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Sculpture of “Descendimiento” by William Rodwell located at San Felipe de Neri, Old Town
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Annual Catholic Appeal Appreciation Event By Karin Wrasman, Director, Annual Catholic Appeal Foundation
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The Annual Catholic Appeal Foundation recently held an appreciation event, “Tea and Taize”, for our donors at St. Pius X High School. This event was an opportunity to share our gratitude, fellowship and to learn of the abundant work being done through ACA donations. The afternoon began with condensed Taize prayer. Taize prayer is an ecumenical prayer service the Office of Youth & Young Adult ministry offers once per month in collaboration with the Norbertine Community. This was an opportunity
Archbishop John C. Wester extends his gratitude to ACA donors.
Annual Catholic Appeal donors, Ms. Agatha Saint Leon, a Grenada native, and Mrs. Louise Davis don their finest at the festive “Tea and Taize” event. for fellowship and to experience the actual ministry work of one of the offices the Annual Catholic Appeal supports. Our donors, who were present that day, expressed a wonderful feeling of spirituality. Refreshment was also offered in tea and light snacks. This was also a time to visit and engage with many of the ministries and services that are funded through the donations to the Annual Catholic Appeal Foundation. The ministries, Catholic Schools Office and the Office of Worship and Liturgy all had tables and representation at the event to share with our donors the work they are doing.
Cover photo entitled “Deposition with Six Figures” is an original sculpture by William Rodwell, an American artist. Mr. Rodwell created the piece in 1968 while living and working in Pietrasanta, Italy, in the region of Tuscany. The figures were cast in bronze at the world renowned Tommasi Foundry. The sculpture’s base
Many donors were surprised at how many different ministries and services the Annual Catholic Appeal supports! This day highlighted about nine of 30 different ministries that ACA donations provide funding. His Excellency, Archbishop John C. Wester, also addressed the donors with a message of gratitude. To learn more about what the Annual Catholic Appeal funding supports, and to hear Archbishop Wester’s message to ACA donors, please visit our website at www.acaarchdiosf.org, or call our office at 505.831-8239. All funding to ACA remains with the ministries indicated and does not go toward legal claims.
is made of linden wood, while the cross is made from a local wood of unknown variety. Mr. Rodwell has donated the sculpture to inspire the community of San Felipe de Neri and all those who visit the church. He is happily convinced the sculpture has found its rightful home.
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Prayer Intentions MAY/MAYO The Church in Africa, a Seed of Unity That the Church in Africa, through the commitment of its members, may be the seed of unity among her peoples and a sign of hope for this continent. La Iglesia en África, fermento de unidad Para que, a través del compromiso de sus miembros, la Iglesia en África sea un fermento de unidad entre los pueblos, un signo de esperanza para este continente.
Pope Francis reads a card from a child as he welcomes 23 new recruits to the Swiss Guard May 4, 2019, at the Vatican as well as their family members. The pope encouraged the new recruits to be holy and a source of encouragement and inspiration to others during their service. The values they learn by living in military barracks, such as understanding diversity, dialogue and loyalty will serve them well in life, he told them. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
NOTICE Rev. John Trambley was appointed as priest-notary effective April 16, 2018.
Annual Catholic Appeal Recipient Spotlight AFRICAN AMERICAN CATHOLIC COMMUNITY In the context of our mulitcultural Church, the Afridan American Catholic Community (AACC) supports and reinforces the African AMerican Catholic family and individuals. They invite, challenge and develop and appreciation of the African American culture through liturgical, social, spiritual and educational programs, praying that their cullture will enhance the universality of the Church and the cause of evangelization. To learn more visit our website at: http://www.acaarchdiosf.org Click on ‘Pastoral Ministries Division’ in the left navigation menu and then click on the ‘Social Justice and Respect Life’ hyperlink. From there you can visit the main SJRL website where AACC is featured
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Our newest section, ACA Recipient Spotlight, will regularly highlight ministries and organizations supported by donations to the ACA.
Donations to the ACA Foundation remain a major funding source to our ministries and services during and beyond the Archdiocesan Chapter 11 Reorganization. ACA is not part of the bankruptcy filing. All donations remain confidential and do not fund legal claims. Las donaciones a la Fundación ACA siguen siendo una fuente importante de financiamiento para nuestros ministerios y servicios durante este tiempo y más allá de la reorganización del Capítulo 11 de la Arquidiócesis. ACA no es parte de la declaración de bancarrota. Las donaciones recibidas por ACA son confidenciales y no financian demandas legales.
Inside This Month’s Issue 2 ACA Tea & Taize 4 Archbishop’s Letter: Encountering the Risen Christ 8 El Descendimiento 9 An Easter Reflection: A Faith That Matters 10 For I Was Hungry 11 A Message from Damaris Thillet, ASF’s New Director of Worship 12 Vocations 17 Catholic Education 21 Social Justice 25 Catholic Extension: Nationwide Effort to Help Migrants 28 World News 31 Safe Environment 31 Publication of Bar Date Notice 32 Archbishop Wester’s Schedule 35 May, Celebrating Mary 36 Ordinations
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Encountering the Risen Christ we notice the grave clothes lying in the tomb, we see the nail marks in Christ’s hands and sides, and we learn of Jesus eating fish with His followers on the lake shore. True, He has a glorified body – He is not simply resuscitated back into an earthly existence – but the connection between the earthly Jesus and the risen Christ is significant: just as the resurrection of Christ gives the earthly Jesus new life, so too does it give new life to His body, the Church; that is, to you and me.
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s we celebrate Easter this year, it occurs to me that we Catholics are in danger of seeing this central doctrine of our faith as an intellectual abstraction rather than considering how Christ’s resurrection touches our lives in the here and now. We may see Christ’s victory over sin and death as a wonderful turn of events for Jesus who died such a horrible death, but do we see how His resurrection affects me? The Gospel writers make very significant links between the resurrected Christ and the Jesus who walked with us on this earth. With the disciples,
This means that we, the living stones of the Church, members of Christ’s body, are already experiencing the first installments of the resurrection. We will have to wait for the end of time before we take our place with Christ in heaven, but we can and do experience the new life Christ makes possible through his resurrection right here and now. Just as the resurrection had an immediate impact on Christ’s body, it has an immediate influence on us as individuals and as a Church. For just this reason, we spent all of Lent preparing to renew our baptismal promises. It was at baptism that we were made one with Christ,
and at baptism we became intimate sharers in His Paschal mystery – His suffering, death and resurrection. Christ, the alpha and the omega, takes us immediately and intimately into His life-giving embrace and works in us constantly throughout our lives, freeing us from sin and calling us to new life each moment, including right here and now. We look forward to the fullness of His kingdom in heaven one day, but we give thanks for the ways in which we are already experiencing that kingdom in this life. Easter is the time to allow the resurrection of Christ to transform us and our relationships. As the Paschal candle symbolizes, Easter shines a bright light on each of us, calling us to new life. This is a time for deepening the bonds of marriage, family ties and friendships. It is a time to break free from habits of sin that weigh us down and destroy the hope and joy that God desires for each of us. It is a time to reach out to others in charity, giving of time, talent and treasure and discovering how much we receive when we are selfless rather than selfish. This is a season of grace.
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Easter is a time when our lives are transformed by allowing the grace of the resurrection to work in us now. The Resurrection is a transformation, not only for Jesus but for us. This is the message of Easter. Like Mary Magdalene in John’s Gospel, who “turned around” at the empty tomb to encounter Christ on Easter morning, you and I are called to “turn our lives around” so that we can embrace the risen Christ. Like Saint Thomas, we are invited to touch His hands and side to reassure ourselves that He exists in this world. We are asked to open our eyes and our hearts to see how Jesus of Nazareth has truly risen, appearing to us now with the gifts of grace and new life. This transforming touch of Christ comes to us as we spend time in quiet prayer, read the Scriptures and, most especially, when we gather for Eucharist to experience the suffering, death and resurrection of Christ sacramentally. Each time we “do this in remembrance” of Him, we encounter the living and risen Christ who invites us to experience the kingdom here and now. Then, we are sent out to live our transformation in the here and now of our daily lives. We are, after all, an Easter people, and “Alleluia” is our song. May our encounter of the Risen Christ transform all of us this Easter Season! Sincerely Yours in the Risen Lord Most Rev. John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe
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celebrar la Pascua este año, se me ocurre que los católicos corremos el peligro de considerar que la doctrina central de nuestra fe es un concepto intelectual en lugar de detenernos a pensar de qué manera la resurrección de Cristo toca nuestra vida aquí y ahora. Tal vez consideremos que la victoria de Cristo sobre el pecado y la muerte es un giro maravilloso que dieron los acontecimientos para Jesús que murió tan horriblemente, pero ¿nos damos cuenta de cómo nos afecta su resurrección? Los autores de los Evangelios establecen vínculos de mucha importancia entre el Cristo resucitado y el Jesús que caminó con nosotros en la Tierra. Al igual que los discípulos, nos damos cuenta de los lienzos puestos en
el suelo de la tumba, notamos las marcas de los clavos en las manos y la marca en el costado de Cristo, y hemos aprendido que Jesús comió pescado con sus seguidores a la orilla del lago. Es verdad que tiene un cuerpo glorificado —no ha simplemente resucitado pasando de nuevo a una existencia terrenal— pero la conexión entre el Jesús terrenal y el Cristo resucitado es significativa: así como la resurrección de Cristo da nueva vida al Jesús terrenal, así también da nueva vida a su cuerpo, la Iglesia; es decir, a todos nosotros. Esto significa que nosotros, las piedras vivas de la Iglesia, miembros del cuerpo de Cristo, ya estamos experimentando las primeras etapas de la resurrección. Tendremos que esperar hasta el fin de los tiempos para poder tomar nuestro lugar con Cristo en el cielo, pero podemos experimentar, y de hecho experimentamos, la nueva vida que Cristo hace posible ahora mismo a través de su resurrección. Así como la resurrección tuvo un impacto inmediato en el cuerpo de Cristo, también tiene una influencia inmediata en nosotros como personas y como Iglesia. Sólo por esta razón, pasamos toda la Cuaresma preparándonos para renovar nuestras promesas bautismales. Mediante el bautismo fuimos hechos uno con Cristo, y mediante el bautismo nos convertimos en partícipes
íntimos de su misterio pascual: su sufrimiento, su muerte y su resurrección. Cristo, el alfa y el omega, nos lleva inmediata e íntimamente a su abrazo vivificante y a lo largo de nuestra vida trabaja en nosotros constantemente, librándonos del pecado y llamándonos a una nueva vida en cada momento, incluso ahora mismo. Esperamos con ansia la plenitud de su reino en el cielo algún día, pero damos gracias por las maneras en que ya estamos experimentando ese reino en esta vida. La Pascua es el tiempo para permitir que la resurrección de Cristo nos transforme a nosotros y a nuestras relaciones. Como simboliza el cirio pascual, la Pascua irradia una luz brillante sobre cada uno de nosotros, llamándonos a una nueva vida. Este es un tiempo para profundizar los vínculos del matrimonio, las relaciones familiares y las amistades. Es un tiempo para romper con los hábitos de pecado que nos agobian y destruyen la esperanza y el gozo que Dios desea para cada uno de nosotros. Es un tiempo para acercarnos a los demás con caridad, ofreciendo de nuestro tiempo, talento y recursos y descubrir cuánto recibimos cuando actuamos sin interés y sin egoísmo. Esta es una temporada de gracia. La Pascua es un tiempo en que nuestra vida se transforma cuando permitimos que la gracia de la resurrección trabaje en
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nosotros ahora. La Resurrección es una transformación, no sólo para Jesús sino para nosotros. Este es el mensaje de la Pascua. Como hizo María Magdalena y se relata en el Evangelio de Juan, que “se dio la vuelta” en la tumba vacía para encontrar a Cristo en la mañana de Pascua, ustedes y yo estamos llamados a “darle la vuelta a nuestra vida” para que podamos abrazar a Cristo resucitado. Como Santo Tomás, se nos invita a tocarle las manos y el costado a fin de cerciorarnos de que Él existe en este mundo. Se nos pide que abramos los ojos y el corazón para que podamos percatarnos de que en verdad Jesús de Nazaret ha resucitado y ahora se aparece ante nosotros portando los dones de la gracia y de la vida nueva.
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El toque transformador de Cristo llega a nosotros cuando con recogimiento elevamos una plegaria silenciosa, leemos las Escrituras y, sobre todo, cuando nos reunimos para celebrar la Eucaristía con el fin de experimentar sacramentalmente el sufrimiento, la muerte y la resurrección de Cristo. Cada vez que “hacemos esto en memoria” de él, encontramos a Cristo vivo y resucitado quien nos invita a experimentar el reino aquí y ahora. Entonces, somos enviados a vivir nuestra transformación en el aquí y ahora de nuestra vida cotidiana. Somos, después de todo, un pueblo pascual, y “Aleluya” es nuestra canción. ¡Que nuestro encuentro con Cristo Resucitado nos transforme a todos durante la temporada pascual! Sinceramento suyo en el Señor,
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By Reverend Andrew Pavlak, Pastor, San Felipe de Neri, Old Town
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he ritual of El Descendimiento at San Felipe de Neri Parish is an important part of our Holy Week and Triduum observances. San Felipe de Neri is one of the few places known to celebrate this ancient Good Friday ritual that highlights the 13th Station of the Cross. El Descendimiento takes place on the evening of Good Friday during the Stations of the Cross when a life-size image of Jesus is taken down (descent from the cross, hence descendimiento) from the cross and placed in a casket and taken in procession through the Old Town Plaza. Upon returning to the church at the conclusion of the Stations of the Cross, the faithful are invited to venerate the image and extend thepesame (condolences) to the Sorrowful Mother of Jesus and Las Veronicas. Las Veronicas represent the women that met Jesus on the way to Calvary and who wiped the face of Christ as recalled in the Sixth Station of the Cross. According to tradition, the woman given the name “Veronica” wiped the face of Jesus and the image of Jesus is said to have then appeared on the cloth. The cloth is still venerated today in Italy. The name “Veronica” means “the true icon”. Las Veronicas represent the woman or women who met Jesus on the way to Calvary and who were present to
prepare His body for burial. The traditional ritual of the people of the parish helped many generations to enter into the mystery of the Passion of Christ. It is the hope that this tradition will be preserved for future generations in order to continue our traditions and to foster a faithful following of the Gospels. The wooden statue of Jesus has been used in this solemn Holy Week ritual since the late 1800’s. In 2012 and 2013, the statue was restored by Ms. Lee Mann, a parishioner and neighbor of the parish. Ms. Mann carefully restored the neck, arms and knees of Jesus that make it possible to place the statue of Jesus on the Cross and to take Him down during the ritual of El Descendimiento. Ms. Mann painted the statue where it was necessary to synchronize the restored pieces with the rest of the statue, maintaining the integrity of the statue. The statue is now preserved in the parish museum where parishioners and visitors can appreciate the beautiful image of Jesus throughout the year. In 2015, Deacon Jose Lucero and Ben Baca restored and stabilized the image of Our Lady of Sorrows and a carrier was made for her so that she can be taken in the procession. While
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working on the image of the Sorrowful Mother, a piece of newspaper was found dating back to the 1800’s from Las Vegas, NM. We are glad to take the image of the Sorrowful Mother in procession with her Son. Where Jesus is, there is Mary. There are 50 days of Easter from the first Sunday to Pentecost Sunday, June 9, 2019.
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An Easter Reflection: A Faith that Matters
By Very Reverend Michael Demkovich, OP, Episcopal Vicar for Doctrine & Life
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n these days after our Lenten journey, after the Holy Days of the Triduum with the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Good Friday, and Easter, we now journey into Eastertide, the days leading up to Pentecost. It is a time for God’s Spirit to fashion and empower the hearts of all believers. This requires of us an attentiveness, an openness to hearing the Lord. It asks of us prayer, time dedicated to attentively hearing, not the echo of our egos, but the gentle whispered voice of God speaking to our hearts. Prayer is the chief duty of every Christian but how we pray is not always easy. Recall Jesus’ own disciples asked him to teach them how to pray. So prayer is a learned disposition in life. Every Lent we are reminded that Prayer is one of the Lenten disciplines, but like Fasting and Almsgiving they are lifelong, year-round realities. Prayer sees us through the journey and drama of Lent, but now it bestows upon us a special relationship with the Risen Lord who says, “I call you friend.” I am amazed at how many of us pay little attention to the spiritual side of who we are. We invest in gym memberships, personal trainers, we jog or workout
for our physical well-being. When I was working in campus ministry I belonged to a health club called “Defined Fitness”. I would see many of the Catholic college students there regularly, one might even say religiously. In visiting with them, especially ones who I didn’t see at Mass, I would comment on how dedicated they were to their exercise. I would say to them, “What, you probably come here once a week?” They would be insulted and say “No Father, I am here four to five times a week if not more.” So I would act surprised and say you really need to work at this being physically fit, don’t you?” They’d puff up their chest with pride and say “You’ve got to.” I would then tell them “I have another gym I want you to try and it’s even better.” As that puzzled look came to them I would say, “It’s called Divine Fitness, and it does more good than any program or regimen you will ever try.” They’d get that embarrassed, “Yah you’re right” look, then move on with their sets. But at least a seed was planted. We need to work on our spiritual health as much if not more than we do on our physical health. There can be an underdeveloped part of us that is spiritual. The works of mercy help us to “workout”, to build up spiritual aspects of who we are. At first you might not think it is so, but over time you can tell the difference. I never have understood how people can say in all seriousness that “they are spiritual, just not religious.” It’s a bit like Linus in the Peanuts cartoon saying “I
love humanity, its people I can’t stand!” Spirituality requires religion to make it real, just like humanity without people is pretend, so too spirituality without religion, our being connected to one another, easily turns into a make believe life. That’s what religion means, from the Latin religare, which means to bind together. We need the nuts and bolts of real people in our lives who confront us in our fantasy of make believe religion. Without the real nuts and bolts of life you just get the nuts. St. Teresa of Avila, the 16th Century Spanish mystic and reformer of the Carmelite Order was aware that spirituality is more often about the ordinary mundane things, the simple things, the things we take for granted. The story is told about Teresa and some of the sisters who had assumed that the spiritual comforts of their prayer in chapel meant they should not or could not engage in the mundane realities, the daily tasks and chores so necessary to common life. Teresa told her sisters that God is with us in every part of our life saying, “God walks amid the pots and pans.” Spirituality, a mature spirituality realizes that the Incarnation, God dwelling among us, means that these troublesome people we find all around us are woven into a genuine spiritual life. It is a false spirituality that excludes others, insulates us from the rest of humanity. In Dante’s Inferno, Satan is portrayed as a giant demon, frozen mid-breast in ice at the center of Hell, as if to
tell us that isolation and alienation are hellish. The American poet X.J. Kennedy has a short little poem titled, Nothing in Heaven Functions as It Ought. It helps us realize that spiritual doesn’t mean being perfect, some superhuman existence. No, on the contrary it is pretty normal. He writes in part of the first stanza: “Nothing in Heaven functions as it ought: Peter’s bifocals, blindly sat on, crack; His gates lurch wide with the cackle of a cock, not turn with a hush of gold as Milton had thought…” He continues cataloguing other similar flaws found in heaven but then the second stanza alarmingly begins: “But Hell, sleek Hell, hath no freewheeling part: None takes his own sweet time, none quickens pace. …” So spirituality, genuine spirituality, involves a messy world. Wouldn’t it be great if our lives were picture perfect? Well, I for one am glad they are not. I find that I, and probably most of us, seem to be more receptive when things are beyond our control. The works of mercy are a kind of our doing a spiritual “work out”. The corporal works train us to the physical needs of others and our self, while the spiritual works of mercy work on our spiritual strength. The spiritual works of mercy, naturally, provide for the needs of the spirit. Though the list was formalized sometime later during the first millennium of the Church, the duties, such as forgiving sins and instructing sinners and those who are ignorant, are present throughout Christ’s REFLECTIONS Continued on page 26
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For I Was Hungry
By Deacon Steve Rangel, GSC Board President On Friday, March 29, 2019, Archbishop John C. Wester visited the Good Shepherd Center in downtown Albuquerque. The Center has been serving the poor and homeless in Albuquerque since 1951. Archbishop met with the Brothers and the men in the Fresh Start program, who work at the Center while they are going through the program. Five days a week, they pass out over 300 meals a day to guests. While there, Archbishop assisted these men and greeted everyone who came to the center as he handed them their trays. We are all called to serve our brothers and sisters who are hungry. The Good Shepherd Center, a ministry of St. John of God, was started by Brother Mathias Barrett who felt God’s call to serve those in need. The center serves a hot meal five days a week, as well as provids over-night beds, men’s
clothing and personal care items, mail box services, AA and NA programs to overcome addiction, counseling, and medical beds. The Center also offers a Fresh Start Program to assist men in re-entering society. Archbishop’s visit during Lent reminds us that Lent is a time of being out in the desert, a time of sacrifice. It is also a time to reflect on all the blessings God has given us. We are called to action. As we live out our faith, it should move us to serve others. We appreciate Archbishop Wester’s support, and we invite others willing to donate their time, talent and treasure in service to those less fortunate. If you would like more information about how you can help, please contact the Good Shepherd Center at 505.243.2527, or email gsc@gscnm.org. You can also donate online at www.gscnm.org. According to Pope Frances, “The Eucharist is not just a weekly way of celebrating our faith, but radically affects our relationship with others, especially with those most in need.”
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By Heddy Long
The Philippine American community in New Mexico will celebrate “Santacruzan” on Saturday, May 18, 2019. The event will start with the 4:00 p.m. Mass at San Felipe de Neri Chruch in Old Town, Albuquerque. “Santacruzan” is the word that Filipinos use to refer to the Santa Cruz de Mayo, a celebration in honor of our Blessed Mother. The celebration commemorates St. Helen’s finding the Holy Cross during the reign of her young son, Rey Constantino. It is believed that Reyna Elena, Rey Constantino, and their subjects, asked for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the angels and saints, to help them find the Holy Cross, which had been taken away from the Christians by the infidels. The Santa Cruz de Mayo is celebrated by a
procession commemorating this historic event. Throughout the procession, the song “Dios de Salve” is sung. In the Philippines, every evening in May, there is a town somewhere celebrating the Santa Cruz de Mayo. A town usually celebrates for nine consecutive evenings, like a novena. On the ninth evening, the whole town has a fiesta. It has been a tradition in our New Mexico Philippine-American community, to celebrate “Santa Cruz de Mayo” in Old Town every year. Nine consecutive evenings is not practical here in Albuquerque, so on Saturday, May 18, we will celebrate the ninth-evening. After the procession, there will be a short program of Philippine songs and folk dances in the gazebo of Old Town which is in front of the church. Santa Cruz de Mayo is also referred to as
“Flores de Mayo.” May is the month when flowers of all kinds are blooming in the Philippines, so the procession is adorned with colorful, gay flowers. For this reason, one of the queens in the procession is called, “Reyna de las Flores”. The participants in the procession are called “sagalas”. They represent the important individuals during the expedition, and the angels and saints who were called upon to intercede for them. The main characters in the procession are Reyna Elena, her young son, Rey Constantino, Reyna de las Flores, Reyna de Paz, and Reyna Esther. The Philippine-American community asks you to come and join them as they celebrate this prayerful tradition. For more information, please call Betsy Custodio 505.377.6671, Myrna Samson 505.319.8821, Gloria Kauz, 505.629.9474, or Heddy Long, 505.321.4086, all in Albuquerque.
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Greetings and Easter Blessings to All! By Damaris Thillet, Director, Office of Worship
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e have recently completed the celebration of the Lenten Season, and now we celebrate with joy during this beautiful Easter Time. It has been a blessing for me to experience this part of the Liturgical Year in my new home Albuquerque as the new director of the Office of Worship. Throughout this short period of time, I was able to experience the celebrations of the Rite of Election in different regions of the archdiocese. It was a blessing to see and feel the enthusiasm of the catechumens and candidates immersed in the process of the Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) through these wonderful liturgical celebrations. This year, our Archdiocese of Santa Fe received 290 Catechumens and 349 Candidates, a greater number than last year. These
catechumens and candidates were able to receive their sacraments during the Easter Vigil at their respective parishes around the archdiocese. During the Rite of Election celebrations, I had the great opportunity to meet and greet some of the RCIA parish coordinators and catechumens, giving me the opportunity to listen to some of their stories or testimonies. One of the stories that moved me was from Kim Gutierrez, who lost her sister Lisa after a battle with colon cancer. Her sister Lisa was a dedicated teacher and touched and transformed the life of many students in New Mexico. Kim shared that when her sister Lisa learned about her colon cancer, she started searching for a church and decided to join the process of the RCIA. She said that Lisa fell in love with the Catholic Church and was able to receive her Sacraments of Initiation on Easter of 2018 before departing to Eternal
Life. It was her faith, strength and battle with colon cancer that transformed her sister’s life. Kim joined the process of RCIA after her sister passed away, and received all the sacraments of initiation during this past Easter Vigil. This shows us that with death, life does not end, but rather it is transformed. The testimony and legacy of our love ones can keep transforming us, and that love given by God never ends, because His love endures forever. Let us rejoice in this Easter Season and share the Good News of joy of our risen Lord. Let our testimony of life serve as an instrument to transform and inspire each brother and sister who has an encounter with each of us in this life. Peace and blessings to all! “In all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28)
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Archbishop John C. Wester appointed Damaris Thillet as the new director of the Office of Worship for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Damaris previously served in the Diocese of Camden in New Jersey as the associate director of the Office of Worship. She comes with a wealth of formal education and is professionally bilingual. A liturgist, ecclesial minister, a leader of prayer communities, and pastoral musician, Damaris comes equipped to take on her new role. Please join us in welcoming Damaris to the Land of Enchantment!
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Timothy Dang Mom, you are the most beautiful and humble woman I know. Thank you for always giving me your words of wisdom to encourage me on my discernment. Mom, I love you.
Cameron Degani To my dear mom: Thank you for your constant support, love, prayers, and for your witness to living a life centered on God. I love you and appreciate all that you have done for me! Love, Cameron
Joseph Baltz I love my mom. If you want to understand her, the best way to start is by looking at her most recent project (and she has many). I am referring to the life-size pirate ship that she build in her backyard. Complete with a 15-foot mast, a spiral staircase, and a secret entrance, this three story “playpen” was originally designed for her future grandchildren but has since become a destination for all friends and family. Why this pirate ship so exemplifies my mother is twofold. First, such an audacious task could only be conceived and brought to completion by a woman as driven and creative as my mom. Second, the motivation behind the project was a generous love for her beloved family, both biological and adopted. Such generosity I have found in no one else. She is the most interesting woman in the world. I love you, Mom.
Rico Landavazo Mom, Thank you for all that you have done for me. I want to especially thank you for teaching me the faith, and instilling in me a love for Our Lord and Our Lady. You have given me more gifts than I even know of. So again, thank you! Happy Mother’s Day, Rico
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Jason Marshall Some of our family’s album pictures of my mom actually remind me of some depictions of Our Blessed Mother. In that sense, I can see God’s hand in my life through her, teaching me the tough lessons of life, and how to be a disciple of Jesus Christ! I love my Mom!
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Mom, I know that you are going through a lot right now and I can’t imagine how overwhelmed you feel. Despite everything, I am so proud of how strong you have shown yourself to be. You have been a shining example to myself, Amber and others of what true faith and self-sacrifice is. Never forget that Jesus—who endured so much suffering—is there with you to help carry your crosses. I will continue to do my best to be your Simon of Cyrene and help you carry them as well. Happy birthday and Happy Mother’s Day. I love you, mom! Jordan
Deacon Timothy Meurer Without my mother, I wouldn’t have made it through seminary. It’s not a generalization; it’s just simple fact. I love you Mom! Tim
Darrell Segura Thank you, mom, for always being a source of love, encouragement and comfort for me! There is a special place in every son’s heart that no one besides his mother can fill. You’re a beautiful person, and I am so very blessed to be your son. Darrell
Jacob Romero Mama, I want you to know how much I love you and appreciate all you have done for me these past three years in my formation. Your support is what has kept me going, and has motivated me to become a better seminarian and, by God’s will, prepare to become a good priest. You are a true image and example of motherhood and I am so blessed to call you my mom. May God bless you now and always. Jacob
Ricardo Torres I want to thank my mom for teaching me everything I know. Without her help, patience, love, and support, I wouldn’t be the person I am today. May God keep blessing you and keep you safe from all harm. Thank you for being my best friend and a great mother. I love you, mom!
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Double-Crossed: In a Good Way By Very Reverend Jack Clark Robinson, O.F.M., Franciscan Provincial Minister The followers of St. Francis of Assis, whether they are first-order friars, Franciscan sisters, or Secular Franciscans, have long been identified by not one, but two crosses. You could say they are “double-crossed” in a good way. Francis of Assisi as he began his conversion spent many hours in prayer in little churches in and around his hometown of Assisi. One of his favorites was San Damiano. The Church there was actually falling into ruins, with broken rock walls and a roof which only partially covered the sanctuary. In that sanctuary was a crucifix, an icon which is thought to have been left there more than a hundred years before the time of Francis by Byzantine monks. The icon now usually called the San Damiano Crucifix depicts not only the death of Jesus on the cross, but if you look carefully, the whole story of the Passion, Death, Resurrection and even Ascension of Christ. In a good reproduction of the icon, the rooster which crowed when Peter had denied Christ three times on Holy Thursday is at Christ’s knee, while the Blessed Mother, John the Beloved Disciple and the Roman centurion present at the foot of the Cross on Good Friday are also there. Behind the outstretched arms of Jesus are two solid bands, one is the red blood-soaked shroud in which He was wrapped, but the other is a large black space, the
empty tomb of the Resurrection. Above the head of the Crucified Jesus, the Risen Christ ascends into Heaven with the extended hand of God the Father welcoming Him with a gesture of blessing. Once while Francis was in prayer before this icon, Christ spoke to him saying, “Repair my Church, which is falling into ruin.” Initially Francis took those words of Christ literally and went to work rebuilding the little San Damiano Church. St. Clare and her sisters later took up residence there. But as others joined Francis, he and they understood the wider meaning of Christ’s words and began to repair the Church in a bigger way. In 1215, Francis and some of his
followers attended the Fourth Lateran Council, the Vatican II of his time. There the Tau or Greek letter “T” was taken as a sign of reform by the whole Church. The Tau was thought the Biblical sign of reform mentioned in Ezekiel 9:4. Francis was so taken with the reforms proposed by the Lateran Council, that he used the Tau as his signature for the rest of his life, though we know that he could read and write. Franciscans have used the Tau cross through the ages, and today, the official “habit” of Secular Franciscans is a simple wooden Tau cross worn around their necks. Many Franciscan sisters and friars also use the Tau as a sign of their commitment to Franciscan ideals of simplicity, renewal, and reform, always with Christ at the center of things.
Archbishop John C. Wester has made the following assignments: Effective Friday, February 1, 2019 – Rev. Stephen Imbarrato, currently on leave with Priests for Life, has been granted retirement. Effective Monday, February 25, 2019 – Deacon Leroy Sanchez has been granted retirement after serving over 15 years at St. Thomas Aquinas in Rio Rancho and St. Francis Xavier in Albuquerque. Effective Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - Very Rev. Eli Valadez, currently pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Clovis has been appointed dean of the Southeast Deanery and will continue as pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Rev. Charles Ugochukwu, current dean of the Southeast Deanery begins his new assignment as pastor of Risen Savior. Effective Friday, March 15, 2019 – Deacon P. Louis Montoya has been granted retirement after serving over 40 years at St. Francis Xavier in Clayton. Effective Monday, April 1, 2019 – Deacon Frank Chavez has been appointed to diaconal ministry at Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary under the pastoral direction of the pastor, Rev. Graham Golden, O.Praem. Effective Monday, April 1, 2019 – Deacon Stephen Rangel, previously assigned at St. John Vianney, has been appointed to diaconal ministry at San Ysidro in Corrales, under the guidance of the pastor, Rev. James McGowan. Effective Wednesday, May 8, 2019 – Rev. Robert Bustamante, currently parochial vicar of San Juan Bautista in Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, has been
appointed as pastor at San Ignacio in Albuquerque. Effective Wednesday, May 15, 2019 – Rev. Eulalio Arteaga y Piñon, currently temporary administrator of Sacred Heart in Clovis, has been appointed as parish administrator of Sacred Heart in Clovis. Effective Sunday, June 9, 2019 – Rev. Msgr. Jerome Martinez y Alire, currently pastor of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Valle de Pojoaque, has been granted retirement. Effective Sunday, June 9, 2019 – Rev. Frank Pretto-Ferro has been appointed parish administrator of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Valle de Pojoaque. Effective Wednesday, June 12, 2019 – Rev. Joel Bugas, currently pastor of St. Francis Xavier in Clayton, has been appointed as parochial vicar at Santa Maria de La Paz in Santa Fe, serving with Rev. Daniel Balizan. Effective Wednesday, June 12, 2019 – Rev. Jason Pettigrew, currently parochial vicar of Estancia Valley Catholic Parish in Moriarty, has been appointed as pastor at St. Francis Xavier in Clayton. Effective Wednesday, June 12, 2019 – Rev. Leon Vigil has been appointed as parochial vicar of Estancia Valley Catholic Parish in Moriarty, serving with Rev. Robert Lancaster. Please keep all the priests who are starting new assignments in your prayers.
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Two Ursuline Sisters celebrate anniversaries of religious profession Two Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph (Maple Mount, KY) who served in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe are celebrating major anniversaries of religious life this year. Sr. Cecelia Joseph Olinger is celebrating her 60th year as an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph. A native of Glennonville, MO, Sr. Cecelia Joseph served as parish life coordinator for the Tewa Missions in Española from 2003-2009. She also taught in the Diocese of Gallup, in Kentucky and in Missouri. She is currently a postmaster, quilter and coordinator of the Guest House and Bethany at the Motherhouse in Maple Mount.
Sr. Clara Reid is celebrating her 60th year as an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph. A native of Holy Cross, KY, Sr. Clara taught at St. Charles Borromeo School in Albuquerque from 1971-80, and from 1989 to 2011. She was a substitute teacher for a year, then served as a clerk in the St. Vincent DePaul Thrift Store in Albuquerque from 2012-14. She was principal at St. Teresa School in Grants from 1985-89. She’s also taught in Kentucky. Sr. Clara is retired at the Motherhouse, where she serves as an information receptionist and is active in the Powerhouse of Prayer. Jubilee congratulations may be sent to 8001 Cummings Road, Maple Mount, KY 42356.
Hospital Pastoral Care with the Norbertines of Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey By Joseph Sandoval, MTS, Director of Communications, Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey Hospital pastoral care is among the numerous ministries in which the Norbertines of Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey serve. Fr. Thomas Pulickal, O. Praem. and Fr. Robert Campbell, O. Praem. minister to patients in five different hospitals in the Albuquerque area. Fr. Thomas considers it a blessing to serve at the downtown Presbyterian Hospital. The hospital administration gives him full support and assistance and is cooperative and understanding with regard to this ministry. The love and concern of the nurses, staff, maintenance people, and housekeepers are all very much appreciated. He starts his ministry every day at 9:00 a.m. and finishes at 5:00 p.m. His primary ministry is visiting patients who are in emergency situations and conferring on them the sacrament of the sick or last rites and other prayers as they require. Fr. Thomas takes
time to listen to the patients and gives them support and encouragement for their spiritual, mental and physical needs. Those expressing a desire to confess, are offered that sacrament before the administration of the Anointing of the Sick. Fr. Thomas stresses the importance of receiving Holy Communion and gives it to patents expressing a willingness to receive it. Responding to emergency calls from other chaplains whose patients request a Catholic priest is another important role he fills. On Sunday and Monday, he celebrates Mass in the Chapel, and will occasionally hear confessions of those attending Mass. Fr. Thomas says, “it is a nice and fruitful experience to give pastoral care in the hospital amidst all the staff ad patients.” Fr. Bob has been blessed with pastoral care for three hospitals in Rio Rancho: Presbyterian Rust Medical Center, University of New Mexico Sandoval Regional Medical Center and Lovelace Westside Hospital. He starts his day at Rust, as this is the
largest of the three and has a major cancer center, where he visits Catholic patients on the cancer unit first. These are patients he gets to know the best. Then it is off to the intensive care unit and the rest of the units where patients have requested a priest. Fr. Bob works in conjunction with staff chaplains at all three hospitals, tending to the sick and checking in with the nurses and medical staff to see how they are doing. Being a bit of an old time circuit rider roving from one hospital to the next, he celebrates Mass in each hospital once per week. Of this ministry, Fr. Bob said “I love my ministry! I meet patients who tell me their stories and share their struggles. I celebrate healing and grieve with families whose loved one is dying. Death for me is a sacred moment charged with grace and love. I simply acknowledge the sacredness of the moment and say ‘Amen’. One time I baptized an adult patient, confirmed him and celebrated the sacrament of marriage to his soul mate all in one continuous ritual!”
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Many people are hesitant to see a Catholic chaplain because they feel sinful or haven’t been to church. To them, Fr. Bob is especially gentle and welcoming, because he loves serving as a compassionate good listener. Fr. Bob sums up his passion for this work by saying, “I thank God for my ministry every day.”
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Father Graham Golden, O. Praem Honored by Catholic Theological Union Fr. Graham Golden, O. Praem., a member of the Norbertine Community of Santa Maria de la Vid, and pastor of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary parish, was honored April 24, 2019, at the annual dinner of the Catholic Theological Union (CTU) graduate school of theology. Fr. Graham was among 50 outstanding alumni honored at the dinner, which also celebrated the school’s 50th anniversary; the theme of the dinner, “Blessed Are the Peacemakers”, is based on the beautiful and challenging words of Jesus from the Beatitudes, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God.” The dinner is the opportunity for CTU to honor people from all faith traditions and walks of life who exemplify the spirit of that blessing. Catholic Theological Union, sponsored by 24 religious communities, is one of the largest Roman Catholic graduate schools of theology in the nation with a global reputation for academic and pastoral excellence. CTU’s mission is to “prepare quality religious order seminarians, religious sisters, and lay men and women to serve the Church and the world.” As men and women trained for lay and ordained ministry within the Church, CTU alumni serve as parish priests and staff, chaplains in hospitals and prisons, campus ministers, overseas missionaries and relief workers, leaders in Catholic social service agencies, teachers at all levels of education, and in a host of other roles of service worldwide.
PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS We thank you, God our Father, for our priests and seminarians who responded to Your call of priestly ministry. Accept this prayer that we, the faithful of Christ, offer on their behalf. Fill them with Your love, Your grace and Your Strength. Open their hearts to the power and fire of the Holy Spirit. In Jesus’ name, amen.
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Stewardship Corner
What Does Stewardship Mean to You? Reverend John Trambley Director, Vocations President, St. Pius X High School
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. God created the sun, the moon and the stars. He created birds, fish, cattle and every kind of creature. He created you and me. We are not some cosmic accident. After God created, he “entrusted the Earth and its resources to the common stewardship of mankind to take care of them, master them by labor and enjoy their fruits. The goods of creation are destined for the whole human race.” (See the Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 2402). Goods are meant to be shared. God also gives us the Holy Spirit beginning with baptism and strengthened in confirmation. The faithful are enriched with the gifts of the Holy Spirit. St. Paul writes, “To each individual the manifestation of the spirit is given for some benefit” (1 Cor 12:7). Gifts are meant to be shared. Stewardship is taking the goods and the gifts God has given and using them wisely so they can be returned with increase in the Lord who loves us. One way to do this is sharing with others. As president of St. Pius X High School, I watched the faculty and staff share with their students in many ways. The students must learn through example because they give back through service hours, charitable giving and so many unseen acts of kindness and mercy. One very good example is Sol Gutierrez. Faculty, staff and students raised money to help Sol with a surgery she needed as a young girl. She is now a senior at St. Pius X High School!
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Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School, the Small School with a Big Heart!
By Melinda Mader, Principal, Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School has been providing a Catholic Education to students since 1950. We take pride in our history and our future as we continue to shape the faith and minds of the students who grace our hallways. As a faith community, we work to instill Gospel values into every aspect of school life. Students not only study the core subjects of religion, reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social studies, but they have the opportunity to enhance their education in the areas of art, music, physical education, and Spanish in grades pre-k through eight. As a Catholic School, we strive for academic excellence, but it is also our intent to bring to the foreground our Catholic values. As
teachers, parents and families, we must teach our children about their faith; not only through academic classes, but through action. Students at Our Lady of Fatima participate in weekly Mass and once a month, Mass is said in Spanish. Students are also awarded the opportunity to participate in other religious experiences during the school year such as praying the rosary, planning and leading the Stations of the Cross, Benediction, and Las Posadas. Students also participate in service projects as we model social justice and living as Jesus has taught us. At Our Lady of Fatima, we have the opportunity every day to be the very best we can be: Christian role models, life-long learners and responsible citizens. This is the mission of our school and as we look towards our future, it is very bright indeed!
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The Archdiocese of Santa Fe recognizes the following 32 individuals from 16 schools who genuinely exemplify discipleship and Christ-like 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.
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Successful Mardi Gras Gala Supports SPX
By Melissa W. Sais, St. Pius X Communications
The St. Pius X High School Foundation Mardi Gras Gala raised more than $121,000 to support tuition assistance for deserving students at Albuquerque’s only Catholic high school. “For One Night, Let’s All Reunite!” was the theme of the evening as St. Pius X High School alumni, families and supporters celebrated Mardi Gras with style. About 400 people attended the event in March at Hotel Albuquerque, including Archbishop John C. Wester, Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan and Superintendent Susan Murphy. The Premier Sponsors of the evening were Independent Director of M & T Foundation Darren Beckett and Frontier/Golden Pride. Those in attendance supported the event with sponsorships, live and silent auction bids, and volunteer efforts. Additional sponsors for the event were Gateway Financial Advisors, Inc.; Dekker
Perich Sabatini; Morgan Stanley, Michael C. Daly, CFP and Charlie Carroll, CFP; Our Lady of the Annunciation Parish; RAKS Building Supply Inc.; Rizek Design and Remodeling; RX Innovations; Bank of America; Berger Briggs Real Estate and Insurance Inc.; Roses Southwest Papers Inc.; Sterling Outfitters Inc.; Tinnin Hunt Club; and Coleman Vision. Mark your calendars for next year’s Mardi Gras Gala: February 22, 2020.
STEM Program at Annunciation Catholic School By Susan Rosprim, NBCT, STEM/Technology Teacher
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) integrates subjects in order to teach 21stcentury skills, or tools in the classroom. It is simply a hands-on, interdisciplinary approach for children to explore and learn how to apply a variety of skills and subjects. Whether it is research, science and 4333 Pan American Fwy. NE mathematics, the aerospace industry, or the construction ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87107 industry, every industry is PHONE: (505) 247-0444 about moving forward, solving FAX: (505) 243-1505 problems, learning and pushing REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE innovation to the next level. The specialists of Berger Briggs handle all types of real estate and Students at Annunciation insurance: commerical, industrial, and investment real estate; Catholic School use technology full property management; contractor bonds and all lines of insurance. to integrate science, social For over 80 years, in a field where reputation and high ethical studies, math, writing, literacy, standards really count, clients have trusted Berger Briggs. John A. Menicucci, CPM and interpersonal skills. For President / Real Estate REAL ESTATE & instance, older students INSURANCE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT research weather patterns and Sherry Anderson Melissa A. Portillo cloud formations to present a Linda Atkinson William Raskob Curtis A. Brewer, CCIM Jim Schneider Jeannie Boyd Angela Romero meteorological presentation Bill Campbell Stuart Sherman Gabriel Portillo Frederic Brennan Sheryl Roy on a green screen. Younger Bruce Golden Tai Alley President / Insurance Sophia Diaz Dee Silva students use the iPad to make Dan Hernandez, JD Dave Vincioni John Hansen Ann Skelley, CISR Larry McClintock Alan Vincioni an invention to achieve a Ryan F. Brennan Damon Lucero Barbara Steirwalt Timothy P. Mullane Dede Walden goal using engineering and Vice-President Frank Melendez Debra Stiles Vangie Pavlakos CCIM physics concepts. All students Insurance Pam Muzzi Jessica Vargas ACCOUNTING use a variety of concepts Ryan Myers Kathy Yeager while applying problemKaelan M. Brennan Brittany Chacon Mary Jo Nettles Carolyn Nasi Keith Yeager Secretary-Treasurer solving, interactive skills while Ashley Dolzani Connie Straughn Brian O’Malley Erica Zuniga Insurance
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Dignified Work Helps Create a Dignified Person
1st Picture: Rachel and other CCHD interns in Washington DC for their orientation. 2nd Picture: Rachel giving a presentation to a Youth Group in Raton. 3rd Picture: Rachel’s YouTube Video on CST 101. Picture 4: The Sanctity of Life March that Rachel helped organize. Pictures 5 and 6: Rachel with the groups that went to the Catholic Social Ministries Gathering 2019. By Rachel Baca, CCHD Intern With May being the last month of my internship, I want to talk about the final Catholic social teaching principal, which is the “Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers”. God blesses us with skills and strengths, and one way to thank Him is to use our gifts to build up our communities and Church. This internship has given me great insight to not only the world, but practicing Catholicism in the world. It was difficult for me to “practice what I preach” because I had no clue what to do. Through the educational presentations, community outreach and grant applications, I learned about our Catholic faith, and what it truly means to “practice what you preach.” I realized there are so many beautiful opportunities in our archdiocese to work, whether it be volunteer or paid. Passion was built upon as I continued my internship, and I can now leave with a sense of knowledge and understanding about our faith that I never realized until I dove deep into it.
I was given this opportunity to work in the Office of Social Justice and Respect Life in the archdiocese as the Catholic Campaign for Human Development intern because the right to work is sacred in our faith. I was blessed to be able to not only work, but to continue my participation in God’s creation. Here is a short list of blessings that have come out of my internship (also see picture): 1)Traveling to Washington, DC for my internship orientation and for the Catholic Social Ministries Gathering, 2)Travel to different parts of the Archdiocese to give presentations on Catholic social teaching and poverty awareness, meet Catholic and interfaith leaders and network with them, 3) meet organizations like ABQ Interfaith and the NM Acequia Association to see how they are impacting our communities, 3) create a Facebook/YouTube series with Jessica Rios (Coordinator for Young Adult Ministry) surrounding Catholic social teaching, 4) become a true leader
in many different aspects, and 5) offer insight and resources. I hope to continue living my life with the wisdom and experiences that I learned as the Catholic Campaign for Human Development intern so I can advocate for the dignity of every human life, God’s creation and the dignity of work and the rights of workers. I also hope to continue volunteering in any capacity that the archdiocese will have me, so I can further my ministry work, grow in faith and show our community how beautiful it is by advocating for the dignity of every human. If the dignity of work is to be protected, then the basic rights of workers must be respected. How can you continue to learn more about just wages and dignity of work? You can pray, act, and visit http:// www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/ human-life-and-dignity/labor-employment/index.cfm to learn more about why work is fundamental to the dignity of the human person. Thank you for letting me serve our archdiocese!
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STEM Continued from page 20 incorporating Catholic principles and ethics. Many of the activities are focused on more than one level so a child can advance and be creative, or slowdown and delve into an activity. Students work in groups and independently which promotes social and emotional learning in the areas of flexibility, cooperation and collaboration. Students make connections with each other and with the subjects they are learning about. Their exploration teaches them to discover what they are interested in, and what they are not. The curriculum includes augmented reality, technology basics, ethics and strategy games, literacy integration with math and science activities, coding games, architecture challenges, scientific and process methods, QR codes, internet safety, privacy/security, digital fieldtrips, collaboration, logic, construction, and a whole host of other skills using creative play and exploration. Learning any concept is more interesting and fun when it is hands-on and exciting. At Annunciation, students are the innovators and discoverers of the future because the future is already here.
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Thank You for Helping Us Make a Difference! Last summer Archbishop John C. Wester gave us an opportunity to hold a Catholic Charities Annual Appeal throughout the archdiocese. Thanks to supporters like you, Catholic Charities created hope for so many people in need throughout our community. Here are some of the ways you helped us make a difference last year: • Catholic Charities served about 17,479 individuals and families total throughout the year. • Our Center for Self-Sufficiency and Housing Assistance was able to place 450 individuals, families and children in stable housing. • Our Children’s Learning Center provided five-star care to 80 children. • Our Senior Transportation volunteer drivers gave 1,800 rides to medical appointments, grocery stores and business appointments for our treasured senior citizens. • Our Center for Educational Opportunity taught 1,200 adult education students. • Our Center for Immigration and Citizenship Legal Assistance helped 9,116 individuals and families.
• Our Center for Refugee Support saw 200 refugee families, youth and individuals participate in our programs, from homework clubs to parent engagement meetings. Thank you to all who donated time, talent and treasures to help us make such an impact. We hope you will continue to support us in honoring human dignity whether it’s in honor of something special like Mother’s Day, to support this summer’s next appeal, or just because you want to lend a helping hand to a neighbor in need. “I encourage you to keep in mind all those people around us who are trapped in the cycle of poverty. They too need to be given hope.” – Pope Francis
Celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day by Helping Families In Need As we honor our own beloved mothers this month and fathers next month, we can’t forget the parents in great need. Nearly 30% of children in New Mexico live in poverty. Many parents of these children are forgoing meals to feed their children or sacrificing sleep to work a second job. Catholic Charities supports these families with programs including housing assistance, case management, a mobile food pantry, adult education classes, low cost childcare, and more. This Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, we invite you to honor your own mother and father by supporting parents and children in need. Here are some great ways you can do this: • A contribution in honor of someone special can make a truly meaningful gift to your mother, father, grandparent, or another parental figure in your life. You can donate online at www.ccasfnm.org, by calling 505.724.4637, or by mail to Catholic Charities, 2010 Bridge Blvd. SW, Albuquerque NM, 87105. (Please let us know the special person you are honoring with your gift!) • Looking for the right gift online? When you use smile.amazon.com and
select Catholic Charities in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe as your charity of choice, Amazon will donate a small portion of your purchases to our programs. • Doing some spring cleaning to make your mother proud? Catholic Charities has several ways to help! To give household items or furniture to families we house, contact our In-Kind Donation Center at 505.724.4678 or stop by Tuesdays-Thursdays from 9:30am – 12:00pm at 3600 Osuna NE #519, Albuquerque, NM 87109. To give small-sized clothing or other items to asylum-seeker families passing through Albuquerque, visit www.ccasfnm.org/companions to see the current list of needs and drop-off instructions. • Did you know Catholic Charities can even help you with your unused vehicle? Whether it’s a car, motorcycle, RV, or boat, running or not, we might be able to take it to generate funds to support our programs. Give us a call at 505.724.4670 or visit www.ccasfnm.org/donate-a-vehicle and we’ll handle the pickup and paperwork. Your parents will be happy to see your clean yard or garage.
Further Your Career Options Through Summer Adult Education Courses Catholic Charities Adult Education offers classes at several sites in GED/ High School Equivalency, ESL, workforce development, Microsoft Excel, and citizenship. New student registration sessions will be held at Catholic Charities, 2010 Bridge Blvd SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105, May 20 – May 22 at 9am, 12pm, and 6pm. The only cost is a $10 registration fee paid by credit/debit or money order. Sessions typically last 1-2 hours so please make sure to be on-
time and plan accordingly. Late registration will also be offered June 3 - 4. For more information, please call 505.724.4672 or visit ccedu.org. Many of our students have made significant strides towards their goals through our classes, such as the several students who were honored as Adult Students of the Year at the New Mexico Legislature this February.
Life & Education Success Week a hit with refugee students Over spring break, Catholic Charities Center for Refugee Support hosted a spring break camp for 25 refugee high school students focusing on college and career readiness. These young adults from around the world participated in question and answer sessions with local professionals from several career paths, heard from UNM and CNM representatives about college planning, worked hands-on learning activities, and shared their own career goals and hopes for how to make a positive impact on the world. These students showed great dedication and engagement in the program, impressing many of our speakers. We are very grateful to the wonderful volunteers and speakers who helped make this a success. We would also like to thank Chick-fil-A on Gibson, Smith’s
Food and Drug Store, La Montañita Co-op, Shamrock Foods, and Papa John’s Pizza, for their generous donations to help us provide meals and snacks to students and volunteers.
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Mr. Edmund Bartsch of Wheeling, WV and Miss Elizabeth Carson of Bellaire, OH were united in holy matrimony in St. Michael Catholic Church in Bellaire on April 26, 1969. The ceremony and nuptial Mass was celebrated by Fr. Michael Zahorceck and con-celebrated by Fr. Francis Sidley (cousin of the bride). Ed served in the Navy before getting married and worked in various factory jobs until he decided that working with people would be much more satisfying (strongly influenced by Liz) and went to nursing school, graduating in 1978. He worked at Kaseman Presbyterian from 1986 to 2016, mostly as an ER nurse. After graduating nursing school in West Virginia, in 1965, Elizabeth (Liz) worked as a nurse for the next 50 years, working at University Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital for the last 10 years of her career. She worked part time while raising their children Mary, Joseph and Sarah, all of whom graduated from NM University. Joseph married a Swedish girl, Anna, and together gave them their only two grandchildren, Erik and Nora. Ed and Liz are active members of the Shrine of St. Bernadette. Ed and Liz are members of St. Vincent de Paul, of which Ed is the President of the Shrine’s Conference and Liz is the secretary. Ed is a sacristan and Liz is a member of the rosary makers. Both Ed and Liz are extraordinary Eucharistic ministers.
Catholic Daughters of the Americas Ct. Our Lady of Sorrows # 1671 in Bernalillo celebrated their 65th anniversary. CDA State Chaplain Monsignor Anthony Bolman, Fr. Clarence Maes, State Regent Angelina Romero, 1st State Vice Regent Angela Herrera, 2nd Vice Regent Yvette Griego, State Secretary Dr. Catherine Collins, State Treasurer Rosie Duran and IPR Delfina Schmitt were in attendance. Local officers are Regent Jessica Lance, Recording Secretary Autumn Chapa, Financial Secretary Theresa Blea, and Treasurer Miranda Sapien. Other New Mexico CDA courts sent representatives.
Third New Mexico Pilgrimage for Unity September 12-15, 2019
Join an ecumenical walking pilgrimage through beautiful Northern New Mexico to build up the Body of Christ. The pilgrimage begins at the Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, a worldfamous education/retreat center operated by the Presbyterian Church. We will take advantage of their beautiful worship spaces and stunning vistas to sing, pray and worship together both in the Agape Worship Center and outdoors. The pilgrimage continues with a visit to the Christ in the Desert Monastery north of Abiquiu while we walk along the river to the historic village of Abiquiu,
home of world-famous artist Georgia O’Keefe. We learn about the rich history of Northern New Mexico by visiting St. Thomas the Apostle Church and the local morada. The pilgrimage continues from Hernandez to Chimayo. The pilgrimage culminates with a beautiful outdoor service at El Santuario de Chimayo, a world-famous place of healing, and one of the most visited pilgrimage locations in North America. Registration deadline is August 1, 2019. For more information/registration visit www. nmpilgrimage.org. For more information, call Mike Pitchford of the ASF Ecumenical & Interreligious Affairs Commission at 505.400.2989 or email mike. pitchford@nmpilgrimage.org.
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Pastors, Parishes and Faithful Join Nationwide Effort to Help Migrants Dr. Tim Muldoon Pope Francis has repeatedly called for Catholic response to the realities of global migration. Catholic Extension has been privileged to work with pastors, parishes, and lay faithful to welcome those fleeing poverty and violence to enter the legal process of asylum in the United States. Over the past year, Catholic Extension has invited dozens of pastors to the border so that they might understand the realities of the Church’s efforts to serve migrants in the legal asylum process. Pastors from Chicago, Boston, and Worcester have met families fleeing violence and poverty in the hope of coming to the United States legally. The Chicago pastors who recently returned from El Paso expressed how important it was for them to meet the families face-to-face and learn their stories. “The compassion, mercy, and care shown by the Church was inspiring. The ability to have a conversation with the individuals was powerful,” one said. Another described the experience as “raw and real,” allowing him to see a human face behind so many of the stories in various news media. Several reflected on a conversation with a man who had walked from Ecuador holding his four year-old son in his arms; one of his feet was badly swollen, but he expressed gratitude for the Church’s care of him and his son. The Catholic Church in and around El Paso has been deeply affected by the surge in migration, with parishes in both the city and surrounding small towns—some themselves poor—all pitching in to help. Nearby Chaparral, New Mexico is itself a poor colonia, a place lacking in basic infrastructure. Still, its residents, together with the Sisters of the Assumption who have a convent there, have pitched in to make sandwiches for the migrants as they travel to meet family across the country. More recently, they themselves have been offering temporary housing to the migrants who carry papers from Homeland Security that allow them to travel to meet family in various states. One of the visiting priests observed that “many of those donating their time and resources have little themselves; but they feel called to share the little they have with those with even less.” Veronica Rayas, the Director of the Office of Religious Formation for the Diocese of El Paso, runs an arts and cultural center that had been turned into a migrant shelter for four months. During our visit with her, she recalled what it was like to spend those months in direct service to migrants. Every day she
received a text message from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which reached out to her and other shelter directors in order to let them know how many people to expect being released from detention with the papers that would allow safe, legal travel. After receiving the text, she would await the bus that would bring the migrants to the shelter, observing that the experience of waiting gave her a sense of what it must be like for parents waiting for their children to get off the school bus: “is dinner ready? Is the laundry done?” After the four months providing las posadas—the welcome that was extended to the Holy Family during their sojourn to Bethlehem—she returned to her normal work life at the arts and cultural center. But she did not hesitate to respond to the question of what it was like to go back to normal: “I miss them!” Catholic Extension has supported a number of ministries along the border which have served families fleeing violence and poverty in the hope of finding legal asylum in the United States. In El Paso, examples include Annunciation House, which has overseen the expansion of facilities serving migrants, and Veronica Rayas’s Centro San Juan Diego. In Brownsville, the Humanitarian Respite Center and La Posada Providencia serve legal migrants. In Tucson, there is the Kino Border Initiative, with offices in Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. The newest effort to minister to migrants is in the Diocese of Laredo, which has offered space in San Francisco Javier Church to those awaiting travel to other parts of the United States. In 2019 alone, Catholic Extension as sent $185,000 to border dioceses to support their ministries to migrants. Much of our support has been through crowdfunding and parish support. To use one example, Holy Family Parish in Inverness, Illinois, adopted the Kino Border Initiative as their parish Lenten project. Pastors, parishes, and the faithful are heeding Pope Francis’s call to serve the strangers in our midst: “Every stranger who knocks at our door is an opportunity for an encounter with Jesus Christ, who identifies with the welcomed and rejected strangers of every age” (Matthew 25:35-43). Please contact us if you or your parish would like to partner with us. www.catholicextension.org/stories/helpus-give-migrant-families-safe-place-stay Tim Muldoon, Ph.D. is the Director of Mission Education for Catholic Extension.
The Sisters of the Assumption in Chaparral, New Mexico, with a lay colleague, Blanca (far left), who helped organize sandwich delivery to migrants seeking legal asylum
Fr. Bill Tkachuk of St. Francis Xavier Church in La Grange, IL converses with families seeking legal asylum in the United States while at the diocesan center in El Paso, Texas, in April 2019.
Verónica Rayas receives a daily text message from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), letting her know how many migrants to expect at her shelter, December 2018
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teachings in the Bible. As to the corporal works of mercy God’s command is clear in the parable of the Last Judgment, we read in Matthew 25 verse 41: “Then he shall say to those on his left: Depart from me, you cursed, in everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels.” But we see that the spiritual works of mercy hold a greater purpose and a more expansive plan. The seven practices of Catholic charity are: to instruct the ignorant; to counsel the doubtful; to convert the sinner; to comfort the sorrowful and the afflicted; to bear wrongs patiently; to forgive injuries; and to pray for the living and the dead. These spiritual works of mercy are based on the teaching of Christ and on Church practice since apostolic times. The spiritual works of mercy are oriented toward the soul. The corporal works of mercy are oriented toward our bodily well-being, but both are essential for the whole person, physical and spiritual. I would like to offer some reflections in this Easter season on the spiritual works of mercy. So, to begin, how do the spiritual works of mercy help us to live a faith that matters? Easy. They make us enter into the lives of others, not just our own. Of the seven spiritual works five of them clearly draw us into relationship with humanity. The remaining two impact our inner dispositions. Allow me to explain.
To Instruct the Ignorant. I have always thought that there is a special spirituality to teaching. Ignorance is something that holds a person back and to truly instruct helps a person build their life. Both verbs “to instruct” and “to construct” share the same root meaning, to structure a thing. Ignorance can be a crippling thing and it means we need to share with others out of what we know, what is truest in our self. The great tragedy of our times is the way we try to domesticate knowledge, making it fit our self-centered little world. We resist engaging in real debate and instead attack the person who doesn’t think like we do in our safe little bubble. Knowledge and understanding are free-range realities and defy the fences our egos try to impose. Truth is
more expansive than the human mind can capture. Only an ignorant person believes that they have fenced in Truth. We help one another when we set them free to know more than they thought they knew. Confucius wisely said, “Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” Instructing the ignorant is not about us knowing something that they don’t. It is about our sharing a truth in life, handing on a bit of knowledge that was once generously given to us. Think for a moment how your favorite teachers instructed you. Chances are you would call it edifying. This spiritual work of mercy builds up a person’s understanding and that has benefits their entire life.
To Counsel the Doubtful & To Comfort the Sorrowful and the Afflicted. These two works of mercy go well together, for doubt is an uncertainty that arises from inside a person and wounds their spirit, while sorrow or affliction are the uncertainties that arise from outside a person. We all know those gnawing, uneasy monsters that undermine our best effort, that sell us short before we even make the first move. Doubt and fear are the tools of every instigator, of every violent mob, the cause of every riot. In our giving counsel to a person in such doubt we help lift them up, we share with them that care and that hope which restores confidence, discovering how to believe with each other and in one another. I am sad to say that these days there is more doubt and uncertainty than we can imagine. The divisions, wars, death, violence in our world, one’s job security, our children’s future, these all gnaw away at us and leave us doubting, even to the point of despair. The sorrow and affliction that this generates is real. Our giving comfort to a person who has been so wounded touches the very core of who they are and elevates all of humanity.
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not to notice the road to perdition that many of us are speeding along. So if we don’t bother to tell one another to slow down, we miss the opportunity to stop and turn our lives around. Besides, who is better suited than a sinner to know the needs of another sinner? I don’t think God means for us to bludgeon the sinner into changing, but rather in helping the lost sheep to find his or her way home, back to the fold. Charity demands that we help a person who is lost. Only a cruel and sick person would mislead or mock or ridicule people who have lost their way. Sometimes we find ourselves in a rut of sin, it is the status quo of our mundane life and so we don’t think we have any other option. We resign ourselves to sin because we feel that we are so beyond redemption, beyond being loved. Conversion is most often achieved because a person realizes that he or she is loved. By our simply being there to throw a person a lifeline when they begin to drown is so powerful a work of mercy. I recall one college student who came into the confessional. He looked like an athlete, probably very popular, had everything going for him. Even so he had drifted so far away from his true self, given the pressures of college life, the loose morals all around him, the lack of support to do the right, that he had just given up and sank deeper and deeper into a pit. We talked and slowly I could see that all this guy needed was to know that God still loved him, that God never stopped loving him, and that God would love nothing more that to let him know that. Tears are sometimes the surest sign of a heart that is finding a way back home. Through his tears, I heard, what was very likely, the best confession I ever had the privilege to hear. Here was a sinner who found his way home.
To Bear Wrongs Patiently & To Forgive Injuries. You will notice that these next two works of mercy move more into the chambers of our own hearts. They are about two of the hardest aspects of our being human – being patient and being forgiving. I will let you know that I have an evil twin. You are most like REFLECTIONS Continued on page 27
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to meet him when I am driving on a two lane highway, behind two cars, each hogging one of the lanes, but one never fully passing the other, so that I am trapped behind them. I think truck drivers especially like to play this game. I can feel my blood boil and I always have to go through the same speech inside my head to calm me down. Don’t take it personal, they aren’t doing it to you (well maybe the truck drivers are). They are not trying to make your life miserable. Then I think – “One of them could easily be my mother”. The speech almost always works. Now the other pet peeve that sets off my evil twin is found on stretches of city road with stoplights that falsely declare “Lights are set for the speed limit”. What that really means is if you go the speed limit you will hit every single red light. Over time this has come to be for me my “red light parable,” not like in Amsterdam but “red light” as in traffic. I get impatient because I think I don’t have any time. These days all of us are more and more feeling crushed by there not being enough time. It was on one of these excursions to give a talk in a parish where the red lights all saw me coming. Each time the anger welled up inside me until at one stop light I heard a little voice inside me say “Michael you have all the time in the world”. To bear wrongs patiently puts us in touch with something inside, our own restlessness, our own monsters. My perceived wrongs were a call to be patient, to let go of my controls. But this spiritual work of “Bearing Wrongs Patiently” is easily related to “Forgiving Injuries”. Hurts, especially old hurts are the hardest to forgive. They seem to have a root system that somehow ties in with every old hurt we’ve ever known and it becomes like a landslide of anger. I recall giving a retreat one time and a woman said something that I think all of us know, she said, “Oh Father I will forgive them, but I won’t ever forget”. She is probably right. It is fairly easy to say we forgive someone, but our forgetting about it comes at a higher cost. On the one hand we need to remember enough to learn from it, but unfortunately we can allow it to nest until it sinks into our hearts like a cancer. It is in these cases that we
PEOPLE of GOD end up doing more harm to ourselves. If we do not allow time and oblivion to dissolve even our remembering the old hurt, then we are never healed and true forgiveness never takes hold. All it takes is one tiny little spark to set us off and we are back where we were in an even worse way. The spiritual work of mercy that is forgiveness requires we do a lot of inner work. There is nothing harder for a person to live with than to have failed to forgive, to hold on to it so long that we outlive the person we think wronged us or whom we have wronged. Forgiveness bears its sweetest fruit in this life, before we stand judged in the life to come. This brings me to the last of the spiritual works of mercy and that is prayer.
To Pray for the Living and the Dead. St John Damascene has given us a beautiful definition of prayer. He says, “Prayer is the raising of our hearts and minds to God”. A Faith that prays is one that allows our hearts and minds to frequently encounter God. A lot of people can recite a prayer but they aren’t praying. Their hearts and their minds are nowhere near to God. A Faith that prays allows even the deeds we do to meet another person’s soul, to inch us closer to God. There is the story told about a Jesuit and a Dominican who asked permission to be able to smoke a cigarette. So you know already it is a dated story, and let me warn you right now, a Jesuit will tell it all wrong. Anyhow, the Jesuit asked his superior if it is alright to smoke while he prays. Indignantly the superior said no. The Dominican, on the other hand asked his superior if it would be alright to pray while he smoked. And of course the wise Dominican said yes. Okay well even if it is told the other way round it is still a valuable lesson. Prayer always adds to what we do in life. Never allow what you do to eclipse God’s grace work in the moment. Our prayers reach beyond the limits of this life as we keep those who have gone before us in our hearts. Praying for the living and the dead can be done in so many ways. A remembrance card from a loved one’s funeral that you use as a book mark is a way to call you to prayer. A votive
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candle or a special night light can also remind us to pray for a loved one. Walking or driving to work or on an errand can be times of prayer as well, even a parish mission or retreat are times of prayer. These are all good little ways to let prayer seep into your life. I would say that you owe it to yourself to actually make a retreat. Every diocese and many parishes sponsor retreats for all ages. I know a group of families who every year get together for a “weekend retreat with God”. They find different camp grounds or retreat houses and they pray, and talk, and laugh. On Sunday afternoon they invite a priest out for Mass and dinner. Another example of prayerful remembrance is a little town in northern New Mexico that now no longer exists but was once called Gobernador. The old adobe foundations of its church can barely be noticed, slightly rising above the ground around it is a reminder of the generations of families that lived there from the Spanish settlers in the mid-1500s. Each year the descendants from these families get together for a weekend of celebration and remembering. On Sunday they always have a Mass, celebrated for the living and the dead. Generation upon generation find a spiritual bond that strengthens each soul, in this life and beyond. Our prayers for the living and the dead draw us into the mystery of life, of generations that have gone before us, and of our destiny that lies ahead. These spiritual works of mercy help us to grow in our Christian life, to exercise and practice our Faith. As a form of almsgiving both the corporal and spiritual works aid us in all our life, allowing the gift of our Faith to grow more meaningful, to touch our hearts more deeply. The mystery of Easter is about the power of divine life over death, the spiritual over the material. If you are looking for a “work-out” that offers meaning and fulfilment in life try this: instruct the ignorant; counsel the doubtful; convert the sinner; comfort the sorrowful and the afflicted; bear wrongs patiently; forgive injuries; and pray for the living and the dead. Then you will learn the Easter mystery, the meaningfulness of life.
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Institute of Formation for Christian Service An incredible opportunity for education and enlightenment is available this June for all Catholics, especially those engaged in ministry. The Institute of Formation for Christian Service (Summer Institute) will take place June 3rd through June 7th at Lourdes Hall, Catholic Center, in Albuquerque. Forty-four classes and workshops are scheduled throughout each of these days in three daily sessions – morning, afternoon and evening. Some of our best and brightest instructors will offer courses in basic and advanced theology and ministry skills in both English and Spanish. Tuition is only $55 for as many classes as you want for advance registrations. An extra fee will be charged for walk-up registrations. Class sizes are limited, so you will want to sign-up early. You can register on-line registration at: https://form. jotform.com/kdavis5430/2019-SummerInstitute or you can call Kathy at 505-831-8129. We will be happy to mail you a registration book.
The courses include basic theology classes such as “Introduction to Jesus” and “Introduction to Scripture.” Basic skills classes for liturgical ministers and catechists such as “Catholic Identity” and “Using Scripture in Ministry” will be offered. Those seasoned ministers may want to take advantage of courses such as “Canon Law for Pastoral Ministers,” “The Holy Spirit: The Fire and Presence of God,” or many other intermediate and advanced offerings. Instructors include Dr. Megan McKenna, Sr. Paula Gallagher, Deacon Michael Wesley, Dr. Jason Rodarte, Mary Pepper, Sr, Edna Esquibel, Marie Morrison, Joel Hopko, Dcn. Victoriano Moreno Ceballos, and many others. Lodging is available for those from outside of Albuquerque at the Madonna Retreat Center. Contact the Madonna Center directly at madonnacenter2@archdiosf.org or 505-831-8196.
WORLD NEWS A look at the College of Cardinals after Polish cardinal’s 80th birthday VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, the former archbishop of Krakow and longtime secretary to St. John Paul II, celebrated his 80th birthday April 27, ending his eligibility to vote in a conclave. With his birthday, the College of Cardinals returns to having 120 cardinal electors, the maximum limit established by St. Paul VI, but frequently set aside for months at a time over the past three decades. The Catholic Church currently has 222 cardinals, who come from 88 nations. The 120 cardinals under 80 years of age and, therefore, eligible to enter a conclave, come from 65 countries, a result of Pope Francis’ practice of naming several cardinals from countries that have never had one before. His efforts, however, have not done much to make the percentage of cardinals from one geographical region match the percentage of the world’s Catholics found in that region. For example, according to Vatican statistics published in February, 21.8 percent of the world’s Catholics live in Europe, while 48.5 percent live in Latin America. CNS graphic/Lucy Barco, The Catholic Register
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WORLD NEWS Executions down globally, but up in U.S., says Amnesty International LONDON (CNS) -- The number of executions worldwide has dropped by almost one-third, Amnesty International said in its latest review of the death penalty. At least 690 people were executed globally in 20 countries in 2018, compared to 993 in the previous year, the organization said in the report released April 10. The statistics assess the use of the death penalty worldwide except in China, where the number of people executed each year is a state secret. The figures “show that the death penalty is firmly in decline, and that effective steps are being taken across the world to end the use of this cruel and inhuman punishment,” it said. Amnesty International also recorded commutations or pardons of death sentences in 29 countries last year. While “global consensus is building towards ending the use” of the death penalty, “with more than 19,000 people still languishing on death row worldwide, the struggle is far from over,” the organization said. Last August, Pope Francis ordered a revision of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which now says that “the church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that ‘the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person,’ and she works with determination for its abolition worldwide.”
Hackers infiltrate Ohio parish’s email system, steal $1.75 million CLEVELAND (CNS) -- A carefully orchestrated plan netted email hackers $1.75 million from a Diocese of Cleveland parish. Father Bob Stec, pastor of St. Ambrose Parish in suburban Brunswick, told parishioners in an April 27 letter distributed at weekend Masses that the theft was discovered April 17 when a construction company working on church renovations inquired why it had not received the two most recent monthly payments for the project. After contacting local police, banks and diocesan officials, it was discovered that the email addresses of two parish staffers had been hacked and “the perpetrators were able to deceive us” by saying the company, Marous Brothers Construction, had changed its bank and wiring instructions. “The result is that our payments were sent to a fraudulent bank account and the money was then swept out by the perpetrators before anyone knew what had happened,” the letter said. Father Stec did not say how the hackers accessed the email accounts and noted that no other computer systems at the parish had been infiltrated. An investigation by the diocese, insurers and the FBI continues, he added.
National Shrine hosts organ concert to benefit Notre Dame Cathedral WASHINGTON (CNS) -- More than 2,000 people attended an April 26 organ concert at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington to benefit restoration and rebuilding efforts of Notre Dame de Paris, the famous French cathedral severely damaged in the April 15 fire. The 90-minute concert was performed by Johann Vexo, a Notre Dame organist who was playing at the time the devastating fire broke out at the cathedral. Titled “Together with Notre Dame de Paris,” the concert was broadcast on the Eternal Word Television Network and streamed on the internet. “This concert brings us in solidarity with that great church, which is a symbol or faith, a symbol of peace and a symbol of God’s presence among us,” said Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Washington, who noted “we all remember with horror the sight of Notre Dame Cathedral in flames.” Vexo said the program for the concert was planned “in a way that makes sense.” The concert’s first piece was Johann Sebastian Bach’s dramatic “Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir,” (“Out of Deep Anguish I Call to You”), a sweeping organ cantata meant to symbolize distress and sorrow. “This dramatic music
demonstrates what we feel,” Vexo explained to reporters the day before the concert. The concert also featured works by French composers Cesar Franck, Jean L’Heritier and Louis Verne, who served as organist at Notre Dame in the early 1900s. Also included was a piece by 15th century English composer John Taverner and several antiphons performed by the basilica’s choir.
Catholic bishops condemn Poway synagogue shooting WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Catholic bishops from around the U.S. were quick to condemn the April 27 attack on a Jewish community gathered at a synagogue near San Diego, which left one person dead and three others injured. “Our country should be better than this; our world should be beyond such acts of hatred and anti-Semitism,” said Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in an April 28 statement. “This attack joins an all too long list of attacks against innocent people, people of all faiths, who only want to gather and to pray. It is a contradiction, a perverting of their teachings to believe that Christianity, Judaism, or Islam would condone such violence.” News reports say members of the synagogue Chabad of Poway were gathered to mark the last day of Passover, a Jewish holiday celebrated for eight days, commemorating the deliverance of the ancient Hebrews from slavery in Egypt, when shots rang shortly before noon. One of them ended up fatally striking 60-year-old Lori Gilbert Kaye as well as injuring the rabbi and an 8-year-old girl, among others. Initial reports say the gunman’s weapon then jammed and the assailant left, but not before being shot at by a security guard who was inside the house of worship. Authorities later said John Earnest, 19, was arrested and is suspected of the attack. So far, he has been charged with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder. “Unfortunately, both in the past and today, too many preach such hatred in the name of God. This cannot be abided; it must end,” Cardinal DiNardo said.
Pope makes donation to help migrants traveling through Mexico TAPACHULA, Mexico (CNS) -- Pope Francis has donated $500,000 to assist migrants attempting to travel through Mexico, but who are increasingly being impeded by Mexican officials from reaching the U.S. border. Those migrants who travel the length of Mexico are also being impeded in their attempts to apply for asylum in the United States and remain in precarious conditions south of the border. The donation “will be distributed among 27 projects in 16 dioceses and Mexican religious congregations that have asked for help to continue providing housing, food and basic necessities to these brothers and sisters,” the Vatican charity Peter’s Pence said in an April 27 statement. The Vatican already approved projects run by seven dioceses and three religious congregations: the Scalabrinians, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and the Hermanas Josefinas. The donation comes as the crush of migrants arriving at the U.S. border reaches levels not seen in more than a decade. Mexico’s Catholic Church has helped the migrants with little cooperation from the various levels of government. Priests who work on immigration matters say the federal government has yet to outline a policy or offer a proper response, while state and local governments prefer not spend money on migrants.
Vatican newspaper appoints new editorial board for women’s magazine VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, named a new director and editorial board for its women’s magazine, “WomenChurch-World.” The announcement came a little more than one month after
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WORLD NEWS the magazine’s founder and former director, Lucetta Scaraffia, resigned along with her editorial staff, claiming a lack of trust and support from the new management at the newspaper. The newspaper announced April 30 that the head of a new editorial board would be Rita Pinci, an Italian journalist who has been working at TV2000, the Italian bishops’ television station. Pinci spent 20 years at the Italian daily newspaper, Il Messaggero, starting out as a correspondent and later becoming the first Italian woman to be the editor-in-chief and vice director of a major national daily newspaper. She also served as a vice director of two major weekly magazines, Panorama and Chi. She said in a written statement that even though she is not a theologian, church historian or Vatican expert, “I am a journalist. I am a believer” and “I think the church needs the gaze and voice of women who represent more than half of the faithful.” Along with the announcement of Pinci’s appointment, the newspaper said it was “pleased to announce” the monthly magazine would be published as usual in May. Pope Francis had appointed Andrea Monda, an Italian journalist and religion teacher, to be editor of L’Osservatore Romano in December.
Archbishop Emeritus Michael J. Sheehan met with Pope Francis on a recent trip to Rome, Italy, for which Archbishop personally paid. You can read more about Archbishop Emeritus’ trip in the April 2019 edition of People of God.
Who Goes to Hell and Who Doesn’t?
By Rev. Rolheiser, OMI
Hell is never a nasty surprise waiting for a basically happy person. Nor is it necessarily a predicable ending for an unhappy, bitter person. Can a happy, warm-hearted person go to hell? Can an unhappy, bitter person go to heaven? That’s all contingent upon how we understand hell and how we read the human heart. A person who is struggling honestly to be happy cannot go to hell since hell is the antithesis of an honest struggle to be happy. Hell, in Pope Francis’ words, “is wanting to be distant from God’s love.” Anyone who sincerely wants love and happiness will never be condemned to an eternity of alienation, emptiness, bitterness, anger, and hatred (which are what constitute the fires of hell) because hell is wanting not to be in heaven. Thus there’s no one in hell who’s sincerely longing for another chance to mend things so as to go to heaven. If there’s anyone in hell, it’s because that person truly wants to be distant from love. But can someone really want to be distant from God’s love and from human love? The answer is complex because we’re complex: What does it mean to want something? Can we want something and not want it all at the same time? Yes, because there are different levels to the human psyche and consequently the same desire can be in conflict with itself. We can want something and not want it all at the same time. That’s a common experience. For instance, take a young child who has just been disciplined by his mother. At that moment, the child can bitterly hate his mother, even as at another, more inchoate, level what he most desperately wants is in fact his mother’s embrace. But until his sulk ends he wants to be distant from his mother, even as his deepest want is to be with his mother. We know the feeling. Hatred, as we know, is not opposite of love but simply one modality of love’s grieving and so this type of dynamic perennially plays itself out in the befuddling, complex, paradoxical relationship that millions of us have with God, the church, with each other, and with love itself. Our wounds are mostly not our own fault but the result of an abuse, a violation, a betrayal, or some traumatic negligence within the circle of love. However this doesn’t preclude them doing funny things to us. When we’re wounded in love, then, like a reprimanded, sulking child who
wants distance from his mother, we too can for a time, perhaps for a lifetime, not want heaven because we feel that we’ve been unfairly treated by it. It’s natural for many people to want to be distant from God. The child bullied on the playground who identifies his or her bullies with the inner circle of “the accepted ones” will understandably want to be distant from that circle – or perhaps even do violence to it. However that’s at one level of soul. At a deeper level, our ultimate longing is still to be inside of that circle of love which we at that moment seemingly hate, hate because we feel that we’ve been unfairly excluded from it or violated by it and hence deem it to be something we want no part of. Thus someone can be very sincere of soul and yet because of deep wounds to her soul go through life and die wanting to be distant what she perceives as God, love, and heaven. But we may not make a simplistic judgment here. We need to distinguish between what at a given moment we explicitly want and what, at that same moment, we implicitly (really) want. They’re often not the same. The reprimanded child seemingly wants distance from his mother, even as at another level he desperately wants it. Many people want distance from God and the churches, even as at another level they don’t. But God reads the heart, recognizes the untruth hiding inside a sulk or a pout, and judges accordingly. That’s why we shouldn’t be so quick to fill up hell with everyone who appears to want distance from love, faith, church, and God. God’s love can encompass, empathize with, melt down, and heal that hatred. Our love should too. Christian hope asks us to believe things that go against our natural instincts and emotions and one of these is that God’s love is so powerful that, just as it did at Jesus’ death, it can descend into hell itself and there breathe love and forgiveness into both the most wounded and most hardened of souls. Hope asks us to believe that the final triumph of God’s love will be when the Lucifer himself converts, returns to heaven, and hell is finally empty. Fanciful? No. That’s Christian hope; it’s what many of our great saints believed. Yes, there’s a hell and, given human freedom, it’s always a radical possibility for everyone; but, given God’s love, perhaps sometime it will be completely empty.
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2019 Abuse Awareness Training for Adults Creating a Safe Environment for Our Children Sponsored by the ASF Attendance at the workshop is MANDATORY for all clergy, employees, and volunteers in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Pre-registration is necessary - contact: Annette, Victim Assistance Coordinator or Rose Garcia at 505.831.8144 for trainings that are hosted at the Catholic Center or contact the parish that is hosting the training (see below schedule). Note: Please do not bring children - no one under the age of 18 is allowed in the training. If you are late you will not be allowed to enter and interrupt the training. Please contact Annette, Victim Assistance Coordinator 505.831.8144 to report any abuse that has occurred by Clergy, Employee or Volunteer in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. IN THE EVENT OF BAD WEATHER – CALL 505.831.8144 FOR A RECORDING ADVISING IF THE TRAINING IS CANCELLED. June 22, 2019 9:00 a.m. - Noon Our Lady of Fatima Saturday 4020 Lomas Blvd., NE Albuquerque, 87110 call to register 265.5868 July 20, 2019 9:00 a.m. - Noon Shrine of St. Bernadette Saturday 11401 Indian School Road, NE Albuquerque, 87112 call to register 298.7557 July 27, 2019 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 pm Our Lady of Belen Saturday 101-A North 10th St Belen, 87002 call 864-8043 to register August 24, 2019 9:00 a.m. - Noon St. John Vianney Saturday 1001 Meteor Ave., NE Rio Rancho, 87114 call Liz to register 892.4449 September 14, 2019 9:00 a.m. – Noon. Our Lady of the Annunciation Saturday 2621 Vermont Street, NE Albuquerque, 87110 call Melanie to register 298.7553 October 17, 2019 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Risen Savior Thursday 7701 Wyoming Blvd., NE Albuquerque, 87109 call to register 821.1571 November 14, 2019 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Catholic Center Thursday 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl. NW Albuquerque, 87120 December 5, 2019 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Catholic Center Thursday 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl. NW Albuquerque, 87120
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Seminary Burse The following parishes have sent in excess Mass stipends and other contributions collected at the Archdiocesan Finance Office for seminarian education. These receipts are for the month of April 2019. 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
Anonymous Estancia Valley Catholic Parish – Moriarty Immaculate Heart of Mary – Los Alamos Our Lady of Guadalupe – Clovis Our Lady of Lavang – Albuquerque Our Lady of Sorrows – Bernalillo Our Lady of Sorrows – Las Vegas Our Lady of the Annunciation – Albuquerque San Miguel – Socorro St. Joseph on the Rio Grande – Albuquerque
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60.00 1,596.61 1,524.00 2,500.00 17,000.00 1,000.00 6,000.00 1,932.50 4,000.00 510.00 Total $ 36,123.11
TV Mass Schedule The Catholic Center St. Joseph/St. Francis Chapel Over the air television Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on KRQE TV-13-2, KBIM TV-10-2, KREZ TV-6-2 and KASY-My50TVCable or satellite providers on KRQE TV-13, KBIM TV-10, KREZ TV-6, FOX 2 American Sign Language (ASL) Interpreted TV Mass donations may be sent online to www.archdiosf.org or mailed to: Vicar General’s Office/TV Mass, 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120 Check out Sunday and daily readings at www.usccb.org
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Annual Native American Governors’ Lunch, TBD Confirmation, Santuario de San Martin de Porres, Albuquerque APC Meeting, Immaculate Conception, Las Vegas St. Michael’s High School Mass & Graduation, Cathedral Basilica, Santa Fe Presbyteral Council, Madonna Center, Albuquerque Personnel Board, Madonna Center, Albuquerque Confirmation, Prince of Peace, Albuquerque Mass & Graduation for St. Pius X High School, Santa Ana Star Casino, Rio Rancho Mass, Knights of Columbus State Convention, Marriott Pyramid, Albuquerque Executive Finance Committee, Catholic Center, Albuquerque Confirmation, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Taos Confirmation St. Anthony, Questa NM Confirmation, San Antonio de Padua (joined by Dixon), Penasco NM Confirmation, Sacred Heart (joined by Abiquiu and El Rito), Española Confirmation, San Jose, Albuquerque Archdiocesan Finance Council, Catholic Center, Albuquerque Listening Session and Confirmation, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Albuquerque Lunch with Pilgrimage for Vocations Pilgrims, Southwest Route Diaconate Ordination of Joseph Baltz, St. Thomas Aquinas, Rio Rancho Catholic Foundation Grant Review, Catholic Center, Albuquerque USCCB Special Assembly, Baltimore MD Priesthood Ordination, Cathedral Basilica, Santa Fe
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Rest in Peace Reverend Arthur Jakobiak Reverend Arthur Jakobiak, passed away at the age of 92, on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 in Santa Fe, NM. Fr. Jakobiak was ordained on May 19, 1956. He served as notary for the Tribunal, as secretary to Archbishop Edwin V. Byrne, as confessor at IHM Seminary, Chaplain for the U.S. Air
Reverend Robert Lussier, OSB oliv Rev. Fr. Robert Lussier, OSB oliv went to his eternal reward on Good Friday, April 19, 2019 at the age of 84. He was born in 1934 in West Warwick, RI to Joseph Rene Lussier and Rose Anna Langlois. Two sisters, Constance and Louise preceded him in death. He is survived by eight nieces and nephews, his brothers and sisters at Pecos Benedictine Monastery, as well as many beloved friends. After serving four years in the US Navy, Fr. Lussier attended Brown University, he then studied for five years with C. Alexander Peloquin, noted musician and liturgist, before moving to New York in 1963
Br. Peter Patrick Mahady, SSS Just turning 87, Blessed Sacrament Brother Peter Patrick Mahady died on April 15, 2019 at Regina Health Center, Richfield, OH, surrounded by the loving staff of Regina and Western Reserve Hospice and members of his religious community. He was our special Irish charm. As he would love to say, “I was born in Dublin, Ireland on April 6, 1932 and bred in England.”
Sr. Ann Rozalia Szabo, OP Sr. Ann Rozalia Szabo, formerly known as Eleanora Szabo, died on Wednesday, April 10, 2019, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, MI. She was 86 years of age and in the 68th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation. Sr. Ann Rozalia was born in Tucumcari to Louis and Florence (Murphy) Szabo. She graduated from Tucumcari High School and received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in Spanish from Siena
Force, as Chaplain for the Veterans Hospital, as Chaplain for Civil Air Patrol, at St. Bernadette Parish in Albuquerque, as Chaplain at St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe, and as Chaplain for the Latin Mass Community in Santa Fe. A viewing will be held on May 15, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. at Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe. Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 8:30 a.m. There will be a small reception immediately following in the parish hall. Interment will be held at 12:45 p.m. at the Santa Fe National Cemetery.
to pursue an acting career, moved to Los Angeles in 1969 where he continued his career in theater films and television. Fr. Lussier entered the Pecos Benedictine Monastery in 1986. He studied for the priesthood at St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, CA receiving degrees as a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Religion in 1992 and was ordained into the priesthood on Dec. 19, 1992. Fr. Lussier’s spiritual work brought him to San Luis Obispo, CA; Opelousas, LA; Pecos and Santa Fe, NM. He traveled extensively conducting seminars, retreats, workshops and parish missions. In Pecos, he was involved with the retreat program, the music ministry, was assigned as formation director and Novice Master. Fr. Lussier helped to develop the “Reed” program, working on the re-establishment of Christian spirituality into the Montessori education system. He has also served at St. Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe and ministered at the Carmelite Monastery and Cristo Rey parish. After working for a few years in London, his postulancy and entrance into the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (SSS) began on August 8, 1968, in Leicester, England. On September 8, 1970, he professed his religious vows. For his first years, he served at the Congregation’s chapel in the center of Dublin. Then, he came across the pond and served as an operation manager, treasurer, and cook (chef) in three communities and parishes in the USA: 1976 – 1988 Saint Paschal Baylon, Highland Heights, OH; 1988 – 2008 Saint Charles Borromeo, Albuquerque, NM; and 2008 – 2019 Saint Vincent de Paul, Holiday, FL. He will be missed for his charm, wit, and hospitality; he loved to put on a feast and would light up every room with his sharp humor. Heights College (University) in Adrian, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art from California State University in Hayward, CA, and a Master of Religious Education degree from the University of St. Thomas in Houston, TX. Sister spent 36½ years ministering in elementary and music education: Our Lady of Fatima elementary/music teacher (19781980); St. Mary, Belen, elementary/music teacher (1980-1988); San Juan Parish, San Juan Pueblo, liturgist/pastoral minister (1988-1992); Our Lady of the Annunciation, elementary teacher (1992-1993); San Lorenzo Mission, Ramah, pastoral assistant (1994-2000) Sister became a resident at the Dominican Life Center in 2011. Sister Ann Rozalia was preceded in death by her parents and a twin sister, Rozalia Ann Szabo. Sister is survived by a sister, Frances Ann Shay of Tucumcari.
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ANNUNCIATION: The visit of the angel Gabriel to the virgin Mary to inform her that she was to be the mother of the Savior. After giving her consent to God›s word, Mary became the mother of Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit. ASSUMPTION: The dogma which recognizes the Blessed Virgin Mary›s singular participation in her Son›s Resurrection by which she was taken up body and soul into heavenly glory, when the course of her earthly life was finished. HAIL MARY: The prayer known in Latin as the Ave Maria. The first part of the prayer praises God for the gifts he gave to Mary as Mother of the Redeemer; the second part seeks her maternal intercession for the members of the Body of Christ, the Church, of which she is the Mother. IMMACULATE CONCEPTION: The dogma proclaimed in Christian Tradition and defined in 1854, that from the first moment of her conception, Mary--by the singular grace of God and by virtue of the merits of Jesus Christ-was preserved immune from original sin. MAGNIFICAT: The title commonly given to the Latin text and vernacular translation of the Canticle (or Song) of Mary that she recites at the time of the visitation. The canticle begins with “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord.” MARY: The mother of Jesus. Because she is the mother of Jesus--Son of God and second Person of the Blessed Trinity--according to the flesh, she is rightly called the Mother of God (Theotokos). Mary is also called “full of grace,” and “Mother of the Church,” and in Christian prayer and devotion, “Our Lady,” the “Blessed Virgin Mary,” and the “New Eve.” PRESENTATION: The presentation and dedication of Jesus to God by Mary and Joseph in the Temple (Lk 2:22-39), in accord with Mosaic Law concerning the first-born. At the Presentation, Simeon and Anna sum up the expectation of Israel for the long-awaited Messiah, the light of the nations and the glory
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“Learn more about Our Blessed Mother, Mary” of Israel, but also as a sign of contradiction. The presentation of the gifts, especially of bread and wine, is a preparatory rite for the liturgy of the Eucharist at Mass. ROSARY: A prayer in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which repeats the privileged Marian prayer Ave Maria, or Hail Mary, in «decades» of ten prayers, each preceded by the Pater Noster (“Our Father”) and concluded by the Gloria Patri (Glory Be to the Father), accompanied by meditation on the mysteries of Christ’s life. The rosary was developed by medieval piety in the Latin church as a popular substitute for the liturgical prayer of the Hours.
VIRGIN BIRTH: The conception of Jesus in the womb of the Virgin Mary solely by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Church›s confession of faith in the virgin birth affirms that Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit without human seed. VIRGIN MARY: The mother of Jesus, who is honored as «ever-virgin» for her perpetual virginity. VISITATION: At the annunciation, the angel Gabriel told Mary that she would be the mother of the savior. Gabriel also told Mary that her barren cousin, Elizabeth, had conceived a son in her old age. Mary went to visit her cousin and confirmed the truth of the angel’s words. The time she spent with Elizabeth is referred to as “the visitation.”