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October is Respect Life Month The Respect Life Program, Sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, started in 1972 and begins anew each October—the month set aside by the U.S. bishops as “Respect Life Month”.

The program promotes respect for human life in light of our intrinsic dignity as having been created in God’s image and likeness and called to an eternal destiny with Him. See page 6

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Special Collection: World Mission Sunday Abide in Christ: Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship Part III “Moved by Mercy” Respect for Life Month Archbishop Wester to Receive San Juan Diego Leadership in Hispanic Ministry Award NMCCB Opposes Death Penalty Measures

Universal: Journalists That journalists, in carrying out their work, may always be motivated by respect for truth and a strong sense of ethics.

Evangelization: World Mission Day That World Mission Day may renew within all Christian communities the joy of the Gospel and the responsibility to announce it.

Universal ‐ Periodistas.

Para que los periodistas, en el ejercicio de su profesion, estén siempre motivados por el respeto a la verdad y un fuerte sentido ético.

Por la Evangelización ‐ Jornada Mundial de las Missiones.

Para que la Jornada Mundial de las Misiones renueve en todas las comunidades cristianas la

Special Collection: World Mission Sunday October 23, 2016 Mission Sunday is celebrated in all the local churches as the feast of catholicity and universal solidarity so Christians over the world recognize their common responsibility with regard to the evangelization of the world.

Vocations Rosary Rally Teachers of the Year Social Justice Adult Confirmation

SEMINARY BURSE The following parishes have sent in excess Mass stipends to the Archdiocesan Finance Office for seminarian education. These receipts are for August 2016. 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.

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Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship Part III

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ontinuing my reflection on the U.S Bishops’ document, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship (FCFC), I offer some additional thoughts about our place as Catholics in the public square. These reflections are prompted by a recent talk I heard by Fr. Bryan Hehir, a theologian on the faculty at Harvard who has worked with the USCCB over the years.

He highlights some important points that help us to put FCFC in context.

Fr. Hehir reflected that Catholicism includes ideas, institutions and a community. When we approach an issue, such as poverty, we deal with it from the point of view of our thinking, our teaching, and our ideas. But Catholics also bring the institutional element of our church to bear, with its moral authority and its process for acting in the world. This is mainly done through its institutions and communities including the magisterium, parishes, student bodies, religious orders, presbyterates, conferences of bishops, etc. Catholics act through the institutions of our Church, which actively participate in the world’s affairs. In this way, our “ideas” are grounded in the action of our institutions and communities.

The Church exists not just in our sacristies but also out in the world, rubbing shoulders with others and exchanging ideas and priorities.

Our hospitals and schools that serve the communities are also great examples of this.

He also noted that the Catholic Church has long held the importance of the common good.

The principle of the common good holds that the good of each person is intimately related to the good of the whole community. It recognizes that the human person is both sacred and

social by nature and is born into a fabric of relationships. All persons must contribute what they can to society and all must also share its mutual benefits. This human interdependence calls us to “take account of the needs and legitimate aspiration of other groups and even the general welfare of the entire human family” (Gaudium et Spes, #26).

In the US, we speak more in terms of “public interest “ or “what is best for the most” rather than “common good.” The Church’s concept of common good is broader: Common good is a concern for the whole, is built on the dignity of all people, and requires a foundation of basic human rights. People realize their dignity within a community not in isolation. Common good should not be confused with “utilitarianism” which is opting for the greatest good for the greatest number because this can allow for the exclusion of individuals or segments of society. Common good looks at the dignity of all and must be the lens through which we act in society.

In addition, St. Pope John Paul II raised the principle of “solidarity” to new importance, though it has long been a key part of our social teaching. Solidarity means that we are brothers and sisters to all in our world. Solidarity calls us to stand with, to be one with all people, most especially those who are poor, vulnerable and/or suffering in some way.

Another point Fr. Hehir makes is that we are a “center/edge Church.” We are rooted in the center of society and at the same time the Gospel calls us to always go to the edges.

Therefore, we are present both places. Many social groups only exist in one or the other: those in power, those without power; the

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rich and the poor; the entrenched and the newcomer, etc. This place of “both/and” gives the Church a unique perspective in dealing with issues.

The Church also brings important perspectives to social issues especially with community, pastoral care, direct services and public advocacy. Take for example the poor.

Mercy toward the most poor and vulnerable is clearly the theme of Pope Francis’ pontificate.

He not only talks about this but also lives it, integrating his papacy into addressing the issue of poverty in our world. He is not simply dealing with the poor themselves but also the systems that cause and perpetuate poverty in our world: economic systems, world markets and political systems. He calls us to offer the poorest and most vulnerable a ministry of hospitality, to offer them community, a family in which they are important members and not just on the periphery. As Fr Hehir says, just like in the TV show, Cheers, “where everybody knows your name.”

Once the poor have a name and we are in relationship with them, we offer pastoral care to address SPIRITUAL poverty. Pope Francis often reminds us that this is the worst kind of poverty. Through the Church we also provide direct service for their immediate needs through St Vincent de Paul and Catholic Charities locally and internationally through Catholic Relief Services, Cor Unum, and Caritas International. In addition to services for immediate needs, the Church also works at the systems level to change policies that work against vulnerable. In the public square, we bring truth to power, talk to legislators, vote, and peacefully protest to give voice to the forgotten, and help poor people speak for themselves. The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is an example of helping people on the margins to have a voice for positive change.

All of this suggests that we must see ourselves as Catholics who engage in what Fr. Hehir calls “critical collaboration.” This means we must intelligently engage society through the lens of the Gospel, neither running away into our little corner nor accepting the norms of society that often are contrary to Gospel values. We acknowledge that we live in a pluralistic society and that not everyone agrees with the Church’s perspective. We have to engage society to do this but we are “critical” in that we do not go along with everything nor are we co-opted by society. Nonetheless, we have a responsibility to proclaim the Gospel in the public square, critically collaborating with society in an effort to move it closer to Christ’s vision for his Kingdom here on earth.

It is my hope that this month’s reflections on Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, as well as the last two months’ articles, will help us to vote intelligently and prudently this coming November. The ballots this year present us with an eclectic mix of candidates and issues. We are called to vote in such a way that Gospel values will be promoted, life will be cherished from conception to natural death, the poor will be given new hope, immigrants will be welcomed in our midst with the hospitality of Christ, the common good will be promoted and our solidarity with all our brothers and sisters will be deepened. I pray that we will do all that we can to form our consciences properly and to be faithful to the great responsibility we have as citizens of this wonderful country of ours, keeping in mind that we are also citizens of God’s Kingdom here on earth.

Sincerely yours in the Lord,

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

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Archbishop John C. Wester has been selected to receive the San Juan Diego Leadership Award for his commitment to Hispanic Ministry by the Mexican American Catholic College Board of Trustees. The presentation will take place on November 16, 2016 in Baltimore, Md. Leaders in Hispanic Ministry like San Juan Diego are called to be "bridge-builders" who prophetically speak to comfort the afflicted and challenge those who are comfortable.

Archbishop John C. Wester is pictured here from the steps of the Basilica della Santa Casa in Loreto, Italy where the Holy House of Nazareth is located. Archbishop Wester and a group of pilgrims toured Assisi, Cascia, Loreto, San Giovanni and other sites associated with saints whose lives are examples of mercy in September 2016.

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California, New Mexico Bishops Urge Opposition to Death Penalty Measures

By Catholic News Service LOS ANGELES – The California Catholic bishops are urging voters to support a November ballot initiative that would outlaw the death penalty.

Proposition 62 would replace the maximum punishment for murder with life in prison without the possibility of parole.

“It is time for us to end the death penalty – not only in California but throughout the United States and throughout the world,” said Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez said in a commentary in Angelus, the online news outlet of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.

In New Mexico, the Catholic bishops of that state renounced a call by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez for the Legislature to reinstate the death penalty. They urged state lawmakers to reject the legislation. The death penalty was abolished in the state more than seven years ago.

In his remarks, Archbishop Gomez noted that the Catholic Church has consistently taught for centuries “that legitimate governments have the right to impose the death penalty on those guilty of the most serious crimes,” he said. But in recent years, he continued, “there has been a growing consensus that the use of the death penalty can no longer be accepted.”

“This consensus is reflected in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in the teachings of bishops’ conferences around the world and in the teachings of Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and now Pope Francis,” Archbishop Gomez said.

“On his final visit to our country in 1999, St. John Paul called the death penalty ‘cruel and unnecessary.’ And it is true,” he added.

The Los Angeles Archdiocese has established a website about the ballot initiative on the death penalty and church teaching, www.killingisntjustice.org.

By opposing the death penalty, Archbishop Gomez said, people are “witnessing to the sanctity of life,” but also are not forgetting “the victims of crime and their loved ones.” “We entrust them to the Father of mercies and we pray that he grant them healing and peace,” he said.

“Killing the criminal does not bring justice to the victims,” he added.

Archbishop Gomez also said that U.S. society has “a strange appetite for violence. ... We allow children to play violent video games and listen to music that demeans human dignity. For ‘entertainment,’ we watch movies and shows in which fictional criminals take other people’s lives and commit unspeakable acts.”

California’s bishops also have urged voters to say no on Proposition 66, which would amend state law in an attempt to speed up the judicial review of death penalty cases. “Any rush to streamline that process will inevitably result in the execution of more innocent people,” the bishops have said.

Pictured above is the press conference held Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Catholic Center regarding the reaction of the New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops

They have urged voters to support Proposition 57, which would increase parole and good behavior opportunities for felons convicted of nonviolent crimes and allow judges to decide whether to try certain juveniles as adults in court.

In the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Office of Public Policy and Social Concerns is in overdrive promoting the Catholic Church’s call for the death penalty repeal.

By mid-September, more than a dozen parishes had formed and trained voter outreach and registration teams.

“Many of our people don’t know, if you ask them, what these propositions are about,” said Julio Escobar, coordinator for the archdiocese’s restorative justice program. He and colleagues Lorena Melgarejo and Carolina Parrales met with the archdiocesan Council of Priests in early September to seek support from pastors for educational outreach visits to parishes and schools which would include after-Mass voter registration.

“The Jubilee Year of Mercy presents a key opportunity for us to respectfully engage and educate parishioners and help them vote according to their values,” Escobar told Catholic San Francisco, the archdiocesan newspaper.

Results of a survey of Californians released Sept. 16 showed that more than half of voters oppose the ballot measure to abolish the death penalty.

The San Francisco Archdiocese planned to continue voter registration until the deadline of Oct. 24 and parish educational outreach until the Sunday before election day.

“As California citizens, we have an opportunity to make our voices heard on behalf of the inviolability of human life and for rehabilitation over retribution,” San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone said in a

Sept. 20 column in the archdiocesan newspaper.

He recalled being part of a delegation of California bishops who three years ago paid a pastoral visit to San Quentin State Prison.

“We had the opportunity to meet with a number of the inmates on death row, hearing their stories, learning of the misfortunes in their lives, and becoming sensitized to their deep spiritual yearnings and innate desire for God,” he said. “The experience put a human face on a tragic human condition that we very comfortably can – and usually do – completely ignore.”

“This experience also highlights the challenge we as a society face in determining how we can foster peace in this increasingly violent and complicated world. The answer is certainly not by inflicting more violence” through capital punishment, he added.

In New Mexico, the Catholic bishops said Martinez’s efforts to see the death penalty reinstated were irresponsible. “(We) applauded the state Legislature for the progress that was made when we ended the morally untenable practice of the death penalty on March 18, 2009,” they said in a Sept. 19 statement. “This repeal of the death penalty was a milestone, moving New Mexico from a culture of violence to a culture of peace, justice and love.”

“There is one seamless teaching on God’s gift of life that must be protected from conception in the womb to natural death,” they said. “It is always tragic and sad when a member of the community is murdered. These senseless acts must be prevented by calling for systemic change in society beginning with our youngest children. Crime can be prevented, and this is done by an investment in social capital.”

In 2009, in lieu of the death penalty, the state of New Mexico “created life in prison without the possibility of parole,” the bishops noted. “This renders a perpetrator harmless to society.”

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All are invited. Young men and women in high school or college.

Vocation Discernment Luncheon • October 15, 2016 at 11 AM Aquinas Newman Center - 1815 Las Lomas St., Albuquerque, NM 87106 Please register by calling 505.831.8143 or by going to http://www.lobocatholic.org/discernment-luncheon

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A Vibrant Witness by the Church’s Lay Apostolate

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glorious New Mexican sun-shined filled day greeted Archbishop John C. Wester, Very Rev. John Daniel, Archdiocesan Vicar General, clergy and thousands of faithful attending the 47th Rosary Rally on Sunday, October 2, 2016.

Through the years, each celebration of the Rosary Rally is a witness to the lay apostolate participating in the mission of the church, emphasizing Mary’s faith and faithfulness, the perfect model for the church today. Rev. Carl Hammer, the founder, passed away October 6, 1989. On his 27th anniversary, we recognize the many lay volunteers who made the 47th celebration possible through their leadership, prayers and generosity of time and talents.

They include: Deacon Manuel Montoya, Spiritual Director and his wife, Eileen and the Rosary Rally Committee; New Mexico State Council Knights of Columbus; Eucharistic Minister Escorts: Our Lady of Sorrows Parish Youth coordinated

by Larry and Theresa Ramirez; Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, coordinated by Eileen Montoya; environment/set up, Sara Giovannini and Margaret Staehlin; the living rosary participants, coordinated by Anthony and Luana Salazar. Participating was the youth from Queen of Heaven and St. Therese Parish; Margie Cardenas lead the rosary; advertising was handled by Daniel Baros and Elsa Espinosa; the music & choir was oordinated by Mary Frances Reza and Vernon Reza (choir director); the cantor was Angélica Facio.

Choir members represented the parishes of Our Lady of the Assumption, Queen of Heaven, San Felipe, St. Therese, St. Thomas, St. Joseph of the Rio Grande, Our Lady of Sorrows (Bernalillo), and St. Anne (Santa Fe).

A video of the blessed event is in production. Check out our Archdiocesan website regularly for updates. www.archdiosf.org

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HANNAH ALBERS Hannah Albers has been the music director and teacher for Holy Ghost Catholic School since 2007. Ms. Albers has a Bachelor's degree in German and a Master's degree in Elementary Education. She originally hails from Alabama, where she was a member of the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra for eight years. Since moving to New Mexico, she has embraced the southwest and loves being in Albuquerque where she is active in local musical organizations, and is an avid gardener and hiker. Ms. Albers has served as the secretary/treasurer for the local chapter of the Organization of American Kodaly Educators since 2009. She belongs to the New Mexico American Orff Schulwerk Association and the American Choral Directors Association.

As a flute and piccolo player, Ms. Albers also has been a member of the Holy Ghost Parish 8:00 a.m. choir since 2007 and plays in the American Legion band. At Holy Ghost Catholic School, Ms. Albers has established wonderful auxiliary music programs for students desiring to learn string instruments and guitar, and created a school band.

SEAN ALLISON Mr. Sean Allison is our mid-school Social Studies teacher at St. Charles Catholic School. He has blessed St. Charles for the last four years and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies from UNM. He makes history come alive through the use of multimedia resources, hands-on projects, and top quality research assignments to ensure all students with different learning styles master the Social Studies curriculum standards. Along with teaching, Sean tutors after school, is our yearbook coordinator and school photographer.

He helped design our school website and updates the website and Facebook page. He organizes mid-school dances and even started a ukulele club at our school. His real passion is History and has been the sponsor of the History Bee Club for the past 3 years. Mr. Allison goes above and beyond in his love for St. Charles by continuing to volunteer over the summer with cleaning and painting projects around the school. Mr. Allison is a loving husband and father of a toddler. We are very pleased to honor Mr. Sean Allison as the St. Charles 201617 Teacher of the Year.

LISA BOCKISCH Ms. Bockisch, our middle school science and social studies teacher,

has only been at St. Mary’s Belen for two years. In that time, she has made an incredible impact on our school.

Because she has such a desire to show students the way Catholicism has impacted history over the years, Mrs. Bockisch wanted to teach social studies with a faith based history program. Mrs. Bockisch has a Masters in Chemistry from New Mexico Tech and has taught college classes before coming to St. Mary’s. In her first year here, she took on science fair, which hadn’t been done at our school for several years. Three of our students and Mrs. Bockisch brought home awards from the New Mexico Regional Science Challenge in Albuquerque last spring. She now teaches lab science to PreK through 8th grades. Although she instructs middle school science daily, she has had a huge impact on the young scientists in Belen—showing them what possibilities are ahead for them in our science lab. Her willingness to take on this responsibility clearly illustrates her dedication and love for our school in the short time she has been here.

CRISTA CHACON Crista Chacon received her AA and BA in Elementary Education K-8 from Northern New Mexico College, along with various specialized trainings in Early Childhood Education. She is on her fifteenth year in teaching and has called Holy Cross Catholic School home for eight of those years. A strong advocate for her students, she tailors her methods specifically to the needs of her students by considering various learning modalities, styles, and environments, while emphasizing meaningful learning experiences within and beyond

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the walls of her classroom. She is a proponent of inquiry based learning.

Her professional interests include: language development and reading, sponsorship of the service based HOPE team (Helping Others Providing Education) and Science Fair, tutoring, serving on multiple school committees, and fundraising. At home she enjoys time with her family, ranching, helping those in need, and exploring different forms of art. Holy Cross Catholic School is blessed and very fortunate to have Crista Chacon as our Teacher of the Year for 2016-2017!

ELIZABETH DOHERTY Elizabeth (Beth) Doherty is originally from Edgewood, NM and has a B.A. in English Language and Literature from Christendom College in Front Royal, VA. After living and working in Pennsylvania for a year after college, she was honored to serve as a study abroad coordinator for college students in Rome for two years. Following her Italian adventure, Beth worked in Vermont for the Diocese of Burlington as the diocesan safe environment coordinator for several years. Working closely with the Catholic schools throughout Vermont as well as with each of the parishes fueled Beth’s desire to work with children on a daily basis and in a more consistent “in person” setting than a diocesan position could provide. Beth returned to the Land of Enchantment and immediately began working at Holy Child Catholic School in 2015. She is thrilled to be able to combine her liberal arts education, her love of the classical methodology, and her love of children into one challengingbut-fulfilling position in the small, friendly, excellence-focused environment of Holy Child Catholic School.

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MARY ELMS Mary brought a wealth of knowledge and experience with her to Risen Savior. She earned her BA from the University of Denver in Early Childhood Development and Education.

Her 25+ years of experience in the field of Education includes work in the public school system in Connecticut where she held positions as a paraprofessional for special needs children and as a staff substitute teacher in primary grades.

Currently, she is in her fifth year at Risen Savior Preschool. Our preschool has become a stronger kindergarten-prep program because of Mary’s leadership.

She has been instrumental in developing and implementing a Catholic curriculum while raising standards and expectations. Mary has also given of her own time to help take care of children outside of the Preschool. Mary did not hesitate to volunteer her time to care for the young children of the families of the current deacon formation class during a recent event. Risen Savior is blessed to have the knowledge, experience, and the giving spirit that Mary brings to our Preschool!

JENNIFER FINNEY Mrs. Jennifer Finney is the Kindergarten Teacher at San Felipe de Neri School. She has been teaching

at San Felipe de Neri for 11 years. She has a Bachelor’s of Science Degree, and a K-8 Level II Licensure and is pursuing her Masters. She was an Honoree for Catholic Character Counts in 2012. She has currently been named a member of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Independent Review Board. Mrs. Finney and numerous family members are alumni of San Felipe de Neri School and longtime active parishioners. Her students are challenged to excel in all areas of their academic and spiritual development. She feels strongly about students being respectful and enjoying their time in school. Her favorite part of teaching is her students’ humor and is inspired by their simple ways of loving Christ. Mrs. Finney has an annual project remembering Homebound Parishioners throughout the year. She is currently building a supportive relationship with her class and the Children’s Hospital of NM.

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Tom Gilbert is the 5th grade teacher at

St. Therese Catholic School. This is his fifth year of teaching at St. Therese. Mr. Gilbert is an accomplished writer, has published several inspirational articles, and enjoys teaching writing and family history to adults. Following 30 years in radio broadcasting, Tom began teaching in 2010. He earned his accreditation in K-8 with endorsements in Language Arts and Social Studies from CNM in May 2011. Tom loves to read, write, run and is a lifelong Boston Red Sox fan.

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lesson he instills in his students is to use our God-given gifts in life in the service of others. It is a wonderful way to show appreciation for all that God has done for us. Mr. Gilbert assists with Student Council and is a leader in many of our service projects for the school. As a practicing Catholic he asks each day for Christ’s guidance, listens for directions and shares his experiences with his students. According to Mr. Gilbert, “Everything is a teachable moment.”

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JENNIFER GONZALES Jennifer Gonzales is an alum of St. Pius and received her Bachelors and Masters in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville. She’s in her 7th year of teaching high school theology. In addition to bringing her students to Christ in the classroom, she also is the moderator of the ProLife group on campus. Every year she takes a group of students to pray in front of Planned Parenthood during the 40 Days for Life, a bus full of kids to Santa Fe for the Sanctity of Life day, and raises money with her students to support mothers who have chosen life.

In addition to teaching and supporting life, she also attends every senior retreat as a chaperone. There she is able to witness to God’s amazing work in the lives of the young students she has been blessed with.

Our Queen of Heaven Teacher of the Year for 2016 joined the faculty in 2015 after completing 31 years of teaching, mostly at Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School in Rio Rancho. Currently serving as lead teacher in our 2nd/3rd grade multi –age classroom, Mrs. Gonzales-Pfeifer has earned a New Mexico Level III K-8 Elementary Teaching License with an endorsement in Special Education and received a Bilingual Fellowship from UNM in the Special Education and Diagnostic Intern Program.

One faculty member summed Camilla’s presence and dedication so well, “Camilla is always the first person to volunteer for anything that needs to get done at school.

Her actions show how much she loves the children every day. She goes our of her way to complement my class when they are walking down the hall. If I need suggestions when I’ve run out of ideas, she provides new ideas. I love coming to school and seeing her beautiful smile!” Most importantly, Camilla is a person of faith, hope and great love who understands and models our call to service as disciples of Jesus. She is an inspiration to all of us at Queen of Heaven.

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Illinois. She attended Illinois State University, where she received her B.S. in Elementary Education. She has taught for 16 years, and six of those years have been spent serving our Archdiocesan schools.Laura is an active volunteer at St. Joseph on the Rio Grande. There she plays liturgical guitar for the children’s choir and is the music leader for Vacation Bible School. Laura brings her passion for music to Assumption by leading the students in prayerful song during the school Masses. She also established “Faith Crusaders”, an after-school religion club in which students learn about their Catholic faith by playing games and studying together for the annual Faith Challenge Bowl.

Laura has been married for 15 years to her husband Craig and has lived in Albuquerque for the past 14 years. They have two sons, ages 14 and 11, who are students at Our Lady of the Assumption. Her hobbies include scrapbooking, playing guitar, and reading

DANIELLE HERRERA Danielle has served the St. Thomas School community for six years as a librarian, 5th grade teacher, and 4th grade teacher. She is currently teaching 4th grade for the second year. Danielle is also a St. Pius X High School alumna, class of 1993. She continued her education at the University of New Mexico with a BA is Psychology and completed her elementary education teaching credentials at New Mexico Highlands University.

She has been married to her husband, Steven, for 17 years. They are the parents of Jacob, Nathan, and Kylie. She also chose Catholic education for her children, who attend or have attended St. Thomas Aquinas. Her oldest son, Jacob, is currently a sophomore at St. Pius X. Danielle is an active member of the school community.

In addition to being a classroom teacher, she is the St. Thomas Aquinas Yearbook coordinator and a member of the school’s emergency preparedness committee and math curriculum committee. We look forward to having her at St. Thomas Aquinas for many more years.

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development for our staff in order to enhance the learning of our ENL students. She is also very involved in the Parent/Teacher organization as both a parent and as a teacher. Her involvement in the school and community is greatly appreciated and is truly an asset to our staff.

SUZETTE JACQUES Suzette Jacques teaches 8th grade Language Arts and Literature at St. Mary’s Catholic School in Albuquerque. She has taught in the Archdiocese for 27 years and has been a teacher at St. Mary’s for 24 of those 27 years. Mrs. Jacques is passionate about the subject matter and the children that she teaches. Mrs. Jacques has high expectations for herself and her students.

Her faith is evident in everything she does.

She is a compassionate and humble servant leader. She holds a BA in K-8 Elementary Education and is a certified Level II teacher.

She attended NMSU (and is a HUGE fan!).

Her hobbies include reading, collecting music boxes, and playing golf. Mrs. Jacques has a great sense of humor and enjoys keeping things fun in the classroom and when she interacts with her colleagues. She shares her home with her husband, Al, and her miniature Golden Retriever, Peaches.

ROSELLA JURADO DE SENA Mrs. Rosella Sena has been a teacher at Santo Niño for the past 5 years and an Educational Assistant for 1 year. During her tenure at Santo Niño she has been a leader in many aspects, in the classroom as well as in the community. As a teacher and parent, she leads by example and is an excellent role model in her faith and love of the Catholic Church. She is currently enrolled in the Notre Dame English as a New Language (ENL) program and has done an outstanding job representing the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Mrs. Sena is also providing professional

ANITA MARQUEZ Anita Marquez is in her third year teaching 1st grade at Our Lady of Fatima. Before that, she taught 4th grade at another Archdiocesan school. Having earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Notre Dame, she is steeped in a high level of academia and Catholic social teaching.

Some of her other myriad educational and Catholic social justice experiences include: tutoring remedial students before and after school, tutoring ESL students, teaching English to Burmese refugee monks and orphans in Bangkok, Thailand, and acting as a live-in housemother supporting homeless pregnant women placing their babies up for adoption. She also prepared incarcerated persons to take their GED and to re-enter society, and worked with special needs students. While Anita’s resume is most impressive, we at Our Lady of Fatima School are grateful beneficiaries of her experience, her energy, her love of teaching, and her commitment to her student which is evident in all that she does. Her Catholic faith and generosity to peers is also an inspiration to her students and our staff.

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M.S. in Geosciences from the University of Arizona. She’s worked as a geologist for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the New Mexico Environment Department, where she managed the cleanup of sites with contaminated soil and groundwater. While staying at home with her kids, Katie and Owen, she worked evenings tutoring high school students in chemistry and algebra through AP calculus. She came to Annunciation in 2009 and has taught 7th/8th science for four years and is beginning her third year teaching 7th/8th grade math. Her favorite memories are a student’s excitement after mastering a difficult skill, the look on a student’s face when they did well on a test, and the pride and confidence shown by a student when teaching a newly learned skill to a classmate. Mrs. Schall loves to travel, explore new places, and spend time with her family. She also enjoys running, biking, ping pong, golf, shopping, and eating out!

KIMBERLY WALKER Mrs. Kimberly Walker grew up on the flat side of South Dakota, and always wanted to move to the mountains. She did just that by attending Black Hills State University in Spearfish, SD, earning degrees in Mass Communications and Secondary Education/ History. During her college years she worked at Mt. Rushmore National Monument and did photography and feature writing for the local newspaper. Arriving in Santa Fe the summer of 1987, Mrs. Walker was offered a teaching position at St. Michael’s High School and has been here since. She’s taught every subject in the social studies department, but her mainstays are world history, NM history and Disco to iPads: A Recent Cultural History. The Walkers love history, reading and traveling.

They’re often taking trips to research class topics to share with students. Mrs. Walker is an outstanding teacher, using engaging methods to make history come alive for her students. She is also a staunch supporter of Horsemen sports and activities. Mrs. Walker exemplifies the St. Michael’s spirit.

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St. Thomas Aquinas Election Results Are In!

By Mrs. JoAnne Rickard, Literature 7th & 8th Grade After a week of campaigning and meeting their constituents, hanging campaign posters that lined the walls of St. Thomas Aquinas School and presenting campaign speeches on the intercom, the Student Council elections are complete and the voters have spoken.

The St. Thomas Aquinas Student Council Executive Board is as follows: President Hailey Rigney Vice-President Sela Boswell Secretary Felize Sanchez Commissioner of Religion Haley Cordova Cantor Amanda Garcia Publicity Chairs Hope Montoya and Hailey Baca

Survey: Catholics want businesses to cover contraception in health plans WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Two-thirds of people responding to a Pew Research Center survey -- including a majority of Catholics -- said it is appropriate that employers be required to provide health insurance coverage for artificial birth control even if company owners object on religious grounds to its use. The survey found Americans almost evenly split on two other issues that cross the religious liberty-civil rights/nondiscrimination divide: whether business owners with religious objections should be able to refuse services for same-sex weddings or not and whether transgender people should use the restroom of the gender by which they

currently identify or the gender into which they were born. The research results, announced Sept. 28, show that the views of very active Catholics are generally evenly split on the issue. Among Catholics who attend Mass at least once a week, 50 percent find it appropriate to require employers to cover contraceptives in any health care coverage despite their religious views, while 44 percent attending Mass at the same rate disagree with that view. Among Catholics who attend Mass less than weekly, 72 percent favor requiring coverage, 27 percent do not favor it. The church teaches the use of artificial contraception is morally wrong.

Use of death penalty re-examined in the states, at Supreme Court WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The United States, with its mixed record on the death penalty, is about to take a closer look at the issue this fall with two cases before the Supreme Court and three referendums on state ballots in the November election. In the two death penalty cases before the court, both from Texas, one examines information given to jurors while the other questions whether the state properly measured intellectual capability of the accused. "The Supreme Court cases this fall are addressing the brokenness of the judicial system," said Karen Clifton, executive director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Death Penalty. She said these cases "address the most

troubling aspect of the death penalty, which is disproportionately used on vulnerable populations." Buck v. Stephens will be argued before the court Oct. 5, two days into its new term. It reviews the 1995 sentencing of Duane Buck, who was given the death penalty for the 1995 murders of his ex-girlfriend and another man. Buck's guilt or innocence is not at stake; called into question is whether he was given a fair sentence. That's because during the punishment phase of his trial, the witness statement of a psychologist, called forth by the defense, said that because Buck is black, there was a stronger likelihood that he would present a danger to society.

Pope sees 'global war' against marriage, urges church help for couples TBILISI, Georgia (CNS) -- Pope Francis said a global war against marriage is underway and Catholics must respond by helping couples stay strong and by providing pastoral care to those experiencing difficulty. "Today there is a global war to destroy marriage," the pope said Oct. 1 during a meeting in Tbilisi with priests, religious, seminarians and laypeople active in parish life. "Today you do not destroy with weapons, you destroy with ideas," the pope said. "It is ideological colonization that destroys." The only way to defend marriage against the onslaught, he said, is to help couples "make peace as soon as possible, before the day ends, and don't forget the three words: 'May I?' 'Thank you' and 'Forgive me.' Marriage is the most beautiful thing that God has created," Pope Francis said.

In marriage, man and woman become one flesh, "the image of God. When you divorce one flesh you sully the God's image," he said.

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Archdiocese of Santa Fe African American Catholic Community Mass Sunday, Oct. 30 12 noon The Archdiocese of Santa Fe African American Catholic Community is celebrating Mass on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at St Joseph on the Rio Grande Catholic Church, 5901 St. Joseph Drive NW, Albuquerque at 12 noon. For more information, call 505-375-0153.

Join us Oct 20 for dinner to “Meet and Greet Our African Priests” The Archdiocese of Santa Fe African American Catholic Community is sponsoring a dinner to “Meet and Greet Our African Priests” serving in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. The dinner is on Thurs. October 20 at the Catholic Center, 4000 St. Joseph Place NW, Albuquerque from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. The cost is $25 per person. Reservations required. Please RSVP to Mrs. Louise Davis at 505-620-0537 by October 10.

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Catholic Charities Presents

Saint Nicholas Ball 2016

An Enchanting Evening of Charity, Dining and Dancing with entertainment by the Pink Flamingos!

Voted BEST CHARITY BALL by ABQ Reader's Choice 2016

Be the Difference, Change a Life, Join Us Embassy Suites - 1000 Woodward Place NE - ABQ

Don’t miss the Saint Nicholas Ball – voted Albuquerque’s BEST Charity Ball/Gala!

October is also Fair Trade Month!

Learn about Fair Trade and living a Fair Trade lifestyle, and how you can order Fair Trade coffee, chocolate and other items. Your shopping choices make a difference to people around the world. Go the website http://www.crsfairtrade.org/ to learn more.

Call for proposals for Catholic Campaign for Human (CCHD) Development Grants CCHD is the US Bishops’ anti-poverty initiative to break the devastating cycle of poverty in America, to defend human dignity, and to assist people to help themselves. Collections are taken in all parishes throughout 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.

Non-profits (or organizations that have a fiscal agent that is a nonprofit) that work with community development or economic development initiatives that focus on empowering low income people may apply for National grants of $25,000-$75,000. Smaller “seed” grants of $1,500$10,000 are also available. 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/catholiccampaign-for-human-development/grants/index.cfm. For small “seed grants,” contact the Office of Social Justice and Respect Life (see box).

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Catholic Charities’ Matthew 25 Giving Society Awards Catholic Charities’ Matthew 25 Giving Society collaborates with faithful partners to create hope, helping to transform the lives of those in need. These individuals and organizations gave of their time and talent, and share a common belief in the responsibility to be of service to their neighbor. This collaboration furthers Catholic Charities’ mission to create hope for those in need by promoting self-sufficiency, strengthening families, fighting poverty and building community.

This year’s event was hosted by Admiral Beverage Company in September. Ten individuals or organizations were recognized for their desire to give selflessly so that others may have hope. Catholic Charities is grateful and blessed by their kind and generous commitment to helping those in need.

The Hands of the Holy Spirit Award honors faithful partners who go beyond what was expected, doing so without seeking acknowledgement of their activities.

This year’s recipients include the following Institutes of Religious Women in Albuquerque: Canossian Daughters of Charity, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati and Felician Franciscan Sisters.

The Simon of Cyrene Award represents the assistance Simon of Cyrene provided to Jesus by carrying the cross after He fell on the road to His crucifixion. This award recognizes individuals who have helped Catholic Charities by carrying some of the burdens faced in providing assistance to those in need. Seven recipients representing our six Centers of Excellence at Catholic Charities’ and the work to complete Casa de Corazon, the new service center of Catholic Charities includes: Mrs. Vianey Miramontes de Duarte, nominated by the Children’s Learning Center; Tino Zamora, Program Development & Grant Administrator at Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce, nominated by the Center for Education Opportunity; Dr. Derek Lines, DDS, nominated by the Center for Refugee Settlement and Support; Dagmar H. Nelson, Property Manager at White Oak Apartments, nominated by the Center for Self-Sufficiency / Housing Assistance; Brenda Morales, Case Manager at Enlace Comunitario, nominated by the Center for Immigration and Citizenship Support; John Cunningham, volunteer, nominated by the Center for Community Involvement; Mike Gutierrez, Project Supervisor Bradbury-Stamm Construction, nominated by Jim Gannon, Catholic Charities CEO/Executive Director These individuals allowed the Holy Spirit to use their hands for charity. Catholic Charities is grateful and blessed by their kind and generous commitment to helping those in need.

We are grateful to Admiral Beverage Company for their generosity in hosting our event and providing a wonderful venue where we were able to fellowship, recognize and celebrate our award recipients.

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Car Donations are a Key to Dignity at Catholic Charities

Sometimes, it’s much easier to give away a vehicle rather than try to sell it. Gina FitsEmons realized this around 11 years ago Catholic when she developed a vehicle donation Charities program that raised thousands of dollars for another nonprofit in the area.

Today, as Catholic Charities’ car donation program coordinator, you could say she is the ‘driving force’ behind their effort. “The first six cars we brought in this year generated nearly $10,000 for Catholic Charities programs” explained Gina in a recent interview.

Catholic Charities accepts vehicles with or without titles, including automobiles, motorcycles, boats (with trailers), and RVs in ANY condition – with or without engines. Best of all, the service is entirely free and very simple.

Do you have a vehicle you’d like to donate? Here’s how it works: Contact 505.724.4670 Provide your name, mailing address and the address of where the vehicle is located to Catholic Char-

ities’ receptionist You will then be contacted to schedule a FREE pick-up of your vehicle!

Depending on what the vehicle goes for at auction, you will be issued a receipt and a form for Catholic Charities to submit to the IRS. Always check with your tax professional to see how your charitable donations impact your taxes. The IRS website provides more information about how vehicle donations should be conducted through your local charity.

Car donation programs are one of the keys to promoting dignity in our community. They take an unwanted vehicle out of our garages, yards and natural landscapes and place it into the hands of nonprofits like Catholic Charities that use them to generate funds for much-needed programs and services right here in central New Mexico. And, if that’s not enough, car donations are tax-deductible, and can provide substantial end-of-year tax benefits for those who give.

Contact Catholic Charities today to schedule your vehicle donation!

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 Lenten 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  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 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 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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2016 Adult Confirmation Wednesday, September 21 at 6 p.m.

Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi Confirmation Prayer Spirit of God, grant me: The gift of wisdom To see the world through your eyes, The gift of counsel To make difficult decisions, The gifts of knowledge and understanding To use my mind to know you and to love you, The gift of fortitude To have the courage to live in the faith Despite the difficulties and disappointments, The gift of piety To be able to express my special love And commitment to you, And the right kind of awesome fear That makes me pause to wonder and revere God’s Love.

Amen.

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Saige Elijah Martinez Samantha Andrea Montoya Pamela M. Ramirez Monique Richelle Sykes

St. John Vianney, Rio Rancho Victoria Ann Chavez

Miguel Jose Martinez

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Shyann Alicia Romero-Martinez

Christobal Marcello Gallegos

Victoria Ashley Sanchez

Brenda Ivette Gutierrez

Lenette Mary Silva

Wendy Judith Jimenez

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Destiny Marie Lucero

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Adam Chavarria

Michael Ray Chavira

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Archdiocesan Pre Cana Offerings Preparation for Marriage for Engaged Couples Evenings for the Engaged in Santa Fe What Preparation for Marriage for Engaged Couples When Oct 27, 28, 29 Where St. Anne’s Parish Santa Fe Information Call 505-983-3992 Engaged Encounter What Marriage Preparation for Engaged,

lodging and meals included When Nov 4-6, 2016 Where Albuquerque To Register By phone at 505-352-1177

or Online at www.abq-sfee.com Weekend for the Engaged in Belen What Preparation for Marriage for Engaged Couples When November 4-6, 2016 Where Our Lady of Belen Information Call Deacon Michael Montoya at 550-8003 or Brenda Montoya at 550-8289

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Parenting Support

Parenting the Love and Logic Way Love and Logic Parenting Classes provide practical tools and techniques that help adults achieve respectful, healthy relationships with their children. Contact the Family Life Office to schedule your own Love and Logic class at your parish or school at (505) 831-8117

Retrouvaille, a lifeline for troubled marriages Is your marriage tearing you apart? Are you thinking about separation? Do you need help with communication? Retrouvaille (retro-vi) is a program that can help.

It means rediscovery; rediscover a loving marital relationship. It is a three phase program beginning with a weekend, continues with 12 follow-up sessions and a lifetime of monthly support meetings. Two English/Spanish programs are offered each year. Begin renewing your marriage relationship now. February 1-12, 2017 is the next weekend. Check the website for upcoming program dates. $250.00 registration fee. www.helpourmarriage.com • 1-505-890-3495

Healthy Relationships 101 “Nurture Your Love”

Do you want to express your ideas more clearly, become a better listener and learn to resolve conflict in a healthy way? Dating, engaged and married couples are invited to the Healthy Relationships 101 interactive, FREE program “Nurture Your Love” at the Catholic Center. Come learn about Effective Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution Strategies, Healthy Intimacy, Spirituality, and Managing Finances. The six-week interactive program will be on Monday Oct. 24 to Nov 28 from 6:00 to 8:30 P.M. To register, call Family Life Office.

Catholics’ Divorce Survival Class at the Shrine of St. Bernadette, NE Heights

Starts Wednesday, October 19, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm, room C5. Learn of God’s healing power and peace for divorced or separated people, and discover anew His desire for our lasting happiness. This is a 12 week program by Rose Sweet. The fee is $20 and includes a “Personal Survival Guide”. Call 298-7557 to register. Call Jane 688-8663 for more information.

The Family Life Office invites Mothers and their Daughters, ages 10 -12, to an afternoon tea to celebrate the beauty and vocation of women, Saturday, November 5, from 12:30 to 4:00 PM, in St. Magdalene Hall, at Our Lady of the Annunciation Parish, 2611 Utah NE 87110. The cost is $15/person. To make a reservation, please call or email the family life office at 831-8117 yduran@archdiosf.org no later than October 28.

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The St. Francis Altar Society of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi Celebrates 95 Years of Service to the Altar of the World

On July 20, 2016 the St. Francis Altar Society of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi celebrated its 95 anniversary at their 8th annual retreat. Held at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Retreat Center in Santa Fe, the retreat began with Mass presided over by Fr. Rob Yaksich, followed by a healthy lunch and a presentation by president/archdiocesan approved presenter Dr. Skya Abbate on Exodus 16:1-36, the significance of manna, God’s holy word, and the Sabbath for our time.

A Spiritual Development and Writing Club is now working on writing their history after sorting through 95 years of photos and documents. We hope the book will be published, not just to record the work of the society, but also with the intent of showing other parishes how to form an altar society and to extend its ministry beyond church walls. While traditionally associated with flowers, the society has had a long and deep commitment through their World Responsibility Committee in service to the poor, those in the military particularly during the Second World War and the Vietnam War, and to feeding the hungry. This year the society had dedicated itself to the Corporal Works of Mercy by enacting them in inspired ways.

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Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Los Alamos Celebrates Blue Mass Honoring First Responders

From left, Rev. Glenn Jones, Los Alamos Police Ofc. Ben Irving and Sheriff Marco Lucero during September’s Blue Mass at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church.

By Carol Clark, LA Daily Post A Blue Mass was celebrated in September at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church at 3700 Canyon Road to honor local first responders.

Rev. Glenn Jones explained that first responders, including law enforcement, firefighters and EMTs, are similar to guardian angels for the community. They put their lives on the line every day to protect others, he said, and welcomed and thanked all those who serve as first responders, Catholic or not, and prayed for their safety. A reception with cake and ice cream followed the Blue Mass.

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The history of the Blue Mass is attributed to Fr. Thomas Dade, a Catholic priest from the Archdiocese of Baltimore, MD. who in 1934 started the Catholic Police and Firemen’s Society while he was stationed at St. Patrick Catholic parish in Washington, D.C. In September 1934, more than 1,100 police and firemen, dressed in blue uniforms, filed into St. Patrick’s for the celebration of the first Blue Mass. Since then, the Blue Mass has become an annual tradition in many dioceses and parishes across the nation.

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Mercy & Truth Meet, Peace & Justice Embrace

By Ian Wood, Chief Administrator, D+E+I

“How have you experienced God’s mercy?” Psalm 85 When we celebrate our baptism, we are called to “be God’s holy people.” Our greatest resource for living a life of holiness is Jesus himself. We are graced with the spirit of truth who guides us into all truth while making available to us gifts and fruits on the journey. This October, Sr. Mary Ann Barrett, OP will be facilitating Mercy & Truth Meet, Peace & Justice Embrace, to be held on Sunday, October 30 2016 at the UNM Continuing Education Building located at 1634 University Blvd, Albuquerque, NM. Join D+E+I as together we look at how we meet mercy and truth and embrace justice and peace as preachers of the Gospel. Also, mark your calendar to listen to her on the Archbishop’s Hour on Catholic Radio, 98.9 FM. For more information about this program offering, or about D+E+I please go to DEIabq.org or call us at 505.243.0525.

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Attention Our Lady of Guadalupe parishes!

We invite you to submit your special Mass times and events in honor of Our Lady's December 12, 2016 feast day to be published in the November issue of People of God. The deadline is October 17, 2016

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2016 Recipient of The Bind Each Other’s Wounds Scholarship

The Bind Each Other’s Wounds Scholarship was founded in honor of Monsignor Jerome Martinez y Alire, a longtime treasure of the Santa Fe community. In 2012, Southwest Acupuncture College established a living legacy award in thanksgiving and emulation of his compassion and care for the sick and the afflicted of New Mexico in hospitals, hospices, homes, and hearts. The college donates a four-year, full-tuition scholarship annually in his name to a parishioner in the Santa Fe deanery. Each scholarship is worth over $70,000.00 and prepares each recipient to become a Doctor of Oriental Medicine in New Mexico or a licensed acupuncturist in other states.

This year’s recipient, Josefina “Bri” Brianna Isaacson, is the fourth Southwest Acupuncture College student to receive this honor. Bri was raised Catholic in New Mexico and majored in biology at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque before moving to Santa Fe to study acupuncture and Oriental medicine. She is a parishioner of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. Bri received her first acupuncture treatment at age 14 after being diagnosed with a somewhat rare nervous system disease. Her experience of integrated healing of body, mind, and spirit was life changing, and she decided to become an acupuncturist.

Bri describes the connection between her studies and her faith, “It is my experience of this treatment that has driven me to pursue this as not only a career but a passion: a passion to help those who have been turned away, a passion to treat not the symptoms or disease that a person has been labeled with, but rather treat the individual. It is my dream to provide quality care to all those in need regardless of social class or financial stability.” Everyone at the college is delighted to have Bri as a member of our community.

This scholarship is administered by Southwest Acupuncture College in coordination with the pastoral council of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi but paid for by the college. It assists in the promotion of compassionate, effective, quality community health and well-being that

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honors the whole person body, mind and spirit, a hallmark of Oriental and Catholic medical care.

The Master of Science in Oriental Medicine degree at Southwest Acupuncture College is an accredited four-year graduate program in the study of acupuncture and Oriental medicine.

Applications must be for admission to the Santa Fe campus and be received prior to July 1, 2017.

Full information on the course of study, catalog, and program application is available online at www.acupuncturecollege.edu or by contacting the Admissions & Alumni Director at: admissions@acupuncturecollege.edu.

Catholic Daughters of the Americas Installation of new officers took place at St Joseph on the Rio Grande Catholic Church.

The courts in attendance were St. Joseph on the Rio Grande #2523, Immaculate Heart of Mary #1671, St. Thomas Aquinas #2306, and Nativity/Mt. Carmel. The Mass and Installation was celebrated by Msgr. Lambert Luna and co-celebrated by Msgr.

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Garcia, Roybal Mr. Gus Roybal and Miss June Garcia are celebrating 50 years of marriage. They were joined in holy matrimony October 29, 1966 at St. Anne’s Parish in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They currently belong to Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe Parish in Pojoaque, NM. They were blessed with three children, Dianne and husband Eloy Baros, Lisa and husband Henry Ortiz, Renee and finance Ambrose Castellano. They now have six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

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retirement, they have enjoyed traveling and spending time with their family.

They will celebrate their 50th anniversary with a Mass to renew their vows and their

children will host a reception with family and friends at the Inn at Loretto in Santa Fe. They are also planning a cruise with their children.

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We celebrate All Saints Day on Tuesday, November 1

Ten Saints Who Were Great Evangelizers

Jeannine Marino, program specialist for the Secretariat of Evangelization and Catechesis of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) offers “10 Saints Who Were Great Evangelizers”which the Church celebrates on November 1.

Marino is a canon lawyer who has served as a postulator and advisor to several canonization causes. A postulator conducts research into the life of a proposed saint. Marino offers: 1. Sts. Peter and Paul –Peter and Paul laid the foundations of the early Church and are among the most venerated saints. Peter was the first to profess that Jesus is the Son of God, and the papacy is built on his witness. Paul›s mission trips expanded the reach of the young Church, and his writings articulate our faith. Both men were willing to bear witness to the point of death, and both were martyred in Rome.

2. St. Jerome – A Fourth Century Doctor of the Church, Jerome made the Bible more accessible to everyday people when he translated it into Latin from its original Hebrew and Greek. St. Jerome is famous for saying, «Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.» We can follow in Jerome›s evangelizing footsteps by loving the Word of God. 3. St. Augustine – Bishop of Hippo, a contemporary of Jerome, and another Doctor of the Church, Augustine was notorious for his life of sinful indulgence prior to his conversion. He continues to inspire people, not only because of his conversion, but also with the brilliance of his writings—most famously his Confessions—which have had a profound impact on Christian thought down to the present day.

4. St. Patrick – As the Fifth Century Apostle of Ireland, Patrick exemplifies how Christian witness can have a pervasive, lasting impact on a culture. Following the example of Jesus, who taught with imagery, St. Patrick is known for using the image of the shamrock to illustrate the Trinity, making a great mystery of God accessible to all people.

5. St. Francis of Assisi – One of the most beloved saints, Francis of Assisi lived the Gospel by identifying himself with the poor, embracing outcasts and

enemies, andcelebrating the goodness of God present in all creation. His witness revitalized a Church that had “fallen into ruin,” and his influence today goes beyond the order he founded and even beyond the Catholic Church. When the last two popes held interreligious gatherings to pray for peace, they met not in Rome, but in Assisi.

6. St. Ignatius of Loyola – Founder of the Society of Jesus, or the Jesuits, Ignatius of Loyola was a former soldier from Spain. He founded the Jesuits in 1540 as an effort to counter the effects of the Protestant Reformation by the promotion and defense of the teachings and authority of theChurch across Europe. Ignatius also developed his Spiritual Exercises, a model of prayer still used today.

7. St. Francis Xavier – A close friend of St. Ignatius and one of the first Jesuits, Francis Xavier was a great missionary to Asia, visiting India, Indonesia, Japan and other countries. He was named the patron of Catholic missions by Pope Pius XI. 8. San Juan Diego – The peasant to whom Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared Juan Diego is essentially the evangelizer of an entire hemisphere. Blessed Pope John Paul II named Our Lady of Guadalupe the patroness of the Americas in 1999 and canonized Juan Diego in 2002. He is the first indigenous Mexican saint.

9. St. Daniel Comboni – Another great missionary in the history of the Church, Daniel Comboni traveled from his native Italy to Central Africa and founded the Comboni Missionaries and the Comboni Missionary Sisters in 1867 and 1872, respectively. He spent nearly all of his priesthood in Africa and was named a bishop and apostolic vicar to Africa in 1877. He died in 1881 and was canonized in 2003.

10. St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus – Also known as St. Thérèse of Lisieux and the Little Flower, Thérèse was a French Carmelite in the late 1800s. She is best known for pursuing the “little way” to holiness, serving God in every little action of daily life, before dying of tuberculosis at the age of 24 in 1897. She was named the patroness of Catholic missions by Pope Pius XI because of her devotion of praying for missionaries. She was named a Doctor of the Church (the third woman and youngest person ever to receive this honor) by Blessed Pope John Paul II in 1997.

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QUINTO ENCUENTRO NACIONAL DE PASTORAL HISPANA/LATINA Por Rocío González, Co-Coordinadora del Equipo Diocesano de Acompañamiento al V Encuentro (EDAVE) de la Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe

Una vez más, me da gusto compartir con ustedes algunas noticias sobre el V Encuentro Nacional de Pastoral Hispana/Latina. En la edición previa de Mi Casa es su Casa expliqué a grandes rasgos lo que es el V Encuentro: un proceso de reflexión y consulta que se está llevando ya a cabo dentro de la Iglesia Católica en los Estados Unidos. Este proceso tiene como meta discernir formas en las que la Iglesia en los Estados Unidos pueda responder mejor a la presencia de los Hispanos/Latinos, y potenciar formas en que los Hispanos/Latinos respondan como discípulos misioneros al llamado de la Nueva Evangelización, sirviendo a toda la iglesia.

El proceso del V Encuentro incluirá procesos de reflexión (Encuentros) a nivel parroquial, diocesano, regional y nacional. Una vez que sean formados los equipos parroquiales, se llevará a cabo el proceso de reflexión parroquial durante la primera mitad del año 2017. Este proceso parroquial de Evangelización y consulta consistirá en cinco sesiones para grupos dentro de las parroquias. El proceso parroquial culminará con un Encuentro Parroquial.

Hacia el final de ese mismo año (noviembre del 2017) se llevará a cabo el Encuentro Diocesano

de la Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe en la ciudad de Albuquerque. En este Encuentro participarán delegaciones de parroquias de toda la Arquidiócesis.

Ya en el 2018, se llevará a cabo el Encuentro Regional en la ciudad de Phoenix, Arizona, al que asistirán delegaciones de las diez arqui/diócesis que se ubican en los estados que conforman la Región Episcopal XIII: Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Arizona y Nuevo México. En el mes de septiembre, 2018 el proceso nacional de consulta y reflexión culminará con el V Encuentro Nacional de Pastoral Hispana/Latina en Dallas, TX, evento que contará con la participación de 3,000 delegados de todas y cada una de las catorce Regiones Episcopales y sus respectivas arqui/diócesis de todo el país.

Al culminar el proceso de consulta, los resultados serán analizados y de ello surgirá el Documento de Trabajo Nacional que ofrecerá las recomendaciones obtenidas a través de la oración, el discernimiento y la consulta llevada a cabo durante todo el proceso del V Encuentro, para así invitar a todos los católicos en los Estados Unidos a ser misioneros auténticos y alegres que sean testigos del amor de Dios con una voz profética en una iglesia culturalmente diversa como la nuestra.

En la Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe estamos actualmente consolidando el Equipo Diocesano que se encargará de la implementación de las etapas del

V Encuentro, incluyendo el desarrollo y formación de los Equipos Parroquiales. A partir del mes de octubre daremos inicio a las sesiones de orientación para la formación de equipos parroquiales para el V Encuentro. Buscaremos oportunidades de espacios y tiempos que sean más efectivos para reunir una representación de varias parroquias en ciertas áreas geográficas de nuestra arquidiócesis. La primera orientación sobre el V Encuentro para posibles equipos parroquiales se llevará a cabo este 1ro. de Octubre iniciando a las 9:00am en la parroquia de St. Anne en Santa Fe. En esta sesión participarán los estudiantes de la clase de la Escuela de Ministerios del grupo de Santa Fe, quienes representan diversas comunidades parroquiales en el área de Santa Fe y sus alrededores.

Estaremos en contacto con los representantes en los ocho decanatos o áreas de la arquidiócesis para planificar oportunidades para estas orientaciones en sus respectivas áreas. ¡La invitación a participar en este V Encuentro es para todos! Si tú eres un participante activo en tu parroquia y te gustaría ser parte de esta excitante oportunidad para toda nuestra Iglesia Católica, comunícate directamente a la Oficina del Ministerio Hispano al 505 831-8152 para entablar una conversación sobre las oportunidades que pudieran existir para tu participación a través de tu parroquia. ¡Estamos en busca de personas como tú que deseen ser Discípulos Misioneros: Testigos del Amor de Dios! ¡Anímate!

Próximas Orientaciones sobre el V Encuentro Algunas oportunidades para conocer más sobre el proceso del V Encuentro: • Área de Santa Fe (Como parte de la Escuela de Ministerios): Sábado 1 de octubre, Iglesia St. Anne’s, 511 Alicia St., Santa Fe, NM 87501, comenzando a las 9:00am • Área de Albuquerque y sus alrededores: · Sábado 8 de octubre, para estudiantes que recibieron su certificado de participación en el programa del Liderazgo Pastoral Hispano este año. Centro Católico, comenzando a las 9:00am · Martes 15 de noviembre, Centro Católico comenzando a las 6:00pm · Sábado 10 de diciembre, Centro Católico, comenzando a las 9:00am Otras sesiones de orientación sobre el V Encuentro serán anunciadas próximamente.

Visita el sitio del V Encuentro en http:// vencuentro.org/

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FIFTH NATIONAL ENCUENTRO OF HISPANIC/LATINO MINISTRY WHAT IS THE V ENCUENTRO? The V Encuentro is a four-year process of ecclesial reflection and action that invites all Catholics in the United States to intense missionary activity, consultation, leadership development, and identification of best ministerial practices in the spirit of the New Evangelization. The process has been proposed as a priority activity of the USCCB’s Strategic Plan for 2017-2020. The V Encuentro starts at the grass-roots level and calls for the development of resources and initiatives to better serve the fast-growing Hispanic population in dioceses, parishes, ecclesial movements, and other Catholic organizations and institutions in light of its theme: Missionary Disciples: Witnesses of God’s Love.

WHO PARTICIPATES IN THE V ENCUENTRO? All leaders in arch/dioceses, parishes, lay ecclesial movements and other Catholic organizations and institutions are invited to participate by encountering Hispanic/Latino Catholics, particularly those living in the periphery through the missionary process of evangelization and consultation of the V Encuentro.

WHAT IS THE GOAL OF THE V ENCUENTRO? The main goal of the V Encuentro is to discern ways in which the Church in the United States can better respond to the Hispanic/ Latino presence, and to strengthen the ways in which Hispanics/ Latinos respond to the call to the New Evangelization as missionary disciples serving the entire Church.

WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF THE V ENCUENTRO? •• Call all Catholics in the United States to become authentic and joyful missionary disciples that give witness to God’s Love with a prophetic voice in a culturally diverse Church •• Provide a renewed ecclesial vision that develops effective pathways to invite, engage and form Hispanic Catholic youth, young adults, and families to live out their baptismal vocation •• Invite all Catholic leaders to engage and accompany Hispanic Catholics who find themselves in the peripheries of the Church and society, particularly those who live in at-risk situations and are not actively involved in their faith community •• Identify and promote opportunities for Hispanic Catholic pastoral leaders to serve at all ministerial levels of the Church and the larger society, and increase the number of protagonists in the New Evangelization •• Stimulate a new wave of faith formation and leadership development initiatives that prepare Hispanic Catholics to share and celebrate the Good News of Jesus Christ and to become leaven for the Reign of God in society WHAT ARE THE THEMES OF THE FIVE-WEEK EVANGELIZING PROCESS AND CONSULTATION? •• 1. Called to a loving encounter with Jesus •• 2. With words and actions: Do it!

•• 3. Walking together with Jesus •• 4. Bearing fruits of new life

•• 5. Celebrating the joy of being missionary disciples *The five themes are inspired by Pope Francis’ call to create a culture of Encounter. The Joy of the Gospel (#24) V Encuentro Orientation sessions for Albuquerque and surrounding areas: • Tuesday, November 15 at the Catholic Center at 6:00pm • Saturday, December 10 at the Catholic Center at 9:00am More sessions to TBA BACKGROUND The process of Encuentro has been the catalyst for developing ministries among Hispanics/Latinos during the past fifty years.

Each of the previous Encuentros has been a watershed experience that has significantly changed the way in which the Church responds to the Hispanic/Latino presence, and the way in which Hispanics/Latinos respond as Church.

•• The I Encuentro (1972) led to the creation of the Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs •• The II Encuentro (1975-77) led to the creation of eight regional offices for Hispanic Affairs •• The III Encuentro (1982-85) led to the creation of the Standing Committee of Hispanic Affairs, and the promulgation of the National Pastoral Plan for Hispanic Ministry; giving the green light, and a clear vision, to dioceses and parishes to respond to the evergrowing Hispanic/Latino presence •• Encuentro 2000 (The IV Encuentro) helped the Church in the United States to recognize and appreciate its cultural diversity, through a “New Pentecost” experience •• The First National Encuentro for Hispanic Youth and Young Adult Ministry (2005-06) Opened new pastoral avenues in ministry to and with the Hispanic/Latino young church The V Encuentro finds an unprecedented number of parishes serving Hispanics/Latinos and a growing influence of apostolic movements, all of which are led by thousands of Hispanic/Latino lay-ecclesial ministers. It also counts with record numbers of Hispanics/Latinos engaged in formation programs and a growing number of Catholic Hispanic/Latino national organizations.

However, such growth comes short in addressing the demands of the ever- growing Hispanic/Latino population.

The V Encuentro promises to be another watershed experience that provides the Church the clarity, enthusiasm and means it needs to more adequately respond to the Hispanic/Latino presence in the spirit of the New Evangelization.

At this moment of grace, it is of the upmost importance to champion the ongoing formation and leadership development of Hispanic/Latino Catholics. The V Encuentro is a privileged opportunity to prepare them as missionary disciples ready to serve the entire Church, and for the Church to better recognize and receive the gifts that Hispanics/Latinos bring to the Church and society in the United States.

For More information, visit www.vencuentro.org

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ENCUENTRO PILGRIMAGE VATICAN Leaders in ministry to Hispanic Catholics in the United States stand in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican Sept. 26 with the Encuentro cross. Making a pilgrimage to Rome in preparation for launching the four-year Encuentro process are Alejandro Aguilera-Titus, director of the V Encuentro; Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio, chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church; Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles; and Mar Munoz-Visoso, executive director of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church. (CNS photo/ Robert Duncan)

Healing division with tradition: Hispanic ministry seeks unity

By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Carrying a tall wooden cross over the threshold of the Holy Door in St. Peter’s Basilica, a U.S. delegation brought the concerns of the country’s Hispanic Catholics to the heart of the church.

In a political climate marked by angry rhetoric, fear and division, U.S. bishops and others who minister to the Hispanic and Latino community are focused on “communion, unity, and service,” said Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller of San Antonio.

The archbishop, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church, and other leaders traveled to the Vatican in late September to secure Pope Francis’ blessing on the V Encuentro process and on the Encuentro cross they carried to the tomb of St. Peter.

Taking part in a five-day pilgrimage to pray for the initiative, which begins in early 2017, the delegation also included: Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles; Auxiliary Bishop Nelson J. Perez of Rockville Centre, New York, chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs; and Auxiliary Bishop Arturo Cepeda of Detroit.

Receiving the pope’s blessing, Archbishop Garcia-Siller said, “gives us the strength to not allow ourselves to be overcome by the transitory elements of today’s culture, society and politics.

We want to live something that is more transcendent.”

V Encuentro is “a four-year process of ecclesial reflection

and action” geared toward finding new ways to engage and strengthen Hispanic and Latino Catholics and address their pastoral needs, according to the initiative’s website.

Archbishop Garcia-Siller told Catholic News Service Sept. 26 that the V Encuentro is an opportunity for Hispanic Catholics to “be firm in their faith,” which “goes beyond what politics offers today.”

Hispanic Catholics, he added, shouldn’t be alienated from the current political climate, but rather “be inside what is going on in today’s politics. But we have to do it presenting the Christian values we have received.”

Promoting the values of faith inherent in Latin American culture also can help strengthen both Spanish- and English-speaking Catholics to “go beyond the upcoming election,” the archbishop said.

Archbishop Garcia-Siller, like many Catholic leaders in the United States, believes that the gap between immigrant families and citizens is not the only challenge facing younger and older generations of Hispanics.

Younger generations who assimilate to U.S. culture are steadily forgetting the Spanish language that binds them not only to their own family history, but also to the Catholic faith.

The growing language barrier between older generations who speak only Spanish and younger generations who prefer to speak English is one of the many challenges V Encuentro will address in the next four years.

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Alejandro Aguilera-Titus, director of the V Encuentro, told CNS that Encuentro’s four-year process “offers an opportunity for generating leadership within Hispanic and Latin American Catholics so that they may provide ministries for the church in the United States.”

However, leadership cannot flourish without creating “broader spaces” that allow the growing Hispanic population to “fully participate in the life and the mission of the church,” he said.

The goal of the V Encuentro, Aguilera-Titus continued, is to answer Pope Francis’ call to reach out to the marginalized by fostering “an intense process of mission to Hispanics in the peripheries,” as well as inviting the whole church, especially nonSpanish speaking Catholics, to join in the outreach.

Some 5,000 U.S. parishes will participate in the Encuentro process in the hopes of reaching out “to the nearly 1 million Hispanics living on the periphery,” he said.

The Encuentro, he said, also will focus on youths and families, whether or not they are in the United States legally, so that they may develop a “relationship with Jesus through the church.”

Bishop Perez told CNS that there is a “sense of urgency” within the church to respond to the challenge of engaging the growing Hispanic population in the United States, particular the younger generations.

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“The church must go out and meet with second- and third-generation youth who bring with them their individual characteristics,” he said.

While young Hispanics readily identify with the Latin American culture, Bishop Perez added, not knowing the Spanish language is a challenge for the church to “encounter them in a different way.”

Mar Munoz-Visoso, executive director of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church, said it is important to have both English and Spanish catechetical materials available to help Spanish-speaking parents pass on the Christian values of their traditions to their children.

“It is important to have that multilingualism and that multiculturalism of Hispanic families in the United States so that all of us can strengthen the idea of the evangelization and catechesis,” she said.

Aguilera-Titus said that studies have shown that the use of Spanish “is an important indicator in maintaining the faith” and that over time, the decrease in the use of the language among Hispanics is proportional to the loss in practicing their faith.

“This doesn’t mean that faith is found in the language but rather that within the context of the Hispanic and Latino culture, there is a reality that communicates and expresses faith,” he said.

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St. Francis of Assisi is the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. His feast day is October 4. He is known for saying, “Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”, “Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.”, “For it is in giving that we receive.”

St. Francis, pray for us!

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Safe Environment Training B A K , Victims Assistance Coordinator

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The Archdiocese of Santa Fe has implemented the VIRTUS program; an internationally known and well respected best practices platform for Safe Environment training. This prevention training is available online and in-person. The program is accessible in Spanish and English. It is a comprehensive training that specializes in assisting churches and religious organizations in creating safe environments for children and vulnerable adults. The primary course,

Protecting God’s Children, assists the church in its efforts to recognize and prevent child sexual abuse. As a community of faith, we believe that the prevention of child sexual abuse begins with each person. Increased awareness and a willingness to take action are steps for every person to take to eliminate abuse in our society, in the community, in the neighborhood, and in the family.

All those who minister, employees and volunteers, in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe will be educated about the nature of child sexual abuse, how it is perpetrated, strategies for preven-

tion, and reporting.

The Protecting God’s Children Online Awareness Session course includes a code of conduct and a background check. It will take approximately one hour in length and provides a downloadable certificate at the end of the session.

To access the program go to the Archdiocese website www.archdiosf. org and click on the Virtus link.

Everyone is required to register for both the on-line or in person sessions.

Any questions call the Safe Environment Office at 505-831-8144.

Archdiocese of Santa Fe 2016 Abuse Awareness Training for Adults: Creating a Safe Environment for Our Children

(formerly known as the Sexual Abuse Misconduct Prevention Workshop) Rev. 09/28/2016 Attendance at the workshop is MANDATORY for all clergy, employees, and volunteers in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Pre-registration is necessary. These workshops are sponsored by the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Contact: Annette the Victims Assistance Coordinator or Rose Garcia, at 505.831.8144.

Note: Do not bring children. No one under age 18 is allowed in the workshop. If you are late you will not be allowed to enter the training.

Please contact the Victim Assistance Coordinator to report any abuse that has occurred by Clergy, Employee or Volunteer in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe IN THE EVENT OF BAD WEATHER – CALL 505-831-8144 FOR A RECORDING ADVISING IF THE TRAINING IS CANCELLED October 13, 2016 6:00 – 9:00 p.m.

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October is Domestic Abuse Awareness Month When I Call for Help: A Pastoral Response to Domestic Violence Against Women

By United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

In the beginning, I was young . . . he was handsome. He said I was beautiful, smart, worthy of love . . . made me feel that way. And so we were married, walking joyfully together down a church aisle, our union blessed by God.

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Then came the angry words . . . the verbal tearing apart. . . . Now I was made to feel ugly, unintelligent, unworthy of any love, God’s or man’s.

Next came the beatings . . . unrelenting violence . . . unceasing pain. I shouldn’t stay, but this is my husband . . . promised forever. He says I deserve it . . . maybe I do . . . if I could just be good. I feel so

alone . . . doesn’t God hear me when I cry out silently as I lie in bed each night?

Finally came the release, the realization. It’s not me . . . it’s him. . . . I am worthy of love, God’s and man’s. One spring morning, my heart was filled with hope and with fear now only of starting over on my own. And so again I walked . . . down the hallway of our apartment building . . . never again to be silent . . . never again to live with that kind of violence, to suffer that kind of pain.

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When I Call for Help: A Prayer One source of healing we have in our lives as Christians is prayer. Psalm 55 may be an especially apt prayer for women who are dealing with abusive situations.

With all of you we pray these verses: Listen, God, to my prayer; do not hide from my pleading; hear me and give answer.

If an enemy had reviled me, that I could bear; If my foe had viewed me with contempt, from that I could hide.

But it was you, my other self, my comrade and friend, You, whose company I enjoyed, at whose side I walked in procession in the house of God. But I will call upon God, and the Lord will save me.

At dusk, dawn, and noon I will grieve and complain, and my prayer will be heard.

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Time again to check your Medicare health and drug plans

By Bob Moos/Southwest public affairs officer for the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Now’s the time for New Mexico residents with Medicare to check their health and drug coverage for 2017. Medicare’s open enrollment period runs from Oct. 15 until Dec. 7.

Open enrollment is the best time to make sure your health and drug plans still meet your individual needs, especially if you’ve had any changes in your health. By now insurers should have notified you of any adjustments in your health or drug coverage or any changes in your out-of-pocket costs for next year.

The average monthly premium for a Medicare Advantage plan will drop by $1.19 to $31.40, while the average monthly premium for a basic drug plan will inch up $1.50 to $34.

Medicare Advantage remains a strong alternative for people who prefer to receive care through a private insurer rather than through Medicare’s original fee-for-service program. Enrollment in the private Medicare

Advantage plans is expected to grow by 1.2 million to 18.5 million people in 2017 – about 32 percent of Medicare beneficiaries.

Even if you’ve been satisfied with your health and drug coverage, you may benefit from reviewing all your options. Shopping around may save you money or improve your coverage.

New Mexico residents in Medicare’s original fee-for-service program can choose from 23 drug plans with monthly premiums ranging from $17 to $151.30.

Look beyond premiums, though. The only way to determine the true cost of your drug coverage is to consider other factors like deductibles, co-payments and coinsurance.

Medicare’s website – www.medicare. gov – has the best tool for helping you narrow your search for a new health or drug plan. Just click on “Find Health and Drug Plans.” After entering your ZIP code and the list of your prescriptions, you can use the “Medicare Plan Finder” tool to compare your coverage and out-of-pocket costs under different plans. The quality of a health or drug plan’s customer service should be

considered, too. To help you identify the best and worst, the Plan Finder provides star ratings for each plan. A gold star will show plans with the highest, five-star rating, while a warning icon will alert you to plans that have performed poorly for at least the past three years.

Besides using Medicare.gov, you can call Medicare’s toll-free help line at 1-800-6334227 or consult your “Medicare & You 2017 Handbook,” which you have just received in the mail.

One-on-one benefits counseling is also available through your State Health Insurance Assistance Program. In New Mexico, you should call 1-800-432-2080.

Thanks to the health care law, you’ll enjoy more savings on your prescriptions in 2017 once you land in the coverage gap, known as the “doughnut hole.”

You’ll receive a 60 percent discount on your brand-name drugs and a 49 percent discount on your generic drugs while in the gap. The doughnut hole begins once you and your drug plan have spent $3,700 for your drugs. If you’re having difficulty

affording your medications, you may qualify for extra help with your drug coverage premiums, deductibles and co-payments.

The amount of help depends on your income and resources. But, generally, you’ll pay no more than $3.30 for generic drugs and $8.25 for brand-name drugs. Thirtyfive percent of New Mexico residents with Medicare’s drug coverage now get such a break.

To learn more about whether you qualify for extra help, visit www.socialsecurity.gov/ prescriptionhelp or call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213. Again this fall and winter, many Americans younger than 65 will shop for health care policies for themselves and their families on the recently launched Health Insurance Marketplace. But the marketplace doesn’t affect you, since you have your health insurance through Medicare.

Just as you’ve always done each fall, your attention should be focused on whether you’d like to make any changes in your Medicare health and drug plans. There’s no better time to check that coverage. Any changes you make will take effect on Jan. 1.

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Rest Sr. Teresa Margaret Hurr, SC Sister of Charity of Cincinnati Teresa Margaret Hurr died Sept. 21, 2016, at the age of 93 in Mother Margaret Hall, the nursing facility of the Sisters of Charity.

Sr. Teresa Margaret was born Margaret Francis Hurr on Sept. 18, 1923, to Irvin and Helen (Zeier) Hurr in Middletown, OH. She was a Sister of Charity of Cincinnati for 74 years.

Sr. Teresa Margaret attended St. John grade school in Middletown and graduated from Notre Dame High School, Hamilton, OH, in 1941. Faith was an integral part of her family life and she responded to God’s call by entering the Sisters of Charity in September 1942.

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in nursing from the College of Mount St. Joseph (Cincinnati) in 1961 and a MSN in administration in 1963 from The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. By 1958, she was sent to the Southwest, to St. Joseph Hospital in Albuquerque; after three years she enrolled in The Catholic University’s master’s program. Gradually she moved West again, this time to St. Vincent Hospital, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1963-’68 and to St. Mary Corwin, Pueblo, Colorado, 1968-’73.

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bulatory care services and helped establish new concepts in medical care; four Family Care Centers were established in the Mount Clemens area to alleviate non-emergency cases at the ER. They also began planning shopping mall “hospitals” finding that a physician, a registered nurse and two medical receptionists could serve 40 people a day with costs comparable to other physician offices in the area. Sr. Teresa Margaret also arranged for outpatient tours of the hospital for

senior citizens to alleviate any fears regarding hospitals. In 1982, the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Mount Clemens named her “Woman of the Year”.

A friend, Sr. Dorothy William Englert, remembers how Teresa Margaret loved the outdoors. “In her early days [at the Motherhouse] she conducted water aerobics at the pool several evenings a week. They were always well attended. My mother even enjoyed them for a while. She was a strong woman, who loved the earth,” Sr. Dorothy recalled.

Sr. Teresa Margaret is survived by her sister, Sr. Rebecca Hurr, also a Sister of Charity, and nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother Irvin Hurr.

Cremains and Respect for the Human Body In the famous story of David and Goliath, Goliath boasts to the young David that after he kills him, he will give his flesh “to the birds of the sky and beasts of the field.” He conveys his profound disdain for David by speaking this way, deprecating even his corpse.

This offends our sensibility that dead bodies should not be desecrated, but should instead be respectfully buried. Proper disposition and care of another’s body also manifests our Christian faith in the resurrection of that body on the Last Day. Over time, this has evolved into a deeper understanding about the handling of corpses, including regulations surrounding cremation.

For Catholics, cremation is considered an acceptable form of handling the human body after death, although as noted in the Order of Christian Funerals, cremation “does not enjoy the same value as burial of the body.… The Church clearly prefers and urges that the body of the deceased be present for the funeral rites, since the presence of the human body better expresses the values which the Church affirms in its rites.”

Moreover, cremation can lead to problematic practices, which Cardinal Raymond Burke references in a Pastoral letter to the faithful in the Diocese of La Crosse in the year 2000: “With the growing practice of cremation, there has also developed a certain lack of care for the cremated remains of the dead. Funeral directors who have been asked to store the cremated remains report that those remains often are left unclaimed by family or friends.

Those charged with the arrangements for the funeral rites of the deceased should see that the cremated

remains are interred or entombed at the earliest possible time.…. It is not permitted to scatter cremated remains over a favorite place, and it is not permitted to keep cremated remains in one’s home or place other than a cemetery.…. The cremated remains of one deceased person may not be mixed with the cremated remains of another person. It is not permitted to divide the cremated remains and inter or entomb them in more than one place.”

These clearly articulated concerns remind us of our obligation to respect the remains of the dead, even in their ashen state. By becoming lax in our approach to handling cremains, we can easily betray the respect that is owed.

A story comes to mind involving a friend of mine who works as a pilot. He was asked to take up a passenger in a small plane for the “final repose of ashes” into the ocean. As they were taking off, he told the passenger, “Just be sure that you don’t ever open that urn! It needs to be thrown overboard when I open the hatch window and give you the signal.” The passenger, however, was determined to do it his way, and when the pilot opened the window, he popped off the top of the urn and tried to scatter the ashes at sea. Instead, the ashes were seized by the violent air currents and scattered throughout the internals of the airplane, among all the instrumentation and dials, and in the hair and clothing of both the pilot and the passenger.

Another reason to bury cremains in the earth or inter them in a mausoleum, rather than scattering them abroad, is to establish a particular place to be able to

visit and pray for the soul of that person, in the physical presence of their mortal remains. The burial site serves as a point of reference and connection to the embodiment of that individual, rather than reducing them to a kind of vague and wispy nothingness.

Keeping Grandma’s ashes on the fireplace mantle or up in the attic alongside the antique paintings is another problematic practice that can easily end up downplaying or denying her human dignity, tempting us to treat her mortal remains as just another item to be moved around among our various trinkets.

It can be helpful to encourage the family, and all who are involved with cremains, to think about ashes in a manner similar to how we’d think about a full body. Would we keep a casket and corpse at home for a few weeks? If not, then we shouldn’t do the same with someone’s ashes. Regrettably, many people are not thinking about cremains as the revered remnants of a fellow human being, but more as something to be disposed of whenever it’s convenient for our schedule and budget. We don’t approach full-body caskets that way because we recognize more clearly the duty to bury our beloved dead. The sacred memory of our departed family and friends, in sum, calls us to carefully attend to their remains with authentic and objective gestures of respect.

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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All Souls Day, Cremated Remains Committal Service November 2, 2016 The Catholic Cemetery Association will once again offer its no-cost Cremation Burial Service on All Souls Day. This program will offer families the opportunity to follow the teachings of the Catholic Church regarding the proper and reverent disposition of their loved one’s cremated remains. Two separate services have been scheduled, one at Rosario Cemetery in Santa Fe, NM and the other at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Albuquerque, NM. The service will begin with Mass and will be followed with a Committal Service at the gravesite.

In Santa Fe: Rosario Cemetery Chapel 499 North Guadalupe Street Wednesday, November 2, 2016 10:00 a.m.

Celebrant: Very Rev. John Daniel

In Albuquerque: Mt. Calvary Cemetery Chapel 1900 Edith Blvd NE Wednesday, November 2, 2016 10:00 a.m.

Celebrant: Archbishop John Wester

To make the necessary arrangements for your loved one, please contact Mt. Calvary Cemetery or Rosario Cemetery. Preparations for these burials must be made, in person, prior to Monday, October 31, 2016. If you have any questions regarding these services, feel free to contact any one of our offices.

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Catholics Care.

Catholics Vote.

Register to Vote!

We need to participate for the common good. Sometimes we hear: a good Catholic is not interested in politics.

This is not true: good Catholics immerse themselves in politics by offering the best of themselves so that the leader can govern.

- Pope Francis, 9/16/13 In their statement on Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, the U.S. Catholic Bishops remind Catholics, "We are called to bring together our principles and our political choices, our values and our votes, to help build a better world" (no. 14).

In New Mexico, to vote in an election, you must be registered to vote at least 28 days prior to the election date.

National election day is Tuesday, November 8.

You can pick up a mail-in voter registration form at any County Clerk’s office or at any MVD office or public assistance offices. Or, you can request a form by phone or by mail. There is no on line registration, it is all hard copy. Visit the following NM State website: http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Voter_Information/Voter_Registration_Information.aspx for more information or go to VoterView to see if you are registered!

PRAYER BEFORE ELECTIONS Lord God, as the election approaches, we seek to better understand the issues and concerns that confront our city/state/country, and how the Gospel compels us to respond as faithful citizens in our community.

We ask for eyes that are free from blindness so that we might see each other as brothers and sisters, one and equal in dignity, especially those who are victims of abuse and violence, deceit and poverty.

We ask for ears that will hear the cries of children unborn and those abandoned, Men and women oppressed because of race or creed, religion or gender.

We ask for minds and hearts that are open to hearing the voice of leaders who will bring us closer to your Kingdom.

We pray for discernment so that we may choose leaders who hear your Word, live your love, and keep in the ways of your truth as they follow in the steps of Jesus and his Apostles and guide us to your Kingdom of justice and peace.

We ask this in the name of your Son Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit.

Amen.