05-20-16 Vol. 37 No. 39

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HEAVY HITTERS

Cardinal Dolan and Archbishop Naumann headline a memorable weekend at Benedictine College

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Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, delivers the commencement address at Benedictine College in Atchison on May 14.

By Tom Hoopes Special to The Leaven

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TCHISON — This year’s Benedictine College graduation here reunited two buddies who began together as rookies and rose through the system to become “heavy hitters” in the church.

The “heavy hitters” were Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann, who spoke at the baccalaureate Mass on May 13, and New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who spoke at the commencement on May 14.

Both prelates had a chance to meet on May 14.

In his address to the 396 graduates, Cardinal Dolan called Archbishop Naumann “my friend of 52 years who grew up on the Mississippi instead of the Missouri.”

He said the archbishop “brags con-

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stantly about what he calls this community of faith and scholarship.”

In his remarks at the baccalaureate Mass, Archbishop Naumann told students that “having Cardinal Dolan as your commencement speaker is a tribute to Benedictine College’s national reputation.”

Both men shared the church’s wisdom with students as they transition from their studies to their careers.

“As a Benedictine College graduate, you have been taught not to be content with mediocrity,” said Archbishop Naumann. “The quality I hope and pray for in graduating [seniors] . . . is that you are men and women who know Jesus Christ as a friend and savior.”

Noting the turmoil in the world, he said “this friendship will sustain you at difficult times.”

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Cardinal Dolan visits with Benedictine students Jasmine Wilson, Sarah Sluder and Joe Rioux before his commencement address.

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ARCHBISHOP

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Witness the joy that comes from a friendship with Jesus

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t. Pope John Paul II loved theater and drama. During the Nazi occupation of Poland, as a young adult, the future pope and saint was part of an underground theater group.

They clandestinely performed plays as part of the resistance that was seeking to preserve Polish culture at this dark moment in their nation’s history.

I have no aptitude for dramatic performance.

My role in high school and college seminary theater productions was setting up chairs, taking tickets and selling popcorn.

However, I did participate on stage in one college production. Most people are understandably impressed when I tell them that my one and only stage role was Hamlet.

They naturally, but incorrectly assume that I played perhaps the most esteemed role in English theater, Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” Actually, my performance of Hamlet was in the play, “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.” In the seminary production, we only performed one act from the play in which Hamlet had only one line.

If my memory serves me well, the only sentence that I spoke on stage was: “S’blood, there is more here than philosophy can figure out!” This was definitely a crowd-pleaser for an audience that was largely composed of philosophy majors, their professors, friends and families.

I was reminded of this recently in my preparation for a homily given on the solemnity of Pentecost on graduation

LIFE WILL BE VICTORIOUS ARCHBISHOP JOSEPH F. NAUMANN weekend for Conception College Seminary, where all of the graduates are, of course, philosophy majors. Sometimes, seminarians are less than enthusiastic about the study of philosophy.

However, as I told the Conception seminarians, it is a great gift and blessing to be given the luxury to study philosophy.

Philosophy is the study of the greatest and most fundamental questions for humanity: What is the meaning and purpose of life? What is truth and how can one attain it? Is there a God and, if so, what can we know about God through reason? What is our relationship to God, the cosmos and the world?

Recently, I was listening to an interview of Trent Horn, a Catholic apologist who is part of Catholic Answers, a ministry that attempts to find ways to present effectively the beauty and truth of our Catholic faith.

Horn is often the answer man on Catholic Answers radio shows devoted to responding exclusively to the questions of agnostics (those who are uncertain if God

exists, but consider his existence irrelevant to their lives) and atheists (those who positively assert there is no God).

During the interview, he shared his enjoyment of the opportunity to engage agnostics and atheists in philosophical discussions about the existence of God. He is quite effective through thoughtful questions and the use of logical principles in making the case that it is much more reasonable to accept the existence of God than to deny it.

If you have a relative or friend who is struggling with belief in God, I encourage you to read Horn’s book, “Answering Atheism.” Another great resource in this area is Father Robert Spitzer’s recent book, “New Proofs for the Existence of God.” Father Spitzer, a Jesuit, is the former president of Gonzaga University and has earned multiple advanced degrees. Based on his long experience of working with college students, Father Spitzer is confident through logic and philosophy that anyone can be led to accept the existence of God. In my homily, I emphasized the importance of the knowledge of philosophy for future priests, who will be serving in an

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ever-increasing secular culture with a growing number of agnostics and atheists. Seminarians need to know how best to help lead individuals from unbelief to faith.

However, I also reminded the seminarians that the apostles were not schooled in philosophy. The first disciples did not convince a pagan world of the truth of the Gospel through logical argument. It was, rather, their personal experience of friendship with Jesus combined with their reception of the Holy Spirit, who confirmed in their hearts the joy of God’s love revealed in his son that made those first disciples such effective witnesses of the Gospel.

As Adam and Eve discovered, it is a dreary and scary world when we push God out of our lives, attempting instead to be our own gods. In American culture today, there is an increasing despair and pessimism, the inevitable fruits of a society that is becoming less religious and increasingly alienated from God. More than philosophers, our culture needs witnesses of the joy that comes from friendship with Jesus Christ. Only the experience of God’s merciful and unconditional love for us can fulfill the deepest longings of our hearts. Just as the first disciples, we need to dispose our hearts through prayer to welcome the Holy Spirit, who will confirm and deepen our experience of God’s personal love for us revealed in Jesus.

Moreover, the Gospel of Jesus cannot be lived alone. It must be lived in community, where we find encouragement and support to follow Our

CALENDAR

ARCHBISHOP NAUMANN May 19-20 Kansas Catholic Conference — Topeka May 20 Holy Hour with those to be ordained deacons, seminarians and families, followed by dinner — Cathedral of St. Peter, Kansas City, Kansas

May 27 Holy Hour with Deacon Augustin Martinez, seminarians and family — Cathedral May 28 Priestly ordination of Deacon Augustin Martinez — Cathedral Spiritual Mentorship program vespers, Mass and dinner — Savior Pastoral Center

May 21 Transitional diaconate ordination of Michael Guastello and Daniel Coronado — Cathedral

May 29 Corpus Christi procession — Redemptorist, Kansas City, Missouri

May 22 Centennial celebration — St. Leo, Horton

May 31 Leavenworth regional priests meeting — St. Lawrence rectory, Easton

May 23 Finance Council meeting

Administrative Team meeting

May 24 Administrative Team meeting

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Ethics Advisory Council meeting

May 21 Transitional diaconate ordination of Michael Guastello and Daniel Coronado — Cathedral

May 25 Presbyteral Council meeting May 26 Holy Hour with Deacon Augustin Martinez and formation team

Prison ministry Mass May 24-26 Bishops’ retreat — Chicago

Lord even to Calvary.

It was the witness of the early Christians’ love for each other that attracted many pagans to desire the source of their power to love.

Hamlet is correct.

There is something more than reason and even the most powerful philosophical arguments can figure out. This “something more” is the experience of God’s love for us revealed in his son, Jesus, and confirmed by the Holy Spirit. It is the witness of joyful, hopeful and

loving Christians today that has the power to attract those groping in the darkness of unbelief to open their hearts to the truth and beauty of friendship with Jesus and of a life lived in communion with God. To share the gift of our Catholic faith with others, we need to use both the powerful arguments of reason and the attractive witness of the joy and the love of a Christian life well-lived.

Together, they make faith practically irresistible!

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AN ADVOCATE FOR LIFE

New archdiocesan pro-life director brings a wealth of experience to office

By Joe Bollig joe.bollig@theleaven.org

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A N S A S CITY, Kan. — Allison Donohue will never forget the woman who screamed in her face outside the abortion clinic.

Donohue, that day, was the kind of person abortion clinic staffers love to hate: a pro-life sidewalk counselor.

Sometimes, people would drive by and shout derisive and insulting things at her.

Sometimes, clinic personnel would call the police on her and her companions at the slightest pretext.

But sometimes, Donohue would literally save souls and lives.

One day, while standing on the public sidewalk near the Comprehensive Health Center in Overland Park, she had an encounter with a very angry woman. She let the woman rage at her and, when she was spent, they had a conversation.

“Why do you do what you do?” said the angry woman. “I don’t understand how you can hate women like me.”

“I said, ‘We’re not standing out here to judge you. We’re not standing out here because we hate you. It’s really quite the opposite. It’s because we care about you, and love you and your baby,’” said Donohue.

Then the woman went into the abortion clinic.

“I got down on my knees and grabbed my rosary and started praying,” said Donohue. “Twenty minutes later, she came back out. I can still see her face. She said, ‘You just stopped me from having my sixth abortion.’ That was a pivotal moment when I saw that God can do anything.”

The experience Donohue gained as a pro-life sidewalk counselor, teacher, crisis pregnancy mentor and parish youth ministry director will all be useful to her in her new role as archdiocesan prolife consultant. Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann appointed her to the position, which she assumed on April 27, succeeding Ron Kelsey upon his retirement.

Donohue was chosen from among a great field of qualified candidates, said Father Gary Pennings, vicar general and director of the depart-

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Allison Donohue is the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas’ new pro-life director. Donohue has experience as a pro-life sidewalk counselor. ment of parish ministries. Her experience, creativity and zeal earned her the nod.

“Allison had experience in sidewalk counseling and has a good understanding of the centrality of life issues in the overall morality and justice arena,” said Father Pennings.

“Additionally,” he continued, “her work with youth gives her advantages in taking the pro-life message to a new generation of Catholics who are open to the truth about the dignity of life and the moral bankruptcy of the abortion

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and euthanasia mentality.”

Donohue was born in Wichita but raised in Blue Springs, Missouri. She has a bachelor of arts in elementary education from Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa. Currently, she is a member of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Kansas City, Missouri.

Donohue became involved in pro-life activism during her college years.

“I was pro-life, but it wasn’t something I was involved with,” she said.

That changed when her

spiritual director suggested that she pray in front of the Planned Parenthood clinic in Overland Park. While there, she met Carrie Pirotte and Jennifer Widhelm, who she joined to form a 501(c)(3) prolife organization called Life Front.

What she saw and experienced had a big impact on Donohue.

“When you see the face of a girl who is going into an abortion clinic, and then see her coming out — knowing that two persons went in but one

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came out — shook me to the core,” she said. “When they leave, they are very sad. You can see a physical difference.”

Sometimes, she would take a woman to Wyandotte Pregnancy Clinic in Kansas City, Kansas, or Advice & Aid Pregnancy Clinic in Shawnee.

“I called Donna Kelsey (director of Wyandotte Pregnancy Clinic) on a Saturday morning when a girl stopped to talk with me, and told her, ‘I have this girl, but I don’t know what to do. I need your help.’ So we met at the clinic and counseled the girl,” said Donohue.

“She ended up choosing life for her baby. This was one of those times when I was able to walk alongside someone who stopped, all through the whole process.”

Donohue temporarily left pro-life activism when she began her career as a public school teacher, but started helping out at Nativity House in Kansas City, Kansas, a ministry to help unwed mothers and their babies.

Although she loved teaching and her students, Donohue eventually felt a “tug at the heart” that drew her back to ministry. She quit public school teaching and became director of youth ministry at Curé of Ars Parish, Leawood, from June 2015 to April 2016.

“I’d been involved in youth ministry for quite a while,” she said. “I had a lot of friends who were youth ministers, so I helped out at different youth groups.”

She absolutely loved being in youth ministry, but a friend urged her to apply when there was an opening for the archdiocesan pro-life consultant position. After being interviewed

by Archbishop Naumann and Father Gary Pennings, she was offered the position.

Although she doesn’t plan big changes for the office, Donohue would like to utilize social media and other technology to reach younger Catholics.

“I see a younger generation that is pro-life, because improvements in technology and science show us this is a baby,” she said.

“We’re in a very interesting time,” she continued. “More young people are engaged.

Seeing all the young people at the March for Life in Washington, D.C., was very inspiring.

These are our future [pro-life] generations.”

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Student offers helping hand to kindergarten

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HAWNEE — When Joe Regan’s cousin Matt was first starting kindergarten, Regan wanted to help calm his nerves.

Rather than a simple “Good luck!,” Regan took it upon himself to visit Matt’s classroom whenever he had the chance.

“He was just starting, so to make him feel welcome, I would just come down [to the class] and help him out,” said Regan.

“But then, the next year, I decided to come down to kindergarten every day because it was fun and I got to help out with the kids,” he said.

Regan, who is set to graduate from eighth grade at St. Joseph School in Shawnee this month, was only in second grade when he started making his trips down to Julie King’s kindergarten classroom.

Since then, he has gone back almost every day.

“He’s a big help, especially at the beginning of the year when I’m trying to get [the students] organized,” said King.

If the kids were acting out or struggling with a subject, her young helper would calm them down and sometimes even give her a unique way to solve the problem, she said.

“He talks to them, quiets them down, helps them with their morning work and just loves them,” she said.

“They love him.”

Regan makes his visits every morning when he has free time. He’s there to offer King a helping hand and brighten

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VERLAND PARK — Good Shepherd Sunday has always been a time when the church has prayed for priests and thanked them for their vocations.

This year, the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas celebrated Good Shepherd Sunday in a way it has never done before.

On April 17, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann gathered with priests, deacons, religious and laypersons for the first archdiocesan-sponsored Holy Hour for Priests at Ascension Parish in Overland Park.

Archbishop Naumann presided at the Holy Hour, which included the solemn exposition of the Eucharist, eucharistic adoration and reflections.

The reflections were taken from a homily by Pope Benedict XVI given for the closing Mass of the Year for Priests in 2010.

Members of the Serra Club handed out seminarian cards to participants so they could “spiritually adopt” and pray for future priests.

Some 14 priests and 1,000 laypeople attended. After the liturgy, the priests joined Archbishop Naumann for a social time.

This special liturgy was the idea of Father Alessandro Borraccia, AVI, associate pastor of Ascension. He

Cardinal senses greatness on Benedictine campus >> Continued from page 1

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Joe Regan, an eighth-grader at St. Joseph School in Shawnee, takes time out of his day to help Julie King’s kindergarten class with their homework. Regan has offered a helping hand in the kindergarten classroom for the past seven years. the kindergartners’ days.

King, who taught Regan when he was in kindergarten, is grateful for all the help he has so generously offered her classes the past seven years.

“It’s been awesome to see him grow,” she said.

“I took it for granted when he was in fifth and sixth [grade]. And then, this year, I was, like, ‘This is the last year he’s going to come.’ It’s very sad,” she said. “But I know he’s going on to great things.”

To show Regan how much the kindergartners appreciated him, King surprised him with a farewell celebration during her class. As Regan entered the room, one by one the students’ faces lit up.

It’s clear that they look up to Regan,

said King. He’s a wonderful role model.

The class enjoyed cake and presented Regan with a sweatshirt from St. Thomas Aquinas High School, where he’ll start in the fall.

“It will definitely be weird [to leave],” said Regan. “If I was in a bad mood one day, I would come down here and I’d just feel happy.”

But Regan is excited to see what the future holds for him at his new school.

King remains inspired by the small acts of kindness Regan demonstrated throughout his time at St. Joseph.

“A few weeks ago, Father Mike [Hawken] gave a homily around the loaves and fish miracle,” she said. “He said, ‘A little bit goes a long way.’

“I think Joe lives this every day.”

Holy Hour for Priests a huge success

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also organized and promoted the liturgy.

“I thought we [priests] need to gather and be united and pray for each other, and have the people of God pray with and for us, so we could be good instruments of God’s mercy during this jubilee year and pray for our perseverance in our vocations,” said Father Alessandro.

“Great things happen when people kneel down in front of the Eucharist and unite their hearts in prayer, and pray for the same thing,” he added.

One of the priests who attended was Msgr. Michael Mullen, pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Kansas City, Kansas.

He thought Father Alessandro did an excellent job organizing the liturgy and was pleased to see the various generations of priests united in prayer.

“The intention of this Holy Hour was very good,” said Msgr. Mullen.

“Good Shepherd Sunday is also the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, and [the Holy Hour] brought those things together. It’s something the whole church could do.”

One of the younger generation priests who attended was Father Adam Wilczak, associate pastor at Prince of Peace Parish in Olathe.

“It was a beautiful time to spend in prayer with my brother priests,” said Father Wilczak, who was ordained in 2014. “Any time we get an opportunity — but especially with the archbishop and a large number of faithful through-

out the region — it’s a nice way to join in fraternity.”

He also said it was a beautiful reminder that Catholics are always praying for their priests.

“It’s always good for us to remember that we priests are still men trying to work out our own salvation and grow in holiness each day, and we need to do it with the assistance of prayers from one other, as well as the lay faithful,” said Father Wilczak. “We’re still working on our holiness as well.”

Father Nathan Haverland, associate pastor of the Church of the Ascension, thought the Holy Hour was a tremendous success.

“I think we always feel appreciated by our parishioners, but seeing the archdiocese as a whole pray for priests is certainly a source of encouragement,” said Father Haverland.

Father Alessandro was encouraged by the response and the participation by his brother priests and the laity.

“I heard people really loved the event because it was prayerful,” he said. “They liked the reflection and the possibility of coming a little bit closer to the Eucharist, and light a candle and pray their own petitions.”

Father Alessandro hopes the archdiocesan Holy Hour for Priests will become an annual event held at different parishes in the archdiocese, or something parishes will do on their own.

Naumann as he called on students to “dream and dare” to make a difference in difficult circumstances.

“As one who grew up along the Missouri River and has heard exhilarating reports about the success of Benedictine College even back in New York City, believe me I am thrilled to be with you,” said Cardinal Dolan.

“Four years ago, you made a very significant choice,” he continued. “You took a dream and a dare to entrust your future to a college that believes, contrary to the reigning ideology of our country, that faith and reason are hardly foes but allies, that allegiance to Jesus and his church actually liberates one for greatness.”

Cardinal Dolan said he has seen the possibilities of a Benedictine College education in a student he met in a refugee camp in Iraq.

The camp was filled with “refugees your own age who had lost families and homes and careers and possessions — everything but their faith and that thirst for learning that gives them hope in a terrain blotched by international bullies, by bombs and blood,” the cardinal said. “And there is Josh Raddick, your fellow alumnus, smack dab in the middle of all that.”

He called all the students to be like Raddick, following “the call to greatness he sensed on this campus.”

The appearance of both prelates at the same campus on the same weekend allowed for some sports-related ribbing.

Benedictine College’s president Steve Minnis noted that baseball success followed Cardinal Dolan — to a point.

“When Cardinal Dolan was assigned to St. Louis, the baseball Cardinals went to the World Series for the first time in 14 years,” said Minnis.

“When he became the archbishop of Milwaukee, the Brewers went to the playoffs for the first time in 26 years,” Minnis continued. “And as archbishop of New York, the Mets went to the World Series for the first time in 16 years this past year.”

He paused before adding, “We won’t remind him how that ended.”

Archbishop Naumann didn’t mind reminding the cardinal.

At the baccalaureate Mass, the archbishop told students that he promised Kansas City barbecue to the cardinal if the Mets won.

Cardinal Dolan assured the commencement crowd the next day that he had not forgotten the bagels he promised the archbishop if the Royals won.

Archbishop Dolan ended his address by sharing some inspiration he received while visiting Benedictine’s Marian grotto.

“Mary is very much at home here, and we are at home with her,” he said.

“Her fiat, her ‘Be it done unto me according to thy word,’ provided the Word of God with a human nature.”

“And let me conclude by daring to ask: Are we not called to do the same?” he continued. “If you respond ‘yes,’ your light will shine in the darkness as much as those candles in the grotto illuminate this venerable campus.”

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Corpus Christi procession set for May 29

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ANSAS CITY, Mo. — Come process with the Blessed Sacrament as Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann presides at the annual Corpus Christi procession.

This event, co-hosted by the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, will take place on May 29 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Redemptorist Church), 3333 Broadway, Kansas City, Missouri.

Exposition of the Eucharist will take place from 1-2 p.m. At 2 p.m., following Benediction, the procession will begin and travel to Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 3934 Washington, where Benediction will again be celebrated.

All are invited to attend this annual devotion and public witness in honor of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

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Beverly Ronnebaum, members of Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish, Topeka, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on June 4 with an open house from 2-3:30 p.m. at the church. The couple was married on June 4, 1966, at St. George Church, Munden. Their children are: Greg Ronnebaum and Karen Turner. They also have three grandchildren. They request no gifts.

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Recital marks centennial of organ

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T. BENEDICT — It is somewhat rare these days when people are fully aware and can appreciate the historic pipe organs that are in many rural churches. One such instrument is a main feature of St. Mary Church here.

The 1916 tracker organ at St. Mary’s is a particularly nicely voiced manual instrument manufactured by the Hinners Organ Company of Pekin, Illinois.

The 100th anniversary of the organ will be celebrated at 4 p.m. on June 5 at St. Mary with a recital presented

by Kevin Kissinger, an organist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist from Kansas City, Missouri.

“The organ at St. Mary Church is just an absolutely awesome instrument,” Kissinger said. “This fine organ, combined with the magnificent acoustics of St. Mary Church provides a musical experience that is just unparalleled. It’s terrific.”

Kissinger graduated from the UMKC Conservatory of Music with a bachelor of music in organ performance. During that time, he won the Missouri Music Teachers National Association and Kansas City American Guild of Organists organ competitions.

He is currently organist at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Kansas City, Missouri, and a staff organist at the

Parishioners of St. Mary Church in St. Benedict will celebrate the 100th anniversary of this historic pipe organ with a recital on June 5 by Kevin Kissinger, an organist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist from Kansas City, Missouri.

Community of Christ world headquarters in Independence, Missouri.

A reception will follow the recital in the parish hall. The event is open to the public.

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Workshop offers continuing ed credits to financial pros

By Moira Cullings moira.cullings@theleaven.org

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ANSAS CITY, Kan. — For financial professionals, keeping up with the latest financial trends through continuing education is a

must.

Thanks to the Catholic Foundation of Northeast Kansas (CFNEK), it’s also a golden opportunity to better understand the role Catholic views play in the realm of finance.

CFNEK will host its seventh annual continuing education program for financial professionals on June 3, following a Mass celebrated by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann at Savior Pastoral Center in Kansas City, Kansas.

Can’t make the drive to Kansas City?

For the second year in a row, the event will also be live-streamed at Christ the King Parish in Topeka.

In order to maintain their licenses, financial professionals must earn annual continuing education credits before the end of June. CFNEK not only offers the required training, but does so through a Catholic lens.

“I’m very excited that we’re able to offer this opportunity to Catholic professionals,” said Lesle Knop, executive director of CFNEK. Many of the same people come back year after year, she said. The program offers them a wonderful opportunity to build relationships with other Catholic professionals, as well as the chance to visit a variety of exhibitor booths.

The curriculum for this year includes sessions on “Special-Needs Trusts,” “Kansas Ethics and Professionalism Update,” “Red Flags in Estate Planning — Ethics in Elder Law,” and “Using a Donor-Advised Fund as an Integral Component of a Sophisticated Estate Plan and Succession Plan — A Case Study.”

The program begins with registration from 7:30-9:30 a.m. Mass is at 8 a.m., followed by a continental breakfast from 8:45-9:15 a.m., and then opening remarks by Archbishop Naumann and Lesle Knop. The sessions follow and run until 1:30 p.m.

“God has blessed us all with this deep faith in Jesus Christ,” said Knop.

“When Catholic professionals work with other Catholic individuals, they share that common belief that all we’ve been given is a gift from God.” With this program, these professionals have the opportunity to complete their continuing education requirements within that Catholic framework.

For more information or to register for the event, visit the website at: www. cfnek.org/ce.

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Catholic cemeteries to host Memorial Day Masses on May 30

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ANSAS CITY, Kan. — Catholic Cemeteries of Northeast Kansas will host Memorial Day Masses on May 30 at the following locations and times: • Mt. Calvary Cemetery, 15825 S. 169 Hwy., Olathe, 8 a.m.; celebrated by Father Gary Pennings • St. John Cemetery, Lenexa, 8:15 a.m. at Holy Trinity Church, 89th and Pflumm, Lenexa • Mt. Calvary Cemetery, 38th and State Ave., Kansas City, Kansas, 9 a.m.; celebrated by Father Jeremiah Spencer; liturgical music by Ed Grisnik • Resurrection Cemetery, 83rd and Quivira, Lenexa; flag-raising by American Legion Post 370 at 8:30 a.m.; Mass at 9 a.m., celebrated by Father Joseph Arsenault, SSA; liturgical music by Tom Jacobs • St. Joseph Cemetery, 61st Terr. and Quivira, Shawnee, 9 a.m.; celebrated by Father Daniel Stover • Mt. Calvary Cemetery, 801 S.W. Westchester Rd., Topeka, 10 a.m.; concelebrated by Msgr. Vincent Krische and Father Tim Haberkorn; music by Spirit and Fire Liturgical Ensemble For more information, call (913) 3714040 (Kansas City area) or (785) 2720820 (Topeka area); send an email to: information@cathcemks.org; or visit the website at: www.cathcemks.org.

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Sister Mary Cecile Ihle, OSB

TCHISON — Sister Mary Cecile Ihle, 91, a Benedictine Sister of Mount St. Scholastica here, died May 6 at the monastery.

Sister Mary Cecile was the second of three children born to Bernard and Wilhemina “Minnie” (Kleba) Ihle in Paris, Arkansas.

After graduating from St. Scholastica Academy in Fort Smith, Arkansas, she earned a music degree at Mount St. Scholastica College, Atchison. She made her monastic profession in 1948 and then taught in parish schools in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and Iowa.

After receiving a master’s degree in Spanish from the University of Kansas, she taught Spanish at Donnelly College

in Kansas City, Kansas, from 1963 to 1971.

She pursued further studies at universities in Spain and Mexico and the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Later, she served as a parish minister and musician at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Topeka, Holy Cross in Overland Park, and St. Pius X in Mission.

From 1984 to 1994, she was assistant director of the intensive English program at Donnelly College. After returning to the monastery, she was a piano instructor at the Mount Conservatory of Music for several years.

Sister Mary Cecile was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Robert, and her sister Sister Eugenia Ihle, OSB.

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Priest presenter to offer faith, fun — and food!

By Therese Horvat Special to The Leaven

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ASEHOR — Add some zest to life this Memorial Day holiday weekend with a cooking demonstration well-seasoned with a good measure of faith and fun for people of all ages.

Priest, Food Network “Throwdown! with Bobby Flay” victor, TV and radio show host, and recipient of the People’s Choice Awards, Father Leo Patalinghug will blend his culinary skills and theology of food in a special session at Holy Angels Parish in Basehor on May 29.

The event is one of several observances of the parish’s 150th jubilee year.

Father Leo is founder, host and Father Leo Patalinghug will blend his culinary skills and theology of food in a special session director of Grace Before Meals, a at Holy Angels Parish, Basehor, on May 29. movement to bring families and individuals back to the dinner table to Completing his seminary studies a priest member of a community of share meals together, communicate, in Rome, Father Leo further cul- consecrated life with the purpose of express love and be nourished. In tivated his interest in cooking as working in the midst of the world his “Grace Before Meals” presen- he learned from owners of Italian to evangelize the secular culture. tation, he will discuss the importrestaurants and exchanged recipes He sees tremendous opportunity ant and proven connections that with them. He earned degrees in for evangelization at the domestic exist when people share food, faith, theology and Mariology and was or- church’s altar: the dinner table. family and fun. dained a priest for the Archdiocese He will share variations on this Father Leo will offer helpful tools of Baltimore in 1999. theme during his visit to Holy Angels — including delicious and easy-toIt was post-9/11 that the idea for Parish. Father Leo will be homilist at make recipes, ideas for talking to- the Grace Before Meals food min- weekend Masses on May 28 and 29, gether and prayers — to bring God to istry began to take shape. Father concelebrating with pastor Father the table. In addition, Leo observed how Richard McDonald, with whom he he will link the value people gravitated to attended the Pontifical North AmerFor more information of meals shared with churches and gath- ican College in Rome. about Father Leo and the significance of ered in fellowship “Liturgically speaking, there is no Grace Before Meals, visit the eucharistic meal around the altar more timely weekend in the church the website at: www. celebrated at Mass. table when they calendar to connect faith and food gracebeforemeals.com.

“My goal is that were hurting. He than May 28 and 29,” said Father those who attend will also recognized the McDonald. “We will be celebrating have a fuller experience of church as power of the dinner table meal to the feast of the Body and Blood of they laugh and learn at the intersec- bring people together.

Our Lord, complete with a Corpus tion of faith and food,” said Father Father Leo began to blog about the Christi procession, to commemoLeo. “Plus, they’ll have a good time. connectivity of food, meals and faith. rate the shared last supper of Christ I hate being boring!”

In 2007, he published “Grace Before with his closest friends.”

A review of Father Leo’s backMeals,” the first of his three books, On May 28, Father Leo will award ground and ministry reveals that now in its fifth edition. In 2009, he the champion at the parish’s prehe’s anything but boring. was featured on the Food Network, miere barbecue cook-off. The folBorn in the Philippines and raised where he defeated a world-famous lowing day, the cooking demonstrain Baltimore, Father Leo developed chef during the “Throwdown! with tion and family-style lunch are open his love of food around his family’s Bobby Flay” cooking competition. to the public, with registrations rekitchen table and honed his breakThat victory brought 2 million visi- quired by May 23. Fees for the event dancing skills among his circle of tors to the Grace Before Meals web- are: $10 for adults; $5 for children 12 friends. Prior to the priesthood, he site in one night, and the movement and under; and $35 for a family. Contaught martial arts and speech and gained significant traction. tact the parish office at (913) 724debate to high school students.

Father Leo subsequently became 1665 to make reservations.

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Francis R. and Linda (Morrison) VanNieuwenhuyse, members of St. Joseph Parish, Shawnee, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on May 14 with a 5 p.m. Mass at the church, followed by a reception with friends and family at the Knights of Columbus Hall. The couple was married on May 21, 1966, at St. Joseph by Father Bernard Schraeder. Their children are: Stephen, Craig and Paul. They also have five grandchildren.

Tony and Carol Huddleston, members of Queen of the Holy Rosary, Wea, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a Mass on May 29 at 8:30 a.m. The couple was married at Queen of the Holy Rosary on May 20, 1966.

They have three children: Rick, Collette and Tanya. They also have five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The couple will celebrate at their Stonebridge condo in Branson, Missouri.

Marilyn (Jilka) and Robert Dobratz, members of Christ the King Parish, To p e k a , will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary on May 29. The couple was married on May 29, 1951, at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Salina.

A Mass will be celebrated in their honor, followed by a dinner with family. The couple has seven children: Steve Dobratz, Mickey Dobratz, Rose Lott, Carolyn Ditsworth, Linda Wedge, and David Dobratz. A son, Larry, is deceased. They also have 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Correction In the May 13 issue of The Leaven, there was some incorrect information in the article about David Steinlage. The article said his daughter Ava died from cancer.

Ava Steinlage died from complications from the flu. The Leaven regrets the error.

GOOD PLAY

Hayden High School softball players, from left, Katelyn Tryon, Katherine Gurera and Victoria Gutierrez congratulate each other after a nice inning in the field against Manhattan High School. Hayden and Manhattan split a doubleheader on May 5.

YER OUT!

Senior shortstop Bri Roush is out at third behind a strong throw and tag from Manhattan. Roush went 0-for-2 in game one, followed by a 1-for-3 effort in the second game with two runs scored and two runs batted in.

STRATEGY SESSION

Hayden softball coach Justine Riner bre senior batters Tristyn Cummings, left, an the day at the plate.

LET’S PLAY TWO

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hicago Cubs Hall of Fame player Ernie Banks coined the phrase, “Let’s play two,” out of his love of the game and desire to play a doubleheader every day. In high school softball, doubleheaders are a fixture of the sport. On May 5, Hayden High School and Manhattan High School played a doubleheader at Hayden in Topeka. Manhattan took the first game 7-1, but Hayden came back and won the next 10-5 for a split in the series.

— Photos by Jay Soldner

SAFE AT HOME

Hayden junior Katelyn Tryon beats the tag of Manhattan catcher Madyson Trujillo as Hayden splits a doubleheader.

HEADS UP

Freshman outfielder Victoria Gutierrez fights the sun on a long fly ball in the second game against Manhattan High School. After a tough first game in which she was charged with an error when she lost a ball in the sun, Gutierrez broke out the sunglasses and had much better results.

REGROUP

After a 7-1 loss in the first game of a doubleheader against Manhattan High School, the Hayden Wildcats gather around and prep for game two. Hayden exploded for six runs in the sixth inning of the second game on their way to a 10-5 victory.

eaks down the situation with upcoming nd Bri Roush. Cummings was 1-for-5 on

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HOT CORNER

Hayden senior third baseman Jensen May comes up throwing after fielding a bunt against Manhattan High School. May is one of five seniors on the Hayden softball team.

EASY OUT

Sophomore outfielder Katherine Gurera throws the ball back into the infield after recording a putout in the second game of Hayden’s doubleheader against Manhattan High School.

FASTBALL

Junior pitcher Kara Ramirez lets the ball fly against a Manhattan batter in the first game of a doubleheader. Ramirez was undone by some suspect defense as the Wildcats committed five errors leading to five unearned runs. Hayden would fall 7-1.

CONTACT

Hayden junior Ally Gales connects with a ball against Manhattan pitcher Chelsey Henry in the second game of a doubleheader. Gales couldn’t solve Manhattan’s pitching as she went 0-for-7 across the doubleheader.

COMPLETE GAME

Hayden pitcher senior Amber Thompson looks to finish off Manhattan in the second game of the doubleheader. Thompson pitched a complete game, giving up four earned runs and striking out four in a 10-5 victory.

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Pope tells women religious Vatican will study women deacons

By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service

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ATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis told the heads of women’s religious orders from around the world that he would set up a commission to study the New Testament deaconesses and he also insisted more can and should be done to involve lay and consecrated women in church decision-making at every level.

Asked if he would establish “an official commission to study the question” of whether women could be admitted to the diaconate, Pope Francis responded: “I accept. It would be useful for the church to clarify this question. I agree.”

The pope spent more than an hour May 12 responding to questions posed by members of the International Union of Superiors General, repeatedly asking if they wanted further clarification and making funny asides or rephrasing his responses when it was clear they were not hitting the mark.

“I like hearing your questions because they make me think,” the pope told close to 900 superiors general, representing almost 500,000 Sisters around the world. “I feel like a goalie, who is standing there waiting for the ball and not knowing where it’s going to come from.”

Asked about deaconesses in the New Testament and the possibility of the modern church admitting women to the permanent diaconate, Pope Francis said his understanding was that the

women described as deaconesses in the Bible were not ordained like permanent deacons are. Mainly, he said, it appeared that they assisted with the baptism by immersion of other women and with the anointing of women.

However, he said, “I will ask the [Congregation for the] Doctrine of the Faith to tell me if there are studies on this.”

Pope Francis also promised to have the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments send the UISG a full explanation of why women cannot give a homily at Mass. While women can preach at a Liturgy of the Word when there is not a celebration of the Eucharist, he said, at Mass the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist are parts of a whole and only one who is ordained can preside and preach.

The main part of the question was about the lack of influence women religious are given in church decisionmaking processes. Pope Francis said the obligation to listen to women in the parish, diocese and at the Vatican “is not a matter of feminism, but of right.”

All the baptized — women and men, lay or consecrated — have been given gifts by the Holy Spirit for the good of the entire church, he insisted. The entire church suffers when some voices are excluded from the conversation, he added.

However, Pope Francis warned the Sisters about the danger of clericalism, which he described as “a sinful attitude,” but one which is “like the tango, it takes two.” There are priests who

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Pope did not say he’d ordain women deacons

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Pope Francis gestures during an audience with the heads of women’s religious orders in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican May 12. During a Q&A session with members of the International Union of Superiors General, the pope indicated his willingness to establish a commission to study whether women could serve as deacons. see themselves as lords of the church, he said, but there also are women and laymen “who ask to be clericalized.”

On the other hand, the pope expressed concern about the number of consecrated women working as housekeepers for priests. Their work is that of “a servant, not of service,” he said, and that “undervalues their dignity.”

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis “did not say he intends to introduce a diaconal ordination for women,” and he certainly did not speak about the ordination of women priests, the Vatican spokesman said.

Pope Francis met members of the International Union of Superiors General, the leadership group for superiors of women’s orders, on May 12 and accepted a proposal that he establish a commission to study the role of New Testament deaconesses and the possibility of women serving as deacons today. After some news outlets reported the pope was considering ordaining women deacons and comments were made about women deacons leading to women priests, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi issued a clarification May 13.

The spokesman insisted “it is wrong to reduce all the important things the pope said to the religious women to just this question.”

The Sisters applauded when the pope suggested such priests pay local women in need of a job and let the Sisters teach, care for the poor, heal the sick. “And when you superiors are asked [to assign a Sister] for something that is more servanthood than service, be courageous and say ‘no.’”

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Local handyman and lawn care – Water heaters, garbage disposals, toilets, faucets, painting, power washing, doors, storm doors, gutter cleaning, wood rot, mowing, carpet, roofing, etc. Member of Holy Angels Parish, Basehor. Call Billy at (913) 927-4118.

NELSON CREATIONS L.L.C. Home remodeling, design/build, kitchens, baths, all interior and exterior work. Family owned and operated; over 25 years experience. Licensed and insured; commercial and residential. Kirk and Diane Nelson.

(913) 927-5240; nelsport@everestkc.net Kansas City’s Premier Deck, Fence & Concrete - We repair, power wash and stain wood decks and fences.

We power wash and seal concrete drives, walkways, pool decks and more. Call Brian at (913) 952-5965; Holy Trinity parishioner.

STA (Sure Thing Always) Home Repair - Basement finish, bathrooms and kitchens; interior & exterior repairs: painting, roofing, siding, wood replacement and window glazing. Free estimates. Call (913) 491-5837 or (913) 5791835. Email: smokeycabin@hotmail.com. Member of Holy Trinity, Lenexa.

HARCO Exteriors LLC Your Kansas City fencing specialists Family owned and operated (913) 815-4817 www.harcoexteriorsllc.com Custom countertops - Laminates installed within 5 days.

Cambria, granite, and solid surface. Competitive prices, dependable work. Call the Top Shop, Inc., (913) 962-5058.

Members of St. Joseph, Shawnee.

Concrete construction - Tear out and replace stamped, stained or colored patios and drives. Retaining walls, footings, poured-in-place safe rooms, excavation and hauling.

Asphalt drives and lots. Fully insured; references. Call Dan at (913) 207-4371 or send an email to: dandeeconst@aol.com.

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EL SOL Y LA TIERRA *Commercial & residential * Lawn renovation *Mowing * Clean-up and hauling * Dirt grading/installation * Landscape design * Free estimates Hablamos y escribimos Ingles!! www.elsolylatierra.com Call Lupe at (816) 252-1391

CAREGIVING Personalized care - Experienced, specializing in dementia, medication setup and activities of daily living.

Excellent references. Contact Andrea at (913)548-1930.

Caregiving - We provide personal assistance, companionship, care management, and transportation for seniors in their home, assisted living or nursing facilities.

We also provide respite care for main caregivers needing some personal time. Call Daughters & Company at (913) 341-2500 and speak with Laurie, Pat or Gary.

Team of girls - For around-the-clock care or available for one-on-one care with the same caregiver for morning, noon or night help. We care for your loved one just like family. Excellent references. Call Kara at (913) 909-6659.

Looking for high quality home care? - Whether you’re looking to introduce care for your family or simply looking to improve your current home care quality, we can help. Our unique approach to home care has earned us a 99% client satisfaction rating among the 1,000-plus families we have assisted. We are family-owned, with offices in Lenexa and Lawrence. Call Benefits of Home Senior Care, Lenexa: (913) 422-1591 or Lawrence: (785) 727-1816 or www.benefitsofhome.com.

CNA, home health care professional - Provides TLC in the comfort of the client’s residence. Budget friendly.

Available 24 hours, or part time. Excellent references.

25 years of seasoned experience. Nonsmoker. Call (816) 806-8104.

FOR SALE Residential lifts - Buy/sell/trade. Stair lifts, porch lifts, ceiling lifts and elevators. Recycled and new equipment.

Member of St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Leawood.

Call Silver Cross KC at (913) 327-5557.

For sale - At Resurrection Cemetery, two easements in mausoleum. Contact A. Kelly at (913) 649-9691.

Resurrection Cemetery - Crypt for sale. Mausoleum: Corridor Prince of Peace Chapel, tier C, crypt #2 - $5500.

For more information, call (405) 413-2716.

For Sale - One lot at Resurrection Cemetery, Charity Garden. Includes vault with opening and closing. Call Chuck or Joan at (913) 327-1316.

TRAVEL Extraordinary Year of Mercy pilgrimage to Spain Father Josh Litwack is hosting a pilgrimage to Spain September 5-15. Through the centuries, mystical Spain has given us great saints and many shrines of interest to Catholics. Visit places of history, the Prado in Madrid, eat Spanish food, experience flamenco dancing. There will be daily Mass. To reserve your place on the pilgrimage, contact Father Litwack at (918) 671-4769 or Donna Litwack at (918) 639-5895 or visit the website at: catholic traveltoday.com.

WANTED TO BUY Wanted to buy - Antique/vintage jewelry, lighters, fountain pens, post card collections, paintings/prints, pottery, sterling, china dinnerware.

Renee Maderak, (913) 631-7179.

St. Joseph Parish, Shawnee Will buy firearms and related accessories - One or a whole collection. Honest evaluation and top prices paid.

Contact Tom at (913) 238-2473. Member of Sacred Heart Parish, Shawnee.

Wanted to buy - I’m Mark Edmondson, a local parishioner at Holy Trinity, and I buy and sell houses in any condition. If you have a house “situation,” call me. I might have a solution for you. (913) 980-4905.

VACATION Colorado vacation - Granby, Winter Park, 2 BR, kitchen, sleeps six. Pet OK. www.inn@silvercreek.com. June 25 - July 2. July 2 - July 9. $600 per week. Call (913) 6497596.

Branson getaway - Walk-in condo on Pointe Royale Golf Course. Sleeps six. Close to lakes and entertainment.

Fully furnished. Pool and hot tub available. No cleaning fee. Nightly rates. Wi-Fi available. Discounts available.

Call (913) 515-3044.

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CALENDAR MEMORIAL LITURGY Curé of Ars 9405 Mission Rd., Leawood May 21 at 8 a.m.

Following Mass, the bereavement ministry will have a grief support meeting in the Father Burak Room. The topic will be: “Tears and Laughter During Grief.” For more information, call (913) 649-2026.

19TH ANNUAL HANK KRAMPS GOLF TOURNAMENT Prairie Highlands Golf Course 14695 S. Inverness St., Olathe May 21 at 8 a.m.

The tournament is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, Council 1913. This will be a four-person scramble, but incomplete teams are welcome. Prizes will be given to the top three teams in each flight. Team fees (there are different levels) include: light breakfast, range balls, cart, refreshments and lunch.

For more information and to register, call Logan Yeats at (913) 324-9066.

DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA MOTHER/ DAUGHTER BANQUET HyVee (upstairs room) 2951 S.W. Wanamaker, Topeka May 22 at 12:30 p.m.

The Daughters of Isabella will host a mother/ daughter banquet and baby shower for their meeting.

MASS WITH PRAYERS FOR HEALING Curé of Ars (Father Burak Room) 9405 Mission Rd., Leawood May 26 at 7:30 p.m.

There will be a Mass with prayers for healing in the Father Burak Room at 7:30 p.m.

This Mass is sponsored by the archdiocesan charismatic prayer groups.

BBQ COOK-OFF AND COOKING DEMONSTRATION Holy Angels Parish 15428 Leavenworth Rd., Basehor May 28 following 4:30 p.m. Mass May 29 at 12:30 p.m.

Celebrity priest/chef Father Leo Patalinghug will be judging the barbecue cook-off after the 4:30 p.m. Mass on Sat., May 28. On Sunday, watch Father Patalinghug’s cooking demonstration and share a meal created by this Food Network winner. Lunch tickets cost $10 per adult; $5 for kids under 12; with a maximum of $35 per family. For more information or tickets, call (913) 724-1665 or go to the website at: holyangelsbasehor.org.

BOOK SALE AND NATIVE AMERICAN GOODS Haskell Catholic Student Center 2301 Barker Ave., Lawrence May 21 from noon - 3 p.m.

Indian tacos, beaded items, some homemade Indian dolls and Native American art work will be available for sale as well as books.

CENTERING PRAYER Sanctuary of Hope 2601 Ridge Ave., Kansas City, Kansas May 21 from 9 a.m. - noon

Enjoy five 20-minute periods of centering prayer with walking meditation breaks in between. The suggested donation is $10. Space

is limited. For reservations, send an email to: ContemplativeOutreachKC@gmail.com.

‘CORPUS CHRISTI MISSA CANTATA’ St. Michael the Archangel Church 14251 Nall Ave., Leawood May 29 at 5 p.m.

There will be a sung Mass in English, with Latin chant and polyphony sung by the vocal ensemble Sursum Corda. Gregorian propers from the Graduale Romanum, motets from the “Gradualia” of William Byrd and the “Mass in Honor of Saint Michael” by Kevin Vogt will be performed. All are welcome.

MEMORIAL DAY MASS Mt. Calvary Cemetery Corner of Eisenhower & Desoto, Lansing May 30 at 9 a.m.

Father Bill McEvoy will preside at a Memorial Day Mass at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Mass will be held by the crucifix. In the event of rain, the service will be moved to St. Francis de Sales Church at 900 Ida St., Lansing.

BENEFIT TRAIL RIDE Melvern Lake (Eisenhower Park in Osage County) Register on June 3 from 6 - 9 p.m.

Register on June 4 from 7 - 8:30 a.m.

Preregister before May 31 to receive a free hot breakfast on Saturday. Riding is on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; dinner is at 6 p.m.; DJ entertainment will follow by the County Music Makers. The cost for tickets is $35 for adults and $10 for children. Nonriders are welcome to join us for dinner and music at 6 p.m. Adult tickets cost $10; kids 6 - 12, $5; and 5 and under are free. Money raised at this event supports the building fund of St. Patrick Church in Scranton. For more information, contact Lori Mock at (785) 640-7262 or Rhonda Stark at (785) 793-2660.

PRAYER VIGIL FOR THE FEAST OF THE SACRED HEART St. Joseph Parish 11311 Johnson Dr., Shawnee June 2 at 7 p.m.

The prayer vigil will include the rosary, vespers, act of reparation, Litany of the Sacred Heart and the chaplet of the Sacred Heart.

GERMANFEST St. Joseph Church 306 N. Broadway, Leavenworth June 4 from 5:30 - 9 p.m.

There will be a German Mass at 4:30 p.m., followed by a traditional German dinner.

The cost of the dinner is: $10 for adults; $4 for children. There will also be a beer garden, wine, a raffle with cash and German prizes, a silent auction and outdoor music provided by the Festhaus Musikanten polka band. For additional information, contact the parish office at (913) 682-3953 or visit the website at: www.icsj.org.

HAWAIIAN LUAU DANCE Church of the Nativity (parish hall) 3800 W. 119th St., Leawood June 4 from 7 - 11 p.m.

DJ Frank Ancona will provide music for this dance sponsored by the Singles of Nativity.

There will be appetizers, cake and drinks.

For more information or to volunteer, send an email to Maria at: mmeli@gmail.com or call (913) 314-9844.

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CHURCH PICNIC St. Vincent de Paul Church Onaga Community Center 100 Union Pacific Dr., Onaga June 5 from 4:30 - 7 p.m.

PRESENTATION ON MERCY AND OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE Queen of the Holy Rosary Church 7023 W. 71st St., Overland Park June 12 at 7 p.m.

SUMMER FESTIVAL Sisters, Servants of Mary Convent 800 N. 18th St., Kansas City, Kansas June 5 from noon to 4 p.m.

RETREAT WITH IMMACULÉE ILIBAGIZA St. Matthew Church 2700 S.E. Virginia, Topeka June 17 - Doors open at 4 p.m.

Retreat from 5 - 9 p.m.

June 18 - Registration at 8:30 p.m.

Sessions begin at 9 a.m.

Dinner will be in a handicap-accessible hall that is air-conditioned. There will be broasted chicken and pulled pork dinners, games, inflatables and homemade ice cream.

Enjoy homemade tacos and tamales, Italian sausage, barbecue sandwiches and Spanish desserts. There will be games, booths, a drawing for cash prizes, a raffle and cookbooks for sale. Proceeds benefit the charitable works of the Sisters, Servants of Mary who offer their services at no charge to individuals or families battling illnesses.

700-FAMILY GARAGE SALE Queen of the Holy Rosary Church 22779 Metcalf Rd., Bucyrus June 6 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

June 7 from 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.

There will be over 700 families involved in this garage sale. On Sunday, all items that fit in a trash bag will be $4 per bag. For more information, call (913) 244-2403.

RUMMAGE SALE Holy Cross School 8101 W. 95th St., Overland Park June 8 from 4 - 8 p.m.

June 9 from 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.

June 10 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.

June 11 from 8 a.m. - noon (half-price day) Come take a look at the rummage sale at Holy Cross School. There will be lots of bargains.

PARISH PICNIC St. Malachy Church 311 Williams St., Beattie June 10 at 5 p.m.

Dinner choices will be beef brisket or pork, barbecue or plain. The cost is $8 for adults; $4 for children ages 12 and under. There will also be bingo, games, a country store, quilts and a raffle. There will also be an auction.

DAY OF REFLECTION ON GOD’S MERCY Savior Pastoral Center 12601 Parallel Pkwy., Kansas City, Kansas June 11 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

The retreat will be presented by Father Tom Sullivan of the Congregation of the Fathers of Mercy. There will be Mass, talks, lunch, reconciliation, rosary, the chaplet of Divine Mercy and Benediction. The cost of $25 includes lunch. To register, go to the website at: consecration-midwest.org or call Christine Rossi at (913) 268-0208.

ETHNIC FESTIVAL St. Mary-St. Anthony Church 615 N. 7th St., Kansas City, Kansas June 11 from 5 - 9 p.m.

The festival will be celebrated inside Bishop Forst Hall. Irish, German and Hispanic food will be served. There will be game wheels, a bounce house and a raffle featuring a $500 grand prize. There will also be a DJ to provide music.

Father Tom Sullivan of the Congregation of the Fathers of Mercy will give a presentation on mercy and Our Lady of Guadalupe. For more information, call Judy Dowd at (913) 362-7893.

Immaculée Ilibagiza is a Rwanda genocide survivor and author of a best-selling book, “Left to Tell.” Her testimony is one of love, faith, hope and forgiveness. For more information or to register, go to the website at: immaculee.biz/retreats. The cost for tickets is $57 for one person or $95 for one person and a guest. There is no charge for any priest or religious. For more information, or if you would like to pay by check, contact Mary Whitaker at (785) 862-0228 or send an email to: mwhit2830@aol.com.

CATHOLIC HOMESCHOOL AND CURRICULUM FAIR Divine Mercy Parish 555 W. Main St., Gardner Preregistration ends May 31 June 17 - Registration begins at 2 p.m.

The theme of the conference is: “Our Faith, Our Families.” The conference will take place on June 17 and 18. For more information and to register, visit the website at: kccatholic homeschooler.org.

BEGINNING EXPERIENCE WEEKEND Savior Pastoral Center 12601 Parallel Pkwy., Kansas City, Kansas June 24 -26

This weekend is for widowed, separated and divorced people who are suffering the loss of a love relationship. This is an opportunity to turn the pain of loss into an experience of positive growth. For more information, visit the website at: www.beginningexperienckc. org. To register, send an email to: bekc@ gmail.com, or contact Teresa at (816) 5299002.

SCRIPTURE GROUP AND BIBLE STUDY Keeler Women’s Center 2220 Central Ave., Kansas City, Kansas Wednesdays from 9:30 - 11 a.m.

Bible sharing and reflection, lectio and journaling, led by Heather Neds, pastoral minister.

HOME REPAIR HELP AVAILABLE THROUGH CHWC

Do you know someone in need of minor home repairs, yard work or just a good cleanout of a basement or garage? Catholic HEART (Helping Everyone Attain Repairs Today) will be in Kansas City July 11 - 15. Requests for assistance must be submitted before June 1. For more information, call Scott See, Catholic HEART Workcamp KC manager, at (913) 208-4610 or Ernie Boehner, of Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas, at (913) 433-2085. Send applications to the website at: http://heartworkcamp. com/manager_stuff/CHWC_Work_Order.pdf.

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COMMENTARY EIGHTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME May 22 THE MOST HOLY TRINITY Prv 8: 22-31 Ps 8: 4-9 Rom 5: 1-5 Jn 16: 12-15 May 23 Monday 1 Pt 1: 3-9 Ps 111: 1-2, 5-6, 9, 10c Mk 10: 17-27 May 24 Tuesday 1 Pt 1: 10-16 Ps 98: 1-4 Mk 10: 28-31 May 25 Bede the Venerable, priest, doctor of the church; Gregory VII, pope; St. Mary Magdalene de’ Pazzi, virgin 1 Pt 1: 18-25 Ps 147: 12-15, 19-20 Mk 10: 32-45 May 26 Philip Neri, priest 1 Pt 2: 2-5, 9-12 Ps 100: 2-5 Mk 10: 46-52 May 27 Augustine of Canterbury, bishop 1 Pt 4: 7-13 Ps 96: 10-13 Mk 11: 11-26 May 28 Saturday Jude 17, 20b-25 Ps 63: 2-6 Mk 11: 27-33 NINTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME May 29 THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST Gn 14: 18-20 Ps 110: 1-4 1 Cor 11: 23-26 Lk 9: 11b-17 May 30 Monday 2 Pt 1: 2-7 Ps 91: 1-2, 14-16 Mk 12: 1-12 May 31 THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Zep 3: 14-18a (Ps) Is 12: 2-3, 4bcd, 5-6 Lk 1: 39-56 June 1 Justin, martyr 2 Tm 1: 1-3, 6-12 Ps 123: 1-2 Mk 12: 18-27 June 2 Marcellinus and Peter, martyrs 2 Tm 2: 8-15 Ps 25: 4-5b, 8-10, 14 Mk 12: 28-34 June 3 THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS Ez 34: 11-16 Ps 23: 1-6 Rom 5: 5b-11 Lk 15: 3-7 June 4 The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2 Tm 4: 1-8 Ps 71: 8-9, 14-15b, 16-17, 22 Lk 2: 41-51

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What will you do for the rest of the summer?

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ow, it feels great to be retired!

Well, I guess I’m just semiretired. Actually, to be totally accurate, I should say that I’m temporarily semiretired.

Oh, for goodness sake, I’ll explain things a little later. For now, though, I’m rehearsing some of these answers from actual retirees to use eventually: Question: How many days in a week for a retiree? Answer: Six Saturdays, one Sunday.

Q: When is a retiree’s bedtime? A: Two hours after he falls asleep on the couch.

Q: Why don’t retirees mind being called seniors? A: The term comes with a 10 percent discount.

Q: Among retirees, what is considered formal attire? A: Tied shoes.

Q: What is the common term for someone who enjoys work and refuses to retire? A: NUTS! Q: Why are retirees so slow to clean out

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ritish scientists have created a substance that mimics a mother’s womb, allowing human embryos to implant on the side of a petri dish and continue their development long past the previous technological limit of seven to eight days.

In short, this new technology makes it possible to grow human beings in a lab. Completely removed from the context of a nurturing family, they are cultivated solely for experimentation, often under the guise of curing common problems related to pregnancy and fetal development.

Pope Francis predicts that the technological domination of nature — and its attendant “logic of . . . exploitation” (Laudato Si’, 230) — will only continue

POPE FRANCIS

MARK MY WORDS

FATHER MARK GOLDASICH Father Mark is the pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Tonganoxie. He has been editor of The Leaven since 1989.

LISTEN to

this article online at: www.theleaven.org.

the basement, attic or garage? A: They know that as soon as they do, one of their adult kids will want to store stuff there.

Q: What do retirees call a long lunch? A: Normal.

Q: What is the best way to describe retirement? A: The never-ending coffee break.

Q: What’s the biggest advantage of going back to school as a retiree? A: If you cut classes, no one calls your parents.

Q: Why does a retiree often say he doesn’t miss work, but misses the people he used to work with? A: She’s too polite to tell the whole truth!

Now, let me explain my “temporary semiretirement.” It’s called The Leaven’s summer schedule, where we only publish a paper every other week. In fact, all of The Leaven staff gets this temporary semiretirement. Although we enjoy our work here, by the end of May, the weekly schedule does grind us down and we look forward to a little

breathing room and a chance to recharge our batteries.

I hope that you’ll make time in these upcoming weeks for a temporary semiretirement. Treat yourself to a vacation or a staycation, where you can experience a little renewal in body, mind and spirit.

Below are some ways to escape from the pressures of modern-day living this summer: • Make visits to the six Holy Doors in the archdiocese: Cathedral of St. Peter, Kansas City, Kansas; St. Benedict’s Abbey, Atchison; Assumption, Topeka; Divine Mercy, Gardner; St. Mary, St. Benedict; and Sacred Heart, Mound City.

• Pick up a spiritual book to read, or leisurely make your way through Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, “The Joy of Love.”

• Spend an entire day (or more) without your cellphone or social media.

• Ride a bike or take a stroll through nature to appreciate God’s handiwork.

• Visit a library to see all that it has to offer . . . and it’s not just books anymore.

• Wander through a museum and spend time savoring especially the religious works of art.

• Do some writing: jot down thoughts in a journal, make a wish list of summer sights, or pen a letter to friends.

• Get lost in a hobby.

• Take in a little live culture: attend a play or a concert.

• Go on a retreat or day of prayer.

• Get in a little bit of exercise. If it’s hot outside, go bowling; if comfortable, play a round of disc golf.

If you’re still not convinced, here’s what Pope Francis has to say: “Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: People who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.”

Not wishing to disobey the Holy Father, I’m outta here! See you back in this space on June 3.

Life lived in a petri dish GUEST COMMENTARY TOMMY O’DONNELL Tommy O’Donnell is a staff assistant for the Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. For more information on the bishops’ pro-life activities, visit: www.usccb.org/prolife.

ever more hastily if humanity refuses a call to conversion. But with that conversion slow in coming, how are we to counter the logic of exploitation with what the Holy Father deemed in a July 9, 2015, homily the “logic of love”?

At the moment of conception, a unique human being comes into existence — one who possesses an innate, God-given dignity worthy of protection at all stages of his or her

Salvation has nothing to do with the tidy business of bartering — earning God’s love in return for good behavior, Pope Francis said. “If you do well, you get a reward; if you do poorly, you get punished. This is not the logic of Jesus,” whose ability to love and forgive is unconditional and infinite, the

development. That is true whether he or she was conceived in the usual way or through technological manipulation. If coerced experimentation on adults is immoral, how much more so is experimentation on a developing human who lacks the voice to give his or her consent — or to cry out for help. It is particularly egregious to create human beings solely for the purpose of experimentation.

The church has addressed embryo experimentation often in recent years. In “Evangelium Vitae,” Pope St. John Paul II wrote that “the use of human embryos or fetuses as an object of experimentation constitutes a crime against their dignity as human beings who have a right to the same respect owed to a child

once born, just as to every person” (63). The U.S. bishops addressed embryo-destructive research in their statement “On Embryonic Stem-Cell Research” after taking on the many ethical problems raised by in vitro fertilization and other artificial reproductive methods in “Life-Giving Love in an Age of Technology.”

And just this year, Pope Francis dedicated an entire paragraph (136) to embryo exploitation in Laudato Si’.

Servant of God Dr. Jerome Lejeune lived a vibrantly Catholic life in which medical science and faith were seamlessly integrated.

Lejeune would have appreciated authentic research designed to increase our understanding of miscarriage, infertility and birth defects. But he would

pope said May 11 during his weekly general audience. The pope reflected on the Gospel parable of the prodigal son, which teaches everyone is a child of God — not because of one’s merits or actions, but because of God’s “unchanging love and ready forgiveness.”

The father patiently waits for his sinning son and rejoices with a celebration when he returns home, the pope said. Even though

have strongly condemned any research that destroys embryonic humans in the pursuit of therapies to save others who are the same size and age. His search for cures never competed with his respect for life.

Rather than giving in to the logic of exploitation, Lejeune’s advocacy for the defenseless and his tireless work on behalf of persons with disabilities obeyed the logic of love.

Pray to Mary, the heavenly mother of all human beings, including those who will now spend their lives trapped in a petri dish under a scientist’s gaze.

Entrust these tiny children — and the scientists — to her “maternal affection” (LS, 241).

Pray that we find cures through methods of research that we can all live with.

the son tells his father, “I no longer deserve to be called your son” because of the extent of his sins, the father immediately seeks to restore “the signs of his dignity,” because, in his eyes, he never stopped being his child, the pope said. No one can take away this dignity of being a child of God, “not even the devil,” the pope said.

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Director gives shoutout to all who help fulfill CEF mission

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y the time you read this column, the current school year will have come to a close for most and our CEF fiscal year will end on June 30.

Many things are ending, while other things start anew. This is life. This is a special time of year for many, so I felt the need to provide a special writing.

For clarification, “special” means the following to me: especially important or loved, held in high esteem.

I want to give a complimentary and appreciative shoutout to several special groups of people: CEF board members past and present, CEF committee members,

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CEF volunteers, thousands of CEF donors, the archdiocesan school office, school presidents, school principals and, last but not least, our dedicated CEF staff who work tirelessly to assist in providing scholarships for children in need.

Archbishop Naumann is a CEF board member, but deserves a special acknowledgment for his undying support of our Catholic schools.

These special people have collaborated to accomplish many things in the most recent past.

For our business people who are interested in budget numbers, most notably, there has been more than $19 million raised and more than 11,000 scholarships pro-

CEF CENTERED

MICHAEL MORRISEY Michael Morrisey is the executive director of the Catholic Education Foundation. You can reach him at (913) 647-0383 or send an email to him at: mmorrisey@archkck.org.

vided for children living in poverty.

On the subjective side

of the ledger, we should be proud of CEF for the promotion of Catholic education. There are many good school choices in our world today.

However, I strongly suggest to you that the ability to talk about God in the classroom trumps all others! Just ask our CEF parents.

Speaking of our CEF parents, they are a very special group indeed. I want to recognize and applaud them for making Catholic education a priority for their kids and thank them for allowing us to serve them through the CEF mission.

As I close out my column, I want to share some Bobby Helms (really old singer) “Special Angel” song lyrics (with a Morrisey flavor) that I believe are appropriate for this writing.

Please feel free to sing along with me: You are special angels, sent from up above.

The Lord smiled down on us, and sent angels like you with love.

You are special

angels, through eternity.

You were sent down from above to watch he and she.

You are special angels, and will never be forgot.

You are a blessing to those around you; God knows you have done a lot.

You are special angels, and will be forever more.

Never forget the less fortunate, and the kingdom of heaven will be yours.

Please know that by helping CEF, you are positively changing the lives of children living in poverty. Your caring about our CEF kids will forever be appreciated!

Thank you!

Prayer life stuck? We have guides for your spiritual journey

as your prayer life hit a dead end? Or perhaps you have been walking the same circular path over and over? In the journey that is prayer, we need an experienced guide to help us find the path.

Imagine for a moment that you were going on a trek through the mountains or across the desert on safari. Would you consider going on either trip by yourself, without a guide? Of course not. You would take provisions, a map, a guide and perhaps some companions. Indeed, even a simple road trip is better with friends!

The spiritual journey

is like that spectacular mountain trek. There are vistas that await us as we peer down on a crystal clear mountain lake, so blue — a deep blue that kisses the sky and makes you wonder where the lake ends and the sky begins. But what if we never reach the peak to ponder this beauty? What if our steps go astray, since we do not know the way?

In the spiritual life, these moments of grace are waiting for us as well: when you peer into your soul and see yourself as God created you to be — a holy and pure child of God. If you would hire a mountain guide for your expedition, you ought to consider hiring

RETREATING FORWARD

TIM CHIK Tim Chik is the director of Savior Pastoral Center, a retreat and conference center for the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.

a spiritual guide as well.

There are several

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Life in Rome has opened eyes of deacon

By Joe Bollig joe.bollig@theleaven.org

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ANSAS CITY, Kan. — There are two questions that people typically ask men who are about to be ordained to the priesthood.

The first is: “Why do you want to be a priest?”

And the second is: “How did you discern your vocation?”

The first question is usually the easier of the two to answer.

“I believe that true happiness is reached by loving as Christ himself loved,” said Agustin Martinez, a fourthyear seminarian at the Pontifical North American College in Rome. “Priests give their own lives in service of those friends of God.” “Jesus once said, ‘There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends,’” he continued. “I believe the priesthood is the best way I could help anyone by showing him that there is a God who died for him, because he loves him.”

Deacon Agustin Martinez will lay down his life for that greater love when he is ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann on May 28 at St. Peter’s Cathedral in Kansas City, Kansas.

As for the second question — “How did you discern your vocation?” — the path Deacon Martinez took was as gradual and indirect as the paths of most men who seek the priesthood.

Deacon Martinez was born in the relatively small, north-central state of Aguascalientes, Mexico. Its capital city is the same name as the state. The name “Aguascalientes” means “hot waters” for the large number of hot springs in that area.

His parents were diligent in raising their two boys and one girl in the Catholic faith.

“I was born into a Catholic family,” he said. “We went to Mass every Sunday, [and] my mother was part of the catechesis and liturgical teams at the parish. We also prayed the rosary on a regular basis. I think my Catholic upbringing made it easer for me to discern and consider the possibility of my vocation to the priesthood.”

Deacon Martinez first thought about the priesthood when he was in the sixth grade, but he also thought about becoming a doctor. The stronger pull was toward the priesthood, so he eventually went to the minor (high school level) seminary in his hometown.

In addition to his parents, other people who were influential in setting his path were two of his mother’s cousins who were priests (now deceased) and his hometown pastor.

“The pastor of my hometown was a very good and faithful priest who encouraged me to enter [the] seminary,” said Deacon Martinez.

He went to Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary, but also attended classes at Colegio Portugal, a diocesan Catholic high school. After graduation in 2007, he spent a year of formation in spirituality in his home diocese while considering an invitation from the Diocese of Wichita.

Deacon Martinez accepted the invitation and entered Conception Seminary in Conception, Missouri, as a seminarian for the Diocese of Wichita.

While he was there, he got to know seminarians from the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and visited the

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Deacon Agustin Martinez greets Pope Francis in a Mass he assisted at with the Holy Father in Rome.

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“DEACON MARTINEZ IS A VERY TALENTED YOUNG MAN. HE HAS GREAT APTITUDE WITH LANGUAGES, AND I BELIEVE HE WILL BE VERY GOOD AT MINISTERING TO OUR DIVERSE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY.” Father Scott Wallisch, archdiocesan vocations director archdiocese. He decided he’d rather affiliate with the archdiocese and sought a transfer, which was accepted.

After receiving his college degree from Conception, he was invited to study in Rome.

“At the end of my seminary formation at Conception Seminary, I was asked [by then-vocations director Father Mitchel Zimmerman] to submit an application to the North American College in Rome, as it was Archbishop Naumann’s wish to send me [there] to study theology,” said Deacon Martinez.

Rome made a big impact on him.

“I came to Rome at the end of Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate and lived there through the conclave and the whole papacy of Pope Francis so far,” he said. “Many beautiful things took place

during that time. And now, during this Year of Mercy, living in Rome, I’ve welcomed a lot of pilgrims from the archdiocese.”

Being in Rome has given him a greater sense of the universality of the church. “[It] has opened my eyes to the needs of our suffering brothers and sisters in other parts of the world, like those in Africa and Syria,” he said. “It helps me pray for them every day and to try to help in other ways, too, through organizations like Caritas International or Catholic Relief Services.”

He was ordained a deacon by Cardinal Timothy Dolan on Oct. 1, 2015, at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. He has continued his studies for another year before ordination to the priesthood.

“Deacon Martinez is a very talented young man,” said Father Scott Wallisch, archdiocesan vocations director. “He has great aptitude with languages, and I believe he will be very good at ministering to our diverse Catholic community.”

“He is extremely personable,” said Father Wallisch, “has a good sense of humor and makes people feel very welcome.

“He . . . will make a great preacher and teacher in his parish.”

For his part, Deacon Martinez is looking forward to his ministry as a priest.

“I’m looking forward to being able to celebrate the holy Mass as well as hear confessions,” he said. “I’m eager to find out what my first assignment will be and who my first pastor will be.

“I want to learn from my pastor and from the people I’m assigned to.”

Age: 27 Born: Aguascalientes, Mexico Parents: Juan de la Cruz and Catalina Martinez Siblings: Juan Francisco and Catalina Hometown: Aguascalientes, Mexico Current parish: St. Agnes, Roeland Park Education: • Our Lady of Guadalupe High School Seminary (Colegio Portugal), 2007 • Bachelor’s degree in philosophy, Conception Seminary College, 2012 • Bachelor’s degree in theology, Pontifical Gregorian University, 2015 • Master’s degree in Augustinian studies and spirituality, Patristicum Institutum Augustinianum, 2016 • Seminary: Pontifical North American College Last movie seen: “Avengers: Age of Ultron” Favorite TV show: “Sherlock” Favorite musical group: The Beatles My most notable encounter with the famous/infamous: Pope Francis, at St. Peter’s Basilica. I got to meet him before serving for him as a deacon for the Mass of the Holy Family on Dec. 28, 2015.

If I could create my own superhero: It would be Super Father. He would fly, teleport and have the capacity to read minds.

The most inspirational Christian I’ve met: Pope Francis My favorite class in the seminary was: Hebrew. I enjoyed being able to read the word of God in the original language. I’m amazed at the fact that Jesus would have known and prayed with the Hebrew psalms and Scriptures. I also enjoy being able to study the Bible and see some of the things that are lost in translation, like the beauty of the poetic tools as well as metaphors and images understood only by the Jewish culture.

Books now reading: “God or Nothing,” by Cardinal Sarah; “The Confessions of St. Augustine,” by St. Augustine; and “The Consecrated Life and Its Role in the Church and in the World,” by the World Synod of Bishops Favorite food: Barbecue, especially ribs and pulled pork Least favorite food: Seafood (except for octopus and calamari) Favorite childhood toy: Yo-yo Dream vacation: Egypt, visiting the pyramids and the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo Worst job I’ve ever had: Landscaping Best job I’ve ever had: Totus Tuus Hobbies: Watching movies, listening to music and reading If I had a church history time machine, I’d: go back to the time of Jesus so I could follow him, meet Mary and the apostles, and spread the Gospel.