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mor

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an ju

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phra

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Hol

y Fa

ther

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prai

sed

the

Un

iver

sity

of

Not

re D

ame

for

bei

ng

a cr

itic

ally

im

port

ant

apos

tola

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New

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men

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nt

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ohn

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uca

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oun

dat

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ath

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id-

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ty”

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just

at

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re D

ame,

bu

t at

all

of

our

edu

cati

onal

inst

itut

ion

s. P

ope

Fran

cis

char

ged

us

to “d

efen

d it

, to

pres

erve

it a

nd

to a

dva

nce

it!”

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ope

Fran

cis’

wor

ds

ech

oed

in

my

hea

rt

rem

ind

ing

me

of B

less

ed B

asil

Mor

eau

’s

own

wor

ds w

ritt

en in

1856

: “B

y ze

al is

und

er-

stoo

d th

at fl

ame

of b

urn

ing

desi

re w

hic

h

one

feel

s to

mak

e G

od k

now

n, l

oved

an

d se

rved

an

d th

us

save

sou

ls.”

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refl

ect

ing

on B

less

ed

Mor

eau

’s w

ord

s, t

her

e is

no

ques

tion

he

was

cal

lin

g fo

r a

“New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

” fo

r h

is t

ime

and

circ

um

stan

ce,

char

gin

g h

is c

omm

un

ity

wit

h t

he

task

of

bec

omin

g n

ew e

van

geli

sts.

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anks

to

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wor

k of

Frs

. Kev

in G

rove

,C

.S.C

., an

d A

ndre

w G

awry

ch,

C.S

.C.,

you

’ll g

et a

gli

mps

e of

Fr. M

orea

u’s

evan

gelic

al m

is-

sion

in

th

is i

ssu

e of

Pill

ars.

We

are

incl

ud

ing

an e

xcer

pt o

f th

e n

ew

book

, “B

asil

Mor

eau

: Ess

enti

al W

riti

ngs

,” re

sear

ched

an

d co

mpi

led

by F

rs. G

rove

an

dG

awry

ch a

nd p

ubli

shed

by

Ave

Mar

ia P

ress

.

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also

hav

e a

nu

mb

er o

f in

sigh

ts w

rit-

ten

by H

oly

Cro

ss r

elig

iou

s w

ho a

re w

orki

ng

dai

ly i

n t

he

vin

eyar

d w

ith

stu

den

ts o

f al

l ag

es a

t ou

r ed

uca

tion

and

par

ish

min

istr

ies.

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r au

thor

s ex

amin

e ev

eryt

hin

g fr

om t

he

Pap

al a

nd

Ch

urc

h d

ocu

men

ts t

hat

rei

gnit

edth

e ev

ange

liza

tion

fl am

e to

per

spec

tive

s on

how

we

are

all c

alle

d to

be

evan

geli

zers

.

As

you

rea

d th

rou

gh t

his

issu

e an

d re

fl ec

ton

th

e to

pics

, you

’ll n

otic

e th

at t

he

mag

a-zi

ne

look

s a

littl

e di

ffer

ent.

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we

brin

g yo

um

ore

in-d

epth

top

ics,

we

thou

ght

it a

ppro

-pr

iate

to

mak

e so

me

oth

er c

han

ges

as w

ell.

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ve i

ncl

ude

d a

shor

t su

rvey

in

sert

th

at

we

hop

e yo

u’ll

fi l

l ou

t an

d re

turn

in

th

e m

ail o

r su

bmit

on

lin

e. W

e ar

e ve

ry i

nte

r-es

ted

in y

our

feed

back

.

Wh

eth

er it

’s t

hro

ugh

th

e w

riti

ngs

of

Ble

ssed

Mor

eau

or

the

wor

ds o

f P

ope

Fran

cis,

let

us

be

rem

inde

d th

at w

e ar

e al

l cal

led

byou

r B

apti

sm t

o b

e m

inis

ters

of

the

Gos

pel;

and

as m

inst

ers,

we

are

to

prof

ess

usi

ng

the

gift

s w

e h

ave

been

giv

en t

hro

ugh

Ch

rist

Jesu

s re

surr

ecte

d.

M

ay G

od b

less

you

an

d yo

ur

fam

ilie

s th

rou

ghou

t th

is y

ear

and

may

God

ble

ss

and

guid

e th

e C

ongr

egat

ion

of

Hol

y C

ross

.

1

of C

hri

st is

res

plen

dent

on

th

e fa

ce o

f th

eC

hu

rch

.” Lo

vin

g th

is li

ght

in e

ver-

deep

erw

ays

is a

cle

ar s

um

mon

s of

th

e C

oun

cil.

The

oth

er d

ogm

atic

con

stit

uti

on t

he

Cou

nci

l iss

ued

, “D

ei V

erbu

m”

(“Th

e W

ord

of G

od”)

dec

lare

d th

at “

the

mos

t in

tim

ate

trut

h t

hu

s re

veal

ed a

bout

God

and

hu

man

salv

atio

n s

hin

es f

orth

for

us

in C

hri

st,

wh

o is

Him

self

bot

h t

he

med

iato

r an

d su

m t

otal

of

reve

lati

on.”

This

pla

ces

fron

tan

d ce

nter

a r

elat

ion

al v

iew

of

reve

lati

on:

God

do

es n

ot j

ust

rev

eal f

acts

abo

ut

Him

self

; He

reve

als

His

ver

y se

lf i

n a

n

inti

mat

e an

d ra

dia

nt

way

. Rev

elat

ion

is

a pe

rson

, th

e pe

rson

of

Ch

rist

. Ou

r re

-

The

Chur

ch m

ust

“rai

se t

heto

rch

of r

elig

ious

tru

th.”

The

Chur

ch m

ust

rela

teto

the

wor

ld n

ot a

s en

emy

but

as b

elov

ed, b

ring

ing

divi

ne li

ght

to t

he d

arke

stof

hum

an s

itua

tion

s ...

spon

se, f

aith

, is

then

a r

elat

iona

l res

pon

se.

Rel

atio

nsh

ips

can

alw

ays

be

deep

ened

, an

d th

e do

cum

ent

mak

es t

hat

poi

nt,

re-

m

ind

ing

us

that

th

e “H

oly

Spir

it c

on-

stan

tly

perf

ects

fai

th.”

Fait

h i

s an

y re

- sp

onse

to

God

’s lo

vin

g en

tree

s to

rel

atio

n-

ship

. Fai

th c

an b

e m

ore

or le

ss i

nch

oate

. M

any

peop

le h

ave

fait

h t

hat

we

mig

ht

stru

ggle

to

reco

gniz

e as

su

ch; a

nd

no

hu

man

, bu

t Je

sus,

has

had

a f

aith

th

at

cou

ldn

’t b

e de

epen

ed.

Th

e w

orld

th

at t

he

Ch

urc

h i

s ca

lled

to

illu

min

ate

is n

ot o

ne t

hat

sit

s in

com

plet

ed

arkn

ess.

“Lum

en G

entiu

m”

re-e

choe

sJo

hn

XX

III’

s h

opef

ul c

onfi

den

ce a

bou

t th

e w

orld

, in

wh

ich

it fi

nd

s “m

any

ele-

men

ts o

f sa

nct

ifica

tion

an

d of

tru

th …

ou

tsid

e (t

he

Ch

urc

h’s)

vis

ible

con

fin

es.”

Ther

e is

no

one

in t

he

wor

ld w

ho

is n

ot

desi

red

of G

od: “

All

wom

en a

nd

men

are

ca

lled

to b

elon

g to

th

e ne

w p

eopl

e of

God

.” Th

ese

teac

hin

gs s

hou

ld fi

re t

he

flam

es

of t

he

love

for

th

e w

orld

th

at w

e’ll

nee

d to

eva

nge

lize

wit

h t

he

sam

e fe

rvor

wit

h

wh

ich

Ch

rist

bro

ugh

t u

s G

ood

New

s.

The

call

to

acti

on i

s gr

oun

ded

in e

x-

hor

tin

g C

hri

stia

ns

to li

ve o

ut

our

Bap

tis-

mal

cal

lin

g, r

emin

din

g u

s th

at “

thro

ugh

B

apti

sm w

e ar

e fo

rmed

in t

he

like

nes

s of

Ch

rist

.” “L

umen

Gen

tium

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as a

n id

enti

ty-

form

ing

purp

ose,

see

kin

g n

ot j

ust

to

info

rm it

s re

ader

s of

con

tent

, bu

t to

con

-tr

ibu

te t

o th

eir

ongo

ing

form

atio

n i

nto

C

hri

st, w

hom

we

“pu

t on

” in

Bap

tism

.A

par

ticu

lar

mis

sion

is g

iven

to

the

lait

yw

hos

e sp

ecia

l gen

ius

is “

to b

e se

cula

r.”It

ex

plai

ns,

“th

e la

ity,

by

thei

r ve

ry v

oca-

tion

, see

k th

e K

ingd

om o

f G

od b

y en

-ga

gin

g in

tem

pora

l aff

airs

an

d by

ord

er-

ing

them

acc

ord

ing

to t

he

plan

of

God

.” Th

is t

each

ing

un

derg

ird

s an

in

carn

a-ti

onal

vie

w o

f ev

ange

liza

tion

: wor

kin

g to

mak

e th

e w

orld

a m

ore

kin

gdom

-or

ient

ed p

lace

in a

ll th

e m

und

ane

sph

eres

of h

um

an e

xist

ence

is

evan

geli

zati

on.

We

can’

t m

ake

Ch

rist

th

e Se

rvan

t pr

esen

tto

a w

aiti

ng

wor

ld w

ith

out

enga

gin

gin

lovi

ng

serv

ice

of o

ur

own

.

Thes

e th

ree

key

teac

hin

gs o

f th

e Co

unc

il

und

ergi

rd t

he

New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

. Fir

stly

, ou

r fa

ith

can

alw

ays

be

deep

ened

, so

all e

van

geli

zers

als

o st

and

in n

eed

of

evan

geli

zati

on. S

econ

dly

, we

mu

st lo

veou

r w

orld

an

d ou

r ev

ange

liza

tion

mu

st

alw

ays

be m

otiv

ated

by

that

love

— a

love

that

can

alw

ays

be

deep

ened

. Th

ird

ly,

love

mu

st b

e ac

tive

, em

bod

ied

, in

carn

a-ti

onal

: Th

ere

is a

dis

tin

ct g

eniu

s to

th

e w

ays

in w

hic

h th

e la

ity

can

brin

g th

e Li

ght

of C

hri

st t

o ou

r w

aiti

ng

wor

ld.

Th

e N

ew E

van

geli

zati

on i

s to

be

de-

fine

d by

joy.

Th

is n

ote,

cle

arly

sou

nded

by

Pop

e Fr

anci

s in

th

e ve

ry t

itle

of

his

re

cen

t ap

osto

lic

exh

orta

tion

“Eva

ngeli

i G

audi

um”

(“Th

e Jo

y of

th

e G

ospe

l”),

re-

echo

es th

e ti

tle

of a

noth

er P

apal

pro

nou

nce-

m

ent:

“Gau

det M

ater

Ecc

lesia

” (“

Mot

her

C

hu

rch

Rej

oice

s!”)

exc

laim

ed b

y B

less

ed

Joh

n X

XII

I as

he

beg

an h

is a

nn

oun

ce-

men

t th

at h

e w

as c

onvo

kin

g th

e Se

con

d V

atic

an C

oun

cil.

In t

his

spe

ech

, Joh

n

XX

III

arti

cula

ted

two

con

vict

ion

s th

at

wou

ld d

rive

th

e vi

sion

of

the

wh

ole

Sec

ond

Vat

ican

Cou

nci

l.

Firs

tly,

we

fin

d a

hop

efu

l con

fide

nce

ab

out

the

wor

ld t

hat

is

in d

isag

reem

ent

“wit

h t

hos

e pr

oph

ets

of d

oom

.” Th

e go

od w

orld

, how

ever

, is

in n

eed

of t

he

Ch

urc

h’s

hel

p in

bec

omin

g w

hat

it i

s cr

eate

d to

be.

Th

e C

hu

rch

mu

st “r

aise

th

eto

rch

of

reli

giou

s tr

uth

.” Th

e C

hu

rch

m

ust

rel

ate

to t

he

wor

ld, n

ot a

s en

emy

but

as b

elov

ed, b

rin

gin

g D

ivin

e li

ght

toth

e d

arke

st o

f h

um

an s

itu

atio

ns;

rea

l-is

tic

abou

t w

hat

nee

ds

to b

e re

deem

ed,

con

fide

nt t

hat

God

is w

orki

ng

to r

edee

mit

, zea

lou

s an

d do

cile

to

coop

erat

e w

ith

G

od’s

lovi

ng

rede

mpt

ive

acti

on. T

his

ser

-va

nt

Ch

urc

h a

lso

stan

ds

in n

eed

of r

ec-

ogn

izin

g it

s ow

n w

eakn

ess,

th

e P

ope

mad

e cl

ear,

hop

ing

the

wor

ld m

ay h

elp

wit

h “

brin

gin

g h

erse

lf u

p-t

o-d

ate.

The

idea

of

rais

ing

up

the

torc

h o

f re

ligi

ous

tru

th i

s ta

ken

up

both

in

con

-te

nt

and

in la

ngu

age

in t

he

very

firs

t pa

ragr

aph

of

the

firs

t do

gmat

ic c

onst

i-tu

tion

th

e C

oun

cil i

ssu

ed. T

he

titu

lar

wor

ds o

f “L

umen

Gen

tium

” re

min

d u

s th

atC

hri

st i

s th

e “L

igh

t of

th

e N

atio

ns”

an

d d

raw

th

e co

nse

quen

ce t

hat

it i

s th

e C

hu

rch

’s r

ole

to b

rin

g th

at li

ght

“to

all

hu

man

ity.

” T

he

mo

vem

ent

is c

lear

our

rejo

icin

g, t

hat

we

expe

rien

ce t

he

war

mth

of

that

ligh

t on

ou

r fa

ces,

mu

st

imm

edia

tely

lead

to

our

ente

rin

g in

to

serv

ice

of o

ur

bel

oved

wor

ld b

y br

ing-

ing

them

th

at v

ery

sam

e li

ght.

Th

at’s

th

e m

ovem

ent

wh

ich

ch

arac

teri

zes

the

New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

: fer

men

tin

g ou

r jo

y at

th

e C

hri

st-li

ght

we

enco

unt

er m

ore

and

mor

e de

eply

, gro

win

g in

love

for

th

e w

orld

th

at “

God

so

love

d,”

and

bei

ng

mov

ed t

o ac

tion

to

rem

ove

ever

y bu

shel

ba

sket

th

at p

reve

nts

to w

orld

fro

m b

ein

g li

t on

fire

by

that

ligh

t.

“Lum

en G

entiu

m”

tells

us

that

th

e “l

ight

Rem

ovin

gth

e B

ushe

l Bas

ket

By

Rev

. Mr.

Ada

m D

.P. B

ooth

, C.S

.C.

Pop

e Jo

hn

Pau

l II r

ead

s d

uri

ng

Mas

sto

a c

on

gre

gat

ion

of

375,

00

0 at

Wo

rld

Yo

uth

Day

. (C

her

ry C

reek

Sta

te P

ark,

Den

ver,

Co

lo.,

Au

g. 1

5, 1

993)

3

the G

ood

New

s and

a v

ery

pow

erfu

l and

effe

c-

tive

one

… A

ll Ch

rist

ians

are

calle

d to

this

witn

ess.”

In t

his

doc

um

ent,

he

also

mad

e cl

ear

the

impo

rtan

ce o

f cl

ear

enu

nci

atio

n o

f th

e C

hri

stia

n m

essa

ge, b

oth

to

thos

e w

ho

hav

e n

ever

hea

rd it

an

d th

ose

“wh

o h

ave

bee

n b

apti

zed

bu

t w

ho

live

qu

ite

outs

ide

Ch

rist

ian

life

.”

It w

as P

ope

Joh

n P

aul I

I w

ho

was

th

e fi

rst

to u

se t

he

phra

se “

New

Eva

nge

liza

-ti

on.”

In a

spe

ech

to

the

bish

ops

of L

atin

Am

eric

a, h

e ca

lled

for

“a

com

mit

men

t,

not

to

re-e

van

geli

ze b

ut

to a

New

Eva

n-

geli

zati

on, n

ew i

n it

s ar

dor,

met

hod

s an

d ex

pres

sion

.” H

e re

new

ed t

he

stre

ss

of t

he

teac

hin

g fr

om “D

ei V

erbu

m”

onth

e ce

ntra

lity

of

rela

tion

ship

wit

h C

hri

stas

th

e en

d go

al o

f ev

ange

liza

tion

, say

ing

in a

spe

ech

: “it

is n

ot a

mat

ter

of m

erel

y pa

ssin

g on

a d

oct

rin

e, b

ut

rath

er o

f a

pers

onal

an

d pr

ofou

nd

mee

tin

g w

ith

th

e Sa

vior

.”

On

e ev

ange

list

ic m

omen

t th

at s

tan

ds

out

from

his

pap

acy

is t

he

forg

iven

ess

he

exte

nde

d to

his

wou

ld-b

e as

sass

in —

an

ext

rava

gan

t w

itn

ess

to t

he

pow

er o

f lo

ve a

nd

forg

iven

ess

to b

reak

th

e cy

cle

of v

iole

nce

. Th

e R

esu

rrec

tion

of

Jesu

s C

hri

st s

hou

ld b

e en

ough

to

con

vin

ce u

s of

th

is, b

ut

in o

ur

frai

lty

we

nee

d th

e w

itn

ess

of v

irtu

ous

and

vali

ant

men

like

B

less

ed J

ohn

Pau

l II

to p

rocl

aim

th

is

tru

th a

new

in

ou

r ow

n a

ge.

W

orld

You

th D

ay w

as a

not

her

new

m

eth

od t

hat

he

use

d to

rei

gnit

e pe

ople

’s

fait

h, c

alli

ng

on y

oun

g pe

ople

esp

ecia

lly

to “g

o ou

t in

to t

he

deep

” an

d be

eva

n-

geli

zers

. Th

e n

ew

lum

inou

s m

yste

r-ie

s th

at h

e pr

o-

pose

d fo

r pe

ople

’s

con

tem

plat

ion

w

hen

pra

yin

g th

e R

osar

y al

so c

ontr

i- bu

ted

to t

he

New

E

van

geli

zati

on,

for

the

firs

t ti

me

enco

ura

gin

g pe

o-

ple

to s

pen

d a

deca

de c

onte

m-

plat

ing

Ch

rist

’s

pro

clam

atio

n o

f th

e K

ingd

om.

Jesu

s C

hri

st w

as

and

is t

he

mas

ter

evan

geli

st. M

edit

atin

gon

th

is a

spec

t of

His

life

hel

ps t

o fo

rm

Ch

rist

ian

s as

eva

nge

list

s in

imit

atio

n o

fou

r Lo

rd. I

n “R

edem

ptor

is M

issio

” (“

Th

e M

issi

on o

f R

edem

ptio

n”)

, Ble

ssed

Joh

n

Pau

l II

wro

te t

hat

he

wan

ted

to in

culc

ate

a “m

issi

onar

y sp

irit

ual

ity,

” an

ess

enti

al

elem

ent

of w

hic

h i

s “i

nti

mat

e co

mm

u-

nio

n w

ith

Ch

rist

.”

He

call

ed o

n b

ish

ops

to h

elp

form

la

ity

to e

nga

ge i

n t

he

wor

k of

th

e N

ew

Eva

nge

liza

tion

. Th

e U

.S. C

onfe

ren

ce o

f C

ath

olic

Bis

hop

s de

velo

ped

a pl

an c

alle

d “G

o an

d M

ake

Dis

cipl

es,”

stru

ctu

red

arou

nd

thre

e go

als:

■ t

o br

ing

abou

t in

all

Cat

hol

ics

such

an

en

thu

sias

m f

or t

hei

r fa

ith

th

at, i

n

livi

ng

thei

r fa

ith

in

Jes

us,

th

ey f

reel

y sh

are

it w

ith

oth

ers;

■ t

o in

vite

all

peo

ple

in t

he

Un

ited

St

ates

, wh

atev

er t

hei

r so

cial

or

cult

ura

l ba

ckgr

oun

d, t

o h

ear

the

mes

sage

of

salv

atio

n i

n J

esu

s C

hri

st s

o th

ey m

ay

com

e to

join

us

in t

he

full

nes

s of

th

e C

ath

olic

fai

th; a

nd

■ t

o fo

ster

Gos

pel v

alu

es i

n o

ur

soci

ety,

pr

omot

ing

the

dig

nit

y of

th

e h

um

an

pers

on, t

he

impo

rtan

ce o

f th

e fa

mil

y,

and

the

com

mon

goo

d of

ou

r so

ciet

y,

so t

hat

ou

r n

atio

n m

ay c

onti

nu

e to

be

tran

sfor

med

by

the

savi

ng

pow

er o

f Je

sus

Ch

rist

.

In a

not

her

do

cum

ent,

“A P

asto

ral

Refl

ecti

on o

n L

ay D

isci

ples

hip

in

a N

ew

Mil

len

ium

,” th

e U

.S. B

ish

ops

reaf

firm

ed

the

div

erse

ran

ge o

f fo

rms

soci

al a

ctio

n

cou

ld t

ake

to f

urt

her

th

e N

ew E

van

ge-

liza

tion

, giv

ing

a li

tan

y of

exa

mpl

es a

sd

iver

se a

s “t

each

ers

and

scie

nti

sts

…fa

mily

farm

ers

and

ban

kers

… s

ales

per

son

san

d en

tert

ain

ers

… b

elie

vers

wh

o jo

in

un

ion

s, n

eigh

borh

ood

orga

niz

atio

ns,

bu

sin

ess

grou

ps, c

ivic

ass

oci

atio

ns,

th

e pr

o-li

fe m

ovem

ent,

gro

ups

wor

kin

g fo

r ju

stic

e or

en

viro

nm

enta

l, ci

vil r

igh

tsor

pea

ce g

rou

ps.”

P

ope

Ben

edic

t X

VI

ofte

n u

sed

the

lan

guag

e of

“re

-pro

posi

ng”

th

e G

ospe

l, fo

r in

stan

ce i

n h

is 2

010

hom

ily

on t

he

feas

t of

th

e tw

o gr

eat

evan

geli

sts,

Sai

nts

Pet

er a

nd

Pau

l. Li

ke h

is p

rede

cess

ors,

h

e st

ress

ed t

he

un

iver

sali

ty o

f th

is m

es-

sage

, wh

ich

mu

st b

e h

eard

bot

h in

pla

ces

“sti

ll a

wai

tin

g a

firs

t ev

ange

liza

tion

” an

d th

ose

plac

es w

ith

dee

p cu

ltu

ral r

oots

of

Ch

rist

ian

ity,

but

exp

erie

ncin

g a

“ser

iou

s

P

ope

Pau

l VI

was

ele

cted

du

rin

g th

e C

oun

cil.

A f

orm

er d

iplo

mat

, he

was

th

e fi

rst

Pop

e to

be

tru

ly a

wor

ld t

rave

ler,

and

his

tra

vel g

ave

him

gre

at in

sigh

t in

to

the

nee

ds

of t

he

Ch

urc

h a

nd

the

wor

ld

in g

loba

l per

spec

tive

. Mu

ch o

f h

is w

riti

ng

con

trib

ute

d to

th

e N

ew E

van

geli

zati

on

by c

once

ntr

atin

g on

th

e th

ird

pole

, co

- op

erat

ing

wit

h G

od’s

plan

th

rou

gh s

ocia

l ac

tion

. In

his

firs

t en

cycl

ical

, “Po

pulo

rum

Prog

ress

io”

(“Th

e P

rogr

ess

of P

eopl

es”),

he

urg

ed “

we

mu

st m

ake

has

te: t

oo m

any

are

suff

erin

g, a

nd

the

dis

tan

ce i

s gr

owin

g th

at s

epar

ates

th

e pr

ogre

ss o

f so

me

and

the

stag

nat

ion

, not

to

say

the

regr

essi

on,

of o

ther

s.”

This

was

als

o th

e fi

rst

Pap

al

docu

men

t to

dis

cuss

th

e ev

il o

f ra

cism

. A

s w

ell a

s a

cont

inu

ed f

ocu

s on

eco

nom

ic

issu

es, s

ubs

equ

ent

wri

tin

gs o

f h

is w

ould

fo

cus

on h

um

an s

exu

alit

y an

d th

e fa

m-

ily.

He

also

wro

te a

n e

ncy

clic

al o

n e

van

- ge

lizat

ion,

“Eva

ngeli

i Nun

tiand

i” (“

An

nou

n-

cin

g th

e G

ood

New

s”),

wh

ich

he

char

ac-

teri

zed

as “

brin

gin

g th

e G

ood

New

s in

to

all t

he

stra

ta o

f h

um

anit

y, a

nd

thro

ugh

it

s in

fluen

ce t

ran

sfor

min

g h

um

anit

y fr

om

wit

hin

an

d m

akin

g it

new

.” H

e li

nke

d h

is d

esir

e fo

r ev

ange

liza

tion

wit

h h

is c

all

to s

oci

al a

ctio

n, w

riti

ng:

“Abo

ve a

ll th

e G

ospe

l mus

t be

proc

laim

ed b

y w

itnes

s. Ta

ke a

Chr

istia

n or

han

dful

of C

hris

-tia

ns w

ho, i

n th

e m

idst

of t

heir

ow

n co

mm

uni-

ty, s

how

their

capa

city

for

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d ac

cept

ance

, the

ir sh

arin

g of l

ife a

nd d

estin

y wi

th

othe

r pe

ople

, the

ir so

lidar

ity w

ith th

e ef

fort

s of

all

for

wha

teve

r is

nob

le a

nd g

ood

… S

uch

a w

itnes

s is a

lrea

dy a

sile

nt p

rocl

amat

ion

of

Pop

e B

ened

ict

XV

I usi

ng

an iP

ad t

o s

end

th

e fi

rst

Pap

al T

wit

ter

mes

sag

e.(D

ec. 1

2, 2

012)

“a b

ishop

shou

ld b

e well

-rega

rded

by

outs

ider

s,”on

e h

as t

o w

onde

r w

het

her

th

e fi

rst

audi

-en

ce t

o re

ad t

hose

wor

ds w

ould

eve

r h

ave

imag

ined

a b

ish

op b

ein

g Ti

me

mag

azin

e’s

Man

of

the

Yea

r! H

is e

mph

asis

on

sim

-pl

icit

y an

d ca

lls f

or a

“po

or C

hu

rch

for

th

epo

or”

impl

emen

t in

a f

resh

way

som

e-th

ing

that

has

lon

g b

een

ou

r vo

cati

on.

Jesu

s se

nt t

he

seve

nty

out

mat

eria

lly

ill-

equ

ippe

d fo

r jo

urn

ey, H

e se

nt

them

ou

t to

be

poor

. Wh

ile

the

prec

ise

rule

s H

e ga

ve t

hem

(no

san

dal

s or

sec

ond

cloa

k)

are

not

nor

ms

for

all t

imes

an

d pl

aces

, w

hen

we

tran

slat

e th

em f

or a

new

con

-te

xt, w

e ca

n’t

dis

embo

dy t

hem

in

a w

ay

wh

ich

exc

use

s u

s fr

om d

ispo

sses

sion

. W

e ca

n’t

mak

e pr

esen

t to

ou

r w

aiti

ng

wor

ld a

God

who

mad

e H

imse

lf p

oor

that

we

mig

ht

be

rich

in

gra

ce, i

f w

e ta

ke n

o st

eps

to i

mpo

veri

sh o

urs

elve

s. T

his

is

not

an

opt

ion

al p

art

of t

he

New

Eva

nge

-li

zati

on.

Pop

e Fr

anci

s h

as a

lrea

dy g

iven

us

won

derf

ul w

riti

ngs

on

eva

nge

liza

tion

. H

is fi

rst

ency

clic

al, t

he

‘wor

k of

fou

r h

ands

’ (re

ferr

ing

to h

is c

olla

bora

tion

wit

hP

ope

Em

erit

us

Ben

edic

t), “

Lum

en F

idei

” (“

The

Ligh

t of

Fai

th”)

, rec

alls

th

e li

ght

imag

ery

from

“Lum

en G

entiu

m.”

The

Pop

ew

rite

s th

at “

fait

h d

oes

not

mer

ely

gaze

at J

esu

s, b

ut s

ees

thin

gs a

s Je

sus

Him

self

sees

.” Th

is i

s a

clar

ion

cal

l to

look

at

our

wor

ld w

ith

love

, an

d li

ve i

n a

sel

f-sa

c-ri

fici

ng

way

to

love

it i

nto

red

empt

ion

. B

y do

ing

this

we

wil

l com

e to

kn

ow o

ur

fait

h n

ot a

s “a

ligh

t w

hic

h s

catt

ers

all

our

dar

knes

s, b

ut

a la

mp

wh

ich

gu

ides

ou

r st

eps

in t

he

nig

ht

and

suffi

ces

for

the

jou

rney

.”H

is la

test

ex

hor

tati

on, “

Evan

gelii

Gau

d-iu

m”

(“Th

e Jo

y of

th

e G

ospe

l”),

is a

n i

n-

cred

ibly

ric

h m

edit

atio

n on

th

e N

ew E

van-

geli

zati

on a

nd

the

role

eve

ry C

hri

stia

n

can

pla

y in

it. G

iven

th

e fe

rven

t fi

re P

ope

Fran

cis

seem

s to

be

ligh

tin

g fo

r th

e C

hu

rch

, per

hap

s th

e pa

rts

of t

his

exh

or-

tati

on w

e m

igh

t n

eed

mos

t to

hea

r ar

e th

ose

wh

ich

cau

tion

pat

ien

ce. H

e cl

oses

th

e do

cum

ent

by p

rayi

ng

to M

ary

un

der

the

titl

e “V

irgi

n o

f li

sten

ing

and

con

-te

mpl

atio

n.”

She

is t

o b

e an

exa

mpl

e fo

ru

s. “O

ften

,” he

cou

nse

ls, “

it is

bet

ter

sim

ply

to s

low

dow

n, t

o pu

t as

ide

our

eage

rnes

sin

ord

er t

o se

e an

d li

sten

to

oth

ers,

to

stop

ru

shin

g fr

om o

ne

thin

g to

an

oth

er

and

to r

emai

n w

ith

som

eon

e w

ho

has

falt

ered

alo

ng

the

way

.”

As

I cl

ose

this

art

icle

, I n

otic

e it

s pa

u-

city

; it

has

con

cent

rate

d on

th

e co

ntri

bu-

tion

s of

pop

es a

nd

bish

ops

to t

he

New

Ev

ange

liza

tion

. Dou

btle

ss, t

hes

e ar

e es

sen-

ti

al. B

ut

at t

he

hea

rt o

f th

e N

ew E

van

ge-

liza

tion

is

a ca

ll t

o ea

ch o

f u

s, i

ncl

ud

ing

to t

he

leas

t am

ong

us,

to

be

evan

geli

zers

. O

n a

per

son

al n

ote,

I w

ould

refl

ect

that

w

hen

I w

as d

isce

rnin

g en

teri

ng

the

sem

- in

ary,

I d

idn

’t re

ally

th

ink

of m

ysel

f as

an

eva

nge

list

, or

aspi

re t

o b

e on

e. I

th

ough

t of

eva

nge

list

s as

eit

her

th

ose

wh

o w

ent

pro

clai

min

g th

e G

ood

New

s in

Am

azon

ian

vil

lage

s (w

ho

I re

spec

ted

imm

ense

ly, b

ut

did

n’t

thin

k th

at w

as

my

call

ing)

or

thos

e w

ho

stoo

d on

str

eet

corn

ers

wit

h le

aflet

s (w

ho

I’ll

ad

mit

to

not

th

inki

ng

so h

igh

ly o

f). I

wan

ted

to

show

peo

ple

how

pas

sion

atel

y G

od lo

ves

them

, bea

rin

g w

itn

ess

to t

his

by

serv

ing

them

an

d h

elpi

ng

them

nam

e th

e gr

ace

oper

ativ

e in

th

eir

live

s. T

han

kfu

lly,

my

sem

inar

y fo

rmat

ion

hel

ped

me

un

der-

stan

d, t

his

is

the

New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

! ■

Dea

con

Ada

m B

ooth

, C.S

.C.,

was

bor

n in

Lon

-do

n an

d gr

adua

ted

from

the U

nive

rsity

of

Oxf

ord

in 2

004

with

a d

egre

e in

mat

h. H

e co

nver

ted

to C

atho

licism

whi

le h

e was

in

grad

uate

scho

ol a

t the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Cal

iforn

ia

Berk

eley

, whi

le h

e re

ceiv

ed h

is m

aste

r’s d

egre

e. W

hile

at B

erke

ley,

he

also

taug

ht m

ath

at

the

San

Que

ntin

Pri

son

Com

mun

ity C

olle

ge.

Dea

con

Ada

m p

rofe

ssed

his

Fin

al V

ows o

n Se

pt. 7

, 201

3 an

d w

as o

rdai

ned

to th

e Dia

con-

ate

the

next

day

. He

will

be

orda

ined

to th

e pr

iest

hood

on

Apr

il 26

, 201

4. D

eaco

n A

dam

is

cur

rent

ly se

rvin

g at

Hol

y Cr

oss a

nd S

t. St

anisl

aus P

aris

h in

Sou

th B

end,

Ind.

cris

is”

of s

ecu

lari

sm. H

e al

so g

ave

the

Ch

urc

h a

yea

r de

dic

ated

to

St. P

aul,

that

, th

rou

gh h

is i

nte

rces

sion

, a m

ore

Pau

lin

e m

issi

onar

y C

hu

rch

mig

ht e

mer

ge.

A

key

ad

min

istr

ativ

e m

ove

that

Pop

e B

ened

ict

mad

e to

fu

rth

er t

he

New

Eva

n-

geli

zati

on w

as t

o es

tabl

ish

a P

onti

fica

l C

oun

cil f

or it

s pr

omot

ion

an

d ca

llin

g a

syn

od o

f bi

shop

s de

vote

d it

. A p

ract

ical

st

ep t

hat

su

rpri

sed

som

e w

as c

reat

ing

a P

apal

Tw

itte

r ac

cou

nt.

His

firs

t tw

eet

was

ver

y si

mpl

e: “

Dea

r fr

ien

ds,

I a

m

plea

sed

to g

et in

tou

ch w

ith

you

th

rou

gh

Twit

ter.

Th

ank

you

for

you

r ge

ner

ous

resp

onse

. I b

less

all

of y

ou f

rom

my

hear

t.”

Follo

win

g th

e Ye

ar o

f St

. Pau

l, th

e Ye

ar

of F

aith

als

o co

ntri

bute

d gr

eatl

y to

th

e C

hu

rch

’s N

ew E

van

geli

zati

on, p

rim

aril

yby

nu

rtu

rin

g th

e fa

ith

of

thos

e w

ho w

ere

alre

ady

prac

tici

ng

it. I

n “P

orta

Fid

ei”

(“Th

e D

oor

of F

aith

”), t

he

docu

men

t an

-

... w

e w

ill c

ome

to k

now

our

fait

h no

t as

‘a li

ght

whi

chsc

atte

rs a

ll ou

r da

rkne

ss, b

uta

lam

p w

hich

gui

des

our

step

s in

the

nig

ht a

nd s

uffic

esfo

r th

e jo

urne

y.’

nou

nci

ng

the

Yea

r, B

ened

ict

wro

te t

hat

“f

aith

gro

ws

wh

en it

is

live

d as

an

ex-

pe

rien

ce o

f lo

ve r

ecei

ved

and

wh

en it

is

com

mu

nic

ated

as

an e

xpe

rien

ce o

f gr

ace

and

joy.

” It

is

key

to t

he

New

Eva

nge

li-

zati

on t

hat

bel

ieve

rs u

nde

rsta

nd

them

-se

lves

on

a d

eepe

r an

d de

eper

leve

l as

beso

tted

ly b

elov

ed o

f G

od. T

hat

’s th

e on

ly

thin

g th

at c

an s

ust

ain

us

as w

e pr

ocla

im.

In f

act,

it’s

th

e on

ly t

hin

g w

orth

pro

-cl

aim

ing.

Th

e se

con

d h

alf

of t

he

quot

ed

sen

ten

ce m

akes

cle

ar t

hat

sh

arin

g ou

r fa

ith

isn

’t ju

st w

hat

we

do a

fter

we’

ve

mat

ure

d ou

r fa

ith

en

ough

; it’s

a m

ean

s of

gro

win

g it

. Liv

ing

out

our

love

of

God

th

rou

gh lo

vin

g ou

r ne

igh

bors

eno

ugh

to

sh

are

our

fait

h w

ith

th

em (t

hro

ugh

pr

ocl

amat

ion

an

d th

rou

gh w

itn

ess)

is

a ca

taly

st f

or le

aven

ing

that

fai

th i

n u

s.

Eva

nge

lizi

ng

is g

ood

for

the

evan

geli

st.

We

are

less

th

an a

yea

r in

to t

he

papa

cy

of P

ope

Fran

cis

and

alre

ady

peop

le s

eem

to

be

star

tin

g to

look

at

the

Ch

urc

h i

n

a n

ew w

ay. H

is p

erso

nal

wit

nes

s h

as

amaz

ed, a

nd it

sho

uld

als

o ch

alle

nge

eac

h

of u

s. W

hen

we

read

in F

irst

Tim

oth

y th

at

45

red

isco

ver

the

pers

on o

f Je

sus

and

hee

d w

hat

Pop

e Fr

anci

s sa

id in

Nov

emb

er in

h

is fi

rst

apos

toli

c ex

hor

tati

on, “

Evan

gelii

Gau

dium

:” “I

in

vite

all

Ch

rist

ian

s, e

very

-w

her

e, a

t th

is v

ery

mom

ent,

to

a re

new

edpe

rson

al e

nco

un

ter

wit

h J

esu

s C

hri

st,

or a

t le

ast

an o

pen

nes

s to

lett

ing

Him

en

cou

nte

r th

em; I

ask

all

of

you

to

do

this

un

fail

ingl

y ea

ch d

ay.”

Fr. M

orea

u w

as, l

ike

our

curr

ent

Pop

e,

dri

ven

bot

h b

y h

is lo

ve f

or C

hri

st a

nd

the

nee

d fo

r ev

ange

liza

tion

aft

er t

he

Ch

urc

h h

ad n

earl

y be

en d

estr

oyed

du

rin

g t

he

Fren

ch R

evol

uti

on. H

e lo

oked

ou

t at

a la

nd

scap

e of

wre

ckag

e, o

f ch

urc

hes

pl

un

dere

d an

d sc

hoo

ls r

ansa

cked

, bu

t h

is r

elat

ion

ship

wit

h C

hri

st s

ust

ain

ed

him

in

th

e b

elie

f th

at f

aith

wou

ld a

gain

co

me

aliv

e. W

ith

in a

sh

ort

peri

od o

f ti

me,

he

saw

his

mis

sion

en

com

pass

ing

lan

ds

bey

ond

his

nat

ive

Fran

ce b

ecau

se

he

was

at

hea

rt a

n a

post

le w

ith

a m

is-

sion

ary

zeal

to

pro

clai

m C

hri

st e

very

-w

her

e ea

ch a

nd

ever

y d

ay.

We

can

nev

er f

orge

t th

at t

he

exis

ten

ceof

th

e C

hu

rch

dep

ende

d fr

om t

he

out-

set,

as

it d

oes

tod

ay, u

pon

see

min

gly

or-

din

ary

peop

le w

ho

surp

rise

us

(incl

ud-

ing

Pop

es w

ho

pay

thei

r ow

n h

otel

bil

ls

and

are

accu

stom

ed t

o su

bway

s) w

ho

bel

ieve

d in

th

e A

nge

l Gab

riel

’s w

ord

s to

a th

en-u

nkn

own

you

ng

girl

fro

m N

az-

aret

h k

now

n a

s M

ary,

“n

oth

ing

wil

l be

impo

ssib

le f

or G

od.”

Mor

e th

an 1

3 ce

n-

turi

es la

ter,

anot

her

you

ng

wom

an, S

t.

Cat

her

ine

of S

ien

a, s

aid,

“If

you

are

wh

atyo

u s

hou

ld b

e, y

ou w

ill s

et t

he

wh

ole

wor

ld o

n fi

re.”

The

New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

rem

ind

s u

s th

at t

he

orig

inal

apo

stle

s an

d th

eir

succ

esso

rs g

rew

th

e C

hu

rch

by

bei

ng

pass

ion

ate

stor

ytel

lers

an

d fa

ith

ful w

it-

nes

ses

to t

he

Wor

d. I

f w

e im

itat

e th

eir

exam

ple,

we

too

can

bec

ome

wh

at w

esh

ould

be

... p

rocl

aim

ers

of t

he

impo

ssib

le

tru

th t

hat

God

’s d

oor

is a

lway

s op

en

and

in d

oin

g so

bla

ze n

ew t

rail

s fo

r th

e G

ospe

l to

be

hea

rd i

n t

he

dar

ker

corn

ers

of o

ur

wor

ld. ■

Fr. J

im K

ing,

C.S.

C., w

as o

rdai

ned

on A

pril

9,

1988

. He s

erve

s as t

he d

irect

or o

f cam

pus m

in-

istry

and

relig

ious

supe

rior

of t

he H

oly

Cros

s Co

mm

unity

at t

he U

nive

rsity

of N

otre

Dam

e.

TheDoorofFaith

by R

ev. J

ames

B. K

ing,

C.S

.C.

Do

orw

ay a

t C

ath

edra

leSa

int-

Julie

n, L

e M

ans,

Fran

ce w

her

e R

ev. B

asil

Mo

reau

, C.S

.C.,

was

nam

ed H

on

ora

ry C

ano

nin

185

2. P

ictu

re t

aken

by

Port

lan

d p

ho

tog

rap

her

Stev

e Sc

ard

ina

du

rin

gce

leb

rati

on

s o

f M

ore

au’s

Bea

tifi

cati

on

in L

e M

ans.

(Sep

t. 2

007

)

Th

e te

rm “

New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

” of

ten

pr

ompt

s pe

ople

to

ask

“Wh

at’s

new

?”

or p

erh

aps

“Wh

at d

oes

eva

nge

liza

tion

m

ean

?” —

par

ticu

larl

y si

nce

it i

s a

term

h

isto

rica

lly

asso

ciat

ed m

ore

ofte

n w

ith

P

rote

stan

ts. A

goo

d st

arti

ng

poin

t fo

r u

nder

stan

din

g th

e m

ean

ing

is P

ope

Emer

- it

us

Ben

edic

t’s a

nn

oun

cem

ent

of t

he

rece

ntl

y co

mpl

eted

Yea

r of

Fai

th i

n 2

012

in

his

mot

u pr

opri

o en

titl

ed “P

orta

Fid

ei.”

“T

he

Doo

r of

Fai

th,”

he

wro

te “i

s al

way

s op

en f

or u

s, u

sher

ing

us

into

th

e li

fe o

f co

mm

un

ion

wit

h G

od a

nd

offe

rin

g en

try

into

His

Ch

urc

h …

To

ente

r th

rou

gh t

hat

do

or is

to

set o

ut u

pon

a jo

urn

ey t

hat

last

s a

life

tim

e.”

Wh

ile

Bap

tism

is t

he

star

tin

g po

int,

mem

bers

hip

in t

he

Ch

urc

h is

not

li

ke A

maz

on R

ewar

ds

— o

nce

sig

ned

up

alw

ays

enro

lled

and

enti

tled

to

an e

ndle

ss

seri

es o

f b

enefi

ts —

bu

t an

opp

ortu

nit

y to

dis

cove

r C

hri

st e

ach

day

an

d w

itn

ess

to H

im a

nd

to H

is G

ospe

l.

So y

es, i

n o

ne

sen

se w

hat

’s n

ew i

s ol

d.

Ther

e ar

e n

o Je

sus

stor

ies

we

hav

en’t

hea

rd b

efor

e, n

o C

atec

his

m r

evis

ion

s to

pond

er, b

ut t

her

e ar

e fe

w e

xam

ples

wh

ere

one

cou

ld a

rgu

e th

at J

esu

s ta

ugh

t an

y-th

ing

new

or

dif

fere

nt

from

wh

at w

as

prev

iou

sly

reve

aled

by

the

Old

Tes

tam

ent

prop

het

s an

d Je

wis

h S

crip

ture

s. Y

et, H

ism

inis

try

tran

sfor

med

th

e w

ay w

e u

nde

r-st

and

ours

elve

s in

rel

atio

nsh

ip t

o G

od

and

alte

red

the

cou

rse

of h

isto

ry f

or b

e-li

ever

s an

d n

on-b

elie

vers

ali

ke. T

o b

e pa

rtof

th

e N

ew E

van

geli

zati

on m

ean

s to

com

eto

kn

ow C

hri

st, t

o li

sten

clo

sely

to

Him

an

d h

ave

our

eyes

ope

ned

like

th

e d

isci

-pl

es o

n t

he

road

to

Em

mau

s.

In t

hat

Gos

pel p

assa

ge, J

esu

s do

es w

hat

His

fol

low

ers

toda

y ar

e ca

lled

to d

o —

to

tell

th

e st

ory

that

His

com

ing

and

God

’s

invo

lvem

ent

in h

um

an h

isto

ry a

re a

con

-ti

nu

ous

sym

phon

y of

gra

ce t

hat

lead

s to

ete

rnal

life

. Th

e tw

o d

isci

ples

on

th

e ro

ad t

hou

ght

thei

r h

ope

in t

he

Mes

siah

had

bee

n c

rush

ed, b

ut

in h

eari

ng

the

stor

y re

told

fro

m J

esu

s’ li

ps, i

t w

as r

e-ki

ndl

ed a

nd

thei

r h

eart

s so

ared

wit

h jo

y.O

n t

hat

firs

t E

aste

r, th

ey r

edis

cove

red

wh

at t

hey

had

alr

eady

bee

n t

old

: Th

e do

or i

s al

way

s ope

n.

It

sou

nd

s de

cept

ivel

y si

mpl

e, b

ut

in

Cam

pus

Min

istr

y, a

s in

oth

er C

hu

rch

min

istr

ies,

we

need

to

rele

arn

the

less

onag

ain

an

d ag

ain

. Th

e te

mpt

atio

n is

to

be-

com

e de

pend

ent

upo

n cr

utch

es —

wh

eth

erfo

od, m

usi

c, c

omm

un

icat

ion

s or

pro

-gr

amm

ing

tool

s —

as

“hoo

ks”

to g

et p

eopl

eto

kn

ow J

esu

s. H

e fe

d pe

ople

too

, bu

t it

was

th

e W

ord

that

dre

w t

hem

. His

wor

dsar

e ou

r m

ost

pow

erfu

l too

ls a

nd

if t

hat

m

ean

s ta

kin

g a

less

on f

rom

th

e P

rote

s-ta

nts,

no

one

is g

oin

g to

com

plai

n if

on

e re

sult

is

bet

ter

prea

chin

g. P

ope

Joh

n

Pau

l II

reco

gniz

ed t

hat

. Des

pite

app

ear-

ance

s to

th

e co

ntr

ary,

you

ng

peop

le

hu

nge

r fo

r C

hri

st e

ven

mor

e th

an P

apa

Joh

n’s

! We

hav

e to

tru

st t

hat

an

d tr

ust

ou

r st

ude

nts

to

resp

ond

to a

uth

enti

c st

oryt

elli

ng.

P

art

of t

he

prob

lem

may

be

that

we’

veal

l hea

rd m

any

tim

es t

hat

God

’s lo

ve is

in

fin

ite,

bu

t w

e ca

n b

ecom

e in

ure

d to

it.

Like

th

e w

ord

s of

th

e N

icen

e C

reed

we

reci

te a

t M

ass

or t

he

Ou

r Fa

ther

we’

ve

pray

ed t

hou

sand

s of

tim

es m

ore,

we

know

them

too

wel

l. R

arel

y do

we

take

th

e ti

me

to r

eflec

t upo

n w

hat

th

ose

wor

ds

mea

n.

I

was

on

ce o

n a

ret

reat

an

d h

avin

g d

iffi

cult

y m

edit

atin

g on

th

e P

salm

s in

th

e Li

turg

y of

th

e H

ours

eac

h d

ay. M

y d

irec

tor

sugg

este

d th

at I

lin

ger

over

apa

ssag

e w

hen

it s

poke

to

me

rath

er t

han

wor

ry a

bout

fin

ish

ing.

Sh

ortl

y af

terw

ard,

Psa

lm 1

36 c

ame

up

in t

he

cycl

e. E

ach

of

the

26 v

erse

s en

ds w

ith

th

e ph

rase

“and

his

mer

cy e

ndur

es fo

reve

r.” T

he

repe

titi

on g

ot

my

atte

nti

on; i

t fl

oore

d m

e to

com

pre-

hend

the

lite

ral t

ruth

of

that

sim

ple

phra

sean

d th

e co

nse

quen

ces

for

me

… f

or e

ach

of

us.

M

any

of u

s h

ave

had

sim

ilar

ex

peri

-en

ces,

per

hap

s on

a r

etre

at o

r fr

om a

wel

l-pr

each

ed h

omily

. We

know

th

at t

he

stor

ies

of J

esu

s ar

e bo

th d

ecep

tive

ly s

impl

e, y

et

inco

mpa

rabl

y pr

ofou

nd

. Wh

en w

e en

-co

unt

er H

is w

isdo

m, c

ompa

ssio

n, m

ercy

or

love

wh

eth

er t

hro

ugh

th

e W

ord

or t

he

exam

ple

of s

omeo

ne

wh

o h

as r

evea

led

Him

by

imit

atin

g H

is e

xam

ple,

we

are

rebo

rn a

s in

Bap

tism

and

ren

ewed

in h

ope.

B

less

ed B

asil

Mor

eau

, un

ders

tood

th

is

so w

ell h

imse

lf. H

is s

piri

tual

ity

was

fo

cuse

d u

pon

im

itat

ing

Ch

rist

an

d h

e kn

ew it

was

a t

ask

wh

ich

mu

st b

e ta

ken

u

p d

aily

. In

ord

er t

o do

th

at, w

e n

eed

to

7

Meeti

ng

th

e P

op

e b

y R

ev. J

ames

B. K

ing,

C.S

.C.

Aft

er s

hak

ing

Pop

e Fr

anci

s’s

han

d Th

urs

day

[Jan

. 30

], I

felt

for

a m

in-

ute

like

th

e li

ttle

kid

wh

o sw

ore

he’

d n

ever

was

h h

is o

wn

aga

in. I

did

a c

oupl

e h

ours

late

r, bu

t th

ough

t ab

out

it t

wic

e.

The

Pop

e di

dn’t

spea

k a

wor

d of

En

glis

hto

us;

how

ever

, he

did

on

e sm

all t

hin

g th

at m

atte

red

. Wh

ile

posi

ng

for

pict

ure

s,th

e 77

-yea

r ol

d po

ntif

f sl

id h

is o

wn

rath

erla

rge

chai

r ba

ck a

few

fee

t so

th

at it

w

ould

be

in li

ne

wit

h o

urs

rat

her

th

an

out

fron

t. I

t w

as a

sm

all s

ign

th

at s

ig-

nal

ed h

e w

as li

ke o

ne

of u

s.

Pop

e Fr

anci

s h

asn

’t ch

ange

d an

yth

ing

sign

ifica

nt

yet

in t

erm

s of

do

ctri

ne

or

polic

y. H

e m

ay d

isap

poin

t tho

se w

ho h

ope

that

he

wil

l, bu

t h

e h

as g

ener

ated

ent

hu

-

sias

m a

mon

g b

elie

vers

an

d en

han

ced

the

Ch

urc

h’s

cre

dib

ilit

y am

ong

skep

tics

w

ith

his

sim

ple

hu

man

ity

epit

omiz

ed

by s

eem

ingl

y ra

ndo

m a

cts

of k

ind

nes

s.

The

less

on i

n t

hat

is

to n

ever

un

der-

esti

mat

e th

e sm

all t

hin

gs b

ecau

se t

hey

add

up.

Som

etim

es it

’s j

ust

goo

d m

an-

ners

: hol

din

g a

door

for

som

eone

; ack

now

-le

dgin

g gi

fts

wit

h t

han

k yo

u n

otes

; bei

ng

a go

od li

sten

er; s

ayin

g h

ello

rat

her

th

an

pass

ing

peop

le b

y; a

skin

g ot

her

s ho

w t

hei

rda

y w

as b

efor

e ta

lkin

g ab

out

you

r ow

n.

O

ther

tim

es it

tak

es t

he

form

of

mor

e ac

tive

gen

eros

ity

— li

ke s

hov

elin

g an

old

n

eigh

bor’

s w

alk,

vis

itin

g a

sick

per

son

, h

elpi

ng

a fe

llow

stu

dent

str

ugg

lin

g w

ith

calc

ulu

s —

tak

ing

adva

ntag

e of

th

e m

any

oppo

rtu

nit

ies

we

hav

e ea

ch d

ay t

o b

e th

ough

tfu

l by

putt

ing

oth

ers’

nee

ds b

efor

eou

r ow

n if

just

for

a m

omen

t. I

t u

sual

ly

take

s ju

st a

few

sec

onds

her

e an

d th

ere

topr

acti

ce c

har

ity,

wh

ich

as

Thom

as A

quin

asw

rote

, is

the

grea

test

of

all t

he

virt

ues

.

For

thos

e in

min

istr

y, it

’s th

e fi

rst l

esso

nof

pas

tora

l car

e —

to

be

“sh

eph

erd

s w

ith

th

e sm

ell o

f th

e sh

eep,

” as

th

e P

ope

put

it a

few

mon

ths

ago.

We

nee

d to

live

am

ong

peop

le r

ath

er t

han

hol

d ou

rsel

ves

apar

t. O

ne

of t

he

titl

es a

ccor

ded

to p

opes

is “

serv

ant

of t

he

serv

ants

of

God

.” It

’spr

obab

ly t

he

bes

t on

e fo

r an

y of

us

be-

cau

se it

cap

ture

s th

e es

sen

ce o

f C

hri

sti-

anit

y, w

hat

we

are

all c

alle

d to

be

re-

gard

less

of

offi

ce o

r st

atio

n.

W

e’ve

tri

ed t

o do

th

at a

t N

otre

Dam

e ev

er s

ince

ou

r fo

und

ing.

Fr.

Edw

ard

Sori

n,

C.S

.C.,

hee

ded

the

urg

ings

of

our

fou

nde

r,B

less

ed B

asil

Mor

eau

, not

just

to

teac

h

stu

den

ts, b

ut

to li

ve a

mon

g th

em. O

ur

curr

ent

mod

el o

f re

side

nti

alit

y is

th

edi

rect

res

ult

of

that

bel

ief.

I’m

con

vin

ced

that

is t

he

“sec

ret

sau

ce”

of t

he

plac

e, t

he

one

elem

ent

that

mos

t co

ntr

ibu

tes

toth

e se

nse

of

com

mu

nit

y am

ong

stu

dent

san

d lo

yalt

y of

alu

mn

i lo

ng

afte

r th

ey

hav

e de

part

ed. I

t co

uld

be

coin

cide

nce

, bu

t it

’s no

t a

mod

el y

ou fi

nd e

ven

at o

ther

Cat

hol

ic c

olle

ges

and

un

iver

siti

es.

Th

ere

are

two

kin

ds

of p

eopl

e at

Not

reD

ame:

th

ose

wh

o fe

el k

now

n a

nd

care

d fo

r an

d th

ose

wh

o do

n’t.

Som

etim

es s

tu-

den

ts a

void

ove

rtu

res,

wh

eth

er f

rom

re

ctor

s, p

rofe

ssor

s or

pee

rs a

nd f

or a

var

i-et

y of

rea

son

s. B

ut P

ope

Fran

cis

has

giv

enu

s al

l a s

tan

dar

d by

wh

ich

to

mea

sure

ou

rsel

ves.

Th

ere

are

plen

ty o

f ex

ampl

es o

f pe

ople

wh

o h

ave

inse

rted

th

emse

lves

into

th

em

ix o

f st

ude

nt

life

fro

m F

r. M

allo

y w

ho

has

live

d in

th

e sa

me

smal

l tu

rret

roo

msi

nce

197

8 to

Fr.

Geo

rge

wh

o b

ecam

e re

ctor

of

Alu

mn

i th

e sa

me

year

to

Pro

-fe

ssor

Ed

Hu

ms

and

his

wif

e Sh

irle

y w

ho

mov

ed i

nto

Lyo

ns

just

th

is y

ear

bec

omin

g N

otre

Dam

e’s

firs

t la

y fa

cult

y-in

-res

iden

ce. B

ut

afte

r se

ven

yea

rs a

s a

rect

or, m

y bi

gges

t re

gret

was

th

e ti

mes

I

cou

ld h

ave

paid

mor

e at

ten

tion

to

som

eon

e bu

t w

as t

oo b

usy

or

preo

ccu

-pi

ed t

o n

otic

e. I

’ve

bee

n lo

ng

con

vin

ced

that

stu

dent

s w

ill f

orgi

ve u

s if

we

aren

’tbr

illi

ant

adm

inis

trat

ors

or h

omil

ists

or o

ccas

ion

ally

lose

ou

r te

mpe

r or

mak

ea

bad

deci

sion

; bu

t th

e on

e th

ing

they

ri

ghtl

y w

on’t

forg

et i

s if

we

aren

’t in

ter-

este

d in

tak

ing

the

tim

e to

be

wit

h t

hem

.

The

Pop

e d

idn

’t h

ave

to s

ee u

s la

st

wee

k. H

e’s

a bu

sy m

an. I

t to

ok a

bou

t 10

mor

e m

inu

tes

to s

hak

e ev

ery

han

d an

d ju

st a

sec

ond

to s

hif

t h

is c

hai

r, bu

t li

ttle

thin

gs d

o m

atte

r pr

ofou

ndl

y. T

hey

dem

-on

stra

te t

hat

we

care

and

rec

ogn

ize

we’

reju

st li

ke e

very

one

else

, sin

ner

s ca

lled

to b

e se

rvan

ts w

ho

cult

ivat

e th

e h

abit

of

ch

arit

y. ■

89

Mas

s w

as c

eleb

rate

d in

San

Pie

tro

in V

inco

li (“

Sain

t Pe

ter

in C

hai

ns”

) o

n J

an. 2

7. T

he

chu

rch

was

bu

ilt t

o h

ou

se t

he

chai

ns

that

wer

e sa

id t

o h

ave

bo

un

d S

t. P

eter

wh

en h

e w

asim

pri

son

ed in

Jer

usa

lem

. Leg

end

has

it t

hat

wh

en P

op

e Le

o I

com

par

ed t

hes

e re

lic c

hai

ns

wit

h t

he

chai

ns

of

St. P

eter

’sfi

nal

imp

riso

nm

ent

in t

he

Mam

erti

ne

Pris

on

of

Ro

me,

the

two

ch

ain

s m

irac

ulo

usl

y fu

sed

to

get

her

.

Pro

vin

cial

Su

per

ior

Rev

. Th

om

as O

’Har

a, C

.S.C

.

Sup

erio

r G

ener

alR

ev. R

ich

ard

War

ner

, C.S

.C.

Rev

. Jo

hn

Jen

kin

s,C

.S.C

., p

rese

nts

Pop

e Fr

anci

s w

ith

a b

ron

ze s

tatu

eo

f Th

e V

isit

atio

n.

The

stat

ue

was

des

ign

ed b

y th

ela

te s

culp

tor

and

ND

art

pro

fess

or,

Rev

. An

tho

ny

Lau

k, C

.S.C

.

Bis

ho

p D

anie

l Jen

ky, C

.S.C

.,(P

eori

a, Il

l.) a

nd

Car

din

alD

on

ald

Wu

erl (

Arc

hd

ioce

seo

f W

ash

ing

ton

)

Pro

cess

ion

aft

erM

ass

at t

he

Alt

aro

f th

e C

hai

r o

fSt

. Pet

er. (

Jan

. 30)

1011

Hav

ing

grad

uat

ed f

rom

Sto

neh

ill

Col

lege

in

196

9, I

was

del

igh

ted

to

hav

e th

e op

port

un

ity

to r

etu

rn t

o m

y al

ma

mat

er in

201

0 a

s a

cam

pus

min

iste

r. M

y co

llege

day

s in

th

e se

min

ary

at S

tone

- h

ill d

uri

ng

the

1960

s w

ere

tum

ult

uou

s bu

t ex

hil

arat

ing,

to

say

the

leas

t. I

t w

as

the

tim

e of

th

e V

ietn

am W

ar, t

he

Civ

il

Rig

hts

Mo

vem

ent,

an

d of

cou

rse,

th

e ea

rlie

st b

loom

of

the

Seco

nd

Vat

ican

C

oun

cil.

The

Ch

urc

h w

as a

live

an

d Sh

e im

bued

th

e cu

ltu

re w

ith

Her

fai

th.

Th

ey w

ere

hea

dy, e

xcit

ing

day

s, o

ver-

flo

win

g in

cri

ses

and

trag

edy;

yet

bec

ause

of f

aith

, th

ere

was

a g

inge

rly,

ric

hly

see

d-ed

hop

efu

l ex

pect

atio

n. W

e tr

uly

be-

li

eved

th

at t

hro

ugh

th

e st

rugg

les

of t

he

age,

a n

ew e

poch

of

good

nes

s w

ould

em

erge

th

rou

gh g

race

. We

wou

ld b

ecom

ea

bet

ter

peop

le, s

easo

ned

in s

uff

erin

g,

chas

ten

ed i

n c

onsc

ien

ce, c

arin

g fo

r a

bea

uti

ful y

et f

ragi

le w

orld

wh

ile

figh

tin

g fo

r n

oble

cau

ses

wor

thy

of t

he

hig

hes

t as

pira

tion

s of

hu

man

str

ivin

g. S

ton

ehil

l h

elpe

d u

s to

sor

t th

rou

gh it

all

: Th

ey

wer

e co

mpl

icat

ed d

ays

fill

ed w

ith

rig

or-

ous

deb

ate

on t

he

issu

es o

f th

e d

ay,

mar

ked

by s

tead

y co

ntra

dict

ion

s m

akin

g tr

uth

of

lies

an

d li

es o

f tr

uth

. Ou

r fa

ith

w

as s

tren

gth

ened

in

th

is fi

ery

furn

ace.

W

e le

arn

ed w

hat

rea

lly

mat

tere

d. T

hey

w

ere

day

s aw

ash

in

nob

le id

eals

, tes

tin

g th

e co

nfi

denc

e of

you

th, i

nfu

sin

g dr

eam

s b

eyon

d im

agin

atio

n. Y

outh

wou

ld n

ot

be

was

ted

on t

he

you

ng.

An

d m

ost

espe

c-

iall

y, t

he

Cro

ss c

arri

ed o

ur

hop

e fo

r a

new

day

.

The

wor

ld h

as c

han

ged

dra

mat

ical

ly

in 5

0 y

ears

an

d St

oneh

ill C

olle

ge w

ith

in

it. W

hile

rap

id c

han

ge le

apt

thro

ugh

th

ese

tim

es a

nd

con

tin

ues

on

, som

e th

ings

re

mai

n t

he

sam

e: Y

oun

g ad

ult

s to

day

st

ill d

ream

. Tru

e to

th

eir

glor

iou

s ag

e th

ey

are

idea

list

ic; t

hey

car

e de

eply

abo

ut

tran

scen

din

g w

hat

ever

ch

alle

nge

s fa

ce

them

an

d ou

r w

orld

. No,

it i

s n

ot t

he

un

quen

chab

le d

ynam

ism

of

you

th t

hat

h

as c

han

ged

, bu

t ra

ther

th

e sc

ope

of

thei

r cu

ltu

ral m

ilie

u.

St

ude

nts

alw

ays

rely

on

the

chal

len

ges

of t

he

day

to t

est

thei

r ab

ilit

ies

and

fost

er

thei

r m

ettl

e in

ove

rcom

ing

real

or

imag

-in

ed o

bst

acle

s to

th

eir

succ

ess,

how

ever

th

at m

igh

t b

e de

fin

ed. T

o b

e h

um

an i

s to

gro

w, t

o m

ake

thin

gs b

ette

r, to

fee

l b

ette

r, to

be

bet

ter

— t

hat

is a

giv

en. I

t is

of

ou

r ch

arac

ter

to t

ran

scen

d th

e pr

esen

t,

to i

mag

ine

a n

ew r

eali

ty a

nd

to s

triv

e fo

r it

. In

th

ese

tim

es, i

t is

not

th

e h

um

an

spir

it t

hat

has

ch

ange

d; n

o, it

is t

he

mil

ieu

of

th

e do

min

ant

cult

ure

’s s

upe

rfici

al

We

need

to

live

our

fait

hw

ell e

noug

h to

off

erth

e un

varn

ishe

d tr

uth

in a

con

vinc

ing

way

.

valu

es t

hat

are

sap

pin

g th

e ga

llant

pot

en-

tial

of

the

you

ng.

In

man

y w

ays,

th

at

wh

ich

we

stri

ve f

or d

efin

es u

s. W

ho

are

we

bec

omin

g? T

he

cult

ure

in w

hic

h w

e fi

nd o

urs

elve

s se

ts t

he g

oals

of

life

thro

ugh

d

aily

mu

ltim

edia

bom

bard

men

ts d

efin

- in

g fo

r u

s th

at w

hic

h w

e n

eed

to m

ake

us

hap

py a

nd

fulfi

lled

. Bu

t fr

om a

fai

th

pers

pect

ive

in t

he

God

of

love

, th

e cu

l- tu

re f

alls

sh

ort

— f

ar, f

ar s

hor

t fr

om o

ur

hea

rts’

dee

pest

des

ire,

dee

pest

lon

gin

g.

From

th

e pe

rspe

ctiv

e of

fai

th in

th

e G

od

of lo

ve a

s th

e w

ell-s

prin

g of

ou

r de

epes

t ye

arn

ing,

it s

eem

s ou

r cu

ltu

re i

s se

llin

g u

s sh

ort,

mis

sin

g th

e m

ark.

Mor

e an

d m

ore

it s

eem

s w

e ar

e b

ein

g fo

rmed

th

rou

gh t

he

valu

es o

f a

ban

kru

pt c

ult

ure

w

orsh

ippi

ng

fals

e go

ds.

Th

e cu

ltu

re w

ars

hav

e se

ttle

d on

su

perfi

cial

, in

ane

priz

es

as g

oad

s to

mot

ivat

e th

e in

nat

e st

rivi

ngs

of

th

e yo

un

g; t

he

cult

ure

has

mad

e al

l th

at is

pas

sing

see

m u

ltim

ate.

The

sh

allo

w,

Bat

tlin

g Se

cula

rism

w

ith

Eva

nge

liza

tion

by

Rev

. Hu

gh W

. Cle

ary,

C.S

.C.

Rev

. Pin

to P

aul,

C.S

.C.,

(Ho

ly C

ross

Pro

vin

ceo

f N

ort

h-E

ast

Ind

ia)

par

tici

pat

es in

th

e Pr

ayer

for

Peac

e in

Syr

ia v

igil

wit

h S

ton

ehill

stu

den

ts.

(Sep

t. 7

, 201

3)

1213

even

sin

ful s

ub

stit

ute

s fo

r th

at w

hic

h

real

ly m

atte

rs t

o th

e h

um

an s

oul h

ave

deva

lued

us

and

mad

e u

s le

ss t

han

nob

le,

less

th

an h

um

an. W

e ar

e at

roph

yin

g in

th

e w

ake

of o

ur

cult

ure

’s p

rize

d, y

et

triv

ial p

urs

uit

s. I

n a

wor

d, w

e ar

e b

e-co

min

g se

cula

rize

d.

Th

ere

are

man

y de

fin

itio

ns

of s

ecu

lar-

is

m t

oday

. Its

pri

mar

y te

net

cla

ims

that

n

oth

ing

exis

ts b

eyon

d th

at w

hic

h i

s em

piri

cal,

that

wh

ich

can

be

mea

sure

d an

d kn

own

by

the

sen

ses.

Th

at a

lon

e is

tr

uth

. Th

e se

cula

r cu

ltu

re h

as e

xalt

ed

the

acti

ve n

atu

re o

f m

atte

r w

hil

e su

p-

pres

sin

g th

e dy

nam

ic, i

nfi

nit

e sp

irit

of

the

hu

man

sou

l. It

is

a tr

aged

y in

th

e m

akin

g. C

ardi

nal

Don

ald

Wu

erl h

as s

aid

that

sec

ula

rism

is

like

an

en

orm

ous

tsu

nam

i w

ash

ing

acro

ss t

he

cult

ure

.

In a

wor

ld o

f h

igh

-tec

h c

omm

un

i-ca

tion

, th

e h

iera

rch

y of

bu

sin

ess

and

com

mer

ce i

s fo

reve

r se

ttin

g b

efor

e u

s w

hat

we

nee

d; b

ut

tru

th b

e sa

id, i

t is

m

ore

for

wh

at th

ey n

eed

— p

rofi

t. P

rofi

t is

th

e w

olf

in s

hee

p’s

clot

hin

g. W

e h

ave

bee

n li

ed t

o an

d w

e h

ave

com

e to

be-

liev

e th

at t

he

cult

ure

’s li

e is

th

e h

eart

’s

tru

th. T

he

purs

uit

of

mat

eria

l, se

nsu

al

obje

cts

and

affe

ctio

ns

— w

e h

ave

bee

n

told

, as

good

an

d b

eau

tifu

l as

they

are

wil

l sat

isfy

us

ult

imat

ely

and

brin

g u

s jo

y w

hen

an

d if

we

poss

ess

them

. Tra

g-ic

ally

, th

e se

cula

r cu

ltu

re h

as r

epla

ced

livi

ng

self

-sac

rifi

cin

g lo

ve, t

he

ult

imat

e tr

uth

, wit

h g

reed

for

mat

eria

l sat

isfa

c-ti

ons

as t

hat

wh

ich

wil

l mee

t an

d fu

lfill

our

deep

est

hu

nge

rs a

nd

thir

sts.

Th

e tr

uth

of

life

is

love

, pu

re a

nd

sim

-pl

e ...

love

is it

. It

is w

hat

we

can

not

sto

plo

ngi

ng

for

and

bec

ause

th

e G

od o

f lo

ve

tru

ly s

urp

asse

s u

s, w

e ar

e fr

ust

rate

d in

ou

r in

stan

t pu

rsu

it o

f lo

ve f

or i

nst

ant

sati

sfac

tion

. So

we

sett

le t

oo e

asil

y fo

r se

con

d b

est,

eve

n t

hir

d an

d fo

urt

h b

est

and

all t

he

oth

er f

alse

bes

ts. J

ust

as

the

God

of

love

is

infi

nit

e, s

o to

o is

ou

r lo

ngi

ng

and

desi

re; t

hey

are

bou

nd

less

an

d in

sati

able

. Th

at lo

ngi

ng

is n

ot a

cu

rse,

it

is o

ur

grea

test

ble

ssin

g. G

od h

un

gers

an

d th

irst

s fo

r ou

r lo

ve, j

ust

as

we

hu

nge

r an

d th

irst

for

God

’s lo

ve. L

ove

is n

ot a

n

inst

ant

mea

l; it

is

an e

tern

al m

eal.

B

ut

the

secu

lar

cult

ure

has

sol

d u

s a

lie

and

bec

ause

we

are

inu

nd

ated

wit

h

Fr. H

ug

h C

lear

y, C

.S.C

., w

ith

Sto

neh

ill C

olle

ge

stu

den

td

uri

ng

th

e p

raye

r vi

gil

for

pea

ce in

Syr

ia. (

Ch

apel

of

Mar

y, S

ept.

7, 2

013)

the

lie

in s

eem

ingl

y in

fin

ite

mes

sage

s,

we

hav

e ac

cept

ed it

as

the

tru

th. W

hen

sp

eaki

ng

abou

t th

e pr

oph

etic

sig

ns

of

the

evan

geli

cal c

oun

sels

, th

e C

onst

itu

-ti

ons

of t

he

Con

greg

atio

n o

f H

oly

Cro

ss

ind

irec

tly

arti

cula

te t

he

lie

and

the

tru

th i

nvo

lved

:“W

e de

dica

te o

urse

lves

to b

e pr

ophe

tic si

gns

thro

ugh

thes

e vow

s. W

e ar

e soj

ourn

ers i

n th

is w

orld

, lon

ging

for

the

com

ing

of th

e ne

w cr

ea-

tion

as w

e se

ek to

be

stew

ards

on

this

eart

h.

The

wor

ld is

wel

l-pro

visio

ned

with

gift

s fro

m

God

’s ha

nd, b

ut th

e gi

fts a

re o

ften

wor

ship

ed

and

the

Give

r is

igno

red.

We

wan

t to

live

our

vow

s in

such

a w

ay th

at o

ur li

ves w

ill ca

ll in

to

ques

tion

the

fasc

inat

ions

of o

ur w

orld

: ple

a-su

re, w

ealth

and

pow

er. P

roph

ets s

tand

bef

ore

the

wor

ld a

s sig

ns o

f tha

t whi

ch h

as e

ndur

ing

valu

e, an

d pr

ophe

ts sp

eak

and

act i

n th

e wor

ld

as co

mpa

nion

s of t

he L

ord

in th

e ser

vice

of

His

kin

gdom

. We

pray

to li

ve o

ur v

ows w

ell

enou

gh to

off

er su

ch w

itnes

s and

serv

ice.”

Thes

e w

ords

of

Con

stit

utio

n 5:

45, i

n fa

ct,

appl

y to

all

Ch

rist

ian

s to

day

wh

en w

e in

terc

han

ge t

he

wor

ds

faith

an

d vo

ws.

The

Ch

rist

ian

tod

ay is

at

war

wit

h t

he

cult

ure

of

sec

ula

rism

. We

nee

d to

live

ou

r fa

ith

w

ell e

nou

gh t

o of

fer

the

un

varn

ish

ed

tru

th i

n a

con

vin

cin

g w

ay. T

hat

is

the

mis

sion

of

cam

pus

min

istr

y to

day

: We

are

to p

rom

ote

love

as

the

endu

rin

g, i

n-

fin

ite

valu

e of

hu

man

str

ivin

g. O

nly

love

w

ill s

atis

fy t

he

lon

gin

g of

th

e h

um

an

hea

rt. L

ove

is c

ompl

ex. T

he

secu

lar

cul-

ture

wou

ld h

ave

us

belie

ve lo

ve is

red

uce

d to

sen

sual

sex

ual

ple

asu

re; t

o m

ater

ial

poss

essi

ons

that

str

ike

our

fan

cy; t

o ac

cum

ula

tin

g po

wer

an

d m

akin

g lo

ts

of m

oney

for

th

e sa

ke o

f fu

elin

g gr

eed

for

all t

hin

gs s

ensu

al; a

ll t

hin

gs m

ater

ial;

all t

hin

gs e

mpi

rica

l. Lo

ve is

invo

lved

wit

h

all o

f th

ose

thin

gs, c

erta

inly

, bu

t th

e pr

ofit

seek

ers

of li

fe w

ould

hav

e u

s li

ve

con

fin

ed a

nd

obse

ssed

wit

h o

ur

infa

tu-

atio

ns

for

them

. We

are

tau

ght

to b

e so

en

amor

ed w

ith

th

em, w

e ba

rely

look

be-

yo

nd

them

to

the

love

th

at t

ruly

des

erve

s ou

r w

orsh

ip. I

t is

a r

adic

al, p

roph

etic

, al

l-dem

andi

ng

love

th

at u

ltim

atel

y fo

rget

s th

e se

lf f

or t

he

sake

of

the

bel

oved

, for

th

e sa

ke o

f th

e st

ran

ger

and

even

th

e en

emy.

Th

ere

is n

ot m

uch

pro

fit

in t

hat

. B

ut

wh

at g

ood

is it

to

gain

th

e w

hol

e w

orld

wh

ile

losi

ng

ours

elve

s in

th

e pr

o-

cess

, Jes

us

asks

us.

C

ampu

s M

inis

try’

s ro

le t

oday

is

to

bom

bard

th

e ca

mpu

s co

mm

un

ity

wit

h

a m

essa

ge o

f co

ntra

dict

ion

to

the

dom

- in

ant

secu

lar

cult

ure

. Ou

r w

orsh

ip n

eed

s t

o fo

cus

on t

he

God

of

love

th

rou

gh

our

serv

ice

of o

ne

anot

her

an

d th

e po

or.

It i

s th

at w

hic

h w

ill h

ave

the

last

wor

d b

ecau

se it

is

that

wh

ich

mos

t de

eply

to

uch

es t

he

hu

man

hea

rt.

St

oneh

ill s

tude

nts,

in t

he

joy

of y

outh

- fu

l vit

alit

y, a

re t

hem

selv

es t

he

very

bes

t ev

ange

lize

rs f

or f

ello

w s

tude

nts

and

staf

f an

d fa

cult

y. T

hey

do

it w

ell:

They

sin

g th

eir

hea

rts

out,

beau

tifu

lly a

nd s

trik

ingl

y,

in s

olem

n, s

acre

d jo

y ce

lebr

atin

g th

e sa

crifi

ce o

f th

e Eu

char

ist.

Th

eir

prai

se

and

wor

ship

is

auth

enti

c an

d ge

nu

ine.

In t

he

mid

st o

f h

eavy

aca

dem

ic s

ched

ule

s,

they

ser

ve t

irel

essl

y in

love

th

rou

gh

Ston

ehil

l pro

gram

s fo

r th

e fo

rgot

ten

an

d af

flic

ted

of s

oci

ety

(in o

ur

own

cou

ntr

y an

d th

rou

ghou

t th

e w

orld

) tak

ing

pre-

ci

ous

tim

e no

t on

ly t

hro

ugh

out t

he

scho

ol

year

, but

als

o in

win

ter,

spri

ng

and

sum

-m

er b

reak

s, r

enew

ing

them

selv

es w

hil

e se

lfles

sly

serv

ing

oth

ers.

Th

ey e

van

ge-

lize

du

rin

g A

dven

t and

Len

t, of

feri

ng

thei

r re

flec

tion

s to

th

e la

rger

cam

pus

thro

ugh

al

l for

ms

of s

oci

al m

edia

. Th

ey g

ath

er

to s

tudy

Scr

iptu

re, t

o go

on

cam

pus

re-

trea

ts a

nd

to le

ad t

hos

e re

trea

ts w

ith

cou

rage

, bea

rin

g w

itn

ess

to t

he

stre

ngt

h

and

hea

lin

g of

God

’s gr

ace

in t

hei

r st

rug-

gl

es o

f ev

ery

sort

. Th

ey g

ath

er in

var

iou

s gr

oups

to

shar

e th

eir

fait

h. T

hey

for

m

stu

dent

org

aniz

atio

ns

to b

rin

g a

spir

itu

al

pres

ence

to

the

resi

den

ce h

alls

an

d th

e ca

mpu

s. T

hey

are

bel

ieve

rs. T

hey

bel

ieve

so

dee

ply

in G

od’s

love

, th

ey g

ive

of t

hem

-se

lves

tir

eles

sly.

Th

ey a

re y

oun

g, a

nd s

oth

ey a

re n

ew e

van

geli

zers

, sh

arin

g w

ith

oth

ers

wh

at m

atte

rs m

ost

to t

hem

. Th

eycr

eate

a c

uri

osit

y of

won

der

amon

g th

ose

so s

teep

ed i

n t

hei

r ow

n s

mal

l wor

lds

purs

uin

g go

als

of p

assi

ng

valu

e. T

hey

se

em t

o h

ave

a jo

y ab

out

them

— s

prin

g-in

g no

t so

mu

ch f

rom

pow

er, p

osse

ssio

ns

and

mat

eria

l ple

asu

res.

Th

eir

joy

com

es

from

som

e sa

cred

pla

ce d

eep

wit

hin

th

em,

som

e m

yste

riou

s pl

ace,

not

qu

ite

mea

-su

rabl

e, n

ot q

uit

e em

piri

cal,

but

tru

ly

ther

e. S

eein

g th

em in

act

ion

brin

gs to

min

dth

e w

ord

s of

ear

ly C

hri

stia

n T

heo

logi

an

Tert

ulli

an “

Who

are

th

ey, t

hes

e C

hri

stia

ns?

See

how

th

ey lo

ve o

ne

anot

her

!” ■

Fr. H

ugh

Clea

ry, C

.S.C

., w

as o

rdai

ned

on

Apr

il 28

, 197

3. H

e w

as th

e di

rect

or o

f Cam

pus

Min

istry

at S

tone

hill

Colle

ge, E

asto

n, M

ass.,

fr

om J

uly

2011

to D

ecem

ber

2013

. Fr.

Clea

ry

is n

ow se

rvin

g as

chap

lain

at t

he M

onas

tery

of

Bet

hleh

em, L

ivin

gsto

n M

anor

, N.Y

.

Sto

neh

ill s

tud

ents

bag

gro

ceri

es a

sp

art

of

the

Co

lleg

e’s

“In

to t

he

Stre

ets”

serv

ice

pro

gra

m.

(Sp

rin

g 2

013)

1415

Edito

r’s n

ote:

Sain

t And

ré B

esse

tte C

atho

lic

Chur

ch is

a p

arish

in d

ownt

own

Port

land

, Ore

.,an

d al

so se

rves

as a

socia

l min

istry

of t

he U

nite

dSt

ates

Pro

vinc

e, of

feri

ng w

orsh

ip, p

asto

ral c

are,

food

, clo

thin

g and

hea

lth ca

re se

rvice

s to

the p

oor,

hom

eless

and

mar

gina

lized

in th

e Por

tland

are

a.

Wh

en P

ope

Joh

n P

aul I

I fi

rst

spok

e of

th

e C

hu

rch

’s n

eed

for

a N

ew

Eva

nge

liza

tion

, he

was

cal

lin

g ev

ery

be-

li

ever

in

to a

rad

ical

ser

vice

to

capt

ure

th

e fi

re o

f C

hri

st’s

pre

sen

ce a

nd

to t

ake

it i

nto

th

e w

orld

’s s

tree

ts. T

he

fait

hfu

l m

ust

dis

cove

r “n

ew e

xpre

ssio

ns”

to

reac

h

mor

e pe

ople

abo

ut

the

love

th

at C

hri

st

has

for

th

is w

orld

. On

e w

ay t

o do

th

is

is b

y co

nn

ecti

ng

our

sacr

amen

tal l

ives

to

ser

vice

for

th

e po

or i

n n

ew a

nd

pro

-fo

un

d w

ays.

Th

is w

as t

he

tru

e re

aliz

atio

n

of P

ope

Joh

n Pa

ul I

I’s N

ew E

vang

eliz

atio

n.

K

ey t

o ev

ange

lizi

ng

in t

he

21st c

entu

ryis

th

e u

se o

f “n

ew m

eth

ods.

” So

cial

med

iaan

d ot

her

for

ms

of t

ech

nol

ogy

allo

w u

sto

rea

ch a

nd

teac

h m

illi

ons

the

fait

h a

l-

Fran

cis

as w

ell a

s pr

ocl

aim

ing

the

good

n

ews

in o

ur

loca

l com

mu

nit

ies.

Art

icu

lati

ng

the

Fait

hFr

om m

y ow

n e

xpe

rien

ce, t

wo

sepa

rate

mu

rder

s at

th

e fr

ont

door

of

Hol

y C

ross

’D

own

tow

n C

hap

el (n

ow c

alle

d Sa

int

An

dré

Bes

sett

e C

ath

olic

Ch

urc

h) c

han

ged

how

I w

ould

eva

nge

lize

an

d ar

ticu

late

th

e fa

ith

in

way

s I

wou

ld h

ave

nev

er

imag

ined

at

the

tim

e.“W

alla

ce”

was

sta

bbed

in

pre

-daw

n

hou

rs a

t ou

r pa

rish

doo

r an

d m

ade

his

w

ay a

blo

ck u

p th

e st

reet

in

dow

nto

wn

P

ortl

and

, Ore

., an

d d

ied

.“D

anie

l” w

as s

hot

nin

e ti

mes

on

th

e si

dew

alk

of o

ur

Ch

apel

at

3 a.

m. o

n a

col

dSa

turd

ay i

n O

ctob

er 2

00

3.Tw

o w

eeks

aft

er h

is d

eath

, th

e pa

rish

fa

mil

y ca

me

toge

ther

wit

h D

anie

l’s f

am-

ily

to p

ray

at t

he

mu

rder

sit

e at

th

e ti

me

of t

he

mu

rder

, 3 a

.m. W

e sa

ng

in t

he

rain

y n

igh

t w

ith

ass

ura

nce

th

at v

iole

nce

and

deat

h d

are

not

hav

e th

e la

st w

ord

on o

ur

stre

et c

orn

er. W

e w

ash

ed t

he

vi-

olen

ce f

rom

ou

r st

reet

s w

ith

pra

yer

and

pres

ence

. I b

egge

d G

od t

hat

th

e G

ospe

l w

ould

str

etch

fro

m o

ur

san

ctu

ary

to

the

bru

tal s

tree

ts.

Con

nec

tin

g Fa

ith

, Com

mu

nit

yD

anie

l’s d

eath

com

pell

ed m

e to

con

nec

t fa

ith

bey

ond

the

bou

nda

ries

of

our

loca

lpa

rish

com

mu

nit

y. I

soo

n d

isco

vere

d th

at m

embe

rs o

f ou

r pa

rish

als

o w

ante

dto

pla

y a

role

in

en

din

g th

e vi

olen

ce a

nd

brea

kin

g do

wn

the

barr

iers

bet

wee

n th

eri

ch a

nd

poor

.I

sear

ched

for

an

swer

s ab

out

how

to

resp

ond

to t

he

viol

ence

of

our

nei

ghbo

r-h

ood

and

the

issu

es o

f u

rban

pov

erty

th

at s

urr

oun

ded

our

pari

sh. I

dis

cove

red

that

th

e an

swer

s re

sted

wit

hin

th

e co

m-

mu

nit

y it

self

, th

e ve

ry p

lace

wh

ere

the

ques

tion

s pl

agu

ed u

s al

l. Th

e on

ly a

nsw

ers

that

we

cou

ld o

ffer

wer

e ce

nte

red

in

pray

er, w

orsh

ip a

nd

the

hea

lin

g po

wer

of

Ch

rist

Jes

us.

O

ur

staf

f le

arn

ed fi

rst

to li

sten

to

peo-

ple,

to

the

stor

ies

of p

rofo

un

d lo

nel

ines

san

d su

ffer

ing.

We

then

en

tere

d in

to

gen

uin

e re

lati

onsh

ip w

ith

peo

ple

wh

o fa

ced

such

har

dsh

ips

and

loss

. We

cou

ld

not

ch

ange

peo

ple’

s si

tuat

ion

s; w

e co

uld

n

ot fi

x pe

ople

or

solv

e th

eir

prob

lem

s or

pro

vide

sat

isfa

ctor

y an

swer

s to

wh

y

they

fac

ed s

uch

su

ffer

ing.

How

ever

, we

cou

ld li

sten

an

d pr

ay w

ith

th

em. W

e co

uld

cre

ate

a pe

acef

ul,

non

-vio

lent

en

vi-

ron

men

t w

her

e pe

ople

cou

ld c

ome

for

reso

urc

es a

nd

the

bas

ics

of li

fe. W

e le

arn

ed p

eopl

e’s

nam

es, p

rovi

ded

food

an

d cl

oth

ing

and

trea

ted

peop

le w

ith

re-

spec

t an

d di

gnit

y. W

e al

l lea

rned

tog

eth

erth

at t

he

mea

nin

g of

hos

pita

lity

is

ara

dica

l acc

epta

nce

of

brot

her

s an

d si

ster

sin

Ch

rist

wit

hou

t th

e la

bel

s ou

r so

ciet

y w

ants

to

put

on p

eopl

e w

ho

live

on

th

e st

reet

s, s

tru

ggle

wit

h a

ddic

tion

s or

su

ffer

wit

h m

enta

l ill

nes

ses.

O

ur

staf

f se

arch

ed f

or w

ays

to c

onn

ect

the

Euch

aris

t an

d ou

r h

ospi

tali

ty c

ente

r to

for

m a

par

ish

com

mu

nit

y be

yon

d ou

rpa

rish

wal

ls —

a p

aris

h b

uil

t ar

oun

d ou

r m

issi

on. P

raye

r an

d se

rvic

e n

eede

d to

re

mai

n li

nke

d, t

o li

ve i

n p

ract

ical

way

s w

ith

th

e m

yste

ry o

f C

hri

st’s

pre

sen

ce

in t

he

wor

ld.

E

very

mor

nin

g in

ou

r h

ospi

tali

ty c

en-

ter

we

beg

an b

y re

adin

g th

e u

pcom

ing

Sund

ay G

ospe

l, re

flec

tin

g to

geth

er o

n th

ece

ntra

l mes

sage

. Peo

ple

of a

ll ba

ckgr

ound

s,b

elie

f sy

stem

s an

d va

riou

s de

nom

ina-

tion

s al

l hea

rd t

he

Gos

pel t

o pr

epar

e fo

r th

eir

tim

e at

th

e ce

nte

r.

The

enti

re r

easo

n f

or t

he

Ch

urc

h i

sto

bri

ng

Ch

rist

in

to t

he

wor

ld. I

did

not

real

ize

at t

he

tim

e of

ou

r m

inis

try

at

Sain

t A

nd

ré B

esse

tte

Ch

urc

h t

hat

ou

r st

aff

and

volu

nte

ers

wer

e ou

rsel

ves

de-

velo

pin

g th

ese

new

for

ms

of e

van

geli

za-

tion

. We

wer

e in

th

e th

ick

of it

, dea

lin

g w

ith

peo

ple

livi

ng

on t

he

stre

ets

wh

o n

eede

d im

med

iate

hel

p. W

e ca

red

for

vet-

eran

s w

ho

fell

th

rou

gh t

he

crac

ks. W

e re

ceiv

ed p

eopl

e in

ou

r ch

apel

wh

o h

ad

not

show

ered

for

mon

ths

and

who

car

ried

all t

hei

r po

sses

sion

s on

th

eir

back

s. W

e ca

red

for

thos

e w

ho

had

bee

n b

eate

nov

ern

ight

. We

wel

com

ed r

ecen

tly

rele

ased

pris

oner

s. S

omet

imes

we

just

pro

vide

d a

quie

t pl

ace

for

peop

le t

o si

t an

d fi

gure

ou

t w

hat

to

do n

ext.

Th

ese

new

for

ms

of e

van

geli

zati

on b

egan

wit

h o

ur

own

co

nve

rsio

n. W

e ca

me

quic

kly

to r

ely

onC

hri

st in

ou

r li

ves

and

min

istr

y be

cau

sew

e co

uld

not

ch

ange

peo

ple’

s si

tuat

ion

s,liv

es o

r ci

rcu

mst

ance

s. W

e w

ere

pow

erle

ssov

er t

he

situ

atio

ns

in p

eopl

e’s

live

s. T

his

was

th

e fi

rst

step

in

dis

cove

rin

g fa

ith

fo

r m

emb

ers

of o

ur

staf

f. W

e al

l nee

ded

God

in w

ays

that

we

had

nev

er im

agin

ed.

Takin

g It

To th

e Stre

ets b

y R

ev. R

onal

d P.

Raa

b, C

.S.C

.

mos

t in

stan

tan

eou

sly.

Th

e V

atic

an a

nd

the

Cat

hol

ic m

edia

’s u

se o

f te

chn

olog

y en

able

s u

s to

inst

antl

y co

nn

ect

wit

h P

ope

Fran

cis’

pro

fou

nd a

ctio

ns:

wh

en h

e to

uch

-es

th

e di

seas

ed p

erso

n, w

hen

he

spea

ks

wit

h t

he

pers

on w

ith

men

tal i

llnes

s, w

hen

he

was

hes

th

e fe

et o

f m

argi

nal

ized

in

-ca

rcer

ated

you

ng

peop

le. H

e m

odel

s fo

r al

l of

us,

his

cal

l to

put

into

act

ion

th

e fa

ith

we

prof

ess.

Tec

hn

olog

y is

not

on

ly

enab

lin

g pe

ople

to

bec

ome

disc

iple

s of

C

hri

st, b

ut

also

eva

nge

list

s. W

e b

ecom

eev

ange

list

s w

hen

we

use

ou

r bl

ogs,

Fac

e-bo

ok a

nd

our

smar

tph

ones

to

reco

rd

the

bold

ex

pres

sion

s of

fai

th f

rom

Pop

e

17

Eva

nge

lizi

ng

oth

er E

van

geli

zers

Soon

, we

crea

ted

a m

odel

th

at g

ave

us

spir

itu

al d

irec

tion

. By

real

izin

g ou

r ow

nfa

ith

an

d ou

r ro

le i

n t

he

min

istr

y, w

e w

ere

bet

ter

able

to

serv

e th

e lo

nel

y m

ar-

gin

aliz

ed. O

ur

staf

f b

egan

to

mee

t qu

ar-

terl

y w

ith

tw

o sp

irit

ual

dir

ecto

rs.

Ou

r m

inis

try

bec

ame

one

of d

isco

ver-

ing

Ch

rist

Jes

us

and

con

nec

tin

g th

e Sa

cram

ents

to

the

dire

ct s

ervi

ce o

f G

od’s

peop

le. W

e le

arn

ed f

rom

ou

r ex

peri

ence

san

d so

on w

e b

egan

to

invi

te o

ther

s to

lear

n t

oo. W

e h

eld

day

lon

g re

trea

ts t

hat

we

nam

ed “

The

Per

son

al P

over

ty R

e-tr

eat.

” W

e w

ante

d to

sh

are

our

expe

ri-

ence

s w

ith

peo

ple

in o

ther

Cat

hol

ic p

ar-

ish

es, i

n o

ther

Ch

rist

ian

den

omin

atio

ns

and

wit

h p

eopl

e fr

om m

any

dif

fere

nt

back

grou

nds

. All

wer

e se

arch

ing

thro

ugh

thei

r ow

n s

uff

erin

g fo

r an

swer

s on

how

th

ey c

ould

ser

ve t

he

nee

ds

of t

he

poor

.

The

13-h

our

retr

eats

wer

e op

en t

o an

y-on

e w

ho

had

an

inte

rest

in in

tegr

atin

g fa

ith

an

d se

rvic

e. I

led

thos

e m

onth

ly r

e-tr

eats

for

eig

ht

year

s. P

eopl

e ex

peri

ence

dpr

ofou

nd

chan

ge in

th

eir

idea

s ab

out

the

mar

gin

aliz

ed a

nd a

bout

how

th

e C

hu

rch

reac

hes

ou

t to

th

ose

in n

eed

. Th

is n

ew

expr

essi

on o

f fa

ith

imb

edde

d in

th

ese

re-

trea

ts c

han

ged

my

own

pers

pect

ive

abou

th

ow p

eopl

e co

me

to f

aith

an

d h

ow w

e al

l art

icu

late

ou

r tr

ust

in

God

; an

d at

-

ten

dees

wer

e em

pow

ered

an

d eq

uip

ped

to g

o ba

ck t

o th

eir

own

par

ish

es o

r co

m-

mu

nit

ies

to i

mpl

emen

t ch

ange

roo

ted

in f

aith

an

d se

rvic

e.

To p

rovi

de e

xpe

rien

ces

for

the

nex

t w

ave

of e

van

geli

zers

, we

late

r de

velo

ped

a po

st-g

radu

ate

year

lon

g in

tern

ship

, tw

o fu

ll-t

ime

fell

owsh

ips

and

a Je

suit

V

olu

nte

er i

nte

rnsh

ip.

Eva

nge

lizi

ng

Th

rou

gh M

edia

In 2

00

5, I

was

in

vite

d by

th

e pr

ogra

m

dire

ctor

at

radi

o st

atio

n K

BV

M, C

ath

olic

Bro

adca

stin

g N

orth

wes

t, t

o re

cord

re-

flec

tion

s on

th

e Su

nd

ay G

ospe

ls f

or t

he

fou

r w

eeks

of

Adv

ent.

Th

e di

rect

or c

alle

dth

e sh

ow “

On

th

e M

argi

ns.

” Th

e pu

rpos

eof

th

e pr

ogra

m w

as t

o co

nn

ect

the

Scri

p-tu

res

and

my

stor

ies

to t

he

nee

ds

of

peop

le li

vin

g on

th

e m

argi

ns

of s

ocie

ty.

We

also

wan

ted

to e

duca

te t

he

list

ener

s li

vin

g on

th

e ot

her

sid

e of

th

at m

argi

n,

mot

ivat

ing

them

in

to s

ervi

ce.

The

New

Eva

ngel

izat

ion

emph

asiz

es t

hat

we

all a

re r

espo

nsib

le fo

rta

king

our

fait

h fr

om t

hepe

ws

of o

ur c

hurc

hes

into

the

str

eets

, in

orde

r to

reac

h al

l tho

se in

nee

dof

Chr

ist’

s he

alin

g lo

ve.

The

radi

o pr

ogra

m h

as c

onti

nu

ed w

ell

bey

ond

the

fou

r w

eeks

of

Ad

ven

t. I

am

n

ow i

n m

y n

inth

yea

r, br

oadc

asti

ng

the

wee

kly

refl

ecti

ons

on t

he

radi

o an

d In

ter-

net

. Wh

en I

beg

an m

y m

inis

try,

I n

ever

thou

ght

that

on

e da

y I

wou

ld u

se t

ech

-n

olog

y as

a t

ool t

o ev

ange

lize

to

peop

leth

rou

ghou

t th

e w

orld

. Th

is r

adio

min

istr

y,al

ong

wit

h m

y w

riti

ng

for

mag

azin

es,

prop

elle

d ou

r st

orie

s of

min

istr

y b

eyon

dou

r pa

rish

an

d in

to a

n i

nte

rnat

ion

al

min

istr

y.S

ever

al p

aris

hio

ner

s fr

om t

he

pari

sh

reco

gniz

ed t

he

nee

d to

con

tin

ue

edu

-ca

tin

g p

eopl

e b

eyon

d ou

r im

med

iate

P

ortl

and

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d. T

hey

des

ign

ed

a w

ebsi

te t

o h

ouse

my

radi

o pr

ogra

ms

and

man

y of

my

publ

ish

ed a

rtic

les.

Th

e le

sson

s w

e le

arn

ed a

mon

g pe

ople

in

ou

r pa

rish

wer

e so

on b

ein

g ta

ugh

t in

an

on

-li

ne,

glo

ball

y ac

cess

ible

min

istr

y. T

hes

e

new

for

ms

of e

van

geli

zin

g de

epen

ed m

yu

nde

rsta

nd

ing

abou

t sp

read

ing

the

fire

of f

aith

in C

hri

st J

esu

s th

at w

e al

l fou

nd

at S

aint

An

dré

Bes

sett

e C

ath

olic

Ch

urc

h.

I

now

ser

ve a

s pa

stor

of

Sacr

ed H

eart

C

hu

rch

(Tri

-Com

mu

nit

y) i

n C

olor

ado

Spri

ngs

, Col

o., a

not

her

Hol

y C

ross

par

ish

apos

tola

te. H

ere

we

are

usi

ng

the

pari

shw

ebsi

te, F

aceb

ook

and

Twit

ter

to e

van

-ge

lize

and

bre

ak d

own

the

barr

iers

of

par-

ish

bou

nd

arie

s. O

ur

prog

ram

s, r

etre

ats,

ta

lks

and

oppo

rtu

nit

ies

for

pray

er a

re

not

con

fin

ed t

o ju

st p

aris

hio

ner

s in

ou

rn

eigh

borh

ood,

bu

t ar

e op

en t

o al

l peo

ple

sear

chin

g fo

r op

port

un

itie

s to

dee

pen

th

eir

live

s of

fai

th a

nd

serv

ice.

From

th

e P

ews

to t

he

Stre

ets

I am

sti

ll le

arn

ing

from

th

e de

ath

s of

W

alla

ce a

nd

Dan

iel.

Th

eir

mu

rder

s al

l th

ose

year

s ag

o ar

e st

ill i

gnit

ing

my

im-

agin

atio

n a

bou

t ou

r u

niv

ersa

l cal

l to

holi

ness

and

ser

vice

, no

mat

ter

our

neig

h-

borh

ood

or t

he

vari

ous

form

s of

pov

er-

ties

we

all f

ace

in o

ur

dai

ly li

ves.

The

New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

em

phas

izes

th

at w

e al

l are

res

pon

sibl

e fo

r ta

kin

g ou

rfa

ith

fro

m t

he

pew

s of

ou

r ch

urc

hes

into

the

stre

ets,

in

ord

er t

o re

ach

all

th

ose

in n

eed

of C

hri

st’s

hea

lin

g lo

ve. W

e ar

e al

l cal

led

to t

hes

e m

issi

onar

y ef

fort

s.

We

are

all c

hal

len

ged

to u

nit

e pe

ople

in

Ch

rist

Jes

us

so t

hat

ou

r st

reet

s ca

n b

e-co

me

a pl

ace

of n

on-v

iole

nce

and

of

peac

e.

Tech

nol

ogy

does

not

rep

lace

gen

uin

ere

lati

onsh

ip t

o bu

ild

com

mu

nit

y. H

ow-

ever

, th

anks

to

thes

e to

ols,

my

refl

ecti

ons

on t

he

Wor

d of

God

now

go

bey

ond

the

side

wal

ks o

f m

y pa

rish

es. I

wil

l con

tin

ue

to p

reac

h a

pro

phet

ic w

ord

that

ech

oes

of

f vi

olen

ce a

nd p

over

ty n

o m

atte

r w

her

eI

live

. Th

e G

ospe

l ext

end

s b

eyon

d th

e Sa

nct

uar

y an

d in

to t

he

stre

ets,

an

d n

ow

acro

ss t

he

glob

e. M

ore

and

mor

e pe

ople

are

lear

nin

g th

e le

sson

s th

e Sa

int

An

dré

B

esse

tte

pari

sh c

omm

un

ity

lear

ned

year

sag

o fr

om t

hos

e li

vin

g on

th

e m

argi

ns

of s

oci

ety.

I b

elie

ve t

hat

vio

len

ce a

nd

pove

rty

can

be

was

hed

aw

ay f

rom

th

e w

orld

’s si

dew

alks

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e al

l do

our

part

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eva

nge

lize

th

e lo

ve o

f C

hri

st J

esu

s cr

uci

fied

an

d re

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ecte

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Ev

ang

eliz

atio

nIn

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ract

ice

by R

ev. J

ohn

J. D

ough

erty

, C.S

.C.

I serv

e as

a p

aris

h p

ries

t in

th

e A

rch

-d

ioce

se o

f P

ortl

and

in O

rego

n. I

t is

a

won

derf

ul p

lace

to

min

iste

r an

d se

rve

the

Lord

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a 19

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radu

ate

of t

he

Un

i-ve

rsit

y of

Por

tlan

d, i

t br

ough

t m

e gr

eat

joy

wh

en I

was

ask

ed b

y ou

r P

rovi

nci

al

to r

etu

rn t

o th

e N

orth

wes

t as

pas

tor

of H

oly

Red

eem

er P

aris

h a

nd

Sch

ool.

I b

egan

th

is c

urr

ent

assi

gnm

ent

on J

uly

1,

200

9.

P

roba

bly

the

bigg

est

“Ch

urc

h e

ven

t”

that

has

occ

urr

ed s

ince

my

retu

rnin

g to

P

ortl

and

has

bee

n th

e ar

riva

l of

our

new

A

rch

bish

op A

lexa

nde

r Sa

mpl

e. A

rch

bi-

shop

Sam

ple

cam

e to

us

from

my

hom

e st

ate

of M

ich

igan

, alt

hou

gh h

e w

as f

rom

th

e U

pper

Pen

insu

lar

and

I w

as f

rom

th

e lo

wer

(a t

roll

, as

we

are

refe

rred

to

by

thos

e fr

om t

he

Nor

th).

O

ur

new

Arc

hbi

shop

was

, at

one

tim

e,

the

you

nge

st B

isho

p in

th

e U

nit

ed S

tate

s an

d is

cu

rren

tly

the

you

nge

st A

rch

bish

op

(he

is 1

6 d

ays

olde

r th

an m

e!).

So, w

ith

th

is “y

outh

” com

es a

new

vis

ion

of C

hurc

h,

espe

cial

ly w

hen

it c

omes

to

med

ia a

nd

tech

nol

ogy.

I a

m e

xcit

ed a

bou

t th

is b

e-ca

use

ou

r ar

chd

ioce

se, i

n m

y op

inio

n,

was

lagg

ing

beh

ind

wit

h it

s u

se o

f te

ch-

nol

ogy

and

med

ia.

A

not

her

th

ing

that

ou

r n

ew s

hep

her

d br

ough

t w

ith

him

was

a s

tron

g co

mm

it-

men

t to

th

e N

ew E

van

geli

zati

on. I

ad

mit

I

did

not

kn

ow a

lot

abou

t th

is e

ffor

t,

but

once

th

e A

rch

bish

op w

as n

amed

, we

cert

ain

ly s

tart

ed h

eari

ng

abou

t it

. Ou

r fo

rmer

sh

eph

erd

, th

e m

uch

-love

d A

rch

- bi

shop

Joh

n V

lazn

y, s

tart

ed t

alki

ng

abou

t th

e N

ew E

van

geli

zati

on a

bit

as

he

met

w

ith

pri

ests

. As

he

beg

an s

peak

ing

abou

t th

is i

nit

iati

ve, I

sta

rted

get

tin

g a

bit

w

orri

ed. I

tho

ugh

t to

mys

elf,

“OK

, ano

ther

pr

ogra

m t

o ru

n a

nd

mor

e fo

r m

e to

do.

I ad

mit

I d

id n

ot d

o m

uch

. Wit

h m

y an

xi-

ety

abou

t th

e N

ew E

van

geli

zati

on, I

fig-

u

red

that

I w

ould

ju

st w

ait

to b

e to

ld

wh

at t

o do

… a

nd I

qu

ietl

y pr

ayed

it w

ould

al

l be

forg

otte

n!

P

ortl

and

is a

mu

ch la

rger

dio

cese

th

an

Mar

quet

te, M

ich

., an

d ou

r n

ew le

ader

fo

un

d h

imse

lf v

ery

bu

sy i

n h

is fi

rst

mon

ths

her

e. S

o, n

ot m

uch

was

hea

rd

abou

t th

e N

ew E

van

geli

zati

on f

or a

wh

ile

(wh

ich

was

fin

e w

ith

me!

). B

ut,

as

we

do

each

yea

r in

Oct

ober

, th

e pr

iest

s in

th

e ar

chd

ioce

se, m

ostl

y u

s pa

rish

min

iste

rs,

gath

ered

at

the

Ore

gon

coa

st w

ith

th

e

It is

rea

lly a

bout

gett

ing

back

to

the

basi

cs o

f our

fait

h an

d ou

r tr

adit

ion.

Arc

hbi

shop

for

mee

tin

gs a

nd

tim

e ap

art.

Tr

adit

ion

ally

, th

e A

rch

bish

op g

ives

a

talk

at t

he

conc

lusi

on o

f ou

r da

ys t

oget

her

. O

bvi

ousl

y, t

his

tal

k w

as m

uch

an

tici

- pa

ted

in t

hat

it w

as t

he

firs

t ti

me

he

had

sp

oken

to

all o

f u

s in

a g

rou

p se

ttin

g si

nce

h

is a

rriv

al i

n A

pril

. Wel

l it

hap

pen

ed,

righ

t on

cu

e …

you

gu

esse

d it

, he

spok

e ab

out

the

New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

. I li

sten

ed

atte

nti

vely

, th

inki

ng

he

was

goi

ng

to

hav

e a

“rol

l ou

t” d

ate

and

tell

us

wh

at h

e w

ante

d u

s to

do

and

how

he

wan

ted

us

to d

o it

. Bu

t w

hat

I h

eard

was

mu

ch d

if-

fere

nt f

rom

wh

at I

exp

ecte

d an

d I

actu

ally

b

ecam

e ex

cite

d ab

out

lear

nin

g m

ore.

W

hat

rea

lly

stru

ck m

e at

firs

t w

as h

ow

he

deli

vere

d h

is r

emar

ks; A

rch

bish

op

Sam

ple

use

d an

iP

ad i

nst

ead

of u

sin

g h

and

wri

tten

or

typ

ed n

otes

! Th

is w

as

real

ly a

firs

t fo

r al

l of

us.

He

let

us

know

th

at t

he

New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

was

not

to b

e fe

ared

an

d it

was

not

to

be

con

si-

dere

d a

“new

pro

gram

.” It

is r

eall

y ab

out

gett

ing

back

to

the

basi

cs o

f ou

r fa

ith

an

d ou

r tr

adit

ion

. It

is m

ore

abou

t fo

cus-

in

g on

wh

at w

e al

read

y h

ave

in p

lace

an

d bu

ildi

ng

from

th

ere,

esp

ecia

lly w

ith

re

gard

to

the

Litu

rgy,

wh

ich

is o

f sp

ecia

l im

port

ance

to

our

new

sh

eph

erd

. I li

s-

ten

ed a

tten

tive

ly, b

ut

I co

uld

not

get

ou

t of

my

min

d th

at h

e w

as u

sin

g an

iPad

! It

was

cle

ar o

f th

e ro

le t

hat

su

ch t

ech

no-

lo

gy w

ould

pla

y in

th

e N

ew E

van

geli

za-

tion

an

d th

e C

hu

rch

of

tod

ay.

I

am a

nyt

hin

g bu

t a

tech

wiz

ard

; I

mar

vel a

t th

e ab

ilit

ies

of y

oun

g pe

ople

w

hen

it c

omes

to

gadg

ets

and

devi

ces.

W

hen

I w

as r

ecen

tly

hav

ing

prob

lem

s se

ttin

g u

p so

me

audi

o vi

sual

/com

pute

r eq

uip

men

t in

ou

r sc

hoo

l, I

quic

kly

real

- iz

ed t

hat

I n

eede

d h

elp.

An

d w

ho

did

I ca

ll?

An

eig

hth

gra

der!

Th

at b

ein

g sa

id,

I do

th

ink

that

tec

hn

olog

y an

d so

cial

m

edia

figu

re in

to t

he

New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

; an

d as

a p

asto

r, I

nee

d to

do

wh

at I

can

to

bri

ng

that

in

to t

he

pari

sh.

U

pon

refl

ecti

on, I

gu

ess

I w

as a

lrea

dy

doin

g so

me

of t

he

wor

k of

th

e N

ew E

van

- ge

liza

tion

via

th

e pa

rish

web

site

th

at

alw

ays

seem

ed t

o be

in n

eed

of a

n u

pdat

e.

I w

as o

ften

dis

cou

rage

d w

hen

look

ing

at a

par

ish

web

site

in

Oct

ober

an

d th

ey

stil

l had

th

e L

ente

n s

ched

ule

of

even

ts

post

ed. I

fou

nd

mys

elf

aski

ng,

“H

ow

can

we

attr

act

som

ebod

y n

ew i

f w

e ju

st

hav

e ol

d ev

ents

pos

ted

?” S

o I

deci

ded

that

I n

eede

d to

at

leas

t tr

y m

y b

est

to

mak

e su

re o

ur

pari

sh w

ebsi

te w

as k

ept

up

-to

-dat

e.

It j

ust

so

hap

pen

ed t

hat

I h

ad t

he

op-

port

un

ity

to m

eet

wit

h a

n e

duca

tor

wh

o w

as c

omin

g ba

ck t

o th

e ch

urc

h a

nd

he

offe

red

to h

elp

us

a bi

t w

ith

ou

r te

chn

o-

logy

. He

told

me

earl

y on

th

at t

he

new

A

rch

bish

op i

s on

Tw

itte

r an

d h

e in

vite

d m

e to

con

side

r it

. I w

as n

ot a

hu

ge f

an

of t

hat

par

ticu

lar

soci

al m

edia

; Fac

e-bo

ok s

eem

ed e

nou

gh f

or m

e. H

e to

ld m

e th

at I

cou

ld h

ave

my

feed

go

righ

t to

th

e pa

rish

’s w

ebpa

ge. H

e th

en p

oin

ted

out h

ow I

cou

ld d

o th

is a

ll fr

om m

y ph

one

and

show

ed m

e h

ow q

uic

kly

I co

uld

up-

da

te t

hin

gs. I

n t

his

way

, peo

ple

are

seei

ng

prac

tica

lly li

ve f

eed

s of

wh

at is

hap

pen

-in

g at

th

at m

omen

t. T

his

has

pro

ved

to

be

very

exc

itin

g an

d ac

tual

ly a

lot

of

fun

. I t

ry t

o pu

t an

upd

ate

on e

very

day

, an

d w

hat

mak

es T

wit

ter

even

gre

ater

is

that

you

on

ly u

se 1

40 c

har

acte

rs! I

t al

so

allo

ws

me

to p

ost

pict

ure

s ea

sily

an

d qu

ickl

y. I

hav

e st

arte

d “f

ollo

win

g” s

ome

Hol

y C

ross

gro

ups

, an

d re

twee

ts a

re b

e-

com

ing

mor

e pr

omin

ent.

Ther

e is

so

muc

h

grea

t co

nte

nt

out

ther

e th

at I

wan

t to

sh

are

it a

ll w

ith

ou

r pa

rish

com

mu

nit

y an

d pe

ople

wh

o m

igh

t b

e in

tere

sted

in

wh

o w

e ar

e an

d w

hat

we

do a

t H

oly

Red

eem

er.

A

not

her

rol

e of

tec

hn

olog

y th

at, a

s a

past

or, I

fin

d ve

ry u

sefu

l an

d h

elpf

ul i

s on

lin

e gi

vin

g. O

ur

pari

sh is

not

a la

rge

one.

Wh

en I

sta

rted

, her

e w

e h

ad a

bou

t 10

hou

seh

old

s u

se w

hat

we

call

EF

T

(ele

ctro

nic

fu

nd

s tr

ansf

er) a

nd

may

be

thre

e pe

rcen

t of

ou

r do

nat

ion

s ca

me

in

that

way

. We

curr

entl

y h

ave

mor

e th

an

150

hou

seh

old

s u

sin

g EF

T a

nd

now

ap

prox

imat

ely

50 p

erce

nt

of a

ll o

ur

col-

lect

ion

s ar

e do

ne

usi

ng

this

met

hod

of

paym

ent.

You

nge

r fa

mil

ies

ten

d to

do

ever

yth

ing

this

way

an

d w

e h

ave

bee

n

able

to

capi

tali

ze o

n t

his

. Som

e fa

mil

ies

said

th

at t

hey

fel

t it

was

im

port

ant

to

hav

e th

eir

chil

dren

pu

t so

met

hin

g in

th

eba

sket

as

it m

akes

it w

ay a

rou

nd

. So,

in r

espo

nse

to

that

we

had

car

ds

mad

e u

p an

d la

min

ated

th

at s

ay, “

I u

se E

FT

… a

sk m

e ab

out

it.”

I pr

omot

ed it

so

mu

chth

at a

you

ng

cou

ple

I pr

epar

ed f

or

mar

riag

e ga

ve m

e a

T-sh

irt

that

sai

d ju

st t

hat

!

In p

utti

ng

this

art

icle

tog

eth

er, I

fou

nd

mys

elf

thin

kin

g ba

ck t

o m

y ve

ry fi

rst

days

at

Mor

eau

Sem

inar

y an

d on

e of

my

clas

smat

es, F

r. B

ill W

ack,

C.S

.C. W

hil

e

Fr. B

ill w

as a

t M

orea

u a

s a

sen

ior,

his

br

oth

er F

r. N

eil W

ack,

C.S

.C.,

was

stu

dyin

g at

Pu

rdu

e U

niv

ersi

ty. F

r. B

ill w

as i

n t

he

com

pute

r ro

om o

ne

even

ing

wor

kin

g d

ilig

entl

y (s

upp

osed

ly o

n a

pap

er f

or

one

of h

is c

lass

es).

Bu

t, I

not

iced

on

th

e sc

reen

it w

as n

ot a

pap

er h

e w

as w

orki

ng

on. I

ask

ed F

r. B

ill a

bou

t it

an

d h

e to

ld

me

abou

t a

new

way

of

com

mu

nic

atin

g at

un

iver

siti

es c

alle

d el

ectr

onic

mai

l. I

shru

gged

my

shou

lder

s an

d th

ough

t n

oth

ing

mor

e ab

out

it. L

ittl

e d

id I

kn

ow

that

th

is “

new

way

” of

com

mu

nic

atin

g w

ould

bec

ome

the

popu

lar

emai

l an

d w

as j

ust

th

e b

egin

nin

g of

a n

ew w

ave

of t

ech

nol

ogy

that

wou

ld s

hap

e m

y fu

ture

life

as

a pr

iest

an

d pa

stor

.

The

New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

cal

ls e

ach

of

us

to e

mbr

ace

the

adva

nce

s th

at t

ech

no-

lo

gy h

as b

rou

ght

us

and

use

th

em t

o pr

omot

e th

e K

ingd

om t

o th

e b

est

of o

ur

abil

itie

s. ■

Fr. J

ohn

Dou

gher

ty, C

.S.C

., w

as o

rdai

ned

on

Apr

il 9,

1994

. He’s

the

past

or o

f Hol

y Cr

oss’

Hol

y Re

deem

er P

arish

in P

ortla

nd, O

re. Y

ou ca

n fo

llow

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John

on

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itter

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hert

ycsc

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t P

aul m

ade

it p

rett

y cl

ear

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yea

rs a

go: T

o th

e fr

ee, h

e w

as

free

; to

slav

es, a

sla

ve; t

o Je

ws,

a J

ew; t

o G

reek

s, a

Gre

ek; t

o th

e w

eak,

wea

k. “I

hav

e be

com

e al

l thi

ngs t

o al

l, to

save

at l

east

som

e. A

ll th

is I

do

for

the

sake

of t

he G

ospe

l, so

that

I

too

may

hav

e a

shar

e in

it”

(1 C

or 9

:19-

23).

To p

reac

h t

he

Gos

pel,

St. P

aul w

ould

use

w

hat

ever

mea

ns

that

was

at

han

d. I

n

our

day,

Pop

e B

ened

ict

mad

e th

e V

atic

an’s

firs

t tw

eet.

Pop

e Fr

anci

s h

as p

erfe

cted

sp

eaki

ng in

just

140

char

acte

rs. T

he G

ospe

l ca

lls

us

to u

se m

oder

n m

ean

s to

mak

e C

hri

st’s

sav

ing

mes

sage

kn

own

.

In f

act,

mod

ern

tec

hn

olog

y av

ails

us

new

opp

ortu

nit

ies

and

way

s to

sh

are

the

Gos

pel a

nd

to b

uil

d th

e K

ingd

om. I

n h

is

rece

nt

Apo

stol

ic E

xh

orta

tion

, “Th

e Jo

y of

th

e G

ospe

l,” t

he

Pop

e w

rite

s:“T

oday

, whe

n th

e ne

twor

ks a

nd m

eans

of h

u-

man

com

mun

icatio

n ha

ve m

ade u

npre

cede

nted

ad

vanc

es, w

e se

nse t

he ch

alle

nge

of fi

ndin

g an

d sh

arin

g a

‘mys

tique

’ of l

ivin

g to

geth

er, o

f m

ingl

ing

and

enco

unte

r, of

embr

acin

g an

d su

ppor

ting

one a

noth

er, o

f ste

ppin

g in

to th

is flo

od ti

de w

hich

, whi

le ch

aotic

, can

bec

ome

a ge

nuin

e ex

peri

ence

of f

rate

rnity

, a ca

rava

n of

solid

arity

, a sa

cred

pilg

rim

age.

Grea

ter p

ossi-

bi

lities

for c

omm

unica

tion

thus

turn

into

gre

ater

po

ssib

ilitie

s for

enc

ount

er a

nd so

lidar

ity fo

r ev

eryo

ne. I

f we

wer

e ab

le to

take

this

rout

e, it

wou

ld b

e so

good

, so

soot

hing

, so

liber

atin

g an

d

hope

-fille

d! T

o go

out

of o

urse

lves

and

to jo

in

othe

rs is

hea

lthy

for

us. T

o be

self-

encl

osed

is

to ta

ste t

he b

itter

poi

son

of im

man

ence

, and

hu

man

ity w

ill b

e w

orse

for

ever

y se

lfish

choi

ce

we

mak

e.” (#

87)

P

ope

Fran

cis

sees

mu

ch g

ood

that

can

b

e do

ne

thro

ugh

so

cial

med

ia, t

hro

ugh

th

e In

tern

et, t

hro

ugh

em

ergi

ng

tech

nol

- og

ies,

in

sofa

r as

it b

rin

gs u

s ou

t of

ou

r-se

lves

into

an

en

cou

nter

wit

h o

ther

s an

d w

ith

God

.

I li

ve i

n t

he

cen

ter

of S

anti

ago,

a c

ity

that

boa

sts

mor

e th

an 6

mil

lion

in

hab

- it

ants

. Ju

st o

ver

a ce

ntu

ry a

go, P

arro

quia

N

uest

ra S

eñor

a de

And

acol

lo w

as fo

und

ed

as t

he

firs

t pa

rish

in

ten

tion

ally

in

sert

ed

into

a p

oor

com

mu

nit

y in

th

is a

rch

dio

-ce

se. A

t th

e ti

me,

ou

r n

eigh

borh

ood

was

a

patc

hw

ork

of c

row

ded

ten

emen

ts a

nd

ram

shac

kle

stru

ctu

res

buil

t al

ong

the

Map

ocho

Riv

er. T

he fo

und

ing

past

or, u

sing

th

e m

ean

s at

his

dis

posa

l, in

vite

d yo

un

g pe

ople

fro

m S

anti

ago’

s le

adin

g sc

hoo

ls

to c

ome

and

volu

nte

er. O

ne

dis

cove

red

his

vo

cati

on i

n s

ervi

ce w

hil

e se

rvin

gat

th

e pa

rish

. He

join

ed t

he

Jesu

its.

Upo

n

Ord

inat

ion

, he

retu

rned

to

our

nei

ghbo

r-

hoo

d an

d fo

un

ded

Ch

ile’

s fi

rst

hom

e-le

ss s

hel

ter

fou

r bl

ock

s fr

om t

he

pari

sh

chu

rch

. He

use

d th

e m

ean

s of

his

day

to

ser

ve t

he

Gos

pel a

nd

that

mea

nt f

oun

- di

ng

a m

agaz

ine,

lots

of

wri

tin

g, p

reac

h-

ing

and

dri

vin

g ar

oun

d in

an

old

, gre

en

pick

-up

soli

citi

ng

don

atio

ns.

Tod

ay, h

e is

kn

own

as

St. A

lber

to H

urt

ado.

To

day

, som

e te

nem

ents

rem

ain

. Som

e h

ave

been

rep

lace

d by

hig

h r

ise

apar

tmen

t b

uil

din

gs. W

e h

ave

a co

mm

un

ity

ofab

ando

ned

eld

erly

, you

ng

imm

igra

nts

an

d so

me

incr

easi

ngl

y in

debt

ed m

idd

le-

clas

s fo

lks

in t

he

hig

h r

ises

. Ch

ile

has

th

e h

igh

est

use

of

Twit

ter

and

Face

book

in

Lat

in A

mer

ica.

Ch

ile

has

mor

e ce

ll

phon

es t

han

lan

dli

nes

. To

evan

geli

ze

tod

ay, l

ike

St. P

aul,

we

nee

d to

use

an

y m

ean

s at

han

d. I

man

age

Face

book

pag

es

for

my

pari

sh, f

or o

ur

sch

ool,

for

the

Con

greg

atio

n h

ere

in C

hil

e. I

hav

e bl

ogs

in E

ngl

ish

. I le

arn

ed s

ome

basi

c w

ebpa

ge

desi

gn t

o cr

eate

an

d ad

min

iste

r a

pari

sh

web

page

. I a

m o

n T

wit

ter,

on L

inke

dIn

an

d ye

s, I

am

eve

n o

n o

n G

oogl

e+! I

am

se

lf-t

augh

t an

d I

am n

ot c

onvi

nce

d th

at

I do

an

y of

it e

xcep

tion

ally

wel

l, bu

t I

am c

onvi

nce

d th

at t

hes

e ar

e im

port

ant

tool

s fo

r re

ach

ing

cert

ain

seg

men

ts o

f th

e po

pula

tion

.

My

min

istr

y as

apr

iest

is t

o te

ll th

e st

ory

of S

alva

tion

. ...

To t

heTw

itte

rver

se, I

’ll t

wee

t.To

Fac

eboo

kers

, I w

illbe

a fr

iend

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the

blog

osph

ere,

I w

ill b

log.

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e th

e da

y m

y fa

ther

gav

e m

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boxy

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back

in

th

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1970

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so b

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hot

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pher

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20

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ous

abou

t ph

otog

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a m

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sh

are

my

ex-

peri

ence

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t an

d ev

en a

s a

mea

ns

of e

van

geli

zati

on. W

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in t

he

past

mon

th,

I pu

rch

ased

a p

hot

o pr

inte

r w

hic

h I

wil

l use

du

rin

g C

hil

e’s

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itor

ial M

issi

on

in 2

014

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ry d

ay t

his

yea

r, I

wil

l pu

b-

lish

on

my

blog

an

im

age

of a

nei

ghb

or

and

a bi

t of

th

eir

stor

y. I

pu

rch

ased

th

e pr

inte

r be

cau

se I

hav

e fe

lt t

hat

, as

I m

ake

an im

age,

I a

m o

nly

tak

ing.

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afte

r ea

ch

visi

t, I

wil

l ret

urn

to

the

hou

seh

old

wit

h t

he

gift

of

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rtra

it o

f th

e fa

mil

y or

th

e pe

rson

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My

nei

ghbo

rhoo

d is

fill

ed w

ith

peo

ple

wit

h a

maz

ing

stor

ies.

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side

r Se

rgio

: B

orn

in t

he

Dom

inic

an R

epu

blic

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won

a

sch

olar

ship

to

stu

dy e

ngi

nee

rin

g in

th

e

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et U

nio

n i

n t

he

late

198

0s.

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he

fin

ish

ed h

is d

egre

e, c

omm

un

ism

fell

an

d th

e So

viet

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ion

bro

ke u

p. H

e w

as i

n o

ne

of t

he

new

rep

ubl

ics

and

told

th

at t

he

new

gov

ern

men

t w

ould

n

ot h

onor

his

sch

olar

ship

. To

surv

ive,

h

e pu

rch

ased

goo

ds

like

vod

ka t

o se

llin

nea

rby

Swed

en. G

iven

th

e qu

anti

ty

of g

ood

s h

e w

ould

bri

ng,

he

usu

ally

n

eede

d se

vera

l day

s to

sel

l th

e m

erch

an-

dis

e, s

o h

e st

ayed

in

a lo

w-p

rice

d h

os-

tel.

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th

e de

sk c

lerk

in

th

e h

oste

l, es

-ca

ped

from

Ch

ile

duri

ng

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mil

itar

y go

vern

men

t w

hen

sh

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ceiv

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ile

perf

orm

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in a

str

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ter

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gan

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by

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rish

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est.

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eyfe

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ve a

nd

mar

ried

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ay, t

hey

ac

com

pan

y tr

oubl

ed m

arri

ages

for

th

eir

min

istr

y in

th

e ch

urc

h. W

hat

a s

tory

! Im

agin

e al

l th

at h

appe

ned

to

brin

g th

em t

oget

her

.

My

pari

sh h

osts

an

effo

rt b

y Fu

ndac

ión

M

orea

u, c

omm

only

kn

own

as

Fun

dam

or.

The

fou

nd

atio

n r

un

s ou

r or

phan

ages

to

prev

ent

chil

dre

n b

ein

g ta

ken

fro

m t

hei

r h

omes

by

stre

ngt

hen

ing

the

fam

ily.

Th

e ki

ds

part

icip

atin

g in

th

e pr

ojec

t pu

t on

a

circ

us

one

day

in t

he

pari

sh p

atio

. I a

bso-

lu

tely

love

th

is im

age

as t

he

psyc

hol

ogis

t b

ehin

d th

em, r

un

nin

g th

e so

un

d sy

stem

, h

as a

pri

cele

ss e

xpr

essi

on a

s th

e ki

ds

perf

orm

an

un

expe

cted

stu

nt. T

he

imag

e sp

eaks

to

me

of t

he

stew

ard

ship

of

tal-

ents

, un

cove

rin

g u

ndis

cove

red

gift

s w

hen

w

e gi

ve a

not

her

per

son

th

e op

port

un

ity.

A

t th

e en

d of

th

e d

ay, m

y m

inis

try

as

a pr

iest

is

to t

ell t

he

stor

y of

Sal

vati

on,

the

stor

y of

Jes

us

Ch

rist

, an

d to

hel

p ot

her

s se

e h

ow t

hei

r pe

rson

al s

tory

fits

in

to t

he

Stor

y. T

o th

e Tw

itte

rver

se, I

’ll

twee

t. T

o Fa

cebo

oker

s, I

wil

l be

a fr

ien

d.

To t

he

blog

osph

ere,

I w

ill b

log.

In

th

e sp

irit

of

St. P

aul,

I w

ill u

se t

he

mea

ns

at h

and

to p

rocl

aim

Ch

rist

. In

th

e sp

irit

of

Ble

ssed

Bas

il M

orea

u, I

am

“to

mak

e G

od k

now

n, l

oved

, an

d se

rved

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hris

Cox

, C.S

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aine

d A

pril

10,

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r of

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ctor

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amen

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eed

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wri

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ench

mili

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wor

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kno

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love

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rved

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mem

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of H

oly

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d w

ork

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in G

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awry

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into

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mpr

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publ

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il M

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u: E

ssen

tial W

ritin

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avai

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sale

thro

ugh

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ia P

ress

beg

inni

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Apr

il 20

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Bas

il M

orea

u,“S

pir

itu

al E

xerc

ises

,

Wee

k 2

Day

1”

You

are

ver

y w

ell a

war

e, t

hen

, th

at t

he

Son

of

God

bec

ame

man

by

un

itin

g h

im-

self

wit

h h

um

an n

atu

re, t

hat

he

was

bo

rn in

a c

rib

at B

eth

leh

em, t

hat

he

live

din

pov

erty

. You

are

als

o aw

are

that

he

left

his

hid

den

life

to

spre

ad t

he

Goo

d N

ews

amon

g th

e in

hab

itan

ts o

f Ju

dea,

th

at h

e in

stru

cted

th

em b

y h

is t

each

ings

,ed

ified

th

em b

y h

is e

xam

ples

, got

th

eir

atte

ntio

n by

the

bri

llian

ce o

f h

is m

irac

les—

ever

ywh

ere

leav

ing

beh

ind

trac

es o

f h

is

bles

sin

gs, h

eali

ng

the

sick

, con

soli

ng

the

sorr

owfu

l, h

elpi

ng

peop

le i

n t

hei

r n

eed

, w

elco

min

g si

nn

ers

wit

h k

ind

nes

s. Y

ou

know

th

at h

e m

ade

twel

ve p

oor

men

his

as

soci

ates

an

d en

dure

d th

eir

ign

oran

ce

and

thei

r ro

ugh

man

ner

s.

You

kn

ow t

hat

his

vir

tues

sti

rred

up

the

hat

red

of t

he

hyp

ocr

itic

al P

har

isee

s w

ho

wer

e p

erse

cuti

ng

him

an

d th

at,

bet

raye

d by

on

e of

his

apo

stle

s, h

e w

as

han

ded

ove

r to

his

en

emie

s an

d co

n-

dem

ned

to

deat

h li

ke a

wic

ked

crim

inal

, h

e w

ho

was

just

ice

itse

lf. Y

ou k

now

th

ath

e le

t h

imse

lf b

e le

d to

tor

ture

like

a

lam

b to

th

e sl

augh

terh

ouse

. You

kn

ow

that

he

die

d on

th

e cr

oss

to e

xpi

ate

the

sin

s of

th

e w

orld

, th

at h

e ro

se a

gain

on

th

e th

ird

day

an

d as

cen

ded

into

hea

ven

fo

rty

day

s la

ter,

th

at fi

nal

ly t

her

e in

hea

ven

he

inte

rced

es c

onti

nu

ally

wit

h

his

Fat

her

for

us,

sh

owin

g h

im h

is m

er-

itor

iou

s w

oun

ds.

You

hav

e kn

own

all

th

ese

fact

s a

lon

g ti

me

alre

ady,

an

d it

is

prec

isel

y be

cau

se y

ou h

ave

read

th

em a

ndh

eard

th

em s

o of

ten

th

at p

erh

aps

you

r h

eart

is n

ow le

ss t

han

sen

siti

ve t

o th

em.

B

ut

wh

at w

e ar

e ta

lkin

g ab

out

is n

otat

all

th

is g

ener

al a

nd

supe

rfici

al k

now

-le

dge,

wh

ich

is

the

sam

e fo

r yo

u a

s fo

r al

l oth

er C

hri

stia

ns.

Th

at s

ame

know

ledg

eis

fou

nd

even

am

ong

the

enem

ies

of

reli

gion

. No,

it i

s n

ot e

nou

gh f

or y

ou t

ob

e m

erel

y ac

quai

nte

d w

ith

Jes

us

Ch

rist

, h

is s

ayin

gs, a

nd

his

life

as

one

take

spr

ide

in k

now

ing

the

his

tory

of

a fa

mou

sce

lebr

ity,

wh

ich

aft

er a

ll i

s of

litt

le r

eal

inte

rest

to

us.

In

stea

d, y

ou w

ill n

eed

to s

tudy

in d

etai

l th

e ev

ents

of

the

Savi

or’s

life

an

d th

e se

nti

men

ts t

hat

bu

oyed

h

im u

p in

ord

er t

o fi

ll y

our

min

d w

ith

th

ese

exam

ples

.

... y

our

will

mus

t be

like

the

hand

tha

t ho

lds

the

pain

tbru

sh. T

hevi

rtue

s th

at y

ou r

epro

duce

in y

ours

elf w

ill b

eth

e co

lors

of t

he p

aint

ing,

and

Jesu

s Ch

rist

will

be

the

mod

el w

hom

you

copy

.

You

wil

l nee

d to

fill

an

d n

ouri

sh y

our

hea

rt w

ith

his

tea

chin

gs, t

o m

edit

ate

on t

hes

e m

yste

ries

in

sil

ent

reco

llec

tion

as

wel

l as

on t

he

abu

nd

ance

of

his

mer

-ci

es. Y

ou w

ill a

lso

nee

d to

ask

God

to

enli

ghte

n y

our

min

d an

d h

eart

so

that

yo

u m

ay u

nde

rsta

nd

and

savo

r th

emin

su

ch a

way

th

at y

ou m

ay c

ome

to t

hat

kin

d of

kn

owle

dge

of J

esu

s C

hri

st w

hic

his

life

-giv

ing,

pro

fou

nd,

lum

inou

s, a

nd

prac

tica

l, an

d w

hic

h m

ake

his

vir

tues

al

mos

t pa

lpab

le, s

o to

spe

ak, h

is le

sson

s fa

mil

iar,

and

rem

embr

ance

of

him

as

hab

itu

al a

s it

is

enjo

yabl

e.Th

at i

s th

e ki

nd

of k

now

ledg

e w

ith

w

hic

h y

ou n

eed

to b

ecom

e th

orou

ghly

fa

mil

iar,

and

it i

s of

su

ch a

kn

owle

dge

that

St.

Pau

l spo

ke t

o th

e Ep

hes

ian

s w

hen

he

wro

te: “

I re

mem

ber

you

in

all

my

pray

ers,

th

at t

he

God

of

our

Lord

Jes

us

Ch

rist

, au

thor

an

d gi

ver

of g

lory

, may

gr

ant

the

spir

it o

f w

isdo

m a

nd

of li

ght

to b

rin

g yo

u t

o fu

ll k

now

ledg

e of

him

” (E

ph 1

:16–

17).

Hav

e yo

u s

erio

usl

y ap

plie

d yo

urs

elf

to a

ll t

his

? S

ee w

ith

wh

at e

a-ge

rnes

s th

e ch

ild

ren

of

this

wor

ld s

tudy

th

e de

ceit

ful t

each

ing

of p

hil

osop

her

s,

and

then

rea

lly

ask

you

rsel

f if

you

are

st

udy

ing

wit

h a

s m

uch

dil

igen

ce t

he

Gos

pel o

f Je

sus

Ch

rist

wh

ose

ever

y w

ord

is w

ritt

en f

or y

our

salv

atio

n.

C

onsi

der

wh

at t

hos

e ar

tist

s do

wh

o w

ant

to b

e ve

ry g

ood

at t

hei

r pr

ofes

sion

,h

ow t

hey

try

to

copy

th

e w

orks

of

the

grea

t m

aste

rs. T

hen

, rec

all t

o yo

urs

elf

that

, fol

low

ing

St. G

rego

ry o

f N

yssa

, you

ough

t to

be

the

pain

ter

of t

he

Savi

or’s

li

fe.1 F

or a

s th

is F

ath

er o

f th

e C

hu

rch

say

s,yo

ur

wil

l mu

st b

e li

ke t

he

han

d th

at

hol

ds

the

pain

tbru

sh. T

he

virt

ues

th

at

you

rep

rodu

ce i

n y

ours

elf

wil

l be

the

colo

rs o

f th

e pa

inti

ng,

an

d Je

sus

Ch

rist

w

ill b

e th

e m

odel

wh

om y

ou c

opy.

In

deed

, ju

st w

hat

do

es a

pai

nte

r do

? H

e st

ud

ies

his

su

bjec

t. H

e fi

lls

him

self

w

ith

it t

otal

ly i

n o

rder

to

repr

odu

ce it

and

, in

a m

ann

er o

f sp

eaki

ng,

to

crea

te

it a

new

on

can

vas

in a

ver

y cl

ose

imit

a-ti

on o

f th

e su

bjec

t’s f

eatu

res.

Is

it i

n

this

way

th

at y

ou t

ry t

o m

ake

Jesu

s C

hri

stli

ve a

gain

in

you

, to

the

poin

t of

his

b

ein

g to

tall

y re

mad

e or

for

med

aga

in

in y

ou?

A

h, i

f yo

u lo

ved

him

, th

is d

ivin

e m

as-

ter,

you

wou

ld s

take

you

r h

appi

nes

s on

tryi

ng

to b

ecom

e li

ke h

im, a

nd y

ou w

ould

soon

bec

ome

a fa

ith

ful i

mag

e of

him

. In

deed

, loo

k at

wh

at h

appe

ns

in d

ay-t

o-

day

life

. Som

etim

es y

ou m

eet

peo

ple

wh

ose

thou

ghts

, fee

lin

gs, s

ense

of

tast

e,to

ne

of v

oice

, an

d m

ann

eris

ms

all r

e-se

mbl

e on

e an

oth

er. H

ow i

s th

at?

It i

s ju

st b

ecau

se t

he

cust

om t

hey

hav

e of

li

vin

g fa

mil

iarl

y w

ith

on

e an

oth

er, t

he

clos

e fr

ien

dsh

ip t

hat

un

ites

th

em, i

nte

r-m

ingl

es t

hem

an

d u

nit

es t

hem

in s

uch

a w

ay t

hat

th

ey h

ave

but

one

hea

rt a

nd

one

sou

l. Th

eref

ore,

love

Jes

us

Ch

rist

, an

d be

fore

lon

g h

is t

hou

ghts

, his

fee

lin

gs,

and

his

way

of

livi

ng

wil

l be

you

r ow

n.

Inde

ed, i

s n

ot t

he

bes

t w

ay t

o ar

ouse

in

yo

u lo

ve f

or h

im s

impl

y to

un

ders

tan

d w

ell,

by s

tudy

ing

him

mor

e an

d m

ore,

th

at h

e is

you

r ow

n gr

eatn

ess,

you

r ho

pe,

you

r sa

lvat

ion

, you

r re

fuge

, an

d yo

ur

life

? ■

1 Gre

gory

of

Nys

sa, O

n Pe

rfec

tion.

Bis

ho

ps

pre

par

e fo

r M

ass

of

Than

ksg

ivin

g f

or

Ble

ssed

Mo

reau

’s B

eati

fica

tio

n a

tth

e C

hu

rch

of

No

tre

-Dam

ed

e Sa

inte

- C

roix

in L

e M

ans,

Sep

t. 1

6, 2

007

. (p

ho

to b

ySt

eve

Scar

din

a)

2425

The

Con

greg

atio

n o

f H

oly

Cro

ss

is e

stab

lish

ing

an i

nte

rnat

ion

alsh

rin

e in

hon

or o

f B

less

ed B

asil

Mor

eau

, th

e C

ongr

egat

ion

’s fo

un

-de

r, at

th

e C

hu

rch

of

Not

re-D

ame

de

Sain

te-C

roix

in

Le

Man

s,

Fran

ce. T

he

chu

rch

, wh

ich

was

co

mpl

eted

an

d co

nse

crat

ed i

n18

57, w

as b

uil

t u

nde

r th

e d

irec

-ti

on o

f Fr

. Mor

eau

to

serv

e as

th

e C

ongr

egat

ion’

s sp

irit

ual

hom

e.B

less

ed M

orea

u i

s bu

ried

in t

he

chu

rch

’s cr

ypt.

Rev

. Joh

n D

eRis

o,C

.S.C

., ar

rive

d in

Fra

nce

in S

ep-

tem

ber

to

serv

e as

th

e Sh

rin

e’s

firs

t re

ctor

.

Rev

. Wil

son

D. M

isca

mbl

e C.

S.C.

,h

isto

ry p

rofe

ssor

at

the

Un

iver

-si

ty o

f N

otre

Dam

e, is

fea

ture

d in

Fr. R

ober

t B

arro

n’s

new

do

cu-

men

tary

ser

ies,

“C

AT

HO

LIC

ISM

: T

he

New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

.” T

he

prog

ram

has

bee

n n

atio

nal

ly

tele

vise

d on

EW

TN

an

d is

als

o b

ein

g of

fere

d as

stu

dy

prog

ram

fo

r pa

rish

es. F

r. B

arro

n’s

“Wor

d on

Fir

e” m

ult

i-m

edia

min

istr

ies

hav

e m

ade

him

on

e of

th

e C

hu

rch

’s m

ore

prom

inen

t an

d po

pula

r ar

dent

eva

nge

lize

rs t

oday

.Fr

. Bar

ron

is a

fri

end

of H

oly

Cro

ssan

d li

ved

at M

orea

u S

emin

ary

wh

en h

e se

rved

as

a vi

siti

ng

pro-

fess

or a

t th

e U

niv

ersi

ty o

f N

otre

D

ame

in t

he

fall

of 2

00

2. F

r. B

ar-

ron

is n

ow t

he

rect

or/p

resi

dent

of

Mu

nde

lein

Sem

inar

y U

niv

ersi

ty

of S

t. M

ary

of t

he

Lake

in C

hic

ago.

Fr. M

isca

mbl

e is

on

sab

bati

cal

at M

un

dele

in S

emin

ary

serv

ing

as t

he

Pal

uch

Vis

itin

g P

rofe

ssor

-sh

ip t

each

ing

a co

urs

e to

sem

in-

aria

ns

titl

ed “

Cat

hol

ic a

nd

Am

-er

ican

Pol

itic

al L

ife

from

JFK

to

the

Pre

sen

t.”

R

ev. W

illi

am D

orw

art,

C.S

.C.,

Cat

hol

ic C

hap

lain

for

Nav

al D

is-

tric

t W

ash

ingt

on, g

ave

the

invo

-ca

tion

at

the

Nat

ion

al C

hri

stm

asTr

ee L

igh

tin

g n

ear

the

Wh

ite

Ho

use

on

Dec

. 6. F

r. D

orw

art’

s pr

ayer

fol

low

ed t

he

tree

ligh

tin

gby

th

e Fi

rst

Fam

ily

and

a p

erfo

r-m

ance

by

Are

tha

Fran

klin

. Fr.

D

orw

art i

s a

Lt. C

mnd

r. in

th

e U

.S.

Nav

y an

d se

rves

at

Arl

ingt

on

Nat

ion

al C

emet

ery.

Fol

low

ing

last

fall

’s tr

agic

Nav

al Y

ard

shoo

tin

g,

Fr. D

orw

art

com

fort

ed a

nd

min

-is

tere

d to

man

y of

th

e vi

ctim

s’

fam

ilie

s.

Un

iver

sity

of

Not

re D

ame

In M

arch

, th

e In

stit

ute

for

Lati

noSt

udi

es a

t th

e U

niv

ersi

ty o

f N

otre

Dam

e pr

esen

ted

“Th

e C

hu

rch

an

d Im

mig

rati

on,”

a fo

ur-

day

co

nfe

ren

ce a

ddre

ssin

g th

e m

igra

-ti

on t

o th

e U

.S. a

nd

the

Cat

hol

icC

hu

rch

’s c

ontr

ibu

tion

to

imm

i-gr

atio

n re

form

. Sch

olar

s, p

asto

ral

wor

kers

, pu

blic

pol

icy

lead

ers

and

advo

cate

s ca

me

toge

ther

to

exam

ine

wh

at t

he

Ch

urc

h h

asdo

ne,

is

doin

g an

d w

hat

it m

igh

tdo

to

impr

ove

ou

trea

ch t

o m

i-gr

ants

an

d re

fuge

es. R

ev. D

anie

l G

rood

y, C

.S.C

., as

soci

ate

prof

esso

rof

th

eolo

gy a

nd

a fe

llow

at

the

Kro

c In

stit

ute

for

In

tern

atio

nal

Pea

ce S

tudi

es, m

oder

ated

a p

anel

.Fr

. Gro

ody

also

ser

ves

as t

he

dir

ecto

r of

th

e C

ente

r fo

r L

atin

o Sp

irit

ual

ity

and

Cu

ltu

re a

t th

e In

stit

ute

for

Lati

no S

tudi

es a

t ND

.H

e is

an

ex

per

t on

im

mig

rati

on,

hav

ing

wor

ked

wit

h U

SCC

B,

Con

gres

s, t

he

Wor

ld C

oun

cil o

f C

hu

rch

es a

nd

the

Vat

ican

on

is

sues

of

theo

logy

, glo

bali

zati

on

and

imm

igra

tion

. Pre

sid

ent

Rev

. Jo

hn

Jen

kin

s, C

.S.C

., ga

ve t

he

open

ing

rem

arks

.

Rev

. Tim

oth

y R

. Scu

lly,

C.S

.C.,

Dir

ecto

r of

th

e In

stit

ute

for

Edu

cati

onal

In

itia

tive

s fo

r A

CE

and

prof

esso

r of

pol

itic

al s

cien

ceat

th

e U

niv

ersi

ty o

f N

otre

Dam

e,w

as a

war

ded

th

e W

illi

am E

.Si

mon

Pri

ze f

or L

ifet

ime

Ach

ieve

-m

ent

in S

ocia

l En

trep

ren

eurs

hip

by t

he

Man

hat

tan

In

stit

ute

in

N

ove

mb

er a

nd

was

fea

ture

d in

Forb

es m

agaz

ine.

Fr.

Scu

lly

co-

fou

nd

ed A

CE

in 1

993

wit

h R

ev.

Sean

McG

raw

, C.S

.C.,

to a

ddre

ss t

he

nee

d fo

r ta

len

ted

and

wel

l-pre

-pa

red

you

ng

teac

her

s in

Cat

hol

icsc

hoo

ls. T

he

mon

etar

y pr

ize

was

giv

en t

o th

e C

ongr

egat

ion

of

Hol

y C

ross

to

supp

ort

its

wor

ldw

ide

edu

cati

on m

issi

on.

N

otre

Dam

e st

ude

nts

, fac

ult

y,

staf

f an

d st

ude

nts

sai

d go

odby

e to

on

e of

th

e U

niv

ersi

ty’s

mos

t po

pula

r an

d re

spec

ted

prof

esso

rs.

Rev

. Joh

n S

. Du

nn

e, C

.S.C

., Jo

hn

A

. O’B

rien

Pro

fess

or o

f Th

eolo

gy,

died

Nov

. 11

at a

ge 8

3. F

r. D

un

ne

bega

n te

ach

ing

at N

D in

195

7 an

dis

cre

dit

ed w

ith

tea

chin

g m

ore

stu

den

ts t

han

an

y ot

her

per

son

in

its

his

tory

. Fr.

Du

nn

e al

so

wro

te s

ome

20 in

flu

enti

al w

orks

on t

heo

logy

an

d th

e sp

irit

ual

life

.

Un

iver

sity

of

Por

tlan

dO

n J

an. 2

5, t

he

Pre

side

nti

al

Sear

ch C

omm

itte

e at

th

e U

niv

er-

sity

of

Por

tlan

d a

nn

oun

ced

Rev

.

Mar

k L.

Poo

rman

, C.S

.C.,

had

b

een

ele

cted

UP

’s 2

0th

Pre

side

nt.

Fr

. Poo

rman

has

bee

n s

ervi

ng

asex

ecu

tive

vic

e pr

esid

ent

of t

he

Un

iver

sity

of

Por

tlan

d. F

r. P

oor-

man

wil

l su

ccee

d cu

rren

t U

P

Pre

side

nt

Rev

. E. W

illi

am B

eau

-ch

amp,

C.S

.C.,

at t

he

end

of t

he

acad

emic

yea

r. F

r. B

eau

cham

p an

nou

nce

d in

Sep

tem

ber

that

he

was

ste

ppin

g do

wn

as

pres

iden

t.B

eau

cham

p w

as a

ppoi

nte

d th

e U

niv

ersi

ty’s

19th

pre

side

nt

in

Nov

emb

er, 2

00

3.

UP

’s n

ew r

ecre

atio

n a

nd

wel

l-n

ess

cen

ter,

set

to b

reak

gro

un

d in

May

20

14, w

ill b

e n

amed

in

h

onor

of

Fr. B

eau

cham

p. T

he

Bea

uch

amp

Rec

reat

ion

& W

ell-

nes

s C

ente

r is

est

imat

ed t

o co

st

$23

mil

lion

, wit

h $

20 m

illi

on

rais

ed a

s of

to

day

. Th

e b

uil

din

gis

ex

pect

ed t

o b

ecom

e a

dyn

amic

foca

l poi

nt

on c

ampu

s an

d en

-h

ance

th

e ph

ysic

al a

nd

men

tal

hea

lth

of

stu

den

ts, f

acu

lty

and

staf

f. F

r. B

eau

cham

p h

as b

een

a

stro

ng

supp

orte

r of

th

e n

ew

cen

ter,

expe

cted

to

be

com

plet

edby

May

20

15.

Kin

g’s

Col

lege

Two

Hol

y C

ross

nov

ices

sp

ent

am

onth

wit

h t

he

Hol

y C

ross

com

-m

un

ity

at K

ing’

s C

olle

ge. N

ovic

esB

roga

n R

yan

, C.S

.C.,

and

Dan

iel

Cru

ick

shan

k, C

.S.C

., ar

rive

d on

Ja

n. 1

5. D

uri

ng

thei

r m

onth

at

Kin

g’s,

Bro

gan

an

d D

an a

ssis

ted

wit

h C

ampu

s M

inis

try’

s R

CIA

pr

ogra

m, t

he

En

cou

nte

r C

hri

st

retr

eat w

ith

the

Aft

ersc

hool

Hom

e-w

ork

Hel

p P

rogr

am a

t D

anie

l Fl

ood

Ele

men

tary

Sch

ool.

Th

e n

ovic

es a

lso

had

th

e op

port

un

ity

to o

bser

ve s

ome

of K

ing’

s H

oly

Cro

ss r

elig

iou

s in

th

eir

clas

ses.

B

roga

n a

nd

Dan

vis

ited

St.

Mi-

chae

l’s P

aris

h i

n D

un

mor

e, P

a.,

wh

ere

Fath

er R

ober

t Lo

zin

ski,

C

.S.C

., se

rves

as

past

or. T

hey

als

ovi

site

d H

oly

Cro

ss H

igh

Sch

ool

(spo

nso

red

by t

he

Hol

y C

ross

B

roth

ers’

Mor

eau

Pro

vin

ce) i

n

Flu

shin

g, N

.Y. D

uri

ng

Jan

uar

y,

all 1

2 n

ovic

es s

pen

t ti

me

at H

oly

Cro

ss m

inis

trie

s th

rou

ghou

t th

e U

.S.

Ston

ehil

l C

olle

geP

resi

den

t R

ev. J

ohn

Den

nin

g,

C.S

.C.,

ded

icat

ed a

ped

estr

ian

br

idge

on

Sto

neh

ill’s

Cam

pus

inh

onor

of

Rev

. Th

omas

Fee

ley,

C

.S.C

. Fr.

Fee

ley

was

a lo

ng-

tim

eph

ilos

oph

y pr

ofes

sor

and

stu

dent

men

tor

at S

ton

ehil

l, w

her

e h

e se

rved

fro

m 1

962

unt

il 1

998,

wh

enh

e jo

ined

Hol

y C

ross

Fam

ily

Min

-is

trie

s. H

e w

as n

atio

nal

dir

ecto

r

at H

CFM

an

d th

en v

ice

post

u-

lato

r fo

r th

e C

ause

of

the

Can

oni-

zati

on o

f Se

rvan

t of

God

Pat

rick

P

eyto

n, C

.S.C

. Fr.

Feel

ey d

ied

in

200

4. A

lso

in a

tten

dan

ce a

t th

e O

ctob

er b

rid

ge d

edic

atio

n w

as

Dir

ecto

r of

Cam

pus

Min

istr

y R

ev.

Hu

gh C

lear

y, C

.S.C

., w

ho

not

ed

that

Fr.

Fee

ley

him

self

was

a

brid

ge b

uil

der,

“tou

chin

g th

e li

ves

of c

oun

tles

s st

ude

nts

, bri

dgi

ng

thei

r di

ffer

ence

s to

cu

ltiv

ate

a va

luab

le p

art

of w

ho

they

wer

e as

nei

ghb

ors

and

citi

zen

s on

th

is c

ampu

s.”

Ind

ian

aSt

. Ad

alb

ert/

St. C

asim

ir P

aris

h,

Sou

th B

end

Par

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ers

from

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ish

par

tici

pate

d in

a p

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im-

age

in h

onor

of

the

feas

t of

St.

Fr

ance

s X

avie

r C

abri

ni

(Nov

. 13)

,pa

tron

of

imm

igra

nts

to

brin

g at

tent

ion

to im

mig

rati

on r

efor

m.

St. A

dalb

ert’s

has

a la

rge

imm

i-gr

ant

popu

lati

on. P

aris

hio

ner

s fr

om O

ur

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of

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nga

ry P

aris

hal

so j

oin

ed i

n o

n t

he

jou

rney

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uri

ng

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55-m

inu

te r

oute

fro

mSt

. Jos

eph

’s P

aris

h, a

not

her

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y C

ross

ch

urc

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o th

e U

niv

ersi

tyof

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re D

ame,

th

e gr

oup

reci

ted

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ary

and

san

g h

ymn

s. O

nce

they

rea

ched

th

e U

niv

ersi

ty’s

ca

mpu

s, t

hey

joi

ned

rep

rese

nta

-

tive

s fr

om s

tude

nt

gove

rnm

ent

and

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Inst

itu

te f

or L

atin

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r fo

od, m

usi

c an

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ayer

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rist

th

e K

ing

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hol

ic C

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rch

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uth

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dTh

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rish

com

mu

nit

y m

ourn

edth

e lo

ss o

f th

eir

bel

oved

ass

oci

-at

e pa

stor

, Rev

. Ron

ald

R. T

rip

i,

C.S

.C.,

wh

o di

ed O

ct. 3

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th

e ag

eof

78.

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i had

bee

n s

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st t

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nce

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as a

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iate

pas

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nis

lau

s P

aris

h, a

lso

in S

outh

Ben

d, I

nd

., fo

r 15

yea

rs.

Fr. T

ripi

als

o as

sist

ed w

ith

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ses

at a

rea

nu

rsin

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omes

an

d vi

s-it

ed w

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th

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omeb

oun

d pa

rish

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ner

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om b

oth

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urc

hes

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eth

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th

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form

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d h

is W

ake,

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ner

alM

ass

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bu

rial

. Un

til 1

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Fr.

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ipi

also

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ved

in H

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ss

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ign

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kist

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l reg

ion

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ich

is

now

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glad

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brat

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ity

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art

of t

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mu

nit

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o-

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reet

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ect

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ases

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nt

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dré

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ter

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ted

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l fu

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rts

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cam

puse

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re D

ame

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iver

sity

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omen

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rodu

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ne.

In

195

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Del

ores

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t m

ade

her

on

scre

en

deb

ut

as E

lvis

’ sw

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in

“L

ovin

g Yo

u.”

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hei

ght

of h

erca

reer

, Dol

ores

stu

nn

ed t

he

wor

ldby

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omin

g a

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un

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teri

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egin

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tric

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t A

fric

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ven

mem

ber

s of

th

e D

istr

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of E

ast

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ica

mad

e th

eir

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fes-

sion

of

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al V

ows

on J

an. 4

at

St. A

ugu

stin

e’s

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ter

in K

ampa

la,

Uga

nda

. Rec

eivi

ng

thei

r vo

ws

inth

e fe

stiv

e li

turg

y w

ere

Rev

. T

hom

as J

. O’H

ara,

C.S

.C.,

sup

er-

ior

of t

he

Un

ited

Sta

tes

Pro

vin

ce,

and

Br.

Bil

l Zay

dak

, C.S

.C.,

sup

e-ri

or o

f th

e M

orea

u P

rovi

nce

. Fr.

O

’Har

a pr

esid

ed a

nd

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ched

at

th

e M

ass,

an

d B

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k sp

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omm

un

ion

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ion

of

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ico

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e A

rman

do

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ales

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jo,

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ord

ain

ed a

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ross

deac

on b

y th

e A

rch

bish

op o

f M

onte

rrey

on

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day

, Oct

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roqu

ia N

ues

tra

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re S

antí

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ma

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z in

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adal

up

e,

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evo

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n, M

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r.

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ales

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Pla

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peak

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by

Rev

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bert

C. Y

ost,

C.S

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is s

omet

hin

g “d

iffe

ren

t” a

bou

t u

s an

d co

uld

beg

in t

o as

k qu

esti

ons.

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is p

ro-

vide

s th

e op

enin

g to

sh

are

our

“sec

ret,

” w

hic

h i

s th

e C

ath

olic

fai

th.

W

e ca

n o

ffer

to

say

a pr

ayer

for

a c

o-

wor

ker

wh

o is

sic

k or

in

a p

ain

ful s

itu

a-ti

on. W

e ca

n e

xpl

ain

how

ou

r fa

ith

com

-fo

rts

us

in t

ime

of n

eed

. We

can

hav

e an

icon

of

our

favo

rite

sai

nt o

n o

ur

desk

.W

e ca

n le

ave

copi

es o

f th

e pa

rish

bu

lleti

nin

th

e br

eak

room

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can

cas

ual

ly r

e-la

te a

mes

sage

hea

rd in

a h

omily

at S

und

ayM

ass,

wh

ich

not

on

ly g

ives

us

the

op-

port

un

ity

to s

har

e a

posi

tive

th

ough

t,

but

it a

lso

sen

ds

the

mes

sage

th

at w

e at

ten

d Su

nd

ay M

ass.

An

d w

ho

know

s ...

yo

u m

igh

t ju

st g

et s

omeo

ne

aski

ng

you

“C

an I

com

e w

ith

you

nex

t Su

nd

ay?”

W

hat

’s i

mpo

rtan

t is

not

wh

at w

e do

, bu

t th

at w

e ac

tual

ly d

o so

met

hing

. Th

at’s

the

mes

sage

th

at P

ope

Fran

cis

has

bee

nti

rele

ssly

pro

clai

min

g th

e th

is p

ast

year

.To

defi

ne

the

New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

in t

he

sim

ples

t po

ssib

le t

erm

s: I

com

e to

kn

ow

the

min

d an

d h

eart

of

Jesu

s th

rou

gh

pray

er a

nd

refl

ecti

on, p

lus

stu

dy o

f Sc

rip-

ture

an

d C

hu

rch

tea

chin

g. W

ith

th

ose

as m

y gu

ideb

ooks

, I t

hen

go

arou

nd

do-

ing

con

scio

us,

del

iber

ate

and

spec

ifi c

st

uff

th

at w

ould

mak

e Je

sus

smil

e.

“I’ve

hea

rd a

lot a

bout

bei

ng C

atho

lic a

nd

evan

geliz

ing,

but I

’m n

ot a

n ou

tgoi

ng, e

duca

ted

or p

reac

hy-ty

pe p

erso

n. I

love

God

and

my

faith

and

wan

t oth

ers t

o kn

ow a

nd lo

ve G

od to

o,bu

t I d

on’t

see m

ysel

f tal

king

to o

ther

s abo

ut

God

. How

doe

s som

eone

like

me

evan

geliz

e?”

– A

gnes

, Ft.

Way

ne, I

nd.

Act

ual

ly, y

ou’re

wel

l on

th

e w

ay t

o b

ein

gan

eva

nge

list

! As

desc

rib

ed b

y ou

r la

st

thre

e P

opes

, th

e N

ew E

van

geli

zati

on h

asth

ree

part

s. O

ne:

we

mu

st h

ave

a pe

rson

-

al r

elat

ion

ship

wit

h J

esu

s Ch

rist

. In

oth

erw

ord

s, it

’s n

ot e

nou

gh t

o kn

ow a

bou

t Je

sus,

or

wh

o Je

sus

is. E

ffec

tive

eva

nge

li-

zati

on b

egin

s w

ith

hav

ing

a re

lati

onsh

ipw

ith

Jes

us

thro

ugh

pra

yer

and

regu

lar

rece

ptio

n o

f th

e Sa

cram

ents

, par

ticu

larl

yth

e Eu

char

ist

and

Rec

onci

liat

ion

.

Seco

nd

, as

the

rela

tion

ship

to

Jesu

sgr

ows,

a d

esir

e ar

ises

to

be l

ike

Ch

rist

to

oth

ers

we

enco

un

ter

each

day

th

rou

gh

our

thou

ghts

, wor

ds

and

acti

ons.

Bot

h

qual

itie

s yo

u m

enti

on i

n y

our

ques

tion

.

The

thir

d st

ep t

hen

bec

omes

sh

arin

g

wit

h o

ther

s in

you

r li

fe t

he

reas

ons

you

rre

lati

onsh

ip w

ith

Jes

us

is im

port

ant,

an

dh

ow t

hat

rel

atio

nsh

ip c

an b

e n

urt

ure

d in

th

e C

ath

olic

Ch

urc

h. I

deal

ly, w

e’d

be

like

a p

erso

n i

n lo

ve w

ho

can

’t st

op t

alk-

ing

abou

t th

e b

elov

ed!

In

oth

er w

ords

, th

e N

ew E

van

geli

zati

onco

nsi

sts

in k

now

ing

the

fait

h, l

ivin

g th

efa

ith

, an

d sh

arin

g th

e fa

ith

. Now

, wh

at

is m

ean

t by

“th

e fa

ith

?”

I co

nfe

ss I

’m n

ot 10

0 pe

rcen

t su

re. S

ome

say

the

New

Eva

nge

liza

tion

is c

ente

red

arou

nd f

aith

in

Jes

us

and

draw

ing

oth

ers

to d

eepe

n t

hei

r re

lati

onsh

ip t

o th

e Lo

rd.

That

in

tu

rn w

ill l

ead

them

in

to r

ela-

tion

ship

wit

h t

he

Cat

holic

Ch

urc

h. O

ther

sw

ould

say

it m

ean

s d

raw

ing

peop

le t

o

the

Cath

olic

fai

th a

s co

nve

rts

or b

rin

gin

gla

psed

Cat

holic

s ba

ck in

to t

he

fold

. On

cein

th

e C

hu

rch

, th

en t

hey

beg

in t

o bu

ild

that

rel

atio

nsh

ip w

ith

Jes

us.

Eit

her

on

e is

val

id.

N

ow m

ost

peop

le a

re c

omfo

rtab

le w

ith

know

ing

the

fait

h a

nd

livi

ng

the

fait

h.

It’s

shar

ing

that

cau

ses

hes

itat

ion

and

dis-

com

fort

. We

thin

k it

mea

ns

bei

ng

like

th

e Li

ghth

ouse

fol

ks k

no

ckin

g on

th

e fr

ont

door

Su

nd

ay m

orn

ing,

or

aski

ng

oth

ers

if t

hey

hav

e ac

cept

ed J

esu

s as

th

eir

Lord

an

d Sa

vior

, or

talk

ing

con

-st

antl

y ab

out

wh

at t

he

Lord

Jes

us

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