longer ignore the source of our pain. We cannot just stand by and do nothing. We cannot continue to live with so much hate and violence festering within our community.

The signs of this time are asking us to be awake, to witness what is happening, and to speak and act in love when we see racism around us. These times call for both charity and justice. Charity calls us to love each other as God has loved us, to recognize the inherent dignity of each person. If we are to have peace and harmony in this country for all people, we must come to understand, to respect, to honor the dignity of

each human person, from “womb to tomb.”

We also must act with justice for true and lasting peace. Pope Paul VI words come to mind, “If you want peace, work for justice.” Justice calls us to prophetic action to restore right relationships and to change the sinful structures that keep us from love. We must help to rid this country of hate, fear, and hostility and flood it with love and justice: love of God, love of self, love of family, love of our neighbor, love of country, love of each other. This is how we love our neighbor as ourselves and act as Jesus would.

I am reminded of and challenged by both the Gospel of Luke and the prophet Micah’s words. Jesus’ ministry began with these words: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me…to bring good news to the poor, liberty to the captives, new sight to the blind and to set the downtrodden free” (Luke 4:18). The prophet Micah reminds us of what is required of us: “…

Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God” (Micah 6:8). Also in Luke, the parable of the Good Samaritan names our obligation as Christians to be a good neighbor, to be the one who stops and helps the injured, the one who does not hesitate to accept the responsibility of healing. These words give us strength to follow God’s path for right relationships.

I call on us to pray, to act with justice, and to accept the responsibility to bring about healing and lasting peace.

I will be leading a prayer service for peace in our communities on Wednesday, June 3, 7:00pm at St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Church in Albuquerque to ask the Holy Spirit, poured out in love at Pentecost, to infuse us with wisdom, courage, and love to stand in solidarity with those who suffer, and to work, with God’s help, to transform the evil of racism in all its forms. I will also hold in prayer all who are suffering or who have died from COVID-19. Join me either in person or virtually.

Most Reverend John C. Wester Archbishop of Santa Fe

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Pope Francis prays the rosary during a Marian prayer service at the Lourdes grotto in the Vatican Gardens May 30, 2020.

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JUNE/JUNIO The Way of the Heart We pray that all those who suffer may find their way in life, allowing themselves to be touched by the Heart of Jesus.

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Jesus Christ Abides In Us Always

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hen we were children, every Christmas morning my brother, sisters and I would come downstairs to the living room to open our presents under the tree. My father’s Kodak Super 8 camera was rolling, attached to two extremely bright floodlights. As we viewed these films in later years you could see the four of us blinking and squinting as we put our hands up in front of our faces to shield us from the intense light. Of course, the light was not bright enough to keep us from going directly to our presents!

I was thinking of those

family films as I watched our wonderful parishioners coming back to the cathedral for the recently opened Masses. It was as if we were all blinking and squinting, shielding our faces with our masks and cautiously coming out from our “sheltering in place.” I think we all felt a bit awkward, but nothing was going to stop us from gathering around the Eucharistic table again.

Another image that comes to mind is that of Lazarus coming out of the tomb. Perhaps we felt the way he did when he heard Jesus cry out, “Unbind him!” It was freeing and deeply satisfying to be back in church as we broke open the Word and broke Bread together.

I believe that we have learned a lot in these past several months. We have certainly learned just how much we love the Eucharist, evidenced by how much we missed it.

We are truly a Eucharistic people, formed and fashioned by the saving bread from heaven. So many have told me that to be without the Eucharist

these past two months has been incredibly difficult.

Such pain is unfortunate, but it is a testimony to our love for Christ, the Bread of Life.

Similarly, we have learned how much our fellow parishioners mean to us -- praying with them, sharing the sign of peace with them, processing with them and singing with them. The General Instruction of the Roman Missal reminds us that Christ is present par excellence in the Eucharistic Species as well as in the Word, the priest and the assembly.

Connecting again with the assembly as well as with the priest is very much like a Christmas morning gift.

There is yet another important lesson that we have learned, namely, that Christ’s presence in our lives is not limited to church but rather abides deeply within you and me, the living stones of the Body of Christ.

It would be a mistake to allow Christ’s presence at the Eucharist to obscure the many ways that Jesus

is present to us in our day-to-day lives even, and particularly, when “sheltering in place.” I often come back to a line in John Pierre de Caussade’s book, Abandonment to Divine Providence, which reads, “Faith sees that Jesus Christ is present in everything and works through all history to the end of time; that every fraction of a second, every atom of matter contains a fragment of his hidden life and his secret activity.”

As baptized Catholics, we believe that our relationship with Christ is dynamic, ever growing and central to our lives. Even though we missed coming to Eucharist, we had the benefit of realizing that Jesus was very much with us as we sheltered in place.

As I often say during these uncertain times, “If you cannot get to church then the Church will get to you.”

Yes, it was a sacrifice to be away from the Eucharist these many weeks but that did not mean that we were not close to the Lord. As Jesus promised us in Matthew’s Gospel this past Ascension, “I will be with you always until the end of the age.” (Matthew

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28:20). He also promised that when two or three are gathered in his name, he is there with them (Matthew 18:20). Christ is present when we are praying over the scriptures, engaged in family prayer services, spending time in centering prayer, or praying the rosary, the stations of the cross, or the divine mercy chaplet.

Immediately after the Ascension we celebrate Pentecost, remembering how the Holy Spirit came upon the fearful apostles in the upper room and then impelled them to go forth and boldly proclaim that Christ had risen from the dead. Through their words, their actions and their persons, they gave witness to Christ who is with us always, calling us to new life and inviting us to make him the center of our lives, whether in church or not.

Christ is present in you and me as we call those who are lonely, bring groceries to those who have compromised immune systems, send a letter to an elderly friend in an assisted living facility, or as we let nurses, doctors, delivery persons, postal workers and grocers know that we are grateful to them for their service and self-sacrifice.

Christ present in all of this!

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I know that there is a debate raging in our country right now as to when to open churches fully and when to allow businesses of all kinds to resume full operation.

I believe that the best medical advice is also the best economic advice.

And I also believe that as much as we want to see our churches full again, we must be patient, cautious and prudent. Life is sacred and we do not want to jeopardize it by moving too quickly. Fortunately for us, Christ is intimately one with us in a variety of settings: in church, at home, or on the way to wherever we are going. The pedagogy of the pandemic is calling us to learn many things, many of which we may have been taking for granted. But its most important lesson reminds us once again that Jesus Christ abides in us always, wherever we are, whether in church or when we are sent forth to “Go and announce the Gospel of the Lord.�

Sincerely yours in the Risen Lord,

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

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Jesucristo permanece en nosotros siempre

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uando éramos niños, cada mañana de Navidad mi hermano, mis hermanas y yo bajábamos a la sala para abrir los regalos que nos habían dejado bajo el árbol. La cámara filmadora de mi padre ya estaba rodando, conectada a dos focos que emitían una luz brillantísima. Cuando en años posteriores veíamos esas filmaciones, notábamos que los cuatro parpadeábamos y entrecerrábamos los ojos para protegernos de la luz intensa. Por supuesto, ¡la luz no era lo suficientemente brillante para evitar que nos lanzáramos directamente a abrir los regalos!

Cuando veía a nuestros maravillosos feligreses volver a la catedral para asistir a las misas que recientemente hemos vuelto

a ofrecer, me vinieron a la mente esas películas familiares. Era como si todos estuviéramos parpadeando y entrecerrando los ojos y, con el rostro protegido con un escudo facial, estuviéramos saliendo con cautela del lugar donde nos hemos mantenido resguardados debido a la cuarentena.

Me parece que todos nos sentíamos un poco extraños, pero nada iba a impedir que nos congregáramos de nuevo alrededor de la mesa eucarística.

Otra imagen que me viene a la mente es la de Lázaro saliendo de la tumba. Tal vez nos sintamos como él cuando oyó a Jesús gritar: “¡Desátenlo!” Al estar de vuelta en la iglesia nos hemos sentido liberados y profundamente satisfechos al poder promulgar la Palabra y partir el pan conjuntamente.

Considero que hemos aprendido mucho en estos últimos meses. Sin duda, nos hemos percatado de cuánto amamos la Eucaristía, lo cual hemos podido comprobar porque nos ha hecho mucha falta recibirla. Somos un verdadero pueblo eucarístico, formado y moldeado por el pan salvador del cielo.

Muchas personas me han comentado que les ha sido increíblemente difícil estar sin la Eucaristía durante los últimos dos meses. Es

lamentable que hayamos tenido que sentir un dolor semejante, pero eso es testimonio de nuestro amor por Cristo, el Pan de Vida.

Del mismo modo, nos hemos dado cuenta de lo mucho que significan para nosotros las actividades que realizamos con nuestros compañeros feligreses: rezamos con ellos, compartimos el signo de la paz con ellos, vamos en procesión con ellos y cantamos con ellos. En la Instrucción General del Misal Romano se nos recuerda que Cristo está presente por excelencia en las Especies Eucarísticas, así como también lo está en la Palabra, en el sacerdote y en la asamblea. Lo que sentimos cuando nos conectamos de nuevo con la asamblea y con el sacerdote, se asemeja mucho a la emoción que nos invadía, a mí y a mis hermanos, cuando abríamos aquellos regalos en la mañana de Navidad.

También hemos aprendido otra importante lección: la presencia de Cristo en nuestra vida no se limita a cuando estamos en la iglesia, sino que permanece profundamente dentro de todos nosotros, las piedras vivas del Cuerpo de Cristo.

Sería un error permitir que la presencia de Cristo en la

Eucaristía oscurezca el hecho de que Jesús está presente en nuestra vida diaria de muchas maneras, incluso, y particularmente ahora, cuando hemos estado en situación de confinamiento domiciliario. A menudo vuelvo a citar un fragmento del libro de John Pierre de Caussade, El abandono en la Divina Providencia, que dice: “La fe ve que Jesucristo está presente en todo y trabaja a través de toda la historia hasta el final de los tiempos; que cada fracción de segundo, cada átomo de materia contiene un fragmento de su vida oculta y su actividad secreta”. Como católicos bautizados, creemos que nuestra relación con Cristo es dinámica, siempre creciente y central en nuestra vida. Aunque echamos de menos recibir la Eucaristía, tuvimos el beneficio de percibir la presencia de Jesús mientras permanecíamos en confinamiento domiciliario.

Como suelo decir en estos tiempos de incertidumbre, “Si no pueden ir a la iglesia, entonces la Iglesia llegará hasta ustedes”. Sí, fue un sacrificio tener que privarnos de recibir la Eucaristía durante muchas semanas, pero eso no significa que no estuviéramos cerca del Señor.

Como Jesús nos prometió en el Evangelio de Mateo de la pasada Solemnidad de la Ascensión: “Yo estaré con

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ustedes todos los días hasta el fin del mundo” (Mateo 28:20).

También prometió: “Pues donde hay dos o tres reunidos en mi Nombre, ahí estoy yo en medio de ellos” (Mateo 18:20). Cristo está presente cuando rezamos sobre las Escrituras, en los momentos de oración en familia, cuando dedicamos tiempo a la oración para concentrarnos o cuando rezamos el rosario, las estaciones de la cruz o la Coronilla de la Divina Misericordia.

Inmediatamente después de la Ascensión celebramos Pentecostés, cuando recordamos que el Espíritu Santo descendió sobre los temerosos apóstoles que estaban reunidos en una habitación de un piso superior y luego los impulsó a salir adelante y a proclamar con valentía que Cristo había resucitado de entre los muertos. A través de sus palabras, sus acciones y sus respectivas personas, dieron testimonio de que Cristo está siempre con nosotros, llamándonos a una nueva vida e invitándonos a hacer de él el centro de nuestra existencia donde quiera que nos encontremos, ya sea dentro de la iglesia o fuera de ella.

Cristo está presente en todos nosotros cuando nos comunicamos con los que están solos, les llevamos alimentos a aquellos cuyo sistema inmune está en peligro, le enviamos una carta a un amigo que vive en una residencia geriátrica, o bien, cuando les manifestamos nuestro agradecimiento a las enfermeras, a los médicos, a los repartidores, a los empleados del servicio postal y a los que trabajan en

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He notado que en nuestro país se ha desatado un debate con respecto al mejor momento en que debemos abrir las iglesias completamente y permitir que los establecimientos de toda índole vuelvan a funcionar normalmente. Considero que la mejor recomendación médica es también la mejor recomendación económica.

Además, me parece que por mucho que queramos ver de nuevo nuestras iglesias llenas de feligreses, debemos ser pacientes y actuar con cautela y con prudencia.

La vida es sagrada y no queremos ponerla en peligro al avanzar con demasiada rapidez. Afortunadamente para nosotros, Cristo es íntimamente uno con nosotros en una variedad de entornos: en la iglesia, en casa, o en el camino hacia donde sea que vayamos. La enseñanza que nos ha brindado la pandemia es que está haciéndonos un llamado para que nos percatemos de innumerables situaciones, a muchas de las cuales tal vez les hayamos restado importancia. Pero su lección más importante es que, una vez más, nos recuerda que Jesucristo permanece en nosotros siempre, dondequiera que estemos, ya sea dentro de la iglesia o cuando somos enviados a “Ir y anunciar el Evangelio del Señor”.

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Traducción por Annelle Lobos y Rocío González

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ORACIÓN POR LA PAZ EN NUESTRAS COMUNIDADES

Let us pray . . .

Oremos . . .

O Lord our God, in your mercy and kindness, no thought of ours is left unnoticed, no desire or concern ignored.

Oh Señor nuestro Dios, en tu misericordia y bondad, ningún pensamiento nuestro pasa inadvertido, ningún deseo o preocupación ignorado.

You have proven that blessings abound when we fall on our knees in prayer, and so we turn to you in our hour of need.

Has demostrado que las bendiciones abundan cuando caemos de rodillas en oración, y acudimos a ti en nuestra hora de necesidad.

Surrounded by violence and cries for justice, we hear your voice telling us what is required . . .

“Only to do justice and to love goodness, and to walk humbly with your God” (Mi 6:8).

Rodeados de violencia y de clamores de justicia, escuchamos tu voz que nos dice lo que es menester . . . “que practiques la justicia y ames la lealtad y que seas humilde con tu Dios” (Mi 6:8).

Fill us with your mercy so that we, in turn, may be merciful to others.

Strip away pride, suspicion, and racism so that we may seek peace and justice in our communities.

Llénanos de tu misericordia para que también nosotros podamos ser misericordiosos con los demás.

Despójanos del orgullo, la sospecha y el racismo para que podamos buscar la paz y la justicia en nuestras comunidades.

Strengthen our hearts so that they beat only to the rhythm of your holy will.

Flood our path with your light as we walk humbly toward a future filled with encounter and unity.

Be with us, O Lord, in our efforts, for only by the prompting of your grace can we progress toward virtue.

We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

Copyright © 2016, Therese Wilson-Favors. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Scripture quote taken from the New American Bible, Revised Edition, copyright © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, DC. Used with permission. All rights reserved.

Photo: CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz.

Fortalece nuestro corazón para que lata sólo al ritmo de tu santa voluntad.

Inunda nuestro camino con tu luz mientras avanzamos humildemente hacia un futuro lleno de encuentro y unidad.

Acompáñanos, Señor, en nuestros esfuerzos, pues sólo con el impulso de tu gracia podemos progresar hacia la virtud.

Te lo pedimos por Jesucristo nuestro Señor.

Amén.

Copyright © 2016, Therese Wilson-Favors. Todos los derechos reservados. Utilizado con permiso.

Los textos de la Sagrada Escritura utilizados en esta obra han sido tomados de los Leccionarios I, II y III, propiedad de la Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Litúrgica de la Conferencia Episcopal Mexicana, copyright © 1987, quinta edición de septiembre de 2004. Utilizados con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados. Foto: CNS/Gregory A. Shemitz.

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A R Z O B I S P O J O H N C. W E S T E R I N S TA A LO S F I E L E S A PA RT I C I PA R E N O R AC I Ó N Y AC C I Ó N P O R L A J U S T I C I A R AC I A L Reverendísimo John C. Wester, Arzobispo de Santa Fe Arzobispo John C. Wester insta a los fieles a participar en oración y acción por la justicia racial el miércoles 1 de junio, 2020 a las 7:00p.m. en la Comunidad Católica St. Joseph in the Rio Grande en Albuquerque. Debido a COVID-19, el cupo será limitado. Personas que asistan deberán usar máscaras y cumplir con los requisitos del distanciamiento social. El Servicio de oración se transmitirá en vivo y será grabado vía Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Masses-from-St-Joseph-on-the-RioGrande-112836890430507 La reciente espantosa e insensata muerte del Sr. George Floyd a manos de la policía de Minneapolis en Minnesota, y las posteriores manifestaciones y actos de violencia han suscitado temor, frustración y confusión en la comunidad afroamericana en particular y en el país en general. La muerte del Sr. Floyd y la de tantos otros hombres y mujeres negros y de color nos duele, y debe dolernos. El dolor es una señal de que algo no está bien en nuestras relaciones y en nuestra comunidad. La fuente de nuestro dolor es el pecado del racismo y la violencia.

Hoy en día en nuestro país estamos siendo testigos de un racismo persistente en sus muchas manifestaciones. También presenciamos la brutalidad policial por parte de algunos, y reconocemos que incluso un solo caso es demasiado. El racismo causa profundas heridas en toda la estructura de la familia humana, y estas heridas se han agravado a lo largo de los siglos.

La esclavitud es una mancha que continúa afectando a toda la nación. Esta violencia persistente desgarra sin piedad el fundamento de la familia humana e ignora la dignidad que Dios le ha otorgado a cada ser humano. Nos deja clamando, “Oh Señor, ¿hasta cuándo?” Mientras rezamos para que quienes responden primero a las emergencias estén a salvo, al mismo tiempo entiendo el dolor y la frustración de tanta gente de color en nuestro país. No podemos seguir ignorando la fuente de nuestro dolor. No podemos quedarnos sin hacer nada. No podemos seguir viviendo con el odio y violencia que se agrava cada vez más en nuestra comunidad.

Los signos de este tiempo nos piden que despertemos, que seamos testigos de lo que está pasando, y que hablemos y actuemos con amor cuando veamos el racismo a nuestro alrededor. Estos tiempos exigen tanto caridad como justicia. La caridad nos llama a amarnos unos a otros como Dios nos ha amado, a reconocer la dignidad inherente de cada persona.

Si queremos tener paz y armonía en este país para todas las personas, debemos llegar a entender, respetar y honrar la dignidad de cada ser humano, “desde el vientre hasta la tumba”.

Debemos también actuar con justicia para lograr una paz verdadera y duradera. Me vienen a la mente las palabras del Papa Pablo VI: “Si quieres la paz, trabaja por la justicia”. La justicia nos llama a la acción profética para restaurar las relaciones correctas y cambiar las estructuras pecaminosas que nos impiden amar. Debemos ayudar a librar a este país del odio, el miedo y la hostilidad e inundarlo de amor y justicia: amor a Dios, amor a uno mismo, amor a la familia, amor al prójimo, amor al país, amarnos unos a los otros. Así es como podremos amar a nuestro prójimo como a nosotros mismos y actuar como lo haría Jesús.

Vienen a mi mente y me desafían las palabras tanto del Evangelio de Lucas como del profeta Miqueas. El ministerio de Jesús comenzó con estas palabras: “El Espíritu del Señor está sobre mí... para dar las buenas nuevas a los pobres, la libertad a los cautivos, la vista a los ciegos y la libertad a los oprimidos” (Lucas 4:18). El profeta Miqueas nos recuerda lo que se requiere de nosotros: “...Sólo hacer justicia y amar el bien, y caminar humildemente con tu Dios” (Miqueas 6:8). También en Lucas, la parábola del buen samaritano menciona nuestra obligación como cristianos de ser un buen prójimo, de ser el que se detiene y ayuda a los heridos, el que no duda en aceptar la responsabilidad de ayudar a la sanación. Estas palabras nos dan fuerza para seguir el camino de Dios hacia las relaciones correctas.

Hago un llamado a que juntos recemos, actuemos con justicia, y aceptemos la responsabilidad de alcanzar la sanación y la paz duradera.

El miércoles 3 de junio, a las 19.00 horas, estaré dirigiendo un servicio de oración por la paz en nuestras comunidades en la iglesia de San José en el Río Grande, en Albuquerque. Durante este tiempo pediremos al Espíritu Santo, derramado en amor en Pentecostés, que nos impregne de sabiduría, valor y amor para ser solidarios con los que sufren, y para trabajar, con la ayuda de Dios, en la transformación del mal del racismo en todas sus formas. También continuaré orando por todos los que sufren o han muerto a causa de COVID-19. Unámonos todos, ya sea en persona o virtualmente.

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Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi Santa Fe, New Mexico Ordination is the sacramental ceremony in which a man becomes a deacon, priest or bishop and is enabled to minister in Christ’s name and that of the Church. There are three ordinations in the Sacrament of Holy Orders: diaconate, priesthood and episcopal. The ordination ceremony includes various rituals, rich in meaning and history, e.g., prostration, laying on of hands, anointing of hands, giving of the chalice and paten, sign of peace.

Rev. Joseph Baltz’s parents David & Roxanne Baltz

“Jesus is the one who calls, not the priest, nor the bishop or the Pope. It is Jesus who gazes at him with love, who shows him the people, who shows him the needs of the people of God and says, ‘if you wish, come help.’”

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Photos by Sarah. K. McIntyre

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Pictured left to right are Reverend John Trambley, ASF Director of Vocations; Reverend Mister Jordan Sánchez, Archbishop John C. Wester; Reverend Mister Anthony Ezeaputa; and Reverend Michael Niemczak, ASF Associate Director of Vocations. The diaconal ordination was celebrated at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Rio Rancho, NM on May 26, 2020.

Archbishop Wester blesses Deacon Anthony Ezeaputa.

Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you have become. Believe what you read, teach what you believe, and practice what you teach. (Rites of Ordination - Deacon)

Archbishop Wester blesses Deacon Jordan Sánchez.

“Jordan and Anthony, everything you do and all that you are is grounded in the Lord.” Archbishop John C. Wester

Photos by Adrian Sisneros & Christina Sosa

Deacon Anthony and Deacon Jordan lie prostrate during the ordination. It symbolizes their unworthiness of the office to be assumed and their dependence upon God and the prayers of the Christian community.

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Friday, May 15, 2020– The coronavirus pandemic has brought our nation suffering and pain and has shown us that we are all mortal. The virus knows no boundaries and can attack any person, regardless of their ethnicity, race or nationality. My prayers are with all who have been harmed by this crisis.

The pandemic has also revealed that immigrant workers, who dwell on the margins of society, are present on the front lines of this battle, risking their own well-being to serve the nation at a time of crisis.

They are health-care workers and first responders helping victims of the virus to survive. They are agricultural workers laboring in America’s fields, meatpacking plants, and canneries, ensuring that we maintain our food supply. And they are employees at the local grocery store or restaurant and food delivery persons, bringing food to our tables.

The large majority possess tenuous legal status or are without legal status. They include Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients, temporary workers on time-limited visas, and the undocumented. Without their hard work, our state and nation would be in a more precarious position today.

In New Mexico, immigrants work in vital industries and help keep our economy afloat.

According to a recent report by several New Mexico immigrant rights organizations, there are over 15,000 immigrant-owned businesses in the state.

Immigrants—both legal and undocumented—pay $393 million in state and local taxes a year. Nearly 22 percent of the employees in the restaurant industry in New Mexico are foreign-born.

Nationally, at least one-half of farmworkers and one-third of workers in America’s meatpacking and poultry plants are undocumented. They have been classified as essential workers, but toil in dangerous working conditions. We would not have food in our stores at this critical time without them.

Nevertheless, legal and undocumented workers have been unable to obtain governmental assistance to help survive this crisis. Legal immigrants are afraid to access unemployment payments and other public services because of the public charge rule recently adopted by the Trump administration.

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DACA and TPS recipients, who contribute as essential workers in the health-care and food industries, have been unable to get their work authorizations extended, leaving them unable to support their families.

Moreover, mixed-status families—which include at least one undocumented person—have been excluded from direct cash payments under the CARES Act. In New Mexico, two-thirds of immigrants live in mixed-status families.

Undocumented workers do not qualify for Medicaid and fear receiving treatment for COVID-19, leaving them at higher risk for contracting the virus.

Undocumented workers also are not eligible for direct cash payments or unemployment insurance.

Ironically, the importance of immigrant workers to our state and nation has been tacitly confirmed by the Trump administration, which excluded medical workers and agricultural laborers from its shortsighted ban on the issuance of green cards. They also saw the wisdom of excluding from the ban hard-working immigrants already in the country and all workers on temporary visas. Yet they take every opportunity to scapegoat immigrants, divide their families, and exploit the pandemic to deny them their rights, including the right to asylum.

The inconsistency—or should I say hypocrisy— of our immigration system in this country is being exposed by this crisis. At the same time, some of our leaders attempt to score political points on the backs of immigrants, while our country benefits from their life-saving work. As a moral matter, this cannot stand.

My hope is that one outcome of this crisis is that, as a nation, we see the contributions of immigrants with new eyes and develop a greater appreciation for their contributions to our society.

Rather than relegating them to a hidden underclass, we should bring them out of the shadows by putting them on a path to citizenship.

They have earned it.

Most Reverend John C. Wester Archbishop of Santa Fe

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L A PA N D E M I A M U E S T R A QU E L A L E G A L I Z AC I Ó N D E LO S INMIGRANTES ES NECESARIA Reverendísimo John C. Wester, Arzobispo de Santa Fe La pandemia del coronavirus ha traído a nuestra nación gran sufrimiento y dolor y nos ha mostrado que todos somos seres mortales. El virus no respeta fronteras y puede atacar a cualquier persona, sin importar su etnia, raza o nacionalidad. Mis oraciones acompañan a todos los que han sido perjudicados por esta crisis.

La pandemia también ha revelado que los trabajadores inmigrantes, que viven al margen de la sociedad, están presentes en el frente de esta batalla, arriesgando su propio bienestar para servir a la nación en este tiempo de crisis.

Ellos son los trabajadores de la salud y socorristas que ayudan a las víctimas a sobrevivir ante el ataque del virus. Son los trabajadores agrícolas que trabajan en los campos, en plantas empacadoras de carne y conservas de Estados Unidos, asegurando que el abastecimiento de alimentos se mantenga. Son empleados de la tienda de comestibles o restaurante local y repartidores de alimentos, llevando comida a nuestras mesas.

La gran mayoría posee un estatus legal tenue o no tiene estatus legal. Entre ellos se encuentran los beneficiarios de la Acción Diferida por Llegadas Infantiles (DACA) y quienes gozan de Estatus de Protección Temporal (TPS), los trabajadores temporales que cuentan con visas por tiempo limitado y los indocumentados. Sin su gran trabajo, nuestro estado y nación estarían en una posición todavía más precaria hoy en día.

En Nuevo México, los inmigrantes trabajan en industrias vitales y ayudan a mantener nuestra economía a flote. Según un informe reciente de varias organizaciones de derechos de los inmigrantes de Nuevo México, hay más de 15,000 empresas que son propiedad de inmigrantes en el estado. Los inmigrantes, tanto legales como indocumentados, pagan 393 millones de dólares en impuestos estatales y locales al año.

Casi el 22 por ciento de los empleados de la industria de los restaurantes en Nuevo México han nacido en el extranjero.

A nivel nacional, al menos la mitad de los trabajadores agrícolas y un tercio de los trabajadores de las plantas empacadoras de carne y aves de corral de Estados Unidos son indocumentados. Ellos han sido clasificados como trabajadores esenciales, sin embargo, trabajan en condiciones peligrosas. Sin ellos, no tendríamos comida en nuestras tiendas en este momento crítico.

Sin embargo, trabajadores legales e indocumentados no han podido obtener la ayuda del gobierno para sobrevivir a esta crisis. Los inmigrantes legales temen solicitar pagos por desempleo y otros servicios públicos

debido a la regla de la carga pública recientemente adoptada por la administración de Trump. Los beneficiarios de DACA y el TPS, que contribuyen como trabajadores esenciales en las industrias de la salud y la alimentación, no han podido conseguir que se amplíen sus autorizaciones de trabajo, dejándolos imposibilitados de mantener a sus familias.

Además, las familias de estatus mixto -que incluyen al menos una persona indocumentada- han sido excluidas de los pagos directos en efectivo otorgados por la Ley CARES. En Nuevo México, dos tercios de los inmigrantes viven en familias de estatus mixto.

Los trabajadores indocumentados no son elegibles para recibir beneficios de Medicaid y temen recibir tratamiento para el COVID-19, lo que los deja en mayor riesgo de contraer el virus. Los trabajadores indocumentados tampoco tienen derecho a pagos directos en efectivo ni a seguro de desempleo.

Irónicamente, la importancia de los trabajadores inmigrantes para nuestro estado y nación ha sido claramente confirmada por la administración de Trump, que excluyó a los trabajadores médicos y agrícolas de su miope prohibición de recibir Green Cards -tarjetas de Residencia-. También vieron la ventaja de excluir de la prohibición a los trabajadores inmigrantes que ya están en el país y a todos los trabajadores con visas temporales. Sin embargo, aprovechan todas las oportunidades para convertir a los inmigrantes en chivos expiatorios, dividir a sus familias y explotar la pandemia para negarles sus derechos, incluido el derecho de asilo.

La inconsistencia - o debería decir hipocresía – del sistema de inmigración en este país está siendo expuesta por esta crisis. Al mismo tiempo, algunos de nuestros líderes intentan ganar puntos políticos a espaldas de los inmigrantes, mientras el país se beneficia de su trabajo que salva vidas. Como una cuestión moral, esto no puede continuar.

Mi esperanza es que un resultado de esta crisis sea que, como nación, veamos las contribuciones de los inmigrantes con nuevos ojos y desarrollemos un mayor aprecio por sus contribuciones a nuestra sociedad.

En lugar de relegarlos a una clase baja oculta, debemos sacarlos de las sombras poniéndolos en el camino de la ciudadanía. Se lo han ganado.

Reverendísimo John C. Wester Arzobispo de Santa Fe

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By Archbishop John C. Wester

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f there’s one thing we’ve been able to learn in all this time, it’s that no one is saved alone,” Pope Francis said as he explored the moral and spiritual implications of this pandemic. We are all connected, and now we have become more aware of our dependence on the people who process food, deliver groceries, collect trash, and provide health care. What will we do with this newfound awareness of our interdependence? Can we emerge as a stronger community, a more unified nation, and a more collaborative world? On the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical on ecology, Laudato Si, I pray our resolve is strengthening to see that we are all in this together.

In Laudato Si, Pope Francis illuminates the moral implications of climate change and ecological devastation.

He calls us to recognize the earth as our shared home and that “the human environment and the natural environment deteriorate together.” If we forget that we are sisters and brothers sharing a common home that is a gift from God, then greed and inequality run rampant. Pollution and climate disruption are sure to follow. In Pope Francis’ smiling, joyful way, he also brings us back to hope: “For all our limitations, gestures of generosity, solidarity and care cannot but well up within us, since we were made for love.”

I believe a paradox is emerging: while we are isolating ourselves, a new spirit of togetherness is growing. As Christians, there is rich meaning to contemplate in being the Body of Christ and abiding in Christ as a people.

As Catholics, we should be attuned to this reality even more, since our faith is communal on so many levels. The Church’s document Lumen Gentium puts it clearly: God, however, does not make men holy and save them merely as individuals, without bond or link between one another. Rather has it pleased Him to bring men together as one people….

Pope Francis says, “An emergency like COVID-19 is defeated in the first place with the antibodies of solidarity.”

I write again: we are all connected. The suffering of others halfway around the world is not isolated, but affects all of us. God has bound us together as sisters and brothers. People of faith must recognize and name this deeper, spiritual truth of what is happening in society today.

Pope Francis discusses coronavirus alongside other “epidemics,” including ecological destruction, hunger and war. He asserts the pandemic has helped us realize the importance of “uniting the entire human family in the search for sustainable and comprehensive development.” In his Earth Day message he said: “We have no future if we destroy the very environment that sustains us.”

A new world will emerge from COVID-19, and Christians must help ensure it is a more generous, unified one.

We can embrace international cooperation on global issues including this pandemic, immigration, and climate change. We can build a more resilient world that can respond to crises. We can act now on climate change to head off the intensifying hurricanes, fires, floods, and disease outbreaks, including West Nile Virus that is projected to double in the U.S. in the coming decades because of warming temperatures.

Pope Francis likes to say, “Dios perdona siempre, nosotros de vez en cuando, y la naturaleza nunca” – God always forgives; we sometimes forgive; nature never forgives. If we extend grace to one another in these challenging times, and if we answer the call of our infinitely forgiving God to live as one human family, we just may endure the worst from nature and create a more loving world.

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Hello everyone! We hope you’re enjoying the beginning of the summer and, with it, the partial opening of the churches again. While we know both intellectually and spiritually that God is with us even when we cannot worship Him in the church and in-person at the Mass…it sure is difficult to be without it. Such situations remind us to be thankful for all that we have, and so often take for granted. Just use good judgment, though, and don’t endanger yourself unnecessarily if you are over 60 and/or have a pre-existing condition. In the reports of those who have died from the virus, you can note how almost all are either elderly or have some sort of pre-existing condition. But even if you don’t fit into that category, do not be careless with that precious God-given life of yours.

Confirmations and First Communions can be celebrated now; probably already some have been. Because of the situation, the Archbishop has delegated the faculty to confirm to all active priests, but they must have permission by the pastor of those being confirmed. We know that it might be disappointing to some to not be confirmed by the Archbishop when you were looking forward to that, but sometimes things in life intervene in our hopes.

Know that you’ll be in our prayers nonetheless.

Now that we’ve opened partially, we’ve been getting quite an inflow of suggestions; thanks for those. But also know that there will always be disagreement on what is enough or not enough. As Abe Lincoln quoted the poet John Lydgate: “You can please some of the people all of the time, you can please all of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time.”

Ain’t that the truth.

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Well, by the time you read this, we’ll have had three seminarians ordained—two to the transitional diaconate (for a year before priesthood) and one to the priesthood.

I like to tease them after ordinations: “Okay, lads, easy life is over. Now…get to work!” But…truly, while the priesthood is not always peaches and rainbows, it is wonderfully fulfilling. There are few of us who have entered the priesthood a bit older (like yours truly) and with a career (or two, or three) under our belts that ever regret it or would have it another way. So, parents… encourage the option of priesthood when your young sons are considering a career. They will thank you (literally) forever. And…young ladies!...encourage them to explore religious life. Despite the popular depictions in movies of nuns/sisters to be dour and harsh, I have found in my experience that they are some of the most joyful and pleasant and smart (and fun!) of persons.

Now, let’s see…concerning the chapter 11/bankruptcy, mediations and proceedings are still pretty much on hold because of the coronavirus situation. Sorry not much news on that front; everybody’s anxious about it.

Proceedings will likely resume in earnest when travel and meetings can be conducted safely. Let us all pray for the healing of the victims AND the Church.

Durn…here comes that ol’ word count again already.

Well…everybody be careful this summer. You know that as things are progressively opened, all those who are stircrazy will be…well…crazy, and roads, parks, tourist places, etc., will be packed. Come back to us safe and sound to us in the fall. After all…we are the ONE Body of Christ, and no part goes missing without the whole body feeling the pain. That’s the meaning of John Donne’s poem: No man is an island, Entire of itself…

Each man’s death diminishes me…

Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee.

So, be safe…and take care!

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Y bien... ¿Qué tal el mes que hemos vivido?

Ciertamente este ha sido uno de los momentos más singulares de nuestras vidas... y esperemos que sea el último de este tipo. Las pandemias han sido parte de la vida humana probablemente desde el comienzo de la historia; sin embargo, afortunadamente parece que no son demasiado frecuentes. Además, con la capacidad moderna de investigación médica, esperemos que ésta pronto sea poco más que un recuerdo... aunque triste, especialmente para aquellos que han perdido a sus seres queridos o han visto su salud permanentemente comprometida. Oraciones para ellos.

Aquí en la Arquidiócesis sabemos que la suspensión de las misas ha sido una terrible perdida para la gente y las parroquias, pero sentimos que había que dar este paso para la seguridad de todos. Pienso en Jesús en el desierto durante 40 días, suspendiendo temporalmente su práctica de ir a la sinagoga el sábado. De la misma manera, sabemos que Dios está siempre con nosotros, incluso en momentos en los que estamos inevitablemente separados de los sacramentos. Después de todo, en los padres de familia, el amor por sus hijos no disminuye cuando se separan de ellos, así que podemos estar seguros de que el amor de Dios por nosotros tampoco disminuye... ¡y tampoco el nuestro por Él! Pobres discípulos de Cristo seríamos si lo abandonáramos por una separación temporal de la Eucaristía y la Misa. Este es un gran momento para leer la Biblia, porque Jesús mismo nos enseña: “No solamente vive de Pan el hombre, sino de toda palabra que sale de la boca de Dios”. Así, cuando una vez más seamos renovados con su Cuerpo y Sangre eucarísticos, podremos estar aún más atentos a poner en práctica su enseñanza, que es el propósito de la gracia dada.

En otras noticias: En cuanto al capítulo 11/proceso de quiebra, las mediaciones y la mayoría de los procedimientos están más bien suspendidos debido a la actual situación del coronavirus. Los abogados continúan trabajando entre bastidores, por lo que los procedimientos probablemente comenzarán en serio cuando los viajes y las reuniones se puedan llevar a cabo más libremente. Es toda una tragedia: el dolor y el sufrimiento de las víctimas, y ahora el hecho de que la Iglesia, el Cuerpo de Cristo, tenga que sufrir por los pecados de los que casi todos han fallecido, y

ciertamente ninguno en el ministerio. Tanto tiempo, esfuerzo y recursos materiales que de otra manera podrían haber sido utilizados para el bien, ahora tienen que ir a pagar por las malas acciones de otros.

Y sin embargo... nos damos cuenta de que eso es exactamente lo que Jesús mismo hizo; eso es lo que recordamos el Viernes Santo con su sufrimiento por todos nuestros pecados. Y tenemos la misma elección que los apóstoles: huir de Nuestro Señor, o ser como Nuestra Madre Bendita y los santos Juan y María Magdalena, firmes en el amor, la devoción y la fe, permaneciendo con Él a pesar de la agonía... y así también alegrarnos aún más en Su -y por ende de la Iglesia- Resurrección... sabiendo de nuevo que “Con Dios, nada es imposible”. (Lucas 1:37) Así que nos enfrentamos a la pregunta de Jesús: “¿Tú también te irás?” Afirmemos con Pedro: “Señor, ¿a quién iremos? Tú tienes palabras de vida eterna; y nosotros hemos creído y hemos llegado a saber que tú eres el Santo de Dios”. (Juan 6:67-69) Veamos... ¿hay alguna otra noticia? Sin colectas, las parroquias y escuelas han sido verdaderamente afectadas, y muchas tendrán que tomar la ayuda que el gobierno está ofreciendo simplemente para mantenerse a flote. Recuerden que ustedes son la Iglesia y la parroquia depende de su apoyo. Una de las ideas erróneas más extendidas (¡y equivocadas!) es que la Arquidiócesis es muy rica y tiene mucho dinero para regalar; puedo asegurarles que no es así, así que por favor apoyen a su parroquia lo mejor que puedan en estos tiempos difíciles.

Hasta el mes que viene... ¡Cuídese y manténgase sanos!

Padre Glenn ¿Quién nos separará del amor de Cristo? ¿Acaso las pruebas, la aflicción, la persecución, el hambre, la desnudez, el peligro o la espada? ...No, en todas estas cosas somos más que vencedores por medio de Aquel que nos amó. Porque estoy seguro de que ni la muerte, ni la vida, ni los ángeles, ni los principados, ni las cosas presentes, ni las venideras, ni las potestades, ni la altura, ni la profundidad, ni ninguna otra cosa en toda la creación, podrá separarnos del amor de Dios en Cristo Jesús, nuestro Señor. (Romanos 8:35-39)

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Archbishop John C. Wester has made the following assignments: Effective Tuesday, February 4, 2020 – Reverend Edgar Sanchez has been granted a leave of absence to join monastic life with the Olivetan Benedictines at Our Lady of Guadalupe of Our Lady of Monte Oliveto Monastery in Pecos.

Effective Monday, February 10, 2020 – Reverend Robert Campbell, O.Praem., has been appointed as priest chaplain for Presbyterian Hospital.

Effective Saturday, February 15, 2020 – Reverend Thomas Pulickal, O. Praem., has been appointed as priest chaplain for Lovelace Downtown Hospital.

Effective Tuesday, March 17, 2020 – Reverend Ronald J. Bowers, J.C.L. has been appointed as Promoter of Justice. He replaces Reverend Monsignor Jerome Martinez y Alire.

Effective Monday, June 15, 2020 – Newly-ordained Reverend Joseph Baltz has been appointed as parochial vicar of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe and Cristo Rey in Santa Fe and its missions in Santa Fe, serving with Reverend Timothy Martinez.

Effective Monday, June 29, 2020 – Reverend Gabriel Gomez Lopez, S.F., currently parochial vicar of Holy Family in Chimayo, has been appointed as administrator of San Felipe de Neri Parish in Albuquerque.

Effective Monday, June 29, 2020 – Reverend Fernando Saenz, currently pastor of Queen of Heaven Parish in Albuquerque, has been granted a requested leave of absence.

Effective Monday, June 29, 2020 – Reverend Simeon Wimmershoff, currently Pastor of San Antonio de Padua in Peñasco and St. Anthony in Dixon, has been appointed as pastor of Queen of Heaven Parish in Albuquerque.

Effective Monday, June 29, 2020 – Reverend John Kimani, currently parochial vicar of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi and Cristo Rey and its missions in Santa Fe, has been appointed as pastor of San Antonio de Padua in Peñasco and St. Anthony in Dixon.

Effective Wednesday, July 1, 2020 – Reverend George Pavamkott, O.Praem., currently parish administrator of St. Augustine Parish in Isleta Pueblo, has been assigned by the Norbertine Community to India.

Effective Wednesday, July 1, 2020 – Reverend Graham Golden, O.Praem., currently pastor of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary in Albuquerque, has been appointed as pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Isleta Pueblo.

Effective Wednesday, July 1, 2020 – Reverend Andrew Pavlak, currently pastor of San Felipe de Neri in Albuquerque, has been appointed as pastor of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish in Albuquerque.

Please keep all the clergy who are beginning new assignments in your prayers.

A message from our Franciscan Provincial Ministers: At a time when the COVID-19 virus has disproportionately attacked people of color, we have witnessed the killing of George Floyd and the protests, sometimes violent, which have occurred in our cities in its aftermath. Our hearts go out to all affected. Even though, following in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi, we decry violence and desire peace, we stand in solidarity with our outraged African American brothers and sisters who demand an end to the deadly violence of racism. We cannot be indifferent when their God-given dignity is violated.As people of faith, we not only condemn the systemic racism that has led to these events, but

we also re-dedicate ourselves to ending racial injustice in our provinces, in our Church, and in our nation and creating that space where Dr. Martin Luther King’s Beloved Community will flourish.

David Gaa, O.F.M. Provincial Minister Saint Barbara Province of Franciscans James Gannon, O.F.M. Provincial Minister Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Province of Franciscans Kevin Mullen, O.F.M. Provincial Minister Holy Name Province of Franciscans Thomas Nairn, O.F.M. Provincial Minister Sacred Heart Province of Franciscans Jack Clark Robinson, O.F.M. Provincial Minister Our Lady of Guadalupe Province of Franciscans Mark Soehner, O.F.M. Provincial Minister Saint John the Baptist Province of Franciscans

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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 months of May 2020.

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

Immaculate Heart of Mary – Los Alamos.................................................................... 1,998.33 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Albuquerque............................................... 1,000.00 Our Lady of Sorrows – Bernalillo..................................................................................... 1,000.00 Our Lady of the Annunciation – Albuquerque.............................................................452.50 Santa Maria de La Paz – Santa Fe................................................................................. 5,485.76 St. Joseph on the Rio Grande – Albuquerque.............................................................. 270.00 Total $ 10, 206.59

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Questions and Answers on the Celebration of Confirmations, Scrutinies and the Holy Communions During Covid–19 and the Reopening of our Churches What are the directives for Confirmation during COVID-19?

Note that, for validity of the sacrament, the confirmandi must be anointed with chrism by the celebrants hand/ thumb. A cotton swab or other instrument cannot be used.  You may want to have an alcohol - soaked cloth to wipe thumb onto after each confirmed for added safety and

assurance for both priest and confirmed/family (anoint-wipe-dip thumb/repeat).

 Sponsors can keep social distance from confirmandi as they come up to be confirmed if not of the same

household, omitting the hand on the shoulder. If you have a large number of confirmandi, you can divide them into smaller groups for several celebrations if necessary.

What about the catechumens and the scrutinies?

The scrutinies may be celebrated together prior to their reception, even if in the same day/celebration.

Please remember that the 3rd scrutiny is required, though the first two have been dispensed by Archbishop Wester.

Can we celebrate the First Communions? Yes, First Communions can also be held, observing the same Mass restrictions and directives presently in place.

Recommendation: The First Communions can be divided into smaller celebrations where necessary, and actual Communion take place after the final blessing/ dismissal.

Can we continue with the group ongoing learning / prayer activities?

Yes, these activities should continue to be conducted via internet groups through Zoom or similar venues for the present.

Additional Information: Funeral homilies: 3–5 minutes; still communion as they depart after the mass/blessing after remains.

Collection counters: Use minimum number needed, and under 60 years old if possible. Masked and distance apart at least 6 feet. (preferably more), but still in view of one another (large room or parish hall). Wash hands well prior to and after counting.

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Preguntas y Respuestas sobre la Celebración de Confirmaciones, Escrutinios y la Sagrada Comunión Durante el Covid-19 y la Reapertura de Nuestras Iglesias ¿Cuáles son las Directivas para la Confirmación durante COVID-19?

Tenga en cuenta que, para la validez del sacramento, el confirmando debe ser ungido con el crisma, con la mano y el dedo pulgar del celebrante. No se puede usar un bastoncillo(palillo) de algodón u otro instrumento. 

Si desea, usted puede tener un paño empapado con alcohol para limpiar el dedo pulgar después de cada confirmación. Esto será de mayor seguridad tanto para el sacerdote como para el que será confirmado y la familia(ungir-limpiar con el dedo pulgar/repetir).

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Los esponsores pueden mantener el distanciamiento social con la persona que va a ser confirmada mientras se acerca a recibir la confirmación, si es que no son del mismo hogar, omitiendo también la mano en el hombro. En el caso de un número grande de confirmaciones, éstas se podrían dividir en grupos más pequeños y en varias celebraciones si fuese necesario.

¿Qué pasa con los catecúmenos y los escrutinios? Los escrutinios pueden celebrarse todos juntos antes de su recepción, inclusive en el mismo día/celebración. Recuerde que el tercer escrutinio es mandatorio y que los dos primeros fueron dispensados por el Arzobispo Wester.

¿Podemos celebrar la Primera Sagrada Comunión? Sí, las primeras comuniones también se pueden celebrar, observando siempre las mismas restricciones y directivas vijentes de las celebraciones Eucarísticas.

Recomendación: Las celebraciones de la Primera Sagrada Comunión se pueden dividir en grupo de celebraciones más pequeñas cuando sea necesario, y la distribucción de la comunión se llevará a cabo después de la bendición / despedida final.

¿Podemos continuar con las actividades de aprendizaje / oración en curso del grupo? Sí, estas actividades deberían continuar realizándose en grupo virtualemente a través de Zoom o lugares cibernéticos similares existentes.

Información Adicional: Homilías durante la Celebración de Funerales/Exequias: 3 a 5 minutos Personas encargadas de la Colecta: Utilice el número mínimo requerido y menores de 60 años de edad si es posible. Por favor haga uso de su mascara o tapa boca y manteniendo la distancia social de 6 pies. (preferiblemente más), pero aún a la vista el uno del otro (un salón amplio o en el salón parroquial). Lávese bien las manos antes y después de contar el dinero).

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Questions and Answers on RCIA If the bishop has dispensed the obligation for the celebration of the scrutinies, does that mean we cannot celebrate them? No. The dispensation from the obligation is not a restriction.

It is meant to provide pastoral flexibility in a time of crisis. Imagine, for example, a normal year. One of your elect becomes extremely sick. You ask the bishop for a dispensation for the coming Sunday’s scrutiny, which is granted.

But a few days after the scrutiny, your elect miraculously recovers. You could joyfully celebrate the missed scrutiny with him or her at a weekday Mass. Similarly in this pandemic, once we are able to gather again, we have the option of celebrating the missed scrutinies with our elect.

Do the scrutinies have to be celebrated at a Sunday Mass?

No. It is ideal that the scrutinies would be celebrated at Sunday Mass so that “the faithful in the assembly will also derive benefit from the liturgy of the scrutinies” (RCIA 145), but you have the option of celebrating the scrutinies during the week.

Can the scrutinies be celebrated outside of Mass? Yes. Celebrating the scrutinies within Mass is ideal, but you have the option of celebrating them in a Liturgy of the Word service.

Does a priest have to preside at the celebration of a scrutiny? If you celebrate the scrutinies in a Liturgy of the Word service outside of Mass, a deacon may preside (see RCIA 145).

What readings do we use for the scrutinies? Whenever the scrutinies are celebrated, we use the ritual Masses “Christian Initiation: The Scrutinies” and the readings from the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sundays of Lent, Year A. If you celebrate the scrutinies at a Sunday Mass in Ordinary time (or at a weekday Mass), the ritual Mass for the scrutinies and the readings from the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sundays of Lent, Year A would replace the Ordinary Time Mass and readings (see RCIA 146).

Can we combine the scrutines with the Presentation of the Creed and the Presentation of the Lord’s Prayer? No. These are separate rites and require separate celebrations. There is no provision for combining them.

Can we combine the scrutines with the Anointing of Catechumens?

For adults, no. There is no provision for combining these rites. Oddly, in the scrutiny rite adapted for children, there is an option for anointing with the oil of catechumens. I don’t think it makes much sense to have it there, but it is an option if you are celebrating the scrutiny rite for children (see RCIA 301).

If the restrictions are partially lifted and we are able to gather in small groups, should we celebrate the scrutines with just a few people?

That is a judgement call based on the pastoral needs of your elect and your parish. The ideal to hold in mind is having the entire parish (or a very large segment of the parish) surrounding the elect in prayer. The elect will only have this experience once in their lives, and we want to celebrate it as fully and powerfully as possible. However, the ideal is not always possible. I would say strive for the ideal as much as you are able in your situation and make pastoral compromises as necessary.

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Preguntas y Respuestas sobre RICA(Rito de Iniciación Cristiana) Si el Arzobispo ha dispensado la obligación de celebrar los escrutinios, ¿eso significa que no podemos celebrarlos? No. La dispensa de la obligación no es una restricción. Su objetivo es proporcionar flexibilidad pastoral en tiempos de crisis. Imagine, por ejemplo, un año normal. Uno de tus elegidos se enferma extremadamente. Le pides al Arzobispo una dispensa para el escrutinio del domingo siguiente, se concede.

Pero unos días después del escrutinio, el elegido se recupera milagrosamente. Podrías celebrar con alegría el escrutinio perdido con él o ella en una Misa diaria. De manera similar en esta pandemia, una vez que podamos reunirnos nuevamente, tenemos la opción de celebrar los escrutinios perdidos con nuestros elegidos. ¿Deben celebrarse los escrutinios en una Misa dominical? No. Lo ideal sería que los escrutinios se celebren en la Misa dominical para que "los fieles de la asamblea también se beneficien de la liturgia de los escrutinios" (RICA 145), pero existe la opción de celebrar los escrutinios durante la semana,. ¿Se pueden celebrar los escrutinios fuera de la Misa? Si. Celebrar los escrutinios dentro de la Misa es ideal, pero tienes la opción de celebrarlos también en un servicio de la Liturgia de la Palabra. ¿Tiene que ser un sacerdote quien presida la celebración de un escrutinio? Si el escrutinio es celebrado en un servicio de la Liturgia de la Palabra fuera de la Misa, puede ser presidido por un diácono (vea RICA 145). ¿Qué lecturas utilizamos para los escrutinios? Cada vez que se celebran los escrutinios, utilizamos las Misas Nrituales “Iniciación cristiana: Los escrutinios” y las lecturas del Tercer, Cuarto y Quinto domingo de Cuaresma del Año A. Si celebran los escrutinios en una Misa dominical en tiempo ordinario (o en una Misa entre semana), la Misa ritual para los escrutinios y las lecturas del tercer, cuarto y quinto domingos de Cuaresma, las lecturas del año A reemplazarían las lecturas del tiempo ordinario (ver RICA 146). ¿Podemos combinar los escrutinios con la Presentación del Credo y la Presentación de la Oración del Señor? No. Estos son ritos separados y requieren celebraciones separadas. No hay provisión para combinarlos.

¿Podemos combinar los escrutinios con la Unción de Catecúmenos? Para adultos, no. No hay ninguna provision para combinar estos ritos. Curiosamente, en el rito de escrutinio adaptado para niños, existe la opción de ungir con el aceite de catecúmenos. No tiene mucho sentido tenerlo allí, pero es una opción si estás celebrando el rito de escrutinio para niños (ver RICA 301).

Si las restricciones se cambian parcialmente y podemos reunirnos en pequeños grupos, ¿deberíamos celebrar los escrutinios con pocas personas? Esa es una decisión basada en las necesidades pastorales de sus elegidos y la parroquia. Lo ideal es tener en cuenta a toda la parroquia (o un segmento muy grande de la parroquia) acompñando a los elegidos en oración. Los elegidos solo tendrán esta experiencia una vez en sus vidas, y queremos celebrarla de la manera mejor manera posible. Sin embargo, lo ideal no siempre es posible.

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Father’s Day

By Very Reverend Glennon Jones, Vicar General, Vicar for Clergy, Vicar for Religious

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very happy and joy-filled and blessed Father’s Day to all you dads out there! Such an honor you have in being entrusted with the care and teaching of God’s precious ones, your children … those little images of God, as we all are. In that privilege of being sons and daughters of God, we are all called to always cherish and maintain—or renew by the sacrament of confession—that baptismal innocence that we often lose by giving in to the temptations of the world. And so we again heed the

words of Our Lord: “Whoever humbles himself like this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:4), and “He who has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me will be loved by my Father…” (John 14:21) Yes, we are to emulate innocence, but not childish naiveté, for you dads (along with moms … and all of society, really) are entrusted with your children’s safekeeping through care and prayer. With material safekeeping, yes, but far more so in their spiritual wellbeing, which is (literally) infinitely more essential. In this vein, Jesus advises all of us in our lives: “I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as

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serpents and innocent as doves.” (Matthew 10:16) Yes, so very tragically for all—and as is more than apparent to all—this is where the Church, other Christian communities, children’s organizations, schools and many other entities entrusted with the safety of children have often failed in the past. In the Church it may be worst in degree because of what she is and stands for—if not in magnitude of numbers, certainly in magnitude of betrayal, as many who were called to most clearly reflect Christ instead grossly betrayed Him and His beloved little ones.

But now … hopefully … such malignancy is being excised permanently. Yet, as with any surgery, there is bleeding and pain. Wolves were among the sheep and the flock much scattered, but now great effort is being expended to ensure that such wolves are being kept from the flock … the shepherds’ past complacency and the naiveté that Jesus warned against much dispelled. Tragically, there can be no altering of the past as much as we might wish we could do so, and so the course now is to look to and work for the good of the future. May God keep all safe from such predations ever again.

But, going back to a more joyful note … what a privilege given you fathers … to protect, guide and shepherd your children—young and old—into the way of goodness, charity and peace. We priests are called “Father” to be spiritual guides—and more so, servants—to God’s faithful, and it is a wonderful, fulfilling thing. And yet we cannot help but envy you biological dads out there many times. So cherish the gift that fatherhood is!…knowing that your love and care for your children is to reflect the love and care of God the Eternal Father for all.

It’s always good to remember an important teaching from Sirach 3 on Father’s (or Mother’s) Day—a teaching which expands on the 4th Commandment of “Honor thy Father and thy Mother”: 1 Listen to me your father, O children; and act accordingly, that you may be kept in safety.

2 For the Lord honored the father above the children, and he confirmed the right of the mother over her sons.

3 Whoever honors his father atones for sins, 4 and whoever glorifies his mother is like one who lays up treasure.

5 Whoever honors his father will be gladdened by his own children, and when he prays he will be heard.

6 Whoever glorifies his father will have long life, and whoever obeys the Lord will refresh his mother;

he will serve his parents as his masters.

Honor your father by word and deed, that a blessing from him may come upon you.

9 For a father’s blessing strengthens the houses of the children…

10 Do not glorify yourself by dishonoring your father, for your father’s dishonor is no glory to you.

11 For a man’s glory comes from honoring his father, and it is a disgrace for children not to respect their mother.

12 O son, help your father in his old age, and do not grieve him as long as he lives; 13 even if he is lacking in understanding, show forbearance; in all your strength do not despise him.

14 For kindness to a father will not be forgotten, and against your sins it will be credited to you; 15 in the day of your affliction it will be remembered in your favor; as frost in fair weather, your sins will melt away.

So, kids … treasure your parents while you have them, for time passes O so rapidly, and we who are a bit older and have lost parents know all too well how quickly “…the silver cord is snapped…the golden bowl is broken…and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.”

(Ecclesiastes 12:6-7) We who have known loss of parents reflect often on what more we could have done to show our love to them...reflecting ”on what I have done, and what I have failed to do,” to and for them, while we still had the opportunity. And yet we also know that the souls in Heaven forgive all things and hold no grudges; such thoughts cannot exist in Heaven, only in “the other place”. This is why Our Lord is so adamant: “…forgive, if you have anything against any one; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.” (Mark 11:25) For our heavenly family—especially Our Father—long for us to be with them once more—evermore—for an eternal embrace.

And so, dads, reflect this Father’s Day, and every day: How is a man a good father? We need only adapt slightly St. Paul’s verses from 1 Corinthians 13: “[A father] is patient, [a father] is kind; [a father] is not jealous or boastful; [a father] is not arrogant or rude. [A father] does not insist on [his] own way; [a father] is not irritable or resentful; [he] does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. [A father] bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. [A father’s] faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is [a father’s] love.”

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LIVING OUR FAITH FROM THE DEEP may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled

by God” (2 Corinthians 1:3-4).

It still is a challenge to be a Christian even today. While martyrdom is real, here in New Mexico it seems unlikely.

Regardless, we are called to bear witness to our Faith, mindful of God in Christ, who is the source of our strength.

By Very Reverend Michael Demkovich, OP, Episcopal Vicar for Doctrine & Life

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or the early Church it was not easy to be a Christian even after Pentecost.

The bold preaching of the disciples touched the hearts of many, but it was not easy.

Persecutions were regional at first but about thirty years after the Crucifixion, Nero’s imperial attacks in Rome were gruesomely common. The early martyrs bore witness to a remarkable sense of faith in God’s mercy. As Saint Paul declared, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we

I find that the trials of 2020 have made me reflect upon the Christian meaning of courage. Today countless women and men have shown us self-sacrifice and genuine care for those in harm, not counting their own risks and cost. It makes me think that the virtue of courage or fortitude really shines forth amid adversity and struggle.

These challenges are not sought, but when they come, courage stands in the midst of it. When it comes to living life, I have learned that you cannot swim in shallow waters. You need to risk the bottomlessness of life, the unseen, uncharted waters of life. Fear makes us cling to the shore so we settle for a shallow life, socially, politically and even religiously. It is in

the deep waters of life that the bountiful catch of Faith is found. Our Lord told his disciples “Set out for the deep” (Luke 5:4) and now more than ever we are being called to live our faith bravely.

As we hear more and more of government over-reach, as we wonder when this embargo on living will be lifted, we find greater courage to live and to strive to live more fully.

After the Resurrection the disciples were confronted by a profound question. “Why do you look for the living among the dead?” (Luke 24:5). The question confronted their fear and emboldened them to discover the Lord, risen in their midst. Courage is the capacity of faith and hope and love to live life abundantly.

We must discover that same courage, seen in the early Church, to bear witness to the Gospel, to call one another to conversion of heart and for us to manifest God’s abundant mercy. The word courage comes from the Latin words for heart (cor) and to act (agere). In courage the heart takes action and empowers us to live bravely. Courage is born of love, and in difficult times love alone is the only sure remedy. Now we must

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act from our hearts. In all likelihood the challenges put before women and men of faith will increase. There is a dangerous rise of secular humanism in the body politic and as we see, religion will be a likely victim. However, as with the early Church, so too for us, it will not be easy to be a Christian if we fail to act from love, if we fail to find the courage that calls us into the deep waters of life.

Pope Saint John Paul spoke of this in his 2005 Message for Vocations. In a real way, we must now realize that our most fundamental vocation is to our baptismal call. If that primary vocation fades, all else loses meaning. “Put out for the deep” (duc in altum).

We are reminded by the saint that “the command of Christ is particularly relevant in our time, when there is a widespread mentality which, in the face of difficulties, favors personal noncommitment” (#2). These are searing words that ought to burn in our hearts. If we fail to find courage, the trials and tribulations of our day will erode our call to follow Christ. The religious voice, a voice that is so essential to human flourishing, will be silenced. We cannot be naïve in the face of growing political efforts to keep

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If these past months have taught us anything, it is the critical imperative of our baptismal call to live fully and deeply the divine life entrusted to us. It is lived borne of the lessons sought in this plea “Lord, teach us to

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pray!” (Luke 11:1). It was not easy to be a Christian back then, nor is it now, but we must live our faith bravely and boldly. The deep waters to which we are called are the depths of God’s love.

The deep waters are found in our courage to risk living in that love. Here we find our comfort, our courage and our consolation. How we live that love is a lesson that must be “learnt from the lips” of our loving God. Be brave! Do not live your life in the shallows!

Our world needs courageous women and men of faith who boldly love, who bravely live, and who fearlessly show love’s mercy. Duc in altum!

KATIE HEGGERMIER ANNUNCIATION

JEREMIAH RODRIGUEZ HOLY CROSS

RYAN FERIS ANNUNCIATION

RAFAELITA GONZALES HOLY CHILD

DISTINGUISHED DISCIPLES

DOMINIC TEETERS HOLY CHILD

ANTHONY MAESTAS HOLY CROSS

2020 AZAEL MONTES HOLY GHOST

MARLENA UNIS HOLY GHOST

HOLLY PETERSON SAN FELIPE DE NERI

GABRIELLA BLEA SAN FELIPE DE NERI

EMILY AGUIRRE SANTO NIÑO

CHRISTINE LOPEZ SANTO NIÑO

TOAN NGUYEN OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPTION

BEATRICE CANLAS OUR LADY OF THE ASSUMPION

TRISTEN TOLEDO OUR LADY OF FATIMA

MARINA TOLEDO OUR LADY OF FATIMA

ISAIAH LEYBA ST. MARY ABQ

DAVID RODRIGUEZ ST. MICHAEL

MARCUS LUJAN ST. MICHAEL

MIQUELA SANDOVAL ST. MARY ABQ

XAVIER OLIVARES ST. MARY BELEN

EMILY CASTILLO ST. MARY BELEN

The Archdiocese of Santa Fe recognizes the following 30 individuals from 15 schools who genuinely exemplify discipleship and Christlike character. Honorees regularly reach out to those who are less fortunate, volunteer for projects, and help their schools and larger community. Our honorees are compassionate and caring to all and live out their Catholic faith every day.

AIDAN TRUJILLO ST. PIUS X

ELISA MACHTINGER ST. PIUS X

WILLIAM & AMANDA STAFFORD ST. THERESE

JOSHUA ROBBINS ST. THERESE

ADAM VIGIL ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

DEBORAH COURTNEY ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

NATALY RUIZ-VELASCO ST. CHARLES BORROMEO

LEO APODACA ST. CHARLES BORROMEO

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OUR MINISTRY CONTINUES Deacon Marc Nestorick, Principal Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic School Catholic education has changed over the years. I can remember in my youth, I was taught mostly by religious in large classrooms with many kids.

Yet there is much that remains the same: high standards, intensive reading, writing, and math, and a focus on building a love for Christ. On March 16, our schools experienced another huge shift; remote learning due to the Coronavirus. Yet, things remained the same and learning continued. Within two days our students received lessons and were interacting with their teachers.

The ministry of our school goes well beyond just the academics. Our teachers led prayer groups with their students. Our students participated in service projects providing encouragement to those who cannot leave their homes and to our health care workers. Our students participated in virtual school spirit day and in study halls where they could see their friends and continue working as a community.

Much has changed and yet much has stayed the same. Our Lady of the Assumption and all Catholic School continue to bring the Gospel message to our young Catholics. Christ said, “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations…” (Matthew 28:19). Catholic Schools are continuing this mission even through the Coronavirus.

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Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: Catholics Participate in Public Life

We need to participate for the common good. Sometimes we hear: a good Catholic is not interested in politics. This is not true: good Catholics immerse themselves in politics by offering the best of themselves so that the leader can govern.”- Pope Francis, 9/16/13 The Catholic bishops of the United States are pleased to offer once again to the Catholic faithful Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (en Español), our teaching document on the political responsibility of Catholics. This statement represents our guidance for Catholics in the exercise of their rights and duties as participants in our democracy. We urge our pastors, lay and religious faithful, and all people of good will to use this statement to help form their consciences; to teach those entrusted to their care; to contribute to civil and respectful public dialogue; and to shape political choices in the coming election in light of Catholic teaching.

The statement lifts up our dual heritage as both faithful Catholics and American citizens with rights and duties as participants in the civil order.

Read Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship: A Call to Political Responsibility from the Catholic Bishops of the United States (en Español), which provides a framework for Catholics in the United States. Go to www.faithfulcitizenship. org for more information. You can view a number of YouTube videos on Faithful Citizenship and Catholics participating in public life here: https://www.youtube.com/ playlist?list=PL18AF7577177E12D9

What does it mean to form my conscience?

Catholics have a long tradition of engagement in the public square. Sometimes that engagement requires making difficult moral decisions that impact our own lives and those of others. Our conscience can help guide the decisions we make. The Second Vatican Council guides us: “Always summoning [one] to love good and avoid evil, the voice of conscience can when necessary speak to [one’s] heart more specifically: do this, shun that” (Gaudium et Spes 16). However, our conscience doesn’t just come to us when we are born. We must work throughout our lives to form it through prayer, learning, and conversation.

How do I form my conscience?

It takes time to form our consciences so that we can make well-reasoned judgments about particular, real-life situations. The Church teaches that it is important to work continually on conscience formation so we can be prepared to make decisions whenever the opportunity arises. Some specific ideas to form your conscience are: 1) Begin by being open to the truth and what is right.

2) Study Sacred Scripture and the teaching of the Church.

3) Examine the facts and background information about various choices and be discerning in where we gather information.

4) Prayerfully reflect to discern the will of God (Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, no. 18).

Additionally, it is important to consider how Catechism of the Catholic Church (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Libreria Editrice Vaticana–United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), 2000, no 1777 1

our community of faith can help us form good consciences through some of these steps: 1) Seek the prudent advice and good example of trusted leaders and others to support and enlighten our conscience.

2) Learn about the authoritative teaching of the Church.

3) Pray for the gifts of the Holy Spirit to help us develop our conscience.

4) Regularly partake in an examination of conscience to hear God’s voice in your life.1 Doing the work of forming our consciences can seem daunting. Fortunately, we have many church teachings that can help us in this important task. Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship is an important resource for U.S. Catholics and helps us prayerfully reflect on how we can apply Church teaching in our civic life. “Conscience is not something that allows us to justify doing whatever we want, nor is it a mere "feeling" about what we should or should not do. Rather, conscience is the voice of God resounding in the human heart, revealing the truth to us and calling us to do what is good while shunning what is evil.”2 Here are some questions for further reflection: 1. When has my conscience guided me to “do good and avoid evil”?

2. What are some key resources I can use to form my conscience?

3. Forming conscience is a “lifelong task.”

What do I do to regularly form my conscience? What more should I do?

USCCB. Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship. Washington, DC: 2015, no. 17 2

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Find this pledge and other resources and prayers at civilizeit.org.

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Get Resources for Religious Freedom Week For the Good of All (June 22-29th) All people desire to know their Creator. All people have a natural impulse to seek the good and to live in accordance with that good. All people can flourish when they pursue the truth about God and respond to the truth. Religious freedom means that all people have the space to flourish. Religious freedom is both an American value and an important part of Catholic teaching on human dignity. When we promote religious freedom, we promote the common good and thus strengthen the life of our nation and the community of nations. Beginning June 22, the Feast of Saints Thomas More and John Fisher, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops celebrates Religious Freedom Week. Join us in promoting religious freedom For the Good of All. Find resources for prayer, education, and public action, to promote religious freedom for Catholics and for people of all faiths at usccb.org/ ReligiousFreedomWeek.

Christ Finds Us Where We Live: Exploring the Church’s Social Mission

By Cynthia Roberson, CCHD Intern

“Each of us, let repeat from the heart: no family without lodging…, no people without sovereignty, no individual without dignity…” (Pope Francis, Address at the World Meeting of Popular Movements, Bolivia) During the months of June and July, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Corpus Christi and Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Solemnity of the Corpus Christi is the unveiling of the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist during the Last Supper, the miracle of the Eucharist. When we pray a devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, we are calling to mind His love that was manifested through His death on the Cross.

Coupled, these feast days call Catholics to contemplate God’s allpowerful love and mercy, through prayer and the Eucharist. During the Covid-19 pandemic, we wonder how we will celebrate these feasts in a new way. In the face of fear and uncertainty spawned from this virus, the social teachings of the Catholic church remind us that we are one human family united in love and hope, called to transform the world with prayer an action. While we are unable to join together at Mass to receive Eucharist, we make acts of spiritual communion at home trusting God is transforming us in love. As Archbishop Wester states, “Christ and the Church finds us,” and seeks us out “where we

live.”

Catholic social teaching reminds us of the Church’s social mission to reach out to those in need, and is rooted in the proclamations of the Hebrew prophets, who taught God’s people about His love and justice. Catholic social teaching is inspired by the words of Jesus Christ, as He claimed “to bring glad tidings to the poor... liberty to captives...recovery of sight to the blind” (Lk 4:18-19). As the Catechism of the Catholic Church explains, “To receive in the truth the Body and Blood of Christ given up for the us, we must recognize Christ in the poorest” (no. 1397).

During these difficult times, let us not be controlled by the fear, but rather be open to the spirit of creativity, to reach out to others and build relationships of love and justice. Catholic social teaching provides the Church with principles to help God’s people cultivate a sense of social responsibility, built a society where each person’s dignity is recognized and protected, and to know how to address social problems with a spirit of creativity.

If you are interested in learning more about how you can participate in the social mission of the Church, and learn more about Catholic social teaching, please contact me at croberson@archdiosf. org or (505) 440-1962 to schedule an appointment for an interactive presentation (English or Spanish) via Zoom.

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2020 Census: We Need You!

By Oscar Arriaga, Media Specialist, U.S. Census Bureau

In 2020, our nation is conducting the once-a-decade census with the goal to count every person living in the United States once, only once and in the right place. Everyone matters and responding to the census helps communities get their fair share of federal funding.

Census data guides how billions of dollars in funding gets distributed to states and communities each year and helps communities create jobs, provide housing, prepare for emergencies, and build schools, roads and hospitals. The census also helps determine how many seats a state receives in Congress and state and local governments use the data to redraw boundaries for congressional districts, state legislative districts and school districts, adapting to population shifts.

Conducting the census is a massive undertaking and it requires years of planning with the support of thousands of people. The 2020 Census is easy, safe and important. Responses are safe and confidential. It’s against the law for the census to publicly release your responses in any way that could identify you or your household and we take strong precautions to keep responses safe from cyber threats.

Households throughout the U.S. have received their invitations in the mail to complete the Census. For the first time, people have the option to respond online, from their home computer or mobile device. The census provides a unique census ID that is included with the questionnaire. This allows the census to count people in the correct place. If someone does not have access to the Internet, they also have the option to respond by phone or mail, as in years past. If people need help responding in their language, staff can guide them to the phone numbers and online questionnaires available in 12 non-English languages.

Staff also have guides available in 59 languages that walk people through the process.

The U.S. Census Bureau continues to accept applications for temporary part-time positions with the 2020 Census. Here is an opportunity to be part of the Census and ensure that everyone in your community is counted. The job features flexible hours—a perfect fit if you are looking to earn extra money, even if you already have other commitments. The pay rate is $17.50 per hour for the Santa Fe County in New Mexico for Census Takers. Census takers also receive reimbursement for work-related mileage and expenses, where applicable.

For more information about the 2020 Census, please visit: www.2020census.gov

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Covid-19: A Prayer of Solidarity For all who have contracted coronavirus, We pray for care and healing.

For those who are particularly vulnerable, We pray for safety and protection.

For all who experience fear or anxiety, We pray for peace of mind and spirit.

For affected families who are facing difficult decisions between food on the table or public safety, We pray for policies that recognize their plight.

For those who do not have adequate health insurance, We pray that no family will face financial burdens alone.

For those who are afraid to access care due to immigration status, We pray for recognition of the God-given dignity of all.

For our brothers and sisters around the world, We pray for shared solidarity.

For public officials and decision makers, We pray for wisdom and guidance.

Father, during this time may your Church be a sign of hope, comfort and love to all.

Grant peace.

Grant comfort.

Grant healing.

Be with us, Lord.

Amen.

Copyright © 2020, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. All rights reserved. This text may be reproduced in whole or in part without alteration for nonprofit educational use, provided such reprints are not sold and include this notice.

Empty your CRS Rice Bowl GIVE Online or GIVE a check!

Don’t worry that you cannot return your CRS Rice Bowl to your parish or school.

We have two ways you can give!

Through CRS Rice Bowl, our Catholic community in the United States does something amazing each Lent. We come together to practice prayer, fasting and almsgiving—and by doing so we help lift families and communities out of poverty. Rice Bowl helps us to be in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in need.

GIVE your 2020 Lenten Rice Bowl Contribution online here: https://archdiocesesantafegiving.org/virtual-crs-rice-bowl

MAIL your 2020 Lenten Rice Bowl Contribution to: Archdiocese of Santa Fe Social Justice and Respect Life 4000 St. Joseph Pl. NW Albuquerque, NM 87120

Make the check to: Archdiocese of Santa Fe Put “CRS Rice Bowl” in the memo line.

Where Does Our Lenten Rice Bowl Money Go? 100% of CRS Rice Bowl contributions support projects for the poor both overseas and here in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. 25% of the contributions fund local poverty and hunger alleviation programs in dioceses across the United States.

From the Rice Bowl money collected from 82 parishes, schools and other organizations during Lent 2019, $19,160.00 went to 18 local organizations that work to alleviate hunger and homelessness in our Archdiocese: Where Does Our Lenten Rice Bowl Money Go? Click here to watch a Thank You Video from CRS Rice Bowl.

For more information about CRS Rice Bowl: www.crsricebowl.org The Archdiocese of Santa Fe entered into Chapter 11 Reorganization during the first week of December, 2018.

The utmost concern is for the victims of abuse. Our prayers are with them. The CRS Rice Bowl is NOT part of the Chapter 11 filing. 100% of your donations go to people in need in our Archdiocese and across the globe where CRS works. Christ’s loving work must endure through this. Thank you for continuing to support these efforts.

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God’s Mercy Awaits You: A Book Review

By Carol Feeney, Project Rachel Coordinator

¡Todavía puedes contribuir!

No te preocupes por no poder devolver tu cajita del Plato de Arroz de CRS a tu parroquia o escuela. ¡Tenemos dos maneras en las que puedes contribuir!

A través del Plato de Arroz de CRS, nuestra comunidad católica en los Estados Unidos hace algo sorprendente cada Cuaresma. Nos reunimos para practicar la oración, el ayuno y la limosna, y al hacerlo ayudamos a que las familias y las comunidades salgan de la pobreza. El Plato de Arroz nos ayuda a ser solidarios con nuestros hermanos y hermanas necesitados.

Puedes contribuir al Plato de Arroz de la Cuaresma 2020 aquí: https://archdiocesesantafegiving.org/virtual-crs-rice-bowl

Envía tu contribución para el Plato de Arroz de la Cuaresma 2020 a: Archdiocese of Santa Fe Social Justice and Respect Life 4000 St. Joseph Pl. NW Albuquerque, NM 87120

Haz el cheque a nombre de: Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe. Escribe "CRS Rice Bowl" en la línea del memo.

¿A dónde se va el dinero de nuestro Plato de Arroz de Cuaresma?

El 100% de las contribuciones del Plato de Arroz de Cuaresma apoyan proyectos para los pobres en el extranjero y aquí en la Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe. El 25% de las contribuciones financian programas locales de alivio de la pobreza y el hambre en las diócesis de los Estados Unidos.

Del dinero recaudado a través del Plato de Arroz en 82 parroquias, escuelas y otras organizaciones durante la Cuaresma del 2019, $19,160.00 se destinaron a 18 organizaciones locales que trabajan para aliviar el hambre y la falta de un techo en nuestra Arquidiócesis.

Para encontrar más información sobre el Plato de Arroz de CRS en español visite: https://www.crsricebowl.org/es/ Vea el video de agradecimiento: https://photos.crs.org/rb2020spavideos/he192d9c6#he192d9c6 La Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe se amparó bajo el Capítulo 11 del Código de Bancarrota -Reorganización- durante la primera semana de diciembre del 2018. La mayor preocupación es por las víctimas de abuso. Nuestras oraciones están con ellas. El Plato de Arroz de CRS NO es parte del amparo bajo el Capítulo 11. El 100% de sus donaciones van a las personas necesitadas en nuestra Arquidiócesis y en todo el mundo donde CRS trabaja. El trabajo amoroso de Cristo debe perdurar a través de esto. Gracias por seguir apoyando estos esfuerzos.

God’s Mercy Awaits You, by Sister Patricia Marie Barnette, RGS, is a must-read for women experiencing trauma from abortion and for those who accompany them as family, friends or therapists. It was recently published by Pauline Books and Media (January 22, 2020). Sister Barnette gently guides the post-abortive woman from honestly facing her abortion to accepting forgiveness, recognizing her own dignity and reclaiming a healthy and joyful future.

Denial, rationalization and distortion of the truth of events surrounding an abortion are coping mechanisms which initially serve to protect humans from trauma, but if not overcome, can prevent recovery. With gentleness and wisdom, Sister Barnette offers solutions to making the climb from being trapped in trauma, to freedom and recovery of joy. She helps the reader strengthen her faith in God and reliance on Jesus as friend and companion throughout the healing process.

The book includes tips for family, friends and counselors who support the post-abortive woman in her grief. One chapter gives an insightful description of how abortion affects men who identify with the role of protector of the family. Because men and women often process their grief so differently, mistaken perceptions and poor communication can break down trust in relationships when an abortion has occurred. However, with spiritual guidance, counseling and hard work, trust can be restored.

Women who feel unable to forgive themselves are asked to explore God’s compassionate nature and to accept that they are not excluded from his grace. This can be difficult in a state of grief and remorse, but a woman can try to recall a time from her past that she remembers receiving mercy from God; to give thanks for this mercy then make the leap of recognizing God’s offer of mercy to her now.

Sister Barnette acknowledges the difficult work of healing from abortion. With understanding and compassion, she leads the reader from despair into hope.

While never discounting the seriousness of abortion, she warns against judgement, since no one has the right to judge the state of a soul.

For anyone who has known sin and regret for misguided actions, God’s Mercy Awaits You is a wonderful book that reminds us of the frailty of human beings and the healing power of God’s love. This is an uplifting book with a happy ending. It is a good read for our times!

The book can be purchased on line, or if you wish, you may check out and download a free “e-copy” from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Ministry Resource Center.

The Ministry Resources Center is accessible on line at https://archdiosf.booksys.net/opac/archdiosf/index. html#menuHome “Drop the thorns so you can pick up flowers.” ~Sister Patricia Marie Barnette, RGS

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Archbishop John C. Wester continues to encourage New Mexico representatives to support the Catholic Relief Services plea for global help for those in need.

Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Leader McConnell, and Leader Schumer:

228 West Lexington Street Baltimore, MD 21201-3443 crs.org / crsespanol.org

On behalf of Catholic Relief Services, I would like to thank you for your commitment to supporting poor and vulnerable families in the United States and around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are encouraged that under your leadership, Congress has already appropriated roughly $1.6 billion in poverty-focused emergency supplemental funds for the Department of State and USAID to prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID-19 overseas. In times of crisis, bold and courageous U.S. leadership, partnership, and expertise will be essential to help people survive with dignity and restore their lives and communities in the years to come.

Therefore, as Congress considers the next legislative package to respond to COVID-19, we urge you to provide at least $12 billion for the international response in order to meet immediate health needs as well as mitigate second order humanitarian, economic, and social impacts. We encourage sufficiently flexible funding to react as quickly as possible to urgent, varied, and changing needs in the developing world. The threat of the virus and efforts to contain its spread have affected markets, businesses, schools and other institutions, and, most critically, the livelihoods and food security of households everywhere. Our experience from previous crises tells us that the most vulnerable communities will bear the brunt of these effects, and that existing inequalities and protection risks will be exacerbated. In addition to food security and livelihoods, we are especially concerned about risks to global stability, social cohesion, child protection, and primary education.

Catholic Relief Services’ staff and our local and national partners across the world are expanding and adapting existing programming to prevent the spread and reduce the risk of COVID�19 in some of the most vulnerable communities. We are addressing the needs of the highest�risk populations—especially older people, people with disabilities, people with compromised immune systems and their caregivers, and vulnerable children. We are also focusing on those living in extreme poverty, and those already experiencing a crisis or natural disaster, such as refugees or migrant communities.

USAID has been hard at work instituting new policies and utilizing existing flexibility to help implementing partners like CRS adapt to the new local realities of the operational impacts of COVID-19. As CRS continues to serve the needs of the most vulnerable, we recognize that substantially more resources will be needed as the disease spreads and its impacts expand in every country.

In addition to allocating emergency resources for the international response, we ask you to support the broader charitable nonprofit sector's requests related to COVID-19, including expanding nonprofit access to credit and increasing the abovethe-line deduction for charitable contributions.

In an interconnected and fragile world, our ability to stand with the poor, our capacity to promote the common good, and our willingness to aggressively commit to resolving this crisis in all corners of the globe will have a direct impact on our families and communities here in the U.S. We call on Congress to provide at least $12 billion for the international response and to support our poorest and most vulnerable brothers and sisters. We thank you for your steadfast leadership and welcome the opportunity to discuss our work and request at your convenience.

Sincerest regards,

Sean Callahan President& CEO Catholic Relief Services

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CRS GLOBAL HUNGER COVID-19 As acute hunger is expected to double in vulnerable populations because of the coronavirus pandemic, CRS launched an advocacy campaign May 14, 2020, to raise awareness about the world’s hungriest people.

Corn farmer Aroldo Antonio Linares Jacome shows some of his crop at his San Jose La Arada, Guatemala, farm Sept. 10, 2019, using a proven practice of managing soil to manage water and increase yields. (CNS Photo/Katlyn Holland, Catholic Relief Services)

Laborers carry bags of wheat on to roof-high stacks at a warehouse operated by Ethiopia’s National Disaster Risk Management Commission in Shinile, Ethiopia, Feb. 9, 2019 (CNS Photo/Will Baxter, Catholic Relief Services)

Febedu Mehari serves a meal of injera and a yellow split pea dish to her children in Hadush Emba, Ethiopia, Feb. 7, 2019.. (CNS Photo/Will Baxter, Catholic Relief Services)

Community members plant sisal on sand dunes to stabilize them and keep them from blowing and moving onto the farm land near the village of Anjongo, Madagascar, March 22, 2019. (CNS Photo/Jim Stipe, Catholic Relief Services)

Workers unload food commodities from Catholic Relief Services and USAID in the village of Behera, near Tulear, Madagascar, Oct. 22, 2016.(CNS Photo/Nancy McNally, Catholic Relief Services).

A man carries a bag of wheat supplied by Catholic Relief Services and USAID for emergency food assistance in a village near Shashemane, Ethiopia, in this 2016 photo. As acute hunger is expected to double in vulnerable populations because of the coronavirus pandemic, CRS launched an advocacy campaign May 14, 2020, to raise awareness about the world’s hungriest people. (CNS Photo/Nancy McNally, Catholic Relief Services)

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Humanitarian Grant Redirected to COVID-29 Relief For the past few years, Catholic Charities of New Mexico’s In-Kind Donation Center has received support from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to increase and improve our outreach to the poor and vulnerable here in Albuquerque. This support comes in many forms: prayers, volunteers and a Humanitarian Grant which provides food, hygiene and cleaning supplies through the Bishop’s Warehouse.

Last year, we applied and received an additional grant for our Asylee Support program, Companions on the Journey. Sadly, that compassionate program came to an abrupt halt in June 2019 and the grant remained unused.

Fast forward to 2020: the COVID-19 pandemic has presented new challenges in how we continue our outreach programs to the homeless and refugee families through Catholic Charities. Most of our donations come from faith communities, schools, and people of goodwill, but all donations had to be halted on March 16th because of the possibility of virus transmission on material donations. Protecting our families who receive the donations as well as our staff/volunteers who sort and deliver the donations was a priority. For the time being, the In-Kind Donation Center has been put on hold.

What never goes on “hold” are the needs in our community along with the Christian imperative to reach out in support to the poor and vulnerable in our community. Catholic Charities contacted our friends in service at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and requested that the Asylum Seeker’s Humanitarian grant be repurposed as the COVID-19 grant. That request was kindly granted, and within weeks, we placed an order and received food and toilet paper. The food and supplies were distributed at our Mobile Food Pantry, delivered to homebound senior citizens, and provided to families and individuals at our homeless and refugee housing setups.

It is with joy that we serve our brothers and sisters in need, and it is with joy that we do not have to do this alone. With grateful hearts, we thank our friends at the Bishop’s Storehouse for their support and tireless work to help those in need.

Refugee Students Connect Outside the Classroom Following school closures and “shelter at home” orders, high school students from the Bosque School and Albuquerque Academy joined the effort to support Catholic Charities’ families. Over 30 students have offered their time and support for International Club programs helping refugee youth to stay connected and engaged in learning while isolated at home.

Bosque School students in the Amnesty International Club have continued volunteering with students they’d met at Van Buren Middle School. Each of these Amnesty students has served as a tutor and mentor for International Club youth through the school year. Since COVID-19 impacted our in-person meetings, Bosque students have continued to stay in contact through pen pal letters delivered through Bosque’s Service Learning Director, Anna Rutins. Complete with homemade gifts, puzzles, decorated envelopes and thoughtful questions these remind our youth someone is thinking of them. Bosque students have also created dignity bags for families and have joined in on weekly Zoom game times that have been fun and beneficial for all.

A collaboration co-created by the Albuquerque Academy’s Director of Community and Global Citizenship, Dara Johnson, and Academy’s 10th-12th grade students is the “Learning Partners Project.” This program provides individual tutoring for international

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students. With a focus on providing technology instruction and ESL support to the older students in the International Club, “Learning Partners” are meeting on Zoom twice a week. All students involved are benefitting from one-on-one support of homework needs, Chromebook use and conversations in English.

Albuquerque Academy students are also joining in for a weekly social night, giving everyone space to just talk and hang out. As one Academy student said, “Meeting with everyone one-on-one and in small groups is really fun and I love talking with them.” New friendships are developing and students are experiencing success in meeting their goals.

During a time where the normal activities for high school students has been so greatly disrupted, we are grateful to these students for giving their time to support others.

A Message of Appreciation to Catholic Charities Adult Learning and Children’s Learning Center Teachers I am awed by your daily dedication to the students and children of Catholic Charities in these very difficult times. You bring creativity, originality and intellect to the work of knocking down the barriers that this virus has created in our everyday lives. I can only manage the challenge that keeping a mask on the faces of our three year olds must be! Helping a struggling adult student, knowing they may be learning on a cellphone, having to navigate technology AND language simultaneously is an unbelievable feat for both teacher and learner.

This time in our lives has exposed the fact that teachers have been underappreciated by our society for far too long. You are among a small elite group of humanity that have truly shaped the world.

Teacher’s Appreciation Week (May 5-12) is just a week; it should be every day we that we recognize the importance of your work in our society. I am especially grateful for the commitment to your students and your contribution to Catholic Charities.

Thank you.

Jim

Continue to Give

Are you looking for ways to continue supporting Catholic Charities through Coronavirus? Donate to our COVID-19 relief fund on our website at www. ccasfnm.org. We are working hard to find new ways to provide services to our community through this public health emergency. With your help, we can continue finding creative solutions that allow us continue to serve, while keeping employees and the people we serve as safe as possible.

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Stewardship Corner

What does Stewardship Mean to You? James Gannon

Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Charities

In normal times, stewardship is carrying your fair share of the load for the benefit of your community, parish and neighbors.

It is contributing to help the parish remodel and modernize its facility for our youth.

Stewardship is not giving a comfortable amount; it is giving a fair amount. It is also giving time to help the youth in your parish to understand the complexities of Catholicism. It is not only what you believe; it’s how you behave, how you participate, how you contribute on behalf the person you’ve never known.

Stewardship is giving and investing in a society to be prepared to face the challenges of humanity and share in the abundance of God’s blessings. God does not give blessings for us to hoard.

Today at Catholic Charities the practice of stewardship occurs in new ways as our staff is sharing home workspace with their children and spouses. Childcare professionals are caring for essential workers’ children; case managers help families move from a car parked behind a Walmart into an apartment. We watch the news with hope, wait for improved outcomes and know that helping our neighbor is what we are called to do.

Office of Stewardship 505-831-8173 www.stewardshiparchdiosf.org

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A man walks past an anti-racism mural by street artist Nath Murdoch in Peterborough, England, June 2, 2020. (CNS photo/Joe Giddens, PA Images via Reuters)

Statement of U.S. Bishop Chairmen in Wake of Death of George Floyd and National Protests

WASHINGTON – Seven U.S. bishop chairmen of committees within the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops have issued a statement in the wake of the death of Mr. George Floyd and the protests which have broken out in Minneapolis and in other cities in the United States.

Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux, chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism; Archbishop Nelson J. Pérez of Philadelphia, chairman of the Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church; Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development; Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities; Bishop Joseph C. Bambera of Scranton, chairman of the Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs; Bishop David G. O’Connell, auxiliary bishop of Los Angeles, chairman of the Subcommittee on the Catholic Campaign for Human Development; and Bishop Joseph N. Perry, auxiliary bishop of Chicago, chairman of the Subcommittee on African American Affairs have issued the following statement: We are broken-hearted, sickened, and outraged to watch

another video of an African American man being killed before our very eyes. What’s more astounding is that this is happening within mere weeks of several other such occurrences. This is the latest wake-up call that needs to be answered by each of us in a spirit of determined conversion.

Racism is not a thing of the past or simply a throwaway political issue to be bandied about when convenient. It is a real and present danger that must be met head on. As members of the Church, we must stand for the more difficult right and just actions instead of the easy wrongs of indifference. We cannot turn a blind eye to these atrocities and yet still try to profess to respect every human life. We serve a God of love, mercy, and justice.

While it is expected that we will plead for peaceful non-violent protests, and we certainly do, we also stand in passionate support of communities that are understandably outraged. Too many communities around this country feel their voices are not being heard, their complaints about racist treatment are unheeded, and we are not doing enough to point out that this deadly treatment is antithetical to the Gospel of Life.

As we said eighteen months ago in our most recent pastoral letter against racism, Open Wide Our Hearts, for people of color some interactions with police can be fraught with fear and even danger. People of good conscience must never turn a blind eye

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WORLD NEWS when citizens are being deprived of their human dignity and even their lives. Indifference is not an option. “As bishops, we unequivocally state that racism is a life issue.”

We join Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda of St. Paul and Minneapolis in praying for the repose of the soul of Mr. George Floyd and all others who have lost their lives in a similar manner.

We plead for an end to the violence in the wake of this tragedy and for the victims of the rioting. We pray for comfort for grieving families and friends. We pray for peace across the United States, particularly in Minnesota, while the legal process moves forward.

We also anticipate a full investigation that results in rightful accountability and actual justice.

We join our brother bishops to challenge everyone to come together, particularly with those who are from different cultural backgrounds. In this encounter, let us all seek greater understanding amongst God’s people. So many people who historically have been disenfranchised continue to experience sadness and pain, yet they endeavor to persevere and remain people of great faith. We encourage our pastors to encounter and more authentically accompany them, listen to their stories, and learn from them, finding substantive ways to enact systemic change. Such encounters will start to bring about the needed transformation of our understanding of true life, charity, and justice in the United States. Hopefully, then there will be many voices speaking out and seeking healing against the evil of racism in our land.

As we anticipate the Solemnity of Pentecost this weekend, we call upon all Catholics to pray and work toward a new outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Let us pray for a supernatural desire to rid ourselves of the harm that bias and prejudice cause. We call upon Catholics to pray to the Holy Spirit for the Spirit of Truth to touch the hearts of all in the United States and to come down upon our criminal justice and law enforcement systems. Finally, let each and every Catholic, regardless of their ethnicity, beg God to heal our deeply broken view of each other, as well as our deeply broken society.

“Vatican official: Racism is ‘spiritual’ virus that must be wiped out

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Much like the coronavirus pandemic, racism is a “spiritual” virus that has spread throughout the world and must be eradicated, said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. “I would compare (racism) to COVID-19, but it is a virus of the spirit, a cultural virus that, if not isolated, spreads quickly,” Archbishop Paglia told Catholic News Service June 1. The Italian archbishop commented on the May 25 death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis and the subsequent protests throughout the United States. Floyd, 46, was arrested by police on suspicion of forgery.

Once he was handcuffed, a white officer pinned him down on the street, putting his knee on Floyd’s neck for eight minutes. A now widely circulated video shows Floyd repeatedly saying, “I can’t breathe.” He appears to lose consciousness or die and was later declared dead at the hospital. Archbishop Paglia told CNS that just as people were called to self-isolate in order to care for one another, racism can only be defeated by people caring for each other.

Supreme Court rejects appeals to lift restrictions on congregation size

By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A divided Supreme Court May 29 chose not to intervene in an emergency appeal by a church in Southern California to lift COVID-19 restrictions that limit congregation sizes.

The justices responded just before midnight with a 5-4 vote in the case filed May 26 by South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista, California, near San Diego. The church had argued that California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s reopening orders violated the Constitution because they placed fewer restrictions on some secular businesses than they did on houses of worship.

The church wanted to hold its regular services Sunday, May 31, on Pentecost. Currently, the state’s restrictions limit church attendance to 100 attendees or 25% of the church capacity, whichever is lower.

“The precise question of when restrictions on particular social activities should be lifted during the pandemic is a dynamic and fact-intensive matter subject to reasonable disagreement,” wrote Chief Justice John Roberts in an opinion concurring with the unsigned ruling.

In his five-paragraph opinion, Roberts stressed these guidelines appear “consistent with the free exercise clause of the First Amendment.”

“Similar or more severe restrictions apply to comparable secular gatherings, including lectures, concerts, movie showings, spectator sports and theatrical performances, where large groups of people gather in close proximity for extended periods of time,” he wrote.

He also said the state’s order “exempts or treats more leniently only dissimilar activities, such as operating grocery stores, banks and laundromats, in which people neither congregate in large groups nor remain in close proximity for extended periods.”

The chief justice also noted that COVID-19 has killed thousands of people in California and more than 100,000 in the United States with still “no known cure, no effective treatment and no vaccine.”

He also noted people “may be infected but asymptomatic” and could unknowingly infect others. The state’s order restricting crowd sizes, he said, was a means to “address this extraordinary health emergency.”

A three-page dissent written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, joined

by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, argued that restrictions on the number of participants at church services did violate the Constitution.

Kavanaugh argued that businesses that are not subject to size restrictions, such as supermarkets, restaurants, hair salons and cannabis dispensaries, are comparable to gatherings at houses of worship.

“The church and its congregants simply want to be treated equally,” he wrote, adding that California “trusts its residents and any number of businesses to adhere to proper social distancing and hygiene practices.”

Richard Garnett, law school professor at the University of Notre Dame and director of the university’s Program on Church, State and Society, said the court’s decision shows how “it can be challenging to identify discrimination or unequal treatment.”

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WORLD NEWS “It is well established that governments and officials may not discriminate against religious activities, even when it is regulating in the interest of the public good. Religious freedom is not absolute, and it is subject to limits, but regulations may not single out religious exercise for disapproval or disadvantage,” he said.

In a statement, Garnett said arguments about equality and discrimination involve the question: “compared to what?” And in this case, the justices disagreed about what kinds of activities church services should be compared to for public health purposes.

Kavanaugh said the same rules for stores should apply to churches and the court’s majority said the same restrictions on churches also are applied to gatherings like concerts, movie showings, spectator sports and theatrical performances.

Garnett said the ruling “does not necessarily mean that California’s current regulations are justified or constitutional or that they would be upheld after more developed and careful review.”

Charles LiMandri, special counsel to the Thomas More Society, a national nonprofit law firm based in Chicago that represented the California church, said the court’s ruling was disappointing, but the case is “far from over.”

He said the decision was based on “the high standard required to get an emergency injunction” but the case would likely make its way to the high court again and the next time it should get “a better result for religious liberty.”

On May 29, the court also, without noted dissent, turned down a request from two Romanian American Christian churches in the Chicago area arguing that Illinois’ reopening guidelines, with its 10-person limit for houses of worship, violated the Constitution.

In a two-paragraph order, the court said the state’s public health department had just issued new guidance on church-participation restrictions May 28 and the churches could file “a new motion for appropriate relief if circumstances warrant.”

Knights ‘praying for years’ for beatification, says Anderson

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Father Michael McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus, may be an ideal prospective saint for the current age, said Carl A. Anderson, supreme knight of the international fraternal order.

“We’ve been praying for years for this to occur, and finally this day has arrived,” he told Catholic News Service May 27. First, he’s a pro-life hero. The miracle recognized by the Vatican paving the way for his beatification CNS file photo occurred in 2015 and involved an U.S. baby, still in utero, with a life-threatening condition that, under most circumstances, could have led to an abortion. He was found to be healed after his family prayed to Father McGivney. “The Vatican likes to be the one to discuss more details than that,” Anderson said. The Vatican announced early May 27 that Pope Francis, who met with the board of directors of the Knights of Columbus in February, had signed the decree recognizing the miracle through the intercession of Father McGivney. Once he is beatified, he will be given the title “Blessed.”

Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing the way for his beatification. Father McGivney is pictured in an undated portrait. (CNS file photo) See POPEMIRACLE-MCGIVNEY May 27, 2020.

Learn from people’s suffering, forge new ways of living, pope says VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As pain, fear and anger fueled riots across the United States, Pope Francis wrote to the priests of the Diocese of Rome, urging them to learn from the suffering of the coronavirus and start building new communities of care for one another. “Dear brothers,” he wrote, “as a priestly community we are called to announce and prophesy the future, like the sentinel announcing the dawn that brings a new day: Either it will be something new, or it will be much, much worse.” Pope Francis said he wanted to write the letter, released by the Vatican May 30, the eve of Pentecost, because he had not been able to celebrate the Holy Week chrism Mass with the priests of his diocese. The letter made no mention of what was happening in the United States, but it did trace an outline of attitudes and actions Christians should have in facing the aftermath of the epidemic and forging a new way of relating to others. Pope Francis also said he had heard from many priests about the suffering and challenges they faced as they watched parishioners die from the coronavirus or work to the point of exhaustion in health care and other essential services, yet the lockdown meant they could not celebrate Mass with their people or, in most cases, visit face to face with people who were hurting.

Catholic leaders in COVID crisis encouraged by faith, others’ example WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a May 28 Facebook Live discussion, two Catholic leaders stressed how the current pandemic is far from over and how in the midst of so much suffering they also have witnessed incredible moments of grace. The discussion, on the Facebook page of Faith in Public Life, a Washington-based advocacy group, was led

by John Gehring, the group’s Catholic program director. He spoke with Sister Kathleen Gallivan, a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur and director of spiritual care services at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and Kevin Ryan, president and CEO of Covenant House in New York, a global network that serves homeless and trafficked youth. When asked what the past few months have been like, Sister Kathleen said the hospital, in the heart of Boston, at one point had 200 COVID-19 patients. “It’s like you’re in a war zone is what it feels like a lot,” she said of the tests needed just to come in the building and the required masks and protocol. A priority for her office is to link patients, who are not allowed visitors, with their families, primarily through donated iPads or tablets. The office also has been providing staff support for medical personnel facing not only physical losses but personal challenges and fears when they go home each day, worried they could bring the virus with them.

Ryan said Covenant House has faced the challenge of many of its young people and staff members alike suffering from COVID-19. The organization converted rooms, and an entire floor in its New York City location, to provide health care. A few staff members had to be hospitalized and two died from COVID-related symptoms.

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WORLD NEWS From Vatican Gardens, pope leads rosary to pray for pandemic’s end VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- With a religious sister who survived COVID-19 and a woman who lost her mother to the coronavirus, Pope Francis led the recitation of rosary and asked Mary to intercede to save the world from the pandemic.

More than 100 people joined Pope Francis May 30 for the early evening prayer in the Vatican Gardens at a replica of Pope Francis prays at the Lourdes grotto the grotto during a Marian prayer service in the Vatican at Lourdes, Gardens May 30, 2020. CNS photo/Vatican France. More than 50 Marian Media shrines around the world, including Lourdes and the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, were connected by satellite. Pope Francis did not make remarks or offer a meditation during the service. Instead he opened and closed the evening with the prayers he had asked Catholics to pray during the month of May, a month traditionally dedicated to Mary. He began by entrusting everyone to Mary under the title “Health of the Sick.”

Each decade of the rosary was led by a person directly impacted by the virus, including COVID-19 survivors Giovanni De Cerce and Sister Zelia Andrighetti, superior general of the Daughters of St. Camillus.

VATICAN MUSEUMS REOPEN VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican Museums, Vatican Apostolic Archives and Vatican Library will reopen June 1, almost three months after being closed as part of the lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The closure of the museums dealt a major financial blow to the Vatican; more than 6 million people visit the museums each year, generating an income of more than $100 million. The closure of the archives interrupted scholars’ long-

A man wearing a protective face mask visits the Vatican Museums June 1, 2020. The museums had been closed for months in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. (CNS photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters) anticipated access to the archives of Pope Pius XII. Material related to the pope and his actions during World War II became available to scholars March 2, but that access ended a week later with the lockdown. To reopen the facilities, the Vatican has instituted a series of precautionary measures in line with health and safety guidelines. Access to the museums, archives and library will be by reservation only, face masks are required, and social distancing must be maintained. A notice on the archives’ website informed scholars that while it would reopen June 1, it will close again June 26 for its usual summer break. Only 15 scholars a day will be admitted in June and only in the morning.

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Archbishop John C. Wester’s Directives Regarding Phase One Reopening of Churches Archbishop Wester introduces/reiterates the following concerning public Mass in consideration of the fact that longer exposure increases the danger of transmission of COVID-19: Sunday homilies should be less than five minutes/daily homilies three minutes.

Use Eucharistic Prayer 2 only for the present.

Greetings/announcement periods should be no more than 30 seconds each.

Simply recite rather than sing the parts of the Mass The intent is to minimize exposure. These restrictions are even more important in special liturgies which contain added rites such as funerals, confirmation, etc. Also, remember that many people have trouble breathing while masked, and so a shorter Mass aids them in being able to attend.

Please also observe Archbishop’s recommended change in reception of Holy Communion: Once communicants receive the host in the hand, they proceed outside the church for 10-20 feet prior to lowering the mask and reverently consuming it. This is a recommendation rather than a directive and is up to the pastor’s discretion.

Rest in Peace

Brother Bart Wolf, OFM (1942-2020) On December 22, 1942, Fred Wolf and Marie Mausser gave birth to a son, Christened Gerhart Wolf, in present-day Brejize, Slovenia. The Wolf family immigrated to the United States and settled in Kansas City, Missouri in 1950. Gerhart became a U.S. citizen on June 16, 1955, at just 12 years of age. He attended De La Salle Military Academy for high school,

and later Donnally Junior College.

While in school, he visited the Navajo Reservation on a mission service trip, which led to his call to religious life.

Gerhart entered the Order of the Friars Minor on August 15, 1966, where he was given the religious name Bart, by which he was known the rest of his life. He made first vows on August 16, 1967 and his lifetime commitment to the Franciscans on September 5, 1970. Brother Bart served in many ways and communities including being part of the Brothers Work Crew based at St. Michaels, Arizona and working all over the Navajo Reservation, as well as at St. Joseph Mission in Laguna Pueblo, NM, and developing the Franciscan Studio for custom woodworking in Pena Blanca, NM before moving it to Albuquerque.

When Brother Bart was transferred from his ministry in the Pueblo of Laguna, he was presented with a handcrafted bow and arrow by parishioners there with a note that

read, “We would like to present you with this bow and arrow as a thanks for choosing your calling to be God’s helper and walking side by side with us to lead our people to do God’s will.” Brother Bart also worked to build God’s kingdom by guiding men entering Franciscan formation in the novitiate programs of both St. John the Baptist in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Our Lady of Guadalupe Provinces here in the Southwest.

For 25 years, Brother Bart literally “built” the kingdom of God through skillful woodworking. In his Franciscan Studio he created fine and beautiful liturgical furnishings for churches and chapels. Over thirty of his commissioned pieces can be seen in New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Utah, Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, and Wisconsin. In New Mexico, Brother Bart’s beautifully crafted pieces grace these churches: Our Lady of Fatima, Prince of Peace Catholic Church, and Mesa View United Methodist Church (Albuquerque), San Albino Church

(Las Cruces), St. Francis Basilica and Sangre de Cristo Center (Santa Fe), St. Peter Catholic Church (Roswell), Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church (Truth or Consequences), Santa Rosa de Lima Church (Santa Rosa), San Jose Chapel (Laguna Pueblo), Christ in the Desert Monastery (Abiquiu), San Diego Church (Tesuque Pueblo), St. Anthony Mission Church (Zuni) and Our Lady of Guadalupe Church (Pojoaque). Brother Bart’s legacy in wood will last a long time here on earth and a friend shared that, “He is probably building churches and furnishing them in heaven.”

Brother Bart died on Thursday, May 14, 2020. He succumbed to COVID-19, after dealing for the past four years with Parkinson’s Disease and a recent stroke. He will be missed and mourned by the friars of Our Lady of Guadalupe Province, his brother Fred (Jeanine) Wolf, and numerous nieces and nephews. He is proceeded in death by his parents and his sister Lottie Wolf Halcomb.

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World Refugee Day

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Father’s Day

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Religious Freedom Week

Sat, July 4

Independence Day

Sat, Aug 15

Feast of the Assumption

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Sunday Live-Streamed Masses with Archbishop Wester will be streamed from the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi at 10 a.m. Mass will be uploaded by the Cathedral on their YouTube channel later that Sunday afternoon, or you can listen to Archbishop’s Mass at 10 a.m. on www. kswvradio.com . Videos are courtesy of Cathedral staff and are streamed on the Cathedral’s Facebook page (@ CathedralBasilicaOfStFrancisOfAssisi)

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-My50TV. Cable or satellite providers on KRQE TV-13, KBIM TV-10, KREZ TV-6, FOX 2 American Sign Language (ASL) InterpretedTV 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

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