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THE YEAR OF ST. JOSEPH

THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE HONORS THE FOSTER FATHER OF JESUS AND PATRON OF THE UNIFIED CHURCH. PAGE 8 A STATUE OF SAINT JOSEPH AT MISSION BASILICA IN SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO. PHOTO: SPENCER GRANT

APRIL 18, 2021

CONTENTS

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MAKING RELIGIOUS HISTORY

A small contemplative branch of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity will soon arrive in the Diocese of Orange.

HELPING CHILDREN HEAL

The upheaval and loss present unique challenges for children who may have difficulty coping with trauma.

VATICAN ANNOUNCES CONFERENCE ON PRIESTHOOD

The Holy See will host a major symposium on the vocation and service of priesthood in February 2022.

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Guest Editorial, Weekly Readings, Moments In Our Journey

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GUEST EDITORIAL

LEARNING TO PRAY

BY MSGR. MIKE HEHER

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AMES MARTIN SJ IS A best-selling author and the editor at large at America magazine; he has recently released a new book, “Learning to Pray, A Guide for Everyone.”

Let me start by saying that the subtitle is accurate. Martin is talking to everyone from the mystics in the cloister to those who hardly give a thought to prayer. He talks about personal prayer, the experience which fosters a deeper relationship with God. I have been praying almost all my life and I found many of Martin’s ideas to be reassuring. He deals with things like distractions, dryness, and reasonable and

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unreasonable expectations. He answers certain questions that, sooner or later, many of us have, and he gave me new ways to improve my way of praying. I found the book both practical and inspirational.

Martin is a Jesuit. Under the direction of St. Ignatius Loyola, all Jesuits are trained from the novitiate onward to pray according to the saint’s well-known Spiritual Exercises. He is quoted here often, of course. But also more contemporary Jesuits like William Barry SJ and Mark Thibodeaux SJ also have their say. I had been familiar over the years with the practice of a daily Examen, for example, but it had never impressed me much. But Martin described it in a way I understood for the first time and he showed me how to practice it fruitfully. He also discusses other formats like centering prayer, nature prayer, and praying when you don’t notice you are praying.

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The best part of the book is Martin himself who writes like someone talking with you as a companion on a long walk, not as an expert or someone trying to show off what he knows. The second-best part of the book is all the other authors he brings along. You will find the best of what St. Teresa of Avila, St. Therese of Lisieux, Karl Rahner, and Thomas Merton have to say about prayer. I was also introduced to authors I hadn’t known about, like Joyce Rupp who said, “The surest sign of prayer’s genuineness is when it influences what you say and do.”

If you only have time for one book on prayer, “Learning to Pray,” is my recommendation, even though it is a long read.

I took a section of it each day; that has the added advantage of allowing me to savor what I was reading.

The book renewed my sense of the possibilities of prayer. I had always CONTINUES ON PAGE 12

DAILY READINGS AND REFLECTIONS

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FULFILLMENT

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T IS INTERESTING THAT DURING THE Easter season, when we do not hear a reading from the Old Testament, it becomes so important. This is particularly true today. Peter’s speech begins with a prayer formula familiar to Jews: “The God of Abraham . . .” (Acts 3:13).

It likewise contains the potent phrases “Holy and Righteous One” and “mouth of all the prophets” (3:14, 18). Peter was stating in no uncertain terms that the law, psalms, and prophets had been fulfilled in Christ. This is reinforced by Jesus himself in the Gospel passage, when he states that everything in the scriptures (to the early Christians “the scriptures” were what we call the Old Testament) had to be fulfilled. Above all, Jesus and Peter both emphasize that we are witnesses to all of this, and are sent forth to bear witness to it in the world. The Latin Missa, from which our word “Mass” comes, means “sent” (as in “mission”). As we leave Mass today, let us remember to be witnesses to all that has been fulfilled in the risen Christ.

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From panoramic vistas to the tiniest living form, nature is a constant source of wonder and awe. It is also a continuing revelation of the divine.

- Pope Francis SAINT PROFILE

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BLESSED SAVINA PETRILLI 1851-1923

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ORN IN SIENA, ITALY, this foundress had a lifelong devotion to St. Catherine of Siena. As a young member of a Marian sodality, she taught catechism to street children and gradually felt called to serve abandoned children and the poor. At 22, she began the work of establishing the Congregation of the Sisters of the Poor of St. Catherine of Siena, which received papal approval in 1877. Somewhat impulsive and impatient, Savina made a special vow never to deliberately refuse God anything. She counseled her sisters, “Whoever looks at us must see Jesus in us.” She died of cancer and was beatified in 1988. Her congregation serves today in Italy, South America, Asia and the United States. C

READINGS FOR THE WEEK

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ACTS 6:8-15; PS 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; JN 6:22-29

ACTS 7:51 — 8:1A; PS 31:3CD-4, 6, 7B, 8A, 17, 21AB; JN 6:30-35

ACTS 8:1B-8; PS 66:1-3A, 4-7A; JN 6:35-40

ACTS 8:26-40; PS 66:8-9, 16-17, 20; JN 6:44-51

ACTS 9:1-20; PS 117:1BC, 2; JN 6:5259

ACTS 9:31-42; PS 116:12-17; JN 6:6069

ACTS 4:8-12; PS 118:1, 8-9, 21-23, 26, 28, 29; 1 JN 3:1-2; JN 10:11-18

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MAKING RELIGIOUS HISTORY

MOTHER TERESA’S MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY MOVING TO THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE

BY CATHI DOUGLAS

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N A HISTORIC MOVE, six sisters from the contemplative branch of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity soon will live in and serve the Diocese of Orange.

Their arrival meets one of the key goals of Bishop Kevin Vann’s Strategic Plan calling for identifying and inviting “a religious community, with a charism of intercessory prayer, to make their home in the Diocese of Orange in support of evangelization efforts, the pastoral life of the diocese, and vocations.”

While the diocese presently is home to several orders of active religious sisters, until now it has not had a contemplative order, says Joan Patten, AO, diocesan delegate for consecrated life.

“The sisters live a simple life of radical poverty,” Patten says. “It’s a beautiful way to serve the poor.”

According to their website, motherteresa.org/contemplative-sisters, members of the contemplative branch lead a life of prayer and contemplation, silence, solitude, fasting, and penance. They love and adore Jesus under the appearance of bread in the Blessed Sacrament by spending much time in adoration. They host whole-day Eucharistic adoration in parish churches or chapels and often offer adoration in their own homes or convent chapels.

The contemplative branch was founded on the Feast of the Sacred Heart, June 25, 1976 in New York. “This gift fulfills further needs in the Church and in the world today and is the fruit of God’s special love for us and our gradual growth in love for him,” the website notes.

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FATHER KEVIN W. VANN, NOW BISHOP KEVIN W. VANN, MEETS WITH MOTHER TERESA IN 1982. PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE.

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had to find Mary a place to stay.”

Strikingly, divine Providence – and St. Joseph – seem to have made the Missionaries of Charity’s move to Orange County possible. Work on their Santa Ana home commenced on the Feast Day of St. Joseph, March 19, and is expected to be completed by the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker on May 1.

Tom Saenz, one of the key individuals Falconieri parishioner responsible for the sisters’ move, shakes his head and laughs a little at the way we truly believe it is God’s will for us to seemingly unsurmountable odds were be in the Diocese of Orange,” she adds. swept aside as plans were hatched and Patten says a number of people colthen came to fruition. laborated to make the sisters’ move to Saenz, a Fullerton resident and memOrange County possible. “It was part of ber of St. Juliana Falconieri Parish who is God’s providence,” she notes. “We were preparing for the deaconate, with his wife praying for the intercession of St. Mother and family members has worked with the Teresa, and it is fitting that this occurs sisters for many years serving the poor in in the Year of St. Joseph; Joseph after all CONTINUES ON PAGE 7

(The Missionaries of Charity) give up all luxuries and conveniences, have no income. They rely on Providence through donations.

— Tom Saenz, St. Juliana Missionaries of Charity who are dedicated to meeting the corporal needs of the poorest of the poor, the order’s contemplative sisters focus on spiritual needs, praying with and for the poor in their neighborhoods, says Sister Ancy Kollikollavil, M.C., regional superior for the West Coast.

“Now that the opportunity has come,

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their Tijuana house, in Los Angeles, and in other cities in the U.S. and abroad.

“My wife and I learned from the active sisters that the contemplative sisters receive donations but aren’t equipped to get them to those who need the assistance,” Saenz says, “so we transported things from L.A. to Tijuana and got to know them.

“They are poor themselves,” he explains. “They give up all luxuries and conveniences, have no income.

They rely on Providence through donations.”

In the process of driving some of the contemplative sisters past the Christ Cathedral one day, Saenz says a discussion ensued about them possibly relocating from their current Alhambra home to Orange County. A conversation with Patten came next, and the little team set to work with prayers for the project.

“We wanted to welcome them here,” he recalls, “but we didn’t have a home for them.”

To make matters worse, the country was in the middle of a pandemic and finances were tight for everyone, including the diocese, the sisters, and the Catholic Church at large, he says.

Still, impossible as it seems, as they struggled to find the sisters a home, donors came forward and one benefactor offered them a house.

The home now is being renovated and adapted to the sisters’ needs thanks to the donated services of developers and construction workers, Saenz notes.

“God willing the sisters will be in Santa Ana that day, on the May 1 feast day of St. Joseph the Worker, with their special focus on Eucharistic Adoration,” he says. “They walk in public places professing and sharing the good news in parks, on street corners, in jails. They go wherever the public is to pray with them, not just for them.” C

HELPING CHILDREN HEAL GRIEF IN THE PANDEMIC RAISES QUESTIONS ON HOW TO BEST HELP GRIEVING CHILDREN

BY KATIE DAWSON

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OVE, LOSS, DEATH and dying are not unique to this past year, though perhaps they have been magnified.

But especially for a child, the loss of a parent or other dear family member dominates their horizon. For them, the context of a global pandemic doesn’t matter much: A loved one is gone; someone PHOTO: SHUTTERSTOCK is missing.

It can be hard to know what to say and PATIENCE AND CARE how to help a hurting child. I believe four Research shows that adult caregivers considerations can help us. who offer a consistent loving presence and provide a safe environment to RECOGNITION express grief can help a grieving child’s An attentive and empathetic adult well-being. who recognizes and responds to the “Research has shown that one of child’s grief is a significant help. Such the top indicators of how well children an adult should be aware that: will do after the death of a significant n Grief is felt and manifests in a person in their life is directly related variety of ways and can be wide-ranging. to the type of relationship they have n The experience of grief is unique with the surviving adult(s) in their to each individual. lives and how well these adults are able n Time limits do not apply, and grief to cope with their own grief,” says the may reappear at the “mile markers” of website. life. n The grieving child may feel anxLISTENING AND ATTENTION ious, fearful, or angry. They may not recThe National Alliance for Grievognize that their emotions are connected ing Children says the support of to the loss of a dear one. the “cape-less crusaders who have n Grief is sometimes hidden, yet powers of listening and empathy, who nonetheless painful. can have courageous conversations, “The death of a family member, friend boldly express support and are kind to or other significant person is a lifelong someone in grief ” can assist a child in loss for children,” says the website chillearning to express their loss and move drengrieve.org. “It is normal for children forward in their life. The alliance’s to miss the person who died and to expe- NAGC Hero Toolkit, is available for rience grief that might come and go with download at newyorklife.com/assets/ different levels of intensity for some time foundation/docs/pdfs/nagc-hero-toolafter the death.” kit.pdf.

FAITH MATTERS

Without denying the very real pain of a grieving child, the promise of resurrection and the hope of heaven can provide great consolation. The activity workbook for children, “Time to Say Good-bye,” by Sr. Kathleen Glavich, SND offers helpful ways for caregivers to “present the mystery of death and its rituals in ways children can grasp.”

Faced with the grief of a child, caring adults can feel overwhelmed and illequipped. Assistance and resources are available to help the child process their grief and go on in life.

The National Alliance for Grieving Children offers a number of resources. In particular, the Hero Toolkit referenced above offers both perspectives for an adult caregiver and activities to engage the child.

Other activity-oriented resources include: n The Diocese of Orange Office of Family Life: Bereavement & Grief Support | The Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange (rcbo.org). n The National Alliance for Grieving Children About Childhood Grief (childrengrieve.org). C

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THE YEAR OF ST. JOSEPH THE DIOCESE OF ORANGE HONORS THE FOSTER FATHER OF JESUS AND PATRON OF THE UNIFIED CHURCH

or in the shadows can play an incomparable role in the history of salvation.”

The announcement by the Pontiff caught many Church leaders, including those in the Dioceses of Orange, by surprise.

However, they have reacted quickly.

Already on the campus of Christ Cathedral, the Mary Hood Chapel, beneath the iconic 236-foot stainless steel

BY GREG MELLEN Bell Tower, has been converted into a HE YEARS AROUND 1870 space for veneration and prayers to St. were a fractious time in Rome. Joseph. On a pedestal in the center of Pope Pius IX was trapped the tiny circular chapel is a two-foot behind the Vatican walls and statue of St. Joseph cradling the infant became known as a “prisoner of the Jesus.

Vatican.”

Outside the chapel is a placard invitNow, 150 years later, the COVID-19 ing visitors to reflect on and pray to St. pandemic has made many in the Catho- Joseph. lic community feel like prisoners in their Across the diocese, parishioners have own homes. been purchasing special seven-day devoSo, it is fitting that in the same way tional candles with a portrait of Joseph Pius IX, in the wake of his virtual imand Jesus on the front and the prayer to prisonment, declared St. Joseph as the St. Joseph in English, Spanish, Vietnampatron of the Unified Catholic Church ese or Korean. in December, 1870, that Pope Francis According to Thomas Ryan, propriwould turn the eyes of the Church back etor of Trinity West Liturgical Supplies, to the foster father of Jesus. which provides church supplies to the In response to the Pope’s message, the diocese, nearly 5,000 candles have Diocese of Orange is rallying to embrace already been distributed to parishes by the call.

Father Al Baca and the Office for EvanPope Francis proclaimed a special gelization and Faith Formation.

“Year of St. Joseph,” beginning on the Father Baca said the candles had Solemnity of the Immaculate Concepgenerated a lot of excitement and were tion 2020 and extending to the same helping kick off awareness about St. feast in 2021.

Joseph.

In times like these, when it is easy On Wednesday, March 17, Auxiliary to feel imprisoned and impotent, Pope Bishop Timothy Freyer blessed the St. Francis spoke of the importance of those Joseph statue in a ceremony attended by like Joseph, quiet and unnoticed pillars about 40 clergy, parishioners and staff of of their homes and communities, who the Diocese of Orange. are “a support and a guide in times of Two days later, during the Feast of trouble.”

St. Joseph, the Youth and Young Adults The Pope wrote in his December 8, Ministry began a 33-day consecration of 2020 Apostolic Letter, “Patris Corde,” or St. Joseph, to extend until the Feast of “A Father’s Heart,” that “Saint Joseph re- St. Joseph the Worker.

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During the period of consecration, the members of the ministry will meditate on St. Joseph’s patronages: including families, fathers, expectant mothers (pregnant women), explorers, pilgrims, travelers, immigrants, the dying, house sellers and buyers, craftsmen, engineers, and working people in general.

In June, deacons in a virtual men’s retreat on fatherhood, hosted by the diaconate, will pay special attention and focus on St. Joseph. And in October, a Day of Prayer for priests and spiritual fathers will be conducted, again with special attention to Joseph.

Individual parishes will also conduct prayers and remembrances of the temporal father of Jesus.

The Year of St. Joseph concludes during celebration of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8.

Monsignor Stephen Doktorcyzk, who attended the statue blessing said when Pope Pius IX named Joseph patron of the Universal Church, “he realized St. Joseph had a lot of qualities that were underused.”

St. Joseph is at once one of the most central and yet, strangely, marginalized

figures in Catholicism.

The Litany of St. Joseph lists him, among many traits and responsibilities, as “the light of patriarchs,” “spouse of the mother of God,” “diligent protector of Christ” and “head of the Holy Family.”

Pope Pius IX made his proclamation just months after he and the Church had lost control of Rome and the Papal States of central Italy.

France, which had guarded the Papal States, had abandoned its barracks and Napoleon Bonaparte had been taken prisoner by enemy Prussia. The capture of Rome on September 20, 1870, completed Italian unification, also known as the Risorgimento, under King Victor Emmanuel II of the House of Savoy.

Perhaps in light of the upheaval and uncertainty of the time, Pope Pius IX turned the Church’s sight inward toward the bedrock strength of humility St. Joseph possessed.

It is a message and view that resonates still.

As Pope Francis framed it, “The aim of this Apostolic Letter is to increase our love for this great saint, to encourage us to implore his intercession and to imitate his virtues and his zeal.” C

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LIVING STATIONS OF THE CROSS IN TABLEAU VIVANT ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST SCHOOL 8TH-GRADE STUDENTS CREATE OUTDOOR PAGEANT

BY TONY MANRIQUE

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ESOLUTENESS, RESOURCEFULNESS, and creativity were on display at St. John the Baptist Catholic School as the 8th-grade students staged Living Stations of the Cross that were quite different from those of past years, but which still powerfully conveyed the story of our Lord’s journey down the Via Dolorosa.

Rather than indoor “living stations,” the two classes, under the direction of Vice Principal Jeff Urbaniec, Music Teacher Yvette Itano, and teachers Janice Babcock and Sandie Mendes, staged four presentations of the Stations of the Cross in Tableau Vivant format, with accompanying narration and music.

They created a “living picture” of each of the 14 Stations – costumed, stationary, silent, and carefully posed. Each scene was presented individually, then the curtain was closed and, while the tableau changed backstage, a student cantor led a hymn. The curtain then opened to reveal the next “station,” which was described by a narrator.

The presentations took place outdoors, in tents that were used as classrooms for the junior high students earlier this year. The tableaus were presented in one tent and the rest of the school’s classes took turns sitting in surrounding tents, thus necessitating the four presentations.

St. John the Baptist 8th-graders did a great job communicating this beautiful devotion to our student body in a powerful and memorable manner. C

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST STUDENTS STAGED LIVING STATIONS OF THE CROSS SCENES FOR THE SCHOOL STUDENT BODY. PHOTOS BY TONY MANRIQUE

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GOD CALLS US ALL TO CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME

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ARTH DAY IS THURSDAY, April 22. In 2019, the Bishops of California, released a pastoral statement – God Calls Us All to Care for Our Common Home - with a two-fold vision: to animate and energize the implementation of what we are called to do as we face the current environmental crises in the world and to offer a teaching tool that energizes our Catholic faith community and beyond to respond.

To inspire care for our common home, the bishops invited Californians to contemplate what we each can do through our various ‘ecological vocations’:

PASTORAL LEADERS AND CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS

Encourage the faithful to take the St. Francis Pledge to pray, act, and advocate for solutions to climate disruption.

Integrate the messages of Laudato si’ in our worship, and share practical tools of teaching that proclaim the encyclical’s themes. Examine opportunities to adopt practices that promote renewable energy, divestment from fossil fuels, water conservation, and environmental health and social initiatives with special attention to the needs of the poor and excluded.

YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS Seek opportunities to pray in natural surroundings; initiate conversations with older adults about environmental protection and a more inclusive society. Consider how one’s career can be balanced with the call to care for our common home and to engage others in ways to help heal the earth.

PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND CATECHISTS

Help create an environmental consciousness and environmental literacy

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that promotes the principles of Laudato si’ in every family’s lifestyle—including protecting nature, combatting poverty, and restoring dignity to the excluded.

Ensure that environmental education in our learning institutions is based on both authentic scientific and ethical principles (LS 209-215). Expand opportunities for outdoor environmental education. Integrate themes from Laudato si’ throughout all Catholic educational ministries and programs.

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sition from a fossil-based economy does not burden the poor.

LEADERS IN BUSINESS

Reflect thoughtfully on your vocation in the light of Laudato si’s message regarding economics, finance, and business practices. Evaluate your business’ support of a transition toward sustainability, authentic human development, as well as the impact of commerce on the poor. Consider to what extent your business enterprise, its products, and its marketing meet genuine human needs and promotes the common good.

Address environmental issues with an integral approach that cares for all of creation’s ecological, social, cultural, and THOSE WHO WORK THE economic dimensions. Enact policies LAND AND CARE FOR IT that improve air quality, reduce polluting Reflect on how your work can best gases, strengthen water systems, protect balance economic production and enprecious ecosystems, and support the vironmental protection with attention health of our citizens. Ensure that tranto greater sustainability. With others,

foster agricultural economies that are socially inclusive and address the needs of the hungry. Protect and educate the public about the value of ecosystems and how we can best live in a harmonious relationship with nature in the light of climate disruption, fires, and droughts.

ARTISTS AND INNOVATORS

Discover new ways to highlight the beauty of creation and inspire a culture of ecological and human care in the light of the moral applications of the Pope’s encyclical. Evaluate how your art, design and innovation shape human culture. Invite entrepreneurship in technological development that renews human culture and the common good.

Visit www.cacatholic.org/protectour-common-home for ways you can care for creation as an individual and as a parish. C

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thought that God’s primary job in prayer was listening to me. At least I hoped he was listening to me. Martin goes into how God might also be inspiring, guiding, and otherwise helping me to discern God’s presence in my life. He describes the process of discernment in order to

figure out how much of your prayer is just you and how much is really a gift from God. He even discusses very candidly what it means when we petition God for help and he doesn’t seem to answer that prayer.

We can all learn a lot from this good Jesuit. C

CATHOLIC SCHOOL NEWS

ST. BONAVENTURE TACKLES INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE AND FAITH

BY JENELYN RUSSO

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CIENCE AND FAITH – can they coexist in the same space? In our present Covid-era world, it seems that the two belief systems might forever remain in conflict.

St. Bonaventure Catholic School science teacher Sarah McGuire thinks otherwise and is tackling this topic head on with her seventh and eighth graders by utilizing Credible Catholic (crediblecatholic.com), a curriculum developed by Fr. Robert Spitzer that guides students through the many intersections of science and faith.

“It hit me that this is the age where kids really start developing their own identity in terms of what they believe in,” says McGuire. “They start to step into that position where they take their faith on as their own. This is actually the time the questions are happening.”

In her second year at St. Bonaventure, McGuire has taken her passion for science and these big existential questions by using Credible Catholic to walk the middle schoolers through topics such as the Big Bang Theory, the concept of heaven, the Shroud of Turin and modern medical miracles, all while tying the content into standard science curriculum.

“The beautiful thing about science is that it stems from curiosity and wonder about why things are the way they are,” says McGuire. “We can partner scientific inquiry, faith reflection and meditation to understand more about God and the creation that he made.”

The Credible Catholic curriculum provides PowerPoint lectures for each module, along with discussion-based questions that the students review in smaller groups – all for free to participating schools. McGuire supplements the learning by having the students watch supporting documentaries and complete research projects on those people of faith who have contributed to the scientific field.

ST. BONAVENTURE CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER SARAH MCGUIRE LEADS A CLASS INCORPORATING THE CREDIBLE CATHOLIC CURRICULUM. PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. BONAVENTURE CATHOLIC SCHOOL

St. Bonaventure eighth graders Diego Uribe and Marin Holman both feel they have not only learned plenty about science through the Credible Catholic lessons, but have also grown in their faith.

“I feel like when you first look at science and faith, it’s like these don’t go well together,” says Holman. “But after the Credible Catholic units, that perspective changed for me.”

During each module, McGuire has the students practice debating each side of the subject matter, which in turn is giving them the tools to confidently defend their faith.

“It united [our] whole classroom…

and we were able to use the information we were presented [to] discuss with each other what we think, prove or disprove,” says Holman. “It was a really fun experience.”

“Science and faith always used to be very confusing,” added Uribe. “I believe that Credible Catholic has answered a bunch of my questions.”

As someone who went through her own skeptical phase around the ideas science and faith, McGuire has found the use of the Credible Catholic curriculum to be in a format that is easy for the students to follow and presented in a way that relates to today’s modern world.

The St. Bonaventure middle school parents have been receptive as well and are supporting their students in their faith formation.

“My goal for my students is that when they leave my classroom and move forward…and when they have those moments of doubt, they can come back to those things and that can push them forward in their faith journey,” says McGuire. “Not everyone is going to become a geologist or an engineer or an astronaut, but everyone has the opportunity to have a deep relationship with Christ and an appreciation of the natural world around us.” C

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CATHOLIC NEWS AROUND THE WORLD

CARDINAL UNVEILS MAJOR VATICAN CONFERENCE ON PRIESTHOOD SLATED FOR UPCOMING 2022

BY CINDY WOODEN CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

VATICAN CITY (CNS)-- Increasing vocations to the priesthood, improving the way laypeople and priests work together and ensuring that service, not power, motivates the request for ordination are all possible outcomes of a major symposium being planned by the Vatican in February 2022.

“A theological symposium does not claim to offer practical solutions to all the pastoral and missionary problems of the church, but it can help us deepen the foundation of the church’s mission,” said Cardinal Marc Ouellet, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and the chief organizer of the symposium planned for Feb. 17-19, 2022.

The symposium, “Toward a Fundamental Theology of the Priesthood,” seeks to encourage an understanding of ministerial priesthood that is rooted in the priesthood of all believers conferred at baptism, getting away from the idea of ordained ministry as belonging to “ecclesiastical power,” the cardinal said at a news conference April 12.

The three-day gathering, the cardinal said, is aimed specifically at bishops and delegations of theologians and vocations personnel from every country, although it will be open to other theologians and people interested in the topic.

The relationship between baptism and ordained ministry needs greater emphasis today, Cardinal Ouellet said, but reviewing the foundations of a theology of priesthood also “involves ecumenical questions not to be ignored, as well as the cultural movements that question the place of women in the church.”

The recent synods of bishops on the family, on young people and on the church in the Amazon all show the urgency of questions surrounding priesthood and relationships among people

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POPE FRANCIS GREETS CARDINAL MARC OUELLET, PREFECT OF THE CONGREGATION FOR BISHOPS, DURING THE SIGN OF PEACE AT A MASS IN ST. PETER’S BASILICA AT THE VATICAN IN THIS JAN. 6, 2020, FILE PHOTO. CARDINAL OUELLET ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT THE VATICAN IN 2022 ON THE THEOLOGY OF THE PRIESTHOOD. PHOTO: PAUL HARING / CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE

with different vocations in the church, the cardinal said.

Michelina Tenace, a professor of theology at Rome’s Pontifical Gregorian University, is helping organize the symposium and told reporters that going back to baptism and the priesthood of all believers “isn’t just a fashion, it’s the basis for all Christian life.”

The clerical abuse scandal, she said, makes the questions of priestly identity, vocational discernment and formation

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more urgent.

Father Vincent Siret, rector of the Pontifical French Seminary in Rome, said a deeper reflection on priesthood -- both the priesthood of all the baptized and ministerial priesthood -- is essential for those engaged in training men for the priesthood.

“The baptismal life is the fundamental human vocation, and all must exercise the priesthood received at baptism.

Ministry is at the service of this,” he said.

“Reflecting on the fundamental theology of the priesthood will also make it possible to return to the justifications for priestly celibacy and the way it is lived.”

The Catholic Church requires most priests in its Latin rite to be celibate.

While Cardinal Ouellet, Father Siret and Tenace all mentioned the importance of celibacy in the Latin rite, none of them mentioned the traditions of the Eastern Catholic churches that continue to have both married and celibate clergy. C

Moments in our Journey

The Crean Tower on the campus of Christ Cathedral is captured in this photo, taken on a cloudy day in March.

—Photo by Steven Georges

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