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Priest: Elderly can keep growing, offer gifts
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By Thandiwe Konguavi Catholic News Service Paulist Father Thomas Ryan was turning 50 when he decided he didn’t want just another birthday cake, scoop of ice cream and “Happy Birthday” song. The U.S. priest wanted to look seriously at the second half of his life and its potential. Instead of a birthday party, Father Ryan — who was directing an ecumenical center for spirituality in Montreal at the time — called for a 50th birthday weekend retreat, inviting family and friends. It was refreshingly countercultural, engaging in topics such as retirement, health limitations and even some “wonderful sharings” about the kind of funeral people would like, he said. His birthday retreat program, he added, was a hit. Nearly 20 years later, Father Ryan, now 69, continues to lead the retreats all over North America. In this age of obsession with youth, advertisements and nightly news programs often convey a sense that if you eat right, exercise regularly and take the right vitamins and medicines, people will live indefinitely, said Father Ryan, a Washington-based author and director of the Paulist Fathers’ Ecumenical and Interfaith
American Paulist Father Thomas Ryan, 69, says the elderly can learn to age with gentleness and creativity. CNS Relations. He said never before have so many North Americans reached retirement age with such advanced education, social consciousness and good health. “So what will we do with it?” he asked. “We have an unprecedented opportunity to keep growing, to learn and to offer our many gifts to our neighborhood, our city or school.” Passive aging sees the last season of life as “a slow slide toward death, and the natural changes of the body are accompanied by a
creeping paralysis of the soul,” Father Ryan said. “But I’m talking about active aging, and active aging works with the effects of aging by adjusting the rhythm and the pace,” he told retreat participants. For Father Ryan, healthy aging means living life as a celebration. The person who ages actively “moves to simply a gentler form of exercise but stays active.” Or, perhaps they compensate for their hearing loss by getting a good pair Continued on next page
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For priest, healthy aging means celebration Continued from previous page of headphones to listen to programs or CDs. Aging is not a burden or problem to be solved, he said. Today, the aging process can extend for 30 or more years, and several delicate passages need to be negotiated, he said. For example, it can mean the loss of one’s professional identity. When you are no longer head of your corporation or your office, or principal of the school, who are you? Other delicate passages might include the departure of your children; the new rhythm of life when all of a sudden your spouse is with you at home or the confrontation of solitude for those who have already lost a spouse; the arrival of grandchildren; or the decline of strength and energy. “Those are difficult issues for us to face squarely,” Father Ryan said. He pointed to a study that found nearly 70 percent of adult children have not even talked to their parents about issues related to aging. Facing these realities squarely and accepting their inevitability has a big reward, he said. “When we truly accept that life as we know it on this lovely blue and green planet is not given in limitless supply, we begin to think more clearly about what is important to us,” he said. “What do I want to do with the time I have, how do I want to use my available resources? We employ the talents which God has gifted us to leave our world better than we found it.”
“When we truly accept that life as we know it on this lovely blue and green planet is not given in limitless supply, we begin to think more clearly about what is important to us.” Father Thomas Ryan
In 2012, Father Ryan published his book “Remember to Live! Embracing the Second Half of Life.” The book is a compilation of 15 years of collecting people’s experiences, listening to reflections and his own experience with aging. The book includes exercises that can transform the way people see the potential of the later years of life, he said. Participating in a retreat on aging can have the same effect. When people open their eyes to life and to its richness in each day’s living, they realize that every day, every minute, every breath, truly is a gift from God, Father Ryan said. “In short, you remember to live. Each day’s living just becomes so much richer — cultivating gratitude in your heart for the sweetness of life, for the glories of creation, for the gift of the love received from family and friends.”
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Pope: Biggest shortage facing humanity is lack of love By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service With God’s light, Christians learn to look within themselves with truth and look upon others with love, Pope Francis said. Inspired by Christ, people can look at the world with a new pair of eyes to see others “not as obstacles to overcome, but as brothers and sisters to welcome,” he said in an audience at the Vatican Nov. 12. The pope was meeting with members of the Guanellian Family, a group of individuals and associations inspired by the life and charism of St. Louis Guanella, the Italian founder the Servants of Charity, the Daughters of St. Mary of Providence and the Confraternity of St. Joseph. Pope Francis told them that if he were to imagine what their founder — who died in 1915 — would tell them today, he said it would be “to trust, look and hurry.” People have to trust in the fact that God cannot help but love his children no matter what, he said. “If we are distant from him, we are longed for; when we draw close, we are embraced; if we fall, he picks us up; if we are repentant, he forgives.” God feels bad when his children do not trust completely in him and do not believe he wants only what is best for them, the pope said.
Fears or doubts that God is distant or a cruel master, who asks too much or creates great ordeals, he said, are “a great deception” sown by the devil who likes to “conceal what’s real and disguise the good as evil.” People are tempted to keep their distance from God because they’re afraid his fatherly nature may not truly be loving and good, he said. When people trust in God and see themselves as children who are loved, then they “learn to look at the world with new eyes, made brighter by love and hope.” Such eyes let people see “inside themselves with truth and to see far away with charity,” he said. In fact, of all the problems, injustices and new forms of poverty in the world, the biggest shortage facing humanity right now, he said, is charity and love. “Sometimes our spiritual vision is nearsighted because we cannot see beyond our own selves. Other times we are farsighted: We like to help those who are far away, but we are not able to stoop down to help those next to us. Sometimes, however, we prefer to close our eyes because we are tired, overwhelmed by pessimism.” Lastly, the pope said, Christians must hurry. Just like Mary ran in haste to help her cousin Elizabeth, “we, too, listen for the Spirit’s invitation to go immediately to those who need our care and affection.”
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The Wellington Senior Living and The Alton Memory Care The Wellington Senior Living and The Alton Memory Care are located in the Shepard Park neighborhood of Highland Park. St. Paul’s Highland Park offers retail shopping, various community centers, places of worship and beautifully landscaped park areas. A free, scheduled transportation shuttle is provided during the week to a variety of locations in this area. The Wellington Senior Living offers independent living, assisted living and 24-hour care suites. Our team is dedicated to providing premier senior living with an emphasis on living. We offer a variety of services from restaurant-style dining with meals prepared by a chef, housekeeping and a full array of social activities. Health care professionals, including licensed
nursing staff and certified home health aides, are trained, dedicated and available to meet the needs of residents needing these services. The Alton Memory Care is committed to providing “persondirected” care in a fun environment that meets the specific needs of each individual, helping families spend quality time together by providing peace of mind knowing residents are well cared for in all aspects of their lives. When a person encounters memory issues, unique challenges arise for the person affected and their family members. At The Alton, we focus on each person’s strengths and provide programs and services to support each individual. For more information or to schedule a tour, visit www.shepardpark seniorcampus.com, or call The Wellington at 651-699-2664 or The Alton at 651-699-2480.
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Our expansion includes contemplative gardens and courtyard areas with traditional graves, cremation graves and a beautifully designed columbarium with more than 300 niches for cremation.
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We Mend Bodies and Spirits Throughout the Benedictine Health System, our residents, patients and their families are welcomed and treated with love and respect. As one of the largest Catholic senior care organizations in the United States, with nine communities within the Twin Cities, we believe our Benedictine Core Values of Hospitality, Stewardship, Respect and Justice are not just posters on the wall; those values guide the work we do every day. We provide high quality senior living services, including independent and assisted living, long-term care, short-term care, memory care, in and outpatient therapy as well as adult day services.
For more information or to schedule a tour: Benedictine Health Center at Innsbruck 1101 Black Oak Drive | New Brighton 651-633-1686 | bhcinnsbruck.org
Cerenity Senior Care – White Bear Lake 4315 2nd Avenue | White Bear Lake 651-232-1818 | CerentiySeniorCare.org
Benedictine Health Center of Minneapolis 618 E. 17th Street | Minneapolis 612-879-2800 | bhcminneapolis.org
Interlude Restorative Suites 520 Osborne Road NE | Fridley 763-230-3131 | Interluderestorativesuites.org
Benedictine Senior Living at Steeple Pointe 625 Central Avenue | Osseo 763-425-4440 | steeplepointe.org
Regina Senior Living 1175 Ninninger Road | Hastings – Daily Mass 651-480-4333 | regina-seniorliving.org
Cerenity Senior Care - Humboldt 512 Humboldt | St. Paul 651-220-1700 | CerentiySeniorCare.org
St. Gertrude’s Health and Rehabilitation Center 1850 Sarazin Street | Shakopee 952-233-4400 | stgertrudesshakopee.org
Cerenity Senior Care – Marian of Saint Paul 200 Earl Street | St. Paul – Mass six days a week 651-793-2100 | CerentiySeniorCare.org
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St. Vincent de Paul Church in Brooklyn Park is proud to have a beautiful cemetery that dates back to 1856. In 2014, there was an expansion that included garden and courtyard sections with 300 new traditional grave sites, 70 cremation grave sites and a beautifully designed columbarium containing 300 niches for cremation. The expansion includes new opportunities to remember and commemorate loved ones, with monuments and walkways, as well as a location for outdoor Mass and other liturgical services. For more information, visit www.saintvdp.org or call 763-425-2210.
With the opening this year of Interlude Restorative Suites, post-acute care patients now have an option that entirely redefines transitional care. Because it’s a joint effort of Allina Health, Benedictine Health System and Presbyterian Homes and Services, Interlude Restorative Suites can offer guests a truly upscale, soothing environment with superior clinically-integrated care, in-patient rehabilitation and guest-centered hospitality. Brand new locations on the Unity Hospital Campus in Fridley and Abbott Northwestern WestHealth Campus in Plymouth both deliver this unique vision. For more information, visit www.InterludeRestorativeSuites.org.
Crest View Senior Communities Crest View Senior Communities is a faith-based not-for-profit organization that has been providing services to older adults since 1952. Crest View Senior Community in Columbia Heights offers a continuum of care and services, including senior housing, assisted living, home care, memory care, rehab care and skilled nursing care. Crest View is developing a new campus of service for older adults in Blaine that will open in fall 2016. For more information, visit www.CrestView Cares.org, or call 763-782-1601 for Columbia Heights or 763-755-0712 for Blaine.
Benedictine Health System The Benedictine Health System is one of the largest Catholic senior care organizations in the country, operating more than 40 communities in six states; including nine in the Twin Cities. BHS is a missionbased, nonprofit health system headquartered in Minnesota, sponsored by the Benedictine Sisters of St. Scholastica Monastery in Duluth. BHS provides complete long-term care services for aging adults, including independent housing, assisted living, skilled nursing and rehabilitation services. For more information, visit www.BHSHealth.org.
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When we are baptized into the body of Christ, we are welcomed into the Christian faith community. When we or one of our loved ones die, our faith tells us it is not the end but a transition to what is to come. While awaiting the promise of eternal life, our Catholic tradition provides for the burial of our human remains in a Catholic cemetery among the community of the faithful departed. The Catholic Cemeteries in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis are sacred places of prayer and remembrance, offering a resting place until the resurrection. The staff of The Catholic Cemeteries are available to help you make a thoughtful and meaningful decision — one that fits your budget and truly reflects your wishes. For more information about traditional and cremation burial options at Resurrection, Calvary, Gethsemane, St. Mary’s or St. Anthony’s Cemeteries, call 651-228-9991 or visit www.catholic-cemeteries.org.
Walk to Mass daily when you live at 1440 Randolph Ave. in St. Paul’s Highland Park. Our newly remodeled and value-priced apartments are perfect for today’s independent seniors, aged 55plus. Adjacent to Holy Spirit Church, 1440 provides a quiet, simple, yet elegant atmosphere for independent seniors who wish to “stay in the neighborhood” or live close to a Catholic church and have ready access to the sacraments. Nearby are parks, restaurants, fuel, car repair, pharmacy, groceries, coffee houses, medical/dental offices, beauty/barber shops and more. At 1440 Randolph, you can enjoy a modernized elevator, underground heated parking and outside garages, state-of-the-art monitored smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, new appliances, friendly on-site management, mini health clinic, fitness center and resident lounge with wireless Wi-Fi access and cable TV. 1440 is a great value for anyone on a budget! For more information or to schedule a showing, call MJ Properties of St. Paul at 651-690-4961.
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warm atmosphere for our residents, tenants and patients as well as their families. We also create a wide variety of programs and services that fit their physical, social and spiritual needs.
Cerenity Senior Care is a leader in elder care services in the Twin Cities area. On our three unique campuses, we offer different levels of care and housing options for aging adults, including assisted and independent living, memory care, transitional care and therapy services, skilled nursing and adult day services. We strive to provide a welcoming, respectful and
For more information and to schedule a tour, visit www.CerenitySeniorCare.org, or call: Cerenity Marian – 651-793-2100 Cerenity Humboldt – 651-220-1700 Cerenity White Bear Lake – 651-232-1818
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Episcopal Homes Episcopal Homes has a variety of senior housing available in St. Paul. The following is a brief description of senior living residences. For more information about any home, visit www.EpiscopalHomes.org or call 651-632-8800.
Episcopal Church Home Nursing and short-term rehab care in a faith-based, not-for-profit. Medicare/ Medicaid certified. Our mission is to support each individual’s physical, social and spiritual needs. Weekly Catholic Communion and rosary, plus monthly Catholic Mass. For a tour, call 651-632-8800.
Episcopal Church Home – The Gardens Minnesota’s first nursing homes based on the game-changing “Green House” model of care. Only 10 elders per home. Care ratio is 5 to 1. For a tour, call 651-632-8800.
Iris Park Commons “A Community of Heart” with 59
one/two bedroom and studio apartments and a flexible menu of assisted living services for age 62-plus. Catholic Communion every Sunday, plus weekly Communion. For a tour, call 651-632-8800.
Cornelia House Gracious living for independent adults age 62-plus. We offer 47 one- or two-bedroom apartments, community spaces and a lively resident council that organizes social events. For a tour, call 651-632-8800.
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Kings Crossing Affordable independent living for age 62-plus. It’s located above the shops of Frogtown Square at University and Dale. Residents enjoy the same priority access to our programs and services as residents of our home campus. Fortynine one-bedroom, air-conditioned apartments. For a tour, call 651-493-4606.
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Seabury Affordable independent living, age 62-plus. Recognized as one of the finest HUDsubsidized senior housing facilities in the nation. Forty-nine one-bedroom apartments with central air conditioning. For a tour, call 651-379-5102.
Carty Heights Affordable independent living for age 62-plus at University and Lexington. Forty-nine one-bedroom, airconditioned apartments. For a tour, call 651-288-1142.
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Offering the best in senior living in the southwest metro area. Whether it’s 14 acres of breathtaking scenery in Hopkins or the quaint, small-town feel of Glenn Lake, you’re sure to find your ideal retirement lifestyle. Our senior communities provide a spiritual environment in which people of all faiths are welcome. Mass, interfaith services, rosary, Bible study and beautifully designed chapels for quiet reflection and prayer are a few of the amenities supporting your spiritual journey. Gracious retirement living at its best is there for you with scheduled bus outings and numerous recreational activities, such as book club, baking group, craft class, card clubs and exercise class, to name a few! For more information or to schedule your personal tour, please call: St. Therese Southwest 952-933-3333 www.StThereseSouthwest.com The Glenn by St. Therese Southwest 952-352-1000 www.TheGlennSeniorHousing.com
Trojack Law Office, P.A. A three-step strategy is used with each client. First, we emphasize counseling, taking time to understand each person’s needs. Second, we assist in keeping the plan current. Third, we show our clients how they can pass along their wisdom as well as their wealth. John Trojack will work hard to help you give “what you own, to whom you want, when you want and the way you want.” To ensure an “estate plan that works,” he maintains a formal updating program. And, the office assures you of fully-disclosed and controlled costs. For more information, call 651- 4519696.
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Washburn-McReavy Funeral Chapels Washburn-McReavy Funeral Chapels is the oldest family-owned funeral business in Minnesota. Established in 1857, before Minnesota became a state, Washburn-McReavy is a fifth generation business. Quality, personal service, and funeral and cremation services are available at all of our chapels. For more information, visit www. Washburn-McReavy.com or call 612377-2203.
St. Benedict’s Senior Community Monticello St. Benedict’s Senior Community’s mission is: “Our actions are guided by the belief that ‘All Shall Be Treated as Christ.’” With foundational values and beliefs rooted in the tradition of the Catholic faith, St. Benedict’s Senior Community welcomes people of all faiths. Our campus features retirement, assisted living and memory care apartments. Amenities include a chapel, theater, general store, fitness center, club room and enclosed outdoor courtyard. We take pride in building lasting relationships with our tenants. We take the time to get to know you and your lifestyle needs. We believe exceptional service still counts! For a tour, call 763-295-4051.
St. Therese St. Therese is a nonprofit Catholic organization that has focused on the well-being of individuals since it opened in 1968. We provide secure, stress-free living and the very best in senior care and housing with a commitment to each individual. St. Therese offers a full continuum of programs and services that are available in your own home or in one of our community settings. St. Therese serves the Twin Cities metro area with campuses located in New Hope, Brooklyn Park, Shoreview and coming soon to Woodbury. For more information, visit www. sttheresemn.org.
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