October 2014 • Volume 32 • Number 9 • www.archdiosf.org
Serving The Multicultural People of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe INSIDE THIS ISSUE Extraordinary Synod of Bishops ............................ 2 Archbishop’s Letter: Happy Birthday, Archbishop Lamy!.................. 3 St. Francis Award Recipients ............................. 5 45th Annual Rosary Rally .. 13 San Miguel, Socorro Celebrates 400 Years of Faith................................. 14 Social Justice ...................... 18 Bioethics: Catholic Sterilized Couple ................ 24 ASF Welcomes CACE! ....... 28
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first archbishop of Santa Fe, Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy.
See Archbishop Sheehan’s letter on page 3 This magnificent statue of Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy, the founding bishop of Santa Fe, stands outside the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe. The bronze statue was donated by Miguel Chavez and formally dedicated on Sunday, May 23, 1915.
Photo by Celine/ASF
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Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan has asked to join him in prayer for the success of the synod The Archdiocese of Santa Fe Prayer for the Election of a Bishop
O God, eternal Shepherd, Who governs Your flock with unfailing care, grant in Your boundless Fatherly love a pastor for Your Church who will please You by His holiness and to us show watchful care. Gladden us with the gift of a shepherd who will instruct Your people by His virtues and imbue the minds of the faithful With the truth of the Gospel Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son, who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen. Holy Father’s Prayer Intentions FOR october 2014 Universal: That the Lord may grant peace to those parts of the world most battered by war and violence. For Evangelization: That World Mission Day may rekindle in every believer zeal for carrying the Gospel into all the world.
Pope Francis greets prelates as he arrives for afternoon session on first working day of extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at Vatican Pope Francis greets prelates as he arrives for the afternoon session on the first working day of the ex-
traordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 6. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
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IN THE RISEN LORD Feliz Happy cumpleaños 200th número 200, Birthday Arzobispo Archbishop Lamy! Lamy!
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Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy (tall central figure) in his garden with Bishop Salpointe (left of Lamy), Bishop Machebeuf (right of Lamy) and two others. Photograph courtesy of the Museum of New Mexico, Negative Number 49017.
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he founding bishop of Santa Fe was Jean-Baptiste Lamy. He was born on October 11, 1814 in Lempdes, Puy-de-Dôme, in the Auvergne region of France. The Archdiocese of Clermont in France is celebrating his 200th birthday with several events this month. I have appointed Msgr. Bennett J. Voorhies, pastor of Our Lady of the Annunciation in Albuquerque (he is also dean of Albuquerque Deanery B) as my representative as he is fluent in French. Archbishop Lamy completed his classical studies in the Minor Seminary at Clermont and theological coursework in the Major Seminary at Montferrand, where he was trained by the Sulpician fathers. He was ordained a priest at the age of 24 on December 22, 1838; he asked for and obtained permission to serve as a missionary for Bishop John Baptist Purcell, of Cincinnati, Ohio. As a missionary, he served at several missions in Ohio and Kentucky. Pope Pius IX appointed him as bishop of the recently created Apostolic Vicariate of New Mexico on July 23, 1850; he was only 36 years old. He was consecrated as a bishop on November 24, 1850 by Archbishop Martin Spalding of Louisville; Bishops Jacques-Maurice De Saint Palais of Vincennes and Louis
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Amadeus Rappe of l ArzobisCleveland served as po fundador co-consecrators. Afde Santa Fe ter a long and dangerfue Jean-Baptiste ous journey by horse Lamy, quien nació and wagon train, he el 11 de Octubre de finally reached Santa 1814 en Francia. La Fe. Arquidiócesis de He entered Santa Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan Clermont en Francia Fe on August 9, 1851 estará celebrando su and was welcomed by Governor James cumpleaños número 200 con varios S. Calhoun and many citizens. The eventos este mes y ya que él habla bien seeds of Catholicism were planted in el francés, yo he pedido a Msgr. Ben1598, when Don Juan de Oñate, leader nett J. Voorhies, párroco de Our Lady of an expedition of Spanish colonists, of the Annunciation en Albuquerque including eight Franciscan Friars. The (también decano del decanato B de Alterritory had been served by priests from buquerque) que sea mi representante the then Diocese of Durango, Mexico. en esas celebraciones. Bishop Lamy was not accepted by Fr. Arzobispo Lamy completó sus estuJuan Felipe Ortiz, a Spanish priest who dios clásicos en el Seminario Menor was responsible for administration of en Clermont y sus cursos teológicos en the Catholic Church in New Mexico. el Seminario Mayor en Montferrand, Fr. Ortiz told Bishop Lamy that he and donde fue entrenado por los padres the local clergy did not recognize his ausulpicianos. Fue ordenado sacerdote a thority and would remain loyal to Bishla edad de 24 años. El 22 de Diciembre op José Antonio Laureano de Zubiría of de 1838 pidió y obtuvo permiso para the Diocese of Durango, Mexico who servir como misionero para el Obishad assigned them to the territory. Bishpo John Baptist Purcell de Cincinnaop Lamy wrote to Archbishop Zubiría ti, Ohio. Como misionero, sirvió en asking him to explain the change of revarias misiones en Ohio y Kentucky sponsibility to the New Mexico priests, El Papa Pío IX lo nombró Obispo del but it was unanswered. Bishop Lamy recién creado Vicariato Apostólico de Nuevo México el 23 de julio de 1850 Continued on page 11
Archbishop Lamy circa 1800’s a la edad de 36 años. Fue consagrado como Obispo el 24 de Noviembre de 1850 por el Arzobispo Martin Spalding de Louisville Ohio. Después de un largo y peligroso viaje a caballo y tren de vagones, finalmente llegó a Santa Fe. Lamy arribó a Santa Fe el 9 de agosto de 1851 y fue recibido por el gobernador James S. Calhoun y muchos ciudadanos. Las semillas del catolicismo se habían sembrado en esta región desde 1598, cuando Don Juan de Oñate, líder de una expedición de colonos españoles, entre ellos ocho frailes franciscanos, llegaron a esta región. El territorio al que llegó Lamy había sido atendido por sacerdotes de la entonces Diócesis de Durango, México y a su llegada, no fue aceptado por el Padre Juan Felipe Ortiz, sacerdote español quien había estado a cargo de la administración de la Iglesia Católica en Nuevo México. El Padre Ortiz dijo al Obispo Lamy que él y el clero local no reconocerían su autoridad y se mantendrían fieles al Obispo José Antonio Laureano de Zubiría de la Diócesis de Durango, México, quien los había asignado al territorio. Después de escribir al Arzobispo Zubiría pidiéndole que explicara el cambio de responsabiContinued on page 11
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Archbishop Sheehan has made the following assignment:
• Effective Friday, August 15, 2014 – Rev. Eric Ramirez SJ, has been appointed as Parochial Vicar of Immaculate Conception Parish in Albuquerque, under the direction of the pastor, Rev. Warren J. Broussard SJ. The previous parochial vicar, Rev. Anthony R. Borrow SJ, has been reassigned by his religious order. • Effective Tuesday, August 26, 2014 – Rev. Msgr. Douglas A. Raun has been appointed to the College of Consultors. • Effective Sunday, August 31, 2014 – Rev. Anthony Akabogu, previously parochial vicar of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rio Rancho, has returned to the Diocese of Awka, Nigeria. • Effective Monday, September 1, 2014 – Very Rev. Clarence Maes, pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows in Bernalillo, has been appointed as dean of the Albuquerque A Deanery. Rev. Msgr. Douglas A. Raun, the previous dean, has resigned from that position. • Effective Tuesday, September 2, 2014 – Rev. Jon Alexander OP, pastor of St. Joseph in Cerrillos, has been appointed to the Presbyteral Council as a representative for those priests ordained 20-29 years. • Effective Thursday, September 18, 2014 - Rev. Cyril E. Iheanacho, parochial vicar, of Estancia Valley Catholic Parish in Moriarty will be returning to the Diocese of Awka, Nigeria. • Effective Friday, September 19, 2014 – Rev. Moses Nwankwo, a priest of the Diocese of Awka, Nigeria, has been assigned as parochial vicar of Estancia Valley Catholic Parish in Moriarty under the direction of the pastor, Rev. Robert Lancaster. • Effective Tuesday, October 14, 2014 – Rev. Johnny Lee Chavez, currently assigned as pastor of Sangre de Cristo in Albuquerque, has been granted retirement. • Effective Tuesday, October 14, 2014 – Rev. Thomas Kayammakal, currently assigned as pastor of St. Rose of Lima in Santa Rosa and its missions, has been reassigned as pastor of Sangre de Cristo in Albuquerque. • Effective Tuesday, October 14, 2014 – Rev. Sotero Sena, currently assigned as pastor of St. Alice in Mountainair and its missions, has been reassigned as pastor of St. Rose of Lima and its missions in Santa Rosa. • Effective Tuesday, October 14, 2014 – Rev. Robert Peccatiello, currently assigned as parochial vicar of Our Lady of Sorrows in Las Vegas and its missions, has been reassigned as Pastor of St. Alice in Mountainair and its missions. • Effective Friday, August 29, 2014 – Deacon Thomas Baca has been appointed to diaconal ministry at the Shrine of the Little Flower-St. Therese of the Infant Jesus under the leadership of the pastor, Rev. Vincent Paul Chavez. Deacon Baca has been serving in the Diocese of Las Cruces since August 5, 2008.
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Welcome to the 13th Annual Archbishop’s St. Francis of Assisi Awards and to our historic and beautiful Cathedral Basilica. The Archbishop’s St. Francis of Assisi Award celebrates lay volunteers who are role models in their service and love of our Catholic Church. These Award Recipients are vital to the life of their Parish and their ministry in the Church is pleasing to God. Each Pastor and Parish Life Coordinator is given the opportunity to submit either an individual or a married couple to receive this Award. Many times this was a challenging decision because there are many parishioners who are deserving of this Award. Including those being honored this year, I have presented the Archbishop’s St. Francis of Assisi Award to 1,437 people from throughout the Archdiocese. It would take many more decades
to recognize the many deserving volunteers that so faithfully serve the Church. The men and women we honor this evening are following the long tradition started by past generations of Catholics, giving unsparingly of their time, talents and treasure to promote our rich Catholic faith. St. Francis of Assisi once said, “If we can enter the church day and night and implore God to hear our prayers, how careful we should be to hear and grant the petitions of our neighbors in need.” The men and women we honor this evening have taken these words to heart. It is in love that they serve their neighbors by keeping their Hour of Adoration; by teaching our children, youth and adults; by singing at Mass; by organizing our Parish Fiestas; by serving the poor and imprisoned; by cleaning our churches; by preparing meals for the homebound; and in so many other ways. May we each learn from these men and women to love our Catholic,
Pauline Salata from St. Thomas Aquinas, Rio Rancho Presented by Msgr. Douglas A. Raun, Pastor
Francisco & Sivestra Garcia from Holy Family, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. Gerald Steinmetz OFM, Pastor
Frank & Eleanor Martinez from St. Charles Borromeo, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. Jerome Mueller, Pastor
Miguel & Margarita Chavez from St. Anthony of Padua, Fort Sumner Presented by Fr. Paul Nkumbi, Pastor
Loretta Chavez from St. Mary, Vaughn Presented by Fr. Paul Nkumbi, Pastor
Fermín & Lorraine Abeyta from Santo Niño, Tierra Amarilla Presented by Fr. Scott McKee, Pastor
Albert & Irene Martinez from St. Patrick, Chama Presented by Fr. Scott McKee, Pastor
Paul & Carol Schultz from San Jose, Los Ojos Presented by Fr. Scott McKee, Pastor
Phil & Elizabeth Madrid from San Isidro-San Jose, Santa Fe Presented by Fr. Franklin D. Pretto-Ferro, Pastor
non-Catholic and unchurched brothers and sisters! May God bless each recipient and their loved ones richly with many graces! Sincerely yours in the Risen Lord, Most Rev. Michael J. Sheehan Archbishop of Santa Fe
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Hilda Holguin from San Ignacio, Albuquerque Presented by Deacon Robert W. Morrow, Parish Life Coordinator
Agnes “Aggie” Romero from Immacualte Conception, Las Vegas Presented by Deacon Ernest Chavez
Theresa Roybal from Immaculate Conception, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. Warren J. Broussard SJ, Pastor
David & Clara Dudak from Prince of Peace, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. Michael J. Shea, Pastor
Paula Hall from Risen Savior Catholic Community, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. Thomas Noesen OP, Parochial Vicar
Jeff & Iris Quintana from La Santisima Trinidad, Arroyo Seco Presented by Fr. Malacy C. Obiejesi, Pastor
Lydia Sanchez Vanorman from St. Edwin, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. Fernando Saenz
Javier & Elizabeth Madrid from Our Lady of Guadalupe, Clovis Presented by Fr. Fernando Saenz, Pastor
Carl & Gloria Beyer from St. John Vianney, Rio Rancho Presented by Fr. Robert Campbell O.Praem
Epifanio & Diane Romero from San Antonio de Padua, Peñasco Presented by Fr. Simeon Wimmershoff, Pastor
Esther Romero from St. Anthony of Padua, Dixon Presented by Fr. Simeon Wimmershoff, Pastor
Michael & Patricia Bailey from Our Lady of the Assumption, Jemez Springs Presented by Very Rev. David T. Fitzgerald sP, Canonical Pastor
Agustin & Merlinda Garcia from St.Thomas the Apostle, Abiquiu Presented by Fr. James Sanchez, Pastor
Aurora Duran from Our Lady of Sorrows, Las Vegas Presented by presented by Fr. Robert Peccatiello
Larry & JoAnn Layden from Immaculate Conception, Cimarron Presented by Fr. Emmanuel U. Izuka, Pastor
Prudy Romero from St. Joseph, Springer Presented by Fr. Emmanuel U. Izuka, Pastor
Esteban Rougier & Maria Soledad Herrera from Immaculate Heart of Mary, Los Alamos. Presented by Fr. Glennon Jones, Pastor
Abe & Liz Chavez from Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. Robert Campbell O.Praem, Pastor
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Carmen Chacon from Sacred Heart, Espanola Presented by Fr. Vitus Ezeriuaku, Pastor
Anna Espinoza from Holy Family, Chimayo Presented by Fr. Julio Gonzalez SF, Pastor
Rudy De La O from St. Anne’s, Santa Fe Presented by Fr. Leo W. Ortiz, Pastor
William & Rebecca Baca from San Clemente, Los Lunas Presented by Deacon Marc Leonard
Eugenio & Linda Lujan from St. Rose of Lima, Santa Rosa Presented by Fr. Sotero Sena, Pastor of St. Alice, Mountainair
Celina Sally Lucero from St. Anthony, Questa Presented by Deacon Leroy Lucero
Bertram & Hilda PeĂąa from San Juan Nepomuceno, El Rito Presented by Fr. Albert Mutebi Ssekabembe, Pastor
David Deis from Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Albuquerque Presented by Deacon Michael Illerbrun
Carmel Lucero from St. Augustine, Isleta Pueblo Presented by Fr. George Pavamkott O.Praem, Pastor
Martha Trujillo from Our Lady of Belen, Belen Presented by Fr. Stephen Schultz, Pastor
Helen Finch from Holy Cross, Santa Cruz Presented by Fr. Javier Gutierrez SF, Pastor
Philip & Rosita Trujillo from St. Anthony of Padua, Pecos Presented by Msgr. Bennet J. Voorhies
Kathrine Cain from Queen of Heaven, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. William E. Young Jr., Pastor
Ray Lucero from Our Lady of Guadalupe, Peralta Presented by Fr. Hoi Tran, Pastor
Ross Carter from St. Francis Xavier, Clayton Presented by Fr. Joel Bugas, Pastor
Albert & Denise Gonzales from Our Lady of Guadalupe, Villanueva Presented by Deacon Juan G. Martinez
Fabian Villagran from San Jose, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. Gabriel Paredes, Pastor
Joe & Theresa Padilla from San Miguel del Vado, Ribera Presented by Deacon Juan G. Martinez
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Robert & June Chavez from Our Lady of Sorrows, La Joya Presented by Fr. Denis Kaggwa, Pastor
Joe & Delia Gallegos from Shrine of St. Bernadette, Albuquerque Presented by Deacon Joe A. Santana
Mary Helen Garcia from San Diego Mission, Jemez Pueblo Presented by Fr. Larry Bernard OFM, Pastor
Steven & Virginia Ortiz from Our Lady of Guadalupe, Peña Blanca Presented by Fr. Terrence Brennan, Pastor
Francis Joseph & Loretta Katherine Rivera from Sacred Heart, Albuquerque Presented by Deacon Robert Vigil
Yolanda Romero from San Francisco de Asis, Ranchos de Taos Presented by Fr. Dino Candelaria, Pastor
John & Margie Tanuz from Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Santa Fe Presented by Fr. Tien-Tri Nguyen, Pastor
Judy Bassett from St. Francis Xavier, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. Sean Garrity CSB, Pastor
Donna Mims from San Ysidro, Corrales Presented by Fr. James McGowan, Pastor
Dorothy A. Lujan from Church of the Ascension, Albuquerque Presented by Deacon Leon Jones
Guadalupe & Eva Martinez from Holy Ghost, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. Daniel Gutierrez
Kathy Hale from St. Helen, Portales Presented by Fr. Charles Ugochukwu, Pastor
David & Susan O’Hara from Church of the Incarnation, Rio Rancho Presented by Fr. John F. Carney, Pastor
Martin & Annette Barker from Our Lady of the Annunciation, Albuquerque Presented by Msgr. Bennett J. Voorhies, Pastor
Cass & Margaret Tyler from St. Alice, Mountainair Presented by Fr. Sotero Sena, Pastor
Gerard & Susie Martinez from Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Valle de Pojoaque, Pojoaque. Presented by Deacon John Archuleta
Martin & Francisca Chairez from Santuario de San Martin de Porres, Albuquerque. Presented by Msgr. Richard Olona, Pastor
Frances Gomez from St. John the Baptist, Santa Fe Presented by Deacon Andres Carrillo
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Mary Padilla from San Felipe de Neri, Albuquerque Presented by Fr. Dennis Garcia, Pastor
Viola Lujan from Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe Presented by Fr. Adam Lee Ortega y Ortiz, Rector
Herman Vigil from San Juan Bautista, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo Presented by Fr. Dominic Pierson
Charles & Lisa Bonney from Cristo Rey, Santa Fe Presented by Fr. Adam Lee Ortega y Ortiz, Canonical Pastor
Frank & Sylvia Cimino from St. Patrick’s-St. Joseph’s, Raton Presented by Fr. John Trambley, Pastor
Ralph & Margie Quintana from Santa Maria de La Paz, Santa Fe Presented by Fr. Daniel M. Balizan, Pastor
Also receiving the Award this Year but not present: • • •
Robert & Velma Aerts from San Miguel, Socorro Salomon & Catherine Jaramillo from Immaculate Conception, Tome Ben & Sylvia Wooten from St. Jude Thaddeus, Albuquerque
Photos by Celine/ASF
John & Shirley Rehders from Santa Maria de La Paz, Santa Fe Presented by Fr. Daniel Balizan, Pastor
Empty Home
St. Francis’ “home” is amongst the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi sanctuary reredos, painted by Robert Lentz.
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This carved wooden statue of St. Francis of Assisi circa early 1700’s, pictured here, greets Cathedral visitors during the October 3, 2014th Archbishop’s St. Francis of Assisi Awards Mass.
Archbishop has presented a total of 1,437 St. Francis of Assisi Awards This year one hundred and fourteen people representing 75 parishes joined the ranks of the other 1437 who have received the beautiful image of St. Francis of Assisi depicted on the bronze medallion.
Archbishop’s St. Francis of Assisi Award Recipients = FAITH IN ACTION There are over 321,885 Catholics in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Of these, 114 were recognized for their love and service to the Catholic Church. Many of these recipients serve in multiple ministries simultaneously.
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Annual Deacon Retreat “Deacon as a Spiritual Director”
By Deacon Steve Rangel, Director of Deacons and Formation
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Four Graduate from St. Norbert College’s Master of Theological Studies Program By Jennifer Murphy-Dye, ASF Ecumenical Commission Member In August 2014, four students each received a Master of Theological Studies degree: Br. James Owens, O. Praem; Joseph Sandoval, a Norbertine oblate; and Antoinette (Toni) Silva and Deacon Joseph Silva, members of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary. The commencement ceremony was held at the Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey in southwest Albuquerque. In attendance at 2014 St. Norbert College MTS Graduates: Bro. the graduation were friends, family, alum- James Owens, Joseph Sandoval, Antoinette Silva, ni, and faculty, along with the Board of Deacon Joseph Silva Directors for the Ecumenical Institute for in bringing the MTS program to NM almost Ministry, which brought St. Norbert College’s MTS program to New Mexico in 1995. 20 years ago; past associate directors of the Dr. Jeff Frick, Academic Dean of SNC MTS-NM program, Dr. Kay Huggins and Dr. and a first-time visitor to New Mexico, de- Lynn Bridgers; and several faculty members, livered the commencement address, focusing including Biblical scholar Dr. Judith Todd – on the subject of vocation. Dr. Frick quoted ordained, Presbyterian, and a woman! For from Parker Palmer’s Let Your Life Speak, a all of the graduates, the ecumenical “flavor” powerful little book used in the MTS course of the program opened their eyes to the widModels for Ministry and Leadership in the er Christian community and the richness of Church. Dr. Howard Ebert, director of SNC’s sharing faith across denominations. Congratulations to the 2014 graduates! MTS program, conferred the degrees, with If you feel that God is calling you to a the assistance of Dr. Kathy Dolan, the assocideeper understanding that a Master of Theoate director of the MTS-NM program. Student speakers, Toni Silva and her hus- logical Studies degree can provide, contact band Deacon Joseph Silva, paid homage to Becky Candelaria, program coordinator, at the influence of several key people, including 505.873.4399 or rebecca.candelaria@snc. Abbot Joel Garner, O. Praem, a driving force edu. Photo by Jimmie Candelaria
Over 270 Archdiocese of Santa Fe deacons and wives attended the ASF Annual Deacon Retreat at the Mariott Pyramid in Albuquerque from September 19 - 21. The theme of the retreat was “Deacon as a Spiritual Director.” Fr. Bob Lussier of the Pecos Monastery was the presenter. Fr. Bob came to Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey on August 1, 1986 and made simple vows on August 7, 1986. His studies for the priesthood were completed at St. John’s Seminary in Camarillo, CA where he received his MDIV and an MA in Religion. He was ordained on December 19, 1992. Since then he has been following Christ’s call, seeking the truth of Jesus, the light of the Spirit, and the love of God. The monastery has provided training for spiritual direction for over 30 years at their 1000 acre location in the Pecos Mountains. Basing his description of spiritual direction on the teachings of St. John of the Cross, Fr. Bob outlined what a spiritual director does and who he or she is. Fr. stated that there was a serious need in our faith for men and women who feel called to be spiritual directors. “Ideally,” he said, “a competent spiritual director is a devout and learned person, prayerful, and one who is trained and educated in such a way they can advise in our complex world.” The most important thing about being a spiritual director is for the men and women to lead a spiritual life because they are the third person involved in a relationship between the directed and God. He described how spiritual direction goes back to
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Archdiocese of Santa Fe Search for Christian Maturity #136 is offered by the Youth & Young Adult Office. This retreat is for ages 15-18 (Still in HS) Retreat Location: Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe in Pojoaque. Date of retreat is November 28-30, 2014 Must Pre-Register by Friday, November 14. Fee: $40.00 per person. To register or for more information please contact Della at 505.831.8142 or dmontano@archdiosf.org
St. Patrick’s/St. Joseph’s Church Launches New Library By Frank Mahannah, The Comet, Raton (reprinted with permission)
What began as a parish book fair to benefit the Religious Education program a year ago, has become a library housing over 1,500 titles available for check-out at St. Patrick’s-St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Raton! A generous grant, provided by the Catholic Foundation, along with donations, fund-raisers, and the guidance of Deacon Keith Davis, director of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Resource Center, helped make the idea of a Catholic resource center a reality. A team of hard-working, enthusiastic parishioners joined Religious Education Director, Vickie Castellini-Blaisure, in monthly meetings for a year to plan and establish Holy Apostles Library. Fr. John Trambley, Patrick Blaisure, Krissy Long, Janelle Petrini, Isabel Mangini, Cody Stowe, Bobbye Marques, Viola Rose, Annie Vigil, Rhea Jackson and other volunteers contributed countless hours in preparing the library for children, teens and adults. The grand opening celebration, held in June, began with a blessing by Fr. John Trambley and a ribbon cutting at the entrance of the Religious Education building followed by refreshments,
registration, and book/media check-out. The library committee sincerely thanks all who helped make this great resource possible, and prays that the wholesome, faith-filled books and movies provide opportunities for many to draw closer to Christ. Holy Apostles Library is currently open on Wednesdays from 3:006:00p.m. with a plan to increase hours/days as additional volunteers increases. You are invited to visit!
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Continued from page 3 traveled, again by horse and wagon, to Durango, Mexico to meet with Archbishop Zubiría, and showed him the papal document that appointed Bishop Lamy over the vicariate. Archbishop Zubiría agreed to inform the priests of the change (No email, fax, or media in those days!). The vicariate of New Mexico was raised to the Diocese of Santa Fe on July 23, 1853 and Bishop Lamy was appointed its first bishop. Needless to say, he had to be a man of strong faith and endurance. The Diocese of Santa Fe then would cover what we know today to include the States of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, and Colorado! He would travel by horse to celebrate confirmations. He participated in the First Vatican Council from 1869-1870. The Diocese of Santa Fe was elevated to an Archdiocese on February 12, 1875, and Lamy was appointed its first archbishop at the age of 61. Archbishop Lamy resigned in 1885 at the age of 71. He died of pneumonia in 1888 and is buried under the sanctuary floor of the Cathedral Basilica in Santa Fe. A bronze statue, dedicated in 1915, stands in his memory outside the front entrance of the Cathedral Basilica. The Village of Lamy, New Mexico was named after him near the source of the sandstone used to build the cathedral. The American writer Willa Cather’s novel, Death Comes for the Archbishop, is based on his life and career. Archbishop Lamy served as a priest for 49 years and as a bishop for 37 years. All 37 years of his episcopacy was in Santa Fe. We have much for which to be grateful to him. Archbishop Lamy traveled many times to Europe to implore the help of priests and religious sisters. He started several parishes, schools and hospitals throughout the extensive territory with the dedication of the sisters and priests who
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left family and friends to minister to the people in the massive territory (No cars or airplanes then!). He was responsible for the construction of the St. Francis Cathedral and Loretto Chapel, both in Santa Fe (On June 15, 2005, I announced Pope Benedict XVI had designated the Cathedral a Basilica. The Cathedral was officially elevated on
Continued from page 3 lidad a los Sacerdotes de Nuevo México y no obtener respuesta alguna, Lamy decidió emprender de nuevo un viaje a caballo y en vagón a Durango, México para reunirse con el Arzobispo Zubiría y mostrarle el documento papal que lo nombraba como Obispo del Vicariato. El Arzobispo Zubiría
October 4, 2005. Its full name, the Cathedral of Saint Francis of Assisi, was consequently changed to the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi. The Loretto Chapel, unfortunately, was sold by the Loretto Sisters to a private organization and it is now runs as a museum for profit and holds non-Catholic religious services for weddings and such.). Archbishop Lamy purchased 152.8 acres for $80 in the late 1860s or early 1870s. He oversaw the building of his private retreat home complete with a private chapel. He was an experienced gardener and planted several fruit trees, bushes, flower and vegetables in his garden. On November 11, 1909 Archbishop John B. Pitaval conveyed the 152.8 acres to Carl Stephan for $1,300.16. Four days later on November 15, 1909, Stephan sold it to Harper S. Cunningham for $1,800.17. Both deeds contained a phrase protecting the Chapel which said, “… the Chapel is to be kept in good condition and repair by the grantee at his own expense for the use and benefit of the Catholics of that vicinity and who shall be permitted to enter said premises for the purpose of worship in said chapel.” Two years later, on December 23, 1911, Evalina C. Cunningham, widow of Harper S. Cunningham, signed a warranty deed, which still contained the restrictive clause concerning the chapel, to May B. Woodford who deeded it to family members of the famous Pulitzer Publishing Company. Two residences, later known as the south and north lodges were built, as well as a carriage house, and later incorporated into the present main structure of The Bishop’s Lodge in Santa Fe.
acordó informar a los Sacerdotes del cambio. (En esos días no había correo electrónico, fax ni otros medios rápidos de comunicación!) El Vicariato de Nuevo México fue elevado a Diócesis de Santa Fe el 23 de Julio de 1853 y el Obispo Lamy fue nombrado su primer Obispo. No hace falta decir que tuvo que ser un hombre de fe, fuerte y resistente. La Diócesis de Santa Fe luego cubriría lo que ahora conocemos como los estados de Nuevo México, Arizona, Wyoming y Colorado. Él viajaba a caballo para celebrar Confirmaciones en su territorio. Como Obispo, Lamy participó en el primer Concilio Vaticano de 1869-1870. La Diócesis de Santa Fe fue elevada al rango de Arquidiócesis el 12 de Febrero de 1875 y Lamy fue nombrado su primer Arzobispo a la edad de 61 años. Lamy renunció a su nombramiento en 1885 a la edad de 71 años y murió de neumonía en 1888. Fue sepultado bajo el piso del santuario de la Catedral Basílica de Santa Fe. Una estatua de bronce, dedicada en 1915 en honor a su memoria fue colocada fuera de la entrada principal de la Catedral. La aldea de Lamy, Nuevo México, cerca del área donde se tomó la piedra utilizada para construir la Catedral fue nombrada en su honor. La novela de la escritora estadounidense Willa Cather, Death Comes for the Archbishop (La muerte viene por el Arzobispo), se basa en la su vida y carrera de Lamy. Arzobispo Lamy sirvió como sacerdote durante 49 años y como obispo durante 37, todos ellos en Santa Fe.
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Tenemos mucho que agradecerle. El viajó varias veces a Europa para implorar la ayuda de sacerdotes y hermanas religiosas y gracias a su dedicación y la de las hermanas y sacerdotes que dejaron amigos y familia para atender a las personas en este extenso territorio, Lamy inauguró varias parroquias, escuelas y hospitales en el extenso territorio a su cargo. (No había carros ni aviones en ese entonces!) El fue responsable de la construcción de la Catedral y la capilla de Loretto, ambas en Santa Fe. (La Catedral fue oficialmente designada por el ahora Papa Emérito Benedicto XVI como Basílica en junio de 2005 y ese mismo año, el 4 de Octubre, fue oficialmente nombrada Catedral Basílica de San Francisco de Asís. La Capilla de Loretto, por desgracia, fue vendida por las Hermanas de Loretto a una organización privada y ahora es un museo con fines de lucro y ofrece servicios religiosos no católicos para bodas y similares.) A finales de 1860 o principios de 1870, Lamy compró 1528 acres a un costo de $80 dólares. Él mismo supervisó la construcción de su casa junto con una capilla privada. Siendo un jardinero experimentado, plantó varios árboles frutales, arbustos, flores y verduras en su jardín. Después de su muerte, el entonces Arzobispo John B. Pitaval traspasó las 1528 hectáreas a Carl Stephan por un costo de $1,300 el 11 de Noviembre de 1909. Cuatro días más tarde, el 15 de Noviembre de 1909, Stephan vendió la propiedad a Harper S. Cunningham por $1,800. Ambos documentos de traspaso contenían una frase protegiendo la capilla que decía, “... la capilla se ha de mantener en buenas condiciones y ser reparada por el beneficiario por cuenta propia para el uso y beneficio de los católicos de esa zona, que serán autorizados a entrar en dicho local con el objeto de orar en la capilla”. Dos años más tarde, el 23 de Diciembre de 1911, Evalina C. Cunningham, viuda de Harper S. Cunningham, traspasó las escrituras, todavía con la cláusula restrictiva en relación a la capilla, a May B. Woodford, quien a su vez traspasó la propiedad a miembros de la familia de la famosa compañía Pulitzer Publishing. Dos residencias, conocidas más tarde como las casas de campo del sur y del norte, además de una cochera fueron construidas, mismas que después fueron incorporadas a la estructura principal de lo que ahora se conoce como el hotel Bishop’s Lodge de Santa Fe.
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Witness for Civil Marriage / Mixing Water and Wine at Mass By Father Kenneth Doyle, Catholic News Service
Q. I am a practicing Catholic. A female friend of mine who was baptized Catholic and her live-in boyfriend (of 25 years) decided to get married by a justice of the peace. My friend attends a Christian non-denominational church; the boyfriend does not attend any religious services. (He has been on disability for many years from schizophrenia; she is manic-depressive.) The brother of the boyfriend is a Catholic priest. My friend asked me to go to the wedding ceremony and serve as a legal witness. I asked my parish priest, and he said that I could. So I went to the ceremony, presided over by the JP [justice of the peace], and also to the reception. The boyfriend’s brother,
the priest, was not at the ceremony but did attend the reception, though briefly. My question is this: If that priest, the groom’s brother, did not feel comfortable being at the ceremony, then why was I allowed to participate? (Name of city withheld) A. I think I know why your parish priest said that it was OK for you to serve as a witness. But I can also understand why the other priest, the brother of the groom, might have felt uncomfortable attending the ceremony. You mentioned that your friend had been baptized a Catholic but now attends a different church. My guess is that her boyfriend was also once a Catholic, since his brother is a priest. Since neither of the spouses is now a practicing Catholic, no one would reasonably expect them to feel obligated to
be married in a Catholic ceremony. On balance, I think it’s preferable that they be married civilly rather than not at all, especially since that creates certain legal responsibilities for each other’s welfare. To give them credit, their decision to marry may well have been a principled one, a determination to “make right” their living together. Your support as a friend evidently means a lot to them and is especially important given their recurring struggles with mental illness. For all these reasons, I think that you made the right choice to serve as their witness. As for the groom’s brother, I have of course no awareness of the family dynamics, but he may have felt that his presence at the wedding, even as a nonparticipant, could have been viewed as an official en-
dorsement of the ceremony by the Catholic Church and as an encouragement for others to marry in a nonreligious setting. Q. I have long wondered why the priest mixes water with the wine at the offertory of the Mass. I have done some research and learned that this was the practice as early as the second century, but I don’t understand why it is done. (Medford Lakes, New Jersey) A. When the priest at the offertory of the Mass pours a drop of water into the chalice filed with wine, it symbolizes the commingling of the divinity of Jesus with our humanity. When doing so, the priest says to himself: “By the mystery of this water and wine may we come to share in the divinity of Christ who humbled himself to share in our humanity.” This symbolic gesture can
be found in the earliest rituals of the Eucharist, and St. Cyprian speaks of it in the middle of the third century: “When the water is mingled in the cup with wine, the people are made one with Christ.” St. Thomas Aquinas in “Summa Theologiae” mentions a second symbolism: the water and the blood that flowed together from the side of Christ during his passion. St. Thomas also notes the “probability” that Jesus instituted the Eucharist at the Last Supper with wine tempered with water, since that mixture was a common practice among Jews and in Mediterranean cultures of the time. Questions may be sent to Father Kenneth Doyle at askfatherdoyle@gmail.com and 40 Hopewell St., Albany, N.Y. 12208.
Send Prayers, Needed Aid For Those Hit By Ebola, Pope Says VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called for prayers and concrete help for the thousands of people affected by the deadly Ebola virus. “I hope the international community may provide much-needed help to alleviate the sufferings of our brothers and sisters,” he said in an appeal at the end of his general
audience in St. Peter’s Square Sept. 24. Before leading the 30,000 people in the square in a prayer to Mary, the pope said he had been praying for those hit by this “terrible disease” and epidemic in West Africa. It was the second time in the past 24 hours that the pope spoke about the outbreak. The pope highlighted the church’s
valuable work in helping deal with the disease, during an address Sept. 23 to bishops from Ghana. The bishops were at the Vatican for their periodic “ad limina” visits. “I pray for the repose of the souls of all who have died in this epidemic, among whom are priests, men and women religious and health care workers who con-
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tracted this terrible disease while caring for those suffer-
ing,” the pope said in the written address.
Vatican Summit Says Extremists Must Be Stopped With Sanctioned Force VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Extremist groups in the Middle East, including the Islamic State, must be stopped with sanctioned military force and through dialogue, said a Vatican statement. “One cannot be silent, nor (can) the international community remain inactive, in the face of the massacre of persons,” said the statement issued Oct. 4 at the end of a three-day Vatican summit on the plight of Christians in the Middle East. “The participants at the meeting reaffirmed that it is licit to stop the unjust aggressor, always in accordance with international law,” it said. Pope Francis convened the Vatican summit Oct. 2-4 because of his growing concern and desire to do something about the dramatic
situation Christians and other religious and ethnic minoritiaes are facing in the region. Those called to the summit included the seven Vatican nuncios based in Syria, Jordan-Iraq, Egypt, Israel-Palestinian territories, Iran, Lebanon and Turkey, as well as top officials from the Vatican Secretariat of State, the Vatican’s permanent representatives at the United Nations in New York and Geneva, as well as from Vatican offices dealing with issues concerning refugees, charitable aid and Eastern churches. A Vatican communique marking the end of the talks said, “The activity of some extremist groups is a cause of grave concern, particularly the so-called ‘Islamic State,’ whose violence cannot be met with indifference.”
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45th Annual Rosary Rally
“Go and Bear Fruit That Will Remain�
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he 45th Annual Rosary Rally was held on Sunday, October 5, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Isotopes Park in Albuquerque. Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan was the main celebrant. Archbishop Sheehan lead the faithful in the Annual Consecration of those present and their families to the maternal love of Our Blessed Mother which was followed by a Mass. Thousands were in attendance to pray for peace. The Rosary Rally is a non-profit organization funded solely by the generous contributions of those in attendance. For more information on the rally, to donate or volunteer, please call Deacon Manuel Montoya, Spiritual Director of the Rosary Rally 505.344.3791 or 505.934.5826.
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San Miguel Socorro Continues 400 years of Faith, Culture and History The community of San Miguel & Missions in Socorro is very grateful to all who prayed, visited and joined in the celebration of the rededication of their holy and historic church last month. Included here are just some highlights of the celebration. On Friday evening September 26, 2014 the faithful gathered. The weather was perfect as the overflow crowd gathered in the church and the north parking lot to witness this historic event. The whole celebration began with our Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan having received the keys of the completely restored church from the head Mayordoma and lifelong parishioner, Annie Anaya. Then, Archbishop in turn handed the keys to the pastor, Rev. Andrew J. Pavlak. The doors were flung open and the strains of, “All Are Welcome,” rang throughout the church and the whole of Socorro. The celebration continued with many aspects of worship that most people gathered had never witnessed before. One such experience was after the Liturgy of the Word. The newly installed New Mexico Travertine altar top was removed with the assistance of SIX strong men as the top weighs in at approximately 600 pounds. Newly received relics of St. Thomas Aquinas and St. John Bosco (gifted from the Pecos Monastery via Rev. Francisco Alanis, OSB, who is currently serving in Meadowlake) were placed beneath the altar table. The relics were placed on a handmade simple table-stand by Gordy Hicks, parishioner and Socorro City Council Member. Once the altar top was returned it was anointed with the Chrism Oil by the Archbishop. Then, the pastor (Fr. Andy) and former pastors present, Rev. John Daniels, Rev. Edward Domme and Rev. Jose Hernandez assisted the Archbishop in anointing the walls of the church with each cleric taking a portion of the building marking the walls and once again consecrating this most holy place. Once the celebration was completed for that evening, the festivities continued with the FIESTAS 2014 for that evening AND the next two days. This was truly a great beginning of the Year-long 400th Anniversary celebration of faith, culture and history. This month, on Friday October 24, 2014 at 7 pm, San Miguel will host the next event in the Year-long Anniversary celebration. All are again welcome to come to hear a lecture in the newly restored church. This lecture will be on the “History of the Piro Indians,” presented by Dr. Michael Bletzer. Dr. Bletzer is the archeologist who led a 10-year archeological study and dig at what seems to be the first Socorro, Tepanya Pueblo site South of Luis Lopez (approximately 7 miles south of current day Socorro). Dr. Bletzer has also been working on smaller digs/searches on the San Miguel property and will share some of his insights from that experience. Dr. Bletzer will also be presenting a sketch of the pueblo from Tepanya AND a suggested sketch of what the pueblo in current day Socorro could have looked like back to the earliest part of the history. A reception will follow Dr. Bletzer’s presentation and allow anyone to share in conversation with this most interesting scientist. Please come to San Miguel in Socorro to join in the continued celebration of these 400 years of faith, history and culture. You don’t want to miss this event!
San Miguel Special guests, the Piro-Manso-Tiwa Tribe descendants of the first inhabitants of what we now call Socorro. These forbears, along with the Spanish Settlers and Franciscan Friars are truly responsible for the establishment of the faith, culture and history of the Socorro area.
Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan prepares for Solemn Entr
Procession included Archdiocesan clergy and parishioners.
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Deacon Ybarra assists Archbishop as he prepares to anoint the altar with sacred chrism.
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Archbishop, Deacons Nicholas Keller & Miguel Ybarra pray the Litany of the Saints.
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ev. Andrew Pavlak assists Archbishop as he lights the incense in the brazier.
Servers Jared Padilla, Demitra Ulibarri, Joel Green assist in preparation for First Mass.
Fiesta 2014 Senior King & Queen, Don & Rosie Tripp
Ladies prepare the altar for Holy Mass. Rev. Edward Domme consecrates church wall with sacred chrism.
Archbishop incenses the altar and faithful with the holy fragrance.
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Rev. Andrew Pavlak, pastor, receives the Church door keys from Archbishop.
Rev. Andrew Pavlak joins former San Miguel pastors Rev. John Daniels, Rev. Edward Domme and Rev. Jose Hernandez. Each assisted the Archbishop in anointing the walls of the church.
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Re-Dedication Mass September 26, 2014
The overflow crowd gathered in the parking lot to witness the historic event.
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Faith, Family, Fishing & Fun Oct. 11-12, 2014 Weekend in the Manzanos
Sponsored by Knights of Columbus-Catholic Daughters-St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Jose Torreon Women’s Auxiliary & Many Others
A Fundraiser for Ultrasound Project
(Bring copies of your baby’s ultrasound pictures & family pictures to display on our wall of life) Saturday, October 11 2pm Rosary Rally Lesson on praying the rosary/Lesson on Divine Mercy and how to pray the Divine Mercy Our Blessed Mother/Maria de Ágreda – Mystical City of God study group information
5:00 p.m Children’s fun time and movie (Bring your own comfortable chairs) Sunday, October 12 10:30 A.M. – 1:00 P.M All you can eat brunch – Church Hall – Manzano $6.00 adults/$3.00 kids Join us to wish Father Sotero Sena a fond farewell and blessings on his new assignment 1:00 P.M Fishing Tournament-
Manzano Lake All participants must adhere to State fishing laws & respect Manzano Land Grant rules & regulations Registration at at East side of lake entrance – $5.00 registration fee Prizes for fishing “stuff” every hour – prize for biggest fish & most fish –awarded at 4:15 P.M
contest winner announced at 4:30 – apple pie for all until it’s gone
1:00 - 3:00 PM Entries accepted for best apple pie/pastelito
This is a family friendly/ non-alcoholic event
2:00 P.M Fun Run/Walk Starts at. - Approximately 4 miles – $5.00+entry fee
4:00 – 5:00 P.M Supper 5:00 P.M. Movie – For Greater Glory (rated R due to war scenes)
Photos by Dalia Delgado Baca
St. Thomas Aquinas School Participates in Worldwide Children’s Eucharistic Holy Hour
By Dalia Delgado Baca, parishioner, St. Thomas Aquinas, Rio Rancho The children, teachers, staff, and families of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School in Rio Rancho participated in the 12th Annual Worldwide Children’s Eucharistic Holy hour on Friday, October 3 at
St. Thomas Aquinas Parish. This worldwide event brings together children from all over the world and is organized by The Children of the Eucharist Organization. In the United States, the National Annual Holy Hour is held at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. This Holy Hour is a call to the
world’s clergy, Catholic educators, and parents to gather the children into the parish to spiritually unite in prayer and is held annually on the first Friday of October. The children began the day by lighting a unity candle, followed by a procession that included a beautiful display of international flags, costumes from around the world and a
statue of our Blessed Mother which represented the theme of this year’s Holy Hour, “Immaculate Heart of Mary – Our Refuge”. The students celebrated Mass followed by reverent and spiritual adoration ending with a rosary where they prayed for families all around the world. The children were fascinated to know they were spiritually united with children from around the
globe. St. Thomas Aquinas principal, Sr. Anne Louise Abascal, MPF closed the hour by telling the children “You prayed well, you adored well now play well the rest of the day!” Mid-school religion teacher, Mr. Tony Wilimitis said it best “What a beautiful opportunity to join Catholic children throughout the world in praying together for each other, our families, and the conversion of the world! And what a true joy and privilege it is to be part of an event that honors the Eucharistic Lord with such devotion fervor! By bringing our students into His presence, we are allowing Him to teach them – cor ad cor loquitur – heart speaks to heart.”
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Defending Human Dignity By Sandra Arpero, CCHD Intern
“What the poor need most is not pity but love. They need to feel respected for their human dignity, which is neither less nor different from the dignity of any other human being.”Mother Teresa Human dignity is difficult to define, yet real and undeniable. It comes from the basis of our belief that humans were created in the image and likeness of God.
Because of this, every human person has by nature a fundamental and inalienable worth or value that cannot be measured. Our value is not acquired or earned through any social status, skill or ability. It is a value that we have by being sons and daughters of God, simply by being human persons. Our human dignity is what fundamentally makes us humans and cannot be taken away. To say that we are the image of God brings implications and challenges. God exists in
a relationship of love with the Trinity, and if we are created in the image of God, we are also social beings who ought to be in communion and in relation with one another through love. As relational beings, we acquire rights as well as responsibilities. Just as God loves everyone unconditionally, we ought to do the same. It’s our responsibility to ensure that people meet their basic right to life and to the basic necessities that provide quality of life as they are food, shelter, education, health care, and employment. We are called to take care of everyone, especially the poor and vulnerable who lack the voice and the strength to take care of themselves and make their rights be valued. One way we can continue with God’s work to defend human dignity in our country is supporting the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. This is an anti-poverty and social program of the U.S Catholic bishops, whose main mission is to address the root causes of poverty in the US by working to empower the poor through participation and education for justice, and by leading toward solidarity between the poor and non-poor. To help CCHD in its efforts to defend human dignity and take poverty off the map, you can schedule a presentation for junior high and high school youth, confirmation groups, young adults or adults, in English or Spanish, by contacting Sandra Arpero, CCHD intern for the Office of Social Justice and Respect Life, justice2@archdiosf.org or call 505.831.8235.
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Call for proposals: Catholic Campaign for Human Development Grants
Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is the U.S. Catholic Bishops anti poverty initiative to break the devastating cycle of poverty in America, to defend human dignity, and assist people in helping themselves. Collections are taken in all parishes in the US in November, and then are used for grants for community organizing and economic development projects that focus on helping people with a hand up not just a hand out. See http://www. usccb.org/about/catholic-campaign-for-human-development/ Non-profits (or organizations that have
The Migration Experience
Joins us Wednesday evenings from 6:30—8:30 pm at Sacred Heart Parish (309 Stover Ave. SW, Albuquerque)
October 22nd October 29th November 5th November 12th
“Which Way Home” - special showing of this HBO Documentary and Discussion Unaccompanied Minors: Fact and Fiction (testimonies from the Border) Refugee 101—a Journey of many Steps Action Steps of Support & Art Reflection
This four week interactive program on migration is brought to you by Catholic Charities’ Center for Refugee Settlement (www.ccasfnm.org). Each week will focus on one component of migration and will be an opportunity for education, reflection and prayer. The Migration Experience is free and we ask that you register by contacting Kathy Freeze at 502-724-4694 or at freezek@ ccasfnm.org
a fiscal agent that is a non-profit) that work with community development or economic development initiatives that focus on assisting low income people may apply for National grants of $25,000-$75,000. Smaller grants of $1,500-$10,000 are also available as small “seed” grants. An “eligibility quiz” will be available from September 1-November 1 for “new” organizations (organizations that have never received CCHD National funding or organizations that have not been in the cycle of funding for at least 3 years) seeking National CCHD funding. More information about what is eligible for funding is located on the CCHD web site, http://www. usccb.org/about/catholic-campaign-for-human-development/ grants/index.cfm. For small “seed grants,” or for more information, contact the Office of Social Justice and Respect Life, 505.831.8167 or at justice@archdiosf.org
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The Archdiocese of Santa Fe African American Catholic Community Mass Sunday, October 26, 12 noon
The AACC Cordially invites all to Mass on Sunday, October 26, 12 noon at St. Joseph on the Rio Grande Catholic Church, 5901 St. Joseph’s Dr. NW, Albuquerque. For more information please call (505) 836-3627 Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Office of Social Justice & Respect Life and the AACC.
CRS Fair Trade “Ambassadors” for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe! By John Geffroy, Parishioner, Immaculate Conception Las Vegas
Last March, CRS held a three-day training in Baltimore for those volunteering to be Fair Trade Ambassadors, charged with introducing fair trade concepts and products to dioceses in many regions of the United States. Two of the 25 newly-commissioned ambassadors belong to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, including a parishioner at Immaculate Conception Parish, Albuquerque, and I, John Geffroy, of Immaculate Conception parish, Las Vegas.
Announcing Archdiocese of Santa Fe CRS Rice Bowl Small Grant Process
Background: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is the international relief and development agency of the US Bishops (see www. crs.org). CRS Rice Bowl (see www.crsricebowl.org) is its well-known Lenten catechetical and sacrificial giving program. Each Lent, 75% of the Rice Bowl collection goes to CRS overseas development and hunger relief in places where CRS works. The remaining 25% of the total Lent-
Fair trade is one form of social action flowing from Catholic social teaching. The responsibility of Catholics to promote a living wage and safe and equitable working conditions has been an explicit concern of the Church since the 19th Century. Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical, Rerum Novarum (1891) declared that “wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner.” However, fair trade goes far beyond economic justice. In supporting individual cultivators and craftsmen as well as worker-owned cooperatives, CRS Fair Trade is also assuring rights of children to pro-
en Rice Bowl collection goes into the Local Archdiocesan Rice Bowl fund. In keeping with the purpose of the 25% allocation, CRS requests that the 25% be used to support hunger and poverty alleviation programs in our diocese. Criteria: • Project/organization within the boundaries of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe that works to alleviate poverty, hunger, or homelessness • Organization must be a 501(c)3 non-profit or have a non-profit fiscal agent
tection and education, gender equality, and access to health care. Supporting CRS Fair Trade not only aids the struggle for an equitable return for labor, but is part of efforts to bring sustainable development and improved quality of life to millions of people around the world. I am a retired anthropologist and teacher who taught at New Mexico Highlands University and the United World College in Montezuma, New Mexico. I trace my interest in fair trade to a student service trip I helped lead to northern Mexico in 2007. In Agua Prieta, Sonora, the sister city of Douglas, Arizona, students from the United World College and I visited the roasting
• Project/organization is connected to, supported by or collaborating with a Catholic parish, school or Archdiocesan entity • Organization is willing to promote the use of CRS Rice Bowl during Lent, and to let people know it receives funds from CRS Rice Bowl Fund • Examples of appropriate projects/organizations: o SVdP-Archdiocesan council or parish conference o Parish soup kitchen or food bank, mobile food pantry
plant of the Cafe Justo organization, a plant owned by a cooperative of coffee farmers in Chiapas, Mexico. I learned that the coffee roasters get the largest share of profits from selling coffee, so that owning their own plant is an especially positive fair trade practice. I have sold fair trade coffee on a small scale since then, but I intend to expand my fair trade sales, representing not only coffee producers, but through CRS and SERRV (an independent non-profit organization affiliated with CRS) hoping to introduce a range of other products distributed by SERRV, including chocolate products, hand-made clothing and home furnishings produced by individuals and cooperatives
o Emergency food/shelter needs o Transitional housing support o Refugee support o Immigrant support o Support for homeless people o Catholic Charities housing, hunger, refugee support o Parish healthy food education o Food assistance for women in crisis pregnancies Time Line For Application: Organizations may apply for
from the United States and abroad. See http://www.crsfairtrade.org/ Since October is Fair Trade month, it would be especially appropriate for parish groups to learn more about the principles of CRS Fair Trade. As Fair Trade Ambassadors commissioned by CRS, the parishioner at Immaculate Conception in Albuquerque and I are available to parishes, schools and other groups throughout the Archdiocese, offering presentations on CRS Fair Trade principles and practice, and helping to organize Fair Trade events. We may be contacted through the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Office of Social Justice and Respect Life, 505-831-8167, justice@archdiosf.org funds for local projects each year and may re-apply in subsequent years. The grant requests need to be submitted by email only each year by November 1. Award distributions will take place in January each year. Award Amounts: The amount awarded depends on the CRS Rice Bowl Collection from previous Lent, and may vary from year to year. Typical grants may be in the range of $200$2,500. Application form is available on the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Social Justice and Respect Life web page, www. archdiosf.org. If you have any questions or need an application, please contact: Anne Avellone, M.Div, LMSW Director, Office of Social Justice and Respect Life Archdiocese of Santa Fe 4000 St. Joseph’s Pl NW Albuquerque, NM 87120 505-831-8167 or justice@ archdiosf.org
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Bueno Foods and Heidi’s Raspberry Farm Spicing It Up In Poland
Sisters from Poland receive a spicy gift from Bueno Foods and Heidi’s Raspberry Farm Recently, a delegation of Polish Felician Sisters descended on St. Felix Pantry to hear about the work the pantry is doing to feed New Mexico’s hungry. They have heard about the good work started by Sr. Genevieve Ryskiewicz 21 years ago and had some questions. As members of their provincial leadership, Siostra Maria Matylda, Siostra Maria Anuncjata, Siostra Maria Boguslawa from Poland and Sr. Mary Geralyn from North America, gathered in Rio Rancho to participate in the Congregational Apostolic Mission Meeting coordinated by Sr. Margaret Marie Padilla, General Councilor from Rome, Italy. As coordinators of ministry in their respective provinces, they are sharing how the charism of Blessed Mary Angela is strengthening the people of God and discussing how to share that charism-gift more profoundly. Impressed with a tour of the pantry and given the opportunity to meet some of its clients, the sisters from Poland were very pleased and promised to share their experience with their ministries back in Poland. “We just had to give them a taste of New Mexico to take back with them,” said Manuel Casias, Vice President of Development for St. Felix Pantry.
“I picked up the phone and called two friends of Felix, Jackie Baca, President of Bueno foods and Heidi Eleftheriou, President of Heidi’s Raspberry Farms. Without hesitation, both said YES! How can we help?” A gift bag filled with Bueno food products and a jar of jelly from Heidi’s Raspberry Farm in Corrales were given to the sisters. “The smiles on the faces of these sisters was all we needed to make our day. They were very appreciative and Jackie also gave them a recipe that required the use of the chili spices in the bag. I suggested that after eating the chili they should quickly taste some of Heidi’s jelly,” added Casias with a smirk. Jack Bunting, president of St. Felix Pantry said, “Bueno Foods has been a friend of Felix for many years and Heidi has also been very generous. Together, we can all make a difference in addition to sending a little spice to Poland.” St. Felix Pantry, a Felician-Sponsored ministry, accepts food at its location on 4020 Barbara Loop SE in Rio Rancho, Tuesday through Saturday from 6 am until 12 noon. For more information about St. Felix Pantry please call 505.891.8075 or email: mcasias@stfelixpantry.org
October 2014
The Holy Trinity Parish Mary Garden, Arroyo Seco, Featured on Tour!
The Holy Trinity Parish Mary Garden in Arroyo Seco was one of five gardens featured on Los Jardineros Garden Club of Taos Annual Garden and Home Tour on August 2, 2014. This public garden is a ministry of the Mary Guild and features over 100 varieties of Mary flowers. It was dedicated and blessed by Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan in 2012. Also included as part of the tour was La Santisima Trinidad Church, a beautiful example of an early 19th century historic mission church. Close to 500 visitors from New Mexico and surrounding states toured the garden and church.
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The Catholic Difference
Notre Dame Honors Russia’s New Martyrs By George Weigel It’s sometimes hard to tell, this time of year, but there’s more going on at Notre Dame than football. Spirited debate continues about the university’s Catholic identity and what that means for everything from curriculum and faculty hiring to the campus master plan. Those involved in that debate can now take inspiration from an impressive new project mounted by the university’s library, which introduces English-speakers to some modern Russian heroes of faithful discipleship. In 2000, the Russian Catholic leadership published a remarkable study, Book of Remembrance: A Martyrology of the Catholic Church in the USSR, which included brief biographies of more than 1,800 Catholics—priests, religious, and laity—persecuted under Lenin and Stalin. The biographies were subsequently translated by Dr. Geraldine Kelley, and thanks to the work of a team led by Natasha Lyandres, Russian and East European Curator and Head of Rare Books and Special Collections at Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Library, they’re now available online: https://biographies.library.nd.edu. The university’s digital resources made it possible to enhance the original Russian work, through a search engine that allows readers to work back and forth through the biographies, seeing the connections among these 20th-century heroes of the faith from both the Latin and Eastern rites. Sixteen of those memorialized in the Book of Remembrance are now part of a joint beatification cause. Their names will be familiar to only the most knowledgeable special-
ists; their stories ought to inspire Catholics across America. Mother Catherine Abrikosova, OPL, founded and led a community of Third Order Dominican sisters, for which she was arrested in 1923, along with the rest of her community, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment. Released after breast cancer surgery in 1932, she was re-arrested and sentenced to eight years in the Gulag camps. She died in 1936. Another member of that Third Order Dominican community, Camilla Nikolaevna Kruczelnicka, was sentenced to ten years in 1933 and sent to what Solzhenitsyn called the “Mother of the Gulag,” the Solovki camp, located on an island in the far northern White Sea. The Book of Remembrance picks up her story from there: “In the camp she married a man whom she hoped to convert, but he turned out to be an informant for the camp administrators. In 1937, Kruczelnicka was transferred to a stricter regime area within the camp. On the 27th of October 1937, she was shot at Sandomokh, an isolated area in a swamp in Karelia, near Medvezhegorsk… while she was in the camp [she attempted] to maintain links to the Catholic priests who were there, keeping strong in her faith and trying to bear witness to it.” Then there is Father Franciszek Budrys, whose pastoral work took him to parishes throughout Russia. The climax of his story is briefly told: “In 1937 he was arrested in Ufa together with members of the parish council on charges of being the ‘president of an espionage network of the counter-revolutionary insurgent Polish Military
Organization (POV).’ December 1937—sentenced to death. December 16, 1937—shot, in Ufa prison, along with another 180 Catholics.” The Book of Remembrance is replete with such stories, although some end with the simple notation, “Fate Unknown”—a reminder that Russia is a vast cemetery of unmarked Christian graves: Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant martyrs, united in their witness-unto-death— which, as St. John Paul II taught, is the most powerful embodiment of ecumenism. Those looking for challenging spiritual reading will find it in the Book of Remembrance and at the Web site dedicated to the cause of the Catholic New Martyrs of Russia (http://en.catholicmartyrs. org), in story after story of remarkable fidelity to Christ under extraordinary circumstances. Their witness was important in its time. Their intercession before the Throne of Grace is important today, when an aggressive Russia under Vladimir Putin is airbrushing history, lying about Catholic activity in Ukraine, threatening Russia’s neighbors, and doing so in the name of a fictive “Russian space” claiming the warrant of an ancient Christian civilization. The true exemplars of that civilization, however, are not ex-KGB agents, but the martyrs in the Book of Remembrance. George Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C. Weigel’s column is distributed by the Denver Catholic Register, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Denver. Phone: 303-715-3215.
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Abeyta, Beare
Mr. Harry (Bill) Beare and Miss Rita Abeyta were joined in holy matrimony on October 16, 1954 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Albuquerque. Msgr. Jose Garcia presided. On October 18, 2014 they celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a reunion of their immediate family. Bill was born in El Paso, TX and moved to Albuquerque in 1939. Bill was in the Army during the Korean War, and after the war worked for Mountain Bell for his entire career. In May 1978, at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, Archbishop Sanchez ordained Bill as a deacon in the Catholic Church. Bill served as Deacon at Holy Rosary Church, and is still helping as needed. Rita was born in Bosque, NM. Rita worked at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Albuquerque and has been a homemaker to her loving family. Rita is very active in the Catholic Daughters, having joined in June of 1983 and is still an active member. Rita was a regent with the Catholic Daughters. They both continue to be active parishioners of Our Lady of Most Holy Rosary Church in Albuquerque and both are past recipients of the St. Francis Award from Holy Rosary Parish. Bill and Rita are the proud parents of seven children and their spouses. They have 23 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren.
Herrera, Tafoya
Mr. Jose N. Tafoya and Miss Gregoria Herrera were joined in holy matrimony at Our Lady of Talpa Church in Los Angeles, CA on September 17, 1944 and celebrated their 70th anniversary with a Mass and blessing at Our Lady of the Annunciation on September 14, 2014 followed by a dinner with friends and family. Joe and Gregoria met in Oakland, CA in 1942 and moved to New Mexico in 1956. Both worked in Los Alamos since 1956 until they retired in 1989 and moved to Albuquerque to become members of Our Lady of the Annunciation Church. Joe served as a lector and eucharistic minister at Sacred Heart Church in Nambe, NM for 33 years and continues to serve at Our Lady of the Annunciation. The couple was blessed with three children, Peter Tafoya and wife Lynn, Karen and husband John Robinson and Nina Tafoya. They have five grandchildren, Mark, Diego(deceased), Leah Tafoya and Hunter and Katey Robinson. They are great-grandparents to Ashley Tafoya. Joe and Gregoria always give back to their church, community, family and friends. God blessed us with parents who are an outstanding model of faith, love and commitment.
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Fifty Years in Vows
By Br. Bernard Scollon, s.P.
As I reflect on my 50 years in religious life as a Servant of the Paraclete, I find my mind goes back to roots in Clones, County Monaghan in Ireland. The seeds of my vocation were surely planted there through the influence and example of my parents who practiced and lived their faith in every way, and also through the good formation received in the catholic schools which I attended. When I was 16, my parents decided to move to England for work, and the whole family moved to Luton. It was in 1960 that I first encountered the Servants of the Paraclete. I had been thinking of a possible vocation, and I had learned about a little community in Brownshill in Gloucestershire. While visiting that community, they introduced me to the Servants of the Paraclete who had a house in the same village. I learned about the unique and sublime charism of this Congregation which has a Eucharistic spirituality and whose apostolate is to serve priests & brothers, especially those who may need to come away from their ministry for more intense prayer, counseling, fraternity and spiritual direction. The motto, I was told, was “For Christ in his Priest.” I came to believe this was my vocation. After some time, I was accepted for the novitiate which I made there in England. Our Founder, Fr. Gerald Fitzgerald was still alive at that time, and I always consider it a great grace that I was able to meet him personally several times between then, and his death in 1969. He really was an extraordinary man, and a holy priest. Towards the end of my novitiate I was asked to go to Rome to our house there, which was a house of studies. It was in Rome that I made my first vows on October 27th 1964. In the following ten or so years, I served in several of our houses – back in England, then Scotland, France and in New Mexico. A significant event for me was that in 1979 I was introduced to an instrument called the “The Progoff Intensive Journal.” I found it personally helpful in processing the evens of my own life, and was given permission to study the journal, and eventually I was able to become a certified Progoff Journal Consultant. I felt that this equipped me to give more to the priests and brothers who came to our residential programs. It was a privilege to assist them, and it made me feel humble as they shared some of their memories and stories with me. It was a more direct involvement in our apostolate, and I counted it a great privilege. In 1996 I entered into a phase of my vocation which I had never expected, when I entered the Congregation. God is a God of surprises! One of our members, Fr. Peter Lechner had asked to go to the Philippines to explore establishing our order there. I volunteered, with some trepidation, to go with him and to work with him. It was not always easy – it never is when you are pioneering. Yet, somehow I feel it was the most rewarding and maybe the most fruitful part of my life as a servant of the Paraclete. It was certainly fulfilling! As a result of this act of faith on the part of the leadership of our Congregation, we are now established in Tagaytay, Philippines, and in two places in Vietnam. Through this initiative some West African brothers have joined us and soon we may establish a small community in Ghana. Little did we know that the very humble, and sometimes difficult beginning we made there would result in all this! I thank God that I was able to play a little part in all of this, even if at the time, none of us had any idea what the Lord had in store for us! On returning to the USA in 1999 I have continued my ministry in various houses, mostly in New Mexico and in Missouri. I am now assigned to our Community house in Jemez Springs New Mexico. We are four in community and our house here is now a place of hospitality and prayer for priests. We, the core community, have a more contemplative life-style than is possible in other houses of the Congregation. We have two Holy Hours each week-day, and commit ourselves to intercede especially for priests and brothers, as well as welcoming priests and brothers who would like to share our life together for some days, or for longer. So at this time, my life is mainly hospitality and prayer. I thank God for his grace, which has brought me to this time of my life when I celebrate my Golden Jubilee on 27th October 2014. Br. Bernard Scollon, s.P.
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Covers of books on church’s evangelization efforts in China
These are the covers of “The Visitor: Andre Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia” by Liam Matthew Brockey and “Evangelization in China: Challenges and Prospects” by Kin Sheung Chiaretto Yan. The books are reviewed by Brian Welter. (CNS)
Pope Francis and the Family
In his short pontificate, Pope Francis has already made a huge impact, constantly working for love and peace. He’s not just a “doer,” he’s also a preacher. Family and marriage are important and are the foundation of society. In this resource, Pope Francis reflects on the many aspects and the importance of family.
Integrity Restored: Helping Catholic Families Win the Battle Against Pornography
By Peter C. Kleponis, PhD Publisher: Emmaus Road Publishing (September 2014) Pornography is no longer just a men’s issue. Dr. Peter Kleponis presents an alarming in-depth look at the pornography epidemic that is ruining lives, marriages, families, and careers—and hindering life-giving relationships with God. Read the stories of real people—men, women, clergy, seminarians, and teens—who’ve suffered from addictions to pornography and went on to find healing. Freedom is possible. Integrity can be restored.
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A Path of Renewal for the Catholic Sterilized Couple Among married men and women who undergo surgical sterilization through a vasectomy or a tubal ligation, it has been estimated that anywhere from ten to twenty percent will come to regret the choice. Sometimes there may be an immediate awareness of wrongdoing following the surgery, while in other cases, as Patrick Coffin, radio host and author of Sex au Naturel notes, sterilized couples may “…drift for years before acknowledging that something between them is no longer in sync. After the initial pregnancy fear subsides, and the vision of 1001 erotic nights turns out be something of a scam, spouse may (subtly) turn against spouse while doing their best to ignore the silent, disturbing ‘presence’ of the choice they made.” Their decision to seek out a permanent form of contraception can also affect their marriage in other important ways. As Dr. John Billings has noted: there is “an effect that is even more tragic than the clinical, and it is that in many cases the use of contraceptive methods in marriage has been followed by an act of infidelity of one of the members. It would seem that contraception diminishes the mutual respect of husband and wife... Additionally, the abandoning of self-control diminishes the capacity to exercise this
self-dominion outside the marriage.” The “abandonment of self-control” that can follow permanent sterilization raises ongoing spiritual and moral challenges for couples who later repent and confess the sin of having undergone a vasectomy or a tubal ligation. A unique and vexing problem arises because sterilized individuals may find themselves, as Patrick Coffin observes, “sorely tempted to delight in the very sex-without-babies mentality that led to the sterilization in the first place.” Repentant couples, out of an abundance of spiritual caution, may thus wonder what they should do, and whether they are obliged to get a surgical reversal of the procedure. The Church has never declared this to be a required step, in part because of the risks and burdens associated with surgical interventions, in part because of the high uncertainty of a successful outcome, and in part because of the potentially significant expenses involved. Even though a reversal may not be feasible or obligatory, the repentant couple may nonetheless become aware of the need to order their sexual activity and appetites in the face of their original sterilization decision and its extended consequences. They may recognize a pressing interior need to grow in the virtue of marital chastity and to engage in a lifestyle that authentically embodies their new, albeit delayed, rejection of the contraceptive mentality.
In these situations, clergy and spiritual advisors will often encourage couples to pattern their sex life on the same cycle of periodic abstinence that fertile couples follow when using Natural Family Planning (NFP). During times of abstinence, the couples actively exercise self-control, thereby reordering the sensual and sexual appetites. This strengthens spouses in their resolve not to reduce each other to objects for pursuing sexual self-gratification. This is important because various forms of contraception, including permanent sterilization, often involve the phenomenon of the woman feeling as if she is being “used” by her husband. Abstinence, therefore, assists couples in learning to express their mutual love in other ways. St. John Paul II explains this perspective in his famous work Love and Responsibility: “Inherent in the essential character of continence as a virtue is the conviction that the love of man and woman loses nothing as a result of temporary abstention from erotic experiences, but on the contrary gains: the personal union takes deeper root, grounded as it is above all in the affirmation of the value of the person and not just in sexual attachment.” In one of his weekly general audiences later as Pope, he further notes that “… continence itself is a definite and permanent moral attitude; it is a virtue, and therefore, the whole line of con-
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duct guided by it acquires a virtuous character.” Fertile couples who incorporate NFP into their marriages to avoid a conception often end up acquiring a different attitude towards life as they chart and practice periodic abstinence: they can have a change of heart and discern a call to have one or several additional children. A similar spiritual conversion to a culture of life might reasonably be expected to occur among some sterilized couples who resolve to live out an NFP lifestyle, perhaps becoming more open to adopting a child, or more open to other forms of spiritual parenthood in their communities such as Big Brother/Big Sister programs. By abstaining during fertile times, then, the sterilized couple reintegrates the same positive behaviors that they might have practiced had they not chosen to be sterilized. In this way, the science of NFP offers the repentant sterilized couple a school of opportunity to acquire virtue within their marriage and their conjugal relations. Rev. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, Ph.D. earned his doctorate in neuroscience from Yale and did post-doctoral work at Harvard. He is a priest of the diocese of Fall River, MA, and serves as the Director of Education at The National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia. See www.ncbcenter.org
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October 2014
Sr. Rosa Ruiz, CDP Sr. Rosa Ruiz, age 85, a Sister of Divine Providence, entered eternal life on July 27, 2014. She was one of seven children born to Andres Ruiz and Eumelia Roybal Ruiz. Sr. Rosa was born August 3, 1928, and grew up in Lower Colonias, NM. She answered God’s call to become a sister and made her first profession as a Sister of Divine Providence at 20 years of age. Sister was given the religious name of Mary Elvira and began her ministry life as a teacher in St. Francis School, Echo, LA in 1949. Sr. Rosa spent her entire 52 years of ministry in education. She taught kindergarten through 2nd grades in Catholic and public schools in San Antonio, Laredo, San Diego, El Paso, Pilot Point, Olfen, Fayetteville, New Braunfels and D’Hanis in Texas. She also taught in Las Cruces, NM and religion to public school children in the summer
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REST IN PEACE and participated in international ministry in Guatemala and México. Upon completing this mission, she returned to the kindergarten classroom for four years in Lawton, OK and returned to Our Lady of the Lake Convent to retire in 2002. Sister Rosa’s most prominent student, US Representative Charlie Gonzalez, gifted her with a “United States House of Representatives” throw in 2005. She taught him in the first grade in San Fernando School, San Antonio, TX. Some of her most treasured memories include her summers in San Antonio and the chance to visit other Sisters of Divine Providence. She also treasured weekend getaways while serving in New Mexico to spend time with Sisters serving in Las Cruces and Ruidoso. Sister Rosa will remain as an example to all of how rewarding one’s trust in Providence is. In New Mexico, she served in the following capacities: 1974-1980 Holy Cross School, Las Cruces, NM – 2nd grade Teacher/Principal
Father Groeschel, Beloved Author, Retreat Master and Preacher, Dies
TOTOWA, N.J. (CNS) -- Father Benedict J. Groeschel, who was a founder of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal, a leading pro-life figure and popular author, retreat master and preacher, died Oct. 3 at St. Joseph’s Home for the elderly in Totowa after a long illness. He was 81. “We are deeply saddened by the death of Father Benedict. He was an example to us all,” said Father John Paul Ouellette, who is also a Franciscan friar and the order’s community servant. “His fidelity and service to the church and commitment to our Franciscan way of life will have a tremendous impact for generations to come,” he said in a statement released Oct. 4 by the order’s community office in the Bronx, New York. A wake was planned for Oct. 8 at St. Adalbert’s Church in the Bronx, with a wake to be held Oct. 9, followed by an evening vigil, at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey. A funeral Mass will be celebrated for Father Groeschel Oct. 10 at Newark’s cathedral basilica, followed by burial at Most Blessed Sacrament Friary in Newark. The burial will be private. “The Catholic Church and the Franciscan family lost a giant today,” said an Oct. 3 statement issued by Father Groeschel’s community.
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October 19, 2014 29th Sunday OT To Be Determined
IS 45:1, 4-6 PS 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10 1 THES 1:1-5b MT 22:15-21
October 26, 2014 30th Sunday OT To Be Determined
EX 22:20-26 PS 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51 1 THES 1:5c-10 MT 22:34-40
“May the Dear Lord bless you...” October Rev. William E. Young 10/15 Rev. Msgr. Lambert Joseph Luna 10/16 Rev. Clement Niggel 10/17 Rev. Simeon Wimmershoff, OFM 10/18 Rev. Msgr. Jerome Martinez y Alire 10/26 Rev. Robert O. Campbell, O. Praem 10/27
November Rev. Msgr. Robert S. Calles 11/01 Rev. Msgr. Sipio Salas 11/01 Rev. Christopher Bernabe 11/3 Rev. Fernando Saenz 11/07 November 2, 2014 WIS 3:1-9 Very Rev. David T. Fitzgerald sP 11/8 Commemoration of Faithful PS 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 Rev. Simon Carian 11/9 Rev. Adam Ortega y Ortiz ROM 5:5-11 or ROM 6:3-9 Rev. Patrick J. Chavez 11/11 JN 6:37-40 Rev. Millan J. Garcia 11/11 Rev. Andrew Ifele 11/11 November 9, 2014 EZ 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 Rev. Msgr. Bennett J. Voorhies 11/11 Dedication of Lateran Basilica PS 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9 Rev. Adam Ortega y Ortiz 1 COR 3:9c-11, 16-17 JN 2:13-22
Roman Catholic Saints Calendar
October 15 St. Teresa of Avila 16 St. Marguerite d’Youville 17 St. Ignatius of Antioch 18 St. Luke 19 St. Isaac Jogues, Jean de Brébeuf and Companions 20 St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin 21 St. Hilarion 22 Blessed Pope John Paul II 23 St. John of Capistrano 24 St. Anthony Claret 25 St. Antônio de Sant’Anna Galvão 26 Blessed Contardo Ferrini 27 Blessed Bartholomew of Vicenza 28 Sts. Simon and Jude 29 St. Narcissus of Jerusalem 30 St. Alphonsus Rodriguez
31 St. Wolfgang of Regensburg November 1 Solemnity of All Saints 2 Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed 3 St. Martin de Porres 4 St. Charles Borromeo 5 Venerable Solanus Casey 6 St. Nicholas Tavelic and Companions 7 St. Didacus 8 Blessed John Duns Scotus 9 Dedication of St. John Lateran 10 St. Leo the Great 11 St. Martin of Tours 12 St. Josaphat 13 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini 14 St. Gertrude
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The Archdiocese of Santa Fe is hosting NCEA’s annual Chief Administrators of Catholic Education Annual Meeting October, 26-29. This meeting draws superintendents, assistant superintendents and central office employees from over 100 Archdioceses and Dioceses across the country as well as Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. The keynote presenter will be Archbishop Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, D.D. of Louisville, KY and it will be The Gift of Pope Francis and the “Francis Effect”. Archbishop Kurtz said, “Pope Francis, from the moment he chose his name, has epitomized a simple, imaginative and powerful focus on Jesus and on seeing the person first. This talk will explore his charism, initial effects and style of leadership as he seeks to lead renewal within the Catholic Church and for the world. Pictured here is Archbishop Kurtz, also president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, talks with Italian Cardinal Beniamino Stella, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy, as they arrive for the opening session of the extraordinary Synod of Bishops on the family at the Vatican Oct. 6. (CNS photo Paul Haring)
Enjoy Our Land of Enchantment
To dance is to live!
Celebrating Catholic Schools Week
A staple of New Mexico, chicharones! The International Balloon Fiesta
Enrollment: • Total Catholic school student enrollment for the current academic year is 1,974,578. • 1,391,793 in elementary/middle schools; 582,785 in secondary schools • Student diversity: 19.8% are racial minorities, 15.0% are Hispanic/Latino and 6.4% were reported as unknown in the racial data collection. • Non-Catholic enrollment is 323,542 which is 16.4% of the total enrollment. Schools: • There are 6,594 Catholic schools: 5,399 elementary; 1,195 secondary. • 42 new schools opened; 133 consolidated or closed. • 1,986 schools have a waiting list for admission. • The student/teacher ratio is 13:1. Professional Staff: • Full-time equivalent professional staff numbered 151,351: o 96.8%: Laity (Lay women: 75.1% Lay men: 21.7%)
o 3.2%: Religious/Clergy (Sisters: 2.2%; Brothers: 0.5%; Clergy: 0.5%) Comparison of National Graduation Rates National Secondary School Graduation Rates Type of School Graduation Rate Catholic 99.0% Other Religious 97.8% Non-Sectarian 95.2% Public Schools 78.2% College Attendance Comparisons The percent of High School graduates who attend 4-year colleges: Type of School College Attendance Percentage Catholic 85.7% Other Religious 62.1% Non-Sectarian 56.1% Public Schools 39.5%
Dia de Los Muertos. Celebrating our loved ones who have passed
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