June 2013 People of God

Serving The Multicultural People of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe

June/July 2013 • Volume 31 • Number 6 • www.archdiosf.org

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On May 18, 2013, Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan ordained three men to the priesthood and two men to the

transitional diaconate all during the same Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe. Pictured left to right are: Rev. Clement Niggel, Assoc. Vocations Director/Pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Taos; newly ordained Rev. Robert Peccatiello, Parochial Vicar, St. Thomas Aquinas, Rio Rancho; newly ordained Deacon

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Felipe Valadez will assist at Our Lady of Guadalupe, Peralta; Most Rev. Michael J. Sheehan, Archbishop of Santa Fe; newly ordained Simon Carian, Parochial Vicar, Our Lady of Fatima, Albuquerque; newly ordained Dominic Pierson will assist at Holy Ghost, Albuquerque; Rev. Daniel Gutierrez, Parochial Vicar, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe; and Rev. Michael DePalma, Director, Vocations/Pastor of San Ysidro, Corrales. Continued on pgs. 2 & 27

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Archbishop’s Letter: Latin Reformation? ................................ 5

Archbishop’s School Fund Dinner with Al Hurricane ....................... 6

Eucharistic Congress ............................ 7

Character Counts! ............................... 10

St. Joseph Community Health ............ 14

San Juan Bautista Celebrates 415 Years .............................................. 16

Southwest Catholic Charismatic Conference ........................................... 17

Social Justice ....................................... 20

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Holy Father’s

Prayer Intentions

JUNEMutual Respect. That a cul-ture of dialogue, listening, and mutual respect may prevail among peoples.

New Evangelization. That where secularization is stron-gest, Christian communities may effectively promote a new evangelization.

JULYWorld Youth Day. That World Youth Day in Brazil may en-courage all young Christians to become disciples and mis-sionaries of the Gospel.

Asia. That throughout Asia doors may be open to mes-sengers of the Gospel.

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It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you. John 15:16

I will take your hands in mine and you will promise me, and my successors, respect and obedience. I will take your hands in mine and I will anoint them with the fragant oil of chrism. I will consecrate your hands with the holy oil, consecrating them for your priestly service. At Mass, you will take the bread and wine in those consecrated hands and change them, by the power of Jesus Christ, into His own Body and Blood….

Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan

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Vigil of PentecostSaturday, May 18, 2013Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of AssisiSanta Fe, New Mexico

Dear Friends in Christ,As we did last year, today

we will ordain two men to the transitional diaconate and three men to the priest-hood – all in the same Mass. They do this all the time in Rome. When I was ordained there in 1964, 49 years ago, the bishop ordained a large number of subdeacons, dea-cons and priests – many of them. We almost needed an intermission.

I Priesthood OrdinandiSimon Carian is from

St. Thomas Aquinas in Rio Rancho. He did his philoso-phy and undergraduate reli-gious studies at Notre Dame University and his theology at the North American Col-lege in Rome. He spent a summer in Jerusalem and another at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Taos. He

did Spanish studies in Avi-la, Spain. He told me that he had fallen in love with a Spanish woman and a line or two later he said that it was St. Theresa of Avila! He also helped out in the mission of Meadowlake last summer.

Daniel Gutierrez is 28 and he, too, is from St. Thomas Aquinas in Rio Rancho. He found his faith at UNM thanks to a devout professor he came to know there. He had been baptized but not catechized and so he en-tered the RCIA and received his sacraments. Then, he entered the Josephinum Seminary where he did his philosophy and has been at Mount Angel Seminary in Portland for theology. He spent a summer in Peralta, another at St. Anne’s in San-ta Fe and more recently at Holy Ghost in Albuquerque. He did Spanish studies at MACC in San Antonio and also helped in Socorro.

Bob Peccatiello is 34 and is from Estancia Valley

Catholic Parish in Moriarty. He studied at Josephinum Seminary and did his the-ology at Mount Angel Sem-inary. He assisted in the summer at San Clemente in Los Lunas, in Moriarty, Holy Ghost and St. Jude Thaddeus both in Albuquer-que. He did Spanish studies in Puebla, Mexico.Transitional Deacon Ordinandi

Dominic Pierson is 33 and from Immaculate Con-ception in Albuquerque. I found him working at Gar-son’s and invited him to be a priest and he said yes, he will give it a try. He did his philosophy at Josephinum Seminary and his theology at Mount Angel Seminary. He has helped in his own home parish of Immaculate Conception, San Felipe de Neri and Peralta. He was also in El Rito for a while. He did Spanish studies at MACC. Dominic will assist at Holy Ghost this summer.

Felipe Valadez is 46 and he is from Monterey, Mex-

ico. He had been in a reli-gious order before joining us. He finished his studies at Holy Apostles Seminary. He served at Our Lady of Guadalupe in Clovis and will be in Peralta with Fr. Hoi Tran after ordination as a deacon.Scripture

The Scripture Readings are about ordained service. We hear about preaching in ACTS, Chapter 10, and in Second Corinthians, St. Paul tells us that we are ambassa-dors for Christ. St. John’s Gospel, Chapter 15, John reminds you ordinands, it was not you who chose Je-sus, it was Jesus who chose you and that you are to go and bear fruit that will re-main! All the scriptures are about ordained service for you who will be priests and deacons.

Dear young men, you are being ordained priests and deacons to serve in the church of the new evange-lization called for by Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI

and Francis. You are be-ing ordained in the Year of Faith, called to reach out not only to active practicing Catholics but especially to inactive Catholics and un-churched persons. In do-ing so I think we can learn something from the Evan-gelical Christians. They fo-cus greatly on the person of Jesus who is their Lord and Savior, they teach a personal bonding with Jesus Christ. I think focusing on Jesus that way is an important part of the new evangelization. In fact I have been referring to Jesus, to some of you, as my intimate friend. When I raise the host at the conse-cration at every Mass, I say to myself, “Jesus you are my intimate friend, my Lord and Savior”. I suggest you do the same.New Evangelization

As we bishops have said in our Pastoral Letter on Evangelization, “Go and Make Disciples”, that I helped write, there are three central goals or challenges

for evangelization:1. First to build en-

thusiasm for the Catholic faith. We must love it, know it and have great enthusiasm for Jesus and our Catholic church.

2. With such enthu-siasm we want to share that faith with others, the second goal of evangelization is invitation – to invite others to our church. To look for creative ways for doing that.

3. Third, to give good example of our faith to soci-ety, to stand up for the poor and immigrants as Pope Francis is telling us, to be strongly prolife and to teach the importance of traditional marriage which is one man and one woman, and family life – the building blocks of our American society and our church.

I ask you who will be or-dained in a few moments to give yourselves to the new evangelization the church needs so much. God’s rich blessings upon your minis-try!

Homily for Transitional Diaconate & Priesthood OrdinationBy Most Rev. Michael J. Sheehan, Archbishop of Santa Fe

Vigilia de Pentecostés Sábado, 18 de mayo 2013 Catedral Basílica de San Francisco de Asís Santa Fe, Nuevo México

Queridos amigos en Cristo,

Tal y como hicimos el año pasado, hoy vamos a ordenar a dos hombres al diaconado transitorio y tres hombres al sacerdocio - to-dos en la misma misa. Esto se hace todo el tiempo en Roma. Cuando fui orde-nado allá en 1964, hace 49 años, el obispo ordenó un gran número de subdiáco-nos, diáconos y sacerdotes al mismo tiempo. Casi necesitamos un intermedio I Ordenaciones al Sacerdo-cio

Simon Carian es de San-to Tomás de Aquino en Rio Rancho. Estudió su filosofía y estudios religiosos de pre-grado en la Universidad de Notre Dame y su teología en el Colegio Norteamericano en Roma. Pasó un verano en

Jerusalén y otro en Nues-tra señora de Guadalupe en Taos. Estudió español en Ávila, España. Me dijo que se había enamorado de una mujer española, y una o dos oraciones más adelan-te, me dijo que se trataba de Santa Teresa de Ávila. También ayudó en la misión de Meadowlake el verano pasado.

Daniel Gutiérrez tiene 28 años y él también es de San-to Tomás de Aquino en Rio Rancho. Encontró su fe en UNM, gracias a un profesor devoto que conoció allí. El había sido bautizado, pero no catequizado y por ello entró al programa de RICA y recibió sus sacramentos. Luego entró en el Seminario Josephinum donde estudió su filosofía y ha estado en el Seminario Mount Angel en Portland para la teología. Pasó un verano en Peralta, otro en Santa Ana en Santa Fe, y más recientemente en Holy Ghost, en Albuquer-que. Estudió español en

MACC en San Antonio y también ayudó en Socorro.

Bob Peccatiello tiene 34 años y es de la Parroquia Católica Estancia Valley en Moriarty. Estudió en el Seminario Josephinum y su teología en el Seminar-io Mount Angel. Ayudó en el verano en San Clemente en Los Lunas, en Moriarty, Holy Ghost y San Judas Ta-deo en Albuquerque. Estudió español en Puebla, México. II Ordenaciones al Diaco-nado Transitorio

Dominic Pierson tiene 33 años y es de la parroquia Inmaculada Concepción en Albuquerque. Lo encontré trabajando en Garson. lo invité a ser sacerdote y me dijo que sí, que lo trataría. Estudió su filosofía en el Seminario Josephinum y su teología en el Seminario Mount Angel. Él ha ayuda-do en su parroquia de la In-maculada Concepción, San Felipe de Neri y Peralta. Estuvo también en El Rito por un tiempo. Estudió es-

pañol en MACC. Dominic ayudará en Holy Ghost este verano.

Felipe Valadez de 46 años es de Monterrey, México. Él era parte de una orden religiosa antes de unirse a nosotros. Terminó sus es-tudios en el Seminario de los Santos Apóstoles. Sir-vió en Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe en Clovis y es-tará en Peralta con el Padre Hoy Tran después de su ordenación como diácono. III Escritura

Las lecturas bíblicas hablan sobre el servicio de la ordenación. Oímos hablar de la predicación en Hechos, capítulo 10, y en la Segunda Carta a los Corintios, Pablo nos dice que somos embajadores de Cristo. En el Evangelio de San Juan, capítulo 15, Juan les recuerda a ustedes que se van a ordenar, que no fueron ustedes quienes escogieron a Jesús, sino fue Jesús qui-en los eligió a ustedes y que deben ir y dar fruto que per-

dure. Todas las escrituras de hoy hablan acerca del servicio de ordenación para ustedes que serán sacerdotes y diáconos.

Queridos jóvenes, ust-edes serán ordenados sacer-dotes y diáconos para servir en la Iglesia de la nueva evangelización convocada por los Papas Juan Pablo II, Benedicto XVI y Francis. Están siendo ordenados, en el Año de la fe, y son llamados a llegar no sólo a los católicos practicantes activos, sino en especial a los católicos inactivos y las personas que no tienen igle-sia. Al hacer esto, creo que podemos aprender algo de los cristianos evangélicos. Ellos se centran en gran me-dida en la persona de Jesús, que es su Señor y Salvador, enseñan una unión personal con Jesucristo. Creo que el enfocarse en Jesús de esa manera es una parte im-portante de la nueva evan-gelización. De hecho, yo me he referido a Jesús, con

algunos de ustedes, como mi amigo íntimo. Cuando levanto la hostia en la con-sagración en cada Misa, me digo a mí mismo: “Jesús, tú eres mi amigo íntimo, mi Señor y Salvador”. Les su-giero que hagan lo mismo. IV La Nueva Evangeli-zación

Como dijimos los Obis-pos en nuestra Carta Pasto-ral sobre la Evangelización: Vayan y Hagan Discípulos, la cual yo ayudé a escribir, hay tres objetivos centrales o desafíos para la evangeli-zación:

1. En primer lugar, crear un entusiasmo por la fe católica. Debemos amarla, conocerla y tener un gran entusiasmo por Jesús y la Iglesia Católica.

2. Cuando tenemos tal entusiasmo, queremos com-partir esa fe con otros, el se-gundo objetivo de la evan-gelización es la invitación - invitar a otros a nuestra Iglesia. Buscar formas cre-

Homilía para el Diaconado Transitorio y la Ordenación Sacerdotal por Arzobispo Michael J. SheehanArzobispo de Santa Fe

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Seminary Burse

Archbishop Sheehan has made the following assignments: • Effective Friday, May 10, 2013 – Rev. Cyril E. Iheanacho has been appointed as parochial vicar at Estancia Valley Catholic Parish in Moriarty, under the direction of the pastor, Rev. Robert Lancaster. • Effective Friday, May 31, 2013 – Rev. Malachy C. Obiejesi has been appointed as paro-chial vicar at Our Lady of Belen in Belen, under the direction of the pastor, Rev. Stephen Schultz. • Effective Friday, May 31, 2013 – Newly ordained Rev. Daniel Gutierrez has been ap-pointed as parochial vicar at The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, under the direction of the rector, Rev. Adam Lee Ortega y Ortiz.• Effective Friday, May 31, 2013 – Newly ordained Rev. Robert Peccatiello has been appointed as parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas in Rio Rancho, under the direction of the pastor, Rev. Msgr. Douglas Raun.• Effective Friday, May 31, 2013 – Rev. Anthony Akabogu, currently appointed as paro-chial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas in Rio Rancho, has been appointed as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Sorrows in Las Vegas, under the direction of the pastor, Rev. Douglas Mitchell.• Effective Friday, July 5, 2013 – Newly ordained Rev. Simon Carian has been appointed as parochial vicar at Our Lady of Fatima in Albuquerque, under the direction of the pastor, Rev. Msgr. Francis Eggert. Rev. Carian will be returning to Rome in September 2013 for advanced studies. • Effective Saturday, August 3, 2013 – Rev. Terrance Brennan, currently employed as Chaplain at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe, has been appointed as pastor, of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Peña Blanca and its missions. The current pastor, Rev. Sean Muran, OFM is being reassigned by the Order of Friars Minor.

June8 Sat 9:00 a.m. Closing Mass, Pilgrimage for Vocations, Santuario de Chimayo9-14 === ======== United Stated Catholic Conference of Bishops, San Diego, CA15 Sat 5:00 p.m. Install Fr. Bob Campbell, O.Praem as pastor, Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary, Albuquerque16 Sun 4:00 p.m. Procession from Rosario Chapel to Cathedral Basilica, Santa Fe 5:15p.m. PontificalMass,CathedralBasilicaofSt.FrancisofAssisi,SantaFe17 Mon 6:00 a.m. Closing of Novena, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, Santa Fe ======== OfficeAppointments18 Tue 10:00 a.m. Executive Presbyteral, Catholic Center19 Wed ======== OfficeAppointments 5:30 p.m. St. Pius X High School Foundation Board, Albuquerque20-21 === ======== Vocations Workshop, Creighton University, Boston22 Sat 2:00 p.m. Holy Land & Rome Pilgrimage Reunion, Albuquerque23 Sun 4:00 p.m. Mass, 415th Parish Anniversary, 100th Church Anniversary, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo24 Mon ======== Blessing of Acequias, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo25 Tue 8:00 a.m. Archdiocesan Finance Council, Catholic Center ======== OfficeAppointments26 Wed ======== OfficeAppointments 6:00 p.m. Catholic Charities Hands of the Holy Spirit Award, Albuquerque28 Fri ======== OfficeAppointments29 Sat 10:00 a.m. Mass, Red Hills, Clines Corner30 Sun 3:00 p.m. Scrutinies for the Neocatechumenal Way, Albuquerque

July1 Mon ======== OfficeAppointments2 Tue ======== OfficeAppointments3 Wed ======== OfficeAppointments4 Thu ======== OfficeClosed5 Fri ======== OfficeAppointments7 Sun 9:30 a.m. Mass, San Ignacio, Albuquerque8 Mon ======== OfficeAppointments9 Tue ======== Installation of Bishop Mark Seitz, Diocese of El Paso10 Wed ======== OfficeAppointments12 Fri ======== OfficeAppointments 6:30 p.m. Mass, 10th Anniversary of Church of the Incarnation, Rio Rancho13 Sat 5:00 p.m. Serra Club Religious Appreciation Mass, St. Thomas Aquinas, Rio Rancho15 Mon ======== OfficeAppointments16 Tue 10:00 a.m. Presbyteral Council, IHM Retreat Center, Santa Fe 2:00 p.m. Deans, IHM Retreat Center, Santa Fe17 Wed 10:00 a.m. College of Consultors, Catholic Center19 Fri ======== OfficeAppointments21 Sun 3:00 p.m. Mass, Cursillo, 22 Mon ======== OfficeAppointments23 Tue ======== OfficeAppointments24 Wed ======== OfficeAppointments 5:00 p.m. Mass, Boy Scouts St. George Trek, Catholic Center26 Fri ======== Judging for Archbishop’s Spanish Market Award 4:00 p.m. Opening Liturgy, Catholic Charismatic Conference, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Albuquerque28 Sun 8:00 a.m. Spanish Market Mass, Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi29 Mon ======== OfficeAppointments30 Tue ======== OfficeAppointments31 Wed ======== OfficeAppointments 6:00 p.m. Dedicate Saint Lewis University Expansion, Albuquerque

August2 Fri ======== OfficeAppointments5 Mon ======== OfficeAppointments6 Tue 6:00 p.m. Seminarian BBQ, Archbishop’s Residence, Albuquerque7 Wed ======== OfficeAppointments9 Fri ======== OfficeAppointments

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The following parishes have sent in excess Mass stipends to the Archdiocesan Finance Office for seminarian education. These receipts are for April 2013. Excess Mass stipends are from multiple Mass intentions celebrated at parish-es. The archdiocesan policy is for excess Mass stipends to be used for semi-narian education. Amount Received Parish Name/CityTeresa Gies .............................................................................................$25.00Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary ....................................................$420.00Our Lady of the Annunciation .............................................................$755.00Immaculate Conception .......................................................................$455.00Our Lady of Guadalupe – Abq ..........................................................$8,000.00 St. Joseph on the Rio Grande ...............................................................$900.00San Ysidro – Corrales ...................................................................... $1,470.00San Clemente – Los Lunas .............................................................$12,000.00St. Anne – Santa Fe ..............................................................................$500.00St John the Baptist – Santa Fe............................................................. $400.00


Several weeks ago, Time mag-azine had a significant article on what was called the Latino

Reformation. It was also the cover of the magazine that week.

The concern being raised is that quite a few Hispanics have left the Catholic Church to join evangelical protestant churches. The article mentions this is taking place in Latin America and also in the United States.

This loss of Hispanics from the Cath-olic Church has been a cause of great concern for me as Archbishop of Santa Fe. We are doing our very best to help our Hispanic Catholics remain in the church. We have, I believe, some diffi-culty in this matter here in the archdio-cese, but I don’t believe it is as serious as it may be in other places. We have a large number of immigrant Hispanics in many areas of our archdiocese who are active Catholics.

San Jose Parish in the south valley of Albuquerque has 3,000 people at Sun-day Mass, mostly Hispanics, in their recently built church. In fact, I had confirmation for 200 young people at that parish recently. Meadowlake Mis-

sion has a full time priest, Fr. Francisco Alanis who is from Mexico and has developed a huge fol-lowing at the Mission of San Juan Diego in Mead-owlake and in fact needs to build a larger church. This is a mission of San Clemente in Los Lunas where Fr. James Mar-shall is the pastor. Msgr. Richard Olona at the Santuario de San Martin de Porres also needs to build a larger church. I am working with Fr. Marshall, Fr. Alanis and Msgr. Olona to make their plans a reality. Holy Family Parish and Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Parish, both in Albuquerque, have huge numbers of Hispanic immi-grants as well as Immaculate Concep-tion in downtown Albuquerque; plus other parishes in Albuquerque. The same is true in Santa Fe at Our Lady of Guadalupe and San Isidro-San Jose and, of course, the other churches of our archdiocese.

Many of the churches in our arch-diocese have Masses in Spanish. We

have a requirement that our newly ordained priests speak Spanish. We have a large number of Hispanic deacons as well as lay peo-ple who are working hard to serve the immigrant community.

We have Spanish Masses on television and we have a full-time Director of His-panic Ministry, Rocio Gon-

zalez. We have received grants to hire people for Hispanic Ministry in several of our largely immigrant parishes.

It seems as though many of those who are leaving the church for evangel-ical communities want a more personal relationship with Jesus Christ and are impressed by charismatic approaches that some of the protestant ministers use.

I am emphasizing the importance of having a personal relationship with Je-sus who is Our Lord and Savior. But when a Hispanic leaves the Catholic Church, they are leaving the church of their relatives and ancestors. They have to give up receiving the body and blood

of Jesus in the Eucharist and Confes-sion and the other Sacraments. They no longer are able to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe nor do they have dea-cons, priests and bishops in a church that goes all the way back to Jesus and the first apostles. They have to give up the sacramentals such as the rosary, the Catholic medals, crucifix, images of the saints and feast days. The evangelical churches have an emotional dimension to their services. But they don’t have the fullness of the truth of Jesus Christ.

I am very committed to the new evan-gelization and creative ways in which we can reach out not only to immigrant Hispanic Catholics but to others as well to help them have a deeper love for their Catholic faith and enthusiasm for their faith that moves them to invite others to take part in the richness of our Roman Catholic tradition. We pray that efforts to bring back Hispanics who have left the church will bear fruit.

Sincerely yours in the Risen Lord,

Most Rev. Michael J. SheehanArchbishop of Santa Fe

Hace unas semanas la revista Time publicó un artículo im-portante sobre lo que fue lla-

mado la Reforma Latina (Latino Ref-ormation). Este también fue el tema de su portada esa semana.

La preocupación planteada en ese artículo es que un considerable número de hispanos ha dejado la Iglesia Católi-ca para unirse a iglesias protestantes evangélicas. El artículo menciona que esto está sucediendo tanto en América Latina como en los Estados Unidos.

Este abandono de hispanos de la iIglesia Católica ha sido un motivo de gran preocupación para mí como el Ar-zobispo de Santa Fe. Estamos hacien-do nuestro mejor esfuerzo para ayudar a nuestros católicos hispanos a per-manecer en la iIglesia. Tenemos, creo yo, cierta dificultad en este asunto aquí en la Arquidiócesis, pero no creo que sea tan grave como en otros lugares. Contamos con un gran número de in-migrantes hispanos en muchas áreas de nuestra aArquidiócesis que son católi-cos activos.

La Parroquia San José, en el valle del

sur de Albuquerque cuenta con 3,000 personas en las Misas dominicales, en su mayoría hispanos, en su iglesia con-struida recientemente. De hecho, tuve la cConfirmación de 200 jóvenes en esa parroquia recientemente. La mis-ión en Meadowlake tiene un sacerdote de tiempo completo, el padre Fran-cisco Alanis quien es de México y ha encontrado un gran número de segui-dores en la Misión de San Juan Diego en Meadowlake. De hecho, necesita construir ya una iglesia más grande. Esta es una misión de San Clemente en Los Lunas, donde el padre James Marshall es el párroco. El Monseñor Richard Olona está a cargo del Santu-ario de San Martín de Porres, y tam-bién necesita construir una iglesia más grande. Estoy trabajando con el padre Marshall, el padre Alanis y el mon-señor Olona para hacer realidad sus planes. Otras parroquias en Albuquer-que, como la Sagrada Familia, Nues-tra Señora del Santo Rosario, Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Santa Ana, San Francisco Javier y otras tienen un gran número de inmigrantes hispanos. Lo

mismo es cierto en Bernalillo en Nues-tra Señora de los Dolores y en Santa Fe en Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe y San Isidro-San José y, por supuesto, en otras iglesias de la arquidiócesis.

Muchas de las iglesias de la ar-quidiócesis celebran misas en español. Requerimos que los sacerdotes recién ordenados hablen español. Contamos con un gran número de diáconos his-panos, así como personas laicas que trabajan arduamente para servir a la comunidad inmigrante.

Tenemos misas en español en la tele-visión para aquellos que no pueden estar presentes en sus parroquias, y tenemos una Directora de tiempo com-pleto del Ministerio Hispano, Rocío González. Hemos recibido algunas subvenciones para la contratación de personal para el Ministerio Hispano en varias de nuestras parroquias con una considerable población inmigrante.

Parece que muchas de las personas que dejan a la Iglesia para unirse a co-munidades evangélicas desean tener una relación más personal con Jesu-cristo y se impresionan con los enfo-

ques carismáticos que algunos de los ministros protestantes utilizan.

Estoy enfatizando la importancia de tener una relación personal con Jesús, que es nuestro Señor y Salvador. Pero cuando los hispanos dejan la Iglesia Católica, están dejando la Iglesia de sus familiares y antepasados. Tienen que renunciar a recibir el Cuerpo y la Sangre de Jesús en la eucaristía, a la confesión y a los demás sacramentos. Ya no pueden honrar a Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe ni tienen diáconos, sac-erdotes y obispos en una Iglesia que se remonta hasta el tiempo de Jesús y los primeros apóstoles. Tienen que re-nunciar a los sacramentales, como el rosario, las medallas católicas, el cru-cifijo, las imágenes de los santos y los días de fiesta. Las iglesias evangélicas tienen una dimensión emocional en sus servicios, Sinceramente suyo en el Señor Resu-citado,

Reverendísimo Michael J. SheehanArzobispo de Santa Fe

Latino Reformation?Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan

¿La Reforma Latina?Arzobispo Michael J. Sheehan

IN THE RISEN LORD


The 2013 Archbishop’s School Fund Din-ner will take place on Friday, October 11, at 6:00 p.m. at the Hotel Albuquerque near Old Town. This annual event raises funds to assist low income students attend Catho-lic Schools in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Two men born in New Mexico, one in Dixon and the other in Santa Cruz, will play major parts in the event.

Al Hurricane, born in Dixon, has per-formed with music legends Buddy Holly, Marvin Gay and Chubby Checker to name a few. Through the years, Al Hurricane has been called “La Leyenda” or the Legend of New Mexico Spanish Music. Perhaps the nickname that most of his fans know him is simply “The Godfather of New Mexico His-pano Music.” He has earned both nicknames because of his enormous contributions to New Mexico’s Spanish music scene and for bringing the state’s unique Spanish style of music to new generations of listeners He has inspired younger generations of Hispano musicians to keep our local Spanish music alive. His birth name is Albert Sanchez but was given the nickname of “Hurricane” by his mother, Benny Sanchez, when he was a youngster. Al keeps busy performing sev-eral live shows a year both in New Mexico and out of State with his son, Al Hurricane, Jr. During the dinner, Al will share his life story and how his Catholic faith has impact-ed his life.

Felix Lopez, born in Santa Cruz, is part of the older generation that was instrumen-tal in preserving the tradition of the sante-ro in northern New Mexico during the late 1960s and 1970s. Felix is one of the most accomplished artists of his generation, a teacher of this art form and an inspiration to the generations who have followed him. He

was awarded the Archbishop’s Spanish Market Award twice, 1966 and 2000. His son Joseph Lopez, an ac-complished art-ist in his own right, received the same Award in 2012. Felix’s artwork is in the permanent collection of numerous mu-seums, church-es and private c o l l e c t i o n s ; such as Holy Cross Church in Santa Cruz, Santuario de Chimayo, Mu-seum of Spanish Colonial Art and the Museum of In te rna t iona l Folk Art both in Santa Fe; Regis University in Denver; Smithsonian Ameri-can Art Museum in Washington DC; and at the Monastery of the Hijos de La Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona, Spain. Felix is donat-ing a major art piece to be featured during the live auction.

Don’t wait – make your reservations today using the reservation form provided – or call 505.831.8120 to reserve your tickets and ask for an invoice payable by October 1, 2013.

Two Local Legends to Assist Archbishop Sheehan Everyone is Invited to Participate!

2013 Archbishop’s School Fund DinnerTickeT ReseRvaTion

Friday, October 11, 2013, 6:00 p.m.Hotel Albuquerque

q We will purchase ____ Table(s) for 10 people at a cost of $1,250 each.

q We will purchase ____ Tickets cost of $125 each

q We cannot attend this year. Enclosed is a check in the amount of $_____________ for the School Fund.

Name: __________________________________________________________________

Address:_________________________________________________________________

City/State/Zip:_____________________________________________________________

Please mail with check to:Archbishop’s School Fund Dinner

4000 St. Joseph Place NW,Albuquerque, NM 87120

La Cena para el Fondo Escolar del Arzobis-po 2013 se llevará a cabo el viernes 11 de octubre a las 6:00 pm en el Hotel Albuquer-que cerca de la Plaza Vieja. Este evento anual reúne fondos para ayudar a que estudiantes de bajos ingresos asistan a las escuelas católicas de la Arquidiócesis de Santa Fe. Dos hom-bres nacidos en Nuevo México, uno en Dix-on, y el otro en Santa Cruz, desempeñarán un papel importante en este evento.Al Hurricane, nacido en Dixon, ha tocado con leyendas de la música como Buddy Holly, Marvin Gay y Chubby Checker, por nombrar algunos. A través de los años, Al Hurricane ha sido

considerado como una leyenda de la música hispana en Nuevo México, pero tal vez el apodo por el que la mayoría de sus fans lo conoce es “El Padrino de la Música Hispana en Nuevo México”, apodo que se ha gana-do debido a sus enormes contribuciones a la escena de la música en Nuevo México y por ofrecer su estilo único de música en español del estado a las nuevas generaciones de oy-entes. Al ha inspirado a generaciones de músicos hispanos a mantener viva la música

local. Su nombre de nacimiento es Albert Sánchez, pero su madre, Benny Sánchez le dio el apodo de “Hurricane”, cuando era un joven. Al se mantiene ocupado realizando varios shows en vivo al año, tanto en Nuevo México como fuera del estado con su hijo, Al Hurricane Jr. Durante la cena, Al com-partirá su historia y cómo su fe católica ha impactado su vida. Félix López, nacido en Santa Cruz, es parte de la generación que fue fundamental en la preservación de la tradición del Santero en el norte de Nuevo México durante los años sesentas y setentas. Félix es uno de los ar-tistas más destacados de su generación, un maestro de este arte y una inspiración para las generaciones que le han seguido. Ha sido galardonado con el Premio del Arzobispo del Mercado Español en dos ocasiones: 1966 y 2000. Su hijo, José López - un ar-tista consumado por derecho propio, recibió el mismo premio en 2012. La obra de Félix está en la colección permanente de numero-sos museos, iglesias y colecciones privadas, como la Iglesia de la Santa Cruz en Santa Cruz, el Santuario de Chimayo, el Museo de Arte Colonial Español y el Museo de Arte Popular Internacional, ambos en Santa Fe, en la Universidad Regis en Denver, en el Museo de Arte Smithsonian, en Washington DC, y en el Monasterio de los Hijos de la Sagrada Familia, en Barcelona, España. Fe-lix donará una importante obra de arte para ser subastada durante la subasta en vivo de este evento.No espere más – reserve sus entrada hoy mismo utilizando el formulario de reser-vación provisto - o llame al 505 -831-8120 para reservar sus entradas y pedir que se le envíe una factura a pagar el 1 de octubre de 2013.

Cena para el Fondo Escolar del Arzobispo 2013ReseRvación de enTRadas

Viernes, 11 de octubre 2013, 6:00p.m.Hotel Albuquerque

q Compraremos _____ mesa(s) para 10 personas a un costo de $1,250 c/u

q Compraremos ____ entradas a un costo de $ 125 cada una

q No podemos asistir este año. Se incluye un cheque por la cantidad de $ ___________ como donación para el Fondo Escolar.

Nombre: _______________________________________________________________

Dirección: ______________________________________________________________

Ciudad / Estado / Código Postal: ____________________________________________

Por favor envíe su cheque a:Archbishop’s School Fund Dinner

4000 St. Joseph Place NWAlbuquerque, NM 87120

Dos Leyendas Locales Asistirán al Arzobispo Sheehan¡Todos están invitados a participar!


Archdiocese of Santa Fe Eucharistic Congressfor the People of God

in Celebration of the Year of Faith

Saturday, September 14, 2013at the Albuquerque Convention Center

The day will include:• Confessions• Mass celebrated by Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan• Keynote presentations (English & Spanish)• Lunch• Breakout sessions• Benediction

Dr. Joanne Dupont Sandoval

Fr. Javier Gutierrez

Steve Herrera

Deacon Harold Burke-Silvers

All Catholics are invited to attend this special event

There will be a session for children where they will embark

on a “Journey of Faith” during the day and will join their families for

Mass and Benediction

Fr. Daniel BalizanKeynote Speaker

The Presenters for the breakout sessions:


The year 2013 is a joyous and blessed year for the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Ad-oration, St. Joseph Province, Colorado Springs, CO. It is the year of their founding by Mother Maria Theresia Bon-zel in Olpe, Germany, on July 20, 1863, where their gener-al motherhouse is still locat-ed. Six German sisters first came to the United States in 1875 and settled in Lafayette, IN. They established schools and hospitals in several areas throughout the United States. As the order grew in the U.S., in 1932, it was divided into two provinces: The Western Province headquartered in Colorado Springs, CO, and the Eastern Province headquar-tered in Mishawaka, IN.

In the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, the sisters have a long and impressive history since they began to minister in schools and an orphanage in the fol-

lowing cities: ALBUQUER-QUE: St. Anthony Home for Boys (1913-1971); St. Antho-ny Child Care Center (1971-1976); St. Francis College/College of St. Joseph on the Rio Grande/University of Al-buquerque (1921-1986); St. Francis Gardens (1974-1995); PEÑA BLANCA: Our Lady of Guadalupe School (1904-1956); JEMEZ PUEBLO: San Diego Mission School (1906-1999) and Parish Minis-try (1999 to present). The sis-ters’ community was blessed with women who responded to God’s call and entered the Community of the Sisters of Saint Francis from New Mex-ico. The Franciscan Sisters continue to keep the people from these areas in our hearts and prayers.

A special blessing was re-ceived in March when the sis-ters received word that Ven-erable Mother Maria Theresia

would be beatified on Novem-ber 10, 2013, in Paderborn, Germany. The Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued a decree confirming that a mir-acle which had occurred in Colorado Springs, CO in 1999 occurred through the interces-sion of Mother Maria There-sia. Two Sisters of Saint Fran-cis prayed a novena to Mother

Maria Theresia asking for a cure for a 4-year old boy, who had been suffering from severe gastrointestinal symptoms for weeks. Suddenly, his illness stopped and the doctors could not explain the reasons for the sudden change. The doctors explained that if his return to health had been from purely natural causes, healing would

have been more gradual.The sisters continue their

mission of serving God’s peo-ple in the following states: California, Colorado, Nebras-ka, and New Mexico. The Sis-ters of Saint Francis of Perpet-ual Adoration currently have two provinces in the United States, one province in the Philippines, one province in Germany, one mission in Bra-zil and the generalate in Olpe, Germany.

Venerable Mother Maria Theresia was born on Sep-tember 17, 1830 and died on February 6, 1905. Requests for prayers may be made to: [email protected] or Sr. Margaret Mary Preister/Mount Saint Francis/7665 As-sisi Heights/Colorado Springs, CO/80919.

A Eucharistic liturgy, at 3:00pm, followed by an open house in the convent, will be held at St. Francis of Assisi Parish/Mount Saint Francis in Colorado Springs, on July 14, 2013. The public is invited.

The Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration Celebrate their 150th Anniversary and Announcement of the Beatification of their

Foundress Venerable Mother Maria Theresia BonzelBy Sr. Sister Stephanie McReynolds, OSF, Director of Mission and Values/Archives, Mount Saint Francis

Sr. Nadine Heimann, provincial, announces to all the sisters gathered in chapel, the news of the pending beatification of their foundress, Vener-able Mother Maria Theresia Bonzel.

On May 22, members of the Archdio-cese of Santa Fe Hospital Chaplain Minis-try gathered at Little Anita’s restaurant to say good-bye to Fr. Aloysius Abaneke, a certified member of National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC). Fr. Aloysius’ zeal for hospital min-istry, reaching out to bring Christ to our sick wounded brothers and sisters, is taking him to St. Rose Dominican Hospital in Henderson, NV to continue this ministry.

Fr. Aloysius is from Urualla Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo state in Ni-geria. He studied philosophy and theology at Seat of Wisdom Major Seminary Owerry Nigeria and was ordained as a priest for the Catholic Diocese of Orlu Nigeria on August 15th, (the Feast of the Assumption), in 1998. He also obtained a Master’s degree in Pasto-ral Ministry from Holy Cross of Davao Col-

lege in the Philippines.He began his hospital ministry with seven

units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) at Saint Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washing-ton, D.C. while in residence at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Washington DC. Fr.Aloysius arrived in Albuquerque from

Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, PA while in resi-dence at St. Frances De Sales Parish in Philadelphia, PA. Since August 2010, he has been working as a priest chaplain

in the hospitals in Albuquerque while resid-ing at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Albu-querque.

According to Fr. Aloysius, “I love Carl Rogers’ simple psychology: for a person to ‘grow’, they need an environment that pro-vides them with genuineness (openness and self-disclosure), acceptance (being seen with unconditional positive regard), and empathy (being listened to and understood).”

A Fond Farewell for Fr. Aloysius AbanekeBy Deacon Steve Rangel, Director of Pastoral Outreach/Deacons

We will miss Fr. Aloysius Abaneke… a genuine, loving servant of God and wish him God’s continued blessings in

his ministry.

Year of Faith 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of the Catholic Cate-chism and Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan has personally arranged for a day long study day with one of the foremost authorities on the catechism, Fr. Alfred McBride, O.Praem. This study day will take place on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Santa Maria de la Paz in Santa Fe and is open to all catechists, deacons, youth ministers and Catho-lics who want to know more about the catechism

“How to Live the Catechism”Study Day for Deacons and Catechists

Presented by Fr. Alfred McBride, O.Praem.Saturday, October 5, 2013 - 9:00am – 6:30pm

9:00am – 9:30am Welcome & Opening Prayer9:30am – 10:30am Session 1: The Profession of Faith10:30am – 11:00am Question/Reflection Session with Break (small group)11:00am – Noon Session 2: The Celebration of the Christian MysteryNoon – 12:30pm Question/Reflection Session with Break (small group)12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch 1:30pm – 2:30pm Session 3: Life in Christ2:30pm – 3:00pm Question/Reflection Session with Break (small group)3:00pm – 4:00pm Session 4: Christian Prayer4:00pm - 4:30pm Question/Reflection Session with Break (small group)4:30pm – 5:15pm Sacrament of Reconciliation5:30pm – 6:30pm Mass at Sant Maria de la Paz

Cost for the day is $10. To register, contact the Office of Religious Education at the Archdiocese of Santa Fe 505.831.8129. This event is made possible through your generous contributions to the Annual Catholic Appeal.

Join Us for a Very Special Study Day on the Catholic Catechism


The second Saturday of May was a joyful day at the Pontif-ical College Josephinum, as the only pontifical seminary outside of Italy held its 114th Baccalaureate Mass and Com-mencement Exercises. Thir-ty-six seminarians from 13 different dioceses were grant-ed degrees or certificates from the College of Liberal Arts, Pre-Theology Program or School of Theology.

More than 200 parents, fam-ily members and friends of the graduates attended the day’s festivities. Baccalaureate Mass in Saint Turibius Chapel was celebrated by Rev. Msgr. Christopher J. Schreck, SSL, PhD, STD, Rector / President. “It is our joy to welcome you to the Josephinum,” he said, “to witness this historic and

formative moment in the lives of your sons and brothers, who take a major and memorable step toward the fulfillment of their vocations.”

Msgr. Schreck was joined at the altar by Rev. Msgr. Charles Singler, DMin, Director of Vocations for the Diocese of Toledo, and Rev. Paul Noble, PhD, Director of Vocations for the Diocese of Columbus, as well as other visiting priests and priest-faculty of the Jose-phinum.

The homily during the Mass was given by Msgr. Singler, who focused on the meaning of discipleship. “The students who are graduating from this institution today have been confronted by the very notion of Christian discipleship,” he said, “the open and free con-

sent to emulate Jesus on the cross. The seminary is not the final stretch or the end or the goal to be championed. It is re-ally a matter of learning to be a faithful son and a witness to Christ – being a follower.”

Among the individuals who offered remarks during com-mencement was Dylan David-son-Talley, seminarian from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe and Senior Class Represen-tative. “The lessons we have learned in this school of the heart, this assembly of friends and brothers, are lessons we can ignore but that we cannot unlearn,” he said. “We have ex-changed the knowledge which can always be referred to and can’t be lost. That knowledge is our very selves, and it is not mere sentimentalism to say that we will have each other in our hearts. We have, as Ar-

istotle would have it, become ‘other selves’ to one another.”

A majority of College and Pre-Theology graduates and certificate recipients will con-tinue their vocational dis-cernment as they undertake graduate theological study. Graduates of the School of

Theology return home to their respective dioceses for ordi-nation to the priesthood this spring. The Ordination Class of 2013 will join more than 800 ordained alumni who currently serve the universal Church in nearly every U.S state and in 18 different countries.

114th Commencement at the Pontifical College JosephinumBy Carolyn A. Dinovo, Director of Communications, Pontifical College Josephinum

Dylan Davidson-Talley (Bachelor of Arts in History) left, and Christopher Hallada (Bachelor of Arts in History)

A Prayer for Religious LibertyAlmighty God, Father of all nations,

for freedom you have set us free in Christ Jesus(Gal 5:1).

We praise and bless you for the gift of religious liberty,the foundation of human rights, justice, and the

common good.Grant to our leaders the wisdom to protect and promote

our liberties;By your grace may we have the courage to defendthem, for ourselves and for all those who live in

this blessed land.We ask this through the intercession of MaryImmaculate, our patroness and in the name of

your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, in theunity of the Holy Spirit, with whom you live

and reign, our God forever and ever. Amen.

75 Years• Br. Benedict Westerick, FSC is living in Santa Fe and providing community service for the Brothers of Christian Schools.

50 Years• Sr. Mary of the Holy Eu-charist Romero, SOLT lives in Buenavita and her ministry is prayer.• Sr. Pat Schuabuer, SFCC lives in Santa Fe and is retired.• Sr. Iliana Valdez, OP lives in Albuquerque and is a volunteer with emphasis on organ donor promotion.

25 Years • Rev. Robert Lussier, OSB Oliv lives at Our Lady of Guadalupe Abbey in Pecos and he provides sacramental ministry.• Rev. Kevin Niehoff, OP lives with the Dominican community in Albuquerque and serves as Adjutant Judi-cal Vicar in the Tribunal.Rev. Luis Regalado,OSB lives at the Abbey of Christ in the Desert in Abiquiu and is a monk.

300 Years of Religious ServiceThe following are the

Religious Jubilarians based on the dates of their vows

Archbishop Sheehan hosted a Mass and dinner at his residence in May. In atten-dance were Sr. Mary of the Holy Eucharist Romero, SOLT; Sr. Iliana Valdez, OP; Rev. Robert Lussier, OSB Oliv, and Rev. Kevin Niehoff, OP along with our chan-cellor, Fr. John Cannon.

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CHARACTER COUNTSTRUSTWORTHINESS

RESPECT

RESPONSIBILITY

FAIRNESS

CARING

CITIZENSHIP

Each year the Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of

Santa Fe honor those individuals who exemplify the six

pillars of character: Trustworthiness,

Respect, Responsibility,

Fairness, Caring, Citizenship. The following were

honored at a dinner in April for their service to their schools and

community.

Ann Geasland, Holy Child Ashley Powledge, San Felipe Ben Telles, Queen of Heaven Caitlin Baca, St. Mary’s Belen

Celina-Marie Moya, San Felipe Charles Bickel, St. Charles Daliana Henao, Holy Ghost Dawn and Wes Robbins, St. Therese

Elizabeth Dominick, Annunciation Emilio Martinez, Holy Cross Ernest Catanach, St. Thomas Frances Jaramillo, Queen of Heaven


CHARACTER COUNTS

Zakery Clark, St. Mary’s School, Alb.

Gilbert Cilley, Holy Ghost Jacquie Martinez, Annunciation Jakob Schneller, Holy Child

Janal Clayton, Santo Niño Jolene Gallegos, Santo Niño Juliet Kelly, Our Lady of Fatima Kelli Reagan, St. Pius X

Molly Klien, St. Thomas Mario Baldonado, St. Mary’s Belen Martin Lujan, St. Charles Mary Catanach, St. Thomas

Monica Roach, St. Mary’s School Alb. Neal Bitsie, Our Lady of Fatima Patrick and Eileen Torres, Holy Cross Paul Kilman, Our Lady of the Assumption

Sam Torres, Our Lady of the Assumption Samantha Garni, St. Therese Terri Reagan, St. Pius X

CHARACTER COUNTS


CATHOLIC EDUCATION

By Donna Illerbrun, Principal, St. Therese Catholic School, Alb.

Every year students from all over Albuquerque compete in an essay con-test on “A Senior I Know.” This year, St. Therese Catholic School is proud to announce that Santiago Aragon was one of the winners! Santiago was in Mrs. LaBarre’s second grade class. He is a kind and respectful young man. Santiago wrote about his grandfather and all the fun they have on his ranch.

This year, there were over 3,300 essays submitted for the contest and 30 were chosen for the award. The students, their teacher and the senior they wrote about were invited to an awards event in May at the Manzano Mesa Multigenerational Center. They were honored for their writings with a reception with Mayor Richard Berry and many other VIPs from APS.

Steve Stucker from KOBTV was there to read many of the essays while the students received their award. It was an evening filled with laughter and nostalgia. We were all impressed with the stories the children wrote that showed an endearing message about their relationship with a senior citizen.

We heard stories of hardship, stories of veterans, stories that touched our hearts, and many that made us laugh so hard we had tears rolling down our cheeks.

We are all very proud to have Santi-ago Aragon represent our school at the “Senior I Know” essay contest and re-ception. Our students continue to im-press us by how much they learn each year. We have highly qualified, dedi-cated teachers that go the extra mile to reach each child’s learning style.

A Senior I Know

It’s fiesta time! Please join us for the 3rd An-nual St. Charles Fiesta on Father’s Day weekend, June 15-16! St. Charles is the home of the Cardi-nal Burger, a quintuple green chile cheeseburger. Bring your dad and treat him to one at the fiesta! For more fiesta information: 505.242.3462, www.stcharlesbabq.org, www.facebook.com/stcharles-babq.

St. Pius X Honors 2013 GradsSt. Pius X High School in Albuquer-

que presented 192 students with diplo-mas in a graduation ceremony in May at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho.

At the school’s 2013 Senior Awards Ceremony, faculty honored Brad Sedil-lo as the Outstanding Graduate of the Class of 2013 for a life that embodies the St. Pius motto, “Teach me goodness, discipline, and knowledge.” Sedillo also received the Principal’s Leadership Award for his exemplary leadership in school and community activities and the Woodmen of the World Life Insur-ance Company’s award for excellence in Social Studies. He also received the West Point Leadership Award.

The senior class selected Sedillo and Taylor Roach to receive the Seniors’ Choice Awards for representing the all-around ideal St. Pius students in intellectual integrity, respect and car-ing for others, sensitivity, congeniality and leadership. Roach also received the Marcita Marek Award for athletic lead-ership and service.

Mary Carpenter and Joseph R. San-chez received the school’s Primo Con-treras Awards for demonstrating joy in serving others outside the school community, a love of St. Pius X High School and an exemplary character. Sanchez also received the Principal’s Special Recognition Award for epito-mizing what a St. Pius student should be.

St. Pius Fine Arts faculty selected Mikayla Sanchez and Michael Agui-lar for this year’s Renaissance Awards honoring students who have excelled in multiple areas of the visual and per-forming arts. Sanchez also received the 2013 $1,000 Art Has Heart College Scholarship.

Lexi Biondi and Ryan Rosenthal were honored with St. Pius X Scholar-Ath-lete Awards for their performance as honor students and multi-sport athletes of exceptional participation and per-formance. Lexey Castillo received the

Danny McKay Memorial Manager of the Year Award.

St. Pius also announced special ap-pointments and scholarships at the awards ceremony. Alejandro Alderete received an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and Catherine Carrillo received an appoint-ment to the U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs.

The Tinnin family presented two $2,500 scholarships in memory of Ja-mie Tinnin to female varsity athletes Mary Carpenter in basketball and Adri-anna Naranjo in soccer.

Alejandro Alderete and Thomas Weingartner were recognized for rep-resenting St. Pius at the State Science Fair and receiving Honorable Mentions in Physics and Astronomy, scholarships to New Mexico Tech and certificates of achievement from the U.S. Army.

The National Hispanic Recognition Program, sponsored by the College Board, named six Hispanic St. Pius stu-dents as National Hispanic Scholars: Victoria Castell, Gabriela Garcia-Huff, Adriana Jackson, Gregory Ottino, Ash-ley Peck, Cristina Young.

St. Pius X High School presented Brad Se-dillo (left) and Taylor Roach with its Class of 2013 Seniors’ Choice Awards. Albuquerque’s Catholic high school also named Sedillo the Outstanding Graduate of 2013 and honored Roach with the Marcita Marek Award for ath-letic leadership and service.

St. Charles FiestaThe Kindergarten and K-1 classes of Holy Ghost Catholic School were

grateful to have the chance to perform at the Festival of Asian Cultures last May. They sang a Phillippine Folk song, “Bahay Kubo” in Tagalog. This song is about various vegetable plants around a nipa hut.

“We are fortunate to have a music program which promotes Internation-al Folk songs. We have used this song to encourage our continued commit-ment to ‘Care for God’s Creation’. As a school, we have taken on various projects to cultivate our earth. The kindergarten and first grade classes have grown heirloom vegetables. All throughout the year the students have learned to appreciate the taste of home-grown vegetables.” - HGCS


Young adulTs answeRing The call

Young Adults from Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Community and

Our Lady of Guadalupe Travel to Poland

EJ Missioners and Polish Children show off their God Goggles, EJ Poland Mission 2012.

By Ellen Arvayo & Celina Chávez, Holy Rosary Catholic Community

“Caritas Christi urget nos” (2 Cor 5:14): it is the love of Christ that fills our hearts and impels us to evangelize. Last year, a pioneering group of young adults traveled to Poland in response to Blessed John Paul II’s prayer for evan-gelization: “Open our hearts to Jesus. Give us the courage to speak His name to those who are close to us, and the generosity to share His love with those who are far away.” This summer, the mission to evangelize continues: two special groups of young adults from Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Community and Our Lady of Guadalupe will travel to carry the “Good News of Christ” to Catholic children in Poland. As part of teams representing Emmaus Journey, a lay ministry of Catholic Evangelization

and Discipleship, these young adults will present a customized Catholic summer Bible school program and teach English to the children. Their prayer during their trips is that they be filled by the Holy Spirit and that every-one they meet would come to know and experience Jesus in deep relationship.

Poland is an important location for evangelization because many Polish people are culturally Catholic, but do not practice or live by their faith. Many clergy have described all of Europe as being in a state of crisis because of this lost Christianity. Sincere thanks to the many faithful people of both parishes and the larger Christian community who have given to further this mission of Christ! Missioners include: Team 1 - Ellen Arvayo (Lead), Celina Chávez (Co-lead), Kayla Phillips, Alysia Her-nandez, Zane Chavez, Gabe Castillo; Team 2 - Daniel Medina (Lead), Jes-

sica Alarcon (Co-lead), Erendida Es-cobar, Estephania Loya, Leo Pallares, and Jeffrey Slopek.

Funds are greatly needed to cover the $29,000.00 in mission travel expenses. Please send your tax-deductable gift to “Emmaus Journey Special Proj-ects, C/O New Horizons Foundation / 4570 Hilton Pkwy, Ste 203 / Colora-

do Springs, CO 80907.” Checks can be made to New Horizons Foundation and must include “Emmaus Journey Special Projects” in the memo section. If you’d like to make a credit card gift, you may contact Emmaus Journey at 505.314.3453.

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OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE ABBEY SCHOOL FOR LITURGICAL ARTS presents

Iconographer Jaqueline Nelson, BA--Jackie has a BA in art from Smith College and studied at Tyler School of Fine Art at Temple University. In 1985, she attended Meudeon School of Iconography with Vladislav Andrejev.

RETABLO WORKSHOP July 14 to July 20, 2013 An on location workshop focusing on the religious art of the Northern New Mexico mountain villages. Students will learn how to paint a retablo including the making of a gessoed board. There will be a day trip to Chimayo. Fee - $650 single/$590 per person double occupancy/$360 commuter. Fees include a $50 material cost. DRAWING AN ICON WORKSHOP August 18 to August 23, 2013 Learn how to draw the faces and figures and the saints and their clothing, and study sacred geometry. Advanced students will be offered the study of Byzantine perspective and other elements of sacred drawing. Fee - $500.00 single/$450 per person double occupancy/$300 commuter.

Father Anthony Salzman, MA Div --Fr. Anthony studied Byzantine Iconography and Byzantine Art History in Thessaloniki Greece with Fr. Paul Politis and Kosta Photeiadeis, a renowned master originally from Istanbul. His BA was in Art/Industrial and Graphic Design from Univ

of Wisconsin-Stout. He is an ordained Greek Orthodox priest assigned to St. Philothea in Athens, GA, yet continues to paint portable icons.

SCHOOL OF ICONOGRAPHY WORKSHOP August 23 to August 31, 2013 The workshop introduces students to the theology and spirituality of the icon in its various forms and traditions, as well as aesthetics and techniques. There will be an indepth look at the Byzantine influence in the development of the icon. Students will write their own icon under individual supervision . In keeping with the spirituality of the icon, students will be encourage to participate in the daily office of prayer.

Drs.Mildred & Kenneth Melendez – Kenneth and Mildred have been working with stained- glass projects for more than 25 years. Stained-Glass Workshop July 21 – July 28, 2013 This workshop invites beginners to learn methods and techniques using varieties of glass types to complete a project on a liturgical theme. Tools will be available All projects will be blessed by priests at the Abbey. Fees include tuition, materials, meals, and rooms with private bath. Register at: [email protected] or 505-757-6600.

CATHOLIC EDUCATION


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Continued from page 3ativas para hacer eso.

3. En tercer lugar, dar un buen ejemp-lo de nuestra fe a la sociedad, defender a los pobres y a los inmigrantes como el Papa Francisco nos lo dice, ser fervi-entes defensores de la vida y enseñar la importancia del matrimonio tradicional, que es entre un hombre y una mujer, y

de la vida familiar - los componentes básicos de nuestra sociedad americana y de nuestra Iglesia.

Les pido a ustedes, quienes serán orde-nados en unos momentos, que se ent-reguen a la nueva evangelización que la Iglesia tanto necesita. ¡Grandes bendi-ciones de Dios sobre su ministerio!

San Juan Bautista Catholic Church in Ohkay Owingeh Pueb-lo will celebrate their 415 year anniversary of their establish-ment on Monday, June 24, 2013. Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan will preside. The present San Juan church (the third church on the site) will celebrate its 100th birthday. Rev. Larry Brito, pastor, is pictured here sculpt-ing the work of art. The dedica-tion of the new doors featuring a bronze relief sculpture of the Baptism of the Lord will take place on Sunday, June 23, 4:00 pm. All are welcome to attend!

A historical Mass was con-celebrated by Rev. Sotero Sena, pastor of St. Alice Par-ish in Mountainair and Very Rev. James Flanagan, SOLT, Founder of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trini-ty in La Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Cu-arac located in the mission ruins of Quarai at the Salinas

Pueblo Missions National Monument in Mountainair, NM on April 20, 2013. It was the culmination of a pilgrim-age in honor of Venerable Sor Maria de Jesus. Over 100 pil-grims from throughout New Mexico participated. The Mountainair St. Vincent de Paul Society, Knights of Co-lumbus Mountainair Council 3138 members and the Nation-al Park Service staff hosted the momentous celebration.

The day began with a spe-cial blessing by Rev. Dennis Garcia, archdiocesan judicial vicar and pastor at San Felipe Church in Old Town, Albu-querque. The pilgrims were then welcomed at St. Augus-

tine Parish/Shrine of St. Kateri Tekakwitha in Isleta Pueblo by church and pueblo officials where they were treated to an indepth discussion of the im-pact Sor Maria de Jesus de Agreda, aka the Blue Nun, has had on the Native American community and an overview of the 400 year history of St. Au-gustine Church. This, too, was followed by a pilgrim blessing by Rev. George Pavamkott, O.Praem, pastor. (A first-cut video of the pilgrimage may be viewed at vimeo.com – search for Sor Maria Quarai.)

Rev. Flanagan said, “The call for canonization of Sor Maria will pick up speed and go ahead, and she will come

to the altars of the church as a saint. She came here and was sent here by God himself.”

He said he visited the mon-astery in Agreda, Spain where Sor Maria once lived and asked the sisters at the convent “…to make vestments that could be used in the little missions of New Mexico and south Tex-as. I ask you therefore, to see that your presence here is the beginning of something very great in God’s Divine plan. You are privileged to be here today and I ask you to see if God is going to spread this work to the Holy church all over the world. So your pres-ence here is a sign that God is at work here.”

La Nuestra Senora de la Purisima Concepcion de Cuarac


Most Rev. Michael J. Sheehan, Archbishop of Santa Fe will celebrate one of the liturgies.

39th Southwest Catholic Charismatic ConferenceSWCCC 2013 July 26-28

“Your Faith Has Healed You.” (Mark 10:52)Crowne Plaza Hotel in Albuquerque, NM

To register, please follow three easy steps:

Register for the Conference:To register, please visit www.asfccc.org. or call 505.247.0397 Please notice the registration fees deadlines.

Early-Bird Registration: Received between now and June 28, 2013Adult: $55. Married Couples: $100 Youth or children (6-18): $10

Late Registration: Received after June 28, 2013 and at the conference siteAdult: $60. Married Couples: $110 Youth or children (6-18): $10

Registrations offered for the whole weekend only. One-day registration not available.

Cancellations and refunds: The deadline for cancellations and refunds is July 12, 2013. A cancellation fee of $10/person will apply. After July 13, 2013, the cancellation fee will be $20.

Br Bob Canton, received baptism in the Holy Spirit in November 1984, which changed his life. Since March 1985, he has been a servant leader for the Children of God Prayer Community, St. Luke’s Parish, in Stockton, CA. Since 1989 to this day, their community has a monthly Mass and Healing Service. He has been the national coordinator of the Alliance of Filipino Catholic Charismatic Prayer Communities in North America. In 2006, he was elected as a Council Member of the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services (ICCRS). Br. Bob has ministered in North America, Latin America, Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, and the Middle East.

Sr. Nancy Kellar, SC a Sister of Charity, became involved in full time ministry in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in 1971. She was coordinator of the Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of New York for ten years and also was a member of the National Service Committee for ten years, and is a member of the National Council for her CCR. She was elected to the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services (ICCRS) Council in March 1992 and elected director of the Rome office in March 1994. Today, she continues her ministry of teaching and has spoken at conferences and given retreats in about 50 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and South America as well as the U.S.A. Her frequent theme is, “There’s always more of the gift of God…God did not give a spirit of timidity, but the Spirit of power and love and self-control. (2 Tim 1:6-7)”

Fr. Vitus Ezeiruaku, originally from Nigeria, Fr. Vitus entered the seminary at age 13. He became involved in the Charismatic Renewal as a seminarian having a profound experience of the Holy Spirit that changed his life and renewed his vocation. He was ordained in 1996 and served in his native diocese for 11 years. In 2007, he came to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, where he has served at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, and the parish churches of Peñasco, Dixon, and currently in Española.

Rev. Daniel Balizan, a native of Springer, NM, was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in 1989. He has served parishes in Socorro, Chama, Clovis and St. Anne’s in Albuquerque. He is currently pastor of St. Patrick/St. Joseph Parish in Raton, NM. Fr. Balizan has served as the archbishop’s liaison to the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe for over 20 years. He is in great demand as a conference speaker and for workshops, retreats and Days of Renewal.

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By Sr. Magdalena Ca-sas-Nava, DLJC

The Catholic Charis-matic Center serves the Archdiocese of Santa Fe by promoting the grace of the New Pentecost. It began in the mid-70’s when then Archbish-op Robert Sanchez as-signed the Charismatic Renewal an office at the archdiocese. Eventually the Charismatic prayer groups purchased and renovated the building at 5th and Kinley streets in the historic Wells Park neighborhood, its current location.

In 2010, Sr. Martha Jean McGarry, IHM re-tired after over 28 years of service as the direc-tor. The board members called on the Disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, a Franciscan, Charismat-ic, religious community based in the diocese of Amarillo, TX, to lead the Center. I, Sr. Magdalena Casas-Nava, DLJC, be-

came the director of the center, and, together with Sr. Anthony Birdsall, DLJC, live here since January 2010. Serving at the center has been a blessing for both of us.

Since we arrived, the Lord has blessed the center with renewal in various ways, from ren-ovations of the building, to the new ways the Lord is moving among his people. There is a new young adult charismatic prayer group on Thurs-day evenings, and they had their first retreat in February. The Hispanic prayer groups have come together and in 2011 or-ganized the first Congre-so Católico Carismáti-co Hispano; this year’s third Congreso Hispano will be November 16-17 at the Convention Cen-ter. The Southwest Cath-olic Charismatic Confer-ence (SWCCC), which had been at Glorieta for several years, returned to Albuquerque in 2012

due to Glorieta closing its doors. This years’ 39th SWCCC will be at the Crowne Plaza Hotel July 26-28. In addition to these, the center organiz-es other annual events: a winter conference in January, Lenten retreat in March, a women’s conference in May and a men’s retreat in Novem-ber.

We also offer forma-tion for Spanish-speak-ing charismatic prayer group leaders at the cen-ter, on the first Mondays each month; and quar-terly “Days of Renew-al” for English-speaking charismatics, in which there are times of praise and worship, teaching, and fellowship.

To keep people in-formed on the center’s activities, Sr. Anthony works tirelessly on the Center’s website: www.asfccc.org.

It is important for us to

Renewal Comes to the Catholic Charismatic Center



Garcia, HerreraMr. Felipe Herrera and Miss Bertha Garcia

were married on June 28, 1943 at Our Lady of Belen Catholic Church in Belen, NM. They are parish members of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Albuquerque, and have been for the past 34 years.

Mr. and Mrs. Herrera are the parents of Eve-lyn Valdez, (husband Benny), George Herrera, Anne Defusco, (husband Anthony), Phyllis Her-rera, Amelia Maestas (husband Daniel), Phillip Herrera (wife Valerie). They have 16 grandchil-dren, 12 great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.

Felipe served in the US Army, and retired from civil service and General Electric.

Bertha has been a loving and very supportive mother to her children.Felipe and Bertha have enjoyed traveling with their children. They have

traveled to many states. Their favorite is the beautiful state of New Mexico.A celebration with family and friends is planned for late June.

Montoya, RodriguezMr. Manuel Rodriguez and Miss Louisa Montoya

of Belen, NM were married at St. Anne Church in Albuquerque on June 29, 1963 and are currently registered at Immaculate Conception in Tome, NM. Manuel was a registered pharmacist for over 40 years, Louisa worked for APS for 25 years and now they enjoy the life of retirement. Both, however, are still very busy in the Catholic church ministries, including St. Vincent de Paul Society, the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, the Legion of Mary, and the Catholic Coalition of New Mexico.

Their marriage of 50 years has been blessed with four sons, Andrew, Peter, Marco and Steven Rodriguez. Manuel and Louisa have 12 grandchildren.

The couple has traveled especially enjoyable trips to Acapulco, Mexico; Hawaii (for their 25 wedding anniversary); Alaska; and with most of the family including five grandchildren to Rome, Barcelona and other ports in the Mediterranean. They will celebrate their 50th Anniversary with a Mass at Immaculate Conception, in Tome and a luncheon with family and friends on June 29, 2013.

The Notre Dame Alumni Club of New Mexico will hold its annual Hugh Reilly Me-morial golf tourna-ment at 12:00pm on Friday, Septem-ber 6th at Paa-ko Ridge Golf Course. Proceeds benefit the club’s summer service programs at Brothers of the Good Sheperd, Dismas House, Health Care for the Homeless and the Little Sisters of the Poor. The early bird cost including golf, cart, range balls, and dinner after the tourna-ment is $120 and due August 16th.

For informa-tion, please call Joe Carney at 505.553.3612 or email at [email protected].

The country is rallying around the tragedy in Oklahoma that has wiped out an entire town. Those cries can be heard all the way to Rio Rancho. In response, St. Felix Pantry will move a mountain of clothing and make sure it finds its way to the peo-ple of Moore, OK. “It is our faith that will indeed move this mountain. This is something we are called to do,” said Chris Malneritch, Director of Opera-tions for St. Felix Pantry. “More impor-tantly, there are so many in Oklahoma who need the clothes now more than we do. I know that all those people who have donated clothing to St. Felix won’t mind one bit that their clothes are going to Oklahoma.” He added.

St. Felix Pantry is a Felician-spon-sored ministry. Sr. Dorothy Young, local minister of the Felician Sisters Convent on Meadowlark Lane, in affirmation of this action reflected, “God, through the generosity of many people has blessed the pantry with more than enough cloth-ing. Let’s be generous with another part of the Body of Christ in great need – the people in Moore, OK. I know that God will continue to provide for the needs of the people in our area. I hope that many will respond to make this corporal work of mercy a reality.”

In late May, volunteers came together from several walks of life. Folks from Intel, Home Depot, the Veteran’s Inte-

gration Center and several members of the community spent their morning at St. Felix Pantry to sort through clothing. The youngest of the volunteers was 12 years old.

Manuel Casias, Vice President of Development and Marketing says, “In the wake of the Moore tornado, several calls went out from community leaders in New Mexico from Gov. Susana Mar-tinez to help out in any way possible. St. Felix felt strongly that the Lord was asking us to give clothing, tons of it!” As volunteers continued to sort through clothing members from the community continued streaming in with more do-nations.

The items collected and sorted through will first go to the lobo soft ball field in Albuquerque. There, the dona-tions from this incredible campaign will be driven to Oklahoma.

To learn more about how you can sup-

port St. Felix Pantry, please call Manuel Casias at 505.994.-1857, [email protected].

St. Felix Pantry Helps Our Brothers & Sisters in Moore, OK


By George Weigel

Despite his humble ori-gins as a baker’s son from Trastevere, Cardinal Al-fredo Ottaviani, longtime curial head of the Holy Of-fice (“successor to the In-quisition,” in journalese) and scourge of the Nouvelle Theologie of the 1950s, was a formidable figure in pre-conciliar Catholicism. Ottaviani’s approach to theology was neatly sum-marized in the Latin motto of his cardinalatial coat of arms, Semper Idem [Always the Same], and his fierce de-fense of what he understood to be orthodoxy made him a not-implausible model for the character of Cardinal Leone in Morris West’s nov-el, The Shoes of the Fisher-man.

Despite the caricatures of the world press, Otta-viani was no monster; in-deed, he was reputed to be a man of considerable per-sonal charm. Nor was he a dyed-in-the-wool conserva-tive politically; he wanted the Council to condemn all forms of modern war, anoth-er cause in which Ottaviani (whose Vatican II batting average did not rise above the Mendoza Line) failed. But perhaps his greatest de-feat at the Council came on the question of Church-and state. For before and during the Vatican II years, Cardi-nal Ottaviani stoutly, and, ultimately, futilely, resisted the development of doctrine

that led the world’s bishops to approve the Council’s Declaration on Religious Freedom.

As a legal scholar consid-ering the future of society, Ottaviani’s fear was that religious freedom would re-sult in religious indifference and then to a collapse of religious conviction, which would in turn lead to state hostility toward religious believers and religious in-stitutions. His theological argument against religious freedom, widely held in the Roman universities of the day, rested on the prop-osition that “error has no rights.” The Council’s re-sponse to that claim was that persons have rights, whether their religious opinions be erroneous or not, and that, in any event, states lack theo-logical competence.

Alfredo Ottaviani lost virtually every one of the battles he fought at Vati-can II, but from his present, post-mortem position he may be enjoying a last laugh (if of a subdued, even sor-rowful, sort). For the notion that “error has no rights” is very much alive – and precisely in those quarters where religious indifference has indeed led to intolerance of religious conviction.

When a Canadian evan-gelical pastor is levied a significant fine for preach-ing biblical truth about men, women, and the nature of marriage in his church, or when a Polish priest and magazine editor is punished with even stiffer fines by a European human rights court and a Polish court for accurately describing in print what an abortion does, the forces of coercive polit-ical correctness (embodied in the gay insurgency and the global campaign for “re-productive health”) are us-ing state power to nail down the notion that “error has no rights.”

When the present U.S.

administration attempts to overturn decades of equal employment opportunity law by attacking the legal exemption that allows reli-gious bodies to choose their religious leadership accord-ing to their own criteria, the same dynamic is at work. And that mantra – “Error has no rights!” – will, in-evitably, be used to punish religious bodies that do not recognize any such thing as same-sex “marriage:” by taking away their tax-ex-empt status, denying their ministers the legal capacity to act as witnesses of mar-riage under civil law, or both.

An idea long associat-ed with the farther reaches of Catholic traditionalism has thus migrated to the opposite end of the polit-ical spectrum, where it’s become a rallying point for the lifestyle left. There are many reasons why Kathleen Sebelius, the HHS secretary responsible for the coervice contraceptive/abortifacient/ sterilization mandate cur-rently being fought by the seriously Catholic elements of American Catholicism, is ill-cast in the role of Ot-taviani redivivus. But in the oddities of history, that’s what’s happened. The Cath-olic Church in the United States, which did more than any other local church at Vatican II to disentangle the universal Church from the notion that, in the civil or-der, “error has no rights,” is now being hard-pressed by aggressive secularist forces arrayed under that banner.

There are many ironies in the fire.

George Weigel is Distin-guished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C.

Weigel’s column is distrib-uted by the Denver Catholic Register, the official news-paper of the Archdiocese of Denver.

The caTholic diffeRence

The Last Laugh of Alfredo Ottaviani

stress the Catholic identity of the center and the orthodoxy of its ministries. The Charismatic Renewal has enjoyed the sup-port of all the popes, beginning with Pope Paul VI, and even to this day, with Pope Francis – who recently sent an informal message to the charismatics gathered at Rimini, Italy, via Archbishop Rino Fisichel-la, president of the Pontifical

Council for Promoting the New Evangelization, saying, “Look, tell them that I love them very much because I was responsible for Charismat-ic Renewal in Argentina, and that’s why I love them very much.” We want to respond to this trust with obedience, and striving to do our part in the New Evangelization, which can only happen by the im-pulse of the Holy Spirit. Come, Holy Spirit, Come!

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en el corazón (Lucas 2,41-52).El Evangelio de Juan trata

a María como figura icónica. Jesús se dirige a ella como “mujer” tanto al principio de su ministerio en Caná y antes de su muerte en el Calvario. En la boda, ella le dice a su hijo: “No tienen vino”. Jesús responde, “Mujer, ¿qué nos va a ti y a mí? Todavía no ha llegado mi hora.” Pero María parece intuir que su preocu-pación le afectará a él. “Hagan lo que él les diga,” dice María a los siervos de la boda (Juan 2,3-5).

Después de la boda, ella viaja con Jesús y sus discípu-los a Cafarnaún, pero Juan no vuelve a mencionarla hasta que aparece con “el discípulo amado” al pie de la cruz. Sólo Juan indica que Jesús les da a María, a quien de nuevo llama “mujer” y a este discípulo no nombrado, el uno al otro como madre e hijo (19,25-27).

¿Qué podemos pensar de la importancia de estas dos apari-ciones de María en Juan? Los expertos han sugerido que la unión de María, la “mujer” en la boda y al principio del min-isterio de Jesús y su lugar en la nueva familia de Jesús al final de su ministerio, donde de nue-

vo es llamada “mujer,” refleja a María como la nueva Eva, la madre de una nueva creación, la familia de una humanidad renovada en Cristo.

Preguntas para la reflexión y discusión

• ¿En qué se diferencian los retratos de María en Lucas y Marcos? ¿En qué se parecen?

• ¿Cuál podría ser una razón por la que Jesús se refiere a María como “mujer” en el evangelio de Juan?

• ¿Qué enseñanzas u obras de Jesús has meditado más frecuentemente en tu corazón? (Ver Lucas 2,8-19)

• ¿Qué papel tiene la madre de Jesús como modelo para ti en tu propia vida espiritual?

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Prayer for rainAlmighty God, we are in need of rain. We realize now, looking up into the clear, blue sky, what a marvel even the least drop of rain really is. To think that so much water can really fall out of the sky, which now is empty and clear! We place our trust in You. We are sure that You know our needs. But You want us to ask you anyway, to show You that we know we are depen-dent on you. Look to our dry hills and fields, dear God, and bless them with the living blessing of soft rain. Then the land will rejoice and rivers will sing Your praises, and the hearts of all will be made glad. AmenRural Life Prayers, Blessings, and LiturgiesVictoria M. Tufano (Editor) Publisher: National Catholic Rural Life Conference (1989)


Courses in Social Justice Offered in June!

Don’t miss the Summer Certification Institute classes in Social Justice, Service and the

Social Mission of the Church:

Teachers, Catechists, social concerns ministers, youth ministers: Come learn a more about the social teachings of the church and make local applications to your min-istry! As part of the Summer Certification Institutes, the Office of Social Justice and Respect Life will be offering a class in basic Catholic social teaching, the social mission of the Church, service and justice and more! Summer

Catechizing for a Just World: Catholic Social Teaching and the Catechist3 Hour Advanced Catechetical Skills Course: ACL-8 (AFF-8)

Thursday, June 6, Catholic Center/Lourdes Hall, Albuquerque, 9am-12 noon - Kathy Freeze, instructorTuesday, June 18, Santa Maria de la Paz, Santa Fe, 9am-12 noon - Kathy Freeze, instructorSaturday, June 29, OLG in Clovis, 9am-12 noon, Catarina Torres, instructor

Our Catholic faith is rooted in Biblical justice and calls us to transform the world through the social mission of the Church. In this skills workshop, catechetical leaders and parish ministers will review the social teachings of the Church, learn ways to assist catechists and families to integrate the social teachings of the Church into religious education and family life through practical models of re-flection, service, justice and action. Links will be made to the National Certification Standards for Catechetical Leaders.

Cost: $10 a class. To register, call the Office of Reli-gious Education, 505-831-8129

Be One in a Million—Join Us to Confront Global Poverty!

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (US-CCB) and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) call on one mil-lion Catholics in the United States to confront global pov-erty. Advocate with us to end hunger, disease, conflict, and other issues that affect the lives of our brothers and sisters worldwide. Catholics Confront Global Poverty encour-ages Catholics in the United States to pray, learn, share, and advocate on key issues affecting poor and vulnerable people in developing countries. Join this exciting initiative and be one in a million Catholics raising your voice for peace and justice worldwide Go to http://crs.org/global-poverty/index.cfm

That Campaign has engaged Catholics in advocating for U.S. policies to reduce poverty throughout the world by focusing on three areas of U.S. economic policy: just trade policies, effective foreign aid, and debt relief for the poorest countries. The Campaign asked Catholics to

• pray for people throughout the world seeking to rise from the indignities of poverty;

• learn about Catholic social teaching, U.S. economic policies, and the world’s poor; and

• advocate by contacting elected officials to make the case for trade, aid and debt policies that overcome poverty and promote development.

New JustFaith and Justice Walking Groups Forming for Fall 2013

In JustFaith (adult) and Justice Walking (youth) pa-rishioners experience a spiritual journey into compassion. Here is a chance to learn Catholic social teachings in a deliberate and engaging way. Offered in hundreds of par-ishes across the country, with a lively, challenging for-mat, you will read, view, discuss, pray, experience and be formed as committed disciples of Jesus Christ in the Cath-olic justice tradition. See lives change, give a faithful wit-ness, and transform the world! Groups start in September. Albuquerque parishes that will likely be hosting JustFaith in the Fall include Immaculate Conception, St. Joseph on the Rio Grande and others. If interested, contact the Office of Social Justice and Respect Life.

The Archdiocese of Santa FeAfrican American Catholic Community Mass Sunday, June 30, 12 noon

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Nominations Requested - Leadership Award for Young Adults

We need your help identifying deserving young adults! Do you know a young faith-filled Catholic between the ages of 18-35 who has demonstrated leadership against poverty and injustice in the United States? The Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award is given annually to a Catholic young adult between the ages of 18-35 engaged in efforts to end the root causes of poverty in the Unit-ed States. The winner receives $1,000 and is honored at an annual reception attended by dozens of bishops. The award is an excellent opportunity to recognize a deserving young Catholic from your diocese. Go to http://www.usc-cb.org/about/catholic-campaign-for-human-development/cardinal-bernardin-new-leadership-award.cfm for more information, view the brochure and nomination form and to watch a videos of the past winners. Please help by nom-inating young persons from your parish and getting the word out about the award to other potential nominators! Nominations are due July 31.

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The Ecumenical and In-ter-religious Commission of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe is dedicated to enabling Catholics throughout the Archdiocese to respond faithfully to Christ’s call for unity. This article represents the ninth in an on-going series of frequent-ly asked questions related to ecumenism and inter-re-ligious relations.

Church teaching on ec-umenism affirms that the Catholic Church is the Church founded by Christ after his resurrection. Vati-can Council II writes, “This is the unique Church of Christ which in the creed we avow as one, holy, cath-olic, and apostolic.” “This Church,” it continues, “sub-sists in the Catholic Church, which is governed by the successor of Peter and by the bishops in union with that successor” (Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, [LG] no. 8). “Subsistence” means lasting, an historical conti-nuity and permanence of all elements instituted by Christ in the Catholic Church, in which the Church of Christ is concretely found on this earth. The Decree on Ec-umenism affirms that the Catholic Church holds the promise of the unity we seek, stating that “this uni-ty subsists in the Catholic Church as something she can never lose, and we hope that it will continue to in-crease until the end of time” (UR, no. 4). The Decree also affirms that the Church of Christ is present and op-erative in the Churches and ecclesial communities not yet in full communion with the Catholic Church, on account of the elements of sanctification and truth that are present in them. Never-theless, the word “subsists” can only be attributed to the Catholic Church precisely

because it refers to the mark of unity that we profess in the Creed (I believe in one…Church); and this one Church subsists in the Cath-olic Church.This unity does not imply absolute unifor-mity in local expressions of the same faith. Scripture shows that there has al-ways been pluralism in the Church. In the New Testa-ment, the term “church” is applied to one or another of the individual local congre-gations that manifested the faith shared by the whole Christian community.When the local first century churches of Corinth, Ephe-sus, Rome, Philippi, Jerusa-lem, for example, worked to live in harmony and visible communion (communio), we see manifested the unity of the one Church of Christ, subsisting in these various churches. Only when all the elements of faith are man-ifested in a given church can that church be declared in union with the fullness of Christ’s Church. How-ever, to say that the Cath-olic Church is the Church established by Christ does not mean that Catholics have always manifested the truth revealed by God in ev-ery instance in history. The Council admits that “al-though the Catholic Church has been endowed with all divinely revealed truth and willed all means of grace, its members fail to live by them with all fervor” (UR, no. 4). The Sacred Council calls the Church to bear in her own body the humility and dying of Jesus neces-sary to admit when it is or has been unfaithful to that truth. As Scripture reminds us, “If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us” (1 Jn. 1:10).—Taken from the Archdiocesan Handbook for Ecumenical and In-ter-religious Affairs, 11-12)

Ecumenism 101Isn’t the Catholic Church the

One True Church? The Heritage Preservation

Awards Ceremony was held in May in Santa Fe at the Scot-tish Rite Center. The ceremony is held every year by the New Mexico Historic Preservation Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs of New Mexi-co. The Santa Ana Pueblo was recognized for their recon-struction of the Santa Ana de Tamaya Mission Church at the traditional Pueblo site off of Highway 550. The award was for the exemplary and tradi-tional restoration by the people of Santa Ana Pueblo to restore a signification part of New Mexico history.

In attendance to receive the award were E.J. Lujan, former

Governor of Santa Ana Pueblo, Martin Gallegos, sacristan, Ju-lian Garcia, and Ken Paquin.

Fr. Paul Juliet, former pastor of San Diego Parish and Deacon Steve Rangel were also in at-tendance.

Gov. Lujan shared how it took a lot of people working togeth-er to make this project possible. The project came about from the dire need to fix the church structure. Discussions took place, not only to fix the struc-ture, but to bring it back to its original form based on past pic-tures of the church. A team was set up to work on the project realizing that the project had a deeper meaning than just fixing the structure of the church. By looking at the church, you can see the attention to details and the great love it took to bring it back to its original architec-tural structure. The Pueblo felt great pride to be recognized for their accomplishment by the Department of Cultural Affairs Historic Preservation Division of the State of New Mexico.

Heritage Preservation Award Santa Ana de Tamaya Mission Church

“The Santa Ana Pueblo was recognized for their

reconstruction of the Santa Ana de Tamaya Mission Church at the traditional Pueblo site off of Highway 550. The award was for the exemplary and

traditional restoration by the people of Santa Ana Pueblo to restore a signification part of

New Mexico history.”

By Deacon Steve Rangel, Director of Pastoral Outreach/Deacons

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By Jennifer Murphy-Dye, EIM Community Outreach Director, Parishioner, Our Lady of the Annunciation

Members of The Mary Guild, Holy Trinity Parish, were con-secrated to our Blessed Moth-er Mary in April, the Sunday of Divine Mercy. To gain the crown of Marian Consecra-tion, they completed a 33 day retreat, devoted intensely to spiritual reading and prayerful pondering under the direction of Fr. Kevin Iwuoha, an inspi-rational leader for a glorious journey.

The ceremony was beautiful-ly arranged by Fr. Iwuoha. Af-ter the entrance procession each person placed a rose at the feet

of Our Lady. When their name was called, each came forward holding their lit candle, bowed before Our Lady and prayed the prayer of consecration. Fa-ther gave his priestly blessing, presenting each a consecration certificate, blessed Miraculous Medal and Rosary.

During the retreat, their stud-ies concentrated on the beauti-ful, rich spirituality of Marian saints St. Louis de Montfort, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Bless-ed Mother Teresa, and Blessed John Paul II. Through conse-cration they learned to give themselves entirely to Our

Lady, be led by her and put their complete trust in her.

Mother Mary has already sent new blessings through them to the parish. In addition to their Mary Garden Ministry, the guild has established Mary Meals, for parishioners in tem-porary need; Mary Moms, de-voted to mothers establishing a faithful family life; a lending library to assist parishioners growing in their faith. These new ministries reflect the im-pact Marian Consecration had on their lives.

To show respect and love for the Blessed Virgin Mary and her son Jesus Christ, female

Marian Consecration in Arroyo SecoBy Martha Lyles, President, The Mary Guild, Holy Trinity Parish, Arroyo Seco



members of the guild will veil in the presence of the Blessed Sacra-ment, joyously bringing alive this 2000 year old tradition. “I love what the veil represents, the dignity of a woman,” said Dorothy Garcia. “My veil centers focus on Christ during the Mass, funnels attention to the altar, shielding me from the world,” says Kathy Brown. An example of faith rediscovered, Georgiana Montoya shared, “I’ve always been Catholic, but for the first time truly

feel I am a faithful Catholic.” Ev-eryone agrees Marian Consecration is amazing and life changing!

In April, a request from Fr. Iwuo-ha for partial indulgence for those consecrated was granted by Arch-bishop Michael J. Sheehan. Arch-bishop asked those receiving the indulgence say some prayers for the intentions of the Holy Father, and reminded them to be deeply committed to their Christian living and to the practice of their Catholic faith.


By Dr. Christopher Kaczor, acting chair and professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles

Dear Second Grader,Before you were born, your parents thought about certain days. They thought

about and wondered exactly when you would be born. They also wondered whether someday you might get married. They wondered whether you might have children yourself. God calls you to great things whatever they may be.

The day of your First Communion is another day they thought about (and God thought about) from the beginning. God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit came upon you in your baptism. God reinforced his life in you in your First Confes-sion. Now, Jesus comes to you entirely—Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. What a great gift! What a great day! Today is one of the most important days in your life. Today, you have received for the very first time, the Body and Blood of Jesus the Lord! I am so happy for you.

God has richly blessed you in many ways. First, he made you—loveable, ador-able, and wonderful. Next, God gave you the Sacrament of Baptism and then the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Now, God has given you the best Sacrament of all, the Holy Eucharist. Baptism and Confession get you ready to receive Jesus, and now you have. God has given you many, many wonderful gifts: family, friends, fun times. But the very best thing God can ever give to anyone is Himself because it is God who ultimately makes us happy.

Have you ever seen the movie The Prince of Egypt? Moses was so unhappy that he ran away from his home into the desert. In the desert, Moses knelt before the burning bush because he was in the presence of God. He got to talk to God face to face. How important he must have felt and how loved by God. What we have in Holy Communion is even better than what Moses had. Like Moses we are in the presence of God. But we also get to have God right within us. Moses waited for the day God’s Savior would come. We get to meet Jesus the Savior ourselves in Holy Communion and become one with him.

Why did Jesus give us Holy Communion? Well, when you love someone you want to be with them. Your parents love you so much and that is why they like to be with you. But Jesus loves you even more, and that’s why Jesus will always be eager for you to receive him in Holy Communion. God made it so that he could be together with us on earth. One of the best ways God does this is through Holy Communion. God wants us to be very happy, and God knows that we will be happy if we are united with God in Christ. Jesus wants to be with you always. He wants to live in you, and you to live in him. And that’s what Holy Communion does. It is Jesus’s way of being our best friend, our most true friend. Friendship with anyone is wonderful, and now you have deepened your friendship with God himself. Every time you receive our Lord in the way you have, your friendship with Jesus can grow stronger.

I am so happy for you today as you receive your First Holy Communion. The whole purpose of our lives is to love God and other people so that we can be hap-py. I want you to have a great life and so does God. By receiving Holy Commu-nion, you get a chance to increase your love for God and also your love for other people. Holy Communion makes us happier by uniting us with God, our families, and other people.

You are an important member of your family. And you are also an important part of God’s family. In having Holy Communion—the Body and Blood of Christ—you become more closely united with Jesus. As you grow older, you can become more and more like Jesus; you can become a stronger child of God.

Remember you can always talk to God and listen to God, but one of the very best times to listen to God and speak to God is right after receiving Holy Communion. Now, any day you would like to, you may unite yourself with Jesus in this wonder-ful way.

Nothing is more wonderful than being united with God, and that’s what you get in Holy Communion. God is right inside of you in the Host. The Host is Jesus himself, the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ. After receiving Commu-nion, you are a little bit like Jesus Mother Mary who had Jesus inside of her as a baby for nine months.

I hope that you always remember your First Communion, even if you live to be 100 years old. You are lucky because you can look forward to many, many times of being united with Jesus in Holy Communion in the future. I hope you continue to receive Jesus every Sunday, or even more often, for the rest of your life. Con-gratulations on your First Holy Communion!

F i r s t H o l y C o m m u n i o n

Top Row: Desiree Trujillo, Fr. Dons Onyeke, Monique Romero, Karissa Gallegos, Hailey Martinez. Bottom Row: Josh Garcia, Naomi Martinez, Briana Chacon, Rebecca Chacon, Elias Trujillo and Miguel Chavez.

First Holy Communion at Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Gallina

St. Thomas Aquinas

In May, 240 children from St. Thomas Aquinas Parish School and Religious Education Program made their First Holy Commu-nion at the Santa Ana Star Center. Approximately 3,000 friends and family were in attendance.

Msgr. Douglas Raun pastor of St. Thomas was the main cele-brant. Assisting Msgr. Raun were Fr. Scott Mansfield, vicar, Dea-cons Roger Ayers and David Lit-tle.

In the past because of the num-

ber of children, Holy Communion was celebrated on four consecu-tive Saturdays at 3pm, which made it difficult for family and friends to attend. Having it at the Santa Ana Star Center made it possible for all to attend this beautiful ceremony.

The Santa Ana Star Center was decorated by the parish school’s art teacher, Mrs. Wendy Rakes and assisted by Gilberto Garcia, Anne McCluskey and committee, which enhanced the sacrament with rev-erence and solemnity.


After two years of faithful commitment, sacrifice and hard work, 60 children and their families came together on a weekend in May to cele-brate the wondrous sacrament of First Eucharist at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Albuquer-que. Dressed in their new gar-ments the children anxiously and excitedly participated ac-tively in the Mass, lecturing, responding and taking up the gifts. Among the 60 were 10 middle school aged students and two high school teens.

Confirmation at this parish was also held in May and was celebrated by Msgr. Lam-bert Luna. Twenty teens and six adults were confirmed in an amazing Mass where this community of faith was filled with warmth as these students began a new chapter of their faith journey.

St. Anne’s has been tru-ly blessed, having the honor of witnessing these children, teens, adults and their families grow together in faith, hope and love.

San José ConfirmationBy Sr. Marisa Lopez, Fdcc, Children & Youth Program Coordinator, San José Parish, Albuquerque

By Deacon Steve Rangel, Director of Pastoral Outreach/Deacons, Deacon at San Diego Mission Church, Jemez Pueblo

In May, at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Fran-cis of Assisi, 81 adults and three youth were confirmed by Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan. Fr. Larry Bernard, pastor of San Diego Mission Church at Jemez Pueblo had requested to have the confirmation at the cathedral because of the large number of individuals to be confirmed. The cathedral was almost full with family and friends attending the Mass. It was a joyous celebration as the people of God joined together at the con-firmation. You could feel the excitement and joy that radiated throughout the cathedral and a great sense of pride was felt by everyone as we came together as a family of God.

We were especially proud since this was the second class of adults to be confirmed in six months. The first class was December 2012 at St. Jude Thaddeus Church in Albuquerque, when our parish had 35 who were confirmed. We at Jemez Pueblo and our five mission churches (Zia Pueblo, Santa Ana Pueblo, San Isidro, Canon, and Ponderosa Missions) have been blessed with the spiritual leadership Fr. Larry and our previ-ous pastor, Fr. Paul Juniet. We are also blessed to have Lucy Waquie, our catechetical leader and our catechists, Margie Creel, Pat Ferguson and Pat Pecos who taught the classes along with Fr. Larry and me.

Archbishop Sheehan shared how happy and

proud he was to see so many adults getting con-firmed and he told them to continue to grow in their faith so they can share it with others. We are already getting requests to start another adult confirmation class which is being planned for the early part of next year. Our church is alive and well at Jemez Pueblo and our five mission churches as we continue our faith journey shar-ing the Good News of our Lord Jesus Christ.

In May, San Clemente Parish in Los Lunas along with Immac-ulate Conception Parish from Tome celebrated the sacrament of confirmation. Archbishop

Michael J. Sheehan confirmed 51 teens and eight adults and was joined in the celebration of the Mass by Fr. James Marshall, pastor of San Clemente, Fr. José

Hernandez, pastor of Immacu-late Conception and Fr. Francis-co Alanis from San Juan Diego Mission. Please keep all who were confirmed in your prayers.

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En Septiembre del 2012 se inició en la Parroquia de San José en Albuquerque, el proce-so de preparación para los can-didatos a recibir el sacramento de la confirmación. La parro-quia recibió a 233 candidatos de los cuales se confirmaron 198 en una celebración prece-dida por nuestro Sr. Arzobispo Michael J. Sheehan y el Obis-po Emérito de Pueblo Colorado Arthur Tafoya.

Fue un momento de gracia y bendición para toda la co-

munidad parroquial, donde estos jóvenes renovaron las promesas bautismales y reci-bieron a través del sacramento de la confirmación el Don del Espíritu Santo. Recemos por todos aquellos que en nuestra arquidiócesis han recibido este hermoso Sacramento de mad-urez cristiana, y pidamos tam-bién al Señor para que, quienes ya estamos confirmados, nos renovemos en las responsabili-dades que adquirimos al recibir este sacramento.


By Luana Salazar, Holy Ghost Parish SVDP Vice-President

The Society of Saint Vin-

cent de Paul (SVDP) at Holy Ghost parish, under the direc-tion of Rev. Mark A. Schultz, pastor, and Mike Broward, SVDP president, is made up of 12 active volunteers and two part-time volunteers. SVDP depends on the generosity of Holy Ghost parish donations, private donations, and twin-ning (conferences and coun-cils that assist others with less resources or in particular sit-uations; a direct link between two conferences or councils, consisting of sharing prayer, a profound friendship and mate-rial resources).

The spirit of prayer is upheld by opening each meeting with prayer as well as by offering spiritual guidance and praying with clients in need of prayer. This responsibility belongs to the office of the vice president.

Like other area SVDP soci-eties, the Holy Ghost parish branch provides food for the poor and the homeless; help with partial payments for util-ities; and spiritual food for the soul. Volunteer George Lar-ranaga (a veteran himself), helps veterans navigate their

way through the VA’s benefits application process.

Because of the high volume of clients in the Holy Ghost parish district, it is impossible for SVDP volunteers to make home visits for all, therefore SVDP opens its doors on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1:00-3:00 p.m. However, ev-ery effort is made to visit the homes of the disabled or those without transportation.

We are very grateful for fi-nancial donations from Our Lady of Fatima, Risen Sav-ior, St. Charles Borromeo, Our Lady of the Annunciation Church, Prince of Peace and others outside the state.

Besides relying on money donations, SVDP would not be able to keep their pantry stocked if not for the help of the Holy Ghost school chil-dren and their parents. Last

year the school collected 700 pounds of non-perishable food. A week before Hallow-een, the HG parish RCIA con-firmation class went door-to-door in their neighborhoods collecting food. This year the parish’s home schooled chil-dren and their parents collect-ed and donated 400 pounds of food. Holy Ghost parish’s St. Vincent de Paul is blessed with the generous children and adults willing to make sacrific-es for the benefit of the poor.

Unfortunately, the number of families requiring food and assistance continues to climb. However, with the grace of God and the continued gen-erosity of others, Holy Ghost parish’s SVDP will continue to provide the basic necessi-ties to those in need. “Go to the poor, you will find God…” St. Vincent De Paul

The Marian Day and second anniversary of the installation of the Vietnamese Lady of La Vang statue in Chimayo will be celebrated on Sun-day, August 25, 2013 at noon at the Santuario de Chimayo, Archdiocese of Santa Fe, New Mexico. This celebration takes place annually on the last Sun-day of August.

The Holy Mass will be pre-sided over by Abbot Philip

Lawrence, O.S.B. Monastery of Christ in the Desert, with U.S. and Vietnamese priests. The liturgy will be celebrated according to Vietnamese tradi-tion, in accord with the Santu-ario de Chimayo and the Mon-astery of Christ in the Desert.

For the glorification of Our Lady of La Vang, all priests, religious and Vietnamese compatriots are cordially in-vited to participate.

Divine Mercy Sunday was a great blessing for 35 people as they were induct-ed to become Eucharistic Apostle of Divine Mer-cy. This took place at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Rio Rancho. At 3 o’clock (the hour of mercy) this group attended the service of the recitation of the Di-vine Mercy Chaplet fol-lowing by our pastor Msgr. Douglas Raun conducting the ceremony of Induction. It was concluded by the Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament.

Eucharistic Apostle of Divine Mercy is a lay min-istry who are affiliated with the Apostolates of Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA. They promised to help to spread the message of Divine Mercy all around them, doing deeds( spiritu-al and corporal) works of mercy and to build up their local church.

The following names were the candidates: Dereck Aranda,Leota As-mus, Grace Bonnette, Hilda Baca,Nila Baker Katheryn Bryant, Dorali Calderone, Deidra Casaus-Daniel,

Barbara Charrette, Maria Cortez, Julianna Cornett, Olga Cusumano, Kathleen Fucile, Allen Gelinas, Anna Genco, Santo Genco, Bar-bara Gomez, Jeanne Han-son, Elaine Herrera, Marie Holmes, Jennifer Houido-bre, L.A. Kelton, Barbara Lioce, Joanna Lovato, The-resa Maria Lucero, Clara Miera, Denise Panozzo, Margaret Perea Martinez, Sharon Purtell,Joyce Quita-na, Arlene Rambow, John-ny Salazar, Marilyn Scully, Dolores Schieder, Penny Torretto, Josie Tafoya, Rog-er Tofaya. Their facilitator is Theresa Gelinas.

These candidates have been studying together the Diary of St. Faustina since April 2012. A few started the study in January 2013. A cenacle of Divine Mercy is now in progress weekly to deepen their understand-ing of the Mercy of God, they are bonding together as a very cohesive group.

New members are always welcome, therefore the ministry will continue to grow and be re-confirmed each year as Eucharistic Apostle of Divine Mercy.

Induction Ceremony on Divine Mercy Sunday

Holy Ghost Parish St. Vincent de Paul Making a Difference

Chimayo Celebrates Our Lady of La Vang

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R e s t i n P e a c e

Sr. Patricks, OPSr. Clara Pat-

ricks, formerly known as Sr. An-thony Ann Patricks, died on May 22, at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, Michigan. She was 88 years of age and in the 72nd year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Clara was born in Roy, NM, to Anthony and Anna (Kitchell) Pat-ricks. Sister graduated from St. Joseph Academy in Adrian, MI, and received a Bachelor of Philosophy degree in History from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian, MI; a Master of Arts degree in Home Economics from the University of New Mexico in Al-buquerque and a Master of Arts degree in Ministry from Seattle University in Seattle, WA.

Sister spent 32 years ministering in education in Lemon Grove, California; Douglas, Bisbee and Winslow, Ari-zona; Tucumcari, Roy and Albuquer-que; Delta, CO; Morelia Michoacán, Mexico, and El Paso, TX. She was a Religious Education Director for two years at St. Mary Parish in Montrose, CO, and a pastoral minister for four years at Our Lady of Fatima Mission in Olathe, CO. Sister became a resi-dent of the Dominican Life Center in Adrian, MI in 2002.

Sr. Joella ReversSr. Joella Revers OSF,

92, died peacefully and un-expectedly at Mount Saint Francis Nursing Center, Colorado Springs, on May 15, 2013, having served 74 years as a Sister of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adora-tion. She (Bernice Revers) was born to Joseph and Frances (Gozka) Revers in Omaha, NE on June 29, 1922. Her parents were original-ly from Poznan, Poland, and her entire family have treasured their cultural heritage. Sr. Joella is survived by four sisters: Sr. Regina Revers OSF, Regina Jamrozy, Genevieve Jadlowski and Virgina Green; and two brothers: John and Al Revers. Her parents and two sisters, Mary Kay and JoAnn Revers preceded her in death.

In 1965, Sr. Joella joined the Education De-partment faculty of the College of St. Joseph, Albuquerque, NM. In 1970, she earned a Mas-ters Degree in Library Science from Rosary College, River Forest, Illinois. Between 1965 and 1986 Sister Joella taught in the Education Department, served as Assistant Librarian, Assistant Professor of Education, Reference Librarian and then Director of the University of Albuquerque Library. In 1987, she moved to Mount Saint Francis in Colorado Springs. Here she served in a variety of positions in-cluding administration, community archivist, and librarian.

Sr. Joella will be remembered for her gentle spirit, her deeply prayerful life, her Polish heri-tage, her love of nature, and her most kind and loving care and concern for others.

Br. Amedy “Ramon” Esquibel, F.S.C.Br. Amedy “Ramon” Esquibel, F.S.C. passed away on December 22, 2012 at the age of 86 years. Br. Amedy was a member of the De La Salle Christian Brothers, New Orleans - Santa Fe District. He re-cently celebrated 67 years of religious life and 50 of those at Christian Brothers School. He served as a teacher, spiritual leader and friend for many young men throughout his years of service and will be sad-ly missed by all. He is the son of the late Hipolito and Eloisa Esquibel. He was born and raised at the

family ranch in Las Nutrias, NM, where he enjoyed returning to visit whenever he had the chance. In ad-dition to his parents, he is also predeceased by his sisters: Rosaura, Josefina and Margarita Esquibel; brothers: Gilbert (wife Emma), Paul, John (wife Sar-ah) and Herky Esquibel; brother-in-law Ernie Vigil; and close cousin Br. George Esquibel. Br. Amedy is survived by his sisters: Loysie Lobato (husband, Raymond), Josina Vigil, Rose Esquibel, and Mindie Baca (husband Lou); brother: Tony Esquibel (wife Cathy); and sister-in-law Maclovia Esquibel. He is also survived by his fellow brothers in residence, Br. Laurence Konersmann, F.S.C., Br. John Mai, F.S.C. and Br. John Larose, F.S.C., as well as many nieces, nephews and other loving relatives and friends.

Rev. James P. Moore A lifelong resident of Albuquer-que, NM, was called home by his heavenly Father on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. He was born in Albuquerque on November 21, 1928, to Mary Ellen and Otis Moore. He was preceded in death by his parents, his brothers, Wil-liam, Thomas, Robert, Terry and his sister, Mary Elizabeth. Fr. Moore was the youngest of the family, who were all Albuquerque natives. He was a Navy Veteran, serving his country for two years in World War II. Fr. Moore later attended the University of New Mexico, receiv-ing degrees in education. He worked in the Albuquer-que Public Schools for more than three decades, 17 years as a teacher and 15 years in administration as a library-media specialist, and then as the District Di-rector of Library Media Services. In 1966, he received a federal grant to study for three months at the Univer-sity of Cairo in Egypt. Six years later, Fr. Moore was awarded a Fulbright Grant to study at the University of Delhi in India. Subsequently, he received funding from the West German government for a two month study of that nation’s instructional television system. In 1983, he received another Fulbright Grant to study

in the People’s Republic of China. In 1986, Rev. Moore left Albuquerque to attend Mater Dei Sem-inary for Late Vocations in Spokane, WA, where he received a Master’s Degree in Spirituality. He served as deacon at Albuquerque’s Immaculate Conception for ten years, before he was ordained a priest, by then Archbishop of Santa Fe, Robert Sanchez, in services at St. Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe. Fr. Moore also served on the Archdiocese’s Board of Education for six years, on the Board of Catholic Social Services for two years and on the Deacon Board of the arch-diocese for two years. Once ordained as a priest, Fr. Moore served at St. Bernadette’s as an assistant pas-tor and was then assigned as pastor at Sacred Heart Parish in Albuquerque, which was his last assignment. He was responsible for attaining the steel beams from the Twin Towers terrorist attack in New York City on 9/11, which supports the church’s bell. Upon his retirement, Fr. Moore assisted all parishes within the diocese, frequently helping them with Masses and penance services. He was a frequent guest priest at St. Charles, St. Francis, Holy Family, St. Ann’s, Our Lady of Sorrows in Bernalillo and San Jose Mission in Algodones. He enjoyed helping out his brother priests in every capacity, he had a special love for San Jose Mission in Algodones, where the parish members welcomed him with love and special care. Fr. Moore would have celebrated his 25th anniversary of ordina-tion into the priesthood on June 25th.


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4000 St. Joseph Pl. NW, Albuquerque, NM.Date Readings (Cycle C)June 9, 2013 1 Kgs 17:17-24 10th Sunday Ordinary Time Ps 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13 Abbot Joel Garner, O.Praem Gal 1:11-19 / Lk 7:11-17 June 16, 2013 2 Sm 12:7-10, 13 11th Sunday Ordinary Time PS 32:1-2, 5, 7, 11 Abbot Joel Garner, O.Praem Gal 2:16, 19-21 / Lk 7:36—8:3 LK 7:36-50June 23, 2013 Zec 12:10-11; 13:1 12th Sunday Ordinary Time Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 Abbot Joel Garner, O.Praem Gal 3:26-29 / Lk 9:18-24

June 30, 2013 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21 13th Sunday Ordinary Time Ps 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11 Abbot Joel Garner, O.Praem Gal 5:1, 13-18 / Lk 9:51-62 July 7, 2013 Is 66:10-14c 14th Sunday Ordinary Time Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16, 20 Rev. Andrew Pavlak Gal 6:14-18 / Lk 10:1-12, 17-20 or LK 10:1-9July 14, 2013 Dt 30:10-14 15th Sunday Ordinary Time Ps 69:14, 17, 30-31, 33-34, 36, 37 Rev. Andrew Pavlak Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 / Col 1:15-20 Lk 10:25-37

June 2013 15 Servant of God Orlando Catanii16 St. John Francis Regis17 St. Joseph Cafasso18 Venerable Matt Talbot19 St. Romuald20 St. Paulinus of Nola21 St. Aloysius Gonzaga22 St. Thomas More23 St. John Fisher24 Solemnity of the Birth of John the Baptist25 Blessed Jutta of Thuringia26 Blessed Raymond Lull27 St. Cyril of Alexandria28 St. Irenaeus29 Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul30 First Martyrs of the Church of Rome

July 20131 Blessed Junipero Serra2 St. Oliver Plunkett3 St. Thomas the Apostle4 St. Elizabeth of Portugal5 St. Anthony Zaccaria6 St. Maria Goretti7 Blessed Emmanuel Ruiz and Companions8 St. Gregory Grassi and Companions9 St. Augustine Zhao Rong and Companions10 St. Veronica Giuliani11 St. Benedict12 Sts. John Jones and John Wall13 St. Henry14 Saint Kateri Tekakwitha

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Dear young men, you are being ordained priests and deacons to serve in the church of the new evangelization called for by Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis. You are being ordained in the Year of Faith, called to reach out not only to active practicing Catholics but especially to inactive Catholics and unchurched persons…I ask you …to give yourselves to the new evangelization the Church needs so much. God’s rich blessings upon your ministry!

Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan, May 18, 2013


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